BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 23, 1901. VOL Xl\ . FOR UNIFORM ROAD BRAND E. Lockwood mid Charles M. Mor- TO I liscili PTIOS RATES: AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE DRIVING CF .... »2.W bar hiths kiouiht ... .1.QU . . .75 STOCK WITHOUT IT. EH-IAL IlIKI-’i’TOHV T F. A. Moore l '..nglW' ■ ’ AtUirU*) ). C. -eittial -‘•creiar U r ressarei -Up-. Vu ■ SU» Fri le» : " .......... » ♦' .úp eme judges ■ i -nni Jt'm t ii. ni'Ti::’ r. äw n « D. ’» CLIFFORD • . ,.M. »¡•tr et judge DUtr-i Win Miller ................... i a Geer ... J W Murruw F ‘ PBirfct A' oiDcy iXi-aei«.i-i't*iiv« ioiat-aei«: - - Juini COVXTV—UABSKTÎ James A Sparrow . H. Kiehur-iBoil . KA Miller ... J K Johnson ...........Geo Shelley ... J W Buchanan ........... J • Bartlett School Su: : l’-cndt :.'. .............. E J Noble swek Im vector A. Venator I R J Wiiiiuuib Í Ell IEM LAND office : ...Geo. W Ha1« ............ i ecsxl eortiter ....... Chai». Newell ^.Mlv.r Cue’ll? tinta: Clerk .X Ti.iuarer Surveyor SUeriif AMsewr Introduced by the Request of the Harney County Stockmen’s Association --Simitar to Montana. We are in receipt of the following bill introduced by Representative Geer at the earnest request of th« Harney County Stockmen'.- Associ­ ation. T iie T imes IlERALEtook up took up the matter some weeks ago and sent to Montana for a copy of the stocklaws of that state as the Association desired legislation on the same line. A copy of the laws was sent Mr. Geer from this otliee and he immediately intioduce l the bill in accordance with their wishes of the association: Section 1. Every person who owns or has charge of any horses, cattle or sheep which are drive SOCIETIES. into or through any part of this gYLVA REBEKAH Degree No.<3 Meet»every lat and <5d Wednesday • State, and fails to plainly brand or MMW- Tillie Joruan N. G. Frankie Brenton Rec Se ’y. or mark the animals so driven, so A. ' U. W.Burn* Lodge, No. <7. that such animals may be readilv UMLsveryFrldaynUUl. Atii.;iiri m w distinguished from other anima's, it is punishable by a fine not exceed­ HAH’il-’.Y LODGE, SO. 77, I. O O F. ing three hundred dollars. Meet. »1 Odd Fellow. Hall, every Satur lav y i. ii J M Im'K.li S. G. Section 2. All droves of mules, r .wpix. wv Kins,awry. horses, cattle or sheep which may hereafter be driven from any other PROFESSIONAL CARDS. State or Territory of the United C- A- SWEEK States, or any foreign country, into attorney at - law , or through any county or counties (»rieron. of this State, shall he plainly brand­ S.qu, ^H5E0. S. SIZEMORE, ed or mark’d with one uniform brand or ma:k. attorney , - s* J B ums , ............................ O regon Section 3. All sueh litirsi s cat­ (leUee. Lami bu«ine“s. amt Beal tle ami mules shall be so branded Estute nini ter prom« 'I' anemid to^ with one distinct ranch or road J.W BIGGS, DA LION DIGGS brand of the owner or own» rs so .'IS >• ¿¡Diggs & Biggs m show distinctly in such place or pl ii-es ns the owner may a io; t. rrORNEYS-AT-LA\V, AT Section 1. Ail sueh sheep shl-l __ __ — — oiiEGo: B RNft, be niarkeil distinctly with such Practice in all toe courts oi Ore. mark or device as may lie sutlieieiit .Colhx- ions promptly made. to distinguish the the mi me re ullly should they become intermixed or The if ii. ' 1 ; Our mingled ivilh other ¡lo.ka of -beep PÀRRISH & REMBOLD, n-ients in this state Attorney s-a t- La w , The Section 5 Any such owner or llrns (»nil C invon <'ey.) >"• a”m;>ly with th provisions of this net. sh ill b- fim <1 Barrí ,ii a sum not I«-- than fifty d n.ar-. tie> oir mor« than thro« hundred dol­ ors t. geth«r with cost “ of suit ABNEY, Section 6. It shall be the special M. F itz I brald luty of the count-, attorney, »betid WILLIAMS Notary Public and any eon»tabi:< in each and everi Beai I B G'e Agvut .•o’.inty in tin- sin - to enfirci- th« A l lTZGERAl.l) provisions of his act, upon com­ I Y !.ZÍ I plaint of any resident of :ii« county I or state S ct’ion 7. Al! fines collected umi r th« pr- V:-i"iis of tl. « ac -hill bi- p lid into tin- got isr a I » -I: ol fm Is of th« c -uutv in wha h juda- Desi fRlGF ii. -nt th -r. f >r is rtcovt r« 1. Secti' n 8 All acts < r piri- <> ,'OliN W.GÄABY acts in in tlict Li :< vii'.b ar« b< EARSDEN & GEARY, r< p--.il: d. 1 IB A« • 'h) siiuai>3 and Surgeons. 1 1 Bl'HNS, O(1frsin‘ rriidzwer. OREGON. £CT Pl.auf .Vo --------- H KLEBS, M. D. rm si. I an a : ? ■■ Off. :e at Dr. V - r- id B vrx <, O regon . ' ■ Tt?l«*phonp No 1 » 1 • it r nit I- « « "’'-•rd o.nton till.;.Ill At BlWVIl >U. D entists . In '.iniUlu.g formerly .. SÏCI-LX AND.SURGEON, 11 calls answered pr niptly ) K'.V-hï JOHN M-V FIs! .IN bill providing for the direct nomi­ nation of candidates w’.li eith«r not lw enact«d. or if enacted, will no' be < f snv “ervie'«.” Mr Bingham's faith in th« Multnomah niember- of th« ¡“gidature was shaken by his exp-rience with them at S Wr.en they w«re candidates Ia»t spring they were profuse in tb*ir pr'imi.*«*.« ii lli'- things l!>ty n iH •• Pr Bu Direct primary l.-aislat on on lines prop, st-d by E W. Bingham, has liven given its quietus by th« senate committee oti election“ which is composed of Hunt of M ilt nomah. Kuykendall of Laue an I Marsters of Douglas“, ■>.-<»•« th • Ori- gonian. Mr. B ogh.it». who has b«en at Salem in th« interi-t of primary Reform in general and bis bill in particular, returned inst night with the conviction utiper- — — ■Cloudv days * ling ruling i»b- d 111 curl>ou al. Ï- do to give t'.ie ft-iie a >□»»* primary law. “My opinion of tic e Qiegon Maltno.uah rr. mb’-r-.” «aid Mr o Bingbtm, “is that they are keeping fur th» letter but ar- tweaking th" tpir- fin­ »» promise» i-i ; tinti ai ■ InsLit ’a ." - - • •X' "tw’Vely. I in-' < * satisfaction guarar ’ Bingh and held l' ni’ 1 1:1 before night gin had argued in favor of their measure. Before adjourning the committee appointed a meeting for Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 to hear Mr. Morgan's answer to Mr Bingham's attack upon the consti­ tutionality of his measure. Mr. Morgan appeared Wednesday after­ noon and had saiJ but a few words when the cointnittte informed him that if his bill applied to the entire state it would not be favorably re­ ported. That put Mr. Morg n and Mr. Bingham out of the race. When ll.e meeting adjourned. Chairman Hunt informed Mr Bing­ ham that the committee bad de­ cided to recommend the 1 ■ -ckwood bill, which regulates the election of deiigat s to county c nve ions and is amendatory of the primary law of IS 1. Before leaving Salem yesterday afternoon Mr. Bingham met Senator Marsters, who caid that whatever Senators Hunt mid Kuykendall de­ cided upon would be satisfa. torv t<; him, provided it did not involve expense to bis county. Shortly afterword Mr. Bingham met Mr. Lockwood and Mr. Morgan in the State Library. They were Setting at the same table and at work noon bills Mr Bingham inquired about the programme and ask what, if any, instructions they b id received from the committee. They replied that thev were drafting a compro­ mise bill, which should be appli­ cable to such counties as desired direct primaries. It will Le a sort of local optiot direct primary bill; if-direct primaries are wanted a certain g-rcentage of voters must petition therefor. RECLAIM ARD NO. 13. LANDS sige.at’• 1 as requ red by the regula- advertising, to the highest bidder, from th« state for th« lands occti- tions governing such selection«,am) a sum sufficient to pay the nec. ss- A SUBSTITUTE BILL PASSED BY THE , ary land otliee f< fees fur the selection OREGON SENATE. i of said lands. There shall also be ' submitted by said applicant a state­ ment of the amount of water avail­ AioaCs Defects of the Or!gi.ial--Witl Not able for the plan of irrigation and Conflict With the Carey Act— other data and information requir­ Abstract oi Measure. ed by the Secretary of the Interior, The senate of the Oregon legisla­ and when the canals or reservoirs ture recently adopted the substitute required by the plan of irrigation Johnston bill, submitted bv the cross public lands not selected b committee on irrigation. The bid the state, he shall file separately an is entirely different from the orig'- application for right of wav over nal, and particularly avoids the de­ such lands, under section IS to 21 fects of the first measure. One of ' of act of March 3, 1S91 (25 Stat, the chief features of the bill is the 10S5) in accordance with the regu­ section which provi les that di- lations under said act, it being in­ viduals or associations who have tended hereby to authorize and re- already reclaimed lam! shall be quire th? applicant for a contract allowed to secure title to it tinder to do and perforin all things nec- the present act. Another impor- ess.-irv to be «Ione to enable the taut provision is that which makes Stale Land Agent to select these careful precaution against the state lands without cost to the state being bound in any way to pay any Soi l npplica’ions for a contract expense connected with the irriga­ shall contain an estimate of the tion of land that may be secured cost of the construction of the pro­ from the United States under the posed system of irrigation and of Carey act. This feature was incor­ the annual cost of the maintenance porated in the new bill in order to of the same. secure reasonable results from the work that may be done. Since the men who construct irrigating ditch es must look to the land for their compensation, they will not under­ take to reclaim any tracts except those which aie so situated as to make the returns from the land pay for its reclamation. Under this plan, the work will be conduct­ ed in accordance with ti e rules which govern all private business enterprises. ^’’C. b. The right to the use of phd by him hot to exceed Ki:) acres water for irrigation uf any tract er to each «tiler in full satisfaction of subdivision of lands reclaimed u:i- nil claim for cost and expenses in der the provisions of this act shall reclaiming said land, provided the become and perpetually remain organization which was the party appurtenant thereto, subject, how­ to the contract with the State Lund ever, to the annual maintenance Board for the reclamation of said charges and to the proper and rea­ lands shall have first satisfied the sonable rules and regulations adopt­ the lien or lien« created on said ed for the irrigation system under lands by th« State Lund Agent in and by which tho said b’.nil lias L said contrrct. been reelained. St.-. 10. Any citizen desiring to Sec. Any person who has re­ purchase any unsold quarter sec­ claimed any tract of more than l(>0 tion of de i rt land on which there acres of desert land under contract is a lien for the cost of reclamation with the State Lind Board ns here­ shall |..i. to the holder of said lien in provided, and who is a citizen such proportion of t he amount of of the United States, or has de- the entire lienns the true value of clareil Ins intention of becoming tie- tract desired bears to the true such, and has made actual settle­ value of the whole tract subject to ment on said land, as required by the liens. "Provided that the State the act granting such land to the L ind Board hiving control of these state, shall lie entitled to a deed to lands shall designate the proportion the land s.> rt ch.'med to an amount of tho amoi tit of the entire lein not exceeding l(idacres, in full eat-, which the desired tract bears to the isfaction of his lien on said lands whole tract subject to the lien.” and of all claim of demand for his l luTetipon the holder of said lien cost or < xp.-nse in reclaiming said shall release the tract so paid for land. \>'h :i any number of eitl from the lien and tho purchaser zens occupying any desert lands as shall be entitled to settle upon said actual .••«it a rs a. required by the! tract nrd it - hall be the duty of the act . - atm-.- .- in h lands to this state ' State Land Board to deed the tract shall have m.iti-dly, as a company to the purchaser without further of p. r.-.>> - o< ration or incorpor­ payment. ated ci-.iipanreclaimed the lands Section 1 1 provides that the deeds so occupied ai d settled upon, under given by the board tinder this act contract with the State Land Agent shall be by quit claim, and shall as h.-o-in provided, each of said convey only such title us the state persen< si. .1 ■ entitled to a deed may have. Upen the receipt of the application, map, plan of irrigation, payment, etc., as provided in sec­ tion 3 of this act, the State Land Board shall ( liter into a contract with the said person or incorporated company applying therefor, for th« construction of the works snb -imi- lially according to the plans sub­ mitted. Under said contract, the person or incorporated company entering into the sama »hull under ! y Sec. 4. J. V». I ... . !’ I IDENT A.ND .1CTING CASHIKH. 11 C. I r.vi ns , Vici: T h ekident . tak« to furnish an amply supply of|J>, water, substantially tially in m accordance j y Sl’BSTANi E OF BILL. ¿2b with the plans t submitt. d,to r< claim I >> Defeat has di-appointed Mr. Th« bill in brief, is as follows: said lands in compliance th« ce with th«'» (INUORl’OR.Vl ill >.) Bingham, but not discouraged him. Section 2. Upon application act granting the samo to t the state, ' ile realizes that the subject is h made as hereinafter provide 1, by and to make the nri.ofs required by ; » large one, amt that, since it has any person, comp my of persons the Secretary of the Interior for the : y been an issue only since l i-t May. associations or incorporated earn issc.rance of patent, and to pay all j v A (General Bankinig 1 liisinerts TT’tinisaefe«!. the people are not fully acquainted pany desiring to reclaim any of th- cost of advertising and oilier ex y with it. He will ii,al: - no furthei desert government lands of tl is penses incident to such proof and Directors: IV. Y King, I. S (leer Geo. Fry effort at this s< ssion of th« legisla­ state, it shall be the duty of the application for patent. Said per­ W. E Trlftch, J C. Welcome. ture in behalf of his bill or the pro­ State Land Board to make proper son or i incorporated company shall . y ( \ii resi ><>i11 leiico I n viteil. posed reform, as he considers the application fur the lands which -aid furth-r undertake ........' .hat work will ---- u be - I “ undertaking Im;,-I«.-- in view of the applicant undertakes to reclaim, c mmenced upon tho ditches or timgel over the senat-itship and the ai.d enter into contract with th-- other work necessary for the recla­ lack of know ledge of direct primar­ Secretary of the In.erior for the <1- - mation of said lands withill six ies. He s:r « direct primary legis­ nation and patent to the state free months after th - signing of the con lation will be put on the statute of cost for surveying or price of such tract by the Secretary of the Inte- nooks of On g.m in identically th« desert lands. Said State Land :ior, that by the end of the first same man o r as the Australi.'.n Agent is hereby authorized to enter year 10 percent of tho necessary bailot law was in lG'.’i—by creating into S'.icli contracts mid agree­ j'-xpenditures will be made, and BURNS, — — — OREGON. p-i di-: sentiment in its favor and by ments, mid to create and assume ¡ ihat this work will be prosecuted Draws plan, inak. s olimat ■•, etc. Building» put up within the nniounl .,f getting candid ites for the legisla­ such obligati me in relation to >md with due diligence until complete, figures given in estimates. (-¿/^Satisfaction guaranteed. ture to pie Ige them«: Ives to it A concerning such lands as may lie ii.d the proof of the reclamation is Direct Primary League will be or- necessary io induce and cause such made, ns required In tho net of w r • a r • "Of "O '»1 ganized a.d a mill draw n for intro- reclamation thereof a-is required "oiigri .-« Th« St it« Land Board J“y ul duction in t he le glslaturi of 11)03 bv tic- contract wi'h the Secretary shall, by said contract, fix the Mr. Bard' l^rl’.wideBO» Hanley hou.e. valid for the maintenance of the irriga­ frmu tic- b- - ses, an 1 primary re- w hich when cri-a'ed »hall form will nut < O'l- . He S.IVS that on ami eg iinst the F-p-irale legal tion system, and create a lien which whili- he wa- at alein many ¡«‘..pie sulidivi“ions of land reclaimed, for “ball be yalid on nnd against the the actual cost and necessary ex « pirate 1< pal subdivisions of the , .vli i ri- I :• !111 ■ r- I. ! th» till« ex.-ir- rs d lh on, at the rate of 0 per cent per themselves with the league will been satisfied; provided, that in no annum, from the date of reclama­ ri ate a ««ntiment that the legisla- • vent, in t o conting' m-y and um’i-r tion until sai l lien »hall have been 'iire <.f if-93 will not dare to ignore no circuinstiiuces »Ii 11 the sta,e ot satisfied. 0-egon be in nny inanm’r dirrody Sec. 5. So ti-oti ns nny contract or it directly Untie for any amount -h:ili have been made by the [lerson Vale Wins Conci y Scat I f ary mcli lien or lia’-iii'y in >r ii erporated company for th ■ a h i!-' < r in part. reclamation of nnv tract oy land, Salem, Or., Feb 15—Tn the S -c 3 Any per»on or incorpor- tire State Land Ag nt »ball make hour« to n gtil the Malheur county it -d company h- by authorized ami required, on lie­ lands to the »let«, he shall file in ine, t-i-ik up the fight for Vale. He half of the st it«, but at his own ex­ the local land oilier a list of such ;,re“«nte-i a p-titi -d with the duty of disposing county .eat. exhibit a plan sb wing th« mod« of the land* which tho state may HOWARD SCORCE, P«IIM»T P, icce, a me in'oer of th« commit­ of the Conteinpiat-d irrigation and obtain under the law. ar d followed W. R. SCbRtl tee on counties, which had reparvd which plan shall le sufhcieLt to by th' affidavit of th« p- r*«>n au the bill favorably, tinged th* biHise thoroughly irrigate ami reclaim thoriz«d to superintend the reclam­ to confirm such action. The bill said land arid prepare it to rai- ation of tb« lands ard insry agricultural crop*, and was defeated. 2* to 2-5. Section G provide* that the •hall al«o show t!.e source of the tr«< tor* stall enter upo» the land water to be used for irrigation and When jro 1 want Uf-!<-’»•« job reclamation, which map shall be and have control And p« M ol work -. nd your order, to this of­ duly verified and in alt particular* the »am« until th« ir lirn fstatiafied fice. We keep a nice "ine of tta- cotnplv w,tb th- r-«I’liriunen’s of 7 provide* that if any A Gcnefdl Banking Busin:*’» Irar.sactcd tionarv f -r that purpoee and onr the •e- ret.iry of the Interior, and '* f.iil to co np!'-'e their CORRESPONDENCE INVITED price, are as 1 >w as rvsl work and • hall lie ac- impamed by a If 8 .ale Land Board »hall ¡pxxl mate’ial will jns’ify. tripheat Is d sel-ct'-d iI.C'oinpkI «o>k, -*» •*. "V •. • n. - Bank BURNS, CREGON. CAPITAL STCCH C25.0C0.00 Harry C. Smith Contractor and Builder^ isl: Lzyin? and. riacierixtP O1 Plows, Harrows , Busies and i ¡acks just received at C. II Vœgtly’s, headquarters for every tiling in the hardware line I larney Valley Brewery Five allon kegs $2.00 delivered at your home in Burns Virsi S^attonaä Ba»k CAIDWELL, IDAHO