VOL. XVIII
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JI LY i, 1905
COMINO Earning that such information has PEOPLE WILL HAVE CHOICE the purpose of the direct primary C. & E. TO CROSS I HL STAU
reached the people who are build-
law is the selection of a nominee by
<’. Cl MMIXS. \ |< K P hi . m
A. C. WELCOME, Aasr. C asiiik *.
ing railroads and knowing that the
each parly,
INFORMATION FROM HIGH OFFICIALS reports were considered authentic
TELEORAM
REPORTS
THE
EXTENSION
That Multnomah republicans
U S. SENATOR TO BE CHOSEN BY A
Or THE ROAD.
and the best ever received by the
IMMEDIATELY.
should name the next Senator is
NEW METHOD.
railroad people of Harney County
the ruling sentiment in this county.
OF 3URNS, OREGON.
and the territory- lying between it
I A Multnomah man now holds the
coordini 10 Mr. Peteriou 1 Junction Will
and the Cascade mountains.
Primary Act Dictates That Saaator Shal| office—John H. Mitchell.
Since Hou. J. K. Weatherford. Attorney and Iks*
Be Mode ia This Caaatr—Somhero
President. Visits tale on Company
Be Elected From Candidate Selected
Mr Peterson has resided at Fort
the men whom this county will put
Pacific Try to Head It olf.
Business Last Week.
Bv Each Political Party.
Bidwell for 41 vearB and has ac-
&4arrrwj»/r
at tÀa marhf prict.
[ forward will have to make a catu-
cumulated
a
competence,
He
i
paign
before
the
people,
doubt
has
has
Peter Peterson, of Fort Bidwell,
Preparations are being made to
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS.
Oregon's next Senator in Cong-
visited this section before, but hie
been expressed that the men of the push the extension of the Corvallis
California, who is at present on a
meth-
regs
will
be
chosen
by
a
new
DIRECTOR«
last visited was fifteen years ago.
class desired will enter the race A Eastern Railroad on to Malheur
visit to his son, C R Peterson, the He informs we shall see him often- od if the purpose of the direct pri Should only one aspirant come for
N. U. Carpenter,
ohn
I).
Ihily,
C. Cummins,
Countv. J K Weatherford, vice-
It M. Horton,
'. A. Haines.
J. W. Geary,
Crane Creek stockman, was in the er in the future as he expects to mary law shall be carried out. for ward the chances of his nomination
president and general counsel for
Thomas Davis.
city a couple of days this week. take more interest in his son’s by that law each patty. Republican would be favorable because of the the company, spent a portion of the
Mr. Peterson called at this office stock ranch and will become close- and Democratic, will name a can large vote he would receive in this week at Vale, through which town
Tuesday to renew acquaintances. er identified with this section of didate for that office at the primar county and they probably scattered the road is surveyed to pass, and
vote of his rival« in other counties. the fact that the legal representa
During the conversation he brought Oregon
ies, the intent being to force the
This power of big counties in con tive was there straightening up
up the subject of railroads and gave
3
legislature by public opinion into
trolling nominations for all stale matters pertaining to the work is
RETARDS
DEVELOPMENT
OF
COUNTY
us some interesting facts regarding
?
electing the candidate of the party
offices has made aspirants from taken as indicative that "pcrations '
the W’estern Pacific and the inten
which is dominant in the law mak
*
small comities anxious and has will soon be begun
Hope That Carey Selection Hold ups
tion of the Goulds.
ing body.
caused
politicians
tn
big
counties
May
Soon
be
Settled
Some
Way.
Mr Peterson states he has the in
The original route mapped out
•
This plan was tried in the legis
like Multnomah and Marion to fear was over the hills and on through
ONTARIO.
OREGON.
formation from headquarters and
lature which met January, 1903,
The Baker City Democrat says: but failed. T T Geet secured the that the inevitable effect of the di Malheur Canvon to Ontario, divid
not second hand that the Goulds
?
Intei-o^-t Paid 011 'Vinte I
♦
intend to tap this section of Oregon Only a few v6ars ago—not more Republican nomination at the pedis rect primary law will be to give big ing Vale.
à
counties
toq
many
nominations
and
We
Solicit
Your
Banking
Business
than
five
or
six
—
all
that
body
of
at no distant date.
This will give tiie Corvallis A
in June, 1902, and (’. E. S. Wood
à
'Test,
“My information comes from the sage brush land lying east of Pow I the Democratic. However, C. W. to endanger the success of the tick Eastern a road through the center
STOCKHOLDERS:—M. Alexander, Wm. Jones, E II
et
throughout
the
state.
—
Oregonian
Chief Engineer Dillman, of the der river and north of Baker City ! Fulton was elected to the legisla
of the state, starting from Yaqtliua ! C. E. Kenyon, II. Alexander, Estate of Abner Robbins, William J
Miller. Frank R. Collin. Titos. Turnbull.
Gould system, who has recently was virgin ground and produced ture.
Bay, or more definitely at Toledo
9
SALT KILLS SUGAR BEET
made a tour of a portion of the pro nothing hut sage brush and jack
on
the
up|ier
end
of
that
waterway.
By the new method nominees for
The line now extends only from the
posed route” says Mr Peterson. rabbits.
Senator would be chosen at the
The Oregonian publishes a press coast to Corvallis through a fertile
Now what a change! It ia all Republican and the Democratic
“A branch line will be built from
the main line now being pushed under fence, comfortable homes dot primaries—one by each party—for j dispatch from Berkeley, California, section.
All sorts of railroad talk has
HOWARD StBAXE. PslSlOlNT
W R. StBHEE, Vici PRCSIDCNT
through to Oakland, California the surface and waiving grain and election by the legislature in Jan I regarding the adaptation of alkali
R A COWOIN. CASHI1H
/k
This branch will leave the main alfalfa can be seen as far as the eye uary, 1907, just as nominees would soil to the raising of sugar beets been started with reference to the
’
’’J ' .*
'.
, ,
... , that will interest those experiment- future of the con. puny in the event V
line at Smoke Creek Desert 45 can reach
be chosen for the various state ofltc- 1
,
1
V
This land was for the more part es for election by the people in June, ing In this county. It savs:
the line to Ontario is completed as
miles south of Surprise Valley and
V
From
a
series
of
soil
experiments
now projected, mid it is said in
will pass through Surprise, up bought at a price of $5 per acre ami 1906.
V
II
be
held
recenl
b
’
made
by
Dr.
G.
W.
Shaw,
some quarter» (bat the company
through Warner basin Mule Springs was even going begging at that
The state primaries wi
V
assistant
professor
of
agricultural
price.
Now
this
same
land
is
held
will
eventually
become
a
brunch
of
on to the O. O. Ranch The road
next April “for the purpose," says
V
..............
‘
technology
at
the
University
of
the Gould Western Pacific line, but
will there make a junction and a at from |35 to #40 per acre and the law “of choosing candidates by
V
California,
he
has
discovered
that
this is not credited, even though it
line will go both east and west [ owners not the least bit anxious to the political parties, subject to the |
A General Banking Business Transacted
I good sugar beets will grow in alkali would provide an excellent outlet V
The eastern branch will pass Nar sell.
provision of this law, for Senator in 1
I soil, where the per cent of salt in for the new transcontinental inter V
This
change
has
been
brought
by
rows and out through Malheur gap
Congress and all other elective
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
the alkali is less than two-tenths of ests,—Telegram.
to Ontario, while the western branch ! practical farmers, who have made a state, district, county, precinct,
per cent. The fact that sugar beets
will make a northwest coast con study of irrigation methods. The I city, ward, and all other officers and
did
not do well in eoil containing
A Surprise Party
overflow of water of Powder river delegates to any constitutional con
nection,
alkali was attributed altogether to
1
has
been
utilized
ami
a
common
“Mr Dillman was quite, positive
vention or conventions that may :
the presence of the alkali, without
A plenasnl surprise party may be
in his assertions regarding this road sense regard for the rights of one j hereafter be called, who are to be j
stopping to discover what the ele given to your stomach and liver, l>y
and stated that bonds had already another has made it possible for all chosen at the ensueing election
ment was that destroyed the saccha taking a medacine which will re
been floated for sufficient funds to to enjoy the benefits A proper al- wholly by electors within the state
rine quality of the the beets
TRISCH A DONEGAN, Proprietors.
lieve their pain and dircoinfort, viz:
complete the project. Those peo 1 lowanee of water has been given to or any subdivision of this state, and
After two years' tests, Dr. Shaw Dr King’s New Life Pills They
ple mean business and they know each and the result is that all the j also for choosing and electing the discovered the harmful ingredient
county central committeemen >'V I
BHV;;/pwliu°/cbior: ate a most wonderful remedy, af
ns much or more about the possi | lands are producing bounteously.
fording sure relief and cure, for
bilities of this section than you or I
the several parties subject to the |(k Where this (.ielnellt was lack
headache, dizziness and constipa
[Over
GO
000
acres
of
this
class
my boy."
provisions of this law.
ulg (he beets did extremely well
The Times-Herald did not learn of land ¡B now tied tip in llarney
The aim of the law is to take the uh) conUi(iK(1 a ,arge Nllgltr c(ln. tion. 25c at City Drug Store
how recent the chief engineer’s visit Valley under the Carey act. Some choosing of United States Senators (ent wbich wM |lf)l inlpaired ¡n
was, but Mr Peterson states the oT it has been partially reclaimed, away from legislatures and give R. |na|ity Thp luere presence of al
inat|() n)) (lifference in lhe
road has been surveyed a portion or at least, an attempt made in that to the people. But since popular ,
DIAMOND DIES ARE COSTLY
of the way and the company has direction, while the major portion election United States Senators can-1 <rQwth ()r va|(|e f)f (h() bp(.tH
Valuable
Mechanism for th« Draw
of
it
has
1101
been
touched
but
is
in
not he effected without an amend-
Thr((Ugh lhe wnrk
goi| iur.
secured the right of way a part of,
ing of Fine Wira ta Found
I
litigation. This is a serious draw mentof the National Constitution veyg thgt havo 1(pe|| raade by ,he
the distance.
Necessary.
The Times-Herald had informa back to the settlement and develop to that effect, the direct primary (
Stat(,8 Agricultural Depart
lu-1
§
tion from a private source last ment of this section. Every acre of law offered a plan for nomination of inpnt (he nrpa!f whpre beelH (,an bp
A comparatively unknown
this
land
would
be
take-i
up
under
party
candidates
for
Senator
by
the
grown
wiH
(>p
ea<i|y
n((lp(1
((I)
a
H()i)
dustrial
detail
ie
described
by
week to the effect that th6 Harri
man people feared an invasion of the various forms of entry if that people, intending that members of!
ofjmap The diwovery made by Dr "The Electrical Review." Accord
INCORPORATI:!» I«I7.
the Goulds into this territory and were possible. The Times-Herald the legislature in electing a Senator 1 Shaw will enable beet growers to ing to that authority, diamonds
IsDiieH all fumi« of xiiui.l ill« insiii'HBi • At th« I,.west rates
< Iur poli, ira
are
used
quite
extensively
as
dies
were preparing a move to forestall ho|>es these selections will be fully shall ratify the will of the people, select the land suited for their pro
guarantee after three payiu.-ntH are maile
for
drawing
wire
of
the
smallest
I. Automatic »Xtendi-d insurance for 1 he lace of the conlract
them, Whether this is to be ac and thoroughly investigated by ihe | as expressed at the primaries
duct and avoid the salty sections sizes; for instance, the sizes less I
II A paid up [tolicy.
A law with this purpose in view where their efforts to raise good than, aay. 0.025 in<*h diameter.
complished is yet a mutter of spec proper authorities and the projects
III Loan or caali »urreuder value.
are
feasible
allow
the
contractors
to
was enacted by the legislature in beets are certain to result in failure. Tile hardest steel «lies ale not
Unexcelled as a divideml payer.
ulation. Al this time it is not
y
/. vi kat / i ; i/iFFii/r/: i on i xs t in
known just how far the Gould’s proceed at once and compel them 1901, providing the "the names of
Heretofore large areas huve been suitable for this work, for the rea-
Sherman A Harmon,
H- U Beni-dicl,
have completed their plans, but ac to live up to the contracts and push all candidates for th- office of Sen- planted with sugar beets where the hoii that the wear upon tiiein ho
General Agenta.
Diati ici Manager.
cording to Mr. Peterson the matter the work to completion in order that 1 ator in Congress” should le- placed plants did not show a healthy enlarges the die that the iliuiiie-
Mar<|uaiu*lthlg.,
IL A, l«>llar.l. Agent
ter of tin- wire is not uniform
has been definitely settled and if so, 1, j the land may lie placed upon the on the ballot in state eir.-tions; growth
Portland,
Or,
Iturna, Or.
Many of the plants would within the required pet. elit age of
built
by
the
market
without
delav
.
Ontbeoth-
;
that
each
house
of
the
legislature
a dozen railroads
wittier and the smaller ones die out, variation at the beginning and
Southern Pacific 1 will not delay er hand, should it apjiear that the should canvass the votes "and an giving the fields a patchy and sick end of a drawing. Sapphire« are
them if the Gould’s have fully de- propositions are not practical, can- nounce the candidate for Senator ly appearance The fact that this
also luted Hotiml itiies for this
determined to secure an outlet to cel the contracts and throw the land having the highest number and happened on seine alkali soils and
work. Cop|MT, silver and plat
the coast in the northwest.
«pen to settlement. Hundreds of t.lieron and house shall proceed to not on all soil containing alkali led ilium are the metals usually
Last week a parly of Harriman iieople are anxious to settle upon the election of a Senator :•• requir to much confusion a-« to the cause drawn to the very small sizes.
people visited the Deschutes sec this lr.nd—even though it be classed ed by the act of Coi»wre»s and the 1 of lhe difference.
With diamond dies it is practic
able
to draw platinum Ion din me
lion on an inspecting tour and as desert—and take chances on suf- Constitution of the State "
Prof. Shaw’s experiment» were
ter of five ten I liousa lull lis of all
But when the legislature met in
should the prospects look fav- flcient moisture to farm snccessful-
performed in »eclioii» of the state so j
lor Sale Only at,
orable the Columbia Southern is to ly. Crops are being raised on sim- 1903 the two houses ignored the widely scattered that the applica inch. An idea of I lie tile lu ss of a
cop|»er
wire
drawn
to
only
three
be extended. There is little doubt ilar land without irrigation, and law, inasmuch as it had no binding tion of the tests can be made gener- :
one thoiisamll lis of all inch in di
but that the report of this inspec- with proper cultivation bypraciical legal force and proceed'd “to the al throughout the state
aineter may Is- gathered from tic
farmers,
all
of
Harney
Valley
can
election
of
a
Senator
as
required
by
tion party will lie favorable, as that
fact that in one pound of the
the act of Congress and the t'onsti-
Forced to Starve,
section is lieing rapidly deveiojied be successfully farmed ] •
metal there are over all miles of
tution of the State —th- uemil
such wire.
From information at hsnd this
B F la-ek, of Concord, Ky , Fay »
method.
The Weight of the dilltnondH
DO YM WAS! LAMP
road will continue on toward Lake
The direct primary law has no • For 20 years 1 suffered agonies, tiH<-d for this work is from four to
view in the hope of getting in the
We have had many applications more binding foice o 1 the legisla with a sore on my upper lip. ao five carats, and they are mu ill ex
field tiefore the Goulds reach too far
painful that I could not oat. After cept an to the die. The value of
into the interior and that another in the past for scrip applicable to ture in th* election >>f Senator than
these dies, wlmli. of course are
UNSURVEYED
LAND,
but
the
had the law of I’*1' , nr-d the mem- vainly trying everything else, I cur
branch will ire run to the eastern i
not
of the tirsl water. varies from
ed it, with Bucklen’» Arnica Salve.”
border of the State through Harney high prices of scrip having that bers may vote as . iey please, ex
♦ 15 to
a carat. and several
It’s great for burns, cut* and
County.
However, should
the power were prohibitive. We can cept they are likel to feel obliged
liimdred thousand dollHr«' worth
wounds At City Drug Store Only
of diamonds are utilized .is di-s
Goulds be scared off it is not likely now locate Unsurueyed public land by promises to then onsliluenta to
25c
at
a
reasonable
cost,
compared
with
vote
for
the
primar
nominee»
tor
in the varions wire fartorie« of
that branch will he made in the im
1 liin country alone.
mediate future, as the Harriman the price« of scrip generally, and Senator It is comu» m g"«sip in
Leti tr-
Skillful. however, an must be
system would not then object to the with absolute «»«uriinc* as to title. political • ir< le* Hi»1 caiidi'tat*« for
for
tailor the artisan» who-ink lie--*-small
legislative
nominati«
1
'
•,
in
order
tn
Sumpter Valiev coming in and in Good as Valentine Many over
dies and <11teiiuuled as lie wires
Byrd
Firat, looked this opprotunity when For win vote» in next A; -I'» primnri»»
fact would encourage them
•Iraw 11 through ili.-in may Is-, yet
- n u«e<l. will promise !•> v«rf for tl>
P*"-
though. Harriman must cut lite est Reserve could have
| neither will ntand coin parison
The
(
Il
At»»
mu»
Jack
will
ntand
pie’s nomine« - ’ for * • ■a t»r
Sumpter Valley off from a possible This is another chai - -
with the output of the spinneret
If «everal r* puMic u>- • I i «»« i M run thia neaeon at the Stone house oi> of t In- com mon -pid«-r, w lii< It • ji-i-is
We also have Forest
Reserve
connection with a hostile road to
scrip, for surveyed land, protected for th* repo* I m nom -i iioi-i and the Stauffer ranch
a single line.id of »ilk so Hue tha,
the south of this county.
IM.iHHl tlirea<[s are required to
The Times-Herald has l*«-n in in the Repeal act of March 3, 1905. only one d- ni-s-rst it 1* quit* pooai-
Having sold the furniture bu»i- equal in thfekn«-»« an ordinary
hle
that
lie-
one
deim-
rat
would
re-
It
will
never
I*
rhenp*r
than
it
is
in-
touch with the railroad people,
eelv< more popular »‘He- than th«- nene (' \ B . rd will now turn hi» strand of »-wing silk.
directly, since early in April, anJ today.
THE COLLINS LAND CO
republican who should am lie- re attention to painting and pa[>er
-Bank« I« an <-itret»»ly well groounsi
has seen letters asking for informa
Helena, Montan« publican nomination Would the hanging and solicit» a share of man tan t be? '
tion from these people and al«» as
Yes but be '»»I help
it a be
democrat then l«e the “people*» your patronage He will al«o con
aisled in gathering such data as was
came h* X**« — * mar,r 4r*. >i,c- d*.wn
duct
a
cabinet
and
repair
abop
nomine*
*"
Only
one
thru,
because
Alfalfa at Geer >1 Cummins
required
It has the satisfaction of
from hl« wife — Oe'rolt Free Pr«-»a.
WESTERN
PACIFIC
First National Bank
À General Banking Business Transacted.
I
I
V
first national Bank |
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