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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1912)
irftffcegrrWfcl. SBhe TIe (Tlmco-JiiMnlii Tlio Olllchil I'lipnrnf lliirnoy Uoiimy Iiiih llinlarKoit dii'iilatloii nml I ono of lin bunt lulvcrtinlnn iiii'iIIiiihh In KiiHtmii Orison, We (fiicn! Unnicu Country CoVBt hii Rreii n( (138,100 aim ol lmf, l,(ll,!l hi ie yl niiint tlthot UiHiitry miller Ui public In ml inn a ol Ui Unilwl Jtiiti.. VOL. XXV HUIINS, IIAUNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 9. 1912 NO l"i Jl'f f I'JPJIvJv w4lA IWO RAILROAD TRACKS Roadbed in Malheur Canyon for Both Hill and Harriman Tracks &RL GRAY BE PRESIDENT G. N. IIuih W. Hill to Resign Despite Denials, is Informa tion Ituccivcd, to Devote Time to Land Deals I Hill and Harriman Engineers Working Together. fm iK fflio extt'iisivoness of the oper ations on tho Oregon & Eastern railway, started in the Malheur canyon twelve miles west of tliiH Sity, came to light today wliun it AVM learned Hint a double track roadbed is being built throiiKliout tneTwhnlo length of tho narrow anUJdiHiciilt gorge says tlio En terprise. The roadbed in to bo U9S for tho separate tracks of UmJIInmman and Hill railroad, which will branch oil' into their areaDcctive territory upon leaving MjJSwesL and east portals of the jMjtfhcur canyon. is tho main reason for the! present slow movements ofjthe construction department. it is understood that Chief fConatruction Engineer Oshorn, outho Harriman force, in charge QljUiu operations uero must ro- feTTto a Hill engineer all the now, engineering and construc- ion strips being made over the 'joint roadbed. From the most reliable source fTatl further learned that the specifications for the Malheur mujyon operations call for the 'best roadbed in the United iStates, showing that both sys tems are plaiu)ii)Kr to maintain jutdjopcratc standard trunk lines terosts, liowever, brought about new conditions. Two names are mentioned prominently in connection with the report that Mr. Gray is to succeed Mr. Hill, these being Mr. George T. Sladeand Howard James, both of St. Paul. Mr. Slade is third vice-president of the Northern Pacific and a son-in-law of James J. Hill, the rail road and empire builder, and Mr. James is director of purchases of the Great Northern It is re ported that one of them will suc ceed Mr. Gray as president of the Hill lines in this state. ANOTIICK MODIiKN IIUIMJINU. Archie McGowan has pur chased the lots on the corner of Third street leading to the court house and has already made arrangements for the erec tion of a modem fire proof ollice building which will be rushed to completion just as rapidly as material can be brought in and the weather con ditions will permit. It is not the intention of Mr. McGowan to erect a large build ing, but ample for his personal use and a safe place for the val- through Vale and the famous ' liable books and records of the iMalheur pass. It is further fknown w.thouta doubt that Hill iwilTTcotincct the Pittsburg & Gil- Harney County Abstract Co. It is an ideal location for his busi ness on one of the principal more in northeastern Idaho with .streets leading to the court h"Pin" road over the Dead Ox house and a neat ollice building Fllrinto Vale to pass into inter lipivOregon enroute to Coos Hay forjsupromnncy of that coast tor- rninnl. )KA TO III; I'KliSIDl'M-. Nothwithstanding repeated de nials from Louis V. Hill that he iacontemplating resignation from Kej presidency of the Great INorthern Railway, the informa- tlonlwas received here last night Iran St Paul through private sources that Carl R. Gray is to Pomade president of the Great XNortnern on iiny i, says mo 'Journal. Mr. Gray is president of the ixiiuiiines in uregon, iinviiigeumu here a year ago from the Frisco linejat St. Louis to succeed John SfStevens who built the Oregon ffrunk line for the Hill interests, ndwie is now in St. Paul or on hiSTwny homo from a conference ith Hill officials at St. Paul. It UTfuTctfi wl fit tlwt Mni'l li ltd til "r "v vr "u :. "" omecs inai Air. uray win proua blvlreturn home Monday or Tuos- Hriint Louis Hill will devote his titne to tho colonization of Cen trallOregon is believed to be the program ho has mapped out, but jjvSich ho is not ready to an nounce, judging from tho fact thjjl ho has denied the truth of thjjyvnrious rumors to the ell'ect that he would resign. HMr Hill is interested in the jSgOOO aero tract of tho Oregon Wwtern Colonization Company, Ind as has been announced, this A will be placed on tho mnr kTthis sununer, with a view of publishing thriving coinmuni ytlSF' and thereby create traffic fgytho railroads tapping tho cen RKjj part of tho state. To trans tSm for this vast area into a pros gSEnis, thickly populated settlc 'wftt, is said by his friends to bo jK3!of Mr. Hill's ambitions, jjhortly beforo his resignation i his position as president of tSllill lines in Oregon, John F. ggvons was si0Ken ol as Having on the corner will add much to the value and sightliness of that section. The house now on the property will be improved and will be used for a residence to be oc cupied by Mr. McGowan and family or possibly rented. The Times-Herald understands the Abstract Co. books will be removed at once from the pre sent ollice into one room of the C. H. McConnell suite in Tho Times-Herald building where they will be kept temporarily as it is safe from fire. This is the first new structure of business houses announced for this season but there are other buildings contemplated and it is almost certain that Rums will witness considerable activity in this line during the business season. Property owners are convinced of the permanency of our city and henceforth substantial busi ness structures will be erected. WOOL (IKOWI-KS MI:IM Men slated lor tho presidency .fftho Great Northern, and it is Wjeved hero that Mr. Hill at jjBBt time figured seriously on do gging all his time to the coloni- aftMou of Central Oregon. Mr. There was a very rcprcscntn tive gathering of wool growers at the meeting of tho Harney County Wool Growers Associa tion last Monday. Tho Times Herald has not a list of all the members of tho association but between now and shearing time it will represent about a million pounds of wool and some of tho most substantial men of Eastern Oregon are active in tho organi zation. Tho unavoidable absenco of V. E. Coman, general freight and passenger agent of tho Ore gon Trunk and representatives of warehouse companies who were scheduled to bo present was a disappointment as it was hoped to get some valuable in formation from tho gentlemen as to rates and such inducements as they had to offer for turning the wool business of this section into another channel rather than shipping nnd selling oyer the same route and manner as in tho past. Theso gentlemen wired it was impossible to reach Hums on tho ilato sot for tho meeting of tho wool men and asked for a circumstances aH many members had come long distances to at tend and tho spring rush of get ting their stock to the lambing quarters and preparations for shearing, range, etc. made it very inconvenient for them to return here. The primary object of this or ganization is for mutual protec tion as well as to get closer to gether for the bestgjttaults and tlio greatest advantage of the industry. One advantage of such an or ganization is the largo amount of wool represented which will be an inducement to buyers that will attract them to this terri tory instead of waiting for each individual clip to arrive- at some shipping point in such amount as to justify visiting such point to examine and purchase. The meeting Monday took proper steps toward ascertaining the most practical point for ship ping the wool as well as the warehouse facilities, etc. The secretary has written to various shipping points and the replies will be submitted to the presi dent and if deemed of sufficient importance he will call a apecial meeting to consider them. sunsct moths One of the most enjoyable en tertainments of the season hap pened at the home of W. R. Dawson on the night of Feb. 23. The event being the home com ing of Miss Laura, who has just completed a successful term of school in the Voltage district. Many of Miss Dawson's Sunset and Voltage friends attended. Music dancing and card games, were the order of the evening, and at midnight a fine oyster supper was served. Every one had a good time, and all agree that W. R. understands the game of entertaining. The grange had a social dance and box supper on the night of Feb. 2-1. The boxes were sold to the highest bidders and brought $2-1.00. It is the inten tion of the Grangers to buy an organ in the near future. Twe've new members were voted in last meeting; a good program was rendered. Several applications will be voted on at the next meeting and it is safe to say Sunset will have more than 50 members. A number of the Sunset home steaders are making preparation to make five year proof, even though they will prove up very few speak of leaving Sunset Our stage driver is sporting a brand new stage these days. In the Weaver Spring neigh borhood, Ross Ringer has broken 25 acres of new ground this spring, this makes him 200 acres under cultivation. More farmers like Ringer is what we need. Mrs. W. R. Dawson returned from her winter's visit in Cali fornia on the 27th of Feb. W. R. who has so long had a grouch, now wears tho Taft smile. Hert Porter has entirely re covered from his recent attack of pneumonia. From all reports there will be great activity at the new town of Wellington as soon as weath er nnd roads will permit We are told that one of the first im provements will be a newspaper. The press is now at Vale, a resi dence and shop will be construct ed at once, ns soon as completed the new editor and family will come from Portland. TO SELL INDIAN LAND Plans Decided Updn Some Time Ago To be Carried Qui at Once LOCAL MEN SUGGEST DISPOSAL Majority of Allottees Incompetent, Some Dead, Others Blind Disposal Considered Best for Indians and Development of Big Area Will not be Retarded. test has been arranged to take place there, Saturday March 0th, at ,'5:30 and it is hoped that many of the members will participate. The company then adjourned, all declaring thev had enioved a pleasant evening and a splendid i 5 meal. ,j PORTER TO IKKIflATR 1000 ACKI'S. I tj t::ms::::!::::nn:::::::!:::t!::;;t:i!:imn!r ll UOY VAN WINMfr.K ..... ............ AlixIracU'r. :n::::::::::i:::::::n!::t:t:::::t: . ARCHIE M'fiOWAN. "Tlic l.an.1 .Man." Harney County Abstract Company IlliUNS (INCOKI'OIIATED) OKKGON A riotlern ami Complete Set of Indexes nnd nn Abstract Copy of I'.very Instrument on Record In llnrncy County. Till: COMPANY HUT WILL LVLNfUALLY Ul) YOUR hi -!;;;?;!;! 0R!. :::::::::::::t:::':t::;:::::::t:::::ttn:::nt::mi:::tttt.u:it2t:tti Three or four years ago a sug gestion was made that the lands allotted to the Piute Indians should not be allowed to remain idle and some means provided whereby the land might be culti vated or placed in such a shape as would permit of their devel opment under competent super vision. The matter was taken up by Dr. Marsden and Register Farre of the local land office and since then considerable corres pondence has been exchanged between these gentlemen and the U. S. land and Indian service de partment. Dr. Marsden is thor oughly familiar with the Indian allottees their relationship and inclinations respecting the lands and this knowledge, together with the confidence the Indians have in him has made his service of great value to bringing about desired results. It was repre sented to the Department that the Indians were incompetent, many being old, others blind and a large number of the original allottees dead, therefore it would be best for the public and also the indians themselves to dis-1 po.-e of the land, therefore the Department ordered the land to sale. This was some three ori four years ago. I Prof. Rakestraw, who was then in charge of the Fort BiU- well Indian school, was instruct with just the same as any indivi vidual owner of land. The Times-Herald is not fami liar with the mode of procecdure but likely the lands will be ap praised and advertised for a peri od and then disposed of to the highest bidder. People must not get the idea that because they are Indians their rights will not be properly protected bv the government. Till; "RABUIT SUPPER.'' Tuesday evening about twenty contestants in the recent rabbit shoot of the Harney Valley Rod and Gun Club, gathered in the dining room of the Burns hotel, to partake of the bounteous sup per prepared for them by Mrs. Dibble. It was supposed by the uninitiated that all were to fare alike, but Sam Mothershead, ever the favorite of Dam For tune, was served with his favo rite article of diet, a nice large juicv crow, borne to him on a large platter; attached to the bird was a card with the follow ing inscriptien: "Poiii'ti feet j!ot cold Tho crow grMM old The rest of tho f tory is bfttfr untold." Sam promised he would go out and shoot next time. Then for awhile there was si lence -a silence that was an el- ' Never beforo has the Dead Ov i 'Lit country in the northeastern cart of the county received so ipuch attention from irrigation i.;ts as at the present time. An other pumping plant for anoth r irrigation system is being pn jeeteefby O. VV. Portorof Weiser, who is also a large property hold er in this "city. According to the report just received Mr. Porter will phi e water on the major portion of 1000-acre Dead Ox Fiat ranch by pumping water from the Snake River. This tract represents the largest individual holdings in this, part of the country and has for years been sought after by men who wished to develop it and sell it for small orchard tracts. Some months ago Mr. Porter engaged the services of Engmt- r Stuart M. French and since then has been working diligently on plans and specifications for a pumping plant with sufficient LinnntMf in ifinntn l.-.l..m,in r?AV i!7? !f!!!p-lTHE FRENCH HOTEL perty that lies at an elevation not exceeding a 33 foot lift from AUTOriOBILES " REO-THE-FSFTH -A l'owcrftil 30 H -P. Car. Two. f-oiu and Five-l-'asseng'tT, Fern i-Float AaJcs, Nickfc Steel, Timkeri Hearings. Five- Passenger, Fully quipped, $1275.00, I'. O.U. Portland Self Starter, 25.00 lixtra. FAMOUS APPERSON-JACMU5B! STIEARMS CARS-KMGHT TVnWlOTOR '3F1?t.-ZT;!:!i2jEL-i Quality lr J. I -M" Af.'K.Vi ROBINSON Madras Ore. rui: rook vD warned ouniim under new management the low water stage in the Snake! Jobil R. WalkUD, Proprietor river. t ' FirsiCIass Well Appointed House Sample Rooms Commercial Travelers ed to come here and carry out' oquent tribute to the excellence the plans of the government, 'of the meal, and the splendid ap- yons Biiddon decision to sovor'postponment to n later date. 'Connections with tho Hill in-'This could not bo dono under tho VAI.I.I1V VlliW II I MS Valley View Grange will hold its regular monthly meeting Saturday, March !), 1012. A de bate on the question of building a new court house will bo ono of tho features of the literary pro gram. Tho Valley View Grango will givo an entertainment at the school house Tuesday, March 12. A lino program hns been arrang ed including a ono act farce en titled "Mrs. Stubbins' Book Agent." Supper will bo served to all nt closo of program. Every body cordially invited to attend. If your own girl is away, bring tho other fellows. This means you I Always ready for job printing, Later Mr. Rakestraw was suc ceeded in the schools by another man, who it seems, did not get the opportunity to do the work. A few weeks ago Mr. H. G. Wil son of Roseburg, an attachee of the Indian service, to do the work. Dr. Marsden has recently re ceived a letter from Mr. Wilson respecting the matter in which he says: "The matter of straightening out and leasingor selling tho land of the Piute Indians in Harney county has been assigned to me petites of the mighty hunters, many of -whom, especially the Rev. Dr. Babbidge, had fasted all day. that they might show that their prowess at the table wa fully equal to their prowess was ordered the field. But when the edge (was taken off the appetities, tongues became loosened, and many wild and weird tales of ad venture on the field, forest and stream were related. Dell Dibble told how, unarmed and all alone, he boldly confront ed a rabbit in its lair, and after a fearful struggle, put the fero and I will either personally go to ' cious animal to flight C. F. Harney or send a representative, McKinney told of a hand to hoof there some time in the early part combat with a cfeer on bteens of April. I do not deem it ad visable to go in earlier on account of the bad roads. I presume that a large number of the original allottees are dead and that hear ings will have to be held to de termine rightful. heirship. I be lieve that you know more con cerning theso Indians than any Mountain, in which the deer came out second best; Jim Dalton told of a deer with a charmed life. He also told in thrilling language, how Ernest Music crawled cau tiously through the grass to get a shot at his own decoys. Carl Herzog told "the story of the ship, the whale and the lady who sold The plans and specifications as now evolved call for the installa tion of two 8 inch direct connect ed centrifugal pumps. Tho pumps will be operated by two 30 horse power electric motors. The machinery will be set on solid concrete base and have suf ficient capacity to supply two acre feet of vater during the ir rigation season of 120 days. In addition to the pumping plant proper the installation calls for the laying of approximately 400 feet of 1G inch iron pipe and the construction of tilniut 2 miloa ail main canals. This method assures distribution of water to all points! oy comoining pipes anu openjj ditches. The pump house will be locat-! ed on the bank of the Snake river immediately south of the! Porter Ferry landing on the Ore-1 gon side. The pump house itself ; will be very substantially con-' structed of concrete and wood. ' The walls will extend four feet above the machinery to insii'e against flooding during times of high water. The entire plant j will be in active operation this season. j The pumps, motors, and other ' necessaries have been shipped from San Francisco and are ex- pected to arrive this month when they will be immediately install ed. Enterprise. CANNOT VOTE ON COURT MUUSt- i SUITS MADE BY HERZOG, The Taiioi are the most economical suits to wear FIFTEEN DOLLARS and up. Make them to your measure Beginning March 7 and Ending April 7 ttiKfr, ii(fJu gneum frt n $15.00 INLAID SILVER SET To h ml) i ptintc tbe Plan" t It don't make any difference whether you are a con ant for the PIANO you have a chance to win this -. tfc THE SET IS OS DISPLA Y A T OUR STORE. THE CITY DRUG STO'u- Reed Bros., Proprietors other person. Under the law the oranges. No one had the temer hcarings have to be advertised ! ity to tell of the large trout that for 80 days therefore to expedite got away, but Charley Byrd told matters if you could go over the of a terrific encounter between list of the names of tho allottees ' Rruss Byrd and a gigantic suck at the land office and send mo a or of the amphibious variety, list of all names, and note all the Dr. Babbidge closed the evening deceased Indians of the list in with a tale of a rattlesnake, which order that I could get their names shows the Doctor to be a close so that advertisements could be 'student of nature, disclosing as made in advance in order that he did, some traits of rattle the henring might be held some shake nature, not usually noticed time in the early part of April by the average observer. It has and thus save considerable time." been suggested that the Doctor It seems there is an impression and T. R. would make a great current that theso lands are to be combination to expose nature thrown open to settlement, but fakers. When he was through such is not tho case. An estate Dr. Hibbard announced that he has been created, patents issued had fitted up the traps for blue to tho Indians and they must rock shooting, in his field, at the have consideration and bo dealt foot of tho new grade. A con- Attorney General Crawford has written a letter to County Commissioner Sylvester stating the people have no right to de mand the action of the court in levying a tax for the purpose of building a court house be sub mitted to them for approval or rejection. -He says in clesing: "The action of the county court in levying a tax is a judicial mat ter and is not one ujwn which the referendum may be invoked, consequently your county court is not reviewable by the people, and they have no lawful authority to demand that the quostion of the levy by you shall be placed on a ballot at the ensuing election." C. M. KELLOGG STAGE CO. Four well equipped lines. Excellent faciliti' for transportation of mail, express, pas&engei , Prairie City to turns. Vale to Burn- Burns t Diamond Burns to Venator E. B. WATERS, Aent. ' A Ua.. II ll II IMMM For rheumatism you will find' nothing better than Chamber-! Iain's Liniment. Try it and see how quickly it gives relief. For sale by all dealers. i J. C. 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