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r The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTYf OREGON, THURSDAY." APRIL 5, 1906. NO. 33 DENTIST LviLLE.onKno AHM TABY PUBLIC Wlte " OREGON lRy PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER OKK'lOJf TARV PUBLIC tavEB riiECIMT OREGON SIAN & SURGEON fca in Dro oro OHWiON C1AK & SURGEON E0 SWIII win ji, to 3 r . Oreoon Errei.'itot, T 51 Budwix rlilcr Ian vri. 0 BiiiMIf At C Miller. HO. 3051 . national Bank (NEVILLE, OREGON rmisHED looo t'tt loJ l'ntlthlt 1'roflU 9,000.00 )W Cf?EEK MI LL I & M'UEEKIN, Props, "mill h In 0H.'nitloii no an Hindu or ioiik IMBER.. wr on Imiitl dm H()0 ft(, w wr ilMilnir. Oregon hntty corn rtwl n to p 01 nifiitrymi-ii, vucmii riM,MCKtl'Cll. SCRIP FOR SALE (ini-ftttttiMii !" or lmcrovinH.,,!, , pto Hlle ui for full inr JN LAND CO. 8- OHEGOtf. BOONE F&Saddles P !. UlverTr..,. OREGON SQUTHFRN ifty co. too. io. Sortli Itouii,! N. 1. :niiv S S ll!SS.5:. .to. u'!:!lMu.i U.ZZ U In km'"1- " "''.111. M It'll ..m .. V-Wu.m; Uiv6. 9.0rc, a i i ii .a. fxjxjXj XjIostb jxtso? issr LADIES' Hummer Nockwenr, Ilntidkorclilefs, Stockings, Shoes and illbhnui. MIIN'S Heavy Work Shlrta, Hose, Shoes, Gloves, Susponden., Titc. FANCY DRESS CHco, Co t Shining, Co to 12jo Fancy Wulstlnce, 16c,to26c Towles, I0oto85o Oullng Flannel, 10c to 12jc Ladles' Muslin Underskirts, 85o to $1.2-5 PorcalcB, 7o to lOo. Cor8ct CovoWi gjj,, t0 m Apron fJlnliama; lOo Indian Gloves, 75o to $1.00 LENA MADRAS, HEADQUARTERS 1 MADRAS, ORECON M'TAGGART & BYE SEEDS Turkestan Alfalfa, Garden and Flower Seeds Cheaper than you can buy them elsewhere. HARNESS Special For Two Weeks Working and Drive Harness, Collars, Hames and Everything In the Harness Line. BARB WIRE $4.50 PER CWT. mm The Coach Stallion "COACH" AND 11- - "PRINCE," Roan Percheron Will mako the iwmhou from April 1 to July I, 1906, lu Madras Culver and II ivMaok vicinity Will tie ut Oilmrn & Wileon' Imrii oil Monthly and Tueaday of each week Thuraday and Friday at O. O. Ilalu'a place nnr Culver; Saturday at the McCoTn ranch at lirey Unite. TERMS, $10 by the season; $3 single service. J. S. McCOIN, Owner. EASTERN OREGON BANKING COMPANY! 8HANIKO, OREGON Capital Stock $2!,0tX) Deposits, $250,000 J, W, PEENOH, Pres.) fi, A, MOORE, Vice-Pros. P. T. HURLBURT, 0uW J FOREIGN EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD 3Draft bn Jll F.rt of tH "-u. Cornett Stage & Stable Co. madras To SHANIKO DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY Hk)IhI atli'titlon Klven to nurrylng Bxpreas Mutter. Far $4.60 Round trip, Agent at MADRAS HOTEL, X 1 GOODS A SPECIALTY t M. LAMB Palmohn Building OREGON I9HI t t t ASSESSMENT S RAISED. Property Being Assessed at About 50 Per Cent Increase Over Last Year. Deputy Tax Assf ssor Lafol lette has been in Madras during the week, assessing the prop erty of this neighborhood for the 1006 taxes. Mr. Lafollette is authority for the statement that it will be the policy of the county tax assessor this year, to assess the property at a higher valuation than it was assessed last year. One instance of this is in the assessment of cultiva td wheat lands, which last year were assessed at $4 an acre but will be assessed at $0 an acre for 1906. This policy of assessing prop erty at something like its rea value and lowering the tax rate uuuoruiiigiy is unquestionaDiy . i; 1 ( . ii the correct way, provided this reform is carried out all through the county and the heavy tax payers or the county are not permitted to dodge taxes as they have done for so many years, iie Pioneer has been advocating this reform in taxa tion, for the reason that our tax rate, while low when the low valuation of property is taken into consideration, yet appears to be very high to investors coming into this section of country and who are not famil lar with the past methods of assessing property at irom fourth to a third of its value. Mr. Lafollette sa3's that, there is considerable complaint in this section over the assessment of lands at practically 50 per cent, increase over their last assessment, but he thinks the objection will cease when it is found that the tax levy is low ered coiresponditigly, and that taxes have not been increased SAND STORMlxPLAINED Moro Obcrvcr. February 29, 1898, there was just such another dust storm as passed over the Inland Empire this month, March 10, 11, 12, '06, only the storm of 1S9S was man ifest in every portion of the United States, covering plate glasB windows with a paste like mixture wh eh, when it became dry, ballled the genius of wiu- dow washers. Some of it en tered the Observer olllce, and lodged on type in cases, where nothing but use and age effaced it. The oust ot the storm tins month was very much the same where it lell moist. The dry particles were so very fine and high that objects were obscured a quarter of a mile away, and where it fell to the ground cov ered everything with fine yel- ow panicles to the depth of the 10th part of an inch. All along the line from Edmondton to Klamath, our clippings show the same mysterious guess as J to whence it came. In 189S the 1 Scientific American said it was! not of the earth, nnd one cos mogonist convinced the writer that this little Hphere of ours had passed through a comet just then. It may be that this episode may be accounted for in some similar manner. WHEAT WAS DAMAGED. Farmers of this locality we pretty generally satisfied now that the recent cold weather de stroyed the growing wheat, and that a large area will hjivo to be reaowu. It was thought at first that the tender Bprouts only were injured, but subsequently it was fouud that a large amount of the Fall-sown grain was frozen out, and preparations are under way to have all of that which was frozen reseeded to wheat or oats. In some places where the wheat was sowed on stubble, it was not killed by the cold, as the stubble held the snow and protected the grain. One difficulty which is being experienced by those who are compelled to reseed is in getting seed grain, which is very scarce in this section. Many are ex pecting to sow oats, and some of those who expect to reseed to wheat may be compelled to put in oats on account of their inability to get wheat. THREE NEW POST OFFICES. Eight poBtoffices established and five discontinued is the re cord for Oregon since the begin ning of the year 1906. In the establishment of new offices Crook county leads, with three to its credit. Umatilla county had two postoffices closed. In nearly all cases of closing rural delivery was the prime factor, new routes serving many of the patrons of the offices discon tinued, The offices established since January 1, 1900, were: Dee, Wasco county, served from Hood River; O'Neil, Crook county, served from Prineville; Kings Yalley, Benton oounty, served from Airlie; Lower Bridge. Crook oounty, served from Prineville; Taft, Lincoln county, served from Kernville urooic, urooic county, served from Prineville: Hamlet, Clat- sdp county, served from Push. The office at Carnation, Wash ington county, had been ordered discontinued in February, but the order was rescinded on showing made to the depart ment by the patrons of the office. The offices discontinued were Adams, Grant county; My rick, Umatilla county; James, Clack amas county; Ridge, Umatilla county; Tipton, Baker county--Evening Telegram. BIG REPUBLICAN LEAD. Large Registration In Kutcher Pre cinctRepublicans Double Others. The registration in this preciuct up until yesterday morning had reached a tot4! of 224, of which number 145 were republican voters, this heiug practically two-thirds of the entire registration. Kutoher precinct will probably lead all other precincts iu the county in the number of republican voters registered, if not In total regis tration. Prineville being the only com petitor for first place. The democratic vote, in numbers, comes next to the republican in this preoinct, with the prohibitionists third. The hint count showed the following registration in the precinct: Republican ........ 145 Democratic 47 Prohibition 12 Independent 11 Socialist 6 No party 8 Total 224 Fred Fisher is reported to be convalescent from his recent Very severe spell of pneumonia, and to be gaining strength slow- ly, although it will still be several weeks before he will be able to get about. In spite of the fact that Mr. Fisher has been unable to make an aotive campaign in his candidacy for the republican nomination for county commissioner, owing to his illness, his candidacy is making good progress and very encouraging reports come from a nutnbor of precincts in the county BRIDGE WAS f DANGER. High Water In Willow Creek Would Endanger New Bridge. During the hard rain which lasted for several days the lat ter part of last week, consider able uneasiness was felt here, lest the big dam on the Phillips place break, and the new bridge across Willow Creek be carried out by the large volume of watr er which would come rushing down the creek bed. Mr. Phil lips has built a large dam across a narrow place in the gorge above his ranch, in order to store np water in a reservoir for irrigating purposes. While there is not enough water stored up to be a menace to other par ties further down the creek, it would be dangerous to the bridge should the dam give way. During the rain ' men tioned, the water came up tQ within a foot of the top of the dam, but it was strongly con? structed and was able to with stand the strain. The new bridge is "built as. strongly as any bridge could be built with the small amount of money available for the purpose, and jt will no doubt withstand any ordinary strain, but old. residenters of this neighborhood, say that the water gets pretty hip;h in Willow Creek during some of the spring freshets, and a sudden flood might take out the bridge. AT TRAIL CROSSING. Engineers at Work on Mysterious Project In Crooked River Gorge. A survej'ing party in change of A. C. Palmer is at work at. Trail crossing in Crcoked river gorge. At present the party is. camped at the Mrer place. Nq one sfems to know what the surveyors are doing, except that they are very bu.sy with transit and level doing something-. It might be another railroad, and it might be an electric power plant, for which at that point there is plenty of water and a good head. The engineers don't tell. Review. TO DESTROYJESSIAN FLY. Insect Discovered in Montana Which Is An Enemy to the Pest. Montaua has wou new famo and if the expectation of experts ofthe de partment of agrioulture is fulfilled, the state will have the distinction of fur nishing an insect enemy of the Ilea- siau fly, the great wheat pest, that will save $100,000,000 a year for the farmers of the United 8latea, says tho Rooky Mountain Husbandman of Great Falls. The discovery of the parasite also proves that the wheat fields of Mon taua are perfectly protected from the ruvngea of the dreaded fly. The tiny Insect upon which tho gov- eminent entomologists are depending io check and possibly destroy com pletely the Hesslau fly Is the polygno tus heimills, aud it is Indigenous to Motitaua, Northern Dakota and Idaho, where it w&b discovered during the summer of 1005 by G. I. Reeves, of the bureau of entomology of the de partment of agriculture while on field woik onuneoted with the Investigation of tho IleB&lan fly. Miss Myrtle Banta is making proof today upon her homestead in the Hay stack neighborhood. Sam Collins, candidate for the republi can nomination lor sheriff, is In town today in the interest of his candidacy. Mtss Anna Belknap is in town from her homestead six miles south of Madrasi upon which she is making proof today before Commissioner Rea. B. V. Scott, representing the EilerS Piano House of Portland, accompanied by Rufus Cqchran, was in town over Sunday, Mr. Scott is an accomplhhed musician and entertained several Madra people with his pkasing performance bit the guitar while httfc A1 .Hi