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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1909)
,3av!BBBeW l Lj L,JiXMilJiim-JiuUJixujiaioiiMaincWB1ll)ilfiii'ilii'lliiiiii'i'''llf'''" ' '"" ' rr HBMiwwiaiiMiiuiMiUMwm un V I i K 7 mime, ?(e &isiH2sIernl& TlioOMeliU lnurut lWncy County hits thc.liirost circulation niul laoiui o tlio'beU rulvortlsliiR mediums In UnMr.ru Oregon, (c (firent 31nrncu'Gdtiinro Cove mi nrcu ol 0,428,00 ln- ol Intuit 4,0.11,001 Heron )ct vnrnnt mlmcl to entry under tlio ulllc Innd nwt- nl I ho United rJIntui. VOL. XXII BURNS, IIAUNEY COUNTY?,-0RKGON, APRIL 10, 1100 NO. 2l) $ She i TAKES THE Harney County Court Acts Upon the Good Roads Resolution WRITES TO ADJOINING COUNTIES Letters Addressed to Various County Courts Asking Co-operation in Carrying out the Suggestions of the Oregon-Idaho Development League Resolution Connect With Crater Lake. Wm. Hanloy and tho manager of this great religious weekly Inlifve in pushing the good roads movement while the iron is hot. Immediately upon their return to Ontario from a trip into south ern Idaho ttiey took it upon themselves to discuss the matter with County Commissioner Mnl lctt of Malheur county and found that gentleman heartily in i aicord with the resolution adopt- b the Oregon-Idaho Develop- I meat League. Upon reaching Vale these Harney county boost ers had a talk with County Judge Richardson and found the judge rcadv to consider suggestions. Judge Richardson said he had t investigated the condition of roads leading from Vale to . Harney county line and . ivfore would not commit him- f, but would gladly co-opcr- with this county in making i . - ligations with a view of .King up the work. t the adjourned meeting of lv county court last Monday the hatter was taken up and tho t urt at once proceeded in a most satisfactory manner. Upon sug gestion the court addressed let ters to adjoining counties urging co-operation and it is practically assured that fine roads may bo expected throughout the inter ior sect m of Oregon this sea son ar a connection made with the rater Lake road so that automobiles may be run over them with safety. Lake has al- irealy taken up the matter of better roads with Klamath and it will be noted from a clipping on this page that Prineville will take it up from that place to Bend. The letter sent out by our county court follews: "Burns, April C. 'Hon. County Court, "Mall.mr County, Ore. "Gentlemen: "At the rec nt meeting of the Oregon-Idaho Development Con gress at Ontario a resolution was adopted recommending co-opera- ton of the County Courts of Mal- jheur and Harney county for bot her roads. The idea being to place our public highways in such condition as to make them better tor tho larmer ana ireignier, jut also to attract and encourage travel in automobiles. "The County Court of Harney County heartily approve of such a plan, and is not only ready to co-operate with Malheur County, but is ready to take up such work with other adjoining counties to the west and south thus covering the territory with a view of con necting with tho Crater Lake oad, for which tho State Lcgis iture recently made a largo ap .ropriation, and such other roads i ! may be advisable. ' 'This Court believes good roadn ill attract a most desirable class I of people to visit tho isolated unties of Eastern and Soutli- IrMrtrrn Oregon, and such visits vnuld result in great benefit to the c nlire territory. "To this end we ask for an ex pression from your body as to ways and means and tho best method of obtaining sucli a re sult? We hope to have favora ble consideration of this subject, and would suggest a meeting of the Road Masters of the various Idistricis at an early date and plans perfected to carry forward this important work." AUTO SURVICC TOR I'WNEVHXE. "Honk! Honk!" Look out for tho autos. Within a month two Jig automobiles will bo spinning wer the roads botween Prine illo and Shaniko, carrying pas sengers trom this railroauless section to tho terminus of tho Columbia Southern, making the INITIATIVE ,A trip each" way daily and "cover ing that GO t mile distance in G hours. Tho machines are to have a capacity for carrying eight passengers and will bo of tho most powerful type. Tin's is tho information given out this week by Mack Cornolt, tho pioneer stage man. Tho auto service is to bo run in con nection with tho stago. business and will be owned by a Prine ville company, in which Mr. Cornett and his associates in tho line will have a heavy interest. "Everything is all ready," says Mr. Cornett, "and all that remains to be done is to select tho type of machines we want. Prineville Journal. GRAZING EXPERT IS IN PORTLAND. A. F. Potter, chief of the graz ing department of tho national service, is a visitor in Portland today, says the Journal. He spent most of the morning go ing over departmental business j with the local office and found everything in fine slinpe. Mr. Potter is always glad when tho time comes for him to make his annual trip to tho Pacific coast, as he says it more of a pleasure trip to him than a business jour ney. One of Mr. Potter's greatest hobbies is tho work being car ried on by tho department's ex perts on the Wallowa national forest reserve. Two exports are at work there carrying on scien tific investigations into the best manner of handling largo flocks of sheep and cattle on the gov ernment ranges. Their report will be issued in a short time. "We have been for sometime conducting experiments in the handling of flocks," said Mr. Potter in discussing tho work of the department on the coast, "and have found out two things: One that it is best to pasture sheep and cattle in the open pasture instead of herding them together, and tho other that a fence can ho constructed which is practically a stone wnll to all wild animals but tho grizzly bear. Coyotes, wolves and several kinds of bear find themselves un able to penetrate this fence, but tho grizzly bear has at times been able to get through it. Wo are now conducting experiments toward determining what is the host grass for reseeding grazed out lands. "Probably our most extensive experiments have been in de termining whether or not the grazing of sheep and cattle, in herds or scattered has been the most valuablo aid to tho stock owner, for lambs grazed looso have weighed sometimes eight pounds more than lambs of tho Fame grade and weight grazed in herds. Our experiments with the coyote proof fenco have not been as successful, however, as the fenco which proved coyote proof proved to bo a trillo too ex pensive for any but the most valuablo of grazing lands." SPAY lllill'ERS, Many Crook county cattlemen are now engaged in tho practice or aro planning to spay a largo number of their heifers and turn them oil for beef, tho idea seem ing to prevail that tho thing to do-nowadays to make money at tho caltlo business is to feed beef stuff and let someone clso do tho raising. If this practice is carried on extensively among tho herds of this county where aro tho stack ers that aro to bo fed to como from? Tills is a question that is Well worth tho consideration of cattle growurs at this time, for with too much of a decreaso in tho number of cows for breeding purposes, it will bo n case of killing the gooso that laid tho golden egg, and as a result tho price of feeders will go ao high that thcro will bo litllo profit in feeding for market. Crook county is too good a breeding ground for entile to al low this branch of tho business to languish, and whilo it (loos not at present it would seem wiso at this time to at least sound a note of warning and call attention to this tendency nmong tho growers which seems to bo rapidly increasing. For instance this-season ovts'r 500 hfeftd of heifers are slated for steriliza tion, which means practically f)00 less calves next season. If tho feeders to mnke up this de ficiency iinvo to bo purchased outside tho county, it means just so much money gone out of tho county for stock that could pro bably have been raised cheaper at home. Tho practice of spaying has been engaged in by a few grow ers who have had in mind the improvement of their herds, the culls being spayed nnd turned off for beef. With this end in view the plan is n most sensible one, but when it comes to put ting tho knife indiscriminately into every heifer. it tho herd it begins to look liko'race suicide for the cattle industry. It would bo a good thing if the cattlemen of the county would get into an organization of some kind for mutual benefit. There aro unquestionably many in the business who nre equipped H"d have the facilities for raising caltlo more economically than others, while on tho other hand those who have big home ranch es and produce large quantities of hay are better prepared to carry on the feeding operations. Spayed heifers make desirabjo winter feeders as they keep in condition much more easily than steors.Jnit nny marked, decroaaq, in tho Arrivals of tho baby calves each spring will put the caltlo business in hard lines in this county. Prineville Journnl. WHAT III! THINKS OP Wm. IIANLRY. Tho following appeal in Saturday's Portland Journal needs no comment from last . It this paper: Burns, Or., March HO. -To tho Editor of Tho Journal I have not the least desire to got into print, nnd would not at this time were it not that I feel impelled to take up my pen in defense of the reputation of Harney county, Oregon, I most strcnu ously deny tho chargo that my friends and neighbors the pros perous and happy pooplo of Har ney county nre cringing cow ards, as a certain clnss of news papers would have the outside world believe, and furthermore I want to say something about William Hanloy who is reputed to bo tho czar of Harney county; and who, so far as tho outside world is concerned, is now' labor ing under criminal accusation, have personally known Mr. Han ley for about eight years. He lias been zealous in his efforts to induce capital to invest in east ern Oregon for tho purpose of developing its resources. I have observed him in his business and social relations. Instead of a criminal or a man with criminal intents, a fenccr-up of public lnnds, nn intimidating bully, a maneatcr, I have found him kind, charitable, gentlo and progres sive, an advocate of good roads, both highways and railroads, a builder of canals, ditches and teiephono lines. I believe Mr. Hnnloy is untiring in his i liorts for tho development and better ment of Harney county. "W- A. J. Ihwin, Pastor Presbyterian church, Burns, Oregon. Situation WAN'run-Man and his wife wants situation on a ranch, A man capablo of caring for any kind of stock. Handy at all kinds of work, Woman ca pablo of doing all houso work, cooking a speciality, Stalo wages. Address It. L. BltOWN, Gen. Delivery Canby, Or. Remember tho Inland Empire Realty Co. furnish competent help free, If you need' help call and seo us. ROUTE MA YTBE BLOCKED Report of Federa Be Adverse to DAMS MUST BE&PvOVIDED FOR Conditions Said to Impose ScrimniLObsincIc and Alight sitate Great Hxnctisc in to RcjccWThat .Route to Restrictions to bo Deschutes Railroad put on the in tho rec- ommendations of Engineors Hen ry and Hopson of the Reclama tion Service nre understood to be such that tho Harrimnn lino may not bo built at all, says a Port land exchange. Obstacles Hint aro thought ,to be insurmount able, it is understood, aro to be embodied in tho recommenda tions to tho department at Wash ington. This report is now ready to go forward. Neither tho reclamation engin eers nor HuTimnn officials, with wiiom tho engineers held a con ference before mailing their re port, will discuss the recom mendations made. It is under stood, nevertheless, that re quirements to be placed on the railroad aro onerous nnd aro such that tho railroad company will not make the heavy invest ment required to build the Dos chutes Railroad. It is understood that the rail road project is to bo given the right-of-way over Government reclamation project! along tho Deschutes River, with tho ox press, stipulation, that if the department Inter on decides to enrry out the reclamation pro ject already jnuHlifid. .output, a point half way between the mouth of tho river nnd Sherar's bridge, tho railroad must move its line so ns to cause no intcr- fcrence plans. with tho Government's That this provision imposos upon tho railroad a condition that is prohibitive is believed in some quarters where infor mation has been received as to what tho stipulations of the en gineers' report nre. If the road wore built nlong a water grade into Central Oregon by tho Dos chutes route and the Reclama tion Service Inter decided to construct nn irrigation dam in that stream, tho railroad would have to be rebuilt around the dam, nt an elevation of no less than 100 feet abovo tho river, as the plans for tho dnm call for a 100 foot wall. The railroad builders do not favor jumping up 100 feet from a water grade and then down again to get out of tho way of an irrigation project, in fact, there is somo doubt ns to wheth er such a thing is practical be causo it is thought a road would havo to cling to sheer cliffs if built nt that elevation abovo the river. Perhaps tho worst feature of tho whole case is tiiat if tho Gov orment dam woro favored in this way by tho railroad and a dotour made, privato power enterprises and irrigation companies might insist that further jumps bo made by the railroad to get over their dams as well. Tho Deschutes Railroad is diffi cult enough of construction at heat, railroad men believe, Thnt it will bo very expensive is shown by the estimated cost of $4,755, 000 for 130 miles. Mnny railroad engineers would not recommend tho building of a railroad up tho Deschutes Canyon nt all, so rough is tho Hledding encountered. Tho construction will bo moro difficult than the North Bank road, but in mnny ways, construction pro blems nro similar. Solid rock cliffs confront engineers nt many points nnd tunnels and high bridges nro numerous. Space to lay track will havo to bo blasted out of the basalt blufis for miles if tho surveys aro followed by a railroad. Additional obstacles to railway construction nro not likely to bo given a .henrty welcome by tho Harrimnn interests. It is pretty well understood already that tho (heavy cost of tho Deschutps rail- iM Engineers Said to eschutes Line Neccs Pimu'rTniid Alny CiuiscJInrriman - lf1;Say1PPola' Wc?; Pinyfe;? road, as given in tho estimates of tho projected line, cast some thing of a gloom over tho Chica go offices of thollarriman system Additional expense and serious operating difficulties are not like ly, it is believed, to be met with favor at headquarters. It is estimated that if tho re clamation dam is built it would cost not less thnn ?G00.000 for tho railroad to mako the jump over it. Such protection of the reclamation Bcrvicc ns is said to be contained in the report of tho irrigation engineers will not it is expected, find favor with tho liarriman officials, and it is be ing predicted that the Deschutes route will not bo followed, in view of the restrictions believed to be laid upon the railroad. Tho report of the engineors will probably go forward to Washington today Or tomorrow, and prompt action is expected to be taken on it by the department. Then the matter will bo up to tho railroad to accept permission to build tho road with tho conse quent limitations, or reach Cen tral Oregon by some other route. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. (Portland Corrwrnandnncn) , As direct result of the adver tising campaign carried on by the Portland Commercial Club, of which a feature has been tho statement that people can buy their lickots to nny point in Ore gon just ns cheaply as to Port land, and the fact that tho money is spent in telling of tho resources of the state rather than tho at tractions of tho city, very few correspondents ask about Port land now a days. In fact over fifty percent of nil tho specific inquiries are about fruit lands. This is truo because not only nre agriculturists and horticulturists interested, but men in tho pro fessional walks of life who want to get out into the open nir find fruit growing especially congen ial. Many of this class have been nmong our most successful growers in various parts of Ore gon. Tho inquiries about dairying are not numerous, but tiioy como from those actually engaged in tho work in other states, and un doubtedly n larger percentage of the dairy letters means settlors than those on other subjects. The mngniflcont work of tho citizenship of Oregon, tho co-operation of tho churches and tho schools with tho commercial bod ies, has influenced nine-tenths of tho people who nre coming to this fltnto on colonist rates so that they go direct to their place of final settlement, nnd the con gestion felt so keenly at Port land during record-breaking 1907 is almost dono away with. As tho crowning test of organiza tion, Portland has had such loy al assistance from her business houses nnd citizens that 500,000 leaflets havo gono out in their loiters in a single month. Oregon and other Pacific Coast Stales havo an intense interest in tho matter of tariff revision, just as do other sections of tho country. Numorous resolutions have been adopted by commer cial bodies approving a highor import duty on hops. An enthusiastic Oregoninn re turning to tho East for several months visit, provided himself in advance with n generous sized nolo book, and kopt a record of all his travelling acquaintances and all his old frionds with whom ho talked in different parts of tho country, These peo- plo aro now gotting booklots from every part of Oregon Portland Commor- through tho I'd ii 'Mi,, .,- ' JTft 'clal Club. Others can assist very materially in this way. WOOL NUARLV ALL SOLI). The following from tho Baker City Herald would seem to indi cnld that tho season's clip in Baker county lias been 'practical ly disposed ef: At a meeting of the Baker Union Counties Woolgrowers' association Saturday evening in this city a canvass showed that approximately 000,000 pounds of wool remains uncdntractcd, while tho rest has been sold to Tocardntl "elfStSfn blTylcrs." It was a regular meeting of tho wool men nnd topics of gen eral interest to tho business were freely discussed. H. K. O'Brien head of tho grazing department for tho northwest, was here from Portland us a guest of tho sheepmen. When a careful investigation regarding the wool yet to be sold wns made there was Borne surpriso among the growers, as it was hardly expected that wool had been so closely bought this enrly in tho season. One of tho important things transacted by the association Saturday was tho passing of a resolution thanking State Sena tor J. N. Hart, Representative McKinncy and the entire state legislature, for passing the scalp bounty law. It was the sense of the meeting to give their act as much publicity ns possible. The contract for wool bags and fleece twine was let to a Port land house with the understand ing that the Bergman Commis sion company of Baker was to handle the goods. Orders were immediately placed for 1400 pounds of twine nnd 18G0 bags. Appointing of official hunters was a matter that came up for consideration, and by unanimous vote Carl and Tom Parker, both of this county were recommend ed by tho association for nj polntment to positions withthe forestry department. Tho meeting wns well attend ed nnd nil of the sheepmen seem ed to be in nn optimistic mood. NOTES PROM SUNSET. Tho first sermon in Sunset's now school house April 4th by Rev. Irwin. Second preaching May 2nd, also a Sunday school will bo organized. The pcoplo of Sunset aro mak ing a good many improvements, building and clearing off brush ready to havo lots of wheat to ship when the railroad comes. A good deal of spring grain is being sowed nnd lots of garden ing being planned. Thos. Dawson has planted al most a hundred fruit trees of different kinds this spring and has just received eight hundred forest trees to plant. There nre five different species, ash, elm, Cottonwood, boxelder, softmnple. Mr. Dawson thinks firewood will bo scarce in a few years and says if all settlers would plant a fow trees around their homes it would beautify tho valley and in a few years make firewood. Champ Smith, Jas. Smith and Dr. C. A. Ciino havo organized a company known as tho Steol hcad Falls Improvement Com pany and havo filed on tho pow er site nt Steelhend Falls, four miles below Lower Bridge on tho Deschutes river. Their ultimate purposo is to develop the power there afforded by a straight drop of 20 feet in the Deschutes. An other filing has been mndo by tho Uarnoy County Development Compnny on tho sito of Lower Falls, tho first fall below Lower Bridge, about two miles below tho crossing. This company is composed of Win, Hnnloy of Burns, and associates. Prine Journal. Tho Times-Herald has received somo new stationery stock in cluding score cards, program pencils, etc., for its many pat rons. 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