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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1905)
The Madras MADRAS, CROOK QOUNTY, QREGQN, THURSDAY. JUNE 29, 1905. NO. 45 Piorieer ' I. CAR3' PROFI""- r-r-rr: ro t PA8E uc MADRAS JEWELER o'1"1 oreqon )RAS " OUKflOK DENTISTS 0ttrKienc1.Af-,,,,ock' ,I,D CWKKB DENTIST -i. .1 ronnniinllla lirlCi'H. fir, 6X00K ySIClM AND SURSEON Oftlco In I'niK Hore. ORKOON T. J.LONC HYSICIAN & SUICEOH WeoTMJrM Met Market OncaoN AS P.ItEA NOTARY PUBLIC AHD U, S, COMMISSIONER OUKflON BANKING CO fUAXIKO. OHKtHIK In J, W Vrcnr h, I'rw. : Jl. A, Uvuf, vice I'm. ' T. Uunuurl, i:anivr. 'MS EXCIIAXbK IIOV'UHT A'fl 8014). !AtT OK A IX I'AUW t llw WORLD. etor.-J.V,Knrl), U. A. Moorv.F.T. jburttt' tani.A K, llsiinmuid, i II. Vm. L r. Aixrx, I'rwUtiH. T M. IUmiwim, Cannier. hWrinrpuR Vice I'rcn, V, lULwnx, A-t. Cashier, NO. 3851, i First National Bank kOf PRINEVILLE, OREGON ESTABLISHED 1008 !, Eutplui ami Undivided Profit $00,000.00 Seo. C. Blakely The Reliable DruaoUt. Crln tin Inniunt slock o! i!ru((i tint drugglm iamlrlelnKitorn Ore ion, fliotu MIllll- your null oTilcrm'ollcU. i nrt will receive prompt Mteiitlon, Bailee, Oregon lamiiton Hote First class nicnlHuiid-'heilH, Wees remoimble. Ileud.. 'QWrtewforollBtBgoHuwi. (elope, 'Oregon, HUi 1M 111 Miiinfw....lk. " JWH Hl l In I -- uiiv ii nmv mm ivb nil tun ti ii. .. .i . . I r r"ACTICAL WATnu ..... OOK MAKER . VALUES, ORE., Ptlrw , ,.vll, ...... MHITfl and WAnriMnfitrPD orb.. I," CU8''o, rubber DESCHUTES DESERT LAND IS DEFENDED J. B. N. Gerklng Tells of the Crook County District. East Orcgonlan. One of the pioneer farmers of Unta (ilia county, J. li. N. Gcrklng, and the first settler on Ccrking Flat, near Athena, passed through the city last evening on his way from a visit at Athena to his. new home at Laidlaw, Crook county, where he has located on irrigated (arid and'ls making a success of farming In that new district. Mr. Gerking defends the Crook county districts agojnst the attacks of numerous knockers and says that he believes from present prospects that it will become one of the best farming districts In the niid re gion ol the west He has purchased iflo acres near Laid law and has seeded a portion of it to nl falfa and a pot lion toother crops and ao lar all the crops are looking well and give promise of making an excellent yield. The general elevation of the country is about 3000 feet and the Deschutes river furnishes an enormous water supply. The soil is adapted to "alfalfa, wheat, or fruit and he believes that every crop planted and attended to properly will grow there. He says the principal reason for the hard knocking against that district by rival districts is that other irrigation companies have land for sale and consequently desire to drive customers away from Laidlaw, Hend and other irrigated, districts in that portion the state. Mr. Gerkings says he can remember very well when his neighbors ridiculed his idea of settling on Gerkings Flats, near Athena. They predicted that he would soon starve out and return to the Wild Horse creek bottom. He remembers the same ridicule of the first settlers on the Sand Ridge la Grand Roode valley, where the land U now worth from $45 to S6a per acre (or wheat and sugar beets. He predicts that the same change will come to ike Head and Laidlaw districts after the first tests are made and the value of the land proved. He says that settlers have resided along the Deschutes for nearly 40 years at different-points and all claim thai they have succeeded fairly well with all the crops attempted by them. This, to Mr. Cer king, isfthe surest evidence of the value of the country. BELIEVES COLUMBIA SOUTHERN WILL EXTEND East Orcgonlan, That the resolutions passed this week by the Oregon Development league, call ing the railroads to account for inactivity in bullning extensions, will bear immediate fruit, is made apparent by the announce ment that the Harriman ofllciats will spend the next two weeks in looking over the route of a proposed extension of the Columbia Southern from Sbanikoto Bend, While it has been expected that this branch would be extended, yet little hopes were entertained that wotk wonld begin tipop it this year, but the activity in olli cial circles would indicate that early oper ations may begin upon it. General Man ager O'Brien favors extension wherever possible to develop -Oregon and it is pos siblc that influence will be brought to bear 110,00 the head of the Harriman lines to start work at once. MAKES FARMERS HAPPY Several small showers of rain fell upon Friday arid Saturday, and on Saturday night a very heavy general rain fell throughout this section of country, bringing joy to the hearts of the farmers df the surrounding country as in many instances their crops were endangered by the drouth. Upon the big plains, where rain was needed badly, it poured steadily lor several houts (luring Saturday .trlght, and the outlook for good crops in tbat locality-is improved verv materially. A year ago at this time W w - the crop outlook was much poorer than V -was last week-before the rain, and upon tha ird of,. July a ks1 rain fell, and a, fine crop of grain was harvested, The con- dit'ions tlih tftaSon Were almost a repetition of those last aMJast year, only that the; rain came a week Oilier. While this 'may be said to be aveountiy f f ams they are always seasonable, 'tovd so fur, since the first cultivation ot the tamt-minis ImiHedilite locality, there hve bees no YaHuree Af crpps owing to xiruth. CELEBRATION AT GRIZZLY Program of exercises for Independence Day cclcbralipn at Guzily Lake on July 4, I95S Song, 'America,!' Everybody Prayer. Song, "Flag of. Our Union,' choir Rcndinr o( Declaration, Miss Lillic Read Music, Oration, Mrs. H. P. Belknap Song, "Star SpangUd Banner," Quartette Recitation, - Miss Rena" Koblc Music. Recitation; - Miss Kycret,! Peck Solo, - Miss Myrtle Loveland Song, "Honor to the Stars and the Stripes," - Choir DIiNNER Exercises begin at 10:30 A. M. DECREES CONFERRED ON GOVERNOR AND MAYOR Pacific unlverhlty of Forest Grove conferred tlio honorary degree of doc tor of lawa on Governor George E Cbambe?laln ami Mayor Goorgo H. WIlllarnH of Portland, recently at the annual commencement exerciser. TIiIh Ib the flwt Instance in Oregon in which h collego baa conferred a de gree on Its governor, and the plan Is adopted from Harvard, which hua for ycHru been In the habit of conferring tliln honor upon MHsaachuBotts' chief executives. Governor Chamberlain w prexeut at the exercises and gave address. Short slieechen were made by some of the truateea, and President W. M. Ferrln conferred the degrees. A Shame On The $(ate. That Oregon should force the closing of her normal schools in this ytar of all years, when she should appear to be pro gressive and enlightened, is a shame on the sjate. If the schools do not entirely close, the teachers will be asked to accept just enough pay to keep them alive Until the legislature meets again, because the appropriation is tied up by a few jealous Willamette citizens who are willing to go to any lengths to force all states institutions to Salem. This is one of the greatest disgraces ever brought to the state, thai an educa tional step of this tnuch importance in the history of the state should bn retraced, that a retrogression be actually witnessed in the state in the closing of two and pos fibly three normal schools after they have been in existence for a number of years, A citizen said this morning that the stealthy thrusts and blighting slurs and imiendoes of the Portland Oregonian against the normal schools is largely re sponsible for the action of the people of the Willamette valley in starting the re ferendum movement. Easterners coming to the Lewis and Clark fair will inquire into the educational and schools status of the state, and will be sut prised to ascertain that this magnificent slate is on the verge of closing her normal training schools because of a lack of funds Eastern teachers will be surprised to learn that because of the parsimoney of the state, normal teachers arc being asked to teach without pay, or with but half pay, for the next two years in a state boasting $300,000,000 worth of property. East Oregonian. The Grizzly Lake Lumber yard has on hand all kinds of moulding, door stops and window stops. Prlnovllle is arranging for a big nelubratiou on flndependenoo Day. A program ban been prepared for both moinluir and evening, anil there will bo plenty of fun for everbody, C. E. and Robert Edmondaotj, father HUtl son, hnvo been lmllcted in Wheeler (uiintv for Bheon ehootlng. The crime fur which the EdmondsjiiB aro held was committed In the mouutalna laet Hummer, tbo ebeep which woro flhot tielouttltig 10 a siookman named Tlio iuhh Fitzgerald. -- Prineville Review: Williamson.!?: Ges ncr have purchased 25 fine Rambouillet bucks for their ranch, The bucks were bought from the Baldwin Sheep & Land' Company, noted for its fine blooded stock throughout the : United States. The ani mals passed through town Monday after noon in charge of Dr. Gesner. "Old Boom", tbo Beven-horse-pbwer, Oldsmoblle which was being drlvon; across tlio continent, ifrom New York city toU'ortland, pawed through1 Crook county last week. 'It was about throe days ahead Of ''Old -Steady', another machine of the same make, and with whloli it la making the trans-oon tlnetital race for a wager of $1000, Ohafll'ur Hum, who. Allotted the win ning 'o in the raw, was iqqd lu'hls praUeaof We -goed -roads lnvCeuUft Or8u, THE CJM.MABAR IN CROOK Crook county w,lll aoon bo produc lug qulQk-ullyer.a furunce for the treat ment of, clntiubae ores on Lookout mountain beliig .utuht construction at tlilrt time. The futuacn wilt prob ably bo in full blattt by the first of September. Tho cinnabar properties on Lookout have attracted wide atten tion, the ore being of 11 high gra.iu ami the quantity being said to be unlimit ed. With lis cinnabar, properties on Lookout, and its gold and allver prop ortlua at Aahwood and on, tbo Qchoco, Crook county promises to, become aa well known for Its mining indus try in the near future, as it has been for its tine stock in the past. No other county in the state is as rich In natural resource as is Crook, and with its rich mining districts, its vast wheat- belts, its Immense tracts of Irrigubhi land, lis magnificent stock Industry, and its large foreits of virgin timber, it Ib largo enough and rich enough for an empire in itself. Max Lueddman Is locul agent for the Norwich Union Fire Insurance Society, one of the oldest and strongest of the old-line companies. If you desire in suranco on your property, h will be glad to place it for you in this com pany. SEALED BuTwilOL SALE. The last of the sealed bid wool sales scheduled in Oregon came oft at Shauiko June 20. The offerings were about 15 lots, aggregating 200,000 pounds. Notwithstanding there were only two buyers in attendance, C. F. Green, representing J. Koshlaud & Co., Boston, and E. V. Brigbam, of Whitman, Farnsworth & Thayer, Bos ton, thecompetition was active. Prac tically the same range of prices that prevailed at the the previous sales, when there were 20 buyers in attend ance, was maintained today. Only one small lot of deflective wool brought less than 20 cents, all of the others brlDcimr from 20 to 22 1-8 0. Among the lots sold were those of J. L. Boon iuute, at 20 cents; E. R. Laughlln, at 20 18 -: George lioba, at 20 3 4 c, ami Ben Iremonger, at 22 1 8 c. With the exception of a few strag gling clips, which will be disposed uj at private sale on arrival, this closes ttie wool trading In Eastern Oregon for the sraHon. Universal eatistacttou is expressed over tne success of the scaled bid system. Tho only unhappy sheepman is the grower who was in duced to contract Ills clip in advance of the scheduled sales day, and he is silent, IteuHUse ho dislikes to confess that lie lost, by so dolnvr, from 3 to 6 cents per pound, or from 25 to 50 cents per fleece. Simultaneously with tbo closing of the wool-selling from this sentioti the last trainload of tho sheep contracted for Eastern shipment went out today, making an aguregate for the season's Hlilpniuuts of about. 350 ctrs, or at least 125,000 head chiefly yearliugs; with the sheep bringing an average price of $2 per bead and the 4,000,000 pounds of wool marketed at this place at an average of 20 cents, the sheep farmers f tills Section will realize over $1,000, 000 for this yeur'a harvest. Notice. All persons owing for water aro requested to call at the residence of John Isham and settle for the mime at their earliest convenience John Palmehn. fQR THE. FOURTH OF JULY f S HENRY L KUCK MANUFACTURER OP Harness and Stock Saddles COWBOY OUTKJTS A SPECtATTY. Dealer tn Collars, Vhp, Robes and it gen eral lino ot Korso Furnishing Hoods, Tents Awning and WngOn Covers. All work guar-Htiteed. Fast Second St. THEDALI.E3, Ore A, M. WILLIAMS & GO. DKALEHS N Dry Goods, Clothing, Furnishing Goods BOOTS AND BHOES HATS AND CAV3 THE DALLES OREGON MneU'rliH Township Plots corrected un to jlato showing names of all entryme. vaeant land river nd cre6ks, M cents caeh, LAND StiFHP FOR SALE For securing? tttltf to alt kinds of (lovernmont land without residence or improvement," at lowest market prices. Write us for full par ticulars. , , All-kludiot Land 01 co business a spoelalty. TtveiUyiltvu ieM' experience, lteferonco: FroKebVCabaakr, iirisrBsaN land:co -TUK DALLS0, OKKGON. Buy a new SUIT and a new PairQf $HQES. HOE FINE LINE OF HEN'S, WOMEN'S. AND CHILDREN'S SHOES AND OXFORDS Fifty new pieces of GALJQO to go at 5c. Eu.37- yoixr O-rocorles of "U.S and SAVE MONEY loors, Windows nd Hardware LENA M. LAMB, Prop. Palmehn Building MADRAS. - OREGON Attention JUST ARRIVED . Boy's and Men's Straw and Cloth Hats. A complete Hne new pattern Dry Goods. The finest line of Gent's Furnishing Goods in Madras; The celebrated Northrup & Siurgis preserved fruits. ONE WEEK ONLY All Canned fruits a.t 20 Cents a Can WHAT $5 WILL BUY FOR ONE WEEK 13 lbs. sugar lo lbs. of any dried fruit 10 lbs. beans 2 lbs. coffee i lb. tea 8 lbs. bacon T.J.MALLOY&CO. JVIain StPeQfe, IHadras, Oregon. SHOES! SHOES For good shoes at bedrock prices go to the warehouse of MADRAS Mi LING & MER ANTILE GO. Men's Canvas Bhoes, - - $1.25 pair " leathers Foxed, 1.50 " " dress shoes, salin calf, - 1.50 " BEST VALUE IN THE STATE All kinds of shoes from 75 ctSj. up to $4.00. See our men's Tan shoes THE LATEST FAD. WE HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF STOCK U DAIRY SALT ON HAND reB. and Coffee WE ARE LOADED WITH TEA AND COFFEE QUALITY - UNSURPASSED MADRAS M. & M. COMPANY Madras, Oregon Special Sale FOU BIXTY DAYS ONLY IN BOOTS, SHOES, CLOTHING, Of all klndB, We also carry a full and complete line of Groceries and Hardware- Ageuts for Mltobell Wagons, Hacks, Buggies, Carte, TIowb, Harness, Drills aud all kinds of farming implements and took, JOHNSON, BOOTH & CO. JMain St., P.rjn.eviJie, Ore.