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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1910)
, niiiamiir; . KaMHNH ITfie fclmcs-Hcrnld Tlia Ofilclnl Paper of Harney County lifts tho largest circulation nnil la ono of ho boat advertising mediums In Knatoin Oregon. "s RrcM JJnritejj ctotntlru Covers an i r-n of 0,128,800 ncrcol land, 4,0,1I,WJI acres yet vacant anbect to entry umlri llio public Innd laws of tlio United Hi. tea. . L. XXIV BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 8, 191'' NO 3. "'rr-'?'K3r, vxttiik rET HARNEY VALLEY TO LEAD IN RAILROAD DUILD1NQ )se Forming Irrigation District Covering Entire Country ?ING IN BURNS DECEMBER 17 important Movement and of Greatest Magnitude Inaugurated by the People of The Harney ltry Burns to be Hostc to Entire Country. SHERIFF KILLS BAD MAN by far tho greatest i gone into and tho manner of pro ever started toward I ceduro in organizing district irri- pment of tho Harney as put in motion at a tho citizens of Burns Jay evening. Tho imercinl Club had is- ivitation to tho busi- for a general meeting fixed program or pur- iore to get togetner : matters of a varying It is possible President ad the executive board had in mind the one getting the business ther for suggestions as paction, or rather, to gation units explained to tho sat isfaction of all concerned. The dato of this meeting has been sot for December 17. Tho president of tho Burns Commercial Club was given pow er to appoint committees and tako definite" steps toward making it a meeting where all the peopla of jnarney vuuey may do welcome and m fact urged to attend with the view of bringing the propo sition to a head. lien from the outsido who are familiar with tho "procedure and have had experience in creating irrigation districts will bo invited mpaignof work for .here for tho purpose of onlight- along lines of a local . pertaining to our city any rate very few, if bose present had any Sportant step that was spring into life at ktion of an irrigation Bring the entire Har- had been thought of id no doubt all realized In action was neces- real development of Finland Empire, yet it ir to many that this taken up in the man- ch it was. It had not iplated at least for tion district covering Bey valley- auu.uuu ; such magnitude that comprehend. That 2 people" of Burns fed and it means the g that ever happened building of Interior pth a crystalizcd sent- td the movement and raers back of it the I try demanding it, tho certainly bring re- result of a meeting 10 mere purpose oi business men of ther in the hope of lore general interest tl organization, tho ICIUD. Alter a num- and farmer and thn tinv if. hiV Ches Of a "get-to- Rlirna rleairag fhn nrlvnnrv?nnnr fit. but more or less 0f the entire country and is ready account ot not to nush anv enternrise havincr kt what was wanted) the general development of Har- pneentrateu euortor nev r-nnnrv In vinw. cning the people upon every phase of tho matter. They will tell us just what wo can do and what power the people have in making such a move. This is a matter of vital impor tance to every land holder in Harney Valley. It makes no difference how they may be situa ted: the man with no water; the man with too much water, or the man who considers he has just about what he needs, all are equally interested in this big plan of systematizing and con trolling tho water that flows into this valley. It lias to como soon er or later regardless of what transpires in tho meantime. All realize that such a move is nec essary to the -final development of this country that a big plan of controlling tho flood waters must bo devised before this great valley can be made to produce as it should. This is the object of the move started last Saturday evening by the people of Burns; It is beyond any personal or local interest or benefit and is of mu tual benefit to every citizen of Harney Valley. Burns invites the entire citi zenship of Harney Valley to be her guest on Saturday Dec. 17. The latchstring is out at every business house, residence public building and all. The keys will be turned over to tho rancher That Oregon is on tho vorgo of tho greatest railroad develop ment ovor experienced in any stato in tho Union was tho asser tion mado by Theodoro B. Wilcox in tho Portland Journal. "I venturo,to Bay," emphasiz ed Mr. Wilcox, "that no stato in tho Union will build more rail roads during tho next five years than Oregon, with tho possible exception of Montana." Tho prediction was mado in speaking of tho convention of the Oregon Development league held at Salem November 28, 29 and 30. Mr Wilcox is president of tho league. If there over was such n thing jamc3 as the psychological movement, now is tho time to give the state of Oregon publicity. Our efforts should bo redoubled and we should tell only tho truth in in viting people here. Thero is no booster like tho satisfied settlor;, thero is no knocker so effective as tho dissatisfied newcomer. If the settlor finds moro than ho expects, finds conditions superior to those ho had pictured in his mind nnd tho prospects for tho future brighter than ho had dared imagine, then he will be pleased beyond measure nnd will soon spread the good word among his friends. But deceive him and exactly tho opposite effect will bo the result and perhaps moro far reaching. "Another thing that I feel safe to predict is that Oregon's rural districts will show a much great er percentage of ' increase in population than tho cities during the next five years. This will follow the new railroads nowl auouc 10 do compieicu into cen tral Oregon and other districts. The railroad activity ha3 attract ed some people to Oregon this year, but tho total number has been small as compared with the number drawn hero by tho fav orable climatic conditions and op portunities offered in a general way. Comparatively few camo with the idea of following tho new railroads, but this will-be the case next and for many years to come as development of the state progresses. Thousands of people will settle where there are now ten and in tho meantime tho cities will take care of them selves. "Tho natural trend of popula tion is toward the city and there fore as tho surrounding country becomes populated, the cities will rapidly gain their share of the increase. But for tho present and for some timo to como Ore gon should redouble every efTort to settle and dovelop tho rural districts and with railroads stretching out in every direction, wo are now in position to do so." James Pannum Meets Death After Attempting to Kill Officers AN IDAHO OFFICER IS WOUNDED Escnpcd Convict From Penitentiary Siczcs Warden's Gun nnd Gives Battle With Terrible Results The Wounded Officer Has Fighting Chance to Recover. Qovcrnmtnt Will Aid Experiments. its for the commun- Hanly made the take up the matter ' the entire Harney irrigation district (would bo in a posi- the matter up to pcure tho necessary in a reservoir sys Id cover the area, flood waters and ten acres of land of productiveness of. Men present see tho possibili- kce realized that it to do and that it ogressive spirits to is soon as it was katter had taken a assumed propor- iany personal or in- sition tho public ens of Hums were grot their local in- broader field of 1 the benefit of the Such a spirit is endable and the jf Burns will cer- :redit and reward It is tho intention of tho Burns Commercial Club to inaugurate a ; general campaign of develop ing red that a definite for a meeting in purposo of dis- ktter and preparing o organization of listrict. That tho give up an entire kry, to being nosto i people of Harney that tho big plan io valley might be ment and enlarge its sphere of usefulness and it will not stop with this one big undertaking but to follow up wherever op portunity presents itself. With this in view President Leonard has appointed committees other than those necessary for tho big initial meeting called for Dec. 17 Following aro the comittees ho has named: Booster Cemmittee: Every- ' body, everywhere, all tho time. Committee on General Develop Develep ment: Wm. Hanley, chairman; Fred Lunaburg, C. II. Voegtly, J. L. Gaull, Geo. Fry, J. C. Wel come, Jr., Is. M. Urown, J. J. Donegan, H. M. Horton, C. F. McKinnoy, I. S. Gcer. G. A. Rembold. Committee on Information nnd Precedure: Sam Mothershead, chairman; J. W. Biggs, Wm. Miller, J. J. Donegan, G. A. Rembold, C, A. Swcek, Chas. W. Ellis, A. 0. Faulknpr, Ben Brow'n, J. S. Cook, J. W. Geary. Committee on Entertainment and publicity: Wm. Farre, chair man; Frank Dayoy, Julian Byrd, A. W. Gowan, I. Schwartz, Dr, L. E. Hibbard, Rev. A. J. Irwin, G. W. Young, H. C. Levcns, J. M. Dalton, A. K. Richardson, G. W. Clovenger, Dr. W. L. Marsden, Sam Mothershead, Wm. Sterling h. E. Reed, Archio McGowan, John Gemberling, A. Schenk, M. L. Lewis. Government aid in dry farm and irrigation experiments in central Oregon and tho Willam ette valley has been secured by Dr. Kerr, president of tho Ore gon Agricultural college. Dr. Kerr returned.ycsterday from at tendance at the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and experiment Stations, of which he is president. After tho con vention, at which ho delivered tho annual address, Dr. Kerr conferred with federal officials in tho bureau of agriculture regard ing needed co-operation between the govermentand tho stato. Tho result will bo tho estab lishment of a central experiment station for dry farming in Har ney county, witli four or fivo sub-stations, at points where they will do tho most good. Irriga tion experiments in tho Willam ette valley, will bo conducted somewhat after the samo method. Tho estaplishment of an experi ment station m southom Oregon was also considered. Dr. Ray, a resident thero, had promised to supply electric power, water, and all other needful things, so that tho government and stato can experiment co-operatively with out expense. Journal. When your feet aro wot and cold, and your body chilled through and through from ex posure, tako a big doso of Cham berlain's Cough remedy, bathe your feet in hot water boforo go ing to bed, and you ara nlniost rnrrnin tn wnvil off n Rnvnrn tnld. i For sale by all good dealers. Pannum, known horo as Arthur Fisher, was shot and instantly killed at tho county jail, Tuesday morning, by Sheriff Richardson while attempting to make his escape. Tho desperado shot Assistant Warden Acklcy, of tho Idaho penitentiary, through the abdomen boforo ho was killed and nttempted to kill Mr. Richarsson. It was while placing the "Ore gon boot" on tho prisoner pre paratory to his return to Idaho that tho shooting took place. Tho prisoner wns standing witli one foot on a chair while Mr. Acklcy was adjusting tho "boot" and as it did not como together with caso so it could be locked Sheriff Richardson stooped to assist tho warden. When both officers were bent over thus engaged tho desperate man siczed tho war den's pistol from his hip' pocket and quickly fired at tho sheriff's head at closo rango but missed, ft como so near that Mr. Rich ardson was knocked off his foot and tho warden instantly grap pled with tho desperado who then turned the gun on him and shot him, the bullet entering the upper part of his abdomen and ranging slightly down and to tho left, coming out at tho back. In the struggle the prisoner k0$ trying 10 gee me piswi ponueu at Sheriff Richardson nnd at the samo timo keep Ackloy between them for protection but tho sher iff saw an opening nnd put six shots into the man in quick succession. Mr. Richardson thep turned his attention to the wounded of ficer, getting him into tho office and summoned Dr. Marsden. Mr. Acklcy was later removed to the Burns hotel and has received tho best of attention by Dm Marsden and Griffith. Ho had a very bad time during Wednesday night and early Thursday morn ing and for a timo his physicians feared tho wound would prove fatal but at tho timo this is written (Thursday) ho lias ral lied and every symptom is favor able to his recovery. Coroner Geary held an inquest Tuesday afternoon and the jury's verdict not only justified Sheriff Richardson in tho shooting but strongly commeded him." Had ho not been a man of nervo and cool there is no doubt but both officers would havo been killed and tho desperado gotten away witlj the result that moro lives would havo been sacrificed. Sheriff Richardson took tho man into custody Friday of last wcok and notified tho Idaho officers. Assistant Warden Ack lcy was sent in and identified tho man and was preparing to tako tho stago Tuesday morning when ho attempted to get away. Pannum was a bad man and had caused troublo to tho jailer. Ho was allowed tho privelcgo of the outsido corridor of tho jail Sunday and attempted to burn it. Tho outer wall of the jail is brick and tho floor is cement, but the ceiling ovor tho steel cells is of lumber. Tho prisoner collected a lot of magazines which ho placed on top of tho cells near tho ceiling and then emptied tho oil out of a lamp on them nnd set them on fire. In the mcantimo ho had begun tear ing a hole through tho brick wall. Deputy SherifT Terrill dis covered tho attompt and had considerable troublo in getting tho prisoner to desist. Tho fel low stated ho had burned other jails nnd had ho boon ablo to got out would havo burned tho court house. Tho following from tho Boiso Statesman of last Sunday gives tfome history of tho. dead man: j Jim Pannum "heap bad In jun," is coming back to tho big ' teepee," as his race call tho penitentiary, from which ho es caped moro than four years ago after having served only fivo months of a five-year term for grand larceny. Jim Pannum was captured in Oregon a few days ago and is being held at Burns pending tho arrival of D. W. Acklcy, who has been sent ,by Warden John S. Snook to take tho prisoner into custody. Jim is considered one of the most desperate characters that over terrorized ranchers, cattle and sheepmen and tho inhabi tants of small towns in western Idaho and eastern Oregon. His career is replete with hair iireadth escapes by flood and raeld. Ho has never killed a man. but ho has. put up many game fights against theif takers, and his courage and recklessness have made him feared and re spected for his physical prowess. Lomuming an tno cunning, sav age hatred that never forgets, tenacity and enduranco of tho redman, with the baser charact eristics of tho white strain in his blood, Jim Pannum developed into a dangerous man. Heredity and environment marked him ns a victim of life's bitter ironies from tho first. Ho wa3 sent up from Washington county for grand larceny in his youth. His whole life has been ono long ellor.t to keep away from the law. Timo and again ho has been gripped tightly, and ns many times has he eluded his pursurers or contrived clover es capes. When Robert Lansdown, now secretary of state, was sheriff of Washington county, Jim Pannum "broko out." Not only was he wanted for stealing, but ho waa tho central figure in a reign of terror of months standing. Lans don took tho trail and hunted Jim through tho Council valley coun try for weeks. Jim shot at Lans- don and tho sheriff shot at him. It was a merry chase. Finally Jim mado tho mistake of think ing ho had doubled back on Lans don nnd had fooled him. But Lansdon "got wise," followed tho quarter-breed's trail into Meadows, and while Jim was making Rome howl in a saloon, slipped up and got tho drop on tho desperado, Jim finished pur chasing some tobacco ns cool as. frost. Then suddenly ho turned and liko a flash drew his gun. As tho shot flashed a by-stander struck Jim and tho bullet whizzed past Lansdon by a finger-width. Lansdon had tho timo of his lifo keeping his prisoner inside pending trial. Jim gouged lead out of the sing in his cell and made a "billy" with which ho attempted to end Lansdon's wor ries forovor. Again Jim took tho fine steel out of tho bottom of one of his shoes and fashioned it laboriously into an elegant saw. Then he proceeded to cut through his manacle. Ho sowed tho irons together cleverly with a shoo string. Lansdon by accident dis covered tho trick and foiled this oIToi t to escape. Finally Jim was tried and got five years. When ho wont to tho penlontiary Lansdon said to tho then wnrdon, "Whitney, I'll bet you tno be3l suit of clothes in Boiso that you can't keep this Indian for six months." Lans don won the suit with a month to spare. When Jim got away from state's prison, Lansdon laid for him, knowing tho fugitivo would head Weiscr-way. That expect ation was fulfilled. Jim rode up to tho bridgo ono night Deputy Sheriff Pence, who had been stationed thero to guard the road to Oregon refuge, yelled to him to halt. Jim stuck his spurs into his horse. Tho animal whirled as tho Indian pulled it by main force around, nnd just as horse and rider turned a charge of buckshot from Pence's gun tore the horn off the saddle, while soveral stray pellets hit Jim in tho rear. Ho still carries those souvenirs of his Weisor exper ience. But Jim was not daunted. He swam the Snake river in broad daylight when beaten out of tho brush on tho other side and bravely continued on his perilous passage under direct fire from the Idaho side. Landing on the Oregon side, Jim gavo tho Indian's gesture of contemptu ous fnrwoll to his chagrined hunters. Friends at Westphal gavo him food and fleet steeds and arms and shells, and ho was off into tho wilderness. Sinco that time he has been lost to civilization. Had ho at tended to his sheep herding job on Steins mountain ho never would havo been heard of again and would have been safely hidden. But Jim's strain of white blood finally would not bo denied. Ho got tho heart hunger of tho white man for talk and strong drink and a good time. Tho Indian cunning melted awny. Jim went into town nnd got roaring drunk. Then he Bwaggcred around the Oregon village bragging that he "had served time in a peniten tiary and wris about as bad as they mado 'em." The story quicklv spread and he was nabbed by tho sheriff at Burns. Warden Snook, who had been kcoping a lookout for Jim Pan num for a long time, recognized tho prisonors manners and words immediately as those of tho wanted Indian, and it was "all day" for tho quarter-breed. GEER & CUMMINS Burns, Oregon, Hardware and Crockery Glassware Guns and Ammunition FARMING MACHINERY of all kinds Get our price ; before buying: i C. M. 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, nOiKxaLi: i&zsSa&K immnuttmtttmnmtutiiuur.rMu.: Jimuntttttmtatntatatmxamtmntxnttm RANDALL, PASSENGER & MALONEY Oovcrnmcnt taml Locators and'dcak-rs in HARNEY COUNTY LANDS ROOMS 1-2-3 ODD FELLOW BLDG., BURNS, OREGON H:x:nnuH::m:::j:::::H:::n:nKj::::::jKKj::j:K:m:::aniS m&& "&s6$$s$ss$igg M. L. NOTICE. 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