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About Harney valley items. (Burns, Grant County, Or.) 188?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 1, 1903)
i Mr PabUshod in th« Cii aatojt Valley of Eastern Oregon. I ho OijJwst and Moat Reliable. Harney VOL. 19. The Best Advertising Medium. Items BURNS. OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST I. 1903. ■■■.I".. I. 11 ■! m i» !■.■■■ ............. EASTERN OREGON PATTI C ■ I <1 • 1.54» Frr Mi» Monili* 7.*i < « nl«. NO.36 smussili «■«.*—i s Buys Merrill la Still Alive. OREGON NEWS Adispntch from Baker City dated July •_’.’.':d savs: A large lot of grad |ta‘i,r' i,v-<,r- July 2"*-Twn ing machinery and camp equipage, LA I ILL «•x-convii'.s. (¡Hie and Barclay, who t< r tr>* grading contractors on the served a tcn-ycars’ sentence in the penitentiary at Salem, and who 11« in« öl' I nt«* rent Gat1i«'rcil I'rom Sumpter Valley extension has Isen llill. r. nt Parla of the Stale. received from Utah and the work were there when Tracey and Merrill >r n iteiivj ».«-.J. t.-ll no interesting story to <>f extending the road is now well tin ier wav. About 15 miles of <be the effect that Merrill is still alrve. exten-i n will be completed this Gale, who wa» formerly a resident The estate of the late H. V.’. season and next season the exten of this county, tell, the r'ory. Corbett bus been appraised at over He says that he hail charge of sion will be pushed on to Burns, in C. J. Millis <>. IL X N. livestock $2,000,000. The widow may con Harney County. The extension to the prison baths and knew Merrill agent, him been traveling over test the will. Hardman) of Evory Description. be n.nde this year will open up a well. Merrill, be says, had very Eastern On-gon and looking into ('. W. Griffith, u prominent yomg large new mining territory. little hair on his bresst. Merrill KLHKM. the livestock Industsy. OREGON’, had two upper false teeth and two man of Eugene, cominitte'l suicide He finds livesttick conditions gold ones in front. The body of la**t week by jumping into the Government Taking Elevations. very satisfactory, with the excep the man which was brought in uud Willamette River. Mr C. H. Semper and party who tion of the congestion of the ranges J buried us Merrill’s had a heavy The «lirector* of the Lewi* and have been engaged in running a There i* mor«' stock in the country growth of hair on the breast and Clark Fair la«*t Friday elected level up the Malneur river from than liny, mid larger shipments all the upper front teeth were four. H. W. Scoit, preaident, and H. W. Vale io the Harger ranch have than were made th.* spring are Gale rays that the man supposed Goode, ¿1 rector-general. completed their work and returned exiH*cte«l to I»' made Ibis full, in ' to be Merrill was decoyed to the The belt crop in the vicinity of to town rays the Vale Gazette, order to relieve the situation. ulace where he was killed and shot Union i* raid to be almost an en Mr. Semper informs us that the Following the large sbipmetits of' by both Tracey and Merrill. tire failure. This will probably elevation of the Harj>er is 2504 hors«» from Ontario and LaGrttule Merrill, according to Gale’s story, i »borten the run of La Grande sugar feel. The elevation here in Vale to ABu-rlii, other shipments of a wished to leave the country, but is 2255 feet, thus making the Har- factory to 30 davs. like nature will be made from Tracey was at.xiomi to meet a per 2b‘.i feet higher than VaJe. Eastern Oregon jMiints, suon, to woman whom he knew and who Grasshopper* are said to lie in When Mr. Semper and party iiK-ct th«- great demand for Ameri hovered around his neighborhood gnat numbers on the farm of L. C -A.nd Knve One Oent made their origii.ul survey this can horse* in C iiiim «I u . all the time he was keeping up the Stratton four miles northeast of spring, they did not have the iron Buy it |s»tal cani ami send to The New York There is no local movement of running fight with the officers. Albany. Or. A field of clover Tributi«' Farmer. New York Citv, for a free j osts toset, marking the elevations, calves, an y«.*t, and many Texas has been eaten out in patches. spaeinien copy. but now the jsists have arrived and cattle are coming north, many of- Thirteen desperate convict* at Tile Tribune Farmer is a National Illustra- Rube Mirton. a son of J. A. Mor the party will go back over tie which will iin<l their way into Ore th«- state jieniteutiury at Folsom, ton, a pioneer resident of Ma'.heur ted Agricultural Weekly for farmers ami work setting an iron post, with the gon ranges. Mr. Millis isconfldcnt California, mad«.* their escape Mon-, County was drown in the Owyhee’ their families, and stands ut the head of the elevation inscribed thereon, at in that only .50 per cent of the stock ! agricultural press. The price is $1 (X) j«r day by overpowering and capturing River, 45 miles from Ontario, last tervals of every three miles. wa» moved out of Oregon this year «■)< ven officials ami guard*. One: Tuesday while swimming some year, but if vou like it you cun secure it with that should have been moved, in I guar<t was k.lled and several severe cattle across. your own favorite local newspaper. Ilio ImproAeni.'iit*. at Fair Ground«». order to make the number remain-1 ly wouiuied. A number of the i ITEMS, at a bargain. Both jmjier* $1 50. I Henry Keller, of Langlois, shot! 3 he State Board of Agriculture log corre»|H>nd to the size of the captured officials were released b«jt: Send money and ot«ier to Th«* I TEMS. and ki.led his wife last Saturday are makiog a number of needed Oregon hay stuck this winter. the remainder are still held by morning and then turned tbe weap : improvements at the state fair WPS All the old hay in the state —— — the ccuvict* and it is thought they on ujkiii himself. Both «lied al- grounds this year. A new water crop fed out last vear, and th«* new lllr.r«,.,,. will be murdered. A fight with the] PROFESSIONAL CARDS. is short in some localities, Many convicts shortly after their ei-eape nost instantly. Jealousy was the system costing I54XX) is being put in which will add much comfort to buyers who came to Oregon last resulted the death of or.«* and the cause of the killing. » .* Bi as» 1-oiHii X«i 70, K of I' v SjK/ M«»'ls eirrv Diunuiai night. the exhibitors and campers. More I spring to l<*a«i trains with sheep, The citizens of Polk County have J II HrWI LIKN, serious wounding of another. Z ' ' i M lerdan.C C returned home empty hande«i on sent remonstrances to the Govern new stalls are being built to better M.«Hi«*ralii*a<l. K ol B. K. accommodate the large number of account of the very high jiricea at A number of jmlitical reformers or petitioning against a commuta exhibitors that are preparing to PHOTOdRAI HER. which Oregon sheeji were held. BI'KNH t’UAPTt K, .«» 4«. •> E H are in session at Denver, Colorado, tion of tbe sentence of W. I*. Pea come to the fair. A large ampitbe- Mr. Millis looks for a heavy Merli, rr.in.l atei fuurtli Motwiav 'rf litirnn, Oregon. trying 'o effect the organization of I cock. the mu-derer, who is under uter is being built, where visitors ... I, monili in M»Miir lidi, \ «»«gtll nioveii.ciit of stock this fall. The a new reform partv. The populists sentence to be hung. I,iiil4mx Mr* Mainò«* l.even», W. M. ».ME"Main St.—op|»osiic Bank. can be seated and witness the live demand for Oreg<*ii sheep in Cali Mra. Runica rinMi>|>*wn, S».*, The papal legation at Washing are said to I m * heading the new stock judging under cover, Many fornia continues to grow. This is ton has receiv«d notice from Rome movement. minor improvements are being but th«* second year of this market BURNS 1.OIHÍF, NO. w7, A. F. >< A. M. M IM4PF..X A GKAKY of the apjiointment of Rev. Charles n.:. ie on the ground*, and every Meria Saturday on or ls*lure lull noaui. mid it has already a-sumed very J. O R ielly of Portland, Ore., as S tate ok O hio ,C ity of T oledo .! lpl«lirt.**l I>r*xli«*ra (ratertially invited, W I. Mar*sA*it. John W Geary. thing is being dene to make a visit gr< at projiortions bishop of the new diocese in East i . F Krnyuli. W. M. F. S. Ri«**lrr. L i ' s «' as Cot sty . i to the fair a jdeasant event and a Rbytieiatu Surgevfu. Secy. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that ern Oregon, of which Baker City joy forever. Burns, Oregon. Tlioilsnnils of Acre* Iteadj l<»r he is senior partner of the firm of is the headquarters. l'.i RNM 10tM»l MO ■«■,. i <i t U itecliiiiint ion. g^^*lli!i<e* at n***i«l<*n<-e. ’4'I mmw JO, F. J. Cheney A Co., doing business Meets a< Brown hall evorv Frldav eve George E. Boo«e, of the Uuited vol KNOW WHAT HIT ACKT4KING ning Visiting brillier» fraternally in- in the City of Toledo. County and States Geological Survey. Wash When vou take Grove’s Tasteless vt»*«f. Ties« Sagera, W. M. Ctiwa. N. 1 n the sixteen counties of Ea fit- State aforesaid, and that said firm ington D. C., will make a complete Chill Tonic Iwcause the formula is « oaliraiiv, Recordar. gl'''*' A HIGGS. ern Oregon are 3,000,(M>0 acres of will pay the sum of One Hundred report of mining in Eastern Oregon plainly printed on every bottle Il IBXF.Y MilMiK, NO. 77. 1 <» <> F. arid land, 90 fier cent of which i* Dollars for each and every case of showing production, cost of oj>er- showiigtbat it is simjily Iron and J W Hit?». Dalton Hirt» M««eis ccrv Saturday «welling, lini»n’a Catarrh that cannot lie cured by ation. wages, etc. By act of Con Quinine in a tasteless form. N’« tillable under irrigation. halt. Viaiiing Imilliera iraUwnally in Atlante y»-ai-hi«\ vited. f rank O. JackatM,' N. li. the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. There is now 225,000 a« rea in gress tuineownera are compelled to Cure, No Pay. 50c. III HM. IIKtllOS. t!. ti. Siili « II, tk*vret ary. Frank .1. Chenev. th«' state under irrigation and it IF furnisn desired information under ^Otllce in Bank building. Sworn to before me and subscrib penalty. estimat'd that 30,000 acres more For a bilious attack take Cham TUI K CIBCLK NO I«. WOMKN Ol W<»4. raft. M«*et» Jn.l and 40» Tuo»- berlain’s Stomach ami Liver Tab can la* covered by local ditch ed in my pr«.*sence, this 6th day of A Baker City dispatch of the 23rd it Brown's hall Mrs Hills Jordan, companies and private enterprises. December, A. D. 1S86. lets and a quick cure is certain GMII.lt AMS .* niZGKKAl.il »Ira. lune Whiling. Guanlian. says: Henry Blackman, of Heppner A. W. Gleason, Clerk. For sale by 11. M. Horton. Burns; The remainder of the <3,000.000 ihorntnn William«, M. Fl tiger aid. Sk Al Notary Public. is her«* gathering samples of wool Fred Haines, Harney. acres prisent too many difficulties Alterne)-at Lav, Motary Public. for an exhibit to be made of Oregon < Im cell Atinouiicemciita. lor private capital and must be re wools at St. Louis and at tbe Lewis 30 YOU GET UP Hall ’ s Catarrh Cure is taken in hnr, Notarial and Reul Ertale claimed by the government or Sunday School at Harney the and Clark Exposition. Already ternally, and acts directly on the state. Practice. first Sunday of each month nt l<> WITH A LAME BACK ? Lksoil and mucous surfaces of the Mr. Blackman has secured a num The government hydrographer, o'clock, A. M. Ou thè second, Burns. Oregon. system. Send for testimonials, free. ber of handsome samples, but he is F. H. Newell, in his report to Con thir<i and fourth Sundays of each f KMscy TrouMe Makes You Ulserablg. > Ilice in Masonic building F. .1. Cheney «V Co.. Toledo, O. anxious to obtain a lot more, in gress, shows that all the arid land Preach- month at 3 o'clock I». M Almost evsr.’body who reads the news order that the showing may be Sold by all Druggist, 75c. of Eastern Oregon is susceptible to ing service* every second Sunday I papers is sure to know of the wonderful complete in every particular. Hall ’ s Family Pills are the best cures made by Dr. irrigation by the storage reservoir at H P. M p M JORDAN, , Kilmer’s Swam^Root system. Secretary of State Dunbar rejwrts the great kidney, liver church At His Life Suv. i| by Chamberlain.« to State Treasurer Moore that out and bladder remedy. The water gathering area of th«' Practical Land Surveyor. jmstor. Burns. It is the great medi Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea of 8500domestic corjiorations. 1063 cal triumph of the nlns- Burna, Oregon, high mountains of Eastern Oregon Divine services the third an«l fourth | Remedy. 1 toenth century: dis- ia sufficient to reclaim double the “B. L. Byer, a well known cooper are now authorized to transact bus Sundiiys of each month at 11a. tn.1 , covered af:er years if amount of land now susceptible to scientific research ly of this town, says he believes Cbam- iness. Of foreign companies, 46 and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath school at i Dr. Ki mer, the emi irrigation if stored and applied berhi’ii'«* Colic, Cholera and Diar have rejiorted, and 50 more are ex- nent kidney and blad IO a. in every Sabbath morning scientifically. The contour of th«* rhoea Remedy saved his life last jiected to do so. The capitaliza der specialist, and 1« Preaching survices nt the Baptist j Notary Public and Conveyancer, rjccescful in promptly curing country and the gradually sloping summer. He had been sick for a tion of the domestic corporations is v.or.dorfttlly la: -.3 ba.'!-., I.idn ?;•. b■ adder, uric acid trou church every 1st and 2nd Sunday*.1 Mortgage», l»et*ii«. Ktc., correctly inaile, foothill regions, which form month with what the doctors call $•">29 830,272, on which the tax is ble 3 ar. 1 Bright’1: Dice ■ which is the word morning and evening. Sunday cf kidney trouble. The foreigners have paid for.n office al Klure. Burna. Oregon. natural highways for caiiHls from bilious dysentery, and could get $46.79o. Dr. Kiiricr’s Sv.’.-.mp-Root is not reo- school every Sunday at 10 a. til.j the water sources to the arid nothing to do him any good until in $7500. Those yet to report will cmm. nu.'dforc. -rytningbutifyou have kid ney. 1 ; cr bladder trouble it will be four.4 prayer meeting every Thursday M A NAG E R W A NTE1)—Trust plains, make Eastern Oregon the he tried this remedy. It gave him swell the figures to near the $80,- J.ist the remedy yo.i need. It has been testa* evening. i ■ o i.... y ways, in hog>ft.nl work, in private worthy lady or gentleman to man most perfect irrigation site on the immediate relief.’’ says B.T. Little, OOu mark. 11.1. tie . among the helpless too poor to pur- Services at Christian Science age business in this County and Coast. merchant, Hancock. Md. For sale J. B. Stoddard has transferred ch.i relief and has provej so successful ia every care that a special arrangement has Another favorable feattire of the by 11. M. Horton, Burns; Fred Hull, corner «'list of the Bank, every | adjoining territory for well and his holdings in the Sumpter Lum- been taade by which all rezdsrs of thispspor Sunday at Ila. m. and 8 p. tn. favorably known House of solid arid districts of Oregon is that the Haines, Harner. vrlio have not all'a.ly tried It. miy have c Company to Henry Hewett. Jr. of st tplo bottle s' it free by mall, also a book Service Wednesday evenings at 8. financial standing. $20.00 straight land suscejitible to irrigation lies Tacoma. for a consideration of t.-ilii: ■ rn ;e r.l out Swamp Root and hovr ts Everybody is invited to attemi cash salary and exjienaes, paid each in large bodies, and continuous McMullen the photographer Of. about $40,000 cash. This deal in find out if you havo kidney orbladdertrouble, these services. l.’lic t writing mention rcadnig tlris generous Monday by check direct from head- tracts, so that one main system of posite the bank. eludes all of Stoddard’s title to offer in this pap.r and , quarters. Expense money ad- canals and reservoirs can be made the sawmill, timber lands, w i t h send your address to Dr. K timer & Co., vniiced; (Misition permanent. Ad- to cover the fcrgntest possible area. CA8TOTIIA.. the exception ofa few claims, all hainlon, N. Y. The , dress, Thomas Cooper, Manager, It does awav with the cost and B»«n th« Ito ^'n(* ***a’s the buildings and machinery of reguiar fifty cent and t«*wof 1'ollar sicca are sold by ell good druggists. labor of building so many central Signatare i 1030, Caxton Bldg , Chicago. For Infanti and Children. the planer mill, dry kilns, sheds in sf Don’t make anv mistake, but resneim- sites for distribution. CAHTOniA. the lumber yard, and a lease for h« r the rame, Swamp-Boot, Dr. Kilmer's The Kind You Have Always Bought This pnjier mid The Chicago Bearn th« 'he H'1W *lwavs one vear of the ground on which Swamp-Root, ami the uildre«*, Birgliuau- Bears the I Signatare Weekly Inter Ocean $1.50 for one] ton, N. Y., on i very teftk". these art* situated. Oregonian nini Itemi«, $2.00 bignutui e of ef yeai. "Special deal" Geer& Cummins IF YOU ARE A FARMER CASTOR IA >• • •.