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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1908)
The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, QRQOK COUNTY. QRGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 16, 108. NO. 22 r i w . 11 (IB- NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT i ... tlinfntialilv renovated. No bcllcr table in Gen. owenas um ... o -v , . - .m,mn or lie money, i w wuu win g? courteously lli. I litnrlrill.l rfrrs for Iravclint? men. m. m - w m. M maw m .. v v m m m m, m a w . nOT-f ' I iH 1 IV ll I V I II 11,1,1 II II I - ' , j. W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor 1 1 . i - n r ry t A. E. CROSBY V K 0 1' It I K T 0 It CrrlM f M' ,tc ''''l0 ' "ruK Mpdiplncn, CliomlcnU, HoiuolioM Kcmedlo, .. .. I- .. .....I Illwtlit Mlt.lllMMtf f "nMIHPr 1IH11 liriltlB 1 tflfli til V ..t.l ..ii. .i.iri,nlnn Mini Pint Ilxalriivilm Hlnrk Kiuiiii anil IIIih nf nil If imlu v.. . h l.',lul.-.. lint i hulllii. WlIUI.KSALK AND Itl.TAII,. DALLES, OREGON UMBER FOR SALE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. pftANK OSDOnH U, S. COMMISSIONER Towtulto Hulldlng MAWlAB 0RI500N 0 C, COLLVER NOTARY PUBLIC JwrncK or tiik Vkmck j ODXVKll I'IIE(!INCT CULVER JREGON n. fiNooK PKYSIGIAN & SURGEON Ofllco In Drue Store MADIiAB OURflON Jt H. HAHER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES NOTAKY I'UIJMC Flro Irnmriinro, Mfo Innurnnoo, Burotj- Honda Itfnl Entnto, Conveyancing I'ltlNKVILI.K. OIlKdON II, K. Al.LKK, 1'rcxldont. T. f. JUi.nwiK, Ciiihler. Will WoiizweiMCR vice I'rei. H, luuxriH, Awf. Canister. INDIAN DOCTOR DEAD Coyotes Eat Lee on Remains of Qr, Reservation MANNER OF HIS DEATH UNKNOWN Suspicion Is' Strong .That Ho Was Tho Victim of Foul Play Ho Hod Enomlcs Among Indians NO. 3851 The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON I I . . W I . " l e nave plenty ot lumDer Tor saie at our ill, located about 3 miles east of Grizzly W W V WlltWW Wf W J W W V f m W 111 cMeekin & Eastwood ESTABLISHED 1088 CplUI, 8urltu anil Undivided '$100,000.00 TroflU Harness and Saddles LIVERY The best in Shaniko flood Stock. Careful Drivers Best of Hay and Grain Fed At Very Reasonable Prices D. A. Howell, Shaniko, Or. 4 1 i Belting, Lace Leather Whips, Bridles, Halters Fine Ilainlin.'ulo IhirncfiH fully Riinrun- tci.Ni, iiuulo from best Oaliforniti timniMl linnieSH leather Oak B. S, LARKIN A1ADKAS, ORIKION NOTICE All pornoiiH nre lierchv notified tlmt ji curtain nolo sigianl by me, dated .lamtnry 8, 100S, and nayablo to J. V, oleon one yoar after date, in the sum of $40,00 with intcreat ut 0 per cent, was eoenred from me by miBrcprcpcntations, and tjfat I will not pay tho Hatno. The public Ih hereby warned against pur chahing naid note, and taking tho namo by aeflinnment. Ksiil 7(i:mkk. Madras, OroRon, Jan. Q, 11)08. A tragedy wag uncarthexl on the "WurmBpringB llcaervatjon last Satur day, when tho bones an,d portions of tho body of Dr. Lee, an aged "Indian Doc tor" who disappeared from the Agency nt about ThankHgiving time, were dis covered by Indians on the trail leading from tho Agency to the Indian town Simnnnlio, about fifteen milcH north tho Agency. Tho body vub positively identified as that of Dr. Lee by portions of his clothing mill hanging to the body and by his saddle which wan found lying near the body. When discovered only the largo bones of the body and the legs from the knccB down remained, th body having from all appearances been devoured by the coyotes. The manner of Lee's death iH unknown and probably always will be, but from certain facts lacts wnicn liavo been jearneu it is believed that ho was the victim of foul play. IIo, like a majority of the Indian .1 1 11.. 4! t I uuuiurs un uiu rceurvnwuii, mm number of enemies, and while his deatl has not as yet been traced to any ol these, it seems unlikely that be came to his death from natural causes. To Htrcngthen the belief of foul play is the fact that his saddle lay near tho body uncinched as though it had been removed from the bono by some per son. This fact is construed as indica ting that after he was killed, the saddle was removed from the horse, as tiie appearance of Leo's horse on the range with a saddle on would have caused an itn mediate search to have been institu ted, while his Iiorso running at large without a saddle would have caused no surprise. It is further known that at tho time ho-left his home he took witl himn4l-calibre pistol, and this could not bo foudd when tho hotly was dis covered. Dr. Leo was n Warmspring Indian and resided about three miles from the Agency. About Thanksgiving time ho left home, going in the direction of Simjmsho. Tor some reason he did not tell his wifo where ho was going, and since that time- nothing had been heard ol mm. no nad at other tunes gone -I ftrct? JtAf .25J "Rift WJPLa f VV S II Jf Get ay to Irricrafce" it Pays 99 Pays to Get the Best Machinery for that Purpose, We am flwni-Q fnr thA International Harvester Comoanv asoline Rno-inPfi. Rimnle in ooeration. fuel saver, and built to stand. Either oortable or stationery in sizes from 1 n j i k J. W. & M. A. ROBINSON & GO. GENERAL MERCHANTS, MADRAS, OREGON hi Qfn will UfvMiter hft cc&etd on Sundav aS tVrJl W Y T A JI A A 1V1 w.A mrrM. m w -w - - RING IN YoriR rAfii-i ret.isTRR SLlP& GOOD FOR ANY KIND OF DISHES ONLY away to distant parts of tho reservation, staying weeks without anyone knowing where ho was, and for this reason his absenco caused no alarm. Ho was about sixty years of ago. He wrb'1 married to a former wife of Jim Stikona, wlib wad killed hero several years tfgb. ' JUDGES AND CLERKS County Court Appoints Election Officials and Road Supervisors The folowing judges and clerks of election arid road supervisors for Kutcher (Madras) and other precincts in this end of tho county have been appointed by the county court: Kutchor: Ed Kutcher, Geo. Dillon, T. A. Long, judges; Howard Turner, S. E. Gray and J. F. Blanchard, clerks. J. W. Livingston, road supervisor. Vot ing place, schooihousc. Haystack: F. S. Huffman, Dwight Hoberts and 0. G. Collver, judges; Win Bocgli, 0. A. Whitsett and 0. M. Cyrus: clerks; voting place, Haystack school house at Culver. Haycreck: A. G. Kihbee, Charles Parrish and James Rice, judges; Philip Graham, Lyn Nichols and J. L- Allen clerks. Oeorgc l.ytlc, road supervisor. Cross Keys: P. T. Monroe, W. W Brown and II. Garrett, judges; B. Cram Joe Btuart and H. L. Priday, clerks P. T. Monroe, road supervisor. ' Wnrmspririgs : Harry Miller, Carl Webster, ' Eugene William?, judges warren jjicuorKie, ltODerp jjmun ana C. Covey, clerks. Lamonta : Joe Wiegand, J. S. Mc Meenj Lee Moore, judges;.. John Rush James Helfrich, James JJobjnson clerks. CJiarlen W. Freeman, road supervisor. Lyle Gap : W. Blair, L. j. Young. P N. Vibbert, judges; W. Brownhill,-L T. Larson, George Monner, clerks Win, BroSynhill, road supervisor. TAX LEVY IS 14.3 MILL Mucli Larger Tiari Expectccj by Taxpayers of County TAXABLE PpOPERTY NEARLY $7,000,000 Tax Roll Will Yield In Tho Jolah borohod of $100,000 Taxes On 4 I Property Higher Than Evor COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS The foiling items are taken from tho report of tho proceedings pf tho countv court: The petition for a voting precinct at Lyle Gap was granted. Tho boundary line of Lyle Gap District Xo. 30 is follows: Commencing on the township line between townships 8 and 0 where Dcschutos River crosses same; thence up said Deschutes river to where the township line between townships 0 and 10 crosses said river; thence oast on said township line to SE corner Tp. 0 S., R 13 E; thence south 1 mile; east 4 miles; north to township line between town ships 8 and 9, thence west on said town ship lino to place of beginning. The boundary of Kutcher District No 23 is as follows: Commencing at the NE corner of Tp. 12 S., R. 14 E., thence west to Crooked River; thence down Crooked and Deschutes Rivers to town ship line botween townships 9 and 10; thence east on township line to SW cor ncr ofTp,9 S., R, 14 E.: hence south onemile, e:i9t4 miles, north 1 mile, east 2 miles to NE corner Tp. 10 S., R. 14 E thence south on range lino to place of beginning. Notice of the completion of tho base ment of the now court house bavins been mado, the same will be inspected by the eouit February 12, 1903. The contractors gave notice that they were unable to carry out contract or enter into contract for superstructure in writing ut this time, and '.o contract st I id t'Qiid of said contractors, as to fail ure toetitor into a contract for such superstructure ot now courthouse, is hereby declared forfeited. MONEY IN THE HOG BUSINESS Muuy ranchers of this section are considering the advisability of going nto tho'hog business, its n means ot gutting rid of tho surplus of grain pro duced in this Miction. The plan is doubtless n good one, nud will not only create a market for the grain, but will provo a must profitable ven ture. Judging by the experience of those who have tried it, rt good deal more than presei.t net prices can be secured out of our wheat by feeding it to hogs, Ono great obstacle to lingralslug on' an extonslvo plan in this section litis been the question of water, but that Is being solved by tho drilling of deep wells. Crook County, and in fact Coutral Orejm is at present-producing n very small percentage of tho pork products consumed by it; and o libra a veudy market for all tho ham, baoon and lurd that can he produced In tills seo tlon, There is nioiiHy In It for the hogrstiser und for the farmer, and It will keep sit home thousands of dollars 4t the January term of tho County Court tho tax levy of Crook Coifnfy for 1007 was voted as follows:" sUtp and county, 8 mills; general' echpb purposes, 3 mills; road fund (exclud ing Prineville), 2 mills; high school, li mills; library fund, l-20thofa mlllf total, 14.3 mills. : The total assessed valuation of prop erty in Crook County is, in round figures, seven million doliara. Thio la an increase of abqut one million over the 1906 assessment, while the tar levy for lG07isonlya fraction of a mil? less than that for 1900. The 1907 tar roll will yield to tho' county in tho neighborhood of one hundred thousand dollars, liberal reduction in tho rate of taxation was promfsed jybqr last year's levy was made, and it wget generally believed that tho rate foe 1907 would not exceed 11 mills. Vitlx the Increased valuations placed u'pqtj much of the property in Crook County taxes are higher now on that property than they were two years ago on tbQ same property. REGISTRATION. OF yOTERS BEGINS, Registration of voters for pip pegplaji biennjal election ip June is nq$y' jij progress throughout the state. County Clerk Brown opened registration bookH at the countygeat on the first Monday in this month, and provision will be madq in all the precincts of tho county for the registration of vpters. All persons desiring to participate in the primary election of April 17 will have to registc"K sometime between this date and the 7tli of April, when the registration books, will be closed until after the primary. After the primaries the books will ba opened again on the 21st ot Aprii, and will remain open until M ay It, but iij order to participate in tho primary election or to sicn netitionaof candidates v&pr the various coupty offices, registra tion before April J is necessary. Voterg are urged to register at opce. Kutcher-, precinct, had the largest registration of any precinct iii the cqunty at the last registration, two years agq, Ji all thq voters of the precinct register this year. Kutcher precinct will still peenpy its position as the banner precjnet of tho county in point of numerical strength. LAND FRAUD TRIALS RESUMED The trial of the Oregon land fraud cases was resumed in the federal court at Portland, last Monday, Judge Hunt presiding, aud Special Proseclitof Frauds J, Heney, who Huccossfiilly prosecuted in tho former land fraud trials, being present to represent tho government in tjieso cases. The first cuse to bo tried is that which charges ex State Seuator V, W. bteiwer of Fossil, and eleven other defendants including John H. Hull, ex-United States Attorney for Oregon, 11. 11, Hendricks, l li. Zuoharv, C. E. Glass, Edwin Mays, F. P. Mayes liiitl C, E. Loomls, a former special uuent. with conspiracy against the govern. ment, tho fepeolllo ofl'euse belug that of fencing about 13,000 aores of irovarn- meut laud in Wheeler Countv. Blmrm- Hermauu, ex-Congressmau from tho ! I rsl District, wasauo indicted in this use, out lie has secured a seiiamtn trial, aud hiseuse will como up Inter, I. 0. 0. F. INSTALLATION Public installation exercises wero held at their lodge room at this placo lust Saturday evening by Mt. Jefferson Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Follows, Deputy Grand Mastor T. II. .iifollttto and Deputy Warden L. 31. afollotto, both of Prineville, conduct ing the installation exercises. Tim following-named newly elected ollloera of tho lodgo wore installed : N. G., John McTaggart; Vice-Grand, Jem Kuus; AVarden, Fred Davis; Conductor, Till- man Router; O. S. G.,Dick Dovo; I. S. G..A, Larsen, jr.; R. S. Dr. T. A. Long; L. 8., N. C. R. Kaas; R. S. of V. G., Ernest Doty; L. S Charles Ort- man; R.S. S., C. E. Roush; L. S. S., Krank Osbom. . , After tho Installation wnn "nmnW.i t .... . .i . . .; .. . r,v'vui i if local unit visiting UUU Fellows and ineir menus luiiourneu 4 11. m , ,m , et out every year In pay ineut of im- u n an JdX ato s L '3 I J ported pork products, 9( borved, i