Stone,
Th lmcaHral& U
Thu Oillclnl Paper of Harney County
his tho Urgost circulation andlionool
ho bolt advertising mcdluuii In Kailorn
Oregon.
Cite 0Srcnt Hnmcy cCotitilru
Covers mi urea of 0,428,800 'ncrci of
IiiikIi 4,0.1-1,051 ncrci yet acnnt f'nlilcct
loontry miller tho public land lawn of
tlio IJnlt.sd HI u tea.
VOL. XXIV
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OKEGONr MARCH 18, 1011
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'RICES PAID FARMERS
A Care ful Estimate
in the Value of
THE EAST OREGON PRODUCTS
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The Purpose and Policy
Interesting Items for
( Portland Correspondence. )
After a careful and exhaustive
study of market conditions in the
Pacific Northwest during the
past eight years, President Hnr
vey Heckwith, of tho Portland
Commercial Club, makes tho
startling statement that prices
paid to farmers for eleven differ
ent articles of food, all necessi
ties, advanced 31.4 per cent be
tween April, 1002 and October
1010, and he backs up his state
ments by quotations from tho
market reports published in
Portland during that period.
"These figures, " said President
Heckwith, "indicate that Port
land is a high priced market for
farm produce, and the high prices
are directly chargeable to the
great increase of consumption
over production. Tho demands
of a rapidly growing population
have more than kept pace with
the increase in the quantity of
essential foodstuffs sent to mar
ket bv the farmers of tho state,
and this condition is one that is
not likely to be changed for a
long timo, if ever, and the situa
tion is a very inviting one to the
producer.
"In the table of prices submit
ted herewith are two items to
which I desire to cull particular
attention, eggs and poultry.
There is no good reason why the
Pacific Northwest should not pro
ducceggs and chickens enough
to fully supply tho local demand
and thus relieve the wholesalers
from the necessity of ordering
carload after carload from the
Middle West. There is absolute
ly no danger of overproduction
in these lines, in fact, there is
little prospect that the supply
will ever exceed, or even equal,
the demand.
"Let us assume that there are
5,000 farmers in Oregon and at
the present 'time each farmer is
keeping an average of 20 hens.
It is probably fair to estimate
that each hen will raise, during
the coming summer, a brood of
ten chickens and during tho bal
ance of tlie year will lay 12 dozen
eggs. The chickens should cer-
Blainly be worth 50 cents each
when ready for market, and tho
eggs will sell at minimum price
of 25 cents per dozen, a total of
8.00, and the farmer still has
the original hen. An addition of
only one hen by each farmer,
on this basis, will amount to
$40,000 annually and, if given
the timo and attention this im
portant industry deserves, the
net returns from the poultry
yards of the state may easily ex
ceed those from the wheat fields. ' '
Figures compiled by President
Heckwith. showing advances in
nriccs and dates of quotations,
are as follews:
M' Jiwi 1910 I'JlO
AKTIUI.K Apr. Oct. Uy Oct.
I'uUtota, (AY) II '. I U.75 11.80
imlorii, " ITS ."ft V.W MO
Mutton, " .11 .01 .
Vil, " ? .W .11 .13
Ham, " .13 .IS
TmilKtln", 1.78 .40 3M I 25
1urnl., .70 l.OO .100
lliiller, M 'ii .37
FK, M M
(lime, .13 .11 .10 .IK
I'oultry, ut. 4.60 4 00 Hi .SO 17
A banquet in .the Portland
Commercial Club during the past
week was attended by over 200
men and women more or less
directly interested in tho dairy
interests of the state. Speeches
were made by C. C. Chapman,
representing tho Commercial
Club, T. S. Townsced, represent
ing the creamery interests, Dr.
Andrew C. Smith, of tho Stato
Hoard of Health, Prof. P. L.
Kent, dean of tho dairy depart
ment of tho Oregon Agricultural
College, W. W. Cotton, repre
senting tho Hurriman system,
and others, and the subject was
discussed in all its bearings. At
tho close of tho meeting a com
as to the Increase
Farm Products
lllltltoi ui , uivuitu nvtova
of the Reclamation Service
the Farmer and Citizen.
mittcc was appointed to formu
late plan3 under which tl)e var
ious interests could be brought
together for future practical and
effective co-operation.
Anolhe Umpire to be Developed.
The following comment from
tho Decatur (III.) Daily Herald
gives one an idea of what good
the Oregon advertising car is do
ing. To one familiar with tho
favorable conditions existing
there, and the desire of tho De
catur paper to preach that part
of Illinois as tho "garden spot"
this comment indicates that the
car is exceptionally good in dis
playing the superiority of the
products exhibited:
Tho car which the Great North
ern Railway company is sending
over tho lines of tho Central
West is one of the best advertise
ments and one of the best pos
sible factors in the development
of the country tributary to the
Hill system of railroads tlint could
be devised. The showing of
fruita and grains is wonderful.
Tho farmers and others who havo
delighted to boo3t the theory
that Illinois is the garden spot
of tho country" havo looked with
some astonishment at the exhib
its from the now and partially
developed country. Tho garden
spot is not in the same class with
tho northwest on show goods at
least The fruit display is as fine
as any grown in California, al
though the varieties aro not the
same. California shows citrus
and other semi-tropical fruits
while her northern neighbors dis
play apples; cherries, apricots,
melons, vegetables and small
grains of the finest quality im
aginable. The one thing that surprised
the majority of tho Illinois visi
tors was the statement that
neither James J. Hill, as an indi
vidual, nor tho Great Northern
Railroad company had any lands
for sale, that the lands which
would produce so bounteously,
could be had for the asking, that
any man who would homestead
not a quarter section, but half a
section, could have it as a gift
from the government. Further
they were surprised to know tho
extent af these open lands, that
Oregon alone has something
more than thirteen million acres
of lands suitable for diversified
farming and for stock raising.
Montana has several million
acres of such lands.
They were not surprised when
they learned that many of tho
most desirable lunds of home
steaders were far from railroads,
as much as ten to fifty miles.
Oregon is said to be tho largest
single, compact territory in tho
United States not Berved by
railroads. It is this territory
which tho Great Northern rail
road company inspired by its
head, James J. Hill, is endeavor
ing to people that there may bo
some excuse for crossing and re
crossing it with tho lines of rail
road it, would support in bringing
in supplies and taking away tho
farm produce. James J. Hill
has been called tho empire build
er of the northwest. Already
ho has done enough to have earn
ed that title and the work that
ho now has in hand would bo suf
ficient to give him tho title for
there 1b still an unpeopled domain
of such extent and fertility that
it would support tho people of an
empire and make them rich.
What Reclamation by Water Meant.
What reclamation by irrigation
means to tho country is strongly
indicated by tho recent announce
ment of tho United States reclam
ation service that $48,000,000 is
to bo exnonded during tho hoxt
four years in furthering tho
work of tho government in re
claiming Boml-arid and arid lands
in tho west. What nn enormous
amount this is may perhaps bo
moro easily comprehended when
it is remembered that it averages
an oxpondituro of a $1,000,000 a
month.
Whilo this expenditure would
pay for five battleships, it Is in
tho caso of tho reclamation ser
vice only n loan to bo returned
to the United States treasury and
ro-emnloved for reclamation
work. Tho Bottler on n govern
ment project has ten years in
which to pay for his land nnd
water, whilo tho returns under
irrigation nro in many caBcs bo
abundant that ono or two croiw
will repay tho cost
Horse Registry will be Started In Oregon
A now organization was formed
in Salem last Monday evening.
known as the Oregon Pure-urcd
Horse association, tho purpose of
which is to protect tho farmer
and breeder of fine stock from
beinir duned with inferior grades
of horses for registered animals.
J. F. Young, of Salem, was
elected president and Horaco Ad
dis of Portland, secretary. Tho
orirnnization will mnko a record
of all registered, horses in the
state, nnd oxpects to havo a mem
bership of four hundred. .
DRY FARM SOON.
Tho Times-Herald is in receipt
of a letter from tho secretary to
President Kerr of the Agricultu
ral Collegoin which ho says stops
will bo taken in tho immediate
future toward the establishment
of the dry farm experiment sta
tion in Harney valley,
The letter was an acknowledge
ment of receipt of copies of Tho
Times-Herald of different dates
in which were articles on the ex
periment farm. Dr. Kerr is
much interested in the establish
ment of this station nnd his sec
retary hopes there will bo no do
lay in the preliminaries.
We all realize the importance
of immediate work and a delay
of any period would mean a
whole season lost, therefore the
Agricultural college authorities
will find the people of Harney
county ready to assist in any pos
sible manner to hasten tho pre
liminary work that immediate
demonstrations may begin.
Temporary quarters with a
large body of land in good shape
together with equipment nnd
teams have been tendered the
Agricultural officials and it is
hoped thfcy will accept this offer
and begin work this Bpring and
continue on this arrangement un
til permanent selection of the
farm and its proper equipment
and cultivation is possible, Tho
people of tho interior part of the
state need this station and are
anxious to assist that it may be
in readiness to give scientific nnd
practical benefits to thoso en
gaged in dry farming throughout
this great area.
Dr. Kerr and his assistants
may feel assured of hearty co
operation from tho farmers of
the big Harney Valley in this im
portant work.
WAS S0MC 110(1
Last Tuesday Dan Vurien
brought a dressed hog to Han
sen's Meat Market and tookawny
a check for $08.25. Docs it pay
to raiBo hogs in Harney county?
Tho Timos-Herald said only a
short timo ago thatHarnoy coun
ty should not ship in ono pound
of ham, bacon, lard or butter.
Was it right? Does this salo of
ono hog by Mr. Varien demon
strate tho commercial value of
that animal in Harney county?
This hog had been fed on slop,
slkimmed milk und tho goneral
refuse of tho garden until after
Thanksgiving, sinco that timo ho
had boon fed jn tho neighborhood
of 500 pounds of grain. Evon nt
tho price paid for grain during
tho past season it is certainly n
paying proposition if tho grain to
finish had to bo bought. With
the farmer raising his own feed
there is no reason why ho should
n't make a fortune in tho hog
business.
Tho saino is truo of tho dairy
and poultry business It is doing
tho thing right nnd making it n
business is what makes it a suc
cess. Tho farmor must nnnly
himBelf to got tho profit to which
ho is entitled at any lino ho may
follow,
Job printing-Tho Times-Herald
ARE HEADED THIS WAY
Reports Indicate Low Colonists to the
Northwest Are Bringing Crowds
EDUCATION AND THE FARMER
Tourists nnd Accommodations Central Oregon Attract
ing the Ilomcsecker Bill lirown Captures an Out
law Stallion Farming Proving Itself a Profession.
A Portland paper says: Cen
tral OregonMoes not know how
it is going to caro for tho peoplo
who will begin pouring into that
section in a solid stream begin
ning tomorrow morning and .con
tinuing until about April 15,
when the low rale colonist ticket
salo ends.
The territory is plenty big
enough to accommodate everyone
coming hero from tho enst, and
eventually all who enter at this
time will find comforUiblo homes
and profitable occupations there.
Hut tho need of immediate ac
commodations is tho problem
confronting tho peoplo of Madras,
Metolius, Redmond, Bend, Prino
ville, Hums nnd other points
from wiich the hotneseokers will
radiate after reaching tho far
famed productive state.
Information was received nt
Madras that 250 persons, all des
tined for that place, had left St
Paul on tho first, extra train run
out of that city in connection
with tho reduced fares.
Although Hcud, Redmond and
Prinovlllo each expects to receive
a great influx, of eastern land
seekers, the situation nt those
places does not demand such ur
gent attention as nt tho towns
on tho Oregon Trunk over which
nearly all travelers will arrive
To handle tho traillc properly a
now stage schedule has been es
tablished out of Madras and is
arranged to connect with tho
Oregon Trunk trains.
All reports from the east indi
cate that the bulk of tourists are
determined to go to Central Oie-
gon. Tno nuvico oi inu.ninruuun
and of tho various community
publicity bureaus seems to have
been ndonted. ns fully ninety per
cent of travelers express tho in
tention of locating on farms.
While manv coaches aro filled
with men traveling alone with
nothing but their personal bag
gage, many others are bringing
their families. They have dis
posed of their eastern homes,
novoroil nil connections and aro
determined to seek new locations
in Oregon. Some arc bringing
their household goods, farm ma
rliinnrv nnd livestock. Accord
ing to tho advices of passenger
agents who have conferred with
tho west-bound army, mnny men
nro coming alono for tho purposo
of selecting a place that is suit
able for a home with tho inten
tion of Bending for their families
after they become settled. Tho
residents of Central Oregon nro
eager for 4,ho arrival of the first
train bringing hotneseokers.
They purpose to help them and
hnvo Bent out assurances that
they aro well able to caro for all.
Tney realize that peoplo is what
they need more than anything
else, and promiso to oiler indtrce
monta that will satisfy tho tour
ists. What Hie Educated Farmer Can Do.
Thoro may bo some who be
lieve that it is a waste of timo
and nionev to educate tho bov or
girl who is to livo on tho farm-
nsnocifillv is this ant to bo truo
of tho hoy-hut, it would bo dif
ficult for any ono toimagmo any
thing moro erroneous. TJtcro is
no place whero a thorough nnd
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scientific education plays n moro
conspicuous role, or has n wider
range of influence, than on the
farm; there is no business where
a trained and active mind is moro
needed than in planning and
executing operations around tho
farm. Why is thero so much
waste, so much loss, so many
failures on tho farm? Simply
lack of education there is no
other explanation. Few farmers
nro successful compared with the
many poor fellows who are forced
to Bcrape and slave to make a
living, and lucky if they manage
to get a farm and aro able to
hang onto it without breaking
themselves down before they
have reached tho meridian of
life.
Remember that it is far better
to give tho boy a good education
and well-trained mind than to
leave him a well stocked farm.
In after years he will never be
able to acquire the former; the
latter is always within the reach
of any bright young man. There
is no surer road to success on the
farm than via the educational
route. Education broadens and
elevates the thoughts. Onco get
the young man to thinking, you
need not worry.
Anyone who enters any of the
professions these days without
having first fitted himself in
some school, or without having
acquired a practical knowledge
of the business to which ho in
tends to devote his life, is worse
than behind the times - hois row
ing against the stream.
Tho agricultural schools run by
the government are kindergar
tens in which the novice at farm
ing and stock raising can go and
in time become proficient. The
time hn.s past when farmers were
wont to scoff nt tho institutions
whose solo purpose is to inform
them-every ono now freely ad
mits that tho agricultural college
is a valuable and indispcnsablo
ndjunct to a successful farming
career. The narrow-minded man
who novnr could bo taught by
professors, who, ho claimed, were
theoretical and not practical
farmers, has Bhriveled up and
blown away. Agricultural col
leges, through their splendid
work in tutoring tho youth from
the farm, have done their full
share in lifting tho United Stntes
to tho highest pinnacle of fame
in tho world's domains of agri
culture, and there is no reason
why the splendid nchiovmonts
of tho past may not bo regarded
as tho beginning of a wisely
planned effort to mako tho soil
and other elemonts contribute
moro bountifully to tho welfare
of the people.
During tho last few years agri
culture in its highest form has
been given n great deal of atten
tion by legislators, and now thero
is scarcely a stato or territory in
tho Union that is not proud to
claim tho honor of possessing an
agricultural collego or university.
Heretofore, however, it never
seemed to enter tho minds of tho
law makers or pedagoges to mako
agriculturo an essential study in
the graded schools of tho state.
So long ub they maintained nn
agricultural collego for those
who desiro to fit tliemsolves for
tho profession of farming they
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nOmeSieaU LIH;UII'11S Secretary ..ml Notary Public
EMPIRE REALTY COHPANY
IIAINIiS-IIOUSER COMBINED HARVESTER
consider their pnrt in tho educa
tional Hchetno had boon well per
formed. For many years the editors of
comic papers have mado farmers
tho butt of countless jokes be
cause of tho lack of knowledge
concerning city life but tho
farmer has ample opportunity to
return tho compliment when the
city editor goes to tho country
and attempts to delve into the
simple mysteries to lie found on
I ho farm. Willi a modified sys
tem of agricultural education in
troduced in the city schools much
of tho ignorance on the part of
tho urban resident would in timo
bo done away with in part at
least. No moro would wo hear
anyone asking how old n yearling
is, or confounding tho egg plant
with tho product of the hennery.
John W. Sickclsmith, Greens
boro, Pa., has three children, and
like most children they frequent
ly take cold. "Wo have tried
soveral kinds of cough medicine,"
ho snys, "but havo never found
any yet that did them as much
good as Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy." For salo by all good
Dealers.
Hill Urown lias Ride nt Ills Lite.
The following is clipped from
nn exchange A wild stallion be
longing to Lcyton Morgan, whoso
capture has been the despair of
tho horsemen and buccaroos of
the eastern part of Crook county
for tho past fiive years, was final
ly run down by Bill Brown, the
noted stockman. Brown and his
outfit last week began a ride for
horses at Jersey mountain, when
they sUirted up n wild bunch.
Bill singled out his horse and tho
chase of his life began. He ran
him to Iist Chance, where ho
was turned and the chase con
tinued to Benjamin, whore tho
outlaw again turned nnd went
Hying across the desert to Sago
Hollow, then back to Glass
Buttcs.
By this time night hr.d fallc
nnd his horse was tired, so dis
mounting lie led his horse and
took the track of the Hying out
law, following him all night and
leaving him about 2 o'clock thu
next day at Hampton Buttes.
His own horse having given out
he took him to tho Price place
and sent his foremen Dave New
man and Harry Hackleman, who
took up the chase and ran tho
outlnw back to Sago Hollow
where they turned him back to
Hampton Buttes, where the no
torius "II" horse was finally cor
ralled. Bill and his horso travelled
without food or rest for two days
and ono night Mr. Brown is
credited with owning more acres
than are included in the entire
state of New Jersey.
Pacific Stock and Poultry food
at tho Lunnburg, Dalton &. Co.
Department Store.
NEW Cl.UimiNd PROPOSITION
Wo have arranged to offer in
connection with this paper, the
new monthly farm magazine just
started nt Lincoln, Nebraska, by
Prof. II. W. Campbell and devot
ed to the subject of how to farm
in the dry country and how to
got best results from soil tillage
under normal conditions. This
Paper is Campbell's. Scientific
Farmer and wo offer it clubbed
with Tho Times-Tornld both for
$2.1)0 per year cash. Prof. Camp-
uciis new paper is n mommy,
chock full of good things, tho
only paper of its kind in tho
world, nnd it embodies tho re
sults of tho editor's many years
of- painstaking investigation of
tho soil tillage proposition.
Miss K. Neugobiiuor is located
in tho Jorgunsen building seuth:
Main St. and is prepared to do '
all kinds of dress making. i
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weighing 1050 lbs. nnd branded
with an S wrench with a straight
wrench across; ono bay horse,
white spot in the head, branded
T4 connected on left Btifle, came
to my ranch in July and havo
been fed sinco Sept. Owner call,
pay charges and take animals.
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Drewsey, Oregon.
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