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BURNS, VALLEY ficient to irrigate all the land in the valley lying under it, but this ' must operate to dry up the jüBSCUtPTION RATES: IRRIGATION ENTERPRISE UNDER THE extensive marshes about the lakes and the marshes will then become CAREY ARID LAND ACT. plow land. I ------- OFFICIAL DIRECTORY About 50,000 acres of the arid STATE—OREGON ’• First Since Oregon Accepted The Federal lands of the Harney valley are in J. H Mitehell. Law Last Wlntcr--Oppo.ltloa Joseph Simon the grant to the Willamette Valley Fro« Hir.bl.nd Owner,, IThoa. 'tongue. ¿Cascade Mountain Wagon Road (M A. Moody . D. K. N. Blackburn [Daily Oregonian.) ...................... T. T. Geer Company. This concern, which is G*r*rnsr .................. FI Duubar Mcratuy ol But* . ......... C c 8 Moore Drake C. O’Reilly has just re-1 | now owned by Charles Altschul, of ’• i' *I*r****ir*r _ Ackerman ...1_____ J Mupt. Public Instruction J . H ork»-: atnto Printer .......... w W H 11 I Loads -a*d“ turned from Harney county, where j San Francisco, is said to be in ) R. 8. Beau. in the sympathy with the proposed im- ....> C. Wolverton he has been for two months »BF*-. JUdf«« » F. A. Moore St# interest of an irrigation enterprise j provement, for under irrigation the MIN ET H JUDICIAL DISTRICT. organized for that | land will be rendered valuable, and . M. D. C lifford that has been IDKtricl Jadíe ... Win Miller LOI1<\ KHnrlct Atturner section. The project includes J i there will be a market for it. Set- ........... 18 Geer lev J )olBl-B«Brr.r|.i*x>'r. . . J W Morrow watering 100,000 to 150,000 acres I i tiers are now going into the valley Î of arid land in the Harney valley, and taking up land, on the prospect *i™ <?u«nty Judge COUNTY—BABNKT * onIe MJ ... Jame» A Sparrow soon be available H. Richardton i under the provisions of the Carey that water will f-oa j Clerk ........... K A Miller ciieleJ Traanurer. act, which the Oregon there. Mr. O’Reilly says the charge J R Johnaon Í arid land inrifii, Surveyor. . Geo Shelley »haritf............................ J W Buchanan' legislature made available in this for water has not yet been definite J C Bartlett ' ’ behowl Supr ri ntendent E J Noble state by a statute passed last win ly fixed, but he believes it will not Mock Inspector A. Venator Sonera I That statute formally accept- exceed 50 cents per acre per year. R J William* I ter. BABXKT U. 1. LAND O» /ICBÎ This is the first move to take ad <d the cinditions of the Carey act, ,G«o. W H«'-*, ........ Cha«. Newell ¡ with all the grants of land to the vantage of the Carey law that has state under the provision of that been made by Oregon citizens. In SOCIETIES. law the Upper Deschutes country, to ■VLVA REBEKAH Deere* No.U Tbe gist of the law is that any the westward of Prineville, two or Maouovery lnindM Wednesday. Tillie Jordeu N. G. Frtakie Brenton Rec Sec’y. person, association or corporation three irrigation projects are on foot may enter into contract with tbe and at least one of them has pro A.O. U. W. Barn, Lodge, No. 47 Friday »labt. Awiurt M w State Land Board to reclaim any gressed far toward completion. K H Hoyt, H»c. tract of desert government land. These were begun before Oregon The applicant must ut his own ex had accepted tbe conditions of the «ABNKY LODGE. NO. 77, I. O O F. °«’«’ rel1— H*J,’w"I?iLS*NUr5*T pense make a survey of the section Carey law, but it is presumed that w Y Kina, secy. to be reclaimed and submit with their operations will come under his application for contract a map the provisions of that act. Still a PROFESSIONAL CARDS. and plan of the proposed reclama-1 large part of the land affected by C A- SWEEK tion project, and estimates of first i , the Crook county enterprises lies cost, and for maintenance, state- ' I within the grant to tbe Willamette ATTORNEY AT-LAW, ments of the amount of water to be ! , Valley & Cascade Mountain Wagon I Or*«*« rendered available, the area to be Road Company, and there is cotn- GEO. S. SIZEMORE, covered, etc. The contract, when ' . paratively little to be gained by attorney , entered into by the State Land i j getting under tbe Carey law in that MM, ........................................ O begon . Board, shall create a lien for the section. It is only land still be CvtlvrLand twin«* »n<l Real cost of construction and mainte longing to the government that is E.lxt* matter proni, Uv attended to. nance, which shall be valid against subject to the contractors’ lien for J. W BIGGS, DALTON BIGGS the separate legal subdivisions of irrigation improvements. For Biggs & Biggs the land reclaimed for the amount benefits to accrue to land that has ATTORNEYS - AT - LAW, due as agreed upon, with interest passed to private owners, the irri make other ___ ___ ___ ___ OREGON. at G per cent from date of reclama gation company must arrangements for compensation. tion. Congress grants the lands to Practice in all the courts of Ore. There are two ways of getting to the state upon certain conditions, Collection" promptly made. w e *tsn I t*,e8® conditions must be ful the Harney valley from the railroad. O. A. Bsxn-a :■ filled as required by law, to the sat Since the Sumpter valley line has PARRISH & REMBOLD, isfaction of the Secretary of the In been extended to Whitney, that is Attorneys-at-Law, terior, before the transaction is the nearest railroad point, the dis Barn» «and Canyon City.) Oregon. , „nmn|p<„.i tance across to Harney valley be WHl pr». tue in the court* o< Harney .nd : Compieteti. iiX’SSTlio tuL.*«. ?and upm”e ‘ ' rt ' *' Die under this grant of congress ing 115 miles. From Ontario the '.Jti—------- - ------------- ---- -------- ! and the .statute that tbe Harney distance is about 150 miles over a (Jhas. II. Leonaid, . Valley Improvement Company has good road. Most of the travel is A ttorney - at - law , . begun operations. The corporation through Ontario, which has for 1 hired* - -Careful attention given to Collec-1 was organized a short time ago with years been the gate to the Harney k. ujan’’. lions and Real Estate matters. I William Hanley, the Burns catlie valley. r pr I i Notary Public. | king, as president; L. R. Webster, left à* |. Tax Penalty Is Illegal. of Portland, vice president; and D. B abnev . - O regon iti.. * irw»*Ä C O’Reily, of Portland, secretary -Taoasvos w : liuu m . Firs«;«*»» J authorized capital is $100,000. | Judge McRride. of the Circuit Beal Esuu a cent i The surveys preliminary to filing , Court, at Astoria, has handed down WILLIAMS A- FITZGERALD * application for tbe contract are now some decisions in connection with in progress. ' tax matters that are of special in «nie* ■■ old Munir Building. The water supply will be taken terest to every county in the state. B ibs «, - O regon from Silvie’s river chiefly, though [ They were in the case of C. W. the construction of storage reser i Shively vs. Clatsop county, a suit S. W, MILLER, voirs for emergency service is con-1 ; brought to set aside the tax on cer NOTARY PUBLIC. templated. The water taken from tain property on the grounds that Silvie’s river for irrigation is ex- Ht had been erroneously assessed Burns, - - - Oregon i pected to reduced tbe volume of the Several days ago the case was de FW. 1» MABRDBN. JOHN». GRAB Y I stream so that it will not overflow cided in favor of the defendant, MÄRSDEN & GEÄRY. ' and create so much marsh land 1 the court holding that the county ‘ about its mouth. The marsh covers was not responsible for an alleged Physicians and Surgeons. I thousands of acres on tbe west side error of tbe Assessor. but later a BURNS, OREGON. j of Lake Malheur, and north side of rehearing was granted on certain OJtcr «4 rttideiwt- tMf Pb™, .Vo Among tbe questions 10 Lake Harney, and at certain sea points. sons the water overflows and dam-1 brought up at the rehearing were H. KLEBS, M. D. j ages adjacent farm lands. Taking tbe constitutionality of the act un PHYSICIAN AND SURGEOX. . water from the upper stretches of der which the special tax levy for the Silvie’s to irrigate arid land the construction of tbe Young’s Offro in Vargtly Building. will reclaim to cultivation at both Bay bridge was made, and whether B ibss , O regon . i ends, making the dry soil moist the warrants drawn in payment for ■nd taking excessive moisture from tbe construction of this bridge Telephone No ITI. marsh and overflowed land. should be considered in the coun l x Hibb*rd This process, however, will aroua* ty's limit of indebtedness as fixed >ard & Brownton, the hostility of those who profit by law. The court held that the DEN’TISTS. from the present condition of the act under which tbe levy was made OrOe* Si« door VMt of Tbe I Ituen* Bant country, and it is not improbable was constitutional and that tbe Bn roa. Oregon. ■ that tbe courts will be asked to de limit of indebtedness did not apply cide where the equities an«i rights to the warrants drawn on tbia spe C. E. Staadlee. M. I_>., The Judge however, | lie. Stockmen own tbe marshland, cial fund. PH Y3 ÍC1 AN AX D S U RG EOX. which produces heavy hay and is modified bia former decree in the (All call« Mvvrered promptly ) excellent pasture when the outlving case at issue by ruling that the 3 DBEIVSEY, OREGON range is parched and barren. They per cent penalty which the county do not want tbe country to become baa been collecting on delinquent thickly settled and tilled for gener taxes and tbe fl 50 heretofore al crops, fx that would restrict the charged for levying were illegal joiin M c M ullen open range, and, in the circumstan- and could not be collected. cee found there, it would materially Call and see our draw cut Cham change the character of tbe entire Bar-« — — Oiegt* region. Tbe valley would be ren pion Mower. The only machine dered more productive and would that can be lined up with the cut Cloudy days preferred for give homes and employment to a ter bar. I bare two kind, of • king sutings Photos Bo large number of people, wbereae it rakes. the Hollen,worth and Mitch bbed in carbo« aad platinum is largely unsettled now. and must ell all steal rake, with wood or iron •fart* remain so ¡«definitely if present wheela. A full and complete »lock I Inatantaoeoea proceed u»»d of extras from a »ection to a msin conditions are not to be changed frame Give me a call before Inly •itensivslv Firat-ciaa* work It i* estimated that tbe water to be ing elsewhere •o 1 satisfaction guaranteed. J J T ifkeb . Agent oMainad from the Sihrie'e .s suf The Times-Jierald. Photographer. OPENING HARNEY 1A 13, rqoi. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, OBJECTIONS TO LEASING S' CONTENTION THAT IT WILL NOT HELP EASTERN OREFON. Will Stand In the Wav of the Agrfcultural £ Development of a Ureal llountry. Says a Correspondent. | J. B. Huntington in Sunday Oregonian.] Not long ago there appeared in The Oregonian the report of n:i in terview with F. C Lusk, of Califor nia, President of the American j Cattle-Growers’ Association, on the | subject of “The Leasing of the Pub lic Range in the Arid-Land States.” On the same day The Oregonian editorially invited expression of views by sheepmen and small cattle owners on Mr. Lusk’s proposals. The writer hereof is neither a sheep man nor a cattle-owner, but has been for many years acquainted with the conditions of our extensive stock ranges, and for a period of 15 years was largely interested in the ♦ cattle industry, which fact may ac count for my having received a number of requests to reply to Mr. Lusk. In attempting to present some of the reasons why Mr. Lusk and his association ought not to succeed, permit me to call careful attention of all citizens interested in this im portant and serious question to the fact that Mr. Lusk ignores every interest except that of the sheepmen and cattle men now striving for possession of our public domain; th6 present possessors of the stock ranges: that portion of our citizens now engaged, as Mr, Lusk admits, in converting our said ranges into “open battle-fields”; and to suggest that Mr. Lusk, while professing to speak in the interest of both the ■: contending forces in this irreconci- able war, which he tells us is one i of bloodshed, and which he inti mates is not only to continue but , also to become more intense and :: sanquinary, until the general gov :: :: ernment interposes to settle the | H war by giving such decision in its H g arbitration as will fulfill the de g mands and meet the approval of I the contestants, seems to have foi ! it his object a defense of tbe righteous-, ness of the cause of the cattlemen in this “irrepressible conflict.” It the only question involved was one the solution of which would placate the present owners of sheep and cattle on our public ranges, the subject would be less important and one of little interest to any one ex cept the belligerents. But there are other interests in the arid-land states. All the con ventions held in recent years hav ing fot their object the reclamation of our arid lands from their condi-' tion of aridity to one of fertility have memoralized congress to enact laws to create, encourage and pro mote scientific irrigation systems All the laws enacted and proposed pursuant to these memorials have found advocate» because it has al wavs been urged that the areas to fie thus reclaimed will invite set tlement, and that these desert wastes, under the operation of wi-e s irrigation laws, will become the £ source of great additional wealth, their rich products a prominent :: factor in our commercial progress :: All effort in this behalf has been H greatly accelerated by bright vis ion» of happy homes, of proaperou», contented people, attracted thither to transform tbe vast regions, bar ren of all vegetable hfe except sage-brush, into a succession of countless smiling farms I-ease these vast stretches of ter ritory to the stockmen, and the immigration which these visions contemplate will never appear, and irrigation and reclamation will t>e confined to the needs of the stock grower. Nor can this deduction lie claim ed to t>e unfair to the stockmen. No one acquainted with the re<|uire- ments of tbe cattle busine*« will pretend to disclaim the fact that settlement is undesirable to them May not this be one of the chief reasons inducing the cattle-mtn to unite«! effort to »«• ure for them selves such contr I of th* rsr.ges as «ill preclude the po*s.tnlity of [Concluded <x. second pag*.) i THE OREGON FORWARDING COMPANY, O ratacrio, Oregon, Has something of interest to say to all Harney county people. largest and most complete stock of I We have on hand the General GÆerolaa-nciise carried by any store in Eastern Oregon. Out- store and warehouses are full to overflowing I direct from the markets, East and West. We are ready to serve you with war ranted goods at guaranteed puces, against any and all competition. A COMPLETE LINE OF F^ESH GROCERIES, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoes; Gents and Ladies Furnishings, correct styles, new and up to date; the Nobbiest Lino of Mens Hats ever shown in Eastern Oregon, direct from New York. STUDABAKER WAGONS AND BUGGIES I I i : i I : OLIVER CHILLED AND STEEL PLOWS DISC AND SPRING TOOTH HARROWS CULTIVATORS, FARMING TOOLS OF ALL KINDS i I I ; : * • : : In endless profusion and CAR LOADS OF BARB WIRE 6 STOCK SALT ¡□A tttcvsts on InmincL- ! i I We carry a larger and more complete line of hardware than any general merchandise store in the State, In fact our hardware department is a complete store within itself, All kinds of shelf and heavy hardware in stock. Cutlery, Risk Ware guaranteed rust proof, Stransky W are guaranteed for five years, Delft Ware, Granite, 1 in Ware in I endless varieties. Bridge Beach stovesand ranges in size and price to fit your house and your pocket book—large or small. In fact we have everything you need, from a cambric needle to a freight wag on. Write us for prices on large bills—we guar antee them to be right. 1 ry us with a mail order —we will fill it promptly and cheerfully. WOOL STORED FREE OF CHARGE Yours for Business, E. A. RIEGER, Manager. I