THE LUTE OTOE PXOBLEM.
One of the heaviest taxes the
farmer has in most pai ta of thej,jary jje, or
country is mat caused oy me
fences. And the fences, more
than, any other one thing, make
men gray before their time
Farmers who would otherwise
be the best of friends, part when
it comes to the matter of the line
ftoYftrtry. These were bnill
where men could not agree as to
Ihe whereabouts of the boun-
because they
differed as tu the material to be
used. So one man would build
a fence where and as he thought
Tbe Madras Tuwuslte Company tiaa
iiTe&eittHl to the town of Mud fa m live .
acre tract of land Just eal f ik pchool
bouse, which la to be trauiforqd ulo'
;aclyparh. I
But th company has Oope. QVU
more than that. It has eiieaijei Archie .
BUY LOTS IN;
5 alt!) Koniiil tin. J-hllwt rtt1l l .tkntt tlta it tt m tt .1 1 n nAillisirtlno tn !
do likewise, leaving a lane be- ,tVeI ,,,K ronl,d 8"d l 11 ,u reR'n
hman i Itinli nut I It oi vunm vorf 1
live.
Work I? to Im-l'Iii enrlv In the Mirinir. 1 1
anv irood from. These were ti,! i tim i,ir.i tn-p.i (mnmm..i J
fatino T-T v r-1 r 1 1 f ln VtattltV? . . ..... . 'l
jtiv,o. ouaii n uc uumii,ru nnllorl llrirc 1 .ntiuc " flint Itaa lit aii nrnmWnd In ATitilran I In
U :r tl.uT-a 1.r iwistwtik. PubJIcbeuefitctlonsor thltt !
T , . , . . kind arc always anprecluttd iu a com ;
now, 1 do not know where they mm)ltv. But tl. people inu ala., do j
arc. I their psrt to cncourago jjem rt uk ,
We are comins moie and miutlrd bn?it;c?a uieu in these irndiT-
MADRAS
The coming Industrial Center of Centr
When shall we build it? Where
ought it to be? Vexed questions
these, besides which the bound
ary between Venezuela and her
neighbors pass into nothingness.
Now, I am old fogy enough to
believe that ever man ought to
keep up his share of the line
fences. The law says he shall.
Common sense dictates it.
Itight demands it And yet, 1
some men do not do it, 'J hey
let their neighbors go clear
around the whole plantation
and laugh to think thej are
fools enough to do it. If 1
wanted an at curate estimate
of a man's character I would
ask, ''Does he build his part of
the line fences?" and upon the
answer I would base my decision.
What I object to more than
anything else is not that my
neighbor's cattle should get over
into my fields that I can
comfortably endure; but it does
worry me to be obliged to look
for my caitle in my neighbor's
pasture. That takes awaj my
sleep o' nights and brings me
down in sorrow. Because, I
mean to have my owu fences in
such condition that every day
and every night I may know
where my cattle are. True,
storms may come and blow over
great strips of board or rail
fence we have not learned j et
how to prevent that; but in times
of peace no such thing should
come to troubie ns. It is the
a er.minsr. moie and
more to see that the man over ,kl,Rs
the fence has rights as well asj
ourselves. How slowly this
troth has established itself,
however! It has always been
easy to see our side of the case;
that of the other man has not
been so apparent. Tears and
years of education have been
necessary to bring the world t
a n cognition of the fact that
fairness on the part of others
can be expected only when we
are willing to be fair ourselves.
The building of fences is no
"xcepiion to this rule. Hefore
we can seasonably complain of
negligence on the part .of othars,.
i we must be absolutely certain
that there is no fault on ourJ
part. The man who demands
of his neighbor what he is not
wiliing to do himself is a pretty
hard man to get along with.
B. r. Aurs. Pnwlileut.
V. It. lUUnrtx, Cashier
Wiu. Wnsxtmucn Vice Pres.
U. Baldwin, Asst. CahU-r
NO. 3851.
"A Big Flour Mill now building.
Modem Stores now running aud others
under construction.
Ail roads to Madras lead down hill
from every direction and are the o.nJy
gf od road in Eastern Oregon.
Fine Water easily obtained in wells
from 12 to 20 feet deep.
Most equable climate in Central Oregon
The Auto road parses through Madras.
Gren
will 1
For particulars Inquire of
The Columbia Southern
through Madras.
The ct titer of a farming coiuitrv to.
nnA 1.. .11.... .l t' J U'i
nun wuu limn oilman connly
, ..., .Vv,....v xiiiiiuil 10. )r0jL
uiuiiw ui uny Kinu 01 giainp, fnijt
guidon truck.
Long Distance Telephone, conrierti
mm uu iMiaitiu norm Hill SOUtl l)P
Lots from 50.00 and up.
D. P. REA, Secretory Madras Townsltc Company, Madras, Ore
t
OF PRINEVILLET, OREGON
The First Notional BbuI?!
Pffi P?lOiA SOUTHERN i j
in yonrwiirrh r&r the lHt .jiialltr of mcr lmni!Kp at Un.
RAILWAY GO,
ESTABLISHED 13B8
Ceitlln,
590,000.00
1'roflU,
neglect which causes the diffi
culty. We are getting' the better of
the wind, and the tendency to
decay which u ed to piove so
troublesome, by using .wire
fencing.' I know of farmers who
are burning up their rails f or
fuel in the sugar bushes and
putting in their stead wire.
Pretty good chestnut rails have
been used in this way. In othf r
parts of the country, where they
have jjlenty of walnut, it was
quite the fashion once to build
fences of that timber. Now the
trees thus uti izd would be
woi th forty or fifty dollars pel
thousand feet. But the best the
men could do was to sell the
rails for chair posts. In many
parts of the country we may yet
see fences built of great pine
stumps. Think of the waste of
land due to those giant, spraw
ling stumps! No one can get
within ten feet of the line on
account of them.
And then, wire is so cheap no
man need have a poor fence
unless he is determined to be
mean about it. The best, farm-
ersof this country have taken
away the old rail and board
U1?DEE THE DEEP SNO'W.
A general line of Oroturtos, n (so
cial Mm ofaiUs' jftrnlshlnf
Goods, atfo fi cOmplflie, line ojjjtni.
tlnnery, Clgnri. ConfertlMnery and
KotJotvs c ht toaml At the
What is goinij on there under
the deep snow, where every-j
thing seems so deathlike and
still? Many things aie going;
on, and the death is 01113' ap-'
parent. In the lirat place, the j
snow is slowly drawing the frost J
out of ihe ground; or, more ac
curately, it is checking the ex
cape of the great earth warmth,
which rises toward the surface
and expels the frost. The angle,
worm works upward with it, and
the sap in the roots of the trees
and grasses stirs a .if tie. Then,
here and there, are warm jets of
life that shoot and play beneatlf
the cold, white expanse.
There ate theft Id mice that
now. come out of thuir nest in
the ground, or beneath thliat
stones, ana lead a tree, active
life under the snow. The snow
is their friend. It keeks off the
cold and it shields thtrir move
ments from the eyes of their
enemies, the otvls, hawks and
foxes. They make little innnels
land roadways everywhere over
the surface of the ground.
They build winter houses under
Grizzly
Postoffice Store
V. E. WILLS, Prop.
TIME TABLE KG. 10.
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STATJOX.
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Arrlv., .yap.m.' tlmulko yw.n;. lcAut.
1'or rates .nd utbf,r Infonnatlna hpi!j- to
S. K. LYTLlfJ ..& IK A.
UanU:o, Oregon.
R. J. WtisoK, Ajant, Shtiiilku, Ort.
YOU WILL STOP
AT
W. BOLTON & GO,
ANTRLOPE, OREGON.
Whan ran lo fpiuul oreryililtiK you nn! t (iIcw ii!
fur Writ ur oU for wUmnto on ht you ncetL
A. E. CROSBY
mo fit ik Ton
fiah! flu h fluid
First class meals ant! Juh.
fjujirters f)r all etage'llues.
Antelope,
Oregon
I am prapvad to Ixwtto
riomepSeekers
Oa OorerMDcnt Lanh rvtit4guotif to the
j Columbia Southern IUIIr;ivI narvef; ijoarter
rjc iwbi iim mrv mil rum aiauie, qi tuc mi
lou- mil r.itl.in cnc-bal( tu our mile of
rAUruad tuixey. tome ulrc-t WaUonc havlrif
-tsr. First roue tnff.- ed.
Dodd PcGauley
JVIadr'as, Ore.
SKiBBE HOTEL
F. XV. U SKUIBK, Prop.
Meals, - - 15c and up
the great drifts. They found
little mice colonies in places
where they are never seen in
summer, mey can get at the , Loaqmq, - - OC ana-up
Only Brick Hotel In the City.
31 Setond Street. Opposite 0. P.. nuO K. Co.
roots of the grasees or the vari
ous herbs and seeds thev feed
upon, as w ell aa in the Sno wless j iHtangr una vight jiopot.
PHARMA
...BLACKSMITH aad WA80NMAKSH...
Horfi'liotfng ft ppcciaHy. D)alijr hi
coiil, "Tron, whceUi cushions, ruhbori
irtf. it'rltia, iixkc. '
(jtrriOJi a ('owphtts Mne of Prii, 4iHno, ("herak 5 It i -lrujrBljt'
fnniirlwi nnl 1'lioto Sitpplliwi. Countrjr Xull Onle" i
atlenlfun. A (ira'loMte In elinrc Hufm il'illrsry i;naf:iiitcl
my Torfalty. Ptrj cbliluo and INt DoMroyeM. ftotk Fimh) an.J i
Asrfm-y for Katnian KmlaU. ItUli 'PhtntMC U'ltOLKSALK ,VM; i 1 1
THE DALLES.
-in.
art" I
fr
ORll
Thet)all2s
WANTED i 200 MB
Wtigcs, S2.2S Per Day.
Board, $4.50 Per Week. -
50
T IT A
$2.50 Per Day.
S
AT COST
.AW of Our Buggies, Spring. Wagons, Binders,
Mtrwers, Stores and Steel Ranges must he sold
by January 1st to ninlte room for another lino
of goods, it-will pay you to get our prices.
MAYS & CRO)
-The Dalles, Oregon!
AVPlT 0T vitlt to,
MM IrrigalicD anil Power Co.
BEMD, OREGON.
seasons, ana witnout exposure' tub vm&bs.
to their enemies.
'In the woods the least shrew
mouse and the white-footed
mouse are more or less active
all winter. They have their
tunnels and runways, . aiso
oniicox
N. WATT
but, unlike the meadow mouse,
they often come to the surface
and run over the top of the snow.
Their tracks look like long,
double stitching on a whito
ccverlet.
Notice. All persons owing for wnter
urn roqUcEted to.cal! at (he office of ihe
Mii'lrflK ToWiiHlle Co. and veltlu for
itame at your earliest convenience.
John Pahni.'hn.
fences and either replaced them ! through and leiieiuh the snow;
with wire or left them open.
Road fences are largely a thing
of the past. Only where meu
wish to let theii caitle run next
to the highway is it necessary
to keep up such fences. Miles
offence and thousands of dollars
have thus beeu fcaved.
It is a well-known fact that
laws do not make men fair. In
spite of all the stringent fence
laws of our countiy, men will
still persist in letting fences go
down and go to law if their
neighbois complain of them
Some men seem to have more
money to spend anyway in litT
gation than in building fences.
They are born that way and qre
to be pitied. Still, I do believe
we are impovinir in this respect J
It isn't so,' very long ago tliat wei
used to seeAwhat were known aa
'Devil's Lanes" about the
nfeetlonery.
dealer in
CIGARS and TOBACCOS,
SMOKERS' SUPPLIES,
FRUITS,
SCHOOL BOOKS & STATIONERY
Public
Station
Distance
Local and
Telephone.
Long
AGENT TROY LAUNDRY
"SWETLAND'S" ICE CREAM
DELICIOUS SODA WATER
Antelope,
Oregon
Notice 1o Creditors.
Noth'A Ik hereby jjlvi-n that tlio miilnr
.iiiLit lias l:en, by ihe County O-iurt of
tlin State ot Oregon f r Crook c.jinity dulv
:tjtpi)lutfd Hilnunlstrator of t lie cstti'- "f
John Ilasiiogn, deceased, and nil i-cr.-cmi
li.iv.ii;; claims iigninst n Id waU aro
i;n'bv mines. cd li rewiit !bn ssmr.dnh
vi'illit'il, tn s Id AdinlitiMMtur t tim (i!lc
f 51. E. Jlrlnk. In l'rhii-viib-. Ore . wlibin
lx moiitli!) from the date of Hip li t i td-
i.cutioti ol tliH nolle.
D.tti; of lit tit publication of thin folic
N7n 17, HS). HI) KUTCUnii.
Ailtnhiittrior of the KU:u of .Jolni Ihicu
Injja, dt'ceaht-d.
THE
Royal Fire Extinguisher
NO STOP COCKS QK V A LYES
- TO COItlKHJE.- -
A CHILI) CAN OI'HILVTK IT.
.MADE IN 3 Sl'AKs.
2 gallons, copper $1,1 00
9 callous, coppor., 15 00
5 gallons, copper 18.00
V. o. b. Poitlmul.
This machine Is rosily nnd qul'd.'Iy
cliarKi'd ami Is RiiaraiUftd to put out any
hinall fire that can be reacliul. It Ik junt
the thing for and idioidd be in ovory riwl
depec, barn nnd store iu the country.
For further particulars write to this maim
factuicrH,
D. L. BUTLER & CO.
00 FIRST STREET,
PORTLAND, ORE.
Or leave your orders at I'lourer Ofliee.
PILOT BUTTE INN
A. C. LUCAS, Proprietor.
Tables sujiplifd with all the delicacies of the ff-nsd
First class hquiptnont. r ma Jtooms and Hi di
Only I.herj Itarn on tlic Itffi Jmtwt. rijii In r'jiiiKirtlDii ttli tSie hut ! UttUH
cli at the liolel aor
WTi canavoyou money on Groceries, fresh, clean
and pare Flour
"Scott's Best" at $1.40 per Sack.
Notions and Patent .Medicines. Boots and SKops
ai.d Fanners' Neccsilies of all kinds. New and 1
large stock at right prices. Call, exnmine and be
convinced. .
Li
ft
YOUNG
foVD ON
:
You Will be u re to have
GOOD BREAD
hen you UM! the
Best Rising Star Brand Flour
Miiiufoftureil by
The Tygh Valley Roller Flouring Mills
Who lMinaiiM(riirg (lerin. I!bkd llarley. Pratt HhorH, Klc, Our good, are
rrlelu Mock by tSrmlai merclmuiH ihrougboul Tatni Oegoti,
- "SGOTTj & YOUNG, Props.,
TYGH yALLEY.tOflE.' 1
We make a plat of any township in The
Dullea Itud District, corrected up to
date or 60 cents caBh or postage stamps
Hudson & Brownhill
Real Estate & Investment Company
t
(Ipeorpout4)
SANFORD&HTZPATRI
SHANIKO, ORE.
THK DALLES
OREGON