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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1910)
safmmmfmmttjmim &Ut tffie Yltua!Herni& Tlit Official Paper of Ilnrnoj County hssthelargMSt circulation and la ono ( tht'bit R(lvertlslnRm(Hlliimit In Eastern Oregon. We OSrcnl 3Hnrueij (Trunin j Cowrn nn nri-n ol (),-1280l) in n il Innli4,(!.tl,;i51 ncroc ot mm nut n l i'i to ontry untlor tlm itilillo Inml hw tlio United 8lntcn. VOL. XXIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 23, 1 l'J NO. 23 HjuwuumMiiiHwuimuB jjflfre gKmftef i RIALROAD WORK BEGUN Grading and Track Laying Out From Vale Toward Harney County CONSTRUCTION WILL BE RUSHED On Account of Rival Lines Work Will be Pushed Rapidly as Hill Interests Said to He in Position to Force Conces sions From llarrimnn RoadA Joint Roadway is Possible. Although llarrimnn officers in An advantageous location might Portland disclaim any knowledge bo secured by ono road on ono of it, actual construction work has begun on the Oregon Eastern the Harrimnn railroad, out of Vale toward Harney Valley. This hasj been announced by both i the Vale papers and verified by messages from that place direct I to individuals in Burns. This doesn't come as any sur- j prise to the people of this section as such an announcement has been expected for some time. The survey of this road was com pleted five years ago when the rights of way maps were filed and permission granted to build a road over government land. In order to hold this right of way it was necessary to begin con struction before the first of June. Those at all acquainted with, the situation knew that the Harri man people would not jeopardize the advantage thus gained when Hill has come into the field there fore work was assured. Now I side of tho river and another, seeking to build in tho canyon, would be compelled to construct on unsatisfactorily sharp curva tures on tho opposite side. From Hill sources tho assertion comes that tho Hill interests have acquired sufficient rights of way in the Malheur to forco the Harriman line into concessions on rights of way that tho latter controls. If the Hill interests decide that they want a railroad in the Malheur Canyon, the pro bability is practically admitted that a joint railroad will be built. The history of tho conflict for rights of way in the Deschutes has shown that neither road can bo "bluffed out and it is believed that there is regret on both sides now that a joint railroad was not agreed upon from tho mouth of the canyon to Madras. In view of the understanding since a competing line is project-' that each railroad has rights in pampered burenucratic system at Washington, founded in tho fop pery that goes by tho name of Pinchotism. Thcro would bo no stnto of Oregon today, no development whatever of tho great Oregon country, which now includes three states and largo paita of two more, if tho officious spirit and malignant energy that now pursues William Hanloy and mon like him had been permitted from tho beginning. Thcro would havo been no beginning thatistosny, no beginning for states under tho United States of America. Tho settlers that founded theso states, among whom were the parents of Wil liam Hanloy, trudged across tho plains and laid tho foundations here. They werp allowed to use tho land, to cut firewood and lumber, and to employ tho re sources of nature for life and de velopment here. William Han ley and his neighbors, decend- nnts and successors of tho first pioneers, havo turned back to wards tho nower country passed over by tho first pioneers, to reach their distant goal and have been trying to settle it, to reduce tho wildness of nature and make it habitable for civilized man. As tho pioneers camo over tho plains, they cut juniper trees, and other trees wherever they could find them, forJUieir camp fires. Tho few settlers in tho semi-arid region havo been do ing tho like those forty years, and pasturing their cattle, more over, on the grasses, where they could find them. But wo now havo a philosophy of conserva tion that tells us wo wcro crimi- NO MORE RANGE' BEEF Systems of Producing Beef as Well as Marketing Changing FINISHED PRODUCT BY FARMER Dr. James Withycombc Makes Pertinent Suggestions In Recent Issue of Rural Spirit-Forestry Officers Will Enforce The Regulations Regardless 'f Recent Supreme Court Decision. Beef from tho ranges is soon going to bo a thing of the past. Wo must look to tho farm in tho futuro for our beef production. Systems of marketing arc also undergoing activo changes. In stead of sending our surplus cat tle to tho corn-growing states to bo finished for tho market, tho home demand is such that local consumption will soon absorb the total product of tho north west. Our local market is grow ing steadily moro discriminating as to quality. Thus tho farmer in order to obtain top prices for his beef must send them to mar ket in a moro highly finished form. This can scarcely bo reached by hay alone. A small supplementary feed ol gram should be given, r or tins per haps barley will prove to bo tho best Not only will a small feed of grain with good hny greatly improve tho quality of tho feed, it will also be found economical. cd we may expect continuous work and the lino completed into the valley at least without interruption. There are but few men at work at this time, but it is expected a large number will be put on the line at once. The Vale Onano says: "Thursday morning the first section of railroad workers on the new road across Oregon ar rived in Vale and commenced at once to lay ties and place the rails out of Vale. They only got the preliminary work started Friday but it is understood that a full crew with a construction train will be in Vale in a few days to push along the work with every degree ot dispatch, ine Utah Construction Company that is understood -to have the first 80 the Malheur Canyon that will seriously interfere with tho other, the suggestion is made that the Harriman system is now engaged in an attempt to force Hill's hand with tho view of ul timately agreeing with the latter on the construction of a joint lino if Hill is in earnest in that section of Oregon. In any event, the beginning of construction work is taken to mean that Harney County, after many years of waiting, is at last ito havo a railroad and that a great area consisting of hay and grain lands unsuapassed in the I state will be given railroad trans portation! very soon. The Malheur Canyon is not so deep as the Deschutes, as maybe realized when it is told that the Deschutes in 150 miles drops nals and ought to havo kept outiIt hn8 been shown by actual ex of the country. This present periment that a small supple writer, in his boyhood in Oregon, used to cut grasses on public lands to feed his team of mules, and to cut wood where ho could find it and haul it to Yamhill mental reed or grain has made a considerable saving in hay re quired for a given gain. At the present high values of hay this is an item of somo import Al- villages to get means of support' frtrn . -m. nr n. nml ornin of tho large family of which ho j hny win provo bo by fnr tll0 best forage for fattening cattle mil nf rho rnnrl will nnrlnilhinfl. m0rC l"an OOO fcet bCfor0 J0'" mg tne uoiumoia, wane tne Mal heur, in a like distance, drops only 2000 feet. The Malheur drains out of the Malheur Lake basin through a gap in walls of rim rock at tho connecting point of a broad val ley that extends westward. From the point of egress from the canyon branch lines and ot her routes will be feasible. Tho Hill road's projected route across the state from tho head of tho river, it is understood, lies con siderably north of tho Harriman survey and makes a connection with the Oregon Trunk lino by following tho dry bed of an an cient river that lies southeast of Bend, joining tho Oregon Trunk line near that point. It is also reported that a line is projected southward from a point on this route to Lakeview. ly put at least 1000 men on this work in the next few weeks. The road will be rushed through and we presume thTe will soon be another fight on in Central Oregon between the Hill and Harriman forces over the road feed and rights of way through the Canyons." Unless some arrangements are biade for joint roadway through some portions of the Malheur canyon there will be another con flict similar to that of the Des chutes between the Hill and Har riman interests. It is assured that two lines of road are to be built into the Harney county at once and both must use tho Mal- leur pass. Hill has secured val uable concessions in this pass and it will almost compell Harriman people to make arrangements jwith them before the latter can get through. The Oregonian has the follow- ling concerning the situatien: I Although the surveys for the , Oregon & Eastern, the Harriman railroad on which construction work has commenced at Vale, were made under the direction of George W. Boschke, chief en gineer of the O. R. & N the construction work commence J, it is understood, is being prose cuted by the Oregon Short Line. Tho O. R. & N. officials in MISTAKEN POLICY AND ITS ABUSE. The Oregonian believes that William Hanloy is a better man and more usoful citizen for this country of ours than GifTord Pin chot. Hanley is an earnest and practical man, fit for the pioneer work that lies nt the basis of empire. Pinchot is a student of books and theories. Work of men like Pinchot never would havo developed our western em- ortland say they can give noipiro. And, since our fur west- linformation concerning the work i cm empire is but little developed land that if any statement is to lie made it will emanate from General Manager Bancroft, of the Short Line at Salt Lake. Men in Portland who havo Dcnowledgo of tho character of l he Malheur canyon, up which yet, their notions and their theo ries are obstructive and run into injustice. Hanley, pioneer, an honest man, who has been doing moro than ono man's share of the work this country ncedB, is indicted, is to bo punished if ho road will build to Harney1 tho coercive power of the United Jounty, say that while tho con-1 States can accomplish it- because truction is not so difficult as hat in tho Deschutes, it would jo more uiiucuit to uuuu two ailroads in the former canyon han in the latter. This is caused Ijy tho crookedness of tho stream. tho work ho does, tho worK wo all havo done or tried to do, tho work of our ancestors, not only in Oregon but in all our states, from tho Atlantic to tho Pacific, is not agrccablo to tho ideas of n was a member. Uy tho dofini tion of tho modern time it ap pears that ho must have been a ' criminal in the land, ns all his fathers were, in their successive migrations from ono ocean to nn- other. I Tho small scrub tree, of arid ' mountainsides or rocky wastes, known as juniper, isn't timber in any proper senso of tho term, or within any definition of tho sta tutes. Besides, it will bo shown that Hanley neither cut it nor cansed the trees to be cut. Tho land on which this scattering scrub tree grows is unsalable for any purpose. Whoever has wanted to cut the juniper has donc'so; for ns a tree it is too meagre for profit, and only tho scantiest return can be made by cutting it. Tho facts will bo de veloped and published, at the trial of this peculiar case, and tho whole jury of the country then may pass judgement, as it will. The Eastern Oregon country is still absolutely new. It needs development It can be develop ed only by pioneer methods. But it is arrested by a class of government officials, who swoop down, like harpies, on tho tables of all who begin to collect tho materials for their support, while trying to subduo the wildnes3 of nature and to make tho country fit to live in. But never will onoof this gang of officials soil his dninty fingers or develop honest callosities, by laying hold of nny part of this pioneer work. Hasn't pioneer life work and struggle enough without being annoyed by this parasitism? All the official theorists on earth are useless in a pioneer country, and worse 'than useless. Thoy re tard its growth, they bedovll its citizenship, they annoy it with a misfit policy, thev devour ita substance: and in tho nnmo of progress and of justice, thoy grasp without rcmorse-and wield without ahamo tho most power ful instruments of injustico that an unscrupulous power can in vent or employ. Oregonian. in Eastern Oregon, of theso hays with a Either one small sii- murred to tho indictments on the ground tho law under which tho regulations are made is un constitutional in that it under takes to delegato legislative power to administrative officers. Tho courts sustained tho demur rers and tho United States ap pealed to the supremo court, which affirmed the decision of tho lower court by an oven di vision of tho justices, there be ing four for affirmance and four against, the ninth member not sitting. "No written opinion was ren dered and could not bo in the nature of the esse, because of the division of tho justices. Be ing evenly divided, their decision merely amounted tonn affirmance of tho lower courts on theso par ticular cases, without any bind ing forco in any subsequent case that may arise for violation of tho regulations of the secretary governing grazing on the nation al forests. It should be perfect ly clear that if Judge Wellborn (tho trial judge) had refused to sustain the demurrer nnd the de fendants had appealed the case to tho supremo court, this decis ion would have been affirmed with equal force. "It is the intention of the sec rotary of agriculture to request tho attorney general to bring another similnr case before the supremo court ns soon as ono arises, in tho hope thcro may bo a full bench and that a final and authontivc decision of tho court will be rendered. Pending tho timo the supremo court renders such a decision, the regulations whoro conditions aro becoming crowded nnd strike out for tho coast nnd again grow up with tho country. Somo of them aro not so young, cither, but thoy can foresee tho rapid develop ment nnd so aro going In for an- othor harvest on virgin soil." INDUSTRIAL NOTES. "Farmers aro selling out their ' Hz-k -wn runlivo l-itir i i-k ,f ,-,-., , ,-,r- holdings in tho middle states J" -cui.v.. nwvv muui il nn an," to you to get Quality in what you buy? There is a wide diversity 'in goods; we carry that class of mer chandise found only in other good stores. An examination of the goods in our Dress Goods department will convince you of our claim of Qual ity. You will .find a '.much differ ent line ol goods --you will notice the Quality in looks at a glance. Most ot our plemental feed of barley will produce a high class beef. It is important also to fatten the cat tle at an earlier ago than it has been tho practice in the past The three and four-year-old steer is no longer popular, j will continue to bo enforced to a Younger beef is demanded. fu) extent lls ; t10 pagt( an( n0 This also is favorable to tho pro- change will bo made in the pro ducer, as the younger the animal 8ent system of regulating graz tho greater tho gains made for jg on tho national forest unless food consumed. A thrifty year- it is caused by tho specific act of ling steer will make a pound gain congress, in a matured steer. "Tho national forestor states Sheep are an exception to tho courts do not question tho changing range conditions. They rights of the government to en- Rend tho pain formula on the box of Pink Pain Tablets. Then ask your Doctor if there is a bet ter ono. Pain means congestion plood pressure somowhero. Dr. Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets check head pains, womanly pains, pain anywhere. Try ono, nnd seol 20 for aoc. sold oy uecu uros. Job printing at this office. will undoubtedly be produced more or less upon tho rango in definitely. There are largo areas of rough untillnblo land in East ern Oregon that will always be utilized for Bhcep husbandry. Thus tho supply of range sheep will nlways bo large in this sec tion. Tho changed conditions, however, will bo in tho manner of marketing. Instead of ship ping train loads of stock and hnlf-fatted sheep to tho middle states, thoy will bo finished on tho grain farms of Eastern Ore gon and mnrkotcd at home. Thcro is an immense field for de velopment nkng this line. In stead of tho great area of bare fallowed lnnd burning out or ganic matter and unnecessarily wasting valuablo food elemonts of tho soil, peas, alfalfa, and other forago crops will bo grown and uti'ized in fattening sheep. Tho hoof of tho sheep would cer tainly bo golden upon these farms. There is no reason why train loads of tho very best mut ton cannot bo annually produced upon tho wheat farms of tho Columbia River basin. Dr. Withycombo in Rural Spirit. forco its regulations by civil ac tions, but clearly violations of these regulations cannot bo held as crimnal nor punishable nor as such." HEAVIEST IMMIGRATION ON RECORD. Immigration from enst to west in tho United States is heavier than over in the history of tho country. By tho thousands, peo ple aro moving westward every day, and most of them nro pre pared to invest and sottlo down. A great number of them arc coming to Oregon, says tho Journal. This report was brought homo by President John F. Stevens of tho Oregon Trunk line, who re turned last night from a business trip to Chicago in connection with tho construction of tho lino into centrnl Oregon. "I nover saw anything like it before," said Mr. Stovons. "Trains aro crowded, everybody going west, and all intended to got land. West of Hnvre, Mont, now stations aro springing up at short intervals all along tho rail road lines. "Oregon seems to bo foremost in tho minds of many. This i stato has been and is boing well Foreseeing endless litigation j advertised, and it is well thought unless sheep raisers clearly of. At first it astonishes peoplo understand tho full import of tho to learn that fruit orchards aro recent decision of tho federal bringing ns high as $1000 or supremo court in tho Grimaud- moro per acre. But thoy rendily Carnjous case rolativo to grazing understand when told that tho on public lands, tho American crops pay liboral returns on tho (Portland Correspondence.). Tho development of both tho Columbia and Willamette Rivers has been tho topic of important meotlngs during tho past week ono at Pasco, tho other at Albany and both had splendid attendance. A number of prominent citi zens of Oregon havo received invitations, through Hon. John Barrett, Director of tho Bureau of American republics, to bo pre sent nt tho dedication of the new building nt tho nation's capital April 2Gth. One of the most beautiful rooms in this attractive building is finished throughout with Oregon fir, tho mill work made right in Oregon from spe cial design and furnished by the Oregon & Washington Lumber Manufacturers Association. Dis tinguished personages to speak at tne dedicatory exorcises aro President Taft, the Secretary of Stato, Ambassador of Mexico, Senator Elihu Root and Mr. Andrew Carnegie. For tho last three years Oregon has been chief among the states in attracting Western immigra tion, nnd whilo it is too early for comprehensive figures on this year's colonist travel it is already certain that the total will bo the biggest yet Trains havo been running in from two to four sec tions to accommodato tho travel, and owing to tho activo work of tho Oregon Development League in furnishing advance informa tion through tho commercial bodies in dozens of Oregon com munitics, theso newcomers have their minds definitely made up as to location, and buy their ticket to that point Oregon nover got nn advertise ment so wide reaching or so striking as a full page advertise ment with Portland as the cen tral feature, which appeared last Sunday in tho New York World, Indianapolis Star, Chicago Record-Herald, Chicago Tribune, Minneapolis Tribune, St Louis Globe Democrat, Kansas City Star and Omaha Bee. Universal elation is felt over the assurance of horticultural experts that tho fruit crop of Oregon will break all records in 1910. dress patterns, a matter to you in suit. CALL AND EXAMINE Brown's Sati goods are bought in very, important selecting a nice N. BROWN OUR NEW GOODS siactoit Store &SONS Burns, Oregon. WQGGQ tS$:6'! VSf5 M. L. LEWIS FIRE IN SURANCEJ ... Represents the.... Home Insurance Co., of New York, Live pool, London & Globe, Hre Assurance Co., Philadelphia. OFFICB Wirtl ItKias & UIUU. ISu a, Oregon, Corner. South nf Lunabtiig & Dnlt-n's. ! Q&&QQQ&&&&&18 5i$MWSA i Tvi 5oo, List Your Property With Th Inland Empire Realty Company A speciality of Government land locations W. T. LESTER, Manager, Hums, O . WILL ENFORCE REGULATIONS. Sheop Breeders' association will publish an explanatory letter re ceived from Forester H. L. Graves. Mr. Graves says: "As you may know, tho de- investment. "I nnticipnto n most wonder ful development in Oregon dur ing tho coming five years; moro twin during tlio pnst 5J5 years. fondantB were indicted by tho Nothing will stop it. Tho move- fcdoral grand jury for driving stock on tho national forest re Borves without permit. Thoy de ment wns peoplo aro come. commenced nnd tho going to continue to .. "'MIl REASONS FJR BUYING A DE LAVAL Cream Separator Do Laval separators save onnngli ovor any Kravlty croamini; of milk In butter (nt, finality of croaio, iweet Hktimnlllc, labor, ti tno and trouble to pay fur litem eolvoa every ilx months. 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Dr. Shoop's booklet on Rheuma tism plainly and interestingly tells just how this is, done. Tell somo sufferer of this book, or better still, write Dr. Shoop, Ra cine, Wis. for the book and free test samples. Send no money. Just join with Dr Shoop and give some sufferer a pleasant surprise Reed Bros. For Sale A five room cot tage, four lots all fenced with two good wells, a windmill and other improvements. No rock. G. Hudspeth, Burns, Oregon. NOTICE. All parties owing Lewis & Gar rett, or Simon Lewis are hereby notified that all these accounts are in the hands of our attorney C. H. Leonard for collection and settlement. Persons indebted to us will please settle the same with Mr. Leonard at once. Simon Lewis J. 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 stile at $12 per thousand. 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