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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.
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