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ROOSEVELT W
giaftaa-v- i i
riUn I ill riLAILrU
Hans to Offer Wilson 12,000
Men, Himself as General
In Event of War.
New York, June 28. Theodore
Koosevelt Id preparing to offer a
llvlHlon of approximately 12,000
men in tin- I'n teuV HtateH govern
"ient, accompanied by hi applica
tion for a commission hh major
general, In the event of war with
Mexico, r nil a call by the president
fur volunteers, It waa learneil lire
t on I k Ii t from authoritative sources.
Kluhorate ' plunn have been maile
iiletly to recruit the organ xutlon
from picked men tl rnunhout the
country, anil It In aald that Colonel
Koosevelt bus worked out every de
tail that would expedite the mohlli
xallon of the lane fighting unit.
Even the horse and mule necessary
re aald to have been pledged.
The dlvlalon will consist. It la re
ported, of four brigade, Inatead of
three, iih prescribed In the army reg
Ulatlona. In the dlvlalon will bo
cavalry, Infantry, field artillery, aero
plane detachments, englneerK. m mil
corpH and the moat modern field hos
pital equipment. An ample number
of machine gun will accompany the
illvlHlon.
It Ik understood Colonel Itooae
velt and hla aide have onnaulted with
IiIh frletulM In the regular army hold
lug high rank, and the entire Ml
bttN been received with approval.
If It Is possible, the principal com
i Hiding officer w III be druwn from
the regular army lleern linn for
the division ha been done to a large
extent In the Went and Middle w
pi-liiiipulH among men w hu had pre
vloua experience and men who hue
served In I lie branche or military
MTVlOe.
The main equipment for Uu d
Hum. It I Hitld. will have lo be su'p
pllcd by the war department. such
aa rifle, ammiinltlon. clothing, etc.
It la reported that auppllea of ma
chine gun and ueroplane are be'ng
miide by private concern for the
il Islon
Colonel ltooevelt'a frlenda say
he hu been receiving at hi home
In Oyster Hay many letters Mttll
tng offer from head of military
organUatons to upply lilm with
men whould he contemplate raising
a force for the front
11 f 1 1ST CHUMH NOTES.
Topic for next Sunday morning
The llellgiou llad-Aboul " We
wish that every Christian could hear
thlK address It will do yuu good
The churches of the City MAN
agreed to hold union aervlce through
out the months of July and August
tx-K in iiiiik with next Sunday evening
uhicti service will be held at the
BaptlNt church Phillip Dostiiner "r
l-,,i i l.nnl will deliver llnj adln
froiu the topic "Separating the Oct
law from hi (!uu " Mr. 1
1h the cowboy from Texas who roped
Yin mi the O'Conuer ranch of 127,
000 acre dowu near the M
line Let everybody hear tllla ad-
D.'E. HAKKR. Pastor.
Mr. Hay Snath and family arrived
in Hums Monday evening from
Crane. Mr Smith is drilliug a deep
well for the railroad company and
says tie will go 1.000 feet If he bus
to, to get artesian water He Just
finished a well for the railroad coin
,it Venator and only had lo
drill l6 feet to get enough water lo
fill a big water tuuk, the I
Venator and Crane are ten luch bore
.Burn Tribune.
Ollie James referred lo Mr iTTM
as the nation's greatest democrat
Hot gUmming Mr. Wilaon aa alightiy
aristocratic, was he?
From press report Mr. Bryan felt
i a much at home In St Loul.
a he did at Chicago.
llltsT THUS IN V Mill
It Will lu ii (.nl.i lu for Ml Ml the
Sen Am ii in Mm 'kIIc .
The information was brought to
this office today that the first pus
Henger tra,n to come Into the bor
der of Harney valley will arrm .it
Crane, on Tuesday. July 11, 1918.
It Ih lo be made an occasion of,
a grand celobrnllon nt the new town
of Crane, and a general Invitation
I extended to all In the county to
participate, especially those living In
Hum and vicinity. An elaborate
program Is being arranged for Hie
entertainment of the visitors.
Governor Wlthyoombe and other
atate dlgnltarle will apeak at the
gathering
The IlooHter band of llurn ha
been engaged to furnish music for
the occasion
The basebnll team of Hum will
play a game In a conteat with the
railroad team on that day.
A dance will be given In the af
ternoon and again In the evening
There will aluo be many other
form of entertainment for thla
great celebration
ih.idy help lo hurrah for
the one occurance that all have
hoped and waited for so long
It will be an occlon not aoon to
be forgotton.
Further detail next Issue Ilurn
i
News
ORCHARD NOTES
Some of the most Important fact
brough out by the orchard survey of
n coiinn ure the follewing:
There are approximately 17,000
acres of commercial orchard In this
county, one-third of this acreage la
in Jonathan apples. one-fifth in
Koine Beauties, and one-fifth Wine-
. apple In other word, 73 per
cent of till entire acreage I act lo
the three varieties of apple Seven
per cent of the entire acreage I
Italian prune Slightly over ten
per cent of the orchard I bearing
ult hough one-halt of the bearing ac
iml 8 year.- old or the
ninety per cent not yet bearing. over
one-half wus four and five yeara old
in tin slimmer of 1916 The great
bulk of the orchard will begin to
hear in l'.MS and 1919.
Orchard pluming have practically
stopped One fourth of the orchard
acreage wa planted hy orchard com
punies I lure ure 18 companies with
a total acreage of 4.272. There are
over 730 commercial fruit growers In
the count., who are not In the orch
ard companies These own un aver
age of 17 acre of orchard each. Les
than per cent of the orchard acre
uge waa set with filler
Alfalfa I a more popular MM
crop than red clover, almost three
limes as large an acreage of Ma
orchard is being sown to ulfulfa as
is sown to red clover.
III HAL (itklUTN DIM ISSED
F.v-dovernor WeM ami Professor
MacPlierkou Are Hiseaker.
In his address before Evening Star
Orange Saturday Fx tlovernor Os
wald West advocated that the state
establish a bank puy 4 per cent in
terest on deposits and loan the mon
ey to farmers at 6 per cent for mak
ing permanent improvements on their
farms
Professor MacPherson of the Ore
gon Agricultural College explained
the provision of the pending mea
sure, for which petitions are now be
ing circulated, and on which there
will be a vote in the fall He fav
ored the measure and urged that it
will give farmers relief from the.
heavy interest they are now paying.
Mexico should be a little careful
of the direction In which it points
its ultimatums.
The less veracity a man has of his
own the more be admires it in un-
other man.
8IATE OFFICIALS
ARE TO RF HERE
On An Inspection Trip of
the Nitrate Beds and
Other Deposits,
The governor and some other of
ficials are to he here on the morning
of the Huh for a short time
They are going to make an in
spection of Hip nitrate deposit of
this county and then go to Harney,
Iih" mil other counties where they
have deposits located.
The following I the Itlnenary of
this visit hy the state's efficials:
I'srty should leave Portland not
later than the 6:lli train Saturday
evening, July 8th.
Arrive In Caldwell, Idaho, 12 55
p. m. Sunday.
Will v'alt the nitrate deposits on
Succor creek In Malheur county Sun
day afternoon, taking supper at the
American Nitrate company camp and
running Into Ontario Sunday evening
Monday, the 1 0th. they will leave
Ontario at 7 a. m Lunch at Ueulah
on the middle fork of the Malheur
river, arriving in Hums In early ev
ening. Tuesday, 11th. a trip will be made
through the Harney valley, visiting
the Irrigable land. Pacific Live
Stock company's holding. Malheur
and Harney lake lunching at the
Narrows, and returning to Burn in
the evening.
Wedneaday, 12th, early start from
Horns, vlslCng mineral deposits at
Stinking lake, near the OO-ranch.,
also those In Ituixard canyon south
of Iron mountain, lunching at Plush
on the Warner lake, continuing on
down west side of Warner lake and
marshes to Adel, thence to Lake
view for the night
Thursday 13ih, early start from
Lakevtew, north via Chewaucan to
Paisley, visit Summer lake, then
back southeast to Valley Kails, then
around Lake Albert through Alkali
lake and north to the American Ni
trate company camp at Wagontlre
mountain.
Friday, 1-ttli. enrly start from the
Wagontlre cump, lo Chrlutma lake
via the Alkali flats, then to Silver
lake taking lunch at the town or
Silver Lake, thence norlh via Pau
line marsh into Bend.
Saturday, 15th, autos al disposal
of party for Inspection of the Tu
malo project. Crook county, state
roads, etc., which will permit of the
parly returning to Portland on Sat
urday night train if desired
THK. sK OU STOHV.
i . . i ). . .,,,,: i,i,' g
machine came around the cui.
road near San Francisco al high rule
of speed, lull to see lowered gale ut
railroud crossing in time, eras.
through the stillie and are struck b)
limited train, three killed, fourth
seriously injured and machine run:
pletely demolished
So goes the story nearly every day
How long w II it be before ilnm
will become aware of the fact that a
railroad crossing la necessarily dan
gerous at any lime and that a hgtll
should always he made?
An accident of this kind Is most I
regretable, not only to the fmni" -of
the gecei ed but for the engineer
and fireman who are subjected Ul
the MTT0 Ml"' ""1 l,e ''
putitated lor ink as a result j
through no fuuli on tlii-r part
The piesideut of the Tobacco Mer-
chant s association describes lobMCO
as "a i luxury. Or as you
might say a luxurious necessity.
KttCftlliug Hen Franklin's famous
remarks, the republicans and pro
gressiws should reflect that If tbej
do not haug together, they may bang
separately
If silence is goldeu Justice Hughes
should make a first class sound mou-.
ey caudidate.
i
NIHSA.
0 (
( From the Journal)
i: i
Pratt came In from the Owy-
.1.1, ff loorl of holts for
shipment. Newt Thomason also
brought In a load of fat porkers.
The county's road drag, pulled by
rilbson's" big oil pull eng.ne. Albert
(llhson pilot, gave Nya street the
once over Tuesday. The Improvement
I noticeable and will be still more
so when the rock are removed.
July 20th the Oregon Short Mnc
and the o -W It. t N. company will
publish a rate on hog In double
deck car effective from all point on
lie Oregon Short line to North Port
land based 150 per cent of the single
deck rate.
A party of government surveyors
sre stopping at the Hotel Western
whllo engaged In surveying the Is
land In Snake river near Nyssa. This
will enable the settlers who have
iuatted on the islsnds lo get title
to their property.
Jack Lynch met with an accident
recently which caused him to lose
much lucrative employment. While
hearing sheep In Montana he cut the
hack of hla left hand severely and
was compelled to return home, ar
riving here Monday. He will be out
of commission the bslance of the
hearing season.
I 41, McNee went to Uolse Tues
day to offer his services to I'ncle
Sam In the threatened scrap with
the greasers
Although "Chicago"
ha long since graduuted from the
iifuut da, he would still be worth
a whole company of Mexicans, and,
ii ammunition should run short,
there would sill ibe a chance for vic
tory a long as he could handle his
"dukes."
The work of drilling the big O. 8.
L. well at till place I proceeding
merrily, a depth of SCO feet being
reported this morning. The drill
has been working In water for sever
al days but a sufficient force has
not yet been struck to cause the wat
er io flow out of the hole, although
It rlaea to within a few feet of the
top. Indicating that it Is slightly ar
tesian The well has not been cased
the entire depth and it Is the belief
of those In charge that had this been
done the water would run out ut Hie
top. The drill went through shale
at a depth of about 75 feel and Ml
water probably escapes through I but
, ,,.,
Drilling will be continued in
the hope of striking a strong arte
slan flow.
WIM OY1 NgWOJTD
TO CALL TO IIMm
Nyssa, although not as large as
sonic town . Ml ;'h much patriotism
lo the square inch as any of tln-in
! recruits from here Joined I In
National tluurd of Idaho and will
probably M on their way lo the bor
der next week llesldes Frank and
Wall, in- Lynch, Miiui Cuilhttlll and
Will Morey. several others an- re
I)l)r.( t iave gone to llolse to M
h , vVallace Lynch, the first Ny-
fm ntttrlot t respond, passed the
examination and is almost
tctcruii
His comrades In arm have dubbed
I, un -Dud Lynch." Dave Caiibam
left for Boise Thursday morning and
is doubtless wearing the khukl by
this time Dave is a husky young
tl, !,-!. and will give a good gMH
of himself.
Frank Lynch was shearing sheep
In Montana when the call to amiH
was Issued but word has reached N
ssa that he quickly enlisted, proba
bly In the Montana regiineni
It is earnestly hoped that war mny
be averted, but, if there should hi- a
dash, the Nyeaa boys will be found
ready to do their share to BMP ,,l(
tar spangled bann.-r waving.
I an .ilea that is :-ald to be
Dew In regard to using oil on the
roadway - Hy sprinkling the
with oil It has recently been
uined both sparrows and mosquitoes
can be gottM rid of The sparrows
carry the oil to their nests on their
feet and oil the eggs, which n i
hul(h iU,d th,- oil scums the water
pools in Hie road and ditches and the
mosquitoes cannot breed.
DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL
COMMITTEE MEETS
i i., di-inocratlc central committee
of Miilhi-ur county met at the chain -er
of commerce rooms In Vain on
Wednesday, June 28, 1918, and an
organization perfected.
J It Mluckuby wn elected chair
man, Thos. .tones, vice-cbalrmnn for
Vale, C. C Forbes, vice-chairman for
Nysa. Itos A. Soward, secretary,
mid 11 Ci lllrliardson was elected a
member of the state central commit
tee from Malheur county.
An executive committee was ap
pointed and committee were ap
nolnted to anit the central com
mittee In each precinct In the coun
ty Precinct committeemen were nam
ed a follows
Arcadia, J M Duncan; Banln, F.d
ward Woodcock; Ileulah, Wm Mur
ray; Big, Bend. Jeee Johnston;
BonlU, J. P. Reed: Brogan. J. T.
Logan; Bully. R K Bush; Csiro,
J. M. Butler; Cord. 8. F. Suti.n,
Crowley, W W Dowell; Fair, Thos
J. Broaqan; Orange, It II De Ar
mond; Harper. M W. Smith; Iron
side, Ernest Locey. Jameson. J. L
Pope; Jones, A. F. Masteraon; Jor
dan Valley. Harry l-ooney; Juntura.
A. M. Byrd; Juniper. Tho J. Good
year; Malheur, diss n Morfilt;
Nyssa, C C Forbes; Ontario No. 1,
l.ee McCoy. Ontario No. 2. C. McOon
nglll. Ontario No. 3. J 11 Itlurkaby;
Owyhee, John II Forbes; UUerslde,
Frank Sliiiniwny; Itorkvllle. James
Mulloy; Home, Frank" J navls; miase
lllver, H J Benson; Vale, North,
Thos. Jones; Vale, South, II 0 Hlr
hardson; Westfall, Henry Hyde,
Watson, It. J. Iver.
Executive committee C Mciionu
gill, Ontario; II. C Richardson, Vale;
Ii II De Armond. Orange; 0 C.
I priM. Nyssa and Boas A. Soward,
Vale.
JlNTlltV
i Ci.iiii the Times)
Slll Ills or sheep ban- been
about the heaviest this week In the
history of the town, full train loads
going opt practically every day In
the week. Fully one hundred cars
Ii.im- been shipped during this per
iod and many more orders are
stand ng. This movement of the
woolii-H should have a tendency to
improve range condition and we
understand that the range Is get
ting almighty scarce alreudy
County Judge McKulghl passed
through to Riverside Monday niglil
to Inspect the new bridge which Is
uuurlng completion there The Judge
stated that the county surveyoi
would he up here ut an early dale
to run out the- I ne of the prop,, t4
new road to Drewsey.
The Times has been sold to A. M.
Ilyrd, who will publish the next Is
sue Kdltor lirow has no definite
plans for the future
lltONSllll
(June 29)
Born at Bouita to Mr und Mr
Elmer Moudy an eight pound girl
Mother and bub) are doing well
Mr and Mrs James laickey and
little daughter, Mary, of Ontario, mo
tored up on Friday to the home of
Mrs, Lackey's pai.nls. Mi and Mi
C T Locey in-ar lionsiib- Mr Lack
ey returned Satuiday lo Onturio. ;u
i'oin(i,iuii-il by Ins daughter, Miss
llaii Lackey, who has been visit
ing friends and relatives hero for the
past two
Hy tin inn.- mo I M09l
gOttM thai the pi were
once insurgents and that Hob La
Foil- III ir father
Whither the MM ":l1 learn to
bray liki- t In- donkey or trumpet like
iin , Ii pliant hiiiIii in be seen.
It i- Mexico's mission to in..,
American preparedness issue MJ
real indeed.
False friends ure like our shadow
the) are with you only in the un-ihlM
When an employee Is discharged
ces a relief from that
hired leeiiug.
Whatever happen this is going to
he a respectable though superheated
(iimpalgn.
A child Is wiser In hi innocence
than a philospher In his wisdom.
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