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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1906)
The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906. NO. 45 -km n Lg SAWMILL kinds 0T rouy., .?"ed lumber BSKonhand mTpbopbietor PR0FGSSI0NA!AuCAI?DS. It, IIAUOM) CIAJUCi: PAPER Ln.wlia.oftbolato.t ET Qdl d Jf IJCXS & WILSON HIES HOSPITAL - - i Dalles, Cregron. IVATE HOSPITAL IrfitoiMit of nil niedloul uiitl UkiM, except h us are fa MAY EMPLOY THEIR SOWS PHYSICIANS Schonl for iiutN in CMjiiec leforniktlnii cut riTiiiiiK tho iirr-rt -Jupt of Nlim-M, PITflli RATES 10 to $21 per week, according ; lntluilliiR lmsiiitl cure mid M Information uililrfKH & REQTER, tie Dalies, Oregon, nee Corbet pCHERON STALLION hn At Mulrm, Mondays, -if hu nmiiru.iv. At Brown' TiiM iays nnd W, Athas.'briuh Spga. "Ktoifttraooii. Fridays nt MA:..l5 ,nK'e tervlco; $10 ;flSto Incttro. IRMARNACH, OWNER WMI LL W t U'HEEKIN, Props, ' tmlll lu . UMBER.. Imuer on 1.U...1 iwontd or nluiiliiir. LY . IiIT..i.i ... l : """"P corrected up to KJEli" ""e"y".v.;ii SCRIP FOR SALE WtltltlA.IILl..., Wm. Wrlib uk for lullimr- HUnaoillc lHlne ft ..l.l,i.. a.ai,ri,Prl.ni'e. lteforcucei Ps0N LANn rn hdm ade Harness !!nil'l Of In, ,. Stf BL ii"! iuui 1110 1 Oak fanned Harnfess Leather H, V " 1 J". Whiles HhiiiI, W. in "hoa Lift M VJ U DENTIST All kltyl of Dental Work nt rcasoiwblo prices, l'WNKVIM.K, OltllOON SPECIAL, PRICES O N Q( G. COLLVER NOTARY PUBLIC JmiCK Of TUB l'KACK VViym I'JIECINCT CULVER OREGON II. 8KOOK PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Ofllco In DrugBtorc, SlADItAH OREGON MAX LUEDDEMANH NOTARY PUBLIC To imlto Ilulldlug MADRAS OREGON D ON" V. HKA NOTARY PUBLIC AND U. S. COMMISSIONER It A I) It AH OHKHOK 11. V. Aixr., rrclilont. T. M. lUtwn.v, Caahlor. Vri.i. Wvuiwaixn Vleo rrc, II. JUu.wi.v,A'isl. Cailitvr. NO. 3851. The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON ESTABLISHED 1QOO Capital, fiurplin anil UndivIilcJ Profit ; $00,000.00 FOURTH of JULY SUITS t SHOES I t I Lamb's Cash Store ND NECKWEAR FOR MEN AND BOYS ,, There is in our store A DRESS FOR EVERY LADY AND GIRL To Cejebrate tjie Holiday in t ! C. E. ROUSH rn Ciinnlu YftM Glye Us A Call PROPRIETOR EAT MARKET Keeps Constantly on Hand the Best Fresh and Cured Meats And pays highest mnrkot price $ for fat stock, minor, eggs Madras. Oreaon t ' 1 and farm produco TH AT WE SHOULD ALWWS LooK OUT TOR 30RPRISES. This store: has 'em,-m quality style & prices. IF YOU DOUBT THAT HONESTY IS THE BEST POLI CY, JUST TRY BEINff DI5H0NEST A WHILE BUJTER. DROWN. 'A" COME IN AND CELEBRATE THE FOURTH WITH U-S. WHY NOT URPRIE ALL YOUR FRIENDS WHO THINK Yol CANT DRE5S A-5'WELL AS THEY Do AND -SHOW THEM HoW PRETTY YOU CAN LOOK WHEN YOU TRY? AND YOU CER TAINLY ARE NOT GOING TO LET THE FOURTH 60 BY WITHOUT DRE-5-SINC UP AND PAYING YOUR RESPECT TO UNCLE JAM. HE GAVE US FREEDOM BUT REALLY CAN YoU FEEL FREE To DO JU-5T WHAT YOU PLEASE AND Go JU ST WHERE YOU PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT DREaSJED" FOR THE OCCASION? THE FUJE HAS BURNT CL0.5E AND NEARLY "BU-5TED" JoME OF OUR LlNES WHICH WE WISH To CLoSE OUT WHILE THE JEA-50N I-S AT TS HEIGHT. SUMMER, DRE.5-5 GOOD.S, LIGHT .SUMMER T06S FoR bAoIE AND CHIL'DREN, RESPECTFULLY, j, W. AND M. A, ROBINSON AND Cb. GENERAL MERCHANTS, MADRAS, OREGON- DTCH PROMOTERS HERE LOOKING OVER THE LAY OF THE LAND Backers of Madras Irrigation & Power Company Project Well Pleased They Buy Lots In Madras. Donald Fitzgerald of New York City, chief promoter of the new Irrigation project In prook county, nnd whone company, the Madras Irrigation & Power Company, it la Bald will spend a million dollars turning the waters of the Deschutes river op to the high plateau lands of this cectlou of the gUte, spent several days In this local ity during the past week. With him Were p. Robertfoij, formerly of Cor bott, Failing & Compuny, of Portland, and H. M. Grlfin, a prominent East ern capitalist. ytien an intprvlew with Mr. Fit? goruld was sought, he declined to dis cuss the plans or purposts of the Madras Irrigation (lp Power Compand or to say how soon work would begin upon the irrigation project for this section, stating that the company wu not yet ready to make public any an nouncement of its plans. He devoted the lime spent In this locality to a thorough Inspection of the surround ing country, and expressed himself us great Iypleased with what he Haw. Visits were made to Agency plains, and to the Methodist Hill, Opal Prnl rle, Culver ajid Haystack localities, and the large areas under cultivation and the uniformly good crops were'a revelation to him and his party. The party also drove through to Bend, re turning on Monday evening. Tbey went by way of Redmond, returning via Lnldlaw, and covering portions 'of the irrigated district ou both sides of the river. While here Mr. Fitzgerald made several investments in Madras town property, expressing his confidence in the future of the town. Another gen tleman in the party stated that the merchants of Madras seemed busier, and to be selling more goods than in any other town which ho visited in Central Oregon. NORMAL INSTITUTE Summer School For Teachers Will Be Held at Princville During July, A summer school for teachers will be held at Priueville during the com ing mouth, in order to give the teach ers of the county, and those who expect to teach later, an opportunity to receive the benefits oi a short nor mal course. The normal school work will embrace all tbe branches re quired for a teacher's certificate, and will be arranged in two courses, in or der that teachers may select either or a part of both courses. In the teachers' examinations, credit will be given for work done in the institute. Those who make an average of more than 95 per cent, wili receive uu additional 3 per cent, to final average In examination; from 00 to 95, 2 per cent.; Iroin 85 to 90, 1 per cent.: below 85 per cent, will not be credited. The institute grado will be founded upon daily recitations nnd oral tests. The institute will begin July 9th at the Crook County High School build ing at Piiueville, and will continue until August 8th, the beginning of the semi-annual teachers' examination. LEAVES FOR ALASKA Don P. Rea left Tuesday morning for Portland, from which place he expects to leave in a few days for a visit in Alaska. He expects to spend about three weeks in the North, visiting various points of interest, and visiting with other members of his family at Ketchikan, where they are now residing, and where Mr. Ham mond and Robert Rea have charge of a large marble quarry. Mr. Rea has arranged to have Mr. H. C. Ellis, United States Commissioner at Bend, come to Madras and take any proofs set before him, during his absence. This arrangement was made after con suiting with land olHcc oiltcials and was authorized by them. APPLY FOR RURAL ROUTE Application will bo made to the postotlloe department Iti the next. few .days, for a rural- free delivery route from this ofHce, covering Ageuoy Plains, or large portion of it. It Is said that the route will he less than 25 miles long, aud that it will supply more than 130 families with mall. This route, if created, will be known as R. F. D. No. 2, being the second rural route extending from the Mad rai office. DIRT HAS BEGUN TO FLY WORK ON OREGON TRUNK COMMENCED Largo Forco of Vfon Now Grading At Mouth of Deschutes On Railroad Lino To Madras. Portland Journal. The Journal's prediction a month ajjo that dirt would begin flying beforo the end of June on a new railroad. along the Deschutes river was realized yesterday when W. F. Nelson started a force of men at work grading for tho Oregon Trunk Line, a railroad pre lected from (he mouth of, the Des chutes to Madras. Tho company is a Seattle organization and is supposed to be the first of various feeders with which J. J. Hill will invade Harrlmaa territory in Oregon. Mr. Nelson, wio is president of tho company aud a well known railroad contractor, left Portland a few daya ugo for The Dalles, and there com pleted his arrangements for- construc tion work. This morning ho started , a force of men at grading near tho mouth of tho Deschutes. The survey in completed and rights of way secured for a distance of more than 100 miles into the Interior of Oregon. Tho present survey terminates at. Madras, the trading center for the BIy and Little Agency Plains. Haystack and Lamonta sections, and tributary to a vast irrigable region in tho vicin ity of the junction of the Deschuteg and Crooked rivers, where prophets, cuy the greatest wheat producing sect tion of Oregon Is to bo developed. More thnn 300,000 acres of land is to bo reclaimed by irrigation companies now operutiug or preparing to construct; plants. Mr. Nelson was one of the principal builders and Is now a part owner, of the Great Southern, a road constructed last year under his supervision from, The Dalles to Dufur. It is believed that there is a Hill relationship to these Orego.n railroad projects und that ultimately they will become a part of the Hill Uuhs now building; down the north bauk of the Columbia. The officers of the Oregon Trunk Lino are: President, AV. F. Nelson, railroad contractor; vice-president, II. A. Bal liuger, ex-mayor of Seattle and now a practicing attorney in that city ; secre tary, L. I. Gregory, of the Title Trust company, Seattle; treasurer, J. F. Lane, cashier of the Scandinavian National bank, Seattle. These men with Malcolm Moody, of The Dalle, aud Robert. R. Fox, form the directory. SCHOOL FINANCES Report of Receipts and Disburse ments Madras District Past Year. At a echool meeting held June 18th, a request was made for a detailed sutemeut of the receipts and dis bursements in School District No. 2'J, which statement the Pioneer ofl'ered to publish without any cost to tho district. Secretary Grey has furnished ue with a statement, which is pub lished below: Financial report of School District No. 22, receipts nnd disbursements for the year ending June 18, 100(5: Receipts, Cash on liawl June W, 11)05 iot W Received trom State fuml 235 ai Hag bocial 20 ) Shallow sale 7.. m.'i Mask ball ft) Bond Sale WW IM County limit ,.v... ..... CC1 lis Total receipts, ltWMjij Disbursements. C K I.oucks, freight on desks f :!.". I J I Nelson, labor ou school liouso,,., 10 (i P C tultou, teaching ml Grace L Smith " ' 330 00 Arclilu iBham, Janitor ......." -12 m I F Shutt, labor school house Ml CM GjUily Lake Lumber Co., lumber. ... a itf Max Wilson, labor aud material 18 ilfi Q K Louoks it Co., labor aud material :Vi ;t" ECStlckel, flue 11 70 H W Turner, lumber 237 -to - M Louimberry, material 7 im J T Bennett, labor a tu PC Fulton " j'si J W Cowherd " 1 m M C Maon ' " ' 71,1 01) J K Craig " li)U-- Glenn Iueks " -Ai -,; LM Hahu, material ...fiT? 41 to V 0 Fulton, chalk,jeratijM,''ulc :i 711 Glass & 1'ruddaKbuiiav, material..., 1 irt Nortliwet'Svh. Furulturo Co,, desk 38 t S K Grey, clerk, salary uud postage. . . 'J Mi US May, wood 3.1 tm Kd Mason, labor 5 M lteturned to County fund... la t Total disbursements i 1 175' 17 UalmicO on hand June 18, V, $0 M Fer Sale. Two geldings .aid four mares 1 will weigh over I300 founds each. Ages front three to feint yeariV For prices, writs to or call on A, N.Warfea, Hajcrwk, vregoa, ia ll MADRAS, OR.