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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1907)
I! ft. ft t : ll Tlhe Madras Pioneer Published ovory Thursday by -MJS PIONEER PUBLISHING CO. 8UB80niPTIONnATE8J Oho year Six months....... 85 Three months BO A.DVKHTISINO- IIA.TKS OJf APPLICATION Entered ns second "clnss mattef August 28, IDOt-, nt tlio PostoHlco nt Madras, Ore. under tho Act of Congress of March 8,1879, THURSDAY February 7, 1907 Of all the arguments yet pre seated against county division, the one that the people residing in the territory into which it is proposed to form new counties don't want it; is beyond question tire most unfounded on fact This -is- especially true of the residents-of the proposed Jeffer son county, and the truth of this statement is so apparent to anyone who has been in this district since the proposal has been under discussion as to hardly need any notice at all. The general mass of citizens are most enthusiastic support ers of the movement and are do ing everything., possible to as sist it; The-matter, on its mer its, has simpjp resolvecK itself into the question of whether Erineville can sap the tax mon ey out ofJthe etrormous territo ry contained in Crook county, for her- own upbuilding, or whether these proposed new counties,, both of which would have plenty of money to con dttct their own affairs upon, are to govern themselves, which is the desire of their residents That they are able and willing to conduct their own community governments is very plain Why they should not do so no argument containing a grain of truth in it has ever been ad vanced except that Prineville doesn't want it. That is abso Jutely the only outcome that can be reached by following any thought ever put forward against county division- Rriiie- ville doesn't want it. Every benefit of keeping 0-ook county intact reverts to Brineville. . Every benefit of division wouidireverlrto the rapidly de velopjmg. sections embraced in the proposed new counties. On throne hand we have Prine ville endeavoring to hold people under her thumb and' to force them to pay tribute to her through the unjust manipula tions of the county court." On the other hand we have honest ami progressive people who de- Bire-aeqware- deal and are en deayoring' to - get' or chance to nwi their own affairs without Brineville's dominion. That Prineville opposes it, is htog nature. That the people residing in tile new districts want their rights,- is human na ture. And they have on their side the argument that has ever been strong in the minds of hfonest men the consent of the governed. tendency to put off the adoption lotter and moneyordor business of methods -of Boientififc farm, sells stamps to patrons along ing,which would insure a good the route and iB in fact a travel crop every year. Farmers will ing postofllco. be prone to reason that ns they The route is 27 miles long and were able to raise good orops in coverstheMethodistllillaudOpal Minnlrlwnv tliov nnnld doit Prniria settlements as well as again. But the result of the many who reside along the road past two years ought to be sufll- between Culver and Madras. cient argument against trust- The service is six dayB a week, ing to luck for a wet winter. But and on only two days since the will it be? In this lies the dan- order oreating the route went in ger. scientihc soil culture toeiteocnas mere oeena inimre would not' only give a better to coverthe route, and that was yield in the wet season, but during the past week,when there would conserve the unused was no mail to carry and when moisture from the wet season to the roads were practically im- devalrm tlm nrnn of u nnsHiblB nnssable. While a- carier is dry season following. The supposed to cover the route Pioneer is honest and earnest in without fail,, the law. plainly itB idea of urging every farmer provides for suoh emergencies in this district ;to inform him- as existed during the past week self upon these methods of when weather conditions make scientific soil culture and to ap- it practically impossible to give ply them in his every dajwork- the seiwice. for it believes that in no other Although the postal service way can successful crops every lacks millions of dollars annual- year be realized in this semi-arid ly in paying its expenses it is region. It will be a bad thing the policy ot tue government to if a temporary success blinds give the best service possible, the farmers to methods which regardless of cost for the reason would insure a profitable crop that no other matter comes so every season, wmcu would cl03e to tue people, nor is 01 so mean prosperity in the. highest direct a benefit to the business degree. That fanners of this section will this season harvest a good crop there is every reason to bfelieve. It is the earnest hope of every-one that -they do. There is nothing 00 vital to the pro gress of this country as the matter' of getting good crops. But there is-also ada-nger iu-ifc, and that is that the harvesting; of a good crop by the ordinary methods of farming will have it. The bill providing for the creation of Jefferson conntj' was introduced in the legislature at Salem last Tuesday. This was the information received in Madras Wednesday by a wired message from MaxLeuddemann and is the only definite informa n I,-- ivr-J N. H.Piukerton arrived home nuii tuui una icuuiicu iuituiuo concerning the new county since om Salem Wednesday, where and social life of 6he nation as a convenient and efficient posta service. The rural free delivery routes are a part of" this great ! system. andHhat they are pop ular with, and beneficial to, the people, there can be no doubt HOME. FROM SALEM STREET IS ANSWERED Bend Bulletin Girds Up Its Loin and Proves Him an Ignoramus HOMER DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT COUNT Q.innn intnrnat Preacher Make- Stntomonta RooardleaB of Truth Or Sonao If the departure of the delegation, who went from this section to he went with theJefferson coun tv delegation. Mr. Pinkerton work in the interests of the bill. leffc the caPital Th18day even Mr. T.nerlrlprrmnn's mPsancJ inS and CJime toTlie Dalles.from stated that he had written.show- wMch Point he 8taSed tbrouSh ing that they do-not appreciate to Shaniko by way of Sherar's n... bridere.-makinc this trip in one luo mufc mux we are Bepercueu " ' from Mm mitsirlP, wnrlrl nnrf nxA uaJ "uw U,U,,K u,ia 1UUIU vaD not having any mail service at very deep at SOme p0int8 and present. But the mere fact that the bill has been introduced is there was 19 inches of snow at The Dalles when he left there a hopeful sign, for unless there Sunda Mr- Pinkrton 8tates .nnPHrpflhnmnnnnmap. that the railroad bridge at the r i - " ment for the measure creatine: Jefferson county to pass, it is been paired and that trains not probable that it would be were runnin& on the main line' placed before the legislature. ln re6ard to raat,ers before tlie legislature iir. x'inKerion states The Pioneer this week ap- that there is not a very bright pears in an all home print ed-Urosnect for any of the new ition for the reason that our county bills to pass the legisla 3 1 1. I . . . -rr reauy prmiB are aumewiiere uu ture at tins session, lie came the way from Portland, held up f Slianiko with Charles by the washouts on the rail rnftflH. On r ip. w m iip.wr matter is- soarse this week but Vancouver, wash., by private we trust mat conditions- win 6UureJ""lw Boon-be normal again and that our readers will bear with us f-lirrmrrVi t-liia lripf nprinrl vliili " ' I Tho rimnrAl fir Tlnfirv Hnr iinnn. is doubtless as distressing to US Lvh0 dle( Wednee.hiy of last week as to anyone else. from injuriea received from the acci- dental explosion of dynamito. woh hold Friday afternoon from the Oor man Methodist church. Rev. John G. Mochring preached the funeral Her Incrcas- mon and conducted the services. The remains were laid to rest in the Ger man cemetery in the presence of u number of neighbors and friends JbiVery quarterly report oi tue Arjfilroa "R It' "NTr 1 oinoa 5 ta ' J; C. Satchwell, one of the drivers on establishment June ID, 1905jhaB ,ne new Bend-Madras-Shaniko itace FUNERAL OF H. J. BAGHMAN GROWING STEADILY Business of Madras R. F. D Ing From Month To Month Bhown an increase of the busi ness handled over the preced- line reached Madras Monday with one of the big coaches,- being then three days out from Iknd. which noint he left Salur- ing quarter, and Chas. M. Jvi- dny ,noining. He says that when he ney, who has been the regular started there was two feet of snow "at carrier on tho route during the "end anJ4 m?n falling' rhe. trip rro,m there to Madras was very trying on the entire time, states that .he be- ,cams as the U)e ttacU l)aU l0 be broken ieves every month shows an all the way, W. . Buckley arrived in increase over the one nnmedi- " ; , " SnnHnv vemni'. triklnt' two davs In m.ikR ately preceding it. The growth thctrjpi shaniko had about the same of the postal business is very depth of snow as Madras 1-4 inches. good evidence of the general Dotb s,aEcs went south from here Tu- . day morning, and staging operations on development of this country. this line wi obably be disconlinued The carrier handles registered until the weather breaks.. Tho following nrtlolo taken from tho Bond Bulletin of last woek Is repub llshcd In tko Pioneer for tho genorA informntlon concerning county afTuIra whloh It contalnp.. and not beoau8o of any idoa of "nghtlng" tho most Kov ereud Homor M. Street, whoso blatant utterances on county affairs- and county division aro at present tho mainstay of tho rrlnevllle papers in lack of. any legltlmuto opposition to county division: Tho ranohor-nreaohor-i)cddlerr tho Koverend Homer M. Street of Bisters rushes Into print in the Prlnovlllo pa pere ln a wordy attack on county dl vision, and incidentally calls tho Bui letin a liar in no uncertain terms thoBullotln so desired it could hurl uaok at tho roverend gentleman as nasty and scurrilous a set of epithets ns ho seems so proficient in using. It could engage in a controversy on a level with a street brawl where tho man with the foulest mouth and most blatant utterances is considered the strong man. Such procedures, how ever, aro beueath tho dignity of an honest person and a Uecont publlca tiou notwithstanding Mr. Street's methods and tho Bulletin will con fine itself to proviug that tho reverend gentleman Is entiroly unacquainted witii tho subject ho discusses. Tho Bulletin UfsllKes to call any man a liar; to flare back at Mr. Street with his own epithets would only be a loss of our own self respect. Hence, wo do not say that Rev. Street Is a base pro- varioutor, but rather that ho does not know what he is talking about. A perusal of this article will show many statements made witii no proof. Those that deserve' notice If any of them do tho Bulletin will treat as follows: 1st. He makes tho statement that holders of property for speculative pur poses in the new county would bobon e fit ted; others would suffer a greater tax. In the proposed Deschutes coun ty there is now a valuation of more than $3,000;000, This la tvmater of fact, not mere wordy statement. The figures are based on tho assessment for 1900 for Crook county. This will yield $45,000 at the present levy of 16 mills more money than tho- new county would need. In fact, It could bo run at'a lower levy than the old county now demands. Thus Mr. Street's statement of a greater tar burden Is shown to he false not by mere mouth- Ings, but by a statement of figures taken from Crook county's assessment roll. 2d. His second statement is that disgruntled office seekers are working for the division in tho hope of getting an ofllce. Wo challenge the reverend gentleman to name a single man from Bend, Laidlaw or lledmond who has taken a prominent part Intliisaglta tlon who has ever sought a Crook county office. They are not the ofllce- seeking class. Such statements aro little above the twaddle of an Imbecile. 3fl. On a par with tho above state ment is tho one that many favor divis ion in order to spite Prineville busi ness men who have refused them credit. "What silly rotr A hurried canvass of Western Crook showed that 1)3 per cent of the population, favored division. Tills Is a statemont that can he proved by counting tho signors of tho petition f6r county division. When (ho Bullotln makes that state, ment It states a fact not a street ru mor. Mr. btreet would thus havo It thai 03 per cent of tho people havo been refused credit by Prlnovlllo mer chants. What a "slam" on thoohar I.I I. I.I . . iiuivib ui inn iiuigiiuuTB -anu inoiuenr, ally what twaddle. 4th. Ho states that it would cost three times as much to" keep up-threo groups of county olllcera and threo sets of. county buildings. Grant that It does,. And we eau show that It would- be. cheaper for Mie taxpayers of Western Crook to have county divis ion. TJndor the aasewimeut for 1WMJ Western Croolc must pay fully half of tho tax bunion,, or $H,lf,80. This again la from figures talteu frow.eoun ty records. As staled above that la moro than tho now county would nood. So tho argument of iuoreaaod taxation has no torrora for Western Crook. It will only bo a matlor of Justice, if division forces a higher tax on tho pcoplo of Prlnovlllo with tholr s took s ot merchandise and valuable ranches horotoforo sworn ln to the as scssorat such criminally low valua tions,. And m tho Bullotln has previ ously stated, there will bo a great sav ing ln tho mil cage-of jurors, wltnesee and cIMzoub to and from a nearby eounlysoat. 6th. Mr. Street asks if tho county oflloers aro not capable of doing the work for tho whole county and dwells on tho nicioncy of tholr work, With tho present sheriff; clerk and treaa uror, tho Bulletin has no fault to find. Ttioy aro ofllolout mon. However, proof that thoy cannot take of the growing county husiccB9 is shown whou It Is known that County Clerk Brown Is two months behind In hU work. A representative of a Iarg tlm ber firm at Bend was forced, In order to get his papor recorded, to Irtro a man anu pay mm out or nis own pocket to tho work. Ho had previ ously sont a feo with tho papers to be recorded. Hence, ho was forcod to pay t.vo prices to got work done that should havo been douo by county ofll olals. Decoa sent from isonu a year ago to be recorded- havi not yet been re turned. .TWo montliB salary of tho pre ceding olerk $300 was- retained by the county court to pay for recording documents that ho had fulled to re cord. More evldenoo of tho efficient way In which Crook county's busluesa is done. Clerk Brown offered to clean up this back work for reasonable pay. Judge Bell rofuscs to pay him, though he retained $300 for that purpose. But,, you see, that $300 must go into a now courthouse.. That's the highly effi cient manner- hi which our county business is done. 6th. Mr. Stroet refers to tho records and says that last year $17,000 was spent on roads, and that Western Crook recelvod $5000 more than .East ern Crook. An expert could find ro cord of only $5400 spent on roads the amount tho road master's voucher calls for. Of this, only $2'JC50 was spent on roads In the proposed new. county during 1D0G, That was all an expert could find on the records. Mr. Street speaks of tho road work done in Western Crook very highly, while ev ery man hereabout asks whoro it-has- been done, they having.' Been nono of it. Does tho revoroud- gentleman know that not a brldgo In tho new county lias been built, but for which (lie citizens contributed practically tho entire cost? Htich J a faot, howovcr. On the other hand 'when abridge was wanted across Crooked river at Prine ville, tho corporate limits of tho city were drawn In. eo that tho countv m would have to pay for the now bridge and the new grade leading out of Prineville. Prineville' city, limits originally extonded beyond where the steel brldgo now stands.. 7th. The statement Is made that tho Bulletin is publishing "all manner ot lies against Priuoville." None, how ever, are directly mentioned. State particular cuses, Mr. Street, and provo them, That would bo bolter argu ment than broad assertions which anyone can make. I the words of- tho streot, "It's up to yoir." oth, Streot not only makes state ink w.ii , I.- .. "k 0M... ""I . 4iii Dniik I. " l"0 Bull... r-r-v in Histoid... . ;uoi, thin, ; .nyiljt Uu., to 4000 tw,Ml... im '"tins count.. . .. ... ..! i nuir , l" county ih i'wuiiiii. I 1 1 n r t - ... waarascounir, yw. bO tho BoibMtfl was correct ami . WVIL'HI I. .... " ,,r"P'IMo babble, Street Bay8 tbil ' K'nutr in tiiA t.-.. . 1'iuuwn .., . , . . . 7" 7"1 vblo propetl ylng It brands hlmir, .. ' us. '1 uero are from W toii Of foot Of tlmlm. i.. .. " me new With a tnlnl nr r.n i n.. xno total cut of sll unueu btates wns 30 billion 1003, with 11,60ft mm, CQl niiu rnio u wnn i.i ..... more than u thoueand ullUta oomploto belt In 10 years. In egon-cut 1,282,000,000 feet, mills at Wnrlr. Ti.... imw ,, nn, wore than all tie ta, 0f workliiK In DchkIihi AO WUmf, nut lla 1 R t.l 111 3 . . in uiiiiuii n m... - - u vrir now mnitv l. . fllaliod horo 20 or 2.1 t n, . - - v fcJU 111 above ilgures aro taken frorna ment report, "number ctufo nuhlistlPll Don 01 ifwi i, , Ml, 1 UVJ j I I in Its completeness, Street'- noranceof tho matter heatle discuss, and shows hlmtobea with llltlo regard for fact or it , VU UIIIUDILI nnn hv nnn mini.. I... n.. - . . a geiuieman. it proves concl mat, mo opposition to county valid reason wliy there nhonld a division of tho cotinly,. It shows that, the method of tbel si tlon It an utter disregard and truth. Tho Bulletin Is content to naan Willi tin. nulilln n.tn lliil for veracity. - I r J i' r w - I ence MeCann. Mr. hDenctr is I lor ot the Lenirai uregonun Lake, while Miss McCano hoi comnosilor on the Iknd Mldm Cllll VCUI9. lltr n.u uia.w at Silver Lake. ffniinill in imp timi ill H l All uu But it seems that Ure'r Rabbit lad w rrurr1v holed uo to the Only a few were found moving One was discovered in a culvert tne automooi c toau. o 1 . l r Tr iAiiin minj vet hold of.lhe rabbit'i head. i-iof I'oi.noKi oi we iu - - .. !.... Th I3DD U I. ' wh. ' exiiatuieu an uu !""" ...u. hmh emU reacb. and b" ..... . WW' . accidentally came oft m RousbJ m.M ma mnr This broke up me . , btts couia oc iouiiu. v.- - .... .... .1 An. flu seven jacn tauum same day. )R. A. A. BURRIS aianucTin nQTFflFA fflnunu i iu uw ... ...if nniiL uiufc- by inagnetlo owopui,.'"- ,c 8;c,Klv&nr Jltllsboro, wrcgwn. nnutolii IacksDuiaW ORE MADRAS, I Watch this space for the Announcement of the Bend-iVIadras-Shaniko Stage Line