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Tlhe Madras Pioneer
Published ovory Thursday by
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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
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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 ,
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to 4000 tw,Ml...
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yw. bO tho BoibMtfl
was correct ami .
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Street Bay8 tbil '
K'nutr in tiiA t.-.. .
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7" 7"1 vblo propetl
ylng It brands hlmir, .. '
us. '1 uero are from W toii
Of foot Of tlmlm. i.. ..
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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...
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now mnitv l. .
fllaliod horo 20 or 2.1 t n, .
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above ilgures aro taken frorna
ment report, "number ctufo
nuhlistlPll Don 01 ifwi i, ,
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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.. -
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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.
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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.
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exiiatuieu an uu !"""
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accidentally came oft m RousbJ
m.M ma mnr
This broke up me . ,
btts couia oc iouiiu. v.- -
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seven jacn tauum
same day.
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