The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-03-06
Burt c. jones, Former Club
Secretary, Interviewed.
PORTLAND AID IS URGED
Present Service Responsible
For Trade Going Out Of
Stale; Western Con-
nection Urged.

A one-man g. O. s. expedition ar
rived in Portland this morning from
Burns. in the person of Bult G..
Jones secretary OF the Burns Com
mercial club.
"W appeal To Portland said he.
eve want an automobile mail route
tetveen Bend and Burns We want
10 be enabled to do busine with
Portland We want % cut down the
time Il requires TO send iottcr be.
tween Burns and Portland from four
days TO u hours.
I'VE want 10 get our Journals IN
Burns before the news gets cold. 10
YOU realize that we do not reyeiye
The sunday Journal until Wednes-
day. and sometimes Thursday follow.
Ing
Idaho Gets business
III We want To transact hurry up
order for vegetables. automobile tircs
groceries. meats and fruits or other
package commodities do you think
the order IL addressed TO some Port.
land house. Not for minute. n
goes 20 Boise. Idaho. And why?
Simply because Uncle Sans natl
carries that order TO Boise by way of
Crane and Ontario I'm cne day: the
order Is flled aud we remeive II the
following evening. II we sent tins
order 10 Portland Monday. the bust.
ness house would receive IL Thurs
day morning or noon IN all went we'll.
We will credit the Portland concern
with using all diligence In filling aud
getting II off the same. then We
would receive II In Burns about Mon
day-one week after the order was
filled. The difference In that be-
tween ~ hours dealing with Boise
and days dealing with Portland.
Matter of Business
THAT IN the reason and not the
lack OF loyalty TO home industry and
home business that Burns deals with
Boise instead of with Portland.
1T required but seven hours run
ming time in an automobile. Tuesday.
for me 90 traverse by way OF the Cen
trail Oregon highway the 150 miles
between Burns and Bend. I came
from Bend TO Portland during the
night by train. Had We a mail and
package freight route the way |
came u would be as easy 10 handle
mail and merchandise In the same
time The letter mailed in Burns
today would reach Portland tomOr-
row morning.
Burns has no railroad. But
Burns IL one OF the most active busi-
ness and agricultural centers in Ore
gon. The business which Burns has
10 O1er will amount annually To
good many millions Of dollars. The
monthly statements 0f our two banks
run about s1.00O.0O0 each.
Road DeveIopusent Urged
Tent that business worth the at
ieutiOn OF Portland'7 Cant We have
The cooperation OF Portland In in
ducing the postal department TO es-
'ablish The mail route? The freight
would then come automatically. II
would be perfectly simple and easy
with freight aud mall transported
between Burns aud Bend To secure
ihe permaneYt Improvement OF the
proyrmaDt ~ that route would con-
stitute the greatest single develop
meul in Ceutral Oregon. Thus the
business. which Is now attractive.
Immediately upon the establishment
Qf The mall roue would be multi
piled many fold"
Jones carried his appeal to the
Portland Chamber of Commerce. The
J9u al had already taken the mat
ter oefors the chamber and Assistant
Secretary Hetherton had called on
local jobbers for written statements
Of y nat the proposed mail and freight
rpn'e would mean.
Postal Men Appealed 10
Postal authorities had also been
appealed 10 and an investigation ID
under way. II was said.
Congressman N. J. Sinnott has
pledged 10 Secretary Jones and The
Journal his unqualified effort for the
mai route and will lead the cam
paicn at Washington with the sup
poF', now pledged. of Senators Cham
heI lain aud McNary and Congress
msi Macarthur and Hawley.
The people OF Burns and lIarney
t1uaty feel lively appreciation for
~ Journals support OF this. mail
f7lte campaigi and are sure thar
"a Sill. win because every argument
= on oui side" said Jones--POrt-