'inillejtoJ ft. VOL. XXXVIII BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, DECEMBER 13, 1924 NO. 7 CONCERNED OVER FATE OF WILD HORSE DROVES Drought nnd Other Unfavorable Conditions Held to Dcmnnd Action by Tho State. (My Colonel K. liofcr hi fluiuluy Orcgonliiu.) Tl.o Oregon Statu lluiiiunu Hocloty i utuf runted with ii problem of what to do with tho hioruiiliii; bunds of .lM hor Ktt In oiiNturn Oregon. It , o ttl tnrttoil t hut hovciuI hundred tt iiihihiiI of thuHo utilmnlH nro noat tt red over tho range cuuntluH. At i e time thoy wcro a great oconumlc . el of that ronton. Thoy worn rounded up. branded and partially 1 rokc, anil thon drlvoii Into woitoru Oregon mid other count lnton an a rnch Htipply of work horuun. Thcno 1 unchgrasH horse wore of fair hIzu, ury durahlo and nupplled tho du ii'iiuil for work hnrHoii at a medium I 'Ire Motor vehicles havo doulroyod tho t .irki't for IIiohu raiiKo homo. Thoy I ,io ceased to ho a thing of value. Outturn of range land and custom Oregon ranchorH ncom to think thoy .,ro not worth tho hay It takon to food thorn, and thoy don't. Thoro ft ro 'hoy havo ahuttdonod thoni. loft them on tho ratiKo to shift for thorn iIvoh ho that Mtaravatloit In Htnrlng thcno ratiKo homos In tho faco. Matty I tvo perished nlrondy and tho rigor v tho wlntor Inn hnrdly com lutiirud At a low estimate 1000.000 , ml will ho wlpod out !y King inter Uwnorri of largo Imiiiln aro i' ttltiK Ihoni go, trtiHtltiK that tho t w that ronniln will ho Hiilllolont miliary tholr noodN for tho noxt ir'n work. Italit.n Arc (.uekliig. I in' l.irgor part of onnturu Oregon nirerud front h uvure drought n.iiK tho (mat your. Till Ih par t ' ulurly trim of llarnoy eon nty, i Ii did not havo the hniiollt of uii.tl fall raliiH to frmthun tho .- in most catnw tliii HviMlnck i in)- down from tho mouuUlit in n ' k'tied and poor condition. In "ctlone miiow alroady oovora Kroutid and tho weather hue i untiHiiHlly oolil for thla Unto of .Mr .tr three MtMMslTd eurrey by ie hutiianu eotoiy, ioekwtii nil) r fowling tholr eat tit )HM'p. -,,(.' I ih winter will le eeWu probably will be nble to pull i ntnok throiiKh. poaalhly with . fptlott of abeep. In many . I.irxu Hooka are run hy I ( 1 ..hotitrlnger on the open dee- Thoao man are mam herdera, ,. iiiK no land, having no hay hwl. and no aheltor. Thoy may , ull throuKh with ISO por tout left r In tho spring and dlvldu thu .o i-iipit ami tho Iamb with thu f mi This kind of ahuophurdliiK i" long to tho punt, and ahould bo i inlawed. L'ndor thu.uhuiigltiK oonilltloiiH of n.o past 10 year, with motor vu- I.uIcm rendering tho wild ritngo hfr" u I hum l vuluuloea, tho Htittu lliimatiu aocluty, fr luck of moaiiH ud ability to loouto owtiurHhlp of lurice banda thnt movo aome- i huh UQ or 100 mlloa In u lnglo itw, no Hitrvoy of lit actual faoU t .s hi.ttii poaalhlo; no remody Iiuh l.i-.-u workml out. An orforl wau i.t .! in ono oouitty to round up and luutshlor prodatoty liniulH of Iioiho ,,i ihl.kon and Iiok feotl. Tim hit- i.e hi.iloly ont an ollleor to ait- j. rintend tho humaiiu UlllliiK uo- mini. Not tntioh (louhl ha dono. 1 1.. wild honiM ate vary hy of all iiniiiu Hpprouch. Thay will hoap n iMih- or 'two away from piiraitont . il cannot ho Ulllofl, ovoit with lonj,'- !.inj;o rlfluM. DepiiMlntloiiH Aro I'oll. In tlto opinion of (lovornor Ploroo ' w'uihl tako an hrmy or tralnod m r-H niHilora and coBt ? 1000,000 or 7, .,ri to nether tlioin up null put i In m In corral. CompltlnlH of tholr d'piodatloiiH huvo como lo tho llu iii.mo Hocloty from Mra. Hmnm A. I.l.hv, (!i-niio, Or., from Ihtltor ounty nnd Inlormoilluto atooknion In tho Inland oinplio. Wllllum Ilaitloy of HuriiH hollovoB that condltloiiH would Jimtlfy nV iffotl put forth to Havo thono hortinu. IN- dlfforH In opinion from many raiiK" oxpnrtH lit holdliiK 11"- toy n.illy huvo an oconontlc valuo, and that thoy Hhoiild ho foil and not ox tormlnntod. Ho hollovoa that tho ownora of lliuao horiiOH Hhoiild ho forced hy hiW proporly to euro for thoni ami liitlmiitoit that ho would ho wIllliiB to uudortuko tho Joh on oortaln tornta that havo not huou fully workml out. . KoportH from many of (ho raitch orn how that tho Rltuiitlnu Ih rathor doMporato, nnd thoy havo no Inten tion of taking any iitupH to iiolvo tho prohlom. oxcopt to lot naturo tako hor oounio. That muiiitH that thoHo Krout hamlH of onco iiHnful and valuahlo aiilmnhi will uitdiMiht odly dlo from luck of i;riiMH and wntor. Thoro Hhnuht ho a Hiirvoy of cotiilltloitH In Houtlioiintorii OrKOii OMpmdally. If poHHlhlo, tho rnvltiK hiitulH of ImrMOH, (otalliiK at lottHt 100,000 hoiid, Hhoiild ho romovod front tho droiiKht area to pnrtH whoro food and wntor may ho procurod. It will not pay tho thinly Hcntlorod rnitcli rn of that roKlon to do It and Iho Htock will not ho moved uuIohh Htato or fodoral authority ran ho Invokod. MiMtaco May Orow. I do not protend that all in fltatoinontu aro porfoHtly accurate, hut thoy aro IiiihoiI upon written ro portH from roildoutH of HiIh roKlon, ohtalnod hy the Immune aocloty diirliif: the jmHt .'10 days. Wo aro trylnu to arouuo an IntolllKont htimauo Interesl In thono dtimh hrittoH that. iinle.M oxtormliiatod hy a vorv novere winter, or dUpoieil of on nomo econoutlc plan, will heroine a Mill Kronlor tuoitaco to tho live stock KrazliiK IntereHtM of ountoru OroKon. The hiiinano nocloty oottht aoconipllHh nomethliiK for the wild homo Hlttiatlou If tho Htato would fitrnlHlt money for oxpoiihoh, hut It koIh only a pitiful $1000 a yenr to enforce humane lawa over the on tlrn tato. It la time for the htato to tako Home action HhoU, In tho lu trMt of thu llvoatock Imlualry. Dr V. II I.yllo, tato vetfirlHitrlaii and secretary of (ho atala llvaalook unitary hoard, wna ankad hy the writer for opinion on tho wild hnreo problem In oaateru OraKOti. I clone thla rvlnw of thu alluntloii with hla MUtament. In the-eon ra of an Intarrlew ho throw a llttla optlut lam Into what inlxht bo callwl a ctaailly. hoplvaa Hltuatlou. lie km Id: I. I.jlle (,l0e.. "That fd la roally j tttto amruo In anaiurn Oraxou la trim, hut thoro haa Iiimii a conaUJurahlti nrowth of Kr4 In certain dtatrlru that wr Ao far removed from arallabla watar that tba aonie oould not b Kraaod by anlutiiln In till dlatrlct darlnti tba aumtuar iiiontha. With the eomlnx of hiiowh and raliiH It la noaalbhi that (bara will hu ample faad for all of tho wild horao popu lation of ouatarn OrnKon. "Tim alttiHtlon Ih audi that thoro bould ho aoiito hiiiiiauu way d vhwd wlmroby tlioao wild horioH could Ih Bottau rid of. Thoy oat tho KrHaa that iiiIkIiI woll ha prof itably mod hy other niilmuU that would rotiirn a profit. Ilualdoa ihoy luurouau In nuniberh and aa tliim I'oow hy there will como a time when many of thorn will porlnh hu caiiHo of lack of fond. liidlvldualH are tinablo lo cope with tho Hltua tlou that proHoutH llnolf In oitHtorn Oregon ua rer.ardH thono aiilmalH. "I hollovo It would he wIho to havo ioiiih form of lobulation puaHcxl In HiIh co in I n K cohhIoii of the lor.tala (uro where thoav nnlmalH oould ho eallod oatrayH. ho Ioiik hh thoy aro not onrrylnj? vlalblo bnindH. and ho Kiilhorod up and humanely hIiiiikIi lorod and poaMlhly uiod for the purpoHo of foodInK IuB r poultry. Tho coHt of KatherliiK up thoHo mil malH will probably not ho lit oxcoaa of any money that will ho roturnud from tholr hiiIo. Many of thwo anl iiiiiIh aro now unbraudoil and are, from a riino point of vlow, roally the property of .no ono. Hvoit thoiiKli It wore poaalhlo to oompol ownorH hunianoly to tako onro of tholr alook thoro would bo no way of foroliiK action (gainst thoas iinbrBtid ed auliiialH." IHHI'K TKMOIMIO.VH IMIIKCT'OllY The Oontral Oroou Tolophono Co. will laouo a now dlroolory about Iho flrut or tho year. Now uttbHorlhora. or tlioao conteniphitlnt: InatiilllnB phomm ahould Kt "! nr,lor ,M nl"1 hnvo tho phoiioa oonnoctod up dur lui; tho proBont mouth and ho thtiH nHHiirod of tholr namo npponrlpB In tho now dlroolory. Diulnow flrnw will ho iflvon tho prlvllofjo or plmv liif; advert IhIiik In t tllrootory. MURDERER OF SHERIFF GETS FIRST DEGREE Local Attorney Reports Cnno an Hard Fought; Appeal lo Supremo Court Likely. Archie Cody, the man who killed Sheriff Uoodman lawt Aucimt, wiih found uiillty of iiiurdur In thu flrut (U'Kieo hy a Jury lit tho circuit court of Malheur county at Vale thu flint of thin week. C. 11. Leonard, who voluntuorod IiIh HorvlcoH lit aldliiK In tho proHocu lion or the ciiho, arrived homo fol lowing tho trial and In iIIkciihhIiik It with a ropronuiitatlvo of thlu pa per Htatod It wiih a hard foui;ht ciiho throughout, the dofeiidaul belli k rop roHeutod by Atty Newman of Mod ford and (leo. V, Ilayen of Vale. ProHoctitliif; Attorney I.ytlo or Mal heur county and C. II. Leonard wore In charKo of tho proitocittlou, A motion for a now trial hi- nl rondy been denied and h l itlto likely Iho ciiho will he appealed to the iiupromo court. General nntln ruction Ih cxproHrtod by the people or thin Hoctlon at the verdict, ax they reel the man Ih utility or murderliii: a peace ollleor. I'OI'IXAIl VOU.NU I'KOI'M-: WUU Newton llotchklHH and MIhh Jewtlo Hhopntd were married dint Monday forouoou at the HupllHt (iiirnonnco hy Itov. KiiKouo Ilowd. Moth are well known and popular you tin peo ple at (IiIh city where they have ro nliletl mIiico childhood. Newton bun hun ohkiii;oi1 III the stock hualneHH for aevoral yearn followii; hi Krud iiHtlou from hcIiooI llo Ih the aon or Mr and Mrn. II llotuhklwt. poln tMirn. IIIh bride U a charmlni: yottnc duly who hnd Imhoi fotlowliiK tho (rofHMtlou of lofichlni; followlui; hor rtmdiiatlou from the llarnoy county Itlch achool. She la tt crauililatiKh tor or Mr. and Mra Waller Crow, highly roapoctod (doueora. Tho nawlywoila ltft liaitiodlataly for tho I'. (5. Hmlth Waim HpriiiKH rmnrh where Newt la looking after I'hll'M atock for Iho winter. They attrreedud In KottliiK out of town before their friend could lvo thoin a proir rauoKiiltloit, hut wure not o lucky ou HiTlvliu; at their ilea tltiHtloit aa It eoinehow leaked out a uewlywed couple hail coma Into the neighborhood and It didn't tako tlmm Ioiik to (jalher and ;Ivo Ilium I h iioley wolaomo. Mr. and Mra. itniflitku imva Lhe I'.antl wlaboH nf a wide circle or rrlenda In which! The Tluiee-Horuld la counted. ! r GoiH T y. ui. uwi-i. . nf. UnMr, fK) CHRISTHAS!; W s. " s .rt'a r'v.iniBJiK "v r ,ir-HK .rsssss' r: n. mi-- .kR nV A X Stiblai . .vCVX -& W f J P"k s5rn.VaT o- V M ' -T Am W e8,l? p6 M mt f 1 WORK BEGINS MONDAY ON TERMINAL BUILDINGS General Superintendent Here on Inspection; No Announcement Of Regular Train Service. W. II. KkoKorHiiu, oiiBluuur In cliarno or material and coiiHtriictlon, ban moved bin lieiuliiiartoni from Crane to HuriiH, tho IIvIiik oar hav lni; huou broiiKht up yoritorday morn Inn attiichud to a upeeliil that brought Con. Httpl. It. (I. I'lerco and DIvIhIoii Stipt. K. C. MatiHflold. Mr. Hkotjor hoii'h olllco car had boon brought up to the tormlual KroiiiidH before, A rcproHontnllvo or thin paper call ed titioit him yoRtorday and upon In quiry round that active work on tho terminal cround bitlldliiKH and lin lirovouioutH will IickIii on noxt Mon day moruliiK' Material Ih on tho cround to bei'ltt work on noma or the hi provemoulii and more will arrive aa needed. Mr. HkoKorHon could kIvo no In formation an to when roKtilar train Hervlco tiilKht bo expected. He Hiild thai (lie Koneral HUporlittoiident nnd dlvlvlnu MUperlnteiideiit had ttiado the trip up to uncertain coudltlnnn and how far tho ImprovemeiitH bad proKreHHod but finding no water tank or coal hunkorM. In fact no fuollltloM whatever, therefore could not innko , "' annoiincoinent. Tim apodal train ttji yitterday moruliiK wan thu can mo of much upcculatlon amotiK our cUIzoiih and all klnilH of minora wore afloat. However, thin paper could find noth I it k of an authentic nature In regard to the railroad or Hawmlll Hltuatlou other than ban boon given In HiIh article. Mr. HkoKorroit Iiiih IiIh family and living iiunrtur In HuriiH now and lit tllralloiia point lo hla remnlnlng for aevornl weoka, at IuiihI. IMONKHIt HTOI'K.MAN 1)1 KM Hubert .1 Smllh died at tho homo of hla mother lit thla city on luat Saturday. Dee. '.. following a abort llluoea. Ho took alck In Kllvhm nil ley while looking for nlook and wiih hrointht down lo the family homo In Huron on Friday. Httltert had hami a ucreeaful atock man In thla county ever elite bla boyhood, baring atartod with hla own herd of eatllu at the an or 1 1 yemra awtl iteeumtilatoil a largo property. He nrfvor mnrrlod ami hla headquarter wore on ono of hla imy ranch oi ou tho Inland. l)eeeeed wna born May II. 1SSI J In llueun Vlata. Oregon, and oanto FOR YOUR UNCLR SAM SJr a i mr w-wto?yc Go,7. AWy&(l''vsZ i civ kK fimi ... i" ' v jy cw o- 'i'. -r ,tt i -a b.. .: - 9j:;-r. i .Tio'ii'.iii iiir 1 1 t i I i ' - - mi i to llarnoy county with bin iuuoiiIh In 11180 whom ho hud hIiico roHlded. no allenilod thu public iichool In iluriiH hut (iilt thu hcIiooI room early In life to duvolo IiIh ontlro lime to tho ntock IiiihIiiohh. lie wiih a momhor or llarnoy Loilno, No. 77, I. O. O. I', aliio iilllllaloil with Um Hobekah IoiIko and (ho Odd I'Villown lJiicuinpnuint, lie wan ait uprhjlit cltlzon who hold tho confidence of IiIh outlro acitualul iiiiue, llo Ih Htirvlvttd hy IiIh iiioIIkiV, Mm. W. I', Hnilth, two hruthurH, Kriioat and Dole Siiillh, four hImIoih, MrH. V. C. (JII)moii, of I'lirma, Idaho, Mra. .1. K. WoHtou, of IIiiiitliiKtou lloitch, California, Mrn. Hoht. Drink water and Mrn. M. A. Clay, both of HiIh city. 1 1 Ih father died four yuarn ii;o. The funeral wiih hold Tuomliiy af ternoon from the HuptlHt church, the Hervlco huliii; conducted by Hev. I'hiKouo Ilowd, thu Odd Kollowii tak I UK charge or the Korvlco at the I. O. O. !'. comotury. A InrKO number or (hu fraternity were printout, iih i well iih uuiuuroiiH frlondit to pay their hiHt roHioi!tH to a departed brother and friend, HTATK 1'llti: MAHHIIAMH OKKICIJ API'ltOVKH Jiuiich H, (lloanon, a ruprcnutilutlvo of the Htato fire manihnl'H olllco, wiih lit IluriiH tho fore part of thin week to itiaku an litHpuctlou nnd InvcHtlga tlon Into tho location or tho Htandard Oil Co. hervlco plant In IluriiH. Tho nlto Hecured for HiIh Htntlon wnH pro tented to the ntato fire marHharn of flcn and II wan decennary that a hearing bo had. Mr. CIcuhoii canto hero for that purpoKo hut found upon arrival there wan really no obJuctloiiH the prnfoit having been overruled by tiuntiluiouH coiment, iih It were. Tho gentleman mado a Hiirvoy of the premlioH, wont over the plittiH, view il the location from the Hlntidpoliit or convenience to railroad lino, and Ita proximity to fire limit, and Hinted he coiialdorod tho locution hlel for audi a atatlon and rouommotidod Uh uHluhllHhmont. Mr. Oleaaou had an Informal con forouro with tho city nuthorltlo and aald that all oil Hlatlone had to con form to certain regulntlniiH required hy the Htato marahal and thtit before thin concorn could open ami bogln operation It would he iioceaaary for an Inflection and approval of the plana. Mr- Oloaaon further explain ed (hat ahould the tlin ever come that the fire tlmlta ahould extend out to thu locality and the town or Ilurua ifrow to city proportion (ho oil elation would have to movo. hut until thnt time oomet the prtont location will Miami. V. I.. Meet woh lit from hia Sllvor crok homo on Wednoaday. - $ A,-wEVTC-V."r yTcv,iTU) RECLAMATION CHIEF SUBMITS LAND FLANS Report to Congress Suggests an Upbuilding Program; The Slate Interest Great. ( Oregon Inn) WaHlilngton, I). C, One. 8 Koc ominundalloiiH for congroHHlonal ac tion to (lermlt a Ihoioiigb Invoatl gatlon or potential agricultural re HiiurcoH of thu wunt, and for thu working out of a programme of re clamation ami power development for the benefit of all arid regions, were mado In thu annual report to day of Dr. Klwood Moud, cnmtnln nloucr of reclamation. IndorHlug tho coiicIuhIoii of thu Hpeclal ndvlHory committee on rec lamation, embodied In a bill which Iiiih panned the Iioiiho and Ih pond ing before thu houiiIc. Dr. Mend called nlteiitlon to -a dawning reali zation that development platiH, IC IiiiiiIh are to be brought under cul tivation without dbiaHti-oun dolayn and wtiHtu of money and effort. Much luml Oinicd I'rlvatcly All tho cliangoH urged by tho com mittee would hu holprul, Dr. Moud nnaurtcd, "but If leglnlntlon stopn "with tltCHU, thu iimoudud reclamation net will not provide a working plan for tho dnvulopmont or now pro jects Thu reason for this In tho fact that many or tho boHt opportun ity ror rutttro reclamation aro whoro the Inml Ih now prlvatoly owned." DIhciihhIiib tho commlttco'H coor dlnatod plan or Hottieinent. under which tho government would bo ablo to purchnxo or control all pri vately owned land In oxcohs of homoatonil uult. CommlaHlon Mead aaaerted that If control "of nettloment wore mado (iitHHlhle IiIh bureau could go ahead with development, "certain that the future nottler could get bin farm at lt actuel value. It oould proceed to tiubdlvldu oxoen lnuilH Into farina of proper also, adjut tho price of Imtd to agree with produc tive value and could give long-time paymenta with low Intercut." Kioto'.-. Interest (ircater Toiichlnic on (hu future need for atate ro-uperatloti nnd atato aid III I the aetllemotil and t.grlcultural de I volopmeut or project, tho roport recite that thu etato haa an oven rooter lutoreal than (he nation In the character of the people who inuko hoinoe on thla laud, aluce "the foun dation of the atato' future civiliza tion la laid lit theee new commtiul tfea." During the year Iho huroau lrrl Kated 1.213.700 acres of laud cover mi hy project ceuatt Htutiallc. Ou the cropiied area of 1.170.870 acre, cropa wore mtowii having a groflH value nf more than 105.000.000 of $5f. an acru cropped, as compared with n xroaa value or K0. 000,000 and 5-1 a an aero In tin precodlng your. Including land furnished in whole or In part with wator from work or tho huroau, the groan value or cropH produced In 11)23 amounted lo more than $102,000,000, oh com pared with JS8.000.000 In 1922. Ir rigated works oporated by tho hitr o'ltt Included 100 atorago and diver sion daiiiH, more than lfi.000 mllox of cnnnl. dltchort and draltiH, CH0 mile of (dpo Hue and thousands or Htructttro Incident to tho carriage and distribution or water. On Irrigation projects were built DfiOO canal Htruo tttroH and 1100 bridges, nnd the to tal oxoavatlou Hmotintod to nearly 236.0(10.000 mihlo yards. l.VCIJl'M NIT.M11KII 'IiXT SATl'ltDAV, DIJCliMIIKK 110 The third and luat Lyceum number for thlH your will he praentod on Saturday Kovonlng. Doc. 20th at tho Liberty Thoatro. Thono who admlro lively, wholoHomo HiuiiBouiont' will find an Inspiration In tho program rendered by the Ohloago Noveltv Artlat', Ml lluth Wlitalow and MIhh firneo Luello McNolt, each of whom Is inlet i" itulcnl Inutrumoutti, and ouch la a giftod dra mntlu reader. llettlnr prlco of 7Co. and fiOo. :tfip. will provitll. Tho ourtalu rlsott I at 8 o'olook. Tho noxt mooting of tho Mothorn Club wlj bo t tho homo of Mrn. i J. J. LamuHhlre un Docomlar IS.