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
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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
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THEATRE
July 7th
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