"1" y 4 f :kftil it 'f V, '$& tv VOL. XXXVII BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JUNE 21 1924 NO. 33 m w Wrtwa.y mw im 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" " 0 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. 0 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. 0 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. 0 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. m s