Published in ih«
(Vastest Valley of Eastern Oregon.
T ho Oldest and Most
Reliable.
The Best Advertising
Medium.
li
Harney Valley Items
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BURNS, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 22 1903.
VOL. 19.
to be the
I SHOCK VERY SEVERE purpose
'"‘J' I ia of not the nnderiitood
Government to re-
Geer& Cummins
Hardware of Ewry Detcriptian.
OREGON,
• ia Moaitb« 71 Crate.
OREGON NEWS
Mrvothal ciass of land«. The home-
ateadirig era wanjust ofiening when
It cm» of I nt erest Gat here»! From
Rut Lauti WItlidrawnl Will Not the withdrawal order came.
One effect of the withdrawal will
Dlflerent Part» of the State.
Htunt Growth.
probably 1« to stimulate the entry
men to make proofs. Hardly more
than 10 per cent of the timber and
The salmon pack along ths Col
di»|>alch from Bend, Crook atone claims have been going to
umbia
promises to lie light.
| County, say a: The willxlrawal of proof on first advertisement. A
John Walker, a picneer of Ore
[public land that ha« juat lieen large number apply for readv«-rtiee-
I made in Central and Southern Ore merit on the ground that they have gon. California and Idaho, is dead
gon covers a blanket area of more not the money to pay up. Many ut Baker City.
than 2.800,000 acres. Only about claims have In [Hied. But hereafter
Twenty cents has been offered at
half of this, howeve,', remains va there is sure to lie greater vigilance, Salem for contracts for hops of
cant. And if only the area of val arid parties whose interent is in that the crop of 1903.
uable limber were considered, less direction may be trusted to see to it
Two attempt were made last
than a quarter, perhaps not more that enlrvmen do n it fail to make
week
to burn the town of Albany
than 10 ,ier cent, is vacant. Entire proof because of lack of funds, j
townships of desert, ao undesirable Lapse hereafter will mean no fur by an incendiary.
that none of the land has yet been ther onportunity to get hold of the
It ia estimated that Oregon has
’taken, are included in tho area land co long as the present order -100,000 head of cattle. 3u0,000 of
withdrawn, aa well as other town ! is in force. There is likely, too, to which ere in Eastern Oregon.
ships that have been entirely taken. be a reduction in the number of
The town of Halsey, Linn Coun
The fact that ao little valuable contests filed against entries in the ty, the business portion of which
liuilM-r remains, and that so much area withdrawn. The tendency of was recently destroyed by fire, will
I treeless desert is Included in the [ the decisions is to deny preference be rebuilt.
area withdrawn, makes the purpose right to successful contestants un- >
of the Government something of a der these conditions. This leaves . Three masked men entered the
no motive for contesting claims Miners’ Cabin saloon at Baker Citv
mystery.
There ia a tendency to overesti- that may be irregularor fraudulent,! last Thursday evening, secured
i mate the effect of this witndrnwal and many tracts that are rightly ♦3M‘ in cash and made their escape.
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0UMMM.
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NO. 39
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
Itobertt T. Platt; "The Great
West and the Two Easts,” bv
Henry E. Reed; “Social and Eco
nomic History nf 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 the
earlier conditions of the Oregon
Country. Copies of the quarterly
may be secured by applying al the
Society Rooms, City Hall, Portland,
Oregon.
A Missouri editor is said to have
gotten off the following: “We live
in a land of high mountains and
high taxes, low valleys and low
wages; big crooked rivers and
crooked statements; big lakes, big
Buy ii |M>«tal card and send to The New York
strikes, big drunks, big pumpkins
Tribune Farmer, New York City, for a freo
and big men with pumpkin heads;
specimen copy.
silver str~;ms that gambol in the
Tiiv Tribune Farmer is a National Illustra
¡on the development of Central Ore subject to contest may be driven
Frank Curtis, of Multnomah mountains, and pious politicians
ted Agricultural Weekly for farmers and
gon. The business of the land lo- through to patent because tbe Gov County, has been appointed war that gamble in the night; roaring
their fumiliee, and stands at the head of the
’ cator in that region is, of course, ernment has not sufficient inform den at the Oregon State Peniten catapults and roaring orators; fast
agricultural press. The price ia f LOO per
I gone, but his industry was fast wan- tian to warrunt cancellation with tiary to succeed E. A. McPherson, young men and girl« faster, fastest;
year, but if vou like it you can secure it with
sharp lawyers and sharp financiers;
j ing, anyway. The rush of timber out private help through contest' who resigned the position.
Vour own favorite local new«|>a|>er, The
noisy ch’.idren and fertile plain«
:
proceedings.
Denial
of
the
prefer-
seekers
ended
months
ago.
though
ITEMS, at a bargain. Both |M|>er» fl 50.
City Marshal R. E. Armstrong, I that lie like sheets of water, and
i there hns continued a more or less . ence right swallows the cancella of Condon, was shot in the knee
Send money and order to The ITEMS.
steady movement in this direction. tions. and the withdrawn area is last week by Frank Palmer, a thousands of newspapers that lie
like thunder.”
. Now all entries are cut off in an ! swelled just so much.
E
saloonkeeper. The trouble arose
area beginning within two miles of
A year ago such a withdrawal as over the use of water to irrigate
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
Look out for bogus $5 t iecec.
Bend ami reaching through to Cal has just been made would have lawns.
’ A secret service man ran across 98
Hr ama leoiMiK No. 70, K «>< H.
ifornia. It surrounds the Klamath ^se'ved an important purpose in
The appeal to the supreme court )of lhetu •*«•* Sv*Uie, and believe«
M«H«tR vverv rhurwlajr night.
Ind'an Reservation, and connects stopping a raid on timber lands
J It MeMt'LUM.
I M ' .t int C ‘
of
the Pleasant Armstrong case a K*"K of counterfeiters are operat-
with a withdrawal made some that has been attended with num
H. Mothrrahead , K of K. H.
has
been completed aad the ease *n® *n that city, circulating the
weeks ago on the banks of Goose erous irregularities and brought re
PHOTOGRAPHER.
is
now
readv for trial. He was cou- bad mon«v between Puget Sound
Lake, in Oregon and California. proach upon the state. At this
BI'KNH t'HAlTER. NO. 49, O. E. 8.
vicled
of the murder of Minnie a,_’d lbe Columbia River. A bogus
.Meet» »'•eon it and fourth Monday of
This might have the effect of bot time it is locking the barn after tbe
Harun, Oregon,
Emminger
at Baker City last
,,Mt*onal batik note is also in
•■act» month in Maaon c hill, Voegtlv
tling up the country and holding I horse is gone.
building
Mr« Maggie Levan», W. M. «F*Mnin St.—opposite Bank.
circulation, It bears the impriut
December.
’circulation.
I it in an undeveloped condition in
It dues not appear that the irri
•Mr». Eunice Thompeon. Sec.
of the Fourth National Bank of
definitely, but for the fact that gation enterprises of the Upper
Aeck k»" A’ ^ries of
nearly all the desirable land has Deschutes Valley will be affected 22 miles from La Grande, was shot;
Bl'RNH U»|MiF. NO. «7. A F. « A M. M XK«t>KS a UK a RV
Tilman register; Morgan,
Meets Baturdsy on or tiefare lull moon.
passed under private control and adversely by the new land order.
twice Monday last, by Wm. Topp, treasurer.
MualiHrd brothers fraternally invited,
W. L. Mar.4.n,
John W. Oeaty,
the Government has withdrawn I
as a result of a feud over fences
------
< . E. Kinyon, W. M
F. H. Rieder,
Plnjtinant <{• Surgeon*.
from entry only the land that is of . S tate of O hio ,C ity of T oledo .;
Hwy.
and cattle. Topp used a 22-rifle. you know wu . it you 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.
W.
Frank
J.
Cheney
makes
oath
that
^^^Orttcr at rvMilerwe. 'Phone 20.
that nobody cares much for.
from his wounds.
| Chill Tonic because the formula is
Milet» «t Bro» ii hall every Friday eve
This land that is in private con he is senior partner of the firm of
ning
Vlaitmr brothers internally in-
A
dispatch
to
tbe
Oregonian
un-
plainly printed 041 every bottle
v’tud. Tlion. Sager», W. M. Cha». N.
trol does not lie in isolated tracts, F. J. Cheney & Co, .loing business der date of Aug. 14 says a serious showii g that it is simply Iron ana
Ciwhraiin, Recontar.
gluon A moos.
necessitating the crossing of Gov in the Citv of Toledo. County and forest fire is raging near Sparta,' Quinine in a tastelees form. Ne
ernment
land to reach it. Il lies i State aforesaid, and that said firm Baker County. Several million : Cure, No
HARNEY LODGE. NO. 77. I. O <» F. ’
** **
J. W. Bigg«.
Dalton Hi««.
Pay. 50c,
M cv I m every Saturday evening, Brown’«
in large bodies, and a railroad may will pay the sum of One Hundred
feet
of
lumber
has
been
destroyed
------
hill. Vinilmic broiher* fraternally in*
Attorney» '•»•Law,
¡traverse the productive country Dollars for each and every case of
vite<l.
Frank (>. Jarkaon,’ N. G.
and several large mills and ranch
During his courtship a uiaa
Hl'BNR.
OKKtlON.
(i. Kmiiii, Kecretarjf.
with asmucn freedom as it nolands Catarrh that cannot be cured by
houses
are
threatened.
thinks
tl’e a dream; after marriage
aWT'Ortl,■« in Bank building.
'had been withdrawn from entry. the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Captain
Roswell
Hawkes
Lam-
he
>
8
f
”
rrv that he woke UP-
Tt’l E I IIU'I.E. NO. ISA. WOMEN OF
Frank J. Cheney.
Even if tho contemplated reserve
Woodcraft. Meet» 2nd and 4th Tues-
I
Sworn
to
before
me
and
subscrib
son, a distinguished retired officer’
d«\ at IWown’s hall. Mr«. Tillie Iordan.
| be actually created (if the matter
^yil.I.IAMHA FIIZUCKALD
The church is said to be divided
Mrs. lone Whiting.
Guardian.
ed in mv presence, this 6th day of of the United States Navy, died
ever
reaches
that
stage),there
can
Clerk.
into
three classes—workers, jerker«
December,
A.
1).
1886.
last
Friday
at
his
home
in
Port
’ Thornton William»,
M. Fiti|«rald,
be no material interference on the
shirkers.
A.
W.
Gleason.
land.
He
was
the
first
naval
cadet
Atlorno>-al law.
notary Public, part of the Government, for the
Cliiirwli Aniioiiiicciucnts.
Notary Public. appointed from Oregon and won
Law,
Notarial
and
Real
Nutate [Government lands will be of a
Over-Work Weakens
Sunday School at Harney the
distinction during the Civil War.
character
and
lie
in
a
position
that
Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in
Practice.
first Sunday of each mouth at 10
Your Kidneys.
will offer comparatively small in ternally. and acts directly on the
Great excitement, not without
o'clock, A. M. On the second,
Hums, Oregon.
ducements to private agencies of hlood and mucous surfaces of the cause, prevails in the southern part Uabealthjr Kidneys Make impure Blood.
third and fourth Sundays of each P^’Oflice in Masonic building
development, and there will be no system. Send for testimonials, free. ofClackamrs County becauseor re
All the blood ia your body passes through
month at 3 o'clock P. M. Preach-1
your kidneys once every three minutes.
|
necessity for coming in contact’
F. J. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O. cent discoveries made there by
The kidneys are your
ing services every second Sunday
with them.
blood purifiers, they fil
local mining prospectors. Gold in
Sold bv all Druggist. 75c.
at 8 P. M.
p M. JORDAN,
ter out .lie waste or
Two townships escaped the eagle Hall's Family Pills are the best immensely paying quantities has
Impurities in the blood.
At the Presbyterian ch urcli
eye
of
the
Commissioner,
but
they
'
If they are sick or out
i been repeatedly worked and pros
Practical
I
aiiu I Surveyor.
pastor.
of order, they fail to d»
Hurns. Rev. A. J. Irwin
will probably not remain long open His Life Savid by Chaaberlain.s pected for the last ten years, but
their work
Il urna, Oregon,
Divine services the third and fourth
to entry. Evidently some clerk
Colic, Clmlera anil Diarrhoea i the hidden wealth was never die-
Pains, aches andrheu-
matisni come from ex
Sundays of each month at 11a. tu.
followed an old map in making out!
Remedy.
’ closed before.
cess of uric acid in the
and 7:30 p. tn. Sabbath school at
the list of townships to be with-’ ”B. L. Bver, a well known cooper
blood, due to neglected
g
W. Mll.l.KIl,
10 a. in. every Sabbath morning.
Bruce Hawkins, a young ranch' kidney trouble.
¡drawn, a map that showed town- of this town, says he believesCham-
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
lierla’n’s Colic, Cholera and Diar er living about five miles from heart l>eats, and makes one feel as though
Preaching services at the Baptist
Notary Publie and Conveyancer, I ships 22 and 23, range 9, to be in ;
they
heart trouble, because the heart is
the Cascade range forest reserve. rhoea Remedy saved his life last Baker City,was seriously and proba over had
church every Island 2nd Sundays, Mortgage«, Devda, Ktc, correctly made,
working in pumping thick, kidney-
bly
fatally
injured
last
Saturday
The fact was overlooked that those summer. lie had been sick for a
poisoned blood thiough veins aud arteries.
morning and evening. Sunday office at «tore.
Hurns, Orego
It used to be considered that only urinary
townships had been set out of that month with what the doctors call evening. lie was going out to his troubles
school every Sunday at 10 a. tn.
were to be traced to the kidneys,
ranch
from
town
with
a
piano
in
bilious
dysentery,
and
could
get
but now modern science proves that nearly
prayer meeting every Thursday . MANAGER WANTED—Trust ’ reserve early this year, presumably
constitutional diseases have tlieir begin
because they were not sufficiently nothing to do him any good until the wagon. His wife was driving all
evening.
ning in kidney trouble.
worthy lady or gentleman to man
he tried this remedy. It gave him and Mr. Hawkins was holding the. If you are sick you can make no mistake
forested
to
warrant
holding
them.
Services at Christian Science age business in this Countv and
I immediate relief," says B.T. Little, piano. In crossing a culvert the j by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and lire extraordinary effect cf Dr. Kilmer s
Hall, corner east of the Batik, every adjoining territory for well and But thev do contain good timber,
merchant, Hancock, Md. For sale wagon jolted and the piano toppled Swamp-Roof, tire great kidney remedy is
Sunday at 11a. nt. 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 soon realized, ft stands the highest for its
wotuferf ulcures of the most distressing cases
Service Wednesday evenings al 8. financial standing. 120.00 straight and it is safe to predict that every
ing Mr. Hawkins' head beneath the and is sold on Its merits
_
Everybody ia invited to attend cash salary and expenses, paid each ecre will be taken if they are not Haines, Harnett
kevtioard. The skull was crushed by all druggi-.ts in fifty-
these services.
: Monday by check direct from head- withdrawn before the applications| McMullen the photographer op-l over the left eve and at the base cerit and one-dollar siz
es. You may have a
posite the bank.
quarters.
Expense money ad can get to the land office.
’ of tbe brain. The injury is so seri sample bottle by mail n.» «r
Of course there are many valua
free, also pamphlet reUtng you trow to find
vanced; position permanent. Ad-,
ous that the outcome is doubtful. ! out if you have kidney or blaAler trouble.
O
ble tracts in the withdrawn terri
dress, Thomas Cooper, Manager,
Hawkins was married July 22ud Mention this paper w ! i « i writing Dr. Kilmer
tory, but they comprise a pitifully Bmn tho
& Co, Binghamton. N. Y.
1030, Caxton Bldg., Chicago.
Big nature
For Infante aad Children.
to
Miss Peggy Correll of Baker City
1 small fraction of the whole area.
Don’t make anv oiistake, but remem
of
and they were preparing to go to ber the name, Nwamp-Koot, Dr. Kilmer’s
0
The Kind You Have Always Bought This paper and The Chicago The valuable timber is gone. Con
Bears tho
st IN Kll’d ',w Ma* A!w,TS
/?
_______
»nie paper
housekeeping on their farm when Swamp-Root, ami the address, Bingham-
siderable meadow land, desirable
Bearn tho
I
r Ocean ♦1.50 for one
T"
teu, N. Y., un every botUe.
the accident occured.
for
homesteading,
is
still
vacant,
Uiguaturu of
year. ‘‘Special deal"
IFYOUARE A FARMER
CASTOR IA