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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1905)
1) V . 5 MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 1905. VOL I. NO. 20. Tlx Madras Pioneer jflUfltll &UU o uuiiuj miunuii SPECI ALTI ES: LOG CABIN CREAMS, TURKISH NUGGETS f .. ilk. .4 Af ......n miwI lifimi ftlniln iflH.1lf.4 f.tl .nln at And n flue lino of pure and homo Tho Pioneer Ciu.h More. .. Martin' Confectionery more Field I'wh Htnro Kdnnrd C. Pcaau aim it. i crum .. ' , 0f fMh innclo candle aro . .Lb niiililint hut frcxli candle. ulilcM.li. price on abdication. box us. First clans rncalH and beds. Prices reasonable. Head quarters for all Binge lines. Antelope, Oregon ...BLACKSMITH and WAGOHMAKER... 4 Horseshoeing a specially. Doaler In coal, Iron, wheel, cushions, rubber tires, sprl UK, axle. The Dalles Oregon Geo. C. Blakeiy Tho Rollobto Druggist. Carrie the larjreit atock ol drug and drnggUt iliMrl. IT (!' Otm.. .. T. ion, photo tuppllc jour mall order kollclt ed and wilt receive prompt attention, The Dalles. Oregon THE DALLES and SHANIKO STAGE LINE lobifortable rlK, irood hon.cn. nromni er l, accommodating driver, dally except "Midair. One way two dollar;, round trip WO. Kxprcm and parcel carried at reaion Me rale. " Save MorifiV 0 patronlalng I am prepared o locate i HomeSeekers 0miimenl LaihU rontitninn. tn tl, rtiiim.i.i- v .. . CUIIWIITII If nllfviail a. ...at- ,"" ,r " f'liltvatablo; of tho beat ) wll within one-half to four mile of w wad, anrvey; mne t.,cot icatlon having bodd IviGCaulcy KIBBE HOTEL '.W. L.HKIIIIIK, Prop. ea s. - c. i .... - " lijc ana up -"Hi - - soc ana up 0"J' "tick Hotel In thd City. "wenjer and Freight Depot. UK UAU.E8 VF N. WATT V n H I D n m WTi iT "Ia 1UHW V Dealnr I.. ' and TOBACCOS, amoKERS' SUPPLIES, 'OOL BOOKS & STATIONERY C Dill.'0" Ucal 8nd Loh Stance Telephone. bEL,(gJS SODA VVATBR n.ai. r-i Hamilton Hotel Ortfgfcn made candle on unto at V Mad ran rn .ev mo "'" X inadu to tlio above named merchant Money hack If not a represented. X j. t. ivicnMnuuc, rrop., Shaniko, Ore. J VICTOR MARDEN MmiufACturcr nnd Pcnlcr In Fine ' Harness, Saddles, Tents, Wagon Covers 4 THE CHKAI'KST PLACK IN TIIK DAU.ES, When there, atop In and get price.- East End Clothing Store dOE COHEN, Prop. COMPLETE LIKE OF 0KNT8' PURNI8HIN0 OOODH, IIATtt, CAP8, HII0K8 AND CLOTHING. AMJ9 TRUNKS. It will pay you to get our price before pur chasing eUewhcre. Ml SECOND BT.. THE DALLES, OREGON. Carrying tho Dourjla Hhoc. Alw brauch at Ira Valley, Orcgbn. HENRY L KUCK MANUFACTURER OF Harness and Stock Saddles COWBOY OUTFITS A SPECIALTY. Dealer In Collar, Whip, Robe and a gen eral Hue of Horno Furulihlnj; Uootlti, Tcntx, Awning and Wagpu Cover. All work guar anteed. Eat Second (it. THE DALLES, Ore. (10 TO ' SHANIKO And Buy Your HARNESS From FRED DAVIS Repairs Promptly and Cheaply Done If your natch la In need of repairs or If yUu want to buy a new one, you cau not do better than to wrllo THEO. LIEBE PRACTICAL WATCH and CLOCK MAKgR THE DALLES, ORE., For prlroannrt atylca. Mall order receive prompt attention, All work guarautood. Livery and Feed Stable 1 lllVcnW 1nrl.i)..r. A. 1HX60N, Proprietor 4 HORSES OJVEN REST OF CARE AND . L .'J ATTJi.VHU.N. PRICES REASONABLE. Antelope, Oregon GO TO THE MADRAS DRUG STORE FOR . Pure Drugs, Druggists Sundries ahd Patent Medicines sV. A CompUtc Line ol , Stationery, Jcwtlr Et'6. la Stck ft. E. SNOOK, PreirUtor. Xa WiaMalH Strut, Uaara,"OrK OOUJ&AGE. Courage! What If the anowa arc deep, And what If tho hill are long and tcep, And the daya are ahort and the nlghta are long, And the gol arc weak and the bad aro trong7 Courage I Tho Know I a field for play, , And tho longflrt hlll ha a well-worn way; There are ong that shorten tho Jongeat night, Thero'a n day when wrong nlmll be ruled by right. hoconragel courage I 'Ha hKvero far From a plodded path to a ahlnlng tar. AQENOY PLAIN PIOK-UPS. Clirlfltmns lma come and gone and with It many Joya and Bnrrowa, Alf Turkey recently made a business trip to tho counlj Beat. Don't know wliotlior ho got the necesmry docu ments or not. V Howard Ulackerby was bulohorlng' hogs one day hint week and U now; fcahtliig on backbone sausage, eto. Christmas was greatly enlivened on the PI u I n by a beautiful mantle of snow covering Its surface. The literary entertainment given at the school bouse by Andrew Larson, Oecambcr 22, was well attended con slderlng the Inclement weatht'r. The program was very Interesting. A prize wno offered by the teacher to the scholar who delivered the bestdecla' allon. Miss Lei a Gard captured Ihp prize. Claude Ramsey, Alf Parkey and sev eral others from this part of the Plain took In tho masquerade ball at Madras Friday night. Also the Christmas tree and literary Saturday night. They report a rousing good time. Howard Blackerby and wife were re cent visitors of W. II. ltamey and wife. h Jack rabbits are almost as scarce on the -Plain as water and public roads. Stanley Qrewoll, of Trout Creek, was out on his homestead Monday and stopped over night. John Evic left for Juniper Flat a few days ago to be absent several days. Is it not about time that a dozen or so ranchers on the Plain get togethor and make the necessary arrangements and have a well drilled, at some favor able polut? If the project should fail it would hardly brako any of us, and we would know what to depend on in the future. If It proved a success it would be a matter of great convenience to those concerned and give each of us homo idea as. to what we would havr to ooutend with and the depth we would probably have to go to get water on our indiviJual homesteads. Mandy. MULOH YOUB TEEE8. Mulching of trees and shrubbery serves several good purposes. It con serves molsturo about the roots, thereby promoting their growth. It keeps the tree or shrub dormant in spring, thuB Insuring a crop of fruil by preventing loo early blooming. H saves a vast amount of hand culttva tlotj. But, best of nil, It preventp gophers from gnawing off the roots. Did you ever notice that gophers will not work about nn old straw stack or chip yard? Therefore use strnw, ohafl or very strawy manure or chip man ure. Place about the roots of trees, on top of ground, to depth of 8 -to 12 Inches and 6 to 8 feet across. Make pile dialling toward troe. Lenve mulch about them permanently, If obliged to ubo fresh stublo manuro do not place It ngnlnst tho body of treee. as il is liable to burn bark, especially frull trees. Small fruits return handsome profits treated in this way. Strawberries covered to a depth of 2 inches with clean straw or wild hay anything free from weed seeds after ground la frozen nnd same left upon theui until growth starts lu spring: then Jual uncover crowns of plants, leaving mulch to keep ground moist and berries cloan. Tryltaud see how much hard labor It will savo uud how little of Irrigation you need. In fact, orchards and small fruits can be utv ce8sfully growu without irrigation If proporly mulched and cultivated. Now is tho time to apply tho muloh. D. Roberts, BRONGO BUSTERS, An "xcltlug time was had Inst Sat urday when IRile Volrath, of Warm Spring; Walter McColn, of Lnraonta; Aiwlrow Lnrsen. -Joe Montgomery and others gave nn exhibition of their skill as bronoho busters In riding the oayuses belonging to Don P. Ron, It was sport of the highest Itoutret type, for of all the vicious, mean an.'d wicked attempts to thrqw their riders this pair of untamed eqtunes certainty aro entitled to the prize. After aut two hofrraof such work the nroarara olowd nnd the horses yr&e taken baek to tue.bra. LOCAL NEWS. A. 8. Phillips commenced plowing on his plrfctj'near town last Friday. Contractor and Car pen tor J. C. Wil son, of Haystack, was in the city last Filday. Frank Heath, R. M. Jones and John Wagenblast made a trip to Tho Dalles last week to offer final proof for Mr. Hoath. McTaggnrt & Bye have just com pleted the opening of their stock of hardware, etc., in their building in this city. Attention is cnlied to their ad. In another column. Paul Brunzel, who recently bought property in tills city from Ernest V. Doty, Informs us that be has gone into the butcher business at Prinovlllo. Rev. W. N. Blodgett, of Dufur, and L. Douglass, of the Big Plain, were pleasant visitors last Fslday. Rev. Blodgett Is looking for a location near Madras. Mr. Wills is circulating a petition for a saloon license. Tt is said that he expects to open a saloon in the house he is building on Sixth street, this ulty, if his petition is allowed. The Portland Oregonlan and Journal are loud in their praises of Mart Pratt as a professional football player. Mart has been much in evidence as a right tackle player and in consequence thereof Madras is J jstly proud. It. M. Hahn is well pleased with the progrebs they have made in their busi ness during tho past year. A steady growth ha been made. They have had all tho business they could handle with success, and they are now plan ning to insure as good success for 1905, H. P. Andrus and R. O. Andrus ar busily engaged in breaking up their homestead near Bake Oven. About the 1st of March tbey expect to come to Madras and commence plowing on 8eo. 36, Tp. 10 S., R, 13 E., which they bought a short time ago. Rev. C. A. Bias and II. II. Curtis, of tho Little Plain, were in the city last Friday attending to business matters. Mr. Curtis was examined iby the doc tor while he was here, and from pres ent appearances It would seem that be Is not liable to be entirely well foi sume weeks to come. Johnnie and Miss Bertha Conroy left last Thursday for Mitchell, where Bertha will remain for the winter. Max Putz, president of the Madrat Milling and Mercantile Co., will ac company John back, to Madras in or der to be here and superintend the building of the company mill. Tho Madras Pioneer Cash Store ie commencing to be respleudant in iu furnishings and labor saving devices. dome time ago a fine cash register was installed and recently a comput lug scale was added, and now a new gasoline lamp has been installed that turns night Into day and makes the doing of business a pleasure. Rev. E. M. Mortimore, of the Little Plain, and Rev. S. T. Andrus, of Bake Oven, are holding a series of revival meetings at the Killingbeck school house, four miles northwest of Culver. Rev. Andrus, who was in town a short time ago, reports a successful meeting, and said that Elder E. W. Achilles was expected to arrive last Friday night and assist lu the meeting. It now appears that Miss Edle Fisher, who was taken to The Dalles for treatment a short time ago, is suf fering from a recurrence of au ailment of whloh she thought she was fully cured a year or more ago, Di Hugh Logan, of The Dulles, la in attendance, and wo have no doubt but that Misc Edle, with good nursing, will soon be at home to her friuds on tho North End. We understand that the Branatetter family have completed an immense cistern on their farm north of town. They have also madu a large pond nd Jacont to the cistern nnd are now in a position to catch sufficient water to insure plenty for stock use tho year nund. They also bavo a smaller els tern near and connected with the roof of tho house that supplies sufficient for house use. We hope that our poo plo will n'otico these things and 88 soon as possible do likewise. Anthony Monuer and sop, Peter, of tho North End, were in town last Thuraday. Peter has just come in from Portlaud. While there he wsb In the Gocd Samaritan Hospital for a numbet of weeks, receiving treatment for nn lulury received to his leg, caused by X-Ray treatment for san- avltls, He has been under the doctor's care for tho past six mouths and has returned for additional treatment. Mr. Monuer arraaged for feuolrig and Improving his claim and baa built a fi.rnnru Iiousb on Itis place uer Froff hroueht out a iMano and la at Mt la a position t enjoy life as he oea along, He la alee preparing to put Jn .good Bixa4 roR lu the earing. Pioneer Cash Store Watch' this space offered T. J. St Reserved for The Madia Mercantile Company for BARGAINS to be next Week. Vlallby Co. JVIadPas, Oregon. Milling and i 1 i t: r A 1