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VOL. XXXVII
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 21 1924
NO. 33
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WNDREDS AHEMD AN
NUAL PIONEER REUNION
Eajeyable Program Consisting of
Speeches, Music, Rendered;
Hanley Sends Greeting.
Harney county pioneers In largo
numbers gathered In thin city last
Saturday for their regular riniuml
reunion It proved another good
time as usual, although the reglatrn
llon did not equal forruer gathorlugB.
In tin abHenre of President Wil
liam Hanley Jninen J. Donognu pro
tided n the formal program In thu
forenoo" also ncllng u muster of
erenionli during the entire tiny.
Mr Bern Ki" ninkoi a good presiding
IV pngrAm as printed In lunt
week " imuo of this paper wus car
ted out and wrw enjoyed by tho old
timer UrnerouH appIaiiRO grouted
ch number and several hud to ru-
pond to hearty encores.
Immediately nfter Mr. Doncgnn's
opening remarks and thu Invocation
br Mrs. E. 1). Itced, Judge Ornnt
Thompnon was recognized by tho
prwldlng otlleer and proponed tho
following telcgra tube vent to Mr.
Hinlcy. tho president of the assoc
iation, who was detained by Illness
In Los Angeles:
"Cot. William Ilnnlcy, Loi Angeles,
Califernia:
The Harney County Pioneer Assoc-,
Utlon, in annual reunion, miss you
today Wo send you greetings rind
wlh you a speedy recovery."
Jam after tho picnic dinner Mr.
Donega received n responsn from
Mr Hunley which ho read:
Harnev County I'lonoorw. HiiriiH.
Oregon
"My sincere regrots that I cannot
b with you today Wo as pioneers
suit not content ourselves with liv
ing in a dream of tho great futuro of
oar country, but must organizo with
t working body to got back of tho
ntw construction plan for develop
sent Host wishes for this day.
WILLIAM HANLBV."
Mr Hanloy addressed u letter to
the association which ho expected
would reach Burns for tho reunion
bat It was not received until tho
following day
Ho writes
Hirney County Pioneers.
Dm Friends and Neighbers:
Of all the days since our last mool
Jag " I lh of Juno is tho ono I
aoit nantid to spend In Hums; but
indUp'wlti n makes this Impossible.
I fir t want to oxpress my apprecia
tion oi the honor of having boon
your pr Kbit for tho pnBt year. I
know m mv absence that tho vlco
preMdmt u Smith, wjth his record
of long iir-. of plonoorlng, will nbly
take charge , and If ho should ullp' a
little, 1 1 guarantco that Aunt Noll
M bo thore to uphold him, and you
M be properly served, as fur oh
tho presidency goes.
Ab things get scurcer they become
More valuablo; und nothing is aa
carc nowadays as tho typo of poo
Pie who in tholr youth adopt n dream
that looks at n country's big and
little valleys from a hill,, and boos
'Mr future, and thon sorvca all
their years to mako tho droam como
'foe Wo nil thought In thoso enrly
days that tho wonderful values
ould niako a quick-coming futuro.
Wo had the proraJso of railroads.
od with tho hills and valleys covor-
wh grass, and tho hlddon wealth
e believed that all tho world noedod
' do was to find out about It,
bat tho people of cities and oldor
moments would quickly break
X and rush in to grab what wo
a discovered. Wo huvo waltod
o& but at lust tho droam Is coming
me.
Vow, that wo must begin to turn
Kr our COUntrv nml nnr nnrvlrn tn
jo newer pioneers, who will boo lu
I. compared to other countrys that
jo modernly developed, as much
la new country as It Boomed to us
"Cn WO first camn. wn mint nnl fnnl
kl wo can ontlrolv lot no. With
irbrokon ranks, our lossos and our
wrlflcos, wo muBt still make our
elTC' '"to potant factors in this
oewcr development. Wo muat con-
'"uo to ho tho dlroctlng Jnfluonco
en 83 all tlinsn vnnrn urt liavn lionti
0 Custodians of Its nrnblnmH. This
by no moans a Belflflh suggestion,
io utorcdup IcnowlcdKo Knlnod
fm long oxporlonco In a country 1b
b greatest stored property that
"Untry has. and will n nrnvA whnn
1 comes to solving problems that;
progrosa bringu, without loss of en
ergy and capital.
I therefore HUggout that wo form
ourselves Into a ronl working organ
ization to further tho development of
Hnruey county and South Eastern
Oregon, always with tho idea of
developing tho entlro country, for
as tho whole couutry prospers, will
each Individual prosper. Railroads,
canals," dralnago, irrigation, all thin
must como rapidly and nocurly, and
wo must bo a power to help in this
second era of tho country'! growth,
oven an we took tho lead In thu find
coming In over tho mountains In
covered wagons nnd with our trail
worn ntock.
Whatever tho genornl sontlmant
of the gathering of plouooru, nnd tho
deliberations while In session, I nm
with you, ns brothers and sisters in
the nervluo of our country us I
liopo to be with you In tho flesh bo
fore long.
Yours.
WILLIAM 1IANLKY.
W. I) It. Dodson, manager of tho
Portland Chamber of Commerro
gavo mi excellent address during thu
rorennon. Mr. Dodson linn beou Iden
tified with tho development of Ore
gon for many years and has given
the subject much thought and time.
Ho outlined tho plnns of tho Port
laud Chamber In tho work of bring
ing about belter conditions In this
state nnd admonished tho citizens of
Harney county to orgnnlzo for tho
upbuilding of this community. Ho
pointed out that not only was Har
ney county backward In development
but tho entlro statu was behind sis
ter states In tho way of population
and production. Mr. Uudson called
attention to tho millions of acres In
tho Willamette vnlloy nnd wcntirn
Oregon tl.nt yet needed Intensive de
velopment nnd nskod that the entlro
stuta got tegcther und not bu selflnh.
He took as his subject publicity, co
operative mnrkotlng nnd land set
tlement. Mr. Hudson reviewed his
activity in giving aid to Irrigation;
tho efforts of thu citizens of tho stnto
In getting n better organization for
marketing and thu cnmpulgn to no
cure more people on the I It ml. Tho
blgnum of Hurney vnlloy Impressed
tho speaker and ho visualized whnt
it grout futuro It has with proper
distribution of tho water for Irriga
tion and Intensive cultivation.
Mr. Dodson was taken for n short
tcur of tho territory surrounding
Hurry i during tho afternoon nnd
spent n pnrt of Sunday conferring
with some of our prominent citi
zens and getting acquainted. He was
accompanied up from Portland by
hi wife and children who wcro
guests at tho home of his half-brother
H. J. Williams, on Hllvor creek,
during tholr stay. Mr. Dodson found
It necessary to return to Portland on
Monday owing to urgent telegraphic
ndvlce to the effect Hint his prcsonco
wnn desired thorn.
Judge (I rant Thompson was also
one of the speakers on tho program
and ho gavo n good talk to his neigh
bors. Judge Thompson mado tho
best talk he over attempted on this
occasion. H. M. Hortou wus also
on the program with his usual sound
ndvlco.
James (jirurd of thu Fred Herrlck
Lumber Co. was drafted nnd mndo
tho announcement that the railroad
was coping. The contract for lay
ing sfcol having been signed and
calls for completion to Hums on or
before August 20. Mr. Glrard was
greeted with cheers when ho mado
this statement.
"(Continued on pago" f our f" "
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CRANE WILL CELE
BRATE TTIK 4TH
Dodgers have boon distributed in
this elty announcing that Crane Is
going to have a celebration on July
4th, Thu big program of this occas
ion will be held on Saturday, tho Cth
with a patriotic program In tho foro
noon followed by & Ireo barbecuo and
sports during tho aftornoon.
Sovoral of tho Crane citizens woro
up Monday night and state ibo cele
bration will bo attractlvo as suffi
cient funds have been raised to pro
vido for uomo good prizes and purses
for horse races, auto races, foot
races, baseball games, etc.
Thoro will bo a display of fire
works on tho evening of July 5 nnd
tli In will bo followed by a big danco.
Will Flsor has turnod over his big
now warohouso for tho uho of tho oc
cnnlon of tho program and barbecuo
dinner whoro excellent sliado and
comfort will bo provided,
Cltlzonu of Durns nnd vicinity aro
extended a special invitation to go
to Crane nnd participate In this big
ovent.
CHAUTAUQUA ORGAN
IZATION IS PERFECTED
Quiet, Sightly Location for Tent
Selected; Wra. Farre Takes
Charge of Ticket Sale.
There wan a meeting of Chautau
qua guarantors at thu Liberty Tucn
tru on Tuesday evening for the pur
pose of organizing for tho coming
Chautauqua week of July 7-11, In
clusive. The name olllcers were drafted for
thlHsoanon, W. M. Button, president;
Itoht. M. Duncan, vlco president;
Julian Hyrd, secretary; K. II. Con
nor, treasurer.
The grouuda committee comilutn
of Simon Lowls ns nhnlrmiiu und hu
In to seleel his own aids. Tho
grounds ueleeled are tho most at
tractive wo huvo had for 11 Chau
tauqua (eut. It will bo located on
11 granny plot on tho corner south
of the Creamery In the rear of tho
Homer Heed rcsldouo property, fac
ing the Sweek residence. It Is ntt
Idenl place, away from uotso nnd
does not Interfere with any business,
The old location across the comer
from tho Tonnwama is now occu
pied by n service station. It was
closo In an dconvcnlont but tho nolso
from passing enrs und trnfllc, be
sides tho busy business places In tho
Immediate vicinity, has bcon annoy
ing to thoso who desired to hear
whnt was on tho platform, made It
undesirable.
Win. Farre Is lu charge of thu
ticket sales and will begin an active
campaign nt once, selecting his nwn
assistants. Tho tickets will hu plac
ed In several of tho business houses
for salq bosldcu a house to house
canvass will bu conducted. It Is
likely the Mothers Club will bo un
listed to take charge of thu children
tickets as tho Klltson-Whltu Ilurcuu
h.to furnished nome prizes for tho
first 40 boys and thu same number of
girls who buy season tickets. Tho
season ticket salu should appeal to
Chautauqua goers ns it gives them
advantage of n cheaper rato by buy
ing fro mthe committee, besides thus
they are aiding thu guaruntee.
Thu usual reservations are to bo
followed this season. An nddlliounl
50 cents will bu charged for reserved
seats, S cents fur each performance,
nnd thin lUMirim one thu some sunt
throughout tho week No reserva
tions may be obtained until a curtain
date, the tickets being purchased be
foro may bo taken to the plnco doulg
unted on thu dato and secure tho
reservations not before.
Thu management will not reserve
all tho, most desirable gents, giving
those coming In Into or buying sin
gle ndmlrslons nn opportunity to se
cure desirable sonts. Thcro will bo
sections In tho tent open for any dur
ing tho entlro wcok.
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KKAfiCJrt HTOItEH
OPKNH IN HL'li.NM
F. D. Clurk, supervisor of tho
Skaggs United Stores for Idaho ter
ritory, has been In this city since
early In tho week arranging for the
opening of thu store In th post olflra
building today. Ho will romuln un
til some tlmo next week getting tho
organization In full working order
boforo leaving.
Manager H. B. Topp, with his fam
ily, and E, M. McLuod, bis nsslstnnt,
arrived Wednesday ovonlng and
have slnco boon busy arranging the
stock preparatory to opening. These
two gontlomon will be In charge of
the Hums branch store. Mr. Me
Leod brings his bride with blm and
is spending his honeymoon doing full
tlmo In the store.
Theso gentlemen aru looking for
resldenco aocommodationB and are
hero to mako their homes and bo
oino a part of Burns.
A NKW OIIBAMKKV LADY
On Juno 10th thoro was born to
Mr. and Mrs. II. 0. ItasmusBon a
dnughtor, Mothor nnd dnughtor do
Ing woll. Mr. ItusmusBon 1b operat
ing tho local erenmory nnd is fast
building up a substantia! business.
Wo aro glnd to wolcomo tho now
Miss to tho community and cougrat
ulatu her In noloetlng tho futuro
metropolis of Contrnl Oregon ns hor
hirlhplnco.
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D. L. nooonfeld, the bat man, is
in this wcok calling upon his customers.
LAYING RAILS BURNS
CRANE LINE STARTED
Full Crew and Work Train New
Pushing Extension Rapidly;
Complete in August.
Tho work train nnd crow to begin
laying tho rails on thu railroad be
tween Hums and Crime arrived
Thursday and thu work la actually
under way.
A roproiHuiliilivo tof this paper
visited Crane Thursday nftornoou
and found thtiigH moving. Tho work
train, and engine was lu thu yard
with the men loading mils which
woro brought out yesterday morn
lug to begin spiking thorn Into place
making th first link lu tho connec
tion. Tenuis wore hauling out tlen
and theso hud been put lu place for
11 eousldrnhto dlulanco lu advance
of tho truck laying. It was learned
fiom W. H. Skogersou, engineer In
charge of equipment, that thu ties
will bu thus distributed the entlro
dlntniiro, teams taking them from
tho curs as tho work advances nnd
hauling them ahead of thu trucklny
or whore they will bo put lu plnco
ready for tho rolls.
Mr. Bkogerson stated that tho
work would progress rapidly and It
was his opinion the track would bu
put lu plnco a dUtnncu of from
thrcM.fourthM to a mllo each day.
Thu gentleman predicted tho com
pletion to Hums not later than thu
second week In Augunt.
The nuwspnper parly stopped at
tho tent city west of Crane whoro
the cump proper has been oHtlbllshod
and found tho place well organized
with a number of tenia for sleeping
quurtoro, alio a largo mess tent nnd
kitchen. Sotno shop equipment wus
itlw) lu evidence. Tho pnrty did
not enter any of tho tents an It was
Just at meal tlmu for the men.
The trucklnylng apparatus w.u
viewed but not Inspected closely as
thoro w.ui no ono at the cur. It Is
mounted on a flat car nnd consisted
of a long crano with cubles. Tho
wrltur Is not fnmlllur with this meth
od of tracklnylng and could not pawi
Judgment bin railroad building has
consisted of pupur roads covering a
period of over .10 years, which In en
tirely famlllnr to him but now he Is
to wltnirMi the real "article" after
advocating the railroad lln Into
Hums for all these years.
Tho number of men at work wiui
not iiMJorlnlned. Several were seen
lending cim with rails and other
oqu!:.nnt ard xeveral teams were
hauling tins.
Contractors are now at work fin
ishing the grading In the Voegtly
field, tho only portion of the rond
remaining to finish before tho tlen
aro placed lu position.
PUHLIO LIHKAItV
Library Hoard to l)ltilliul,0iiftnii
llluiik among Pntroni
(Contributed)
Thu Library Hoard Is Bonding out,
within tho next week, through tho
local merchants, lottors In tho na-
turu of question blank, tho objoct of
which is to ascertain what kind nnd
class of books tho renders most de
sire. It Is Intended to ask tho local
merchant! to Include one of tho let
'tors along with each packngo wrap
ped. Tho blanks may also be secur
ed from tho Librarian.
Whllo tho funds lth thu Hoard
for purchase of books aro very lim
ited, yot tho Information to bo do-
'rlvod from tho lottors returned will
onablo tho Hoard to moro nearly
meet tho nooda of tho library pat
rons, not only In purchaso of books,
lut In borrowings from tho State
Library.
Tho patrons,of tho library, or any
'Interested, aru aBkod to doslgnato
first, uocoud, and third eholco from.
the following general cuishos of
books; vie;
Fiction, History, lllography, Scion-
ce, Naturo, Lltoraturo, Tootry, Es
says, Art, Muslo, Domestic Art nnd
Economy. Travel. Sport, Philosophy,
Hollglon, Education, Political Solonco
Chlldron'B hooka nro not luoludod
'for tho roason that tho Board docs
not Intond to ndvanco any class of
hooka boforo thoso for tho chlldron.
So ns to allow tho Hoard to moro
clearly Intorprot tho designations
from tho gonoral olnsaofl, thoso re
turning tho blanks aro also nuked to
wrlto on tho bnolc, of tho blank or
letter tho nnmoa and titles of nny
bookii which It Is doomed should bo
plneod lu tho library. Such partic
ular titles will tend to mako more,
cortaln tho subdlvlslonu of tho gen
eral classes which tho readera are
most interested In.
The Library Ih very limited as to
funds for tho purchase of books, nnd
whllo It Is not promised that tho rc
qucstH of thoso returning tho blanks
will bo met, yet the Hoard does In
tend to tabulate tho Information re
turned, and bo guided by It In buy
ing hooks and lu borrowing them
from tho Stnto Library. Ily statute
all small public libraries In Oregon
must purchase hooks mentioned on
library HhIb of approved irtandlng.
TIiIh makes It ImpooMblo for tha
Hoard to purohnno any bookn not on
these lists. However, lu filling out
their roturns. it is hoped that Hiobo
mentioning titles will ntnto tholr
preferences as though the Hoard had
the right to purchaso nny volumos.
Tho Hoard sooks to find out what tho
library uners want to rend.
With the coming development the
Public Library will bo asked and
will have to oxtend Its usefulness,
The Hoard has been sort of marking
time, and IU purchase have been
very limited. Tho Library Club has
made donations which comprises
practically all of tho accessions. Tho
shelves of the library contain many
volumes which probably will havo to
bo takon from tho sholves. Tho so
called popular fiction has 11 short
life, and tho Hoard would like to be
ublo to purchase fiction of tho clawi
which endures, but on tho othor
hand It in not overlooked that a li
brary is to servo tho rding needs
of a community ns woll us to try to
got tho more enduring class of read
ing to that community.
Whllo thu blanks will probably bo
circulated lu HuruH only, yot It Is thu
wish of tho Hoard that out of town
people also express their preforouc.es,
and blanks will be hully mulled to
any out of town porsona writing for
them to tho Secretary of Llbrniy
Hoard. Out of town people can Use
tho library.
Ht'llOOL MKKTIM1
WKLL ATTKNDKD
The nuiiuul school meeting held
nt the school building laat Monday
afternoon brought out u good at
tendance. The cauEfl for so much In
terest was the dlscus-doil or a twelve
months school. It turned out. This
proposition had been dlscusned more
or less for 11 fow weeks and It was
thought by ninny that nn attempt
would In- made to try It out in Hums
during tb'J coming year. It trans
pired, however, that no such inten
tion wns under consideration nt all
the matter having been dlseviMcd on
ly ensuall) by th bonrd. Prlnelpul
.Sutton mndo this explanation when
the subject was suggested Indirectly
by u npcaker. Mr. Sutton prwliotod
that It was not likely that lh oldor
generation would live to su such
nn Innovation.
The oluctiou of n director bryught
tun t'uiidiilMtfH lu thu field, dipt. A.
V. (Sowau, ho wus tho retiring
luuiiilur of tho board, was placed In
nomination for re-election and Capt,
Hobt. M. Duncan was also placed In
nomination. The result was decided
ly one sided us Capt. Duncan re
ceived GO votes und Qowau 2C. W.
E. Huston was tho uuanlmous eholco
for clurk to auccood himself. Mr,
Huston bus hold this ponltlon for
many years and Is ono of tho best
ofllcors ever acting en tho school
bonrd In Hums,
Tho budget us published fur the
coming school year wus adopted nf
tor u little dlBcuflsIon.
HuniH Ih going to roqulro greater
facilities for schools In tbo immed
iate futuro. Tho coming of tbo
railroad and establishment of tho
sawmills will add many pooplo aa
rosidonts of thla community and it
will bo nocossary to provide for tak
lug caro of possibly double the nusa
bor of pupils within a yoar. This
calls for caroful administration of
tho finances of tbo district.
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KNGINICKIl IU2UH IN INTEREST
OF WATER AND SEWER
J, W. Cunningham of tho ongln
oo.ing firm of Bnar & Cunninghnm
of Portland, la In Duma making a
preliminary ostlmato of tho propos
ed wntor nnd Bowor Bystom for bond
ing houses that nro intoroBtod.
Daar & Cunningham woro tho cn
glnoora who mndo tho survey nnr cb
tlmnto on tbo Harney Vnlloy Irri
gation District project. Thoy aro n
well known firm and are not strang
ers Jn this soctlon.
RAILROAD DAY CELE
BRATION DISCUSSED
Date Dependent Upon When an
' Excursion Train May Ceme
Over Track Being Laid.
Tho mooting Thursduy evening at
the court house callod by tho Com
mercial Club to dlscusii colobrattug
tho completion of thu railroad to
Uurua was not us largely attended as
had boon hoped. It Booms many-did
not know or tho mooting, although
dodgem were placed In all tho busi
ness houses about 2 o'clock lu the!
aftornoon.
It wn round thoro Is a decided
uontlmunt favorable, to a celebration
but Its churucter and dnto will de
pend upon clrcumstancos,
A committee was authorized byv
motion, to bu named by tho presi
dent, to seo whut could bo tlono In
tho way or financing tho celebration.
Tho secretary, Janus Donegan, und
Engineer Ulrard or tho Fred Derrick
Lumber Co. woro asked (o wrlto
General Munngor Piatt or tho Union
Paciric to boo whether It would ho
possible to gut nn excursion train,
that being tho ono essential thing
to tho hucccmi or such a celebration,
nnd pending tho reply from Mr.
Piatt nothing of u definite character
will bo done. However, It is snfo to
sny that Burns will colehrato tho oc
casion of tho completion of tho rail
road to thin plnco In a fitting man
ner. Sovcral present at this muetlug
dosiru an ulaboruto affair that would
coin considerable to flnanco, whllo
others belloved It should bu n leu
pretentious program confined panic
ulnrly to matter pertinent to titer
occasion with los entertainment ot
purely amusement churnctcr. Busi
ness men have cctprohsod their pre
ference for an affair that will bring
tho big futuru poiwlbllltles or thi.i
territory to the attention or Invest
ors, colonizing with a view or plac
ing pooplo on the laud und further
ing the Irrigation proJeiLs.
Such u culobratlon will bring many
peoplo to Hums. It will necjMdtato
prepntatlons to feed mid house tho
guewts In addition to onturtuinment,
but this may bo douu without n flu
uiiclnl outlay that would work a
hardship on thu buslnow :nterotitj.
A barbecue will h a feature of this
:llfMi .-.rd ono Hint cu hu handled
voll here.
lt Is the Intention to1n?lt the
t(,ui (tngrowilotml dilagatlou,
Chief Forenter Greeley, Mr. Frud
hrrrlol; und the railroad ollUilslg.
nil or whom havo boon notlvu In
bringing about the development.
Uoon Dodson, mnungor or thu Port
land Chamber or Commuieu, ussured
friends while ho wns here lul Sat-urxltt.-
that many or the prominent
men of Portland would attond nuuh
n mealing nnd It Is further uimured
that many of tho citizens of Holso
rnd other parts of Idaho will attend.
Pooplo living all tho way along tho
present lino of tho Oregon & East
ern will como lu numbers, boildes
representatives or tho commercial
bodies of many towns lu Eastern
Oregon will bo prosont.
It Is up to Hurna to mako this an
event Hint will bo a crodlt. Muuy
will recall entertaining thu Oregon
Development Lcaguo hero in 1911,
r.B well as tho Cnttlo & Horseralserti
Association intor. Both those affair
woro well handled and ns tho rail
road day culobratlon will ho ulong
tbo same linos, It Is sure that wo can
"put It over" In n way that will Im
press our visitors favorably.
Presldont Hlbbnrd of tho Duma
nnd Harney County Commocrlal Club
will call another mooting next wock
to tnko doflnlto stops toward work
ing out tho details of n railroad colo
bratlon, This will bo dono lmmcd
lately upon hearing from Mr. Piatt
of tbo Union Pacific as to tbo rail
road's plonBuro In running nn excur
sion train,
o .
THANK YOU .
Tho rofroahraont nnd onta com
mlttoo,of tho Harney County Tlon
oor Association dealro to publicly
oxprosa tholr appreciation of tho ex
cellent co-operation glyon thorn by
plonoora and cltlzons of Burns In
sorvlng tho plonlo dlnnor on Pioneer
Day, oBpoclally to tho old timers who
brought such gonorously filled baa;
kets.
BELLE HAYES, Chairman.
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