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'-ke v'etv( "o -I CITY OF BURNS ulk The Biggest City In The Biggest County In The State Of Oregon COUNTY OF HARNEY The Biggent County In The Stele Of Oregon, Best In The Weit VOL XXVIII BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON. OCTOBER 30. 1015 NO. 52 gBje pm-fler CUMMINS HOSPITAL IS CONSUMED BY FIRE Through Heroic Efforts of Attendants And Others all Patients Saved but One. David Miller is Caught in Upper Story and Burned to Death. Others Injured in Rescuing People David Miller lost his life in a j removed the bandage from his fiiv that destroyed the Cummins well eye and he could see. John hospital about -1 o'clock yester-1 supposed he had followed him day morning. John Morrell had! down the stairway but he could his leg broken while rescuing not be found a few minutes later patients, Miss Herbert, a trained Miss Herbert and Miss Dodson nurse, had one hand badly burned ran to the side of the building before she jumped from a second under his window and called to story window and others were him to jump but there was no more or less injured. There response. were 23 people, in the house, four Miss Herbert was seen yester or rive of whom could not walk day morning and said that the and the fire spread. Even after Tire spread so rapidly that it was John Morrell had his leg broken impossible to do anything to he secured a ladder and placed speak of. She was aroused and it up to an upper window that a i barely had time to put on her mother might come down in safe- bath robe when she was cut off ty. This lady was in the act of from the stairway by the flames throwing her little child from ' so ne made her way to the front the window when Mr. Morrell ( Prt of the building and tore arrived below and he called to ; away the screen from the wind her to wait but be had ascended jow. A man jumped from this modern and beat equipped sur geries to be found In the state outside of the larger cities. She aoea not know how the fire origi nated. There was some insurance but we did not learn how much. Dr. McCool, the eye specialist who was here from Portland, lost many, in fact practically all his instruments that had been used in the surgery of the hospital the previous day in an operation. The Times-Herald did not learn the value of these instruments. David Miller was an old pioneer of this section and had been re siding on his ranch out in the Warm Spring section for the nut several years and had come in for an operation on his eye while the specialist, Dr. McCool, was here visiting his professional friend, Dr. Saurman. Mr. Miller was a brother of County Treas urer K. A. Miller and had no family. T WHAT A UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER IS-ISNT An Officer of the Department of Justice But not in Any Way an Officer of The Interior Department. Duties Similar to Notary Public. They do Not Act in a Judicial Capacity Apportionment of State and County School Funds the ladder very far she threw the child which he caught and brought down. Although the ladder was left under the window the mother jumped to the ground in her excitement. window before she attempted it and ss she was preparing to leap they called to her to wait a mo ment. She hud already swung her bodv over the window ledge and she looked down and The tire was discovered be- thought she saw the form of a tween the pantry and dining ' person which she took for the man who had just jumped out She did not want to jump upon him and hung by one hand. The flames swept out and thus burn ed her and she let go her hold and fell. The young lady said she was somewhat jarred for an instant but suffered on other in convenience from the fall. Mr. Morrell had both bones in his leg broken just above the ankle and when seen yesterday morning he said it was some little time after that he realized his leg was broken. He brought Dave Miller was also jine ""Mer rrm tne windmill nH John tnlH Him ' tower some distance from the room of the building about 1 o'clock and one of the patients who discovered it gave the alarm by ringing his call bell and cry ing fire. The large wooden building was soon a mass of flames and there was nothing of the furniture saved, few of the occupants even securing any clothing, rushing out in their night attire and felt lucky that they escaped with their lives. John Morrell went to the room occupied by J. W. Shown, who has a broken leg and was unable to get out. in this room to follow him eut: While bring ing Mr. Shown down the stair J. E. Loggan $1487.50 Mrs. L. Shown 886.00 Mrs. Veva Reynvaan 196.00 163.76 L. N. Stallard 163.76 Mrs. Casaie Smyth.. 17R75 Mrs. Star Buckland 142.60 Mrs. Rose Henderson 247.60 10 D. R. Thorn ... 11 James Pirie 12 Wm. H. Grant 13 Mrs. Hattie Racine 14 Arthur Rendleman 303.75 168.75 182.50 432.50 186.25 The following is taken from the flll out the jurat, sign and seal Homesteaders Monthly Coyote of j the document and hand it back Septemlier: to him, This is the official duty The position of a U.S. Com- 0f n notary, and in some states missoner, clerk of courts, or a notary mu8t also keep a rcc Judge, with respect to our public ord of aucn document. The dut. IJ ....Um a .i nanllllnl im 'i ...... . mini n;im-m i- - - ies or a u s. commissoner or While u V. S. Commissoner ; other offlcer, aside from the reg sometimes wrongly referred to JHtor and rjy, jn taking the ss a "land commissoner." yet in acknowledgement Jo a filing, con fact he has practically no connec- j tnl affidavit, application for tion with the land office, or the ammendment, leave of absence, Interior Department. A U. S. or otner land papers, except de- Commisoner is an officer of the poBitioris, are practically the same Department of Justice, and is j as thoso of a notary who takes not in any way an officer of the the acknowledgement to a deed Interior Department. A clerk of courts is a local official, elect ed by the people, and not an offic er of any Federal bureau or de partment, and likewise a judge is not an officer ;of ..the General which has been previously pre pared. Now if such an officer shall choose to post himself concerning land matters so that he can be of .service to entrymen outside of house and went to rescue the liitle girl and her mother and did way John tripped and broke his ! considerable running around be- leg and at that time supposed tore he really louiui lie wusnur MV Miliar was following him as I ne limiding was a large one instructed, but it is evident he ii,ll 'l,i bt"" occupied as a hesp: did not leave the room. ital for several years. Mrs. Cum Mr Millar had undergone an on-1 mns had gone to great expense eration for cataract a day or two! '" fittinK the P,ace for ita Pur previous but his physicians had ! POe and had one of the most 15 Fred Otley, Jr. 161.25 16 A. Venator 146.00 17 J. K Graves 137.50 18 Mrs. Edith Hayes 243.75 19 Van Embree . 168.75 20 Eliza Hamilton . . 146.26 21 Mrs. E. V. Anderson 206.25 22 H. A. Dillard 127.60 24 Mrs. Pearl Vulgamore 196.00 25 Mrs. Vivian Gray 163.75 26 Mrs. Edith Steele 171.26 27 J. E. Cheek 168.75 28 Mrs. OtusSizemore 180.00 29 167.60 30 Mrs. H. B. Simmons 136.00 31 Wm. Fay 166.25 32 Mrs. Oakley Springer 166.00 33 Mrs. C E. Sturgeon 178.75 Land Office. Yet for the accom-, such purely official capacity, he modation of the public Congress1 is entitled to charge for such ser haa passed a law authorizing, vices, but it is his duty not to these officers to execute certain i mislead the entrymen into think- papers which otherwise would have to be executed before the land officers. The duties of such offlcf rs in connection with proofs and con test hearings are virtually the same as the duties of a notary ing that he must employ him to do such services. An entrymen has a right to prepare his own land papers, or to have them pre pared by anyone whom he choos es, and in such cases the officer before whom they are executed public before whom deHsitions, must charge only the fees allow- 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 34 John Roberts 187.50 35 Mrs. Lena Varien 210.00 36 Mrs. Amanda Ward 196.75 37 S. Alberson 152.50 38 Frank Fister 133.75 39 Mrs. Fred Holloway 137.60 40 Mrs. Chas. Needham 150.00 41 Mrs. Margaret Shaver 157.60 42 Emmett Oviatt 247.60 44 Mrs. Ed. Howard 176.26 45 M. J. O'Connor 148.75 46 L. McPhail 166.00 47 E. L. Munson 187.50 48 C. Edwin Tuiloch 49 Marion 3. Banks 50 J. M. Thompson 51 1. N. Stewart 68 Alice Adrian 64 Iona Wise 66 56 Mrs. Zella Wood 67 Mrs. O. M. Benson 68 221.25 163.75 160.00 180.00 167.60 171.26 163.75 165.00 137.60 . 187.60 $11080.00 Victrolas Grafonolas DO YOUR XMAS VICTROLA AND GRAFONOLA SHOPPING EARLY Make your long winter evenings short by having one In the house ORDER WHILE TRE ROADS ARE GOOD PRICES, $15.00 TO 9400.00 The Rexall Drug Store 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 PatientsReasonable Terms Graduated Nurse in Charge Cr- "Last winter I used a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a bad bronchial cough. I felt its beneficial effect immedi ately and before I had finished the bottle I was curefl. J never tire of reccomending this remedy to my friends," writes Mrs. William Bright Ft Wayne, Ind. For sals by all dealers. are taken for una in the courts. They are to auk the questions furnished them and . that the answers are correctly reduced to writing and the witness duly sworn, but they render no decis ions and exercise no discretion. In a contest hearing '.they 'cannot even rule as to whether certain testimony shall be admitted or not, but must note any objections made and submit the entire re cord to the land office for proper action. They do not act in judi cial caoacity.and the law does not presuppose that they are familiar with the luml laws and rulings or informed as to the status of the land in their territory. If they inform themselves on these points it is frequently of much benefit to public land claimants who transact business before them, but any information they may give in regard to such matters is not official. In practically all cases except proofs and contest hearings such officers act precisely as a notary public does when he takes the acknowledgement to a deed or mortgage. If a man goes be fore a notary public with a docu ment and asks to have it acknow ledged, he does not expect the notary who takes the acknow ledgement to become responsible for the legality of such a docu ment, placing it on record for him and examining the abstract to sec if the title is good, All he expects is that the notary will ed for the acknowledgements It is evidently improper to charge a fiat rate for furnishing plot in formation, preparing an applica tion, for entry, taking the ac knowledgements and transmitt ing patters and money to the land office, unless it is made clear to the entrymen that-only a certain portion of such charges is an of ficial services and the balance would not be charged if the en trymen furnished his own blanks and prepared his own papers, then attended the filing of them. A United States Commissoner, or other proof taking officer, may prepare the necessary papers in connection with a contest, or ap peal, or other matter of land practice, but may not act as at torney, or agent, for the claimant in such cases. He may give, or sell, advice and may assist claim ants in various ways, but not as an attorney against the Govern. men i or another claimant Such officer may keep a set of plots and may give, or sell, in formation as to the status of cer tain lands, but he must not re fuse to execute any paper pre sented to him even if he knows, or believes, that such paper will be rejeted by the land office. We believe that proof taking officers should inform them selves more fully, charge higher rates for unofficial work, and make the office a valuable one both to themselves and the community in which they reside. In the schedule of unofficial fees that the officer is prepared to handle (his work and give the entrymen value received, It would be manifestly unfair to charge for "professional service" if one had to bane such charges on was a commission or elec tion to an office which authorized the taking of proofs. It would be like a notary public charging for abstracting without means or qualification for such work. In advocating a higher fee for un- i ouieiai worn we ucncve we are I doing the entrymen a favor, for if the office pays sufficiently the officer will give better service. Now wo find many IT. S. Com missoners who earn their living in other ways, and pay little at tention to public land matters. They cannot afford to spend the time and money necessary to fit them for the services which the entrymen expect of them and therefore much of their work is bungling, often costing the en trymen years of hard labor. It is a fact that the public plac es a large amount of trust and dependence in U. S. Commisson ers concerning their land matters and relies implicitely upon the advice given by such officers be- ! leiving that if a U. S. Commis sioner tells them they have a cer tain peico of land the Govern ment should make good and give it to them without further ado. The general public does not- rea lize that a IT, S. Commissoner only gives advice in an unofficial capacity, therefore such officer should be very careful about giv ing advise or information and should always make plain that in giving such advice he is only ex pressing his own personal opin ion from such knowledge as he has, and that he is speaking for himself and not for the land office. BIG SILVIES IRRIGATION PROJECT IS FINANCED C. B. McConnell Returns From Chicago Where Harney Basin Development Company Orgonized with $100,000 Capital. To File Vigorous Protest Against Postponing Water Hearing The Times-Herald is particu larly pleased to note from a late Salem press dispatch published in the Portland Journal, that C. o. Mcionnen nau Deen success ful in his mission to the east in interesting capital in the big Sil vies irrigation project. The writ er knew the nature of his trip at the time of his departure and also had been apprised of its success several days before but had no details nor authority to publish, as the information was confiden tial. The Journal says: C. B. McConnell today placed on record at the office of State Kngieer Lewis a transfer of all . Free Until 1916. Have you subscribed yet for The Youth's Companion for 1816? Now is the time to do it, if you are not already a subscriber, for you will get all the issues for the remaining weeks of 1915 free from the time your subscription wfth $2.00 is received. The fifty-two issues of 1916 will be crowded with good read ing for young and old. Reading that is entertaining, but not "wishy-washy". Reading that leaves you, when you lay the paper down, better informed. PSi llll I . ... - ... the water ritrhtji of H AT. rv,iM , witn Keener aspirations, with a and Mr. McConnell to the Har- braderonlookon life. TheCom ney Basin Development com-' panion ,s a good W to tie to oany. The water rights are jnyouhave a growing family Harney County on the Silvies '. foreneraI reading, as Jus river, and involve seven different i t,ce Brewer once "a'd. or other is Deep Moisture Storage. Deep storage of moisture, re quisite to successful dry farming can be secured only by keeping the surface soil in an absortive. sponge-like condition, says Prof fessor H. D. Scudder, the O.A.C. agronomist. This should be con tinued as far as possible through the entire precipitation period, by good prepcration of the soil. Flowing and disking and increas ing the humus content of the are the chief means of keeping the surface conditions favorable, permit t ing the moisture to strike in both by percolation and capill ary attraction downward. If the surface is closely compacted dur ing winter and early spring the surface water runs off. damaging the surface by washings and the subsoils by keeping them dry. Roots of crops grown on soils in this condition lack the moisture and feeding area to be secured in dry farming countries chiefly from deeply stored moisture. On Tuesday noon, at the home of Elden Woodcock, Rev. W. J. Weber united in hannv wedlock (Vinton Perry Wrey and Miss Eva Marie McPadden. The bride has just proved up on a homestead in northern Lake county and did most of the clearing herself, The groom has for the oast three years conducted a stage between Burns and Bend. The happy couple left for Portland via Bend shortly after the wedding. permits. The Harney Basin Develop ment company was recently or ganized in Chicago, from which place-Mr. McConnell has just re turned, and articles of incorpora tion, with a capital stock of $100, 000 will be filed in Salem next week. The project has been succes fully financed, and construction work will start coincident with the building of the new railroad in Harney county. Mr. McConnell said. The area involved in cludes between 30.000 and 10,000 acres of irrigable land and between 20,000 and 30,000 acres of swamp or drainage land. Attorney McConnell announced that he would file a vigorous pro test against the proposition of the Pacific Livestock company to liostpone the hearing for an ad judication before the state water board on the adjudication of the water of Silvies river from Nov ember 10 to January 1. He asserts that it is simply an other scheme of the company to block progress in Harney county. necessary. If you wish to know more of. the brilliant list of contributors, from our ex-Presidents down, who will-write for the new vol ume in 1916, and if you wish to know something of the new stor ies for 1916, let us send you free the Forecast for 1916. Every new subscriber who sends $2.00 for 1916 will receive, in addition to this year's free issues, The Companion Home Calander for 1916. -The Youth's Companion. Boston Mass. New Subscriptions Received at this Office. Chronic Constipation. "About two years ago when I began using Chamberlain's Tab lets I had been suffering for some time with stomach trouble and chronic constipation. My condi tion improved rapidly through the use of these tablets. Since taking four or five bottles of them my health has fine," writes Mrs. John Newton, Irving. N. Y For sale by all dealers. Skates at Tonawama tonight, We do job printing. Sumpter Valley Railway Co. Anwd sml Depsnsre Of Truss Departs No. 2, Prairie Sumpter Arrives Baker 10:15 A.M. 2(35 P. M. 4:00 P. 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CENTRAL OREGON LINE The Portland Chamber of Commerce Invite you to the Manufacturers' and Land Products EXPOSITION Portland, October 25-Nov. 13 2nd Annual Show of All-Oregon and Southern Washington Agricultural Pro ducts and Manufacturing Resources Wednesday, Nov. 3, Homesteaders Day Friday, Nov. 5, Central Oregon Day Round Trip Tickets Sold on a Reduced Basis from Central Oregon Points Oct. 90 and Nov. 4 and 1 1 final return Limit Seven Days after date of sale 4. H. COREETT, Agent, Bend 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 order at all hour 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 To be Given Away AT THE WELCOME PHARMACY Every Saturday at 3 P. M. 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