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COUNTY OF HARNEY
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The Biggest Comity In The Sute
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VOL. XXIX
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON. NOVEMBERS, 1915
NO. 1
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THE IDAHO CAPITAL CITY
ALIVE TO HER fINTERESTS
In Business and Financial Opportunities
In This Big Interior as Indicated by
This Article Appearing in a Boise
Daily Paper. Competition Would
Prove an Advantage to Us.
The Boise Capital News here j Crane Creek (lap, is a more nat
emphasises someremarks made ! ' tlt for their section.
to Portland! business men and u Th people felt. that the
.. . . ... . . business men of Boise should
rui road promoters, by Mr. Loon ... .
K , t wake up to the situation and not
Urown. recently In calling atten- jnt0 the runninr for the bu8ine88
Hon to the'needof transportation (f the Hums und Harney valley
for this section and to the furth- section. Some, of the business
er fact that while Portland should ,nen here are alive to the situa
te the market.'.they.weresecur- tlon. Other have not Riven the
ing less than 25 percent of this matter very much attention,
business, and.that it was finding Some of them know nothing
its way to Boise. about the fight that is on to secure
Both centers are natural mar- the business of the interior of
kets and both should identify Oregon by the west,
themselves in a practical way to-1 Those familiar with the Burns
ward securing, railroad facilities country say that between Burns
and opening up this interior full and the Crane Creek Gap it is
of developed and; undeveloped)
resources, ine iaDiiai mews,
says:
Boise has within its grasp an
excellent opportunity to secure a
greater portion of the extensive
business in the interior of Ore
gon, both in and surrounding the
town of Burns as "well as the
Harney Valley country. Busi
ness and railroad menhere'4who
have given the matter their at
tention declare it is an'opportun
ity this city cannot afford to pass
up. Looked upon as the logical
center of the vast intermountain
country, this city has a chance to
better its trade avenue. If it
does not the business may.be di
verted westward to Portland and
to other sections.
The matter was called to the
attention of one of the. leading
wholesale firms of the city, which
was notified by responsible Burns
parties that Burns is going to
vote $100,000 bonds to assist in
buiidinga railroad from Crane
Creek Cap, in Harnev valley,
which is the end of the Oregon
Short Line extension, so that an
eastern outlet for .he Burns
country can be secured. How
ever, great pressure is being
brought to bear on the Burns
people to use the money in build
ing a line from Burns west. The
Burn business men believe that
a line from Burns to connect at
FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER
Burns Meat Market
and
Packing Plant
BACON. HAMS and LARD
Fresh Meats, Poultry
Home Products for Home Consumers
SPC1AL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED
TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS
Victrolas Graf onolas
DO YOUR XMAS VICTROLA AND GRAFONOLA
SHOPPING, EARLY
Make your hM winter evening
short by having one In the house
ORDER WHILE THE ROADS ARE GOOD
PRICES, $15.00 TO $400.00
The Rexall Drug Store
REED RROS. Props.
The Burns
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
comparatively level and there-
fore railroad htnldinK could be
done at comparative small cost.
Speaking of the excellent ter
ritory that would be opened to
Boise trade in that section of
Oregon one of the wholesale
merchants of Boise said:
"We believe it would be diffi
cult to overestimate the impor
tance to Boise of having railroad
communications with Hums,
rather than that a road should be
built from the west."
Do We Need Farm Credits?
In a recent address before the
Kentucy Bankers Association the
Hon. John S. Williams, comp
troller of the currency, made
some startling statments of fact
in regard to the rates of interest
charged by national banks in the
several states. He says:
"In one state there were 131
banks which reported that they
charged a maximum rate of in
terest ranging from fifteen per
cent to twerity-four per cent per
annum, sixty-seven banks whose
maximum rate ranged between
twenty-live per cent and sixty
oer annum, twenty-two banks
which charged between sixty
per cent per annum and one hun
dred per cent per annum, eight
teen banks whose maximum rate
Hospital
was from 100 'per cent to 200 per
cent per annum, and eight banka
which owned up to having charg
ed maximum rates ranging be
tween 200 and 2,000 per cent"
The legal rate in" that state in
only six per cent
Out of a total of 7,615 banka
in the country, 1,208 charged
an interest rate of twelve per
cent or more with" noapparent
regard for the laws which fix the
legal rate of interest.
These banks are located prin
cipally in the cotton and wheat
belts states. Texas and Okla
homa lead in numbers"with 168
and 287 banka respectively while
Idaho has forty-five, Washington
twenty-five and Oregon only
three banks which charge twelve
per cent or more or their loons.
Such interest rates as are here
indicated cannot be borne by any
legitimate business, much lees bv
the farmer or breeder and the
banker who charges such rates
ought to be made to see that he
is strangling the community
which supports him. The comp
troller says:
"A well thought out. carfully
constructed, conservative system
of rural credits for the develop
ment of agriculture and the in
crease of our wealth and recourc
es by offering encouraging and
opportunity to the ambitious far
mer will come presently. When
it comes all of us will share the
splendid results. Meanwhile, I
hold to be a proper function of
the government, and especially
of its Treasury Department, to
do all that lawfully may be done
to protect the borrower of all
grades, every where, against
shortsighted and mu tally destruc
tive rapacity, as well as the stock
holder and derwsitor in national
banks against reckless and suci
dal methods." Rural Spirit
Products Show Epigrams
George E. Waggoner attended
the Manufacturers and land
Products show at Portland, and
gave utterance to several epi
grams among them:
'The Land Products Show is a
collection of products which re
quired advanced thought or the
talent of genius."
"Out of every 300, QUO men
there is one genius, the other
299,999 are absolutely void of or
iginality. They take up the tools
and habits of the age in which
they are born and cling to them
with the tenacity of brutal in
stinct." "Possibly this might be valu
able information to sheep men: I
cap take any old sheep, not nec
essarily high-bred or a price win
ning stock, say any ordinary
scrub, and in two years take the
prize at the State Fair for the
biggest and heaviest fleece. A
little Dutchman told ate how."
"An animal does not make
many mistakes. He does not
reason, but the rules or instincts
God gave him are sufficient to
guide him through his existence
without blunders. On the con
trary, man does not seem to have
much sense on this score. He is
a blunderer from start to finish.
He don't seem to have, any more
quality to guide him along his
conflictious pathway than a mud
cat There is only one show for
him to get on the right track,
and that is for him to mix and I
assimilate better ideas from those
who have talent in particular;
lines."
Sampler Valley Railway Co.
Arrival aad Departure Of Train
Departs
No. 2, Prairie 10:15 A. M. j
Sumpter 2:35 P. ML :
Arrives Baker 4:00 P. M.
Ppert
No. 1, Baker 5.30 A.M.,
Sumpter 10:05 A. M.
Arrives Prairie 2:10P.M.1
No. 1 Makes good connection
with O.-VV. R N. Co. No. 4
(Fast Mail) leaving Portland 6:30
P. M., arriving at Baker 7:55 A.
M. and N,o. ? from east' a'rrlv-1
ing Baker n;6Q A. M,
No 2 connect wltft No. 0 (fast
Mail) arriving at Baker 7:55 P.
M. which picks up Pullman at
Baker, arriving at Portland 7:00
A. M. Also with No. is at
10:46 P. If. for points East.
THE "DE-HYPENATED"
OF THIS COUNTRY
Receiving Attention from President Wil
son and Their National Affections
To be put to the Test of "Loyalty"
Where? Reform and Educa
tional Measures Provided.
President Wilson takes excep , published. The bureau is send
tion to those carrying citizenship Ing these posters to 26,000 poet
relations in other countries than masters and 8,000 school officials
this, as for instance German- throughout the country, by whom
American. Spanish-American.etc.
in the follewing: "To the Hv-
phenated." "There are among
us who have not thouant first of
America; who have thought to , following up to this printed ap
use the miffht of America in some, Pt'al with personal talks to im
matter not of America's origlna- migrants. A series of reception
tive.
"I am in a hurry to have a
lineup and let the men who are
thinking first of other countries
stand on one side- biblically, it
should be the left and all those
that are for America, first, last
and all the time on the other
side."
Argumenting President Wil
son's declaration that Am. rica'sjThey tell him to go to the near
foreign born residents must be est night school and register or
de-hyphenated, the V. S. bun au
of education today announded
the beginning of a country-wide
de-hyphenating campaign.
A three part construction pro
gram is being developed bv the
bureau, with the following fea
tures:
The insuring that newly arriv
ed immigrant children arc imme
diately placed in the public
schools and not sent into factor
ies and mills.
The promotion of the natura
lisation of alein residents of the
United States.
The teaching of EnRlmh to all
foreign born residents of this
country who cannot read and
speak that language.
The first step, that of seeing
that newly arrived immigrant
children are placed in schools, is
now being carried out through
co-operation between the various
school officials of the country and
the immigration oniciaiR at tneiternus, ut least extremely em
ports of entrv. i harassing to the government.
When'a "group f immigrants
arrive, the inspectors at the porl
learn to what localities the in
dividual families with children
are going. They send to the
proper school authorities the
names of the children they can
expect These officials then make
strenuouos efforts to prevent any
evasion of the compulsory educa
tion laws by getting the children
into schools as soon as they ar
rive.
In additon, the schoor.au thori ti
es are "also actively engaged in
"recruiting"work among the
fathers of thoae'same children to
induce them to take out natruali
xation papers.
The first edition of 50,000
bright colored, uttractivly print
ed posters, setting fourth in Kng
lish and the si principal immi
grant languages the advantages
of becoming a citizen, have been
ACCURACY
This store has its own
Lens Manufacturing
Plant in which can be
ground lenses of any de
scription. This enables
us to guarantee absolute
accuracy in rilling your hi
prescription, Quick ser-
vice on your repairs.
Duplicate immediately
any broken lens, whther
originately made at this 1
store or elsewhere. You
will find this, great son'
venience try It,
C. IB. SALISBURY
Jeweler sod Optician
they will be posted conspicuously
to catch the eye of tne unnatura-
hzod immigrant
Educational authorities are also
is being planned at which both
government official"! and natura
lized immigrants will talk to
these men.
The posters sent out impress
every alien who cannot read and
speak English, the importance of
learning the language from the
standpoint of becoming a good
citizen and making a good wage.
to go to the postmaster or school
officinl nearest him and enlist
their aid in getting in touch with
a school,
In a letter to school superin
tendents the bureau of education
points out that there are 2,963,
000 foreign born whites 10 years
or over in the United States and
no less than 2,898,606, 15 years
or over, generally beyond the
compulsory laws, who cannot
speak Knglish. Commenting up
on this situation the letter says:
"These facts seem so appalling
when taken in connection with
the figures for illiteracy which
almost as large, that they call for
action on the part of the federal
government which will reach the
non-English immigrant individu
ally." Officials of the bureau intimat
ed, unofficially, that in times of
national crises such a situation
might easily prove, if not disas-
Realizing the danger of hav-
ing such a large body of the in
habitant of this eountry almost
wholly unacquaintrd with the
national thought of the nation,
the bureau is going to push the
campaign of education through
with all the force and speed pos
sible and probably will ask con
gressional ad when presenting
it estimates for the next approp
riation. Ch-mb.rUin'. T.bUU.
This is the medacine intended
especially for stomache troubles,
biliousness and constipation. It
is meeting with much, success
and rapjdly gaining in favor and
popularity. For sale by all deal
ers. The cheapest and best flour on
the local market is that made
from new wheat by the Burns
Milling Co. As your merchant
for it.
The Portland Chamber of Commerce
Invites you to the
Manufacturers' and Land Products
EXPOSITION
Portland, October 25-Nov. 13
2nd Annual Show of All-Oregon end
Southern Washington Agriculture! Pro
ducts end Manufacturing Resources
Wednesday, Nov. 8, Homesteaders Day
Friday, Nov. 5, Central Oregon Day
Round Trip Tickets Sold on e Reduced
Basis from Central Oregon Po'p,t
Oct. 80 and Nov. 4 and 11
Final return Limit Seyn Days efter dete of sale
f H. COREETT, Agent, Bend
Book-keeping Machine
at First National Bank
The First National bank of
Burns has just added a remark
able machine' to its office equip
ment. This machine will keep
the'Jedgers'and"make'out deposi
tors statements.
A specimen'statement was re
cently 'prepared 'on this machine
and it'shows figures'clearly print
ed and totals absolutely accurate.
This form'of statementlwill be
issued to depositors!. who?' main
tain checking accounts with this
bank.
People who are not acquainted
with the inside working of a bank
will not fully realize the great ad
vantage of machine work over
hand work in posting bank ac
counts. The big advantage in
this machine is the saving of time
and improvment in the appear
ance and legibility of the ledgers
and monthly statements.
One of the remarkable featur
es of the machine is that it auto
matically detects overdrafts,
locks up and refuses to handle
them. This is of special impor
tance as it complies with the
Comptroller of the Currency's
positive injunction, 'There must
be no overdrafts."
The machine automaticly adds
the deposits to the old balance
and subtracts the checks as they
are listed. The new balance is
computed and printed by pulling
the handle.
This saving of time means
much to the patrons of the bank,
for the time thus saved will be
devoted to the improvement of
the banks service in all its de
partments. With this new adding machine
in use, the customer's account is
balanced daily. Each day the
statements are posted and balanc
ed, ready for the next days busi
ness, thus enabling the bank to
mail customers their statements
promptly upon the first day of
the month. When a customer
wants a statement at any time,
all the book-keeper has to do, is
to go to the binder, take out the
statement, the last amount shown
in the balance column being the
customers balance in the bank.
This system is being adopted
by the progressive banks through
out the country, as it affords pro-
iection both to the patron and to
the bank that was not possible
until this machine was indtro
duced. Business men and depositors
everywhere marvel at this won
derful machine with the "steel
brain" that automatically lists,
adds and substracts.
row la Prrrmnt Croup.
It may be a snrprise to you to
learn that in many cases croup
can be prevented. Mrs. H. M.
Johns, Elidia, Ohio, relates her
experience as follews: "My lit
tle boy is subject to croup, Dur
ing the past winter I kept a bot
tle of Chamberlain's Cough Rem
edy in the house, and when he
began having that croupy cough
I would give him one or two
doses of it and it would break
the attack. I like it better for
children than any other cough
medicine because children take
it willingly, and it is safe and
reliable." Sold by all dealers.
We do job printing,
OregonTrunkRy.
CENTRAL OREGON LINE
"MORTGAGE LIFTERS"
RECEIVING SCIENTIFIC
Suggestions That can be Easily Used
And a Considerable Loss of Life
Overcome. The Most Moderate
Hog Grower Can Use the Following
Bulletin.
The sow, in order to produce a
large, healthy litter should be in
the best possible breeding condi
tion. After she has been bred,
careful and management are
necessary to develop successfully
she it to produce. It is well to
keep a record of the date on
which the sow was, in order to
know approximately when the
youngsters are about to arrive.
The gestation period of piga is
1 12 to 115 days. It is good policy
to be at hand in case the sow
needs help, but she need not be
helped if she is getting along
well.
When the pigs are born during
warm weather they are less liable
to become chilled and will gene
rally find their way to the testa
unaided. In extremely cold
weather the pigs will be in dang
er of being chilled unless the hog
house is heated. To remedy this
place a few heated bricks in the
bottom of a basket or small box,
cover them with chaff or straw,
and put a cloth over the top to
keep in the heat; unless the sow
objects to seriously the pigs may
be rubbed dry with a soft cloth
and placed in the receptacle as
fast as they arrive. If any of
the little pigs appear to be life
less when they are born, first see
that all mucus is removed from
the nose, then give the pig a few
gentle slaps on the side with the
hand. That will start the pig
breathing if there is any life in
the body. Give it a suck of the
sow's milk and place it in the re
ceptacle described, The pigs Will
not suffer if they do not suck for
a few minutes after farrowing.
Before placing the pigs with
the sow cut out the eight small
tusk-like teeth. There are four
of these on these on each jaw in
the rear of the mouth. These
teeth are very sharp, and if left
in the pig's mouth they wiU cause
tearing of the sow's udder, and
the little pigs cut on another's
Breakfast 5;30 to S
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Mac's Restaurant & Bakery
Located in the new Levens Building
BURNS, OREGON
W. R. McCui.tion, Prop.
Supper 5 to 8
BURNS BEST FLOUR
BAKES BEST BREAD
Made. From New Wheat : : Every Sack Guaranteed
Quality Right Prices Right Special Rates to Buyers in
Quantity Laei. See Your Merchant, the MM or Mr. Huston
The Burns Flour Milling Co.
You Patronise Home when you deal here
To be Given Away
AT THE
WELCOME PHARMACY
Every Saturday at 8 P. M .
ONE ALUMINUM SET
Beaure end faring your coupons
you easy fae the lucky one
The one bavins; the number
nearest to the number under
the seal will ho the winner
mouth while fighting for a teat.
These teeth can be removed with
bone forceps, wire nippers, or a
knife. Never pull out the teeth.
Always cut or break them off.
After this operation place the
pigs with the sow, care being
taken that each one gets a teat.
When the afterbirth is passed
it should be removed from the
pen at once and buried or burn
ed. There is good reason to be
lieve that eating the afterbirth is
often the beginning of the habit
of eating pigs.
Great care must be taken to
feed the sow properly. If she is
not being properly fed the little
pigs will show it. If the pigs
follow the sow around very much
and pull at her teat?, it is a good
sign that she is not giving enough
milk, and more feed should be
given to stimulate milk flow.
When a sow is overfed, causing
a heavy milk flow, scouring is
generally produced in the pigs,
If this happens, cut down the
sow's feed immediately. Give
the sow 15 to 20 grains of sulp
hate of iron (copperas) in her
slop morning and evening, and if
necessary increase the dose until
results have been obtained.
It is very necessary that the
little pigs have plenty of exercise
and ail the sunlight that can be
given them. If they do not get
exercise, they will get fat and
lazy and the usual result is the
"thumps" This is caused by the
fat getting so thick around the
heart and lungs that the pigs
find it difficult to breathe. They
will be noticed heaving at the
flank and gasping for breath.
The best way to prevent this is
to avoid overfeeding and make
the young pigs take plenty of ex
ercise. When the pigs are about five
weeks old, they will begin to
taste some of their mothers feed.
Do not be in a hurry to wean
(Continued on page two)
Dinner 11:30 to 2
Short orders at all hours