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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1906)
- - tii Madras Pioneer MAPRAS, CROOK QOUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 39. 1906. NO. 15 III The ". . .. t A. lfi7B .l.m . """" ' ' Le for I'nbUcnMon AiiRiist 2.), V"0p. '. i IvkII lllllt l. it r aj " We Pay Cash For Wheat Bring it to us i, ItJny file.J in HiIh nmco Sff meSUoilH, tor H u.n t n i r U w m'i if f ffl .i 'I' .,., U1. fiSSviW- for lt " " ... ur .lurlnu turn To e LI-claim to lB.a,0.i.. ,.imitf Olurc. nt ZZ , "llioSBtli dy of .9 wltneBfcfl: Mucoln BW . tJ l ? n It n m ntiiiminir ml- Jill t r"i"' 7 bnvenlKtrilfBtl l' ro .nl. iliolr el II I 111 H III UiIh Wore salil Mill day of t 6307. Michael T. Nolmi, IU'Kl(er. L Land, let .Inne.'l, IK78 :(or Publication. i O.licc, The Dalles, Oregon, Aiiiriist'A'), ll0(. 1 herebv elvvii Hint I" com. bllMiimvlnlllllH of tho act of fjanpS, IbTH, fiit'ticil "An net Uiiwwi ana tin mi-iiti8 in Brean, Nevada nml wumIiIiik- ' f",8txu'iiiii'ii Mini inn iui- bractof m2usl I. lo'.y, mi tl Crook, tnle of Oro idijfileil In olllco IiIh nrtitNu.3117, fir tiuiurcliu(i I, mln .('., ii r 11. hi 11 M. M ' ' nff.tr nr.wtf ti r.lirilv lllrtf. Mill li ifint v.i(ihilili furilN tlmliitr 1forw.w11l11r.1I iitirnoMtiaml m. . . . . i t. i tiiijfUiiii i i kju i mini ut'juro i'lifkatrriMi'viiu'. Oregon, on nl Ji uiry, Ml. j r.i witlii'S.'ti: Kotiior M uMftel. h It (iruliiini mitt m 1I lif .Viilt-t. flfnt'llfl. Hl'lvrsoiiK ciiining mlvoritely c iwniaimniiT rt'iiu3ii'i in ii.ui lii tlm iifllr'o on or liuior ii January, 1W . Miciiai.1, 1. iVor.Ax, llulHti!r. LENA M. LAMB MADRAS, OREGON t 8 til r I C. E. ROUSH Wo Can Supply You Glvo Us A Call pnopniETOR COURTHOUSE IS fy AIR COUNTY COURT I)EFERS FlftyL ACTION Whoro, Will Monoy Coma, prom In Case Contract la Lot Within Tho Next Year Is Problem. MADRAS MEAT MARKET Keeps Constantly on Hand the Best Fresh and Cured Meats ? And pays highest market price for fat stock, butter, eggs and farm produce Madras, Oregon t ILLIAMS 8c CO DEALERS IN bods, Clothing,! i iishing Goods i fcOOW AVI) MKi Nats and ai OREGON r MADRAS-HE1SLER STAGE LINE J. H. LOGKARD, MANAGER Service Daily exccpl Sunday. Every attention paid to comfort of passengers and Express matter promptly and carefully handled Madras office at McTaggart & Bye's FARE $1.75 DISTANCE 19 MILES People's Big Store The People's Big Store inter Suits Another large shipment of elegant ready-made men's Winter Suits has just arrived jjir Our large sales of this line of goods prove that these garments meet every requirement of comfort, service, style and finish, as well as price. No better can be had for the same money vjfe We sell at only reasonable profits WE ARE AGENTS ROYAL TAILORS MadetoMeasure Clothing USH CRAVENETTE COATS Sa,Ile Shipment WO. rpm'ivnA n li'n nf mnni Insist slvlft fllll r , - wa wvercoats wnlfr nrnn . sntihM hned. fT. VI siv iei r ..ii .1 , . m in m -v'"j comiortaDio and proper top coat, oizes ji M. A. ROBINSON & COMPANY It ia reported from the county seat that the county court has taken untjer advisement the matter of letting a contract for a new pourt house for Crook County and that final action in the matter will not be taken until the January term of the court. Bids for the contract have been opened by the court, and while the exact figures have npt been made public i has been given out that' no . con tract lor the pourt house will be let at a ligure to exceed S40.0Q0.. The litst opposition to the building of a new court house arose in .Western Crook over the secret methods employee' by the county court in getting tho measure through that bod and in advertising for bids. No mention of the proposal to build a new court hou3e ap peared in the county official paper, either as a news item oi in connection with the report of the county court proceedings until after the uncovering of this purpose through the dis covery of an advertisement for bids for the contract in the classified ads department or a Portland paper. Even at the couniyseat prominent business men and taxpayers knew noth ing of the purpose, and one of the most prominent business men of Prineville is authority for the statement that the firs I knowledge he had of the mat ter came through a communica tion from a Portland linn, who had seen the call for bids in the Portland paper. The people of Western Crook were aroused by these high-handed methods, and an injunction was asked and secured in the Circuit Court, enjoining the count' court from letting a contract. ;U the html healing of the in junction suit, the county court was permanently enjoined from etting an' contract whereby an indebtedness of to exceed -$5000 would be incurred br the coun ty. It has always been con tended that had the county court submitted to a full and i:ee discussion by the taxpay ers of the county, the matter of making a reasonable expendi ture for a new court house for this county, very little opposi tion to the measure would have developed. Whether or not the county court can now let a contract for even a 40,000 edilice is a ques tion which requires an examina tion of the county finances to answer, The court is perman ently enjoined from letting any contract which would create an indebtedness of to exceed S5000. and unless there has been a decided improvement since the last report of the county treas urer, it is not apparent how the county court can lot a 40,000 contract at the January term. The next tax-roll is not collecti ble until tho first of April, and Unless the levy to be made in January shall continue the present high rate of taxation, it is a .source of speculation as to where the money is to come MARKSMEN TRY LUCK Ron and McTagaar Get Mgst Tur keys, While John Whlternan Makes Best IndlvlduafShot, from at any time within at least unother year. This year's tax roll is practically double that, of last vear. the increase beincr due principally to the increased NUMBERS ATTEND BIG TURKEY SHOOT- valuation piacea upon property by the assessor, with the under standing that the rate would be lowered. It is not conceivable that the county court will dare maintain praptically the present high rate upon a valuation double that of last year, al- Half a liiindred marksmen, though it has been ireely braved the raw, cold air on- charged that an attempt will be Tuesday afternoon, to try theit made to do so for the purpose luck at the big turkey shoot of creating a fund for the new given by G. L. Paxton, and tho courthouse. matches of six made up to shoot for each of the turkeys. were quickly filled ancj cquld have been filled several times over. Jack McTaggart, Don Rea, Geo, Windoni, Louis, Vaulrath, John WHiteman and A. if. Monroe were the winners of turkeys, lIcTaggart and Rea each winning two. The best individual shot was made by John Whitenian, who at forty yards off-hand drove the tack in the center of his target. Rea and McTaggart made the nex$ best shots, each winning two turkeys and McTaggart being a close second to Rea n each, of the matphes which the latter won. The shooters had the nrivi. Iftire of flhonrinrr with n. rpsr nt ' o 0 - sixty yaras, or on-Hand aplorty varas. ana wnne many or them availed themselves of the privt"- ilege of taking a "rest", eacl of tne matcnes was won by one or the ojt hand marksmen. A. P. DAWSON IS DEAD FLOODS QH MAT0LES While western Oregon and Washington q,re enjoying their floods caused by the chinook of last wpek, Central Oregon is having the same, though in a esser degree. The Matoles rose a full four feet a week ago Monday, and has resumed its normal stage only in the last day or two. Squaw creek on Friday greatly resembled Crooked river in a freshet and fording the stream was at first impossible and later difficult. The Deschutes, however, re mained unchanged throughout Chinook and rains. Its waters rose about four inches last week but remained as clear as usual, so that no flood poqld be noticed except by placing marks in the river. Review. CROSSED QUARTZ STRINGER Jack Church was in town last Friday from Haycreek, where ho is working in the tunnel which the B. S. & L. compauy is running in the hill two miles south of the company's head Body Found By a Neighbor Near Deac) Man's Residence At Lamonta. quarters. The tunnel is now in something over a hundred feet, and will be pushed a few feet further. Indications of mineral were found there on the com panys land, good enough to ustiiy some prospect work. So ar as cun be learntd no rich stiike has been made, but it is reported that a small "stringer" of quartz carrying good values was crossed by the tunnel. FOUND $20 BILL Oliver Phillips found a twen ty 'dollar bill, lost by Dr. U. C. Loe, of Bend, last week, and brought it to the Pioneer office in response to a notice of its oss which appeared in the paper, Dr. Coe generously in structed us to present 5 to the inder as a reward. It was fortunate for him that the mon ey was picked up by a little man of line principle, who im mediately began a search for the owner of the bill ALL GAIN, NO LOSS Proposed Direct Daily Mall Service Boneflt to Many, Injury to None. Referring to the proposed change in the mail service for tho Deschutes river valley, the AJend Bulletin anvsr "Kimi. J vviittu' ment and development in tli Deschutes valley leads us nat urally up against tho neoesfiitv J ior uetier mm rpi nU wi. -.w..tuu, XUC plan will take nothinc from any other looalitv. will nrli nothing to tho total expense of nerving tins region and will vastly benefit a large humhor op people and important business interests. It is tt happv ar jtuiguiueuc and oiiffhr, tn i promptly approved and put in upenmour' Abraham P. ' Dawson was found dead on his ranch at La monta Tuesday, Nov. 20th. When the body was discovered by a neighbor life had'been ex- tinct for some thirty-six or forty .eight hours. A messen ger was at once sent to notify;.. the proper county officials at , Prineville. Sheriff JJIkins, Judge Bell and Dr. Rosenberg left that afternoon for Lamonta. The body was found lying face downward about 800 feet east of his house on a road leading to some haystacka and a well. A coroner's inquest was held and after making a careful examination of the cir cumstances surrounding the death it was decided that Daw son came to his death from a stroke of apoplexy. Death came swiltly. He fe);4jtorward on his face and breast and died' without a struggle. Dawson was about 50 years of age and was unmarried. He was a most eccentric norson and was generally avoided by his neighbors. He was indicted at the last term of district court tor assault with a dant?roiis weapon upon the person of A. Ad Keller. The case was con tinued so that he time to get his witnesses. Dawson lived in Crook flonniv for twentv vein's. TTh linsi u brother and nephew in Missouri and an effort will be made to hnd them.--Crook Co, Journal. NO THANKSGIVING SERVICE Thanksgiving services will not be held iu Madras today be cause of the inability to secure a suitable building for the pur pose. The churches have been using the sohoolhouse as a place of worship and for tlm Vurimia services, but the boaH df direc tors of the Madras school has recently made a ruling that the sohoolhouse may liereafteionly be used by the churohes for their regular Sunday gerticem ft (5 VMS mv ten i I;- in "J, r4 ill 4 14 !'