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1 CITY OF BURNS ime-i COUNTY OF HARNEY The Biggest City In The Biggest County In The Stat Of Oregon 1 he Biggest County In The State Of Oregon, Best In The West 1 VOL. XXVIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 18. 191S NO. 50 ife v-i T leMa STRAHORN WRITES OF PROPOSED RAILROAD Oregon Shippers Should be Stockhold ers in New Central Oregon Lines. Earnest Inauguration of this Project Will Revivify Failing Projects and Offer Incentive for Starting New Robert K. Strahorn. who pro- one pocket and puttinjr it in the poses independent railroad lines other. throughout Central Oregon, an outline of which was published in our last issue, writes the fol lowing lor tne bunaay journal The different railroad surveys heretofore made in central Ore gon provide for lines to cost from i0,000 to $40,000 per mile. In estimating revenues and expens es, traffic and operating experts have figured on the high interest charged on construction, and on such schedules of rates and op erating conditions and costs as would necessarily follow owner ship and operation by the large companies interested. Their figures have also neces sarily allowed for the high costs and embarrassment nf interstate and state commission supervision In the difference between lines so built, owned and operated, and lines built for less than half such rigures, on capital to an impor tant extent furhished by the shippers or those directly inter ested in the country themselves, and operated free from interstate commerce commission supervis ion on a scale of economy and liberality of rates which would not be tolerated from, even the branches of main line railroads. lies the possibility of securing these lines on a basis which will insure their paying interest This must be literally a pioneer ing railroad. The case of con necting up the productive sec tions mentioned which are sepa rated by vast areas now largely unproductive, is so extreme that it must be met by the lowest con ceivable construction and operat ing costs and the highest rates the traffic will stand. Its Ore gon shippers should be stock holders who will feelthat besides reaping all the other incalculable benefits from convenient trans- Lines particularly needed are, first, from Bend to the Klamath region by way of the productive Fort Rock and Silver Lake sec tions rather than the more west erly but largely timbered region originally proposed by the exist ing lines; second, a continuation of this line from the vicinity of Silver Lake, through the Summer Lake nnd Paisley territory, to Lakeview and Warner Jake val ley; third, from Bend to a con nection in Harney valley with the Oregon Short Line approach ing from the east. This makes a total of about 400 miles, which, I believe, can be built standard gauge and equipped on the eco nomical plan I have suggested for $15,000 per mile. I believe it feasible so to prosecute and finance the project as to keep the bond interest charges within $800 per mile. This would be less than one-third the average interest charge on the six lead ing railroads in Oregon. It is not accounted for merely by much lighter construction but because of the generally fav orable territory, the entire elimi nation of terminal coets.the much smaller overhead charges, the furnishing of most of the equip im it by connecting lines and other important items. I believe the money can be raised if Port land and all sections and interests vitally affected will cooperate to the extent the accruing benefits justify, on plans 1 will propose as quickly as I can complete some surveys over the more difficult sections and assemble some other necessary data. Meantime I have formed the Oregon. California & Eastern Railway company with modest capital to conduct and protect the surveys. 1 have the positive ussu ranee portation, that when they are of the various railways which navinir liberal rates during the! have painfully worked their way ,l..Vplonment neriod they are in to the outer edges of this great effect taking the money out of inland empire that they would T FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER Burns Meat Market Packing Plant BACON, HAMS and LARD Fresh Meats, Poultry Home Product for Home Consumers SPCIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS inaHMmmmmmi MMiBMBflHHMBMB I OF 7,500 We buy Dragi and Drug Store Supplies with 7,600 other HEXALL DRUGGISTS Let us Oil your Prescription--We are In business for your health REED BROS, Props. The Rexall Drug Store The Burns Hospital MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop. Best Surgical Room JSIVJ in the State Outside of Portland, Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com fort for Patient -Reasonable Terms Graduated Nurse In Charge treat such an indendetlt project fairly. It would prove such an immensely valuable factor in creating and handing over to them for the long haul large and di versified traffic when there is now practically none that they would And it to their interest to cooperate to the limit. Then. why not make one heroic, indep- ennent effort to open up, settle up and annex our last big, empty back country, to help sustain this overbuilt city hive where we are bussing around, living off each other, and straining for some things for which we can have no adequate use until we get more people on those vacant lands east of the mount iains? I doubt if the average citisen who enjoys the wonderful trans portation facilities of the Willam ette valley, where for a consider able distance there are six paral lel railway lines, has any concep tion of the central Oregon situa tion. The pitiful story of wreck ed enterprises, ruined families and abandoned homesteads, re sulting from the cessation of railroad building five years ago, when there was promise of bo much, and the absolute lack of stimulus for any further effort in a region practically at our doors. capable of supporting hundreds of thousands of people, can only be appreciated at very short range or by those who have sim ilarly suffered. The inspiration of the earnest initiative of Portland business men in this railway project, es pecially in supplying strong, re sourceful men to get into this work up to their eyes, will be very essential to give those pio neers courage to do likewise. If you do, and persist, more can be accomplished over there in real empire building than in any country I know of. It will re quire only a moderate local in vestment but thorough organiza tion and supreme effort. But when done you will have some thing worth while for both a great city and a great state. Portland can revivify many failing projects with proper ef fort and the earnest inaugura tion of this one. Also, it can offer the necessary incentive to the starting of many new ones. Such great changes for the. bet ter would be wrought that Port land would realize vastly on any effort or assistance rendered even during the construction period. Likewise, it could recover valua ble existing trade now. largely lost in distant cities; and perma nently tie up commercially, so cially and politically al that vast country naturally and of right belonging to it. Meanwhile word would pass far beyond the cofines of Oregon that this pro ject was firmly upon its feet,' at tracting an influx of settlers and capital that nothing else could. That its immediate revivifying influence upon Portland and Ore gon generally would also by very great cannot be doubted. These days of stagnation are indeed the days of all days for hopeful preparation. Herein is my answer to that grave question so of tan asked: "What really great constructive thing can Portland accomplish in 1916?" Also, confidently relying upon the cordial assurances of support of Portland business men, I will now say that if my further surveys and investiga tions confirm my present im.p.fts sions, I will respond to their ap peal to the best of my ability. Building Railroad is Not The Most Important In an interview in the Oregon iun Mr. Strahorn sa,ys that there are several other important mat ters in connection with the devel-1 opment of Central Oregon. The j article follews: If Central Oregon is to be de- j veloped on a scale such as that J proposed here last week foy Ro bert E. Strahorn, it Will be neces sary lirat to prepare the way for development, says mr. airanron, who has planned to build a series of railroads to connect all the ex isting lines in the states Interior. 'Building the railroad is not the most important project," said Mr. Strahorn yesterday. 'The railroad can bo built and, of oourae, must be built if Central Oregon is to bo opened up. But much other important work must ' (I'uuilDued on ps two) HARNEY COUNTY RE JOICES OVER RAILROAD Special Writer for the Portland Journal Visits Work and Reports Progress. Hundreds of Men and Teams Are Rushing Project. Rails Been Laid Will Follow Bridge Work Rapidly Charles T. Hoge, member of : from the lower Harney valley out the Portland Journal staff, was a j through the Malhuer and into the recent visitor to this section and Snake and is then said to be a has written several articles on veritable torrent. For this rea his observations. The following son the bridge acro38 the inno deals with the advent of the rail- cent looking creek is to be made road into Harney' ceunty: ! just as strong as those over the Harney county's first railroad . other streams, has appeared. People of that , Concrete piers are used exclu- rich empire who have wailed nnd sivcly Engineer H. W. Young ex hoped for a generation that a plained that the ice flow in the direct rail connection with the' winter is a great menace to wood outside world might come tu have en construction, which could not actually seen the grade thrown stand one season of ice pressure, up and to have stood upon it. Though the people of Harney They have gathered up hands county arc now a unit on a sub ful of the soil that was heaped Meet of a railroad, the officials of and smoothed into semblance I the line now being built have not of a roadbed and gone home! decided where the terminus of to tell their neighbors that their the present westward extension hopes were coming true. it to be. It may be Harriman, Eight hundred men are now . which settlement is putting its assembled along the survey made best foot foremost in prepartions by the Union Pacific system and are busy making this grade from Riverside, the mushroom town, through the rugged Malheur canyon to tap the open country to the west. Five big team outfits are work for its arrival. It may be Al britton, which was established when construction was first start ed west from Vale, years ago, and has stood there waiting since It may be just at the entrance of the gap, where the open country 200 head of horses. Contractors 'converges and where no town are complaining that they cannot j exists at all. get men enough to advance the But the news that construction work as rapidly as tluy would had actually crossed the line into wish. Ten station gangs, each composed of from 8 to 12 men, are distributed along the survey where there is rock to be blasted through with powder. The camp nearest the canyon's outlet at Crane creek gup is known as No. 5. It is seven miles east of the town of Harri man, the tirst settlement beyond the gap. The men at this camp are working now on the diversion of the county wagon road because the railroad will need the land over which the road now extends. The other camps are stationed at intervals clear back to Riverside, where the construction work came to a stand last yeur when retrenchment was ordered. Actual track has been laid for tiro miles beyond Riverside to the first crossing of the Malhuer, where C. A. Pelletier is building a great bridge. As soon as the bridge is finished, the track will be laid across it and along the newly made grade to the second crossing, six miles farth er. The material yam, a nine east of the bridge, is piled high with ties, timbers and steel rails, ready for the tracklayers' use when the bridge construction al lows passage over the river. There are to be three of these crossings of the Malheur and one bridge across Crane creek. Crane creek is not much of a stream now, being dry in most places, but in seasons of high water it carries all the drainage of ACCURACY This store has its own Lens Manufacturing Pant in. whioh ean be ground lenses of any de scription. This enables us to guarantee absolute accuracy in filling your prescription. Quick ser vice on your repairs. Duplicate immediately any broken lens, whther originately made at this store or elsewhere. You will find this great con veniencetry it, C. III. SALISBURY Jeweler and Optician Harney county put the people Hums on the high rung of en couragement. There she is,"yelled"Jimmy" Donegan, county assessor of Har ney, who was piloting The Journ al correspondent through the country from Burns. 'There's the railroad grade. Let's get out and have a look." And he made Riemer Hass, the automodile driver who had pick ed us up at the Narrows, stop while he raced through the sage brush, scrambled into the deep, dry bed of Crane creek, scuttled up the other side and stood squarely on the mound of earth that in time was to mean regul ar train service into his home county. "Wheel This is great," said "Jimmy." "It certainly looks good tome!" The rails on the pew line are for the moat part of 78 pound steel. Nowhere are they lighter and are new. On the bridges and on some of the heavier grades, even a heavier rail is used. It is all of the construction known as "main line." The survey stakes follow the wall of the canyon for the most part. This is because the canyon floor is of uneven contour, and would require some cuts and heavy fills to establish the grade demanded. Toward the western end, however, the contour is al most flat, which allows a straight- I away track, with hardly mure I work on it than the rounding up lot' the surface ready for placing 'of tie. Contrary to popular opinion among the people of Malheur and liarney counties, no definite con tract time has been set (ox the I completion of this, line. The con tractors have been instructed to j hurry the work and finish it at the earliest possible moment. j That is nil. It cannotapossibly be I finished before spring, declared Engineer Young, because the ground may freeze u.p and. make j grading diftkidt! Mr, Young woulj venture only the most in definite estimate of the time the work should be finished, at pro bably not later than next June. Every available man in the ad" jacent country has been, put to work, on the railroad camps. Contractors who complain that they cannot get enough men have appealed to labor agencies in Portland and Boise to furnish more help. The prevailing wage for common labor on this job is $2 per day, with more, of course, for skilled workmen and for men with teams. tension shall reach, no plans have been made for stations or ether terminal facilities at the west end of the line. It iH probable that there will be no townsite between Riverside and the western ter minus. Three Educational Ideas. The three successful school ideals of the United States were pointed out by President Kerr in an address on the ideal school before the Linn-Benton County Teacher's Association, in which it was shown that each ideal de pended for its fitness and value upon the time and place. "The ideal of school work," said Presi dent Kerr, "has changed with the development of the country. The first schools were devoted to law, civics, and philosophy, in response to the need for training that should prepare for service in the departments of democratic government The second period of national development, a period of invention and vast expansion in commercial interest, brought forth the type of education that emphasizes engineering. The final phase' resulting from a rea lization of the great disparag- ment between urban nnd agricul tural wealth thirty billions as comared with eight billions in 1880, is that for agricultural and industrial training, a traning that aims to adapt the work of the school to needs of all the children of all the people." REGULAR TERM CIR CUIT COURT ADJOURNS Business Wound up and Judge Biggs Departs for Home Tuesday. New Grand Jury Drawn for Next Term. Criminal Cases all Disposed of Ex cept One Which Was Continued Water Permits. During the quarter ending July 31, 1915, the State Engineer Issued 152 permits for the appro priation of water under which it is proposed to irrigate 28148 teres, develop 352 horsepower and construct 15 reservoirs. These permits will require the construction of 210 miles of canaiB anu pipe lines ana an es timated expenditure of $891,242. The following permits were is sued in Harney Ceunty: Marjo ry Potter of Egli, secured a per mit to store 100 acre feet of the waters of East Creek in Sec. 20 T. 26 S. R. 25 E. for the irriga tion of 91 acres of land. Estella McDade & John Duffey of Fields secured a permit to store 800 acre feet of Rincon Creek in Sec. 34 T. 88 S. R. 83 E. for the irri gation of some 480 acres of land. M. S. Da vies of Princeton, for the irrigation of 76 acres divert ing water from Cold Spring Creek in Sec. 22 T. 88 S. R. 38f E. C. J. Ollgard of Andrews, for the irrigation of 20 acres, diverting water from Twin Springs in Sec. 35 T. 36 S. R. 32. Erland Carl son of Andrews, for the irriga tion of 18 acres, diverting water from Big Skull Creek in Sec. 34 T. 35J S. R. 32J E. Ruth Sea weard of Cord to store 600 acre feet of the waters of an unnamed gulch in Sec. 6, T. 33. S. R. 36 E. for the irrigation of 253 acres of land. A. B. Guernsey of Seneca, for the irrigation of 219 acres, diverting water from Bear Creek in Sec. 26 T. 16 a. R. 32 E. Warrant Call. Notice is hereby given that there Is money on band to pay all general fund warrants register ed prior to Dec. 1, 1914. Inter est ceases Oct 11, ll15, R. A. Miller, County Treasurer. We do job printing. Sumpter Valley Railway Co. Anivl MMJ Departure Of Trains Departs No. 2, Prairie 10: IS A.M. Sumpter 2:35 P. M. Arrives Baker 4:00 P. M. Departs No. 1, Baker 8:30 A. M. Sumpter 10:08 A.M. Arrives Prairie 2:10 P. M. No. 1 Makes good connection with O.-W. R. & N. Co. No. 4 (Fast Mail) leaving Portland 6:30 P. M., arriving at Baker 7:55 A. M. and No. 17 from east arriv ing Baker 6:50 A. M. No 2 connects with No. 5 (Fast Mail) arriving at Baker 7:55 P. M. which picks up Pullman at i Baker, arriving at Portland 7:00 Pending executive decision on j a. M. Also with No. 18 at the terminal point this Vale ex- Qvtfr f, M. for points East. Circuit court adjourned Tues day. The following business not mentioned in our last issue was disposed ef: Confirmation of sheriff's sale in case of Thos. Hutton ve. T. F. Matney. Confirmation of sheriff's sale in case of G. A. Rembold vs. Nora Richardson, et als. W. H. Carpenter vs. Chae. E. Beery, dismissed. Geo. A. and Prestley Smyth vs. Mansisidor Co. for damages, dismissed. Charles Markle vs. A. K. Rich ardson, damages, dismissed. R. R. Sitz vs. T. F. Matnev. recovery of money, settled and dismissed. R. W. Heck vs. P. L. S. Co., damages; discharged in Federal court. J. O. Darst vs. C. H. Leonard. recovery of money; motion to dismiss allowed. Fred Hanies vs. J. W. Biggs and J. II. Jordan, attachment; settled and dismissed. Denio Land & Livestock Co. vs. C. W. Stephens, recovery of personal property and damages; settled and dismissed. Mrs. J. P. Brown vs. W. E. Ward, attachment; settled and dismissed. Mrs. J. P. Brown vs. Roy Welty, same. Leon Mansisidor vs. P. C. Peterson, damages; dismissed. Sam Mothershead and C. H. Leonard vs. H. A. and Ella Mar tin, attachment, jury returned verdict for defendants. H. M. Horton, administrator estate of James Leonard, deceas ed vs. C. H. Leonard, attach ment; judgment for defendant on pleadings. Grant Thompson vs. Arriola & Buecua, damages; settled and dismissed. Wm. Renwick vs. R. H. Brown damages; verdict for defendant F. L. Mace vs. W. I. Sheoard. attachment; default and judg ment State vs. Wm. Pratt, burglary; plea of guilty; sentenced 1 to 7 years and released on bond until further order of the court State vs. Guy McCoy, burglary; indictment dismissed. State vs. Marian Hodge, lar ceny; verdict of not guilty. State vs, Ventura Equibar, arson; plea of guilty and senten ced to 5 to 15 years. State vs. Lloyd Mosley, as sault with a dangerous weapon with intent to kill; plea of guilty and sentenced to 6 months to 10 years and paroled. State vs. John Wood, violation of transient livestock law; plea of guilty and fined $25. State vs Thos. Turnbull, same as above, same sentence. State vs. C. D. O'Conneli, lar ceny by bailee; set for trial next term. The grand jurors drawn for the spring term were: J. E. Size more. James Gilbert E. C. Eg gleston, A. Dunn, Alex Rogers, Karl Horstmann, Grant Kester-son. When Baby Hu the Croup. When a Mother is awakened from a sound sleep to find her child who has gone to bed appar ently in the best of health strugg ling for breath, she is naturally alarmed. Yet if she can keep her presence of mind and give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy every ten minutes until vomiting is produced, quick relief will fol low and the child will drop to sleep to awaken in the morning as well as ever. This remedy has been in use for many years with uniform success. For sale by all dealers. Mrs. Millar has received some of her Fall and Winter Millenery and invites the ladies of this vic inity to call at the Schwartz store and see the display. Breakfast 5:30 to 9 Dinner 11:30 to 2 NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS Mac's Restaurant & Bakery Located in the new Levens Building BURNS, OREGON W. R. McCuistion, Prop. Supper S to 8 Short orders at all hours The Burns Flour Milling Co. Manufacturers of home products HIGH GRADE FLOUR "CREMO" THE FAMOUS BREAKFAST FOOD The Cream of the Wheat, Fresh and Palatable Bran and Other Rolled Mill Feeds You Patronize Home when you deal here To be Given Away AT THE WELCOME PHARMACY Every Saturday at 3 P. M. ONE ALUMINUM SET Be" sure and bring your coupons you may be tbe lucky one The one having the number nearest to the number under the seal will be the winner