The
Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, QREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1$, 1907.
NO. 18
N0W UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
i . L.n ilinrnuffhlv renovated. No belter table in Ccn-
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nrcflon for the money. Your wants will be courteously
V P" i i .!.....(.! Inr lrnvIinr men.
dcdtO- x'lCUUijuuiivio iw. ,
irst-class Livery in Connection
i W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor
ADRAS, ' UKtUUIN
A. E. CROSBY
j' k o r it J i: t o u
ISTOFFICE PHARMACY
Cirrlci Coiiii' tie I ittt) ol l)fiiB, Mixliclnen, Cliomlmli, Houieliold Uemcillv,
KllU'Snndflc '' 1 ",,lu o'll'l'mw. uuiuurjr jinn wruvra i hiyu uriHl
ntlon, A iiM'lunU !n clmrno. ffe ilullvory KUritti;ct. Yitur iriorliun
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L..,lrC4ilran KwUkii. Until M'liUlie. lVIIUl.KMALK AM) UKTAlli.
DALLES,
OREGON
UMBER FOR SALE
PROFESSIONAL, CARDS.
fflANK 08D0RH '
U, S. COMMISSIONER
Townillo IlulldltiK
W'.ah ortEOOK.
0 C COLLVEI?
NOTARY PUBLIC
Jt'MtCK OP THIS VKkCK
CUI.VKK 1'rtKCINCT
CULVER OREGON
U. 8N00K
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Oflico it) Druic Htoro.
MADHAH
ouicaoN
J H. HANER
ABSTRACTER OF TITLES
NOTARY I'UIIMO
Klro Iiuurnnre, J.lfo Iniurniirc, Hnrcty Ilomls
Keal Kiitiilo, Cotivoynualiii;
I'KINKVIM.R, 0KKCJ0N
11. V. Aixr, I'mldom. ,
T. M, IUMiwik, Caililer.
Witt WVnZWKILKH Vice I'ttl.
11. 1ULD4TCK, Amt. CMlilor.
NO. 3051 .
The First National Barik
OF PR I NEVILLE, OREGON
ESTABLISHED 1008
"kIUI, Hurplin nnit Uiifllvldoii
$100,000.00
HOLIDAY LID IS OFF
No Flurry Attends Rosumptlon
of Normal Qondltions
BANKS HAVE STACKS OF GOLQ ON HAND
Bankers Declaro That Holiday Havo
Oono Just What Was Deslrod
Asset Currency Disappearing
I'roflu
e have plenty of lumber for. sale at our
lill, located about 3 miles east of Grizzly
lost office on county road. Prices right
IcMeekin & Eastwood
W. French, Proa. H. A. Mooro, Vice-Pro's. F.T. Hurlburt, Cashier
EASTERN OREGON BANKING COMPANY
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DOUCHT AND SOLO
DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OF THE YOflLD
pplUI Stock, $23,000
Deposits, S250,000
SHANIKO, OREGON
A. M.WILLIAMS & CO
DHAI.KItfl IN
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Furnishing Goods
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1I0OT8 AND 8HOK8
IIAT8 AND CAlfl
THE DALLES
OREGON
IK DRUG
STORE
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Carries a good line of fresh
drugs and patents. Pre
scription work and family
recipes made a specialty
T. A. LONG
Physician and Druggist
MADRAS,
OREGON
Monday morning- tho slalo ofOregou
reHU med biihjnesa under normal con
ditions, Insomuch as the speolul bunk
ing and judicial holidays were no
longer in effect. Banks opened their
doom und redeemed checks with yellow
gold, courtH are again In oporatlon,
and all has been accomplished without
any Hurry, and, bo far an known, with
out any distress to any bunk, firm or
individual, The (ears of those who
predicted that the end of the holiday
period would inaugurate a wild soram
ble of depositors to withdraw the!
money from the banks proved ground
less. The banks all have on hand
more than twice as much cash as
legally required. The Portland iseu
of clearing house certificates is being
rapidly redeemed iu cash and with
drawn from circulation. 'Monday's
Portland Evening Telegram cays:
Willi the expiration of the enforce!
holidays through the lapse of time
Portland and all Oregon, for tha
matter, resumed normal financial am
judicial operation tills morning, with
out a tremor or llutler of the business
pendulum. The attack of the timid
against the local banks, which some
had anticipated, and which every
tiuauclal Institution in the city was
fullv prepared to meet, did not mate
rialize. There were no lines of people
outside the doorsof the batiks waiting
lor them to open, aim mere was no
commotion within when the hands on
the clocks showed 10. l'or all one
could discern from visile to banks und
interviews with bankers, it' was as if
the holiday suspension of the past
seven weeks had never been.
It Is true theie were a few depositors
who "expected something awful to
hnnpeu." There always are, but
when they sheepishly shoved their
checks through the united windows,
and taw the generous stacks of gold a
foot high staring them In the face,
they were sorry they had given wuy
to idle fear and shaken confidence.
Every bank was on a gold baslB, an
absolute dollarfur-dollar gold basis, no
60 cents gold and 60 cents asset cur
i I i Ti ii mM ii i una urn in n n in in i m run i
ii hi in i ii i ii i n h i m i i ii
n Order to Get Cash i
t
'Ommencine: on Saturday, November 23, we will begin a 30day f
'ash sale on every article in our enormous stock I
HERE ARE SOME OF OUR SPECIAL PRICES
Gallons Coal Oil. 1 60 1 t 75 Fortv-two Piece Sets of Initial Dishes to go at 1
JO Y Sl Salt !!'!";"!!!!!'!'""!"""! I 35 f the low price per set of 5 00
n n 70 j A complete line of Glassware and White Stcieware
0 Bar Golden Star Soap 90 1 t j i V
4IL n I i 1 "' X I at reduced prices.
1 - y.G.r&nulatcd Su8r 1 00 t A f. l!n nf Vi P.Vm worth 2.50 to an at 75
, W "Schilling's Best" Soda 25 J 7 ' 77 V .. ... I " ?
3"g your 5-Gal. Coal Oil can and have it filled t Wc ,iave lwo 01 "e lcDra ea ' mS l
foi 30c ncr oallon 1 50 Machines on hand, worth 45.00, will go at.,.. 51 50
iVERYTHINQ IN STOCK GOES AT PROPORTIONATE PRICES
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J. W. & H. A. ROBINSON & CO. 1
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GENERAL MERCHANTS, MADRAS, ORbUUlN
;haniko Warehouse Receipts for Grain Taken Same as Cash f
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reticy. Those who wanted to with
draw mouey for any purpose whatever
carried It away in gold, though In
many cases they asked for Itsexchangp
In certificates before they wont away.
Portland slid so gracefully back Into
her normal condition that even the
bankers were astonished. They were
looking for signs of trouble. None
came. They hud been under a heavy
strain during the paot 4Q days since
Governor Chamberlain declared the
first holiday. They had been obliged
to faco many trying ordeals, Forced
by conditions that were not of their
own making, to go on a holiday basis,
una also forced when the flurry broke,
to resort to u clearing-house basis and
tho final Issuance of asset currency to
curry on the business activity of the
city, they were not prepared to have
things run so smoothly right from the
start.
There are plenty of heulthful fea
tures to bo noted jn the situation
today. Iu the first place, with the
removal of the holiday lid tbe Xoru
iug, there remains no over 5ft0ft00
worth of the asset currency In. circula
tion, out of the initial issqe
$1,100,000, a retirement of $fiQ0,00Q or
twice us much us Chicago bus with
drawn since the stringency began.
Qold is steadily moving Coastward
from New York, and the First Nation
al Bank received u consignment
$300,000 from Weils Fargo & Company
this morning, When the guards and
messengers hauled und tugged uwuy a
the heavy sacks of golden eagles, and
.deposited them over the counter of the
bank, a number of customers bent on
milking withdrawals took one look at
the sealed und labeled sacks, und wen
away convinced tuat fortlaud was
safe and sound.
The holiday season, according to
statements of several bankers, has
accomplished Just what It was irttend
ed the temporary suspension would
accomplish. It has enabled every
baukiu the stute to prepare for the
restoration of business.
TIMBER CLAIMS SC ARC!
Locator Thinks Crook County
Tracts About All Taken
LUMBER SYNDICATES BUYING CLAIMS-
Landsookors Have Boon Pouring
Into Central Oregon During The
' i) it
PaBl Two Year
CREWS LAID OFF
Construction Work Stopped On Mt
Hood Railroad
lhreo hundred laboring men were
thrown out of employment yesterday by
the shutting down ol the eamps on the
Mount Hood road. They came to the
city for their pay, but as the payrolls
had not been made up yet, the cash was
not forthcoming, and the moat of the
men being Austrians, they could not
understand tho situation and wero in
clined to take a gloomy view of the con
ditions. They haunted the elevators of
the Swetland Building for tlo better
part of the afternoon in order to watch
for the cash, and passers-by wondered
if there was not a strike on hand, savs
tho Portland Evening Telegram.
The men have been in tho employ of
Archie Mason, along the right of way to
tho north of Boring, but na the weather
has been rainy for the past two weeks,
t was difficult to accomplish anything
with, teams and scrapers, and a shut
down until Spring was decided on. The
three camps will remain standing, in
chargo of watchmen, until favorable
weather is assured. v
The Mount Hood road is being built
by Senator Clark, of Montana, and is
said to bo backed by ample capital, and
is ultimately to ho constructed through
the Barlow Gap, on the south side of
Mount Hood, into Eastern Oregon, and
perliapn through the state to form, a
unction with one of tho transcontinen
tal roads building westerly.
Archio Mason, tho contractor, has a
gang of men at work in Klamath County
constructing an extension of tho Tine
from California. Ho expects to leave
for that point in a few duys, and to
prosecuto tho work all Winter.
DIED IN THE WOODS
Body of Unknown Man Found
Timber By Indians
In
Tho body of an unknown man was
found iu tiso timber near Pine Mountain,
35 miles south of llcud, one day- last
week, the gruesome- find being made by
two Indians. Tho discovery was at once
oported to John McPherson, a rancher
ivlng near there, and after satisfying
liinseH of the Indians' story, McPher
son notified Sheriff Elklns, who ordered
an investigation to he made by tho jus
tice and eonstu'slo of tho Bend district.
Tho body was badly decomposed and
dentlfication was Impossible. Tho
bpdy lay on Us back, and thoro was no
evidence of aetruggloor of foul play, and
from all tho circumstances it is he-
eved that tho man hocamo lost in tlw
timber and died honi thirst and starvation,
Desirable timber land in Crook
county b becoming a scarce article, ac;
cording to the opinion of JToel McCollum
a timber land locator operating in that
eection qf the cpuntry. Mr. McCollum
waa in the city yesterday, after having
located pyndp Baker, Mibs Julia Baket
and Walter Hqgarj or claims in Crook
County.
Fp,r pie past two years, a continuous
stream, of timber land seekers hag been
pourjng jnto Crook and other Ceijtraj,
Oregpn counties with the result that
there ar.e but very few desirable tracts
eft. Twoqf thp three who, were named
were forced to file op clahris of p.nly 12Q,
acres each on apepunt p.f Jack p,f lu
clajm.8. Lumber syndicates, are fast;
buying up the land after it lias, been,
filed upon by individual settlers, vhjclj
is good evidence that some day ity the,
future railroads will tap the country.
The headwaters of the Deschutes and,
Matoles rivers are rich with yellow and
white pine, and already several mills are
in operation, though not extensively, aa,
the only market for the lumber is that
of settlers and irrigation projects.
Good claims ;n the heavy timber belts,
demand a location fee of from one to
two hundred dollars. The B;a!le2
Chronicle.
SETTLERS TO GET TITLE
Patents To Deschutes Irrigated
Issued by Government
Irarid.
News of the issuance by the General .
Land Office to, the State of Oregon ,of .
patents to3S,40Q acres of land in Crook
County, which has been reclaimed by
the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Com
pany, will be received with satisfaction
by the settlers in that region, who will
now bo able to obtain their deeds from
the state, The state applied for patent
on 14,300 acres of land in Crook County
reclaimed by the Deschutes company
more than two years ago. About a year
ago application was made for patent on
another tract of 24,023 acres in tho
same district. These applications were.
held up by the Department of tho Inter
ior because of rumored irregidarities in
the operations of the Deschutes com
pany.
During his visit last Summer Secrc-
tary Garfield ordered a special investi
gation to be made of tho reclamation
work in Crook County. T. B. New
hausen, Special Agent, accompanied by
United States District Attorney Bristol,
went to Cr,ook County and examined
the company's work. Mr. Newhauson'sN
report was only recently seht in. Im
mediately following its receipt an
nouncement was made-by tho depart
ment's approval of tho lands for patent.
Tho lands to which Eettlers will now
receive title lie in tho neighborhood of
tho towns of Bend arid Redmond, and
are among the most fertile in the entiro
Deschutes region. This vast acreage
will add at he present prico pec acre
$1 ,000,000 to the wealth of Crook Count v
uid will become taxablo property im
mediately upon issuance of deeds from
the state to the settlers.
In addition to the 38,400 acres ap
proved for patent, tho Deschutes Irri
gation & Power Company is engaged- in
eclauning an additional tract of nearly"
200,000 acres. Largo construction
crows and engineers have been main
tained by tho company on tho work
sinco tho beginning of operations in tho
Spring of 1004. Oregonian. I
. G. SANFORO WILL RESUME BUSINESS
A. C Sunfoid returned homo toduy
fiom Portland. While iu tho cltv Mr.
.infitrd canto loan agreement with It.
L. Bubln by which the former takes
oharge oftho busluchaln Madras, fur
merly conducted by SMiford, $111 &
Company, the formal transfer of tho
property to b mude at onoo. Mr.
Sun ford Is ulono iu thin enterprise,,
which will not be a company concern.
Mr. Sauford's many friends will bo
gjad tolearn that he Is to actively eiv
gage In business again at this plaee.
Miss Myrtle Lovcland returned home
today from llalght's station, where shti
has spent several weeks,
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