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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1918)
(p? Bute EeMo Tho Times-Herald goes re gularly la more homes In liar iio y Con lit)' thnn any other newspaper, if yon whh t reach the people MM these col umns for your advertisement. The Times-Herald In an old tabllshcd friend of the people of Hi' ory County where It Imi la ci. a weekly visitor for thirty . years. It's Job depart ment 1 V eiiilpH'd lo Heive )our needs. v VOL. XXX! BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 15, 1918 NO. 33 wm SPEAKER COMING ON WAR STAMP DRIVE A. G. Clark, of Portland, to Visit Burnt Next Saturday in Inter est of Baby Bonds. Oregon's Quota to be Pledged in a Day Throughout the IT. S. June Ittb ItM been fieil as the date to SMUTS nil- pledge of the people of the natton to fill the quotas of stamp allot ments ( Dragon's share i seventeen anrt u half million dollar anil, only three million dollars In stamp sold. In one dav we must subscribe the remainder. We must agree to buy during the balance of the year four teen and one-half million dollars In War 8tamps. It will require the support of every Oregon citlsen every last one la to he card Indexed. You must give a reason why you .vill not buy no excuses will be as epted. Vou are either for or against .'nele Sam and he wants to know where you stand. A. G. Clark will be sent to the city on June 22 by State Chairman C. 8. .lackson to help as best he can our Ity and county chairman In perfect ing details for the big drive. A. O, Clark It is all a matter of co-operation; if each does his or her part the Job will be easy because many hands rnuke the work light. The principal business of every loyal citizen of this country is WAlt and that is what brings A. Q. Clark. i Port Until, to the i ity. The State Headquarters for War Savings Stamps Is monopolizing his ime at present, but as a side line he "Slugging ' for bigger payrolls in 11 Kill). Mr. Clark is Manager of ths Hon Industry League or the Portland ''haniber of Commerce and their vilnclpal effort is directed toward . eating goodwill for products of Oregon factories. Buy at home the goods made ut home give preference in all your purchases to the products made in vour home town and State. Too much energy and time has heen devoted to cashing In on Ore gon's natural resources and loo little mi building up Industries. Why send our raw material away to have it manufactured .and then buy back the finished article? People have been too inconsider ate of the value of their support for home products and more thought, followed by action, should be given hy every citizen. o ITIONAI. WAR HAVIKG OAT Ml'HT UK NAME H1U gsMCfte The National War Savings Conv mfcgee. which Is carried on. through Ki State and local committees. .Nationwide campaign to get all tin; people on or before June 28 to pledge themselves to save to the utmost of 'heir ability and to buy War Savings Stamps with their savings, has given out the following statement: "Those of us who remain at home while othrm do the righting have an ever-Increasing number of opportu nities to do definite and highly im portant work for our country. We wjah to do this work as an expres sion of gratitude we feel In being jirivileged to continue at our usual tusks, to enjoy the loving compan ionship of our families, to meet free ly with our Irlends and neighbors, to , enjoy all the security of life and most J if ths pleasures and the economic ' privileges of pees times while ether in. mi, who have had to put aside all these things, sre fighting our battles for us on the sacred noli of France and on the high seas. "Our new opport unity to serve cones as a result of designating June 2S as National War Hnvlngs Hay. a day mi which all men and Women and aii children of sufficient rears to as predate tag day's significance are called upon to pledge themselves to save to the utmost of Uiolr sbiltt) and to conserve all possible labor and materials ror the Government, and to tuiy War Savings Slumps with their savings, our pari is to do everything among the great days of this period possible to make this day stand out of the war. "Could any one of us be asked to do less than this? Could and one of us refuse to do so little a thing to win a war for the world's freedom? Could any one of us put aside this plea for saving while all Kuropc Is crying out in Its agony to be released from the clutches of the monster that Is befouling all It touches? Could we refuse so simple a thing and at the same time ask other men to give i heir lives that our own precious lives be spared and our firesides be kept safe from the terrors of the Hun? "Our duty is clear, our privilege Is great, our sacrifice Is little, our work Is important. "National War Savings Hay is to be the grest rallying day on which every one In our country I expocted to pledge himself or herself to save and economize. This saving and economising will first of all leave In the markets a greater supply of labor and materials for the use of the Gov ernment with which to fight the war And then the monoy savings of the Individuals are to be Invested In War Savings Stamps. "What the Government asks lis to do is to pledge ourselves to buy at definite periods with our savings a speili'l. amount of War Savings Stamps. The thing to be accomplish ed is to get subscriptions which will tnke care during the balance of the pcsetit year or the unsold portion of tile $2,000,600,000 Of War Savings Stamps authorized hy the" Congress to he sold during 191 8. "When one stops to think of the matter. It Is really a small thing to raise $2,000,000,000 In a country of more than 100,000.000 people. If everyone would do his share. It would be necessary for each person to subscribe to only $20 worth of stamps. "The duty of us at home Is to see to It that the entire amount Is suh scribed We must work to thul end We must add to our already graal army of war savers. We must make more sacrifices ourselves and urge sacrifices UBOg others. National War Savings Day must lie made the great Uiorsas all of us hope for." o WKKHIINO .IMI MSAfUlilMO CMuVDRIN. School Supt. Clark has been devot ing considerable time this week to measuring and weighing the children of this vicinity. This is an order from the government and Is a part of the war work. All children up to the age of 16 years are to be measur ed and a record made of it. This work is to be prosecuted un til all the chlldern of the United States have been recorded. 0 r- NKII. T. SMITH TO III III HTOVK III HINKHH lH'IMMNU. Contractor James Shepsrd Is busy cutting the stone for a new business block to be erected by Nell Smith on the lots formerly occupied by the old White Front Barn. The excuvatlon for this building was started some time ago hut the city council would not nermit Mr. Smith to erect the class of a building he had planned, j therefore It wa abandoned until such ' time as he could arrange tor a l ire l proof building. This Is to be a mod- ern struct lire with large display plate glass front the walla to be of stone. Mr. Smith will have a large displsv room for his stock of goods besides a wsll appointed work room with necessary equipment and tools for his line of business. He will slso have a ueep pit provided for auto mobile work If his business requires such a department. o - s Join the srm behind the Army bs a war saver. Give up your luxuries (bat the Kaiser may be made ta give up his aabltleas. '... "nag , SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION INTEREST OF EFFICIENCY Opportunity Given Children in Adjoin ing Districts to Enjoy Advantages Of Well Equipped Grade School By Consolidating With Burns. To Vote on Proposition Next Monday The movement Inaugurated by those interested in the advancement of the education of the children of this section to consolidate three dls trlits In this vicinity with the Hums school district Is one worthy of con sideration by every school patron In the prOSOeed consolidation. In the first place It Is done for the one pur pose of bringing better results and giving the pupils of the adjoining districts the same advantages as those received by the children of the town Burns has a big, modern, well equipped and sanitary school build ing It employs the best teaching tal ent available any where; the seversl grades are looked after by competent Instructors who have the one grade to take care of; the term has been Increased to nine and one-half months; manual training and music and art have been added to the course this year and the other ad vantages of better sanitary condi tions, the stimulus of competition In s larger class of each grade, the in ceullve to better effort upon the part of each student with the desire to at li i i keep abreast of the class, are matters for the consideration of tin1 voters. The mutter has been given care fui attention by several competaal nn n and from what has been gather ed from 'insollilat tons of school dis ID' la in other stales mid localities it is conceded that under right condi tions Is is tlm most feasible method (rf Msmwt of educating the children yet tried. Wherever consolidation has boen tried out It has proven most satis factory and a qualified success. In the proposed territory for the consol idation there are drawbacks of a character that would tend lo defeat such a scheme being the auccess it -should be as the transportation of the children to and from school Is the moat expensive feature and this has been considered and an approxi mate estimate made of the cost of which is within reason. The trans portation problem may be simplified and In fact cut In half of the est -mate made If the people living In the vicinity who have cars would make a bid to lurnish the transportation. The calf ulatlou made was on a basis of milage and if the contract should be awarded to an Individual living In town who would have to go out and back each morning and again at nil' hi, the party living In the com munity who could bring the children to school In the morning and have some other occupation during the day in town and return with them at evening, half the distance would thus be eliminated and a saving made to the consolidated district. Should the vote be favorable to consolida tion the transportation problem be comes necessary and Is a fixed charge against the district. However, a sebeel beard cases' act arbitrarily la Tur"i , I 111 Mich a matter but must await the authority of the legal voters of the consolidated district. One objection haslieen brought to hear on the proposed consolidation in the question of what is to be done with the tlrst and second grade pupils III the interval between the time they are dismissed and the high er grades are ready to leave school. This may be provided for by keeping the children right at the school house In the big gym or one or the base ment rooms under proper super vision until the time to go home. The consolidated district would have an assessed valuation of over two and a quarter million of dollars; this big territory with the added numb) r fit pupils drawing school money would make it possible to give them every advantage possible in an educational way. This onsolidation Is possibh uuder most favorable clr 1'iimstaiickis at present, too, in that there ia simple room in the big build ing in this city to accomodate the ad- , ditlonal children without extra ex-! pense. Each grade ntav enter the respective department without undue crowding! without the employment of any additional teaching rone, or other expense. To begin with this arrangement would make a higher rate or taxation 'n some of the districts, hill If one consider) th' 'advantage derived It must be admitted these re worth more money, In order lo enjoy such I ' " V". Hunts Public School lltillilmg advantages in the several districts It would be necessary to go to a great I deal of expense, as a school building with the equipment, heating appsra I tus, sanitary drinking fountains, j lavatories and like furnishings would cost quite a sum or money, , besides the scarcity of teachers is a problem that confronts school boards I these days. The Times-Herald hopes the voters j A good , of gral ,H ,OH, by of the several districts will weigh aWpflgg around the edges, at cor thesc, tolagj before casting their ' nerH, Bnd , 0,her )lat.egi aud ag votes and be governed by an uublas- n)uh , ,u8, ,. ,.areless shocking ed Judgment of what Is best for the all(1 bundling. The mechanical loss children of the community In making llue t0 inexperienced helpers and their decision. They should bear In sometimes to attempts to limit pro nil, d that each has the same right ductlon by sabotage, and privilege In the consolidated Taking Into account all these loss district as in the respective districts 0H lhe estimate of a bushel per acre as they stand at present. Nothing can H conservative. This would mean be done without the consultation of tllrt V(,ar ,leariy 700.000 bushels In I In tun Inliiritut.ol I'll . .lAiil.l . I..n ' ... ........,., ,..,, Htiw ibo besr In mind that this Is a matter ' entirely In the hands of each district The people of any otber district In the proposed consolidation can have no voice In the declson of another In I tho matter of consolidation. Any ex pense In the consolidated district rests with the entire territory, one sharing In proportion to the other just in proportion to their assessed valuation. li Tnusual business means resump-. tloa of business as uVu.il later. I'lltK DHHTKOYH BEVBQAL AVIUM Of" PAaTURH The severe wind storm of last Wednesday afternoon was followed hy Hit electric storm and a little rain In some portions of the Vglley, The lightening struck u hay Stack In the old or the pacific uvc itoeh ( o. ami II t fire to It. II was diet 01 ored and Manager Olson mad" an In restitution that evening, lie thought the fire was practically out and that U would not do any further damage ami the following morning Foreman Hi n .Newman also made un Inspec tion gfld decided the firo was not likely to spread, hut about noon another high wind cams, up from the wost and soon drove It Into the pas ture lauds to the east so rapidly that the entire country seemed to be In a Mass at once. A great volume of smoke was seon from this city and several went on the court house roof and other high buildings to observe it. About that time a call was sent In over the telephone from the Is land Ranch asking a'd to try to stop the conflagration as It threatened the entire country to the east and was spreading over a vast territory of pasture and meadow lands, threatening more hay. Seversl car loads of people went out from here but unfortunately some were turned back through a misunderstanding; later others went down. Mon worked hard during the entire afternoon and a part of the night trying to get the flames under control but they had but little ef fect upon It. However.it was finally checked and the ranch men contin ued the work during the entire day yesterday and have about surround ed the fire now with plowed furrows. In conversation with Mr. Olson this morning The Times-Herald learns that so far as they can asesf t :'ii there were but about 70 tons of hay burned but several thousand acre-, of pasture have been burned I" ic fSre Is bard in. manage as It Is In (he grotted to a certain -xtent, there being a quantity of pent and when once Ignited is hard lo put out. It will hum until rne.r h the surface lor several faei and break out HUi Tirm N C.o St where one would think it had been entirely put out. While the fire continues -rioui der Manager Olson thinks they have i under control in.. I Hurt It will cause no further damage. NAVK THIS GRAIN. uregon. When the losses due to over-ripeness of shuttering varieties artu, ,he anullu logH may be ngn a8 a million. Never before in history of the United States has the eed for saving the wheat heen as vital. He also serves who stays aud sar- 1'rssiiU'ut Wilson's address to Con i gross concerning the revenue tax sounded well to the ears or all ex- c.ept the profiteers. HARNEY COUNTY BOY HONORED AT SCHOOL Cecil, Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Doan of Denio, Receives Rec ognition for Ef f iciency . by Hill Military Academy of Portland With the approach of the close of the school term Hill Military Acade my, of Portland. Oregon, has award ed to some Its most loyul and effi cient cadets, office In recognition for good work and manly bearing during the semester and to a Harney County boy, Cecil Melvlu Doan was given the honor of being made a corporal. There are a number of Kastern Ore gon boys who have made good at the academy aid young Cadet Doan is keeping up the record. The school has a large number of graduates among the Reserve Off! cers In the United States Army anil ! those who have lectured at the acad emy this past year all testified that. It was due to discipline and training in their teens at Hill that they had been able to advance" so rapidly. In addition to their studies In aca demic work and military drill the boys received special social advan tages. They have a dancing party once In three weeks and at thin Cecil Mehill II,, ail call., in, g entertain a large number of the young society girls of Portland The parties are always chaperoned by prominent matrons and by the members of the faculty. In return the cadets frequently are entertained by the mothers of the girls who give dinners and dances at the Portland Heights or "other clubhouses. Patriotic work is by no means for gotten and the boys assist in ralll) -and patriotic meetings atitl ST among those who give to the Red Cross and other drives. They pert - pa;.- in parades and the school bu ers are called upon to give the r servlci frequently, n all the pair Otic enterprises as well as in big other regular work, Cadet Doan i right in the front line. The youhg nian arrived In this iit yesterday afternoon by way of Hem. enroute home and WU the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Kdw. J. Callow, )ea Ing today in company with thee friends for Denio. His Harney county friends are pleased with his record and are proud to claim him as one of our native sons. . , o TO KKI2K M1IXKK KHTATK. San Francico The estate of the late Henry Miller, valued at f 40, 000 060, and consisting mostly of lands and cattle In California, Washington, Oregon and Nevada, will be seised by the government for non payment of federal Income taxes amounting to 16,000,000, it was stated by Jus tus Wardell, collector of Internal revenue, here Wednesday. Mr. Wardell's announcement fol lowed u decision by United Status District Judge Maurice T. Dolling dismissing an action brought by the estate to prevent tax payment. It was dunned In this action that Miller transferred the hulk of his holdings to Nellie and J. I.eroy Nickel, daugh ter and son-in-law, some years before his death, and the demand for the tax was not based on any legal rlgbi- Thc government held In its demur rer, which was sustained, that Mil ler transferred his properly in con templating death. Miller was known as the "itle. baron" aud as a member of the firm of Miller si Lux acquired tremend ous laud holdings. Boise Statesman. m-v Don't wait to be urged to Join the W. S. S. Army. What if ear wen In the trenches waitad to be urged? . . i i 'in '