and fiction along with feature stories and news. When the newspaper began, a one-year subscription cost $3.00. However, the newspaper's main source of income was legal notices for land claims, which homesteaders were required to post publicly. After a few years in business, the Examiner installed an Eight-Medium Gordon-Franklin job press and changed to a new larger print style. Around 1883, The Examiner merged with another Lakeview newspaper, the State Line Herald. While the State Line Herald was Lakeview's first newspaper, established in 1878, the combined publication kept the Lake County Examiner name. After the merger, the paper began advocating Republican politics on its editorial page. During the 1880s, the Examiner was sold a number of times. In 1884, Fuller Snelling became Charles Cogswell's partner. Bruce Allen and Frank W. Beach then bought the newspaper in 1885. A year later, Seneca C. Beach bought out Allen's share, forming the company of Beach and Beach. It was published by Beach and Beach until 1891, when Frank Beach left to become editor and publisher of the Linkville Weekly Star. On 22 May 1900, a fire burned most of Lakeview. There were no deaths, but 64 buildings were destroyed. Only two downtown business structures survived the fire. However, the Examiner staff rescued enough equipment and material to publish a special edition the day after the fire. In 1905, C. Oscar Metzker became the newspaper's publisher. Metzker installed a linotype machine to streamline the typesetting process. At about the same time, the Examiner began publishing eight pages per issue with eight columns per page. In the early 1900s, the newspaper added political cartoons and a regular "Candidate Column" to discuss political candidates. Upbeat business articles about Lake County were common along with announcements for community events and meetings. Editorials offered opinions on politics, economic issues, and legal decisions. During this period, the Examiner also printed short stories and poems along with advice on women's fashions. However, public notices for land and mining claims remained an important revenue source for the newspaper. In 1911, the Examiner was purchased by Fred P. Cronemiller, who also owned the Evening Herald in Klamath Falls, Oregon. His son, G. D. Cronemiller, became editor and publisher of the Examiner when his father died in 1924. In 1935, Cronemiller sold the Examiner to C. J. Gillette and Hugh McGilvra. In 1983, the Examiner was acquired by the Pioneer News Group. Pioneer