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LDVEUTISIifQ ItATKS ON APPLICATION
Mntnrnd ns second clnss matter AtlRUSt
2H, 1001, at tho Postoffice at Madras, Ore.,
under tiio Act of Coukicss of Match !1, 189.
THURSDAY
Dec. 2, 1907
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Jnt uow aro the miKUtV
&n fallenl In this rimrqok and
fii'reo months g sagebrush country, where hU
godship once roamed and
howled at will, in a land once
overflowing with jack rabbits,
the white man has set up his
house and introduced the faith
of another God. The Indians
attend Christian services on
Sunday, the sagebrush wastes
grow crops of golden wheat, the
jackrabbits are becoming scarce
and the erstwhile coyote-god is
"sore put to it," being shot at,
trapped for, hounded and liar.
rassed by every available
means. Now a general war is
declared against him, with even
poisoned carcasses introduced
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as a means toward 111s ena.
Vale coyote.
PLANTS AS RAINMAKERS
One of the wettest storms
ever known in this district has
been Drevailincr during the
,past week, snow and rainlall
. alternating. The ground is wet
down several feet, which in
sures that the precipitation t
follow will be stored deep in
the soil where it will be avail
able for crop growth next
SDrincr. While it mav be too
earlc in the history of this
pountry's settlement and culti
vation to state that the break
mcr up and twiner ol tlie raw
in state capacity such as
United States Distriot Attorney,
Colleptor of Customs, etc., will
bo appointed by the entire del
egation, a majority vote decid"-
inErineach case. No one but
republicans will be appointed.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Notico ia horcby Riven by tho under
signed, tho administrator of tho csUto
of Julius Peyonski, deceased, to all per
sona having claiins against said
ilecca6cd tq present thein with the
nmnpr vnnolmra to tho uiulersiuned at
.his residenco near Madras, Oregon,
within six inonths from tho first publi
cation of this notice. Dated this 10th
day of December, 1907.
TILLMAN KEUTEU,
Administrator of tho estato of Julius
Poyenski, deceased. dll)-jiM
MADRAS IS THE GATEWAY
The news contained in the
story that the Mount Hood
lands has, through the force of Railway &Power.oompany has
Nature, begun
to cause more
precipitation in this district
already, tins seems to oe a
fact. This has been the result
jn sq many instances where arid
and semi-arid regions have been
brought under cultivation that
t is now accepted as a scientific
fjict. While 110 theorv of this
i r
jnprease of rainfall has been
proven, it may be that plants
and trees during growth and
deca' exhale gases; which on
Vising into tne air and coming
into contact with the clouds,
condense the moisture held in
them and cause it to fall as rain
It is some such theorv as this
orfwhichthe rainmakers work,
anlv that they generate the
gases artificially. No. doubt
the plants and trees could teacii
the rainmakers a valuable les
son in the business, for it is safe
to say that there is some good
and sufficient reason for the in
crease of rainfall in a section of
country after it is put in cultiva
tion, it doesn't just happen.
"With a wet Winter last season
and prospects for another this
season, it makes us wonder if
the increased rainlall has not.
already begun.
INDIANS WORSHIPED COYOTE
During the coming month
the stockmen throughout the
Btate of of Oregon propose to
make a concerted war on the
covotes. in an effort to free
theinselves from the depreda
tions of these cunning pests
among their flocks of sheep,
purchased, the Laidlaw town
site, 11 true, means that that
line is headed for Central Ore-
gon, ana is 01 as mucn impor
tance to Madras as to Laidlaw.
A railroad coming into Central
Oregon from the north could
not, if it were desiied to do so,
miss Madras, and, located as
l is in the heart of a great
agricultural district, this place
will be an objective point. A
line from Mount Hood south to
Laidlaw could not be engineered
up the west side or tne jjes-
chutes River for the reason
that the topography of the
Matoles region and that section
lying east of Mount Jefferson
would make the cost of con
struction prohibitive, even
though it did not present im
possible barriers to engineering
skill. If the route, as recon
noitered by the Mount Hood
n 11
company's engineers, iouows
down the Warmspring River to
the Deschutes and then up- the
Deschutes canj'on, it would not
follow the river above the mouth
of Willow Creek and blast a
roadbed for every foot of the
way from the basalt cliffs, when
by coming up the Willow Creek
gorge to Madras the remainder
of the line southward would be
on a level plain where curves
could be eliminated and the cost
of construction would be only
practicall' the cost of materials,
beside passing through the
heart of 700 sauare miles of
wheat land. Madras' is the
gateway to Central Oregon for
any railwaj' line from the north
and is surely destined to be
1 town of importance and
MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
Afov of tho reasons why sp many are
Joining the Modern Woodmen of Ameri
ca: Wohavo 000,000 members with 20,000
outstanding .certificates, which is far
more than the" two next largest Societies
combined.
Three assessments missed tho iirst ten
months of this year; all claims paid and
$3,000,000 cash on hand.
First eight months of this year we
issued 100,122 now certificates.
There aro 175 of the leading Fraternal
insurance, societies that have six million
members at the present time. Tho
Modern Woodmen have nearly one-sixth
of this entire membership.
There aro six billion four hundred and
fifty million dqllars of protection for the
willows and orphans carried by the
members, of these societies.
TheM. 'W. A. .carries One Billion
Three Hundred and Fifty Million of this
amount, or a little more than one-sixth
of all the fraternal insurance carried in
the United States-
The management expense of this great
order has cost cacli member not to
exceed tho price of one postage stamp
per week since starting in business.
W are furnishing GOOI1 UNLIABLE
IXSUKANCE to our members for about
one-half what other societies charge.
Net increase in the following societies
and cost per thousand, 1900:
Xot Increase 1900. Cost per $1000 at ngo 30
Artisans 5G0 $ 7 SO
Maccabees Decrease 12 00
A, O. U. W. Decrease 10 80
Itoyal Arcanum Decrease 13 'JO
W. O. W. 5,802 10 20
ModernWoodm'n 00,080 5 85
The cost at 30 years of age in tho M.
W. A. has never exceeded $5.85 per
thousand in ono year. Compare this
with the cost in other societies These
are a few of the reasons "WHY" we are
writing an average of 12,510 members
per month. If this record suits you we
want your application for membership.
Yours fraternally, J. E. Shears, District
Deputy,. 522 Chamber of Commerce,
Portland, Oregon. '
For further information see C. A.
Waterhouse, local deputy, at Madias,
Oregon. " n21tf
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MADRAS,
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from thatdirection.
"besieges losses of swine and
nnnlti-ir rPll PJITrntp llMtJ lint. !
i . , M . u.,, a heavy shipping point in the'
friend on earth among beasts J .. ,
1 1 v. n event 01 a railroad coming in
the hand of every man is
against mm, ana it win aouut- no graft in d. i. & p. co
lnnn rt -t n rx v d ! IT f r 1 A1 ttn f 1 1 I t I
iBM Buuia.yiuiuuM. uiu T rftfftrenfte to t ie recent
not more than one generation pasaing t0 patent of the appli-
cation of the Deschutes Irriga
tion & Power Co.'s reclaimed
portion of their segregation of
38,400 acres, the Bend Bulletin
says:
"This action by tne govern
ment discounts completely the
charge of "graft" that was
lodged against the company a
few months ago, and proves
conclusively that the parties
responsible for the complaint
were spreading a malicious
and damaging falsehood. Tne
work of the Deschutes Irriga
tion & Power Company now
bears the stump of the govern
ment's approval."
aco the coyote was held sacred
hy the. "Warmspring tribe of
Indians, and was, in fact, .knelt
down to and worshiped by
them. It is said that there are
still those among the old In
dians on the reservation who
will not under any circum
stances kill or molest coyotes.
According to the tradition
three or four coyotes would be
taken captive, whereupon the
tribe would gather around them
and bow down and "inoniuk
hiyu wawa." The cunning of
the coyote, his ability to extri
cate himself in safety from
seemingly impossible situations
and his proverbial luck in
keeping his hide whole, doubt
less appealed to tho Indian
imagination as something akin
to the supernatural, and they
fell down and worshiped this
thing which possessed to such a
high degree those traits esteemed-,
as virtues by uncivilized
Indians, while his weird andj
The members of the Oregon
delegation in Congress have
agreed among themselves that
hereafter Land Oflice and Pres
idential Postmasters shall be
nominated and recommended
for appointment by the. two
Senators and the Itepresenta
lives from the district, a major
ity decjding. All oflicers acting
ASHWOOD, OREGON
NOT IN THE TRUST
Mills M miles from Haycreek. Hough Lumber $11.00 per thousand at
the mill. Flooring and finishing lumber ?30.00 per thousand. Other
pricos in proportion. Address GEO. It. LEE, Mgr., A ah wood, Oregon
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