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Wlt Vima3Hril&
'Tho Ofllelnl l'fljiorol Ilarnoy County
hg tho Urguit cltcuhitlou nd ti on 0(
tho bott advertising mcillumt In Etltorn
Oregon,
3Eh;e OTfen! Unnicjj Contilru
Covers on nrcn of (1,-128,80(1 tie ret of
land, 4,(;.1l,orl acre yet vacant milled
to entry under tho public In ml (nun of
tlio United 8tatn.
VOL. XXII
nUKNS, IIAHNEY COUN'lK; OREGON, MAY 29 1000
NO. 28
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fARNEY COUNTY FIRST
eatest Field for Investment in the
Entire State of Oregon
lTURAL RESOURCES ABOUND
at Expanse of Fertile Land yet Subject to Entry Has a Value
Little Appreciated by Local PeopleCapable of Producing
Great Wealth When Properly HandledTransportation Sure.
fter visiting a considerable wlmt disposition will bo mnao of
ion of the state during the this land. It is possible that pn
Stwo weeks and noting coa
NOTES FROM SUNSUT.
lis. the manager of this great
jious weekly has returned
lo more luny convinced oi
bright prospects for the fu-
of tho Harney country. No
iv part of Oregon offers bot-
rcturns for the capitalist or
of moderate means than this
lion.
re are handicapped on nc-
lt of isolation and distance
rn markets but on tho other
we have opportunities not
id in tho older settled sections
where competition in every
is keen. Our raw land has
ilue we little realize not for
,t it produces now, but what
ill produce when conditions
ify its tillage and dcvelop-
t. Men arc paying high
ps for land on the outside
f will not produce any more,
1 as much, and are satisfied
small returns that is small
compared to what could be
Ized here. We are entirely
skeptical and "cold footed"
bcomplish what really is pos-
even under present condi
While we have faith and
Idence in the future of our
Son we arc prone to wait un
Bomcthing happens to better
litio d before preparing for
We await outside people
tme anu uo tilings mat we
lid be doing ourselves.
G. Howell, the Portland
ialist and his associates are
ring a spirit that should en
rgo local people to greater
rt. The purpose to reclaim
jrge acreage in tho Harney
itry and are not going to
for railroads or anything
Mr. Howell proposes to de-
his bit: tract recent'y pur-
ed from A. Venator, near
(lake, by a diking system.
will cost an immense
mt of money but he is going
five that land in shape when
Outlet to market is a reality
they will even farm it on a
i scale before the advent of
lilroad if it can be put in
before. Harney county
Hover had an over produc-
af anything and is not likely
tve for a few years.
are getting more people
month and this will con-
so long as we have great
of land yet open for entry
rnced of development Let
iticipato this and meet con-
is as they come. Not wait
conditions compel such de
cent.
present spring has been
for less DacKwaru anu urn-
ring, but this condition pre-
iill over. The John Day and
JUver vnllies report a
damage to fruit,
vato capital, or even homestead
ers may bo given this problem to
solve, tho government merely
having control of tho conserva
tion of tho water, ns haB been
suggested and looked upon with
some favor by the government.
While the prospects for oil nro
good, we are quite sure wp have
natural gas in such quantities as
to justify tho assertion that cheap
fuel is at hand for pumping sta
tions and at small cost we may
reclaim thousands of acres of
fertile land and make it produco
abundanty. We should not sit
and wait for transportation, for
it is profitable to continuo devel
opment The railroad is an as
sured fact within a reasouable
time and we can help to bring it
sooner by puting all our energy
into demonstrating what can be
produced and exploiting our ab
undant resources.
ALFALFA AND DROUQIIT.
As a drought resisting crop
alfalfa perhaps stands as fore
most among the plants that are
raised in the west Alfalfa is n
plant that starts slowly, when
conditions are unfavorable, but
when a stand is once established
tho plant becomes extremely har
dy, Burving drought and hot
winds more successfully than al
most any other crop.
This hardiness is duo to tho
fact that the alfalfa root goes
deep into the soil and the root
system is so extensive that the
plant will live oven during ex
treme drought According to a
bulletin from the Kansas experi
ment station have revealed al
falfa roots at the depth of nine
feet At the Colorado experi
ment station alfalfa roots have
been found at a depth of 12 feet.
Alfalfa is without doubt one of
the deepest rooted plants grown.
In Kansas alfalfa growing has
been indulged in very success
fully and within tho last few
years alfalfa has become to be
known as tho best crop of all for
dry land farming. It is now be
ing raised in portions of Kansas
where rain fall is very light
Prof. A. M. TenEyck, agrono
mist at the Kansas station, has
made an extensive study of the
plant and he speaks as follows
of the benefits to be derived from
alfalfa grewing:
I believe that alfalfa will do
more for western agriculturo in
the next fifty years than all the
other crops which fanners may
be able to grow in this region.
Tho soil of western Kansas and
of much of tho Western Plains is
usually rich in the mineral ele
ments of plant food, but, as
stated before, it is often lacking
while in humus, which become especi-
hout tho Willamette crops ally noticeable if tho land has
backward, especially , been tarmeu continuously to
wneat ior a iow years, uy grew-
ery
and strawberries. Local
i should take note of wea-
nditions as shown by the
apers before they condemn
ing alfalfa it is possible to in
crease tho supply of humus in
tho soil, and the roots of tho
hction or become discour-
' plants penetrating deep into tho
atiliarttl rltainf nnrrafn anrl rlnnnon
. 0llUW V.IU.I.VWHAMI'W .. www,-w
smvo great natural resour- the soil, and altogether greatly
at will prove enormous improve its texturo, giving it
dn tho future. Tho Silvies ' greater capacity to ansoro anu
(reservoir, the best natural hold water. Tho beneficial effect
all tho west, will one day , on mo sou oi growing niiaunu
Ized, The government has only incidental to tno rapiu m-
i withdrawal on Emigrant 'troauction or tno crop tnrougn
u an adjunct to this and ! out the West The great value
io two all the water of , or mo crop as a monoy-imiKor w
r;nr nnn , nfiio,i the main factor which is introduc
ed to best advantage. I "K it Into the agriculture of tho
ber this means a govern- antral west, wnero uiuuu
Irrigation nroWt to cover Can DO SUCCessiUliy marKCtcu or
.portions of this valley or
f course not known. Tho
fed, no other crop grown in tho
West will yield so great a not
acre segregation of Mr. I Profit per acre in a series of
and associates may bo
ir audi a proposition, al-
this suggestion is merely
Itive, ns it is not
years."--Eaat Oregonian,
Ananias-
P. P. Blackmor went to Burns
last Friday and brought his son,
Myron, homo. Ho has been at
tending school.
Mr. and Mrs. Connor left for
their homo in Pendleton last
Thursday. While here he sunk
a well to tho depth of 284 feet
on his desert claim. Strange to
say tho water did not taste of
oil.
Ted Guntly is banking out
somo posts tor Mr. uruiin oi
Narrows.
Tho county road parly consist
ing of Deputy Surveyor Beery,
Road Master Barnes, Viowor Jap
McKinnon nnd Keen and Loyd
wero in the valley tho first of the
week laying out tho road which
connects the old nnd new Nnr-rows-Burns
road.
John Sovedge and wife were
visiting Sunset friends Sunday.
Fred nnd Ray Barron are again
at work for W. G. Howell near
the lnkes, after an enforced lay
ofT on account of somo broken
machinery.
J. II. McMullen from the
Wright's point settlement was
calling in Sunset Sunday.
A. R. Porter madoa living trip
to Burns Tuesday, "" jf
There was an automobile pass
ed through tho valley Tuesday
but it traveled so fast we had no
time to interview the occupants
to find who they were.
HILL MAY
Jf
Reported lo Have fought the Pacific
Idaho & Northern Road
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INVADE HARRDKAN TERRITORY
Suggested That u Hill Roncl Alnftbc Extended West from Wciser
to the Const tmdiOpcnini; VnstArcn of Undeveloped Territory
ucl oiiiPIan Proposed by Oregon;
Idaho People Building
Schenk wants more
Know hides and other furs.
coyote
INDUSTRIAL NOTHS.
(Portland Correspondence).
Portland merchants met at the
Commercial Club this week and
took steps to decorate the city
thoroughly in honor of the many
visitors who will attend tho Rose
Festival early in June. ' The re
tailers plan to make their stores
highly attractive for out of town
guests and tourists who will be
here for Festival week. Places
of business will be transformed
into perfect bowers of beauty for
tho delight of visitors. The work
of emblazoning floral designs on
shop windows about town is now
going on. Flag and festival
colors will bo delivered until the
festival opens on June 7th, when
the queen flower will reign
supremo about the city.
Showing much interests in
Oregon timber, a party of 18
Michigan capitalists spent a day
in Portland during the week.
They represent capital of over
$50,000,000, and their visit here
shows an interest in Oregon tim
ber that will mean tho invest
ment of large sums hero in fu
ture. They said somo of their
number intended to secure some
of tho remaining big trees of this
state shortly. Two of the party
will return to Portland within a
few days to receive reports on
Oregon properties they are now
looking up. Tho visitors are
mostly officials of the Michigan
Pacific Lumber Company.
A new member tho Browns
ville Commercial Club, has just
been added to the Oregon Devel
opment Lcagrc Brownsville, ono
of the most favorably located
cities of tho Willamette Valley;
has joined with the 89 other pro
gressive cities of the state com
posing the League, making a
round 90 of Oregon communities
now in lino for nil tho benefits to
bo derived from co-operative- and
intelligent publicity work.
New and improved train ser
vico throughout on tho Southern
Pacific lines in this state will bo
inaugurated on June 1st. At
that time tho Shasta Limited,
tho new fast train to California,
will bo put in commission, im
proving the Willamette Valley
servico to a great oxtont.
Civil War votorans are com
pleting arrangements for tho an
nual state encampment which will
held at Corvallis June 2, 3 and 4.
AUCTION
I will hold regular auction snlcs
on tho first and third Saturdays
of each month at tho C, A. Sweok
barn in Burns. Bring in any
thing you have for salo and got
your money for It Special at
tention given to sales in tho
country,
The latest projected plan of
the Hill interests is to purchnso
the Pacific & Idaho Northern
road, and by including it in the
Northern Pacific system invade
the Harrimun territory from the
north, says an exchange. Al
though absolute secrecy has been
maintained by the parties to the
transaction, it was learned that a
formal transfer of tho Pacific
and Idaho Northern property
may be mndo within tho next
few days. Assistant Traffic
Manager Hoover of the Pin road
has been in St. Paul for more
than n week. It is said lie went
us a representative of the local
road taking with him all data
concerning tho physical condition
of tho property and of the sur
veys for the proposed extension
from Evergreen down the little
Salmon river, thence down the
big Salmon to a point near White
bird. There the survey joins
that of the Northern Pacific and
it is to bo the junction of the two
roads, according to the present
plans. From Weiser it in mig
gested a Hill road may be built
westward extending to the coast
and opening up a vast aroa of
undeveloped territory. The ac
quisition of the Pin property will
not only mean the completion of
that ronil, ovur tho projected
northern route but actual con
atruetion will commence at once
as no time is to be lost by Hill in
invading tho Harrimun territory.
Council, it is understood, will
bo made a division point for the
Pacific & Idaho Northern branch
by the Northern Pari fie in case
tho deal goes through. Rumors
to this effect have stimulated the
realty market in the Council val
ley tho past few days. Values
have been soaring not only in
town lots but farm property as
well.
K. M. Heigho, vice president
and general manager of the Pa
cific nnd Idaho Northern, stated
over the telephono last night that
ho had no oflicial knowledge of
any such transaction having
been closed. When asked if
negotiations wero not pending
with tho northern Pacific, and if
Hoover was not in St Paul on
such a mission he declined to
make any statement.
Tho Idaho Southern railway
has filed certification of an in
crease of its capital stock from ?2,
000,000 to $3,000,000 tho first stop
toward financing tho extentions
of tho Goodwln-Milnor road to
Twin Falls nnd Oakley, Cassia
county, Oakloy will bo the center
of tho propoF 1 Goose Creek pro
ject of 80,000 acres to bo con
structed by W. 11. Kuhn and his
associates, promoters of tho
Idaho Southern railway. The
price of water rights under tho
Gooso Creek Project asked by
the company in its application is
$G5 per acre, $5 an aero to go as
a bonus to tho rnilroad. No ac
tion has been taken on tho appli
cation by tho state laud board.
0KIH10N AS A VASSAL.
Today the first train carrying
passongcrs enters Klamath Falls
ovor the new llarriman railroad,
which diverges from tho Southern
Paeitic trunk lino at Weed, Cal.
Does Per .land comprehend what
may bo the portent to her in the
significant attitudo of Mr. llarri
man in his railroad policy in this
state? It is almost a safe predic
tion that the llarriman system
will develop eastern Oregon by a
trunk lino running east nnd west,
or nearly bo, through tho state,
up tho Malheur river and ncross
tho great plateau to tho lino
which enters Klamrtthv today.
Ono end of this lino will be in
Butte and tho othor in Sani Fmn
slsco. It does not make any dif-
W. 'P. Smith.
Auctioneer, 'ferenco whero tho eastern con
rTAT ErBTJ?17T8U8tame(1 l)y tn0 Kovornment."
JO.! JLxHjJLjM.J These assert iins were made in
I the face of United States District
Attorney John McCnurt's em
phasized statements that tho
case against Hanloy is a clear
ono, and that it will bo shown he
has been "bossing" government
lands in eastern Oregon, has pre
vented any entrance on these
lands on tho part of would-be
settlers and has done all in his
power lo prevent the develop
ment of tho nst area of rich
country which ho has held under
his grip, using tho broad acres
for the ono purpose of stock
raising.
No less than-ndozerrwltncsscs'
to testify in favor oft Hanley have
arrived from tho country about
Burns, where Hanley lives.
Most of them are Hanley's per
sonal friends andprofess to know
that he has never committed any
illegal act in connection with his
holdings of the great section of
country which is to become the
subject of litigation.
The governments charge that
Hanley has transgressed laws re
gulating the public domain to
gether with the recent investiga
tion of the llarriman railroad in
terests with eastern Oregon, has
attracted a great deal of atten
tention to the eastern Oregon
country and many people have
evinced their desire to settle on
the land whenever it shall bo
thrown open for homesteading.
Portland Journal.
ncction is, tho western terminus
will bo Snn Francisco. And
Portland will have "the satisfac
tion of knowing that she has
been perfectly sane and conser
vative and rather than meddle
y!thrnil ronds has permitted the
empire of tho Snake river basin
anil eastern Oregon to drain into
San Francisco.
Why shouldn't the llarriman
syntem prefer San Francisco to
Porllan? Its San Francisco in
terests areas ten to one compared
with its Portland interests, The
system has steadily developed
from San Francisco north while
refusing to develop Oregon, and
the San Francisco feeder is now
completed from Weed to Klamath
ready to receivo the eastern Ore
gon connection at a moments
notice anil carry all of the traflic
of southern Idaho, eastern Ore
gon and much of Montana direct
to San Francisco. San Francisco
ia already in eastern Oregon at
Klamatli. Portland is aa far
away ns over.
It is such highway strategy ns
this that makes and kills cities.
Portland by natural law is en
titled to the trafic of the Colum
bia nnd Snake river basins. These
waters run past her doors. But
the scale is easily tipped. Once
jt tho lugli plateau of Eastern
Oregon Mr. Hnrriman can find
water which runs to San Fran
cisco aa well as that which goes
to Portland. Ono is the Klamath
or other branch of the Sacramen
to. Tho other is the Deschutes.
The Deschutes is bottled, but the
Klamath line-is nil ready for busi
ness. If Mr. llarriman really
cares to reach Portland he Has an
excellent grade by way of the
Corvallis & Eastern. If ho con
tinues his preset policy of refus
ing to build any line that gives
central Oregon entrance to Port
land his hand will be fully dis
closed. It will force itself in
nnnnnt Miinnmn'.iuwl if t rt liirvliltr
bitter dases upon tho people of For by n (,calerg
Do II Now
Now is tho time to get rid of
your rheumatism. You can do
so by applying Chamberlain's
Liniment Nine cases out of ten
nro simply muscular rheumatism
due to cold or damp, or chronic
rheumatism, and yield lo the
vigorous application of this lini
ment Try it. You are certain
to be delighted with tho quick
relief which it nftords. Sold by
all good dealers.
Whooplnx Cough.
This is a more dangerous dis
ease than is generally presumed.
It will be a surprise to many to
leani that more deaths result
from it than from scarlet fever,
pneumonia often results from it
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
has been used in many epidemics
of whooping cough, and always
with the best results. Delbert
McKeig of Harlan, Iowa, says of
it: "My boy took whooping
cough when nine months old.
He had it in the winter. I got n
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy which proved good. I
this city nnd state,
Wo must know that the heart
of Mr. llarriman is with San
Francisco. Eastern Oregon pro
ducts diverted to that city are in
Mr. Harriman's perfect control.
Ho is more master there even
than in Portland. San Francisco
IIIHouincii and Comtlpatlon.
For years I was troubled with
biliousness nnd constipation,
which made life miserable for
me. My appetite failed me. I
lnutinu iiannl forpo rmrt vitnlltv.
is the strategic heart of his vast Pcpgin pre,)arationa aml cnthar-
syslcm on the coast. It is the
inner court in which the llarri
man hand is supreme. It is tho
tics only made matters worse.
I do not know where I should
have been today had I not tried
spot whore Mr. Hnrriman has to nunmhnrlam's Stomach and Liv-
suircr no division of usufruct er Tabletg The tablets rolievc
Oregon ami Portland may hope th(J , fce at oncC( 8trength.
and wait for Mr. llarriman. If on tho digcstivo functions, puri
they only wait long enough and . f,,n uinmno, i!vm. mui Hnod.
sit supino enough they will see heping tho system to do ita
u.. .,i.umK..t oiu.uWjr. xiioy k ,mturally. - Mrs. Rosa
will see tho great output of pro- pottfl BirminKham, Ala. These
ducts from tho irrigated and un-toMota arJ for salo by all Reed
irrigated zones of tho vast in-I i,
land empiro diverted to San ' .
Francisco, and Oregon made in i
transportation a vassal province
of California. How do Portland
and Oregon liko tho prospects?
Journal.
,lol priniiiiR ThtiTlinin Horald
SAYS IIU WILL WlN AT COURT.
William Hanloy of Hnrnoy
county will bo called boforo tho
fcdera court tomorrow morning
to answer tho chnrgo placed
against him of having illegally
"fenced" more than 80,000 acres
of government land. It, Is tho
great land litigation of tho year
in which Hnnley is the chief de
fendant "But in spite of tho forrnida
blonrrnyof charges mado against
me, I am going to win this caso,"
declared Mr, Hanley yesterday,
"I bought that land fairly, I
intended and uow intend to do
vote it to liyitimato uses, in
cluding its division into sections
nnd quarter sections for tho bene
fit of incoming Bottlers. The
charges against mo cannot be
If You Own Any Farm
land, or know anybody who
docs, you ought to get in touch
with the steps fanners in all
parts of the country are taking
to protect themselves from some
of the commission men who
have been robbing them almost
ever since they were boys.
If you dw't own , hut want
tht bat thirl stiritf printtd thii
iimithy gtt the
JUNE EVERYBODY'S
For salo by Tho City Drug Store
and W, C. Byrd,
LADIES' NCEKWEAR FOR SPRING 1909
limbroicJeried Linen Collars, Lace
Collars and Bows, New Ascots.
Call aiKpsee our new Waistings & Wash Materials
We are showing the strongest
spring line of Ruching, Neckwear,
Ladies Belts, Silk, Net and Lawn
waists ever brought to Eastern
Oregon.
Something new in Sorosis Un
derskirts in Silks and Satines
We handle exclusive patterns in the
above and nothing shown by us is
handled in the Interior.
AH Waists, Neckwear, Belts and
Underskirts are selected from
New York stocks and are Spring
Styles.
Brown's Satisfactory Store.
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Mr. L. II. Furnlmm, a promi
nent druggist of Spirit I .ako.Iowa,
says: "Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets nro certainly
tho best thing on tho market for
constipation." Givo theso tab
lets a trial. You nro certain to
find (hem agreeable and pleasant
in effect. Price, 25 cents Sam
plo freo. For salo by all good
dealers.
Job printing Tho Times-IIorald.
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