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CITY OF BURNS
COUNTY OF HARNEY
The Biggest City In Tho Biggest
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VOL. XXV
BURNS, IIAUNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNK 29, 1012
NO 33.
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PROGRAM COMPLETE
FOR CELEBRATION
Liberal Contributions Toward Fund by
Business Men Patriotic Speaking,
Music, Horse Races, Base Ball,
Sports, Fireworks, Dance
Tho program for the 4th of
July celebration in Burns has
been completed and there is go
ing to be something doing all
day. The volunteer financial
committee met with very liberal
donations toward the funds nec
essary and visitors will find an
entertaining program to enjoy
for the day.
There will be sports for the
boys and girls on the street in
the late afternoon, horse races, a
ball game, band concerts, fire
works and a big bnll in the even
ing. The exercises will begin at
9:30 in the morning with a band
concert on tho stiect. At 10:30
the band will head the procesbion
and all will go to the com t house
lawn where Hon, N. J. Sinnott,
of the Dalles, candidate for con
gress from tii's district, will de
liver the oration. This will be
followed by dinner.
Promptly at 1:30 the band will
go to the fair grounds where two
horse races will be pulled off.
The first race will be three
eighths mile dash for Harney
county saddle horses for a purse
of $30. The second will also be
a saddle horse nice, quarter mile
for a $20 purse.
From the fair grounds the
crowd will go to the base ball
field where a game will be played
between the Regulars and the
Insurrectos. These two teams
are the best in Harney county
and will put up a fast and inter
esting game. They have crossed
bats before and the games now
stand even honors between them.
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SPORTS
Fishing Tackle, Hooka, Lines, Rods and Reels At
Prices That Are Right Here. Base Ball Bats,
Gloves, Mites and Masks at Right Prices.
Ice Cream,
TlTr-V7" Our New
IJi-hL For Tho Money.
In Fact, We Are HEADQUARTERS For The Be
Lino of DrugH, Toilet Articles, Confectionery,
Shoot AliiHic, MiiHicitl Instrument, Cigars and
Tobacco, Rubber Goods and Stationery.
City
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Considerable rivnlry has been
shown between theso teams and
it promises to bo one of tho best
games ever played In Harney
county. A $50 purse has been
provided for the game. Follow
ing tho ball game the sports for
the younger generation will be
on the street. $25 has been pro
vided for theso sports. From
7:30 until dark there will be an
other band concert which will bo
followed by ono of the finest dis
plays offlrcworksover witnessed
in this city. A largo supply has
been ordered for the occasion
including some very handsome
set pieces and this feature will
no doubt be enjoyed as much or
more than any other feature of
the day.
There will be no admission
charge for tiie horse races at the
fair grounds or the base ball
game. All this sport is to bo
free to visitors. In the evening
a grand ball will be given at
Tonawama with a large orchestra
to furnish the music. Dancing
tickets will be the usual price.
While definite announcement
of this celebration has been late
it will nevertheless bo one of tho
best celebrations ever givon in
Burns, full of interest and patri
otism, with entertaining features
that will please the many visitors
who will come to our little city
for the day. Hon. N. J. Sinnott
is one of the prominent speakers
of this state and his address will
be worth hearing.
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Drinks, Fresh English,WaInuts
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Everybody linen It.
Perfumes,
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Drug: Store
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TEACHERS' INTEREST
IN RURAL PROBLEMS
Dr. James Withycombe of the Agricultural
College Talks to Pctagogucs Who
Are Attending Summer School
UrsitiK n greater interest in
rural problems niul in tho intro
duction of agricultural enthusi
asm into the school room, Dr.
James Withycome, director of
tho experiment stations, spoke
before tho teachors gathered at
tho Oregon Agricultural summer
session.
"Tho supremo purpose of edu
cation is citizenship," said Dr.
Withycombe in introduction.
"Thus the cardinal principle that
should dominato our common
school work should be edu
cation for elliciency. Wo are
citizens of a state marvelous for
its agricultural opportunities, yet
wo present tho peculiar anomaly
of having only about 550 per cent
of our population living uuon the
land.
"As a nation we have made
tremendous pregress: for oxan -
pie, while wo have only 7 per
cent of the inhabited area of the
world, yet wo have two-llfths of
the bank deposits and banking
capital of the world, over one
third of tho railways of the globe
and wo produco over one-fifth of
the world's wheat, three-fourths
of tho world's corn, and one
fourth of tho oats. This fabulous
production, however, is not duo
so much to our good methods of
farming, as to the great fertility
of our virgin .soils. This fertility
through faulty methods of farm
ing is being rapidly exhausted;
hence every rural person is in
terested in methods for it future
conservation.
"While wo are producing im
mense quantities of agricultural
commodities, tho fact remains
that according to our present in
crease of population, tho question
of feeding our people is a vital
one. statistics show that our
population doubles every twenty
five years. According to this, in
about CO years we shall have
some 400,000,000 people in the
United States.
"There- is not a great deal of
undeveloped agricultural area
left when we will have reclaimed
through irrigation and improved
methods of dry farming that
which is not now occupied. When
wo consider this great economic
problem it certainly seems that
tho school children of our coun
try Bhould get some idea early in
life regarding their probable
solution.
"The pupils in the lower grades
should have their attention di
rected to some phase of agricul
ture, as this is our great basic
industry. Teachers should have
a deep sympathy and interest in
rural affairs. Thoy should got
hold of somo examples of suc
cessful fanners and bring them
in some way to tho attention of
the boys in the public schools.
"A farmer in this county, for
example, last year harvested
$8,000 worth of clover seed from
80 acres of land while his neigh
bor on a similar area in two sea
sons, including n summer fallow,
raised but35 bushels of wheat an
acre, worth only $20 an acre,
with perhaps double tho cost
of production per acre. This
should be shown tho students
and it may possibly oxcito their
interest in clover growing.
"A good plan would bo to bc
curc a clover plant, or ono of
vetch or somo other legume, and
show tho nodules on the roots,
explaining the nitrogen organism
thereon, and their beneficial
effect on tho noil as regards to
crops. Again, another good edu
cational 1 f eaturo would bo to se
cure somo good, typical, rural
scenes ns pictures to hang on the
walls of tho school fino horses,
high class swino and cattle, good
poultry breeds and occasionally
call tho attention of tho children
to their merits. In this way tho
boys will begin to think there is
something in agriculture.
"I am not a very firm believer
in elementary agriculture in tho
public schools, but I do favor
making it elemental fundamen
tal agriculture. Rural economic
problems could be presented, as
tho question of cooperative mar
keting, buyinir and sollintr. and
cooperative banking, thus calling
PLANS TO TOUR THE
C. C. Chapman Arranging for Portland
Delegates to Development League
Come by Burns En Route to
The Lakeview Meeting
According to plans outlined in
Sunday's Orcgonlan Secretary
Chapman of tho Portland Com
mercial Club is arranging to
show Portland delegates to thef'ar. wllcro refreshments will
Lakeview meeting of tho Central
Oregon Development League
interior Oregon right. Ho has
arranged three different routes
by which tho Portland people
may reach llcnd then he has!
tilnnmt1 n ptntr Mitif will titiwr '
the entire delegation over to!rai,c,V (5G ""j"-'" nway; where one
Hnrnu u-lmw. Mu.v will onn.,,1 nn HCCS "'0 QUUInt old ranch hoUSO
night. From hero they go by j
way of Narrows and tho P Ranch 1
to Lakeview, going through Cat-
low Valley.
The writer of the articlo in the
Oregonian doesn't know all about
such a route and evidently has
taken say so for somo of his dope
but it is about as near as they
generally hit things when writ
ing about this big country, so
whnt's tho uso to try and put him
right He could make the trip
in person and then go back to
the office and overlook the really
essential things.
However this may be it is sure
the delegation will spend one
night in this city and we should
arrange to entertain them in n
manner that befits Burns as host,
Theso men are back of all the,
big boosting of the state and we
should do our part when they
come to see us.
Following are some
things tho Oregonian writer says
of the Harney ceuntry:
At evening the road turns front,
tho high prairie to the" Silver
Creek Valley, unsettled save by
stockmen, whose meadows are a
refreshing Bight after a day on
the sagebrush plains. Supper
will be served at Riley's ranch,
where doubtless a reception com-i
mittco from liurns will be in
waiting, and in the evening the
party will go down into the Har
ney Valley, coming to a halt for
tho night at Burns.
Tho first view of tho Harney
Valloy is always remembered.
As level as a floor, it stretches
away in the distance for 75 miles,
containing moro level, tillable
land than tho Willamette Valley,
broader level expanse than can
be seen anywhere elso in the
Northwest It is tint as the
ocean, and it looks HKo a lake.
Snow-capped Stein's Mountains
are on the opposite sido of the
valley, and it is nearly 100 miles
in an air-lino to their nearest
summits.
Tho travelers will be guests at
homes, hotels nnd ranches while
at Burns, nnd aftora good break
fast they will bo fit for tho won
derful trip across the great Har
ney Valley. Bill Hanloy will
head tho procession again. In a
short time the party reaches the
open country where nothing is
produced today, but whero grain
and hay will soon bo produced in
ubundanco und much of lho land
will bo under irrigation. Tho
road crosses a narrow ridge, from
tho top of which is obtained a
remarkuble viow of tho surround
ing lovel plain: Descending
again, tho route passes a few
homesteaders' cabins, and tho.
town of Narrows, lying between
Harney and Mainour lakes, is
reached for luncheon. Tho mem
bers of tho party uro duo for a
surprise hero, for C. A. Unities,
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HARNEY COUNTRY
a local merchant, carricB a stock
of goods of such a size as to
amaso tho Portlandor. Beneath
one of his warehouses is a cool
00 served.
Early in the afternoon the par
ty will come in sight of tho great
"P" ranch, ono of Rill Hanlcy's
string of great land holdings.
It will tnko tho entire afternoon
to reach tho other end of tho
! surrounded by the farm build
ings, giving tho placo the appear
ance of a town. Every mile of
the 05 is well watered, productive
country, tho land being well
fenced nnd yielding heavy crops
of hay.
This ono ranch contains over
100,000 acres of land nnd it is
tho to millions of acres of public
lands, the principal reason for
the existence of which seems to
be to grazo the Hanloy cattle,
for, like nearly all of Hanlcy's
ranches, the "P" ranch is a
natural monopoly, containing nil
the springs and water holes of a
vast expanse of country. The
ranch narrows to a quarter of
a mile in some places, but in thnt
distance is tho life-giving water
without which the land is value
less. In somo places tho ranch
is 20 miles across and every mile
is meadow land, well watered
of thc!muJ niKhIy productive. Tho old
ranch house, which stnnds in a
groyo of poplar trees, resembles
the home of a Southern planter,
cool, commodious and hospitable.
Days could bo spent here in an
interesting way, but the next
morning will start the automo
biles on the way across tho hills
to Catlow Valley and the party
will bo headed direct for Lake-
view. Catlow valley must be
seen to bo appreciated, nnd here,
again, tho travelers are in for a
pleasant surprise. This valley is
almost as big as Harney Valley
and will make a Whitman County
in itself, being capable of pro
ducing 10,000,000 bushels of
wheat, whilo today not a bushel
is grown there. Luncheon, din
ner nnd n night nt three differ
ent Hanloy ranches, each differ
ent but nil aliko in that each ono
holds nil the water sources of an
enormous surrounding area, pre
pares the excursionists for the
great scenic trip across Warner
Mountain nnd the drop into War
ner Valley.
MANYWHEAT ENTRIES.
Following tho announcement
that the Northwest Development
Icskuo would award a $5,000
prize for the best five bushels of
wheat produced in tho American
Northwest and exhibited at tho diameter, mado of sound timber;
Northwestern Products Exposi- such posts shall bo set in tho
tion in Minneapolis during Nov- ground 2 feet, nnd shall not bo
ember, several hundred growers, fnrther than 32 foot apart. There
have signified thoir jntontion of shall not bo less thnn three wires,
competing for tho prize. I Tho lower wiro shall be two feet
Tho lcaguo has prepared a four ( from the ground, tho second 15
pago lcallot tolling nil about tho inches nbove, tho upper 15 inches
conditions under which tho prizo nbove that one. There shall bo
is offered, tho rules for judging poles or false posts sot up on tho
etc. These are sent free to ground, 41 feet high, to which
overyono applying to tho mana-.tho wires of such fence shnll be
gcr of tho Northwestern Products securely fastened." In substance
Exposition, Minneapolis. this is what the statutes says is
' u legal fence. -Prineville Journal
Bestcnnned corn $3.25 a enso.
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BLAZE STARTED BY
SMALL BOYS SUNDAY!
Quick Action by Ball Team and (lie Fire
Department Saves W. T. Lester's j
Residence and Oilier Buildings !
A hay stick was set on fire by
somo boys Inst Sunday afternoon
nt the W. T. Lester homo that
threatened to burn tho residence
and pcrhnps would have taken
other buildings but for timely
action on tho part of tho base
ball boys nnd the firo department.
Mr. Lester's little son nnd a piny
mate were playing with matches
near tho stack and decided to
build a "smudge" on account of
tho mosquitoes, in doing this
they set firo to the hay which
was only a few feet from the
house with a pile of dry wood be
tween. Tho ball players nrd
crowd saw tho blaze and im
mediately ran over to put it out.
The fire alarm was turned in nnd
volunteers began fighting with
buckets of water nnd boards
which soon put the blaze down
but it was some time before tho
fire wnB entirely extinguished.
Prompt action and the fact that
the base ball boys were in the
vicinity saved whnt would no
doubt have been a very bad fire,
for the wind wns right to carry
tho flames to other buildings in
tho vicinity and us it is some
what removed from tho main
part of town the fire department
would havo been handicapped in
doing effective work had the
flames gotten under way.
THE DEATH OF L TIRRILL.
L. Tirrill, n pioneer resident of
Huntington, died last Sunday and
wns interred in the Huntington
cemetery on Tuesday. The fun
eral service was conducted by the
Ontario Masonic Lodge, by re
quest of the lodge at The Dalles,
where tho deceased was a mem
ber. Mr. Tirrell was eighty-two
years of age and has resided in
Oregon since 1875, twenty-two
years of which time he lived at
Huntington where he was en
gaged in tho livery business.
The following members of the
local Masonic lodge attended the
funernl: D. B. Purccll, V. W.
Tomlinson, J. II. Farley, J. It.
Weaver, L. J. Chapman, Robt.
Odell, E. E. Goudy nnd C. A.
Martin. Ontario Democrat.
Deceased was at ono time a
resident of this county and many
old time residents were acquain
ted with him.
REGUIREMENTS OF
A LEGAL FENCE.
E. A. Simons came down from
Camp creek the first of tho week.
Crops aro looking fine up his
way. Lotsof now peoplo settling
up the country, he says.
"There is ono thing theso now
comers do not understand," Mr.
Simons says, "nnd that is the
legal requirements of a fence."
What is a legal fence? The
Inw reads as follews:
"Posts must bo Gi feet in
length, not less than 4 inches in
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FOK TllAllK-IWaoruaof fine lur ami pluu timber
oyer 2,000,000 foci! Creole and good ni through luml
lo tht great Northern Idaho lliulxir htll Will tiailo
lur lMUcrci ollerel lUrmjr Valley land Havo thli
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TAFT AND SHERMAN
ARE THE NOMINEES
Theodore Roosevelt is the Choice of His
Following at Mass Meeting Held in
Another Hall Same Night He
Accepts and Will Fight
For president, William Howard
Taft. For vice president, James
Schoolcraft Sherman.
These were the standard bear- Gun Club did some trap shooting
crs for tho 1912 campaign chosen Thursday afternoon. The traps
Saturday nighton first ballots by, were in poor Bhape, not throw
thc fifteenth Republican National jnK the rocks out as thoy should
convention. The choice of can- but each contestant took his
didatcB followed a session that chances any way. Capt. Parker,
teemed with bitterness and was with the U. M. C. Co. was with
marked with refusal of many of them and made the best score,
the Roosevelt delegates to vote, I yet his was not up to his usual
in pursuance of the inaction plan form, many of his shots being
advocated by the colonel. doubles. The score stoed: Capt
On the first ballot, the prcsi- Parker, 41 out of 59; A. K. Rich
dent received 5G1 votes to 41 for!ardson, 34 out of 52; Archie Mc-
La Follette; 17 for Cummins, 2
for Hughes, 342 not voting and
108 for Roosevelt, the latter cast
despite the fact that the colonel
was not formally nominated and
specifically urged that the dele
gates pledged to him refrain
from voting.
The same night the Roosevelt
followers met in another place
and nominated the Colonel for
president and he accepted. How
ever, ns all the states in the
union were not represented it
was not called a "convention"
but they propose to have a "real!
one" later, perhaps as soon-as
the democratic nomination is
made and a third ticket will be
formally placed in the field. It
is likely the party will be called
"Progressive." Just what effect
this will have on the election is
yet problematic, as it is not
known how much strength this
element has.
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GUN CLUB SHOOTS AT TRAPS.
A few members of the Rod and
Gowan, 27 out of 50; Dr. Griffith,
21 out of 35; J. M. Dalton, 21
out of 40; Alex Hanley, 13 out of
25; Chester Dalton, 17 out of 35:
Dr. Hibbard, 12 out of 20; Dell
Dibble, 17 out of 55; Dr. Bab
bidge, 3 out of 20; Fred Johnson,
4 out of 20.
Dr. Babbidge and Dell Dibble
have been bragging to The
Times-Heald man of their won
derful shooting at the traps and
the first time he has gotten a
line on their "fine shooting," and
is pleased to appraise the many
who have been "bored" by their
talk.
The traps might bo made a
part of our 4th of July celebra
tion amusement and The Times
Herald suggests that they get
out on that day as it will be most
enjoyable diversion. If we could
hire a few boys to gather up the
birds not hit there wouldn't be
much expense, as the club would
I have most of them left with such
shooting as the boys made Thurs-
day
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