$33 ti&BSSttSBtB Kit OJrcnl Jlnrncu (Couuiru Coma mi nrcii of (),I28,HOO am ol Inml, 4,ail,)i5l ncrt'H yet Mirnnt enlii(t loontry under tho public land Inn ol tho United Ktt.loH, Tho OOlclkl Pnpor of Hntnoy County,, his IhelnrRKit circulation nd li ono t he bett ndvcrtlalng medium! In Kitcrn Oregon. ; . I; VOL. XXIV BURNS, IIAUNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 28, 11)11 NO 11. IM jpwef JleMii FEW DAIRY FIGURES Irook County Farmer Shows That Diversified Farming Pays )AIRY HERD IS A GOOD THING ii? Money in Well Conducted Dairy and Hog Farms In This Section Some Practical Good Road Talk That Should Convince All With Importance of it. Tho following is n portion of i highway board and commiBsion i article published in a recent I or, tho appropriation generally sue of the Prineville Journal, of $080,000 to help counties build roads, tho convict labor bills, shows what can be done with dairy herd and would indicate lint more attention to such work fould pay here. We never have iifliciont dairy products to sup- lly the demand at this time of that tako convicts from competi tion with free labor and put them nt work crushing rock, tho county bonding act which permits coun ties to pledge their credit for the ear and a large amount of money .construction of permanent roads sent out for butter: -nil of these movements united Herbert E. Hideout, proprietor If the Fairview Stock r-nrni, ,-hich is situated five miles west If Prineville, has demonstrated Bint diversified farming, good lairy cows, inorougiiurea norses hi a good sprinkling of swine in a general system to establish a good roads system in every Oregon county aro oxpected to convince nil doubters of tho de velopment necessity and benefit of permanent highway construc tion so that when the question of Ind chickens is a combination i increased appropriation comes iiat cannot be beaten on a farm. One year ago Mr. Rideout had t) Jersey cows and from these lo raised za neati oi caivcs. me lives were raised on a mixture brand and skimmed milk, tare fed liberally on the best of Ifalfa hay. The pasture was Ipen to them at all times. At present there are 17 head milk producing cows on the sairview farm and irom tneso in average daily cnurmng is fiako of 20 pounds of butter of rhice finds a ready sale at 10 rents per pound, making a total laily income of $8. Twenty-nine head of Jersey tock were purchased from Harry Lanius the first of January, mak- ig the Fairview before the legislature two yenrs from now, the largest possible amount will seem little enough. NOT THE PIQIIT TI1INQ. A Multnomah county man has introduced a bill in the legisla ture to cut oil all state aid to county and district agricultural fairs and providing for each county to appropriate $2,000 or less toward such fairs. It may be a good thing to do in some respects-, but it is hardly just to interior and isolated counties where population and deeded tillable land are scarce. These are the soctions that should bo exploited as hero is herd a total of where wo expect increaso in pop- head. The milk producing tock will increase to 30 head in I few weeks and it is expected keep from SO to 50 head as a srmanent herd. Resides the caivcs, Mr. Rideout Igurcs that his plant will support id fatten one hog for every cow ' in the larm. lie marketed yo ulation and wealth for Oregon, and the state should help. If it placed every county on an equal basis it might not be so bad, but doesit? EXPERIMENT STATION BILL. Representative Brooko has ead last fall at an as erage price 'traduced the bill providing 2o per head, ihesc, he gures, require about $5 woith grain each, besides the waste iioducLs. PRACTICAL U00D ROAD TALK The Good Roads movement in Iregon has become general. Basses are represented in 2tnand made upon the legisla- pre for the passage of the five iregon oood itoads Association lighway bills that have been lending before it Farmers are ie most interested because they lave most to gam. The Oregon wmer is and has been a prisoner ' ney his farm during the winter ionths because tho terrible luddy roads that mire an empty ragon keep him from the mar- (et place and from the pleasures f town. Tho streets of Port- ind, the largest Oregon town, Ire trod day by day by boys from Die farm who would not stay in Bio mud and who have not earned tho clerical work of tho iwn. Thousands of acres of land aro lot producing wealth for pros- erous communities because they annot be reached overbad roads, n many instances there aro no oads at all. More than two millions of acres f land worth now moro than 50,000,000 were given in Oregon or the making of roads. These oads were never built. The lolders of land grants were not cld accountable to their trust. there was no system. The state-wide good roads lovement now insists upon sys- i'in of roads. Tho highway bills Irovido state aid. This aid, 120.000 to each county in two leans that raises $40,000 is littlo iiiough compared to tho $14,000,- DO appropriated for stato-aided lighways in Now York, or $2,- K9.000 in Now Jorsoy which is lly a fraction of tho size of an jverago Oregon County, Tho operntion of tho highway ills as law, tho services of tho in-for the experiment farm in this county and which carries an ap propriation of $4,000. A letter to every member of the legislature was sent last week by the liurns Commercial Club asking support of this bill and offering some good argu- AII , ment for its establishment in this the county. We believe our claim to this station is just It was tho Burns Commercial Club that first took up this matter two years ago, but the provision in tho bill specifying tho location for"Harneycounty"waa strickpn out and wo lost Now it is "Har- county" again in the bill and it is thero to stay. COMPLIMENTS JUDQE DAVIS. Tho Vale Entcrpriso says: Tho circuit court was a busy place during tho past week and it is reported that tho coming week will be as important Judgo Smith of Baker is expected on Monday to sit on tho bench for n number of cases in which Judgo Biggs had been retained as coun sel before his election. Ex-Judgo George E. Davis has been ono of the most activo per- sons in the circuit court during tho past week, having been re tained as counsel in numorous cases. While on tho bench Judgo Davis was ono of tho best judges in tho state and his docisions were counted as tho beat, being seldom reversed, showing that ho had always treated each caso upon its merits. Tho people of this section aro pleased to seo that ho is so favorably looked upon as an attorney. Judgo Dayis, upon tho opening of tho court tho first day of tho term, installed Judge Biggs on tho bonch, and sinco that timo has been ono of the busiest attorneys around tho court house. Right! Evil ol Long Slindlnc tho govommont will discontinue tho printing of Btnmpcd onvolopcs and recommends that tho same bo dono by tho local nowspnpers, in over town whoro thoro is n nowspaper, nnd by specinl per mit for tho towns nenrcst tho nowspapor whoro n town hna no pnper of its own. No largo town will bo allowed to have n mono poly on tho printing of tho on volopcs to tho detriment of tho Bmnllor nowspapcrs. HILL OR IIARRIMAN. On Saturday morning last a crowd of engineers with many frost hubs, bedding and engi neering instruments left for the north. In Lakeview they loft tho impression that they were in tho employ of tho pcoplo that own n grcnt deal of land north of hero that contains bornx, nnd woro bound for Abort nnd Sum mor lakes. Valloy Fnlls wns reached but after buying supplies in grcnt abundance there, they Btnrted further north.saying thnt their destination wns Burns, but that later they would touch Wagontire, Summer Lake, Abort Lake and back to Lakeview. This may or may not mean a great deal to this interior coun try but tho Herald ventures the suggestion that ere long we will hear moro about this party that seemingly came from nowhere, stopped nowhere, nnd changed their minds 1C0 miles ii! their destination within a half day's time. Lakeview Herald. To Abollth Death Penalty. Postmaster General Hitchcock has announced that hereafter The question of whether the death penalty shnll be abolished will probably bo decided by tho peoplo at the next general elec tion in November, 1912, says tho Journal. Many members of tho legisla ture, perhaps n mnjority, nro in favor of mnking tho death pen alty a matter of the past, if tho possibilities of obtaining n pardon aro mado fewer, and they have decided that the only safe way of disposing of this phase of tho question is by taking tho pardon ing power from tho governor nnd placing it with tho supremo court Lawyers have discovered that this involves an amendment to the constitution, which must be submitted to the people before the proposed bill can bo passed. In tho bill introduced into -tho senate, tho privilege of granting pardons is taken from tho gover nor. Instead, tho supremo court is the only resort of pardon for tho person given n life sentence for murder who has exhausted all other methods of escape. Tho supremo court, under the bill's provisions, may then grant a pardon only upon tho introduc tion of evidence unearthed sinco tho conviction of tho prisoner, showing that ho or she is inno cent of tho crime Tho first bill upon tho subject was introduced by Senator Patton nnd abolished tho denth pcnnlty for first degree murderers only. In tho judiciary committco it was pointed out that tho crime of treason and assault by n convict upon nn officer of tho penitcnti nry was also punishablo by death under tho Oregon laws, and ns it appeared manifestly unfair to legislate only in favor of first degreo murderers, tho committco decided to introduce tho now bill covering all crimes now punisha ble by death, Sinco then was found that tho constitutional amendment was involved and consideration of tho bill will pro bably bo postponed until tho peo plo have passed upon tho ques tion. Members of tho supremo court havo called tho attention of some of tho senators to n phaso of tho subject which is decidedly impor tant. Tho bill, at present, makes no reference to tho murderers nlrendy convicted nnd should it bo submitted to tho people with out referenco to this point n sor Iouh lcRnl question would after ward bo raised ns to whether tho law applied to them, or not. In order to prevent subsequent court tangles, tho members of tho su premo court suggested that tho proposed law exempt nil persons convicted previous to its enact ment. Such a provision will bo inserted. 25 per cent off, Alteration Freo nt Schonk Bros. MORE BIRD PRESERVES Bills Presented to Legislature Asking That Land be Set Aside COMMENT ON ELECTION FRAUDS "A Weak Sipter" Hopes to he Kept Out of Temptation If She is no Stronger Than Man Has Shown Him self to he With the Ballot-What Might Happen. William L. Finley nnd others interested in tho preservation nnd propagation of wild gamo in Oregon havo presented to tho legislature n bill to create wild bird nnd gnme rofuges either on stnto or privnto lands nnd to se cure tho protection of birds nnd animals on such refuges. This bill provides thnt the gov ernment may set aside state land nnd land surrounding statu in stitutions ns gamo refuges, the net mnking it unlawful to kill or shoot at any living thing in Micbo rofuges or to carry firearms on the refuges without tho permis sion of tho warden in chnrge. Tho bill also provides that tho proposed state board of fish and gamo" commissioners havo power to make contracts with owners of private land to create gamo preserves for n length of time not to exceed ten yenrs.-upon which it shall bo unlawful for anyono to carry firearms or shoot protected animals without per mission of tho warden in charge. As a pcnnlty for violntion of this proposed net it is provided nnyono found guilty bo punished by n fine of from $50 to $100 nnd imprisonment from thirty dnys to six months. So ns to give full warning of the creation of such refuges in enso tho bill becomes a law it is provided that notices shall bo placed on them giving notice they nro reserved for wild bird nnd gnmo refuges nnd warning against tresspassing, hunting, killing or in any way disturbing tho birds or wild animals pro tected by tho Oregon law and found on tho premises. It is proposed to mnko it unlawful for anyone to remove or disturb such signB or notices, violators to bo fined from $50 to $100. Mr. Finloy, members of the Audubon society nnd other nn turo lovers believe such refuges will do moro lo build up tho wild gamo of Oregon than anything else. Gamo of all kinds, except ing thnt not protected by law, would be ns wife in the refuges, if tho frnmcrs of the bill havo their wny, ns they would bo in Yellowstone Park, which has be come fnmous the world over ns n nntionnl rcfugo for birds nnd gamo. This bill has tho indorsement of Governor West, and ho has promised to support it in every way. A "MOT HUNCH'' TOR MEN. "A Weak Sister," sends us a communication this wock nnent Womnn's Suffrage. Sho cites tho wholcsulo prosecution in Ohio for bribing and voto buying where in ono county 752 indict ments havo been mado with pros pects that tho numbor will bo increased to 1,500 or 2,000, with comments us follews: Now isn't this appalling! Im ngino what a world of political darkness and sin in which wo nro living- nnd this search light has been thrown on but ono county. With this boforo us it would in dicate some squirming among men if n political X-rny were turned on tho entire United Stntcs. Do you romombor thnt ono nr- gument thoy cling to when they voted down womnn's BufTrngo this yenr, wns thnt wo did not read enough nnd consequently would bo unnblo to keep up with them in politics. Pnrdon me for Bide-trncking while I repeal tho story of the Irishman nnd nviator who wont up in an nirship. Tho avintor lost control of tho craft and it was flying through the air nt n terrific rate. Tho manipulator thoroughly frightened, said: "Pat, do you think tho Lord is with usV" "Faith," said Pat, "and ho's goin' Home if he is." So it would bo with us in poli tics if we kept up with the men. No doubt we'd bo "goin' some." Another thing which men have had figured out for a long lime is that women have less will power then men and nro more enaily influenced. God help us if wo nro, nnd ever keep the bnl Iot from us. Under tho circumstances I am glad wo women in Harney Valley didn't get to vote this year as a great many of us housekeepers who tried to keep up appearances on crop failures and jack rabbits had a pcculinr wenkness for money. Brothers, if you feel thnt your mental owera nro stronger than ours, wo ask you to guide us in the wny wo should go not tho wny you nro going. But deliver us from the ballot, for in such thero is corruption, power and downfall forever and ever to men. A Wkak SlSTint. Water Power Development Retarded State Engineer John II. Lewis argued with figures and statis tics before tho Commonwenlth Conference nt the University thnt the state's annual tax on water power development seri ously retards industrial nnd financial dcvclmcnt in the state. Ho showed that the tax in no measure begins to produce suf ficient revenue to offset this re tarding inlluenco. "Tho equivalent'" ho says, "of seventy millions of dollars worth of coal is boing annually wasted in tho undeveloped water power of Oregon. This energy should bo developed nn 1 used, and Oregon will prosper in pro portion ns this is accomplished. Tho engineering nnd financial difficulties in tho way of devel opment nro usually sufficient to dofcat construction except in the most promising cases." To add to this a heavy annual tax, im posed only on now projects, and with tho idea of securing n rev enue, Mr. Lewis thinks dofents, or nt lenst soriously retards, de velopment. To substitute for tho tax, Mr. Lewis bcliovcs thnt nn nnnunl liconso should bo im posed on nil companies, old nnd new nliko, flimply for regulation purposes. ri(iirca About Oregon Sheep Thoro nro 2,441,814 sheep in tho Btnto of Oregon, nnd thoro is invested in the-industry itself that is tho sheop. tho lnnd, nnd the equipment necossnry to enrry it on -$28,750,410 nccording to tho report of tho stnto board of j sheop commissioners, which was submitted to tho governor hint week. Eastern Oregon contributes, nccording lo the report, $21,920, 100 to this amount, and western Oregon.$3,830,!J10. Tho industry furnishes continuous employ ment to 3CG0 men and there is expended in labor in caring for tho herd each year $2,3C0,15 1. The report shows that tho herds are practically freo from Bcab, and that other diseases are also well under control, Tho InwB generally, says the board, have been well complied with by tho sheepmen. IIOOST 1 0K (1001) KOAI18. Pcoplo of the state made a demonstration in favor of good roads legislation nt Salem at the open session of the House nnd Senate Tuesday of this week, when special trains wereiun to tho capital from Portland and mnny interested citizens attend ed. Pending bills providing for the permanent betterment of tho roadways of tho state veio urged upon the legislators. Slate and county aulomobile clubs, the state organization of threshermen, retail merchants and other interests were repre sented to do what they could to get the landing good roads bills passed. It is felt by those act ively at work on this legislation that tho measures proposed will accomplish a great deal in bring ing nbout marked improvment in highway conditions throughout the stale. Twin Fulls, Idaho, takes the palm for the greatest yield of potatoes in competition with western states along tho line of tho Oregon Short Line, which ofTered a prize of $500.00 for the best crop. Louis A. Snyder, living near Twin Falls, was awnrded the prize, having grown G45 bushels on ono aero. He ir rigated his crop three times and planted nnd cultivated the tubers by machinery. Medicines that aid nature arc always most effectual. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy acts on this plan. It allays the cough, relieves the lungs, opens the secretions and aids nature in re storing tho system to a health ful condition. Thousands have testified to its superior excellence. Sold by all good Dealers. Reatos for sale, all sizes and lengths, price 20 cents per foot Any ono desiring Reatos address W. A. Ford of J. O. Alberson, Alberson, Oregon. Estimyui) From the Sellle meyer farm in Sunset last .sum mer a bay mare with white spot in forehead, weight about 1 150 lbs branded 7G0, tho six being a continuation of tho stem of the soven on left stifle, black sucking unbranded colt following her. Suitable reward for her return or information lending to her re covery. E. E. Lausi:n, Harney. Oregon. When buying a cough medicine for children bear in mind that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is most effectual for colds and that it contains no hnrmful drug. For snlo by nil good dealers. MOTE'S CANDY STOKE Has just rccched a fresh lot of CANDIES, CIGARS, TOBACCO New nnd handsome Post Cards, Stationery, Ink, Pens, Pencils, Novelties. A SPECIALTY OF HOX CANDY liMKA Fine assortment of everything D.H.MOU1, Uurns.OrcKou W. T. I.USll'K, Manager unit Sdesniuit, A. A. IM.KttY. Secretary nnd Notary I'ntillc Homestead Locators THE INLAND EMPIRE REALTY COHPANY IteproiiuiiU Tlml Which IbTivUnI itml Itellublo, and llnudlo Hucctwifully nil KorlH f Howl ICnIiiIo UimimwH Wo mo AkohIh For tlio KolUble AETNA and PHOENIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES AMERICAN LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY THE ORIIGON NIJSIiRY COMPANY AND THE IDAHO STATE NUSI1RY TRUES ARE THE BEST Wu Know Our Html 11UUNS OUUOON Talk Your Jtoal Kalnte Matter Qyor With Hi. Your lluilnen Will ll Strictly (loiifloYntlnl, uofli, Attend To Our IIuhIiiobk and Want Your Ilimlnoaa, PWST IIOOR SOUTH Of JIAUNUY COUNTY NATIONAlUANK t I t GEER & CUMINS Burns, Oregon. Hardware and Crockery Glassware Guns and Ammunition FARMING MACHINERY of ail kinds Get our prices before buying: i f C. M. KELLOG STAGE CO. Four well equipped lines. Excellent fncilities , for transportation of mail, express, passengers Prairie City to Burns. Vale to Burns Burns to Diamond Burns to Venator 'qp-. ? E. B. WATERS, Agent. !$ttt:u:tt:mtt::t:t:u:t::::t:::::::::::u:tM::::::Kn::::::::n::::::uKu::::::::Huuns jj AKCIIirc M'GOWAN, President and Manager P I Harney County Abstract Company S (INCOIU'OKATKD)' H Modern and Complete Set of Indexes jj An Abstract Copy of Ecry Instrument on Record in p jj Harney County. jj ttir.:tr:ti:::::jxt::r:n:;::::::j:::::::::nin::::::::::2::::nn:;::::S5:::::n:Kn::il! : s&kvv es$sr$$t$s&i!g a r i-" m ; t JL,. LCVVID m&sMST E INSURANCE. ... 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