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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1909)
tpnw. w $-mtimk Wl Y!meeSitffiI& The Official Vapor ol Harney Coanty hti the Urgwt clrrulntlon nd liona 0 tha beat nJvcrtlalnfj mptllutni in Knitom Oregon. 9Bt rit JHarncg' CeunirQ Covera an area of 0,428,600 ncfrt ol land, 4,034,951 acres yet vacant anbi-ct to entry under the public land law ol tho United Btatei. VOL. XXII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 17, 1C09 NO. 35 JOVICE TO me Journal Gives Would be Well to Heed ANNOT AFFORD Must Show Her Hand and be Part of Procession When Interior Oregon is Ablaze With Efforts at Development Send Delegates to Development Congresses and Meetings. Fhe fires of development are use in interior Oregon, A Ivement is on that flows from masses in various districts, in which there is resolute rpose tor local expansion. rces are assembling that are lost certain to crystalize into Lion, in which event there will t results surprising to the rest the state. There is a growing termination to have deliver- ce in the way of transporta- for products. It is mani- kt in one instance by a long list organizations for the construe- Bn of local railroads, an account which recently appeared in this vspaper. At Baker City, Coos for, Burns, Eugene, Corvallis, lem, Brownsville, Lebanon, impendence, in Umatilla county elsewhere there is a resolute istance upon deliverence, and Studied purpose on the part of citizens to themselves build !il lines if they cannot be nerwise secured. In some lo- ities, it appears in n clamor- demand for district built rail- Ids by issue of bonds, 113 for Stance in the case of Burns, sere a thousand people joined the meeting of the Oregon- tho Development congress. io of them journeying by team miles to be at the meeting. rhe movement is without pre- micd concert of action, and ppontaneous. It flows from awledge by the citizen of the mess of each locality and of handicap in lack of transpor- non. it is a gatnenng oi ior- that will grow and that will limately find concert and re- Its. When these people finally ther together they will find a iy to achieve their purposes. jv cannot be held back nor bed aside for long. Their in- Iration is the knowledge that by are bottled up so far as insportation is concerned and at thereby they are sufferers material way. Their annual is continually before their es, and that is agency by which bn are aroused into perfor- Ince. In tho situation there is much at is sicnificent for Portland. is contended that the large erests in this city are little bcerned with the aspirations of s interior. The state nowspa- frequently make such a trge. it is an uniortunaie btiment for this city to allow levelon. It can cost Portland bbers a heavy loss in trade. dan send otherwise than into rtland heavy orders for mer- kndise and heavy consign- nts of products. It can be a free of very great mischief to i business and growth of tins This development of tho erior is going to come. Vast etches of fertile lands in cen- and southerstern Oregon aro be brought under productivity. ugo commerce is to bo devel- evervwhere from Ontario poos Bay and from Portland Lshland, if not by tho inter- tion of railroad owners, then Bther means. Portland will jrery short sighted if she fails i a factor and promoter in Bvolution that is to come. j is good advice to Portland lo (to her men that when intcri- Iregon is ablaze with efforts lovelopment activities Port- I cannot afford to hibernate. imust show her hand and bo art of the procession. Sho : send delegations to dovel- ent congresses and exnan- meetings that tho interior fthe state program?. Sho ; Join in the slogan of dovol- ent, not of qno corner or one but of all Uregon in its ry part. When the develop- It congress m.eets at Marsh- PORTLAND Some Pointers it TO HIBERNATE I field on the twentieth of August j tho commercial bodies of Port land should charter a steame1" and go there en masse. It is a policy to be of inflnate servico to Portland and all Oregon. If Portland falls to meet her re sponsibilities in these matters, if she permits the oldtimo cry of tho alleged selfishness of Port land to reappear throughout tho state, it will bo very much to her disadvantage. Tho sanest shib boleth ever heard in Oregon was that one of a few years ago which demanded "a united nnd greater Oregon" and a pull all together for the entire state. Portland Journal. QETTINQ RAILROAD INFORMATION. Something will bo doing in the railroad world so far as concerns Eastern Oregon, in a very short time, says tho Lakeview Ex aminer. This week two men whose i mimes were not given The Ex- aminer, arrived in town fromj Ontario, Oregon, the alleged starting point. It is positively known that they made a hurried examination of the resources of the country as they traveled; enquiring the acre age of tho big ranches, what population they would sustain if sub-divided, capability of irriga tion; timber resources; possibil ities of oil, gas, coal; and in fact wanted information on every point in any way valuable or of interest to railroal builders through a new and unoccupied territory. They left here head ed for the Butte Valley in Nor thern California, a section al ready occupied by Harriman in his Klamath Natron line. The query is: In whoso inter est are these men working? Surely not for Harriman, for the reason that he has had all such information in his hands for the last three years, and knows to within 5000 acres of what the capability and resour ces of every acre in the county traversed! Who was it then? Not Gould, for they came from the Northeast, and ho has no lines that might be tempted to reach San Francisco from that direction. Was it Hill? Was it Earling, of the Milwau kee? The fact of their coming from the northeast, and traveling so as to take in tho head of the great and rich Sacramento vallwy in California meanB that they represent one or tho other of these men. Both Hill and Earling are rail road builders, and not absorbers of the type of Harriman! It is very likely, in view of tho facts here set down, that the "Wizard of Wall Street" will have to got very busy in East-i em Oregon, in a very short time. It is tho fervent wish of every man in Eastern Orogon that tho battle of tho giants, Harriman, Hill, Earling and Gould, with Dunaway thrown in for good1 measure, will soon begin for su- j premacy in this section so rich in latent resources and so uttorly , devoid of railroads! But, as tho lato Presidont Nelson, of tho Oregon Trunk ob served, there is a field in East ern Oregon for Or 5 double track railroads, and if all come, and como a-running there will bo business and Jots of it for all! ULAC(( HINfi flAjCBS PULR. Discovery has been made that thowoofl of he bjack pine Pf. Central Oregon can be manufac tured into a paper pulp of an ex ceedingly fine and valuable grade. J. N. Hunter nnd J. E, Sawhill, of Bend, recently Bont specimens of tho wood to tho Lebanon Pulp Mills, and as a result of experiments tried there it is roportcd that tho quality of pulp produced from the black pino surpasses in whiteness, case of mnnifacturo nnd probable com mercial valuo for paper-making purposes nny wood hitherto han dled in the state. Tho results of tho discovery of marketable valuo in timbor hi therto considered nlmost worth less will bo of vast importanco to the cntiro Central Oregon coun try, and particularly to that por tion drained by the "Deschutes, whero the stand is remarkably prolific. In tho past tho paper mills have secured their pulp from the whito pine, balm and cottonwood. Tho end of the avaifablo supply within tho Btato from these sour ces is a matter of a comparative ly fow years. But before the existing supply is exhausted, if the claims made for the black pine pulp are solidly based, the eyes and capital of tho paper makers will undoubtedly turn to the enormous forests of this newly available wood to be found in the central portions of the state. y It is estimated than in the country tributary to Bend alone, there are a million or more acres of this "blackjack" averaging all the way from 2000 to 10,000 feet to the acre, this, of course, tak ing no consideration of the enor mous stand of yellow pine. Should the manifacturo of black pino pulp become a reality -and as the Deschutes offers unlimited wnter-power, this need only de pend upon the rculzation of the present railroad hopes mnny millions of dollars will be ex changed for lands up to now looked upon as next to worthless. The black pino is a dark-barked pine growing thickly in the semi desert lands too dry for the yel low pine, and, in somo instances, is mixed with tho latter. It is far smaller than its yellow bro ther, a tree 12 or 14 inches in diameter being exceptionally large for tho species, and the average of a fairly good stand ranging about nino inches. On account of its small size it is not logged, nnd is usually regarded by tho homesteader as a nuisanco to be cleared from his fields like sagebrush, and finds its nearest approach to practical use as fence railing. - Oregonian. NOTES FROM SUNSET. -Ananias- Miss Neva Hodder left last week for tho A. Y. P. Exposition at Seattle. She will visit in Pendleton nnd Portland before returning homo. Mrs. W. R. Dawson is spend ing a few days in Burns with her friend, Mrs. D. P. Jordan, Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Harmor and son, Clarence, left Sunday to put up hay for Mr. Louig. Mr. Harmer has taken tho con tract and Mrs. Harmer will cook for them. Three of our most efficient fish ermen, W. A. McKee, Bert Por ter and M. Nash aro trying their luck in Steins Mts, this week. Miss Laura Dawson returned Monday from Steins Mts. where sho has been visiting for threo weeks at the homo of R. H. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Barron aro tho proud possessors of a son, born July 1. With the young man'B'demands for attention, and tho proud fathers rejoicing tho Fourth, no doubt, was fitting ly observed at tho Barron home, -L S. Toley returned from Diamond, whero he has been helping W. II. Hodder drill wells. John Hodder and Porter Nash loft last week for Pendleton whore thoy will work during harvest. Joo Cavendor visited his home stead last week. $5 RcAUDW-For information, leading to recovery of a blue cow branded with one large and one small lazy U, Sho has a black calf with whito head. JftY in; formation at the Pyerlattd, Hota, Job printing The Timw-Herald, LUMBER OUTLOOK GOOD Weyerhaeuser Says Forests in United States Will Last Forever PINCHOT'S FEARS NOT MILLMEN'S Tariff Adjusted Satisfactory jlo Mlllinen and Activity in The Business Is Expected to Resume at Once, Is Opinion of Lumber King of America in n Recent Interview at Seattle. Tho lumber industry is enter ing upon an era of renewed ac tivity and prosperity, in the opinion of Frederick Weyerhaeu ser, popularly credited with be ing tho "lumber king of Amer ica," who arrived in Seattle this afternoon, says a press dispatch. Mr. Weyerhaeuser declares that there is no warrant for the assertion credited to Gifford Phi chot, head of tho United States Forestry Department, that there is danger of exhausting the tim ber supply of tho United States in the next 20 years. "There is no reason to think the timber supply will not hold out indeflnately," said ho. "Tho lumber outlook is encouraging. Now that tho tarriff is practi cally adjusted and on n basis that is reasonably satisfactory to lum bermen, thero will be a rapid re vival of tho industry nnd a re newal of activity. It has been a long time since tho mcmornblo panic of October, 1907, nnd tho country has regained its equili- erium. The financial poise of the Nation is restored. Con II denco has returned and business euterprises nnd building activi ties that were suspended and held in abeyance, pending nn improvement in conditions, will be resumed. I therefore predict thatthe demand for lu mbor will be all that could be asked and that the manifneturing industry in the mills of the Northwest will be conducted on as largo or larger scale than ever before. "I am very much interested in the forestry problem. Al though I do not agree with tho statement attributed to Mr. Pin chot, to tho effect that the for ests of the country would bo wiped out in twenty years, I am making a special effort to con servo the forest and to pursue scientific methods in removing timber from my holdings. I am conducting experiments with the assistance of Government forest ry experts, along lines suggested by Mr. Pinchot, and by Proffes sor Graves, of the Yale School of Forestry, to tho end that the timber supply mny bo perpetu ated. There is no reason to be leive it will over bo exhausted. I am of tho opinion that we will have ample timber for our needs for an indefinato timo-for all timo, in fact. "Talk commonly indulged re garding tho depletion of timber in tho East and Middle West and South, is an exaggeration, There is atill an abundance of timber throughout tho South and also in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and contiguous terri tory. With ordinary conserva tive methods of lumbering, it will last indeflnately. It is constant ly growing, young timber is re placing tho old, and with proper safeguards against forest fires and utterly useless wnsto, it should lastforover." METHODS 01' DRV FARMING. IN WEST, Tho Dry Earming congress is now organized, with somo per sistency and determination to be heard from in tho mntter of ur ging it's claims upon tho atten tion of the public. Tho faith that the promoters and operators of this association havo in their claims of dry farming mothods, well carried out, cannot bo ques tioned, sayB the editor of tho Twentioth Century Furmor. Tho experiences and results of careful and persistent work in crftR-grgwing effprts aro tho evidence that is, offered in testi mony of tha feasibility of dry farming methods an,c dry farm ing "JndHstry, ft not mrnrisfaflf that there are the doubtful, the skeptical' the unbeliever in conyertipg the - i ii dry land of tho arid west to ag ricultural purposes, the growing of crops,, tho cultivation of or chards nnd forests, tho estab lishing of homes and tho build ing up of commercial interests nnd industries on these lands; we say that it is not surprising that somo hesitate, that thoy doubt tho availability of suffi cient moisture to grow crops; that they forecast seasons of drouth, etc. All these things had their period and havo exer ted thoir influence to discourage and projudise the mind of the public as tho settlement of tho country has progressed west ward for tho last 50 years, and yet cultivation ha3 been the civi lizing influcnco that has con quered drouth, hot winds and the bareness of the plains and prairie countries that aro now tho dependence in production. The Fourth Dry farming con gress will hold its meetings at Billings, Montana, October 2G, 27 and 28, 1909. This will not only bo an institute for dry farm ing farmers and dry farming instructors and teachers, Mit it will be an exposition of dry farming products such as this or no other country has ever wit nessed. Thero are pledged al ready exhibits from thirteen Western states that are engaged in dry farming work. The or ganization by states, to show what each is doing and capable of doing in the raising of grain and vegetable crops, witnout ir rigation, is a feature never be fore undertaken in this district nnd promises somo great sur prises for visitoas. The area of tillable lands in tho United States not yet turned to cultivation is comparatively small, but under present con ditions of demand by the home steader will last but a fow more years at most It is only the part of good business judgement that tho dry farming districts be investigated by thoso who con template getting n home under tho free homestead law. Good lands and tho best locations will be the first taken. Each year will reduce the quality of lands lo be disposed of as government homesteads. The Dry Farming congress will bo a good place to visit next October, in view of getting dry farms on which to put it into practice. The Dry Farming con gress announces that there aro 200,000,000 acres of arable land awaiting development by the dry farming methods. R)RESTRV QRADS COMINQ WEST. Of tho forty-seven young grad uates of nine American forest schools who havo just received appointments ns forest assistants in tho administrative district of tho forest Borvico, six hnvo been assigned to positions in this dis trict. Tho names of the now ap pointees and tho schools from which thoy are graduated in for estry urons follews: E. H. Mac- Daniel, Wm. B. Osborne' jr., and B. T. Harvey of Yale; D. B. Reynolds, of Michigan; S. B. Hall of Harvard, and E. J. Fenby of tho Pennsylvania Btato college. Thcso men havo secured their ap pointments as a result of passing the regular civil servico examipa? tion, which is tho only avonuo of employment as a. forester under tho government Forest assistants ro rn.cn, who lmyo completed their preliminary training for tho profession of forestry, aa tho graduates of law or medicine jjavo completed theirs, and are ready to enter up on practical work, Until they havo gained oxperience, however their positions are necessarily subordinate. They tire at the fctot of tho ladder and must prove their fitness lo mount higher. i The government pays them $1000 I a year at the start. On the national forests the forest assistant often acts ns technical adviser to the supervis ors in chnrge, who are western men experienced in all practical matters, but usually without school training in tho science of forestry. Or they may be as signed to the study of somo par ticular problem which needs to be investigated in the interest of good forestry management. As forestry means knowing how to get tho most out of any given piece of forest land, it calls for studies and experiments, both scientific and practical, much like thoso which havo to be made in the interests of good farm man agement, and the forest assistant is prepared to do valuable work along this line. There is a growing interest in the profession of forestry now, and many young men ore asking how to get into it, and what it promises. Gifford Pinchot, Uni ted States forester, in an address to the graduating class in for estry nt Harvard university this year, salu: "The government nnd the country needs more men trained in the knowledge of forestry, and it offers opportunity to make a man's life loom large and to count for much among the many phases of human endevor. To be a good forester a man should combine something of the natu ralist with n good deul of the business man. To know how to use tho forest he must bo able to study it He must have, there fore, the power of observation, a fondness for nature, and the ability to penetrate her secrets. He must be resourceful, able to stand by himself, willing to un dergo the privations of rough life, and capable of commanding the respect of rough men, who quickly recognize virtuality and genuineness of character, but will not tolerate pretense or the assumption of superiority. A forester should be sound in mind and body, and should make the fullest college preparation for the service. This service means a free, vigorous life in the open air, and a clear, straight, fine, wholesome manly condition of life." RAILROAD EXTENSION. Grant Geddes, of the Sumpter Vnlly Railroad Company, spent Friday and Saturday of last week in Prairie City and the other end of tho valley, looking over ranch es with a view to securing a ranch for himself and in the in terests of friends. Mr. Geddes stated to parties in Piairie City that the land which i3 being pur chased here is not for the rail road company but for private in dividuals who are looking after their own interests. He said that the Mormons have no in tention of buying up the country nor of monopolizing uny indus try in Prairie City. The opinion often heard that the Sumpter Valley people are working against the interests of the peo- plo here as in opposition to their own interests is a very erroneous idea, there is absolutely no truth in such statements Speaking of the work of build ing the road Mr. Gedea said that tho company would push con struction just as rapidly as possi 31- of blc and that they arc desirous getting upon tho top of the mountain aa soon as possible and establishing a temporary station there. He intimated that there might be some delay caused by tho government in regard to com- trouble, and spending nearly five ing through the reserve. hundred dollars for medicine Tho railroad is offering work to d d t , f , mrchased overy available man. Reports . . ' ' upon the streets aro to tho effect '"? wife one box of Chnmber wages will be $2.25 per day for i 'Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, man. Teams will veccive $5. i , which did her so much good that day and, board themselves, or sho continued to use thorn and $1,25 per day for tlw harsea atono thoy have dono her more good With company board, Thocon than all of tho medecine I bought stryction. pompanv is in the mar- before. -Samuel Boybu, Folsom, fat for the purchase of baled hay Iowa. This medicine is for Bale o,nd homes, as well aa other sup- by all good denlei-s. piles, Mr, Kcclos is credited with say ing that he desired tho railroad to be built down Dixie creek if practicable, but other wise to got into Prairio City in tho best way possible, Miner. Job printing Tho TjineB-Horald i&Z2Z4.4AZ2& $$$$$&SMSS$$$fS$SS9$$SX"tit&SS&XtSSttSS;$S&XSSS9SSSi$9 LADIES' NECKWEAR FOR SPRING 1909 Bmbroiderled Linen Collars, Lace Collars and Bows, New Ascots. Call and see 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. All Waists, JVeckwear, Belts and Underskirts are selected from New York stocks and are Spring Styles. Brown's Satisfactory Store. ? ... ttimMttttf ? tfttfttt tHHtiUt4''""41'' The Harney Valley Brewing Co. Manufacturers of Family Trade Solicited FreelDellvery T. E. J NKSNS, Manager THE CAPITAL SALOON, CHAS. BEDELL, Proprietor. Bums, - - Oregon. ZfcvEaOse OTITIS I3:ead.q.-ULaxtexs-Wines. Liquors and Cigars. Billiard and Peel Tables. Club Rooms in Connection. u.3i BETTER AND uuiJ BY BEAPERTEAH MCTICALLY IitatratlMe ANY STONE MONUMENTAL DRONZE COMPANY, SBisatrouT. cona. uANUtftcniavn v i LCiEHTIST3 AS K? C flfiJHflf Ovor BOO MWi 8ond 'or Beautiful BiiKr rl0 Ust Designs. JBjHl fulara. mu:iniuiOTK:tn;ntmnmwmwummttttttmmtm:tn::n:tHKitt fl.. tfl-ni Burns, Oregon Afford the Best Accommodations to be had in Harney County CLEAN ROOMS. CLEAN LINNEN. PALRTABuE VICTUALS The patronage of all guests under the old management especially sylicltcd. Kutes $1 a day, $6 a week, $24 a month 8 H nderson mmmmumummmmtmmmmtttmneiti L Help lor Thou who have Stomiche Trouhle After doctoring for about twelve years for a bad stomach TweatH'lvc Cent ! the Prtc t Vtut The terrible itching and smart ing, inoident to certain skin dl aeaBes, is almost instantly allayed by applying Chamberlain's Salve. Prico, 25 cents, For sale by all good dealers, I. L LEWIS Will be glad to faraisb PARTICULARS and PRICES To aayoae ifeslriag INFORMATION. See bis Haadsoiae DESIGNS. ARmimr - l .: Elliott, Propt. :i timmmmmmmmmttni , ARSVsS era I r t:'j Ly r'l p-,ressive l.unluaro anJ Sporting (Joods ifartlvr-tj and iax nr.i:TfSt '. - "GUNS AND C'vmVilO will l mnilul , n,(; .i : i appllc-iuu by J ! r. A. 'CuolCouivUiI. Tall, il. " tl I 1 ur l .r po vi ui aa.. m . 1. 1 ' '. i 3 ARMS m jU .1. lr- -J mKxJr WtJi b nv