L. XVII. BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH N THE VITAL ISSUE OMENT WORK DEPENDS I STATE LAWS. Elect Enthusiastic Irrifitlon- he Legislature In order York be Carried Out. ;on: JudgeS. A Lowell, ____ L one of the very fore- worltrs in the great irrigation r Oti men», iuru^^— writes the following ng appe; sal to citizens of Oregon laity of electing irriga- enge^s to the legislature, in order 1H l'by wise laws, the state may be > ready to receive the blessings tioneatlonal irrigation, plans for onveb aropieing energetically pur­ in Afferent portions of the Tgr., yt (Jriters are urged to read and er W0ll Judge Lowell’s seti ’ ts on 'this important question: Ortrmit me to urge through your inns, upon the eve of the sey- politlcal conventions, that .... are interests confronting the of [Oregon more important party triumph or individual most important tasks of the State Land Board in currying out the provisions of the arid-land law re­ mains to be performed in the ad­ option of rules and regulations gov­ erning the distribution of water, Tho board has been asked by the Three Sisters Irrigation Company to adopt rules to be observed by settlers who take land reclaimed by that company in its 27,000-acre tract. The principal features of the rules are those perta ning to the quantity of water to be supplied, the time when it is to be furnished time of payment thereof by the set­ tler. method of measurement, place of delivery of water, method of en­ forcing payment, anti diminution of compensation if the water be not- suppliod in full quanti.y. These matters are of great importance to settlers anti the members of the of the board desire to make the rules fair and equitable as between the settler and the company. According to law, the rules and regulations are to be made by the, company, but must be approved by the State Land Board. Tne Three Sisters- Companv submitted rules and asked the Board to adopt, the sa/ne. I,,, .refer to the necessity of such jion of the laws of the state re- STOCKMEN OET CONSIDERATION. few ihe use of its wnt< rs ns Etitl^^^B the requirements of the R. B M iller, general freight agent l r' ?'W ■¿Fernment in its reclmnn- of the O. R A N , was one of the ln E9. doZJH»ts- traffic officials present in Chicago I for®MPBa,er responsibility ever at the conference held ebrtiary 25, II i 11 legislature of a West- •r forltatlMhan will rest upon that with the transportation ctmmitte jh ajbmblee at Salem in Janu of the National Livestock Associa­ tion, This committee was appoin­ -Y 1-nextS The enactment of a pro- ILAOE^jn with the experienced r form. views, and various traffic officials hie engineers in the gov- present stated their ideas, The PE [ment irvice, but, however meri- committee was asked to put its re­ >1 X'u.ooa « hecessary such measure rong men in Imth braneh- quests in written form and submit the questions for further Consider« igislature to urge mi il lion. [the states in the a rii [recently enacted new «iese subjects by sub- animotis votes of thei r but in this state, when ons exist as to soil, cli- umidity, the desired probably ire reached , compromise and legislation, it now ble that the opening pring will witness in the government's first experiment iu Oregon, here will lie followed Ik in every other county I other stream where silable, and arid lands artificial application t all political parties late for the legislature :gest men—men broad {rasp th’ fir reaching nd will not the pres- “ urge the interests and nr state, which seem to balance* at this time fall as the legislative shall determine this Respectfully, 8tephen A. Iziwell COMBINE FOR OWN PROTECTION. WASH ALKALI OUT OF SOIL CHEMIST TELLS OF SOME INTEREST INO EXPERIMENTS. Of Oreat Value to Eastern Oregon and Idaho if The Scheme Is Practical One--Looks Simple. While discussing various me­ thods of getting rid of the alkali in the soil of certain sections of east­ ern Oregon with a group of friends Mr. H. C. Innis, a Baker City as saver and chemist stated these in­ teresting facts: “Very effective use could be made of those spring freshets if prepara­ tion was made for them in the fall. During the summer the alkali dis­ solved in the mountain granites evaperates here in the valley and increases the amount ofha-mful in­ gredients already burdensome to the soil. Just north of Irwin is a place where this evaporation is very apparent. I11 the spring much of this is washed off by the excess of water. “Making use of this fact govern­ ment experts in irrigation have been redeeming alkali lands by washing out the alkali The plot of ground on which the demonstra­ tive experiment was performed con­ sisted of forty acres west of Salt Lake City, near Williams Lake. Tie- hif’lr.st point on the land was onl z eight feet above the water lev­ el of the Like. Drain tiles four inches in diameter were laid every 150 feet, having at the head an in­ take for the fresh water and at the foot an outlet to the lake. The drains were four feet below the sur­ face. •‘The land was plotted and ar- rat ged for sectional flooding by levees, Once each week the land was Hooded to a depth of four inches in the summer of 1903. In the fall of 1902 lite land had been flooded and allowed to remain until the following spring. “An analys of the land in the fall of 1902 showed 1363 tons of al­ kali in the first foot, 1540 in the second foot, 1766 in the third foot and 1982 in the fourth foot, or a total of 6651 tons of alkali in the forty acre plot. In May of the fol­ lowing spring more than half of this alkali had been washed out. The analysis showed in the first foot 499 tons, in the second 650 tons, in the third 1066 tons, in the fourth 1265 or a total of 4480 tons to the plot. The upper portion of this soil as might lie expected, was benefited the most. “In October the full effects of the washing became apparent. n the first foot there only remained one- thirteenth of the original amount of alkali, in the second foot there was 158 tons, one-eighth of the original >1 mount, in the third 830 tons, less than one-fifth the amount contain­ ed at first, and in the fourth foot 607 tons, or less than one-third the first quantity. “In all there remained but 1221 tons of the alkaliwthat is 5430 tons of alkali had been washed out in a year; 4648 tons of this passsd out the outlet of the drain, the remaind­ er sank and was carried away by the natural methode, and leaves nothing harmful in the soil, as do many cures.’’ lieve that the big firm will hold PRESIDENT ECCLES IN BAKER back in their buying. In fact eve- JOHN D DALY, P CARPENTER, CAsjirxa, ry indication points to the fact that FRANK R.COFFIN, V ue P ius . A. C. WELCOME, A sst . C ashîer . the firms will want all the erst WILL EXTEND SUMPTER VALLEY. AS grade wool they can get and will be rapidly as possible . willing to pay for what they buy. “The eastern firms are preparing OF BURNS, OREGON. to sond their buyers to this part of Waiting Only on The Weather and The Accounts of Corporations. Firms and Individuals Solicited. Right of Way--Mr. Eccles Busy the state and as many will be here Maps, Surveys. Etc. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. when the wool begins to come in as was here last year, and they will all STncKiiOLnEiis:—John D. Daly, Frank K. Coffin, N U. Carpenter, R. J. President David Eccles of the Williams, J. W. Geary, C. Cummins, H. M. tlortoo, C. A. Haines, Win . buy just as fast as they did then. Sumpter Valley railroad arrived Jones, Thomas Davis. The Arizona clip is now in the from Utah Sunday and will spend anti Couniy ftSarranis bought at the ma rhe t price. hands of the buyers, having all two weeks here working out the been bought as soon after shearing This bank is insured and will be reimbursed for any loss by burglary plans for the extension of the road as could be, which shows something or hold up day or nizht. through the John Day country and of the hunger of the market “There is no reason for the grow­ into Canyon and Burns, says the Baker City Democrat When seen ers to worry about their price for it in his office yesterday Mr. Eccles will come. Ido not know that it was very busy with maps, estima­ will run higher than it did last year, tes, profiles and surveys. He stop it may in some cases but in the M. A lexander . P hesident . E. II. T est , Cashier ped work long enough to give the majority of clips it will be about the W m . J oker . V ick -P kbsidknt . C. E. K enyon , Aset. Cashier Democrat tnan a pleasant half hour same perhaps, but one thing is cer­ and when asked in regard to bis tain and that is that the wool of plans and the statements made in Ç Umatilla county and of Eastern the evening paper concerning them Oregon in general is of better quali­ said: : ONTARIO » OREGON • ty Iasi season than it has been for “We expect to begin work on the many years. It will be as heavy in , Interest Paid on Time Deposits. extension of the Sumpter Valley fleece, and as good in staple as it We Solicit Yosr Banking Business. just as soon an the weather will has in the history of the county and permit and we have secured the STOCKHOLDERS:—M. Alexander, Wm. Jones, E. 11. Test, from this rea>on alone the growers right of way for same across the • C. E. Kenyon, H. Alexander, Estate of Abner Robbins, William should take heart of hope and not Miller, Frank R. Coflin, Thos. Turnbull. public domain. be discouraged by any tales of star­ “As to the Baker City Herald, O'oeo-oeo o»oo»o ♦ <»•00- <*♦ -o»o -o»o vation prices or of overstocked mar­ we have askcii nothing from them kets. mid have no favor-i to curry in “Green feed has been plenty ill that direction and I can see no rea­ the winter long, the sheep went in­ son for their attack upon the road. to the season in the best of condi­ “The statements made in the tion and have stayed there through paper are manufactured out of W. W. R. R. SEBREE, SEBREE, Cumia C ashier JT? all the cold weather. In fact the whole cloth. All the road has ask­ winter has been 60 open,the feed so ed of the interior department is a plentiful and the general conditions right of way through the forest re­ so favorable that the wool has never serve lands and public domain. A stopped growing for a day, the private petition was filed with the sheep have never lost flesh, and the department to have restored to pub­ clips will come on heavier, cleaner CALDWELL, IDAHO w lic entry certain lands along the m and of better quality than has been proposed line of road for coloniza­ noted for several years. I do not I A General Banking Business Transacted uj tion purposes The Sumpter Val­ remember of a year more favorable ley road is the only road that can L CORRESPONDENCE INVITED Jk for the wool men than this one pro­ give the people of that particular mises to be. section any relief and we certainly “Taking the situation as it ie r nd shall bnild the extension if we can counting the price at the same fig­ get the right of way mid there is ure as it was last year it is easy to any po?Bible show to make the road see that the the wool grower will 1 pay anything at all. have more money at the end of the “It seems to me that such action season than he had last year by as the Herald has taken is detri­ of HiHAwipiun • many dollars. lie has not had to INCOKPORATLD I847. mental to the public interest, and if feed,-all of his fat has been picked Issues all forms of sound life insttrarce at tho lowo t rates. < >ur policies there is to lie any rapid develop­ guarantee after three payments are made from the ranges and not from the ment of this country it should be I. Automatic extended insurance for the face of the contract. pocket. His sheep are numerous II. A paid up policy. i frowned down by the heavy bus:« III. Loan or cash surrender value. and in far better condition. Their ness men mid general public to be Unexcelled as a dividend payer. fleeces are heavier than in many benefited by ihe extension of Baker / ai ' e . st / g ’. i /’ a ; heeore roir i . wihe . years and have been grown clean City’s trade into a larger field.” Sherman A Ilarmon, R. II Benedict, white. Goneral Agents. District Malinger. The petition to the interior de­ “They will be sheared freer of Martpiampildv., II. A. Dillard, Agent. partment for the restoration to pub­ Portland, Or, Burns, Or. dirt than last year, will have more lic entry of certain lands iu the / z - wool, of a greater strength and life John Day country was sc i by the which will take in most cases the Democrat before it was I irwarded top place in the market. It can be to Washington and the names readily seen from this state of af­ thereon wi re leading Lanki rs and fairs that the Umatilla and Eastern business men of Ea tern Orogen. Oregon sheepman has notheng to ...AND... fear from the markets. He will District Attorney Wme Miller come out of the year with more came over from Ontario Issi Thurs­ wool af a better grade, and at as day and left again for hie hi-me the Afford* the people of East him ! Centrnl Oregon «11 the opportunity of « good a price as last year, And he following day. The business which firRt-claRH modern Busines* College. It in a home institution covering will have the market to sell it in, called him ov in nn h unfavorable every course involved in BusineRH College work Its nites are the Riime in spite of the tales of a dreath of weather was of an official character. hr charged elsewhere and the methods are the same. Students admitted demand and depression in price.’’ —Grant County Ntfws. nt any time, instruction at. the College or l>v mail. During the summer months the College will conduct a —East Oregonian First National Bank c ! first Rational Bank | PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. I Happy, Healthy Children. Anv child chn take Little Early Risers with perfect safety They are harmless, never gripe or sicken and yet they are no certain in re­ sults that robust constitutions re­ never ■LIES INDE* CAREY ACT. quiring drastic means are di«*ppoint»-d They cannot fail to perform their mission and every one who uses DeWitts Little F.arl. Riner, prefer them to all other pills spatial from Salem to They cure biliousness Sold by all iii«n, sayo: One of the druggists i z a CITIZENS BUSINESS COLLEGE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOL A recent Associated Press dis­ patch from Salt Lake, says; The leading cattlemen of several west ern states have organized a oorpor Our stock of iron beds is now ation whose object is to protect the complete and at very resonable . interests of stockmen in shipping. prices. Call and see our folding The new company is called the bed*, steel couches, etc.— Burns Western Stock Growers Corpora- Furniture Co tion It was incorporated under the laws of Virginia and it is capi- talized at$:>00,000i tshares of $100 Studebaker Wagons, ’Hacks, each. The company will own and [Carriages, Buggies and Buck boards operate a number of agencies at »he JAMES H. GWINN IS VERY HOPEFUL. J !‘re arriving now and selling as fast important shipping points such as | as we can get them in. We have Kansas City, South Omaha, Den­ Says Quality and Quantity of Wool itwo car loads of these good* here ver, Fort Worth, St. Louis, Chicago and in trains. The best stock of Will be Good This Year. St Paul and Salt Lake. Wagons and Vehicles ever brought The regular meeting of the Harney County Live Stock Assso- ciation will be held in the County Court House on Saturday April 2d. FIRST NATIONAL BANK Do You Want litrength? S ummer N ormal S chool If you want to i crease your For tpachers nini ottieni alio desi re • revicwing or prepaia(ory coirne. strength’you must add to and not For opecinions of pen work, nnu eat must be digested, assimilated mid appro- piated by the nerves, blood and tis- I sues before being expelled from the intestines Kodol Despepuia Cure adds to the physical. It gives stren­ gth to and build* up strength in the human system. It in pleasant to the taste and palatable and the only combination of digest­ ants that will digest I he food and to. Burns. Cal! and look at goods enable the system to appropriate all Jarnef H. Gwinn, the secretay of even if you do not desire to buy at of it* health and strength-giving the Oregon Woolgrowera associa­ the prtsent time. Geer de Cummins. qualities. Sold by all druggists. tion is very hopeful that the sheep­ For rush orders use ’ph ;ne (YTatn 324 men of this part of the state will have prosperous times when the .*e coin is brought in from the clips later in the spring and he doe* nal share the gloomy opinion of some of the buyers to the etlect that the price of wool will have to fall lie fore it will Ire Isiugbt by the com­ Fur Sale Italy at mission men “There is but little wool in the east at present ” said Mr Gwinn, TRIHCH .V DONEGAN. Proprietor*. and the market is not overstocked with the remains of last year’* clip Wool is in as great demand now in Agents, Burns, One. th« Eastern markets »" it was last Z v £ tc 1 t © year and th»re is no reason tn be­ Rothci i 1 P.rr • , I '¡.tribut* -r*. Portland, < tregon Zx/E. E2. ZSigrtiv, ZF’xirx., BuinS, Oieg'on. GENERAL DELIVERY and Trucking Prompt attention to all kinds of Draying .and Transfer Business. The Finest of All MARYLAND CLUB WHISKY Hotel Burns Bar pa‘riniz-3 houses chat d sph i th? “Green fla^.’’ A. L. HUNTER, deliveryman . THE CAPITAL SALOON, Burns, Oregon. Tlxic TZcdca.q.’cisi iters