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Greatest Valley of Eastern Oregon.
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Reliable.
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Medium.
Harney Valley Items.
VOL. 19.
BURNS, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 22 1903.
SHOCK VERY SEVERE
NO.39
OREGON NEWS
The Quarterly for the Oregon
Historical Society for June. 1903,
has been received. As usual every
article it contains is of vital inter
est to every student of Oregon
History, as the following table of
contents indicates: “Oregon and
its Share in the Civil War,” by
Rnbertt T. Platt; “The Great
West ami the Two Easts,” bv
Henry E. Reed; “Social and Eco
nomic History of Astoria,” by
Alfred A. Cleveland; “A Pioneer
Captain of Induitry in Oregon,” by
Prof. James II. Robertson.
In
addition a number af documents
relating to Dr. Marcus Whitman,
the emigration of 1842 3 and tlie
earlier conditions of the Oregon
Country. Copies of the quarterly
may be secured by applying at the
Society Rooms, City Hall, Portland,
Oregon,
serve that class of lands. The home
steading era wasjust opening when
lt<*m« of Interest (lathered Frotu
Rut I.aim Withdrawal Will Not the withdrawal order came.
One effeetof the withdrawal will
Ulfl'ereut 1‘urt» of the State.
Nt uni Growth.
probably I«- to stimulate the entry
men to make proofs. Hardly more
than 10 p< r cent of the timber and
i A dis|«tch from Bend, Crook atone claims have lieen going to I The ealmon pack along the Col
; County, »ays: The withdrawal of proof on first advertisement. A umbia promise» to lie light.
John Walker, a picneer of Ore
public land that hait just been large number apply for «advertise
Hcndvarc of Every Description.
I made in Central and Southern Ore ment on the ground that they have gon, California and Idr.ho, it dead
gon cover» a blanket area of more not the money to pay up. Many at Baker City.
WL'MNM.
oukgon .
than 2,800,(XXI acres. Only about claims have la,med. But hereafter; Twenty cent» hat been offerer! at
' half of this, however, remains va there is sure to lie greater vigilance, Saler.. for contracts for hops of
cant. And if only the area of val and parties whose interest it in that the crop of 1903.
uable timber were considered, less direction may be trusted to see to it;
Two attempt were made last
than a quarter, perhaps not more that entrymen do rut fail to make
than 10 per cent, is vacant. Entire proof because of lack of funds. ’ week to burn the town of Albany
township« of desert, so undesirable Lapse hereafter will mean no fur-i by an incendiary.
that none of the land has yet been tber on,K>rtunity to get hold of the
Il is estimated that Oregon has
j taken, are included in the area land so long aa the present order •100,0U> head of cattle. 3u0,000 of
withdrawn as well as other town- i is in force. There is likely, too, to! which are in Eastern Oregon.
i
A Missouri editor is said to have
«hips that have been entirely taken. * be a reduction in the number ot;
The town of Halsey, Linn Coun- goUen off the followitlg;
live
conteats
filed
against
entries
in
the
The fact that so little valuable
ty, the business Dortion of which ln a land of high niounlainH and
limber remains, and that so much urea withdrawn. The tendency of
was recently destroyed by fire, will hjgh taxes, low valleys and low
I treeless desert is included in the' the decisions is to deny preference!
rebuilt.
wage»; big erooked rivers and
area withdrawn, makes the purpose right to successful contestants un- j
A.nd. Have Ox>«» Ossnt
Three
masked
men
entered
the
crooked statements: big lake», big
of the Government something of a \ der these conditions. Thia leaves
Buy u |a>«tal card and »end to The New York
Miner»'
Cabin
saloon
at
Baker
Citv
strikes,
big drunks, big pumpkins
mystery.
no motive for contesting claims
Tribune Farmer. New York City, for a free
la»t
Thursday
evening,
secured
and
big
men with pumpkin heads;
There is a tendency to overesti- that may be irregularor fraudulent,)
specimen copy.
$380 in cash and made their escape. silver streams that gambol in the
i
mate
the
effect
of
this
witndrnwal
and
many
tracts
that
are
rightly
The Tribune Farmer is a National Illustra
Frank Curtis, of Multnomah mountain», and pious politicians
, on the development of Central Ore subject to contest may be driven
ted Agricultural Weekly for farmers and
County,
has been appointed war. I that gamble in th. night; rowing
through
Io
patent
because
the
Gov-
'
gon.
The
bu»ine»s
of
the
land
lo-
their fntuiliea, and stands al the head of the
den
at
the Oregon State Peniten- caUPult*
roaring orators; fast
icalor in that region is, of course, ernuient has not sufficient inform-
agricultural pre«». The price is $1.00 per
liary
to
succeed
E.
A.
McPherson.
-
v
oung
me
"
and
*irl* fa8ter’
I gone, but hie industry was fust wan- tisri to warrant cancellation with
year, but if you like it you can secure it with
who
resigned
the
position.
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r
P
Uw
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era
and
iharP financiers;
I mg, anyway. The rush of timber out private help through contest
vour own favorite local newspaper, The
I noisy children and fertile plains
seekers
ended
months
ago,
though
proceedings.
Denial
of
the
prefer-
ITEMS, at a bargain. Both papers $1 50.
City Marshal R. E. Armstrong, I t^at ,je
sheets of water, and
i there Ims continued a more or less .ence right swallows the cancella
Send money and order to The ITEMS.
of Condon, was shot in the knee thousands of newspapers that lie
Hteaily movement in this direction. tions, and tbe withdrawn area is
last week by Frank Palmer, a jjfce thunder ”
Now all entries are cut off in an 1 swelled just so much.
—
'
saloonkeeper. The trouble arose j
arei lieginniug within two mile» of
A year ago such a withdrawal as over the use of water to irrigate ■
IHrs»«l*»ry.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
I«ook out for bogus $5 j iecee.
Bend ami reaching through to Cal has just been made would have lawns.
i
A
secret service man ran aero»» 98
Bia»« IzUHiit No. 70, K o< P
ifornia. It surrounds the Klamath se-vevi an important purpose in
I of them near Seattle, and believe«
Mexia every Thursday night.
The
sppeal
to
the
supreme
court
Indian Reservation, and connects I stopping a raid on timber lands
J It. MeMt'LUtN.
a gang of counterfeiters are operat
F. M Jordan. C. C.
with a withdrawal made some ! that has been attended with num of the Pleasant Armstrong care
H. Motherehead, K of It. H.
ing in that city, circulating the
has
been
completed
and
the
ease
weeks ago on the banks of Goose erous irregularities and brought re
PHOTOGRAPHER.
bad iuonev between I’uget Sound
Lake, in Oregon and California. proach upon the state. At this, is now ready for trial. He was con
itl’RNH CHAPTER. NO. ht. O. E H
and
the Columbia River. A bogus
Meets w.-oiut and i.xirth Munday <rf
This might have the effect of bot time it is locking the bam after the ( victed of the murder of Minnie
lliirua, Oregon
$5
national
bank note is also in
Ensminger at Baker City last
. «•It month in Masonic hill, Voegtlv
tling up the country and holding horse is gone.
Main St.—op,»»site Bank.
building
Mr« Maggie Ix*vena, W. M.
circulation.
It bears lite implicit
it in an undeveloped condition in-l It does not appear that the irri December.
Mrs. Eunice Tlnmi|*eua, Her.
of the Fourth National Bank of
I
definitely, but for the fact that gation enterprises of the Upper! Wiu. Bennett, a farmer living
Boston, check letter A, series of
Bt'RNH LODGE, NO. ‘17. A F. «t A M. M *K«mts a uxahy
'nearly all the desirable land has Deschutes Yalley will be affected 22 miles from La Grande, was shot
1882, Tilman, register; Morgan,
Meets Haturday on or Iwlore full maun.
passed under private control ami adversely by the new land order.
twice Monday last, by Wm. Topp, |
treasurer.
qunliHed I,rotter« fraternally invited,
W. L. Mar.dan.
John W, Geary,
the Government has withdrawn
as a result of a feud over fences
i . E. K.nyon, W. M. F. K. Kinder,
Pbycicianc <{• JSwryrona.
from entry only the land that is of S tate of O hio ,C ity of T oledo ./
Secy.
and cattle. Topp used a 22-rifie. VO® KNOW WHAT VO® ARK TAKING
L cscas C ounty .
i
Kurus, Oregon. comparatively little value, the land
' Bennett is said to be recovering When you take Grove’s Tastebsa
BURNS LODGE, NO. 03, a . O. U. w. I
Frank
J.
Cheney
makes
oath
that
Office at fenidenev. ’Phone 20.
that nobody cares much for.
from his wounds.
| Chill Tonic because the formula is
MOetn at Brown hall everv Friday eve
This land that is in private con he is senior partner of the firm of
ning
Visiting brother» fraternally in-
plainly printed on every bottle
A
dispatch
to
tbe
Oregonian
un
vied. Time Sager». W. M. Chas. N
trol does not lie in isolated tracts, F. J. Cheney <fc Co., doing business
showit g that it is simply Iron ana
der
date
of
Aug.
14
says
a
serious
Cœliran», Reorder.
DIUUH A HtlMJS.
necessitating ilia crossing of Gov in the Citv of Toledo. County and
) forest fire is raging near Sparta, Quinine in a tasteless form. No
ernment land to reach it. Il lies State aforesaid, and that said firm
HAltNF.Y LODGE, NO. 77. I. <» <» F.
J. W. Ulgg«.
Dalton Higgs.
Baker County. Several million ! Cure, No Pay. 50c.
MeeU every Hstiiraav evening. Brown*»
in large bodies, and a rnilroml may will pay the sum of One Hundred
feet of lumber has been destroyed
lull. Visiting lirother» fraternally in
A ttomeye-at-La r,
¡traverse the productive country Dollars for each and every case of
vite,t.
Frank O. Jackson,' N. G.
and several large mills and ranch
During his courtship a uiaa
MI'KNA.
OREGON.
Catarrh
that
cannot
be
cured
by
C. G. Hiniili, Secretary.
with asniucn freedom as it no lands
bouses are threatened.
thinks it's a dream; after marriage
the
use
of
Hall's
Catarrh
Cure.
<>ttIce in Bank building.
had been withdrawn from entry.
TUI E CIRCLE. NO. I«S, WOMEN OF
Frank J. Cheney.
Captain Roswell Hawkes Lam- be is sorry that he woke up.
Even if the contemplated reserve
Woodcraft. Meet» 2nd and 4th Toe«-
Sworn to before me and subscrib son, a distinguished retired officer
dui at Brown's half Mr». Tillie Jordan.
j be actually created (if the matter
^yit.I.IAMH .» FITZUKRALD
The church is said to be divided
Mrs. lone Whiting.
Guardian.
ed in my presence, this 6th day of of the United States Navy, died
ever
reaches
that
stage),there
can
Clerk.
I
into
three classes—workers, jerkera
December,
A.
D.
1886.
i last Friday
at his home in Tort-
Thornton Williams,
M Fllrrerald,
be no material interference on the
•
shirkers.
A.
W.
fl
lesson.
land.
He
was
tbe
first
naval
cadet
’ Attorn.)-el law,
Notary Publie, part of the Government, for the
('liiirx-li Aiinouiicrniciit».
Notary Public. appointed from Oregon and won
Government lands will be of a
Law, Notarial anil Real E»tate
Over-Work Weakens
Sunday School at Harney the
distinction during the Civil War.
character and lie in a position that
i
Practice.
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
first Sunday of each month at III
Your Kidneys.
will offer comparatively small in ternally, and acts directly on the
Great excitement, not without!
o'clock, A. M. On the second,
Ilurna, Oregon.
ducements to private agencies of blood and mucous surface« of the cause, prevails in the southern part | Unhealthy Kidneys Make impure Blood-
third and fourth Sundays of each
’Office in Masonic building
development, and there will be no i system. Send for testimonials, free. of Clackamrs County because or re-1 All the blood in your body passes through
month at 3 o'cloek P. M. Preach -
your kidneys once every three minutes.
necessity for coming in contact
F. J. Cheney A Co.. Toledo, O. > cent discoveries made there by |
ing services every second Sunday
The kidneys are your
with them.
Flood purifiers, they fil
! local mining prospectors. Gold in
Sold by all Druggist. 75c.
at 8 1’. M.
p M. JORDAN,
ter
out ¡be waste or
Two town ships escaped the eagle Hall's Family Pills are the best immensely paying quantities has
impurities in the blocd.
At the Presbyterian church I
eye of the Commissioner, but they
If they are sick or out
Practical I miu I Surveyor.
been repeatedly worked and pros- i
Burns. Rev. A. J. Irwin pastor.
of order, they tail to de
will probably not remain long open Ilia I.ife Saved by Chamberlain.s peeled for the last ten years, but I
their work.
Ilurna, Or»(OB,
Divine services the third and fourth
to entry. Evidently some clerk
Colle, Cholera and Diarrhoea i the hidden wealth was uever die- -
Faina, aches and rheu
Sundays of each month at 11a. m.
matism come from ex
Remedy.
followed an old map in making out
! closed before.
cess d uric acid in the
and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath school at
“B. L. Byer, a well known cooper
the list of townships to lx* with
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
111 a. m. every Sabbath morning. g W. Mil.I.Kit,
Bruce
Hawkins,
a
voting
ranch*,
of
this
town,
says
he
believesCham-
drawn, a inap that showed town
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
ships 22 and 23, range 9, to be in lierla'ti’s Colic, Cholera and Diar er living about five miles from heait beats, and iukes one feel as though
Preaching services at the Baptist
Notary Public awl Conveyancer,
had heart trouble, because the heart is
the Cascude range forest reserve. rhoea Remedy saved his life last Baker City,was seriously and proba-, they
church every Island 2n*l Sundays, Mortgage«, Deeds, Ktc, correel I y made.
over-working in pumping thick, kidney-
bly
fatally
injured
last
Saturday
summer.
lie
had
been
sick
for
a
The fact was overlooked that those
poiooivH blood tbiough veins and arteries.
morning and evening. Sunday Office al «tore.
Hurns, Oregon.
It used Is be considered that only urinary
townships had been set out of that month with what the doctors call evening. He was going out to his troubles
school every Sunday at 10 a. tn.
were to L-e traced to the kidneys
I,r'l-Vl‘r . .... ..
t’v'ry
I MANAGER WANTED—Trust-] reserve early this year, presumably bilious dysentery, and could get ranch from town with a piano lu but now modem science proves that nearly
nothing to do him any good until the wagon. His wife was driving all constitutional diseases have t'.icir begin
evening.
j wor|hy |ady or gentleman to man-J because they were not sufficiently
ning tn kidney trouble.
forested to warrant holding them. he tried this remedy. It gave him and Mr. Hawkins was holding the! If you are sick you can make no mistake
Services at Christian Science aga business in this County and
immediate relief,” Suva B.T. Little, piano. In crossing a culvert the by first doctoiing your kidneys. The mild
llall, corner rastof the Bank, every adjoining territory for well ami But thev do contain good timber, merchant, Hancock, Md. For sule wagon jolted and the piano toppled and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer s
Swamp-Root, tlie great kidney remedy it
Sunday at Ila. m. and 8 p. tn. favorably known House of solid | most of which has been filed on, by 11. M. Horton, Burns; Fred over, falling on the ground, catch soou realized. It stands tl>e highest for Its
anil it is safe to predict that every
wonderf ulcures ol lire most distressing cases
Servii e Wednesday evening» at 8. financial standing $20.00 straight
ing Mr. Hawkins’ head beneath the and is sold on Its merits
II ai ues, Harney.
Everybody is invited to attend ca#h salary and expenses, paid each ecre will be taken if they are not
by alldiuggv.tsinfifty-
McMullen the photographer op keyboard. The skull was crushed ceut and one dollar siz
tMM ««flMl«.
Monday by check direct from head- withdrawn liefore the applications
over
the
left
eve
and
at
the
base
es. You may have a
can get to the land office.
posite the bank.
¡quarters.
Expense money ad
of the brain. The injury is so seri sample bottle by mad n.«n« ./ «™nR«
Of course there are many valua
free, also pamphlet teUirg you how to find
vanced; position permanent. Ad-
ous that the outcome is doubtful.: out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
CJLBTOnXX.
ble tracts in the withdrawn terri
Ires», Thomas Cooper, Manager,
llu Kind You H,n Uw,n 8 m Î* Hawkins was married July 22nd Mention this papor wliew writing Dr. Kilmer
tory, but they comprise a pitifully BMn the
& Co.. Binghamton. N. Y.
1030, Caxton Bldg., Chicago.
Blgaatu»
For Infants and Childrsn.
to Miss Peggy Correll of Baker City
'small fraction of the whole arm.
Don’t make any «ustake, but rme®-
«f
and they were preparing to go to herthe ranie. Swamp-Root. Dr. Kilraer'e
O
The Kind You Haw Always Bought
The valuable timber is gone. Con-
Bear. O.
B» K|n(l Y»
*!W”S fcWjM housekeeping on their farm when
This paper and The Chicago
Swamp-Root, ami the address, Bingham
i sidernble meadow land, desirable
Beam tho
I the accident occured.
I'eckly Inter Ocean $1.50 for one
ton, N. Y., on every bottle.
for homesteading, is still vacant,
Uiguetaru of
year. “Special deal"
Oeer& Cummins
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