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CITY OF BURNS
The Biggest City In The Biggest
County In The State Of Oregon llll
COUNTY OF HARNEY
The Biggest County In The State
Of Oregon, Best In The West
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VOL. XXVIII
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, ORFCON, FEBRUARY 13, 1915
NO. 14
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MAKE AN EFFORT TO
HOLD A COUNTY FAIR
Board of Directors Elected to Work
With County Fair Commissioners.
Will do Best to Stimulate Interest
And Make a Successful Fair. Ask
The Co-operation of Business Men
There was a meeting of the
stockholders - of the Harney
County Fair Association held last
Monday afternoon but few of the
stockholders were present. Last
year we had no fair and it is sin
cerely hoped by all public spirit
ed people that we may find MOM
way of financing and conducting
a creditable exhibit of Harney
county products this fall as well
as a good showing of the stock
industry, thus stimulating the
general public to better condi
tions besides showing to outside
visitors what we can do.
We have good prospects for
bounteous crops and since this is
fair year at San Francisco, where
the whole world will be M exhi
bition and especially the West,
we should attempt to put Harney
County on the map by sending,
even though it will be late in the
season, a display of our products.
Many tourists will no doubt make
the trip to the big Panama Pad
la fair in autos and hy bringing
the rugged scenery of the east
ern and interior parUof the state
into prominence we may induce
not a few to go or come hy the
Big Harney Country and see for
themselves what a territory we
have here that isn't working to
ward the desired end of homes
for many in crowded cities and
feeding the multitude now that
food stuff is so scarce and the
war in Europe is causing prices
to rise.
They will see furuher that we
are going to have transportation
at once; what the great possibili
ties are with a way to market the
vast quantity of food stuffs that
Harney county is capable of pro
ducing, and thus be induced to
help with personal labor and i
capital the bringing into cultiva
tion and frutition the vast num
ber of acres of fertile land.
At the meeting last Monday '
afternoon the only business trans-(
acted was the selection of seven I
directors to serve for this year. '
The men present, some of them
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
w
E wish to announce
Rexall line of Medicines and Toilet
Articles we have
SAN
line of Family Remedies and Toilet Articles
Each preparation guaranteed
or money refunded
The Rexall Drug Store
REED BROS. Props
The Burns Hospital
MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop.
Best Surgical Room and Equipment
In th State Outside of Portland.
Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com
fort for Patients-Reasonable Terms
Graduated Nurse In Charge
farmers, desire that we hold a
fair this fall and pledged them
selves to give it support and help
to boost. Under present circum
stances it is hard to finance a fair
! but with the undivided support
iof the business men of Hums
and the co-operation of the far
mers and stockmen of the county
we can have a good fair, one thai
will be representative of the re
sources of this big country and
be a source of benefit to all who
visit it and take part.
The men selected as I've board
for this year are P. ('. Smith,
Wm. Karre, Julian Byrd, P. 0.
Jackson, Simon Lewis, A. K.
Richardson and Thos. Baker.
the first three named had al
ready been made fair commis
ioners by the county court and
as they were also stockholders in
the Association the stockholders
decided they would do double
duty and serve in both capacities.
Some of the men have been on
the board in the past and are
familiar with the duties M Well
as the hardships encountered in
making a countv fair go, but
they are willing to devote their
tune again if they are assured of
proper support. In this respect
it must be the county court and
the business men of Hums to as
sist in a financial way and the
farmers and stockmen in furnish
ing the proper material for ex
hibits. By starting now plans
may be laid to make the fair this
fall the best We have ever had.
By keeping the fair constantly
before the people they will gath
er exhibits at the proper time
and have them in much better
stapo than If left until hantett
time.
The fair is for the benefit of
the entire county and every good
citizen should take a lively inter
est in it and the business men of
Burns should give the board their
direct assistance. It. isn't right
to expect a few to devote so
much of their time without any
reward, other tlian criticism, to
that along with our
secured the Famous
TOX
this public work. It in a matter
in which one is as much interest
ed as another and if we will
just give it a little of our support
and good cheer it will make such
a difference in the final result
Commending Rev. Dr. Benson
Whereas, Rov. E. Benson has
been pastor of the Burns Presby
terian church for the past year,
during which time he has won
the esteem of this congregation
and the entire community, and
Wheseaa, since his pastorate he
has met many discouragements
and been called upon to face many
serious and difficult situations af
fecting the very existence of this
church, and
Whereas, at the annual congre
gational meeting of the Burns
Presbyterian church, Dr. Benson
was unanimously elected pastor
Of the Biiid church for the ensu
ing year, and a motion duly made,
seconded and carried that this
committee prepare resolutions
commending the actions of Dr.
Benson at all times since being
its pastor, and that one copy of
said resolutions be presented to
Dr. Benson, one to enter upon
the minutes of said meeting and
one to be delivered to the local
press; 1 herefore be it
Resolved that this congrega
tion fully realizing the many dis
couragements under which Dr.
Benson has been laboring during
the past year and the very ser
ious situations that have arisen,
express by these resolutions their
very deep regard and esteem in
which they hold him and com
mend him for the dignity and
true christian spirit he has shown
at all times, under the most try
ing circumstances.
Piatt T. Randall.
Chairman
Julian Byrd
Wm. Farre
M rs. E. C. Eggleston
Mrs. J. W. Geary
Committee.
Farmer Loses Eighty-four
Hogs From Rabies
The following from the Lake
view Examiner will give our
readers something of an idea of
troubles our neighbors to the
south of us are having with
rabies.
Numerous cases are reported in
the country press throughout the
state every weok but this is one
of the most unusual:
Noland Currey, who resides
near Andrews in the Stein's
Mountain country, writes to his
parents in Lakeview regarding
his experience with the rabies,
which is now prevailing through
out the whole of Eastern Oregon.
Mr. Currey had a hog bitten by
a coyote, which he presumed was
afllicted with the dread disease.
His curiosity overcame his good
judgment, ami as a consequence trated pamphlet describing each
he placed the hog in a pen to of the various kinds and giving
await the outcome of the wound the most popular and effective
inflected by the coyote. When Methods of control. Each fann
the prop time arrived the hoger should have a copy of this
became "'mad" all right enough. bulletin in his library and be fa
and it took it but a short time to miliar with its contents. It may
wreck the pen and escape. On be obtained free by dropping a
escaping he made a rush through I car( ( y()Ur Senator or Rtpre
a large bunch of hogs, bitinga jaentative at Washington, I). C.
number of them, with the result wjtn a request for Copy of
that H4 died soon after. The loss parm Bulletin 507.
is keenly felt by Mr. Currey, and with the selection of the best
he has no further desire to further! varieties, thorouuh grading and
investigate results on hogs bitten treatment of seed, the increased
hy a coyote.
Catholic Church.
1. On Sundays and Holy days
of obligation Holy Mass with
sermon at 10 a. m.
2. On week days Holy Mass
at 6:30 a. m.
All other services, besides
those mentioned above will be
announced in church.
All invited and welcome to the! country life that shall be whole
divine services. ,some, attractive, cultured, ellici-
Sick-calls promptly unswered ent aiul profitable. There are
at anytime. Religious informa-1 many KW,ionH of our country to
tion and instructions willingly day t,,;il lmvi, one or mor(. of
imparted at the rranciscan theiM, condjtjonH, but the sections
Residence. where all are found in hanpy
unison are comparatively few.
How tu Pr.r.nt Biliou. AlLcfc.. The (jeBjr(, of tn08e wnQ ar(J
'Coming events cast the'.r thinking on rural problems is that
shadows before." This is espec- rural communities everywhere
tally true of bilious attacks. Your,shall be wholesome, attractive,
appetite will fail, you will feel and cultured, and that each in
dull and languid. If you are dividual shall receive a fair rc
subject to bilious attacks take .ward for the labor done and the
three of Chamberlain's Tablets
as soon as lueso symptoms an-
pear and the attack may be ward
ed off, For sale by all dealers.
CAREFUL PREPARATION
OF SEED GRAIN URGED
Thorough Grading and Cleaning Will
Result in Surer Crop and Greater
Yield per Acre. Smut has Made
Appearance and Writer Suggests
Farmers get Bulletin on Treatment
(Obit shuttiick, Aniim. County AgMt i ' function is to help make agricul
While it may appear rather re efficient and profitable. In
early to begin to talk about the proportion at agriculture is made
seeding of crops, perhaps just a profitable will the community he
word about the preparation of come attractive, cultured, and a
the seed would not come in amiss, flace wholesome and desirable to
Without doubt the majority of
the farmers have taken the first
step In this direction, that is, the
selection of the varieties that
they consider to be the best.
Now the next step, and the one
with which we are concerned just
now, is the preparation of this
seed, so that each farmer may
obtain the maximum returns at
harvest time.
In order to accomplish this re
sult, the seed grains should be
thoroughly graded and fanned
thus removing the cracked, shriv
eled and immature grains, to
gether with any chaff and weed
seed that may be present. Thisi
will insure large, plump, uniform
seed and the result will be a good
stand of vigorous plants.
The cleaning and grading may
be accomplished irfonc operation
with a cheap, but efficient hand
machine; and this is one of the
cheapest and most reliable meth
ods of improving the quality ami
increasing the yield per acre,
both of which are very desirable
in any section.
The third step should be in the
treatment of the seed befOTtsjOW
idg. According to the statistics
of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture, the loss caused by smut
on wheat, oats and barley for the
U. S. in the year 111 mu 985,.
981.988.
While the smut problem is not
very serious in this county at
present, it is getting started, ac
cording to reports sent in to the
Station by fanner of the various
sections. Smut is a disease that
spreads very rapidly, when once
it obtains a foothold, and often
requires community effort to
stamp it out.
There are two kinds of smut,
the closed or "stinkiriK" smut
and the open, or loose smut. The
life history of each is different
and it is the duty of every farm
er to be able to distinguish be
tween the two and treat each ac
cordingly. Farmers Bulletin No. r07, en
titled The Smut of Wheat, Oats,
Barley and Corn, is a well illus
yield per acre should much more
than pay for the trouble.
The County Agent and
Profitable Agriculture
The county agent is a part of a
great agricultural movement.
This movement has for its ulti
mate purpose- the building up of a
capital invested. lhe
county
purl in
he may
primary
.agent nas one uummaiu
this program. While
take other parts, his
live in.
.lust what is meant by a profi
table agriculture? Simply this:
There shall be a reasonable return
on the capital invested in farming
and a reasonable return for the
farmer's labor and managerial
ability. A farmer, like any other
man in any other business, is
entitled to just what he earns
and no more; but what he earns
should be suflicient to give him
and his family some of the more
essential conveniences of modern
life, time for study, some recre
ation, and opportunity for educa
tion for his children. With some
money in his pocket the farmer
I will support the church, place
! conveniences in his house, mag
azines and literature on the sit
ting-room table, and send his
children to the best schools with
very little outside prompting.
U. C. Dept. of Agri, Bulletin.
Health Officer Advises
On Rabies Inoculation
For the information of those
desiring to know whether or not
rallies may be transmitted by an
imals eating together, or wheth
er a dog may be inoculated by
eating the carcass of an animal
that nil died of rabies, the Vale
Enterprise publishes the follow
ing letter received by J, 0. Thom
as, from the State Health Officer,
in reply to the above queries:
1 )car Sir: Under separate cov
er 1 am sending you a number of
copies of a bulletin gotten out by
us two years ago, dealing with
the problem of rabies. This
gives in detail the whole manage
ment of cases in both men and
animals. The only way the dis
ease can be contracted is by in
oculation during the time the
animal is alive, and so far as 1
know, there would be no danger
in dogi eating the carcass of an
animal that has died of the dis
ease. Little or no danger would
result from the eating of hay or
sleeping in the same stalls, or
anything of that kind.
We have called the attention
of the legislature to the serious
ness of the situation, and the
scalp bounty law has passed in
this state, and I think Idaho and
Washington, and possibly Neva
da, will take similar steps. It is
going to be a grave problem and
one that will be some years in
stamping out. I would urge you
not to allow children to walk to
school. They should be taken in
a conveyance of some kind, and
caution them about handling or
paying any attention to strange
dogs, or even your own dog, if
it shows any symptoms of being
ill. Rabid animals almost always
die in three or four days after
biting anyone, so the danger of
infection is minimized. For men
traveling, n club or fork is better
than a pistol, for the reason that
a rabid animal has all of its nor
mal senses destroyed and is very
easily beaten off or killed, as they
are not as persistent in their at
tacks as animals that are not in
fected with the disease,
If this office can be of any ser
vice to you. you have only to ad
vise us.
Yours very truly,
Calvin S. White,
State Health Officer , no gn, 0P otht.r nttrCotic, and
may bo given to a child as con
Th. B..i Uwtiv, t Kfto oc fldently UB to ttn ttduit KoP Hnt.
"I have sold Chamberlain's J by all dealers.
Tablets for several years. Peo-1
pie who have used them will take For rent 200 acres, 80 on flat
nothing elae. 1 can recommend ' and under irrigation balance
them to my customers as the grazing, near Burns, good house,
best laxative and cure for conati- barn etc. Inquire at this office,
pation that I know of," writes '
Frank Strouse, Fruitland, Iowa.
for sale by all dealers.
ATEST DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NOTES
(I'uiin Our Portland Correspondent)
There never has been a time
in the history of the state when
the farmers have had such an
opportunity Jto make money by
raising livestock for meat jiii
poses as at present. With Ml
aggreagte shortage of over
3,000,000 meat animnls approx
imately 800,000,(Hi(i pounds, in
the leading packing centers of
the United States, it is certain
that for some years to come there
will not only be an unlimited
demand for meal animals, but
it is also certain that prices will
range high and it is not impos
sible that all previous records
may be broken.
It is a fact that nearly all the
big cattle ranges of the state
have been broken up and that in
only a few locations is it possible
to find pasturage for large herds,
but it is also a fact that the aver
age farm could be made to pro
duce a large number of animals
than it is now doing. With the
big packers and bankers willing,
and anxious, to co-operate with
reliable farmers in the state in
stocking farms and ranches, it
would appear that any farmer
who fails to take advantage of
his opportunities in this direction
is making a big mistake. The
population of the entire North
west is increasing at a rapid rate,
the people must be supplied with
meat, and if Oregon ranches can
not meet the demand it will cer
tainly be met by other states, a
large amount of money will be
sent away and the meat industry
of the state damaged to just that
extent.
Assuming that in the future
the present fertile farms of Wes
tern Oregon will be in urgent
need of fertilizing materials.
State Kngineer Ixiwis has recom
mended that some action be taken
to make use of the great kelp beds
along the Oregon coast in order
to save the enormous amount of
pDtash which is annually going
to waste. He states that it is
comparatively easy to procure
supplies of nitrates and phos
phates, but the principal source
of potash is now closed by the
war. It is believed the kelp beds
can be made to produce enough
potash for present and future
needs and may also open, up a
new and profitable industry.
A plan which might profitably
be followed in all parts of the
Northwest has been adopted by
the counties included In the
Willamette Valley Exposition
association, by which large sign
boards will be erected along the
line of the railroad telling pas
sengers on the trains just where
they are at any time, in what
county and the distance to the
state capital and also to the
nearest import town. As these
signs will be uniform in size and
attractive in appearance, it is
expected they will be of great
interest to travelers.
Have you any fine scenery in
your vicinity? During the present
year Oregon will be visited by a
great army of tourists and it is
desirable (hat they be encouraged
t) visit every part of the state if
possible. The Press Bureau of
the Portland Commercial Club
would like to receive a brief des
cription of the notable scenic at
tractions in every community in
the state. In addition to the
description, state how the scenery
may best be reached, whether by
train, trolley or automobile and
its approximate distance from
principal points.
Rcognied Advent!-
You will find that Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has recog
nised advantages over most medi
oines in use for coughs and colds
It docs not suppress a cough but
loosens and relieves it. It aids
oxpectoration and opens the secre
tions, which enables the system
to throw off a cold. It counter
acts any tendency of a cold to
result in oneumonia. It contains
We do job printing.
JUDGES ELECTED IN 1910
DO NOT HOLD OVER
Supreme Court Decision Clears up Situ
ation and Makes H. C. Levens The
Judge of Harney County. Probate
Matters Held up Pending Decision.
Judge Levens Holds for Six Years
At last Harney county knows
who is county judge as a decision
of the supreme court handed
down the first of the week says
the judges elected in 1910 were
for a four year term only, there
fore H. C Levens, who took the
oath of office the first of January,
thereby making two judges for
the county for the time being, is
the man who is judge for the
next term.
At the January term of court
neither Judge Thompson or Judge
Levens would act in an official
capacity as they did not know
which was N ally entitled to the
place, therefore the two com
missioners had to conduct such
business as was necessary with
out a third member of the board,
and no probate matters were con
sidered by either judge until it
could be ascertained what the
supreme court would hold. The
decision was expected last month
but nothing was done until last
Monday.
Judge Levens has held the
position for a term before and is
familiar with the duties. He is
well qualified for the position and
is so situated that he can and '
will devote practically all his time
to the work of the office. He
will take an active interest in
the road work and give much of
his personal time to the affairs.
Being right at the county seat he
will also be able to care for any
emergency that may arise during
the periods between each term
of court and facilitate matters
in the way of probate or legal
service of papers that will prove
an advantage and prevent delays
that have heretofore handicapped'
legal business.
The case upon which the deci
sion was rendered was not Har
ney county but one in the same
legal position as would effect this
case. It says in part:
In the Union county judge case
a mandamus proceeding was com
menced to compei the county
Breakfast 5:30 to 9
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Mac's Restaurant & Bakery
Located in the new Levens Building
BURNS, OREGON
W. R. McCuistion, Prop.
Supper 5 to 8 Short orders at all hours
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 f airjdealing.
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.
clerk to issue a'certificate of elec
tion as county judge to the plain
tiff. It was contended by Henry
that the amendment in 1010
changed 'the term from four to
six years and that it took effect
at the closing of the polls on the
same day Henry. was elected and
that the amendment postponed
the election until 191G.
The court holds, in an opinion
written by Justice Kakin, that
the amendment is prospective
only, stating that the amendment
is prospective only, stating that
the justices shall be elected for a
term of six years and meaning
the officers thereafter elected.
The amendment vote was can
vassed by the secretary of state
of December 3, 1910, and pro
claimed by the governor on that
date, and therefore took effect
then, according to the decision.
Market Report.
Receipts for last week at the
Portland Union Stock Yards have
been cattle, 931; calves', 2
i hof 3530,; sheeP- 1J07-
I here has been many good
cattle on the market this week,
tops selling readily at 8.00. Bulk
going at a quarter to thirty cents
lower. Demand from killers
excellent.
The hog receipts for the week
have been light compared with
previous weeks of this year. The
market is fast regaining strength
closing this week at a full half
dollar over last weeks close. Tops
are quoted at 7.25.
Sheep market continues steady
t0 strong with a kecn demand
for all classes. Best lambs are
quoted up to 7.75 and if extra
quality possibly 8.00 could be re-
alized( yearling weathers
.00;
eweB 5.90.
Dry cleaning and pressing at
the Burns Steam Laundry. -It f .
Dinner 11:30 to 2