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BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 12, 1914
NO. 5
VOL. XXVIH
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STIC MEASURES TO
STOP DREAD DISEASE
limals Afflicted With Rabies Menace
to Country. Many Stock Dying
And More Exposed. Mad Coyotes
Causing Uneasiness Throughout
The Rural School District Sections
Irastic measures have been rc-
to not only by the author-
i in Burns, but all over Eost-
i and Central Oregon to deal
nilii.; Tt seems that mad
totes are all over the country
many animals have been bit-;
, with the result that the dread
dy is spreading rapidly and
In every vicinity.
the Times-Herald gave a warn-,
respecting this some time:
I and it seems it was none toj
fen. There should M concert-1
action in dealing with this!
fetter and The Times-Herald ap-
oves the action of the city
ncil in ordering all dogs muz-
within the city limits and
i warning the people from the
nntry to muzzle their dogs if
y allow them to follow them
town. It is the country where
i dancer is most pronounced
I dogs are quite likely to become
llieted from being bitten by
yot.s. Stock have been bitten
fed many have died from the
eta of it throughout Malheur
anty and no doubt in this court-
also, but as yet the disease
i not spread so much in Har
py county.
Peode in the country districts
r not allowing their children to
i to school because of the pre
sence of mad animals and it is
M the matter be given serious
Mention.
In submitting the notice of the
tion of the city council for pub-
fetion Recorder Van Winkle
fetes:
'It appears that the entire
feeighborhood immediately sur-
oundinff the city of burns is m-
laated with a disease known as
shies, and that animals of all
descriptions are dying as a result
this affliction, and as many
limals which have been exposed
this disease and are in a con-
jition that renders them danger-
i in the extreme are from time
to time within the city, the action
9y the Council has been neces-
fewy, and all persons owning dugs
within the city, as well as those
in the country who allow their
dogs to follow them to town
must keep the animals muzzled
or they will be killed on sight by
the City Marshal."
A. E. Brown, the Barron Val
ley stockman, who was in Burns
for several days this week, states
the mad coyotes are causing
great loss to stockmen in that
territory, one man lost GO head
of sheep, others horses and some
cattle and that several dogs had
gone mad, one of his having been
killed. Mr. Brown says it is a
serious matter and should be
taken in hand at once.
The Ontario Democrat of this
week has an article respecting
conditions in that section and
says in part:
Stories of mad coyotes, preva
lent for several weeks, are be
coming more frequent, and it is
now reported that in several parts
of the county that thf y have been
attacking cattle and causing
much loss. Many farmers dogs
have been attacked by the beasts
and later shot through fear they
had contracted rabies.
It is even feared that the dis
ease may not be confined to ani
mals. One man, a report from
the country says, has died at Unity
of hydrophobia. Another is said
to be, receiving treatment for the
sameTaffliction at Vale. At West
fall it is said parents are keeping
their children close at home for
fear that they may be attacked
by mad coyotes.
Charles Becker, the prominent
stockman, who is feeding some
of his cattle near Arcadia, was in
town the first of the week. He
says several of his cattle have
died of hydrophobia since they
have been brought to the feed
yards, that he has lost at least
$300 worth of cattle already from
rabies, and that many more may
have died on the range that he
knows nothing about.
A petition has been presented
to the county court praying that
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and
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Fresh Meats. Poultry
Home Products for Home Consumers
PCIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED
TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS
A FEW XMAS SUGGESTIONS
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The Rexall Drug Store
A VICTOR VICTROLA
Victor Records
Toilet and Manicure sets
Box Stationery and Candy
Mechanical Toys and Dolls
We have a large assortment
Come In and see them
REED BROS. Props.
The Burns Hospital
MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop.
Best Surgical Room and Equipment
In the State Outside of Portland.
Nice Room, Good Care and Com
fort for Patients-Reasonable Terms
Graduated Nurse in Charge
a bounty be placed on coyotes, to
aid in killing them off and reduc
ing the danger from the disease
being communicated to other
beasts and to human beings. The
court has placed an item in the
budget of $5,000 for this pur
pose. The city of Ontario has taken
precautions to prevent any spread
of rabies in this vicinity through
dogs. All dogs have been order
ed muzzeled, and the marshal has
issued notice that unmuszled
dogs will be shot.
Malheur Bounty Question.
Thursday the Malheur county
court held their meeting for the
purpose of discussing the county
budget for the ensuing year. The
meeting was well attended by
representatives from many parts
of the county.
A petition for placing a bounty
on rabbits, bearing some thou
sands of names, was presented
and argued pro and con for some
time. It developed that the
bounty was opposed by those liv
in sections where the rabbit pest
has been conquered and strongly
sustained by those bringing new
land under cultivation.
Harney county having voted
$31,000 for rabbit bounty at 5
cents per head it seems advisable
that Malheur county should also
make nn atterrtDt to reduce the
numbers of this pest It was
pointed out that the local mar
kets provided a substantial boun
ty in Multnomah and other thick
ly settled localities, while some
direct bounty was needed in sec
tions where the settler was en
deavoring to bring new land un
der control.
It is probable that the bounty
will be tried in a moderate way.
Vale Knterorise.
Market Report.
Receipts for last week at the
Portland Union Stock Yards have
been cattle, 1009; calves, 10;
hogs, 8366; sheep, 1836.
Cattle market continues steady
to slow with only moderate re
ceipts for the last few days.
Quality of stuff offered continues
good in the main with trading at
fairly good prices. Steers are
quoted at 7. 26 for tops, best cows
and heifers at 6.00.
In line with the markets all
over the country Swine prices
have declined considerably this
week, opening at 7. 50 and closing
at 7.00. This is on a par with
Eastern markets.
Receipts continue vary light
with a strong demand, all offer
ings were quickly snapped up at
7.00 for lambs and 5.00 for ewes.
The market is extremely snappy.
Parcel Post Mail Grows.
The Cole $ Selby stage line
between Juntura and Burns re
ports a uood parcel post business.
The parcel post packages have
been increasing in number and
weisht the past ninety days, till
the November run promises to
reach 120,000 pounds or more.
A few years go sixty tona of
mail per month would have made
most any mail contractor go
broke, but under the changed
conditions it makes his busniness
better. If the percentage of in
crease holds good qfter the hoii-
dqyit th Juntura-Burns line will
have to put on another mail
wagon. - Vale Enterprise.
HARNEY COUNTY HIGH
SCHOOL SHORT COURSE
A Four Weeks' Course in Bookkeeping,
Agriculture and Domestic Science
Beginning February 1. The Only
Short Course for This County This
Year. No Examinations or Fees
The Times-Herald has printed
posters announcing a short course
at the Harney county high school
during February in bookkeeping,
agriculture and domestic science.
This will be the only course of
this character conducted in the
county this year as the demand
for such work in other parts of
the state are so great that the
time of the Agricultural College
instructors is entirely taken up
in sections where such courses
have not been given in former
years, it seems narney county
has been especially privileged in
the past, having hud the distinc
tion of being the first county to
secure a regular short course con
ducted by a corps of college instructors.
The posters announce that the
course to be held during Febru
ary is "primarily for young peo
ple who are unable to attend the
hiirh school, but is open to ai
persons of mature judgment,"
therefore don't get the idea you
are too old to attend this course.
Upon inquiring of a member of
the high school faculty The
Times-Herald learns that this
short course is really more ad
vantageous than the week of lec
tures given heretofore, as this
course extends over a period of
four weeks and textbooks used
that will carry the student fur
ther along in the particular study
in addition to lectures, personal
laboratory work and demonstrations.!
It is really to be an advanced
course for thoso who have attend
ed former short course weeks as
the work will extend from rather
than a repetition of the ground
covered last year. Each student
will receive practical instruction
in connection with the studies
taken and each will do his own
soil testing, seed selecting, milk
testing, etc.
The Times-Herald is informed
that the high school faculty will
be assisted in this additional work
by others, Supt. Breithaupt of
the Experiment Station will de
vote considerable time to this
work during the entire month,
and other assistants will be se
cured, The Times-Herald hopes
the young people and farmers
will take advantage of this short
course.
The following, contributed by
a member of the faculty, gives
an outline of the work to be tok
en up;
In keeping with the progress
in all lines of educational endeav
or, the Harney County High
School has decided to give a
Winter Short Course this year,
with the intention of making it
an annual event. The course is
to be of four weeks duration, be
ginning February 1 and continu
ing throughout the entire month.
Instruction in Agriculture will
consist of work in Crops, Soils
and Livestock, and in Home Eco
nomics, of Cookery, Dress Mak
ing and Millinery. A course in
Bookkeeping will also be given,
dealing principally with Farm
and Household accounts.
The work is intended primarily
for young people of High School
age, but the course will be open
to all persons of mature judg
ment. The work will be of a practical
nature, designed to aid in solving
the every-day problems of life on
the farm and in the home.
This will be the only short
course of any kind held in the
county this year, and no doubt a
large number of people will avail
themselves of the opportunity to
increase their store of knowledge.
No fee or examination will be
required for entrance. However,
a small sum will be charged for
books and for laboratory mater
ials, but this, with the price of
board and room, will be the only
expense.
Those persons desiring to reg
ister for the course should com
municate with Mr. H. K. Shirk,
Principal of the High School, at
an early date. It is especially
desired that the ladies who ex
pect to take the work in Home
Economics send in their names
at once in order that proper pre
parations may be made.
Sick Headache.
Sick headache is nearly always
caused by disorders of the stom
ach. Correct them and the peri
odic attacks of sick headache will
disappear. Mrs. John Bishop of
Roseville, Ohio, writes: "About a
year ago I was troubled with in
digestion and had sick headache
that lasted for two or three days
at a time. I doctored and tried a
number of remedies but nothing
helped me until during one of
those sick spells a friend advised
me to take Chamberlain's Tablets
This medicine relieved me in a
short time." For sale by all
dealers.
Dr. Geo. G. Carl ia prepared
for special attention to all dis
eases of eye, ear and nose. Eyes
tested and glasses fitted. 50tf.
City Restaurant pays cash for
eggs.
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RIGHT
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Sumpter Valley Railway Co.
Arrival tod Departure Of TriJM
to PORTLAND
SPOKANE
SEATTLE
TACOMA
Departs
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Amve. Baker 4,00 p. M. OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION CO.
I.ATFST DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NOTES
ll'r mi Our Curt III ml Currcepniiilrnt)
As a rreat many of the farmers
of OreKon find it impossible to
attend the short Bession of the O.
A. C. at Corvallis, school will be
loaded upon a special train and
taken over the state in order to
distribute important instruction
almost as the farmers door. The
first session of this traveling
school will be held al Nolalla and
Estacada beginning Dec. 8.
Although the complete schedule
has not been definitely arranged,
it has been decided that there
will be 24 sessions in 24 different
parts of the state, each lasting
Ave days, the school ending
March 27.
Six members of the staff of the
college work will give up all their
time to this instruction, discus
sing all the important phases of
production and marketing, spec
ial attention being given to local
problems. Certain subjects will
be treated on certain days,
making it possible for a busy
man to attend only on the day
when the special subject in which
he is interested is taken up.
Engineer Laurgaared, in
charge of the Tumalo irrigation
project, has announced that this
project is now complete and that
applications for the lands are
being received in great numbers.
The entire project embraces 22,
600 acres of irrigable land, about
6,000 acYes of which has already
been contracted for. The lands
are being sold in 40 acre tracts
$40 per acre, one-tenth of the
price to be paid at once, the
balance in ten installments. The
settler, by irrigating one-third of
his land each year for three years,
can defer the annual payments
for thoso three years, enabling
him to apply the money to the
improvement of the land. Stor
age of water in the big reservoir
was commended Dec. 5.
That private property cannot
be condemned for private irrig
ation or waterpower purposes,
was a decision handed down by
the circut court at Albany last
week, the court contending that
such action would jbe'an infringe
ment of the constitutional rights
of owners of property.
As a portion of Oregon's dis
play at the Panama-Pacific Ex
position next year, ten carloads
of products of this state will be
shipped Bouth within a few days
under the auspices of the Will
amette Valley Exposition Associ
ation. Already 164 boxes of ap
ples have been forwarded and
will be promptly installed in Ore
gon Building. Fifty Thousand
booklets will be printed for dis
tribution at the exposition, con
taining articles regarding the
resources of the Valley.
The operations of the Helix
division of the Farmers' Union
resulted in an actual saving of an
average of $109 to each of its 100
members during the past season.
This saving was accomplished by
aconomy in the purchase of grain
bags, binder twine and other
supplies. At its Helix warehouse
the association handled 271,501
sacks of wheat.
PRESIDENT SAYS BUSI
NESS REGULATION OVER
In Reading Message to Congress Presi
dent Digresses From Original Form
To Say Program is Complete. He
Warns Against U. S. Losing Self
Control in Regard to Militarism
A Washington dispatch says:
Departing from the prepared
text of his carefully arranged ad
dress to congress, President Wil
son this afternoon delivered a di
rect message to the business in-,
tcrests of the country. In effect,
he declared his administration
had completed its business legis
lative program and that, here
after, business interests would
have a rest from restrictive and
corrective legislation.
The statement was unexpect
ed. For a moment it seemed as
if the point of his declaration had
been lost in the audience. But
many senators and representa
tives, who had been sitting
slumped down in their chairs,
suddenly sat up, showing by their
attitude they realized the great
importance of his utterances. It
was evident to congress that
Presidennt Wilson had written !
"finis" on his so-called regulative
program.
The announcement was taken
to mean that business may pro
ceed, secure in the knowledge
that, if it shapes its affairs to ex
isting laws it will not find itself
confronted by sudden changes
resulting from new laws. Almost
at the start the president digres
sed from the set address as origi
nally furnished the press of the
nation. He declared the busi
ness program of congress has
been completed and business now
knows where it stands.
Points made by the president
in his message:
Points out necessity for United
States to meet unexampled situ
(ion arising from the war in Eu
rope, both in regard to what
America owes herself and to all
mankind.
Nations whom Europe has usu
ally supplied with manufactured
articles now look to the United
States to supply their markets.
We have the needed resources
but we are not fully ready to use
them nor have we the means of
distribution.
The United States has grossly
erred in the way in which it has
stunted and hindered the devel
opment of its merchant marine.
Now that it needs ships it hasn't
got them.
It has delayed settling on the
best policy for the use of its na
tural resources.
Urges passage of two conserva
tion measures.
Recommends self government
for the Philippines.
Says passage of shipping bill
providing for government opera
tion of steamship lines is impera
tively needed.
Makes special mention of need '
for adequate survey of Alaska
coast line.
Economy in government ex
penditures necessary and to be
obtained by reorganization of
governmental parts on a business
basis.
Takes up preparedness of Unit
ed States for war, saying it is not
ready to put a nation in arms in
the field but is able to find.means
to defend itself against attack
without compulsory military ser
vice. United States does not fear
territorial aggrandizement and is
not jealous of other powers. The
United States is the champion of
peace and accord. It is this that
makes him hope this country will
be able to bring peace to warring
Europe.
LAjngEOCROSS
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and all principal point! In Oregon and Washington U via Juntura,
tha Or.f on Eastern Railroad and the
Sick Two Years With Indication.
'Two years ago I was greatly
benefitted through using two or
three bottles of Chamberlain's
Tablets." writes Mrs. S. A. Kel
ler, Elida, Ohio. "Before taking
them I was sick for two years
with indigestion." Sold by all
dealers.
Breakfast 5:30 to 9
Dinner 11:30 to 2
City Restaurant
W. R. McCuistion, Prop,
BURNS, OREGON
Supper 5 to 8
Short orders at all hour
Departs
No. 1, Baker 8:30 A.M.
Sumpter 10:08 A. M.
Arrives Prairie 2:10 P. M.
No- Makes good connection
with O.-W. R. & N. No. 10 leav
ing Portland 7i00 P. M. and No,
17 from eaBt arriving Baker 6:60
A. M.
No 2 Connects With La Grande
local 7:00 to La Grande, and No.
9 (fast Mail) picka up aleeper
there arriving in Portland 7:00
A. M. Alao with No. 18 at
10:45 P. M. for points East
Harney Valley Lumber Co.
Burns, Oregon
TO THE EAST
is via Juntura and the
Oregon Eastern
Oregon Short "Lino
Union Pacific
Information, schedules,
tickets, etc., upon applica.
tlon to any System agent,
or address a card to the
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT
Portland, Oregon
UNION
PACIFIC
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IMPORTANT EVENTS
i.i-in AT
0HGH HU1 GOLUGE
WINTER SHORT COURSE-JAN. 4-JO
Agriculture, Including Agronomy,
Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Horti
culture, Poultry Husbandry, Insects,
Plant .in. I Animal Diseases, I ir.nn
ry Management, Marketing, etc.
Home Kconomlca, (minding Cook
ing, Home Nursing, Sanitation, Sew
ing, Dressmaking anil Millinery.
Commerce, Including Business Man
agement, Kural Economic, Huskiest
Law, Office Training, Farm Account
ing, etc. linglneerlng. Including
Shopwork and Koadbulldlng.
PARMERS WEEK FEBRUARY 14
A general clearing house session of
six days for the exchange of dynamic
Ideas on the most pressing problems
of the times, lectures by leading
authorities. State conferences.
EXTENSION SERVICE
Otters lectures, movable schools, In
stitutes and numerous correspondence
i nurses on reguest.
MUSIC: Piano, String, Baud, Voice.
No tuition. Reduied rates on all rail
roads. I oi (wither information address,
The Orcjoa Agricultural College,
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The Burns Flour Milling Co.
Manufacturers of home products
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Secend: Wa carry a wall assorted stock of Drugs,' Chemi
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Third: Wa guarantee every article wa sell to be just as
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