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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1906)
The Madras Pioneer e f MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. JU;NE; Z, t9Qft NO. 44 t (ancyhuU vlW. If ROUSH ADDAS Highlit market pries rtock, butter, eggs vm produca RESOLVED ! I! III l000 yards of waistings at 5 cents per yard m vatds of calico at 7 cents per yard yards of mens shirting to go at lUc and 1 2c i .v. n fmo lino of collars and ribbons nt 25r. jiesnawinB r. f v . . r of groceries is complete r is still 14 lbs for $1.00 ai Cash Store 1 Wa Can SupdIv You Give Us A Call PROPRIETOR MEAT MARKET gladly on Hand tie Best Fresh and Cured Meats Madras, Oregon STRAW HATS AND Looe.COOL CLOTHED Not ONLY LooK. BUT FEEL So (jOOD THIS WEATHER, BUSTER FY' I ,X ,4 rc-2 Ym-7ifil . -0PY":'J' "o bv Tr putc Bftoww Co cm i JHE SUMMER DAY ,5 ARE HERE IN ALL THEIR HEAT AND GLoRY. PEEP AT OUR LARGE DS M or .STRAW HATS FOR LADIES, MEN AND JPYJ. THEY. Look JO COOL AND MAKE YOU EEL ,So COMFORTABLE bELoW THE RooT OF ??J& HAIR- SUMMER DRE-5S GOODS, LAWN S rlJTE's -AND SWISSES ARE MST THE i i IKnr- WE HAVE rHEM FROM 7C TO 22 J-2C. ,a$3' riNE LACE GLoVES AND HOSIERY, amF.MMER UNDERWEAR, UNDERSKIRTS haK,'?,H,R'T WAISTS. WE CAN KEEP YOU FROM SAVING BRAIN FEVER. YOUR HEAD WILL BE rA?irn WoN'T HAVE TO WORRY BE- SOMEBODY'S ELSE HAT OR CLOTHES n;SBFrER THAN YOURS. WE CAN ALSO Yr.;HH Yol WITH SHOES THAT WILL KEEP Y0UR FEET DRY AND CodL RESPECTFULLY, W. AND M. A. ROBINSON AND CO. CONTRACTS AR LET 0RE69N TflUNK WILL BE BUILT NOW Wor.kWll Be0ln On Line Up Dot. chuto n a Fow Days May Be Feeder for North Bank Road. x X X X X X X In a letter regarding right of way contracts, 8. Gordon, chief engineer of the Oregon Trunk Lino says: "Con tracts are lot and work has com monocil. There Is no longer any quostlon ns to tbe Intention or flnan clnl ability of the Oregon Trunk Line company. The road is to bp built Mow.". Till? statement coming, from, tlio chief engineer of tho Oregon Trunk Line, is authentic, and there Is n longer reason to doubt that tbe road will be built nt onco. Tn splto of the numerous disappointment that Cen tral Oregon has experienced in the past, there has been a tendency to put faith In the promises of the Oregon Trunk Lino since that line was first surveyed up. tbe Deschutes during the past winter. At that time, both Mr. 4 Nelson and Mr. Gordon gave out the statement that tho line would ho built 08 far as Madras at once, and Urn Information contained lu Mr. Gor don's recent letter Indicates that they are going to make good their prom ises. Right of way baa been secured for the entire distance, excepting through a few forties near Bherar's bridge, and condemnation proceedings have been begun against these. Cer tain restrictions contained In the right of way contracts, limiting the tlmo in which work must begin, gave an air of substantiality to tho repre rentatlonsof the Oregon Trunk Linn X people that work would be started at onco. The Oregon Trunk line was promo ted by "V. P. Nelson, one of tbe best known railroad contractors on the t ! const. Mr. Nelson built the fel(l portage road aud also tho Dufur roa I, BEOWN . STBAV V and he has been connected with the construction of some important work on this coast. It Is believed that the Deschutes river project Is an Inde pendent line, although it has been lutimHted that thote backing It are ullillated with tho JIII1 interests. In substantiation of (lit Hill theory, it, whs reported here hist week on good authority that tho contractors on tbe North Bank road ure now figuring on contracts for a bridge across the Col umbia at Celilo Fallr, and that they were also figuring on the work In the Deschutes gorge. If this statement should be true, it could indicate noth ing else except that tho Deschutes road was to be a feeder for the Hill road ou the north bank. And, this invasion of a territory long held exclusively by Hurrlman might mean the beginning of a long struggle be I wren these rival Interests, for su premacy in the rich nod growing Central Oregon country. MILLION DOLLAR CANAL GREAT QAM IN DESCWJTES CANYON i tool TreMlo Will Carry Water 888 Foot Above Bed of Crooked River at Crossing. Portland Dally Journal. Charts and specifications for con struction of the irrigation canal of tbe Msdrua, Irrigation & Power company, a new Crook county project to cost $I,OOQ,000, were riled today in the Mtate house at Salem. The canal will irrigate more than 100,000 acres lu tbe Willow creek basin, and It is expected to increase immensely the prosperity of northern Crook coutlty. , The company will take water from the Deschutes river. At the point of diversion will bo built a dam 70 feet high between tbe perpendicular walls of the canyon through which, the river Hows The dam will be of con crete, GO feet thick ut the base, 30 feet thick at the ton and 170 feet lone It will oo one of tbe greatest dams on the Coast. Power plants will be con structed ut this dam and also at i point ou the Crooked river, where tb cuiul 'Will be carried across tb Crooked river canyon on afteel trestle 2800 feet long aud 888 feet above the A'Hters of the stream. The project has been surveyed aud planned by Donald Fitzgerald, a noted New York eui ueer, and is financed in tbe east. It Is proposed to place water on tbe.dis trlcta known as Bis: Agency Plains, Little Agency, Haystack and La- mouta. The soil Is a volcanic ash that already raises wheat and other grains with practically no water in the summer season, and which wnb irrigation will become one of tbe most fertile sections of Oregon. Willi the completion of the Madras nystem there will be four large (irrin" tiou plants In Ciook county, equipped to reclaim more than 500,000 acres of laud now practically Arid but susoepli ble of belnK brought wltn water to a state of productivity equal to any land lu tho world. Cri.ok county will in the next few years, it is said, become ono of tho rluhest aud most populous couutiea in Oregon a startling change from its present physical makedp. Two railroad companies, said to represent tho Harriman and Hill sys tems respectively, are hurrying work preliminary tn construction of lines that will penetrate the heart of tho irrigated regions, and give rail trans portatlon to Bend and Madras. The Oregon Trunk Line, promoted by W, F. Nelsou. and supposed to be a INU road, has surveyed and obtained rights of way from the mouth of the Des chutes river to Madras, about 80 miles, and It Is announced (hat construction work will be commenced within the next two weeks. , From tbe opposite direction, nt a connection with Harrimau'a proposed Hue through central Oregon, a route has ben survoyed and a road will be built through Madras and across the Crooked river to a point ou the Des chutes about the center of tbe segre gated lauds of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power company. Thee roads will glvo the country rail competition, Tho Deschutes river road will pub freight down the Deschutes to the Columbia river uud thence to Port land. The Harriman line will tako the trafilo via central Oregou over tho CuHC.adea at Crescent lake uml down the 'Wllluuiotta river to Portland. For Sato. Two geldings and four marcs; will weigh over 1300 pounds each. Ages from three Id hine years. For prices, write to Or call .oh A. N. Warren, Haycreek, Qregon, ja8 IT LOOKS LIKE A JOB COURT HOUSE CONTRACT LET 18 MONTHS AGO R$pac$ed fhgt pounty Jucjgts Bell Made Deal With Salem QoqtFacjtor Qopnection With County Qiyisiqn Fight in 905 Legislature. tfh latest and moat startling development in the new court liouqe matter is a report now going the roqnds to the effect that a oontrapt for a new court hop,80 building was agreed upon by Judge Bell with a Salem builder in January, 1900, and th,at the recent call for bids was merely a blind for the pur pose of awarding the contract according to the agreement made by County Judge Bell at that time. The story runs as follows: It will be remembered that SherilT C. Sam Smith and County Judge W. A. Bell made a lobbying trip to Salem during the county division fight in January, 19.05, and for Which (hey each pulled down $1Q0 out of the county treasury. Qn their arrival at Salem, Judge Bell found that his influence did not carry any weight with, it', and so he enlisted the ser vices of Mr. C. A. Grav in his cause. In exchange for certain influences which Mr. Cray was to bring to bear upon the ooun ty division question, an agree ment was made by Which the county court was to let con tracts for a new court house building, within IS months from that time, and these con tracts were to be made in such a way that C. A. Gray was to carry off the plum, That is, under the agreement made by Judge Bell, the contract was to be awarded to C, A. Gray or those acting for him. This deal, in effect, would deprive the counly of the benefits to be derived from competitive bid ding. The C. A. Gray referred to is the contractor who built the County High School build ing at Priueville, at a cost of nearly 25,000, and he resides GOVERNOR AT BEND BI6 CELEBRATION HELD IN HIS HONOR Irrigation Town Makes A Gala Day To Entertain Chief Executive 2000 Trout Barbecuod. Governor Chamberlain aud other! members of tbe state land board were tho guests of honor at a big celebra Hon at Bend, last Tuesday, on their visit to tho irrigation dlstrlot of Crook county. By pre urrangement th far- i mer'a instltuto which was to have been held at Bend over a mouth ago bad beeu postponed uutil the date of the visit of the Governor aud tho laud board, in order that the oelebration planned by the Deschutes Settler's Association might bo a memorable oue. Tho Governor and his party, accom panied by correspondents of the Port and dallies, reaction uenu on Tuesday forenoon, nud found tbe beautiful lit tie city on tbe Desshutes lu gala attire in honor of the occasion, and lu preparation for the big celebration. After the arrival of the Governor and his party, a big olotilo luuoh was served under the pines on tbe banks of tbe river, a feature of tho lunch be. ne a trout barbecue, more than 2000 brook trout buying beeu provided for the occaulou. These trout were taken from tho Deschutes river at Beuu, the Desohutes being perhaps the moat fumous trout btroatu lu the United Statos. In tho afternoon from 2 to 5 the farmers' lustttuu was held, address at Salem, Qregop. In the call for bids whiph was published for two weeks in a Portland paper, reference is made to au architect, Vf. D. Pugh residing at Salem, who prepared the plans and specifications. This call for bids is said to have been merely a blind, to give the deal with Gray the seniblance of regularity when. fye bds were, awarded. If the above story be trqe, it explains the seprecy employed, by the county court in its at tempt to award the contracts, for the new building. Jt would explain, too, why the county, court's intention to let a pom tract for a new court house was. not known even to some of the most prominent business men of Prineville, lfist too much pub-, licity might invite competition and thus embarrass the Judge, in delivering his part of the bargain with Mr. Gray. These charges are serious, and if investigation should prove them to be true, they may pre sent an entirely new phase to the court house questiou. Throughout the county there ia a strong sentiment against the Star Chamber methods eim ployed by the county court in the new court house matter, and rven the conservative businesa men of Prineville, who might naturally wish for new county buildings in their home towu are free and open in their de nunciation of those niethods. The reports of the Salem deal come from the most reliable sources, and they have been corroborated. If investigation should show them to be true, proceedings for the removal of the county judge are among the possibilities, under the present temper of the taxpayers of the county. being delivered by tbe Governor and other visitors, uud an entertaining and instructivo program being curried out. lu the evening from 7 to 0. a publiu reception was tendered the Governor aud bis party ou the lawn at tbb beau tiful homo of Mr. A. M. Drake on the banks of the rivor, the velvety lawn, tbe stately pines overhead,' tbe myr iads of decorated Japanese Uuterua aud the awift moving river In front of tue ,RWU P8"tti'Ba scene of wonder. ,UI lov,uf8S- ollowiug tbe recept- 1'"' Ul Pu"o ouuee was given. The celebration ut Bend was one of lu ,U081 oltDoe and successful ever ,u ou"" uregon. xne uoveru- or uu ma I'" are Ba,d to have been UB,,K'e witu their trip, both with the cordiality of the reception k'lven them aud with the muny evidences of materiul growth which they saw. BASKET SOCIAL A Basket Social will be held lit the school house in district No. 52, near the German Methodist Church, on tue?day evening, June 26, Program will begin at 8 o'clock, proceeds to be used to help pay indebtedntis oh schooihouse. Ev'tJy one cordially invited. J. F. Blanchard, Teacfier. Rev. VValtdn Skipworth, presiding el. der of the Columbia River conference of . the M. E. Cluirch, will preach on Agency . Plains on Ihe evening bf June 30th, a'ni next day VSHrtday) he will conduct fccrvi ces at Madras. Sveryoae is iHvkel lo t tend then w-iVic T '1 -a