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VOL XXXIV.
LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 24, 1913.
NO. 30
A GOOD ROADS I TING
COLONEL THATCHER WILL AD
DRESS LAKEVIEW PEOPLE
Good Roads Apostle WiU Assist Lake County
In Getting Pacific Highway Across
State Large Gathering Expected
on Saturday Evening
Colonel Chaa. W. Thatcher, the Uood
Roads Apostle who travels over the
country In a Prairie 8chooner, drawn
by a pair of rnnles, write that ha will
be In Lakeview to bold a meeting
July 2.
Hia letter In part li aa folluwa: j
"I will reach Lakeview at li a. m.
Saturday, July 26 enroute to Klamath
Falla, La Pine. Portland and Seattle
in the intcreau of the Portland and
Seattle diveralon of the Lincoln Nat
loaal Highway. If you will arrange a I
meeting of the booster character, J
worthy of an enterpriae meaning rail
liona of dollars to your section, I will
take great pleaiure in addressing your
people.
"Big meeting are to be held in
many taction of Oregon, and when
vou conalder that I enter the atate at
Lakevinw and that the eyes of the
nation are upon tbia ocoaaion, it ia of
vaat importance that Lakeriew doe
itself proud. I had intended Keeping
West of you at tbia' time but -Jonge
Worden of Klamath County being ex
ceed lnjly deiiroua that I come via your
city. 1 changed my plana.
"With live booating and wide public
ity for tma meeting 1 will be able to
booat goodroads in a surprisingly man
ner and do your county much benefit.
I will arrive from Alturaa."
Fully realizing the importance of
Col. 1'hatcher'a yiait, arrangement are j
being made to hold a meeting hcrei
next Saturday evening at the Court
House, at which County Judge 11. Daly
ha contented to act as chairman. Mr.
Thatcher ia conceded to be one of the
ESTEEMED CITIZEN
CALLEDBY DEATH
Christopher C. Loft us Pas
ses Away at Crane Lake
Home.
Christopher Columbus Loftua, a well
known and highly respected citizen oi
this county, died July 23 at hi ranch
home at Crane Lake southeast of this
cilv. His health had been quite poor
ly for sometime, and his death was ut
trituted to nephritis or kidney trouble.
C. C. Lof tus was aged 67 year, 2
moi)th!i and 20 days, and was a native
of Linn County, Ortgon. He came to
Lake County, In 1875 and in 1800 was
married to Miss Edith E. Brown, eld
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pardon
Brown at CedHrville, Calif. To this
union wbio born five daughters, name
ly : Mil-. Nickolss Barry, Mrs. Willis
(irisel, Uerthu, Vale and UladyB Lof
tun, all ot whom with their mother are
left to survive him. One sister and
three brothers are also luf to mourn
his death, thev being Mrs. M. F.
Haures, of this valley: John, of Or
land, Calif. ; Oscar 0., of Coalinga,
Calif. : and Henry Loftue of Plush,
Oregon. "
The deceased was a member of looal
order of Ancient Order of United
Workmen, as well aa Lakeview Lodge
No. 71 A. F. & A. M., under the auB
pice ot which order the funeral will
be conducted tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock.
Mr. Loftus figured very prominently
in the affair of hi home community
and county. Ha owned a good stock
and iluiry ranch at Crane Lake, and
was enjoying prosperity as the fruits of
his early labors. He also held quite
extensive interest in the Windy Hoi
low mining district near Plush, and
hi los 1 Buffered keenly by the en
tire community. He leaves a host ot
moit influential men and one of the
moit interesting ipeakera on the aub
ject of practical conatruction and
maintalnance of good road in thii sec
tion of the country. He and hia
"Good Kosds Band Wagon" are receiv
ed with glaring trumpet and crowda
of eager citizen at every place he
vinita.
By enlisting the lupport of Mr.
Thatcher in the movement of getting
the Pariflc Highway through tbia
county from Tho Dulles a moat import
ant object will have been accomplish
ed. Lake, Klamath, Harney, Crook
and every county in the central and
easten part of Oregon should work a
a unit toward the end of getting this
highway through the state. . When the
trunk line ia once established, later
als will be constructed to the main
ine connecting these various center
with the road across the atute.
A Col. Thatcher says in hi letter,
"it mean millions of dollar to the
country affected by the highway," and
ttjxhould be given the everlasting moral
support of every citizen in the eastern
and central part of the state. It mean
tbo attraction of thousands of tourist
through here every season, and the
ultimata result of receiving hundred
of thousands of dollars from these
people who are now being diverted to
other route.
It is to be hoped that the meeting
here next Saturday evening will be
largely attended by our citizen, and
all tbe courtesy and welcome possible
shown to Mr. Thatcher, as the cause is
one from which untold benefit is bound
to be derived.
FEDERAL GAME LAW
WILL EFFECT LAKE
Winter and Spring Bird
Shooting Will Be Done
Away With.
Instead of enjoying duck and goose
shooting from September 1 o February
15, as the state law provides, sports
men will have to get their shooting be
tween Septe'mber 15 and December 15,
if the federal game law for the pro
tection of migratory birds goes into
effect as it is at present.
Under this law Oregon ia affected as
follows :
"Season openB September 1G and
closes December 15: this includes both
ducks and geese.
"It will be unlawful to kill either
ducks or geese before sunrise and after
sunset.
"This law will not go into effect un
til October 1, so the season here will
open StutemDer I of this year.
"Tbe United States is divided Into
two districts, No. 1 and No. 2, this
territory being in District No. 1. This
bill, of course has not as yet been
sinned by the President, and is still
open for changes. Sportsmen are,
therefore, requested to make protests
or euggestiona to B. T. Galloway, act
ing secretary of the Department of
Agriculture.
The Sportsmen's Aasocatiion of
Klamath County has already made a
protest and forwarded it to Washing
ton. They contend that the Season
should remain open from September 1
to January 1, thus affording the good
goose shooting that exist during the
Christmas holidays. They have asked
Lake and other portion of the state
to join them in thi protest.
friends to mourn hia demise, with
whom the Examiner joins in extend
ing heartfelt sympathy to the relatives
in the time of their bereavement.
LIKE LOCAL WORK
Gooso Lake Valley Irriga
tlon Co.'s Heads Inspect
Project Here.
James H. Pershing, of Denver, presl
dent of the Goose Lake Irrigation
Company, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Peebie of Minneapolis, arrived In
Lakeview last week to Inspect the lo
cal project now being constructed
Mr. Peebie I secretary and general
manger of the irrigation company.
While here the gentlemen expressed
themselves as being highly pleaaed
with the manner in which tbe work 1
progressing and of the condition of
the country in general. Tbey assured
Chief Engineer G. W. Bice of the com
pany that money was ready forthwitt
to finish the work and that it would be
completed in time to furnish water
for next year's crops. Tbe gentlemen
also ve out the information here that
R. J. Martin, president: and Mr. Bor
ders cf Kansas City, Mo., president
and aecertary, respectively, of tbe
original Oregon Valley Land Co., hold
no stock in tbe present company.
They left Tuesday morning by way
of the west for Portland, Mr. Rice
taking them in his auto to Klamath
Falls.
WEEKLY REPORT
OF STOCK MARKET
A Feature Price Is Made
On Eastern Oregon
Steers.
Receipts for the week have been;
Cattle 1304: Calve 133; Hogs 2256:
Sheep 63T.4.
Cattle market last week stesdy to
strong. Improved beef outlet had
tulliab effect on prices. Prime steer
top 8.00 to 8.25 with bulk of steer sale
at 7.75 ah! 8.10 Eastern Oregon
steers at 8.60 and cows 7.75 featured.
Tnere has been a keen demand for
choice butcher cattle especially cows
and heifers. Sales were made in small
quantities as the supply was compara
tively short. Best cows 7.75 to 7.25,
heifers 7.25 to 7.50, choice bulls 5.00
to 6 00 and choice light calves at 9.00.
The bog market was steady to high
er. One load of extra tine hog sold
it 9.40 Friday morning, bulk of heht
swine sales 9.15 to 9.30. Sound pack
ers have been liberal buyers on the
market and the light ran was quickly
absorted. Swine prices are apparent
ly on a heavy basis at least for the
present.
Sheen house business has been slow
all week. Demand for botn mutton and
lambs has been light and the trade ha
shown no sign of improvement what
ever over previous week's market.
A liberal ton is 6 cents as some very
good stock Bold at that price. Prime
killing ewes at 4.00, wethers at 4.50
and yearlings at 4 50 are extreme quo
tations in the mutton division.
FINLEY TO SERVE
ON CAME BOARD
Insectivorous Birds to Be
Protected By Federal
Government.
William L. Finley, State Game War
den of Oregon is one of 15 ornitholo
gists and leaders in bird protection who
have been designated by the Secretary
of Agriculture to advise bim in the
truming ot regulations to make the new
Federal protection of game effective.
The 15 men will serve without compen
sation. ,
Among the provisions suggested by
the proposed regulations is a daily
closed season on all migratory game
and insectivorous birds which will
extend from sunset to sunrise and pre
vent night Killing of birds. It alvo
proposes an absolutely closed season
on migratory Insectivorous birds.
A five-yesr closed season on certain
game birds ia provided to continue un
til September 1, 1918. A closed season
is ordered between January 1 and Oct
Continued on page eight
INCREASE WEIGHT
IN PARCEL POST
j
Will Raise Limit to Twenty
Pounds in the First Two
Zones.
Plans for the extension, improve
ment end reduction in rates of tbe
psreel post have been annoonced by
Postmaster General Burleson. Tbe
ehangea, whlcb are to become effective
August 15, include an increase from
II pound to 20 pounds in tbe maximum
weight of parcels : a material reduc
tion in tbe postage rates in tbe first
and second zones, and the abandonment
of the parcel post map as a means of
computing rates and the substitution
for It of a rate chart Individualized to
every postofficer in the United States.
The plans contemplate tbe purchase
of a large number of automoibles to
be ased exclusively for the delivery cf
parcel Dost matter.
While, for tbe present, the maximum
weight limit of 20 pounds and tbe
reduction in rates will apply only to
the first end second zones from any
given postofflce a distance of about
1C0 miles the change directed consti
tute the first long step toward a uni
versal extension of the system and a
general reduction in the rates of post
age or parcel matter.
ZX COllPANYWILL
CONSTRUCT CANAL
I
Work Will Be Done By
Dredger Which Is Now
Beng Built.
Chewaucan Press: F. A. Kitzpat-
rick reports that favorable progress is
being made in getting th dredger
ready for operation on the great canal
which the Chewaucan Land and Cattle
Company are preparing to dig scrnas
their holdings in the Chewaucan val
ley. The 60.000 feet of lumber which will
be required to build the barge on which
tbe dredger will rest is now on tbe
ground and carpenters are at work on
the barge. The dredger itself is some
machine and weighs 45.000 pounds.
Allowing a very conservative estimate
for tbe weight of lumber used the en
tire weight of tbe Darge and dredger
will be over 225,000 pounds.
A forty horse power engine will be
required to operate the machine and
distillate will be used for fuel.
Tbe canal which will be constructed
ill be 50 feet wide on the bot'um and
80 feet wide across the top, and will
start almost due east across the Ed
Lamb ranch and then across the Jones
ranch which is now the property of
tbe ZX people. It will ioin the old
canal about three miles below the Red
House which will eliminate the big
sweep to the north in the old canal.
The entire job will take a long time
to complete and will furr.sh emcloy
ment for several men during that tune.
CREAMERY WILL
STAPJ TOMORROW
Manager Truest Offer3
Suggestions for Car
and Delivery of Cream.
We are informed that witVnt fail
tho Lakeview creamery will cu.mnenc
operation tomorrow. It was expected
that the creamery would be opened by
tbe Urst of July and later the middle
of tbe month, but apparently various
obstacles have arisen to prevent. Mr.
Troect was rst held up pending the
arrival of cement, and later when the
electric motor was installed certain
pulleys were missing, the arrival of
which necessitated further delay.
However, time and patience have over
come these preventing providences and
tho first cream will be receive! to
morrow when the wheels of this most
important enterprise to Lakeview will
be started in motion.
For tne benefit of the farmers Mr.
Troest has prepared soma instructions
for tbe delivery and care of cream,
Continued on page eight
STREETS ARE FLOODED
WATER RUSHES
FROM OFF
Much Damage Is Caused to Property By
Water Spout Wednesday Evening
Basements Flooded , and Debris
Covers Streets and Yards
Rushing down the canyons and hill
side id terifflo torrents the greater
portion of Lakeview was almost inun
dated early yesterday evening when
one of the hardest rain falla in tbe
history of tbe county visited this sec
tion. Beginning Isst Monday heavy
showers have been falling in confined
spots over tbe valley and in tbe moun
tains surrounding. Tuesday afternoon
a small waterspout came down Dead
man canyon in tbe Southein part of
town, washing considerable debris
down tbe stream in that canyon, but
the town did not really come in for
its own ontil last evening.
A severe rain began falling here
abortly before six o'clock, but tne first
report of a cloud burst came from the
northern part of town about 7 o'clock.
Tbe water came gushing down the
small canyons and from the hill sides,
beginning at tbe cemetery and reach
ing aa far south a the street at the
public school building. This waa al
most immediately followed by a rush
of water down Ballard canyon at. the
heart of Center Street whicn caused
the most serious damage to property.
Gardens and lawns were washed out
and covert d with debris and mud
swept into the house of tbe lower aide
of this etrc-er. The water forged
through tbe alleys, back of Water
street, filling tbe basements to Drlm,
and washing mud into tbe first floors
ot buildings. Tbe flume on Bear street
waa unable to carry the water, it be-,
coming tilled with sticks and trash, .
and in t.rder to remove this the cover-;
ing of the flume was torn off in many j
places. The properties immediately '
FOSTER
RECEIVES INJURY
Aged Lake County Lady
While Visiting: In Corval
lis Falls on Stairs.
Mrs. James Foster, who recently
went to C'orvallia to visit relatives, a
few davs since met with a very serious
accident by falling. She was coming
downs flight of stairs and thought
she had reached the floor, tut had not
goi.e down the last step. The result
ing fall earned a wrench of some ot
the chords vi the body, and last Fri
day her condition waa so serious that
her daughters, Mrs. D. C. Schminck,
of Lxkpview. rd Mrs. L. P. Klipple,
of fcon n tr L ke, were called to her;
bedsid However, later reports are
t" the tiled that her condition is some!
uh.il iniporvtd and hope ia entertain-;
ed for tier recovery. Owin to her sd-!
vkt ceu age, she being well along in the
80c, the accidedt was very serious, but!
her many friends throughout the
County, of whom there are hosts, trust
that she will soon it-cover and return
to her old home to enjoy years of peace
and happiness.
Goose Lake Crops Good
Alturss Plaindealer: Mr. O. C. Mc
Manus, director of exhibits for Modoc
county, made a trip to Uoose Lake a
few days ago, and declares be never
Haw anywhere such grain aa is growing
in the fluids up there. One field ot
wheat measured six feet high and is
as level as a plank floor. Another of
barley on the farm of J. F. Owen
will yield 100 bushels , per acre. Be
ay these fields are not exceptionable,
but represents the rule. And from all
we can learn, tbia rule holds good
througnout tbe entire county.
INTO LAKEVIEW
HILLSIDES
adjoining tbe flume and creek through
West Lakeview were flooded and much
damage done to lawns and gardens.
This was also tbe ease in the northern
part of tbe town, ' but fortunately no
buildings were washed out anywhere.
Probably tbe most serious damage
waa dne to basements of the Bank of
Lakeview Buildirg, Bailey & Massin
gill'a store and the Mercantile Com
pany building oecpuiid by the Brewery
Saloon. All these basements were ti
led to overflowing and canned much
loss to the contents. A motor pump
was placed In tbe Brewery basement,
but it will require considerable time
to remove all the water. The Creed
McKendree and F. P. Lane and other
properties at the bead of Center street
suffered the worst damage of any resi
dences. These yards were badly cut
up and mud washed into tbe houses.
While th exact damage at this time
is merely conjecture, it is estimated
that tbe entire damage to property will
amount to few a thousand dollars.
-Tbe .coxf , . bs brought , Jtorth
throngs of people to tbe affected dis
tricts and hard work on tbe part of
the citizens diverted much of the water
through the streets, thus preventing
debria from teing carried into build
ings on tbe west side of Water street.
It was an exciting time, and the town
this morning presented somewhat of
sad appearance owing to tbe cross
walks bing torn np and tbe streets
filled with mud, trash and rocks.
The cloudburst or waterspout as it
may be called, covered , enough scope
to bring water down from tbe hillsides
Continued on eight
STATE TREASURY
IS RUNNING LOW
Unpaid Warrants Will
Draw Six Per Cent Until
Next April.
By the first of next month tbe gener
al funds in the state treasury will be
exhausted and the ttate will begin to
pay 6 per cent interest on unpaid war
rants and continue to pay tbia until
April of next year, according to a
state me 1 1 made by State Treasurer
Kay in discussing his semi-annual re
port. "When the semi-annual period closed
on June SO, tnere were $533, 605.19 in
the general fund, 'said tbe State Trea
surer. "Since then we have pai.i out
about 2150,000, and in a few days will
pay out another $100,000 for the caual
and lockt'-at Oregon City,
"In October, the counties will com
mence paying their last half of the
atate tax, but this will not relieve the
situation much, as many of them
have paid their full tax a(.d but be
tween $300,000 and $400,000 can be
expected from thi source. The result
will be that the state will be paying 6
per cent interest on unpaid warrants
until April ot next year.
"The reason for this condition of
affairs ia that the Legislature appro
priated about $5,000,000, making atout
$2,500,000 for this year while tbe total
tax raised by this year's levy is but
about $1,250,000. To meet these ap
propriations a high levy must be made
next year."
Tbe report shows the expenditures
made by the Fish and Game Commis
sion to be heavy,, the disbursement
for six months amounting to $72,761.
20, while receipts were $51,210.55.
A year ago there was $90,000 in this
fund, and It has now been reduced to
$30,226.88.