Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1907)
4 MM muiw VOL. XXVIII. LAKKVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, Oil EG ON, THURSDAY, A PH. " 1907. NO. 17 CHANGES IN THE HEW SCHOOL LAW Teachers Must Furnish Reports or No Pay. THE COMPUlSORUnENDANCE Uut One Second and One Third Ornde Certificate Can be 5:curcd In the 5tate. Tho iiw m'hool low which goes Into elftu-t May i", ha tint follow log change, which aro of Internal to teacher. oMIcor aud patron of school : 1. Only one second ami one third grade jertlllente can pa secured lit the tiito. 2. Mental Arithmetic- hit lieen dropped from alt examination for county paper. 3. After February lirst, I'KiM, nil applicant for II rut grade must In ex amined in Literature mid 1'hyHicul (Snogiuphy. i It ahull bo tho duty of tlio state board of education to indicate lit leant oua your before examination for certi ficate, tin! source or source from which nt leant sixty for cent ot the question In Theory nnd Practice will be selected. 5. Toucher or the prluclpal shall monthly initko report showing renin tratlou, attendance, turdiucH Hud such other Information 114 required on tlio blauk furnished (y the Superin tendent of 1'tiMio In truotlou. 0. The ch6ol tripti.iU;idont shi.ll require teachers, before beginning to teach in any school district in hi oounty, to register all dilomna and certificates not previously registered in bia rounty mid II Id it ropy of tho contract. Should uuy toucher fail to register diploma or cortiflciito or file contruct,' suld toucher shall forfeit the full uiiioiiiit of her Hillary for tho time already taught. Klioul 1 uuy achool board full to enforce mich forfeiture the county superintendent ahull de duct the find union nt from the next apportionment of county hcIiooI funds duo said district. 7. Tho clerk ahull refuse to draw au order for tho toucher's wages for tho IhhL mouth until the toucher's register shall Iiuvo beeu completely llllod out, Mod and approved by tho clork. 8 Eighty live per ceut of the oouu ty and stato fuuda ahull bo puid to tho tcaohor. 1. Tho county court la compelled to levy Meveu dollura per capita. 10. Tho annual census ahull be ta ken the IiiHt week in November. 11. All school district must aecuro it flag nud keep it llylug ut or near tho school house on all favorable daya. 12. Two or more achool diatrlcta may be united for tho "urpoao of ea tablisfilng and carrying on high achoola or grade above the olgbth. Snub a.'hoola are known us union high schools and will In' no way aifect the preaeut organization of the district or the tlrat eight griuloB. . 11. School officer' couveutloa or iouvoiitloii may be held once a year. Tula convention may Include tbo en tire county or the county may le di vided into district, The chairman of tbe board la made the dolegato, but lu cuao lie cannot; atteud, he must ap point aoine member of hia board. Each delegate recolvea two dollura a day providing bo attends the entire sosaloii of tho convention. 15. Compulsory odueutlou luw. All children botwoeu tho Rgoa of 0 an 1 11 yoara must attend school for tho en tiro time achool la iu session iu the district. All children between tho ngea of H and 10 lnust go to school or bo ongugod in aosio occupation, according to tho provision of. tlio child labor law. Exceptions to tbeae requirements are ehildrou iu private achoola, pupils physically uuublu to attend, puplla of 10 UvIiik' nioro than one and one-half mile from' achool, puplla of any ugo Hvlnjjr more than three milotfVroni school and pupila under prlvute tutora at lioiuo. Tho diireront atepa lu carry intf out this law are: 1. Appointment of tru aut oilicera iu and for each dUtrict by tho district bouudury board. Que ollicor may lie upjiuiutod for sevorul diatrlcta. 2. Flrat-claaa diatrlcta have powor to cull on rogualr police oHIcera. It. County Buperlntcndent furniahea truant olllccrs with a llat of teachers of tho diatrict. 4. The clerk ulvoa the toucher a Hat of tho enumerations on the llrnt dny of each term, or Immediately after tho enum eration la taken. 5, The teacher compare reKlatratlon with the cenaua enumeration aUhe end of each month. 0 Tho teacher report delinquent to aecretary of tho laiuudary board. 7. Secretary report to truant olllcer. H. Tho olllcer notifies parent or KDiirdliuia that tho children iiuat le in achool on the following Monday moruiiiK and repci ta to tho toucher that the (larenta have been notified. 'J. In case the children are not sent to achool the olllcer make complaint to tho Justice of peace. 10. Justice iasuea warrant nud conducts trial. Tho piiolahmeut for trunney la a flue from ?' ot fJO or imprisonment from two to ten daya. Any oilicera, whoao duty it ia to help enforce tho Iffw, may bo lined from " to for failure to perform the duties incumbent up on them under thl act. Tim includes tho couuly court and achool superin tendent, who are member of tho diatrict bouudury board, tho teacher aud clerk. Strike Cloae to Klamath Project. If tho Klamath reclamation project ia destined to t-ome under tho bun of tho Secretary of tho Interlora' recent order ulfectintf tho service, many peo ple who invested money In lands which they had reason to believe would be irrigated by coverument works will lie heavy loosora. Tho town -of Klu mutb 1'alla will bo sorely alUicted also a hopes of a I'liuht future fcr Kla math county have cutiaed 1 11 vest men ts there which uorina IcOnditiona did not justify Town lota that eold for IW per front foot will be aouvenirea of lost fortunes. The extravagance of town aud county will bo felt by tho taxpayer when they llud htuslvea at par once more. Of course time would briiitf about cbaiiKea, such aa were looked for nt lintitniutf speed, but many dollar will have to lio idle duriutt tbe wait. It would bo a aud fate, indeed. A tho Klamath project ia ono of tho largest and moat impor tunt in tho atate of Oregon, aud aa Oregon hna coutribnted more to tbe reclamation fund than any other one of tho sixteen public land states, it ia hardly probable that tho-M'eclumutiou service could afford to ignore Oregon entirely, aud tho abandonment of tho Khimuth project woulu mean to ubau- don every project iu tho Htate. Some of tho aectioua of tho Secreta ry' order atrikea hard at tbe Klamath project, especially that yno wherein tho order providAa for the "reduction or suspension or work on projects which are so located that fuvorablo bid for construction have not been secured." Also that section reading "concentrate on and tjivo preference to tho works upon which construction la nearly completed aud where tho project will aoou bo producing rev enue." Two attempt by tho government to secure bid for construction of the Klamath project failed aud tho work has beeu carried 011 uuder special or der by the department, hiring men by the duy. , This system baa beeu tho source of a grout deal of diaaoiiaiou between the Water Uaera Association and tho pro motion club of Klamuth Falls. There yet romaina a lot of work to be done before any revenue con bo derived from that project Ileuce, we any thnt these two provisions of the now order ure striking dangerously close to the Klamath project. New Hall for Lakevlew. Lakevlow now baa the promise of a hall that will accommodate tbe pub lic. CU.Sulder'a plaua for romodoling the building formerly occupied by the Lakoview Furniture Co. aa n atore will moot every deiuund for u hall. The building will bo enlarged to 85x44 Inside, with a 15x20 atago, two 12x11 feet dressing rooms, ouo cu each eido of tho stago, and a seating capacity of (i.')0 Tho atago will bo three feet iibovo the floor, and uuder tho atutfe will bo a busoment seven feet high which will bo used for storing cbuirs when tbe bull ia used lor dancing. Mr. Snider w ill put iu 100 chairs, and autllcient comfortable benches to uo commodate the public. Ho lutonds (o have tho hull completed by Juno tho ilrat. . S .F. Ahlstrom, J. W. Tuckor aud F. O. Ahlstrom wora elected dologutes to tlio Oraud Lodge of Odd Followa, to bo held at Lu Oruudo Iu Muy. EXPENDITURES TO BE CURTAILED Secretary of the Interior Orders Some Pro jects Abandoned and Lands Restored. ORFION'IAN NEWS UURKAU, Washington, April 15. The. Sncietary or uio jueirior baa issued tne ioiioi- ing general instruction to me a 1 rec tor of the Reclamation aervice: 1. Concentrate on and give pre ference to the works upon which con struction ia nearly completed and where the project will aoou l pro ducing revenue. '1. Discontinue further expenditure for general investigation. .. Arrange, whereever practicable, for the leductiou or auapeiiaidn of work ou project which are so located . . I that favorable bids for construction! , have not been secured. 4. Kocornnieud for restoration to entry all land now reserved under the terma of the reclamation act, tbe re clamation of which cannot bo under taken iu the neai futurewithho)ding, i,..uor. n re-rvnir nr 1 'which may bo required for rights of . way for future work whose practica bility has been determined. Iu explanation of these instructions tho Secretary said: "Tho notable in creased cost of material and construc tion, the uncertainties encountered Aid for Land Offices. Washington advices aay that Land Commissioner Uallinger has ordered Special Inspector O'Urien, of Denver, to proceed to Rose burg and assist tbe local oilicera In clearing up the accu mulation of busiueaa in their office. Work has fallen behind to such au ex tent that there are now peuding about 700 laud cases and contest awaiting action. When tbo Roseburg oflloe ia straightened o-it, similar work la to lie done elsewhere in Oregon. The Commissioner ha also directed that immediate examination bo made of all pending public laud surveys in Oregon, aome of. which Iiave been held up as much aa ten yeara because of adverse report of inspector. All aurveya found to bo correct will bo accepted and paid for and, unless there ia some importuut reason for witb-holding plats, tbo land covered by such aur veya will bo open to entry. Where such aurveya are found to be erroneous tho aurveycra will bo notified aud le given tbo optiou of making correc tion, ao that their contract may bo cloaod out and those areas aa well thrown open to entry. A largo number of boua fide aettlera aro euduring hardships by tho doluy in approving these old contracts. There w ill be no more holdups in Ore gon on mere suspicion. Mr. llulliu ger will demand evidence. Ashland Tiding. New Bind Leader. A meetiug was held iu the Schuiiuck building last Friday night for tho pur pose of tormiug an organization to handle the finance of the brass band, hire a leader aud manage the band. V. L. Snelling took au active purt, and the next day ho and Leo Real wout around town with a subscription paper soliciting monthly donations from tho business men. The paper waa signed liberally. It was the pur pose to secure the promise of f 1200 to be paid in 12 installment for the pur pose of paying a band loader for 12 months. Mr. Rice returned to Al turaa to bring hia family up aud will take ohaige of the baud upon hi re turn here. M. A. J. Steolo, of Souttel, arrived hero last week to look at the country. Ho left Monday to be absent two week when he w ill return agaiu. Mr. Steele made The Examiner oltlco a cull aud was engugod in looking over tho weather record for the past six yours and other atutistlca kept in this olllco. He had many questions to aak about tbo country. ' Chu. W. Mooro of Uruaa Vulloy, Wuaco county, bu been appointed re glstor of tho bind olllco at The Dulles and Loula Arnesou receiver. Mr. Ar ueaou ia a Uourne .man, and ia related to Mr. Uouruo'a prlvute socrotuiy. Twenty millions of people are said to bo starving in Russia, aud unless assiatuuoo 1 rendered tliut number of people will starve to doutu before the harvest time, which will bo tho latter purt of July. in transportation and tbe scarcity and high price of labor are deterring j con trat tora" from bidding for the Uov eminent work. "Condition huve altered to materi ally since the first taticnatea of $st of ' construction were made and the allot I meut of the fund approved that I ' have deemed it advisable to direct that a reduction of tbe work in eome instauce and suspension in other be Considered. It would be most unwise to continue vork w here circumstances . . . . , . . . expense w hich in the future may be , 111 considered aa unduly large. "Ity conceutratiug on those works now Hearing completion, new revenues will be coining into the fund and, when the labor condition and trans portation facilities become normal. tho work on other project can go for- i . iit a a. ! warumore economically ana wun great er rapidity, "ine expenditures auring the past quarter have averaged about 1,500,000 a month. At tbia rate the fund avai;able for new construction will be exhausted before tbe end of the calouder year. " Referendum Comes High. When the people of Oregon come to realize that it i going to coat between 20,000 and 123,000 for the satisfac tion of exercising their right of suffrage upon juat one question of general legislation it ia very doubtful if they will display such haste in peti tioning for this privilege, under the initiative and referendum clause of tbe constitution. There are many change in the pro cess of submitting question of legisla tion to the people under the new law over the old, principal among which. from a financial standpoint , ia that which require the secretary of state to mail each legal voter of the 6tate a copy of tbo measure upon which tbe initiative and referendum ha been invoked, in pamphlet form, together with priuted copies of auch argument for and against tbe passage of such measures as may be advanced by the chief iuteresta concerned. The ex pense of postage alone, for complying with this additional requirement, for mailing such information to over 100.000 legal voters, will amount to over R1000. Tho postage, however,? isi but a small item when compared with j printing and addressing envelopes, writing aud printing the circular let ters aud distributing them, which are figured at not lesa thun 3000, cost of paper, printing and binding of pro posed laws iu pamphlet form, 7000; publication of proclamations, 5000; These estimates do not include the coat of printing aud binding argu ments, pro aud con, concerning tbe measure or measres that are to be submitted, which is to be paid by the individual or association advauciag the same, but to be sent oul by the secretary of state, wdiich will not be leaa than 5000 more. Ashland Tidinga Washable Gowns Fashionable eaya Mr. Oaborn. Tbe heavy traveling dreaa for Sum mer ia no longer a convention that must bo deferred to, writes Mr. Oa boru, the authority ou fashions, 'in they Deliuator., Tbe fashionable have been pleased to discard it . Tbe uu fushiouable may well follow suit. ' This year the woman traveler, it sensible, will full iu line with tbe fushioua aud be seen no more iu cum- boraon'traveling gowus. She will wear thiu dresses, Tho love of comfort and cleanliness aro uot alone, responsible ror tue sweeping change that ia taking place iu this feature of womuua dreaa. Many of ua live in the country uowa clays. Women dreaa iu pink or blue or w hite as they choose, put on an at tractive coat of silk or luce, and come up town ready gowned , for whatever they may wish to do. So today it grows more aud mora tbe custom not to dress especially for traveling, but to dress appropriately, aa befita the pluQe for which one ia bouud. Aa a result, we have au in creasing number of attiactlve Sum mer wrupa, garments that may be thrown ou ovei pretty pink aud blue aud palo mauve tints, foulard, cotton stuffs pongees and linen and muslins. Altbongh these now necessary wrap are of every "kind and deacilption whites ani champaign shade perhaps predominating the one with which we fare likely to become met familiar is a glorifle J edition of what we once knew as the linen "duster." It is true that only women of large raeao can afford tbe more perishable costume, but 1 am ready to make a radical-sounding statement that isn't radical at all. It ia economy to wear tbin traveling gowns! It is easier to be immaculate in light clothes than in heavy I Witness tbe wasb-tnhl Tbe less expensive materials cham brays, linens, zepbera-gingbams mo hair, Sicilians, samurai, pongee may be made up ioto suitable costumes for the train. In taking long journeja, it la, of course, necesjsary to prepar for possi ble changes of the weather. But bow sensible to do this by carrying a change of wrap, light or heavy! I advocate light traveling costmses even for extensive trips. Laundry can be taught to keep op with one by express. As for those who travel frequently from suburb to city, making a daily trip of it, there is no question as to tbe economy and cleanliness of tho fashion. Profanity ia Ignorance. Profanity is the object of a vigorous crusade that i being waged in the East.' Newspapers all over the conti nent have taken up the cudgel and have been dealing body blows at "cuss words" in general. Tbe Bishop of Carlisle lately made tbe topic a sub ject for a sermoti In which he said in part : "Any one who sweara discloses tbe weakness of hia vocabulary. He does not know tbe possibilities of tbe Eng lish language, or baa not the jkill to manipulate it so that it will yield tbe amount or nre ne wants, loucauao almost anything with common word. "Word can do thing that make tbe ordinary bit of profanity look like scarecrows stiffened up with a fence stake. The cure for profanity ia mere ly wit enough to handle your words so that swearing will seem liKe baby talk incomparison. Profanity is an! evidence that the swearer, 3uo matter how well educated he may be in other lines, is still sadly lacking iu the knowledge of the English lauguage. Bohemia NuggetL It ia hardly realiazble, when one look up at the blue, cloudless sky and observes the warm sun, that all over the East he snow fell to various depths, ranging from four to ten inches. Dispatches of April 19th state that Colorado. Oklahoma Teunesee, New York, Pensylvania and Ohio were wrapped iu blanket of suow of vari ous depths. Grain -tfropa in some lo calities will be benefitted, while great fear ia entertained for the fruit crops The American Xational Red Cross baa received contributions for tbe benefit of starving Chinese to the amount of 55,000 aud eent the money a few day ago. This donation makes a total amouut of 220,000 in cash eent by tho American National Red Cross for tho relief of the sufferers. The situation in CLIua ia unchanged, .and thousand of peopl are living entire ly upon root and bark, which ia caus ing diesase. There i said to be quite a rush to Southern Oregon after timber land that baa beon thrown open to settle ment by reaaon of the fraudulant character of the entries that were made ou the laud. If all the laud iu tho country that wa secured through fraud within the past few years were thrown open to settlement the country would then begin to profit by its in vestigation of laud fiaud. The barber trust ia eudeuvoring to raise the price of hair-cuts. At Hood River tbe barber have com bined to charge 23 centa for a hair out. It worked bo well that, another step was talked of, to raise the price of abuvea to 20 centa, ou account of freight, but cutlery dealers began to do a big business in razors, so the price of ehuvea dropped back to 15 centa. O. T. McKendree bought George Wiuklemau'a baud of aheep last week for Dave KJler. 0?he baud numbers about 3500 head. The price puid waa 11. 2 1 forties and 2 for lumba, to be delivered July first. Mr. MoKoudree did uot buy tho Jay P. Harter bund, which bo went to Merrill to look at. Tho Jaa. Barry bund waa bought for Mr. Edler. PIHE CREEK HAS A CELEBRAT I Woodmen, Band, and Ball Team Attend. ARE SPLENDIDLY ENTERTAINE The State Line Boys Wall Lake view Bait Players. .Score 2j to 9. Last Saturday and Sunday was a re gular Fourth of July time at Pine Creek. Mr. Coyan and the Lakeview W. O. W. working team went down there to institute a Woodman of tbe World Lodge on Saturday evening. The Lodge waa organized rwltn 26 charter member, under very favorable conditions. A.'tw Ixxlge the W.O.W. gave a fine supper, and to tbe surprise of the wood choppers about 50 other Lakviuwits had run in upon them with brass band and base ball team., Tbe Lakeview band prnisbed boims of their beat on tbe 6treet Saturday ere, ning. A dance was given which waa largely attended and highly, enjoyed by tbe Lakeview people, A ball game waa arranged for Sunday afternoon between tbe Pine Creek team and Lakeview, Tbe band played and all ate ce cream and made merry; throughout tbe day. A sumptuous dinner waa served at tbe Lake UoteL In the ball game the State Line team walloped it to Lakeview in good shape and may come here next San day to try it again. !iOline-up of the teams and score waa aa follows : Lakeview 2 0-4-0-0-2-0 0-1 9 Pine Creek-0-2-4 2-9-0-5-1- 23 Lakeview. Position , . Runs. Catcher . 2 Pitcher 1 ' 1 Base 2 abort stop 1 2 Base 1 3 Baae 1 L Field 0 C Field , 0 R Yield 1 Pine Creek. IBaae 2 short atop 2 2 Base ,2 .Pitcher - 3 R Field 2 C Field 4 Catcher v 3 3 Base 2 L Field 3 Player Wallace Rosa Part in Judge Storkman McDonald Longfellow Reynold Rinehart Ballard Amick Mulkey Braili Lawson O. Smith Gibbiua Cook Stevens Mrs. II. D. Manning, of Fall Mills, Calif., arrived here Tuesday evening. Under False Impression. Forest Inspector Erickson receives some of themost ridiculous letter one can conceive of. He received a letter from a man in Bouauza country a few days ago that ia simply a mass of ridiculous presumptions. The writer say a he ia an old settler ono of the first iu the county that he raises stock, hia horses aud cattle have been raised and grown old ou a certain range and would stay nowhere else, that he owna a tract ot land that he baa lived on for many yeara and that be himelf la like hia stock, (could not be trainede to stay away from hia own home. He says bo baa understood that the large stock owuer have bought or leased all the range In the country from tho forestry department, aud that small atockraiaera will have to move out. "What will I do?" hft says. Some people have queer idea about what the government is doing. The remedy for this .man and others in similur circumstances, ia to muko .ap plication for their old range and they , will get it. - - m ' ' Arrange to Have. Races. ' V. L. Snelling and J. S. Lane were around with a paper on Monday solici ting contribution to a fund for races during Fourth of July week. Tbe subscriptions were more liberal man they were last year, aud a the Lake Couuty Agricultural Association pro m is a to give a sum equal to that sub scribed by tbe Paople, it i the belief that $ 1GO0 will be raised for puraoa, which will insure a good meet. Up ot tbe time ot goiug to press ."!00 wu.k subscribed.