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RY I. Tfi imin S 1101 I It ton liatn iimS labor Hills cili.f ou.r Wn I rl K.y lord man i ay ille? Jr. la F 'llf na 111 ii ur rmt "or ui I D mi wr.Q nn Nr. at mmuu uumu ti THE II. S. CAPITOL Washington. D. C Fab. 29. 1912. Tha War Department baa (tent troou to tha bonier prepared to erosa Into Mexico If nooeaaarv to orotart Ameri can llvsa and property In tha new rev olution. Tha Houaa will Investigate tha "money trusts" through tha Com mlttaa UDon banking and eurrancr. Franldont Taft haa recommended a commission to Investigate the hlsh ooat of llvlner. Re. Madison U. I'etera. tha Now York mlnlater who charred re sponsibility unon tna retailer and established a rrorerv. found the were making only a very moderate oroHt. Jamra J. Hill, of tha Great Northern KaiJwev. amieared before tha (Stanley committee of tha llouae, UDon trans portation facilities of theRteel Coroor atloo. Tha ffnnerat onlnlon here la that Sneaker Clark will be nominated b? tha Democrata for tha Presidency. Ex Governor Folk, of MImouH. having withdrawn In hla favor, tha Mlasourl delegation will be unanimously tor Mr. Clark. Harmon bead jarteaa will be in charge of Ex-Concrreaaman Gorton, of Ohio, Coneremmen generally aav that Gov. Wilson haa written too much which would be preiudlclal to candidate. D 313 SPECIAL lubbing Offer TO OUR. SUBSCRIBERS AND THEIR' FRIENDS XZZXOEZIOEZ2 The year 1912 will be the most important year in history. Besides great activities in the Northwest a President of the United States will be elected. Keep up with the news of the world by taking advantage of one of our special offers. OUR OFFER: THE DAILY AND SUNDAY OREGONIAN 12 Months .... LAKE COUNTY EXAMINER 12 Months .... $8.00 2.00 $10.00 Both may be obtained for a limited time only for $8.00 which is the subscription price of the Oregonian alone (To those who do not wish to take the Big Sunday Edition of the Ore gonian, we have this offer to make) THE DAILY OREGONIAN 12 Months .... LAKE COUNTY EXAMINER 12 Months .... $6.00 2.00 $8.00 Both may be obtained for a ' limited time only for $6.40 Don't fail to take advantage of this offer. Send us your remittance to-day. ExaminerPublishing Company LAKEVIEW :: OREGON D u RECEIPT FOR OR CHARD SPRAYING Tha membera of tha Oregon Aarl cultural Kxnerlment League are study Inir (ha bud moth, to diacover tha moat satisfactory method of SDravinsr for tha neat. Tha cuatom anions: orchard men la to aorav In the soring for this pest, but satisfactory reaulta are not al wava obtained. Tha aerond brood larva of thl moth feed uoon tha under aide of tha leaves in tha fall, and It haa been noticed that where the fourth codling moth aorav la applied, the bus: does very little harm. In order to secure data on the results of exoerlmente. the Croo oett exoerta at tha Oregon Agricultur al Collate have prepared the following directions for work uoon which reports are to be made by tha membera of the league. Arrange the orchard in four dot. Spray the Drat about Sent. 1 with ar senate of lead. 2 rounds to 50 sallons of lime-sulphur, diluted to 1 oart to 30. Tha aecond plot ta aoraved about Oct. I with the tame aprav. The third clot must be apraved the following: soring with the same solution, applied iuit a tha blossom buda are beginning to ex pand. The fourth plot la left unimrsv ed ar a check, with which the results of observation taken on each of the other olols during the soring and sum mer may be compared. WOULD TAFT BE A GRACEFUL LOSER? His Friends Believe He Could Meet Defeat and Still Smile. How dors President Taft view his own chances for reelection? If the fortunes of the campaign should go against htm, would be be a good loser? Can he stand the gaff without hla future being embittered? These are questions being asked by Americans, who love the National game of politics and take Interest In It. Nothing Is more uncertain than this same game and if the tide should go against the republicans and land a democrat In office, would the big fellow In the White House still smile? President Taffs supporters do not expect anything of that sort to hap pen, but they believe he Is a good lom-r, basing this opinion on his past ESTATE NOTARIES PUBLIC INSURANCE U.S. LAND OFI'ICE PRACTICE HOMESTEADS , O. V. L. Co. Lands Our Specialty PAT OH & FISK LAKEVIEW : ; : : : OREGON Major Mcindoe. corps of engineers! baa made tha atatement that ships will be able to go through the Panama can si by tba fall of 19:3. Nothing but government vessels will pass through until the offiuisl ooenlng of the canal on January 1. 1915. D D 1 Roosevelt headquarters are being es- tsblished here. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion hss asked representatives of all exoress companies to give it detsiled Information uoon tbirtv-four Questions. Ita hearines have been discontinued for a few dava to allow information collected. Meanwhile the Senate Post- office oommittee la examining re ore aentativea of express companies. The general aentiment la that the Interstate Commerce Commission baa "made rood." When It waa organised, aome People said commissions have accom plished nothing. It looks aa though. when it nets through with the exoresa eompaniea. there will b e aa little use for Parcels Post as there waa for Gov eminent ownershlo and operation of railroads, after it regulatea railroad rates, and tht thereby Uncle Sam will save from fitfv to seventv-rive million dollars per yesr required for eauio- ment and rebuilt poatofficea and an op erating deficit of S150.000.U00 yearly. It oroved that the Government did not have to own the railroads to prevent the railroads owning the Government. Possibly the commission may investi gate the cost of Parcela Post systems abroad. It ia generally known that government operation is most expen aive. Such expenditures, it ia said, would necessiate continuanoe of high tariff dutiea to afford revenue: and. to save a few centa yearly to each per son on carriage of parcels, the people would thus saddle themselves with a load of Government debt. In comoar Ing rates, the Commission would, of course, consider tnai labor and similar costs are much cheaper in Europe Following the recommendation of Postmaster General Hitchcock that the Government condemn and operate the telegraph avstema the wireless and air ships not being specified President Taft has recommended and that the Government build and own railroads in Alaska. Defense of the recommend ation ia made that, besause merchan dise ia carried incidentally to matter of Intelligence, advocates of Parcela Font say the nation ia already in the trans portation business and that now have Parcela Post From Alaska to nation wide railroad operation would appear to be simple. Socilaista government is only costing Milwaukee SI. 000. 000 Increase yearly. C. S. Hernlv said to Senator Bourne. Chairman of the Senate Poatoffioe Com mittee in the hearings: "Your manu facturing interests are all in Massachu setts, are they not? You have no fac tories in Oregon, have vou? No won der vou want the Government to haul your goods to the Pacific coast. If I owned knitting mills way down east and wanted to get the goods way out west. I would try to get the govern ment to so into the delivery wagon business and handle mv manufacturer- ed product at a flat rate at- a nominal price. Parcela Poat will not hel o the farmera market their products. The farmers cannot use tha mails for shipp ing bis products and Parcels Poat will uot build up a home market for him. It only enables bira to buy, but not to sell. It quadruples the force of the alluring catalog to excite hia family to buy this or that article whether needed or not. destroys hia country town and trading point, leaves an em pty store room and a '"Deserted Vil- 7 L k;- PRESIDENT TAFT actions and what he haa said when ever the subject has been brought up. He must realize that, holding as he does, the biggest job on the Western Hemisphere, many others have their eyes fixed on the same high place and the Interests, which always seek to control the government, are ceaseless In their efforts to place a man favor able to them In the presldental chair. Knowing then the uncertainty of poli tics and the traditional ingratitude of republics. President Taft bas spoken of Just such a contingency. Ho spoke directly to the point on this matter when he said: I Din very grateful for the honors the people have given me. I do not affect to dtuy the satisfaction I should feel, if, after casting up the totals, pro and eon, and striking a balance, they should decide that my first term had been fruitful enough of good to warrant their giving me another. Any man would be proud of such a verdict, but I have not been willing, nor shall I be, to purchase it at a sacrifice of my freedom to do my duty as I see It. My bsppiness is not dependent upon any office and I shall go back to private life with no heartburnings, if the people, after an unprejudiced review of my administration, conclude that someone else can serve them to their greater advantage. 'The truth is that political consid erations have not weighed heavily with me. I have tried to do in each case wnat seemed to me the wisest thing, regardless of its effect upon my future.' Indeed, In more than one case I have been perfectly conscious whose bad blood would be stirred by some act of mine, or some refusal to act. The circumstance that some persons who hall me after one appli cation of equal justice, as a far seeing, conservative patriot, denounce me af ter the next, as an unreasoning radi cal, does - not greatly disturb my equanimity. I set that down as all in the day's work." TAFT MONEY OFFERED Bet Makes Bio President Odds-On Favorite. The wager recently offered in New York of $5000 to J4000. that the pres ident will be re-elected If nominated, seems to show that somebody has con siderable confidence In the return of the president's administration to pow er. Somebody with S5000 believes that Bill Taft can come back. Money talks and some of the en thusiastic backers of Mr. La Kollette, Colonel Roosevelt and Woodrow Wil son ought to come to the front and take the short end of this bet. As a sporting proposition, this Is a good bet. even if he loses, but the fact that tNre are no takers us yet speaks elo quently. The oust, which necessarily '..eta a clearer view of the president and a more intimate knowlodse of his work, from being closer to him, Is evi dently pretty well satisfied with Pres ident Taft and believes he will he re elected. The bet will be allowed to stand for some time, it is reported, walling for some courageous enemy HOTEL LAKEVIEW ERECTED IN 1900 MODERN THROUOHOIT FIRST-CALS5 ACCOnnODATtONS SAflPLE ROOn For COnnERClALn TRAVELERS r .'..r'.H -7., i COURTEOUS TREATMENT j. f " U . kit ,T" LIGHT & HARROW. Proprietors F. P. LIGHT QEO. HARROW Lake view Meat Market HAVES A GROB, Proprs Choice Beef, Mutton, Pork, Veal, Etc, Etc Try our Sausages and Cured Meats Quality Unexcelled Free Delivery Low Fares West SPRING COLONIST PERIOD DAILY, MARCH 1st TO APRIL 15th TO All Central Oregon Points ON CENTRAL DREGDri LfflE FROM CHICAGO J.W 00 CI SCI XX ATI ST DO MILWAUKEE 31 JO ST. LOUIS 32 00 NEW YORK SO 00 DETROIT SS 00 ST. PAUL f25 00 KAXSAS CITY 25 M OMAHA 25 00 DES MOIXES 27 AS ISD1AXAPOLIS 35 65 DEXVER 25 00 From Other Eastern Point In Proportion Tell yovr Mends In the East of this opportunity of moving West t low rates Direct train service via Burlington Route, Northern Pacific, Great Northern, "North Bank" and Oregrtn Trunk Railways. You can deposit funds with me, and west bound tickets will be furnished people In the East. Details will be furnished on request. W. E. COM AN, Gen't Freight & Pas: Agt., PORTLAND, ORE. J. H. CORBETT, Agent, BEND, ORE. Let The Examiner Figure on Your Next Job Printing Colonist F&res DAILY. MARCH 1 TO APRIL 15, 1912 From the Middle and Eastern Por tions of the United States and Canada to ail points In the Northwest on the OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY From CHICAGO - $33.00 ST. LOUIS - $32.00 " OMAHA - - $25.00 " KANSAS CITY - $25 00 u ST. PAUL - - $25.00 Proportionately low fares from all other points. Direct service from Chicago, St, Paul, Omaha and Kansas my over the C. Jt N. W UNION PACIFIC, OREGON SHOUT LINE and O-WU.Jt N. LINES PROTECTED BY AUTOMATIC BLOCK SIGNAL YOU CAN PREPAY FARES M htle these rates apply Westhound only, fares may be pre paid by depositing value of the ticket with your local agent, and an order will be telegraphed to any address given. Aid In telling of our vast resources and wonderful opportun ities for Home Building. Illustrated and reliable printed matter will be mailed anyone to whom you wish it sent, by addressing WM. McMURRAY, (Jen. Paas. Ajent, PORTLAND, OREQON of the administration to come to the trout wlih his ti)00. 3Eaorxoiaz litre, and lures his boys and girls to tha over-crowded oitiea.