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7 > I i>iiWished in the Qr<iito3t Valley of Eastern Oregon. rhe Olitesi and Mpstj RoüflbJß. I The Best Advertising Medium. »* »*. . tc .w •’ .r Harney Valley Items. VOL. 19. BURNS, OREGON, SATURDAY. AUGUST 29. 1903. ADCPHIi AT PCCT UntbUN Al Btdl OREGON NEWS Ibal *11 entrie*. particularly those of the first halfof th« vsar, * a NO. 40 First Annual Reporto< Reclam ation Service. I most carefully examined to The Fir*l Annual Report of the determine whether the entrymen Reclamation Service, by Mr. F. H. were acting in g<x>d faith and in I.nini Kntrtea Break All !<<■<■ Item« of Interest Oatlier«-d From Newell, chief engineer, which will their own interest, rather than in orti«—Irrigui hili May Be Different Part« of the State. I be published as a Congressional Boomed. 1 the interest* of other*. document, is about to be issued tty i The fact (hat Oregon hss now the United State*. Geological Survey ¡eontributed between $2,500,<XX) The warships Concord and Mar In his letter of transmittal the and $3,iKX),000 to the reclamation i Oregonian New« Bureau, \Va*h- fund will no doubt serve a* an in-. blehead have arrived at Port Director of the Survey notes that ington, Aug. 18— The Stalo of Ore centive to the Interior Department land. the reclamation law of June 17, Noah Page, a rancher of Under- 1902, which ¡«quoted in full, i* so gon witnessed the greatest activity to hasten it* examination of pro Hard war* of Evtry Datcription. in it* history iu the settlement and posed irrigation projects <a*t of the wood. Wash., aged 70, while intox- t?**neral in its terms that its «uocess Rl’ttNH. OREGON. «ale of it« public land« for the fiscal Cascade Mountains, in order that icated, fell 30 feet from the railroad or fsdure may be said to rest al- year ended June 3, 1903. The year the state may soon receive some J treitle at Hood River Saturday mo,t wholly upon its administra- broke all record*, both as to the praetk-al benefit from its otherwise night and sustained injuries about lion, innumerable details not being the head and neck which may re- touched upon in the law. number of entries, the amount of active land business. ‘ I The work of examination and Certainly no stale is entitled to *ult fatally. j land* disposed of, and the cash re ceipt* from sales, combined with more recognition than Oregon.! R. H. Curl, a dentist of Albany. "UrVey. ‘he field work .. fees and commission* collected at Once the Government completes r.n was almost burned to death last! v • i „ , , still in progress, and tn nearly irrigation system in the state, the ’ local land offices. Friday morning. Curl, who was , ,. " , , ’ . , every locality there are alternative During the year just ended there lands opened up thereby will con-j in an intoxicated condition, was . ■ • • i , methods end were in all 18,744 entries made in tribute to the reclamation fund di-1 smoking and i accidently set the . , . of reaching , the desired , ii c i u ; z , l Ibe relative merits of which can not Oregon, embracing a total area of reel, ns the law provides that the , bedding on fire and but for the . , . , ... , . . , , be determined until careful estt- 1,844,698 acre* of land. The enor settlers shall repay to the Govern .. timelv assistance of passers-by. . . . , . i , , . ... . / mates have been made. mous aggregate of funds derived ment in ten annual installments would have met a horrible Ute. As . , . „ , At places where systematic work from sales, fete and commissions the actual cost of the construction it was, he suffered some severe , . . , ... ha* been earned on, preliminary was $2,055,230, nearly four times ¡of storage reservoirs and csnrls And One Cent temporary withdrawals of publie built by Government aid. This the amount collected in 1902. Buy a [Kintal card and «end tn The New York In the United State« court at lands have been made, but the The unprecedented gains are ap contribution, however, will be in Tribune Farmer. New York City, for a free Portland, Judge Bellinger ha* set areas which may be reclaimed are parent when these figure* are com-1 addition to funds turned into the specimen copy. aside the verdict for $22,->OO dam- indicated only in a general way by I pared with those of 1902, when Federal Treasury each year from i Th«’ Tribune Farmer i« a National Illustra age« for breach of promise to marry these temporary segregations. The I there were but 11,792 entries in' regular entries «nd sales. ted Agricultural Weekly for farmer* anti to marry awarded to Miss Birdie final determination of the recUim- Oregon, covering ,297,099 acres of, Voder the National irrigation their fauiilieai, and stands at the head of the McCartby against James Heryford. able area rests upon a summation land. In that year sales, fee* and' law the net receipts from tlte dis-! agricultural pre**. The price ia $1.00 |ier a wealthy stockman of Lake county, of all the facts of feasibility and commissioti* amounted to$598,281. potul of public lands is diverted in- j year, but if you iike it you can secure it with The court held that the verdict wan cost, so that it can be stated only The*«' returns mean that the State | to the reclamation fund, for use in vour own favorite local new«|ia|>er, The of Oregon last year contributed in building Government irrigation excessive and remand« the case for j as the last «erie* of estimates, ITEMS, at a bargain. Both papers $1 50. I The impossibility of stating in the neighborhood of $2,0110,000 to system*. About 25 per cent of the a new trial. Send money and order to The ITEMS. The Heppner Relief Committee' a<iv«nce *hat land« will ultimately i the reclamation fund, or twice as gross receipts are deducted to meet which ha« several thousand dollars ** recommended for reclamation much a* the state contributed in expen«es and to pay the 5 per cent the two years preceding, when it for educational purpose«. This of the relief fund« yet unexpended. *iU remit in great disappointment PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ,liany persons. The fact that mean« that the reclamation fund will employ a surveyor at once | turned in more than $900,OuO. and commence the work of straight- : ^ave been temporarily ie< Bera* I xjimi * No. 70, K of 1*. The reclamation fund get* all will be «welled to the extent of $7,- Meet* everv Dturxiny night. ening and widening the channel of a8 '^ e is, in the eve« of many, an 5(X),U00 a* a result of the '.and office cash receipts, with the exception of F. M. Jordan. C. C. J It. McMULLKN. Willow Creek in the upper portion indication that these lands will be lAsiness for the year, for the re ; money for expenses of the land ser- It Motlwrahvad, K of R. 8. I vice, and the 5 percent diverted to ceipts. as heretofore given, will later of the town, with a view to divert-' reelnimed; and although every at- PHOTOGRAPHER. Bt’RNH CHARTER. NO. AM, O. E. H j educational purjioses. be augmented by nearly, $500.000 ing such a disaster as befell Hepp- tiemPt has i*™ made to warn in* dividual* of the futility of filing Meet* **rond and it Mirth Mondar ol I'nfortunately, statistics of dis derived from fines, timber sales | ner on June 14, last. Burns, tiregen. rarh month in Maaunir litll, Vo$»gtlv upoo there lands under the nome- posal nnd sale of public land in and various funds not yet reported. Mrs. Su*an Norwood, of Baker Main St.—op|>osite Bank. building Mr* M «ggir l*$*vena, W. M. stead law, they persist in taking Mm K unire TI i - m *>| »*»(», Her. other state* are not yet available, The reclamation fund embodying J City, has been granted a patent for up the land on the bare possibility hence the «bowing of Oregon can- only net receipts for the two pre a device in the shape of a roller j that the surveys and examinations BUICNH IxHHiK NO. 97, A. F. « A M i not be compared w ith other West- vious ven:« amoutittd in round shade for ventilating hospitals and M AK*I>KN a OK a KY ! will ultimately show it to be re M»*K/ Ha(urdav«Mi or before full moon i ern States. Last year, when Ore numbers to $7,7(X),(KiO. With the public building. A number of! Qu«lift”d lieithem fraternally invited, claimable. It is an unfortunate W. L Marnt.n, John W. Geary. gon broke all previous records a* fund added last year, there will be physician« who have examined the K, Kenyon, W. M. F« He Kinder. Pbytirian» <(' Surgrone. Mary. to the number of entries and a- about $ 15,000,0(X)available by the invention have pronounced it a condition, which apparently can not be corrected at present. Burn*. Oregon. mount of lands disposed of. it stood time the first expenditures are most excellent thing. She has ____ _. ____ BHRNrt LODGE, NO. M3, a o . c . w . ¡g^Ottire nt n-ntdence. 'Phone 20. second only to North Dakota, hav made. This fund become* perma been offered $17,000 for the right | VOv know what rot ark taking M mv « at Hroan hall avary Friday eve ning Vititins lw»»<lier« iraternally in- ing transacted more land business nent in a way. but is being constant to manufacture the article. Whe„ you uke Grove,g Tastel(gg ly increased as cash receipts are v-t«d. TI um . Sa*rni. W. M. Chat. N. than Washington, Idaho, Montana, added e ich year. < <Mtir«n*, Ke«»rder. A Baker City dispatch save that Chill Tonic because the formula is gtoo* a muua. and, in fact, all Western Slates, arrangements are being made to plainly printed on every bottle save that one. It cannot yet be S tate of O hio ,C ity of T oledo .! HARNEY MIDGK, NO. 77. I. o O F. J. W liiKK» Dalton Hirri tender Bishop O'Reilly a formal showii g that it is simply Iron and Meato e eery H«t<ird«v evening, iinjwn'e I. i scas C ounty . | i determined whether Oregon in the hail. Vuuumc leother« fraternally in Attorncyioaf-faiu-, Frank J. Cheney make* oath that reception on the occasion of his as- Quinine in a tastele6* form. No past year distanced North Dakota, vited frank O. Jackson,' N. G. su ning charge of the Baker City Cure, No I’av. 50c. Kl KV«. OREGON. C. G. Smith. Secretary. i hut certainly, in view of its enor- lie ia senior partner of the firm of diocese September 1. The reception ____ ____- RJ^T’dtll. <• in Bank liuilding. 1 mous strides, it has yielded second F. J. Cheney A Co., doing business TUI.K NU KU. WOMKN OF will probably take place at the The Red Fronl Livery barn The Red Front Livery barn is is place to n.me. and has more than in the City of Toledo. County and Woodcraft. MaoCa 2<ul and 4tl» Vue»- opera-house. Archbishop C hristie ca t erIn g t o ¡t 8 patronage and has m ( Bma n*a hall. Mra. Tillia Jordan, ¡equalled the returns of North Da State aforesaid, and that said firm ^ILUAMA FI1ZUKKALD Mrs. lone Whiting, Guardian. will pay the sum of One Hundred and a number of prominent church improved its livery service. Feed kota. a* shown a year ago. Olerh. ■ dignitaries from Portland «nd by the day or month at reasonable Thornton William*. M rit:«eral*. Remarkable as is the showing Dollars for each and every case of other places are expected ‘ to ' b* ; rates. Catarrh that cannot be cured by Cliurrli Announcements. I Attorn*»-at la*. notary Public. made by Oregon last year, it is the I------ present. more remarkable in view of the the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Law, Notarial and Real Estate Sunday School at Harney the D. J. Tromlev, who alleges that DO YOU GET UP Frank J. Cheney. idamper that was thrown over the first Sunday of each mouth at to Practice. he is a private detective from Mich- i Sworn to before me and subscrib- land affairs of the state as a result WITH A LAME BACK ? o’clock, A. M. On the Burn«, Oregon. I of disclosures of extensive frauds ed in my pretence, this 6th day of 'San- was taken from the city jail third and fourth Sunday« 111 Hillsboro last Tuesday by a, kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. ffl^*<)flice in Masouic building by inspectors of the department.! December. A. I). 1886. Preach- month at 3 o'clock P. M A. W. Gleason. I crowd of 25 young men and treated : Almost everybody who reads the news i These inspectors took unusual care ing servit»« every second Sunday Notary I ’ ablic. to a liberal dose of tar and feathers. ■ papers is sure to know of the wonderful ■ in examining all entries to establish at 8 P. M. cures made by Dr. p It. JORDAN, For some weeks Tromlev has been their validity, and of which tended [ Kilmer's Swamp-Root At the Presbyterian church Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken in- stopping with a woman who resides the great kidney, liver to retard the public land business. and bladder remedy. Practical Land Surveyor. Burna, Rev. A. J. Irwin pastor. ternally. and acts directly on the near the Courthouse, and he has It is the great medi Enormous withdrawals were Hurni, Oregon, blood and mucous surfaces of the made himself very obnoxious to Divine service* the third and fourth cal triumph of the nino- made both for forest reserve ami tcenth century; dis Sundays of each month at 11a. tn. system. Send for testimonials, free, the ladies who reside in the im- covered after years cf : irrigation purposes, which caused and 7:30 p. tn. Sabbath school at F. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, 0. mediate vicinity. He first claimed scientific research by an outcry that the Government was Dr. Kilmer, the emi 10 a. tit. every Sabbath morning. g W. Mlt.LKK, Sold by all Druggist, 75c. that he was a cousin of the woman i nent kidney and blad ¡interfering with the settlement and Hall ’ s Family Pills are the liest nt whose house he lived, but later der specialist, and is Preaching service« at the Baptist ! development of the more desirable A'ofary Public and Conrryiinrrr, wonderfully successful in promptly curing claimed that they were married. ehureh every Island 2nd Sundays, lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou sections cf the state. The facts and Ilia I.ife Saved by ('liainberlain.s Mortgagr«, Oreds, Kir , correctly made. bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst morning and evening. Sunday Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea J. H. Caldwell,aprogressive Linn the figure* seem to confirm the form cf kidney trouble. Office al Store. hurni, Oregon. Remedy. school every Sunday at 10 a. tn. Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec : County farmer, was killed last declaration of the Interior Depart "B. L. Byer, a well known cooper wee[l by being struck on the head ommended for everything but if you have kid prayer meeting every Thursday ment Ilia', temporary withdrawals ney, liver or bladder trouble It will be found MANAGER WANTED—Trust of this town, says he believes Cham- by the sweep to a horsepower at Just the remedy yo i need. It has been teste! evening. do not interfere with legitmate worthy lady or gentleman to man-1 so many ways, in hospital work, in private berla’ti s < olie, ( holera and Diar- bi* farm three miles from Albany In Services at Christian Science .age business in this County and -1 land entries. practice, among the helpless too poor to pur Although figures, so far us avail rhoea Remedy saved his lite last fa|ttwe|l has an old-fashioned horse chase relief and has proved so successful Ir Hall, corner east of the Bank, every adjoining territory for well and every case that a special arrangement hat able, do not classify the entries summer. He had been sick for a poWer which he used for operating been made by which all readers of this paper Sunday at Ila. in. and 8 p. tn. favorably known House of solid mouth with what the doctors call ft fanning mill and other who have not already tried it. may have a Service Wednesday evenings at 8. financial standing. $20.00 straight made hi Oregon, the fact that over sample bottle sent free by mall, also a book Everybody is invited to attend cash salary and ex|H*iises, paid each 18,000 new entries are reported is bilious dysentery, and could get nillc|linery on hig farm. He had telling more about Swamp-Root and how ts nothing to do him any good until ju9l biuhed his horses to the find out If you have kidney or bladdertrouble. these services. Monday by check direct from head- the best evidence that Oregon is he tried this ^v;\h;i,n machine preparatory to moving it When writing mention reading this generous offer In this paper and quarters. Expense money ad attracting settlers in no small num immediate relief,” says B.T. Little, I send your address to to the woodpile, when something bers,and home-builders and citizens vanced; position permanent. Ad- merchant, Hancock, Md. For sale started one of the long sweeps to Dr. Kilmer 8t Co.. Bing hamton. N. Y. The d Iress, Thomas Cooper, Manager, of the desirable class are seeking by 11. M. Horton, Burns; Fred moving. It swung around to Cald regular fifty rent and non». (s.«*,»«* out the state where they can es For Infanta and Children. 1030, Cnxton Bldg., Chicago. dollar sires are sold by all good druggists. well, striking him on the head and tablish homes under the most fav- Haines, Harnev. wore Geer& Cummins IFYOUARE A FARMER CASTORIA The KM You Han Always Bought B usts the Blgimturs of — CABTOniA, Thia paper and Tr Thin The Chicago ! orable circumstances. There is a Btata tb* 11,8 K'Ml V m N iw Aiwa vs BougM , guaiantee that the t ew settlers are Weekly Inter Ocean $1 1.50 for one desirable citizens from the very yeai. “Special deal” arm, causing concussion of the brain and death. Caldwell was 40 years of age. Don’t make anv mistake, lust remem ber the rame, Swamp-Root, Dr. Kilmer*« Swamp-Root, ami the aiblrees, Bingham ton , N. Y.. on every hottie.