tr til '1 " ' 1 ' 1 1 "" V ' ' , Thelrad Pioneer Published every Thursday by TllE WONBEU PUBLISHING CO. , SUBSCRIPTION rtATE8J Ono year .......... $,,B0 six months...... .85 Three months ; CO ADVKltTISINO ItATlCS OJf AlTMCATION Entered ns second class matter ViiRUst iy, lOOt, nt the Tostolflcn nt Madras. Ore., uiiftcr tho Act o Congress of March 8, 1879. .THURSDAY ay 17, 1906 , The above is the emblem of ,ihe "Made in Oregon" fair which is being held at Portland this week. The show windows of the business houses avejto be filled with displays of Oregon Manufactures, covering the en tire industrial life of the state. The choosing of a beauty queen and a grand procession of floats' and other appropriate Ceremon ies will be features. . The emblem shown above is a a most suitable onejfor an Ore gon boosting exposition. The beaver has been, since the ear liest settlements, associated with Oregon's emblems. He is a native Oregonian, a hard working builder who does no knocking, and who dams noth ing but the streams. He works tooth and toe nail, develops the limber resources and irrigates his home. He, was among the yery first tq attract capital to Oregon, and thousands of his kind have died as martyrs to Jhis cause. All houor to the beaver as an Oregon booster. Ajfew score of beavers yet Jive n their natural haunts in -jCrook county;.. They are pro jected by-law. Let the man who would maliciously kill a beaver jhink how much more profitable it is to follow. his,example, than to kill him for .his Xikry coat. A GRAFT ! I One of the measures which will be presented to the voters of the state in the June election, under the initiative and referen dum, is a law authorizing the 3)urchase of the Iarlow route across the Cascades, by (he state, for 824,000.00. Upon the ballot which will be handed to the voter in the June election, Jhis attempt to graft the state pf Oregon1 will apppar in this attractive form: "For a law to abolish toll on the Mount Hood and Barlow roads, and provid ing its ownership by:lhe state", ;but nothing will be said of thei 524.000 that this law authorizes to be paid for thearqod, nor does it mention the animal ap propriation by the state that will be necessary for the repair and the maintainance of the road. , . The measure proposed is ;nothing more or less than an attempt at graft in its purest form. It seeks to authorize , the ipayment by the state of $24, ()00 to the present owners of the road, for a, piece ot property which will be practically value- Jess. So patent ia the attempt 0 graft that there. could be no danger of its approval by the voters in June, were .it not for the very misleading wording of the question wjiich.js to be sub niitted, and which makes ic ap pear tjmta vote for the measure is a vote for the lifting ot a bur len from the shoulders of the people, whereas exactly the op posite will result should the measure pass DRY LAND FARMING 7; Following a system of dry Jancl farming introduced by the late B. 0. Judson, Indua trial OHE OF PORTLANDS FOREMOST ESTAB LISHMENTS TO BE DISCONTINUED Demands for Rent ?.0 Per Cent Higher Than In San Francisco (Before the Fire), and 33 Per Cent Higher Titan In Seattle Mako Conttmiahco lni" possible Entire Stock of Fine Pianos, Pipe and Reed Organs, Pi anolas, Music Rolls, Cabinets, Fur nlturo and Fixtures, Safes, Type writers, Carpets, cc., ,ctc., to Be closed out. Sale Now In Progress. On account of tho unreasonable de mands of a frenzied landlord idler rlnnti House has reluctantly decided to abandon tho retail piano and uignn business in Portland. Con lnuanco would mean the payment of practically tho entire earning: ol our retail busln. ss for rent, hop would It oven then secure the urgently needed al toraitdns Will repairs that tho growth or mir oneness has tnhde necessary. I ho owners arrogantly refuse to mako them, and wo cannot nlford to undertake thuin lor the reason that they will not outer into n lease except from month to month. 'I'l.i.o It ,a that faiM'fl i'iano House Is compelled to retiro from tho retail Held, and as possesion of tho premises Is to bo liLllvMr...! in. on Muv HI next, the entire rvv Mock of goods, tho finest, tlie most ex tensive and most complete In the United Mates, must be dispused or - before thai date. There are but 18 days in- which to accomplish this, but b ginning Tuesday morning, day a:d light, till closed out, ofcrv i str.tmcnt and chattel In stock Is being offcrcii lor sale at prices that vlll find immediate takers It's nut a question or prolii, or even f realizing cost. e'ro reining from tho retail business, and eaii notget ut any too quickly. A ot until our doors opened Tuesiiay morning did the public know what u really .Meat event tills is. xVo coinbiinition of circumstancos has ever .brought piano prices so low ns appeared on our price tags Tuesday morn- J"'e fully realize that only tho most ex traordinary inducements will move so many pianos at hi time of the year. But they will move. Wo unhesitatingly pre dict that this eloslng-out sale will mean .ho greatest sale of lii.o pianos over w.t nessed in tiio United States. Think pr choicest of brand-imw upright pianos, in tancy oak. or mottled mahogany, or in elegant walnut cases, reliable Now lork makes, for S;50, and even less; $325 styles for S87 ai.d mt Itcguiar S1B0 styles for S26S. $253, etc.. and several ex crjitionally tanoy oniisfor 273, 314 and Keliablo used pianos at as little as $35, $15, 555; fine uprights at $80, $118, 5135, etc., and no advance ill price WnCii easy terms, S15, $20 or $25 down and ftS, $8 or SIO a month are desired. Persons living at a distance may safely purchase by correspondence or teiepnone as w weagre1 to pay the Height both ways in any piano that dtfes not prove entiiely satisfactory. But very prompt attention on Sill will hn iipppssnrv to secure choice. Requests by wire to hold certain stylos till, letter can arrive will bo honored 80 hours only, Since mil prices are based on nctual cwh cost of the goods, those taklnu advantage of easy pnymcqt plan will pay inteiest on defcrrl payments at 8 per cent per annum. . , Every piano or organ, 'or rplaiiola, or self'playingpiano will be acconipanled by tlie respecilve lUilncrsuiitummiuimi anice, uuiy wiuiucisi.ihu u, no, coiinfersi.lied thus taking tho purchaser absolute! secure in his purchase. There will bo 1 strUments for all. .Baby srandsanfl parlor Brands' usually costing $000 and ."iOOO, fancy Sfl5(T and 700 up riithts, and others worth 300, 100, $300, nlanolaS. pianiila-iuanus, orciies- trelles and music. . . - r - r Organs from WO to Oresonlan premium talking machine subscribers' records will be furnished from a down town office. Aeolian and Pianola llbiary subscribers will also be taken care of at the same pUce to be an nounced later. F.very contract or undertaking entered Into by Ellers Piano House will bo carried out to the letter. Annual tuning contracts will be looked after by our wholesale department. flie sale, as above, commenced Tuesday morning, hiav i5, at 8 o'clock, and if every reader cuuld but n-allzo the exact sitifatlon as it'is, notnlng would be left for salo by Saturday nigi-t. Store will bo open day and evening till sale Is over. Eilers Piano House Largest arid m6st' responsible Western dealers. 351 Washington Street, Portland, Oregon. 41 IR Agent of the 0. R. & N. Com pany, some of-i.the prqminpnl farmers in lhe Eastern portion of this state, experimented with alfalfa on dry ,land, vand they are reporting the, very rest of success. The system employed by Mr. Judson and which he in troduced into Oregon,is known as the Campbell systeni, and was first employed along , the WesterU slopes of. the Rocky Mountains. Among those who are trying dry land alfalfa cul ture in this state with a success is .George,!?. Wrip-ht, twho lives near LaGrrande, He sowed a field of alfalfa with the dry seed which Mr. Judson import ed from Germany, and ho .re ports that this alfalfa is grow ing, and is higher and healthier than the other alfalfa which he is raising by irrigation. He is a Jirm believer in the dry farm ing or Campbell sysl'em, as applied to bench lands, and looks for splendid results all thrqngh the conntry, Tjie Campbell system of dry land farming will probably be one of the subjects which will be discussed at the farmer's institute at Bend, during the latter part of this month, and it is a subject which is of the ut most importance to farmers throughout the semi-arid reg ions of the West. The Bend Livery & LIVERYi FEED AND I hs Upany.haB largo .table, at both Bnnd ittuj iMneHllo, IhoMte known rh tho Hamilton Htables. Prices reasonable am! tho huust or vlco In Oronk county. :i. Frank Stroud, Mnnnffcr, J. W. French, Pres. H. A. Mooro, Vice - EASTERN OREGOfi BANKING COMPANY FOREIGN EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Capital Stock, $25,000 Doposlts, $250,000 MADRAS TO Daily Except Sunday. Special atten tention given to. carrying express matter. Fare, $4.50; round trip, $8.00 Agent at Madras Hotel Cornell Stage & Stable Company 1 The Coach Stallion "COACH" . .zsz AND j::-. -. "PRINCE," Roan Percheron Will make flio season from April 1 to July 1, 1906, In Mttdnm Culver and J l.iyhtack vicinities. Will lio at Ternl'i barn lit Mudras, Friday and Patiirduy; nt MefJoln ranch nt (irov Butte, Monday und Tuesiiay; ut O, O. Hale'a place near Culveh Wednesday nnd Thursday. TURA1S, $10 by the season; $5 single servile. J. S. McCOlN, Owner. 'AT. THE OLD STAND Horseshoeing, Blacksmith ifig, Wagonmaking I F J. BROOKS, Madras, Ore. ! WE SELL Agricultural Implements, Machinery and Barbed Wire X 4 A Washington, dispatch, of date May 10. states that the President will soon sign . the bill recently passed by Con gress, authorizing the home steading of agricultura' lands in forest reserves. With this law in eliect considerable valu able land in Crook county, on the upper Deschutes river, will "1 be available to settlement, the ! land being included in the Cas cade reserve. So strongly did these tracts appeal to settlers in that section as being desirable lands for ranches that a num ber of these settler?, who de sired more neighbors in their comihunity, made efforts last year o get special action taken by tlie department, providing for settlement, under homestead laws, but those efforts came to nought. The new law is said tc take a.way tho main aigu ment of those-apposed to the maintaimmee of forest reserves. u Josh-away Creflield, the Holy Roller prophet who was shot and killed at 5eattle last week, by George Mitchell, two of whose, .sisters were Crefiield's victims, seems to have missed connections on his return trip. Creflield taught his followers to believe that he would be resur rected four days after death, but from all reports he is still dead. It is possible that the earth quake disturbances have block aded passage from the lower regions. "Sheep has wont tho limit," V r V r f a says tno snnniKo itepu oilcan 2 in a staining neaa line, bo has the abuso of the English language 151 Tratisfei' Co SALE STABLES Behd, Oregon; X Pros. F.T. Hurlburt, Cashier SHANIKO, OREGON . . 4- SHANIKO l! C. And m A . . TU I Cirry Trtfe 1-4 RILLIANT 2O260 -PBO!PEETT Hays lack Livestock Breeders Ass tAi!j be kept at the Leach place) three miles wejst of,Umon an ,tjie 3rineville-Culv.e.r road, except Fridays and Saturdays when he wili be at the S. S. krown plaee. , , tri w . DnSCUltriDNJ Hrllllaut Ih n vtiry heurty und tugged, well (imlllluil to wnuo mm-KiiiH. Wolglyt 2000 pounila, more or Iohh acconJInij to oOniiliion. PfinS: Hlnglo norvlco, $10, cllio nttlmo of Oorvldo. SoaHon $20 at oml nUtmrl unco $2S duo when foul buoIuj, ,AUo, payable If mare Im dUposed of, or MioveU u county. Mnreu from a dlutiinoA will bo well teafed Tor at ool of feed only; but will uoUulM responsibility in ouho of acoldotit. llollovlnu that farmern nliould not orKuniKou 10 laciututo tliu breeding of ImproVcd etook. Horees of the uovp wr thtm to profiubly market their surplus proddce at home, U. J3Dr nflfGI. Href?.! lao - n u ii JJIUKOTOltS: J. n. WiNDOM. AV. V.. ADDRESS: CULVER, OREGON .-. --w TT A -R r The mol popular house in.the.lown. ThU it ii,. ht. . cohitfeous intention. . TraVclets' ujm (l,liM.Hl..ltM,l,,,ll,H,HlUM,(t,l,tl4H. ,M.n.,.,.., ... STABLE J. W. UVlNUSTUN.Matifli ill connection with Hotel. I'irst clas hvrry n M , notice. Tramlcnt stock well fed mid cared lor. Our wm .v. ....... MADllAS, ORKGOft E. ROUSH PROPRIETOR MADRAS MEAT MM, Keeps Constantly on Hind the Best Fresh and C:rsJ M pnyn hloheot morkbt pried for fat stock, butter, orjcje and farm produce 1 ( tfk . Mi 0. tfh . rito . . j Ml i .tfL w A. Al Jl. '11111111'!'' : . THE WHITE ELEPHAN CRAMER & iTEVENS, PROPS First-Class.Wines, Liquors and Cigars. HigK graSe case goods Corner Fifth and E Sweets MADRAS, OREGON tt.iillilllti' - w - - - - - . imported BELGIAN STALLION AIIRREME1 1 DE O 3 1 1 w , . r- 7 A 111 Jl lanfr, lifiavy bono:!, hoaVy nlU'Htcl home, trmiamlt draft oharaptor to lil 'foal. Color uiai roly on tho Rraln market alone, the nbovo wijjj'l'i - T RnUinonn Qrv T. d. LGft'M ' Trr.Wiritr a TT nBHnl. .1 L. WiNDOJl, ' Associatio V Wi n c... . w.iruii I Madras, Urec 190 QGiBti . A.