The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-10-14
HAVE A GREAT EMPIRE.
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and working in the face of ad
verse report and comment they
have attracted the attention o.
the nations greatest interests
Confidence has followed inspec
ton and investment has followed
confidence until the worlds long
railroad arms have been out
stretched to bring nearer this long
isolated empire where that which
has been called desert is already
known as valley.
A leap to Burns, $50 miles from
Prineville without a mention OF
wayside incidents would be un-
fortunate. All night the rain had
been dripping, dripping on the
hotel roof. Sunday morning and
it rained still. The auto drivers
consulted and nearly decided to
Join the Hartman machinists in
a strike. The start was late and
the country traversed sad with
mud in the road and weeping
hills. Over at Myers the most
wonderful lunch had been pre-
pared by the rancher and his
brood. Hunger satisfied, breaks
repaired and gasoline fed to the
machines, then another start
Night come with nearneSs to
Buck mountain. that dread of all
travellers. Altitude brought
snow. Soon it was a blizzard of
driving pellets, whipping through
lap robes and garments, swirling
in the path of the auto lights
making the road seem every
where and nowhere.
Rocks seemed to leap out Of the
darkness to dash savagely against
wheels and tenders. The min
gled mud and snow made even
chain-protected tires buzz hope
lessly. An effort to change gears /
on a steep slope and control of /
the car in which the writer rode /
was lost. Down the mountain 1
side backward we dashed, trying
to think the thoughts proper to
the soon-to-be eXtinguished, but
failing in the confusion. The car
slipped into one smooth place pro
vided by Providence, and another
beginning brought US up with the
car in which c. c. Chapman had .
been riding, and this car had de-
liberately jumped into a gully ten
feet deep. At another place the
bridge was broken and long de-
tour over rough ground averted |
accident. Meanwhile the ear
bearing the Hartman party
struggled along behind trying to
keep up to schedule with tires out /
and oil exhausted.
This is the place for blessings
upon the head of one William
Brown, rancher. Twenty-siX
years before he had come into the
country from California, a school /
teacher with $1,000. Now he has
IL, 600 acres; his horses are past
his numbering, but he nets $30,-
900 a year from their sale, and he
drives, besides, 16, 600 sheep, and,
an unbeliever in the profit of
steers, but 400 head of cattle.
But how glad we were that he
had stuck with the country and .
prospered. For at his ranch
house was a light and a welcome
and food to feed all and blankets
enough to cover all, prepared to
give comfort where the prospect
had been a chill, teeth-chattering
night in the mountain desert.
Help came from Burns. A res
cue expedition in charge of Ar
chic MCGOWAN reached US early
the next morning. There was
gasoline and oil and food and an
escort into the Harvey city. Dur
ing Monday the sky cleared, the
sun shone. The wonderful Sill
yer Greek valley was succeeded I
by the more wonderful Harvey
valley. Past fat cattle we sped |
on a smooth road. Burns pres
emily appeared in a cove at the
edge of the valley. Perhaps no
where else in the world could
Lnere nave Deen Such q Slgnt. &
Burns is the mill city. There is
4 windmill for every home. To-
yether they are a forest. Their
yanes caught the red sun and
hey cleaned like banners Of well
,ome.
May Burns never be forgotten :
n memories of hospitality, or
when there are thoughts Of an e
people who Wed each z
% do most for the towns guests,
whose women spread such won 3
lerful lunches and a banquet
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