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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
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RALLY LOCATED, :
GOOD, CLEAN MEALS,
lr j unnrun
teous treatment, rates reason- :
ableGive
rst Class Bar In Connection ;
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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
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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.
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down and completely
sold by him onco each
.
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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.
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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
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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
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Prairie City to Uurns. Vale to Burns
Hums to Diamond Burns to Venator
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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
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ent classes at their work mlabo-
fT- . . Vi."l
of their intention to lend their
(Continued on page 4.)
management
E. B. WATERS, Agent.
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