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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1913)
I Real Estate For Sale and Its PRODUCTS 10-inch tlry Wood, at our Wood Yard, per cord $7 00 4-foot Limb Wood, at our Wood Yard, per cord, 5 00 Potatoes, delivered in town, per Hack .' 1 00 Hay, in Hani at our Hunch, per ton, 7 00 About f) tons of Hay in stack, per ton 6 00 "We Sell The Real Earth" O'NEILL & DUNLAP GENERAL REAL ESTATE Lakeview : Oregon More Bargain Just received, for quick sale, some of the best Valley Land at the following bargains, viz., $12.50 per acre: QQ Acre In HectlonJlO, Township 30, Range 19 820 " 22, 39, 19. A 80 240 160 22. 28, 3, 39, 88, 19 19 19 Per Acre xnfcc Count? Crnmtncr Thursday, jamiauy ::. ihi:i. BRIEF MENTION Ritlnler mad Lakeview fumou. llaiiilltiio llrown School Hhoo nil kIkh. Mercantile Co. Chickens for ssle. Bee II. H. Hahn, Nonb Lakeview. 21. Or. J. I. Russell and wife have moved Into the Henry Newell house on Writ it reel. C. M. Sam, the Summer and Abert lake borai king, wae'a business viaitor in our city laat week. The Tea Cup club of the Rebekah lodge will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mra. H. W. Morgan. A match haa been announced be tween Jack Johnion and At Palter for the world'a champloiuhlp on the night of June 25 in Peris. G. W. Rice, chief engineer of the O. V.L. Company returned Sunday from Portland where he went to attend the Irrigation Congreia. On page two of thia Issue of the Ex aminer la a complete lit of the resolu tiona adopted at the Oregrn Wool grower' Association which recently convened at Vale. Raymond Turner, aon of ex-Supervia-or Geo. Turner, and i bride returned thin week from tnuntha honeymoon trip to the lower country, aaya the Altura Plaindealer. Wm. F. Payne, real eatate dealer, returned Sunday from San r'rsncicso. lie went down with tt.e intention of spending the winter but on account of the cold and diiagreeahle weather there decided to return to a good climate. A aubacriber of Grand F'orka, N. D., who recently aent in hie renewal to the Examiner, aaya he ia peeking a new location ea on January 12 1913. it waa 4 degreee below zero at hi home town. Who would blame him? If you hear a bombardment from a cries of firearm consisting of 22'a, ahotgun. etc., these bright night don't think the Inaurrectoa have come to town. It'a only the local iporta shooting iack rabbit in the western and southern outskirts of town. Well Lounsterry was found guiltv by the federal court at Kansas City and sentenced to seven and one half yeara In prison for robbing a mail car last August in Kansas. He waa a re sident of Merifora where he and his wife were held in good esteem. Thomas McCuater has been recom mended for the appointment of Post master of Portland, to till the vacancy caused by the death of C. B. Merrick last August In Lakeview. Nothing ia being left undone by the Oregon Bull Moose rs to prevent McCuster from being appointed. Alturaa Plaindealer: Snow ia re ported 7 feet deep at High Grade, but development work on half a dozen properties ia going right along. A large force of men, In the aggregate, are employed and the prospects are very flattering. Indeed, in all proper ties values increase with depth and miners are greatly encouraged. Raymond Poincaire who for the past twelve months haa been premier of the French cabinet was laat week elect ed president of the Republic of France by the national assembly, in auoueiiiun to President Fallier, whose seven year term expired Feburary 18. The wildest confusion, out of which arose two chal lenges to duels, marked the casting of the ballot. O. E. Wood, former operator ot the local N.-C.-O. telegraph station and who haa been working as aent ot the Wells Fargo Express for A. L. Thorn ton, ha resigned his position and will move to the West Side shortly where he has leased a piece of land from L. A. Carriker. R. J. Curley of San Francisco ha teen employed by Mr. Thornton to take Mr. Wood' place hero. This ia to Inform you that a cordial invitation la extended to you personally to be present at the Methodist Church Sunday, Jan. 26. Both morning and evening your presence will be greatly appreciated. And you will be glad you came. A little girl .said the other day, "my mamma used to go to Church but she never goes any more," and as ahe said it there was a note of sadness in her tone. How many boy and girls are feeling this neglect on the part of parents? You owe it to the young of the town to be regular attendant of some church. The Methodists extend to you the opportunity in this line. Come with us and we will Jo you good. Kaliiir on ilriunth At the Hotel bur. Pearl V Ingram of the Forest Ser vice waa in Monday from the Salt creek I station. When you arc looking for drug look for Snyder & Reynolds In the llery ford building. W. J. Pitta and Nate Smith this wee left for Richmond, Cat., where they expect to locate. Deputy Sheriff K. E. Rinehart In forms us that he ba aent out thia year over 4000 nntlcea of the 1912 taxes. The 1913 tax levy for Harney County I 12 1-2 mill. Thia la within one half mill of the total levy last year. On account of the fruit loss in Calif ornia and the blow to box factoriea the Weed Lumber Company last week let out 400 of its employes. Aa a result of two deatha in Merrill last week, aaya tne Klamath Herald, a diohtneria epidemic ia feared and the publics achool have been closed. Mr. and Mra. 3. P. Mosa this week left for San Francisco and other points in Calfornia and Oregon, where they will spend the next couple of months enjoying a well-earned vacation. From the annual report of the United State Bureau of Mine come the atari ling information that a miner'a life U nuffed out with every 183.000 tona of coal mined In the United Btatea. O. L. Dunbar, of the Lakeview Mer cantile Company, and wife returned laat evening from San Francisco where he went with A. E. Florence to pur chase the Spring stock for the Mer cantile Company' store. Sleighing and coasting parties are quite fashionable in Lakeview. This section most ususlly get sufficient snow to make winter sports enioysbie, but the season thia year promises to be longer than any for tome time past. The recent heavy storms have oc casioned blizzard over all part of the Pacific Coaat. Heavy anowa are report ed at Portland and throughout the en tire Willamette and Rogue River Val leya. Seven inchea ot anow fell in Portland. A tout thirty ' young people on the east side of the Uke bsve entered into a rabbit hunt for an oyster supper. The two sides will count the scalps Satur day and the loosing team will meet the expense of the feed which will be held the same evening at Crane Creek. Cedarville Record: Thomas and Elmer McCulley arrived here yeeterdav Irom Santa Rosa. The lormer haa been down there for more than a year under medical treatment and return home Improved in health. The latter is here on a visit to his relatives. The N.-C.-O. was not alone in Its troubles last week. Train traffic in the Cascade Mountains waa badly effected and as a result the Northren Pacific has obtained permission Irom the Washington Public Service Com mission to discontinue six of the 12 transmountain train out of Seattle until February 1. Murray Heard, who for the past four yeara ha been employed aa clerk in the Bailey & Massingill store, resigned hia position last week. He will leave snorlly for California where he ex pects to locate. Murray has served his employer as an efficient clerk and has many friend here who will regret hia departure. Owing to the rt port that the Rochest er, N. Y. hotels have established exorbi tant rates to be charged during the 1913 Convention of Elka which was to have been held In that city, it is likely that the meeting will be held elsewhere. Seattle is conducting an active campaign to get the conven tion, and newspaper reports have it that Portland is also after the meeting again. The Lakeview Encampment lodge last Thursday evening initiated two members Into the tirst degree of the work. The formal ceremoniea were fol lowed by an elegant banquet at the Colorado cafe, at which Col. F. P. Light ably acted in the capacity of toast master. . Nearly thirty members were present and a general good spirit prevailed throughout the entire even ing. J. II. Tannehill returned last week from the German hospital In San Fran cisco where he went aeveral week ago to have an operation performed. We are very glad to announce that he states he is feeling much better and considers himselt benefitted by the trip. 'Mr. Tannehill baa had the misfor tune to suffer much from aicknesa the past few years and hia friends sincere ly hope that be has at last found per manent relief. Rainier on draught or in txttlc at the Brewery. 2t Dont forget the Reduction Siile now going on nt Lakevirw Mercantile Co. Don't forget that Snyder Si Reynold are in their new quarter In the Hery ford building. J. J. Monroe, a farmer of the Willow Ranch section, was up tne first of tne week on business. Gorge Storkmann and wife have moved Into the Newell bouse in the Sherlock Addition. Or. J. Irving Russell Is now perman ently located in bia offices in the rear of the Snyder & Reynolds drug store. There will be installation of officers of Lakeview Camp No. 26. W. O. W., Wednesday evening, January 29. All membera invited. Clvde Coggburn, son of Mrs. Jennie Coggburn ot the east side of the valley, returned a abort time aince from Cali fornia where be has been the past fif teen months. P. M. Cory is gning into the fancy stock business auite extensively at Newell'a station, he having shipped several fine specimens out there during the past week. Mnaoc County to our south is now on the miners! map, in 1912 it having produced $19,875 in gold a d S363 in silver. This came from the High Grade district and the Hess mine west of Alturaa. Modoc Republican: Wade Williama came down from the Lake Shore Ranch Thursday. He intoims us thst Mr. Stephens ot Goose Lake Vallev, started across the lake on the ice with his team the ice broke and one of the horse waa drowned. Wm. Carrol of Harney County, of whom mention waa recently made In the Examiner about falling in a well near Stein Mountain, will be a cripple for life, a the accident necessitated the amputati in of both feet, which was performed last week in Burn. Senator Bourne baa advised that the Forest Service at Washington has set aside various sums for the improve ment ot roads in Oregon forest reser ves. The amounts allowed include a fund of 1562 for the Drews Creek Be craft Ranch road in the Fremont Service. Articles of incorporation have been filed for the Portland and San Francisco Railroad company, the purpose of which is to build a stretch of railroad from Marshfield, Oregon to Tr'nidad, Cal. The new comanpy contemplatea the expenditure of about 114,000,000 and is bscked by eastern capitalists. This section for the past week has been getting a series of diversified weather. The latter part of last week witnessed aome of the hardest snow storms that the country haa had for several year. The snow is es imated to be about two feet deep on the level in the valley, while in the mountains it will probably average twice that depth. The past two day it haa been more clear and cold, the mercury last night hovering around the zero mark. Harney County News: The Eastern Oregon Engineering Company, which baa been heretofore a partnership, waa organized at the first of the year as an incorporation and articlea to that effect have been filed in the county clerk'a office. Thia step ia for the more satisfactory and convenient tran saction of business. The members of the Company are Aden O. and Chas. M. Faulkner and F. C. Dillard, ail well known, popular and reliable civil engineers. The Fort Bidwell News of last week say that a new lumber company lias been formed to furnish the Goose Lake and Surprise Valleys with all kinds of lumber. It will be known as the Cam bridge Lumber Company which haa been incorporated with a paid up cap ital of $10,000. The incorporators are D. O. Berry, of Alturaa, president; Henry Kober, of Fort Bidwell, vice president: and Walter R. Cambridge, of the same place, secretary, treasurer and manager. It does not lay where the mill will be located. One ot the local characters that is greatly misBed thia winter is M. D. Hopkins, who is hibernating on the ranch west of town. Thia weather no doubt reminds him of the winters of long ago, such a one as that, for in stance, when the late Joe Lane hired out to teed cattle on a ranch a few miles north of Lakeview. He started In with something over a hundred bead, and along towards what ahould have been spring, when the last head had died, he aent in word that if they wanted him to feed cattle they would have to send some more out. The funeral of the late Nathan Wil cox, who died the 11 inst.. In Califor nia, waa held Monday in Lakeview from the M. E. church, the Rev. R E. Myers officlatinu. The funeral wa to have teen held Sunday, the postpon ment being necessitated by the delay in the arrival of Saturday'a train. The funeral waa attended by a large crowd of sorrowing friends and during the ceremony Lakeview business houses closed out of respect to the deceased citizen. NEW PINE CREEK ITEMS (Ily Stuff "orrrttpoadent) Rnrn to M. and Mra. Gov MeKune. Tuesday Jan. Zlst, daughter. Mr. and Mr. J. C. freeman are en tertaining Mia Marie Sanders, of Wil low Ranch, for a few days. . Mr. Mattl. Follett has been up at ber daughter! for few daya on ac count of Master pyrrol's illness. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Wadea entertain ed fiierSd at dinner Sunday. Chaa. Leonard and wife were shop ping In few pine Creek Tueaday. James1 Atkinson is down from High Grade for mm indefinite length of time. There 'jto be a grand basket sapper and program Friday eve, Jan. 24. All are invited to prepare boxes, also the gent urged to be present to buy.. To be at Wendt'a Opera House. Miss Simmons' pupils will render a short program Friday afternoon, Jan. 24, at the Oregon school house. Dr. Ameden msde a professional trip to Davia creek Monday A. M. to attend Master Glenn Guilliams who is quite ill. We certainly are glad to have the moving picture shows again, aa we are o fortunate to be able to attend such a hieh claps grade of pictures aa Mr. Wendt furnishes. Every one seems well pleased who attend. Judge Meloy since bis stay in New Pine Creek has become greatly inter ested in the educational atfaira both in Oregon and California. Through hi kindness a party of friends bad a most enioysbie sleigh ride Tuesday eve. Mr. and Mrs. Carr chaperoned the merry party. Despite the inclement weather Fri day, Jan. 11, the Ladies' Aid met at the home of Mrs. D. W. Thorns, where a very pleasant evening was spent. Devotional services were conducted by President Miss Libbie Cannon, followed by prayer by Mre. Jessie Carr. A short but nice program was rendered. Reading, Libbie Cannon: Recitation, Mra. Blanche Cannon: Duet, Misses Jessie Carr and Mrs. Tbomss. After which the hostess served lunch, con sisting of bam sandwiches, olives, f nit salad, cake and coefle. Each guest pronounced the afternon happily spent. There were 12 present. Mr. Frank Griffith and Geo. Stevens, who have a contract to put up 400 tona of ice in the New Pine Creek station warehouse for the N.-C.-O. R. R. Co., succeeded in getting up about 30 tona up to thia writing. On account of the rough weather they had to lay off, but expect to finish their contract next week. Act on Resolutions At the convention of County Judges and commisioners of the state held last week in Portland the resolution endors ing the -proposed appointment of a highway engineer to act in an advisory capacity to the various County courts of the state road constuction was deci sively beaten. Another resolution call ing upon the legislature to pass an enabling act permitting counties to bond up to 2 per cent of their assessed valuation a constitutional amendment to which effect was carried by the votes at the general election, was carried. County Judge B. Daly of Lake county waa placed on the program to speak up on the needed legislation along county tinea, tut howas unable to attend the convention. Money In Rabbits A newa dispatch from Goooing. Idaho to the Portland Telegram says: "With two feet of anow on the ground, rabbit hunting ia the prinoipal occupation at present, and rabbits are being shipped out by the carload to the cities where they command aa high aa 76 cent apiece. Hunter get 50 cents a dozen for them here, and can make good wage at that. A big rabbit drive will be held next Satur day, when thousands will be killed to protect the cropa in the Spring." We have both anow anil the rabbits here and probsbly it would be worth while to investigate their commercial value as a Laku county ptoduct. Rearranging Stock The Bailey & Masaingill atore ia tak ing advantage of the quietnea of thia eaaon of the year and are thoroughly rearranging their large stock in con formity with plsna made last summer in enlarging their building. The dry good department ia being transferred to the north aide of the tuilding. giv ing the aouth side for groceries, shelf hardware, etc. A pleasant rest room in the rear for ladiea ha been provid ed, together with other varloua con venience and comfort for cuatomers. The atore In ail presents a handsome appearance and i a credit to the town. 500 NEW SUITING SAMPLES FOR THE SPRING SEASON 19J3 We are exclusive agents for such well known lines as: Alfred Benjamin Wanamaker & Brown H. M. Marks Priced at $15.00 to $45.00 Some New Neckwear-nifty, 50c BRITTEN & ERICKSON Our R eduction Sale Still Continues We are making Special Prices on: Ladies' Underwear Children's and Misses' Underwear Dress Goods Muslins, Sheetings, Etc, Hosiery Ladies' Sweaters Men's Wear Curtain Nets, Towels, Yams, Etc Ladies' Suits and Coats Groceries, Etc All, goods are marked in plain figures, both regular price and reduced price, so you can see for yourself by looking at the tickets. .It will pay you to investigate Lakeview Mercantile Co. Cedarville Citizen Dies T. H. Johnston a well known and highly respected citizen and bualneaa man of Cedarville, Cal. died last week while on the train near Doyle, enroot to Southern California. He was 63 year of age when death came. He bad been in the merchandise busi ness for a number of yeara In Cedar villo, and waa a member in hlgb stand ing of the Masonic lodge, onder the auspices of which the funeral was eon ducted in Cedarville. Great