/ öl xvn. NO. 44. BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY,OREGON, SEPTEMBER 24, 1904. time his life visited Baker City. SUGGESTS POOLING CATTLE ( A little over 12 years ago he began business in Harney County and for I THROUGH LINE FROM CASPAR WY0. several years has boen handling THE ONLY M AY TO DISPOSE OF THE CITY BADS ARE INVESTIGATING POS- F SIBILITIES FOR SUCH. about ♦75,000 or $80,000 worth of STOCK TO ADVANTAGE. TO EUREKA, CAL goods annually at a little town of less than a hundred people. Mr. Haines is a young man of fine phy A Prominent Cattleman Thinks Local Bals CivK Bpgiiucr Foster Visits Several Pisces Will Pass Through Malheur, Harney and ers Should Organize to Offset the sique, good judgment and enter Near City to Make Measurements Lake Counties, and Make Main •Cattle Buyers’ Trust.” prising spirit. He is the guest in And Get Elevations. Shops at Boise, Idaho. Baker City, of Mr 8. S. Litchfield, Lr.wen, Sept, 18th.—(To the C. 11. Poster, a civil engineer In the presence of perhaps 25 by whom he has been introduced from Baker City, has been investi members of the board of directors to all the leading business men, Editor)—I enclose you a clipping of the chamber of commerce and and tonight will be initiated into from the Baker City, Weekly Bed gating the possibilities for water other citizens of Boise, F. L Evans the order of Elks. When question rock Democrat of Sept. 12th. It works here the last few days The last evening presented his proposi ed about his country Mr. Haines may interest some of your aubscrib-1 city I dads had deciced upon tion for the construction of a said: ers to know that a cattle buyers I such a move at the instigation of through line of railroad from Cas ‘ General business in our section trust exists elsewhere besides “Har- j several large property owners and a par, Wyoming, to Eureka, Califor is very good and has been right letter bad been written Mr. Foster nia, says tbe Statesman. Briefly along. The prices of cattle are im ney County.” If the cattle men of asking his services, but the gentle stated Mr Evans’ proposition, which proving, and cattle are beg tilling to the neighborhoods of Harney coun man was already enroute to this came from the Missouri Trust Co. move. There has been a large crop ty would get together, and form pitted on other business when the and the first vice-president of tbe of hay all over the county,the result associations for the selling of their letter reached Baker. American Central Insurance com of the copious rains ir. the spring mutual cattle in big lots, they Mr Foster discouraged a pump pany both of St. Louis, is that tbe and early summer, and we will have could correspond with outside buy ing system from the start and stat right of way, terminal facilities, etc., plenty of feed for the winter. One ers (Advertise if necessary) and by ed that from personal experiences shall be donated along the line from and two-year old steers will now be selling direct to them, do away and the efforts of Baker City in Pine, Idaho, to Vale, Oregon, the shipped freely and are bringing with the middle man, and his ex such a plant lie could not advise a first section of the road to be built, $15 to $20 a head. One, two and treme profits, and a fair price would town of this size to undertake such and a bonus of $500,000 shall be three-year-old wethers, from the be realized by the man who feeds a proposition, as it would prove too The Times-Herald had been led raised along the line. This bonus mountains, are selling at $1.80 to the cows. expensive. to believe that the people of Burns is to be in the shape of notes, due $2 75, and large shipments have t Respectfully yours, His advise was for a gravity sys could expect an immediate bond in 50 months and conditioned upon been ordered. These are fair Fred Otley. tem and expressed himself, upon issue for several thousand dollars the completion of the Pine-Vale prices, and with the big price whit b I the ■ matter suggesting that we and that we* would have water section of tbe road within that was obtained on wool, our people The clipping referred to in the •bould have water, not only suffici works in no time. That the people time. will average more than an average above was published in our last is ent;,Tor fire purpose, but domestic were being robbed without being Of this amount, it was brought profit for the season’s business. sue, We agree with Mr. Otley in use as well. He felt that the ex- notified or given a chance to express out in the discussion of the propo “No. I’m not here on business, regard to pooling stock for tho pur |)MWe incurred would not justify themselves in the matter. Such is sition, it is expected that Boise will but am visiting Baker socially and pose of selling to best advantage, for fire purposes alone. The gentle not the case, however, and we find furnish depot grounds and about am on my way to Vale, where 1 provived it can be done. The man did not realize that individuals the present investigations are mere -10 acres of ground near the city for have been summoned as a witness Times-Herald had hoped the Har bad. in some instances, spent big ly preliminary and may not dev main shops of the company, which on the Colwell murder ease. This ney county Live Stock Association sams in apparatus for water works elops into anything definite. This are to be located here, right of way is my first visit to Baker , and the would take this matter up at an forlprivate use and that windmills investigation was asked by seyeral for about 10 miles east and 15 town looks very good to me It has early date and make an effort to OT engines could be found on almost prominent property owners who de miles west, and $350,000 of the every evidence of modern business secure buyers for the fat cattle in •very residence block in the city, sired to known if such works were cash bonus. methods, and prosperous times. this section that are now ready for therefore, unless the city could fur feasible and within moderate cost Mr. Evans, after a brief intro Its people are sociable ,and hospi the market. It would certainly be nish water at very reasonable rates The Times - Herald found some duction. presented a letter signed table, and when the Sumpter Val of mutual benefit to all concerned •nd an abundance of it, the works councilmen that do not approve of by Edward H. Gorse, secretary of ley Railraod is finished to Burns, and help the present rather close Would not realize much from this such a move just at this time, un the Missouri Trust company of St. we will be up here ever once in a times in the way of distributing source, less it would show very flattering, Louie in which he referred to Vice- while.”—Democrat. several thousand dollars among ■A representive of the Times - Her but considered it an apportune time President Edward II. Thompson, of Harney county stockraisers. ald was present at a meeting Wed- to investigate, so that the informa the American Central Insurance Tbe Times-Herald has no posi F. S. Rieder,' formerly county jfeqduv evening held for the pur tion would be at hand for future company. It this letter it was de clerk of Harney county for several tiveevidence that such a thing as a pot e of hearing a report from Mr. use should such time come. Now finitely promised that he would terms, who is now general super "cattle buyers’trust"exists in Har Hposter in regard to the feasibility that the subject has been ■ under endeavor to finance the proposition, intendent of the Willamette Valley ney county, yet present conditions of a gravity system from The Mil discussion they propose to prosecute which he stated he had assurances A Cascade Mountain Wagon Road would indicate that Mr. Otley’s as ler Springs, Cherry Springs, Rim- it further and ascertain to a certain he would be able to do upon the company’s road grant is in this city sertion is not far from wrong If rjbek. or water from the springs in ty just what cost. Such being the basis stated. conferring with Attorney M. R. such is the case it is only justice the canyon above J. J. Tupkor’s case, The Times-Herald feels there He disclaimed having any ar- Elliott in regard to the company’s that local cattle raisers should make place. is no occasion for uneasiness at this rangment with the Northwertern property. This is the first visit Mr. an effort to dispose of their stock ft ® In substance the civil engineer time. We also wish to say that road, even as to a traffic agreement. Rieder has made the city in 19 to outside buyers if they will pay a ft ■sported as follows: The measure the fact that certain individuals ad Lt would be useless, he insisted, for years and he notes a remarkable satisfactory price and the sugges ft 8 ment at Cherry springs developed vocate any public improvement is Boise to look to the Northwestern, change from a few stores to a city tion in the above letter is good. about i inch of water; at Rimrock not sufficient to condemn it,or oth the Burlington, or any other exist of over a thousand inhabitants — The Times-Herald will assist in •p'iugs there was so little water such a move, not however, from I erwise. ing road to come here, as they were Prineville Journal. that it was not considered at all, any mercenary motive or for per The Times-Herald is not influ all bound by agreements not to en Therefore no measurements were sonal spite, but to assist its readers ter Short Line territory. Any liken. Cherry springs was found enced by personal likes or dislikes A WONDERFUL INVENTION and friends in disposing of their other line must be built by private t a sufficient elevation to afford a in such matters. If it considers a products to best advantage. Very satisfactory pressure, but it project of sufficient merit it will be capital or not at all. It is interesting to note that for The local association contemplat The maps of the route ehawed upheld. The present investstiga- was out of the question as the wat tunes are frequently made by the ed such a move last fall, but did tion has not been carried forward that the proposed line will follow er supply was inadequate. invention of articles of minor im not begin corres[>ondence early I The Miller springs at the M. L. sufficiently to determine what will the old Midland right of way from portance. Many of the more pop enough in the season to accomplish (jcwis place might supply sufficient be the result and The Times-Her Boise to Middleton and Caldwell, ular devices are those designed to its purpose, consequently the stock crossing the Short line at that place. ■Tat' i but this he considered a pro ald cannot conscientiously approve benefit people and meet popular that should have been marketed at The Snake is t > be bridged a few or condemn at the present stage. It bl, m and would take considerable conditions, and one of the most in that time were carried oyer the time and expense to determine, realizes, nevertheless, that to con miles above Nyssa and the Malheur teresting of these thathas ever been winter and some are still on hand. owing to the nature of the ground struct such water works as it would river joined near Vale. The route invented is thd Dr. White Electric If stockraisers arc not satisfied with goes up tbe Malheur on a water consider adequate would cost con md the necessity of getting the Comb, patented Jan. 1, ’99 These the prices offered by local buyers low of five orsix springs into shape siderable and that a plant that grade, traverses Harney county, wonderful Combs positively cure and have reason to believe belter > determine the enitre flow, This might be of sufficient capacity for Ore., and crosses the mountains dandruff, hair foiling out, sick and pricescan be secured, they should near Goose Lake. Running down present wants would not suffice »0 would be a drawback in that it nervous headaches, and when used begin at once to investigate ami should Burns double its population. I the west side of Goose Lake, the ould not give sufficient force to with Dr. White’s Electric Hair find buyers. The season is now far ifford protection to property any which certainly will be at no dis line follows Pitt river, then crosses Brush are positively guaranteed advanced and if results cannot be higher than Main St. It would tant date. It would therefore ob the range and down the Mad river I to make straight hair curly in 25 obtained in the near future stock however, be enough force to give ject to such a move at enormous to Humboldt bav at Eureka. days time. Thousands of these men will either have to take the Kaderate protection to the business expense that would prove inadequ To the east the route follows the ; electric combs have been soldin prices offered by local buyers or ate and have to be abandoned at south fork of the Boise to Pine 1 portions. the various cities of the Union, and again feed their beef through the f From his investigations Mr. Fos some future time on account of lack crosses the Mountains to Hailey I the demand is constantly increas- winter. ter consideis the spring in the can of water. Such improvements ■ and thence across the state to St i ing. Our agents are rapidly be should be [>ermanent and if the - Anthony. Traversing the Jackson yon above Tupker’s the most feasi coming rich selling these combs. Free! Free!—Handsome China ble and that does not ebow flatter city auhorities cannot find water in ! Hole country, connection is finally They positively sell on sight. Send ware absolutely free We are still ing just at the present time, but it sufficient quantities to furnish made with the Northwestern road ; for sample. Men’s size 35c, ladies' giving tickets on Chinaware for cash is his impression that possibly with twice the present population, it at Caspar. 50c — (half price while we are in- purchases only. We now have Among the branch lines proposed proper work enough water could be would not approve of any great trocucing them.) Tbe Dr. White a large supply on hand. Take a one from central Idaho down the secured. This would give consid- outlay. The Dr. White Electric Comb Co., |>eep in our windows.— Lunaburg Future investigations will prove1 Salmon and to Butte, over the line I Decatur, III. erable fall and give sufficient force A Dai ton. the merits of the present sites and of the old Idaho Midland, one in even on the highest portions of the Alfalfa at Geer A Cummins these will be submitted to Mr. F ob - I central Oregon and another from residence blocks on the hill The Remember Browns Profit Shar ter or some other competent engi Eureka to San Francisco. gentleman said even this would not Men and boy’s wool hats cheap— In reply to a question as to why ing Plan Secure your coupon with be a feasible proposition unless wa neer, who will estimate the cost. Miller A Thompson. construction work was to commence every cash purchase. ter could be Sold for domestic pur in the middle of tbe line, Mr. what’s in a Nimt? poses. He was much inclined to Evans said it was because this sec The Finest of All ..* discourage any project that would Everything is in the r.ame when 1 tion was a key to the entire line incur expense without also deriving it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E.1 and that they con'd hardly be shut »revenue. A dead expense would C. DeWitt A Co. of CI ago, <lir- oyt by other companies at the two be too much of a drain on the tax- covered some years ag > how to t extreme* while if a line were start payers and would prove burden make a salve from Witch Hazel ed from Caspar, the Short Line for some finally. that is a specific fur Piles. For example, would have an opportuni Far Sale Oily at While he expressed himself as »blind, bleeding, itching and pro ty to. occupy the only available not being satisfied with any of tbe truding Piles, ecxema, cuts, burns, passes in thia portion of the route projects he had examined, although j bruaae and all skin di-eases, De they offered possibilities, he etu Witt's Halve has no equal. This PARNEV COUNTY MOST prosperous . phisized tbe fact that any of them has given rise to numerous worth would be more satisfactory, in bi; less counterfeits Ask for Dewitt s Fot the first time in 12 years C. Burns, Ore. estimation, than a pumping plant. —-the genuine aol<i by Burns A. Hainer», of tbe Narrows, yester "It is a hard proposition" said Mr. Drug Stores. day saw a railroad and for the first f Imthci >1 Bros, Distributers, Portland, Oregon. WATER WORKS FOR BURNS Poster "to get water high enough from any of these courses within a reasonable distance of your city. I cannot say definitely in regard to any of them, either, as to sufficient water. They are all a problem and must be thoroughly tested and measured before we can determine.” Nothing definite was decided upon by the council, except that a further investigation would be made to ascertain the amount of water at each place and to look into the matter of ownership of the springs. The Miller springs are situated on road land and M. L. Lewis now has a five year lease upon the property with the privilege of purchasing at the end of the lease. It is not known whether the city could get possession of it at all or not. It was the impression of some pre sent that J. J. Tupker had filed rights on the water in the canyon above his place and it was deter mined to find out the ownership of other places under investigotion also and if any project is consider ed feasible to get an option on them. ANOTHER RAILROAD PROJECT c I JOHN i> DAI.Y, I’m » F R ANK K.< ol-'F’IN, V ick I’m s N. U. 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