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VOL. XXX!
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 15, 1918
NO. 33
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SPEAKER COMING ON
WAR STAMP DRIVE
A. G. Clark, of Portland, to Visit
Burnt Next Saturday in Inter
est of Baby Bonds. Oregon's
Quota to be Pledged in a Day
Throughout the IT. S. June Ittb
ItM been fieil as the date to SMUTS
nil- pledge of the people of the natton
to fill the quotas of stamp allot
ments (
Dragon's share i seventeen anrt
u half million dollar anil, only
three million dollars In stamp sold.
In one dav we must subscribe the
remainder. We must agree to buy
during the balance of the year four
teen and one-half million dollars In
War 8tamps.
It will require the support of every
Oregon citlsen every last one la to
he card Indexed.
You must give a reason why you
.vill not buy no excuses will be as
epted. Vou are either for or against
.'nele Sam and he wants to know
where you stand.
A. G. Clark will be sent to the city
on June 22 by State Chairman C. 8.
.lackson to help as best he can our
Ity and county chairman In perfect
ing details for the big drive.
A. O, Clark
It is all a matter of co-operation;
if each does his or her part the Job
will be easy because many hands
rnuke the work light.
The principal business of every
loyal citizen of this country is WAlt
and that is what brings A. Q. Clark.
i Port Until, to the i ity.
The State Headquarters for War
Savings Stamps Is monopolizing his
ime at present, but as a side line he
"Slugging ' for bigger payrolls in
11 Kill).
Mr. Clark is Manager of ths Hon
Industry League or the Portland
''haniber of Commerce and their
vilnclpal effort is directed toward
. eating goodwill for products of
Oregon factories.
Buy at home the goods made ut
home give preference in all your
purchases to the products made in
vour home town and State.
Too much energy and time has
heen devoted to cashing In on Ore
gon's natural resources and loo little
mi building up Industries.
Why send our raw material away
to have it manufactured .and then
buy back the finished article?
People have been too inconsider
ate of the value of their support for
home products and more thought,
followed by action, should be given
hy every citizen.
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ITIONAI. WAR HAVIKG OAT
Ml'HT UK NAME H1U gsMCfte
The National War Savings Conv
mfcgee. which Is carried on. through
Ki State and local committees.
.Nationwide campaign to get all tin;
people on or before June 28 to pledge
themselves to save to the utmost of
'heir ability and to buy War Savings
Stamps with their savings, has given
out the following statement:
"Those of us who remain at home
while othrm do the righting have an
ever-Increasing number of opportu
nities to do definite and highly im
portant work for our country. We
wjah to do this work as an expres
sion of gratitude we feel In being
jirivileged to continue at our usual
tusks, to enjoy the loving compan
ionship of our families, to meet free
ly with our Irlends and neighbors, to ,
enjoy all the security of life and most J
if ths pleasures and the economic '
privileges of pees times while ether
in. mi, who have had to put aside all
these things, sre fighting our battles
for us on the sacred noli of France
and on the high seas.
"Our new opport unity to serve
cones as a result of designating June
2S as National War Hnvlngs Hay. a
day mi which all men and Women and
aii children of sufficient rears to as
predate tag day's significance are
called upon to pledge themselves to
save to the utmost of Uiolr sbiltt)
and to conserve all possible labor and
materials ror the Government, and to
tuiy War Savings Slumps with their
savings, our pari is to do everything
among the great days of this period
possible to make this day stand out
of the war.
"Could any one of us be asked to
do less than this? Could and one of
us refuse to do so little a thing to
win a war for the world's freedom?
Could any one of us put aside this
plea for saving while all Kuropc Is
crying out in Its agony to be released
from the clutches of the monster that
Is befouling all It touches? Could
we refuse so simple a thing and at
the same time ask other men to give
i heir lives that our own precious lives
be spared and our firesides be kept
safe from the terrors of the Hun?
"Our duty is clear, our privilege Is
great, our sacrifice Is little, our work
Is important.
"National War Savings Hay is to
be the grest rallying day on which
every one In our country I expocted
to pledge himself or herself to save
and economize. This saving and
economising will first of all leave In
the markets a greater supply of labor
and materials for the use of the Gov
ernment with which to fight the war
And then the monoy savings of the
Individuals are to be Invested In War
Savings Stamps.
"What the Government asks lis to
do is to pledge ourselves to buy at
definite periods with our savings a
speili'l. amount of War Savings
Stamps. The thing to be accomplish
ed is to get subscriptions which will
tnke care during the balance of the
pcsetit year or the unsold portion
of tile $2,000,600,000 Of War Savings
Stamps authorized hy the" Congress to
he sold during 191 8.
"When one stops to think of the
matter. It Is really a small thing to
raise $2,000,000,000 In a country of
more than 100,000.000 people. If
everyone would do his share. It
would be necessary for each person to
subscribe to only $20 worth of
stamps.
"The duty of us at home Is to see
to It that the entire amount Is suh
scribed We must work to thul end
We must add to our already graal
army of war savers. We must make
more sacrifices ourselves and urge
sacrifices UBOg others. National War
Savings Day must lie made the great
Uiorsas all of us hope for."
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WKKHIINO .IMI MSAfUlilMO
CMuVDRIN.
School Supt. Clark has been devot
ing considerable time this week to
measuring and weighing the children
of this vicinity. This is an order
from the government and Is a part
of the war work. All children up to
the age of 16 years are to be measur
ed and a record made of it.
This work is to be prosecuted un
til all the chlldern of the United
States have been recorded.
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NKII. T. SMITH TO III III HTOVK
III HINKHH lH'IMMNU.
Contractor James Shepsrd Is busy
cutting the stone for a new business
block to be erected by Nell Smith on
the lots formerly occupied by the old
White Front Barn. The excuvatlon
for this building was started some
time ago hut the city council would
not nermit Mr. Smith to erect the
class of a building he had planned, j
therefore It wa abandoned until such '
time as he could arrange tor a l ire l
proof building. This Is to be a mod-
ern struct lire with large display plate
glass front the walla to be of stone.
Mr. Smith will have a large displsv
room for his stock of goods besides
a wsll appointed work room with
necessary equipment and tools for
his line of business. He will slso
have a ueep pit provided for auto
mobile work If his business requires
such a department.
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Join the srm behind the Army
bs a war saver.
Give up your luxuries (bat the
Kaiser may be made ta give up his
aabltleas. '... "nag ,
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION
INTEREST OF EFFICIENCY
Opportunity Given Children in Adjoin
ing Districts to Enjoy Advantages
Of Well Equipped Grade School
By Consolidating With Burns. To
Vote on Proposition Next Monday
The movement Inaugurated by
those interested in the advancement
of the education of the children of
this section to consolidate three dls
trlits In this vicinity with the Hums
school district Is one worthy of con
sideration by every school patron In
the prOSOeed consolidation. In the
first place It Is done for the one pur
pose of bringing better results and
giving the pupils of the adjoining
districts the same advantages as
those received by the children of the
town Burns has a big, modern, well
equipped and sanitary school build
ing It employs the best teaching tal
ent available any where; the seversl
grades are looked after by competent
Instructors who have the one grade
to take care of; the term has been
Increased to nine and one-half
months; manual training and music
and art have been added to the
course this year and the other ad
vantages of better sanitary condi
tions, the stimulus of competition In
s larger class of each grade, the in
ceullve to better effort upon the part
of each student with the desire to at
li i i keep abreast of the class, are
matters for the consideration of tin1
voters.
The mutter has been given care
fui attention by several competaal
nn n and from what has been gather
ed from 'insollilat tons of school dis
ID' la in other stales mid localities it
is conceded that under right condi
tions Is is tlm most feasible method
(rf Msmwt
of educating the children yet tried.
Wherever consolidation has boen
tried out It has proven most satis
factory and a qualified success. In
the proposed territory for the consol
idation there are drawbacks of a
character that would tend lo defeat
such a scheme being the auccess it
-should be as the transportation of
the children to and from school Is
the moat expensive feature and this
has been considered and an approxi
mate estimate made of the cost of
which is within reason. The trans
portation problem may be simplified
and In fact cut In half of the est -mate
made If the people living In the
vicinity who have cars would make
a bid to lurnish the transportation.
The calf ulatlou made was on a basis
of milage and if the contract should
be awarded to an Individual living In
town who would have to go out and
back each morning and again at
nil' hi, the party living In the com
munity who could bring the children
to school In the morning and have
some other occupation during the
day in town and return with them
at evening, half the distance would
thus be eliminated and a saving made
to the consolidated district. Should
the vote be favorable to consolida
tion the transportation problem be
comes necessary and Is a fixed charge
against the district. However, a
sebeel beard cases' act arbitrarily la
Tur"i , I
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Mich a matter but must await the
authority of the legal voters of the
consolidated district.
One objection haslieen brought to
hear on the proposed consolidation
in the question of what is to be done
with the tlrst and second grade
pupils III the interval between the
time they are dismissed and the high
er grades are ready to leave school.
This may be provided for by keeping
the children right at the school house
In the big gym or one or the base
ment rooms under proper super
vision until the time to go home.
The consolidated district would
have an assessed valuation of over
two and a quarter million of dollars;
this big territory with the added
numb) r fit pupils drawing school
money would make it possible to give
them every advantage possible in an
educational way. This onsolidation
Is possibh uuder most favorable clr
1'iimstaiickis at present, too, in that
there ia simple room in the big build
ing in this city to accomodate the ad- ,
ditlonal children without extra ex-!
pense. Each grade ntav enter the
respective department without undue
crowding! without the employment
of any additional teaching rone, or
other expense.
To begin with this arrangement
would make a higher rate or taxation
'n some of the districts, hill If one
consider) th' 'advantage derived It
must be admitted these re worth
more money, In order lo enjoy such
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Hunts Public School lltillilmg
advantages in the several districts It
would be necessary to go to a great
I deal of expense, as a school building
with the equipment, heating appsra
I tus, sanitary drinking fountains,
j lavatories and like furnishings
would cost quite a sum or money,
, besides the scarcity of teachers is a
problem that confronts school boards I
these days.
The Times-Herald hopes the voters j A good , of gral ,H ,OH, by
of the several districts will weigh aWpflgg around the edges, at cor
thesc, tolagj before casting their ' nerH, Bnd , 0,her )lat.egi aud ag
votes and be governed by an uublas- n)uh , ,u8, ,. ,.areless shocking
ed Judgment of what Is best for the all(1 bundling. The mechanical loss
children of the community In making llue t0 inexperienced helpers and
their decision. They should bear In sometimes to attempts to limit pro
nil, d that each has the same right ductlon by sabotage,
and privilege In the consolidated Taking Into account all these loss
district as in the respective districts 0H lhe estimate of a bushel per acre
as they stand at present. Nothing can H conservative. This would mean
be done without the consultation of tllrt V(,ar ,leariy 700.000 bushels In
I In tun Inliiritut.ol I'll . .lAiil.l . I..n '
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besr In mind that this Is a matter '
entirely In the hands of each district
The people of any otber district In
the proposed consolidation can have
no voice In the declson of another In I
tho matter of consolidation. Any ex
pense In the consolidated district
rests with the entire territory, one
sharing In proportion to the other
just in proportion to their assessed
valuation.
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Tnusual business means resump-.
tloa of business as uVu.il later.
I'lltK DHHTKOYH BEVBQAL
AVIUM Of" PAaTURH
The severe wind storm of last
Wednesday afternoon was followed
hy Hit electric storm and a little rain
In some portions of the Vglley, The
lightening struck u hay Stack In the
old or the pacific uvc itoeh
( o. ami II t fire to It. II was diet 01
ored and Manager Olson mad" an In
restitution that evening, lie thought
the fire was practically out and that
U would not do any further damage
ami the following morning Foreman
Hi n .Newman also made un Inspec
tion gfld decided the firo was not
likely to spread, hut about noon
another high wind cams, up from the
wost and soon drove It Into the pas
ture lauds to the east so rapidly that
the entire country seemed to be In a
Mass at once. A great volume of
smoke was seon from this city and
several went on the court house roof
and other high buildings to observe
it. About that time a call was sent
In over the telephone from the Is
land Ranch asking a'd to try to stop
the conflagration as It threatened
the entire country to the east and
was spreading over a vast territory
of pasture and meadow lands,
threatening more hay.
Seversl car loads of people went
out from here but unfortunately
some were turned back through a
misunderstanding; later others went
down. Mon worked hard during the
entire afternoon and a part of the
night trying to get the flames under
control but they had but little ef
fect upon It. However.it was finally
checked and the ranch men contin
ued the work during the entire day
yesterday and have about surround
ed the fire now with plowed furrows.
In conversation with Mr. Olson
this morning The Times-Herald
learns that so far as they can asesf
t :'ii there were but about 70 tons of
hay burned but several thousand
acre-, of pasture have been burned
I" ic fSre Is bard in. manage as It Is
In (he grotted to a certain -xtent,
there being a quantity of pent and
when once Ignited is hard lo put out.
It will hum until rne.r h the surface
lor several faei and break out
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where one would think it had been
entirely put out.
While the fire continues -rioui
der Manager Olson thinks they have
i under control in.. I Hurt It will
cause no further damage.
NAVK THIS GRAIN.
uregon. When the losses due to
over-ripeness of shuttering varieties
artu, ,he anullu logH may be
ngn a8 a million. Never before in
history of the United States has the
eed for saving the wheat heen as
vital.
He also serves who stays aud sar-
1'rssiiU'ut Wilson's address to Con
i gross concerning the revenue tax
sounded well to the ears or all ex-
c.ept the profiteers.
HARNEY COUNTY BOY
HONORED AT SCHOOL
Cecil, Son of Mr. and Mrs. M. M.
Doan of Denio, Receives Rec
ognition for Ef f iciency . by Hill
Military Academy of Portland
With the approach of the close of
the school term Hill Military Acade
my, of Portland. Oregon, has award
ed to some Its most loyul and effi
cient cadets, office In recognition for
good work and manly bearing during
the semester and to a Harney County
boy, Cecil Melvlu Doan was given the
honor of being made a corporal.
There are a number of Kastern Ore
gon boys who have made good at the
academy aid young Cadet Doan is
keeping up the record.
The school has a large number of
graduates among the Reserve Off!
cers In the United States Army anil
! those who have lectured at the acad
emy this past year all testified that.
It was due to discipline and training
in their teens at Hill that they had
been able to advance" so rapidly.
In addition to their studies In aca
demic work and military drill the
boys received special social advan
tages. They have a dancing party
once In three weeks and at thin
Cecil Mehill II,, ail
call., in, g entertain a large number
of the young society girls of Portland
The parties are always chaperoned
by prominent matrons and by the
members of the faculty. In return
the cadets frequently are entertained
by the mothers of the girls who give
dinners and dances at the Portland
Heights or "other clubhouses.
Patriotic work is by no means for
gotten and the boys assist in ralll) -and
patriotic meetings atitl ST
among those who give to the Red
Cross and other drives. They pert -
pa;.- in parades and the school
bu ers are called upon to give the r
servlci frequently, n all the pair
Otic enterprises as well as in big
other regular work, Cadet Doan i
right in the front line.
The youhg nian arrived In this iit
yesterday afternoon by way of Hem.
enroute home and WU the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Kdw. J. Callow, )ea
Ing today in company with thee
friends for Denio. His Harney
county friends are pleased with his
record and are proud to claim him
as one of our native sons. . ,
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TO KKI2K M1IXKK KHTATK.
San Francico The estate of the
late Henry Miller, valued at f 40, 000
060, and consisting mostly of lands
and cattle In California, Washington,
Oregon and Nevada, will be seised
by the government for non payment
of federal Income taxes amounting
to 16,000,000, it was stated by Jus
tus Wardell, collector of Internal
revenue, here Wednesday.
Mr. Wardell's announcement fol
lowed u decision by United Status
District Judge Maurice T. Dolling
dismissing an action brought by the
estate to prevent tax payment. It
was dunned In this action that Miller
transferred the hulk of his holdings
to Nellie and J. I.eroy Nickel, daugh
ter and son-in-law, some years before
his death, and the demand for the
tax was not based on any legal rlgbi-
Thc government held In its demur
rer, which was sustained, that Mil
ler transferred his properly in con
templating death.
Miller was known as the "itle.
baron" aud as a member of the firm
of Miller si Lux acquired tremend
ous laud holdings. Boise Statesman.
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Don't wait to be urged to Join the
W. S. S. Army. What if ear wen In
the trenches waitad to be urged?
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