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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1920)
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O S' oiutisns ft9dVU MY VlWVsm Convention ..uniU tl Im mam M fnAftllMAa : gtto o' Oregon the road work In aiiik fmm thn rnrmnrn manv iani"t ' w vho Intro formorly worked on (trniH. is seriously affecting tho irlm urn rthllpod In rinnanrl tired help far harvesting and huy- tllBnUKOUK UK IT RESOLVED TUB C'nltlo and Horsu Raisers Relation thnt wo ask' tho Statu Gjhway I'onimlsslon nhr tho vnr Coiiuiv Courts so uftcctod to nil wo k whoro It vitally offcclti M har.ve.tli r, of tho hny uiul grain VIIKH,-i U nppenrs thnt there id ovi'i roiluctlon of cattle, en- i.iii. ii, . ih rsinrniwom ; iinn ' ... , f WIIE'' Wu hollovo It would bcttvr ( check tho brooding In- i o lViTstockliiK tho market; RESOLVED, Hy Tho Crook Coun- Lhpstnek Feeding and Marketing latlon thnt we earnestly request b Cattlo nnd Horse unifier' Abboci Louf Oregon to uso their lnfiuonce Kth tho Htockmon of tho Northwest k curtail production by eliminating P ondOHlrnblo breeding ntock and itllnK down their herd to the ;le carrying capacity of their own iuramt pnHturn, and thereby- product. K bcttur cattle that wilt be sulf ite to go on nny market. BE IT RESOLVED, Thnt tho Ore Seattle nod Horho Raiser' AbbocI fan ondorso thin resolution. .WHKHKAB. tho' Nntlonul Live iKk AHNodatlon hart for the past ht published the Producer, n teatbly rangnzlne devoted to tho In- t nt thn ulnrk Initnutrv. Thli thly publication harf been found t raluutilo In tho Information It given and we beliovo It linn been wnderful benefit to the stock rals- of Oregon, and that we bellero should contluuo to bo In tho hands Men member of thin Association. t nf t lift nrthnnl rinim rnllnHrxl L t m H.I. I . m B.irn III Mill IIK r III IIIIH A MUIIIMII 11.00 from each member shall by our .secretary set asldo for pay- m fflw I n Tit ril 1 1st aw n t l f It tt t !. tire amount of (1,00 shall ho re- ii .1 A At ..Lll.i A V . monthly publication for each mbcr of thin Aaaoclatlon. WHEHKA8, the American Nation Lire Stock Association has ondeav- ..Ja ru iu B-.'vuro uoiier lanrnaiinK con- Ions for live ntock productn, THKItKFOHK UK IT IIK80LVKI) WHERKAS, at tho preflunt tho tU Win til 1 MI 1 I kT IIINIll'I'LIIIII III tetk, ('3 h not apply to stock belnc 'riven out of tho Blntn. nnd onlv nro- " - -m m for thoBO holng shipped by waraon trrlerH, , THKiii FOItK HK IT ItKSOLVKI). t the LoKlnlatlvo Committee of H ABHorlatlon bo iiiHtructed to jiro- e and prenent n bill nt tho next "i"iin nctiHioii, wuicu wm ro- Mlro the Inopcctlon of all atock bo- t removfKl from tho Statu by uuy Man, whatsoever. I VVHUitKAB, certain interesta In ftrtland, Oreeon. aro Drenarluto filiate a bill . tq. be knowtuaa ftho '.0OSR PLT DlilD'.ItKKUOB BILlJ? Jlilth hrii for Hb object that tho fle of Oregon grnnt to tho Unlto"!l State ii tho landH within Malheur we In Harney County, together Jjtb all wattTH therein and all waters J'lbut.,ry thereto, nH u permunent (ffu:.' f p wild foul, to bo known nj 'eiu, . ult IJIrd Uefugo; and I WUMc.as, such bill, as It la pro fowi, v drafted without regard to it Uon of exlatinK water tho ."Elita, ard will prevent tho Btorago ft any water for irrigation purposed ca cither the Silvies and Ulitzen WHM1KA8 there la now u duly organized Irrigatioa District under 8 name of Harney Valley Irriga tion DlHtrkt, comprising 83,000 acres ' Isnd thnt will store all the wateni 01 Blivies Ulver and reclaim ajiprox 'oately 125,000 acres of land, If not evwntod by tho passage of tho 'tove dortrrlbed bill; and WHKHBAB the' co-operatlvo" re- of M10 U. iReciaraation 5801 "co anu the Btato' of Oregon shawn ,bat tho reclamation of morfr than 200.00 acres of land Is posalblo by "o utorngo of tho waters of tho BIIvIch and Djituen Itlvors; nnd W1IBUHA8 tho lands to bo ro tlamtd aro very fortllo and will ho tf'no ono of tho Btock fcodlng and 'ock raising conters of tho Slato of Oregoo( uii aiiy moaBuro that will provont or rolard tho tluvojopmont of thin land will result In great and permanent Injury to the Statu of Ore gon aa welt aa to tho livestock Indus try; and WIIHHKA8 by defoattnit tho ahovo bill' it will In no way disturb or af fect the gaM reetvflunw. covering the Mid Lakf m kown created and axInUnff by executive order, ..but will only result In disturbing and destroy ing water right; and WI1HRKA8, thoro Is a cortaln hill boforo Congresn aiming to cronto an antolopo and nagehon prenorvo In Lnku nnd Harney Counties; nnd WHWItKAB, this covers lunfln which nro vnlunblo as grazing lantlrt and by its creation would tend In destroy rnnges used both winter nnd summer by thousands of head of cattle und sheep, nnd. would ntaka tho ranches of WarnprVnlloy, now producing hundreds of tons of hny, practically worthless. UK IT KKSOLVHD that tho Cattto nnd Horso Ualsers Association or Ovogon in Us sovonth nnnunl conven tion nsHombled, does horoby condonm tho said arts as bolng destructive of the material Intorosts of thd Btato. UK IT KUUTIIKU H1530LVHD that this convention go on record an opposed to any act or measure that will rotard or render more difficult the reclamation, of public or private lands, and to tfee establishment of any Reserve wltMa tkla stato which will rotard the devclopifieaU of tho agricultural or livestock Industry, and that our sectretary be Instructed tOj forward copies of thin resolution to our representatives In Congresn and to our Itate Legislature. WHEREAS under tho authority vested In 1t by tho Stato Legislature, tho Public Service Commission of Oregon In 1909 Indorsed a low value contract governing Intra-state ship ments or live atock In Oregon, and WHEREAS thin said uniform tow valuo contract han been In effect and controlling In all Intrp-stnto ship mcntn In Oregon since. WHEREAS hln uniform low valuo contract In projudlclal'and workn an Injustlco to stock shippers within thn Stato of Oregon Inasmuch as It pro vides that tho Initial carrier Is not Jlnble for Injury or damage suffered by a shipment of livestock Que to negligence or breach of contract by connecting carriers, and Innamuch as U10 said contract provides a sched ule of values upon which basin only u shipper can recover In case of loss of stock In transit, nnd inasmuch as the said contract provides that notlco of claim must be given In writing to tho agent of carrier at destination while the stock Is still in the yard-t, nnd inasmuch an thn shipper Is re stricted and limited to sixty days after claim ia turned down by carrier In which to bring suit in tho courts, nnd WHEREAS tho Carmack Cum rylns amondmcntn passed by thn Con gress of the United States amending tho Inter-Stato Cotnmorco Act pro vide that, tho Initial carrier Is respon sible for nil Injury to live stock Hhlpmo'nts resulting from broaches of contract and nogligoncu taking plnco upon tho lines of connecting carriers in tho shipment of llvo stock und furthermore prohibit . tho railroads from stipulating In their contracts with shipper so us to limit their pay ments for live stock lost or killed to any schodulo of vnluon and providing that the railroads must pay for llvo stock "killed' In transit duo to negll KCiico or broach of contract by enr-i-tur according to tho actual valuo of tho llvo slock shipped; nnd further nioro these amendments to the Inter- I State Commerce At provide that (tho shipper shall have at least ninety days In which to file written notice of claim with carrier, four months In which to file claln and two yearp In which to. file suit, and WIudHKAfl these said Carmack nnd Cummins amendments,1 to the Intor-Btato Commerce Act govern and control Inter stato shipments but not Intra state shipment j thereby Klvltig udvnn'tngo to Inter-stato ship pers that nro not possessed by ship pers from polntH within Oregon to destinations within Oregon, and WIIHHI0A8 tho Portland Llvo Stoeljf Kxohungo linn ongrtgod counsol to proBunt by petition to, tho Public Gorvloo Commission of Oregon this Inequality of terms of contract: niRHKI-'ORH HE IT RESOLVED, That (ho Cattle and Horso Ralsera Association Instruct Its legislative Commuted to co-oporato in this movement to obtain for tho Intra state shlppon of live stock contract governing Intra-stato nhlpiuoutn In Oroyoii which will glvo tho same ad vantages and privileges now. receiv ed by' luter-stuto shippers of live stock, nnd furthermore RE IT RESOLVED In tho event that it low value uniform contract governing Intra-state shipments of ordinary llvo stock with terms equally advantageous to that provid ed by tho Inter-Btatn Commerce Act as amended,' cannot bo. y obtained through a bearing before Tho Public Service Commission of 'Oregon thnt the Executive Committee of thlu Association pass upon nnd endorse a bill to bo presented to tho next meet ing of tho Legislature based upon the Carrauck nnd Cummins amendments to the Inter-Stato Commerce Act, that will Insure equality of treatment for the Intrastate shippers of live Btock in Oregon, WHEREAS the State Tax Payors League of Oregon is now Initiating n bill thnt will appear on thn ballot nt tho Next November election creating a market commission thn objoct of 'which will be to assist In the market ing of all farm products, THEREFORE HE IT RESOLVED that tho Cattle and Horso Rnlscrs Association endorse tho work of the Statu Tax Payers Lcaguo In trying to secure better market conditions for Farm -products. WHEREAS It appears that tltu ,large amount of work now requlrod of our President makes It necessary at this time to create another oltlccr of tho Cattle and Horso Raisers Association. ' THEREFORE RE IT RESOLVED thnt tho office or Assistant to the President be and the same In hereby created, paid office carrying no re muneration except necessary expen ses. FURTHER UB IT RESOLVED that said assistant lo the President shall have tho .power to do and pur form .any work that the President may or can do when so delognted by the President; that said assistant bo an appnluteo of the President and hold olllco during bis pleasure. WHEREAS, tho Supervisors of tho National Forosts has stated that tho presont cattle rango may bo changed either In wholo or In part to a Bheep rango, In caso tho preset cattlemen wish to chango tho class of stock to sheep, aud The Maxfer Ford Truck Attachment C. U VOEGTLY, Agent Price $217.50 Delivered in Burns WHERE AS, wo llrnily hollovo thai tho above decision and iiouoy if car ried out, will cauno a lasting and Irropantblo injury to the cattle and horse 'permittees In the Districts where such change Is wadejrlio, for many years past, have reguiarjy, In common with other permittees, graz ed their homes aad cattle on'the said National, Forests and b the; majority of thorn are qAslifled permittees, and annually cut thousands of tons of hay on their lands near tho said National Forests In Oregon and also own thousands of acres of Winter rango lands, and WHEREAS, -tlio Supervisors havo warned the pormlttens of National Forosts Mhat all cattle must bo kept off the permanent sheep ullotinonjrf located outside of tho Cattlo und Horso division's, and WHEREAS, wo bollovo that tho nbovo policy, If continued, will indict great injury to said permittees, and WHEREAS, all cattlo niou nro bo- coining dlucouraged, many having sold out their cattle und others con templating so doing, bolloving that it In liupractlcablo nml nlmont Im possible tq comply with tho condi tions Imposod for tho roiiron that it would require tho patrolling both night and day, by high salaried vaqueros, ofundreds of miles of dividing lino between tho cattle anil sheep range, and WHEREAS, we firmly beliovo that tho above policy If followed closely by said SuporVlnors will, destroy our business by the cancellation of our permits to grazo on said Forest and thereby render our bay and grazing lands of but little valuo. WHEREAS, we believe that tbo grazing privileges of the Forests ihould be appurtenmant to the near by hay ranches and winter range jurt as tho water on the Forest streams become appurtenant to the near by lands upon which they havo been used, and WHEREAS, tho present ratio nt rango allotted to cattle Is dlsporpor tlonato to that alloted to sheep In a ratio of about 2 to 1, discriminating unfavorably with tho cattlo industry, nnd WHEREAS, the records of tho Forest olllce df permits grantod to non-residents, of the State of Oregon, and that these permittees do not own in thin state, any Improved ranch property capablo of wintering stock for which they hold pcrmitti. That allotments of government range to such permittees nro a damage to actual settlors and owners of Improv ed ranch prb)wty, living in and ad jacent to these Forests the homo usern especially protected by the reg ulations of tho Uso Hook while wo bollovo permits have boon denied members of his Association holding every qualification that should en- tltlo him the use of the forest range although present regulations do not so permit, and WHEREAS, wo bollovo that the regulation applying to Partnershlpn 's an Injustice to many mon owning mproved ranch property, bordering on or within tho National Forests that wo bollovo these Partnerships should bo considered an individual! and allowed tho protective limit tbo same as an individual and bo known as a Class lAJpermHteo. WHEREAS, for example a part nership, owning Improved ranch property capable of wintering 600 head of cattle and .summer feed for 400 head aro 'denied a permit of this Forest for 160 head, because of thn partnership, and for the fur ther reason that thoy own more than thn protnctlvo limit placed at 1C0 head In thin district, and WHEREAS, by a dissolution of thin partnership, each of said part ners would bo known an a Class "AS pormlttoo and could ncqulro rango for 1C0 head each, provided, they d(d not own over ICO bond of ntock. In It tho Intention of tho government to cauno llieso ranches to run at n groat financial loss In order to bo euro range that of right should in with tho ranches, w'lthln nnd bordor 'ng on tho Natlonnl Forest, and nblo to produco n groator number of ntock? We beliovo that this rule Is nrrn'c'ouii In that it tondir to colitis Ivo agrcomonts nnd may load to dis honorable methods to socuro rlghtu that should bo jirocurod honorably aud in order to prevent such agrod monls, a partnership should bo allow ed a preference on the same basis an .a class ''A" permittee and j THEREFORE, BB ,1T RESOLVED I that w( are, nualterably oposed to and view with grave apprehension the policy of range control an set j forth by the present rulen and regul- niions .01 me ueparuaeni 01 artichi J'ture and firmly believing that such policy will sooner or later destroy ' . a a ' our mausiry. We respectfully request that tho officers enforcing the resolutions, each use his Influence to those high er In authority to the end that; FIRST: That all cattle and horso range be made compact and per manent aa much an possible, with no bheep allotments Inside the boundary should follow natural land mark, such as ridges, streams or other bar riers, thus conlltilng the cattlo and horses to natural basins aa near n possible; I SECOND: That permanent drift fences be built between the. cattlo anci homo ollotments and the nhne? allotments as soon an possible at tlu Joint expense of the cattle and horsft ' users, the Natlonnl Forest and Ih'o Hfleep permittees, whoso allotment:! ' adjoin tho cattlo and horse districts: I THIRD: That no permanent right bo given to 'any person to gnuo shoop Innldo tho boundary llnon of. tho cattlo and horso slistrlcts, excop. by n majority voto of tho permit tneit grazing stock In tho dlntrlct, even, though n pormlttoo may havo dla- -posod of all or n part of hlu wiltla nnd horses, with tho lnlontlon of us ing his rango prlvllcgo for tho graz ing of shoop. WHEREAS, tho Sovonth niinmil Convention of tho Cattlo and Horsu Rnlnora Association hna boon thJ largest attonded and In many way tho most Instructive and lutorotitliijr of aur several meetings. I That tho cnlortalninont, accommo dations and facilities provided wcra not only fully adoqunto but thoy ,woro In a rannncr uoxpoctcd under tho handicap conditions confronted In an Interior locality. THEREFORE UE IT RE80LVED, that this Association cntend Its sin core thanks and appreciation to thu stock mon of Central Oregon," and Harney County, and to the kind hos pitable and energetic clttsens of Hums. L 20,000 Acres SAGEBRUSH LANDS' with water rights for sale on Blitzen River in tracts of 80 " ' "Acret vor nnore. - Reasonable prices onefifth cash balance easy terms, six per cent in terest. Eastern Oregon Live Stock crane Company oregon iflafPivMHi Note th big rcliftf overload spring call and on THE UNIVERSAL, CAR Mrch!3, 1920 the Ford Motor Co. advanced the prices of Ford cars because of the incrcscd cost of Production. No specific announcement was deemed necessary at the time, but it has developed that misrepreeentations and misquotations of these advanced prices have been and are being given out. So to safeguard the public against the evels of Misrepresentation, we herewith give the present prices: n l . with oVal lctrlc starting and Kghtlag Runabout 1 . S55U ...t. zs Touring Car . $575 Coupe $750 with dual electric tUrtihg and lighting yttcn 850 with dual electric starting and lighting tyiteaa and demountable rwnt $850 ,$875 with dual electric ttartlac ami Ughting system and demountable rieai . $87 S Sedan 1 with MUreTaiid cHaeherriwi . Truck Chassis d..rk.$40) ThM 1cm m eH f. e. b. Detroit Fordionjractor $850.00 f. o. b. Dearborn Mich. Burns Garage $6(