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motmiw HAS THE CIRCULATION- PRINTS THE NEWS- REACHES THE PEOPLE i THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LAKE COUNTY VOL. XXXIII LAKKVIKW, LA KK 'COUNTY, OKKCSON APRIL 4. 1912. NO. 14 POTATO SCARCITY BECOMESAPPARENT Tubers Have Jumped Up To SSO Per Ton In Sacramento Auroxm with the article published In taut week's Examiner, urging the farmers In this section to devote much time to potato raining, the following alapatch from Sacramento gives mure Information on the subject: With the entire available supply of potatoes on the Paclfln roast and manv western atatea aulllcient to laat from twenty to thirty ilava at the mnat and the coming of the new aupDlv between two and three moatha awav. the Went la facing a aeriuua potato famine. l'rlrea are already exceeding record quotation of recent veara. Where or dinary potatoes could be boueht for $20 Dor ton. the price haa now jumped to S M and fiO. Local retail dealers are selling Dota tousat 3 1-2 rents. Thia price la not exceptionally largo, but local dealers atate that it la due to a holding down of the price. Wholesale prlcea are $i75 to lit per hundred weight. In Southern California even higher prices prevail. The bent tirade are quoted at 12.75 a hundred pounds wholesale and a rapid riae la expected. Two theorica for the condition of the market are riven. It fa atated by aome that the consumption la taking rapid atridea ahead of the production. Anothi r la that crous In practically all of the states were small or almost total failurea. The Nevada aunplv la nearly all cleared up and but few cars of potatoes remain in California. The entire aumilv of tubers available " for Southern California in said to be 350 carl, including ICO cars In the Stork tun district and atcut 100 acres of Ore iron ootatoea. California daily con sumes about 12.000 sacks of potatoes, and well Informed dealers state that it la likelv that there will be none on band for at least thirty dava after the pre sent supply is .consumed. To Film Oregon ror the purpose of placing on a film the actual scenes of Ore iron 'a indus tries, the Selig Pclvseopo company of Chicago In letter to Governor West, proposed that if the state will bear the expense of an operator, (lima will be made and exhibited throughout the world. When Governor West wai on his trip east he had a talk with a represents tive of the motion picture house and thia scheme of advertising Oregon waa diacussed. The expense for an operator who would be tent out bv the company to take pictures, would amount to about $1000. It is claimed that double the amount would be received In ad vertising. The pictures, would te shown in all the citiea of the country and in countries across the ocean. The excavation work on the new Ileryford block is practically complet ed, and Contractor Underwood will soon bee In work on the foundation of the building. WARNER VALLEY WILL REDEVELOPED Largo Company Organ ized to Exploit Un improved Lands ' Cedurville Record: That northern California and Southern Oregon are now receiving more attention from out side capital, and that more projects are being launched for the development of the section named than ever, la an un disputed fact. A few days ago a strong company was organized for the purpose of developing Warner valley and the adjacent country, and controlling the waters of Deup and Snvdor creeks for irrigating purposes. In doing so thev will drain thousand of acres of swamp in Warner and utilize the water for ir rigation thousands of other acres, of semi lands that are practically useless aide from the range afforded, and the company will alsojuso the same water for generating electric power that will run minus, mills and furnish an abun- dance of light. Thia corn nan v also has an option on the 7T ranch, of mm thouNund acres. Tho water thus con served will Irrigate about 90.000 acres of practically desert alnd that will be claimed under the Carev act. With the completion of the plana advocated Warner vallev and all adjnlcinr country will be gretlv benefited, and a railroad from the south through Surprise val lev to and through that Inland empire will be an estallished fact at no dia tant day. Prospects Bright Following are among the possible pxtrona of the new creamery which 8 C. Cauflcld. of Ashland proposes to establish: and agree to supolv milk from the following number of cows : Shcrrard Bros.. 6; Jamea Duke. 10 K. K. Funk. H: Joe Heed. 15; C. C Loftua.100: Walden DcLong. C: John Noble. 30: J. W. Iaenhart. 30; W. M Paxton. 12; Dr. Cochrane. 12: Jonas Norln. 50; S. . Vernon. 2; J. A. Ed na In ton. 20: C. E. Trlnk. 10; J. r. Dxllev ti Sons. 30; Frel Fixher. 20 Felix Green, 15; J. C. Oliver. 50; Dick Wilcox. 20; L. C. Mever. 20; C. C. Oott. 3: Theo. Kenner. 10: Wirt Wright. 6; Milan S. Kenner. 23: O. C Langfleid. 10; Tracy Brothers. 90; M Hart. 8: Cv Becraft. C. W. Foots. OREGON ALRIGHT, SAYS OMAHA MAN Labor Council's Report Proves Worthless To Many In a letter to tho Examiner from J. R. Jowers. of Omaha. Neb., after paving manv glowing tributes to the paper, sava In part : "Keep uo vour good work of boosting fur Lake County and the rest of Ore iron. It wfll serve to counteract the "knockers" that we read of in our oa pert in Omaha, emlnating from the Labor Unions of Portland. Oregon. Don't think for a moment that 1' am opposed to Labor Unions, on toe con trary. I am in favor of them but I don't consider that any Labor Union in Port land should consider itself a mouth piece for the entire atate of Oregon. Portland Is a large and oroperoua city. Oregon is a very large atate. and I pre dict that it will double it population in the next ten years. So. I don't think that the tail will ever wag the dog." Thus is added one more booster to Lake county's increasing list. And apparently the article published in the Examiner some time ago about Oregon would aurvive from the reports sent out bv the Labor Council, telling peo ple to stay awav from Oregon, has borne fruit, The warehouse of the Reno Brewing Co. was broken Into and a quantity of bottled beer taken, bv a crowd of half fledged youngsters whoBe ambition seems to rise no higher than to commit acts of vandalism under the mistaken idea that such acts denote bravery. In spite of the respectable parentage of thcte bovs it would be well that ade quate punishment be administered in order that a rising tendency to hood lumism be checked COUNCIL PROTESTS SIIEARINGCORRALS Officials Contend That Such Enterprise Is A Nuisance Upon the protest of the citizens of that part of town, who would be In convenieced bv the establishment of a shearing corral. O. T. McKendree was prevented by the Citv Council from establishing such a plant inside the citv limits. It has in the oast been doomed desirable to keep all stock yards out of the limits of town, and if the expected growth comes to Lake view it Is none too aoon to take decid ed stops to keeu the town as free from live stock as possible, even though such an establishment as Mr. McKen- dree proposed to establish might not at this time prove to be a docided nui sunce. It Is to be honed that this hin drance will not prevent him from building his plant outside the town limits. LAKE SHORELANDS SOLD BIG DEAL INVOLVING $300,000 WAS CONSUMMATED THIS WEEK English Capital Interested by J. C. Dodson And Lands Will Be Cut Up And Sold In Small Tracts vide homes for a large numler of peo ple. It is understood that Mr. Dodaon Is In a position to sell any sized tract desired from live acrrs up. and it Is confidently expected that there will be an active demand fur th smaller tracts. The investment of English capital in these lands means much more than appeara on the surface, for it la under stood that tne same capitalists will un dertake the completion of the Warner I.ae Irrigation project, and that much money will be expended In the devel opment of Lake and Modoc counties. It is not at all improbable that other Investments will aoon be made bv the same parties, for thev have unlimited capital at their command. One of the mocl important dwals In Nugrgett Still Alive Evidently the report given out bout the demise of the Bldwell Gold Nuggett were premature. This week It comes to our desk with a salutatory from Robert Crawford who has been made editor. Mr. Crawford ia formerly from Nevada and the Jingle to the con tents of his first pacer show him to be good man for the place. A great im provement in the paper ia apparent and tbe Examine w lubes it, all the success possible. A npwsparx-r is an eavenUal factor toward the development of the High Grade district and we are glad to see the Nuscett ia in the live column. Saturday and Sunday a number bova from the "auld sod" arrived Lakeview. having left Ireland with tbe usual instructions to steer clear of Ore gon but "go to Lakeview and work for Bill Barry." BOOKLET WILL BE PRINTEDBY STATE Each Community Is To Furnish Information On Resources State Immigration Agent C. C. Chapman, ot Portland, is sending a let ter to the secretaries of tho commer cial clubs of tho state, tbe mayors, or chief officials of every incorporated town and to the boards of county com missioners asking Information to be used in the state booklet to be publish ed under tne auspices of the Oregon Immigration Commission and over the seal of the state. Each community will thus be made responsible for the in formation that goes out about itself. The questions ask for the nature of the agricultural opportunities and the manv other advantages of the commu nity. When compiled, the reports re ceived will form a condensed encyclo pedia of Information which the in quirer about Oregon will want most to know. If further particulars are de sired, he will be given directions where to write to get them. The booklet will be of 64 pages, without illustrations except some diagram maps of the state, and will have a circulation of 200.000. The soace apportioned to eaeh county will be on a iolnt basis of population and area, although Multnomah will not be given anv more space than any other county. Lamb Season Soon Open Manuel Sanders and other prominent sheenmen were in town recently and all report excellent conditions prevail ing among their flocks. The range has been all that the sheeo man could de sire, and In conseaurnoe the ditFerent bands are In better shape than the average. With the mild weather and the first ouailtv of pasturage it in reas onable to expect a hicrher per centage in lambing, which will begin about the tenth. Goose Lake Vallev realty that has yet taken place was completed the past week when the Lake Shore Cattle Co. disposed of Its holdings at Davis Creek approximately t'iOO.OOO was Involved in the deal. Tbe holdinga consisted of 5500 acres of land. 2600 head of cattle and some 200 horses. The transaction has been under wav for some time and. was bandied bv J. C. Dodson. Ibe purchasers are English capitalists, and tnev will out the land on the market at once. Mr. Dodson acting as their agent. The cutting up of these holdings means much for this entire section, as tbe lands are considered the equal of anv in the entire vallev. Thev are par ticularly well adapted to fruit, grains and grasses ofjsll kinds, and will pro- Has Long: Journey Leo Hutel'a sister arrived in Lake view last wee! . after a five week's journey. Sh. .;an not speak English, and the delays of ber trio were quite vexatious. When she arrived at the Detention Station at New York she was sent to Ks Island, while ber bro ther was comnvnicated with. The Im migration auUorlties telegraphed to Leo. but addressed him at Reno instead of Lakeview. -rom which place tbe message wtai or warned bv wail. It was a happy reunion of brother and sister. aionaav waa am r oors dav. it was also the opening dav for the 1912 fish ing season, (legal). As a consequence ' there waa quite an exodua of amatueur Issac Walton'a to the Drewa dam and eisewnere on sundav. in order that no time might be lust. SENATOR SINNOTT VISITSJLAKEVIEW Aspirant For Congress ional Honors Has Good Record N. J. Sinnqtt. candidate for the Re publican congressional nomination for this district, arrived in Lakeview last evening from Klamath Falls, and re ceived a warm greeting from his num erous local friends and admirers. By manv it is considered that tbe fight for the nomination is between Sinnott and Kuak. although others contend that ex-Congressman Ellis has a good chance to secure the coveted prize. Mr. Sinnott wss born in Eastern Ore gon at The Dalles 41 vears ago. He has alwava lived at The Dalles, where he has been practicing law with Judge Bennett. He is now state senator for Hood River and Wasco Counties. In tho state senate he was a hard worker for the interests of Eastern Oregon. He fought for a stock shipping bill to compel the railroads to ship stock with out delav. A bill to prevent the grain buver from deduotiug the weight of the grain sack, also received hia hearty i support. He had charge of the covote I bounty bill In the 1909 session in the state senate and succeeded in getting it passed, for which he was thanked bv the Antelooe Wool Growers Associa tionby written resolutions presented to Continued on page eight States Co-operate Tho "Getting Acquainted" tour of the Idaho-Washington Development League and the special excursion to the Pacific Northwest Livestock Show at Portland proved to be the biggest event of its kind in the history of the Pacific Northwest. Representative citizens to the number of 238, with their fam ilies, visited Pusco, Vancouver, Port land. The Dalles. Hood River. Pendle ton and Walla Walla. At each of the points outside of Portland thev were shown special courtesies bv represen tatives of the Commercial Clubs. At Walla Walla tbe pilgrims sssisted in the closing program connected with the organization of the South Central Washington Development Leagoe. At Portland thev were the guests of tbe Commercial CluD and the business men of Portland on the 18th and on the next dav were entertained bv the Pacific Northwest Livestock Association at the fat stock show. Squirrel Poison The following is the government receipt for poisoning sauirrels snd approved and published in tbe Ameri can Medical Association. It is said to be sure death to the sauirrels and our farmers should give it a trial. It is as follows : Strychnine. 1 oz.. cyanide 'of potas sium. 2 oz.. eggs 1 dozen, honev 1 pint, wbest or barlev. 30 pounds. Stir eggs, well then mix in honev and stir again. Then put in drv powdered strychnine and cyanide and stir until well mixed. Put wheat in large box or can and pour in tbe mixture of Dois ion and stir until it is well distributed over tbe wbeat. Stir two or three times during twenty-four bours.tben spread out and dry Before cutting it out for tbe squirrels add 1 dram of oil of rho dium. REPORTS MADE TO FORECAST FROSTS Bulletins Can Be Bought For Ten Cents A Copy "Forecasting Frost in the North Pacific States." is tbe title of a bulle tin written bv Edward A. Beals. dis trict forecaster of the weather bureau with headquarters in Portland, issued bv the United States department of agriculture, and prepared under tbe direction of Willis L. Moore, chief of the United States weather bureau. The bulletin may be obtained from the superintendent of document, govern ment printing office. Washington. D. C, at 10 cents per copv. The work is tbe result of manv years atudv cf weather conditions in the Pacific Northwest, and will! be of tre menduous value to fruitgrowers, wbo eroolov, scientific methods for prevent ing damage bv frosts. It tells when and under what circumstances such frosta may be exoected. and tbe wea ther conditions nreceeding them. "'Fruit raising in the Northwest Pacific states has increased enormously in the last few years." savs the author. and the number ot trees that will come into bearing in the next five or six vears will increase the acreage at Jeaet tenfold. Work of constructing the second unit of the Klamath project, which is to furnish water to Poe Vallev and a stretch of territory in the Klamath Vallev will not be commenced right awav as expected. The reason given bv the government for not starting the work ia a new ruling bv the depart mental attornevs that no construction work can be commenced until a clear title substantiated bv an abstract ia given in each right of wav case. SUNSHINE MINE SOLD FOR $100,000 w. H. O'Nell Takes Over Pine Creek Mining; Property Nevada State Journal: The Sun shine Highgrade claim, located in the Highgrade mining district, in Modoo countv, California, was reported sold yesterday to W. H. O'Neil. the consi deration it Is understood teing in the vicinity of $100,000. The Sunshine Highgrade claim ia reported to have produced 230 sacks of ore assaying $1000 to the ton. which is now at the N.-C.-O. railroad station awaiting shipment. An additional shipment of 120 sacks of the same ore is reported at tbe mine to be shipped at an earlv date. Considerable interest is being mani fested In the new camp and several Nevada mining men have visited the scene. GARDENING TAKEN UP OVERTHE STATE Bulletins Being: Sent To Superintendents For Distribution April's first showers will fall noon aooroximatel v 60. 000 children's gardens bringing to life seeds that will produce vegetable to be exhibited far awav from the snot where thev are cultivated! by young strong hands, some appearing: at the countv or local fairs, others traveling to the state fair at Salem, and still others finding their wsv east to the land shows to prove what Ore gon rhildren can do. Now that the gardening and hatching season is at band. Oregon children are entering the industrial contest in earnest. Bovs snd girls are selecting their seeds, pre paring their soli, and reading what tbev can find about tbe care of poultry, plants, and oigs. Prizes. 312 in all. are to be awarded at tbe state fair for puoils' exhibits of vegetables, pigs, chickens, cooking and woodwork. Thee prizes represent a value of be tween three and four thousand dollars. Including countv and state prizes between $18,000 and $20,000 in prizes will be won bv Oregon boys and girls this vear. Twentv-five counties have been visit ed and fully organized for industrial work. Superintendent Alderman, and field organizers, Calvin C. Thomason. and H. C Maris, having been at work since the first ot February. So far as possible tbe counties will bold fairs prior to the state fair which comes tbe first week in September. Many of the countiea have already made uc their prize lists, and have them published. Baker. Wallowa. Mal heur, Grant and Harnev counties will be visited by Mr. Maris in April and May. Superintendent Alderman will come into Kalamth and Lake earlv in April. Mr. Thomason will first visit Coos and Currv in June or Julv. 60.000 bulletins containing infroma- tion on the state industrial contest, al so tbe complete prize list have been sent out bv the O.A.C. to each countv superintendent to be distributed bv bim to the teachers whose duty it is to place one in every h irae. Large num bers of separate prize lists are now appearing. Not Homestead Lands Under tbe beading. "More Land' Opened for Entry." the Northwestern of March 19 published a list of lands having been ordered released by with drawal for reclamation purposes which might, if not explained. lead aome to believe thev would have a chance to homestead such. All of this land order ed opened and described in the article sent out trom the Lakeview Land Office, except a verv small portion is near Rattlesnake Point, is on tbe Klam ath Indian Reservation and its release from former withdrawal order ia ot no value to any one. In faot the particles not situated on the reservation are by the Upper Lake and is practically all covered with water, of very nearly no value, according to Caotain O. C. Applegate. who savs the described tracts are on the Reservation and can not be homesteaded. REGISTRATION TO CLOSENEXT WEEK Total Registration In The County So Far Is 889 Voters The registration books close next Tuesday. Thia is vour last chance to register before the primaries. The registration baa been rather normal this year although there are several people who have not registered. The law requires that the booka close ten davs prior to the primaries which will be held on the 19th, and will not be open again until April 24. They will then be ooen until Mav 15. Following is the registration by pre cincts throughout the countv as they appeared on the Countv records ud to and Including yesterday. The total includes SS9 voters. Silver Lake. 99; Summer Lake. 24: Paisley. 106; Crook ed Creek. 21: North Warner, fitf; South Warner. SG; North Lakeview. 92; South Lakeview. 143: Drewa Vallev, 10; Goose Lake. 85; Cogswell Creek, f 8J ; Thomas Creek. 20: Lake. 63: Fort Rock. 113.