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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1912)
5tiii 9T(e imc-3fierntf Tlio OIUcliU Prtporol Hntuo) 0miity has thu Uritxiat clroiilrUlon and Uunoiil ho bnt advertising mediums In Kwioin Oregon. "t 8reat Stnrueg Ceuttlrg Cover- an nrcn of 0,428,'800 cro ol Iniiil. 4,0.11,051 ncrn yet vacant uhcct to entry under llm public land lawi ol tint Unltrri Btatin. VOL. XXV BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 8, 1012 NO 30. Pie Sfatw, -Mtf Hill May Extend From Bend The Recent Visit of Great Northern Officials Likely to Result in Road Building in Without Delay "What Central Oregon needp more than any thing else is ad ditional railroad facilities," said W. P. Davidson, president of the Oregon and Western Colonization Company, yesterday, after re turning to his office from ti trip through tho state's interior in company with a party of Great Northern immigration officials, says the Oregonian. "It is hard to admit," said Mr. Davidson, "but it is true, that a majority of the homesteaders who have taken up land in Cen tral Oregon in the last four or five years are not producing more than enough to keep themselves and their families. Some have abandoned their places altogether and are holding their-Inml for the development of thecountry. And they are holding it at good prices, too. "Now this lack of development is not because the country will not bear development. Our trip proved the contrary, as none of us ever had seen better crops anywhere. "But a man is not going to do much farming for the market when he has to haul his products 100 to 160 miles to a railroad. On an average 30 miles is about the limit of distance that a farmer in Central Oregon may reasonably be expected to haul his produce to sell it The territory within that radius of the new railroads in Central Oregon is developed and is doing splendidly. It will produce heavily this year. The dry-farming section never looked better, and farmers tell mc that they will have the best crops in their history. All along the rail roads and on either side of them the grain fields, the vegetable The HOTEL BURNS N. A. DIBBLE, Proot. CENTRALLY LOCATED, GOOD, CLEAN MEALS, . C OMFORTABLE ROOMS Courteous treatment, rates reason ableGive me a caM A First Class Bar in Connection FREIGHT .. ., ,., mnTKK SEKV1CK nlI . ,, If You Want flVES'f hA'i'Ht? Ship inur I rrlnlil IE X I R R S Via Tim B-entral II re gon IO:ELc3L to : S Arrives Every Sunday And WedncHday H. ROHU, Agent, Willi 4- - -4 W V Ladies Beauty Can Ho Found Jn Every .Far of tlio Coluhmtod "Jess" "Jap-unita" and "Pearl of Violets" Talcum Powder. Cool, Refreshing and Sanitary. J Jest For Tho Beauty Special Salo Now On, Ask For 1 t v Ri:mkmhii 2000 Extra Votes with Every Jar 2000 -v TWti'-f TJntr Hiy w Htalo Confectionery nt iUH I AJliy Any Price, when you can got Fresh, Choice Varieties at tho same price at our store Every Day in tho week. Now Supply Just Arrived. TIX""V Our Nmv Line of Jai'-o-njta Perfumes. Bent For Tho Monoy. Everybody Uses It. All the go. In Fact, We Are HEADQUARTERS For The Best Line of Drugs, Toilet Articles, Confectionery, Sheet Music, Musical InstruinentCigurs and Tobacco, Rubber (joodsnnd Stationery. City Drug Store REED BROS. Propriety, gardens, the young orchards nnd I tho stock ranches reflect the fer ! tility of the soil and the industry I of tho people. Within n fow I years tho territory immediately I tributary to the territory to the 1 railroads will add an immense i volume pf value to tho state. ' "This same situation could bo , duplicated in the southern nnd i eastern part of the state, given jadeciuntd transportation facili i ties. The soil is just as good, I the climate is just as favorable and the moisture is present in the same proportions. The peo ple need only a more economical .method of getting to tho mar ket." It is probable that the recent trip of Mr. Davidson and his par ' ty will result in early activity in Central Oregon, Accompanying 1 him were E. C. Leedy, general J immigration agent of the Great Northern; Fred W. Graham, J Western immigration agent; C. C. Morrison, immigration agent 'at Chicago; T. L. McDonald, of St.-Paul, and E. A. Hargrave, of Helena, Mont., special immi gration agent Wherever tho party stopped these men visited I the farmers and the homestead icrs to learn their experiences and to determine, if they could, , the needs of the country. 1 Mr. Leedy left yesterday morn ing for Helena, where he will I meet the special train bringing L. W. Hill, ex-president of the j Great Northern, and members of his party, to Seattle and Port land. It is understood that he land the other Great Northern agents are prepared to make re ' ports substantially on the basis ! outlined by Mr. Davidson and re- ' (Continued on page 2) rucking ly (J u A U 11 ompnny B-UOTDOLS I.cavcH Every Monday And Thursday Archil Burns, Oregon 1 14 f.A'.f..GZZ&5ZZZZt' 0 4 BOTH COLLEGES UNDER ONE BOARD IS THE PLAN Compromise Committees Bellete Tiicy llaio lilt Upon Very llest Scheme For Consolidating Schools. If nn initintivo inenmiro which Federal JikIko R. S. Bean and J. K. Weatherford liavo been in structed to draft, meets with the npnroval of a majority of the votcra of this Btato, the .Oregon Agricultural Collego and tho Or egon University will becoino in effect ono institution. This un ion will bo achioved without dis turbing the location of either. Ono board of regents and one management will attain tho end, and so complete will bo the har mony between the erstwhile war ring institutions that a Htlulcnt may be permitted to take part of his course at one and finish at tho other collego if the plan agreed upon by Governor West and the comprise committees at a general meeting last evening is accepted by the peoplo says the Telegram. Great enthusiam now prevails among the forces of the com promise workers, nnd tho Gover nor declared himself highly pleas ed with -th&plan. It is said the old spirit 'of hostility between the two institutions vanished laat evening when tho presidents of both joined in approving one board of regents, the elimination of overlapping courses of study, and a fixed tax of G mills for the maintainancc and improvement of both, the sum so raised to bp divided on the basis of four sevenths for the Agricultural Col lege and three-sevenths for the University. A measure reconstructing the management of tho two institu tions is to be drafted at once by Judge Bean, president of the Board of Regents of the Univers ity, and Mr. Weatherford, presi dent of the Board of Regents of the Agricultural College. Both President P. L. Campbell, of the University, and President W. J. Kerr, of the Collego joined in the decision last evening, and will ad vise with the presidents of the board of regents in their work. This bill will have to be finished within a short time, as but one month remains in which to get 1)000 signatures to tho petition. A special committee to take charge of tho circulation of the petitions was named, consisting of W. K. Newell, president of the State Horticultural Board; C. E. Sponce, master of tho State Grango; L. Davis, presi dent of tho Farmers Union; E. L. Thompson, banker of Portland and member of tho comprise committceo; W. T. Slnttcr of Salem, representing the univers ity alumni, and E. A. Aldrich, of Pendleton. Owing to tho time that will be required in getting the initiative law made effective, it is conced ed that the legislative appropria tion for the coming year will, have to stand. A provision will be inserted into the initiative bill that the college shall get $150.- 000 from th6 regular appropria-J tion next year, and the Univers ity $125,000. In reaching a con clusion as to the needs of the two institutions, it was decided to imposed n tax of but six mills instead of seven, as at first con templated. LANDS ANOTHER UIO CONTRACT. Contractor McDonald informs us that he will have the brick work on our new public school building completed by next Tues day and tho brick layers will leave at once for St. Anthony, Idaho where his firm has secured tho contract for a $45,000 high school building. It is similar to tho public school building in this city, tho same plans, except the basement will bo of concrete In stead of slono and will contain 12 rooms. It will rcquiro 450,000 brick 150,000 of which are to bo pressed, Tho building must be completed by Dec. 1. Mr. McDonald has done good work on tho building hero and has put it up very rapidly con sidering the inconvenience of getting in material from tho out side, Ho expects to have tho entire structuro completed by Aug. 1 nnd ready to turn oyer to the school board. FILINGS FOR IRRIGATION C. B. McConnell Files Necessary Pa pers With State Engineer BOTH SILVIES AND SILVER CREEK Plrst Unit of Silvies River 'Project to Cover 27,600 Acres The Silver Creek Project 26,700 AcresSystems to Eventually Cover Much Orttater'Ar-vTo Follow State' Adjudication. Two filings for irrigation pro jects in eastern Oregon weroi completed in the ofllco of the stato engineer todny. One was by the Vale-Oregon Irrigation company on 300 second feet of water to bo stored in two reser-1 voirs in Bully, crcok. This pro-j ject mny reclaim about 2-1,000! acres northwest of Vale, in Mal heur county. Tho other is known , as the Harney basin reclamation j project, water for which may be taken from Silvies river and Sil ver creek and be stored in Silvies valley. Two bodies of land are to bo reclaimed, one comprising , 27,000 acres and the other 2G-, , 700 acres. When seen in regard to tho luri'KuiiiK iiuwuiii'iii i rum auicm, i C. B McConnell, in charge of the irrigation work hero made the following statement: "Tho filings for, final permits over at Vale referred to are now being completed after more than three years preliminary work and negotiations. The Bully Creek project" is being promoted by D. M. BroRan, who success fully promoted tho Willow River project in Malheur county, and ex-Judge Geo. Davis, and is being financed by a big Trust Company of Philadelphia. They have se cured water contracts on 10,000 acres of land near Vale at tho rato of $80.00 per acre. "The Harney Basin Reclama tion projects include those on Silver Creek and Silvies river, and on which wo made the pre liminary filings more than two years ago and have since worked out in detail. Filings for per mits for 8 to rage of flood water and thqir appropriation to uso for irrigation are now being closed up in compliance with tho re quirements of our Water Code, "The Silver Creek project in eludes two storage reservoirs and an appropriation has been filed for the reclamation of 20,700 acres of land in that valley, with tho future possibilities that it will eventually cover tho full 37,- 000 acres of excellent farm land in tho Silver Valley. "Tho Silvies River project in cludes four storage reservoirs and on which an appropriation has been filed for thefirst'unit of construction to serve 27,000 acres, ponding tho Stato'a adjudication of tho water rights in the Silvies River water-shed. This project contemplates a much largor area, in fact it is our firm belief that eventually, when all tho flood waters of Silvies River aro pro perly conserved nnd put to a rcnl beneficial uso, it will bo found Bufllciont to practically reclaim the full 150,000 acres tf 'good, agricultural land lying south of Burns nnd Harney City to Mal heur Lake. "A .great deal of comment has been made on tho amount of wat er in Harney Valley this season. Tho record of the .discharge of tho strenms will show that it is a fair averago fibw n number of years since such records have been secured showing a much larger discharge and somo con siderable less. Tho fact is the run-off occured much latter than ItKFKUKNCRSt JMlable Cithern olllaintu Count u The Inland Wo roprenonl tlmt which In rented mid rellulilu, We hunJIo nil kind of ltel Kilita mutton Wiiln your Intid fllliiK papera or othor legal Uud ppri correctly nd quickly.. VB WANT YOUIt VIM) INHUUANOIt IIUBINKBB j e ropruneut two ot tho itrongoit coiiipiului In ..Amerlca-THK AETNA A IIAIITI'OKD CO'8. Lint your property with ui, (or ale or trudo. IN VKBTIOATK OUH mJBINKBH.MKTHODB AND PAST BUCOH8H. You trmt u, wo truatyou, Aik bur Clluitl, Cll and ioo u, ' ac usual this season, giving tho largest discharge for tho month of May over recorded. Thoro have been othor months, how ever, enrlier in the season; Fobr-. uary, March and April, which grcntly exceeds that of May. "It is becoming more and more apparent to tho thinking public who viow the situation here, and especially to tho outside investi gator seeking facts to place be fore the investment world, that thero is a deplorable wasto of both land and water going on here. This is tho all important matter before the people of Har noy Valley; not railroads, trans poration will take caro of itself when there is something in Bight to be transported; not settlement and buildingof towns, these fol low thcdevclopmcnt-of tho land, tho basis of our production and future prosperity. We must an nounce our intention to stop ruining our fine bottom land by excessive floodings to produco a crop of wild hay before wo can ask the railroads to come and bring on the fnrmers who are to buy our lands and trade at our stores." W. M. CUl.P. J. II. Culp received word the first of this week of the death of his father at the home of Austin Culp nt Madras, which occured on May 28. Mr. Culp was a re sident of this vicinity for many years and was well known to the pioneer people of this section. He left hero a fow years ago to make his home on the coast, but finally located at Madras with his son. Ho was here on a visit last summer. His son Lloyd B. is also a resident of this section. The Mndraa Pioneer has the fol lowing respecting Mr. Culp's death: "Mr. Culp went fishing Tues day with Councilman Randolph, returning on tho evening train. He had somo trouble getting his cow in nfter returning from fish ing, and over exerting himself. However after finishing his chores, ho nto n hearty Bupper, and remarked that ho was feeling fine. About 9 o'clock ho suffer ed a severe cramp, but was re lieved before Dr. Snook could arrive. Ho retired about 10, and in a few minutes expired, almost Without warning. "W. II. Quip and his wife were married Juno 18, 1862, and wero preparing to celebrate tho golden anniversary of their wedding next month. On tho 16th of June, had he lived until thattimo, Mr. Culp would have celebrated his 75 birthday. Each ago 61 our lives has its joys. Old people should bo hap py, and they will bo if Chamber lain's Tablets aro taken to stren ghten tho digestion and keop tho bowels regular. Thcso tablqta aro mild and gontlo in their ac tion nnd especially suitable for peoplo of middle ago and older. For salo by all dealers. 29-33 A largo stock of wall paper at Lunnburg, Dalton & Co's. Homestead Locations Empire Realty Company W. T. LKHTKIt, MuiiBKitr FIVE WAQON FREIGHT OUT FITS LOAD FOR BURNS Two Wells Needed Along llio Route lo Furnish Water for Slock, Snvs a Boras Man o Bend Bulletin Five freighting outfits, drawn by 47 horses and carrying 59,000 pounds of freight, left Monday tor Burns. This is the Bccond big outfit to come hero for goods consigned to Burns merchnnts. Tho freighters, Jnmcs nnd Ned Pierce, W. M. Parks, James Ken ton nnd B. F. Hnnkins, expect to make tho 140 miles in ten days. They wero six days on the road coming over. Included in tho shipment was 9000 pounds of cement sent out by tho Overturf-Davls-Miller Co. Mr. Hnnkins Bnid the road be tween hero and Burns is all right. "All that Is needed to mnke freighting by team from here," ho said, "is two-or three wells along tho route. There ore two Btretchesof 32 and 28 miles where wo cannot get water, and this is killing on the horses. It would be a easy matter to get a well at each of tho two places Glass Butte and the gap where water is needed. The county road force, with tenm and scraper, could scoop out a hole and wall it up in a short time. Harney county will dig ono of tho wells, and Crook county ought to dig tho other. From hero to Burns wo can pull from 1000 to 1800 pounds more with nn eight-horse out-fit than we can over the old route by which Burns has been getting its freight But wo can't do it without water for our stock. "It means quite a little for gs to como here for freight.' For grain alone this trip, we are upending about $85 here, besides what what we pay for board, lodging, etc." .Mr. Hankins has been in the freighting business for eight years, no saiu, ne saw. uenu Bulletin. "MOTHER" BOWEN. The Times-Herald received a letter from W. R. Gradon last Monday morning announcing tho death of Mrs. Sarah L. Bowen at tho Gradon home in Portland, May 31. "Mother" Bowen was for many years a resident of this place whero she made many friends among tho pioneer people. She sold her big farm on Poison creek a few years ago and went to Poitland to live with her daughter. Her husband died in this place sovoral years ago and is buried in tho Odd Fellow cem etery. Sundny's Oregonian has a good picturo of Mrs. Bowen with the following respecting her life: Mrs. Sarah Lucretia Bowen, a pioneer resident of this state, died at tho homo of her daughter, Mrs. W. R. Gradon, Friday May 31, after a long illness. Mrs. Bowen was born in Missouri, September 28, 1818, nnd crossed the p'ains to Oregon with her father, Boyd Maiipin, in 1853. Thoy settled in Southern Oregon. After her marriago Mrs. Bowen moved to Harney County, whero sho lived for 2G years. There wero frequent disturbances with tho Indians in that section and on ono occasion sho was obliged to flee to Prineville with her children for safety. She is sur vived by four daughters, Mrs. Martha A. Ball, of Dccth, Nov.; Mrs. Laura May Mogan, of Mc Dowell, Cal.; Mrp. DotC. Wood, of Sumpter, Or., nnd Dona C. Gradon, of Portland. Tho fun oral will bo held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from tho East Side Undertaking Parlors, East Sixth and Alder streets, with inter ment in tho Mount Scott Ceme tery. J20.ACKR IIOMI'.SIUAIKS UHMNQUISHMUNTS nimmu) land JVVATCII THIS SI'ACIJ KOU THAUB-IWtcrMOl Ana lur iul lnv Hinder oyer 3,000,000 let or V ntt Bmnlri.nl lliruunli Uut tn IU iircil Norttiam Itlntio Umber bell Will Inula lor lte acrti ol lTil IUru)f Valla? ltuil, Havw tlili Hit Railroad Man Representative of Executive Depart' ment Harriman System Making Observations of Central Part C. P. Chamberlin. special re presentative of the executive de partment of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., with headquarters at Port land, spent a fow days in this section during the week. He did not state his particular mission hero but ho reports direct to President Farrell, head of the Harriman system for tho north west. Mr. Chamberlain is a very observing man and was favora bly impressed with this big coun try. Mr. Chamberlin went out to Lawen and Narrows Tuesday in company with Sheriff Richard son, Hon. Frank Davey and Sam Mothershcad nnd camo back to Burns moro enthused than ever. He says he would build a railroad in hero quick if .he had his way about it. However, his report will certainly hasten things if his enthusiasm doesn't cool be fore he reaches Portland. He came to Ontario in company with Mr. Farrell who intended making the trip through the interior, but was called elsewhere. Mr. Chamberlin says his peo ple da not understand about this big country, having an entirely wromg impression of the situa tion here. This he hopes to change. He finds this territory does not all belong to the.big companies by any means; that we have a great area of good agricultural land -eome of which ho saw under cultivation and with the best crop prospects in the northwest'. He found thousands of acre feet of water going to! waste that can and will be stored and put to beneficial use under a system of irrigation that will be reasonable. Tho gentleman went over the THE FRENCH HOTEL under new John R. Walkup, Proprietor FirstClass Well Appointed House Sample Rooms Commercial Travelers r-SJ- T '"JT T "3 r T T T TT I C. M. KELLOGG STAGE CO. 1 !Four well equipped lines. Excellent facilities for transportation of mail, express, passengers Prairie City to ISurns. hums to Diamond E. B. 1 -VCU mtmsmnmmm:::: - .i:i:::j::::::::i:n:iinnmnnumujunuj:r H AUTO STAGE TO BENU BURNS-BEND CON SOLIDATED AUTO CO Superior Service SPECIAL ROUND TRIP FARE IM.HASHKK imi OP HIOMT HOURS TO RAILROAD II. ROHU, Agent, Burns Garage, Burns, Oregon iin::iii:ttHtt::iuu::uii::ii::i:t::::rtmimirt:nmmmitutmn:m:ttmmm:mmu Burns Meat Market II. J. HANSEN, Proprietor Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna, Liver, Headcheese, Weinerwurst, and ovorj tiling i Ni-nt i'Iuhh Meat Markiot in iin.V qimnlil.v Wholesale and Retail Prompt and Satisfactory Service Any and all the time. Visits Burns residence portion of Burns, saw the new school building, tho fine yards, gardens, fruits, etc. and told The Timea-Herald that this was a fine little city that would grow. Ho suggested improve ments, cleaning up the business portion to conform to tho pretty homes and naturally beautiful location for a city and we would take second place to no other city in Eastern Oregon. He car ried a camera with him which was put to use frequently. Mr. Chamberlin took his depar ture Thursday morning by way of Bend. He was one of the-Im-portant visitors of the Harney Country that will bring us into better repute with transporta tion lines and also with investors. His observations and the great possibilities, especially after the irrigation system is put in were most favorable. FOR SALE BY OWNER. 1 section, 640 acreB, level un improved sage brush land in Harney Valley, can be subirrigat ed. 160 acre tract, fenced, good house deep well and otherwise improved. Prices made to suit in tending Bettlers. No speculators need applyr Inquire at this office. When your child has whooping cough be careful to keep tho cough loose and expectoration easy by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as may be requir ed. This remedy will also liquify the tough mucus and make it easier to expectorate. It has been used successfully in many epidemics and is safe and sure. For sale by all dealers. 29-33 Wo do job printing right kind management --T""S?" 7 v- "'J'5 t VyVCTVgV -V- V ayfvy gy Vala to Burns Burns to Venator WATERS, Agent. .lAalSvilvfcacAaifea . - - Quickest Way