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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1909)
p S ' VOL. XXX LAKKVIKW, LAKK COUNTY, ORKGON, DEGKMHKK 23, 11)01). KO. 51 THE PASSING OF ANOTHER OF OUR OLD PIONEERS James A. Foster, Resi dent of Lake County For 38 Years Goes Over There Tba t auerahlit plouear, Jamas Fos ter, of Hiiminnr Lake, died Holiday, tlio l'.tih IcimL. , at i p. in, R Tim funeral services war held at Rummer Lake Tuesday, and were at tended by many sorrowlug friends. Mr. Foster a lort tlmn allien wm In Lakaview, nul waa lu full vigor of min i and body. IIh una nix fact In height itud nn atrelghl a uu arrow 1 Id li ml the promUa uf Tears of uie fulliieMa. Ill vigorous health, how ver, Man bii mi lo lit g, rin lu taking tbe long ride from uore to Hummel Lake ha caught cold. Hut thinking lila atroii constitution would anon shake It oil, want out into bu or chard, getting his feat wet, produclug tbo pueumouia which cauied bin death. Tiia decenasd wan born on July 4tb, IH'iT, lu Coshocton cn.mty, Ohio, lie waa tha only eurflvlog member of a family of nine airl came from Vir ginia aud Irlah tock. 11a crossed tbe plaiua lu 1H15 with an ox team start ing from Miaaouri The tram be wua with ca-na on lo th Harnev tal ley hiiI Inter located at Corvallis. II wm omrrl I to Mini Klizaheth CuirnT. a iihIivm ii' 'r'itiMl, bo n b ii' .1 iie IN. In:'. -Iih ami her 1 1 er ii tin i a!i-. i h p' lin l'i Mil. via (inooiwf Lake mII-t and Kowne river la by They aer the. (lint white women lo puna through I 'oar Creek t'nuyo'i Mht will I survive film Mr. FnMir "oring hi early mxti buo l wa eMtMg'l I In turning Hi Muck r 1 1 ttit l i I iih AMI u i t a rallv until I In- pilutf of H;i, whan ha moved to Su iimor It ' a. this (U inty. mid took ii the Hoiii"imI hict: hi retain I in thH it it V of bin nVtilb Hurinn all tbeee yxr be baa baeu firoiu Icif lit lu the a'ftir or tbla coun ty. When tie located there were but few piopla in thia section, lin h.n beeu a pioneer all bl life, and tiad teen tha promt- uf the lining of tllOUSnudl 1(1 I III KO ld V I 10 I. WIIIC'l owe an much t bi n in proving to tbe world a h it cm ! done here, lu tbe uy of fruit, tiiaiu, vegetable ai:d etock product inn Mr. KoHter alwaya wik a fancier of Kool etock an l briiuubt to tbla coun try uiiK of tha llnet cattlt ever seen here Hiid aiill bad a Hue herd of cut tie buriMi an I bom on In home farm. Ha formerly madM a speciality of Krowliitf nice, horeea a-id rala)il the noted Oretftin Kelt pun. which b" took to vailooa planea In tin Wast and al o to ChlCMKO aud aold him for 7UU1. He tnlo oivuad HernuleH, the half brother of Kclipte, who waa a wall kooau borne To Mr. aud Mra. Fntter the fulloa iiiri children were born : hmena ana J. Manly, deceased ; John A and Jamea A. of Kuiiiinar Laki; Aotfellua, Wllliatu il and Annie K dw-ennd ; I'Velerluk V of H im nor l-nk- : Mari on L. deceaeed; Kll.abi th V. Klipptd, Hutnoier Lake: Luvla I. deeded ; I'.udora llarlln, o' Lakeviuw; Aurora A. Wultern. of Portland; Kilph C. ot Bujuuer Lake, aud L.il'i Sohmluck of Lakevlew Mr. Fouler look eHpeclal ride of late year lu bla bo lie orchard and Harden. Hit dlaplay at tbe late Fair wai tb niarval and admlrati.in o' bundreda ot vleltore durltiK the land opeutnrf f tbe OVL Co. He was plauuluu larKe exteuaioua to bla or chard wLhu death atabpud iu aud atlllad bia buty bund. He will be inlaaed by a lartfn circle of frlauda Hla ueutal waya aud kind ly diipo.iltlou woo frleuda wherever be waul. Hla aurely will be tbe plaudit: "Well done, thou ood and faithful servant I" EVERY LADDIE II l A LASSIE ! AL UN AY, Or., Deo. 12. There are tixactly as many irls iu Albany us boys. The euiuiipratiou of school childreu in the All Hiiy diatriot reveiila this co iuoideuce. It Hbows there Hie KITH school children, iiH'J of eoli sex. Daddy's Christmas Dream. That Christ mae conies but once a year Is rather Had for Willy. And likewise limits much the cheer Of Mabel. JUiiud and M illy. For they would welcome ten or twelve To shuut arnunil tha sliimty And In thvlr stocklnits deep to delvs For Boodle left by Banty. Hut once a year Is quits enoush (Since buylnif's such a bother When times are panicky and tough) For these dear youngsters' father In fact, poor daddy hopes the fates Will cause (to get a cheap year) The calendar to change Its dates And Christmas swap with leap year. KOHfcUtTUU LOVlfl. ncjels Sang ICopyrliitit, l!i), tiy J.. Well f'hampney. Kruin a Coi.liiy print, coirli!hl, pjuo. by Curlla Cumt-run J COUNTRY FAIR PRO NOUNCED SUCCESS. Frolic and Fun for Old and Young-Baby Show " Jubilee Singers Tbe Country Fair held at tbe rink Fildty .14 it "a a fun-waking auc ct8. and al'i a money maker for lb i M. F. Church. I h-r m la ti i "t ii' luliln' a liliw Mkel.-i n r III I mi HI , 'J leen if S i t, i.ih ell' uieiMK ri . iit i p ili' n Hi lie "e.. 41 iim' I m'a i'h an elertit" li tl-tv 1 e li.'nt oT all wan th tmbv lm niMiber 'of lha little on of fi-e in -ii er iia,tie'1 tiT Tie Ii d ea ai re MeaHri. Wilahire. Fiiyoe. Paiker. i'('nriia a1 I vVenle.ier. I'bey uaie in a moat liylnw pnaltlou H d Ibe, bmka nf acnril an I b'tta Uie if-it over" their award froti tha motb era b 'l.-i f I a n un good a beo women Mlffretf Co ne and ellher l-eco-tpe a Caud.d tie fur ('lilted Hatet Seuatni or 1'ieii lent The retrd waut to tbe chil' of Mr .liifin Harnier, a urand Hill nf Dhla) H lO'le. O'le ludltiiiant lady, who knew -die had Jilut tlia "et'Ht taly I liHt ever ar rival on thii inuuda ih aii'iertt Toicni berelf : "Huh! '''nat aa a ureat prize Wbv I rxpecled at leant. I am dial I didn't uet it." And a hiln tihe did not any tbe Inference, wai ulaiii that ahe thought It worth a ureat deal more thin i?.'i to i ba able to take a btliv ti the snow. The Fxaminer la alo of that opinion by a verv larue majntlty. Another Hue featurn of the enter tainment waa the "JuMlee Slnifra" Maulers Hobrt Turner. Jimmy Knutter, and Fred Cronem tiler aud theountf MI'Haa (!ldya Chandler, Floy liernard and Lnrena liailey. The yoiinu pnple aani the old plan tation melodies very sweetly. Tbt "Fair drew a bin niowd and was pleaalUK alike to participants aud ? inttors. MAN THF GREATEST THING ON EARTH Unknown to Biology Be cause He is So Far Above AH Tbere is a profouoa reason for Mau'e exceptlo ial reiatiou to all liv inn Nature, which is tbla, that roao is unknown to biology because be is so far above it. All biology knows la tbe an'niNl homo, about whom It explains so much that many are da ceived into eopposiuK that Homo Ha pten can nl so be explulued by It, wheri'tiH be la wholly unaccountable and inexplicable by blolouy, with uo 1 bint to bia coining anywhere in the 1 lou series nf animals endhiK with the apes. How could KBolnyy, for exam- !i1h, fort'shadow au earthy belu w ho cau turn to a true menial servant tbiit which in Nature causes thunder to peal so itrandly, and bid it warm 'and 1 Ik lit bis bod room, cook ain' 1 wseb for li i in. and curry his uiessaies 1 to the end of thlf earth faster than it can revolve or tbe sun travel through space? He also who can talk Heroes oceans with notbipu which can be seen or handled, by means of that Komcthlntf which prevades all wpaoe Is simply above Nature and truly na tural, beoause he is not like anythius which Nature aver hue seen or ku.owu. Mao Is greater thau tbe ether, be cause the user Is ureater than tbe thinu used i aud there can be uo doubt that eventually ba will make tbe ether obey bini as iaiplW'ity as now be makes electricity nfiey-blm. i Dr. William Uanuu Thomson iu j Deoeuiber Everybody's 44 I VUVVVHJMHHt VMVW V' ICepyrlght. I30t. by J. Walla Champney. From a Copley print copyright. I a Cut ii Cameiun. Uohiuii J Merry Christmas to All Christmas Long Ago By FRANK ti. SWEET. (Copyright. M. by Anicrlcan Press Asso ciation.) A GOOD old fashioned Chrii'mas with the log npoa ' the t hearth. The table filled with feasten an' the room a-roar with mirth, With the ttockin's crammed to bust in an' the medderi piled wit i snow A. good old fashioned Chrii'maj like we had so long ago! Now that's the thing I'd like t see ag'in afore I die, But Cnris'mas in the city here it's different, oh, my! With the crowded hustle-'justle of the slushy, noisy street An' the scowl upon the faces of the strangers that you meet. Oh, there's buyin', plenty of it, of a lot of gorgeous toys. An' it takes a mint of money to please modern girls an' boys. Why, I mind the time a jackknife an' a tffy lump for me Hade my little heart an' stockin . jnst ohock full of Chris'mas glee. An there's feastin', Think o' feedin' with these stuok up city folk! Why, you have to speak in whispers, an' you dar'sn't crack a joke. Then remember how the tables look- ed all crowded with your kin, When you couldn't hear a whistle blow across the merry din. m Parrtv Crf. J Wi Ton see, I'm so old fachioned-like I don't care mcch for style. An' to eat your Chris'mes banqcef here I wouldn't go a mile. I'd rather have, li'i SIonson. e good yarb dinner tet With real old friends' thaa tnrt'e ! soup with all the nobs you'd get i There's my next doer nji-r'-ibT. Gur ley fancy how his bro-vs Vc" lift If I'd holler: "Merry ChriVma?! Caught, old fellow! Chris'mas gift!" Lordy sakes, I'd like to try it! Guess he'd nearly have a fit. ' Hang this city stiffness, anyways! I I can't get used to it. Then your heart it keeps a-swellin' till it nearly busts your side, An by night your jaws are achin' with your smile four inches wide, An' your enemy, the worst one, you'd just grab his hand an' say: "Mebbe both of us was wrong, John. Come, let's shake. It's Chris'mas day." Mighty little Chris'mas spirit seems to dwell 'tween city walls, Where each rnowflake brings a soot flake for a brother as it falls Mighty little Chris'mas spirit, an' I'm pinin', don't yon know, For a good old fashioned Chris'mas like we had so long ago. Ti.ri Utah li uflrucLiou Company that has just c wnpleted the b'g tun c.pI through tt; sierras ou tba West iru Pad On l.vt the entire plant by tiro tba 11th it It was about to be moved to du u. rk on other couraots. faaiaWI f Mill U 1IV OREGON TRUNK FOR LAHEV1EW It Is Settled ; Southern Terminus Will be Right Here The Portland Oregonian of tbe 181 h a St., on its first pse, gives tbis bit of railroad news that will cause a thrill of rejoicing to everybody ln-tere-ted in Lakevtew and Lake County : "We erect o titin larinir ra;h on the 'mi"i T tik I io not Im'"" fha-i Jo hp 1, nt-vt. nd bv the f llowiun autotnn l bsT nr railroa i coi.aiucta Into d"'ral Or eKon.' fi b! J J. Hill, tetan rail road bml er, vaster lay "Tbe work preliti'ioaiy in laviva tip track if beiiiK precuted just tai Idly as fie em i-ymnt of metrun i flip ex opuditure t f money ruake it poaai Mp "No " w-s fhr tpre but positive rt-plv nf Mr Hill when asked it he would pxtend tbe Oregon Trank to Sn Frinicic". However, tbere pre vails a very t-trona suspicion locally t 'Ht thf-ri is un i e -essity, for Mr. Hill to coi Ptrni't a road into tbe Cnlifninia ae'rifidU Tbpre Is eve rv rpaitou tn pxppcf rha the empire builder hRs acqnirfd an ititereat in the We'iprii HmcIBi' ao1 thut the real ttrmimis f tbe Oreuro Trim ii Lakevi to which point tbe Wet ren haoitlc is now etPU'Hne it loe. Tiiip v. onM afford Hill an eutraucp to California, the K'lal be 1 in fcas coveted RlONO fSev), Deceninpr 15 An Btred Indian woman, tbe ife nf Poker Hill, the king pnkr r.Uvpr of the Piute ludians abnut R-nn. aa killec ou th SonthMin Pacifl. track be twnen tipno and 8parka by tbe O'er land limited Moudav nwht. The boly wa badly tnamrlfd. She was so badlv cut up tbat tnev ha t to nick her body up iu a basket. Dan Mc (ilu'r, sou of the dead woman, vis ited the undertakinit parlora. and lnoklnu a tbe rea.a'nns on the slab said: "Yes, that ! ray mother, but I o,ot't know her name." He alto stated tbat he did unt koow how old she waa, but that she waa not as old as bis wife. NORTH POLE WENT DOWN IN SMOKE ! An Incipient Blaze Pre vented by Prompt Action The "Nnrtn Pole" surely burned down at Mrs. Neilons, and but for the prompt service of Marshal Horn Is, V. D. Tracy and some others miubt have resulted disastrously for tbe town. The "Pole" was a specially pre pared candle placeed iu tbe midst of a lot of cotton to resemble snow in the show wiudovv ot the establish ment. Oue of tbe employees at tempting to auutf the caudle dropped the burning wick i-ito tha outtou with tbe result tbat In an instant the eutire window and contents were a Heica blaze. Tbe gentlemen named, who hap pened to be Btaudiusr out side, to gether with Mrs. Nailoo. si-ized the blazing material and tossed it iuto tbe street, which included a lot of Una needle work, expensive combs and jewelery. lncluitug diamond rings, una of which was subsequently reuovered from tbe suow iu tbe street The less o Mr-. Nelloo waa consid erably n-erflOO. besides discommod ing her an dUarratiglng her plans for increasing her Holiday trade. Copyright. IVJt. by O. A. Wltte, New Vork. LAKECOUNTYLOST . rum onnon A mi U1TUK- TUNITY AT The Land and Irrigation Congress Will Draw Thousands "Back To the Farm" It is becoming moreJaod more ap parent that Lake County7tbrougb its commercial organizations lost a great opportunity toattractattentlooby not having an exbibltioa of Is fruit," grain and vegetable prcducts at "Chi cago. The Chicago ,Tribune,o'n lbs editorial page, thus sums up the re sult, which sboaa tbe great interest manifested by all classes of tbat city" in tbe exhibition : . Tbe results' of tbe Land and Irriga tion exposition, tbe most instructive exbibition ever beld in Chicago, hare begun to make themselves apparent.' Tbe knowledge wbicb was dissemi nated by actual contact of the people with tbe- exhibits is bearing fruit, and now the desire for land, which before was rague and uninformed, ii taking definite and intelligent form. Tbe tens of thousands who daily sought for information by which to direct their efforts in "tbe return to tbe land" covement went away with clearer ideas of what was necessary on their part and of where to go than tbey bad ever entertained before. On tbe otber.liand, tba ownera .and' pro moters of . irrigation projects found tbeinsel vps talking face tn face witb earnest 'men and wotmu who aprlonslv I contemplate beginning a new ixistenrsj o n.e wt-Mt huh south nuder cnndi lion of liv radical)? differed tram it'iice tby now kuow. (Jrrai vood basalrraJy resulted and l oci ii'.re ili f ill ios. We learn of iniorien nr. isolated families deter niiuinu upon this or that mvestment, irnaatoo. . dry far'-iing, rclaimad pout hem truck lands- Workmen and their 'families are baortiag together lo eubaogs tife in. congested die tries of tbe city for open air and tba invigorating climate of firming landa wbeie aoieucehas united with nature to make agriculture as profitable and as sure as any enterprise can ba on tbis sphere. We best of school teach er, clerks and atenogiapbers form lag small companies or else going out ludiiidualley to gain indepen dence and fortune la pleasanter cir cumstances than cities afford. If but a small portion of these find what tbey seek, and wa believe tha pioportion of excess will eiceed tba pxcectatiou of most, THE TRIBUNE HI reel tLat it waa not in vaiu that iha wonderful exposlti'n waa gath ered together and set before tbe eyes if tbe eair world. GEORGE WINGFIELD STARTS A DAIRY Multi-Millionaire Still Has a Fondness for Boy hood Pursuits George Wiogtitld, tbe foimer bare foot Lakeview boy, now toe oioltl uiilliuuair, mining king of Nevada, is establishing a big dairy at Fal lon, ou tbe Truckee Carson govern ment irrigation project He baa pur easeed 100 bead of througbhred Ilol sum cos. and will go into the business ou a large scale. Tbe Fallon Standard in its meutiwn ot this move of Mr. Wiugfield says: Ibis new move ou Mr. Wiugdeld'a part must be taken as a high testi omouial of bis good judgment in seeking out tbis valley as a plaoe tor iuvestmeut. Having been raised ou a Lake County , Uregon ranch, be uuderstauds tbe possibilities con nected with tbe development of tbla valley aud bis actions must b taken as ludicatiug complete faith in our luture. Having been a recognized fautor iu tbe buildiug uf lioldfled and smaller miciug camps, bis entrauca into tbe commercial circles ot this great agricultural section is a fitting sequel to a mining career of six years, which has returned a mammota for tuue aud which baa beeu biilliant aud bouoraule. Revised For Christmas. "You say Jack writes he can't ba here With you on Christmas day? Well. 'Absence makes tha heart grow fonder." So the poets say." " 'TIs not Jack's absence. What cars I Because he can't be near? It's absence of the presents That I, ot all, moat fear." for sake of up to dateness now , ' We'll change this little rhyme. 'TIs presents make the heart grow fonW t ., . . eel" Just at Christmas time. Walter Wellmaa. CHICAGO