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Madras
MADRAS, CROOK QOUNTY, QREGQN, THURSDAY. JUNE 29, 1905.
NO. 45
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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
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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.
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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
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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.