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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (May 4, 1905)
take g5 vol, XXVI. LAKE VIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 190:. NO. 18, REG0N DEVELOP- tontion given to l( whatever? It is trill' 1 lilt lit i,r i,t ,1. ...... 1 II A n I T !-" hi, uinr in sonic ME!S I LUAUUU. discission iih to the a.vlNal.ilit.y of -arranging rail transportation fur ,,,,,, t.t iwH. ""' to l,arl' ; this district, but It should bo the .-f- ,lkfiil t" nie't ujMtii. feet .,r this association and ovrv rW'HtheWH.v theHtnfl writer on ,1HH(.jilti(lll wit bin this Mate to ni.l .,Op.p.niim begun the writoup ..f t his pr, .jft t l.y every possible means." ' (.Mventt..li f the Oregon 1 e- Mr. Myers 1., lievc the best kind of j ;,,,,, League hfld in Portland ,h ert isi.ig for 1 he state is for each! tin-:iitli ;ml -'7i li -I April, i"t ,-, niniv newspaper to publish mum-: a jrreat deal of g. work was (llly r K,.M1l-,,nnunlly, a tminlier giv-i ;un f..r li"' development oi the ig good and complete w rib-up oL , Some important resolutions ii s t own a ml community , its resour-1 .p.i,....t.'.l. among 11'" most ini- civs, a i it 1 thru ask its subscriber, to! rwutl.tr r.n-t.-rn Oregon, ali.l we hi.1( (.(i. (f lh,s t ju) jMvf.rtli"Ci.lirc slate li-intf the .astern fi ifiul. Other speeches Were liiit.le by prominent mill i 1 1 . 1 other resolu tions adopted urging railroad eon slrurtioii in Kn-li in Oregon, luir- m;; ! !i .i.. : of 1 ,.. .-ativ. ti- linii .. ini rs:i-f was re'-fi . from t I It A-lit.U.I le,li;Ue ,'. ill'i .ll In'i II Lr I I. a 1 4 l.'.i .i had Im en r.ii-ed 1 1 . I ii, , .'ii i .in. lit .i:i'n LAKEVIEW WINS FROM PINE CREEK. r intr.ttliK-f'l by Henry I lalui of nil fur "lift t'-r I ra ::spi trt- ,n. a ii' i umre ..fit :" II 'i,i'f:tn. I'raei i.-all v ail of the ...i .v-.-fiii- , " i .. t i i thl ;' . T.' tlll'l'T . i:..c Hi'-.',! . " i'.-r it-, i i.; i.tii lit ' i ;. im,:i it. t i:.- V. .i.T.-as. A !:, i If llttW l! :t;.!inl. I'.i. li.I . .lit r! a if I nr lias -la ;,.,il..T oi :;al ltl). a ;.', alf I porlion of tlii I r. t ra if t.-i Wli.T.Mf., S,ol portions of saltl .it.' lime cr.-at natural resources ..! lur.'f li.i.li. s of ill), icclipied lands, nidi tinly neetl transportation, iliti'H in ttr.lff to I settled upon .! .i'Vi'lt.tf.i, a ml j iVh. rvuti, It is nit.-' .lilt el y ossein ial i ;iic interests of t his m ite anil to I'iU'f mi I portions tlieretif thai; h tniif.i.it a t i. .n facilities l.f f 1 1 1' lf ! lit mice, aii.l Wln'ivus, t in se,al tliffere lit oc- .iilm iliriMl s! a ti'tii.-iit s have liitn l 'til'' I twi t i,fw i.ia.l- wt.nl. I l.f ii! ati'l "Wfiuli .1 int.. t Ii.- inifi'ior tii' Htntf. a- u .-II a to the eoa-.t " ".intih there: if; now. I hen-fore, lie it Iinnlvrtl, '1'liat tin- Oregon lie--i"Im.-iit League, eoaiposfi of iiilfTH frtiin ail parts of the State ""-'n. does leu l.y express lis sn-t tlmt mi ill roads have not been lilt, atnl tl.it-K hereby earnestly re-' wt tin-Hiiiil traiisporiatltui eoni- i "ifMii build railway lines mid fur--itruuHtortation faellllleH to the ""'"iih of thin mate now without ;iu." In IwlurHiiiK the rcsolnt Ion, Jude I-owell of rniatlllu nald, lu lr!: "I Wish the people of tho Wil ""'ti' valley could f,. in,, to Cea- fj Uriwin ,,,..1 , i,,. , ,,. i " - .."I. IIIUII, m M l,t,-M' iih Ohio, without a "I riillroad traversing it, and -"it people coniil eotue and nee '" r,,,l"i','ful valley, and then wtjulti i. ,, (.Ufit no """'I'oweM, hut nil would l.e of 'H-'ui. We ,i,.Inul.,j ,(). our tlit ti-ui,,Mii-iutln faeilitie it III Kla, to have t l.U rewolll- illll ft. "tiriroiii Multnomah countv. .Many Sl.oulJ AttcnJ. 'I'll" tl.fi't in- to I." 1;"M a1 t!,f l't. ion si-!, oo I I mi on ill.' 11',.. i Side 1 1 1 i I 'I'litif-ilay ) evening:, is on. of I he inosl iuiportiiiit meet inu's ever held in t he cotitity, for the tl.'Veloji tnelit of the county's rest.uives. The' colltily has its tlev flopliient It.mlles now, and what we want is a water; users' association, foruietl of lnml, owiiers In tlif arid Kfctiotis of the county. In order to accomplish j what I he league Is How HeeMiiR, the irritra I i. hi of the (lifl'ereut arid sec-; tiotis of t hf county l.y the govern- ne i.t, every a vailal.l" acre of arid : land in private ownership, as weil as a ra Hi , t a list I .. i a: 1 1 le to con I rib iita its portion of 1 In- f Mp.'lisf of con st in. -I ion. and every lind owner must show, not only his willingness to have his land irrigated, l ut th' sire, and put fort li every effort to jiile up inl'orni.'lt ion I ie fore the e. es of the department oliicials In-ariiiR out fai ls that oiiinot he overlooked hy t-ucli oliicials, so that in their iti veHtlRatlotiw our case will bhow to j lie one of Mich Importance to de mand their Immediate utteutlon. ; We iniiHt nhow fact that cau be HUtiHtantlated uiion Investi'itlo"; not illusionM that will cause the in- Hpeetors to glance ami turn awiiy with tlisKiixt Mfflny that the condi- tioi.s had l.een misrepresented to them. Apiin we nay t Ids is an important meet In.', ami M'tould he nlleiided l.y all Ihose ho can possil.ly he there. Dvery luisiiiess mini in J-nkeview in Interi'Mted In t lie development of the WeM Hide aw lie is in any part of the county. Then K'. uJ '"''l' t,l,f thliiK nloliK- Mrs. Jonej riles Tinal Account. : .1 I..- j Mrs. Klleu Jones accompauieu her attorney Thos. K. Kase of San rM'"' M.veis also lallo.,1 of h'-ra. .Cisco, arrived here last ratur- "'UI"'UHt,',i" Or.-ou diid itH reHour-jday. Monday Attorney Kase for tl'i' follow hi- laudatorv lamr- his client lile.l with theiu'ohate court Nl J.....1 . , """'"'i ne united as (he people of '""Kiill, J-ff.-r, "()"r In; .i... i:.,.,l ..t of I M;lte of Iav..I t . " u ii.. i Willis in Ore-,,,, ni oivsei.t l.lones. deceased. Attorney L- J ''"'"'"""''"'inxoue-te.itliof what'conn rep resell t i.u Mrs. AHce, Laird We have a diMtrlet Iniand Attorney J. . M. Ihitchclder rep- ''UHteru (),,',,,, tl.at J do l.e 'VeHI produce an iniu li yraln tut of the Stato of Oregon is "Educing if k w,.re ylveu au iuUDUy t0 tr'"'N'ort It- pro t0 "'arket, uud tLl8 imuieuue provide hoiiieH for ut leat 'ttiullk-H. Now, wby Bhuulu rJ'0Ple l'3'lM,et bulld vp a 1 Iu J'ortluud, or great iu mo W'illmnette Valley, when Permitting tLUvat uinouut 1 Wfftttl. , lie Idle without any at rewentinu' Mrn. Salllu KlBtfH. I"''1'" filed ohjectloim to the account. The cane U being hotly fought on tecuui calltteH. and will no doubt bo carried to the circuit court and ponalbly to the BUpreme court. Tho final ac count an filed allow that Mm. Jones a executrix of the will of lavld Jont'H, deceased, received about f H 00 aud the expense account reaches over f 0,000. Several Items In the ex pense account were objected to by attorneys for tho heirs. II', J. Moore Is asstlug Mr. Kase. One of t he best ball Kamen played Iu LnUeview for a long time, from a gallnr.N stHi.tlpoint, was played last Sunday afternoon In t ween a picked team front Lnkeview ami the Tine Creek te.ilil. ianifs ha e been phiyt d here when t he scores were not nearly so large, but none, that we remember of, has afforded more real interest, than this one, I if cause of the equality of the player-. A game lit terall.v smeared u it Ii "goosf eggs" is void of interest in Ilie graml stand, ami a purely oiif-siili il game is likewise lacking of interest. The loud cheering iu Ihe galleries creates elit usinsni among tie' !! i.M-rs. I l.e l'ilif I 'leek boys hail tile lil'st in ii,, ;' ',,1 t a Hi. l Lai .'vi - v play, c.l li.i.l ;,i ils lirM a lid Wt-re credited with a u. Admirers iu I.akeview feit chilly a 'id wished 1 hey had their motley ba"1.. Odds veff otn-red on l'ii," !'r. fk li'it the 1. ts w.'Ht beg ging. i'ili'' Crt'eK wet.t to the it.lt ill good cheer, the players turning hand springs as they scurried in from the field. One out, two out, three out. and cheers went up for Lake view. Again the locals were smear ed with a (J, ('hills again chased each other around the shirt collars of tin se who had backed the locals with their hard-earned. Pine Creek were still more jubilant and rushed to the bat witli a whoop. They mailt' two tallies aud gave up to the locals. The game now stood 7 for Pine ( reek and U 0 for Lakeview. bu t the local-t felt confident in tin1 out come. They were now warmed up and made ." runs. Pine Creek got a (land I.akeview." intheJth, which changed the atmosphere several de grees, with Lakeview 1 ahead. Then the fun commenced. Two more full innings were played witli a tally for either side. In the 7th, Pine Creek goose egged and Lake view made 1. Iu the 8th Pine Creek made a aud Lakeview 1. Pine Creek ended its last iuulug with 13, and the locals began their last with 10. It looked shaky, but the boys were 'sweaty." Defeat stared them in the face, aud many hearts stood still while a run was being made. At last there was a tie. Now for that ONK. It looked impossible, but Man M'horton tuned himself up and made the run amidst tunnultus cheering ami uproarous shouting. Handkerchiefs, umbrellas, ladies gloves and even a few Enstcr hats were Hying in the air. Lakeview had won. Muuy good plays were made. Jim my Judge was thechampiou "Uutlu sky." One time when Jester Vernon attempted to block the track, Jimmy butted in on him aud both rolled lu on the plate, and it Is said Jimmy grasped the plate iu his teeth and held on for tlear life till time- was culled. (ieo. Ay res ably umpired the game, and his decisions seemed to bo popular. The line-up was as follows: Lakeview; Man Whortou pitcher, Orvls Stephenson catcher, A. W. CJowau first base. George Storkiuaun second base, 8. O. Cresslcr third base, ll'ui. Wagner right field, Jim 1'artin center field, "Tuffy" Storkaiann left field, Jlirnuy J ut'ge short stop. l'iue Creek; J. V Glbblns pitcher, Lester Vernou catcher, L. Boyse first base, Leo Mulkey second base, K. Wade third base, Fred Hatnmersley right field, W. Larkln left field, J. Broil! center field, S. (iallaglier short stop. Following Is the score by Innings: Pine Creek: 5-0-2-O-0-0-O-:-:! 13 La kc v iew : 0-0-5-3-0-0-1-1-! 1 4 The Lakeview Ball team will go to Pine Creek a week from next Sunday to etpe with the Pino Creek boys. A large crowd is expected to go to see the game. It will be good alright. CLATSOP LOSES COURT HOUSE. To Build lelephone Line. A good attendance is desired at the telephone meeting to be hold at the Courthouse to-day (Thursday) at 2 oclock, at which meeting an organisation will be effected for the construction of a telephone line from I .ake view to Plush by way of A.!' !. The Kxauiit.cr made considerable com in lit on t his move a few weeks wh.n it was lir-t st.-.r:- !. set la... out tlie benefits to b" tterivi.l, both for Lakeview and tiie poop!" t-f Vt armT. No doubt cv. ryoi.e who could be interested in m:c!i a. scheme has already been brought to tin? full realization of the Importance of such a line. We hope the scheme will be carried out and the line built at the earliest possible hour. Once a . telephone is in u-e its service cannot be dispensed with. The times are too rushing to wait on horseback messengers. Baath Plead not Guilty. County Judge L. .'. Webster is to conduct the defense of State Senator Jl. A. Booth, who was Indicted by the fed'Tal grand jury for complicity in the land frauds. A. C. Woodcock of Eugene, who is associated with Judge Webster In the defense of the case, entered a plea of not guilty for his client. Senator Booth is the head of the great Booth-Kelly Lumber com pany. He was Indicted for conspir acy to defraud the government of a portion of its public domain. His co-defendauts are J. 11 Booth, his brother, and former receiver of tho Uoseburg land office, and T. E. .Singleton. Refuse 20 cents for Wool. Woolgrowers of the northern j counties have all along declined to contract their clips, even though big prices were offered, pre ferring to await tho regular sales days which have proven so satisfac tory toth?a the past three years, ! since the system was inaugurated. These sales days occur on June C and 23 ami July C. Contractors be gan early in tho winter by offering 10 to 17 cents, and filially offered 18, and later went up as high as 20 cents for choice clips. All these offers were rejected, and growers expect better than 20 cents on tho sales daya when sealed bhls will be made. Two flurderers Must Hang. Norman Williams, who was con victed at Tho Dalles last year for the killing of Miss Alma Nesbitt lu 1000, will 1m) hanged at Tho Hallos, his crime being committed prior to tho act providing for execution at the penitentiary. George V. Lautli, who murdered Mrs. Lenora B. Jones at Oregon City last fall, will bo hanged at tho peni tentiary. The supreme court handed down a decision on April 27th, affirming the Judgements of death passed by the lower courts. Tho men will be re sentenced as soon as the mandates are sent down to the lower courts. Clatsop County has lost Its Court house suit, and the Supreme Ctjurt has ordered that the county olhcers be enjoined from collecting the spec ial tax authorize, by an act of the legislature of l!)t.". Tho net Is de clared to bo unconstitutional be cause in violation of article 11, sec tion 10, of the constitution, which prohibits the er-ation of any debts or liabilities which shall singly or in the aggregate exceed $."ii)0(), except to suppress insurrection or repel in vasion. This suit was brought by Asnius Brix ami other taxpayer against the county, and was decided by Judge McBride against the taxpay ers. This decision is reversed in an opinion written by Justice Bean, 'l ia- opinion say ia part : That the act of 1!M'.. authorizing the levy of a special tax and the making of tlr- contract for the con struction of tlie Court house, was designed to enable the county to avoid the provisions of the constitu tion is apparent. The position of the defendants (county otlicers) is that no debt or liability was created against the county because a special tax to con tinue for 15 years to provide a fund for the payment of the contract price was levied, prior to tlie making of the contract, and such contract contained a stipulation that the cost of the building should be paid only from such fund. . . . The assessment and collection of a tax on the property of the inhabi tants of a municipality in the future for the benefit of a particular In dividual and In payment of an obli gation incurred by the municipal authorities, necessarily Implies a debt or liability against the munici pality which tlie holder Is entitled to have paid with money derived from taxation. ... A contract to pay a certain sum in tho future with Interest out of money to be thereafter raised by general taxa tion from all the people ... is manifestly a debt or liability against tlie municipality, and no technical process of reasoning, legal acumen or jugglery of words can mako tho fact otherwise. ... To hold otherwise would bo to make an unwarranted distinction between tho taxpayers In their or fanfaod pnpnHty ntid 1h same per. sous as Individuals. Tho money must come from the taxpayers w hat ever may bo the language of tho law authorizing Its exaction The opinion refers to the provisions of the act as a subterfuge ami says If tills moans can be used to build a courthouse it can bo also used to build highways, bridges, jails and like corporate expenses. The constitution was intended to protect the taxpayers. Its language Is plain and unambiguous, and tho courtis not Justified lu giving It a strained or astute interpretation to avoid Individual or local hardship. It Is its duty to enforce tho provis ions as written, according to their plain and obvious meaning, and not to permit It to be circumvented hy shifting the burden of a debt from the municipal entity to the taxpay ers. Clatsop County is now )70,000 In debt and the new courthouse Involv ed the expenditure of over f 100,000. V. K. Barry was over from Plush Saturday.