The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1908,
OL IV
NO. 25
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Oregon for ihc money. Your wants will be courteously
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.1. V. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor
IADRAS, OREGON
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
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U. S. COMMISSIONER
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MADHAH Olll'.OON
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NOTARY PUBLIC
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UMBER FOR SALE
JUHTICR OF TIIK 1'BACIC
CULVKK I'HKCINCT
OREGON
CULVER
H. flNOOK
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Ollluo in Drue Store.
MADHAB OREGON
Jt H. HAH EH
ABSTRACTER OF TITLES
NOTARY PUllUC ,
I'lro Imurnnrp, I.lfp Iiunrnnco, Huroty Honda
Itoal Kpitu. Conrcyqaolng
l'HINKVlM.H, OUEOON
AX LUEDDEMANN
NOTARY PUBLIC
Money to lonp on approved
real estate security.
MADRAS
"OREGON
!e have plenty of lumber for sale at our
nil, located about 3 miles east of Grizzly
jost office on county road. Prices right
IcMeekin & Eastwood
II. Y. AI.LIIK, President.
T. M. II A LI-WIN, Cnlilcr.
Will Wukzwbii.kk Vine I'ren.
II, Hald-tin, A-nt. Cannier.
NO. 3851 .
The First National Bank
OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON
ESTABLISHEP 1 008
t'HptUl, Hurplux i ninl 1'ijilt vlilctl Profit
$100,000. CO
L
VERY
The best in Shaniko
Good Stock. Careful Drivers
Host of liny mi id drain Fed
At Very Reasonable Prices
D. A. Howell, Shaniko, Or.
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Harness and
Saddles
Belting, Lace Leather
Whips, Bridles, Halters
Kino Handmade Harness fully guaran
teed, Hindu from bent California Oak
tanned harness leather
B. S. LARKIN
MADRAS, OKROON
S3 T3xnvirnrrfit
lea ranee
ale
We must raise money to meet
rcssinp; obligations
4 M
at!. cap"5. lovcs, ladies' shawls and fascinators, children's wool caps, misses' and children's coats
any old i iicc must be closed out. Snecial dish sale, come and see them. 7 bars "Dandy"
lap. I") cent;; 6 bars "Golden Star," 25 cents, Our line of medicines to be closed out at prices
will p them. All farm machinery reduced. Six-horsepower "International gasoline engine
a harp, in,
panes
M. A. R
OBINSON
&
CO.
GENERAL MERCHANTS
MADRAS, OREGON
THE NEW LAND POLICY
Settlers Will Be Presumed to Be Honest
Until Proved Otherwise
MORE LIBERAL THAN HITCHCOCK RULING
Secretory Garflold Will Extend Aid of
' the Governmont to Bona Fldo
Hpmootend Settlers
Secrotnry Garfield of tho Interior
Department, of whose department the
General Lund Ollco Ih a branch, Iiiih
announced a more liberal policy
towardu bont'ht uettlere upon govern
ment land, In Ii Ih report to CongreHS.
Mr, Garfield inukeM It plain Unit It
Hhn.ll be the policy of the department
to ho interpret the public land Iiiwh att
to actually uid every bona llde entry-
man who ia endeavoring to establish a
hoiueoti the public domain, lie bold
tliat the land laws were enacted for
that purple, and ho long an the law lb
not ubu.-ed, he IntciiiiH tlmt entrymen
Hhall ci.Joy llH privilegeu, aud bo long
au lie acts In good faith, the settler
shall have the uid and encouragement
of representatives of the depattmetit.
Mr. Garlleld's report hIiowh that there
lias been, or will be, a radical change
in the manner of conducting the In
terior Department with reference to
laud mutters.
Tho press dispatches, in dealing with
Secretary Garlleld'u report, atate that
the Secretary Is proceeding on the
theory that every man Ih honest, or
will be presumed so, until proved
otherwise, and that the strict inter
pretation of the law' us unplied by
Secretary Hitchcock, bis predepeasor,
baa been abrogated. Under Secretary
Hitchcock a strict Interpretation of the
land laws wits applied, and violations
of the laud laws were vigorously pros
ecuted when fraud was found. It wai
under , Secretary Hitchcock that the
vast land fraud!' In Oregon aud Other
public land states were unearthed, aud
tho disclosures that were made in the
laud fraud investigations justified the
rigorous policy of the secretary, which
w.ii generally approved by that part of
the public which believed that the
J hind laws were being used as a me
dium for colossal frands against tiio
government. It Is doubtless true that
a number of Innocent entrymen suf
fered along with the guilty, but the
land frauds of the West received such
a check hh had never been applied
before under any administration of the
Interior Department.
Secretary Garlleld's report Indicates
no less desire to prevent frauds being
perpetrated under the land laws, but
by a closer supervision through Held
agents he expects to arrive ut the
same end, that of preventing frauds
under tho laud laws, while at the same
time the honest entryman will have no
hardship Imposed upon him, but on
the other hand will have tho aid and
eiicoiirugement of the department In
Ids eflbrtsat home-bulldlug. With a
sufficient appropriation from Congress
to enable the department to keep a
sulllcient force in tlie field, the policy
can doubtless be carried out as out
lined.
list your property
WITH
OSBORN & WILSON
Madras, Oregon
Wo linndlo all kimlsof renl estate, anil
have a nuiiibir of baiaius toolfer.
A. M, WILLIAMS & CO
DKAI.KItS IN
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Furnishing Goods
:-o-:
HOOTS AND SHOES
HATS AND OA PS
THE DALLES
OREGON
Pacific Horse Liniment is prepared
expressly tor the needs of liorf cnicn and
ranchmen. It Is a powerful and pene
(rating liniment, a remedy for emergen,
cles. A soothing embrocation for the
relief of pain, and the best liniment tor
sprains and soreness.' Unequoled for
curing the wounds and injuries of
HAKUED WIRH and fnr healing cuts,
abrasions, sores and bruises. Pacific
Horse Liniment Is fully guaranteed,
No other Is so good or helpful in so many
ways. If It fans to satisfy, we authorize
all dealers to refund the purchase price.
CXTNA l"OC BOTTlli rifTY CCNTI
Hoyt Chemical Co., poktuno, one.
BOOKLUr HM FRED
REGARDING ISOLATED TRACTS
Some time ago by a ruling of the land
oflicc, all applications for isolated tracts
were required to be made in person by
the applicant at the land office. Com
missioner Osborn, howeves, is just in
receipt of notice that hereafter such ap
plications may be made before him, or
before any officer qualified to administer
oaths in land matters.
Applicants for Igolated Tracts must
show by their affidavits, corroborated by
two witnesses, that the land contains no
salines, coal or other minerals; the
amount, kind and value of timber or
stone thereon; whether the land is
occupied, and if so, the nature of the
occupancy; for what purpose the land is
chiefly valuable; why it is desired that
same be sold ; that applicant desires to
puicliase the land for his own individ
ual use and occupancy and not for
speculative purioscs, and that he has
not heretofore purchased isolated tracts,
the area of which, when added to the
tract now applied for, will exceed ICO
acres.
MILL CLOSES DOWN
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The flouring mill operated by the
Madras Milling Company at this place
closed down the first of the week, and
it is announced that the operation of
the mill will be suspended for a month
or more, while a number of needed
changes are made in the milling
machinery. Sir. DIetaal states that
the c mpnny expects to have the mill
running again within a mouth, when
they expect to continue making
".Madras Flour" aud the other pro
ducts of the mill without further in
terruption. The Mudras Milling Company has
on hand a supply of wheat which
taxes their warehouse room to its
capacity, aud while the mill is shin
down, they will uot bo In position to
leceiveany more wheat.
R. F. D. PATRONS SHOULD BUY STAMPS
rostmastcr Davis desires to call atten
tion to the practice of some patrons of
rural delivery of placing loose coins in
their boxes each tijne they desire to
dispatch letters instead of supplying
themselves with postago in advance of
their needs.
rhis practice imposes unduo hardship
on rural carriers in removing loose
coins from boxes and delays them on the
servico of their routes.
Tho postmaster, thoreforo, urgently
requests that patrons of rural delivery
provide themselves and keep on hand a
supply of stamps consistent with and in
ndvanco of their needs. It is also very
desirable that rural patrons place in
their mail boxes small detachable cups
of wood or tin in which to place coins,
when necessary, in purchasing supplies
of stamps.
CONTRACT CRAIN SACKS
Farmora of tho Walla Walla Valley,
in Washington, closed a deal Inst Sat
urday for their grain sacks for tho 1903
harvest, the number of sacks con
tracted for amounting to about
1,400,000, and the price being 7 aud 3-8
cents, delivered at any station in
Walla Walia county. This Is 3 and
5 8 cents lower than the prlco they
paid last year, and the farmers esti
mate that they have saved $50,000,
J The Calcutta grain-sucks weio pur
, utilised from Kerr, Gillbrd k Co. of
l'orilund, who were tho lowest bidders.
One tenth of the purchase price was
paid down, the balance to bo paid
'upon delivery of tho sacks, between
June 15 and August 1, The deal for
I the sucks was made by the farmers'
! union, and it will doubtless stimulate
luterest in tho orguulzutlou,
LIGHT FOR CROOK CITIES
H. V. Gates tq Install $150,000 Plant at
Lava Falls on Deschutes
NEGOTIATIONS ARE NOW UNDER WAY ,
Will Generate Current to Supply
Light and Power 'for Prlnevllle,
Bend, Laldlaw and Redmond
Prlnevllle, Or,, Feb. 3. 11. V. Gates
of Hillsboro, president of the Prineville
Light & Water company and severaj
other lighting plants throughout the
Htate, has given out that construction
of an immense power plant at Lava
Falls, on the Deschutes, six 'miles
south of Bend, will begin in the early
Spring. The plant is to be completed
within a year. It is to co-it $150,000
and will servo the towns of Bend,
Laidluw, Uedmond and Prineville with
a 24-hour current for lighting and
other purposes. Th6 company expects
to secure 2000 horse-power at Iiva
Falls.
Negotiations between Mr. Gates and
F. S. Stanley of the Deschutes Irriga
tion & Power Company, which has
filed on the. water right there, are now
under way. The company has agreed
to transfer to Mr, Gates all the water
necessary for the project, reserving an
amount necessary for the reclamation
of its segregation.
POSSIBILITIES OF DRY FARMINC
J. 51. Patterson of The Dalles, who
was a delegate from Wasco county to
the Dry Farming Congress, said upon
his return frjin the sessions of the,
congress:
"I am more than ever Impressed
with the possibilities of dry farmnig,
I believe, in common with other mem
bers of the dry farming congress a
well as some representatives of irriga
tion, that dry farming is destined in a
great measuro to do away with Irrigar
lion. 2fot that present irrigated tracts
will be given over to arid farming
but that tracts where heretofore it hug
been thought nothing could be
induced to grow without irrigation
will be made to yield. The system of
irrigation is so expensive that, if car
ried 011 under scientific principles, the
farm where irrigation is not used can
be made to pay a larger percentage on
the investment than the irrigated
land, Thlsis why scientific dry farm?
ing will supercede Irrigation. In the
armory where the congress was held,
all sorts of cereals, fruits and veget
ables were on display, all grown upon
arid lands. Qf course they were not
grown in a haphazard way, but by
paying attention to scientific princi
ples as tine products were growu as.
ever took root in Irrigated soil.
LARGEST WHEAT POINT
Condon claims to be the largest pri
mary shipping point for wheat In the
United States, that Gilliam county
town having, during the present year, ,
shipped one million three hundred
thousand bushels. Last year the hon
or was held by Ititzville, Washington,
which shipped a million and a quarter
bushels. It ia estimated that Gillian)
county this year produced two and u
half million bushels of grain,
With a railroad through this section
ofCentral Oregon, Condon will havu
to look out for her honors, for the
sectiou of country tributary to Mad
ras alone is oapablo of producing an.
nually between four and live nilllloii
bushels of grain. This year tho pro
duction did nut exceed one mil lion
bushels, because the nearest shipping
point is Shuuiko, a distance ol 45 miles
and the acreage in wheat has been
restricted on that account.
WOMAN APPOINTED U.S. COMMISSIONER ,
There is only one Vnitod States Com.
inissioner in tho State of Oreuon who is
a woman, and she was appointed today.
Her name is Grace Fnzzel, of Fossil, .
Wheeler Countv,
Although she ia the only woman com-
inissioner in tho state at this time, thoio"
havo been a fow other women to hold
that position. One of hor most famous
predecessors in otlleo was Mario AVaro.
of laud-fraud fume, who wiia commis
sioner at Kugone.
Tho duties of a commissioner, it is
thought by Federal authorities, mnv Im
porformcd by a woman equally well &tt
uy a man. the appointment wu?
inado this morning in tho Federal. Coutt
of this city. Portland Tclegrum.
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