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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1914)
She mxmtfmtfulk I CITY OF BURNS COUNTY OF HARNEY The Biggest City In The Biggest County In The State Of Oregon The Biggest County In The State Of Oregon, Bert In The West VOL. XXVII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON. SEPTEMBER 5 1914 NO. 43 BURNS HAS DESTRUCTIVE FIRE-LOSS ESTIMATED $100,000 MOST DISASTROUS IN HISTORY OF THE TOWN Blaze Covered Considerable Area, De stroying Eighteen Business Places, Seven Additional Occupied Homes, One Warehouse, Christian Science Church Rooms, 27 Horses, Harness Rigs. Many Buildings Damaged Practically sufficient property was destroyed on Sunday night to have installed the proposed water and sewer system in Burns. It was the first disas trous conflagration in the history of the town and one that will long be remembered. One entire block besides several business houses in the adjoining block to gether with three residences were consumed in a short time. Shortly before midnight on Sunday night turned in and the alarm was those who were : awakened were greeted with one of the fiercest blazes ever seen in the town. Fire had started in the R. J. McKinnon & Son livery and feed barn and almost before those who were sleeping in the barn could get out the en- tire building was a mass of on main street were next caught. flames and it was impossible to It was hoped the stone wall of save anything to speak of. Ben ' the Chas. Bedell saloon next Hull cut several head of horses would stop the onward rush of loose but only a few were gotten ' Hames but a window in the side out and the charred remains of i next the wood buildings permit 27 animals are now in the ruins, ted the flames entering'this and Within 20 minutes from the then the roof caught. The ail time the alarm was sounded joining stone owned by Geo. Fry almost if not all the wooden add formerly occupied by the buildings in the block were inU. S. land offlea was next ami on flames and the heat was so in- account of the frailness and corn tense that it was with heroic bustible nature of the roof it efforts the buildings on the oppo- went down almost as rapidly as site side of the street were saved, the wooden structures. The Had it not been for the stone and post office building was next and brick buildings there would have , there the onward path of flames been really none of the business was checked, right at the door section saved. As it was there of the News office the door in the were 24 business houses damaged north of this office was burned so by the hf at and water besides the 18 business places that were entirely consumed. The flames spread very rapidly from the barn to the building on the corner of Main street acros-s from The Times-Herald building, FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER Burns Meat Market and Packing Plant BACON, HAMS and LARD Fresh Meats, Poultry Home Products for Home Consumers SPCIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS It Is prepared to meet the demand of Dainty Women for a preparation that will overcome all odors of perspiration. It Is the last touch In a finished toilette. REXALL DRUG STORE REED RROS. Props. The Burns MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop. Best Surgical Room and Equipment In the State Outside of Portland. Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com fort for Patients-Reasonable Terms the building owned by Mrs. Lelah Miller just south was next and almost at the same time the j French hotel and the Levens building were Ignited, It was I Impossible to Ret anything to peak of out of these as the Hames traveled so rapidly and the heat was BO great that no one could work. From this block the tire jump ed across the street south to a two-story wood building back of the Harney County National Bank which was used as a sleeping annex by the Burns hotel. This went down like tinder and the warehouse of N. Brown & Sons just east of this, used to store (lour in was destroyed and the wood building, two in number adjoining the bank on the south that it tell in dui tne omce was saved together with the contents of this and the post office. The residences across the street east of the livery bain were also consumed, three in number, all occupied. The For Dainty Body Purity Use Rexall Nice Hospital Lampshire Garage, a corrugated iron building, just across the 8trejBt north from the livery barn was in danger at first, that is the openings next to the burning building were such that it was feared they would permit the fire entering and catching inside, but this was averted by hard work. The office and home of Dr. Brown on the corner was al so watched nnd keep from ignit ing. The Brenten & Hicks sa loon building on the opposite side of Main street, as well as the restaurant of George Foon, being of wood was also a menace to the safety of that side of the street but the Jenkins saloon building being only one story it was not so hard to hold the flames from these as the heat was not so in tense. The hardest work during the conflagration seemed to be the saving of the Burns hotel oppo site the I .evens building. This structure was on fire several times but heroic work and the tenacity of a few men who stay ed on the roof in spite of heat, saved it. The crlass in the front of the N. Urown & Sons atone store building were all broken from the heat and permitted the fire ntering the show windows, The goods caught two different times but the fire was extin- guished. The roof or rather the omce belonging to i;. ll. Leonard i " navt ordinance arawn pro rnmipp on h tnn of thin build- was also somewhat damaged, hibiting any but stone, brick or ing also caught two or three times but men on the roof put it out. The places consumed were: K. J. McKinnon & Son, barn and contents, including five head of horses, rigs, harness, feed, etc., $9,000, insurance $3500; N. Brown & Sons, five frame build ings, one occupied by T. Jenkins as-a saloon, a two-story frame structure back of the Harney l',,:mtv K'ntirinnl Hunk- (wclltiieii as a sleeping annex by the Bums hotel, one story frame to the!u.tpu'y uut of that ni'i-mili'il ns ll flour warehouse, two frames south of tho hnnk miffllJ Wm W T !- , ter as a real estate office, a China restraurant, J. J. Pattersons law office, W. L. Blott insurance, r, olMI rmrtinllv muunxl hut the . u i UMiu-iiio ui luv naiuiuuoc wvir sistinsr of flour, etc.. had no in surance; Tom Jenkins, stock and saloon fixtures S2. 000. no insur- ance; Mrs. Millar frame building J occupied by the prairie-Burns Stage Co. as an office, also living j rooms by Wm. Foren, agent, and the Burns-Bend Auto Stage I lines, D. M. Me Dade agent, $2,000, no insurance. French hotel $6,000. insurance $3,000. Dave Newman, lessee of the hotel, furniture and provisions $2,200, no insurance. J. W. Crawford, in the LevenB building, saloon, fixtures and stock, $2,000. insurance $1,500. H. C. Levens, two-story frame building, $8,000, insurance $4, 000. Sullivan and Mustek, pool rooms in the LevenB building, equipment and stock $3,000, in surance $1,500. Christian Science church rooms in the Levens building, all con tents, loss not estimated. Fred Clingan, living rooms and millinery store of Mrs. Clingan, stock and household goods $1,000 no insurance. Dell Dibble, furniture in sleep ing annex, not estimated. W. T. Lester, real estate office IRONTItRDAKS quip UPTEMItl II, II, Jl, IS. I A WUIIKH MOW THAtl THl MM. .HIM LOW ROUND-' in.. i.j TOf f'Mr t.l.ill ft ffgaVf ill " Putin MM wmr j c ah0.lng If -W I.. i, hit If i V I.. Ih. CI Far W.il 0 In fall MtTMlkM AskAiy AMt it lbs with contents, $300 Yeo Hong, restuurant, in one of the Brown buildings, $1,000, no insurance. J. J. Patterson and W. L Blott, furniture etc. in olIHcs in Brown Building, loss not estima ted. C. A. Bedell, stone saloon building, fixtures nnd stock, $13,000 partially insured. Murvin McGoe, barber shop in Bedell building, $350, partially insured. Geo. Fry, stone building occu pied by Donegan & Loggan, Harney County Abstract Co., Frank Davey and Chas. W. Kllis, law offices, $3,000, insured, G. H. Kollenlmch, one residence occupied by Frank Kllis nnd daughter, Frank household $2,000 no insurance. Kllis, furniture and goods, $250, no insur- ance. Joaquin Bcrdugo, two residen ces ocupiod by Andrew Irwin nnd Ira Davis, $2,000 no insurance. Both Irwin and Davis lost some household goods, the former considerable provisions. W. K. Sullivan nnd wife lost their household goods and wear-1 inK .parel. They occupied j ,ivi"K mon on the second floor of the I.evens building. I A stone warehouse in-the roar ' tnt) blot'k ack of the post' though not bad. This was uaod the Mums Packing Plant and was filled with cured meats. some pf which was ruined but no estimate was made of the d am age. Wm. Foren, household goods, :$250 no insurance. In addition to this FredClingan , lost a vnluable team and harness, I Phil Smith a valuable mare. Rev. Lauree lost two fine horses, John Kberlee and Pen Brown each e single driver, Mr. DaUe I Dipeetor connected with the Stute Labor Commission lost team,. he had recently hi,, .1 ru'" u very uui on wie railroad. Many rigs including the hearse, harness, etc., the actual loss not being estimated. The Electric Light & Power Co., nre damaged Ko the amount of about $.r(M). Almost every business house along the line of the fire on the opposite side ot the street was side of the street was ! damaged to more or less extent, j some expensive plate glass win-, dows were broken, etc. The ae- tuai damage in all wui reach at least $100,000. This is a conflagration that had been expected for many years and it was only a question as to where it would stop. The block where the fire started has 'long been considered a trap for such and it has prevented sub stantial improvements not only in that block but those adjoining. While the individual loss is heavy and a regret to all it is a relief that now substantial buildings will be erected on the ruins and a better business section built ' up. Most of the property owners have stated they will rebuild, but it isn't likely much will be done along that line this fall. This will depend upon the settle ment of the insurance companies, howevere, to some extent. Chas. Kllis, Donegun & Log gan, the Abstract Co., nnd Put - .. . See the greatest Wild West Exhibition ever staged! Never before ha luch show been held in America I Every minule filled with exi ihng novel feature. One thrilling leat after another, by broncho rider. cow boy and cowgirl. Hundred of perfurmer. Si band. Indian race--cowboy race buffalo chae, with real buffalo Indian maarie- -etagecoacti holdup, etc. Plan now to attend "FRONTIER DAYS" WALLA WALLA. WASH. SEPTEMBER 17. 18.19! Tha Walla Wall F.ir cum.. Seut.mb.i 14. IS, I. Sp.ud Ik AW .? Hewn reee. raraifn .? k.iidjn.1 luliu, "Bllar Baby" corneal, at. Ov.i (20,000 00 In a.h ,.., WlUe BOW lor program and H,-..'ivul Srata lo Saai.Uia. R. II. JCJllNSON, Wall. W.II.. W..h. terson have secured quarters in the Masonic building. Frank Davey is in the room occupied by Pearl Fisk at the post office for the present. G. A. Rembold, who had offices in the back part of the Harney County National has moved to The Times-Herald building. The Bank stood with the fire on three sides of it but the doors and windows on the north suffered much, the plate glass being broken and the doors burned. The fire entered the building on the roof but was ex tinguished. Mr. Rembold'8 office was badly damaged. W. T. Lester moved across the street in one of the office rooms in A. W. Cowan's building. J. W. Crawford secured the old Trisch & Donegan building on the cor ner and will soon open his saloon again. Marvin McGee will have quarters fixed up in the Burns hotel for his barber shop and will be ready for business in a few days. R. J. McKinnon & Son have other stable room and ample corrals and are fixed to cure for their customers without delay. They have feed on hand and their many customers may feel nssured of the best of care fa ,,'i' animals by calling upon Mr. McKinnon. '1 he city council met Thursday night and instructed the recorder steel buildings being erected within two blocks on either side of Main street. The vault in the old land office building in which valuable papers and records belonging to the Abstract Co. and Donegan & Loggan, stood the fire nnd when opened the contents were intact and uninjured. found The Times-Herald certainly commends the fire fighting spirit shown by the people. It was Mine of the greatest work ever witnessed at a fire and it was not confined to a few but almost every man woman and child in Burns, the stranger as well as the home citizen, rendered help. Some of the work was dangerous and the boys who had charge of the engines and hose suffered ' much from exposure to the heat """ -"'"'" " hm were in tlames- u was remarkable ine way inu nre was nanaiea ana many strangers commended the volunteer work. The fire boys were right on the job all the time and the new gasoline engine did effective work. Had there been about two more it was pos sible the block south of the pool hall might have been saved but it required all of the parapher nalia on hand to keep the Are from the west side of the Btreet. A few received minor hurts during the excitement, but none were of a serious nature. Many small blazes were started in the residence portion of town to the southeast of the fire where the spurks nnd flying pieces of partly burned pieces of wood were blown by the wind. Men nnd women were out watch for this and they were put out at once. One residence building on the corner southeast of the Levens building caught on the roof but was put out. Features and comedy pictures nt Tonawama tomorrow night. ff'r Saj'l JlllVeX At 40 Round ot f fn don I of the (rand- 7 I land by repretentallue K S&b "f ' Amateur Athletic I J MfiT Club of the Nuilhu)t I i New Malady Among Live Stock of State Dr. W. H. Lytle, State Veter inarian, has a long article in the last Rural Spirit respecting a new disease that may solve the rab bit pest. He says in part: Within the past two weeks there has come under our inves-1 ligation a new malady affecting cattle, which carries a high death rate and resists practically all ef forts at medical intervention. The disease is known by the rather aristocratic sounding name of Hemorrhagic Septicemia, meaning as its name would indi cate an acute blood poisoning of an infectious nature, character ized by hemorrhages both into the tissues of the body and on the exterior surface. Hemorrhagic Septicemiais caused by an organism that ex- ista widely distributed in nature and, generally speaking, is not of disease producing proclivities. From some unknown process, this ordinarily harmless organ ism takes on a disease producing power, either through a decreas ed resistance on the part of the animal or an increased virulence on the part of the organism. It multiplies in the system, gains entrance into the blood stream and in some manner breaks down the small venules, causing hem orrhages into the body tissues and from the membranes lining the natural openings of the body, such n the rectum, nose and mouth, and occasionally the va ginal orifice. The presence of the organism in the blood at once sets up a fever of great se verity, causing in the animal a most profound exhaustion, ac companied with chills and in creased pulse; the muzzle is cold and dry. The appetite fails. rumination is suspended and milk secretion suddenly stops. Rabbits, domestic and wild water fowls, deer and buffalo are all susceptible to this infec tion. It is more than possible that the present rabbit infection of central Lake county is of type of infection. this When to Crowd Pigs. "There are two stages in the life of a pig that is being raised for market that demand plenty of good feed if the pig is made to reach the best market weight when in the best finished condi tion," says R. B. Reynolds, Ex tension livestock specialist of the Oregon Agricultural College. 1 These two stages are at wean ing time, and when the pig has reached the hundred-pound weight and is ready to he fed for market. Good pasture is a valua ble adjunct to more concentrated feed, but cannot take the place of it at these times. Alfalfa is especialy good, since it enables the pigs better to digest their other feed. But if the weanlings are not given grain they seldom produce well-shaped animals, and unless the heavy grain feed ing is begun at the right time the ffnished state and the market weight are not reached at the same time. If grain feeding is delayed too long the pigs are not finished when they reach the 200 pound weight, and if begun too soon they reach the well finished stage before they are the right weight. A good many farmers increase the cost of production by failing to observe these two points in raising their market pigs." Excursion Rates on All Railroads Luc He Mulhall, Lady Champion Roper and Rider of the World RAILROAD EXTENSION UNDER CONSIDERATION Consulting Engineer of Harriman Lines Visits Riverside in Company With Chief Engineer Stradley and Will Make Report. Encouraging Pros pects Indicated by News Reports Mr. Adams, Consulting engi neer over all Harriman lines, with offices in New York City, was out Tuesday of this week and made an investigation of the new line to Riverside and looked into the question of completing the line on in to Harney county in the immediate future. He spent nearly the whole day in this part of the country, but no thing could be learned as to the liklihood of further extension at t his time, although it is conceded that in a very few weeks the re sult of his visit to the front will be known either one way or the other. Citizens of Juntura endeavored to impress upon Mr. Adams the great good that would come to the country west of here if the line was continued, also pointing out to him the immense tonnage that this line would acquire as soon as the road hit Harney Val ley. Mr. Adams listened to the facts as they were given him and assured us that this phase of the situation would receive due consideration when he reported to the Board of Directors. This is the first move that the rail road people have made toward getting right down to business on the question of extension, and the outcome of Mr. Adams visit will be watched with a great deal of interest. Juntura Times. The Ontario Democrat says: Monday eveninir Carl Stradlev. I chief engineer of the Oregon Short Line, came from Nampa City Restaurant Cottage Inn BI'dg., South Main St. Just opened under new management MEALS AT ALL HOURS A Specialty of SHORT ORDERS W. R. McCuistion, Prop. Former cook at the French Nothing but White Help The Burns Flour Milling Co. Manufacturers of home products HIGH GRADE FLOUR "CREMO" THE FAMOUS BREAKFAST FOOD The Cream of the Wheat, Fresh and Palatable Bran and Other Rolled Mill Feeds You Patronize Home when you deal here THE WELCOME PHARMACY Is The Place to Trade -WHY- First: Promptness, accuracy and firdealing. 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. in his car and went out on the Juntura branch to examine the newly constructed road from Juntura to Riverside. With him were E. C. Brooks, assistant su perintendent, Glenn H. Trout, bridge engineer, and A. A. Allen, consulting engineer of the Harri man lines, The object was to pass upon, the construction work and decide whether the work done should be accepted prior to continuing the extension of the line west from Riverside. Market Report. Receipts for last week at the Portland Union Stock Yards have been cattle, 1468; calves, 30; hogs, 2489; sheep, 3833. Heavy receipts of cattle this week. Extreme top steers on Monday's market $7.15, with medium stuff ranging from 6.50 to 7.00. Cows 5.75 to 6.00; Choice heifers 6.25 to 6.50; Bulls 4.00, light veal calves 8.00 to 8.50. Hog reciepts not overly heavy for the week. There are plenty of hogs in the country on feed, but it will be three weeks before they are turned off. Best grade of light hogs sold 9.00 to 9.25. The tone in the sheep could not be improved. Fancy Wash ington lambs 6.00, wethers 5.00 and ewes 4.35. The run was of average size but buying demand Was steady enough to keep prices at a top level. DRISON WAIHMWIM RAH