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The Times-J-IeraA-
ttni The Lnrftcit Circulation Of Any
Noinpor In Ilnrnoy County.
JULIAN BYRD
Manager
SUBSCRIPTION HATES
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MIHIIIM
lIMIlMHtMt $2)00
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Miitunliiy, Hrptr tuber (I, IIMI
FRED OTLEY, LAWEN,
SEEKS INFORMATION
In ynur Ihhuo of Aiir. .10, your
nrtlulti I'iiro 1, on the Mullumr Mint
HoHorvo Htuttm (tint 4 ho oxnct ntntiiH
of tit Im liiko dopoiulM on tho ncourucy
of tho liiforiimtloii itlvoti to tho ropron
ontatlvo of tho Htnto Atty. (Jon. Olllco
Mho worn nt Unit tlino III Iliinin On
Pko .'I, of tho naiiio Ihhuo you fltnto
that l- II. arttuiiln a I'nrtlnml Journal
roirHOiitatlvo wan hIiowii hy author
Itatlvo HtntomoutH that Malhour lako
Jiml boon tlorliluil Hwntnp hy (IocIhIoiih
In tho U. B. Department of tho In
terior, and tin Hiich wan cod ml to tho
Htnto of Oregon, and nhould roma'lii
In iiokhl'hhIoii of tho Htato-If (IiIh
Htntomuut Ih tho iimiruto Informa
tion that you xpoak of on iiaku 1. will
you ploano ntwwer In your valuable
paper thu followltiK nuoHtlmiH an
mouriitoly hm pohhIIiIo Viz. OAN
yon rIvo tho dntoH of thono riei'lnlonn
liy the II. H. Dopartinont of tho In
lerlor that you Htimik or CAN you
ten mo why (', II. McOiiiuiell and tho
llnruoy llimlii Dovolopmoiil Co. wore
turnod down In tholr application to
tho Htnto Land Ilonrd for a contract
to drain and no acquire Mulhour Lake
CAN you toll tuo why tho Htato
Land Hoard did not mnko nppllcntlon
lor l.iiko Mnlhour uh Hwamp um they
xtntod thoy would do Nor. 21, lDlfi
OAN' you toll mo why Houato hill No
JS9, 1917 dfclnrliiK all Lako lniln
to ho proporty of tho Htato wan pan
imI hy our Orison LeKlnluturn and
ih t doad letter (tan you toll mo
why Maimer. LylJetivlHt mid Drown
rt'proHoutliiK tho Htato Atty. (ion
Ottlco aro at premMit liivoHtlcatliiK tho
htnttiK of Mulhour l.ako on tiecotiiit
of tho liiitilHltlveiie.-m of UalhiKhor'H
li'gliilatlvo hill n)(in.'Htlni5 tho Htato
Laud hoard to uncertain what title
It any tho Htato of Oregon had In
Malhour Lnko- Can you tll nio tho
ronkou for nil tlio factit If Mnlhour
'I.nlio wan cudud to tho Htnto of Ore
Kou uh HWiunp, AH YOU HTATK. AUp
CAN you toll mo why (. II. McCott
nel'H application to tho Iutorlor Do
imrtmont of tho t'. H. for u roHurvoy
of Malhuur Lako wns turnod down
And do you know that Htnto Login-
mruroM liavo no jurlKdlatlon over
TkheM proper or I'whirul remirvo nnd
Mnlhour Lako Ih both.
Mont roitM'utfully yourn
l-'IUSI) OTLKV
' Under tho net of September 28.
1$I0 "Tin wholo of tho Hwump and
vrflowol lands madn unfit thuroby
Tor cultivation, and romalnliiK mi
HOltl artor Hint tlute, aro Kruuteil and
iHiloiiK to the Hovornl .State renpoct
Iuty, In which thoy aro situated."
The act oxtoiidliiK tho Kraut to Ore
gon provides that tho i;niul to tltlri
HIkIo nIiiiII not Infinite any IiuhIm
which tho Oovorumout of tho L'nltod
Itftto may huvo Hold or iIImjiommiI of
iudur any Inw oimctod prior to
' Enroll 12. I860.
It ahull bo tho duty of tho Secre
tary of tho Jntt-rlor. to nmko urcitrutu
IImIh nnd platH of nil xuch IuikIh, and
IrMiHiult tho Htiuio to tho KOVornorH
of tho novoral HlatOH In which hiii.1i
IhikIh limy llo, mid at Mho reipieHt of
thu Kovcrunr of any Htato In which
. Hftlrl Hwnmp and overflowed IuiiiIh
nay ho, to ciuihu pntontH to bo lanuod
lo Mtld Htato thoroforo, convoyliiK to
nald Htnto tho fee Hlmpto of mild land.
Selection of uuch laudri to hu mndo
-wlllilii two yoarn after notice by tho
Secretary of tho Interior to tho Gov-c-rnor
of tho Htnto that tho HurvoyH
of hmixo have boon coiuplotod nnd
confirmed.
(f tho authorltlort of tho State.
i.tiKll claim uh Hwamp mid overflowed,
rpcr laud not roprottoiitiMl uhhucIi upon
tho map or In thu returim of tho Hur
voyorn, tho character of puch land nt
tho dato of thu Kraut hIiuII ho deter
m'iO'l hy toatlniony, to bo taken ho
roro tho nui'voyor Kouornl, who Hhall
dcrldo tho aarno, Huhject to tho appro
vn1 of tho CommlHulonor of tho (Jen
r U Land Olllco.
i Mnlhour lako or manih proper
In unuurroyed mid thoroforo ItHolf
mit ropreHented upon any map an
mv.uiip and overflowed, but the field
MOleii of tho Hiirvny mndo In 1879,
iKir-rtiiderliiK tho lako, flhow thnt the
cjiuty Hurveyor did not extend the
IIiKM of Hiirvey to a body of water
Itut cloned thorn on marnh landa, In
(noUnco dot'H tho doputy nurvoyor
frilff uato the polnta at which ho eri
tnlMUued tho inoaudor corners m
"Clalhour Lako" or Hhow that thoHo
. corueni were OHtabllnhcd upon tho
r.horo.lluo of a body of wutor, but thoy
..nto Invariably dOHlgnutod an tho
t'lfarftlii of Malhottr marHh.!' Hoc.
30 L. O, r.21, 1'acKlo Live Stock Com
Ittny V. Armack, decided March 11,
noi.
2 If the application of C, I). Mc
'( ouiioll mid tho Harney liaslu Dovol-.ojiuit-i
l OompiMiy fiir a contract to
rti'nlit Mulhuur Lako wiih Iruned down
hi thu State Lund Ilonrd, it wan prc
uttuhly beciiHo tho Slute Iiiih never
7KTted Ua claim to tmnm, furn lulled
Ihv required proof of tlio iluiractor
' Ih ' If id covered tliuroby, or ue
Ouirud tftlo Hi- vein, I'urth'if, L'Kh
l'iUv( ucU accbtliit: tito Kruni, hu
ll 04 cortaln rklrlctloiiii hm to tho
u uuiaUiou Mt audi InuUs.
Tho application for Lalto Ml
hor, oi (hu claim of thu Htato to
(!0r the, mmm'EMin njt ih
lii'ii.jljl doluyod uwiilflnK proof' ro-xiun-d
umlor the act, It In a Jong
BURNS COMMERCIAL CLUB f
(hy tho Boorotnry) J
H4-W-H
Wittdr In tho leant vnluod iimotiK
thliiKH uxIhIIiik, nnd (ho mont Valued
nmoiiK thliiKH wanted, Tho heat 111
UHtratlou thereof hi Jlurnuy valley
pant nnd prosunt wo huvo, yonr aftor
year, lot tho proclouH wntor ko to
utter wiiHto, nllowltiK tho Hood wntorn
to flow over tho froson rtrounit and
luo Malheur lake, thoro to ovnpornto)
MUlutly iiuhmltluK to tho nrroKnhco of
n few mou who thomnolveH liavo only
received the minimum houollt t here
from hy pormlttliiK their laudn to re
main uncultivated and to overflow
before tho RrowliiR houhoii, thereby
llmltliiK Itn production to one half or
one ton of Inferior hay per aero,
wherenn tho nnmn IimiiIh under proper
method of cultivation and timely ap
plication of wnler tiro cnpublu of pro
ducing fur more valunhlo cropH.
Such condltloim mtiHt not continue.
Tho water nho'd of Hllvlen river will
furnlNh MUffclent water, If properly
coiiHorvcd and npplled, for tho Irriga
tion of many more thoiiHniidH of fer
tile nrccH In Harney valley, and It
nniht ho ho connerved and appllod to
n hcnoflfinl uho,
Tho uuontlou of IrrlKiitloti of tho
now arid nnd unproductive Inudn In
llnruoy vnlloy Ih a vltnl onu to every
man, to the entire community and
beyond. The world today In a Iiouho
of famine, human IioIiikh dyhiK hy tho
thmunmlM ench day for want of food,
mid no, man. or net of men, have tho
moral rlht to retard production of
food for thu purpone of pornonnl kuIii.
Wealth comiuered Homo after Homo
conquered tho world, and one rnuu'n
wealth or arroKimco, or thu cnprlco!
of otliora mutit not contluilo lo ho
other men'fl ruin nor utand an a har
rier to tho full dovolopmoiil of tho
country for the creator and general
Itood.
Available water Htipply for mich Ir
rigation In from tho mime iiourco and
will, becnuno of tho contour of tho
country, ho connorved In tho name
roHorvolr or reiiorvolrn and dlvorted
through tho name cnnala to tho landii
In tho valley below. Tho ovorn
mout project under nnnnlileratlon In
l!)04-190fi for tho IrrlKatlon of Hnr
ney valley preHouted no etiKlneerliii;
probletmi and provided for one unit
only. Whether there nhould ho one
or three uiiIIm under prlvnlo onter
prlHO In for the water unern to doter
mlne three uiiUh, ench'wlth iieporuto
hourdn of directum, will have the op
portunity of nqunhhlliiK muotiK them
Holvori, Including oxtrn cohI for orKali
Ixntlou, malntonaucu etc., which wilt
bo eliminated If all In, Included In
onu unit. ,
What Inndii nhould bo Included In
niicli Irrlgutlou dlntrlct or dlHtrlctn In
nuother UOHtlon, hut the mont prac
tical noluttuu appearn to ho only thono
which aro now IrrlKiited, After the
ntoniKO Hyntem and cnualn tiro co;i
ittructed nnd all water unern within
tho dlntrlct aro anmired of all tho
valor tin ronHonahly need and whon
(tier r,t'...l It, noil tlio iitirplun to own
vrt of ii'ilrilKuted l.uidn nt ntiMi flu
i, run thnt will Juntlfy the luvuNtment.
Join tho Club; put your moral force
behind It and help to reclaim "llnruoy
valley, Mnny wllllni; hmidn make a
great tank onny.
time hIiicu March 12, 1800. What
may appear an couclunlvu proof to the
Kdltor tuny look different to thu
trained legal mind.
4 Sonntu bill No. 280, nemilon
1017, may hnvo declnred nil Inko hedn
"to be tho property of tho Htato, hut
evu.n If enacted Into a Htato law It
could not void United Htuten' Htntuten
or wnlvo any proof required theroan
der. fi Do not know whether Inventl
Ration minting to the Inko by Attor
ney Oeiiernl llrowti nnd Attorney
Llljonvittl wnn a remit t og Mr. Oallif
gher'n hill or not, hut OnlhiKher'n In
iulnltlveiieitn wnn timely mid for the
purpone of protecting tho Intercut of
tho State.
C, There may hnvo been no tunny
roimoun why Mr. McConnern applica
tion for ntirvoy of tho inko bed wan
rejected by thu Interior Department,
If niicli In the cane. It may have failed
to incot all tho ruiiulremoutn of the
Department in nuch cuhoh. or the De
partment coimldorlug the uunettled
Htiittin of thu inn rnh tuny hnvo deemed
that tho Htnto of Oregon wnn the only
rout party In lutorett.
7 Can Jiot coucude that Mnlhour
marnh In a lake proper, anyway, no
ADVISABILITY DOUBTED
(Continued from pngo 1)
out ml travel around the county and
ramlllarlxo lilmneir with tlio country
and people, and alno If ho nhould bo
n man for whom a Monographer
would hu iicronnnry. Tho miliiry a
really good man would require wan
nilggonted to ho nt leant 1.1000 a year
Among tho commlttccH called on
hint night for roportn, ponnlbly two
out of n doxeti reported action. Kl
bert Hubbard once nuld, "Kent In
runt." Another clnnnlu rernlted In
thU connection rtiun nomethlug tlko
thin:
"Her houon nl ditnt; .
Her plckn In runt;
it'n fortyenr
HIiicu nho went hut.n"
Counlderhlo comiuent and d I noun
hIoii arono over good roadn, and tho
community can ho iiHHiircd that one
proponltlou, at leant, on which thu
club In active 1n that of bettering tho
county thoroughfares
Tho mailer of Improving tho pub
lie tiehool grouuilH en mo up for lufor
ict by the leglnlnluro can change the, mal (IIhcuhhIoii, upon which Ciutn. M
nt ; Kaiilkiicr nirormed tho club thnt tin
true clnirMctnr thereof, whntever Hi
mny he.
8 The bird pronervo wan rmited
by iiroclaiuntlou of I'renldetit Itoono-
volt, nuhject to nil oxlnllug rlghtn.
nnd dnon not In nny manner uhrocato
thw swamp grnut ft.
HDIT'JH.
IS IT PROFITEERING?
To the author of the big multlpllca
Hon tuhlut-
A merchant charged eight oeutn
for potatoon. Iiiiinedlntely after
wnrdn tho ptirrhniier linked a producer
wnnt no recoiveu ror um npuon aiiu
the reply wan "live cent'n In trade."
If- the profit on tho merehiiiidlne
traded wan.eqtiul to that on thu pota
toes, how much wan it In the aggre
gate, and wan it profiteering? It
wnn n't, wnn It?
CONHUMKIt.
o
IX)CAL AND l'KUHONAL.
f County TroHttrer W, Y. King nnd
Minn Colin Ilyrd left today in lim auto
for a vlnlt with relatlven and frluudn
it North Yakima where bin daughtern
renldo. They will npetid a time hero
mid rill up on fruit coining buck by
way of Pendleton whore thoy will
take In thu Hound-up,
Judgu II. G. Lovenn and Coinmln-
nloner McKlniiou luft yefltordny for
Fortlund. Thoy will attend a con
vention of county Judgen and com
mlnnlmierri, and will alno hu prenent
at a nennloii of tho Htato highway com-
mlnnlon. It la undorntood these offlc-
Ju Ih will urge tho completion of tho
hlghwa yto Cruno without interruption.
10
clinnl hoard hd appropriated $3Qi
for thnt purpone thin your, mid would
continue lo appropriate fiimU e.iclt
year un expnunen permitted. I
The club wan Informed that thu
county court had gone down to unrjt
with tho ntato highway comnilnnlo-l
on extending the road from Iawen u
Crane, and on motion, Mr. Ktillcmr
wnn Intrticted hy tho club to ntno mo
Hint body on li Ih trip to I'orllan
iluxt week.
o ,
TOO LATK TO CLA8HIFY
LOST On wny front Lnkovluw to
Iliirun, ono :i2.vl tiro mid rim moun
ted. Howard $5.00. l-'red N. Tracy,
It. I D. No. 2, IIoIhu, Idaho.
FOH HKNT- 800 ncren of good
piintttro wltli plenty of water. Ad
drenn Mm, Mary Orlllln, Nnrrown,
Oregon. 0-20
IRICGS AUTOWOOtUSAW AHaduMit
Ok mm cuU lBorJi Im, 39 ttd.
Qm AijwWre Aiy Arfi.
was a mm co.kcMmfan
171 Htbon Av., l'oc Uuui.
"Don't Cheat Yourelf,,
ayi the Good Judge
4Wm.
There's nothing saved
by chewing ordinary
tobacco. A little chew
of that good rich-tasting
tobaccogocRalotfarthcr,
arid its good taste lasts
all the way through.
Little chew lasting
satisfying. That's why
it's a real saving to buy
this dribs of tobacco.
THE REAL TOBACCO CHEW
fmt ui in two stylus
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
W-I GUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
Don't Hurry Your
STEPS PAST
OUR SHELVES
They are all stocked with high-grade, speak-for-thcmselves
eatables. i,x
HASTE MAKES W'AS'fE, AVND
a good supper on the table is worth two in our store.
So tuck some of our groceries under your arm and set
the whole family smacking their lips.
We take LIBERTY BONDS AT PAR IN EXCHANGE FOR MERCHANDISE
Farmers Exchange
Burns, Oregon
A. OTTINGER, Proprietor
NATE FRANKLIN, Manager
3
--t .;;,tJ; 18c. a pacicage
AMELS supply cigarette contentment beyond unytlunfj
ou ever experienced I You never, rusted such full-
UoiIU'd mf!Icw-mlfner.s; such refreuhinK, uppti7inr,
flavor on.! cooItK-fis. The more Cumols you smolte tl
Rronter becotnos your delight Ccmcls ere nuch a cin
rctta rttvcltitian I
livcrythhiK about Cnmela you find so fascinating N duo t-
their quality to tU oxjwrt blond of choice Turkih ui.J
choice Domjgtic tolcccou.
You'll say CamIn ure in u class by themselves they se"rn
ninth to meet your otr.i personal tasto in op mtrny woi i'
Freedom frotij nny unpleasant cij:aretty after-taste or un
pleatiant ciRaretty odor mal:ca Cumels particularly desirable
to the most fastijjioua smokers. And. you smoke Camels as
liberally as meets your own wishes, for they newer tire your
tusto I You ure always keen for the
cigarette satisfaction that makes
Camels so uttrtfctive. Smokers re.il
ir thnt the value is in the cigarette j
and do not expect premiums or cou
pons I
Compnro Camels with any ciJa
retto in tlin world at any price !
CmrU t oH m rrvwbflm In hettr,l,r,fMirv
W ifeiajt cfSO rn'nettr or ten r k
V iJOO cijAitltot) m tUnwpiff
coy rod ctrton, W tlrootly iromiittiti1
thl ftton for tti hoin or afiUm uppl
or rin ) ou t ! c.
RJ.REYNOI.DS TOBACCO C0A1PANY
Wintton-Salem, N. C.
MA
PEACHES
All Varieties of
$1.50
during
Apples
PEACHES!
CANNING PEACHES
Box
r
1
ii
per
September
Prunes
ALL KINDS OF FRUIT
Vegetables
Plums
mm
At the Burns Hotel
Special prices to people who come to the ranch to
put up fruit. Range and wood furnished fiee.
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