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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1907)
Pioneer aim It MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1907. NO. 13 The Mad ras HARDWARE Farmers' and Mechanics' Tools and Implements We carry the famous "ZENITH" line of the Marshall-Wells Company NONE BETTER MADE W.&M.A.ROBINSON&GO. : SOON TO BUY WHEAT Portland Exporters May Resume Operations This Week MEANS CASH FOR WHEAT AT SHAHIKO Movomont of Grain Will Greatly Rcllovo Financial Situation In Controi'Orofjon Roglon Sunday'ti Orcgonian nays: It. tlio improvement in thp financial and com UKTci:il situation, wliiuh has been noticed for the past 48 hours, continues, and there in no reason to believe it will not, trading in the IocaJ wheat market will bo resumed before thin week ia far advanced. This opinion wan expressed yesterday by leading exporters and grain merchants. It is not probable that buying will be as free as it was before the money trouble began, yet a consid erable amount of new busincfcs is looked for, Uuycrsare now settling up old con tracts and attending to shipments and as soon as the opportunity presents, the work of taking ovor the remainder of the wheat crop will be started. There is no pressure to sell wheat on the part of the farmers. Some of the largest grain handlers estimate that only 30 percent of the North Pacific crop re mains unsold, and it tins figure is cor rect, it means busy times ahead for the shippers, as but a comparatively small part of the crop has been moved. Ship merits from the orth Pacific ports to date amount to only about -o cargoes , whereas 130 vessels, steam and sail, have already been engaged to move this year's wheat, The resumption at Portland of the purchase of wheat for export will doubt- Icps be followed at oncp by the move ment of wheat at Shaniko, our local shipping point. For some time past no wheat has been bought a gboniko, which buys for tlio Portland market, and there is a great deal of wheat stored at the Shaniko warehouses for which no cash has been advanced, warehouse receipts only being givon. During the past ten days not even "expense money" would be advanced ljy the warehouse, as money was not obtainable owing to the closing of the banks on account of the holiday declared by the Governor, and which has been extended from day I to day. The resumption of trading in wheat at Portland will mean that mon ey has been secured for' handling the crops, and conditions will become nor mal again, When buying is resumed at Shaniko it wUl greatly relieve the situation throughput this section by putting in circulation a large amount of cash now represented by warehouse receipts, WORK GOES FORWARD, Mt. Hood Railway Making Dirv Fly on Line to Central Oregon FIHACIAL PANIC DOES NOT AFFECT OUTLOOK IS BRIGHTER Money Moving West From Now York Conditions Show Improvement Road Is Fully Flnancod and Work; Was Stoppod Only on Account of Temporary Scarcity of Cash 11 Pur Mammoth Closing1 Out Sale Now in Progress THE BEGINNING OF WEALTH Is in close buying. In our Immense Closing Out Sale you get an'opportunity to get double value on every dollar invested, as every article is guaranteed to be just as represented, and is sold at only a small fraction of the price asked at other stores. We mention a few of the many values: Fred R. Htanlay, presidont of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Com puny, was In Madras last Friday evening, on his way to Bend where he Is spending this week, looking after the compauy's interests. While here Mr. Stanley was interviewed regard ing the financial situation in Portland, anil lie expressed confluence that the financial stringency would be of short duration, and that conditions would soon be normal again. "The West is too prosperous," says Mr. Stanley, "to fear a financial panic of any duration on this Coast. Our present trouble was brought about by the luck of sufficient money with which to handle the immense crops of the West, this In turn being caused by the refusal of New York banks to hon or ueuiauus irom ine west for money on deposit with them. Money la be gaining to move out of New York to the relief of the West, however, and the outlook Is already much brighter. Meanwhile the issuance of clearing houee certificates is tiding over the situatiou in Portland." The worst result of the panic will be felt in this section in the suspension of railway extension projects under way, and while the financial flurry may be of short duration, its effects in that respect may be felt for some time to come. All of the iiarrimau surveyors in this field were recalled, and there is no telling when this work may be resumed. FROM GOUKTY EXCHANGES Construction work on a large scalQ. was resumed today by the Mt. Hood. Railway & Power company K which Jg building an electric railway between Portland and Mt. Hooi ftnd erecting an immense power pla,nt Qt Bull Run, The abandoned grade ia again, enliv ened by 150 men and 100 teamq. This proceeding is regarded as one of the most significant signs of a rapid recov ery of sound financial conditions in, Oregon, "We are employing men and going to work again on the grade for the railroad. We have at no time ceased work on construction of the Bull Run power plant," said QeneroJ Manager. C. W. Miller of the Mt. Hood Railway & Power company. "The first road to, be built will be the line between Bull Itun and Fairview, about 16 milea. It Is necessary to complete this work; immediately to enable us to transport tbo heavy machinery for the power plant. At Fairview we make a con-, nection with the O. R. 5f N. Co.'smaiq line and the Oregon Water Power & Railway company. The machinery will be taken in by this route." Large consignments ot rails and electrical machinery are now being received. The power plant machinery Is expected to come in consignments rapidly following each other from the eastern manufacturers during ihe nest month. It is said the railroad from, Fairview to Bull run can be completed within the next four or five weeks, The grade will be finished within three weeks. The recent cessation of work on the railroad was notdue to lack of funds, Itissaid, but because of the difficulty of transmitting money and handling payrolls and the unsettled conditions that generally prevailed for a Bhort. rime. The entire Mt. Hood project is completely financed and will go ahead at the discretion of the builders, sub ject only to the physical obstacles that are met In right of way matters aud labor conditions. L A. Hunt Proposes To Turn Wheat Into Fat Porkers Other News Anting Flannels 27 in. wide n fancy checks and plaids, especially made for com pters, regular price, 8 1-3 c; closing price, 6 l-2c "Icavy outings in while and colors, regular width, splen- lid value at I L l-Zc, to close at 1UC Hxtra heavy outings in white and colors, sold every where at 1 4c; now on sale at lie Ladies Fine Dress Shoes Plump Vici kid, in all the newest lasts, regular price $3.25, our closing price, $2.60 Child's fine dress shoes, 5 to 8, reg. $2.25 val., $1.70 Misses fine dress shoes, 1 1 to 2, reg. $2.50, $1.85 adies' Heavy Cotton Ribbed lose, Fast Colors lcnshj rc8u,ar ' 71 innl .mill. 1 4.S t 1.11k IUIUV 5 close at lc pair ladies' black wool hose, spliced heel and toe, full height, regular 35c value, now . 23c Men's Heavy Wool Fleece Underwear Regular $1.25 values closing out at Soc oys' TwoPiece Wool Suits ley and brown mixtures, reg. $5.50 val., $3.25 Men's Heavy All Wool Suits Hand-made buttonholes, cut in latest and best styles regular $17.50 values, now $12.40 Men's Heavy Double-breasted Blue Flannel ovcrshirts, reg. price $2.75; closing at $1.953JMen's heavy blue flannel ovcrshirts, regular $1.50 val. at 95c 1 not forget ihal we have iusands of yards of dress ' 1 n r .. 1 pus, iianncls, outings ana ies Dozens of ladies win- coats, skirts, sweaters. Un- fwear, shawls arid gloves. brcs of men's suits, slidei, fcrcoats, sweaters and hats C. W. ELKINS Prineville, Oregon All Mail Orders Carefully Filled Tons and tons of groceries, assorted hardware, and a complete line of buggies, hacks and farming imple ments. Everything to be sold at a price which will "make it go" L. A. nunt of Culver was in Prineville with grain the other day and while here he expressed himself as somewhat dis appointed at the price paid for wheat but was not at all discouraged with the outlook for wheat raising. Instead of curtailing his production ho is going to enlarge his acreage. Tbo next change he is going to make will bo in tho method of getting his product to market. Instead of hauling it in a wagon hereafter ho will feed it to bogs and market fat porkers- Ho be lieves there is good money in it. Thero can be no reason, ho says, why Crook County should import from one-half to three-fourths of its pork products. It is an industry that brings good returns to tbo producer and ono that always finds a reauy market. urooK county with alfalfa, Kaffir corn and grain should become as great an oxportor of hogs as sheep and cnttto, and tho Journal is pleased to noto that tho subject is tak ing bold of tho minds of our farmers. Prineville Journal. D. C. W)oda of this neighborhood, E. M. Gillam, George Rodman and A. L Williams were transacting hog and poultry business at this farm tho past week. The latter gentlemen expressed themselves as quito surprised at tho transformation that has taken placo in tills juniper and sagebrush country in tho last three years. Tho wood and water looks mighty good to them. Red mond cor. Prineville Journal. The above, taken from last Friday's Oregon Journal, will be of great inter est to residents of Central Oregon, to whom the Mount Hood road appears to offer the best prospects for early rail transportation in this section. The Ml Hood road is reputed to be a W, A. Clark project, its ultimate objec tive point beiuu Salt Lake City, whero it will connect with the Moffat Denver line, aud form the western end of a new trails-continental lino with Port land as the Pcifio Coast' termiuus. The extension of tho line from Gov ernment Camp at the base of Mt. Hood, to which point the electrlo line out of Portland Is now under construc tion, would be around tho southeast ern side of Mt. Hood, across Juniper Fiat and down Warmsprlugs River to tlie Deschutes, and then up the Des chutes gorge Into Central Oregan. Such a road would be tho best tliut could tap Central Oregou, os it would give this territory praotically an air Hue route to Portland, tho natural market for our product. AN ORDERLY RUSH FOR LAND HARRY-COMER WEDDINC Mr. Chris Harry and Miss Elizabeth (iomt-r were united in marriage last Thursday, November 7, 1007, at the homo of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wllholm Gomer. Rev. E. W. Wilder performed tho ceremony In tho presence of relatives and a few frlocds. Iloth brldo and groom are residents of the Methodist Hill neigh borhood, and thuy will mako their home on Mr. Harry's homestead In that locality. While many applicants for claims were disappointed, reports from the .Lakevlow land office state that the big rush there Incident to tho opening of a portion of the Fremont Reserve was handled with promptness and uiBpatoh, and was entirely free from disorder. The plan of calling a roll of the llno-up was continued up to tho hist moment, aud when tho time for filing applications arrived, ono of tho waiting applicants wasuhoseu by those Inline to call tho names as they appeurrd on the roll, uud as called the applicants walked in aud filed. By noon ISO applications had been filed, and by 3 o'clock nil of those In lino had filed, numbering about 204. At last reports 340 applications for laud In the restored tract had boon filed, Georgo Rodman of Madras is hauling whoattotown. A week ago last Mon day when ho was in Shaniko thero were 30,000 sacks of Crook County grain in tho big warohouso Prinovillo Journal