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LAKEVIKW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 2, 1908.
NO. I
VOL. XXIX.
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FULTON WORKS
OH MAILSERVICE
May Return to Star Rout
System.
BETWEEN MADELINE AND LIKELY-
II roads Cannot be Porcetl to
Deliver the Halls According;
To Schedule.
lu regard to tho uiidatlrfnctory mall
nervloo between Madeline and Likely, !
wo much eoniplnl uimI of since the
trains began running to tlm latter
palco, wo have tho following, received
ly F. 1. Light from Senator Fulton,
who la endeavoring to have hotter
service rendered:
Tho Ken ii tor communicated with
tho postal department and received
the following reply:
"My dear Keuntor :
Tho receipt is acknowledged of your
letter of tlio !th Instant, w ith 'Is '
inclosuro of n petition signed by J. '
E. Murray, and others, of Lakeview,
Oiegou, for Improved mull nervier to
that place from Uno, Nevada, by way
of Likely, California. Complaint In
made that tho railway compuny docs
not provide prompt wrvlce to Likely,
un It I miggcsto'l that If they can
not ho compelled to observe their
nchcdulo, utar wrvlco ho reestablished
hewteou Madeline and Likely.
In reply 1 have to Inform you that
the !)onurtincut cannot compel rail-
roadd to adopt wheduh-n for tho pur-
ptmo of advancing tho inniU. nor can
it enforce tho oliHervanco of their
rchTdulo hyjhf fullrvi'',,rynif by
the imponitioii of lines ad prciicrlhcd
liy luw."
Again Kenutor Fullon couimunicuted
with tho liepnrtmout and receiied
1 ho following, which he forwarded to
Lakeview to let our people know
what to expect ;
"My dear Senator :
The receipt hi acknowledged of your
letter of the IJt h iiiHtiiut in which
you refer again to tlio it iriitf Ufuetnry
mail wervico performed over tho rail
road between Mitdeliuo Mil! Likely,
California, and recommend that, if'
hucIi railroad nervice cannot ho im
proved, the Hume be dldpeiiHed with
and .the tar dervlco reeMtulilindeil.
In reply, I have to inform you that,
tho mutter will he given Immediate
attention with a view to Hecuring lm
provod Horvice hver the railroad. If
Hiich improved Hervlco bo uotalforded
the qiieritioii of reorftubliMhiug tho
ntar Hervlce will be further consider
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SENATOR JOSEPH F. JOHNSTON.
Jonepb Forney JoluiMton, who hiu been choeen to tucceed the lata Bdmoni
W, 1'ettud In the Hulled Stated Benito, has long been active la the politics of
Alabama. lit) vu burn In Lincoln county, N. C, In 1843 and was a boy at
Kchool when tlm civil war broke out. lie enlisted in the Confederate eerTtce
and roue to tho rank of cnptnln, fought In many battles and was wounded four
time, lie practiced liw lu Helm a for about twenty years, aud since 1834 aia
Vom turn I men at Hlriiiliixhuiu lit has twice served as governor,
Seeing the 5lghU.
Editor Mx it in lni :
In the city of Now York,
there lrt HIKJIINIiy beautiful tilings to
see, and cnJiV, no many niHiiy largo
lliliiKu to admire, nii! withal no many
things Keen hiiiI hoard without your
consent which nru not pleading, Unit
It U IllOft (llltll'lllt tO ch'tOMO hm to
what would interest your reader most.
To dcicrlbo anyone of tlm many
thing soon by myself minute) would
fill page of your paper.
The largo tl.tttgd, mul adalrs, wmu
! I to appeal to 1110 mont strongly, such
' a tlm largo beautiful parks, thn large
beautiful buildings, large railroad
utatioiid, large ferry Htutloun, large
Munoiima, largo bridged connecting
Now York mid llrookllu. It would re
quire several paged to even describe
one of tli bridges properly, and then
not do tliw ubject JtiMtlco. Titers Im
tho
Williauidherg liridgo, llruokllu
Bridge, Hint Mauhattuti Uridyl i.eiitg
at present built, all large a(fairs.
Tho WllliauiHherg HiiMpeiiHlon bridge
in considered a greater engineering
feiil ttiiin tlm Hrookliii bridge, and
having greater rnparlty also, for
ti utile It huH douhlu streetcar tracks
mum ft. A Iiitl'h drivewuv fur vehl
IcIuh, iiutomoiulod etc., and a large
I foot walk over timid
for pedestrians.
Tho driveway lit placed upn tlio out-
silo and t lie foot walk In the, center
of the bridge. y
The Williatiihherg bridge cornea Into
New York City a distance of 1.1 blocks
hefore It IM on a level with tho streets,
and ahout tlio same distance on tho
llrookllu Hide,
While passing over thin hiidge upon
u street iar, 1 counted 4! car return
ing upon ouo of tho other tracks, and
wan uuulile to count tho cam return
ing upon i ho other returning tiack.
Kulllco to nay there wan ahout the
same iiumler of cam upon both track.
1 Tho old Hrookliii Bridge crossing
tho East Kivcr ulso, not only crosses
the river, hut terminates at 1'iirk How
' f "iig-t tho sky "rn;n'r-i, alte.-.
inn over about nine streets, and on
tho lirtoklin hide about the same
(liHtance. On both hides tho bridge in
about PM feet high where it pu.-HeH
over the Hint elreet, and in up to a
level with tho top of tho eight Htory
Imililings at thirt point. Jt inu i lcnel
'at the. New York hide, in order that
hutli the elevated htreet rhiliMiy, aud
tho Hiirtaco chih can bo turned around
upon a loop for the return trip.
There are eight different loop for
the Hiii face cur linun going to the
diltereiit points of Hrookliii. Coney
IhIiiiiiI, and other points. There id a
driveway on encli onlHidu of tho
bridge, teaniH aud earn all going one
way, and next to tho driveway id tho
Hiirfiii'o car(liuoH, aud next in the ele
vated tiyutom, unil in tho center and
uhovo in a tii.xteeu foot walk for pod-
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NO LONGER SLMI
ARID SECTION.
Nearly Twenty-seven Inches of Rainfall in
Lake County Last Year.
I.hhI Hprlng th'i Kxumlner puhllhh
ed a statement of the annual precipi
tation 'occurlng during the fire
preceding years in Iwike k'ounty, and
announced its ctttinjato of tho preucnt
year at UT Inched. It In gratifying
that the prediction had been more
that materialized; the end of the yt-ar
showing a tothl of "C 75 inches. The
water fall an greatly increased from 17
Inchet a few years ago to I!), 20, until
it as reached the above figure.
With proper cultivation this is
millicieiit tijo'cture to biistaiu good
cropd of nearly all of the agricultural
products, lu mauy sections of the
wct-tt-ru country regular and profitible
yields are realized with not more
than half of our rain fall. We have,
in addition to the natural supply, a
number of feasible irrigation resourc
awaiajaawniy ,;: w f?r .: -.Vn-j- WjiiSiS
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TWO VIEWS FROM SINGER BUILDING TOWER.
Uroudwuy from the top of the Singer buildlnir. now under construction,
iresonts a curloui iipiiciunucc. From the Singer tower, over 1M feet above
the mreet level, Hrondwuy looks iiuitc c'henvi-ie th;in broad, and cross streets
look like alleys. A curlou photojirapli of the tower and flagstaff from n
point liiiinedlatel.v lncatli theia fcUwn K.not I'dpclie. a .tt.'ileju.k. clUubiUji
the flags tiitf.
estria'np. While passing over thi
bridge on a btreet cur 1 counted 51
card returning upon the opposite aide
of the bridge, and wild unable to count
all of them, ou aocouut of tho eleva
ted cars passing between myself aud
tho cars on the opposite side, whi'e
near the couter of the bridge.
With all this trausit statious sys
tem of bridges aud ferrys it is neces
sary to call into use, the subway sys
tem under the river, for the people to
go and return daily to their home.
The aforesaid bridges mentioned,
viewed at a distance of half a mile,
look more like spiders webs woven
aoross the river, with tiny boxes pass
ing to and fro, than the glgantlo works
of man.
& V. Rehart
The Silver Lake Leader publishes a
communication from Or. Witham,
who went to London a few months ago
to take a special course la medicine.
The! Dr, states that he . expeoti to
tart bom la February.
es from which sulllcier.t water can be
stored to reclaim many thousand
acres of excellent soil that now iie idle
and which, with skillful husbandry
and tho UHe of the waters going to
waste, would mipport and enrich
thousands of people.
The area of reclamation had be
come au establsbed fact; it no long
er id a question of doubt; wherever
the projects have been launched
Hiiccesd has crowned their labors, and
in Idaho, Colorado, Washington, and
already parts of Oregon, multitudes
nf homes have been made, with grow
ing prosperity year by year.
In Lake county we have in contem
plation four plans of irrigation, which
are backed by business men with
meausand knowledge, aud who are, in
every way, prepared , to carry the
HchemeB to completion.
fliss Glenn's Party.
A charming whist party was given
by Miss Antra tlleuii to a few of her
youug friends Friday evening. The
prettily arranged rooms were aglow
with lights to welcome tho guests,
and in tho comer of the parlor stood
a Christmas tree upon which burned
10 caudles Purtuers were chosen for
wbist iu a uovel manner: cards weie
suspended from the tree, aud ribbons
attached, woven in and out among
the branches, the ladies names on the
left and the gentlemen on the right.
Much sport was had in untangling
the meshes. A most appetizing
lunoheon was served at midnight.
Prizes were awarded to Misa Snelhng
and Mr. Faulkner for the greatest
number of games won, and Miss
Genie Snelllng and Mr. Klnnier were
found entitled to a consolation prize.
Those present were: Miss Glenn,
Miss Laura Snelllng, Mlsa Genie
Snelllng, Mica Conn, Miss Annie
Tonningsen, Messrs. Kinnler, ilugus,
Powell, Partin, and Faulkner.
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Mr. Elmer McCullay and Miss Lydi
BUnley, at the Thruston ranch, be f
low town, was a most enjoyable affair, j
Judge Daly performed the ceremony. ,
The words which bound those two j
happy hearts together for life were j
pronounced at exactly 11 o'clock, in I
the presence of a group of friends
and relatives of the bride and groom.
The bride is a very charming young
lady, and a great fa? orite with her
young companions. Hbe is the daugh- j
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Stanley. j
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mr. Mat. McCulley, of this place, j
Klmer is one of the mont industrious j
young men in the county, who haul
worked bard and laid up quite a bit i
of money. He U part owner of one of
the best ranches in Goose Lake valley,
purchased a year or so ago. lie has a i
good home into which to take bis hap
py voung bride.
The Examiner extends congrautla-
tions and best wUhes to the groom i
and his bride.
Following Is a list of the presents;
received : j
Kalad dish, Mr. and Mrs. Mark 1
Musgrave; set silver ware, J. K.
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iiBier; cnocoiaie sei, uauey nuu iuan- i
singill center set, Miss Nellie Stanley ; ;
pickle dish Miss Alsy Studley ; stand i
cover, Roy Studley ; bed spread, Fred j
Stanley; table linen. Miss Maud Ross ;
cake stand, Miss Clara Stanley ; jelly
aisn, iir. ana lurs. oiuuiey ; iruii net,
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley; Forty piece
china set, T. E. Bernard and wife ;
i i . . . a . c.i l . . i.
cake dish ; Mr. and Mrs. II. ernon ;
set silver waro, Mercantile Co. salad
dish. Miss Aleen McCulley. :
Room for Thousands.
Tf.lin it r it n .-r. la nnl fKla vA4lr !
after a load of homeseekers to
locate'
on some of the rich agricultural lands
in the northern part of Warner valley
where Messrs. Coggburn and Sanford
have located a number of settlers the
past summer, and have promise of
placing several hundred more next
summer. There is a large body of
the richest land that ever laid out of
doors lying idle and unoccupied to
day, but which will be taken up and
farmed before another two 'years roll
around. There is going to be a
great rush for these lands next year,
as the value of such lands is becoming
known. And people all over the
county are learning that Lake county
possesses a larger amount of them
than nearly any other county in the
West. The land is almost as level as
a iloor tor nines ana miles.
The country is covered with a
thrifty growth of sagebrush, and in
several places natural blue joiot
grass which grows thirty inches high.
This countiy will some day look
like the vast wheat fields of the Sacra
mento valley, only there will be- no
droughts, as they have never been
known in Lake county.
x RICHARD
Cnrlstmas Wedding Bells.
The marriage on Christmas Day
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Richard Mansfield, who la Buffering from a nervour-break4own and av
been compelled In consequence to give up for the present all plana for th-,
continuance of his theatrical career, la Just fifty years of age and was seem
ingly at the very height of hia popularity as an actor. He wai bora In Helgo- '
land and studied for the East Indian civil service, but, coming to the United f
States, opeued a studio aa an artist In Boston. Finding that nia Inclination
were to the stage instead of the world of art. be began playing amall parts t
eemte opera. He has been successful n a wide repertory, extending f row
Koko la "The Mikado" to Klchard III. la Bhakespeare a play of that ttama,
ROUTE COMPLETE
DOWN TO ALTURAS
Road Will be First to be
Built.
CONNECTS WITH N-C O- SY f M
Cheapest to Build of any of the
Transcontinental Line.- One
Tenth per cent Grade.
I The large company of railroad sur
j veyors employed between Attorns and.
j Lakeview completed their wor to this
pla"e Friday and the men were all dis
charged. The line was ruu up to the
depot site of the X. C. O. Ry. and the
last peg was driven. The engineer
says that a one-tenth grade was es
tablished from the Oregon Short Line'
.to Alturas, the most difficult portion
of the route being through the Pit
River canyon north of Alturas. This
is the easiest by all odds of all the
; great trans-continental lines, aud the
I most practical ar.d least expensive.
I The engineers say it will be built
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: within the next five years. They also
say that this line will be the first of
all the croiected lines to be com Dieted.
Some doubt has been expreused re
garding the completion of the road in
the near future because of the recent
money panic. That, however, will
cuviipeu iua uuust'uuiiuu, im-
cause oi me aonnaance ana cneapness
of labor.
The route from Alturas to the valley
of the Sacramento is still a matter of
doubt and can only be determined
when the surveys and estimates are
completed. One route leada up the
north fork of Fit river, paralleling the
X. C. O. to Madeline. From there it
goes by way of Eagle Lake, Deer
Creek Pass and on down to Oroville.
The other follows down the main Pit
to Redding or vicinity. itoja&
Plaindealer.
The death of Mrs. Roy Snelling,
formerly Miss Bertha Muuroe of Bid
wexl, is announced. The deceased
was a charming young woman, in the
full bloom of womanhood, a--d her
death is iudeed a sad one. Besides
ber husband she leaves two small
children. Alturas Plaindc-il.T
Roy was raised in Lakei-iev, and
his many friends here are sail t. learn
of his ioss, and deeply sympathize
with him. Deceased was a sister of
Mis. Geo. Ay res, of this place
MANSFIELD.
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