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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
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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
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REXAU DRUG STORE
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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.
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Every family without excep
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at hand during the hot weather
of the summer months. Cham
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times its cost when Reeded and
is almost curtain to be needed
before the summer is over, U
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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