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's (i V >L BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY.OREGON, AUGUST 2, 1902. XV. he Tirrxs- Jerald THE LAND IS WITHDRAWN 18,128,270 pounds of woo), worth ARE AFTER THE NO. 36. RABBITS herself supplied 2,500 000 head, so •-••A«-*-*-***.............................................................. 9999 999999 99999999 ............................ .... --------- it is impossible fir America 10 be in a position t-> control prices.” $3.163,393 or within a trifle of their own valuation. SÜB8CRIPTIOS '(ATES “The cattle keep fût on the MALPEL'R COUNTY FtRMERS URGED THOUSAND SQUARE MILES EM >aa Tear h... »- Working Among the Farmers. ranges all the year round, two- 4ix Mouth» TO DO SOMETHING. BRACED IN RESERVE. fhr»« Months vear-old steers ordinarily pulling Several farmers in the vicinity Ì.J OFFICIAL DIKKCTOHY down the scales at from 1200 to •T9TE—OKI«."» of Huntington are complaining that w«,' (J. i Sumatera li’< h«J 1 H Lend Office Will Carefully Examine The 1400 pounds. Heppner Or . takes The Vale Gazette Says Crops line Been they have been tliin-tlamnied lately use ph 7 1ÎUU I > Badly Damaged by Black-Tails premium« with a 22tX) pound Tracts Before the President hsuec* I», iThi >e !. Tuncne. by a smooths individual. This • -Are Rapid!) Increasing. itj,. A k. Mouds a Prociaruatioa. th rougebred Shorthorn cow—half Caugr«samau D." U N, ’ Bia. ¿bur jru LiUiraey Gau.r»! man claims to be representing a T. T _. _ . cor the wight of a fair siz-d elephant. ’«i G.-.roor Fl Liunbttr bee alar, al stata co operative association, and upon s Muore Zong ! i.ian N< « “ The people of this country may Oregon has 384,499 cattle, assessed Burean W ish triuara: be K«a. J il Ackeriuan it ru..lie;iu»ir«< u 11 l.aetie ■ , . » . July 25 -«- Ac'ii g Secretary s worth $4 754.522 be tired of reading of the numerous persons becoming members of it ington, Sota Crin ar ; S. Beau, < jack rabbits now doing so much they will be privileged to purchase I c. W ivi Verton Ryan today ordered the temporary ■i.naa Ja-lfaa > F. A. Moore damage in this country, but being their supplies at wholesale prices. withdrawal from settlement or en •ip i Examining For Artesian Water. JAL DI' th :« T. NINETH JUL tired does not accomplish anything, The agent explains that it is nec lands in the tract 1». CL! Fl oui* try i f al! public OUtr clisa.“ Wm »1 ititi mi.net Attorney hr» Prof. I. C. Russell, U S Geolog therefore the G zHte will keep on essary for new members to sign the of ab.>t)I 6<W square milt s m the ¿•ltti-ttepieMutative he-J J W M«*rruw J»iat-Seu9-ur ical Surveyor nnderthe new irriga discussing Mi Babbit, hoping that rules and regulations governing the u.: Strawberry and Blue M untain re / C9UKT1 ii tion law, spent three or four day’s the people will finally awake to the co-operative organization, and to gions of Eastern Oregon, heretofore 14: jtiuieh A sparrow Hl. Cuouty Jadg© Ll. uicuHi<l»ou describ’d. with a view to its ulti in this section last week to deter fact that something must be done put a few dollars admission f«e. titàni Uierk ........................ K « Miner 4: et»! 1 rasa* a rec J K Johnson mine the feasibility of the artesian to protect themselves against the The farmer signs a document and mate creation into a forest reserve • ur»<!«or bfu shv.iey Sagriti. l r> But Laiiun The e,7o withdrawal will remain in wa'er system. He was well pleased ever increasing black-tails. Early a few weeks afterward he gets u Aneblar.......... tilo« J <J Bartlett ken uà; Superi ntendeut E J -Nuble force until the Presidents procla with his examinations, and stated last spring we advocated that nu notice from a bank or collection ... «(.oct IuBpeetor A. Venator lif P C«iMuaiM»Lou«n • ! R J Williams mation is issued. that be was of the opinion that merous drives be made in different I agency that they have a note I ■x*a*Y c. ». LA SU OFFICE ’ While withdrawn, these lands plenty of artesian water mtlld be parts of the county, and estimated against him for a certain amount, ..Geo, w Ha CB e.íúá <egi»t«r.......... .............. . ..i ha» Newell mii.’., will be finally examined by officials obtained h»re with hut little diffi that $50. wisely expended, would and for him to call and settle. I lie Receiver ...... V' .kJ, of the land office to dt termine ex culty. “Willow creek.” said he. purchase materials lor corrals and farmer then wakes up to the fact OCX ÍET1ES lid/.* For some reason the peo that while he thought he was sign actly what tracts shall be includid “fa especially .favorable for the in wings «YLVA BEBERAH Degree Nc top t ‘ in the reserve, and what shall be auguration of this enterprise ” He ple did not take kindly to the drive ing the rules and regulations, he Hwla.rarr Ui.ua .a N. ms 7 c. <-. .-milh. Hee '«• >• restored to the public domain. Al also stated that, artesian watpr idea, and the rabbits were allowed bad hi reality signed a negotiable ready most of the valley’ lands that could be obtained almost anywhere to increase, a ud destroy cropsand note. Several have been caught A. O. U. W. tturu» Ludse, >v by this old scheme, and it wuuld tie are susceptible of agricultural de throughout the Malheur yallov by gardens. Haauaaerj rrtüa, uigbr. M w welLfor our readers to be on the Every farmer in the valley has F, ti tío y I. Her. velopment or valuable for pasturing sinking wells well away from the have lieen excluded from the with foothills Mr Russell, accompani been more or less injured by reason lookout. — Huntington Herald. — Il VKNKV 1Ä>GE. NO. 77, *.r>- educ ar . M,.;..1 T.iQpm, hort*! ’ a töt; i ir 0 1.0 F. odd rallo». u‘‘l’u,'uearlLu‘«"o*’ y King, áco PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. J. COLEMAN, Stenographer and Notary Public B ubns , - O begon . O®caincluseli. Bank Building. t>D Iff i ir »!’; e 01. « •8f«.5 e vi. »peil- GEO. «■ ISIZEMUKE, attousey , . O bego . n . .................................. liUBNS, CUwaawa.j.hand bu-mesa. .ml Kew taiaie ,»ausr prviul >1» luumucil u>. PALTO.S BIGGS wi. it I.M Biggs &. Biggs XI <r-. Ieoh:« s- ear hi ti c. Al 1 URN E ï S - A 1 - LA \\ , B K-NS, - — __ __ — OKEGON. Practice in uil toe courts ut Ute. Colieclious promptly made. jUir? ear,!* ». W ?. n W J rets. irscj,*■ ): m» riihm ■PT- liar ■ in '.t: f' id u :« . 71 !<•«- ¿?A-BSMB<4> C.W.Iaaau.u PAKKbH à REÌ4B0LD, AUurne) a-al-taW, liuruA (rtnd C i nV t*i i G; • J .. « 1,1 ■ L*a<. *ud MXU 4U D.a. »«««U M1HLA.. tJLiws. 11. Licoioii'cl, ATTOBM.r AT—LAW, Careful »«Billion given to Colkc- tious and Keal Estate matters. Nule . rubile Q klgo . n . B ubas , Office I» Times lieraid building • M. ; nZUKBALb THORN To» Vk 11X1 iH» hotury i uGut >.b » ’ Allome) at LB" WILLIAM - a lil¿uERALü orne u> <A<* “ LUl.utus tiUllM. •¡■F- noce- ♦je; er- ■ left ir, bref t a® ktt (IF m hip » hi.»®* H.. ie V«> p ir. in* *.!*• ; rte • - ÜKEOOS r * * or-» t.K* ft: • ** w* o® (fifí I»«* 1.5* g»‘ ••Self-Raising Live Stock/* of rabbits eating crops, and some are injured to the extent of hun dreds of dollars. CoUntv Commis sioner Blanton, who resides four miles this side of Ontario, informs us that the rabbits have taken all hie 74 acres of wheat, besides doing much damage to the alfalfa. Mr Taggart of Vale, who has quite a field of wheat,near town, estimates that the rabbits have taken 15 acres of his grain. The rabbits are no reepectors of persons, and are treating other farmers the same way. If the loss th its year would be the • tte. last to be expected, it could be borne without complaint, but if siuietbiiig isn't done there will be A Little of Everything. ten times as many rabbits next Wolf bounty claims have been year as there is this year, and an filed in the auditor's affice in Lin other such increase for the next coln, Neb ,to the amount of $20.000 year, and the next anil so on. What are you going to do about and more claims are comil g in j it?—Vale Gazette. every day. ed bv Robert Dawson. Scott Turner and Joe Patter=on. left here Sun day morning for Malheur and Har ney lakes, where the water supply tributary to the Malheur valley will be looked after. It is the in tention of the government to use artesian wells in connection with the storage reservoir system. Of course the work being done now is merely preliminary, and it will be some time before we can look for results. Thia is a gigantic problem and far reaching, and when once well in hand the arid states will blossom ’.ike the rose.— Vale Gaz- — 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 9 t 9 O M. M. CO I 1 • • • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 0 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 •9 • 9 •• •• •• •• •9 •9 •9 •9 •9 •9 •9 • 9 •9 «9 • 9 • 9 •9 •9 •9 •9 •9 •9 •9 •9 9 9 « 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 • ft 9 9 9 9 9 9 • 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 « 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Will Talk on Irrigation. The irrigation matter is soon to have an able exponent in this part | of the Northwest, says the Portland 1 Journal. The Board of Trade has I jii’t received a letter from George H. Maxwell, chairman of the Na tional Irrigation Association, of Cbiciigo, indicating his willingness to visit Portland and address the tiusii.es» m- it and others interested | tn this inportant matter. Mr Max well is now in other parts of the Northwest on a similar mission, I and asks to be advised at once j whether or not the matter is favor ably looked upon here. He desires 1 to visit the Sound cities and Port land during the mouths of Septem- > tier and October. The Board of Trade will take the matter lip all its next meeting, and an invitation I will be extended to Mr. Maxwell to come forward with this matter. The Boston aidermen have de creed so far as they have autboritv, BRITONS BLAME THE AMERICANS. Oregon Briefs. ________ that henceforth no portion, above The latest of the numerous sins I Clyde and Roy Ramsby, of Sil ground of the old state house shall charged to Americans bv London- ' be given up to business verton. and Barrett F. Purdy, of era is responsibility for the high Kingston, have been arrested on a It ia probable that the tempera price« of food. The increases in charge of stealing $3800 in gold ture of the moon's surface at t s the cost of meats and other nee. s- I from Mrs E D Ewing, of Hubbard. middav is 750 degrees Fahrenheit. sarieg of gubsistance reached figures The drop at night is probably 1000 Jefferson Gibson, who shot John this week never paralleled in Lon degrees to 250 below Schonbaeheler on April 13, last, don. The representatives of the The Pa«teur Institute for the Chicago meat packets deny that was recently sentenced by Judge treatment of persons bitten by rabid ' the abnormal prices of meats are Hanna, of Grants Pass, to he bang animals iti Calcutta, is rapidly chargeable to the American ship 'd on September 19. An appeal gaining in popularity among the pers. Both they and the retailers will be taken natives. In the eight months end are complaining that there is no The report that three armed men. ed May 31st last, 352 persons were money in the busines*. All con supposed to be Tracy and his com treated, and the mortality was only cerned say they would be glad panions. had passed through Wood 8 per cent. enough to su.|>eiid business until burn, has proven a false alarm. Th. O R d. M. MiLLii.il, «tied a nrw UOTAIIY PUBLIC, WriM R ashington <-<tited t y the late Colonel I’at The largest automobile in the more normal conditions are res tor burn«, - - - Oregon Ld. Donal. It contains several neat world ia being constructed for a Pa- 1 •.1.UBSKM. was. The representative of one of the illustrauona, among them too wheal aiaian doctor, in it, accompanied MARSD c N à GEARY. shipping acenes near Pendlt-ton.on-- by two medical students, he intends big Chicago concerns, when ques Piiyasuaou mid Óui^eulis. It tioned by a reprerentative of the "Betwe n the Walla of 100.000 to make a tour of the world BCti-'.s, OKEGON. aacka of W heat” and the other will have two sleeping apartments, Associated Press and «“k’-d as to OJice at rcidoa-' £J9~ 1‘l.anr So tu •'141 (JOO -acks of Wheat Waiting a large workroom and four big why prices of meat were two pence higher this week than they were at i tanks for storing oil. Shipment.” this time a year ng -, «aid: DR H, VOLP, Following are extracta taken | A New York firm recently sent a “It is due to various causes, but from an article entitled Self-Rais- lo lo build a furniture Physician and Surgeon, not in the least degree to combina iog Livestock: ” factory to employ about 400 hands OFFICE >T RESIDENCE *’W ith a climate i “ of [-erpetual agenl became disgusted with i tions or other scheme» of Ameri R. I. Brwwnton L E. Hibbard mildnes«. no cyclones, no blizzards, Filipino workmen and has gone to cans. Australia'» freezing plant, Hibbard ôc Brownton, over 50 varieties of indigenous i Hong Kong to establish a factory, have been »but down on account of DE' Tl^TS. grasses, and streams and fountains i where a more satisf-ctorv class of the drouth; her cattle have suffered 0fflc9 IrM 4o»- r of Th« Ui íku « Bank. of pure mountain water everywhere i labor can be had among the Chinese and AuBtrali.n.hlpments have fall Burli». Ort go il. en off three-quarter. The embargo distilled from glaciers and eternal ; An Eskimo arrow of Walrus ivory placed by the government ou Ar snows, the Colombia River Empire | found imbedded tn the breast of a gentine cattle ou account of diseas ••••••••••9999999999999999 is a stockraieer.’ paradise No healthy Canadian gray goose shot es has increased the scarcity <-f housing, no sheltering, no feeding, JOHN McMULLEN near Spokane, is on view in a store meat. The primary cause of the care or alien I ion of any kind. No 1 in that city. No arrow of that sort | high prices of American meat was thing to do out round up the self was ever seen in Spokane before. the shortness of the 19V1 corn «ii|e raised cattle and horses to brand The bird bad evidently carried it ply. which prevented sufficient Baras. , — — Oisgon the calves and colts, and pen the thousands upon thousands of miles feeding to furnish fattening cattle, «beep to shear them. They them- Clotìdy days preferred for from the far north, where it was when the American farmer was sel selve« do the rest, and revel in the making Mttir-g« Photo, fin shot by some Eskimo. ling corn at high price« instead of very fatness of plenty. ished in Car'-on and platinum Probably the most expensive feeding it to cattle, thereby decreas “Dutchers in the Catalina,Walla effects. Walla and Lewistou regions com-' book known is that which the Am ing the supply of corn fed animals. Instant«:.eo-“ prore*« u*ed "A* for Americana cor.troling plain that the sheep, raised on the eer of Afghanistan baa presented to sxtenaivel. First-classwork «¡id bench-grass, grow too large the Shah of Persia. It is a manu price« at Huiithfield Market,not>odr and «alisf cti u g-isrsi.teed for their use«. A 275-pound sheep script copy of the Koran, tbs bind control« them. Ws have to sell in was one of the prize winner« in the ing of which is worth 1150,000 daily competition, not knowing the Oregon st.te fair in October. 1900 This binding is of solid gold, the qualitie« oor competitors are offer Baila from A mutton-chop from a 250-pound carvings, which are the work of an ing. and we are obliged to take Purham Bull at.! sheep looks like a rib steak from a Afghan goldsmith, are encrusted largely what the buyers give Eight • ® a. «c twr, thrre- small Tex»» s'eer. Oregon has J,. with p’ecmus stones—IC7 pearls, hundred and fifty thousand head of 638,720 sheep, aaaease« at «2.638.- ¡32 rubies and 109 diamonds of the American cattle were »hipped to Dur». England in 1901. while England 720 »beep, that last year yielded purest wster. i Ptetographer. • * ** "•r * r «• drawal, including most land on which settlers are located. Those lands lying eouth of the Strawberry range which were recommended for withdrawal by Commissioner Herman and Superintendent Orms by are also to be examined by the Geological Survey, before they are included in a reserve. By the reports upon which this vast withdrawal was made, it is certain that this land is heavily covered with timber, principally pine and fir, much of which is commercially valuable. There are some smaller valleys affording good pasture land, which may or mav not be opened for grazing after the reserve is created. Grazing.it is said is the only industry, if any, that will be interfered with by re serving these lands Contemplating the proposed es tablishment of this reserve, a num ber of settlers in Eastern Oregon have tiled vigorous piotests with the department, while others have strongly indorsed the proposed step The sheepmen generally are fearful that they will be handicapp ed if a reserve is created, while the farmers, and those looking forward to irrigation development, are heartily tn favor of a more ad quote water storage and conservation Before lie final lines of the reserve ire drawn all protests will be care fully xaui n d • • • • 9 9 9 J Ontario, Oregon. We have the most complete stock in town all lines of Ill GROCERIES, HARDWARE, DRY GOODS AND BOOTS AND SHOES. Our Specialty- The very best of goods and prices as low as our compet- itors» t No one has the qualities we have in all linse. «x e © • • • • • • • o » • o ft <« • o • • • • o • • o • o o • • • • • ft o • Q > • 9 o o • ft 9 • e « • V • 9 • • • » 9 • • •> • A • W • • • » • e 9 • • © • 9 9 9 © k> 9 ft 0 o • 9 • 0 • • • 3 • 0 • 9 • V • Q • • • • • 9 9 O 9 9 • • • • • e • • • e • 9 • c- In connection with our businu >. We have secured the ex elusive agency for the LLÆoTxzQxa Girxd. S vlc I v in Correspondence Solicited. Malheur Mercantile Co. E, A. F raser Manager. Ontario, Oregon. I ’ • 4» • 9 V 9 • • • 9 • O • • o • c • • d • • • • • 9 • 9 • * • r • w • • • a • • « r> • • • o • • • • • • • *» • o O ft • o • • • 9 • • • • • • • • • • • 9 • • • • •••••••••999999999999« ••••••«Of 009999999909099009 9 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••9Ä90©9«03«ewoeV9^«3»9• JOHN D DALY, I’nKainENT FRANK If.COFFIN, Vi< i. 1’i.i.nm xr First Natioal Bank OF BURNS, OREGON. !■ The Eugene street fair will pro bably Ke held the third week in Septeml^r. I’o p.irations are being rapidly pushed Artie Anderson, of near Pendle ton lias disappeared, leaving a wife and child He had been clerk of the Juni|>er school district, but through liquor, was in difficult!.-«. I Accounts of Corporations, Firms and Individuals Solicited. <S’rec/AoZa'»ra.--_/’«A« g). 7)aly, fran* S?. Coffin, 9f. If. 1C. Scary. Carpontor. Jftnor ^otAim. S? J. Wtltiami, C. Jf. Holt. Sf. S. OtSon, V/ Jonoo. JttonnnSor, N. U. CARPENTER, Cashier. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Tiro BAILEY <fc ANDREWS, Proprietor. HI RNS, OREGON. Strictly Flxst-Class Cagarette smoking hoys caused I the burning of a barn and windmill belonging to J. G. Crawford of Albany « I Three hundred Chicago excur- Thia hotel is centrally located and tinder the manngem. nt of an sinners will visit Granta Pass next The building has been thoroughly renovated experienced landlord, month and will spend two week, The dining room is in charge of polite, accuin- and ia well furnished in the vicinity inspecting the min rnodating waiters Tbe tables are furnish. <1 with th«- I ■ •!. eral resource» of Hobthern Oregon The Golden Drift Mining Company irst lass ar n onnection are the originators of the project. Best -¿ù-ccorrìrrxccLo-ticn.. Special Accommodation: for Traveling Men. C F B I . C The Baker City Ch»mb«r of Commerce lias decided to send a lecturer east to decant on the min eral wealth of Eastern Oregon. • M AI.EXAMdit. Vi< r I’ w - iiio r. v Why can't vimr enterprising medical man immortalize his name by devising some kind o( scheme for inoculating a few jack rabbits with a poiaonoua germ that will create a contagion among the rabbits and exterminate them.” —Vale Gazetle. 1) n> ks f r »tirts—N. Brc OF ONTARIO OREGON \<-<’<>iintR <>t < '<>r|ainitt<uis l’’nmi* iti<l imliv i .I ius I h HT<X K HOLDERS —John I) Daly. William Jone». Frank R. Coffin Abner Robbins. B F Olden, M Alexander \ I ( ar|*n- ter. William Miller. E II T-st TI10» Turnbull E H. TEST, «ashler. n • v .»««. <J«a <J»t <o««.- •<;«* -_>««.- </•«. ■<-*•«-