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Pioneer
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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1907.
NO. 38
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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
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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
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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
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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!
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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-
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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." '