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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1910)
jgfo' -, HHIIIII'I IHliiUUI, VH tm?lra(& Th Ofllolal Paper ol llarn'oj County hi the UrgKit circulation nnd Ii ono of h o belt lulvortlalng mediums in Baatotn Oregon. C7ic0rcnl Urtfucu ouulry Covers (in nrcn of 0,428,800 acres of land, 4,031,()1 ncren yet vacant enbfect to entry undei tho public land laws of. tbo United Pin tea. XXIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, OCTOBER 22, 1910 NO. 49 m MORE DAIRY COWS ind Looking to Eastern Oregon Now for Butterfat JAL BUTTER FAMINE HERE icient Butler Made for Home Consumption and city of Milk and Cream at all Seasons, With Shcese of Local Manufacture Raise More Hogs. been a butter famine I bo considerably higher. This r some time and now would be hard to do at tho mo ment simply because of tho enormous arrival of eastern storage stuff. Not only is tho Pacific North west forced to purchase heavy supplies of eastern butter during tho time of greatest production but many orders were cancelled armed that several lo- jvo ordered creamery outside points as has jstom in former years. bo a scarcity of milk fat all seasons of the lugh Dr. Hibbard sells lount from his dairy I simply because makers hero were that amount more fur-, not able to take care of tho trade. bows owned by private business is neglected lion where conditions prable. We should not cent out of Harney This applies principally to Alas kan business. For several years Portland .has secured a lnrge per cent of the butter orders from the far north because of this- being a primary his son, D. F. Stevens, train master of tho Now York, Now. Haven and Hartford, who lives in Now York. "Of course, I will stop off at St Paul and Chicago on my way east, but I havo no questions in mind that will bo taken up. Tho Portland union depot question may como up for discusgion, and it may not. I am going on a pleasuro trip principally to see tho babiesmy grandchildren. Mr. Stovens will bo gone about two weeks. Roturning, ho will bo accompanied by Mrs. Stevens, who has been in Now York for some time. In regard to tho proposed east and west lino through central Oregon, Mr. Stevens stated this morning that instructions havo been issued to his engineers in Burns to filo tho maps with tho government land department for approval. The survoy runs from Bend to Harney lake. Portland Journal. OREGON SHEEP ARE BEST A TIMELY OPINION. Written by MUa Alice Hill Crittenden of New York. So Says G. W. McKniglit, a Promi nent Grower of Vale COMPARE FAVORABLY WITH ANY This Fact Expected to be Demonstrated aU Convention of National Wool Growers Association at Portland Great Northern Interested in Oregon Apple Show. tdairy products of any ' market with the consequent low hie same should be said to ham, bacon and two industries fit her and are of such im- to demand tho atten- tt.1 raisers. Gs-rleralu has justnot- rle in a recent issue of id Journal by Hyman in which it appears lis a lack of dairy pro- Jghout the state and rn Oregon is being in- . by creamery interests with the hope that it the deficiency in but- lder present conditions ive their ducks to a at." Tho article says, t scarcity of milk and ucts in tho Pacific calls attention anew t that although tho in the three states is greatly, the number ild by dairy interests minished. there has been er values. This year a different situation ruled and butter at Port land wasjust as high as on Puget sound where they have always been compelled to bring in east ern and northern butter during the best part of tho dairy season while Portland has, up to this year, had some sort of a surlus. RAILPOAD A1APS SOON IN PORTLAND, Work on Titles. Rltht-of-Wey, etc., is About Coropleled for Hill Line. Permanent location maps for the trans-Oregon Hill railroad are being rushed to completion in the surveyor's office in Bums ac cording to reports from Portland railroad headquarters. It is also learned that all matters pertain ing to completion of maps, titles and right-of-ways through Mal heur canyon will bo sent in to the Portland headquarters very 'country today. shortly. It is well known that the Ore- f creamery butter of I Bn Trunk people have run sev- at this period of tho ' cral preliminary surveys across trs a' lot until this year have Silk companies found it necessary to cut their quarters. A firm or- i carload of milk each 1d get that much each the state to connect with their Deschutes line at or near Bend. One of the last of these surveys connected with the Boise & Western survey at the Malheur Gan. runnintr Westward throucrh the Harney valley to a point ths the canned milk 'north of Harney Lake then north- e been nlaceu in this, westerly up cuver ureeK lora Everyone wants more distance of about thirty miles, nd would be able to Moving tho valley through f it were supplies of l Wagontire Gap and Glass Butte, sufficient even durintr thence in a direct line across the Hign uesert to lientl. A preliminary survoy was run ,on this route early in the summer. The surveyors returned this fall and made a permanent loca'tion, since which timo it is learned, a number or railroad contractors have been out over parts of tho line. This is the route referred to by locating Engineer Kuney in his recent interview in Bend, which was printed a few weeks ago in the Enterprise, and in which he pronounced tho route economical m both construction f the season. The can rade does not depend me season for its sup takps the year as a ilk that is canned in r is just as good during spring or winter as is WPt put up at a much -years ago jt was the local creamery butter shade prices heavily i spring months owing fet accumulating prices This was not the case and during the period and operation. 'flush" when supplies, Since tho trip of President e tho heaviest of the ( J-veic ana nis party through Eastern Oregon, the Harriman and Oregon trunk people have evidently joined hands, ns was utter to tako caro of; reported, and gotten together on re was scarcely BUlli- sm coming forward to the creameries with ediate requirements. s general business in concerned there were operations in the but- tduring the last season. he reason why today. tor should be selling low, tho price is with- motions of tho highest obbtained here. lastern cold storage has zed by the local trade is season than was the y two previous seasons, ery day a car of eastern nes to the local market as quickly consumed, (o of butter is so scarce mo that it has almost )o called a trade factor. asis of tho amount of UU mituu uy lucui crcuiii- tis timo the price should an agreement as to tho location of .their respective East and West line through tho state as well as the time when construction work shall bo commenced. Tho Enter prise has it on good authority that these matters havo been turned over to and aro now in tho hands of President Stevens of the Oregon Trunk and Gen. Man ager O'Brien of tho Harriman system, and that all matters per taining to completion of maps titles and right-of-way aro being rushed as fast as possible. Vale Enterprise. Eaglaeer Inilracled to Pile Maps. Ono of tho fundamental differ ences between the suffragists and anti-suffragists as I see it is, that the former clings to tho belief that tho ballot in itself is a pana cea for all existing evils nnd all powerful as a remedial agent of government, while tho lnttor re cognizes, in tnoso opening years of tho 20th century, tho develop ment of a power more potent than the ballot a power which at present wo call educated or enlightened public opinion. The ballot hasn't solved our child labor problem and never will. Tho ballot hasn't solved tho ne gro trouble, it has tended rather to complicate it, but an awakened public opinion has decreed that these problems and others akin to them shall bo taken out of tho realm of politics and bo consider ed and dealt with from an eco nomic and humanitarian point of view, and this is being done through the conferences and con gresses on cnuu labor, tho caro of dependent children, tubercu losis and other questions, which aro being held throughout this And in these con- lerences the woman s voice is heard equally with man's. She isn't excluded from participation in such work because she hasn't a vote, neither is her influence lessened ns a member of these committees for that reason. Hero is a great field of activity and usefulness for women, n real chanco to serve the state. I do not hesitate to say that those of us who are opposing the extension of suffrage to our sex. entirely eliminate tho personnl element in our consideration of this subject. It is not a question of whether wo want to vote or do not want to vote. Wo havo the welfare and de velopment of our country at heart and after a studious contempla tion of the governmental princi ples involved, we are firmly con vinced that such "a revolution. ary change" as Mr. Gladstone called woman suffrage, would bo against the best interest of tho state, its women nnd tho home, and would bo a step backward rather than ono in advance. A man in public life when in terviewed this winter on tho sub ject of woman suffrage said "Somewhere within tho borders of this country today there aro mothers who aro bringing up four presidents, ono hundred cabinet officers, three hundred Senators and fivo thousands re presentatives who between tho years of 1930 and 1950 will bo making tho history of this coun try nnd measurably tho history of the world." Woman can havo her bImto in politics if Bho will. Tho ballot isn't all. Tho mere ballot she is so eager to clutch doesn't in tho balance of politics count for more than an ounce in a ton. Oregon Stato Association Oppos ed to tho Extension of tho Suf frage to Women. Mrs. Francis J. Bailoy, Pros. Pd. Adv. (Portland Correspondence.) Oregon hot only raises tho best sheep in tho Union, but they will compare favorably with any in tho world, in tho opinion of Geo. W. McKniglit, of Vale, president of tho Oregon Wool Growers Association. Ho expects this fact will bo demonstrated at tho coming convention of tho Nation al Wool Growers Association, which opens in Portland on Janu ary 1. "We shall have tho greatest sheep show over held in Oregon," ho said. "Our breeders will have a great chanco to show their stock, and if we win in tho com ing competition they can safely tako their sheep anywhere in tho world." Tho Portland convention of tho Nutional Wool Growers Associa tion, which is tho oldest livestock organization in the United States, will be tho biggest in the history of that organization. Tho state association of wool growers will meet in Portland just before the National convention, tho exact date to be determined later. Oregon's applo show is receiv ing very wide attention. Louis W. Hill, president of tho Great Northern Ry., is taking interest in tho coming exhibit and offers a cash prize of $250 for tho'best exhibit of apples from any dis trict tributary to tho GrcatNorth- ern. Two cash prizes of. $250 each will be presented for tho best exhibits of npples. Fruit growers of Oregon, Washington; Idaho and Montana will bo oligi blo in these two classes. Tho Lane County Applo Show, to bo held nt Eugene October 20, 21 and 22' under tho auspices of tho merchants and tho Commer cial Club of that city, promises to mako a fino showing of Wil lamette Valley apples. A long list of prizes has been arranged and there is, not fee for entries, of which there will undoubtedly bo a largo number. Lane Coun ty is growing apples that would bo hard to beat anywhere, and tho visitors to Eugene on the above dates will see tho valley beauties in their perfection. Tho British tramp steamship, Knight of tho Garter, cleared from Portland the latter part of last week with tho biggest cargo of lumber ever floated at this or any other port. She carries 5, 300,000 feet of fir lumber, weigh ing approximately 8,745 not tons and valued at $00,000. It is stated that to produco this ono cargo of finished lumber it would requiro 1G0 acres of tho best Btanding timber in tho Pacific Northwest. Tho destination of tho steamer is North China, whoro a part of the cargo, con sisting of very largo squaro tim bers, will ho resawod by hand. not drawn. Tho issues that aro uppermost this year aro issues outside the realm of either the republican or democratic parties. In Jtho state enmpaign the prin cipal involved has to do with the maintenance of tho direct prima ry law. There aro two general factions within tho stato. Ono is progressive and upholds tho primary law anu Kindred mea sures. Tho other element is re actionary and would do away with these laws if but allowed to do so. Tho assembly was held in violation to the direct primary law for assemblies aro absolutely antagonists to tho spirit and letter of the law. Tho man who promoted tho assembly hoped to break down tho direct primary by tho counter' establishment of the assembly system which would havo loft the primary law intact but impotent. Of this there can be no reasonable doubt. Since they woro given a severe setback in tho primary election tho assemblyitcs have lain low. They try to put forth the im pression that asscmblyiam is dead. But it is not It is only "playing possum." The republi can candidate for governor is an asscmblyito though they aro not parading the fact. But elect an assembly governor and an nssem- bjy legislature and sec what will happen. The assembly plan will bo dragged forth from its death chamber and the claim will bo put up that the people havo en dorsed tho scheme. East Ore-gonian. FALL SHOWING ol NEW GOODS WILL R. KING Ono of tho Supreme Judges, Candidate for Kc-Elcction, Six Year Term, Whose Place is Sought by Gee: II. Burnett, Assembly Nominee. A NEW COMET. PARTY LINES NOT DRAWN John F. Stevens, head of tho Hill roads in Oregon, will leave for St Paul, Chicago and New) Apply to Archie McGownn, Burns, York tomorrow. He will visit1 Oregon. Roft Rent-Tho P. M. Cheney place, consisting of six hundred acres, in Warm Springs Valley. Possession can bo had nt once. Appeals to partisanship have but Hltlo forco thoso days and this is as it should be. That ap peal is still made by some bo- causo in times gone by when party lines meant more than they do now and peoplo were not as intelligent as they aro now the plea was effective. But it is not a worthy plea. A man who makes an appeal to partisanship is seldom prompted by high motives. It is a dollish plea and ono may count that nine times out of ton a man who makes that plea has an axo to grind. In tho present campaign tho appeal to party regularity is an appeal to cmbccility, Tho man who makes that plea casts tho' in sinuation that tho man to whom tho appeal Is made is an ignora mus. , This becauBO party lines, as they nro generally known aro Appearing in tho southeastern sky liko a huge ball of fire, an illuminntcd body, oblong in shape, with a straight fine tail suspend ed perpendicularly, was a strange spectacle that attracted tho at tention of thousands of Portland persons last night; Tho surprising body first made its appearance about 7:30 o'clock, and grow gradually in brightness reaching intense brilliancy about 8:15 o'clock. Persons who wero able to secure an unobstructed view of tho heavenly body at that moment compared its bril liancy to that of an arc light at long range. To many spectators, the object appeared several times larger than Venus and much brighter. It was visible for nearly two hours, disappearing entirely from view shortly before 10 o'clock. Tho. direction of the body soem ed to bo almost directly south, veering slightly in its flight from tho earth. Tho sky was cloudless, making it possible to view the body as long as discernible by tho naked eye. By reason of its npparont largo size and unusual brightness, tho deduction is that it must havo been traveling nt a terrific speed. L. Samue, residing at 381 Twelfth Btreet, who was among tho first to seo tho phenomenon, described it as a much brighter and largor than the morning star, that was so prominent in the heavens when Halloy's comot appeared closest to tho earth in its circuit a few months ago. Orcgoninn. The Lone Star RESTAURANT China (iuorge, Proprietor, Oor. Malu and 11 Btreeto. JVIBttLiS AT ALtLt HOURS Bakepy in eonneetion. A Specially oT Sort Orders. Tnblo furniuliuil with everything Hio market affords, Your patron-( ORH Holloitod, Judge Will It. King has been a resident of Eastern Oregon for nearly forty years. Ho was born Oct 3 1804, on a farm near Walla Walla, Wash., removed to Uma tilla county in 1871 and lived near Weston until 1878. During that year ho went to what is now Malheur County, then a part of Baker County, which has been his place of continuous residence. Judge King attended the Oregon Agriculture College for three years, graduated from a law school in Danville, Indiana, and began tho practice of law in 1892 in Malheur County. He served in tho Oregon legislature six years, two in the IIouso and four in the Senate, .and was recogniz ed ns ono of its foremost merti bors. February 23, 1907, he was appointed Commissioner of the Supremo Court and two years later became Associate Justice, which ofiico ho now holds, and is a candidate to succeed himself for tho six year term. Judge King's decisions rank high among tho bench and bar. In tho celebrated water decision of Hough v. Porter, written by him, more than 80 points of law wero involved and decided, cov ering 146 pages of the Oregon Reports. His opinion in that case is now used by tho Ann Arbor Law School and recogniz ed as an authority on water rights. His knowledge on this subject as well as his life-long experience in Eastern Oregon nnd his familiarity with condi tions in this part of the State mako it important that he should bo retained upon the Bench. Judge King is endorsed by the Non-routieai Judiciary move ment This movement was authorized by the Oregon Bar Association and has for its object the removal of tho judges from politics and from all political in fluence and urges that Judge King, as ono of tho present mem bers of tho court, he retained. (In this connection read pages 31 to 34 in pamphlet to be issued by tho Secretary of State to be sent to all voters.) George II. Burnett, who was selected by the Republi can Assembly, seeks Judge King's place on political grounds. Politics does not determine the qualification of jurors and should havo no bearing upon tho selec tion of judges. Speaking of Judge King the Portland Daily Journal recently said: "Ono of the ablest jurists in Oregon is Supreme Justice WILL It. lvlNu. Ho is known through out tho State as an independent thinker of profound powers of analysis. Ho has the reputation among laymen ns well as among the members of tho bar of apply ing a great deal of common sense as well as broad intelligence in construing tho law. Judgo King is opposed by Judge Geo. H. Bur nett, who was nominated by tho assembly, who accepted tho nomi nation from tho assembly and who stands on tho platform of tho assembly, VOTERSI It is for you to say whether merit or politics shall ruio in tno selection ot our judges. (P'dAdv.) We are opening up our new FalJ and- Winter goods and .we will be pleased to have you. call. Our stock, as usual, will be the largest in Eastern Oregon. gyggg gggg -Brawn's Satisfactory Sotn N. BROWN & SONS Burns, Oregon. I '9999 9SXSS$fi$9$$$$$$99$9$li M. L. LEWIS FIRE INSURANCE. ... Represents the.... Home Insurance Co., of New York, Live pool, London & Globe, Fire Assurance Co., Philadelphia. OPFICH WITH HiaOS & Bia(15. Burns, Oregon. Corner .South of Lunaburg & Dalton'5. 59&w&s& e& i The HOTEL BURNS N. A. DIBBLE, Propt. 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