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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
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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