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BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY. OREGON, JANUARY. 11 1902. LANDS gram from Echo sacs: Since ti e OBJECT TO general mas acre of Jack mbits on Butter creek, l ist Sunday, a strong sentiment agaii -.1 ‘he state coyote lllll'IioS l:ATl O'- LD LIGHTEN THE SETTLER* bounty law has sprung up I- th in HEAVY LOAD. this district, v.li r the drive took •p VIOlVUi .place, and all over tho countv. • IHUEU i OHY Whether stockmen, whose alfalfa to Ferae ta Compel th: Speculators . II. MUehelt. .1 and iai.ge .iie eaten off will take Joseph siuion 1 Nhcrc ia The Burden cf Ta-.siioj »Thus. Tongue. action or not this winter is still lit - -■Very Strong Arjucwot. iM a . Moodv u!l 2 reSR 13 I D. R. N. iiim-kbtiru determined, but the lipper Butter , t «riijy General ....... -T. T. Heer ' uiirjjr ... .......... FI Duubar i .ry al S'.sie (.’ s Mtto re > E d . Aiii.r--—We want, to cheer Creek ranchers, w ho feel somewhat roa.urc • Ackerman ■ up,, ruülie lnHruct.au- .. . .J H W H Loed»! you ah ug your proposition to tax strongly over the question, are apt ima Vriuu. K. 8. Beau- ' the hi>-h priced vaent lands in to give some i xpression of their U.ilV-itOU .! « «’ . Wolvelt, a pre mu Judges ? F. A. this section of the countr;. . Your views. Tie' bounty law of $2 on coyote Ntsuru Jl'litCIAl- D1S1KI’ T. paper has tile correct ring on this —wU subject. Not that any has n thick scalps is m cosed of being responsi - uiut-de . ■ uu.oi ’ ■ .................... J w ■ kin t.iwnrd tiic owners of tlii? land ble for the multiplication of rabbits. but the Welfare ofUie entire region Coyotes keep the rabbits down to a COUNTY—HAHN FY ! James A Sparr »w is nt stake. Of coirlsc the speetila- certain extent, and as soon as nn :uonty Judge ......... li . KK’UdlilBOU *lerk . ... KA Miller ters w iil Cmitend that tin ” have incentive is oilered to kill the form Trsasurer . . . JR JohllSOU .5 • ■ .. Geo bhclley aerili................ j \v Buchanan lint set a high price on their vacant er, the latter become such a scourge Assessor . j c BartleU as t i necessitate killing also. co t j 1 Superi p . tondelli .......... E J N able land. \s a country we do not need nock Inspector A. Venator Stockmen living several miles Í NuiiUwbWUtf«....... K J Williams to let th - speculators set the prices. from the month of Butter creek, OFFICE ; We have ui> n to do that. W ith HAHN EV U. 8. LAND ...Geo. W Hayes the vast territory held idle that where much alfalfa is grown, have <«glster ................. Receiver ........... ..... Clias- Newell now reaches in every direction, tin , been discontented with the bounty de in cKJCiEi IK-S. country falls by the way side .. , ¡aw ever since it went into effect. RE BEK All Depre«’ No. «3 I , These met) are angry whenever art.VA tat what is naturally expected i f. am A e<l"V8‘’•*»>' • Meei.cry aiui ;«i lillie JO »¡an N- <»• they see a coyote killed. Rabbit the husbandin', i hot only | av- the i’ltG.k.’ . ......... l'-‘ ‘ ■" . expenses of running the c antri, drives will have to ba a constant A. O- U. W. Burns Lodge, No **< thing now to keep the black tails M.et.every Friday ulabt. D|nar(1 M w ■ but he is hniidicapptd by coming h li Hoyt. Kec. . face to face witli an obstacle over down. Over 3000 coyote scalps have „ Ï r MKY UWG«. no . I. O O F. i which neither himself or the coun- been presented for bounty in this try has uny control,and that is the a.Y-z.uiMn-.w«« "“j1-; ;3ü p Ul, w Y King, s«cv. laying waste of hum that should county since the law went into ef-' at lei.st be bearing its part of its feet, April 1, 1901. pkoeessional cards . expenses. Crim-s committed on this until xc(l land-, must be look GAIN IN COMMON SCHOOL FIN.; LOANS. ed aft< 1 by 1 he taxpayers. W itness \V. J. COLEMAN, mileage must he paid as lie crosses Net Increase of $2’8.003 Last Year--Money Stenographer and Notary 1 u'ulic Dae on Luna Sales. | the untuxed land, Sheri If and other B urns , - O regon . ollieials mileage, must bo paid bv Ofiice i'i Ci iz».us Lank Building. S.i'etn, Jan, 4—From n state the farmer for expense of < ros.-ing ment issued today from the state the untaxed hinds. Ilo-ids insist GEO. S. SIZEMORE, treasurer's cilice, it appears that ATTORNEY, ; lie kejit up through such land. . O regon . ' Coyotte scalps grown oil this land the loans from the common school >1 KN 5. .awe-ain*, business, and ileal must be paid fir bv the tiller of the fund have made a net gain of »21 \- uu- uiA.ur proni) 'll -anued l<». 000 in the last 12 months. That soil and the toiler at other things means that the interest drawing DALTON blGG.S j. w nt< Neighbors are further removed fund h::< been increas' d bv th" 1 from neighbor. School districts Biggs Biggs amount stated, and that the reve ; are scattered utim cessariiy on < c- ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, nue to the common schools from S K.VS, — — — — O'“*031- , count of the vacuni uninhabited this source has been increase I np Practice in all tne courts of Ore. and untax p <1 latid s. Theneces.-i ry i proximately $13,000 per year. Th" taxes ar" « !ouble what th« v won Id ' Jolieelione promptly made.___ total amount of outstanding notes ' be on the s.i¡rie a:rea if there we re ; I . W. J’AUUl.Jl in now $2,.108.'171 10. List year J. A. REMB< no large tra* is confined then- in I it wa« *,-:2.O9O.ti23 32. ! from wl.lc h the people d- rive iIH» ¡ Ry the state treasurer’s semi-an Altorneys-a t-Law, income. Li fut the argument i.**, nual statement, made public on the Itnius ■ ind •’ li1.'-"" i’i».' ■ Oi’-;'"'». overwhelmingly in favor of taxing i Wli1 in., ' .<■»■ l>i llie ’ <’U:'s "I 1- * * ” <J first of the year, it v. a« shown that i.uMciw.1' ► »" * ■“ l”v kill, (-un-i.-un Ul UK. the speculative lands immediately knlu. *u 1 ft.«o iu i . ..'< a "in '• there is on hand in the common On-’ uf tile most important features scho.l fin I $5(11,123.-74. Thisain Chas. Id. L«eonar<i, of the question collies mid. r lhe r omit of eash, A TTo « N I. »’ - A T-I.A W , •¡oo.i R.,ad aulij'-et. From lure to amount due oi direful »tteiiliuli given to Collec- Vale and stretching f ir out in two total of the e U in® and Real Het it»' mattem. or three directions from there, we fo.it up $2,86£ Notary Public have • vast terrili ry reached by our amount that li O regon B urns , wagon road, if indeed we can call state treasury, Jtlice in i iu.es■ Herald huildii g the present trail, a wag m road. there is n large sum due on school Why not ‘ax the speculative laud M. rirzOKKÀLD awl devote it largely to making land, which has been purchased, H0ANTO9 W illiams N. . ury I ul . .■ Atturuey ut i-u •. Kcal Ejs.4t.ic Agcat good roads? Why not let contracts but not entirely pave I for, and this sum, it is believed, will swell the Wit.LIAMS A FiTZGEHALD and gravid the road throughout the irreducible sebo-d fund beyond $4,- lice id obi Masonic CuJldli’.g. county ? Why not grade the roads 000,009 The interest on ti e por BtUNS. - OltECON and gravel them ami annihilate tion nf this fund outstanding is di-t.ince one-half. The firmer who distributed annually among t he S. W. MILLER, must n move hi.- product to m irket enuntie» on the basis of school finds that half his expenses are BLIC. population. idled tip in the transportation of ( >r« y- m. Loans are made only on irnpr OV- his product to market. Why not jun» *■ox««' relieve him of a go >d part ot this ed farm lauds, or on I:indu ah.•ne. «* . L. M kMOEM «iisregarding tLe value of per:-«.:. hie I by putting the road s >n i guai Coli MfiRSDEN & GEARY. i id proven)» .-nf s. Thus a ci. y lot Phyaicians and Surgeons. ’ dition It ia not four li »»ira drive would be acceptable as security for to Vale from Ontario > when thè BURNS, OREGON. only such an amount as the lol of r< ’-ó n-’r. A 1 -C roads are are at their wurot. A alone would secure, in case few thousand dollars t xpended building aboub.1 burn. Exp$*ri< DC judie ously would put this road in DR H. VOLP, has shown that it is necessary I fir»* cHkss condition. With the Physician and Surgeon, -n h a rule* to oe followed, for work first done on the very bad State Land Board cannot give the places, and then followed up on de» tin^e to that insuru ■ -. Un»«» » t X. Il «r<l other pl.i’-es. as fund- will p- rinit. r in? are kept in force, or thi I Lltbburcl òù Biuwntou, with a g aid road grader at work Ted of the policies /ire n I )F.>. TISTH. leeoinpanied by teams hauling tity pre- SiLce farm land is th • I onte» a.-»l door e*«- nl The cltlieM Bank. gravel, ami ipiai.fi» 1 tm n putting ferred for loans from school Baras. Oregon. this into condition, it w mid te but farcitili# fund, it follow* that few years indeed until our county counties have the grei I would take on a difii-rent appear Having bought tho ReeU'J- riuii baa the school fund. Thin ance and a different character, rant business of Simon Lewis, greatest amount, 1217.106 an<. vod «» bools and frequentch hes I respectfully invite a c r.t.liu- oth her high coontiea ar« Douglas ..d firms and good citizens go ationof all old patrons, as W”ll L •*ne. Union. Morriw. Linn. W.iih g-ther to make a country, but as new II. E S mith . ir gton. Benton and Yanihii’. le of these, and in fact, but nr»ne The statement i mi -d 1 y th- stab icse, and in fact, not all of treasurer al*o shows that th»*re ar« e do more for quick deve|n{e outstanding Agricultural Cfdlvg* merit of a region than do g»x»d roads fund notes to the amount of * It •«’>,■ IOIINM MULLEN kh I dnvi ng stock. Ti and university fjnd note« ci near at hard antvucit of i, •‘J <*•« n ■ r d we i>l Duro*. CloudV dava l’f f r- 'ì for «* ndividt'il di-r - . n ur and I’*1 making aittirgs E Lotus ßo- •Geer dr Cummin«. mad* in the neit five r«»arf t.hed in rarhon and piituiucn r.-.a Furnit art • chair?, r rker*. NO. < • IME NEW BILE whereas after the same land had direct annual appropriations and ess ueiiis fir the la-t live years been irrigated for several years tl e the building of particular works in I bear to the averag of tl.« total as- same amount of water could be stead of passing a general irrigation .Ves-ments ofull the counties for the IRRIGAT10NL-TS HAVE OPPOSITION IN used over a larger area, as is al law. It is well recognized that cer -aiue period. The purpose of that ways the case, and thus the project tain great fundamental ideas must law was to reinov.■ th ■ incentive to THEIR OWN CAMP. would after all in time come with- govern in any national works of reduction . t valuations, and now | in the $10 limit. The committee this character: each county must contribute its First— that the water shall belong du.' proport.on, however low or high Priarip'e Atundcned Which B jught Lastern bill does not take into account, how« ver. this well-established fact to the land and be inalienable its assessments may he. Support Last Congress —Vi t„ leral Bill Likely to Pass. in irrigation science. therefrom, and that no one land l he amount apportioned to Har To say that the settler shall only owner shall have any more water ney county is $14,720. Last year J D W! " Iplev ■ r lie;- u d r pay $5 per acre for this irrigated than he benelicially Uï»es on his oiu\portion ui state luxes was $12,- cent date from Washing* » i to the anils is to practically legislate a land. 77. 19. The taxes w ill he heavier 1 bonus for the hem fit of those who Second—That no more land this year on account of a deficit Oregonian, says: M nil ers of Congress g ' erallv, make the first filings upon the land I shall be allowed to a homesteader which the etato beard could not and especially those from Eastern to be irrigated. It is a very low -than is necessary in his particular foresee. Among the principal items states, have been studying with estimate to say that the addition of ; locality to occupy his full energies ofthis character are the $.50,009 lively interest the i rep d N tion a w iter supply to arid lands brings and attention to the best develop I'm-si alp lou iti. , for th» boattl the value of that land up from no ment of the community in wh ch could n. i for -ee that the legisla al i tion bill raQenl!y f n.u au m re, and if this ’ he lives. ed bv a Commit», e of io.- -rn mem thing to ; ture would e:i.i t a ii'-w bounty law Third—That the gbvernnient when 'lie state ahiinlv had a debt I ii . ts . This bill I as not i routed a land with its water right is used to favorable impressic >; in fact it 1 as grow anything besides the most ex should not give bounties to home ot > 130,090 ,m aeeount of bounties tensive field crop tho land is worth seekers excepting by affording them under tlie old law. Tho $35,000 been a distinct disa qiointment. Th« in. re.> • of ntiment in fa- from $50 to $100 an acre in con opportunity to create 1.otnes. Anv appropriation for a Normal School i r of 1. ; ional in igation that haa nection with its water supply. This expenditure by the government up building at Weston, $ 19,000 fur bar been so n tict able in congress dur being the case, n strong weapon is on the public lands fur their re- racks at the Soldier’s Home, $24- ing th ' pa-a. "ear lias 'i.en la g. 'v put in the hands of opponents of clauiatic.n should bo returned to 900 lor orphans’ Heines, $39,000 built up on the printaples a l pl d ! national irrigation, who say it the government in a series of an f r .i wut( r supply nt ti e asylum in the lli'.usbi; ugh-Ne'.vlands bill would be a poor business proposi nual payment» by the beneficiary. ami penitentiary. $17,500 for U With these ideas generally pre t 1: ■ sewer at tlm -ami’institutions, of last Bessiiiii. Thin bill proposed tion ami unfair to otlmr formers in that ail rn uev expended by the the United Slates for the govern-! vail ng among the members of con $ I 2,0i »9 for Second Oregon Volun United Stall s in leelaination uf arid nient to make land worth from $20 gress who have taken no interest teers, $'-’5,090 for the Pan- American government lands should be return to $100 an acre and then dispose io tin subject it is believcit that the Exposition, and $19.900 fir an proposed 1 ouimittee hill ia hope- E i.-tern Oregon e-;,.etiment station ed to the treasury of tin United I of it for $5 an acre. There is no settler of the arid I le--ly deficient, fatally open to all come in the sun -class. Then States by those who secured the direct benefit. The new committee regions of the West who would not: criticism and its strenuous advoea- there si. uld I ti . ioi d the $2.'i- bill, as it will bo presented to con j be more than willing to pay his' ; will retard the work of reclaim 000 appropriated f.,r a heating and gress, proposes that the government full quota of the cost of u:i irriga ing the arid public domain so em liglitiug plant at tin State Univer [ tion sy-te.n which would put water, phatically favored by the present sity; nn illcie.i e of '•25.000 in th’» should produce a water supply for npp:.ipriatfoii for the nmintenniice the arid land at a cost ran exe. oil upon his Inin] mu! which would in j administration. i of the same institution, lhe addi- [ lime build up around him a lively ing $10 per acre for the land to be tienal $27i,noo for the Agricultural irrigated and the homesteader community with many wants to bo | THE AMOUNT Ob STATE TAX FIXED. College, and f'.’O OOO for improye- , meuts, increased appropriations for should pay the government but $5 supplied. encli of the Normal schools, for the The eoninrilttee bill also multi s ' per acre as bis «plot a of the cost of First A;.pt:t thicmcnt Under the New Or. State fair and for the Soldiers’ the matter of resolving the land for , the reservoir or main line canal. cgon Law. Home. The National Guard ap The most serious objection to the actual settlers only optional with. propriation was inerenseil $27,(1,57. mid new burdens wi re laid in the policy of national aid to irrigation . the Secretary of tho Interior. The A disparii from Salem snys: The shape of $ I(KMI for iniprovenient of pref- ntv’i by the humid regions was withdraw al of this lam] for this I Governor, Secretary of state and Soda Springs, $10,000 fur anew the uncertainty of th,- amount to purpose should be made mandatory State Treasurer have estimated the code, mid various sums in payment lie expended by the government mil the strictest legislation should amount of revenue to be raised for of individual claims ng.iinst the ami the probability of the expendi lie ii.corp.«rati d in the bill to pre stato. Winn one takes even n late purposes for tho year 1992 nt hasty glance through the list of ture of many million» without ade vent any pci Ide speculation mil '■895.909 for general purposes and items uf evpenses, it is not difiloulr. quate returns, 'i lie plans suggest valuable area, created for the bene $25,000 for the agricultural College to account for the increase in the ed in the original Hansbrough- fit of homesteaders only. The com or a total of $920,000. Thin is amount of revenue to lie raised. In mittee bill is also considered highly Newl;;ii<!s bill in the 5Gtii congress $2-,0.000 greater than last year’s only one particular is there a re met this objection by proposing hibjectiollllllle liv those wh > wish to duction noted—a ' 10,(!()0 cut in the revenue. Thia sum is apportioned iippr.qiriiition fur public printing. that the West should reclaim itself. 1 see all elements of speculation eli- among the seyeral counties accord While it is possible that this re That the product from the sales of minated. in’that while it makes ing to the ratio fixed by the act of duction may lx-offset bv a deficien public lands should constitute an | hem ficial Use of the limit of a wa the last legislature, Under that cy to Im met by the next Legisla* lid land reclamation fund to I e ter right, it makes those rights per act, each county will contribute to’ lure, it i< probable that the law cut petual and does not connect them used for irrigation works. That ting down the amount of printing the expenses of the state tn the 11)f ki|1(|s „.¡|| ri(|,|(,0 the ex en. b tract of land as reclaimed with the land. preportion which their average as-! per.diture on tl.is ueeount. The committee bill, so fir as it should repay to the treasury the cost of such reelainiition in 10 an hail been discussed informally by imal installments, but without in nieinliers of congress, who, while not representing arid states, are terest or profits. When this plan was proposed it willing to assist in bringing about J. W. limos, I’lasini.st am » rn riNu va Hint. was liaih-d throughout the country National aid to irrig.'tion, hasnoti II. <’ l.i vi vs, Vi. c Par siiii NT. as an easy mol logical ,wny out of been favorably receive! There is a well-defined belief in the difficulty, and comment was j generally fa .’orubl«. The id a that Washington that no general irriga the cost‘of this reclamation of gov tion bill will becoini) a law at this|.'’ ( I X( 'OKI ’< >!i.\'l I ll ernment laud shall, so far ns possi sesaion of congress or probably nt ble, he rep iid by the settlers who any other si -sion. Tho President get the land has beemne so fixed in and Secr< tary of the Interior failed ' the minds of the ex'-cutive oliiceri- to re .'cornmetid it. They did re- i A Ocnoi-nl Ibinkintg llit-ine ■ Tuun.-tu-tcd. of the government mid of a major! commend, however, appropriation i, Din t tors: W. V King, I. S. (Jeer Geo Fry, ty i.f the ni'-mberH of congress, that fur spe-it. ■ irii .-11:011 w irks This r W. E Triscli, .1 < Welrwtiie. it was adopted by Pre»idem Roose meet.« the in is of a majority of ? l (• >»igre-■ and has ' velt in iiis recent message and by t, . iih ' ii . i i I <>v( r th ■ propos- i J. the -ecretary of the interior in bis The Citizens Bank BURNS, OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK $25,000.00 most recent report. • t • Lx , while the pro- Both tin- president m.d the secre • ittou h suggests a fund tary of the interior have recom ’oil <,nt >1 the pr ,i cods of mended that th’- hind itself should of pu e lands, this is In ar the cost of reclamation. The material, UH the proceeds present i on.mitt« bid. which will ul»-« now go into the gen- shortly ernne up for consideration abiindoti.s this id- a upon which the ury, and to set them aside principal support ha- 1 .<■»-!• ««cured the «»mo thing as mak- in lhe East for tl«* national irriga i ng an ppropriatiop frr >m the gen- tion n.ov« u.ent, provides that th” eral tn Htirv with the serious ob- go'.-, rnment shall c t r. claim laud- as t<> tho indel !initene»s of whs-re mr-h reclaniation will cost amount to b** used next year mure than $10 per tier»- ,-u.d estab One of tbo <»bje*:iioris < made to lishes a fix'«l p' to tho »«-tiler of « proj *v*d irrigation biJi la that $■» per acre of ml .and reclaim’*«! by tak< - verything in thia conn* >n out of U ih band* nf congru me and I--av* - ev»'rythii r «•creta ry of th« interi« Thi* • fl« rp bun • Àrizan-i. I.'t mil the Ja is of other piece« W hl III w< talcpf* iwv» i in< rcI ir Mn wRt^r »upp r< j^ctw There nurt b- The Se< v< ry poa- farther -the i UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT -xximcciLcLtion This hotel is centrally I catr d and tinr’rr th” iihim .' i iih i t of an ex|x>ri< newi landlord, The building I i« I "”n th -. :zli!v renovated and i-i well (ttrnitilied Tb<’ dining room is in charge of |mlite, aecom- modating waiter». Tlie tables are furnished with the best. f w * FIRST NATIONAL BANK f! :« m«>- ■-s th« « e i F OF ONTARIO OREGON \ ccoiui I r <»f ’< *oi | h > i ntiiin.-. I'irm- and In i i \ i«bin!r* >•« >h<•! t« « I. XIOUt t «•*. 4 i $ D. Dalv. William Jour ». Frank R. l«n, M ' Alexander, N. I'. Carpet.- J Thus I urn bull. Alta • A’ufâuî. Eveuinr T i a*«. -»»»*. I E II. IESI. I ash irr -»«a. ^•v ♦ «utc. J«C. -*•«. u«< -»<«. -•>