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i- -.- - 1 tfl rvW & i 44 A . ! . u .(V-1' " H"v. , ;jUU . I n MM fc , ' . - t' VOL. xxxViii BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, JANUARY 10, 1925 NO. II . 1L. ' rf v m h .rr -v n xm. no I? mP V' i PROPOSE RELIEF FOR THE CATTLEMEN Money May Be Loaned nt Low Rates of Interest and Pay able on Easy Conditions . Liberal ami long-term govommont credits to cnttlomuu of tlio West anil Southwest Is recommended by Pres ident Coolldgo'ii ogrlcullurnl com mission. Tlio plight or tlio entile brooders on tlio ranges Ih regarded ly tlio commission nn tho outstand ing oinorgoucy In thu Amurlcau ag rlcultural Bltuatlon. Undor tho nusplcoH of thu Federal Farm Loan Durcuu thu commission will rucommond that rollof advances nt low rates, and eprayublo on onsy condltlonn, bo forthwith placed nt tho disposal of tho cnttlu Industry. A fow dnyii ago President Coolldgo gave Indication of bin Interest lit that particular branch of agriculture by appointing Albert Calvin Wllllamn of Toxns, to tho Farm Loan lluronu. .Mr Wllllums Ih tho forntur president of n livestock loan company at Fori Worth and Ih especially uxperloncod In making loans on cattle. It Is prob able that roller measures to bo urged by tho agricultural commlflnlou next month will bo larguly directed by Mr Williams. Thoy will bo worked out buforu hnnd In consultation with tho presi dents of thu twelve roglounl Federal Laud and Intermediate Credit banks nt Springfield, Mont., Ilnltlmnre, Colubmla. S. C, Louisville, Now Or leans, St. Louis, St. Paul, Omnha, Wichita, Houston, Berkeley and 8po knno. Incidentally, all matlcrH of finance affecting agriculture will bo considered. Help for the cattlemen, who aro scattered throughout tho rural West with the exception of tho whoKt and rn bults. wlllo thu.ouj ojngrgon cy moaHuru ducjnrcd by tho prosl dent'H commlsskm to bo of vUul and Immediate Importance. All other branches of agriculture have been found to be taking caro of them selves. Where not alroudy buck on a tiormol or tuml-normnl binds, they are working; atondlly and untlsfuctor lly toward that und. The livestock Industry n whole U today on u sounder footing than at tiny time since the prleo collapse of 1010 nud lt20. Hut tltts oaUle-browd-en the ntlsern of tho animals wltlelt nre the raw material of tru American meat Industry have bd tougher Redding than breeders of sheep or dgs. For tha iat three year tbe cattlemen have been systematically lliluldaUnic. War-tlma loans oou traded at high lularaat are larxoly paid orr. Mul conditions arc fur from sutlafftctnry A prominent rep resentative of agrlulturo In tho Hon r.to says that "throe-quarters i.f tho Wostorn onttlomou nro Iiin.V.ii " It It to moot tha. d'ru emergen? thnt ("morons flnanolnl muntmroa nr "nn templated by t.o (isrrlcuw il com r. isslon. Treasury nuthorltlns roimnltod ii'.ort that no nw lotfUUtlor should be necoasury to effect th. proposed p. of piotfni'ii for tin oattlomeu There Is wild to ha ample credit and machinery available for nil imrpftves, uUhough It Ih ndmlttad thu (liu ma chinery hits not beon .iporuted a helpfully or uffoctlvoly It might liavo boon. President t Coolldgo moro than it year ngo expressed tho vl . lluit better financial mnungoment In tlio farming regloim wits as vital to (igrloultural recovery na bettor ng rlcultural methods. Ho said, bluntly, that In his opinion "bad banking" Mas about na much to blamo for i-omlHIaiifl a "bad fnrmlng." After tackling rellof for tho cat tlemen, tho agricultural commission will mako Important recommenda tions regarding co-oporntlvo morltot lng. Tho nttontlon of Congrotm wn drawn to thin branch of agricultural reform by tho Fort oral Trndo com mission at the boglmilng of tho proH ont nasfllon. Tho former olialrmuu of tho oommlsslon, Houston Thomp son, aubmlttod u report on co-operation In forolgn countrlos, based on Mr. Thompson's oxhnuatlvo Htudloa of It In tho Hummor of 1923. fiona-t(-r Norrla urged tho flonnto to ar rango at qiico for wldosproad distri bution of tho roport throughout tho farming flections Portland Tolo Wo will do your Job'work. NATION'AIj fokkht Tinimou HUHINKSH 11UKAKH ItKCOHDH All yearly records pertaining to thu cut of timber from tlio 147 Na tional Forests wore broken during tho calendar year of 193.1. Thin Is tho Btatemnnt In tho Chief For ester's annual roport, copies of which havo Just been received by District Forustor C. M. Oranger lit Portland.. During thin period tho cut for tho first time liUlio hlntory of tho Forost Service exceeded a billion board feet. TIiIh amount exceeded tho cut In 1022 by 20 per cent and bad n 2:i per cent greater vnltto, tho report nays. In speaking of the fiscal) year ending June 20, 102 1, tho ro port ntato.-i that both cut and re ceipts surpassed tho calondar year of 102.'!. Sales of National Forest timber during tho calondar year of 102.1 al so oxcoedod all records with a total of over three billion board feet which had a contract, value of moro than $0,000,000. Compared with thu cal endar year 1022 this Is an Increase of GK pur cent In amount nud 70 per rout In contract value. In commenting on tho Forester's roport, Mr. Oranger brought out thu fact that although the out of Nation al Font timber In Oregon and Washington was the heaviest ever made, that this cut represented less than fi jier cent of thu total cut for theso two States. "It should be remembered Hint tho basic reason for the National Forests Is tho growing of timber un der scientific forestry methods. For estry In simply thu scientific grow ing of timber crops, and meauii tho putting of the forest resources to use under such methods that will tnsuru continuous timber production, said Mr (Imager. DYNAMIC HTOUV OF HOCIiri'Y TOLD IN CINK.MA FOKM Practically ovary human being In Urn I nltod Htatati who baMi't buao til Coney Ishutd, thu famous eiisteru plouauro spot, bus rend about it time and again. Thuru. is n curtain fascination about the atmosphere of that oarul ol laetlou. There are freaks of nil typv. human and animal, clowns, pretty KlrU and alroug wen. JJahlnil thlr makeups and pretence, they are human. a more than one notion let hat discovered and written ViettnA ivm once Ilia must dnxsllug oentar of Wurope. Uealdast It httd a romantic glamor differing front the auneal that any other Continental capital held for the average tourist. IU Coney Island, called thu Prater, was a great alght. Than the war came along and well, those neoplo are human. Jut as they would be en title able of the water They miffered gold stani, alarvatlon nnd poverty. Written Into tho form of a motion picture spactaele, this intriguing at mosphere will be noon on tho screen when "Morry-(Jo-Hoiind," Universal Huper-Jowol offering, comes to thu Liberty Thoatru next Wednesday and Thursday. ''Morn'-Clo-Hound," whloh cost time, money ami cure to film, Is tho story of two Invent separated as widely by caste as two human beings onuld bo. One Ih n poor girl of tho Prater, nn organ. grinder. Tho other la a young count, aide to the lOmpur or ami slave to uvury royal whim hut reading a life of pompous Idlu- I10SH. Tho father and-mother of tho girl, n ralthfiil hundhbaok swoothoart, a groat beast or a man who ruloa 11 big concession t huso and othors of tho picturesque population of tho Prater nppear In "Morry-ao-Hound." Mary Phllbin, Unlversitl'it "dlnoov ery" of tho year, plays tho organ grlndor's rolo. Norman ICorry, fleorgo HaoknUirno, Halo Fuller, (loorgo Solgmniin, Al Kdmuudsnn, Cosaro Oravlna. Kdlth Yorko, Lillian flytvos-ter.-Maude Coorgo, Dorothy Wallaeo, Sldnoy limly. Hpottlswoodu Altkon, Maurice Talbot, Fonwiok Oliver, Al bort Coutl, Anton Vavorkn, Ghurlos L. Klnff, Helen Ilronoau, Juno Sher man ami other bundle tho dramatic rolos. Uuport Julian dlroctcd, with 11 staff of ojc-oIIUoi)h of Vlonnn. There Is nlso comedy with tho program. ,T. T. UarnOH was over from tho DrowHoy sootlon this week looking In on tho county court and attondlnn to Hjmo business mattqrH lit addition to BWftiuiIng yarJ with hi? many ufno" frurnds. out TRAIN CREW LOOKING FOR LIVING QUARTERS Increase In Passenger Service Over New Line; Time Should Conform With Rnilrond A representative of thin paper mot thu engineer In charge of thu train that ciiino In Thursday itlglit, Mr Dodge. Thu gontloiunii expressed coiislderahlu satUfactlon lit tho In crease of passenger sorvlco ovor thu now line to Hums nud also staled thu train crew was well pleased with llurmi nnd that four of them Intend ed making thin their permanent homes If they could find suitable liv ing quarters. Mr. Dodge was on his way at the time to look nt n resi dence with a view of leasing It. Mr. Dodge deplores the difference In tho time kept by llurmi nud thnt of train time and says thu confusion should be avoided. Ho remarked thnt it was necessary to hart 1,0 three Utiles on a recent mr-rMni; to accommodate outgoing pa.tsungers und It wait caused entirely by thu dif ference In time, lie also remarked that nt thu time thu crow rises for duty nnd thu train to pull out thu town Is yet In darkness, the electric lights not coming 011 until Just nt tho tlmu tho train leaves, making It Inconvenient for nil concerned In making thu train, especially nt hotels where no lights nro provided. Thu Tlmus-Hornld sees no serious reason for not changing thu town time to conform with rnilrond time, snlcu It Is cunlomery all along (ho lino. The subject should have thu attention of the city authorities, Heboid board and discussed In tho Commercial club. D can be arrang ed If wu'll gut together, o Dr. Ward nud Willis Itoiinsevollo accompanied Mrs. J. K. llnitnaovelle to Ilolso thu fore part of thin week lo consult n specialist. Mrs. Hoiiiimu voile was suffering from a severe hemnrrhngo from tho nose itud It seouiHil Impossible to stop It per matiently. Word from tho patient la to the ocflct that alio Is better and the bleeding has stopped. Kuiemiel Clark was In town ror a few daya dttrlug this week visiting hi oit and family and nmewliiu ac qunlnlancee. Emanuel spent the win ter of 181ft In Hums breaking Oil horaee for Pete Stengel'. Ha used to take Hie manager of this piper, Archie McOowan, Ltod Johnson nud some of the other boys behind bla breaking cart 011 their hand alette for swift rldoe with Ills broncoH. Now the "kld" hitch 011 behind an auto for it fast ride. ! WHKN DAD WAS A BOY J , ' " XSfi&ifi'v- f a nnn cat in v - x$m 1'v ' . '.' i I J U f fP: i-S!r -n sll NEAR EAST RELIEF WORKER SPEAKS Hundreds of Starving Children Taken From The Wayside Contributions Favored Mrs. W. 10. Itambo, representing the Near Kant Hollof, npoku at tho llaptlst church In this city Sunday morning ami wait taken to Crane that ovontug by llov. Samuel Harris for nu evening mooting there. Mrs. Itambo announced to a representa tive of this paper that alio had 11 flue iiudleiico nt Iliirus, Mrs. Itambo was among the first lo go over on relief work. Shu lived at linker previous hit (she ami hur husband had been In India in yearn before. Tho refuges have been scat tered all over the world according to this representative, Australia hav ing taken 11,000. France asked ror 7"') boys who hud been glvuit npoclat ttuliilug In farm work by Mr. mid Mm. Newman, two graduates of tho Oregon Agricultural College. Mrs. Itambo stressed tho suffering of tho Armenians, the cruelty of fate hi tearing them from their natural hab itats, thu breaking up of families, the hundreds of starving children tnkou from thu wayside who do not even know their names. Mrs. Itambo snys It Is posslblo thnt some good will mine from thu terrible Turk but ns yut It Is not manifest Already there Is 11 cry from that country that some means bo provided (or agricultural work as tho food sit uation Is becoming tense, thu mili tary having absorbed all thu able bodlod young men. Contributions were made tomnrd the relief of thu unfortunates to Mrs, Itambo but hu was unable to cover tho field during her nhort atny here, therefore Mrs. A. C Welcome nt the First National llauk has consented to net as treasurer and forward nny con tributions that may be bunded In. ' ' 0 Mrs. Win. Farro nunounros thu Presbyterian flholr will moot for ro hwiranl at the home of Mr. mid Mrs. Julian Mynl on next Thursday oveu lug. Several frltlurta gathered at the homo of Mrs. Cnrrleo lent Tuesday ovonlng nd participated In a buffet lunvheou followed by several hands of bridge whist. Al Welcome wns thu siiceuaeful high score with the uontleiueii ami Mrs. Leonard Loubor had the high score for tho ladloa. Tho-KUtMUa also Indulged In dunolng for u 1 line and It Is reported aa hav ing altoselher been a delightful evening. By f NHW COUNTY OFKIUKKH TAKM UP DUTIKH Thu TlmoH-Hornltl man visited the court house Wudesdny and paid re specif! lo the new olllclals who have assumed their respective duties, In the (iliorlffa olllco he found Clarence N. Young, sheriff for tho coming term, In charge with Frank Thompson as his deputy. Leonard Lecher, who has been sorvlng nn dep uty under ltoduey Coxad, In utlll In the sheriff's olllco and will romalii there for a tlmu, perhnps, nnslstlug In the routine work nud giving tho new olllrers stirh Information an he 1 can to aid them. Chits. W. Loggitn Is at wnr)( In thu nsijussor'n, olllcu nud In nsslsted by his wife. Tho work Is qulto arduous Jiuit at present getting thu rolls In ! shape for tho coming year. V. O. Coxnd Ih the now district at torney mid bo has ausumod tha olllcu. No other changes tiro made In thu court house nt this time, thu new members or tho county court having assumed their duties directly follow ing tho c 'Ion. MOTIIKP.S ULL'll MHKTLNO 1 (Contributed) I .11... M...,lnw .,injiflll flf (III. Atftlll I IIU HJf,Ullll IIM..HI.Ih " em Club wns hold at tho home of Mrs. Julian llyrd on Thursdny nftcr 110011 with Mrs. Hnrry .. Smith Join ing ns hostess. The particular busi ness Itofurn tho mooting wns the 1111 utinl election or olllcers nud thu fol lowing wore elected: Mrs. John Cnldwoll, president; Mrs. Cluudu Drown, vlco president; Mrs. W. M. Sutton, secrotnry; Mrs. T. J. McDonald, treasurer. Since the club hnn become Fedor nted xlt wan necossnry Hint a hoard of trustees bo provided nnd tho fol lowing were chosen ns trnstoes for thu ensuing term: Mnt. Ilnrthn Smith, Mrs. (Jrnco Ltmpshlro, Mrs. Jennie Moitllen. ItcfroahmotitH wero sorved follow ing tho htiSlnoHH session, Mm. W. A. (loodmnn nnd Mrs. A. S. Swnln pre sided nt tho rofreshmoiils Initios ror the hostesses. The announcement or thu annual enlluo ball to bo given on Friday night of tho April term of circuit court wee aiitborlxod. The next nieetlny will be nt tho home of Mrs. Lee Miller ou January 22. Aluz Uggloetou has tlio good for tune to be n dologatu to tho annual gathering or Oregon LUo representa tives to he held lit Portland next week nnd will leave 011 Monday. Mrs. Kggloeton will accompany Itlm nnd while absent they will go on to Ku gene where his mother Ih residing this winter and where his brother ICverett Is attending tho University. SATTKRFIELD 1 'nmiir-i l7l-7 III I UMH COUNTY COURT IS NOW IN SESSION 1924 Tax Roll Muddle Under Discussion; Water and Road Master Petitions Pending County Court In In iieimlou thin week with Judgo .Johnson, both Com missioners IJuuhitnun nnd Jamou pre sent with other attaches Including tho district attorney Cozad, Clork Dlllmmi, Sheriff Young. Olio Important matter that soomn lo have had action nt thu beginning of the term wait the present lax mud dle for the 1021 roll, Former Dis trict Attorney Slzemoro had written the attorney general for an opinion und the answer wan not altogether clear, but suggested aa one way of curing the omission wns possibly by legislative enactment. Tho court then employed Pal H. Douegau to go to Salum to represunt the county In mi effort to legalize tho roll. There Is n difference or opinion nn to tho prop er method to pursuo In this adjust ment and legal authorities nro dis cussing thu subject nt length In thin city. It wns ordered Hint tho bond of John L. Caldwell ror thu term end ing Dec. 31, be hold pending the Un til settlement of the matter. Tho court rejected ro-oporatlro money for bounty on predatory nnl mnls. Tim Titncs-Hornld wns designated the county olllclal paper ror the year. W. (1. llnrdwell wns appointed stock Inspecton , I-:. L. Smith mid Simon Lewis wore appointed road viewers to act with the county surveyor In road mnttors. Olllclal bonds or O. H. Dlllmmi, clork; Clarenco N. Young, Hhurlff; (1. W. Clovongor, coroner; C. W. Log gan. nsstv.er: W. Y. King, treasurer; It. 12. Drake, constable, nil npprovod. C A. King nwnrdod contract to onre ror tho county poor. Thu following nro among tho ap plicants for road muster: C. W. Frai ler, of Llamnnd; L, It. Ilunyard. of Harney; S. H. Soowuitrd, of Dia mond; Win. Campball, Duma; L. A. j LHiindlgaii, Crane; J. C. Carter, Durne; A. II. Cooley. Hums; Joo Iliitherfortl. Princeton; F. C. Dibble. 'silver creek; Clay Clemens Hums. No appointment bad boou made up to yualerdlay afternoon. Applicants for water meat or In clude: I. H. Holland. W. C. Luokey, II. II. Mnce. Tito. Sylvester. D. N. Vnrlott. Chan. Cronln, Frank Trlskn, Uyron Torrlll. nil or Hums; O. J. Durst, Ilnrnoy; II. W. Haiti. Drewsey. No nppolnlmutit hna been modo nt tho tlmo this Is written, o IIAHD LUCK VICTIM FHKH W. J. Whlto. who ror 11 tlmo wns In the tolls or the law charged with Inicony or a car. has boon rulertsod hIiico luvostlgntlon disclosed thnt he wns u victim or unfortunuto clr cuiiiHtmtcoH. Mr. Whlto had pur ehnsed 11 cur In Hond nud wn on bin way to Ilnrnoy county to collect some wages duo Itlm In ordor to riit lih paying ror the car when hi mi ncaldent on Hnrt Mountain tho car was turned ovor tho grado nnd burn ed up. Mr. White continued his way horHobtok to colloot IiIh wages and the long tlmo consttmod In tho Jour ney led to tho boiler that ho was ntnklng a gotaway and his conse quent arrest. Ah an outoomo of tho nccldeut Mr. White ospoota to prosont a claim to tho county court at lln next session for tlio'vnluo of tho car, stating that the oondUlou or tho rojid at that tlmo was responsible ror tho acci dent. It Ih said that a quantity of Ioobo roekH hnd slid down nurojs tho road at 11 narrow point und in tra versing It tho wheels spun and tho car boenmo unuinnagablo. Tho out come of the cane will bo wntcltod with IntoroBt nu It is tho first or tho kind to bo hoard In Lake county, though Blinllnr cases havo ocourrod In other coutitlos of lhoStato Lake view Examiner, - U ' Tho editor of tho Hluo Mountain Uaglo at Canyon City ronmrkoil In contiootlon with tho oxtroma cold 1 spoil around tho holidays that ho spout bin ontlro tlmo carrying wood, IcloBlng tho door mid blowing hl I nose. Ho nilds that It will do him I vory ulcaly for Bovernl yoara to 901110.