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VOL. XXXII
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON l-KBRUARY 6, 1919
NO. 11
AUTHORITIES DISCUSS
INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC
urUy Court Changcu Methoc'e
of Handling Bill and Potienls.
."ontem plated Corceaiiona in,
COFNTV COI'ItT DOINUH.
County court wiih In session for
two clays this week, commissioners
II.ihs unit M1 iii nun lint h bnlhg BJtl
ent n m woll iih Judge Levens. Among
nth of matter taken up were the fol
io lug:
)) ii. Bathrlok awarded a con! rat I
to maintain tin. roada in the lorri
tnrv Houtli of Stein's Momitijln.
. Joint meeting of Hm county and I J- ' .Mi Million given n contract
l.iv iii'uith tionnls wus held Inst night '" inniiitain the county roada In the
The Quarantine Regulation.)
territory eaal ot Blanching, Water
Mountain.
F. Klaaonger awarded n contract
for nimiiar service in the silver Creefc
and Wagonllro section.
County IrenHiirer directed to trau-
llls In connection with nursing or ''r money from the rabbit bounty
re of patient In future except a '""d ' ho general fund.
rovlded In an order made by the J "'KB" appointed attorney for
whlrli time the Influenza epidemic
Itii.itlon wan discussed. The rimii-
authorities made known their In
I'ntlon of using other methods of
IhimI Hik the patients and the pay-
ii-iii oi num. i ney win not aiiow
"" ' ' ' ' " ' ' " . . "
1111 ,, - rwr Haarfaaitfe: ' " , i, i Mjt, w.,j
i i " . '. m t& f MWfc - tj' ' i r
l.t?a&Byrru? r-" -:,ftaflKawhflBttaaSxi amS?iaEr
THAT (JltOIMUHH, HTOHV.
HASTEN RIGHT OF Wi
FOR THE NEW HIGI
What do you really believe about
the. groundhog coming out on Feb
ruary 2nd to look for hlH shadow?
I it Just a superstition and doe it
apply in ii latitude, altitude Md
(ountrles?
Wc oan recall how our grandmoth
i r, who wan a good old Virulnlu
born lady, Inaialad that if a ground
hog came out of tii hole on Kebunry
2nd and saw bin hbaiiow bo would h'
On to return and remain "holed up"
for another nix wnoka. If he failed
to nee IiIh Hhadow ho remained out
and it win an Indication that Hprlng
...i.. .ome anu me garoener eould wou(i indicate that active wl
prepare to get buy. expected on thl8 roa(, , tne
Home quenllon an to the exact day date future.
nan ar.nen in reeoni years among , According to Information.
County Court Secure Sen
Attorney and Orders S
Cases wncre Land yf
Do Not Come to Terma.
From the atlon taken u
eeunty rourt at the term lo Id
tin- pri'Hent week In h url
si.ci ial legal reoreaentatlTa t
after the right of way for th
way between this city and Cri
Do WC keep in mind J.hf SPtlOUS possibility of the devastation 'he younger generation who are not tbie right of wav has been
mrt while In neHion earlier in the ""i or way ror the nurtiH-t rune of our country by the jerasshoppers again the Coming Bersin? We uPon ucn Rlgn. IgWen by land ownern while
nek. If a patient in willing to be- highway and ordered to prepare the hftv ,. nannMl ,l1Hi thfir ioo rlpnosiis havn cfivnrPil a vast For "tance. Thursday during the hare neglected to state theli
h roun,y rhre ,nd mko th" Z?Z ""1;"rM "" h,Mr' 'on;lrmnn area and a recent inspection of some of them by Claude MeQct " Bnow lor the M" '" l tions m the matter, leaving it it
I -.. ...u..t.. ii i. t tf i it in .n i'i'i iiti4 mI rineii " iuf nil " rifiw'tk r.i n a an1 it hah niiut.nn,1. u .
,. unary .,.,......... .nu w " - -' - " LftU). .L-- tn Uafrir.i0 U. Khn.,M ),. iK. .mnml rl iU """ """. -----" shape as will require further
he responsible for the rare w" "v" 11( "'ready grunted Vght- "'" "" " " "' "-' . -.. .v n..... ... .j t..w. wo were Kreetod 1)y the volce of a . . nrrter makim? Mr
poiHon ana pront ny last years' experience Dy applying it jutiic. farmer friend who asked in all sen- ,h ri.hi nr ... alln,pv it u
iously. The people will take hold of such a campaign much more ousne (apparently) what day the that ho iake immediate netinn tJ
will
Ind medicine. Otherwise the pa- or-way.
lent will pay for the medical cara ' Action wan
Ind nursing
taken in connection
If the building occupied by the In- n,,l "'11 become a county charge
kueiizR patient at thl time, also Tl,l orAvr " printed In full on an
equipment a it Is now, hut fur- other page.
-o
with the influenxu epidemic and an viirorouslv DOW after witnessing the destruction (f la?t eill-cn. aroundhog came out to look for hi condemnation nroceedlnes In
The same methods applied to the ground squirrels and' nil
accomplish good results, it did in Idaho- why not here?
The county authorities signified """ ...u no. anow uirinrr inns Th ,, m . u... ,. a,)nli,,(1 th, ffround SOU rre s arid rsi j bits Will "1 " l "r replying feD- CM M do not romiy at ODc
elr willingness to provide the rent r lKness except that first thy pa- .; ,. . . mmmak(L , a.A ;.. Iol. ,K ,. I,,,..? , ruftrv Meocn'i he verv Promptly told Home manner of erantinc the
J. W. Shown was down
Harney during the woek.
OV . LOCAL .TI HK.
See our stock of stationery first
Meputy Clerk Koe. lluchanau
Joe Loyd was In town last Monday
1 greeting his old time friend.
us we were mistaken. At any rate to paSH or thelr lands
"' nn" """ one oul o me tb'ra. ' It is not the intention of the
ROM. linker really Raw a ground- oritiex to be arbitrary in this
Log out on the third of this month at ,,ut lt ,8 important that the rl
wuiiaiu waison, one oi imriiey ins home up the river.
way be secured in order not to
the construction work which
pected to begin Just as early i
spring as conditions will permit!
from SOI.IUKII HOY I AWI.H liKIDK.
j
it than this the county did not'
'I disposed to go.
There wa a disposition upon the
irt of the authorities to make fur-
er concessions in the present quar- !
itine restrictions If the situation ,, u,.. ,.i, i. n.t
intlnues to Improve during the next
w day. The Times-Herald doe " u nocesaary to order more or les
ot attempt to speak with any tu- IO "" "lo demand.
lorl.y upon this matter but I. told Tha ,,, Klmlr Mmlnr f. , '" " ,-.:' K Jr " TZrTTT'' . . " """ T " iweniy-seven s.ee. m.M. l ney McConnell was given The 1
y some of those present at the meet- '..,. , ,..-, - .,.., , L". . V , ," . .1 - -Z-l 7.1 I" T" "' ""Y- " . M"8"''s ."' luo are auogemer too handy with explo-; Herahl IaBt Saturday night. I
g that It ha. been con.lderod poafcl- ' , " ,,, . " " fln T T'TJ! "JL 7ZL ZJZl "y """- " ' vea
to nllow the churrh.. In r..,...m '" l1M" " "" "',c uin. .umim
county's young men who went tl a Now what are the scoffer going
training camp in preparation to going to say about "nigger sunerstltlon"'
: . t .- . .. ., j.l
u The former kaiser appear to be ovr neip seme ine mspuie wnn 0
I living up to the old adage:-"Say "8 kaler. came over from his home WIHK AA'II OTHKItHISK.
nothing and saw wood." l Hlamond last Monday In company
with his mother and John rorter, Th QermanB' nollte farewell tn
Mr. A. 0. Welcome took her d- another returned soldier, and Mlas Belgium consisted of the blowing up A copy of a telegram sent by
i . '"") una ii i uerina Hcnaper. lie secured me sor- or twenty-seven steel mills. They
wncre sue win visit wnn Mr. anu vices of Itev. Ii
Wants All l..iml- Kmbr
licit- usual services and this will
ii doubt include lodges, and llknly
aaaa ruling will permit the pool
turn their orderH at the Hums Meat
Market that they may see whether
Mrs. Slmri. a sister to 0.
returning home.
I
Our soldiers while In this country
hud probably heard something about
tin' cost of French dresses and
millinery. This may have something
ti do with the faat that few of them
have married French girls.
While at the ourt house this
morning the newspaper man noticed
a Ford car out near the house in the
rear of the block where the scalps
of the predatory animals are count
ed and marked for bounty. The car
seemed well filled and caused the
ourlous notion of going out to see
rly. holders of the First National Hank of how many lt contained. It was not
Don't get this matter confused this city J. M. Desllets was made an much of a day for coyotes either from
a Times-Herald Is not giving this ' assistant cashier. This Is a deserved the munner In which County Clerk
authoritative at all. It Is Just tribute to an energetic and competent Dalton was handling the consignment
itlng what was discussed at the emiilove of the Institution. but It totaled 75 emote bides, 211
ting iind the possibilities that may bob cat hides and one otter. The
llpw tha confarenoa, "' """w "UH ""' " imc...c.i.c.. ,,oullly rapreaantad ,iy this load was
quite a sum and ulth the e -llent
W.
all and soft drink establishments to Clovengor, arrived Here from her
plan- the i hairs and permit games home In Fayette. Idaho, the fore part
amusements In those places. We of the week and Is a guest ft the
nderstand also this order will per- devenger home. She was accompau
lit small gathering in the private led by her on.
nines However, this Is all depend
nt upon Improved conditions In the
(nation In the Immediate future.
Should this prove safe other con-
sslons will follow soon Including
ie opening of the picture house and
emitting dancTng parties. In fact
Irtually removing the "flu" ban en-1 At a recent meeting of the stock
The snow storm of this week hl
brought Joy to the heart of the peo
ple of thl country because It ha
been quite heavy and Indicates that
we are to have nme moisture, there
fore better cropa.
friend made Mr. Watson and Miss
Schaper man and wife, using the Im
pressive and beautiful ring ceremony.
The bridal party ctood under a
bower of mistletoe in the man 'o to
take their vows and were sent on
their way with the blessing of the
minister and the groom's mother.
The bride Is a well known young
lady who resided In this city for a
number of years. She Is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Scha
per, highly impeded residents of the
! to the effect that he would favc
The National Drill for the people ' one irrigation district plan pre
at home these last two years has
been
Open
lars.
it included all the land and tht
simple Take Pocketbook K'",ure f the larKe lanrt '
Pocket book.
Pay Taxas.
Kxtract
-Dol-
were attached to the petition M
Diamond country. 8he Is a charm- Mlil" ,,e all right, unless our neighbor
lug young lady with many admirers "" the south begins to throw brick-
and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. b,B ov"f the fence.
i
Watson will make their home on the
Diamond ranch of the F.astern Ore
gon Live Stock Co. for thoresent
where he has a position. The Times
Herald Joins the mun friend.s in
extending best wishes.
it was filed.
The petition was filed before tl
And now the king of Montenegro ' names were secured as there was
has been desposed. Kurope will , time to await for their approval
certainly soon need to found an asy- those who were not within reacl
lura fo its former kings and ex- the committee, t being considl
emperors. important that the petition be
for consideration at the March
of the County Court. Just whal
feet this is going to have on
McConnell's attitude toward the
district scheme is therefore not ki
since that gentleman has not retur
A man who holds Liberty bonds to Burns. However, it seems to
would not usually be pointed out as a generally agreed that the one
"bloalid boiiilholdiy." In faci lie tr'i t plan Is the best and that, it
has in uallv (TOWS rather thin in his meet with approval of those ifl
When our neighbors across the
way get their houses in order we
Pie SiiiiiI.m Si IiihiI The
The World.
Hope Of
with some ruin and altogether this
btiH been rather a wet week. It all
helps and the crops of next season
are sure to profit by the moliiiir,
lha,l we are getting now. We niunt
do our part toward keeping the sage
rat and rabbit from getting nwa
With what the grasshoppers "don't
I the Putor Pre hvierlan Church i
Mark diese irorda;
T t'hrl liatillv is the hope of the
rM ami II is then lets keen our
gnd Kirl to tha front in the '"" ,,v l,,k," "" H,,u" li:'rl "' 'h"lr
mlay S.liool moMinent. extermination. Hy poisoning them
If the . hur.h Is the divinely up-''' (U" 'lo " w',h "0 tonth tho eol
luted agency for the oxtem-lon '" " ouni).
(,,ri:"'"1" '""' " '" " Uwj . j Hansen came home this week
ndaj BcbOOl of the church Is tha j fjon, ft tr ,0 Grant County where
amp and It is then ,. ,1(1(1 ,.,,,, ()klng after some stock
what Woodrow Wilson,1....,. irllffi )llrk some strays that
belonged III this vicinity. He
the snow was quite deep at Cold
Springs a few miles above town but
as ho passed through Bear Valley
before the late snow storm he really
doesn't know how much has fallen
lH,,,"'H ' a"'' "'ere, hut long pas-' ,,, ,,. ,,, mountains, but It ts the
Congress piling up lapialation for
prices pah! for the fur It showed President Wilson' algnaturf aaggaata
tills was quite nu liuluslr In this to tta a baker making pie., am! letting
loiintry di."ing tha winier mouths them aaid until the o.. ,i i. hi coma
nod quite profitable, toa. home gad haka tbatt.
efforts to pay for the hoods.
The Irish Republic, prompt and
ready, : peeping out behind the cur
tain, grail ii i fof aav i oi But Kng-
interestod. They are the ones
will finally settle the matter at
rate and sim e that la the case
hall await tha outcoma.
Kmmett Parker, another one of I
land BMy he prompter, In which case ,,..., ,.,,. ,,,. WM , (J
FOR THE SPRING "SEWING". Eh?
aiiiiug
imember
son of k minister, the great
kokesman of the Allies, gave forth
me age in the midst of war:
Tha lllhle Is the word of life;
lug that you will read It out for
)urselves. Read it- not little
kges that will really be the road lo
Bear! of It When you have
ad I he Hibie vou will know It is
VOrd of (iod. because you will
ive round the key to your own
art, your own happiness and your
n rl i t
Then the school of the church, the
Rile school, is Die hone of I lie
opinion of old timers that a good
quantity has been laid up In that
region to help things materially down
In the flats next Hprlng when the run
off comes
Meut. F. A Fessler arrived home
last Monday evening. He was one
ol the hoys u ho were disappointed
rid. Are vou wllllnif to imv the In not having an opportunity lo go
C in help make the world heller ihioss and take an active part in the
I at paaoal I war In Frame. However, he did all
for the Macs of the world the he could and wus really In line to go
tsar In Heaven gave Ills only across at once when the armistice
n For the nemo r.r Ho. uorl.l was signed l.liiul fessler was ulii-
Bofl of (iod gave Ills life. j Honed In a southern training ' imp
For the nottce of the world (lie and had guined promotion rapidly
s of France, of Knglaud. of Bel-' M '"ll1 "" opportunity to remain In
in, of Italy of Amerleu . itw.ir the army with u commission nut
' - - i
es i after considering me manor ami
whal
events and the possibility or no rati
activity for at least a long period, it
dldnol appeal to him and he decided
to ask for his discharge that he might
return to his former occupation
The young man will Identify himself
with the business interests of this
la feod are the panacea against' ,((v where he will b welcomed by
1 his former friends. i
For the nnaee nr r'hu world .-wimi realizing that with the trend of
your gift?
Tha offering last Sunday for the
iBaay School was $6.15.
Bolshevism must mean the great
.washed and the great unfed, for
zzzrrJ fRo OcRTreR r u -DeiftYco But J -
tha CUO will not come at all.
During the war tha price or rood
.. eii is per cent and tha price
of clothing 93 per cent. How proud
v. e should be that our ublllt e were
ufflctanri both to cloth ami ead u
during the tima.
The i.uestlon whether the Ameri
..in girl (,r the French girl Is more
delightful continues to be urginsl.
pro and con. Why not admit that
each is the sweetest girl in the world
inn! lei it go at that?
The prii e of butter and the price
of eggs ure seeing which oan roll
down hill faster and the specta-
ors ure applauding the stunt.
Germany still seems to have a
large suppH of propaganda on bund.
et she has not been at all economical
of It for the past few years.
Levis, arrived home last night
told Tin- Times-Herald that B
Miller. Roy Clark. Charley Spend
Coy kfcDaffy and tha others ot tl
"bunch" should be here tonlghfl
g;. maak 1 something thai
uin gladlv snare from the uorl
commodities. It is one article tl
i; neither beautiful no becoming
Mrs. (J. W. Clevenger undatwl
a delicate and severe operation ll
Thursday at the Haines hospital, pi
formed by Dr. Smith, aaeiated
Dr. Qeary. The patient has been
for a long period and came from
operating table with the hope of
lief.
t
Superintendent O. L. Babcock
the Warm Springs Indian Agent
writes that he will be In Burns
the week beginning Feb. 17. at liil
lime he will take up all matters p
taining to the Indian lauds in tl
county. He will be prepared to
scute leases wherever desired, al
will negotiate the right of wav rl
the highway over some five tracts
Indian lands.
Died Last Monday, hob. .ira
Frunels I.avon Huney, little daughtt
of Mrs. Chester Curter. The littl
girl had been ill with influenza for
I'riiuess Patricia of Connuught,
iihoui to marry for love, has Folded
up her title of princess, tied a blue
ribbon about it and laid it away in
the royal storehouse to await the
rta i claimant. She will take her
hu. band's name and title. "All for
love am' the world well lost," Prin
ce: s Pal !
e
Since the (ierninn.s hao no on
else lo fight they seem to revel In week which developed into pueii
righting among themselves. Let us moniu. The funeral was conduct!
hope ih.it they get enough of this the following day m Rev. Ueor
poor Idea of theirs that a nation is Ward of the Natarahe church. Thl
not in tlie limelight or popular nu- little girl is survived by her fathl
less It has constantly before its face and mother, a brother and one sistel
the sword of haired Her father Is a resident of Billing)
The only question that seems Moutunu but wus notified of her se
reasonable is Hie one that asks why iods Illness and reached her bedsdl
thiy did not :.ihH a private war in tho before In r death "Bonnie," sr shl
Hist place 'md leave the reHt of the wus affectionately known to her lifj
world oul of It. ll would have been tie friends and playmates, was t.
better for all nations concered and wars old. The .-boreved relativ.J
for the reputation of lierinany if have the sympathy of tha people
she has such u thing. this community.