The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, April 08, 1911, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texttpmfc 1iic OJrcnt Jlnructj Co tin try Cou-ra nil nrcn o( 0,428,800 acre ol Innit, 4,0,TI,(i51 ncrcH yet vacant buf)cct to entry under tlio public land laws ol tlio United rilnlct. Tlio O0Idal Paper o( Harney County hai the Urgoti circulation and it ono o( ha bit advertising medium! in Eaitern Oregon. BURNS, HAUNEY COUNTM, OREGON, APRIL 8, 1911 NO 21. VOL. XXIV 8h '(ZliYcllCL UILD RAILROAD SOON rest From Vale at Once is Indicated By Court Actions Started tf P TO OU) MEXICO CONCLUDED krriman System Getting Busy on Right-of-Way Out From Vale, Indicating Active Construction Work Through Malheur Canyon to Big-Harney Country. Che Ontario Argus prints some encouraging railroad news Its last issue. The lnforma- given is without color and the point It says: file records at Vale show that Harriman peoplo have corn iced action against the owners 1 the landB west of Vale that wanted for a railroad right way. the road lands people are more In anxious to have tho rails but there are others who not in favor of the develop- jnt of the country and are op- ied to the road going through lir ranches. Adjustment of ages with these will be made ough the courts and the dama- awarded will be less than i price offered by the right of men. Proceedings of this kind are : started until the road is ready start work. The cases will ne up at the April term of rt and the railroad will be in kpe to commence grading some ke in May. it is so announced limen who claim to know. us. SCRIBES SCENES IN OLD MEXICO. elusion ol Mr. Hendricks' Letter of Last Week on His Mexico Trip. (Continued from last week.) fhen three burros are brought jwith harness on hitched side fside, the bull is dragged out la dog trot; then the horse, or rses it may oe, is uraggeu oui the same way; and the blood scraped up, and the bugle calls the next bull; and the same ig over again is the scene that lows till all six are killed. hen a bull is dragged out y say he is dressed-f or the meat irket He is fat and good beef far as that goes. The bulls i brown like Jerseys, only big' not long horns, but stout krp ones. visited the pottery works at lear Guadaljara, perhaps they aa fine as any in the world, out 6,000 people are supported that industry; the art is hand . down from father to son. iutiful vases, flowered as pret- 1 aa if they were natural floV all kinds of statuary; all 1b of ornaments, both beauti ; and figures in character, hu dus, etc. ; all kinds of toys. 'went on my back track to puato. I did not go down to izanillo (Man-za-nee-yo) on i Pacific, as I should have, if I doing it again; in less than ays ride by rail, going down ; Mount Cohma, the only ac- volcano on tho continent of rth America, into the very sics, where the natives and keys live much alike on co- luts and bananas. Now there at much sign of tropics in the tral highlands of Mexico; they wheat and corn all except rorreon, where they have cot rdcar down to Mexico City. iy return to Irapuato I Btayed light at a hotel so as to mako daylight train for Mexico I had a good hotel at Jaljara, costing mo $4.00 a Mexican, for rooms with meals. I stayed at the Cos- olita(cos-mo-p-lee-ta) and the rietor is an American with a lan-American wife. There lots of English speaking le in that city. I never saw id in sight while I was there, sunshine is as brilliant as in ern Oregon. At Irapuato sell strawberries at tho train io depot every day in tho so a conductor who had there eight years told mo. aw people from tho U, S. ago) going to Guadaljara lung troubles. It was much a sameness, big valleys, on my way to Mexico City. I took din ner at a station where they have an opal mino near by, and dick ered with tho Mexicans for a fow opals at the depot while waiting for tho tram to pull out On tho way I saw tho spot whoro Maxi milian and his lieutenants were shot it being in sight of tho the train. I wish I had time to tell you of my fine visit to Mexico City. It is a city of COO, 000 population; has a three million dollar post office; a theater not completed that will cost six million Mexican; been ten years in building it Fine plazas; one of tho best street car systems in the world, owned by Canadians; a national museum, wonderful for its his toric interest; 176 Catholic churches and cathedrals in the federal district comprising Mex ico City and suburbs; one being the third largest cathedral in the world, three hundred years old, and that took one hundred years to build; the floating islands, 18 miles out where 17000 small islands each surrounded by canals comprising about 2000 acres in all, supplies all the vegetables for tho city, and all the flowers for the flower markets; they bring them in barges every morning traveling all night on the canal 25 kilomtera long from the islands to the city. The old pal ace of Cortez, when ho was gov ernor fourrears after having con quered Mexico 400 years ago; the palisade around it and the very well in it whero tradition says he drowned his Spanisn wife, who came on to claim her husband who had left her in Cuba, and who thereby displaced his Aztec wife Marina, who had saved his life in his escapo from Mexico City the first time that he wa3 driven back. The grave of Cortez. Tho battlefields of Gen Scott and Santa Anna at Cheru busco, Molinox del Rey, Chapul- tcpec, Beuna Vista, and so on. I visited all these with a guide, the islands and cathedral, mu seum, and historic places men tioned. I saw also the grave of Santa Anna and of Jurcz, etc. at Guadalupe, near Mexico City, six miles out Guadalupe is the name of a virgin worshiped by tne Mexican Catholics, like Mary is by the rest of the Catholics. The story is that an old Indian (Aztec) had a vision soon after the Catholics undor Cortez con quered Mexico; and Guadalupe appeared to him in this vision, and asked that he build a chapel at a certain hill; he did not obey; she appeared again, and he neg lected to accede to the divino re quest; thon he was stricken with some disease, and a third time she appeared unto him and told him that if he obeyed ho would be healed; and ho went to tho foot of the hill and commenced work to lay tho foundation of a chapel, and lo and behold a spring of healing water burst forth, which ho applied, and he was thus healed. The sulphur spring is there all right I visited it and Bmclled it myself. Tho cathedral was built; and tho story led thousands of Indians into the Catholic faith; thousands of them mako annual pilgrimages to Gua dalupe, for long distances about Mexico, On top of tho hill is the most select graveyard in Mexico, where Hidalgo, Juarez, Santa Anna. Mrs. Diaz No. 1 are buried and where soon old Senor Diaz will be buried. I went from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, going by way of Cordoba and Orizaba. On the trip wo had a beautiful view of Popocatepetl and the White Lady and also of the mountain Orizaba, the latter being in, sight of Vera Cruz, and the two former of Mexico City: all snow capped tho year round. Vera Cruz ia a very clean littlo city of 26,000 population, and has a small but good harbor, whoro all tho big vessels of tlio world passing that way, entor.. Until a fow years ago Vera Cruz was noted for its dirtiness, but now it is to tho other extreme having fino paved streets, good sower and water systems, ana the streets are kopt clean day and night I saw some real tropics on tho way to Vera Cruz; oranges, lemons, bananas, coffeo, and beautiful tropical flowers. A cocoanut palm with coeoanuta on it grows in tho main plaza at Vera Cruz. At Vera Cruz I took aBteamer for Tampico. I was lucky to get tho Gorman boat "Westcrwald." of tho Hamburg- Awcrican Line, and it was a fino vessel, 850 feet long; and tiio service was fino in every respect It only took 18 hours, but it was an enjoyablo trip on tho ocean, or gulf one could not tell tho difference. A woman looking over tho ocean for tho first time, said "is this all of it: I thought it was bigger than this. " There was more than ono could see at ono viow. Tamnico. is a city of 24,000 population, located 7 miles up tho Panuco (Pan-oo-co, accent on the pan), and it is a fine har bor, with room on both sides of the river all the way up for docks and is destined to be tho biggest seaport of Mexico. The strcots of Tampico were all torn up lay ing hard pavementand asphaltum covering; some 1500 men being at work on it TamDico is the center of tho best part of Mexico that I saw; the only place where thcro are lota of Americans going to colon ize amricultural lands with a view of making permanent homes. Tho soil is deep, and isauarit rich loam. The new lands being colonized are covered with a jun gle of wild pineapple, lemon and orange trees, and somo other varieties, like ebony and aomo I do not know tho names of all scrubby and easy to cut off, Tho native labor of tho class called peons can be had to cut the brush off this land for $5 an acre. They cut it in December, January and February and burn it when it gets dry, just before the rainy season which com mences in June, and thoy then plant it to corn right on tho ashes, sticking it in. as it were. Twice hoeing will be needed, and it will bring 85 to 40 bushels to tho acre nut in that way of good corn. Corn is worth about 90 cents a bushel, which brings in a good income tho first year. Tho next spring they plow tho ground with a disc plow, and tho roots aro most all rotted, and the ground is then practically cleared ; a dozen stumps perhaps to the acre will havo to ho taken out later, when they rot ' The second season they put tho ground into cotton, and in ono colony whero visited at Columbus. 31 miles out of Tampico, on tho railroad to Victoria, tho canital of the state of Tamaullpas (Tamau-lee- pus) thoy were picking their first crop of cotton grown in that state, and were said to be getting a bail and a half or 600 pounds to tho acre, worth 21 cents to tho Dound in Mexico. Tho tariff of 7c on cotton keeps the price up 5 to 6 cents higher than in tho U. S. as thoy manufacture all tho cotton thoy raise, and havo to ship in somo besides so far. That land is selling in that colony and only a limited amount loft right in tho colony proper for ten dollars an aero. By tho way it produces I think it is worth not less than 100 dollars an acre, and will bring that before very long; and if not, it will bring tho income expected of land worth that much, which is just as good. HARNEY VALLEY VIEWS Moving Pictures to Show Resources of Greatest Valley in Oregon REP. LAFFERTY IS GETTING BUSY Would Throw Open All Non-irrigable Lands to Home steaders Under Enlarged Homestead Act and Re store Non-Timbered Lajfds---Changc Commutation. Tho excursion of land seekers from Huntington, North Powder and Baker who nro going into Harney Vnlloy to mako desert claim entries along Malheur Lake will make their first trip starting Sunday morning April 9, nt which time tho roads from Prairie City aro expected to be suitable for automobiles. Manager A. B. Iln ger of tho Orpheum and Grand theaters will be n member of tho party and will havo with him his now moving picture camera, and will undoubtedly get somo of the best motion pictures of western mountain scenery and cowlwy life over procured at first hand. Mr. Hager has arrainged with Conductor Baird of the Sumpter Valley railroad to havo his ap paratus installed on tho front of tho engine upon leaving Sumpter and views will bo taken of the sublime scenery going oyer Dixie Butte and tho grandeur that has heretofore been reserved only to tho favored fow among tho trav eling public will bo recorded up on tho films to testify to tho country nt largo of what may bo found in Oregon. Besides tho feature of unsurpassed scenery, tlio timber resources of a vnst bolt eighty miles deep will be plainly portrayed, showing a re serve of wealth almost boyond comprehension. Within the vnl loy such interesting views as tho inland stage coaches and mnm moth freighting wagons, cattle roundups, plowing by traction engine, nnd other Biich activities of tho great inland country will bo caught Sportsmen will re lish a close at hand viow of tho swarms of countless thousands duck, geese and pelican that nest in tho lakes and some of tho mnny accomplished horsewomen around Burns and Lawen will be invited to figuro in tho pictures in tho rolo of western cow girls, a part they aro able to display to great advantage. Also on Wm. Han ley's 80,000 ncre cattle ranch are to bo found somo of tho expert lariat twirlers of tho world who will give demonstrations. Somo pictures of great interest will bo obtained that will as well bo of exceptional valuo in depicting the state's great resources and in at tracting oulsido interest Mana ger Ashley of tho Commercial club will arrango to get tho pic tures for his eastern advertising tour and undoubtedly thoy will provo a hit Mr. Hager modestly states that tho idea of getting the motion pictures was inspired by tho ben edicts in Parrish's irrigation party. ' It seems that tho party is to bo composed largoly of mar ried men of tho conservative class not accustomed to going so far from homo alono who promised not to indulgo in any Malheur lake water. It is proposed for Hager to line tho bunch up on the ovo of their return homo in n grand moying picture march. Tho reel will bo shown for tho benefit of their wives in Baker and if no steps waver or falter, thoy will got to go again. Baker Herald. Tho foundation has beon start ed for tho now homo which Judgo Biggs is planning to build. Tho houso is to be a largo two story, 11 room home, with all tho mod ern conveniences nnd will bo about tho largest and best in tho city when completed, tho esti mated costboing $4500. Argus. "Our baby cries for Chambor Iain's Cough Remedy," writes Mrs. T. B. Kendrick, Rasaca, Ga. "It is tho best cough remedy on the market for coughs, .colds and cioup." For sale by all good dealers. W0ULU CIIANQG LAND lAWS. Tho Orogonian Washington Bureau Bends tho following undor the settler intended so to do be fore, or at the timo of, making his homestead application. This ruling of tho Department prac tically rencaled tho commutation clauBO nnd greatly narrowed tho opportunities of Bettlors to ac quire lawfully titlo to small tracts of tho public domain. CIRCULAR OP INFORMATION. recent date: Representative A. W. Laffcrty has prepared and noxt week will introduco several bills intended to open up to set tlement somo of tho attractive miblic lands that are now boyond tho reach of the homeseekcr, cither because of restrictions im posed by law or by reason of ex ecutive orders making them un available for entry. It is Mr. Laffcrty's purpose to call these bills ui) in the public lands com mittee as soon as ho can get n hearing, and he has hopes that favorable action may be had at the special session. Tho bills in nucstion. while general in their terms and nppli cablo to all tho west, will operate to make available several million acres of public land in Oregon, says Mr. Lafferty, nnd, if passed, ho behoves that many homes can be established in his stato within the next two years which other wise will bo located elsewhere. Tho most important bill drawn by Mr. Lafferty amends the en larged homestead act by making ifannl cablo to all nonirrigable agricultural public land. Under tho present law tho Secrctaryof tho Interior designates the land that can bo entered in 320-acre tracts. Tho Laffcrty bill removes this provision, and will mako all lao remaining public lnnd in Eastern Oregon subject to entry in double the quantity that can now bo taken, excenton tho areas designated by tho Interior De partment In effect, this bill amends tho homestead Inw by permitting tho entry of 320 in stead of 1G0 acres by each citizen. Next in importance to the bill just mentioned is a joint resolu tion directing tho President to eliminate from tho forest reserves of tho west nil nontimbered nnd to restore the same to entry un der appropriate laws. The reso lution also directs tho restoration to entry of nil lands now includ ed in the withdrawals for recla mation projects where thcro is no immediate prospect of tho land being used for reclamation purposes. There is quite an area of land tied up in Oregon in this way today, and a3 thero will be no money available for now pro jects (except tho West Umatilla) for the next six or seven years, Mr. Lafferty is anxious that tho land shall no longer bo withheld from use, but shall bo made sub ject to entry. A third provision of tho reso lution directs tho restoration to entry of nil excessivo lands not included in withdrawals made for tho protection of power sites. Tho land restored, in each case, is to becomo subject to home stead entry. Tho third measure amends tho commutation clnuso of tho home stead net (section 2301, R. S. U. S.) and authorizes commutations to bo mado by tho homestead cntrymnn after he haB resided upon, cultivated nnd improved his claim for tho poriod 14 months, regardless of what his intention may have been nt tho timo ho mndo his homestead en try. Tho Department by recent rulings, has mado it imposslblo for a sottler to commute by pay ing tho $1.25 an ncro whoro tho special agents could Bhow that Giving tho sources of examina tion questions for Btnte papers, Juno 21-24. and Dec. 20-23: 1. Arithmetic - Smith. 2. Civil Government Strong and SchafeF, 3. Geography Rcdway&Hin man. 4. Grammar Buehler. 5. History, U. S.-Doub. 6. Orthography Rccd'sWord Lessons. 7. Physical Geography-Tarr's New Physical Geography. 8. Reading-White's Art of Teaching. Oral Reading. (For June.) 9. School Law- School Laws of Oregon; for Juno, edition of 1909; for December, edition of 1911. 10. Theory and Practice White's Art of Teaching (for June). 11. Writing-Outlook Writing System, Tests in Writing. 12. Algebra: Algebra forSec ondary Schools. 13. Composition Herrick & Damon. 14. Literature, American Newcomer's American Litera ture. 15. Physiology Krohn. 16. Psychology Buell (for June.) 17. Bookkeeping-Office Meth ods nnd Practical Bookkeeping. 18. Botany Bergen: Ele ments of Botany. 19. Geology LeConte. 20. Geometry, Plane-Went-worth. 21. History, General Myers. General History. 22. History of Education. Davidson. idson. 23. Literature, English-Newcomer's English Literature. 2-1. Physics Millikan & Gale: A First Course in Physics. Ono Year Stato Certificate Requirements: An examination upon tho first eleven subjects. General average, 75 per cent, minimum 60 per cent. Age 18. Renewnblo once, when holder presents evidence of having taught successfully Bix months. Five Year Stato Certificate Requirements: An examination upon tho first Bixteen subjects. General averago 85 per cent, minimum 70 per cent Age 18. Renewnblo by tho same exami nation, or renewable without ex amination when tho holder has nttended an institution of higher education for thirty-two consecu tive weekB within six years from tho date of tho issuo of tho cer tificate. Lifo State Certificate. - Re quirements: An examination upon tho twenty-four subjects. General averago 85 per cent, min imum 70 per cent Ago 18. Ex perience 60 months. Primnry Fivo Year State Cer tificate valid only in tho first second and third grades shnll be granted to an applicant who has had twelve months' teaching ex perience in this stato and shall pass an examination with a gon cral averago of not less than 85 per cent and a minimum of 70 per cont on tho following sub jects: Methods in reading, methods in arithmetic, methods in language, methods in gcogra. pliy, theory and practice of teach ing, writing, orthography, phys iology, psychology, and in addi tion thereto, shall write a thesis on an educational Bubject selected from a list prepnred ly tho Su perintendent of Public Instruc tion. Renownblo when tho ap plicant has taught successfully not less than thirty-two consecu tivo weoks within six years from dato of issuo of the ceriificate. Sources of questions in Methods, Whlto'a Art of Teaching for Juno examination; sources jor other subjects same as given above. Estimys One iron gray mare, weighing 1050 lbs. and branded with an S wrench with a straight wrench across; ono bay horse, white spot in tho head, branded T4 connected on left stifle, came to my ranch in July nnd have been fed sincoScpt. Owner call, pay charges and take animals. George Fakkens, DrowBcy, Oregon. Insurance that Insures FIRE, ACCIDENT AND LIVE STOCK x-ooJL ,estate' W. L. BLOTT & CO., FAIR DEALING Post Offico Building, Burns, Ore. V. T. M2STI2R, Alauagcr nnd Sileimnn. A. A. I'llRRY, - - - W . nOmeSteaa LOCaiinnS Secretary and Notary Public THE INLAND EMPIRE REALTY COHPANY Jto.reoiits That Wlilcli lnlatod nnd Itcllnblo, and Handle Biicccmtully all Borta ol Hoal KaUta IJnalnoaa. We are , Aonta For tlio Mailable AETNA and PHONEIX FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. COLUMBIA LIFE AN D TRUST CO. AMERICAN LIRE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE CO. NUSEBY STOCK We Kiwy Our HubI UURNS QRUOON AGENCY HOLT AND IIAINES-HOUSEK COMBINED HARVESTER Tulk Your Ileal Estate Mallora Qvor With Ut. Your Duilneaa Will Ha Strictly Confidential. neat, Attend To Our llmlneaa and Want Your Huslnean. ' FIRST DOOR SOUTH OP IIARNBY COUNTY NATIONAL, DANK I I I flBER & CUMMINS Burns, Oregon. Hardware and Crockery Glassware Guns and Ammunition FARMING MAHCINERY of all kinds Get our prices before buying: ?. r C. M. KELLOUU STAUfci CU. Four well equipped lines. Excellent facilities for transportation of mail, express, passengers Prairie City to Burns. Vale to Burns . Burns to Diamond Burns to Venator U E. B. WATERS, Agent. Sss!-sM!a - :ut:t:u:t::nn:t:::w:t:t:n:::K:miri:::::ant:m:anaKKRaanj:nnn ARCHIE M'GOWAN, President and Manager Harney County Abstract Company (INCOIU'OKATED) Modern and Complete Set of Indexes An Abstract Copy of Every Instrument on Record in Harney County. lnunnmmttuan:::::ma::ant::::m:t3:n:na::naanamuKnar The HOTEL BURNS N. A. 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