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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

ton Of these heW game birds Is
assured and Harrey county will
be even a greater sportsman par
adise than now.
A former organization of this
character here has traps, some
blue rocks and other parapher-
MALTA that the new organization
expects to fall heir to and thus
start off with an equipment that
will prove interesting from the
beginning. Trap shooting will
be taken up by those so desiring.
The Times-Herald hopes to see
the Harney Valley Rod and Gun
Club flourish. 1t will do its best
for its success and extends an in
vitation to all interested to make
free use of this Office at any time.
Come to the meeting next We'd
nesday evening.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
RANGERS AND SETTLERS.

All that The Oregonian has
ever said in reference to the abuse
of power by the Forest Service
is corroborated by the speech of
Senator Borah condemnation as
farcical the administration of the
law providing for homesteads on
agricultural land in the National
forest. The selection in two
years of ranger headquarters
doubling in number the forest
htmesteads approved by the
Forest Service tells the whole
story
The ranger wishes to create
for himself a comfortable home
within the forest-a good house,
garden and farm. The law allows
him to do so by selecting de-
sirable tract as ranger headquar-
ters. The house is built at gov
ernment expense and he may
improve the farm at his leisure,
being subject to none of the re-
quirements of the homestead law.
He has a SNAP"
A settler happens to spy out a
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
LEAGUE MEET MAY BE NEXT AUGUST

V. l.. Smelling, who a few days
since returned from a business
trip to Portland, is of the opinion
that the next meeting of the
State Development League which
is to be held in Lakeview, should
not take place before August.
There are numerous reasons
therefore, notably among which
is the fact that Portland business
men will find it inconvenient to
to attend if the time is fixed at an
earlier date. Many events of
importantance will take place
during June and July, not the
least of which are the Rose Fes-
tival and Elk's convention, not to
mention the big political conven-
tions. - Examinations.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
s.. TURDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1919.
- ORGPTIoN RATES

Secretary of Interior Fisher
has voiced his opposition to the
Borah three-year homestead bill
recently reported favorably to
the senate. Mr.. Fisher favors
amending the bill so a settler
would have two years in which
to establish residence and then
be required to live continuously
on the land for three years there
after, but be required to cult
vate it for the full five years be-
fore receiving a patent. He fur
ther declared that if he had had
the administration of land laws
for the last twenty years he would
have issued a patent to no home
steader unless he cultivated the
full 160 acros. The secretary
would patent all government
lands only under the homestead
law and lease all lands not agri-
cultural. That's going some.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

commercial clubs, bankers, and
business men in obtaining prizes
for their local or county fairs.
These county or local premium
lists may be made out indepen-
IDENTIFY of the state list, but in
order that children competing ut
n local or county fair may also
be in line for state prizes the To-
cal or county list should include
the articles on the state list,
which are: field corn, pop corn,
sweet corn, watermelons. musk
melons, pumpkins, squashes, po-
tatoes, cabbage, grain selections,
bird houses. piece of furniture,
mechanical toy, labor saving de-
vice for home, bread, canned
fruit, Jelly. mending, darning,
aprons, dresses, asters, sweet
peas. chickens, ducks, and pigs.
A bulletin of information and
instruction, including the state
prize list, will soon be sent out to
the school children, one for every
home. All the boys and the girls
now need to do is to go to work.
If they want to compete in gar
dening they should at once Sc
cure a plot of ground, which they
may have plowed. If boys eX-
.pect to win prizes in woodwork
they should begin practicing with
their tools. If girls wish to carry
off laurels in cooking, and sewing
they must begin early either at
school or at home. If it is the
poultry contest that lures most
settlers of eggs should be secured
from breeders of pure strains of
chickens or ducks. Or if hog
raising seems most attractive,
the competitor should secure a
thoroughbred pig and start to
feeding and caring for it. There
is nothing to prevent a boy or
girl form competing in all these
lines.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
MAY BE MURDERER.

Sheriff. Richardson arrested
Douglas Tapp last Monday IN this
city upon receiving telephone
message from Sheriff Balfour of
Crook County that the man was
wanted. He was charged with
stealing a horse but is suspected
of having murdered Frark Way,
with whom he had been living
on a homestead about Is miles
from Prineville.
Way disappeared mysteriously
some time ago having been paid
$3.50. Tapp had been questioned
as to the whereabouts Of Way
and said at one time he had gone
hunting and again that he had
gone to see his mother in the
willamette Valley, but the latter
has not seen him and Ways gun
has been found in the cabin.
Two deputy sheriffs arrived
here from Prineville Thursday
and took the prisoner back with
them. At that time no further
information had been obtained.
The country in the vicinity of
the homestead was being search
ed by a large numbar of men in
an effort to find the body of
Way. Tapp is suspected of hav-
ing murdered him and left later
on one of the saddle horses.
Sheriff Richardson questioned
Tapp yesterday morning before
he was taken from the jail. tell
ing him he was strongly suspect
ed and suggested he prepare a
defense. The young man said
Way was one of the best friends
he had ever had and in reply to
Mr.. Richardson's suggestion that
he prepare a defense SAID mot
for me-"
No doubt later development
will either strengthen the case
against him or establish his inno-
cence.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
who is Who" in Agriculture.

Before the first March winds
blow the greatest series of try
outs ever held in the schools OF
Oregon will be under way. The
boys and the girls Of the state
are going to determine Who is
Who" in gardening, farming,
carpentering, cooking sewing
and in raising chickens, ducks
and pigs. Enthusiasm for this
statewide series Of industrial
contests is waxing warmer than
it has ever been for contests
along athletic lines.
The plan is for every county
superintendent to enlist the sup
port of his teachers in explain
ing the plan to the children and
interesting them in the work,
and to secure the cooperation of
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

been arranged for among the
members for Wednesday, Feb.
IA, Valentines Day. Two
members will be chosen as cap
tains and each will choose men
for the hunt. The loosing side
will pay for rabbit supper"
at the Burns hotel on the follow
ing evening. This will be fine
sport besides ridding the country
of several thousand (0 pests.
There is already lively interest
in this proposed hunt and nc
doubt the meeting called for next
Wednesday evening, Feb. 7, at
The Times-Herald office, will find
a large number Of our local sports
on hand to join the organization
and participate in the competi-
tive shoot on the following We'd
nesday.
1t is proposed to make the
membership fee $1.OO and to
charge dues to the amount of
$4. 90 per year to be paid semi
annually. The money thus Sc
cured will not be used for riot
GUS living" but for the purpose
of importing and propagating
new game birds and fish.
With a strong live organization
covering a large area the protec-
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
TWO FIRES STARTED.

The transformer on the Hiss
ner building, used by the Orphe-
um burned out Thursday evening
and threatened a confagration
but no damage is done the build
ing. The theatre was put out of
business temporarily and the
athletic performance scheduled
for that evening had to be post
poned.
The alarm was turned in yes
terday morning, a hue in the
Presbyterian manse having
caught and threatened the house
The fire boys responded imme-
diately but were not needed.
The flue had galvanized top ex-
tension to place it above the
comb of the roof, This is some
what smaller than the iue and
SCOT had accumulated which
caught. 1t forced smoke out
through the iiue below the roof
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
HARNEy VALLEY Rob ASO Gun CLUB.
Organization Perfected and Competitive
Rabbit Hunt Scheduled for Feb. IA.

A few enthusiastic sports
gathered at The Times Herald of
flee last evening and formed a
temporary organization of the
Harney Valley Rod and Gun Club
by electing DR.. l. f., Hibbard,
president, Platt 7. Randall, Sc
cretary, and c. +, Mckinney,
treasurer Ludwig Johnson and
Morris Schwartz were appointed
a committee to draft constitution
and bylaws.
Having another engagement
the writer could not be present
at the meeting but learned from
some of those present that the
meeting was very enthusiastic
and it is the intention of the or
ganization to include in its men,
berShip every farmer and rancher
in the valley so far as possible
as well as the large membership
that is sure to join in the city.
1t is intended to make a strong
organization that will assist in
| protecting the game now here,
as well as take the initiative in
bringing in and propagating
other game birds such as the
Bob White Quail, China Pheas-
ants, English Partridge and the
restocking of our streams with
fish.
This will require some interest
ing work and no little expense.
The greater membership secured
the more effective this work can
be done, as the new game birds
will need protection for a term of
years and with all the farmers
being members this can be ac-
complished with much better re-
suits.
A competitive rabbit hunt has
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

GOOD tract of agricultural land IN
a National forest and files apph-
cation for it with the supervisor.
If he homesteads the land he
must make his home on 1t ana
nut a certain area under cultlva-
ton each year for five years.
Would he do this if the land were
not agricultural? Common sense
tells us he would not. His farm
may be in some little cove in the
bed of a forest canyon, fifteen or
twenty miles from another set
tier. His only neighbors are the
rangers. who have been taught
10 suspect him as one who might
steal some of their precious care
fully preserved timber or as one
who wishes to grab a quarter
section of timber land on the false
pretense that it is agricultural
land.
If the land is really agrlcultu-
raj, the ranger meditates that 1t
would make a good ranger station
and casts covetous eyes on IT.
He prompts the supervisor to re-
quire that the settler demonstrate
for two years that the land IS
agricultural before his applca-
will be granted. The settler IS
willing to demonstrate this by
living on and cultivating the land,
making it produce a living for
him and his family. If he fail he
must abandon the claim or go
hungry. One would think that
sufficient demonstration to satisfy
any reasonable man. But he
must improve the land for two
years, subject to the risk that at
the end of that time it may be
declared agricultural by the fiat
of the supervisor. If after two
years his application is rejected,
he can continue to occupy it only
as a yearly tenant of the super
visor, subject at any time to the
risk that the land may be select
ed as a ranger station and all his
improvements appropriated by
the ranger. Naturally when the
ranger desires his claim. the set
tier will be absolutely unable to
convince him or the supervisor
that it is agricultural land, though
the ranger may raise a good crop
Immediately after the settler is
elected.
No wonder our farmers are
moving to Canada. Our forest
rangers and special agents are
driving them there just as surely
as Russian persecution is driving
the Jews to America, Oregoni-
an.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

evening and make it as interest
ing as possible for all who attend.
The exact date can not be an
nounced until further word from
Mr.. Hanley.
1t will be an open meeting to
all with no charge whatever,
therefore should be largely at
tended.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY.

The Literary Society of the
Harney County High School rem
dered the following program on
Friday, February End;
Song by School
Reading, Eloise Hibbard
Essay - Roy Beede
instrumental solo
Florence Hoffeditz
Essay Helene Dalton
Solo Eulalia Smith
Debate: Resolved, That China
is our most Dangerous Foe.
Affirmative Negative
Juliet King Ruby Dalton
Bee Hotchkiss Esther Hughit
Lois Sweek Roberta Hibbard
Judges, Lee Williams Inez Ter
rill and Jessie Bardwell, decided
in favor of the negative,
Song by School.
High School Notes
Richard Ausmus
Instrumental Solo
Helen Purington
Solo Owen Cawlfeld
Comical Reading Henry Geer
Song by School
Critic, Miss Locher.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

Some people don't know when
they are benefited, A few men.
are objecting to a new court
house who have more at stake
than their taxes would amount
to in a hundred years.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

Two fire alarms this week has
again caused people to think
about the water works. Had
either fire gotten under headway
at all a great amount of property
would have been destroyed as
present facilities are inadequate.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

Eggs from leading varieties
standard bred poultry. express
prepaid, $500. Write for cireu-
lar. Simpsons Pheasant Farm.
Corvallis, Oregon.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

Winona wagons are the best,
For sale by Hartman Mercantile
Co.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03
ENDEAVOR DAY SERVICE.

The following Endeavor Day
program will be given at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow
evening beginning at $50.
Everybody welcome.
Song Service.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

ACAAS, AOSA v ~
Introductory Remarks
Mrs. W. L. Blot
Invocation A. B. Whitney
Hymn by the Congregation.
Recitation William McHose
The Y. P. S. C. E.
Mrs. C. C. Babbidge
Solo Ethel Thompson
Convention Echoes, A. M. Byrd
Two Years of Growth
W. L. Blot
Hymn by the Congregation
The Efficiency Campaign
A. B. Whitney
Duet
Chespa King, Verda Sturtevant
Reading Miss Egli
Hymn by the Congregation
Mizpah
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1912-02-03

No distinction made-All treat
ed alike Best goods obtainabIe
PRICES REASONABLE
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
BOOTLEGGER SHOT
BY TULSA OFFICER
He Was Smuggling Two Loads of
Whisky Into Town.

Tulsa, Okla, Dec. 13.-Trouble be-
tween bootleggers and state enforce
ment officers was resumed here today
when Walter Allison, while attempting
to smuggle two wagons of whisky and
beer into Tulsa, was shot and serious
ly injured by Special Officer f. II.
w Ward Allison is in a hospital and
Ward is being held by the police,
Accounts of the trouble differ wide
ly. Ward claims that Allison resisted
and showed fight, while the wounded
man asserts that he already had been
disarmed when the shooting occurred.
An eyewitness to the affair agrees
with Allison.
1t was reported this afternoon that
the life of one enforcement officer had
ben threatened by friends Of Aallison
Whether there is any truth to this is
not known.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20

officials can not be enforced except
by aid of the state militia, as the
county officials are neutral and are
prevented from executing the courts
order by mob of fifty armed men.
In the mob are men trained in the use
of frearms, and they are in possession
of hafd-shooting rifles, which they
freely display.
Some of the officials are still with
the records in their Offices, but prac-
tically no business is going on.
The pitched battle that was sched-
.uled to take place this morning did
not transpire, for the reason that Sher-
iff Bud Thomason could not secure a
Sufficient number Of possemen to rem
der probable the successful carrying
out of his purpose of securing the
records and carrying out the orders of
the court and the county commission
erS
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
SNAKE CHARMER'
IS ARRESTED AS
WHITE SLAYER
Permitted to Transport Her to Kansas
Town, Went to Joplin Against
Her Entreates.

Joplin, Mo, Dec. IA. c. Young,
who recently came to Joplin from OF
tawa county, Oklahoma, was arrested
yesterday on a charge of violating the
white slave act by bringing Mrs. Mary
Newell, IA years old, into the state for
immoral purposes He denied the
charge when arraigned last night be-
fore United States Commission e. f.
Yeyton. In default of $2,5O0 bond he
was committed to the city Jail, pend
ing trial December 81.
Young and the Newell girl with
Nellie Williams, 80 years old, and his
6.year-old daughter, came here in a
movers wagon. Mrs. Newell says her
father, A. J. Barr, who lives seven
miles northwest Of Miami, consented
to let her go to Chetopa, Kans., where
she has relatives, in Young's wagon.
Instead of going to Chetopa, she said,
Young drove to Baxter Springs, then
to Galena and from there to Joplin,
1t was early last week when she left
home, and when her parents learned
she had not been taken to Chetopa
they began d search for her.
Sheriff c. d. Garman of Ottawa coun-
| ty came here from Miami Thursday
might, and with the assistance of the
police located the four, camped on
Joplin creek, north of the city, yester.
day afternoon They were taken to
police headquarters and questioned
The girl said Young had refused to
allow her to return home. The vii.
liams woman verified her story.
Exhibits Sankes and Eagle.
The campers were poorly provi.
stoned and were living in squalor. Be
sides covered wagon and three
horses, box of snakes and Gagged
eagle were found in the camp. These
were used by Young to give shows in
country school houses, while travel
ing from place to place.
| After Young's arraignment last
night the two women were placed in
Jail in default of 5000 bond each, being
held as witnesses for the government
against the prisoner Young's daugh-
ter will be cared for in Joplin.
Separated From Wife.
! The Williams woman says she met
Young in Cassyille, Mo-, about three
months ago, and had since been travel.
ing with him. She says he promised
to marry her as soon as he obtained
divorce from his wife, from whom
he has been separated some time.
Although only n years old now, the
Newell girl was married several
months ago She said she had not
been living with her husband for some
| time
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
SOME APACHEs TO STAY.
Prisoners Of War Prefer Freedom at
Fort Sill to Old Home in New
Mexico.

Washington, Dec II. - Plans have
been made for the final disposition of
the famous Geronimo band of Apache
Indians held as militory prisoners at
Fort SILL Okla. Acting Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Abbott accorded
them the right to choose whether to
remain at Fort Sill or go to their old
home and fighting ground in Mescalero
section OF New Mexico. Eighty-six of
them elected to stay at Fort Sill and
the remainder of the two hundred will
be located on permanent homes in
New Mexico as soon as a needed $751;
900 appropriation for the expense is
obtained from congress.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
OKLAHOMA NEWS IN BRIEF.

The annual convention of the Bryan
County Farmers Institute will be held
in Durant, December 49, Delegates
to the state convention, which meets
at saltwater on January Is, will be
elected
The president of the state board OF
agriculture is vested with authority
to act for the whole board, in the opin'
ion of Attorney General West, who ad
vised the state auditor that claims ap
proved by him should be allowed il
otherwise regular
Anticipatig oil or gas will be found
on the land in quantities sufficient tc
return a handsome revenue to the city
of Tulsa, the commission has decided
to lease a part of the land occupied
by the city water plant for oil anC
gas purposes.
The trial of Mrs. Laura N. Reuter-
jointly charged with the murder O.
her husband Charles 7. Reuter- fol
which crime two men, Guy D. Mac
kenzie and Joe Baker, are under lif'
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
A Beautiful Entrance.

Dorsey Hall and Chas. Plannkuehe
today completed the Christmas arches
at the entrance of the Sanders.Wright
store and they with the beautiful win
dow displays OF Christmas gifts at
tract the attention of crowds at all
hours. The arches are built on wood
en- frames and are covered over with
cedar and the other plants and colors
of Yuletide season and are arranged
with a number of colored electric
lights that will cause it TO appear even
more beautiful by night than by day
This store has without question the
finest window display and the best ar
ranged stock of goods that has ever
Iheen seen in this city or northeastern
Oklahoma.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
JUST AHEAD OF THE SHERIFF.
Warrant Was Out for OkIahoman Who
Leaped TO Death From Bridge.

Muskogee, Okla, Dec. 12-It devel-
oped today that E. e. Gray, who com
mitted suicide at Fort Gibson yester-
day by jumping off the Iron Mountain
railway bridge into Grand river was
"just ahead of the sheriff.
After the identification of the body
it was learned that the sheriff of Wag-
oner county had a warrant for Gray
charging that he was short in his ac-
counts as guardian of number of
grandchildren. The amount of the
shortage is variously reported at from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1912-12-20
COURT HUUSE
WILL Be MOVED
County Leases Buffington-Harris Build
ing For Five Years.

Yesterday the county commissioners
of Craig county closed a lease for five
years on the Buffington-Harris build
ing to be used for county court house
purposes. The lease begins January
the first, 1913, at which time all the
county offices will be moved from the
present location at the corner of Will
son and Canadian.
The lower floor of the north room
will be fitted up for court room, and
the county offices will occupy about
40 rooms above. This building is
practically fire-proof and will be a de-
cidad improvement on the present
quarters.