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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1909)
Harrison L Btetitv Unio? She ITfie frimcB'Mctnia The Oftlclnl Tnpcr of Ilnrnej County bli Hit Urgoit circulation anil iiono of tht but itdvartlilng lnodluma'.in'Kmlorn Oregon. 3h.c ffircnt 3-lni'iicu;Cotiult'u Comtb an iirtii of fy-lSS.HOO iirri of litndt 4,()'l 1,1)01 iicrvB jet ncant tiliid to entry illicit r llio public Innil Inue ol tlin Unlli-tl Htntia. XXIII BURNS, IIAUNEY COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 1, 11)09 NO. 3 i?JtJfr W RAILROAD FOR US ters Behind This Line That is To Tap Harney Country 5APITAL STOCK OF $10,000,000 ration Known as the Portland, Lakcvlcw & Eastern y company ana it proposes covering mc unurc Pertloa of the Statc500 Miles of New Road. m dollara is the capi- egon's latest rauroaa syu Salem dis- linning in tho city of id running: thenco in and easterly direction DUjfh tho counties of ih, Clackamas, Marion, ik, Klamath and Lake iw in tne jaat-namea to a point on Goose at county, is tho new osod route. A branch be built connecting sain line near the town j Bridge, on the Des- rer, in CrooK County, thenct in an easterly in anu tnrougn tne Crook, Wheeler and the John Day river Sn or near Canyon City; sr branch line commen- Bneville, Crook County, lence in a southerly rly direction through Harney counties to jlke or vicinity, accord- ?y of tho article of in- filed with the Secre te today. corporation will be the Portland, Lake- istern Railway Goni tis organized under the territory of Arizona, iring been filed there William S. Dexter, Elgutter, Edward S. James Burns, R. incorporators, all of Db. Ariz, is to be the place of business of tho ration, with a bianch Or., in which latter. fholder may meet and ' ors have offices and 11 business of the road. ' ttion is authorized to maintain, operate and oad or railroads in the of Arizona and the )regon, and in such -'well as it may later te corporate rights George W. Passoll, 295 Fourteen th atreot, Portland, is given as the general agent within the state of Oregon. INDUSTRIAL NOT0S. (Portland Correspondence).! State prido ran high during tho past week because Oregon apples won tho grand prize at the National Applo Show at Spokane in competition with apples from all over the United States. Tronson & Guthrie, growers of Eagle Point, Or., were receiving congratulations on all sides over their success and the victory was such a splen did one that the whole state took pride in it. The Rogue River Valley, of course, is entitled to all tho honor for it grew tho ap ples but fruit raisers of the whole state feel proud of victory. nro offering prizes a'ld tho Port land Flouring Mills offers n purse of $100 to go for tho two best exhibits. Tho Portland Com morcinl Club will givo a Veeop tion Thursday evening, Dae. 9, to tho dairymen and members of tho Stale Horticultural Society. According to W. R. Parker, of Baker City, who has boon in the city during tho past week, Oro-1 gon has tho only herd of ibox known to exist on tho continent. ' Ho discovered tho rare- nninmls ' in tho vicinity of Mount Englo in tho Cornucopia Range ami urges that a gaino preservo be created there for their preservation. Unless this is done, Mr. Parker fears tho ibox will be extermina ted by hunters. Tho Portland Fair & Livestock Association has elected ofllcers as follows for tho coming year: President, E. L. Thompson; vice president, C. C. Colt; treasurer, Julius Moior. G. A. Westgalo was chosen temporary secretary. Plans nro undor way already for next year's fair and tho man agement is determined to make the ninth' the most successful in tho history of the association. Promotion of tho livestock inter- WOOL MEN TO DO THINGS Will Revolutionize Rates for Wool Among Other Things SAW: UKUSII VALIUM.! A MALHEUR SHEEP MAN TALKS llnrncy mid Alnlhcur Woolirrowcrs Will Meet In Vale in The Near iMiliirclmporlniit Mailers to come Before Sheepmen ComliiK VcarRniiRe Leasing Law, forest Reserve Grazing. "Wo expect n 'decision in a few dayB which will revolution ize the wool rates from tho coast to Salt Lake City." Such is tho statement made by George McKnight who was'oloct ud President of tho Oregon Wool Growers Organization at the convention hold on the Dili and 10th of tho present month. Mr. McKnight says that the matter is now before the interstate rail road commission and that the osts of tho Northwest is tho aim ,mBt yonr ms i)UC11 nn important oi uio organization. i one for wool growers, in many other respects; tho post Tnrrill' ASK TOR NORMALS. respects; tho post Schedule 1ms been maintained by lliu eomhineri oll'orts of the or- A Salem special to tho Oregon-1 eanization. also the wool rate ian says: Declaring that laws from western points to Boston, must bo placed on the statute 'm M..tftiiiri.r ntni. dmi tlm matter was first taken up by the boons ol tne atate requiring every teacher in every district school to have a thorough train- the ! ing before sho starts her work j in the school, Superintendent of Tronson & Guthrie canlurncl I'llUllc Instruction . I. II. the sweepstakes nrize at Sookune n,tl". batoru the county - n t omcers Acker-school . niiinnpu- iiniiimiirinti lit rrai.ttt9 nn n nnv nf snifvnnhnnr nnnlDQ WIU10 .uiuihiuii in oo.-roivu and the victory carried with it, ,lore toimy tamu out ,lall' ' in addition to blue ribbons and favor of normal schools. "You medals, a check for $1100. Tho U3C e wwoinor ami go uoiorei0)0mti, decision of the judges in making Malheur and ' Harney rorganiza- i turns. Another important fact is that a bounty was secured on predatory animals. "Some very important matters will come before the sheepmen for tho'coming yenr"snid Mr, .McKnight "such as a range leas ing law, the question of tho Co- Chicago wool the award was unanimous, Tho growers have only five acres in bearing orchard and had i not expected to exhibit at Spo l kane. It was not until a largo part of their crop was marketed that they decided to enter a car. No particular selection of the ware- uio legislature iuiu uomanci map house, the marketing of wool normal schools be established ,,i ,.1,t,.f.Hn r n, Tnm- InO k flatwirf munf nf TiYirinf l?nsmi'nfi " or let the Legislators know reason why," was one of his statements. "We have normals now, but the training is given for the city children nt the expense of the children of the county. Every whole crop was made for exhibit iistrict d '. fi.cl but only thu best of tho apples remaining in the orchard You send tho inexperienced QJrUUIIK K1'1 nnu wnen out into the country course these were carefully call- " ,u WI,B" " ,u J",1 ft .,! ,,,i u-i,.i,i ...:,i. ,, iBiio coca to the city. The child once to size and color Othor Oregon growers won prizes at Spokane and the vic- of tho citv is irivnn In'n orlmvitTnn i ..,.,; r . , v :. . .. . witn tno out looted oy uio eiiim ,of tho rural district." STAOn TKAHC HGATS KfCORI). Twifrt na lfirir. iu il unu liii-! ing the corresponding periods in tho previous year was tho traffic over the Vale-Burns stage lino tonos shoyv in a most convincing waylthat'this state is the homo onthefinest apples. Concerted lelTorts to develop theJPortlandllivestock market on to a!bigscalo'havo been begun dur- Ingle and double tracks mg tno week by livestock men during th&wornratVccks of tho phone and telegraph I ethe: Northwest in connection Iprosent month. November is 1 1 J ?. il luritn thaftniliAnflo in ir ntnttHt .... icmuea in uie equip-1 " "'.""ua " ". aiyvays regarded as Mo dullest le lino. The terminal iui ,0,- luvorauic nues. v con-' DOrt on of tho venr and I ho ok. ul i ... - is to be Phoenix. ierence-waB,neia uotwecn a bounty, and others yet number of representntivo stock- rmined. whilo tho tor- men- the fmanagement of the Dregon has notyetboen local stockyards, and the traffic Ipon. The papers set manager or tne rauroaus center- about 500 miles of inB hero. Uniform livestock ad vrill be within Ore- rates that will bo of great benefit lundaries. There are to.this.market.as.well as to the I . -.!. .1 I - -. .1 . res of stock of thoi block raisers uirougnoui tne ter- f'of $100 each, fully paid "tory aro expected. easable. The life of Oregon'dairymen are shoyving tion is set at 50 years, great interest in the annual con- jriloge of reneyval, as'vention of the state association, by law. to be held in'Portland December S. Dexter, Edwurd , 9 and 10,' and .the attendance fand Sydney R. Rhoin- will bo large.' Many prizes have Omaha; George W. ' been offered for the best show Portland; Robert B. 'ing of .dairy" products made at 1 Edgemont, S. D., and the convention and the exhibits Chalmers und Henry will undoubtedly be tho best sn, of Phoenix, Ariz., j made in recent years. Tho tho board of diiectors, creamery companies of tho state IE RANCH FOR SALE Splendid Opparluuilu For Stockmen 7e will sell the part of the holdings of the Ameri- ind & Live Stock Company known as tho Colony , located on Colony Creek in the southern part of ey county, llus is a fine ranch, consisting of fourteen hundred (1400) acres, several hundred of which is in fino meadoyv. Wo would like to sell the Colony Ranch about eleven hundred (1100) n land which we own in northern Nevada, near Mony Ranch which was located by Mr. Sisson on nt of the water advantages , Easy terms will bo tress- THOMAS & WALTERS. perience this time is regarded as most pleasuntly'surprisiug at tho stago office. Two years ago passengers'by stago from Vale to Burns nearly. carried the dis tinguished qualities of white blackbirds but during the fust half of this month tho stage never left the office yvith loss than 5 passengers and often car ried more. Malheur Enterprise. In a fow dnv Ihe executive com mittee of Malheur and Harney counties will select tho place and (Into for tho meeting of the local organisation. The membership of tho organization for the two counties numbers seventy five. -Malheur Enterprise. PORT UNI) AITI!R CONVIJNTION. At the opening ovont for the Portland convention season of 1911, it is proposed that tho ses sion of the National Woolgrow ers' Association shall bo secured, with iuf thousand delegates and otliorthoii8aiids''of visitors who aiyvays accompany the sheep men, tho exhibits of standard bred sheep and woolen manufac turers. The Oregon Woolgrow ers started tho movement at their recent meeting in Pendle ton and a representative com mittce'of sheepownors met yvith tho' secretary of the Commercial Club "yesterday, says tho Oro- ! gouinii. i There yvcro present, besides i Secretary Richardson, Dr. S. W. iMcCIuro, J. N. Burgess and 1 William'Slusher, all of Pendleton. I Later in the'dny other officers of the Commercial Club weio con- mBmmwmm' yym The Harriman Mercantile Co. GENERAL MERCHANDISE PfcfCES Complete line of Groceries and Dry Goods Gents Furnss!vnigs FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF HAMILTON BROWW SHOES HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, WINONA WAGONS, BARBED WIRE Vo cuarantecliiunlity and pricesLet us provo'to von that yve,Jiavo"tliegoodH nl'right prices Call aad'sce'iiH 7-7- suited and gnvo enthusiastic ap proval of tho plans thus far out lined. Tho representatives of the Oregon Woolgroyvers wero assured that all necessary funds for caring for the convention would bo raised and that a dele gation of business men would be sent to the forthcoming session of 1910 bearing invitations from tho Mayor, the Governor and a number of the commercial orga nizations of Portland. The yvoolgroyvers of the state are earnestly after the conven tion and have arranged for a spe cial train of Pullmans to trans port lf0 members of the stato association to Ogdcn, Utah, yvhere the next convention will be held, January 8 and 9, 1910. The train will be made up of cars fropi Portland, Shnniko; Heppner, Pendleton, Baker City anil Ontario. It will start from Portland January G. Besides the stockmen, the committees from this city will bo aboard. For sheeplined coats noe Luna burg and Dalian. NOTICE. All parties oyving Leyvis & Gar rett, or Simon Leyvis are hereby notified that all these accounts aro in tho hands of our attorney C. II. Leonard for collection and settlement. Persons indebted to us will please settle the same yvith Mr. Leonard at once. Simon Lewis J. T. Gakkutt. While The Times-Herald wouldn't adviRo its readers in Harney County .to quit clearing their land of sage brush and put ting in crops, it must tell them that they are destroying some thing of value when they clear and burn the brush. At least il would appear to from reading the following clipped from an ex change: Over a quarter of u century ago Thomas Edison when in Vir ginia Uity remarked to somci The Slclaon slump in more than a trade murk it in a guarantee of hat HvliHfnclion. No other hut cun promise whut the Stetson docs, be cuusc no other huts urc mnde like Stetson huts. In the selection of ma laria In, the designing of stglcs, the proportions, friends that the Lord Almighty the workmanship ineveru never put so much sage brush or step the Stetson hulstunds anything else in one place unless ,, ,. nF , makers' purpose to ci$W EvurySUIioK ' Tfo he meant it for some economic use. As a result of the conespon dence on tho subject a company has been incorporated in Chicago known as the Chemical Produce company, having a capitalization of $160,000, fully paid up and non-nssosflablc, yvith a view of putting up plnnb in this sUtte for tho oxtraction of wood alco hol, tar croosoto, pitch, acetic acid and charcoal. A caroful series of experi ments demonstrated just what profit there is in 18,000 tons of sagebrush. The yield fiom that amount yvas $282,357, and the coat of producing tho commercial products was $90,000 which gave a net pront ol $rJ2,yyft. The yield per ton averages something over $15. Theso are cold figures' from ac tual experiments, and mean a greafdeal to this state. Served as coffee, the new coffee substitute Known to grocers everyyvhore as Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee, (will trick even a coffee expert. Not a grain of1 real coffoe in it either. Pure! healthful toasted grains, malt, nuts, etc have been so cleverly blended bb to give a wonderfull.y satisfying coffee taste and flavor. And it is "made in a minute," too. No tedious 20 to .10 min-j utes boiling. Sold by Reed Bros. purpose duce the best. pro- Stotuon Nau ne , Stetsom Has made fricndi of our customers, and custo mers of our cuxomers' friends. Wf tit. lh Strife Soft t.lbr llm la til the l.ic.i tirUI, 4 N. BROWN & SON H1L- fLiJJ' u ... (I..-. ,6 UOU!rNIli!l! Burns, Oregon. THE BURNS HOTEL STEPHENS & HIBBLE, Prop . (Reasonable Rates, Good Llean Heals, Comfortable ! Rooms, Courteous Treatn ent. the for Special Accommodations Traveling1 A-Aen. FJLH8T CLASS IN BVEKY PARTIIULAR Your Patronage Solisited, Job printing The Times-Herald Blue prints of any toyvimhip 11 Burns Land District, showing name of entryman, date and kind of entry, topography, etc., $1.CX) each. Piatt T. Randall. Burns, Ore. THE CAPITAL SALOON, BEDELL & RICHARDSON, Proprietors. Burns, - - Oregon. Wines. 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