HMMMWMtlMMaMMgMM II V HJci Wle CSrcnl 31 n nicy Co u tiny Cotcrn nn n ri-u of 11,428,800 nun ol Innd, 4,d;H,li5I ncrcR jut iuimt pnbil to entry under (ho public liiml Iruh ol tlio United Btntes. The Official Paper of llurno County has tho Urgoat circulation and iaonool tlie beat ndvortishiR modlutns In Kaalorn Oregon. VOL. XXIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 10, 15)10 NO. 43 gjEBsHtiMtMNmffimeMnnsMmaafBn She Ipmg-fieMli COUNTY FAIR PROGRAM Most Attractive and Interesting Ever Offered to The Public NEW FEATURES FOR EACH DAY Entertainment for Fair Visitors That Will Please All Big Stock Show Proposed to be Representative of Great Industry in Harney County if Possible. The program gotten up for the ( purse will bo divided $15 to first entertainment of fair visitors is, and $10 to second. of the best and most attrac-l lh? Um ra.ce w, bp K?v" ( nrtinrf v Amormnn 'lVmimrr tive yet put out It is one that, Associotion rulea and thoPO mU8t will appeal to ail and make every be at least three entries in the lay attractive throughout the en-! same class to start. Entrance tire week. The relay race, ladies 10 per cent and if less than five ce, mule race, gentleman's trot i entries the purse will be reduced nd bionco busting features will correspondingly. idd interest to the program and! The Association reserves the the auto race and ae features which parade will are sure to Dlease. The stock parade this year should surpass all previous efforts in this lino and it is hoped will ae truly representative of that lost important industry in Har- ley county. The entertainment features for the week have not ill been outlined as other attrac tions are being considered that hvill add to the interest of the Kveek. The program as now nown follews: TUESDAY. right to change, postpone or de clare off any and all these events for a good and sufficient reason. No money paid without a contest and no race allowed to fill from one stable. boulders, is to bo leveled with crushed rock. County Judge Richardson wont out to sco tho kind of work being done. Tho county court has donated $1000 for tho improve ment of this county road and intends to have that money spent advantageously. Tho work will continue until it is known that freighters and tho traveling pub lic are satisfied. Vale Enterprise INDUSTRIAL NOTES. Bid STOLK SHOW. In conversation with a gentle man the other day regarding tho fair the matter of a greater in terest in the livestock exhibits was mentioned. This gentleman stated that Harney county has some of the finest stock in the 8 mile dash free for all Harney I but th,at '"any Rowers lid county saddle horses, purse $25.!"!' ve. ul neir 1 mile dash free for all, purse B75. J mile dash, free for all, purse B0. One mile auto race for cars of 30 horse power or less, no en trance fee, purse $25. WEDNESDAY. lh mile saddle horse relay race, change horses every' quarter lile, purse $50. i mile dash free for all, purse B0. J mile saddle horse race, lady riders, purse $25. g mile dash, free for all, purse 5100. i mile mule race, purse $15. THURSDAY, g mile saddle horse race, purse 25. $ mile dash Iree lor all, purse animals in shape for the show ring and therefore do not com pete for the premiums offered by the fair. He admitted the pre miums offered were most liberal dnd that they should be an in ducementbeing in most cases about three times what neighbor ing county fairs give but they do not seem to respond. This gentleman, who is a stock raiser himself, suggests a gener al gathering of the blooded stock here during fair week and that all participate in the parade on Friday afternoon. This proposi tion will find favor with the Fair Association, and in fact the board will be glad to arrange for such an exhibition. The board will I not object to animals not entered , for premiums taking part in the parade, although it would be imuch better to have all such hoc nQ ;i Mf f r oil o in "Isic-ck on me entry ust, Vli lilll llUb 41WV 1U1 lt W It leats, purse $150. FRIDAY. i mile saddle horse race, purse 825. ' Four and one half furlongs, free for all, purse $100. Bronco busting contest, purse 825. J mile pony race, purse $25, h mile gentleman's trot, team four wheeled rig, purse $25. Stock parade. SATURDAY. Smile saddle horse race, purse &25. i mile dash free for all, purse 6100. One mile dash free for all, purse $150. Consolation race, purse $50. Auto parade, prize of $25 for hnaf flnpnrntn1 pnr Conditions In all free for all! uoara We have had some fine stock parades in the past and are con fident it will be better at the fair next month, yet none have really been representative of the great industry in Harney county. No one regrets this more than the fair board, but it ias given pre miums in a pro rata form of the importance of the industries of 'the county and feels this to bo the only method to follow in such awards. The premium list is more liber al this year than ever before and compares favorably with those offered by the State Fair at Salem. Several new premiums have been added to stock and that industry has been given ape cial attention with a view of cov ering it more completely with the funds at the disposal of the (Portland Correspondence. ) Reflecting tho prevailing pros perity throughout the Pacific Northwest, Portland has just passed through tho most success ful August in its history, a month elsewhere accepted as one of midsummer dullness, when busi ness of nil kinds is in the dol drums. Not by any small per centage has Portland outdistanc ed former records, but by a wide margin. All the wealth comes from tho soil, rivers mines and forests of the tributary country; Portland is merely the mart where the products come. Pros perous conditions here testify to the well filled purse of the pro ducer in the nearby territory. Oregon's game birds are want ed in the South. Louisiana has arranged to stock her lands with 500 Chinese plfcasants, purchas ing the birds and eggs from a Corvallis grower. The birds will bo protected for five years, when they mny bo shot by hunters under certain regulations. Many new towns of Oregon and Washington will soon be on the map now being issued by tho Portland Commercial Club, which brings this wholo region up to date and fills up gaps noted in existing maps. Changes in tho railroad situation will be shown and the accurate mapping of the two states will be a valuable aid in informing strangers of the opportunity that exists in the Northwest. Accurate data of each locality will bo given, the map being reproduced from plates used by the government Census Bureau. Oregon fruit has scored anoth er triumph, Hood River fruit growers having just made what is believed to be the biggest sale of fancy apples on record. Tho New York commission firm of Steinhardt & Kelly have closed for practically all the fancy ap ples grown in the Hood River district, the purchase amounting to between 250,000 and 300,000 boxes, or over 100 carloads. Tho transportation involves a sum close to half a million dollars. Oregon's hop crop promises to be generous, with first class quality. Tho yield is now being gathered and great care is taken in the picking to get a crop clean of leaves and stems that will bring the usual good figure that Oregon hops command in tho world's markets. HILL ON FOOD PRODUCTS Empire Builder Emphasizes Truths Concerning Food Supply DECREASE IN THE MEAT SUPPLY The Oregonian Comments Editorially on Address That Was Written for Portland Livestock Exposition- Neglect of Animal Industry Has Impoverished Soil. TO TUB TRAFFIC. races, live to enter and tnree to Btart, entrance 10 per cent of purse. Purses divided 70 and 30 per cent. Entries close with secretary at 8 o'clock the even ing preceding tne race, uignt reserved to fill with less than live, reducing purse in propor tion. Pacific coast Jockey Club rules to govern so far as practi ce. No entrance fees charg- ( Ed in auto race, ladies race, relay race, mule race, pony race or aronco busting contest. Saddle lorses must be owned in Harney bounty six months prior to the fair and the horse winning first loney is barred from the follow ing races during tho fair. (The pony race is strictly for boys and ponies must be 141 hands or less The judges will pass on all iiorses and riders before the race i tarts. Tho Association will not fur- iiish horses for tho bronco con- est and those participating must lecuro tnem. mere must bo at east three competitors and tho Should there bo stockmen who do not desire to enter animals for premiums and desire to show their stock at tho parade, thoy will be welcome to participate. Bring in your stock and lot us show for once the real backbone of the livestock industry of Har ney county. Improving Burns-Vale Road. As the result of the work of tho Chamber of Commerce com mittee, recently appointed to see that the road from Vale to West fall and on to the Harney county line bo improved at once, County Road Master GUbson has a force of men at work repairing and otherwise placing that important highway into traveling condition. Part of tho road has already been improved and the gang of road builders is now at work on cul verts and bridges this side of Westfall. Tho long grade near Westfall which has been almost impassable on account of tho big Owing to the high price of grain and hay and tho general in creased cost of maintenance and operation, tho following schedule of rates of the C. M. Kellogg stage Co. become effective Sept.l, 1910, subject to change without netice: Burns and Valu Burns to Fare Freight Harney $ Cow & Rock Creeks Buchanan's ... . Drewsey. . Beulah . Fopiano Westfall. :. Warm Springs Vale- . . Burns and Prairih City. 1.50 2.25 3.00 5.00 7.00 9.00 10.00 11.00 12.00 $1.00 1.50 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.00 4.00 5.00 5,00 Hardisty Sta .. 3.00 Silvies ... 4.00 Seneca (5.00 Canyon 8.00 Prairie City 10.00 Burns and Diamond. Narrows 3.00 Voltage 4.00 Smith 5.50 Diamond G.00 Burns and Venator Lawen 2.50 Harriman 3.75 Venator 6.00 If your liver is sluggish out of tone, and you feel bilious, constipated, taken of Chamborlain's Stomach 1.00 1.50 2.00 8.00 4.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 3.00 1.50 2.00 3.00 and dull doso and In tho nddrcss of James J. Hilll written for tho Portland Live stock Exposition, Mr. Hill reiter ated with new emphasis those ffundamental truths concerning tho source of food supply and tho cost of living which he has been teaching fpr a long time, says the Oregonian editorilly. The logical frame of his address is simple and its significance poten tous. Notwithstanding our rap idly increasing population the number of domestic animals in the United States is actually de creasing. Tho receipts of live stock at tho Chicago stock yards fell off more than a million and a half head from 1908 to 1909. Taking hogs alone, perhaps tho most important of nil the food animals, tho receipts at the,, thirteen principal markets in tho country diminished by moro than five nnd a half million between 1908 nnd 1909. If this keeps up what are we coming to? Who will bo able to eat meat five years from now with a demand constantly growing and a supply as constantally diminishing? Mr. Hill then proceeds with his inex orable command of industrial information to show that this is likely to continue. It is not a mere transient phenomenon due to causes which will presently disappear, but is u condition that will be accentuated unless intelli gent effort is brought to bear. The tendency has been plain for many years to those who would take the pains to see it. It has been written in our sta tistics for many years if anybody cared to look for it," to quote Mr. Hill's precise language. Naturally our exports of live stock are falling ofl" since tho number of head reaching the pri mary markets has decreased. But it will surprise many to learn that this country exported 40 per cent less wheat in 1909 than in 1901. The simple fact is that food production is falling behind food consumption in the United States. We are confront ed with the specter of failing nutriment, which Malthus pre dicted would appear everywhere in the world sooner or later, and it brings high prices, hardship to the industrial poor and impov erishment to the soil. But Mnl thus taught that tho failure of food was a fate that could not be avoided. Mr. Hill shows pretty plainly that in our case wo have our selves to blame. One reason which ho advances for tho de cline in livestock production is singularly interesting. In pri mative times, beforo the railways were built, tho only way to got crops to market profitably was to feed them to cattle and hogs which could transport themsolvcs Now tho railroads have made transportation cheap and facile and it seems to pay better to market tho grain in its natural state. It follows that tho far mers do not raise so many ani mals as formerly. To doubt this is ono reason why tho number of domestic animals have declined, but of course there aro many others. Tho attractive simplicity of grain farming must not bo over looked. To raise a crop of wheat or corn, prepare it for market nnd sell it out of hand requires little exorcise of tho brain nnd leaves tho farmer long leisuro hours during tho winter months. Raising stock is n very different matter. It requires knovvledgo of breeds, problems of diet in trude, nnd it is necessnry to wait longer for returns, at least if ono raises cattle. Thus tho in ertin of tho farmer inclines him to wnsteful grain production. In Tho increasing value of land (Juts been another factor in cur tailing tho number of food ani- I mals. This has kept the farmer of small means with his nose to , tho grindstone. Ho found it necessary, in order to pay rent nnd taxes, to produce whatever I Would bring in immediate returns nnd had neither time nor capital to take advantngo of scientific I methods. The destruction of the 'poor is their poverty. As Mr. I Hill points out, tho neglect of animal industry on the farms i has necessarily led to impoverish ment of the soil. Constantly re moving food elements from the land and restoring little or noth- l Ing has caused the yield of wheat and corn to decline steadily un til now it is less than half what it should bo per acre. ' Of course the remedy for this ' discouraging state of things is a radical change in our methods of agriculture. Conservation of the 1 soil 1b more important thnn nny other branch of that much dis cussed subject, nnd it is provi dential that it can be accomplish ed without any legislation or sec tional quarrels. Nothing is nec essary but a moderate amount of intelligence on the farmer's part a determination to abandon wasteful methods for something better, and capital enough to en able him to put his improved ideas into practice. Just a lack of capital and intelligence is the cause of all blunders on tho farm, so they are indispensable to pro gress. Not only must wo have farmers who nro better informed but we must nlso have more farmers if the food supply of the country is to overtake the population. of theaubstitute. Tho difference in price lx twecn the genuine product and the substitute is so great that dealers aro tempted to sell the latter for tho former. Only by requiring that the consumer may differentiate be tween tho two articles can honest traffic in the substitute be secur ed. This was contemplated by Congress when the present inter nal revenue tax of ten cents per pound was Kvicd upon "artifi cially colored oleomargarine." Many people think that all oleo margarine is tnxed ten centa per pound. This is not a fact, Olcomargnrino which is "artifi cially colored" so that tho con sumer cannot distinguish it from butter is tho only oleomargarine that is thus taxed, when it is put upon the market jn its natu ral color it is only taxed one fourth of ono cent per pound. It is only when the product is made to look like butter so that it may bo fraudulently sold as butter that a burdensome tax is imposed upon it. The imposition of tho tax is not to suppress the sale of oleomargarine or to make it moro expensive to the con sumer, but to prevent 'fraud in its sale. HotWeatherSpecial We are offering goods for Summer wear at special reduced prices in order to make room for our large fall and winter stock. We invite you to call and you wili find all summer goods reduced to a price that will save you money. town's k As usually treated, a sprained anklo will disable a man for three or four weeks, but by ap plying Chamberlain's Liniment freely as soon as the injury is recieved, and observing the directions with each bottle, a cure can be effected in from two to four days. For sale by all good dealers. NcllgioiiH Services. LAFFERTY TO TALK NEXT FRIDAY. A. W. Lafferty, of Portland, insurgent candidate for congress, will talk at the court house in Burns next Friday night, Sept. 10, at 8 o'clock, and has extend ed an invitation to all other can didates to divide time with him. LafTerty is opposing tho assem bly idea, and besides the Nation al issue of insurgency is basing his campaign on showing up dis crimination against Oregon by the government in ndministra- tion ot public lands. Ho proves that tho Interior Department has construed the homestead and timber land laws off tho statute books, so that a man's rights to tako up 1G0 acres of land are now practically worthless. He direct ly charges Congressman Ellis with responsibility for repeal of Section 9 of tho Reclamation Act, which resulted in the government taking for use in other states tho sum of $5,300,000 derived from sale of public lands in Oregon. (Paid Adv.) The following are Rev. A. J. Irwin's regular preaching ap pointments for the year 1910. Burns the third and fourth Sundays of each month at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunset School House at 10:30 a. m. the first Sunday of each month. Narrpws at 3 p. m. and 7:30 p. in. tho first Sunday of each month. Waverly at 10 a. m. the second Sunday of each month. Lawen at 3:30 p. m. and 7:30 p. in. the second Sunday of each month. Donstead School House at 3 p. in. the third Sunday of each month. Sunday School at Burns every Sunday morning at 10 o'clock a. m. Services at the Baptist Church first and second Sundays in each month. Sunday School at 10 a. m. every Sunday. Prayer meet ing Thursday evening. iiefacisrf Store N & SONS Burns, Oregon. VOirN sot i.. .; ,rrtr ir7" .rarjfl"rf vi ! aro3sT ViWsytfQy& ff L. LEWIS- ""lasjUK" llRREJWA ... Represents the.... Home Insurance Co., of New York, Live pool, London & Globe, Fire Assurance Co., Philadelphia. OFPICIi Wllfl IIKKIS & lilOOS. Itu us, Oregon. ' o ner loutli i,( Lunabuij; & Dalton's m & 5$ && $ Q l tS and you "will feel alright ' M-wtay he follows, tho lino in tho morning. Sold by all, of least resistance, often to his dealers. serious loss. Butler and Duller Substitutes. The great majority of people eat butter and much prefer it to any of tho substitutes which havo been put upon tho market. How over, n great many people must uso a substitute on account of tho high prices which prevail during certain months of the year. Oleomargarino is tho most com mon substitute for butter and millions of pounds of this pro duct aro consumed each year. Tho difference in cost of produc tion between oleomargarino nnd butter is so great that when but ter is retailed at forty cents per pound, oleomargarino may bo re tailed at twenty cents per pound at as great a profit to the dealer. Tho person who chooses to purchase- the substitute should bo allowed to do so and he should bo required to pay only tho price It is not the quantity of food taken but the amount digested and assimilated that gives stren gth and vitality to tho system. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets invigorate the stomach and liver and enable them to preform their functions naturally. For salo by all good Dealers. The Lone Mur RESTAURANT GliiiiH dtorgu, Proprietor, Cur. Main nnd II Slructfl. JVIBALiS AT ALiLt HOURS Bakany in connection A Specidlty of Short Orders. Th'i liirniHlii'd with uvurything tho market nHnrib Your patron ugu solicited, The HOTEL BUftHS N. A. DIBBLE, Propt. CENTRALLY LOCATED GOOD, CLEAN STEALS, COMFORTABLE ROOMS Courteous treatment, rates reason ableGive me a caM A First Cla; s Bar in Connection CM. KELLOGG STAGE CO. Four well equipped lines. Excellent facilities for transportation of mail, express, passengers Prairie City to Burns. Vnle to Burns , Burns to Diamond Burns to Venator E. B. WATERS, Agent. M si". Handsome Woman Evcrv w . min may no t bo hand some, but every woman should keep with enro the cd points nnturo liua given her. No woman need have saHaw skin, dull eye, blotchy complexion, who pays nronei" ntteulion to her health. WherconstJpation,Hvcrderange ments. blood impurities and other irregularities exist, good complex ion, bright cyco nr.l oprightly movements cannot exist, internal derarsmenl rcvnl tliemtdrea toonrr or Iblir on llio lurfacc. lUaJncho, iUilt rlnu urour.d tho eyea, tallow (kin, n con tant tlied fcclinsnieon tl'at tho liver nnd digrstlvo orgr.ni am nnedinQ help ar.d correction. Clmir.berU.n'a Stomach and Liver Tablets (tvn tl ! iirccitary help, Ih.y wnrk hi imttiro. own v.y. Th.r da not m.r.ly fta'ti th. bo b but tot i tip tho liver .nit ttom.clttotuUtU their pr pr fumllom. So mild ond R.ntlo do they ct that ono ti.rdly r..tii. th.t th.y li.va t.k.n midicin. Chamb.rl.in'. Tablet, c.n bor.H.d UDontor.ll.vobiUouan.il, Inditfoittloii, ronillp.tloit and uLiin.lt. Soldov rywk.ro. I'rlce 23 cunti, I The Harriman Mercantile Co. GENERAL MERCHANDISE LOWEST PRICES Complete line of Groceries and Dry Goods ; Gents Furnishings ; FULL AND COMPLETE LIN B OF HAMILTON. 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