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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1918)
ikeliraes-Krratd MJAN BYRO Manager SATURDAY. JULY 7. ISIS sumsciurnoN rates 71 FIUd'AllE TO 1 Hill Y I'KSTS The Times-Herald finds there Is a movement among the people of this uunt.v to make preparations for fu- cmnpalgns against pests that are linit such a nuisance. This year we not only have to contend with the rfrongflit, but we have had the grass iKjppers and the ground spuirrels. tafcbltn are again becoming rather ajlnatlfnl and by another year will be m Menace to crops unless we have a whiter or some other cause to roiarf Je number. It bus been ad- J Ut by a few that we provide ' sat means of making u bounty I legal on the rabbits and squirrels, sal another method is advanced that' ttl prove much better and cheaper. fa the end and accomplish the de ared results, and that Is to polaon taw pens in a systematic manner. , i It is learned from adjoining coun ties that poisoning has been a sue MSB for both ratiblts and squirrel artWre it is conducted under govorn- it supervision and this can M ic tu this county as tin- govern ment Will send Its experts to I far such instances. The plan suggested Is to a.-k the -manly to provide at the time of the asnnal budget Is made up for tuf f'Kiciit funds to secure the necessary itoiuon. It is possible that a method of districting the county for such lirpiM may be found advisable, hm at any rate, to provide funds and crenle B sentiment ifniong the people tot make It obligatory upon the part of every individual who owns land to ssae that his premises are rid of pests. Ry this method carried out in a lya tVea' way the squirrels and rabbits nay be destroyed. One feature of such a campaign in this rounty is the number of uon raenl lami owners. These lands WfllH hOTS to be given attention ami f'7 that reason It might be possible get aid from the government and as in the eaas Of road work. This Is a maMter that should bare efc eeaslderatlon of the tanner- ol thftti vouiity and it is none too soon o prepare for next season, as the (Mulgel is made up in iecemher and adl derails should be worked out and a prailh-al plan decided upon before Baa matter Is placed before the cauu tweonrt. A UETTRR KHO.M FRA.VCF ta Artive Service with the Amerl- Expeditionary Force, June 2nd. 1618. lower fYleml Chas.: I anas more than glad to hear from S'jo but was surprised that you had .--mi received my letter. Your last Witter came on the Sltfa of Mur. h and iiortlv afterwards 1 wrote you at Wucslbiirn. fi.iir subscription to the Oregon!" in vusii life saver, although it came Iron two to six weeks late, at that tUerr was a lot of interesting news, KtsJSrw me I thank you for your teeanshtlulness. I am taking the haUtr Mail now which gets here the 4v after It comes off the press. Lust easier It was hard picking to get au KnJfedj paper. Wa not surprised that you re fcermm te "Wonder Land", I have neon a great deal of country and -eaa't know of any where, just now, tfd rather be than up on the reserve J yoa and Harry. This infernal country tossn'i a hill for miles aud msIIm a nA nnl it riu-k hu lurirt, uu i-nur sb . qVAUTV OK KOirUHAGK IMI-oli- Om thing France and England do TA.NT IB KKKDING Jhatrr it good roads, everything here - t permanent, one sues buildings and The present serious situation cuus IrafjSM tliat have been here sin,,- the ,., Dy scarcity and high price of con-"GcMiaj-HS of Liberty" was a Utile girl, centrateil feeds emphasizes as never eul j-f still substantial, of course )(.fore the Importance of quality in ere win ei'ontuttlly come to It ut home, hay and c ther roughage used in feed m aong ago I saw one of the high-1 dairy cattle. Dairy products must MAjt Ihat Napoleon built about 110j,e produced from this class of feeds iirmgo and It showed no signs of j to a greater extent than ever before s-jab-s. It needed none, the cobble Qf tne crops grown in this coun too juust have come for miles as try hay ranks third In value being Cher was none In that neck of the exceeded by only corn and wheat, the asm annual yield being nearly 100,000,000 As it wholfl Krnnco 1m similar to western Oregon and Washington In climate. bu( Is much smoother where I have been. A great deal of acreage Ih given to grapes which are used for wlnoi. Water in something that run under the bridges and make the road muddy, (to a Frenchman) and they nover drink coffee or tea. How In Burns progressing? I've been ' planning on returning some time to even up on Burni for being beaten In that baseball game the last day I waa there. We've got a real team here, haven't lont a game, gave the Canadian a trimming a well as other CompanieH In our regiment. Tell Dr. Ilrmvn the teeth he mnde for me arc good for anything Ichr Hum runt Iron. When this Ir over I mtiy be buck In that country If I am aide to lit n d a fOOd Job. li Sutton Htlll there? 1 believe Sutton hIioiiIiI be an army officer rather than a school principal, really theri' is a Hlmilarlty, the doMlplilM end ol It Ih the NIBI, Wo are still cutting lumber, piling, wood, pltpropt, In fact everything In the timber line. It Is nearly as Impor tant as food to the armies, ho we are likely to be left here for some time. I have charge of part of the log ging --sort of straw boss - seventeen horsen and thirty Home men. Give my best wishes to all. Itcm euiber me to any Harney people you NO. When peace comes I hope to be back with you again and have anolh er bunt to the hills or lake and go branding calves at the llower ranch. vours, NBLBOM 8. ROOCRfl. Co. c loth Bngra. Forestry Am. Kx. Force. T. S. Write often I enjoy hearing from that neck of the woods might! well Arc ou saving -iv for the Fourth Liberty Loan? Nothing i would please the Kaiser more than to know thai vou feel and act on tht feeling that the war h nearly over uudf the Covernment won't need your few dollars The war IS nearly over" nearly over HERB! and a few dollors willingly given now will do the work of hundreds and of thousuuds later On, when brutal necessity may III-: MANIC Have you ever stood on the street corner of a big city, where the street cars run swiftly and stop only long enough to pick up the pusseug j ers at the very step? You may buve I seen some one running for u car. and ! because the car is not moving he ' slack-Mis his speed, jus" lycause he i get to it, saying to himself. "I'm I almost there i can catch it all ; right." Hut the car starts, picks up spccil so rapidly that, though the I self-fooled wouldbe passenger sprints his best, he loses his car. He had plant) of time to catch it, hud he i kept on. but lie "kidded himself" and lost out. Remember that and in this great war, don ( slacken, don't weak en, dou i let up for an Instant, till It's won. tuen take vour rest, knowing that yotl now have leisure to enjoy it. The army, like a college education, does not make a sage out of a fool, nor a gentleman out of a cud. It function, like the college. Is not to create but to develop, to reveal the , real composition of the man submit ting himself to Its Influence. Many thoughtless ones, seeing strutting Uniforms, with seemingly but little within them, are tempted to decry the army us an institution, just as the) or others have done the colleges, now and in limes past. They forget that these young men, but recently raised from an inconspicuous pines in the common mass to a dlsll'ictlve place in the sun, the nation's poien tiul heroes, are as yet untried, uild ,.V(.N wne ,1(, ,res of ,mrl ,1(, 1)Urn out all hut their essentiul characters, they will only bo what they are, de veloped, accented, tempered maybe, yet possessing the same fundamental character with which they started. That so many men prove truly heroic under test speak well for this fun damental character of the race. But the point Is, that we should laud the Army as a revealur of character, not pral.-e or condemn It for the indivi dual results of that revelation, for which the Individual alone is responsible. tons. The average quality Is inferior. Government report on the quality of hay of the country give t'o following grade. Government figures indicate a possible Increase of 50 percent or more in feeding value through better methods'ln curing and handling the crop, points out K. B. Kilts, asHoclate professor of dairy and animal hus bandry In O A. C. "The greatest loss comes from bleaching. In the sun, bleaching by rain and dew and general exposure to the weather," said Professor Kltta. "No crop grown require more care In harvesting and none Is more easily damaged by neglect. Total nutrients, palatablllty, and digestibility are nil depressed during the curing process unless rigid methods are followed. "A slowly growing Interest in bet ter method of curing hay Is evident in h year hut If dairy production Ih to be maintained and the 'dairy herds continued on a profitable liasls u radical improvement in methods of curing must he made this rear, The need Is Imperative. The Industry cannot much longer afford MM loss occasioned through the feeding buy If poor iiallty. liny forms the larger pnrt of the ration of most dairy cat tle. The amount of butter fat that can be secured from A ton of hay 1 dependent upon its feed materials and Its digestibility and palatablllty." WAR l' ItKAHF.M CHILD DK LINQTKNCY. Criminal statistics show u most alarming Increase in child delinquen cy in this country during the period elapsing since our entrance Into the war. In some sections the Increase Is renorted as hie h as 100 hit cent and In all narts of the country It Is ' piaiuh noticeable, Whul Is the answer.' The answer Is. that In grappling i with the greater questions arising from the world conflict, we bare Inadvertently It in true tended U) "" " -' " 1 . . I i 1 1 I i.l nil . i i i i u ..inl.li.r mill. ier, uie wen are 01 our young people America can never afford to neg led her growing children. We are. toda) the proud nation we are; our armies "over there" are the wonder of nations. beCUUSS In the peers past the child has held first place in ever) scheme of American lle. The lay is forever pael when ihe child can lie lett to just "come up. and amount to anything With the Increasing cfiinplexlly of life he demands Increased attention If b Is to escape the multiplying plMalls in his path. This country could nith profit largely Increase Its force of truant ol- fliers Every community should maintain such an Offlolal, and In the present conditions, where Ihe atten tion of our men Ih riveted on the problem of winning the war, the good women of the country should In largely iutriiHted with tills importan' duty. In dealing with our youthful and mercy must plaj u lurgu part and every community In our countrv bus lurge hearted, noble women who are peculiarly fitted for this delicate la. k. Yes, we know our women have g large share In the practical affairs of the great conflict, hut in the Interest of the future men and women of our COUBtry, thay must open their great hearts and look ufter struylug chil ilren of the land. There Is no nobler tusk that could engage their services. ALLIED FOOD 8HIPMENT3 REACH LARGE TOTAL. A general Ides of Ihe quantity of food sent to Kuropeaii allies by Uie United Stales from July 1, i:ill, ii, January 1. I!HH, given by figure Just announced by thi' I'. S. I'. mil Ad ministration. In ih-i period ihe inn stl sinies has furnished complete yeur ly rations for B7,100,BKJ people, in addllion Iheie was enough exlia pro leln to suppl.t IhU portion of the diet for B,lM,07u additional men. The lotsl export of wheat and wheat dour to the three prluclinl allies I equivalent to about ."jsi.issmssi bushels. Pork e(Hrts fot the :tV4 years siuount ed to almost l'.ihhiinsi.isni pound. Kx ports of fresh beef totaled 448.4M.400 pounds The am. unit of food exported to Russia Is negligible compared with that sent to the western allies. ONLY AMERICA CAN HELP. "On yeur i.Ji art boundless supplies of men, food, end mate- rial; on this side a boundless do- msnd for their help. "Our men sro wsr-wesry and their nerves have been strained by more than three year of hard, relentless toil. "Our position I critical, par- ticularly until the next harvest, a but the United States can save "You American have the men, the (kill, and the material to save the allied cause." SIR JOSEPH MACLAY. British Shipping Controller. ASA KAULY (ConfTuned from page one) neor lady, and this was presented with appropriate remarks by J. C. Foley. P. J. Gallagher, of Ontario, deliv ered an address that wa full of pa triotism and well received by tho hearing It. In addition to thi program which wa arranged by the pioneer, there were sport and amusements inter spersed during the day which were thoroughly enjoyed by all. The following were registered, al though there were several who did not register: N. A. Dibble . 1H84 Mrs. Maude Morton IXXfi Mrs. K. 8. 8week 1KS0 Mrs. P, Lack mini ltll Miss Lean packman ihs:i Mrs. M. II. Ilrenton 1877 Pearl Keeler 1884 II. C. I.evens 188(1 C. A. Sweek lit Mrs. Mary B. Swain till A. 8. Swain 188P I M. H. Ilrenton 1878 W. A. i, ..mini. in 1884 Mary B, Dixon 1883 D. B. ItobertHon 186.1 A. W. HoWHer . 1876 Mrs. Klla Loggan 187 J. K. Loggan 1885 Mrs. K. N. Jameson. .... 1884 Mrs. Margaret Koed 1885 Mrs. B. B. Iteod 1886 P. H. Gray 1886 Mrs. P. II. Gray Mrs. t'hus. Johnson . Mrs Jennie Clemens Mrs. Hester Goodman W. Y. King . 1886 1886 1880 1878 I87 18 8 5 ltll I S .-, 1876 1885 188H IS 6 7 1887 I I s ,1116 . 1N7S 1876 187S 1887 I 1 1 4 1887 188.1 1SS7 1.S7 Iftl 1887 is st; 1886 1885 1 1 1 1 18S4 1878 1882 1886 1SS.1 1887 1876 1S85 1885 1886 ltll 1881 1 171 1876 1887 1887 187 0 1885 Jl"' M,,Kt'"" Bwd. Callow k. L. 8 wearing" It. D. llaker .ri.,i Huclnc juiian Brrd Bnntee Thompson Julia A Haw . ii BOHO UiaypOOl liay.s y g Crav Jennie BahOI Jons Hannah HoweST Peter Clemens m. ii. Bays I', ii Smith A. McKenzle C. A. llvrd Bthel UcOes II It Simmons Bertha w. Griffith Mrs. A. McKeii.te , k Bead it. J. McKlnnon. Sr T. D McKlnnon Mrs. Kmlly Loggan I Marry T. Vickers I Ada Alien Tom Allen v m. Morrison Anna Hulnes Archie Cross Chas. Itlggs : S It. llowser j W !:. Huston . Richard King Robert Drlnkwater Van B. Lmbree Mrs. Anna Bmhfes Mrs. B. W. Locke) h; p, ll-iker I II. S, Tudor : c. I'. McKlnnev I I,,-e Caldwell (has, W. Coiuegv. Madge Hyrd Leonard 1882 Mrs. Fay Comegys 1885 J. IV Hector 1880 II I, Shlngledccker 1886 :. B. Parker 1881 Simon Lewis .... ISS'J Kdua Lewis 1886 J. W. Shown 1886 J H, Ilunyurd 1887 J. C. Clemens 1886 Mrs, K. Caldwell 1884 I. L. Poajeds isso Mrs. D. N. Catterson 1881 Mrs. June I'Dujude 1S87 i George L. tin. Ii.inau 1886 Mrs. George Huchaiiuu 1885 Mrs. Alva Springer 1885 Albert F. Oukerman 1880 11. M. Oakermau 1880 Mrs. Hose llowser 1885J- T. G. Howeer 187 Maude Oukerman 1880 B. P. Sylvester 1888 Mrs. Katie Sylvester 1887 W. W. Drlnkwater 1888 Mrs. G. N. Jameson 1888 Mrs. Grant Thompson 1884 Mrs. Viola J. Marshall 1885 George Marshall 1884 Grant Thompson 1884 Alva Springer 1885 Kddle Springer 1885 T. Allen Jones 1886 Geo. W. Cawlfteld 1888 Haiti.- Cawlfteld ISSti ! Archie Mctiowun 1882 I J. 11. Jennings . 1887 i Lee Thornburg 1884 Ujtla Cinnmtne 1889 Wm ..i..u 'ao" W I k. . nulun I i i f , r, enunirai iOrtl C. W. Loggan 1885 GeO, S. Sl.emore 1886 Mrs. Chas. W. Loggan 1884 Mrs. M. K. llower 1884 Mr. Uobt.lrvjUig ,., e.-,.l8ti ANNIAL MKKTING OK IMONKKKM Mr. Walter Cross Mrs. H. II. Mace J. 0, Foley. It. T. Ilughflt Mrs. Vera Qlbbs 1883. 1885 1883 1885 1888 Alice Clemen 1886 Mr. Cary Thornburg 1881 Mrs. 8. F. Tyler 1881 Len Vickers 1886 Cha. H. Darts 1884 Rose C. Henderson 1887 Caroline Johnson 1178 Mr. Cha. Anderson 1888 A. F. B. George 1887 Alma Olbson 1887 Kttle Baker 1885 8. K. Drlnkwater 1886 Tom Maker ... 1878 Lloyd Johnson 1878 Alia Slzemore I 887 Bertha Johnson I 886 Starr Huckland 1882 J. B. Vickers 1S88 warm Page 's Sweet Sh op mammmmmmmmmmmmmmammmmammmsmmmmmm - .73fBEEE3 Cigars, Cigarettes and Tobacco, Confectionery and Ice Cream You will ulways find at our Hlore 1li' purest of coiifWtionei'y and the bpt prndi-n of iep cieum. PUREST FRUIT JUICES Clean tallies and clean gflnntlOB we enter to par ticular people. We Carry the Only Stock cf FRESH FRL ITS and VEGETABLES in town W. T. LESTER Inland Empire Realty Co. Building and Farm Loans Made Direct Farms and Ranches REAL Blueprints Fire Insurance Offlce Phone B-l lO Agents for WRAY'S STAGE Members Burns Commercial Club LIBERTY Sui da ', 'The Blue Streak' A Eox Production, Featuring William High and Violet Palmer Hearst-Pathe News Mid-week Program Changed to Wednesday Night The Management are negotiating for Paramount Art Craft Service, also George Kliene I). A. Glbhs 18 Clay Clemen 1884 W. B. Marshall 1 884 o Von Hlndenburg's April Flrgj breakfast In Paris Is getting coM, What can be detaining him? It's aa easy matter for hob men to "love their neighbor" pro. vlded they are young and beautiftL NOTXCK TO OCR PATROVH From this date all account with the Burns Flour Mill, also the Hunt Meat Market must be paid the first of the mouth following purchase. All past due accounts now on the lioolu not set tied be ore the 20th of July will be placed .u the hands of u col lector. Bt'UNS II OUR MILLING CO. A.A.TRAU(;.rr Homesteads Life Insurance Resident Prion is C-94J and G-43 5 THEATRE July 7th TA