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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1910)
'.. 2. jug ' Ml ' iiMinwit be Vfte Vtma-Hrnl& The Oflloliil TApor of lUrnoy County ha tlio Urgviit circulation ndlionoof the bt Rilvortialng mediums in Kmtern Orrpon. ?CIc OTi'c.-i! 3fHnnicy Country Cowrn nn in mi of n,'l'JH,M)ll mm hi landi I.O.'ll.ll.'il iicHw j-ci vncmit kiiIiki'I to fiiilry niidcr llio (mlillci Ittntl nl llio Ulilliil WliTIi. VOL. XXIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 25, 1910 NO. 32 pimflleMft WLROAD MEN VISIT US weral Prominent Harriman Officers Look Over Harney Country T NOTHING FOR PUBLICATION sidcnt O'Brien and General Traffic Acrent Miller of UO. R. & N. Co. View The Harney Valley for First Time Tuttle and Stradley Return From Long Trip. no Harney country lias had vestment That a delagation of prominent lines were not built for fun, oad men within her borders therefore it was necessary to tag the week and while none show the men with money that a have expressed them- line would pay. jts as freely and to the point lid Mr. Hill of the Great Bhern during his recent visit, leverthelcss encouraging to them come, regardless of ; evasive taiK. I y-vr l. i u linen, presmeni ana,, ............ . ...,,,,,, ,, , tnvinrv viat. section to the attention of rail-ied. road builders in n practical way They left Thursday morning by everv individual gettinga farm I for Ontario with the intention of and developing it along some line. going immediately to Salt Lake. When Mr. O'Brien was called t The visit of these Harriman of- he expressed his pleasure of the ficcrs portends something immod- courtesy shown them by the busi- iate and wo expect somonnounce- Mr. Hanley followed with ono of his good sound talks about conditions in this state and stated that tho biggest part of Oregon was lvinor idle for lnnk of trans portation and markets. He urged his fellow citizens to assist in Tho party loft early Tuesday morning for Lakeview going out by tho way of Silver Creek. Thoy will go to Klamath and back ogain to Bend and the De schutes Canyon. Chief Engineer Stradley and General Tralllc Manager Tuttle of the Oregon Short Lino, ar rived hero again Wednesday evening after mnkingtT record trip in their autoThoy left tho P Ranch Sunday going to Lako viow. On Monday thoy drove some distance below Lakeview and back to Silver Lake, Tues day to Prineville and on Wed nesday to the Hanley homo ranch here. Theso gentlemen are from tho Salt Lake head- . . .. quarters of tho Harriman lines transportation ., ..,,,;, flinv ,i;.i . :,, nllf the object of their long trip through this territory it would indicate something good in tho way of railroad construction. Both are enthusiastic boosters of this section and since tho con struction of the Oregon Eastern under the mangement of tho Salt Lake ofllcers wo may look for good results from this visit as both men are particularly AGRICULTURE IN SCHOOL 1 1 Give Farm Boys and Girls Chance as Others Have Been Benefited FIILD PEAS TO FATTEN THE HOG Klamath County Farmer Tries Experiment to Increase Profits of Stockmen With Successful Results We Should Raise JlIorh to Supply The Local Markets. -rr be learned if they have intelli gent and interested older bro thers and sisters, or parents who nro ready with answers to all the questions, Great philanthropists have wisely established in largo cen ters of population tho technical schools whero boys and girls, ambitious but noor. may learn tho skilled trades or lit them-, , But for the great majority of , . ... , , , .. . r tho children this is not enough. selves for he by development of TJ)o flrat of U)c BchoQ .g some sort of handicraft. I hero loa(1 to inteijROnt observation, is tho Cooper institute, tho Ar-' The pupil is taught to havo eyes mour institute and tho Carnegie that see and ears that hear. He institute for example splendid i Cad to study the common ral manager of the Harri- lines in Oregon, R. B. Miller, ll traffic agent and C. W. : who helped to run the lines Igh this district, were in fcity this week. They came ay of Condon up the John river to Canyon and over arriving Sunday. The Iweremetouta few miles resident Leonard of the Bercial Club, and Wm. Farre escorted into town. On ay, in company with Mr. rd, they spent the day loot per the valley going out to- Waverly and Lawen then Sng back around the west- rt, thus obtaining a good If the big Valley. lformal reception was held Masonic hall on Monday at which a large number local business men met the people. It was a very al affair as Mr. O'Brien ited he did not wish to be feted and in fact rather not ach a meeting as the party ; in the railroad construc- Biness. resident Leonard Commercial Club was of ceremonies and called Ion. Frank Davey who icefully welcomed the len to Burns and express- lopes of our people in re- railroad building. Mr. esponbed but said at the ig he could not give his rthe talk they would like to since he had no infor- Uo give out regarding ; construction. killer stated the party had to the interior to see it iselves and observe con but not to make state- i,He was quite favorably Sd with the vastness of valley and sees a bril- jre for it with the land the water properly ind transportation lines. fed of the enormous in- population in the Unit- and figured that within sriod of time the Pacific buld receive a material if population. Consid- tvastness of this section, Iveloped condition and land values we could reat number of people. ller further stated that vere built by men who la return lor their in- ness men of Burns, but also stated he was sure they would bo disappointed since he was not in a position to make any prom ises. The party had some work in the Deschutes country and also at Fossil and had extended their visit to the Harney country merely to acquaint themselves of conditions so that should they be called upon to make recommen dations they would have infor tion first hand. Mr. O'Brien said that as a property owner of Harney county he would be glad to see not only one but two rail roads into this section, but since the work was not in his hands he could not say just what his com pany would do. From his talk it ; was quite plain he had either been asked to make a report on this section or expected it as he said that befere lines were built it must be shown by someone that it will make good. The question with him was whether within the next one, two or three ment within a short time. 000D ROADS PETITIONS OUT. institutions fulfilling missions which orignnted in tho minds of of great heart and earnest con- things all about him and to try to understand them. Then as a part of this preliminary training The campaign to build good roads in Oregon assumed another serious phase in that several hundred men throughout the state are circulating the petition providing for a constitutional amendment to remove the consti tutional restrictional on the peo ple's power to obtain and pay for good roads. In Portland Charles Lenon has been nut in charge of a forse of men who are circulating the petition. Throughout Oregon branches of the Oregon Good Road association, Automobile as sociations, thrcshermen, granges, fruit growing associations and county judges have charge of the campaign. Ten thousands are need. The aim is to obtain 20,000 as an evidence of the pro posed constitutional amend ment's popularity, says the Jour- years the population and develop-1 na ment of this interior section I At the present time the bonded would justify the building of a . indebtedness of any county can not be more than $5000. The proposed constitutional amend- road or not He closed his re marks by expressing a hope that we would follow Mr. Hanley's advice and assist in making the country more productive. Dr. Marsden was called on and responded with a short talk on conuiuons nere anu snoweu uiu i mnntina , ....H deep interest of our people m railroad condition. He told the visiting gentelmen that we keep posted on railroad building and were fully alive to the situation. He said that the people of Harney county realized the important position this section held in the line of railroad building and that local traffic alone was not the oniy inducement, ur. Marsuonsll ,,. Pinlf Pnin Tnhlnts. 1 r il. iu -r il-l" ' - - UpUKU Oi UIU COIlipiUUUIl Ul UIU Isthmian canal and the change it would cause in railroad transpor tation. A few pleasant and pointed remarks from J. J. Don egan and C. H. Leonard closed tho talk and tho visitors then mingled with those present and talked in an informal way. ment giving every county the power, but does not impose the obligation, to issue road build ing bonds to the amount of $100, 000. Cooperative nction between is suggested so that trunk highways may be built across the state and penetrating the interior. The lack of easily traversible highways is said to be Oregon's greatest bar to systematic and, rapid development. Pain anywhere stopped in 20 minutes sure with one of Dr. Tho formula is on tho 25-cent box. Ask your Doctor or Druggists about this formula! Stop woman ly pain, headache, pains nny wherc. Write Dr. Shoop, Racine, Wis, for free trial to proye value. Reed Bros. victions. For tho city boys ond j for ijf0 should cornea study of the common things of the farm. They arc just as interesting, just as important, just as scientific. as the things which relate to the skilled trades and the great in dustries of tho cities. What can be taught in tho school? The old-fashioned es says on tho dignity of labor, or tho discourse on the indepen dence of tho farm life, do not holp very much. But what a marvelous field there is in consid eration of the Roil, tho water, the climate, the varieties of plants, roots and leaves, how plants grow, why soils are good or bad, time of growing, varieties of crops for different sections, methods of girls .they nro n great blessing. It remains for someone to de vise a way to do for tho poor farm boys and girls what men have already done for some of the city boys nnd girls. How enn it be done? Tho estab lishment of heavily endowed institutes might not prove suc cessful. Much is already being done through the state agricul tural colleges. But a great deal more could be done today nnd every year by and through the rural schools that are scattered all over the country. There has been in our conven tional form of education, too much of magnifying the import Job printing The Times-Herald ancc of things which are big be-jcultivation, rotation of crops, fer causo they nro massed n cities, f tilization of soils, livestock indus Tho school book maker has hiswcftry.vScicnre of butter making, on the big cotton mill, the ships farm tools, gathering crops, mar which cross the ocean, tho iron kets and marketing, landscape foundry, or the art palaces. The. gardening, making tho homo nrtifical things of life are clothed, beautiful, farm recreations, etc. with a certain glamor so that the , Why, the field is quite large school child is unconsciously led 'enough for a series of lesssons away from tho things sur- running all tho way from the rounding the school. Tho boys kindergarten to tho higher grades feel that the life of his parents of the rural school. Only the is not worth while. All tho fas- general principals may be touch cination is in some other life ed upon but everyone who has atout which ho knows nothing nttended the rural schools knows save what he reads. how all these subjects have been What must be done to get back . ignored in the schools of America to the first principles. The rural in the past half century. schools of our country, especially ' That there will be great ad- those of the middlo and western i vancoment in the matter in the states, are the schools for the j next decade we havo no doubt, boys nnd girls who are to bo tho The peoplo are awakening to future farmers. These boys and their needs. Tho way to have girls have a right to know that 'scientific farmers is to begin with there is something more in the ' tho boys nnd girls. And begin occupation of their fathers and ning this way we shall soon wit neighbors than long hours of dull ness a wonderful transformation drudgery. on the fair fields of tho middle The agriculture of tho future and western states whero lie the must be based on science. I lap- greatest possibilities for the fu- hazard farming will not do. turo. Campbell's Scientific Far Farming according to grand father's time tested rules does not necessarily mean success. But if this basis of scientific agriculturo is to bo of greatest value the children must under stand the principles underlying. It may bo said, and it is often asserted, that tho farm children learn enough of farm life by see ing things done. If they use their eyes well thoy will learn much. A great deal more- will of tho Klamath country tells of an experiment that he is trying on his farm near Dairy. Somo time ago Mr. Sherman was reading tho complaint of tho meat packers that Oregon did not grow sufficient hogs to near ly supply tho local markets. At about tho same time ho read of an experiment mado by a farmer in Colorado who raised field peas and fed them to his hogs with the result that he fattened them for the mnrket at 15 per cent less than the farmers of tho middlo west did on their corn. Mr. Sherman concluded that if a Colorado farmer was ablo to raise peas at an altitude of 9000 foot nbovo tho sea, ho ought to beat it at 4100 feet elevation. Investigation showed that somo years ago Klamath county far mers raised GO bushels of peas to tho aero and finally quit because they did not know what to do with their crops. Consequently Mr. Sherman sent to Denver and secured a quantity of field pea seed, and now hns a large field of fine field pens. This fall he will fatten hogs on tho peas raised, and will then be ablo to tell whether his theory is a good one or not He thinks he will bo successful, and if he is it is certain that he will have shown the way for a great increase in the profits of farming. -Portland Journal. New Spring and Summer Novelties j,,f Shown by us for the first time in t'he latest oocls (or Dresses and Gowns are seldom found outside of the larger cities. We are a ways looking for the new swell lines Nothing too good to show our patrons THEY WANT THE IIEST--WE KtP IT mcr. FIELD PEAS POR OKEQON IIO0S. Charles W. Sherman, of Dairy, Klamath county, has a new idea for mnking money for the far mers of the state, particularly of his section of tho county, Mr. Sherman is in tho city visiting his son, John W. Sherman of the Baker Stock company, and in discussing tho farming conditions Business Chat for Business People i want to deal with people who attend to their i Do you want to know anything about us? Ask our ess.' we are too Busy to meddle witn otners. clients or any ronauio business man in iiarney couniy. want the very best investments for the least upon the best possible terms? want to sell your property and secure a sure gale for the same? want the very best 1C0 or 320-acre home- Lll locations guaranteed or money refunded. know that we sell more lands than any in Harney county? know that times were never better to sell or tments than right now? know that we are proud of our success? luse we attend strictly to our own business, m business and do tho business right. Our satisfied clients aro our best advertisements. Do you know that wo are representatives of somo of tho richest and mosYrelinble real estate firms in America? Do you know wo think Harney county tho best place in tho United States today for investment? Do you know we can give you a free trip to Old Mexico? Como in and seo us about it Do you know we can sell you on easy payments tho very finest lands in Old Mexico and Dominion of Canada? Do vou lmow that enercrv and honesty aro tho foundation of all business success? Do you know that we delight in pleasing our clients and that your success is our bucccss? I Do you want to sell or invest? Wo havo tho buyers with tho cash nnd tho largest list of lands for salo in Eastern Oregon. Wo can sell your property tho quickest and havo the best investments in the country. Wo havo them to pick from, tho cream of tho land. Do you know that you aro alwnys wclcomo? Como in and brush tho dirt off and rest yourself, whether you hnvo business or not. Freo reading and writing room plenty of comfortable chairs. Wo can at least bo socia ble and if you have any business in our line, wo feel sure of gotting it. Special References: Tho First National Bank and Harney County National Bank, both of Burns, Oregon. Office: First door south Harney County Nnt'l Bank. INLAND EMPIRE REALTY COMPANY First door south of the Harney County National Bank, Burns, Oregon MAR VG WONT OCT SQARB DEAL. If the House Committee amend ment to the reclamation law is enacted as it has been submitted to the lower branch of Congress, legal sanction will be given to the past practice of depriving Oregon of several million dollars that should be used in reclama tion work in the state. When voting on the $30,000,000 special loan proposed to expedite recla mation projects, tho House Com mittee recommended repeal of section 9 of tho old law, which specifics that at least a majority of tho funds derived from sale of public lands in each state be used for reclamation in that state. In the past, despite this law, Oregon lias not been getting much more than n fourth of her contribution to this fund. Pro tests were made during the Hitchcock regime but without more avail than promises. In those days the Secretary of tho Intorior said that when good pro jects were found the state's legal minimum of 51 per cent of tho fund would bo appropriated. Since Secretary of the Interior Ballinger has como into office these promises have been renew ed, but so far no additional funds have been provided for the state, nor have there been surveys indi cating that projects other than Klamnth nnd Umatilla arc under serious consideration. When talk of tho $30,000,000 loan from tho Federal treasury to the reclamation fund began, there was hope in Oregon that four or five millions of this would be applied immediately to work here, to bring the state's quota near tho same proportion main tained in the reclamation group. But this hope was blasted by tho statement that tho loan was in tended to complete Inrge projects which had been commenced and for which there was not sufficient money. Still Oregon interests hoped that some power would bo moved which could compel tho re clamation Servico to grant at least tho legal minimum, as tho law provides in tho clearest terms. Such observance of tho law would bring to Oregon about $2,000,000 immediately. Now tho state faces the pros pect of having the section of tho law repealed which was tho only guaranteo that somo time great er appropriations would havo to bo mado. If this repeal clause is carried, Oregon men who havo been following reclamation work fear for tho state's future share in federal attention. To prevent adoption of tho House Committee roport, irrigntionists hopo that every friend of Oregon will exort his supremo onergies. Tolo-gram. Brown VMsfafc Shr N. BROWN & S Burns, Oregon. ON S iT MMS&SxM iSi M. L. LEWIS --zr FIRE1 FRANCE ... R. presents the.... Home Insurance Co., of New York, LIVt J"WI, LUIIUUII CV VJIUUC, T $ I'lre Assurance Co.. Philadelphia. OFFICE WITH HKIUS & HKK1-. II u ns, Oregon. Co ucr -outli tif LunnbuiK & I)altn'.s. 6W6XiWV& VstfttS I The HOTEL BURNS j I N. A. DIBBLE, Propt. i CENTRALLY LOCATEO, ; GOOD, CLEAN MEALS, i COMFORTABLE ROOMS j Courteous treatment, rates reason- j able--Cive nr a ca'l : A First Class Bar in Connection THE CAPITAL SALOON, C. A. BEDKLL, Proprietors. Burns, - Ore - 3Cs,3s:e Tlxis 3Cesid.q -darters-Wines. Liquors and Civa:-. Billiard and Poo! Tables. Club Rooms in Conne. n. m m You may look nnd you may lis ten, but you will eventually call on Irving Miller and take advant- ago of somo of his bargains in real estate. Also tho man wish ing to sell can not do bettor than to list with him. Room G. Odd (Fellow building. The Harriman Mercantile Co. 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