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XT » Œ b c C a t e C i t y THE TELEPHONE IN THE Jou rn al NATIONAL FORESTS. Fr'olished Every Thursday Vahl G He^orden At Nyssa. * »’•egoii _ .. I l v o i d ri By £ BOYDELL MERCANTILE CO. among M « t prominent ! im «> <fHi wr eh t n- !► tutrn to j;fO'.rft hi* Dation»! io • ;H»t» in the west from hravy I im * by ; fire is the extended ose of th** t<*le- Corner Good Ave. and First Street .................. Asso p Jitr r • P*»0*1**- THÚ k tir lj little instru* O. A. Meg« I ment ha* proved it* worth dorine the post year According to fig Applicati«« for entry u second ure* which have just been pob eia** mali ma’ t-r ¡«»de iisbcd by the De|*»/ttBeftt of A g ricolture. the loe* from fire be* SUBSCRIPTION RATES . been great!» reduced, although tl e < im year, in adraaca .............. I'.'-® number of rondag rations ha* been Sir meothi, in advance .............. "fi\ actually larger than in the v«ar Three nwetha. in advance.......... AO preceding. Through the aid of tne telephone ADVEBTISINt; RATES. » brought to the sjx t Stari* cahmiB inch, on* 1“ U* 15 I Single calamo inch, per month . JO a* soon at a blaze it discotered jin thn> way it i* possible to prt- 25 inchea or larrer, per inch. .10 vont the spread of a Jfire and to I “ I confine it to a small area. Iu one Home of onr Eastern < iregon instance la.it year a fire-fight ng japers starte<l to talk assem bly force was collected in a few boor- plan bnt they have dropped it wberc at least a day would hav- been wasted’ if aid bad been sought, '.Vbat’t the matter brothers? I in»*ans o f a courier. Th** number of tires in the n >• Tbe^Big Slick” was at one time lional forests last year was 41U held over the head» of the trust* and some heedi'd the warning and larger than in 19J*. but almost " ) other* felt the blow Now the I per cent of the fires were extin-' More Good BARGAINS On Hand m In Hats, Boots and Shoes. Men’s Shirts ! and Underwear BALBRIGGAN UNDERWEAR 35, 50 and 63 cents Bargains 9 In Groceries and Dry Goods Remember We Don’ t Keep Anythin?, *• Big Stick" is held over the In-jguish»d liefor. »s ninth as five! acres had been damaged. 1’l.e We Sell Everythin? * irgents but it will not descend. tire* covered less than one and one The insurgents in Congress are half acres to the square mile of And Give Our Cash Customers the Bent fit of national forest land, and t&e dam putting up a tight that is counting age done to the burned-over area find they are lighting bravely on. averaged but 41 25 an acre T „ese men are up before the i*-o- According to the government's ' ple as men from their ranks and figures, during 19*fi there were1 they are working and striving for 3.138 fires iu the national domain. | the betterment of their constito- burning over about 360,000 acres. ! P-nta. In 190* there had been 4(0,OUU' acres laid waste. Last year some The census man starts work to 170.000,000 board feet of timber morrow Now don't get mad at were consumed, as against Y50.0UU.- his impertinent questions as he 0<)0 the previous year. wont tell yonr neighi-or abontyou The loss of value of timber de- He just wants to know for himself strojed wus less than 4300,000. and his C'ncle Samuel, that he is The loss the year before was about working for. He is a poor harm $450,000. less sonl that is inquisitive be 1 hese figures seem to indicate cause he ha* to or he 11 lose his that although the damage to the job. forests is still very great, the fires © , are riot so much of a scourge as The Club Har is subject to tax formerly. With a view to still The live stock market at Port- ation or the license law that any greater increasing the tire-fighting laud for the month of Ma'ch has Oregon Short Line. of the ordinary saloon. This does facilities, the work of extending lieen a pleasing one. both in prices away with the private clubs in the protective system into all parts private towns, at least for Idaho. of the national woodlands is being and receipts. As compared with TIM E T A B L E This is a very good decision of pursued this year The telephone March last jear. there was an in V. W. Tom i: îT WEST Judge Woods. This case has will play an important part in the crease of 360l cattle. J1U3 sheep and 382 hogs. In the face of the! caused a great deal of excitement measures that are to be taken to | No 2 5 ..................................9:05 a . m . B R O O K E & T O M L I N S O N and many has been looking for reduce still farther the loss in the ^ ' ht prevailing all. o v * r ly ~ ~ ' .............. A & C iv il E n g l a c t r Attori ei/s at Law the country, this is a splendid| ° .................................. s.ooP.M. ward to this decision. western forests. M o n e y to ’ o « n o n i m p r o v t il In some sections the forest showing for the Portlaud market. -**° ...................... : ......... 7:05 P.M. farm» Nysaa,, All previous records for p rices j east Oregoi; Land values of Malheur County rangers are supplied with portable Oregon 28 9-05 a m Ontario are soaring but not out of sight telephones which they carry strap were brokou. not alone in individ- , The prospects of the High Line ped to their backs and with which uh I instance« of small sal*», but in .. No „ 6 .................................. 4:o* p . m . the higher general average pre-i H . s. TH A R P . U. G. HAND are so promising that every one they can secure connectiou at anv j No 26 .............................. 6:00 p . m vailing for all classes of live stock. wants to hold their land and get convenient point The govern-1 The Livery. Man A t'T O L I V E R Y their true value and wort'« and caeut owns and operates a number Cattle sold high, sheep and lambs brought big prices, and the h o g : Mill please y o n —if he can they will hold it until it is possi of telephons lines, and makes con rocket that went up in February: He has horses, great and small ble to get it. There are bargains nection with lookout stations, X Y83A . O H E G O X . And keei* rigs' enough for all. here and they are being taken up where watchmen with field glasses has shown no sign of a falling* stick as fast ns the» npjxar Malheur are kept to search for signs of fire Proprietor o? C. WILSON More buyers are lookitig to th;s County is indeed a county of among the trees. The instru market for their supplies and cotn- ment* and line material for these wealth and prosperity. LAWYRR petitiou in every line is keen. systems have been fnrnished by Physician and A further glance at conqiarative K# 8 l FfiiHte THE C IT Y DRAY InHuranoe American tourists go into a for the Western Electric Company, Surdon receipts may be of interest: eign country for scenery. Foreign the largest manufacturer of tele Cattle. Hogs Sheep, j Nyssa, Orpgon n yssa , tourists come to see this great land phones in the world. or ] Mch.1910 7945 4650 1472. Many of the states have juris of ours. Each lacks the appreci- ” 1909 4338 42»i8 3369. Ny M « Oregon J . E. SHARP, D. M D. ntion of the home qualities. The diction over great tracts of wooded Increase 3607 382 1103.’ land and maintain fire-fighting great sceuery of our country is the DENTIST The showing in hogs is remark- topic of kunqieun and they know systems of their own. It is inter able when it is considered that j Notary Public All kinds of dental work don le in more about it than ninety per cent esting to note that in New York, FOR there were 3127 less brought to first class order. c* the Americans. Ask them of where lookout stations are fullv Portland by ¡¡ackers from Missou Office in his residence O ffice over C'atidland Drug Store l. e point* of interest in the Uni equipped w;th,tolephoues and tele ri River points in March, 1910 , Ontario Orpgon scopes for detecting and reporting , . . . ted States and they will giv* yon O ffice Hours: 8 to 12. 1 to 5. I placis that you never heard of and fires, the loss during 1909 amonnt-1th*n ,n iIarch 1<j08- Oregon then some will lie right at home ed to only $25.101. whereas the' PoP,,1,,t,ou 18 " “ 'reasing so rap- j Call on the 'U the 1’,*C,fic North wna* and you know every inch of year before the damage had total- led $644 000 |the ' Hrnier* n,**d h»*« no fear of ground. We have places right at Forest tires sre still one of the OTer-i ',PI»1J o f >«ve stock that home that is beautiful, we har* a greatest problems the government | ** ProPer Y Pn Pare^ ^or *he niark- land and a state thHt abounds in has to face Since 1870 more than I **' ♦ scenery. The American citizen two thousand have lost their lives A v#ry •««*•■*■1 > W s work . with the Presbyterians in Nvssa that is true to his country will see through these conflagrations in , , , . , , , • Special Bargains in Relinquishments ! was concluded with a free dinner all the places of intere*t and scen the national forests Five hno-1 and congregation*] meeting ReJ ♦ and Patented Lands ery at home then if be ha* time or dretl and fifty million acres fifty million acres of j porta showetl that all bills for the, money to «pend let him go to a standing timber are centred in six new church have been met so i Fire Insurance Written foreign land. If an American Pacific and northwestern states__ that the building is clear of debt, i 5 per cent for cash Nyssa, Oregon B. M. CO. “ TH ! GATE CITY” ©i Business^ Professional Gard; r ia n k L. ckwoodi G . B . WILLS DR. J J. SA RA ZIN W. B. Hoxie ReaI Estate Bargains Nyssa :‘D MINTON and NELSON \ THE BOGUE REALTY CO. Ltd UND COMPANY Pastor's salary paid and rontri-l buttons to tns mission boards W e siso write Fire and Life amounting to near!» two hundred Insurance. Agents for the dollars. Messrs Hunt. Foster and i Northweatern Life Insurance Webb were elected trnatees for Company, of Milwaukee. Wis. ple different than that in the other and in its work of the past year 'he new year, with Mr Foster al- so charged with the church trvas-1 snvtion If you wish to seek for the government has given a de uteship. Mr. Ehrgood and the beauty com* to < hvgon, “ Th* I «And monstration of what up-to-date Ijastor sre to go to La lirande to N. J. Minton T. N. Nelson j the meeting of the presbytery: metiioda will do. next week. _______________ aees every section of his own material for a glorious bonfire country he will have visited so To prevent fires seems to be out many foreign countries as each of the question, but it is possible section has a class, a type of peo to check the spread of the dames, j NYSSA OREGON WE WANT YOLK SUBSCRIPTION!