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.
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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
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Mcratuy ol But*
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8 Moore
Drake C. O’Reilly has just re-1 | now owned by Charles Altschul, of
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*I*r****ir*r
_ Ackerman
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Mupt. Public Instruction
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ork»-:
atnto Printer
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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Notary Public.
| king, as president; L. R. Webster,
left à*
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Tax Penalty Is Illegal.
of Portland, vice president; and D.
B abnev .
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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-«
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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
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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*.)
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THE
OREGON FORWARDING
COMPANY,
O ratacrio,
Oregon,
Has something of interest to say to all Harney county people.
largest and most complete stock of
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We have on hand the
General GÆerolaa-nciise
carried by any store in Eastern Oregon.
Out- store and warehouses are full to overflowing
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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
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OLIVER CHILLED AND STEEL PLOWS
DISC AND SPRING TOOTH HARROWS
CULTIVATORS, FARMING TOOLS OF ALL KINDS
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In endless profusion and
CAR LOADS OF BARB WIRE 6 STOCK SALT
¡□A tttcvsts on InmincL-
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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.
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