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j.i j ii mimo.jj.iiitiil (fP Vf(C luiea3tcrnld Tho Oniclnl Vapor of llnrnoj County htlio.lrmt clrrulnllon nnd ismutof thereat mlvortltiliK mod hi in h In Knnlurn OroRon. 1L 0rcnt 3f-tnniry 'Couinry Cut urn on nrwi of flJBB.fOO mn ol Inml, VWI,ufil nuron yet viicnnt eiiltii'i't to entry iiinlcr tliu tu1lto Inml inw ol tho United Wliilefl. VOL. XXIII BUHNS, HAUNEY COUNTY, OllEGON, FEBRUARY B, i lo NO. 12 She . M. M. . 1 V. . . " A , NSW V v - ppT-V ' -' PROPOSES A NEW LAW Suggestions of the Burns Commercial Club Embodied in Bill CROPS RATHER THAN RESIDENCE Senator Bourne Will Introcucc Hill Clinngiiijr Homestead Law And Asks for Views of People-Substitutes Crop Produc tion for Actual Residence as the Consideration for Title. Senator Bourne has taken up the swnrestion made by tho Burns Commercial Club in respect to a change in tho homestead law. Tho following has been received from the senator under recent date: I am sending this general form of letter to many newspapers, granges and commercial organi zations cf Oregon for the purpose of getting before tho people the idea I have embodied in a bill I shall introduce in the Senate that Production of crops rather than residence upon a homestead is the essential of successful and most efficient development of our resources. I have done this in the hope that the people of Ore gon will favor their delegation; here in Congress with their views' as to the wisdom of the proposed legislation. I am informed by Mr. William Hanley, an extensive stock, raiser in Harney County, that there are 22,000,000 acres of vacant land, in Eastern Oregon incapable of' irrigation, but nearly all of it susceptible of cultivation under the scientific methods now in vogue in "dry farming". Mr. Hanley's suggestion of substitu tion of Crop-Production for actu al residence as tho consideration for obtaining title increasingly impressed my mind. If the bill which I have prepar- " " , " ', "" , ." V" ' . . "" , , ,, , .... '...'the people. This theory is in no eu snouiu uccomu a i;iv, uw, i . i . ! ! ' ki homesteader on non-irrigable land in what is known as the arid region need not live upon his land' at all, but must live within the state. He must cultivate it either i personally or by representative j and he must show by annual proofs that within a period of five years the land has produced crops of a total value of $1500. Assuming that Mr. Hanloy's estimate of 20,000,000 acres of vacannt land in Eastern Oregon is correct and that same can be brought under cultivation by adoption of what is known as "dry farming", this area of land would furnish opportunities for 60,000 homestead entrymen who, before they could acquire title, would be obliged to produce crops of a total value of $90,000,000. Thus il will be seen that the nation, state and community would be benefited in the devel opment of our natural resources, wealth increased, and, what is more important, a class of citizens gained who would bo obliged to produce rather than merely live on the land a population of workers. In its present condi tion and in the present state of settlement and of transportation facilities most of this land is not um'fntiln fnrhnmn.rr!tiur. thrillirll it could bo cultivated by men who f fho entryman or his rcprcsen mi.i m,i,n ,h v., ninn. lativo. Tho entryman's desire would make their homes else where or upon tho land only a part of the year. My bill is based upon tho the ory that if a tract of land is made productive it will provide some family with a home even though that family lives in a town near the land rather than upon tho land itself, and that, therefore, all of the essential objects of the homestead law will bo accom plished. The great difficulty un der the present homestead law is that a great many men who set tle upon land under tho home stead act do as little cultivating as the law will permit and avoid as many as possible of tho gov ernment's requirements, and their land is not mado productive. Believing that production is the real essential, I made that tho most important feature of my" bill. Land suitable for "dry farming" is frequently such as a man would not wish to make his homo upon for twelve months in tho year, but tho present law permitting an entry on 320 acres requises actual residence, and, I believe, without accomplishing any desired end by such require ment. Under the plan proposed by my bill an entryman under tho !520 ncro homestead act could keep his family in any town of Ore gon, where his children could go to school and all members of his family havo the advantages of attendance at church and social functions, and, at tho same time, by complying with the law re garding cultivation and produc tion, he could secure title to the land. There would be no oppor tunity for fraud because tho bill requires that annual proofs must be submitted showing the amount of land cultivated and the char acter, quantity and crops produced. value of I believe that the fanner on 320 acres of average land sub- ject to entry under tho enlarged homestead act would be able to produce crops of much more than $1500 in value in a period of five years; but the $1500 minimum limit is fixed as a standard to which the entryman must work, and I believe that even under ad verso circumstances any man who is enterprising and diligent will be able to produce crops of this value. The theory of the homestead law is that the Government lOnAlllil lifniMilii tlmntt IwMtinn Cn , ...! ii t -ii way violated by my bill way violated by my bill. Land taken under this measure would maintain homes for tho entry men even though these homes were a few miles distant rather than upon tho land itself. Tho residence requirement of the homestead law is in the na ture of a penalty, the punish ment being indicted not only up on tho entryman but upon his wife and children. At present the entryman takes his family into isolated regions in which vacant lands can bo found nnd keeps them there to live a period of five years of banishment from association with fellow beings. In a great many cases the homesteader performs just as little work upon his land as pos- - sible, and as soon as he gels title removes his family to town where they can have the advantages of school and social intercourse. The real object of providing homes is not accomplished by the requirement of actual rcsidenco upon the land. This object would be accomplished, however, by the requirement that a man shall bring his land into productiveness to procuce, somo one must culti vate the land. To cultivnto econ omically, vicinity, labor and in telligent attention are required is the acquisition and ownership of the 'and; title can only be ob tained through production; pro duction necessitates increased population, either of entrymen or their representatives. Tho value of the land acquired by tho entryman upon continuing pro duction. Thus, it is certain that tho land once acquired will, un der normal conditions, continue productive, as otherwise there is no incentive for entry nor to pur chaso after titlo is acquired. Necessitated production elimin ates tho evil of idle land duo to non-resident ownership. My bill requires that the entry man shall cultivato at least one eighth of his land tho second year, one-fourth tho third year, one-half tho fourth and fifth years and that ho must file in tho local land office by tho first of December each year a sworn statement verified by tho affida vits of two persons having know ledge of tho facts, showing tho chnrrctcr, quantity and valuo of tho crops produced by him. MM MlttMMMM MMMMHIII tfllll rl ImilTtllUfi I would bo plenscd if tho peo ple of Oregon would ndviso their delegation in Congress of their viows in this measure. I'ARMIiKS WKIJK AT 0. A. C Information worth hundreds of dollars to the farmers of tho state will bo olfored at tho Ore gon Agriculture College during Farmer's Week which opens Feb ruary 14. Lectures and exercis es, covering tho most vital and important information which science and experience havo ga thered, will bo given by experts. Work will commence at 8 o'clock in tho morning and continue un til 10 o'clock at night. Ample opportunity will bo oirered for questions and discussions. The first College Poultry Show will bo held on rrulay when prize winning birds from some of tho best (locks in tho state will bo exhibited. A summary of tho work follews: Five lectunes on Diseases of Farm Animals by Dr. Withy- iB,Sfli,wn acres ol govorn combo; five lectures on Stock 'ment land yet unappropriated in Feeding by Dr. Withyeombo; ten Oregon, out of a loud area of hours practice in Apple Packing (51,887. MO acres, of which latter under expert instruction. Enough , quantity there is a water surfaco to learn the principles of good of G98.8S0 acres. Of the uiiup paeking. In tho Willamette propriated lands in this state. Valley each year thousands of ' i:,(20,iao acres havo been stir boxes of good fruit is not mar-, voyed, while 4,005,50 1 acres are keted because- farmers do not i still unsurvcyed. know how to pack for market; five exercises in Pruninir. Budd - ing, Grafting, etc. by Prof. Kent; five lectures on Forage Crops by Prof. Scuddcr; five lectures on Farm Bacteria by Prof. Pernot; five lectures on Farm Soils by Prof. Scuddcr; ton lectures on Orchnrd Diseases by Prof. Jack son; live lectures on Vegetable Gardening by Prof. Boqtict; five lectures on Farm Drainage by Prof. Powers; five lectures on Hot Beds and Cold Frames by Prof. Boquot; ten lectures on Orchard Insects by Prof, Brid well; five lectures on Landscape Gardening by Prof. Peck; fivo lectures on Chemistry of the Farm by Prof. Bradley; ten or more lectu es by prominent men who have been signally success ful in somo special branch of! Agriculture. I NOTES PROM SUNSLT. Chas. Reed went to Portland, last week to sco his brother wjJ0 is very ill. . Miss Lois Smallwood was given i uiMHUHim surprise on lucwiay , evening when her friends ga-l .. ..i.. .. rn ..!.... thercd at her homo lo celebrate her birthday. Jim Reed is up from Mud Lake for a few days. Since the Secretary of Busi ness is away a vast change has taken place in the once sunny countenances of Sunset. Mr. Sawyer and Walter Hod der spent Satuaday night and Sunday at the hitter's home stead. Otis Thorp spent Sunday in Sunset. Nat Ilennoy and Henry Black are hauling wood to Narrows. WOOD IIUVIN0 UP PROPERTY. That tho activity of Colonel C. E. S. Wood seems to increase rather than diminish in the mat ter of buying up lands in tho Malheur valley is mado evident by tho number of purchases made by him and recorded last week. Tho total amount which tho records say passed from his hands to tho previous owners of tho properties involved, is $19, 700, and tho amount of land runs well into tho hundreds of acres. The properties are all rather closo to tho canyon, which the wise ones expect to bo the prin cipal bono of contention in tho fight between tho two railroad systems. Tho number of pur chases mado by him and record ed Inst week is five. Malheur Enterprise. Threatening fovorishness with children is quickly and safely calmed by proventics. These littlo Candy Cold Cure Tablets should always bo at hand for promptness is all-important. Pre ventics contain no quinine, no thing harsh or sickening, They aro indeed, "tho stitch in time," Carried in pockot, or purso. Pre vcnlics aro a gcnulno safeguard against Colds, 25c. Sold by Reed Bros. OREGON According to Report This State 18,225,694 Acres Vacant TIMBER LAND ACT NOT SUCCESS Commissin iter of Land Office Alnkes Interest jkpori of Our 's Wcnllh SukkcsIs New Timber niunstonc Law State's Wealth Suggests Scrip Interferes With Pitntls Much interesting information of tho regulation requiring ap concerning public lands of this'praismont ns a condition prcce- slate is embraced in tho annual' report of tho commissioner of tho general land ollico just is sued. According to tho tabula tion of tho department, there ' Oregon leads all tho I li"l states of tho Union public in the ' number of timber nnd stone en tries from the passage of the act of June :, 1878, to Juno HO, 1001), 21, 8!!0 such claims having been filed during thnt period, embrac ing an area of U, 50(5, 905. 45 acres, for which tho government receiv ed a total of $8,909,220.79. California is second with 19,201 entries, and Washington third with 15.4W. A feature of Commissioner Dennett's report is tho fact that ho practically admits that the regulation of tho department promulgated in November, 1903, providing for tho sale of timber' i kinds by process of appniismont, lias not been an entire success. Upon this subject he says: "The efficiency of the instruc tions of November 30. 1908, be ing regulations in regard to the sale of timber lands under the act of June 3, 1878, has not as yet been thoroughly proven. j rrom present indications u woum seem that they would not be an entire success. "Thorn in nnlnlnnrlinir n nnn. i ..... .. -.. sidorablo nmount of scrip, all wh.P. ; vnillni,i rnr Wntfan of of lands of this character. If tho appraisment under these regula tions be, therefore, above the market price of this scrip, the applicant instead of paying the appraised valuo in money to tho irovcrnmonl. purchases the serin and locates it upon tho land. In this way the government loses the land nnd the reclamation service loses the money for its ' work, and tho only beneficiary is tho ownnr of thn Rcrin. which in this way secures a casn .mar ket. There aro of courso very few timber lands of any valuo left which aro not within a na tional forest, tho exceptions be ing mninly unsurvoyed trncts which havo not ns yet therefore been subject to entry. "A law should be enacted, however, under tho terms of which limber on tho remaining ' lauds can bo sold at an appraised value and tho fco to the laud he reserved in tho government sub ject to homestead or other appli cation, a proferonco right being given, however, to tho home stead applicant to purchnso the timber at tho appraised valuo if ho so desires. "It is now known that tracts of land in Iho short grass coun tries havo been purchased under the act of Juno 3, 1878, and acts amendatory theroto, under tho guiso of sluiio lands, which were renlly desired for grazing. This of courso has stopped under tho rulesjmd regulations adopted as above, which called for an inves tigation and appraisal of any tract prior to its acquisition un der tho law. Tho 320 aero home- stead act, so called, will probably lion, which appointed n corn meet this situation whero a home- mitteo lo work on tho project steador in a semi-arid country mido uso of tho act of 1878 for tho purposo of adding 100 acres of grazing land to his original 100 which ho intended to cultivato." P. A. Welch, Salem; vico-presi-Considorablo local jmportanco ' dent, W. II, Gibbons, Boi3o, nt InnliAfi tr Jltfri tlinnn r I i l U 1 i . ULlUWIllO IU Lllin IIIIUE3U Ui LIIU (" " untion rclativo to tho operation, -IN LA NB lint Should K to Reclamation. en.1 10 requiring title to timber amis, from the fact that plans had already been adopted by cit izens here to test in the federal oourtw the commissioner's right to impose such a restriction on tho sale of timber lands. In the course of his visit here last summer, Commissioner Den nett conceded mat the nppraise- 1 ment feature of his regulation had not come up lo his expecta tions, hut through the act of 'Julie 3, 1878, known commonly as the timt er and stone law, had out lived its usefulness, and there ought to bo some other method of disposing of the public domain. The commissioner's report shows further that 2,902,903.90 acres have been donated as wagon road grants since the inception of the idea, of which 1,187,005. 87 acres of this class exist in Ore gon, distributed as follews: Ore gon Central Military company now California & Oregon Land company, 582,191.01; Corvallis 'and Ynquina Bay, 81,895.25; IWillametto Valley and Cascade Mountain, 8(51,511,85; The Dalles Millilary Koatl, 550,827.01; Coos Jy Millitary Koad, 105,240.11. Portland Journal, I WOOD Dl-HUS TO KAILKOAD. The most enlightening event, and one which bears directly on the future of this neighborhood, 'occurred yesterday when Colonel C. E. S, Woods deeded to the Boise nnd Western Railroad the properties which he has been ac quiring for some time along the proposed right-of-way to the west. Several deeds were made by him through his attorney, J. W. McCulloch, and much of the lnnd mndo over will, without the sha dow of a doubt, be used as the sites of future towns. Tho con sideration mentioned is $1.00. Several largo ranches aro includ- cd in tho transfer and some of them aro quite a distance npart from each other. It isjJost certain that tho Boise nd5p ern has now completely secured everything it needs along the right-of-way and important de- velopments may bo looked for ward to. As matters now stand tho Ilarriman people havo the right-of-way through the canyon and tho Hill people havo the right-of-way at both sides of it. It is now practically certain thnt tho Boiso and Western as well as tho Oregon Short Lino will take in Vale. Tho former will run f'-om Nyssa and come around tho lull, while the latter will liavo us main branch run from Woiser, both leaving Ontario to ono side. At least, that is the opinion now expressed by men who aro in position to know. Malheur Enterprise. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. (Portland Correspondence. ) . Preliminary steps were taken hero this week for the formation of a Western Fair Association for tho country west mm Uockey Mountains, to bPio same relation to this territory as the American Trotting Associa tion and tho National Trotting Association do to tho East.tt'Tho step was taken at tho meeting of the North Pacific Fair Associa- and report at tho noxt mooting, New officers for tho North Pacific Fair Association wero elected as follews: President, Tflnil nnmnl r Mir m i 1 iMtnallMAM "MW. OULIUIUIV U1IU Li UUOL11 Ul . John W. Paco, North Yakima, - ' I Ms Wasli. Dates set for tho various rac ing meetB of tho Northwest dur ing the coining season aro as follews: Evertt-August 29-Sep-tember 3; Portland, September R.in' Rnlrim .Qimlnmlim. 19.17. Walla Walla, September 19-24 North Ynkimn, September 20 Octobcr 1; Spokane, October 10 15. Tho annunl convention of the Oregon Retail Merchants' Ass'n. at Eugene during the past week was a triumph. Ifs membership is composed of up-to-date mer chants whose aim is to serve the consumers with first class mer chandise at moderate prices. During tho discussion' at thff various sessions of the conven tion, they insisted on pure food products and the trend of the gathering was toward better citizenship. Modern commercial activity is emphasized by the progressive spirit of the Mcdford Commer cial Club. It has a membership at present of 502 and when one realizes that there is an initiation fee of $5.00 in addition to the monthly dues, one gets a better appreciation of the reason why people hear so frequently of the Rogue River city. Stale-wide interest is shown in tho development congress to be held at Eugene February 11 and 12. Commonwealth Day, the fifty-first anniversary of the ad mission of Oregon as a state, will be celebrated on February 12. Questions of general interest, such as the conservation of the state's resources, extension of irrigation, country conditions, and educational subjects will be taken up. Japan, showing its friendly feeling toward Oregon and the Pacific Coast, has sent 170 bush els of native roses to bo set out in the parks and public squares of Portland on February 22, the official rose planting day, when the metropolis will make a holi day and hold special exercises. Tho gift is a gracious one and is much appreciated by Roso Festi val officials. A number of foreign nations have been heard from, each contributing native roses to be planted here on Washington's birthday. It is expected by ros arians that the bushels will thrive in their adopted country as well as in their own clime. An instance of the advance of realty values in Portland during tno past 50 years was brought up this week when tho corner at Fifth nnd Morrison streets sold for $405,000 nnd an additional $110,000 was paid for the trans fer of the leases. Peter W. Sev erson, who sold the property, owned it for 51 years. It was literally forced upon him as ap parently of littlo value, llo was then owed a week's wages by the owner of tho property, who also borrowed Sevcrson's shotgun and lost it. Tho man who held tho lot offered the property in lieu of the week's wages and the missing weapon. Sevorson de murred but finally was forced to accept the lot to cover the double debt. BMMIGRANTS C0MIN0- If they all come that are cn routo and all their friends follow their example, Harney County will havo to put on an addition to hold them all. Davey of the News and Byrd of the Times will have to join together ami build a receiving station down at Ilarriman and Lawen for the big bunch enroute. II. P. Jokisli nnd wife from Seattlo arrived in Vale this week and started at onco lor tho interior, lielore leaving thoy wero interviewed horo and stated that somo soven- ty families wero headed from Seattlo for Harney county. That these families had hold a big acquainted mooting in Seattle before thoy left, so as to become I friends and as they wero to bo neighbors thoy thought it best to break tho ico early. One car of emigrant movables has already arrived for O. C. Hull who will locate in Harney county, whilo another was duo from Portland Wednesday. In tho next month it is expected that fully 70 cars will arrive in Vale with immi grant movables for this big del egation headed for tho heart of our big neighbor county of Har eoy, Vale Oriano. Job printing- The Times-Herald Spring White Goods for 1910 New White Waists Beautiful line Embroideries Ladies Muslin Undergarmenij New Spring Kimonas New goods arriving' and we will be able to show the new lines of waists, gloves and summer dress goods within a short time. N. BROWN & The M JiillCl Bui :ns, ; &q &&?&&1&&&m nn r i in. l. k a- u ov t iu tt iu ---iSSKgjf ... Rt presents the.... Home Insurance Co., of New York, Live pool, London & Globe, Fire Assurance Co., Philadelphia. OPRCli Wtrtl tUOdS & maas. Bu.ns, Orr-gon. Co-neroulh uf l.unaburg & Dnlton's. vw wfflft- List Your Property With The Inland Empire Realty Company W. T. LRSTER, Manager, Burns, Ore. ?- You economize greatly when using Dr. Shoop's new colfee sub stitute known to first class groc ers everywhere as Dr. Shoop's Health Cotree. A 25c. Ii pound package gives 100 cups of a won derfully satisfying table drink. Pure toasted grains, malt, nuts etc. give to health Coffee a whole some, and satisfying taste and i flavor. And there is not a grain of real coffee in it. "Besides, Health Colfee in "made in a minute." No. 20 to 30 minutes tedious boiling. Sold by Heed Bros. The biggest reduction sale on clothing and gout's furnishing that ever was at Schenk Bros. See ad. AMMM MMM9MMdd&&I The Harriman GENERAL MERCHANDISE BEST GOODS AT LOWEST PRICES Complete line of Groceries and Dry Goods Gents Furnii FULL AMD COMPLETE L8M OF HAMILTON BROWN SHOES HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, WINONA WAGOM3, BARBED WIRE We guarantee quality and prices Let m prove to you that wo have the goods at right pricosCall and see us Th itw Tjv i. i crftut wiw a VPfeicglMfcJM ?CtP..s.LA KW - .-.. -.-- i. .--.. SONS ory btore Oregon. nr h ss8xe$ss 3 NOTICE. All parties owing Lewis & G .r rett, or Simon Lewis are hnvly notified that all these accounts are in tho hands of our attorney C. II. Leonard for collection and settlement Persons indebted to us will please settle the same with Mr. Leonard at once. Simon Lewis .1. T. Garrett. Williams Bros, saw mill at Cold Spring on the Canyon road is prepared to do custom work for those desiring to take ad vantage of their government per mit Also lumber for sale at $12 per thousand. See them about custom prices. Mercantile Go. ngs