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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-10-09
II IS THE uRnAr NORTHERN.

On authority, which for var-
Gus reasons it cannot name, the
Oregonian says that the Great
Northern and not James J. Hill,
individually, is backing the
Oregon Trunk line and chat for
NAL announcement of the fact
soon will be made. Coupled
with this statement is the decla-
ration that the Great Northern
directors have received bids upon
the construction of 900 miles of
railroad for its southern extern
sion on the Pacific coast. The
building of 900 miles of railroad
apparently can mean but one
thing, although the report does
not name the terminus of the
Oregon Trunk lire. The distance
from Portland to San Francisco
by the Southern Pacific is 772
miles so 900 miles would provide
for O road to the California me-
tropolis, and also for the Oregon
feeders that are reported to be
planned. In addition, the posi-
tive statement is made that the
Great Northern has purchased
the Pacific and Eastern, the rail-
road now being extended from
Medford eastward to Butte Falls
and toward passes in the Cascade
range of mountains leading into
Central Oregon. In addition TO
this intimation is now given that
the Great Northern is planning
to take over the Northern Pacific
interest in the North Bank as
part of the scheme of invading
California. The Great Northern,
according to the statements made
will connect up with the Oregon
Trunk line in the vicinity of The
Dalles by bridging the Columbia
river. This plan will bring the
Oregon Trunk into Portland and
into the North Bank terminal.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-10-09
Burns - Diamond
Stage Line
J. E. HARPER, Prop,.

Leaves Burns every Monday, wednes'
day and Friday Tor Diamond. Connects
with the Andrews- DEMO stage. making
the most direct and quickest route TO all
points south and the new gold fields Of
Dyke and other northern Nevada points
Careful attention given TO passengers
and freight For particular information
apply 10
CHESTER CAurER, Agent
Burns, Oregon
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1909-10-09
NOTICE For PUBLICATION.


UNITED STATES LAND OsPfcx
Burns. Oregon, August o., 1909.
NOslcc il hereby given tha; Frank @ Fist,r,
Of Lawen, oregon, who. ON December "a, i00i
made dcHefi.iAud entry No. 80. Serial No. 0lot7
for M MA, Section 10, Township % South,
Range 10 EaEt, willamette Meridian has aled
notice OF intention 10 % axe FINAL Proof 20
establish claim 10 the land above described,
before the Register aud Receiver, AT Burns. or.
eFon, on the i2th day Of October 1909,
Claimant names ~ witnesses;
william II, Cecil. Roy Thurman, Samuel A,
healey, All OF Hartman. Oregon. Chapman O.
Smith, Of Burns, Oregon
VIZ. FARRE. Register
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11
Little Tiny b Dead.

After a shor, illness at the Price
Court Inn, March End, 1909, the
Vetenary Artist called in to her
assistance was a sad failure and
her gentle eyes that beamed with
love and obedience for her master
were closed in death, and soon
after her lifeless body was con-
signed to mother earth without
The benefit of clergy. But one
sympathetic heart that loved her,
when the October days shall come
again, will remember the lonely
mound that hides her from the
woes of foTgetful world, and will
gather armfulls of sweet scented
dog fennel and plare on her grave,
where the crickets will make them
a home and sing the last requiem
to the silent dead.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

By way of comparison it may
be worth while to note that at the
recent term of the court of gener-
al sessions in Bamberg county,
four persons were tried for mur-
der. Bamberg is one of the small
lest counties in the state, but it
supports three dispensaries.
Cherokee is prohibition county
with twice the number of inhabi-
tants that Bamberg claims, but it
was the Gaffney Ledger, we be-
lieve, that was boasting some time
ago over the fact that the court of
general sessions was adjourned af-
ter brief session because it had
no work to do. If our anti-prohi-
bition friends will take the trou-
BILE to look around they will find
that a trail of crime invariably fol-
lows in the wake of whiskey.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11
No Credit.

The public will please take no.
tice that hereafter no school books
will be sold on credit. There has
been so much con fusion of ac-
counts where the purchases have
been made by school children by
authority of their parents that we
deem it only business-like hereaf-
ter to sell school books for CASH
only. This rule applies to every
body and we trust that none of
our friends will take offense at
our refusal to extend them credit
after the publication of this notice.
HERALD BOOK &
STATIONERY co
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

to the prohibitionists. The law
that makes duelling a crime is for
the protection of society and the
man who redicules the law SIM
ply because he is opposed to it is
an undesirable citizen. The pro-
hibition Measure is for the pro-
lection of the weak and for that
very reason the stronger man, re-
gardless Of personal sentiments as
to the method of controlling the
sale of alcoholic beverages, should
give the law his undivided support.
Left to themselves the prohibition
lists cannot make the law effective
because they do not represent the
entire citizenship of the common
wealth, but we hazard the pre-
diction that if every law.abiding
citizen of the State gives it the
support it deserves and the mum
icipal authorities, particularly, up
on whom the greater response
bility rests exercise due diligence
in its enforcement it will come
nearer solving the whiskey prob
lem than any method so far de-
vised. Therefore the enforce
ment of the law is not up to the
prohibitionists any more than i:
is up to the anti-prohibitionists
There IS no sentimental side to
the whiskey problem; the illegal
sale of whiskey is a bare-faced,
practical proposition that must be
met and overcome just the same
as certain form of lawlesSness
in the west was met and over.
come in the 4O's-by the strong
arm of the law. Where public
sentiment condones murder OF
any other crime there is a deplor'
able lack of enlightenment anc
intelligence. And the same thing
may be applied to a community
where public sentiment sympa
thizes with the illegal sale o
whiskey.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

last two inaugurations have been
mild has had much to do with the
neglect in changing the date for
this national event but if Con-
gress does its duty during the
next four years it should change
the date before Mr.. Taft's
successor takes his office. The
original day for Inauguration was
the thirtieth of April and it is
probably that every one from
this section who has gone to the
Capital to take part in the cele-
bration will come back with the
full conviction that the date should
be changed to the one on which
tee first President was inaugu-
rated.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11
ATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STA rE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF MARION.
By p. B. Hainer,
Probate Judge:
WHEREAS, j. M. Sprunt has made
suit to me. to grant him Letters of Ad-
ministration of the Estate and effects Of
]. K. Sprunt.
THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite
and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors Of the said J. e.
Sprunt. deceased, that they be and ap-
pear before me, in the Court of Pro-
bate, to be held at Marion, q. c., on
March 18TH, 1909. next, after publiea.
tion hereof, at IL o'clock in the fore.
noon, to show cause, II any they have.
why the said Administration should
not be granted.
GIVEN under my hand this. snd day
Of March, Ammo Domini 1909.
p. 3. Hamer,
3-12-2t Judge of Probate.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11
fext Of the Lien Law.

The law that repeals the lien
law is "a simple little instrument
with but few words. In number
of words and variety of super
fluous phrases it contrasts strange
ly with the prohibition DILL which
caused so much fuss and feath-
ers" in both branches of the gen.
eral assembly and which is of so
. little practical value to the masses.
Following is a text of the law:
. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of South
Carolina that Section 3,059, Vol
ume l.. Code OF Laws of South
Carolina. 1902, relating to liens
. for advances be, and the same is,
. hereby repealed.
:. Section 2. That all Acts or
parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be. and the same are,
Hereby repealed. Section 8. This
Act shall take effect on the first
day OF. January, A. D. 1910. Pro-
vided that all liens taken before
this Act takes effect shall be valid
and may be enforced as now pro-
vided by law. Approved March
a, 1909.
The law does not abolish the
credit system entirely. A mort.
gage can be given over a growing
crop which will answer the same
purposes as the lien, but it will
not be valid if it ante-dates the
month in which the crop begins tc
grow. And right here the court.
will have to wrestle with a fine
of law: Whether a planted
crop will be construed as grow
ing" from the time seed are planted
or from the time the plants breal
through the surface of the gl ound
If the former it will be an easy
matter to violate the law, both il
letter and spirit, without any
fear of detection. If the genera
assembly had repealed the chatte
mortgage law so far as it apple:
to growing crops the country
would. have been saved a lot Of
4 useless litigation.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11
Danger In Overdrawins.

Under the provisions of an act
passed at the recent session of the
general assembly the bankers can
throw the red ink out the window,
rest their. feet upon the desk and
take life easy. There will be no
more overdrafts because the act
makes 1t a misdemeanor to over
draw your account. Following is
a text of the act which will bring
sorrow to so many souls:
Any person who shall hereafter
draw or utter any check, draft
or order upon bank, banking
house, person, firm or corporation
with which or whom he has not,
at that time sufficient funds to
meet the same and shall thereby
obtain from another money or 9TH
er thing of value or postpone any
remedy he may have against such
drawer, shall be- deemed guilty of
misdemeanor,' and upon convic-
tion, shall be punished by fine or
Imprisonment in the discretion of
the court; the offense to be within
the jurisdiction of the magistrates S
court if the value of the property
obtained be less than $40, and be
punished by a fine not exceeding
800 or Imprisonment not exceed
ing thirty days. Provided, that
If such persons shall deposit with
the drawee of such paper within
80 days thereafter funds sufficient
to meet the same with all costs
and interes. which may have ac-
crued, the prosecution under this
act shall be discontinued.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

A contemporary whose name we
can not recall at this moment en-
.quired the other dav if the prohi-
bitionists would see that the law
was enforced If the prohibition
measure passed the general as
sembly. The purpose of the
enquiry evidently was to put the
enforcement of the prohibition
law squarely up to its advocates.
bat the attitude assumed by our
contemporary is wrong. The
prohibition measure has become a
law and the responsibility for its
enforcement belongs as much to
the anti-prohibisionists as it does
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

The small incident of the state
of the weather one day this week
will probably decide a question
of considerable moment that
comes up every four years to be
laid aside without decision un-
til another four years has rolled
by. If the Fourth of March
should happen to be very cold or
snowy it is believed that Mr..
Taft's term may be extended by
nearly two months and that
Congress after all its dallying
with the subject will settle it once
for all that the next Inauguration
shall take place or the thirtieth
of April. 1t is important that
this decision should be made for
the Fourth of March comes in the
most uncertain and disagreeable
season of the year at the Ma
tional Capital and the lives of
many thousands of citizens from
every part of the country are
jeopardized at every inaugu-
ration. The last of April on
the contrary is the period
when the city Is at its best and
when there is every reasonable
assurance that the weather
will be balmy. The fact tina. the
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

A number of members of Con-
gress have asserted that the Pres
ident cannot live ON fifty thousand
dollars year. Still a number of
them have done it and we have
never yet heard of a man who re-
fused the job because the pay was
too small.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

Other fleets may follow its
footsteps" says Ex-President
Roosevelt in a burst of enthuSi-
asm over the return of the feet.
His false metaphor serves to re-
call that famous ne of Tim Camp
bell of New York, In the jungle
where the hand of man has never
set foot"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

Millionaire Fletcher of maSti-
eating fame has moved into a
New York slum for the benevo-
lent purpose of showing the poor
how to chew their food. The
slums don't feel as enthusiastic
as they should feel. They are
still foclishly insisting on having
something to chew.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

A number of people are wonder
ing if with the retirement Of its
organizer the Ananias Club will
lose its charter or is it like the Ma
sonic Societies, once a ruember.
always a member.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

Bed room suits, mattresses,
chairs, bed springs, mating, rugs,
and anything in the furniture line.
PIANOS. Give me a call before
purchasing. w. c. BRACEY, Agt.
3-4-3t
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

President-elect Taft is said to
have heaved q great sigh of re-
lief when the Cabinet was finally
completed. Perhaps he forgot
the several thousand post offices
yet to be filled.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

The crown prince of Germany
wants to come to this country
as a private gentleman might"
But Father William has refused
permission. Perhaps he thought
the job too big for his young
son and heir.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

strong that bound them ,oge,ner.
Sad indeed was Joe Cabell's heart
as he eazed upon her lifeless form,
floods Of memories possessed his
soul. Memories of the happy
days of the never to be recalled
past. Tie eloquent grateful way
of her lite tail that often prompt
ed him to share with her the last
slice of his hotel pie. All this
will live with the bereaved Joe
Cabell.
Like his shadow, day by day.
Tiny FOLLOWED all the way,
For ten long ,ears. Ger hill and
dale.
Tiny followed On his trail.
Over fifteen states, he led the
chase,
But faithful Tin, kept the pace,
Hunger, thirst. ,o!d and heat,
Gould not stay hT weary feet.
Alas, alas that death should part,
Such faithful frieids, such loyal
hearts,
Who knows, that in the great be-
yond,
More lasting friend.hip may be
found. M.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

In this matter of the steel trust
il looks to us as if Roosevelt had
gone in with a high power auto
mobile where angels fear to
treat.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

Hero Binns is about to be mar
ried. Some kind friend ought to
make it clear to him that 10 a
mount of c. Q. D. signals brings
rescue on that sea.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11
WASHINGTON LETTER
News From Our Busy Capital

Andrew Carnegie has an
nonnced a contribution for the
purpose of reforming. At last,
it would seem, he has found a
method by which he may die
poor.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

Mr.. Taft has written a letter on
optimism. 1t will be interesting
to compare 1t with its messages
to Congress in a year two.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

For SALE-1OO Blu. Peas, 5000
lbs. Fodder, 5000 lbs. Hay, 5000
lbs. Sheaf Oats, S Tons Nitrate So
da. J. c. Cottilghan
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

Ten years have come and gone
since Tiny was discovered in a
gentlemen's kennel in the Confed-
crate States Capital of long ago.
Tiny was but a small lump of q
dog at that time, but after a few
months she had attained some ce.
lebrity, by wabling over the back
yard, barking at Shanghi Roosterx,
and scratching fleas. In regards
to her family tree, all traces have
been lost. Whether or not she
was in a direcl :ac from me dogs
hat licked up I",abcu's blood or
the more hum ne mes ,tal uurscd
and cared ftr ...r E1 I.gras
nc one can sa How me ,ck
was done we I" au. En.v but bv'
some hook o. lnc rube!.
DAVIS secure ~ adopted his
dimiautive carta, Nv. ,ic las
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-03-11

Statement o, Claims Audited by County
board Of Commissioners of Marion
County. Tuesday. March,
md. 1909.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-05

picking It's steps among the broken
granite blocks which had tumbled
upon the ancient path from the noun
tain wall above. A burro followed,
laGen heavily with pack, bed roll. pick,
frying pan and battered coffeepot. yet
stepping along sure footedly as the
mountain sheep that first formed the
trail ages ago ard Wlicse petliiied hoof
prints still remain to afford footing
for the scarcely larger hoofs of the
pack animal
An awful stiffness hung over the
scene that was broken only by the
click of hoofs of horse and burrO
upon the rocks and the clatter Of the
loose stones they dislodged that rolled
and skipped down the mountain side.
Not breath of air was stirring. and
the sun blazed down from the zenith
with such fierce and direct radiation
that the wayfarpr needed not to OBJ
serve the shadows to note Its exact
position in the heavens. Singly among
the broken blocks and in banks along
tho lodges the cactus had burst under
the heat. as 1t We're. into the spon-
taneous combustion of tlowery flame
To the traveller passing beside them
their red blooms bla.ed with the rri
tating sunertluity of torchlight pro
ceSSion mt MONDAY.
The trail leads Gown to Il flat leCge
which ovcrIcol:.; the desert ard which
is the observatory whittier countless
generations OF mountain sheep have
1 been v'"ni +" re,."' IL survey 'hc
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-05

I've paid for by n year of hard work
and absence from her side stay just
as near Echo Allen as | can bring
them alive and. If there's any truth in
what they say about spirits disclosing
in dreams the place of buried treas
ure. with the chance of my getting
them to her after am dead"
Taking the useless powders from
the edge of the cliff. but carefully, so
rs not to expose himself to the fire Of
the Apaches. he piled them on top Of
the upper wall in such a fashion as to
form little turrets. He left an open
ing in each. through which he could
observe in turn each point Of the COM
pass whence danger might be expect
ed and could fire his Winchester with
out exposing himself Then he began
going from post to post on contin-
uous round of self imposed sentinel
duty. "If could only climb the sa-
huaro." he thought. "and fly my red
shirt as a flag to let the rurales know
I've flanked the enemy. 1t might hur-
~ them along In time to put crimp
In these devils before they get me.
But it'll have to be hold the fort
without any oh, say can you seer
business Anyhow. I'm flying the rat
tlesnake flag of Bunker Hill. Don't
tread on me! Whether the rurales
see it or not, I've saved their hides.
If the Apaches had got to this fort
first. gee, how they would have crum-
pied up the greasers as they came
along the trail!"
Rendered thirsty by his exertions
Lane remembered the canteen in the
bisnaga. which he had forgotten among
his other preparations for defense. He
cautiously reached his hand over the
ledge and secured the precious vessel
but as he was withdrawing it. ping
came a bullet through the canteen
knocking it out of his hand! AS it fel
Gathering down the side of the ledg,
he groaned: Good shooting! They'v,
probably left their best marksman be
low with the ponies. No hope for es
cape on that side. Well. there's som
consolation in the thought that they'l
undoubtedly finish me before | get to
thirsty. Glad it wasn't my hand"
Although the period he spent wal
ing for the attack was less than a
hour by his watch. it seemed to Ian
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-05
Copyright. 1908. by G. w. Dillingham; Co.

There's a bunch of covpunch-
ers in this story it 12iN DO you
good to meet, and for good meas
ure there's Slim Hoover, sheriff.
whom, nobody lopes because he's
q fat man. And there are other
characters of the great south
west-won,en of charm and inter
est desperodoes and soldiers
whose doings on the stage have
called forH, much favorable com
mcnt from the public and the
critics. They are wopen into a
plot of dramatic interest, co1ored
by characteristic actions and say
ings of typical .vonen and men
ffhe land of The retlcsnake and
the ella monster, the long horned
steer and the zoply, despised
sheep. The incidents OF the tale
will hold you; The ,pomen and the
men will attract you. They are
different from those of other
yarns of the pest, that is ever
ready for a fight or a trolic.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-05

Lane set his teeth In firm resolu-
ton not to say a word The taunts
Of his captor We're harder to bear in
silence than the prospects OF torture.
stubborn. hey? Well. We'll try a
little 'Pache persuadin'." And the rem
egade dragged his helpless captive up
to the thorny sahuaro and bound his
back against 1t with the dead horses
bride. Mckee searched through
Lanes pockets until he found match.
last one, hey? Kinder 'propriate.
Las drink from the old canteen, las
cartridge, las look at the scenery an
las will an testyment Oh times
precious. but I'll spare you enough to
map out In yer mind jes' where them
claims Is located. The rurales won't
be along fer an hour yet If they hain't
turned back after our other party
Mckee pulled off Lanes boots 1T
hain't decent fer a man to die with 'em
on" he said He then kindled fire on
the stone. beneath which. If he but
knew 1t, lay the treasure he sought.
He returned with a burning brand to
the captive. For the first time he OBJ
served the snake impaled on the sahu-
arc, writing still, but feebly Hello,
ole rattler!" he exclaimed Here's
somethin' to stir you up" And he toss
ed the brand upon the top of the cac-
tus.
Taking another burning stick from
the fire, he applied it to the soles of bis
victims feet. Lane writhed and groan-
ed under the eXcruciatinG torture. but
uttered no word or cry Mckee brought
other brands and began piling them
about his captive's feet.
In the meantime the sahuaro had
caught fire at the top and was burning
down through the interior. A thin col
umn of smoke rose straight above it
In the still air. The rurales in tie val
ley below, who had reached the begin
ming Of the ascending trail and were
on the point of giving up the pursuit.
saw the smoke and inferred that the
Apaches, either through overcontidence
or because of their superstitious fear
bf the mountains. which they supposed
inhabited by spirits. had camped on
the edge of the valley and We're signal
ing to their other party. Accordingly
the Mexicans renewed the chase with
increased vigor
AS Mckee bent over his captive's
feet, piling against them the burning
ends of the sticks, the rattlesnake on
the sahuaro melted by the fire above
struggled free from the impaling
thornS by q desperate effort and drop
ped on the back of the half breed 1t