W r I CITY OF BURNS COUNTY OF HARNEY The Biggest City In The Biggest County In The State Of Oregon The Biggest County In The State Of Oregon, Best In The West te J VOL. XXVIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JULY 31, 1915 NO. 38 O.-W. R. & N. LETS CON TRACT FOR EXTENSION Oregon & Eastern Line From Riverside to Crane Creek Gap is Under Way And will Employ 300 to 400 Men. Covenant Made With Builders to Employ Local Settlers on Work Immediately upon notification yesterday that they had been awarded the contract for con struction of the 30-mile exten sion of the Oregon Eastern rail way from Riverton to Crane Creek Gap. Twohy Bros, began the assembling of materials and expect to begin grading along the diligent labor and a following grade of stakes. No deep cuts, no heavy fills, piactically no rock work save at the river crossings, no tunnels or costly or dillicult facing of clilFs are on the program as shown by profile maps. The grading will be finished some time this fall, the engineer line of surveys within the next declared, and the line should be few days. The extension will in regular operation from Vale to cost $1,500,000, says the Journal. Crane creek in the early spring. Chief Engineer J. R. Holman ' Anticipating construction a num of the O.-W. R. & N. company, ber of new settlers have gone in made formal announcement of to the country this year, and re the contract award which hasialization of this has had its part been under consideration for. sev eral weeks. The line is'the ex tension by one more link of the projected line through the Mal heur canyon from the eastern edge of the state at Vale towards the western ultimate terminus which is to be either at Odell on the Southern Pacific or Bend, the terminus of the Deschutes rail way. The railroad company, while eager to get the line advanced as rapidly as available funds will allow, so greater revenue may ac crue through the settlement of the country, expressed just as keen a concern over the welfare of the settlers already on the land. Accordingly, covenant was made in the contract with the builders that in every instance where it is possible, the force of workmen be recruited from these settlers and that all provisions and supplies that can be purchased along the route be acquired from the set tlers. This will afford a market for crops that are already being raised and assure the men with teams an addiliun to the incomes they have been seeking to wrest from the soil. In no case does the extension present any difficult engineering problems. The country is high and practically level. Aside from the construction of three big bridges across the Malheur river, the project is easy, reiuiringonly in inducing the officials to push construction as rapidly as possible The railroad work will give em ployment to between 800 and MO men and will involve a cost of 11,600,000. Steel for the first of the three bridges to span Mal heur river is already on hand. The remaining material will be ordered at once, and unless de lays occur in fabrication it should be in place bv the time the rest of the line is ready. Experiment Station Note Made on July 27, 1915 IIY U K. IIKKITHAITT, Sl'I'T. To all who contemplate paying the Experiment Station a visit while the crops are in good con dition for viewing the results on the various plots, of which there art more than seven hundred, let this constitute both a cordial in vitation to come and a warning that the visit should be made soon before harvest begins. Following the season of 1!14 which had an annual precipitation of only 8.5 inches, with just about even 5 inches of rainfall since January 1 and with severe frosts in Jane ami again in .inly. this season has probably been about as severe as comes to Har my Valley. In spite of this, where the cropping practice has been correct, very good results will be obtained. Among the interesting things demonstrated among the exqeri mcntal plots on the Station are comparisons of continuous crop ping to grain with the alternate fallow-grain practice and the three year fallow-grain pea sys tem; the effect of manure on al kali spots; good summer-fallow; different amounts of seed per acre; different dates of seeding of the important crops; and com plete varietal trials of all the im portant winter and spring sown crops as well as crop trials of many less important cereal and leguminous field crops of interest to the future of agriculture in this part of the State. Only Poison and Traps Control the Sage Rat. STATE WATER BOARD INSPECTS MARSH LAND Party is Accompanied by Soil Expert on Tour of Central and Southeastern Portions of State Where the Water Rights Are Pending Adjustment. Harney Valley Soil Found the Best The members of the State Water Board, consisting of Com missioners Cochran and Chin nock, State Kngineer Lewis and John Dubuis, engineer of the State Desert Land Hoard, arriv ed here last Saturday evening. Ihcse gentlemen started out sufficiently decayed to with the purpose of looking over ideal for seeding. 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 1 OF 7,500 We buy Drugs and Drug Store Supplies with 7,500 other REXALL DRUGGISTS Let us All your Prescriptions--We are In business for your health REED RROS. Props. The Rexall Drug Store The Burns Hospital MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop. Beat Surgical Room and Equipment In the State Outside of Portland. Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com fort for PatienU-Reasonable Tern Graduated Nurse In Charge Since sage rats cunnot be fenced against the only methods known to farmers at the present time are the use poisoned of grains, pois oned salt and traps. "We hope that we may discover a method of poisonig or destroying them by use of gas," says A. E. Lov ett, agricultural agent of Crook county, Oregon. "The extermi nation of these pests requires or ganized effort in every communi ty and also of all the communi ties working together. Although this is the busiest season of the year for most farmers and also prabably the hardest time of the year to fight these pests, so much damage is being done by them that every reasenable effort to get rid of them is justified. "This is the season when pests of this kind do the most damage. These suggestions are given out at this time because farmers generally give more consideration to such material while the dam age is being done than during the season of the year when the pests are not active. "I would recommend a careful consideration of the destruction of these pests at this time," con cludes Mr. Ix)vett. "Let the farmers of each community get together early In the fall and lay plans for organizing effective de struction work in eradicating this pest, beginning about January first and continuing until the rats refuse to eat poison in the spring." Water Commissioner and Newspaper Man Get Lost State Water Commisioner Coch ran and his engineer, Mr. Luper, with the manager of this great religous weekly, visited the Chas. the proper proportions are right Wilson ranch the other evening for the growing of crops. In and the party had occasion to go some places it has been found out in the field. While going that the soil lacks some of the in through a big patch of oats the grediences necessary to crop and sun was hidden by clouds for a will require building up in some time and the entire bunch had to I respeets. For instance, it was camp and wait for the sun to found in some localities that the come out in order to get their di-1 vegetable matter was not sufli rections. Those oats were so piently decayed to make crop blamed high one couldn't see pings profitable and mineral mat- where he was goipg until the aunjk'r must be added; on other was visible to locate directions. places, not marsh land, however, Juntura and Burns Con nected Direct by Phone. The James Weston telephone line was completed in from Jun tura and connections made last Wednesday and The Times-Herald man had the privilege of vis iting over the line Thursday to try its efficiency. He talked to the post master at Juntura, the hotel man at Riverside, the may or of Albritton, in fact all the celebrities along the line. The service was exceptionally line, very distinct and altogether sat isfactory. He learned that the railroad state before real farming can be contractors would be in Kiver undertaken. side at once with equipment to In this Valley the soil analysis start the construction of the line shows the silts has been brought. 'on toward Harney Valley which down from the higher lands and is an item of news that people nroperly distributed with the want to hear. vegetable matter and the latter Mr. Weston recently incorjwr- make it ated this line and a board of di rectors and officers were elected. STATE GAME WARDEN PAYS VISIT TO HARNEY Finds Development of Farming Industry in Harney County is far Advanced' Compared With Other Sections of State he Visited. Is Out Getting Acquainted With Deputy Wardens the marsh lands of the cistern Such an investigation is quite Sufficient capital has been secured and southern part of the state important to the people interest- to not only complete this throuih ed and it is also profitable to line with direct connection with those men who have to deal with outside points by the telegraph the problem of water distribution lines, but also to take care of the The tinal adjustment of the wa- several rural lines he has pro ter rights of this section will be jected throughout the territory determined some day and with 'covered! With modern equip with a view of making a study of the character of soil and ascertain what effect water and drouth had upon such soil. Mr. Duduis is a soil expert and he took samples from the various places visited and the men dis cussed them. They visited both the upper and lower Klamath marshes, the Paulina marsh, Chewaucan, Goose lake. Warner and finally arrived here. The party made only a partial inspection of such I lands in this valley but mfRcient to ascertain the general charac iter and come to a conclusion in a (comparative way with those ex jamined more fully. Mr. Chin nock had to return lo his district from this point but Mr. Lewil and Mr Dubuis continued on over into Malheur county. Commis sioner Cochran tixk them aa far la Riverside and returned here I to get in readiness for resuming (the water cases on the Silvies j River. Mr. Cochran talks interestingly and intelligently of the findings of these gentlemen upon this trip and is convinced the trip lias resulted in bringing them to a better understanding of condi tions and therefore a help in their final findings in the adjudi cation of water rights and the duty, or rather quantity of water necessary on such soils. He finds the soil of this Vullcv in murli Ix.tti.t. ....... lit;.... .., .....i :....' Iinisl HVL., , "II' t ! I II Ml J ' ' I I I , I. II M.I I M 'I 1 that is the mineral and vegeta ble matter has become better assimilated to the degree that intelligent handling the big Har ney Valley will have ample to supply all with sufficient water for profitable farming, then we are going to come to the realiza tion of the possibilities of this MCtlon as a farming territory and prosper in proportion. Malheur Water Inspec tion Being Held Here Rhea Luper, field engineer for the State Water Board, has been in Burns since Tuesday in charge of data and evidence submitted in the adjudication of the water rights of the Malheur River. I his procedure is merely for the purpose of permitting those in terested to look over the claims and take such action as they de ,sire should they tind any appar ient infringements upon their rights. Mr. I.uper goes to Riverside tomorrow to place this data at tlie hands 01 interested parties in that vicinity for inspection on ; Monday, then to Juntura for 'Tuesday and Wednesday for the same purpose. From that place he goes to Vale and Ontario to I he inspection procedure. Mipi. i.ocnran iniorms ine Times-Herald that the adjudica of the rights of the Malheur has no such complications as is the case of the Silviss, therefore ex pects to have the cases over there cleared up without much delay. ment and every community of note throughout the territory, including a line on over to the Warm Springs section through Narrows to the west, this com pany has a very attractive field. The franchise granted Mr. Weston and his associates in Hums required the line to be completed to this point by Aug. 1. therefore this has been com plied with and time to spare. A few phones have been placed on the local exchange and this num ber will be increased just as soon as linemen have the time to wire up the several places and make connections. The main through line connec tion brings it to The Times-Herald building where it is the in tention to establish the central office provided the confusion and noise of Tonawama does not in terfere with efficient service. duced from a common thing to an uncommon. The people want their hunting and shooting and they know that it cannot long continue if the flagrant and com mercial violators have a free reign year in and year out. The game department has no regard for this class of violators and ev. ery effort will be used to bring these men to justice. "Every good citizen should be a deputy game warden without hould report vio game laws in the State (lame Warden Carl I). Shoemaker arrived here Saturday night from Bend. Sunday he spent the day at Malheur Lake looking over the state game res ervation. In an interview with a repre sentative of the Times-Herald, Mr. Shoemaker said that he was very much impressed with the country in Eastern Oregon. This, he said, was his first trip to this part of the state. The de velopment of the farming indus- a salary and try in Harney county was far llations of the advanced compared with other same manner as he would make sections of the state through an effort to apprehend a man which he has traveled on this seeking to effect an entrance in-,r'l- ' to his neighbor's house. Co-oper- "I am taking this trip to get 'ation of good citizens means acquainted with the county game much to the department and wfl wardens and the citizens," said materially assist in the preserva Mr. Shoemaker. "One of the 'tion and protection of our game. easiest tasks the state game dc- "The game, belongs to the partment has now is to get the ' people they should give active co-operation of the people of the is" well as moral support in its state in the protection of game . I protection. " The people have come to the re- Mr. Shoemaker is editor and alization that the game actually owner of the Roseburg Evening belongs to them and that if they News and upon his return to his want to continue to enjoy the home expects to write a story sport of fishing, hunting and of his impressions about Harney shooting they must take an ac- county. He left Monday for live part in the protection of Raker. our game animals, birds and fish. ! It is their property and they I Bt Diarrhoea Rmjy. should insure it through protec-! ,, thP ffiirn. th, u;.l "you nave ever uscu Lliam- The Third and Last Time. OBITUARY. , i ..iihil.iit.-.l I Chas. is some farmer but he isn't worth a cent on directing one to sage hens. Eor bargains in stockmen's bed sheets and tents, go to J. C. Welcome & Son's. NORTH BEACH "Pride of the Pacific" is the place to forget summer s heat and dust, aso The Cares and Worries of The Day to enjoy life at its best, down by the sea where ocean breezes blow. Reached only via the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Co. Tickets on sale daily at low fares for the round trip Ask A. C. EGAN. T. F. & P. A.. Bend but land that is susceptible of ir rigation under streams now be ing considered by the board for adjudication, there is too much mineral matter and the soil must be devoted to a system of crop ping to bring It into the proper The other evening Receiver Sam Mothershead invited the manager of this great religous weekly to accompany him to his "inverted" ranch up in the hills some 10 miles where he "had some sage hens staked out." This was the third time he had extended such an invitation in as many years. A man will try any thing most once but it takes a credulos cuss to accept Sam's in vitation for three times and never find a blessed chicken. Byron Terril was roped in on this trip and thought he was really going to get some game, therefore load- Esther Naomi Jones was born led up with enough amunition to in Wisconsin October 22nd, 1852. j annihilate half the German army, She was converted and joined but he brought his gun home the M. E. Church South in early - without firing a shot. Byron in- life to which church she has been sisted he saw a goat on one point i a faithful member since. of rocks but after climbing over She came to Oregon in 188-1 1 the rims and through deep can and was married to W. R. Carrett ,yons for a while he finally decided I July 4th, 1887. he must have been mistaken. At 11 OC10CK on the night ol i Sam has one of the biircresl ' tion the same as they do their homes and property against loss j by lire. "The organization of the Rodi and Gun clubs throughout the i state has done much to assist this Idea of protection. The true! sportsman is a man who will not violate either the letter or the' spirit of the game laws. They have formed these clubs and have! preached the doctrine of protec-1 tion in season and out till it has: taken a deep rooted hold of the j citizenship of the state. True itl is there are still violations of the game laws. This is to be cxpec tad, but violations have been re- berlain's Colic, Cholera and Di arrhoea Remedy you know that it is a success. Sam F. Cuin, Whatley. Ala., writes, "I had measles and got caught out in the rain, and it settled in my stomach and bowels. I had an awful time, and had it not been for Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy I could not possi bly have lived but a few hours longer, but thanks to this remedy, I am now well and strong." For sale by all dealers, J. W. Vanderpool delivers ice every other day to any part of the city. Leave your order. Ilfr : July 24th, in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Roe Buchanan, she nassed to her reward, leav ing behind her a clear testimony that she was ready to go. A Breakfast 5:30 to 9 Dinner 11:30 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 BROKE Whan you break your eyeglasses bring them here. This store has a workshop right on the premises and you will be surprised to learn how soon you can have your glasses repaired. It saves you the inconvenience you must endure when your eyeglasses or spec tacles are sent to a dis tance for repairs. C. IN. SALISBURY Jeweler and Optician Eyes Tested filaues Filled ranches in this whole section to pay taxes on only Kit) acres. If ii were spread oui nai instead oi two thirds of it being perpendic ular he'd have at least a section little while before she died, she i and after one has climbed over it quoted St. John 14:2. "In my for half a day he is Inclined to Father's house are mapy man-1 think it might cover a township. sions; if it were not no, I would This ranch is not for sale, have told you. I go to prepare a place for you." And some songs to be sung She suffered much, but like her Savior, she bore all patiently, thus proving that: "lie is able to keep that whicn I have com mitted to Him against that day."' Departs There are left to mourn their i No. 2, loss, her husband and five child- j rani Daisy Buchanan of Burns, Arrives Glenn (iarrett of Riley, Naomi I ! Choate of Riley, and two older Departs children by a former husband, No. 1, Baker 8:30 A.M. I J. 11. Carter of Fllensburg Wash-1 Sumpter 10:05 A, M. jington and C. A. Carter of I Arrives Prairie 2,10 P.M. Burns. Also two Btep children who are present; T. M. (Iarrett No. Makes good connection lof Riley and Orah Mace of with V,W. R. N Cn Nn A Burns. i ..m( Mail! leavinir Portland :( called for. We do job printing. : Sumpter Valley Railway Co. Arrival and Departure Of Trains Prairie 10:15 A.M. Sumpter - 2:35 P. M. Baker 4:00 P. M. 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 funeral services were held from the Naaarene church at Burns Ore. Rev. S. L Flowers in charge. Interment was made in the Burns cemetry. The tender sympathies of the P, M.. arriving at Baker 7:rfi A. M. and No. 17 from east arriv ing Baker G:60 A. M. No 2 connectH with No. Ii (Fast Mail) urriving at Baker 7:55 P. M. which picks up Pullman at host of friends of this family was Baker, arriving at Portland 7:(K) proven by the large attendance I A. M. Also with No. 18 at at the funeral service. 10:45 P. M. for points Fast. To be Given Away AT THE WELCOME PHARMACY Every Saturday at 3 P. M. 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