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wmtttit 1 i if HAS THE CIRCULATION- PRINTS THE NEWS- REACHES THE PEOPLE THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LA& COUNTY VOL. XXXI! LAKKVJKW, LA K K COUNTY, OIlEfiON, NOVKMI5KR 10, 1911. NO. 46 "PETE" FOLLETT IS FOUND NOT GUILTY Jury Out 12 Hours Before Rendering Vordlct of Acquittal After one. of the hardest leal battle In the recent history of Lake County, the iurv in the cane of the atittc a I'M lint A. K. (Tele) r'ollctt. charged with murder In the tlrst degree, for shoot ing S. Miirtiniia. a Mexican, at New 1'ine Creek Ixnt August, brought in verdict of "Not Guilty." District Attorney I). V. Kuvkvndull fouiht hard for conviction and made the best appearance that he bus made no far in the many triiilx that he him handled since I cm if elected to that ollice. while Assistant District Attnrnev J. I. Venator also did hla share of the work involved wilh cr"dit to himself. The main reason of the accouittal wan the toHtimemv of Jainra Nichola. of Silver Lake, whom F. Conn, attorney for the deteime. brought to the stand dur ing the closing period of the trial, though there were other witnesses that turned the balance in favor of the de fendant. The case w lot a long drawn out affair aa the securing of the jurv renuired a week 'a time, anil then the lutttle be gan. The State presented manv wit nesses in a manner that allowed much generalship, ar.d atiilitv on the part of the 2'rosccul ing uflicer and until the closing testimony waa given the case looked tlark for the detendatit. At- tornev Conn then thought hla witnesses into the cane one hv one ami worked for the climax when gradually li.. inirii. duced Nichola. the atar witness for the defense. Severnl juror having known him at Silver I ake. and feeling that he was truthful, went more bv what he atated than anvthinir else as tlnallv cinchinir tint freedom of the accuced. Nichola. teHtimonv in his native tonvue showed that the Mexican had threaten ed to kill the defendent. which he (Nichnlit) had spoken to Follett about, later leaving the room where the shoot ing occurred before the man was kill ed, lie trieil hard to keen away from the trial and waa only cauvrht at the laat minute when Mr. Conn needed him. Nichola had learned Mexican in Mexico Home years ago and hia state ment wan strontrlv benrinir on the self defense atorv. In one of the best addresrics of his carreer. Mr. Venator opened the clos ing arguments for the atato. while Mr. ('onn followed for the defenao in an array of evidence as lie interpreted it. while DiHtrict Attorney Kuvkendall followed Mr. Conn with the fluent ud dresha that hu hail ever made to a jurv in Lake County, heinif in irood voice and master of himxclf at all staves of I no recital, the cafe went to the iurv in the eveninir and at a late hour the Cniitiliiieil on ni;' s commUalclub hetthis week New Literature Necessary To Meet Homeseek e r s ' Call The Lakeview ('ommereiul Club met in their rooms Monday Kvening and had a good attendance of the "Live wirea" of tho community. I'rcHidcnt K. L. Uritten presided over the meet ing and every ofKcer of the organiza tion waa in attendance with every man that waa on any committee there ulao. This lathe spirit that movua things and while there are organizations in the state that have larger member ships tho fact remains that the local organization makes up in activity what it lacks in numbers, though the treasurer reports many new new names of members enrolled and more coming. The only feature of the meeting that met with any disapproval was the at titude taken tv the man that has in charge the property ot tho old Apart! of Trade which he ia holding for the debts of that organization and which he will turn over under some terms that the Hoard of Trpsleea could not stand for. Thia lack ot public spirit at thia time when the organization ia being formed and has manv expenses I to meet in depreciated bv everv rinl dcnl of the town that understand tdc condition. The Trustee were author I zed to ue their judgement and ptir chanc the thing that thev needed. On account of there being a draft un paid In one of the loral hank calling for the i cmhcraliio fee of $HI) for the Central Oregon Development league. t'ie member voted an aiiditionnt BHtennment of one dollar thi month which will meet thi obligation and mean an much to the good name of the community and county. The commit ten on publicity will gel out a proHPeclu of tlio advcrtining literature within the next few diiVHiind will itolicit everv person that can line aome nacu for ad vertising in it with the intention of making it partly emv for it a-l f and n there are ralla from all narta of the country nkihg for literature m well a from the railroada that are headed thi way unit from the Oregon I levcloprncht I.cniMie and the Central Oregon League, it will he nccrcaarv to get this matter attended to at once. WINTER BANANA SEASON NOW ON No who re Else Does Fa mous Apple Have Such Coloring: The Winter Hnnana Season is on. It's the time of the year when the Davis 1 reekilea with their persuasive smile and well filled loads of the ex cellent fruit, come trailing into town, and immediately commerce the process ! Kepcrnling the avcratre citizen from ' '"me of the Kheckela that he has earned various honest wav. One fine thing ! a,m"t wl"'r hnnana annlo ia that the purchaser never regrets the urire when he grta a chance to bite into a delicate ly colored cheek, and test the flavor that ia added to the coloring and size. Some check are pninted ; Home grow iiHturid with a delicate touch of color that would baflle an artist to immitatc hut the cheek on a Winter Banana Annie ia lievond the nower of artist or woman to duplicate. It ia tainted there with the proems that utilizes tlie cli'lit; htfull v pure air of this Dart of the country, the bright aunahine that cornea as a free jri ft to those that will use ita nower to prow things. Hnd the water that comes from uhove and ia stored in the tine soils of thia part of the country. Truly when noil, sun shine and water combine to do a thine there ia coin? to be something happen that will make one ait ut and think aa though ttiev had a Dart in the atTuir. tienerally they dont. Up-to-Date Showcase The I'arisian Show case tin display in the Inn Saloon makes one feel like an enchanted being about the steenth time. The case is lighted bv electricity and shows to advantage the fine stock kept bv George and Pan. CLUB LADIES TO HOLDRECEPTION Celebrate Opening: of New Quarters Next Satur day Evening: The Lakeview Civic Improvement League room in the Hunting building is to be used as a club room. The in itial opening of the ouarters will tuke pluco Saturday evening, Novemlier 18. from 5 to 8 T. M.. when the ladies will serve a New England dinner, a menu 1 to consist of ltoston baked beans with brown bread, cold ham. Lobster salad, celery, pickles and plum pudding. Trice of dinner 50 cents The proceeds of the affair will be tionatcd towards the purchase of trees for the Citv 1'ark and ia a worthy object that deserves much commenda tion from tho public spirited men and women of the community. Tne placing of trees there at thia time will insure much pleasure to the people who will enioy the park and in a few years will have shown what a little effort on the part of the earnest workera has pro duced, at the same time making the town more beautiful. It is hoped that everyone will turn out and assist this worthy movement and incidentully test some ot Lakeview s lintist cooking from the hands of the ladies that know how to really cook. WILL COMPLETE SYSTEM Goose Lake Vallev Irrigation Co. Take Over 0. V. L. Holdings Deal Made In Ocder to Sh'.iplify Floating of Bonds -Upper and Lower Projects Will Turn Water on Lands After One of the most important realty tannfers that lias t een made in Lake County in some time was recorded in (.'utility Clerk I'avtie'a office last week. There were four instrument, convev inic the water riuhls. water contracts, warranty deed and quit claim to cer tain riifiits of way owned by tne Lnkc- view Irrigation and Power Company to the (loone I..stkc Irritation Company. Attorney W. Lair Thompson received the papers for record from Attorney James H. I'crt-hir.K. I'enver. Colora do, representing the bonding company arid on account of the lands and ritfhts being deeded to the r.ew company there is no record of who the officers of the new concern are as thev are contained on none of the documents filed, owing to it being a corporation receiving the alignments or deeds. The trans fer of the property to the new company is made nt this lime to pave the wav. to float a Pond isKue that will be suffi ciently large to insure the completion NEW MAIL SERVICE FROM. DAVIS CREEK After Much Delay Depart ment Makes the De sired Change Commencing next Montlav the -mails will be carrietl between Alturas and Davis Creek bv the N.-C.-O. This greatlv-to-te-tlesired state of affairs results after a four-months' continuous effort on the curt of private citizens to overcome departmental red tape at Washington. After repeated unsuccess ful efforts were made to have the stage contract annulled between the two I point, the matter was taken uo last month, with Senator Chamberlian bv Dr. U. Dalv. The Senator's first re port was to the effect that the Depart ment had ordered the N.-C.-O. to com mence carrying the mail October 10. This apparently company at fault. placed the railroad ! feeling that he is a Part of the organi and General Mana- . zation anil working for the welfare of eer Dunaw ay waa at once communicated with. He immediatclvforwarded all the correspondence to Dr. Dalv. and from that it appeared that no such order had been issued. Sena'.or Chamberlain was advised of the lacts. the Department acknowleged ; E. K. Cherev. J. F. Mavtield and F. ita error and ordered the service to M. Duke. 1 he new Mavor has some commence November 20. Of course, it I progressive measures that he is work oould not have the service begin at j ing on that w ill ct me uo at an earlv once but must delay 40 davs and 40 ; date and being in line with the plat nights after it supposed the order had form that the members were elected been iaeued. I umJer, There is no doult that the new f Great ore the powers that be! council is an active working body and 1 no man seneuuie ior line lakeview-; Davis Creek routeas received therst of the week bv l'ostmaster Ahlstrom and Agent Fuller ot the Stage Co. Staeea will leave Lakeview and Davis Creek in the morning at 7 o'clock with 12 hours running timn tn hrminai ! However, it ia not likely that mere than K hours will be reauired to make the trip under ordinary circumstances. Stages will leave every morning ex cept Sunday and Davis Creek every morning except Monday. Hence Sat urday's outgoing mails will remain at Davis ('reek over Sunday, the same as under the present schedule. A Satisfied Homesteader "Fremont ia represented in town thia week bv I). E. McMicken. one of the jurymen in the recent trial of A. E. Follett. Mr. McMicken has a .120-acre homestead in that vicinity and is a firm believer in what the future holds in store for that section of thia good old countv. Likt manv others he does not believe the lawa applying to home steads need any residence retirements if a man means business, but he lives uu to the law governing the mutter and ia developing hia place at the same time. Next Year's Work of both projects of the former com pany states Mr. Thompson, and will enable I hem to be finished the coming year. This will be good news to the manv people that have been fearful that, there was an unneceffarv amount of delay about the work that is being done, but on account of the magnitude of the projects which mean the de velopment of the unicr and lower Goose Lake Vallev irrigation deals, the company believed it better to float the bonds and complete the entire project BSathe N.-C-.O. Railway coming at this time insures much development of the vallev and the manv thousands of owners of O.V.L. lands in the vallev want water on their tracts. The liooee Lake Vallev Irrigation Company in taking over the holdings of the former concern will fulfill all the rights of the latter and the completion of this work which has taken several years will mean manv new settlers in Goose Lake Valiev the coming year. COUNCIL MEETS FORFIRST TIME Members Will Work To gether for Betterment of Community Lakeview's new council met Monday night with Mayor E. E. Rinehart in the chair. The old organization met. after going through the usual routine Mavor.ounds of the new institution will be Uailev handed over the reins of office to Mavor Elect Kinehart and became Ex Mavor. Mavor Rinehart's appoint ment of three committees, fire, sanita tion, and street, is new, as after dis cussing the matter with the council men he appointed every man on the council on each committee. This plan while it might not worK where the council was unwieldlv in size, seems to be about as fine a thing as could be done here as it gives each member the the community. It w ill at anv rate he thoroughly tested out and there will be ample time to try the new method as applying to local conditions, j The members present were E. E. : Kinehart. Maw r: Dr. E. 11. Smith. jn complete harmony, with men at tne I helm who feel that the town deserves the best that is in them. The new Council voted to retain the present marnhalls. Ernest Brown on days and M. Whorton on the night patrol and there will be no changes in the personnel of the police force for the present. There were four aoplis cants whose names were presented ior the day position and three for the night job but the present force won hands down. A Plant Specialist L. G. Linville. the discoverer of a method of dispatching and exterminat ing insects of all kinds on plants by the use of aome of the native plants that are found growing on the hills about this part of the country was in town thia week. The plants that Mr. Lin ville uses are harmless in themselves and only injurious or deadly to the insects when combined chemically. There ia no doubt tl.ut were he to Rive the information that he has on plants as poisons which he bus worked out in tnia part 01 tne country be could be of great assistance to the Bureau of I Animal Industry who sent professor from Washington the past summer to study the causes of some of the 1 oases to stockmen that resulted year ago. Mr. I.inville savs that a few drooa of hia remedy on a cabbaire ia insurance airainst its being touched by worms and when the application ia near the roots of the plant there is nothing do ing for the cut worm. Sam Lester, Farmer Silver Lake Leader: S. A. Lester believes he has turnips that outweigh the IC-nounder now on exhibit at the Meat Market The biggest turnio Mr. Lester has brought to town weighs 2 pounds but this is a mere dwarf. Mr Lester savs. compared wi'h some still in the ground on hia ranch at the south end of the lake. On the same ranch Mr. Lestei dug 15 potatoes weighing from 2 pounds to 3-4 of a oound from one bill. Some of his cabbages weighed 15 pounds, and caulifleurs 18 inches in diameter ere grown. Mr. Lester believes hia watermelons superior to those grown at Summer Lake. NO OPPOSITION TO HIGH SCHOOL BONDS Vote Was Unaminous Election Held Last Saturday at High school bonds to the amount of $20,000 were voted at the Special School election held Saturday. It was an odd election as there were 19 votes for the measure and none against The small vote case is due to the fact that no one felt for a moment that tbere was any danger of the measure not carrivng. so as it was a busv dav the merchants and business men left word that if anv votes were against the measure they were to te called uo over the telephone and they would immedately appear on the scene in a body, but as no one that opposed the issue appeared the matter drifted along smoothly and ended with the securing of the neceasarv measure to allow the completion of the new building that will be a credit to the people of Lake view and the surrounding country. With an area of over eight acres the the finest of the kind in the state and the Board in charce of the purchase secured a desirable site at a very low cost when thev paid only $3,200 for the site. Wnen finished the building and grounds will approximate about $05,000 and be the finest of the kind in the state. There has never been a better example of the progressive feeling of the people of this com munity than when this matter carried bv such a large majority and it fore casts that other measures that will be of inestimable benefit to the com munity will also be acted on favorably by the majority. MUCH ACTIVITY IN I10AGDISTRICT Consolidated Has Instal led Additional Battery of Five Stamps The Bid w ell Consoldiated Mines have just installed another battery of five stamps, which will make ten that the company has running and it is be lieved there is fullv enough ore in sight and blocked out to warrant the com pany having a fifty stamp mill. Tne wav that thev are going ahead with tne work or development shows that there is something going to happen in the section of the country before long. The mines are in the Hoag dis tnct and about eight miles from New Pine Creek which is the base of sup plies. There are a number of men em ploved there now and the indications are that there will be manv more be . 1 . . iore long as tne company is putting to work everv man that thev can secure who ia a competent miner. This com panv is one of the largest owners in the district and have a number of proper ties in their group of olaiins. ' The tiiur Four. Sunset and others are among those that have shown fine ore bodies In sight, aome of which are so rich that it is almost unbelieveable. WIN 1V.ISH STORMS COME VERY EARLY However All Work Is Still Being Pushed on N.-C.-O. Ry. The weather during the past week; haa been anything but favorable for the construction of a railroad, and a a coneiiuence more or lets delav baa resulted in the extension of the N.-C-O. Superintendent Riddellu. of th Manev Bros. C instruction Co.. has the grade completed as far north as the grandstand on the fair grounds, and it is now awaiting favorable weather in order to com Die te his contract. The tracklaving gang haa been un able to make much progress and ia still working south of Pine Creek. However, the ballasting crew ia putt ing in full time and has the grade com pleted almost to the end of the track. A new gravel pit has been opened near Willow Ranch, thus shortening the haul very considerably. As soon as the steel gang reaches the "Penin sula" another pit will be opened at that place, thus again reducing the haul. For several miles along the lake shore very little ballasting ia necessarr and progress has therefore been made. Unless weather conditions change in the verv near future it is not likelr that trains will be ooeratel into Lake view during the winter. The storms have been unprecedented at this time of year, and it is utterly impossible to keen men at work under existing con ditions. Last Thursday morning about six inches of "the beautiful" covered the ground, and while pince that time it has practically all disanneared vet snow and rin have fallen intermitentlv almost everv dav. Twas Ever Thus It's not all jov. this holding office, as is Bhown by the men that are im portuning the newlv elected members of the council for appointments for one office or another. The vote had not been more than counted before two of the couricilmen elected had prospective candidates at their elbow seekiner the offices at the disposal of the council. There seems to be a disease trom some-auarters for holding some officea that gives little authority, even though there are manv other means of making a livelihood at even better wages than is paid by the town to aome of their officials. Popular Clerk Weds County Clerk Frank W. Pavne was married last evening to Mm. Myrtle Barnum. who has for aome timi been employed in his office as stenographer and typist. The haoov couole will re side in the Dan Godsil hojse which has been newlv painted and papered for their reception. The ceremony was held at the residence of the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Rehart. before a few immediate friends, while Judge B. Daly performed the tving process in his usual graceful manner. CITY'S FINANCES IN GOOD SHAPE Treasurer's Report Shows Indebtedness to Be But $5,287 Itc rtiUrteds of the town of Lake view show that there is an indebted ness of $3,287. against the municipality nl that when the new administration took hold of the affairs of the town there was $12.47 in the treasurer's hands. Treasurer A. Bieber reports that there was on hand Nov. 1. 1910. the sum of $08.58. and that during the year there was collected from air sources the sum of $7,089.39 and this with the amount on hand made a total of $7,157.97 and that there was paid out in warrants the total sum of $7,145.00. Ii is impossible at this time to get at the detailed expenditures as the street, library and gen"-' funds a-o consoli dated into one fund. Dnrinp te oast year a lot of work has been done on the streets but thut too is 1 1 such a condition r ..; . ,:( .c ... .; v-"ek be fore the -x wt cet of the lre- t work can be !vn. The tax lew tl e pant year baa b 'n Ave mills nnn ti is to gether Wit, s j in the Recorders fi-u-i .. .... ,r 01 in for Jiauor licenaea ig the aource nf in.. come into the treasury.