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VOL XXVIH
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 21, 1915
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NO. 41
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WORK STARTED ON THE
RAILROAD AT RIVERSIDE
Member of Contracting Firm in Burns
Thursday En Route to Riverside to
Take Active Charge of Construe
tion. Speculation as to Continued
Work After 30 Miles are Finished
Why Country Dweller
Drifted Into Cities
A member of the contracting
firm of Twohy Bros, came up
from Portland this week in com
pany with Wm. Hanleyand west
on out to Riverside where he
will remain for an indefinite
the construction of about thirty
miles of the road has been let to
"The history of agriculture in
America durinur the neriod un.
der consideration Imvm nn
doubt as to the cause of the mi
gration in this country from the
farm to the city." says Presi
dent W. J. Kerr of the Oreiron
Agricultural Colloire. sneakimrnf
the rise of agricultural education.
Through the wasteful unscien
tific methods of agriculture, and
the consequent impoverishment
of soil fertility, there was a con
tinual deterioration in farm crons
and depreciation in the value of
farm products. With rare ex-
cepuon8, iarm properties were
MUSIC CIRCLES ACTIVE
DURING COMING YEAR
Citizens of Burns Have a Pleasurable
tertainments Planned. Students
Fortunate in Having Advantages
TumKv ns.u ----- i-cpuunH, mrm properties were
tractors of Portland. Two train
loads of construction mitt i-inl in
due from Portland in a fow days
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umtr. in ici una gvnueman is ami wlx n this arrives the work
here for the season and will have1 will commence on a large scale
active charge of the work so far It is not known yet just how
as the firm is concerned. Mr. , many men and teams will be em
Twohy is now looking after the ployed on the new work but it
letting of several sub-contracts will doubtless furnish work for
on the work and expects to see a large number of men for some
active construction almost the time to come,
entire length of the proposed ;,0 H. C. Young theO. S. L. en
miles within a short time. Igineer in charge of the work has
James Weston, Phil Smith and ' re-established his office at River
Bert Bower came in from River- j side so he can be on the ground
side Wednesday evening and re-'to direct the construction work
lrt that work is under way I An order ha3 lieon received in
there with dirt flying and from Ontario for twenty fiat cars
aDpearances several camps would j which will be used to carry sup
lie established in the immediate ' plies out to the end of the road
future along the line. It seems jfrom here,
there were many men at River-! Construction officials as usual
side awaiting the arrival of some , have been a little slow" about
one in authority to begin oper
ations. Mr. Twohy went over
there Thursday and no doubt all
these men will be put to work
right away.
The Times-Herald has nothing
authentic of the objective point
to be reached at the present time
hut the impression is that the
work will not stop at the end of
30 miles but will be continued on.
It may be the through line will
be continued on practically the
route formerly surveyed or it
may be changed some. It is also
possible that the line will be con
tinued without interruption up
to Burns. This is receiving ser-
ious consideration among busi
ness men at any rate, and it is
nt at ail unlikely that the road
will be extended to this city with
as little delay as possible.
The following from the Ontario
Argus gives some general infor
mation of the railroad work
giving out information regarding
their plans for the next few
years. It is the genera) opinion
that the work will progress stead
ily until the line reaches Bend.
It is also likelv that a branch
line will be built to Burns and
there is some talk of an electric
line connecting the railroad with
Burns and other points in Har
ney county.
The people in that section are
enthusiastic over the building of
the road as it doubtless means
to them a wonderful increase in
the value of their property and
gives a way to market their pro
ducts. The country will prob
ably see many changes in the
next few years with the addition
sections many farms were actu
ally abandoned because of
the inability of the owners
to support their families
and meet the burden of taxes
and interest. Farm hours were
long and hard, not only for the
farmers themselves and their
wives, but also for the children
who were old enough to perform
the simplest kinds of labor. The
schools were small ungraded, and
poor, ill-adapted to the needs of
the people. Even the rural
churches, where there were anv.
were uninspirational, and offered
little relief from the monotony
of country life. In a word, the
life of a farmer was character
ized by constant, extreme phys
ical drudgery, and by isolation
and monotony.
"Is it any wonder, then, that
the farmers themselves did not
desire that their children should
follow in the footsteps of their
patents, but rather that they
should engage in any kind of ac
tivity that might take them away
from the farm, with its narrow,
uninviting, un progressive pros
pects; that their ambition was to
have their sons and daughters
follow vocations in which there
would be a broader outlook, fair
er prospects, greater happiness?
The fact is that during the per
iod mentioned, the greater oppor
tunities for advancement found
in city life, whether in the pro
fessions, in business, in the
trades, or even in common labor,
were the magnetic forces which
The Times-Herald has always
taken an interest in the musica
talent of this city and is proud of
the accomplished teachers and
the several fine artists that are
aeveioping among the younger
set This season promises to be
more pleasing than evpr ntwl
those who come from the coun
try for school purposes and to
give their children the advan
tages of the musical possibil
ities are going to find Burns most
delightful and profitable.
Mrs. M. V Dodge, who has
been teaching violin for the past
few years, has a big class and
Itcmhold has been one of the
most successful teachers in music
we have ever had in this city
and she keeps abreast of the
times in her work with the re-
suit that her pupils aro always a
credit and bring admiration
whenever they appear. Mrs.
Hembold is enjoying the best of
health, better than for several
years, and has written friends
she will return before the open
ing of the schools in readiness
for her work the coming year.
Mrs. J. L. Gault has been in
Portland since the close of the
schools in the spring and we un
ion' led near the door and was
used to shoot gophers, hnwks
aii'l other pests. I'Vom the po
sition of the body and the gun it
is thought Buster had taken the
gun from the pegs on which it
I and evidently dropped
it with .the result it exploded the
O 1 o uro.i -v thfl charge striking him in the
reason in oiore vvitn Upening or '
o L IV O I .. , , Buster was one of the most
school Tear, several Musical En- popular young men of the coun-
try and was known to almost
everyone. Ho had worked on
the P. L. S. Co. ranches from
time to time and had also resided
m this city for a period. He
was a generous fellow and always
ready for fun with his compan
ions. He had for some time held
a responsible position on thn
Alder Creek ranch.
He was born in Pusblo. Colora
do Aug. 29, 1879 and came to this
Valley with his parents at the
age of nine where he had since
resided. He leaves beside his
widow, five brothers and two
sisters and a little daughter by a
former marriage. All reside in
this state. The brothers, with
the exception of one. have all re
sided in this county for manv
years and are respected men.
1 he funeral was held Wednes
day afternoon at the cemetrv.
Rev. S. L. Flowers of the Nazar-
enechurch conducting the service
MARSHES IN CENTRAL I
OREGON ARE VALUABLE
State Engineer Lewis Makes a Report
Upon His Return From the Recent
Tour of This Section in Company
With Water Commissioners Chin
nock and Cochran. New Problem
new land.
Mrs. Clyde WeiUenliiller and
i hir.i WeiUenliiller left Sun-
Construction work on the ex- .Jay evening for the letter's home
tension of the railroad from atSuokane. From there thev in-
Riverside to Dog mountain has! tend to aa later in the week to
Portland and the coast for a vis
itOntario Democrat
begun and a large crew will soon
be at work. The contract-for
of many new settlers and the de- irre8i8tibly drew the farm y(,uth
velopment of a great deal of citvward
"Of course, the statements just
made are not applicable alike to
all parts of the country, or to all
people engaged in agricultural
pursuits in any part of the coun
try, but unquestionably such con
ditions did prevail generally, and
constituted the main reason for
the tendency to leave the county
for city occupations".
some ox ner pupils are Tar above derstnnd has been under excel
the average. She has pupils lent tutors in voice. She will
who are capable of appearing be-; also take an active part in music
fore a very critical audience and as has been her ..itrmi
acquit themselves with credit ,lnm i..iinu,a u, ;ti .i
She has under consideration two ' a class in piano, we understand
or three public recitals or musi- and with such an array of teach
cales during the coming school ino- ii.lr.nf ,.. o., i.l. -
year in which many of her pupils , ward to a very pleasant and pro-
..... -r ,-in.i me receipts ;ntahlc year in this line,
from these public entertainments
will be devoted to some worthy A Tragic and Untimely End
public cause, for instance the i
Pi i It I i f !liHfii.ii II I. .. J .a.
h.n.fli V ulfc . ,.. , Friends and relatives in this
Ground . ,C,U ' !'l:iV cilv " Moy after
ground fund may also hm a U upon receiving telephone
share in one program and ihero!;.ii: ' u.t r, I ,'...
!r,?yne? 'T It' lh"lK ni,i iwcn killed the Alder
L8abIetrherahe.rWOrk (:"" "nch near Denio about
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Oregon Jeurnal: That the
peat marshes in the state, when
properly drained, irrigated and
tilled will ultimately be found to
be the most fertile soil of Oreiron
was ascertained to be the opinion
oi practical men familiar with
the problem, by State Engineer
Lewis, on an extended trip of a
month through southeastern Ore
gon, and Lewis admitted that h
also is almost convinced that such
is the case.
There hundreds of thousands
of acres of these marshes, their
development to a high state of
cultivation will mean an immense
immigration to southeastern Ore-
uuii. mwis was not prepared to on small tracts. "The
The many friends deeply symoa- ZLTZ 37 "T'T"? nt .f .m.ar" an state agricultural
this, with the bereaved relatives. 7" ,u ""J8" n,e mhe.r
wmen twiners seeK
Another Man Missed His
Calling Should Farm
One thing that impressed itself
opon the mind of the editor dur
ing his trip to Harney countv
was the lack of concentration in
the farming efforts on the part
of the ranchers. It is true that
the country is new and many of
the settlers are recent arrivals,
who have had but scant opportu
nity to develop their lands. The
tendency seems to be to open up
large
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
Not So Strange After All.
You may think it strange that
so many people are cured of sto-
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mach trouble by Chamberlain's Kood music more than 8Uch en
tertainments, therefore a fund
that her pupils have ..,.. "...'.. rJ." .. . " laTe ct. sow the seed and
been further advanced in their I "ed " TZT vJTZKT"0?' to do the
work we may expect evn better Ti Z , ThLT 7 rt t(theThe reater Portion of the coun-
results. , effect that he had dehboratoly try through which we passed is
Mrs. W. M. Sutton spent most "J! Hot available for irrigation and
of the vacation period studvin. Vjr l"ai oaaue dry farming is the only method
under the famous Gio. Taglieri, I Tne hodv 'asbrouirht in Tlwa , Pf8.,ble; l" dry farming thorough
one of the best known Grand ,,av night Z t iJ. 7 cultivation is necessary to pro
Opera singers, and returns E LftL-A was learned ducc abundant yield8.
with the latest method .hIV. "'" .'. .l"" " wa8 evl! ranchers were to open up from
with renewed enthusiasm in her C sick and" r emamed in his T " the ,a"d
work in voice; she will devote con-' n , k? r remained in his they are trying to farm and eat
siderable time to teaching and T TT" aUhUKh tivate it thoroughly there is little
will be ready o JK m, ut T" tWi doubt but that th in in
the firstof next SK 'ofi gZ"' "- would be
the season Mrs. Sutton, assisted '.i....... .i. Z"r . very marKea ana transform a
...ji" .-... ..c "uvniK.merestrugKie lor existence nto
-, ..o. ....uuiu. w imreciana some fever and was somewhat
j , or mere gni operas. ighty, but he was cheerful and
These musicales will be nthe'.. i i a. 1L
-w n niv. iim'M
nature of benefits'also. It is the
desire of the musical people of
Burns to have outside stars come
to us from time to time, tivin
some real classic entertainments,
as nothing stimulates interest in
1 OF 7,500
We buy Drugs and Drug Store
Supplies with 7,600 other
HEXALL DRUGGISTS
Let us Oil your Prescriptions--We
are In business for your health
REED RROS. Props.
The Rexall Drug Store
Tablets. You would not, how
ever, if you should give them a
trial. They strengthen and in
vigorate the stomach and enable
it to perform its functions natu
rally. Mrs. Rosie Rish, Wabash,
Ind., writes, "Nothing did me
the least good until I began using
Chamberlain's Tablets. It is de
cidedly the best medicine for
stomach trouble I have ever
used." For sale by all dealers.
hour she had prepared dinner
and rang the bell. The men
from the bunk house came in
for the meal but Mr. Cawlfleld
failed to appear and she went
to the room and found he was
gone. She sent a boy to the
L. M. Brown and family arriv
ed home Monday at noon from San
Francisco where they had been
visiting with relatives and friends
and seeimr the fair. They made
the trip home by way of Ajturas
and Lakeview in their oar.
The Burns Hospital
MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop.
Best Surgical Room ad Equipment
In the State Outelde of Portland.
Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com
fort for PatienU-Reasonablc Term
Graduated Nurse In Charge
Sumpter Valley Railway Co.
Arrival sad Deputvr Of Triist
Departs
No. 2, Prairie 10ilBA.M.
Sumpter 2:38 P. M.
Arrives Baker 4:00 P. M.
Departs
No.
will be created through local ef
forts in this direction to guuran-
tOB the expense of bringing such
talent to us.
Mrs. Rembold has been y, .end
ing many weeks in Portland, at
the sea shore und other places of
recreation, resting and reserving
her strength for the coming year
In her work on the piano. Mrs.
a money making proposition.
There is no question as to the
productivness of the soil and the
great vuestion is how to obtain
the best results. - Juntura Times.
It is an important function of
live stock on the farm to furnish
a market for the crops grown,
l ,,. i i,., -j i. jciiouwm lurmcra 10 convert me
bunk house and he returned say- gf ,
mg a man had shot himself and, and 8o ,, hignPer'.prd fin;
was lyinir on the floor. Thnvi.. l '. .... ...
..oi,.i r .w- ..i j -" "' : isnea prouucis anu to return to
rushed to the place and found he the 80il the p,ant food taken
had been shot in the fi ce wi'.h a ' from jt
shot gun. '
It seems this gun was kept Ground feed at Hagey's.
water.
Lewis was accompanied by
Commissioners Chinnock and
Cochran of the state water board,
and Mr. Cochran remained at
BurnB to continue hearings In
water contests.
"The water board is confronted
with a new problem of far reach
ing consequence to the deveop
mentof the state," said State
engineer Lewis.
"In connection with-the adjudi
cation of water rights on the
Lhewaucan, Silvies and Lout
rivers, the amount of watr which
can be beneficially used on marsh
lands of the peaty nature must
be decided.
"There is little information on
precedent available. As there
are several hundred rhnmumri
acres of the same type of soil
eventually to come before the
board, a general study was made
of all the principal marshes of the
state. Soil samples were taken
for analysis, and the information
gained will be used in deciding
which of the many contlictinc-
statements in the testimony be
fore the water board should be
given greatest weight in making
the decision.
"The diking, at considerable
expense, of 7000 acres border
ing upper Klamath Lake by E.
P. McCornack of Salem, indi
cates confidence in the ultimate
success in a plan to make the
marshes fertile. It has been
discovered that the tule growth
must be killed by drying the
marsh and using the land for
several years as pasture for
cattle. This gives the root mass
a chance to decay before the or
iginal soil is disturbed by plow
ing.. "There are many problems vet
to be solved before oettleru
should attempt to make a living
federal
depart
ments should undertake the col
lection of reliable data for this
Class of land, not onlv Tnr tne
protection of settlers, but also
to encourage the cutting up of
those large holdings if conditions
justify. Railroads will build if
development can be assured.
"The proposed 30 mile exten
sion of the railroad up Malheur
river from Riverside to the edge
of Harney valley has aroused the
enthusiasm of people in this ter
ritory. Even if a further exten
sion is not made for many years
they feel that the problem of
transporting ordinary farm pro
duce to market can be solved
through the use of auto trucks
on hard surface roads over the
level floor of the valley."
How to Car a Sprain.
A sprain may be cured in about
one-third the time required by
the usual treatment by applvincr
Chamberlain's Liniment and ob-
l-. ....B mt uiinuuiio Willi till II
bottle. For sale by all dealers.
The new Victor Ladies Tailor
ing style book and samples for
fall and winter have arrived.
Call and see them at the Clingan
Hnt Shop before ordering else.
where.
1, Baker 8:30 A.M.
Sumpter 10:05 A. M.
Prairie Si 10 P. M.
Arrives,
No. 1 Makes good connection
with 0.-W. R. & N. Co. No. 4
(Fast Mail) leaving Portland 6:30
P. M., arriving at Baker 7:65 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 7:55 P.
M. Ahich picks up Pullman at
Baker, arriving at Portland 7:00
A M. Alia with No. 18 at
' 10:45 P. M. for points East.
BROKE
When 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. M. SALISBURY
Jeweler and Optician
Ejrei Tented (ilssses rifled
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SEPTEMBER 16, 17, 18, 1915
Largest, Best and Most Spectacular Wild West Show
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Breakfast 5:30 to 9
Dinner 11:30 to 2
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Mac's Restaurant & Bakery
Located in the new Levena Building
BURNS, OREGON
W. R. McCuiation, 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 Patronise Home when you deal here
A Bau Ai run Am a Dawk. Ku
Thirty evinu earli day Every tvent a rriUtit'iluii of the early trcnci uf
''" VVf"'i living picture itory of the great tattle country ; a revelation of
Indian life i an exhibition of .kill ami daring.
Nowhere elae can be wen wh iliillllng acta: nowhere can be found urh
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ami incie ii mi place or
f utri i eminent
in muney.
Cillth wlifli vim fan u. a. imif ( ...
See the horiei buck, the bovi and uirL rlU Win...,, a.. ..,,.,,.
Iiilul racaa. nut foruelllnir the wild hnrae rare. Iton'i mlm !.. I.li..,. ...
I. ill in nee the entire performance. Vilt Walla Walla and enjoy three days
in the old-iiine-weet way.
"Let 'Em Kick" St Wick ?..
Excursion Rates on all Railroads
For Information addreia the Secretary
R. H. JOHNSON, WaUa Walla, Washington
To be Given Away
AT THE
WELCOME PHARMACY
Every Saturday at 8 P. M.
ONE ALUMINUM SET
i
Be'sure and bring your coupons
you may be the lucky one.
The one having the number
nearest to the number under
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