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r I CITY OF BURNS OF HARNEY ounty In The SUte The Biggest City In The Biggest County In The State Of Oregon VOL XXVII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 20, 1914 NO. 32 fflttt &'M irtn I h E WW jffW sty ?W Z 'Tf l-J V Of Oregon, Best In The Wtit I E ANNUAL MEETING LAST MONDAY I Contest for Clerk Attendance. Pearl Fisk is Elected Clerk, C. F. McKinney as Director. Last Census Shows 321 Children of School Age. Levy of 12 Mills The annual school meeting was held at the public school building 1 hut Monday afternoon and con- 1 siderable interest was shown. There were more of the voters out than is usual, caused by there being three candidates for clerk, C, F. McKinney was elected director for three years without opposition. Ben Brown was placed in nomination but declined in favor of Mr. McKinney. Mrs. Pearl Fisk was elected clerk on the second ballot. The first bal lot ahe received 34 votes, W. L. Blott 22 and J. E. Loggan 17. Mr. Loggan withdrew and the next ballot Mrs. Fisk received 42 and Mr. Blott 31. According to last year's census the district has 321 children of; chool age. The primary grade has become so large that it has been necessary to employ a sec ond teacher in that grade and the j assembly room is to be furnished quring the present vacation to provide room for the additional teaching force, making nine teachers altogether. The records show a total of $9980.47 received during the year. The additional room that must be furnished together with the raise in salary of some of the teachers will make the necessary funds to carry on the school larger this year than last, there fore a higher levy was voted at ! the meeting. The tax is 12 mills this year. The schools of Burns are in creasing rapidly and there is a disposition upon the part of the board of directors and patrons to increase their efficiency in every way possible. The tax payers do not object to paying a special tax so Jong as the money is judicious- I fy used and with proper economy ' I and the moral support of the pa-, trons Burns should be second to none in all Oregon so far as I fiicting any damage on the fleece. schools are concerned. The ex cellent corps of teachers and the Dr. Geo. G. Carl is prepared modern equipped school building! for special attention to all dis arm the comment of every outside eases of eye, ear and nose. Eyes visitor who comes to Burns. I tested and glasses fitted. 50tf. FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER Burns Meat Market and Packing Plant BACON HAMS and LARD Fresh Meats, Poultry Rome Products for Home Consumers SPCIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS For Use It la 'prepared to meet the demand of Dainty Womengtor a preparation that will overcome all dprs!bf perspiration. It Is the last touch In a finished toilette. REXAU DRUG STORE REED BROS. Props. T he Burns Pt. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop, 0 Surgical Rm and Equipment l t SUt Outside of Portland, Nic Rooms, Good SCHOOL Brings Out a Large The Times-Herald hopes the board may find ways and means to place the grounds in the best possible condition as it will add much to the attractiveness and better results may be expected from the pupils. Insoluble Brand Paint Cost Sheepmen Heavy "Probably one of the greatest crimes of the sheepmen of the range is the use of unsoluble paints for painting the flock," says O. M. Nelson, instructor in animal husbandry at the Oregon i Agricultural College. "Faint on fleeces is the greatest objection manufacturers make to the use of territory wool. There is no subject of more importance in preparing wool for market than the proper painting of sheep. "It has been estimated that unsoluble paints cost the growers from one-third of a cent to one cent a pound. The following is an enumeration of a few of the items that make up the loss from the use of unsoluble paints: "Cost of mill labor in clipping paint locks. "Loss of wool from the best part of the fleece. "Injury to other wool in scour ing stains from partially dissolv ' ed paint. "Damage to yarn and fabrics by specks of paint too small to I be detected in grease wool. "Ix)ss through refusal of man ufacturers to buy painted wools in best market." From various tests made by the Wyoming Station it appears that not all paint labeled perfect scouring is in reality such. By making a careful investigation growers can probably learn which paints will scour out completely without leaving any stain or in- Dainty Body Purity Rexall Nice Hospital Care and Com- fonts-Reasonable Terms Nurse in Charge $10,000 in Prize for Ore gon Stock at Panama Fair In order to stimulate interest among stock breeder in Oregon, the Oregon Exposition Commis sion announces that $10,000 will be set aside as prizes for the best stock from this state exhibited at San Francisco next year. It is hoped that on completion of the budget it will be possible to in crease this sum to $15,000. This will be in addition to the $176,000 which will be distributed in live stock prizes by the authorities of the exposition. John Day Wants Flour Mill And a Creamery Business men of John Day are organizing in an effort to secure new enterprises in that Valley. According to a statement made by them, there are exceptional opportunities for a roller flour mill and for an up-to-date cream ery. They Bay that all flour used in Grant county has to be hauled in from distant outside points while grain of all kinds is shipped out of the valley, and that in John Day and Bear .valleys a large amount of milk is produced. a large part of which is hauled 40 miles to Prairie City, the nearest creamery. Business men and property owners are ready to lend all possible assistance to the establishment of these indus tries. Catlow Item. An Annual School meeting is to be held at Beckley June IS for the purpose of electing a new school board for District 61. Also to choose a school site, and de termine rate of tax levy for the District Dr. Harris is here again on one of his periodical visits. He hopes to become permanently estab lished at Beckley in the near future. Mr. Grant Crichfield is busy these days bringing in prospec tive homesteaders from Bend and Burns. The Buckarros are getting in trim for the 4th of July horse races and celebration. What race is Cheno training for? Mr. Van Valkenburg, of Burns was a recent visitor with a car full of homesteaders. What about our long-talked of hall. Mr. Beckley is willing to donate the site, now lets get together we sure need it Refreshments of all kinds from Ice-cream to Lemonade will be served at the picnic. Subscriptions to help defray expenses, also for purses etc., are coming along nicely, as usual the Buckaroos responded nobly. Lumber for new houses coming in every day. Josh Butler is ready to build. (mrUui'. Colic, Ctialtra and Dlarrhoaa Rama.?. Every family without excep tion should keep this preparation at hand during the hot weather of the summer months. Cham berlain's Cholic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is worth many times its cost when Reeded and is almost curtain to be needed before the summer is over, U has no superior for the purpose for which It is Intended. Buy it now. For sale by all dealers. 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KVEKWKAK HOSIERY COMPANY Dayton, Ohio OUTLOOK FOR CROPS ON THE SUB-STATIONS Report of Conditions on Several Sub Stations Established in Connection With Experiment Farm. Sand, Sage Rats and Loss. Crops BY L. R. DREITHAUPT. Some little time has been spent in visiting the Sub-Stations of late. A few things of note on some of these tracts may be well worth mentioning here. On the Valley View Station, in charge of Mr, H. F. Huntley, a great deal of trouble has been given by sage rats, frosts and the wind. Constant war has been waged on the rats by means of poisoned wheat and they have been kept in check, the coming in from all sides from the sec tions of sage brush surrounding. Frosts have caused serious loss of oats and wheat, the barley and emmer having survived better because of later planting. The drifting sand has cut down and killed out much of the small grain. The only crop having withstood both frost and sand storms at all effectively is the field peas which give excellent promise. Various means of pre venting the action of drifting sands has been tried out. The most effective seems to be the plowing of furrows crosswise of the prevailing winds at intervals of four or five rods. These fur rows break the force of the wind and catch the loose sand. An other means of accomplishing the same thing, where the land is being cleared, is to clear in strips so that there is a narrow strip of sage brush left every few rods to serve as a wind break. By throwing the brush cleared off into that left standing the wind break is made more effective. After the cleared strips are established in crop, preferably alfalfa, the other land can be cleared. At Harriman, Mr. A. H. Curry has also waged perpetual war on the sage rat and has managed to save the crops from any consid erable damage to date. Here winds and frosts have done little damage, only the more tender crops suffering in the recent freeze to any considerably degree. AH of the crops are doing very well indeed. The most nolabje successes are the field peas and the alfalfa in rows. There is a great demonstration to be wit nessed on this tract in the way of alfalfa planted in rows as con trasted to that sown in the ordi nary way upon this type of land. That which is sown In the ordi nary way is only a few Inches high and yellowish in color tho planted on a little better land and right along side of Home in rows which stand about two feet in heighth and nearly covers the ground. ju Waverly, things look rather poorly because of the Inroads of aage rats which swarm from the nearby hills and other causes. No word has been had from Mr. C. S. Ollgard, who is con ducting a tract in W, iboxae val ley, Hiny-e the freeze. Just prior to this, some of the finest crops in the country could be swh here on this ten Here sub-station. The land is entirely dry, being some seventy feet to water. Most of the tract whs summer-fallowed last year and there Is little doubt that the yields will be entirely satisfactory so long as. good, dry farming methods are practiced. In Catlow Valley, Mr. 0. S. Belcher is trying out the various crops op bis ten acre su,b-ta,tiioi on dr.v und for the drat time on mmwep-fallpwed land. The land here is rather difflcu.lt to handle because of being too dobe to keep in good condition, Field peas are probably the moat promising crop as it now appears. Barley, both spring and winter barley very early spring sown, are doing well. One variety of cats look good. In Sunset Yalley. where drift Frost Cause Some Recover From Frost ing sand and alkali spots are sources of annoyance, Mr. N. Henney is illustrating the advan tages of the alfalfa and field pea crops. It is well worth anyone's time to visit this tract and while there to stroll over to Mr. Hen ney 's twenty acre patch of field peas which he is growing with the idea of turning off into pork of a quality which can be had in no other way but by feeding peas. Incidentally, he has taken advantage of the May rains, as well as the protection from sand storms afforded by the growth of the peas, and has sown alfalfa in rows between the pea rows. Unless all signs fail, Mr. Henney will have twenty acres of alfalfa to turn into the pork next year, before he turns the peas over to the hog crop. Furrows for the protection of young alfalfa and grain are now being used on this tract, also. Mr. L. ('. Rhodes reports some pretty cold weather over at his Drcwsey dry land sub-station and considerable damuge to crops. Previous to this the crops were showing great promise, and it is pretty safe to say that there will be results well worthy of note on this tract this year. This is the first time that a crop has been planted on summer-fallow on this tract. It is a matter of common knowledge that this tract repre sents some of the toughest land in that part of the country, as well as some good land. The re sult on both the good und the bad should be watched with interest by the people of that section, with especial regard to those crops which will aid in solving the winter feed for stock question. On the Experiment Station itself, all crops of real importance are recovering very satisfactorily from the severe freezing of June 5. It is a matter of considerable satisfaction to know that the crops that count are capable of resisting such cold weather with so little damage as was done, and it is a matter of still greater satisfaction to note that, among the large number of varieties of these crops on trial, there are one or more variety of each crop which proved itself to be almost entirely resistant to u tempera ture such as prevailed, Among the Spring wheats, for example, there were at least two which showed no sign whatever of be ing effected. Even among the barleys there was one or two varieties which were not damag ed other than an occasions,! leaf tip. Flax, showed itself to be Very resistant. Tho field peas, while suffering some, reverses among the varieties, as a whole were very resistant and there was at least five varieties, all good yiclders, which went thru unmarked. Of the (.vyouty-nve or more varieties of alfalfa on trial the Baltic- and Grimm var ieties showed marked superiority in this, regard. One strain of the Baltic was especially notice able in that it showed no signs of injury while those around it were Injured in varying degree according as they were reacts. tyt to the cold. The crop which were injured to any extent were such tender things as wtatoes, corn, millet, beets and some garden stuff. The potatoes are coming right back up, The corn is also reviv ing to a certain extent The beets must be replanted, as will the others. The heads of the Tennessee winter barley, about half of which had emerged from the boot, were killed. There was Borne damage done to the other winter grains yet in ilw boot, thought to just what ex tent it is ditUcu.lt to tell at present- Pictures tomorrow night. Change in Weiser Banking Firm A special dispatch from Weiser to Boise Evening Capital News says: An important transaction in banking circles in this city took place yesterday at a meeting of the directors of the Weiser Iian & Trust company, when C. E. Kenyon of Ontario, Oregon, took over the stock of W. P. Lyon now connected with a Caldwell bank. Mr. Kenyon succeeds Mr. Lyon on the board of direclors. He has purchased property and will move his family here to take up his new duties Sept. 1. Mr. Kenyon is an experienced banker and has filled important public offices in Ontario. His coming here will strengthen the institu tion, whose business is rapidly increasing. - Ontario Democrat. Market Report. Receipts for last week at the Portland Union Stock Yards have been cattle, 1497; calves. 35; hogs 8048: sheep. 574H. Cattle liquidation smaller for the week, due to mid-season be tween feed lot and grass runs. Bsst grain fed steers, $7.25 to 7.60. Good call for prime de horned cows and heifers. Butch er stock steady all down the line. Demand for hogs better than last week, with fairly good num ber of receipts. 5 to 10c higher. Tops selling at $7.85 to $7.90. Moderate receipts of sheep and lambs this week. Improved de mand. Fancy yearlings $4.85 to $4.25. I .am! i trade firm, spring stock selling readily at $6.00. Shaka OH Your Rheumati.m. Now is the time to get rid of your rheumatism. Try a twenty, five cent bottle of Chamberlain's Liniment and see how quickly your rheumatic pains disappear. Sold by all dealers. Coyte With Hydrophobia The report comes to the Enter prise that last Sunday afternoon while W. E. Harris' children were playing out in the yard at their home 7 miles west of Vale, a coyote, evidently afflicted with hydrophobia, dashed into the yard. The family dog, which was ever the companion and protec tor of the small children, sprang upon the coyote and received its i deadly fangs, while the children were hurried into the house. The dog and coyote were about evenly matched and a vicious fight ensued. Mr. Harris mean while getting his rifle in action through the doorway kud the the coyote, and was later forced to kill tho faithful dog also rather than let It suffer death with rabies. Farmers and stockmen are warned to be on the lookout for any symptoms of rabies among their animals, as there is a strong probability that the rabid coyote had bitten many animals else where throughout the country before being killed. There have been constant re ports during the past few years Of hydrophobia among coyotes in Eastern Oregon and Western Idaho, and u two instances, one in Mm county, Oregon, and the atber in Adams county, Idaho, coyotes so afflicted came into camp and attacked sheepherders while they were sleeping. - Vale Enterprise. Taka Planlv of Tim to Eat There is a saying that "rapid eating is alow suicide." If you hg formed the habit of eating too rapidly you are most likely suffering from indigestion or constipation, which will result eventually in serious illness un less corrected. Digestion begins In the mouth. Food should be thoroughly masticated and insali vated. Then when you have a fullness of the stomache or feel dull and stupid after eating, take one of Chamberlain's Tablet. Many severe cases of atomaohe trouble and constipation havei been cured by the use of these ! tablet. They are eusy to take and most agreeuble in effect. Sold by all dealers. Finest alfalfa, timothy and red top hay baled may be had at the ( ioodman feed barn is POTTS ACQUITTED OF WIFE MURDER CHARGE Expensive Trial in Grant County With Added Sensation of Grave Robbery Comes to End With AH Parties Turned Loose. Well Known Men Attempt to Exhume Body at Night Chas. E. Potts of Los Angeles, who was accused of choking his wife to death at Mt. Vernon in Grant county last July, was tried at Canyon City and on Tuesday evening the jury returned a ver dict of not guilty. During the trial quite a sensation was creat ed by an attempt being made to exhume the body of Mrs. Potts. Of this the Eagle say3: During the progress of the trial of Chas. E. Potts here this week an attempt was made to exhume the body of Mrs. Potts. Friday afternoon Sheriff Welsh was apprised of the fact that the attempt would be made and he put Deputy Sheriff Chas. Mulli gan in the cemetery. About midnight Dr. Tate, Phil Ashford. Prentiss Hicks and Sam Lyon appeared and started to exhume the body. They had dug down to the coffin when Mulligan ap peared and informed them that they were under arrest Formal complaint was filed with Judge Dustin and at a hearing Wednes day evening they were all dis charged as no crime had been committed under the law. Dr. Tate, who was an expert medical witness for Potts, testified that the hyoid bone which it was al leged was fractured was not as a matter of fact fractured but that it was still with the body. He secured consent from Potta to make an examination of the body and acting upon legal advice that he was within the law started to work. He explained on the wit ness stand that the reason he did not go during the day time was that he ceuld not get ready. The indictment against Potts alleged that the hyoid bone was fractur ed and this was testified to but when it came to the trial of the cose it developed that the alleged hyoid bone was in fact the cricoid cartilage and it was to prove this that Dr. Tate desired to make the examination. THE FRENCH HOTEL DAVID NEWMAN, Prop. Strictly First Service, Fine Commercial Sample Room In Connection, Reasonable Rates BLUE MT. Daily Line, Burns and Prairie City SCHEDULE: LEAVK AKK1VK Burna Sam Canyon City Canyon City 7am Prairie City Prairie City 2:30 p m Canyon City ! Barn. '. Burns-Prairie City, Round 'hip. .... Express Rate 2 1-2 Cents, Prairie to Burns PLEASANT, SCENIC ROUTE ALL THE WA Y L. WOLDENBERG.IProp. THE WELCOME PHARMACY Is The Place to Trade -WHY- Firat: Promptness, accuracy and fair dealing. Secend: We carry a well assorted stock of Drugs, Chemi cals and Druggist Sundries. Third: We guarantee every article we sell to be just as represented or your money refunded. If you are a customer of ours you know this. If not, be come one and be convinced. J. C. Welcome. Jr. Mail Contracts Awarded on Some Lines H. C. Smith was the successful bidder on three mail contracts out of Burns, being awarded the routes from this city to Diamond, Venator and Riley. He will equip the lines with Ford cars and expects to make a regular schedule that will bring these points nearer to Burns so far as mail service is concerned count ing hours. In most seasons of the year this will be maintained without much variation and it will be a great convenience to people doing business along the line as with the cars people may come in and transact business, arriving before the banks and business houses close of an even ing and return to their homes next day. Mr. Smith doesn't expect to handle the parcel post mail entirely with Fords but will use other equipment when nec essary. F. M. Eight, the successful bidder on the Burns-Prairie line, was in the city this week making preliminery arrangements to be gin operating the line. Mr. Eight will not attempt auto ser vice the entire distance as the mountain roads will not permit such equipment at all seasons of the year, therefore he will oper ate horse stages. He says he in tends to give us just as good ser vice as is possible. Mr, Eight will retain Billy Foren as his agent at this end, a decision that will meet the approval of local patrons. Christian Science services Sun days Ham., Wednesdays at 8 p m. Reading room open from 2 to 5 Wednesday and Saturday afternoons. First door east of stairway, Hissner Bldg. Cordial invitation extended to all. Class. Splendid Accomodations, Headquarters STAGE CO. 6:30 p in 10 a m ... 12 noon .S 6.00 11.00 I