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VOL. XXXIII
LA REVIEW, LAKE qOUNTY, OREGON, FEBKUAIIY 15, 1912.
NO. 7
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COMMERCIAL CLUB
AN ACTIVE BODY
Handling Various Issues
Important to the
O o u n t y
The Lakeview Commercial Club met
t IU regulsr session Monday night.
attendance waa ouUa larva and
numerous business matter war tsken
ni and discussed.
E.- U Britten waa airatn choaen for
president. E. C. Ahlatrom. vlee-oresl-dent.
Dr. E. D. Everett, secrets and
F. Ketacb. treasurer. On chsngc waa
made In the board nf tnntees and tb
new board ia now comnoeed of Messrs.
Geo. B. Grave. I!. P. Welah and J.W.
Hunter. Professors Willltsand Burgess
war appointed aa a committee on
Country Life Education which haa
aroused considerable Interest through
' out the atate. This committee will art
in conjunction with the Commercial
Club, which body will endeavor to ar
range for prizes aa an Incentive among
children In farm education. Com
mittees were also appointed to investi
gate and report on the varioua bills
that have been submitted to the club
for IU endorsement, timer Ahlatrom
and M. B. Rice were assigned the duty
of soliciting the town in an effort to
get more membera interested in the
club. Reports from outside localities
show there ia a deficiency of about $30u
toward having advertising literature
orlnted and a committee was authorized
to aolicit the town to get sufficient
amount of money to complete the fund.
The Commercial Club haa a very
efficient set of offloera and they ahould
be commended upon their willingness
to work and the broad soirlt which haa
been concentrated In every public
movement Much benefit la to be de
rived from an organization .of this
I nature and It ahould be supported bv
everyone who haa interests in the
county. It ia a great advantage to have
committees work on tho varioua bills,
which will be submitted to the voters
at the coming election, and report their
opinions before the club where different
questions may be discuased and thua
enlighten the voter upon many points.
Nearly everyone who goea to the polls
requires more knowledge than be usu
ally haa before he Is able to clearly in
terpret the purport ot numerous Initia
tive bills or to vote upon them Intelli
gently. Thla ia only one of the many advan
tages of a commercial club, and now
that the local organisation has been
installed In new and larger Quarter
and where more work can be handled
let every citizen come loyally to ita
support and aid in all mattera pertain
ing to the future development or our
country.
'PROPOSED CHANGE
IN MAIL ROUTE
Commercial Olub Trying:
to Shorten Lakeview
Burni Line
At the meeting of the Commercial
Club Monday night it waa decided to
take up the plan of getting a change
in the stage route between here and
Burns. The present route takes the
mail around bv l'rineville and Silver
Lake, a distance of about 373 milea,
The proposed plan would run the line
by wav of Eirli, Butte. Alkali. Abert
Lake and Vallev Falls, and thua short
en the distance 207 miles. It now takea
tive dava or almost a week to pet mail
from Burns to Lakeview. The Burn
territory ia a vast area of productive
country and much of thla could be made
tributary to Lakeview if we had closer
connections. The road over thia line la
comparatively level and no steep grade
or hill would he encountered.
Secretary Everett haa taken up the
matter with the Burna Commercial
Club for their co-operation in bringing
bout the change, and if the Burn
organization sees fit. letter will be
aent to the Conrgessmen and Represen
tatives and all possible influence will
be used In securing thla cutoff. There
ia no apparent reason why thia change
ahould not be effected and it la to be
hoped that the commercial organise-
tlona will be successful In their efforts,
aa It will greatly eonvsnience our east
ern mall aervlce.
Swamp Lands Adjusted
For the purpose of settling the Ques
tion regarding awamp lands of the
state. Governor West has sent a letter
to the department of the Interior at
Washington. D. C. reauestlng that an
agent be allowed to come here for the
purpose of making a personal investi
gation. If the governor's reuuest I
compiled with. State Land Agent T.
A. Rinehsrt will accompany the agent
on tour of the state for the purpose
of marking the separate awamn lands.
Thla ouestion ha been one that for
several veara haa been in controversy
between the state and the government
respecting which ia awamn land and
which la not. Mr. Rlnehart believe
that the matter should be settled aa
the landa are now idle and cannot be
used under the swsmo land act to bring
In revenue to the ateta.
DELAY IN MAIL
13 ADVOCATED
Would Groately Inconven
ience Lakevlew's
Service
Notwlthstsndlng the fact that the
N.-O.-O. Is giving Lakeview a daily
train aervlce. the postofTlce department
insists tbt mail arriving at Alturas
Snturdsv be held there until Monday
before being forwarded to this place.
And not only that but It also Insists
that no mall be aent out bv rail on Sun
davs. As a oonseouence mall fur the
south leaving here Saturday noon re
main at Alturas 86 hours, while letters
mailed here Saturday afternoon remain
In the local oostoffice until Monday
noon. .
Whv the mails should not be for
warded from Alturas Sunday morning,
along with passengers, express and
freight ia likely known only to those
having auch mattera under control. The Lakeview Sieam Laundry which
And the same might be said of the out-; (s principally financed by Harrv Hun
going mails. Instead of Bending out ker ,n(j Austin Sherlock and located at
Saturdav'a mail and holding Sundav'a the head of Canvon street in the J. P.
mail until Monday, whv could not thia Duckworth building, will be atarted up
permit of through connection being ( temporarily the latter part of thla week
made? A it le there Is an unnecessary 1 10 try out the machinery. Everything
delay of at leaat 24 hour in both out
going and incoming mails between here
and A I turns ao far aa Saturday and
Sunday mails are concerned
COUNCIL FAVORS
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Will Appoint Chief Who
Will Supervise
Companies
A aouolal meeting of the town coun
cil was called Tuesday evening to take
action upon the petition for a volunteer
Are department for Lakeview. The
petition was first presented at a called
meeting last week but no conclusion
was arrived at until Tuesday night,
when the council decided to pass an or
dinance providing for the maintenance
of a volunteer fire department. In the
near future the council will appoint
chief who will bave the entire aenart-
ment under hia supervision. The chief
will have the privilege to appoint, sub-
jet to the approval of the councilmen,
tour foremen to conduct the company
divisions. It ia the intention to seg
regate the department into four divl
sions. or one branch for eitch of the
four hose carta that the town now has
The citizens have shown much in
terest in this movement, and fortv-flve
men have voluntarily offered their ser
vices. The expense to the town will
be very nominal a no coata other than
reasonable apparatus, auch a hook
ladders and few other necessities will
be needed at the atart. The town Is
now falrlv supplied with some eauio
ment which can be appropriated for use
bv the department. In the future it
will probably be neceasarv to get a
chemical engine, aa well aa other addi
tions, but it ia needles to aav that an
organized department without any
equipment can accomplish a great deal
more than group of people without
any management. - It ia probable that
the fire chief will be paid a amall sal-
arv, which u just a it will require con-
SEWER SYSTEM ASSURED
0. W. Rice Will Prepare Plans and
Estimate the Cost .
Council have Signified Approval of Sy5tem
Proposition Will Soon Be Submitted to
Citizens For Vote
Lakeview la to have a aewerage
system. The town council at a special
session last Thursday night approved
tbe proposition offered bv G. W. Rice
to furnish a survey of the system and
accepted hia offer, agreeing to cay him
$500 for bia services. Mr. Rice is of
the opinion that be can have the plana
completed within a month and by that
time it will be submitted to the ci ti
re ns for a vote. The specifications of
the plana to fca furnished will be a com
plete outline of the entire system, in
cluding main, laterala and aceptlc tank
for the disposition of the sewerage, and
a conservative estimate of tbe' cost ao
it will be ready for contactors' bid.
Tbe necessity of a aewerage svstem
for Lakeview ia too obvioua to require
any argument. The town ia entering
upon a great development era where a
aewase svstem is essential to turthcr
thla progress. We are in no position
STEAM LAUNDRY
NOW OPERATING
Well Equipped and Able
to Handle Much
Business
is on the ground and all that remains
to oe done is the adjustment of differ
ent parte.
Mr. Robertson, an experienced
laundryman. has had charge of Install
ing the machinery and Uon completion
informs us that hia company will have
a good up-to-date plant that will be able
to handle all the business in tbia terri
tory for aome time to come. Tbe plant
ia very well arranged and equipped with
modern machinery a well aa being
well ventilated and sanitary, in addi
tion to ita uae for the laundry, a 100
light dvnamo ha been Installed which
will be diverted to tbe telephone' office
and electricity used in charging bat
teries. The engine will also furnish
power for a barley crusher in another
part of the building, which is controll
ed bv J. P. Duckworth and parties in
terested in the laundry. The wagon
will be started Monday when every
thing will be in full operation, and the
territory north and south of town will
be made. Mr. Robertson aaid he will
employ six people to begin with but
the capacity of the plant ia sufficient to
employ fifteen if business will justify.
It twkes considerable machinery and
expense to operate a ateam laundry of
this kind and is a valuable enterprise
for the town. The people behind thia
venture ahould receive credit for tak
ing tbe initiative in furnishing the pub
lie with this long felt need and the Ex
aminer predicts it will -prove a profitable
investment.
Yesterday waa St. Valentines' day
and it wsa properly observed in our
pubile schools and through out the town
bv the old aa well aa voung. The ur-
chins bad been Dually preparing aaintv ;
valentines xor aome lime ana loosed
forward with great interest to the ob
servance of thia ancient custom that
baa been handed
down to us by our
forefathera.
siderable time and inconvenience to
establish the department and keep
companies together. Different social
events csn be successfully handled in
conjunction with the business end and
the Examiner Is glad to sav thst Lake
view will soon boaat of a successful
volunteer fire departmeutp.
and
! to court the construction of modern
' buildings until the assurance of aucb
; improvement ia given. It ia impossible
i to keeo up an attractive appearance and
1 have the best sanitary conditions with-
'out a aewage svstem. It is tbe initial
tive step toward all linea of civio lm
j orovement and it meana to a town ready
for the adoption of a sewage svstem
as ia Lakeview. that it is tbe beginn
ing of a broader and more permanent
svstem of future development.
It ia true that Lakeview needs other
things beside a sewerage svstem. but
it ia the first problem to solve and tbe
other protlema "will work out them
selves. Now the citizens will soon have
an opportunity to decide upon one of
the moat important issues that haa been
faced, and it behooves everyone to
seriously consider the matter ao when
the timea comes tbev will be able to
vote intelligently upon tbia move.
DEVELOP LAKE'S
SALT PRODUCTS
c.
M. Sain Has Company
Interested to Install
Plants
Salem Statesman : The ataie land
board yesterday agreed on a coontract
with C. M. Sain, who ia representing
capitalists of Loe Angeles and other
cities, whereby a fortv-vear lease is
grsnted on Summer and Abert lakea for
tlje purpose of allowing the promoters
to extract rich salt deposits. This
uuestion has been before the land board
for some time,. Mr. Sain contends that
when the plants proposed for getting
the sslt have been constructed, a yield
of 100.000 tons a year will be the re
sult. Investigations made bv State Land
Agent Kinehart show that the lakes
are rich in these particular mineral
products, but whether the actual yield
will approximate the figures of Mr.
Sain remaina to be seen. For tbe pur
pose of showing good faith toward
carrying out the work, a bond of $50.-
000 has been required by the board.
This will be willingly furnished bv his
company, savs Mr. bain.
It ia the plan to have the plants in
working snaoe ov ii3. the company
must commence on the erection of tbe
plant bv June 1 of this year. Bv 1915,
the operation of getting out the de
posits will be in full swing.
According to the figures of Mr. Sain,
the revenue of the atate will amount
to about S27.000.000 for the whole term
of the lease. Thia money will be turn
ed into the school fund which is now
about $6,000,000. Mr. Sain guarantees
a 10 per cent rovaltv to the state, this
ia not to be less than fifty cents a ton
on table salt and $1 a ton on all other
deposits.
State Land Agent Rinehart believes
that tbe venture is a good one and will
mean considerable in revenue to the'
atate.
He ia of the opinion that the
school '
fund ia not half large enough, and anv
meana that might add to it is hesrtilv
welcomed tv himself. Even if the
revenue Irom tbe sslt beds is not soj
Urge as estimated, it will be enough.
I be thinks, to double the amount of
be thinks, to double the amount
1 money now in the fund.
Associated with Mr. Sain in tbe pro
jeot are Ellis Mallorv and W. G. Young,
of Loa Angelea and John T. Reed, of
Lovelocks. Nevada.
Should the above prove true it will
mean much for Lake contv. However,
it ia doubtful if tbe State can convev
anv rights to the waters of any lake.
Laat Summer the State Land Board
made a selection of all publio landa
adjacent to Abert and Summer lakea
but the Data bays not aa vet been ap
proved bv tbe Interior department, and
what is more to tbe point are not likely
to be conveyed to the State for some
time to come., if at all. It is presumed
thst the State Land Board wanted to
obtain rloarian rights through the pos
session of the landa bordering the
lakes, but until the selections are ap
proved tbe State baa no right to tbe
Isnds.
It appears tnat "Uncle Sam" bas
doubts as to tbe character of tbe land
and the good faitb of tbe State in mak
ing the selections, and until these
points are settled to the sstisfaetion of
tbe Department it ia not likely that
title to tbe land in Question will be
permitted to psss from tbe Govern-
ment.
All the saloona in eastern Shasta
county. California, closed Monday
of tbia week, that day being tbe
90-dav limit following tbe election
wben the District was voted "dry.
SUGAR WAS DOPED
WITH STRYCDNINE
Analysis Showed Stryctv
nine In Enormous
Quantity
As a result from an analysis or a
tablespronful of sugar taken from the
bowl out of which Joe Ambrose and two
hired men were poisoned last month
Pharmacist A. L. Thornton stated that
he received enough strychnine to kill
three people.
It will be remembered aa formerly
stated in tbe Examiner, that on tbe
19th of last month Mr. Ambrose and
his two hired men narrowly escaped
death from poison thst someone bad
plaeed in tbe augar on tbe table some
time between tbe noon hour, and sap
per time. , Mr. Ambrose waa confident
that tbe augar contained strychnine
but bsd no analysis made of it until
last week, wben bis suspicions were
confirmed by the above statement of
both Dr. Smith and Mr. Thornton who
made tbe test.
Aa yet tbe tbe circumstances of the
affair are steeped in mystery, as Mr.
Ambrose seems to have no clue or
identity of the parties who would seek
to take bis life and the lives of the
men who were working for him.
The name of the Hoag Mining Dis
trict will be chsngedto "High Grade."
ATTORNEY GENERAL
MAY DEGOVERNOR
Popular Official Seeks
Higher Post of
Duty
Attorney-General Crawford, who is
well known in Lake county, is said to
be preparing to enter the Gubernatorial
contest two years hence. In connect ion
therewith a Salem dispatch of the 9th
inst. ssvs :
From a source apparently authentic
in everv wav. it was learned here that
Attorney General Crawford has aspira
tions to become Governor of the state,
and that it ia crobable that be will be
come a candidate two veara hence.
When Questioned with relation to the
subject, the Attorney-General would
neither affirm or deny that he would
become a candidate. He made it plain.
however, that be would not be a can
didate again for Attorney-General.
and adriotlv changed the conversation
irom me bovernorshin to plans ot en-
fca!nK in tne 'aw business with his son
at Portland
Intimate friends -of the Attorney
General have for some time, it is stat
ed, urged bim to groom himself for
I the race. Recently, it is said, he has
J given them encouragement, and they
are confident that If he will but enter
the field that be will win the nomina
tion and election. Mr. Crawford la
serving hia third term as Attorney
General, being chosen at the last elec
tion bv a greater majority than ever
before.
J. D. Venator, who made a trio to
the north end of the countlv last week
by auto, reported the roads in good
condition going up but the recent rain
made them bad on the return trip.
CORONER'S JURY
REVEALS CASE
Coroner's Possee Justified
In the Shooting of
Schaffer
Deputy District Attorney Venator
and Acting Coroner Wallace Friday -noon
returned from the scene of tbe
kiilng of Cbas. E. Schaffer. near Fort
Rock, an account of whose death ap
peared in tbe laat issue of the Examin
er. It will be remembered that Mr.
Schaffer was killed Monday evening of
last week while resisting arrest from
a constable's posse, consisting of P. L.
Reeder. P. M. Jones and Kinnear
Buick. On Saturday before Schaffer
had severely beaten C. W. Smith and
tsken from bim $50 wbicb be claimed
waa due from Smith for locating bim
on a homestead. It waa for that aet
that a warrant was issued for bia
arrest.
On arriving at tbe scene of the Billing
tbe posse made their mission known
through Claude Graham, a near neigh
bor of Schaffer. It waa about 7 o'clock
in tbe evening, and Buick and Reeder
took tbeir position at a window where
they could see all that transpired in tbe
room in which were Schaffer and Ritta
Wilson, a woman wbo was living with
bim. Jones went with Graham to tbe t
front door, the latter passing in and
telling Schaffer thst he waa wanted for
beating uo Smith. Schaffer replied
that he would not submit to arrest and
Jones then went in and endeavored to
induce bim to go into Silver Lake
peaceably and settle tbe trouble. ,
In the mesnti me the Wilson woman
secured a gun and sat on tne bed with
the gun alongside her. Schaffer com- .,
menced edging towards her. and was
told to stop. He heeded tbe warning
for a time, but soon commenced going
toward tbe woman again. He waa told
to aton and throw uo bis hands but paid
no attention to tbe command and reach
ed for th gun which the woman at
tempted to band him. At that instant
both Reeeder and Buick fired, the bul
lets taking effect in Sobaffer's breast
and knocking him down. He quickly
recovered himself but was so badly in
jured that he made no further efforts to
secure the gun and soon laved down on
the bed.
As soon as Schaffer waa shot the wo
man commenced shooting through the
window from which the shots came that
Reeder and Buick fired. However, as
soon as they shot thev went around to
the door, and seing the woman firing at
tbe window Biiick shot the gun out of
h"t bands. A the same time the light
in the house went out leaving everv
thing in darkness. The woman gave a
scream and it was at first supposed that
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INSURANCE MAN
ADJUSTS LOSSES
No Difficulty Experienced
In Getting: Reasonable
Amounts
T. J. Fernhoff, building appraiser and
adiuster. of San Francisco, arrived
in Lakeview last week to adjust Old
Line Insurance claims on property lost
and damaged bv the fire of last week.
C. U. Snider carried $1500 on tbe opera
house with the Roval Insurance Co.
$1500 with Globe & Rutgers Co.. on
the room occupied bv the furnitjre
store and a $2000 insurance with the
Agricultural Co. on the entire build
ing. The total sum of $5000 was allow
ed Mr. Snider on the building and $266
for damagea on bis residence property.
T. E. Bernard was allowed $89.50 for
damages on his store, and J. M.
Batcbelder $50 for damages. Claims of
$57 each in six different companies
were adjusted on the court house, mak
ing a total of $342.
Mr. Willis. A. L. Thornton and (. L.
Holbrook carried insurance with
Mutual Companies and no adjuster lor
these companies has arrived yet. Mr.
Fernhoff was considered very fair in
his adjustments and property owners
are satisfied with bis decisions.
Tbe town now has teams hauling
grsvel on the north end of Dewev
street.
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