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COUNTY OF HARNEY
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The Biggest County In The State
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VOL. XXVII
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY. OREGON, JULY 28, 1914
NO. 37
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CELEBRITIES INVITED TO
FARMERS' "ROUNDUP"
Great Assemblage of Educational Men,
Politicians and Farmers Expected
August 8 at Experiment Station.
Business Houses of Burns to Close
For Occasion. All Day Program
Posters announcing the bin 1 6 in the oveninR and practically
"Round-Up" of farmers at the nil of Hums will be out at the
Experiment Station on August 8 'Station.
have been put out and now Supt. I This should be one of the moat
Breithaupt is busy getting them beneficial meetings ever attempt
scattered over the county and.ed in this county and will be of
hopes to have a big attendance. , much interest to all who are in
A better time could not have terested in farming.
been selected so far as the possi- j
bilities of attendance is concern- Store at Harper Robbed
ed. that is during the growing
season, as the haying will be
practically over and the grain
harvest will not begin until
later.
There will be at least two in
structors from the 0. A. C. pre
sent, either Prof. Scudder or
By Lone Highwayman
The postollice and store at
Harper was held" up and robbed
by a lone highway man about 10
o'clock last Friday night, the
robber securing about $205.
There were three men in the
tiysiop win oe on nana m aiscuss store ftt lhe time the p03tmaster
dry farming and crops for Har- and two others. Only about $6
ney county, and Prof. Potter of was takon from the ,K)stoffice
the Animal Husbandry depart- the stamps being left. Most of
ment Invitations have been i1ri miinoy was lakon from the
sent to M. A. Carleton, cereahst tilL The robber rode into town
of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture about dusk AfttT committing
A. B. Cordley. Director of the the rubbery ,le mounted his horse
Oregon Experiment Station; R.
D. Hetzel, Director of Extension
0. A, C. ; H. T. French, State
Leader County Demonstration,
and D. E. Stephens, Supt. Moro
Experiment Station. It is possi-
and rode away after warning
those in the store not to come
out for three minutes after he
was gone. Postmaster Turner
took three shots at the robber
as he was riding swiftly away in
ble all of these gentlemen will be the darkness, but it is not known
present and if so it will be one
of the greatest gatherings of
Farm experts ever assembled
under like circumstances in the
state.
In addition to these gentlemen
all three candidates for U. S.
Senator, Booth. Chamberlain and
Hanley, and two gubernatorial
candidates, Smith and Withy
combe, have been invited. These
gentlemen may not talk farm
very much but all the farmers
are interested in what they
might say, therefore their pre
tence is desired.
This is to be an all day affair
and visitors are asked to bring
their lunches and stay all day.
Supt. Breithaupt
will be plenty of
ade" made from lemons grown on
the Station orchard. The busi
ness houses of Burns will be
closed from 12 o'clock noon until
if any of the shots took efTect or
not. The robber's tracks were
followed for some distance and
.$26. 10 of the stolen money was
recovered in a gulch, where the
thief had dismounted after riding
out of range of Turner's gun.
The man is described by Char
les LtOO, one of the men who
was in the store at the time of
the holdup, as being about 25 or
30 years of age, having u rather
dark complexion, with dark hair
and eyes, about live feet and ten
inches tall, and with two week's
growth of beard on his face. He
wore a brown slouch hat with
the top crushed in, cowboy fash
ion. The robber wore no mask
states there an(i tnose jn the store at the time
circus lemon- of tne robbery say they could
easily identify him.- Ontario
Democrat.
Colonisation Company
Makes Good Land Sales
The Oregon and Western Col
onization Co. made some very
satisfactory sales of land on
Wednesday of this week, dispos
ing of 1660 acres on that day to
men who are not speculators but
practical farmers who will at
once begin the development of
tho tracts.
Peter C. Koethler of Haines,
this state, bought two tracts,
TOO acres in all, one section of
which is already plowed. Mr.
Koethler is going to begin active
operations on this land at once,
having returned to Haines to get
his affairs in shape to come in
and look after the holdings per
sonally. Hans Peterson secured a quar
ter section; W. J. John a half
section; E. A. Kemp a half sec
tion. Two of the latter gentle
men left Thursday morning in
company with Frank Johnson of
the Company for Prineville to
get horses with which to begin
farming, the Company has horses
for sale over there and arranged
to furnish the purchasers with
teams.
The Times-Herald is also in
formed that while here President
Davidson arranged to have a
colony house of eight rooms
built just east of Harriman on
one of the colonization tracts
where they will establish a base
to operate from as it is the in
tention to make a special effort
during the late summer and fall
to dispose of a great deal of the
land in this section and this will
be a convenient place to operate
from.
The sales of this week are very
encouraging and means more of
our vacant land is to be subdued
and placed in cultivation.
BURNS MEN VISIT SCENE
OF RAILROAD WORK
Are Not Favorably Impressed With the
Possibilities for Improvement of our
Transportation Facilities by Stop
ping at Riverside. Encouraging
Indications of Extending on West
To Get an Expression of
Sentiment on Bend Issue.
LATEST DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NOTES
Tonawama tomorrow night.
FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER
Burns Meat Market
Packing Plant
BACON. HAMS and LARD
Fresh Meats, Poultry
Home Products for Home Consumers
SPCIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED
TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS
For Dainty Body
Purity
Use Rexall Nice
It la prepared to meet the demand of Dainty
Women for a preparation that will overcome all
odor;of perspiration. It Ik the last touch In a
finished toilette.
REXALL DRUG STORE
REED RROS. Props.
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The Burns Hospital
MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop.
Beat Surgical Room and Equipment
In the State Outside of Portland.
Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com
fort for Patients-Reasonable Terms
Graduated Nurse In Charge
(From Our I'm tin ml Correspondent )
By a vote of 1662 428 the peo
ple of Mood River County last
week authorized a bond issue of
$75,000 for the completion of the
Columbia River highway through
that section of the Btate. Every
precinct in the county, except
one, gave a big majority for the
bones.
In addition to this action of
Hood River, Columbia County
has issued bonds to the extent of
$360,000 for good roads. $260,000
of which will be applied to the
Columbia River Highway; Clat
sop County will spend $315,000
on her section of the same road;
Multnomah County is spendidg
$-100,000 in cutting the road from
Portland to the Eastern line of
the county, and it will spend
about $200,000 more before the
work is finished; Wasco County
has but about two miles of the
highway and is working on that
little link now. The lihway to
the east of Portland will unite
the Columbia River district with
Central Oregon, while on the
west, it will be a beautiful road
down the Columbia and as far
down the coast as the Tillamook
County line.
It is proposed by the Salem
Commercial Club that the com
mercial bodies of the Btate char
ter a steamer next Summer to
transport the various booster or
ganizations to the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, the vessel to be used
as a hotel, or club room, during
the stay in San Francisco, and to
be so decorated with banners and
electric signs as to be a floating
advertisement of Oregon.
The recent decision of the Su
preme Court confirming the vali
dity of the $1,250,000 of bonds
issued by Multnomah County,
clears the way for the disposal
of the bonds and the commence
ment of actual construction of
the great interstate Bridge across
the Columbia. The bonds will
be advertised for sale at once and
no difficulty in finding a market
for them is anticipated.
It is announced by Manager O.
M. Plummer, of the Northwest
International Livestock Exposi
tion that Montana is preparing
to send a team of agricultural
college students to the show, to
I be held in Portland Uecember T-
., to take part in the stock
judging contest, and It is also
expected that state will send a
number of carloads of fancy live
stock to the show.
Road Master FuuTfmef and P.
S. Weittenhillor went over to
Riverside Sunday returning Mon
day evening. Mr. Faulkner went
over to inspect the roads also to
make note of the condition of
bridges, etc. Mr. Weittenhiller
was interested in the building of
the railroad and desired to Bee
what was being done and both
wanted to investigate the advant
ages, it any, tne roau wouiu oe
to this section after reaching
Riverside.
T h e b e gentlemen carefully
noted the condition of the road,
distance and all matters pertain
ing to the country and are of the
opinion that the completion or
the road to Riverside would be of
no great benefit to us over the
present terminus at Junturu.
There is but little difference in
distance and the roads are such
that it would be no advantage
either for hauling our products
out or bringing freight in.
They had a nice visit with the
engineer in charge of the pre
sent railroad work and while this
gentleman had no definite infor
mation, he said he saw no reason
why the work would not continue
on West without delay, although
he knew nothing of any contract
They are fast approaching River
side, in fact are practically in
the town now but have another
bridge to complete. The work is
progressing rapidly as the trains
are to be running regularly to
Riverside by the 24th of August.
The men on the work state that
persistent rumors around head
quarters are to the effect that
work is to continue but they have
had no direct information from
an authoritative source. Mr.
Weittenhiller is encouraged from
the prospects in evidence and
says both he and Mr. Faulkner
went some distance over the line
completed and found it to be
first class in every particular
with heavy rails and the crews
are finishing the work us they
proceed, even to balusting the
road bed.
The fact that the road to River
side will afford very little relief
to this big agricultural section
where a great amount of tonnage
can be secured for the road would
indicate that it would be short
sighted on the part of the rail
road people to stop there any
length of time. It has been a
very expensive piece of road up
the canyon and in order to get
traffic they surely will not stop
right at the door of this big
country.
tion trying to hasten the building
of a road from Roseburg to Coos
Hay in anticipation of the com
pletion of the Oregon and East
ern, and a proposal to issue coun
ty bonds is being discussed. A
Roseburg business man wrote to
the town's railroad committee
last week from Boise, urging
them to hurry the project along
because the O. & E. is approach
ing fast He declared t'.iat the
road was to be built west of
Riverside at once and that it
would possibly be extended across
Harney and Lake counties this
yenr.
More Indian Lands
to be
Sold.
We do job printing.
Circulars have been sent out
from the Roseburg office of
Supervisor Wilson of the Indian
service announcing the sale of
more Indian lands in this section.
In all there are 36 tracts adver
tised in this district to be sold,
bids to be opened on August 20.
The sale is to be conducted in
the same manner as formerly
followed and parties wishing to
bid may secure such information
as they desire by applying to the
office at Roseburjr. However.
Wm. Farreof the local land office
in this city has received a large
number of the circulars and will
be glad to furnish them to those
interested as long as they last.
These tracts have been ap
praised at from J600 up to $2400
and each tract covers practically
160 acres, some of them being a
fraction under. These lands are
some of the best in the Valley
and are certainly attractive buys
for those who desire land.
Small Lawns for Farms
And Few Annual Plants
Small lawns with but few an
nuals is the recommendation for
farms made by Professor W. S.
Brown, extension horticulturist
at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege, in addressing the Monmouth
grange last week. His subject
was farm buildings and grounds,
and the recommendation is a part
of the general plan of simplicity
and taste advocated.
"One reason for few annuals
is the fact that farmers often
have no time to bother with
them in the spring, when they
must have attention if they are
made attractive, ' ' said he. ' 'But
they do not fit in so well with the
general plan as do the perennials
and shrubbery, wliirli onnn rnmo
ine untario Democrat says: to have a definite and churucter
A persistent rumor that has istic effect in givinir each farm
been current for ten days from I home its distinctive features.
Boise to Juntura has it that a "Clipped lawns should be small
contract has been let for build- Bince small lawns require less
ing forty more miles of road on time for their care and are al
the Oregon and Eastern this seu- most sure to be better cared for
son. Work on the bridges in j than the large ones. Also, they
Malheur canyon cannot be com- release more land for pther pur
pleted for a month or more, and ' poses, and if it is thought best
when they are ready the O. and to have a larger tract of mead-
E. will be running to Riverside, pw land ' should be located out
It now reaches Juntuni. The ' side of yard fences where it may
rumor my that work is to be j be mowed by horse power as oft
pushed immediately west of en as necessary.
Riverside.
Officials of the O.-W. R. & N. Surprising Cur. of Stomach TroubU.
deny that a contract has been let when you have trouble with
for this work. President Farrell your Btomach or chronic consti
a few days ago declared that I Uuti0n. don't imam..,, that vm,r
mere was no warruni ior me re
port that work would be pushed
west of Riverside in the immedi-
At tho rSgular meeting of the
city council last Wednesday
night a few citizens were present
to ask why no action had been
taken upon the petition present
ed some time ano respecting the
proposed water and sewer bond
election. The Timi's-Herald un:
derstandB this petition was mere
ly asking the city authorities to
give the property owners an op
portunity to express their senti
ments respecting bonding for
such purposes and not that the
bond election be called. It seems
some of the councilmen were op
posed to such a procedure but
after discussing the matter at
the meeting Wednesday night it
was finally decided to give the
people a chance to express them
selves on the subject on Sept. 1.
This will be in the form of an
election but will have no legal
bearing on the bond election
proper that will be submitted
later provided the matter is fav
orably received. This election is
merely to get the expression of
the voters that the authorities
may act in accordance with the
wishes of the people.
The Times-Herald stuted re
cently that conditions were fav
orable to the proposion of water
and sewer and that bonding
houses had signified an interest
in the matter, therefore it might
be well to look into it. At that
time Councilman Iampshire sug
gested a vote as has been made
possible by the action of the
council the other night, in order
that they muy act intelligently
as to the future.
Two estimates have been made
of the possible cost of construct
ing such systems by local engi
neers and each have come within
the reach of the bonding possi
bilities of the town. The people
would like to have a good system
and there is no reason why the
present procedure should not give
the authorities the right "hunch"
as to what to do.
There is a difference of opinion
on whether it is advisable to vote
bonds at the present time and
this method will bring out the
opinions in such a manner as wi I
give certain evidence on whether
a bond election would carry or
not.
PICNIC AT CROW CAMP
SCHEDULED FOR AUG. 2
Band Boys, Rod and Gun Club, Burns
Population and Entire Country will
Enjoy Day at Hospitable Home of
W. H. Robins. Game of Base Ball
And Other Sports on The Program
ate future. The depot men here
say they know nothing about it.
Yet the air refuses to be cleared
of the floating rumors and train
men on the Vale branch seem to
believe them,,
When the east and west road
imagine
case is beyond help just because
your doctor fails to give you re
lief. Mrs. G. Stengle, Plainfleld,
N. J., writes, "For over a month
past I have been troubled with
my Btomach. Everything I ate
upset it terribly. One of Cham
berlain's advertising booklets
came to me. After reading a
few of the letters from people
finally gets across the state to who had been cured by Chamber-
the seaboard, it is expected to Iain's Tablets, I decided to try
reach tidewater at Cooe Bay, and them, i have taken nearly three
in that event Roseburg and Eu- fourths of a package of them
gene are in competition for the and can now eat almost every
traffle to the coast. In DouglaB thing that I want." For sale by
county now there is an organiza- all dealers.
Market Report.
Receipts for last week at the
Portland Union Stock Yards have
been cattle. 2160; calves. 19;
hogs, 1985; sheep, 4915.
Cattle liquidation liberal this
week. Monday breaking all re
cords for single day's receipts,
extreme steer top for the week
7.00; bulk of steers, 6.75 to 6.90;
cows sold at 5.85; bulls 4.50;
calves, 8.00.
Swine receipts larger compured
with a week ago; outlet broad
and trade demand keen, both
outside and local buyers bid
sharper for firm finished light
hogs. Market advanced rapidly
to 8.50 where it has remained
right up to Friday.
Sheep house trade was chiefly
done in ewes and lambs, a few
yearlings selling at 4.75 and
some wethers at 4.35 were the
only other deals recorded. Prime
fat ewes steady features at 4.25;
lambs, 6.00; and ft fair grade
gone at 5.90. Receiptee!" fair
volume.
picture show tonight.
W. H. Robbins was in from
his Crow Camp home Tuesday
and made final arrangements for
another big picnic out there on
the second of August. It is be
coming one of the most popular
homes in Harney county for such
affairs and apparently has become
an annual event. Last year al
most the entire population of
Burns went out there for a picnic
the first Sunday in August and it
proved such a grand success and
so thoroughly enjoyable to those
who attended that Mr. Robins
was prevailed upon to let his
neighbors again take possession
of the place.
It seems there was a picnic of
some near neighbors out there
last Saturday and at that time it
was freely discussed that a picnic
was to be held on the 2nd, but
that was the first Mr. Robins
had heard of it. He told them
he was glad to have them come
but wanted to see if he could add
to the pleasure of the day by
getting the people of Burns to
participate, especially the band
boys. He didn't have much
trouble in securing not only the
band but also the Rod and Gun
Club, the latter will take the
traps and blue rocks out, and no
doubt every citizen who can will
also go.
The band will make it very
pleasant for the people who at
tend the affair and Mr. Robins
has arranged for the transporta
tion of the band himself -that is
he is going to see to it with the
assistance of some of his neigh
bors- not asking the people of
town to assist in this respect
whatever. In addition to the
band and trap shooting there
will also be some good Bports for
the young people during the day.
Another feature that is bound
to be a drawing card is a ball
game between Burns and Crow
Camp. This will bring out some
of the best players in the country
and it should be a "hot" game
provided the day is sufficiently
hot to bring out the prespiration.
Don't miss this big event- it will!
be worth all it costs. The Times
Herald has not learned the stakes
but this ball game is going to be
interesting. Mr. Robins states
there will be a refreshment stand
on the grounds and those who
have to come a long distance are
welcome to come the day before
and camp. Remember the date
August 2, Sunday.
Cum of Stomach Troubln.
Sedentary habits, lack of out
door exercise, insufficient masti
cation of food constipation, a tor
pid liver, worry and anxiety,
overeating, partaking of food and
drink not suited to your age and
occupation. Correct your habits
and take Chamberlain's Tablets
and you will soon be well again.
For sale by all Dealers.
Wanted A gentle horse broke
to ride and drive single, also set
double harness. Call the Burns
Steam Laundry.
Finest alfalfa, timothy and red
top hay baled may be had at the
Goodman feed barn is south Burns
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"Schooling ia youth ahuuM Inrarlabljr be
directed to prepare a parson la lha beat way
fcr lha beat permanent (Riupatton for which
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this Is the Mission of the
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