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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1910)
MWWga'j.u.njmWMWTW'ji ntxmjmtmmmmmtUimtaiam jpmegJIeM mm rPte tmB-3ttcrn!& Tb Offlolnl Taper o( llnrnoj Cuunty hi;ilie;lrjit ctrctilntlon nml ! 0110 i) th;iit ndvertlilnmudliiniB In Kinlotn Oregon. ZTftc Wren I ainniey, (Cminiry Color on nrun ol 0,-I&8,8(M lit it l Intuli 4,(KH1liril ncicB yet viumil siilmrl to entry under Dm titiltllu land , nl thn Unllod Btntii). VOL. XXIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, APRIL 9, U 10 NO. 21 HILL'S OREGON PLANS, President of Great Northern to Make An Announcement Soon TO PASS SUMMER IN THE WEST With Father, James J. Hill, llend of the Road, Will Return to Portland Later in April and Will Then TalkDcnfcs Any Connection With Road Land DealTheir AdvertisiiiR Plan. cinl organizations so tlmt they may bo suro of making no mis takes in investing their monoy. Some want to go into stockrnis ing, others want to buy small farms, others want tho still smaller fruit tracts, some pin their faith to dairying and thoy como out hero with the expectan cy of being guided aright in their search for such investments. Telegram. ABNORMAL INCKGASO IN SII0GI. CIRCUIT COURT SESSION Regular April Term Convened Last Monday by Judge Davis CASES ARE DISPOSED OF RAPIDLY so Oregon's railroad situation, far as the Hill interests arc con cerned, will be officially made public within the month. This fact was announced yes terday by Louis W. Hill, presi dent of the Great Northern road, who arrived in Portland yester day from California, says the Orcgonian. Mr. Hill is on his way to St. Paul, where lie will confer with his father James J. Hill, regarding activities in Ore gon. Within threo weeks both father and son will come to Port land and givo out much infor mation as to their operations in this state. Louis W. Hill is then to remain in Portland the re mainder of this spring and all summer. Whether the Hill interests are Ito construct an east ana west jlinc through Oregon, is one of the questions Louis W. Hill pro- lised yesterday would be an swered on his return. He also said he would tell what is to bo lone about extending the United Railways to Tillamook, and an- lounce wnetner tne inn inter ests have or have not purchased the Oregon Electric. The possi bility of constructing a Hill line Ito Coos Bay is also to be made a (certainty or to be denied entirely on his return. Mr. Hill denied absolutely that the Hill interests are connected In any way witn tne purcnase oi Lhe Willamette Valley & Cascade Mountain wagon road grant Dhe purchasers, he said, are friends of tho Hills, but are act- iiihI along tho rivers. What is 'needed is settlement of tho inter ior lands. You know that you have homes for many thousands of people on sonio of the most fertile lands in tho world. I know if also. But tho trouble is that tho people who nro land crazy in the East do not know it. Wo will try to got all localities lined up with-us in reaching the people who want to come to the coast. "Wo will establish a number of shows in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and other prominent towns throughout the East. The shows will bo made up of Ore gon exhibits and will bo in tho hands of reliable men who will list inquiries. All the prominent 'state fairs of tho East will be visited by an Oregon show. At all of them we will distribute lit erature that is authentic and be hind which the credit of the Great Northern will stand. There will be no fakers or swindlers in the crowd. ' 'Then in tho fall of the year I want to send out nn exhibit car, filled with fruit and grains from this state. It will be billed nil along tho Erie railroad and tho route of tho Burlington, through the thickly populnted sections. It will be equipped with moving picture machines, lantern slides. I On arrival in any town, the largest ' hall will be secured and a lecture on Oregon furnished all who will attend. The people will be in vited to the car and its four at tendants will see to it that they ng for themselves alone and are a suponea wun meraiurc sun- bundantly able to finance the ' uuw ," , . ' , " """"""; io ;iu una i wum an urgumsui tion in Oregon, and am going to select the men myself during the big enterprise. Not the least important of Mr. Hill's statement was his discus sion of the great publicity work the Hill lines are to carry on for )regon. While this announce- ient is not new, Mr. Hill went Into details concerning the ex ploitation plans from which this state is to benefit. "It is the policy ot the Great Northern and the Spokane, Port land & Seattle Railroad to be rank with the public, and we lever make an announcement; intil we are ready to put our )Ians into execution," said Mr. lill. "I will leave Portland to- narrow and will meet my father In St Paul, where we are to have , conference on Oregon matters. He will accompany me to Port land within two or three weeks, hid upon arrival I will reply to Ihe many inquiries that have been made concerning our plans bore. "At present, however, I want o say that the Hill roads have ho interest whatever in the sale ftr purcnase oi tne winamuuu alley & Cascade Mountain ragon road. We hope it is sold ind that it will be opened to Icttlement and development. It Is the heart of Oregon and one k the biggest things in tho State. Our policy is to get be hind the big things first and Ihe smaller ones last. When Lolonel C. E. S. Wood camo to le in St. Paul I gave him tho iddresscs of Mr. Burchard, Mr. jtobertson and the other gcntlc- icn who are now on the ground ixamining the property, iney Iro our friends in a With tho lambing season in Umatilla county almost at an end tho ilockmnstcrs nro beginning to feel that thoy aro already well repaid for tho extra amount of monoy thoy had to put into hay and grain for feed during tho extraordinary winter. Owing to tho splendid condition in which tlio ewes wcro brought through tho winter and owing to ideal lambing conditions which have provailed sinco tho breaking up of tho long cold spell, tho per centage of the lamb crop this year will be tho largest in many years. Tho wcolgrowcrs there fore figure that tho extra per centage of increase will bo enough in many instances to overbalance tho excessive feed account Stockmen always figuro that their flocks rind herds will come through tho winter in better shape if tho snow and cold wea ther lasts consistently than if they como by spells. Tho stock will consumo tho feed better when the ground is frozen all tho time than when it is soft part of the time and some grass is in sight to tempt them away from the more nutritious hay. There fore, though tho sheepmen felt tho extra expense which thoy were put to during the winter their ewes nro so much stronger that their losses of ewes and weak lambs has been the lenst in years. With the present high prices it will not take many lambs to make up the difference. Reports from all parts of tho county, nnd indeed all of eastern Oregon, are to tho effect that tho percentage of incrense will be from 95 to 100 per cent, whilo in ninny instances tho percentage Several Law and Canity Cases Disputed of During (lie Week And Sonic Criminal Cnses'-Prcspcnt of Northwast Colon ization Company Admits Purchase of The Rond Lands. .fa. .. The regular April term of cir- ( of the Northwest Colonization cuit court convened on last Mon-1 company, tho only available ofll- day. Joo Thomoson is court bailiff and J, R. Gould was bailiff for the grand jury. Considerable work was accom plished by tho hold over grand jury last week nnd several in dictments have been brought in. Tho court work during this week has been taken care of quite rapidly. The outsido nttorncys in nltendnnce aro Dist Atty. Mc Culloch and Dal ton Biggs of Ontario and Judge Webstor of Portland. The following cases have had attentien: LAW. Andrew Grieves vs. Fred Col linsRecovery of money. Dis missed on courts motion. A. J. Skein vs. J. P. Dickcu- son Recovery or monoy. By consent continued for tho term. II. B. Symc vs. II. M. Horton Recovery of monoy. Contin ued for term by consent. E. J. Trncey vs. A. F. B. George Appeal from justice court Tried and jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for $100. J. R. Jenkins vs. Pat Connolly Damages. Continued for the term. a. ft. lciclinruson ct nl vs. John Gcmberling Recovery of monoy. Dem confessed, answer filed. Tried and jury brought in verdict for plaintiff. Davidson Grocery Co. vs. D. A. Brnkcman & Lydia Brakeman Attachment. Continued for will bo very much better than term pending settlement 100 per cent Under ordinary Annie S. Comegys vs. Francis conditions an increase of 90 per. Anderson Attachment. Passed cent in flocks of range sheep is summer. I want "live ones" but reliable citizens who are in terested in our development plans, so that when I wire them to get things going in a certain direction they will not hesitate, but will do it "In brief that is our plan to populate Oregon. It worked so well in Montana that we arc now receiving '1000 inquiries nbout that state at our St. Paul office every day. Settlers aro going in there so fast that ono land officer wired mo that ho had filed 3500 homestead applications last month." IIOMESE0KERS IGNORED. ray, but have no understanding If any character with tho road. they probably rcpresent$25,000,- i of their own monoy, nnd can luy the property witnout any Portland commercial organiza tions are trailing behind the sim ilar business bodies of the small er cities and towns of the state in the way of converting the new population that is flocking this way into boosters. In fact, it has been revealed in a most startling manner that because of this lack of enterprise on tho part of Portland's commercial bodies, numbers of the new homescekers have gono back to tho states whence they came. More than a dozen of them have returned to their former homes in the pre sent week disgruntled, dissatisfi ed, whereas, if thoy had been properly welcomed when thoy arrived and placed into comrnuni cation with the reliablo business interests of tho city which would locate them in tho lines thoy ex- business pected to pursue they would have remained. Tho present colonist season is bringing to Oregon a far greater army of thrifty producers, pros pective farmers, fruit growers, elp. They are a part of tholhomebuilders, an oi mem oi mo roup of timber and land dealers, best class of now citizehship that cated in tho Twin Cities who lave nanuieu more big innu leals than any other set of men tho United States. "Our railroads pioneer settle ment of any state in which wo Iro located. At present tho popu- Mon oLOregon is in tho cities a community coum ucouu m over before. In fact, tho inva sion of tho great empiro out hero is so tremendous that tho rail roads have difficulty in supplying tho equipment to bring them out here. All thoy need is to bo placed in touch with tho commcr- considercd good. Usually there are a number of growers who do not make this average, but this year it is not believed that a single band will go below 90, while many will go above 100. Reports from different sections of eastern Oregon also indicate that the coyote bounty law has been tho means of effecting a decided reduction in the number of destructive coyotes. Many hundred of these animals wcro killed during tho past twelve months nnd the warfare is still to bo continued relentlessly. There aro probably not so many hunters making a business of killing them as during lastspring but thoso in the field are tho more experienced ones and the results of their efforts nro nearly or quite as great as tho combined forces of last year. East Orc gonian. MORAN AUDI! GOOD Driving over 160 miles of stage road and giving himself up to tho authorities is tho action of J, E. Moran, an embezzler wnnt ed by tho Spokane officials. Moran a few weeks ago was a bookkeeper in tho employ of tho railroads in tho Spoknno offico and made way with $1200, After a search ho was located at Burns nnd Sheriff Richardson of Harney County wired Sheriff Odell that Moran was in his cus tody nnd that ho could como nf ter him. As Sheriff Odell has been subpoened to appear ns a witness in a caso before tlio Har noy county circuit court ho ro plicd that it would bo impossible for him to make tho trip and re turn. Moran promised to mako tho trip alone, nnd givo himself upon his arrival and Wednesday ho reached Vale. Waiting in this city for Moran wore C. E. Wood nnd J. P. Plover, two de tectives, who took him back to Spokane on Thursday. Vale Enterprise. Ask your grocer for Cremo, tho now breakfast food. pending n settlement Nnnnio Stallard vs. II. A. Martin Attachment Passed pending settlement C. E. S. Wood vs. J. W. Shown et ruxNote. On demurrer to complaint. Chns. Altschul vs. J. W. Shown Note. On demurrer to complaint. Paulino Locher vs. Krotsch & Burkhnrdt Recovery of monoy. Service not complete. KQU1TY. P. L. S. vs. Jnspcr Davis ct al --Injunction. Attornoys for plaintiffs to file brief in 30 days; defendants to filo brief in 20 days thereafter by order of tho court W. D. HufTman vs Fannio D. Smyth ct nl Injunction. 30 days to filo brief. W. T. VanDorveer vs S. C. Koyes accounting. Continued on former order of reference. Sophia Burkhnrdt vs. C. B. Ausmus Injunction. Continued on former order of roferonco. Chris Lnckman vs. Christina cinl connected witli tho giant Central Oregon lnnd deal, ad mits the purchase, but rofuscB information regarding tho inten tions or objects of tho purchasers. Ho said ho had just returned from tho west nnd was going back immediately, but denied tho impending conference with President Louis W. Hill of the Great Northern. "J. E. Burchard is president of the Burchard-IIurlburt In vestment company, and C. W. P. Davidson is a prominent St Paul flnnncier, associated with tho Northwest Colonization company. The Great Northern nnd North ern Pacific railroad authorities today denied any interest in the purchase. ! "These investors and finan ' ciers have, howovcr, in tho past been closely associated with the efTorts of tlio Hill lines to pur chaso rights-of-way for project ed railroads. All officials inter ested in tho land company nro now in Oregon, except Mr. Robertson." MILL TO ADVERTISE US. Colonel C. E. S. Wood address- cd a largo mooting at the Com mercial Club Tucndny ovening as tho personal representative of Jns. J. Hill. Ho stated that tho time Ontario had long been look ing for wns at hand, nnd as president of tho Boiso & Western, officially announced that that lino was a Hill road and that this city would be tho terminus of at least ono rond across Central Oregon. Ho said that Hill was in Oregon to stay, nnd that the great railroad magnato considered Central Ore gon the most neglected country in tlio world. Ho said not to look for a trans-continental line, ns Portlnnd was a deep water port and that was nil that was necessary for Mr. Hill to develop Oregon nnd ho would follow out his plnn of encouraging immigra tion to this state. Tlio Harriman interests wcro planning to build from hero across tho state and there would be no nttempt to block them in the Malheur can yon, as there was room enough for two railroads there. Ono road was better than nono for nny section, and two was better than ono. Mr. Hill was working for his shnro of tho traffic nnd from what Mr. Wood know of tho old man he was confident ho would get it. Tho purpose of Mr. wood was to present Mr. Hill's request to tho Commercial Club to nid him from which ho died yesterday morning. Such wno tho ovidenco last night at tho coroner's in quest when young Griffin took tho stand. In a choking voico tho boy told how IiIb friend was fatally injured whilo doing a friendly service for him, nnd how ho jumped into tho elevator s6 it might bo lowered and Mc Mnnus rescued. Griffin testified that McManus told him after the accident that he was ascending in tho elevator nnd started to closo tho door ns tho cage was going up. In some manner his foot slipped, throwing him beneath tho cage. The moment ho fell his hand left tho controller, and it being an automatic control shot back into plncc, stopping tho elevator. James King, proprietor of tho Goldberg said that he heard groans, and saw tho boy lying on the floor. Ho extricated him out as Boon as possible and took him to a room whero ho was attended by Dr. J. E. Cowperthwnite, who said that tho boy was badly bruised, and probably had re ceived internal injuries. McMnnus was 17 years of age, and waa bright and industrious. He had worked at the Goldberg since lost November, ana was well liked by Mr. King and the guests nt the house. He had been living with his father, James McManus, a stationary engineer at tho Elba block on Colorado street His mother re sides at Seneca, Ore., and no funeral arrangements will bo mado until she arrives. She is on her way to Butte. William C. McManus, city patrol driver, John and Ed McManus are uncles. Tho body is at Richard, s un dertaking rooms. Tho elevator boys of the city deeply deplore the loss of their friend. Butto City Intcrmoun-tain. Do you realize how much it means to you to get Quality in what you buy? There is a wide diversity in goods; we carry that class of mer chandise found only in other good stores. An examination of the goods in our Dress Goods department will' convince you of.our claim of Qual ity. You' will find a much differ ent line of goods --you will notice the Quality in looks at a glance. Most ol our goods are bought in dress patterns, a very important matter to you in selecting a nice sui.t. CALL AND EXAMINE OUR NEW GOODS Brown's Satisfactory Store FENCE NOT IMPROVEMENT. N. BROWN & SONS Burns, Oregon. : $$ $$$$$$$& 5u M. L. LEWIS -i '-ummjra ifirFInsSancpI in advertising Oregon by secur- VS, uiirtStinal it1(r ilnvlnLr nilnros vimvn nnn. Lackman-Quiet title. Continu-,cimcils of soii for nnniVfiiq. Mi. ... ,-... w lections of fnrm and garden pro- ed for service. W. II. Dolliltlo vs C. C. Con ners nnd II. M. Horton quiot title. On dem to complaint. C. H. Leonnrd nnd A. C. Wel come vs. M. FitzGcrnld Quiet title Counsel to call up. II. J. Hansen vs. Daniel Powers -Quiet title. On dem. to complaint. J. C. Turnoy vs. Louiso Tur noy Divorce. Dismissed on motion of plaintiff. Mnry South vs. W. J. South Divorce. Default of dofendnnt entered. M. M. Koyes vs. W. T. Vander Veer Forcclosuro of mortgngo. On dem. to complaint. Mary Maud Simmons vs. II. "B. Simmons Motion to modify decree. Two days to tlio counter affidavits. (Continued on page two.) ducts and statisticts from this section for advertising pamphlets to bo exhibited and destributcd from tho Grcnt Northern demon stration train that will bo run through tho Now Englnnd states tlio coming summer for tho pur poso of advertising Oregon nnd encouraging immigration to this gront state. Ontaria Optimist KILLED ACCIDENTALLY. CONFIRM LAND DEAL. Ore- A special dispatch to tho gonian from St Paul, says: "President O. R. Robertson, Had Harold McMnnus not tak en tho clovntor from tho fourth to tho lobby floor of tho Goldberg building Monday afternoon for his friond, Thomas Griffin, who was on shift nt that time, ho would not havo sustained fatal injuries. Ho had not yet gono Ion shift, but ns Griffin wns talk- ! ing to a lady on tho landing of I tho fourth story McManus took tho clovntor to the bottom to what proved a fatal call and in ascending his foot slipped, throwing him botween thn floor nnd tho cngo, causing injuries Assistant Commissioner Proud fit of tho general land office has written a letter to tho registers and receivers in tho various land districts ovor tho country, hold ing that fencing on n desert en try beforo survey cannot bo con sidered as a part of the improve ment except when it become nec essary to protect the construction works or the cultivated portion of tho tract Any attempt to secure such a preference right to desert land by merely fencing, he states, would incur liability to prosecution for unlawful fencing of public lands. His letter fol fel fol eows: "In reply to receiver's letter of Mnrch 7, 1910, you nro in formed that the act of March 28, 1908 (35 Stat, 62), provides that any individual qualified to make entry of desert lands who has prior to survey taken possession of a tract of unsurveyed desert lnnd, and has reclaimed or has in good faith commenced tho recla mation thereof shall have a pre ference right to mnke entry of such tract, etc. "In order to gain n preference right thoroforo, person must take such action ns is necessary nnd required in order to event ually irrigate, reclaim nnd culti vate the land, such as tho con struction of canals, branch and lateral ditches, clearing tho ground and leveling tho snmo when necessary, building dams or reservoirs or other improve ments of a liko nature. Fencing tho tract would not, howover, como within this category. Fencing a desert claim may only bo considered in connection with tho reclamation of tho land, when it becomes necessary to protect tho construction works or tho cultivated portion. "An attempt therefore, to so curo preference right of entry under said law, by merely fenc ing a tract of public land, would not only bo unfavorably consider ed, but tho party making tho nt tompt would incur a linbility to prosecution for unlawfully fenc ing tho public lands." ... Represents the.... g Home Insurance Co., of New York, W) Live pool, London & Globe, 5S Kirc Assurance Co., Philadelphia. OPFIOli WITH HKIOS & UKia. Uut ns, Oregon. g Concr,Soulh ( LunnburK & Dalton's. st m WW$&$$ SS ! Read tho pain formula on tho box of Pink Pain Tablets. Then ask your Doctor if there is a bet ter ono. Pain means congestion plood pressure somowhero. Dr, Shoop'a Pink Pain Tablets check head pains, womanly painB, pain anywhere, Try ono, nnd seel 20 for 25c. Sold bv Reed Kroa. . List Your Property With The Inland Empire Realty Company A speciality of Government land locations VV. T. LESTER, Manager, Burns, Ore. Rheumatic poisons are quickly and surely driven out of tho blood with Dr. Shoop's Rheuma tic Remedy liquid or tablet form. Dr Shoop's booklet on Rheuma tism plainly and interestingly tells just how this is done. Tell some sufferer of this book, or better still, write Dr. Slioop, Ra cine, Wis. for the book nnd free test samples. Send no money. Just join with Dr Slioop nnd give some sufTercr a pleasant surprise Reed Bros. Foil Sale A five room cot tage, four lots all fenced with two good wells, a windmill and other improvements. No rock. G. Hudspeth, Burns, Oregon. NOTICE. All parties owing Lewis & Gar rett, or Simon Lewis are hereby notified that all these accounts aro in the hands of our attorney C. II. Leonard for collection and settlement. Persons indebted to us will please settle the same with Mr. Leonard at once. Simon Lewis J. T. Garkett. Williams Bros, saw mill at Cold Spring on the Cnnyon road is prepared to do custom work for thoso desiring to take ad vantage of their government per mit Also lumber for sale at $12 per thousand. Seo them about custom prices. m $m&mm a The Harriman Mercantile Co. GENb-RAL MERCHANDISE BEST bb Complete line of Groceries and.Dry Goods Gents Furnishings FULL AMD COMPLETE L8&E OF HAtVl?LTOW BROWSE SHOES HARDWARE FARM IMPLEMENTS, WINOWA WAGONS, BARBED WIRE Wo gunranteo quality nndjpriccsLct us prove to you tlmt " ""wo'havc tluTgoods nt'right prices Call amllse-e us IZteMrx'ixxi&JOL, "iOarogr- Tfe &T Town bt Oraa Crit $&&&&&.& &fi&&&&&t: