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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1912)
We Can Save You 15 to 40 Cent on Your Purchases Per J. ET US PROVE TO YOU THAT THE BAR gains wc quote at this time are genuine, true and re liable. A visit to this store will pay you immensely. You will not be disappointed with the values we have to offer. You will find them a little better than advertised. Our Customers come to us season after season. They have learned from experience that our values totally eclipse the best offerings of all others. MEN'S OXFORDS AT ONE-HALF PRICE $3.00 values at $1.50 $3.50 values at $1.75 $4.50 values at $2.25 $5.00 values at.. $150 . LAND WAS BOUGHT FROMJLV. L. CO. W. P. Heryford Pays Sub stantlal Price for Modoc County Property Lakeview, Oregon, Julv 22, 1912. Editor of Lake County Examiner : Dear Sir: My attention has been called to an item copied from the Al toraa Plaindealer appearing in a re cent issue of your valuable pnper, said article stating tbat the recently an nounced repurchase of the X L Kaneb by W. P. Berytord is not a sale at all, bat is a return of title because the Oregon Valley Land Company could not pay for the land. This statement is absolutely false, and its palpaole failure to state the truth would almost appear to te malcious. The writer ot that article must have a strong de sire to injure Mr. Heryford, who pur chased the land or the Oregon Val ley Land Company, which sold the land. Otherwise such statement would not have been made without investiga tion, and the slightest investigation would have revealed the facts, which are as follows : Tbe XL ranch in Mo doe county was never owned by W. P. Heryford, but was owned by tbe Hery ford Land & Cattle Co., which cotpor- ation sold tbe property to tbe Valley Land Co. Tbe Or gon Land Company paid for this property in full, and later sold tbe property to R. J. Martin and J. H. Borders. These gentlemen on June 25, 1912 closed a deal selling tbe XL ranch to W. P. Heryford individually, for a verv great advance In price over the original sell ing price to the O. V.rL Co. The sale to Mr. Heryford was strictly a money transaction, and In no aense ia taking oroperty because of failure to pay the purchase price therefor. Mr. Heryford on bis own volition purchased this property at a greatly increased price bee use be considers it a valuable prop- , ing eagerly si light by erty and a good investment. j bomeseekers in Nevsda. The foregoing facts are known the writer to be the facU because SAYS GOOSE LAKE VALLEY IS BEST Publicity Agent N.-C.-Q. Says You Can't Beat Soil And Other Factors RAILROAD WILL TAP VALLEYS EAST Western Pacific To 'Con nect Wlnnemuca With Oregron Eastern Nevada State Journal : Well found ed rumors of the building of a railroad tapping the Qulnn river valley, Pueolo, Catlow and Dunder Hlitsen valleys, connecting Harney valley of Oregon with Winnemucca and opening one of the tinctl agricultural sections of the wait with a vast industrial gain to the northwestern Nevada, wr brought in by E. B. Hill of Winnemucca, one of the orgamsera of the Continental lake Irrigation project which Is destin ed to reclaim 26,000 acrea of Pueblo valley. "The engineers are already aurveylng the route," aald Mr. Hill last night, "and I (Irmly believe the proposition will go through. It Is destined to open up a magnificent country and would tap an argieultural area of nearly two million acres which would be j made tributary to Nevada and Califor nia. "The Harriman line ia now building in tbe Harney Valley but It la bard to say iust what road is behind thia con templated line from that road into Ne vada. The proposed branch would I leave the Harney valley line about thirty mllea from Rurns between Har ney lake and Malheur and would have the easiest kind of grsdes k"10 milesjto Winnemucca. Nevada Stwte Journal: While recla mation and irrigation proiecta are be- Investors and Kairoort, the by new town on tbe line of tba N.-C.-O. as I in California, promisee to become one an attorney, representing first the Hery-, of the most importsnt to Reno because ford Land & Cattle Co. and later W. of its fruit trede relation, and much P. Heryford individually, the writer interest ia being manifested in tbe pro personally looked after the negotiations j gress of the new enterprise. for each sale, and the actual transfer. Speaking of the project Mr. C. N. of the property. . This property is in Modoc county. California, and for a pioneer resident like W. P. Heryford to demonstrate bis confidence in the country by a purchase of this kind should be made tbe occa sion for a commentary upon the value of Modoc county lands, and not for a manifeatation of malice toward one who ahows bia confidence in Modoc : county by investing money in some of mat county a oest lanes. Verv truly. w. Lair Tbomoaon. Bert Kusk and Miss Minnie Hender son, of New Pine Creek, Sunday were married at tbat place. Both are quite v l I knnnn in thA v.llv and hftVA Orearon , numerous friends who join in eitend Valley i ing congratulations. Twin Valley Land Co. : Incorporated C. R. BLOOD, Ast. Sec; C. O. MISENER, Cen. Agt. We have for sale: Orchard and Alfalfa Lands Farm Lands, Timber Lands Homesteads and Desert Lands Special attention driven to O.V.L. Land Holdings We are agents for The F airport Town & Land Co. FAIR PORT TOWN LOTS now on sale. Make your selection before the best ones are sold. A big investment for a small amount of money. Miller of tbe Fairport Town and Land company said : "There are but few people in Reno ! who have any conception of tbe value and beauty of the country surrounding tbe new town of Falrport. "I don't think tbat you can find its equal for aoil and all the factors which go to make up a prosperous com munity anywhere in tbe country. "Golden Goose Lake valley is on the threshold of an awakening which will bring it tame ana wealth. You can buy good fruit lands with water in the valley between seventy-five and two hundred dollars per acre which will be worth $750 per acre in five years if planted in apple trees. They have never smudged up there and in spite of thia have never suffered a total lose by frosts in thirty two years. "Across tbe Iske there are more ! than 50,000 acrea of land upon which I fine crops can be grown without irriga tion. Tbia Is not a tald assertion, but j a trip to Mr Hanson's ranch, where be I baa over four hundred acrea in grain, j will prove this. These lands can be secured for from twenty-five to thirty- five dollars per acre. Within two years ; I don't believe you will be able to buy 1 an acre of it for less than one hundred dollars. i "I know of no place In the west I wiiich offers the live industrious home ' seeker as good an opportunity to make , good as this country. IF YOU OWN A SADDLE HOUSE don't spoil him with u poor ly fitting Huddle. Get one of ours which will he com fortuhle for the horse and you too. There will he no thntiiiit or Kitllliiff, no sore ness. We sell only harness that is us good in service us it Is In looks. The cata logue house kind that so seldom comes up to repre sentitlon bus no place In this shop. E. F. CHENE Y LkKEVlEVJ OREGON Case Not Reversed We are advised by W. Lair Thomp son, attorney for Geo. H. Small, tbat the statement appearing in lant week's Examiner which was taken from the Sil ver Lake Leader that the Supreme Court had reversed the decision of the Circuit Court in the $50,000 damage suit brought by the Porters against Small, is erroneous. The Circuit Court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff's complaint, and the Supreme Court in a decision rendered last spring upheld the Circuit Court in thia decision, the Supreme Court in a strong opinion re fusing to hold a citizen liatle in dam ages for taking possesaion of and using water under a decree of Court. The plaintiff and appellant filed a petition lor the rehearing in the Supreme Court, and after the matter had been fully argued a second time the Court refused to reside from its former posi tion, and klill holds that Small is not liable In tne $50,000 damage suit. The Supreme Court, however, did not modify its former opinion to the extent of holding that the damage action would lie for the year 1909, after the decree in the original case of Hough vs. Porter had been entered, If Small used the water during that year. The actual damage for the year 1J09 is one in one fiftn of the oases $100 and in other $2,037. Aid Visits Davis Creek Last Thursday morning about twenty-five of the memliers of the Laaiee Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church took the train for Davis Creek to be the gueata for 'ha day of Mra. Leslie Seager. They weni warmly received and royally entertained r.y Mr. and Mra. Seager. At nooo a fine chicken dinner waa served, and in tbe afternoon the members of the Ladies Aid Society of Davis Creek rsme in bringing straw berries, ice cream and cake. In the ev ening the tired but happy crowd re turned declaring it waa a day well spent. Tbey will long remember the kindness of their host and hostess and the ladies of the Aid Society. The following ladiea composed the party: Mesdames H. P. Csmpoell, J. G. Campbell, Cummins, Corbett, Re hart. Koozer, Webster, N. J. Wborton, Geo. Wborton, Willits, Struck, Rey nolds, Vandervort, Dunlap, O'Neill, Everett, Barry, Wood, Morgan, and Simmons. Mrs. Msgilton and Mrs Harry Bailey alio aocompnied them and were tbe gueeU of Mrs. Dutton at tbe hotel ? MOST FEASIBLE ROUTE Property Optioned Alturaa Plaindealer: R. R. Erwin and G. H. Kobl i of Berkeley represent ing lower country capitalists have op Honed the J. M. Kirkpatnck rjroerty at Willow Ranch consisting of 1500 acrea at $40 an acre according to tbe Bee. We are informed they have also optioned the Monore 760 acres adjoin ing at 100 an acre and two other small er tracts, ir me aeai goes through aa expected a large reservoir will be put in lower Fsndsngo and the property below put in thorough cultivation. We are further creditably informed that the N.-C.-O. will put a branch from Willow Ranch into Fandango to move the lumber and timber. T. F. Dun way ana party went over trie survey of the proposed line Sundsy the 7th and expressed himself aa well pleased with it. Gets Life Certificate Professor J . F. Burgess, who for the past three school years hss been city superintendent of Lakeview, thia week received a life certificate for Oregon, for which he applied at the last teach ers' examination in June. Prof. Bur gess' examination covered twenty four branches and his general average reached the flattering msrk of 89 per cent When first coming to Lakeview Prot. Burgess began teaching on a first grade certificate, which qualifications were ample as it was but a district school doing high school work. He tendered bis resignation to the school board last Spring and decided to apply for a life certificate, the success of which is crowned with tbe certificate of perpetual right that he now holds. Expects Big Crowd The Klama th Herald quotes Mr. Chapman, ot the Portland Pathfinding party, as follows, taken from bis ad dress at Klamath Falls: Mr. Chapman said tbat he had the names of 300 men who may go from the north to Lakeview in August, and while he did not expect that all would be able to go, he hoped to have the greater part of them. Lakeview, he said, expects from 1,000 to 2.000 visi tors at this time, which would show the importance of the meeting. He un derwood that Klamath Falls wanted the next meeting of tbe League, and from the expressions and information he had gleaned on the trip, be said that be believed that this city would get it. Concluded from pngv 1 and his party. However, it will be nice for Some of the visitors to the Develop ment League Meeting to come from Bend via Burns, but It la unreasonable to expect tbat this route would receive the official stamp of Mr. Peck aa the fesible one for a trans-state road. While here Mr. Dodson thoroughly ac quainted him with the road from bare to Bend by way of Sliver Lake, which la absolutely the moat feasible route across the tate and the ahorteat. Mr. Dodson drove I rem Lakeview to The Dalles over this same road when he at tended the Elks Reunion, and made the drlva In two daya. They returned to Lakeview Tuesday evening and yesterday left for Bend. Thanks to V. L. Hnellwg, who accompanied the party to Klam ath rails and returned with them, Mr. Beck will get to see this route which beyond question is tbe shortest ana most feasible one acroae the stste. Mr. Beck waa a "triflai bitter toward the condition of some of tbe roads In this county, but In goneral was greatly pleased with this large and fertile val ley and we reaaonably expect that his report will be most favorable about thia aection. With a little work In tbe right direction It should be an easy matter to secure the tulk of the auto mobile tourist travel through Esstern Oregon on aouount of tho alignt ex pense necessary to put the roada In this section ot the state In good eonditoln, and In view of the frightful condition of the roada west of the mountains. LED AN EVENTFUL LIFE Conclmled from piige 1. worth waa recognised, and in 190.1 he received the appointment aa register of the U. S. Land Office at this plsce. He served one term In the office with much credit and was reappointed for a second, but on account of failing health he resigned in Msy, 190!). He spent the following Winter in Califuraia and on his return had apparently regained his health, devoting bia time after wards to his property interests. In 1904 he was married to Mrs. Cor nelia Knox, of Lakeview, w o, to gether with a daughter, Mrs. Bertha Boyd, of Belllngham, Wash., and a son, B. C. Watson, of San Franeiaco, sur vives him. At the time of his death Mr. Watson was a member of Gen. O. M. Mitchell Post, G. A. K., of Reno, of the Mas onic Order of Paisley, and of Aahland Lodge No. W-l. B.P.O.E. At one time he was Commander of Halleck Post, G. A. K of Chlco, CeL The funeral took plaee at Chico Fri day, July li, under the auspices of the lodge of Elks at that place, a delega tion from his home lodge accompanied the remains from Ashland. Those who knew him best were ins most lovat friends. N.-C.-O. Excursion Sunday The next rail excursion out of Lake view is scheduled for New Pine Creek and Fairport next Sunday. The fare will be one half price or $1.00 for the round trip. A feature of tbe excursion will be boating on Sunset Lake from Fairport. A gasoline launch will be ready to give ridea on the water to all who wish to Indulge in that enjoy ment. A baseball game between the New Pine Creek and Laaeview nines will take place in the afternoon at New Pine Creek. The time schedule will be the esme aa the former excursion, train leaving Lakeview at 9 o'clock in the morning and New Pine Creek on the return at 5:30 in the evening. The atate line town promiaea the Dest for the visitors and nre advertising refreshments on tbe grounds and chicken dinners all over town, numerous lakeview peo ple are contemplating on taking advan tage of the excursion to visit their neighbors on the south and the plea sures of a day's outing. PROGRAM IS OUTLINED New Homestead Rules Secretary of the Interior Walter L. Fiaher July 18, began the enforcement of the new homestead law which re duces the area of required cultivation where entrymen need relief. The re ouired residence period bIho is reduced to three yeara. Absence from the land f ii . . i it . . , iui iiuv inuio man live momns in one continuous residence during the re luaiiunK i'ui nun ui me mree year , per- ioa must oe shown. Credit for the three year period must begin from actual residence. proof must be submitted within five years ('llIHuuHnn fnm U ww.....,uu mice years, countli.g irom aaie or entry, is required, includ ing actual cultivation of not less than one sixteenth of the land beolnnl with the second year and no less than one-eight, beginning with tho third year and until linul proof. Solace Circle Call Meeting A Special Meeting of Solace Circle No. 374, W.O.W. will be held next weunesaay, July 31st. All members are requested to be present. Mrs. Mairiflu liernard C V Ida Unilimih, Clerk. Cootiuii'd from first page Presiding Oftloer Dr. James Whltj oombe. Address-Prof. II. 1). Scuilder, soil expert, Oregon Agricultural College. Address -Prof. H. L, Kent, dairy expert, Oregtn Agricultural college. Addraa-C. 8. Hudson, Cashier First National Bank, Kend-Establishment of creiiit for farmers. Address-P. V. Lively, Vice Presi dent and General Manager of Portland Stock Yarda-llogs. Question Box. Reports by farmers. Remsrks and Visiting Business Men's Excursion to New Pine lrek: lunch will be served, foil iwed by toaats by representatives of visiting commmeroial organisations; toast masters. Open oessinn of Convention -4 P. M. Presiding Ofncer-C. C. Chapman, Honorary Vice President. Continuation of discussion of reootn mendationa by the Stste Engineer and reports of Resolutions Committee. 5 P. M.-8ut jeer. Publicity and Ex hibits. Remarks by W. E. Coman, Hill Llnea In Oregon: Wm. McMurray of Harri man Llnea. : D. J. Rricker of North em Pacifio Railway: K W. Graham of Great Northern Railway and other representatives of railroad immigra tion bureaus and land produela ahows. Report by Resolutions Committee of Resolutions concerning Putllrlty ami Exhibit Work. Finsl Session of Convention-8 P.M. Subject-Goo I Roads. Presldlog Officer, Judge W. S. Wor den, Vice President. Add rese The Grange Good Roada Bills C. A. Spenee, Msster of the State Grange. Address-The llarmonv Good Roada Bills- C. T. Prall, President Of Ore gon Association for Highway Improve ment. Dlacussion. Report by resolutions Committee of Good Roads resolutions. Report by re-olut ons Committee of Platform for ensuing year. Election of Officers -President, two Vice Presidents: four honorary vice presidenta to act aa Advisory Com mittee to !the Lesgue; treasurer and aecretary. Selection of next meeting place. Installation of new officers, and re marks. Farewell Address V. L. Knelling, of Lakeview. Adiournment. The following sub-committees have been appointed by the General "Com roittee to act In tbe various capacities signed ttum : Accomodations: Mrs. W. H. Shirk, Mrs. W. M. Hsrvey, Walter Drenkel and S. A. Mushen. Finance: A. K. Morence, G. B. Whorton and Cobb Henkle. Transportation : E. K. Rinehart, Jr'. M. Miller, T. E. Bernard, J. Charles Smith and J. B. Auten. Luncheons: F. O Ablstrnm, Lulu McKendree. D. J. Wilcox. Delia Cobb, Mrs. A. L. Thornton, J. M. Klynn, T. S. Farrell, W. B. Snider, P. S. Cum mins and W. P. Dykeman. Local Celebration: Lee Beall. J. S. Lane, Elmer Ahlstrom, E. H. Smith and D. P. Malloy. Music: A. W. Orton, Mra. Norin, Mrs. L. F. (Conn, JMrs. Smith and Dr. E. u. Everett. Agricultural disulay: W. H. J. F. Hansonand W. H. Drenkel. Reception Committee : E. L. Brit ten. B. Daly, W. H. Shirk, F. P. Light. L. F. Conn, M. B. Hioe, A. L. Thorn ton. Harry Bailey, W. P. Heryford. Chas. Umbach, F. P. Cronemiller, V. L. Snelling, R. E.. Koozer. J. P. Dod aon, and E. M. Brattain. fAs a method for the distrltutlon of funds for the various committees. rule has been made that no committee chairman will be authorized to Incur any expense until auch time as it baa been authorized bv the General Com mittee composed of W. Lair Thompson. G. W. Rice, and Mrs E. E. Rinehart E. L. Britten has been appointed by tne committee to act raa JMisbursing and auditing agent and a treasurer will be appointed later to care for the funds entrusted to him. Jonas E. 11-Shirk, Mrp. oorn nunrmv, July 'J.I, to Mr. and Mra. Henry Mendell, a son. Young Couple Married A ceremony was performed Tuesday at 10 o'cloi k a. m. at the home of Mra. RuaBel on Dewev street whloh made the happy hearts of George Lewia Ake and Mies Geneva Pomdexter beat aa one. Rev. John Telfer, of San Jose, Cal., officiated at tbe oeremony. The bride ia a resident of Alturaa and a daughter of Mr. and Mra. J. D. Pom dexter. Mr. Poindexter la ex-marshal of Alturas and the family la well known in Lakeview and vicinity. Mr. Ake came here about two yeara ago from Payne, Indiana, and ia a brickmaaon. having been employed In Lakeview and Alturaa since bia arrival. He is now foreman of the brick laying crew on the Heryford building. He recently filed on a homestead near the ml-.lh d of the lake, The coupl have guid ed prominence in the younger set ind have a host of frierjds who w'sh tlmm tbd bust success through life.