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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1905)
7 ft life VOL. XXVI. LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DEC-21, 190p. NO. ri. RAILROADS ALL THE GO Lakevlew Muat Look To San Francisco Por An Outlet. LAKH COUNTY IIA5 A TUTURt. L, F. Conn, attorney, of Lakevlew, wun lii Portland yesterday on IiIm re turn homo after n visit with Mr. nnd Mm. N. L. Roller, of Dallas, the par on tw of Mrs. Conn. Mr. Conn Is well known In tlx M'lllninHto Valley, having graduated at U'lllamctte University, and afterward made hi homo In Nalcm for several yearn. Ho has come to have high regard for the sunny climate of Interior Or ojfoii, however, ami has great hopes for the fut lire of that section. in the opinion of Mr. Conn, gather ed from IiIm conversation yesterday, Lake county ami the town of Lake view, will have to look first to San Francisco and California for rail road nHMUtance and the develop ment going with the InvaHloii of the county by a railroad. The Lake vlew district, an far north an Sum iiht Iike Ih tributary to San Fran cisco, not only In tlie eHtimatlon of Mr. Ceiiii, but of the other rcslaeuts of that country. It In farther to Cortland than It In to Nan 1'ran clwro, the way mcrchandlso has to Is? handled, nnd for tliU reason the people of Lake county have come to look upon the California town an their commercial frlendx, "When the llarrlman Hue Is built to Klamath Falls," said Mr. Conn, "Lakevlew will 111 be a good 100 mile away. If the line gis'S no u til as In now planned, before It come oast across the state, Lakevlew will still Im out In the open, and an far a over from connection, with Port land. "The Callfornla-Nevada-Orejfon road, which In now within NO in lien of Lakevlew, In steadily coming to ward the north, and It will be but a short time until It en tern Oregon. From talk I had with an attache of that road It Ik certain that the Gould Interests control It, and If ho, tho rails are not being pushed to ward Lakevlew fur the fun of the thing. "Thin Maine employe," continued Mr. Conn, "told nio of a meeting held some time ago in Sun Francisco, at which one of, the well-known lould line officials wax a consplcu oiih participant. Thin fact nnd others make it certrln that the liar-row-gauge- road Ih at leant a feeder of the (lould system. Heavier wires and polctt are being strung along the lino. The track Ih being put In b.'tter Hlmpo and plaiiH are now complete for its exteuBlon, while surveying parties ure In tho field working on a line that will bring tho road Into Lakevlew. For these reasons I think tho Unrrltnan lines will have to build fast It they expect to get Into the territory In time to have a lead on the business. Mr. Conn has hojH's of a great fu ture for Lnko county and the en tire Central Oregon district. No where In the state Is there such rich soil, oneo It Is put under water, and tho famous loams of the Willamette and Columbia lUver valleys cannot show such productive powers by half, ho declares. At present everything Is wailing for the coming of a railroad. It is Impossible to ship agricultural pro duce out of tho country, ou account of tho long haul and the high freight charges. The only thing that can be done with prollt is to wait for stock to grow, and when It Is fat, to drive It 100 miles or so to tlio nearest shipping point. The coming of a railroad will make It possible to do- DATES TO REMEMBER AND RAILROAD NEWS. 1 ) clow we give a few dates ncc- cssary to be remembered if things political work smoothly for politicians and the candidates in the coining election: Registration books open Jan. 2 by clcrA. Hooks closed foi pri mary election April 10, 5 p. m. Registration booAs opened after primary election April 25. Keg-, istration books closed lor gener al election May lf, f p. m. Last day for giving notice of primary election, March 21. Last day for filing petitions for placing names on ballot for state, congressional and district oflices, March 30th. Last day for filing petitions lor county oflices, April 4. Date of primary election, April 20. Last day for filing certificates of nomi nation for state oflices b' assem bly of electors, April 19. Last day for filing nominating peti tions for state offices, May 4th. Last day for filing certificates of nomination for county oflices, by assembly of electors, May 4-. Last day for filing nominating petitions for county oflices, May 19th. General election June 4th. L very newspajicr in Oregon is ' full of railroad news these times of railroad construction in the Northwest, nnd every man vou meet can tell some good rail road news. Last week a couple of gentlemen named Parker came over from IJly on land business and remained in LaAeview a few days. Thejf gave out the infor mation that the country between lu re and Klamath Palls was full of people looking at the timber - ami making estimates as to how much per. acre it would scale. They stated that some railroad surveyors had given out the in formation that the Southern Pa cific Co. had purchased the N-C-O. narrow guage road and would make a standard road of it and extend it to Lakcvicw next sum mer, and that people who were on the inside were getting an xious to secure some of the val uable lands lying in teacfi of the proposed extension. Of course the rumored purchase of the X-C-0. by the Southern Pacific con tradicts former statements that the Gould peop1c,tthad acquired possession of that road, but it T F. Conn, while in Klamath -Falls talA-ed with the rail road surveyors that are working in that section now. The gentle man would not give out any pos itive statement as to where the company intended to run that line, but said that Lakcvicw would get a railroad, and that pretty soon. The fact that three crews of surveyors are at work between here and Ontario, com ing this way, one crew in the Iknd country, worAing south and the assurance of early extension of the N-C-O. makes it certain that one or more of these roads will reach La Ae view before very long. Lakeview is on the direct route north and south through the state, east of the Cascades and no easier grade could be found in the West, or no richer country to build through. Har riman and Gould are both fight 'ing for supremacy in Oregon and no matter which wins, Lakeview and Lake County will be in it. matters not which company gets the road and extends it to LaAe view it will be welcomed here. HURRAH FOR NEW OREGON New Empire to Be Open ed to the World By Many Railroads i ENTERING UPON A NEW ERA. "New Oregon" Is the title given that portion of the state lying east of the Cassade mountains so com pletely Isolated from the rest of the state as not to be tributary to the metropolitan center only In the mat ter of proportionate revenue for gov ern meat expense. The opening of New Oregon" to the world by means of railroads Is looked forward with greater Interest than any period of the state's history bos ever excited. The richness of the soli In Southeastern Orccnn tin never, until the past few months. been sufficiently Impressed upon the more populous portion of the state. and Its possibilities hare not created even a ripple of anxiety to bring this part of the state in close touch with the business centers. More atten tion has been paid to this part of Oregon the post few mauths tbaa ever before. vtlop the agricultural resourses of the county and bring people to oc cupy the vacant lands. When that time comes, Lakevlew will bj a great city ami Lnko County one of the chief divisions of the state. Mr. Conn will return at once to his home, called by business. Mrs. Conn remain tho guest of friends and rela tives until the coming of Spring. Death of Mrs. Clippenger, For many weeks Mrs. Cllppenger lay sick with typhold-pncumoula at the Moore residence In Lakevlew, and was relieved ouly when death came lost Thursday. Mary J. I'lery was born in Colum blu Co., Ohio, In May, isoil, was married to Mr. Authouy T. Cllppen ger In Juno 1882 and died In Lake view, Oregon, Dec. 11, 100."".. Ths fuueral services 'were held In tho M. E. Church in Lakevlew on Saturday, Dec. 17, conducted by Rev. S. Snyder, Pastor. After which the remains were followed by a large coucourse of friends to the cemetery north of town, whero they were laid to rest with appropriate services. Mr. Cllppenger and his four sous have the deepest sympa thy of tho entire community In their sad bereavement. Christmas At The School. Friday tho pupils of . tho public schools will bo treated to Christmas festivities. Miss Blough and Miss Snelllng have arranged for n Joint en tertainment for their departments to be held on Friday afternoon, and MIhs Hall and Mrs. Cloud will give a Christmas tree for their pupils Jointly, In all, Friday at the school house will bo a day of pleasure for tho pupils. lleryford & Dykemau of the Mam moth Stables have bought a large barn full of hay from D. II. liartzog at $7 per ton, and have teams haul ing It to tho stable. CofntflK by Collier! Wetkljf. THERE, SUUB ENOUGH. WAS A GREAT CRIMSON SPILL UPON THE FLOOR. A. O. U. W. Officers. At the regular meeting of tho A. O. U. W. Lodgo last Thursday night tho following officers were elected to servo the eusulng term, to lie Install ed at Joint Installation with the De gree of Honor at tho 11'orkmen rsg ular meeting ou Thursday evening, January 4th, 190(5; . F. Spangenburg.... Master Workman Thos. Natson Foreman C. t). Metzker Overseer A. Weber.,, Recorder V. IJ. .Snider Financier C. T. Snider Receiver X. Arzner.... Guide Joe Arzner Inside Watchman S. Arth.ur Outside Watchman HKiiHKi: or llONOlt. Mrs. 0. C. Loftus Chief of Honor Mrs. J.I). lleryford... Lady of Houor Selma Avlragneto....C. of Ceremonies Mao Snider Recorder Mrs. IV. M. Harvey Banker Eph. Miller Financier Pearl Moss Usher Irvln Oarrett Outside Guardian Dave Edler Widely Known. Little does Dave Edler think how many people In the world have read of him, and know that he fell from a wagon not many weeks ago and skinned his uose. Mention of the in cident was made In this paper at the time, and has goue the rounds since. A short time ago we received a busi ness letter from a firm in New Jersey and In the courso of tho letter the writer mentioned the fact that lie had Just read an article In a promi nent New York dally duly credited to The Lake County (Orcgon)Exam iner. A few days later we received a marked copy of the "New York Dal ly Globe," containing tho Item about Mr. Edler's episode. Not withstand ing the fact that Mr. Edler's nq.se is all well and haired over, tho Item is still being published as news. Received the Banner. Miss Blough's room in the public school was awarded the banner this month. The "banner" is a reward for the highest per centage of attend ance during the month. Around this emblem hangs a funny little story, as follows: Little Joe Harvey, aged five, youngest eon of Mr. nnd Mrs. Wm Harvey, and full of the wit char acteristic of his father's countrymen, came home one day for dinner, and only ate a few bites when he jump ed up from the table with n serious look on his face. His mother in quired what his hurry was when Joe remarked, "well, I have got to hurry bock, Miss Hall said if I did n't we wouldn't get the banner. I don't know what that is, but I am bound to have it," and away he rau. Mrs. V. L. Snelllng, Mrs. F. M. Mil ler, Miss Hall aud Miss Snelllng spent last Suuday at the Lane ranch be low town. One Week's Vacation. A meeting of the school board was held last Saturday for the purpose qf paying teacher's salaries, deter mining the length of holiday vaca tlon and other matters of Import ance. Tho matter of vacation was left to a vote of the teachers. Prof. Blough, principal, and Miss Blough of the sixth and seventh grades were in favor of only one week, while Miss Snelllng of the fifth and sixth grades and Miss llall of the primary department were In favor of two weeks. Mrs. Cloud of the third and fourth grades, desired to be nutral but as tho other four tied, she was called upon to decide, aud voted for one week. Next Friday school will close until Tuesday, the second day of January, 190G. 11. P. Enqulst came in from tho sheep rango first of tho week. He will speud the greater part of the winter in town, he having spent sev eral winters on the desert and Is now deserving as well as able to take more comfort than can be had In a sheep camp on the desert In winter. New Electric Light. Plant. Last week Messrs. E. Keller and W. H. Shirk went over to Deep creek to Inspect that stream for a suitable site for a new electric light plant. They found a location about 200 yards above the falls near Adel, In Warner valley, and by putting In a dam at that place about four feet high they can divert water enough to generate 304 horse power at the season of year when water is at the lowest stage. Mr. Keller stated up on their return that It was a settled fact that a new plant would be pat in, and be is now in San Francisco buying machinery. The new plant will be installed by the California & Oregon Light, Heat and Power Co., the same company that operates at Pine Creek. Perform Operation. Mr. J. S. Gillett of Willow Ranch, brought bis son Ben, up to town Monday to have an operation per formed on his leg. Some years ago the boy received an injury to his leg and it has gradually grown Into a disease which is causing the bone be low the knee to decay. Some weeks ago Drs. Smith & Patterson made an examination and found the con ditlon to be serious, and Monday they removed part of the bone from the leg. Young Gillett Is now at the hotel, and so far as can be known at this time is getting along very well Burned To The Ground. The fine residence belonging to A. II. Hammersley on the West Side of the slash Just north of the stage road was burned to the ground Monday afternoon. Andy was In town sick, and knew nothing of the fire till all was goue. J. M. Haot- ersley was stopping at the house, but the origin of the fire is not! known. Visits Lakeview. I'. G. M. IF. Feeuey of the A. O, I IV. Is In Lakevlew by order of theex tension board of that lodgo explali Ing the benefits of tho order. M Feeuey is an excellent speaker, an makes plain all the admirable fei tures of Insurance In the A. O. U. Ills stay In Lakeview depends upo his success in increasing the membed ship of tho local lodge. Wm. Harvey came down fro Summer Lake last Sunday to 1 wltb bis family a few dsys.