The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 190?,
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J. W. M. A. ROBINSON & CO
Is Now Open for gusines
A full lino of pocoriua now reudy
PlH 'ock in fresh und prices right
We uro )iiu-(3 to stjiy and we want
to please. A complete lino of gen
eral merchandise and hard ware,
plothing and footwear now ordered
Will bo opened, and on sale within
two weeks
W5 HAVE ORDERED A CHOICE LINE OF
SUMMER DRESS GOODS
Which s expected dajly and wll be offered
at Remarkably Low Prices
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goods!
A FULL LINE JUST RECEIVED
FANCY DRESS GOODS A SPECIALTY
LADIES' Rummer Neckwear, Hniidkcrchleffl, Stockings, Shoos mid
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AlEN'S Heavy Work ftlilrts, Hone, Shoes, GIovob, SuHpenders, 13to.
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Fancy WiilstlriK, 15o to 25o
Oullng Fliuuie), 10o to
l'erc'nlca, 7c to lOu.
Apron UIiikIihiuh, IOo
Shining, 5c tn Zq
ToivelH, 10c to 35o
Ladies1 Mutln Underokirls, 85o
to $1.25
Corset Covers, 2r)0 to 6(ks
Indian H loves, 75c to $1.00
LENA M. LAMB
Pnliuchu Building, Madras, Oregon
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OCChC Turkestan Alfalfa,
OLLUO Garden and Flower
Seeds Cheaperthan you can
buy them elsewhere
tUADUCCQ Working and Drive
CnAnRLOO Harness, Collars,
Hames and Everything in the
Harness Line
BARB WIRE ffiadwens
It at $4.50 per hundred lbs.
MTAGGART & BYE
l Mlltt Madras, Oregon
LAND NEWTO FARMING
IN THE CENTpAL pREGOH COUNTRY
Railroad Editor of the Portland Jour
nal Writes About Whoot Bqlt
of Crook County.
C. M. IlyBkell, railroad editor of the
Portland Journal, recently macjo a trip
through Central Oregon, and upon liia
return to Vortlaud, had the followiui?
to say about the whest b,et of Qrook
counlyi
''The lands have been denuded by
sheep, the country yis new to farming,
and the muss of people now Jn It have
been living there only two or three
years, fliey are this year breaking
tboUKanda of acres of virgin plain and
sowing wheat. ero and there a set
tler has with shovel, dyuamite and
rude windlass, punctured the earth
through alternating strata of volcanic
uhLi uud rock to u depth of 1(10 feet and
uecureil an intfxl)r.untile well of good
water, which lie is laboriously draw
Ing to the surfuce by means of a rope
and a bucket. The vyindunll agent
has not yet arrived.
('AH Improvements are in their in
fancy. The modern method of drilling
a well, puttiuu in casing and sur
mounting it with a wind pump und
galvauized iron tank has not been
adopted. When it is there will be no
It-el; of water In central Oregon. These
improvements have not been made
because the settlers are not quite
ready. It takes a good deal of money
to drill deep wells, build tanks and
pipe water to house, barn and pasture,
us I hey do down in Iowu after 50 years
of progress uud preparation for these
conveniences.
Central Oregon farmers are investing
their capital In small houses, faiming
outfits, llral-clues horses und baibed
wire, utitl are building fences with
juniper posts. Juniper is of the cedur
family. It is said to be the longest
lived fence post known to the civilized
world. Juniper trees grow in ubuu-
danco fur fencing and (uel all over cen
tral Oregon. Many miles ot fences
are being built, new roads opened, uud
old prairie roads outofi'by barbed wire
'You travel miles through Crook
county, and see on either side of the
road lovej farms of 160 acres, newly
broken by the plow and seeded for the
first time with wheat, oats or barley.
These plaiiiH occur iu various sections
of ceuliHl Oregon. Tlio term 'centml
Oregon" is by no means restricted to
Crook county; although that county
contains 7,7i.O square miles. Kbode
islntid has fiUO square miles.
"Tbo central Oregon Farmer sows
only half a buHbel of wheat to the acre
u agaiust one and a half to two
bushels sown by the Nebraska or Da
kota farmer. The CruoK county man
harvests from his alleged arid land 10
to 15 I.UBhels of wheat to the acre,
wlthouj. w.uter. The crop has run to
25 bushels, but that much is not ex
pected, uoris It likely to happen with
any degree of regularity until the
character of the olituate changes to
something more moist, as is predicted
by those who have watched the evolu
tiou of soil and rainfall iu semi-arid
regions where cultivation uud vegeta
tiou uro Introduced and promoted from
year to year.
"It is predicted by settlers that the
crop conditions will steadily improve
until central Oregon will become
fruitful whether irrigated or not, and
will altruct a normal amount uf rain
fall durtug the summer season. Tills
prediction has substantial support iu
tlie proved theory of Irrigation ex.
perts. who have- solemnly testified Unit
after a few years of cultivation and
production of crops In a previously
arid belt brought under Irrigation the
ralus urudually inoreuse hi Ireqiieuoy
uutll tbo annual precipitation is
doubled.
HON. E. L SMITH LEADS
Roports From Interior Counties Show
Sentiment Fnvorabloto Him.
The exchanges from the interior
counties continue to Indicate sirougly
lliat Hon. E. L. Smith will lead all oi
(lie cundlduti'S for the nomination for
United States senator, wijyi u Portland
daily. The sentiment seems to be
universal that as long us Portland is
divided between her own candidates
that the country cannot be reasonably
expected to take a part Iu thatcontest.
Tlio voters tn the Interior think that
Mr. Hmith ought to be acceptable to
the Poithuid people, ns his euerglea
have for many years been directed lu
favor of lliti largo enterprises benefl
oiul to Portland's uiterebt. He is a
man to be depended ou to remeseut
tho WhOlo Btato and not uieroly auy
speUlwl lhttroet thereof. Surely then
can bo no doubt that Oregon needn
Just such a man us that. The country
and the metropolis rightly considered
have no conflicting Interest. What is
beneficial to ouo is beneficial to the
other.
An open Columbia river helps Port
land, but it helps tho whole tributary
country. Every agricultural interest,
the vast enterprises of irrigating the
arid lands and making them produc
tive are all of the highest importance
to Portland's commerce. Indeed,
Portland's supremacy as tho metropo
lis of the northwest is usstired only by
virtue of the productivity and indus
tries af her tributary Oregon empire.
2t'o man has better exemplified by
his conduct his thorough appreciation
of this larger view of Portland's wel
faro and greatness. Can any other
candidate so well answer these re
quirements as Smith?
KUTQHER L&ADS
Pig Increase in Votes Total of 1639,
of Which 981 Are Republicans,
Registration of voters in this county
up until tho 10th of this mouth, at
which lime the books were closed
until after the primaries, shows a total
of 1039 voters in tho county, of which
881 are of the republican way of think
ing, 514 are of democratic persuasiuu,
and the balance scattered. , This is an
Increase of 407 votes over the registra
tion two years ago, and this year's
registration books show ii majority of
407 for tho republicans
Kutcher preciuct leads all. others in
tjie county, with u total of 247 votes
registered. Counting I he registration
blanks sent iu from 'bis precinct on
the last day of registration, the total'
number of registered voters in the pre
cinct Is 204. Priueville preciuct,
which Is second ou the list in point of
numbers, has only 213 registered. For
tlione of our readers who find delight
iu making ante-election estimates of
tlie result of the election, we are pub
lishing the registration iu the county,
by precincts:
Total Rep Dera
Prineville 213 114 5)2
Ash wood 09 40 13
Bear Creek 35 14 21
Ueaver Creek .40 19 24
Uend 55 32 23
Black JJutto 97 .48 38
Breese 18 14 3
Cross Keys 20, 19 6
Camp Creek 31) 20 10
Pfschutes 41 23 15
Haystack . 120 69 30
Howard 23 10 10
Haycreek 18 12 5
Hardin 4 4
Ireland 27 20 5
Johnson Creek 38 21 14
Kutcher 247 158 45
Lnidlaw . 86 55 15)
Lamonta 81 42 34
Montgomery 36 25 8
Mill Creek 26" 11 13
McKay 53 29 21
Maury 20 10 10
Xewsom 36 17 10
Powell Buttes 04 39 . 14
Redmond 68 01 7
Warm Springs 16 15 1
Willow Creek 40 28. 10
(Summit 7 6 1
Total 1639 981 514
CHANCE IN ROAD ASKED
H. H. Cook, J. A. Eadea and other
ranchers residing along that road,
have petitioned the eounty court to
change the Warm Spriugs-Prineville
toad from a point at the f-outh line ot
Mr. Cook's ranch on north to where
that road Intercepts the Nissou road
At present the road as suiveyed runs
diagonally through seven ranches, and
tho petitioners ask that the roud be
changed so as to follow the half sec
tion Hue. If ohuuged tlie road will
run betweeu the rauuhes instead of
through them, aud the luorease in
distauoe is very slight. The change
should by all means be made.
FRUIT CROP RUINED
The spell of zero weather during
Ma nth practically destroyed the fruit
crop lu this county, except in places
where tlie orchards were protected,
aud even iu snob cases the buds of the
lenderer fruits were frozen. William
B'legli's peach crop at the Cove ou
Crooked river was totally destroyed,
and there will be no peaches from that
fru 1 1 ranch this year, Mr. Boegli is
aid to liavo ready for planting more
than 3000 tomato pluuts.
Farm For Sale.
160 acres of beat Improved laud;
house And baru uud out-bulldlugu; 100
ucres iu wheat, oue-balf uore in orch
ard. Five miles north of Madras,
luqulre of W. J. BHANSTKTTKn, Mad
ras, Oregou.
RAILROAD IS COMING
LINE UP DESCHUTES TO DUILD AT ONCE
Rlght-of-Way Bping Acquired Now
Actual Construction Will Begin
Not Later Than May 10.
Central Oregon Is going to be tapped
by a railroad atonce and that road la
coming up the Deschutes river from
the polumbiu. This is tho important
information brought on Monday by
F. 8. Gordon, engineer for tho Oregon
Trunk line, wiiich is the name under
which the line will be built into cen
tral Oregon. Mr. Gordon is here now
buying right-of-way for the railway,
and actual construction work will bo
begun not later than May 10.
The Oregon Trunk Hue is promoted
by W. F. Jfelson, of Seattle, who builfc
the l)ufur road last year, and who wan
behind tbo survey made up the Des
chules river lost winter. Mc Kelson
has financed his railroad project up tho
Deschutes, and there is no doubt that
work wilj be started, at once. Mr.
Gordon is eniphalio iu his statements
that this road will be built, and says
thai Mr. Nelson has already given or
ders for the removal of bis constrno
tiou outfits to the- mouth of the Des-.
chutes, uuder instructions to begin
work by the 5th of May, fie thinks
however, that it may be a week later
before work begins.
At present Mr. Gordon is securing
the right-of-way for the line. Thi
first eighteen miles of right-of-way
along the Deschutes was secured soma
weeks ago and the deeds have already
been Hied for record. Mr. Gordon se-
cured deeds for right-of-way through a,
nqmtier of places lying on Willow
creek gorge between this place and tha
Deschutes river, on Mouday. Among;
Uiose from whom he bought rigbt-ot-way
are W. J. Ccvherd and J. K,
Campbell uud be bus closed with moat
of ttie owners ou the line along the
Deschutes for right-of-way through
tlieir lauds.
Mr. Gordon says that the Oregon
Trunk Hue will be built up the Des
chutes river, coming up Willow creek
gorge to tup the immense wheat belt
of this section, aud that from this
point the road will later be extended
iWsouthward. Madras is the preseut
objective point. It is not known with
what railroad the Oregon Trunk liuo
is ulliliated, although it is assumed
that Mr. Nelson is building the line
independently of either the Harrlinan
or the Hill toads. Information on
thin point has not been: given out, al
though it bus been hinted that at tbo
mouth of the De&chutes is one of the
best crossings ou the Columbia river,
affording easy connection with the
Hill line ou the north bauk. It is not
believed, however, that the Harrimuu
interests would permit the Deschutes
route to fall into tlie bauds of Hit',
thus virtually relinquishing to thoto
interests the Immensely important
ceutral Oregon country, as well as
a f lord lug them an easy entrance iuto
the Hurriinan territory la the south.
CELEBRATEDEASTER
German Methodists Observe Day
With Special Program.
Eastet was celebrated by the Ger
man Methodists at the Methodist lliil
church, last Buuday, iu the regular
German mauuer, over a hundred resi
dents of that section attending tbo
special services ou that occasion.
Among those who attended were ul&o
about u doze n English speaking friend
of the Methodist Hill people. '
A special musical program was pr
pared for the Easter occasiou, uud tlio
diflereut numbers on the program
were well rendered. Easter Sunday
is the occasiou of special services ut
this church each year, uud the exer
cises held last Suuduy are said to havo
been tbo most successful special cele
bration yet held by the church.
Aj pleusuut custom at these Easter
celebrations is the presentation of
Easter eggs to all who are present.
Begiuuiug with the father of tho
youugest child, who on this occasion
was John HoU'uiau, the adult mem
bers of tho church went forward uud
were presented with the beautifully
decorated eggs, lumbers uf thent
weie also distributed among the until
en co, as a token of good will.
DAVIS RECEIVES APPOINTMENT
Frod Davis received notice, lust Fri
day, of his appointment us postiiiutef
at Madras, and his bonds have been
sent iu to tho department. As soon
us the bond is upproved his commis
Bloii Will be forwarded to him aud ho
will take dhurgo of the olllce, After
ho tftkoe the olllcu It will bo moved
R;ro4 the sheet to his own bulldlrif i