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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1903)
LAKE COl'MY rXAMINER, LA REVIEW, ORCQON, SGPT. 24, oJt ttmmtB Oxtttilnrr PMIIm4 Bvctt ThanMlajr A. Y. BEACH. (On Year $2.00 TERMS: Six Months 1.00 (Three Month SO STACK lwkilmrSmtn I yt On Inch 1 1 i ; rt A 00 ! 00 VJ 00 Two In.-ho ooi 6 00 TOO 11 no lit 00 Ttar iDrhra. . uoj 00 IP tie l OD Suartor Column soo oo imv iooo jam nil Column Ut-W ln i.MV OiV TOW Obi Column AOOO1J40O XS LAKEVIBW, OREOON. 5CPT. 24, I00J. 5HEEP BUSINESS INJURED. The policy of the department of heUtorlon li ihvfrtiMtiHi tm mini' Iter and nri'ii offorVt reserve will, If continued, rvVult In nwrloim de crease of the nuinlier of sheep In the northwest. It la ft question already n to whether the Industry him not Already !eeu prently Impaired and that many sheepmen will lie com pelled to reduce their herd and go out of the business entirely for want of rnne. There Is uneasiness already man ifested among the sheepmen. The summer range were short and limit ed and the winter ranges are In a similar condition. The price of hay Is high, too high to permit of feed ing to sheep and retain a profit In the business. Wiuter Is approaching and the outlook Is anything but bright. The management of the forest reserves In most eases has tteen such as to deprive sheep ot less than half the usual amount of range. While herds have lieen granted H-r-mits within the urea of the reserves. they have not lieen jierniitted to re main long, the object of the depart ment being to prevent the sheep from destroying the underbrush or trampling out the grass roots. The result Is that the sheepuien are, so to speak, up against It, a they have never leen since the finest ion of ranges became serious. While the department of the inter ior may have good Intentions toward Oregon nnd Its sister states, it has made mistakes in this matter of forest reserves. Kltherthe Hecretary and land commissioner have acted through lack of informa tion or they have leen exceedingly careless. There seem to Ik no re straint upon their purpose for re serve are still being made and rumors are afloat for more. The Blue Mountain reserve 1 entirely too large and the proposed reserve in northern Wallowa county should never lie made. Much of the laml included in both would soon lie homesteaded. Another evil feature is the Increase of scrip. For timber land from which every tree ha been swept, scrip will be Issued that may lie transplanted on valuable land elsewhere and this unfortunate evil carried on Indefinitely. The problem confronting the sheepmen reduce Itself to the pri vate ownership of grazing land, since so much of the public land Is leing included in the reserves, one fifth of the area of the state of Ore gon, this solution ha it limit and fewer sheep must be the final result. An opportunity, at least, should lie given the sheepmen to unload, but Oregon must sustain a heavy loss of wealth If the policy is continued with such a high hand. Pendleton Tribune. Senator Pulton Interviewed. The Allmny Herald nay a that I'nltod Statea Senator Fulton wna In that city last week, having Just returned from Newport, where a meeting wm held to talk over the matter of Improvement for Van ulna Imy. The Senator said; "I real lie the Importance of the Improvement urged and will do nil In my power to get an appropriation through the senate." Senator Fulton talked freely re garding the course of the Interior department In Oregon html mn,,l(Ts ami roundly denounced (ho Action of the otliclals, ,j0 u fcnt,lt.rlttC rvl. deliee and will lie prepared to refute the charge made by Secretary Hitchcock that the iieople of Oregon an landgrablnTs. A bill will U Introduced by the senator abolishlngall forest reserve. Svcnklug In regard to the proposed bill he said: "I lielleve that the gov ernment Is encroaching on the right of the states when It set aside vast area ot land In reserve under one pretext or another, as there Is an Implied agreement lietween the gonernment and the state that all public land shall 1h ojien to settle ment. About one-fourth of the state of Oregon Is now in reserves or has been withdrawn for that purpose. The reserve policy is Wing carried to extreme and I propose to Intro duce a bill at the coming session that will abolish the reserves entire ly and open up vast tract of valu able laml to settlement." Senator Fulton will leave for Washington shortly after Oct otter 1st, as emigres convene in extraor dinary session November ith. He will go to Salem tills morning and spend a couple of days at the state fair. 8 Our Store Policy The Chief Study of This Store I to satisfy It customers. Our stock are always iv t complete with thoroughly reliable merchandise. Courtesy on the part of every employe I Insisted upon. Our progressive method of incrchnudlxiug, coupled with the very great amount of business we transact, keep price at the lowest point consistent with the high quality. We keep permanent patronage in view, not Moating trade, and aim to make thl a store to which you will turn, not simply when we announce extraordinary bargains, but a the natural notice from which to supply your wants. Our motto: Satlsfae tlon always, or" money checrfuuly refunded, BAILEY & MASSINGILL Where Is Maggie? A magpie, the proerty of Berenice Massingill. that had iieen trained to talk (would not carry on a con ver nation, but would say a few word occasionally, or when it wanted to) and which has lieen running loose In the Massingill yard for several year with no thought of flying away, has turned up missing. It has not lieen seen since it flew into The Kxaminer office one day last week and perched Itself familiarly upon a tyi case, anil casting a few shy glance at the devil, proceeded to make pi in a manner that would do credit to the chef In the Hotel Lakeview kitchen. When remonstrated with by the devil' assistant the editor he ut tered a few shrill yells, ami said a few words In the Turkish lanirunire anil proceeded to do up the whole Kx aminer force. AH the Implement of warfare usually contained in a coun try shop, such a "shooting stick" "mallet." "planer," "office towel," "slugs", etc., were hurled at him, anil he "side-stepped" around be hind the pre and yelled "quit," "quit." A the enemy swoojicd down on him, the bird flew out of the open door, and someone said they thought they heard him say as he soared away to the more con genial clime of an Ice house, "never touched me." PAINTER . . AND PAPER . HANGER A foiniilrtr anil llraall. rutllnror Mamplm to Sw Irrt from. Z WORK Z PRICES Fruit and Vegetable Stand J. F. DUCKWORTH. Proprietor. GUARANTEED REASONABLE brewery AYRES& SCHLAQ0L, Prop. SALOON IN CONNECTION I Jeer sold Wholesale & Retail Delivered any place in Town LATEST PRICE LIST. Potatoes er PHI It, Cabbage per loo lit .' m I'ea er mi lit I lean per loo Id .1 (hi Turnip j r ion lb m llcei per Phi it. 1 ;,!) Ulpe Onion mt Inn lb :i .VI Apple per loo 11, 1 ,vi 'iicuiuhcr cr dozen 1.1 Corn s r doxen j.-, (iOODS DELIVERED ANYWHERE IN CITY OPPOSITE 15AILEY HASSINOILL'S. TOYS The National Anthem. The Navy Department ha issued an order declaring the "Star spangled Banner" the national Mithero, and directing that when- the composition i played all s and men shall stand at , unless they are engaged t will not permit them to that the same res- Ted toward the tther country presence of h coun- L. I), (iujiton and daughter, Kssie, will start tliis week for San Francls- I'fi. Thev will KfiiTii1 I In i'ttifji In ! 1 'aliforniu. NOW DRESS GOODS AT THE MONOGRAM We Have . . Just Received A Fine Line of Dry Goods, Trim mings, Ribbons, Notice to Horse Raisers. I will le In your part soon to buy all the 12001b horse and mare I can get. They must weigh 12001b or over, broke or unbroke. John W. Oiiison 38-tf Carlton, Mo. 1'KOMK. Land Office at J-akeview. On-gun, Sept. 10 1903. Notice la hereby k! vi-n III HI the follow fine-named aetlli-r ban tl l.rd notice ol Ills liili n tlou to make tliml proof In aupporl of lii claim, and that lalil proof will bu iu.lu before KeKiHler and Receiver at l.uk.vl. October 19, lttua vu; lli-ijrv K. iJuncaii. of Laugella Valley. If. K. No. for tbe lj,t 4, Sec. U and Uitl and 2. Hi:c, 1, To. 41 S., K. 15 . wrcuon. 1111 iiaiiii'M tnu followliiir witneuea to prove liU continuoua rcaldeticu Uxm and cultivation of hhIiI land, viz: Frank (i rob a, William Ileal, Alex Mi'ftonaliJ I and 0'-ur((e Iit-al all of 1.hiiKl1Ih Valley, Ore bcj,t. 17-S7 fc. .M. bHAITAIN, Jtutfiatcr. 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