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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1907)
rf fftnttrrlft 'Hicial Paper ot lUniPT County, km the larjf clrrolatlnii and in nc ot he beat ailverUeint meiliuma in Kaaier n RsSgaTS. gfte tmtg-1 ieMa e'h.e Urtnl tarni gaunfrg ! laml. -tlir I Ml.. I Mai J : BURNS. HARNEY COl'NTY. ORKtJON. .H'NF. 25. 1!7 32 )R CFLfiBIUTION BE MPt FTKO tURNR COUNTRY WILL SCRLAM resident stockmen shall he given LITTLE OFF IN HIS FIGURES homestead entriw. had heen filed preference in the distribution of during the past three months range. This is not done in many falls far short of th? real nunv instances and rank injustice has EAST OtEOONHN EDITOR WRITES OF her. Inquiry at the land office discloses the fact that from April 1st to .lime U two and one half months there was a total of 244 original entries made. Quite a number haw been filed since .lune 16, but no entries have been KHi sil'ow m1 to pi of record since that lte in acconiam-i with an order tor Olerteea Tlat Njat-'Oflkm al r Caeaea art1 now al' 4th of .lulv i r oetaiis an- mi but the general Ibc carried out to . Saatlerea Falrt" Treat at Earl) Data Oa Bit Cm laaf Btlaf been done in Umatilla county to many resident stockmen by send ing them 20 miles from home to range which they never occSptoi and which is not adjacent to their deeded land. From the orders of thes- petty officials there seems to' be no n course and the administratku) of President Ronaevolt will oiameo wun gross lncsmpetwey canvass of the ur1"W"w,n arrying out me , v1t(.xmiVPy by l.ux and Miller, has brought fa- niW laid down for the gnvm-' th(t catUe kmf9 of California mem oi me urn vial. THE STATE BRANDINfl I.AW IMPORTANT SUIT TO A 10 BE TRIED OUT FINISH if The announcement that li..mtMila huvn )rn lil.il Harney county in the past three " ij "J f afths. recalls an empire which mils a few yearn airo was claim- It Taka to Ta Saertair Cart l.r Ceaitractraa al I'allrr raaalaf I Stack aa laureate to making the f a succeas than rv business man promise! t be hey all realize make it inter. rs they must all fore we confi- a grann parane o hands. n has kindly eleventh hour to tion. The man- ped to (ret some hut failing pre- B Uavev. We are BVatulate the man be choice of the all. Mr. Mavey and the iieople well entertain- The .East Oragoniari beliefs in the forest reserve principle. It Mieve that the president wishes to do the right thing by the actual settlers and stockmen of the west, and that if theae petty tyrannies and injustices of the men in charge of the reserves were bnmgh properly before the higher officials that they would be righted. The stockmen believe in the principles, but they object to the administration of the forest re aervee. and this sentiment is growing stronger every month. The administration of President DIuu...-..li ,....... 4r,.i - ratal Mr. Ilavev """ """ "ru ignore un,l tlu. T-.r.l these chargea. East Oregonian I kwlen will act as Bjday and Mrs. A. n chosen to read . Hon. A. W. rshal. II form at some in town and the be made l n out ti the ruir and which extended from Mal heur city. Oregon, to Fresno, (al.. in an almost unbroken line. A a loy. Re years ago. the al itor of the East Oregonian rode over that cattle empire. Begin ning at Cow valley. Malheur county, a few miles south of Mal heur city, you began to see "L F." cattle on the hills. That was the signet of this vast em pire. Everything belonging to Lux and Miller was branded "L. ;F." From (ow valley southward. i to Bully creek. Malheur agency . Malheur lakes. Silviea river. Dia mond valley. Stein's mountain. j McDermitt. Warner lakes, and 'on into Nevada and California. Lux and Miller reigned supreme. The' claimed the watering 'places, owned the cattle corrals. Messrs. A. 8. Swain and M. R. .upjed the range, built roada. Smith left Monday morning for f,.ncw, m erecUHl ntx the railroad vWien- they go to get Lnd cjnpjn, pj., for their hun- theirl.ig artesian well drilling ' dred of cowbova. kept out set. nisamiKiernmacntneni,., diacouragwl fanning and ruled the entire country fnm a sotne- ihe 1. F . " brand has Iwn obliterated, but merely changed to the B wn-mh. and Henry aM ist holdings in fact much mon- CaMM land than when the K:ii ' ngonian editor nnle over the cattle empire. The same company has as many stock, but do not have undisputed sw(ay of the PMIgV a in thoae days The S wrench brand mingles with many others throughout the same tcrriton There is no long er any strife for supnmacy of the range, all Ix'ing serene and the only advantage Henry Miller has is the great ranches he owns It is not unlikelv. however, that these big holdings may at no dis tant day 1m' cut up in small farms, hut even then the Harney coun try will continue to lie the ideal stock section of the entire west In the circuit court of Lk county there was a MM mod th. last few days which is of great -p to the stockgmwers of this section. the first time the stock branding law. a law that is of prime importance to I Oregon. when thousands of cat tle, sheep and horses nm on the ,., .,...,,,,,.., .. ........ .,.. u (I' lO'piHl III. II ll'l IV he had not seen for many years bill each time h VM staited'on again Mr Schenk's i.idence on th0 hill faces an open block and the young man asked what that was. '"tliei replied it was a park the block is .red with sage brwk ami nvk. He then asked win the rod wire not cleared out an. I W9H told "hev wen- usimI for I I DtffiJI man re marked no lm hut Scheiik -yud w w.ii. peculiar people and planted How 'i 'iu parks, whenuipon he plucked a twig of Mafe and pivsented ii to the brothei to .1' iere the fine per fume. Hi' .an! it had quite a stnuig scent hut he would have T FO ARTESIAN WATER. machitu ii . Nrj p:irticuiar tilted com- pltte with various sited drills ami i if sufficient capacity to sink he morning -x- " oeftin to oetmiieiy ascertain Id. The firede- f nrteaian water ii within ranch iii.- ma! hi ownu' means The machine w ill U moved in fn mi the railroad with its wn motive power, as it is arranged with a steam engine all on one frame and trucks. They do not an interesting parade. Chief iriven nis worn m the Ikivs out in H The liliertycar m ihonnighlv ov Kle entin-b safe anticipate any trouble in getting aaC so thev mav 'n th "d vy wd be- Kii..i th. celebra- twen " nd V,J-t,rini.-, difficulty will likely be .linn ..nurram nnvneas of the graflsj). A nj"'i aa -pk ALL PtU FOK THE FAIR The pn-mium list for the oun ty fair this fall has been isauad and this week the maJWfntnnnt J will scatter them all over the county for distribution. We should all take an interest in the fair and make it the best yet i The premiums have been increas-1 ed quite materially and t?xer m i hie offered for a display of the most imimrtnnt pn-l'iil ..( the .-..iiiily. Of course, with the limitcil manna tain cannot do great '. but omparison of the list with other similar faint shows It to be out itti wi hat u i th- u he grounds and J I he gen-1 day. The g u. i splay to huve a eoniiiK ' i.jiity to oolfw the only the nar- Sllth- Fair (Jn.unds ll"ni unuiuni ui caauig iora wi itored u, HUppy it reniemU-n-d r" WHM oniapu wivn ine m- chme and then- wiu te no delay in the work as soon as the ma chine ik on the ground. The Times-Herald has M Raft giving as u the sueews of this r we certainly have To what depth isarv u go u titnl n a! he only ijues is practically net it has been shown h struck at a depth of less than ulk over old - J1- me matter oi volume K our new set-or 'orce OM not nevn determined Kitv of meeting at this depth as none of the wells ning better at- ruv un properly caseo or giv- eir netghborh. n n' cnance whatever. uainess men of , n1 u " aemonatrat- e a pride and " o-yund queaaon uint aetesiun to entertain water i within reach of nvnrjr day. Last year homesteader in Harney valley cipated in the e water problem will be solved them being I. d ll wl" mean much to tne im mediate activity of agriculture and horticulture here. it w il! lie MM an adequate fl l.t niuneers find " innw. n nu.it .tlnrkit. by a few test wells that u flow RaTaWi to renew ac- elcome Farma- nd a few others. ned put up ex- ktable fioata and H of the celebra- Ha'.e their etforUi. Kally every bu.si- B city will be in Msat hieli Siaric Fisher, the autuist who was hare last week, after making a trip to Burns and back, left Sun day morning for the Willamette v alley . lasing me oaiiuun ruuir BUM sroCkMCN. over the mountains. It is likely 'that he will get all the trouble he Bi of Umatilla want liefore arriving at his dea- n- aallv agrwe tination. Frinev i lie Review. Mr. Fisher may have been to Burni liui 'I to see him, or at least the auto These ma chines are not plentiful but what oqe would lie noticed on our sireeLs. Fossibly he left the machine outside the city limit for fear it would fr.ghten the native Malheur city south with what despotic hand. The clouds of dust raised by their thousands of head of ning driven tn the niilnmd at Winnetnucca could be seen for 50 miles. Trainload after train load of fat steers were shipped out each year from that vast em pire, but there not a solitary home in its borders, except the temporary homes of the cowboys or at the Lux and Miller ranches, where hay was put up for the cow Kinies and where grub was the scattering camp in that lonely wilder of grass and cattle. There wasa tiresome monotony about this empire. The saddle a'.tle on the hill- mules of the mess wagons. . ... . . a! ..rcWan,l.,Ju, ". M-1-1 nsistent I. I -vhichmet "f f'" your eyes every what. " " '"? Fu,ton.' irw mi the forest rsserve i,i The brand was burned int.. iht . ' doors of the cabin, on the wagon lt' . , . . . Against the ..tficers of lle re- boxes, mi the gates of the cattle .. serve, he had never tendered cnt- corrals, on the home collars, on . . .. . . the pm-hforks. on the saddle, of ,c'7 A,nH1, ,he H the riders, on the hats they wore. under whllh 'ey worked he had H the bacon thev ate. protsstad and tollowmg the g In all that vast empire there f 'conscientious duty -.back-wm not s garden patch, not a ed by the sentiment of whst he meadow not owned st one time, considers s majority of his con by the -L. F.- outfit Cowboys -tituency. he purposes to formu lated at all the beat spring, and Utf "u"" h- wl ' ure claimed all the meadows. The " ww' " inai lw "" w'" armv of men movri ,.vr th.m. mre direct control and get benefits trorn the lands range ami are known to their owners only by their brands. 4 was tried out in every phase, i The question anse in the case of the state of Ongon vs. W. Moas, a case which was tried last fall, the trial nsulted in a hung jury. Because of the pmminence of the men intcn-sted the case attracted wide attention W. W. Brown, the prOMCUting witness is perhas, the wealthi- iiihii in Eastern OftfOM ha ing several thousand head of homes ranging in all of the conn ties of the eastern part of the. state. Moss is a prominent stock man of Ijike county. The brand used by the two men are quid similar. Bniwn using a horse hoe with a bar under it and Moss using a horse shoe with a triangle under it base up Brown alleged that Moss had run the triangle over the bar n sonic of I hi. horses and the grand jury in dicted Moss. The trial nsuli. .1 in a dismissal of the case ihe court nding that Moss had his Mi . in Is of marks and brands re corded liefcav Bmwu Ratal IB It is iMi'i DKi im at its disposal the Fair Assocta-, " " " "" "?l V ""V mi -miiiiiui liiai ihiiii louiil inn IN' reconled. AIsmi it was ruled that s certified record fnm Harnev &kiivt .1. iiiljl t m . S Sfc i anl a m am fully up to any of them so far as "TV1" w",u ""l w ' " ? .. . . . evidence U pmve ownership in the principal products and in-ili-tries are concerned. Ijet us all help this laudable enterprise by doing something toward its succeas. Remember it is merely for the purpose of promoting the interests of the entin- county. SENATOR PL'LTON ON RESERVE ljike county, where the "Mtfn of Brown wss refused on account of similarity. A civil suit was instituted by Brown to replevin the identical I horses which wen- the subject ol the criminal prosecution, and a record wss made in keeping with the rulings in the criminal case. This will Ik- taken to the su preme court for .. i ion oi the entire branding law. Ex. OUR WAVS ARC PECULIAR M. Sihenk, a younger brother ir merchant tailor A. Schenk, arrived here direct from Herman stedt. Hungaria, the first of the week. He is an experienced tailor and came to associate him self with his bnithi i Mr. Schenk had quite ai isTience while enmute, lieing un able to seak English and rath, i confused as to hia destination Upon his arrival at Baltimor. fellow country-man conneite.l with the transportation comijan- The Kis'hester IVvst se.y.: A new sWiMi will occasionally put its foot into it.' as ihe saying is. In March the hook chanced to U short of material for the type setting mm lune. and in glancing through ...mi . changv for copy, a i lipping was taken n'ferring to ii which the statement apHared that 'a short time ago ihe pun' food commission made an of tobaccos, ' and iiniong otlu-r things discovered that 'English Curve Cut snd l.inky Strike tobaccos contain ed in (hi- cent, toliacci . and the rest common limn wrapping mst Bull hurhani had no to bacco at all. the greater part be ing bmwn aM'r soakeil in tobac iine and gmiu.il up. ami Daks'. Mixture was only lOptf cent lolmceo, I ii. American Tobntw o hsvinu run scnaw th- statement. which was Im-iiiii printiil in num-ia Plfaafl thnnighout the '.ii. look notice of the matter and denied the statement in toto. To settle ii lutheuticity. this psper wmte i.. I- K Sister; of the pun- food commission, and RM r. a I won! that no such analysis was ever made. Hsnce it stands to reason that the statement so published was false. Who the individual was who article an mini the and Reconl dm- not kimw It does know, how . . i i hat it had inil has no in tention of doing an) individual or conqiany any injury, and n gnls sxessdingi) that it fell into a hole ilii) RMRtM else, and desire to givi this statement S much publicity as the former ar ticle Si far as it knows or be lieves, those brands are all tobac co the same as any other brand h. ami the pulihi more dan- unoking them than falls to the lot of any consumer of the vm ed The foregoing is published to Mull Murham" smok ers wlm wi i. uliout to go lawk on tin- old time braid. N. BROWN & SONS (ieneral Merchandise Agents for Studebaker Wagons, HujfieH, Huckboards, Sloihs and Slods. Dteiing Mowers, Rakes, Hind ers and Headers. Send in your orders for Dwrlltff I'xtrnn. Fairbanks-Morse & Co. (Gaso line lOnines, I'limps and Irrigat ing outfits. We place an In farm god 'C arill do liefm i i . i Complete line of Dry Goods, Furnishings Clothing Hoots, Shoes Groceries. I V i J. W. BROWN &l SON Contractors and Builders Call and get listlmntrs. Plant and Prices you have work u. luu If ' !. I.. I -...III. ull,- I . i,. ' . . i.r..l irmmmmFrwmmmmmmwmimaeymmwvmKmHKwmi THE BREWERY SALOON .iK. n .h mi.l hi I . ii.i ... all I. I.. lr.ii In in.k. ll.. i I ilia BEER ALWAYS ON TAP : a a a a a a a : Your Patronage So'icited. I mm vm i.i y bbewinc compakt. a James Hicks, Manager WINtS, LIQUORS, CIQAR8 Tin' llri.w.f an. I -i.ala wi.tka arr nmiaf ii"fifiiri I iiiiii aaxl la lurmug ..... maaagaaaani ,4 maw THE CAPITAL SALOON, i.i I. mill .hi. Ail a in (ia..ii- II. will fiiimali )nu plan, Ii. .loan MUiilnaa ai il o.-Iillli THIHCII . M) Bums, - - Oregon. :&aJc:e Tlilc XIotad.ca.-vj.axtBxa3. Wines Liquors and Ciffftf Billiard and Pool Tables. Club Rooms In Connection. ,i i .. pirt from aeaaon to stwsun. gath- . Irwn " ,a" m a .... i riavir rvMikH'i vf t'tiuii Lie?a. . i a . i . . . l.il.. nng, brand i ng and .hipping out , . . , iemei mm aim a iw hau iii.Mruc- nai.i.ai. i n umi ni k ..r,,,., f .k J ti, One-fourth of the area of Or- .. .M .. . ...... frm wiav v v 1. 1 i. Wll(l,.i. a I H 1 ' M A vj, m ,,,,, . ,, .,, - 1. 1 (a. i I I i , rn . . was no permanent settlement. on "".m "ttl,0'UM ed him scroa. the ,,,.,, .first In the spring there would be 10U Much of thu great g"" giving him a fe men at one ranch and then for 11 "''1-,i for.-st The land.. 1 ,. i(U4Jy months it would be deserted and t tiniberetl. t ptaceu in re- 0UrIJ afu.r ,6 ,(ii. the entire force would ride sout I """ roTw,w T ward to trail the fat teem to the CHAS. WILSON, iii naoa fo.wiiaii. t .. ... Black mii i i In at and Abing and forest B but they i BV kick to makt BBistraiion of the Bh the forest re- BV the re.v ai! largely turned Henced men, in aBag or forestry. Bjpobsible for the Bnget justice. railroad for shipment It was an ideal cattle empire and Lux and Miller made the most of it But the empire is shattered. Settler, have crowded into the very heart of the domain. Home are made now uoon the 'alkali licka" of 20 years ago and gar den. are smiling at the spring onee claimed by the wild cow boys of the sagebrush plains. Railroads are bein ed. irrigating ditches are being con structed and tiie tents of the mark the horizon as ocean and 7 in rnauiini it.. I 'mi tleeeem. are a greater menace to . K. . ..,.,. ,,. PMUritirthM iarrivalattn.unothat he ,, bered poftioo. see. they felled Mt hiH itllnii.y.H vhii Utf MIIlMn atone. The,. I0S.IM Mi not mm WJO j, believ. -ii. iHrmitlingthereserva- Mll(1 obtaining an affirmative tton of timUni area, which, lv ...i, him ; J Ti, f 'J wrw aaaaaa . aaV" ' Ik Use Star RESTAURANT I Mi. a i .. . VI., i, .ii.l I iij.j b MfaaU. with the timher off, would offer inducements to husbandry. On- man was the proprietor of one ol the hotflx mill liiul ini.il uimn M - ' ----- -j- iy inai paruoi oi -., am. wriiu.n vi (riMn liu. -really forest or inere y mara. me ..i.-i iuurm- Schenk's ftfiai.c. t..i domestic purposes, should, in ()1y tt fevk n mat ion. ije permiiieo u hrothi i youny COnsistawl "! this man gave MbHUs AT AbU HOUR Bakery in connection. A Spciiillv Satrl erscr. 'la I. (uri.ali-i ., llli - varry t lili.p tl.au.ik.i ilfurila Vuur pair. in llJL aaBBBBW) ..BBBaaBBaaaaaaal aaaaaH A x M Br WW atBatpEaW jf. If '. a J il i I far as eye can see in the vicinity H. C. Ellis, just in from Bend of the .Narrow.." once the great gathering place of the F." clans. now Tuesday, left the same day for BBbe forestry de- Burns on telephone buRJnsM wBJing range leas- The PfeaaSer company keep, its, BVuh and just officers in seven places at once tVi .. an- dis- all the time, studying impn Bjin. making purchases oi a. good and other lines to complete the al-, communities. c Hniinisiration by ready vast system. I.i will not The "L. F. " brand has been v' now till we have direct, obliterated from the country. A reBaSJn in government control. The rest should, under the com pact, which settled the middle west with thrifty people, be made open to entry. To permit of any other course is asking Oregon to sacrifice loo much. Population is wanted and Harney and southern Malheur w b '"'"' ,ho1 lU,nte ,'"" J....:... . . ..i I. ,i....nt nun tLut : :. .. UUL tr VU ociuvim in. -on t not ii jo,' 'K KWerable in many Bless better ser BS about, Hfticials will pre BVagainst tlu- foi BBVii communici.'..oi. with ille Review. Burns. J. fl. lur ..e.. . locator ami sur- to sett lenient can .. .. . . .Iii.il i 'i .rti it lune mm l ul acUve .settlement and wani w vt '"" - beconaj splendid farming th an' wl1' tnwd . off J"" il me ijuronuii oi lou der an-1 forage for sheep and cat tle will be more troubleson iture than it ever has been. new era has dawned. East Ore goinan. i he above is a very nice but we would invite the editor of BaW rules say All kinds of land scrip. BViu owners and than Lands bought and sold the hast (Jregonian over to see Business the Harney country as it is now. , ' pair of halters and collar taken from the White Front Barn had better be returned or the matler will be laid before the grand jury. The person guilty The announcement that 100' of taking them is known I him more money the next m I ing. bought him a ticket to al.- and wrote a note to the stage people to bring him on in Mr. Schenk begun to think he was being chased clear around the world, but Anally landed in Burns. His brother met him at the post- oAce but the new comer did not know him and took some time to one bun that he had really reached his destination Mr. Schenk at once eseon his brother to his home on the hill, but in the meantime On young man was relating his ex perience and telling of the funny ways in America. He was k money by absolute strangers I who asked him no questions fur ther than to find his name was Sihenk. He thought both limes he had found his brothei whom ' L Main St.. S iii m p . .Li Jjfcy OiafW Tills1 IRlCTIOLUkjjU IHT lMMfltu.il L Ifell I 4 ih , mtm m m mtmw i cs.t l f Ova BOO Bi SaMiU loi Saautlful b) , lrliu I ... i i v i n h" Peaiana. H L a... aataaaaaaaaal Raaaaa a svrrBBa i I eaSF ' a ' '" i-.., Jf"' ' . awnii.inoi p.."K' , ANT. -uLCO. 1 1 JaJlBal I ' IFtxe Oreon TaaaaafiaCX AjRa lalil . AIIKlNii M. e k9tmL '' Kiral dii- AakABaail .lur$hueii. Waon Work ALL WORK GUAR ANTEED. Surna, Oroajon N. I. LEWIS ill S las I. tarsi I'AKIIUiUKS and PRICES Is MJfSM tMkieg INHiRiltriUN. fee tall lUssaSM DLMIiNS. Hotel wull III. I