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CITY OF
COUNTY OF HARNEY
The Biggest County In The State
The Biggest City In The B
County In The State Of Oregon
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Of Oregon, Best In The West I
VOL. XXVIII
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 6, 1915
NO. 17
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CATLOW MAN KICKS ON.
LACK OF
Route Discontinued Last July Leaves
Between 300 and 400 People With
out Mail Facilities. Complaint is
Justified as These Isolated People
Suffer Much Inconvenience From it
Editor Times-Herald: If you
will allow me space in your val
uable paper, beinK a subscriber,
I would like to air up the griev
ances of some 300 or 400 people
living in theCatlow Valley, Har-
ney County, State of Oregon.
On the first of last July the Gov-
ernment discontinued our Mail
Service. Since then we have
petitioned in vain. Under the
good old competition sytem the
Government advertizes for bida
and strife is so fierce, and men
are so eager for jobs they put in
bids so low, they can't Rive bond,
and so here we are all bottled Dp,
I have not seen a paper for a
month, I don't know whether
the war is over or not, or if this.
our own country is at war.
Mr. Editor, we need mail ser
vice. We need parcel post deliv
ery. We need garden seed, and
seed grain for our fields, and
since we have exhausted every
other means in our endeavor to
procure it. I respectfully ask
you to petition the President of
the U. S. to set a day of prayer.
The pulpit and the press certain
ly wield a great influence in the
moulding of public sentiment
and as a disseminator of intelli
gence, The Times-Herald stands
A No. 1. Since that day this
country prayed for peace, I've
been a firm believer in the effi
ciency of prayer, for, Lo, the
Very next day this country got
orders for millions of dollars
worth of goods. If the president,
won't set aside a day of prayer,
have him pass the contribution
box. Small favors thankfully
recieved larger ones in propor-
tion (I'd take up. a collection my-
self, but I don't believe there is
over 30 cents left in the valley)
A peaceful law abiding bunch
of dry farmers and yet this Ad
ministration denies us Mail Ser
vice. "We aint done Nothin to
Nobody", unless it was to vote
for a bounty on rabbits, and that
fact was exploited in The Times-
Herald, and I suppose some old
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
WE wish to announce inai aiong " wmr
Rexall line of Medicines and Toilet
Articles we have secured the Famous
SAN TOX
line of Family Remedies and Toilet Articles
Each preparation guaranteed
or money refunded
The Rexall Prug Store
REED BROS. Props
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The Burns Hospital
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
Graduated Nurse in Charge
MAIL SERVICE
"Jack" must have read it, for
they all moved out of the valley.
Bttt laying all jokes aside. This
is indeed a serious proposition.
If we can't have mail service you
had just as well stop our papers,
Patience has long since ceased to
he a virtue with us. We don't
want to precipitate war. We
deplore violence and blood bed,
but in the event of this our last
appeal being turned down, we
have resolved, every last Mothers
son of us, to vote the Socialist
ticket the first
and continue to
chance
do so,
we tret
for over
Bo help
and Amen, thereafter
us Woodrow.
Your Respect fully,
V. 0. ANGLE.
Market Report.
Receipts for the week at the
Portland Union Stockyards have
been cattle 928. calves lis, hoga
3012, sheep 1905.
Cattle receipts have been only
moderate this week and have
taken a lower level in price. New
prices established are 16 to -i
cents lower than former prices.
The market is considered steady
at7.7ii for top steers and other
lines in proportion.
The receipts of hogs have not
been as large as ordinarly and
consequently prices have advanc-
cd accordingly. Top prime light
)10KS bringing 0.85 at close of
vreek.
hc sheep market can best be
exemplified by the one word
'excellent". Prime lambs are
bringing 8.2f and extra good
quality vsould no doubt bring at
cast a quarter more than this
ji,,urc.. All killers seem short of
supplies.
lint Treatment for Contlipalion.
".My daughter used Chamber
Iain's Tablets for constipation
with u-iMid results and I can recorn-
men( them niirnly" writH .al,i
j jabjn, Hrushly, La. For sale
by all dealers.
Stock Brands Registered
With State Veterinarian
By the terms of n law passed
by the legislature and already
signed by the governor all Btock
brands will hereafter be register
ed with the state veterinarian
instead of with the county clerks
The bill did not carry the emer
gency clause and whether he
should continue to register brands
for the next 90 days is a point
upon which county clerks are
not clear.
The new law makes the veteri
narian ex-officio recorder of
brands and provides in detail re
garding the use and moaning of
brands. A fee of $1 is aharged
for the recording of brands. In
the event two or more persons or
coriwrntions endeavor to file the
same brand the party having
had his brand recorded with his
county clerk for the longest
period will be given the prefer
ence. The law provides that upon the
approval of the act the governor
shall appoint a stock inspector
for each county, those officials
being named on the recommen
dation of the Cattle & Horse
Raisers Association of Oregon.
The inspectors will have the
right to appoint deputies and
will have full power to insist
upon enforcement of the provi
sions of the branding act. The
law provides specific regulations
governing the sale and shipment
of livestock and gives inspectors
power to aid in ferriting out
thievery.
Short Course Students
Give Fund For Books
With instructions to select a
small library of books suitable to
the farm home and covering as
wide a range of practical subjects
as possible, the 0. A. C. Short
Course students of 1016 have re
quested the College authorities
to accept the special fund raised
for this purpose. This action by
the Short Course students was
taken for the purpose of express
ing their appreciation of the
Courtesies shown them by the
College and of the valuable in
formation and training which
they secured during their short
course work.
This action was in line with
precedents established by other
short course classes at the Col
lege. While the books purchased
with this special fund ure design
ed primarily for the use of Short
Course students, they are also
accessible to the degree and the
vocational students and to the
College faculties. The list will
be selected and purchased by
Dean A. B. Cordley, of the
school of agriculture, and Mrs.
Ma Kidder, librarian.
You will find all
the newest l
ideas in millinery at Clingan's.
The ladies of Burns and vicinity
are invited to call. One door
north Haines' store.
LONE
RESTAURANT
QBOROf IOON P. op.
Meals
At All Hours.
Short
Orders and Prompt Service
With Reasonable Itates
(live Me A Call
Oppualte Ttmea-HeraUl all.lM
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Sumpter Valley Railway Co.
arrival and Departure Of Trains
Departs
No. 2, Prairie 1Q;15A, M.
Sumpter 2:35 P. M,
Arrive Baker 4:00 P. M,
Departs
No. 1, Baker 0:30 A. M.
Sumpter 10:05 A.M.
Arrive Prairie 2:10 P. M.
No. I Makes good connection
with 0:-W. R. & N. Co. No. 4
(Past Mail) leaving Portland 6:30
P. M., arriving at Baker 7:55 A.
M. and No. 17 from eflst arrive
Ing Baker 6:50 A. M.
No 2 connects with No. 6 (Past
Mail) arriving at Baker 7:56 P.
M. which picks up Pullman at
Baker, arriving at Portland 7:00
A. M. Also with No. 18 at
10:45 P. M. for points East.
PRELIMINARY WORK
IN CROP ROTATIONS
Summer-Fallow vs. Continuous Cropping
On Dry Land; Winter Precipitation
And Soil Conditions in Relation to
Crop Yields. Experiment on Plot
At Station Compared With Others
UY la R. HKKITIIAUI'T, SUIT.
Plot 001 on the- Kxperiment
Station has been continuously
cropped to wheat for the past
three years every since the
land was broken. It has been
given the best iwssible treat
ment commensurate with the
ccntinuous cropping system of
dry land farming. It is located
on good soil but has never been
given i chance to accumulate
more than one year's moisture
and therefore has never been
moise to any considerable depth
and has had no opportunity to
utilize moisture from the lower
depths of the soil.
l'lot 001 and other plots near
have been devoted to the alter
nate summer-tallow grain and
other rotations. Records have
been kept which show the
yields obtained from each plot
and also show about what the
climatic and soil conditions were
under which these yields were
produced. Of course this work
has not been carried long enough
to warrant any positive state
ments based on the result bill
it can be said that they are sig
nificant and that they are about
what could be expected and agree
very well with results from other
places where similar conditions
prevail.
The following table which
shows the yields of wheat ol-
tained from the continuous crop
pad plot No. 001, the alternate
summer-fallow grain plots 002
and 007, the normal precipitation
for the past ten years for the
months Oct. 1 to March 80 and
the precipitation for the years
1912, 1010 and 1014 for the same
jieriod, the depth to which the
soil was moist for each of these
three years on April 1, and the
summer precipitation for each
of the three years tor the months
of Anr. 1 to July 81, will serve to
bring out a few points of impor
tance in dry farming under local
conditions.
Year Yield Yield Precipitation
Continuous Tallowed Oct. I to Mar 30
Normal
1012 4.50
1M3 3.33 14.87
1914 13.83 15. GO
total 21.66 30.55
7.!M)
5.40
5.57 -0.88
Ave. 7.22 15.27
Under the continuous cropping kets and the usual percentage of
system there would he an ave- culls sometimes make the busi
rage return of 7.22 bu. per year ness unprolitable.it is proposed
for each acre. Under the alter- to use any surplus and all culls in
nate summer-fallow grain rota- making starch, of which Central
tion there would be an average Oregon potatoes are said to con
return of 7.63 bu. pei acre per tain an average of 18 per cent,
year. To find the relative value A factory costing $10,000 should
III III I II IU1 lin l l (ll.IV 4U III- VIIU
IM i i . . t r..lni'ii. i 'iimm 'il t 1 i. . . i i , i 1
of a two year period under the '
two systems, the following table
will serve as aproximate.
Operation Coat Cotl
Crop Value
Continuous
i ontinuoui r allowed
Plowing 0.00 3.00
Harrow
ing 1.50 1.75
Seed and
Seeding 2.20 1.10
Harvest
ing 8.00 2.00
Threshing 1.00 1.00
Interest
& Taxes 4.00 4.00
Total $17.76' $12.85
$14,44
Returning to the original table
it is interesting to note the rela
tion between yield and the depth
of moist soil on April 1 each
yeur. We find results as fol fel fol
eows: Depth Moist Soil. Yield in Bu.
12 inches 3.33 bu
15 " 4.50 "
20 " 18,88 "
30 " 14.87 "
36 " 15.60 "
Of course seasonal variations
during the growing season play
an Important part in crop yields,
as well as tho amount of mois-
ture in the soil at planting time
However, in looking back over
the summer precipitation for
each of the years giveu in the
table, it seems that the impor-
tauce of having the soil well sup
plied with moisture to begin with
is only emphasized. The years
which gave poor yields had good
summer precipitation but little
stored moisture. The year re
cording good yields from unfal
lowed land hud little summer
moisture nut a gooa supply in
the soil to begin with.
LATEST DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NOTES
.
(IV mii Dm Portland ('otTtupomlcnt)
Of grent interest to the city of
Portland, as well as the entire
state, is the movement, which
has so far progressed as to insure
its ultimate success, to consoli
date the Portland Chamber of
Commerce with the Portland
Commercial Club, bringing all
the activities of both organiza
tions under one management,
making necessary the collection
of only one fund instead of two
and vastly broadening the lines
along which the united forces
j will operate. The funds neces
sary to carry on the work of the
I single organisation will be raised
in the form of membership fees,
unil from this fund Appropria
tions will be made to carry on
the work of each of the several
department!,
One department, the Oregon
Development Hurcau. will take
over the work formerly managed
by the Oregon Development
League, and in every possible
raji will co-operate with com
mercial bodies throughout the
state in anv and all movements
for the advancement and devel
opment of Oregon.
The establishment of a plant
for the manufacture of tiotato
starch is being discussed by the
business men of Redmond, Mad
ras and other Central Oregon
pointa As large areas of that
part of the state are particularly
adapted to the production of
spuds, and as unfavorable mar-
Depth of Moitt Soil Precipitation
Continuous Fallowed Apr. 1 to Jul. 31
15 in 5.74
12 in 30 in 6.16
20 in 86 in 4.28
iKIil
care ior an run ptnuutes jrom
5.000 acres.
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The
co-operative cannery at
Crop Value Nat Return, Per Acre
Fallowed Continuous Fallowed
Loss of
$3.26
Cain of
$2.42
$15.27
Newberg paid to farmers of that
region $24,454 last year, practic
ally all of it for produce which
would otherwise have been lost.
The cannery made a net profit of
about $3,000, which was better
than expected for the first year.
Co-operative establishments o f
this kind are likely to prove the
salvation of thousands of Oregon
farmers.
Estrayed Came to my place
in ( 'at low, one black horse, weight
about 1000 lbs., three black feet
one white hind foot, white star
in.foreherd, branded either a run
ning M or UV connected. Ow
ner call and prove property and
pay expense.- Joe Raker, Beck
ley, Oregon.
No Modification in the
Federal Game Laws
There will be no modification
this spring of the law prohibiting
the shooting of migratory game
birds after January Ifi, according
I to circulars which have been re
ceived from Washington, says an
j exchange. The regulations now j
in effect were proclaimed on ()c
. tober 1, 1914, when the regula-
lions of the preceding year were
modified. No change is likely '
until the constitutionality of the
luw has been passed on in the '
United States Supreme court, it '
is announced. It is further
pointed out that any changes in j
the regulations must he consid-
ered for 90 days before being
upproved and signed by the
president, so that there is no 'years as against $7,7.'15,921 in
possibility of a change this sea- WM a net reduction of $1,258,
son. 890. With laws repealed and
Officials of the department of consolidations effected the total
Agriculture entrusted with the I state reductions will total two
enforcement of the law declare millions.
it to be the intention to investi
gate carefully all reports of vio
lation of the regulations and pro
secute in the federal courts
whenever evidence sufficient to
do so is found. An offending
hunter may be prosecuted at any
time within three years after
commission of the offense.
Some Laws Governing
Paper Subscriptions
Most readers of the newspa
pers are not familiar with the
laws governing subscriptions.
says an exchange.
Here are lh' decisions of the
United States court on the sub
ject:
"Subscribers who do not give
express notice to the contrary
are considered as wishing to re
new their subscriptions.
"If the subscribers order a
discontinuance of their publica
tion the publisher may continue
to send them until all dues are
paid. -
"If the subscriber refuses to
take periodicals from the post
office to which they are directed
he is responsible until he has
settled his bill and ordered the
paper discontinued.
"If subscribers move to other
places without informing the
publisher and the papers are
sent to his former address, the
subscriber is held responsible.
"The courts have held that re
fusing to take periodicals from
the post office or removing and
leaving them uncalled for is
prima facie evidence of intention
to defraud.
"If subscribers pay In advance,
they are bound to give notice at
the end of that time if they do
not wish to continue taking it,
otherwise the subscriber is res
ponsible until express notice with
payment of all arrearage is sent
to the publisher."
FATHER WRITES SLOGAN
SON DONATES POSTER
1915 I'.ote Feitlval Receive! Work of
Art from Famous Oregon Boy.
Portland's IMI Ross ivhHvui iuih n
unique UOStSf Hi" iniiHt arllslic cm r
uHi'ii uii'i ii i: iiic work ' "ii Orogou
In))', I 'I'mI (1. OoOper, no mii' nf tbs
world's foremost urtiHtH, His rather
j. c. Cooper, in MrMimiviiii'. Oregon,
wrote the wissiaf slossAi "The Whole
World Knows the Portltnd Ross." At
IiIh falliir'a ih'IhuiiiiI rriUHMt ouni;
Cooper iimiitti'il tin' BOStM (0 liii'iii'imr
air t lii aliiKati Portland Iiuh on
operated with Seattle, Teooms, Wniu
Wuiiu unit Ipokass iii soottrias bob
vi'iiIIuiih tli.it will lirinr. nunc t liu.it
260,000 violin to WuHliloglou eilil
Uri'gnn.
Kodak films developed 10 cents
per roll, any also. Prints 5c each
All orders of 2 dozen prints film
developed free.
A. IL, McLain,
Care of Sayer Studio.
Dry cleaning and pressing at
the Burns Steum laundry. 4tf.
W
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CONSTRUCTIVE RECORD
This Writer Finds Some Good in The
Recent Legislature and Claims it
Reduced Appropriations. Condi
tions for Industries Made Easier
And New Industries Promoted
The legislature appropriated
and left standing in mtllage and
taxes and continuing appropna-
lions $0,477,031 for the next two
No new taxes were imposed,
fees and licenses were reduced.
No new boards or commissions
were created, taxes were lowered
limited and made easier payable,
no freak or radical labor laws
were enacted, no referendums
ordered to be taken, conditions
for industries were make easier
and new industries were promot
ed, is the record made.
The legislature enacted no laws
penalizing corporations, attack
ing investments, or placing ob
stacles in the way of capital com-
ing to Oregon.
Following remedial, beneficial
and constructive laws in the in
terest of retrenchment and econ
omy and to produce revenues
were passed:
1. Law to repeal continuing dustrial News Bureau,
appropriations cut off many fixed
charges. To the llsnisw-fs,
2. Limiting tax levies of all
taxing bodies in the state. Madam, if your husband is like
3. Reduce railroad commission mo8t men he expects you to look
appropriation from $105,000 to after the health of yourself and
80.000 and cut off 17 salaries. children. Coughs and colds are
1. Joint memorial to collect the most common of the minor
$160,872 taxes, and return of O. ailments and are most likelv to
vv C. land grant to state. i ieafj to 8erj0us disease. A child
5. Semi-annual tax law mak-; ja much more likely to contract
ing taxes payable April 5 and diphtheria or scarlet fever when
November 5 without penalties. jt has a cold. If you will inquire
0. Abolishing useless state mto the merits of the various
census will save state and coun- remedies that are recommended
ties $50,000. for COUghs and colds, you will
7. Permitting insane patients fin(j that Chamberlain's Cough
to be paroled reduces fixed char-1 Remedy stands high in the esti
ges of state asylums. mation of people who use it. It
8. Bienial appropriation $10.-' ;s r0mDt and effectual nleasant
000 for bubonic plague, repealed.
0. Counties given share of
game law finea.
10. Abolishing license fees
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
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 fairdWaling.2
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.
for fishing in Pacific Ocean or
bays.
11. Requiring boards and de
partments to pay for printing
out of their own funds.
12. Law to collect revenue
from trading stamp devices.
13. Reduce cost of elections
by abolishing one judge on each
of 200 election boards.
14. Permanent registration
law with card index, saving
counties and cities large sums.
15. Exempting state institu
tions from eight hour law.
16. $200,000 of highway fund
to finish state road over Siskyous.
17. Abolishing state immi
gration board and accountancy
system.
18. Establishing flax industry
for employment of idle convict
labor.
19. Consolidation of State
Engineer and State Highway
Engineer.
20. Requiring banks to pay
two per cent on deposits of county
funds.
21. Bill for farmer's state
banks on co-operative plan. In-
and safe to take, which are
qualities especially to be desired
when a medicine is intended for
children. For sale by all dealers.
Dinner 11:30 to 2
Short orders at all hours