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About Lake County examiner. (Lakeview, Lake County, Or.) 1880-1915 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1914)
THE LAKEV1EW ABSTRACT & TITLE CO, ABSTRACTS TO ALL REAL PROPERTY II LAKE COURTY, 0RE60I t Our Complete Tract Index In ureal Accuracy, Prom pine and Reliability r Such an Index is the ONLY RELIABLE system from which au Abstract can be made, showing all defects ot title. IVe Also Furnish jSttKSST H. W. MORGAN, Ma naffer, LAKE VIEW, OREGON POBTOFFtCK BOX 43 F-MOMK 171 WALLACE & SON Wm. Wallaoe, Coroner for Lake County) UNDERTAKERS PROMPT ATTENTION AND Parlors, next door WATSON Lakeview Ice, Transfer and Storage Co Telephone No. 161 J. P. DUCKWORTH, Mahaokb Buss to Meet All Trains. Transfer and Dray age. Storage by day. Week or Month - "OUR CUSTOMERS ARE OUR ADVERTISERS' Goose Lake Valley Meat Market R. E. WINCHESTER, Proprietor We endeavor to keep our market well supplied with FRESH, SALT AND SMOKEDJMEATS 5 lbs. Lard, 90c; 10 lbs., $1.8(f 8" Your Patronage is Respectfully Solicited LAKE COUNTY ABSTRACT COMPANY - Incorporated. - A Complete Record We have made an entire transcript of all Records In Lake County which In any way, affect Real Property In the county. We have a complete Record of every Mortjfajte and transfer ever made In Lake County, and ever Deed 'given. Errors Found In Titles In transcribing the records we have found numerous mort gages recorded In the Deed record and indexed; and many deeds are recorded la the Mortgage record and other books. Hondreds ot mortgages and deeds are not Indexed at all, and most difficult to trace up from the records. We have notations of all these Errors. Others annot Cod them. We have pat Hundreds ot dollars hunting up these errors, and we can folly guarantee oar work. J. D. VENATOR, SHAMROCK STABLES CON BREEN, Special Attention to Transient Stock Horses Boarded by the Day, Week or Month Always Open LAKEVIEW EMBROIDERY SHOP WOMASS" EXCIIAXUE Special Prices on Pillow Tops, Filet Set Scarfs and Cushions with Material to Word. A new lot of Pure Linen Hand kerchiefs. Embroidery Work to order. MRS. H. B. ALGER OPPOSITE HERTFORD BLVQ. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED to Telephone Office BUILDING flanager. Meats and Provisions may be ordered from this mar ket by phone with just as much confidence as if they are select ed In person. We send them promptly Just as ordered . You'll be disappointed In neither time of delivery or the quality of the foods. Try it for a change. Lakeview Meat, Market HAYES A GROB, props HALF BLOCK CAST OF COURT HOUSM Proprietor Phone 571 OREGON Alger Land Co. Ranches City Property Rentals Taxes Paid and Rentals Collected for Son-residents Oilier Opposite lleryford Dulldlng EXHIBIT AT ASHLAND KVKKV COUNTY IN HTATK TO PAHTICIPATR Former Lake County CiUaen Writes to Enlist Cooperation of Ike Matter is Worthy F. O. Bunting handed the Exaniln er a letter from Attorney W. J. Moore, formerly of Lakeview but now of Ashland, urging the Import ance of Lake County maintaining an exhibit at Ashland during the sum mer and fall ot the Panama Exposl tlon. The proposition is to secure state aid for the erection of a build ing, the railroad company donates the site and the citizens of Ashland propose to furnish free light, water and a caretaker. The exhibits should be forwarded to the Secretary of the Ashland Commercial Club. This matter is of vital interest to every section of Oregon if the people in the various sections of the state take the matter up at once and act upon it. Tom Richardson, the great Oregon booster, is working the state now, and the people ot Portland are backing him up in this work, to get the state legislature to make 'an ap propriation to put a state exhibit building in Ashalnd, In which every county of the state will have an ex hlblt of their products and resources In 1916. It is a wonderful opportunity for every community and should be tak en advantage ot Lake County. It Is a good advertising scheme and one that is bound to bring results. Committed to Asylum Mrs. Laura Meredith of Willow Ranch was last week taken to Al turas where she was examined for her sanity, says the Plalndoalet. The case was inexpressably sad, and calls for the sympathy of all. The family of Mr. Meredith and wife, settled on a homestead near Willow Ranch a few years ago. Both husband and wife were devoutly religious and have been lately attending revival meetings, and under the strain of religious excitement her mind give way. She was committed to the Stati Hospital at Stockton and ail sincere ly hope for her complete recovery. State Hankers to Meet The State Banker's Convention will be held in Medford June 15 and 16. At the meeting a special study will be made of the agricultural needs in the state with reference to fin ancial conditions, new officers will be elected and many matters be acted upon. , Bend Ilauk IVogressive Bend Bulletin: A plan by which some pupil of the Bend public schools will be given a trip .o the Panama-Pacific Exposition to be held in San Francisco next year has been announced by the First National Bank of Bend. The bank offers to pay the railroad fares and all the expenses of the trip which will be given to the pupil showing the best school standing and the best earning capacity with ability to save. o Four Year Terms Attorney General Crawford has rendered the opinion that the amend ment to article seven of the consti tution, voted in 1910, relating to the term of County Judges, did not ex tend the term to six years He held that the amendment prepared the way for the legislature to extend the term to six years, but that legisla tive enactment was necessary to change the present term of four years. o Tax Blanks Out Blanks which will be used by As sessor Foster this year In requiring land owners to report a list of the lands they own, and the values, as provided by the new law passed at the last session of the Legislature are being distributed. The new law provides that every person in the county liable to be tax ed and the agent or manager of any firm, corporation or association lia ble to be taxed must make a state ment under oath, showing the true cash value of all the real estate own ed by the person or corporation, o Tn the light of recent happenings this from the Oregonlan, is doubt less quite fitting generally: "Give us good Sunday laws says a writer in the Homlletlc Review, and our churches will be full of worshipers. That Is to say that, people will go to church if the law compels them, which Is probably true. But much better would It be to make the ser mon so wise, up to date and Interest ing that It would attract listeners without the aid of the law. The pltey that can be legislated into a person is neither very genuine or lanting." THE EXAMINER FOR JOB V.'ORK AUSTRIA'S MODEL ROADJYSTEM Reputed to Ba One of the Best In Europe. FOUR GLASSES OF ROAOS. Supervision la Placed In ths Hands of Graduates of Government Schools. The Cost of Construction and Recon struction of Government Highways Is Defrayed by tho Government. In Austria's road system, reputed to be one of the best In Europe, there are 74.207 miles of highway. No estlumtes ot tbe origluul coat, of the Austrian system reliable enough to is worth re peating ever have leen made. In ll10, however, the government ex pended $.r.W.W to maintain lO.tHW miles of what Is called there govern ment highways. Inclusive of donations made toward the coustructlou and re construction of certain nongovernmen tal roads. There are four classes of roads In Austria. The first class ure the govern tent roads those which are used &t military puriHme", etc. Pcvuud, there are the provincial roads which con nee t districts of large area. The provluce may be likened to the state lu this country. Third are the district roads which counect towns or are tributaries of other roads or lead to railways. The district corresponds to our couuty. Fourth or town class are the roads which are not Included in other classes. The difference In classification comes from the difference In administration. The province, district and town look after their own roads. Tbe current cost of ordinary maintenance Is obtainable only from the government roads. This includes the construction of bridges. erection of guardhouses, tool mngn sines und ' purchases of machinery Materials used for bridges and rul verts are wood, iron and re-enforced concrete of the types found every where In the United Suites. Roads are surfaced with macadam and telfonl. Tar is used as a binder almost ex cluslrely. It is elalme.l that the tar. besides keeping dust down. Increases the life of Austrian roads from two to three years, although government en gineers agree that the durability of the aggregate has more to do with the life of the roads than does the binder used. The average width of the roads Is from twelve to sixteen feet, with walks two feet wide on either side. A majority of the roads built In the past four years are eighteen and often twenty feet wide, however. The cost of construction Hnd recon struction of government roads is de frayed out of the current government revenues. No special taxes for roads are levied. In case any particular community is particularly benefited, however, the government withholds the right to uportlon the expensi equully. Supervision of roads is In the bands of graduates of government schools, known as district engineer. Each has charge of only seventy-five miles of road. Under them are rondtnasters who have charge of twenty-four miles of highway. These men supervise the road crew which iias to perforin all the work required to keep in order about three miles of rond. There are in all about 4,000 men employed on government roads. Salaries are low. Engineers receive from $400 to ffJOO per annum, roadmasters from $150 to $300 per year, and keepers from $15 to $16 a month. All workers are allowed a pittance for expense money. The government keeps a severe check on all its men connected with road work. They are required to make frequent reports showing definitely where every cent of money baa gone and the exact progress of the work. NEEDED FOR ROAD BUILDING. Organization a Factor Lacking Here, Trench Engineer 8ays. That proper organization for the con struction of public highways is an Im portant factor was the opinion of speakers who addressed the recent an nual convention of the American Road Builders' association at Philadelphia. Delegates were much impressed with remarks made by J. do Puillgny, di rector of the French mission of engi neers to tbe United States, who told the convention that what tbe Ameri can system of road building lacks is organization. He called nttention to the roads of France, which are among the best In the world, und suld that to organization, both In acquiring tbe money to build roads and their actual construction, was due France's splen did system of highways. ' Good roads mean wealth to the state and Increased Income to all who live along tbe line of any Improved highway. This la realized wherever an Improved road is constructed. Once In the enjoyment of good roads no com munity will ever consent to re turn to the older highways of alternating mud and ' dust or with rough stones, ridges and liollows that have done duty for many years at great expense of horse flesh and human endur ance. . THK QUESTION OF SSTTtR ROADS. As far back as 1770 Adam Smith, In his "Wealth of Na tions," wrote na follows! "Good roads, canals and navigable riv ers, by diminishing the expense of carriage, put the remote parti of the country more nearly upon a level with those In the neigh borhood of the town. They are upon that account the greatest of all Improvements. They en courage the cultivation of the remote, which must a I way be the most expensive circle of the country. They are advantageous to th town bv breaking down the monopoly of the country In a Its neighborhood. Though they Introduce some rival commodl- tie Into the old market, they oen many new markets to Its produce." i w teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoe WHAT IS THE BEST ROAD? DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES Traffio tho Chief Faotor In Determin ing Typo of Construction, (liven complete data as regards loca tion, traffic and all other conditions, the expert lu highway construction can advise Intelligently as to the kind of pavement which will most nearly meet tho requirements In a given case, but without the complete luformatlou he cannot hoie to give any satisfactory answer, says Good Roads. Before the advent of tbe automobile, Jwhen the traffic consisted of horse drawn vehicles, equipped for the most part with Iron tires, water bound mac adam was tbe standard construction for practically all roada except those carrying the heaviest traffic. But pres ent traffic conditions are different Tbe vehicles using the roads consist not only of horse drawn vehicles equipped with Iron tires, but also of motor driv en vehicles "equipped with rubber tlrea. Moreover, these two dissimilar kinds sre found In varying proportions. At present there Is no standard type of construction. Roads or streets carry Ing light traffic can In satisfactorily paved with certain materials, those earning a heavier traffic can be paved MACAKAM WAS THK MTANDAK1) IIKKOKB THE AtrlllMolUI.K properly with certain other materials, and those carrying the heaviest truffle require still other kinds of pavements. Considering these facts, the logical conclusion is that tralllc Is the chief factor in determining the type of con struction to be adopted. It is also known that the two different tyiies of vehicles now uslug tho highways re quire different surfaces. It may lie In ferred, therefore, that so long as the traffic is mixed, and mixed In varying proportions, a pavement that will be universally satisfactory will not be found unless the amount of one or the other of the two kinds of traffic be comes small enough to be negligible. We can be certain that motor driven vehicles will never tsjconio negligible factors, so that tho next step to be taken is to consider whether or not the ratio between motor driven and horse drown vehicles will ever become so great as to eliminate the latter from consideration. If this does happen the situation will be similar to that before the advent of the automobile, nnd wo shall have a traffic varying only in In tensity. In that case some certain pavement may be evolved which will be us universally acceptable lis was the water bound macadam pavement under former conditions. Unless this change lit traffic does come about It seems probable that the selection of the type of pavement to be put down will remain a problem which has to be solved for each particular rood, having due regard to local consid erations. FOR UNIFORM ROAD LAWS. American Bar and American Highway Associations Undertake Revision, Through the co-operation of the American Rar association and tho American Highway association the work of revising the roud laws In different states has been undertaken with the object of codifying and sim plifying them on a uniform basis. Many of the road laws are a century old, bused on colonial legislation and following English precedent iiud are entirely out of use lu modern traffic and conditions, liecause of these ob solete laws It Is Impossible to give tbe nutlon a network of Improved high-' ways, so a chunge must be made. The committee will urge upon tbe gov. ernors of the various states tbe neces sity for legislative action and will pro vide a plan for such procedure. TULE JUDGE IS OUT McCarthy comw down is fix ing idlitical fknckh Knters Hcrap For Official Promin ence lefend Administration of High Tule Judgeship riush, Oregon, Mar. 1, 1914. Editor Examiner: My term of of fice does not expire until the General Election next Fall. I have been Judge of the lower court of the Town ot Plush for years and now at the so licitations of my constituents would aspire to the office of Judge of the High Tule Bench. I don't think that President Wilson or William Jenn ings Bryan can have any objection to me during my term of office. My decisions were never reversed by th9 Supreme Court. 1 never asked ad vice from a higher court except once when I 'phoned to Drews Valley for advice lu a complicated case. I was always fair and square and honest with my neighbors more especially when they are watching me. I al ways despised low language and llos, immorality and vlllany; I hate hypoc risy; I have worked hard, long and late. dn m- ospaclty as Judge I ever charged the county, state or Individual a cent for my services, except on two occasions. I perform ed the marriage ceremony for two different parties -one party was so delighted with the splice that he made me a present of a sack ot pota toes. Of course I accepted them as I always liked the Irish lemon. But to my dismay I found that the spuds were frocen. The other party whom I spliced gave me a bale of hay, but while we were going through a lot of red tape some town cows came along and ate up the bale of bay and when I came out ot my office there was nothing left but a few strings ot w Ire. This is an ungrateful world, there ure several of us who are almost for gotten, whose names should be writ-' ten in Ine Hall of Fame for our ad vocacy of temperance and morality. Now for instance, John II. (lough. Professor Sawyer. Mary Lease, Your Humhliv Servant, O. C. Glbbs and Carrie Nation we being the great temperance reformers of the age. In my dreams I can seo Carrie marching the street hatchet In hand; Brother Gibbs, a good second, armed with a Mis-sourl Club; and myself In the rear with a sheep hook, trying to catch and evangelize the iloozu Fighting Vllllans. I ant a total ab stainer DRY is the word. I have refused on several occasions a square inch of Tom Sullivan's tanglefoot. I have quit Longshoresmen Union of Plush and opened a Tetotellers' Un ion In Rubblt Town. My offices are open duy and night. My clerks are James McKcnuu, und Yan ltluestoue. Law matters promptly utteuded to, matrimony and divorce a specialty and in leisure hours we experiment on well digging and canning Jack rabbits. 1 haven't had a letter from Governor West for a long time. We were always good friends but I am afraid be will get so far West next Fall that he will be East. Now dear editor if you should stag ger over to Plush call and see us, we will treat you good. Our office is in the Elephant building, Rtggs Are. Plush. Hoping that you will help me out In my political campaign, I am Your most obsequious, McCarthy come: down. New Hchool Rules To encourage more regular attend ance and mproved deportment and to prevent teachers from using too much time preparing pupils for ex aminations when more Important work could bn done, Superintendent of Public Instruction Churchill has mudo important changes In the rales governing the public schools. He al so made provision for young men and women who leave school at the end of the sixth or seventh grades and desire to resume their studios when they have reached the age ot 18 entering high school without hav ing an eighth grade diploma. County School Superintendents are being advised of the adoption of a new rule to this effect. Can Sign AU Petitions A registered voter may sign the nominating petitions of as many can didates of his party for the same offlco as he chooses, according to au opinion of Attorney General Craw ford given to the County Clerk of Josephine County. The Attorney Gen eral holds that If a Republican re gistered voter, for Instance signs the petition ot a half a dozen Republican candidates for s the gubernatorial nomination the voter's name Is to be counted on each petition. He says tho law Intends to make it as easy as possible for the candidates to get be fore the people.