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VOL. XXXII
LAKEVIKW, LAKB COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 27, 1911.
THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LAKE COUNTY
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DEPOT SITE IS CHOSEN
Chief Engineer Oliver Does Not
Favor People's Choice
Site Selected was at Foot of Center Street, While
Railroad Han Favor Location Two Blocks
Nearer the Business Center
Geo. 8. Oliver, Chief Engineer of
the N.-C.-O. Railway arrived In Lake
view lint evening mid this morning
met with the right of wy and depot
aite committees at the office of H. W.
Drenkel. Mr. Oliver stated tho posi
tion of tho railroad company In a
straightforward, business like way.
and left no doubt in the minda of hi
hearers aa to hia position, lie aaid
that the line selected from Funk'a
Point north, had been located In a man
ner that he considered would serve the
beat intcreata of all concerned, anil
that In order to cause loss damage to
he farms through which It pawed the
line had been located farther to the
weat ar.d in a less direct line than pre
vious aurveya made by other engineers.
To go itill farther Went he deemed
Imprarticable.
Aa to the depot aite. Mr. Oliver
atated that In hi opinion the depot
should tc located on Center street six
bocka west of Water. To do thi it will
be necessary to secure 23 blocks in
Wation's and Walter's additions and a
small trsct next to the Slash, which
will cont approximately $TXH. The
railroad grounds would then extend
from the Drenkel addition to the Slash,
a distance of about. 1800 feet and ap
proximately 200 feet in width. The
line runa on a tangent from the south
line of the O. V. L. addition to the
north line of the city limits and en
counters but one house and the
HotchkiHS barn In the entire distance.
; While Mr. Oliver did not give the
above as an ultimatum yet he did stute
in effect that he considered nny other
route impructical.
At a meeting of citizens held Tues
ASSISTS FARMERS
IN RAISING HOGS
Portland Stock Yards Fur-
nlshes High-Bred
Stock at Cost
The Portland Union Stock Yards
are doing all possible to assist farmers
in raising more and better hogs. Their
latest efforts along ihat line Is fully
act forth 'in the followipg circular
letter :
"It has been demonstrated that the
business of growing hogs for tho
Portland market is one of profit. A
flood of inquiries for brood sows has
reached us, and we have employed a
mnn whose business is to buy brood
sows in Nebraska for the farmers who
are located in territory tributary to
this market.
"These piggy sow are government
tested. They are loaded from wagons
into cars, fed and watered thereon and
are not unloaded until they reach their
final destination. This eliminates tho
probability of disease, and up to this
time, the several cars that have been
delivered has given great satisfaction.
"We do not handle these hogs for
profit, and the price at which theBe
sows are sold is fixed at the purchase
price, transportation and the expense
of tho man who buys and ships them.
As far aa it has been determined, the
price ofj splendid high grade piggy
young uows, has averaged 25.00 each,
delivciuJ at points In Oregon.
"At $25.00 eachtheyare the best
iii vestuientV farmer caiimake. If you
uiejin the market; please advise by re
turn mail.the following Information :
"How many sows will you want?
V "Aboutwhen will you wantthem
delivered?
"Give railroad station. '
"If you and your neighbors could
make up an order of fifty head it
would limit the cost. It takes that
number to make a car. Please let us
hear from you by return mail."
day evening at the Court House a site
for the depot was selected in Watson's
addition at the foot of center street.
A strip of land !0O0 feet in length and
2.T7 feet in width will be offered the
NevadaCalifornia-Oregon Railway
people free of charge, it having been
donated by Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Watson
and Light & Harrow. Additional acre
age can be aecurcd from the latter at a
cost not to exceed $.100 per acre.
While the committee had secured
options on a number of different sites
but two were considered eligible, one
being thst offered by II. W. Drenkel,
the land lying south of Cogswell street
and some 450 feet west of tho High
School, and the other being the one
selected. The selection was made by
ballot, and 93 votes were cast. 78 be
ing in favor of the aite selected. The
voting was limited to property owners,
and a it was plainly evidenced that
the Center-street site was the popular
one many refrained from voting.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor Bailey and remarka were made
by Messrs. Frank), Drenkel, Snider,
Thompson and Daly. The speakers
generally favored the Center-street
site, and on motion of Col. F. P. Light
it was decided to select the site by
ballot, with the result as stated above.
It will now be in order to inform
the railroad people of the site selected
and upon their acceptance the work of
securing the right of way thereto will
be undertaken. The survey made last
week by Chief Locating Engineer 01
vcr from Funk's Point practically
follows the Mushcn survey to the O.
V. L. addition, and following the re-
Continued nil J'Htfe Klirnt
RECIPROCITY BILL
BECOMESTHE LAW
Senate Passes Presiden
tial Measure by Large
Majority
Washington. July 22.--The recipro
cal trade argeement between tho Unit
ed States and Canada embodied in the
reciprocity bill that has proven tho
storm center during two sessions of
congress, passed the senate without
amendment today by a vote of 53 to 27.
This action settles the whole Cana
dian reciprocity question so far as con
gross is concerned, save for its execu
tive approval and the Canadian parli
ment'a ratification which will virtu
ally make the pact a law of the land.
Concessional members predict a
delay in affixing of the president's
signature until next Wednesday, when
tho hoUHO will agHin be in session.
The reciprocity bill, having origin
ated in the house, must l returned
there for its engrossment and for the
signature of Speaker Clark, while the
house is sitting.
The Canadian parliament has not yet
acted on the agreement and with one
exception the provisions of the bill, as
passed by congress, will not become
effective until the president issues his
proclamation that Canada has ratified
the pact.
It is expected that this procedure ia
not necessary in the paper pulp Bection
of the bill which it is announced will
become effectvie immediately when the
president signs the law.
On the passage of the bill Taft said :
"I am very much gratified and de
lighted that the bill is passed. It in
dicates an increase of mutually and
beneficial relations between Canada
and this country."
. Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania,
who led the reciprocity fight in the
senate, predicted that congress would
adjourn not later than August 9 or 10.'
GREEK LABORERS
MAKEOUTBREAK
Attack Foreman andTime
keeper with Guns who
Escape Unhurt
Saturday afternoon the air was filled
with wars and rumors of wart caused
by an alleged outbreak of Greek lab
orers employed by Tom Sagres on
the N-.U.-O. construction work at
Sugar Hill. Hurry calls were sent to
Sheriff Snider and also the sheriff of
Modoc county and no "S. O. S" was
ever more quickly responed to. The
call reported that the timekeeper and
foreman had been killed and the
Greeks were traveling north toward
the Oregon line.
Sheriff Snider made the run to New
Pine Creek in 35 minutes, while the
Modoc county sheriff made equally
good time, and the latter toon had five
of . the ringleaders in custody, the
trouble having occured in his territory.
The outbreak was the climax of an
ill-feeling that existed ' between the
laborers and the timekeeper and fore
man, and the latter took a number ot
shots at Xhe two latter. The two latter
were unarmed and naturally were of
the opinion that it was the proper time
to show that discretion to be the bet
ter part of valor. Consequently they
took to their heels, and owing to the
poor marksmanship of their fellow
countrymen made their escape. After
arming himself the timekeeper was
going to do some shooting on his own
account, but was persuaded not to do
so.
It was some time before it was
known that both men escaped but late
in the evening it was learned that no
one was hurt in the fray.
CHILOREN UNEARTH
STOLENPROPERTY
Vaquero Outfit Found
Which Recalls Story of
Forgotten Crime
Many residents of the county will
remember when Fred Collins appropri
ated a horse. Eaddle, chaps and bridle
from Tom Sherlock,, Charley Innes
and others, some 10 or more years ago.
It was during. Horace Dunlap's incum
bency of the sheriff 's office, and Col
lins was subsequently captured, tried
and convicted and sentenced to two
years In tho penitentiary.
At the time of his capture the horse
was recovered, but no trace was found
of the chaps, bridlo or saddle. Collins
was traced to the cabin of Frank Barnes
on his homestead at the head of
Ana river, near where he was captured.
He refused to tell what he did with
the outfit, but it was thought by some
that he had sunk them in the big
springs that form the head of the
river. However, such was not the
case, for on a recent visit there by Mr.
and Mrs. Marion Barnes and children,
of Lakeview, the latter unearthed the
outfit which had been buried pear the
cabin. The children were scratching
around in the dirt and first dit-covered
tho ('Hi)tel of the saddle, and further
digging uncovered the whole outfit.
Although in a state of decay, it was
easy to identify the articles as the
ones stolen by Collins and their dis
covery recalled tho story of his crime.
After being sent to the penitentiary
Collins made a get-away and was after
wards captured in California. Before
being returned to Oregon he 'again
made his escape, since which time he
has not been heard from. Until his
escape from the penitentiary he was
not considered a "bad man," but at
that time it is said that he showed
himsef to be a desperate character, al
though the particulars of the affair are
not remembered.
Authority on Clams
Silver Lake Leader : United States
Commissioner William Dennison West
expects to leave the first of next week
for a visit with relatives at Medford
and an outing at Newport. Cope says
that if the clama are up to their 'usual
high standard this- year, we needn't
expect him home before the middle of
September.
CHAPMAN EXHIBITS
NO SENTIMENTALITY
Concludesthat Lake view's
Trade Inevitably Lost
to California
Manager C. C. Chapman, of the Port
land. Commercial Club, who reccnlty
made a trip through this section, ex
pressed no sentimentality over trade
relations with us on his return. In fact
he spoke decidedly otherwise, and not
only that but passed this country up
like a' white chip. He is quoted in
the Portland Journal as boosting the
country to the north of us, but he not
so much as even mentioned Lake coun
ty aa being a country ot great promise.
When Mr. Chapman found that the
trade of this section is not tributary to
Portland under existing circumstances
he evidently lost all intent in it. for
his only reference to us was as fol
lows :
"On thing that I ascertained on the
trip was that the trade of Lakeview
and the lower Lake county is Irretriev
ably lost to Portland until Lake county
gets direct railroad connection with
Portland. The new line builidng from
Nevada will be in Lakeview toon and
then San Francisco will have all the
trade. This trade should come to Port
land, but it will be impossible to bring
it hereiintil we have a direct railroad
connection, to Portland. Lakeview
should trade with Portland, however,
because it is closer to this city than
to San Francisco."
Notwithstanding that Mr. Chapman
turned us over body a nd soul to Calif
ornia, yet nevertheless there are sev
eral Portland firms that find this field
a profitable one and send their repre
sentatives here every year.
MUCH DEVELOPMENT
WORK ISUNDER WAY
Interesting Reports of Do
ings In Mines of Hoag
District
New Pine Creek, July 25. T. Weis
endanger, of Los Angeles, rms pur
chased from W. A. Schauers, of Pine
Creek, the "Last Dollar" mine patent
ed ground. A contract has been let to
sink a shaft down to the sixty foot
mark, that depth being as far as it is
practical to go with windlas, when a
machine hoist will be installed for
deeper development. The vein on this
projierty is exceedingly promising,
carrying both gold and silver in pay
ing quantities.
Development work will be resumed
on the Mountain Sheep property, be
ginning Thursday of this week.
The Hidwelll Consolidated Company
are working a force of thirty men.
The quartz mill at the Mountain View
has been running steadily for the
past month. The aireal tramway is
under construction, and this tram will
bring the product of the "Sugar Pine"
mine across the mountain to the mill
at the Mountain View. A wagon road
is being built from the mill to connect
with the roud from New Pine Creek
below Lilly Lake, and ihis road will
bring the patronage of the two mines
to New Pine Creek and Goose Lake
Valley.
Excavation for the mill site on the
Big Four has been completed aid is
now ready for the mill carpenters.
The Alturas has installed a new
whim hoist and is now prepared to
proceed with deeper development.
Work on the Josephine has started.
'I he New Pine Creek Company. Fern
Group, expect to begin work on the
Fern early next month.
We are informed that the Wall mill
will begin grinding ore from the Sun
Set lease within a few days.
Missed Wrecked Train
Silver Lake Leader : Mr. and Mrs.
Warren Duncan, who returned home
Sunday evening, had a narrow escape
from being on the ill-fated train which
was wrecked on the Oregon Trunk on
Monday afternoon of last week. The
expressmun whom they enagged to
take their baggage to tho Union Depot
in Portland that morning had failed
to get there until after their train had
pulled out, thereby causing them to
stay there against their will.
SERIOUS AUTO ACCIDENT
Flywheel of C. W. Dent's Machine
Bursts In Pieces
C. C. Pratt, 75 Feet From Auto, Struck by Part
of Wheel and Receives Broken Leg, while Mr.
Dent Severely Cut from Flying Debris
The first auto accident in Lakeview
to result in serious injury to any per
son occurred last evening when the fly
wheel of C. W. Dent's ear flew to
pieces. One of the pieces struck C.
C. Pratt, breaking one bone about half
way between the knee and ankle and
the other just above the ankle joint.
The accident was witnessed by a num
ber of people whose attention had been
attracted by the racing engine. Mr.
Dent was driving his car along Water
street, W. W. Finley, of Bly. being in
the front seat with him. Mr. JDent
brought is car to a stop at the Brewery
saloon corner, when the accident oc
curred. When crossing the street just
before stopping his engine appeared to
be racing, and tne most plausible
theory of the cause of the accident
seems to be that in some way the foot
throttle became caught, permitting a
full flow of gas. and when tne engine
was disconnected the centrifugal force
caused by the rapidly moving parts
was so great that the flywheel was un
able to withstand the pressure.
Mr. Pratt together with Chas. and
Tom Sherlock, was sitting on the win.
dow seat of Hotel Lakeview. a dis
tance of about 85 feet from the auto,
when one of the pieces weighing per
haps 25 pounds came hurling through
the air and struck him with the result
above stated. Mr. Dent was severely
cut about the face and bands.althougb
not dangerously so, and manv stitches
were necessary to close the wounds.
Mr. Finley fortunately escaped with
out injury, not receiving even so much
as a scratch. The flywheel was locat
ed in the rear of the engine underneath
the footboard. It was broken in many
pieces, and the flying debris went in
CHICAGO LAND AND
IRRIGATION SHOW
Southern Pacific Co. Will
Make Big Exhibit of
Western Products
The entire West will be advertised
during the United States Land and
Irrigation Congress to be held at
Chicago from November 18 to Decem
ber 9 of this year. The Southern Paci
fic Company and other Harriman lines
have engaged the whole of the Coli
seum Annex for purposes of exhibition,
and every town, county, or state tapp
ed by these lines will be given the
opportunity to show what advantages it
may have to offer to the prospective
homeseeker.
To further this purpose, the space
secured by the Southern Pacific and
other allied lines will be divided into
lecture halls with moving picture fa
cilities, and the towns and other cen
ters that care to participate in the ex
hibit will be invited to send moving
picture films and lecturers to depict
to the public the opportunities for home
offered in the various districts. Photo
graphs taken along the lines of the
Southern Pacific, 'depicting tho most
interesting phases of home, farm, and
industrial life, will also be shown.
The Land and Irrigation Congress has
planned to occupy the entire Coliseum
at Chicago, but as the space allotted to
the several exhibits was thought not
sufficient for that fplanned by the
Southern Pacific for its western pat
rons, that Company has concluded to
aecure the Annex for the western ex
hibits.
At the last Chicago Land show in
1910, the Harriman lines occupied the
same space as is proposed to be used
this year, and it was computed that
fully 77.000 peopleattended the lec
truers. On the first colonist excursion i
following the last land show, accord
ing figures compiled and issued by the
all direction. One large piece was
thrown over the awning of the Brewery
saloon and up through the telephone
wires, landing near the telephone office
about 100 feet distant. The throttle
on the steering wheel was knocked off
by a piece of the broken wheel, at was
also the knob operating the switch,
and bence it was not possible to stop
the racing engine for several momenta
Notwithstanding the excitement at
tending the accident, at well aa bit in
juries. Mr. Dent kept hit seat, and
after all efforts to stop the engine by
ordinary means had proved futile he
took hia pliers and reaching over to
the switch succeeded in shutting off
the current
Mr. Pratt was taken to the office of
Dr. Smith, who. with the assistance
of Drs. Daly and Everett, dressed bit
injuries. Mr. Pratt ia about 84 yeart
of age, and notwithstanding hia ad
vanced years the physicians confidently
expect bis rapid recovery, for he is of
a very rugged constitution, hale and
hearty, and has the appearance lof the
average mm when along in his sixties.
; He refused to take any anesthetic.
and when his wounds were being
dressed expressed himself in his usual
forcible manner concerning automo
biles in general, stating that he never
did have any use for the things any-"
, way. and now one had taken vengeance
' on him and nearly killed him. The
' accident was a severe shock to his
j many friends, and inquiry . as to his
condition and expressions of sympathy
j were heard on all sides. Last night
! he rested as easily as could be expect
ed, and that he may soon be up and
around as usual is the heartfelt wish
of every one of his host of friends.
NOT NEGLIGENCE
! OF STAGECOMPANY
J. V. Sapper Injuries Due
to Negligence of In
dependent Farce
; The action for damages instituted'
by J. V. Sapper against P. M. Cory,
j in the Modoc County, California,
i Superior Court was decided in favor
1 of the defendant by a jury in Alturas .
I last Wednesday. The case grew out of
the overturning of a stage coach on
' the Alturas-Lakeview run June 7.
1910, in which Mr. Sapper claime i
to have sustained personal injuries.
He sued for $300 damages. Mr. Cory
accompanied by his attorney, W. Lair
Thompson, and a number of witnesses.
( went to Alturas on Sunday, and the'
i trail was begun Monday. It develop
jed during the trial that the accident
was not caused by the negligence of
the defendant but of the negligence of
an independent force in the shape of
an automobile truck, and the jury
promptly returned a verdict for the
defendant, having taken but a few
minutes to decide that Cory did not
owe Sapper anything.
Mr. Sapper claimed to have sustain
ed permanent injuries that would
cripple him for life. Many people here
will remember Mr. Sappec who resided
in Lakeview about twelve years ago
and followed the occupation of shoe
maker. A party consisting of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Keene. Miss Ethel Bailey and
Miss Lena McShane, Tuesday starteU
on a camping trip to the Chewaucan.
They expect to be gone for a week or
more.
passenger officials of the western lines,
the Southern Pacific and Union Pacitio
Companies carrioi approxi-natciy 5.000
ooloniBts into their territory, breaking
all previous records for colonist travel
on these lines.