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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1906)
4 VOL. XXVII. LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEB. Ku 1900. NO. 7. SURVEYORS GALLED OFF; Belief Prevails that N-C-O. Will Not ExUnd This Vcar. ROAD HAY BE SOLD. Purpose Mas Alwayi Heen to Ex tend the Road Further North to Lakeview. Tho report I" galling ground of tin N O O. lUllruad Co' disinclination to extend their road thin yur. The surveyors have lieeii called citr, mid while nothing substantiating the re port comes from the railroad officials t IiouikcIvcs, forecasters nf rnllrol lore claim tho recent actions of tin' company in withdrawing their sur veying crew is conclusive evidence of rudlcual change in extension plans. Tho fart that a representative of tint N C (). road was in tho East lust hiiiii miir trying to unload tho road onto tho Western Piicllle 'iiiiuiiy make it probable tlmt a deal in umb-r way whereby tin) X CO. may I'ivimiio the property of some oiio of t!i various rallrouds building toward Lukeviuw, with nil aiiuoucod purpose of reaching this most important ioiut. Iu thu event thu road has, beeu taken over ly any of these companies, it I not lit nil astonishing that tho surveyors were riillod off by tin present Inauitgcuiont. It iitUMt Ih known that UiIh wet of sur veyors are uot socking a routo through thu country, lut are actually locating u permanent road lied. It him Well known for yearn that it thoroughly feasible route could lo found through Eastern Oregon, and tho only object of a new survey would m to set the Hakes fot tho grades, which could Ixi douo slightly in ad vuncu of tho builders. It has beeu the avowed purpose of tho managers of thu N-C-O. road to extend to Laku vlow, and it in roimonublo to suppose that nothing hut tho Halo of thu road would divert thorn from this purpose. Fred Collin at Large. CHI CO, Cul., Fob. 5. An attempt was niado toduy to arrest Fred ColliiiH, said to lo au escaped convict from tho Oregon Penitentiary and wanted hero on a charge of highway robbery. Collins and another man , it in ullog il, recently roblicd a Chinese, and tho otllcer today ciimo upon him whilo ho was plow lug a Hold with his father. Collins wait ou horseback when tho demand for surrender wiih made, and ho lushed the horse into a Kallop. Tho otllcer followed iu a buggy, shooting at tho fugitive. Oue Imllet went through Collins' hiind. Iloth father and son reached their homo lioforo the officers and tho won was provided with a fresh horse and revolver. Collins escapoil to the foothills, and tho futher, with a gun, .prevented tho attempt of one of the party to follow the son. Tho elder Collins was arrest ed and searching parties are now scouring the hills for his hoii. It is said that youug Collins escaped last August from the Oregon reuitentlary, where ho was serving a term for horse stealin g. SALEM, Or., Fob. fl. (Special. ) Fred Collins was a trusty convict who escaped from tho Oregon Penitentiary last Spring whilo working ou a road gung south of this city. Ed. Lousig not, who escaped at tho sumo timo was later raptured after a hard tight, whilo enjoying the sights ou tho trail at the Lewis and Clark Fair. It is known that Collins went to California and it was believed that ho enlisted iu the regular Army and went to the Philippines. A few days ago u number of rough characters were returned from Manila, and Collins may huve beeu among them, Poultentiury au thorities have an offer of 50 rewurd for hla return. Oregonian. Fred Collins was convicted of horse stealing iu Lake, county ut the spring term of circuit court in 1901. He stole a horse from Chus. M-Inuos of Bummer Lake, and was caught after a hard chase over the country. Mutt Have Health Officer. A Bulem dispatch to the Oregonian of Fob. 7thjsuy: "Attorney-Oenoral Crawford today ronderod au opinion holding that It U mandatory upon county court! to ap point county health olilcem under the provisions of t he act of l'Xtfi. That act declares that the County Judge and Commlsslonem nhull constitute a County Hoard of Health and shall em ploy a secretary, who must tie a grad uate of a reputable medical college ami a regularly licensed physician. The secretary shall m the health otllcer of the Isiard and thall receive from the county quarterly l1' cents t capita for the population of the county up to iV,no people, the pop ulation being determined by multiply lug the iiiimlser of children of school age by four. As this compensation will amount to 0 cents H?r capita per year, tho otllce created by that act will ho a de sirable one in a numler of counties of the Ktate. The same act requires the City Council of every Incorporated town to employ a health otllcer at the same rate of comH-usatlou. No county can pay its health otllcer less than liD) a year, and no city or town less than 10. Ko far none of the counties Hoetu to have paid any at tention to the law, but as this opiilon was rendered at the iiiiest of the SiM-retary of htate ami Hoard of Health, it is probable that County Courts will liecomiMlled to observe it. Attorney ( leneral Crawford says that mandamus proceedings can Imi brought to compel County Courts to act under tho law. The duty of the Health Otllcer is to keep vital statistics, see that regula tions of the State Hoard of Health are observed, and look lifter the general health couidtious of the county or city." Lee Hound Over. IC K. Lee was arrested last Thurs day ou a tnoht serious charge, sworn to by Anna Hauiels, the H year-old daughter of Mrs. Kosu Mr Daniels. Tho girl is iu a delicate condition, and Lee is charged with the crime of rape. The girls' testimony at the pre liminary hearing Thursday and Fri day was to the effect that Lee came to their home iu Camas I'arirle aliout three mouths ago, while the mother was abscut, and called tho smaller children out iu the yard, telling them he had something to give them. When they were out of the house, Ia'O went iu and locked tho doors and proceed ed to assault the girl, who was work ing about the house. The smaller children corroberated their sinter's testimony as to le iuticing them into tho "yard. They also stated that they heard their sister's cries and tried to enter tho house, but found the doors locked. The girl told ou the witness stand that her reasons for uot having told of the incident before that Leo told her if sho told it he would kill her. Lee was bound over to the circuit court and laxids placed at $1000, which, iu default of, ho id still iu tho county jit iL Lee Is a mau about X years old and owus a ranch iu Camas Prairie, whore ho cuts wood io the summer and does odd jobs. No one hardly suspected that be was the mau to com mit such a crime. Lee's wife left him a few yours ago. Fire at Pine Creek. Last Wednesday evening , about six oclock, tire broke out iu the roof of Johu Henderson's residence in Pine Creek, and beforo help could arrive tho house was enveloped in ilaniea and beyond hopes of saving. However, nearly everything waa taken out. Among tho few articles that burned In the house was a garment la the pocket of which was ?H0 lu money. The good people of Pino Creek start ed a subscription paper at once aud up to last reports had donated f 102 toward a fund to rebuild. Mr. Hendorsu'a family movod into the Haptlst parsonage, which happen ed to bo vacant, and will probably build as eoon as material cau bo se cured. Mr. Henderson has beeu working hard und saviug his money, and bought tho house late lust Fall, aud has the sympathy of all. A Colfax correspondent to the Bpokesman-Revlew thiuks that stock of all kinds are ou the increase in price, ou account of farmers and small stockmen becoming discouraged tho past two years wlthiow prices and selling off their stock. As soou as butchers have time to work off these small bunches, they will have to turn to the larger stockraisers, who will demaud better prices. LEAGUE HOLDS CALL MEETING. Report of Special Committee Was Received General Discussion Follows. A sM-clal meeting of the Develop ment League was called for Monday evening to receive the report of the special committee appointed at the hist regular meeting, for the purpose of formulating a line of work for tho ... - - . . -v . a -vv. , i ;V -f . '". t&trfal'i,i t - .. . - . ''r -. J, - ' '. ' . 1 ' , .? t V" ' ( - J ; 'A ' ' ' ''-".' ' ,r-vys.:.-r- ' ' '' 1 - 'i'Ii in iinT ' ii Ti l J MRS. JOHN R. GREEN, GAELIC EXPERT. Mrs. t;reen, who is one of the active advocates of the Garlic revival in Ire land. Is the widow of J. It. Green, the British historian. Not long ago she vis ited America in the interest of the movement. She is a native of Comity Meath. Ireland, aud w as of great assistance to her husband w :en he was writ ing his "Short History of the Kng'.lsb People." Mr. Gladstone often declared that her work was quite as remarkable as her husband's. feague to take that offered the best results. W. 15. Snider was made chairmnu of the meeting. Dr. Duly stated the purpose of the meeting, when the sec retary was called upon to read the re port of the committee submitted by the chairman of the committee. After tho rending 'of the report Dan iel Boone made a speech in which he made plula the disparagement of con ditions in this county now aud 40 years ago, as relates to the energy re quired to bring about development. Dr. Duly also favored the meeting with au address, emphasizing some Suicide at Silver Lake. Word was received here the lutter part of last week that a stranger hud beeu fouud dead at the Routt ranch at the south end of Silver Lake, about 12 milos south of the towu of Silver Luke. Investigation brought out the following facts: Some time in December a man ar rived lu Silver Luke, giving his name as Johnson. He was destitute of funds aud went to the Routt ranch to live with Wui. Johnson, a butchel or who runs the rauch. Lust Friday the man complained of feeling bud, and took some medicine aud went to bod. Wm. Johnson weut to the moun tains after a load of posts, and wheu he returned home lu the afternoon, the other Mr. Johusou was lying- ou the lounge dead, with a pullet hole iu his head and a rifle lying by his side. A coroner's jury iuvestiguted the case and reported a pluiu case of suicide. No papers or auythiug was fouud by which the man could bo identified as belurf other thau a Mr, Johusou. The remains were buried at Silver Lake. imporant facts and pointing out why the people of Iake county should put forth every effort ot secure govern ment aid iu developing the resources of the county. Following Dr. Daly, J. N. Watson v -... t M r-... - . . ,- - 1 h . : 4 4 4 .?,. . I discussed a few matters and stated a few facts which it is important to bear iu mind, when a general discussion of range conditions, and forestry ques tions aud other matters of interest oc cupied the time till adjournment was asked for. A committee was appointed consist ing of Daniel Boone, Dr. Daly to as certain the amount of vacant and ap propriated laud susceptible of irriga tion iu this valley under the reservoir sites investigated by Engineer Ben nett lust June, and such other facts bearing ou the subject and report to the next meeting, the tlrst Saturday iu March. "Hen Party." Mrs. V. L. Snelling threw open her beautiful home for the entertainment of 20 invited guests lust Saturday afternoon. The guests commenced to arrive at 2 oclock and were met at the door by the pleasant hostess, ushered upstairs where Miss Snelling did the honors. Upon descending to the parlors the first sight that met tho eye was an old "Dominique hen" suspended from the ceiling over the table, ou which was engraved "Table 1, " aud under neath, on the perch, the word "party" (heu party). Over the other four tables, similar hens were suspend ed. Whist was played, the table mark ers were curds upon which was drawu a flue struttug heu, aud just behind her a very dlsoousolute looking roost er. (Personal the gentlemen left at home. ) The score cards were handsome hand painted palettes, very attractive and unique. The desigus were flowers, partners having corresponding flow ers. Eleven games were played. Mrs. Jonas Noriu wou first prize a haud- some cracker jar and Mrs. W. M. Har vey the consolation, a pretty china marmsolade jar. At five oclock the hostess, assisted by ber daughter Laura, served a most delicious luncheon, consisting of ba nana sal id, cheese and nut sand wiches, stuffed dates, followed by slic ed oranges, pine apple, cake, cream puffs, chocolate and coffee. Society has spoken of little else the past week, but the jolly time had at this most delightful party. Those present were : Mrs. F. M. Miller, Mrs. W. R. Boyd, Mrs. W. M. Harvey, Mrs. Harry Bailey, Mrs. William Harvey, Mrs. W. R. Steele, Mrs. P. P. Lane, Mrs. Chas. Umbuch Mrs. Cbas. Sherlock, Mrs. D. C . Scbminclc, Mrs. Jonas Norin, Mrs. J. N. Watson, Mrs. W. A. Massingill Mrs. Tbos. McGrath, Mrs. C. O. Metzker, Miss Hall, Miss Har vey, Miss Light, Miss McKee, Miss Snelling. Power Plant Needed. E. KellerVetarned to his home at Pine Creek last week. Mr. Keller went to San Francisco In December on business connected with the pro jected light and Power plant on Deep Creek, between here and Warner val ley. The result of his investigations will be of great deal of interest to the people of this and Surprise valley, as the plant as contemplated, was to fur nish light and power for both valleys from Lakeview to Cedarvllle. The establishment of this plant will involve a large sum of money and require a great deal of energy, and it Is believed that its succcessful opera tion will solve the problem of irriga tion on many a dry ranch, until such time, at least, as the country might be better and more thoroughly re claimed by government aid. Even if government irrigation works should be Put in, there would yet remain thous ands of high lands that could not be brought under canals and ditches that are fertile enough to safely bear con siderable expense in development. There is an abundance of water from 10 to 25 feet under the surface of the ground, and a successful means of raising the water to the surface is the only problem that stands in the way of successful farming on nine-tenths of the now vacant land in this county. Windmills have beeu tried, and where there is enough wind to run a mill of sufficient lifting capacity, consider able irrigation has been done. If electric motors cau be made to per form this work, and there is no doubt of it, a long-felt want will be supplied. Cun Play at Paisley. Quite a little bit of unpleasantness was stirred up at Paisley last week. The way the story came to us was that a party di' young people at Pais ley arranged to give a surprise to Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cannon, who live, at the King ranch, 10 miles this side of Paisley. Ou Friday evening the crowd went out and were enjoying them selves iu dancing. Warren Marsters did not go with the crowd, but follow ed later ou in the evening, but not to have fun. He stated before leaving that he was goiug to make trouble. Ou entering the house where the crowd was dancing he drew a revolver from his pocket and remarked that he intended shooting Jack McDonald. Two or three of the men grabbed him and prevented him from carrying out his threats, and in the scuttle that en sued the revolver was discharged, but did no damage. Two sticks of dyna mite fell out of Marster's pocket dur ing the souffle and fell on the floor, but fortunately did not explode. Marsters made other threats but fur ther trouble was averted. On Monday morning a warrant was sworn to be fore Justice of the Peace Withani, for Marsters' arrest, and upon learning this Marsters left town. Constable Uaylord followed him ou the road toward Burns for a while and came back, believing that he would leave for good, probably go to Burns. Suffrage Not Necessary The Portland Oregonian charges Southern Oregon newspapers collect ively with copying news items from the Oregoulau without giving credit. It is a very unpleasant thing to be charged with, aud the Oregonian ought not to make wholesale charges, unless they are well founded. We are glad The Examiner cannot be classed as a Southern Oregon paper, aud ao o used of swiping news. Mrs. Daniel Boone is reported sick. LESS WOOL 0 MUTTOI r Holdover From Year Be fore Made Last Year Crop Larger. FEAR OF RESERVES Cause Sheepmen to Reduce their FlocksGrazing Charges i Mere than Taxes. One could hardly expect as large an output of mutton or wool this year as was sold from Lake county last year, because of the holdover from the year before. It will be remembered that buyers remained away from here the season of 1004, and the mutton sales were very light,. In the fall buy ers came here but sheepmen had made up their bands for the desert and would not break them up, so about 20,000 sheep that under ordinary cir cumstances, would have been sold went on the desert, and these were sheared here the next spring and put on the market. Then again, the un settled condition of the temporary forest reserve, which effects nearly the entire summer range of Lake county sheep men, caused many to sell off pretty close, and several thousand sheep left the county because of the fear that the government might, - at any time, make permanent the reserve and close up the range, which would be suicide to the ' sheep industry of the county. What is going to make the stockmen of Lake county scratch their heads and go down into their pockets a little deeper than they ever had to at the sight of the tax collec tor, if the forest reserve is made per manent, will be the government's grazing charges. Did it ever occur to any stockman in the county that the ' charges for grazing on the forest re serve, where now the grass is free, would be nearly three times as much as the taxes on a brute, and there will be no beating around about the count either, every hoof will have to be paid -for that runs in the reserve. The rates will be about 6 cents for sheep and 25 cents for cattle for the short season and for the long season 40 cents for cattle. This charge will amount to nearly three times the amunt of taxes. If this amount was allowed to go to county expenses and could be regulat ed by county officials, county and state taxes could be taken off live stock, but since the price is regulated by the government and the money go to pay salaries of the foresters and range riders to tell the stockmen what they must do and what they can't do with their stock, our people who al ways have been free to run their own business will think the whole thing an imposition. A little boss ism exerted ou the Indian reservation has driven the Lake county 6tockmen nearly all off that summer range, and now the imposition of the forest reserve people could do the county up brown so far as stock raising goes, and when the stock business in Lake county is kill ed what have we left to bridge over the spell between the death of that industry and the transformation of the county into an agricultural coun try. Before this can be done we must have railroads and irrigation. It is up to the stockmen to join Senator Fulton in bis fight against the forest reserve iniquity. "So Near, Yet So Far." There is one man, at least, who ia convinced that the pathway of the free and easy is not strewn with roses nor feather beds. Especially the "free and easy" broncho. Geo. Storkman, more at home in a cigar factory than ou the hurricane deck of a bunch garss horse, athletic as he is, now be lieves that all bronchos should be rid den on a mat. He rode one the other day and wishes now that he had not done it ; that is, be rode him two jumps oue up and one down. Some bystander told George to "hold to the horn; that's what Its for." George said "I can see it, but I can't reach it, " and then wondered if the grasa wouldn't do as well, aud lit apparent ly reaching for something with both hands and both feet. i