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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1924)
i 5T i i Xfltra- j 9.. (4 sJk. "" MttmiX. n.r ' a ,v MN Wfc P H HI III I ! - 1 tfi I I1! I VOL. XXXV 1! IYING OF RAILS PRO GRESSING WITH SPEED ijjwSlwl Gon Dow" Fa,Ur Thal1 gjrpectea; many via raw Visit Scene of Action. rhA trncklaylnK train now putting jown the steel on tho railroad ex- .don from Crane to uurnn is asking r.ipld progress. It wiib dated tint the trnck would ko down tt a spel r between u liu.lt mid thrcc-nunrtcm of n mile a tiny but Iho crew ha mudo bettor llm than Ihst during thlB week, exceeding that b siderablo. Tho machine ufl hu dn.gn and ono of (ho best flO-ln'rr,,lon- Sevf ' ur citizen have visit ed the n "k Mirhig tho wcok and aro mprfsr ' ' 'Mi tho precision and good nrRin izitlon of thin work." It U also wrv grntlfylsg to (ho old tlmore.ldf t of Ilttrnit who him wait ed for so ninny yearn (o see (hu rail- raid (o Hums in ncfual construction. One lone time resident suld ho ox Barknccd a thrill whon ho wan ap proaching Crane tho other day and looking for tho scene of activity lo luddenly 1ow a work train and on sine emerging from tho went whoro it had always seen mro brush, cattle and Jack rabbits. Ho said It was a ilfbt for sore eyes. Halls will be laid from Crane Into Darns by Aurum. 20, according to Fred derrick, purchaser of tho Hoar valley timber of tho Mainour forest reserve The Crane-Hums lino In needed by Mr Hcrrlck and tho lino vill bo extended from Hums Into near allfy and K In fact, now un der construction Tho Hcrrlck saw mill, which will handlo tho Iors from Dear valle ,ls to bo located In Hums and will be under construction soon. Mr Hcrrlck caran to Portland to confer with J P. O'llrlen, A. 8. Kd mnnds and other officers of tho O. W It N company. Orogonlun. I'. II. H. OFFERS COHKHKH Summer courses for IiIrIi hohool ttudenUi will open Monday, Junu -3, at the Inlverslty high school, It wan acuouiKisl .it tho university school of education yesterday. Tho rourso will tl-me for six weeks. closing August 1 Classen will meet dally l,xcep H urdu y from ulght lo eleven In tl'i iii ii'i.iDK Pi ru' :. in ninth grado English w II I K , t dn MInh Klhel II. Wnku Iff d .b grado science will be taurl ' ' Klbrrt I.. Ilosklu, and nlTM i ii'.ith grade niathoniiido by P r L Hponcor. T i munc-r elusfcos nro to he. f'Pf.n i (.raduntes of the olglith grad are proparlng lo outer high Mluol next fall, nnd to mom berg of tbt present ninth grade who have kr not to oxeced ono-half year nf ninth grado work. In tho nintl f mail, s doparttnont, inoro ad van'I udonts will bo admitted m.d will In permitted to work Individual ly an rapidly as ponslbJij In algobra or gcnKtry 'S'u'icnts who wlbh to earn oxlra trwIPft for tho purpose of shortening their high echoo) courso will find this an excrllont opportunity. There wll" hu r,o (xpene to pupllM other tbii'i t'u i necessary for bookn or etb pptiei," wuh the aiinounce 'r i i by Harold nonjamlu, : Die UnlvorHltjr high ' ik ne Hoglstor. o M' lI.HDKTIli; IN fVVFf.OlMHNT IN lL'H . .v land of tho 'inn of x iM-nnsll. arohltootn, of H . Krnost Whlto, a oo n tract- in Fulls, woro among tho v i Purns during thin week. Ho' j ii tic-men fahowod keen Juter f3t in he development of JlurnH and tro "o favorably Imprcasod that thoy contemplate entering activity Into Uio building of thin community. Thoy discussed tho futuro with local citi zens and found many things favor ablo io tho erection of substantial RtrurturfB In thin Imraodlato vlcin v, including flno building slono, 6ul bio material for manufacturing rMr, rand for concroto, good gravol ai"l rthcr material. s Tl.r r fjontlomon muy bo n factor I" ''nrllng nomo good bulldlngn Jn Hunig vIthin a short tlmo as thoy aro going to Interview capital and nun who nro looking for Investment and now locations. i it'll Strongheart "Knock" On Chautauqua Stage. Cblof BtronRboart, who will bo ro munbred by many an ono of tho Lyceum numbers in ilurna winter boforo last, In on tho aovon day Chautauqua platform for tho Ellison Whlto Byuttrm. Ho was rocontly In Wlnnemucca and from tho platform niado nomo tA(omon(n that are not altogether truo u (o condltloim In Hums and tho attitudo of tho whltea to tho Piute. Hlrongheart would lead hla hearcm io bellovo tint (ho cliizoiiH of thin place tiro iudlilerent to thu Indians and aro not s'lug ihom proper eonsldorallon. Ona atnteniont that a newly born babe, her mother and threo other Indlami dlod from uxposurc. It U ponslblo thero wore dcatlui an tho Influenza was a Horloua mnltor"(o tho Indiana who would not b housed nor follow Instruction In rnnpoct to proper care. Stronghonrt ahio wiyn, accord ing to a nowrpaper nrllelo of hln talk, (hat l hla ! an Indian riorvadnn, when ns a mailer of fact It never wan a reservation and the Plutes now in thla section aro here of their own accord nnd because they profer being hero nnd received more consideration than on u reservation. He might have gono further In hln remnrkn and told of (heno Indian having nllotmentH of aomu of tho fiest laud In this Mctlon but that Ihuy refused to llvo on It but profer camping In tho vicinity of Hurnn whero they nro given much work and treated with klndnes. Tho local doctors have never refuwd aid to tho Indlann when called upon and local nurses huvu given them much aid. The flrnt patient In tho St Joseph'a hospKnl when It opened lla doom In Jlurnn wan a young Indian child that wan given every caro without charge. Chief Strongheart should keep better ponied on thu affairs of his bmlhren If ho In (o enpouso (heir caiuo nnd give (he real aid. Ho should know that the Indians of thin vicinity have been given ma terial aid through tho good ollkes of Iceal people and tho co-operallon of the nuperliitendent of tho Warm Sprlngn r-ervatloti under which them) Indlnnn nro looked after. Thoy have excellent living quarters on a lghtly place, have boon cautioned In sanitary Importance and have a clean location They have been glv (ii material aid by tho public of Iluriib nnd are receiving better care than many white people. The Klllon-Vhlt Hureau should liihtruct Its uilent to bo careful In stutemontH that may not bo Intended to reflect upon communities, but never (hulwn do. II In possible Stronghftrt did not Intend to In llmato that Hums wan mlMreadng the Indians but hln talk In mislead ing. o- MKH. KI.I lll)KTf IN AUTO ACCIDHNT Mr. nnd Mm. W. M. Carroll arrlv ud homo Tuesday from Klamath whero they hail boon called by a telu gram announcing thut Mm. A. Kgll had met with an accident. Mrs. Egll returned with thu Carrolln and Ik yet puttering from tho offoots of hor mishap, although not sorlously hurt. She waa coming up from Klamath to llonil on tho auto (ngo when the accident occurred. Whllu traveling nt a rather rapid apeod and in making a curve they mot a load of bay and In nttomptlng to avoid a collision tho car wan drawn too naur the odgt of a grado Ju tho joose grav el and went over. An oyo wltnosw M iho par turned over thf H'W in thu full down tho liiclttio and f! fl ail ylmiVd stundlug on tho whuolu. Mrv Kil wus thrown out ami fell on her bead and shoulder, causing sevoro bruUes mid slight cuts. Bho still shows tho'ninrks and her oyoa nro discolored. Mrs. Kgll was on routo hero to vlnlt with hor daughter, Mrs. Curroll, also at tho ranch with hor son Ed. She had not Informed tho children of hor coming. -- -o NEW YOUKMR UUYH PROPKHTY IN 1JURNH. W. OIhoii nnd IiIh wKo and his brother, Alfred, of Now York, urn Into arrivals In B-urns nnd havo pur chased nn Jicroago from Hert Ttloh nrdson noar tho McDonald roaldonoo toward tho river whoro thoy 'vlll orcct throo or four cottages for rent or to soil, Mr. Olson lu a contractor and lmlldor nnd will orcct bin own houses. IIo will find n roady tonnnt us soon as thoy nro complotod. BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, CONSOLIDATE REGISTER- RECEIVER LAND OFFICE J. J. Donegan Assumes Duties Of Both in U. S. Lund Office After August 17th. Telegraphic ndvlco recolvod hero Thursday announces that (ho olllcu of register and receiver of tho U. S, laud office at IluriiH will bo con- ollda(cd on Augutt 17, 104 and that J. J. Donegan, Iho proonnt re ceiver, ban been appointed to the position of register. Thla movo h(d been eontemplnlod but It was not exported no soon. V. fl. Coznd, the present register, hud time having expired hint mouth. Mr. time having oxprled lust mouth. Mr Cosad In Instructed to turn over to Mr. Donegan the affairs of (he or llru on tho evening of August 17 mid will then retire HIAPMA.V OUT VOll HlflNA- Tl'HKH ON INCOMK TAX HI Mi (' C Chapman, editor of the Ore gen Votor, wan In Iluriin Thursday securing signatures to petition to submit the repeal of tho present atate Income tax to the votom at tho No vember election. Mr. Chapman ban already secured more than twice the number of signature iieeennary to place It on tho ballot. Chapman ban many loiters from big concernn that claim they have either refused to ro through with Investments In Oergon or withdrawn from (lie n(a(u because of (he Income (ax. He ban a good argument and ono that appeals to the Individual who want to re duce tuxcfl. Mr. Chapman does not believe a xtato Income tax should bo placed among our lawn, an It retards development Ho wan ticcompniiled by bin wife and daughter and II. H. Howard, vice president or Hie I.add & Tllton Hank of Portland. The parly loft yesterday morning for I.nkovlow. o CHANOK IN HTOCKIIOI.HKHH OK Hl'HINKNS CONCKKN John L. Caldwell hai dlsp'isud of bin IntorcHtn lu the Harney County Abstract & Title Co and ban retired from Iho firm. Karl Hngey now ap pears an a stockholder and president of tho concern associated with A. A. Hnrdwell. The presont eourerii In a reorganization or an Institution that wan rounded several year ago and In one thnt will have much busi ness In the new order or things with the transfer of real entato that In i hut (o follow (he goneral develop ment of HiIh bg country and the changes thnt will bo sen In Hums during tho Immodlale futuro. uj - '" OREGON, JUNE 28 1924 IgEHING THE TERMINAL GROUNDS IN READINESS Contractors Finishing Grade and Sidings; Slight Changes Are Made in Arrangements. Home slight changes liavc been made III tho final nurvey and loca- , (Ion of thu dopot ami tormlual groundn for thu railroad. Contrac- torn nro now finishing tho grado In the Vougtly field and tho tracka have been changed In order lliai mo Malheur Itallroad Co. track will bo tralghtened out giving It the track to tha north of (ho dopot. Thin necessitated a little moro ground to the south and out through iho Hon- ' sen tract to the cant whoro tho rall- I mad erosson highway. mm... .ii.. fur id ilmwit linn been changed to (he east and will bo ao emlblo from (he main Htreet, being located Just lo tho woat of this street and to tho south of whero It wan formerly. Thin arrangement wan found mom satisfactory. Mlt. PI.ATT IIKPKIIM CUMOHHA TION TO TKAFFIO DKI'AKTMKNT Secretary James J, Donegan yes terday had a responio to bin com- j munlcatlon to (lonornl Manager ' Piatt of tho Oregon Short Lino Hall way In renpect to tho nttltudo or thu railroad to taking part in a celebra tion In Hums on tho completion of tho laying of nleel on tho extension from Crane. Mr. Piatt nuggotscd taking the mutter up with tho tralllc department of tho Union Pacific and this will bo done at once. It U the Intention to celebrate the event of tho completion of tho ilii'j to Hums but dotnlln and the date of the colubratlon wilt not bo an noil need until tho matter ban tho sanction of the railroad people and i their active pnrtlclpntlon. an an ex cursion is' the first consideration. WKINHTKINH OPKN ,Ni:V OHOOKUV TODAV The remodeling of tho Hums Cash Sto.'c to accommodate the gro cery duiwrtinenl o fthe consolidated slorcw under the Welnsteln maiiagu moiK In eompleteil and tho now store In open today to patrons. It In being made a noelui affair lu connection with the general hiiHluk opening to the patrons with refreshnientH aorvod to all who vlnlt the store. Tho now quartern presont one or the hrg't and most attractive stores In nil nterii Oregon. It is a credit lo Hums and a nforo (hat will com pare wllh any In much larger plnrns. Pal Orll wan In lown Wednesday " Hisb.'K. in Nevember: t ' " " ' """ " - Bill Newton WriU$ of ' Journey to Old Home. Horryvllle, Ark. Juno 16, 1924 Friend Julian: I will fulfill my promlno I made boforo I loft Burns, and wrlto you ft brief account of our trip. Wo loft home the 19th of May nnd arrived hero tho 3rd of Juno, would havo mado the trip noonor but It be gan lo rain tho day wo croaaod tho fltato llnu of Wyoming and Colorado and It rallied and snowed for flro days ho wo layed off for four days ami ntarted out tho morning of tho Glh day and encounlorcd ono of tho wornt hiiow ntorniB wo over nnw. Wo wero between Denver and Colorado Springs, Colo., and up In tho air. I mean by (hut tho nltltudo was near 7000 ft. and old hiiow banks 4 and r. ft. deep near the highway. Wo wished for our overcoats. Wo landed lu Colorado Sprlngn that evening and bollovo mo wo abandoned our camp for a comfort able room lu thu hotel. Wo found excellent hlghwaya nil thu way and enjoyed thu trip with the exception of tho tstoinm. It ban rained hero two nnd threo t linen a week nlnco wo havo been hero and Is pouring down now. Wish I could turn some of it OtORonward. Thu people hero would gladly share It with you an (hoy hao moro than enough. Wo aro euJoyliiR our visit im mensely but It mire Is hot. I auro do nwent nomo Just hunting tho cool places, I find thoro fan't any. Things, places, and-people have changed hero since I saw It last. My old frlondn ;.oom glad to vce me and I enjoy visiting thorn but will he glad to get back to tho land of sunshine. Your friend, WILL NKWTON. TAHAYITLA FOCND IN IICNCII OK HANA.VAS While plucking fruit from a bunch or bananas Wednesday I. Welmrteln uncovered a large tarantula and his neat. The big spider Insisted on re maining in the web nest and It wan with dllllculty It wiut gotten out. Her man Thels took a pair or pliers with the Intention or capturing it but the huge spider Jumped nway and then It was forced to lake refuge lu u wlde-miiuthed candy glaan Jur and thiin raptured wan covered "A ltl nl Vohol and Is now on display lu (lie window of the WeliiH(eln grocery de partment. 0 ' ' V. 0. Cozad and sou Hod with his family, wero among tho Hurnn peo ple to attend the '02 coloration nt Canyon. They report having had a fine time among old fi lends. ID NO. 34 THE GAME COMMISSION SEES ANTELOPE REFUGE'. Look Over Prfed Resenr Lake Cetrnty; People Not. Entirely FavoraW (Lakevlow Examiner) Tho Oregon Gamo (mmisslqn Iv making a tour of this Bcctlon of tk. State aud is duo to arrlvo In Lake vlow tomorrow evening. It 1 re ported that tho party Include alt membors of tho commission and that; tho purposo of tho visit Is to Investi gate tho proposed Warner gatno re rugo for tho protection of antelope Tho question is one or very greatr Importance to Lake county and c:vory ono Interested Is urgently requested to meet tho commission and oxproBo hln views lu rognrd to the quoadon Two weeks ago tho Examiner out lined the latest steps taken ror the withdrawal or all oustorn Lake coun ty ror tho gamo roruge, and numer ous porsons havo bIiico that tlmo ex pressed thomselves aft being opposed, t osuch action. It would bo well Tor all who am intorented In tho nubject lo meet wllh the commlnslon and get the vluwn or tho commlasloncrn who fa vor the roruge an woll m thono op posed, ror It In understood that but; three or tho rive commissioners fa vored tho bill aB outlined. In tha opinion of tho Examiner a Foderatl. gamo rofugo will bo not asldo In v eastern Lake county In tho near fu ture unions ovldonco la produced showing (hat It In wholly unnccH nary. ' It U generally agreed that ho far un antelope aro concerned thoy arte Hot lu uuod or any protection uti I da rrein tho proMiul gamo laws, (hu (Itieitlou locally being one of run go alone. Stockmen, residing within the propohed refuge and iimir It a. linos and who would have a proror unce right for grazing atoek within. Its eonfluvA generally favor thu for mation of the refuge whllu many; others who grnre their stock In thajlA lection ar eopposcd to It. It in cou jervatlvely entlmatod that undar exlsdug conditions about GO,O0t hheep and 1.1,000 rattle are grazed, in that section at different times o tho year. Another matter to bo taken up with the commission while hero lav that or thu installation of a perma nent hatchery at lli. Pumitlp Cieelc site. The depletion of III'- tisliiurc stream 4 of (ho county In beiouilng sa vory serious msttor duo Su pnrt to the dry ticusou Ihls vear und also to he grottier nninber who sr taking; udvautngo of tho outing faollllluB of Lake county. The Parsnip Croult she ofTur great advantagos ror a punnuiiont hatchery In (hu( the water Js of the proper tompomtiuo prncllcully hri ear sround. '.. inui Slnnntt. ban bocMi sui':ottiii H. hav'ng (ho land withdrawn 'r.nn eiitry and It Iv thoughl that now an oifjrt will bit uiude by the BUte lo obtnlii tltlo tcy dr land In onU r t iiiitify pormti nont Improvomontf uch a plant ts necessary In ordei tc restock deplut- ed ((reams an dfurtiur to keep (herer alrc.ipjs s(ocked osalint Iho grentor use to which (hey will he nubjoctcd. Plan aro bulnt. mado to eutgrtnlar the nombors of tho eommisslmi b thu Knd and dun Club and nlot show them over die oudu and gnm grounds of Lak 3il;v ThU m I: tho first olllclot visit of (bji qommls slon nothing vjll oo ovarleoked in making (heir stay plpaswut nnd lu strucdvo thnt thev nhv n f.u ! with eondltlons In Imko county ItV.N'NIXt; PP.MP LON'O IIOUIIR AT STATION. Sunt. Shattuolc of tho Experiment Station wus In town yesterday to get fuel ror tho pumping plant and stat ed that It was running 14 hours oaclu day now and good results nro ob tained. Tho woll Is holding flno wltm no shortage of water and tho crops aro responding vory satisfactory. Tha station in ono placo In Harney county that Is demonstrating what a littler wntor properly supplied will do. If is a auccoss as tho crops prove. " Tho Chautauqua tlckot fmlo U on dot your WisOn llokot from tho coni mlttoe and aavo money and nt tho same tlmo aid lu making up thor guarantoo. Reservations may bo mada at Wm. Farro's olllco on andi after July 2.