VOL. XVIII
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 7, 1905.
ANNUAL COUNTY FAIR
Uadtr Management ef the
HARNEY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION
Büros, Oregon, October 16-20, 1905.
The premium list offered by the Harney County
Eair Association has been printed and several hundred
have been mailed to various parts of the county and
otherwise distributed. The entire available amount to
be used for the p ivment of premiums was not exhaust
ed. however, as the committee feared omissions and
therefore reserved an amount for a supplementary list
to cover such premiums as may have been overlooked..
Suggestions are asked from the people. Please
address the secretary after looking over the list which
is published in full below:
DIVISION A—HORSES.
CLASS 1.
THOROUGHBREDS
PREMIUMS.
First Second
00
»5 00
Siallion, three years old and over.......................... »10
I
200
5 00
Mare, two years old and over....................................
CLASS 2. STANDARD-BRED TROTTERS
500
10 00
Stallion, three years old and over....
500
Brood mare, four years and over, and colt.......... 10 00
Sweepstake, stallion four years and over, with
family of live colts......................................................
CLASS 3. HORSES OF ALL WORK
Diploma
Stnllion, three years -»nd over.................................. 10 00
Mare, three years and over......................................... 7 00
10 00
Brood mure, four years and over, with colt
5 00
3 00
5 00
CLASS 4. DRAFT—CLYDE AND PERUIIERON
Stallion, three years and over.................................... 10 00
Brood mare, four years and over, and colt........... 10 00
3 00
Colt (horte)..................... ..................................................
Colt (mare) ....................................................................... 300
5 00
500
200
200
ROADSTERS
CLASS 5
700
Gelding, four years and over......................................
Pair of mares or geldings of the same, or opposite
sex, owned by one ptrson for driving fast
and far........................................................................... 10 00
- ingle gelding or mare................................................. 5 00
CLASS 6
300
500
200
MULES
Span of mules................................................................... 10 00
5 00
Yearling...............................................................................
■lack........................................................................................ 10 00
Suckling mule colt............................................................ 5 00
5 00
3 00
5 00
300
DIVISION B— CATTLE
CLASS
1.
SHORTHORNS
Bull, two years and over.......................................
Bull calf, under nine months..............................
Cow, in milk or in calf...........................................
» 700
500
500
»3 00
300
300
7 00
5 00
5 00
300
300
300
BEEF BREEDS—HEREFORDS
CLASS 2.
Bull, two years and over ....................................
('ow, in milk or in calf...........................................
Heifer calf, under one year..................................
DEVONS
Bull Calf, one year and over................................
Bull calf, under one year.......................................
( 'ow, in milk or in calf...........................................
CLASS •”>.
7 00
500
5 00
3 OO
300
3 00
7 OO
500
500
300
3 00
3 Oil
7 00
500
5 00
300
3 00
3 00
7 00
300
5 00
4 GO
200
2 00
JERSEYS—REGISTERED
Bull, three yearB and over .. . ..............................
1 ow, in milk or in calf.........................................
lleifar calf, under one year..................................
HOLSTEINfa
Bull, one year and over.................................................
Bull calf, under one year...............................................
Cow, in milk or in calf...................................................
CLASS 4.
GRADES.
Cow, two years and over.............................................
Two animals, the produce of the same animal,
either sex, under two years.....................................
Calf, either sex, nnder nine months........................
DIVISION C.—SHEEP
CLASS 1.
MERINOS.
Kam, one year and over................................................ »5 00
Kam lambs, pen of three............................................... 5 00
Ewes, one year and over, pen of three................... 7 00
Ewe 'ambe, pen of three ............................................. 500
CLASS 2.
»3
3
5
3
00
00
00
00
MUTTON BREEDS, INCLUDING LONG-
WOOLS AND GRADES.
Katu, one year and over...............................................
Ewe, one year and over.................................................
Lambs, pen of five, both sexes..................................
CLASS 3.
7 00
5 00
700
500
3 00
500
8AMPI.E8 WOOL.
Samples of fleece wool, washed and nnwasbed,
named and placed upon cards
................
Greatest number of samples as above by one
breeder, witli the names of the breeds of
sheep Irom which the samples are taken ... .
Exhibit of one fleece each of fine wool, combing
wool and medium wool, age, weight and qual
ity of fleece to be considered...................................
300
500
3 00
DIVISION D— SWINE
Bear, two years and over.............................................
Boar, lees than one year...................................
Breeding sow, two years and over............................
w, le^-s than one year .............................................
Litter of pigs, oot less than 6, under 9 months
600
3 00
5 00
3 00
600
POULTRY.
Trio of Brahmas.............................. .....
:•> of Cochins.......................................
Trio of latngsbana................. ................
T no of Games .....................
.........
Trio of Wyandottea ............................
i rio of Hamburg!
Trio of i^-ghorn«....................................
Trio of Black Spanish........................
Trio of Andalusian ..............;..............
rrioof Dorkings..................................
1 rio of A merican Dominiques.........
Do of Plymouth Rocks ..................
I rio ■ < Biw^k-oreasled Red Malaya
Tr.o of .lavas............................ ..............
Trio of Bolish ......... ............................
■ rio of Hondana .. ............................
Trio oi Crevecoenrs ..........................
Trio of I ji Flecho .. .....................
Trio of Russians..................................
Trio of Multan!
................................
Trio of Silkies........................................
rrio of Knmplaaa fowl! ...................
rrio of Rantham!................................
Fair of Turkey a
................................
T io of Dncki........................................
Trio of Geeae .............................. .........
Trio of Wild Geen..............................
Trio o( Guinea fowl! ........... ...........
200
200
200
200
2 00
2 00
200
2 00
200
9 GY
200
2 00
200
2 00
2 00
2 00
200
2 00
2 00
2 00
2 00
200
200
2 00
2 00
200
2 00
2 00
DIVISION E — FARM PRODUCTS.
Display of 3 sheaves of wheat........
Display of 3 sheaves of oats......................................
One hundred lbs barley
................
One hundred lbs oats.........................
Best an 1 largest variety of field and garden seeds
raised by exhibitor, in glass jars
...................
Display of alfalfa
....................................................
Display of timothy................................................ .
Display of natural grass..............................................
Display of bops, five pounds......................................
Sample of white beans................................................
Sample of peas.................................................................
5 00
3 00
3 00
3 00
5 Oo
3 00
2 00
200
2 00
1 00
1 00
HAS
FEDERATION
BOUGHT? , established there eight years ago .
2 50
200
—
200
2 VO PORTLAND JOURNAL SAYS ARRANGE
MENTS BEING MADE.
2 50 1
2 00 I
1 00 i
100
1 00 Te Take Over Freath Uleaa Property •nd
Entire Road Lead Grant--Hiatory
Of The Big Laud (Irani.
Filial arrangments are being
made
by the Cooperative Christian
Display of apples......................................
300
200
Display ot peaches..................................
300
2 00 ; Federation for taking over the
Display of pears....................................
2 00
3 00
Display of plums......................................
1 00 French-Glenn ranch and the Will
200
Display of apricots..............................
2 OO
1 00
Lor best collection of crab apples.. .
2 00
1 00 amette Valley and Cascade Moun
General display of fruit..................... . ..
300
2 00 tain Military Wagon Road land
Dish of prunes, single variety.............
1 00
50
grant The two tracts aggregate
1,000,(MX) acres, says the Portland
DIVISION G.— GARDEN PRODUCE
Journal.
Onions, any variety....................................................... 1 00
75
Rev. H. S. Wallace, who is in
Turnips, six specimens................................................
1 Oo
50
BeetB for table, three specimens.............................
1 00
50 New York to attend the details has
Potatoes, any variety, six or mor# specimens . 1 00
50 [ agreed with the New York trust
Tomatoes, six specimens............................................ 2 00
1 00
Cabbage, three or more specimens
............... 1 00
50 ¡companies to accept a plan suggest
Pumpkins, two specimens.......................................... 2 00
1 00 ed by Wallis Nash, counsel for the
Sugar Corn, six specimens........................................ 200
1 00
federation, for the formation of a
Kahlrabi, Carrot, Kale, Cauliflower, Mangel-
wertzel, etc................................................................... 200
1 OO purchasing syndicate, to complete
Sugar beets, three specimens.................................... 2 00
1 00
Parsnips, six specimens.............................................. 1 00
50 the purchase of the lands, pending
Muskmelons, two specimens.
........
1 00 the issue of the bonds by which
2 00
Watermelons, two specimens................................... 2 00
1 00
Display of celery
....................................................
1 00 money is to be realized to pay for
Squashes for table, two specimens......................... 2 00
1 00 tbe tracts. The plan has proved
For the best geneial exhibit of vegetables.......... 3 00
200
entirely practicable, and the eastern
financiers have adopted it
DIVISION H.—DAIRY.
The French-Glenn ranch is locat
Two-pound roll packed butter, three monthsold 3 00
2 00
ed
in Harney county, contains 150,
Two-pound roll butter made bv families on farm 3 00
2 00
New cheese........................................................................ 3 00
200 (MIO acres, has 500 miles of fence,
many ranch buildings and other
improvements, together with thous
DIVISION I —ART AND FANCY WORK.
Landscape painting in oi) on canvass..................
1 50
1 00 ands of head of Jive stock.
Marine painting in oil..................................................
1 .50
1 00
Tbe military road land grant has
Best painting in water colors...................................
1 50
1 00
Best display kodak views by amateur................... 2 00
1 00 850,000 acres, and was given by
1 00 congress in 1865 to a syndicate of
Largest and beet display of crayon drawing .. .. 2 00
Autumn leaves drawn in water colors................... 1 50
1 00
Oil painting on satin....................................................
1 50
1 00 Oregon men in consideration of the
Specimen of etching....................................................... 1 00
50 construction of a passable wagon
Display of zepher work................................................ 1 00
50
Pencil sketch from nature.........................................
1 00
50 from Albany, in the Willamette
Architectural drawing by tbe artist.............. ..
1 00
50 valley, to a point on the eastern
boundary of the state. The road
DIVISION J —POT PLANTS,
is 450 miles long and was completed
1 00 1 in 1867.
Largest display of pot plants.................................
1 50
50
Exhibit of pansies, not less than five varieties
1 OO
It passes through Linn. Malheur,
50 I
Fancy basket of flowers................................................
1 00
50 i Crook Grant and Baker counties,
Exhibit of roses, as many varieties as possible.
1 00
50
Exhibit of dahlies, do................................................ 1 0i
50 and ends at Snake river, on the
Exhibit of carnations, do............................................ 1 00
50 eastern border of the state.
Exhibit of astore, do..................................................... 1 4M»
Its
Exhibit of petunias.......................................................
50
50
i
buijders
began
the
work
merely
50
Exhibit of gladolas.........................................................
50
with the intention of opening a
highway from the Willamette val-
DIVISION K — PASTRY, ETC.
j
ley into the interior to enable set-
50
Loaf of salt-rising bread ............................................ 100
50 I tiers to reach government lands
Loaf of hop-rising bread.............................................. 100
50 [ and open up the country.
Potatoe yeast bread....................................................... 100
50
Soda biscuits...................................................................... 100
50 I
Afterwards the projectors sug-
Assorted cakes .........................................................
. 100
1 00
Largest display of jams, assorted ....................... . 100
[
geslctl
that they might construct
1 00
Larges display of jellies, do...................................... 100
1 OO > the road across the state and secure
Piccalilli
.................................................... 150
1 00
Assortment oi preserves.............................................. 200
1 00 ' from tbe government a land grant
2 00
Assortment of fruit butter.........................................
1 00 i that would some day become valu
Assortment of pickles .................................................. 2 OO
MISSES UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE
able. They carried the proposi-
1 00
Loaf of hop-rising bread
1 tion to Washington and received n
1 00
Loaf potato« yeast bread
i grant of land embracing every al
1 00
Assortment of cakes . , .
ternate section in a strip 20 mi'es
wide along the road, from the Wil*
DIVISION L — NEEDLE WORK
lamette valley to the eastern bound
50
1 00
Best display of crocbet work....................
50 ary of tbe state
1 00
Beet display of patchwork........................
50
1 OO
Pair of pillow shams....................................
Protests were sent to congress
50
1 OO
Beat worked toilet cushion....................... .
and
charges were made to Carl
1 00
1 50
Beet display of tatting..............................
1 00 Schurz when he was secretary of
2 00
Specimen of hemstitching.......................
1 00
2 OO
Pair of Braided pillow shams................
1 00 the interior, that there was no road
2 00
Largest and best exhibit of point lace
50 and that a colossal fraud had been
1 00
Tidy, drawn work............................. ........
1 Oo
2 00
Doily, lloniton work...................................
2 00
1 00 perpetrated. Schurz sent out a
Dresser scarf. Battenberg lace...............
1 00
50 special agent who went over the
Sofa cushion ................................................
route and filed a report at Wash
MISSES UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
50 ington stating that the road was
100
Assortment of crochet
50
100
Buttonholes, six..........
a mere wagon track and not a leg
50
100
Pillow slips......................
5" itimate highway as conditioned by
100
Pocket handkerchief...
60
1 00
Stockings, darned.......
the terms of the land grant.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT.
The owners of the road made a
Most concise and practical essay, descriptive of
good case and held the land against
Harney County by high school students....... 5 00
2oo all assaults, and congress lias
Penmanship for pupils not above eighth grade. . 3 oo
never interfered with their grant.
DIVISION F— HORTICULTURE
Mr. Mahon was postmaster three or
JOHN D DALY. P hes
N. U. CARPENTER, C ashier ,
C. CUMMINS, V ice I’ ku
A. C. WELCOME. A sst . C ashier .
four years; his wife now holds tins
official position vf the town
Mr. Mahon has one of the largest j
mule farms iu ll»<- stale, and that I
OF BURNS, OREGON.
explains the nauie of his town
There is about 4000 acres in the
ranch, on which lie raises about
Warranto Aou^Ai ai iÀa marJtoiprie*.
150 mules annually, a record eq-
ualed by few Oregonians, or , >"
WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS.
fact, seldom excelled in any west-
DIRECTORS
ern state, lie finds a market for
N. U. Carpenter,
John D Daly,
C. Cummins,
his "jacks” in Stockton, San Fran-
II. M. Horton,
C.
Haines,
J. W. Geary,
cisco or Los Angeles, He also is a
Thomas Davis.
7353
sheepman and has a number of
splendid thoroughbied horses on
his ranch.
o-oao*-oao- r»ar> -*»r>a
Mr Mahon suggested Anderson
M.
A
lexander
,
P
resident
.
C. E. K envon , Cashier
(
as the name of his postoffice, as
\y M. J ones , V ice -P resident .
C. W. F lati *, Asst. Cashier 1
his place is in Anderson Valley,
tbe headwaters of the Malheur
river, but the postoffice people
wanted a shorter name. He otf-
ered Mule, which was accepted, and
OREGON
ONTARIO »
Mule, Ore., is on the postotlice de
Interest Paid on Time Deposits.
partment map. The office supplies
a number of residents of that
We Solieit Your Banking Business.
sparsely settled country with mail,
STOCKHOLDERS:—M. Alexander, Win. Jones, E. H. Test,
though Mr. Mahon and his family' ! C. E. Kenyon, H. Alexander, Estate of Abner Robbins, William
Miller, Frank R. Coffin, Thos. Turnbull.
are the only inhabitants of the
"town.”
oueo o*o«*e
Mr. Mahon has a neighbor who
didn’t like the name selected for the
postoffice lie is John Hosse, a
prominent sheepman of that coun
HOWARD SERREC, PREaiDINT
W. R SEBREE, VICE f < aiDENT
try. Mr. Hosse says he didn’t want
R. A. COWDEN, CASHIKR
Ä
his girl adressing letters to "Mr. V
Hosse, Mule,” and he good-natur V
edly petitioned Mr. Mahon to get V
the name changed. The petition V
A
«
was filed.—Evening Telegram.
First National Bank
A General Banking Business Transacted
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Tirsi national Bank «
Full of Tiagic rieanlng
are these lines front J. H. Simmons
of Casey, la. I liiuk what might
have resulted from his terrible
cough if ho had not taken the med
icine about which ho writes: “I had
a fearful cough, that disturbed my
night’s rest. I tried everything,
but nothing wouid relieve it, until
I took Dr. King’s New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds
which completely cured me.” In
stantly relieves and permanently
cures all throat and liti.g diseases;
prevents grip and pneumonia. At
H. M. Horton’s druggist; guaran
teed; 50c and $1.0(1, Trial bottle
free.
Buying Everything in Sight.
Tbe Christian Cooperative Fed
eration is still purchasing railroads,
land grants, ranches, etc,, bul as
yet has not closed a deal. Out
here in Malheur county we are get
ting as anxious to see some of the
work of the federation as we are to
hear of another "feasible” reclama
tion project from Chief Engineer
Newell that will never materialize.
—Ontario Argus.
James Paul, one of Harney coun
ty’s prominent sheepmen, arrived
in Ontario on Wednesday from an
extended eastern visit. It was ex
pected Jim would return in double
harness, but to the great satisfac
tion of the girls Jim is still in sin
gle bliss.—Ontario Argue.
For Sale—Fall and Winter ap
ples 75 cents a box, beet varieties.
Horse pasture free. Fruit ready
SPECIAL PREMIUMS BV BUSINESS FIRMS.
about
Sept. 20 at the Belshaw
1 50
New Cure For Cancer.
The Malheur Mercantile Co., of Ontario giveB 120
ranch—Belshaw <fc llentley Bros
1 50 for the best family driving horse shown in harness.
Bring your eggs to the City Meat
All surface cancers are now
The company owning the Imported Coach stallion known to be curable, by Bucklen’s Market and get 25c cash for them.
gives free service for tbe best mare and colt for general Arnica Salve Jas. Walters, of
use on exhibit.
; Duffield, Va.. writes. "I had a can
400
Frank Siler, free service of hie Registered Perch cer on my lip for years that seemed
200
A MATTER OF HEALTH
3 00 eron Stallion, Pollox, for the best three sheaves of incurable, till
Bucklen’s Arnica
2 00
' Salve healed it. and now it is per- ■
3 00 wheat exhibited
J W. Biggs, $25 for the best colt sired by Dazzler fectly well.” Guaranteed cure for
foabd in 1905, first $17.50, second, $7.50
cuts and burns. 25c s' the
1 0o
Geo Whiting, free cervice of hie Thoroughbred , drug store.
1 00
1 00 Stallion for be t team for general purposes shown in
1 00
harness. Also free service of bis Jack, Jumbo, for
1 00
MELE. OREGON.
1 00 best colt of his get exhibited
1 00 I
The Times-Herald, solid silver loving cup for
It rarely happens that the name
1 00
1 oo driving teams
Points to b« considered: Size, form, ofthe town of Mule, Ore, appears
1 1 II
action, style, endurance and qualities necessary for the on a Portland hotel register It is
1 00
1 ÍM) roe.d
Must be won twice in succession by same party <n III - Imperial Hotel register to
1 00,
annual
fair to tiecome property of bolder.
at
day, however, for J. F. Mahon, who,
1 00 !
1 oo
with his family and employes, con
1 oo
SATURDAY AFTERNOON MATINEE.
1 00
stitute the entire human populatir n
1 00
The Times-Herald would suggest to the Fair As of the town, is makin; 01.e of his
1 00
Absolutely Pure
1 oo sociation that the fair tie onlinued including Saturday annual visits to Portland.
1 4M»
Though
Mule
hasn
’
t
many
inhab
and
that
it
be
“
Children's
Day
”
with
special
features
1 oo
1 00 A rwte for Indian horses, tbe stock show, babv »how, itants, it ia a government postoffic «
A Cream of Tartar Powder,
1 00
free from alum or phoa-
1 00 ■ warding of premiums, contests for the special prices It is located in Harney county and
phatlc acid
1 00 etc , would make in interesting and attractive pro is about 60 mile* from Burns, tbe
1 no
eevAt
aAxiHO
eowbis co., *tw voaw.
county seat. The posloffice was
1 oo| gram.
1 50
NO. 46.
POWDER
mis m substitute
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CALDWELL, IDAHO A
A General Banking Business Transacted
CORRESPONDENCE INVITED
THE CARTER HOUSE.
I
AHERICAN PLAN
ONTARIO, OREGON.
Fire-Proof, Modern,
El u,ant.
i
Rates $a.oo and $2 50 per day.
All Outside Rooms—Near Depot
This modern new hotel was only recently opened to the
public. Harney County people will be always welcome
and courteously cared for. A first-class bar in connection.
LIVERY BARN IN CONNECTION.
D on C ah lor B otd
H ouhtom N aíton .
Napton & Boyd
Real Estate.
Mines and Mining.
P ayette , I daho .
»
O ntario , O regon .
Ontario office:
New Wilson Brick.
THE CAPITAL SALOON,
TRISCH A DONEGAN, Proprietors.
Bums,
■ ■
Oregon.
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Wines. Liquors and Cigars.
Billiard and Pool Tables
Club Rooms in Connection
The Finest of All
MARYLAND CLUB WHISKY
F»r Sak Italy at’
Hotel Burns Bar
A -ents, Burns, O^e
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