The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current, May 31, 1906, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextV Madras (ylADftAS CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1906. NO. 41 The Pioneer CARDS. DEHTIST Mli.E.ORKaOH ..nil I1IIHI III a.nl IA ....nil l'ltr..Iv " LI" - .... a oiinncnu mil .n.no RtorO .. . .Hi mini in AHT ryyuiu n u mm. m OREGON .unl IA A kin If (llini II u e-m I COMMISSIONER OIlKOOK i VIM I'fci p.liiuiwi. Anil I Mlilcr. NO. 3051. I II.,1!mmI n n m 1 ndiiuiim uqiia a r r r--t rtfc. I AQLl3n E-w www J it..JIl.til 1rnflf ' W.BOONE kiIa.cat'inc)o ORECON LL PAPER uilisi cftbe bto't i u now being1 Oill and tea it UUID HCOtO 1)11 V i j TvT T m T "T " -! I 1 tf n n it. i. cR HOTEL FEED BAUN CLEAN BEDS OfAl.L KINIm vnn on i- OREGON ---tan una iiedH, 'onbe, ,Imu,. . -.oo linen, Oregon to Grizzly Store !1 DO ITS DUTY inf.H?HMiil aro. "iiiiYoro, u AllM lMtOnnnp. ,,w how line 0f 'NOOK iJHOES v jfuu ont, ccioNAU ion Hotel tODDinn orniiiu A FULL LINE JUST RECEIVED FANCY DRESS GOODS A SPECIALTY LADIUS' fjiimmor Nookwear, Handkerchiefs, Stockings, Shoes and A A1UNS lloftvy "Work SlilrtB, Horn, W Ullp0, 00 Fancy H'nlntlnBB, IQo to 2 Chitlng Flannel, IQo to o Percales, 7o to 10c. . .. f f . . . . I . .. m vpnui vjiiiKuuniF, iuu LENA M. LAMB Palmclm Building The People's WATCH OUR SPECIALTY AD NEXT WEEK NEW GOODS PORTLAND THE KEEN AND FAR-SIGHTED HOUSEKEEPER Has lonrnud by experience that we are carry injj the most complete line of household necesaitieaj and Unit wo are pleased to show our goods and prices DAINTY SUMMER DRESS COODS Our dainty summer novelties in ladies dress goous are open and the prices are within reach of every bodya pocket books SMART CENTS FURNISHING? FROM W!ICH TO SELECT Wo are allowing an attractive lino of lanoy sinrts nockwear and fancy box for men. Suro to please. WIRE, FARM MACHINERY, WACONS, ETC. Jiarbod wire, hog wire, rabbit wire, a canouu iu Superior drills, Canton Bottom and Diso plows. A now coin drill will bo heroin a few days. It may bo u ttlo lato lor tins season, utu uou t i n i it. 3tuubaker every wo will have them. J. W. & M. A. THE HEADQUARTER occne Turkestan Alfalfa, abtUo Garden and Flower Seeds Cheaperthan you can buy them elsewhere AUADWCCQ Working and Drive CHAnNboO Harness,. Collars. Hames and Everything in the Harness Line ninn IWIDC Best Grade on the BARB WIRE Market. We sell It at $4.50 per hundred lbs. MTAGGART & BYE Madras, nnnnn uuuuoi 81ioob, Gloves, fiuHponders, Etc. Shirting, r,otol2c Towels. lOo to 8Bo Ladles' MuhIIii Underskirts, 85o to $1.25 JL Corspt Covers, 25c to 60a X Indian Gloves, 760 to $1.00 t - , Tvlrvdras, Oregon ARRIVING FROM AND THE EAST person khuwb men ROBINSON & CO. 4 Ofeaori WMM Big Store IT IS DRY ELSEWHERE CROP SHORTAGE CAUSED BY DROUTH While Central Orogon Crops Aro All Looking Unusually Wall And Promise Big Ylold, Koports from different secttonH of the "bunch Kra88 region'' Inulcalo that there Jb (l&nger of a Rhorlngo of crops on jiccount of the drouth, and In Homo of the prairie ecctiona the Brain ia reportpd to po burning out. From Morrow county conies the report that tho' yjeitl will be avyny below the average, although the prospects were unusually good earlier in (bo season. Pvor pn Butter creek it is sad that there, is no hope now for a big crop, and it is too late for tho rains to save tho crops, A "Valla "Valla wheat buy er says that the l'alouso country has also suffered from lack of rain, and the reports from almost every section of Eastern Oregon and Eastern Washing ton indipato that the crops this year' will not be up to the averuge. The freeze In A(arch compelled many farm era of these sections to feseed, since which there has been little rain, ac enrdipg to all reports, These conditions, however, cannot be said to exist in this section of the state. In fact from all portions of Central Oregon comes the report that crop prospects arc unueually good. In this immediate fcectlon of Crook county thero has been an unusual amount of seasonable spring rain, and the pros- pects for a good yield of grain were uever better than thoy are now. It is truo that tho early sown grain suffered during tho March freeze, but In a ma jority of cases tho ground has been re- seeded, and there has been plenty of rain elnco the second seeding. SAGE RATS NUMEROUS Ranchers Waging War on Pests Which Destroy Grain Crops. O. L. Paxtou was in town during the wetk, from his homestead in 10-14, and reports that the grain in his neighborhood is looking fine, aud that prospects for u big crop wero never bettor. lie says that the greatest menace to the crops now is in the destruction of the grow inc croln by tho saue rats, which in fest tills section of the couutry in itlurmlntr numbers. Duritig the ppriog, Mr. l'axton and his neighbor, Jucob JLooney, Have oeen wiicing war on these pests, and since February they have caught mid killed, iuuludiug the vouuir. iu the nelchboihood of 3000 rats. They have hud their best success with traps, catching as many us a dozen a duy in one trap, anu they liuve also killed u great many by shootlue them. Thoy put out some poisoned crulu, but Mr. Paxtou is ot the opinion that the strychnine only acted us a touio for the sage rsjts, which do not seem tn get enough of the poison to provo fa.tnl to them. FINE FIELD OF RYE Ranchers Near Madras Cut Hay Four Feet High on May 23. E. I. and M. M. Harvey, who aro cultivating tho D. B. Jarmnn quarter in addition to their own homesteads on tho Little Plalus. cut live acres of i ryo wniou Sioou iour ieei ii'B'i "mi viutilml about two tons to tiie acre, on ... .1 1.1. -1. I j the 23rd of this month. The ryo wits seeded last September, and was cut for Hrlv liav. It wus cut oft' the M. M. Harvey homestead known as the old Mortimoro place. This crop of rye would have been well worth seeing by all who liavo any doubt or tue pro ductiveness of tho soil of this section The grain wus ull headed out. The Hurveys have plowed about -100 aores ou tho throe places which they iirehuudlinir. 110 acres of this belug now laud and the balance being sum tner-fullow. FIRST OF WOOL SALES AT SHANIKO The first of tho auuual woo) sales at Hhauiko for this season Will bo held d,nrnn tho 6th and Olh, aud it Is expected that tho highest price paid for wool In late years will be paid there. At Pendleton, Jast week, the choice wools brought in the neighbor hood of 21 conts, the largest dip sold there being that of tho Cunningham T.nml Comimuv. which sold for 21 cents. The Hhuhtko wools usu 11V bring tho highest prices of any wool marketed In Eastern Oregou, the tjuautlty md quality of these wools itttraoUug a large number of tho i.kiitifat buyers. Th sale at Shauiko Will hi ooudnoted under the waled bid plan, which has proved so satisfactory and so profltabio to tho growor in recent years. WILL COMPLETE THE SURVEY Fred Mensch, of Grants Pass, has been awarded the contract for com pleilng tho survoy qf government lands fn 'Xp" 0 8., It. 13 E; Tp. 11 8., B. 12, E.j'and Tp. 11 8., It. 13 E., in Crook county. Theso lands lie along tho Deschutes pn the borders of the Warm Springs reservation. Ex, BIG IRRIGATION SCHEME 0 BRING WATER QN AGENCY PLAINS Company Files Notice pj Apprpprfa- tlop of 80,000 Inches From Thfj Opschutes South pf Crooked. Portland Dally Journal. Initial steps in a $1,000,000 irriga tion and power project for Crook coun ty, , Qregon, havo been taken by the (lling at Prineville yesterday of a no tice of appropriation of wafers of the Deschutes river. The filing was made by F. H. Goudy, of the firm of Forbes & Goudy of this city. Mr. Goudy is promoting tho big scheme wLioh is designed to water more than (30,000 acres of land and cqnvert what 1b now one of the most arid and barren sec tions of Qregon intp one of the. most fertile and productive districts east of the divide. Water enough is to bo taken from -the river to irrigate all the land of the Agency Plains uud Haystack districts, to supply water for domestic purposes and to furnish power with which eiec tricity for light and power purposes can be generated tor distribution through this portion of the country. The filing ia made under the the title of the Madras Irrigation & Power Canal project. It is one of tho biggest schemes of the sort that has ever been undertaken in Oregon and promises to be of great importance in the develop' ment of that section of the state. Mr. Goudy when seen this morning declined to discuss the details of the project, but the terms of the notice of appropriation which was filed in dicate the extent aud scope of the scheme. The filing provides for 80,000 inches or about 3,000 cut.lc feet or water per second. It is to be taken out of the Deschutes river at a point north of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power com pauy's district. A. canui ou ieei in width and 10 feet iu depth will bo fed by a flume of like dimensions from the poiut of diversion of the waters. At this point a dam about 200 feet in length is to be constructed tor the pur pose of holdiug back the waters and feeding the canal. Tho latter is to be carried northward through a cuuyon across Crooked river and thence north ward through the heart of the Agency Plains country toward Madras. Lat erals will rumify from the main canal and carry the water to every portion of tho district so that more than 50,000 acres will be reclaimed. This water is not only to be used for irrigation purposes but provision, will he mndo to sjpnly tho farmers and isettlers of the district with water foi domestic purposes and for use in wat ering stock. At the present time the district is practically devoid of wuter. The Des chutes and Crooked rivers run through it but How iu box cuuyous varying In depth from 100 to 2000 feet so that it is impossible to get water by pumplug 01 unv otlier means, irom convenient points. Tho district is fairly well set tied at present aud all the laud has been taken up. All the water that is used there now has to bo hauled, even that for drinking purposes. Owing to tho diatauco thut the water has to be hauled it has been practlcully Impos sible to do any irrigation work. The nuual is designed to relieve these conditions and supply adequate moist ure to convert the unproductive terri tory into rloh farming lauds. The Boil it is said, is fur better than that that has been reclaimed through the Deschutes irrigation project, It is of much tho Bume volcanic ash mixture that that in the Deschutes district 1b, but iu the Agency Plalus strip there ia no underlying bed of lava rook nor outcropplug stone tn Interfere with furrulug processes. it Is proposed to build an electrlo power plant at the dam on the Des chutes river and another at the point of intersection of the oanal with Crooked river, where urapla power for operating the plants will be afforded. From thesB plants current will be dis tributed through the territory, espec ially to Madras and the other towns that are aorlniriuff tin In the district. The cost of puttlug the scheme Into oneratlou is estimated at more than $1,000,000. Work ou the project Is to lie commenced as soea as preliminary matters can be satlifactorlly wttltd, TAX-PAYERS AROUSED CONDEMN COUNTY COURT ON ALL SIDES Meeting of Representative Men Held At Forest Unanimous In Protest Aglnst Star Chamber Tactics. Seldom if ever has Western Crook coun'ty been aroused as It has been during the past ton days, over the dis covery of the well laid plans of tho county court to railroad through a contract for a new court house, with out first giving an opportunity to tho taxpayers of the county to be heard upon tho advisability of such a move at this time. It is customary and right that when an improvement of this magnitude Is to be made, the mat ter Is aired to the fullest, that every" taxpayer in tho county may have an opportunity tp approve or object as ho' may see fit, and upon the preponder ance or opinion shpuld b,p based a, decision upon such an important measure. Tho present county court, howevpr, has totally ignored the right of the taxpayers of the county to be heard upon this important matter, and it is the discovery of these "Stan Chamber" methods' whjch has aroused the most intense feeling among tax payers throughout tho county. A meeting was held at Forest oi Monday afternoon, (o formulate some plan of concerted action against the evident Intention of the countv court; to let a cqntract without giving tho taxpayers of the county outside of Prineville a phance to be heard. Tho meeting was participated in by repre sentatives of a number of precincts in the county, either In person or by letter, although the notice, of, the meeting was too short to permit representatives from remote precincts to be present. The meeting was unanimous in its condemnation of the methods of the county court, and a plan was outlined for presenting a vigorous protest against the letting of any contract for a new court house at this time. In their precipitate haste to rush the contract for the new court houso through, the legal phase of the ques tion was overlooked, and it is believed tiiat u way was thus left open for the rights of the taxpayers of the county to be protected. A suit to enjoin the county otHcials from entering into any contract for a new court house will bo instituted today, and the injanctlon will probably be served tomorrow morning. This will prevent the let ting of a contract at this time and will give the taxpayers of the county an opportunity to be heard. HEIMRICH AT MADRAS RAILROAD MEN LOOKING OYER COUNTRY President of Dgfur Road Comes By way of Agency Road Their Visit Is Significant. John Heimrlch and George W. Joseph were in town last Saturday evening, and registered at the Green Hotel, from Portland. They came in late In tho evening uud left early next morniug, and they dropped not 11 word as to the purpose of tholr visit. Mr. Heimrlch is presideut of the Great Southern Railroad, known ns the Dufur road, and was the chief promoter of that road. W. F. Nelson, who is the promoter of the Oregon Trnuk Line up tho Deschutes to this pluce, is also vice-president of the Dufur road, and it has beeu presumed that Mr. Heimrich was associated with him iu the Deschutes enterprise. This belief is strengthened when it is re membered that the Desohutes road was first surved as an extension of the Dufur road, and that later the lino wus surveyed on down the Deschutes from the poiut where the Dufur extension crossed the Deschutes. It has been reported tjuite recently that the pro motors of the Dufur road had Bold out to the O. R. & N. Company, although the report has not boen confirmed. Mr. Heimrich came to Mudras oh Saturday by way of the Warmaprlug road, having evidently crossed a con siderable portion of the territory lying between this place and Dufur, and whloli would he tributary to the Duiur road, were that road ex tended. When he left here Sunday morning, ho asked directions to Bher ar's bridge, avklng if there was not a way of reaching the bridge without golbg by way of Bhaulko. Ills visit here at tills timet following upon the reeeut aUtuklnueuient made by W F. Nelrtnlhal the Oregou Truck Lino would fuegla eoMtruotiou at'oaeei te My tke lt fif uiflcant.