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The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK QOUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1906.
NO. 9
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OREGON
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We Pay Cash For Wheat
Bring it to us
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LENA M, LAMB
MADRAS, OREGON
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RAILROADS HEADED OFF
IRRIGATION SCHEME BLOCKS THE WAY
Government Proves To Build Big
pam In Deschutes Canyon For
Irrigation Project
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SEVILLE, OREGON
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ICESEKASONAIILK,
OREGON
PROR IETOR
MADRAS MEAT MARKET
Keeps Costly sa Hand Ilia Bfil Fresh and Cured Meats
LAnd pnys highest market prlos 5
for.fni f.rm S!SS?0B Madras, Oregon
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J. W.French, Pros, H, A, Mqqre, Vlce-Pres. F.T. Hurlburt, Cashl
EASTERN OREGON BANKING COMPANY
FOREICH EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD
DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
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Capital Stock, $25,000
Deposits, $20,000
SHANIKO, OREGON
As it is impossible to follow
the Deschutes rive? with a line
located over 100. feet above the
surface of the stream there wil
be no railroad into the rich
Central Oregon, country by the
Deschutes (Janyon, route.
Instead the Harriman system
will, in all probability, build ill
from the Natron-Ontario cut-off
between the Southern Pacific
and Oregon Short Line. Besides
the branch projected from the
main lino of the 0. R. & N
down the Deschutes by that
company there was a second
corporation in the field the
Oregon Tmnk Railroad com
pany, whiofi was formed for the
purpose of entering the same
territory.
The reason the two lines have
been suspended is because the
United States Reclamation 3er
vice proposes to construct a
dam across tb,e stream which
will tower to a height of 00 feet
above the surface qnd it is
planned to install extensive
pumping faoilitiee to secure
water power for the generation
of electricity, which will in turn
be carried a distance of 100
miles to be used in pumping
water in connection with the
Umatilla irrigation project.
Construction had actually
been begun by the Oregon
Trunk, when notice was re
ceived from Washington,
through the Land Office at The
Dalles, to the effect that the
Reclamation Service had made
a filing for water power on the
Deschutes. Maps of location
were returned to the railroad
officials and it was stated that
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GENERAL MERCHANTS MADRAS, OREGON
if the right of way were st.il
desired it must bp raised to a
distance of lpp, feet; ftboye the
first lopatiqri. The. uryey, as
shpwn oq the map anfl in, fleld
notes filed with the departtnen
showed the line was on aq ayer
age from 8 to 10 feet abqye the
surface of the strearn, so to take
advantage afforded of construct
ing 100 feet above the river
would mean the road would be
practically 2Q feet higher than
the top of the dam.
The walls of the canyon offer
countless obstacles under ordi
nary pirpum,8tances for railroad
engineers, and in places are per
pendicular. This would neces
sitate the roadbed being
"benched" or virtually chiseled
in the rooks and would prove so
expensive, the promoters de
elate, it is prohibitive. Another
feature taken into consideration
is the difference in grade. The
aqrvey made was on a grade o
less than 1 per cent, while with
the wajls perohed high on the
walls of the canyon, a consider
able climb would have to be
overcome. The idea was to
construct into Central Oregon
as far as Madras, the gateway
of thftt empire. In viefo of the
possibility that the Reclaina
lion Service may discard the
power scheme, the railroads re
turned their maps' to be filed
and, if in the future the way is
open, one at least will he cum
pletod. '
In the meantime the proposi
tion of entering the region from
the south is being seriously con
sidered. A survey has been
made from the east-and-west
line of the Harriman system
and this will undoubtedly be
realized. Some time ago, when
it was determined the lalked-o
extension of the Columbia
Southern would not be carried
out, a party of surveyors was
sent in froth Shanifco, and a
complete location was made for
a branch line. In time this
could probably be connected
with one of the feeders leading
south from the O. R. & N. main
line, or if conditions were favor
able, brought through Des
chutes canyon.
The prospects pf a road from
the Columbia river, with the
possibilities of extensions later
on the part of the Oregon Trunk
and the Itnowledtre that th
Harriman feeder would provide
an outlet to Portland and the
last, wore enthusiastically re
ceived in Central Oregon, but
since the decisiou of the Gov
ernment was announced it has
been pointed out that if the
Lieclauiatioh Service engineers
desire sites for water power
plants, they are to be had in
numbers on the Deschutes
above Madras and below Ma-
toles and Crooked rivers.
The above railroad story from"
Sunday's Oregonian is correct
in part, but some oi the state
ments therein are misleading.
n the first place, the Desohutes
railroad enterprise is being
temporarily held up through
tue oDBtaoles interposed by the
Jtteclamation Service to the ac
quisition of right of way over a
a portion of the distance. That
obstruction to the progress ot
tue roaa may be removed, how.
ever, should the irrigation nro.
jeot of which this proposed
power plant is a part be found
o be impracticable bv reason
of the expanse. Arid that it is
impracticable is aaid lo be the
opfhion of some of the hteiiaar.
WANT A NEW
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FROM AGENCy PLjllNg f THE pIVEf
Paldpt"Pttlttonpj jfpr floMts Via,
Nigger. Brown Canyon, To Avoid
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The pepple qn ttje' Agencjp',
Blaiqs areinaqgurtipgamove'-, .
ment for a great improvement in, ,
the present system of county
roads, by piroulating a petition,
for a road down the NiggpJJ
Brown panyoji. Tbfa roa.3, if
built, will do away with, fe
present steep, and welln,igh, .
pa,S8b,le road down tq t!j&
Warraspring Ferry.
The new road, as prqjected
will leave the present rpad at
the point where it prossea the
head of thp jigger Brown Cant
yon and will run on less than a
five per cent grade for two
three miles down to the Ed,
Campbell place where it will
connect with the old road. This,
will be a great improvement,
any the persons circulating the
petition deserve the support of
all the people in this vicinity.
Service. Until the feasibility of
that J)rqjept is fully determined,, t
the only aotiaq. which the gov-
ernment can take is to refuse to
approve &ny right of way whjch ,
would interfere. Should this '
temporary obstruction to the,4.
railroad project be made per-1
manent, then it is up to the Orer .
gon Trunk; L,ine to find some
other route into the country,
either coming out from Tho
Dalles, across Tygh ridge and :
down White river to the pes.
chutes above the portion of ;
the river which -will be affected
by the big power plant, oi?
else finding some other rotite
in.
The refusal of the Govern
ment lo grant a right of war
to the Oreffon Trunk Line is it
serious blow to this country,
even if it is only temporary.
in as much as it is delayincr tho
development of this great reg
ion known as Central Oreeon.
The Umatilla irrigation scheme
of which plan the power ulanf ,
is a part, is doubtless a meri-v
torious enterprise and will
reclaim a large territory, but ih
is questionable whether the loss
to this country through the fail
ure to get a road up the Des
chutes will be offset by the gain
to the other section. The Des
chutes gorge is tho natural
outlet for the produots of thig
country, and it should bo
utilized for that purpose.
CASOLINE MOTOR ON DUFUR ROAD
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On Thursdav of laar.
gasoline motor oar belonging
lu l" vireac aoutuern railroad
made Her trial trin. to Tinrnw
and was a sucohrr Snf t a.
Heiriarich, J. Tj. Tobia an j
Prun, manager of Fairbanks,
i.xuioo u& oo., oi Jtrortiand, made
the trip iu about an hour The
car will soon make regular trips
and will be a orar nnnvn.
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leuce to the Deonln livi Her ili tUa
interior. The return trip was
made as far as Petersburg, with
a jolly crowd of Dufdr ladies,
who boarded the Great South
ern train and retnrn tn tw....
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