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I I- HAS THE CIRCULATION- PRINTS THE NEWS- REACHES THE PEOPLE mm THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LAKE COUNTY VOL. XXXI V. LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 10, 1913. NO. 15 ANTLERS INVADE RENO THIRTY-SEVEN TICKETS WERE SOLD FOR N.-C.-0. EXCURSION Several B. P. O. Elks and twelve candidates journey to Reno where they receive most hospitable and royal treatment That which proTod the molt pleasant ml Joyous trip ever taken by the par ticipant waa the Klka excursion last Thursday morning over the N.-C-O. Railway to Reno. At least such wn the unl vernal verdict of all who had the good fortune to enjoy the trip. The two important thinK responsible for thia success whs the genial crowd that constituted Lakeview 'a delegation and the princely bunch they encounter ed In the Nevada metropolis. For thia hospitable treatment from those good fellowi they have further strengthened the tie that blnda Lakeview, Oregon to Iteno, Novadu. During the two days of ticket sales. April 3 and 4, there were;37 tickrt sold t the local depot. Among thu hard horna who went from i.akview to chap eron the nervous and timid candidatea were Col. F. P. Light, better and more commonly known upon return an, "Old Silver Tip." Dr. E. H. Smith, J. F. Hanson. J. D. Heryford. F. O. Ahl atrorn, W. Keople Harry, F. O. Hunt ing. I Ivy Bailey, If. P. M alloy, and M. D. Rice. These telcrans were aug umunted at Fairport by another exper ienced member of the her t in the person of V. L. Smiling; at Da vis Creek by L. K. Senger and at Alturai by George C. Turner of Surprise Val ley, doth of whom were also ullilliited with the order. The lint of ten cnnuiilntes who board ed the train nt Lakevie wns ronstltu ted of T. E. Bernard. L. F. Conn, Ralph 1". Kouzer, Norman (J. Jacobxon, Robt. I.. Weir, Tom Flynn, W. tJ. Uyke tnan, D. L. Rice and S. I'. Dicks, Jonas Norin having joined the purty at the Stock Yards a few miles below town. At Ahuraa Lou McCulley of Surprise DEATH HAS CALLED ANOTHjRPIONEER Byron F. Cooper Dies at the Ripe Age of 83 Years In the death of Bryun F. Cooper Sunday, April G, Luke County Inst one of ita oldest pioneers. Deceatie l had been ill abuut three woeks at the home of hia daughter, Mrs. J. C. Dodson, in thia city and the end came peacefully. Ilia illness coupled with old age was the cause of death. The funeral ceremony was conducted Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock from the Dodson residence on Water Street, and the body interred in the I.U.O.h. cemetery. Byrun F. Cooper was born in New York State, July 20, 1829 being at the time of his death 83 years, 8 months and 16 days of age. From hia native atate he removed to Wisconsin where he lived a few years after which he came west to California, nettling at Orlands. He later came to Center ville, Modoc County where he resided .for several years and at which place his wife died. He removed from Modoc County to Warner Valley in the early days when the controversy first arose over settlors acquiring lands in that part of this county. He leaves to mourn his death tour children all of whom are living, they being Will Cooper of Santa Rosa, Cal., Mrs. T. B. Wakefield; Mrs. John Wblker of Warner Valley and Mrs. J. C. Dod.'on of this city. He was a man with a keen ktrlpe of the pioneer who united sound sense with strong convictions, and a eandid outspoken tumper, eminently fitted lo mould the under elements of pioneer society into form and conslbtency. He passed the ripe age of life and wearied with life's dutei and cares, weary of Valley and Walter Sherlock were ready to board the train, which made an even dozen that were awaiting tho painful ordeal of each having a set of horna titled. - ... - At soon aa the train arrived in Reno which was on schedule time C:5.r, the shy candidates saw the hopelessness of even trying to keep in aignalmg dis tance of those who had been through the mill. Not being on to the ropes, as it were, the tenderfoots were occas ioned no little anxiety for fenr their chapreons would luke too much liberty in such a large and luxurious grazing preserve a..d get run in for trespasting. Their feara were soon dispe led. however, when they noted the confi dent step with which those bushy long horns treated through the winding paths which invariably led to a little better grazing spot than that which they left behind. Somehow tbOHe lusty leadears acquired the key to the city, which at the time set-mtd an impossible thing to the would-bes. But when we found out the genial and generous spirit of the Reno citizens, we swelled up with priiie and believed we could have had it even before they. Tho first evening machines were pro vided for the visitors to convey them to Moana Spring where a ten round bout took place between Roy Taylor of Virginia City and Juck Drumgoule of . Chicago for the chitmpionship of the state of Nevada. The decision was a ' draw which was a rource of enneider 1 able comment, tiut the Lukeview crowd j was too btiHy to lose much time in din cunning such a Tilling matter as a prize fight. Friday evening all members of the I 'out lulled on ml ire eight J. C. DODSON HAS GOUJJBIJSINESS Local Man Has Faith In Cattle Raising- In New Mexico J. C. IVjdann, who U now engaged in the cattle businc-is in New Mexico, gave an Examiner representative a brief outline of conditions in bis new location during his May in Lakevlew last week. Mr. Dodon states that range conditions in New Mexico, that is to far as the section of Lordsbury ia concerned, is far iuirior to those ot Lake county, inittiinucn aa cattle do well the entire vexr without being fed. The only danger in from drouth, and that has not occurred in 20 years. The cattlu industry is devoted entirely to the raining of culven and yearlings, as the runge is not autlicient for fattening beef. i 'lhe increase is disposed of regularly each year, in tact at no time of year , is the rangH devoid of buyers. While tr.ere is plenty of range, yet in estima ting the amount of land necessary to run a bunch rf cuttle it ia generally considered that a sectfon of land will . keep 20 head. Mr. Dodson and hhbo- ! elates bought an outfit of some 12,000 :or 15,000 head, and their range covers a large area of territory. I The cat tin d i -t .etch the size of I northern reluct ciittl.i. although tney are much largr t an those of old .Mexico and itner v arttur climates. j Alt', Lditjjtill to m'.i pleased with his new location, m.d i of the opinion that ! it is an excellent CHintry in which to I "make a t tukt. " waiting, he l.iy -jwi to rest. "Tired! jm o tired dear, I thi:!l soundly eioep ti night, With never a uream and never a fenr To wake In the morning light." HARDWARE MAN TURNSJNVENTOR J. B. Auten Has Applied for Patent on Shock-Absorber J. B. Auten is the happy inventor of a shock-absorber for one on autom ibiles that he thinks will revolutionize the in dustry and prove of untold worth in adding to the pleasures of the motor car in general. While it is possible that there are similar affairs on the market, yet the simplicity of Mr. Autena's patent ia what be relies upon to bring him untold wealth. He bas been working on the model for some time past, and a few weeks aince ap plied for patent thereon. This week he received word that the patent had been allowed, and now all that remains to be done is to get the different manu- ' facturera to adopt it. or else erect a j factory and market the output. The Westinghouse people are now experimenting with a new form of air spring for trucks, and the importance ! of the invention ia known when it is expected that the spring will even tually do away with the pneumatic tire. Should Mr. Auten'a invention prove equally effective he will soon be rolling in wesllh so deep that he will be unable to recognize us ordinary mortals. However, all who know him wish him'unbounded success in hia un dertaking, while those who are fortun ate enough to possess an auto sincerely wish that it will prove trie succefa anticipated, for Mr. Auten ia positive that hia invention can be marketed for half what other successful shock absorbers tell for. LAKEVIEW CROWD IS ENTERTAINED Guests of Virginia City Where They Saw Many Wonders A very pleasant featu-e of the Elks excursion to Reno was an automobile irip Sunday by some of the Lakeview party from that city to Virginia City. The Examiner hoped to publish an ar ticle this week giving the visitors im pressions of the trip and their visit through the mines but owing to a de lay in hi curing complete data it will be postponed until next week. The following is taken from the Vir ginia Ohr-nicle of April 7, an evening I paper published at Virginia City : Lakeview, Oregon invaded the Com str.ck yesterday, at least we judge it must have been the biggest part of that town, judging from the delegation of "live ones" that motored up from Reno in the morning, and spent the day in this city taking in the p rincipal points of interest both above and be low ground. They visited Reno Satur day and incidentally while there initiat ed a few of their fellow citizens into the mystic inner circle of Elkdom. Yesterday, George Winglield placed his string of automobiles at their service, and having a vague idea of the won ders ot Virginia City, they decided to put the day in upon the mountain. That they had the time of their lives there can be no doubt, and they were accorded the best the old camp atfoHs. Several in the party were uersonal friends and old acquaintances ot former State Senator Wilson Locklin, nd who acted all day In capacity of chaperon for the "boys." He hnd bis hands full, but provided a program that kept the visitors on the jump. They went to the C. & U. shaft, where they were shown the intricacies of the big pump ing plant in operation there and all the details were set forth by Engineer Walsh of the Pumping Association. They were then turned over to Super intendent McCormaok and Foreman Tom Blake of the Ophir and Con. Vir ginia, and were escorted through those mines tj the 2500 toot levels. Although loath to admit it, they finally acknowledged that they bad nothing like it in Oregon. On the surface Dr. Techow arranged a trip through the Kinkhead mill and the Ophir .cyanide plant. At noontime, the party all gathered at the Nevada Brewery, where a flrst class repast was tervd by Al bert Scbnitzer, the proprietor. Coii tinned on pae eight LAKE SHEEPMEN WILLCOOPERATE Lake County Wool Growers Association Perfect Per manent Organization Pursuant to a call issued by a commit tee composed of J. L. Lyon and C. D. Arthur a number ot Lake County sheep men met last Saturday at the court house in Lateview and perfected plans for the organization cf a Lake County Wool Growers' Association. After or ganization the following officers were elected for the coming year: Presi dent, C. I). Arthur: Vice-president, S B. Chandler: Secretary and Treasurer, J. L. Lyon. Executive Board, C. D. Arthur, W. K. Barry, J. L. Lyon and Ben Daly. Committees were appoint ed to draft a constitution and by-laws and another meeting was held Tuesday afternoon to make their adoption. Some of the objects and purposes of the association shall be to advance the Interests of the wool producing and sheep raising industry and to that nd to take proper steps to guard against unreasonable or restrictive national or state legislation. Such methods as may be deemed necessary will be uted to bring about an equitable and proper use of the public range, and to prevent restrictions thereof. Attention will aleo be given to securing transports Ion rater, facilities and time schedu les. The association in all will be worked to an advantage in mutual pro tection and co-operation of those en gaged in the sheep and wool bJsineBS. Owing to the busy time at present a A fee of S2.50 per year will be assess Contiuued on pnge eight PRESllNTlLSON DELIVERSMESSAGE First Personal Address Made to Congress In Over a Century Washington, April 8. President Wil son stood on the speaker's rostrum in the ball of the house today and person ally read his first message to congress, the Brat president since John Adams to exercise that privilege. The visit of the president to congress lasted 10 minutes and became history. The message was an usually brief document, dealing exclusively with the need for a thorough, mod t rate and well-considered revision of the tariff. The president drew attention to the necessity for an early reform in the banking and currency laws, but re frained, he said, from urging, for the present, any other legislation that might divert the energies of congress "from its clearly defined duty" toward the tariff question. The message referred to to partic ular schedule, mentioned no rates, and includea no statiotics. It was an enun ciation of the president's principles on tariff revision. His specific views and ideas aa to rates anJ duties, it has been generally accepted, will tie con tained in the tariif bill itself, which he is now considering in detail. The president's decision to put the weight of the administration's influence be hind the bill with its various schedules as drawn by the house ways and means committee, caused him to omit specific reference to tariff rates until the measure was finally agreed upon in the opening davs of the present session. One excerpt oi the president's mes sage contained the following: "Aside from the duties laid upon articles which we do not, and probably cannot produce, therefore, and the duties laid upon luxuries and merely for the sake of the revenues they yield, the object of the tariff duties hence forth laid must he effective comDeti tion, the whetting of American wits by contest with the wits of tne rest of the world. "We must build up trade, especially foreign trade. We need tho outlet and the enlarged field of energy mora than we ever did tefore. We must build up industry as well and mubt adopt freedom in place of artificial stimula tion only to tar as it will build, not pull down. In dealing with the tariff the method by which this may be done will bo a matter of judgement, exer cised item by Item, TARIFF REMOVAL BEGUN DUTY ON NECESSARIES LOWERED AND LUXURIES INCREASED Wool to be made free at once while sugar will be decreased 25 per cent until 19 J 6, when it will go free Washington, April 7. Removal of all tariff from many articles of food and clothing; board reduction in the rates of duty on all necessaries of life : an increase of tariff on many luxuries: and a new income tax that would touch th pocket of every American citizen whose net income exceeds $4000, are the striking features of the new demo cratic tariff revision bill, presented to day to the bouse. Sugar would be free of duty in 1916, the bill proposing an immediate 23 per cent reduction and the removal of the remaining duty in 1916. Raw wool would be made free at once, with a correspondingly heavy reduction inthe tariff on all woolen goods. All the other articles are put on the free list, namely : Meau, flour, bread, boots and shoea, lumber, coal, harness, sddlery, iron ore, milk and cream, potatoes, salt, swine, corn, eornmeal, cotton bagging, agricultural implements, leather, wood pulp, bibles, printing paper not worth more than 2 1-2 cents per pound, type writers, sewing machines, type setting machines, cash registers, steel rails, fence wire, cotton ties, nails, hoop and band iron, fish, sulphur, soda, tanning materials, acetic and sulphuric acids, borax, lumber products, including t room handles, clapboard, bubs for wheels, posts, laths, pickets, staves, shircrles. These principal items are taken from the free list and taxed: Rough and uncut diamonds and prec ious 8 tones, furs, coal, tar products. 10 percent: volatile oils, 20 per cent: LYMAN CONTENDS HE ISJNOCENT O n e of Sheriff Snider's Caplives Yet Held For Trial Los Angeles, Cal., April 2. Dr. John Grant Lyman, brought here from McNeil's Island to answer to three federal indictments charging use of the mails to defraud, pleaded not guilty to each before Federal Judge Wellborn today. Lyman recently completed an 18-months, term in federal prison for attempting to escape after bis arrest here. He was removed to the county iail to await the trial, the date of which has not been set. Dr. Lyman gained much notoriety hereabouts something over a year ago when be was captured by Sheriff Snider after a aensational automoblie chase through California. From here he was taken to Klamath Kails and on arrival there excited the citizens of that ham let by crying ont that he was being abducted in defiance of law. Luke Clapp had the party in charge and re fused to take the doctor into California, despite the fact that he was urged so to do by the Deputy United States Marshal having the doctor in custody. Afterwards the doctor waa taken to Portland for trial where he was con victed and sentenced to McNeil's Is land. During hia confinement Dr. Lvman and the notorious reality operator Hill man became intimately acquainted, and on the discharge of the latter it was anrounced that Hillman and Ly man could establish a "borne" for the care of discharged convicts until such time as they cou'd secure permanent positions. The "home" will probably never be opened. apices, from 1 cent to 2 centa per pound. The new rates are estimated to re duce the customs revenue approximat Iv $80,000,000 a year. Tbia is expect ed to be made up by the income tax. Protection to tba farmer would bo cut throughout by mure than fifty per cent in an effort to reduce the coat of fsod. Protection to the steel and imple ment manufacturer woald eut by fully aa wide a margin. The income tax whicn will transfer indirect taxes levied through the tariff into a direct tax upon the incomes of individual citizens and corporations, exempts all sums below $4,000. Incomes in excess of that amount will pay one percent tax up to $20,000: two per cent from $20,000 to $30,000: three per cent from $50,000 to $100,000; and four per cent above that figure. The present corporation tax, levying; one per cent on corporation incomes above $3,000, would be retained as part of the income tax. "Schedule K," dealing with, wools ana woolen manufacturers, has been the center of criticism for many years and the committee has given it very, careful 8tuJy.. The. result has been to j. mane raw wool lee of duty, 'to redCco ' yarns irom 79.34 per cent to 20 per cent: blankets from 72.69 per cent to 23 per cent: flannels lrom 93.29 per cent to 25, and 5 per cent: dress goods from 99.70 per cent to 35 per cent: clothing from 79.C6 per cent to 35 per cent; webbings, etc., from 82.7 per cent to 35 per cent, and carpets from rates ranging from 60 per cent to 82 per cent, to rates ranging from 20 per cent to 35 per cent. NEW MAIL ROUTE NOW AJMAINTY Bids Open for Carrying Mail from Valley Falls to Butte The Post Office Department has or dered notices posted for bids to carry the mail from Valley Falls to Butte, Ore or on a distance of fifty eight miles. I With the routes now in operation ! south of Valley Falls and north of i Butte this gives the much desired di ' rect connection from Lakeview to : Burns. Much credit for this ia due the Lake- view Commercial Club and the Cbewau jcan Valley Settlers Assn. of the Lower Chewaucan Valley, who initiated thia one year ago this month. Tne schedule as advertised calls for a round trip weekly leaving Butte Mon days at 5 a. m. and arriving at Valley Falls by 9 p. m. thence leaving Valley Falls Tuesdays at 5 a. m. and arriving at Butte by 9 p. m. The service will start May 16th. There is, it is understood, a movement on toot to secure aa soon as possible a three times a week service on ac count of the many new settlements and post-offices in Northern Lake county. This demand will shortly be fulfilled. The distance from Lakeview to Burns via thia route is approximately 165 miles. At present mail orginating at LaUeview for the Burns territory must go to Keno then"e to Ogden, Utah ihence to Ontario, Oregon h Ce to Burns. As the above will make Valley Falls a distributive oltiee with uu allow, ance for clerical help it is thunirht that the establishment of a Post - 1 -e at Clover Flat with a route from Valley FallB, which ia now being agitated, will be auceetstul. Aa the uibiai.ee ia only about 7 milea a daily service, It is believed, can be secured.