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100 Years Ago
July 16, 1908
Our neighboring town, forty miles to the north, is right in the line for a big growth in population and resultant prosperity. A crew of men are now at work on the survey of the Portland Irrigation Company’s reservoir site above Paisley and are making good headway.
E.R. Patch, of Pine Creek, who called The Examiner last week is very enthusiastic over the future of fruit growing throughout all parts of Lake County. In this matter he speaks from experience and observation, gained in this line both in this and foreign lands.
The theme of paramount interest in Lakeview, and tributary country, now that politics are placed in the background for a while, except as to national issues, is the prospective development of the railroad situation in Southern Oregon. In this matter, Lakeview is the prize for which contending and conflicting railroad grants are striving.
80 Years Ago
July 19, 1928
Orders have been placed for an additional 290 feet of steel conduit for the replacement of the present wood drainage flume on Canyon street between Main and Dewey streets, it was announced Tuesday by Mayor Gibbs. The new conduit will be of 48-inch diameter in conformity with that already installed in the business section.
Construction of a new building 24x50 feet was begun this week to house a new creamery, adjoining the Fleming store at West Side. The Machinery will arrive shortly. Axel Koefoed, formerly of this city where he was engaged as butter maker at the Lakeview Creamery, is in charge of the new project.
Lakeview postal receipts continue to show a decided increase according to a statement of Postmaster G.W. Johnson this morning. Receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30th show an increase in various departments as much as ten percent.
60 Years Ago
July 15, 1948
The rail carriers serving the Pacific north west are threatened with a freight car shortage in the immediate future, according to W. C. Cole, traffic manager for the Midland Empire Traffic Association. Cole, who is also a member of the Pacific Northwest Advisory board indicated that the car shortage may be expected to be substantially more serious than that of last year.
Sylvatic Plague was found in Lake County by the State Board of Health Investigation on ground squirrels again this year according to a report to County Agent Elgin M. Cornett. The infected squirrels were located between Lakeview and Plush which is the same area reported to be infested a year ago.
Two special deer hunting seasons during which does may be taken are provided for in tentative hunting regulations drawn up July 9 by the State Game Commission. On July 24, the commission will again meet in Portland to make the final regulations.
40 Years Ago
July 11, 1968
A safe at Mr. and Mrs. Paddy Hallinan’s Shamrock Café was looted of about $1100 sometime early Monday, July 8, said Chief of Police Troy Riblett, who is investigating. Entry to the café was gained through a skylight in the roof. The safe was pushed inside the walk-in cooler, and there was opened with a cutting torch.
With hundreds of forest fires and range fires hitting in most parts of the state, there was quiet on the fire fronts of Lake county Tuesday of this week…although a new electric storm was coming in at that time. All was not quiet during the preceding week, however, The Fremont National Forest had 28 fires July 5 and 6.
A lease of airport property to Chuck Kelley’s Rent-a-Plane Company was re-approved Tuesday, July 2, by the Lakeview town council, said Recorder Ed Calderwood. The new agreement included an addendum to provide for the airport commission to receive 3¢ per gallon on gasoline sales.
20 Years Ago
July 21, 1988
North Lake County parents hope to have an operational “Friday’s” for their teenagers by this fall. Patty Effingham, one of the project’s backers in Christmas Valley, says the North Lake County effort would be patterned after Lakeview’s. High school aged kids in Christmas Valley would have a place to dance and play games.
The Lakeview Merchants are going all out for Crazy Days this Thursday, Friday and Saturday, says Crazy Days chairman Jim Howard. Crazy Days is Lakeview merchants’ traditional sidewalk sale featuring plenty of summertime clearance items. This year the sale has a carnival theme.
Two incidents of threats related to the Lakeview Lumber strike have been reported to Lakeview Police since Saturday, July 16. On Saturday, July 16 at 5:20 p.m., a local resident reported that two people pointed a gun at him and threatened the victim if he crossed a picket line. The two suspects wore white pillowcases with eyeholes cut out of them.
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