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The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 21. 1907.
NO. 31
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i,E. ROUSH
MADRAS
lyyi highest market prlco
felrtttock, butter, crjaa
hrj Ijrm produco
Good Teams and Rigs,
traveling public,
IDRAS,
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ring us any
WHEAT, HOGS, EGGS,
BUTTER or PRODUCE
You have to sell
fE PAY YOU THE HIGHEST PRICE
Try our SUGAR CURED
From now on wc will sell only that
ttirc ourselves.
HAMS
which
wc
LENA M. LAMB.
MADRAS, OREGON
Wo Con Supply You
Glvo Un A Call
PROPRIETOR
MEAT MARKET
bp Cooslanlly on Hand Hie Best Fresh and Cured Meal;
Madras, Oregon
IS
J. W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor
First-class Service given to
OREGON
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Uifoci ond moil t.uUr rldliiB plow of it. claw now In uie.
THE P. & O. CANTON
SUCCESS PLOWi
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out ol order.
I rliMKiit plow for tlio followlnir resuiorii:
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want, in
Tlmt'i why thoSuccem Plow la nmnod "MUCCr.HS".
(, , Mng lei. nxpcmlvo limn ollwr., , dolns
J. W. & M. A. Robinson & Go.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
fRANK OSBORN
U. S. COMMISSIONER
Tpwntlto HulldlnK
MADUAH
ORKQOty
Qll. HAKOM) CLAUKI!
DENTIST
All kltuld of Dental Work nt rciuonnljl prices,
PllINliVIU.K, OUUqoif
yAX LUEDDEMANN
NOTARY PUBLIC
MADRAS OREGON
Q C. COLLVER
NOTARY PUBLIC
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CUIA'Jilt PKKOINCT
CULVER OREGON
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Ofllce In Drue Htorc.
11ADHAB
OKEOON
J H. HANER
ABSTRACTER OF TITLES
NOTAP.Y PURMC
I'lro riiMirnnco, I.ffe Iinuiraneo, Surety Honda
Heal Kstutc, Conveyancing
i PIUNKVIM.K,
ORKOOK
V( P. MYERS
LAND ATTORNEY
Twelvo year ieeial urnctlcp lefnre U. 8,
1-Htii! 0 I co iiiul Department of tliti Inter
ior Also general (trnctlco. Olflcu at
I.AJW.AW, ORKGOX
rjn. A. A. BURRIS
MAGNETIC OSTEOPATH
Diseases cured without drugs or surgery
by iiiiiKi(itc otwintliy, tlio now science
of druiiloHs healing. Chronic eases a
sjii'dlnUy. Consult atloit tiec.
ltoferenrps given to prominent parties or
Illllsuoro, Oicgon.
Oftico lu Loncks HuUtllng
I MADRAS, OREGON
It a
II does tlio aamowork
llicr riuiiiB pios iK-
cr part it woni sei
Tho Hhccchh Isn't
nai you
Equipped with tlio belt bot
toms mado, ndjuitnblo front
iulcj dust-proof r.'inovnblo
wliool boxoniadjustablo
rcarwlioolioasllysotfornny
doptlij works equally wo 11
with larnu or Binall horsci!
Unlit draft and oaillyoper-ntcd-ii
perfect plow.
HENEY IS RELENTLESS, N0 contract awarded
San
Francl3co Grafters Cannot
Escape His Net
ABE RUEF BEATEN AT EVERY TUR
Boodlor Forced Into Trial For Extor
tlon With Certain Conviction
Staring (-Im In tho Faco
Krnncw J. Ilcncv. Mucccssftil prosccu
(or of iand frnudij in this Htate, is rc
pcatintr his victoricH in the cottrtH of
Snn Francifico, in tho iroHOctition of tlio
ripg of inulcipal graftcra wlio have fat
tcned on that graft-infefitcd city, arid
jjlowly btitmirtily tho n,cl !h tightening
about tho Kucf-Hchmitz gang, Calling
to Iuh aid ovcry dilatory tactic known to
the criminal practice, Abraham Uucf
crfitwhtle bofH of tlio city and guiding
gcniiiH in the coterie of grafter?, is being
beaten at every turn by the relentleHs
Hcncy and forced into trial upon an in
dictnient for extortion, with certain
conviction starintr him in the face.
The indictment upon which Ituef and
SchmiU arc now facing trial is but the
beginning of the graft exposures in the
California city. Last Monday seven
teen of the eighteen county supervisors
appeared before the grand jury and
confessed in detail to grafts engineered
by lluef, which netted thein millions
For one deal alone, the award of n fran
:hisc bv the city to the United Rail
roads, fl.'iO.OOO wag received. Other
deals swelled their illegal gains to more
than 1 ,000,000, of which Koss Uuef and
Mayor Schmitz took the "lion's share"
The Iward of supervisors have made :
lean breast of the graft operations, and
ndictmenta on mare than 100 counts
lavo been returned against lluof and
his confederates.
AVhcn the land fraud investigations
were first begun in Oregon, and the in
dictment of a United States senator,
two congressmen and others prominent
n tliedominant political faction of the
state followed, it was freely predicted
that no convictions could be secured
because of the political prominence of
the accused. Tho cases were brought
to trial however, and convictions fol
lowed with ii regularity that brought
terror to tho land fraud operators in
this state. History is repeating itself in
San Francisco. When tho indictments
were returned against Jtuef and
Schmitz the prediction was made on all
sides that they would never bo coll
ided, lluof was absolute "boss" of
tho city, and tho entire political ma-
hincry of San Krancisco was in hi
hands. In the last few weeks a great
hange in sentiment has taken place.
An honest judge has been found, and in
his court the relentless prosecutor is
'lining the coterie of grafters to the
wall. I tallied and beaten at overy turn,
they are nearing the ond of their tether,
and their conviction is as certain as
uiiiian affairs ever can be.
A. M. WILLIAMS & CO
DEALERS IN
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Furnishing Goods
I
ROOTS AND SHOES
HATS AND CAPS
HE DALLES
OREGON
CHARTER OAK
Huntorfl and Conk Stoves. When you
Kut a (."liurtor Oak you Ret tlio liost
you get the Pest
Paper your homo
Movoou tlio mar
'KOI.
with our now
WALL PAPER
Oct a Charter Oak Heater and live In
eomfurt thlx Winter.
LOWS BROS.. JR.
i
ELK DRUG STORE
Carries a full line of clean
fresh drugs, perfumes and
toilet articles
FRED J. DAMON
MADRAS, OREGON
Bids For Now Westsldo Mall Sorvlc
Were All Rojcotod
TJic ropo.rt that the contract or. car
rying the' mail between Hhahiko and
Bond via Madras had been awarded
to
the Bend-Madras-Shaniko Stage Co
appcarH to have been premature, as it is
now learned that no contract was
awarded under the recentadvertiHomcnt
calling for bids for that service. Owing
to the hold-up of the mail during the
month of February the notices calling
for the bids were not received until th
end of February, and as the contracts
were to be awarded on March fj, there
was not sufficient time to give publicity
to the call for bids. For this reason
those bids which were sent in were all
rejected, atid it is said that a new call
lor iMita will ue issueo, ilus will cause
a delay' in establishing the new mail
service.
Many inconveniences were suffered
by the people of this section on account
of the blockade on the Columbia
Southern, but none which will cause
more general disappointment than the
dei ty in the establishment of the new-
mail service. The call for bids should
have been received oarly in February,
but was held up with all other mail for
Central Oregon, for nearly thirty days
When it was finally posted, there was
barely time to get a bid back to Wash
mgton. Under these conditions, the
department rejected the bids which had
ocen scut in.
EXTENDING FLOUR TRADE
Madras Mill Company Gcttlna
In
Shape to Reach Out for Market
The Madras Mill Company is sending
a load of Madras flour to Bend this
week, where it will be introduced by
tlio Mend merchants. Owing to the
trouble which the company had shortly
after it began operations, and which
resulted m shutting it down for a year.
me company nas Heretofore made very
little effort to extend their business
beyond the home market, bqt the arc
are now getting in shape to operate at
their full capacity, and they expect to
extend the market for their product
throughout Central Oregon,
The flour produced by the mill at this
place has an enviable reputation for
luality wherever it is known, even in
competition with the best grades of
flour brought in from the outside. Mr
rutz, the miller, has had many vears of
experience, and with the best modern
milling machinery such as the Madras
mill is equipped with, exnects to main
tain a high standard in the product of
the mill.
COOD PRICE FOR IRRIGATED LAND
The Westside stage from Shaniko
is carrying numbers of settlers into the
irrigated district to tho south of us.
laily, and many of them afo lmvint:
land there. A lame number buv hind
Kr
irect from the com puny, this land be
ing in its raw state, and still others buy
land from the settlers already there,
who in this iimnner got good nay for
their labor in clearing and improving
the tract. Tho old settlor then re-in-
csts in raw land, probablv to improve
and sell again. Last week ono 40-aere
tract near Redmond sold for $2000, or
$50 dollars an acre. This tract probably
cost originally about $15 per acre, the
increase in prico being fair pay for the
BIC LAND DEAL AT ANTELOPE
A big land deal was closed at Antelope
lust week when Thomas Brogan pur
chased the W. L. Uinkle ranch adjoin
ing tho town, and consisting of about
5000 acres. The prico paid was $25,000.
Mr, Brogan bus beon in tho sheen
business for many years on lower Ante
lope creek, and is ono of tho most suc
cessful stockmen of that locality. His
ecent purchase, with tho land alrcadv
owned and controlled by him, will make
us ono of tho best sheep ranches in
tho countv.
Mr. Brogan'a homo ranch is at pres
ent on land leased by him from tlio
Phil Brogan estate, but it is roportcd
that he expects to build a homo on tho
recently acquired property.
FILE FOR POWER ON DESCHUTES
Tho Dalles, Or., March 15. Notices of
water appropriation wero filed in the
ofllcoof tho County Clork by tho owners
of tho Castlo Dam and Saddle Point Ca
nals, on tho Deschutes River todnv.
Cach appropriation claims 300,000 inch-
soi water, miners' meosuromont. Tim
reservoirs, which nro to bo locntod about
Btx miles north of Sherar's Bridge, nro
to bo supplied by placing dams 100 feet
high in tho DoachuteB River, Tho pow
or is to bo used for general electrical
purposos.
HURRY UP THE PATENTS
Garfield Issues Orders to The
Land Commissioner
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30,000 APPLICATIONS
ACCUMULATED
Final Certificates to Settlers Are To
Bo Expedited, In
Accordance
t
With President's Policy
Washington, March 15. Secretary
Garfield of the Department of the In
terior fyas issued an order to Commis
sioner Ballinger of the General Liin
Office, intended to expedite to the ut
most the issuance of patents to 30,000
entrymen whose applications have ac
cumulated in the General Land Office.
The order is nosed on President Roose
velt's recent action making easier tho,
process of "proving up" under the law.
It directs the Commissioner of theLantl
Olfice".to take up for action all loca-
tions, selections and entries upon' which
final certificate has been issued, and,
if the proof is found to be complete a'p(
there is no pending protest or objection
the same will be passed to patent in the
regular prdcr." The order continues :
Proceod To Issuo Patents
The local officora will proceed in ac
ordance with the circular of December.
, 1905, governing the manner of giving.
notice of final proofs and the nclidr
taken thereon, Yo.ii will furnish then(
maps defining the mineral areas within
their respective districts as soon as they!
are provided by the Geological Survey.
All locations, selections and entries of
land in nonmineral areas will be consid
ered by the Jocal officers under the
above circular with a view to final ac
tion by them and the issuance pf fihal
certificate in tho regular order.
Lqcations, selection and entries for.
lands in the mineral areas may be made
under existing rules, but shall not pass,
to final certificate or approval except
upon the report of a field officer.
Facilitate F(nnl Proof
You will instruct local officers that it
is equally their duty to facilitate the ist
suance of final certificates to bona fide
settlers as to guard the interests of t,hQ
public and government m preventing
llegal entries and that, in the perforin.
mice of their duties, that they will bd
held to strict account for the exercise, oi
sound discretion and good judgment. It
is expected of Registers and Receivers,
in their respective districts will) obtain
nowledge of the general character and
quality of the public land oyer yhluh
their jurisdiction extends, and in tha
Imposition of cases before these, officers
they should make use of such knowl
edge, either in aiding tho ontryman or,
in preventing an illegal entry as tlio
case may be.
In accordance with the conference.
which we have had, you will at once
take such action as U necessary ep as to.
organize your field and office force,
ither by way of redistribution or con
centration, as will make jt possible to
most effectively carry out tho order of
tho President,
All regulations or instruction in con
flict horewith are revoked.
In discussing tho order, Mr. Garfield
aid :
Vast Numbers Are Affected
This order is one of unusual impor-
anco to the citizens of the public land
states, involving us it doea about :50,000
entries and a largo number of locations
nd selections which have accumulated
n the General Land Office pendinc ex
amination befort- the issuance of patents.
ncjuueit in ttieso aro about 20.000 homo-
steads, 7000 timber and stone and othor
cash entries mado under specific laws,
-juu uesert land and 500 mineral entries.
lo bring tho work up to dato tho
lerical force of tho General Land OIico
is working over time and will be em
ployed fully ton weeks.
Tho order does not affect coal land
areas, but thoso will bo covered imme
diately by subsequent orders and direc-
101)8.
Because of tho failure of Congress to
provide an additional appropriation for
tho necessary field inspections, tho work
cannot proceed as rapidly as desired.
uiu tno iorco and means now availably
will boused to tho utmost limit to ex
pedite tlio patenting of lands where tho
ntrymon lmvo complied with tho law
n good fuith.
The program for the joint entertain.
ment to be given at this place on the ev
cning of the 30th, by the five schools of
this locality, is not completed, but will bt
published next week,
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