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IMPRESSED
Addison Bennett
Greatness of
THE SHAME OF
If People of Our Own Stale Realized What n Magnificent Umpire
Awaited Development at Their Very Door, Transportation
Lines Would Follow Necessary to" "The Greater Oregon."
Burns, Oregon, Jan. 21, '01)
Editor The Times-Herald:
Perhaps your readers in this
vicinity would like to have tho
impressions of a new-comer in
the valley; and likely such im
pressions will tend to give your
"outside" readers n faint idea of
tho magnitude of tho Harney
valley and its tributary country.
I quote tho word "outsider"
for tho reason that since coining
here a week ago I have been
on almost all occasions greeted
as an outsider '; winch is, i
think.an indictment made against
a resident of tho State which
shows plainer than any argument
tho complete isolation of your
wonderful country.
I have for several years been
in the newpaper business at
points on or contiguous to the
Columbia river, and like most
newspaper men I have been in
terested in publicity and develop
ment work, and in such capacity
I identified myself with the Ore
gon Development League at its
inception, and have been a vice
president of the same from the
beginning, in 190 1. This is the
league of which Hon. Theodore
B. Wilcox is president, and that
masterful organizer and publicity
promoter Tom Richardson is sec
retary and manager. It is a well
known fact that this league,
through the able leadership of
Mr. Richardson, has done a great
work for Oregon, and all at the
expanse of Portland, the outlay
last year being over $G0,000, (and
J am glad to know that at the
meeting of the re-organized
Burns Commercial Club on Tues
day evening the members decid-'
ed to affiliate with the state lea-'
gue.)
I have made this rather lengthy
statement to show that I must at
least be given credit for having
ordinary intelligence, and that
I must possess at least an aver-
age knowledge of my adopted
State - dear old Oregon.
And yet I came hero a week
ago to find that my former con
victions and ideas of the "inside"
were fallacious, and that I, like
the vast majority of poor fellow
Oregonians, was really and truly
an "outsider," a foreigner, and
had no adequate understanding
of the conditions in a territory
embracing nearly two-thirds of
future arable lands of the State.
Taking the city of Portland as
the populous center of Oregon
and we will understand the pre
sent conditions of ignorance best
by saying that from that city
a trip to Chicago can be made al
most as expeditiously, almost as
cheaply and with far more com
fort than a trip to Burns, tho
metropolis of interior Oregon,
for the railway and stage faro
alone is a matter of a trifle under
$50. for the round trip, and your
baggage in excess of 150 pounds
will cost you four cents a pound.
And as to the inconveniences
of the trip, or the hardships as
you may call them, I am at pie
sent too "sore" to dilate upon
them. But when we merely
think of a stage rido of 27 hours,
from 3 p. m. one day to 7 p. n
the following day, through cold
and sleet and snow and rain,
with many changes made in tho
night, it will bo seen that tho
trip from tho "outside" is no
picnic.
And the shame of it is that
such conditions exist. Tho shamo
of it is that this section has so
long been allowed to remain
without railroad communication,
for it is stated, and I beliovo on
tho most reliable authority, that
when tho resources, taken in con
nection with tho area, of this
vast section are taken into con
sideration that it is tho largest
and best area of land in tho Unit
ed States lying in such nn isolat-
W14 CU1IU1VIUII,
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WITH BIGNESS
Carried Away With
Interior Oregon
ITS LONG NEGLECT
Let mo rovert to tho day I left
tho little town of Irrigon, on tho
Columbia. I took tho train on
the afternoon of Jan. 13th, but
would have taken ono two or
three days earlier could I have
done so with any degree of cer
tainty. But tho snow was deep
there, and tho thermometer had
reached a day or two previous 25
degrees below zero.
Ilenco 1 came here in the very
midst of the most severo "cold
spell" ever known in the sections
along the Columbia, a section
widely advertising its mild and
equable climate and reached
Burns after atrip of a little over
48 hours to bo exact, 49 hours,
and I know, from newspaper re
ports, the "cold wave" held its
grip in the country I left, for at
least several days after my de
parture. And yet I made my advent in
to the valley during n wnrm,
spring-like rain, to find that but
once during the winter has tho
thermometer here been as low as
7 below, and then only for one
morning.
I might write much along tho
lines of description of your cli
mate, but I could not by any ar
lrumcnt say anything more con
vincing of its moderation than
these statements of facts facts
which arc, I am told, by no
means unusual, for while this is
not strictly speaking, "a land of
perennial spring," yet tho cli
mate here is as equable as at
any place in Oregon, for at this
altitude (4000 feet) seven degrees
below is about equal to twelve or
fourteen above at the city of
Portland.
I wish to digress a moment
from what I have actually seen
to what I have learned about the
healthfulncss of this locality.
We all know that at such an alti
tude, in a dry, equable climate,
the conditions aro almost ideal
for healthfulncss and longevity.
One docs not have lo resort to
hearsay, rumors or even statis
tics to prove that. But I am told
that for many years the death
rate has been lower hero than in
any other portion of Oregon, and
I can well believe that this state
ment must be true.
As to the town of Burns, I
mu3t confess I was most agreea
bly suprised, for I expected to
find a true frontier town, where
the cowboys went marching along
the streets like a swashbuckler,
with his navies in his belt, a
swagger in his gait, a chip on his
shoulder, ready to "shoot up tho
town" at tho slighestprovication.
I expected to hear tho call of the
gambler's voice as tho roulette
wheel whirled around, and to
hear the click of poker chips on
every hand and I was sure I
would find the city marshal the
busiest man in town, and the
calaboose always occupied.
And yet here I find ono of tho
most peacable, orderly communi
ties I over visited. Here I find
a people living in peace, harmony
and prosperity. Tho gambling
houses are not hero tho gamblers
aro not in evidence, oven the
raaloon is a trivial incident, and
by no means a domineering fac- j
tor, and all of them seem orderly ,
and decent. '
Everybody seems busy andi
happy, and above all everybody (
seems to take a delight in mak-f
ingan "outsider" feel at homo
and to his ears comes no tales of
strife; no words of discord only
words of cheer only words of
faith in tho country.
I camo hero almost a total
stranger. I do not for tho mom
ent recall that I havo over mot
moro than three or four citizens,
William Miller, Frank Davoy and
J. C. Turney, and yet after a vis
it of a week I feel as though I
knew you and you till lfnPw -1
1 ho treatment accorded mo has1
been so kind, so generous, bo de
lightful Hint I at times feel al
most ashamed to think you aro
entertaining mo fnr above my
deserts.
And yet I bcliovo the way you
mo using mo is but typical of
your people. I do not think llio
citizens of Burns could bo moan
or small if they tried thoro is
a something in tho largeness of
tho country that develops big
hearts something in tho gener
al environments that tends to
make "men" and "women" in
tho
vnev
bcsL, sonso in which
.V.J U..OV-,
thoso words can bo used.
I havo been up to your school
buildings and looked into tho
faces of your children, and 1
see intelligence plainly writ
ten there nlso; so that 1
know the future of your country
is safe for the generation lo
como doubly do I know this
for I also attended Rov. Irwin's
Sunday School, and found
in many particulars the finest
school of llio kind I lmvo nllmiil.
ed for varv niirh foriv wni-a.
I wish ten thousand of the men
nrn..n,r., M,",,UMM n,.i,i
bo induced to como hero and see c,n"1' lIot appeal to all.
you as 1 have seen you. I wish, ' , ' m w, l '"formation obtain
particularly, that the 1)0 members "J0 lhwuuh "papers and
of our loiriHlnLiim cnulil be in.ln.- otller . 'I appears that Ins
ed to como over hero in a body.
If this could bo done you would
not bo on the "inside" by this
time next year, for such n cry
would go up that oven high honv
en would know that the present
isolated condition of South Cen
tral Oregon is not a calamity, not
a inisioruiiic, nui a crime. i
And not simply a crime against
the people heio, not simply u
crime against this section; mil
a crime against tho whole State,
tlis linlfc miniiln ntimi niMitaint
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slight interests in common with
the State, simply because of a
lack of a few miles of railroads.
Who is to blamo for the pro-
sent conditions? That question
is not worth answering, that I
fact is not worth considering, i
But let the whole State wake up,
now to the fact lliat for the
building up of "the greater Oro-
gon" about which all aro talking,
on the outside, this country must
be "annexed to tho State," and'
must no longer bo loft chained i
to the Past for the lack of rail-'
way communication.
Mr. Editor I havo written at
more length than I intended, but
the subject is so largo that I hope
you will pardon my verbosity.
Addison Bi:nni:tt
Colds contracted at this season
of the year are quickly relieved
with Bees Laxative Cough Syr-1
up. Its laxative quality rids the '
system of the cold. Pleasant to
take. Best for children for
coughs, colds, croup and whoop
ing cough. Sold by Tho Welcome
Pharmacy, Burns, Ore., Prod
Haines Harney, Ore. I
Job printing The Times-Herald
senator anoitan
Governor Geo. E. Chamborlain,
United States Senator at tho last
Ah flin "'""" 1 '"
ing a total of flfty-thre
the Nation. For here lies one of i l?W" ' nen
the richest portions of this groat ,al Irw " v'Td y "?e" W,K,
State almost helpless- gagged lm "tudf d .mtuaf' on 8m
and bound-paying but a trilling' un!if.rsand irond,t,on ,n at:t"ftl
Irilmtn In tlw. Stnl,. Imvintr l.nt 1'C Kind districts:
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ing a total ol mty-threo votes.
TO BROADEN
The Burns Commercial Club Suggests
Practical Amendments To It
THE VIEWS OF EXPERIENCED MEN
Recommendations he Forwarded at Once to Our Representatives
in Washington mict Favorable Consideration A,skcdA So
lution to Present Complications and iixtending its Uses.
"Ts: f"
Tiie Burns Commercial Club
has had under discussion needed
land legislation and many sug
gestions along practical linos have
been advanced looking to a solu
tion of vexed clauses, impractic
al construction and interpreta
tions of the existing laws. The
moiuiph uiii wiui ttmoot amend -
' monl was tavorauiy ConsUlerM
,l Un?li "" ,ar of alleo-
l"e mm yet me non-residence
I proposed measure has no show of
passing congress and the non
residence clause is what is cred
ited ns the cause of its defeat.
The following outline of a bill,
which is an enlargement on the
present desevt land law, baa been
suggested by th Club and a
i resolution embodying this outline
iuh bjpen forwarded to Oregon's
congressional delegation as a
suggestion toward bringing about
the 4sirod relief, or rather, n
practical solution of present day;
. -.. 1 ,
i An Act entitled an Act to Amend
an Act Entitled an Act, etc.
Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Repremnttttivos of
the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That it shall
bo lawful for any citizen of the
United States, or any person of
requisite age ( "who may he en
titled lo become a cititen and who
has filed his declaration to be
come such") and upon payment
of twenty-five conts per acre, to
file a declaration, under oath,
with the Register and Receiver
of llio land district in which any
desert laud is situated, that he
intends to reclaim a tract of
doscrt land, not exceeding .'120
acros, by scientific dry land fann
ing or by conducting water upon
tho some within the period of
seven years thereafter, Piovid
ed, However, That where the
modo of reclamation is by means
of water the right to the use of
water by the person so conduct
ing the same on or to any tract
of desert land shall depend upon
bona lido right, anpronrlation
and use; and such right shall not
exceed tho amount of water ac-1
many appropriated and necess
arily used for tho purpose of ir
toko effect in the states of Cali-
u. ciiaauh-ui.ain.
tho choico of
tho
was
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people for
oloetod to
general oloction,
DESERT LAW
rigation and reclamation; and all
surplus water over and above
such appropriation and use, to
gether with tho water of all
lakes, rivers, and other sources
of water supply upon the public
land and not navigable, shall re
main and bo held free for the ap
, propuauon ami use 01 mo puouc
for ii rigation, mining, and manu
facturing purposes subject to ex
isting rights. Provided, How
eVei, That Innds taken up under
this act may bo reclaimed under
a dty land system of cultivation
and production of merchantable
crops, in lieu of reclamation by
artificial irrigation.
Said declaration shall describe
particularly the tract of land if
aursiycd and if unsurvoyed
shall describe the same as near
ai possible without a survey. At
tho ox pin) iton of seven years af
ter filial!; 'dd declaration, upon
making w.tisfnclory proof lo the
, Register and Receiver of the reo
lama lion of said
tract of land as
hereinafter set
forth and upon
the pay men I to tho Receiver of
the additional sum of one dollar
per acre for a tract of land not
exceeding 320 acres to any one
person, a imlent for tho same
shall bo issued to him: Provided,
That no person shall bo permit
ted to enter more than ono tract
of land, and not to exceed 320
acre, which ahull be in compact
form.
That proof of the reclamation
of such tract whether by means
of artificial irrigation or by scien
tific dry land fanning shall be
made as follews:
The claimant must the first
year clear and break at least one
eighth of said tract.
The second year must plant the
first tract to crop nnd clear and
break an additional ono eighth
of said tract.
The third year must cultivate
and crop at least one fourth of
the tract and have produced
a product therefrom of at least
$f!00.00, where tho claim is of
'320 acres, and in proportion for
'a smaller tract.
At tho end of the fourth year
must show the claim, if of 320
acres, has produced crops of tho
merchantable valuo of $1000.00,
and in that proportion for a smal
ler tract, and, he mii3t each year
thereat tor
mado bIiow
uiuii until proot is
that tho claim,
if of
dsu acres, nas produced nn an
nuul crop of tho merchantable
valuo of at least $500.00, and, in
proportion thereto for 'a smaller
tract.
Proof of reclamation of any
tract taken under this net shall
be mado annunlly before tho Reg
ister and Receiver; and final
proof at tho expiration of seven
years from dato of filing, when
a map showing tho character,
valuo and location of all improve
ments shall bo mado and filed.
And all tracts must ho enclosed
by fence and no two claims un-
rial" tllimicf lllliv lirwnnlrwnrl nnilnv
tho same fence nnd no prcxiuct offlcora for the businesa liko man
of tho soil except mich as has ? n which tho business was
boon i,iwl.i,.n,l hv nntm.i ifS ' disposed ot and tho commcndahlo
Uon thereoiuihall bo accepted as,
proof of reclamation of such
tiacl. Piovidcd, howover, that
a failure or destruction of crop
due to unavoidable causo may bo
oxcuaetl without prejudice.
That all lands exclusive of tim
ber lands and minoral lands which
will not, without tho scientific
mode of dry land fnrminrc or cul
tivation, in this act rofered to, or
irrigation, produco somo agricul
tural crop, shall bo deemed des
ort lands within tho meaning of
this act, which fact shall bo as
certained by proof of two or moro
ercdiblo witnesses under oath,
whoso allldavits shall bo fded In
the land ofllco in which said tract
of land may bo situated.
',:...i Ma .u o.luilalljiiy to aim
fornia, Oregon, Novada, Wash-
ington, Idaho, Montana, Utah,
Wyoming, Dakotas and the terri
tories of Arizona and New Mexi
co, and tho determination of
what may be considered desert
land Bhall be subject to tho deci
sion and regulation of the Gener
al Land Office.
That all acta and parts of acts
inconsistent with tho provisions
of this act aro hereby repealed.
TIIE CLUB HAS A (1001) AICBTINO.
The Aid-fling of (lie Two Clubs nnd Much
Accomplished ol Great Ilcncflt
Tho Burns Commercial Club
held another interesting and pro
fitable meeting last Tuesday ev
ening. Because of tho broadness
of the scope of its discussions
and the absence of local interest
shown by the members the Club
has impressed outside visitors
with tho evident desire and sin
cerity in promoting the interests
of tho entire Southeastern Cen
tral Oregon. It was organized
for that particular purpose.
While matters of local importance
will have attention from time to
time, such matters will not be
taken up to the detriment or neg
lect of the larger purposes of the
club.
Vice-President Rembold occu
pied the chair in the absence of
President Hanley.
Judge Miller submitted a pro
posed amendment or enlarge
ment of tho present desert land
law as a substitution for the sug
gested resolution on the Mondoll
bill and with very little discus
sion the proposed bill was favor
ably considered and copies were
ordered forwarded to our repre
sentatives in congress. A copy
of this bill is published else
where.
Iho committee appointed to
confer with the Burns Athletic
Club relative to the merging of
the two clubs made a report fav
oring consolidation and this was
adopted. The Athletic club boys
also adopted a similar report of
their committee tho following
evening nnd all that remains to
be done is the formal transfer of
the Athletic club property to
gether with the lease on the
building over to the Commercial
Club. This was a most gratify
ing move and showed much wis
dom, as it makes one strong or
ganization. In discussing progress on the
dry land experiment station it
was finally decided that a com
mittee bo appointed to draft n
bill to be submitted to the state
legislature for that purpose. C.
A. Sweck, Judge Miller and G.
A. Rembold were appointed nnd
given the privileges of outlining
the bill and forwarding it at once
to our representatives at Salem
withoutsubmittingitto the Club.
Secretary McGowan read sev
eral communications of more or
less interest, among them beinc
ono from the National Irrigation
Congress asking for suggestions
ns t0 '10W m; organization could
help this section. vm 1'iure
called attention to tho law jriving.
tho Secretary of the Interior full
power to appropriate funds with
which to demonstrate the arte
sian flow of any district. This,
ho considered, wns a matter that
would bo really bcnificinl to this
section. Mr. Farre, Judge Miller
and C. W. Ellis were appointed
to draft proper resolutions on
this subject and forward to the
Irrigation Congress officers.
Addison Bennett took a decided
interest in tho discussions and
addressed thos6 present in which
ho complimented tho club and fls
P" Biiown mo natters on
great importance to tho big inter
ior rather than local.
Mr. Bennett referred briefly
to his trip in from tho railroad
which caused A, Schonk to recall
his experiences on his first stago
trip in. Mr. Schonk gave a very
humorous description of that trip
which kept his hearers convulsed
with laughter from the time ho
started talking until ho took his
seat.
Adam ficoruo
List your property
Empire Realty Co. if you
Employment
tiHiwmmetmis
Brown's Satisfactory Store.
You certainly are interested
in the largest and most com
plete Slock of New Fall and
Winter Goods carried in the
Interior.
We are showing everything
new, no exceptions and to buy
early at our place means a
better selection. Ladies cloaks
a nd waists Direct Importation
N. BROWN & SONS,
Burns, Oregon.
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The Harney Valley Brewing Go.
MiimifacturerH of
Pamlly Trade Solicited Free Delivery
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THE CAPITAL SALOON,
rillHCU A- DONEGAN, Proprietors.
Burns, - - Oregon.
Wi nes. Liquors and Cigars.
Billiard and Peel Tables.
Club Rooms in Connection.
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CLEAN R00JUS, CuESW lilfJNEN, PflbflTABuE VICTUALS
I Tho patronnge of nil gucs-la under the old management
especially syliciled.
! dates' par day, $1,25
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Cnr.ioNwr ClmKliii; to Death.
A little boy, son of Chris.
D.
Peterson, n well know n resident
of the villioge of Jacksonville,
Iowa, had a suddon and violent
attack of croup. Much thick
utringy phlegm camo up after
giving Chamberlain's Cough Re
medy. "I think ho would linvo
choked to death had wc not giv
on him this remedy. For sale
by nil good dealers.
Job printing-The Times-Herald
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cleaire a quick sale or trade
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