tpmfc
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
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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.
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