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W'Mt din- I ',. f NO. 14 BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, FEBRUARY 2, 1924 VOL. XXXV II imt - Sw URGE RAILROAD BUILD ING FOR BETTER MARKET More Direct Connection For Products of This Section To South Sought. The Inter Stnto Oommcrco Com mission has sot March 26th, 1024, at Portland, Oregon, as tho tlmo to lake ovldonco on tho complaint filed by tho Oregon Public Service Com mission asking that tho Southern Pacific, Union Pnclflc and other inllroads Interested bo compelled to rnnufmiM ittn linn from Craua to Udell and connect up Uond, Klaiu ,.lh Falls nnd Lnkevlow with thin Hue. The Onjtnrlo Commercial Club In preparing for this hearing Invited tho Commercial Clubs of Wolsor, Payette, Parma, Caldwell, Nampa nnd Uolsc, In Idaho, and of Vale and NysBft lit. Oregon, to meet with thorn on Monday January 28th. to discuss this hearing, and to plan a presentation of tho case and Inter ests or Southwostorn Idaho and Mai nour County, Oregon. Tho mooting was attended by 130 delegates from tho commercial clubs named and about 40 of tho business mon of Ontario. II. II. Corey of tho Oregon Puubllc Service Commission and Chairman Oraves of tho Public Utilities Commission of Idaho wero In attendance Mr. Corey explained tho enso to tho delegations present nnd stated that ho bad somo asaur anco that the commercial Intorcsts of San Francisco and Los Angeles would assist tho Commission In tho bearing; that tho War Department would also present their needs for tho construction of this road. Mr. Oraves of tho Idaho Utilities Commission assurod thoHC proiont that his commission would Intorvouo In the caso on behalf of the state of Idaho and that thoy would do every thing within their power to secure tho construction of this line. Representatives of tho various Commercial Clubs responded to tho call of the President of the Ontario Commercial Club, and many Inter esting speeches wero made. Every speaker was able to show the do cldod advuntago the construction of this lino nnd tho opening of tho Cal ifornia Markets would mean to their community. It was shown at this tlmo that California was Importing prarttrally one half of all tho pro duce shipped out of tho Ilolno Val ley with the exception of apples and prunes, nnd that with tho shorter haul that thU lino means thoy would i hip most of tholr fruit to California nlso. California today Is tho natural innrkot for tho products of this terri tory California does not produco a Hufllclont of any foodstuff to food her citizens with tho exception of tho cltruB fruits, every othor foodstuff Is Imported In largo quuniitltlcs, but tho present long haul via Portland or Ogden from tho HoIho Valley prac tically closes thU market to them. Tho saving of over 400 miles that this lino will mean to San Francisco would bo a clear saving to tho farm ers and producers of this section, In freight amounting to hundreds of thousands of dollars annually. Tho total freight originating on tho Oregon Short Lino from Wolser to Olonns Ferry In 1923 was approx imately 48,200 car loads, a largo portion of which went to California via Ogdon and Salt Lake. Tho Union Pacific has an Invest ment In tho lino from Ontario to Crane of approximately 16,000,000. Tho onglneors of tho public Service Commission estimate that an addi tional Investment of $8,000,000 will build tho lines through Contral Oro gon and provide tho necessary roll ing stock to oporato tho lines. This would then pormlt tho V. P. to real ize on Its present investment In tho Malheur Canyon which is now bolng oporatod at a Iobb. Captain Itob't M, Duncan was tho only representative from Harney County attending this meeting and ho reports that there is a gonoral hellof among well Informed mon that tho lino 1h rlpo to proBS this move, and that no slnglo dovolopraont can mean n much to Contral Oregon and Southwestern Idaho as tho oponlng of this lino to California markotH. Tho future of Harney County Is In thb hands of tho railroads. With out nn outlet to tho west and to Cal ifornia wo cannot hopo for our Irri gation projects to deyolop for wo cannot pay tlio oxcohhIvu branch lino freight tnrrlfR In addition to tho lone hnul from present main lino points to market nnd hopo to com poto with moro favorod localities that llo much closor to market, but with tho opening of tho lino to tho went wo can roach tho big markets of tho wont and compoto with any community wltlhn a similar radius. . o LEGION AUXILIARY (Cotrlhutcd) Tho American Legion Auxiliary unit of Hnrnoy County Post No. 63 mot nt tho homo of Mrs. Hon Hrown on Jan. 2G, Final nrrangomontn wero mado for tho Silver Tea which waa hold Iho day following. It was unnnlmouusly voted to ex tend a vote of thanks to Mr. Julian llyrd, Profesnor MoDado and tho llurnoy County II. S., Tho American Legion. Mrs. Win, Fnrro, Mrs. A. C. Welcome, Mis Paulino Dosllots, Charles Foley nnd all others who nnRlslcd In making tho Silver Tea, given for tho U. 8. Veterans Hos pital relief, a success, New members taken In wero Mrs. Hull Hotchklss and Mrs. P. Lochor. Tho following resolution was pro sontcd to tho Unit and unnnlmously adepted: Unit of Harney County Post No. 63 doslro to express ourselves as standing solidly In favor of the Vet erans Adjusted Compensation now boforo Congress. Mr. Earl Graham. Mrs. Itussol Smith and Mrs. C B. Dlllman wore appolntod as tho membership com mittee, and Mrs. Hon Drown and Mrs. Karl Hagoy wero mado a visit ing committee. After enjoying delicious ton nnd wafers Iho Unit adjourned to moot with Mrs. Harry .. Smith on Friday Feb. 20 at 2:30 P. M. A cordial Invltntlon is extended to all members and thoso elllglblo for membership. o IMHCUHH ACTION TO OKT HAIL OUTLKT TO PACIFIC COAHT (Special to Tho Statesman) Ontario -Ono hundred fifty rep resontatlves from southwestern Ida ho and eastern Oregon discussed ac tion for urging tho Union Pacific to build a railroad from Crane, Ore., to California, and tho benefits to bo derived from such a lino, In a moot ing nt the Moore hotel hero Monday night. Communities represented Included Ilolso, Xntnpa. Caldwell, Pnyotto, Wotser. Hums. Fruit land, NyMa, Parma, Vale. Junlura and Cranio. Tho Oregon public utllltlos commit Ion was represented by II. 11. Corey of Snloin. whllo P. C. Craves of im port wan proitent from tho Idaho commission. A hearing will ho held In Portland March 20 on iv petition of tho Ore gon utilities commission to ask the railroad to build tho lino, and tho ob ject of tho meeting was to croato Hontlmont In favor of tho projoct, as well ns to make a bettor understand ing of Its bonoflta. Spoakors urged that the Idaho commission also take action to got the railroad to build. It was brought out that thu lino would open to eastern Oregon and uouthwestorn Idaho a cattlo market in Callfornln bettor than tho ono nt Portland. 1'rlren aro so much great er In tho southorn stato than the dlfforonco In freight rates would bo that raisers would make from fl to f 2 additional profit on every stoor sold. Other commodities would find a more ready markot also. . o MOISTURE RECORD HIIOWINU Bupt. Shattuck of tho Experiment Station has given us somo figures on tho proclpltatlon that aro of In terest. For tho period Hlnco Sop tombor 1, 1923 to tho flrsjt of Feb ruary his record uIiowb tho precipi tation to bavo boon 3.61. Tbo mois ture fall during tho months of Sep tember, October, Novorabor nnd Do combor of tho year Just closed thoro was a lock of molsturo by compar ison of tho ton year porlod In which tho record has boon kopt. In fact that precipitation for tho porlod Is but half of tho normal, but Octobor was above nnd Novombor was nor mal. However It Dbowa a shortaga of 60 por cont for ontlro porlod. Tho total fnrtho yoar of 1023 waa 8,44. Tho ton yenr avorngo annual pre cipitation la 7,00. o Harry Gary and Franklyn Varlen woro up from Crane Monday on business. RANGE CALF CROP IS CUT BY 50 PER CENT Diminishing Returns Compel Stockmen to Keep Cattle Inside The Fields. (Ontario Argus) Hauilng beef on tho ranges of Contral Oregon, and In Malheur co unty, too, Is undergoing u most dras tic change, In tho opinion of A. It. Olson, manager of tho Pacific LUo Stock ranches In this section, who was In Ontario Monday enrouto to his homo near Hums nftor spoudlng the meeting of the Fact Finding com- 'mission of iho roclnmatlon service. "Yen. wo aro buying nil tho young stuff wo can got In this section, for wo nro gradually gong out of tho bttsnoRK of tunning cowh on tho rango contral Oregon. Wo aro go ing to dovoto our entire tlmo to raising moors on the ranges. "Wo have found that wo only nc- curod In the pnat few years a fifty por cent calf crop. Some of tho ranchers socurod only 30 percent Tho average ns revealed by an In vestigation by tho cattlo loan com panies placed tho average as low as 38 per cent. It Is pntonted that It does not pay to run cattlo when tho Incrcaso Is only CO por cont. You cannot feed two sows to raise ono calf. "Tho reason for tho diminishing calf returns Is tho ranges. In tho old days when tho cattlo wero turned out on tho lowlands of tho Harney valley thoro wan plenty of feed for them and they did well. Now wo have to turn them out Into hlghor hills. They scatter and have to hustle for food and thu result In as has boon proven that tho calf crop Is cut In two. "Somo of tho stockmen whcplnn to continue In tho business nrokocp Ing their cattlo In tbo food lots or on their mendows In tbe lower valleys. That is what must be done If tho stock business Is to contlnuo as It has, as tho back-bone of ranching In Contrnl Oregon. What Is truo of that section Is nlso true of Mal eour county stockmen, so I nm told. fOHMEH IH'HNK HOY TO AC COMPANY HCIBNTIMT TO ALASKA Hen Ilrown brought n copy of tho Seattle" Dally Times to this olllco dutiMl January 19. on tho front page of whleb I the picture of Gerald Fllxgonild. a son of Mr. and MrH. Muurico Fllxgorald. who Is to accom pany U. S. Geological scientists Into unexplored Alaska to survey 16,000 square miles of wilderness that Is belloved to contain largo and valu able deposits of oil and other min erals. Ocrald was Imrn In nurns nnd his parents nro qulto well known by tho old tlmo resldonts. A DIFFICULT FOCUS NO 3R I'A NOT A BIT ) " - . HV'' J ", ! CLEANING AND GRADING CEREALS IS PROFITABLE Harney Branch Experiment Station Secures Data of Interest to Farmers. (Obll Shattuck) That thorough cleaning and grad ing of cereals boforo seeding, pays well, has boon demonstrated at tho Harney County Ilranch Kxperlmont Station during tho past three yoars. Tho object of cleaning lu to re move atl of tho chaff, straw, dirt, weod seed, and small pinched or frozen kernels. The grading action romoves all of tho small shrivelled, cracked or broken kernels, lenvlng only tho Inrgo, plump, uniform ker nels, which will produco nrong, hnriiyi vigorous plants. Tho four grades of wheat at tho Htatlon In securing these figures aro fls follews: Orado No. 1. Using tho regular wheat 'set up for tho Chatham fan ning mill In tho upper shoo, and number 8 screen lu tho lowor shoo, run tho grain through ONCB. Orado No. 2. Using same 'set up' ns number ono, run tho grain through TWIOB. (lrado No. 3. Using tho same 'sot up as grado 2, run tho grain through twipr Minn miliNtltutlnR numbor 7 screen or numbor 8 In tho bottom shoo, run tho grain through ONCB. Orado No. 4. Grain as it comes dlroct from tho SEPARATOR. In cleaning and grading cereals wo havo found that It Is Impouslblo to do etllclont work by running tho grain through tho fanning mill once only, as thero Is qulto n largo por cont of trash, weed seed and crnck- nd grain left In tho seed grain. Tho results aro shown In tabular form giving tho following data: Var loty, year grown, grade and yield In bushels por aero, and gain In bush els per aero of best grade (No. 3) as comparod with that sown direct from tho separator (No. 4.) Year Orado and Yield, grown Hushols per aero Variety White Hobs, O.l 0.2 0.3 0.4 1021 '42.7 46.8 62.4 42.0 1022 43.0 49.0 49.0 40.6 Fed eration 1923 63.7 Gain, Tin. per acre 66.4 Grade 72.9 66.7 3 over 4 10.4 2.6 16.2 J 1.26 por White Hobs 1021 Federation 1922 Fodornllnn 1923 Figuring the whom at huudrod tho gain ! dollars and couts por aero Is n follows! 1921. J7.80; 1022, Sl.fiSi 1923, $12 16. . -O' MININU MAN INVESTIGATING PHOSPEOTH NEAH RURNH P. II. Mlllor, of Council, Idaho, former superintendent of tho Hay Hoi'bo Mlno noar Huntington, was In HiIh vlc.tnltv durlntr tho week nnd mado a trip to tho mining prospects on Trout crook n Bhort dlstanco from Hums to see tho property bolng do voloped by A. J. Darst and associates. Mr. Mlllor was disappointed upon arriving at tho mines to find tho works ho desired to soe were flood od at tho prosont Urn, preventing nn Inspection. Howovor, ho wan given npoclmon of tho oro from that dis trict as well as othor prospects in tho county. Tho wrltor did not In tevlow tho gontloman and docs not know bis opinion of the mineral prospocts. o KMMA I. HANDLE UNUSUAL AllTIHT Moiiflilniiiintic Kntcrlailner Is Whole Company of Players In Own Magnetic Personality A wholo company of cnpablo and resourceful players Is combined In tho magnetic personality of Emma Duo Handle, who Is to bo heard ou noxt Monday evening at tho Liberty In a program of Intorprotatlvo recit al. Whothor tho dramatic selection bo from tho mnglc pen of Shake speare or simply from "Pollynna" or something qulto as In keeping with out tlmo, this real artist of the plat form creates living characters with a straightforward and simple art. Freshnoss and rythm aro Intorwovon In her work. Sho unite vivid dra matic power and wholesome humor and awakens keenest Interest and sympathy In her appreciative aud iences. Critics dcclaro Miss Handlo'i volro to bo like a wonderful musical In strument which responds, vibrates, throbs and echoes to ovory aplrituni emotion and by Its magnetic drn mntlc power Inspires tho sntno deep feeling, whether of pathos or hum or. In tho hearts of hor hearers. In "Pollynna" Emma I). Handle Is at her best. Critics have pro claimed her work lu this sweat, wholesome play, as bolng unsurpas sed from tho standpoint of real dramatic nrt, Tho announcement of her coming hero Insures a capacity audience for this gifted lady. o HILLY FARHK IH PLEASED "Myself-To I)ntc" Is the Olio of u nleelv hound personally autogruphed edition of Irvln S. Cobb which hns Just been received by Hilly Farre. Mr. Cobb visited this vlelnlly some three years ago nnd mot several of our lnosl men. Tin Tluies-Herald nlnVo was honored with a eotiplu of culls from Mr. Cnl,:i luring the tlmo ho war here. ".MM-lr-To Do!;" is n most promising looking volume. Judging from tho hurrlod glauee giv en It. which will bo given closer at tention at somo lime when wo have more iidsuro anil Hilly will loan It. 'O" - ' Mrs. Hankln Crow and little daughter are guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Cawlfleld, at tho Lflvcns. MOTHERS CLUB HOSTESS TO HIGH SCHOOL BODY Faculty and Student Enjoy Pleasant Evening, Guests of The Organization. Last Friday ovcnlng the Mother Club gave a dollghtful party for the studontB nnd faculty of tho Har eoy County High School. A short program was first given In tlio assembly room of tho high school consisting of Tour very attractive and enjoyable numbers. Miss Agnea Foley, violin, John Caldwell, saxa phono and Mrs. A. C. Welcome at tbo piano, rendered tho first numbor on tho program and tho performers so delighted tho gueslB thoy woro com pelled to respond to nn encore. A vocal duet by Miss Annotto Leonard and Mrs. Chostor Dnlton was anoth er very enjoyable ono that brought hearty applause. Tho ladles repeal ed tho chorus as an encore. Mm. Sutton gavo ono of her sparkling nnd. well rendered readings that brought forth expressions of plcasuro nnd; gonorous applausp. Tho closing numbor of tho program was a vocal' solo by Charles II. Foloy. Mr. Foloy Tin nn excellent barltono voice but It Is not ofton ho can bo prevailed upon to entertain his many friends and admirers. Tho guests repaired to tho com mercial building wbero a very excit ing and absorbing game of progres fllvo peanuts occupied tho tlmo in. tho Interval boforo serving rorrosn ments. This giimo wns a now ono to many of tho young peoplo aud proved very entertaining as tho con tout was ono of skill and steady nrrvoB. Suitable prizes woro award ed the winners but tho writer fallod to get tho names of tho lucky oner ' Tho Club served a lunch of sanu wlchos, cocoa, Ice cream aud cake. The evening was not only n ploas nnt one hut profitable In n way as It was different from tho usual run of entertulnment given the young? peoplo of this community. It proved that dlvrslon is one of tho. things In the llfu of our young poplo thnt Hhould be cultivated. It nlu brought out the fact that the Moilurs Club U really thoughtful of the young pMipIo and de-lrK to n- .'. thi:i fuel the club Is read to uil iliem In any clean, character build, ng enjoy ment that can bo provided. The i.i (!r Is worthv of cornmmils lion and the active members of tht Club th.it prnmotoil It aro entitled to much crodit. TUB SiltVHIt TI.A (Contributed) On 6aturday. January 20. at tho High School. Hui-iih held Its first Silver Ten. It was given by tho Auxiliary of tho American Legion. Tho rooms were artistically decor ated to represent a Japanese Tea Gardon, coming In from the cold d7 snow of winter to tho warmth and beauty within elicited tho admira tion and pratso of nil. Tho musical program rendoreil was excollont as nro all program put on by our able local talont. Those taking P"rt and making tho musical a success wore: Miss Foloy, Miss Dosllots, Miss Leonard, Mrs. Farro, Mrs. Leonard, Mrs. Welcome, Mrs. Dlllman, Mrs. Harris and Mr. Chits. Foloy. Tho objoct of tho tea was a bene fit for our disabled World War Vet erans. Burns and vicinity responded wltlr Its usual generosity. We wero proud of our boys when thoy onllsted, proud and bnppy when thoy returned victorious, and cstoom It an honor and a prlvllego to do any thing In our power for tho disabled soldier. In bobnlf of tbo public wo ask that a Sliver Tea bo given every year for thorn that we may bo able to show our lovo and admiration for thoso thus nobly afflicted and pa tiently bearing suffering that we may onjoy tho blosslngs of peaco. o A CORRECTION In giving tho ranking pupils In tho uovornl grades of tho public school last weolc tho standing of Bugono Goodlow in tho sovonth grndo wns given ns 86.6. It should, havo boon 9C.1. o Frank Huh tvns In town Thura dny from his homo noar Lnwon, is WW W winnM