BURNS,
HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE i =
will be safer when the people feel THE INTULAR CASE DECISIONS
that they are not paying it for wool
which is produced at their expense,
I SUBSCRIPTION KATES:
SAN FRANCISCO GALL CLAIMS THAT on pastures they own, unpaid for by QUESTION WHETHER THEY VINDICATE
GOVERNMENT’S POSITION.
OM Year
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IT W OULD BE A BENEFIT.
the Hock-masters.
81» Month«
Three ‘ lontha
The American Cattleglowers’ As
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
sociation acknowledges the justice
STATS—ORKGOK :
The Ameri Clearness Is an Element in Whkh They Are
Cause of High Beef Mainly Due to Rapidly of this leasing policy.
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J. II. Mitchell j
Ü. 8. Senators
Mack Deficient--Court May Hate
Decreasing Supply of Range Cattle
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Joseph Simou
can WoolgrowerB1 Association op-1
to Explain Itself.
jThofl. Tongue.
--Committee to Draft Bill.
poses it. Individua' Hock-masters,
»M A. Moody
CtfBgrt"
i
.. ,D. R. N. Blackburn I
Attorn' y General
.......... T. T. Geer 1
who own land already and know
Recent dispatches from Washing
. FI Dunbar
When beef advanced 40 per cent
Secretary oi State
that the nomad sheepmen are en ton say the decision of the United
C 8 Moore I
Treasuer
..J J h
It At
ikvriiinii , last winter those who do not seek
¡¡BT'j-ubite tn»truct.on.
ukermsu
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suit Printer
"s.H Been" f°r causes said it was due to the dangering the wool tariff by their States supreme court in the insular
f R. 8. Bean.
aggressions, are also in favor of cases affecting Porto Rico, is claim
ijpreir.» Judge«
i r a " Moore0" I season of the year. That rise has
leasing.
ed by the government to be a vin
remained, became permanent, and
NINETH judicial district .
A Western committee is organ dication of its position, and just as
let Judice
M'D'wi'Vu”' 's ”ow followed by another rise of j ized to draft a lease bill for action
let Attorney
firmly held by those opposing that
- Representative
j w Morrow cen,e l’er pound right in the height
■Senator
by the next congress, ft is propos the decision affirms the contention
of the grazing season, when the I
Has something of interest to say to all Harnev county people,
COUNTY—HAKNKT:
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J 1 ed that the revenue from the leases, ; that the constitution does not fol
jame« a sperrou spung grasses are at their best and
largest and most complete slock of
Cuonty Judge
w
hich
is
estimated
at
$10,000,000
a
low the Hag. Sifting the elaborate
Clerk
H' R r «“Mine" the conditions affecting the produc- j
year, shall be returned to the states ! decision of the majority of the court,
Bwrye?--r ............................
JG«?she"k-y ■ *>on °f beef are in their most favor-
Shen ft
and territories where they are de it would appear that Porto Rico and
Aaset*** »:
J "j''-"Ba*1:.“" able phase. No sorcery is needed
Hehoc; -upcrirtendeut
rived for use in irrigation work in ¡other insular possessions of the
Stuck Inspector
a P Venator 1,0 find the cause of this permanent
I
Gemía ibsionert
stead
of demanding appropriations I United States do not come under
it ...........
j william« | rjg0 jn an ¡mpOrtant f00d article.
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carried by any store iti Eastern Oregon. Our store anti warehouses are full to overflowing
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Í HARNEY U. 8. LAND ’ OFFICI
for that purpose out of the Federal j the constitutional limitation which
..Geo. w lta <-« It is found in the decrease of the
treasury.
It
is
difficult
to
discern
provides for uniformity of tariff
..... ch“ Xe2'?_" ' supply. The most economical pro-
a reason for opposing such a law, .duties ns between the states of the
duction
of
beef
is
on
the
ranges,
in
1
SOCIETIES.
outside of mere selfishness express , union. The substance of the decis-
the arid region went of the ninety-
I SYLVA REBEKAH Degree No. «3
ed in a desire to get something for ! ion may be stated thus:
WU.t»everyi«t«inlM WertoeKlny.
>.
ninth meridian. The cattle indue- j
Tillie Jordan N. *>.
nothing. A vast portion of the pub
Frankie Brenton Rec Sec’y.
Porto Rico has not been since the
! try there has supplied the domestic
lic domain in the arid regions is fit treaty of Paris a foreign country,
A. O. U. W. Burns Lodge, No 47
demand and kept the slaughtering !
for grazing only. At present that but territory of the United States,
Meetsevery Friday uighL
direct from the markets, East and West.
■ are ready to serve you with war
h a Dillard, m . w
centers busv packing for a growing
“ *' e
a H >1 Hoy
Hovt. t. Rec.
Kec.
,
.
is its sole value, and therefore its and that, consequently, duties lev
ranted goods at guaranteed pi :c.’s, against any and all competition.
foreign demand. But in the six1
only value is being destroyed, per ied under the Dingley tariff act, ap
H kRNKY LODGE, NO. 77, I. O O F.
. I years last past the range cattle have
Meo,. .t Odd Fellow»
manently by its use in common.— plying especially to the products of
7w|>m’
w Y Kin«, secy. ¡decreased 60 per cent, the supply
Francisco Cali.
San
foreign countries, were illegally col- I
has fallen off more than half, w hile
lected upon importations from Por I
domestic demand inc reaces w ith the
iriltlFESSlO-NAL CARDS.
An Irishman's Will.
to
Rico.
population and the foreign demand
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C- R- SWEEK
\\ bile Porto Rico is territory of
spreads with the increase of our
In the name of God, Amen! i.
ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
the United States, it is not included
foreign export trade.
Timothy Delona, of Barrydown-
Cattle men know that today there derry, in the county of Clare, far within “the United States,” as those
ar...
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are
no big steers left in the United mer, being sick and wake in my words are used in the uniformity of.
GEO. S. SIZEMORE,
States.
The stock has been glean legs, but of sound head and warm duties clause of the constitution,and
attorney ,
ed down until the ac.imals are I heart: Glory be to God!—do make 1 that, consequently, the Foraker tar
B urns , .............................. O regon .
iff act for Porto Rico is constitution-
<Jol’ec;ion«, Land business. and Real ! slaughtered younger than ever Le the first and last will the old and I
Estui'- matter pronti tlv attended to.
fore, and the calf crop is invaded new testament; first I give mj' soul al, and the duties levied under it
DALTON BIGGS
to supply the butcher’s block It to God, when it pleases Him to upon Porto Rican importations are
J. vs BIGGS,
takts three years to produce a big . take it; sure no thanks to me, for I legal. Duties under the Dingier
Biggs & Biggs
steer, and with the younglings sent can't help it then; and my body to tarifl act are therefore to be refund
I ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
to the poleax the crop of lull age be buried in the ground at Barry- ed.
The full imp,it of the decision is
Bl HNS,
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OREGON.
animals is cut off.
downderry Chapel, where all my
Practice in all ttie courts of Ore.
This condition is brought about kith an'kin that have gone before puzzling. No one seems to be able
, i-p the decrease in range cattle, and me, an' those that live after, bc- to grasp just what it all means, and
Collections promptly made.
it tuav be that the court will be
G- A. H embold
V. W. P arrish tliat in turn is due to .he distruc- . longing to me, are buried; pace to
I tion of forage on the arid ranges of ! to their ashes, and may the sod rest obliged to explain itself. Well in
■ PARRISH & REMBOLD,
| the public domain. As these were lightly over their boms. Bury me formed lawyers are as much at sea
Attorneys-at-Law,
as is the veriest tyro.
| used in common there has been no near my godfather, Felix O’Flaher-
B "Rmns (and
Canyon
Oi the several cases decided, the ,
• .tim in
v >■< the a ■■ courts
■ City.)
' • of
• Oregon.
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—
M ill practice
Harney
■tice
in
the
our:«
of
Hurnej
a»<.
disposition
to
preserve
the
grasses.
tv, betwix and between him and two which attracted the greatest
Grant counties and in the supn inc cturt oi the
Each herdsman has eagerly secur- ■ my father and mother, who lie share of attention from the court
Blate, and also in U. S. land office.
ed what he could in the present I ’ separate altogether, at the other were what is known as the De Lima
Chas. II. Leonard
and without regard to the future- side of the chapel yard. 1 hive the case, and that known as the Downes
case, and oi these two the opinion
A ttorney - at - law ,
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Finally, the ranges are being fin- bit of ground, containing ten acres
in the Downes case is considered
Careful attention, given toCollec- ¡8iied |,y sheep, which drive the cat — rale old Irish acres—to niy <>ld- the most far reaching, as it affects
CULTIVATORS, FARMING TOOLS OF ALL KINDS
, lions and Real Estate matters.
tle off and tramp ami feed the for- ■ est son Tim, after the death of bis our future relatione, w hereas the De
Notary Public
age clean, leaving neither root nor ' mother, if she survives him. My Lima case dealt with a traditional
in endless profusion and
of our insular relations. The De
H arney ,
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| seed for renewal of the crop.
daughter Mary and her husband Lima case was the first to receive
The remnant of l he cattle interest Paddy O’ Ragan are to get the the attention of the court, and as it
M. F itx G srald i
TaoftNToN W illiams
Notary Public ' ■ is in battle array to protect grass
I Attorney at I jaw .
white sow that's going to have apperred to be quite sweepingly op
Real Estati; Agent ,
enough to feed what cattle are left twelve bonifs. Teddy, my second posed to the govern’iient's coiiten
tj WILLIAMS & FITZGERALD
The sheep have destroyed the fine boy that was killed in the war of lions, many persons precipitately
Ofiice m old Masouic Building.
public pastures in southern Utah, Amerikey, might have got his pick arrived at the conclusion that the
government had be.-n worsted ^111
■rx 3n.cin.cL-
alTX7’GL37'¡
B ern «,
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and are now being driven into Col of the poultry, but as he is gone, along the lino.
orado and Nevada to encroach on I’ll leave them to his wife, who
1 he De Lima case involved the
8. W. MILLER,
the cattle ranges. The day that died a wake before him; 1 bequeath power ot the government to collect
beef rose 3 cents a pound in Chica to all mankind fresh air to heaven, a duty on our goods imported into
NOTARY PUBLIC.
go cowboys at Gunnison, Colo., sur all the fishes of the pea they can the United States from Porto Rico
after the ratification of the treaty of
Burns, - - - Oregon.
rounded 5,0<X) Utah sheep, made take, and all the birds of the air Paris and before the passage of the
prisoners of the shepherds and kill they can shoot; I leave to them the I Porto Rican act. The court said
JOHN W•OIAKY
W. L MtRSDKM,
ed 2.500 sheep. Similar war in sun, moon and stars. I leave tn the government's contention in this
MÄRSDEN & GEÄRY.
Idaho and Wyoming. Montana and Peter Rafferty a pint of fuFpoteen case was substantially a claim that
Physicians and Surgeons.
Arixon", lias already been com I can t finish, and may God be Porto Rico is foreign U rritory. The
entire case turned upon that con
mented upon.
merciful to him—Ex.
BURNS,
OREGON.
tention The court held that th“
The sheep first drive out cattle
pisition was not well taken; that
of rfiidt .
£0^ / ’ ■
.Vo SO
and then destroy what is left of th*
Jack Bernard, who started hi* Porto Rico was not at the time for
pasture, and have to lie driven on band of sheep for the summer eign territory, and that, therefore,
H. KLEBS, M. D.
'he duty which had been collected
to repeat the operation, leaving the
PHYSICIAN AND Sl’RGEO.'f country a desert behind them It range in the Coast Range inoun- must be returned
The decision in the Downes case
tains alrout the 24th of April.suffer
is a struggle forexiftance on public ed the lose of his entire band of followed the history of the dealings
Office in Vorgtly Building.
property, for the use of which there 1.500 sheep, which perished from I of the United States with Porto Iti
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is no law nor regulation except poi extreme cold and absence of food, co a step farth-r That case dealt
with the legality of the exaction of
Telephone No 171
son and the Winchester.
says the Red Bluff News. The duties on good, imported from Por
The sheep men enjoy the benefit snow fell thick and fast anti ob to Rico into N»w York after the
h. s. Brownton
I. E Hibbard
of a wool tariff, get the feed for their tained a depth of 8 feet, through passage of the Foraker act provid
Hibbard Ac Brownton.
sheep for nothing and destroy cat which the sheep could not move. ing f,r a duty upon goods shipped
I >ENTISTS.
tlegrowing. to the injury of the beef The loss falls very heavily on Mr from Porto Rico to the United
Office in building formerly occupied by Mrs
■ States. In this ease the court held
eater, who must pay higher prices Bernard for bis flock of sheep rep that such exaction was legal and
ropahall
Bnrni Oregon.
They inflict, therefore a triple ex resented the returns of hit lalor for I constitutional.
action upon the people—the wool a number of years. Be hard work
The J >oint of th* two opinions con
tariff, the destruction of public pro be had increased his little band to sidered collectively is that Porto
perty on the ranges, and higher a numlter that tnade the business Rico was never, after the acquisi
tion of that island, foreign territory,,
price for 4«« f The remedy is sim profitable and in on* night his whole that until congress acted ut>on the
ple, easily within reach, and does little fortune disappeared.
question no duty could be collected,
no injustice to the sheep or cattle
but that as soon as congress outlin
interest. It lies in the leasing cf
Yesterday morning J. 8. Locke ed a method of controlline the is
the arid range«, under such regula was thrown from his buggy near land's revenues, that action became
binding; in othor words, that eon-
JOHN' McM ri.I.F.N
tions as protects the small and large Durbin’» ranch and rec<ivwd injur trees has power under th* constitu
stock owner, the mineral prospector ies which «rill confine him to hi* tion to prescribe the rnar.n*r of col
and the agricultural homesteader home fora couple of weeks. Mr. lecting the revenues of the country's
Then those who use this public pro Ixx"k? was driving along the road, insular possessions from the United
Burn«
Uiegnn
perty will pay foe its u«e; each leading a horwe Itebind his buxgy. States or exported from tl.erp into
Cloudv days preferred for
the Unite.! States ft holds, in
Stock man will keep his sheep and when one of Durbin’s dogs ran out brief, that for taxation purjeoes
making sittirg«. Photos fin
cattle on bis own leasehold: each and frightened the horses and they they ar* »ot a part of the United
ished in carbon and platinum
will take sn interest in the renewal began to run. In «be mix-up that States to the extent (hit grsals
effects.
of the forage; the ranges will carry resulted «he boggy was tipped over shipped between their ports and the
Instantaneous process used
more stock . the lieef supply will in •nd Mr. Loeke was hurt in the United State, are entitled to same
treatment as thcugh thev were
sxtensivelr. First rises work
crease, U-ncfiting I xm H the producer back and shoulder».—Huntington shipped between New York and New
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and satisfaction guaranteed.
and consumer, and the wool tariff Herald.
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