VOL. XVI.
THEY WANT
HURNS. HARNEY COUNTY,OREGON, Al Gl >1
NO. 39
YELLOW PINI >t-
IRRIGATION IS PROG RISSINO
i w ting undented to the
their government is necessary for
• ’ ■ “■ tv (N-'irf. ai.<1 now on file
th«1 conservation of water supply,
I
>t be admitted to
EASTERNERS LOOKING TO SOUTH- with a view t*• tin <-tablisbineiit NEW TRACT IN MALHEUR COI NTT
- flu* i t \\ ill and Testa*
BEING W ATERED
EASTI kN OREGON
i ii«l ■ cc sed, and why
scale. That these irrigation enter
i \<lit i! i<tration with said
prises will be established’he has nc
1
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\ I. should not he issued
Reservoirs will be con Xt a Cost of $75.000 Will Complete 23 Miles
Business fora Railroad Would he Profitable doubt.
\. link, according to the
of
Ditch
and
Irrigate
35.0(H)
Xeres
structed
and
thus
the
water
held
From Beginn ing, says a Man Who
i p t ; ion on file in said
XII Good Xi lalía Soil.
Has Been Investigating.
in the Spring for use upon the
( ’ourt.
fields, when it is needed
The I Ion. II C. I.evens,
There is a great irrigation enter
A recent disp itch from Salem to
The creation of reserves will have
th
t ’omit \ (’ourt of the
prise
proposed
for
Eastern
Or«-gon
tho Oregonian fays: Francis G a tendency to raise the market
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n for ihe ('ounty of
Sumi .
i Ihrney
Burke, of Minneapolis, Minn . wa value of timberland already in ill tin- region of the Malheur valley
I »1 h i iv of J ulv A. l>
ir.-l Sunday
mollili <
in Salem today on his return Iron private ownership, for the with and along the Silver river, savs the
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Northwest
HomeBeeker
and
inves
-k-
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a
I
t
ldrd
an extended visit to Klamath :iml drawal of a large amount of Timber
\tlc-t
F S. RIEDER.
This is a territory that can
md loiirih Sundav «»f < ticli month
Lake Counties. Mr. Burke is a increases the available supply, and tor
)! ’• o « lock p m
l‘r< •aching
• 'ounty Clerk
r-
prominent attorney in Minm n .¿is. correspondingly increases the d<- not be utilized for agricultural
purposes
until
water
is
thus
artif
nd
Sundav
at
N
p
m.
and has been in this state I ktt.g mand.
I
icially applie-1. blit estimated to Im
after private interests, and iiniil- t
Prc’iby t «'rimi uh'i< ch
, one of the best chances in the west
Snrprised the Easterners.
ally gathering information for ¡.
v. ,\ I. Irwin past«»r
for the purposes of irrigation, anil
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ties who may be interested in rail
t ir» - li thir«l and fourth
»
Yesterday
afternoon
just
as
where crons will yeild enormously.
one
road building in South E islern < >: ■
;i \ s ut « neh mi in! ii a ’ 11 a. in . «
of the crowded excursion trains
There was some work done on
gon.
•
p tn >ah’»ath school al
pulled in from the east, ■nick’ this ditch during the past year, but
Mr. Burke expressed tiie opinion
io. « very Sabbath morning
Buri -
< i It egon
that it will not be many v, - be Ritchie ro«ie his handsome chestnut it was not completed and could not
Prc.ic)
mg
services
it
the
Baptist
sorrel charger up to the depot plat be put in operation, The company '
(’L- ik I v (lays preferred for
fore a railroad will be built m -
church < very Dt au<l 2 ih I Siimi.' vs ,
form, and sat watching the tourists which owned the right has made
Photo* iin-
Eastern Oregon, and say that the
inot*nin£ {,nd evening Sunday
promenading up and down and rub negotiations with a number of sub
'
«
<1
in
•
irbon
and
platinum
business that now awaits ;i railroad
-« li<»o| every SnoiL’n at I I a m
bering at the pretty girls of Winne stantia] business men of Wei«er,
ITectu.
would make the enterpris p fit .
prayri
meeting
every
lìmi
dax
»
mucca—that is, the tourists were Idaho, who will complet«- tin- ditch
liisimihii «nt's process use
ble from the start. Tito tit,.!
rubbering; Dick had on a full-dress and turn water on the 1 md
sources alone, lying undevi-loped
x I\
I’irst class work
cowboy uniform, and happened to
Tim consideration of sale for the
1 '"I Ht>i '< iion guaranteed.
along the Eastern slop- of tlm (
a
nave about fifty feet of raw-hide ditch as constructed iva« $l5.tHHl
cade Mountains, will furnish a
ci i a i :<i\
lariat ceiled up and hanging from ami it will reipiire a further ex
large amount of freight bu-im
the horn of the saddle. He at once penditure of over $30.IMk> to com
soon as a means of tram-pm' ¡m..
Queen Wilhelmina oí Holland, and h
became the cynosure of all eyes. - - plete the work. Wlmn completed
ctttk I I
' V KODOL digests what you eat.
will permit lumbermen to build
•r, wKù ;
j
peeiallv those of the lady excur it will be 2'1 miles in length extend
I tlU- |’.M I
cattle. » 1 mills.
split::, it
-1
sionists. One of these approached ing from near Vale to Dead Ox flat : t hey consider the ground which is llie'llic iiui'.ni’t
I’ Clark.
hODOL 1 '■11
ruiKles. strengthens
i. cut;« «
!
The Eastern demand for lumber
------------- and sweetens the stomach.
I evidently as close as she dan d. tml covering all the territory on I key to the whole situation. The lirsl \it«i fli.-.ui
erbit ;: .e 5
is growing stronger every year, ami
:ht.
looked iong and admiringly at the tin- west sidi- of the Malheur river test of the ground was made by tak
i k hih I Alnr\ Petil, KODOL cul,"3 bidigestion, dyspepsia, and
etnie ,j ' especially for the yellow pine fouml
A'el troubles.
■ ing a tiiinato can of the gravel to watt r
off left 4, „
.
horse
and
bis
rider,
and
then
turned
i> ter of tli«» above ------------- Si
for
that
distance.
S, bO!M
!
in Southern Oregon. Western yel | to one of the other ladies anil ex-
I and panning it out.
KODOL
■*
c
'
le
rateslhs
action
of the gas-
1 • C’lark deccBMed,
<1 btr«î U
I his ditch w 11 connect bv mentis
The result was seven coarse colors
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iriu glands
g
w tone
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trie
and gives
to the
le uniet: n low pine, which closely
Saie T
Children.
,
claimed,
“
Well,
I
honestly
don
’
t
be-
id
Mizaoet
Ii
.
digestive
organs.
f
\\
illow
creek
ami
another
ditch
of gold subsequent pannings resulted
um».>t .
the pine of the Middle Western
ileftbiF
1 lieve cowboys are as bad as they above \ ale l.> miles in length with in from two to 10 rents per pan being
Ninety iiii,- of ■ ,.
namesttn . States, is fast gaining a place in the
KODOL relieves an overworked stomach
». LF"- J
recovered. It is the opinion of the diseasi ■ that < . .-1:
are painted."
— of a|| nervous strain gives to
I
lhr<-
r.
si
rvoirs
which
will
supply
markets of the East, much to the
X. CTO^
tl: heart a full, free and untrammeled
_ ,|,
The others all agreed with her. | tile water during the entire season d( tor th.il III«- ground will averag«- 5o
R '
n iisiuc. the nervous system and
concern of lumbermen of Minim- -ta,
rents per cubic yard. He says it is a
feeds the brain.
these <li r«h is
and the Winnemuccans «ho heard in ivliich it is needed. The thr-*<-
magnificent dredge proposition and
Wisconsin and other lumber-pro
tho remark were pleas 1 to hav so resery-irs vhich cont.iin about lliOd would last for generations with sever imligi-stion. Is ■ lol
KODOL i the wonderful remedy that is
ducing states in that part of the
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ing o many sick people well
is just as ( ><l f.r
admirable a .-pecimen of the wild acres of water will supply :!5.<in-1 al device of that kind at w ik
'• strong by giving to their
Union
The great drawback mnuertd with for adults
Cliil-lt
and wooly’.- citizens present to give acres.
th- nourishment that is con
But it is not in lumber alone that
the
property,
is
that
at
present
there
tained
In
the
food
they eat.
It
keeps
th«
tr
, out favorable and it is to be looped
They are more than half corn
Mr. Burke sees th- future wealth of
$ I
1 Sh ‘.ng 2S tlrrei tha trial
I lasting impressions. A number of pleted, anti Fuflicirnt water is is not suiiirient water for hydranilr ami encour.i.os
ska. which sells for 50c.
purposes but is ample f<»r dredgers.
South Eastern Oregon. II«- believes
the excursionists hurried out their stored this season to cover all the
\8 there are so many parties n<»w development
rrspared ooly by I. C. DeWITT 4 CO.. CtiiCAOOL
that the people of that section have
cameras and took a shot at Dick land to be cultivated under the looking toward Eastern Oregon for 705 Central St
not comprehende«! the possjbiiitie-
Burns Diuggists.
and the horse. It would be inter «litcli. As the reclamation of land dredging ground, it is not improbable says: “My iittb- I
of agriculture in what many call
esting to know oi tire boudoirs in continues the reservoirs will be but that this discovery will be looked years old ami I, t
arid land, and that people of other
inm in the near future. —Democrat
with imli ’i s'to-i .
the east that will be decorated with completed until enough water is
tie.
parts of the state have no pt >per|
DeWitt’s ££ Salve
upper ic'
born. I Itav- I l‘i
these pictures, ami io hear the ac stored to cover the entire acreage
conception of the vast wealth that
For » ¡les, Burns, Sores.
Say They Have No Smallpox.
horw.-
in Nnshvill«. lull fa
counts given of the original, ami under the ditch.
porsi.^
lies in the soil of Klamath ami
it.
how the likeness came into the own
I Ims«« reservoirs are natural sites,
Dr. Marsden, of Burns, iw «letcriniu?«l any goo«i. Aft. r i
War®
Lake Counties. Large ares of land
irt»r-
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ers’ pos.-ession.—Silver .'•late.
tc work op a small pox scare in Mal of Ki dot I,
and
by
the
expenditure
of
about
an«, ta»
that are suppos- i to be nonpro
mend
¡t
to
II
n
hear
ounty.
He
insists
that
the
«lis-
on nghh
!
fln.tkMl have been placed in condi
uinne | j ductive without irregation will pro
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT!
oí the fact «llgests what v u
Pushing Work on Sumpier Valley.
<1
carle. •'
1
tion for us«-. Th«- water is stored ease exists here in spite
duce
good
crops
if
cultivated,
-ays
that the alleged rases in this ci.unly tin- stoinni li
In caeb
in them in the winter am) early Lave been investigated by the proper
Mr. Burke. Still larger areas of
rrow».
spring
from tipper Willow creek by anthorities and found not to be small, Druggi-Is
rounl. i* |
land “os fertile as that in the Vai- for the I tab Construction company,
ideTbit:: ’■
a system of springs, thus utilizing pox. However as a matter of prer.m .
and bi)
ley of the Nile, await only the aid
and who is located in this city, re
MR- A .!< i|,’li \ \ l’i-ipri« tor 1:1 i:
tiou the pla<e wa- quarantined and
<»i!i:<;ox
E" rit.w
i,?g or-
’ I of irrigation, wlmn tlmv will pro- ports IM) head of horses and five the vast quantity which has form fumigated. This wa* a couple of
hip
erly
gone
to
waste
to
convert
thou
.me
,
duce enormous crop.”
menths ago' nothing more wa- th" t
cars of grading outfits were shipped
uppers J
“The people of Klamath and up the Sumpter Valley railway yes sands of acres of sagebrush into matter until a couple of days ago
i. car *
.
alfalfa field“.
some people from Skull springs were
ilfcmr -^ J Lake Counties have not tried to see
terday. says the Baker City Demo
bora* '
The land under these ditches is in town who expressed great indigna
n
what
their
land
will
do,
”
continu«
-1
crat.
rrowi- : Y
tion that the Burns doctor -hoiild
some
of
the
finest
in
the
state
of
eattie.; '
j Mr. Burke.
“Tlmv have Keen mak
1er half ■’ -
These animals ami this grading Oregon, ami it is stated by those claim they had amallp«»x in tl.at -er-
ip and
lapur.:-’-' I ing plenty of money without culti
material is to be used on the ex who should know that 17.<HK) acres ti«ni. They even went s<» far as t<- a-
vating the soil, and have not dug
sort that they had not heard --I a -in
tension of the Sumpter Valley tail on D«-ad Ox ilat cannot be excelk-«!
» fl
ii> miig«'inf*i.t of an
I down in the ground to s« <> win ther
gle case <»f sicknes- in that neigb« r-
way from Whitney to the summit anywhere. All this land is owned h'rf’d tin- -nmmer. — Vale Gazette
1 I-
I-'' ii thorouglily renovated
artesian wells can be made to sup-
between Burnt river and tin? mid by companies and private indivi
■ g» of polite, accoin*
t
•regon.
■
ply water with which to make their
dle fork of the John Day.
•d.itii g w liter-
ì li. i il.b ii« fumi !i««l with the heat.
W’bi - h shown th«* abov* Dr Mar.-«l»h
duals ami the greater part is open
Mr. Larson also states that there to those who wish to purchase biii’l h« l.a<l no dcin* torrent«* a «mali-
poi 1M are in Malheur county, but I be
onnection
land vastly mor. | reductive. They has been a large camp and one sub homes.
Li«
im-n who w«*r«* if Tin «*<1 ..id that tli.-y
have been making m uiey by letting outfit at work on this extention for
The price ranges from »Klan did not know wb« o th«-, wen «-x
ij their cattle eat the grass that grow- the past three weeks.
acre to »25. About half is on what poMfl, no leas at skull Springs wlu-re
V on the ranges, cutting only enough
All told at least lot) men ate now is know as lower Willow creek, and th«*y wr«* told not to «orne to th«* hou-«*
to Winter their stock
Having no at work and the line is being extend i“ contiguous to Vale, the other a# the people then- ha«! soni«* digerí-«*
resembling proali pox There wen- a
h»IIN D D.XI.X l i ;
N I i XKBENIEH, ( AMHIVM,
need to try what cultivation will, ed as rapidly as it is possible to half, or Dead Ox Hat. lies below
number ol < a-ee there sud Miles Ril«*y
• - \ N I I ♦ • «} i ; •. \ 1« I’
\
tV I I < < l\| I
X I ( A MH I EH
push
it
ahead.
Ontario aerri“* the Malheur river, brok« >ut that «lav. It had be-□ rag-
kin d°«
I’*"* not entered up >n ir-
fr >
The only difficulty in this piece ■md i« easily aceessible from On* ing for two month- ao«i to tar at th«*\
m<. •- rigation and cultivation, ex -pt in
rt" a few localities '
nnl«l letrn no -tepe bad b«»*n taken b\
of work is the cutting through the ! tarie «luring the most of the year
'*•Speaking again of railr« a 1-, Mr. dem-- timber which grows profusely
OF BURNS, OrtECOR,
As it is however,
. Rurke said that e railroad acr >*- in that section
Ionnd Pkh <ira>tl on Myrtle Creek.
. I t h
i’ll Individuals Solicited.
,irriii Eastern Oregon should have I - t this work wiil lie completed in
Dr.
L.
(i.
Wheeler
returne«!
a
«Uy
>>r
esaki built from Snak-? River. - mthern •boat two months.
WL WAN I YOUR BUSINESS.
tw
j
’“•i-niih» ;>■ r-?bt k
, !el“r Oregon, through Klamath and
M- A. Bowman, foreman «>f tli ride to the Harney valley, and he ha
Jim Dumps had ica* • y si • t a
I ' Hi «
Nl < tr|«Hti»» r, l< .1
wink,
^,*ri. I^ke Counties, instead of along the construction work on tlx- extension »«••I y. t re* .vered fr<>rn th* rfie<U
Il
'I II
<
X Hain«*- W’fii
All nirh‘ he’d toss a .* rd
That the r< of
1 the Sumpter valley rai,« , .»a- thif unaccu»t«'nied exer« iBe
think.
rns. '7*: Columbia River
But that’s a I pax! -he n«»'er
also in the city yesterday. He re t r ¡9 very eiithmiastic « g.<r
along the Colombia is an ultimate
been
óhitr. ‘ind County l/At i f ■ t. '’Utff/it <>t f/lc IHtrktl pntt.
endure
ports that th«-v ar«- pushing work 1 n uitiv- atid (roln t«ren«-9
■ ** necessity, he conceded, but - have
I
Insomnia. He's iomd a cora I
f h •'y ttM-r w .< ■ it* travel?«!
i hiv Im by burglary
as rapi«lly as men ami mo-iev
that if the Union I’a cific ba«i
T It
, when
He
hghts
are
d.
d > it and that the managenn r.t
'm« building the ros . it would
It aoo’hes the nerves
the company expect
reached Sou the, i Oreg r
roa«l in o|«eration
thinks (be Nnti- »«1 >u-
:■ r
that
R:>
raffie of that s<-:t .n of
L; «direct line Ca- xar<i. .
The
nr «ueb a road will be l-ui '
l*fc
N
- Mr. Burke look - with fa? r u|
be foreel reeerv »>|;cy winch I -
•r-
ed the Depcrtn
t of H L t-r
■w* o withdraw frot i entry »rg- ,
■f timber land e«a- of th- '
i - bi
manei one chummy
Fifmt UrtdrTe
■ • southern Ore.
d
I
with good sleep.
I lx II y li I Hill
He ss • that - I, m th-
ran i i<m of race- ■». «•
...|
h R
nil work aom> hardship f< - th
\ I
' arpen
rroent, the fro reeult ■
• <
. • coaae will be real . I •
* I tae Mate.
I Fs|\ < ashler.
Ora» •• • and iei
He think« th ,
1 th- adopt
.
Photographer,
Bums ZEZotel
TitvsliBg Men.
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