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The Madras Pioneer
f , Published ovury Thursdny by
-THE riONEHU PUBLISH IN(1 CO.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES:
One year.. 4 .;,., ,,. $1.60
Six months. .85
Thrco months .BO
.ADVEHTISING 1JATKS ON .'APPLICATION
v Entered as sepoml 'Class matter Aiiguat
2, 1901, at tho Postofflco lit Madras, Uro.
under tho Act of Congress of Mnrcli 8,1879.
thursdaV
Feb. i$, 1906
ASSfeSB AT TRUfi VALUfe.
Several counties throughout
the state are adopting the plan?
of assessing property at its -real
oash value instead of at. from!
one-third to one-iifthVashas.:
-been done heretofore. InLanej
oounty the Ussesson has given;
notice that on March 1J when,'
ihis deputies begin, tb t.l&e the,
assessment; they Will tbe
etructed to abide by the , law
a,td assess all property at a rea
sonable bash value. The South
eru Pacific . railroad in Lane
count' will hlave itBHssesumen
raised-, a'cebrding" 'to1 A'6sess.or;
Keeile-, from 4500 per mile tiy
-"between $10,000 and 12,000
JAt the convention of county as
. eessorsvm- Portland recently
this pftan Vas agreed upon hy a
majority of those presentv
The plan of assessing prop
'Gtty at something like its true
-cash value would be an especi
ally wise policy in Crook coun
' ty, where at present, ihe assess
ment is- very 1 low. and the tax-:
'Jevy cor res pond ing ly high
Crook county has a 21-mill tax-
levy for the ensuing year, when
if the real property in the coun
'ty had been assessed at an'
, thing like a fair cash valuation,
"alO-mill levy would have yield
ed the same' "amcunt of taxes.
Crook county's 'tax rate of 21
'mills is a big handicap in its'
competition for the middle
"Western immigration which is
pouring into the state, and it is.
"doing much towards keeping
out the x thrifty settler, from the
m ddle Western states, who be-;
fore buying our lands, 'looks !
into the matter of tux' rates.
The policy of a lowvaluatiou
and a high le;vy works inj uri
ously both Ways, for. the high
levy keeps out tn'6 thrifty set--tler,
while thev low valuation
Tlaces a handicap upon the,
property 'when it is 'offered for1
sale or wnen an attempt is
"made to b'oftow money upon it."
'A fair valuation in making the
assessment, arid a correspond
ingly lower rate ot levy would
xnot increase the burden of tax-
nation, while the low rate would
)give the. county great prestige
imong the counties of Central
'Oregon. , 4 t
able to send cash with order for
your groceries, etc.? In ahor
m k 1 . . .
will tuoy do anything to pro
vide a market for what yon have
to sellj and thereby keep up
the value of your real estate
Will they do anything for so
cial, school .or government sup
port, or do they take your dol
lars out of the community with
no return except the goods you
buy? Consider these proposi
tions before, risking yourvorders
and cash in the vain hone o
niakmg a better deal , abroad
than carrbe dorre at home.
BUY YOUR GOODS AT HOME.
. AT-.
When the catalogue comes
from your mail ordter house,
draw an easy chair to the table,
where the light will shine full
upon the page, and put on your
glasses that no bargain may es
cape yonr eye.' What a won
derful book it is. Wonderful,
for what it does not contain as
well as for what 'it does. We
.miss some things'that we would
Tbe glad to see. Where is their
olfer to pay qash or exchange
" goods for your produce1, butter
and eggs ? HoV much do they
pay for cattle arid hogs? How
.much tax will ttfey pay to sup
nort vour schools 'and help edu-
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cateyour children; to improve
xoads and bridges! to support
the poor and toward tlie expense
of running ydur town and coun
ty ? On what page is their ofier
.Ho contribute money' to the
'Vihurch? "What line of Credit
''will they extend to you when
your crjops are poor una your
'"money gone; when through IH
Htjss or misfortune you are not
Out of the first. u5 voters who
registered dn.' tliis precinct, 65
were .(Republicans, 14 Demo
cratB,$ XArohlbrtinists 6 Eh do
pendenttaud 4 Socialists. This
oaHBtO mind' thefact that about
fo$t years ago when this section
of Orook oounty was first being
settledup, there was consider
able speculation as to what et-
fect this would have upbn the
political complexion- of the
county. The registration
throughout the farming districts
of Western Crook is removing
all doiibt if there ever was any,
of the political complexion of
Crook at this tnney this regis
tration showing tht the farm
ing sections are overwhelmingly
Republican.
Judge Frank J. Brooks has
announced : his, candidacy for
the nomination by the republi
cans for the office of Justice of
the Peace pf this precinct. He
has been justice of this precinct
for the past two years, and he
desires to succeed himself.
Judge Brooks has adopted as
his slogan, "Justitia Omnibus",
which has no reference whatever
to the new style : of coaches be
ing used of the Prineville stage
line, but refers solely "to a style
of judicial decisions ' which
Francis J. Heney and Bourke
Cochran say are extremely rare
in the courts of this broad land
of ours.
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flBSOtiUTHliY
Distributioii!
X tilers bia'no. House BfferS. cly I est list of Correct Wbhds ma
1 priies in remarkable wocd jpp- from the letters used fn 80ei,j
tc;t 1 nt. riistr nur on.oi ui iz.ca lu liic uvu vvvi wo
bfe QlvbVi itiiose wjio Send the lar-
"Ei LERS PIANOS
1st PRIE $900 Mahogany MetrostylO Plaujla Plauo.
2a PRIJE-1850 (jhlcltorliiK, Quarter Grutid lfluuo.
3d PRlJtfE ksQO Kimball Baby rui'u
Hth PRIZfi-SoSti'Pauoy'SoliUmnun (Exhlblt'lon Stylo) Upright tMiuio.
5th PRIZR-$350 FAiicy rtahogiuiy Alaralmll Wemlell Upright Piano.
V
rtth PR1KE-$2S0 LiitcMt MetroHtylo i'lnnolu.
thtPRl5!B-$123 Beuutlful Intent htylo Kimball t.irlni-n.
auv now hleli.imulo nlmin In . "'OpurchJ
- - '-- r, - , w... YTuierooini,
Eaoh of tho odntestttnts Bending- "tho next 20
largest Hats of words will bo, given Credit 1)I1)b
tot $5 leas than tho preceding prse, or $05, unjJ
following tUls In groups of 20, e-iohof tho coiw
tesl(nts sending In tho next 20 largest list of
words will bo uivou Credit Bill for to less than
tho prifes until tho entlro $25,000 shull hiiVo
been distributed. '
The faitness of this offer nppenla nt once to
the public froni tho Tact that Kllero Fiauos uro
sold excluslvoly Upou tho Uniforn Qr "one
price" plan. All Instruments being marked In
plain figures. Therefore all winners of Crodt
Bills uro assured of tho bnnu fide ruduetion to
tbe amount of tbo Credit Bill on any umv high
grade piano which they may select.
No employp'.of Eilers Piano House or any
member of their fAtnilien are eligible for this
contest. To all others it is eutlroly open.
.CONDITIONS
Onlysucli words of the liiugllslj lan jbrtgo ns
Hie to be found in Wobrtur'H Interuutlonal Dlo
tlotni'ry. No names of persons, towns or places,
or plurals nro to ho. unod. Do not use.a lotler
more times tlmn It appears In , tho two words,
"tiller's Pianos." Words spoiled tho same, but
havliig dlfforeiU meanings, can bo used but
ODOcf.
Alnko out ybur list or wohls In alphabetical
order, giving tho number It contains, slgo your
'full name and address, and dend If to Eilers
Plarib House, flpUWashlnirton Street, Portland.
Oregon, imirked "Word Contest Department:"
also stato wliothor you have a piano or organ
and wl.iat make. , ,
Each and every list will bo Died and oxam
lued carofully by competent Judges, lmmudl-
tttoiy at tllo oloso or th ,.0iii,.ii .. , '.
will bo announced throiiL-h i'
(Jays thUreiifter. ' " u i'per ki
tti...j ...
iinmo v,n, rroHivo UtMU. run.
..... . 'tna
cannot apply them on any iMircCm
to Maro.h IC. t00. 3 Kumu
. ftiwy naymouts will h ura,ltt!(, ,,.
log to b aeoommnduted ii ."i;,4
Credit Bill and paying ,i, 'if
monthly imvmentN. ' m )0
If you,si?oun) a Credit 11)11 nmUi,P1j,,
in InHtrnmeut, you en triuZ W
anotuer party who may wUli m ii ,V "1
having Hie transfer .hade In oiir onCS
erlv ludOMed liv our mm Ulce,(
No mdrO tliaii one Credit lllli
uuii:ii 1111 lilt- Hmiiu lltlll).
Mi uanHfru mum oe 1,1 our ofilwft,
1 Mitt "9U
Send
in vour
List AT ONCI
ACCORDING
TO
TIME HE-
Eilers
LISTS WILL BE FILED
CEIVED, AND IN CASE OF A TIE AS TO THE NUM
BER OF WORDS THE FIRST ONE RECEIVED WILL
BE JUDGED THE WINNER.
The dregon Railroad &j Navi
gation company is going fio use
crude oil Upon, its line between
Wallula and Portland, and the
company is now building an
immense tank at Arlington to
be used in storing the oil. The
tank 'will liave a capacity of
about 50,000 gallons. Crude oil
will also'be used on their Con
don brafrch line. TM& branch
runs' through fields of grain for
a distance bf 4G miles, and the
company will use the crude oil
for' fuel in order to do away
with the tires which catch every
rear in the grain fields from the
sparks from coal burners.
.351 WASHINGTON
STREET, PORTLAND,
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XCJLJL IU
House
oregJ
AT THE OLD Sf AND
Horseshoeing, Blacksmifhihg, Wagonmaking i
R J. BROOKS, Madras, Ore. I
WE SELL Agricultural Implements, Machinery and Barbed Wire
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Fwnk lioveland is thinking
of utilizing the hot air which
comes out of his Madras well in
such abundance, by condensing
and bottling it and then selling
it to tlfii Ijaidlaw Chronicle and
the Beritl and Prineville papers,
to be dished out by them to the
unsuspecting !pttb!ic in the form
of Central Oregon railroad stor
ies. . r
D. W, BARNETT
Dealer in Real Kstate
Address: CULVER, OREGON
Residence three miles north of CULVER,
! IMPROVED AND UNIMPROVED FARMS FOR SALE I
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....FOR SALE
GOWLES & DEI
on IDes Olintes
LUMBER AT LOWEST
FIRST-CLASS
Roih lumber delived at
All dlmonolcn lumbor will bo Fir
SEND ALL ORDERS
IDaily Mail, DP.
MADRAS,
Telephone connection with Long Dietanoe lines.
"Warren Brown is in town to
day from the Haystack neighr
borhood. Mr. Brown informs
us that he has concluded to en
ter the race for the Democratic
nomination for county clerk.
Action has been brought against the
Madras Milling and Mercantile Company
by R. L. Sabin, attornty lor the Merchants'
rotective Association, of Portland, for
$3152.32, (hit amount alleged to be due
reditors amopg ll'c wholesalers cf Port-
and. The attachment was filed and
seizure of tho company's property made
Monday. ,Another suit in equity has been
.filed againsj the company for $6000 by
parties .residing at The Dalles, who claim
interest in the property to that amount.
QroplCo.unty Journal.
HOTEL
mOOFE St. tUZNEY, Prrops.
NeW management and newly renovated
throughout. A popular place to stop.
TABLES ARE -SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST
Tlxe ZMIarlcot Affords.
Fresh Bread, Cakes, Pies aud other pastry always on hand
LIVERY AND FE
Next door k the Hotel. Transient
Stock we.ll fed and given the best
attention-. Rigs furnished on short
notice at your door.
STABLE
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LEATHER REPAIRING
lioegj, I :E3Iar:n.eeBT Strap-vT-drlae,
aild. all Irlrkdss of
,ljd,tHr "TToaMC done nfeat
le masj'ue ball Wednesday night was
well attended, and all seemed to spend a
pleasant evening. Thee was quite an .
assortment of maskers, and a neat tittle
sum was realired for (lie school district. I
ly .gtaacj bp. b.6rt abticeL
E. WILSOJSI
The
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HAM m
PRICfl
Madras SI Pi
If desired at $ims pncH
TO THE Mil
O. address, 1
OREGOl
CRAMER &. STEVENS, PROP'S.
Fist-Class Wines, hiqn
and, Cigars.
GOODS
VI f 1111 s t v
Oor, Fifth and E StwoU
MADRAS,
OREGON
Madra
Oregoh
Shaniko Warehouse (am
QENERAL STORAGE AND. FORWARD
Special attenHon to .Wool Ceding and Ba,ln'derl
menta, Denlora'tn fiJacfesmltS vJosd, Lime nnd uw
ot All kindi, Sulpljtjr, Wool and Grain Sncks
Ydrde with 411 th Itttmit ami linit (acilltles for linou .1
? W? Work floods Dure ot
T, O. CONDON,
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