The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-08-26

Best flour guaranteed $3.50
| bbl, Hartman Mercantile Co.
Grant Reynolds and Dave Miller
are over from Warm Springs.
Full line of Lowney's fancy box
chocolates at f.. B. Reed & Sons.
Cleaning and pressing for
ladies and gentlemen at Schenk
Bros.
Everything for every body at
the Lunaburg, Dalton g. Co.
Department Store.
Automobiles to all parts of the
country day or night. Regular
auto stage to Prairie City. Phone
Burns Garage.
ARCHIE MCGOWAN, Prop.
Mrs, Martha Baker and daugh-
ter Miss Nina are home form
Van where they spent the vaca-
ton period with Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Williams.
PRoGREssIvE FARMEs Feed
ground grain. w. A. Goodman
will steam roll or grind your grain
at your granary. See him for
prices.
The new addition to the pavil- !
ion at the fair grounds is COM
pleted and Contractor King is
placing backs on the seats in the
grand stand.
Glenn Ireland is greeting old
friends in this city. He came in
yesterday accompanied by his
parents and brother Clarence.
They are touring this section in
an auto:
Z China Ben has returned after
an absence of several years. He
left here with the intention of
going to China but found he
could not return if he went so
has been in Sacramento.
The new Times-Herald build
ing will contain some very de-
sirable Office rooms and one fine
large store room which are for
rent. Some of the office rooms
are already spoken for. See the
manager about rentals.
We are informed by DR. Geary,
chairman of the school board,
that Miss Alma Mckenzie has
decided to take a position in the
school to fill the vacancy made
by Mrs. Lampshire's resignation.
this will meet with the hearty
approval of all who know Miss
Mckenzie.
The school board has contract
ed with parties to burn and de-
liver the necessary brick for the I
new public school building. The
men have leased land from J. w.
Biggs and are now preparing the
yard. The brick are to be burn
ed at once and delivered on the
site for the new building without
delay.
Z Charles Walker, late of Illinois,
has purchased the land holdings
and personal property Of Mrs. A.
A. Cowing. The real estate con-
sists of 800 acres part on Prather
creek and part up Silvies river.
Both places are under irrigation. ,
The deal was made through !
Archie McGowan, the considera-
ton being $25, 600. This is one
of the largest real estate trans
fers this season in this vicinity.
4 G.. X. Peterson, Henry Messner ,
Ira Venator and A. Ventor and
wife came over from Crane creek ,
the first Of the week in the for ,
mer's auto. Phene reports his
grain crops exceptionally good
this season but his fruit is an en-
tire failure the first time since
the orchard come in bearing.
Mr.. Peterson states the roads ,,
are not so bad but suggests that
the road masters run over them
and take out the high centers for
the benefit of the automobiles.
Representatives of the Phila- ,
delphia Townsite Co. were in the {
city last week and conditionally s
for a tract of the M. |
l.. Lewis place west Of town {
which they will purchase and |
plat to town lots provided l.. M.
Brown will plat the ground own
ed by him between. This would {
indicate a feeling of permanency '
in our city by outside capital and r
should be an incentive to local