li
Tho OIltclM l'npor of Harney County
has tho InrRost circulation and laono o
tlio bed ndvortlelnR mediums In Eiutcin
Oregon,
Covcrn on nrcn of 0,428,800 ncire of
Intnl. 4,(1:11,(151 ncrcfl yet vacant eulijcct
to entry tinder tlio public land lne ol
tho United Slates.
VOL. XXII
BURNS, IIAUNEY COUNTYJOItEGON, FEHHUAUY 27, 1C0D
NO. 15
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WE ARE AGAIN ON MAP
Harriman Plans East and West Line
Crisscross Undeveloped Part
DECLARES WAR ON HIS RIVALS
Recent Bend Issue Will be Used to "Nail Down" Territory to
Which Hill and St. Paul Roads Arc Building Wizzard to
Spend, Millions in Northwest WorkPleases Oregon Muds.
A Chicago special to tho Ore
gonian says: A large part of tho
millions which the Southern Pa
cific management has decided to
raise by bond and stock issues is
to be devoted to a battle which
Edward II. Harriman is going to
wage in the Northwest, with
James J. Hill and the St. Paul
interests, for the possession of
valuable territory. It is under
stood that an official announce
ment will soon be made of impor
tant extensions to be made by
Harriman in Oregon and other
portions of the Pacific North
west The state of Oregon is to se
cure railroad advantages which
were not dreamed of a few years
ago, and which will bring that
state into the forerank of the
Northwest in the way of future
development The advent of the
St Paul into the transcontinent
al field, the activity of tho Hill
lines in surveying new territory,
and the probability that the
Northwestern will soon decide to
seek a Coast extension, have
made Harriman determined to
secure all of the valuable terri
tory in the Northwest that is
valuable to obtain.
This territory was as valuable
several years ago, so far as fu
ture possibilities were concerned,
but the fact that other railway
system.", have cast longing eyes
upon the golden Northwest has
caused Harriman to bestir him
self. It is stated in connection
with the new issue of securities
that many millions will be devot
ed to extensions and new lines
to supplement the Harriman net
work of roads in the West and
Northwest
Harriman will settle the Port
land gateway fight by building
his own line from Portland to
Tacoma, and using the Milwau
kee right-of-way beyond that
point to Seattle. Work on this
line has already been started,
and the agreement with the Mil
waukee road.has been'.signed.
It"is alsoknown that Harriman
has decidedil'tolTrush his Shasta
route to speedycompletion. The
line has been built from Weed,
Cal., to Klamath Falls, and is to
be continued on north to a con
nection 'with tho present main
line at Natron.
It is well understood that the
Harriman'people have decided to
build an east and west line across
Oregon.Tstarting at Ontario on
the'east, on the Snake river, and
extendingralmost due west to
Natron. 1 A third line will be
built, itisS'said, along the Des
chutes river, south from the
Columbia'friver to a connection
with the Shasta line at a point,
north of Klamath Falls. These
lines will "nail down" a largo
portion of the unoccupied Oregon
territory for the Harriman inter
ests. The decision to appropriate
such a large part of the money
realized from the bond flotations
by the Southern Pacific to Ore
gon projects confirms the an
nouncement already made of a
line into Central Oregon up tho
Deschutes River, as well as to
Puget Sound from Portland. The
completion of tho line north to
Klamath Falls from a connection
with the main line of the South
ern Pacific at Weed, Cal., and
thence on north to another junc
tion with the main line at Natron
Or., has been regarded as a live
project for some time. Work is
going forward steadily on this
construction and tho road will be
completed into Klamath Falls it
is believed this season.
That Harriman is realizing the
value of tho territory ho has neg
lected for so long is indicated by
the activity of the Central Ore
gon line, and work on tho Puget
Bund extension. Both theso
projects will probably bo well
along by tho middle of tho sum
mer. The mid - Oregon line,
from Natron to Ontario, has not
progressed beyond tho surveys,
but maps have been filed, and it
is understood there is nothing in
the way to hinder tho progress
of this construction when the de
cision is reached to go ahead.
The news from Chicago that
much will be doing by tho Har
riman lines throughout the North
west within the next few months
and that announcements of ad
ditional roads to bo made soon,
cannot but be hailed with delight
by the people of this state and
those interested in its develop
ment
SENATE PASSES THE RAILROAD HILL.
Places Constitutional Amendment before
People of Stale In 1910.
The Oregonian gives the fol
lowing account of the passage of
the railroad building resolutien:
By vote of 1G to 14 the Senate
this afternoon adopted the cons
titutional amendment for state
railroads following n favorable
report of a majority of the com
mittee on judiciery, Hedges be
ing the minority. The vote was:
Ayes Abraham, Albee, Bail
ey, bingnam, (Jnase, bouey,
Hart Johnson, Kellaher, M. A.
Miller, F. J. Miller, Nottingham,
Parrish, Selling, Sinnott, Bower
man 16.
Noes Barrett, Beach, Cald
well, Cole, Hedges, Kay, Mcr
ryman, Nulit, Norton. Oliver,
Scholfield, J. N. Smith, C. J.
Smith, Wood-M.
Those who spoke against the
amendment were Hedges, Bar
rett, Kay, Beach, J. N. Smith
and Oliver. On the otherside
the speakers were Hart, Sinnott,
Johnson Abraham, CoiTcy and
Selling.
The amendment will be sub
mitted to the voters in Novem
ber, 1910, and if then approved
will authorize enactments by
either the people or the Legisla
ture for construction and opera
tion of railroads by the stato or
by any subdivision or district.
Hedge's minority report, rec
ommending that the amendment
be not adopted, was voted down
by the same vote as that which
adopted the majority report and
the amendment. Tho debate for
the amendment was led off by
Bingham, who wanted the people
put in position, by constitutional
change, to supply needed rail
roads to make up for tho neglect
of the Harriman system. Ho de
clared tho constitutional change
would probably force Harriman
to build.
Barrett, of Washington, re
sponded by saying that ho did
not want'to see Oregon to go in
to the railroad business. "This
ought to be a conservative body"
said he. "It ought to opposo
building of railroads by the state.
We ought to stand hero and pro
tect tho people and not open the
treasury of Oregon to that pur
pose." Hart, of Baker, in answer to
Barrett, said it was the duty of
tho Legislature to lot tho people
pass on tho question. "Wo are
confronted with a condition, and
not a theory," ho said.
Kay, of Marion, opposing tho
amendment, declared that Repub
licans of Oregon would not bo
Btanding in lino with tho Repub
lican National platform if thoy
took up with public ownership.
Ho said it was dangerous to re
move tho restrictions of tho cons
titution against public ownership.
Beach, of Multnomah, on tho
the same side, asked where tho
road was going and where it
would end. Hedges quickly ans
wered, "All through Oregon,
everywhere, and when you got
done you will have nothing but
railroads and no property."
Beach resumed to say that ho
opposed public ownership. Ho
declares it u populistie idea.
"Populism leads to socialism and
socialism to anarchy."
J. N. Smith, of Marion, de
clared that tho constitution should
not bo changed to suit anybody
who should como to the Capitol
with a "grouch" or wanting
something. Ho said that tho
men who advocated this change
would bo ashamed of it in six
months.
Johnson, of Benton, opposed
public ownership, but thought
that tho amendment should be
passed up to tho people for their
vote. If this should not bo done,
ho said, the peoplo would rise up
in indignation and adopt the
amendment by tho initiative.
Coffey, of Multnomah, cited
tho Erie Canal as an example of
progress accomplished by stato
construction and ownership, of
a big transportation utility.
Nottingham argued that state
ownership of railroads could not
bo more wasteful than Ilnrri
man's ownership, which had
taken largo amounts of money
out of tho state.
Selling, of Multnomah, sup
ported tho amendment, saying
that the wealthy and brainy men
who had come to Salem advocat
ing it showed that it was want
ed. Ho declared that if tho
amendment should be adopted
by tho peoplo it would not bo
necessary to build any railroads.
Sinnott, of Wasco, said that
Oregon should declare itself free
from Harriman's monopoly by
adopting tho amendment. He
said even if the peoplo should
lose $0,000,000 in a railroad across
the state their profits in other
directions would be $20,000,000
or $!!0,000,000.
Hedges said he feared not the
original outlay, resulting from
state construction, but subse
quent expenditures for mainten
ance and operation. He insisted
that the example of the Erie Ca
nal is not pertinent because of
the greater problem of operation
of railroads. He declared that
the project of stato ownership
would bankrupt the state.
Abraham, of Douglas, consid
ered the amendment "as wise as
the constitution," and that the
alternative was freedom or slav
ery. When the roll was called on
the vote, Mulit of Jackson, a
Democrat, announced that he
did not accept tho public owner
ship doctrine.
Miss Lotc Takes Part in Recital.
Miss Agnes Ive of Burns,
who is carrying studies in tho
pianoforte department of the
New England conservatory of
Music, Boston, made a public ap
pearance at a recital' by some of
the more advanced students of
that well known eastern institu
tion on tho afternoon of Feb. II).
Her selection for tho occasion
was tiie Scherzo in B (lat minor
for tho pianoforte by Chopin.
This work was rendered with
the firm precise technical power
which is regarded as essential
before a student of the oldest
and largest of American music
school is permitted to take part
in a public performance. Miss
Lovo had tho concluding number
of tlio programme. The applause
with which her work was greet
ed indicated an interpretation
which seemed very successful to
what is pjrhaps tho most critical
of all American audiences, one
drawn from among tho fivo
thousand or more students of
music in the New England capi
tal. Tho opportunity to appear at
such recitals as the one in which
Miss Lovo hnd a prominent part
is accounted among tho many
advantages of studying music in
Boston. Thoattendnnco at them
is invariably large, and tho per
formances are conducted in a
thoroughly professional spirit so
that tho students meet with ac
tual concert conditions in their
work. In tho Conservatory alono
there aro more than 2500 stu
dents. Tho chance to perform
is therefore naturally highly ap
preciated. Como to tho McMullcn photo
gallery for your portrait on post
cards. $1 por dozen. Agnes
Sayer.
TELLS MORE
Mr. Bennett Warns Portland She May
The Lose Trade of an Empire
THE RAILROAD
San IVancisco Already Reaching Out Por Business of Great
But Undeveloped Harney, Alallicur and Lake Counties
"Annexation" Would bcof Vast Benefit to All Oregon.
Irrigon. Or., Feb. 18. My last
letter left me at the P ranch, at
the head of the Dunder and Blit
zen river. Tho namo meaning
thunder and lightening, is said to
bo well taken, for in that region
there nro many electric storms
during tho growing season, and
tlio owners of the valley think
this one of the prime factors in
tho groat productiveness of the
land.
I am not going to follow my
journey closeiy on my way from
tho head of tho Blilzen to Burns
Suffice it to say wo passed many
miles of as fine land us there is
in Oregon and some not worth
much save for grazing. There is
a largo area of the public domain
eastward from Malheur lake,
subject to homestead entry, and
many settlers arc now going into
that valley. But as said before
I would caution any person be
fore going there that the way of
the homesteader is likely to bo a
arduous one; and unless a man
wishes to rough it and labor hard
and incessantly he had better
think twice beforo going so far
from the railway.
However, if a fellow is made
of the right stuiT and has capital
enough to put up a house, get a
team and a few cows or sheep,
he can pull through and come
out in a few years with a compe
tence. But for the man with naA
thing but his labor to fall back
upon it will be tough sledding.
There is room in Harney at tho
present time forborne industries
which have been overlooked, or
at least have not received the at
tention they seem to warrant.
One of theso is the production of
nlfalfa seed. Everything there
seems to bo propitious for this
industry, and the price per pound
is usuallv irood enouirh to allow
the product to be hauled out by'
freighters and yet allow a good J
margin of profit
Another is the poultry indus
try. Tho day I left Burns eggs t
were selling there at 00 cents
per dozen, and hard to get at
that, while chickens were as high
in proportion. Of course feed is
high, grain being 21 cents a
pound, But tho climate is so
propitious for poultry raising and
the demand for tho products so
great that there is room for
many poultry ranches. As to
turkeys, I saw not more than
half a dozen on my travels.
Tho dairy business is hardly
touched. The average stock
raiser will not bother to milk a
cow until soms one invents a
method by which he may milk
on horso bacic. Thero is very
little dairy stock in the valloy,
and until quite recently thero
was none. Thero has been a
"law" thero among the cattlemen
for many years tabooing the im
portation or breeding of Jerseys
or Ilolsteins, at least allowing
them no placo on the range.
But recently a fow of these
breeds have beon taken in, and
from now on the dairy business
will receive more attention, as it
A (ircat Noise but
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Tltc Siren of Vale and Ontario that Tries to Keep Prospective
(Settlers from Coming to tltc Harney Country.
OF HARNET,
MUST COME SOON
should. The day I left Burns
butter was selling at a dollar a
roll, and not a very choice article
at that
Ono of tho best indications of
the prosperity of Harney may be
gained from her bank statistics.
Thero arc two banks in tho coun
ty -the First National and the
Harney County National, both at
Burns-and they aro among the
strongest in the Pacific north
west I did not gain this from
tho statement of the bankers
themselves, but rather from what
they did during the panic, and
from a conversation with the
national bank examiner. He told
me that the Harney banks car
ried tho largest reserve of any
two banks in any county in Ore
gon. As an indication of their
strength, I may mention that
neither of them paid any atten
tion whatever to the holiday pro
clamations during the panic a
year ago last fall, but did busi
ness just the same as ever, only
they made more loans than usual,
the two banks letting out about
$100,000 during the dark day?.
No other banks in the state made
such a record.
There are certain
facts which I would
in a sort of running
would be wearisome
statistical
like to give
fire, as it
to go into
minuto details: The
death rate
in Harney is the lowest in Ore Ore
eon: they have positively no mal
aria, they have as good schools
as there arc in the state, there is
not a hobo or tramp in the county
there is not a prisoner in tho jail
or lockups; they raise some of
the finest fruits in tho foothills
of any county in the state, they
have more cattle than nny other
county in the state; it is tho
richest county per capita in the
state, they have as fine a climate
as there is in Oregon; by the
conservation of tho waters nearly
every acre of land can receive at
least one wetting a year.
The Harney valley is tho fu
ture granary of tho northwest,
there are l,0.r2,125 acres of va
cant land (surveyed) subject to
homestead entry, there are 1,
550,275 acres of unsurveyed land,
there aro 20 townships, 400,800
acres in their forest reserves,
there is an abundance of fuel for
at least a generation, they hnve
magnificent wnter power, tho
peoplo are universally progressive
and prosperous, and above all is
ono of tho most orderly places in
the state.
With railway communication
Harney could, and would, fur
nish within a very few years as
much grain as the Big Bend
country, and Oregon would
through Harney, Lake, Malheur
and Klamath, become tho banner
grain stato of tho union.
What this would mean to that
section does not matter so much
as what it would mean to tho
stato at large. Oregon as a
wholo needs to annex that sec
tion far more than tho peoplo of
that section need annexing for
their own good.
a Familur One.
,r" 'J M:
And when I use tho word "an
nex" I do so willi the idea plain,
ly stated that Oregon as a whole
must do something soon or the
Gould road will como up from the
south and tlio trade of that whole
vast area, a third of tho state,
will bo "annexed" to California.
Of that thero Is no doubt. Al
ready tho Gould road has reach
ed Winncmucca, and booh, soon
er than wo suspect, feeders will
be run north into Malheur, Har
ney and Lake, and then in later
years we will have to fight to
got tlio trade back.
Tho peoplo of that section arc
loyal to Oregon. Thoy want to
bo a part of tho common wealth,
but tbey aro also loyal to them
selves, their families and their
communities, nnd if we reject
them, thoy will go to those who
give them an outlet Addison
Bennett in Portland Journal.
a aoon sunnnsnoN.
Representative Brooke, while
in the legislature secured a pas
sage of a bill to appropriate $10
000 for an interstate bridge at
Ontario. This will open up On
tario a trade from the bench ly
ing across the river and give
direct communication to all of
this part of Oregon with Ida
ho through a free bridge. The
next step if Ontario should com
plete her contract witli tho
state and put in this interstate
bridgo would be for an interstate
road through Oregon and on to
Boise. This road should be an
nutomobile road, built on as near
a water grade as possible and go
across the state of Oregon thro
ugh the interior of this vast un
developed section of land lying
in Harney, Malheur, Crook, on
to the coast and through the
Willamette Valley to Portland.
With an automobile line to Crater
Lake, and another through the
center of Oregon, and through
the Willamette Valley to Port
land, on a water grade or as near
such as possible, do we realize
that it would mean the immedi
ate development of this country,
and would induce the building of
railroads. There is no invest
ment which tho state could do
that would be such a blessing to
tho people and which would bring
back the money expended in the
increase of property values and
resultant taxes. The main trou
ble with Oregon is not in send
ing too much money but it lies in
spending a little. Oregon can
not make auger holes in her de
velopment work with gimbets.
If she is going to build herself
up she has to get out of this
penny wise policy, quit her hari
ing over tho little Normal Schools
and her educational institutions
and do something to bring about
her development Oregon is a
disgrace to herself with her potty
policies and joking system of
procedure. It is time for tho
Oregonian in the till tower to
get rid of swaddling clothes nnd
do something to bring this stato
out of the old rejemc of hurrying
itself beneath its wonderful cli
mate and dog-in-the-manger sys
tem of practice, Vale Oriano.
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Consumption, pneumonia, diph
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diseases, aro of this class. Tho
culturo bed formed by tho cold
favors tho development of tho
germs of theso diseases, that
would not otherwiso find lodge
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however, of any of theso diseas
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