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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1904)
mutt& L LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, Oil EG ON, THURSDAY, FEU. 11,1901. NO. G. VOL. XXV. WAR IN THE FAR EA$T MASKED HEN KILL SHEEP NEW BANK FOR LAKEVIEW Japan Sink I wo Kus5lan Wars hps, Capture Of ficer and Hen and Plres on Port Arthur. News readied LuUrlcv Sunday by vln Unit war ImIw.n-11 Japan iiul KUH-.U duel declared, mid Mint ii battle had Imvii f.uuht which resulted lu the nltik Inr of two war vessels ly tin- .Imiiiii'h'. The follow lug dispatches confirm tli" Hrt re port. "). ll In 'I tie KiainliH'r. LONDON. February 7. fable IIh. patch to tln Associated Press. At II o'chsk this morning thcMnpanese squad ran cuiiilMtliiif of llfuviibnttle ships mul cruisers attacked jjl'olnt Arthur. Tin Russian sufferedjiuost, having two officer wounded, lilt ti Wiled mul forty-oil wounded. oiio Russian battleship andjonecruls. reach lial hole kmsked lntlte m,, to-low tin' water Hue. Tlx' forts were also slightly damaged. The engagement lasted an hour, Port Arthur Is-lng damaged ly tin- unfitly- A not her dispatch of same date from Toklo give practically the same report n follows: Toklo report that tin Japanese Heel defeated two lt!iHl.iii warship. Thw battle began at II a. in., ami busted four (murs, so the report way h. Tin smaller Russian ship wan sunk wlilli tin largo one was set on tin ami liopelesnly destroyed. A por lion of tin' crew escaped to tlu shore where t ) were raptured. Another repot t says that tin Rus sians Miirrcn.li i-.-il without fighting. Tho Russian losses lit the Heet were two ottlcer wounded, n I in1 mi' 11 killed and forty-out; wounded. TIIK AI 'SK tty o,t!AltltKI.. A koi ill many persons seem to Ih Ignorant of tin- physical and political facts that an' precedent to ami In volved In thelinsndlng wnrls'twecti UuhmIu and Japan says the Oregon lan In a recent editorial. Japan In an Island empire whose l l'.OtM) square iiiIIch i,f urea an Inhabited ly about l.'i.UtNl.INN) of M'opie. Japan dlHiutcd with China the question of control of Corea, a peninsular country on the mainland, once tributary to China. Corea has an urea of fO.oou square iiiIIch Inhabited by about 11,000,000 of M'ople. Japan deHlred to coluiil.e I hu overflow of her people In Corei, but China objected to any Japanese jurisdiction In Corea, and ho China ami Japau went to war In August, Is.9-1. . Japan wax quickly victorious. captured I'ort Arthur and occupied tlio whole Lino Tung Peninsula. Russia Haw lu-r c banco and promptly Interfered to Have China from spolia tion, and wassupported by Germany and France. Great Britain declined to Interfere, ho Japan wan forced to surrender I'ort Arthur and evacuate t h) Llao Tung l'eiilnHula and con tent herself with tlio payment of a money Indemnity, which China paid t hroiigh a foreign loan tloated In r.nropu through tlio help of Russia. All thlH took place In 1M.". Russia, as coinpeiiHatlon for her Intervention to Have China from severe Iohh of territory to Japan, obtained the gift of I'ort Arthur, a fortified sea port, us a termlnuH for a railway connection through Mauchurla with the main line of tlio Trans-Siberian Hallway, whose terminus at Vladl- THE LATEST PICTURE THE LATEST PICTURE A uiuua.t'li of miniate coiitriiUlrlloiiH 1 Mi'lmliix II., the Kuxtlan nutucrnt. AIiIioukU li Mitt Ibf orlKlli:itur of The Untrue .i-.n e 1 rl I'Ull.i I. U1m Uoillile Ubkllli; In Ctilnu user Mnnchurle ii ml liU liu-lt nin rovnl of thf pi-rN-uUuu tad ttlaughuir if UuimIuU Ji"ak tire Itiiiill.V III liiiriuniiy with IiIm puhile pence proKKllils. ( voHtok iri more or Ichh Icebound lu , Winter. I Had Japan In iV'.'i Minceeded in 1 her purpoxe to annex I'ort Arthur and the whole Llao Tmi PchIiimiiIh, hIic would have nhut In ItiiHriin'H face ! ami prevented her from nalnliitf nu j entrance to Chlnem.' waterx. She ' would then have gathered Coi-caaud China under lu r foHterliii; can and would have been In a poHltlon to re Hlnt the encroachnientH of Kurope. Hut HiiHHlan HtateMiiiniiHhlp Interfered HucccHMfuIly to prevent the arront of the expaiiHlou of ItiiHHian empire on the Paeltlc. (icrniany extnu-teil her couiK'iiHatlou from China In her oc cupation of Klao Chou Bay, In the Province of Shan Tiiiik- Japan wince 1SIK" han Ihhmi jieiHlMtently Kt tliiK ready for a net t lenient with KiiHHla. Japan miiHt expand; hIio wan forced to let K of the malulaud of China In IMC, and ho nlie mvkN to nettle her overllow lu Corea, which for ceuturieH wan under the dual guardlauHhip of China and Japan, now the inllucnco of Japan predom inating over Corea and then that of China. To the extinct Chlnerie In lluencu ItuHriia lian nucceeded, and the Kinjieror of Corea U a mere puppet who dancci. Hometimen la olKHllence to the hand of UuwIa au then to that of Japan. Japan con troli the railway from Seoul to the neaport of FuHaii, and Ja(an to lu HlHtetit that ItiiHHla Khali hare no Heaport In Corea and nhall not colonlxe Corea. Japan placeu her demand upon the ground of Helt preHervation; that without expan nlon her empire mtiHt die of repletion and decay, and that without marine control of the coant of Corea Japan cannot defend hei'Helf from uaval tiKKi'i'Mwlon. On the other hand, ltunnla lu In Maiu-hiirla iKH-aime nlie wan granted a conccHHlon or right of way for a railway from the Trans-Sllierlan line to I'ort Arthur. Nominally China to Btlll novcivlgn lu Manchuria, for It to under treaty with China that ItH porta have Juxt been thrown open to tlio United States. Never thek'HH, Kamtla will always claim the t OF RUSSIA'S CZAR. I OF RUSSIA'S CZAR. right to occupy Manchuria with her troopH in Hiitllcleiit immlierH to pro tect the railway and Itn trntllc. For t liU n-anun, If for no other, Itunula Ih ure hiiiiii or lute to lit the real ruler j of Manchuria. KuhhIh nnturally il.MtH not want to give Japan uii- i iiniHllel control of the port of I Corea, Uraiine that would make it pOHHIOie ill iiuerieiv n nil iiiv mmii eomuiunk'atlon lietween Vlndlvontok and I'ort Arthur. Thene facU ex plain why Japan and IltiHHla are drifting Into war; they ure loth anxlotiH for unrvntrlcted expaimlon. Jaian must colonise her overflow In Corea or Huffocate In time, and Japan mtiHt hold the count line of Corea to protect her ownnhorefrom ultimate naval nggreHHlon. Huenla In her vast Hcheuio of Sllterlan development mnnt have Port Arthur to obtain Hupplle by ea for some year to come, until her Trans-Siberian Rail way to enlarged and Improved Into a railway line of Hiipply of ample ca pacity. Russia desire to control Corea so that her Hue of naval communica tion between Kitierlaniid Port Arthur 'cannot lie broken, and liecauso she doc uot wish a possible hostile j Japanese Invasion of Manchuria from Corea. When two boy want the same thing and cannot agree on terms of purchase or peaceful barter, they are quite opt to acquire a title with fists aud heels, and it looks as If Japan and Russia would soon or late go to war. Japan, even If victorious In the first rush, could not apparently carry the war Into Man churla and oust Russia from that province. Russia would only pull herselt together and renew the onset. Napoleon at St. Helena said that "Russia to the power that marches the most surely and with the great est strides toward universal domin ation." Russia's weakness to her navy, and Urcat Rrltaln, If she saw tit, could force Russia to a settle ment with Japau by threatening her with her Pacific squadron. Russia's fleet to comparatively small, and it cannot bo quickly Increased. Ieft to their own devices, Russia would Boon Guy rtcCune Loses 2,200 Mead at hands -of Parties Unknown Shot and Clubbed to Death The report last week that X sliii-p hud liecn slaughtered at Christ mas lake on the !il illst by five marked men. lias been purtly con firmed. Iii fact, tiiiy Mi-Cune the owner, who lives at Silver Lake, and who went out to liiestfgate the affair, returned, having found NX) alive out of the baud of :Vt head. j It apN'iirs that the cattle men of that vicinity, which Is undei-stood to lie partly i'l Crook and Ijike counties, drew a dead line, and warned sheepmen not to cross It with their sheep under enalty of having their band destroyed with out mercy. Whether McKiuie or his herder was aware of this order or not, Is not known. The particulars of the affair are Is-st given in the Silver Lake Oregon inn as follows: The sheephcrder for the McKune sheep came In from the sheep camp near Christinas lake yesterday ( Feb. .1 1 bringing the startling news that the camp hail Ist-n visited by five masked men the night Is-fore and the larger part of the band of shetp were slaughtered. The live masked men were all heavily armed and proceeded to do their work In a delils-rate way The herder was first taken care of ami while one man guarded him the other four proceeded with their part of the work. The sheep had been corrnled for the night and were easy to get at. They took the night for their work, using knives, club and guns In the wholesale slaughter. With the ap proach of day took their departure with the parting Injunction that other sheep using that range would Is? treated In a similar nmuner unless they were moved soon. They had done their work well and only a small remnant of a band of over 3000 sheep were left. Upon re ceipt of the news Guy McKuik1 came to this place and telephoned Sheriff Dunlap who will make a thorough investigation of the affair. While only a meagre account of the killing can be had at this time enough lias been learned that the killing was done by five masked men and certain parties are suspected and startling disclosure are expect ed to take place In the near future. The cause for tne killing to attrib uted to the fact that the sheep were on range used by cattlemen. While the amount of sheep report ed killed may be over estimated it 1 a hard loss to Mr. McKune and he will leave nothing undone to hunt down the parties who done the kill ing. A big ten-days rabbit hunt was organized by the people of the west side In the vicinity of the Union School house last week, which will be terminated tomorrow. Side were chosen, with about 30 on each side, and any kind of gun or weapon can be used. At the conclusion of the hunt, and after the scalps have been counted, a big dance at Union School house will terminate the affair. A basket supper will lie serv ed, and everybody is invited to go aud have a good tltue. wear out Japan, but with Great Britain for a naval ally Japan v, ould rule the sea and win the day. A First National Bank With Cap ital of $25,000 to be Started Some Time This Year. A dispatch from Washington to the Oregotiian under date of Feb. 4th says: The Controller of theCurrency today approved the application of A. Mclalleii, L. L. Mulit. C. If. Vniipel, J. F. Hilling and F. J. Farlow to organize the First Nation al Hank of Lakeview, Or., with a capital of $2T.,(Nn. While there has been talk of a new bank ts-ing started In Lakeview for several years post, It was not gener- . ally known that the enterprise was a thing of certainty. The organizers are all well known bnslnes men of Ashland, and Mr. McCallen, of course Is well known here, having been in business in Lakeview for many years; served as county treasurer for 15 years, and was cashier and stockholder of the old Lakeview Hank from the time it started until it was sold to the present Rank of Iakevlew. It had leen reported that Post master Wilcox would be Interested in the new bank, aud would probably be the cashier, but upon inquiry, he disclaimed any knowledge of the enterprise, and was not aware of w hat had lteen done until the above dispatch was shown him. However, the proposition was talked of last year and he wa offered this posi tion, and this to probably where the supposition originated from. It i understood that a substan-' tlal building will be erected upon A. McCallen's lot opposite Bailey & Masslnglll's, now occupied by Cloud" soda works. A great many approve of this new enterprise, aud a the move Indicate the amount of business that to trans acted In Lakeview, It will no doubt be a help toward building up this county. The gentlemen at the head of it are banking men, and are familiar with the business of thto country, and certainly know what they can do. Oregon Cattlezrowers. The Oregon State Cattlegrowers Association was formed In Portland during the week of the National Live Stock Convention. William Ilanley, of Burns, wa elected president; William Metcalfe, of Ontario, first vice-president; C. F. Fulton, of Wasco, second vice-president; R. N. Stanfleld, of Tendleton, treasurer, and Grant Mays, of The Dalles, secretary. Two committees were formed, one on constitution and by-laws, com posed of George Owens, of Ashland; R. N. Stanfleld, of Pendleton; L.Sltx, of Burns; W. L Gibson, of Ontario; F. O. Buntlug, of Lakeview; J. Mc Donald, of Wallowa, and Lee Wlgle, of Prlneville. An executive committee, one mem ber to a couuty, was elected. The ultimate effort of the ossocla tlon Is to' protect the general In terests of cattlemen, to have commit tees that will be able to speak for the cattlo Industry to the railroad, the Legislature and the packers. The first thing that It will do is to establish au open market at Port laud and handle It lu a manner that will give the smaller purchasers of cattle an equal advantage with the bigger Institutions.