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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1914)
I ! ri CITY OF BURNS mt COUNTY OF HARNEY The Biggest City In The Biggest The Biggest County In The State tate J County In The State Of Oregon I r & Of Oregon, Best In The West VOL. XXVII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 28, 1014 NO. 20 nTttiikrtZ Dtf mPs I ih F&r Jwv wJWj ywJw vvvm ASKS ACTION INVOLV ING LANDS IN HARNEY Governor West Charges That Pacific Live Stock Company Has Fraudu lently Acquired Title to Large Area. Mail Contractors Adjust Parcel Post Rates With The Department The following appeared in last tractor Holiday and of the Vale Saturday's Journal under a Salem Burns route and Contractor Smith date line: Submitting a mass of of the Vale Alberson route in extracts from Harney county re- this city Monday and the matter oords and maps and various lb- was satisfactorily adjusted be Btr&cts of certificates of sale and tween the government and the entries of deeds. Governor West contractors. The contractors today requested Attorney Gener- were allowed a 3 cent rate on 1 Crawford to take notion at an parcel packages which allows early date to recover lands alleg ed to have been fraudulently ac quired from the state by the Pa cific lave Stock company. It is alleged that the company has acquired title by means of dummy entrymen to about liT.tKX) acres of state school, swamp and 'indemnity lands. "In addition to apparently get ting this land by fraudulent means, said the governor, tnc company has always been a block in the way of process In Harney county. It has prevented devel- opment by preventing the useful i annliration of water." In the material turned over by A.mt.riu.HmuvM.l era! for use in the case is a list nt tiMrKiiTiK nnnnppffil with thi Pacific Livestock company and it I tA ,nio ,.,i ,.,., i... wanted for witnesses. Star Route Mail Contract ors Gets Rates Adjusted Hon. Jas. S. Blakely, fourth assistant postmaster general, who has charge of the Star Route service was in Ontario Monday adjusting matters with the stage contractors running out from Vale in regard to handling the parcel poet mail matter. The contractors for the Vale- Bums stage route and the Vale-Ie Aihn r,, wor !lunrrl,.rl before the new parcel post law went into effect and the contrac- tors on these two routes threw up their contracts when the new law went into effect on account of the additional amount of mail matter they were compelled to handle -lust received a nice line of ' ir'.'"" Barkley conferred with new winged collars they are the Postmaster Kproul of Ontario, ' latest. -Williams-Zoglmann Clo Postmaster Staples of Vale, Con- thing Co. 15c. Per Cake, 2 for 25c. WE ARE AGENTS Rexall Drug Store REED RROS. Props. The Burns MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop. Best Surgical Room and Equipment In the State Outside of Portland. Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com fort for Patients-Reasonable Terins Graduated Nurse in Charge The Q Stands for quality In Ham. Bacon. Shoulders. Lard If you want quality ask your merchant for the U brand stamped on the shin The mild, sweet cure packed by the Geo. W. Young process. If your dealer does not handle It 'phone Chas. Wilson. them to put on a freight team once a week to handle the heavy parcel post mail passing over their routes. Ontario Democrat Agreement Reached in Hanley vs. Moss Case Upon the arrival in Lakeview last week of Attorney C. H. Leonard and Tom Allen, fore- "1!in ol ino tlmc uulue mim ':in- (,f BurnB- the latter 9Wore out a complaint for the arrest of w- L Mo89 on the chare of lar" ten OI ta",e wnicn were uemK W In this valley. As was stated in last weeks Examiner there were forty-one head of stock involved which had bocn separated from the band of Moss Cattle on the Norm ranch and placed in charge of Sheriff Snider, upon complaint made by the Hanley and French-Glenn Cattle companies' interests sev eral days ago. At the hearing held before Justice Umbach here Saturday last, the matter was adjusted, the prosecuting witnesses failing to furnish convicting evidence against the defendant. Mr. Moss was represented by W. Lair mompson. While the plaintiffs contended j the stock to be the property of IIanl-'v Company, the W. Z Moss brand, which was recorded n Lake County over ten years ago, and the Hanley brand are identical, in bo far as both use the Bell A. brand, but the latter was never recorded in this coun ty. Lakeview Examiner. The Strongest appeal to the most refined taste Is made by Harmony Rose Glycerine Soap Purely Vegetable, Delicately Perfmned Hospital Brand Limit Levies is Governor' Plan. A constitutional amendment limiting state and county tax levies is the proposed solution for the high cost of government offered by Governor West. He says he intended drafting an ini tiative measure embodying such an amendment, and that he will present it for public discussion before having it initiated. The governor said that if a limit were placed on the state tax levy restricting it to perhaps 2 mills a year, which would raise about $2,000,000 on the present assessed valuation, it would com pel the legislature to practice strict economy in making appro priations. He says the same argument applies to the counties, whose tax levies are many times higher than the levy for state taxes. "This would not interfere with the expenditures for permanent roads," says the governor, "as we already have a constitutional amendment providing for that As the state develops and the need for more money arises, the amount of taxes to be collected would automatically increase in assessed valuations, but there would be always a maximum limit to the levies that could be made." Free Alfalfa Cultures For Oregon Farmers. Oregon farmers who want to grow alfalfa ean get free culture of Alfalfa bacteria by sending for them to T. D. Beckwith, bac teriologist of Oregon Agricultural College. Also cultures for peas beans, clover, vetch and other legumes. These cultures are for the same purpose as those put up by commercial firms and sold to farmers at $1 to $2 for enough to inoculate an acre planted in le gumes, Cultures have been sent out from the College for a num ber of years with great advant age to the farmers. Farmers who wish to get these cultures should send their name, stipulate the crop and acreage, up to 15 acres, and give two weeks' notice. The only charge made to the farmer is the parcel postage, generally about ten cents a culture. A great many farmers are go ing to give alfalfa a trial for the first time this year. Bacteria and alfalfa are inseperably finked together in successful produc tion. Chances for suuuess are greatly increased by using good cultures. Pull directions for use accompany each package sent out from the College. Market Report. Receipts at the Portland Union Stock Yards for the week ending March 21 were:1 Cattle 1161, calves 38, hogs 3396, Sheep 7620. Receipts of cattle have been light this week and improved demand set the prices on an'up ward trend. Bulk steer prices twenty-five cents stronger, $7 76 to $8 00. Fancy cows brought $6 75 to $7 00 and other bu.tc.he classes sold firm. Hog receipts also light, with good outlet, Extreme top $8 86 ruling firm the entire week peri od. Sheep house business brink and active. Receipts showed an in crease over last week. Best wool lambs $7 00 and shorn stuff $6 25; Wethers $6 00 and ewes $6 00. Have you paid your income tax? Also your state, county, school, road and town tax ? Have you paid for your fishing and hunting license, your gracing fees, auto, mobile tag, occupation tax, tariff tax and contributed to church, the base ball tram, the publicity committee, Rod and Gun club, to the poor, helpless, hopeless, worthy, unworthy, the unemploy ed, and to the fellow who sells gold bricks. If you fail in the iyas( ot. these you must pave woH.y jett and, your conscience should smite you When you realize that you wjl never be abe a drag your roll through the eye of a needle. BlueMt. Kagle, For Sale A 34 ince Studebaker wagon, rack bed. nearly new. Address D. V. Wilfono, 1D-20 Lawen, Oregon. CONDITIONS FAVORA BLE TO DRY FARMING Mild Winter Has Allowed Fall Grains Exellent Chance and Good Stands Result. Soil on Experiment Farm Moist to Nearly Last Year. Work Season Earlier BY 1. R. BREITIIAUPT. The winter has been exception ally mild, resulting in several advantages toward the prospects for good crops in the county. At no time was there much frost in the ground, especially in the fall plowed land. This has re sulted in much more of the winter's precipitation being taken up by the soil than is usual, the fall plowing having taken up all of the moisture which fell on it, while the land which was not fall plowed, the unusually favored, lost a very considerable amount by runoff. The difference in the two lies in the fact that the un plowed land presented a smooth and frozen surface at the time the snow melted, while the fall plowed land presented a rough and unfrozen surface. Other favorable signs, aside from the fact that the soil is moist to nearly twice the depth that it was last year, is the condition of the winter grainj. The winter wheats, of which a number of varieties were planted last Sep tember, are now growing nicely with an excellent stand. Even the winter barleys and the winter emmer are showing up in fine shape. There seems to have been practically no winterkill, whereas, last year, all but a few plants were killed out. Perhaps the fact that it is the seed from these few survivors that was planted last fall partially ex plains this. Discing of the entire place was commenced March 15, four weeks earlier than was possible last year. This discing is being done just as fast as the land is dry enough for the horses to go on and is for the purpose of loosening the surface of the soil in order to check the loss of moisture by evaporation. Unless this is dope, and done at once, our winter 8 moisture would ue back into the air in about one tenth the time that it took to get it into the soil. You can pick out the good dry farmers by what they are doing these days. A little seeding in the way of dates of seeding experiments and experiments with winter grains spring sown has been done, but the main planting will not be made until later, the peas being sown from April 5 to 10, the wheat and oats about Apt il 15, the emmer and barley about May 1 and the more delicate crops like aitaita. beets, rape, flax etc about May 10. Work on the Sub-Stations is progressing nicely. Most of Uiese Stations have now had a year's summer-fallow so that it is reasonable to expect some re sults this year. Only a few of them had had the necessary pre paration in the way of summer fallow last year and, as on the Experiment Station, results from the unfallowed land, even in a year with as heavy summer rain BUICK MOTOR CARS Fours and Sixes Jx. .SMb- HU "Bs ffS FIVG-PA&0KNGER CAR Most Economical and Most Powerful Car on the Market for the Money A. K. RICHARDSON, Agt. BURNS, - OREGON Twice the Depth of fall as last year, showed the one year, or every year, system of croimge to be an entire failure. It takes moisture to produce crops. Without moisture, noth ing but a crop of debts will come to the man who puts in seed. From what observations as have been possible here on the station and elsewhere over the county, it seems that it is unsafe to plant grain upon land of ordinary tex ture, .vhirh is not noticably moist to a depth of at least three feet at planting time in the spring. It is about the same proposition as trying to water a horse from a vessel that contains about enouxh water to quench the thirst of a eat. The man who has his soil moist to a depth of two feet or less had much better add a dollar to the three or four he has already spent in plowing and carry his land over in summer fallow so that he can turn the venture into a success, financially, than to play with fate and harv est a failure. The man who has summer-fallow from last year and the man who summer-fallows this .summer are the ones who will reap the Denenis irom ine past winter's favors, on the dry lands. Oood though it was. we have not enough moisture in the soil to guarantee dry land crops from unfallowed lands, figuring on average summer precipitation. For the man who plants in rows and cultivates, the story is different, for under these methods the moisture can be made to go much farther toward crop pro duction because of the reduction of loss by evaporation. Question. What is the value of field peas for hay? Field peas make one of the best of hays for cattle and horses. It is rich in protien, thus making it a valuable food for growing stock and milch cows. The long vined sorts, such as Golden Vine, Blackeye Marrowfat etc are best to grow for hay. Yields of from one to two tons may be expected on dry land when the crop is put on fallowed land and planted in rows. On irrigated and moist soils, much higher yields can be had, five tons per acre not being impossible from a single cutting. It is usually best to plant oats with the peas in order to provide some support for the crop. There is no better hay crop for either wet or dry lands that can be grown in one year for Harney County, and similar counties, than field pea hay for the pur pose of feeding the class of stock mentioned, when the seed can be obtained at moderate prices. 1 he Mother' Favorite. A cough medicine for children should be harmless. It should be pleasant to take. It should be effectual. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is all of this and, is the mothers' favorite every-! where. For sale bv al dealers, ATEST DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NOTES (I'rum Our Portland Correspondent) The fifth annual convention of the Columbia & Snake River Waterways Association, which will be held in Portland April 18 14, will be replete with features of interest to waterways enthu siasts. One of the most striking of . these will be the series of moving picture scenes on the Calumbia, Willamette and Snake rivers to be shown by Mr. J. G. Sill in connection with Major J. J. Morrow's pa per on "The Com pleted Celilo Canal." These films will show many of the act ivities of the engineers in the construction of the canal, making improvements in the channels of the Columbia and Willamette riv ers, steamer traffic on the Upper Columbia and Snake rivers, &c. A complete program of the con vention will be distributed throu ghout the Pacific Northwest within a few days. Assurance has been given to the Portland Rose Festival mana gement that at least eight of the most noted professional air navi gators in the United States will I take part in the national baloon I meet which will be held here during festival week in June. The balloon exhibit will be in the form of an endurance contest, the air craft remaining longest in the air winning a cash prize of $3,000. The date for the start of the race will probably be June 11. Within less than a month after! the Portland Commercial Club and allied organizations through out the Northwest started a cam paign for an extension of parcel post provisions, the Postmaster General has issued an order that in future seeds, bulbs, cuttings, roots scions and plants, in pack ages exceeding four ounces in weight will be subject to parcel post zonal rates. In packages weighing four ounces or less, a flat rate of one cent per ounce will apply. J W Hrewer in charge of th j. w nrewtr. in cnargt or the iarm isnas department or the j Oregon State Immigration Com-1 mission, is traveling through the eastern and central parts of the state gathering data for the next issue of the Oregon Almanac, the official publication of the commission. This data, when completed, will give full infor mation as to location of lands, size of tracts, crops best adapted to certain sections, prices at which it can be purchased and terms. It is expected this will be of great help to the home seeker in finding just the location he wants and save the expense of traveling from one part of the state to another in search of suitable land. Reports from Oouglas County indicate that approximately 1,500, acres of new orchards will be planted in that section, this year. A large percentage of this acre. age will be planted to prunes. It is. stated that in many instance.-, the annual prune crop on farms has brought in cash in ex cess of the assessed value of the land. Present indications point to a record crop this year. Chronic There Stomach Trouble Cured. is nothing more dia- couraging than a chrome dis order of the stomach. Is it not surprising that many suffer for years with such an ailment when a permanent cure is within their reach and may be had for a trifle ? "About one year ago," says P. H. Beck, of Wakelee, Mich., "I bought a package of Chamber lain's Tablets, and since using them I have felt perfectly well, I had previously used any num ber of different medicines, but none of them were of any last ing benent." For sale by all dealers. For Sale Registered Clydes dale stallion, George Chamber lain, No. U872. 10 years old. weight about 1900 lbs. An Al breeder and acclimated. Desire another horse as I have a number ot young mares of his get to breed this year. Have also a stallion 2 years old this spring, sired by George Chamberlain, and a num ber of work horses for sale. -Call, write or 'phone, Chas. Wil son, Burns, Oregon. 14tf. Dry cleaning and pressing at the JJuniB ateam Laundry. 4tf. TAX PENALTIES HELD INVALID BY THE COURT Circuit Judge Cleeton of Multnomah Holds Penalties Apply Only After September. 1 . Appeal From Ruling Likely. Ask That Decision Made Effective in all Counties of State The Portland Journal says: Circuit Judge Cleeton this morn ing held that the penalties of one per cent a month imposed by the 1918 legislature on taxes not paid before April 1. are invalid and granted the restraining order! prayed for by Roger B. Sinnott against Tax Collector Lewis en joined the latter from collecting the penalties. Judge Cleeton held that taxes do not become de linquent under the law until Sep tember 1 and that penalties can be collected only on delinauent taxes. Tax Collector Lewis said after the decision that he deemed the only possible mode of procedure would be to take an appeal and on request from him the county commissioners appointed Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock for a meeting at which future action will be determined. To this meeting all elective county officers will be invited, also Governor West and the mem bers of the state tax commission. The state officers are included because the decision is expected to throw the entire .state in a turmoil regarding what method to pursue as to tax collections. Under the terms of the injunc tion penalties can be colleeten on no taxes whether the first half is paid before April 1 or not Sin- nott asked only that penalties ion deferred half payments be i,..,,...,i i,.,t i..j . -.i . . , 8topDed but JudKe Cleeton went flirt. . . . . . ... .. further and declared invalid the entire provision as to penalties on taxes unpaid prior to April 1. "The present decision does not affect any part of the state out side of Multnomah county," said Attorney Sinnott, the plaintiff. "I intend to telephone the state I tax commission a request that they make an order providing that the decision in this county be effective in all counties. In J this way it will not be necess ary for suits to be filed in each ! THE FRENCH HOTEL DAVID NEWMAN, Prop. Strictly First Service. Fine Commercial Sample Room In Connection, Reasonable Rates BLUE MT. STAGE CO. Daily Line, Burns and Prairie City 8CHEDULE: LEAVE Burn. Sam Canyon City 7am Prairie Uly 2:30 p m Canyon City 7 pm Barn. Fare, Burns-Prairie City, Hound 7r(p, Kxjxrvsa Rates 2 1-2 Cents, Prairie to Hums PLEASANT. SCENIC ROUTE ALL THE WA Y L. WOLDENBERG.IProp. THE WELCOME PHARMACY la The Place to Trade -WHY- First: Promptness, accuracy and fair dealing. Secend: We carry a well assorted stock of Drugs, Chemi cals and DruggiaA Sundries. 1 bird: We guarantee every represented or your money refunded. If you are a customer of ours you know this. If not, be eosne one and be convinced. J. C. Welcome, Jr. county, and all counties can col lect taxes under the same condi tions." District Attorney Evans udd that-he could not determine off hand what action would be taken, but that he favored an appeal to the supreme court, that there might be no question as to the validity or invilidity of the law. As to the question of whether taxpayers who do not pay prior to April 1 will have their taxes subject to the penalties sl.ould the supreme court reverse Judge Cleeton, he said he could see no possibility of escape, for the pre sent law would then be effective once more. "People who do not pay their taxes hoping that the decision will be upheld are taking eh: nces, I believe," he said. "I would not advise any to wait unless they are willing to gamble on their chance of Meaning the penalties." Judge Cleeton did not pass up- !on the reasonableness of the pro- ; visions, saying that the power to pass upon what is reasonable is left exclusively to the legislature. He said that the court was con fined entirely to the question of the legality of the measure and its provisions, and that in this case the only point to be con sidered was the term delinquent. "The court is of the opinion that taxes under the amendment pusseu in ijio uo not oecoiue ue- .. ... , . ,, hnquent until September 1. 1 f trt.o .1.. . 1 . .1 . said Judge Cleeton, "because in the first place the law provide.-. that taxes shall be paid before April 1, and if not so paid shall be subject to 1 per cent penalty a month until September 1, and then provides that half of the taxes may be paid prior to April 1, and the remainder shall, b subject to the same penalty. The statute then provides that taxes unpaid on the first of (Continued on page 2) Class. 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