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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-07-22
THOMAS POTTER DEAD.

Mrs. J. E. Logan received
word the first of this week that
Thomas Potter had died at his
home in Siskiyou County, Cali
fornia on July II. He was about
rs years of age at the time of
his death and is survived by a
widow and two sons.
Mr.. Potter came to Harney
Valley in 1879 and resided here
fer many years, leaving in 1896
or 1896 or 1897. He was high
ly respected pioneer and well
known to the old time families
in this section. Mart Brenton
made his home with the Potters
for several years when he was a
boy. Among the old time
friends here are the Howsers,
Writings, Caldwells, Stanclifts
and Byrds.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-07-22
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that
bids will be received until
August 1st. for the erection of
a new school building in District
No. z, Diamond, Oregon, in ac-
cordance with plans and speci-
fications now on file in The
Times Herald office. The build
ing to be completed by Oct. /,
1911.
The right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
CASSIE SMYTH,
Clerk Dist. No. z, Diamond Ore.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-07-22

Geo. A. Smyth is over from
Diamond.
Butterick Patterns at Luna.
burg. Dalton g. Co.
Mrs. w. Y. King is on the sick
list this week.
Mo-, e.o.L ,,.., ..
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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-07-22
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that
bids will be received up to Satur-
day, August 5. 1911 by the di-
rectors of District No. II, at
Lawen, Oregon, for a school
building in accordance to plans
and specifications now on file in
The Times-Herald Office. Build
ing to be completed by Oct. 1st.,
1911.
Right is reserved to reject any
and all bids.
+. CROWLEY, Chairman.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-07-22
MATINEE RACES.

In order to let local sports get a
line on the possibilities for fair
week there will be try out
matinee at the fair grounds to-
morrow afternoon when two har-
ness events will be the main fea-
lures. There will also be a pony
race for the boys with small
purse.
Mr.. Johnson and his assistants
have some very promising har-
ness horses to compete in the
fair week races and they are
coming fast. Some of the best
performers will be seen on the
course tomorrow afternoon in
two races. These will be worth
seeing.
Admission will be 25 cents for
adults and Is cents for children.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-07-22

\ Alteration free at Schenk Bros
Herman Rub and family wer,
in the city the first of the week
Winona wagons are the best,
For sale by Hartman Mercantile
Co.
G. A. Hurley, formerly of the
Vale Oriano, is now publishing a
paper at Woodburn.
REDUCEE PRICE SALE OF
DRY GOODS AND FANCY
GOODS AT THE BUSY COR
NER STORE.
Ora and Roswell Hamilton ar
rived home the first of this week
from Montana where they spent
two months shearing sheep.
You will never again be quite
as you are today mentally or
physically. Perhaps not ever
again will you be able to get so
young" a photograph that
looks like you-as today. Visit
the Sayer Studio.
Geo. Schenk arrived home
Wednesday from a business trip
to Portland. He was accompan-
led home by a first class tailor
who takes a position in the
Schenk Bros. merchant tailoring
establishment.
Mrs. Millie Patterson, a sister
to T. w. Stephens, accompanied
by her daughter, Miss Porter,
came in the first Of this week
from Gillian county. Mrs. Pat
terson was formerly a resident
of this county and has many old
time friends who are pleased to
see her.
Webster McEwen came over
from the 90 ranch yesterday
and reports the grasshoppess are
again doing much damage to-
crops in that section. These
pests have been numerous in
that district for several years
and something should be done to
exterminate them if possible.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-07-22

$ Grass seed at the Lunaburg
Dalton & Co. Department Store.
} |. L. Poujade was down from
his ranch on Cow Creek yester.
, day.
Platt Randall and family are
enjoying an outing in the noun
tains.
Roland Hankins was among
our visiters from Harney last
Monday.
j. M. Dalton and Sam Mothers
head went up to Myrtle Parks
Thursday for a short outing.
Wild Drinkwater and family
were among those to go to the
mountains during the week.
Mrs. A. S. Swain and Mrs.
Peter Christensen were up from
Lawen Wednesday and Thursday.
PASTURE Seven miles from
Burns. Both horses and cattle.
So per month. Mrs. h. T.. Ows-
ley.
Milt Modi came over from the
=. Ranch Thursday and has been
renewing acquaintances in this
city.
REDUCED PRICE SALE OFF
DRY GOODS AND FANCY
GOODS AT THE BUSY COR
NER STORE.
Rough and dressed lumber of /
all kinds now on hand at the
Williams Bros. Saw Mill. Rough
lumber SIS per thousand.
School Supt. Hamilton was in
the city Wednesday. He was
accompanied down by Len Vick-
ers and Ora Hamilton went back
with them.
Z Mrs. l.. +. Hibbard arrived
home last Saturday from Port
land where she had been for sew
eral weeks under the care of
specialists for eye trouble.
Blue prints of any township in
Burns Land District, showing
name of entryman, date and kind
of entry, topography, ETC., $1.00
each. Platt T. Randall. Burns,
Ore.
Will Mckinney started on his
return trip to Pendleton last !
Monday to resume his work in
the Merchants National Bank.
His wife remained for a longer
visit with home folks. I
Frank Swain, one of the con-
tractors on The Times-Herald
arrived home from ,
Portland Thursday. He was
down to order the plate glass, ;
necessary doors, cement. etc. for.
the new building. +,
Mrs. j. r, Gould was pleasant |
Iy surprised Thursday evening
when her mother, Mrs. NJ. Shields Y
Of John Day came TO make her O
I visit of a week or ten days.
Mrs, Shields was accompanied
over by her granddaughter, Miss
Ruth Boyce.
The many friends of Senator q
Parrish will be pleased to learn q
hat his stay at the Hot Lake Il
Sanatorium is proving beneficial 1
% him. He is a prime favorite o
With guests there. and is consid- a
cred the supreme authority re- v
things historical pre- D
aiming to this coast. Blue Mt. o
Eagle. l
DR.. II. Denman was up from y
hartman on some land business.
lie was accompanied on his re-
'eturn home by G. B. Smith. >
The Doctor takes deep interest }
n harness horses and will come
,ack up today bringing two
promising younsters sired by his
amous Twelfth Night to be b
,laced in training for the races d
air week. n
2 Chester B. Smith and wife = =
nd Mrs. h. A. Stauffer and =
hildren arrived here from Win n n
Iemucca last Monday on a short :;
isit to old time friends and rela- :,
ives. Mrs. Stauffer and the
are at the home of her .
nother, Mrs. David Carey and '"
hes and wife are with his
lother, Mrs. Florence Brenton.
hey will remain for a week or
wo.
Mrs. j. C. Garrett, the old A A
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1911-07-22
Local News.

H|n Clarance Sale at Schenk
ehes. Kaiser is reported on the
Il Hst.
MIS-, +. C. Dibble is over from
xAf creek.
a flne and complete line of
~ garden and flower seeds at
Sd's Grocery.
|'ofey Smyth and Chas. Moore
nc IN Thursday accompanied
Iheir families.
.ftsh supply of groceries in
1IisR lard, bacon hams etc.
Icy & Richardson's.
AN and see the late arrivals
1fess goods, shoes, ties, furn-
ints etc. at Hagey 4 Rich
n s. Boyer, special agent and
4rley of the general land
s is in the city on official
Ness.
N French Hotel serves a
>nnday dinner and special
41iion is given to family |
EaSessor Donegan and little !
+ md County Clerk Waters
zone to Logan Valley for
oszting.
'EpUCED PRICE SALE OF
GOODS AND FANCY
0CS AT THE BUSY COR
e STORE.
|x Griffith and j. l.. Gault
u quite successful in their
in& trip to Bear Valley Sum
The Doctor remembered
1mes-Herald family with a
\ lot. George Marsden re-
1t4 with them.
sIaes hampshire arrivedY
Il khe first of the week from
L'knd where he has been for
egisne. Jim spent a portion
h6 time he was absent in an
repair shop learning the
sii'es" of a machine.
hip and d. p, Penick, bro !
y of Mrs. N. A. Dibble, ar {
4 here last Saturday from
e Nome in California, making
ftip in an auto. They have
having a very pleasant visit
heir sister and may re-
4 Permanently.
III Brown and family and1 .
Econ Brown and children
iii out in the mountains to
ain until the hot weather is t
Leon will join them as /
IS Henry Dalton returns C
b his outing to resume his I
ei1n in the bank. t
- two-part entertainment =
a By Misses Drusa Dodson
Marion Cummins, assisted .
6fae of their friends, promis-
ke one of the most pleasing f
rendered in Burns. The a
slart of readings and vocal a
viii be interesting and in C
1--we and the one-act comedy p
Model Wife" " is quite t
nHble. Tonight at Locher's a
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
Some of the Ways in Which, Under Cuise of Government
Funds Have Been Stolen from Public.

possess any horse and cart or any means
to buy one.
"You don't need any," was the response
of the dark man. You are dealing Win
gentleman"
Thereafter, so the testimony ran. the
faitering one received a notice that DIS
horse and cart had been put 10 work, ana
a little later on pay day. he received
certificate which was good for from Wv
10 s75 at the city paymaster's window. II
was the testimony also that such Fro
cedure usually made the faltering ones
political faith as firm as the Rock OF
Ages for the powers at the Borough Hall'
That actual conditions never counted was
shown in the case OF the tender OF draw
bridge over which water pipes had been
laid, making il impossible 20 turn the draw.
But the keeper drew his SIS a month
salary for being at the bridge in case he
was wanted.
Naturally there are sighs that the COM
ing Of the DeWitts. the Trains. the ord
ways and the grand juries in Queens has
given qGietls TO some OF these good
things" There is pity for the poor fellows
who have been found out. cry Is being
raised that the Investigations are costing
too much. But suffice it TO say that these
from tie very large percentage Of residents
of the borough, who hope 10 see In the
future some considerable portion Of the an
aual appropriations used for the actual up
building and maintenance Of the borough.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
EASIER TO GET RECORDS.

THE record OF automobile injuries Is
greater In proportion to that of other
vehicles partly because 1t is easier to
get the record and more account is MADE
OF II than when a person is struck by
wagon. An accident caused by an auto
mobile attracts a great deal of attention,
because the vehicle is a new menace on
the highway. A person injured in TINS
way Is more likely to report 1t to ponce
station. A person is likely to think the
owner of an automobile TO be a rich
man. The owner of wagon may not
be. unless Il, is the property of cor
poration.
"Then it Is easier to get the number
Of an automobile than it is OF a horse
drawn vehicle, unless 1t bears a Custom
House number or Department OF
Health number. There are very Few
cases of accidents from private horse
drawn vehicles. The carelessness IN
driving in New York City is due to the
hurry OF the drivers to get home from
their work. A great deal of 1t Is due 10
drunkenness. A great many drivers live
on beer and free lunches.
"There is no specific provision for the
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

In this medley Of borough presidents, ac-
cording TO the testimony at the Ordway
hearing, there was no confusion. as might
lie expected. Whenevr anything valuable
came along the first president" to see II
assigned himself to it. The others waited
until they saw something first and then
assigned themselves.
The ronographical Bureau was regarded
not so long ago as a sort Of home for the
friendIess. Something like s25o0o0 year
has been annually appropriated for the
making of official maps When no other
place could be found for budding states
man. or the friend of one in power he was
assigned tc the Typographical Bureaus IL
was not necessary TO work up there ior the
actual map making was done by private
conceruc OF engineers on the outside whose
bills were paid by the city. Inc men III
this bureau were conveniently divided INTO
field parties and they went out TO take the
levels Of the borough. party consisted
usually OF one man to squnt through
transit. two men TO hold an umbrella over
him. three men to carry surveyors roo
and two men TO carry steel tape IL ls
on record that field parties or TINS size
have worked almost continuously on jack
son avenue, in Long Island city, between
the Queens County courthouse and the
Borough Hall since the establishment VI
the bureau.
7; has been a cardinal principle in the
mast 10 help the needy and advance inc
cause OF religion 1t las been testifled pe-
fure the Ordway commission and the grand
Jury that private sewers were built by city
labor for churches. and stone walls erected
TO protect highways from the tides nave
Leen carted away TO save the expense OF
buying curbstones Whenever brick or
paving blocks were ripped from paved
streets house builders In the neighoorhood
were permitted to cart them away Tor
foundations. as being the easiest way OF
disposilg of them. The rext time second
hand stones were needed for paving they
werc bought from contractors. Everybody
was benefited this way, property holders
and contractors alike.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

highways. Sub-asslitant foremen did what
little bosslng was necessary where a gang
was at work.
The Borough Hall in Long Island City is
q building that was once department
store, but by clever arrangement Of wooden
partitions and the erection OF wooden stair
ways has been made TO serve the purposes
Of a municipal building There are three
floors. and the time was when there was 4
janitor for each floor and one for the base
ment. and each janitor had an assistant.
None of the jantors ever knew where the
official broom was kept. and not more than
one assistant was on duty at time. The
floors were occasionally swept, and the
waste baskets were emptied when they
overnowed and made walking difficult.
Far removed from the scene of actual
operations at the Borough Hall, In unfre-
quented parts of the borough. were the
corporation yards. There was a shanty OF
ample proportions. Here were stored picks
and shovels wheelharrows and other junk,
and from six TO ten men were kept there
daily 10 keep these valuables from straying
away, except on election and primary days,
when the men had TO hustle az the polls.
In the interval the men became experts at
pinochle or "forty-five."
At the ordway investigation It has been
testified that not so long since there were
at least five borough presidents at the
borough Hall, while there was one who sat
hack, looked pleasant and possessed sufii-
cient power to sign the pay vouchers which
would bring the weekly or monthly pay
rolls from the Controllers office with the
ever necessary pay checks. The man with
the loudest voice or the strongest arm told
all the rest ito mind their own business
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

larly when only a small amount is ex-
pended IN purchasing materials for actual
improvements. 1t permits wide latitude in
disbursements
The old payrolls of Queens show the
largest variety Of titles TO be found In any
borough Of the city. There were rlnmers
PAYERS tailbrard men, dump lifters ship
carpenters, chisellers shavers, black
smiths, InaSons. mas0n's helpers. Inspect
Crs, foremon, subforemen and sub-assistant
foremen. There were lockers. liners and
limbers. No dictionary ever gave a Queens
Borough definition of these professional
titles, but it was we'll known among the
elect that hammers and PAYERS were for the
most paIl saloonkeepers who contributed
dozen or more votes. Tailboard men.
QUINN ftCrs, chlsellers and shavers were
little lower In the official bluebook and re-
ferred To the men well versed in odds on
the ponies" who were willing to take
try in the official pOolrCOm. Ship Carpen-
ters were an Indifferent lot, supposed to
possess taking qualities on a political
chowdcr boat. BlaCksmiths masons and
masons helpers followed along on the Of
fetal roster, and designated the able help
ers In tho barrooms Of the hammers and
PAYERS. Inspectors got their pay from cor
porations who wanted to he let alone and
were willing TO carry several parasites
recommended by the political boss Fore
men were assigned TO gangs of not more
than three laborers, and were expected 10
keep the voters in their section In line and
present a good front before the bars Of the
rammers and PAYERS. Subforemen were
useful in keeping the foreman awake or
tying his shoes when he woke up from a
nap under shady tree along the borough
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
TOO PARTICULAR.
Pima

General Frederick ID. Grant, a, rms
Camp, New York. said Of camp cookery:
Soldiers in camp have right TO expee'
nourishing and palatable food. They muss
not expect. however. French 'plats; they
mustn't be overparticular, like the man A.
the lunch counter.
"'Giye me- said this man. two new laid
brown shelled eggs. fried on one s'de anu
mounted on n grilled slice of virginia
peach fed ham. BE sure 1t is peach ls'
mind YOU -
THE waiter roared down the speahinnrs
tube: -,
1.-TWO new laid, brown shelled esss
fried on-fried on 80
Then he turned TO the man again' e
Excuse me. sir he said. but Nh'..
side will you have them fried on please.
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
HorseDrawn Vehicles First in Death Dealing List whe otor LAR
Caused the Greatest Number of Injuries and Colonel f. Cornell
Has Theories for Robbing Both of Their Juggnaut Propentes

like to say anything, because they must
live through the winter. They cannot
afford TO jeopardize their jobs by object
ing TO doing what their employers direct
them 10 do.
There are people to-day who will not
allow their children to go to school. be-
cause of the danger involved in walking
along the side of the country road. We
must get the warning of the danger into
the heads of the children. Children
would rather play in the street than in
any park that ever came down the pike
We have got to get them to want the
Fairgrounds Then the Fairgrounds will
come. The Fairgrounds now serve only
few of those who need them, because
inst as soon as a playground is estab-
lished the rent rates of the surrounding
property go up, and those most needing
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
TIN HORSES AND CARTS.

"Tin horses and carts are peculiar TO
Queens Borough. They are not toys. but
Institutions. Whenever young man was
trying TO help his widowed mother and
sister. or organized a political club. lie let
the information trickle down TO Borough
Hall that II was not certain which way he
might turn his followers on primary day,
and then lie was liable to be visited by a
dark man with a bundle" The meeting
usually took place. according TO the testi-
mony at the Ordway investigation. I'm the
dark where It was impossible TO distinguish
the features of the man who came. This
man would then tell the faltering one that
he was TO have a horse and cart on the
payroll. The faltering man usually gave
the valuable information that he did not
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
ALL WANTED EASY MONEY. .

To return an equivalent 10 the city for
salaries or wages from the first was an
unpopular sentiment for any one 10 enter
tain. TO seek easy money was the pre-
Naiing purpose Where i'm some countries
Il is popular and profitable to be the maker
or purveyor 10 the king, in the Borough OF
Queens il was well 10 patronize those in
Ciustries known as official" There was
tic official barroom the official barber, the
official newspaper, and, In the good old
DAYS" the official pOOlrOom. In the official
barroom there Teposed on the sideboard
bottles with the labels bearing a smiling
face and the legend. Our Leader Brand" ="
The faithful paid for drinks from these bot
Ties and won favor In the cases were cigar
boxes with other faces and the motto,
"Where he leads, we follow" The brands
in these boxes were paid for by the faithful
at price which would have elsewhere pur-
chased Havanas. but here bought nothing
letter than "two-fers."
The Official barber added little TO the
usual price for Long Island city shave,
but II was esteemed an honor 10 sit In the
same chair where the powers from the Bor-
oUeh Hall were accustomed to rest from
their labors. That the official barber
masqueraded on the weekly payrolls as a
stone mason and drew the wage OF an hon
est toiler. This perquisite helped him TO
SPEND little more freely than the profits
OF the barber shop warranted. and gave
him opportunity also TO do little election,
eering work without reduction in income.
In the official newspaper were TO be found
! from day 90 day columns relating how
splendidly the borough affairs were admin
istered in an effort to satisfy those busy
men Of the borough who obtained all their
! information OF public affairs from reading.
I The official poolroom not only, furnished
place where the employees from the Bor-
ough Hall could give up more than fair
share of their salaries, but the profits added
10 the income Of the leaders which had 10
/ be large TO stand the constant drain Of
| high play at the racetracks and the cost
Of special trains 60 conventions and chow
dtrs More than Sl000.000 to be spent
| each year is considerable sum- particu-
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15

punishment Of drunken driver OF A
horse drawn vehicle, except on the
charge OF drunkenness. Men who are
habltual drunkards ought not TO be al,
lowed TO drive I'm New York, anyway.
But the Police Department at present Is
powerless, because 1t does not have the
power TO issue and revoke licenses. It
should have.
There is much incompetency among.
drivers, also. Some drivers in this city
do not know the names OF streets This
means incompetence. Everything for
cheapness. Boys even are permitted TO
drive delivery wagons. This is all rgh.
in the country, but not in congested and
populous districts. Some grocery boys
are cruel. cruel TO the cats In the store
even. They do not care what they run
over"
New-York tribune., 1911-01-15
DE WITT AFTER CORRUPTION.

This commission and this grand jury are
supplementiDg the work Of District At
torney Frederick g. DE Witt who having
been elected to Office, displayed unexpected
severity against Official laxity and blazed
a way that has been followed with sue
cess. There are now under indictment as
the result of the work Of Mr.. DE witt
and Arthur {. Train, the special Attorney
General designated 10y Ex-Governor Hughes,
more than thirty former officials and em-
ployes Others will be enmeshed, II Is be-
Ileyed, before the Investigations are ended
but this bright outlook has been dimmed
somewhat by the recent action OF the new
Democratic Attorney General at Albany
Mr.. Carmody. in removing Mr. Train and
saostituting James a. Parsons, from the
Albany office.
When borough autonomy was established
unGer the second charter OF the city OF
Now York at the beginning Of the Low ad-