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CITY OF BURNS
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COUNTY OF HARNEY
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State
The Biggest City In The Biggest
The Biggest County In The
County In The State Of Oregon I
Of Oregon, Best In The tfest
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VOL. XXVI
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON. MARCH 8. IH8
NO. 17
CITY AFFAIRS WILL
BE IN
IThe Election Last Tuesday Was Rather
Lively as Compared to Former
Elections The Ladies Take An
Active Part And Quite a Number
Became Enthusiastic Over Results
The city election laat Tuesday
was a lively one because of the
fancied issues made by individ-'
mils who thought there was,
more at stake than sober second !
thought justified. The fact is it
was more a matter of personal
preference in men rather than
any vital issue respecting the af
fairs of the city.
It was the first election parti
cipated in by the ladies of Burns
and a large number of them
voted. Mrs. Wm. Miller and
Mrs. A. C. Welcome acted as
judge and clerk respectively, of
the election board and did their
duties well. There were 134
ladies who voted. One of the
lex, Miss Mamie Winters was
elected treasurer by a very hand-
Isome majority.
Although there were the usual
political tactics brought to play.
it did not change the result, but
might have had they carried it
out a little more fully. The men
elected are substantial, careful
citizens who are progressive, yel
conservative. They will weigh
well any matter of importance
before acting upon it and at least
I a majority ot the people leel
they will guard the interests of
the tax - payers and look to the
advancement of the municipality.
The result of the election in no
vise mterleres with legitimate
and possible improvements. The
water and sewer question is just
Where it was before the election.
If it is possible to install these
much needed improvement with
in the means of the city it will
he done just as quickly under the
present administration as any in
the past Such improvements
will receive very careful consid
eration, however, before any
contract is let for any undertak
ing involving the expenditure of
large sums of money.
Business
a critical
our town
,Inen leel that now is
time in the history of
THE BURNS HOTEL
DELL DIBBLE, Prop.
Centrally Located, Good Clean
Meals, Comfortable Rooms,
Clean and Sanitary Beds
First Class Bar In Connection. Qive Me A Call
THE FORD CAR
MODEL
It is the Universal Car ;Not a Cheaper
Car; but A Better Car
Every third car in the whole world it a FORD and
every owner it a satisfied one -that means much to you
Tooling Cars 5 Passenger $725.00
Roadster, Two Passenger $650.00
' All fully equipped and delivered here in Burns
For catalogues and full information enquire of
BURNS GARAGE
Excl-ilve A.r-la For Harptr C'oaatr
Your Safety Demands
That You Have Your Prescriptions Filled At The
REXALL DRUG STORE
A license is not all that is required to fill Prescriptions.
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., Prop.
SAFE HANDS
i and during this and next year
many important matters in which
the future of Bums is at stake
will come up. The voters have
confidence in the ability of those
elected to cope with the situation
as the vote shows. It wasn't a
vote on bonds as some would like
to make it appear, but on pref
erence of men to conduct city
affairs.
There were 330 votes cast and
they were distributed as follews:
Mayer:
G, W. Clevenger 153
Sam Mothershead 171
Councilmen, (2 to be elected)
Frank Davey
.lames Lampshire
A. C. Welcome
G. W. Young
Recerder:
A. M. Byrd
I). M. McOade
I. J, Patterson
Treasurer:
J. C. Welcome Jr.
Miss Mammie Winters
Marshal:
Wm. Foren
R. L Haines
171
177
183
47
131
80
11)7
114
231
114
2or.
Chronic Stomach TroubU Cmrod.
There is nothing more discour
aging than a chronic disorder of
the stomach, and it is surprising
that many suffer for years with
such an ailment when a perma
nent cure is within their reach
and may be had for a trifle.
"About one year ago," says P.
H. Beck, of Wakelee, Mich.. "I
bought a package of Chamber
lain's Tablets, and since using
them I have felt perfectly well.
I had previously used any number
of different medicines, but none
of them were of any lasting bene
fit." sold by all dealers.
Four pure bred Poland China
boars and two sows, about five
months old for sale. Chas. Wil
son, Burns, Oregon. 15tf
"T" 1913
hiu praises new law
nsKteaid
Great Good In The Measure ,
Providing For Farm Courses
of
i lie mo.-: i unpin i un piece in .
legislation passed by any of the
State Legislatures this year is'
Senate bill No. 72, enacted by
the Oregon Legislature, and pro
viding for a system of Agricul
tural College extension work, is
the opinion of Louis W. Hill,
chairman of the board of direc
tors of the (ireat Northern Rail
way, who arrived in Portland
yesterday with his family, en
route to Southern California, says
the Oregonian.
"I watched the career of that
bill with the keenest interest,"
said Mr. Hill at the Portland
Hotel last night, "and was pleas
ed at its passage, for it means
that Oregon is learning the les
son that she must develop her
land to achieve her true great
ness It is not sufficient to build great
and beautiful cities like Port
land. Back of the Urban devel
opment must be well-tilled, pro
ductive farms. I believe that
the law that your legislature has
so wisely enacted marks the be
ginning of an era 'of great agri
cultural activity in Oregon. You
have1 the soil ami you must learn
how to use it. This law provides
scientific tutelage for every far
meronhis own farm with him
self making a profit on the les
sons as they are given him.
"This law literally takes the
college to the land. Kvery farm
er who wishes may become a
student, arid he can become ex
pert as a judge of soils, irrigation,
drainage and all the other pro
blems that he encounters in his
work throughout the year."
I hr forty Yoar Tol.
An article must have excep
tional merit to survive for a peri
od of forty years. Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy was first offered
to the public in 1872. From a
small beginning ii has grown in
favor and popularity until it has
attained a world wide reputation.
You will liiid nothing better for a
cough or cold. Try it and you
will understand why it is a favor-
ile after a period of more than
40 years. It not only gives re
lief it cures. For sale by all
dealers.
Pure bred young Barred Rock
Cocherels. a new strain, for sale.
Chas. Wilson. 10 tf.
NATURAL RASPBERRIES
25cts Per Gallon Delivered 25ct
Too much cannot be said of the Natural Rasp
berry. While it is classed as dry berries, it is not
strictly such, being more moist, sweeter and more
like fresh berries. It may be eaten from the hand
like raisins. It makes a sauce as nice as canned
berries. I guarantee one package of berries to
make one gallon sauce if the directions are care
fully followed. You can't make a gallon of sauce
from any other kind of dried fruit nor buy can
ned fruit at that price. Besides it is the richest
and nicest sauce made especially for pies. The
Natural Raspberry is king of piemakers.
In order to introduce this delicious fruit, I am
offering 1 0 one gallon packages of Natural Rasp
berries by mail postpaid, upon receipt of $2.50.
Smaller lots 30cts per 1 gallon packages. Call
on your local dealer for small lots and demand
that he gives you Natural Raspberries so labeled
The Natural Raspberry is sanitary. It is partly
dried on the bushes and harvested by machinery.
Is never touched by the human hand nor soiled
by dirty fingers. Wrapped in water-proof paper
...... . . . ..
Send All Orders To
HI. B. SHERMAN
PAYETTE, IDAHO
EVERY FARMER SHOULD
become a stock man
Opportunity For Following This Voca-
cation Were Never More Favorable
To The Average Farmer. Breed
ing Stock Comparatively Low, But
Beef Will Always Continue High
There is in this country today
a shortage of beef cattle,
Not only are we ceasing to ex-
port cattle, but our own food sup
ply is being seriously curtailed.
The past two years have witness
ed an alarming scarcity of "feed
ers" and consequent high priceH,
and a steadily decreasing number The silo would prove a mighty
of farmers fattening them for help in their development In
the market. Last season they fact, silage and alfalfa are des
argued that with corn at sixty tined to solve the problem of how
to seventy cents per bushel, and to make the most monev raising
"feeders" at five to six cents, it
would be a risky proposition to
take hold -and many stayed out
to their great regret.
Those who did go in and feed
to maturity made money and lots
of it. This year there is more
corn at a lower price, and the
undoubted scarcity of both feed
ers and beef cattle and the grow
ing demand by a steadily in
crossing population practically
guarantee high prices on the
linished product.
History has proven, in this as
in other kinds of business, that
the man who "sticks to it" and
learns it thoroughly is the man
who makes it pay, and the man
who gets scared out easily usu
ally does so at a time when the
other fellow is preparing to reap
his harvest.
Another mistake some cattle
men make, is in trying to beat
the market. Like other specula
tors, they will hold as long as
the market is rising, perhaps be
yond a slight slump, but invari
iably they ship when a decline is
well under way and help there-
by to give the tobaggan another
shove.
Why not ship when cattle are
ready for market?
Is it not ex
I tensive to hold them beyond ma
turity? Does not the cost of ex
tra feed offset any possible mar
gin of rise in price? And if
every cattle feeder would do
that would there not be a greater
regularity of receipts atall mark
ets, a consequent steading of
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W. T. LESTER
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Legal Land Matter Attended To Promptly
We have a splendid Fruit Ranch in the fruit belt of Colorado; a modern improved
ranch adajoining Rosalia, Washington and a splendid mercantile business in Moscow,
Idaho. Any of these fine properties can be traded for a good stock and hay ranch in
Harney County. We succeed where others fail. Write, or call on us at any time.
prices, and a more equitable dis
trimition of the profit in this
immense and necessary industry?
Stockmen should also gradually
work into raising their own feed
ers and should not begrudge the
pasture necessary for this remun
erative branch of the business.
live stock on corn belt lands.
There will in all probability be
passed in the near future a bill
preventing the sale of calves un-
des six weeks of age, which will
be both a humane and immensely
beneficial measure a beef will
feed twenty times as many peo
ple as a veal and to their better
nourishment. How many thous
ands of young calves are slaugh
tered yearly that could be easily
raised to fully matured fine beef
cattle?
Elbert Hubbard has said: "It
is a wise farmer who turns his
grain into live stock before mar
keting." Not only is it more
profitable, but it puts back into
the soil that which keeps it rich
and fertile. Rotation of crops
will not do it alone, commercial
fertilizer is not sufficient, but, as
Dr. W. E. Taylor, soil specialist
of Moline. says: "The land needs
a certain element of animal mat
ter which can only be had from
manure!" In European count
ries, the soil is examined before
a tenant goes onto a farm. If
during his tenancy the fertility
tht 8oil '8 depleted, he is fined
accordingly. If however he leav
j es the land in better Bhape than
he found it, he is rewarded in
proportion.
Must we pass laws to tha ef
fect in this country ? If the pres
ent wasteful overworking of our
1 farm lands is continued, it must
! come to that. Must we reach
jsuch an extremity? Why not
j better our methods of our own
initiative, wny not take pride in
improving our own lands? Why
not do that which will build up
our farms and increase their pro
ductivity and our profits?
The growing population must
be fed and needs meat; the soil
roust be Improved and made to
produce g -eater crops and needs
manure; and farmers need great
er profits which careful Btock
raising will alone insure.
As the result of a most thotful
study of the live stock situation,
this is our opinion addressed to
every corn belt farmei !
Get into the stock business -there
never was a better time.
Talk to your banker he will help
you to start. There are no bet
t e r loans than cattle loans.
Don't worry about the markets
the man who loses is the spec
ulator. Feed your Btock, ship
when it is ready to market be
generous to the earth which
yields you her harvest and a sure
and rich reward will be yours!
There is a world shortage of
live stock, especially cattle. The
populations of all civilized na
tions are growing much faster
than the general meat food sup
ply. South American live stock
interests are crippled by three
successive seasons of drought
and "foot and mouth" disease,
(BURNS, OREGON)
What Have Yon To Offer In Exchange?
and the supply of meat animals
in the United States haB actually
declined during the last decade
while the population has increas
ed over twenty-one per cent.
Crops of grain and forage are
bountiful in the country, and the
nation is prosperous, at peace
with the world, with practically
everybody employed and both
able and willing to live well.
No better opportunity for high
ly successful and profitable stock
raising was ever offered to the
farmers of the United States
than that now presented by the
present very moderate prices for
pure-bred animals with which to
improve foundation stock, and
prevailing high prices for all
meat animals having proper mar
ket quality and finish, while all
conditions surrounding the in
dustry point, to these higher
prices as undoubtedly permanent.
G. A. RYTHER.
Vice-President National Ex
change Bank of Chicago.
Are Doing Good Work
J. W. Wilson and wife of Port
land arrived in this city the fore
part of this week in the interest
of the Pacific Coast Rescue &
Protective Society. This Society
has charge of two institutions
for the purpose of caring for un
fortunate women and girls and
has the recommendation of many
ministers of the gospel of differ
ent denominations, besides var
ious business societies, commer
cial clubs, lawyers, judges and
other public offi ials. Mr. Wil
son and wife are soliciting funds
to aid in this work and people
have the privilege of contribut
ing to this just as they are call
ed upon by other soliciters who
come to this section. Every
year religious workers come in
from other sections and solicit
aid, the Catholic Sisters and Sal
vation Army representatives
come to us and we give in pro
portion to our means and inter
est in the institutions they repre
sent. Those who contribute to
the cause Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
reuresent do so of their own free
will and are centainly giving to
a good one according to the en
dorsements they have with them
by such men as Sheriff Richard
son of this county and Ex-Circuit
Judge Geo. E. Davis, now
of Vale, and other well known
men of this section
China Pheasants Turned Out
Game Warden Mace and Dr.
Hibbard went up the river Thurs
day and liberated the China
pheasants which were shipped in
last summer at the request of the
Rod and Gun Club. The birds
had been kept in captivity dur
ing the winter and as it is now
a time when they can do well out-
aide and those who were caring
for them being ready to begin
their spring farm work it was
thought they should no longer be
burdened with their care.
When those at the J. C. Foley
farm were liberated they immed
iately flew to a grain stack near
and began feeding. They have
an ideal range on the big game
preserve provided for them and
with the protection given them
they should multiply rapidly and
do well.
There were four dozen birds
shipped in and so far but two
have been lost. One bird died
while in transit and one died at
the home of Julian Byrd before
they were taken out to the farms
of Mr. Foley, Ora Hill and E. P,
Sylvester. This is a fine record
and it is hoped the members of
the Gun Club will keep close
watch of them and assist Warden
Mace in furnishing every protec
tion that they may propagate
and furnish us an abundance of
game in the near future.
Always ready for job printing
J. I). McNElL
THE SHORT COURSE
CLOSED ON SATURDAY
Farmers Well Pleased With Work And
Pass Resolutions Commending It
And Hope Similar Course May Be
Held Each Year Want New High
School Building Erected Soon
The farmers' gricultural Short
Course wsa brought to a clow room to make several plantings
last Saturday evening and those of the different vegetables, thus
attending were loud in their . providing for a succession. Con
praises of the work accomplish- struct one or two hot beds which
ed. It was most profitable and ' will give you an abundant supply
local farmers are determined to of the most common veretahlAa
have more of it. As a result of
the weeks study and lectures
many will profit even this season
and it has had the effect of turn
ing their attention more particu
larly to the demonstration work
on the Experiment Farm in this
county. The work there will be
watched with renewed interest
from now on and those engaged
in rarming will receive greater
benefits from it.
Prof. Scudder went to the Ex
periment Farm at the close of
the course and spent until Sun
day evening with Supt. Breit
haupt in making plans for the
spring work. He left in compa
ny with Prof. Potter and Dean
Calvin Sunday evening on their
return to the college and will
make us another visit in May.
Supt. Breithaupt gave a talk
on the home garden and varieties
of fruit and vegetables on Friday
evening and as many have asked
for a list of the vegetable he re
commends he has furnished it to
The Times-Herald for publication.
It follews:
With irrigation it is possible to
have an abundant supply of vege
tables and fruit On the dry
land good results can be had by
the use of two
patches which
or more garden
are alternately
summer fallowed and gardened, wire netting about the tree.
Plant all fruits at good distances ' Keep the drought away by culti
to provide for moisture. vation. Plow once a year and
Select the earliest varieties harrow the ground several times
from several sources. No seed ' each summer. In order not to
house has the best of everything, prolong the growing season so
Select a wide variety of fruits
and vegetables of hardy kinds
and such as will give you a sue-
cession throughout the season.
THE FRENCH HOTEL
JOHN R. WALKUP, Prop.
Strictly First
Service, Fine
C ; m merest I
Sample Room In Connection, Reasonable Rates
Burns Meat Market
H. J. HANSEN, Proprietor
Beef, Pork, Veal, Mutton,
Sasuage, Bolonga,
Headcheese and Weinerworst, Etc.
Wholesale and Retail
Prompt and Satisfactory Service
Your Pitronge Solicited and
Orders Given Quick, Attention
Prescriptions Carefully Compounded
V MEANS EVERYTHING
To the Doctor and his Patient. That is why the Doctor
gats the result he expected when he wrote the prescrip
tion why the patient gets the results from the medicine
which the Doctor expected. Such results are obtained from
prescriptions when filled at our store, for we always have
a competent man in charge of this department.
THE WELCOME, PHARMACY
J. C. WELCOME, Jr., Prop.
In Dlanninir the rarnVn allow
early in the season -just when
they taste best.
Plant only one year old fruits.
Plant in the Spring. Use your
best available land and see that
there is no bad hardpan be
neath and that the land is well
drained. Select a slight eleva
tion if possible, to secure air
drainage. Dig holes large enough
to allow a natural spreading of
the roots when setting the plant
Trim off all broken roots and
enough others to reduce the root
system from J to J. Set the plant
about 3 inches deeper than it
was before. Take care to dis
tribute the roots through the soil
in a natural way while filling the
hole and press the soil firmly
about them.
After the tree is set, cut the
top off about sixteen inches above
the ground. For the first summer,
the object is to get three or four
good healthy shoots to grow out
and up to a whorl. The follow
ing spring these shoots should be
trimmed back to within from
four to ten inches of the trunk.
From these such shoots will be
allowed to grow as will shape
your tree into a bell.
Protection should be given at
j once from the rabbits by fencing
and by the use of a cylinder of
j lng as to endanger the tree to
winter killing, stop cultivating
between the middle of July and
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