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r I S CITY OF BURNS COUNTY OF HARNEY The Biggest City In The Biggest The Biggest County In The State County In The State Of Oregon I Of Oregon, Best In The TWest I VOL. XXVI HURNS, HARNEY COUNTY. OKKtiON. FEBRUARY 8, i!13 NO. 13 I I Mil P OLf fit ftOf rtft 1 h s "Jl Jap .I'tf vTf -f W w'J HELP THE CHILDREN HELP THEMSELVES Much Good Can Be Accomplished And Beneficial Effects Derived By Giv ing The Children An Opportunity To Utilize Their Spare Time In The Following Manner Described In every town and city there I employment for them. To aid in are many vacant lots growing J providing this employment and up to weeds that might just as making it attractive and proflta well be producing garden and ble is the object of the industrial llowers, thus adding beauty and contest movement inaugurated utility to the city instead of be-, last year. To make this a per ing an eye sore. Many of those i feet success it must have the co lots are owned by non-residents deration of parents, teachers, ind others who would be glad to school-boards and all public spirit -lonate the use of them to the ad citizens, and we know of no children. Almost every town or better way in which they can community has its Parent-Teach- help than above suggested. Try ers' Circle, civic board and per- it. Let the teacher or president haps other organizations, and of the Parent-Teachers' Circle they and the school board should call a meeting at once, effect an get together and from then membership appoint a committee, whose duty it shall be to secure the use of them for the children and arrange to nave tnem plowed and fenced, when necessary. In i:pointing these committees do not overiooK me laaies, ior in our i erience we nave tound them adepts at such work. It would itlso be their duty to plan and nanage the local contests, pro .ide prizes for same and ko select xhibits to be forwarded to the tate Fair, and to show the child en how to pack, mark, enter anil ;hip them. The teacher is not always qualified to do this work, ind has about all he can do be tide. Then when school closes md perhaps the teacher leaves he town the children need help md encouragement which this ommittee can give. In every town and city are nany children who have little or lolhing to do outside of sehx)l lours. No healthy child can be lie, and without some direction f his activities and some provi ion of a proper avenue through hich to vent them, they are apt be wasted. It is not so much he fault of these children if they et into mischief and form habits t idleness and perhaps vicious ss, as it is the fault of parents. tuardians and others for not pro-1 iding interesting and profitable organization and report to the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Salem, Oregon, in order that he can put you on his mailing list for bulletins, etc., and assist you in every way possible. N. ('. Maris. Large Lakes In Oregon On the map Warner Lake is shown to be neatly 50 miles in length. If it were in Umatilla county it would extend from Pen dleton in Umatilla or from Pen- dteion soumwaro lo uaian. it will be valuable when drained. Otherwise no one would want to drain it. Then there are at least a dozen other Lakes in Klamath, Lake and Harney counties. Some are larger than Warner, some are smaller. Are all of these lakes or swamps to be given away to corporations that will be allowed to reclaim them as they see fit and sell them for all the victims can be induced to pay? Is that the reclamation policy the state irrigation congress stood for? East Oregonian. Don't You Believe . Some say that chronic constipa tion cannot be cured. Don't you believe it. Chamberlain's Tablets have cured others why not you. Give them a trial. They cost only a (juarter. For sale by all dealers. PARENTS DAY AT BURNS PUBLIC SCHOOL Friday Afternoon, Feb. 14, is to be Visitors Day and all are Invited to Come No Formal Program but Visit as it Pleases Those Who Go THE BURNS HOTEL DELL DIBBLE, Prop. Centrally Located, Good Clean Meals, Comfortable Rooms, Clean and Sanitary Beds First Class Bar In Connection. Give Me A Call THE FORD CAR a MODEL "T" 1913 It is the Universal Car ;Not a Cheaper Car; but A Better Car Every third car in the whole world is a FORD and every owner is a satisfied one that means much to you Touring Cars 5 Passenger $725. OO Roadster, Two Passenger $650.00 All fully equipped and delivered here in Burns For catalogues and full information enquire of BURNS GARAGE Kxclulve AaauU For llamo t'ountr Your Safety Demands That You Have Your Prescriptions Filled At The REXALL DRUG STORE A license is not all that it required to fill Prescription. You must have perfect quality of ingredients, accuracy in compounding and complete and well kept stock. We give you all these. We never substitute. Your Doctor's wish is carried out to the minutes detail. REED BROS., Props. Principal Sutton of tho public school has sent out it general let ter to parents and friends of the school to visit that institution on the afternoon of Fob. It and see what is being done for our child ren. The letter says: Burns, Ore.. Feb. 3. 1913. To parents and friends of the boys and girls of Hums, Ore gon, and all other friends of education : GREETINGS: The teachers of the Public Schools have prepared a great quantity of written lessons thnt have been taken at different times during the year, covering all subjects in the Course of Studv, and have them on file in books kept for that purpose. Each lesson shows the work of each individual pupil and, in the main, is just as it came from the pen ot tho pupil, l on cannot well pass upon the merits of yuur child unless you take the trouble to see the work produced at first hand, being thu able to note the good ioint.s H well as those that are not so good, In order to give you an oppor tunity to see just what is bang done along these different lines to advance the interests of every pupil in the school, the Burns Public School will give a Parents' Day, at the school building, Feb ruary 14th from 1:30 to 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon. We hope that you will avail yourself of this opportunity to' visit each pupil at his or her desk at that time and encourage better work and closer application by a word with each pupil in the school. No program will be Kiven. Do not wait for any formality but feel free to go where you wish and to ask nupils whatever questions you please concerning their work and stay as long as you desire, tirades 1. 2, 3, 1, on the first door 5, "., 7. 8, on the second floor. Very truly yours, W. M. Sutton, Prin. BORAH WOULD LIFT SETTLERS BURDEN Amendment Would Give Credit For Improvements Other Than Cultiva tion. Present Law Is Considered a Hardship And Gives No Assurance To Settlers of Always Securing Patent have had the same experience as Senator Borah in the matter of trying to get relief for home steaders on timbered lands, and all have concluded that further legislation is necessary. When Senator Borah introduc ed his three-year homestead bill last session it amended the old homestead law only in one re spect, it reduced the time of res idence from five to three years, and if the bill could have passed as introduced, the present diffi culties would not have arisen. But Secretary Fisher stoutly op posed the bill from the first. He was against reducing the time of residence and was insistant upon a certain amount of cultivation in fact, he advocated double the that Then tin got busy, and Congress would not pass I he lull until it had been and clause until was to its original shupe the strict cultivation added. Senator Borah opposed the in corporation of any such clause in j MBit leniency. But thi the bill. So did other Western the convicted man's wife Has Toes Amputated. Some two weeks ago The Times-Herald mentioned that a man in the Andrews section had frozen his feet and that an opera tion would be necessary. The man is Thos. W. Sullivan and he was brought to this city Monday evening. Dr. Harrison, assisted by Dr. Geary, removed four toes from each foot Tuesday at the Burns Sanatorium where he is doing well. Mr. Sullivan is an old time re sident of this county and is well known, having at one time work ed for C. A. Haines at Narrows and also for Marion Morton at Diamond. His feet wen- frozen about u month ago at Wild Horse and it was some time before he was able to get to a physician. He was fortunate in not having a more serious operat ion and able to save even one toe on each foot. More Land Open for Entry. The local land office has sent notices out announcing that six townships that were recently surveyed in the St eons Mountain section have been accepted and will be open for entry on and after March 16. The townships are: 304 S. rang'' 31; 31, range 33; Si range 82; 31, range 32J; 31, range 34. and 32, range 33. Recognizing that the three year homestead law in its present form is more burdensome to some settlers than was the five year law which is repealed, Senator Borah will endeavor before the adjournment of Congress to modi fy the cultivation clause as pro prosed in a bill which he intro duced several days ago. It is this clause that is proving burden some, and as the clause .is now constructed, many homesteaders run a risk of getting no patent, even after three years of resi dence upon their land, says a Washington dispatch. As the three-year bill became a law, it required the entryman to "cultivate not less than one sixteenth of tho area of his entry. beginning with the second year amount of cultivation of the entry, and not less than I gross finally fixed. one-eighth, beginning with the third year of the entry and until final proof," which means that an entryman taking the full 100 acres must have 20 acres in culti vation the third year and there after in order to acquire title. The law further provides that the "Secretary of Interior may. uKn a satisfactory showing, under rules and regulations prescribed by him, reduced the required area of cultivation." Senator Borah took the posi tion that it was preposterous for the Department to expect men to homestead lands that must be cleared before they can be culti vated, unless they know in ad vance something of the amount of cultivation that will be requir ed of them, and declared plainly that settlers would not go upon such lands and work for three year in the blind hope that the Department would give them a patent after three years. Secre tary Fisher, however, refused to luy down any rule, and the Sena tor then introduced his bill pro viding a substitute for cultiva tion. The Borah bill, now pending in the publio lands committee of the Senate, adds this provision to the three-year homestead law: "Provided, that the entryman in lieu of cultivation required herein may muke improvements upon his entry by constructing fences or buildings, by slashing, clearing or in anv other ways preparing the land for cultiva tion, by planting orchards, or by otherwise making the homestead habitable or capable of produc tion, said improvements to ag gregate an amount each year of not less than $1.60 per acre, ex cept that in cases of entries un der section 6 of the enlarged homestead law, the amount of improvements shall not be less than 75 cents per acre." The latter clause applies to non-resident enlarged homesteads in Utah, and only on these en tries does the 75 cent limit apply. Western Senators and Repre sentatives look with favor unon the Borah bill, and appears to be '" a medicine worthy of trial in in accord with its purposes, for cases of colds, coughs and croup." all are receiving complaints that Give Chamberlain's Cough Rcme Ihe law in its present shape will dy a trial and we are confident worn imniHiiips, anu mane it ail- ...... ,: ,.,, i( .. fy,,,nDl . THEY D1DNT GO TO THE PENITENTIARY Four Guilty Men Are Paroled Judge Biggs Extends The Gov. Hand to Hero, More ton, Scholtz and Roberts Four convicted or confessed criminals were sentenced and then paroled by Judge Dal ton Biggs at Vale Monday. They received indeterminate sentences in the penitentiary und the other a 90 days' jail sentence. Ceo. W. Hero, who had pleud guilty to larceny by bailee, was sentenced to servo from one to ten years. Bruneuu Sholtz who plead guilty ARRANGING FOR PER MANENT LIGHT POWER H. M. Horton Prosecuting Work On . His Own Power Plant Has Now Ordered New Wheel And Other Machinery. Light Service During Past Six Months Was Excellent The Times-Herald learns that i now under consideration that the present owners of the elec- may cause some change in the trie light plant have been at work plans and the Emigrant Creek to the larceny of a saddle, was on the Pwer Wt at the Sweek project dropped entirely. There is not sufficient business for two plants in this territory at present unless it be of sufficient horse power to enable a general one to ten years. sentenced to Herve ninety days. (mm ror 80me tlme- ln fact tht H. M. Moreton, plead guilty to i work 8tarted ,a8t Bummer has issuing bogus checks, received an bcen contin"ed at regular inter indeterminate sentence of from ! vals and now the work is being carnea iorwara more rapidly. J. E. Roberts, former editor of , wm louna mat tne water the Ontario Democrat, who was' whee formerly installed were convicted of embezzling $:U().2T, n,,t whttt they 8nould be and did funds of the Mnlhenr PuMMiln. not develop the power necessary, company, received an indeternn- therefore another wheel and also nate sentence, was then paroled ot,her a""y been order- for three years and placed under l'(l nd,a" 80on M il cap be &' $1,000 bonds to insure his good Un m from the railroad another behavior and during the time of l"nPi W1" ; aae to turn on Con- while his parole he must stay entirely away from saloons. District Attorney Brooke, asking leniency in behalf of the three prisoners who had conservationists under Pinchot entered pleas of guilty and saved the county the expense of trials, vigorously protested against the amended out of all resemblence parol of Roberts, alleging that his reputation for unfair dealing for the past twenty years in Burns, Vale. Caldwell, Boise, Nyssa and Ontario did not war- tears of seemed me eiectnc ugnis. anouia tins be successful it is confidently be lieved the lights will be perman ent a.id all the year round. Since this power will be used only for this purpose, it is believed the water can be controlled in such manner as will make it pos sible to have power at all times of the vear. A franchise has been granted James Fellows by the city coun cil for a light plant, the power use of electricity in manufactur ing, power for pumping for irri gation and other similar work. Should this oroject be a part of a big plan in connection with other plants and projects having for its purpose a general electric power business to cover a more or less greater area than furnish ing light and power for this city it would be a great benefit. On the other hand if it is for just this immediate territory it would hardly be worth the effort. At any rate it looks like Burns is to have lights and power suffi cient for immediate purposes and that this will be arranged during this yea-. It is time. No one can be expected to furnish lights on a losing proposition. Unless there is a reasonable dividend on the investment we cannot ex- i . . i-, . . P...,. i i. . lucaieo on emigrant pect any business man to take noth- fKn i,,-ift..,- n,i Wo Via,z VioH ..... ......v.-, !'. V- in.' il. Hi Senators and Representatives, but the situation reached u point where they must either accept such a provision or lose the bill entirely, and they compromised by accepting the cultivation clause as quoted, with the addi tional proviso quoted, which con templated that the Secretary of Interior would determine upon u policy for reducing the area of cultivation where it was impract icable for an entryman to culti vate the amount required by law. As the law is being administered however, an entryman is requir ed to cultivate during the third year one-eight of the urea of his entry in order to be sure of re ceiving putent. If he fails to cultivate this percentage, no mat ter what the cause, he has no as surance whatever that his entry will be approved by the Depart ment. It is to avoid this and to let improvements take the place of cultivation that Senator Borah has offered his bill now pending. Any entryman, acting in good faith, would be able to comply with the provisions of this bill, if unable to comply with the cul tivation clause, and Senator Bor ah hopes to get consideration for his bill during the present ses sion. If it fails this time, it will be reintroduced next session and j to prevail with the tender-hearted 1 judjr-, in the test between justice land mercy, and the parole was ' granted. Ontario Democrat. Rivers To Be Stocked With Chinook Salmon Portland, Jan. 904& Editor Times-Herald: It might be interesting to our people to know that the State (lame Commission joined heartily in our plan to stock Silvies and Blitzen rivers with the Chinook Salmon which I had found were doing excellent in Nevada under similar conditions. The Commission also showed a seems there pleasure in favoring us with leg islation suited to our pecular con ditions. While we have been favored, we must not expect all the privi leges, when all over the land there is a call for better protec tion to our fast disappearing game birds and animals. A great deal of time and thought is being given and far reaching plans liud for the saving from extermina tion of some of our wild things. If we could all fall in love (as is our privilege) with natures people, these r a r e creatures dressed in feathers and furs that make our country more intorest- Creek, but there has been ing done so far, other than the preliminary work last season. The original franchise was re voked on account of non-compliance on the part of Mr. Fel- matter up. service only a part of the year now for some time and people are tired of the uncertainty and have put in their own lighting plants in many instances and do lows and his associates but later 'not feel justified in changing on :. . ii was again put in force upon a uncertainties and this will be the showing being made to the ef fect that Mr. Welch of Portland had taken the matter up and stuted he could finance it. On this showing the council gave an extention of time last fall and the time is not up until March when the company must begin active work. Just what will be done with it is speculative. Mr. Welch is able to make good if he is still in the notion, but it is another project case until such time as they are convinced of a permanent ser vice. Then they will take ser vice and give sufficient support to justify one power plant to operate. If you have anything to auction see C. P. Lloyd at Allen Jones' place. He can be reached by phone. Auctions held on Satur day when anything is on hand for sale. THE FRENCH HOTEL JOHN R. WALKUP, Prop. Strictly First Class. Splendid Service, Fine Accomodations, Commercial Headquarters Sample Room In Connection, Reasonable Rates ultimately seems to be sure toiinK and loveahle. then the whole pass and become a part of three-year homestead law. the Malhoditt Minuter Racommandi Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Bev. James A. Lewis, Milacs, Minn., writes: "Chamberlain's Couirh ltemedv has been a needed and welcome guest in our homelour choice WIIWy ljjth. problem would be solved. Let's promise ourselves to do our part better. Our legal interests are certainly in the hands of friends, for both in the house and senate the heads of the commission are our Senator and our Representa tive. Will start for the land of for a number of years. I highly recommend it to my fellows as be- L. E. Hihhard. I K- Bast Cough Meilu inr "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ever since I have been keeping house," says L. C. Haines, of Marbury, Ala. "I consider it one of the best reme dies I ever used. My children have all taken it and it works firMill if nut imi .. iuuiIJ.i .. In.i.i.. stead' larire areas of vacant noh- continuo to U8e jt BB occa8ion re' HO land that would be entered M"' or years u, come, a many ,ike a cham For cMa and but for the cultivation clause of , others have done. For sale by whooping cough it is excellent. " the law as it stands. Others all dealers. ' For sale by all dealers. Burns Meat Market H. J. HANSEN, Proprietor Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton, Sasuage, Bolonga, Heitdcheese and Weinerworst, Etc. 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