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THE EXAMINER IS THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF LAKE ' OUNTY
VOL. XXXV. LAKEVIEW, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 14, 1914. ''7'," '''" . NO. 20
REPORT NOT
ENCOURAGING
IMMIGRATION COMMISSION HE
PROTH ON OKEUON LANDS
TO UK RKHTOHKII
DRAWBACKS ARE NAMED
J. W. Jli-" t ltorlnreN Acreage
Small, mi'l tlmt instance from
Kitllrou'l I llvnntK' to '
Profitable Farming '
In
Tliat t lift Oregon Immigration
Commission will not especially en
courage settlers to locate on the
eliminated forest IhikU to be opened
In the northern part of lakn County
nod Northeastern Klamath, Ih sound-
ed In the report made to the Con:-
mission hy J. W. lirewer. Conn rn -
t ii K thU the Oregunluii Kives the fol -
lowing:
All the tillable land available for
acttloment In the nreu recently film-
I u ted frvm t'.ia forent reaervea In
CfntrilJ Ol'RO will not accomodate
mure than 200 families. )
W'vill require at least threo yeurs '
of nfcrd labor and patient effort be- j
fore any of thl land ran be farmed
proflUbly. Meanwhile settlers in list j
have other means for support. j
There Is grave danger that m uc Ii "j
of the agricultural and timbered land t
w ithdrawn from entry by the recta- j
inntlon Mervlce w 111 pass Into the
. bunds of timber, speculators unless
the local authorities take action to (
prevent nuch occurrence. j
The facta were plainly und frank-!
ly presented to the Oregon I mmlcra-1
t ton Commission by J. W.I
lirewer, their special agent, who re
cently made u careful cruise over the. i
entire district. j
A special committee of the com-:
mission whs appointed to make an
iuiliiedlute appeal to the :iropei
t-tate and federal authorities to give
nctiinl settlers on the laud the usual
HO-duy preference after the Itecla
imitlon Itepartment vacates Its with
drawal, the wuiiie us is done when
laud 1 nrtKinally Is withdrawn from
the national forests.
Otherwise. Mr. lirewer points out,
eueAulntom holding scrip will be able
to sel all the desirable lund.
In fart he reported- several crews
of men now are carefully cruising
the timbered area for the apparent
purpose of taking It up with script j
as soon ax It is open.
Mr. Hrewer's report was not whol-
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OPTICMDEPOSITS
J'OKTLAXII MKN 1IAVK I'ltlVL
LKCK OF LKAKIXC LAKFH
NlalA Land Hoard lve Ten Hmjn to
Provide lioml for $5G,(l(Hl in
W'J.OOO.OOO Heal
Tho state land board has accepted
the proposal of John Haak and Sam
uel Council of Portland to pay $2,
000,000 for the salt and other de
posits in Hummer uud Abert lakes
In Luke County, and gave them ten
days in which to get those whom
they represent in New York to sign
up the contract and put up 150,000
In cash, or a surety bond as a guar
antee of the faithful performance
of the contract. Mr. Haak will leave
Immediately for New York with the
contract.
Keen rivalry between Mr. Haak
and Jason Mooro, who represents
New York people and who had made
a, counter proposition for the lakes,
at a meeting of the state land board
last week In Sulem, would have led
to a personal encounter bulweon tho
two, had not Oovomor West Jnter
ferred, says a news dispatch from
that place. Mr. Haak told Mr. Moore
thut statements he had made were
not true, whereupon Moore invited
Hauk outside. Haak grabbed his
hnt nnd started to go when the gov
ernor sprang between the two, and
said that they were trespassing as
lie did all the fighting that was done
around the place.
Mooro had offered $1,000,000 for
the unit and other deposits In the
lakeH and f 2G0.000 more for the 90,
000 acres of land . covered. Hanlc
raised' tlnj offer to, 000, 000.
AUTO STAGE NORTH
.1. S.
i tller hl'yh 1iio seven
passenoeh car
Itomi'l Trli to Pulslcy .Made Each
H Conner In Willi Silver
Lake Auto Stag "
Monday mornlnK of thlH week an
auto stag wan put -on the Northern
Stage, Line to rnrry both mall and
passengers. J. 8. Fuller purchased
the large seven passenger Wlnton
Hlx ear from J. II. Auten, and the ma
chine Ih now being UHiid, with (no
Hoone. former driver of the horse
stage an chauffeur. The nil leaves
Lukevlew ut 7 o'clock a. in., arriving
at Paisley at 11 a. m. At that place j
connections are made with the autoj
stage for Silver Lake, allowing !-(
scngers to makn inn through trip
from here to Silver Lake or either
way In one day. Tho auto urrlves
In Lakeview at f p. in.
charged over the horse Hinge.
Mr. Fuller In conducting the stage
Hue for II. I.. Chandler who holds
1 the contract, until July 1st this year,
; jtlds are now being advertised for
'carrying the mull between Lakeview
n, pttoy uud It Ih underwtood that
both Mr. Chandler, nrenent contract
or. ami llenry Meweii nave Hunmme.i ,isl,at,., from Washington. It la stal
blds. The contract will soon he ! tilut tll proposal might be that
awarded but It In not yet learned toj,hB un,ig up of a temporary gov
whoiK It will be given. J eminent be undertaken by n eum-
CLOPTONS ARE HELDlv
1
(11 AIM.KIi WITH IMPLICATION OF
I'lKF. IX IIOXA.XZA i
Deft iiduiitN Knell Held to the (.rami
.liii.l at Klamath l'alli
SI.VIO Hail
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh L.
Clopton j
were each held to the grand
Jury
in 11.100 in Justice Cowan's court
yestenlav on the charge of being ini-1
plicated In the cause of the blaze
that recently wiped out several
buildings ut llouunzn.
No witnesses were called for the
defense it being the general im
pression that the ruse would have
to go to the grutid Jury before the
matter was finally threshed, out and
the accused either cleared or con
victed. The main witnesses Millet by
the state were II. K. Anglin, Martha
Yahr, and Mrs. William Wood. Theao
witnesses told of seeing; Mr. Clop-
toll R ,nto the postoffice building,
where the fire started, n few minutes
before the lire and of conditions and
actions of Mrs. Clopton. It Is claim
ed that Mrs. Clopton, who was In the
hotel adjoining the postofflce build
ing was up and dressed and that her
children were dressed much too soon
for this to have been done after the
alarm was given. 'The prosecution
tried to show that she did not have
time to dross herself and have her
children dressed between the time
the alarm was given and when she
was seen fully dressed.
Following the examination of wit
nesses for tho statu attorneys for tho
defense moved that the case bo dis
missed, but this wus overruled by
Justice Oowun and the defendants
hound over.
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Mii. Wlnglielil Improved
Heno Cazette: -Wrs. George Wing
field, whose condition, following the
birth of a son Tuesday morning be
came serious last night, Is much bet
ter today according to the physi
cians lu attendance, und It Is believ
ed that she Is now out of danger.
For thirty hours her temperature
was ut or near 104 degrees and last
night, a special train was made up at
San Francisco at the request of Mr.
Wlngftold to bring to lteno at tho
earliest possible niomont Dr. E. 0
Flelchner and Dr. W. Francis It.
Wakefield, for consolation with phy
sicians already In attendance.
The special consisting of two cars
nnd n llcht engine, made the dts-f
tance from Sun Francisco in recon
time of seven and a half hourn
..1.1 r . .. t D t 1 E w.. r. I .,1
reaching Ueuo,at 8:15 this mornli
Au automobllo was waiting and t
physicians were hurried to tho WI
field home. There was a keen
sympathetic Interest h tJi condl
. I. ... 1 .... 4 .. 4 , ..,!
relief and grutlfJCP'
that Mrs. VI
Improved. Tl'
continues (in
IIS I HUERTA
NO V PLANNED
.MKDIATOUtt ItOIOKK TO KIJM
IX ATE MEXICAN PKTATOH
AND ESTABLISH REGIME
WOULD SATISFY FACTIONS
Men iiml Hoy Drilled in MxJco
City Itut Capital In Ntill I nfortl-Wed-
Reble ani Federal
Fight
KliiiiiiiMtlou of General lluerta
and the eNtnbllHhinent of the provi
sional Kovernnient in Mexico In
tutlonal factlona would be represent
ed, Ih contemplated In a plan which
thn three South American mediators
now are working out to be propotied
for the Kolutlon of the entire Mexi
can problem. TIiIk, the first Intima
tion uk to the detulU of the media
tion pImuh, Ih inudu known In a latr
j mission composed of live persons.
wo of whom be named by lluerta.
wo by the constitutionalists and the
fifth by the mediators. The peace
commissioners appointed by I'resi-
dent luerta to represent him at the
Niagara Fulla conference, have sail
ed fur Havana en route to Key West.
They are clothed with full powers
nominally at least, to sign any agree
mcnf'or convention.
From Mexico City comes reports
of large numbers of men and bovx
ilrtlltnir In the streets, but so fur no
measures have been taken to fortify.
the capital.
From Juarez comes the news of
coiiunueil Hostilities neiween me r
i bels uud federals. On May 10 It Is
said the most desperate battle of the
Mexlcun revolution was fought a'.
Tumplco. Some of the oil wells and
tanks and a portion of the town
were burned.
PHONE LINE NORTH
WOl I.H KI X FKOM SILVKK LAKK
TO HF.XD
Swvlce Would ltenellt all Northern
Points in County as Well
as Lakeview
A southern telephone outlet for
llend may be the result of plans nv&w
developing al Silver Lake, ways the
ltend Hulletln. The le.vee of the
phone service there; Ts working on a
proposition which,', if auccessful, wtll
establish a line fnom Silver Luke
through Fort Hock to( La IMne, there
connecting with the Pioneer --service.
Silver Lake Is ahout sixty, two
miles from La Pine, k S, Miles
promoter of the scheme, t (estimates
that about $2,000 will b required
to establish a line. Nut only would
such a phone greatly benefit llend by
connecting this town With, tints south
ern territory far more intimately
than can now be the case, bm it al
so will receive a goodly, volume of
I.....I.. ...... lnln-n...lnJ
uuniurDD iiuiii iiio iuu-i uioumvi) coun
try, particularly thut about; Fori
Km k
where theie is '..much . settle-
inent. - .
Mr, Miles has leased the loroper-
ties of the iake county Teiiephone
& Telegraph Company for three
years, with an option of six inoil-e. He
Is ut present engaged la Improving
thn plunt at Sliver Lake. Aniong
commuuitles served by thOfsysnoui
ure Silver Lake, Paisley, Lalevtw
and Valley Falls.
While nothing definite as yet liu
Aleveloned. several ltend J-'mn have
V Vnifled Hhelr willingness, to mib
r 'Vlb
Vibe liberally to the undertaking.
Co nclng cash which will apply
,nn
ent for suhsequent phone tolls.
ns probable that with no dtf
at leant $500 could n sub
hero, If the plans prove, sut-
. T n TllrtA t la ... In.. ......I
leady to do Its share, and f tuy i'ne examinauon suujecis
j Rock country is cnthusias-1 I ivoared fcy the State Superlntendc
the Bcheme. Mr. Miles ex-Ji'- Public Instruction and those w
bo In Rend booh to prcsHiifr'"89 f .t t elletblo to entor any hi
n. Jj' J'1 J. the state.
leady to do Its share, audi
STATE VOTERS
T0TAL226.924
KKKKTT OF H ALLOT EXTEN8IOX
i
IS NOTED
BIG GAIN OVER LAST TIME
Mill)- Per Cent of RegiMtration Ih He
ulliran Dry are Third Of
ficial Return Will Show
Little Change
With the women enfranchised the
registration in . Oregon for the prl-1
mary May 15, this year, totals 226.
924, with 11 counties reported un
officially. There will belittle change
either way in the final statement.
For the primary, 1912, when only
men voted, the registration was 131,
880. That the women will substan
tially figure In the primary and the
election In November is proved by
the registration in figures.
Colonel Itoosevelt, nominee of the
Progressive Party for President of
the United States in the election in
1912, was second choice for that of
fice of the electorate of this state.
The report made by Secretary of
State oleott of the registration of
this year shows the adherents of the
Progressive party to be Incousequen
ta'. as compared with the electors
who have pledged themselves to
vote for Republican and Democratic
nominees. y,
There are almost 5000 more Pro
hibitionists than Progressives, ac
cording to the Secretary of State's
report, and this party has Jumped
from 1655 to 11,177.
While, as stated above, eleven
counties are reported unofficially the
official returns will make but slight
difference as a close tab has been
kept on registrations in each county. :
The official report on the registration.
In Lake County ts 1.427.
That the big lead In the Prohibi
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TRIP OF INSPECTION
N.-C.-O. RAILWAY OWNER ANl
OFFICIALS A'lSIT LAKEVIKW "s
f '
Tratlir MauaKer Annuunce KubxtMU
tlal Reduction in Sheep Rates
KfTective ThrouRh July
Chas. Moraa, of New York, who Is
heavily interested In the Nevada-Calitortiia-Oregon
Railway, Mana
ger T. F. Dunaway and Traffic Mana
ger H. V. McNamara of the same
road Monday came up from Reno
in Mr. Dunaway's private, car.
. They were making a trip of in
spection over the line and while
here Tuesday made an auto trip to
the West Side. Mr. McNamara stat
ed that business was on the increase
ltd the road and reported that pas
senger traffic la getting much heav-
fer. Several settlers, ho states, are
coming in settling on lands adjacent
tn the railroad, principally in the
Honey Lake Valley and south of
Jlsveiidale.
, While in Lakevtew it is under
stood that Mr. McNamara gave out
the information that a substantial re
duction In sheep rates from here to
Doyle will be made. The new rate
wtU be $30 per car, as against the
price of $38.19 heretofore. This
will become effective July 1 and re
main until August 1, applying only
to stock sheep. '
Accofatng to buyers there will be
heavy shipments of sheep out of
h-re during that time, and this c.ou
ccsion by the Railroad company will
be of much beneilt to the growers.
SchiMit Kxiiiuinations
Kighth grade pupils In the cranium-
aohool last week took the ex
imlnntlons to test their fitness for
ntorlng- the Lakeview Htgh School
-t tho beginning of tho next school
The examination subjects are
tendent
ho
high
COMBS IS ACQUITTED
FOKMKK IXKML OY IS FKEEU
OF Ml KDF.K HAIU; , '
fn of I'lwrc Comb, Formerly of
Lake In Jail at Sacramento
Several Months
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A brief news dispatch from Sacr
ramento states that Albert Conibf.
charged with the murder of Frutflk
Miles was acqulttel in the cl.c"t
court at that place 'i3t week. .m
Tills news will b3 oi.morc t'AO
passing Interest to ininy Lake.
residents. Ife Is a son jf Vr andM
I itrce Cr iLbs, form ?N' cf thin f'iai
out row teridents of lrlli.Vl'v'm-'
ath County, Albert 4ArtJ , J'ombis
was arrested near Sacrameto last f&M
following the finding of the b!'
Miles, an aged woodchopper cjt Auf5:
lope. .Miles had beo alain Z11'1 an
axe In his cabin. Robbery was . oe-
lleved to hare beea the motlfve
Combs was arrested snortl? after
the mutilated body of Mes was
found, on circumstantial 1 evidence.
This consisted principally tn find"
tng of a note belonging 1 Cdrtibe 'n
the cabin of the murdered man. The
asserted finding of mm"' ld oi
some of Combs' clothing-"1 ac
tions before aivd after tyle murder.
The defendant has. n5nie
' near
the cbin of tha niai we
cused of killing.
was ac-
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE
FlUSTF FINAL SERIES j I
- HATKS HEL' tlKSDAY
Negative Nid Olvn Jxmsion on lan-
fornLa Alhm W-niltjiu- Subject
. ' .' .... .- ,
The hrst of ,'! Anal series of de
bates betweeu.' the different classes
of the IIih JctiOOl whs keld Tues
day Id uriug Cte time a Hotted to the
English peric-
Thn n n nitl op was: "Resolved that
Oregon Khovild adopt alien land la
-similar to that adopted by Csiifor-
nia." ' The first" debate was between
i the se'nlorrV represented by Roland
Bart!lng ,.iBtl Lur-Ve. Bailey for the
affirmitlv- " T-Ve' juniors were rep
resented "V "Dayne-tynch and Beryl
'for the necAtlve. The sopho
mores in the second were: Reid Cor
bett and Ruth Florence on the afflrm
ttive and the freshmen Virgil Brat
tala and Bernice Harris for the ne
gative. The debaters handled their sides
of the question In an excellent man
ner and each showed great research
and careful study in the preparation.
The language was well chosen, sta
tistics and quotations correct and
the deliveries impressive. This de
bate is the l)tt great in .sllei '..il
contest to he engaged, in by cur hifc'i
school and it was as good as many
of the debating clubs of the colleges
can do. It also speaks much for the
advancement of our school. While
great praise is due the students for
the success. Miss Church, the talent
ed and untiring teacher of English,
deserves mention for her work in
training.
A silver cup is to be awarded to
the class winning two debates.
The decision was given for the ne
iTPtive In both debates. The judges
-re Rev. Crawford, Father Murphy
and Superintendent Oliver two for
the negative and one for the affirni
atlce In each debate. Many requests
have been made Tor one of the de
bates' in the future to be public. If
so the people will be surprised at
what our students can do.
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Rig Crop Asauredl
Portland, Oregon, May 12. (Spe
cial) Reports from nearly every sec
tion of Oregon. Indicate that the
grain crop for 1914 will be the larg
est In the history of the state. Not
only has the grain acreage been
greatly Increased, but weather con
ditions have been unusually favor
able and in nearly all districts the
yield per acre will be larger than
usual.
Fruit reports from some sections
are not quite as eucouraglng as
grain estimates, but iu most cases
tho loss from frost has not exceed
ed the annual thinning of fruit. A
large acreago of new orchards will
produce the first commercial crop
this year and It is estimated the to
tal fruit jiola will ba far beyond
that of last year
MANY CASES
-
TO BE TRIED
CrtAM JHIY FINISH WOHK AND V
I I HIMINAL CASKS HAVK
s HF.CVX . ,
STRODDEH PLEADS GUILTY
K.
A. Ilairower Was Acquitted by
jr Yesterday Afternoon-
John Cogburn Pleaded
Utility to Charge
The present term of circuit court
Is progressing rapidly and the doc
ket has been cleared of quite a few
cases. Indictments returned by the
old grand jury before their dismissal
last Saturday are as Tollows:
State of Oregon vs. J. L. Freeman
for larceny of a calf from Z. G. Har
ris; State of Oregon s. II. J. Hunt
ington for lewd cohabitation; and
State vs. R. A. Harrower for remov
ing posts and wires of the Lake
County Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
from the Northwest Townsite com
pany's lands at Paisley. Some not
true bills were also returned.
The new grand jury drawn Mon
day morning was composed of W.
R. Bernard, foreman, L. A. Carriker.
j S-FiKher. jy. .jY.yutller, W. E.
Rn'nhamtTtfas. Nelson and C. E. Mc
Kune. They , were in session but a -
short time before being dismissed. ;
returning but one true, bill. ...This
was against James Young for the
violation of the State's Ten Hour
law, in employing, a laborer ti a
lumber mill for over ten hears per
day without the provider" pay of time
and a half for over t.'nie. . 1
The defendant i is. represented by
Attorney W.Lair Thompson and the
matter be tp.ken to the Supreme
CoikV; 'making a test Case similar to
tAe F. O. Bunting case appealed last
fall.
John W. Cogburn pleaded guilty
to the indictment charging him with
non-support of his children, and
Judge Benson ordered that he pay
Lottie Cogburn, mother of the child-'
ren, the sum of $22.50 a month for
their support.
The injunction suit of the Che
waucan Land & Cattle Co. vs. H. A.
Brattaln and others was dismissed
upon motion of the plaintiff.
A decree was granted In the di-
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N.-C.-O. CASE HEARD
CALIFORNIA RAILWAY COMMIS
SION MEETS AT ALTI RA8 '
Matter of Changing Locution of l)e
Nt is Discussed Rate Case
Hearing Was IWtiKmed
The case of John Wall and others
against tG N.-C.-O. Railway regard
ing the changing of the location of
the Alturas depot was held at that
place last week before State Railway
Commissioner John M. Eshleman,
Rate Expert II. II. Sanborn and R. A.
Sollars, reporter.
T. F. Dunaway geueral manager of
the road was present, accompanied
by his attorney. Judge Glenn. The
people of Modoc County were repre
sented by Attorneys Corplsh and
Robinett."
Evidence was presented on behalf
of the people, showing reasons why
their petition for a depot in Alturas
where the railroad Intersects Modoc
Btreet, should be granted and proving
very strongly that such a depot
would be a great convenience to the
people of Alturas.
Some witnesses were put on by the
N.-C.-O. Railway Co., tending to
show that the site was objectionable
on account of the ground being too
low and of a nature which would not
be a good foundation for large build
lugs. The matter was taken under ad
vlsoment by the Commlpston, and
will be decided later.
The other case, namely the ques
tion of tho reduction of rates was
set for May 12, but we understand
that this henries hr.3 te n ;;-"t;:";oa
to August 18, for hearing.
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