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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-01-23
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
TAP CENTRAL 0REGONp

The announcement that Mr..
Hartman is about to build a rail-
road into.Central Oregon, which
appeared in The Oregonian a day
or two ago, is another one of those
semioccasional mouthings eminat-
ing from some of the Hartman
Office boys connected with the o.
r. & N. or S. P. lines in this
State.
The people,of this section have
been fed upon such rumors for
many years, long before Mr..
Hartman emerged from his
dingy Wall-street Office to find
that there was such a place as
Oregon.
But let the reader for mom-
ent ponder over the latest pro-
nunciamento and think what it
means for us to have a railroad
built up the Des Chutes to Red
mond.
The simple announcement that
such a road is to tap Central
Oregon" is on a par with the
railway promises given out for
the last quarter of a century.
Taking Burns as the metropo-
lis of the great Harvey county,
and as the entrepost of an area
almost two-thirds as large as the
entire State, it will be seen by
referring to any map, that with
this road constructed we would
still be over a hundred miles
from a railway station, and the
nearest one would be then, as
now, at Austin, for Redmond is
100 miles from Burns.
No railway from the Columbia
can ever be of any great relief to
this country-no number of roads
from there can much assist us.
Let the Sumpter Valley be eX-
tended across two or three noun
tain ranges; let the Biggs branch
come up the Des Chutes and
across the hills, and let another
be built up the John Day-and
what will they amount to in COM
parison with a road from Boise
to Coos bay.
We are free to admit that con-
nections with the o. r. & N.
would benefit us to a degree in
the way of taxable property, and
to some extent would facilitate
passenger traffic and cheaper ex-
press charges; but as an outlet to
the lumber, stock and agricultu-
raj interests of the country they
would amount to nothing.
To the city of Portland any and
all such railways would amount
to much, and the Hartman in
trests seem to be based on the
hypothesis that all of the trade
Of Oregon must go to Portland,
regardless of the interests of the
subserVient country.
We are all loyal to Portland,
we acknowledge it, and with
pride, as the metropolis of the
Northwest; and we hope it will
grow in population, in stability,
in financial and mercantile i'm
portance until it is the mistress
of the Pacific-and we will ever
be ready to pay tribute to it.
But let the people of Portland |
and the Hartman people remem-
ber that the interests of Portland |
can best be subserved by treat
ing us all fairly, by assisting in
the development of the entire
tributary area, and that the build
ing up Of Boise, the development
of central Oregon and the build
ing of a great harbor at Coos bay
will but add glory and prestige
and prosperity to Portland.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-01-23
SIMON LEWIS.

Woods Liver Medicine in IL
quid form regulates the liver re-
lieves sick headache constipation,
stomach, kidney disorders and
act a gentle laxative. For chills
fever and malaria. It's tonic eff
fects on the system felt with the
first dose. The $l.00 bottle con-
tains "a times as much as the
SOC size. Sold by The Welcome
Pharmacy Burns, Ore, Fred
Haines. Harvey, Ore.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-01-23

Remember the Inland Empire
Realty Co. furnish competent
help free. If you need help call
and see us.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
EDWIN YOUNG FALLS
HEIR TO FORTUNE
Delivery Man Known to Everybody
Says Wealth Will Not Spoil His
Desire for Hard Work.

Edwin Young of Folsom avenue
stepped into the Herald office last
evening and announced himself to be
co-heir with his sister, who lives in
Kentucky, to an estate worth 1854, 900
His share of $4,000 will be paid over
to him October % of this year. The
money comes from the estate of his
aunt. who died six years ago but who
~ hvr property to her husband
during his life. to go to her nephew
and niece upon his death. The uncle
has died and the estate now passes
into the hands of Mr.. Young, and his
sister, who is married and has her
home in Kentucky.
The bulk of the estate consisted of
coal lands which. by an arrangement
with coal company has been sold,
the heirs thus converting their inter-
est into actual cash.
Just say" said Mr.. Young that
Ed. Young, the former meat delivery
driver. whom everybody knows, has
fallen heir to a fortune. Just say
that common Yakima laborer, ranch
hand, is to have barrel of money.
But say, also. thaat he was built to
hustle and he proposes to stick to
work, fortune or no fortune"
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
ALEX. SLOAN RETURNS HOME
Says He Had Delightful Time al
Washington.

Alex. Sloan, chairman of the Re-
publican Central committee who has
been visiting in the east for a month,
returned to North Yakima Thursday
looking we'll and reporting an excel
lent trip. Senator Jones. he says,
gave him so good a time at Washing
ton that he is now qualified to con-
duct the government print shop. the
treasury department or furnish de-
tailed information to visitors at the
capitol President Taft put Mr.. Sloan
on his visiting list. and among the
souvenirs the North Yakima man
brought home is his invitation to the
Inauguration ceremonies with two
steel engravings enclosed, one of the
president and the other of the vice
president The weather, at Washing
ton however, was fearful and the
slush was several inches deep. At
Baltimore the blizzard Frustrated all
the telephone and telegraph lines.
Mr.. Sloan visited New York, Phil
adelphia, Chicago, went down as far
as Jackson. Miss, and into Kentucky.
He saw all his kinsfolk, had a SPLEEN
did trip, says the south is develop
ing wonderfully and is glad to be at
home again.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
TOPPENIsH Will REMAIN
Has Guarantee Fund Raised-WapatO
May be Admitted-F'ans and
Col. Payne Worried.

Toppenish will be member of the
Yakima valley league the coming
summer. After keeping the directors
of the league awake nights by their
dilatory tactics and threats to with
draw the fans of Toppenish have
scraped together the money for the
guarantee, and will be in the fold with
the rest of the bunch at the start.
The hustling little town of Wapato
wants to get in the league, and place
may be made for it.. and the league
made a five town affair instead of
four If any other town in the va
kima valley wants to get in the lea
que, all they have to do is to put up
5000 guarantee, and scrape a team
together, and show the directors they
mean business.
Ellcnsburg Gets Huffy.'
The fans of Ellensburg have risen
in the dignity of their righteous
wrath and resent the isinuations that
they are affected with cold feet, and
by peculiar course of figuring have
the pennant won already. AS Pros
ser and Doc Angus have COPIED the
rag somebody is going to be disap-
pointed before the middle of August
Prosser has her team practically COM
pleted, and is training with the Van
couver team of the Northwest league
every afternoon and evening. Ac-
cording to reports both Prosser and
Ellensburg are crazy about baseball
and if North Yakima showed one
half the enthusiasm that these burgs
= L
ing around on one leg in the biggest
town on the circuit.
The Case of Mr.. Anderson.
Sound papers announce that Mig
Anderson the fiaXen haired pitcher is
going to play baseball with Seattle
this summer Mr.. Anderson has an
nounced that he will play with North
Yakima this season. and has a job in
thelum Der yard. The question arises
where is Mr.. Anderson at? Either
the sound papers or Anderson don't
know what they are talking about,
and mayhap the big fellow is picking
up hot cake money in the sagebrush
while waiting for the call for duty at
Seattle. anderson is too good a pit
cher to be fooling around in the brush
and he ought to let somebody know
whether he is here or there. If Mr..
Anderson intends to pitch for the Se-
attic team, he should say so. and not
keep everybody guessing about what
he is going to do. If he decires to
link his fortunes with Seattle it won't
hurt anyboody's feelings as the world
is wide and full of pitchers looking
for jobs.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
LABOR WANTED
FOR RAILROADS
AGENTS LOOK FOR Men
Spring Work OH the Farm Is Handi-
capped by Shyness Of Help -
Plenty of Jobs.

Shortage of labor in the Yakima
valley is still causing Inconvenience
to railroad construction and spring
farm work. Constant demands al
the employment agencies for toll
ers have resulted in but a slight re-
lief, and in some instances in the low
err valley country spring blowing and
early orchard work has been handi-
capped by the lack of men to do the
spraying and grip the pillow handles
Orders have been issued by local en-
ployment shops for men from the
sound, but little relief is expected from
that source. If all the idle would get
busy. the situation would be cleared
up to a great extent, but nobody wants
to work hard.
Railroads Call For Help.
Railroad construction on the North
Coast and Priest Rapids railroad is
beginning to boom. and agents of the
company are looking for men to fill
the many vacant places. F. L. Stew
ems, superintendent of the Priest Rap
ids railroad has sent word to employ
ment agencies in this city to secure
fifty men and needs as many m ore in
order to finish the work on schedule
time.
time, North Coast construction work
near Kiona and Kennewick is handi-
capped by a shortage of men and
teams and are need of help. The same
company is also hard pressed fol-
bridge men in the construction of the
Columbia river bridge.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
LONG DISTANCE JUSTICE
George Swazcy Charged With Assault
and Battery.

Justice was dispensed over the long
distance telephone Thursday morning
by Justice of the Peace Hunt in the
case of George Swazey of Toppenish
charged with assault and battery.
Swazey was arrested by Sheriff Lam
caster at Toppenish Thursday morn
ing and his attorney G. c. Lee plead
ed guilty for his client over the tele-
phone. Tho evidence was submitted
by wire and Swazey fined twenty dol
lars and costs which he paid to the
waiting sheriff. The hearing taking
of evidence and all the court formal
tiles were gone through with the aid
Of the telephone. The procedure is
held valid and is the first time that
such legal procedure has ever been
taken by telephone.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31

plenty of husky men asking for sleep
ing accommodations at the city Jail,
and wanting the price of q meal from
people they never saw before. Ranch
hands are offered $50 per day and
board and room. but the food of the
''jungles" and the city jail looks bet
ter to many than the wholesome food
of the farm and bed in the hayloft.
Jobless Mcn-Menless Jobs.
Iailroad operations in lower Yaki-
ma valley and on the Columbia river
are also hard pressed for men. Sc
attic and Tacoma employment Offices
have sent several large parties, most
ly foreigners, to do the work. and still
the demand is heavy for men and
teams. Japs are also used in the
work, but the little brown men are
not heavy enough in the beam to hold
a scraper, or pack rails, and good
American labor is preferred by the
contractors. There are plenty Of idle
men, but few DESTROYS of finding hon
est toll.
Sagebrush Activity.
1t is estimated by the employment
agencies that 200 men are engaged
in cleaning sagebrush in the Yakima
valley, and many more are needed to
supply the calls for help. Near Rich
land and Parker a large force of men
are engaged by real estate concerns in
cleaning up dry land preparatory to
placing the same on the market. Irri-
cation and orchard work are also de-
manding men. On many sagebrush
farms the land is being cleaned by a
traction engine and a sagebrush clean
err. and all the men have to do is to
pick up the sage and pile 1t ready for
burning.
Good Wages No Attraction.
Good wages and special induce
ments offer no attraction to the man
who must toll. A prominent Parker
rancher hunted all day Thursday for
men and found five who were willing
to take a chance on being able to fix
an irrigation ditch at $3.50 per day
and board. Most of the men prefer
to sit in the warm spring sunshine
by day and loaf around Front street
saloons by night. Employment agents
claim that there are three dozen men
in town who would serve life SEN
tence in prison befor going at honest
work.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
YAKIMA LABEL GOOD ENOUGH
Commercial Club Secretary Goes Out
After Eastern Fruit journal
Editors for Information.

II. 2. James has written to a New
York fruit paper. writing as secre-
tary of the Commercial club, asking
if it knows of any Yakima dealer in
apples who is shipping fruit grown
there under Hood River label. If
the New York editors know of such
Mr.. James wants them to come
through with the information. He
does not believe they do but an in
cident, or a coincidence, of the past
few days has moved him to make the
enquiry. Two different fruit papers
published in New York have come to
Norts Yakima within the past two
or three days, each containing a
marked article In each instance the
article was an interview with Hood
River man, who spoke of the rival
fruit dealers and districts which were
injuring the reputation of Hood River
by sending out fruit, grown hundreds
of miles from Hood River, but marked
with the Hood River label. Why
these papers were marked and sent
here Mr.. James wants to know.
No One Foolish Enough.
There is no fruit dealer in Yakima
who would want to mark fruit grown
here as having been produced in Hood
River. There is no fruit dealer in
the Yakima valley, so far as Mr..
James knows, who is not as proud of
the fruit grown here and of the repu-
tation of this valley as is'the proudest
man in Hood River of his district
Neither can Mr.. James see how any
dealer could profit by selling inferior
fruit under a Hood River label.
1t is known that a quantity of Yak
ina valley apples have been purchas-
pie, but what label they went out un-
der was never investigated 1t is con-
sidered probable, however, that If in
ferior Yakima stock has been called
Hood River the same fate has befal-
len superior stock Aown in this dis
trict. No on believes. however, that
there is any likelihood that any Yaki-
ma dealer is bothering about that
proposition.
Clever Advertising Dodge.
That the whole affair is a clever
advertising dodge to get "write-up"
matter in the eastern fruit papers is
the opinion, which Mr.. James leans
to, but he is endeavoring, however, to
first ascertain what the eastern men
think. 1t has already been reported
to local men that matter injurious to
North Yakima has peen peddled in
New York among fruit men by some
who have felt the growing Importance
of the Yakima district.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
RAILROAD BRANCH
THROUGH BIG BEND
Northern Pacific Expects to Construct
Line Which Will Give Wheat of
That Section an Outlet

A branch railroad line from Adrian,
down through the Moses lake country
to Pasco, is to be constructed by the
Northern Pacific railroad, some time.
The authority for this statement is
President Elliott of the railroad, who
made the announcement in Seattle.
The line. he said. would make an
opening for the immense wheat fields
of the Big Bend country, giving a very
easy grade to Pasco, from which
point the wheat would go to tidewater
by way of the North Bank road. The
railroad expect tshat the Moses lake
country will be irrigated at no distant
date.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
ELECTED OFFICERS ARE
ALONE EXEMPT
Absence From "a Homestead Entry by
Persons Holding Appointive Of
fees Will be no Excuse.

'In no case is official employment
to be accepted as an excuse for alb
sence from homestead entry where
Communication proof is offered" The
foregoing is an extract from circular
received by Register Saint at the land
Office Saturday and sent out from
Washington by Commissioner Fred
bennett. In the case of Ed. Jenkins.
which was decided by the departm ent
on February 3, it was held that the
absence of a person from his home
stead entry. on account of his duties
as "A public official, cannot be excus-
ed in the consideration of communal
ton proof
Old Practice Is CurtaiIcd.
For many years. says the circular
it has been the practice of the dee
partment to permit a homestead en-
tryman, who had established residence
on his claim afterward had been elect
ed or appointed to a federal. state
or county Office. to be absent from
his entry If required by his official
duty and to consider such grave abuse
that the objects of the homestead law
were to great extent defeated and the
department has therefore decided to
discontinue the privilege in so far as
it applied to persons appointed to Of
fee and limit it to persons elected to
Office. Persons having homestead en-
tries. who enter upon public service
in nonelective positions. to which they
were not appointed prior to the date
of the circular. will be required to
comply fully with all the provisions
of the homestead law just as other
settlers.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31

is no significance in the matter any
way, but the conditions at the two
schools are so strikingly reversed as
to call for comment.
Babies Bring in Flowers.
Spring has come in the kindergar-
ten. Already the babies are bringing
in the wind flowers. the pansy faced
violets and the yellow bells. Young
ornithologists are reporting the ar
rival of bluebirds, meadow larks and
wild "tanaries." A stenciled frieze of
yellow jonquils runs one length of the
blackboard in the kindergarten room
at Central, pussy willows are upon the
piano, and the v alls are hung with
ultra-amateurish reproductions of
spring flowers, crocuses cut from col
ored paper with scissors, violets and
pussy willows highly wrought in era
yons or water colors. They have a
little game illustrating how the far
mer ploughs, harrows, hoes and sows
his field and they know wonderful
things about irrigation.
Have Garden Of Their Own
They have a garden plot of their
own in one corner of the school yard
all ready for planting and each baby
is to have his individual garden bed
of radish, lettuce, pansies and asters
to enter in competition with the agri-
cultural efforts of all the other school
children of the city for the prizes to
be awarded by the school board at the
end of school. The preparation of the
ground was the work of the boys in
the grades at Central and they help
ed Janitor Sanford lay a lot of extra
pipe so that there are several faucets
in the immediate vicinity of the gar
den now. Some of the grades will
grow vegetables and some flowers.
Embryo Speakers at School.
There bids promise to develop some
rare raconteur or famous after dinner
speaker from the kindergarten at
Central. Nearly all of the little boys
and girls know how to tell a story
wildly and with considerable detail.
Reon, the only little colored child in
the class. has the gift of his race for
narrative. He tells with great effect
an involved story of mouse which
lost it's pretty long tail to a cat who
promised to restore 1t if the mouse
gives HeT SOI1e ulllk. lHe COW Will
give the milk if some one gives her
some hay. and so on through a boy
who asks for the key to the barn, the
smith who will make the key If some
one brings him coal and so on. Reon
tells thrilling and incredulous adven-
lures of his own in an equally spirit
ed manner.
Have Stories OF Their Own
Virgil knows an exciting tale about
Billy Bobtail but doesn't always care
to tell it because its pretty long"
and he gets out of breath before he
is through" Perry's, star performance
is the history of a gingerbread man
who disappears a leg and an arm at a
time and announces his own demise
with Going, going gone
The kindergarten is fast increasing
in popularity in North Yakima. The
Central class which started with six
children in the fall, now numbers
thirty-seven, besides having promoted
several into the first grade at the close
of the first semSter.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
. EAST VS.. WEST-BOY VS.. GIRL
Conditions i'm Public School Kinder
gartens Give Rise to Some
WOnder-Pupils Happy.

Are there more boys born on the
, east side than on the west?" is a
question in sociology which is puz-
Wing the city kindergarten teachers.
At the Central school kindergarten
: there are two boys to every girl. while
= St sthe Columbia school conditions
. are just reversed. At Miss Alice Scud-
/. der's private kindergarten the division
of the sexes is more nearly even with
the boys slightly proponderant. but
her scholars come from both sides of
town so that her statistics would have
no effect on the question. As great
many of the little ones were not born
lin North Yakima at all, perhaps there
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
The Lurid Glow OF Doom

was seen in the red face, hands and
body of the little son of H. M.
Adams of Henrietta, Pa. His awful
plight from eczema had, for Ave
years, defied all remedies and
baffled the best doctors, who said
the poisoned blood had affected his
lungs and nothing could save him.
But" writes his mother, "seven
bottles of Electric Bitters completely
cured him." For eruptions, eczema,
salt rheum, sores and all blood dis
orders and rheumakis Electric Bit
tiers is supreme. Only soc. Guar
anteed by c. c. Case.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31

GRANDVIEW.-Tn farmers in
this locality who received notice from
the government that water could not
be supplied this season feel confident
that they viii get it after all. The
Commercial club. as well as farmers.
took the matter up with Senator Wes-
ley l.. Jones, who investigated it.
sending the farmers assurance that
they Will receive water. Since then
land has been advancing steadily in
price
Grandview is having boom. The
building activity Is great in accord
ance with the size of the place. There
are numerous dwellings, under CON
struction and several large buildings
are being erected.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
Wool Not All Sold.

BAKER CITY. Ore. March 81
An official canvas of the wool growers
of Baker county shows $4,000 pounds
of wool of this seasons clip yet I'M
sold. The canvas was made to prove
the falsity of the statement published
to the effect that nearly all local wool
had been sold.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31
CONTRACTS HOPS At TEN CENTS
Il. b. Hcrsom viii Sell 10000 pounds
to New York Dealers

A hop contract filed with the coun-
ty auditor Thursday shows that f.. E.
Hersom and wife have contracted
with ID. Dickinson 4 Co., Malone. n.
Y. to furnish $1,000 pounds of 1909
hops at 10 cents a pound. Mr.. Her
som is cultivating Is acres nine miles
west of North Yakima. He received
1920 at the time the contract was
signed. will receive $500 at hop pick
ing time and the balance on delivery
of the hops which must be between
October Is and November /, at the
railway station here. Charles Car
penter is the local agent of the pur-
chasing firm.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-03-31

This project embraces 21t.0o0
acres of Oregon's best agricultlrM
lands. 400 miles of canals are a.
ready built and In operation. SaouD
your water right today. and yol en-
commence farming tonorrev. -
soil in this region Is dssp an4 fsseAAL
The climate is mild. there BENG -
sunny days each year. NO 61O
Blows. Investigate thh STA0U
PROJECT. 1t will repay you.