DR. B. F. SMITH Physician and Surgeon Burns, Oregon lmcmd residence. Ceo, Young haunt Phene No. BH3 CARL C. GRIFFITH Physician and Uurgaou BURNS, OBKOON. J. ttl. CBARY Phvsii imi and Hurgeou. Burns, - - - Oregon. i n - - un sieoinl ttoor, lonawama nnig Thone Main 85. DESMAN & DEMMAft, Physicians and Surgeons ,1 h Mii iT-il iruiiiiy night or day Phone llurrimaii. Harriman, Oregon Dr- Minnie Hand 'hysician and Surgeon Direct Telephone Connection Albritton. Ore. b. E. HIBBARD DEITTIST Office first door past photo nailery Heir us. Oregon. BRUCE R. KESTER Attorney at Law Land Office Practice Land Scrip for Sale Vale, Oregon M. A. BIGGS Attorney at Law I. O. 0. r. Bldg., Burns, Oregon HERMAN VON SCHMALZ Attorney at Law milcst and practice is'lure I . . I. ami OSes, a aiMM-ialty Dee: Fry Bldg, next door to poat riffle. Hums. Oregon CHARLES W. EuulS LAWYER Burns, - - Oregon Practices iu the State Courts and he re the U. B, (.and Office. CJhas. II. I ,-oii:u-l. ATTOrtMCY-AT-LAW, i areful attention giren to Collec lions and Real hstato matters. Fire Insurant. Notary Pablic BuKMH. OUNOOM. LONK RESTAURANT OBORQB FOON P.op.r Meala At All Hours. Short! Order and Prompt Service e With Reasonable Rates Give Me A Call Oppoalle Ilmea-Herald Building A. J. BOCKHOLD 717--4th Street Oregon City, Oregon will buy all your Furs 'E. 'oa arwetncieL H31d.gr., Bums, Or lElesul LEstsute 1-ism.d. Office IFxsictlc Totstry ZLP-ufoUc. HERBERT A. POAGE ARCHITECT Plan and Specification Prepared for Building of Any ('la. Offlc.i- Room a and T, Odd-Fallow Building Barns, Oregon F. 0. Dilxabo A. O. Faclknm Koriimrly AL Knglnear Formerly Chief Kn IwU.S Reelaiaatlun War- linear of BolSe 4 rloa. Western By. Eastern Oregon Engineering Company CIVIL AND IRRIGATION ENGINEERS Bans, Oregoa JOHNUKMIiKKLINU. 4L& Jeweler. Optician nnd Knirraver. Fine Watch Repairing A Spe cialty. Jack Rabbit SKINS !t You Kxtcrminiitc .JACK It A UMTS The Skins Cim Be Sold FOB (ASH They must be whole skins. dried in Sun or Air so that moisture evaporates For particulars write S. L. Meninger 140 W. 69 Street New York WANTED Country salesmen for several good counties in this state to handle our complete line of fruit trees, shrubbery, roses, etc., booking advance spring orders now; necessary supplies furnished; good money for right men. Address Pacific Nursery Co., 1224 Grand Avenue. Portland, - Oregon Sumpter Valley Railway Co. AiriTal aid Depart Of Trains Depart No. 2, Prairie 10:15A.M. Sumpter 2:35 P. M. Arrive. Baker 4:15 P. M. Depart No. 1, Baker 8:30 A. M. Sumpter 10:05 A. M. Arrive. Prairie 2:1Q P. M. No. 1 Makes good connection with O.-W. R. & N. Co. No. 4 (Fast Mail) leaving Portland 6:15 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 7:55 P. M. which picks up Pullman at Baker, arriving at Portland 7:00 A. M. Also with No. 18 at 0:45 P. M. for points East. ?00Wl$ A Curious Bali (Jam. Theodore BjHMHrVrll. writing '" Ncrlb Mr'i of liU Hruztllau journeys, ! scribes it curious game of hall piayisi h.V I he 1'iirccls Indiana, In which tho lii'inl alone Is uicd "There ul'U. of course," In- write, "no ail' li rules ns In a game among civi lised diimi, unci I saw no disputes. There may do eight uf ten or inuny Bore plnyei'H on cm li side. The hull I ever touched with hands or feet or with anything except the top of the head. It la hard to decide whether to wonder moat ill the atrengtb and ilei terlty with whlrh It la bit or butted with the head aa It cornea down through the air or nl the reckless a peed and kill with which the players throw thcniaclven headlong on the ground to return the hall If It cnniea low down. "Why do they not grind off their liases I ciiimot Imagine. Some of l ho players KB reel ever failed to catch ii ixl return the hull If It clime In their neighborhood nnd with audi a vigorous loai uf i in i icii i Hint it often Sew in a great curve for a really uetouhililiig distance." Clever Reasoning. Rather mi original lesson In pollMYfll economy was that once taught hy the .Inpuiiese iiolileimiii Awoto and thus translated h.v Sir Edwin Arnold in "Hens mill l.nnds:" One eveulng na ho wua going to the palace to take hla turn In keeping the night watch he let 10 rash drop out of hla Under caae Into the atreiim ami then bought r0 cnsii worth of torcbea to aeurch for the loat coin. Hla friemU laughed at him for apendlug ao much In order to recover ao little, and he re plied, with ii frewn: "Sirs, you are foollah and Ignorant of economies. Had not Bought for theae 10 caah they would have been loai for ever sunk In the bottom of (he Nam erlgawa The GO caah which I have expended on torches will remain In the hands of the tradesman. Whether he has them or I la no matter, but not a single one of the sixty tins been RXft. and that Is a clear gain to the couutry." Watch Your Shoulders. When standing before looking glasa notice If your shoulders nrc the BBBM height, (.eneinllv the r I 1 1 1 Is higher than the left, 'the reason for this un eicuticss lies In the way one kIis You get Into n comfortable ih.ilr nt your desk, nnd at otn e .urn rest your right elbow on tut arm of your chair or your desk, thus throwing one shoulder hlghcl tlnin the oilier '1'hls Is especial ly the CBM 'icie one wipes n great deal When you notice that one shoul der Is higher than the other Ihe thing to do is to etUMgB your wnf of aluiug at your desk. Two aluiple exen-laea will Is- heiiell.lal. The mill of the low er Hhoiilder should he extended ui wnrd. the hand grasping a dumlihell That of the higher shoulder aliould he lowered and made to uupport a heavy weigbL Madagaacar. The great Island of Madagascar. In the Indian ocean, lying off the east coaat of Africa, was otllclnlly recounU d a. a I'Teuch colony In IS!a after a wur of occupation. The majority of the nutlvva are not Afrlcuua. the Ma layan element predominating In' their greatly mixed Mood Of the totul pop alutlon or more than 1MO0Q0 by the last ceiisna. the llovua, the dominant race, iiiimls-red about HoO.000. and they are regarded as ladoiigtug to ihe Ml lay no stock. Tho Sukalavaa. whose negro afflnl tiea are strongly pronounced, rank next in numbers, aud besides ether Indige nous races there are many persons of Arab and Indian descent. The seat of the government la at Timuliiirlvo. v, hlcii hu o popiihiilon of about iwi.ixm Nature the Healer. The Influence of the forms and ac tions In nature Is so needful to man that In lls lowest functions it (fccms to lie en the confines of commodity and beauty. To the body and mind which have been cramped hy noxious work or couipuny i.al ;,, is medicinal and re stores their lone. The tradesman, the attorney comes out of tho din aud cruft of tho street and sees tho sky aud the woods and is a man again. In their eternal calm he llnds himself. Tho health of the eye seems to demand a horizon. We are never tired so long as we CM see far enough. Kmeraou. Explained. "Our air mat tresses," said the deul er, "are tilled In the mouths of April ami May. That accounts for their re markable resilient (pialltlcs." "Is the air of those mouths better than others?" "They are the spring months, you know." Exchange Remembered Him. I'im -le George Come here. Willie. Don't you know who I am? Willie Von bet I del Vou are mu's brother, who stayed here two mouths one time and never offered 10 pay u cent for board. Oh. yes; I've heard pa speak of you often. Indianapolis News. Argument Spoiled. haw-TOO many men expect tholr wives to run their homes on practically BOtblng. They forget (lint no one can make bricks without straw, lie My wife does out of Hour.- Stray Stories. Conaoling Har. Iless-l sometimes wish I might see myself ns others see me. Nell Oh. you pool- dear! Why, you Just couldn't believe your eyes! Urownliig's Maga zine No liberal man would Impute a churge of uiiHteadlue s to another for having changed his opinion. -Cicero. 4.44-M- I The Home h the Bulwark t a or tne ivanon F a I HI I Q ; I DESTH0Y the home, and what ; have 70a left? A town ii made up of HOMES, i : The SUCCESS OF A TOWN de- '. pendi largely on the suoceu of ii ITS MERCHANT8. I; The .access of the MER- CHANTS depends on the pat- ; ronage of the IIIDI VIDU AL. Trade in your home town. ...M.-).-t.-(- TEETH MENDING IN CHILE. Not an Easy Matter For Foreign Dan- list, to Practioe There. Not every foreigner who comes along with the claim of being a dentist can practice that profession In Chile, The government aces to it that any one who hi to look after the health and preservation of the teeth of lis people moat iirat demonstrate his qoattUca lions. 'Ihe law provides that before a II racjsa ma 1 e granted a foreigner to prai tli a deotletrj In the conotr the applicant must secure permission from ih" rector of the I'nh erslly Of Chile to take the cMtmiiuit .011 Ills forelgll ill ploliui. duly certllled mid initheiilli ut , 11I, must I e attached to the permit, and 11 f f Tiimi pejeos uiiioiit jT in United 1 sintes money) uiust he deposited for I the license ill Ihe ollh'e of the secie I lary of the imh erslly If the applicant pusses the eMiUilliiillon siici essfully the license la Issued, ami he Is authorized to open his otllce for business. Any applliant liu I10I1U a denial diploma from a school not known or recognized by the Chilean authorities I. re ilred to complete the third ycni i WOlil of the dental depintmeul of tho University of Chile and must also pasa a satisfactory exuiulnutlou before bo can obtain 11 llceuse to practice. -Pan-American Hulletlu. Mn.it Ana the Saint. Ht. Oeorge la always turning up u the I in 11 u I hi, from Ht Ueorgen, In Battle, which disputes with Doiiuu, eschlngeu the clului to puasisss the re-al source of the river, to the Ht. GeurgVa bruii' h. the aouthernuiost mouth at the delta. (Ilurgevo la one mure of the places nau.ed after the aulnt It be (tan a Hull Zorwo or Sail Cilorglo In I the fourteenth cvutury. when IJ was ! founded by the Vetioya. In ui'deju I times f;iuri:co bus twice lurid his I tory. It wus the terminus of Hou uinniit's first railway, the line from; J Pukbjrct; opened in lHtlli, and In the Crimean war It was defended with stubborn fury hy the Turks, costing the Itusshins .10,000 men to take It- l.oiidon Standard Japanese Proverbs. "Home Insects feed upon smart weed" (There Is no accounting for fastest "If In a hurry go around'' (The mor huste lite less speed) "l.le under your own hat" (Let wel; enough tilouel. "The month Is the front gate of nils fortune" (The tongue Is a lire, a world of Iniquity), "When the clouds gather let the householder look to his roof." NOiiCK OK HAI.K OP HKAl, PHOPKIiTY. IN THK COl'NTY COUKT FOIl THK HTATK OK OHMMMf I'liK IIAK NKY COUNTY. In the matter of the estate of W. , Alborson, deceased. Notice is hereby given that under and hy virtue of an order of sale made and entered In the above en 1 11 led Court on tho day uf January, 1918, the undersigned udmiulHtrutor of the iihovo entitled estate will sell ut private sale on nnd after the 12th day of Kohruary, 1918, at HurtiH, Harney County, Oregon, the follow ing described property to-wll : Lots 4 and .. of Section 1 und Lots 1 anil 5 of Section 2, Twp. Ill, South, Utinge SB Baal W. m. Said Halo will be made subject to confirmation by the County Court of Harney County, Oregon, 8. AI.HKltSON. Administrator of the estate of W. E. Alherson, deceased. I V IN THK t'UU'triT OOtTltT W Till': HiWTN OF OMDOOK KOIt HAlt NKY COl'NTY. HI MMONH Violet Joaephlno I'ellar, Plaintiff, vs. Joseph Henry I'ellar, Defendant. To Joseph Henry Pellar, above nam ed defendant; IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF OREGON yon are hereby re quired to appear and answer the complaint in the above entitled suit within six weeks from the date of the first publication of this summons, and If you fall to appear or answer, for want thereof, the Plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief prayed for In her complaint, to-wlt: Klrat, That the bonds of matri mony now existing between Plaintiff and Defendant hu dissolved and that Plaintiff have a decree of divorce absolute; Second, That the Plaintiff have the care, custody and control of Joseph Iiomild I'ellar, minor child of the Plaintiff and Defendant; Third, That Plaintiff have Judg ment for her coats and disbursements herein aud for such other and fur ther relief as to equity may pertain. This summons is published In The Times-Herald, a weekly newspaper published aud of general circulation In Harney County, Oregon, by order of Hon. H. C. Levens, Judge of the County Court for Harney County, Oregon, which said order was duly made and entered on the 18th day of December, 1917, and directed that this summons be published as above stated for a period of six weeks. The first publication of this sum mons is made on December 22, 1917 ( Signed) J. W. BIQOS. Attorney for Plalntirf. Whose residence and post office address la Mums. Mar ney County, Oregon. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned have 1 11 dulv appoint ed Joint executors of the Last Will and Testament and Estate of Jacob C. Welcome, deceased, by the Coun ty (Hurt of the State of Oregon, for Harney County. All persons having claims against said estate ure hereby notified to present them, duly verified as by law required, to us or one of us at our residence In Burns, Harney County. Oregon, or at the office of our attorney J. S. Cook In said City, County aud State, within six mouths from the date of this notice. Dated this 20th day of December, 1917. MAOOIE M. LEVENS ALFRED C. WELCOME Joint executors of the Last Will and Testament and Estate of Jacob C. Welcome, deceased. NOTICE TO ORMIHTOHS IN fttK COUNTY COURT OF THK STATE OF OREGON FOR HAR NEY COUNTY; I41 (he matter f the Estate of Care. Hue Hutton, Deceased. Notice, bj hereby given that letters of administration, UU0H the eUt0 at Caroline Hutton, late of said Couatj aud State, deceased, havo been IssuCa yut of and under the seal of the said Court (o the undersigned. All per sona having claims against the said estate are required to present them duly v. rciicd by law required to the said undersigned, In person or to A. W. Uowan, their attorney at his office in Burns, Oregon within six months from the date of the first publication of this notice. ItOREHT L. HUTTON THOMAS HUTTON Date of first publication Saturday, November 30, 1917. NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OREOON FOR HAR NEY COUNTY. III the matter of the estate of John Duffy, deceased. Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed ad ministrator of the above entitled es tate by the Hon. H. C. Levens, County Judge of Harney County, Oregon; all persons having claim ugalnst said estate are notified to present tho same duly verified as by luw required, to me at Fields, Ore gon, or by J. W. Biggs, my attorney at Burns, Oregon, within six months from the date of the first publica tion of this notice. The first publi cation is December , 1917. . M. McDADE, Administrator of , .- estate of John Duffy, iceascd. ; o Llttlo Willie is ready to "do his hit" If somebody will declare a soap less day. . , aaaaa o NOTICE FOR PI HMCATION UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE Hums, Oregon, December 21, 1917 Notice Is hereby given that Thomas Illaney, of Catlow, Oregon, who 011 February 3, 1913, made Homestead entry, No. 06539, for SEV4. Sec. 1 and NEK. Section 12, Township 33 8., Range 30 E., Willamette Meri dian has filed notice of Intention to make final throe-year Proof, to es tablish claim to the land above de scribed, before C. B. Tulloch, U. 8. Commissioner, at his office, at Ber dugo, Oregon, on tho 23rd day of January, 1918. Claimant names as witnesses: Andrew Jacquot, Mrs. Andrew Jacquot and Francis Jacquot, all of Catlow, Oregon. Cms. Ueckley, of Heck ley, Oregon. V. O. COZAD, Register NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE COUNTY COURT OF THE STATE OF OHKOON FOR HAR NEY COl'NTY. In the matter of the estate of Tony Flint, deceased. Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed ad ministrator of the above entitled es tate by tho Hon. II C. Levens, Coun ty Judge of Harney County, Oregon; all persons having claims against said estate are notified to present the same duly verified as by law requir ed, to me at my place of buslnesa iu Hums, Harney County, Oregon, or to J. W. Biggs, my attorney, within six montha from the date of the first publication of this notice. The first publication Is Dec. 29, 1917. W. M. FARRE, Administrator of the estate of Tony Flint, deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been duly appoint ed administratrix of the estate of Walter T. Struck, deceased, by the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Harney County. All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified to : present them, duly verified as by law required, to mo at my residence Iu Burns, Oregon, or at the office of my attorney J. S. Cook, in Burns, Ore gon, within six months from tbe date of this notice. Dated this 3rd. day of November. 1917. ZEPHA STRUCK. Administratrix of the estate of Walter T. Struck, deceased. Reports of Boston's recent munici pal election sound as though -the acene were laid In the tenderlolnf New York or In Dead Man's Gulch, Col. Boston must surely have lea ported a new brand of culture; r Is It "kulturo?" OFFICIAL DIRECTORY Stat of Oregon , d United States Senaters: a Geo. E. Chamberlain, Harry Lane Cengressmen: W. C- Hawley, N. J. Slnnott. C. N. JJoArtliur . . Attorney General, George M. Brown Governor James Withycombe Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott Treasurer T. B. Kay Bupt. Public Instruction J. A. Chur chill. State Printer Joha Lawrenne j Supreme Judges: F. A. Moore. Oeo. H. Burnett, Root Eakln, R. S. Bean, Thos. A. McBrlde. Henry L. Benson, Lawrence T. Har ls. Ninth Judicial District District Judge Dalton Biggs I County Attorney M. A. Biggs Circuit meets the first Monday In April, and first Monday in October. Joint-Senator J. A. Hurloy Joint-Representative, C. M. CrandaU County of Harney County Judge H. C. Levens Clerk Chester Dalton Treasurer Pearl O. Flak Surveyor Frank Gowan Sheriff W. A. Goodman Assessor John Caldwell School Supt Frances Clark Coroner G. W. Clevenger Commissieners: W. II. Robins, R. L. Hass. County Court meets the first Wed nesday in January, March, May, July, September and November. I la 1 oe y U. 8. L11111I Office Register V. O. Cozed Receiver Sam Mothershead City of Rums Meetings of the Council every Sec ond and Fourth Wednesday. Mayor II. C. Levena Recorder W. Y. King Treasurer Henry Dalton Marshal It. L. Hatnea Ceuncilman: George Fry, J. E. Loggan, Sam I