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Lake County Examiner ruhlisho,! h.r Thfi KXAMIXER rt'RUsHlXii Cil, LAKKVllW. ORKiSOX Official Paper of Lake County, Oregon Sl'USLKll'TION RATES: One Year, in advnncc Six Month, in advance Thrtc Month, in mivano. .$200 .. 1.25 .. .75 ADVERTISING RATKS: R(dir, lrxl column, 10c porlln cch tntrrtlon: Vnt AU., Sc line Mcb Innrtlon. l"rd ol Tbnki. 11.00. Rr.hi(lon o Comlol.-nco, l upwr.1. PlspUr Adrfrtiilnt rcs ! known on application. Tranglent Adwtinlnf and Job Printing, ch tn dvne. Butmcrlbrn winhlnc lbi It tddrtfi changed. plra tend both old and now tddrtu. Lakeview, Oregon, Thursday, January 1, 1014 NEW YEAB'8 DAY New Year diy is no different from any other day in the year. It it mere ly regarded in a different way. If the powers that first Axed the calendar bad moved things about a bit other wise, we might now be celebrating New Year's day on the day before yes terday or the night after next. The day baa no intrinsic merit save the merit of all days. It is merely picked out of a galaxy ot 865 01 mnre cycles as a needed reminder and example ot the tact thst time is fleeting. Today stands as the representative of the birth of the yesr. The one just passed la dead and cannot be mended. The year that is to come may be moulded to good or evil, accordingly as we strive to mine it so. The only thine one most keep in mind in considering whether it is feas ible to improve the new year la a cor rect judgment concerning what makes success or failure. No man who does with all his might thst tssk bis bsnd finds to do, is a failure. It matters cot whether he has acquired fortune, escaoed sickness or dodged other mis fortune, or whether he bas no material product to show for his time. If be works up to his rated efficiency he is a success and he cannot fail if be con tinue on that line. Many a man makes a livelihood and a competence and is a failure. He may not be rated as such, but he has skimped his work. He has delivered 75 per cent ot his efficiency end it has brought him ease and rest, but he has retained unused and unexpended the other 25 per cent, which is lost even as if be cast a ton of wealth into the uncharted and unsounded sea. The first of the year is the time to tske account of stock and to plan the work that is to develop with the sea sons. It is a logical time for a begin ning, even if it did come half out of mathematical calculation, half out of the regard for the seasons. There is col use in worrying about the old year. It will never return. Its race is run. It may have some unpaid balances to pay in the coming year, but the great work ia to balance evenly for the next twelve months, and perhaps to carry a little momentam into 1915. VOLUME THIRTY-FIVE And again is it neeeary-to chronicle another birthday anniversary of the Examiner. With this issue it begins its tbirty-bfth yesr, and with an equip ment thai will enable the publishers to make meny improvements. During tbe past yesr more than $4000 has been invested in a rew cylinder press, a linotype, several electric motors, be sides rew type and other material, and row no interior town of any where near the size ot Lakeview can bosst of as good a printing plant. Tbis is made possible by tbe extremely liberal patronage bestowed upon the Examin er, not nly in tbe wv of advertising M.nd subscription, but in job printing l.nes as well While the Examiner td always endeavored to merit tbe l.uetbl patronage received, yet never theless it feels that it patrons have I, ten mure than loyal, and If all other lines of business were given tbe same hearty support Uncle Sam's parcel poet business would be extremely light fo fir Bi Lakeview is concerned. It is with feelings of supreme satisfac tion, therefore, that the Examiner extends its well vishes to its msny patrons and friends, as well as all others, on tbis occaaiop, for it feels that it ia a fit representative of the industry and progreesiveitess ot one of the beta sections in the whole United States. workWstm on umatillaproject Move Is Started to Give Employment To Jobless Men. GOULD IMPROVE PUBLIC MARKET Wisconsin Starts Co operative Market That Could be Emulated Here A co-operative enterprise is now under way in one farming community in Wisconsin wbicb might profitably be copied in many parts of Oregon in which, for various reasons, difficulty in marketing farm products has been experienced in the past. In that par ticular community tbey are building a packing plant for tbe purpose of die posing of their surplus livestock in the same way the big packers in Chicago bandies stock. Careful investigation of marketing conditions has been un dertaken and the promoters are assur ed of an out let for all products and a much higher return to stockmen than can be secured under present con ditions. This tact of cor ration in Wisconsin is remarkable y as re gards the character of the business un dertaken. In Oregon there ia abund ant opportunity for tbe establishment of co-operative creameries, canneries and even for a number of atarch fac tories. The raw products for main tsining such industries can readily be produced in enormous quantity, and apparently all that is lacking is the initiative and the community spirit which should be as highly developed in Oregon as in any other state. We have some co-operation in marketing, the results of which bsve been fairly satisfactory, but there is profit for the farmer and benefit to tbe commun ity In the extension of tbe policy tc a point where it will unite the interests of producers over a considerable ter ruory and whicb will, to a great ex tent, do away with the unsatisfactory marketing conditions wbich now exist MAIL CONTRACTOR IS Parcel Post Effects Haul From Bend to Silver Lake. The parcel post system inaugurated by Uncle Sara is playing bavoe with the purse of the contractor on the mail route from Bend to Silver Lake, with the promise of even greater damage being wrought after January 1, when the 50-pound limit law becomes effect ive. It la stated bv one woo is in a position to know that Contractor Cor nett, of Prineville, ia now losing from flO to $12 a day. The mail runs so beavy that there is little chance to carry express and baggage as in the days of yore, while tne automobiles have practically taken the entire pas senger business wbicn used to be a revenue bringer. After the first of the year, it is said, many ot the merchants to the soutn intend to hsve their goods shipped in here by freight and then make all of it they can up into 50-pound packages and mail it. The mail rate on 51) pounds to Silver Lake, which is in the second zone, will be 5 cents for tbe first pound and 1 cent for each ad ditional pound, or a total of 54 cents. The rate charged by the freighters is now 101 cents a hundred to Silver Lake, making the mail charge but 7 cents a hundred higher, 'lhe mail is supposed to go through in 48 hours, a great gain in time over freighting. If this method is employed, tbe con tractor will be obliged to put on freight teams tn carry the mail, thereby add ing to his already daily loss. And, worst of all, bis contract does not ex pire until June 30, 1914. Bend Bulletir. Portland, Oxe., Dee. ao. (Special) : Tbe protlem of furnishing work for idle men in Eastern Oregon, which is an Important question at tbe present time, is to be solved within a very time bv tbe commencement of aetual construction work on tbe first 10 000 acre unit of tbe West Umstilla ffition project. Orders e-",w" . . . , ived bv tbe local engi nave ... t, ; nrk. aoDDlies are being purchased, e.mp. eaUtlished and ,wi nut in readiness for a atari .mmedi.tely .fter January 1. With the federal appropriation of 700.000 now available, tbe work will be push ed strsight through to completion and t is expected that the project will be finished within a year. Under present plans the go'erment will expend about $90,000 per month. The entire West Umatilla project calls for tbe irrigation of 30,000 acres in Umatilla and Morrow counties. The government will hire men with teams to do tbe work under its own direction. Later, a large part of tbe work will be divided for small eon tractors and the contracts offered to settlers as a means of furnishing them employment during the time there is nothing to be done on their claims. FOREST SERVICE MAKESBIG SALES States In Which Forests Are Located Benefited By Sales. More tbsn 2 billion board feet ot timber, with a value of 4 1-2 million dollars on the stump, was sold by the Forest Service last yesr, according to the annual report of Henry S. Graves, forester. This ia an increase of 167 per cent over the sales of tha preced ing year. Tbe timber sold was largely for future cutting under contracts that will run for a number of years. The actual cut was little less than 500 million board feet, an inorease of 15 per cent over 1911 Still larger aales are In prospect. Under existing law, 25 per cent of the gross receipts from tbe forests is paid over to tbe states by tbe federal government for the benefit of county schools and roads. An additional 10 per cent is expended in building roads and trails for the benefit of the cublic. A tout 1587,000 will be available for the atatea during the current year from last year's receipts, besides $235,000 provided for in the road fund. Altogether, inMudlng special lunds to Arixona and New Mexico, the national forests provided nearly $867,000 to be expended for tbe benefit of the states in which they are situated. HUERTA WILL QUIT TO FIGHT REBELS Minister of Justice to Be come Mexico President Early In Year. v Mexico City, Deo. 27: Erique Ger ostieta. minister ot justice, will be come president of Mexico early in the new year and General Huerta will take the held against the rebels who refus ed to conform to this arrangement, according to a report that was receiv ed with credence by some of the diplomatic representstives here to night. Uerostieta is to be nsmed minister of foreign affairs, according to the version of the story in circulation, and General Huerta will retire from the presidency, in whicb case the for eign minister succeeds him. Senor Gerostieta is well along in years. He was a lawyer at Monterey who was brought to the capitol to take the portfolio of finance, but instead was appointed minister of justice. Warnings were given by United States troops to both federala and reb els that if there is a battle at Ojinaga there must be no firing serosa tbe border. WINTER COURSE , IS1ENEFICIAL O. A. C. Short Term Con stitutes Four Objects of Wide Importance. the the and tbe Tbe four principal objects of tbe Winter Short Course offered by the Oregon Agricultural College, are as follows : To provide in the most compact and practical way tbe largest amount of information and training in scientific agriculture thst can be offered by a well equipped Agricultural College. To offer this information at the sea son of tbe year in wbich the farmer can best spare the time to attend. To give the young men a broader and more intense knowledge of scien tific agriculture and increase their pride and efficiency in farming; to offer tbe experienced farmers the opportunity to push abreast ot times, become acquainted with latest phases of research work, become still more expert in art of agriculture: and to furnish the home makers of our country both instruction and inspiration in the noble art of upbuilding and beautifying tbe home. To enrich the entire Held of rural lite by pointing out resources not yet utilized and enjoyed, by relieving farm work of Ita drudgery, and by inspiring tbe people with tbe possibilities of more bountiful production. The Course begins on January 5 and ends on January 31. Reduced fares have been granted over all the leading roads of tbe state. It is said tbat Andrew Carnegie is a poor man; that ir.stead of being worth $150,000,000 or more be now haa but a paltry $22,000,000 or aoaroely enough to keep the wolf from the door. It does really look as if Mr. Carnegie's with to die Door may be realized. All the same there are some people in this old world ot ours who would like to oe as poor as tbe Laird of Skibo. New Year's Resolutions U Resolved, That our wishing you a Prosperous anil Happy New Year docs not stop with the mere wish, but that we will co-operate with you to the mutual benefit of both. 1 Resolved, That in this united effort we will boost for the welfare of each other, our Community, our County, our State and Nation, and forgvt there is such a word as " Knock." tj Resolved, That when another twelve months have pas sed we will, as optimists, think only of the pleasant ex periences; forgetting the inevitable trifles which try so much to mar our happiness. jj Resolved, That in adopting this set of Resolutions for our plan of effect in 1914, we extend an unrestricted use of them as yours. Everything to I'm; Kut hihI W'eur SPREADING RAIL CAM WRECK N. - C. - O. Southbound Meets With Accident on Christmas Day. Traveling at a rate of about 20 miles an hour, the N. C. O. passenger trsin due in Reno Christmss evening wss wrecked thst afternoon at Chat, a small station situated about one mile south of Plumas Junction, suys the Reno Journal. Fortunately the wreck did not cause injury to the train hands or passen gers, excepting slight hurts sustained by Fireman Bert Pratt, who received a sprained leg when he jumped from the engine. The wreck was apparently canned by a spreading rail and the engine overturned after plowing up the froxen ground to a depth of four feet for a distance of a car length. The mail car was partially overturn ed although the remaining coaches to the trsin remained on the track, 'lhe wreck occurred at 6:06 o'clock Thurs day afternoon and the passengers rescbed Reno 25 bours Iste. The wrecking crew waa dispatched from tbe Reno yards yesterday morn ing and upon arrival at the scene com menced the work of restoring tbe mail car ar.d engine to the track. A shoofiy track wss also constructed around tbe stalled train and tbis work will bi completed some time Tuesday when regular traffic will be resumed, 'lhe passungars are now being handled by means ot transfer and tbe teluted travlers aboard the train were brought into Reno last night on the train that departed from the local depot yester day morning. The north bound passengers were transferred to the south bound train which retraced ita journey. All passengers aboard the wrecked train were cared for by the railroad as provisions were obtsined at Plumas Junction. HIl.IOUSNISS AND CONSTIl'A- TION OI -RED If you are ever troubled with Mll ousneas or constipation yuii will Ihj lotrrWHtM iu tbe statement of H. F. Krwln, Peru, Ind. "A yrnr ago last winter I had no attack oMndigvsttoU followed liy biliouaueaa and conatlpa tion. Keoing Chamlwluia'a Tablets so highly roconimended, I bought a bottle of them and they helped me right away." For wile by all drahrs. Crib blaokttta, bath rotwa, sweat ers und glovcH at the Mercantile Ou. THANK YOU Examiner Publishing Company HBSfl OUR BUSINESS during the past year has been appreciat ed. We have tried to please you and hope our efforts may merit your continued patronage. If any detail of our service has not been satisfactory we will count it a distinct favor if you will give us facts. Our many patrons have made it possible to add decided improvements to the plant during the past year, until The Examiner is now fully equipped Ho meet all needs of its customers; making it unnecessary to send abroad for anything in the printing line. This condition not only reflects credit upon Tbe Examiner Service, but upon the town and community in general. Let us hope our mutual progression shall continue un daunted and that we are entering upon a new year with a full store of happiness and prosperity for both. a