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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1907)
BSHaBLVSl " l- -rt The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARQH 14. 1907. NO. 30 iring us anX WHEAT, HOGS, EGGS, BUTTER or PRODUCE You have to sell yg PAY YOU THE HIGHEST PRICE NEW IBftlQATIOft SCHEME Plan to Reclaim Land Near Palaley In Lake County Try our SUGAR CURED From now on wc will sell only that cure ourselves HAMS which wc LENA M. LAMB MADRAS, OREGON E, ROUSH We Can Supply You Glyo Us A 1 Coll PROPRIETOR MEAT MARKET fejs Csnslanll on Hand the Best Fresh and Cured Meals MADRAS Another large Irrigation enterprise in Lentral Oregon was launched loot week, when contracts wcro enteral into be tween tho Htato land board and the Portland Irrigation Company for the reclamation of a largo tract of land near Paisley in Lake county, the contract involving tl expenditure of $421,000. It la cHtimated that the coot per acre of tlio Irrigation of this tract will js in the 1 1 m ' . ' y.eigniornood oi as the proposed phins include the construction of a large nam HO feet high, for a reservoir, fifteen milco above the lands to be reclaimed. Water will be taken from Ilia Chowau . can river, and tlio company agrees to maintain all damn, ditchuH, main canals, latteralH, flumes and other works, which are o remain their prop erty. Poland can he sold until the dilchcH are built, and the company has been notified that they can sell land, This land is entered and will bo re claimed under the Carey Act, and the interest of tho settlers are safe-guarded by the contractu, BRINGS IN A SOIL PACKER txjrt hlflheat market price jfiiitoek, butter, c0O tri ftrm produce Madras, Oregon J 11 I 1 81 J, W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor i ! Good Teams and Rigs, First-ciss Service given to ik (raveling public, 1DRAS, OREGON L, A, Hunt of Culver was in town fast Friday evening on his way home froin Shauiko, where he went to get a soil packer which he had purchased far use on his ranch, and which had been ship ped to him from Portland. Mr. Hunt h one of the progressive young farmers who will try the "dry farming" methods in this locality, of which the firming of the soil is an important part, The packer which ho purchased, while not a Campbell sub-surface packer, is upon the same principle, although packing the soil nearer the surface than the Campbell machine docs. Mr, Hunt, who is larming about 400 acres in the j Culver neighborhood, intends to give ' this packer a thorough trial on his spring unt il fields. It, is probable that he will also secure a Campbell sub-sur face packer in order to test the relative merits ot tue machines sine ly Hide, in practical rcsnltH. SPECIAL EASTER PROCRAM PURCHASES G.&EJY, Harrlman Interests Now Own Corvallis Eaatorn MAY MEAN EXTENSION EAST AND WES Wlaeacros Soy This la the Foad Har rlman Intonded to ' Build East Across tho State All The Time A special program is being arranged for the Easter services at the (.Senium M. H. Church, to be rendered in the church at 2:30 p. m. The German church is noted throughout tho county for its fine music, and the usual treat is in store for those who may attend, Easter eggs will, as usual, be distributed among the audience. A male quartet, a mixed quartet and in strumental music will be among the special featurcn. The public is invited to attend. C.innlvay.boBCeomrlllic.l, In nil ctlom and under nil con dlHoSiX Mc. Mov. It " in.cl. Plow tlmUv.il L.t a lifetime. III., boon m tho nwrkcl for year.. .has been tried and proved, and l, beyond quc.lion, tho umplc.t. most toifccUiid tiio.t popular riding plow of it claw now iauw. THE P. & O. CANTON SUCCESS PLOW! 1 . a . 4-11 f-... .aaMa 1 ni nnd cheapen plow wring "" ? V'" , V Vii,;; ridinu i.low bo- t Amm uAitin worlf r tt. ... i 4 aid fM flin Irtllnwintf rcnaons; 11 mw- - ni tilowi t CRU80 It fl nut ni nn!nr. Plow, ml out of order bocniuo Jhor nro compjlcalcd. Jho Huccr-H Isn't compllcatod-lfavcry almplo. A Plow """V .liirnUlc. want, hn't It? You would cnll iucIi n plow Htrontf mill rturnuit. That'll why tho Succcii Tlow I named "HUCCKSH". lal njmlltioi ol itroiiRth and durability, '''"Vi nlwavH tho chcuiicwt. It. That U why It liiho cheapest. ln bunt u lnn t" tvi J. W, & M. A. Robinson & Co. Equipped with tho best bot toms mado, adjustable (rout nxloj dust-proof romovnblo wlieol boxes; ad J list a blu roar wheoli caall y sot for an y dopthi worki equallr woll with larcn or small horsost Hliht dralt nnd easily opor-ntod-u perfect plo'. There ia considerable speculation as to the meaning of the recent purchase of the Corvallis & Eastern road by the Harrlman interests, following so closely upon the announcement that those interests would build an East-and-West road acroes the state from Natron Ontario. i considerable faction those who have been close observers of the railroad situation in Central Oregon have always contended that when Har rinnn got ready to build Ins EaBt-and West road across the Btatc, he would buy the Corvallis & Eastern and extend that line eastward, and that the great activity and frequent announcements re gaming the isatron-Untano road were merely a big bluff for the purpose of lopping off a million or so from the price of the C. & E. The reason for this view s that the C. & E. is already built to the summit of the Cascades, and should Ilarriman build into Central Oregon over the other route, the C. & E. would eventually be extended into Central Oregon and become an active compet itor in that field. Should Ilarriman extend the C. & E., however, the possi bility of any competition would be remote. Additional force is given to tills view of the situation by the fact that since the purchase of he C. & E. by the Ilarriman interests it is reported that Engineer Rankin and his crev of stir vcyors on the Matron-Ontario route have been recaied. I-roiii information given out from authoritative sources it seems to be as certain as railroad projects over are. that the Ilarriman interests will begin construction into Central Oregon this year, and if the sale of the C. fc E. to those interests is confirmed, that seems now to bo tho most probable source of rail transportation for this country i ne present terminus ot tne u. & is at Detroit on the summit of the moun tains, and it iH claimed that tho road can be extended from that point into Central Oregon on an easy grado and without any heavy work. Forty miles of road would take it well into Crook County. In view of these facts, some interesting developments may lie ex pected in tho next month or so in the railroad situation with reference to Cen tral Oregon. WILL TRY IT ALONE W. F. Maglll Will Sln! Deep On Agency Plains Well The project of drilling a deep wH on the ranch of W, F. Mngill on Agency Plains, which some timo ago was abandoned because of nomo disagree ment among those interested in the un dertaking, has been revived by Mr. Magill, who will now undertako the project on his own responsibility. The drilling will be dono with tho heavy machine of J. S. Strain, which has a capocity of 1000 feet in depth, and the work will begin in the near future, the drill having already been moved over to tho Magill ranch. Mr. Magill has contracted for drilling to tho depth of fiOO feet, by which time ho expects to find ah ample flow of water for all ranch purposes, ThiH is the interesting news which comes down from tho Plains this week. With decji drilling in progress in the Opal Pralrio district and similar work about to begin on tho big plums, tho solution of tho very troublcsomo water problem of this section appearn to be Hearing accomplishment. No one doubts that plenty of good water can bo secured by drilling, but there has been a lack of pieiitiH to undertako expensive work of that kind. Those-who nro now undertaking to demonstrate tho feasi bility.of securing water by deep drilling deserve great credit for their enterprise, upon tho success of which depends ho much for this section. Tho progress of tho drilling in both localities will bo watched with great interest. COMING BY THOUSAND Rushing To Th Oregon Country ALL TRAINS FROM EAST ARE LOADER count of tho arbitrary bnstructijOns given him regarding his compensation for the duties of tho office, Ho says that ho was informed ny County Judgo 'Bel that he mustcollcct his pay for Ills scr-. vices as road supervisor out of' the polH Homeseekers Are tax in his district, and that lie need not; look to the county for any payment whatever, Ho refused to serve undfcr these instructions, and resigned the office. Mr. Aldcrdyco also, makes the statement that during tho time he was road supervisor, iTe never received ono cent of county road money for work on the roads of his district. Regarding the instructions given to Mr, Alderdycc concerning the payment for his services, it is known that Super visor Dillon of this road district, nnd other supervisors in this part ot the county have received similar instructions during the past year from the County Rood Master. These instructions are purely arbitrary, and aroused the just resentment of the distnet supervisors Attracted To The Northwest Equable Climate, Cheap Land, And Other Adqntgges 5 SPRIKC OF WATER RISES IN CELLAR ueorge usborn, wno resides within a quarter of n mile of Culver, has had to abandon a fine old cellar under peculiar circumstances. Last week a sprint: broke out in the bottom of the cellar, Bincc which time it is filling up with water. He attempted to dig a drain from the outside, but struck another spring and had to abandon that also, The cellar, which is walled up v(th stone was built fifteen years ago, and has always been perfectly dry, even in years of as much rainfall as the present, and the water in it now is not the result of a "wet weather sprint;" such as pome times occur during a wet Bpring. The cellar is only five feet under ground, being built partially above ground. TRIO LOSE ON APPEAL Williamson, Gesner and- Biggs Face Their Sentence SUPREME COURT NOW THE ONLY HOPE Williamson's Appeal Dismissed Biggs and Gesner's Writ Errors Overruled and of Tuesday's Oregonian savs: Thrice tried, finally convicted and facint: sen tonces of both fine and imprisonment clloQsiPS permanent locations, Qregpn I.? receiving a heavy increase in her population, from the East and Middle West on account of the loy raify' in effect during this month nn4 nexf' and it is estimated that fully 1000 new settlers arc arriving in this state daily. It is believe that during the two, months that the low rate will be in effect. 25,000 people will arrive in Port; land to locate permanently in Oregon. All trains from the East are running in, two and three sections, and carrying from two to four tourist sleepers daily. and the msh of bomc-scekers is said to. exceed, anything of the kind ever known, in this state. Home-seekers from all parts of the. East and MJddle "West are flocking tq Oregon and looking for locations. A good percentage of them are bound fon varjous voints in the Willamette Valley many of them are bound for points in Eastern Oregon, while still others nro, simply corning to Oregon, without any definite determination as to location. being attracted by the many advantage offered new settlers in this state. Tho chief reason assigned by most of tho. colonists is their desire tq ect away from the severe winters of the East and settle in a state where ex; tremes qf temperature are practically, unknown, and where the few cold spells arc of short duration, Others are. crowded out of the East and Middle West by the prohibitive prices pf land, and are attracted by the low pricp "of good fanning "lands in this state, antj these have f-old out all their hpldingg with a view pf "investing apd lpcating here. The colonists are taken in ehargp when they arrive at Portland, by tho various commercial hodjes, and are being supplied with informatign cobs cerning tne different sections p.f tho state, apd in thjs manner assisted in for complicity in the Oregon land frauds, , N. Williamson, ex-Congressman, Dr. an Gesner and Marion Uiggs have met with an adverse rulinc from the Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting at San Francisco. By a decision handed down ctitortlay the Appellate Court confirmed the conviction of Van Gcssner and Uiggs, overruling tho long writ of errors that MAY RESUME MINE DEVELOPMENT William MeBeth returned last Friday evening from Ashwood, where 'hU hati been looking after business matters for It. L. Sabin, Mr. McUeth reports, thai there is a well-founded rumor afloat, at Arihwood that the Oregon King mine they bad taken from the findings of the resume operations this Spring. Tlio lower tribunal. In the case of William- Oregon King, which has been pronoun-. ck1 a very valuable prqpcrty by a num ber of -experts who have visited it, haV been closed down for several years on account of litigation involving the title to it. Much development work ban been done upon the property, and tho main ledge has been followed' bv ti shaft to a depth of U00 feet, The resumption of work would indicate the settlement of questions auectmir tiie title, and it is in now continue ARBITRARY METHODS Thoiuos Aldeitlyco of Culvor town today. Ho was formerly supervisor of District No, (I, tho Culvor district! but resigned the blllco oil ttu is in road THE DAILY MAIL SERVICE son, tho appeal was dismissed for tho reason that a similar appeal has been taken to the Supreme Court of the United States. ltliQiigh through a technicalitv the appeal of Williamson is thus dismissed, thodecisionis as clearly a victory for the Government in his case as in the cases of Van Gesner and Emirs. The ex-Congrcssinan'a appeal was taken upon exactly tho same grounds as those k hoped that work may of Ins co-conspirators. In their cases the uninterruptedly, decision was absolutely adverse, which is equivalent to an ativcrgo decision m the Williamson appeal, so far as the merits of the caso are concerned. Supremo Court Only Rocourso The decision of the Court of Appeals wipes out the possibility of Williamson's ease being considered on the merits of the arguments. By denying his peti tion, he is barred from further proceed ing in tho appellate court and his only recourse now lies in tho Supremo Court of the land, On constitutional points alone Wil liamson must depend for any relief on tho Supremo Court. His appeal is taken on the ground that tho court did A 1 1 . notnavo a rignt to miposo sentence upon him becauso of his membership in Congress, This point the Government's attorneys contend is baseless and will foreseo that it will bo not allowed. If such action is taken Williamson will face imprisonment and u chapter in tho Oregon land frauds will bo at an end, Van Gesner and Biggs are now within the very shadow of tho bars. Hy the decision yesterday their last hope prac tically vanishes. There are yet legal technicalities that they can hivbko It was reported hero tho first of tho week that the Hend-Madras-Shaniko Stage Company had been awarded tho contract for carrying tho mail from Shanikoto Bend and waj points, via Madras. Tho report bus not been olli cially confirmed, although it iB known that hula for tho contract for this ser vice were opened by the department on tho 5 th of the present month. Should the report be true, tho service will begin tho 20th of the month. Under that contract the mail would leave Shaniko immediately after the arrival of the tram, reaching thi pluce. bv three o'clock in the uiorniim, ami the turini nus of the route at Heiul, by noon. That service would be daily and would be n great improvement over anything wo have had in the way of mail service. MARRIED R fY VEA.TS which would Mr. and Mrs. A J. Davis, parents of PostinitHtor Fred D.ivis of this plaue, cel ebrated the fiftieth anniversary of thoir marriage-, at Crabtrce, Oregon, lttBt Fri day. They have been residents of Linn l'OHIllt in illtln., w Mv.l, T IIIULL'l.'Illlll'N. I ... . . .1 - Thov ini.lit nmw. Ti , . w"iy B,co ibou, nun uoui are pioneers thej might apply for n rehearing, but of ' Tlmv llrt, itu n, , They tiro parents horn tiro living. Al- u tlnnt fl'.? vpuru nf nira an. I HID.. -- -- 4 -" .-ov, two doft-ndants will bo confined within d his wife is 70, both aro halo and tho walls of a Federal prison before two hearty, and able to do all tho minor months huvo ehpsed, work uboui lhtlir blllB0 ftt nrahlrneij tho present decision practically over . T "T . T shadows defeat for such a move If tho " " u . law is bormlttOd to takoits edit se the e U,"8 1 1 uviB,ial .V3 1 1 t '