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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.
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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.
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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."
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All parties owing Lewis & Gar
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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.
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J. T. Garkett.
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Cold Spring on the Cnnyon road
is prepared to do custom work
for thoso desiring to take ad
vantage of their government per
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per thousand. Seo them about
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