1. v Pioneer ras MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1907. NO. 38 d III levv Spring Goods ready for inspection PROFESSIONAL, CARDS. $2,500,000 PROPERTY Our grocery line is complete, Remember vyc can handle all your stock that is ready or market, at mc dcsi pnecs, vomc and talk to us pRANK OSBORN U. S. COMMISSIONER loivnxlto HiilldliiK JIAIJIUH OKI'.UO.V Is What Will "Jefferson" County Have In 1908 QK. HAHOM) CUItKK DENTIST All ic(ud of Denial Work at renjonable price. 1'KIMEVH.LE, Oltl'.OON HOMESTEAD LANDS PASSING TO PATENT FOR FOUR DEEP WELLS Moore Bros. Will Drill In Redmond District th THE CONTRACTS AGGREGATE $ 1 0,00ft LENA M. LAMB, Madras, Oregon 4 )0K BROS. MAX LUEDDEMAMN NOTARY PUBLIC MADRAS Doputy AsscoBor Encounters Ono Curiosity- Unpatented Lands Will Bo Struck Off 0 C. COLLVER NOTARY PUBLIC J mice or thk Vkack CUlA'KIl I'UKOINCT CULVER OREGON H. BNOOp PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Ofllce In DrucHtoru. We Oan Supply You Glvo Ud A Call PROPRIETORS MEAT MARKET ei Cc-sta nlly on Hand the Best Fresh and Cured Meals ADRAS MA I) HAH J H. HANER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES notai'.v vvnuc I'iro Innuriwirc, I.I ft? Inturanco, Hurtr Hands Itoal I'.ntutc, Cunruynnclns I'lUNEVIM.K, OJlKaO.S t, , Ihlgheit market price titock, butter, engs ! fsrm produco Madras, Oregon ! J 1 J. VV. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor Teams and Rigs. First-class Service given to traveling public, DRAS, OREGON rjn. A. A. BURRIS ' ' MAGNETIC OSTEOPATH DIsenso.H cured without drug or surgery by iiiitgnutic ohtfopatliy, the new ttc uiicc of driiylm limling. Clircmlc cases a Mti'dnUv. Consultation nee. Iti-lcrcnccs given to inoinliient parties of llllisi.oro, uicgou. Oftice In Loncks Building MADRAS, OREGON II. V. A mix, I'rcttrtt'tu. T. SI. lUi.DWi.v. Cinhler. Will Vomw rite it Vliw l'r. 1 II. IIai.iiA'I.h, A'it. Cashier. NO. 3851. The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE. OREGON ESTABLISHED 1088 Capital, Burpliu nmt Undivided $1 00,000.00 UD SPRING OPENING M W Ml I Ml That the next assessment for the UHtUUN northern portion of Crook county from which it was proposed to create the new county of Jefferson will show taxable property to the amount qf $2,500,000 is the belief expressed by Deputy Assessor N. II. Pinkerlon. who recently com plcted" the assessment in this district, Ills work covering n large portion of the territory embraced in the proposed new county, .Much of the farming land which is not at present assessable for the reason that the entrymen have not received government patents to. it, will next year be taxable, as numerous titles have been 111 . a. ..... OitECON new up in tne general land olhce bv the restraining order that has been in effect during the past year or more. The is suance of these patents is now being expedited as the result of a recent order to Uiodepartment, and in addition .to these, numbers of homesteaders will be proving up on their claims and their applications will pass to patent without iiuturance irom tins time on, as rapidly as the government mill can grind out the work. The number of these latter case-will bo largo, as it was live veai ago during the Spring and Summer that this region experienced its greatest nisi of homestead settlers. Y1tllll 1 11 M w mi tnu steauiasi purpose ot secur ing county divison and the creation of the proposed new county of Jefferson t 1 . . 1 ..a air, vniKerion says tne settlers are planning to prove up in order to giv the new county movement the support oi as tug a tax-roll as is possible. II says that the desire for a new county i strongly alive among all the residents o and that during the district he encountered just 0,lts rancher who opposed to it. 1 he tillable land was assessed at $0 per acre. .Non-tiHablo land, whicl includes nil lapd not under the plow was assessed at $1.50 per acre. Thous auds oi acres are annuallv bein cleared of sagebrush and put under eul ttvatjon and the increuso of taxabli values from this source will be great l lie natural increase in improvements will still further swell the tax-roll, v neii ash-eu u it were true, as re ported, that some lands had been assessed, for which the holders have not yet received patents, Mr, Piukortoi said : "Soino notice your kind interest n offering to secure more of the animals, and will avail myself of it, should more animals be needed. While prolonged cold weather in Spring may reduce the number of sage rats, I hardly think' that rain, unless .sufficient to flood the lower land, is responsible for destroying them by drowning. It Is quite true in the case of our small squirrel (Townsend's) that Ihcy vary considerably in abundance jn different' seasons, though, in general, they maintain their own in pojnt of numbers remarkably well, in spite of Residents of Irrigated Region Waril 1..! : T....1..H1.'....: I ' -'' ' ' UAiujisivu jiuinuinng. iiusiuiiiistieusoii pr ft ittlo earlier, the squirrels seem to bo less active than at othpr times, on account of many of the females having young in the burrows. I would bo y. p. .Moore nroiiicrs oi tins place nave r thenbundance of these animals, partic- contract for sinking four deep wells for ularly, if they appear in the usual num- the Deschutes Irrigation & I'ower Coml ml ' jnaiiKing you ior your very Kind in tercst, ai.d trusting that I may soon be able to report successful results. Yours very truly, Stanley P. Pipnn Pullman, 'Yplmgt.on, May 5, Pure, Cold Water for Drinking apd Household Purposes MATOLES POWER GOOD Deschutes Will Go Bend to Mouth of Dry Crooked this end of the county his entire canvass of wa I'ronu "T riinim 'Mi loiriiri n Trr,,Hifa'' ress Coeds and Ladies' Fine Haberdashery propcrjy oi tins Kind was entered on the assessment roll, but it will not bo taxed, County Clork lirown has secured corrected plats and advices from the Land Oflico at The Dalles, and such unpatented lands as have been entered in the assessments will be stricken from the roll." Hie largest, most complete and finest line ?ver shipped into Eastern Oregon. Over 5000 Write in this shipment alone kfons, embroidery, belts, laces, glove's brushes, hair pins, mirrors, curling "curlers, puff boxes, talcum bowls Plaid suitings, dimities, batistes, linens and numerous other kinds of dress goods Mcrsalane, chambrays, percales, ginghams and calicoes in all colors r'ces are way down at rock bottom. Remem- yourcash register checks, they are valuable UI. A. ROBINSON and CO. General JVIetfchants OREGON SAGE RATS SHIPPED Biologist Piper Finds Two Different Species In The Box About -10 specimens of the sage rat which has mado burdensome tho life of tho fanners of this section in years past, were expressed to Stanley E, Piper, of tho government Uiologieal Survey, nt tho experiment station at Pullman, ashingtoiii on Friday, for use in tho experiments in inoculation which ho is carrying on, The Rots Reach Pullman Tho following lotter fromMr. Piper to Max Lueddonuui announces tho arrival of tho sago vats al Pullman, and con tains other interesting information: DiiAit But: I received tho box of ground squirrels today and am plcnBod to ilnd that they havo como through In first rato condi tion, only ono squirrel, a young ono, having died enrouto. 1 find in addition to tho srtgoratH that thoro aro two indi viduals of another species, tho Oregon Ground Squirrel (Citoihis Orcganus), a somewhat larger animal. Am pleased to have this species to test also, Tho supply ot Hnge rats will probably bo quite suflicient for laboratory tests, If iv fow nioro of tho Oregon variety can bo secured, they will bo very acceptable, It will requlro about two or three wcoks to comploto tho experiments, when I will gladly report tho result to you. I TfjAT WljAT Jf. V. GATES SAYS pany on their irritation tract smith nl this district and east o.f -the Deschutes! 'PI.,. ...,.11 ill 't.,. enn I. L it ...n; nvita u cuy juvl uvyi', II It 1) necessary to go to that depth to secure it good supply of pure water, and tho contract prjee for the four wells is said tobeSiq.OOQ. One of the wella will be drilled at Redmond, and two others v oe cirujeci at tne llasvj'ell:(iueriri ami Davcnjp-t-Stanley Vajichje' 'apd,' th fourth at some other 'ppjnVpn tp IX L' & P. Co.'s scKrecation. Mooro Brotliorc have purchasetl the big drilling putnt from owned by tho irrigation company, atu tins unit win pe used in the work. They left last Tuesday (or Hedmond, anf will begin work on their contract a once. These wells are being drilled for thu purpose of supplying a good supply of pure drinking water for the settlers on I the lands of the D. I. & T. Co.. who hava heretpforc been compelled to do-. pend upon the "ditch water" fpr their supply for household purposes. Vhilo the ditches carr Ktiflicient water tpf all purposes, irrigating and ranch purposes included, the water is warm and unnal- rrineville Keview; In an interview atable after running throiiKh theditcho- with II. V, Gates, who is here, with his for inany miles, and it in not believe;! daughter, Miss Helen patea, on a tour to be healthful. These deep wells will of inspection of tho Prinevillo Lights supply good drinking water for the set-j" Water Company, Mr. Gates said he tiers already there, and thev -'will ilpm- could not promise an increase in the onstrate the feasibility "of securing capacity of the plant in this city earlier water by deep drilling, which is pne of tnan January, 11)08, apd npttheji unless the main purposes of this expenditure, the price of copper dropped from its by the company. There is no motion present hibitive range Mr. ft teg, who that water will be secured within that is at tho head of water apd power plants depth, and by many it is believed thai all over tho state, understands the artesian Wilfpr will li utviu.1- Tlii- I ' attuv J. i J 17) necessity for enlarging tho capacity of belief is based upon the opinion of our plant but cannot see his way clear members of the party which mnilp 'n to do so until circumstances shall jieological survey of that section peroral permit, He thipks copper wire will years ago, who stated that tho ,liirii. All of Water of Mighty River W'll Be Required In the Reclamation of the Desert Lands take a drop in a year, and that then it will be time to consider enlarging the plant or to establish a plant on the Deschutes or Matoles river. Another matter which prevents putting a water power plant on the Deschutes is the water right. Mr. Gates says it would-be an easy matter to get a site on the Deschutes, but no owner of a site thore can uuarantee a flow of water. Tho Deschutes Irriga tion & Power Company has filings which cover all tho water in the river, ami . f . north of Bond, Mr. Gates says, as far as the mouth of Crooked river, unless the irrigating streams sop through the sou into tho river bolow. was unusuauy mvoraoje lor artesian water. Moore Brothers ofttimnt.. tli,,t" it will requiro four months to complete, their contract. TELEPHONES CONSOLIDATE- Madras Comes In For Manv New Improvements and Extensions Madras is. to have a local telenhon a exchange, telephone lines are to bo constructed on Atreriev Plains and Mi.. - Madras-Prineville farmers' line is to bo rebuilt and theservieniM-nntK. ; l'heso are tho plans for tho butturuimit tho ' stream and extension of telenhonn ;.. may possibly go dry during tho irrigating this immediate neihlrlmn,i i season when tho company reclaims it pear future, but they are onlv a pu t of entire segregation. Big as the Des- the plans for a great extension of tele chutes is, all its volume will be called phono lines throughout Crook countv into requisition to fulfiill the the terms of the company's contract in time, Mr, Gates avers, and to establish a hie power station north of Bend might bo possibly a heavy waste of capital I ho Matoles has n few power sites which appeal moro to him than the Deschutes, These aro mostly on the lowor Matoles, and ono favorable spot is located about 35 miles northwest of Rrineville, across tho Deschutes from tho Haystack country. But the price of opper is nt presont prohibitive, and maybe for some time, so that prospects jor an increaso m the capacity of our plant or tho establishment of another ..1 4 11... I . 1 i piuut uu wiu iutuoies mis year ather slender. are RANCHER IN THE TOILS William Collins, of Spray, Charged With Illegal Fencing William Collins, an Eastern Orecon anchor who lives near Spray, was ar ested yesterday by Deimt'v United States Marshal Kerrigan on n bonch warrant charged with illegally fencinc government land. Collins Was nmmie the first of tho illegal fencers of govern ment lands indicted by tho Federal uxand jury. Assistant iTnh,..l ttornoy Colo was notified yesterdav ut Collins had been taken into CIlHtft. dy by Kerrigan, It is believed ho will taken boforo tho nearest HnUo, States Commissioner and allowed to furnish bail, Oregonlan. and Central Oregon, as announced bv the Piqnqor Telephone & Telegraph Company organized at Prinoville this week, which will be Incorporated with a capital of $150,000. Tho company iti composed of tho stockholders of tho Deschutes Telephone Company, of Bend, Jack Summers of Prinevillo, who has owned and operated several lines extending out of tho countyseat, and several prominent business men of Prineville, who have, not horotoforo been interested in tho tclephono busi ness. Tho nows was phoned to tho Pioneer yesterday by W. E. Gucrin, jr., ono of tho organizers of tho new com pany, who said : "Our plans provide for a con.nW,, overhauling of tho Prinevillo city tele phono service, doing away with party lines. Wo Will rebnll.l tl.n T?.....w.-, ,. . . v '"ll'lWB line to MadraB, put in a local at that place, and extend lines north ward onto Agency Plains. Wo will start in with lines aggregating J100 miles. "Wo plan to build an extension from Prinevillo to Bums, a distance of 140 miles. Another long extension will bo built south from Bend through Silver Lake to a California connection. w, also take over tho Prinevillo office of tho Puc f o Khiti.n T..i,...i . . . ' " VtviiU4IV V. VJ 1 J t I 111 II V and will act as their agents hero. 1 I'ornial transfer of tho pronorty,. which includes all the lines and equthi ments of the Deschutes company and all tho Jack Summer interests, will probably bo made next Monduy. "Our PriiiDviiici nui,. ,ni'i. I 7 . I. .1. wu UIIUII week, holii ays included, and this niav be :fihortly increased to an alLdav ml all-hight servico." '