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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1907)
The Madras Pioneer MADFUS, OROOK GOUNTYi OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1907; b IV no. ..4. men Hotel MOW UNDER NEV MANAGEMENT v in Cnn. I Qredon lor the money, i our wum win ue courteously i.hx l-krwlnilnrtdto for trfivclinK men Icnacu iu v j jfsi-class Livery in Connection I. W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor IADRAS, OREGON A. E. CROSBY' i' it o i' it i i: ro it 6T0FFICE PHARMACY l r.rrlci Comji ' ! I. Hio ot nru, jumiciiic, wiumichm, iiounoiipld KcrnciUc, nj,!,!.' Btiu Irm ntl i'liolo Hupiillf. Country MM I Order I kIvc my j.cmoiinl twwii iitilue tii'l I'vit McMruror. Htiick PmhI mih! DljuuOtll kitul. Imtyfur KaMnifttt KoIak. Hutu M'lionM. WIIOlKflAI.K AM) IIKTAIU DALLES, OREGON UMBER FOR SALE re nave plenty ot lumoer tot saie at our ill, located about 3 miles east of Grizzly jost office on county road. Prices right IcMeekin & Eastwood B PROFESSIONAL CARDS. pnANK 08B0RN tli S. COMMISSIONER maUKas Towtillte Illjlldliig OttKUofr Q. C. COLLVEI? NOTARY PUBLICT iwtc fir ,tu VrJ.dK CULVKIt l'JtfcciNOT cUlver OREQ.ON II. SNOOK PHYSICIAN &' SURGEON Odlco In htwn more. HAiiliXa OltEOON J, H. HANER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES ;0TAI'.Y I'UIIMC Klroltliufonrc, Llfp Ititurnnce, Hiircty Honrl Ileal Kstntc. ConvoyrtticliiK I'IU.nJ'.VIM.K, OltEOON II. K AUK?, I'rwilUcrtt. T.M. IUmwik, Canltler. WiLLUliXWRILKIi Vice l'ri'8. II. IUmiA-in, At. CiiMlilcr. NO. 3061. The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE. OREGON ESTABLISHED 1 088 CnplUI, riiiriiliu ami Undivided $1 00,000.00 BUYS SITE OF LAIDLAW Mt: HooU Railroad Co. Taket; townslte on Doschutcs degrees, with but few curves that grunt. Surveyors have lafd tho line almost as Straight a tho crow Hies; HIIIh will bo dug away and low places tilled) in stead of poritiltting curves In the line. A tunnel three blocks Jbng will be driven under t.be north end of Jilount Tabor at tho Portland city limits, to eilve detours. The temporary noworhausb for use ELECTRIC FlAILROAD HEADED THIS WAY 0jcrat'8a.wi,llH' 1,?ht,B iiuuiiin uuu outer cousu uctiou ma chinery was slatted yesterday aud works well, it develop? GOfJ horse powdr and tho water wheels are driven under a 500 foot bead1 which is by far the highest head Of water obtained In any of tho power plants in this part of tho country. Vork -is progtessing rapidly on the permanent power sta tion at Bull Hun. The initial installa tion of 10,000 horsepower will be in operation In April or May, lust when work wiil bostarted again is not kuowti aud will depend Upon rigui oi way matters. Xhiatrouuie Is now in the courts! Eleven suits arc set for hearing during the comiti mouth, ah soon as these are. put of the way, construction will proceed. Oroflontoh Snjrs Thoro la No Longer Any Doubt About This Road Being L'lnk In Trarisobriilnontal Lino I'rofltd A.M. WILLIAMS & CO DKAI.KI18 IN .W.French, Pres. H. A, Mooro, Vlco-Pros. F.T. Hurlburt, Cashier EASTERN OREGON BANKING COMPANY FOREICN EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD Dry Goods, Clothing, Furnishing Goods II00T8 AND HIIOIM II ATS AS J) CAl'a THE DALLES OREGON 8Hlti Stock, $23,ppo uopotlto, 5230,000 SHANIKO; OREGON I ELKDR i t UG STORE Carries drugs ti good line of and patents. fresh Pre scnptiorj work and family recipes made a specialty T. A. LONG Physician and Druggist MADRAS, OREGON Portland Oregonian: Confirmation or tne story fii lined some time ago that tho Mount Hood Hullroad & Power Company will build a standard-gungc railroad acrOFH the state that will con nect with the Moffat road from Denver, Hiving Portland another tranHcoritl nental line, Is found in the purchase of tho Utwnsito of Laidlaw In. the DeschutcH Valloy by tho Mount Hood people, ft has been known for some time that options on Crook County property hud been secured by the Mount Hood Interests, but this traux. action is tne tirst or any considerable sizeIn that part of the state to ai made public. General Manager C. W. Miller is not yet ready to announce the purchase ol the Laidlaw townsite, although he ad in Its his company lias run surveys through that district. However, as deeds uro now being made at Prine- ville transfering the townslto to Urn Mount Hood Railroad & Power Com pany, deululs by the olllciais of the company are not taken seriously Ideal sites are found botli above and below Laidlaw to furnish splendid water power for generation of electric ity to operate tho road. As projected, this new lino across the state is an electric roud throughout. The operations of the Mount Hood people h'ive been masked witli the greatest secrecy from the start, Olll ciais have not been ready to announce the extent of their plans for obvious reasons, but they have uot denied that they planned something more than an electric line to the base of Mt. Hood. Every development In connection with the new road allows that the Western link lu a transcontinental BEND TO BE MILL TOWN Jwner s o ir feig Tlmlier Tracts Agree io Build fallls There FIVE MILLS AROUND' ONE GREAT POND Tvvo Hundred Slxty-Flvo Acre Mill" pond To Bo Created at Slscmoro Ranch, Original "ForowcM Bend' FOUNDDEAD IN FLUME Ed Hurlburt, Foreman At Cllno Fall Meets Sudden Death or Ed Hurlburt, foreman at the Cline Falls ranch on the Deschutes Kiver, was found dead in the flume just above th power plant at that place last Saturday evening. How he met his death cannot be definitely stated, but is believed tha he had an attack of heart trouble, that lie accidentally fell, striking his forehead a stunning blow, and that h drowned. The Coroner, County Judji Hell and Sheriff Elkins went to th scene Sunday. An inquest was held and the verdict stated that it was th belief that his death was due to hear failure. The young man was between 23 and 30 years of age. He was at work alon on the Ilium. Tha hotly was found caugni in tne uuine, tne only mark on it being a heavy bruise in the middle tne lorcncaa just aDovc tne nose Whether he fell accidentally and struck his forehead in falling, or whether he fainted and received the bruise after ward could not be determined. The coroner is reported to have made the statement that death was not due to the line. Between Port lamf" and the summit ol the Cascade Ilunge, which division will be built first, a double-track, 60- miie-an-hour road, laid with 80-pound steel, will be built. A maximum grade of 1 perceutfor the llrst60 miles has been secured, and tiio highest curvature in that distance will be G In Order to Get Cash scheme Is being built at tills eud of drowning as there was no water in th lunge. i Deceased was a brother of Tom Hurl hurt, assistant cashier in tho Shaniko bank, and the latter, accompanied 'by Arthur Clothier, Immediately went to Cline Falls and took charge of the body ineyrcacneu Jiauras .Monday evening with the remains and spent the night here, continuing on their way to the railroad next morning. Tho fahiily home is in Umatilla Countv and the body will be taken there for burial. Tho tirst account of the death reported that Hurlburt had been shot in the head by some unknown person, but the brother while hero stated that there was"no evidence to show that the deatl was duo to any other caliso whatever tliail accident or vital collapse, Commencing on Saturday, November 23, we will begin a 30day cash sale on every article in our enormous stock I AFTER COLUMBIA SOUTHERN STOCK here are some of our special prices ?5 Fq'rjyifwo Piece Sets of Initial DislieS to gb at 5 Gallons Coal nil . . i M 100 lbs, Stock Salt ZZT. Z ZZ , 7 I 35 50 n n ' '' ' 70 1n n .. !...iMuli...i ;.,...! w uars Ujldcii SlariSodp " , 90 4 lb. Dry Granulated Sugar lL,,f,,...v I 00 ."Schilling's Best" Soda, . . 25 Bnng your 5-Gal. Coal Oil can and have it filled lor 30c per gallon 1 50 t t I I I t t I I the low price per set of 5 00 A complete line of Glassware and White Sl&neward . SS' i ' at reduced prices. A fine line of Framed Pictures worih 2.50 to go at..,. 75 We have tvd of the Celebrated "Zenith" Sewing Machines on hand, worth 45iOO( will go at. .. 32 50 t o i EVERYTHING IN STOCK GOES AT PROPORTIONATE PRICES ! 00. W. &M. A. ROBINSON Shaniko GENERAL reRouse R rS MADRAS, OREGON Grain .Taken Sanrte as Cash 1 L V." m. LI I Van 13. Do Lashmutt, ex-Mayor of this city, Is negotiating for a purchase of a majority of the stook In the Col umbia Southern Irrigating Company. The consummation of the sale depends on the surrender ot outstanding bonds amounting to about $3500 in exchange for stock in the company, by which arrangethent tho reorganization of the concern was ell'eeted laet Spring. It Is expected the deal will be closed some time Mils weekj whou Mr. De Lash mutt will succeed to tho active man agement of tho company's alLUrs, The principal stockholders in the company nml who are interested in the pending deal with Mr. Do Laiih mutt are! "W. H. Moore, president, of thd company P. Li Willis, J. Prank Watson, E.E. Lytloatid.lt. W. AVil son. Oregonian. MERRY CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION m The ChrlBtnma oxerclsns at Sauford Hall Christmas ovo were fairly well attended, conviderlug the Veuther( and thoeo who were there, especially the little folks, had a merry time indued. A beautiful trel was decorated with glftsj and after a short program .old Santa Chum, appeared aud assisted In distributing the presents. Everyone lu tho house vas guuerously (routed (o oaudlea ami nuts and after the nlfts hud all beeiullsjtrlhtited tuiilClirlHtmus greetings exchanged, the crowd went hoitio ouily through the iunv,fullon snow, without, vhlch no ChrlNtruas tldosocuiQ complete. A few weeks ago Tho Dtitletirj pubs lished an article in which it etatedj that the Central Oregon Development Com-,, pany had located a site for a mill pond, on the tract known 7 as tho Siscmoro. place" a pond, of 203 acres and one large enough, to . accommodate five of tho. largest mills in the cpuhtry. It was quite generally known that the 6. p. Di company had bought this tract.' Later, it was learned that the company would hojdthe land and would endeavor to get the.large, lumber companies to build4. their mills, tbere when . the time was, ripe; 'ihia ,w.e.e The uUeUn has a. story of even raoto, Jmportanc,e, and in-, terestthan the one whicji , to, pf the finding of a site for so Jarge 4-poJjdj It how develops that the. C.' 0- D. company, during the past three or four, months, has been working with the, large timber owners to locate their mills, contiguous to this pond. The local company has made a very liberal offer to the big lumber men) which is being eagerly accepted by them. The devel-. opment company as offered to give to. each lumber company a lease of as much land as it needs for its mill and. yards, said lease to continue in force aa long as the mill is run. There is no. string, whatever, tied to this .offer. If, is simply a gift to the lumber companies in order to get them to locate at this place. , John Steidl has had charge of this work and has been in correspondence during tho Summer with the different lumber firms who own timb'er in thU vicinity. Five of these.. have alreadyj agreed to accept the offer of the local company and will locate their milla here. They have a6ked for blue prints of tho proposed mill site in order tha$ they may make their selections of land for their own mills. Two or three of. these companies have had their repre-: seutatives here to look over the ground; and another owner of a largo tract saya he will come a few weeks later. Thia means that with the advent of a railroad Bend will become one of the most im-. portant lumber manufacturing points- in the entire Northwest, and that tho lumber industry alone will have a pay roll of approximately $30,000" a day. Bend Bulletin. 3 BANKER FRENCH IS DEALlf Pioneer of The Dalles Claimed Brlght's Disease By The Dalles' Or., Dec, 23.-Joshua W. French, senior meinbor Of tho pioneer. banking firm of French i'x. Co., of thia- city; died at his hQ,mo'.liero this afterT noon, aged 77. Bright's disease was the cause of his death. i i. . , Mr. French had. been in failiiisr health for the past two, on throo vears. Last Summer he was removed to the seaside,, but growing wcse, Was brought home, and has been -confined to his bed tho greater part of the time the past few months. . Mr. Fiench settled in Tho Dalles in 1804, coming hero from flew England. ' Ho established the nioneor lmnWim louse in Wasco County, and was con sidered one of tho Wealthy men in Eastern Oregon. He is survived bv a wife, two sons, Edward and Vivian, "und one daughter, Mrs. Uolton, all of this lty. ROAD WASHED OUT IN COW CANYON The stago road lu Cow , Canyon as washed out yesterday by the heavy ralim In such bad shape that the mall stage from Slmniko could uot get through last nlgh. As a cousenuouce no railroad mall arrived at or departed trom tne Madras oil inn tn.hnv tago from Helaler not tnultlnir tho rip. Tho extent of tho daiuuL'o In Cow CanyrJn could Hal Iih I tm in ii I ere, but Postmaster ljavls says thtt io expeot-j tho tiiull la tomorrow as usual, Residents hereabouts do not complain much at rati occasional and tiucessary delay lu tho delivery of their mails caused by heavy ralns-for tho country needs the rain-but tho hope la general that durliig this Vlntnn there will uot bo ti tie-up of 28 daysrf without any mall from tho 'outHuV world, us w'us tho u&se last Wlutor. V