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M i iiijnmunanj Wivxt, fflt SEIuica-JtcrnlJi 1Lt rrnt 34nrttg Cetmlrg Cocrn an ami ol 0,428,000 arret ol luml, 4,031,061 uircs yet vacant inbect to unity under tlio public land lam of tlin United Btiil.M. rThu Olllclul I'npi'ruf llnVnoj Oiinlx Kb tlio lurijt uiiculiittuit ami la unit ut i bust lulvortlttlttK modtiimti In Eastern Tcgon. BURNS, HARNEY COUN'1 OREGON, MAY A, 1912 NO 25. 9'tVWiO fodern School Way-- Will Be A Structure lem Design and Beauty fveof The Times- lie grounds where school building the other dny E 'with the excel- tmnnship as well nt and modem the entiro plan. s iV Aicuonniu, r arc putting up a i not only substun- , will always ho a regardless of its buildings that lr. McDonald very Che Times-Herald Rover the work, ictnils and blue lye one-an idea of are will be. Drk on tho ground c- is almost com- hbuilt of pink nn- urticular beauty, Btones used are the structure a rI appearance that i appreciate. This 11 be pointed up ir. Tlio nasemoni gymnasium, play I and girls, domes- ooni, mvnuorios, fuel room, furnace, Ipit has been oxca- west to the ccn- air chamber is ., which is a part of roper ventilation. ' carried to the va- tho floors above rpipes in the walls. anus are proviueu the building and a dng fountain is to i the basement. 3f the next two be of red brick and Bent efficient force HOTEL BURNS N. A. DIBBLE, ProDt. : RALLY LOCATED, : GOOD, CLEAN MEALS, lr j unnrun teous treatment, rates reason- : ableGive rst Class Bar In Connection ; ,'LZ',"-tttA&$ PRRIflMT IlKTTKIt Vl 9 rcgon .cntrnl JoxxdL to reu Kvery Sunday Lml WedneHduy HTO, Agent, You Want jSivTSTTOTIS Shl" Ym,r VnXM Willi ArrhlK MrdoHHil $! J. C. DODSON Alifilll for tlic RRISMOTORCAR junces that ho will take rhaul all Dorris Cars free of charge. Dodson will be in It a Fact MNMHHIWWIMNMIMMn 1 a Concern, Progressive enough to be willing to dill Strong cnoit(jh to tbles YOU to Jluy Cheaper, in a Mighty Good House p Toess22S MngBmineHHOur roil i'lmuictuuu HPJPurC mtmr ril-IKV ltiirotcc jivy WlUt kji-vrxv Kcipeciiwiy Moiicittd UKKU IIUOH. I'roprlclnri. llurnn tt it all in The Times-Herald For $2.WffK Public School Building Is Well it will bo only a matter of n short time until those walls aro up. Big steel lentcls and cyoheams are on tho ground to go over tho long openings where large win dows are to give nmple light for the room. Mr. McDonald exnocls to havo tho entiro structure completed and ready to turn over to the board by August 1 if no delay is caused in getting material. It will bo in readiness for tho school year at any rate. Mr. McDonald is pleased to have tho patrons of tho school district visit and inspect the work as it progresses. He desires full inspection and candid expressions of opinion on tho work so all may be pleased with it. OIL Will DKILI, MACIIINCKY. A shipment consisting of a largo boiler, pipe and other ma terial to be used in oil drilling ar rived in the local yards the fore part of the week. It is consign ed to the Central Oregon Oil & Gas Co., and will be hauled out to Harney county where that company is to drill for oil and gas. -Vale Enterprise. This is the company originally organized by J. C. Turney. The stockholders have been trying for a long time to get work start ed and now it seems they aro to get busy. Natural gas has been found near Malheur Lake and good prospects for oil. The peo ple of this section havo been an xious that some work be done in order to develop the prospects, many believing this an excellent field for gas and oil. Even though oil is not found the gas is a valuable asset and properly controlled would be a great benefit to the country. i m-b-- r.waw me a ca'l ; SKUVICi: ii A (1 (1 A ( !-: Tlio rurklriK lyimpnny QB - o.x'XHB Ia'.ivc Every Monday And Tliuraday Burns, Oregon V '. W.i$S?SSW$SSSSW down and completely sold by him onco each . Hums about April I lAiii-iSSS' be able to adopt a HijHtcm Protect Yourself ' I, QfAKA ?'"' I''!.'"! RIVAL RAILROAD IS AFTER HILL TIMBER HOLDINGS Milwaukee llnilrond NcROtlnliiiK for Uljf Timber Trnclsin Cascades Owned By Colonization Company. A timber land deal in which there is more than passing signi ficance is given publicity in a re cent issue of tho Portland Jour nal. L. W. Hill of tho Great Northern, who is interested in largo tracts of limber included in the deal, has hurried bnck from the east to Portland in an olTort to stop it as it seems a rival railroad is gotling control of it. Should, tho Milwaukee get this timber and it looks like it may this portion of tho state may have another road heading this way. The Journal stiya: Prospective purchase of .'51)0,000 acres of fine timber land in Cen tral Oregon, with tho evident in tention ultimately of connecting the property with tho main lino of the Milwaukee railroad hvs tem, is the probable cause for the approaching visit of a group of Eastern capitalists, including A. J. Earling, president of tho Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road; William Rockefeller. John D. Ryan und others. A portion of the laud is held by the Oregon& )VeMerii Colon ization Company, controlled by Louis W. Hill, president of the Groat Northern Railroad, and it is .said that Hill, now that he has learned that tho Rockefellers and the interests hack of the Milwau kee system are about to acquire it, will makeevery effort possible to prevent the sale. Mr. Hill is due to arrive in Portland early this week, and it is probable that he will fry to ar range a conference with Mr. Ryan, Mr. Rockefeller and their associates. Tho holdings of the Oregon & Western Colonization Company included in the proposed sa'e ag gregate about 170,000 acres This is a part of tho original military wagon-road grant of 800,000 ncres made by tho Government and which later passed into the hands of a French syndicate, but which more recently has come under tlw. .nnti-nl if Mt. Hill mill H 1 Davidson, of St. Paul, who is as sociated with him in various en terprises. Mr. Davidson arrived in Port land last night with tho announc ed intention of meeting Mr. Hill in a few days. He does not ex pect to confer with the members of Mr. Earling's party. Tho original wngon road grant included only every alternate section of land for a few miles on either side of the road from tho Idaho lino to the Willamette River. Tho eastern end of tho grant consists of agricultural land, Komo of which lias been sold to individual farmers. That portion that lies near and on tho Cascade Mountains is heavily timbered. All the timbered sec tions not included in the wagon road grant and consisting of an additional 175,000 acres long ago were acquired by private settlers, but sbico havo passed into the hands of tho Weyerheauscr in terests, the Mormon Church and a few local capitalists, including Fred A. Kribs. It is said that this property also is included in the sale. Negotiation for this transac tion havo been conducted in Now York, E. L. Marvin, of Portland, representing tho Oregon & West ern NCnloplzation Company, as well an the other owners. Mr. Hill, it is understood, has been willing to dispose of his timber interests so that ho might have moro time to devote to i lie de velopment of tho iigneiilhural sections on the eastern end of his prpporty. However, it Is be hoved that he did not know tho Milwaukeo crowd were going to get hold of it. Now ho is com ing to Portland again after hav ing been hero less than three weeks ago, It is reported also that tho deal has progressed so far that Hill is powerless to pre vent it from being coiiHiimated, Ho would ho willing to sanction tho sale, it is believed, woro it to be made to interests more friend ly to tho Hill roads. Tho visit of tho Milwaukeo group of financiers also has re vived discussion of the proposed invasion of the East Side by tho Milwaukeo road. It is predicted that tho Milwaukee soon will como into Portland on its own rails and build i freight and pas Boost For Tonawama Band Bums Will Benefit More From A Brass Band Thaiklt Will From Any Organization Now Lacking If a visitor from Mars or some other planet, were dropped into any American hamlet of from ono to three thousand inhabitants where there happened to bo no brass band ho would certainly bo entitled to a broad snicker.J Looking nround him ho would find that tho general store or some such place was tho ono "amusement" of tho natives, and if tlio town happens to bo a "wet" town, he would think that wetting tho inner man, was tho solo happiness in America -tlio country whose Constitution guarantees to every mnn the "inalienable right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness." In the town without a band, how, can man, women or even children, puruuo happiness? And what is real happiness anyway? Aside from tho state ot feli city enjoyed by youthful Bwains, where more than two is a crowd, happiness consists- as nearly as can he ascertained and set down on paper in goodly number of people enjoying andshareing the one source of pleasure. I f a man attended a concert Kiven by a large symphony or chestra and he was the only per son present aside from the piay ors, hiB enjoyment would not be so great. If another mnn were set along side of him, he would show greater enjoyment and pro-.of bably comment to his neighbor on the good points of the organi zation. His enjoyment would be doubled by putting tho second man in the audience. Add ten more to the audience and tho original one would be v. ry likely to exhibit enthusiastic enjoyment and applaud loudly at whatever he pleased. He would he conscious of thorough enjoy ment himself, and he would he conscious that eleven oilier men were iikcwisc cnjoyuiK uium selves and whether he knew it to be a scientific fact or not his enjoyment would be eliual to tho sum total of the enjoyment of tho whole twelve men! Wo enjoy nothing that we keep to ourselves. And all that wo give away wo ourselves en joy. Sounds funny, that's true, but it'8 a fact nevertheless. The farmer who knows how to raise tho greatest crop of corn must do itor elso ho doea'nt know how! Tho man who thinks ho can win a horse raco and does' t he can'r. The miser who is rich and spends his time count ing his dollars ho isn't rich. The only way to enjoy anything, be it wealth, talent, knowledge or whatnot-is to SHARE IT. And tho greater the number sharing, tho greater will be tho enjoyment of each. We live in a country of repub lican form. Wo aro glad of it, because we know ninety millions of our fellow men enjoy it. If only ninety of us enjoyed tho republican government wo would not tako tho prido wo do in our nations welfare. "Cast thy bread upon the waters" sayB tho Bible. It does sound impracticable. But yet, in these six words there's a con densed philosophy. that will out live Christianity itself. If you blow a horn you won't get much fun out of it in tho woods by yourself. If ten friends aro listening, you multiply your own enjoymontby ten. Will you dispute it? Can you dispute it? If you own a wheezy old phono graph you'll get moro fun out of ItM'Mth'NCKli: Hvl.ubh C.Utvnt olllatntuCountu The Inland Wo re lrioiil tlint wlilcli la routed kind olltcal Knlula limtlun Wlilo your land IIIIiik uquiH r (itlior legal land pptn correctly and quickly , Wll WANT YOUK KIHK INHUUANOI! UlWNKBHj wo rppnomit two of tlio etroriOHt compinlun In Amurlcn-TUK AKTNA A HAUTKOKD CO'B. I.Utyour jiropurty with ui, for bale or traJu. INV1JSTJO.ATK OUlt IIOHiNKHUMKTJIOPHANDI'AHTHUCOHSH. You Unit na, w trimt you. Auk our Clients, Pall nnd uu u. it by inviting your friends and feeling conscious that tlioy too, aro enjoying it. "Cast thy bread upon tho walera" for only what you give away or sharo will really give you pleasure. Atlio school teacher instructs t0 p( U)U foacher ,omm tho most. As the father instructs tho child, the father learns most - ho learns then the duty of tho child towards its parents only then lie realizes the shortcomings of his oivn childhood. Ho learns by imparling knowledge to his child So much for whnt constitutes happiness. Now for the pursuit of happiness." What sort of town meeting could possible be held in tho town that has no band? JuBt picture the slim crowd in tho hall -bored almost to distraction by tho humdum of oratory; shift ing ono loir over tho other to comfortably "aititout." Women would hardly uttend such a meet ing. - " .Then, on the other hand, pict ure n,town where there is a band. Everyfkid or kiddie and grow-up, with nnyHIfa in him or her, will follow tlio band to the hall and jostle for a place in which to set down and listen -regardless of the tonic of the speakerfor as music has its charm - so has the home band. And now. picture the contrast tm, Uv0 lowH , t,,0 mlmmer. The bandless town is n disjointed community. The Jones sit in their parlor and listen to Mary pound the piano; the Smiths down the street listen to Uncle "Billy" playing the organ, and so on, each in the family monot onously spending the hours wish ing for some real en joymenL Tho banded town -look at it on a summer evening. What a contrast! There's to bo concert jftt g:00 (),cock hj the band 8tand in the little park, or in the town hall, if the weather is stormy. Tho young folks "dress up" hours ahead, getting them selves in shape to meet the other young folks. The oldei folks deck themselves out in their best, so as not to be out done by the Browns, Smiths, Greens or Jones. The whole town wakes up as a result. It is going on an inspection tour, and it is going to be inspected. It is going out to enjoy itself and it is sure every person wjll en joy himself or herself. There is never nny doubt about that! From tho man who beats the drum nnd slams the cymbals in the back of tho band to the lively youngsters who play about the edges of the crowd, everyone experiences real happiness and pleasure. Tho players probably have the keenest enjoyment, but the audi enco enjoys it in proportion to their numbers, and tho town' as a town, benefits from the enthu Biasm and social intercourse which the band bringsnbout. Next to a school, a brass band is tho ono thing n town can.t get along without. You can't have a real Washington's birthday, Decoration Day, or 4th of July, without tho homo band, and your National airs. The dances, concerts, parades, pichics and county fairs, as well countless othor forms that n band brings to a town, can no moro bo dispensed with, than your old time fiddler, as a band is to us today, what ho was to you then. (Continued on pago-1.) Homestead Locations Empire Realty W. T. l.KBTKIl, MiuiKor mid rulluMu. Vi liiiiulln ull for in) en lit! GOVERNMENT AGREES TO COMPROMISE THE SUIT David I.'ccles and Associates Will Ask To Have Indictments in Lumber Cases Ajfoinsf 'Ihem Dismissed Having been conceded every point demanded, the government has agreed to compromise its civil Mill aga'ivit the Oregon Lumber Company, David Eccles, Grant Geddes, Joseph Barton, Frank M. Shurtliff, Frederick II. Atkinson, James R. Smurthwaite and William A. Green. Tho civil suit was started March 15, 1910, at the time indictments were re turned for conspiracy to rob the Government of land in Eastern Oregon. The Oregon Lumber Company, through Eccles, has given tlio Government every thing asked for in the civil suit and tho next move will be for Eccles to apply to the Attorney- General to dismiss the indict ments. Involved in the civil case were 49 entries embracing GG72 acres. Under the compromise, the Gov ernment lias been surrendered 40 entries, representing about 5860 acres, and the defendants retain nine claims, approximating 880 acres. In addition, tho Gov ernment receives $20,250 for the timber which has been cut and taken off ?some of the claims. The remuneration to the Govern ment is at the rate of $1.75 per thousand for 15,000,000 feet of timber. When everything tho Govern ment demanded in the civil suit was agreed to by Eccles, United States District Attorney John McCourt dismissed the suit against the members of the lum ber company. This arrangement saves the expense of a trial and so far as the Government is con cerned, it is well satisfied. A stipulation has been filed in court, however by the terms of which the dismissal operates as a bar to the defendants in any civil proceeding. Furthermore, the stipulation is to the effect that the settlement in the civil case, which amounts practically to a confession, cannot be used in tho criminal case should it como to trial, nor can mention be made of the compromise. Having shown a disposition to concede everything to tho Gov ernment, Eccles will seek to have the indictments for conspiracy dismissed. This is a matter which must be taken up directly with the United States Attorney-General nnd with which McCourt will not interfere one way or another notwithstanding the friendly attitude of Eccles in compromising the civil case. A new angle developed today regarding tho acreage involved in tho suit The lumber compa ny has not paid taxes on the claims for the past two year?. For this reason, a supplemental bill is being prepared by McCourt to mako the officers of the coun ties in which the claims are situ ated as parties apd asking them to be restrained as the taxes are not a lien against the United States. Telegram. Alfred R. Lee, of the Bureau of Animal industry, United States Department of Agriculture, while on a recent visit to the Oregon Agricultural College at Corvallip, gave it as his opinion that within a short time the Pacific North west would be shipping out larger quantities of poultry products than aro now being imported. He also stated that few states havo natural advantages for suc cessful poultry raising equal to those of Western Oregon. Roy Buuyard has established a lumber yard in Harney mid is prepared to fill orders thero es pecially for rough lumber. iin ACUl! IIOMI-STIIADS KHI.INQUISIIMINIS l)i:i:l)l:l) LAND Company WATCH IIIIS SI'ACH KOK TltADK -IMirrMOf fluo Inr ml n llnilwi uvrV,0oo,0uti(eljrtek iinl iiduiI roml tlirouuli Um) lu lb mt Norllmru liUlio Umber t't'lt Ulll tutti oflerd llariit y Vullrr Imul Ho title College Work Agricultural School Work Developes Gratifying Results, and Further Appropriations May Result Portland and Oregon business men "-ho visited the campus of the Oregon Agricultural College witli the "back to the soil" ex cursion Friday, reluming to their homes frankly admitting they were,. astonished at the revelation given them of its possibilities for becoming one of the efficient factors in the soil development ofOregon, and each one was en thusiastic to help in the campaign that will be carried on by the Portland Commercial Club and other business organizations of the state to make it possible for the state college to extend its demonstration work into every community in the state, says the Cregonian. "The keynote of the whole trip has been this idea; extension of demonstration work which will bring the advantages of our great land school close to the soil of our state, which must be develop ed and settled if Oregon is to grow," said C. C. Chapman, manager of the excursion. "Not only do we want to see a steady growth in the actual work done upon the campus, but we also want to see the demonstra tion farm work and the experi ment station work, supported by sufficient state appropriations, extending thioughout the state, until we have, indeed, realized the motive back of the excur sion s slogan a.id nave nrmiy es tablished our 'Land School on i, c;i llll. tJUIIi A definite step in the campaign to secure the appropriation nee- essary to develop this phase of the Agricultural College work as thc business men of the state hono to see it developed, was made in the passage of a resolu THE FRENCH HOTEL under new John R. Walkup, Proprietor FirslCIass Well Appointed House Sample Rooms Commercial Travelers C. M. KELLOGG STAGE CO. Four well equipped lines. Excellent facilities for transportation of mail, express, passengers Prairie City to Uurns. Vale to Burns Hums to Diamond Burns to Venator v L Live while gott live for you will be a long time dead. Try our Hot CoTec and Lunches at the Burns Home Bakery Keep smiling as the it to Truck people are doing all in their power to bring our COMPLETE BAKERY OUTFIT from the Bend. When the outfit arrives we will be in a posi tion (o serve the public with everything good to eat In the Bakery Line Demonstrations OF REO i APPEARSON AUTOMOBILES Wi 1 be held in Burns beginning on or abou April 15 by J. C. ROBINSON Proves Merit tion at tho banquet given tho ex cursionists at Waldo Hali, Friday night, urging the passage of the lever extension bill, nowpending in the National Congress. This bill provides for an annual appropriation from the United States .Government of $10,000, to be increased by the amount of $2000 a year for the State of Ore gon for a period of 10 years, on condition that the state make an equal appropriation to the Agri cultural College. This amount is to be used for the support of col lege extension work in agricul ture and home economies, and to convey practical information di rect to the farm and home by field demonstration, publication and other means. The resolution was passed un animously, and telegrams will be sent to the Oregon Representa tives in Congress urging them to work for the passage of the bill. If it becomes a law, business men of the state then will turn their efforts toward a campaign to persuade the state Legislature to raise the appropriation from the state funds, upon which the Federal appropriation is contin gent H. B. Miller, ex-president of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, introduced the resolution. The passage of this resolution came as an expression from the members of the business men's excursion of their approval of . the work that they had seen go linK on in the big institution I throughout the entire day, while IAL.ra HMnnnl auim V1lIHirtrV t j d """"" "" " . ent classes at their work mlabo- fT- . . Vi."l of their intention to lend their (Continued on page 4.) management E. B. WATERS, Agent. u 'fc--fc-ft idfc-- THE t f