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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1904)
Z lie £imcs-ïhra(d quickly lowers self-respect, takes the fine edge off honor and blunts the conscience as the sense of be S ITC RIMY. SEPTEMBER 10, HMM. ing a sham, a gilded fraud, or an unreality. It cheapens standards, I BM Hll’TION RATES: lowers ideals, saps ambition, and W ... »X0U ix Mouths takes the spring and joy out 1 of hrw Mouths ... .75 living. No man can make the most and best of himself until he I LIA N B Y 11 I» Manager is absolutely honest with Li- own < soul, and unfalteringly true to If there is any lurking disability highest ideals, anil this is impossi in the portage toad programe, it ble while he is living a lie.—Suc has been most deftly concealed. cess. mile am] repeat 2 in 3, tree for nil SEPTEMAtK RACES. SHEEP SUFFER IN MONTANA An alarming scarcity of bay in the sheep district is reported, ami First day, Sept 26—Race 1—j mile and repeat 2 in 3, free for all. pur-e $200 Race 12—| mile dash for Harn , ey county saddle horses that never won first money, vaquero saddles, purse $50. Race 13—¡mile and reverse— Indian race No entrance purse $15, Rae; 14—consolation—distance and purse t > l>e named by the board of directors later. . The races will be governed by ' the California Jockey Club rules and the usual conditions and en trance fees purse $125. Race 2 — j mile dash for Harney wholesale losses of cattle and sheep county saddle horses that never in Montana are feared before the ran for public money, vaquero» to winter sets in, says Hie Helena In-! ride with vaquero saddles, purs.-, $50 ilependenr. Second day. Sept 27—Race 3—J It is estimated that there is no« enough forage in sight to last for mile dash, fret for all purse $125. two months. This condition pre- . I Race 4—I mile dash for Harney cOUI Lv maidens, purse,$75 I vails through’, a wide territory t Third day, Sept 28—Race 5—1 ■ bounded by Sweetgrass on the mile dash free for all. purse$150. south and the Great Falls. Havre So far, everything seems to be Race 6—mile heats 2 in 3 pace and Shelby sections on the north, THE DAWN OF OREGON'S NEW EKA. moving as smoothly as heart could or trot for horses raised in Harney west and east wish. Of course, if there is any The hay crop has been a failure county that never won a race, purse, Oregon has an empire unknown on account of lack of moisture and $100. insurmountable obstacle, or occa to her people and the world II is Fourth day, Sept 29—Race 7—4 sion of delay through technicality not the subject of discovery, invit sheepmen face the problem of al WANTED— Agents, Hustlers, See our h;u window Marked your choice forjJ mile dash, free for all, purse $150 lowing their herds to die and save Salesmen, Clerks and everybody h Id in reserve, in the hope that ing venturesome explorers, but lien Race 8 — f mile dash for Harney the pelts, or driving them across Se <>ur -i uly wear garments--ask to segM the public will be “jollied” into beneath the feet of a multitude who the boundarv into Canada, where county saddle horses that never who wants to enjoy a good hearty as v. c ke p iii.v ■ i n display--and you willi laugh to send 50c for ‘ 'lilts to forgetfulness by the present evi have spurned it ns waste for half a the feed conditions are reported to won first money, purse $50. to mak ' your sei . right here. Agents. ” Worth $50 to any per Fifth day Sept 30—Race 9-Ï dence of progress, it will come century. Reclamation from this be better It is not practicable to J-es our lineof .. goods in general-.Your J son wl .-ells goods for a living. out in due time, and the Open sh'p in hay because of an import mile dash, free for all, purse *175. lowly position is a possibility just Gat we know our bu»ii> Race 10—j mile dash, free fur all If not satisfactory your money judgment will t II River Commission will again have tax of $4 per ton. at we buy . ods right--You receive; Circular for stamp. The ant! conceived In the dim light that ponies not to weigh more than 850 back, There is some hay in Eastern to call for volunteers to go to the Dr. White electric Comb Co., Deca- beiefii. is breaking few indeed conceive the Montana availatde for immediate lbs, boys to ride, purse $25. front. Sixth day, Oct 1 — Race 11 — A'tur, III. vast domain that, takes animated use, but with the exception of a In the meantime it is a pleasure form before the magic word, irriga little in the Flathead country, i r** —5 to be assured that where there’s tion. practically none is to be had be a will there’s a way. A few de REVISED TABLE O INFORMATION. What Oregon has been is noth tween Harve and Western points of termined men, by a simple show ing to whut she will be. Virtues the state. of their determination and a will of her soil have been enjoyed only The following table has been compiled after careful and thorough investiga Some sheepmen, not caring to tion of ad records and Mtatistiea obtainable nd gives actual resource f llarney ingness to back it up with funds, where nature gave the superficial risk feeding their herds through county, every item of which can be proven : Smith Number, Car , Wts. lbs. if necessary, have put the opposi blandishments of alternate rain and the winter, have disposed of large Wool clip annually, Harney county............ W V ti«ed tion to sleep and straightened out sunshine. Man has been the state’s 100,000 ....................... flocks at a sacrifice to Arizona and Sheep ghippe annually....... ifUm what seemed to be a hopeless tan tenderest plant, flourishing in the 1 tali stockmen. 2.->,000 » Cattlemen are Cattle shipped annually........................................... 4,000 Qu gle and interminable delay, For balmiest airs, but shrinking away making preparations to market Horsesand mules shipped annually............ Merchandise » lipped into merchants........... ning whenever the great mother asked a tuoately, also, the time has gone everything hut shippers, and most Merchandise shipped direct to ranchers ................ by for academic discussion as to helping hand in bringing out abun of these will be shipped to Canada. Stock salt and sulphur .............. ......... the efficacy of the portage road dant resources. Amidst the Will Hay last year stood at $23 per Stage freight at 3 cents per pound............................ l LOCAL HAUL. in lowering rates. That question amette’s verdant foliage he reared ton, and it is predicted that this I his early hilt, later buihltd a more year the price will go higher than Lumber sold annually, feet......... .................... 2,100,000 is no longer before the house, for permanent home and thrived even ever before in the history of the Fuel wood sold animad, cords.............................. 3,000 ticke the Legislature, in ordering the 5,000 Fence posts sold annually ........ .................. is the great trees about him. Rogue state. In some sections of Montana «W road built, has taken the matter PASSENGERS AND MAIL. river’s warmer sun enchanted him, out of the hands of the jury. and he builded there, sure of the hay is now calling for $26 per ton. Passengers by stage annually, 600 at $10.................... 1 G,000 . The railroad? are now doing Passengers by private conveyances, 1,800 . . 18,000 Nothing is left but to carry out moistening shower for his riotous everything within their power Io Mail contracts............................................................. .. . 10,000 the law as expeditiously as possi orchard. Grand Ronde was a com relieve the situation and make it LIVE STOCK. ble. pleted paradise, into which nature possible to feed stock oo imported Number of sheep owned in Harney county... . ......................... 300,00X1 At this time, as at every fitting poured her manifold blessing, and food. Number of sheep euniniered in Harney county............................ 550,1)01 beneath basked the contented pio Number of cattle owned in Ifarnev county ......... .200,000 opportunity, we desire to remind Tons ot hay grown annually in Harney, over..................................... 150,000 the people of Portland and of neer. Choice spots were taken— Tons of bay grown annually, in a radius of 30 mile of Imtns . 50,00) Sumpter Valley Cars Burned, Eastern Oregon of their pressing lands demanding but little from AREA OF LAND IN HAILNEV COt’NTV. duty to uphold the Open River their beneficiaries—and here Ore Area of land, acres .................................................... 6,385,000 The tooting of the Oregon Lum gon settlement has been confined H. C. UVFNS, Propt. Surveyed................................................................................. 3,170,480 C oinmission in every necessary ber Company's whistle at South Great, broadening reaches of des Unsurvayed.............. ........................................ .... 3,214,520 way. If more money is needed, above amount 556,324 acres are iu forest rosern- and Carey selections. Ü ort in the Deschutes ba-iii; rolling Baker Saturday night informed tin Of 1,108,201 Appropriated........................................................................................... it must be cheerfully provided. foothills around the intrusive Blue public that a fire was in progress Tillable, assessed........................................ .... 71,101 .............. Probably it will not be needed. 580,751 assesied..................... ............. .............. mountains and Strawberry range; there. Anil true it was for three of Nontillable, improved, not patented............... ,f.............................................................. 102,845 Probably the dread of terrific cost, plateau, valley and ridge bli nding the Sumpter Valley Company’s Susceptible to irrigation under U. S. Geological survey oi silver Creek i reservoir........................................................................................................ 330.000 like other tremendous obstacles, ill expansive Malheur and Harney; best coaches are a wreck as a result Carey selections, approved.............. ....................................................... 9,000 will melt away like mist before secluded valleys of Wallowa and of the blaze. The cause of the fire Road Companies l.and...................................................................................... 44,000 C kNED-B 95.000 the blazing sun of a purpose, held seemingly barren stretches of plain is unknown, but it is generally be Appropriated.................................... ..................... ............................................ Susceptible to irrigation............. ..................... 876,000 ......................... and put into effect by a few deter in Umatilla, awaited more strenu lieved that it originated from some Tillable bench land above irrigat on line, over. .. 150,000 Koi GNAS-U GE. now covered by Malheur I.ake which would be drained and re Winter’s floods came one throwing on the floor of one of Amount mined and resourceful citizens.— oils hand claim bv holding up water oi Silvies River in reservoir ... 35,000 Home Sugar Lured Water Facilities- Silvies River, Silver creek, McCoy creek, Blitzen River, anil swept through bleak gullies, down the cars a lighted cigarettee or cigar. Oregonian. ten smaller streams. — Democrat to the Columbia John Day, De Allitnde—4,100 feet—same as Salt l.aki Valley. Mean Temperature—42. schutes, Umatilla, Eagle, Powder, Considerable attention is being Annual precipitation— 12 im lies. Klamath, Willow and a hundred I The Stomach is the Man. Min. rals—2,200 pounds of boiax mined and hauled by team from Denio, Ore draw n to the llarney Valley, Ore gon, to Winnemucca, Nevada, daily, b ing all t: at is developed to speak of. other streams churned through gon country just at this time. Crops—Wheat, oats, rye, barley, alfalfa, sugar beets, Imps, potatoes and all gorges while parched lands i wilted A weak stomach weakens the man, kinds of hardy fruits anil vegetab es. 1 lie government project for irri above. Subterranean watercourses because it cannot transform the Beef sold by the quarter and gating the valley seems to have carried their precious stores down food he eats into nourishment. cut up to suit the customer. been abandoned, but this is not to through deep strata to lost reser- Health and strength cannot be re be credited as all loss The in Voir». Between the fecund land stored to any sick man or weak H vestigation made by’ the govern and wasting pollen man formed no woman w ithout first restoring health and strength to the stomach. A ment has helped to advertise the connecting link g A change has come, and with it weak stomach cannot digest enough great resources of that inland country and in itself has attracted Oregon’s second empire. Rich nt) food to feed the tissues and revive Win the first, richer shall he the the tired and run down limbs and the public eye. Buv a second Areas now seemingly noth organs of the body. Kodol Dys That the irrigation of Harney ingshall “bloom as the rose " Mal pepsia Cure digests what you eat. \ alley is a feasible project there heur's recent desert is producing cleanses and strengthens the glands is no question but that personal eight to ten tons of alfalfa per acre, and membranes of the stomach, greed and selfish political wire and in this broad realm the govern and cures indigestion, dyspepsia work were also in evidence in ment finds 2(H),000 acres in one and all stomach troubles. Sold by Th y are 1 ’ight and so is the Price just as unquestionable. tract inviting agriculture De Burns Drug Stores. « All knius of erv Lu;...' —Rou. i and Surfaced—ahvayson I The people of llarney Valley, schutes offers within tin dominion - hand. Rustic, Fid ring, Mourning, Stair Railing, Window generally are a wide-a-wake peo ot one irrigation project half a mil ^tooi, etc. Al cd Shingles. Klamath and Lake ple, .mil they are wisely making lion acres a st tong pull for a railroad, but Counties alone could ueeoin nodule Good Road. A K RICHARDSON, ist “drop” Portland the northwest's immigration foi Harney, Oregon- e it has been King I’m t five years if present water supplie- were placed on land good for thirl his subjects. Portland to forty bushels of wheat Wase ii Id Southeastern Ore- <nd Sherman ne. d-d '.tit a railwa 222 South IVona St.. i.-"ol.iti d condition be Cute ago , 111.. Oct. 7, 1902. u> prove that their plan.ms w»-i> F’icht months aco I was so ill I.HIM' i ai i nail tin, ugh that good for 11 irti I t sin - of gr»u that 1 wm conipi'iled to lie or «it loumiyiould not ««11 tun to without irr gallon down nearly all the time. My •toniarh was so weak and upset I*,,ill.mil but «as mine likeh to The list could b multiplied. L that I could keep nothing ou it and I vomited frequently, tap S.m Fr ,mi isco directly or ln- rigation by e.ma . etorag reservoir If------- could not urinate without great directly . Portland's er v is “Ore or pumping is soipindous in us pain and I coughed so much that my throat and lungs were raw veil photography In gon tiad, for Oiegoni.ins” but possibilité - Oregon has received and sore. The doctors pro 1' < !'. Artist’s Proof and relatively little of the at tide i f nounced it Bright's disease and the fact» .ne it was Oregon trade others «aid it was consumption. immigration When *h Ix-gins to ' 1 <• i finished in up to-date foi Portland, with the “you ticket It mattered little to me what they called it and I had no de id vert i“< the inn - r<vlinii'i ' 1 - from the smallest me and I'll tnkel you" proposi sire to lire. A sister suited me work under wav here ami awaiting EXTRAS ALWAYS ON HAND from St. Louie a id aske l me if P an 8 .x io finished in Aristo tion conspicuously left out. I La>l ever tried Wine of Cardui. further survey, th- balance will lie • A n n nqn-rs Sai. i i.incuco is the natural I told her I had not and she turned. Of the $8,000.000 ree ipts bought a bottle. 1 believe that ry epp • e Fjrst x,atlo aI ltl. the Harney Valley it saved my life. I balieve many Ihy the goverrmunt from ar d-lai d women could »are tivH'h «ufTer- eu, ami there is nothing at states the past fi-e .1 year. Oregon FOI I , Agt in Burns. ing if they but knew of its value itv line to tn any way pre- led in contributions. > it has v . nt the lav ing of steel rails.— been since the fund of ’23,000,000 Western Ways. was being build, d. and in such pre l>ortion is Oreg n emit d to dia Don't you want frm! ., fr-wo burseinent Great work is due paint Take V» .. ’ of V’arUui There ate a thousand ways of and make one suarerne r to The multitude of the east seeking y it g, but ail lead to the same eud. ba well. Yon dor t noil to be virgin soil, vet ripen t > rnt’v, where a weak, lielpl.'«. a cteror. You It does not matter whether VOU they may build pi -|wr a- homes, can have a w '» I. ill. amt wear lies, tell lies, act lies, or live will Hock to Oreg.n when th« y don woman's work m lit, . Why lies, your i h trader is ruined all know the contingency iietween pri not secure a bottle of W me of JOHN F. STRATTON S Cardui from your druggist to C*ltbr*t*d - f'e'ebr .ttrf the Mme sent iilfrne«« anil rich pr«ul|irf ion day? drmoralicmg There is no more Band Instiumenh of life’s staples '4^^ OF ’.FIFES Ati 1 influence tn modern life than the Oregon'» A dut« is apparent df ’.FIFES Piccolo* and Bar... Supp“ unnatural straining to seem other second empire must l* inaile AT YOU EAT JOHN S. »TDSTToa i han wc Nothing else so known—Portland Journal.. ’ V h i-.s for 50 c« • tt su .»»».*»■» r s»s, » . unless the situation is relieved j The store to o vour trading Tne.store where vou can buy right, Th the b dies like to go . .. a _ store -__ __ , to. The store where ou will find a comJ| line of up"tc- ate goods. The store where everyone is treated a|J How Prices Melt as the Days Orow Ij i Shoes that wear well are not fom everywhere— mrs n ve stood thetfl and our btock is so complete that w can fit vou i t please you in eve« BLY for CAS V, EIWEKSELL THEM Jj.» . Burns, Oregon CITY MEAT MARKET I i Aways HAMS Home Mac > -..;-ra and Bacor. TIÍDE, ÍH V and TROUBLE, Urder your inning Material from 1 he Harney Saw Mill McCORMICK MOWER and RAK.E- ano Shmgle Mill. f . iiHT0GR4PHER For a Big Machine and little Mney, see THE TIMES-HERALD S Gives all the local news Job noting WlNECARDUI mUMUSttîW FT fc COMPANY. CHICAGO. OJ- 1