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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1912)
UVfmtiiil't Alt.W'H'l -' f n 1 1 1 mf jitonHiiirtft hTii miiHMcb"ff"'" ..' I . - "WV - t me "lic lnica-3crnia Tlio Olllrliil I'npurof lltirmty County lian tlio Inricnat clrciilntlou nml Iminool lui beet lulvorllnliiK imnlliiinn In Kantnrn Oregon, ' Eh.e 0rcnl JHnruejj Catiulru Ciaith nn nrca of 0,I'J8,X) at'iiit ol t Inntl, J,(),Tt,051 ncrea yet vacant ultct to entry under tlio public land lawn ol tlin (tilted Flute. OL. XXV MJItNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OKEGON, FEBRUARY 24, 1912 N01G. dJMWMMMMMMa, mntfWtiulk raS RllLROAD I IRRIGATION Encouraging Prospects For Work on Silvies River Project DEPENDS ON CONDITIONS HERE al Favorable to Project and Willing to Make a MoHt Liberal Contract Under Long Term and Equitable Plan The Adjudication of Water Rights. $nKjV ,ct m NlB i m CHB. McConnell arrived home Saturday evening by way of JBe1it3faf lor an nbsenco of nuvcrnl - r . ... wceK visiting outside points. MrJjScConnell wont to Salt Lake forlthc purpose of placing cor tklmdata tusked for by Mr. Carl Strsdly of the construction dc partment of the Harrnnan sys temjwho lias charge of the work JiowyBboing prosecuted in the Malheur Canyon. WUiJe here Inst November Mr. Stnulpo,'" asked Mr. McConnell fopcertain data in connection yJitlfftlie Silviea River irrigation "project fnd later the people of HunST wished to add to this data in nffioneral way and Mr. Mc Connell was asketl to take the in formation in person to Mr. Slrftgfcy. iJuring his absence Mr. Mc Connell visited other sections coming back by way of Portland ariOISnlem. He Was asked re specting his trip and gave out the following to The Tinios-IIor-u!(): "The facta surrounding the rnilroed situation have already beenTnnnounccd in the published abatement made by Carl Stradley, assistant manager and chief on- eqnitably; a reasonable adjudica tion of existing water rights as sureil; and a willingness on the part of the owners of land under the project to hik" up such hold ings under a reasonable water contract. The contract will prob ably provide for a perputual water right at rate of $-10.00 per acre, under a Ionic term and equitable payment plan. "There npixiars to be a misun derstanding as to the matter of the adjudication of the water rightH on Silvies River now under jyay. Asa matter ol lact mere has been no time lost and the board of control are and intend to proceed with all possible ex pediency "The preliminary surveys and field maps were completed last fall, and testimony will be taken as early this spring its weather conditions will permit of conven ience of travel. "The people of this section must realize that the immediate suc cessful development of the Har ney Valley depends absolutely upon a complete definite plan for its irrigation. "It is impracticable to contem plate the settlement of these lands by a thrifty, well to do - 'OCm .. , . - ,. . . iSinmr ol the Urogon bliort Line. , fannjn,r class on a dim promise "pi. n......... ci,,, ..i i :.,.. i,..o , . . , . .... Aim uu-Kiiii ohuii uii.v imnl0i iiiiiirt dove onmonL mere must bo a fixed, certain time when water will be available at a definitely staled charge and churgb of the construction of the wSStirn hues of the United Paci fic System, butafter construction iVcompleted the operation of tlieitermH Hne5r linos tlirouirh Oreiron and ' "i, . llncor lines throiiKh Oregon and W&fthington Itailroad and Navi gation Co. At present construe tlonjh'as been authorized only on the, line from the connection on Snalcs River west to Harney Lak?? and this work will be pro scculed this season with all ren sdnatle speed. As to tho future devSfopmeiit of this section the officials interviewed could only staI5j the Kenend policy of the transportation company to serve arTdJeecure the business of the country tributary to its lines. Wejaro fortunate that the ollicials WJnaturally direct this policy areao familiar with and friendly toftnis portion of central Oregon. BotlvMr. Hancroft, vice presi difi&nud general manager of OSL. and Mr. Stradley have a clojejporsonnl knowledge of the Harney country, and freely state thaCone line, no difference where located will not be sufficient for tKSTdevelopmont of the Harney VajlSy. IfciThcir plan as outlined con templates a belt line leaving tlio .mairfllino near Crane Creek trP andJfollowiiiR near the foothills nortli of tho valley to Rums 'tlienSe southerly to a connection fwitttlic main lino near Harney 11(5? Tho location of such bolt (inland the time of its construe lioHMwill dojiend upon tho pro Habki ilovclopmonL of and ton iKHo bo secured from tho tor rltwy to be served. Mr. Han cftjiointed out tho many feed oriitlio 0. S. L. had projected fromils main lino through Idaho, aiulliis an example of tho results wr, i . ..,,1.. . .. oouMjUHi iiosuucu uiaidiii'inKiiio ,wSwo were in Salt Lake, they lMtPahippcd (if) cars of hay from thjillmncli UioukIi the Minadka irrigated country to the Now njflflnl states a In rue part of it going to Maine, and whole train lowiU of potatoes had been ship 'p5i)fto Chicago, St. Louis and rfaiilaH City. HjjXh to the Silviea River Irritra ttBproject wo can now state tl)5all tho preliminary pluns hay,leon completed and tho pro jSk in tho hands of allies MMly ablo and willing to cou- t tho Byslom, providing tlio iitiona as they find them this ; ...... inoir mini mvesti It sounds well to talk of a mu tual irrigation system installed at actual cost. How is the cost to be determined? If an irrigation district was organized this year. and its bonds issued under the liberal provisions of our state laws were placed upon the mar ket, the very best that could be realized would be from fifty to sixty-hve per cent, of their par value. Irrigation bonds on a prospective project can not be marketed under present condi tions at any price. Sufficient capital must he secured to pro vide for a considerable portion of the construction work before any attempt is made to place a bond issue. "It rests with our own people whether tho northern portion of Harney Valley shall develop along conservative, substantial business lines, which means the construction of a comprehensive irrigation system which will also assure adequate railroad facili ties. "The city of Hums has nothing to fear. Harney County will have no towns larger than the surrounding and tributary terri tory will support, and every sec tion will havo to work out its own salvation." wpitcs on noous I'l-moRiiiis. "Bogus Pedigrees" is the title of a particularly interesting arti cle by Prof. B. L. Potter of the Oregon Agricultural College, sec retary of tho State Board of Stal lion Registration, in "Tlio Oregon Countryman" for February, just off tho press. It describes the four classes of fraudulent pedi grees for horses; those issued by associations or companies without recognized standing; those issued by recognized associations upon misrepresentation from tho own er; pedigrees correct in them selves but belonging to a horso which has died, for which a "grado" has been substituted; and pedigrees in which the ago or description has been changed to make them fit another horse. Sometimes, when an imported horso is sold, his foreign certifi cate is used, and his American in "Most of tho bogus certificates now current in Oregon are of the class issued by unrecognized associations. The following is a list of such associations," says Prof. Potter, "as far as they are known to the writer: American Horso Breeders' Trotting Ass'n, 1(51 High St., Boston, Mass.; American Horse Registry Ass'n., N. .1. Harris, Des Moines. Iowa, Secretary; American Ireland Pony Club, Ceo. II. Simpson, Whealon, 111,, secretary; Ameri can Percheron Registry Ass'n., S. M. Heberling, La Grange, III., secretary; Belgian - American Draft Horse Registry, A. .1. MeyerH.Lovinglon.Jll., secretary; Coach and Draft Horso As.t'n., of America, Frederick Wiglitman, La Crosse, Wis., secretary; Hart man Stock Farm Registry Record Co., Adam Krumin, Columbus Ohio, secretary; International Consolidated Record Ass'n., II. A. Jones, Penn Yan, N. Y. ; Mor rison's International Roadster, Des Moines, Iowa; National Per cheron Horso Breeders' Ass'n., D. 10. Phillips, address unknown; The National Standard Pacing and Trotting Horse Breeders' Ass'n.. Thos. C. Parsons, 102.'!-5 Williamson Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio, Registrar; The American Jack Register, W. L. Clough, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; The Stan dard Jack and Jennet Registry of America, Kansas City, Mo.; U. S. Horse Register, .1. H. Rags dale.Gibson City, III. .secretary." Prof. Potter says that some of tho horses registered by these associations arc really pure bred, but that it is not usually the case. There may not be certificates from all these associations in this state the ones common being the Hartman Stock Farm Record Co., the American Draft Horse Regis try, and the American Percheron Registry Association. The countryman of this month also contains articles by S. II. Hoddinghouso. '12 Wilmette. III., on "Planting the Apple Orchard", Prof. II. I). Scudder on alfalfa as a dairy ration; II L. Roes, of the horticulture division on "The Scope of Plant Pathology"; A. K. Volck- '12.Iunction, on "Selec tion of Sheep for the Willamette Valley"; J. D. Grifiin. '12 Astoria, on "The Cranberry Industry"; and the departments of domestic science and experiment. RUSSIAN HOUND MAKI-S (ll-TAWAV. When Driver Richardson of the Burns stage arrived at the local office on Friday of last week, he was somewhat surprised on find ing that a part of his valuable cargo had disappeared. The stage on leaving Burns carried a large box in which a Russian wolf hound was chained. Tho dog, a beautiful specimen of the shaggy white coat Russian hound specie, standing about three feet, was being shipped by Dr. L. R. Hibbard of Burns to a friend in Payette. During the long monotonous trip the fierce hound chewed a hole in the side of the box and slipping his collar over his head, secured his liberty without attracting attention. Driver Richardson, somewhat dismayed, phoned back over the route and the big hound was lo cated itt Barton's, the next stage picking him up and bringing him into Vale without trouble, precau tion having been taken by not making tho dog a prisoner. The dog was one of those big Russian hounds a few years ago imported by Col. C. 10. S. Wood of Portland. Although fierce and brutal when on tho chase after animals or in eaptivitity, they are generally gentle when left to themselves. Vale Knter-priso. ACTUAL WORK BEGINS Ground Broken on Tunnel by Rail road Contractors in Canyon THE BRIDGE BUILDERS ARE BUSY Preliminary Work on Oregon-Eastern Railroad Build- , ing Progresses Rapidly Activity Begins Over Half Way Between Here and, Starting Point at Vale. A greater activity is gradually being given to railroad work in the Malheur Canyon by the Utah Construction Company with the opening up of better weather. Temporary bridges are being erected just beyond the entrance to'the canyon on the Maddock ranch. For tho past month haul ing of heavy bridge timbers and piling has been .going on from scribe for your paper is because I do not like its Policie's If we had a live paper here such as the Search light, that was edited in Burns for a short time, that would miles built. We have not receiv ed any great benefit yet in our locality from the new road ma chenery which the county has bought Perhaps we may in the near future? ? The experiment Station wassuposed to havo been established for the Benefit of the farmers here, but it is my opinion that it will Benefit Burns people more than any one else for the reason that most of the suplies will be bought there as I said in my 1st letter. And I think if they want to test dry farming on the dryest land so as to be of most benifitto the people on such land they would have done better if they had put it further out in the Valley to South East on some of the dry sandy land and farther away from all sloughs or over flowed land so there would be no chance of subirrigation. Farm ing is done and crops are raised by subirrigation nearly all around the present location at no very great distance from it. I am not Lost Between the skating rink and the I. S. Geer residence by way of the corner occupied by James Smith, a lady's small gold watch. Liberal reward. Leave at this office. You should inspect the fine as sortment of Wall Paper at Luna burg, Dal ton & C'o's. Do you know that more real danger lurks in a common cold than in any other of tho minor ailments? The safe way is to take Chamberlain's Cough Reme dy, a thoroughly reliable prepara tion, and rid yourself of tho cold as quickly as possible. This remedy is for sale by all dealers. I u:tj:::::::j::::::::i:!::::t::n;:t::::::!::ji:i j:ix;auanaKanu::ni:t:;annita h S ROY VAN WINKLE, ARCHIE M ''..' ' V ?l At.i.ni. im.. f ? 9 MiriiuiLiii. 1IIU UUnii iMtlt il Harney County Abstract Company BURNS (INCOKI'ORA.TED) OREGON A rioilern and Complete Set of Indexes nnd nn Abstract Copy of Every Instrument on Kecord In Harney County. Till; COMPANY THAT WILL EVENTUALLY DO YOUR WORK id:nn:tn:t:::::a:::::K::::n::::::tm::::ntt'nc:unnmtnunm:tm::nnnmmmnunu stand up for the rights of the suprised that you gave our wise People against the nngsters re gardlessof who it hurt. I would he glad to subscribe for it. We are now takeing 7 papers and magazines. But no county paper the yards in this city and enough ' for the abovc reasons. I am not material is now on the ground toPos?(1 to lhe settlement of the push the work along rapidly. , Country, providing it is not mis Tho bridge will facilitate travel-! represented to induce people to ing and hauling of heavy outfits from camp to camp. One hundred and fifty men arc working on the big cut, sixty feet deep, at mile post 15 near the mouth of the canyon. ' Tem porary roads are practically com pleted as far as the big 2G0O foot tunnel and it is said they far ex cel tho county roads. Three miles of completed roads between the west and etist portals of the big tunnel are now in good shape and the two camps are being con nected. W. L. Wattis. of the Utah Con st ruction Company, who was in I come here - Nor to the the pro- and Honerable County Court a little puff before you got through. We all know Just how you feal about that. I expect just criti cism but do not like to be misre presented are you trying to lead argument away from Countv Court House? I did not expect to express my Views on other maters as the people are not in- THE FREMCH HOTEL under new management Jonh R. Walkup, Proprietor FirstCIass Well Appointed House Sample Rooms Commercial Travelers mndnn nf t ! tm k- tn ntminrMn nU nn I . . .,.ul.u..ui .niKauu.iaj nit-maw nun. terested in arguments ot a per and where there is water enough for them without robbing the people who already have water rights, and so that the people who obtain land under them also get plenty of water. And the fact that I have bought a lot of farm machinery and seed grain with the intentions of puting in a crop on my ranch in the Spring, for the reason that I no longer get water enough to raise a hay crop, Will show whether I belive this to be an agricultural country or not. But this is not saying flinf T linlisFA bAxn nn n nnsil town Wednesdnv. suited thnr hirrt1""1 ""-- ""t'3 " ut- '"BC" ' -r , gangs of laborers were now ing on the approaches to the tuiine land that shortlv tnnnr.1tn.ri 'ni.. Ami then there arealwaya will be started. He further stated lai oig; . ., , , jffonany piece of dry, sage brush jiejjj"!land without irrigation of some ,ii.,i Irfnd. And then there arealwaya K upon n Justify tho investment. ! certificate retained for uso Rigirts of way must bo secured 'selling a grade, or vice versa. Itcatos for wile, all sizes and engths, price 20 cents per foot. Any one desiring Rentes address W. A. Ford of .1. O. Alberson, Mberson, Oregon. Clay Clemens mill is tlio near est ono to Burns where all kinds of lumber both rough and dress ed can bo had. Near Canyon road. Call him by 'phone. Auction Sai.k Saturday, Keb. 21, there will bo sold at auction tho household goods and he-, longings of Hobt, Settlemyro; also farm implements, chains, : etc. ; a $700 saddle and bridal. I W. T. SMITH. Auctioneer, Burns, Ore. that the Banks Bros, had broken ground Monday on the 300-foot tunnel at mile post 5G. the late frosts. It is not strange that you cant see any reason for congratulating the Burn's comer cial club as I understand you are sonal nature But you gave the wrong impression in your criti cism and I was obliged te write again Have said all necessary regard ing court House so expect this to be my last letter. Unless some one ans- in papers in an abusive way. While I do not believe in abvsive language as there is no argument in it am conceited enough to Believe I can hold my own when it comes to using it. Thanking you for your fairness in publishing my 1st letter and hoping you will be as fair with me this time I an Respectfully Fred. Otley. Jr. SUITS MADE BY HERZOG, The Tailor are the most economical suits to wear and up. Make them to your measure COUNTV HAS RIGHT TO MAKE LAW. A special from Salem to the Journal says: That the recent No new contracts have been . awarded since that let to the Hanks Bros, according to Mr. Wattis as all the forces that can be used advantageously in the canyon at the present time are pushing preliminary work with all haste. But with the opening up of spring a great impetus may be expected. member. And the old saying I supreme court decision in the is one can never see the mote in case of Schubel vs. Olcott, which their own eye. I wish to apoligise held that counties are municipal- to some of the members of the Burns Icomercial club as I have learned since writing the first letter, that they are not all in favor of a new court house at this time I not only think the Present court house is good enough 1 know it is, and am well j i..i .. :,i. i,- i!.;. -f From cood authority it is un- a,"nmi """' "" derstood that grading of road bed from the local yards to the can yon will be started within another month. The completing and fill ing in around the concrete flume in the local yards as well as other work going on here corro borates this information. ' During this past week rails, dump care, timber nnd other material including large hoisting machines to be used in excava tions and roadbed building have arrived in the local yards and are being prepared for hauling to the canyon camps. Enterprise. SAYS THIS IS THE LAST. it. And in regards to the Vault for the county records. It was built as a fire proof Vault a short time ago. and under stood that if a new court house was ever need ed that they wouldn't need a new vault. Has the Vault changed since then? Or do youmanto say that the man who built it did poor work, and that the: county court that accepted it .constitution, which is the second was unduly influenced or cheat- i initiative and referendum amend ed? The present court house is I ment, extends the initiative and a good substancial. comfortable ' referendum powers reserved to frame Structure and a much bet-. the people in the state at large ter Building than the homes of, by the first amendment, to the the majority of the taxpayers of ' people of every municipality and ities, having the power to legis late as to matters within the county, has let down the bars to all sorts of novel legislation on the part of counties is indicated in a letter written by Attorney General A. M. Crawford. The letter is in reply to a com munication received from Robert S. Grant, Jr., of Waverly. Ore., who is objecting to the tax levy proposed by the county court of Harney county to raise funds for building a court house at Burns. Mr. Grant says that building a railroad through Harney county leaving Burns oil the main line, may change conditions radically. , "Section 1 of article ! of the ' We uuish you a Happy and Prosperous rleui Year. We uiant totha. kyou for your past patronage snd hope to be able to serve you in the future. We have a complete line of Drugs, Patent Med cine, Toilet Articles, and Fine Confectionery Prescriptions carefully com pounded. Piano votes with every purchase. THE CITY DRUG STORE Reed Bros., Proprietors stfreacrK-arraaxsv; atcr-v?n I a 1 the County. Is it not then well suited to be the home of the county Officers who are the ser vants of the people? Would the County Business be transacted any better If in a $150,000 Build ing? You are right about one thing I believe in being economi- oistnct, wnicn tne court lieltl in the above entitled case to include counties," says the attorney gen eral, i "Therefore it would seem that the people of the county have the , right to initiate and enact any law referring only to that county. Editor of Times-Herald Dear Sir I wish to thank you for so kind ly introducing me to the public It was more than I hoped for as hardlv exnocted vou to even mib- lish my letter. It was very cal m County, as well as private m tne same manner tn.it the thoughtful of you to inlighteii Business and am not ashamed of people of the state at large have your reader's on all my pet Idea's '' No spend thrift ever amount-( the right to initiate and enact a All tlmt I lmvi tn mirrot ! Hint eil toiitiv thing. But if we teal.v i law for the entire state. - " - -.,-' " l . you got most of them wrong. To neaded a new court house I would start in with I did not Borrow a be the last to object to it. I am copy of the Times Herald to readj advocate of good roads and Mr F.mbreo's and Dr Denmnns'like to travel them as well letters, but was shown them by ii fVintwl Tlnf i ftnw limit) tiir1' V J w. - .1 I , , ,. . suggestion! did borrow a copy and with the county as Sparsely ! -, - " ., - to write this in ans to your edi- settled as it is at the present time. u,,ou ;t at the election in ne.t torial. The reason I do not sub- I dont think there will be many November." urns Flour Milling Co. Makers of the 'Famous Burns Flour' and i t CRD HO" BREAKFAST FOOD Always for the development of Central Oregon and Har ney County. '-we zMAaxut'-i-tAi.z.-xaxrx r.--,f-tfrwv-T,TmrrTTMTWr- "r -" y -?- "If a majority of the people of the county wish to enact a law directing the county court to de fer building the court house, or IU fcJUL'tllll lilW f llWOlll'U wi UUIIll' I t i II i .l i. a i '. .. ... I 1 as unynouy ui wntMi it costs inir it 10 a vote 01 inu neonio. on $15000 a mile to Build them J make any other disposition of i-j t 7 ' - ' " ' - J --:-.- r i- v' r r w -- i C. M. KELLOGG STAGE CO. i Four well equipped lines. Excellent facilities Y for transportation of mail, express, passengers I'riiiric City to Hums. Vale to Hums Burns to Diamond Burns to Venator E. B. WATERS, Aent. KKFMtKXCES: llvltable Citisent ol llanitu County TIiq Inland Homestead Locations 20 ACRI; MOMI SII.VUS KUMNtH'ISIIttl Ms t)l:l"l)l I) I.AM) Empire Realty Company V. T. I.KSTKU, Manager Wo roproai'iit tlmt wlileh In rental nml rotlaMo. V linmllo all Mmln ol Iti'rtl Kulutu mutter Wiilo your la ml riliiiK papora or ollmr Ii'khI lam) pa pcra correctly ami iuioUy.. Wl! WANT YOl'lt Kllti: INKl'RANtUi HU8INK6S; eifH....eiittuo o( llui troii;uat ronipiiiitw In Amorlca Till: AKTNA ,1 IlAHTl'OHl) CO'S. 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