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i>iiWished in the
Qr<iito3t Valley of Eastern Oregon.
rhe Olitesi and Mpstj
RoüflbJß.
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The Best Advertising
Medium.
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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
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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
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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.