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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1906)
4 M.(J.ZIN'!: SIKTIOX. LAKEVIIiW. OREGON. TIIUKSDAX JINK PAGES 1 TO 4. y' I M II iXA II II II CAUGHT MONSTER FISH. LADY ASCII-11 lAMtF.lt Hid JEW IISII OIF SANTA CATALISA ISLAND, CALIFORNIA. Fhn Monsttm of I hrce Hundred I'mind and I'pwnrUn re Now (might With Mod nod Kiel Jew fkih A Gaincy I rlluw. Wmiicn who enjoy miRllng. and. in fact, everybody who M k-H In hunt n rid fli.h. will bo lnlerculed In tlif exploit Willi rod mid r-cl of Mrs. A. W. Ilur ntt of Im Angi-lc. ChI Tli nidi In Ihi' ciimo whh n black sen baiM, or Jew Hull, of the I'nellle Ocean, weight .UK pounds, caught off Santa Ciituliua M and. Cnl., IiihI tu m t h ly Mrs Iturrell lifter fi.'l minutes of xtretlunilM buttle. The black iea hfiHH of the Pirinr one of the Kiuulent of kind- Ih In neai;on on the Southern California comt frotn ttliotit April to No ember, mid affords favorite Htsirt lo anglers of hoth HCien. Owing to tn great size, It (ailtiot, of course, he pulled with rod unit line Into the hoat, no, after one Ih hooked, th plan In to play it and tiro It out and Mien, an It comes eihaiiKted to the surface of the water nlotiKiilde the hont, tlie txmtnian thrusts hlM gaff Into It mid town the conquered levia than nxhore. Up tfi twelve yearn ago no fine dreamed of landing them. rnoiiHterM of the deep, etrept with heavy hand linen; lillt Id lire Genera) ('. I) Vlele, l S. A., one Mittimrr day In I M"4 limnuKctl to t-e-t-tirt- one with rod and reel, no true angler thltika of tiMhlnn for them In any other way than with a rod. A well. know n fisherman, In descrlli Int; hlH experience Willi thin lktl III Hie Nature Library Miiten Unit In- has wen, n lino pound black sea i'UNM or Jcwfish Mlitp the largest shark line like a threiKl. iumI large n hm'I ti ii-hh m ra Ighteii out an Iron shark hook, while at the Hllllie time skilled W lelder of the riMl catch Ihi'M- giants of the trllie with a line ii larger than mi eye clans cord. 1 1 Ih llrHt experience with tin- Cali fornia JcwlUh wan a IlioHt remarkable 0111'. "When we got out to the fishing ground," he stated, "the anchor was tossed over, the rix' run merrily out, ami the hook baited w ith a pound Whlti lUli. went hissing down to the big submerged rock, j " 'Some! itiit-H lie lille, sinietlmes he don't,' remarl.eil Jim-; 'Init whether In1 ilo or not, we have the lishlli' all tho tintlie.' Aliit he looked lit Ine lliqulr Ingly. to nee If 1 wuh of t'wt variety intern 1 ' rf (if . r k ,-v j'av'Vi'' OIAN'T .TKWFfSIl OAUCHT of fishermen who nre never HiitlHfled unleHH the HhIi are iiIwii.vh on the line. It ho happened that I found pleasure In tlie mere anticipation; ami we Hat ttllent for half an hour, I holding the throbbing line that the ebbing tide plaved upon as the Htrlng of u musical liiHtrumcnt. 1 glanced t my companion, nml wan vonilerlng If lu IiIm velim ran the Mood of the Aztecs or of the luillaim whom Oalulllo nud others found here centuries ago when Hanta Catallnu wns an empire In It wlf mid owned by them, when nud dciily I became uwure that i.ie tcn Hlou'of the line 1 held had Increased to u uteady pull; then caiuo a Jerk that curried my band Into the water. "JewllHh, Bure!' whispered Joe, itwiikeiied from his reverie by my ex clamation, 'rUuck!' "I paid out the line, while he nelzed the unchor-llue and made reudy to haul up. " 'Oivo Lira 10 feet, and then bookl were my ordctrs. "I Wax mi old shark fisherman, linv lug n iiK'lit many of thene monsters In the Mexican (iulf. a lid lunl taken n Florida JewllMh and n tarpon; ami I xaw that work of a Hluilhir kind wiih before Ine now. The line Jerked heavily In my baud, then bean to run Nleiullly. When about 1) feet had (,'oue over the gunwale i Mopped, k'ave II k'hiliee at the eoll to we that all WIIH l leur, II lid w hen the lire elllne tilllt Jerkeil the hook Into my llrxt Jewllh. "I have every reiiMou to believe that the latter wiih iiMlolilHlieil, iim for II Hllllie ni'i'iunl there wiih no response; then eatue a Jerk that iiIiimihI 1 1 r t ' - 1 Hie from the boat, and (he Him- went hlxx IiiK over the rail like a living think'. pluyliiK a merry born dpe of ItH own eompohltlou. .Nothing' could rdop hihIi a r lull, ami 1 hlmply walled, while ,Ih pulleil up the anchor. When the latter wiim In, I Krihicd the line ami braced buck for the hi-hl. The llht boat whirled around like u top, and away we went, like u I UK HUl'KllU.' through the wulcr, uu uuiluuux wuvv of founi rltnjr Me), nrntjnd the linrr. "A 10 foot Khnrk never pullel harder than thlH irnmev fNh, and for r tnlnutex It wmm a iiuextlon who wiih tnaHter. I took It In with the itrcalcHt dllllculty, Kalulliv III feet, only to have the IIhIi nihil toward me and then ilii-h away with an ImiH-tiiM that wiih more than IrrcHNtlhle. Then I would Htop him iiKiiin. Hlowly makliiir fMt by foot, hand over hand, laklntr a turn on the dual, Nlacklui: and pulling, In attempts to tire the monster tact lea that for a while were of no nvall. ' One of the trlckd of UiN (IkIi was to Htop a id Jerk hlu head from Hide to Hide violently, n irweeilnt: that pro duced an effect equivalent to HtrlkliiK Mown at the holder of the ine-lre-meiidoiiH JerkK that came, one, two. thri-c! then one, two, three; then th.' Hue would Hlackeu an the INh ril-hed Up. And If I took the Hue In quickly cnoiik'li to prevent a turn, well ami kimmI; If I did not, the sh would turn ii lid danh at the bottom, making every thing hum and Hint:. 'lilvlnt; ami laklnc. haiUiiii; and can- liitf off, for ii mliiuteH. 1 wiih almoKt HallHlled that I had onf my whole duly In the premises, w hen Hiuldenly the find rtHicd up, and recov rln, I iHik in hlack, and with a llnal elTort brought the black Klant to the HUrface. I'or a moment I aw a pair of even an lari' an thoKe of an ox. a rich chest nut black, ami Ibeii, with a tremen, dona heave, the lUh threw Itself over dt-lllKlliK ine with water and half cap hIzIhk the Iniat. It wiih the last HtriiKk'le. I kept my hold, and with another haul had the klun of l'acitlc count at huud'H leuKtli, where It rolled - ' " " V1 refers PY MRS. BARRETT. and toHRcd, its huge tall bathing us w ith upruy, protesting ugalnst Its cap ture. "What n wonderful creature It was! The experience of the moment, the sensations, could not have been pur chased. It was worth going a long way to accomplish. Imagine, you casterH of the black-bass fly, u small mouthed black bass lengthened out to six feet, bulky In proportion, u giant black bass one Increased to n size that tips the scales at 1147 pounds! Imagine this, und you huve the Jew llsli, black sea-basH, of the 1'acitic coast a noble fish, a gamey fellow. "It has always been doubted that n large Jcwtlsh could he taken on a rod; but during the summer of '04 1 went to the Jewtlsh grounds one August day with Major Charles Vlele of the United Stutes urmy, aud wutched him bring a jewflsh of l.iS pounds' weight to terms, on a Tufts Llyou yellow-tall rod of lfl ounces und u No. 21 Cutty bunk lino, In just -V'j hours) CANNON AT SEVENTY. GREAT AltO MADE OYER THE ANNIVERSARY OF "UNCLE JOE'S" IIIRTIIDAY. Greeted With Hearty Applause on the Moor of the tlouc and Honor id With Reception Which nil Official Wnthln(ton Society Attended- There were great doings In Wash ington town last month when "tlncie .!" Cannon, the "Czar'' of the House of ItepiesenlativcH reached his seven tieth year. In the lirsl place a great storm of cheers greeted the Speaker when he iippi-iircd on the Moor of the House. I'.nth Kepiibllcau and I'cmocratic mi iiiIhts applauded Dm- Illinois states mail Ion;: and loud. Mr. Camion ac knowledging thi; salutation with a homely bow. Ill II w li I in;, ollieial Washington honored the Speaker at a reception tendered 1 1 1 1 1 1 by the House of Hepre McutativcH, where some J.Vm guents were Invited. Thut the pussuge of "fNTI.n 3rr." PAN'NON. time was not worrying I'licle Joe was nuiiiifested by the hearty hand-4'lusps with which he greeted his friends, in weil as the Habitations extended to those who confused years with age. 1'iicle .lis- was "seventy years young." President ltooscvelt Joined in the ovation, offering tlie Speaker his In arty couKratulatious, not because he was getting old. but liecatise he was doing It gracefully. Mr. Cannon did two things which might worry many a younger man. l irst he ha.l.to sign something over a thousand photo graphs of himself, w hich were given to the guests as souvenirs, and again he shook hands with the guests upon re ceiving an equal number of personal congratulations. There were many sly dl's and re marks regarding the buzzing of the pit sideutial hi-e around Mr. Cannon's In ad, and one of the throng remarked at the dose of the reception, "Any man who can stand and shake hands wit!i twelve hundred or more persons be tween nine and twelve o'clock, and not show signs of fatigue, is well lit to enter the presidential race, and ought to enjoy the prize If he wins it." There were many friends present from lianville. 111., who had sent a number of handsome wreaths and Moral decorations, Mr. Cannon, how ever, is a native of (iuilford. N. C, and If his friends have their way the Speaker will be the first Southern man since the war to become n White House occupant. Speaking seriously of the presidency, Mr. Cannon said. "No man would de cline to become President of the I'nited States, but not all men can af ford lo lie a candidate for the place. The bee Is not bothering me. I want to do my work as Speaker: that will be glory enough for me, and if I were a candidate I'd have to lie about my age, and I'd have to live constantly In fear and trembling, not as to whether I'm doing my duty, but as to whether, by doing my duty. I wouldn't give of fense to somebody. "I guess 1 11 Just go along and 'teud my own business." BASE 11 ALL AT WASHING TON. Games Played Before Cabinet Offi cers. Diplomats, and Congress men. At tho base ball pomes In Washing ton, the learned Justices of the I'nited States Supreme Court, law makers of both Houses of Congress, members of the Cabinet and the diplomatic corps, sit Ride by side with tho merchant, artisan and government clerk, all keenly enjoying tho national pastime. The big men of this and other nations In tho capital nre base ball fans of the highest degree, and are glad to eschew court decisions, railroad and other legislation, national and Inter national toplcH for the less weighty decisions of the diamond. As soon as business can be transacted at tho Capitol and In the departments It Is customary for these distinguished base ball enthusiasts to betake them selves to National Park for an after noon of enjoyment, rooting for their favorite teams und resting from uf fairs of State. The different teams throughout the country like to visit Washington for the privilege of playing before the most distinguished spectators to io found In any country on tho globe. i'V t a -il. iM i- l ' v -jj i! Members of the local tennm very quickly recognize the faces of the. on lookers and tiike pardonable prid In pointing out to the visitors the big guns of the nations. It is an Impartial crowd loo, which sits In Judgment on the work of thi athletes on tlie dia mond and good play is appreciated and applauded no matter w Inch side makes the exhibition. 'I here are nine Judges on the Supreme Court bench ami a majority at the ball park Is not an unusual Hpeelaele. A quartet Is a cer tainty, comprising Associate Justices Harlan, l)ay. McKcnna and White, who can often be seen engaged In discussing a knotty point regarding a foul or strike, or close base play, Hhowl'u, as much seriousness us though some Intricate problem re garding the flag, the Philippines or Die tariff was under question. Justice I lay Is probably the best posted on the national game of any of his asso ciates on the Supreme bench, for be has played it, and never misses an exhibition when he is In the city, and a ball game is advertised. AHDKNT CO.VHCKKSIONAL FANS. Ther nre nearly five hundred con gressmen In the two branches ot the national legislature mid It Is pretty safe to predict that fully one-holf oi this number are Interested attendants during the championship season. They are not at all dismaved at the pros H'cf of a long season of Congress when sure of ail afternoon's recrea tion following a long-drawn war of words at the Capitol earlier in the day. President ltoosov It a few week ago. w as prcM-ntcd with n golden pass, entitling him to free admission to an ball games In the National and Ameri can Leagues and circuits. He prom ised the presentation committee to en deavor to occasionally visit the ball park in Washington and witness the ball games played there. Frequently his son-in-law, Nick Lorigworth and his wife occupy seats In the grand aland, preferring to ! among the en thusiastic gathering than to a' il themselves of the President's pass and a seat in the private box. When ..icre l cull of the House or Senate and the Rergeant-at-trnis Is charged with the duty of bringing In absentees the first place to which the deputies are sent, if the base ball sea son Is on. Is out to the ball park. One of the most picturesque spec tators at National Park Is the Chinese minister in Mowing oriental robes, usually accompanied by his little son. When he was a student at Amherst the Chinese minister played on his class team, and he Is Initiating his heir Into the myst rles of the Amer ican game. MHiHTV O.N ICS OF THIC I.ANO. Three of the lYesident's ollieial fam ily. Attorney C.eneral Moody. Post master General Cortelyou and Secre tary Met calf of Commerce and Iibor, dispel the Irksome routine of depart ment life by going out to the ball game whenever they can steal away from their desks. They generally sit together and. Is-ing pastmasters in the art. keep score and compare notes ns. to base hits and errors. Attorney Gen eral Moody has a warm spot In his heart for the catcher, having played that position when he was a collegian. Vice-President Fairbanks wants a front seat when he goes out to witness tlie national game, his favorite place being just back of lirst base, where he can command an uninterrupted view of tho entire ticld. Surgeon General Wyinan was ; pitcher In his early days, and when not busy with quarantine matters or othor details relating to the public health he tinds his greatest enjoyment in witnessing n c' unpionship contest between two evenly matched teams. One of the lirst things Prof. Willis Moore of the Weather P.ureau looks for In bis morning newspaper Is the bas ball record. This is contingent upon the fact, however, that he has not been a spectator, for the professor never fails to answer present when he can get away from the study oi prognostications. Moreover, he is fr quetitly Itudemand, e rlier in the day, to I'l-odict if the weather can be de penaed upon for n K-uue. A Kindly Smile. Mrs. Coxe has the same kindly greet ing for every one, whether he be the miner, blackened with the grime and duet of the mine, or In a higher sta tion of life. She suggests to the parent that In the home there should be im portant training of the children, but the Idea is never advanced excepting in a spirit of kindliness and of the broad est kind of sympathy. Her love for the masses is not simulated; it is the joy of her heart. She has paid the rent for many a widow and orphan; has helped out so that the little ones may attend school, and has provided the mother with employment so that the home may be kept together. Mrs. Coxa's home, like her life, is the paragon of modesty; she leads the "simple life" in all its real simplicity. Her chief aim seems to bo to assist the poor and needy. She has no pet phil anthropies; there are no endless calls upon her time from society folk; there are no wonderful gowns, no costly mil linery; no splendor of jewels, laces or sables adorn her person. It is not, after all. the charity which she dis penses that has won for her the love and admiration of the toilers of the mines, and that of their wives aud lit tle ones, but it is the purity of her character that constantly teaches a beautiful lesson, not only to the mining town, but to the world at large which may study to its own Improvement the generous, unselfish, sacrificing life ot this noble woman. A folding habv currliipe Is on the mnrket. Thl will be a urent boou to worried fiitliiTi. ai you can ebut the baby up at nay time. A SURE SAFEGUARD. CO-OPERATION AMONG PRODUC ERS A FOUND A TIOS FOR AN EN I URINO SOCIAL STRUCTURE An Address by George H. Maxwell at Hloomington, III., Showing How This Principle Will Overcome Op pression by Combination of Capital. Mr. President and Gentlemen cf the Convention : I am a tirofonn I believer in the capa city of the human race to work out the high destiny of which it Is capable If its genius is rightly directed. I am u most extreme optimist in my expec tations of what the people of this na tion will eventually accomplish In se curing in fact, us well us in theory not only equal rights, but equal opportun ity for all men and the achievement by a 11 our people of the highest average standard of life of which all are cap able and which can Ik.- brought within the reach of all. Unless, this is accomplished our I toasted civilization will lie but n wave on the great ocean of time, ris ing Into a brief existence, only to ls submerged, as all the civilizations that have gone Is-fore us have tsen sub merged. iH'tioath the rottenness and corruption which has followed in evitably in the wake of vast acenmu Irtlon of wealth, and the gradual ab sorption of the laud into great estates. HANDWIJITING ON THE WALL. Already in this country the hand writing is on the wall, and he who runs may read the warning which P.yron painted In words when he wrote; "There is n niornl of all human tales, 'TIs Imt tlie Ki.ine rehearsal of the past. First freedom, ami then Klory when that fulls. Wealth, vln, rrrnptlon barbarism at last. Anil Iils",ry, with all her volumes vast, Jlath but' one pane." Our history will not t written on that page, and I am here to tell you why, and to tell you that your move ment lu the line of co-operation is one of the reasons why we will escape the fate that has at last destroyed all the great nations of the past. Put we have already reached the stage of "wealth vice corruption." No one who knows what goes on lu this country doubts that for a moment. If any one questions it he should read the recently published I took entitled "The Shame of the CUP - " by Lincoln StefTens. How are these dangers to be safe guarded against? THE CAK OF JUGGERNAUT. It cannot be done by purifying tho cities, liecatise they cannot be purified. Man will not rise above his environ ment or the dominating influence of that environment, and the influence which controls all things in our mod ern city is the mad race for wealth. It is a car of juggernaut which crushes public and private integrity and morality aud every just conception of patriotism under its wheels us it rolls ruthlessly onward, 'driven by tlie multitude who are rady to sacrifice not only themselves, but their country in the great gamble for quickly gained wealth. We closed up the Louisiana lottery in a burst of righteous public indigna tion, because it was encouraging the gambling mania and corrupting the people. The district attorney of New York has recently set the machinery of the law in motion to stop the operations of a gambler named Cantield. lu St. Louis and Grand Kapids the foul brood of bribe-givers uud brilie takcrs has btvn held up to derision and disgrace, aud a few of them may be punished. COO PE U AT I V E COM M O N WEALTH Hut we have gone so far that cor ruption has become a business system and conditions in our cities will breed two corrupiionists where one is pun ished. Those conditions gel worse and worse as the prolits of preying upon the people become greater with the Increase of the population of our cities; und our political and social Institutions are rotting at their very sour" The corruption of our cities will in evitably taint and in the end control our national politics and the adminis tration of our national government Unless Aud here Is tlie only safeguard Unless we plant the great majority of our people on the soil and maintain it there, and the people themselves learn to do for themselves by co operation, so that in the eud we shall eventually become a great co-operative commonwealth. I urn not proposing socialism, as its devotees understand it, or as it is usually defined and understood, as a remedy. 1 am proposing the exact opposite of It. I am proposing the very highest form of Individual rights, opportunity, activity and development. Socialism is to dream about doing things, and to begin at the wrong eud and fail. Co-operation Is to do things, and to begin at the right end aud succeed. Co-operation Is evolution not revo lution. Evolution is the law of God. Evolution is the natural law which has controlled the creation of tho earth and all that there is on It. It Is the law of the development of the huuniu race, and we need only to leant its lessons and study it as u method for the solution of every social problem to Have the people of this nation from the soclalNand polltlcul dangers that confront them to-day. The trouble with most theories for the reform or betterment of social con ditions is that they ure too radical. Keformers of that class pluu an at tractive tlxry. and then urge Its adop tion all at once an a nuhstltute for social conditions which have been a Hlow growth through the centuries. GROWTH MUST BE GRADUAL. They would create n tree Instantly anil have It all complete and ficrfcet at It creation, doing it while you watch thern, like a Hindoo Juggler. They are not content to plant tlie aconi and let the stnnly oak of social strength grow gradually In accordance with the law of nature and as was Intended by the all-wise Creator. I5ut we cannot charge Nature's la ws. They are as unchangeable as thp stars. Whatever men may do they rnuat first learn to do. Every oppression from which tho producers of this country or any other sufferer to-day Is le-anse they have not learned or lpn trained to do for themselves the things which they leave it to others to do for them. And those to whom they leave such things to le done, plan to make the greatest jxwslble profit to themselves for doing them. It is human nature that they should and always has been and always will tie so. THE DELUSIONS OF TOLITICS. The delusion that yon can protect producers from such oppressions by making laws or by electing this man or that man to office or putting this political party or that political party In power. Is a delusion which has long been maintained by a multitude of jieople. l!ut It Is only a question of time when those who are misguided by this delusion will awaken from their dream, and learn that there Is no help for them but to help themselves and do things for themselves. .This great movement In the direc tion of doing things for themselves by eo-oiierative methods among producers from the land is something more than a mere question of profit and loss. It is the slow awakening of a slum bering giant, who Is just beginning to feel his strength, and when he has finally raised himself up to his full height, and trained his mind so that it can direct for his own protection all the faculties which God has given him, he will look back with surprise and astonishment at the days when he imagined he was bound hand and foot by the Liliputiuns by whom he was surrounded. AWAKENING OF THE GIANT. And it Is in the awakening and training of this giant a symbolical embodiment of the abilities and ener gies of the people themselves, which is the hoie of this nation for the future. You cannot oppress a man who draws the rewards of his toil straight from nature's treasure vaults gets it from the land itself land which he owns land on which no money lender holds a mortgage provided, always, that that man has learned to co-operate with his fellow men of the same class, to do for themselves the things which it is lieyoud the iower of the individual man to do for himself the things which require the combined uud co-operative effort of many men to accomplish. THE PHILOSOFHY OF UUSK1N. The broad solution of our social problems which 1 am presenting to you contemplates the creation of con ditions in this country under which) we will carry into practical effect the? sound philosophy of Kuskin when he said: "Hut since we live in an epoch of change aud too, probably, of revolu tion, und thoughts which are not to lie put aside are in the minds of all meu capable of thought, I am obliged to atlirui the one principle which can and in the end will close all epochs of revolution that each man shall possess the ground he can use, and uu more." It contemplates as a part of our public school system that every boy should be trained so that he will know how to till the land for a livelihood. It contemplates that the rush to the cities shall be stopped by the better ment of all the conditions of rural life good roads, near-by neighbors, rural telephones, net works of electric rail ways, rural free delivery, thickly settled communities and towns and villages In close proximity to every farm home, so that every farmer may enjoy as well as the city dweller the advantages of schools and churches und libraries and gymnasiums, and where art and music may be studied for enjoyment in the home as well as lu the cities. It contemplates that wherever the thing to be done for the benefit of such a community requires the effort of more than one man, thut those who require to have the thing done for them, whatever It may be, shall com bine together uud do It for themselves, provided It is within reach of the united und co-operative energy and capital of the aggregated number of individuals who require to huve the thing done for them. In this category are creameries, laundries, rural telephones, associa tions for the co-operative purchase of supplies, associations for the sale or disposition of the products of the soil, and inuny other ussociutious which I might mention for mutual economy, mutual benefit or mutual protection. In sections where irrigation la necessary, co-operative canal systems und irrigation works come within this category; und in many purls of the country where irrigation is not now generally supposed to be necessary, co-oieratlve pumping plants might be established among farmers for the irrigation of luuds which they could