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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1915)
tIFFITH Snriwon IliKiiiiN. II 1 r CITY OF BURNS BAY fMtp'l COUNTY OF HARNEY Burgees, - Orrgoo. The Biggest City In The Biggest The Biggest County In The State County In The State Of Oregon Of Oregon, Best In The Weit I Koulh n ViTOfc. . Main St. I; M S -. VOL XXVIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, ORFCON. APRIL 17, 1915 NO. 23 She EeMa IRL. M. D. bl SnrKron hm:i Katiaiag . o ,. .- , LETCHUM tACTOR rHKRAPIST l PiH.ry AJ c a proalty Bums, I PENMAN, nd Surgeon Iniptlj "ililordaj Or gon nie Hand md Surgeon Piu connection on. Ore. 'HIBBflKD 'TIST c t 1 1 iui i-.illitrjr I, Ori i ' J . BIGGS by at Law k.. Hun,-. Oregon EMBOLD lej iv. I, Oregon. " " " 'ON m IIMAU5 bj a; La -I t offli IN. I (fl I S W. EuulS rVYER Oregon '- an J b I i. I . nurd. I IT-l AW, i" Collaoi i .'Httort, l Public (.OWAN i LAW ted Stat Fee i radios of the i nal Ban! j K DAVEf Notary P.atb - Kiiimm k I'r.tlic. ''""J1 tr i1 . O. FADLU ' rly Cblaf r .,f B OlM t n Hj. ( i .igioeefjm mpany 1 MifNEJEpS !, Ill l4J THE CATTLE & HORSE RAISERS' ASSOCIATION Secretary Suggests Holding The Next Meeting of Executive Committee In Burns June 14, Provided Local Stockmen Show Encouragement. It is a State Wide Organization The manager of The Times-; Herald had occasion to write to S. 0. Correll. secretary of the Cattle & Horse Kaisers Associa tion, recently and upon receipt of rment of the industry. No jrrow er can afford to he without its protection. Local organizations can, and do, oftentimes accom plish much good) but they are his reply found the executive not ahle to maintain inspectors in committee of the Association has such yards as Portland where the this city under consideration for greatest amount of good is ac its next matting place on June complished. 14. Mr. Correll states in his let- The inspector that we have em ter that he had written memhers ployed in the Portland yard con in this vicinity relative to this tinuously since January 1914, has matter to ascertain the feeling of recovered enough cattle and local stockmen. horses f or the memhers of the The Times-Herald knows of association to many times pay but few members of the assoeia- the expenses of the association. tion in this immediate vicinity, Do not understand that the X- but it has followed the workings ecutive-committee require! that of the organization since its in- it have any promises of member- hip in order to hold this Harney County Farmers' Exchange List lulllnlirl by ObU Shut tuck, Comity Arlciitluritt For Sal or Enchant. Two young horses, 1 gelding 4 yrs. old; lillie 9 yrs. old, weight about 1,000 lbs. each. Both broke to work. N. Henney, Burns, Orog. One good centrifugal pump, diameter 21 inches. Also 100 acres unimproved land in Gilliam Co. 6 miles from R. R. station, at $12. 50 per acre. For particu lars write. I. E. Rhodes. Drewsey, Oregon. Six mules, :t three-year-olds; 8 four-year-olds, all well broke. Hided hay; one fresh milk cow. Fred Dcnstedt, Hums, Oreg. One good jack, will sell for $300 or trade for horses or cattle. Want to trade for disk and bind er. E, J. Newell, Narrows, Ore. ception and has urged the benefit upon local stockmen. It feels, without consulting with the stock growers of the county, that it is safe in extending a hearty invi tation to the executive committee of the Cattle & Horse Raisers' Association of Oregon to hold their meeting here on June 14 and assure them a hearty wel come from stockmen. Such a meeting would briny; about a greater membership in the organ ization by bringing the benefits of the association directly to the attention of the stockmen who have so far been unable to ac quaint themselves with its aims. Following is a portion of Mr. Correll's letter; At our last meeting the place for holding the next meeting of the executive committee on June 14, was left open; the majority of the committee being in favor of holding the meeting at Hums if the stockmen of that vicinity cared to have it held there and are sufficiently interested to at tend the meeting. I have written some of our members in your vicinity relative all dealers tp this matter but so far have not hd tjme to hear from them. Our association was organised and is being conducted for the protection of the cattle and horse growers and the general advance- ing in Burns, but il dues meet- desire to have some assurance that a good I J number of the stockmen of that vicinity will attend the meeting. The members of the commit!! e work without compensation and pay their own expenses, hence you can readily see, do not care to make :i long trip into a vicin ty where the growing of live stock is one of the principal in dustries, if the growers do not care to meet them. We shall be pleased to hear from you and have your views as to whether or not this meeting Is desind. Three geldings, weight 1450 to 1750. Quiet and well broke. Will trade for big mares. P. A. Hrakeman, Waverly, Oreg. 1 two-year-old jf Clydesdale stidlion; 2 yearling J Clydesdale stud colts. 1 No. 1 saddlehorse. Eight head of well broke work horses, weight 1 100 to 1750. Re gistered Red Polled bulls and a few choice Red Polled milk cows. 1 disk harrow, seed oats and bar ley. Barred rock cockerels. ("has. Wilson, Burns, Oreg. ANOTHER DISASTROUS FIRE VISITS THIS CITY Origin of Conflagration Thought to be Incendiary. Loss Estimated About $35,000. G. W. Clevenger, J. C. Welcome & Son, Dr. J. W. Geary, Dr. Brown, Paul Locher Losers Fire was discovered in the back I and office suffered considerable part of G. W. Clevenger's furni- damage, the roof of the building ture store last Wednesday night and the furniture. This portion about 11 o'clock. The flames of bis property was covered by were breaking through the roof insurance but his most serious when discovered and the blaze losi was out buildings, a store spread so rapidly that before the house, woodshed, chicken house, firemen could get the apparatus etc. In his store house he had in work it was beyond control considerable provisions besides with the result that the entire block adjoining The Times-IIer-ald building was destroyed, the flames communicating to build ing across the Street where three others were destoyed and others injured. In all it is estimated extra clothing, carpenter tools and other material. This is a total loss but the furniture, bed ding, etc. in the dwelling and office were covered by insurance. In addition to the losses enu merated there was considerable welcome tidings that the rivers and harbors of the Pacific North west have received an unexpect edly generous share of the .((), 000,000 appropriated for work of I that class. The total sum set! aside for this section is $9, 927, 175, of which $1,500,000 is to be de voted to completing the Improve ments at the mout h of the ( !olum Ma, With the Celilo Canal open to traffic and a clear deep char. nal across the Columbia Rar, the entire Columbia Valley is certain ly in line for a long period of prosperity. After the formal opening of the Celilo Canal, the Bteamers Bailey Catzert and Palles City will maintain a regular service be tween Portland and The Palles, while a through service to the head of navigation will be given by the steamers State of Wash ington. J. N. Teal, Twin Cities and Inland Empire. RABIES CAUSES ORDER FOR QUARANTINING State Board Declares Prevalence of Dis ease Demands Special Precautions. Now Confined to Central and East ern Sections of State but Spread is Feared Unless Resistance is Active Teacher' Reading Circle Course Kumatic Pain. Relicd. Why Miller from rheumatism When relief may be had at so small a cost'.' Mrs. Elmer Hatch Peru, lnd.. writes, "I have been subject to attacks of Reumatism for years. Chamberlain's Lini ment always relieved me imme diately, and 1 take pleasure in recommending it to others." 25 and 50 cent bottles. For sale by One good work horse, yrs. weight 1450. For Isrs write E. H. Wallace Oreg. that between $82,000 and $86,000 damage such as telephone poles worth of property was destroyed, land lines, many phones being partially covered with insurance, j put out of commission and the Several arc confident the tire cost of replacing the wire, poles. was of an incendiary origin as etc. will amount to considerable, there had been no lire in the The same with the Electric light building during the day and no plant, although the latter not one had been in the back part nearly so great as in the lire last aged 7 particu- Hums, for several hours. To some of those who were first on the scene it appeared the hack window was open with a ladder leaning against the outside wall. Of course there is always more or less excitement at such a time August The Electric Light sys tem was so far repaired that it furnished liht Thursday night and the Telephone lines were put in order just as rapidly as it was possible for workmen to do it. It was certainly great the way Seed oats aid barley, oats are good, clean and early, the 0 day variety, grown from Fxp. Sta tion seed. (i. F. Homer & W. E. Crowder, Burns, Oreg. For sale, some good work horses, or will exchange for cat tle at market prices. Also a few young steers for sale or will ex change for heifers. Grant Thompson, Wavcry, Oreg. For Rent 100 acres of land adjoining fine range, plenty of water, good house and a garden plot that can be irrigated from springs. Inquire at this office. 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 For saloa feed oata and barley. . R. Hreithaupt, Hums, Ore. WANTED- Some plowing do. For particulars address II. Hrooks, Waverly, Oreg. to Do You Shampoo Your Own Hair? Then use Violet Dulce Sham poo and Head Wash Crystals Not an ordinary soap Shampoo but a thoroughly Si -lentlnc and Antlceptlc Tonic and denser..... Violet Dulce Shampoo Crystals doea not effect colOr of hair or make It Dry, Harsh, or Brittle. Sold oi.lv at The Rexall Drug Store 25c. PER CAN REED BROS. Props. 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 This exchange list is published by the County Agriculturalist in order to bring those who are in need of cattle, hogs, seed, ma chinery ant the general items of the farm In closer touch with those who have these things for disiiosal. to offer u medium of exchange and help the farmers , . y of Harney county. In no way is the publisher responsible for the items listed. The fire spread This Exchange is free to you J t;- Welcome & Sou harness and will be published each month .shop end it was by heroic effort providing enough people are in- that anything was saved from terested in this line of work to j this building, although consider send in their "Sales" or "Wants" .able stock was gotten out, some Otherwise this will be the last of it was stolen. The loss to the publication. It is up to you, the J Welcomes is climated at some farmers of Harney cp.un.ty, aj thing like $n,000 and $3,000 in makji thio a success or failure; insurance. you think this is a good thing, j Pr. J. W. deary's office was boost it along by sending in your next ami right against The "Wants" and "Sales,'' early, j Times-Herald building. They f enuugb Ads are received the succeeded in gelling out most of next publication will be the first his ofhe equipment, bis account and people may be mistaken, everyone took bold of the situa Mrs. Clevenger was returning tion and fought to save property home from church when the alarm was turned in. Mr. eleven (Continued on page 2) ger being at home .sick. She did not have any keys but upon reaching the front door she found two young men trying to get in to save what they could and she told them to break the door in. Uon entering she turned on the lights and went at once to a drawer where she had left her purse in which was $.'!) in cur rency, two small checks and a little silver. She found the purse empty and therefore believes the back of the store WSJ entered through the window, which had been seen open, and her purse robbed. It is possible the rob ber lighted a match to see his way out and threw it down in some excelsior or other rubbish that was in the back pari. There had been no fire in that part of the store for over two weeks ac cording to Mr. Clevenger, They had an immense stock of furniture, carpets, wall paper, caskets, paints, roofing, granite ware, etc.. and there was but little saved. The loss is estima- Clevenger at about $1,000 and was covered $16,900 insurance rapidly to the Chamber of Commerce Representative to Tour I'tMi Out Portlaad Oorfsspoodsstj The work of consolidating the Commercial and civic bodies of Portland having been completed. i lie New Chamber of Commerce is preparing to have a repressa Stive visit every city in the state where there is a commercial or ganization for the purpose of offering every assistance to make its work more effective. Any Organisation which desires the c operation id" this body in any matter pertaining to the develop ment of its own town or its par ticular section of the state, is requested to immediately notify the Chamber of Commerce and we will co-operate with them in every possible way. We are preparing to send out a man, not for the purpose of securing more members for our own organiza tion, but to make an effort to bring about closer relations be 'tween Portland and the ami counties oi tne state. To Teachers: If you wish to teach school next year, you should read one of the following books during this school year. The law requires that any teacher who registers her certificate bt tween the third Monday in June, 1914, aim me mini monuay in June, 1!M5, must satisfy the county su perintendent that she has read one of these books. See Section 24, School Laws of Oregon, 1913. Teachers who read one of these books last year, should read a different book this year. The Oregon State Library, Salem, has i limited number of copies of ach book. These will be loaned to teachers, the only expense be ing the postage, which would amount to from '22 to 2 cents. I'lie books may be secured, post Paul, Irom the .1. K. dill ( o., Portland, or from the publishers. Charters: Teaching the Com mon Branches, cl918. Hough ton Mifllin Co., Hoston, $1.35. Chubb: The Teaching of Eng lish in the Klementary and Sec ondary School, C1902. (Teachers' professional library. ) The Mac millon Co., New York, $1.00. Feght: The American Rural School; its Characteristics, its Future and- its Problems, d910. The Macmillan Co., New York, $1.26. McMurry: How to Study and Teaching How to study. C1909. Houghton Mifllin Co., Reston, 1.26. McMurry: Klementary School Standards. cl913. World Hook Co., Yonkers-on-Hudson, N. Y.. $1.50. O'Shea: Everyday Problems in Teaching. clltl2. Hobbs Merrill Co., Indianapolis, $1.25. Parker: History of Modern Kle mentary Kducation. cl912. Ginn & Co., Hoston. $1.50. Puffer: Vocational Guidance. ;cl91& Hand McNally A Co.. cities Chicago, $1.25. The I Weeks: Kducation of Tomor- A late dispatch from Salem says: To prevent the spreading of rabies, the State Livestock Sanitary Board, at a meeting held here today, issued an order placing 11 counties under quar antine. It was announced that the disease had been communi cated by coyotes to horses, dogs cats and other animals in the eight counties in the eastern part of the state. The counties in cluded in the quarantine are Lake, Harney, Crook, Baker, Umatilla, Malheur, Wheeler and Union, where rabies prevails, and Mul tnomah. Clackamas and Jackson, to which it is feared the disease may spread. The order requires that all dogF, unless used in herding livestock, be muzzled. State Veterinarian Lytic, who attended the meeting, said that all violations of the iuarantine would be punished to the fullest extent of the law, the penalties being fines from $50 to 5100 for each offense. Mr. Lytle announced that all peace officers would be called upon for assis tance in enforcing the order. The veterinarian declared that conditions were especially alarm-' ing in I,ake County, rabid coy otes and dogs running the range In large numbers, He said that many cattle and a number of per sons had been bitten there. "We shall try to ing afflicted with the diseased and they are being killed by fear stricken owners." May 10, the anniversary of the discovery of the Columbia Rivt r by Capt. Gray, has been set aside by the management of the Panama-Pacific Exposition as "Colum bia River Pay." The observa nce of this anniversary will come as a fitting climax to the week long celebration of the opening of the Celilo Canal. Unless present plans are mat erially changed, the new Port land Postoffice building, to cost $1,000,000, will be in course of construction within the next 60 days and the architect has prom ised that it will be completed within fourteen months. It will take the form of a big, fine office building, every part of which will be occupied by the Govern ment, the first building of its kind in the United States. Sumpter Valley Railway Co. Arrival and Departure Of Trains Departs No. 2, Prairie 10:15A.M. Sumpter 2:35 P. M. Arrive Baker 4:00 P. M. get thecityDepart, authorities of Portland to enforce the order there," continued Pr. Lytic. "It will require that dogs be muzzled, and, when on the street, in leash. The board will see that it is enforced in Multnomah County outside the city. . "Stock owners have suffered severely in eastern counties. The situation is especially hard for the poor homesteaders, where some of them have lost their only cow through being bitten by a hydrophobic coyote or dog. Even cats are becom- No. 1, Baker 8:30 A. M. Sumpter 10:05 A. M. Arrives Prairie 2:10 P. M. No. 1 Makes good connection with O.-W. R. & N. Co. No. 1 (Fast Mail) leaving Portland G:.".0 P. M., arriving at Baker 7:55 A. M. and No. 17 from east arriv ing Baker 6:50 A. M. No 2 connects with No. 5 (Fast Mail) arriving at Baker 7:"r 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 Kast. plan is being developed and dates row. cl913. Sturgis & Walton, will be arranged in accordance ' New York SI i"i with the demands of the cities desiring the co-operation of this organization. From Washington comes the Very truly yours, J. A. Ckumhll, Superintendent of Public Instruction. wt ek in May. Nothing to Good for Cold or Cough. When you have a cold you want the best medicine obtain able so as to get rid of it with the least possible delay. There are many who consider Cham? berlain'a Cough Remedy unsur. passed. Mrs J, Horoff, Klida, Ohio, says, "Every since my daughter Ruth was cured of a severe cold and cough by Cham berlain's Cough Remedy twp books and other valuable books but the building and considerable furniture and such equipment as was not gotten out could not be replaced for $2u0 which is a total loss. The only damage tuThe Times. Herald building Is glass and casings. Some rather expensive plate glass was broken, but the loss and damage will not likely exceed $(i()0 which is fully cov? ered by iuaurauoe. The greatest individual loss on years ago, I have fet kindly dis- the opposite side of the street posed toward the manufacturcra was sustained by Paul Locher of that preparation, i know of nothing so quick to relieve a cough or cure a cold." For stdo by all dealers, who lost three buildings and others damaged. One building was occupied by a restaurant, a Chinaman who was burned out in the fire last August had it rent Save Your Tires ej jc BUOeeeded in getting out The Burns Garage is installing considerable of his furniture but lost some. Besides the three a modern vulcanising plant. You can save one-half your tire ex pense by having your tires pro perly repaired. The Burns Garage will garantee their work. buildings Mr. Loohar had other places injured and estimates his loss at about $2,000 with $000. Dr. W. C. Brown's dwelling if $ttj 1 I dx fast It aMaasSSSSaMMiawsswea Paint the Kitchen Floor Don't Scrub It Avoid the work, worry and back aches caused by scrubbing bare floors, Painted floors are sanitary, easy to keep clean and hard to wear out. A few minutes work with the paint brush and ACME QUALITY FLOOR PAINT will change old shabby floors into new floors, with a hard smooth finish that is easy to keep clean. You can easily fix up your floors your felf. The cost is small a dollar will buy paint for the average floor and the Acme Quality Painting Guide Book (free) will show you how the work should be done. ASK FOR COLOR SAMPLES Burns Hardware Co. Breakfast 5:30 to 9 Dinner 1 1 :30 to 2 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 fairjdealing. 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. assaj