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ing story of how late on the afternoon
of April 25 they found man by the
name of Jebb. one of Mosby's men. at a
hotel in Bowling Green. The two gov
ernment detectives, Col. Baker and Col.
ConGer We're with them. .Tebb told
col. conGcr. persuaded more or less by
, the methods used on such occasions.
that he had fcrried Booth and Herold
across III" Eappahtnnock, and taken
them to the farm OF a man ma med Gar
ret, some three miles from bowling
Green on the way to Port Royal where
he said he supposed they then We're
On receiving this information the
party set out at once for Carrots farm
where they arrived about 2 o'clock the
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in connection with the execution
suppose the fact that | was dressed in
uniform had much to do with II | think
! am the youngest of living pcnpl. who
witnessed the most historical Of ali ex-
ecutons in this country. The sea fold
platform was about ten or twelve trri
above the ground and arout twenty
feet square. Ry tho side uf thu SCI fI,,ld
and IN plain sight of the prisoners pcrt
four newly dug graves snd tour .heap-
looking. nnpainted pine boxes I'm cot
fms.
Shortly before : o'clock the doors read
ing INTO the courtyard from the old peni-
tentiary were opened and the procession
slowly made its way to the scaffoid and
up the thirteen steps to seats on the
platform. Mrs. Surratt came first. as
sisted by guard. Others following were
Payne. Herold and Atzerodt, in the order
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der command Of Lieut.. Dougherty re-
turned. and the announcement was made
that they had at last been successful
Booth and Herold had dbeen trailed to
their hiding place. Herold was a prls-
oner and Booth had been shot and killed
b. Sergt Boston Corbett.
The shooting Of Booth by corbett made
the latter conspicuous figure at the
time Very little is known about the
early life, where he came from or in fact
what finally became of the man who was
the executioner of J. Wilkes Booth His
first enlistment, it was said. was in Bos-
ton His history previous to this enlist
ment is blank. 1t was said the name
Boston was given to him because of his
enlistment in Boston AS to what finally
became Of him I was recently told by good
authority that some years after the war
he became insane and was confined in a
Kansas insane asylum. Being mildly in
sane he was allowed certain outdoor priv
ileges. He took walk one day short
distance into the country. He did not re-
turn, and beyond finding his coat half a
mile or thereabout from the asylum no
trace of him whatever has since been
found. He disappeared as if from Il
face of the earth.
This partakes strongly of the mys-
terious. That nothing whatever should
be known of the early or final days of
the man, peculiarly religious claiming
divine guidance, who was the instru-
ment in carrying out the decree Of pun
ishment to a murderer who of all mur-
excusable-this to some will seem to lie
within the borderland of the mysterious.
and possibly the supernatural. ! myself
believe ii quite possible that he was
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Corbett was an rcccntric- ! do not re-
call any other man III our regiment who
rllGe open religious profession. His tent
IN The camp 1T vienna. Na Was only
GcH feet from mine across tho nairo"
company street. ! recall him distinctly
with hair parted in the middle. When
asked him once why he wore his hair in
this way he replied that 1t was because
Jesus did 50. The men made much sport
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BY JOHN c. COLLINS.

HE 18th day of
April, 1865. will al
WAYS remain a
memorable day in
American history.
and the events
which immediately
followed it remain
indelibly impressed
upon my memory.
although ! was but
a boy of twelve
wears at the time
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Member Of 10th New
York Cavalry When a
Detachment From That
Regiment Surrounded
the Barn in hich the
Slayer of Lincoln Was
Shot Gives His impress
sions of Corbett.
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finally killed hy some one who never
forSaNe him for shooting Booth
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I@oGN At the people stern behest
From Capitol dome to the Presidents Home
1t will be redeemed at last:
Till each ugly pile and each plague-spot vi,
Be only dream of the past.
There the government 5 great buildings
In their massive strength will stand
Storms of centuries detving-
Stately structures. and grand
There, on sites by Congress given.
Every State may build its home
Marble mansions. carved and col,,mned
Granite halls with tower and dome.
\istas fair unfold in beauty
Through each lofty coonnade:
Group historic, arch triumphal.
Rose-embowered esplanade
Through lake and lagoon may the waters soon
Take their course from Potomac flow:
With arches of grace oerspanning the space.
And fairy gondolas below.
Sweet islands of bloom waiting rich perfume.
Like glimpses of Eden seem:
And marble forms fair. artistic and rare.
In their radiant beauty geam.
Clear fountains flash bright in pr. :atic light
To the rhythm of musc's thrill:
And songbird and breeze in tall, waving trees
Their mission OF JOY fulfill.
In the fading rays OF the summer days
There the toil-worn throngs find rest
That will balm impart to each weary heart.
And the saddest soul be blest.
On the turf cool green are the children seen
OF lofty and low degree;
TO the rich man s and the poorest
Shall this Paradise be free
When the trumpet blast of winter
Peals out with mighty swell;
When the Ice King locks the lakelets,
And the fountains feel his spell:
Then the happy skaters, thronging
To this of revelry,
Will glide DER the crystal basins,
In a carnival OF gee.
When the Snow Queens fairy blossoms
Float down to the bare brown earth.
Then the sleigh BELLS merry music
Will blend with the children's mrth
Whateer be the time or season.
Flows the human tide
To this scene of perennial pleasure.
The peoples delight and pride
statesmen wise who legisate beneath the Great " hi
Dome:
patriotic Chief. within historic White House Home
his vision can be realized High on the scroll of fan
characters of living light. will blaze each honor
name
Y whose renowned endeavor and through whose
spired thought
moved the forces which this wondrous transform
tlon wrought
HE AVENUE OF THE NATION redeemed tr,
its ignoble past.
ill rise a colossal creation. in glorious grandeur
last.
THE PROPHECY.
cd clock has struck the hour that knes the final doc
f base resorts that flourish in murk of moral gloom.
ur Capital high honor conditions new commands.
nd pulpit press and platform unite in firm demands
o legaized temptations shall lure the feet of youth
o wander from the pathway of purity and truth:
o revenue degrading our treasury shall claim;
o partnership with evil shall mar Columbias name
o breweries, no distlleries, no wineries, no bars
nall purchase their protection beneath Old Glor
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Meantime | had found quarters with
sary sergeant of Company X. The men
took me UP and made me a sort OF boy
of the regiment its mascot. perhaps We
would now say, little tow-headed boy.
not looking much over ten years old.
was given a pony which had been con-
dernned because too small for a cavalry
man. a uniform was cut and made for
tailor and for nearly two years, extend
ing to some months after the close of the
war. I enjoyed all the privileges and
ment except picket duty and the long
scouts after Mosby. ] think it was even
whispered that the little white-headed
boy had some occult influence in the re-
nown which came to the regiment as the
captors of J. Wilkes Booth and the
great honor, as it was considered. that
one of their number avenged the death
of the martyr President with a bullet
through the brain of his murderer.
For the next few days following April
10 all was turmoil and confusion with us
who remained behind. The tents, camp
paraphernalia and personal belongings of
the men were packed in large covered
camp wagons and we soon found our
selves in a rude camp on the edge of the
settled part of Washington.
The thousand or more cavalry scouts OF
the 10th We're broken up into squads OF
twenty to fifty. each of which was dill
gently engaged in searching over the
country in Maryland and Virginia adja-
cent to the Potomac and Rappahannock
rivers.
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l and had been Surfeited by the excite
ment of two years in the very thick of
the wa.
1 During the last two years of the war
/ had been a sort of boy of the regiment
with the famous old 18th New York Cav
/! airy and vas in camp with that regi-
I ment at Vienna. Va. short distance
i from Washington. on the day mentioned.
i Ii was day OF intense grief. for on that
| day the great President who had carried
1 the nation safely through the war be
/ tween the north and the south became
! the victim of en- assassin's bullet. and
/ sealed BY his death. a final sacrifice.
4 hls years of devotion and travail, of
/ patient and wise struggle to save the
nation.
\ Some time between midnight and day
light. pri ID the buglers OF our resi-
ment sounded boots and saddles In a
few minutes the entire regiment of about
thousand men was in the saddle and,
like a flash, had disappeared in the dark
ness.
i FLAGS at half mast shortly after day
+ light followed by runlors that President
Lincoln. Gen. Grant and other heads of
b. rebel conspirators in Washington.
gave the first suggestion to those re
naming in camp that the cavalry scouts
/ of the 18th New York had gone out in
/ the night on more serious business than
7 one more attempt to get Mosby. It was
soon learned that the President had been
i shot and killed, that j. Wilkes Booth,
the assassin. had esca aped. and the men
of the 10TH well equipped by special
knowledge of the country. were out in
/ search of the murderer.
Something more than year previously
] had induced, with much special plead
ing and not little strategy. a relative.
a popular member of the 18th Cavalry,
to allow me to accompany him on his
return to the camp after a brief fur
Tough to his home Ii was expected that
this visit would be OF short duration and
that after | had had few days ex-
perience of actual camp life I would be
returned to my home. But while out
with a scouting party two or three days
after Tejoinns his regiment this relative
was seriously wounded In skirmish with
Mosby's men When he returned from
the hospital. some three months later, he
Immediately got into trouble again with
+ Col. Mosby and his men, who had made
an attack Saturday afternoon. June 23,
1861 on the pickets at Annandale, Va
This time Mosby got him and some fifty
others and his next six or eight months
I were spent i'll southern prisons.
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The Avenue of the Nation.
\ VISION AND \ PROPHECY
Mrs. NELLIE HAZARD BRADLEY.
THE VISION.

Cd hasten the day when our
great highway.
As it stretches east and west.
Shall rise from its shame to
glorious fame
At the people S stern behest.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
Best Profit In Young Beef

Profits in beef production come
from quick maturing stock sold
at one or two years Of age. This
is the theory Of the Portland ex-
pert livestock men who conduct
cd the meat demonstration for
the farmers and stockmen at the
o. A. G. Short Course. "A man
recently sold n yearling in Port
land for 500 at the same time
that his neighbor sold his two
year-old for $117." said Mr..
Forestel, of the Union Meat
Company. There Is no money
in feeding steers after they are
two years old. The gain is not
worth the cost and the interest
on the investment. and the meat
sells for one or two cents pound
less. A good many growers
think that they want n great big
beef. and then get mad when
they get no more for il than their
wiser neighbors gets for the
smaller and better type. It pays
to keep in touch with the market,
know just what the market wants,
and then furnish just that"
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
Beef Cow Brings $1O5.

Raising beef cattle, which is
rapidly on the increase in Central
Oregon is a very profitable under
taking if properly carried on.
Evidence of this is shown by the
sale last week of a COW which
brought the owner $105. The
animal was four years old and
her weight ran up to the high
sum of 1900 pounds. 0'Donnell
Bros. paid 7 cents a pound.
This COW was one of bunch
of "a which 0'Donnell Bros,
bought Of r. h. Grimes of the
Pilot Butte ranch east oftown.
During the past Ii months this
firm has not found it necessary
to ship in any meat, being able
to secure all that has been need
ed for the market in the district
around Bend. The quality of
the livestock has also improved
greatly, they report. r Bend Bull
letin.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
New Bids Asked on
Canyon Mail Contract

The Department has asked
for new bids on carrying the mail
between Burns and Canyon and
notices are posted at the post
Office in this city. Bids may be
made in three ways: To carry
all the mail or one may bid for
the first and second class mail
alone and there is also a PROPOSE
ton whereby one may contract
for fourth class mail alone-par-
eel post. The latter proposition
provides for seven days each
week or oftener if necessary.
This method of handling the
mails may bring better service
than by compelling a contractor
to take all the classes of mail and
attempt to handlei it. The parcel
post has changed the old way of
carrying the mails on these
interior routes very materially
and it was a matter that COM
pIicated prospective bids to a
great extent.
While there is no official au-
thority respecting the Burns
Vale line it is understood the
contract has been awarded as
was stated in our last issue.
Since the order has come to
route all west bound mail by way
of that line it is likely the con-
tract win be changed to some
extent, as it will no doubt mean
more pay.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
Market Report.

Receipts for the week have
been Cattle-l72l; Calves-20;
Hogs-54s4; Sheep-5264.
This week cattle trade showed
q few soft spots but was general
ly good. The big Monday run
of steers clipped about 10 cents
off former prices. Since Mon
day the receipts have been light.
Butcher stock on the other hand
was firm throughout. Best cows
brought 81 90 and 81 05. bulls
So 90 and calves SO 90. Killers
have not been over supplied on
she stuff and the market appears
very steady.
Tops dropped back to SO 70
Thursday which is 10 cents under
Mondays price at So IS. 1t is
scarcely probable that March re-
ceipts will be on q par with
February, but so many unexpect-
ed things have occurred in the
swine market this year the do.
posters have gone to cover.
Market steady with outlook good.
Mutton and lamb prices hit the
high places this week. Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday were
barren of receipts, but Friday
saved the week and market from
stagnation. Monday was the
big day and fat mutton or lambs
were attractive commodities a
few Sc 90 yearlings appeared in
the run old wethers sold "ofr
cars" at $5 S5. ewes at $4 70 for
tops and 81 so to 81 65 in bulk
featured Lamb demand excelled
supply and the prime fat kinds
found an easy outlet at Sc rs.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
Alfalfa Secured by
Government in Asia

Alfalfa is one of the most
valuable crops in the country
now, but it never would have
been here if the government
hadn't sent a scientist TO Asia to
get it. Something like 80 million
dollars worth of Durum wheat
was grown in the United States
last year. but there never would
have been a spear of it raised
here if some scientist hadn't
gone into the high. dry steppes
of Russia and found it and
brought il here II was the
government that first imported
kafrcorn and the agricultural
experiment stations that showed
the government how to raise it.
II was the work Of the farm adj
wiser that showed the farmers of
the South how to grow cotton in
spite of the boil weevil or how
to raise other crops if the wcevil
got too thick for them. II was
a farm adviser who showed the
fruit growers of California that
il wasn't necessary to cut down
their orchards in order to get
rid of the San Jose scale. II was
a farm adviser in Connecticut
who showed the tobacco growers
there how to produce tobacco
that would sell for So a pound
instead of for 20 cents.
II a proper man is selected for
the farm adviser in this county
he will revolutionize many of the
farm methods in this county and
materially increase the incomes.
Ontario Argus.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
Notice Of Final Settlement.

In tho County Court Of the State Of Or
eHon, for Harney County.
In the matter Of the estate Of j. Z.
Dickinson, deceased.
Notice Ia hereby given that the un-
dorsigned administrators Of the above
entitled estate has filed her final account
herein and that the Honorable Grant
Thompson, Judge OF the above entitled
court, has set Monday the 30th day Of
March, 1914, at tho County Court Room
at Burns, Oregon, as the time and place
for hearing objections 10 said account,
aud nil persons having objections there
To are hereby notified to appear and
present the came ~ SAID time and
place.
Dated at Burns, Oregon. this 2sth
day Of February, 1914.
RosR G. Kgng,
Adm inistratrix Of the above entitled
estate.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
Hotbeds Are Valuable
In Every Farm Garden

Hotbeds are artificial means Of
giving seed and young plants
the benefit of summer weather
in early spring. Aside from
their aid in growing crops that
would not come to maturity
otherwise. they have a real
economic value. BY their means
enough plants for the home
garden and some to sell to the
neighbors can be grown at a
slight cost. AS designed by
Professor A. G. Bouquet, garden
specialist at the Oregon Agricul-
tural College, their construction
is simple and inexpensive. After
the first season there will be no
further money cost, as the glass
may be stored and kept for years.
All other material and all labor
are supplied by the resources of
the average farm.
The pit may be made by ex-
a foot or two below the
The sash is three feet
by six feet, and the frame is
made to suit these dimensions,
rising eight inches above the
ground in front and twelve inches
above at the back, or north side.
II the pit is made l8 inches deep
Il should be filled IA inches with
manure and six inches with good
oam or other garden soil. After
he soil has cooled to a safe tenn
)erature the seeds are sown.
For early green food lettuce.
'adishes, and bunch onions are
rood. These and other similar
vegetables may be thus grown
'arly in the spring and late in
he fall, greatly lengthening the
rowing season.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
Catholic. Church.

l. On Sundays and Holy days
of obligation Holy Mass with
sermon at 1890 a. m.
2. On week days Holy Mass
at $50 a. m.
All other services. besides
those mentioned above will be
announced in church.
All invited and welcome to the
divine services.
Sick-calls promptly answered
at anytime. Religious informa-
tion and instructions willingly
impaired at the Franciscan
Residence.
Rev. Plus Niermann. o. F. M.
Pastor of The Church of the
Holy Family.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
Agricultural Club Meets
And Elects Officers

The Agricultural Club meeting
last Tuesday evening was one of
the most profitable and interest
ing of the series held this winter.
Alfalfa" was the principal topic
of the evening but this subject
was preceded by other interest
ing numbers.
Miss Bessie Smith rendered a
delightful piano solo and Miss
Helene Dalton had a nice paper
on Cotton" AS this did not
come within the scope of general
use in this section there was no
discussion to follow it but the
paper read by Miss Ruth Miller
on 'Labor-Saving Devices for
the Home" brought outseyeral
practical suggestions that were
well received and which could
and should be applied to the
homes of Harvey county, such as
the fireless cooker. electric and
gasoline irons. washing machines,
etc.
SuDt. Breithaupt of the Ex-
pertinent Station gave a general
discussion on alfalfa. but par
ticularly the dry farm method of |
growing as q cultivated crop in
rows. Mr.. Breithaupt pointed
ont the advantage Of this as a
perennial crop oyer grain; grown
for seed AZ compared to grain the
net returns per acre would be
aboat $12 while with wheat it
would produce about $5. This
y considering the proposition of
les9IEIE e4ch ycsr as the latter
'e0p'res while the former Is good
'9f yaapy years after once q stand
4 secured Alfalfa as hay grown
\ t1'e n1AnIIek II stiII the better
'Fer 40 from one 10 one and a
la|{ TOM of h4 can be grown
.nt II 4dYa1 4te over Wild hay
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
ng of the lawful regulations and

ing of the lawful regulations and
fundamental principles of Co
operation was it made possible
for us to organize what we now
call The Harvey Valley Co-opera-
tive Association.
This relief can come none too
soon.
Olif Wick who has spent the
winter in the mountains working
with sheep, came in from the
Crane Creek hills and states that
many rabbits have wintered in
the mountains. they are especially
thick along the creeks among
the willows. He reports that
they have wintered we'll show no
signs of disease and as the green
grass is now coming they are
getting frisky, consequently the
fence is our only hope for this
years crops. But the fence will
be life time benefit as it will be
a combination stock and rabbit
fence.
We have now waited 20 years
for providence to solve the rabbit
problem, and have come to the
conclusion that God helps only
those who are willing to help
themselves.
So we have decided to swat
this blighting curse with one
lifetime blow.
And with the combination
fence it will be as the DR.. said
when he visited two patients on
the same trip, it will be killing
two birds with the same stone.
Vivian Gray.
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brought out that alfalfa is a sue
cess under almost any condition
of climate and soil.
The new officers of the club
are Chas. Wilson, president; j.
c. Leedy, vice-president, Lee
Miller, secretary.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07

Notice is hereby given that the
annual meeting Of the Stockhold-
ers of the Masonic Building
Association will be held at the
Masonic Hall in Burns, Oregon,
on Saturday, March ID, 1914,
at 2 O'Clock p. M.
Sam Motherhood,
Act. Secretary.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07
''The Roundup
Tonawama tonight

]. o. Cawlfield. for many years
deputy county clerk. has an
nouncsd his candidacy for county
clerk. He is a competent man
and quite widely known through
out the country. Mr.. Cawlfield
has resided in this section for
many years and has a large
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-07

Time to think about garden
seeds. A nice assortment in
cluding onion sets at the Burns
Hardware Co.