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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1907)
Tha Madras Pioneer j crook county In a descriptive hi nolo o Crook count , Hie .Hoard ol " Published every Thursday by THE 1MONEEU PUBLISHING COV 8UBS0RIPTIQN RATE8: plie year '. $1.50 $lx months ... W Three months , W AllVKUTiStNO HATK8 ON Al'l'MCATlON 'iCiiti'lert ns" second class matter Aumist a. 1H0I. nt the Postolflci' nt Madra.8. Ore.. puller the Art of Coiwfcss (if March !t,1S7H. ; THURSDAY March 7, 1907 CORROBORATES THE flONEER The Prineville Review's lonir and laborious article in vindica tion of Ar. Williamson's oppu . pitiin to the private irrigation pnterpries in tlie Bend country, U the time of the inception ol of those enterpiiaes, only con linns tht'-sUilenieut nia.de in the pioneer, to which he took ex ception. The merits of the Carey .Ac did not enter into the discussion, until the Review ln-ought it in to befog the issue At the Powell B.utte meeting to discus county division, th claim was. made by a member of tlje Prineville delegation that "Westei.ii Ciook owed onlj' gpi d will to Prineville, because its present development was start ed by Prineville, which sent a delegation of fori' citizens to Portland to work for irrigati n in Crook county. The stand taken by that delegation is still renieinbeied by those who are familiar with the progress of Irrigati oil in this county, and it "was bitterly antagonistic to the private enterpiises which de sired 10 undertake the reclama tion ofthedeserL The Review's 'inspiied" article corroborates this statement; that instead of fostering and supporting the private project for the reolama illation ot a large a:va on the desert. Mr. iUianison and his delegation threw as many stumbling blocks as they could in the way of it. The private enter prise which thej' sought to destroy at its inception now has under contract in the neighbor hood of 300,000 acres of desert land, to reclaim under the Carey Act. It has spent him dreds of thousands of dollars in Crook count' in this work, and a. good many thousand acres of erstwhile sheep-range lias been bj-ought under ditch and is now the homes of thrifty Eettlers. All of Crook county got the benefit of the work on the desert, and thousands of dollars went into the coffers of Prineville businessmen. It created a market for :.ll the surplus luiy and grain pro duced in this country 'and along Crooked river, and put much money iu circulation at a . time when Crook county needed this help to save it from a period of financial depression. Ali of which would imt have occuned had the Pritre ille delegation succeeded in defeating the purpose of pri vate 'capital to enter the Crook county desert, for the temote possibility of the government taking hold ol the enterprise at eonie future day. The opposition to the. Carey Act was but a subterfuge, but since the Review has raised that question, we aie willing to sub mitit to the settlers on the irri gated tract in question, who are ceitainly the best judges of trV henelicent opeiation of that law. Thousands of acres have already been sold, and other Jand-is bejng sold as fast as it can bo reclaimed. And, from these settlers we hear nothing but woids of encouragement and good cheer. . We stand by' the statement that Williamson and his dele gatiou opposed development in Trade Journal says; "Within tlti large area of boundless possibilities lying in the center of the slate of Qie. gon, not a railroad, touches its borders. With irrigation. transportation iind settlement this couuh is going to surpris the WeM in its productiveness Taking tire Agency Plain., lamoiiia and IIa stack country with ladras as its center, drj taruiinii is. successfully carried on and crops raised that equal the crops of Sherman and Was co counties in the productive ness ol wheat, oats and barley. In 1 he Crooked river valley and its tribiitj.u'ics, with Piineville. .'he county-seat, an its center, alfalfa-and all grain props are Hiccesaiull' raised, In the irrigated districts. rompiisiug the lands under the Columbia Southern Irrigation Company with the towns of Ij ddiaw and Cline Palls as its centers, and the land under the Deschutes irrigation Sj Power Company's segregation with 1 he towns of O'iSeil, Redmond a.idBeiid tis its centers, are set tied a contented and happy lot of st-1 tiers with small farms, wl. tire changing this vast area of sagebrush and juniper land into cultivated tracts of wheat, oats, barle, alfalfa, clover and 1 outcrops." John K. Kollock, for the goner a) practice of la? in Portland, with offices in the MclCny building. Judge Jung and All Guerin were associated in the practice of law at Cleveland, Ohio, before coming to Port land. The latter is quite well known iu Crook cvounty, having "been it resident of Bend for a vear or more, and both ho and Judge fting have extensive in tt-resis at that plape. The linn winch is a strong one, expects to maintain offices at Bend, and will give attention to the prac tice in Crook county, especially with reference to questions affecting water, land and gener al corporation law. Mr. Guerin will maintain his residence at Bend, and will give personal attention to the practice in this county, ' TUBERCULOSIS IN RABBIT? A Baker City veterinary has stirred up quite a "scare" of tuber ulos' from jack-rabbits, numbers of which he saj'S are infected with this dread disease. Me recent' made an investiga tion of the disease prevalent among the black-tailed rabbits so pletiiiful in that section and throughout Eastern Oregon, and declares that he found the irlJl'1114 III t hull lllTlrrn in lut-rru quantities. In his opinion this is one of the most serious men aces to the health of the county which exists. The consump tive rabbits transmit the germs to dogs which eat the carcasses of rabbits which havedied from the disease, and to cattle; sheep and other domestic animals, and he states that there is no limit to the harmful possibilities that lie in this state of affairs. The rabbits are found in all stages of the disease, ntanj' of them perishing from it, and he believes that it is a matter which concerns the public health, and that some steps should be taken to exterminate the rabbits. It is gratifying to know that Madras appears upon Mr. liar- ri man's new map of Oregon as the terminus of one of the pro- josed branches of the Natron - Ontario line, but there will be more cause for gratification when Mr. Ilarriman's proposed ailroad lines become realities. Dotted red lines are good tilings to build hopes upon, but un fortunately the' do not handle any traffic or carry out any grain. However, Central Ore gon is ripe for railroad con struction, and the present activ ity iti the engineering depart ment of the Harriman lines in Oregon is a good sign. That ... t. 1. ... L -T 11- woriv uas 10 uu uorie oeiore actual construction can begin and the permanent character o the surveys which are boin made gives promise of the im mediate commencement of such work. Oswald WoBt, formerly stale land agent, 0. B. Atchison of Portland, and T, K. Campbell of Cotlago Grovo have been appointed as tho now Railroad Commission for this slato. Mr. West is appointed for the long term, and will servo until lfllO, while hia two associates on tho commission will servo until their successors are elected in 1008. JUDGE BELL AT SALEM Mnkos Strong Effort To "Job" Pooplo of Northorn Crook Tho Commencing the lirst of this mouth, and extending through March and April, the railroad ire from Kansas City and all Missouri River points to Ore gon will be $25, and a tremen dous rush of laud-seekers is ex pected to take place. Oregon Holds out many attractions to the home-seeker from the Mid dle West, and no section of the state has more to offer than has Crook county. In this courity there are still thousands of acres of government land open to entry; or, if cheap farming laud ia desired, no county iu the state offers such attractions. Vith its large areas of irrigated lands open to purchase, its great wheat belt comprising hundreds of thousands of acres much of whi6h can be purchased at comparatively low figures, and its tremendous area of va cant government land subject Residents of this section who thought they experienced cold weather in January may alter their opinion after reading the following excerpt from a letter from C. lSr. Banta of Ferry Point. Alberta. The letter says kYVe are having some very cold weather. It was 00 below zero a number of times in January, and is 30 below now (February o). lire snow is two and a half feet dee), and last Sunday night nearly every rancher on the other side of the river lost from one to four head of cattle from freezing. That is on the north side of Battle river. We live on the south side, and there has been no stock lost in our neighborhood so far." Mr. Banta forme ly lived in this section, in the Culver neighborhood. Tlie Review accuses us of "assailing the people of Prine ville" because we quote an ex pression used by Mr. William son. If quoting is "assailing", and if Mr. Williamson is "the people of Prineville", then we plead guilty. Mr. Williamson made the statement that the segregation of the Pilot Butte company "is not desert land because it litis juniper treea growing on it", in spite of the denial of the Review, which presumably speaks for him. The statement was made at tin hotel in Shaniko, while eiiroute to or from the irrigation con vention at Pol tlaud in Novwin oer, lvuz, ami tne writer was present when he made it. A twelfth judiciaj district bus been created by the Legiehuure to entry under the homestead i IP08B ot counties of laws, Crook county should i-SIierihan, Wheeler and Gilliam. come m for its iiiimigmtion to Spring. share of the state Western Crook, and if corrobo- vui:ounceiueiitij have received here of the formation of tl ie new .1, These counties were formerly this ' mu,imwt 1,1 11111 Severn n judicial district, ol winch this county hs a portion. E V. Iutleliald of been Moto has been appointed judge dif trier, and J. A. To the Residents of the Proposed Jeffer son County: For tlie information of the residents of northern and Western Crook, I desiic to make the followinjj statement rci;tmliii; the defeat of JeffiYson county, nnd the' attitude of our coulty juduc upon the Neiinith county measure, whereby they intended to cut up the tetritory embraced in the proposed Jefferson county, so that the remainder ol northorn Crook would be forever tied to Prineville. Our bdl for Jefferson county was defeated in the hands of the committee on counties thtoiHh a combination ot senators and representatives which was formed before our delegation reached Salem, and which wc could not bicftk, When the Ncsmith county bill was in troduced, the nronoscd lines came lo within seven miles of Madras, nnd upon those lines we had our hearing before the committee, in opposition to that county. ifter the arrival of Judge Hell, learned that he and M. E. Miller, who had charge of the Antelope bill, were ai ranging an amendment of the Ncsmith county lines which would bring them to within onc-inilc of Madras. I went to Judge Hell ami told him what I had learned, and he replied, "Don't you be lieve anything of the kind Robinson; we are here to see that there is no division of Crook county; that is some ol Drake's talk." When the bill was favorably reported by the committee on counties, however, the lines hud been so amended as to bring them to within one mile of Madias aitnougn mis nact not been asked lor in the original bill and it was known that there was bittej opposition to it from this territory. That bill pased and was sent to the Senate R. R. Hinton from the proposed Ncs mith county, C. M. Cartwright who has interests m this countv, and myself as a representative of this section, appeared before the committee in opposition to the Ncsmith county measure, while M. 1. Miller was there advocating it. At this hearing, in answer to a direct question, Mr. Miller staged that the aminded lines had been agreed upon between himself and judge Bell, and I was also told by several representatives that such was the case. Hy a showing ol the injustice of the proposed lines wc were able to defeat the infamous measure, the commit tee on counties renortinir unfavorably. . .. . , When the motion was made to indefi nitely postpone the Nesmith county measure, an tlTort was made to save it, but only two senators voted against in definite postponement, as the report of the committee was unanimons, and the com mittee urged the defeat of the measure. The orijjir.a! bill for the creation of Nesrnith county waj bad enough, but the bill as amended after the arrival of Jude Bell would have been an absolute bar to any hope for county division in this sec tion at any liitme time.' In attempting to gel through this "job"' however, they placed a weapon in our hands, in the absolute injustice of the measure and I he 1 perfectly apparent purpose of it, wiih 1 which we weie able to defeat them. In our efforts in that direction we had the i support ami assistance of same very good Iriends, whune sarvices were very valuable and whoi-e twines I shouUl like to be at libei ty ty give ; Your for a square deal, J. W. ROHWSO.V. Madra, O:., Mar. 0, 1907. of us with n bill for tho creation of Ncs mttli county nnd including' n portion of our territory As the Ncsmith county mcasuro served ns n weapon In the hands of Prineville lo defeat us, nnd also helped The Dalles to hold up the Hood River measure, it occuned to me nt once that that proposition wn a serious menace, as if passed, It wotld cut the territory of northern Ciook In n manner very much against the interests of tha( section. Taking this view of it, I was willing 10 nbnndon the fg,hi (or .cfjfuisoit county, provided that I could, be assured of the dcient 01 tne qangcrou,s ryesiiitin county measure, nnd upon Dr. Belknap's nss'in nucc that he could nnd would defeat (he Antelope bill, I returned to I'm (land. At Portland 1 was rtquct'd lo wait Until the Western Ctiok people could arrange fur a more muted effort, to which I consented, and incanwlu'lc the Madras delegation arrived nnd I iclurntd to Salem. As the Nesmith county pcolc were still at work, nnd fenring that they might succeed, being nssuietl' that out representative had at first lavoifd the measure, wc attempted to .couiprdinlsu with the Antelope people upon 1I1110 that would have been satiif.tctory for tho present to the people of both svctimiH, they krpt the Noithcrn Crook, county teiritoiy intact, but wc were uiihiuccsIuI 111 this attempt, and then decided to take our chances on the JefTtsiMin btlb nnd carry it as far as possible, . When the mwuurc was giveryi hearing before the committee ii wai ppniciit'ttmi it would not be f.ivortibly lepnncil, bgt wc were assured that al of tin- count) measures affecting this'coilnty would lir treated alike. However, our bill was re ported unfavorably and hwuen in the House by indefinite pnMpflnriiruiii, and when I reached Portland on my way home, I learned that the Nesmfih county bill had been favorably rupnnud, nod passed the House, presumably with the acquiescence of Repietcntntive ItHknnp 1 immediately wrote srvri.il .Viumr( giving them the facts in the uiw mid showing that while 75 pcrcrnt of our. people had favotcd the JtflerMin Miumy metuure fully 95 per cent of them. Op posed the Neiinith county bill, which' had paused the House. Othof mtlueoCcs in opposition to Ncsmitli county 'wfie also set in motion, and that mciitme wm finally defeated in flic Senate. Whether wc accomplished much or not we are not prcp.ued to say, but one thing we arc sure of, ihc work for county division is organized and will be m much stronger position two years hence. And, next tune Crook county shows ymptmm of travail, we will not call a physician from Prineville. Of one thing I am assured; but for the fit; hi which was waged for Jefferson county, Neiinith county would have been created, and this territory would hnvc been cut tip in a mannrr to prevent the creation of Jeffer son county for all lime to come. G. Sl'KINGKK. Culver, Oregon, Mar. 5, 1907. --- ROBBED BY HIS CUEST I'Yed Fink wax rretfil by tii'tectlvoh Kay and Klonleii yesterday ufloniooti on a clmrgj of liuvliiK utolfcu $10 from Hid room of Juitu-H Doliin Inn Imping Iioiiho ut Third and Cotieli MreclM u w.-idt ago. Doliiti nays that hu Invilpil KIhIc to fclmro hl room on tho night in pmtIoii, and that hi gnost ru warded him by ileouiiipiiig dtirtng tho nlglit with the ouhIi. Doluu eomiilalnod to tho pollou at tho llmo and tlio olllcorn have been looking for Flak uvor wince. Ortfgonlnii. Kifck worked In Mtulran for ti fow wi't-ks hiHt RII. nnd IiIh "MiiIhIi" In 'ortland beam out U10 reputation ho H'libilMbid at thin plnco during lila Hhiirl htay. 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SPfllHCEn ration is required, vh cito tliu Jini.ns article 011 "Wlmt Wii jof 11 partiwihip l.Htwe.Mi K. B (.'olii.-r of Foshil U Ditrii-t At Jiaiusun RtfalJy Sukl." j King, W, 12. U'ueriu, jr., and , lorney, Both are republicMU:. l'o the I'eni'onerri for Jefferson County: As your irpntkontntive entrusted with the presentation of your petition, I bej; to report .lb 'I.!1 On arriving at Salem I found our rep resentative, Ur lielknap, dolnK all in his jtower ii,'8ini u. He lefiued to present our bill and hitted that we had no chance whatever of miccum. Ur. Mcrryman, Dur n p t-.-..(:uivc from Klaumth, was mi. willing to h anything contrary to the wndies ol Helkiup, Senator Laycoel; had also pledged ,1'riueville his oppoil tion to in.y rounty division, 'I he duel ob.tjde, however, was in the laci that the Antelope p-ople were ahead THK MOST RCISNIC ItOUTK IX HKHT KATING HOUBKS OX ANY Daily xliiKUfl tlir.ui ,mwy I'lhiiiH Country ui' lr,U, L,J1)!C I Crook county. 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