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WMtt) s HAS THE CIRCULATION- PRINTS THE NEWS- REACHES THE . )RLE THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFIGIAL PAPER OF LAKE 'tGOUNTY VOL. XXXV. LAKE VIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 91914. NO. 15 mm ODD FELLOWS "TO CELEBRATE Kind ANNIVERSARY OK ODD FKIj. LOWKIIIP WILL lit. CX)M MEMOKATED EXERCISES OPEN TO ALL KccttImw Witt be Held In Siildort Ort-r lloune Tuesday After uiMin Good Program In Be ing Arranged All t'ctalls are being shaped for the big celubratlon to bo held In Lakevlew Tuesday, April 2S, 1 com-memo-utlon of the 92 anniversary of OddfellowHhlp. Lakevlew IxUo No. 63. I. OOF. I-akevlrw Encamp ment. No. IK Hint Itebckah Lodge No. 21 wlil conjoin In observing tli .event. Alt are strong organisations, having largo meniheriihlpii and nn ef fort Im being ut forth to iniike the celebration one of the bust ever held In tliln section. Invitations hnvc been extended to nil adjoining Odd Follow organiza tions .u. d a largo attendance Ih ex pected. The afternoon exercises will be free and open to the public nnd a cordial Invitation I extended to all. Iland-jomo souvenir programs wilt be furnished. Promptly at two o'clock Tuesday nfternoi n nil memcber of the uf fllllatcd lodges will rifft in the lodge room.) from where they will march to tlio Polder Opera House, iuuhIc for wl Ich will bo furnished by the L-iknvtv llimd. After i.nsen'bllnn In Hi ,i Opera House tho program will open with a selection by the band, followed by tho anniversary cere- ( Continued on puce eirht ) MORE TIME IS GIVEN I. AMI BOARD EXTENDS TIMK ON TIIK WARNER PROJECT Irrigation Company Axked for Two Yearn to Complete Contract Willi tho State A news dispatch front Salem, Ore., says: The State Desert Land Hoard, at a meeting hold, yesterday, extend ed of the time on contract between tho State and tho Warner Lake Ir rUatloi. Company until December 1 of thin year. The- company asked for two yearn extension of time, but the bonrd refused to grni't It because It Biitlclpn'od that the Legislature when It im'ets, will define a policy with relation to Irrigation projects In the ntuto, nnd the members of the board did not desire to enter int iiny contracts which would Interfere with such plan of tho Legislature. ALLOW FOR INCREASE 'MATTERS ADJUSTED TTII ST Alt ROUTE MAIL CARRIERS Vale Contractor lit Given More Rev enue Owing to Heavy Pur eel Post Business Hon. Jas. S. Itlakuly, fourth as sistant postmaster general who has charge of tho Star Houte service was In Ontario Monday adjusting matters with the stage contractors running out from Vale in regard to handling the parcel post matter, says the On tario Democrat. The contractors for the Vale-Burns stage route and the Vale-Alberson route were awarded before the new parcel post law went into effoct on these two routes throw up their con tracts when the new law went Into . effect on account of the additional amount of , mall matter they were compelled to handle. Mr. Blakley conferred with Post master Sproul of Ontario, Postmas ter Staples of Vale, Contractor Hall day and Contractor Smith of the Vale-Alberson route in this city Mon day and the matter was satisfactorily adjusted between the government and thev contractors. The contractors were allowed a 3 cent rate on parcel packages which allows them to put a How to Swat the Fly The O. A. C. Ilulletln gives the fol lowing methods for combating the fly pent: Heat a shovel or similar Implo. input and drop thereon 20 drops of carbolic acid. The vapor will destroy the files In an ordinary room. Hum some pyrethrum powder (In sect powder) In each room. This will atuplfy the files which may then bo swept up and burned. Dissolve one dram of chromate of potash In two ounces of water and add a little sugar. Put In shallow dishes and put about the house. A few drops of formaldehyde plac ed In a small quantity of sweot milk Is very effective and may be placed about the house In shallow dishes. WM. BARKER CALLED WAS FORMER RESIDENT OK I.AKK COUNTY Deceased Never Recovered From Paralytic Stroke Wt Year Died nt Cnnyonvllle Ko-tcburg Review, April 2: Wil liam 1 irk'-r, died at Cunyon vllle till mornliiK. April 1, 1914. He was born I i ll. 14, ISf.fl, near Koseburg. His purcntx crossed the plains in 1852. lie leaves two sisters In Port land and two brothers In Canyon vllle, belli all who ure left out of a family of nine. Lent Aiu'ukI he had a struK of paralysis und never ful ly re'j.iveied. The fuil'Tal will lie held nt Caiiyonvlllo on April 2. Tlx; deceased was well known In Lnkf-vlew, and the sud news will be learned with much regret by bis many friends here. About a year ago ho with his two brothers, John and James, and Andy Sutpheii de parted from Lakevlew on an extend ed trip through portions of Oregon. Idaho i:nd Washington. The Murker brothels re-located at Canyonvllle and Mr. Sutplien returned to Lake view last fall.! 1 SHIP AND CREW LOST SOUTHERN CROSS AM) II Kit K TIHK CltKW MISSING Wax Ket urnlng from Seal Hunting Trip off Novla Scotia 173 Men In Crew On Sunday at St. John, N. F.. the sealing steamer Southern Cross, mis sing since Tuesday's blizzard of last week, officially was posted as lost, with her 173 men. Hope for the safe ty of the steamer and her crew was abandoned when the stricken survi vors of the steamer Newfoundland told their stories of the disaster that cost the Uvea of 77 of tholr comrad" Tho colony Is plunged into mourn ing by tho greatest trndegy In its his tory, which will deprive whole set tlements , of their breiidwlnuers and render more than lOOO women and children dependent upon charity. The fated ship-anil crew wero on a seal hunting trip olT the coast of Nova Scotia when they were envelop ed in the bll.7.ard nnd storms that lost them nt se'i. The' Southern Cross was so deeply laden that nil her pro vlsloiiH and part of her bunker coal wero stored on deck so that every available space below could be lill ed with her catch. ' CInIi Season Open Tho llshlng season that is fishing of tho real sport opened on April 1st and from now until November 1 mountain trout over six Inches long may bo legully caught in Oregon. Under the present efficient game J code, the person equipped witH a li cense can angle for ten Inch trout, I 1 1 . v t . . ti it Kut nnlv holurnnn tliA ' above named dates can you catch the kind of smaller dimensions. There are numerous streams In the mountains of Lake County filled with the Btuall brook trout and angling here for that variety la as good If not better than anywhere In the west, o Chautauqua Circle The Lakevinw Chautauqua Circle will meet with Miss Mabel Snelllng. Monday. April 13, at 7:30 P. M. Program: Roll call, current events, Subject, The Meaning of Kvolutlon, Chapter III. The Underlying Idea, Miss York. Chapter IV, Adaption for the Individual. Mrs. 13. D. Everett. freight team on once a week to hand le the heavy parcel post mall pass ing over their routes. LAKE COUNTY HAS DIG AREA GllKAT NOKTHKK.V IHHl'KM AT TltACTlVK HOOKLKT ON OlttXiO.V THE LAND OF RESOURCES l llrplcte With tollable Data On Central Part of Oregon Lake County Invites the llomee'k"rii "Oregon" Is the title of an ex cellent booklet Issued by the Great Northern Hallway which is designed to furnish " accurate Information for laud seekers. The booklet Is profuse ly illustrated with photographic scenes taken In Central Oregon. In speaking of Iake County, it says: Lake County lies south of Crook and west of Harney County, extends southward to the state line, contains over 7.000 square miles and a popu lation of 4,658 In 1910. The north west portion lies in the Des Chutes forest Reserve and the northeast por tion In the vicinity of Kort Rock, Silver Lake and Christmas Lake. While recently quite briskly settled In homesteads. It still contains a con siderable, area of agricultural lat.d open to homestead entry. Tho hi' face aside from the timbered ji;1 mountain portions, Is a rollmy level table land, averaging between 4.0('O and 4,500 feet above sea level. The soil Is of volcanic ash, mixed with loam on the higher mountain lem't I.nds, and the climate is even n:id dry with a rainfall varying f.cu eleven to seventeen Inches. Much of tho open table land is covered wt b a heavy growth of bunch grass and is admirable pasture for all stock. Many lukes and small streams are found here, making it an Ideal stock country. Much of the stock now grazed on tho open range la owned by the small farmers who have home ranches on the lakes, small streams and In the small valleys in the foot hills. Land values are low as com pared with the annual Income from these home ranches and when con sidered In connection with the graz ing privileges enjoyed by them. The homesteaders are gradually accumu lating a small band of stock. There Is room for a great expansion In the number of small farms in this local ity. Like Crook and Harney counties. Lake County has a great amount of Irrigable land there being over 273. 000 acres now embraced within irri gation projects In various stages of development. Including the Goose Lake, Warner Lake, and Summer Lake projects, and a number of other smaller projects as well. As In Har ney County, In Lake County these irrigation projects are not sufficiently (Continued on le Llf-'ht) cityWjST ieet ItK.tU'LAK lU'SIXKSS SKSSIO.V HKI.D Tl'KSDAV NICHT I ire Kquipinent to bo Piircluo.cil Now Weoil Ordinance Is ThI.cii Vndor Advisement Tuesday night of this week the regular meeting of tho council for April was held, when the regular routine of business Including the payment of bills and other munici pal matters was transacted.. Mayor Wilcox, Councllmen Beall, Dyken'au, Duckworth and Funk and Recorder Paine were all present. Thy matter of the petition asking for tee crowning of Bullard street with gravel was referred to no street committee. This is doubtless one of the slrongest petitions ever presented to the council asking f a public, Improvement, It being b. ru ed by nearly all businessmen ami heaviest taxpayers of the town. A ne v hose cart was ordered t? be purchased for the western por tion of the city. This will be sta tioned on. Center street. A new or dinance compelling owners to keep weeds down on their property w.i taken under advisement a n" it b expectnd that this will be a1oi :ei' in the near future as the town Is sadly in need of such a law. DAi CITIES ARE CHOSEN BAN FItANCISCO IS NAMED AS HEAD OF PACIFIC COAST DISTRICT ANOTHER BANK DUE WEST President Says No Immediate An nounreinent of Appointment of Five Members of Federal Hoard is Expected After three months of considera tion the reserve bank has announc ed the division of the continental United States Into 12 banking dis tricts and selected 12 cities where Federal reserve banks are to be lo cated under the new currency law. Thin was the first decisive step to ward the establishment of the new system. The bank with the great est capital, J13.351.925, will be sit uated at Chicago. New York state wilt be a district by Itself, with the bank In New York City. This bank will have a capital of $10,687,616. The location of banks and districts are as follows: Dlst. No. 1, Boston; No. 2. New York; No. 3, Philadel phia; No. 4, Cleveland; No. 6. Rich mond, Va.; No. 6, Atlanta; No. 7, Chicago; No. 8, St. Louis; No. 9, Minneapolis; No. 10, Kansas City; No. 11, Dallas; No. 12, San Fran cisco. , The only reserve bank assigned to the Pacific Coast is at San Fran cisco. It will serve six states and purt of another, and will include 514 National bankn-. . The population of this district which is designated as the twelfth, is 5.S89.303. It cov ers 603,658 square miles. The re serve bank's capital will ba $8,115. 524. The states included are Cali fornia. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Neada, Utah and part of Arizona. The organization committee was not authorized by law to provide for branch banks of the Federal reserve banks, but the act states that such banks shall be established. This task will bo left to the supervision of the Federal reserve board yet to be appointed by President Wilson. The organization committee in its announcement called attention to the fact that under the requirements of that ant it could not find grounds for the establishment of more than one bank on the Pacific Coast but held out the hope that in the near future another bank would be authorized by Congress and located somewhere in this great section. The next step to be taken by the organization committee will be the notification to banks entering the system of the plan for the districts. Within ten days of the time Biich notice is recelvedby banks, each must under the law, begin the payment for (Continued on page eight) TORBEON IS MO VILLA IX KILL COMMAND MEXICAN TOWN OK Confederate tieueral Is Now Plann ing Attack Upon Other Mexican Cities Torreon, Mexico fell completely into the hands of the rebels late last Thursday night, according to an nouncements made by General Car ranza. The news was first announced to the world when the bugler In front of the Carranza residence blew the stacutto notes of victory. The paean Carranza was Bound ed in Juarez even before it was heard in Torreon, Villa delaying out of compliment to his chief. The federal dead is estimated at 1500 and Villa's losses are placed at 500 with 1500 wounded. The bulletins announced that vic tory after the bloodiest series of bat tles known 'to medern Mexico, said that Villa captured a large number of prisoners. . Now with Torreon at last comple tely In the hands, Villa Is preparing for attacks on Monterey and Saltlllo, and In the meantime food supplies are being gotten into Torron and the plate cleaned up to make It habitable. Timber King; Dead Frederick Weyerhaeuser, lum Nt king, died at bis palatial home near Pasadena, Cal., last Saturday morning as a result of complications arising from advanced years and a cold contracted about two weeks ago. He was 78 years of age and had been known for years as the wealthiest man of the country and was rightfully called the "tioi:r king of the world. It is said that whilo the public In general has heard little about Frederick Wey erhaeuser, he was reputed to be worth many times more than John D. Rockefeller. ' The Weyerhaeuser Interests hold about 1,750,000 air? of land in the states of Oregon and Washington. TAX OPINION GIVEN STATE CANNOT APPEAL FROM JUDGE CLEETON'S DECISION Attorney-General Says Acceptance by Multnomah County is Not Binding on Other Not being a party to the suit in the Circuit Court, Attorney-General Crawford Informed the State Tax Commission that it could not appeal from the decision of Circuit Judge Cleeton, of Multnomah County, re garding the collection of penalties on last haf of annual tax payments be fore September 1. . The opinion was asked by the Commission soon after the injunc tion waa granted. The members of the Commission have never said that they desired to appeal the case, and unless the Multnomah County auth orities appeal, the decision of Judge Cleeton will stand. This, however, does not apply to other counties. It was pointed out, and whether any of the other tax collectors will Insist upon collecting the penalty Is a matter about which the Commission has not been inform ed. It has issued a statement to the citizens to use their own judgment regarding the payment of taxes. JOINED IN WEDLOCK MORGAN-WILSON NUPTIALS SOL EMNIZED IX THIS CITY Wedding Took Place at the Home of t'.ie Bride's Parents, Mr. und Mrs. C. F. Wilson At the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wilson In this city rSunday evening, April 5. 1914 at 7 o'clock, was solemnized the marri age of their daughter. Miss Corda. to Mr. Oliver D. Morgan. Rev. M. Smith pronounced the ceremony in a mc't beautiful and impressive mannei. The wedding was attended only by the families and a few intimate friends. At the close of the cere mony congratulations followed with merry Jest and cheerful conversa tion. An elegant wedding supper was forved nnd after expressing sin cere wlsiips for the happiness and proso: rity of the newly vedded cou ple t!ie pruests departed, leaving ninny valuable git'ts as tokens of their ood will. The L:kevlew Band, of which .or ganisation the groom Is n member, .timed out enmasse to serenade the youm; people. Tho bride is a youns lady of many graces of mind and person, who Is curable of filling (he home she will adorn with happiness and will prove to be truly a helpmate and compan ion bv the husband she has chosen to honor wiU her hand. The groom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. II. W. Morgan of this city, and is associated with his father in conducting the Lakevlew Abstract & Title Company. He is a steady and Industrious young man with all pros pects for a brilliant and prosperous career. It is a pleasure to chronicle the muiiiage of such wirthy yurg peo ple and the Examiner wafts to them Its warmest congratulation. Contract is Iiet "Contracting and Engineering," published at Chicago, among the an nouncement of other contracts, stat ed that the Utah Construction Com pany of Ogden had secured the con tract for constructing 60 miles of railroad from Westwood, Cal. to Klamath Falls, for the Southern Pa cific. News comes from Sueanville that work will begin on the extension In to Big Valley the first of May. PIONEER LADY CALLED HOME MRS. PLYNEIJ HOWARD DlfcD AT LA REVIEW HOSPITAL MON DAY MORNING WAS HIGHLY ESTEEMED Wan Native of England and 60 Years Old Moved to Lake County In 1886, Settling in Drews Valley Mrs. Plyner Howard died at the Lakevlew Hospital at 12:30 A. M. Monday, April 6, 1914. While her health had been quite poorly for sometime she was at the hospital on -ly a few days and the end whs very sudden. Death was caused from in ternal hemorrhages. Mrs. Plyner (Taylor) Howard was born in Nottingham, England, De cember 23, 1852, being at th; time of death 60 years, 3 months aud 10 days of age. When four years old she came to Philadelphia where in IS 7:t te wra married to Jco Ho arl. In September, 1886 they came to Oregon, settling In Drews Valley, about 22 miles west of Lakevlew, where she has since resided. Her husband is one of Lake County's substantial stockmen and has exten sive interests in Drews Valley. Mrs. Howard was the mother of five children, three sons and two daughters, all of whom are living, namely, Walter, at home; Frank, of Klamath Falls; Ollle, of Bly; Ida, at home; and Mrs.' CT" D. Arthur of this city. Besides th husband and children, Mrs. Howard is survived by I one sister, Hannah Townsend, of (Continued on Page Eight) OLD SCHEDULE RACK N.-C.-O. MADE CHANGE OK TIME ON APRIL O Buffet' Service will be Resumed Im-. provemeuts and New Equip ment Are in Line Beginning last Monday morning iie old schedule on the N.-C.-O. Rail way was resumed, the morning train leaving at 6:3fr a. m. instead of 5:40 and the evening train arriving at 9:35 p. in., instead of 9:40. Train, No. 2 will arrive at Reno at 7 o'clock and No. 1 will leave there at 9 o'clock under the new schedule. Tim buffet service w?:l tn b-j re sumed In a sLort time. It is said that numerous improvements are in line for the railroarl this season, and that orders have been placed for two loco motives and other modern equip ment. SOSPEmmOOHT SEETOX, ALIAS M.lcEA. ARREST ED AT WESTWOOD, CAL. Wanted for Attempted Murder In Kentucky was Employed iu l.akeview Last Summer ' A dispatch from Westwood, Cal.-, . under date of April 7, says: Sheriff Church of Susanville was in West wood with a warrant for and arrest ed Rot Seeton, alias Harry Macey for attempted murder. The case is. an old Kentucky feud of threw years" standing and up to the present See ton has succeeded in avoiding arrest. It will not be necessaiy for auy le gal proceedings, as Seccon will tsct Ufht est' ad t Ion and is anxiou to' re turn uudTieac vj ihe :roul.!e . Macey, the name under which ?ie wett wU'Ie bere, li iuite veil kuo-v:. in Lakevlew and was employed here last summer by the Lakevlew Trans fer Co. He was also employed on the Chandler ranch. From here he went to Westwood where he worked . it a lumber company. He was iu i,asevlew last week, having come up on a Fnort vacation, leaving here last Friday morning. Saturday City Mar shall Strtplin received a circular (Continued on Page Eight) V a 1 N I f. I ' v