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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1905)
MIST BE ACTUAL SETTLER PROVISIONS c0R GETTINO LAND th fence around the silent city SHEEP KILLING GANG CAUGHT may give it to hnu and b • eceipted far >ame. Now we wish you to publish the names of those that BROKEN UP BY THE NERYE OF A hav given and am unt given. SINGLE DETECTIVE Now if you will publish this free ot charge let me kn w. Mrs. J. E Haines, SIsgle Hinded he Arrest, Five -Bad Meo’ And Secure, Necessary Evidence General Delivery For Tbelr Conviction. Portland Oreg ______ The Portland Daily Telegram Chas. Davis, Harney .$1 50 Mrs. A. M Houser Do. . telle as follows of the breaking up and the United States courts. Upon the re-orgamzation of the Eleventh Michigan Infantry he i lisle.! as| A QUICKER MAIL SERVICE N. U. CARPENTE«, C ashier , A. C. WELCOME. A sst . C assi ». JOHN D DAI.Y. Paas C. CUMMINS, V ick P kw private in Compauv A, in March, PETITION ASKING FOR A TWENTY- 1865, and was soon after appointed FOUR HOUR SCHEDULE. sergeant major of the regiment. He J was afterward given the position of Federal and State Law Are Both Very Clear ■ second lieutenant of Company A, in Department Ignored the Recommendations of On the Sab|ect*-A Good Law That Post Masters and Advertí«*» for this regiment. He went as far Will be Better L'aderitood. Bids L oder old Schedule. ' south as Tennessee, southern part, tlJarranta itufht at tÀa marital /trita and was commander on detail duty A Salem special to the Oregonian The post office department is WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. 1 at Chattanooga until the close of says: “Actual settlers” are the only I I now advertising for bids on the DIRECTORS the war, Than he returned home, . 1.00 persons to whom the state will various mail contracts. These of a sheep killiug gang in Wheeler 8am Graves, I.awen......... John D Daly» C. Cummins, N U. Carpenter, ard in 1866 he married and prac- . 250 issue deeds to arid land reclaimed Geo. Buchac.an.Harney, C. A. Haines. J. W. Geary, il. Nt. Horton, i ticed until 1867. when he came via are let for a period of four years, .. 2.50 county: Thomas Pavia. under the provisions of the Carev ; L. w. Shepard, Silvie»,......... 1 501 The discovery, capture and con New York, Panama, San Francisco and from the circular issued bv “ ! and Crescent City to Jacksonville law This is the requiruient of Mr. Dickenson, Lawen, .. the department it is found that 2.50 viction of the Edmondson family, the federal law and the state law. Bailey Hayes Do............... 200 father and two eons, who far years He practiced law and took up min- | there are no changes in the exist .•»ooerxwr»-*»* o-o««"»-»o«o<■»•«■> <»•«■> and is one provisions contained in ! C W. Drinkwater Do. . 1.50 have maintained an outlaw strong I ing also. In the outbreak of the ing schedules between here and M. A luandkr , PuaaiDBKT. C. E. K un von , Cashier Modoc Indians in 1872 he organ the form of application which was ! Robt. Coplaud, Westfall 1.00 hold in Wheeler county, from 1 the railroad points. W m . J onbi , V h ' k -P kxsidsst . C. W. Piarr, Asst. Cashier ............... made public by the State Land Mrs. Riley, Do 1 00 whence they have raided ranches ized a company and was commis Before issuing the circular call- Ethel Elliott Harney . Board today. 150 throughout the county, slaughtered sioned captain by Governor L. F. ; ing for bids the department asked * A man applying for a deed to I Mrs. Geo. James, Do .... 200 sheep and stealing stock at will is Govern He was in the thickest of the post masters along the routes the fight, with his men, and in the land reclaimed by an irragation Ida Seward, Boise Idaho . .50 a remarkable story. for recommendations tending to OREGON company under the provisions of ONTARIO, Single-handed, a fearless, resolute Lava bed battle one of his men was [ improve the service. At that ; killed beside him, and about fifty the Carey act must make affidavit M arried —At the Presbyterian man ; who is known to the ranch Intei'est Paid on Time Deposits. 1 time both the post master here that be is a settler or intends to be parsonage on the evening of Sept. men of Wheeler county as Jesse killed and wounded in this battle, j and at Ontario recommended a We Solicit Your Banking Business. come such. Before he can secure 21; Mr. S. Alberson and Miss Estella Selkirk, but who in reality is said being every fourth man of the en a deed, he must make proof by his May field were united in marriage, to be a San Francisco detective, tire command The captain was 24-hour sumniei schedule and a STOCKHOLDERS:—M. Alexander. Win. .Jones, E II Test, own affidavit that he is an actual Bey. Irwin saving the words that arrested the Edmondeons and sec shot at many times, but was not 36-hour winter schedule between ! C. E. Kenvon. H. Alexander, Estate of Abner Rohl ins, William He manifested Burns and Ontario. The post Miller, Frank K. Coffin, Thos. Turnbull. settler made them husband and wife. Mr cured their conviction. Yesterday seriously hurt. <j»v<j»e<j»e -<j»v t'2«ev<jyu»c •<_■ oeooe Though this requirment hat- Alberson is foreman at the Alvord they were removed from the county great bravery, courage and coolness, master here further recommended beuu understood by a large propor ranch anti the young lady of bis jail it Fossil to Salen, where they and this may truly be said of him that should the department not tion of those who have taken steps choice c.iuie to Harney county two will do penal servitude far three io all of his military career. After llook with favor upon expediting toward securing irrigated land, I years ago from south of Kansas years, the maximum sentence for the struggle he returned to his the Ontario-Burns schedule, a practice and in ISM1 was appointed there are many, especially those re liity M»>. The young couple left on ! »-beep killing. HOWARD StaREt, rniaiOCNT W. R SEBREE. Vier »«IDINT through line between this place ■j!y COWDEN, CASHIER receiver of the United States land R. R. A A COWDEN, CASHIER siding m the East, wh > will prob the 22 inst: for a wedding trip to I Selkirk captured two other mem | and Tipton with an 18 and 24-hour yy able fin 1 it inconvenient and ex i be Lewis&Clark fair. They will 1 tiers of the gang, one of whom, Arch office at Burns, and came thither schedule. These recommenda pensive t i make their actual set make their h nn»- at the Alyord McKay, is said to have been the in his own covered conveyance tions were ignored by the depart leader and the most desperate of the Five year*» were spent at this labor, tlements in order to oomply with ranch ment and bids are asked for under Stive. McKay broke jail at Fossil, also attending to the practice of the law. the old schedules with separate and evading the pursuing posse, law, and in 1896 he was elected to No term of residence is rtquired Eighth Grade Examination conliacis between Tipton the county clerkship on the Repub made his escape from the state. The and there is nothing in the law to j Canyon and the 1 liter place lican ticket. He was first mayor For the benefit of those wishing other man broke jail at Prineville prevent a man ceasing to be a set A General Banking Business Transacted of Burns aim has always been ftC- ' Burns. and was not recaptured. tler as soon as ho secures hisdeed, to enter the nigh ,-ebool, and who tire in politics The people of this place and The storv of the deadly raids on except that his ceasing to be a set have not passel the ight grade CORRESPONDHNCE INVITED < I intermediate points are not satis- tler might lie taken as evidence that examination, I t 1 ho I an eighth sheep ranches in Wheeler county is l.ike Finding Money. fled with the present mail faciliti-s he w; s not an actual bona fide set grade ex.iminati a m the 28—29 ! an old one. For mure than three years the ranchmen have peen of this month(S» pt.) tler wh-tn he mile th’ itiilivit Finding health is like finding and have repeatedly asked fora M. E Rigby, County school Supt. preyed upon bv a cold-blooded money—so think those who are quicker service. The schedules The law does not define an “act enemy, and frequently when a sick. When you have a eon Uh, recommended by the post master ual settler.” The Carev act, and the contract between the state and Speed Program Fair Beginning Oct. Id round-up failed to account for manv cold, sore throat, or chest irritation should have had consideration by missing sheep they were found after ; better act promptly like W C Bar the Secretary of the Interior, men the department as they were en AFIERICAN PLAN tedious searching, piled in secluded ber, of Sandy Level, Va FIRST DAY. tions bona fide settlers The ordi He say»: tirely reasonable and just. gulches, where they had been shot Quarter-mile darh, Harnev County ■ ONTARIO, OREGON. “I had a terrible chest trouble, nary interpretation placed upon L. Woldenberg Jr. lias been the term is that one asking for a saddle horses that never won public by the ranchmen’s enemv. Often caused by smoke and coal dust on money. Purse, $40. times as many as 300 sheep were my lungs; but, after finding no re- circulating a petition asking the deed to land reclaimed under the Quarter-mile dash, tree for all. Pune found killed in a single spot. Num department to withdraw the dr ! lief in other remedies, I was cured, Carey act must be in good faith »100. Ratus $a.oo and $2 50 per day. j cular asking for bids on the two I bers of horses and cattle were also by Dr. King's New Discovery for making his home upon the land Half mile dash, tree lor all maidens, stolen and never accounted for. Consumption, Coughs and Colds ” contracts mentioned. Every pat- at the time he makes the affidavit puree, »100. One mile trot or pace, be,t 2 out of 3 About a month ago Bob Edmonil- 1 Greatest sale of any cough or lung | ron of this post office, as well as At least Oregon has one good law heats, for horses bred and raised in son went into the woods and did This modern new hotel was only recently opened to the I medicine in the World. z\t the the offices between here and the in the above and yet it might be Harney county. Purse, »100. not return. Little thinking hie I City Drug Store; 50c and $100; railroad will gladly sign this peti public. Harney County people will be always welt»»ine better. It should have been made SECOND DAY. brother had been marched to jail a' ! guaranteed Trial bottle free. and courteously cared for. A first class bar in connection. tion. In fact every busim ss man, 1 so strong that the “actual settler” Three-eighths mile dash, for Harney the point of Selkirk's gun, Jim; the county and city officers, have al-1 part could not be questioned Such county saddle horses. Pune, »50. 11 aving sold the furniture busi other brother, accompanied Selkirk ready signed the petition. was the intention of the law in the Tnree-eighlh mile dash, free for all to a secluded spot, where he met ness, C. A. Byrd will now turn bis The petition sets forth the fact I first, place and as such it should be Purse, »100. attention to painting and paper Three-utile novelty race; walk first his brother’s fate A few days lat- j hanging and solicits a share of that this section is being rapidly carried out. mile, trot second mil», run third mile. • r McKay and another man, who i your patronage He will also con settled tip and that the population1 There is not the least doubt but A Purse, »50. bad made the Edmondson duct a cabinet and repair shop. will more than double during the | land grabbers interpreted the Carey home their etrongnold, and who THIRD DAY. Act differently and thought they term of the contract. It should' had been leaders of the band found DOC SURELY REASONED, Half-mile dash, for Harnay County D on C ahuín B oyd saw an opportunity to make a big have the consideration of the de themselves confronted by Selkirk ’ s saddle horses. Purse, »50. Fucv« lu tk« Cane Certainly Seemed to haul in the land business but they partment and if inves.igated our Half mile dash, free for all. Purse, Winchester, and they too, were Strengthen This Man’, now find themselves "up agains it ” »100. demand fora quicker service will taken to jail. Aseertion. Many people were not favorably One mile trot or pace, best 2 out of 3 i When trials came at Fossil last certainly be granted There is "1 see,” salt! the St latuls mau, ’’tba’ impressed with the Carey act in the beats, 2:50 class, free for all Purse week, Selkirk plainly proved many much unnecessary delay in trans tbv question of whether animals think first place and with good cause. »150. Half-mile dash, tor ponies under 14Jt crimes to have been committed by or not U now being much dlacussed in mitting the mail under the pi esent 0 Now, however, it will be better un bands high, ridden by boys under 14 thi-* band of desperadoes, notably the papers." "And which side do you take?” was I schedule that should not be per •• J derstood and perhaps be given years of age. Purse. 20. the slaughter of Tom Fitzgerald's asked, says the Chicago bally News. mitted, a» it very seriously inter more universal support. The re sheep. In sentencing them, the "I know they think. When I was a FOURTH DAY. feres with the transaction of busi quirements, or rather conditions boy I went after harvest apples once, Four anti a half furlongs, free for »11 judge stated that they should get and the farmer's dog drove me up a tree ness, resulting in some instances laid down by the state land board .30 years, instead of the tnaxium of and kept me there tor five hours ” I’ aykttk , huno. |O xtauo , fiarnos. I Purse, »150. are not too rigid. They are just in ‘ But that doesn't prove that he had 1 to great injury and loss to indiv id- One mile trot or pace, best 2 out of 3 I three years provided under the law Ontario offii'o New Wilson Brick every respect. thoughts." uals. “Uncle Nam” owes us bet- 1 heats, free for all Puree »150. Selkirk got the $1000 reward of- ,i ’’Hold on The farmer was away from ' ter mail service and our demand The land laws of the United Five-mile dash, for Harney t ounty fared bv the Oregon W »»»growers home and didn't return until sundown, States have needed “fixing” far Saddle liorsee. Purse »75. association, and at their meetim* to and then he took me down out of the is just. Copies of this petition many years In fact they have in tree and gave me fhe walloping of my FIFTH day , morrow they will levy an assess life In the first plate, the dog knew should be sent to every post office vited graft from the start and all Five-eigbtb -u. . dash, free for all. ment to raise this amount He is that his master waa gone; In the second along the line. Make the depart but few who were able have taken Purse, »150. still living in Wheeler county, kef p- he knew that he wouldn’t be back until ment know we all demand quic k One mile tr>>» or pace, l>e»t 2 out of 3 tundown thirdly, he knew 'hat If h- adv intage of it Big holdings have ing eye, open for further violations came back and found me I'd got a htd- er mail scrviie. been acquired through this method i.e.its, slow n» •• change driven. TRIHCH dr DONEGAN, Proprietors ng, lastly if li wasn’t all reasoned out, of the law en I in such a manner that it w uld Puree J25 why dido t he leave me at the end of four Ten-in.le relay ra must use 5 saddle be hard to convict them fraud Ir-.-. 4l’^h CAPTAIN HARRISON KELLEY '»ours to bite a tramp who was stealing turnips farther down the road” I still If a * Teddv” Roosevelt had ’ *-*•: have one mure reason." at .| e helm 20 years ag > “actual "And that Is*" The following biographical sketch That three months later, when I met »•■•tier»” would tie occupying manv »if the late Ha.nson K«llev »1« that dog on the steps of the meeting acr*s that are now belli by the big taken f'om ft.e hi.tory f II it* *-v house of a .Sunday he bolted for h».ni- n n. and "ibrr Ev.t.rn O -gon c »umir. like a streak of greased lightning Would be have done that If he had nt published *»y the Western Hlelorit- thought I had a brickbat under my Barney Cenetery to be Fenced larket?" al PuMiebitig Co, tn 1902 UNDER CAREY LAW. First National Bank OF BURNS, ORECON. A General Banking Business Transacted $ ? FIRST NATIONAL BANK I i Í. V V V V V V V V K/ i I i Tirsi Rational Bank s CALDWELL, IDAHO * x A 4 THE CARTER HOUSE. Modern, Fire-Proof, El ^ant. All Outside Rooms—Near Depot LIVERY BARN IN CONNECTION. Napton & Boyd Real Estate. Mines and Mining. i THE CAPITAL SALOON, • • Burns, Oregon. X/Eculso Tlxle ZZeeid.q.ixsirtoi£3. Wines. Liquors and Cigars. Billiard and Pool Tables. Club Rooms in Connection A MATTER OF HEALTH Otis Creek. S-p’ 15, 0.» Manager Timer-Herald: — Me have been preparing to build a 1 nee around the cemetery at H»r- 1» . and have through contribu- Inu . and other means raised near!) enough money to build the fence Now we wish you to make mention th’ ugh your columa that I am going away for the benefit of my health and far the purpose of sch -ling toy little daughter Ethel ami will not return for some lime. The funds will be left with mr husband and any one wishing to ( re any thing toward» completing POWDER Absolutely Pure tus MsuBsrnvrt Mr Kelley was bom In St Joseph county Michigan, on N ven,her 2 1838 Iwi* g h son of Harrism and Nancy ( E lgar) Kelley, natives I respectively, of Virginia and Ken tucky. Hl» great grandfather fought in the Revniun n Our subject attended sc h< a, I it. M 1» git. then went tn the Baptist I'mvetedy at Hilledaie. afterward graduating from the lew department of ib* Slate University of Michigan St r« Ann Arbor Thi» eras 186H commenced th» practice of law h Sturgis, Michigan, and »»■ adonu •d vo the »opteme eenrt of the »late India Quake Eatended to Baltimore. The seismograph at Johns Hopkins university, which Is the Instrument nwd for Indl.atlng th** extent of earth quake In all pa parte of the world, was n<M by l>r Harry Heldlng Reid *•<1 f ay. April lu and It was that i be I Mg quake m India «&a faubfuily r* glater*-d T be tremor in Bai timor»- due to this quake In India ta'wl fvo hour« although the earth- quake itn*lf waa »0er In a few minutes TI was due 10 »be fact that certain rting ware* 'ravel more rapt IIy than others, an’ 'he tremor is there for* spread oyer * onstderatdy mor» time the forth away from the seat of the orlr nal ( lake the particular place In quee»,.*n happens to fie—Bal ttmore News The Finest of All MARYLAND CLUB WHISKY 1er Sak Daly at Hotel Burns Bar A ents, purns, O Rothoi i Hr»» p Distributer» Portland, Or g n