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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 30, 1911)
Lakeview Saddlery A complete lino ol wagon ami lnijrp.v Iihi-ii '. wlitpw, robos.ult. rlato.H, sonr. unlit s.roso- rOK, etc., oto. mil m I'vorj thing In the lino of onrrlBO ami horse furnish ings. Impairing l y o o in p o t o n t inon. THE BEST VAQUERO SADDLE ON THE MARKET AHLSTROM & GUNTHER, Props. Successors to S. F. AHLSTROM THE CHRISTENING OF 'MASSACRE LAKE Col. Thompson Relates Former Tragedy In High Rock Canyon THE LAKEVIEW ABSTRACT & TITLE CO. LAKEVIEW, OREGON Have the only Tract Index to the real estate records of Lake County, Oregon, and are in a position to make Abstracts of Title in less time and more accurate than can be done bv anv other system H. W. MORGAN Manager COLORADO HOTEL C. E. LONZWAY. PROPRIETOR BEST MEALS IN TOWN-Try Us GOOD, CLEAN ROOMS BAKERY Bread, Hot Rolls and Cakes Baked Daily Lakeview Oregon LAKE COUNTY ABSTRACT COMPANY Incorporated. Alluras Plain JeaUr : Th recent motder of tbe Suttrlse Valley stock men by a band of outlaw iudiaos. tirlntt to mind the faet that It la not the Brat tragedy that has teen enact ad ia that alooaiy canyon. Lonit ago before the axe of while man woke the echoes Int he valleys of Modoo there was another compared to which the massacre of the stockmen sink Into lusluoi tlcuce. That was way bark In the late fortiet or early Of ties, we have forgotten the exact date. tilth rock canyon nmi be said to be real freak nf oa'ure. To liife the reader an adequate idea of its gloomy grandeur, one must imagine an ele voted plateau. Through the ceuter of this the earth haa split opeu as It some Titan's sabre had cleft it asuiid- r with cue mighty stroke. 'Ihe can yon is about '.'0 miles long, with al most perpendicular Hides from fiCO 10 1000 feet hign. In width it varies from tn feet to a hundred yard or more. Tbiuiigh this canyou for a dUtniu'e of twenty miles passes the old emi grant road leading from the llumt olt river t3 Southern Oregon aud Nottb ern California, and tiaveled by emi grants duiing the late forties Htid early Hftie. In ISoO. if we are right ly infoinied. a larite party of emi grants cousicdlug of men, woaieu nod ?hild eu witt their wHgous started through this gore. The numerous pieces of Iron, prt9 of vlieeii. brok ru tires, etc.. scattered fro-u oue end l o the othrr It ll the 1 1 1 f u I etoty of the hardship. trUI-i a m! dimmer of that aful journey. Ilrre they eie bfft by a swarm i f Indium iuhatiit iug lLat country in tin- early iluvi. Some years aiin the writer whh returniug fiom a f i in the mirtli esMern tut if .Nevada, Hud I al M I u. cmsiou to I'hh Ihrouut) illgn rock canyon. l'rallMi on hiiraei uck and ! without company, li e nianv evideuo ts ot that ill fated jjuruey were every where seen alon the trial. With thee evHeuces of ruin scatter ed about, and the rt-n.etn brauce of the fate of the ill Marred truiu. a ftellog of lonliueea ceit over me as 1 wound rcy war tbrjiigh the cauyen. I Not a pound broke the stilloess of these everlasting vaults of uatjr", laud the only living object to be seen ! was an occasional coyote as he slid I away through Ihe rocks or the e(ac a I loo of n rattlesnake us it suddenly j woke me from my reverie, in very I desperation of lonlioeef I cried aloud laud the tioleuce cpaie buck In a thousand regenerations, and died anay among the chit's of that mighty cbaeco. Again iaiagiuatioii peopled those CHANGE IN RULES OF EXAMINATIONS Applicants for Teachers' Certificates Will Be Examined In June A Complete Record We hare made an entire tranMcript of all Records In Lake County which In any way, affect Ilea! Property In the county. We have a complete Itecord of every Mortgage and trunnfer ever made In Lake Comity, ami ever Le"d given. Errors Found in Titles In transcribing the record we have found numerous mort gagee recorded in the Deed record anil indexed; and many deeds are recorded in ttie Mortjimje record and other books. Hundreds of tnortiraKes and deeds are not Indexed at all. and most difficult to trace up from the records. We have notations of all these Errors. Others annot find them We have put nuudreds of dollars bunting up theae errors, and we can fully guarantee our work. J. D. VENATOR, nanager. WILLOW RANCH ORCHARD TRACTS Apples Apples Apples Keeping Qualities NO BLIGHT NO INSECTS NO FAILURES BIG PROFITS 10 ACRE TRACTS Planted, Irrigated, Sprayed and Cared for Price $150 per Acre One-third down, balance $20 per month No Taxes, No Interest Tri-State Land Company Lakeview, Oregon Write for Booklet and Information I dizzy heights w itb a swarm of leap j log. bowliDg naked devils 1 could ! again hear the wtiz of tbe bullets and the swish, swish ot tbe speeding arrows. 1 could see tbe stern, set features of those rougo bearded men as tbey rapidly loaded and tired their rides, aud 1 could nee toe women, ! pale and trembliog. Uut there were ! no tears. Ihe heroic pioneer women j were cast in a ditleraot mold. Only a slight quivering oi tbe lips as tbey yet mote tiubtly pressed their babes to tbeir Loson' and murmured a pray er. Here I could And tbe lemaius of rock breaetworks I brow o up to hbelter tbe women and clilureo. A little further on the sides of the canyon , ( lone in, leaving barely room far the wagons to oaf's through. To pro ceed while those frowning height are occuied by yelling demons is Im-poi-sitde and to attempt It ic certain destruction. I bey must be driven olf. The ui re active men, leaving others hehiud The breastworks must make the attempt. Up these almost imoasfeible walls, in the face of a shower of t ullets and arrow, they damtior. The heights once gained and the Indians driven off they stand ; guard while the jvagous pass through 'the gap. Agaiu the wnlli recede and that heroic band strcgule on, tightlnu as tbey go Aud yet again the walla j lose lu. The wagons are curraled, rock breaHlwnikh thrown up, the btjightt cleared, and they stagger on. Hounding over rocks and boulders. h wagon is broken down. Old Irons i indiciite tbe spot. A few ueceasaries ieretakeuout and thrown into an j other and the struggle is renamed. 1 The wounded are placed upon beds 'in the wagons, and the deal are ' hastily buried. How long this devoted ba1 of ; pluueers were passing through tbeBe "gates of bell" only tbey who have passed over tbe river to tbe white walled city of Uod can tell. We only know that tbey finally escape 1 from the "jaws of death" and staggered on to tbe plateau at tbe bead of tbe caryon. A few miles further on tbey Damped at a spring on tbe side ot a mountain, overlooking a lake. 1 can imaigue wilb what teouiity they lay EUtiKNK. March 10. A competi tive qualifying examination, to be held at the Jnivetslty of Oregon on Thursday ami Friday, April (1 and 7, will determine Keuator Chamberlain's appointment from the state at Urge of a cadet to Weei Point. Tba com petition la opea to every young man In the state who comes within the eu limit. That CMndldate who passes the highest test in this qualifying exami nation will receive the appointment. The appointee will have to report to the I'resldlo In California on Tues day, May '2, for the ottlclal examina tion of the government. If success ful, he will be admitted to the Acad emy at Went Point June M. UM1. lu both t he qualifying examinations at the I'ulvermty. and in the tin I examinations at the Presidio, the subjects for examination will Include the following stuJIes: Algebra, Plane Geometry. Kngllsh Grammar. Kngllsti Composition anil Kngllsh Literature, Geography, aud History, lu addi tion, a strict physical examination will be required. Candidates must not be less than seventeen, nor more than twenty years of age, nor lees than live feet four Inches in height at the age of seveuteeu, or live fret live inches in heit-ht at the hum of eighteen and up ward. Ail candidates for I hi appointive examination ennui I prenuiit thou; selves at the University adin Inistra- tivo olflce at H (Hi o'clock on the tiret 1 day of the xnmliiHtioiis, TliorndH)', Aurll f.. KM I. FLAT-SALARY FOR OREGWS PRINTER Effort to Have Now Law Go Into Effect Immediately SALK.M. March 7. -Petition for the enactment of the state printer's flat sslary Imjv passed by the legisla ture at its late session to make the tw operative immediatelr Urn lead of after January 1. U)ir. will be alerted simultaueouuly lu dltlerent parti of the state within a few weeks. Copies of the proposed amendmeut are now being prepared and will be ready for distribution within a short time. The amendment to ttie Hat salary enactnieut will be simple. It will merely leplace that sectjon ot tbe act which provides that the flat salary shall not go into elfect until January 1, l'.M5, with another see tion providing that the state printer shall go ou a flit salary at once. Tbe act can, of course, not be vot ed upon by the perplt until Novem ber, 1912, aud cannot go into elfect until a vote ot tba measure is can vassed atfer tbe general election in November. Ibose behind tbe move ment sav tbat sentiment is very strong agaloHt postponing putting the printer on a flat salary for four years and that little diftlc.ulty will be experienced In getting names for tbe proposed initiative petition. Tbe state boad under tbe act passed by tbe legiulature is already authoriz ed to teuin negotiations 'or acquir Ing a priuting plant. ATTACKS SCHOOL I'lilM H'AI, A nevere attack on hi IiooI prinrlul, ('has. P.. Alien, of Sylvanl.i. Ga . in IIiiih told by him. ' Kor nior- limn three years," lie writes,"! Hiiffered iiidexciilialilH torture troui rheuma tism, liver am! stomach troulile ami diseased kidneys, All remedies failed till I iiHed Khctrli: Hitter, hut four bottles of this wonderful reuieey cured mi; completely." Such results are common. TlioUHaiids tlcs them for curing stomach trouble, femu, e complaints, kidney (Unorder, bilious ness, ii nd for new health and vigor. Try then. Only !(ic at A. L. Thorn ton's. town to rest that night. 1 can see the worn and tired mother clasp ber babe to ber bosom and thank Uod for their preeivatiou. Ah! and 1 can see the guards when exhausted nature asserted beieelf. They slept. Had tbey not tbey might Lave seen Innumerable dark shadows aa tbey flitted bere and there or writhed snake-like tbrougb tbe tall (rasa. Uut tbey awoke awoke amid yells, screams, groans, prayers and curses. Wben tbe sua arose tbat morning it shone upon tbe charred remains of tbe wagons and tbe mutilated corpse of every member of tbat ill-fated train. Tbe tragedy gave name to tbe lake near where It wai enacted, and tbat Lake is still, known as "Massacre." "Ss-'ii' i CAST0I1 r.t'Olldl, 3 TrU CI. N P AYctjrIiilile PrqKinilimdir As slmll;iliii;itn-Fi)ml.iiitl!n'nn HiHilic5ioniaflisniiilUiivvfs(l IYomolM niiVsllonrhfrrfiJ rtcss mid IVM.ronulns tu-itlw Onium .MiiriihiuT rturMiucrol. MjtNahcotic. JMfrUf y "rVWiaff r HiimrtmtukStJb haifMiMI AncrfVrl Remedy forfonsnpi I Ion . Sour SlonwK h.Plarrhitt Worms ,rHivulsHHis.rrtvrish lU'SSoliilLOSSOFSLm1. FucSuihV Siinaiure nf NEW YOHK. For Infanta nnfl ChlMron. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tlio Siguaturo Use For Over Thirty Years Y.iM Coy ol Wr.tr. ..(at............ ....... ;n. HOTEL LAKEVIEW f-m-ClI.I) IN IWK) no;i:K. riiWii;iMiT RKSr-CAI.55 ACCOl.l(lTIONS s iiLi; woo.n or conm.kciAi. rkvvr.i.ifvs JGLkTI.OHS TR1-A r.MUNT LK1MT & MAROW, Proprietors F. P. LIGHT GEO. HARROW m "r. ... . - tr B t A "A.o: Sir'AJ..u Lakeview Meat Market HAYES A GROB, Propr s Choice Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Etc., Etc. Try our Sausages and Cured Moats Quality Unexcelled Free Delivery The REAL HOME PAPER The San Francisco Chronicle. M. H. de YOUNG Sane, Conservative and Well Edited. DAILY -:- SUNDAY -:- WEEKLY Sunday's in Colors WM. WALLACE, Dealer at Lakeview, Oregon ORDER NOW HALL'S SQUIRREL POISON A remarkably cflicient exterminator, used suc eessfnlly for 20 years. The most economical to use because the most certain. For sale by Hall & Reynolds Drug Company LAKEVIEW - ORECON FUR.S Hides , Pelts COMMAND Big Prices II" you don't believe J, P. DUCKWORTH