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THE BEND BULLETIN, DAILY EDITION. BtiND, OREGON. MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1925
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FAMOUS FORTY
YEARS IN THE
WILDERNESS
Hope of Burns Folk Will
Be Realized
VISIONS ACHIEVED
Half Century of Effort to
Bring Wonderland Into
Its Own Reached
(Rums Ti m?s-Hera Id. April 7. 1922i
Active settlement of Harney
valley may be said to have com-m
mencer) in 138;"!. Prior to that
time the established settlers
were few and far between. For
forty years the people Iivinjr
here have had visions of trans
portation and development only
to be disappointed. We have
lived in a rich but remote and
isolated part of Oregon, and nn-
Oregon Short Line Depot in Burns
OKM h look from
vh(r rh main strttt
of the city of Burn.-
joint tho Contra. Ora
tion Hlffhway it located
the pannr aiul
RrA&ghl 1opot of tho
O. 3. Line ruilroiul.
This depot, which it
Just completed U of
modern design utd ha.-
all tho knowty conven
iences for hhth the
patrons of the railroad
und the employees,
whose offices are lo
cated within ir. The
new roundhouse, which
is to be constructed af
an estimated cot of
ISn.tlOt). will lie in
close proximity to the
depot The rtepo.
shown here, is located
approximately three
blocks from the east
ern boundary of Lonir.'.ow Addi
tion and It is proposed to run a
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IIMIIS9 from olive or (MM Ro the rtidt of ihU
I to the depot, ffrtog newly platted property.
WERY PURCHASER
of a lot in
Longview or
Fairview Additions
to the City of Burn will
receive one paid up share
in the cooperative water
supply system serving the
property.
CHIEF FORESTER
SAYS OREGON TO
DEVELOP FAST
Malheur Forest Has Fine
Body Pine Timber
BRINGS IN RAILROAD
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til th advent of the automobile anc. fortified with this together job in order to present con- inaries. a pretition to the fe
lt required two days or more to witn hu own estimate he went vtodng showing and interest partment of agriculture ask.njr
lived iOvear, In -he wUdern 22Z hUdr1 cruising, comp.la- gma authorizing; the exchange
often dtJnteXTnSS: tJb?.Md' tion,. traveling expense,, secur- of lands within the exterior
couragea Abftut 1920- the right of way from Crane to boundaries of the Malheur na-
lulv 2S 100-2 the nafinnal ' f 'olld commenced to gather Bear valley and the options on tional forest, was largely signed
government withdrew temrar-1 Ver BarT!e3 'hen' Wing l timber in private 0WI,eh'P- So the people of Grant and Har-
ily from sale or other disposal "
under the public land laws, all
the timbered area north of Har
ney valley ; later the withdrawal
was made permanent and 'he
Malheur national forest estab-,
lished. thus hemming in and ren-'
dering valueless the timber in
private ownership because,
within itself it was not srrffi-'
cient in quantity to justify the'
building of a railroad for its re
moval. Tn 1016. James Weston had a
dream of a railroad from Crane
to Burn. He entered into ne
gotiation.? with one David Mil
ler of Boise for the building of
such a road, had a survey made
and secured the right of way be
tween the two towns. Section
112 of the charter of the city of
Burn, was amended August 1.
1916, so as to authorize and em-;
power the common council to
buy, build, equip, acquire, main-1
tain and operate railways, and
to issue negotiable warrants or '
bonds of the city to the aggre
gate amount of $125,000. to aid
and encourage the enterprise,
but the war came on. Miller left
Boise under cloud while Wes-.
ton was turning the first spade.1
f I f i,r, f 1, I . r V,f, ,,... , r w r . A .. TV..
jw -.tin ,.n m; 1 l,r rr Ir;
dream came to naught it was'
not in the cards.
Enter K. W. Barnes in Aug
ust, 1919. His experienced eye
quickly perceived the value 01
Site of Herrick Lumber Co. Sawmill Plant
Klahteen month
from (ha day thla In
printed a a m I I I
pUnf of moflrrn r,.n
trnrtinn. ruiilnr HK.V
KNTY KIVE MILLION
FKKT ftt -.-r will,
acctrdlnic lo Forant
Srvlr rwiuircuani.
b in operation on ih
land ihown In th for
irronnd of thla pli-tor.
A corner ia nhotva of
th f a m i ii warm
aprlng whlrh will anp
ply watr for the H'-r-rlrk
Mill ponda. OSK
M I L I. r O N TIIRKK
II I' .v o It B n THpU
AND OAIXOMI of
water flowa from tlieae
aprlnaja erery twasty
four houra. aufflirlrnt
to atipply the neeita of
three mllla of almllar
'npxrliy Thla Hmm
n, r tarlea Winter or
.Summer The present
mill tilt"', owned hy the
Herrlclc Company, con
Uaja of 320 arrea. Paaa
ln hy the ede of the
Hprlna; la the old -onn-
ty road, whirh will aoon he the location of the Central Oregon Highway, i mote made neceaaary
ly the location of the mill pond orer the present location of the State road. The preaent Central
n'-t'" Highway, the railway line to Ontario and the city of Ilurna can tie aeen In the picture. It
ia about one and a quarter milea from the north end of the mill alte to Ingrlew Addition.
ompany would undertake to ney counties. With this Mr.
Sorvice (ireatly Interested
In Agricultural Develop
ment of Burns Country
Colonel W. B. Greeley, chief
forester of the United States
forest service in a statement
made to the "Timberman" in
July, 1922. speaking of tbe Har
ney valley timber belt, said:
"Oregon is going to witness
within the next ten years or so a
tremendous increase in lumber
production which is bound to
come to supply the lumber mar
kets of the e.ntern and o-ntral
states when.- the local supply of
timber is rapidly diminishing.
"Thif will increase heavily th
busineas on the national forests
and put Tory henvy demand -upon
the forest service to meet
the increased cut and carry out
the principles of keeping the cut
from each locality within the
growinjr power of the forests no
as to make the industry perpet
ual. An interesting local feature
ha. just proved this genera! pro
cess. One of the things worked
out by me while here is the de
velopment of a large timber op
eration on the Mainour forest
for the purpose of opening up
Harney valley. In that locality
is one of the finest bodies of
western pine timber that is left
anywhere. with probably at
least six billion feet of govern
ment timber hitherto irutccemi-
hi- from railroad. The service
is very much interettted in the
development of Harney valley
for agriculture, irrigation and
general development of the country'-
Government timber can
probably be one of the factors
in bringing in a railroad on
which the whole development de
pends. We have plans under
both quantity and quality of the sickness of the boss extraordin-
timber in our virgin foroat and ary. the ea-tern concern decided purchase the Government tim- Barnes left for Washington in way now for advertising for
he, in his characteristic style, to retrench instead of expand- U-r without being assured that January, 1922, financed by the j sale something over 800, 000,000
took his coat off anrl got busy. 'nK and thus left Mr. Barnes to it could also obtain the privately people of Burns. feet of government timber with
me tirst move was 10 secure a "7" resources. vviinout owned umoer at reasonable tig- Supported by the untiring ef- a 20 year cutting contract in
county entfae of the timber in making hi- M-appointment urea, nor would it undertake to forta of the Oregon delegation Bear valley at the head of Har-
privata ownership from which known, and dauntles-. he con- negotiate with individual own- in congress, the valuable assist-' ney valley. One of the term-of
to b -can estimate of the timber tinued operations at. his own ex- ers of timter or right of way ance of VV.' D. B. Dodson. iren- the nrooosition will rnVbaMv he
eral manager of the Portland a requirement that a common
Chamber of Commerce, and Col- carrier railroad Ite installed up
one) K. E. Faville, a member of to Bear valley opening up the
of the Portland chamber and country around Burns and from
personal friend and classmate of , Burns up to Bear valley with
Secretary of Agriculture Wal- railroad transportation."
lace, also by Ralph Williams and
James l Conlev. the viirilant
personal attention of Mr. Barnes i Small cash payments and in-
in the reserve tributary to pense lor an enure year. i'-el.
Burns ; the cruise was completed The cost of finishing up the Having completed the prelim
Drill Sinking Wells in Longview Addition
The aecurlng of wat
er in a great part of
I)" Ilurna country, par
ticularly within the
bOVOd riaja of the city
of limns and vicinity
hi not the dirricuit
tank lliat it In in the
Conlral Oregon aoc
llona of Crook, Oea-
cknts and Jaffenon
tountlca. Here. Iiy
sinking WClla from fif
teen to thirty feel In
depth mi apparently
InpXbftaiUbla Hunply
of pit re . patatabla wnt
for dotnastlc uh(: Ih
available, The Borni
Co, Ih drilling wells on
OiIh property and will
lay plpoa niakltig hitler
arallabla for itsa in
luitii K a I r v i B w and
J,(.ni;vlt!W Addition
ISacti purchaiier o f
propsrty will rooplvo with hla doCd a Sluira In tha opoperatlva water supply eyjtern. Tie Parpi
Coinpony baa get) into nareful and extensivu coaearcji to be HHaured of an abundance of pure
Tatar throughout nil Its propnitlna.
aecured the passage of this es- stall men ts extending over a per
scntial bill by the house of rep-,iod of fifteen months on the
Burns Co. property offer good
(Continued on page 4.) I terms.
PRICES
Lots in Longview and Fairview Addi
tions to Hums are priced at from $1M,M
to $350.00 each, according to location.
TERMS
Ten per cent, of the price of the property
purchased in cash. The balance to suit the
convenience of the purchaser up to fifteen
equal monthly payments at (' interest.
Five per cent, discount will be made for
cash purchases.
map or N III
LONGVIEW ADDITION I N JbI !
FAIRVIEW ADDITION ' BxjOV
BUfNS 0tdCN vAl
THE BURNS COMPANY 1
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The plat ahoc ahowa Inglew Addition, the key map in I
left hand corner ahowlng the location of .onfTliw Addition at la
of Unrna. the Oregon Sport Line rallroajl to Ontario, the Caittr.i
Highway, which la maeadamlicd all th' way through the Addlli.
location with rrepact I,., the mill alte of the h rt.) Uerrli.k Luoibfr i
lower map IheWl i lie tlniliertMl nnd Irrlgnteil aortlotiM of the llurtiH
n'ty. the atratoglr place In which the city of lliirnn la altunled and the
itius ef the properly el The Diirai Conpeoy. Here hi the icene oi the
lntlal. commercial and uiaiitifuclurlni activity of the lluniN of the
it nrt iu i"' developnettl activity nnperatleUed In th Mat or
Kuii for inttny yeara to come
. laa t.A
MAP OF H j L 1 .
THE BURNS COUNTRY ' ' Ufi?AjJSl .
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EVERY PURCHASER
of a lot in
Longview or
Fairview Additions
to the City of Burns will
receive one paid up share
in the cooperative water
supply system serving the
property.
ALL LONGVIEW;
BURNS ADDITION,
IN CITY LIMITS
Addition Between Burns,
Herrick Mill Location
EACH SIDE HIGHWAY
Business and Residence Lots
City Water Throughout,
OfTers Investment
LONGVIEW ADDITION of-:
fern to the purchaser a choice of
level land whirh will Undoubted
ly become a part of the buainosi
bectlon of Hums, or gently slop
ing lands adjoining, ideal iii
contour and location as resi-
dence property. The boII la
tleep and free from rock 80 that
6XCaVa$ion and street improve-;
ment work can be done at very
low tost. None of the land is
precipitous, there is good drain
age anp no part of the addition
i; reached by the annual flood .
waters of the Silvas river. Ixmg
view Addition is entirely within'
(he preisenl city limJta of Hums.
Nearly 500 lots are contained
in the level platting.;. Soil here
is of unknown depth. Numer
ous wells have been sunk on this!
and aajointnB property In the
past, miter being reached in nat
Isfactoty quantitit i :st as little
aa fifteen feet depth. liroad,
streets of 80 font width extend
tln-oughoul in north and south''
directions and streets running,
east and west are sixty feet ,
wide. Twenty foo! alleys tra
verse every lot In the leVel se
tion. The soil is fxtretmly fer
tile. Trees recently planted have'
grown amazingly fast and lawns
and flowers adaptable to the
country can be grown with little'
effort. Lots in this level plat-i
titur are offered at from f&6 to
j,!f0 each.
The hillside property, adjoin
ing that part of the town where
are now located .schools, court
house, hospital and better resi-1
dential district, has been platted
with winding avenues, varying
in width from 60 to 150 feet.
It bus been laid out with the de
sire to secure beauty and easy
accessibility. It is believed that
this section will become one 01
the choice residential districts
of the Greater Burns. About
loo of the lota in Longview Ad
ail kre In this district. They
arc fered at prices ranging
froi 125 to $850.
Fairview Addition, with some
lots yet unsold, lies between
Loiik Ipw Addition and the pres
ent bii i.'.ess district. This land
is all level nnd building activity
is now under way. Residences
in either Fairview or Longview
Additions are in easy walking
distance to the present built up
section. From either of these
Hillside Property in Longview Addition
pron ao adaplahlc to conditions cxiallnK in the Ilurna country,
right of tho road mark the aoutborn city limits of liurna.
Tlio accompanying
view hIiowh the naturo
of the gently rolling
hillHlde property aju
cent to tho preaent
hualneas aectlon of
llurtiH whicli Ih within
the b o ii n d a r I c a of
l-otigvlew Addition
An abnndanee of wat
er will he avallabt for
domaatle use on the
lota in this property,
and for growing lawns
and small home gar
dens. This picture was
taken from tho Cen
tral Oregon Highway
leading from Bend to
Burns, showing the
class of macadam con
struction which has
Tho small white sign at the
BURNS GROWING
FAST; PROVIDE
IMPROVEMENTS
City Votes Water Bonds
to $280,000
PROGRAM GOOD ONE
additions it is but a fifteen min
ute walk to the mill site.
Th" railroad from Hums to
Ontario touches both Fairview
and Longview Additions and it
is but a short distance from any
part of either addit ion to the
passenger and freight depot.
The Central Oregon Highway
the site of the future lumbering
and manufacturing district.
Comparison of prices of lots
here offered with that paid for
property in other localities on
the Pacific coast for the past ten
years is invited by The Burns
Company. Because of their ad
vantage a,s business and resi-
to produce for them a desirable
increase without the hazards of
fered in "boom" localities. There
is not now and probably will not
be a "boom" at Burns. Burns
will grow swiftly and surely,
faster in the coming few years
that is usual. The residents
are showing their faith in the
Level Property in Fairview Addition
Thta i u view of the
level landa of Kuir
riew Addition, taken
from the aoutliern edge
across a short strip of
l.otu: lew Addition. At
the left is the Oregon
Short Line depot and
yc.rds. three blocks
from the Addition. In
the distance are two
of the homes of fam
iuj Silvas River "C'nt
Ue llarona." The sky
line Is typical of the
Hums country and is
Indicative of the clima
tic conditions of tho
country. The greater
part of Kalrvlew Ad
dition lias been platted
In fiOxlOO foot lots.
each facing streela streels runging
from 60 to 80 feet In width, with
alley spare of '10 feet. In Fair-
CjaaBawBaaMeBBaMa
from Burn- to Bend, runs di
rectly through the center of
Longview Addition ami along
the west side of Fairview Addi-
Business Opportunities
The following information is
from a pamphlet issued by the
Burns Commercial club on Har
ney county:
There are three principal
towns. Burns with a popula
tion of 1000. Crane 400, Drew
ey 104). With the saw mill and
railroad development under way
we expect a large increase in
population. There is now a de
mand for several businesses that
have never developed as this has
been an interior town. There
will be the usual demand of a
growing town for mercantile es
tablishments. The three towns mentioned
have excellent schools. High
schools at Crane and Burns. The
Catholic, Nazarene, Presbyter
ian and Baptist churches. Chris-
property and considering country by purchasing property tian Science reading room, Pub-
tuture generally con- in these additions; you can not lie Library at Burns, and ah
Burns country the do better than to follow their leading fraternal societies all
minister to the needs of the com-
vlow Addition will develop much
of tlie future business activity of
Burns, owing to Its proximity to
the Herrick Mill and Depot. Kock
for foundations and bujjdings Is
near.
Thirty New Homes Being
Built; Purchase of Plat
ted Property Brisk
I Burns Times-Herald )
During the past few weeks
there have been over 30 new
residences erected in Burns.
New additions have been platted
and placed on market with brisk
sales. Acreage tracts surround
ing the platted portion of the
town have attracted buyers and
altogether the town and imme
diate community shows a healthy
growth.
The citizens of Burns recent
ly voted to amend the charter
authorizing the city council to
issue $280,000 worth of bonds
to install water and sewer sys
tems. Active work on this mod
ern improvement is to begin
during this fall and winter. The
surveys have been made and the
actual construction is only a
matter of taking cure of a few
details.
With water and sewer onr
fbwn will be even more attrac
tive to the home builder and
business man.
For the purpose of advancing
more road improvement an or
ganization of taxpayers was re
cently formed in Burns. This
club will be a permanent organi
zation and will be 'active in ad
vn at ing better roads in Harney
county.
denci
the great
ceded th
prices asked hy the company arc example
country. Burns has a flour mill
and meat packing plant.
tion. exceedingly reasonahle. iou are invited to call at the munity. A well appointed hos-
. t mi rnari r.f; People of limited mcf&ns who Rend otficc, 642 Franklin ftVB- pitnl is located at Burns. Two
c.nni u . .u -u' 11 'have small amounts to invest at nue. where you will be supplied National banks at Burns and
U to .tttoHi an ampu suppi in,orVilis win find lu-re an open- with any information of the State bank at Crane serve the
pu.c. ,w,.c v.1,1 uc;- ror their t.aI,jtal Wftere Burns countrv or the Company
mestic purposes. s now being! wm have an exceptional chance property. Phone 122.
constructed by The Burns ( urn-
ipnny and will be the first waterl.
j supply to be Installed at Burns.
W ith each lot the purchaser re
ceives a paid up share in the
Water Company and the property-
owners will thus ultimately
acquire control of the water sys
tem. Both these atlditions are ideal
ly located In proximity to the
present business section and to
LONGVIEW LOTS
All lots on the level land except where
made pdd sized by their proximity to the
Central Oregon Highway (which runs
through the center of this Addition) hiv
120 feet by 0 feet. All face a street either
(i0 or 80 feet wide and every block in the
Addition is traversed by a 20 foot alley.
The lots on the slope vary in size due to
the positions of the boulevards with all
lots being large and well laid out for homo
building.
Type Residences Being Built in Fairview
Consistent with the
price of the property
upon which they are
being built the resi
dences now being CM
Btrncted on the proper
tie of the Hums CO,
are of th median) size,
homoy type. This is a
picture of
home Hun
been built,
plumed on
a row of
have just
'1' r o o B
the lawns
of these home have
experienced a pronomi
nal growth, a tribute
lo the fertility ol tin
soil and the advanta
geous climate, ltesi
dence p r o pert in
Hums is now at a pre
mium. The need lor
hollies is imperative,
with actual construc
tion til' the sawmill
ptanl not yet begun.
Prom five hundred lo a thousand
new homes will be required In
Bum within a very short time.
Lots lor homes in both t.onnvlew
furaafllflBM ':M
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and Fairview Additions are par
ticularly desirable because of their
cloae-ln location, their acceHablil
ty to tho Hito of the Fred Merrick
Mill and tin' OrcKon Shorl Line
paauengor and freight depot. City
water will shortly be available
throughout,
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