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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1906)
lake w4 iff ft '.111 rrrr 11 MAdAZINK RKOTION. LAKKVIKW. ORKGON. TIIUIt.SPA Y. JULY s, 1906. PAGES 1 TO 4. ml I M mm CLEVER LADY NAVIGATOR. UKS ROSK WATKtSS (ill AST KD I'llorS LfCBSSB OS ILLtSUlS klYLK. A Motlcl Housekeeper and tipcrl Cook-Asnlata In Painting trigine of Mctmcr-llutbanJ l hnglnccr of llo.it ol Which alto In Pilot. In tho curly spring of Mil year When tlitt Steamboat Ilispei torn bcgllU ttll'lr VXIIIIlllllltlolIM tit Cllllllt" f i" various 11 ipin-ii ntM fr license to bundle steamers mi tltt IllinoU Rhcr, tlicy were somewhat startled over the ap pearance if Mm. Rose K. Wntkliin In tliu class, mill only ufier u most thor ough test an to Iut ulilllly to liuiidbj u Mcuuicr wan hIiu Issued II lll'IMIHK. Mm. Walklun Ih the wife of Cap 1 11 lit (icorgo T. Wntklns mid they own tin- limit Willi which they navigate the waters nf I In- IIIIiioIn. I or the hint I K l t yearn Mm. Witlkln has made Ikt tioint 011 li'T htmluiud'n boats. 'I heir homo wan originally nt Peoria, where Mm. Watklnn npcnt hrr irlrl IiihhI 1I11 vt nnd before hrr marriage to Captain Watkins had taught school. i:.M'i:UT IN IMVKIl NAVIGATION. For the hint four years they hav I 1 1 1 In the summer conducting nn ex cursion business between Chicago iiml the scenic Milntn down th' Illinois River. Including Starved Rock mid the ravines mid canyons surrounding It. Mm. Wiitklna him I teen for years it n Xpert Itt navigating these waters, hut not until thin spring did she formally tipply for n pilot's license. While classed tin n navigable stream, It linn generally Inm-ii regardi-d thtit the navi gation of tin- Illinois ended nt I.n Hnlle, hut In splto of thl. tho WatklitN mid on or two smaller craft have Ihmti regularly plying tho npfier reaches f Him rlvor. l'jit winter tho steamboat 111011 wcro notified tlmt tho boats on thin section would hnvt to comply with nil tho government regulation to curry regularly licensed pilots and engineer. A few weeks later Inspectors Mnns field nnd Peck iiiitie to Ottawa to In upect the WntUiim. Since Mrn. Wnt klim him secured her plIot'H llcenie there Itnve Imcii oil Hurt of ntorlea lu circulation an to that luxiiectiori. One rotniince read thut tlie liiMMM'torM found her seated nt n tahle In the pilot lioune iHirlitK over u chart liwik I iik up ll'o locntlon of a recently dH covered r'k. It li ft pity to upoll mich a lieautlftll romance, hut tliene tire tho hard, utilitarian fact In the case: The pilot house of the Watklnn U ton Hiiiall to hold a tahle find Mm. Watklrin In much too tumy to pore over a rttHrt at thin neanon of tlte year. Then tho only really dmiKeroun "Mian" In tho river nt Starved Hock In the nd mlnnlon fee which tho eorimratlon that owns it chargvn before the lchtHcr 11 s. - -m- m m m ar n t . ims. nosra. Oraiiti'il a Llceim U pormltted to act foot on tho ahore at that beautiful and historic xpot. The plain factn in the ciihu are tlmt when tin; Insiiectorn made their offi cial vlt.lt to the boat Mm. Wntklim w euk'njred In palntiiiK' the etiKlneH. Dur I11K the winter months tho two Cap tains Watkins were eiiRUKi'd over baulliiK anil renovating their bout no tiiHl timk when one remembers that the boat ciin rnrry K)0 pasHengera on itn two decks. An a result of the exnnilniitlon which they recently underwent nt ChlcnKO. Captain IJcorRe Watkins holds an engineer's nnd a inaster's llcenae, while Ida wife holds n license an miiHter and pilot which entitles her to ullot nnv craft up to 1(H tona bur- daa aiwa lb aiatvrt vt the IllinoU Mini lln trlhuttirlen. Mr Watklnn In a nioilet and reiini-d woiinin who In not Klven to iHittMlliitf of her exploit iiIdiik liiicn Into which wumvii aeldoiti ven turt). Jlut nhe taken u parduuahli! ile Kree of prltlti lu the fact tlmt hIic In not an mniiteur pilot hut lit tin) real thliiK In Unit line. 1ISPLAV8 UNCOMMON A1UUTV. When the excurnlon Mi-imon Homo the Wat Umh not liifreiiiently Heck other htiMlnenn In the .ate full and early HprlliK on the lower rein-hen of the river and it In while ciikukciI lu thin work that Mrn. Watklnn han tin opportunity to illHphty her real nlilllty an 11 navigator. She linn hiouirht the 1 1011 1 up the river ill all coiiilitloiin of wind 11 nd current mid that, too. when It wan titiiidliui; a creat Imrue plliil hlk'h with propn for tln Sprlnir Valley lllllieti or with KTi'lit Wiillillt Iokm for a ('lit m factory at t'hlcaiio. An to tier ahlllty to handle a crew of deck hauiM there In a ileteruiliied fclliit In her eye which ludlcaten that xhe inn do that iiIho, iiml kIic can cook for them tin well an nho can direct 11 r,y it k 11 p TIIK HTKAMHU their laliorn on hoard. There In noth I11K innnnlHh or NtretiiioiiH or new wom arilnh ahout tliln lady imiHter of the piteamer Watklnn nho In a uhmIcI houHckeeper and In hoiiHchohl nuard I1111 ntiKcl fur nil the crew who dwell upon the lioat. Thin In the plain Htory of a Kood woman, refined, ph'tinant mid energetic, who iIim-h the work that comen to her thoroughly and who In nurprlned that her ahlllty to handle a falr-nlzed frenh water crnft ihouhl have attracted the attention that it undoubtedly han. Iatvruluttt Commerce Commission. An opinion at one time prevailed that the memhem of the Interntute commerce couiiiiImhIoii had nn eany time. A place on the hoard wan char acterised in the la iik' of the day an a "noft snap." However thin may once have been. It In not true now. Tho dlwputchi-a show that uot only Is vs. watkins. to l'llut tileaineri. the commission a very busy body, but thut its nctlvltlcH are yielding much Important Inforuiation. Itn Inquiries Into the methods of the railroads In terested In coal, and Into the practices 01 the Standard Oil Company in ab sorbing or freezing out opposition, are lu the highest degree valuable to tho public, and ahould lend to the redress ing of many nbuses. If tho bourd were composed of twenty members, all could 11 nd work ut this time lu the Held which ua yet bus beeu but scratched. In a pigeon shoot at Madrid. King Alfonso killed twenty-thrco birds out of a possible twenty-nine. There lias been some Improvement In Spunlsu iiuuktJuiuuHhtp iu recent years. CONGRESSMEN ARRESTED. TWO IWZKS OF THEM CATUEUED IS AT HASEHALL GAME UY OIHUAL OF 110USE. PreIJcnt'!on-l(i-Lw Among Those Corralcd by bcrgcant-at Aima. I rouble Cauacd by Minority i-cader Wtl.lainit. That the Metnhern of forifrreH are food of a hall name wan evidenced a few ihiyn iik'o wlien n call of the lloune-11 deHlre to ohtalti a iiorum of the ineinlM-rn canned the Serireant. at-Al'lun of that body to nelid out li Ih ileputien to a next wliatever ineinliern IiIk Hipiad could corral. Twenty-two 'oiinrexHineu were gathered up from t In- (.Til ndstii lid mid hlenchern of the WiiKliliiKtoii ItiiHehiill ('lull, Mr. Nlch ohm I .on k' worth mid liln wife lielnt; hroiiKht In from tin? President' hox. It wan a delluhtful Nprlntc afternoon and the IIoiimc wan drouinc aloiiu throiiKh Itn IiuhIik-hh, with John Sharp 'jf "if tr- f.' W ATKINS. Williams tillliuxterliig and ton .ru roll 1:1 IN on everything possible. Including the (iicMtloii of a quorum. The weather, an heretofore stated, was flue, and the call of the hall game wan strong upon the fans of the House. They heeded it and went, and then Mr. Williams became unkind, there was a call for a quorum, and the Sergea nt-at-Arms went after the de- llqlll'lltn. The officer rounded up struy mem bers from ull parts of the ground, and In the executive Iiojc found the jHipitl.ir bridegroom from Ohio, with hi wife. They are both lovera of tho game, as well as otherwise, and the humor of the situation was slow in dawning on them. Itut they could not resist or argue with constituted authority. They gave parole to pro ceed at once to the Capitol. They had come lu Mrs. Ioiigwortli' pretty auto mobile, and on the return trip they took with them Representative (.allien of West Virginia. Representative Sibley, of Pennsyl vania, with u party of eight members, also went back to the Capitol In an automobile and on the way was held up by 11 bicycle policeman for exceed ing the speed regulations, but when the situation was explained to the of ficer, they were allowed to proceed. A few moments later the auto party was tiling In nt the door of the House. The roll call wus awaiting them. They murclied In, voted, turned on their heels nnd went straight back to the machine, lleforo the authorities could get busy they were again speed ing toward the ball park. HOUSES WICUE TOO SLOW. A number of the statesmen who were hustled back to the Capitol lu carriages were not so fortunate a the Sibley party. They arrived so late that it wasn't worth while to return to the ball park. A number of the truant are dyed iu (lie-wool fans, some making regular but not dally excursions to the ball park, while others can afford to es chew the affairs of state ev ry day to see a game. On the occasion of their arrest, a number hud mude their first visit to see the ball thrown uround. lie fore the House wa called to order the next day tin delinquent gathered about to hold a consultation meeting. "It was too bud that we had to leave Just when there wus a chance for Washington to tie tho score, with three men on buses." wuilod Repre sentative Sherman, of New York, chairman of the Republican Congres sional campaign committee. "Oh, go on," udded Congresstuan McKlnley. of Illinois, "our Chicago team Is too strong for the Nationals. Their pitcher struck out the next two men up, leaving your threa still hang ing on their bases." "Of course It was up to that Cali fornia recruit on the home tenm to make the star stunt of tho day." udded Representative McKlnley, who hall from Santa Rosa, Oil. Others In the gathering seemed to assail Representative Sibley for coax ing them to leave tho House for a ball game, a they considered It u bluckcye for them to be cuught uwuy from their post of duty. Among the few wnotu tho Sergeant at Anns hud gathered lu were Repre sentative Loud, of Mtchlgan;'Couslns, of lowu; Thomas, of Ohio; Dunwcll, of New York nnd Iturlelgh, of Maine. Representative Rodenburg, of Illinois, was out at me park, nui seem 10 have been the sole truant who csca'ied the officer, und wus permitted to see the gume through. Wcttman und the Potc. As the time draws near for Walter Wellmnn. the newspaper correspond ent, to make hi proposed "dash for the North Pole" bv means of an air ship, the world at large Is waking tip to ths vast daring and Importance of the attempt. The sehem cuts adrift absolutely from all other of tho time honored method of traveling over the eternal Ice of the Arctic zone. Mr. Wcllmau In no novice in arctic travel, as he ban already made one attempt for the Pole, in the old ftinhlolied Way. From Splt.liergeu, Welhnan, to gether with MaJ. Henry H. I Jersey, representing the United States Weather I'.iireiiu, and M. J. Smith, a wireless operator, will start lu tho biggest airship ever constructed on the (VMnllc Journey toward the goal of mi many inen's desires. If the air ship works und tin winds remain true to the analysis of them mude by the Naiisen expedition, the thing ii done. The North Pole is a terribly Illusive sort of nonentity, and u thousand un foreseen calamities may lo ready to pounce iihu Wulter Wellmun and hi plucky associates. Yet the (juent I not an absolutely forlorn boe. To the A merlin 11 ncwspajMT man may yet be given the honor of locating the North l'ole, Just as to a Hrltlsli newspaper man was given the glory of cuiuu. Africa lu twain. The PrinevHs' llrldnl Ilrcim. Princess Kna's wedding dross at tracted great Interest In Spain, as it I truly a Spanish product. In fabric mid finish, except for the wonderful Rrussel lace, which was brought to adorn It. It was a fancy f the King mid of the Queen-mother that the wedding dress should 1m? made In Spain, and the Princess Kna graciously fell in with this patriotic sentiment. The dress I; ther.fore, one of the HH'cial presents from the King and Is a marvel of elegance. The silk wus manufactured from a Siecial pattern In one of the large Spanish silk establishments. It was made up with all the artistic skill of the court dressmakers. The silk Is heavily overlaid with wonderful silver embroidery, with soft frills of the finest Itrusscls lace, said to have cost $."s) a yard. The laces were publicly exhibited before being put on the dress, and excited the admiration and astonishment of even the uristocratic ladies of Madrid. Orange blossoms were profusely used with the silver embroideries and lace for the corsage. "THERE WAS NOT und oven In dainty clusters along the train, which I four yards long. According to Spanish traditions, the bride must afterward present this wedding dress to the Virgin Ie la Puloma, the popular protectress of maternity. A'artf" Questions. Mrs. Alexander, the novelist, Uvea In Florence. There a young American woman recently Interviewed her. "Mrs. Alexander was delightful, said the young woman. "She amused mo very much. I, too, amused her ehe. thought me naive. "Once, when 1 asked her a certain question about the financial side of novel writing, 6he declared tnat my question was as naive as that of a little Florentine child's that she had heard about the day before. "This child, at dinner with her par ents, turned to her mother and said: " 'Mamma, where were you born?' " 'At Padua, darling.' " 'But I was born In Florence, wasn't IV "'Yes. dear.' " 'And father, where was he born?' " 'In Venice.' "The little girl looked gravely from one to the other. "'Isn't It funny.' she said, 'that we should all have met like this.' M Flcr Innate Diplomacy. Patient to Pretty Nurse "Will you be my wife when I recover?' Pretty Nurse "Certainly." Patient "Then you love me? Ah. me!" Pretty Nurse "Oh, no; that's mere ly a part of the treatment. I must keep my patients cheerful; I promised this morning to run away with a mar ried man who bad lost both his legs." Houston Post BjgBBnHaBaanaBBBaBBanBnraaaBBaBBaaaaaaaaBaaBaBaaaaaaa aaaiaajiaMaUaWaVMajaia inn Copyrighted. Synapsis of Prcirclng tnapitrt. Th rn of Ih wrnrr r ll1 In ih Ih fntory Th monk of lh (Vtwrton "niTT AMJ nt Bulm, uuraililc f wilt O trial of 17 mOir. known fc HoMi J"bu. uvm nunvrnw jrravrhaivm nrofivhl atrwriH blm. He plrada KVillf and la awiVTKy-d to m r' from the (mlT and allhaam llrwi It In !-rf4 tliatne ba drrl f.nhand arourirnd from tha iMyfl pmiita. II thrt-nff t" aamtiit number of tba hrMlirrn. and In tb nrttwnwit ratiMi. div.rtlr aftr anoO-r of tti lay brUir-n of tha monrntoj, llyoa llrlr-on, lakaa tlW dtatftura from Ui monantTy In araor4 am lth jro 11-1 tit hat futhr'n will. Oiat In hla twrnlWHh JT b hall ro f'fh Into tha orM for rata faar Vi chooan for hlmHf hla Tittjra oalllnff. fnaadnraa ha wftiwVr fnitn tha monatair on but way to tlt hit brother, tlir H,-man of Mlnla4 aboaa mxitatioa U a nva unaaviry one. flfat comtnc on, ba atoka ahrltrr lo a roao-aMa Ina. ( 11A11KK Hi. Though It was an autumn evening and somewhat warm, a huge fire of heaped billets of wood crackled and sparkled in n broad, open grate, some of the smoke escaping up a rude chim ney, but the greater part rolling out Into the room, so that the i-lr was thick with it, and a man coming from without could scare- catch bis breath. On this fire a great caldron bubbled nnd simmered, giving forth a rich and promising smell. Seated round It were a dozen or so folk, of all age and conditions, who set ap such a shout as Alleyne entered that he stood jeering at them through the smoke, uncertain what this greeting might portend. "A rouse! A rouse!" cried one rough-looking fellow in a tattered Jer kin. "One more round of mead or ale, nnd the score to the last comer." " Tis the law of the Pied Merlin!" shouted another. "Ho, there. Dame Eliza! Here Is fresh cistom come to A BATTLE BUT SIR NIGEL WAS IM the house, and not n drain for the company." "I will take your order, gentles: I will assuredly take your orders," the landlady answered, bustling in with her hand full of leathern drinking cups. "What Is It that you drink, then? Beer for the lad of the forest, mend for the gleeman, Btrong waters for the tinker, nnd wine for the rest It is an old custom of the house, young sir. It has been the use at the Pled Merlin this many a year back that the company should drink to the health of the last comer. Is It your pleasure to humor it? "Why, good dame." said Alleyne, "I would not offend the customs of your bouse, but It is only sooth when I say that my purse la a thin one. As fn as two pence will go, however, I shall be right glad to do my part." "Plainly said and bravely spoken my suckling friar," roared a deep voice, nnd a heavy hand fell upon Alleyne's shoulder. Looking up, he saw beside him his former cloister companion, the renegnde monk, Hordle John. "By the thorn of Glastonbury! Ill days nre coming upon Benulieu," said he. "Here they have got rid In one day of the only two men within their wall for I have bad mine eyes upon thee, youngster, and I know that for ull thy baby face there is the making of u man in thee." While he was speakln? the landlady ennte In again, bearing n broad platter, npon which stood nil the beaker nnd flagons charged to the brim with the brown ale or the ruby wine. Behind her enme a maid with a high pile of wooden plates, and n great sheaf of spoons, one of which she handed round to each of the travellers. Two of the company, who were dressed In the weather-stained green doublet of for- if SOT PI f WW W 1894 By Mrp.r X,Zth ter. lifted the birr nor off the flro. and a third, with a huge pewter laolo, served out a portion of steaming rol lops to each guet. Alloyno bore his share and his ale-mug away with him to a retired trestle In the corner, whore ho could sup In suce nnd wnfoh the strange scene, which was so different from thos silent and well-ordered meal to which he was accustomed. Throe or four of the men round the fire were evidently under-keepers nnd vorderers from tho forest, sunburned and I tea rdeI, with the quick restlena eye and lithe movements of the doer among which they lived. Close to the corner of the chimney sat a middle aged gleemnn. clad In a faded garb of Norwich cloth, the tunic of which was so outgrown that It did but fasten at the neck and at the waist. Ills face was swollen and coarse, and his watery, protruding eyes spoke of a life which never wandered very far from the wine-pot. A gilt harp, blotched with many stains and two of Its strings missing, was tucked under one of his arms, while with the ther he scooped greedily at his platter. Next to blm sat two other men of about the same age, one with a trimming of fur to bis coat, which gave blm a dignity which was evidently dearer to hlrn than his comfort, for he still drew it round him In spite of the hot glare of the fagots. The other, clad In a dirty russet suit with a long sweeping doub let, had a cunning foxy face with keen twinkling eyes and a peaky beard. Next to him sat Hordle John, and be side him three other rough unkempt fellows with tangled beards and matted hair free la t Mirers from the adjoining farms, where small patches of freehold property had been suffered THE HEART OF IT. to remain scattered about in the heart of the royal demesne. The com pany was completed by a peasant In u rude dress of undyed sheepskin, with the old-fashioned galligaskins about hi legs, nnd a gnyly dressed young man with strl-ved cloak jagged at the edges and parti colored hosen, who looked about him with high dis dain upon his face, and held a blue smelling flask to his nose with one hand while he brandished a busy spoon with the other. In the corner a very fat man was lying all asprawl upon a truss, snoring stertorously, and evidently In the last stage of drunken ness. Alleyne listened to the talk which went on round the fire. "Elbow room for Floytlng Will!" cried a woodman. "Twang us a merry Hit." "Aye. aye, the 'Lasses of Lancas ter,' " ono suggested. "Or 'St. Simeon nnd the Devil.' " -"Or the 'Jest of Hendy Tobias.'" To all those suggestions the Jong leur made no response, but sat with his eye fixed abstractedly upon tho celling, as one who call word to hi mind. Then, with a sudden sweep across the string, he broke out into a song so gross and so foul that ero he had finished a verse tho pure minded lad sprang to hi feet with the blood tingling iu his face. "TIow can vou sing such things?" lie cried. "You, too, an old man who should be an example to others." The wayfarers all pared In the ut most astonishment at the interruption. "By the holy Picon of Hampole! our silent clerk has found hi tongue," said one of the woodmen. "What Is amiss with the song, then? How ha It offended your babvshlp?" "A milder and better-mannered song hath never been heuru within tlietto