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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1903)
She ïimcs-ïîcrafd HATHEDA Y <M TOBER 10. I «03. Hl’l».'( 111 I’TION HATES »it* Year 81X Month* Three Month« m l.oi . .74 in < SHOT DOH.N IN COLD BLOOD 'himself in a cup and again took the vou-c bottle. Field’s then Pedro ’s ba’1 woman and child to ranch and sent Cox in another! jtiou dx>p«i-. troubles are ;i JOHN 0. SAXTON AND JACK WEST I direction to get help. Before • 011I V MIRDERF.D. Fields left he again cautioned i Saxton not to expose himself by ¡going to West. Although he John I rost, Alias llarrv Egbert Their Slayer NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION' ¡J -trengtb, ner- VNITEP STATE- LA*'l> E j : » constipation, Burns. Burns. Or«., Ore. September 18, 1.» • ngs, iudiges- Notice is ‘ .,¡1 stomach < ured by the KlsAtlKÄWiÄÄ I represents -tion colu h i’i. the followlnir witnesses f<> pn>v<- » hi, continuous n «i.l<n<e uj«.n an. ! uh i' ' <>f «aid land viz: Edgar L. Beede, of prtus . • mn tonic f, |0r*L-<ni. Wllll»«l F Moffitt.'L-<■ l»rl|>|.,. »«'I perties. 3 < tens the I I ■/> rns ilruggists. ‘ ' NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION, j j Beef Full Supply ; HOHE-'i had been warned Saxton again returned to \\ est to place a blan stomach. S«: IILIAN IH IC I» M ft ling er ket under his head and making rXITKII STATES I.ASP I 'Plie coldblooded murder of him more comfortable. Egb< 11 Burin, Oregon, September 1-. I.«1--I Notice I* hereby given that the following It is to be hoped the rain of las’ j,, „ <; - ivlon ant] jacfc West, I? naineil aettler han flle<l notice of hi# Intention then shot him from an uppei State of i.. make final proof in aupport of hla claim «ml night and today will benefit ,bc.\xliil< iitteuipting to arrest the 1 11 the 1 that «aid proof will be mmle before the Kegl.t. r story xvindow. The distance xx „ml Receiver at Burna, Oregon, on October I , County. range. Oregon, for , man I k -. aii ,<■ Harry Egbert, at 57 feet from the house. 1<on. viz: lid. E. No -I I of liman XI I ay la. for the N>„ SE<, Sec. 15. T. •.11 S.. K. 11 ', h- " ■ M- In th-, matt' r the f ields ian . last Sunday, has lle name» the following wltueiM S " l-rove Egbert then ransacked L iei< - his continuous residence upon ami cultivation '¡'he Municipal Association in shot ked the whole section of said Ian-1, viz: Moses Dripps, of V an, Oregon, house taking some cartridges an< Edgar L. Beede, Frank Norton and Roy Miller, tends to begin civil proceedings Mr. Saxton was deputized by some money from the woman . to the heirsj all of Drewsey, Oregon W m . F arre . Register. To Edith M against the city oliicials without the sl<< rut logo and arrest fig purse. When he emerged fi' ■ of Sarah A. . deceased, delay because of their refusal to belt upon a warrant issued from are un- the house Kurtz rode up on a NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. : own heirs close gambling in Portland. Douglas county charging him black horse and William.-, xx!« known, and t< UNITED STATES LAND ()FFI< E. < • 1—Greet- with burglary. Saxton met Eg was in the sod house, saxv them of Ralph Bro Burns, Oregon, September 1<., I'.'Oi’A Notice is herebv given that the following- ing: (. 'Ilici loi ester Pim hot has bert. the woman li : claimed to be talking Egbert finally getting named settler has tilui notice of his intention hi are hereby to make final proof in support of hi« claim,and You ar. ; his wife and Sid Kirtz in a buggy that «aid proof will be made before the Register New and Elegant 1 been spending the past month or the horse and riding away, after Receiverat Burns, Oregon, on <>• tuber 21, pear on the ami 1'103 viz- lid. E. No. ssl of James Hutchinson, more in the .Northwest trying to between Anderson Valley and taking Saxton’s rifle and loo-cu required to Hors. fortheSE1* NW „SWINE',. Se<. 23, T. 2< >., l'.t03, at the R 31 E. W. .M. North of MalheUJ Lake educate tin- peopli in regard Io the Junipii i.incli on Sept. 25 but ing the belt from West « bodx montli. ¡iccialc ; He names the followiug witnesses to prove the County his continuous residence b|»on ami cultivation Novel, forest reserves. We believe Mr. did not recognize them. Upon and taking some cartridges. Court . ‘ of probate of said land, viz: \\ illiarn Dunn,'i< rnld Grimn. Frank Dunn and 1‘ L. Dutcher, all of Narrows, Dim hot is doing what he honestly reaching the ranch he was told Kurtz then took the gun thrown in the city of Oregon. at the < W m . F arre . Register. believes for the best interests of who they were and that the trio down by Egbert and mounting 'de iv cause if any Burn 1 . Cor. Main ari;! E • were en route to Burns. Mr, Saxton’s horse rode away. Kurtz the country. ■ .-der should NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Saxton returned to tin- Mahon lid court for later appeared at Andrews stating ranch early the next morning and • described UNITED STATES LAND OFFK E,| he had come to the Fields ranch A spei i.il to the Oregonian troni Burns, Oregon, September, I, 1903.1 served the warrant on Egbert 1 in the county Notice is herebv given that the following from the borax works and found Salem ol recent dale show» how named settler ha« tiled notice of Ins intention without any trouble, The man . ( )regon, to- of II ir Io make final proof in support of his claim, and thoroughly interested Gov. ( liam- the men dead. He also stated said proof will lie matle before the Register said it XXa alright and that he , half of the that wit: iiml Receiver at Burn«, Oregon, on October, 13, biilain is in ieg.nd to land mat that he had met Egbert xxlio h l IMDB, viz: lid. E. No. io;.’, of Nannie By< rl< \ for ■ «r, th« South tin- would .u.ompany him to Burns Sou til NU SW », SE' 4 NW sec. >, T. 21 s., R. ters in this state. 'Pile Governor compelled him at the muzzle of W. M. th« North West E.. She but ask< d permission to step in W -t Q1I ! names the foilowing witnesses to prove is going to limi out as near as lie a gun to give him his horse. her continuoiiR residence upon and cultivation >rth West Quar- of said land, viz: Charles Cronin, Fred Fine, Quart the house and speak to his wife can the fine situation so that he Coroner Marsden brought in A. Martin, David W. Cox, all of Bums, r !:• 1 Quarter of < Hugh t«r of x liich xx as granted. iregon. may act intelligently in such mat- W m . F arre , Register. the above facts yesterday. Both ! ■ ! ip 3< > South, lb- made In-- escape from the ler.s. The dispatch says. bodies had been removed upon 1' '■'> i’ imette the window .uni Mr. Saxton followed If Ins official business will per- his arrival at the scene by ordei ■xii ■ been hereto- him. He V sun ceded in eluding mil, Governor Chamberlian will ! -t property of ADM IN ISTRA TO R ’S N < )T ICE. of Justice Callow, who held n tin- officer from that date until leave Oregon next Saturday for ■ ’ ■«a-«d) for the inquest, the body of West being Ralph I’. ' Take notice that by order of the Sunday Oil ; when the latter, <•;! the debts and Washington, I). (’. The put post taken south for burial while Sax purp( County Court of the state of Oregon accompanied by Jack West,whom eri his proposed II ip is to talk with ton was brouget to Burns, arriv expenses of ¡1 «! .i-t. . ’ ion of said for Harney County the undersigned lie had deputized to assist him, ■ i ribed in a estate. : the President, the Secretary of the ing Tuesday night. was dulv appointed this the I I day fDaeh ns 01 : came upon him at the Fields ng in the said petition no Interim and officials of the (»en Sid Kurtz was with the woman of September 1903, Administratrix Pure f.la ranch in the Wild Horse section. «ntitled matter. trai Linei Olliee concerning land most of the time from the first court in the a with the will annexed, of the estate < ’oroner Marsden arrived home c, i. evens . matters in Oregon. He desires ol Allen T. Clark, deceased; all airest and seemed to turn up .i1 from the scene yesterday noon County Judge. to sec me xvliat information he can persons having claims against said opportune times. Saxton had and blings the following state- at Washington regarding past and estate are hereby required to pre asked him to assist in the capture ADMI.V 1 ■ i (-TICE. rnent from Chas Fields xvhowit- sent them,with the proper vouchers, present land transactions so far as of Egbert but he refused. Kurt, nessed a part of the tragedy, within six months from the date of Oregon is interested. He finds telegraphed the sheriff’s office In the Matter Estate of Wil- Others who saw the shooting this notice, to the undersigned, that correspondenc e- is a very slow this morning from Winnemucca, lars N. Jo ■ risen d< erased. wen- Jesse < ’ox, a sheepman by Mary A. Clark, at her residence in and unsatisfactory way of getting stating Egbert had been seen go To ' may concern: the name of Williams, Egbert’s Diamond Valley, Harney County, infoi inatioii, ami by a brief trip to ing across country and il funds Noti«« i.« 1« ■ ' •ii that the un- wife and liei little son. Saxton Oregon, or <>t the office of Parrish Washington he expects to get a were sent he would follow the der Í :m d, J . nsen has this A- Rembold, at Burns in said coun and \V< t i amt- up about 2 o'clock pretty thorough genei.il under fugitive. Deputy Sheriff I lughet 9th day f 1’.-I’.:, been duly ty. Sunday afternoon, I pon seeing standing ot the piincipal features • If. C ¡.evens, telegraphed the sheriff of Hum appoint; «1 b * î Dated this 15th day of Septem them Egbert, xvlio was in the i: ruey County, ber 1903. boldt county to arrest Kurtz and County .1 udg kitchen with the woman and State of Or. g inimi-trator of hr will hold him as an accessary. M ary A. C lark . l’iekls, tan into another room and rds N Jorgensen, Ills in Egbert is the man recently shot the E-tati f V Administratrix with the will an grabbed a lille. Both the latter having nexed. by Tom Murray and in his dis begged him not to shoot and he claims again- ' tale arc here- cription this fresh wound was not ¡■aid he xxould not, but xvould not by required t I them, with JOtlX (i. SW10N. mentioned It xvas at the point of the proper vo be arrested. Fields xxen- out alili - : iieri for, xvitli- WINTER APPLES the left hip ranging back the bullet in six montila th date of this No man was more universally told the oHicers their man XX .IS coming out near the backbone. notice, to me, Of all the choice varieties are now- 1 .idministra* rea|M>et«d and I1011<11< <I in this coni- then and had a Winchester, He He is also known as John Frost tor, at my ¡ ripe and ready to be picked; enough residence in liiunitx than .John G Saxton who proposed xxatching the house and and llarrv Hubbard. Thecounty Burns, Harm to ¡supply Harney, Malheur and ’ . Oregon, or West said was laid low in his prime by the «< < in mg m<m help A Rembold Grant counties. hand of an assassin, while doilui they were going to get him. has offered a reward of $500 for at the olfico I hese wheels are Come one and all and lay in your in said Burn- his duty in the cause of humanity Aftei pulling up then horses they his capture. year. Call and ; Dated this ' September fruit for the winter before it is too and law. His quiet wavs, honest started tow aid the house and as 1903. late. STOCK ASSOCIATION Mills ami upright character ami sympa Saxton xx.i ilinost to the kitchen Bring you packing material and X JOUCENSEN. thetic disposition won a warm place dooi xx nli West farther Kick per Administrator. camping outfit and be happy—but The regular semi-annual meet ineverx he.irt. He was everybody's haps outside a fence which in ing of the Harney County Stock dno’t forget the CASH. friend ami one hears expressions of closed tin house when Egbert ap Association was held at the court Price ;>er bushel, for good winter Notice of I inal Settlement regret from < very lip John was peared at the other corner of the house last Saturday afternoon apples in the orchard, 50 cts. ever ready to minister to suffering D. B. RINEHART, I’ropt. t the State of ami quickly responded to any duty house, \\ est started to run for Several new members were taken In the Count; opened Oregon for 1 1 ’ m y County. lire in and the cattle situation talked devolving upon him, ot in the inter shelter, Egbert In th- 1 .-t.it« of Em- shooting him in the back, over. \\ bile the market is low S.i\- est of justice ami right ma .i 11 1 • D <-■ ased. the tire and and dull and no immediate pros- John G Saxton was born at Bur ton returned Notic • whom it may lington, l\< iitm k v. on December 9, di c.xe l.gbeit from his position |>ects tor buyers at good prices, th« • r-igned has 1K5S dig only relatives are his and the l.ittei entered tin- noith members took a cheerful view of concern t! at fifed his final the mattes and none seemed dis adminis- mother, brother ami four sisters re- door of the house and took re tra.or of th < i Emma .1. aiding in Kentuekx and his brother, fuge in a I'ediootn. Saxton en couraged. The membership was asked to Davis, dec. 1 by order of F. M Saxton, residing in Baker tered tin kit. In n dooi ami manx list the stock they have for sale the above i. ! ' urt, Monday l ’ity I b egan lie was never mar- shots XX er<- exchanged through with the secretary and he, as well - tl-’ ten o’clock tied In IS75 lie went to central the thin partition, During this as th«1 Times-Herald, is i in corres- a. m. of said <1 • ■ u fixed as Indiana w h< re he resided almost battle Saxton xvas *li in k in the IH'ndeuce with buyers, While it is the time irhen I iic.- Hint will be continuously until he came to Ore- JOHN GEM HER LING gon in lSt»7 lie united xx 11h the light si« . ,1,1 by .1 spent ball and late in the season we hope to get considered an i tious there- Jeweler. Optician Secund Mt I'l. a-ioit Baptist church at one time he had leached his buyers and dispose of all the beef to hcnr.l an t > «t mined. Knur raver. I. M. D avis . of John-mi couutv. Indiana, about u ft ii'd i o il the door casing stuff at least. Fine Watch Repairing A and »hot, the year 1" : Administrator, sinking the cialty. num cun BFTTFK 11« was educati-J at Danville In handle of in Egbert’s diaua. graduating in la<x m ls'.'5 Mt. OI’I'OSITK THE I’. O. I l inn «• Herald Lewiston, Idaho. Oct 5.—(To the Ha practiced law in Danville until During t ' battle Fields and Editor )—f left home on Sept 25 he eame t<* Oregon \\ as n mem the xxom.m h id taken refuge „ i *n a in responce to a telegram from Le- her ot "Battery B,’ O \ G during 1 >'»'<■ -'« yards away where nore, Idaho, to the effect that my the Cuban xx ir, l<ut Ins <■ inpanx W 1 1 - . c x ««re Saxton father was dangerously ill I r, ., h- •aw no servi.' ‘-ring held in camp vatm . nt .1 : c wn to the house ed him four .lavs later and found near Portland. Oregon, until th« saying he b« exed he xxas xxound- he was not receiving proi>er care ► war clos«'<l In |l|,< earn«* t<< ix <1 a < 'iisignment of our Fall and Winter Dry ‘ ■ ‘ 1 B I' ' «■ to have simply ha<l him moved to St Joseph’s h - Burns where he lias since resided < mil ««. ready made Skirts, Waist». Fasci- Dee.■:««<-,l was an Artisan m good biuised hi- breast. Fields then pital in this city. He is suffering - Ribbons. I.aces, Muslins, Calicos, readv ■landing ami carried a policy for xx< ■ • ,isc (,<r the purpose! : from a stroke of paralysis, hut is ■ - in fact everything that is carried in an .iiuii* frmn resist- I ’ t(*Uing along as well as e >uld I- tltkx) in that order in favor of bi« i ui *i’■xxu.ixi 1 n4* -I i 1-^bx'it If you bu\ ; v - handise Store. We carry the legal heirs Was at one time a I ing .Hid if |x " ùe to overpower expected under b< st of care M ■’ n any XX ax ur.s member «t the l t» O. F liodge •1,n' »ho« back. I do r. tinntv prc«ent. er ami sister are here with bim I aspect to more him home as - • n joining that order in bmithlmid. Fields, as ,xcll are satisfied, i a ‘« the other men, As well as the »» p'««ible lie is better this ir. ru Ind . I ut had allowed his dues to xvas unarmed. pay me to tr. it Egbert would not ing than at at<v time since my ar lap«« in I**' while he was attend alk>\x Fieki* to get near him. rival ing colirg.- 1'he funeral service« THEREFL ; est, xx ho I had been mortally were < <<i«iu< t< <1 I v R, v A J Irwin C T Can ' 1 line of d .. i o tuirgs of any house in the county. This at the 1 O O. F Hall tbi» after xxour.i. : xx.o asking for water candie«, bonk r< ■ «-maker in town. * ' «monished Saxton' * Car« For O»«*ep<M» noon and the remains interred in i fir*: < ’ . w ; A» „»fi mHr ft, ^,„ft Cati „»ft m „„r the Buri »!• inrtvry. 1 ' ' ' ' ■" '< hi« fallen comrade those livin.; < art of tho I had Dyspepaia in its w rst • >1 < X| - | mself a* he would1 i City Drag S ■ Call and «• the fall •nd winter K- m p i n xiew of the house.! form and felt miserable most of the your bundles n time. Did not enjoy eating until •amples ami fashions for ladie« ■ 'k< t e woman to take' , be taken care after I used K.-doI Dyspep«:a < ’ -»> suits, coats and j irkels At Mr. iwatu -,,< t. dxing man but she <»s U.ituer Than Ever before. which has completely cured u« - Cha» U ilsou's. |rtfu«c< II, th<n t.H'k the wateriMrs W —-- •• W. Saylor. Hillarl. Pa Made liis Escape and Reward ol S500 Offered for his Capture. LEWIS òz Special accon v STTTD'-u TOJO ' Ä Dain and Deering Howe Buckeye ÂÆac? IVew cceived inter Goods RITtÄ.: ASSORTMENT EST QUALITY SlYLtS AND FASHIONS SK.