S1 S . ,1 The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK QOUNTY, OREGON. THURSQAY, OCTOBER 11, 1909. Ml nCUTIST ...,.it.!.E.onEqo TIB ..mi niiRi m: mm r- ... AiinncnU ran i m -1 Tr nrcD OF TITLES jCOTARV PCDUl . . i I u .,i.tnnirnrc nurciy jivii . i. r a ti i ill nui' i it u I11IIQ. VVII'i OltEClON ...ml . Mtf mini OREGON nu mini IP. AUn ki riiiiLiu n iiu COMMISSIONER T M nitmvis, ( nuliler. NO. 3051. i it i; l n.Ml. JB0.0UU.UU II r i' r" I 1 llll'll CLEAN BEDS Mil lib' 111 L'll'flf 1 - It I i 1 ifm priunv tit v ORECOH We Pf Cash For Wheat Bring it to yg LENA M. LAMB MADRAS QREGON GREAT CROOK COUNTY AN EMPIRE OF UNDEVELOPED WEALTH Mjflnlfleant In rJrQBQrttona an In Yprljty of Har Rsourcos Stocky farming. Timber ana" Mqlr. 1 Cr f-) I I O II We Can Supply You . nUUOn giYo u. a can PROPRIETOR MADRAS MEAT MARKET Keeps Constantly on Hand the Best Fresh and Cured Meals And pay hlghoat market price t for fat stock, butter, egge MadraS. 00011 i and farm produce ' 5 I J. W. French, Proa. H. A. Moore, Vlco-Pres. F. T. Hurlburt, Cashier t t : : : t EASTERN OREGON BANKING COMPANY FOHEICH EXCHANCE BOUGHT AND SOLD DRAFTS ON ALL PAWS OF THE WORLD Capital Stock, $25,000 Deposits, $250,000 SHANIKO, OREGON The Sepond Annqal Prpok County Pair a in progress, at Brineville tle last four days of this week, arid many people from all oyer the county are attending. In addition to the premiums offered for exhibits of stock and farming products of all kinds, purses are offered for a number of good races, which, will entertain the crowds during the afternoons, Crock county is a magnifi cent county in the variety of her products, as well as in her proportions, and the exhibit of Ciook county products will doubtless be a very attractive one. As' a atopic section this county has been famous lor many years, and today some of the finest stock ranches in the West may be found in this countv. In the years gone by when tliere was plenty of open ralice for all aud cattle roamed and sheep were herded at will over this immense section of country, immense fortunes were made out of range stock and little attention was paid to quality, but in more recent years there has been a tendency toward a better grade in both sheen and cattle. The en- A. croachments of the settler upon the once open range has made this necessary, and today a majority of our stockmen are running smaller herds and a better crade. Crook county is also becom- inc: famous as a farming sec tion, both her irrigated districts and the dry farming regions becoming rapidly settled up with a class ot thritty larmers 11 AND WINTER MaMMBaiaMMHMMMHBBMaMMHhjaaaaaaBaMaHB LOTHES FOR MEN careful consideration wc have purchased our stock of fall and """V "u UUU1C5 irOIU 1. IX iJ. Ulliy, U miuuiiuhui a v ntulli.. I r a 1 II .1 . L J...-l -,-umjf, manu price ot tnese garments are an mat can oc uwucu. our I: ,.L.. i ...I.- stand behind the quality tof this clothing and behind us is the reputation of one of the foremost manufacturing houses in the United States. MADE -TO -ORDER Li H WW J lilt J ffl m 1 r m SUITS Some men are extremely hard to fit or to satisfy as to cloth pattern. Our made-to-order depart ment takes care of these. The Royal Tailors, of Chicago, supply these suits made absolutely to your measure, giving you the advantages of selection from hundreds of new and elegant samples and a guarantee of a perfect fit. Be sure to inspect our clothing departments if you want the best J. W. & M. A. ROBINSON & CP general MERCHANTS MADRAS, OREGON who will befoie many years carry this county to the front as a productive farming gecon. The soil is easily p.leared and prepared for cultivation, and its productiveness, is n,ot excelled by any other portion 01 tne m it A. State, farmers wno nave set tled in this immediate section staip that in no other locality which bey have Known can tne spil be ao easily and cheaply prepared for grain, as on the high plateau lands along tne Willow Creek basin. From a territory in whioh six years ago there was only a very small population, with ranches scat tered here and there, the sec tion of country lying between Crooked River pfl the south and Trout Creek o,n the north lias grown to have a population of five thousand people. It is a wonderful farming country, and will one day take rank among the great grain produomg sec tions of the West. This county also boasts of the finest body of virgin timber in the TJnited States. In the southern portion of the county lies an immense tract of yellow pine containing billions of .feet of the finest timber in the state, and which will in a few years be the center of the lumber indus trv of the Pacific Coast. This yellow pine is the only substi tute for the rapidly disappear ing white pine, a.nd it has attracted the attention of the largest lumber manufacturers in the TJnited States. Some where on the upper Deschutes there will one of these days be located the largest .lumbering enterprises which have ever been known on the Coast Although her mines are in the first stages of prospecting enough has bean uncovered to indicate that mining will one day add its quota to the gen eral prosperity of the county Gold, siver, cinnabar, lead, and antimony are known to exist in sufficient quantities to make mining profitable, and active prospect work is now under way looking to the develop ment of this great resource of the county. In addition coa measures of great promise lmve been uncovered m the very cen ter of the count', giving prom ise of an inexhaustible supply of cheap fuel for the great day lhat is dawning for this section of the state. Crook county is an empire in itselt. Her resources are but beginning to be realized, and capital is slowly but surely awakening to the im mense opportunities that await it here, ltich in agricultural lands, rich in its timber re sources, with cheap fuel as sured and Unlimited power afforded by the finest power stream in the West, what more could any section ask to insure its greatness! FRANK D. MILLER, OF LAM 0 NT A Frank D. Miller, son of Geo. S. and Mabel J, Miller, died at Lamonta last Sunday evening, Ootober 7, 1000. The remains were interred in Grey Butte cem etery on Tuesday afternoon, and many neighbors and friendB were present. Mr. Miller was born in Jeffer son, Marion county, Oregon, January 11, 1802. He leaves, beside his aged parents, three brothers and a sister: George M. Miller, of Lamonta, E. M. Miller, of Estaoada, Or., Aroher Miller, of Jefferson, Or., and Mrs. Estella Franois, of Portland. He was a man with mahy friends who spoke well of him, While his death is a severe blow to his parents and otherrelatWea, they feel resigned to the will of Hini who gave ana wild liath tha power to take wy U SERVICE TO BEfIN NQVEMIER FIRST; R, F. D, FOR CULVEIL Mall Will B glared Te 120 Farr la Jfifff Tlrriea A Week $ou$e 5 Miles Lang. Another rnwtl free delivery; matt rotate will be inaugurated in northwestern Crook county. November 1, starting from Cul ver post office. The route wil be something near 25 miles long and will serve about 12Q families. Service rl a pa three days each weel?. The route runs SQuth frorn Culver on (he Trail Crossing, road almost to Crooked river, thenqe east around Haystack mountain by way of Jesse Windom's ranch, thence east to. Jacdb Stroud's corner, thence. north to Grant's and from there to Haystack post office and to, Culver. It is understood that with the establishment of the new delivery route the Hay staok post office will be dis-v continued. Three applicants for the posi tion of carrier on this route took examination before Post master Fred Davis in Madras last Saturday. They were C. L. Lowther,D. Roberts aud George Windom. GOLD AT HAYCREEK Quartz Ledge la Being Prospected on. Lands of B. S. & L. Company. Haycreek, famous as th8 lo cation of one of the largest thoroughbred sheep plants in the world, bids fair to become equally famous as the center, of a rich mining district. Fre. quent mention has been made in these columns of the coal discovery five miles from that place, where prospect work is uncovering large measures of a good grade of bituminous coal. The most recent discovery in that locality is that of gold bearing ore, a ledge having been uncovered within two miles of the Haycreek post office. This" latest discovery was made on the J3. S. & L. Com pany's lands about ;wo miles south of the post office, near what is known as the Brewer ranch. A line ledge of mineral bearing quartz was found, aud the company is having it thor oughly prospected. A tunnel is beiug ruu in under the hill and is now about 80 feet in, with prospect work going steadily on. The quartz is. said 10 carry iair values in gold, and to be auffieiently promisintr to justify some expenditure in iuriuer prospecting the ledge. DRILLING ON LITTLE PLAIN Frank Loyeland's drill is still going at the Harvey ranch on Little Plain, and a depth of something over a hundred feet has been attained. It was not expected that water would be found at less than 200 to 250 feet, and they are prepared to go evon deeper if necessary to get a good water supply at their ranch. The drilling on the Little' Plain is being watched wit considerable interest by other? settlers in thut locality as it is in the nature of an experiment and will determine the possi bility of securing water there by deep drilling. It is fortu nate for that locality that this moat important question ill about to be solved for them. s -4$