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'- " ' ,tn -' li r'al a m i- vxtt VOL. XXXV 11 BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 1, 1923 NO. V FURTHER STEPS TAKEN TOWARD WATER, SEWER Cky Council Introduce Two Ordinances; Considering Street Improvement. At tho regular mooting of the oily council Wednesday nlisUt furlhur atepa toward permanent Improve mouta of UuntH woro taken. At that tltnu an ordlnanco was Introduced providing for tho application of th titutu law on Initiative and rufunm dum to city orgunlwitlon. Another ordlnanco was confirming tho con tract with I'lyth-Wlttor & Oo. for fumlBhliiB tho luKal iiorvlco Incident lo amondliiB tho churtor and con ductliiB tho prollmlnary onglneoring on pinna and specification!! for a water ami owur system. ltoy McOco wus, boforo tho body with a proposition to scarify and put 1000 yarda of gravel on Main atrcot from tho corner of Tonawama to tho highway for tho aum of flOOO. Thla propoaltlon la appealing and ono that will bo taken advnntugo of, no doubt, provided wayu and means are found to do no. Tho atroet needs the Improvement but there are so many demands at thla time upon tho funds of tho city It la hard to nr rango for tho necessary mouoy. Tho tax budget Is a thing that must be revised In order to meet actual do matida and with thla additional sum. Including tho lucldentals in connec tion with such improvement which would mean tho tearing up of all crosswalks und rebuilding to grade, tho suuurea that tho city would have to finance In improving, and tho further consideration of tho likeli hood of aomo property owners be ing alow in meeting their naauus meuta on the propoaed improvement, are matter that enter Into tho pro position that require consideration. It la sincerely hoped that this may bo mot and tho Improvement so bad ly needed may bo accomplished with tho least delay. Wo all realize the demand upon our reiourceaat this time but there-is a disposition upon the part of tho property ownera to go aa far aa possible in meeting the situation. In fact thoy know it must be mot and will bo mot. Tho only feature la tho best mcthodu of moot ing them. ItAIUtOAD (JltAWK ItKADY FOIl HAILS With tho exception of tho brldgea tho railroad grade from Crnuo to Hums la practically ready for laying tho rails. This, Is tho gonoral report. Junt whon tho rails will bo brought In la not known, At tho time this is written Mr. 0 Irani, tho engineer was not found for an Interview, hut It aeums to bo tho general opinion that tho rails will llkoly bo laid aomo time during tho protiout mouth an tho bridges to bo constructed nro not largo. Grading continues on that por tion of tho road from IluriiH toward the tlmbor but weather conditions may pro von t much moro dirt being moved thla fall. However, If the routo la located a suftlclont dlstnnco into the mountains rock work may bo prosecuted with tho froczlng weather prevailing. According to n clipping from the Portland Journal the road la to bo completed by next July but it isn't necessary to take that time to have It completed Into Duma. WKDDINO CEHEMONY HTOPPRD HY WRONGED WIFE The wedding ceromony that was announced to take place at the East ern Star meeting last Monday even ing, which caused moro or loss spec ulation, was really qulto a sensation, aa thero waa an attempt at bigamy, At least the ceremony was stopped at the critical tlmo by the nppoaranco of a wrongod wife accompanied by her infant and nursemaid. Following tho regular order of business of tho mooting thoBO pres ent woro tronted to two fine vocal selections, tho first by Mrs. P. S. Woittonhlllor nnd tho accond by Mrs, OhcBtor Dalton. Following tho last selection, Mrs. A. C. Wolcomo who prosidod at tho piano, started play lug a wadding march. Tho door to tho anti-room was opened allowing a clerical olnd individual In but whon this Individual passed noar the neat of the newaonpor man ho rccog- iiitd his own wtfa clad In hlovim trig dress uult, but witl her collar turned backward. Doforo ho couid rocovor from thla ahock two othcra figures approached, ono in dandy costurao with a walking cane and ac companied by a blond youth, repre senting tho groom and best man; up on closer observation they woro rec ognized aa Mrs. W. M. Carroll nnd Miss Hllon door. From tho other door camo two 1eauttful llttlo girls carrying baskols of flowers, but In stead of flowers being strown along tho path for tho coming bride thoy distributed enrrots, onions, corn (j! ilkn and othor vegetable The llt tlo girls proved to ho Mrs. Waldo Cloor nd Mrs. Frd Goyt. Next enmo'tho ring bearer, Mrs. Fred Wil liams, with a hugo pillow on which rested a ring large enough for n bracelet. Sho wns followed by tho brldo'ri maids Mm. Farro and Mrs. M. li. Gilbert, thou followed tho lirlilo, Mrs. John Oomborllng, nnd her father, Mrs. Allen Jones. I, 8. dear mado n dainty llttlo train hear or In tho cutest dross. Upon reach ing a position In rout of tho cln-iol Individual tho ceromony, read from a Wlilto House cook book, started. And It was aomo vown tho contract ing pnrtles hud to tako. At tho tlmo whon It waa asked whether thero woro nny objections to joining tho couplo together for bolter or for worso wna a commotion in tho anti-room and Waldo Gcor, dressed aa tho Injured wlfo, followed by Cheater Dalton, tho nursomald, with Illllle Dyrd'a porambulntor In which Irene Mothorshoad'a doll waa tuck ed, camo rushing In and objected, An evidence of hor claim tho Injured wlfo presented the offspring which was pronounced tho imago of its father by tho bride to bu with much tears. It hroko up the ceremony in confusion. Home of tho charactors romnlucd In costume for the balance of tho evening but others wont homo and changed. Thero was dancing and general good time for an hour or moro und then pumpkin and mince pie and coffee were served followed by more dancing, The wedding proved a most laugh able affair and those who took part were complimented. It waa gotten up aa a diversion and entertainment tn tho membora. liADIKH LlllHAHY CLUB (Contributed) . Tho Ladles Library club mot at tho homo of Mrs. II. II. Maco, Satur day, Novomber 21, with Mr. I. II Holland, Mrs. Lolah Millar, Mra. C. 1). McConnell, Mra. A. I). Cooloy cs Joint hostesses. Tho subject, Flomlsh and Dutch Art wna Illustrated with aomo lovely picture. Tho papora woro Interest ing nnd woll presented. Tho rending nnd tho songs woro well received nnd heartily encored. Tho program wna as ofllewa: Illstonlcnl Churches of Our Cap itol, Mrs. A. I). Cooley. Papor, Sir Anthony Vnndyck, Mrs. Lolah Millar. Song, Smllo Thru your Tears and for an oncoro Stnllln Thru, Mra. Chester Dalton. Papor, Potor Paul Itubons, Mrs. II. II. Maco. Heading, Green Mountain Jusllco nnd A Hindoo Dried, Mra. W. M. Sutton. Paper, Itombrandt Van Ityn, Mrs. C. B, McConnell. Song, Its Only a Fairy Qardon and Ilecauso, Mra. A. G. Welcome Itefreshmonta wero served and the mooting adjourned to moot Doc. 15 at tho home of Mrs. John Gember-llng. CHAUTAUQUA FjRSTTVAIj AT CRANK NBXT WEEK Crane holds its annual Chautau qua Featlval next week, beglnlng Tuesday, Dec. 4 and continues in cluding Saturday, Dee. 8. Tho program ia one that ono can rccom mond and we hopo our alstor city will find it most entertaining and attractive. Such undor-tnklnga are worthy In any community. Tho Times-Herald takos an interost in such movomouts that nro of a chnr nctor that brings good things to the young people nud ontortnlnment to tho oldor onoa. Should wonthor con ditions bo favorablo cltlzona of Burns should oncourngo our neigh bor by attending somo of tho num bers all of which will ho hold in tho ovonlng In a hall, n Tin Olbson was ovor from his Sll vor crock ranch homo Wednesday. OBSERVE PARENTS DAY AT THE PUBUC SCHOOL Short Progran In Assembly Followed by Inspection Visit to Rooms. ParotKS day wns observed nt tho public Hernial Wednesday uftonu.cn. Tho altondaiico wna not ay lurpo ti has boon In former jimra but mir al things coiitrlbitud to (III, ono being tho nit it was Hie d:iy bofoic Thanksgiving nnd hoimewlves were busy In preparing for the usunl homo dinners with relntlvoK itnd friends, another wio tho fact that itovrral of tho busings I.ouih'k were going to close for tho holiday and therefore had additional dutlus In tho way of taking enro of their customer;! In nd vatico. it had been the custom of tho school In tho past to hold thla event In tho spring whon a greater tlmo was given to nnnouuotng tho dnto nnd poopto glvon nn opportunity to arrango to attend. Ab it was, how ever, tho day wob a success with mnny fcaturca of Interest und thoao attending fool woll ropald. Thoro waa a short program in tho assem bly, rondored by the pupils, before tho gonoral Inspection of tho sov oral grado rooms whoro visitors view cd tho work of tho children and bad n good visit with them. STICK TO JlKGLAMATION Western State AxHOclntlon Htlll calls for sno,ooo,ooo Avoiding any expression of ap proval of tho Snilth-McNary bill, or any other specific measure, the Western States Reclamation assoc iation, nt Its meeting In Salt Lake City last week, abopted a resolution that congress "bo requested to ap propriate $250,000,000 or more for expondlturo under the reclamation law ns promptly aa such money can be wisely expended. This was a re affllrmatlon of tho resolution adopt ed by tho association In 1919. Tho Western States Reclamation association was mado up of mon ap pointed by governors of 11 far west urn states who understand Irrigation and know its benefits. The convention elected R. K. Shcp nrd of Joromo, Idaho, na prostdont. Mr. Shepnrd la a practical Irrlgntlon lat of long uxporlonce and a success ful business man. Tho maoclntlon took n firm stand against too agitation In aomo project commuultlOH for n turthor extension of 40 yoara of tho period within which settlers Bhould ho required to make their contract payments to tho government. Speaker nftcr penk or at tho convention declared him self and hla atato ngnlnut any aomb lauco of repudiation OrogonFarm or. AT 3::50 WSLL ttllMllll53ilillir gEEMINY AL. jj l" MABV 1 1 liJlllBBI tOOKIT THAT.' ONLY P ' I ,---xaiirE3F THAT WAS (ffllP NEXT MONTH AN' gppMOTIt A 6000 IB Hr 6EE, THEN CHRI-J'MAS. h 1 Ml R V W WiVVVU .DINNER, MI ONLY ONE OH, 0OY, ITLL vj 11o1jh3 REMEDIES PROPOSED FOR FARM AILMENT Paul V. Maris Declares That Farmers Must Develop Markets to Protect. (Orcgonlan) Oregon, with hor agricultural In dustry now approaching tho 100 yoar mark, facea tho need of exten sive chnngou If alio Is to successfully ovorcomo undor-dovclopod farms, freight differentials, competition from other areas and an overplus of staple crops llko wheat. This la tho conclusion of Paul V. Marls, director of tho Oregon Agricultural college extension servtco In a bulletin Just published. Conscious of tho fact that destruc tive criticism la worso than no criti cism nt all In this particular Instanco Mr. Marls has compiled a long list of figures, drawn from tho production and selling record of tho past years und has set forth tho following rem edies: Ilctnalicx are Listed 1. Staple auch as wheat, beef cattle, wool and tho llko will contin ue to constitute tho major source of our agricultural income. But these staples should bo confined to regions in which they arc best developod and other less productlvo regions turned to diversified crops and specialities. 2. Largo and powerful co-opera-tlvo agencies must be developed to caro for our specialty crops such as prunos, loganborrlcs and nuts. This s our most pressing agricultural problom. 3. Tho dairy Industry should bo made tho basis around which wo dovelop our diversified farming sys tem. Poultry, swine, farm flocks of sheep, legumes, seeds, breeding stocks, fruits and vegetables consti tute Important secondary features of a diversified programme. 4. To encourage the best practlcos of production and facilitate market ing wq should concentrate produc tion by communities. Wheat Vnritlcft Rctlaced Amplifying theso four general con clusions, Mr. Marls believes that wheat, tho most Important single crop In the stnto, should continue without reduction In tho eastern Ore gon counties whoro it has thus far proved to yield satisfactory. In tho remaining areas a 10 per cent reduc tion should bo effected, thus releas ing the lands for forngo crops for dairy cattlo. In addition tho varie ties of nluat should be cut from CO to 12. Reef cnttlo should contlnuo on tho ran go lands whoro grazing and feed conditions are best suited to beef production. Carrying capacities of tho ranges should bo Increased by doferrod and rotation grazing. Mr. Maris hero stresses tho point that alternating from cnttlo to sheep and P.M. THANKSGIVING DAY j sheep to cnttlo undor Influonco of temporary prlco fluctatlons Is not Justified on such lands. Thus, sell ing cattle nt bottom prices and buy ing sheep at top prices la indefensi ble. Mr. Marls also advises the study of cost accounting to put tbo in dustry on a second financial bade. Fat cattlo weighing 1000 to 1100 pounds In sufficient numbers for slaughtor should bo chipped to Port land and coast markets. Ho reaches tho same conclusions aa to wool and mohair, advising a general Increasing of scientific breed ing, business management nnd a co operation with agricultural schools and ngcnclcs for the Improved moth odB of carrying on tho Industry. Co oporatlvo agencies should also bo developed. Loggcd-off areas Bhould bo turned over to mohair. Dairying Held Important Dairying, Mr. Marls states, should ho mado tho basis of tho diversified farm programme. Above all things tho quality of milk and cream de livered to factories should bo better ed and hold up to a doflnito stand dnrd. Tho herd should bo consis tently Improved. Also tho herd of six and eight should bo increased to 12 nnd 14 nnd thus cut down produc tion and upkeep costs. Tho cropping system and permanent pasturo ays tom should bo further worked out. Poultry Is.' also an Important sub aldlaryof tho diversified plan. Hero Mr. Maria stressed the fact that, eggs should bo sold through a cen tral organization. Among tho fruit and berry crops, ho finds tho loganborry Industry ono to bo nursed along carefully and that tho problem Is ono of national advertising and organization of growers. Loganborrlcs am an Ore gon monopoly, practically 90 per cant of all berries being grown In Oregon. Hence, tho programme strosscs this fruit aa ono of the most Important In tho aubildiury group. Prunes, a Pacific coattt mon opoly, also come in for tho same treatment. Hero the schcdulo is 1, n ctandnrdlzcd high quality product; 2 reasonable prlcoj to consumers , i, other and bottc. ways of prepar ing prunes for sale; 4, advertising and demonstration. Oregon, it la pointed out, is at praiont producing enough prunes for her own use and an additional population of at, 000, 000 pooplo. Other small fruitc In the pro gramme are to ba slowly developed it tho need nnd market grows. For tipples tho export demand la for high quality only, hence all iion conmerclnlly handled and low-ylold ing orchards eugli: (o be eliminated. This will reduco the crop by 5 per cent and simplify marketing prob lems. In addition all northweb' cll Ir. ngeuoles ought to be oo-ordin lrd. Llko tho loganberry, the ap ple Is a high class, rpeciallzcd prod uct to bo sold nationally nud hcuco should bo treated ns such. Chnrrlos, pears, walnuts and fil berts nro Pacific coast monopolies In t nenso and Bhould bo placed in (Continued on page five) 1 RANGE HORSES NOW A MENACE, SAY STOCKMENt Grass Needed for Cattle and! Sheep; Herding Off The Range too Difficult.. (Bend Bulletin) Range horses aro becoming so nu merous In many of tho counties cast: of tho Cascades, especially In Central' Oregon, that It Is tho belief of manjr of tho sheepmen, cattlemen and offi cials of tho forest sorvlco that soma actlon should bo taken by tho state lo rolfcvo tho situation. The fact: that thero aro at least 1,000 head of wild horses In tho vicinity of Plner mountain south of Bend indicate that not only aro the animals multi plying rapidly In Central Oregon, but that they aro a menace to tho stock men of Deschutes county. According to tho cattlemon anuT . shoepmen, 'range horses feed off tares ranges needed for cattlo nnd sheep.. They also mako inroads into the for est, and complaints havo been made by sheepmen having summer allot ments in tho Ochoco and Deschutes national forests to the effect that: herding tho animals off the mountain pasturago is a serious problem. Horso Market Foor Tho market for horses In recent years has been very poor, with the result that many farmers have turn ed animals out on the open range. These animals have scattered widely ovor the desert country in tho winter months, and In the summer go Into tho forests. It has beon reported by stockmen that tho nnimala are espe cially a source- of annoyance around, tho water holes. In many cases owners oftfio range? horscsre willing to have them kill cd off. In counties where tho chock ing of predatory animals is under' I tho supervision of the biological sur- vcy, owners of horses tell the trap pcrs to kill the animals for bait, only requesting that the "scrabs" be useoT when possible. Because of the lack i of supervision of man, tho range 1 animals are rapidly deteriorating lai stock. Horses on tho rango suffer from tho hard winters, many of their number starving to death !a tin? deep snowa. This, It Is believed, he tho only check on tho constant in rreusa of tho practically worthless, horses of tho desert country. !L.0 V SOMi: PIIOMI.NKNT MK.V COMING XKXT WKKIw Rev. Olonzo M. Petty D. D. of th Oregon Baptist Stnto Convention, Itov. J. C. Austin, of LInflold Col logo. McMInnvillo, Ore. and Hev. FJ. I II. Beard, pastor of tho Baptist. I church of Bend, Ore will bo In ! Burns next Tuesday, Wednesday and' Thursday, Dec. 4, B, nnd C to hold a. Missionary and. Evangelistic Insti tute In tho locai Baptist Church. On Nov. 7 to 9 thero wna held, Itr. tho Whlto Tomplo Church In Port lond, Ore. a great statowldo meeting of this naturo, following which, teams of prominent men of tho de nomination aro going to every church tn tho stato, carrying this, work to tho outlying churches. Tho men composing the team com ing to Burns are all noted leader in tho Baptist ranks and tho pooplo of thla community aro urged to hear theso speakers. Thero will be two services eacis day.: 2:30 P. M. and 7:30 P. M. Tho following Suuday, Doc. 9tfc Itov. W. T. Mllllken, D. D. of Port land, Oro., Dlroctor of Religious Ed ucation of tho Baptist Stato Conven tion, will bo In Burn-j in tho Interest of tho young pooplo of tho commun ity. Burns In tho interest of tho youne pooplo of tho community. Itov. Mllllken wan pastor of th First Baptist Church of Salem Ore., which ho resigned to tako up this; larger stato work. Ho Id a splendid christian man, n cultured and clo-' quont speaker, and vitally interost od in young poopto and their prob lems. Ho will b& in iho Sunday School at 10 A. M. and will also speak nt 11 A. M.-nnrt at 7:30 P. Sl it is a pleasure to announce tlui coming of theso mon nnd ovory one Is cordially Invito.'! ro hear them, and tho young peoph aro especially urg ed to attend, n Put Llnoham was ovor from SIE vor creek Wednesday. Mil LS"1 I , i.l 4:1 i- M i l'- mm I,'?' 1 , s-MMi -, - - m mm i fcwu ii ..w.. ... ......t...Mi .,MW.IJ('' ,.. ,.-.. --. . 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