The Madras Pioneer
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ADVEHTISISO HA.TKS OX APPLICATION
Entered as second class nintler August
2S, 1901, at the Postofflce nt Mndrns, Ore.,
under the Act of Congress of March 3.1S79.
THURSDAY
July 27, 1 90s
TO FORM WATER COMPANY
Farmers Planning to Bore for Water
On the Big Plain.
A meeting was held on last
Saturday by farmers of the
Agency Plains for the pnrpose
of discussing the plan of organ
izing a company to sink for
water on the Big Plain, and to
furnish water to the various
ranches on the Plains The
meeting was well attended, and
with only one exception, all of
the farmers present agreed to
subscribe for stock in the com
pany. Another meeting wi.l be
held in a short time and at this
meeting the plan will doubtless
take definite form.
The plan of sinking a com
munity well upon the Plains in
one that has been much talked
of and tbere seems to be no rea
son why such a plan should not
be both feasible and practica
ble. There is no reason to
doubt that water can be had b
sinking to a depth of from 400
to 600 feet, or maybe even less.
Once a sufficient quantity wa?
found it would be an easy mat
ter to pump it into tanks and
then pipe it to the various
farms on the Plains, the topog
rophy of Agency Plains being
Ideal for the distribution of
water. " The cost of such an un
dertaking would not be great.
,-and when divided among the
. large number of people who
"'would be benefitted and who
I- Would doubtless be glad to con
tribute to ouch an enterprise
the per capita cost would be
very light. It would be an
enormous saving to the farmers
who at present have to haul
water from Madras in tanks
and barrels and who spend a
great portion of each day in
that way. Counting the time
consumed and the expense of
keeping a team for the purpose
of hauling water, the' annual
cost of supplj'ing the farmers
of Agency Plains with Avater,
by present methods, would ex
ceed the outlay of capital Acces
sary to install the system which
is now being planned.
The lack of water is the great
est handicap from which the
"ranchers of Agency Plains suf
fer and once this is solved there
will be no finer ranches or more
prosperous farmers than thoy.
The intense heat oX the past
week was too late to injure the
grain, except spring sawn wheat.
Harvesting of the fall gram has
been going on in earnest for a
week or more, and about an
average crop is being cut. Some
of the crops of fall gram, where
the land was summer-fallowed,
are exceptionally line, and old
farmers of this localit' say that
the summer-fallow grops. are
without exception all away
ahead of the average.
NORMAN WILLIAMS HANGED
Made No ConfessionExecution Held
at The Dalles.
Norman Williams, murderer of Mrs.
Nesbett and Her daughter, Alma Ncsbil,
paid the penalty of his crime at The
Dalles last Friday morning, being hanged
for the. killing of these two women in the
Hoori River valley one night in March,
tcjoo. Williams trial was a remarkable
one, his conviction having been obtained
on purely circumstantial evidence, the bod
ies of his victims never having been found
or their whereabouts discovered. Williams
did not offer anything in defense at the
time of his trial, resting his case upon the
failuieof the prosecution to prove the "cor
pus delicti," the essential fact of the com
mission of a crime, but the jury returned
a verdict of guilty of murder in the first de
grce, and Williams was sentenced to
death. His case was appealed, but the
Supreme Court refused to disturb the ver
dict of the lower court. Williams has all
along maintained his innocence, but at the
trial the chain of circumstancial evidence
was so strong and convincing that no one
who heard or read it could doubt his guilt.
Williams' crime in Oregon was not his
first experience in law breaking. He was
an ex-convict of the Nebraska penitenti
ary, where he served two different terms.
At his trial it was also established that he
was a bigamist, having one wife living in
Nebraska, another in Oregon, and a third
in Washington; his marriage to Alma
Nesbit, whom he afterward murdered,
was also proved. A post mortem exam
ination held upon the body of a former
wife at llellingham, Washington, revealed
traces of arsenic poisoning.
NOTICE P0S PUBLICATION.
department of the Irterlor.
Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon.
July 19, 1D05.
Notice is hereby gX'en that the follow-ifR-named
settler has filed notice of his
intention. to make final j-roof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will be
uud" before Max Liieddeniann, U.S. Com
missioner, at Antelope, Ofrgon, on Sep
tember 1, 1905, viz:
Jake B. Gillam,
of Antelope, Oregon, II. E- No. 6794, for
sc 1 t se 1-4 ec 11. . sw 1-1 sw 1-4-sec 12, 11 w
1-4 nw 14 seo 13 and ue 1-4 lie H sec 14, tp
9 s, r 14 e, w m
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence updn and
cultivation of said land, viz. f
Perry Monroe, Ifttcliard Dellavcn, of
Antelope, Oiegon; Miller McPiierxon, of
Ashwood, Oregon; Joseph Stewart, of An
telope, Oregon.
Michael. T. Nolan,
p-j27-a31 , Keglstcr.
The BesclmteB Irrigation &
Power Company is about read'
to patent 140.-000 'acres of their
segregation, which means that
this amount of laud upon the
big Crook County desert has
'been reclaimed by that com
patry. Patent could not be se
cured until the land was put
m.der"'the ditch and ready to
irrigate, and the fact that' Ibe
company is now ready to make
proof of its reclamation of that
ainount of land gives some idea
of the immensity of -the irriga
tion project near Bend. This
urliinli is fn Vlf un'tantprl
rfow includes all of the original
Segregation of the Drake Com
any, and about 00,000 acres of
?Jlnnd entered by the' 'Oregon Irri
gation Company north, of J3pnd.
NOTICE P0E' PUBLICATION.
IhrtiiXinentr'oi be Interior.
Land Olliice at The Dulles, Oregon,
July 19, 1905.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named ettlc has filed notice of his
intention to mal.e final proof in support of
Ills claim, and tlmtsaid proof will be made
before the Kegister atrd Receiver at The
Dalles, Oregon, 011 September 5, 1905, viz:
Timothy Urowiihlll,
of Portland, Oregon, II. Ji. No. 10,291 for
the 6W 1-4 sec II. to 10s, r 13 e. w m. based
.m H. E. No. 4825, for the 11 l-i s 1-2 sec 85.
tp 2 b, r 16 e, w 111, under Act of April 19,
1)04.
lie names "the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon and
cultivation of said laud, viz:
Alexander iioott, of Portland, Oregon; It
II King, of Grass Valley, Oregon; James
Harper, G orge -A. Terguson, of The
Dulles, Oregon. 1
Michael T. Nolax,
c-j27-a3l Itegfsler.
"Dewey" Tyler returned from Bend on
Sunday evening. He left the Wg auto at
HemJ, the party of Ohipans who were US'
ttig tkt maclww having returned to Port
land by another retHe.
.CONSOLIDATED
NOTICE FOE PUBLICATION.
Desert Laud Final Proof.
U. S. Laild Office, The Dalles, Oregon,
July 19, 190.1.
Notice ft hereby given that thofollow-InK-nu.nie'd
claimants have filed notice of
their intention to make final proof 011 their
respective claims before Don P. Itea, U.S.
Commissioner, at his oflicc in Madras, Or
egon, on Septembers, 1905, viz;
Martha A. l'afilsli,
of Hay Creek, Oregon, oa D. L. K. No. 156
for the se?4 ne'4 and ei$ it'4 nee fl and 8v
nwM, w-iHw'4 and vv ijv4 Bee 6, tp 11 8,
r 15 e, w m.
Witnesses: John McTaggart and
Charles Lye, of Madftts, Oieuon, and It
I'mrish and- Lee Cuitls, of Hay Crick,
Oregon.
Rolando PVrlsli,
of liny Creek, Oregon, on D. U. E. No. 161
(or the" sw nw'4 sec 4 and m'4 iu:Vi and
Lots 2 and 8, tw 5, tp 11 s, r 16 e, w m.
' Witnesses; John McTaggart, of Mod
as, Oregon, and Lee Curtis, Chailea Par
rlah knd Martha A Punish, tit Hay Creek,
Oregon.
MICIIAHL T. NOLAN,
H27-al 'Register.
Ifyonhavea farm or town property
for sale, list it with the Madras Realty
Company, Madras, Oregon. Oflke in
Townskc Uuilding.
SAWMILL
GOMPTON & M'MEEKIN
PROPRIETORS
The now sawmill If In operation
Well supplied with nil kinds of rough
LUMBER
Dressed lumber on hand as soon as
seasoned for planing.
GRIZZLY
Oregon
If m need of a tombstone, write a
postal carJ to the Walts Marbjs works of
The Dalles ami they' wHl seaal you de
signs and prices on their firH trip out this
way.
PiERSON'S
Confection'ry
ICE CREAM EVERY DAY
Fresh and select lino of Confectionery
Cigars and Tobaccos
Fresh bread always on band
Pies, Cakea and I'astcy hake.il to order
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NEW
MADRAS
HOTEL
F. A. WILLIAMS, Prop.
BEST PLAGE TO STOP IN CENTRAL OREGON
Good clean beds. Meals 25 and 50 ceats.
ALL STAGES STOP AT THE HOTEL
HEADQUARTERS FOR TRAVELLING MEN
1 1 am si
In Connection
est Feed Good Rigs Cheap Rates
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3 M'ELROY BROTHERS
Madras, Oregon
BLAGKSMITHING AND WAGON-MAKING
Horseshoeing a Specialty
& wATnn TAMlO oaJ rD A IN1R APrliTQ
Vvn 1 en" 1 nnio uuu uimui-iu iwiw w
i ALWAYS ON HAND f
M'TAGGART & BYE
I THE
HEADQUARTERS
MADRAS, OREGON
UNIVERSAL
His a Full Lino of
GROCERIES
Hardware and Implements
Harness and Saddles
Builders' MttteriaMndudiug Cement
Tobacco and Cigars
PR I NEVILLE FLOURS
Baker Wire, $4.65
The Madras
M. L LOUGKS
SALOON
FINE WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS
Proprietor
MADRAS, OREGON
ftothing too Good &v!totep
Cornett Stage & Stable Co.
MADRAS
to
BHANIKO
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
Special attention Klven to cartylnjr ExpreHH AlaUer.
Fafe $4.50; Round trip, $B.
Afbnt at MADBA8 HOTEt.
At.
When 'our I16w need nhrpcnfng. your wagnn i In liccl ;ol
rcpalror you went jrour lnris lioif, don't foigcttogo ro tko
OUR WORK' IS GUARANtfEEb X
Gene'I Wagonmaker I
! F. J. BROOKS,
and B!aekmith
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... TEE BEST ...
LIVERY AND FEED STABLE
AT BHAKIKO 18
;D. A. HOWELL'S
Good stock. " Careful drivers. Beat of., hay and grain..
-trices4 reasonable.
Antelope Drug Company
t ANTELOPE. OREGON '
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NEW LUMBER YA
Madras, - - Ore
QHAS. WATERHOUSE, Manager, for ihjj
GRIZZLY LAKE LUMBER
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Have on hand n kind of Rough and Dressed
Orders IFroraptly billed,
The White Elephati
CRAMER & STEVENS, CROP'S.
pitfst-Glass Wines, liiqas
and Cigars.
HIGH, GRADE CASE GOODS
Oor, toarth nd E Btteets ;
MADRAS, OREGON
mie Fatrmer's Maffe
HARRY DDOTHIT, PROP.
FRESH MEATS
VEGETABLES
Madras . Oregon;
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lAf in a poBitioh io ftll ordinary wants from &n
If selected stock of Groceries, JJoots anu
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