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HAS THE CIRCULATION-
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REACHES THE PEOPLE
THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LAKE COUNTY
VOL. XXXI 1 1
THE WEST SIDE IS
COMINGTO FRONT
Grain Fields and Homes
Indicators of What May
Do Dono In Future
Tha area of country aggregating a
vast tract of eomethirg over 100,000
arret of farming inJ lying between
tha foothill and the ahoree of Goose
Lake, commonly termed a the "Weal
Side," la coming Into ita own.
Last Sunday an Kxamlnor reprasen
tatlve and family In company with Mr.
and Mra. A. Bleber In their splendid
new Chalmcra car made a trip over
that promising country. Tho party
topped at the Hooter ranch at Dry
Crcea where a aumptuoua and prac
tically home product dinner, consisting
of Spring cblraan with all acceaiories,
frulta, vegetablca, and berries, fresh
ly gathered from the garden and or
chard, waa enioyed. Everything on
thia place la grown absolutely dry and
the wonderful hardiness and thrift with
which vegetation la produced, devoid
of irrigation, la marvcloua. The results
are of course another Inatance where
cultivation aupplanta irrigation. There
are aome tMngs that require water to
be grown, successfully, such aa berries,
tiut the quality of tho produced dry
ia far aupcrior to thooe irrigated.
In the afternoon 'a run waa made
down to J. F. Hanson's famoua I'oint
Ranch. Thla place ia a revelation. Mr.
llanann came to thia valley from Loa
Angclea to superintend the excavation
ottheO.V.L. irrigating canal which
waa conatructed in tha year of 1910.
A little leu than two yearaago he pur
chatted the I'oint Ranch, eonaintinu of
237 acre, from tho sme company, they
having acquired it in the purchase of
the lleryfurd Land Co. holdings. In
the country Mr. Hanson anw.Jl great
future and immediately began Improv
ing hla property and getting It under
cultivation. Ilia firat experience waa
to discover that advice waa about the
cheapest thing In existence. Numerous
people told him what would grow and
what would not. Iking of a very appre
ciative and affable nature, he collected
a good eized stock of information, al
ways paving in return hla warm thanka
Continued on pagn ellit
BENSON ASPIRES
TO GOVERNORSHIP
Judge's Protege Send Out
Dispatch Statins: That
He Is Logical Candidate
The first public announcement from
sources close to Circuit Judge Henry
L. Benson of this city, that he ia in the
race for the Republican nomination for
Governor, waa reocived here yesterday
afternoon saya the Klamath Northwest
ern of August 1.
The announcement ia contained in a
dispatch to tho San J oho Mercury and
bears a I'ortland date line, but ia writ
ten by l II. McEnerv of thin city, a
close friend and protege of Judge Ben
eon. McKnery ia the Oregon correspondent
for the Sun Jose Mercury and hHndlca
ail the Oregon newa for that pHper.
It ia staled that tha Mercury diHpatch
ia re'illy the opening gun of the
Judge's candidacy and political circles
hern are In a buzz of excitement be
cause of the ditipHtoh.
Judge Benson has heretofore declin
ed to discuss his candidacy at nil, but
lust night he admitted that nu ia a re
cipient candidate for the Republican
nomination.
"1 am not an avowed ca'ndldiite for
the nomination at thia time," suid
Judge Benson yesterday.
He admitted that he haa been ap
proached by a number of leading Ore
gon Republicans and asked tu make
the race. Ilia attitudo whs noncom
mittal although giving hope to those
who would aee h'rn governor of tha
atate.
"It la true, I have been urgea to be
come a candidate for the Republican
nomination, but 1 haven't consented
to do so because I do not know what
situations will urine in the two years
before the election. If I should an
nounoe myself a candidate now, I
would have to muko a campaign from
thia time on, and considering the faot
that there are no avowed candidates
Central Oregon lnvrtmnt
I,-ugiii', Moot Jnkol'W( Aujr.
HO-IJ I 11X2.
! In the ring with whom a man can figure
hla chancta I would nt dare declare
my candidacy at thia time, even If I
should decide to run."
Judge Henry L. Hanaon, alnce com
Ipg to Oregon from California In 18X8
haa been prominent In the affalraof the
state, and haa held a number of offices.
In 181M5, he waa elected to the Legis
lature from Josephine county, and waa
chosen speaker of the house at that as
sembly, whlcn waa one of the moat
important in the blutory of the state.
Two yeare later, Hereon waa elect
ed Circuit Judge for the judicial dis
trict then composed of Josephine, Jack
son, Klamath and Lake counties. Since
that time, the district haa been chang
ed till it ia composed now ot Klamath
and Lake countiea, and Judge Benson
taking up hla residence here after hla
first election, aerved continuously on
the tench until he retired in 1908 to
take up tha practice of iaw here with
Charlea K. Stone. In 1910 he waa again
elected Circuit Judge of thia district.
YOUNG PEOPLE
WEDDED IN RENO
Ned Sherlock and Fiancee
Repair to Cupid Town
and Procure License
Stealing a march on relativea and
friends, Ned Sherlock and Misa Ger
trude liamer, of Los Angelea who has
been here visiting with her aunt, Mra.
Jonaa Norm, Monday July 25 left on
the south bound train and the next
heard from them was the latter part of
the week to the effect that they
had been married Tueaday morning,
July 30, in Reno at which place they
are ataylng, where the" groom haa
a aituation. Both the newly weda are
slightly under age, but write back that
they had not trouble in procuring the
license, as no questions were asked
them regarding their qualifications on
that score.
Ned Is the elder son of Mr. and Mra.
Unas. Sherlock, of thia city, while the -bride,
as stated tefore ia a resident of
Lea Angelea and a niece of Mra. Norin ,
and Miss Carr, who ia now viMting at
the Norin place below town. The
young couple have been frequently in
each olhera company since Mr. Sher
lock returi ed Irom school this year,
but it was not suspected their affilia
tions had become ao aerlous until the
rumors of their elopment were circu
lated. The young people have a host of
frienda who bold them in the highest
esteem and who sincerely trust that
their early marriage will result in life
long happiness for them both.
I'erhl B. Stoddard of the Conserva
tive Building and Investment Co., of
San Francisco, ia spending several days
in thia territory in the Interests of his
company. Attorney W. Lair Thomp
son is quite txtensively interested in
the company and recently made a trip
to San Francisco to examine different
phaaes ot tha concern. Mrs. Thomp
son and little daughter accompanied
him on the trip.
W. H. STORMS IS
IN HIGH GRADE
State Mineralogist of Cal
ifornia Will Meet With
Lakeview People
State Mineralogist W. H. Storms, f
California, is now in the High Grade
Mining District and ia reported that he
haa made a glowing report on the
camp.
He will be in Lakeview tomorrow
evening and at a public meeting will
discuss the varioua phases of our min
eral resources. The meeting will prob
ably be held in the court house under
the auspices of the Lakeview Commer
cial Club.
The horse belonging to A. J. Hicker
son that waa stolen from the llickerson
place at Fort Bidwell, several weeks
ago baa been traced to Burns at which
place it waa learned it had been rid
den. The officials have almost snared
the culpirt and It ia expected that he
will Boon be in custody.
LAKKV1KVV LAKE COUNTY, OREGON AUGUST 8, 1912.
RAIDERS
BOUND OVER FOR GRAND JURY'S
ACTION UNDER HEAVY BAIL
Fred Meissner, E. T. Spence and Wesley
Stephenson Run Down by OfficersTwo
Latter Make Clean Confession
As stated in last week'a issue of the
Examiner that the officiate were close
on the tract of the cojprite wh raided
J. B. Auten'a automobile that was left
on the road between here and New
Fine Creek, Saturday evening red
Meissner, who haa teen conducting an
auto stage line between here and New
Fine Creek, and E. T. Spence and Wes
ley Stephenson were placed under ar
rest by Sheriff W. O. Snider.
It appears that the evening the car
waa left by the road these three parties
came by the wreck on their way to
Lakeview in Melmner's car and they
stopped and relieved the disabled auto
of ita born. And later on their return
in the night to New Fine Creek they
stopped and took tho tirea and lamps,
and after thia waa finished they turned
the car down over the grade. Their
plunder waa taken to New Fine Creek
and bidden under the floor of Meiasner'a
tent.
During the next two days the officers
were making such a diligent investiga
tion of the case that the raiders became
alarmed and E. T. Spence exposed the
airair to J. W. Wheeler, a plumber of
New Fine Creek, with whom be bad
been asaociatedt and tried to get him
to return the parts to Auten'a car that
bad ben left, during thia time, at the
acene of tha wreck. A livery team waa
hired of J. B. McNew for tbia pjrpoae.
RAINS DESCEND i
ALL OVERCOUNTRY
Lake County Included But
Results Will Be Benefit!
To Root Crops
A heavy rain extending over nearly
every part of the County, aa well as
the tot&l country, descended upon us
. i t tl. im
last rr.uy even,... uc .a... ( mM fcy c c Chapman, manager
almost torrents for a ahort time before of the porrtand Commercial club, un
it slacked up to a drizzle, which eon- der the auspices of which the excursion
tinued throughout the night.
4i.w..i. - r.-.t5n,tiC St i. ..id to
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have caused no damage to cropa other
than hay in some localities that had not
been stacked, and in general it will
nrove ot trreat benefit to potatoes and
other root cropa aa well aa
late berries.
fruit andi
i
From nearly everv section outside of
LBice county reporia come
that heavy
damutre was done to all crops caused
by accompanying hail which in places .
riddled fruita and grama,
Several
places experienced cloudbursts
heavy electrical storms that bore
Bncj
des -
truction to property and in some
stances caused the loss of lives.
in-
The Reno Journal records a torrential
rain that fell in that section the same,
day, and stated that among the farmers
and fruit growera the damage
n,tll
amount to a heavy losa as grain was
battered to tbe ground, applea knocked
from the treea and onion fields ruined.
The same report cornea from the far
ther East and from different parta of
the Pacific Coast.
In thia valley Sunday tbe weather
cleared off with a bright and warm
sunshine and in general the farmers are
jubilant over the results of the storm.
Government Lands
By the courtesy of Register A. W.
Ortun, of the U. S. Land Office, we
are furnished the following list, of the
total amount of land in acres, entered
and relinquished in Lakeview Land
District for the month of July, 1912.
Land entered: Lake County,' 13,
28G.85; KUmath County, 1.720 Crook
County, 1,320.
Land relinquished: Lake County,
4,489 89; Klamath County, 320 : Crook
County, 1,920.
Totals; Lake County 8.787.9G;
Klamath County, 4,100; Crook County,
1600.
but when Mr. Wheeler realized the
precarious poitltion that be waa placing
himself in, lefused to act, and the
parts were returned by Meissner and
Spence.
It seems that Wheeler bad noised
thla Information around aomewhat and
Saturday, during the absence of Sheriff
Snider t Clover f lat. Constable Whor
ton went to New Pine Creek, and secur
ed the story from him, ana notified the
sheriff, who immediately ulaced tne
offenders under arrest. In the mean
time Sheriff Snider approached both
Spence and Stephenson, who were al
ready suspected, and tried to get a con
fession from tbem. They remained
retlcient, however, until the last and
emphatically denied of having been im
plicated or of having any intelligence
in the matter. After arrest they both
stated the case aa similar to the above
facta, but it baa been abown that Step
henson waa least implicated in the
affair aa be remained in the Meissner
car while Spence and Meissner dea
tructed the macihne.
They were given a preliminary bear
nig Monday before the Juatice Court
and were bound over to await action
of the grand jury. Both Meissner and
S pence were held under bail in the aum
of $2500 each and Stephenson ia held
under S1000 bail. Aa yet bail in neith
er caae baa been secured and the three
are In the cou..ty bastile.
PATHFINDER PARTY
OUTLINES ROUTE
Four Tours Mapped Out
For Portland ueiegaxion
To Reach Lakeview
Announcement of the four routes to
be offered. in the excursions to the Cen
tral Oregon Development League con
vention in Lakeview, August 21 and 22, ,;
is to be conducted, aays tne uregonian,
The routes were sought out ty
were sought out cy Mr.
Chapman and hie party of "path
finders" in their recent automobile trip
to Lakeview, with a special eye to
carrying the visitors from Portland
through the most delighful portions of
Central Oregon.
To those who have not yet had the
opporiumy 10 uiu&e uio wijj iu lw
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sion is bound to be one of wonder and
1 pleasure, ior mere are seeing wonueti
, along tne routes rnosen, vwncu are noi
' t0 oe equalled in any other part ot the
world.
In detail, tbe routes ofTerded in the
propuaea excursion w, u us iouows ;
m Tour No. 1-Nieull Days
j ; ..III i. X.. 1 1 -
io expense, . ....,...
m:),tJ UlilCH . UV IOIIi . Vlll.llU v Wliu
August 18; by automobile, Bend to
Lakeview, via LaPine, Fremont,
Fort Iloek, Silver Lake, Summer Lake
and Paisley. 179.5 miles, August 19-20:
at Lakeview and on excursions to New
Pine Creek and Drewa Valley, two
round trips, 75 miles, August 21-22:
Lakeview to Klamath Falls, August
23: Harriman Lodge and Pelican Bay
via steamboat, autos brought around
by road 81.6" miles, August 24: Crater
Lake and return, via Fort Klamath,
88.6 miles, August 25; to Bend, via
Crescent and LaPine, 135.2 miles,
August 26: to Portland via rail, night
of August 26; arrive Portland morning
August 27.
Tour No. 2 Ten Full Days.
Total expense, $117.25; total auto
mobile mileage 772.3; Portland to Red
mond, by rail August 17; Redmond to
Prinevilie, by autu 17.7 miles, evening
of August 17; Prinevilie tu Burns, via
Paulina and Buck Mountain, 148.5
ruilts, August 18; Burna to "P" Ranch
or Blitzen Valley, via Harney Valley
new oil fields and The Narrows, 61. b
Central Oregon lcvHoimr
League, Met lakevlcw, Aug.
yo-ui-ua, U12.
miles, August 1; "F" Ranch to Lake
view, via Warner Mountain and Plusb,
114.6 miles, August 20; Lakeview and
on excursions to New Pine Creek and
Drews Valley, two round trips, 75
miles, August 21-22; Harritnan Lodge
and Pelican Bay, via steamboat, autos
brought around by road, 31.6 miles,
August 24: Crater Lake and return,
via Fort Klamath 88.6 miles. August
25; to Bend via Crescent and LaPine,
135.2 miles, August 26: to Portland,
via rail, night of August 26, arrive
Portland, morning August 27. Side
trips if desired : To Adel along War
ner Lake instead of direct from Flush
to Lakeview, extra mileage 16; to
Bonanza, extra mileage, 28.
Tour No. 31 en Full Days.
Total exoense. f 137.20; total auto
mileage, 995 : Portland to the Dallea,
bv rail, eveninsr. August 17: The
Dallea to Prinevilie, by auto, via uu
fur, Tygb Valley, Juniper flat, Man
pin, Shar.iko, Antelope, Agency Plains
Continued on page eight
PAPERS OF STATE
ADVERTISE MEET
Oreeronlan Says Interest
Evidenced by the Large
Number of Reservations
Tbe good and effective boosting that
the Oregonian and other papers are do
ing for tbe Central Oregon Develop
ment League meeting in Lakeview is a
moat commendable apirit on their parta
and these courtesies are highly appre
ciated by tbe citizens of Lakeview and
Lake county. Thia ' from Tuesday's
Oregonian:
"The excuraion to Lakeview by tbe
Central Oreeon Development League
convention in August offers business
men of Portland an exceptional op
portunity to study at first haid the
wonderful territory east of tbe Cas
cades, the development of which ia to
open to Portland one of tbe moat im
portant markets," eaid S. C. Pier, of
the Marshall-Wells Company yester
day. "Mercbarta of Portland, as a rule,
are almost entirely unfamiliar with the
resources that lie in Central Oregon
counties, and tbia excursion will bave
for us an educational value that cannot
be over estimated. I bave attended
both of the previous conventions, one
in Prinevilie and one in Burns, and X
hall ro everv time the opportunity ia
offered.
"In our business here in Portland j
we can feel every day the perceptible
effects from the steady growth that ia
going on in Central Oregon, and I be
lieve there ia not a jobber in Portland
who can afford to miHB the trip there.
In August, to get In personal touch
with the people of that section."
That thia view is shared by tbe busi
ness men in general in this city, ia evi
denced by the increasing amount of
reservations for the trip that are com
ing in daily to the office of the Com
mercial Club Promotion Bureau. Many
of the business men are arransing to
make the trip to Lakeview by automo
bile from th ; Dallea.
W. P. OFFICIAL
VISITS LAKEVIEW
Makes Tour of West Side
Country and Is Very En
thusiastic
E. S. Reader, freight and passenger
agent of the Western Pacific, arrived
in Lakeview thia week and Tuesday
aa taken over the West Side country
by G. W. Rice in bia car. Mr. Reader
has visited us before, and while the
principal object of thia trip ia to work
up traffic from thia section, he ia mak
ing a thorough investigation of local
conditiona. He ia verv enthusiastic and
predicts a railroad for the West Side
before many years.
He stated tbat he would return to
Lakeview to be present tt the meeting
of tbe Central Oregon Development
League.
Mra. Ralph Day, of Alturaa who haa
been here the past few days visiting
with relativea thia week returned to
her home.
NO. 32
HFG0N TRUNK IS
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10 COME SOUTH
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Goose ;ake Valley and Pit
River Canyon Gives the
Best Outlet
Persistent reports are being heard
that the Oregon Trunk ia preparing to
extend ita railroad south from Bend.
While these reports come from reliable
authority, no announcement has been -officially
made by tb railroad com
pany, and it haa been impossible to
verify tbe retorta. '
The Inter mountain, a newspaper
published at La Pine, which ia on tbe
survey south of Bend, prints a story to
tbe effect tbat work baa commenced
out of Bend, and tbat tbe crew of sur
veyors baa arrived and are waiting or
ders to be sent our on tbe right of way.
Tbe atory ia aa follows :
"Neal Sly, one of the La Pine coun
try'a most prominent stockmen, an
nounced today noon, upon bia arrival
from Bend, where be spent tbe. night,
tbat be secured absolute evidence while
there that the Oregon Trunk engineers
were in town waiting for orders to be
sent out on the right of way south to
La Pine. He aald further that be aaw
Toungatrom, a sub-contractor for Me
Fee, in town, and learned that he had
rented office rooms. Whet) leaving ,
town thia morning a gang of Italians,
who came two weeks ago, were at work
on the end of the road near toe stock--yards.
Two carloads of ateel rails and
a big steam shovel, which were palled ,
into Bend on the same train with tbe
workmen, are still atanding on a aide
track in the yarda."
Fortunately the geographical location
of the Goose Lake Valley gives it the
most feanible outlet for tbe proposed
extension of thia line, as tbe best con
firmed railroad grade in existence ia
from Bend south tntoaga Lake'County. '
and the Pit river canyon affoida an.
easy exit to the South. It ia plain to
tbe bystander tbat this rumor will some
day be realized. . Owing to the logical
situation, the tapping of the richest
valleys in Central Oregon, and tbe
necessity of the Oregon Trunk extend
ing aouth for outside connection, it is
reasonable to believe tbat the Inevit
able will happen.
CULTIVATION'S.
IRRIGATION
Thos. Sherlock Plants. ao
Acres of Apple Trees at
Davis Creek
Thos. H. Sherlock, of Davis Creek,
who has a wide acquaintance m xni
section, Saturday came up on a abort
visit with bis brother C. E. Sherlock
and family and Lakeview triends.
About a year ago Mr. Sherlock
bought the Harry Barker place at Da
vis Creek, and has built a new house
and ia fixing up a splendid home. MrJL
Sherlock informed us that his ideas of
buying the place were scorned by wanv
at first but his accomplishments have
aince convinced the Bkepties. Last
spring he planted thirty acrea of apple
trees, which includes varietie8 of the
Winter Banana Newtown Pippin, Deli
cious, Roan Beauty, and Black Twig.
He says they are doing nicely and up
to this time has given them no artifical
irrigation. Although he haa ample
water for irrigation purposes, Mr.
Sherlock ia a stern believer in cultiva- .
tion rather than irrigation, and is of
the opinion tbat many people use too
much water. He aays tbe only place
he has ceen compelled to use wat-r
this year was on tbe old orchard and'
this waa necesaarv because the land
had been irrigated too extensively in
the past, which baa taken the nutrition
out of the soil, however, this he thinks
will be restored by the use of fertilize
era and cultivation.
Mr. Sherlock states the truit crop
on the East Side looks most promising
and predicts that there will be con
siderable fruit to be shipped out thia
season.
Mrs. Tom Heard and son Carwin,
of Lake City, Cal., tbia week passed
through Lakeview enroute to Mvrtle
Creek, where they will locate. Mra.
Heard is an old time friend c' Mra.
T. B. Vernon, of thia place and while
in Lakeview waa a guest at ber borne.