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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 30, 1918)
Mtfmk The TImes-IlornM goes re gularly to more homes In Hnr nej County than any other newspaper. If yon wish to teach the people mi these col umn for yonr advertisement. , The Times-Herald lit an old t.iMI In .1 friend of lhe people of 'i nicy County where It has heeu a weekly visitor for thirty years. It's joh department la equipped to nerve your need. VOL. XXXII BURNS. BARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, NOVEMBER 30, 1918 NO. 5 HOMES FOR SOLDIERS PLANS WAIT TOO LONG Bills for Irrigation, Clearing of Lands Get no Further Than Introduction. Clamor for Labor Throughout Country is Now Heard. Work Enough For All The sudden and unexpected close , of the war has probably put an end ! lo movements for providing farm fcomos for soldiers. The soldiers will tt home and in private occupation j prfore any progress could be made I touetit. Secretary Lane estimated I K would require a million or .wo Men to make the preliminary study wcessary to work out a plan and de ipfmine location of suitable lands. He had in mind Irrigation of arid fends, drainage of swamp lauds and clearing of rut-over lands. Any pro ject would require a year In pre-' pration and at least another year efore the land would be ready for ' cultivation. Before this could be icoomplished thj men will practically 111 be discharged from the Army. Both Oregon Senators introduced : bills designed to start work along this line, but neither bill was acted on. The Chamberlain bill provided (or construction by the United States Irrigation and drainage projects hriHigli contracts with districts., organized under state laws. The bill assumed that the land would be in rivate ownership and that owners rould vote bonds, whlh. daposited with the Secretary of the Interior, ould be the Government's security against loss in the construction of the reclamation system. It was the plan of the Chamber lain bill to provide employment for returned soldiers on the reclalnia tior. projects and to acquire homos within the projects on which they worked. ' The McXary bill bad a similar arpose but provided that the re- klaniiaiion work bo under control of te Secretary of War the main irposa being to provide homes for eturni'd soldiers. The rei lainiation ork was to be treated largely as a rl of substitute for a pension . A bonding provision is part McNary plan, with ropay- ieit- to cover a period of abo 14 68 ear:-, with a low rate of inter it ion ni Inutilities and c certainty thai returning there has been denes of concern as to emp'lo) em. Almost every kind of Industry iiig for help. Fan;., i at id they must raise greater crops ill. hi ever and they want to now where they are going to fi t ke labor. Shipyards are still calling r labor and recruits, for tho mer mni marine are needed. Deferred on- Tuition work of ail kind It boned, particalarly building In les, roi i o i raei Io ta I. etc. AllBOCl every Kind : ntlal work, from painting i to building n skyscraper, ku n defi rre i hecan.se of the high tor tad materials. Wiln lal or mi'! materials p Will lie tal i. i ; doubtful i ore, wbetb v in be lie tow tar the m .i le foreign i i succeed In elll ,'l"lr I in our markets, thus llmlt- IX ,. II ' 'I oi J DXHl i: Alios u:i:k FOR WAR RELIEF i lie purpose of bringing be- re I he eoiile in a forcible mati'.ei ,,,..., i i .,i,, f..,,.i Mini shar- W I , ,-ll JIJ,, ....... It' Ii with the mih m and the 111 I 1.1 . til l '""" I ,,, , mined December l- a nation-wide "Con wt.t., i . . .. o' i.i i,.ii..f" ..mi n stirr- III HUI III I .-!, , i Ik program of education and eatbiUV ni win be carried out iniuiwan"- houl the country. ii i ku lul ii ner- ' " II . I ' . 1 , I M I I - pal in from Herbarl Hoove ii be read from all puipns i unhes of all denominations. Wed- Reclamation and nesday, December 4th, will be "Women's Organization Day" and a special Hoover message will be the central feature of a patriotic pro gram In all the women's clubs of the country, the meetings being open to all women whether club membeVs or not. On Friday, December 6th, special patriotic exercises will be held In H the public schools of the '('tilted States, and a special message from Mr. Hoover to the boys and girls of America will be tho central feature of the program. Throughout the en tire week meetings and parities will be held, and effortB of war workers will be centered upon the task of waking tho public to an alert real ization of the after-war need for greater conservation than ever. Preliminary to the inauguration of "Conservation Week", meetings of all county feed administrators, together with a leading club woman from each county, will be held in each state, and this gathering will be addressed by a member who w'll bring a personal message direct from Mr. Hoover. Instructions for the campaign and material for the work will be given out at these gatherings. The meeting of Oregon's county food administrators and re presentative clUb-women has been called by State Food Administrator W. B. Ayer for Tuesday, November 26th. The orginal pledge made by the Food Administration on behalf of the people of the United States wa i 17-Ms million tons of food to be shipped overseas by July 1, 1919, an amount greater by 50 per cant than last year. Now that France and Ilelgiuni are liberated and millions of people In South Central Knrope clamoring for food, the I'nlted States is undertaking to increase Its ex ports from 17-Vi million tons to L'O million tons. XKWH PAPER A DIRECTORY Ho business man In any town should allow a newspaper published in his town to go without his name and business being mentioned some- here In Us colnmne, j kn en change. This aiiplies to all kinds 01 business - general ht.ircs, drygood . groceries, furniture dealers, manu facturing eetabllahmenta, automobile dealers, mechanics, professional men ii'id in fact all classes of business Bn. Thai does not mean that you ahQUld have a whole or a hull' or e. n :i quarter pay add in every issue ol the paper. bUl your name and bust ihould be mentioned If you do not use more than two line spine. A stranger picking up a newspaper should be able lo I. II JUS) '.hn' DUa .,. M ill B town b' looking at the business mentioned In the aper. This It the beal possible to a i advertu r. The man who dOi not advertl t bit bn does nil j.iju Hce tO himself and Ills cily. Me. the man who c pi cl '! in do the ni". ' fr " advei for hi i town. Tie' riian who In baring the bu Ineai thai ' to town but r !,,.,,. i no( ii valuable addition y town. The life Ot any town lihi mi adt i ; i ""'" o Tht voir.:: Of lel ; , .,.yit,g "Bread, Bret ;" muel b i in ! am i '"'- wouk i !. .-, good plan, ho ,!.,., with war bnadv v. can : pare it. or course wiien the grolgtlce was 'signed Presldenl Wilson could nol 1 loin the wild erowdt In the street. nut ii on receiving the newt be had relaxed bit dignity by a llttU pi ,, dance of his own, who could blamo him? IMM 1CNZA KPIDKMIC HTIM- OirTTINO KKADY POB l)KVKW)l OONTIMKH I MKNT. Although the latter part of last I week It appeared that Hums was almost freo from influenza several new cases developed during the week and two deaths have rosulted hero, .lames Kribs died Tuesday night at his home in this city, and Clifford Dickenson, son of B. A. Dlckonson, died late this afternoon at tho em ergency hospital, botli of these vic tims hail developed pneumonia. In all there were nine cases at the hospital this week. Two additional nurses were brou ght in from the Bgll section the first of this week to assist, Mrs. Donovan and Mrs. Thos Hutton. Tho latter Is reported to have contracted the disease and is under the care of tho attending physician. Crane has 30 cases according to In formation from there and one man, II. L. Bunnell, died there from the eifecis of it yesterday afternoon. Information was telegraphed from IN d Cross headquarters at Seattle yesterdny that a Ked Cross nurse who had been sent out from there was reported Bick at Donlo. Tho locul Chapter authorities were asked to see what could be done for her. An Executive Committee meeting was held that evening and an attempt made to get in touch with Denlo by wire but up to the time of going to press there had been no response from that source. However, It was learned from parties coming up from that territory that there are about 40 cases of influenza between An drews and Denlo and that the nurse was really ill, possibly from over work. Harney County Chapter Is bending every effort to secure volun teers to go down Into that territory and aid the trained nurse. Every available person in this vicinity Is active in I he work and since it is im posslblC to get trained nurses any one who has had any experience Is urged to help. 'resent Indications nre Hint Hums will have no schools until aftor tho holidays at least. Othor pIbcos that have raised the restrictions and per mitted gatherings have experienced recurrence of the epidemic. o BOY SDKiot NIA hi HT liv HORSE I A I, UNO. Telephone word was received tbit evening that the six-year-old son or Mr. and Mrs. I.lovd Culp had been dangerously hurt at the family home below Lawen by hli horse falling wllh him. Dr. Smith made a hurried trip down and found the little fellow suffering rrom concussion of the brain mid anconsclOUS. II Is a sarlOUB i o umr Christmas shopping early, WELL WHY DON'T JT THOMAS "- . - "" . I . INIU . M;WfKsOvHH 'irfKisr-' -4 -i m j wm ymSi I ' f nggegjXVV VBM l . r m Wif its i W,l -i ii SN ' N.a -M;f ' I ..rtK5iS3rs e: jmM ,.. r- i.7z-s)?0ul 33 J . .xJff""' - J h," m Lloyd Johnson and Bill Catterson were In town for a couple of days this week completing the necessary arrangements and filing the papers relative to forming an irrigation district in the Dawen neighborhood. With but one exception every In dividual in the proposed district signed a petition to the county court asking permission to form the district. We understand the matter was placed before Mr. Olson of the P. L. 8. Co., who had no authority to sign It, however, 'but he told the men to go right on with the organiza tion. The proposed district covers some valuable land In the Lawen country and a consistent boundary was made in order that there could he no objections as to the class or character of the lands embraced. The petlon was filed with the necessary bond and the court Is to act upon it at the regular January term. e HOW TO MAKE HMITHI IKI.I) HAMS The hams are placed in a large tray i of fine Liverpool salt, then the flesh "Uurlng the past four weeks sever surface Is sprinkled with finely Hi thousands ot bodies lave been em ground erVde saltpeter until the !)Unled under my direction as special hams are as white as though covered ' representative of the Council of Nat by a moderate fros! or, say, use ollu Defense In charge of this work throe to four pounds of the powdered j hl pbjldelpbla. Not only did nearby saltpeter to tho thousand pounds of J nieuibers of the I'urplo Cross respond green hams. promptly and heartily, but the War After applying the saltpeter, salt Immediately wllh the Liverpool fine salt, covering well the entire sur face. Now pack the hacs in bulk, but not In piles more than three j feet high. In ordinary weather the hams should remain thus for three days. Thon break bulk and result with the fine salt. The hams thus salted and resalted should now remain In salt In bulk one day for each and every pound each ham weighs that is, a 10-pound bum should remain I ten days, and in like proportion of lllnu Int larortlf. Oflfl smaller stZAS. j ' NoxfVash With tepid water until' Irie hams are lliorougniy cieaneii, and. after partially drying, rub the, entire surface with finely ground black pepper. Now the hams should be hung In the smokehouse and the important operation of SSMkiag begOO. Thii smoking should be done very gradu ally and slowly, lasting 30 to 40 days. Aftor the hams are cured and ' smoked they should le repepperea, , I to gaard against vermin, and then bagged. These hams improve with age and are ill perfection wh'n one -. . ar old. Do our ' brlstmas hopping early. HE COME HOME? J) i I lL ill ''" ' lll'i s SAYS BLACK PLAGUE NOT THE INFUENZA The Present Epidemic Similar to Black Plague Which Has Swept Earth at The Close of Other War. Becomes Endemic in a Day and Even Isola tion Does Not Make One Immune Howard S.Eckles of New York has taken a position entirely opposed to that of the medicos. The Weston 1 Leader publishes the following state ment made by Mr. Eckleu: "Itegurdless of what death certifi cates say, the embalmer who has handled many of the cases In tho epidemic knows that they are differ ent from any that ho has dealt wkh before Ibis visitation. 1 know that 1 naVf. found them so. )0lmrtmont, ut the request of the Mayor of rhllaoljihla, detailed to the Purple Cross a number of its members who were stationed at neighboring camps and cantonments. j lmve done onough 0f this work L. - rHonally during this period and posted enough bodies to be thorough - ,y a(.(1,minted with the post-mortem svllll,t,mH, which resemble and pro - I m,iy uro identical witli those which ihiory KVes us of the Ulack Plague. .Tlu, epidemic already in six WMkH MaR rot America five times H nluIiy jivcg aH wo lttV0 ost on the L...I. 4,-1.1- C..-n A t.o ,. 1 v uaiue-iitsiua ui nuiujiu, hioi.m,i ., , not lhe rcult of any one specific K,.rm. ..It (g ,)ot tno influenza; is not the Asiatic C&olera; It Ih not Bubonic Plague; it Is not Pneumonia al though It frequently causes pneu monla, or at least a condition closely resembling it. "It is tin- Bksek I'lague of the Mid- die Ages, which so often In' the pgsl 'has swept tho world. "It Is a cross breeding of bacteria uiieinbiilmed bodle-. burled in jrounn- which later la ehurned and re lunned by the tramp if armies ;lll( ,), i,,,!) 0f shells, as the lines alternately advance and retreat. The medical profession has identi fied Spanish Influenaa or la grippe epidemics that have iwepl the coun - ni varying Intervals, generally of a decade or more, since 1 8S0. it lo irave Identified the germ and to have li covered a uny to oom- bal it or ai leatl the pueui icus following its train by means i of a serum cpmposed of like germs cultured and then killed. The QC velopmenl ol this serum was report- id in the University of Minnesota not long ago by I r 111 .itn Mayo ,uid is i.ow in. Keneral and successful U I. lo we have the medico and the embalmi r flatly arrayed again n .neb otht r on the iiu Isi ue a th the i ! the beal of It, by . n o i t lie gratifying reauua oi bis sen. ui treatments In the can- tiinineiil Bellki . h wever, the doctors 111 i i'" naelves tumped by one of the notorious and wli wildfire, faster than thi s ud With spaed it cro I ip.b ocean:' i i rondlnenl and I ct bi endemic : ' '' " si"':' ''"'" ly jl! 1 I '' ada to the north and :' now '"' "'"' " U'lin" " :'1"'' "' '" spreads without. " SI'iiKl'lt PltOb'ITAm.K I l.K I ii.- UU9R, Large shipments of sulfur or ter- .... Illliser UBC are being broiighl into ... .1, (lie), on. II IS only recently inai son Investigators have found bow to- lori nil sulfur is M a Plant food, liberator of oilier mineral plant food, ,nd aid tO baclerlal activity, Tbe !nlpmenti are t reeull of several ..... ,.r InveetllStton conducted by the Btate Agricultural Collegt at the central and several branch expert ment stations. The experimental findings bave been verified by numerous field trails through county agents and farm owners. Sulfur increases crop production with certain crops and soils for a value far in excess of the costs. Since it may be a plant stimulant its continued use is best safeguarded by feeding the crops on the farm and returning the manure to the land. "In some cases a gain ol two or even three tons of alfalfa were ob tained by the use of 80 pounds head of the soils department at the college. "(Jraln crops have shown flowers of sulfur," says W. L. Powers, 20 per cent Increase from sulfur fertilization." Increased yields with some crops have run as high as fiOOO per cent in Southern Oregon trials conducted by F. C. Heiraer, superintendent of the branch station at Talent. The effects of one application of flowers of sulfur lasts at least three years. Since tho cost of application is . $2 to $3 an acru the yearly cost, producing a gain of one ton of alfalfa ' an acre Is but a dollar. o fjOOK DRIED I'ltl IT IN PROPER j WAV I l:njeM (lrlc(i frut Is prepared In a - ... ,i a, palatable fashion, tamuies win nro . ,, , w)n ,, watted. This will re;,, t unfavorably on the gardens lor nevi year and on the drying cam paign, The main difference betwe..,, dried and fresh foods lies In the proportion , u-.,i i thav contain. Theref' re tho rr i ..ie) III preparation Is to Hi ilc.k ..,,,.,. aboul equal in amount to (l;1 ,(w, ,ur!n drying, (ln,, r,,u ,,,,,, why dried food- bave ,,,.,, unpopular is thai they so often have been undersoak'ed and over- cooked. When lhe time of sod mg is ... .I thai of cooking shoi t, Mm , , win l e more like thai "i fresh food. Bhane and texture must bi ered, the more solid the artlol longer the time required for di llll(, ),,,,,. the longer the period ot soaking required. After wa ,.,,,.,, f,)(),is should be put Into three or (-onr umM their liulk of water and u,sx (.OVl.r,.,i ut B cool place from three to forty-elghl hours, Recording to their substance. Should any indl i afoii of fermi ntatlon appear, I hey mil. I be scalded at once. Qthei leave them until they regain their original size or lose most Of th wrinkles in the surface; then the time of cooking will be bin Utth longer than thai n.eded by the same fruit or vegetables trs ih fn h garden. The water In which frull d should be used to coolj the of ii ; k ii flavon d like tbe aprtCOt, more water mi ,i for cooking and Dial in it loaked will serve to give flavor to , eaB apples or a gelatine tie . n i; lli:TI,V A KAUID COYOTK Morris Bobwarta kill I m th.vari . th- , sehwaru home this Bjoi The animal w evbi ii urrerlne from rabies as i, would . .,.,,.,, h.va ,,,,,, . yard Mm. h. B. MacceMioard the anil .ii during the night nroiind their porch but thought It was a dog. K ily thii morning Mr. Bchwarta weul ul I ... I ...I..,.. HI.... M .hit some woou wuuii .nr.. ..,.., . ..!..., 1.1 .....I.... t . M... ..,,,,..,1 cui mi kiwuiiwh - Whleb bad gotten IntO tin- B0B '.nil. I'pon going near Mr. BcbwartB dlaoovered II was a coyote Instead of a dog and quickly dispalelie,! ii with a club. It wat a lucky th was found before it bad bitten I of domestic animals or i ol iho children,