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BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 26, 1924
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A. PiwrTW
IRRIGATION MEN BACK
FROM SALT LAKE MET
Representative There From
Many Projects; Chances
Favorable For Aid.
8am Mothcrshoad arrived homu
Thursday night from Suit Laku
whuru hu nud oLhor members of tho
Hnruoy Valley Irrigation District,
togothor with Capt. Itobt. M. Duncan,
had been before tho mooting hold by
tho fact finding committee recently
unpointed to Investigate tho govern
ment reclamation projects. Direct
ors OIhoii and Thompson, tjiu other
member of thu party, returned
homo earlier in tlu week but Messrs
Muthurshcnd and Duncan remained
to placu thu local situation before
tho committee in a more extended
manner, reducing their proposition
to writing and submitting n supple
meutcd brief in addition to thu per
Honal appearance.
Mr. Motherahcnd told a roprcuoti
iativo of thia paper that thu delega
tion found tho meeting of much
greater interest and Importance than
they had expected and largely at
tended. Thero wero delegations
there from practically every Irriga
tion project west of the Mississippi
rivor and all had something of Im
portance to placo boforo tho com
mittee, therefore It took time and
patlonce.
Mr. Mothershend is optimistic of
tho results of their conference with
this committee but docs not look for
any immediate action because of
complication nrlslng from their In
vestigation. Tho mass of data plac
ed boforo this committee covers hucIi
r wldo Bcopo and no diversified in
application that It will rcqulro con
sldorablo study boforo anything def
inite can come. Kspeclnlly Is this
true as to tho application of thu
present law governing tho reclama
tion work of tho government. Ileforo
any nuw projects arc taken up it is
tho opinion of Mr. Mothorshcad that
thu law will bo amended to more
specifically cover new projects and a
more business-like administration of
conts and contrasts bo arranged.
Thu delegations before tho com
mittee had many angles of tho sit
uation to dlsciiHs and from this In
formation Ih likely to come changes
'tin will bo more practical.
The flirt finding committee readily
r ugiilzod Oregon's claim to rccog
' "inn for n nuw project and this
wil t recommended hejond any
d' ul) It Is confidently bollovod by
tin local delegation that Harney vnl-
h.is an excellent uhnnco to bo
I'lii-il br-cnuso of Its magnltudo In
'ri.ige and correspondingly low
rot estlrnntu. However, this Is a
mutter that will not bo determined
it onco but as soon ns tho committee
files Its report of Its findings It wilt
Indicate, indirectly, Mr. Mothorshcad
believes, our chances.
Mr Duncan accompanied riutn
bruk as far as Ontario whuro he
topped over to look after romo
hiiHlucsa matters. He Is expected
I J. oiiio tonight.
HAUNKV COU.NTV HIGH
The mid-year examinations are
lover and tho second Homester begun.
iThe students show a marked Intor-
t In tholr work and tho general sit
kiatiou of tho school Is good.
The debating squad has been
Ivorklng hard for somo tlmo prepar-
Ing for tho preliminary struggle,
'ratio will bo met Fob. 8.
Thu following students -wore ex-
Impt from examinations In tho
ItudlcH following tholr respective
lain eh:
Izola Ausmus, Civics; John Iilggs,
leomotry; Alfred Ilrown, Algebra,
Ingllah, Anclont History; Edward
rown, Physics; Lois Hrown, Dlol.,
jasar, English, Geometry; Lucllo
pwn, English, Caesar, Spanish,
Ivlc ; Frank Goto. Alirobra. Oenoral
lonco; Wendall Caldwoll, Lltln,
(iKllsh, Ancient History; Mllford
ckenson, Algobra, English, Anclont
Istory; Edgar Dont, Biol., Caesar,
RllHh, Geometry; Vlda Dont, Eng-
i, Oeomotry; Louiso Dosilots,
t'l . English. 'Pvrinltn; fPniillnn
lilleti, English, Civics, Household
Iiorthand; Hen Dosilots, II. S
I'm try, Cnosnr; Mildred Dalton,
I'11 h; JossIo Foloy, Algobra, Eng-
Anclont History, Ilousohold
I'no; Kathorlno Fnrro. English.
I'cs; Lyle Gould, Algobra, A. II.;
He Gould, lllol,, Latin, English,
Geometry, H, 8.5 William Gouldln,
Civic; Nena Hardlaty, English;
Uoryl llotchklss, English, A, II. , II,
8.; Sidney Hotchklsn, Physics, Eng
lish, Math., Civics; Frances Hlbbnrd,
Civics; Marcus Haines, Qouoral
8clcnco, A. !!.; Hal Hlbbard, Civics;
Frances King, lllol,, English, Ocom
otry; Ivan Lowo, English, Geometry;
Harry Loggan, 'Physics, English,
Math.; Holono Loggan, English;
Oraco Lnrarus, Ilk., 8horthand; Cloo
McKlnnon, A, II: Elwood MoPhoot
ers, Qoomotry; Charlos McConnoI,
Math.; John Mothorshcad, Physics,
Math., Civics,; Naomi Moon, Caesar,
English, Gcom., Typing; Ooorglo
McPhoetcrs, Algebra, A. II., English;
Marian McCullough, Physics. Eng
lish, Civics. Latin, Typing: Hnytnond
Olson, Algebra, Gonornl Science,
English, Ilk.; Jcssd'onnlngton, Alge
bra, General Science. English; Wil
bur Poujade, Oonornl Sclonco, Eng
lish, A. II.; Ruby Poujndo, English,
Spanish, Civics; Mario Parker, Lat
in; Frederick Hold, English, A. H.;
Roscllo Hood, Civics; Haxtor Hoed,
Civics; Ilelda Schwartz, Englloh,
Spanish, Civics; Wanda Sponcer,
English; Wilbur Springer, Algohrn,
Oenoral Sclonco; Hattlu Thombuig,
Latin; Hilda Thornburg. English;
Anna Varlon, Algebra, English, A.
II.; AIobo Wonzcl, Algohrn, General
Science, English, Ilk.; William Won
zol, Oeomotry; Eleanor Welcome,
lllol., Caesar, English, Oeomotry;
Mary Welcomo. English, Spanish,
Civics.
Neither absent nor tardy for the
first sempiter:
Edith niggs, Gladys Ilrlttlnghnm,
Lois Ilrown, Lucllo Ilrown, Alfred
Drown, Itny Hrown, Frank Cote,
Opal Culp, John Culp. Mildred Dal-
Lton, Kathorlno Fnrro, Jessie Foley,
Teresa Foley, Lucllo Oould Lyle
Oould, Marcus HnlnoH, Carroll Jor
dan, Naomi Moon, Chas. M. McCon
uoll, Clco McKlnnon, Uuth Oltmnn,
Wilfred Itaclnu, Itnsollo Iteed, Cecil
tool, Ilelda Schwartz, Lucllo Skolns,
Wilbur Springer, James Stnhl, Mary
Welcome, Eleanor Welcome, Alosu
Wetuol, Jess Pennington.
Eurnllmont to date, iir.
Dropped 12
No. on roll ion
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.SHALL
VK HAVE A COU.NTV
PAW THIS HKASON?
Several hnvo mentioned tho pro
position that Harney county hold a'
fair this fall. Wo used to have som
pretty good exhibits of produce nud
llvn stock at the annual rairs but
during war tlmo tho matter was not
given any attention and slneo It as
buou hard to got up sulllcluut Inturewt
to give tho subject much considera
tion. With tho coming sanson wo
will bt having many peoplu turn
tholr attention to Hnrnoy county
with a view of locating and who will
bo lutorostod In what wo can pro
duce. Oho unfortunate circumstance, eon ,
noctod with such nu undertaking Ih
tho lack of funds nvallahlo ror '
premiums. Thero Is a fund provld-
od ror such purpose nud ench year
for tho last two sensons thu annual
flower show has been glvon such
support as was needed for premiums
from this fund but It Is limited and
would not go far toward paying
many premiums If It distributed
over tho dlvorso resourcen that
should have attention nt a county
fair.
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MrtV OKT CO VOTE POISON
TIUCOUOII COU.NTV AGENT
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It. T. Jackson, an assistant of
Stanley Juwott in chnrgo of tho pre
datory anlmnl hunters of tho U. S.
Hlologlcnl Survey, nrrlvod in thin
city ngaln Thursday night. Mr.
Jackson has been working over Jn
Malheur county and Is back hero to
arrange for moro huntoru and trap
porn being put In tho Hold In this
county.
Mr. Jnckson had left a quantity of
poison at this offlco and It had ho
como known among a few trapporn
who dcBlrod information as to how
to obtnin tho poison and tho formula
of bnlt used by tho govornmont men,
Mr. Jnckson informs us that ho Ih
not in n position to glvo out any of
tho poison In his possession to trap
pors but that thoy may socuro It by
making application to tho nearest
county agent, which In this cano 1b
L. It. Brcithnupt, nt Ontario, nlnco
Harney county Iibb no ngont.
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With Increased cost on production
it IooIch lllco tho livestock Industry
lo going to bo moro or Iobb compli
cated in tho nonr future. It will
turn moro to dairying and cutting up
largo land holdings,
DAIRY INDUSTRY IS, DE
VELOPING FAST HERE
Milk Cows Producing Wealth
For Owners; Dairying to
Increase Rapidly.
A survey of tho dairy product sit
uation In this vicinity shows it mark
ed advancement In recent mouths.
II Is estimated that about $800 a
week Is the ruveuuo derived by local
dairymen from tholr raw material.
It Ih not nil taken euro of through
tho local creamery but that Institu
tion is enjoying an lucreasod busi
ness gradually since It wbh opened.
It Is capable or handling a greater
volume of buslnouB and by giving It
support tho shipping ohnrgoB both
ways nro eliminated and tho money
remains at homo.
Several car loads or dairy cows
have been shipped In and disposed
of In tho vicinity or Hums during
tho pant season and thero Is still a
strong demnnd ror them. Local
dairymen huvo come to understand
tho dlfferonco betweon Just "plain
cow" and a milk producer. They
are weeding out tho "boarders" and
gottlng cows that will ntand tho
toHt and bring In a dividend on the
Investment.
Harney valley Is peculiarly adapt
ed to tho dairy business; tho pro
duct finds a ready sale anil with
ndjled transportation facilities with
tho extension or tho rallrond to
Hums and tho route up Into tho
mountains to tho Hoar valley timber,
will stlmulato tho growth of tho
! dairy hutlnosN materially, especially
with the nddcit homo market for
such products that tho building of
tho saw mill and kindred enterprises
will bring.
Another contributing factor, to
tho success of tho dairy business Is
tho contemplated Irrigation develop
ment that Is sure to follow directly
upon tho completion of the railroad
that traverses thu valley. Many
nro looking for suitable localities to
engage in dairying and this Hold will
offer nttrnctivu Inducements to such
Investors.
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MUCH i.Nojmtv
FINDS
AHOI'T HUHNH
Sam .MoThurwIi'cud arrived homo
Thursday evening from a trip to
Salt Lake. He reports much inlor
.' est among pooplu about Hums and
rtho surrounding country. Many are
looking this way with a view of com
ing In to take part In tho develop
ment work Just opening up. This
appllos to men looking for business
' locations and othors for farm and
i dnlry ontornrlHOH. Wo may look
ror many peoplu In hero with tho
opening of spring.
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Geo. Iluchnnnn was In town this
week.
ALREADY THE BUCKEYES ARE
DR. MARSDEN'S PIUTE
lUniAUl AUriTirr WADV Uom'' Irrflt Watch, Harry Cub
JnUlAn LANbUAilb WUKK tor; Second Watch, W. Y. King;
Third Watch, Obll Hhattuck; Fourth
I Watch, Karl Hagoy; Inside Sentinel,
University of California Puts "od(lorJ 0utB,de i0"11"01' B'
Out Partial List of Texts;
Mass of Material.
Suvernl of thu friends of tho Into
Dr. W. L. Mnrsden have received
copies or a portion of his excellent
and Interesting work of compiling
valuable data In connection with thu
Pluto Indian language. While thu
pages received are only n small por-
Hon or the mass of materials It Is
iiuverlliulosH very Interesting and at
tractive to his many old time friends.
Tho work of publishing tho Valu -
able collection of soveral stories and
myths Is being done by the Univer
sity of California, llecausu of tho
mass containing moro than forty
texts, It ban been Impossible to carry
it out sooner, according to tho edi
tor's noto preceding thu flvo stories
received In paper binding. This noto
adds, however, that tho work is to
bo carried out in full nud will appear
Inter.
Many of Dr. Marnden'B old tlmo
friends have looked forward with
pleasure to tho completion of this
work, as hu took a groat prldo In
gathering tho data and In trying to
bring out tho languago of tho local
trlbo In a manner that would bo a
credit. It will fulfill this ambition.
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ItA.NKl.NfJ PIII'IM IN
Tin: I'um.K) school
Tho result of tho mid-year exam
inations in tho public school last
week brought to attention somu ex
cellent grndcH made by many of tho
ptplls. Principal Sutton has given
out thu following names as the high
est In their respective grades;
First grade, Norma Smith, in ten
subjects, made an average of O'J.7;
second grade, Powell Loggun, In ten
subjects, 99.:!; third grade, Walter
Young ten subjects, 96.6; fourth
grade, Vertollo Itlchardsoii, ten sub
jects, OC; fifth grade, Hoburl Voeg-tly.-ten
subjects, 97.9; sixth grade,
John Dosilots, ten subjects, 9G.4;
seventh grade. Eugene Ooodlow,
ulnu subjects, KG.r; eighth grade,
Arloun Jameson, ten subjeets, 99.4.
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UNl'SUAL FOOD FOIt "IHtAVKS"
Pluuto Encampment, No. IIS. 1. O.
0. P., installed Its olllcers for tho
year on last Tuesday night. 1). 1).
G. P. Otis flnrdwnll acted as littftnl
IIiik olllcer iiKslstud by P. C. Patii
urcliH W. N. Monroe, W. A. Goodman,
W. Y. King and Julian Myrd. Mr.
King was the first Chief Patriarch
of tho local Encampment which was
Instituted several years ago by Grand
Sqrlbo E. E. Sharon.
Tho olllcera nre: Chlof Patriarch,
llyron Torrlll; Senior Warden, Enrl
Graham; Scrlbo, James Richardson; ,
ir i. i it i . null niiiBiinniiii mi i ! i i i - - i n i WWBBBPy' ' ' i'lB n I -. .
I Troasurer, Kubo Drake; Junior War
dan, Dart Hllor; Outdo, Donald
Following tho Installation and tho
regular sonolon of tho Encampmont
tho gang ropalred to tho Club Cafo
und partook of Ghlnoso noodles.
, While tho Odd Follows Encampmont
, has nothing to do with Indian llfo,
Its teachings being scones of early
; lllblcal dnyri when hoHpitnllty and
' simplicity marked tho roal patriarch,
nevertheless, becauso of tho nnmo
' chosen for tho camp at this placo It
' has lion applied as having noiuc In-
(Unit lore significance. With tills
thought In mind .the writer wnndors
how a bunch of Indians could bring
1 IhnniBclvoH to eat Chinese noodles,
but upon witnessing tho manner In
which tho Implements of war wero
seized and tho "stringy" food uliirtcd
down thu usual chnuuelH, It is evi
dent that somo of thorn had previous
experience.
The Encampment Installation cer
emony In one of tho mont impressive
In any branch of tna Odd Follow or
dor and tho membership contcmplnto
tanking tho uoxt annual Installation
onn that mny bo witnessed by mem
bers of the subordinate and Ilubcknh
lodges.
FIHE A LA KM OIVK PEOPLE A
I'ltlOHT HUT NO DAMAGE
Tho tlru alarm was turned in last
Saturday Just at noon and It was
discovered there was it flro at the
Borvlco Oarogo. This Is a largu
wooden building and caused people
much concern as thu burning of this
building would hnvo endangered sev
eral blocks. Howocr, tho flro was
soon put out, It having started In (ho
repair shop from a welding torch
flame Igniting some leaking gaH. No
damage was done.
INSTALLING 1110
LIOIIT POWKK n.NOINi:
Messrs. Hodgofc Lutsou are now
preparing to install the big light
plant engine received tho latter purt
of last week. Tho power house will
be established nt tho Intersection of
the highway und the southeastern
entrance in liurns where the situ
has been purchased. It will require
some tlmo to build the necessary
concrete foundation and properly
Install and Iioueo this big plant but
when It l once In operation Hums
will huvv nduiiuuttf electric power
systum.
Tho preent mrrvlao fioni th wat
er power nt tho mill Is much appre
ciated by the citizen of Uiirtts nud
thu nuw men In charge of tho ittr
prlsu will rocalvM the full support of
our ptoplo In their undertakings, na
It will fill n long felt itood.
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i Ilavo you filed your federal In
come tax roturu? Hotter do ho be
fore March in or you will bo liable
to heavy pounltlos. l,
LOOKING UP
R SHOWS
INTEREST IN SECTION
Signifies Intention to Visit
Harney County During
The Coming Year.
Members of thu delegation that
went to Bait Lake last wcok lo at
tend tho meeting of tho fuct find
ing committee on tho Irrigation pro
jects, report Uiey met Col. Greeley,
Chief Forester, who showed u keen
interest In this section und who otat
ed that ho contemplated a vlelt to
tin during thu coming BuaBon. Col.
Greeley has taken a personal Inter
est In tho opening up of tho timber
resources of this big territory and it
was through his personal intorcst
that the recent unto of timber waa
mudo possible. It was also hla
kuowtedgu of tho situation that
rondo tho building of a common car
rier railroad through the agricultur
al lauds of this valley u part of tho
contract Involving tho snlo of tho
timber.
Col. Grcoley evinced an Interest
In range conditions not only as they
affect tho national forost, but also
tho general range Inudii of thu wost.
Hu expressed tho opinion that sooner
or later a system of range Icaaoa
would apply to all government rnngo
Innds and became Interested In tho
big rnngo arm of Harney county In
conversation with membors of thu
local delegation.
Leasing of tho public rnngo has
been ndvocated by somo for tho pant
soveral your and with the supervis
ion of tho forest range nn an examplo
it Is iiiiltu probable that such u sys
tem will be tried nut. Wlillu this
mny not meet with general approval
from those who ore now using th
ihiiiiiu range u is uovoriucioHH re
ceiving hurloiiH consideration nnil
will como In time. It would menn a
more stable condition that tho resi
dent stockman could depend upon,
securing for his own use range laudtt
over a long period of time and thuH
glvo him an opportunity to develop
It rather than deplete It as under
the present system.
Col. Greeley's visit will be looked
forwnrd to with some Interest by
many of our people becauso of IiIk
connection with tho timber sals and
MiporvMon of the forest. They will
r.lno be IntcroNted In the proposed
range lousing plan that Is evidently
forming and In more or low enncroto
In the minds of government mou
who nro making a study of It.
PlOXEKIt "itKSIDKNT DIED
SUNDAY MQItN'fo'a
Alouzo Dunn died nt his hpniu in
this city ourly Sunday morning anil
was burled by tho Odd Follows yi
Monday afternoon. Mr. Dunn hull
been In poor health for sovaral
years, suffering from ii.uinui which
flnnll euiiM'd his de.it h.
Mr Dunn came 'o lliirni In 128S
and htnl slue uidu this his ltume.
Ho was born March 21. 1SRS In Jas
per cmir.tv, liuUr.-in ntii eamo heit
from Idaho. He was one of ihopo
ood, coiiHcluntlinit cllUonn that
held friendships nud his irad many
or the people or this community ex
press their regret wh-in Inform d of
his demise. Ho was muds a.i Odd
Fellow almost HO yenra ago and wua
nlwnys active la that fraternity
where ho endearod hlmaeir ror his
uiiBoHUh work Ho held tho Iodgo
In high os'eom and It was his re
quest that his lirother Odd Followa
take charge o flits funeral and that
his old time frlond Dart Slier tako
hlH casket to tho cemotory with hi:i
big team of draft horsos. This re
quest was compiled with by tho
mombors of tho order.
Mr. Dunn was mnrrlod on May 21,
1899 and la survived by hla wlfo. Ho
had no relatives In this Immodlnto
vaclnlty but n brother was hero to
visit him several years ngo from
Idaho.
Tho funornl was largoly attended
by his formor associates and frlonda
who showed their respoct nnd oatoom
by expressions of sorrow and recall
ing tholr ngrconblo association -with
him during his long rcsldonco horo.
Intormont was mado In tho Odd
Follows coraotory.
Up to ycatordny afternoon no
word had boon rocolvod from Port
land as to tho rosult of tho' opera
tion on Mrs. Arthur Turner, who was
takon down for that purpose It Is
takon for granted that tho operation"
has not yet boon undergone
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