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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1906)
The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 7. 1906. NO. 42 ssioNAU DEHTIST in ARY PUBLIC Kf,,;"K'T 0 & SURGEON oiicoon MANN HEY PUBLIC OREGON jy PUBLIC AND GOMMISSIOHER I t V fluiwr ' tir. NO. 3051. National Bank NEVILLE. OREGON fotlSHED 1000 o,ooo.oo I PAPER i list of the latest it tosr beta? i! Wrock pncs pjuisg tat jnt L Oil ud leo it wiitltpUcotobuy NITITEE S & WILSON iR HOTEL 1 FEED BARN ImED.lUtujer, CLEAN BEDS 01 fH"OXAM.K, ORECOH k DIRECTORY STATES TliMloro Kofudvelt ClitrKiiWl'K.rUnkii W 1, Itoot Ixmi' M Kmr K A II I. Ucock W II Tutt I J ll 'imjiurte Victor II Mi-trnU OIK Mrtvlynu Wm II itllv l)iirt TATE cWieK. ( ImmVrlaln f I Dtuilmr l H Mooru Niton a J I ( mufuril It Vckcriiimi H Whitney J V 11hII..v "tniuionbi I JV I'ullou MM (iimrln f''"i..( (T(i lldllu! I.I,...-. . ;WOIALDI8TIIIOT ' COUNTY W A Hull J J KliilH, 1 1ni Hmlth U dm v k I UltoUalU 4 MllttllllUo 1 p"EOINOT 'I M tl .... To go at $6.70 per sack or 1 4 pounds for One Dollar Our Grocery Slock is complete and our prices arc right -StO Cent quality to goat 25 Cents SO Cent Pancy Collars at 25 Cents 20Q Fiocf3 of "Waistlng- and Calico to gci at 5 Cents per yard Liouu shoes emd fancy lace hosiery fot all Lamb Cash DfflD v Madras, Not Until After You Have Seen Our Carefully Selected lines should you decideto buy SPECIAL SALE OF LADIES SUMMER DRESS GOODS 1 0 per cent, off for 1 day only. Remember the date Saturday, June 6. New patterns will be in this week including lawns, Ba tistes, Rcppi, Butcher's linen, DcSoicr silks, etc. Superior Grain Drills, Canton Plows and Cultivators, Buckeye Mowers & Binders Studebaker Wagons and Buggies' j. W; & M. A. ROBINSON & CO. Corner Sth and C Streets 1 THE HEA CCCnC Turkestan Alfalfa, Otlvo Garden and Flower Seeds Cheaper,than you can buy them elsewhere HARNESS ffiSSffi Hames and Everything in the Harness Line BARB WIRE BSSSfWffl! It at $4.50 per hundred lbs. MTAGGART & BYE IftWIi Madras, i mi Oregon BETTER THAN USUAL In our grocery department fresh goods arriving daily All staple articles always on hand. Gallon cans of fruit at 40c and 55c. Dont overlook our superior new line of hats. Oregon K&Slftffi Store DQUART DIRT WILLFLY IN MONTH Work to begin on Oregon trunk line So Says W. F. Nelson, Prosldont, Who Sots Juno 20 Aa Dato of First Construction Work. Within tlio noxt four wceka dirt will fly ou tlio grado of another new rail, road In Oregon, says the Portland Journal. Surveys and final locations have been completed for tlio Oregon Trunk line, 110 miles, from tlio mouth of tlio DesChutes river to Madras, the commercial coutor of the "WillowCreek basin, in tlio south pari, of Crook county. Tlio now road, will open up u great region known an tlio Agency Plains, Little Agency, the Haystack country, Latnonta, and all regions tributary to tlio Des Chutes from Us mouths to its Juuotlou with Crooked river. f romotiou of tlio road has, it is said been curried on with cousumuto skill and wonderful dispatch, in vluw of the various dilllcultiea that attend any iudependcntrailroad project in Oregon. The company was Incorporated u few mouths ago, with Seattle men as ofli cers and directors. It was given little further attention, and iu a few days was practically forgotten. Work was commenced quietly by the promoters, and the surveys were followed immed lately by right of way work. Today it is saiu the company lias secured nearly the entjro right to begin construction. The engineers have secured a water level grade without any serious engi neering problems or heavy tunnel work. It Is said the compacy expects its mulu obHtacles to urlse from op position by a rival railroad. It Is preparing for trouble, and is expecting to encounter the same blockading tactics that have been going on along the north bank of the Columbia, and which were encountered la9t year by men who undertook to build a road Iu Wallowa county tributary to tlio O. 11. & N. compauy.s lino. W. F. Nelson, president of the Ore gon Trunk Line, arrived in Portland last night and Is registered at the Oregon Hotel. He has been continual ly ougaged iu preliminary work on the route of tiie road sluue last fall and has made a record for rapid and etfectivo action. Questioned about the company's plans, ho said he was not ready to make any detailed an nouncement, and that GO days later lie would have something to say that ould be of general public Interest. Pressed for a statement, he said : " will say this much now: Between this date and June 26 dirt will begin to Uy on the grado of the Oregon Trunk Line. We have our prellmirary work along to a. point where we will be ready to commence actual construction within four weeks. The road will be built as rapidly as possible. It will be 100 miles .long from the mouth of the DesChute.8 river to Madras, We do not expect to stop at Madras. AVe now have practically all our rights of way purchased and deeds to the ground. In the few ex ceptions we have begun condemnation proceedings. As a rule the people uloug the route have been reasonably fair. There have beoU a few cases or holdup on rights of way. We have no complaint to make. "Central Oregon Is a country of great resources. The lands when un der (nitration, will bo immensley fruit ful. There are greatdeposita or nltnltes and other ebmmercliil produotB. J predict that within the next few years there will be three transcontinental railroads built through Central Ore gon." Regarding the Hnauolal or railrotd connections back of the Oregon Trunk Line, Mr. Nelson refused to talk, lie wusoueof the principal builders and Is now a part owner of the Great .Southern, a road constructed ,hht yeur under his supervision Irom Tne Dalles to Dufur. It is believed that there is a Hill relationship In tlu-so Oregon rail n.ad projeutsand that ultimately they will become a part of the Hill lines now bullulng down the north buuk of i he Columbia. The ollluers of the Oregon Trunk Line are! President Nelson, jallroad contractor; vice presi dent, It. A. Balllngor, ex.-mayor of dealtlo and now a practicing attorney iu that oltyj secretary, L. I. George of the Title Trust compauy, Seattle, treaaiaer, J. F. I.une, cashier of the dcaiidinavian National bank, Beatlle. These men, with Maloom A. Moody of Tlio Dalles and Hubert It. Fox, form the directory. E3TAILISHIH8 CAMPS Ii, i Hen, who returned from Port lam! tUo Urst part o( the week, la au thority for the Btatomeut that a por tion of tlio crow of tho Oregon Trunk Lino Is now camped at tho mouth of the DesChutes River. W. F. Nelson Informed him that men and grading machinery wero being gathered nt that point as rapidly as possiblo, al though it was difllcult to get laborers owing to tho largo amount of railroad work under way on this coaM. Moro than 000 men are employed on the North Bank road ulono. Mr. Nelson's construction outfit has been In service down on the coast, where a Jogging road was being built, but this outfit is now' being concentrated at the mouth of tho Deschutes. HAYGREEK (M GOOD TESTS PROVE MOST SATISFACTORY Local Blacksmiths Pronounce It As J-jlghgrado As Any Now on Tho Market. McElroy and sons, blacksmiths at this place, are using coal from Crook county mines iu their shop, and they pronounce it as good for their purpose as tho coal which they have been hauling In from tho railroad. The coal comes from the recent coal pros pect discovered five miles southeast from llaycreek, where a large amount of prospect work is under way. Pros pect holes have been sunk' at different points and It is claimed that coal has been uncovered for a distance of five miles. Work is being concentrated now at a point five miles southeast of llaycreek, and two shifts are kept at work. Should theso coal measures be found to bo as extensive an has been report ed, the discovery will be of Immense importance to Crook county, and iu fact to this seotion of the state. It is claimed that the ledge of coal is fully Ave feet in thickness and that it has been followed for a distance of five miles. All tests made of the coal have proved highly satisfactory, although the3e tests have to far necessarily been contiued to coal taken from near the surface. Tho McElroys had about 1200 pounds of tho coal brought over to them, and during the week there have been numbers of visitors to their shop, to see them use the Crook Couu ty coal in their blacksmith work. ROAD IMPROVEMENT New Grade Into Madras Great Im provement Over Old Road. Work was finished last Friday after noon, on the new road leading iuto Madras from the North, and which now follows the automobile road from a point near the James S. Mays place, instead of going over the Agency Plains grade aa formerly. This was formerly the rcgulaaly traveled road into Madras, but after the automobile line was built through, the road was fenced up and a chauge was made by which tho new road came into the Agency Plains road half way up the grade. Steps wero taken to get a new county road, coming into Madra9 ou tho east side of the town, but after this road was ordered opeued up It was found that it would require con siderable work where the road crosses Willow Creek, and when Mr. Mays od'ered a road through his place, it was accepted upon the approval of the county court. Tho road la the best that would have been possiblo, and an easy giade. Supervisor Dillon has doue good work there, and the new road will be a decided improvement over the old one. The next work to be done will be ou the DesChutes grade on the west side of the plains. Mr. Dillon thinks that he will lo allowed to complete this road, which is an important ono to the residents of this section of the county. The top of tho old grade Is a very stoop pitch, ton steep to allow of heavy loads, and a new grade will be built at that point. Work will be under way this week on the Des Chutes grade. THE SPRING RAIN FALL Tho avorago precipitation for the past three years has been, for April .85 for May .02, for Jnu .40lu. The ralu fall for this year has been, for April .23, for May .77, and for three days of Juno .44. Tho total preclplta ttou thus fur for this Spring 1.44 in. The. averago Spring rain full for the three proceeding yeurs was 1,97 In. Wm, W. Goudon. Wnrmsprlnga June 4. See D, W. Burnett for farming and timber hinds. Farms for sale In the best portiou of Crook county. P. O. address, Culver, Oregon, RACEFORSHERIFFCLOSE STROUD AND ELKINS NECK AND NECK Result Is Still In Doubt And Official Count May Bo Necessary To D.ecide Tho Contest. Crook County seems to liko close finishes in its hi ennial race for sheriff, and the present contest botween Frank' Elkinaand Jacob Stroud for the hon ors of the shrievalty promises to set a new record. Latest reports give ICIkins a majority of 3 with Maury precinct to bo heard from. Maury cast 14 votes In the primaries, 6 re publican and 8 democratic. The same vote in last Monday's election would give Elkins a majority ofl. But iu the primaries Elkins did not get ono of tho votes cast, and as though to still further cloud he result, neith er did Stroud his opponent for the dem ocratic nomination, Street, having received all of the democratic votes. I& It likely now that the sberiir'of Crook County will bo elected by the smallest majority ever given iu the county,, although two sheriff's have heretofore been elected by a majority of 3. Warren Brown lias won the race for county clerk, his majority being in the neighborhood of 150. W. F- King was elected county treasurer by a largo majority, and It. II. Bayley was elect ed county commissioner by the biggest majority given in the coun'y. Owing to the inability to get full re turns at time of going to press we ara unable to give a tabulated report of the result throughout the county, but we expect to publish this report next week. Lust Monday was a busy day in Madras, utthough the business that, occupied most of those in town was politics. From every direction tho voters poured iuto Madras, the voting place for Kutcher precinct, and tlio rive booths at the polls wero kept busy all day accommodating (ho 1238 elec tors who took part in the battle of tmllots. Little knots and crowds of these talking, gesticulating politicians gave Madras the appearance of n town of 2000, and showed how goodly a. crowd can be gathered together when they all turn ouf at ouce. The result of the election in this precinct, which gaye a Republican majority of about 100, was not a sur prise, us the registration of voters had indicated that this precinct was over whelmingly of that persuasion. With fo exceptions the tickets were voted straight. Frank Elkins, whose home is iu this precinct, ran ahead of his ticket, and R. H. Bayley, candidato for county commissioner, ws only a few votes behind him. Warren Brown, democratic candidate for county clerk and whose home is at Haystack, car ried tho precinct. There was little scratching of tho slate ticket, with the exception of tho . vote for United States Senator, John M. Geariu carry lug the precinct by r a big majority. Dr. Withycombo carried the precinct by a largo major ity, and the rest of the state ticket re-' cefved the full vote. .The precinct voted agninst wo. nan's suffrage, id favor of the amendment to the local option law and against preciuct pro hibition. James S. Mayes was elected Con. staule for this preciuct, and John A. sham was elected justice of the peace Don P. Rett was elected precinct conu mitteemau. CHAMBERLAIN FOR GOVERNOR George E. Chuuiberlaiu has been re elected Governor of Oregon, according to the latest reports received from Portland. His majority will be In the neighborhood of 2000, and Oregon will again have a democratic Governor. Jonathan Bourne Jr hus also won out In the election aa the republican candidate for the United State Senate, his majority beiug placed at 2-500. MADRAS WILL CELEBRATE July Fourth Will Bo Appropriately Observed At This Place. A mass meeting of citizens has been called to meet at the Madras schoolhuuse this, Thursday, evening at eight o'clock for the purpose of making preliminary arrangemements and appointing commit tees to take up the work of preparing lor a celebration of the Fourth of July at this place. Everyone is invited. The proposal to celebrate has met with enthusiastic support by all the busi nessmen art'l oilier cilUens of Mddra( and nd tittle will be lost in shaping mat terf ior u rdtising celebration, 4m