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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1911)
imtftfulk mm Wh4 ittt(S'Siernl& Tlio Ofllcinl Paper ut Harnoj County hits tlio Urgost circulation andlioneol liu ticbt advertising mediums In Kilom Orppon. We &rcnt Unruttj otitttru ftovau in urea of 0,428,800 ncroi ol land, 4,U.1l,dCI aero yet vacant subject to entry under tho public land laws of tlio United Htutea. - -i- VOL. XXIV UURNS, IIAUNEY COUNTY, OKEGON, JULY 8, 1911 N0 34. AGUE MEET AND FAIR Inty Fair and Central Oregon Be- velopment League in October NY PROMINENT MEN COMING tory Making Week That Will Brinjf the Biff arney Country Results Portland Business Men tnd Railroad Officials Among the Outside Visitors.' first week in October is fo be n history making one mey county ami Hums will to big delegations from interior or central part of e besides her homo pco- that is fair week and also ;e of meeting of tlio Cen- :gon Development League ! organized at Prineville. 3 secured the next meet the league and the date ft to the Hums delegation w. Hanley, the president League. Chapman of the Portland ireial Club accompanied anley home from I'rinc nd after viewing the Big r Country resolved that he f simply compel a large rof Portland business men e out to tho meeting. He ied with the fair board as possibility of arranging ins to fit and it raruircd lew minutes to complete a satisfactory m programs would not con plr. Chapman was doter ftthat not only Portland should see this big and flly unknown (so far as sources are concerned), give them an opportunity demonstrated what could luced. Thus the date for e same week is the proper To Clean a County Fair a Social Service. Tho county fair is as essential to tho development of the county as the state fair is to tho devel opment of tho resources of tho state. Farmers can all go to tho state fair; and oven if thoy could it can never take tho place of tho well regulated county fair where farmers can compete in their live stock, their grains, their fruits, their flowers, there industries, not with professional showman or advertisers, but with their equals. The county fair is also essen tial to the development of the social life of tho country. It gives an opportunity at least once a year for neighbors and friends living in different sec tions of tho country to renew old acquaintances and form new ones, and compare exper iences, thus developing the social life of which the rural dis- .Ttricts are so sorely in need. For iu i;uiK-iin--iiL ... , . - . Bevelopment League meet- be Oct. 2 and 3, the fair ng on tne atternoon oi and it was the suggestion Chapman that the League 1 recess on that afternoon the displays at the pavil-! I view the live stock. such an arrangement the ,rd will make a change in tmer custom arm nave fling in place, including aossibly have the stock country lifo will never be what it should be until there is a better development of the social life than we have ever had in tho past If the county fair is to serve the public either in the develop ment of its industries, tho refine ment of its to3tes or in the de velopment of its social life, it must be a clean county fair. By a "clean" county fair we mean a fair which offers no tem tations to vice or immortality. In every profession and every enterprise when first established the leaders must detcrmino at tho outset whether they look for support to the better part of the community or to the worst; whether tho ultimate end of the business or profession will be to make men and woman better k, on Tuesday noon, andiand lifc better worth living, or I :i.i.. i i. ..i l. whether it will for nrosent trjiin jussiuiy ii.ivu uiu mutiti -- " il i II ? .1 ii I tnrA f lmrAl nml rirtfif liw tne louowing uay rainuri -" " . "..! " j ie latter part of the week the vices of the worser part ie past. ' Wo have observed for the last secretary of tho board had I twenty-five year that county ed the local Grange a day I fairs that throw themselves for support upon tho best part of of the community and exclude not merely intoxicating liquors and gambling devices, but every sort of privilege, so called, which panders to tho lower ideas and tastes, succeeds; while those that aim to get their pa tronage through enterprise which rob and corrupt tho com munity usually fall. Now by the "better" part of the com munity we do not mean the church members alone. There are many farmers who are not members of any church, who may have no definite religious beliefs whoes past lives may not have been what they should be, who never the less want their children to be upright, truthful, cean, honest men and pure women. Now the county fair must fair and had suggested k grangers taKc a promi Irt in the program of the r. Chapman informs The lerald that Prof. II. D. of the agricultural Col- i'H be present and make ijress before the League K and also one to the far- H u (-.:.. riu.: ., . uiu lull, hub BUKKV-o- ight in line with former if the board and fits in should bo rigorously excluded. Unfortunately some of our county fairs, as woll as some of our street fairs, in their anxiety to mako exponscs, have fallen into tho habit of encouraging things that tend to demoralize tho young. It is sometimes a question as to what attiludo tho hotter class of pcoplo should ussumo townrd thoso fair whe ther county or street, where corrupting influences havo crept in. With regard to county fairs, tho proper thing to do is for tho better class of people, whether town or country to attend the annual meeting and elect tho proper olllccrs, than attend the meetings of tho board and pro test against tho corrupting In fiuenscs which havo prevailed in the past. If their advice and protests ate not heeded, then tho proper thing to do is to stay away from the fair; not only to stay away yourself and require your family to stay away, but to talk with your neighbors about it and point out to them that a clean country life and clean boys and girls are of far more impor tance than the success of any fair, whether in country or in town. It would not be difficult to find in any county, if one were dis posed to make an investigation, boys and girls whose whole future life has been sacrificed in order that tho management of the country fair might havo a satis factory balance sheet nt the end of tho year, or that tho mer chants in some country' town might make greater profits. Tho country can not airord a sacrifice like this; for after all, the end of all our farming, of all our mer chandising, of all our profession al life, is it to rear a race of hoys and girls clean in life, pure in thought, who are to inherit our names and our estates, and, carry on and complete the work that we are trying to accomplish. Any county fair can be cleaned up in a year, if tho better farm ers would set their faces against all sorts of allurements and temp tations to vice, and then palro nizo the fair by their presence. A dozen such farmers could better afford to put their hands in their pockets and guarantee the pay ment of all premiums than to haye the can racket and other gambling devices, or sights and sounds that will be recollected with disgust by their children in years to come. These farmers should givo the merchants to un derstand that they will resent in the most effective way any at tempt to introduce in street fairs any corrupt or corrupting influ ences. The farmers need nil tho amusements and all the recrea tions that these fairs can give. Their children need them; but thoy cannot airord to buy these recreation and amusements at the expense of the most precious thing in all this world; puro lives, high ideals and noble purposes. Henry Wallace in Rural Man hood. COLnilRATION AT CHOW CAMP A QUIET CELEBARTJON Crowd not Large as Usual in Burns Because of Other Celebrations A DAY OF ENJOYABLE FEATURES C. G. Chapman of Portland Commercial Club Principal Speaker and Gave Strong Talk That Pleased Musical Numbers Appreciated and Ball Game Good. Burns witnessed a very quiet 'ilh of July celebration compared to former occasions but it was none the less interesting and en joyable, there being features of particular interest to those present and tho absence of for mer noise and excitement was no disappointment. Instead of several days of sport and enter tainment it was decided to have but one day and put in all the good things necessary for the entertainment of visitors on that day. There were several other places where celebrations 'were held. Harney had a big time with sports and a barbecue dinner on the 3rd and quite a number of Burns people were present on that day. Narrows had two days, Valley View Grange head ed a picnic celebration on the river near Lawen; the people of territory betweon Weavers Springs and the Inko' (Glenlock) had a nice quiet time nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. Preston, and a largo number had a cele bration at Crow Camp. These diminished the usual largo crowd The committee had prepared a generous luncheon on tables on the north side of the court house where Sam Bickley and an assis tant looked after thoso who de sired luncheon. Several out of town people availed themselves of this while others brought their own baskets and had a spread under tho trees. Most of the town people went to their homes for such refreshments, taking out of town guests with them. An interesting game of base ball between tho married men and single men was played at the fair grounds in the afternoon; the single men being the victors to the tune of t) to 2. A pleasing diversion was some harness events on the track during the game. Two pacing colts were put around tho track in very good time by .1. 10. Johnson and Harry Smith. Liter Mr. Johnson drove an exhibition pace with a running mate, making the mile in a little less than 2:28. Later in the afternoon there were somo sports on tho street including foot races, jumping, tug-of-war, etc. In the evening a big ball was enjoyed by the that Burns formerly entertained, .crowd at the hall, Lee Caldwell's However there was many visitors i orchestra furnishing tho music from all over tho country present and the dancers were treated to to help celebrate and tho enter-n fine chicken supper at the tainmout furnushed seemed to satisfy in every respecL The literary and musical pro gram was held in tho court French hotel. In nil it was a success and most satisfactory, the committees of which Harry C. Smith was house yard and the ideal weather1 general chairman, deserve great pitors should keep these Kid suggestions in mind Iprepared to meet the ex iary circumstances that us. Tho fair has pro special prizes to cover arm pruuen wmen will to compete with irrigat ive as in tne past, ilie so has under considera- extensionof tho pavilion' r as to lie prepared lor isplays. fa large delegation oi business men, including officials it is important year's exhibit of tho of Harney county be the o railroad people, the Commercial bodies nnd on and Western (Jolont- havo all asked for ex- m tins section and tho 11 take care of these ex- tho same manner as and try to supply the smendous interest now this section by outside smands our best efforts )eration in this work, better advertises our I than an exhibit of its s Let us mako it worthy cater either to tho better class or to the other. The primary object of tho county fair is not to make money, hut to pay legi timate expenses and lay up a sur plus against future accidents. In doing so it should provide leg timate amusement of tho better sort of pcoplo and it should care fully exclude ull privileges which tend to debase and de grade. Whatever things nro sold should bo what thoy are re presented to be and sold at an honest price. There is abundant room for baseball, football, for contests of speed honestly con ducted, for healthy country sport. Theso are necessary for tlio full perfection of the fair, and tho greater the diversity tho better. All gambling all betting on races, all malformed animals, all dlsdusting exhibits of skill About 100 peoplo gathered at the hospitable homo of Mr. Bob bins at Crow Camp on the fourth and had one of the most enjoy able picnic celebrations held in this section on that day. Peoplo came from Wavcrly, Ilarriman und tho Buchanan neighborhoods little, old and nil including many old time residents and new. According to somo presont the crowd was most congenial and entered into tho spirit of tho oc casion in n mannor that indicated a most patriotic people. Mr. Grant of Wavcrly read tho Dec laration and' the other features were athletic sports in which all participated. Tho picnic dinner was fine and those present ex press their appreciation of the hospitality of Mr. Bobbins nnd his family. .Tudgo Hector, tho old pioneer, who had been mas ter at Crow Camp for many years and with him many pre sent had spent former celebra tions in tho beautiful grovo planted by him, was missed by the gathering and more than one oxpressed disappointment. One entertaining teaturo ot tho sports was a match raco be tween School Sunt. Hamilton and Mr. Eichner for a purso of five cents. Tho contestants ran hard for tho big niece of money and although tho sun was hot it was declared a Uo and had to bo run over. Tho greater avoirdu pois carried by Mr. Eichner was such u handicap that tho school teachor won in tho Becond trial. made it very enjoyable together with tho cool inviting lawn. Hon. Frank Davey presided and the principal address was deliv ered by C. C. Chapman of the Portland Commercial Club. He did not give a stereotyped -1th of July oration but a strong talk straight to the pcoplo of this in terior country on the possibilities of bettering conditions and our duly to ourselves nnd tho whole northwest in bringing about tho development of this vast inter ior section. Mr. Chapman's address was well chosen and made a good impression upon the large crowd that listened to it In all it has given our peoplo a deeper interest and appreciation of this big isolated country. Mr. Cross manager of tho Chicago Land Show was another distinguished guest from the out side. He was called upon by the president of tho day and res ponded with a fow pleasant re marks. Tho musical numbers were highly appreciated. A largo credit for thoir short notice. work on such WHAT TOM LAWSON THINKS 01' US. Thomas W. Lawson wrote tho following from Prineville to the Oregenian: What are my first impressions of Centrnl Oregon? Tho same as my already publish ed impressions of Portland and Hood Kiver except- except - well, take what I have said about Portland and Hood Kiver, and then blow olf the sides and let the good things"vast themselves' and you will havo an idea of the idea which has seeped into my very system during my 48 short, oh, so short, hours spent in this stupendous country among its wonderful people. You know it is getting mono tonous it must bo getting mono tonous to your people, my repeat ed telling how marvclously good everything looks to mo, but there is nothing else I can say. My experience since tho day I first set foot in Oregon has been ono chorus of children rendered 'continuous rovelntion of "good "Bed, White and Hltio" under tho direction of Mrs. J. L, Gault in a pleasing mnnnor. Miss Louol Smith, a general favorite among tho music lovers of Burns, sang "The Star Spanglod Banner" in a wav tunc urougnt generous applause. Sho was draped in tho folds of a big Amoricau flag and tho chorus was rendered by tho children. Piatt Bandall sang the "Recessional" (Lest Wo Forget)" in his usual good voice and in a manner that pleased tho big crowd and his many friends. All joined in singing 'America" at tho close of tho program. things." In Portland it was tho quiet, conservative beauty of the homes, tho homo surroundings nnd the peoplo who occupied the homes in combination with the remnrliably well-foundationed business hustlo that struck me. In Hood Kiver Valloy it was tho marvels of naturo, tho exquisite refinement of tho homes and the peoplo in combination with tho business, tho apple-orchard business, which impressed mo. Hero in Eastern Oregon it is tho wonderful beauties sky, mountain and fiat land combinn- lti I ww i 1 1 iin 1 r nllintili siliiiwifsi nun ui-mtuuo, iiiu oiiiuu wiiimuu 'and nil in combination with a look-you-straight-in-the-oyo, car-ry-your-hcnrl- upon -your- sleeve manliness and "womanliness of tho people- apparently nil the pcoplo and this in combination with a money-mnking possibility that is almost beyond comprehen sion to us of the East, strikes mo so forcibly that I am actually compolled to answer your ques tion what I think of Eastern Oregon, by repeating what I have already said before. Since I told The Oregoninn three or four weeks ago that I would stake my oxistencoon tho soundness of my opinion that Oregon is to have a marvelous future, end that future within tho next ten years, I have been watching out sharply for defects that would punch a hole in my first impression or at least shade out somo of tho enthusi asm, I have been unable to find any. Every place we have visited, and I have really covered quite a bit of ground, and ull of tho peo plo I have touched elbows with, has but tended to confirm, yes, and expand, my first enthusiasm. Truly, your country is a marve lous one. There is but one thing that your good people of Oregon will be called upon to furnish in the cinching of your great future, nnd that is a square deal to the hords of people und the vast capi tal which will surely pour in upon you from now on. A short time back, while you then had the marvelous advantages supplied by nature, you needed people and capital, and both, owing to a pe culiar combinations of conditions, were at the time hard to secure pcoplo because the East had not been overrun and because the Middle West was the first shopping-place of the emigrant, and capital because, first, it was not in such quantities as now, and second, becaure it could find ample vent in the building of the railroads and their entailed in dustries. All this is now changed. There is millions of people in the East who must come West or starve. There is billions of cap ital in the East which must come West or mildew and decay come west Northwest but par ticularly to Oregon. In my opinion it will from now on be impossible to keep back people and capital from building up Oregon until in a short time comparatively short time, it will be, figuratively speaking one vast unbroken city nnd suburb -impossible, if you extend to the coming people and capital your most valuable and fascinating asset, the best there is in you that is, that royal square deal good fellowship which I have seen standing on the corner of every city street, popping out of every apple orchard, bounding over ever sagebrush and hustling every acre ot ounclt grass since I have como into your state. Just givo the coming people and capital vour free-from jeal ousy, right-from-the-hcart wel come and well, I would bo afraid to tell what I think will happen for fear I will lose my reputation and be set dowji among tho rainbow-chasers. Tho personal attention given guests at tho French Hotel has given it a good reputation L. B. Culp, Prop. It is worse than useless to take any medicines internally for mus cular of chronic rheumatism. All that is needed is a free applica tion of Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale by all good dealers. W. L. BLOIT C. C. LUNDY BLOTT & LUNDY Real Estate and Insurance Fair Dealing Post Office Building, Burns, Ore. GEER & CUMMINS Burns, Oregon. Hardware and Crockery Glassware Guns and Ammunition FARMING MAHCINERY of all kinds Get our prices before buying C. M. KELLOGG STAGE CO. 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 1 L, E. B. WATERS, Agent. i 5-.SSiS3 - . i v.unxnuxmmmunv.Mxxiixmuniinmiin mtiasnnm:nnam:mn jj ARCHIE M'GOWAN, President and Manager Harney County Abstract Company if (incorporated) Modern and Complete Set of Indexes An Abstract Copy of Every Instrument on Record in Harney County. junaunnnnKaaunuaattnimt:nnannKKn:mt:anaaRjt The HOTEL BURNS N. A. DIBBLE, Propt. CENTRALLY LOCATED, COOD, CLEAN MEALS, COMFORTABLE ROOMS Courteous treatment, rates reason able Give me a ca'l A First Class Bar in Connection Mr. and Mrs. O. S. Preston of Glenlock enlertnioed twenty eight of their friends on July -Hh. A sumptous picnic dinner was served and the day pleasantly passed. Glenlock is situated north of Harney lake. It is reached by Preston Drivo which extends from Weavers Springs to tho lake and promises to bo ono of tho most beautiful drives on tho county. Thirty pcoplo at present make their homes in Glenloch. About six hundred acres of land are under cultiva tion and much more is being cleared. Tho broad fields of ryo and tho promising trial crops of annua are good to loolc upon. Always ready for job printing. Specials For 30 Days Sugar, 11 pounds Nails, 15 pounds Flour, per sack $1.25 Underwear now Homestead Locations A. A. IHUUY. Secretary jml Notary Public W. T. 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