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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 15, 1906)
r Je Madras 'Pioneer Published every Thursday by THE PIONEER PU1JLIS1IINO CO.- BiiuRnniPTioN RATES: One vear ...$1.50 Six months 86 Three months.... ArtVKKTISINO 11ATK8 OJT AVTMCATION Entered ns second class matter August . lOOt. nt the Postonico at junnras, yre., tho Act of Congress of aiarcii s,iu'. 2 under THURSDAY November IS, 1906 Happenings at Madras. Sugar $6.40 per sack at McTagpart & Bye's. Tomatoes two cans for 25c at McTag gart & Bye's. G. Springer, of Culver, was a visitor in Madras on Tuesday last. Fine new line buggy robes and blankets at Larkin's Harness Shop. 1129 We are paying 35 cents per dozen for good, fresh eggs. Sanford Sill & Co. George Osborn and Thomas Aulder. ttice, of Culver, were in Madras on Tues day. j. L. Hadleyj of Sanford, Sill & Com pany, was a visitor in Prineville several days this week. For sale: A gray work mare, Cheap; weight about 1400 pourids. Will take wheat. William Tcrril, Madras. 02Stf The Grizzly Lake Lumber Co. will lake wheat in payment of old accounts tiue them at the lumber yard. S27tf - Otto Holfeldt has a limited quantity of Turkish Red seed wheat for sale, at $1 per bushelA Apply at his ranch north of Madras. olitf Rev. and Mrs. J. K. Craig left Tuesday morning for their old home at Kent, Where they will spend several days visit ing relatives. Parties desiring to make final five-year far commutation proof can secure the necessary blanks for notice of intention to prove up, at the Pioneer office. The Hotel Poihdester iS the most pop ular hostelry at the codntyseat. Under new managment. Cotirteoiis treatment, good accommodation and popular rJrices. A complete supply of legal blanks for Sale Including warranty and quitclaim deeds, real, chattel and crop mortgages, etc. Justice court blanks and justice court work a specialty. Notary Public. F. J. Brooks. Do not sow all kinds of foul stuff with your wheat 5 this ruins your land and brings you nothing at harvest time; but get one of those famous "Chatham" Fan ning Mills of Sanford, Sill & Co. W. J. Stebbens, who has a homestead three miles northeasl of town, returned this week from Walla Walla, Wash., and is living on his homestead. He expects (o remain here this winter and cultivate ills ranch, J. W. Livingston left Tuesday morning for Vancouver, where he has valuable khch property and other interests. He xpeqts to be gone ten days or more. Mr. Livingston resided at Vancouver for '25 years, before coming to Madras. Soveren Holmes, foreman at the Bid well Cram ranch on Trout Creek for the past two years, was in town several days this week. He has accepted a position ' with the Prineville Land & Livestock Co. at Muddy, and will leave for that place in the next day or so. Frank Forest, a prominent stock rjiau from Crooked itlver, was in town this morning, looking after business Interests. Mr. Forest is one of the largest owners of stock in the county, and in addition to his stock interests owns considerable land along Crooked i Itlver. Morion Ioty, traveling salesman for an Implement house, was in Madras last Saturday. Mr. Doty is contestant in the contest case against the Frank Lucas homestead entry, which was recently; decided adversely to him by the Commis sioner of the General Land . Office, on appeal. The local land office decided favorably to t,he contestant, but this de cision was reversed by the higher tribu i rial. Mr. Doty lyis now appealed the case to the Secretary ,pf the Interior, the highest tribunal in contest matters, and he states that he has no doubt but that he will prevail. f Owing to .ue unujually large nuni ber of land proof publications, utiliz ing most of the available apace in our paper, it was necessary for us to pub Jisli a six-column supplement with thhvieaue, for th.e accommodation of -aeva matter. Beginning with next Jue and( continuing an long as the ,$laco In our regular eight-page paper ,1a crowded, we will publish two ad ditional pages, in the, country news--paper business it Is always either a "feast or famine" for the publisher, with the famlut periods predominat ing, and one of the greatest "trials" tbat fall to him is to make spac for news on feast days and ,tg make, news ,for all the, yaw.ulng space during the, famine 'periods. Jerry Cramer left Tuesday for Prine ville. MIm Llllie Read visited friends In town on Bunday, from Culver. A. C. Sanford la looking aftor busi ness mattors at tho countyeoat this week. Arthur V. Warren, a llayoreok far iner, was buying supplies In Madras Tuesday. J. P. Halm returned Saturday even ing with a load of fruit which ho pur chased at The Dalles. Mrs. H. Richards and her daughter, Miss Itlohards, of Haystack aro visit ing In Madras today. Mrs. Max Lueddemnnn has returned from a six weeks' visit at her old home iu Mospow, Idaho. James Lovcns( a Portland commer cial traveler, was Interviewing Mad ras merchants the first of tho week. Xmns Is coming! Get ready to buy your presents. o are suro going to have them. J. W. & M. A. Robinson & Co. George Stevens and family left Bun- day morning for Sisters, whero they will visit for a week or more before going to Prineville. All kinds of feed, rolled barley, bar ley and wheat mixed, mill feed, etc. I We will roll your grain Wednesday' next. J. & M. A. Robinsou & Co. Walter McCoin of Culver visited in town several days this week. He has recently returned from the Willam ette Valley, where he disposed of u band of Eastern Oregon horses. Mrs. N. II. Piukerton has purohused a lot from the Madras Townslte Com- pauy, upon which she expects to have a well suuk. The lot is located iu the eastern part of town, near the Andrus well. The Laidlaw Chroniolo appears this week in a brand new dress, having been converted into d six-column folio, all home print. The paper pre sents a much better appearance, aud is a decided Improvement upon former issues. We have placed an order for six "subsurface packers," of the kiud re commended by H. W. Campbell, orig inator of the Campbell system of dry laud farming. The packers conserve the moisture and are a valuable ad junct to the farming machinery of all dry farming districts. If you desire one of these machines, leave your or der with us now. J. W. & M. A. Rob inson & Co. II. D. "Wood, formerly of Portland, but who now has a homestead dear The Cove on Crooked river, was in town this morning. He is living on his homestead aud expects to remain there during the Winter aud Spring. Mr. Wood says that last night's wind storm wa3 very severo in the neigh borhood in which he resides, and that he expected at any moment during the storm to have his house blown over. The well drilling machine with which a thorough te9t is to be made for water on the desert in ' the Red mond and Bend neighborhoods, has been set up, and drilling will begin at once, it is understood tunt tins at tempt to secure a good flow of pure well water for household purposes on the desert is being financed by the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Com pany, which company is reclaiming several hundred thousands of acres of desert land in that vioiuity, under the Carey Act. The drill is a large one, and it is the intention of the promo ters to drill to a depth of 1000 feet if necessary. Mr. Richard Balrd, of North Yam- hill, Yumhill county, left this city this morning for his Willamette valley home. On August 23d Mr. Balrd left the valley with a two horse team and necessary camp equipment, drove 200 miles to Madras, and thence into the extreme southern part of the state, some 300 milee further to the vicinity of "Lost Cabin" mines, where he spent considerable time in prospect ing. The region he investigated he considers very rich in mineral, and in his judgment It is only a question of time when it will become a great mining camp. In returning to The Dalles, Mr. Balrd drove 400 miles. His team was shipped to Portlaud. Chronicle. James Rice of Haycreek was a vis itor in Madras last Saturday. He says that the Winter sheep range throughout the county is in worse condition than he has known It since his acquaintance with the country began, and that sheepmen are going to require considerable quantities of hay in order to get through the Winter. Owing to the long and continued drouth no grass has sprouted on the range, and even the grass roots are cut out by the sharp hoofs of the sheep, on the dry and parched hills. Mr. Rice left Sunday for DEVELOPMENT IS RAPID Western Crook Entitled To Improved Mall Service Save Band Bulletin. Regarding tho proposed di rect mail route from Shnnilco to Bend, via Madras, tho Bond Bulletin says: Still another .reason for estab lishing tho new route is found in the great growth, of popula tion throughout western Crook. During the last six years there haa beenhm increase 111 popu lation of about COO per cent, in this part of the county. This gives a mucii larger popula tion to be served by the pro posed route than is now served by the line from Shaniko to Prine villo m ore t h a n twice as many. Furthermore, development is now very rapid in western Crook due to the set tlement of the Madras wheat districts and the irrigated lands contiguous to Bend. Settlers are moving onto these lands every da' and the development has ony begun. "With the vast areas of timber land adjacent to Bend iu which logging opera tions will ere long be commen ced aud with the thousands of acres of irrigated lands tbat are daily being occupied, this sec tion of the state is destined to see a great development. It will need the best possible mail service, and in view of the fact that the service is supposed to exist for the greatest good to the largest number, western Crook should be granted the new route. It is no one's desire to dis commode the Prineville people iu any way. Even with the new route in operation they would receive their mail just as soon as they now do, by a line from Heisler. This part of the county is bound together by common interests due to irriga tion development, and more rapid communication between western Crook people than is now enjoyed is deemed of more importance than communica tion with the county seat. That will always be had with greater or less efliciency, but rapid mail service to and from the railroad and between western Crook set tlements is necessary for the best development of the vast stretch of country from Madras to Silver Lake, and comprising the offices of Madras, Haystack, Culver Lamonta, O'Neil, Red mond, Cliue Falls, Laidlaw, Bend, Tumalo, Sisters, Rosland, Odell and Silver Lake. has boon busy completing tho destruction of tho barn, in order that tho wreckngo may . bo moved. LARGE TIMBER'S ALES A dispatch from Prineville to the Port land Journal says: Thousands upon thou nnds of dollars which have poured inlo the pocketbooks of residents of this and adjoining counties during the past year bear witness of the remarkable rise In tim ber land values and the eagerness dis played during the past few months by some of the largest timber companies operating on the Pacific coast to gain posscsssion of the pine forests. It is estimated that since the first of the nresent year that 100,000 acres of yellow pine has passed from the hands of individ ual owners to those of timber companies which are buying iu Central Oregon. The hulk of this lies in Crook county nnd in the northern borders of Lake and Klanw atli counties, through which the timber belt extends. Eggs aro still 85c at Tho Peoples Big Store. LAIS W I FARMS, TIMBER AND TOWH PROPERTY BOUGHT AMD T.mlr C.L tm nnri Mnmmlnn1. I . i . -.v....- . .w.,.v.aiv,uua lucaica, surveyed and estimated. Call on or address Grook County Real Estate Co., Prineviller, THE DALLES HOSPITAL J. W. French, Proa. H. A. Mooro, Vloo-Proi, F.T, Hurlburt, Cithi EASTERN OREGON BANKING COMPANY FOREIGN EXCTiANCE BOUCHT AND SOLD DRAFTS OH ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Capital Stook, $25,000 Deposits, $230,000 SHANIKO, OREGON 1 ?. 'hf? FftaFwrr F F 3CF F :! ESI Tlie IDalles, Oregon. A PRIVATE HOSPITAL for the treatment of all medical and surgical dlseanea, except auch as aro contagious. PATIENTS MAY EMPLOY THEIR OWN PHYSICIANS Tralulntc School for nurses In cornice-j lion. For Information concerning tho 1 addredi tiupt. of Xurnus. ! tfOSPltflLt flTS j From $l(j to $21 per week, nccordiiiK i to room, including hospital euro and hoard. ! Lost, Strayed or Stolon $10 Reward. One gray marc about 9 years old, branded CN on right stille. S10 reward and expenses of delivery paid for return to Morrow & Keennn's ranch. I'niiik Lyons, Haycreek, Oregon. COLUMBIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO. TIME TABLE NO. 10. Utfocllvu July 3, JWI. Koutll Jlouiu! No. -. Dull)' 1'nwci. ..iUOi,m.; . 1 SJ p'm.1 " ..I 2Jt.m.; ..' S.liit.m. il.lB l.lfl. I'.m Jrr.iTio.M). Ulb.UtH Kloii'lyku Bit mm 1 1 lUy C Jc SVrifTJ lllMIIIll So. 1. a-v, ii.m.: Jlflfonitlits 8.lt.m.' li'M MP tun. Muni l.fo.m.' Krkltivlllo :ti p.m. Ur'Mt Vnll'y Wllinx Hliiuilko llly l'. ll.IUn.m 1.10 hi. in. U.UU.III 10. t i'.m. 10.10 a.m. 1U.-2I n.m. lO.'.'in.m. 10.IVlK.lll. y.V.n.iH. U7n.m. o.w.m. : tUMA.tll. H.iOA.m. 1 B.UU.IIl. For further Information addrcHH DRS. FERGUSON & REUTER, The Dalles, Oregon. . .'ii u. m.' , Arrhe.l 5jWp.m.( j Fur rut on ami utlier Information n'ly lo I A. L. ODAtO, CU'itcrnl !'fiiKir AkI.. 1'ortlniKl, Oregon, j E. JVIUOX. Agullt. Shaniko, Or. Fine Handmade lit "i uh mi ee.1 or liarotMoIll and beo my full llneofhJ nimio i.eavy, mtdiuoi t ...... von. JJHUBIfon ttW : uesi caiiicrnia Ozii Tamils All Hume Strictly flrlclw ami UrAltANTKEi) A Full lluo of whliw, Mid and llaliern, llnruwi IBr Always 0 ti Hand, gbce llopolrlng. All work nnii titut njt.if.. .1 .... B. S. LARKIH, MADRAS, GHARTE ROAK Hcut did r)k Mnt ttttj Uel k 1 t)W 0k u ttt lit I Mure mi tlit luitlut, vttttmah with ttr ww i i i i i WALL PAPER ;.-t ( lifcrtrr Oitc llttttr mil En til ctnuturt 1I1W uiuitr LOUGKSBROS.,1 s BUY LOTS IN MADRAS One of the hardest rains and wind stornia that have ever been known in this section, struck ! Madras shortly after midnight this morning, and the storm raged until about iive o'clock. That much-quoted authority, the Oldest Settler, say3 that it was the hardest wind-storm this country has experienced since H has been settled. Many of the residents of Madras and the surrounding territory testify this morning as to the rocking of houses, a number of them threatening to collapse at any time. A heavy rain accompan ied the wind, and today puddles of water are standing all over the flat. Last nights rain was the only good rainfall this sec tion has had in a period of over live months. . - - During tlie windstorm which accompanied the rain last night the new barn back of the Harp ham building was over-turned and blown against the building Sumptcr, to be present at the apportion-, with sufficient force to crush ill . -" -- - .. -1 II 1- ! I I I mento(f the Blue Mountain Kcservc fori (lie ena wail, uomgcoiiHiuaranie , next Summer's pasturage. The JJ. S. & I damage to the buildiflfe. The ' barn after being blown ever, rolled over on its top, complete- : L, Company,, t in which Mr. r Rice is intersted, is running about 30,000 ( hca of shep. ..TJiey had m the neighborhood of forty thousand sheep in the, JJlue moun,tahs last year,, hut the compahy was, notified of a thirty pr cent, cut in meir apponionmcni aizainst the building. I rnprning Postmaster TJavis, who I d'cctrpies WeTaiTjtikm uualtig, 9 Mm The Coining Industrial Center of Central Oregon Gateway to Central Oregon Empire Situated in Rich and Fertile Wil low Creek Basin, with 700 square miles of wheat land tributary Railway Transportation Assured lots $5d And upwards For particulars write 0, P, REA, Secretary Madras Townsite Company 1