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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1904)
» SF.FTEMAB» «ACES. O mile and repeat 2 in 3, free for all A regular camp tender, such as IN MALHEUR COUNTV ALONE purse $200. visits sheep ranges, goes regularly First day, Sept 26—Race 1—i Race 12—i mil* daah for Harn to the turkey ranch and supplies mile and repeat 2 in 3, free for all, ey county saddle horse» that never SATURDAY. AÜOV1T 'JO, l«O«. the herder with food and water for ONLY IRRIGATION PLAN FAVORED IN won first money, vaquero saddle», I purse $125. himself and his fowls However, THE STATE. Race 2—j mile dash for Harney pUr8e $50. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: the food of .he turkeys consists for ¡county saddle horses that never j Race 13—j mile aiul reverse Due Year ..................... yxOU the most part of the myriads of ran for public money, vaquero» CO|[n(]jan race No entrance fee, :x Mouths 1.00 r Creek Scheme has Been Abandoned grasshoppers and other insects that Three Months 75 ride with vaquero saddles, puree, pUrse «15, And Uuvernment will not Touch infest the hills. In the harvested $50 ! - Race 14—consolation—distance The Deschutes Scheme. fields the birds find plenty of grain II. IAN IIVKII Msiafer Second dav. Sept 27—Race 3—¡1 and purse to be named by the that shattered out when the ma A special from Walla Walla, The store to do vour trading. mile dash, free for all, purse $125. board of directora latsr. chines passed over. Race 4—I mile dash for Harney Few engineering difficulties are Wash, fo the Oregonian says: The The races will be governed by The store where vou can buy righ Alfa In the Southern states, particu- the California Jockey Club rulea The store the Indies like to goto. presented to the operation of an larlv in Georgia, turkey rancbes Government will construct the corn ty maidens, purse,$75 Je*. Third day, Sept 28—Race 5—| and the usual conditions and en east and west railroad through are not uncommon, but in the Malheur irrigation project in Oreg Thur»< The store where you will find a on, the largest work that will be un mile dash free for all, purse$150. trance fees. Central Oregon, should such a Northwest the industry oo the Race (>■ — f mile heats 2 in 3 pace Dr. iine of up-to-date goods. dertaken for the present. scale it is being conducted by Mrs line be built to Ontario from De or trot for horses raised in Harney This, in short, was the informa upa Mottinger, is practically in its be- Up-to-date iub printing at reason The store where everyone is treat | tai troit. the present terminus of the ginning. tion disseminated at the joint meet county that never won a race, purse, The' able prices. Corvallis & Eastern, in the Cas I The young birds find a ready ing of the Oregon and Washington $100 Fourth day, Sept 29—Race 7—j cade mountains. The only prob market in Portland, Spokane and Irrigation Commissions with F. II. WANTED— Agents, Hustlers, See our hat window- -Marked your ch mile dash, free for all, purse $150. Newell, head of the reclamation lem deserving of consideration is on the sound, as the supply at Salesmen, Clerks and everybody Race 8 — " mile dash for Harney service, The Butter Creek scheme the deplorable shortage of water Thanksgiving and during the See our ready to wear garments*.ask never who wnnts to enjoy a good hearty supply for the motive Jpowcr on Christmas holidays is always lim has been abandoned entirely. The county saddle horses that laugh to send 50c for “ Tips to we keep only a few on display--andy won first money, purse $50. as Deschutes scheme is in the hands the desert east of Bend. Should I ted. Agents. ” Worth $50 to any per Fifth day Sept 30 — Race 9-3 of private parties, and the Govern to make your selections right here. the much-talked of extension of ment is opposed to interfering in a mile dash, free for all, purse $175. son who sells goods for a living. MANY CATTLE ARE DETAIMED. See our line of dry goods in general-, that line materialize, it would be Rues 10—} mile dash, free for all If not satisfactory your money case of that sort. judgment will tell you that we know projected on to Ontario to connect A special from Eugene to the No other point iu Oregon will ponies not to weigh more than 850 baok. Circular for stamp. The with the Oiegon Short Line and Telegram says: A band of 130 likely be touched for a decade . In lbs, boys to ride, purse $25. Dr. White electric Comb Co., Deca and that we buy our goods right—You] benefit. thus furnish transportation for the head of cattle, about tube shipped Washington but one scheme has Sixth day, Oct 1—Race 11—J tur, Ill. millions <>i feet of yellow pine in from here to Montana Indian reser- been found feasible. The Palouse- the Bend district to Eastern mar ation, was yesterday condemned by Basco plan to take water from the REVISED TABLE OF INFORMATION kets; and here comes the problem Government Stock Inspector Hut Palouse River and hold it in ini chinson on account of '»scabbie», ” mense reservoirs to water 100,000 of furnishing water to engines The following lable lias been compiled after careful and thorough investiga making the hauls. A glance at and will net be allowed to leave acres near the Snake river has been tion of a I records and statistics obtainable and give» actual resource- of Harney the map shows there is no water the state until the animals are dip- found feasible, and may ba built. county, i ve y item of which can be proven : Number, Car., Wti. lbs. ped twice. A drova of 275 head at The obstacle to overcome is the I 80 2,400,000 to be had for a distance of ioo Wool clip annually, Harney county................ Oakland and one of 175 head at construction of a branch of the I Sheep »hippo annually...................................... 100,000 480 6,600,000 miles east of Bend. To avoid ex . 25,000 1000 25,000,000 Halsey were also condemned and Oregon Railroad Navigation Cattle shipped annually.................................... cessive grades the road would be all were detained. 4,000 160 3,860,000 Horses and mules shipped annually ................ Company, between Washtucna and j 100 2,500,000 Merchandise flipped into merchant» ............ obliged to keep to the uplands J. N. Burgess, who has the con Connell. The track is being built | 100 2,500,000 and away from canyons, the only tract to furnish the cattle to the right in the line of the reservoir amt 1 Merchandise shipped direct to rancher«......... 200,000 10 Stock salt and sulphur .................................... places where water is to be found, Government, is at a loss to know the canal. « 120,000 Stage freight at 3 cents per pound.................... f and then only in limited quantities. what to do. There are no dipping The engineers have investigated LOCAL HAUL. Wells several hundred feet deep vats in this part of the state, and if the greatest scheme in the country, Lumber sold annually, feet........................................... 2,100,000 3,000 have been dug at different places the cattle are taken to Portland, and an adverse report will be sent Fuel wood sold nnnnall, cords...................................... ▼e»t 5,000 Fence poHt.s sold annually.............................................. dipped there and held ten days for in. It is the Big Bend scheme ! on the desert, with no result. Ar l*r| PASSENGERS AND MAIL. tbit tesian water is out of the qnestion, another dip before they can be ship along the Columbia river, where $ 6,000 Passengers by stage annually, 600 at $10.................... real as the altitude is generally about ped, it will entail a big loss to the 1,000,000 acres were said to await Passengers 18,000 by private conveyances, 1,800.................. water. The plan has developed Mai) contracts ........................................ .................... 10,000 3500 feet in this part of Oregon contractor. The stock inspector made the such proportions that it cannot be LIVE STOCK. and the country is altogether out lint announcement while here that undertaken for a generation, and anc 300,000 of the artesian range. A railroad “scabbies” exists all over Oregon. Number of sheep owned in llarney county.............................. will cost more money than the N umber of sheep summered in Harney county..................... 550,000 is entitled to a water tank to at Washington and Idaho, and no 200,000 Number of cattle owned in Harnev county........................... Panama Canal. 150,000 Tone ot hay grown annually in Harney, over....................... least every twenty miles of track, doubt has existed for many years The Oregon Commission, co isist- Tons of hay grown annually, in a radius of 30 milecof Burns . 50,000 and it van easily be seen that some Only by careful oxamination of the ing of C. W. Mallett, chairman, AREA or LAND IN HARNEY COUNTY. difficulty would be met with in cattle can the infection be discover Ontario; H. E. Ankeny, Eugene Area of land, acre» ............................................................................................... 6,385,000 this direction after the point cov- ed. Zera Snow, Portland, and T. G. Survived...................................................................................................................................... 3,170,480 ered by the contemplated ditch Mr. Burgess save he is already Hailey, of Pendleton, was present Un»urvayed......................................................................................................... 3,214,520 H. C. DEVENS, Propt. Of above amount 556,324 acres are in forest reserve and Carey selection». were passed, A water car could short about 1000 head of cattle on at the joint session. Appropriated............................................................. 1,108,261 assessed................................................................................................ 71,101 be brought into requisition, of his Government contract, and that The Washington Commission Tillable, Nontillable, assessed.......................................................................................... 586,751 this delay will work a hardship was present save Chairman Harold course; but that would be rather Improved, not patented..................................................................................... 102,845 to irrigation under U. 8. Geological survey of Silver Creek Preston, Seattle; George T, Cotter- j Susceptible expensive, and annoying as well. upon him. reservoir......................................................................................................... 336.000 ill, Seattle: Austin Mires, Ellens Carey selections, approved................................................................................ 9,000 The water shortage would be felt Companies [.and....................................................................................... 44,000 WANT 200 HEAD OF YOUNfi HORSES. burg; N. G, Blalock, Walla Walla; Road Appro riated.......................................................................................................... 95.000 only in Crook and the western S. A Calvert, Olympia; E. F Ben Susceptible to irrigation............. 876,000 CORNED-BEEF, part of 1 larney.—Prineville Re A. 8. Dore, of this city, is in re son, Tacoma, and Walter N. Gran Tillable bench land above irrigat on line, over............................................. 150,000 now covered by Malheur Lake which would ba drained and re view. ceipt of a letter from eastern par ger. Zillah. With the Government Amount claim bv holding up water oi Silvies River in reservoir......................... 35,000 BOLOGNA SAUSAGE. ties tendering him the contract to reclamation party is F. II. Newell, Water Facilities—Silvies River, Silver creek, McCoy creek, Blitzes River, and ten smaller streams. Home Sagar-Cared purchase 200 head of yearling horses chief engineer; H. W. Savage, chief lie'» Not Dead Yet, Hut Making Saddle». Altitude—4,100 feet—same as Salt Lake Valley. offering him a satisfactory figure construction engineer; Maurice Bien Mean Temperature—42. Annual precipitation —12 ini he». Dini, J. C. Welcome, at Burns, for them delivered in the east. Mr. consulting counsel; D. W. Ross, Minerals—2,200 pounds of borax mined aad hauled by teem from Denio, Ore August o. Mr. Welcome was Dore expects to look into the mat chief engineer, in charge of work in gon, to Winnemucca, Nevada, daily, being all that is developed to apeak of. Crops—Wheat, oats, rye, barley, alfalfa, sugar beets, hope, potatce» and all Home Made Lard one of the first settlers of Harney ter at once and if the required Idaho; 0. J. Blanchard, Govern kinds of hardy fruits and vegetables. number can be gotten, he will pur ment satistician; E. T. Perkins, and Bacon. county and a highly respected cit chase them and ship them east at auditor. The meetings were held izen. Funeral services were held Beef sold by the quarter and an early date. in the Walia Walla Club rooms, at Burns the loth, inst. — Monu cut up to suit the customer. He also has an inquiry for a attended by 200 people. « ment Enterprise. number of head of large horses Rousing enthusiasm was mani- The above item appeared in which he will purchase and ship tested from the outset. Mr. Newell the first issue of the Enterprise east when he ships the yearlings.— made a long statement of the work along with its salutatory in which Blue Mt. Eagle. TROUBUE, being done and planned, meeting it assured its readers that the En with hearty indorsement from all Buy a Notes From Ontario terprise would be found reliable present. The party left tonight for in all things. When told of lead Seattle, and thence to Portland Ontario Argus: ing a notice of his death on Au The board of consulting engineers O. W. Porter, the well known gust *>o,”J. C. Welcome tried to will meet October 4 to pass upon sheep man, is a business visitor to the Malheur scheme and perhaps look serious but his good-natured Ontario. the Palouse plan, if the radioed phiz finally broadened into a very I h y are l?ight and so is the Price Win Hanley of Burns, promi complication can be adjusted. wide grin. He never looked nent stockman, took in the sights All kinds of dry Lumber—Rough and Surfaced"i healthier in his life and was very at the convention on Tuesday. much alive. hand. Rustic,»Flooring, Moulding, Stair Railing E. II Test and family and Thos 'The writer accused Henry Stool, etc. Also first class Sawed Shingles. Blackwell of starting such a re Jones and family returned yester day from their pleasure trip to Bull G°°d Road. a . K. RIC port, lie having just returned Run section. fi mu the Long creek section, but “I don't think we could keep F. S Rieder and wife are in the bonne without Thedford'« Black- Hent v pleads not guilty this time Draught. We have used it in the family for over two years with the | C. will have the privilege of city from Burns. Mr. Rieder is an beat of results. I have not hati a ex-countv clerk of Harney county, doctor in the botiae for that length ta ading a notice of his death, one of time. It is a doctor in itself and and is now agent for the Willam always ready to make a person well not alwats accorded individuals and happy ”—J A M EH HALL. Jack- ette t Cascade Road Co •onville. III.________ Because this great medicine E. A Eraser is now the possessor HI KI) OF 600 TV KLEYS. relieves stomac h pains. frees the of a thoroughbred Arabian steed constipated bowels and invigor ates the torpid liver and weak A flick of 600 young turkeys is i with pedigree and trotting record ened kidneys I tmg herded on the Mottinger - unknonu to any one We heard All the latest styles and improved photograph ranch, in Klickitat county, Wash Ed tell Charley Goddard that the use to be had. Profile Panels, Artist’s Proof ington, jut across the Columbia i animal was presented to him by Poacelain process. Photos finished in up lo^ river from Switiler’» island, **v* i the Sultan of Sulu is necessary in the home where J EXTRAS ALWAYS ON HAND. Thedford's Blaek-hraught it the East Oregonian. fctyle upon application. All sizes from the sn>ai Mis* Ida Roberts, one of Mai- kept. Families living ln the Never It-fore in the Inland Em- heur county's popular school teaeh- locket picture up to an 8 x 10 finished in country, miles from any nhvsi- cian, have been kept in health pirn h.i-> 'he raising of turkeys been i ere, arrived from Jordan Valley on Platino or on any of the American papers. For a Big Machine and little Mney, see for years with this med: ine as it ' so extensively by any j Wednesday and will visit with thew on!y doctor. Tbe.lf .ni s 0»H»ry oppo.ltthirst National Bank. - • I **• friends here until Saturday, when Black• Draught cures bilious- I r son The birds are all in I I she FOLEY, Att. In Burns. will re'urn to Jordan Valley ness. dyspepsia, colds, ehills ami excellent condition and will ba mar 1 and take charge of the school for fever bail blood, headacluw. diarrhoa. coiKt ¡potion, colic keted about Thanksgiving time. the ensuing term. and almost every otht r ailment The (lock is owned by Mrs. beeauw the stomach. b > - Wm Earre, register of the Unit liver and kidneys so nearly con George II Mottinger. Soon after ed States land ofli -e at Burns, ami trol the h.vdth. the young lurkeye were batched I. S. Geer, ex-reprreentalive of Mai they were put out in th* hill» sev beur and llarney counties, were eral miles Imck from the river with down front Burns the first of the week to attend the Waler Unsre’ a h< rder in charge D»v »nd night association meeting Poth gentle- the man watches the flock with men are enthusiast» on the irrig*- the care that a shepherd e «»reisee I tion question, would like to see the JOHN F. STRATTON’» in caring for hi* sheep, Coyote» Malheur project a go. and also the are very plentiful in that dry re on* now on tapis on Silvies river in 7 Band iMtlWMtl i their home county Thev left for gnm and great vigilance muai be home Wednesday and »aid before Dr LFIFM Piccolosand Bnr.u Supplies exercised in protecting the fowls departing that Ontario's wonderful digests v . ha r vou JOHN *. *TW*TTON, growth had just commenced. SB ^B from the hungry beset* • n.»u ••».«<vg » mm » . How Prices Melt as the Days fe Shoes that wear well are nJ everywhere—ours have-stood and our stock is so complete) can fit you and please you it way. A Full line of Staple and Fancy Í BUY for CASH-WE UNDERSELL II SCHWARTZ & BDDEU Burns, Oreg« CITY MEAT MARK Fresh and Salt Me Aways on hand HAMS Tp<?iycx=v..,. I y Un I L Order your Building Material fra H McCORMICK MOWER apd The Narney Saw J| FIABLE. and Shingle Mil| HEALTH JOHN McHULLEN, THE UP-TO-DATE PHOTOGRAPHE! No D octor THEDFORD’S THE TIMES-HERALD Gives all the local news. BLACH- DRAUChT Job Printing. -teH jfl W fl fl ■ ■ fl ■ ■ o » lv " E- „ ... E-WITT < c COMPANY. CHIC**
