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PAGE 4 TI1K BKN1) BULLETIN, O.AtLT Kl'CION. BE NO. ORKCON, MONDAY. JUNE L H'jA OS 600 City Lots-Water System Throughout 600 ALL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BURNS, OREGON ALL PROPERTY IS GOOD SOIL ROCK FOR FOUNDATIONS AND BUILDING USE NEAR PROPERTY LUMBER FOR BUILDING CONSTRICTION WILL SOON BE MILLED NEAR THIS PROPERTY LONGVIEW ADDITION On the O. S. L. Railroad and the Central Oregon Highway No Location in Burns Could Be More Desirable 40 Years In Wilderness; these men personally guaran n. , ... . . , I teed $200 per month for an in- Pioneers lsion Achieved definite period for that purpose. With this pledged fund as a (Continued from paie 2) I nucleus Barnes, at the comple . tion of the government cruise returned to Washington about July 1 for the purpose of get- resentatives on February 20. by the United States senate on March 1. and the signing by the ting the cruised unit placed on 1922. 1 the market, but found Chief . . - I . 1 . . a record breaking ! r oresier ureeiey out on a tour of inspection of national for ests. However, through Secre tary Wallace a meeting between president on March 10. All within period. Before leaving Washington Mr. Barnes secured from Colon el W. B. Greeley, chief forester ' Mr- Greeley and Barnes WW of the United States, the prom ise that the forest service would cruise and appraise the timber within the proposed unit on Sil- vips river wntprshed with trip view of offering it for sale and ! ing was felt by the presence of complete the work prior to JuJy I such J?en. c-Stewart, Co!- ranged for at Portland on July 25, which was attended by a delegation from Burns headed by I. S. Geer. The friendly in fluence of Portland at that meet- standing certain obections, hur ried meetings between officers of the forest service. Mr. Barnes and prospective bidders at Min neapolis and Chicago, and the ever loyal support from our con gressional delegation, friends in Portland and elsewhere, togeth er with the insistent local de mand, resulted in the forestry department accepting the bid obtained by Mr. Barnes as sat isfactory. Colonel Greeley, big and broadminded, recognizing that the government had an in terest in our welfare, remained faithful to his promise given in July. Republication of notice for sale of the timber for a per iod of 30 days followed and Barnes had won. complete I. 1922. With such effective onel E. E. Faville. Chas. Dyette. work accomplished Mr. Barnes F- E- Andrews W. D. B. Dod- returned to Burns. By this time the general con ditions throughout this section of country were most unsatis factory, with our main indus tries on the toboggan ; three ir rigation districts languishing because of financial depression and lack of confidence in the fu ture, our only choice appeared either to go to heaven in rags or to hell in embroidery. There remained yet much to be accom plished which required ready money, so on April 30, in re sponse to a general invitation by the president of Burns Commer cial club to attend a meeting for the purpose of devising ways son, as well as Governor Olcott. Colonel Greeley at that meet ing made the definite promise that he would sell the timber and thus help in giving this great undeveloped country the needed railroad transportation so as to make agricultural devel opment possible. Subsequent events proved that Mr. Greeley's word was irrevocable and. on August to, 1922, the first ad vertisement appeared offering the timber for sale, followed by extensive publicity throughout the United States. Grass never grew under Mr. Barnes' feet. For two months prior to February 15, the last Logging Work Held Simple In Burns Country's Timber and means to finance and pro-1 day for the filing of bids, he mote the well laid plans of Barnes, the following 10 men met and organized a special and executive committee with Hon. I. S. Geer as chairman : I. S. Geer, L. M. Brown, James Lamp shire, E. H. Conser, Ben Brown, Archie McGowan, Joe Thomp son, Julian Byrd, Nollie F. Reed and A. C. Welcome. Nothing is difficult to a will ing mind and, although money had almost ceased to circulate, was in the east trying to inter est people with sufficient capi tal to take hold of the proposi tion, and when the announce ment was made that no bids had been received he lost no time in securing the best offer obtain able, together with a certified check for $25,000, and hurried to Washington to place the same before Colonel Greeley. A resolute man cares nothing for difficulties and notwith- Timber operators and cruis ers representing the U. S. For est Service and private interests who have become familiar with the timber lands of the Malheur forests, which will be manufac tured into lumber at Burns, agree that the logging can be handled throughout a major part of the forest with far greater ' ease and nt much less cost than the average known in western logging. Much of the timber is on land which is of so little slope that it appears to be level. Few canyons are found. From the scene of cutting operations in the Seneca country through Bear valley to Burns as will be ' traversed by the railroad over which will be hauled the logs to the mill is a down grade of only j sufficiency to make practical i the moving of heavy trains. I E. W. Barnes, leading logging authority, has stated that the ! Burns country presents less ob jstacles to cutting than any tim bered section of the nation. THE BURNS COMPANY T. H. FOLEY, President Vice-President ami Manager Mend Water Light & Power Co. R. S. HAMILTON, Vice-President Attorney, Representative State Legislature L. B. BAIRD, Secretary-Treasurer Capitalist R. W.SAWYER, Assistant Sec.-Treas. Editor Bend Bulletin J. H. MEISTER, Logging Superintendent Shevlin-Hixon Co. DR. JOHN BESSON, Physician and Surgeon W. J. COLEMAN, Mill Superintendent Shevlin-Hixon Co. CARL JOHNSON, President Arrow Motor Co. KENNETH SHIBLEY, California Filter Co. PAUL BOVARD, California Filter Co. HENRY N. FOWLER Associate Editor Bend Bulletin The Burns Co. BEND OFFICE 642 Franklin St., Phone 422 Hums Building Railroads. Sawmills; to Start Losing (OoBtlnwd ti mi, pest i i capacity of 75.ono.ooo feet an dually, dry kilns of sufficient capacity to bandit thil output, a box factory, yards, etc. Dur ing the period of construction approximately .'too men will b employed. Twenty-five of the total of Irt miles of grading on the railroad from Burns tn Si n eca is now complete. Marly Bummer will see this work fin ished. In this Construction there is a tunnel 400 feet in length. Actual falling of timber on a large scale Is expected to sturt in 1926 affording employment to 500 men. It is estimated by Mr. James W. Gcrrard, Vice President of the Fred Htrrick Lumber Company and General Manager at Burns, that the plant tn iir constructed will cost o.N'K M I 1. 1. 1 o N DOLLARS ready for Operation, A notable thing in connection with the beginning of this in dustry at Burns Is the fact that all timber on privately owned as well as on government land, is to be cut under the supervision o!' the forest serviie. This means that the small growth, not now of commercial value for milling will be saved, and that timber will actually be grown as fast as it Is cut. PERPETUAL MILLING OPKKATIONS A K K THUS ASSURED. For this reason the development of I turns will be based on permanent in dustries and values of residen tial and business properties will be firmly established. Invite Investigation (Harney County Newt, May n, till) Hariley county enjoya unique and enviable position anmng the communities which I w ill benefit by the large influx of tourist travel to the Pacific northwest this year, due to the extensive campaign of advertis ing put on by the large trans portation lines serving this country, during the past lew months. Capitalists and business men are coining more and more to the plan of making their inves tigation of corn u iti u 1 1 ics along three general lines. PirSt, they give careful thought and study to the possibilities of the SOUS try, and what it is reasonable to expect that i( can and will be come under full development. Second, they carefully analyze the financial condition of the country and prudently figure what the future may have in store for the property owner in the way of taxation. Third, they make comparison of pie. vailing prices asked for properly in the different communities to determine to what extent specu lation enters into such prices, Along these lines Harney county welcomes the most rigid investigation and has no fear of the decision. lnno part o; he great northwest is there a i .in try capable of greater develop ment or where such develop ment is less of a gamble than Harney county. We challenge ttliy county to shOW a better bal SnCO sheet. We have no bonded indebtedness of any kind; our (Warrant Indebtedness is so small that it is negligible, and 'our taxes are as low as any and lower than most other communi ties. We never had inflated real estate values nor real estate booms, and land prices have maintained a steady figure for years past consistent with its location and soil capacity. On this basis we respectfully invite the homeseeker to visit and investigate Harney county, the land of sunshine and oppor 1 tunitv. THE BURNS COUNTRY Ten thousand or more square miles, larger than the island of Sicily, which was the granary of the Roman Empire, and larger than the states of Mas sachusetts and Rhode Island combined; nearly as large as the entire state of Maryland, larger than Vermont, larger than New Hampshire, nearly as large as Belgium and two-thirds the size of the Kingdom of Denmark containing the largest county in the State of Oregon. Of this area more than half is still unappropriated government land. WHAT IS BACK OF BURNS? -TWO MILLION ACRES OF TILLABLE LAND. -TWELVE BILLION FEET OF WESTERN YELLOW PINE. -MILLION DOLLAR SAW MILL PLANT. -UNLIMITED DAIRY INDUSTRY POSSIBILITIES. -PRACTICALLY ASSURED RAILROAD EXTENSION TO COAST. and -BURNS is the CENTER of this activity. .d
