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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1911)
gJMjuwji'iMuMq('Wn ii i" ' ' mi' in mi imt'tfulk Ttc 1Eimsttrnia Tlio OfflcUl Taper of Hnrnoy County hi tho largoit circulation nd l ono o( ho bo it advertising modluini In Knilorn Oregon, Wt ttrent Sinriiey ffiomtiijj Covnm an nrun of 0,428,800 iiriet ol Inml, 1,031,1)5) nrrcii ycl vnrnnt enhii'ft to entry under tho imlillc land laws ol tho United Milton. VOL. XXIV BURNS, HAKNKY COUNTY,' OKEGON, FEHKUAKY 11, 1011 NO 13. EXTENSION ANNOUNCED fudge Lovett Says Railroad Through Harney Valley is in Plans !OOD ROADS COST BIG MONEY Fudge Thompson Investigates Expense of- Road Build ing in Other Counties nnd Finds Objection to Tho Bills Before Legislature Burns to Get Railroad. In the papers received in Burns .Willamette Vnlloy ns well ns tho gmnuo opposed to tho move ment, not to tho principle or want of good roads, but to tho enormous expense. Tho build- hiR of tho class of roads siitf gested by some is estimated at $15,000 per mile. This together with tho necessary machinery reouired, would be quite a bur- Jast Sunday considerable cticour- iging railroad information was invert. A special uispaicu irom Jew York to tho Oregonian says: In his statement of the action liken by tho Union and Southern 'acific executive committees on n it. UMAniHnitt i freTT iinrni i . .... . luciiuuj, uui-.h Uen t0 tftxpnyera, When this is he empnasis on uiu imnuuuix- nns:,iorp,i in ..vmmsivo n coun ties having a farmer on every 1G0 acres of land producing something to bo hauled to mar ket and taxes distributed in pro portion, it would really be more fcnent of double-tracking to cost K75,000,000. There was another item in the statement, however, kvhich will require greater outlay kind add decidedly more to the earning power of the Harnman lines. burdensome in n sparsely settled t section wun auuitionai ouuuy m getting the heavy machinery necessary on the ground. These are matters that have not been thoroughly considered in this section perhaps. Wo are all good roads enthu siasts and desire them especially in Harney county where we have no other mode of travel but when the cost is cansidered wo may take a notion to build n rail road, rather, and present it to some big system thnt will run the cars over it This hardly the right comparison to make, but under present circumstances wo would be better ofT in tho long run. The Tlmes-IIernld has always favored better roads and we need them, but when we con sider Harney county roads and compare them with western Ore gon we have great advantage by tho comparison. No doubt we wasto much money in road re pairs and it is apparently thrown away, yet it seems necessary under the circumstances. We m, . ., i ""- Tins nam was approval, , wUh nthut:nnn nll.inv . . ..i..i r i-- . . v.-.- .. ,...j 1 long-contempiaieu pians iur xtensions and new lines, tins expenditure to extend over a beriod of six years. The extensions include the bi section of Washington by tne completion of the North Coast from Spokane to Seattle and ind from Spokane to Lewiston; Ithe construction of numerous tranches of this line for the de velopment of tho state; an east land west line across Oregon from )ntario on the eastern border, through the, Harney Valley, to connect with the Southern Pa cific's new main line from Kla math Falls to Natron, and the continuation of the Southern Pa cific to Crescent City, Cal., from Grants Pass. The Northwestern Pacific, which has been surveyed along the north California coast from Sherwood, California, will be ex tended to Crescent City to con nect with the new line from Grants Pass. An extension of the Deschutes lime will ne mint irom ucumonu nn i...ji,i Knmn ,,Prnnnnf - toOdellon the Natron-Kiamathjpracticaly so roa(lg umcr prcs. cnt methods and no additional cutoff and a connection with the proposed east and west road from I Redmond to Burns via Pnnevillc is contemplated. The Harriman representatives in Portland had not been officially notified of this work as to partic ulars and say the line through Harney Valley may not be taken up at once although prospects! nece8Saryc taxation, which may bo better than a method that would bo so slow in finally giving us a high way of any distance. With all our agricultural land at work and a means of transportation to mar- j kct tho products is provide the need of such work would bo more ire for work to begin on it this spring according to best infor- lation. FINDS Q00D ROADS AH P. EXPENSIVE Judge Thompson Investigate Road Build ing in Other Counties In State. County Judge Thompson ar rived homo Saturday from al most a month s -visit to outside points. He attended the con vention of county courts in Port land last month, later going to i Salem and witnessed tho work ings of tho state legislature and then visited at Eugene, his for mer home. During his absence Judge i Thompson investigated the good roads movement in a most thor ough manner gaining much in formation and practical know ledge of the problem that will bo used to the advantago of Harney county in the near future. Judge Thompson finds opposi tion to a portion of tho good roads bills proposed by tho asso ciation now before tho legislature and gives some of tho reasons. He found through personal in quiry that to build tho roads ac cording to the ideas of those pro posing them costs an enormous sum. That tho hill providing n stato highway commission is not desired on account of tho arbi trary jwwer vested in tho com mission over the authority of county boards. The bill is so drawn that tho county that would take advantage of stato aid must bow to tho dictates of this commission respecting road- building regardless of their per- Honal feeling. Ho found many farmers in tho Judge Thompson is ready to do his part toward good roads if the taxpayers fully understand tho matter and aro willing to foot tho cost TRIP AROUND TUG WORLD. A novel plan of raising funds to apply on the church piano was successfully carried out by the J. B. Club last Tuesday evening. They advertised a trip around tho world in 80 minutes. Several largo sleighs were en gaged and started from tho French Hotel at regular inter vals. Tho trip included stops at Mexico City, Pekin, Paris and finally wound up at Dixie. Mexico City was found in tho I. O. O. F. banquet room whero guests were refreshed with hot tnmalcs and coiree. China was at the I. Schwartz residence whero tea, rice, etc wore served. Tho Paris art galleries were installed in the Baptist church whero guests viowo I magnificent (V) art and Dixie was finally reached in tho Masonic building whero there was some real Boutli with the exception of weather, A number of young people wero blacked up nnd entertained tho largo crowd with plantation music, dancing, etc. It was n very enjoyable airnir for all tlioso participating nnd a neat sum was collected for tho piano fund. tional Forest lieserve, in Lake county, is in tho city on his way to Wallowa county to assist in tho coyote extermination cam paign. Mr. Hainmoraly has a record of having killed moro coy otes than anv other Government hunter. Last year his record was 372 and this year ho has killed 890 and practically hasfivo months more, until July 1. He has been instructed to hunt in Wallowa county four months. Two ycarsjigo tho Agricultural Department decided to experi ment with official hunters whoso exclusive duty would bo tho kill ing of destructive wild animals. Hnmmcrsly was tho fifth ap pointed and his record for killing coyotes stands far beyond reach of his nearest competitor. Tho position pays a salary of $100 a month and expenses. Tho hunter also gets tho bounty on all coy otes killed and Ilanunorsly has augumented his pav to $500 and $G00 a month. "My most successful way of exterminating coyotes is by trap ping," snid Hammersly yester day. "Tho biggest catch in ono day I ever mndo wtis eighteen out of twenty-two sets. The best record I ever made with a rille was three. I do not go much on poison. Coyotes have a great deal of instinct and when they begin to feel sick-find some kind of emetic nnd expel tho poison much tho same ns if they were treated by a doctor. About the only way I have been able to poison them is by using capsules, so that the poison will got beyond their stomach. But trapping h tho best method. It is all in tho bait I mix my own bait and there is tho secret. "Tho Government hunters have been of more benefit to sheep nnd cattlemen than all official agencies combined. When sheep and cattlemen are troubled with coyotes all they have to do is request a Government hunter and tho pests are soon extermi nated. There is monoy in the job, but the standard is high. You must make good. A record of 300 a year is considered a good average." Mr. Hammersly was horn and renred in Like County and was always a crack shot with a rille and export'lnmter. Ho wns for merly a forest rangor and two years ago took the Civil Service exaihination for Government hunter. "The situation in Wallowa County is more serious than many suppose," continued Mr. Ham mersly. "Rabiou among wild animals is moro serious than among domestic animals, and the only way to stop tho danger is to kill all tho coyotes. Their ex termination will also bo a bless ing to Bheop nnd cattle men." Mr. Hammersly is a cousin to Thomas E. Hammersly, Doputy United States Marshal. THE O. A. C. SERVES ALL Our College Serves The Whole State Through Extension Work BIENNIAL REPORTOF PRESIDENT Over 88,000 People Have Taken Part in The College Work During VvaX Two Years Report Urges an Appropriation for Dry Farm Station in This Valley. TO KILL, COVOTfiS. Tho Oregonian says: W. It. Hammersly, tho Government's best expert coyoto hunter, who is stationed on tho Fremont Na- A SECRET DISCOVERED John Gcmherling, tho ingen ious local jeweler, has solved tho supposed lost or unknown art of making Indian arrow points. This has been something of a mystery to tho white man for ages and old hunting and' battle grounds of the West havo been gone over timo and again by people collecting arrow points. Some havo paid big sums for col lections of theso souvenirs of tho noblo Bed mnn in the days of long ago before lie had bocomo acquainted with tho white man's fire arms. It is rather simple after all, as all tho tools necessary aro a prong from tho horns of a buck deer and a pieco of flint. By pressing tho horn hard against tho flint with a slight twistjt can bo chip ped off and made into tho shnpo of, an arrow with little trouble. A. Pieco of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment and liound on to tho affected parts is superior to any plaster, when troubled with Inmo back or pains in tho milo or chest give it a trial and you are certain to ho more than pleased with tho prompt relief which it affords. Sold by all good Denlors. Ueatos for salo, all sizes and lengths, prico 20 conts per foot. Any ono desiring Ileutos address W. A. Ford of J. O. Alborson, Alberson, Oregon, Always ready for job printing, ' That tho Oregon Agricultural College is established for tho ser vice of tho ontiro stato, and not for the privileged few who can attend classes on the campus, is tho dominant uoto in tho bienial report of President W. .1. Kerr, about to bo published. That the college is living up to this high aim, through its extensive work', nnd is planning much additional service through highway im provement instruction in rural districts, public demonstrations of the bcHl methods of agricul ture for farmers who cannot at tend college courses, and like new departures, is also empha sized in tho report 4 Over 88,000 people havo taken part in tho college work during the past two years and thousands more have been given nssistanse nnd initruction through tho bullotihH and circulars published and through personal correspon dence with members of the fac ulty to whom they applied for solution of problems confronting them. Up to the present timo there has boon no organized extension department at the college, so this sorvica to tho people of tho stato unable to attend courses has been given by the professors in such time as they could spare from thoir institutional duties on the campus. The demand for exten sion .work has grown to such pro portions, however, that it is now absolutely necessary to organize a uoparato department in order that tho college may give its ser vices freoly to those who need such help. It is planned to conduct more farmers' institutes in tho various counties, to keep a number of traveling schools of agriculture constantly in the field, to use railroad demostration trains to carry the results of the experi ments of tho college laboratories end fields throughout tho state. and to publish most of tho edu cational bulletins. The increased interest through out all Oregon in these phases of tho activity of the college is by an aggressive attendance of 28,108 in tho M3 sessions of tho farmers institutes held in 28 counties in the past two years. An attendance of 50,050 was secured for the 78 different stops mako by tho four demonstration trains. With the 270 students enroled in tho npplo packing schools, there is a total of 80,000 persons who participated in tho itinerant schools and institulue. Added to there aro tho people to whom alar,", numborof hullolins havo boon sent, and n correspon dence of some 10,000 letters a year. Tho demand for extension work has boon far in excess of tho funds available for it. Estimates for equipment, sup plies and maintenance for the next two years havo been great ly reduced by tho regents in pre paring tho budget which is tho basis of the appropiiutions now being discussed in the legislature. Many items havo been cut twonty to fifty per cent of tho origininal estimates. Tho most conserva tive cstinvtoof tho requirements for equipment amounted to $03, 702' which tho budget reduced u . to $00,000, nnd estimates for re pairs and improvements wero re duced from $02,03!) to $10,000. In his report tho president shows the necessity of a library building to house the college library, now crowded into a part of the second floor of the admin istration building, at a cost of $125,000; an auditorium costing $100,000. and a similar sum for n men's dormitory. None of these aro asked for this year, however, because of the desper ate need of buildings for horti culture, dairying, stock judging, mining, farm mechanic)), foun dry work, and greenhouses. The other items in tho report are similarly reduced, showing the final budget to bo far below con servative estimates tho actual needs of tho college for tho com ing two years. The president's report urges appropriations for tho establish ment of a branch dry-farming station in the Harney Vnlloy, another branch experiment sta tion in southern Oregon, and funds for irrigation investigations in various parts of the Willamette Valley, a work in which the Federal government lias oirered cooperation to the extent of half tho cost of maintenance. INDUSTRIAL NOTE. ( Portlnnd Correspondence. ) Stnte development will receive a now impetus if house bill No. 301, now before the legislature, passes. 'I his measure will create a statistical bureau nnd immi gration agent and authentic sta tistics presenting the opportuni ties of Oregon will then bo avail able for uso by tho various com mercial organizations thnt are now without an ofiicinl source for reliable data. A state book let, furnishing facts about Ore gon in concise form, will bo Die basis of extensive advertising, The Oregon Development League will reprint a slate book let in large quantities. It is felt that tho thousands who aro in quiring about the advantages this state offers can best bo sup plied with information if itcomc3 with tho official stamp of tho sUite, indicating its nuthorativo character. Tho railroads, also. will duplicate such a booklet by hundreds of thousands. Tho bill now being considered was framed by tho Oregon Devel opment Leaguo to meet a gener al demand for a stato publication. Tho measure- provides that tho immigration agent shnll servo without pay but makes an ap propriation of $25,000, barely tho cost of compiling and printing a limited original edition of tho booklet. Onco availnblo, such a publication will be duplicated widely. That Oregon will double its present population during the next ten years is tho prediction of Dr, Joseph Schnfer, head of tho Department of History at tho University of Oregon. Ho draws interesting parallels between tho agricultural states of tho Middle West nnd Oregon, which ho says is now facing an era similar to that marking tho periods of heaviest settlement in tho Miss issippi Valley, He finds that Illinois, Iowa, Indiana and others doubled their population in ten yenrs periods when people sought tho cheap agricultural lands to ho had there. Ho expects history to repeat Itself in Oregon, Pendleton is sotting up a good example of Western enterprise by st'lrting early to put on a great show at the timo of ita an nual "Bound-Up:" Liberal sub scriptions aro being mado to build a track and grandstands tlmt will bo amide for tho occa sion. A largo tract of ground nenr tho city has been purchased and tho 1911 show promises to bo a great success. Pendleton is attracting wide attention through its uniquo frontier celebration. Usual low-priced colonist rates to the Pacific Northwest from the East will be in effect from March 10 to April 10 and will, no doubt, result in inducing many settlers to come west Bates will bo tho samo as last year, on tho basis of $25 to tho Coast from Missouri Biver terminals. Fare from other points is in pro portion, for example, $33 from Chicago; $32 from St LouiB; $50 from New York City; $19.75 from Washington, etc. SECOND ENTRV MEASURE. A great many settlers in the west will be interested in and affected by a bill which recently passed congress and went to the president for signature. This bill provides for second home stead and desert land entries in tho case of settlers who, in their first attempt to make at entry, failed to secure title. This gen eral law will obviate the necessi ty of passing special bills for the relief of individual cntrymen, ns has been done a great many times in the past It was recognized by the in terior department that where an entryman in good faith failed to secure title, either because of some misfortune or misunder standing, and not because of any fraud, he would be permitted to mako a second entry, nnd thus acquire the full benefit to which every citizen is entitled under tho homestead and the desert land laws. the hill in questioned was drafted by the secretary of the interior dopartment; passed the house last April, and was re ported to the senate on January 11 by Senator Hcyburnof Idaho. It passed the senate January 30, and is now before tho president for approval. Not only will tho iiqw law when signed, relieve settlers who have heretofore failed to acquire title through no fnult of their own, but it will benefit settlers in the future who may bo unable to ncquiro patent on their initial attempt to perfect an entry. GEER & CUMMINS Burns, Oregon. Hardware and Crockery Glassware Guns and Ammunition FARMING MACHINERY of all kinds Get our prices before buying C. M. KELLOG STAGE CO. Four well equipped lines. Excellent facilities for transportition of mail, express, passengers 1'ralrlc City to Burns. Vale to Burns Burns to Diamond Burns to Venator E. B. WATERS, Agent. Ti-isKa rffc- j:t::t!mm::m:m:u::r:;:::um:i::::::::t 1 ARCHIE M'GOWAN, ! ft t I j: !! If :r.:::j:::::s:::::::::::::::;:::::ni:::::a::aauJ President and Manager Harney County Abstract Company (iNCOHI'OItATPJ)) Modern and Complete Set of Indexes An Abstract Copy of Kvcry Instrument on Record in Harney County. tf :::!m::njta:i:::im:::jt::::i:n:::;n::u::5::::::::2j:K!n:a:;nr.n::::::::::jainujjn ffi & -6S(!&2 M. L. LEWIS .- FIREJOTA ... Represents the.... Home Insurance Co., of New York, Live pool, London & Globe, Fire Assurance Co., Philadelphia. OPI-ICI' WITH KIOOS & 111(10 . Uu.ns. Oregon. Corner South of LunaburK & Dalton's. fc ss When n child is in danger a woman will risk her life to pro tect it No jrreat act of heroism or risk of life is necessary to pro tect a child from croup. Give Chamberlain's CoukIi Remedy and nil danger is avoided. Estbayuii From tho Settle meyer farm in Sunset last sum mer a bay maro with white spot in forehead, weight about 1150 lbs branded 760, tho six being a continuation of the stem of the seven on loft stifle, black sucking unbranded colt following her. Suitnblo rownrd for her return or information leading to her recovery. I'J. IS. LAKSKN, Harney, Oregon. How to cure a cold is a ques tion in which many aro interest ed just now. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has won its groat reputation nnd immense sale by its remarkable cure of colds. It can always be depended upon. For Balo by nil good dealers. W. T. I lis i UK, AliimiKcr mill Sulcsmmi, Homestead Locations A. A. I'HKUY, Secretary und Notary Public THE INLAND EMPIRE REALTY COHPANY Iti'ri'iiiilH Tlmt Wlilcli UTiHlml unil llillulily, anil llomllu Hiicrimiltilly nil KnrU ol ltuul Kntato lliuliuian, Wit nrn AkuiiIh For thu ltollnhlo AETNA and PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. COLUMBIA LIFE AN D TRUST CO. AMERICAN LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. 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