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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1909)
-- MMKMMMHMWH ti CSrcnt 3-inrncu (Coniiitu Covers nil nrcn ol 0,tV8,800 mict of land, 4,(1,11,1)51 ncrtwi jut vncniil nilmi'l to entry under tliu pnlilic land inuri ol tlio United Htaten. Vh.e fctmco-Hcrnlo.. ThoOlllolnl 1aht of llnrnojr County Iib tlie litril circulation nutl Isouo o tho best mlvortlnliiK mediums In Knttloru Oregon. BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MAY 15 1000 NO. 20 VOL. XXII "pM (Tr o flit Hi' 4 s. mm mmtfr&tfma epends on railroad ridence in Merger Case Brings out This Fact EASY ROUTE TO BUILD tho Columbin rind finally tho .con trol of trniiBcontinontnl connec tions, If all other almost insupcr nblo difficulties wore overcomo, would still leave thoso who had tho hardihood to build at his mercy. On the other hand, nnd very significantly, it wns shown that in Eastern Washington, which is "open territory," and there fore keenly competitive, tho Har riman interests had expanded millions of dollars in building laterals and feeders all through that country, while in Oregon, which has always been llarri man territory, and therefore non competitive, absolutely no ex tension lmd been made since tho tola E. S. Wood and Win. -od. Oregon was- neglcctou-ist--" -j-,- j-- iley gave most valuable tcsti- ndmn country today, nt!Umt to whnt cverdeKreo6roBon iy during tho session of tjio ,", , 0r parts of Oregon suffer from a AI1U minimus, uiuj, oun.vi.il i..,.,,i,i ,i ti in driving out the Indian and re- I'Mit, to font degree the I Jam dniminir the land." concluded ' syste.n is responsible, Ihese crc can be no Development until Railroad Comes," says Col. C. E. S. Wood while Riving Testimony in the Alcrgcr Trial in Portland. by the government to dis- o the merger or me nnrn- Hnes in Oregon. Tho tcsli- iy of these gentlemen showed it effected this, part of the :e. The Journal gives in pari vollews: I'There can be no development ;n the railroads come.' !his assertion made by Colonel S. Wood during examma. in the closing session of the rernment's suit to dissolve the claiming the land," concluded the witness. facts should be borne in mind, In all thYgovernment's oxnmi-"""! lh v,tnI, m,c8tjon "hich nation of witnesses by C. A. Severance, a distinct plan was visible. Witnesses were chosen with a view to showing how much Oregon, east and west, , ........ i i!.. 'our population, our assessable mill iiiTiiiiii ii i tin i initiiiiiri in mil . CfcllVi ,VSI1IUl hi - VJHiimivi v.aw state thus faces should receive careful intelligent attention. Sections of our state are paralyz ed through tho do-nothing policy of tho Hnrrimnn system. There would be enormous accessions to facilities. The evidence, as given . n .1 .... i iiu tir wrur titnfvtinntir nncmnqq . hiiftifnnn tlm ;nilT 10 'II "J HIV llivov muiiiiiiviiv w...j. ,- :ific and the Union Pacific, in -men and the most loyal boosters wealth and our production, if tho Hnrriman system would only do its plain duty nnd redeem tho lificandthe Union Pacific, in -men ami uib imw t .. u. romiscs so of toff made of land, contains the objective , of Oregon, girdled the sUite and , J J Mjn u so oy made o at of all the evidence produced ' supplied a panoramic word vista terday ffnrlnvolnnpd Enstern Oreiron identically the same kind of fntry as developed in Eastern shington. Eastern Oregon the same possibilities of im- iise production that has been Sized in eastern Washington to raise wheat, barley vege- les, allalta, iruit, wunoui ans of transportation to mar- , is literally useless. This the testimony of Colonel od, supported by statements lie by Captain William Grimes I James II. Flannagan, promi- at business men and develop- Int specialists from Marshfield, ICoos Bay, also suffering from : of transportatien: by r. M. Id win, a banker from Prineville by Wm. Hanley, eastern Igon cattleman. lolonel Wood added his con- lion that a railroad may be It over the Cascade Moun- at almost any point, but , the only two available water tas from north to south were Ithc Malheur and Deschutes pr canyons. But," said the witness, T nk considerable thought should Itaken before the Deschutes er is given over completely to Iroad. construction. The Des- fctes river has the strongest, pothest flow among all the ers.of the United States. Its ireris many times greater than t of Niagara Falls; it is annunl- quivalent to the power pro- :ed by 9,000,000 tons of coal, len Oregon is developed the er nower furnished by the fechutes river will be the most rvlorful in the werld: will Bo of the entire situation For tho Harriman interests W. W. Cotton showed remarkable knowledge of the topography of Oregon and the status of devel opment and development enter prise in every part of the state. His most telling point was the admission ho secured that from west to east a railroad may be built at almost any point over the tableland of the Cascade moun tains, even though Harriman has a monopoly on water routes and, dog in the manger like, refuses to nllow others to build where ho will not. NOW YOU'RE TALKING. Regarding the merger testi mony taken in Portland last week the Telegram has the fol lowing to in part to say editor ially of the matter: Tho Harriman merger hearing just closed is in its local applica tion of quite as much conse quence to Oregon as tho princi ple involved in the Northern Se curities case. It was the result of a series of investigations made two years ago by the Interstate Commerce Commission. In brief, what did the testimo ny elicited in Portland show; building into Central Oregon. But tho people of tho state have been treated with the most con temptuous indifference. Their needs receive no consideration and no attention. They are simply left to flounder as best they may. But let another toad try to enter tho field, nnd then heaven and earth are moved to block up strategical passes and seal up the territory from them. Even so tho Harriman system will not build unless it is literally forced to do so. It is high time that tho people of the state took the bit in their own teeth and attempted to give the Harriman system a dose of its own bitter medicine- OUR WATP.R POWER. Orcgoninn News Bureau at Washington, I). C. sends out the follewing: Before tho govern ment can make much progress looking to tho conservation of water powers in tho state of Or egon, the geological survey will bo obliged to make rather exten sive examinations of tho various streams of tho state to determine their power possibilities, and the approximate location of desirable power sites. Up to tho present very little is known about the That the bottling up of the state opportunities for power develop- . .. . i ikintit 41mf nvn anil nnnimrnnnnt. has been effectually accomplish- ",; - " .'.- -r . . . . .nil In n minora! W11V. it 1 ed by buying all rival interests that showed ability to territory. either intention or ed. In a irencrnl way. it is known there nre attractive pow- build into neglected ur l ,"; As an example, when ! """ "f l m s U0Ul '" t uory. as an uxunu'iu, wnuu , .,., . u ,,, . . .... !it i: em and Western Oregon, but to a unanciaiiy respunaimu aynui- - cate had been gotten together to -what extent these streams may buy the Corvallis & Eastern, and bc f for power development extend it cast and west across is not known unti the , geological the state, Harriman, at the psy-' f?' ucf,. instructions from ,nnin,Vnl tnnmnnfc. stonno.l in I Secretary Ballinger, makes hasty ,.,",' , ,t ,, surveys, which in some instances anu oought tne property iiiiiibuu. wjjj resun. veys is expected to be mado summer. this ltd grant and raised thereon, farmincr. CO bushels of wheat tho aero; 80 bushels of barley. hittle calculation shows that 0.000 acres would providn ncs for 187,500 families, givinj; feh a quarter section, or 100 les of land. Letting the aver- no It Now Now is tho timo to get rid of your rheumatism. You can do so by applying Chamborlain'B Liniment. Nino cases out of ten irimlesa value, to the people fn " anu oougui uie proiiuriy niin:u. w resu . n t,o w thdrawal of 'here are 30,000,000 acres un- With it he rccciveu hurvuys ; these sites from, entry, or liling, ainnoririind susceptiblo of.wich had been made over a pending legislation oy congress, etopedUianu susccpuuiu w ..,. , . , U,,, ,,,,,,, thoso mir .l . tnn in midtiif-ii iiiiii ijl.a.vvi.it if & lii v wm Bvw -- - ., ;n cuuivuuuii in ijio".'" " i " . , , tral Oregon, Colonel Wood denco was urougnt out w snow :lared. William Hanley bought the complete nnanciai responsi- all tract from the old wagon b'lity ot thoso wno were nego tiating to secure tne rouu. Many witnesses testified that the entire Central Oregon em pire was quite as great in its .1. .,;.. !i.:i:4:,. .,,. ii. prouueuvo jjoawuHiMw . - nm .. mi.am,nr r,,nmntiHm Yakima and Pa oubc valleys, and, '" """"' , "", that nothing but a railroad was duo to cold or damp, or chronic needed to make its 30,000,000 1 rhoumntlr m, nnd yield to the ,..,... ... ,n t...u..i .. !inrH nf t fib O and a SOlId viK"iun ijiiii.uiiMii u. "" rirZZZ wheat and fruit belt like thoso mont Try it. You are certain vw "- "-""'' " lW,1utnf,nn vnllnVB , t0 bO dC IglltCd Willi tllO (HICK the stupendous total of 120,- Washington , va oys. , Sohn i.OOO bushels of wheat. This , it w wu --?; nl. .i (loalora. Ic of revenue, the evidence there is a naiurm w m- duced went to show, is tho re-' route for a railway to tap una - t of a failure to provide trans- vast region up tho Deschutes, ; Who.Pi.i c.u,h. tatton through tho country of .canyon almost to Bend, thenco Thin is a more dangerous dls itern and central Oregon. through Crystal and Lake val- easo than is generally presumed. i.s... w,! fi,l 1w,.if lm imil ova. across tno Kreat uiuiuiuuu it win uu u uuriiriuu w iiiuujr u, '. x- ai. -., timf fnirnn tlm watershed for tho lonrn thnt more deaths result ICCamew uio uresiuu uuu.u.jr """.. ."., nn ' i. .... " ... ii... .-. -inv 879 as an Indian fighter, a Deschutes, urooKeu, mmnuui iroin it umu irom bkuiiuhuvu-i. itenant in tho regular army, and other rivers, anu mua un pneumonia uuun ruapwiium u. . .. T...H ii ii r- nnatwnn tn pnnnoctionH wuii inu i iinmi onnin h uuurn ivcinuu.v ising inumns over an mu ui- '". - -., i i, , ,. ii , and Washington country ho Oregon snore unu. iuc who ims neon uaeu m iminy ujmiiim.n il i i L.Ia unin llln ' .. 1? . . .1. - .. -.1 .. n lillfll II I fll ltl ,mo familiar with the topo- Know tnai tno wnoiu lugivu imu m wihwpuijj vioK, "n iphy of the entire section, a boon say tnis rouw is iww wuu mo um twuiw. vh m hn pjimo there wero no feasible, nnu oners u ounuun mcrvcigm iiumu, m, Vo u4 ,.. ..w .rt1i All il, fi. fl-ft-.. U.- iI ...l.nIn Iroads in either state. Tho engineering dinicuiues. n no u: iy uu w w..uuj,...k j- uu .,. ,oa nf Mm rnur on. it was ucmonsumou, cougn wnen niuo monuia uiu. Ill UUVI1 QV4IA lliu ' o f - - , .. i - V i ,i t i t i. .... , . t 1 Unrrmnn lift 1 n HO HO 0W 01 1 10 lttd t 111 tllO Winter, I got U l0Kinu,DunciiKrBu.mBKU, "1""" -;- - . .! r t.,,4i f pui.jbio n,,nJ, ...t.no4- la oiiKn in frrnw 1118 IUU1U IJiroUKIl mu v-uin"i uuniu ui. wiih. ..... m vmB.. T .... , , ! UA..lnr. nnil ..oaona nnl T)nrv.n,1ir ti.litnll lAtrnil frnnrl T ihington got tho railroads strategic rouiun u t uv .. lv,u, ...v., i.-...- the desert blossomed, became tho ownership of tho littlo feed- cannot recommend t too highly." :kly populated, fully develop- or lines extending soutn xrom , j-or saio oy an goou uea.crs. WHYNOT FOR RAILROAD The Constitution Permits it in All Other Things, & HANLEY ASKS THE QUESTION 'I lie Snlcm Journal takes up the Matter In n Strong and says that ConstiUiHonal'Lawycrs are Funny They arc Amusing for a Fact. Argument Animals Tho-Federal grand juryhas in;"- dieted William Hanley of Burns for illegal fencing of public lands. His trial will como off some time during May at Portland. It will be another addition to tho judicial reform farces enacted in Oregon. Mr. Hnnloy organized "a com pany nnd his company bought a largo tract of the French-Glenn lands. Some of these lands are fenced and somo nro not, Hanley and his company have never fenced nn aero of land (nor even kept up tho fences they bought with the land. In the meantime William Hanley is doing things to open up central Oregon. He is one of tho principal promoters of tho movement for a railroad from Boise Coos Boy. That movement includes tho fight for the district built railroad, an ap plication of nn old principle to a now disease railroad stranguli tis. Wm. Hnnley's clear business brain conceived the idea of the district principlo applied to build ing railroads. When the bill to create port districts to improve water transportation was being considered by the Development congress he asked the question "Why not a law to create rail road districts?" If it is consti tutional to create a district to pro vide better waterways, why is il not just as lawful to create the district to improve land transpor tation? If a district can tax its elf for its own benefit to improve n waterway, why not to improve a highway? Constitutional lawyers are fun ny animnls that n plain mnn like Bill Hanloy.can't understand. It is not unconstitutional to tax the people to build the portnge rail road on the Columbia to relieve the eastern Washington grain growers, it is not unconstitu tional to appropriate money for an automobile road to Crater Lake It is not unconstitutional to build locks and canal at Oregon City, present them to a corporation, nnd then help tho general gover nment buy right-of-way from a railroad company for n canal at tho falls of the Columbia. It is not unconstitutional to enact tho Oregon water code to create irri gation districts that will build canals and reservoirs by taxing tho lands and issuing tho bonds nnd exorcise eminent domain. But before you can create a rail road district law you must amend the Oregon constitution. Tho constitution provided for only three supreme judges. Tho peoplo voted down nn amend ment to provide five supremo judges. But the legislature ex pands tho constitution nnd enncts fivo judges. To creato offices tho constitu tion can' bo wrenched and violat ed. Self expansive officialism complacently fills the positions forbidden by tho .constitution. Great is ho constitu tionnl lawyer. Idaho enacts tho district built railroad law and tho Hanloy iden is spreading over two states. William Hanley and his friends may organize a district for cen tral Oregon without waiting for tho consent of tho constitutional lawyers. Watch tho Hanley idea grow. Tho live men on Coos Bay are starting to build a railroad to RoBcbvrgwithout'waiting for tho constitutional lawyers. The next development congress will o hold at Burns, tho homo of William Hanloy, 150 miles from a rnilrord. Tho Oregon-Idaho Dovelopmcnt congress will go on with its campaign of doing things for a greater Orogon. In tho meantime watch tho district built railroad Idea grow.-Salom Journal. lit iiTm,m..u.,a" PARAl LOtllC. DRV IIurtt& Co., of Boise, builders of I ho Twin Fall :nnd other Carey net irrigation projects, have peti tioned Secrotnry BalHngcr to withdraw tho Reclamation Ser vice from the Malheur country and leave that field to them. They propose to includo in their project about 100,000 acres not embodied in the government pro ject. In support of their peti tion, they produce evidence that they now have at their command, for immedinto use. sufficient funds to carry their project through to successful completion. It is further stated in the brief that it is not feasiblo to divide tho Malheur field, the Govern ment building one project and private capital reclaiming what is left. This would greatly in crease tho cost of construction, as it would reduce the acreage of tho Owyhco project one-half, substantially doubling the cost of irrigating the land along that river. "Unless tho controversy which will inevitably arise between tho private projects and the proposed Government project is amicably nnd equitably adjusted in advance of construction, we think the construction of the Malheur pro ject will be involved in legal com plications extending over many years and the principal losers nnd sufferers will be the land owners, who nre dependent upon the Government project for wa ter." Reference is hero made to I three private projects already located in the heart of the Mal heur country; the Malheur Irri gation Company project on the west side of Malheur River; tho Willow Creek project along Wil es of rainfall annually to give to low Creek and the Wilson ditch, the farmer an average crop of near Ontario. "Throughout eastern Oregon are to be seen unmistakable evi dences of the fulfillment of tho biblical prediction thnt tho waste places wero to be mado glad; that the desert would be made to blossom ns the rose. And it is nota miracle, but tho sturdy and and well directed hand of mnn, taking advantage of tho natural yet latent resources 01 tno coun try," says a staff correspondent of tho Journal who is at present traveling through Eastern Ore gon. Some people imagine there is something about dry farming that is mysterious. As a matter of fact, the entire system is des cribed readily by the word culti vation. Cultivation to conserve moisture is all that is needed to produce crops, and when the land is understood and handled pro perly it requires but a few inch- ', SAfe'iSt JSJSS$J$SSSJ$$S5'l-''-WiS$SS5; wheat. Tho moisture is in tho soil sometime during the year, but most systems of cultivation allow it to evaporato early and the crops get no benefit from it. Dry Jnnd farming is a simple method of so plowing, harrowing and seeding that not a particle of moisture bo lost The soil is not touched until the time for planting has arrived, then plow ing, harrowing and seeding, the three processes which indicntc tho crop to be produced, are done the same day, so that tho seed may sprout quickly and get the earliest possible start. "To retain moisture in tho soil after planting, the principle of a mulch is applied. Dampon a cube of sugar and lay in on the table. Place a quantity of fine ly powdered sugar on the top of tho wet cube, and it will lio for hours and not absorb enough of tho moisture to affect it serious ly. This principlo applied to land causes tho farmer to work a thin layer of soil to a fine mulch and allow it to rest on top of the growing crops to keep the roots of the grain supplied with water. Tlio cultivation also kills the weeds which usually absorb as much moisture ns a crop of grain. "The theory of moisture In the growth of crops is being chang ed entirely in tho modern prac tices in farming. In all irrigat ed districts tho first great trou ble isoncountered when too much "The responsibility for such delay and for the loss that must inevitably follow therefrom must rest somewhere," says the brief. EXPERIMENT STATION. LADIES' NECKWEAR FOR SPRING 1909 Bmbroitlcricd Linen Collars, Laco Collars and Bows, New Ascots. Call and see our new Waistings & Wash Materials We are showing the strongest sprlng'line of Ruching, Neckwear, Ladies Belts, Silk, Net and Lawn waists ever brought to Eastern Oregon. Something new in Sorosis Un derskirts in Silks arid Satines We handle exclusive patterns in the above and nothing shown by us is handled in the Interior. All Waists,5Neckwear, Belts and Underskirts are selected from New York stocks and are Spring .. Styles. Brown's Satisfactory Store. r :::i;;:xi::mmmi:::::::::K:::t::u:::::n::m:::::m:::::::: tint? The Harney Valley Brewing Go. MuimfacturcrH of Family Trade Solicited Free! Dell very T. E. JENKIPIS, Rflanaerer THE CAPITAL SALOON 3 The last legislature provided for the establishment of the ex periment station at Hcrmiston, and also for another yet to be es tablished as a dry farming sta tion, tho one at Hcrmiston being on irrigated land. The expenses of operating are borno equally by the state and by the genernl government, $2, 600 each. In case of the dry farming station the land and equipment must bo provided by tho county in which it is located. The selection of the site will be made by representatives of the government and the O. A. C, and there are nt least four sites under consideration, one each in Morrow, Sherman, Gil liam and Harney counties. Tlio selection will probably be made known at tho next meeting of tho board of regents, about July 1st Tho conditions nro so different along the Columbia and over in Harney thnt a station in any one of the threo first counties would be of no benefit to tho peoplo of Harney; while a station in Har ney would bo of little uso to the river section. So it is unfortu nate that tho legislature did not provide for one station in this vi cinity nnd one in Harney. How- such wns not done we CIIAS. BEDELL, Proprietor. Burns, - - Oregon. Wi'ies. Liquors and Cigars. Billiard and Peel Tables. Club Rooms in Connection. 11 i j. it lUVL'Ii Ha OUJH WHO iiul. uuiiu wu water is timed unto ho crops, h tho reKent(J wi UlkG all of whether the land bo planted to , the facts into consideration and fruit trees, vegetables or cereals, actfor the most good to the most As experiments are conducted! people. Irrigator. farmers find that tho supply must bo cut off at times, and cul tivation substituted to got the best results. "It has been shown in success ful projects that two cultivations at tho proper timo nro equal to ono irrigation. And in tho end better effects nro nlways shown on tho crop, especially in quality. This demonstration has had a wholesome effect on tho dry farming experiments in different parts of tho state. As tho great stock ranges dis appear dry farming systems will tako their place. And whero now the sheep strays unmolest ed savo for the coyote, soon will bo found prosperous homes, mado possiblo by tho conservation of moisture by thorongh and scien tific cultivation of tho rich but nrid soil of eastern Oregon. Blllouincii and Comllpatlon. For years I was troubled with I biliousness and constipation, 'which mado lifo miserable for me. My appetite failed me. I lostmy usual forco and vitality. Pepsin preparations and cathar tics only mndo matters worse. I do not know where I should have been today Jind I not tried Chamberlain's Stomach and Liv er Tablots, Tlio tablets relievo tho ill feeling at once, strength en the digestive functions, puri fy tho stomach, liver and blood, helping tho system to do its work naturally. Mrs. Rosa Potts, Birmingham, Ala. These tablets are for sale by nil good dealers. ...JtY rHACTICALLT lufitrncUMe Ovor ooo Uonutiful Doolsns. & y TC -jil. TiSrtTl? 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