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EAST OREGON HERALD AND
BURNS TIMES
THB TIMES-HERALD.
Consolidated July 22, 1896.
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON.
JAM ARY 20 18P7
appropriation two yi art ago was
1 nearly $84,000, or $42,000 a year.
Every session the d( tnand is for
“more.” The appropriation, how
ever liber >1, is always used up, an I
. a large “deficiency” shown. The
OK ECON.
ONT A RIO,
legislative investigating eommittte
I always “stands in,” or is t >o laz» or
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¿XI XjO’W
incompetent to make the needed re- I t
port and demand the necessary re |
SPirioes form The state printer should be |
I given a salary of about $2400 a
Have on Hand a New and Complete stock of
year, and the law should show the
doors of the penitentiary yawning jjSF*\Ve have the LARGEST STOCK and LOWEST PRICES
for him if he dared, directly or in
We carry a complete line of
directly, to take or make out of the 1
taxpayers a dollar more. If ahv
incidental profits are made, it ; be- |
i longs in the state treasury. One
|
(ex state printer, in cilice eight
•
. vcars, ia said to have made about
¡■'200,000 out of it. Tin» is an out-
’ rage upon every tax paver II is
he business of the legislature t»
correct this gross and growing evil.
All that is needed for a state print
er is a first class foreman and an
Prices as low as any R R. mi '. with addition of freight.
honest man. In these times $200
,
ippci.jl attention ■ MA IL ORDERS—Corresponded solicited or $260 a month is enough for such
A klreas Mason & London, Burns, Oregon.
•a man. Will the legislature stop
this big leak? It will not do one of
its plainest and simplest duties if it
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To Attnek a Charter.
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! A meeting, composed of a large
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| number of the heaviest taxpayers]
Recently, some voting boys were |.
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, in the section around Marshfield,
arrested in Heppner for disturbing I
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P ublishers and P roprietors . the peace, r rienda of the bovs< Coo9 Count v, met at that place last
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., matter
.. in
. . hand,
. ami i there
. week for the purpose
of formulating
took , the
.
.
a* » . I Wk Z» •-» t I ♦ . 1 - 1 ZV Cl 4 k V .1 4 . X zIlBVI.VZk
SUBSCBII’TION RATES:
was talk for a time of making an i plan and taking steps to divide Manufacturers and dealers in all kinds of
one Year ......... ...........................
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■ attack on the city charter of the county on the proposed plan as
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Heppner. Just what points would set forth in the petition to the leg
islature. The gathering was or
| i»e attacked is not known, but a
ganized
bv the election of O. E.
OFFICIAL DI RECTORY
well known Heppner lawyer was of
the opinion that the charter could
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national :
... .(¡rover Cleveland be overturned and the boys’ release
?r3»l tent
of
harmony
among
the
assembled
I
Aillai Stevenaoii I
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rie
Kii'lian; S, Olney
J-t,*“ tinware ami Eirearms promptly Repaired.
jeer
'tary of stale
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secured.
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I taxpayers, and the stamp of deter- |
.
John
G Carlisle
e.ary of rreaaiir.v ...
4.
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Hoke
Smith
., ,re of I uteriur
As nearly as can be learned, the ruination on every countenance.
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Daniel S. Lamont
iry <>f War
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Burns,
Oregon.
Hilary A. Herbert
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of
.Suvy
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claim
made was that under the or Little time was spent in agitation
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J. sterling Morton
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'uitnre.
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Ju.i’t n Harmon
K ttir icy Geuerftl
subject, as the meeting was
Wm. L Wilson ganic law of the city, a city prison- (lf
■> nt iiaater General
STATE—OREGON ’■
er cannot be confined in the county a unit in favor of division It was
G. W. McBride.
Inasmuch as the boys in decided to use all fair and honora-1
i or«
,1. H.Mitchell. jail.
(Binger Hermann
question
had been placed in the |,]e means to secure the division of
t W. R. Ellis
♦••»n 'resRineii.......................
<•. M.hlleinan
Vt »ruey General ....
to be. the county. Committees were ap ,
Wm P Lord 1 county jail, there seemed
4 ivecnor
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:■ R Kincaid
4e t • ary of State
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pointed to actively push the work i
ground
for
the
claim
Phil. Metseban
{►•'»•Hirer
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............... (i M Irwin
4 r>' p i i tc Tnatruction
To get around it, the Heppner
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Rate Printer
. R. S. Bean
city
council made a contract with
. .
> ('.Wolverton
< . w on vi um
< U pre *ie Ju lies - •
) F. A. Moore
the Morrow county court for the
NINETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
use of a portion of the county jail,
STEPHENS & RICHARDSON, Proprietor
) rrirt Ju-’xe.................... D
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i sTi< t vtorney
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C. AV Piarri^h
paying therefor the sum of $1 per
h> iMUp’-eaentatlve
. (R)
O. L. t attera*.n
ir se.iator .
--«(K)
A *.<>owai
year rental. It ia, therefore,claim
ed by the city authorities that the
COUNTY—HA RNIY :
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c. p. Rutherford
bounty j i l?e ...............
city
piisoners
can
lawfully
be
kept
'Rj.
II.
Kelley
’erk
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J. C. Welcome
tFpjiR’irer..........................
TA. McKinnon in the county jail.
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A.
J. McKinnon
4h-Gff
The reason for tnis action by tbe
Fine Wixx©3. Liquors And Cigars
.,!> ■.
W . S. Wate »
issesRor
.■ D'
W.c. B» ,<1
< • i »<»1 4 mer:ntendent
council
was
that
the
citv
lockup
Geo Treuaekis
it >ck ( HRpector
A .B. Marks
(D) >
was not in fit sanitary condition to
ìomutaatonera
Í
Geo. Haitey
receive prisoners, and they thought
'^“Courteous treatment guaranteed. Your patronage sol>c
HARNEY F. S. 1ANP OFFtCKt
use the
Thoma» Jone» it Letter and cheaper to
Rerinter
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. ..A. A. CowlhF
county j*il than to maintain a sep
tteeiver
arate one. It is possible now that
the charter will not he questioned.
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EVERY WEDNESDAY
I. S. GEER &, CO
Hardware and Tinware.
I
xhe Burns Bar
SOCIETIES.
SVf.V A REBEKAH Degree No. W.
The State Printer.
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«nd 7d Wc<l«»o*1av.
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M M l.eora Zeigler. Rec. sec y
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H . t * raverx 2d and 4th ThurF«4*'s
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f •• »toil Fallow» HVi.wrt*«’"**’'»
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J P Zeirler. Secy.
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Of all the state in d other officials 1 William Dobbs, of Union, Or,
who plunder the taxpayers of large has just received the Maul prize for
Burns-Canyon Stage Line
sums in consequence of loose laws raising the largest table beet for
and «inking legislators, none, in 1896. The content was open to all \
J. A. H alladay , contractor.
growers
in
the
United
States
and
proportion to his services, “rakes
Cirrving U. S. Mails and Eastern Oregon Express Co’s Fxpeea
down” so big a “pile” of “boodle” Canada The prize consisted of a
,*ave Burn« Titesdav.Thursday,Saturday,for Canyon City
—to use th’ slang of tvxeating $50 draft. The beet weighed 17
and
intermedi-.t
> «ointa, Fare 15.
pounds.
tim.s—as the state printer. Tbe