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VOL. XXV
BURNS, HAIINEY COUNTY, OKIJGON, JANUARY 20. 1012
NO 10.
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HILL ROAD
connect Deschutes
burg & Gilmore in Idaho
iFASS THROUGH
Lftc Building to Connect Willi
Survey Through Harney State Superintendent Alderman
Asks Co-operation in Stimulating Agriculture in Schools.
ffhc Portland Journal nays thai
tiPiltHburK &(iilmoro railway,
Subsidiary of the Chicago &
NwtliwoHtorn Iiiih authorized tho
construction of it lino down tho
Salmon River canyon in Idaho,
iwTto a connection with tho Hill
lines to tho coast. II furthor
asScrUt with iiositiveness that
tjieeo two railroad concerns have
purclmHod terminal room on the
oafil niclo in Portland recently at
.post of 2,000,000 or more.
jKThi.s road has a survey across
tHJB Harney country and people
who have watched the situation
Iirvc frequently suggested such
connection as is given in tho
closing paragraph of tho Journal. j(ilu;t contests in corn growing,
ifleays: 'poultry raising, manual training,
ffihe Pittsburg &. Gilmore road, I domestic science, potato growing
from Armstead, Mont., to Sal- an,i 0ther industrial work, and
mwi City, Idaho, is completed L.Very child in the state will have
m the grading from Salmon to 'opportunity to compete for the
Sfioup, located at the eastern end prizes.
effiftho Salmon River canyon, is j 'phe State Association has
completed. agreed to furnish $1.-100 in cash
wo surveys have been com-, prizes for school exhibits, and
pteted for the Pittsburg &. Gil-(promises of other prizes amount
inore road. One over which it is ingto$2.000 have also been made,
sulci a road will be built first, is w,j0 0tber interests which will
clown the Salmon and Snake doubtless contribute have not yet
fibers to Pasco, and the other i)0cn approached. The cotnmer
leSves the Salmon at the junction cia cubs all over tho state will
ofthe Littlu Salmon and run8 J Uisli the work, and a committee
down to Meadows, where it joins ( on agricultural education from
UK?1 & I. N., running from the State Rankers' Association
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MRdows to Weiser, and which
iJsat(l lo be controlled by the
Chicago & Northwestern. This
survey crosses the hniiKo river
aTyVeiser and hits across the
otntral Oregon to Coos Ray,
Jstt what puintH are touched by
Ujurvey across the central part
ofTthe state could not be learned
today.
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ENCOURAOUS INDUSTKIAI. WOKK.
(The secretary of the Harney
County Fair Association has just
rSacived a letter from Slate
Superintendent Alderman asking
ferco-operation of tho local fair
board in his plan to stimulate in
dustrial work in tho public
scfibols of the state. He has
ben assured of active support
ojTjtlie Harney County Fair which
will otfer some special prizes for
agricultural exhibits by the school
Children. Mr. Alderman says in
pert:
flpI am planning lo encourage
Industrial work among the pub-
WcTschools of tho state by olfer-
me children inducements to make
Eliibits. first at their local or Congress will be held at Port
cwunty fairs, and later at the laud Monday, Tuesday and Wecl
JrtTto fair. Tho State Fair Roard desday, February 10, 20 and 21,
ingoing to double its prize list in tho convention hall of the
fo children's exhibits, offering Portland Commercial Club. An
$1600 next fall. Tho breeders of ! notineement of tho congress was
me huuo are oncring uocrai, in
dividual prizes of thorough-bred
animais.
Jl'Tliere will bo ample induce
mnlH for the children to exhibit
iTtJ. llie state fair. I want a
gfriendid children's exhibit at
yjur county fair, ami later 1
vSSnt tho best of these famous
SSrns country exhibits brought
tojtho Htato fair. To aid tho
cWldren in getting started in
their gardaning, poultry raising
ami domestic science I expect to
SSnd out a man from this olllce
Locomobile
Seven-Passerger Cops
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The Burns-Bend Auto Line
OI'I'HAint
ITHE COLLINS SAUTO COMPANY
khikeum:
l.itulluriiitxi n mulMrrhont limit at
En nrrlvu.t I'lirllaiul ntfl 4t niliitlim
Ull
7 Ml, UUf III lii lleml li limn, .'ii i. r Hill"
Brirst-Cla-Hi Sorvlco tlimrniileoil
II. UOIIU, Agent
FROM EAST
Line With Pitts
HARNEY VALLEY
Pacific Idaho Northern With
in tho npring."
Tho following sent out from
tho Agricultural College gives
further details of tho state wide
effort in this mevement:
Prizes totaling thousands of
dollars have already been offered
to the children of Oregon for in
dustrial exhibits at the state and
school fairs. State Superinten
dent of Schools Alderman, coop
erating with the county superin
tendents, tho Stale Fair Associa
tion, the Portland Commercial
Club, the Oregon Development
League, the SUttc Rankers' Asso
ciation, and the extension divi
sion of the Oregon Agricultural
College, will organize and con
has agreed lo raise ai icasii.ww
to assist in the work
Some .'50 different branches of
industry will bo included in tho
contests, and those entering will
be reouircd lo keep for the col
lege accurate and complete re
cords of their work from the be
ginning. Thus a vast amount of
valuable data will bo secured.
One county superintendent states
that there will be at least -1,000
children exhibiting from his coun
ty alone.
STATU IPHtOATION CONOKIiSS CAU.Ill)
At the meeting of tho Central
Oregon Development league in
this city last October a resolution
was adopted suggesting the or
ganization of an irrigation con
gress. Tho matter has taken
form according to the following
from tho Oregenian:
Under the auspices of the Ore
gon Development League, and
on instructions given at the Cen
tral Oregon convention at Rums
last fall, an Oregon Irrigation
made from the Commercial Club
yesterday.
Discussions or tho congress
will deal with overy phase of the
irrigation problems that may bear
upon thedovelopmentof Oregon.
Relations with tho National Gov
ernment in winning for Oregon
a proper proportion of the recla
mation funds, tho condition and
progress of tho various Carey Act
projects, relations of tho state to
tho various Carey Act projects,
private projects, water users,
bottlers and land owners, will bo
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considered and the action lo bo
taken by this first State Irriga
tion Congress held in Oregon will
bo of utmost importance in its
bearing on tho future develop
ment of tho irrigated lands of
Oregon.
It i'b planned to make the Ore
gon Irrigation Congress a per
manent organization by forming
an Oregon Irrigation Association
and providing for regular annual
conventions similar to the one
announced yesterday and will be
hold in February.
In his call for the congress, C.
C. Chapman, secretary of the
Oregon Development League, re
quests communications from per
sons in the state who are inter
ested in the plan and have sug
gestions to otter. Tho program
thus far is only tentative and
Mr. Chapman hopes to receive
many suggestions from those
interested in irrigation as to the
methods and policies that should
be pursued at the congress. If
proposed resolutions are received
at the office of tho league in Port
land in time, it is the intention
to make them public and thus
assure wide discussion and study
of the topics that will bo brought
up.
The call for the congress in
cludes invitations for delegates
representing the National Gov
ernment, the state government,
Oregon Development League,
state development associations,
cities and towns, United Stales
reclamation projects, and private
irrigation projects National Gov
ernment officials invited to the
congress include the Secretary
of the Interior, Oregon Senators
and Representatives, administra
tive officers of the Department of
the Interior and the Department
of Justice having jurisdiction
over Government lands and rec
lamation projects in Oregon, and
five delegates from the official
staff of each Government project
in Oregon. The governor of the
state. Legislature, State Engi
neer, Attorney General, members
of tho Desert Land Roard, State
Roard of Control, State Conser
vation Commission, and adminis
trative officers having jurisdic
tion over Oregon waters and
lauds available for irrigation,
will bo invited to represent the
state government.
Fifteen official delegates will
be asked from tho Oregon De
velopment League, five from the
Oregon Conservation Association,
five from the Oregon Society of
Civil Engineers, the Mayor and
administrative officers from every
city and town of the state, five
delegates from every irrigation
project in the state, and settlers
and water users affected by the
projects.
In addition to the call for offi
cial delegates a general invita
tion has been issued to represen
tatives of railroads, National,
state and county officials, officers
and members of commercial or
ganizations and candidates for
public olliecs to attend, though
not participating as official re
presentatives. The session of Monday, Febru
ary 11), will bo devoted to organi
zation of tho association, election
of ollicers and routine work.
Monday night an informal re
ception will be held for the dele
gates in tho Commercial Club
parlors. Tuesday and Wednes
day will bo given over to the
general discussion and formula
tion of policies regarding the irri
gation projects of the state.
Illil.l) I'liAS.
Efforts of the O.-W K. &. N.
Company to introduce field peas
and alfalfa in tho semi-arid dis
tricts of Eastern Oregon have
met with such success that 11. R.
Miller, traffic manager, under
whose direction tho experiments
were conducted, is contemplating
supplemental seed distributions
in various parts of the state.
Recently Mr, Miller wrote to
farmers among whom field peas
and alfalfa seed was distributed
on tho trip of tho demonstration
train in tho spring of 1010 to
learn from them tho results of
thoir tests. The replies were
most gratifying.
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SUGGESTS CHANGE LAW
Commissioner Dennett Urges Final
Proof Taken on Land Entered
WOULD ABOLISH
Plan Would Hasten Issuing of Patents, Lessen The
Expense and Obviate' Necessity of Examination
By Special Agents Demand for Land Decreased.
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The annual report of the com
missioner of the general land
office contains the gratifying in
formation that patents are issued
in homestead applications within
four and a half monthB from the
date when final proof is submit
ted, where there is no protest or
contest. The same is true with
timber and stone entries. It has
been a great many years since
the work of the land office was
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mended for bringing
this Work
to a point where it is virtually
current.
The report of the commission
er shows that the demand for
public land is rapidly decreasing.
During the year which ended
June ,'i0, 1911. only 17,639.009
acres of public land were origin
ally entered, a decrease of 8,752,
1(!9 acres as compared with the
area entered during the preceding
twelve months. Whether this
decrease is the result of conser
vation or a declining demand for
land is not brought out by the
rejiort.
Commissioner Dennett believes
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f proof should be taken upon the
..!. MWMIU S. f,41lWJ tWltl.l4
land entered, instead of at the
local land office, and he strongly
urges such a change in the law.
In fact this recommendation is
the most important feature of
his entire report. Discussing the'i
question of proof the-commis-,
sioner says:
At present proofs are taken be
fore the register and receiver.
This necessitates in many cases
a long trip from the land to the
iuc.il uuicu iiuu uiiuuia u iiiiK- i
expense upon the applicant, -who I'
nas 10 journey tnereio anuunng
his witnesses to testify in sup
port of his claim. If this course
be not pursued, the propf is tak
ed before a United States com
missioner. This procedure is not
satisfactory. It is respectfully
recommended that a more ex
peditious way, and one where
there would bo less cost to the
claimant, would be under a sys
tem allowing proofs to be taken
upon the land itself, before a
special agent designated to visit
the land, who should be author
ized to collect from the claimant
a fee, thenmountof whichshould
be based upon the distance of the
claim from some given point
within the land district. The
expenses of the agent could be
so arranged that his visit would
cost the claimant less, and the
proof would be very
intiolimni-n.lt
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satisfactory. There would also
be a great saving in rendering
unnecessary the expense of-a
subsequent examination by a spe
cial agent to detect fraudulent
proofs.
"If tho proofs were taken on
the homestead the facts would
bo established and the delay now
ensuing, of nn investigation nec
essitated on account of the com
plaints make before or after the
proof."
The commissioner renews his
recommendation that the office of
receiver at all local land offices
be abolished both in the interest
of economy and good adminis-
HKFliHhWCKS;
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ot llauuy County
The Inland
Wti nirtvnt Mint which U rented nml rvliahln. Wo haiulln nil
kimla ol Real Ktitiito nmttur Wilto your huul tilliiK ajor or
oilier h'Kiil laml papers corrodly ami iiiU'lly,. T, WANT YOl'R
KIRi: INKl'RANCU lll'BINKSS; wo rtmtml two of tho utroiiKont
coiuiiiiIoh In Amorlcn-Tlli: AKl'NA .. IlARTl'OKD CO'8
Lint your property with ui, lor nalo or tnulo. INVKHTHIATK Ol'R
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trimtyou. Auk our Client. Call ami boo tin,
THE RECEIVERS
..
iration. a lar neuer organiza
tion at less expense could be per
fected," he says, and adds:
"There is no business reason to
be advanced for the retention of
the present organization of local
land offices. It originated in the
era of sale, when the money value
of the land disposed of was the
paramount idea; it was retained
without any real reason through
the era of development; the com-
. intr era should see it abolished
i Umjer this dual system there is a
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isier anci receiver nave 10 sign
decisions and they are responsi
ble together for the work of the
office. This divided responsibility
is not a successful method of
management for any office. Ex
perience has shown that there
are frequent clashes between the
two officers. The simplest or
ganization would be the creation
of a new office and the placing of
one man in charge of all the work
t)f the local oflice.and substituting
for the receiver a bonded clerk.
This bonded clerk could be secur
ed for the work to be performed
at a salary ranging from $1500 to
Mwu a jw, .mu uiu uiiicicntc
1nnnn- 1 .u. .l.'lT
! uet ween that and the salary now
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L,iUUl? receivers woum amuu.u
ill saving iu uiu KUV1.-1 mucin, in
round numbers, about $150,000
a year. Retter administration
would be secured, and the gov
ernment would save a considera
f ,.sum
, ? c
commissioner recommends
that in the future agents of the
reclamation service be authorized
to accept payments from settlers
on government projects, and
that the present practice of hav
ing payments made at local land
offices be abolished.
He also recommends that the
commutation clause of the Home
steatr law be repealed. He closes
his report with the following
cemment:
"The attention of this office
has been oftimes invited to the
evils and hardships resulting
from the practices of incompe
tent and unscrupulous profes
sional locators. Field service
representatives receive frequent
complaints from persons who
have been victimized by these
gentry, representing that per
sons employed for a compensa
tion to locate them upon desira
ble tracts of public lands had ex
hibited to them lands which were
not of the description and inten
tional, while in a few it is the
consequence of gross ignorance
and total want of care or caution
SCCIllS 10 IllO lllUt Wiese JJCI-
i ... ... .,
sons who intervent between me
irovernnient and the would-be
settler upon public lands should
be placed under some responsibi
lity to the law and afford some
reason, other than a purely moral
one, for keeping good faith with
the settler by whom they are
employed."
OUJECTS 10 COURT IIOUSH.
To the Editor Tho Times-Herald:
I wish to speak a few words in
regard to the so-called "progres
sive" county court.
Tho people of the county, and
especially the farmers, will no
Homestead Locations
Empire Realty Company
V. T. l.KSTi:U. .MuiiKr
doubt remember some few
months ago when there was a
demand from several granges
for a small bounty on rabbits to
partly reimburse the farmer for
the expense of the drives. What
was the result? The "progres
sive court turned them down
on the ground of economy. Now
they propose to tax the farmers
property which they refuse to
protect in order to build a new
court house in Rurns.
Has there b""n anv demand
for a new court house, outside of
Burns? I hardly think so. In
fact I know that there is a de
cided sentiment against it Is
this progressive court willing to
leave it to a vote of the people
of the countv?
A county court whose sc-le"Jlhf 1
tinction lies in ignoring the far
mers and cutting clown working
men's pay and then listening to
the demands of a small clique of
men in one community might be
called progresrive or they might
be called by a "shorter and uglier
word" as the Sage of Oyster Ray
would say.
Van B. Emiskee.
Note An examination of the
tax roll shows Van B. and Clyde
Embree pay taxes on $300; the
3 mill tax levy will cost both less
than $1.
OF IN1F.REST TO TEACHERS.
To the Teachers of Oregen:
Knowing that you are willing
to cooperate in educational work
I ask you to cooperate this year
by encouraging all your pupils
in the growing of crops, domes
science and poultry raising,
children like to do these things
and will respond to your encour
agement. Your county will bold
a fair at which your pupils will
be asked to exhibit what they
raise or make. The best of these
exhibits will be brought to the
state fair where liberal prizes
will be awarded.
Ask your pupils how many of
them would like to have a Shet
land pony, a thorough-bred Jersey
calf worth $100. a purebred pig
stock show, a purebred sheep
with wool so thick that they
would have to feel around to find I
its eyes, or a goat with flossy hair i
that reaches to the ground; or,
secure a fine Scotch Collie puppie
that knows as much as some peo-1
pie, or win a money prize that t
will buy just what you want. All
these prizes and many more are I
to be given at the state fair next,
fall.
Ask if they know how to grow j
potatoes, pumpkins, squasnes,
corn, pop corn, etcetera. Ask
how many of them like water
melons or musk melons. The
reason so many boys and girls in
Oregon do not grow water melons
is because they are afraid the
other boys will steal them. If
they all grow water melons there
will be no one to steal.
Ask them if they know how to
feed chickens. If they buy three
settings of eggs from one neigh
bor, and three hens from an
other, and in March put the two
together they will probably raise
some prize-winners for the fair.
The children of Oregon can
double the egg production in
three years.
Ask them if they know that
the size of the pumpkin does not
depend upon the size of the boy
or the girl who plants the seed.
I know a girl six years old who
raised corn fourteen feet high.
Lotus show people that we arei.ci;:::!::;::::::
the most alive children in the
world by 75,000 out of our 12.",(i00
children exhibiting at the county
fairs, and 35,000 at the state fair
Last year 11,000 children iu Iowa
had exhibits at fairs. Let us
beat them two to one.
Yours very truly,
L. R. AU)EUMAN.
Sup't Public Instruction
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FOR SALE BY OWNER.
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improved sage brush land in
Harney Valley, canbesubirrigat
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house deep well and otherwise
improved. Prices made tosuit in
tending settlers. No speculators
need apply. Inquire at this office.
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YOUNG PEOPLE
Join THE TLMES-HEIIALD'S HOMER DAVENPORT
Drawing" Contest
now rtmi)iir weekly in Tho Times-ITorald in
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MEN
This week the subject
CONDITIONS
The content is open to ull readers of The Times-Herald
below the aye of twenty-one years excepting teachers of
drawing and professional artists.
Cut out of the columns of The Times-Herald each week
Mr. Davenport's cartoon and make a free hund copy of it
on clean white letter or drawing paper either with pen or
pencil.
Then mail the clipping and your copy together with
your name, age and address
IIEKAIiirS HOMER DAVENPORT DRAWING CONTEST
Each week a committee will pass upon the drawings
and make the awards.
To the person submitting the best drawing will be giv
en a handsome artist's proof of Mr. Davenport's sketch
printed on .Japan paper and personally autographed by
the great artist.
These autographed artists proofs are not for sale at
any price and will be highly treasured by those who are
so fortunate as to receive them.
The educational value of this contest as an encourage
ment to the study of art aud modern history cannot be
overestimated.
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