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VOL. XXII
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 18, ltCO-
NO. 44
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lATGWDTTrPTflAT flfIPQ I AT represented by closo to $760,000
J.WJLJLi,UsAJLSlV XSJUU SJ. of
irriman Roads to Continue Work
Into Interior Without Delay
C. STUBBS TALKS OF FUTURE
Hast and West Line Across State Will be Duilt Soon as
Southern Pacific Believes it is Called forDoesn't Think
Northern Pacific is Going South or to Coos Bay Either.
. Stubbs, vice president of j by President Tnf t.
Jnion Pacific and Southern The question as to whether or
not tho Malheur project shall bo
built by private 4 enterprise has
not been passed upon and pre
sumably will depend largely up
on the attitude of land owners in
tno district How long it will bo
beforo tho Malheur project can
bo undertaken by the govern
ment is purely a matter of con
jecture. ,
ne ami ciieu director oi tno
limnn lines is quoted as fol-
lin regard to the future of
Incs in the Nerthwest:
th referenco to occupancy
lie Deschutes canyon, Mr.
bs says:
Ls I understand it, the report
Ihoro is room for but one
pad in tho uppor half of tho
sn is false. I believe there
Sicient room for n half dozen
tthere, and wo arc building
Central Oregon without dc-
if the projected low-grade
between Weed. Cal., and
io, ure., tno section to
lath Falls has been complo-
ar some time and construc-
loward Eugene is now in
ess. Buckboard and horse-
surveys have been made
EKlamath Falls northeaster-
oss Oregon to Ontario on
jregon snort Line on ine
border, and I presume that
inc. aoout auu mues long,
e constructed as soon as the
torn Pacific believes that it
ed for."
to the report that the Nor-
Pacific has been negotia
tor waterfront property in
2oos Bay district, on the
pn Coast, intending to ex
its Deschutes Canyon line
nd west to the bay,
6ng it over 100 miles nearer
iFrancisco, Mr. Stubbs fur-
ays:
So not believe that there is
aundation for it The out-
for traffic in this district is
iuch as to warrant much
etition. Wo have already
several months of con-
Lion work On a line to ex-
from Drain, Or., to Coos
ind this lino will be comple-
entually.
im a little skeptical about
inncial value of this terri-
including the Portland
j connection, when tho
is divided among two or
roads. It seems to me that
Ms not much in it, save for
e which iB first in the field,
rsc where later linos are
felled to use its tracks.
yer, that is a point which
Iture alone can determine.
lot believe that the Hill
nil for an extension south
Bay. As for the Hill
entering San Francisco, I
j, believe that will come to
our day."
Sutbbswas particular in
tion with these statements
it understood that as to
ines ana construction no
not be fully informed, na
ire not unuer nis super-
land ho therefore was able
ress only his personal
Ibased upon Buch knowl-
he had gainqd.
ENT TURNS DOWN PPOJECT.
FARM CONGRESS IN CHICAGO.
San
lc wasnington uispatcn
t was announced today
government will not at
gent time undertake tho
ction of tho Malheur irri-
cct. Secretary Ball-
though anxious to help
tin Malheur county, Oro.,
iter a study of tho entire
in situation that the con-
it the reclamation fund
now justfy the adoption
new projects. Many
fof dollars in addition to
fat present obtainable,
led to. pompleto projects
ler course pf construction,
adoptipn of new pro-
buld Bpriously interfere
phinp what has hprcto-
n unucrtaxen, n una
iided temporarily to lay
applications for now
Phis decision is approved
The following is from the
Francisco Examiner:
To compjlo and distributo ac
curate information concerning
the available farm lands of the
whole United States n National
Farm Land Congress has been
called to meet in Chicago begin
ning on November 16 and con
tinuing for several dnya.
Agriccltural interests of tho
whole country will bo represent
ed. As an outcome of tho meet
ing broad advertising will be
given tho land resources of every
state in tho Union.
California is to bo represented.
Western farm lands will be so
exploited that true facts' c"jQr.
cerning them will be placed be
foro not only beforo thousands
but hundreds of thousands of
eager homeseekers who arc only
awaiting an opportunity for
leaving tho crouded conters of
the East to win fortunes from
the tillable lands of tho Pacific
Slope, the great Southwest, the
progressive Northwest and the
Rocky Mountain states.
Tho Congress is to bo ihiroly
educational in its scope. It is
designed to give the greatest
possible publicity to farm land
development, to show real facta
about farm land tho country
over, to place within the reach
of the homeseeker reliablo in
formation regarding the condi
tions and opportunities of every
section of tho land.
The possibilities for commer
cially profitable farm life will bo
pointed out by experts in mat
ters concerning tho farm and tho
reclamation of lands. The dis
cussions will bo participated in
by men of national reputation
and of tho greatest experience
in the cultivation of irrigable,
semi-arid, humid and drained
lands.
An honorable advisory com
mitteo has been formed nnd to its
imposing list of names additional
are to bo added reprenting the
Pacific Coast and Rocky Mount
ain states. Tho work of organi
zation is now going on with hucIi
energy that tho wholo Western
country will bo represented.
This Congress will interfero in
no wiso with tho work of other
congresses, such as tho Dry
Farming Congress and similar
bodies, but will seek to supple
ment their efforts nnd toco-operate
with them. It will bo ono of
tho important purposes to estab
lish somo form of permanent na
tional organization broad enough
to unify tho work of all such
bodies, working in their special
fields to tho same general ends.
Chicago has been chosen as tho
meeting nlaco because it is tho
great central gruin, livo stock
and farm products market of tho
country. Besides, it is particu
larly well suited for bringing to
gether annually all tho great;
farm interests pf tho natipn.
Oregon Leads In livestock.
As indicatlvo of tho great val
uo tho coming meet of the Port
land Fair &Liveftock Association
will havo in the development of
pure-bred horses, cattle, sheep,
swlno and oven goats, tho esti
mates givon out by Secretary
Rlej show that Oregon will bo
tho.$l,000,0Q0 or moro exhibits
to bo shown Bays tho Orcgonism.
Last year much less than half
tho aggregate value of Btock
which appeared in tho judges'
ring was Orogon stock, but tho
impetus given from tho first nn
nutil exposition was such that tho
percentage has been nearly dou
bled this year.
Tho show this year is expected
to demonstrate that Oregon is
destined to bo tho foremost stnto
of tho Union for tho advance
ment of the livestock industry.
All tho high-class entries which
will appear at tho State Fair at
Salem next week will bo on ttho
calendar herb tho week follow
ing. In addition to this, Presi
dent Wehrung, of tho association,
through his intimate connection
with tho A.-Y.-P. Exposition,
has been able to secure moro than
$250,000 worth of exclusivo stock
which is listed for tho exhibition
nt Seattlo tho two weeks follow
ing the show heire.
DON'T LIKG TUB RESERVE.
REVISION OF LAND LA WS
Real Object of Secretary Ballinger' s
Extended Trip to the West
ASK CONGRESS FOR LEGISLATION
Oft Return to Washington Will Submit Many Recommcndafions
Investigation to Cover Forest, Reclamation and Other
Existing Laws, Results, Finally Passed Upon by President.
"If tho farmers and stockmen
of Eastern Oregon had their way
there would be no Government
resorvo in tho Bluo Mountains,
or in tho Cascades either," said
Patrick McGolvy, a Grant county
stockman, to tho Telegram while
in Portland tho recently.- "There
is too much Europcatnofficious
ncss about these forest reserves
and tho thing smacks altogether
of Germany rather than tho Unit
ed States. A stockman cannot
make n move without mnklng an
application to the forest ranger,
and ho is watched at every turn
fqr fear he will break some of tho
new rules, l linve a ntimuor oi
cattle on tho reserve which sur
rounds my farm and havo to
specify tho exact amount of
grass I ant likely to need for tho
six months I am allowed to pas
ture on tho reserve. I pay 25
cents a head for the cattle nnd
am not protected in tho pasture
becauso there is no provision in
the agreement about tho ranging
of sheep. Cnttlo will not pasture
where sheep are allowed to run,
and the latter aro permitted to
range up to my door and cat up
tho grass I havo paid for. Neith
er cattle men nor sheep men see
tho justice of this system and
botli aro earnestly desirous of
having the reserve system done
away with.
"As it is now sheep will take
the wholo country nnd tho cattle
men must movo away. We are
not allowed to change from cat
tle to sheep and so if wo sell it
must bo to other cattle raisers
who will bo in the samo fix we
are in.
"Beforo the Blue Mountains
were taken into tho reserve wo
had somo trouble with the sheep
men, who used to range all over
our summer pasture, and wo
thought a better system would
bo instituted when tho Govern
ment took hold of tho country.
In this wo have been disappoint"
cd and troublo over Bhccp and
cattle rango is as imminent as
over. Wo tiro compelled to pay
for tho range wo use, but this Ib
sold to sheep men as well and
our cnttlo nro starved out early
in the fall. This season wo must
begin feeding early and keep it
up all wmtcr, and as tho season
has been dry, few cattle men
havo hay enough on hand to tido
them over until grass appears
again next spring."
Mr. McGolvy owns 400 acres
along the Bologna creek bottom
and on this tract ho raises hay
for tho winter and has. his head
quarters for his cattle. He says
ho is anxious to sell, and In fact
that nil Iris neighbors who aro in
tho cattlo business aro likowiso
hoping to dispose of their inter
ests and got out of tho John Day
country, giving it nil over to tho
HhccTmOn. Ho has been in that
country for over 30 years.
Foil Sale-Do you wantnnico
homo? KiO acre ranch 3 miles
from Hnnoy on Jiattlesnako
Creek. First water right, run
ning wutor tho year around,
small bearing orchard, 40 acres
In cultivation, flno range for cat
tle horses or sheop. For further
particulars call or address Roland
Hankins, llnrnev, Ore,
Tho Burns Soda Works are
prepared to fill nil orders. Drop
in whon you havo a 'thirst.
Everything scrupuously ctan.
A recent Wnshlngton dispatch alone can detcrmino future
says: Whon Secretary Ballinger I methods' for controlling valuable
mineral deposits on public lands,
and In Bottling these problems,
congress probably will go further
than it over has beforo in legis
lating with referenco to tho con
trol nnd uso of timber on the pub
lic domain, especially within for
est reserves.
Ono of tho most serious criti
cisms made or tno uoosoveit
administration wns that it per
mitted too much legislation by
departmental regulation, nnd
hnd too littlo regard for tho leg
islation of congress. The adher
ents of Roosevelt defend this
courso by saying that congress
would not act upon tho recom
mendations of tho president and
that drastic action had to bo ta
ken if anything was to bo ac
complished. All of which ib
moro or less true, in somo in
stances. Congress did ignore
most of Roosevelt's recommen
dations for changes in the public
lund laws. But, ask other men
of the other clement, did the in
action of congress justify the
forest service in promulgating
and enforcing many of its .regu
lation's which havo the force nnd
effect of law, nnd which were
not contemplated by the law; did
it justify tho reclamation service
in somo of the radical policies it
adopted purely through regula
tion? These regulations, it may
be said, wore all approved by
President Roosevelt in spirit if
not in writing, but the question
now raised is, did such presiden
tial opproval make these regula
tions right and lawful?
The present administration has
a profound respect for tho law.
It is proceeding on tho assump
tion that tho executive branch is
merely to enforce the law as it
finds it; not to create new law by
regulation. That power is con
ceded to congress. But where it
is found that tho law is deficient,
or needs correction, tho present
administration, instead of mak
ing these changes by regulation,
proposes to exert influenco upon
congress to have tho changes
made in tho manner contempla
ted by tho constitution.
Thnt will bo done with regard
to questions of forestry, irriga
tion, and other resources of tho
west. In many instances efforts
will bo made to get 'legislation
along the lines of regulations
heretofore issued by ono bureau
or another; in other instances,
regulations which aro not bo
lioved to bo entirely dropped.
For instance, there is no law
authorizing the secretary of the
interior to Issue certificates in
payment to settlers who perform
construction work on government
irrigation projects. That the is
suance of bucIi certificates is
right nnd just is not questioned;
Secretory Bollinger is convinced
that tho system is a good ono
perhaps with modifications, but
he wants it nuthorized by law.
Then, again, there ia no law au
thorizing tho forest sorvico to
imposo a charge for grazing pri
vileges within forest reserves; it
is desirable that congress shall
legislate on this question, as well
as on tpo question oi uxmg n
chargo for tho uso of water pow
ers and other resources within as
well as without resorvea. And
so on through tho wholo cate
gory. Tho aim of this admini
stration ia to got from congress
such authority as la necessary
for carrying forward tho Roose
velt conservation polioy, but be
fore that policy can bo effectively
promoted, tho law must be
changed.
Presidont Taf t will undertake
no small task when ho endeavors
to got from congress such legis
lation as ho deems necessary to
logalize the conruon "poJiey
returns to Washington in the fall
ho will nrennre, for submission
to congress, a statement of need
ed changes in the national recla
mation act tho vnrious public
land laws, and legislation nffect
ing Indian affairs. It was for
tho purpose of studying the op
oration of existing laws that the
secretary spent Boveral months
in tho west during the summor,
and tho recommendations which
ho will submit will be based up
on his personal observations in
tho field. Like other practical
western men, Secretary Ballin
ger has long been convinced that
tho land laws as a whole need
radical revision.
As commissioner of tho general
land office he recommended a
number of changes, but as sec
retary of the interior his rccco
mendntions will be more sweep
ing, and decidedly moro compre
hensive. In his former position
ho was at liberty merely to rec
ommend changes in the land
laws proper. As secretary of
tho interior he can properly rec
ommend changes in the reclama
tion law as well, and in statutes
nffcctinj? the Indiana, for those
bureaus aro all now under his
jurisdiction.
What tho secretary's recom
mendations specifically will bo
can not yet bo learned. Ho him
self has not fully determined up
on what changes ho will urge,
and will not form his conclusions
until ho has completed his tour
of investigation. But, in a gen
eral way, it can be Baid that ho
will most earnestly recommend
all legislation that is necessary
to legalize the carrying out of
so-called Roosevelt policies look
ing to tho proper, sensible and
constitutional conservation of
national resources.
It is a fact too well recognized
to need moro thnn mere state
ment, that President Roosevelt,
in tho furtherance of his conser
vation policy, proceeded in many
instances regardless of tho law,
or in absenco of the law. So
thortwghly was ho convinced of
tho justice and wisdom of his
policy, that ho allowed no obsta
cles to block his progress.
Presidont Taf t, whilo as firm a
beliovcr in tho conservation policy
as was his predecessor, has not
been willing to proceed unlaw
fully, and tho membors of his
cabinet who havo had to do with
questions of conservation, agree
with his stand.
Where the law is deficient,
and stands in tho way of carry
ing forward tho conservation
movemont, Presidont Taf t hopes
to havo it amended, and now
laws enacted. And it is upon
Secretary Ballinger that he relies
for ascertaining just what legis
lation Bhould bo enacted to per
mit of accomplishing legally what
Gifl'ord Pinchot and rndical con
servationists would undertako,
with or without statutory author
ity. As u matter of fact congress
has nover given much serious
consideration to tho question of
conservation; it cpuld nover be
interested. But the troubles that
hayo developed since tho adjourn
ment of tho special session will
sorvo tp impreps upon both sen
ate and house tho Importance of
enacting well prepared legisla
tion which will sanction nnd iid
tho conservation movement.
That conservation has becomo n
fixed governmental policy will no
longer bo questioned, hut to
what extont and in whnt manner
tho natural resources aro to bo
conserved is still a problem
which congress must settle,
Congress alono can Bay what
altall lia Aria tirttb urnfm, rtriiunt'lt
Blll US UUIIO 1.H. "Wl jtvfi.u.y
on the public domain; congress
I
Cblel Features 320-acre Homestead Law.
nP liln nrm1nnicanv I'i'ibw nnr hvm' jWiti'ttf
Roosevelt failed, but perhaps
President Taft will be more suc
cessful. There wns much an
tagonism to tho Roosevelt rec
ommendations because there was
fear that ho wanted too much
Pressdent Taft, being less radi
cal and having a persuasive way
about him, may succeed -where
Roosovolt failed. Ho will be
aided in his cfTorta by public (
opinion, which has become tnor
oughly nroused as a result of the I
controversy between Secretary'
Ballinger and Forester Pinchot.
Eastern senators and represen
tatives who heretofore have
shown little interest in these
problems, because they nro not
directly affected, arc likely to
take hold of tho question next
session, and lend hearty co
operation to the men from tho
west who will lend the fight for
the adoption of tho president's
recommendations.
Attaching tho utmost impor
tance to this class of legislation,
President Taft is anxious to have
full and reliable information up
on whjch to baso his recommen
dation's to congress. It was for
this reason that ho Bent Secre
tary Ballinger into tho west, for
in him he had a man familiar
with western conditions and the
needs of the section, us well as a
man who is in no sense an extre
mist Being broad minded and un
biased and a westerner, the
president knew he could expect
from Ballinger more rclinblo re
ports and recommendations than
from any other member of his
administration. Others of course,
will bo consulted, and Secrelary
Ballinger's recommendations may
be added to or subtracted from,
as tho president shall determine,
but in the main the recommen
dations which he will submit to
tho presidfint will meet with his
indorsment, and ill, by him, be
sent to congress with an urgent
recommendation that the desired
chnnges be made in the various
laws affecting the use and con
trol of the public domain. .
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PntroiiN will receive Trading Stamps, during this sale.
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Manufacturers of
UPtjot Soda m7U"stGjc
Family Trade Solicited Frec'.Delivery
T. E. JENKINS, ftfianaser
Since there is more or less in
terest taken in the 320-acre home
stead law, the chief features
which allow an cntryman to file
on that many acres are given be
low. The clipping being from
tho Pacific Monthly.
Under tho terms of the Mon-
dell dry-fnrming law, passed at
the last session of Congress, the
'homesteader' is allowed to take
320 acres of land under certain
restrictions. First, the land
must bo in tho states or territor
ies of Oregon, Washington, Utah,
Wyoming, New Mexico, Nevada,
Arizona, Colorado or Montana.
Further, the land must have
been designated as non-irrigable.
In order tojnnke tho law opera
tive at once, answering tho de
mands of the many in the West
who wished to tako advantage of
its provision in tho West, Secre
tary Ballinger has recently de
signated ovor 175,000,000 acres
of Western land open to settle
ment under tho provisions of this
now law. Ho has designated
about threo and a half million
acres as being open in Washing
ton, seven millions each in Ore
gon and Utah, nine millions in
Wyoming, fourteen in New Mexi
co, nineteen in Montana, twenty
In Colorado, twenty-six m Ari
zona and forty-nino million acres
in Novnda. Doubtless theso
areas will be added to from time
to timo as the lino of settlement
pushes up to tho limits fixed.
It will bo remembered that
according to tho provisions of the
Mondell law, tho landseekcr
must bo a resident of tho state
in which the land ia located.
Also ho must livo continuously
on tho land as designated in the
well known homestead law. It
is further provided that one-
eighth of tho land selected must
bo cultivated by tho second .year,
and that ono-fourth of tho wholo
tract must be continuously culti
vated tho third year. Tho land
must bo in a compact body, and
it is allowed that thoso who have
previously filed on tho regulation
1G0 acres may increnso thoir
holdings by tho addition of land,
bringing tho total up to not moro
than 820 acres.
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Afford the Best Accommodations
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ChEHM ROOMS, CliUrfN UINNEN, PAURTflBLE VICTUALS
Tho patronugo of all guests under the old management
especially sylicitcd.
Rates $1 a dny, $6 a week, $24 a month
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Good vinogar for sale by T. E.
Jenkins at tho Brewery, Monoy
fcwck U not as represented,,
Wb)t
From a small beginning tho sale
nnd uso of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy has extended to all parts
of tho United States and to many
foreign countries, WhyY Be
causoit has proved especially val
uable for coughs and colds. For ,
sale by oil good dealers. '
NOTICE i
Any and all persons owing tho
firm of Hngey, Fenwick & Jack
son, either on account or note,
are hereby notified that all such
accounts nnd notes aro now in
tho hands of C. H, Leonard for
collection. Such persons are
horoby requested to mako imme
diate settlement of tho same.
Dated Aug, Cth, 1909.
Hagky, Fenwick & Jackson.
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