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.1 CITY OF BURNS Wm ! Tl lb The Biggest City In The Bit -ounly In The State Of Oregon VOL. XXIX BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER J 8, 115 NO. 7 tlltllTllUl eTaryJ-SaS ! ' ' ' 'K"- -T , ' '"" "" ' " RAIL CONNECTION WITH GAP WITHIN OUR REACH Chicago Contractor Proposes Immediate Activity Upon Compliance With Conditions. Most Attractive Yet Submitted to Committee and Will Meet Hearty Approval of Citizens The railroad to Burns from the (iap is now clearly put before the people of this town on such terms as command attention and The Times-Herald fully believes it the most practical and feasible pro position yet advanced and fully within our reach. W. C. Ross, an experienced railroad contractor, came in the fore part on this week upon vi'ommeniiations and proposi tions made by the executive com mittee f the Burns Railroad Club and held a conference with hose of the committee who were Sn town Wednesday night. There were also representatives of the Commercial Club present and the 'result of this conference a clear outline of what he would do to Word building the line we desire from some point at Crane Creek Gap to Burns without any delay. Mr. Ross had but little to say but it was to the point and the substance was: He would give a bond to build and complete the proposed line within four months from the time final negotiations were complied with by the peo ple of Bums. His proposition was that the business men of Burn guarantee 160,000 in bonds and secure the necessary right of way and terminal grounds. He would not delay active work on the line pending the two elec tions necessary to place city bonds with him, which would re- Wtiire one election to extend the boundaries of the town and a second election to legally vote the bonds. The guaran tee of the business men is all that he would fequire to go before financial fc.-i. and. secure the necessary flu. Us to begin t)e construction. J Mr. Ross desired early atten tion of his proposition and all the details worked out within a rea sonable time in order that he may fce getting his material ready for ictive work as soon as weather and that he has ample financial backing. The Times-Herald believes it is now up to Burns to move. Mr. Ross' proposition does not in any way interfere with the proposition of Mr. Strahorn to build to us from the west nml those interested in this scheme may continue in their efforts. In fact it helps the situation so far as Rurns is concerned as it will be a better inducement to bring Mr. Strahorn to Burns from the west for a connection, besides it leaves us in a better way finan cially to assist the Strahorn lines I in that the requirements to get the connection from the Cap are not so large as had been contem plated. Two members of the railroad executive committee, Judge H. C. Levens and L. M. Brown were out of town Wednesday night and unable to meet with Mr. Ross; upon their return they will be appraised of the proposition made and after consideration and consultation, since these gentlemen were away on rail road matters, and possibly have suggestions to make as a result of their trip, a public mass meet ing will be called and the matter fully discussed in order that something definite mav be sent to Mr. Ross by the first of the coming month. The Times-Herald feels confi di nt of the favorable considera tion of this latest proposition and begins to see the final solution of the railroad problem for Burns. Mr. Ross left Thursday morn ing in company with C. B. Mc Connell for Riverside on his re turn to Chicago. Mr. McConnell was instrumental in getting Mr. Ross interested in this railroad proposition and later President W. P. Davidson of the Oregon & Western Colonization Co. also conferred with him and was most on a recent visit and upon his return east again visited Mr. Ross in Chicago and suffirftiterl his coming out personally and look over the situation and meet the people. Mr. Ross found upon his arrival here that reports given him of the bigness of the country and its possibilities by Mr. McConnell were fully borne out and he was . i, .... not uisappointed in any manner whatever. In fact he sees great er possibilities than estimated or suggested by either Mr. McCon nell or Mr. Davidson. Mr. Ross was taken to the flour mill and packing plant as well as a short trip to the higher hills to the north for a better view of the country in general. Mr. Ross was most enthusiastic in dis cussing the big asset the packing plant was to this country and what it meant to a railroad, nor was he less impressed with the big undertaking of Mr. McCon nell and his associates to im pound the flood waters of the streams to the north and bring ing about a comprehensive and equitable distribution of the wa ter for irrigation. He strongly commended this work and said the people of this territory should give such an enterprise every encouragement possible e v e n strain a point as it was a neces sary work to the immediate fu ture development of the terri tory. Nor was he ignorant or unmindful of the timber resour ces to the north of this Valley. The gentleman impressed the writer with being a very keen and careful man of affairs who immediately grasped a situation. He is certainly a man of exper ience from his conversation and one who is safe. IRRIGATION ISSUES ARE VITAL TO THE PIONEER Reclamation Projects Will be Discussed Fully at Congress in Portland on December 28, 29 and 30. Ques tion of Money and Credit, Problem of Guaranteeing Interest on Bonds Marshall N.Dana in Sunday center about the guaranteeing of Jeurnal: j interest oMhe bonds. There are pioneers today in There will be one group in Oregon, favor of a provision that the They are put on the unestab-, state guarantee the interest on ... . lished reclamation projects. irrigation securities. At the call of the irrigation i Another group will advocate congress they will come down I federal guarantee of the interest from their mountain valleys and for five years, during which tinr.e plateaus. j the settler will be obliged to pay They may hear a few city bred only maintenance charges. The speakers tell them how to get bond would run for 40 vears at 4 "back to the soil" and "make a per cent and their retirement success on the land." would take place during the last But in the main they will couns-; 10 years. el to gether. ! This is the plan of credits pro- And they will seek answer to posed under the Jones bill newly one overshadowing question. 'introduced before congress. The I use the word, overshadowing because until the question is ans wered there wjll not be enough bill provides federal investiga tion and subsequent supervision, and requires a preliminary that sunny days in a vear to lift the the irrigation district laws be shadow from the future or from satisfactory to the federal gov the hearts of those who would (eminent make homes out on the edge of It is pointed out that the net cultivation. result would be; The question is: Uniformity of irrigation dis- What plan of reclamation can i trict laws, A MERCILESS JUDGE One Who Show no Favor leonditions will permit He im pressed those with whom he liked, most favorably and con vinced them of his ability to irry out his end of the bargain favorably impressed with his proposition, so much so in fact, that Mr. Davidson advocated this is the most feasible proposition yet advanced while he was here Breakfast 5:30 tp Q Dinner 1:30 to 2 Mac's Restaurant & Bakery Located in the new Levens Building BURNS, OREGON W. R. McCuistion, Prop. MENU SUNDAY. DEC. 19, 1915 Oyeter Soup Htf Jf) wr ''M viK Eutin Oysters, Mf Hjrla : - 0, Cracked Crb Pried Columbia River Salman Fresh fried Halibut Kilyaraida Saaatl, , Stewed CUhh .... Roasl .prine turkey and cranberry sauce Roast beef and brown ray ' Roasl pork and apple sauce c. Fried Parsnip Pickled Beet Chocolate and Vanjll Cream Pie fan, .(.., Mi Supper 9 to Short orders at all hours JSc. . SSc. SSc. SOc. Mashed potatoes Shrimp salad A merciless judge is Father Time. Before him the weak and the wanting go to the wall. Only the truth can stand. For years the following statement from a La Grande resident has withstood the stcrness of all tests. Mrs. M. K. Nibbler. 21(K Third St. La Grande, Ore., says: "My back ached and I had severe pains through my right side. I was nil crippled up and I found it hard to do my housework. One of my relatives had used Doan's Kidney Pills and advised me to try them. Two boxes drove away the aches and pains. ' ' NO TROUBLE SINCE OVER A YEAR LATER, Mrs. Nibler said: "I have had no kid ney trouble since Doan's Kidney Pills rid me of it." Price SOc, at all dealers. Don t simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Nibler has twice publicly recommended. Foster Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. be evolved and put into practice that will give assurance of suc cess to an industrious man and his family if they settle on an ir rigation project? The question has no reference to the productivity of the land under water. It is a proverb among irriaa- tionista that to get water to the dry soil, even in the higher alti tudes, is a practical guarantee of a crop. The question is money and cred it It is a question of opportunity to get a start, in equipment and cultivation and cropping, without being compelled to use the first fruits in meeting bonded debt and interest. Consequent increase in the market-ability of irrigation se curities. Most importantly -absence of debt burden on the settler during the first five years. It has been suggested that if I this law should be adopted Ore gon and Washington would be in a pogitiwi at once to benefit be cause the irrigation district laws of these states are now satisfac tory to the secretary of the in terior. But Colorado and some of the other irrigation states would have to make improve ments in their laws. This feature of immediate bene fit is something that could not be expected from a state guarantee of interest on irrigation bonds The desideratum is to go on the , because the subject would have XMAS IS NEAR Tfie place tp gf t your li l at The Rexall Drug Store Beet price and the most up to date line REED BROS. Props I Owes Her Cood Health lo Chamberlain's Tablets "I owe my good health to Chamberlain's Tablets," writes Mrs. R. G. Neff, Crookston, Qhto. "Two years ago was an invalid due to stomach trouble, I took three bottles of these tablets and have since been in the best of health. " For sale by all dealers. The new flour made by the Burns Milling Co. from this year's wheat is every sack guaranteed. Try it. Sumpter Valley Railway Co. Arriva) and Departure Of Trains Departs No. 2, Prairie 10:15 A.M. Sumpter 2:35 P. M. Baltor 4:00 P. M. land with a small amount of capi tal and much energy, to be allow ed to use the first returns for u few years before, being compell ed to begin paying off the debt. None of the plans and laws of the past have accomplished this ideal. And meanwhile we have a mil lion and a half acres that could be made productive under water, that could support families and communities and pay taxes, and make the desert give away to civilizaton, if At the last meeting of the con gress there was discussion of fed eral or state guarantee of irriga tion district bonds. This was with reference to the bond buyer and with (he motive of making him less afraid 'of irrigation see curities, At the Irrigation congress this year the discussion will probably 1, Batr Q A, M. Bumpier 10:05 A. M. Prairie 2:10 P. M. Arrives Departs Arrives No. i Makes good connection with O.-VY. R- A N, Co. No. 4 (Fast Mail) leaving Portland 6:30 P. M., arriving at Baker 7.M 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 7:65 P. M uhiph nicks Ut) Pullman at Baker, arriving at' fyrtfand. fcOO A. Also with a ai 0:45P. M for pint Eh t. Oh-o-o-o-o in A finer line of presents than everl You'll make no mistake in giving a nice piece of jewelry to your friend or relative. There are no substitutes that will take the place of a broach, Uvullier, ring, watch, or any oth er piece of jewelry that U an appropriate Xmas present. C. M, SALISBURY Jeweler and Optician to take the force of a constitut ional amendment to be voted on at a general election. At the same time it is admitted that state as well as federal guarantee would increase the desirability of the securities. Can the irrigation congress con centrate and Utilise past experi ence in settling upon a plan that will revolutionise the reclamation policy of the entire west? It never has done so. At the same time its general I irilllli'ncn hnu ruaon ovorrorl in' favor of projects and the settlers upon them. It supported the appropriation for the west Uma tilla project apd. the. state built Tumalo project- The resolutions, adopted by the congress last year are to an ex tent contradictory and confused, as though individual ideas had been expressed without assimila tion or being related to the gen eral problem, but action has beeii obtained on at least two of the congress' proposals a drainage code and the granting of one vote to corporation having property in an irrigation district Had the resolutions, (U the con gress that have to do with finance been more coherent more results might have been expected. One resolution called upon the federal government to bond the resources of federal lands to be used for irrigation on a dollar for dollar cooperative basis. Anoth er asked that tnooey for roads. bridges and irrigation to be ad. vanoed on the credit of federally owned timber, The different resolutions ask ed, one for federal guarantee of irrigation bonds and the other for a sta'te guarantee (not feder al or state guarantee of interest) A resolution asked for the invest ment of state funds in irrigation securities and ft ftnal expression was in behalf of a one-half mill state tax. for irrigation, which proposal was rejected supsequent ly by the voters of the state. There were still other financial resolutions which, if added to those mentioned, would make an effort to evolve a centralized plan, would merely make confusion worse confounded. And this is not to say that any resolution adopted was undesir able, but merely that the con gress to make its self more ef fective, must be unified in its ex pressions. The irrigation congress last year went out of its way to ad vocate the repeal of the state tax of 26 cents to $2 per horse power for private hydro-electric devel opments, and is also asked auth ority for the sale of surplus el ectric energy generated incident to the operation of an irrigation plant. A number of projects were re commended for investigation and some of these are enumerated by Secretary of the Interior Fraklin K. Lane as being now under in vestigation. The co-operative to pographic and steam measur ment work of the government was endorsed, of course. Another action, the exact in tent which the resolution does not make clear, was to ask the repeal of legislation which the railroads find restrictive in mak ing profits. From the viewpoint of the set tier, from a project who wants opportunity and time to make good, the recomendation does not seem out of place that the ir rigation congress decide what is the best method of giving to the settler time and to irrigation bonds value and standing, and that is ananyse its resolutions carefully in their relation each to the other. Unquestionably with the matt er of opportunity and credit ad justed attention will turn more definitely to roads and other means of transportation for pro jects, and always, the education al aid a man newly on a reclama tion project needs. And perhaps, as a climax, we will establish in Oregon a big, broad, policies-free, plan of re clamation for logged over and swamp as well as arid lands, un der the direction of men chosen because they are expert and ef ficient enough for the job. SYMBOUSM OF ART AT PANAMA-PACIFIC FAIR Subject Handled Moat Entertainingly at Library Club Meeting by Rev. Dr. Benton Last Saturday Afternoon. Other Interesting Papers on Art Were Read. Musical Numbers (Contributed) On Saturday, Dec. 11, the beau tiful new home of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Geary, was thrown open to welcome the Ladies of the Lib rary Club. Mrs. Kelley and Mrs. Eberly of groupe three acting as host esses. The subject presented on the literary Program was 'Art," recognized it at once. "Intellig ence," he stated was symbolized by a magnificent statute of a Man. Right here there was a perceptible wave of silent resent ment from his audience of wom en, which, however, was but of momentary duration, as he very cleverly dispelled the same by his final glowing description of the higher, nobler, best in life the and each number bore out the im- spiritual, symbolized by a collos- port or tne group motto, "Art is ai statue of a-WOMAN. Power." . Dainty refreshments were serv I he opening number was a voc- ed after which the club adjourn al solo by Mrs. Farre and was re- received with generous applause. Mrs. Eberly read a very inter esting and instructive oaoer on the "Radical in Art." under the following heads ed until Jan. 8. 1916. Are Your Taxes Delinquent. The court of this county has entered an order to the sheriff to Post impressionists. Cubists and i"!?ue deIinuent certificates on Futurists, brosdnintr hr noru.Jau delinquent taxes at once. He by illustrations of the new art. which she passed among the au- New Railroad on Pitt River Sure to Come. U O. Leonard, the Butte mining man and promoter and MBCiatc of the late Mar cus A. Daly, who is it at the Palace Hotel, said this morning that the British. Frenoh and New York moneyed men who had ori ginally been interested in a rail road project from Butte, via Boise. Idaho and Lakeview and the Pitt River canyon in Californ ia, to Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco would resume their interest after the close of the European war. " I had a letter from New York on the subject only last week." he continued. We have already spent $600,000) on sun veys. One definite preliminary survey has been run to a certain point ont he bay of San Francis co. There is a final survey through the Pitt river canyon. Final surveys have been com pleted between Butte and Boise and for one hundred miles from Boise into Southern Oregon. "We are not by any means go ing to let the half-million dollar and all the work that has been done go by the board. The war stopped our operations and the project is in obeyance until the war is over and the financial world gets a breathing spell once more." According to Leonard the par tially finished surveys call for a road 1012 miles long in Monta na, Idaho, Southeastern Oregon and California, at a cost of $66, 000,000. Originally It was pro jected to Winnemucca, Nev,. to a connection with the Western and Southern Pacific. By a proposed line to San Fran cisco it is intended to give a joint entrance into the city for the Northern Pacific, Great North ern. Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul and the. Chisago, and North weatern roads. While friendly to the scheme, those roads, according to Leo nard, have not put up any of the half-million dollars the surveys haye so far cost. -San Francisco, Examiner' dience. Mrs. Eberly stated that much of this modern art was exhibited at the Panama Pacific Fair, and attracted wide attention. All Art lovers are now on the outlook for a new school of art to be started in the near future. An Instrumental Duet by Mrs. Benson and Mrs. Sutton was greatly enjoyed and enthusiastic ally encored. The grand feature of the en tire program was a lecture on the "Symbolism of Art" at the Panama Pacific Fair by Dr. Ben son which he delivered in his usu al forceful and scholarly style. Dr. Bert ton took his audience! with him on a most pleasant and i edifying journey through the Fair grounds; teaching them the great lessons of the growth of a world, ita progress in all lines as ymbolised by the collossal status. which he described so vividly that to see a picture of anyone of the groupes mentioned, is to is going to comply with this order j and issue certificates on all delin quent taxes from 1909 to 1914. If you have failed to pay you should at once attend to the mat' ter and save additional cost. W. A. Goodman, Sheriff. O. A. C. iniiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii FARMERS' AND HOME-MAKERS' WEEK ass! RURAL LIFE CONFERENCES January j to 8, 1916 Ire ln( tost lun. Piactlcsl Help lor the Hume the Peres, the Corotnuuitr. Coiieeettoas if Oregon a Greatest Industries Corjfereticea un Oregon' Most Vital PtoUenjeV LKCTUarta DetMONHTB ATKINS- KX.IIIBirKI.VS KNTKKTAINMKNTS Two Ibouossd people attended leal year. II la gresl pisee tu make friends with lies leeasers and llee thought. gM workers, and good wuik. WINTER SHORT COIIRSI: January io to February 4, 1016 4 Practical Agricultural Course, in a Nut ShcIL Applied Horuce in Actual Uork of tee Paint and Houtcholit Cannes la FRl'IT raising, farm CBOPB, SOUS, STUCK RAISING. IIMKVUIIKK. IUULTRY RAISING, GAKDKMNi;, COUK ING.SKWING HOlSKIIOI.Ii ARTS I Nt'RSING. BUMNKst) MaTTHOM, ROAD mil.lil.Vi; PAKMBNOINKhKING.RL'KAL. UKCANI2ATIONB, MARKKTING. Correeuoudcuce Conines Without Tuition Kspert Instruction In Miu.li-. Rrduced railroad retsa. For program write Iv ThsCollrge Euhanfe.Orscoa AfrlcsHeril Cantfa, Csnillli. tlw-efl 10 1 11 FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER Burns Meat Market and Packing Plant BACON, HAMS and LARD Fresh Meats, Poultry Home Products for Home Consumers SPCIAL, INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS BURNS BEST FLOUR BAKES BEST BREAD Made Frtun New Wheat : : : Every Sack Guaranteed Quality Rght Pries Right Special Rates to Buyers in Quantity IaU. See Your Merchant, the MiH or Mr. Huston The Burns Flour Milling Co. You Patronise Home when you deal here Job printing here, MERRY CHRISTMAS If Santa is too large for your chimney so wee Call and aee him AT THE WELCOME PHARMACY