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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04

where he goes to assist the new
supervisor of this division of the
reserve get his records in shape.
| Frank has been in the office of
Supervisor Ireland at Prineville
( for sometime and says that if To-
cal people here would take the
trouble to investigate and study
the requirements that they would
have no trouble with forest
guards. He also says that the
numerous kicks filed by stock
men generally fall flat upon in
vcstigation and in nine cases out
of ten they will not back up their
assertions made to outsiders
when asked to make affidavit or
to carry their complaint to the
department He asserts further
that Harney County stockmen
were given everything they ask
ed for at the time of making the
allotment of range last fall and
that none were refused u permit.
Mr.. Johnson is an old time
friend of this great religious
weekly and called at this office
yesterday. During our discus
sion of the forest reserve the
suggestion was made that it
would be a great convenience to
local stockmen for the forestry
officers who made the range al
lotments to make q date to meet
with Harney county stockmen in
Burns instead of having them go
to John Day. Mr.. Johnson con-
sidered it a good suggestion and
said he would take the matter up
with the supervisor of this divi-
sion and he had no doubt but
that it would be arranged.
Guard Pearson will remain in
charge of this territory according
to present arrangements. This
Is another convenience not here
tofore enjoyed. as permits for
wood as well as other matters
that come up from time to time
may be adjusted through .ho
guard w,,h0u. delay
Mr. johnson viii come back
this way eurouJe home after he
mas finished his work at John
Day and hopes then to have time
to visit his many friends in Burns
and vicinity.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04

At the last meeting of the city
council a new occupation tax and
license schedule ordinance was
passed but has not yet received
the approval of the mayor. The
Tmes-Herald has not yet exam
ined the ordinance and therefore
cannot comment intelligently up
on its merits or otherwise. but
has heard some objections 10 the
new schedule as well rs approval.
Mayor Brown will not pass upon
upon the ordinance until he has
studied it carefully. We learn
that professional men and real
estate dealers have been added
TO the list us well as a general
revision Of the old schedule an
increase in some instances and
a decrease in others. People in
terested should investigate il.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04
INV intentions?''

This lack of snow doesn't meet
with Chas. Johnson's approval.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04
BILL DIDN'T SWEAR OFF

The two men met on q corner.
OF course they talked of the las,
day of the year
"Bill," said one, you have sd
many bad habits that ] sincerely
hope you intend TO swear of on
some of them If not all.
"Are you going TO quit smok-
ing or drinking today?" asked
Bill.
Certainly, replied the friend,
this Is my last day" "
What / want 10 know, Bill, is
what your intentions are|
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04

The winter so far has been
ideal in Harney county for stock
men and farmers alike. Al no
time yet hes the thermometer
reached the zero point and while
the snow has been light in the
valley. there has been sufficient
precipitation to thoroughly soak
the soil and put fall sown crops
rs well as farm land ready for
seeding in good shape. The
snow fall in the mountains is
ample to furnish water for the
growing season.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04

The sheepmen of Gillian county
have not yet decided to adopt
n systematic move toward putting
out poison for coyotes, notwith-
standing the fact that these pest
ferrous varmints are still very
diligent in their work of dcstruc-
ton. In localities where wolf
hunting dogs are kept, the pests
are to a great extent in check.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04

Even though last summer was
unusually cold all over the west
crops were about the average
and were especially good in Har-
ney county. Such a season will
hardly be repeated at once, there
fore we predict enormous yields
next season.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04
SAYS We HAVE 80 ucS COMING
Iiamcy couaiy s,ogkmsn uo, An They
Asked Tor From Forest Service.

Frank Johnson arrived from
his Prineville home last Thurs
day He has been looking over
the plats at the lcca! land office
since arriving checking up the
decided lands within the forest
reserve IN yhis division. He viii
leave tomorrow for John Day
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04

It is certainly good news that
appears in the Portland papers
that the depositors Of the closed
banks in Portland will be paid in
full. It speaks volumes for the
prosperity of the state.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1908-01-04
TO MEET WITH FOREST Supervisor.

Frank johnson had a conversa-
tion over a long distance tele-
phone this morning with Super
visor Bingham at John Day.
Mr.. Bingham stated that the
Grant County Stockgrower's As
sociation would meet in John
Day on Jan. 18, at ten o'clock a.
m. The supervisor will be pre-
sent and applications for grazing
permits for the coming season
will be filed. Alse the readjust-
will be
ter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

fits the thoughts of the man of sorrows.
Reasonably and convincingly. yet with a
sweet womanliness ideally feminine. the
writer leads the reader through toll and
sickness and death-that everlasting
sleep that men so fear-and having passed
the last great sorrow hello for men on
earth points out the littleness of human
ity after all and the greater work. the
greater sphere of life that comes after the
physical spark has taken leave.
!.
She tells him to read certain references
which she mentions and advises him that
by prayer and constancy he may yet win
a cure and a victory over the sin that Is
now in possession Of his body
''Greetings in the name of Jesus to Mr.
John r. Early" begins the letter.
LAS the rain steadily descended last
night my heart is deeply moved and
goes out to God for you. / see by the
papers that you pray and read the Bible
BY this 1 am convinced that you believe
firmly in the goodness of God and His
precious Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Perhaps you know Him as the savior
of souls. I know Him as the healer Of
bodies as we'll. and in time hope you may
know him as such. This is not Christian
Science. I hardly know the first prin-
ciples of that. but this I do know: That
believe in His divine power. 1t is the
same today as it was when Jesus was on
earth, and even before He came His
power was manifested through His serv-
ants here on earth. l must send here a
few references both In the Old and the
New Test aments bearing especially upon
your case.
Seeing that God has not given man
the skill to cure the disease. will you
not trust God to the name of Jesus to
IL lin
instantaneously as He did in Mark, ITO
The other references (Which 1 give sep
arately) teach the power of cure If you
will only believe. Read Gods promises
for the sick in the first chapter Of James,
verses IL to Is.
you may be every whit whole If you
will pray and believe. God does not
want us to die. He wants us to live and
live forever to glorify His name
DO press your claim for deliverance
and victory through the blood of Jesus
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A Sympathetic Letter.

would help you and other anonymous
writer's arc known each from the other
and lovingly referred to by Early. Lit
tie does the writer of the letter of cheer
or consolation appreciate what the re-
ceipt of his communication means to the
man who has no home and for whom sci
ence offers no hope.
There are thirty-one letters in all
thirty-one missives. ranging from postal
cards. hastily directed in pencil. to long,
we'll phrased epistles written on expen-
sive linen paper and indicating the wealth
and refinement of the writer's. Many let
tiers deal with questions Of religion that
MS illness have brought up. Some ex-
press the conviction that he will be saved
from his ordained death by miracle and
others implore him to pray until his
prayer is answered and he is made whole
One of the most beautiful of the epis-
ties was among the first lot of missives
sent to the ostracised man. 1t was from
woman-and if It's language be a guide
from woman who. like Early, had lived
and suffered and had learned to laugh at
suffering. seeing through the mist and
haze of this life the beyond. where all is
as IT should be and pain and death are
not known.
1T was simply written. lacking in any
artihciality and false sentiment and was
filled with sublime faith in God that
strengthened the leper and filled him with
renewed courage. AS his swollen hands
quivered on the edges of the fine paper
and his eyes met the words of comfort
sent from one whose name he did not
know, but who signed herself "a Wom-
an" he wept. Thoughts-overpoweri
crushing thoughts-of another woman the
woman from whom he had been parted
by disease and who waited for him with
young child-their child-in North Caro-
lima, came over him. But he read
on and his hands became stilled, for the
letter he read told OF another leper who
was dying by the wayside and from
whom the people turned even as they now
turn from him. 1t told of a man with a
gentle voice and kindly eyes, who passed
down the road near where the leper lay,
and of how he paused in his walk and,
while the crowd skunk back afraid, walked
to the dying man and laid hands upon
him and made him we'll.
1T Is not for you to say" concluded
the woman. whether 1t is wise that you
shall be cured or not. If 1t is the will of
the God who brought your trouble on you
that you shall be made whole again, then
the healing hand shall be placed upon
YOU and you shall be healed. But 1t Is
for God to say whether 1t is best that
you shall be rid of your leprosy. In His
infinite wisdom He may see fit to allow
the disease to ravage you. His ways are
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ard fu1 e masculine sympathy. sent TO
the leper by his comrades of the Army
and Navy Union.
Before disease laid her cold, unswerv-
ng. implacable hand upon him and
marked him for her own John Early was
a member of Uncle Sans military. With
the men who now write to him he fought
in the Philippines.
The Army and Navy Union met last
week, and at its meeting some one sug-
gested a note of coincidence as the most
fitting recognition by the veterans of
their former comrade in Washington.
When the letter was received by Early
his face lighted up with joy and intense
happiness was expressed on every worn
feature.
''They remember me-" he exclaimed like
a happy child. they remember me. All
God, / never thought that SO many kind
nesses would be shown me through You.
Many are the postal cards that have
made a deep impression upon him is
signed friend and is written, sup
posedly by a man.
"Your fortitude and courage it says.
inspire hearts less brave. All who hear
of your conduct during these trying DAYS
of your life will become better and Drawer
Christians. Keep up your courage and
continue the fight of faith. The Lord
will bless you and keep you and make
his face to shine upon you"
Little does the average man realize
what a letter like that means to the iso-
lated leper, held away from all men on
the banks of the Eastern branch. AS the
soft western sunset lights up the yellow
waters and the dark dank marshes with
a celestial tint Of gold, as the dying sum-
mer wind sings its lullaby among the
stunted trees near the little humble tent
you may see figure, bowed with sarrow
figure whose face is pinched and whose
hands are swollen twice their normal
size, a figure of man, who sits facing
the sun with a postal card in his hand
This Is the postal card he reads; this and
the. one above:
This is to say that your wonderful
faith and beautiful resignation have
strengthened those whose faith sometimes
weakens in the perplexities of Providence.
May Gods grace be with GU and sus-
tain you to the end. Remember we can
only say. This is the Lords doing and
his ways are wonderous in our eyes
The night winds hush. awed by the ST.
lence of dying day. The last briiuant
rays of the sun flash feebly across the
sluggish river and are gone while night 5
army envelops all and a thousand shad-
ows dart out from their hiding places and
creep about the earth.
Above the yellow water the ominous
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not our ways and we must bow to His
omnipotence. Do not seek to work
against the will of God.
Bow to His command: pray and keep
up your faith in Him. In that way. and
in no other way. may you be healed
This letter was a startling exception to
the majority. Most of the missives sent
to the man are of an ultra-optimistic ma
ture, suggesting that prayer will imme-
diately cure him. and that with faith in
God he may arise any morning and find
himself whole.
John Early Is a man possessed of too
deep a religious nature to entirely trust
the numerous letters written him which
declare that his healing depends only on
the measure OF his faith in God.
ut frequently seems to me- says he,
that these letters, though written in the
kindest spirit, are temptations in disguise.
/ do pray to my Maker and 1 do ask to
be saved. But 1 do not request God to
heal me. That is a matter lying entirely
in His province and something which I
have no right to question. Why should
pray to be healed? 1t may be that lie
has sent this affliction upon me to teach
me the error of my ways and to make of
me sacrifice that the world may see and
better understand His teachings.
Il do not believe that l should selfishly
kneel and beg a speedy return to health
from God If He has brought my trouble
upon me. will not pray for myself, for
my body. 1t Is for my soul. not my pol
luted earthly clay. that 1 seek cleansing.
and If God grants that I shall be made
pure in the eternal part of my being. then
I will willingly die without asking that
my body be made whole"
Early's faith in the midst of disease
and death is marvellous. Even the sturdy
guard. an unimpressionabe sort Of per-
son. has admitted on several occasions
that the leper made his great mistake in
life when he didn't start in preachin' !"
All who meet and talk with him are i'm
pressed by his sublime faith-a faith so
strong that it buoys him up and makes
him cheerful at all times.
He does not boast OF his belief in God.
He is a man of modest disposition, and
the very thought of exposing his beliefs
to an inquisitive and uncomprehending
public is distasteful. But underlying his
veneer of shyness is the solid element Of
truth and faith that cannot be shaken by
the sneers and sarcasm of the worldly to
whom that never-failing Nemesis, trou,
BILE. has not yet paid her visit
There is no letter more optimistic in it's
note of encouragement than one written
by Miss Lillian Milan to the sick man.
Throughout the communication Is a deep
tone Of religious strength that admirably
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and through His name and go home to
your wife and child rejoicing"
The letter closes here and Is followed
by numerous biblical references telling OF
places in both testaments where stories
of lepers healed by the faith of the vic
Tins in the Creators power are to be
found
This letter fills the sick man with re-
newed strength. And yet he is deter
mined to continue to work out his own
salvation according to his beliefs. He Is
not afraid to die and he is willing to
face death if 1t is the will Of God.
All sorts OF letters are received by the
man of sorrows. and among the missives
that reach him are many suggesting ma
terial or worldly cures. Some of them
are extremely worldly. One woman tells
him that a certain bug-species unknown
if killed and dried and eaten will coun-
teract the poison in the blood and drive
his leprosy from him.
But of this character of missives is one
that stands out pre-eminent. 1t is note
from woman, signing herself "Sympa-
thizer." who informs the sick man that If
he will take the head of goat and wear
it about his neck for some time his dis
ease will gradually disappear, and inside
of a year he will be we'll.
"Mr John Early begins this letter.
II know that you will think that this is
foolish. but when a man Is In your con-
dition 1t is no time for him to stop at
anything You must try every remedy
suggested if you would be saved. Now,
1 wish to suggest the head of a goat
tied around the neck in the form of a
charm as a cure for leprosy. Strange as
it sounds the head Of goat Will cure
the disease.
You will be required to wear the
charm for from two weeks to year, and
at the end of that time you will be able
to return to your wife and child whole
man again."
In spite of the attractive description OF
the possibilities, Mr.. Early is not inclined
to take favorably to the idea. He Will
fight shy Of the goats head, he says He
One of the stirring appeals-letters of
the kind that make a mans blood t1ngle
and give him a whole-souled feeling OF
companionship-is the note, Short terse
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
The New ALASKA" Wheat.

From the New York Times.
II the half is true, or even a third OF
what is said of the new Alaska" wheat
now ripening on 100 acres belonging TO
Abraham Adams of Juliaetta, Idaho, its
discovery ought to revolutionize the grain
production of the world. Wheat growers
Mr.. Adams farm and have returned with
enthusiastic accounts OF the many-headed
prodigy. 4 single stalk has grown 30
round. plump and nutritious kernels.
which Mr.. j. S. Jones' chemist of the
Idaho experiment station, declares should
be the equal. if not the superior. of the
bluestem wheat III breadmaking quality.
Predictions OF an average yield OF 11
kernels TO the head. despite damage dole
the crop by hot winds. IL accurately made.
mean yield of 10000 bushels from Mr..
Adams 1o9-acre seedng-the product OF
a single stalk found by him in the fertile
valleys of Alaska in 1904.
The japanese peasants have succeeds 20
in growing from 60 10 100 bushels of
wheat an acre by careful fertilization and
by transplanting the individual stalks
What might be done through intensive
cultivation of the new Alaska variety
may be imagined. But M. Adams mon
strous crop awaits the crucial mill test"
which shall determine Its properties in
comparison with other hard wheats. The
chemical tests have already shown that
seed planted both In the spring and fall
makes a yield no different from the best
No. 1 wheat known TO the millers. If the
mill test is equally favorable Mr.. Ad-
ANS will have no difficulty i'm disposing Of
his phenomenal crop for seed at his an
may congratulate itself and him into the
bargain.
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hospital tx. ~ = : Devote their lives
to the care CT these Unfcrtunates.
Free-Will Offering.
In striking contrast 10 ale barrenness
of the living quarters the walls of this
room were covered with wonderful paint
ings of scriptural scenes. In the center
of the main aisle large stand rose. on
which was a great golden bowl contain
ing holy water" At one end Of the
room was tiny pipe organ. At the
other erd stood an immense wax figure
of the Virgin, with the infant Christ in
her arms. Immediately beneath the image
was an enormous table, probably twelve
feet square. and on this. piled high. lay
an indiscriminate mass of gold and silver.
which. on close examination turned out 10
be arms. legs, hands. feet and other men,
bers OF the human body. cleverly fash
Toned in miniature from pure gold and
silver.
These. The doctor explained. were the
deposits of three hundred years. made by
superstitious lepers. If an inmate of the
hospital had lost a finger, he or his rela-
tives had one made of gold. if possible. or.
if they could not afford this. OF silver, and
deposited il on the shrine with prayer
that the missing member be restored by
some MIRAGE and replaced on his body.
The treasure on that table Is worth
many thousands of dollars. yet no one
guards it-not even the sisters. or is d
guard necessary. Not superstitiouS
native of the island could be hired to
lay profane hands on that sacred tribute.
AS the party left the little chapel the
sun. pouring through the stained glass
windows and causing the gold and silver
ornaments on the priceless altar coths
TO glisten in its rays, there entered. from
another door, a woman, who. utterly OBJ
livious of our presence. cast herself weep
ing at the foot of the shrine and prayed
Gently the doctor closed the door and
the visitors found themselves again in
the patios. where. coming toward them
from the other end of the courtyard, was
Juan.
''Say?" he shouted. You come gain.
plees We like veesetoors.'
Don't let him come near us again"
the visitors begged the doctor. They had
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Without execution their eyes were oeeD
set and leaden hued: eloquent of the
utter hopelessness which pervadsd the
very atmosphere of the place. Without
exception. too. their noses We're swollen
to twice their normal size. and spread at
the base until. in some cases. they were
fully three inches across. Their ears. too.
were swollen until they must have been
useless, and in the case of several in
whom the disease had reached a more
advanced stage only par; of the ear
remained.- The rest had slouGhed off.
Not a leper was there whose joints We're
not swollen and whose skin did not crack.
The skin of all had dead, lifeless TINT.
Several there were with fingers and toes
gone. but the flesh remaining was as
smooth and free from sores as If the
missing members had been cleanly ampu-
tated by master surgeon. Such. the doc
tor told US, was characteristic of the dis
ease.
AS the visitors were leaving the court
for the mems department-the living
rooms of the unmarried men and women
being separated by great wall-Juan
Rodriguez Garcia, the oldest resident
of the hospital came down the stairs
from his room. and. seeing them, quick
ened his steps in their direction.
Juan has been an inmate Of the hospi-