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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 25, 1906)
r mum i The Madras Pioneer "jiiiii'",v MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, QCTOBER 25, 1906. NO. 10 III , CARDS. EpESSlONAl DENTIST mntOWorU at roMoimWp price Itary public P,".Vib men OREGON 0K fcciAH&SUROEON I OllEdON Iaoter of titles I xotary rrni.H' Eft Life Imiirinrr Rarely ttomN eEHAHH ITARY PUBLIC loirniltc Iiuil.lsnir OREGON HBY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER We Pay Cash For Wheat Bring it to us $ LENA M. LAMB MADRAS, OREGON C. E. ROUSH Wo Can Supply You Glvo Us A Call MURDER FIRST DEGREE 15 VERDICT IN THE SHEpHEpD CASE Defence Mads Effort To gstabllsh. Insanity Plea John Doll Found Guilty of Manslaughter. onnooN T M IU'.dwi!, CMhlcr. it Vice I'm, II, nutwv, At CMlilcr. NO. 3851. (si National Bank RINEVILLE. OREGON TABLISHED 1808 bin iml I'mluMed rrofl $CO,000.00 'ER HOTEL fiD FEED BARN REV REED, MKr. CLEAN BEDS BAY OF ALL KIWIS FOIl 8ALR pESREASO.VAIII.K, ORECOH PItOPIUETOR MADRAS MEAT MARKET Keeps Constantly on Hand the Best Fresh and Cured Meats And pays highest market price for fat stock, butter, ao and farm producq I Madras, Oreqon t J. W. French, Pros, H. A. Moore, Vlce-Pres. F.T. Hurlburt, Cashier EASTERN OREGON BANKING COMPANY FOREIGN EXCHANGE BOUCHT AND SOLD DRAFTS OK ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD ! t t i t t t Capital Stock, $25,000 Deposits, $250,000 SHANIKO, OREGON Fred Shepherd, the slayer of Ben Zell, was placed on trial for his crime in the circuit court last Monday, George Barnes, o Prineville defending him. The prosecution made out a strong case of deliberate ajid premedi tated murder, the evidence , o; the defendant's witnesses being confined to an effort to show the insanity of the defendant. The case wont to the jury on Tues day evening, and after deliber ating only a comparatively short time, the jury returned a verdict of murder in lhe first degree. The penalty for murder in the first decree in this state is hanging, and unless Shepherd should appeal ins case ana succeed in securing a reversal, he will be hanged at Salem, al capital punishments in this state taking place at the state penitentiary. LARGE CRIMINAL DOCKET The present session of circuit court for this county, in session at Prineville with Judge Frazer of Portland occupying the bench in the absence of Judge Bradshaw, has had a large criminal docket to deal with, and the grist of convictions ground out was unusually large. The most important criminal caBes heard were the two murder cases, one against John Dell, charged with the murder of William Puch at Prineville, and Fred Shepherd, charced with the murder of Ben Sell. An account of the result in the trial of the latter THE PEOPLE'S BIG STORE PRIZE DISHES GIVEN AWAY WITH GASH PURCHASES ; On our new coupon system. From $5.00 up. Large and handsome assortment of dishes that you may pick from. It don't make any difference if you do not buy when you come 'in; but we will be pleased to show you anything in our stock. J. W. & M. A. ROBINSON & 00, GENERAL MERCHANTS MADRAS, OREGON case is given elsewhere in these columns. The case against D,ell was tried earner in" tlje, tgrhi and a verdict of manslaughter was returned, Deli has. been en tericed to serve a term of one year in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of one dollar. While working for pne of the Brine yille saloons last Spring, Dell threw the man named William Pugh out of the saloon, and in doing so broke his neck, from which he died immediately. It was charged that Dell took Pugh by his heels while he was on the pa. vemerit, and by rough handling 'broke his neck and killed him. Pugh was des cribed asrin inoffensive kind o an old man, although he was intoxicated at the time of his death. Pther criminal cases of im portance tried at the present session of, the circuit court were horse s.tealing cases against two men named Hogg and Adams They were both found guilty and Judge Frazer sentenced them to seven years each in the state penitentiary. FARMERS BUY A DRILL WILL PRILL PEEP ON AGEHCV ?UH J. Strain and .john Jrn Purchast New Outfit To Continue Work -of Propeclna for Water, PLEADS INSANITY Slayer of Ben Zell Pleads Not Guilty When Arraigned In Court. Fred Shepherd was formally arraigned Monday afternoon for the murder of Ben FZie.lI, Bros ecuting Attorney Mencfee not calling a grand jury. When Judge Frazer asked him what he was going to plead, Shepherd stammered out: "Guilty to some extent." "Eh! what's that?" queried his houor. Then to the court , "Who appears for this man?" Whereupon George W. Barns arose, assumed that responsibil ity, atthesame time interposing a plea of insanity and not guilty He also iriade a good argument for aohange of venue to Wasco county on grounds of prejudice The court considered the matter and nually denied the petition, giving the defendant until next Monday to get his witnesses and stand trial. If the insanity plea holds. Shepherd's testi mony is worthless and his statement of affairs leading up to the shooting may not be taken. Review. MUST ORDER THROUGH US Several weeks ago we gave notice that Campbell's Soil Culture Manual could be had by subscribers to tho Pioneer, bv sending 3d cents to Mr. Camp bell direct. Since then we have liad notice from Mr. Campbell lint the price he made Us was to publishers only, and that parties desiring the mahtial would have to send their money through us, his price to the pub- ic being oo cents. He will. however, fill all orders, amount ing to some thirty odd, which liave heretofore been sent direot to him through this misunder standing. In the future, parties desiring the manual may remit to us and we will send, their or- ders in. We make no tirofit on the book, and we are onlv will. ing to handle the orders be cause we believe that the man- ual will be of inestimable value to those who are engaging in arming m tms region. F A iMftutlful elRMware sot. lnnlitiiin water Htl tfewert seta, hi wall i,H. tsr dhb, er earner, etc., at the extreme ly low price of $4.60. MeTa.rt A Bye. A new drilling outfit has been purchased by J. Strain and John Tims, who expect to use it,' in helping to solve the trouble- some water question of this lo cality as soon as the machina can be gotten out lrom Snaniko,' to which place it was shipped. 4 The machine arrived, at Shani: ko last Friday, and the owner.. expect to have it set up and, ready to begin drilling within about two weeks time. It is "Star" drill, bought direct from the factory, and has a capacity of 1000 feet in depth. The new drill will be set up, on the Strain ranch as soon as it is brought out, and a thor ough test will be made of the. possibility of getting water by drilling on Agency Plains. Some time ago Mr. Strain had a hole drilled to a depth of about 110 feet by Frank . Loveland, but at that depth the attempt to find water was abandoned tem porarily. Mr. Strain later de cided to buy a drill of his own, and he and Mr. Tims ordered one from the factory. Drilling will now be continued at the same spot, and while Mr. Straiu will not say tc what depth he will drill if necessary in "pros pecting" for water he remarks very significantly that the drill has a capaoity of 1000 feet. It is believed however, that water will be found much nearer the surface than that, .many of the most sanguine believing that it will not be necessary to drjU. more than 25Q feet in all. Mr. Tims, who with r, Strain owns the new machine, is a praotical driller, having dd voted a good portion of his life to that work. He is said to bo very sanguine as to the results. of the attempt to be made .to. get water on Agenoy Plains, and, there are many in this locality who hope that his expectations in that respect may be jealized, The lack of water for houaer hold purposes has been the greatest handicap the Agency Plains country has, and a solu tion of that problem will make it one of the most favored .afrri cultural seotion in the state. HAS ORDERED STEAM WOOD SAW Frank Loveland has otHpv a steam wood saw, and within ten days or two weeks will be ready to saw the winter's sup ply of fire-wood in Madras. There is plenty of cord word in A 1 1 . cne country, but it has been difficult to secure any wood sawed ready for use, or to get tne cord wood sawed at any price. Mr. Loveland's steam saw will solve the difficulty and probably prevent the wood amine in Madras which seamed imminent. His oharces will be small, and the cost of the wood ready for the stove will be very rauou less than it has heretofore. been Lest, Strayed r Stolen. Sid Reward. One gray mare about o veers old. branded CN on right stifle. Jio freward and expenees of delivery paid for retard to Morrow & Keenan's rakek. FrW Lyons, Haycreek OrKoS. i ft Hi ' 8. 1 ft. .y-l 'h ,1 38 M