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piJLJJy ' jn v; ,. r ranntTvi' v - - --i V- r--? f ' I f I ' .V i' i. ' i I i a8S? 1 V,. v V - - VOL. XXXV HI BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 14, 1925 NO. 20 , eSi55E 4f .Aw k l OPERA PRODUCED FOR BURNS LIBRARY BENEFIT Local Talant in Pleasing Muaicnl Fridey nt Liberty; Performers Complimented by Friends. "Thu Lnss of Limerick Town" wns tho attraction nt tlio Liberty Tlioutro on last Friday night wliun It was glv on as a benefit for tho Durns Public Library. Mm, Chits. 10. Dlllnmn, pres ident of thu Ladles Library Club, hail nitlvu charge of thu entertainment, directing It and also acting as piano accompanist. Mm. W. K. Carrlco, snxaphnnc, and A. A. Kgglcstoii, vio lin, also usslstod, with Fulton Miller on thu drama In thu opening ovor turo. Thu opora was wull rondorcd by thu principals In thu cant and a good chorus; thu stage settings wuro ap propriate and thu costuming added much to thu success of thu affair. Much favorable comment wan heard following thu production and tho cunt was highly prnlHOd by their frlcndn. Thu lady characters wero Holucted almost entirely from thu mumbor Hhlp or tho club, which Included Mr.s Win. Fnrro. Mrs. A. C. Welcome Mrs S. Wolttcnhlller. Others Included Mrs. J. W. HlggB. Mrs. M. A. lllggn Mrs. Fred Ilaclno, Mrs. Samuel Har ris, Mrs. It. V. Hoppor, Mrs. Loo Clark. Mrs. Wm. M. Carroll. The male characters and solos were tnkon by Cans. K. Dlllnmn, Julian llyrd, It V. Hopper, (loo M. Show, I)r W. C. llrown, Win. M. Carroll, W. C. Luckey, Leonard J. Looker. In tho chorus wero Included, Leroy Johnson, Charlos Cowan, Win. Wliiomnn, Won Welcome. P. F. Soaweard. Milton O. llrown. Six youiiK IiIbH school girls nlso appeared on the Mage nt Inter -vnls In dnnoes: Thu Misses Mary end Klonnore Welumuo. Kathrlno lirr. Krnui'M KIhb, Adeline Ilaclno Leldn Sehwnrtz. Thu writer refrains from giving In llldunl pruUu or comment upon this production ;.oeoh character wua well xu-talned and tho slithers nro woll known In Hums. therefore Individ nl mention In not necessary. Mueh r.(llt for the lurrnttt of the under i kluv must ro to Mr. Dlllutan for uttlrlUK efforts and energy in nut tin th entertainment over. Afttr the performance nil thoae t tkliiK iMirt. Including wive or hu bunds us tho ohm might bo. wore In vitfd to the plllman home where r fi"ibmnU weru served and nu hour of good choer waa tpont with mil tu.il congratulations and remarks Intended to glvo oooh partlolpnttt homo oncouragomont nnd prnlso n "mutual admiration party" It was styled by tho newspaper man present. At any rate thoo taking pnrt fool thoy did their host undor tho clr cuinitnni'cs. nnd aro happy In having given their neighbors tin evening of entertainment nnd ndded to n good onuso In giving tho Public Library n boost. KTA.NDAItl) OIL CO. KT(fttAf.l-. TANK Allltl KH Tho umiHtriiutlou of thu Btundard Oil Co. service station near tho power plant In this city Is going up rapidly. The forms are made for the concrete liases for tho two big stoargo tanks are now ready and the foundations for the olllce, woruhoiue and garage buildings aro completed. Tuosduy's train brought one largo 80.000 gal lon Mtorugo tank nod there will bu another of tlio tame size arrive soon. H. I). Avplnwnll, formerly with tho Standard Oil at Crane, hns moved to Hums with his family and aro now domiciled In n now cottago rocently (omploted In tho Hennatt Addltlos, Mr. Aupluwnll will ho In aetlvo charge of tho now station hero and 'Mill ho uiiccoedod at Grant) by uomo rno yot to bo natnod. o WHLVKTIJI.VK I.VCOItl'OHATU; OVliS WJIOLKHATilJ I1UHINKHB I. Wolnatoln of tho Wolnstoln Mor cantllo Co. arrived homo on Tuosdny night's train after nn abaonco of fiovornl wooks spoilt In Portland nnd other outsldo points. Ho was accom panied in by David Turtledovo, an experienced accountant and hook koopor, who Is hero to tnko a por manont position with tho firm In that capacity. Whllo ahaont Mr. Wolnstoln made tho necessary arrangements to In corporate thu Welnstuln Mercantile Co. with n capitalization of $100,000 with hluiNulf and his sou Archlo holding tho controlling stock. Tho other Htockholdors are men of affairs and with tho capital now at the din penal of thu firm It Is thu Intention to eugnge In tho wholesale IiuhIuohn iik well as retail In Hums. The Times Herald In not In u position to go Into details In regard to thu future In tentions of the new corporation nt thin time but may have liioru In formation in the near future. COOl) IIOAl) MKX TO MKKT HI'NDAV, MAltCII IKS Archlo McCownu, president of thu (loud Itond1! Club af this county, re ceived a telegram Thursday morn- lug announcing that tho roads com mittee of thu Hond Commercial Club, together with tho Deschutes county court member, will meet a delega tion from Harney county on Huudny, March 22, nt thu halfway house, Ilrooklngs, nt noon, Thu executive committee of the Harney Count' Itond Club and mem bers of thu county court will Jour ney to the appointed place on that day nnd take part In n conference having for Its purpose the Improve ment of thu Central Oregon High way between Hums and Itond. It Is the Intention to tnko up tho matter of getting nurlstnnco from tho state highway commlHRlon In having tho routo or tho highway In thu vicinity of OlasH Unites definitely located ntiil Improved over tho routo recent ly surveyed. Willi such nu Improve ment thu bad road on thu side of (Hiihh Hutte would be eliminated and with the permanent routo established work of a permanent character be done. This Is An Importmit road to thu traveling public nnd thu subject Nhnuld lie given consideration. o 1A11.M ItttailUiXW OHSTHOVKI) HV FlltIS The farm home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank ICIni whs doslroyed by fire Wedneailny forenoon and almoRt "VorythliiK was uousumed, only a desk and a fow other things of tiny value were gotten out. Mr Klntc nnd the children wero ii the house alone at the time tho fire was discovered. Bit had kom i ' th- mtNiatm room after a eaek uf "i ur rwn -h found III" entlr aor ontl alory In flames eomlHK from trouud the flue. She had no time to get aiiybfeiuK out. Mr. KIuk was out In the field at work on anme-foticu. There la lomn Inauruaoo but It hi mall compared to the loee according to Mr. King, who gave us thu In formation about thu flru, A defuo tlvo flue whs responsible for the loss, The Kings are being cared for at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. It. D. link er until they can Hocuru a Iioiiho. No doubt thoy will rebuild In thu Immud Into future. o HAIt.NKV IIICII HUlCNCi: CLl'lt (Contributed) In the fall of thu school yenr a Suluuce Club was orgunUed for tho pnrpono of uldliig the memhera In lnureuHlng their knowledge of science and how to experiment. With fhu proupuct of trips and ill In- runowud Intereet has been nhowii thlH term Thu program com mittee has outlluod thu toplos for dlMotiHslou for the coming meeting as fotfewii: May 2C KamotiH Men of Hclouuu nnd what Thoy Have Accomplished; April 8FoollMi Notions Which ho World Hue Outlived; April 'i'i Mod oru Inventions in the Home; May 0 Lubor Ssvlng Machines aud De vices; May 22 Itadio. Individual momburs itro ooutoiu plating colleotliiK muterlal for tho iKiuarlum which Is maintained In tho Dlnlogy Labratory. As soon ih tho weather permits tho ontlro club will no on a colluotlng oxpudltlon. A smull blaxo at tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hmltli tho fore pnrt of this week cuusod an alarm to bu turned In but It was oxtlngtilshfld be fore tho flro npparatus could roach tho scone. No particular damago was done, although it ncnrrod tho floor and burned uomo screen doors that Harry had boon staining. Ho Is of tho opinion that ho must havo Quroluitsly thrown a clgarollo against tho nowly stnlnud doors which Ig nltod. Ho knows of no other way tho flro could have Btartcd, HERRICK ENGINEERING FORCE NOW IN FIELD Observing Effects of The Spring Flood on Poison Creole; Mny Find Belter Grnde Out. Tho ontlro engineering force of the Fred Horrific Lumber Co. are In thu field at this time, having gone out thu first of thu uuoh. lloth James Olrnrd and Frank Klohuuhur uru with tho engineers at present and uomo of tho olllce force an well. Chns. II. Foley scorned to bo tho only man on tho Job at thu olllce thu other day when a uuwiipaper roproHontatlvo cal led for Information. It has not been definitely announc ed Just what particular work Is un dor consideration at thu protinut. Tho engineers are "taking Htock" of thu effects of tho high water on PoIkoii creek Just now, alno viewing other portions of tho work already completed with ti view of what ac tion may bu taken In tho future. Tho rumor prevails on thu streets that thu abandoning of thu routo that reciulros n tunnel Ih under considera tion, hut this lacks olllolnl confirma tion. However, It Is poHitlhlo a bet ter grade mny bu found gutting out of tho I'olnou creek oanyon up on (he table land. At any rate thu engineers aru no tlvo aud this means work In tho Im mediate future. o PIANO PUI1IUS IIKAKI) IN HKCITAL The pupils of Mrs. Anna Itaclno weru heard In recital nt the Liberty Theatre on Thursday evening. Al though many of thosu pupils are young aud bugluuors tho crowded lioiiNu evinced marked Interest nnd appreciation. Uomo of the advanced pupils resdered some flue seleotlons. Thu (on pleao orchoitra uumhors it aud b, wero roundly applauded nnd the aggregation responded to a hourly encore. Mrs. Ilnolno gnvo two voral elections that wore hltflily ap predated. Her b number In French was particularly pleasing, ns it seam ed well lii her rl"t&r and the pretty trills were lilting and InsplrliiK --" o VAI.LIIV VIISW HOSPITAL NOTIIH Mrs. Luther rttrbott and little on, who were ptitlunts, have return ed to their home at Crttuu. ( Mrs. Clyde Welttonhlller, of Crane, i was operated on lust Wudnosday and , In recovering nicely. ! Muster Vaughn, of Dlaiimnd, Is a j patient nt thin time. RIRDS THAT SING WIFE OF THE GOVERNOR SUCCUMBS AT SALEM Mr o. Lnura M. Pierce Dies Afttr Long Illness; Mother of Five; Nntive of Oregon. Kalem, Or., March R Mrs. Laura M. Pierce, wife of Coventor Walter M. Pierce, died al thu family home here at 0 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Pierce had been In 111 health for more than two years. Funeral services wilt bu held from tho First Prcahytorliui church hero (Tuesday afternoon, with Itev. Ward Willis Long olllolatlng. All statu do pnrtmeuts will he cloned during tho funeral hour. Laura M. Pierce was born In what Is now Wheeler county, near Monti incut, In central Oregon, May .'10, 1871. Her people wero pioneers, her father, Peter Itudlo, crossing tho plains In M0 to tho const. Her moth er came In 'C2. In early girlhood she moved with her parents to Milton, Oregon, where she attended the pub lic schools. l(er parents moved to Walla Walla In 1887. Hhe graduated at Whitman college In (he clnss of '01, preparing herself then for a toucher, and graduated from the )'! leunhurg .State Normal school In th" class of '02. Kite was married to Walter M. Plerco In Heptomber, 1 Win, unit mov ed to Pendleton, where her husband was then county clerk of Umntllh county. Hhe lived In Pendleton, where four of her children wero born, until 1007, moving then to thu fir nnd Hondo valley, where sho and her husband lived until he wns elected governor In November, 1 02., slucu which time she hns been n rosldout of Hnlem, Qregon. Sho was tho mother of five chil dren, Lloyd II. Plerco. aged .'10, tho only sou, who went as a volunteer and nerved nearly two years In thu Worhl war; her oliNist daughter, Mrs. Luolle Halt, lives In Kalum. nad U thu wife of Harold Hall I lor sec ond daughter, Helen Wilson, le thu wife of Hay Wilson, a reesarclt chum Its In the employ of thu Weeturn ICIeetrlo company, Now York Clly. Her third daughter, ISdlth pleree. Is now a junior In tho Unlvertlty of Orejton at ISugene, and her yoiiuaeat daughter. Lorraluu. Is a senior In the Halem lilah school. She also reared Clara Pierce, daughter of her hus- imml by a former marrlogo. Thoro are throe grandsons. Thoro sro three older slsturs nnd one hroj.h er living. Hltu wns tho youngoet of nine children. Hhe was n devoted mother, giving IN THE SPRING TRA - LA her whole soul and energy to tho rearing of her children, caring little for nticloty. Hhe wan always an ex tremely strong woman until her first operation, In October, 1010, slnco which time nlie has suffered much. Since February 1st, 1021, hIio has had tho attention of a private iiurno, domnndlng constant care. All throw her suffering and wiffllrtlon sho has boon kind, hnpoftil, ulioorful nnd helpful to the vory Inst; she had nu Indomitable will, keeping track of hdr household affairs oven after sho could not longer walk or talk nloud, Insisting Hint the hills for the home come to her, oven puylng her Febru ary household accounts with her own check. When Mr. Pierce was elected Clov ernor tho newspaper reporters soon found thnt Mrs' Pierce's Illness wnn very serious and, (iitontlouod tho Oov- ernor about It. To litem ho confided the truth thnt It was a hopeless enso of cntinor, but ho asked them to Ray nothing about It and to not mention her llluctm except when absolutely neconHnry. The newspaper men rec ngnUed the fine nentlment In tho Coventor's wish and respected it. To Mrs. Plerco tho Coventor spoko hope fully right up to tho day of her death. Long after oho realized that there was no hope he would not admit It to her. but talked or the time when she would bo well again and they could go out together When ho wns in the hospltnl last summur for nn operation, ho found n nurso ho con sidered enpeclally competent nnd ho took her from thu hospltnl nt n great ly advanced salary, to care for Mrs. Plerco. The expontnj of these two vcars hns been tremendous, hut thnt hat not counted for n moment with him. To nllevllne her suffering In thu sllghtent degree, at any cost, was his object. When affairs of Hlate crowded upon him, he would ray to a friend, "all this Is nothing. If only my wife wero wull again." - i o i i. CONTHHTH IIUPOUH V, S. IM.VI OFFICII Two contest case wore hwird In the local, laud otlluo this weak, in whlnh Uio United Stale Is contesting the stockralslng homestead on trio of tfred O. Creed aud Paul C. Stew art. The government was reprntentH by .1. J. Ilrosnau and J. D. C. Thom as. Wm. Farre aud Mrfnlloch A Duncan defended tho rase. Mnnv witnesses were heard In tun two eaaoa which have attracted consider able Intorost from tho fact that there ; . u judlelinout by tho fedornl uraml jttry ngnluet Fred Croon luvolvlnu ' tku samu land. However, the fed wr ohargo Is not owing pushed pond I ,,K u,0 roil,t nr (H0 niutost In Die ' local laud olllce. - LA By saiterfield HARNEY COUNTY TAX CASE IN SUPREME COURT Set For Hcnrinfj nt Salem Next Wednesday; Dint. Alty. Cozad And J. S. Cook Represent. District Attorney V. O. Cozad was a pariHungor out on yertcrday morn ( lug's train on route to Portland and 1 Ualem, Last week hoand Attorney i J. S. Cook appeared before Circuit Judge Dnlton Ulggs In clinmbors at i Ontario and argued thu tax cane. Judge lllggs at once rendered ti de cision favorable to the county nnd District Attorney Coznd at once com municated with tho supremo court asking that tho case bo advanced to as early date as possible Thursday ho was apprised by wire tho caso had been set for Wednesday, March 18. This was n much earlier dnto than had been hoped for nnd thu nbntract had not yot been put In type, hut tho two briefs necoRsnry wero gotten out by this olllce. As tho tlmo was so Whorl In which to gel out tho nb ntract, In view of tho necessity of this olllce having to Issue tho regular edition of the paper Mr. Coznd de cided to go to Portland to get tho nceositnry printing In order to havo It ready to submit. Mr. Cook will loavo hero Mon dop morning for Hnlem to bo prosont at thu hearing ns tlio representative of thu plaintiff In thu casu. o II. O. II. K. Thu local high school was defeated by the Ontario High School Inst Mon day In tho Inst district debate of the your. Ontalro dofeated Vnlo and lost to II. C. II. H. at Hums. Though tho margin of points was n narrow one Principal MoDndo fools that tho district ohamplotiHhlp will h ably siiHtnlned by Ontario HI. Sid ney Hotehklss and Itoy IJrowu though defeated In tholr final at tempt oarnod honrty commendation aud much pralso by their debating, reflecting honor on tho school which xent them. The basketball season en mo to a close last Saturday with two spirited ronteets at the public school. Ira thu ) first game the Hums town team downed a toaw from Crane 10-12. It waa a "'range coincidence that tho same score feature I the second name between 11. C. II. 8. and U. H. 8. of Crane. As Union High hod won thu week previous tho win by tho Purple and Cold toam ovonod tho count. Tho oontost wns fast through out with close chocking bv both aides holding tho score down. Al Welcome waa high point nmn with ton mnrk ors. "Ulll" Flsor rof cored both games. moth nits rum (Contributed) - Mothers' Club met at tho homu of Mrs I S. Ceer with Mrs. Ceorgo SluunouB as Joint hostess on Friday of last week. Thu President appointing vnrlotiB committees for tho calico danco, which will he given tho 10th of April. Again wo ask tho public to help U8 make, this danco na near ns possible what the nnnio Implies by tho ladlua wearing dresaos mado of calico, precalo or KlKhtun material: and tho mon overalls. On Saturday night, March tho 21st nt tho Odd Fellows hall, tho ladles of tho club will entortnln tholr hus bands nt cards. Flowers wore ordorod sent to var ious mombors who nro 111. The meeting wan thou tuntod QVOr to tho hoBteasos and sovornl hours woro spout In playing Flvo Hundrod. Mrs. Harry Smith Jr., winning first prUo and Mrs. W. Flsor. of Crane. second. Aftor which rofroshmunts woro tiurved. Tho next mooting will ho nt tho homo of Mrs. Ohns. Loonnrd wjth Mrs. Jay Could na Joint hoatoss. This will ho n card party; kindly lot yqur hostoRHOB know If you nro not com ing. . . , .0 Atty. J. W. McOullooh has boon horo from Ontario during this vook on lognl huslness hoforo tho U, S. Land oillco. IIo has houn nssoclatod wjth his law pnrtnor, Cnpt. noht. M. Duncan In tho dafangQ of somo cllonta In land mnttors, . rlto ertrto