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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1920)
A.mST IHttO UMNKUVK orvntiori'ricIu4CH nil of Harney and Malhnur Lukos In Hartley County. Nepal!' Argument, by Committor lln boiTmliry lino included not only of Uiu Oregon Chnjrtor of Uie Am thoso lnntlHilylng below tun monndor orican Aoclnlion of KnjUvni.,hu,ofl tjijtjj,l(), butjvW.nll of tholio Your loinmlttoo, to which wns ro- logal subdivisions? ny part of which tarred tho ubovo matler, respectfully roportit im follows: , (From Tho OrcRon Votor) On August 18th, 1008, the Malheur .ako Reservation was created by pro.Hliioutui proclamation ror tno pro tection of native birds. Thki res- tr FAIR PRICES - - - GOOD FOODS THIS IS A GENERAL STORE -but- WE SPECIALIZE ON FOOD Itt lyt a fair weather price In our bargain department for grocerir. Oxne itt out of the rain of profiteer. Wo liaye nn untbrelln wild no lend In It. It I pockotbooe proof grocery buying, nnd I your oppor tunity for a jiut return on your money. Sec oar namplcft fnr made to order suit?. You couldn't met better values anywhere at anything llUu the prices. L. E. REED General Merchandise MMIIIMIIKIIHIMIIMIHMMMMtlHMHMM Red Star Detroit Vapor Stoves Costs less to operate ' Sanitary-no oder or smoke No wick Fastest No excess kitchen heat Fries, boils, or bakes anything Will pay for itself in fuel saving in a few months A boon to the house keeper . S. Geer & Co. ' HARDWARE Lake view Round -Up SEPTEMBER , r 4, 5, 6, 1920 GRAND STAND ACCOMODATIONS LIMITED Mai! Orders for Tickets will receive first atten tion. iv(iiil remittances to Lalceview Round-Up, Lakeview, Oregon. ADULTS: A; Season Gate Admission , ' ' ' . Season Grand ji:md Additional CHILDREN: Season Gate Admission Season Grand Stand Additional , Lakeview, touches tho meander lino. , TJivreii ofMnlhom;, Luko Ihupt proximately 4tto6o acres'. Tho luko voryshullowand perhaps Hhould inoro lipwiiVrfy bo olrtsslllud 'as a swntnp. KloHt of tho land Ih Hultablo for agricultural purposes and will produce hay nnd forage fur stock. Xi r $3.00 $1.50 $1.50 .75 it f Oregon It In how proposed to convoy to tho Fudorni Government practically tho ontlrn bud of Malheur Lako. There III horoto uttachod n copy of tho ori ginal moiwiuru which wan circulated to Homo oxtoud and thou withdrawn, and u now moaHuro substituted, ami f a. copy of tho presidential proclama tion creating tho rennrvntlon. Two utreHinH onipty Into Malheur Lako. 1 Thoiiri are tho Bllvloii and'llllt- xon Hirers. These streams aro largo- I . ........I Iuu.f til A a. ..a ly uuod (or Irrigation at tho proaont tlmo, but on both oxtoniilvo dovolop inoutn aro In contompUtlou, Involving tho conMtructlou of largo romirvolrn for thu Htorago of water for tho moro comploto lrrlrtlon of laudH now Irrl- igutotl, and tho Irrigation of additional mum. Tho land available In Harney Val ley for Irrigation purponoH far ox ceoda tho available water aupply, hence all available wator Hhould bo cuunorvod to tho end that tho great oat poHHlblo area of land may bo brought Into productive cultivation. It will ho noted Hint tho amended meahtire IIuiIIh tho land and wator to bo convoyed to thono within tho ron ervatlon thiiH eliminating tho trlliu- t.try watorH. TIiIh Ih a great Im provement over tho original menHunv Tho only watura thnt It Ih now pro poHod to convey to tho Federal Gov-! h,,ur tn Innervation. Homo of tho ernment are thomi which rfro In M"al-' ltt,,dH r" nodoubtedly private proper hour Iaki. A nurubor of attotupta aH th,J boundary of tho ronorvatlon hvo bMi mndo to numo th water of ! lacludw) lund lylK bov tho mn- (hh) like for thn lrrUtln of artjotn 'umi UnLi but Humcffrit vrogrnrur turn nerrr bMi niin to deuoaatnttn IL-i fr5ttlllty. WhlU tkA pnpoid EBfMUro now rMORultAft ituch rlghtx ittt are prior In tlmo to Uh enactment, It precluded any further appropriation of the water of Malheur Lako. It In averted by hu advocate of the meaHuro.that It Ih not their pur pone or deiilro to Interfere In any wny with the Irrigation dovelopment aH they believe IrrlKutlon thiotiKhout the valley will have a tendency to main tain Malheur Lake at more nearly a conntant and normal level. Whether or not thin would bo the ronult or ex teiiHlve Irrigation, wo are not prep.ir cd to state. However, even If thlH bo (rue, thu rcHUlt would be that Mal heur Lake would become alkaline Junt at Harney Lako U. The over flow from Malheur Into Harney Lake preventH tho former from becoming alkaline. Ily routrolllni; tho area on which evaporation occur, wo can control tho water level, of the lake, and not otli'wwlbe. KxtoiiHlvo IrrlKatlou will douhtlenH reHUlt In. very much Iohh water reach Iiir Malheur Lake and It would Hcnm that tliiriVlll reHiilt either In drylnrc tho lako up entirely and rattiilnK it to become an alkaline Hat Hlmltar to Alvold Lake or a Halt Hlmllar to Har ney Laku. It would Heem therefore that tho proper procedure would be The largest and groateL as sembly of Vacqueros a?ul I3ucking Horses, Mules, and Steers ever gathered togeth e r i n Southern Oregon. Forty-five minute Aeroplane Stunt Exhibition Each Day. $3000.40 IN CASH PRIZES Hotel accommodation will be short, so bring your camp outfit and enjoy a well filled three daya of good, clean sport with an opportunity to investigate the possibilities of Lake County. Plenty of good pasture available for horses. GOOD CAMPING FACIL ITIES & CONVENIENCES Lakeview is located in the center of a vast stock coun try an empire in itself-j and her citizens will give you a royal welcome. LAKEVIEW ROUND-UP INCORPORATED to carry forward both irrigation and cojilrol of thu lako surface simultan eously ho that dominions would at nil times bo'undor control, and thu boat Interest of tho state cured . for through a carefully considered uit.d Well ordorod plan. The 'drainage of Mainour Lako Would hi' (ho opinion of those ail vor dales utterly destroy It as it bird ro- ildrvo atid tfiUH defeat tholr purpose. Tho dralnuKo of Malheur Lako would, . t...ll Ii . a. wo boliovo, nucomiltnto tho dyking ofr of a portion of tho lako uh It would bo Impractical to drain tho ontlro lako, Heroin lieu tho notation of tlio problem and one which would renult In definite axHUrance that a part of Malheur Lako would alwaya ho main tained aa a bird renervo and that It wduld not bocomo an alkali donort a Alvold Lako now Ih or a body of Halt water llko Harney Lako. Hhould thin land bo ceded to tho Federal Government for thu Hpeclllc purpoHii of a bird reserve, It would then be phi' n(l not onlv licyoi.o tho control of the atato to regulate and maintain the water at a proper level, hut It will aim) be beyond the control of the Fed eral Government, hh the lako lit to be ceded to It for a Hpeclllc purpoHU. Much uncertainty oxIhIh hh to the title to tho laudtt Included In tho 2jl der Itart. Th luctoatlon of th lako reoutu la UtBo4t conutunt' cKuriglof of tbo coodltloM of tho Uadd Wow th) nNtndor lino. At Umen a consid erably portloa of tho )ko bed la un covered. Thla land aiay boloog to tho Htato or amy belong to tbo adjoin ing property owners bh Indlcstod In tho cjixu or Cnwltlold vn. Smith (69 Oro.) It Ih not Improbable that tho j rlk'htH of Uii ndjneunt land ownorn nmy doppnd upon Ihu water lovol In tho luko nt tho tlmo of tho jiasKO or ; llin mi'UHUre. vhould It lie unuclod. If tho Htato rt'taliiH control, thu matter Will tlOUlilti'HH lilt mtjllHted II M HOW lirovtded hy Muttiht. Thu Httitu run of coumu convey only Htich lundH uh It owiiii and It Ih ireMiiined that tho (loviTiuiint will not cull upon tho main to JnliUo wood on n convoynncu of lnnd that thu statu down not now own. It doon Hemn, howuvur, thnt w Hhould know wlmt wo nro doodluK l foro vy dik'd It, nnd uIho thu offoct of hui'Ii urtlbn on oilier public Inter uih. It In Hrobablii thnt tho stnto hnt a 1 valid r!iit to iuohI of tho land within tho moMHlur linn conidMInK of op-J proxltuutuly 47,000 ncn-H, n InrKu part of which Ih Hultnblo for nitrlcul-J Uirnl jiurpOHtiH. Projiurly hundledj thin Klfqnld produoo a ruvonuo tor th Hohool fuTid of Hovoral hundred Uiouh- and dolliirH. I., innr. I ouor Ivlnnmth Luko wai t f v " ' cedod to ihu I'nlted HlutoH nnd wlth- out oxpondliiK any money In lln re-, rlaiuatlon thu Oovorutnent hnn nowj Homo aoToOO acrpH of tht Inndu for J entry, a part of whjiih, l In Califor nia. Tlfp extent the value of theftO lundH In Oregon our whool fund Iuih boon doptvtcri. The character and ownernhlp of Mulhour Lake Ih mwWlr Invo tlKutlon by tho Attorney bonoral of OroKou and no action 8hould,'be tnk-, en to further Invojve theo InndM un-j til Huch jlmo a ho Huh an opportunity i to compH'to hlH In.voMtlBation and re port hlH llndltiKf. It would Heem that tlfo landrt with in Malheur Lako "nro now adequately protected throuKh tho State Iand Hoard which In well able to look af ter tho public Inief'et Under, Jho viry uk 'qon$ltion'wJ)lch may urlno. It hi becoming of ever tncroanlng import unco that tho dovelopment of tho ag ricultural reaourceu of Oregon bo en couraged. Harney Bmdn In probably tho larg est area of pructlcally levol land with in the Htato. Upon Its dovelopment largely depends tho eitonMon of rail roadH through that part of tho atato and tho reclamation of landR by irri gation and dralnngo in thlH valloy Ih of nrlmo Importance, hh It Ih probable that not Iohh than U.0,000 acreH will) ultimately be Irrlguted and drained Ono-flth of tho landa In Oregon aro to-day Ineludi'd In tho fnroHt renerveH free rrom taxatloh. With due regard, therefore, to tho Importaueo to the, Htato or OroKou of galno preHorvoH and reservatlonu wo nhould not lono an opportunity to plaro additional lundH on our tax rolln and Rook their higher development. In concluHlon, therefore, wo bo liovo that tho ouaqtmont of tho pro poned Illrd Hofugo meiiHuro and tho coding of Malheur Lnko tp tho Feder al Qoveruinont Ih coutrury to tho boHt IntorOHtB of tho Htato of Oregon for the reuHOiiHS 1, That It codofl to tho govern ment all I ho waters or Malhour Lako (Subject to oxlHtln'g rlghtH), thus pro viding uncertain concurrent Htato and federal control of thoHo waters and preventing Uiolr furthor npproprlu Hon. 2. That It gives lo tho govoru- munt approximately, 4,000 acres, much of which hi doubtless iituto lnnd, a part of which Hhould ulti mately bo roclaltnod and tho proceeds from tholr Halo enhance thu shool fundt , .1. Tliat .lt, will add 47,000 acres to tho nuu-tuxablo MHorvos of Oregon and remove this aroft forovor from tho possibility of taxation, I. That It will tond to discourage railroad construction and general do - . . I- . i. - . i . m , i . vetoptuiMit Ih that Hoctlon of tho Htato, r, That It will provont tho Htato or the Oovornmont, or both, from controlliiK tho wator level In Malheur Luke or any part of It, which can boHt bo accompllHhed by IrrlKatlou and draiiutKe development carried on HlmultaneoitHly. li. That uncertainty oxlntn rela tive to thu title to tho bed of Mal heur Lake nod considerable tlmo Iuih been expended by thu Attorney Gen eral luvoHllRatiiiK tho Hiimo and any action lookliiR to tho dlHpoHiil of tho landH prior to tho tlmo wo .find out who they belong to Ih premature. 7. That any lamia which will ho affected by tho ineiiHiire aro now en tirely within tho control or tho Htato ' Lund Hoard, compoued or tho Govern or, Hecrotary of Htato and Htato ' TrenHuror, Hhould be promlttod to continue to handle tho situation In tho bcHt Intercut of tho Htato of Ore Ron, Wo would recommend, there forf, that an effort bo mado to havn tho taeoflure wlthrwa with view U havlag careful ntu4y nde of th altuatloA ftiul m U worked out for tho blgfeeitt d Mt UtrireotH of tho HtaUt of Oregon with rmpoct to tho Anvolopneat of tho agricultural laadd EDUCATION PAYS I'OH TIIK IXIHVint'AL AND VOll TUB STATK A I'erhon with No Kducntlon has but Ono Chnnco in 1C0.000 to lli'iider Distinguished Service to tho Public ' Willi Common School Education 4 Chances With High School Education 87 Chances Will College Education 800 Chancos Are You Giving Your Child His Chance? 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Wo boliovo that tho advocatoa of tho ruwiauro aro ulncoroly ondoavor ing to Horvo th'o botft Intorosts of Oro rod, and If thoy wllf accord lis like crodlt, thu question rcflolvos Itself 1 Into an honest dlfforonco of opinion. ... ...... Wo boliovo that tholr ardor for the protection of tho blrdH hau blinded tliom to other largo and important public IntorcHtH and cauHud thorn to adopt a coumo which will rcHult In a detriment to tho Htato and may do feat tholr purpom), Itenpoctfully nubmlttcd, I'RHCY A CUI'IMCIt. O. LAUHQAARD, J. W. CUNNINGHAM WANTKD To communicate with middle nKcd or oldorly lady to It cop hnuHU on nmall ranch for ramlly of ono. Formanont ponl tlon for one that can make homo what It Hhould bo. Addrc-HH No. 8-21 thin ofllco. o Full lino Kakhl and Corduroy TrouHcrs. N. Drown & Hoiih. itAuuiT Huun-rr Ftva MBtn will bo.paUt fr lUbbttn ciW4 wMJH tie buailalf of our turn Jwrtk luu. TJUa offer ataada tat 9 if. ui eMat N. 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