The Madras
Pioneer
MADFUS, OROOK GOUNTYi OREGON. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1907;
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men Hotel
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I Qredon lor the money, i our wum win ue courteously
i.hx l-krwlnilnrtdto for trfivclinK men
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jfsi-class Livery in Connection
I. W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor
IADRAS, OREGON
A. E. CROSBY'
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6T0FFICE PHARMACY
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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
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
pnANK 08B0RN
tli S. COMMISSIONER
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Towtillte Illjlldliig
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Q. C. COLLVEI?
NOTARY PUBLICT
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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
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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
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the low price per set of 5 00
A complete line of Glassware and White Sl&neward
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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
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EVERYTHING IN STOCK GOES AT PROPORTIONATE PRICES !
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W. &M. A. ROBINSON
Shaniko
GENERAL
reRouse R
rS MADRAS, OREGON
Grain .Taken Sanrte as Cash
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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.
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