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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1912)
? HAS THE CIRCULATION- -PRINTS THE NEWS- REACHES THE PEOPLE THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LAKE COUNTY - " l -111 1 -ilU-iU. - - .... - j- VOL. XXXIII LAKKVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OKEOON JUNE 6. 1912. NO. 23 CITY OFFICERS ARE KEPTVERY BUSY Ordinance to Prevent the Shearing Oorrals In the City Limits la Defeated The large amount of work it keeping tbe city dada pretty buiy these daya. At Council Tueaday night action waa taken upon tha bill providing for the adoption of a new ordinance to control the keeping or maintaining any pent, yard, abed or encloaure wherein any aheap are collected kept or sheared or dipped within the city lira ita, and providing a penalty for the violation of the ordinance. Tola mat tar had been brought up before but bad been laid over. Tueaday night after the third reading of the bill, a vote waa taken which resulted In two' and two. and tbua left 'be deciding 1 vote up to the Mayor, which waa in prevent the passing or eucn an or dinance. In the matter of filling the vacancy in the police force left by the resigna tion of former day maribat McCulley, Dan Bemia waa elected to the police force, without any apeclal shift as. signed. The Examiner ia Informed that a third man will be added to the force In the near future and It la pos sible that it will be arranged by work ing double eight hour shifts alternate ly, to keep two men on all the time. The meeting waa adjourned to as semble tonight when the ordinance providing for a city election, which la now being prepared by City Attorney Welch for the purpose of bonding the town for the sum of SMt.OOO will be acted upon. It will be possible to hold tne election about July 25. Tennis Association Tba warm spring weather haa given life to enthusiasts of the Lakevlew Tennis Association and this organisa tion has been busy tha past week In bsvlng the grounds put In ahape for the coming aeaaon, which will open Saturday of thla week. Several new members have been added to Thla amusement affords good the list. J ohyslcal, exercise aa well aa light mental recre 'atlon, The asaoclatlon owns a aplendid court In the Seeger addition and no doubt through the summer months will be the center of much pleasant pastime for thoee who are lovera of the sport. Chewaucan Press : IS. II. Curtia, of Vally Falls,, csme to Paiatey Monday with a mangled hand caused by its being caught between a steel csble and a aheave, of hia well-boring outfit. ' He waa working on the well for U. Kooning and tha macihne waa doing excellent work, when hia attention waa distracted and be inadvertently put hia hand on a mqvlng cable. Before he eould withdraw it, the hand waa drawn into the aheave and badly crushed, two lingers being torn off. Dr. Thayer dressed the wound and it la healing 'nicely. FAMOUS SUNSHINE STOCK COMPANY ORGANIZED TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY-PRICE An important mining deal that meana much to the early developmont of the High Grade district waa closed this week. Chss. L. Fulton, who has teen In the district for several daya and who waa holding an option on the Sunshine property consumated the . purchase Tuesday and immediately turned it over to the Sunshine High Grade Min ing company, a new company . incor porated under the lawa of California. The Sunshine mine waa bought of VVm. Schauer and Cbaa. Laughlin, of New PineCreek, who have been working it on smsll scale for the past two yeara. The purchase price waa given aa $68, 000. The directorate of the company which Includes aome of ou atrongest local, men, la composed of F. M. Green, pmvMent; B. X. Dawson, vice president : Chss. L. Fulton, secretary : F. M. M'.II r, treasurer an J W, Lair Thomi.t(n,, 'attorney. The Bank of Lakeview be the depository. A stock company has been organized with capitalisation of $1,000,000. Shares Library Record Among tha clvie activities of Lake view the Fublla library, under the efficient management of Miss Hattle Nyswaner aa librarian, la doing an ex cellent work. Today completes her first yesr aa librarian, and djrlng thai year 4,403 books have been issued, aa follows : June, 247: July, 827: August. SA4: September, 287: October, 829: November, 447: December, 861 : Janu ary, 442: Keoruary, 443: March, fttt: April, 8H6; May, 300. During the aame period the miscellaneous receipts, aside from the contributions, and tha benefit, have been 177.45. Misa Nya- waner has been oniformiy pleasant and courteous to tba patrona and ia i worthy of commendation. Cbarlea Pulton and B. X. Dawaon of the Sunshine Illgb-Grsde Mining com pany, were bueineaa visitors in Lake view the first of the week. Both .gen tlemen are formerly of Los Angelea and were prominent la the organisation of the new company wbleb they are now in. Iheyststed that the snow is eastjrspldly leaving the mining district and tney crenel thai active worn win aoon begin. WOROEGINSON DALY BUILDING Will Be a Brick Structure With Full Basement and Cement Walk In Front The dissppearance of the Daly bolW Ing n Water street, formerly ocinpied by the Eli restaurant, marks the pass Ing of another of the town'a old land marks. The replacement of old wooden ahacka by handsome brick structures ia evidence of the marked change that ia coming over Lakevlew. The rear of the old building waa torn down while the front aection waa bought by Walter Tindall and moved to bla lot in the Drenkel additions The new building will be made of brick with full baaemcnt and will be conatructed on modern plana in every particular. It baa not been decided whether it will be two stories or one. A cement walk will be laid in front of the building, ennecting with other walka built and thoee under contem plation. Thla will make a solid brick front for that entire block and will add much to the appearance of the city. Quite a number of cinnabar clalma have been ataked out during the past few dsya in the Crooked Creek aection. Several local business men are inter ested in the matter and an assay of the quarts shows it to contain considerable gold. Several apecimena have been aent for examination to the State Geologat. In keeping with the prevailing wave of progress throughout the inland era pire, Burns will aoon bold a city elec tlon to vote on bonding the town for aewerage system. MINE IS BOUGHT PAID WAS $68,000 will be placed on the market, the par value ot which ia $1.00 each. Office headquarters will be at New Pine Creek, Oregon. Leading olDclala of the company ststed that development work would begin at once and the ultimate reault of thla property aa a gold produoer will be determined. In conjunction with the Sunshine, two other properties have been taken over, the Yellow Jacket and the Gascon. This gives a total area of 60 acrea located in what ia conaidered the richest psrt of the district. The Sunshine baa already proved a produoer aa the former ownora took out about 40,000 pound of pay ore part of which I la now stored in New Pine Creek and ! aome on the ore dump. Mr. Schauer j stated while in Lakeview tbia week, that he and Mr. Laughlin were make , Ing arrangements to ship this ore im mediately over the N.-C.-O. Railway. The average assaya of the ore In the Sunshine shaft ia $2000 and it la aald that aome aamplea have run up into four Kguree. SEWER PLANS PREPARED PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL COVER MAJOR PORTION OF CITY i if Engineer Rice Outlines Complete Profile and Gives Information to Bidders and Speci fications of Work-Cost $70,000 Plena for the sewersge system pre pared by Engineer G. W. Klce were eubmltted to the City Council at its regular meeting Tueaday evening, the estimated cost of the entire syetom in eluding disooaal works, being 170,000. Practically the entire area of the town ia covered, although a amall aection In the nortbweatern part ot the city limits. In the vicinity of C. D Session's proDerty, and also that psrt lying south of'Deadman Creek, I a not provided for. Provision la made for the latter see- tioti so that when It becomes necessary ( apart. A dam 10 feet in height ia alao a main line can be established along provided for, and above the main the southern line ot the city limits sewer are located four Ineh oipea con which can reach the disposal work by ! nee ting with a manhole, wblch in eaaea connecting op with the Cog5ell atreet of emergency, aocb for instance aa aewer near the Wool Warehouse. The ' rocks covering the screen, wiii divert nortwheatern part of town la quite low. arvi while perhaps a small area of the eliminated portion could be provided for at a reasonable coat,, yet a whole and independent system would prob ably be necessary, should it become neceaaary to provide therefor. Wbat might be termed the main aewera are located on Western Avenue, or "Slash" street, and CogaweU atreet, and all Intercepting aewera north of Canyon atreet lead Into tha former, while aouth of Canyon they lead Into the CogaweU atreet aewer. The die poaal worka are to be located on the southwest corner of the racetrack prop erty, and will require an area of about three acrea. . r '1"-, O The aewera in tba business aection will be placed at a depth of from 8 to 10 feet, while In the residence portion TEACHERS CHOSEN FOR Ml TERM Able Instructors and Mod ern Facilities Make This an Educational Center At a recent meeting of the school board of Lakeview the following teach ers were selested for the next term: O. M. Gardner, of Foreat Grove, Oregon, principal to bave aup erviaion over both High and Public tschoola : Mrs. U. M. Gardner, Instructor In domeatic science, household economy, etc. : Miss Hall, primary department -Miss Gertrude Vernon second grade and Miss Bessie Burgess, Miss Gwen dolyn Corbett, Miss Hampture, who ia coming from the East, and Misa Mable Snelling. who have not been appointed to any certain gradea yet. With thla oorp of teachers already aelected, it yet leaves a teacher for the English class and eighth grade to be choaei. Such a body ot able inatructora, to gether with the splendid school facili ties, Lakeview will rank among the drat aa an educational center of South-: ern Oregon. School will be held In the old public achool building for the bene fit of the amaller children who live in the northern part of town. The mag niflcient high achool building which was recently completed, contsins all the modern advantagea necessary to a high achool education. Education la one of the grandest as set that one can acquire In this world. And the time ia rapidly arriving when the boy or girl who atarta forth In the world without an education will be burdened with a deliquenoy im possible to overcome. Encourage the child to attend school, and let the citi rens cooperate with the school tnard in keeping up the educational atandard they have eatablished in Lakeview. Diuk Wilcox ia the buaiest man in town these daya. Besides attending to hia regular banking duties, be ia in cidentally running the shearing corrals t Warner Canyon. toe depth will be from 4 to 8 feet. The smount of pipe necesssrv will be 27,500 foot of 6-inch, 55,000 feet of 8-lncn, 2,100 feet of 10-inch, 2.000 feet of 12-Inch and 1,100 feet of 16-Inch. "Y'e" are placed in front of each lot so that connection oan be made at any time In the future. The waters' ot Bollard Creek are eared for by a 4-foot vitrified brick and and concrete pipe following the pre sent wooden flume. The intake will be acreened with railroad steel four inches the water Into toe aewer. Proviaion ia also made at atreet intersections to di vert surface water into thla aewer ao that the business aection can at all timea be drained into It. Baaed on an assessed valuation ft 1, 000,000, the Interest charge on 20 year bonds would be bat four mills on the dollar, and all are agreed that the wealth of Lakevlew will doable in the next few years. , Mr. Sice'a letter to the Council fol lows: To the Council, Town of Lake view : Centlemen: I aubmit herewith aet of plana and profiles, and typewritten manuscript containing information to Bidder. Proposal, Speoiflcstlons. Con tract and Bond for the construction of a system of aewerage, with a disposal Continued on page eight ' ANOTHER VETERAN TAKEN FROM LIST Thomas Alford Succumbs to Dropsy After a Long: Spell of Illness At the ripe age of 73 yeara, 2 months and 6 daya, luesday, June 4, Thomaa A. Alford died at the 70 ranch north of Lakeview. Deceased wa victim of dropsy and had been Buffer ing from the attack for aeveral months, He waa a native of Benton county, Missouri, and a veteran of the Union Army. He had been a resident of this section for several yeara and was man of most honorable principals. He had innumearable friends all of whom held hirh in the highest esteem. He leaves to mourn hia death two eons, William and Thomaa and one daughter Mrs. Phil Mulkey. The funeral, took place yesterday afternoon from the Baptlat church, Rev. H. Smith officiating and inter- rment followed in the I.O.O.F. oeme tery. The pall bearers were: J, Frsnkl, Mike Hart, R. T. Striplin, M. b. Barnes, R. A. Paxton and S. P. Mobs. Tla with a atinging pan of regret that the Examiner ia compelled to chroniole the passing of so many pio neers who were instrumental in carving thia civilised community from a vast wilderness, and in thia work Thomaa Alford played an active part While death ia no doubt a great relief to this man who had been suffering so intense ly from hia illness, hia loss ia keenly felt. Catholic Church Notice Next Sunday the feast of the "Insti tution of the Blessed Sacrament," will be celebrated In St. Patriek'a Church. H'k'q Mass at 10 o'clock. Benediction of the Blessed Saorament after Mass. During the ' Summer months Mass will be oelebated at 6:30 o'clock on week daya. Matbiaa Schmitt, S. J. Paator. Prevent Forest Fires Klamath Herald : Local representative of the Weyerhaoser Timber Company, will leave the middle of the week for Pokesama with a crew of men, to turn all the old alaahings of toe company tn that section. About elx aeetiona will be covered, and Are lanes are to be made through the holdings to protect the second growth and surrounding timber from the spread of the fire. Mr. Kimball atate that the Kla-math-Lake Counties Fire Protection Associstion will build about twenty milea of new telephone line, ao that the atarting of Area can be qoickly re ported. A telephone will be estab lished on Buck Mountain, which will be used for a lookout. The central ela tion will be at Spencers. Secretary of Sute Olcott haa re ceived notice from W. A. Booth of Prinevllle, president ot toe Crook County bank, that be declined to ac oept the democratic nomination for re presentative for the Twenty-first Dis trict comprising Crook, Grant, Kla math and Lake eoantiea. He aald be waa greatly auipriaed at the Informa tion that be bad been nominated at the April 19 primaries. threOdsiite in celebration Meeting: Was Attended By Sixty-five Members of the Local Societies Saturday, May 29, occasioned a very pleasant and successful meeting of the members of the Ladiea Aid Societiea of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Bap tlat churches, the laidea of the former society actiug as boa teases. The meet ing waa held in the Masonic Hall and waa attended by about 65 ladies. Re freshments were bountifully In evi dence and the gathering' waa con aidered one of the best suoceasee of ita nature ever held In Lakeview. , , A program consisting of songs, reci tations, readings and addressee were rendered. The able rendition of some selections clearly manifested the abili ty and bard work it necessitated in the preparation of thia elaborate program. After all arrangements bad been carried out, the remainder of the after noon waa apent in social chats and general cordiality. The affair alto gether bad a strong tendency to seal the sincere relationship between the societiea of the different denominations In effecting cooperation in the work of upbuilding te entire oomunity. A dispatch from Medford to the Oregonian aaya : "So impressed was Dr. H. E. Rishel, of Mayville, N. D., with the pamphlets sent out by the Medford Commercial Club disclosing the beauties and advantagea of the Rogue River Valley that be secured 28 acrea of land in the Griffin Creek dia trict from John A. Honey, for $11,200 or $400 an 'acre, without leaving bis home town. RAILROAD OFFICIALS VISIT VALCEY TRIP WAS MADE TO HANSON RANCH BY BOAT AND PARTY TAKEN General Manager T. F. Uunaway of the N.-C.-0. Ry., C. N. Miller, publi city agent and Mr. Moran, aon of one of the ownera ef the line, Tuesday came up from Reno in Mr. Dunaway'a private car "Lakeview." weunesasy morning tbe party ac companied by G. W. Rice. W. F. Paine and V. L. Snelling, from Lakeview, went to New Pine Creek station where they were met by Morria Southstone in J. F. Hanson's motor boat from the West Side. The bunch was taken to the Hanson ranch acrosa the lake on the atate line where they were fed and abown aome of the eights and wonderful productions of that rich section. From the ranch they were taken to the O.V.L. dam on Drewa Creek and abown over that mammoth project. Southstone'a and Haason'a autos took these esger ant greatly rurprsied people over the vast area of West Side country and tbev were shown more productive country In thatlocaiity than they ever expect ed was In the entire valley. IMPROVEMENTS IN BUSINESS BLOCK Entire Section Is Sieged With Substantial Build Inz Boom Now On The atone and concrete foundation In the basement for the addition to the First National Bark building is rapidly going la. The annex will reach the top of the old building and will be constructed of brick. The entire floor will be used for the new poatofflce Quarters, while the upper story will be fitted for office rooms. A cement sidewalk will be laid -from tbe corner of the bank on the south side to connect with the wslk along the mammoth Heryford building now going up. A eement walk will be conatructed along tbe frontof the bank building on Water atreet as well as thia will be done at Dr. Daly'a buildings, and tbua connect with tbe walk at Lonswsy'.a The new 'improvements will provide cement walla for two aides of tbia entire business block. With the new buildings under con struction, thia new block will assume profitable air. The three atory steel frame Heryford structure, the large two story brick of the First National Bank together with the new brick that Or. Daly baa commenced, adjoining tbe bank building, aurrounded by ment walka gives one an idea of the wave of prosperity that ia covering Lakeview. The gratifying feature of thia progressive state ia tbe fact that all buildings sre being substantially erected and built on plana that will suffice all purposes for sometime to eome. Hymenlal A very pretty wedding waa solemn ized Sundsy atfernoon last at 2 o'clock when Misa Elsie Oswald became tbe wife of Henry Newell, Jr. Tbe cere mony waa performed by Reverend Mel ville T. Wire at the borne ot Mr. and Mrs. Natbao Wilcox,: the latter being;.: a s is ter of the bride. Mr. Newell ia the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newell, well known pio neer residents, and is a young man of exceptionally good habits. ' Be waa born and raiaed in the Golden Goose Lake Vail ley, and ia a graduate of the local High School. He also attended the State Agricultural College at Cor vallis for a abort time. Misa Oswald came here with her mother and sister in tbe summer of 1909, during the O. V. L. rush. She baa resided here since that time, with tbe ecxeption of a trip last winter to the Rogue River country. Both of the young people are promi nent among the younger aet, being members of tbe "Philadelphiana" and other local societies. They will re side at the Newell Ranch in Drewa Valley. The Examiner joins with their many friends in extending good wishes of a long life of continued happiness and prosperity. OVER WEST SIDE Owing to a alight breakdown in tbe boat, the party was brought back to Lakeview in the evening by autoa. They were all, and especially the rail road peop le, very favorably impressed with what they had seen and not a little sur prised at tbe rich section ot country they bad covered. . While the visit of tbe railroad officials at this time bad no significance other than just a pleasure trip, it ia reason able to believe that tha journey over' the Weat Side country will mean much toward the early development of that vast empire. Tbe visitors left this morning on their return and everyone a still more confirmed booster lor the "Golden Sunset Valley." Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Spencer Tuesday returned trom Springfield. In the Wil lamette Valley, where they snent the winter. Mr. Spencer stated that the spring was very backward in that aec tion and that friut croDS. especially prunes and plums, bave been quite badly damaged by frosts.