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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1906)
1 . fl III fft.tt'ftlYl 1 MAOAZINK SECTION'. LAKF.VIKW. OREGON. THURSDAY I KUKL'ARY 15, 190C PAGES 1 TO 4 THE NEW WEST POINT. A STRESl'Ot'i! LIFE PROVIDED FOR THE YOl'SG CAPETS ASP FVTl'RE OFFICERS. Mm Is to Make Men Uulck and Self Kcllnnt I'.iti-nnlvc Addition llclng Made to Institution Noclnl Life a feature Tim United Mate Military Academy At Went I'oltit ha long enjoyed ail In ternational reputation iin tlm finest training Institution In tin world, mid till prestige will bo considerably en hanced upon tho completion of the hi rue scheme of Improvements now under wuy nrwl upon which Congress will expend more than seven lullllon flt'Ani) MnUNl'AT WF.HT HUNT, dollar ere they r fully completed In the year I'Jli Already tin' creation of tli. "new Went Point" linn pro greKKiM far enough to pruvo how bene Octal will 1m tin' undertaking. While tint primary purpose of Unci Ham's unique liiHtiiui.iii (in tlx hanks of th Hudson Itlvcr Is, of course, to 'lti'Hti young iiM-ti for positions n otllt'i-m of tins United Stales Army, the superiority which bus won for It worldwide fumi In 1 to tin marvel on ctllclency of tin mental and physl ml training without regard to thu use to which tile knowledge m to In- put. It U In the IntcrcHt of thin ambition to graduate perfect specimen of Anierl cii ii tuiiiihiNiil that tin coHtly Improve ment lire being curried forward. Nearly 1 rcblcn Present Capacity. For one thing the new building will pnivhle uccoiiimnilatlotm for 1,110 ca det, liiNtciul of for -l.'iO an lit present, ml these new structures will also In clude a new gymnasium, riding hall, nilldemle building, cadet heiniimrterH, etc.. uh well an a buudsome hotel for litevme l.x firrt Polo It .-. Swordsmen. tho accommodation of tho numerous visitors, Including many members of the fair sex, who come to the Point for the various social functions which are scattered through the school yeur. The new West Point will place some added comforts within n- i of tho cadets In gray but It will result In no lessening; of tho strenuous activity of their every day life. Tho West Point er Is roused ut six o'clock every morn ing, alter eight hours sleep. Ho muHt be on tho Jump from tho moment ho opeus his eyes, for only twenty minut es Is allowed him to wash, dress, fold up his bedding and set In order his room and Its contents. At 0.30 o'clock the young men form In compunles nnd march to tho mess hull for breakfast. Almost Immediately after breakfast begins a routine of study thnt Includes such branches as mathematics, draw log, modern languages, 'geography, chemistry, geology, etc. Interspersed between the study nnd recitation hours are Intervals of drill, nnd whut In any other school would bo given over to recreation periods are devoted to nth let les In accordance with a definite program. To Make Physically Perfect, Tho cadets nt West Tolnt go in for almost every known musclo-bulldlug exercise. Knrly In tho morning they go turougn tno wen-Known wiuug up" drill nnd time Is also devoted par ticularly In summer to tennis, golf, polo, hurdlo riding, baseball, foot ball und swimming . Tho gyinnusluiu pur suits Include boxing, fencing, single stick exercise, etc., In addition to which Instruction and practice In dancing ore compulsory during two years of the four year course. IJ! ill sasT'i i . a m w a ail The social sldn of life nt Went Tolnt tin uniMHtl(iiiiihly proven one. of tho greatest attraction of thin unique school, ndmldNlon to which Ik no eager ly sought by you n if men In all part of the country. Ordinarily the Went Pointer turn only half on hour dally, the Interval following supper that he can tall hi own. tm Kalunlay after noon liowever, the lad are "free" from two o'clock until tiria o'clock, tho mum per hour, iiihI on Wednesday there Ik similar freedom from 4 o'clock In tho afternoon tint II fl..'lO o'clock. At such time the famuli Flirtation Walk, where so many romance have had their hcglruili g In a mecni for a con siderable portion of tho young men. ('n Katurday evening from 8.30 to 10.30 o'clock there la dancing. Wlcn They C.imp Out. In tho ryet of root of tlie cadeta tho hnppieHt portion f the year nt Weat Point In the mimnier Interval when tho whole battalion goe Into camp In the wooded area on tho north Hide of the Academy grounda, remaining under rnnvaii frm Juno until 8cp(enitrr. During thin Reaiton TlHltom are cupec lully numeroiiM, und the nodal life at tbA Point Is necn at It bent Tho endet at Went Point are In very truth picked men, for not ouly I ad tnUwIon gained by paKHlng a very nevem cntranco oiamlnatlon, but thero nro examination ncattered all tlirough tho four year oouriw and If a cadet fall to come up to tho mark at any of theno periodical tent ho al inoHt certain to lx dniiped from the roll. Indeed, so Bi'vere I thin weed- Ing-out proeen that only about ono-J knlf of the young men who enter Weat Point aiicceed In gruduntlng. A Democratic Institution. fine phno of condition at Wcat Point which 1 culculutcd to make every American proud of tho Inntltu- tlon I the nplpndld democracy wlilcn InevallH. fji. ( lal prlvlli-Kc are un known at the Point. Tho loy whoie fatler I a multl-mllllonnlro wear tho Mime grade of clothing, leep In tho tame kind of a ln-d and cut food that la preclm-ly on a par with that fur nlnhed to the cadet who Htarted In life en a lootblack. Fah student nt tho Military Academy receive from t'n cle Snm tho aum of five hundred dol Um a year nnd out of thU be must purrUaae all hi necennltle nt the Vtore." If be upend more than the allowance nuch exce Im n debt which I duly charged agnliiHt bltn and must (h! liquidated from hla future pay. He Broke up the Meetlae. A temperance lecturer, speaking in Keenc, N. 11., reminded his hearers of the story of Dives and Lazarus. He pointed out Imw, when Dives was in Hades, he did not ask for beer or wine or whisky, but for one drop of water. i(i ... - n ... n ill J m mwMWkm IPjjl V i n HMWJW n n ii ii n ii f in vT in ii 1 r TH lj DANOIVQ 19 CONSIDERKI) A NECESSARY ADJUNCT TO TDK "10INT." "Now, my friends," said the lecturer, "what does that show usr" A voice from the back of the hall instantly re plied: "It shows us where you temper ance people go to." PALACE FIT FOR TITANIA. MOS T HE A VTIFVL PA LA CE ESOLAXIt RESIOESCE OF AMERICAS MOM AS. IS l Now looking for an lrlh Cattle, ranada Want a Local Premier Native American Might Mold buch a Position. The Duehoas of Iloxburghe, nee Ooo let of New York, after many fruitless attempta to find a aultable residence in Ireland, ha Intruded the matter to Ixrd Uarrymore, who married, an his second wlfo, the widow of Arthur Post of New York, and thereby, quite natu rally, greatly Improved hla financial position. That 1 ono reason he Is par tial to American wamen and willing tc do all In his power to asRlRt them. Few nen know Ireland better than he Iocs. At one time be was one of the beat hated men In the country, and diligent studcnU of Irish history with- mymm THE DIV11ES3 OF In the last quarter of a century would ay that It Is a wonder he Is still liv ing. He Is looking out for a house for the Duchess In picturesque Galway. A. fine mansion, constructed of Irish granite and situated between Tuam and Claremorrls on the Midland and Great Western Railway, has been In spected In this connection. It Is known as Grove Castle, and was erected about forty years ago by an eccentric bach elor millionaire named Cannon. Tho estate attached te the house Is of little value, but the heuse and grounds are beautiful. There Is plenty of fishing and shaoting in the neighborhood, and In the hunting season it attracts many aristocratic folk. Floors Castle is the English resi dence of the Roxburghcs. It stands on a terrace overlooking extensive mead ow lands spreading down to tho Tweed at Its Junction with the Tevlot. It Is like a veritable fairyland of cupolas and minarets, of turrets and embras ured parapets. The castle was built In 1718 by Sir John Vanbrugh, in the conception of some happy moment. Ste Walter Scott described mansion of Floors" as "a kingdom for Obcron and Tltanla to dwell in, whoso majesty and beauty impresses the mind with a sense of awe mingled with pleasure." Vanbrugh might well be dubbed the "architect to first dukes," from his close association with Blenheim for the first Duke of Marlborough, Klmbolton for the first Duke of Manchester, and now Floors for the first Duke of Rox burghe, who had Just received this fur ther title. The third duke was so en grossed with the lifelong task of get ting together his priceless collection of old English literature that he Lad no t'rne for the domestic life, and, dy ing unmarried, left no son. The dis tant kinsman who succeeded died also without a son, and the title for a while was dormnnt pending a dispute be tween three claimants. Until this time the family surname had been Ker alone, tielng the ancient family of the Ker of Cessford; Know became Innes Ker, a It remains for the settlement of this three-cornered dispute awarded the title to Kir James Innos, as heir by right of a maternal ancestress. It Is a very pretty little bit of character latin history that Duncan Forbes, the hli4orlan, records In reference to this succesHion of James Innes as flftb duke that "his pedigree of thirty de scents proceeds regularly from 1153, and that In all their long line the In heritance never went to a woman, that none of them ever married an 111 wife, and that no one ever suffered for their delta." Americans returning from Europe complain that Invi.itlons to the Italian court under the present king, Victor Emmanuel, are a good deal more diffi cult to obtain, and are more sparingly dlHtriliiited than was the case when Humbert occupied the throne of united Italy in the Qulrlnal at Home. The urn j ROXBl'KOUE. foreign envoys are required nowadays to personally vouch for the social ctanding of those of their countrymen who are admitted into the presence of me king, it is well-nigh an impossi bility for our Ambassador to vouch for the social standing of every American tourist who happens to be "doing" Rome and takes it into his bead to go and "call" on the king. In the Dominion of Canada there la a sentiment growing more or less lately favoring the appointment of a Cana dian to the exalted post of Governor General. The country has always been ruled by some member of the nobility sent out from England by the Crown. It Is possible, therefore, if the Crown looks with favor on the petitions, that some day a man born in the United States may become Governor-General of Canada. There is nothing but the sentiment of the people to prevent this There Is no native-born clause, as Is the case with the Presidency of the United States. One who becomes a British subject by naturalization is Just as good a Britisher as one born under the British flag. Disguised us a Tramp. That a man moving amongst the re spectable classes should disguise him' self as a beggar, and go in search of adventure, is not a new idea. A young man witn a taste lor such experiments, however, introduced a novel feature, when masquerading as a tramp, by visiting, amongst others, some of his friends. " He had a splendid opportunity of testing their benevolence, for none of them recognized him with his seedy garments and general air of wretch? eduess. His pilgrimage lasted five days, and during that period (he started In an appropriate state of pennilessness) he begged or earned just about sufficient to live in a rough fashion. He received Innumerable Insults (many from unsuspecting acquain tances), nnd only one kind word (from a stranger). Even when he entered a shop or lodging-house with money to pay for his needs his ragged garments procured him much contemptuous treatment, and he learned a severe lesson on the Importance of clothes. Indeed, his cynical conclusion is that a man who seeks charity should, before all things, be well dressed! A Happy Family. A so-called "happy family" P. T. Bar- mtm used to exhibit consisted of a lion, a tiger, a bear, a wolf, and a lamb, all penned together in one cage. "Remark aide !" a visitor said to Mr. Barnum ; "re markable, Impressive, instructive! And how long have these animals dwelt to gether in this way?" "Seven months," Barnum answered, "but the Iamb has occasionally to be renewed." VAST PET1RF1ED FORESTS. ASCIEST VOLCASIC UPHEAVALS IS ARIZOSA DISCLOSE HUGE STOSELOGS. VarUHued Adamantine Forma Mil non of Years uii-Presrvcd by the Government Against 5polia tion .xatural wonder. Once they were a forest of stately pints grown to a height far beyond mat nuaiiied by the trees of today. Ages passed, and UiruugU some unex piaiuaoie act of nature they were up nxjicd, prostrated to the ground, pro I wiily burled beneutti the tartii by voicuiiic Uit.ii-s and tbe snows of many wiiiters. .Neit came the waters of floods, leaving over the prone giauu an lnhiml sea, and all truces ol the green forest were swept away. Vast periods of time passed; the seas van ished; rok&nocfl sent their ashes high in the air, and the explosions from the interior of the earth swept up ward the debris, among which were the wrecks of the pines. Following this period the waters hurried toward lower levels, gnawing the masses and endeavoring to eat Into the very cell structure of the logs. Erosion was at work, and after centuries, through the probable action of acids and aikalies, the logs of the ancient forest are revealed to human eyes. Preserved For Future Aires. This Is the history of the wonder ful iietrltied forest of Arizona which Congress, at its last session, set aside as a Government reserve. There are hi all about 5,000 acres of land in this reserve.land valueless for commercial or agricultural pursuits, but the hand of nature bus created of this vast ex panse a garden of monuments to the vegetation of long ago, forming an attraction for people from all parts of toe world. Trunks of trees, pome a hundred feet long, and huge logs, lie in a con fusion in the same position as when nature, in the resurrection of the an cient forest, broke out in explosion doe to the eruption of volcanic crat ers. In every direction are to be seen pieces of petrified wood, some only as large as a toy marble, others in blocks and logs from eight to ten feet in diameter; others are burled partly beneath the shale, and occa sionally there projects from the side, ear the top of the mesa, the end of a uge log. These mesas are In themselves wonderful structures. They are com posed of shale, clay and sandstone of many colors, and the ravages of storm and wind have eroded their sides so thnt here and there they staud out like the playthings of a pre-historic giant child. By ponder ing ' upon this sight a faint idea is given of the countless number of years that have rolled by since this eronive process commenced. While there are to be found vari ous localities in Arizona, Hew Mexico NATURAL WONDERS and Utah, where perrltled wood oc curs in great quantities, yet the re gion known as the "Petrliled Forest of Arizona" is most notable, and Is properly classed among the natural wonders of America. In the first place, it Is much more ancient than the petrified forests oi the Yellow stone National Purk, and of certain pnrts of Wyoming and California, the difference in their antiquity as geolo gists count being millions of years, and secondly, there Is no other petri fied forest fu which the wood assumes so many varied and wondrous forms nnd colors. The solidified, wood in this mineral state places, the logs and blocks among the gems of precious ?! r ' . :'. -: K : - ': r::& I ''-,'','"' ' stone. The mineral wood Is converted Into sbalcedony. opals and agates, and many of the pieces closely approach the condition of Jnspar and onyx. The degree of hardness attained by them Is such that they make an ex cl ient quality of emery. Among the color seen are every conceivable shade of black, red, white. It .r 5 1 wmmfm PETRIFIED SENTINEL OP THE MESA yeKow, blue-purple and lavender; and each piece has every natural appear ance of wood, though all are as hard as steel. Here and there sections show signs of decay arrested by the peculiar progress which converted the wood into mineral. Tne traveler sees small chips upon the ground, and on picking them up. finds them as heavy as so much lend and as dense as flint. The Government, while allow ing visitors to carry off little pieces of this character, prohibits the removal of any large blocks. Huge Stone Los? Bridge. But after all, the climax of all this scenic beauty is the "Natural Bridge," consisting of a great petrified trunk lying across a canyon 20 feet deep, and forming a natural foot-bridge on which men may easily cross. At the point where the bridge crosses, the canyon is about 30 feet wide, but the trunk lies diagonally, and measures 44 feet between the points at which it rests on the sides of the canyon. The total length of the tree exposed is 111 feet, and measures where it crosses the center of the canyon, 10 feet in circumference. In the past few years the og baa begun to show signs of yielding to that peculiar inclination of all petri fied trees to crack up into immense pieces: in fact, in several places trav erse cracks have already appeared. The Government, In order to preserve OF THE SOUTHWEST. this natural curiosity, has caused two stone abutments to be erected be neath it. making of it a bridge of three spans, in the hopes of preserv ing It for many years to com. &GmWB!FREE An Amcriran ftUveuwut Watch with p owrrect tiutct ajuau lm mppvnoem m m otm uom vi aica, waranurai ixar A tsvi also tioH-FUk Hlug a With ft 8airalltl UtUt atfa tlt tlf l My otM fur aJiikg only W Jvwvkry MotcImv ( IOmiiU tttclt. 0a4 sMUM kvsvl ibira lr Jcwalrv. vi Viheu aoka. arual us -mV tho afland mm istiMi tun i? . M.U UI...L. to...' A .1.1 - T V. i no a w wn ssn iviuk. awma olCmuia noveltv co.,l MTs:) BVU 3