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COUNTY OF HARNEY
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Of Oregon, Best In The West
VOL. XXVIII
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, ORECCN, APRIL 01, 1915
NO. 22
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"UNCLE SAM" TO CON
TINUE BIRD PROTECTION
Information Office, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Announces Bird Law
Still Effective and Illegal Killing of
Migratory Game and Insectivorous
Birds Will Sure
The Department of Agriculture I
at W'aohinjrton. sends the follow-jC. E. Bassett, ofliee fit Markets,
inR to the newspapers: s U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Many of the press comments "especially that which has heen
on the decision of the United axomplished hy the stare auri
States district court, rendered on cultural colleges and experiment
March 20. at Topeka, Kansas, stations and the U. S. Depart
holding that the federal migra- ment of Agriculture toward in
tory bird law is unconstitutional, creasing the production of airri
according to the United States cultural products and making
Department of Agriculture, are farm life better,
erroneous and are apt to mislead "However, we have now reach-
the public concerning the real ,
situation in this matter.
The Kansas decision.
like a
former decision to the same ef-
feet in the eastern district of Ar-
kansas, is limited in its operation
solely to the district in which it
was rendered. Neither decision
settles or nullifies the law, and
the exact contrary has been held
by the United States district
court for South Dakota. TheAr-
kansas case has been appea'ed
to, and is now pending in, the
United States supreme court,
The act of congress protecting
migratory birds stands effective
until the supreme court decides
the question of its constitutional
ity. In the meantime, it is in
cumbent on every law-abiding
r-iri?..n tn ntwnrvp its nrnvisions
and the regulations. It is the
duty of the Department of Agri
culture to enforce this law and
the officials in charge will en
deavor to do so as long as it is in
force. Reports of violations will
be carefully investigated and
when sufficient evidence is se
cured they will be reported for
prosecution. In this connection
it should not be forgotten that an
offender against this, as in the
case of other United States laws,
is subject to prosecution any time
within three years from the date
the offense is committed.
Co-operative Marketing
of Farm Products
"Numerous agencies have done
excellent work in placing farm,
ing upon a scientific basis," said
FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER
Burns Meat Market
and
Packing Plant
BACON. HAMS and LARD
Fresh Meats. Poultry
Hume Products for Home Consumers
SPCIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED
TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS
Do You Shampoo Your Own
Hair?
Then use Violet Dulce Sham
poo and Head Wash Crystals
Not an ordinary soap Shampoo but a thoroughly
Scientific and Anllceptlc Tonic and denser.....
Vlolel Dulc.e bhatnpwo CrynlaU doa not
rlTcct color of hair or make It Dry,
Harih, or Brittle. Hold only al
The Rexall Drug Store
25c. PER CAN
REED BROS. Props.
The Burns
MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop.
Best Surgical Boom and Equipment
In the State Outside of Portland.
Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com
fort for Patients-Reasonable Terms
Graduated Nurse in Charge
be Prosecuted
ed a point where farming must
be placed upon a business as well
as a scientific footing. The prob
lem confronting us today is- not
so much that of increasing our
production as that we shall be
DM to dispose ot that which we
do produce at an equitable price,
Both producer and consumer are
complaining the consumer that
he pays too much for that which
oes to his breakfast table and
the producer that he does not re-
ceive a fair price for that which
he produces."
New Auto Truck Put on
Juntura-Burns Stage
Messrs. Cole .v. Shelby, mail
contractors on the Burns-Juntura
. ! I'1:ic,,,i
one of the latest
model auto trucks on the line. It
is powerful, all four wheels b -ing
connected up with the motive
power. Mr. Cole and wife came
in the machine from The Dalles
arriving here Monday and going
on to Juntura the following day.
The machine arrived hack yester
day morning with a load of par
cel post,
Kumati. Paint Relieved.
Why sutler from rheumatism
when relief may be hail at so
small a cost? Mrs. Klmer Hatch
Perik Ind., wiites, "I have been
subject to attacks of Iteumalisrn
for years. Chamberlain s Lini
ment always relieved me imme
diately, and I take pleasure in
recommending it to others." 26
and 50 cent bottles. For sale by
all dealers.
Hospital
LATEST DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NOTES
(Fran Ost Portland Corrtspondsat)
A new magazine to be devoted
exclusively to taxation, good
roads, nop marketing, rural
credits and Jollier live topics, is
being launched by ('. t'. Chap
man, who has just retired from
the secretaryship of the Oregon
Development league. The new
publication is to be called The
Oregon Voter and the Aral num
ber will go to press late in April.
After a thorough investigation
of the various fruit growing sec
tions of the Pacific Northwest,
the big Chicago packing firm of
Libby, McNeil Libby has de
cided to erect a cannery at The
Dalles. The announcement has
been officially made by a repre
sentative of the company and
construction will be rushed in or
der to be ready for the cherry
crop in June.
Within the past few days defi
nite action has heen taken at Sa
lem in regard to starting the (lax
industry in this state. In order
to encourage farmers to experi
ment with the new crop, it is
planned to offer $16 par ton for
flax straw, a considerable advance
over prices in other sections.
Seed will be furnished at 98 )Kr
bushel, payment to be made
when the straw is marketed.
Effort! are being made by rail
road officials to induce farmers in
the Willamette Valley to grow
Cauliflower in wholesale quanti
ties. It is said there is an un
limited demand for this vegetable
in Chicago and other cities of the
middle west and that regular
market ratal are such as to yield
a handsome profit to growers.
During the coming summer an
Important meeting of financier!
and engineers interested in water
power development will be held
in Portland. Delegatee from all
the Pacific Northwest states will
be in attendance as well as from
North agd South Dakota, Mon
tana and California. It in ex
pected that the action taken Jat
that meeting will have an impor
tant bearing on future waterpow
er legislation in connress.
It cost $4,064,646' to govern the
city of Portland during 11)14.
Based on a population of 275,000,
the above sum represents an av
erage of $14.76 for each individ
ual, which is probably more than
some of them are worth-
Save Your Tires
The Burns (iarage is installing
a modern vulcanising plant. You
can save one-half your tire ex
pense by having your tires pro
pel !y repaired. The Hums
Garage will grantee their work.
We do job printing.
DESCRIPTION OF WAR
FROM THE TRENCHES
Rev. Dr. Benson's Son. Writes Interest
ing Letter From Seat of European
War. The Trenches Resemble Rat
Holes and Most Uninviting Human
Habitations. Terrible, Appalling
The following letter was re
ceived by Dr. ami Mrs. Benson
last week from their son who is
connected with the American
Hospital of Paris:
Heauvais, France.
March 11. L916
My dear Felks:
Have now been in Heauvais
for over two weeks und today ril'(1 something like a hundred,
went out to the trenches. Could ()ur ambulance squad has ten
hear the boom, boom, boom of j automobile ambulunct'B.
the guns iiite plainly but was at ' 8UW 0I1L' )0r ft'1Iow this
a safe distance away and expect morning sitting on a seat looking
to stay so. Bd a letter from v,'r' disconsolate with head part
brothers Ben and C. Q. Vaster bowed ud apparently think-
day advising safty and will try
to strictly adhere. You see its
not my war.
Hut as to the trenches, they
are dun down live or six feet in
to the earth and are reinforced
by wicker work made out of
branches m as to keep them from
caving in or 'washing in when it
rains. There is a shelf in them
so that one can sit or lie upon it
or stand up to shoot, but that's
dangerous. Of course it is all
earth to that it is always damp
and often muddy and the men
we carry frequently are covered
with dried mud and so present a
sorry tight The trenches are
not onl long continuous ditch but
arc broken every fifteen or twen
ty feet by projections which one
must walk around, mude this
way so that a (lank is impossible,
Weeping the whole trench audi
Killing all the men. then tin re
are underground passages which
make them very much like a rat
hole or rabbit's burrough. These
are covered with wicker work
and sod so that from a little din
tance they can not be seen at all. Portland Union Stockyards have
There are steps cut out in the .,. cattle JJ007. calves 14. hogs
dirt to descend und ascend by, ' IHM, sheep 8599.
and they have stoves, bedding Cattle situation remuins steady
etc. down in there. Yet in wet I after Monday's large run at
or cold weather they constitute slightly reduced quotations. One
mighty uncomfortable habitations 1 0f the lurgest events of late wus
for civilized people, especially I the Shorthorn sale Tuesday, one
when one realizes that if he ; hundred splendidly bred animals
sticks his head up an inch or two being disposed of from the lead
too far he will promptly have it jjng breeders of the west,
blown oir. Sometimes the ne Qood hogs found a ready mar
my has his trenches as doe as ket at advanced prices this week,
fifty yurds awuy und the men Tops jumped from 7.40, last
call across to each other, (week's price, to 7.55 the first
und banter them to put their 'part of this week. Market at
headl up. In front of the I close of week f.efl.
trenches they have barbed wire Lambs sprung the market a
entanglements, (riss cross, i.nd j quarter this week, ewes and
many of them so that u grand wethers duplicating, Several
rush is humunly-imiMissible. . ujco 0Iids of Easier milk lambs
There are ul ley wa.vs through brought 12.50. Lambs ure quoti
these entanglements so that they Jed ut 9.25; ewes at 7-00 and
can go out ut night and bring in w tilers at K-UO. Demand good,
any wounded, but behind the
trenches are converged rapid tir-
ing guns on these allys so that ig
charge would be fatal. j
We do not get near the firing
line often us the soldiers them-
selves bring the wounded back
for quite u distunce at night when !
firing practically ceases. Truces
of a few nijnuUM ate sometimes
declared by sticking up' a white j
rag on a slick and then there is
no danger in showing one's head,
a little chat follows for they are
all human after all; they declare
it off resume their position and
resume tho design on each oth
er's life. The changing of the
troops is all done at night for
when a company gets in tho
trenches they cannot get out un
til it is dark nor lie others gut
in,
It is really very fascinating al
though, of course, useless and
criminal. This wur is operated
by machinery and the squads
have regular intervals to loud up
and fire und usually don't see
what they're firing at or know
whut they hit or didn't hit It
is a mutter of pushing each other
back foot by foot t u k i n g
trenches and making the others
retreat into other trenches furth
er back. Automobiles carrying
soldiers out and into town are
continually going, and officers cun
fight today, und dine in Paris or
Beauvuis at nine o'clock tonight,
as they have tine roads and high
power automobiles. It is really
the most mechanical war one
could imagine, but of course none
tie less fatal on that account.
Tomorrow, for instance, we have
700 wounded coming in" on trains
to transport to the different hos-
il'11'8 here.
Yesterday wo car-
ing deeply, perhaps of the past
and undoubtedly of the future,
a dejected figure indeed, for he
had a banduge about his head
and he hud lost both his eyes,
lie had been in the hospital a
few da.s and was now going
back to his home, his fighting
days over. And his earning days
over, which is tremendously more
important in the awful and un-
iual economic struggle of life
in the present age. My heart
bled for the jKxir fellow and my
eyes could not contain the tear
drops, And this is only one.
One fellow had both arms brok
en and 1 carried him into the
station. Have bundled many
with both feet gone also. Hope
war will soon be over for all time.
Its awful waste is appalling!
I send my best love to you all,
and hope you are well and happy.
Sincerely
Samuel C. Benson.
Market Report.
Receipts for the week at the
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Burns, Oregon
The Alfalfa Contest at
The County Fair
oiiil siriiiiick, Ci iv Agriculturist
In ordei to stimulule on inter
est in what should be one of the
most profitable crops in Harney
County, namely alfalfa, I have
worked out a plan whereby the
Farmers, cooperating with the
County Agriculturist, can obtuin
enough Baltic alfalfa seed free
to seed one half an acre.
The plan is to conduct un alfal
fa growing contest throughout
the county. Kach farmer who
enters said contest to seed one
half an acre, according to direc
tions furnished by the County
Agriculturist In this contest
the farmer can take his choice of
either handling his half-acre for
seed or hay production.
Suitable first and second prizes
have been offered by the County
Fair Association, and the judg
ing will be done by competent
mon. The prizes will be well
worth trying for.
The contest will Le open to the
young as well as the older people
and all are cordially invited to
take part.
The funds for the purchase of
the seed were contributed by the
enterprising business men of
Hums and other interested citi
zens.
The seed is in the hands of the
County Agriculturist for distri
bution, and enough of same was
purchased to seed 100 half-acre
tracts. The seed will be distri
buted in the order that the re
quests ure received.
The Baltic alfalla is very hardy.
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drought
resistant plant and the .
seed is very scarce and commands
the the top market price.
There will be a large demand
for this seed for a good many
yeurs both in this state and in
the surrounding dry-land states
and this is a good chance to get
a start in the Baltic alfalfa seed
business.
For tmrticulars address. County
Agriculturist. Burns. Oregon.
Kodak films developed 10 cents
per roll, any size. Prints' 5c each
All orders of 2 dozen prints film
developed free.
A. II. McLain,
Care of Sayer Studio.
Sumpter Valley Railway Co.
Arrival and Departure Of Trains
Departs
No. 2, Prairie 10:15A.M.
Sumpter 2:35 P. M.
Arrives
Baker 4:00 P. M.
Departs
No.
1, Baker 8:30 A.M.
Sumpter 10:05 A. M.
Prairie 2:10 P. M.
Arrives
No. 1 Makes good connection
with O.-W. IR. & N. Co. No. 41
(Fast Mail) leaving Portland 6:30 !
P. M., arriving at Baker 7:55 A. j
M. and No. 17 from eust urriv-.
ing Baker ti:50 A. M. ' j
No 2 connects with No. 5 (Fust
Muil) arriving ut Baker 7:55 P.
M. which picks up Pullman at '
Baker, arriving at Portland 7:00 1
A. M. Also with No. 18 at
10:15 P
M. for points Fast.
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VISITORS BOOSTERS FOR
BIG HARNEY COUNTRY
LaGrande Party Tells of Vastness of
Interior After Auto Trip to Harney
County. Development Will Show
Tremendous Yielding Power of Big
Territory Adapted to Farming
ii was a great trip in a great
country," said B. A. Benham of
LaGrande Investment company.
Hll ...
who personally conducted an ex-
cursioninto narney Valley last
Minaay, Bays the LaOrande Ob
server. The excursion party mobilized
at Ontario -LaGrande people
joining the people from the east
at that point The special train
left Ontario Sunday morning and
arrived at Riverside, where Sam
Bolton of this city is located, at
0 o clock in the evening. After
dinner automobiles started for
tie famous Harriman ranch with
the party and all arrived at the
ranch about 3 o'clock in the
morning. After a little rest the
journey overland was taken up
bright and early and the entire !
day was spent in machines inves
tigating the land of the north
end of Harney Valley.
On the following day the ecst
end of Harnev countv was looker!
over and while the mornhpra nf
.. . . . .
tno PsrtJ admitted they were not
used to so long rides all appeared
enthusiastic over the great do-
main in Harney Valley that,
awaits settlement. '
Some of those from IaGrande
uuvv ninny guou iningS to Say
about the land they saw claiming
it is only a question of a little
time until development in Harney
county will show a tremendots
wheat yield. Water is found
about six feet below the surface
and wells are brought for domes
tic purposes at twelve and eigh
teen feet:
On April 11th Mr. Benham will
leave with another excursion par
ty from this section for the "big
out of doors" as Bill
terms that country.
The way distance is annilu-' nothing so quick to relieve a
lated by automobiles in th at cough or cure a cold." For sale
country would suffocate we peo- by all dealers.
pie up here," said Mr. Benham. I
"The company caravan of autosi Bundles for the Steam Laund
goes prepared to ford rivers, j ry can be left at the Capital and
climb hills, repair broken springs and Star barber shops.
Breakfast 5:30 to 9
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Mac's Restaurant & Bakery
Located in the new Levens Building
BURNS, OREGON
W. R. McCuittion, 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 fair-dealing
Secend: We carry a well assorted stock of Drugs Chemi
cals and Druggist Sundries.
Third:
We guarantee every
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.
land wheels, and. in fact, no ac
cident is considered seriously.
It is tmlv rpmnrL-nhio h, r,,,'
sity is the mother of invention.
Our party underwent
some se
vere breakdowns, but it was
trivial to the drivers who skip
over 100 miles in the dead of
night with the ease that we drive
to Union. Distance is enormous,
but the fearless drivers don't con
sider it so, and all machines go
prepared for emergencies. They
j overcome tremendous obstacle
because the nature of the coun
try makes that necessary, and
the lessons they taught the auto
fans in the crowd about meeting
accidents were unique and num
erous. "
Citizenshir, Pn-. Ar
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Granted by Judge Biggs
During the present term of cir
cuit court citizenship papers were
granted to the following foreign
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rranK irisna, v.usiai tKDorg,
Alfred Christiansen, Alfred Wert,
HuRn Ferriran. Charles Kruegcr.
All are located on land in this
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ure many who consider Cham
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Hanley years ag0 l nava felt kind'y dis
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Dinner 1 1 :30 to 2
Short orders at all hours
article we sell to be just as