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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06
Western Reclamation
Association Formed
In Salt Lake City

The Western Reclamation Associs-
ton has been organized a. q result
Of the Conference held November 81
and 22 at Salt Lake City. Repres-
-entatfves from thirteen OF the reclaim
alton states were present at he Con-
ference. which was called for he pur-
pose OF crystaliizing sentiment In the
Western States In favor OF some de-
Unite plan OF furthering Federal Re-
clamation. The Association decided
to request OF Congress an appropria-
ton OF $3.50. 900 900 10 replenish the
reclamation fund. Provision was
made for an executive committee
composed OF one member from each
State 10 carry out the recommends
tlons OF the association. State En-
glneer Percy A. Cupper was elected
as executive committeeman from Orc
gon.
The first meeting Of the executive
committee was held In Salt Lake city
following the Conference. and II II
proposed TO hold the next meeting In
Washington ID. G. soon after the con
vening OF Congress.
II is proposed TO raise the neces-
sary funds for carrying on the cam
paign by voluntary subscription. Ore
CONS allotment IL $4,000. The I'm
portance OF this movement TO Oregon
can hardly be overestimated. Any
substantial addition 10 the u. 5. Re
clamation fund will not only permit
OF additional construction work by
the Reclamation Service, but Will
also greatly stimulate irrigation un-
der the irrigation district plan. which
IN proving so successful In Oregon.
II n believed that the movement viii
receive the support OF every irriga-
tion and drainage enterprise In the
State. on account of its far reaching
effect Even though "a project may
not be In a position 10 directly re-
ceive federal aid. the fact that the
Reclamation Service IN In the field
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06
Sawmill Men
Are Interested
in Prospects
BARNES BRINGS ASSOCIATE
Talk of Mill with 100000
Feet Daily Capacity snd
Will Investigate Mare
Next Spring

y. w Barnes. the man wGu kals
been securing options on timber tr,
the north and west OF this city. ezl.ne
In again the fore part OF thEp xs-slS
from his Portland headquartcrz1. ss-.-
Barnes wes accompanied In W e. A..
Hall, OF Chicago, one OF the ur,srr "a
saw mill al Burns.
The gentlemen attempted a. --1p
into the timber regions In whicff xfzsV
were Interested but the snow wAs 1@p
deep 70 penetrate far In TIC, Eissuar-
tains. therefore an Inspection vs<s or
OF the question. However. M. 7kxkBl
announced 70 citizens OF this sfsg xfsE
bis company was Interested iss fiEs
establishment Of q mill and sRsruhg
Mr.. Barnes secure sufficient sqafp1~
on suitable timber by spring wksr ~
could return and inspect IL a5~U,
would surely establish a big Raw .aaH
with capacity OF NOT less than epI :
900 per day and would empksx lszuRy
workmen that would mean O~as- N
payroll for Burns. In sf'ditsns Inn
this, he pointed out II would uss~p "a
increased population OF the toas sruf
more prosperous times.
Mr.. Hall was particularly sssne~Sa
with the prospects for immsss hxsl{
action In constructing rese rvvft. flBr-
irrigation purposes and feels tbxx 40,
coming year will be an epoch A. rsr-
history OF the biz Harvey county w'sth
much construction development
The gentleman was given aissGr-
ancc OF the loyal support OF ris, reis :
zens OF this city 90 his undstz4t frsy
of the establishment of saw nclii 90
Il means much 20 the cOmmumtT-
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06
A SURPRISE PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. X. ID. Baker were
surprised at their farm home up the
river Thursday night when q large
company of neighbors came In on
them They passed the time with
dancing and music until midnight
when a basket supper was enjoyed
Is the neighbors. had brought well
flIled baskets Of "eats," A feature
~ the atfalr was the presence Of Mr.,
ana Mrs. n. Reynvaon who recently
disposed of their fausnisi"-hat neigh
borhood and who were on the eve CT
their departure to other places for
tbe winter. IL proved a farewell
marty for the Reynyaans.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06
Sweet Shop in
New Location

e. {. Page has moved HIS place OF
business across the street TO the stone
building OF Mrs. Reeds, between the
Reed grocery and the Masonic build
ing. This was made necessary when
James hampshire bought the build
Ign In which this business was for
merly housed.
Mr.. Page will bc IN a position 10
hetter serve his customers In his new
location as 10 gives him more room.
when he first engaged In business he
didn't have n bakery In connection,
hut this part OF his business has
grown TO such proportions that II
required more attention. In his pros
ent quarters he can do this without
interfering with his sweet shop and
fountain business.
-
Mrs. Mildred Mccormack and her
brother were over from their home
near the head OF Harvey lake Thurs
day.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06

will make II much easier for such
projects to secure the necessary fin
snoe from private sources. We are
undoubtedly entering upon an era Of
unprecedented development along the
lines Of irrigation and drainage, and
by putting up a united front Will now
have an opportunity OF greatly sd-
vancing the cause. ,tff
II seems that an opportunity 10
now being presented whereby Oregon
may be able 10 secure her full share
OF federal development, particularly
n the irrigation interests give whole
hearted support 10 the movement In
itiated by he Wesern States Reclaim
alton Association at the Salt Lake
City Conference.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06
American Legion
Buttons Arrfve

Attention. service menf wfrse
American Legion buttons are sk-us.s
The secretary OF the Post viii hsssc
sell them at actual cost. Tdsr s,fNC
even pays the postage and tmsu,saA<2
on the package. They are A7Ihi
beauties. aud every "buddie' sM s,i
glad 10 have one.
Write 10 the secretary hxrIS-y
County Post Number Sixty-Thrse ~
you can't get In TO see him.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06
Try-Weakly
Mail Service

The agent at Crane telephoned
this afternoon the announcement
that train service on the Crane iihe
would be curtailed for the present
because OF coal shortage.
The train will come up to Crane
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
leaving for Ontario on Tuesday
1hurlay and Saturday.
THIS gives Burns tri-weehly mail
service only.
\ Now Is the time to make a greater
eaort for daily mail service from
Bend
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06
Plan Rabbit Drive
Sunday, Dec. 21st

U. 3. Biologist u. r.. Horn, In
charge OF the rabbit poisoning cam
puign In this county. informs this
paper that the people OF tho Rye
Grass community propose rabbit
drive for Sunday. Dee. 2i. With the
present snow and prospects for more,
this should not only prove lot OF
fun for those taking part. but also
effective In destroying "a large mum
ber of rabbits. ..
In former years the rabbit drives
have proven successful where they
were properly conducted and where
the people took sn active part Mr..
Horn is here to give his serious aiten-
ton TO the destruction OF these pests.
aud while Il IS expected the poison
ipg method II going TO be fhe most
effective. yet the drives are adyocat-
ed by him as another means OF get
ting rid OF them. la addition 10 that
phase OF the question. the drive Will
direct more attention To the cam
paign and keep up interest and en-
thusIasm. ff
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06

n. u. Purington arrived home the
latter part OF last week from trip
TO outside points. During his abb
sence he visited In Pendleton and
Portland. W
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06

The Times-HcraId n sx esun
established friend Of tho Dss2as
OF Hsrney County wh<ss - Bs-~
been weekly visitor Se~ t3sasr
years. It's job dcpartmssss n
equippNI u sssve yonp ss,eaA
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06

, The Tines-HcraId goes rc.
ruiarly to more homes in Har.
-, county than any other
,ewspapcr. II you wish 10
Zach the people - thsse COL
unns for your Adysrtassa1ens-
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1919-12-06

(Contnued on page ~
Evening star., 1919-08-31
The Rambler Writes More of the Hunter Family

uous figure in early Ohio politics. lie
was born in Alexandria, Va, Decem-
Der 10, 1908, and moved to WOODS
field, Ohio He wds elected to the
Thirty-first and reelected to the
Thirty second Congress, serving from
March 4, 1S49. to March 3. 1853. he
died at Woodsfeld. March 80. 1874.
Hunters have been distributed over
Virginia for hundreds Of years. There
was John Hunter reported among
the killed in an Indian uprising or
foray in Virginia in February. 1923,
and he seems to have been the owner
Of a tract of land called Colledge,
which was probably near jamestown.
Among the list of burials In Elizabeth
City in 1924 is the name of Thomas
Hunter.
Among the early arrivals in Vir-
ginia may be found this note:
June Q. 1885: These underwritten names are
to be transported to Virginia imbarqued In
the Thomas and John. Richard Lambard,
Master. being examined by the Minister OF
Gravesend concerning their conformation to
the orders and discipline Of the Church OF
England: And tooke the Oathe of Allegiance
Frances Hunter. 10 yeares.
Evening star., 1919-08-31
Stop Boutwell, Station the Electric Line From Vienna to
Fairfax Court House-Though Meadows Frightened by Gold
enod-A Low Frame House at the End of PATH

blossoms of self-heal or all-heal. a
little towering plant of the mint
family which dogs ones footsteps
wherever one may walk in the
country at this season. The people
Of the olden times must have held
Prunella vulgaris in high regard to
give it such flattering names as self
heal' "all-heal" "heal-all." Prunella
was a disorder of the throat, sore
throat. quincy or something like that,
and our ancestors had as much faith
in the efficacy of this little weed as
they had in cups and leeches.
X "
Out of the weedy meadow floated
the merry notes of the Maryland
yellowthroat and the canary-like
music of the song sparrow. Not being
In a hurry. the Rambler sat down
by the side of the lane and found
that all around his resting place was
growing that remarkable Christmas
green which different people call by
Evening star., 1919-08-31
The UpIift.

A SENATOR. apropos Of the huge
quantity Of Army meat which It
was proposed should be sold to the
packers for less than half the price
paid them by the government. said:
why sell this meat to the packers?
Would 1t not be better to sell 1t to
consumers direct and thus aid in re-
ducing the cost Of livingT
The senator added bitterly:
THE high cost Of living! We heard
a lot about the uplift movement to
he expected as the result Of the war;
but we didn't expect the uplift to be
concentrated on prices"
Evening star., 1919-08-31
The Coming Crisis.

A CONGRESSMAN was talking about
governmental extravagance and
the fearful taxes that are it's cOnse-
quence.
The government" he ended, seems
to think that 1t only needs to say to
the American people, Cough up!
Cough up! But how will we cough
up when our Golfers are emptyT
Evening star., 1919-08-31

different names. Sometimes it is
"crowsfoot," sometimes it Is run
ming pine," sometimes it is run
ming cedar" While the Rambler sat
there a mule team came along the
lane. There were two mules. sleek,
alert little animals. and their gay
harness was decorated with scarlet
tassels. They drew a large covered
wagon that made the Rambler think
of the wagon trains that passed
along the Virginia and western Mary
land roads before the railroads came.
On the side of the wagon was painted
this: ~. T. Beavers. Fairfax"
Leaving the quiet lane. the Rambler
turned sbuth into the gray pike and
few hundred yards farther on came
to point where another lane crossed
the pike. To follow this lane to the
left would lead through the grounds
Of John Craig Hunter of Boutwell,
and onto the lands of Moorfield. Fol-
lowed to the right. it leads to the
mansion house Of the colonial estate
of Contemplation. the home and
burial place of the revolutionary SOL
dier and Virginia gentleman John
Chapman Hunter.
On this particular day the Rambler
turned to the right. Two or three
Sundays ago he gave all the facts he
had concerning the Hunters of Con-
temptation. but lack Of space pre-
vented him telling much about the
present appearance of the old home.
Where the lane turns Off to the right
from the pike there is a cluster Of 10.
Gust trees and the shadow Of a large
maple falls across the way. The lane
then leads on and up what appears to
be a gravelly knoll. but as you come
to the rising ground you see that 1t is
not gravel which strews the road, but
broken Quartzite. and that the ridge
you are crossing is probably Of
quartzite overliad by a foot or two of
soil. Where the lane crosses this
ridge there Is. on the left, still higher
ground over which grows a jungle of
sumac, locust. sassafras. cedar, berry
bushes and vines of many kinds. Sew
eral locust trees of considerable
height. girth and age grow in this
tangled place. and 1t would seem that
at some remote time 1t had been the
site OF a habitation, but IL a house
stood in there all vestige of it has
disappeared.
Passing down the farther side of the
ridge, the lane crosses a small branch
and then enters under an arcade of
venerable locust trees, showing plain
ly that II is the way to some old
home. The lane turns to the left to-
ward a red barn, a small bit of which
you may glimpse through the dense
Evening star., 1919-08-31
When the Indian Votes.

o, the widely known poor Indian.
IL who now. thanks to oil, smokes
two-bit cigars and rides around In
limousines. is about to have trouble
thrust upon him. Dissatisfied over his
placid existence as ward OF the
United States government, patroniz-
ing Congress is about to thrust the
vote into his hands. This action may
not take place within the next month,
but the ways are being CREASED for
1t and. very soon. Lo will have the
vote.
Henceforth, then. of course, his lot
will be unhappy. Instead of enjoying
himself on election day counting up
the profits from his oil lands. or col
lecting money for the far eastern
missionary fund, he doubtless will
have to stand off a crowd OF ward
captains with shotgun or suffer the
torment of being dragged to the polls
by the coat lapels to exercise his bal
lot in the annual struggle for the
dog -catchership. Not only that. but
he will be rounded up and forced to
listen to any number of political
speeches, and every mail will bring
him a twelve-pound leaflet or SO on
the iniQuity Of the tariff or the league
of nations. Worst Of all. though, his
wife doubtless will be taught by her
fellow voteresses that her mother was
being imposed upon when she was
forced to cut her own cooking wood
and the subject of woman's rights
will occupy prominent place night
ly on the front porches Of all the best
$4,000, hardwood floor. tepees in the
land.
Fortunately. however. Lo will not
be the only one to suffer. Ward cap
tains will have to rack their brains
to find new attractions which will get
Indian voters to the polls. No longer
will the shooting gallery cigar and
the hired hack which has enticed the
pale-face brother away from his
humble cot and to the polls get a
move out Of the Indian. Naturally a
difiicult man to arouse to action, 60
Ing to the polls will have to be made
very attractive. indeed, to move him.
Force, such as previously mentioned,
a
mined ward leader.
Just now the Indian affairs COM
mittee of the House is planning a
final survey Of Indian conditions be-
fore they prepare a bill designed to
give the Indian the vote. A subcom-
mittee will visit the red brother,
make sure that he is as prosperous
and intelligent as most every one else
knows he is. and then try to hand
him the vote.
With the passage Of the BILL the
Indian lobbyists who have for years
been familiar sight around Wash
ington doubtless will disappear. They
are among the last Indians in the
country to wear derby hats and
feathers.
Evening star., 1919-08-31

~ OTHWELL Is a station on the
- electric line which leads be-
tween Vienna and Fairfax
Court House. The reason for
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-08-16

and gunner use when they get into
their places. The wheels are rub
Der tired. There are four movable
ailerons to maintain lateral bal
ance, and there is a movable ele-
vator on the horizontal part of the
tail piece on either side of the rud-
der. The body of the plane is pro-
tected against receiving injury
when landing, by tail skid of wood
and wing skids of reed. The whole
airplane weighs about two pounds.
All the wood parts have been var
nlshed three times and the boys ex-
pect to give it about five more coats
OF varnish. They are going to at
tach wireless generators on the
landing gear struts. These are used
on the regular planes to make cur
rents so that the men in the plane
can send messages.
When asked what they used to
make the plan and where they
obtained the material for it, they
said, well, we used about little
or everything, Stats from bushel
baskets, these were used for the
thirty-eight sets of ribs that are
beautifully set in each wing, yard
sticks, muslin pieces, five spools of
No. "a wire, pieces of aluminium,
and many other things"
The boys expect to exhibit their
plane in one of the down town
stores as soon as it is finished.
Notes About Flyers
Roland Rohlfs, an American, now
holds the airplane altitude record.
Recently he ascended in the
Wasp" Curtiss Triplane, to an
of 30,700 feet.
A Frenchman went under the
Arch de Triomphe about a week
ago, in a Newport Combat biplane.
This is a scouting plane with a !
wing spread of eighteen feet. He
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-08-16

The Princess Chunkas Champ
Pu-La, otherwise Miss Georgia Let
Medl0uk, a fullblooded CherOkef
Indian from Seyquah County. Okla
homa. is in New York studying mu
sic.
81 am having my voice trained,
she says, ito show the world that
real Indians these days are goin,.
in for culture. In our tribe which
consists Of about $4,000 people, the
uneducated man or woman is the
exception. Many of our men arc
college graduates and are in good
standing, both in the professional
and business circles"
The princess first went on the
concert stage when asked to sing
for some soldiers in camp. She is
proud Of her part in the war and
also of the fact that the Oklahoma
Indians sent $3.50 men to the war
all of whom were volunteers. Her
two brothers who went overseas
never came back. They were used
e'' oSo"tS' ooih5 audptcu Ny hdl'ti :
al instinct for such work.
Miss MedlOck is the descendant
OF long line Of chiefs. Her faith
er, Boone Chambers, was ruler Of
his tribe, and her grandfather, Red
Cloud Brewer, was also a chief.
She was born in Seyquah county,
Oklahoma, twenty-seven years ago
and educated at st. Agnes Acad-
emy. Memphis, Tenn. She spoke
no English until she was twelve
years old. For the last three years
she has studied music under Laur-
ent Chevaux and she is now In
New York for further training.
She expects to complete her stu
dies in Europe. Her voice is a fine
dramatic soprano.
When speaking of her vast lands
in the west the princess said, THE
Indians worship the memory of
Theodore Roosevelt and in his life
time they adored the man. He is
the only president who ever gave |
us square deal. He arranged that |
we should pay no taxes on our land
that which fell as our portion
when statehood came in-for twen-
ty-one years."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-08-16

was arrested for this, because it
was contrary to the laws of Paris
to fly close to the ground and to do
stunts" of this kind within the
limits of the city.
William Batchelder, IA year old
boy of Woodstock, Vermont, recent
ly made a model of a Ford motered
scout plane, complete in every de-
tail. 1t is being exhibited in the
main corridor of the Hotel Imperial
in New York City.
A cheque for 10000 English
pounds (Which is about $4,000 in
our money! was recently given to
captain John Alcock, pilot, and
Lieutenant A. Written Brown at
banquet held in their honor in
England. This cheque is the prize
offered by 'The Daily Mail" a Lon
don newspaper for the Trans-At-
lantlc flight. They received other
cheques at the same time amount
ing to about $4,000.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-08-16
Mills Brothers Make De Haviland Plane

A beautiful plane with a wing
spread of forty-two and half
inches, and modelled after the De
Haviland-4 has been made by Ed
ward and Howard Mills, 511 West
Main The boys have been work
ing on the plane large part of the
summer They followed the direc-
tons given for it, in the Aerial Age
Magazine.
First they made model just the
size of the one described in the
magazine, with a wing spread of
6h inches and entirely of wood.
even the wheels. After this, they
made their bigger plane which is
seven times bigger than the little
model. This larger model is just
one Twelfth as large as regular
DeHaviland4 plane, and uses an
inch in measurements where the
big planes use foot. The regular
DeHaviland plane is a reconnoiter-
ing plane and was the first Ameri-
can plane to cross the enemies
lines. 1t was much used for day
bombing during the war
The big model is very completely
and very carefully made from the
tip of its propeller to its red, white
and blue rudder that moves by
means of slender wires. The pro-
peller shaft is ball bearing, and
came from New York, and the pro-
peller, itself, is three ply laminated
and tipped with cloth ends which
have been vanished. The insignia
is the wartime insignia of three
circles-red, white and blue. The
exhaust pipes are made of wood.
The fuselage is built to accommo-
date two men, a pilot, gunner, and
the comfort of each of these men is
provided for, with a wind shield,
a very natural looking wind shield
though it is probably made of diff
ferent material than the ones on
regular planes, as it was made OF
a "no-good' film, that has had its
picture scraped off. In front of
the pilots seat are two fixed Wick
ers guns, which are fired by the
pilot, and on the real planes, were
timed to shoot in between the revo-
lutions of the propeller as it whirl-
ed around. In front Of the gun
ner's seat is a movable model of
the Lewis machine gun for air
planes, made of wood. AT one side
on the lower plane is an aluminium
mounting walk" which the pilot
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-08-16
When | Was
A Little Bow

When | was little boy
| said to myself,
Il guess I'll eat the bread ant
| cheese
That's on the pantry shelf"
And then | told my mother
The rats and the mice
Had eaten up her bread and cheese,
Which wasn't very nice.
And so that evening, when | went
To bed, couldn't sleep,
TO think that had told a lie
Just made me weep and weep.
At last l crept out of my bed
And to my mother went,
And told her all about it
In manner penitent.
And then, besides, I had pain
An awful stomach ache
And that you know, Is quite enough
To keep one wide awake.
And mother said, Indeed it was
A naughty thing to do;
Of course you could not sleep be-
cause
Your conscience troubled you"
She kissed me then and tucked
me in
Before she went downstairs,
And for while | lay awake,
Although I'd said my prayers.
couldn't quite make up my mind,
Cause | was half awake,
Which hurt the worse, my con
science
Or my stuffy stomach ache,
Brooklyn Eagle Junior.