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" MMariMSaMa Vtte'Ctmcs-SicrnNi j - Tin Omolnl Tnpcr ot Harlloy County' ha the lArgnit circulation aIkI Is tm"5 of, ha but fulvortlalng mediums In Knslcni SSSS SEflcC5rrKt 3fnrcu (Cottttfrjj Covqrn nn i (en of (1,428,'tfOO iit'toe of Inml, 4,03 l,!iftl ndron yd ncnpt. (subject to entry umlur tho public lnnd Inns of tlio United HnicB. i Orogon. f )L. XXIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 29, i91) NO. 50 ' ,M'I' " JSKSTT 111 "1 I l A ' .-.' ' ' -oim mm-mtmm. -j' ' rr 1 3 ' ' cr C3'-- wrw j HAND OF HILL SEEN al Oregon to be Developed Says The Portland Oregonian F. SHAW'S TRIP SIGNIFICANT Jorthcrn Soil Expert Finds Immense Territory pted to Successful Dry Farming Methods, and ich That Will Soon be Brought Under Irrigation. through the middle, of l4lll ofnfrt twit.. .Art.. 1 ftt ltf n.wl 2,000,000acres of land for which water is available in irrigation. This lnnd can bo made to proal the visit of Prof. Thomas easterly Central Oregon means lite action by the Hill r .interests looking to the of this territory with btation linos i3 the belief Iregoman. 3haw has iust connected fertilizing. ...... u t.-r. :.-t..'JK. 'lf irn nnii i , ... . ! . ! WUU U UU UL'LWUUU MU.UUU.UUU ti U 1.IY1110 1 innmnni in Tfii... nr I " ' ftory and reached Port OT.OOO.OOO bushel, of wheat. it might be mndo one aero iu, three. That is ns near as t can como to any cstimato of tlio ag gregate possiblo yield. I travers ed a country nbout 260 miles wide, on an east-west lino. If tho north-south measurement of the state is taken, and tho total acreago of that region computed on that basis, and 0110 acre ac cepted as availablo out of every four, tho result is nbout 12,000, 000 acres. In such a trip as I mndo, of courso no detailed ex amination of tho topopraphy could bo possible, hut I certainly have seen an immense nrea of land that is awaiting the methods of tho dry farmer for rich crops." Passing from tho general esti mates on dry farming possibilities to irrigation. Professor Shaw said that if a lino were drawn eastward from Prineville to tho stato border, thn area to tho GOVERNMENT SA YS NA Y No Money for the Owyhee Irrigation Project Says Ballinger , SURVEYING OUR PUBLIC LANDS uucew uusnemoi wi wot "JiWWhof it in Oregon has water acre every yeanor pernaps WHft should irrigate from 1,000, inuiu jviua, )Yiiuuttk iiiuiicim Sycjwftfiirtnual yu-ld ;weeh 30, will be oT11"1' l)ut nro r(?nsonal)1 tde' ,f, auctions from Shaw's studies, itmers. f. . ., L. ihn fnlimv. Amasmg as they seem to the casual reader. thc are regarded by the sage old expert as easily possible, in fact, as the probable development of the great inland country which James J. Hill put on the railroad map. Dry farming is to be the magic applied. Tho eminent student employed by the railway interests does not hesitate to stato that his conclusions in regard to dry farm ing are scouted by tho present farmers and residents of Eastern Oregon. Hg found the farmers themselves the ival doubting first of this week. While suggested one or moro bntal stations in this ind should the Hill road It is more than likely they st mine esuiuimumeiib u 1 ,f ition which 2fit to local fatmers, regonian has tho follow Bay regarding his trip the interier: b Shaw, for many years of animal husbandry Jniversity of Minnesota, Hcultural expert in the employ of J. J. Hill, of the board of direc- ie Great Northern Rail- npany, arrived in rort- sterday, completing a s automobile trip through I- and Western Oregon. cturn to St Paul he will tan exhaustive report the agricultural possi-' If the country lying be- Jntario and Prineville. ort will be sumitted to J. srsonally and will later 1 in an illustrated booklet by the road's publicity ent l't request specific infor- from Mr. Hill as to his for sending me on this lid Mr. Shaw when asked id of the Great Northorn iplating building a Unci tay to serve uentraii 'I presume, however, vould not ask me to sub- poi t on the country un- fcas some object in view. sere I went I ran across Iment that Mr. Hill has turned his attention to Bopment of those portions In now unserved by rail- I would not bo sur-1 Thomases,. such is the qjpe." shaw was accompained ip by his son, W. T. ofessor of the zoology at on State College, Pull- le latter devoted his at- bhiefly to securing pho- f with which to illustrate ; ier'8 report These inches a show the natural condi- Ihe country, and tho ex- jricultural development, from Ontario the auto- party touched at Vale, silver Lake, Paulina, Redmond, Bend, Fort Klamath Falls, Calor, - Medford, Grants Pass, Eugene and Corvallis. ; of these places Profes- , delivered lectures. Bor Shaw is enthusiastic iiise of the Willamette je River Valleys. He These figures are a rough esti mate, based on "careful study by Professor William Shaw, .the Great Northern agricultural ex-ncl't-The stuuondous totals are npl attempted with anything like to 2,000,000 acres. With water this land should produce nn ave rage of 40 bushels of wheat, 75 to 80 bushels of oats, 50 bushels of barley, and heavy crops of various forage required by stock. Discussing details of his study in Eastern Oregon, with regard to dry farming, Professor Shaw said: "I think that in that portion of Oregon most attention should bo given to the growing of winter (Continued on page 2) RELIGIOUS SERVICES NEXT MONTH. Secretary Points Out That Congress Plainly Indicated Its Desires and Special Fund Cannot be Used on New Irrigation Projects Completion of Old First. jcX ' t Secretary Ballingcr.hng written Senator Bourne in regard to tho adoption of thojOwyheo irriga tion project in Eastern Oregon rand Southwestern Idaho, saying in part: "No construction was ever commenced of either tho Malheur or uwyhco projects and under these circumstances it becomes impossible under tho law to cm ploy any of tho special $20,000, 000 fund provided at tho last ses sion of congress for their con struction. Tho action of con gress upon this particular legisla- j tion, as well as debates, shows conclusively that congress very strongly desires the completion! of projects already begun before any new work is inaugurated. "With this special appropria' hunched. It isn't called that in tho papers. The- real moving spirit or origin of tho campaign docs not nppcar. It is called a movement for good roads. Tho scheme is to get an amendment to tho Stato constitution to per mit counties to issue bonds for building roads. Now, tho causo of good roads ia a worthy one. Few things como homo to all the people with more force and point. We agree entirely with all that has been said in favor of putting county thoroughfares in condition for traffic at all seasons of tho year. If that were all that is involved 1 wo should bo heartily in favor of lit. But ebserve: This is a scheme 1 to legalize heavy indebtedness. Twin Mm nliwmf ntwl Miifnftcn 10 UVj V4V WUJUWb MltU lJU'VOU ItJ IvKmmK Seasonable Merchandise Insuring Quality and Style WILL R. KING One of the Supicmc Judge!), Candidate for Uc-Election, Six rear Term, Whose I'laco js sougnt by lieo. 11. JJurnclt, Assembly Nominee. A new and well selected stock of winter goods equalled only by the higher class city stores bought direct from exclusive fur houses New and Snappy Coats for Ladies A fashionable line of Rev. A. J. Irwin Will Visit Communities During; Month of November- Great Northern Itiillnu) Utpcrt. ( 2 ''' "hhii iliBKSr &&A ? 4TX i-JBWcB ya MmXm tion and prospcctivo'rcceipts into said to be tho building of good tho reclamation fund in a regular roads, but this is merely tho bait way it will probably requiro from, tq get the voters to bite to get I'KOFESSOR THOMAS hHAW But this sheet of doubt merely makes tho old agri culturist smile. He ih ono of the masters in dry-farming witchery. He is the man who made it pos sible to produce on a dry farm in Montana last year a good crop of cereals, when tho entire rain- iall of the season was but 3.G inches a climate which has, ih all countries and ages, been class ed as arid and desert. And the serene profit of Oregon greatness is tho practical expert who asks but 10 inches of rainfall for the farms of tho average farmer, who does not conserve and use his moisture with expert care. "In my long journey across Oregon, which began at Ontario and finally brought me out through the Cascades, I found no region or district that is not admirably adapted to dry farm- During tho month of November Rev. A. J. Irvin, of Burns, will preach at the following places on the dates given: At Sunset school house Sunday the Gth at 1U:30 n. m.; at tho Narrows on the same day at 3 und 7:80 p. m.: at Voltage school house, Monday, tho 7th, at 7:30 p. m.; at Iiiley school house, Thursday, tho 10th, at 7:30 p. m. ; at Waverlev school house, Sunday, tho 13th, at 10:30 a. m. ; at Lawen on the same day at 3 and 7:30 p. m. ; at Buchanan school house, Monday, tho Mth, at 7:30 p. m. : at Drewsey, Tues day, the 15th, at 7:30 p. m.; at Van school house, Wednesday, tho 16th, at 7:30 p. m.; at Upper Calamity school house, Thursday, tho 17th, at 7:30 p. m.; at Silvers Valley school house, Friday, the 18th, at 7:30 p. m. ; at Burns, Sunday, tho 20th, at 11 a. m. and 7 p.m.; atDenstead school house, Sunday, the 20th, at 3 p. m. ; at Harney, Monday, the 21st, atf 7:30 p. m. ; at Burns, Sunday, tho 27th, at 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. All interested please clip and file these dates. six to eight years to completo tho projects already in progress, and it is obviously the desire of con gress, as it is also good business policy, to do this work before in augurating new work. Under these circunstances, in my judge ment, it would be unwise to ex pend any considerable portion of tho reclamation fund in tho sur vey of any now projects, further than "to continue tho measure ments of tho water supply. If tho government survyed tho pro ject it might have tho effect of discouraging private enterprise in tho same field, and also re acting against the best interests of eastern Oregon. " SURVHYINd LANDS IN HARNGV COUNTV ing, declared tlio l'rolessor nowhere in tho United , yesterday, before his doparluro here land which can bell rom rortland. lrf only one ch diversified use and 'place that I touched was there largo returns. He be It the bench lands be- Sneville and Ontario will io famous in tho pro- Sf Winter wheat. He that the adoption of dry methods will work In that country. He is of 45 demonstration low operated oy the rthern in Montana, and lat Oregon would bene- imilar stations to show get results from dry atablishcd in this state. iaw discusses his trip the Telegram in which Borne very interesting le says in part: has east of the Cas- ath of a lino drawn less than 10 inches precipitation for the year. That is all our farmers need when employing the dry farming process of culti vation. Everywhere tho soil was very rich. By good dry iaiming that land should bo made to yiold from 25 to 80 bushelh of wheet to tho acre, and other crops also. So rich is the soil that it probably would need no fertilizer for at least 50 years if alternate cropH were grown. "In tho long journey I have taken through Eastern Oregon I roughly cstimato that ono aero in every four will lie availablo for dry farming. Noting tho topography, charaeu rof soil and other conditions, I bcliovo this estimate quite conservative, and ALB0RSON (MOWS, W. E. Alberson, postmaster and founder of tho town of Al berson, just across the line into Harney county, was in town this week and reports the town of Alberson as booming. Several buildings are being erected and others are contemplated. Mr. Alberson is among the most active and is building a house and barn. J. W. Lee, the store keeper, is also building an addi tion to his store, and a school house is proposed for tho near future. Mr. Alberson also states' that everybody in Alberson is doing a big business .as 50,000 sheep have gone into winter quarters near there. During tho past summer 300,000 sheep summered on the neighboring ranges. Tho grass is in fine condition sinco tho rains. Walter Gray, of Alberson, was in Vale this week as a witness for W. E. AlbeJson who proved up on his homestead. FrankClerf, who owns tho 14,500-acro Alvord ranch, is mak ing many improvements in tho way of fixing ditches and fences. Chas, Ingham has purchased tho Wild Horso stage from Andrews to HaVriman. Vale Enterprise. Tho best plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamber lain's Liniment and bound on over tho affected parts is super ior to a plaster and costs only nun tnntli na tnnnli Pni4 nnln lv 'all good dealers. The following appears in a re cent issue of tho Portland Tele gram as a special dispatch from Burns:--Tho Government parties surveying the townships in tho southern part of the county nro making fine progress, and several now townships have been sur veyed, which will open up a new territory for320-acro homesteads. Camp No. 2, under Roy T. Campbell, of The Dalles, has tho most difficult work to do, as tho party is surveying Stecns Moun tains, 20 miles up the Blitzcn River, where there are no roads to speak of, and their supplies are brought to camp on pack horses from the P ranch. Tho territory covered by this party is tho most difficult to survey in Oregon, as it is all mountains and canyons No one lives in that section but stockmen, and there is found the best Summer range in tho stato for horses, sheep and cattle. There is a rumor that tho Government will make Steens Mountains a National park, as it is ono of tho finest Summer out ing places in Eastern Oregon. Every year peoplo from Portland and other places como hero to enjoy tho fine fishing and limit ing, as all the small creeks and tho Blitzen River nro full of trout the size of salmon trout. There have been several trout caught at tho P ranch tho past season that weighed 10 pounds each. Soveral small valleys near tho summit will somo day make fino dairy ranches, as thoy aro covered over with bunch grass and well supplied with springs and creeks. The only reason these ranches havo not been taken by settlers is tho fact that tho land was unBurveyed. Somo of the finest water power sites in Oregon can bo found in tho Steens Mountains and thoBlitzen Rjver, and on Kieger, McCoy's, Hprno and Alvord creeks. them to grant authority. If these promoters were to como out frankly and say their aim was to enrich tho bond buyers, road machinery manufacturers and road contractors at tho expense of tho property owners they would got few votes. They urge a noblo causo for a most ignoble purpose. This "goods roads" movement is not altogether froah ond spon taneous. It has been carefully worKcd up" during many months by people who had in viow personal profit for their main ob ject. After tho causo had at tained some prominence Lioniol R. Webster resigned the county judgeship of Multnomah, which ho had systematically abused and neglected, to head the "good roads" propoganda. Who pays hjm, what was tho inducement for his change of office? He is not tho type of citizen to make any sacrifice for tho public good. Ho is in this thiiiH',bccauso it is profitable for him, made so by interests not known to the public. And those interests are behind the proposed constitutional a- mendment. Wise voters will vote "No" on this measure. Bend Bulletin. Don't triflo with a cold is good advice for prudent men and women. It may be vital in caso of a child. There is nothing bet ter thap Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds in children. It is safe and sure. For sale by all good dealers. NEW CLUUBINQ PROPOSITION Wo havo arranged to offer in connection with this paper, the new monthly farm magazine just started at Lincoln, Nebraska, by Prof. II. W. Campbell and devot ed to tho subject of how to farm in tho dry country and how to get best results from soil tillago under normal conditions. This Paper is Campbell's Scientific Farmer and wo offer it clubbed with Tho Times-Terald both for $2.50 per year cash. Prof. Camp bolls' now paper is a monthly, chock full of good things, tho only paper of its kind in tho world, and it embodies tho re sults of tho editor's many years of painstaking investigation of tho soil tillago proposition. HOW ABOUT THIS? Readers of tho Portland papers hayo discovered that a campaign to cnslavo Orogon has been The Lotto Star RESTAURANT China (ioortio, l'roprlotor. Cor. Main mid I! HtrceU. fIHFlUS AT ALtU HOURS Bakepy In aonneetlon. A Specialty of Short Orders Tnblo furniHlu-d with ovorything the market nflurdij, Your patron oro solicited. Judge Will R. King has been a resident of Eastern Oregon for nearly forty years. Ho was born Oct. 3 1864, on a farm near Walla Walla, Wash., removed to Uma tilla county in 1871 and lived near Weston until 1878. During that year ho went to what is now Malheur County, then a part of Baker County, which has been his place of continuous residence. Judge King attended the Oregon Agriculture College for three years, graduated from a law school in Danville, Indiana, and began the practice of law in 1892 in Malheur County. He served in the Oregon legislature six years, two in the House and four in the Senate, and wns recogniz ed as ono of its foremost mem bers. February 23, 1907, ho was appointed Commissioner of the Supreme Court and two years later became Associate Justice, which office he now holds, and is a candidate to succeed himself for the six year term. Judge King's decisions rank high among tho bench and bar. In the celebrated water decision of Houah v. Porter, written by him, moro than 80 points of ,law were involved and decided, cov ering 14G pages of tho Oregon Reports. His opinion in that caso is now used by the Ann Arbor Law School and recogniz ed as an authority on water rights. His knowledge on this subject as well as his life-long experience in Eastern Oregon and his familiarity with condi tions in this part of tho State make it important that ho should be retained upon tho Bench. Judge King is endorsed by the Non-Political Judiciary move ment This movement was authorized by tho Oregon Bar Association and has for its object tho removal of the judges from politics and from all political in fluence and urgeg that Judge King, as one of the present mem bers of the court, bo retained. (In this connection read pages 31 to 34 in pamphlet to bo issued by the Secretary of State to bo sent to all voters.) George H. Burnett, who was selected by the Republi can Assembly, seeks Judge King'3 place on political grounds. Politics does not determine the qualification of jurors and should havo no bearing upon tho selec tion of judges. Speaking of Judge King the Portland Daily Journal recently said: Ono of tho ablest jurists in Oregon is Supreme Justico WILL K. KING. Ho is known through out tho State as an independent thinker of profound powers of analysis. Hu has tho reputation among laymen as well as among tho members of the bar of apply ing a great deal of common sense as well ns broad intelligence in construing tho law. Judge King is opposed by Judge Geo. II. Bur nett, who was nominated by tho assembly, who accepted tho nomi nation from tho assembly and who stands on tho platform of the assembly, , VOTERS! It is for you to say whether merit or politics shall rule in tho selection of our judges. (P'dAdv.) &7VrttJk.TI?'31EL COATS New things in pretty wool garments for the babies.... d aMa Everything has the Quality and Style Brown' N. BROWN & SONS Burns, Oregon. dory Store I '& $9SSS$f9S$$$$S9&$8S!g M. 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