The Madras Pioneer ,i MADRAS, CROOK COUMTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, APRIU 1. 1908, NO. 3p IV Hotel peeti N0W UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT .km boon Ihorougmy rcnuv, . lf,u,u . cn?? u; i ., Yrmr wnntfl will hn rmirtfniu v M Headquarters for traveling men. rstolass Livery In Connection J, W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor ADRAS, OREGON A. E. CROSBY ji nor niKTOH STOFFICE PHARMACY .., fi.nt.tf f,.1i.,t una f Ihntnfnili. If ntmnliriM UniiiiillrfL. CirrlM """I u .1... I' lr Mill nnlnrn I Lflin nv i.iM-.mm! .-..iinmir im mm ruin" nrr"v" " , ... , , nilnn A (lriil'liu ' " 7 .7" . Sl5,KMluKiHlBk. ..tl M'Hoiio.. WHOI.KHAMC AMD WBTAIU )ALLES. OREGON PROFESSIONAL CAURS. pnAHK OSBORN U. S, COMMISSIONER lowiulto II i)l ll li; MADHAR QUKOON 0, Q. OOLLVER NOTARY PUBLIC It'STICK W THf. l'KACR CULVER OREGON w. II. BNOPfC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON qnicp in nunc uxifpt 5IAI)(AH WIKqoN Jt H, HANER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES KOTAKY rUJIhlC Klru Inaurnnrc, Uio Initininrp, Hlirptr nntiJ ltenl Kutiito. CnnvpJonclnB WllNJSVIMtB. ' QJIWOK y)AX LUEDDEMANN NOTARY - PUBLIC UMBER FOR SALE jvhavc plenty of lumber for sale at our I, located about 3 miles eat of Grizzly lost office on county roaa. rrices ngni cMeekin & Eastwood MADRAS OREGON Socialist County Convention The Socialist county convention for Crool: enmity, Htnle of Oregon is here by called to meet ut t lie circuit court room at l'rlnevllle, Oregon, on Wed. nesday, April 22, 1908, ut 10 a. m., for the purpose of nominating candidates for ull the County olllces to ho filled ut the next general election, and for the transaction of such other bUHlneus as may come before said convention, This will be a mass convention and all persons In Crook county, state of Oregon, known to be Identified with the Socialistic movement will bp enti tled to u vole? in the proceeding of the convention. Done by order of tbp Boclallst County Central Gomittlttpe, March 2, 1908. J. 11. McDowell, J)wght Boberffl, Clmlnnun. Sepretary. N'OTIOJI TO COXTHAOroUS-Notlce Is hereby given that sealed bids will be received by ihu School Hoard of School IJltrlct No. 10 until 3 o'clock P. M April IK, 11(08, for the building of a school house. Plans and specifications can be seen at the home of the clerk, four mile north of Madras. Did must be ad- (bussed to "A. 1). Anderson, Olcrk of tlio Hoard" and the envelope marked I'Hhl for the Construction of School House." Kiwili bid must be nccompaiir led by security to tle amount of 6 per nentof thu bid, Mich scourlty to bp for feited to the School Hoard by t lie suc cessful bidder, In case he foils within live days of the date of award of contract to furnish acceptable bowls In a sum ecpial to the amount of his bid for the Inltlifiil completion of the pout net and the payment of all labor am) materia!. The Hoard reserves the right to reject any and nil bids, S. 1. Roving, Chair man. ' mlB-a2 LIVERY The best in Shaniko Good Stock, Careful Drivers Host of liny ami Grain Fed At Very Reasonable Prices D, A. Howell, Shaniko, Or. 4 1 X GRAND ELECTION Madras isanfords halu Oregon FRIDAY EVE. APRIL 1 7, '08 COOD DANCE NUMBERS $1.00 MUSIC COOD TIME FOR ALL EVERYBO DY INVITED J. C. & M. A. ROBINSON SUCCESSORS TO J. W. & M. A. ROBINSON & CO GENERAL MERCHANTS MADRAS, - ' - OREGON HiiiBii Pacific Horse Liniment Is prepared expressly lor the needs of horsemen and ranchmen. It is a powerful and pene trating liniment, a remedy for emergen, cies. A soothing embrocation (or the relief of pain, and the best liniment for sprains and soreness. Untqualed for curing the wounds and Injuries of HARIJED WIRB and for healing cuts, abrasions, sores and bruises. Pacific llorsc Liniment is fully guaranteed. No oilier is so good or helpful in so many ways. If It fails to snlisly, we authorize .nil dealers lo refund the purchase price. tXT LtNOC BOTTICB rirTY CCNT HOYT CHCMICAL CO., Portland, Oac. BOOKLET tBLiy&ZB FRCG Agents for' BAIN WAGONS, McCormick Headers & Binders, Canton Plows and Superior Drills SPECIAL SALE ON DISHES. 40 bs Mon ni.1,,. 42-niMe sels. value $10, (or sale t $4.50 while they lost C)..,. .aI..w., J . . . pecial Discount on Winter Clothing: 1 1 UnQSrMlllg l 25 per cent dlsC0Ulit on al Winter Clothing, underwef and sweaters. Special discounts oh atf Caps and Gloves. TO HEAT TAKEN FOR ACCOUNTS AND TRADE LOUGKS BRO MADRAS, OREGON TOOK POSTAL COIN TO SUM OF $3200 Postmaster Confesses He Took Money SAYS HE WILL REPAY IT (jJondsmon typw In Charge of oatoN floe-rQrBnt Often Bqrppwed f?rom Funds, JIKNI), AprjJ f , Postmaster AUrwl U, Onutt of llend, has been removed by I'pBtnl Inspector B- J- Stockmycr of the Bpolcane dlvifiioti, and his boridsmPn in chrgo of tfe istofllce. It became apparent to tiie department some time ngo that there was some ir. regularity h" the manner fn which nion' uy order funds were being transmitted to the deiwaitory at Portland and an in vestitation was made at once. After being questioned Postmaster Grant made a, confession to the postal Inspector and Mr. Hunter, one of the iMjudsmen, which is said to have been in effect as followst Grant had practiced irregularities in handling the iunds and had tnisappror priated sums at various times for over two years. Whenever a postal inspector was in the vicinity a fake duplicate of remittance letter was made to covor tho amount and placed with other pa pers in the cash box, which was counted' as cash when the omce was checked up by the inspector. Tfius inspoctors were evaded' during a period of two yeats, He said further that some amounts had been borrowed from and repaid to the itionoy order funds, , The oflkc was short about S200. Of this $2G00 had been taken since the first of the current year. What had been done with the funds Grant would not state, further than that they had been appropriated to his own use. "I will repay it someday,'! he said, but that was all. It seems that through some defect in the bonds tho government is secured only to tho amount of $1000, which has already been paid by PAmdpmen Hunter, who lias charge of the ofllce at present. The other bondsman is A, M. Drake, who is spendina tho winter at Naples, Italy. Grant is an Englishman by birtll and is pust middle age. He has been in this i-ountry many years. He was postmas ter at Ilaycreek for a numher of years before removing to Bend, where he was appointed postmaster when the timber rush was on several years ago. but no Mine has yet h,epn, nffprdpd f jt consideration pppftHap tip jmn?P been engrossed wjth apprppra.jop bills, which are privileged, rrtpaBnjpg. In few weeks the hpnee frill have pas8eV the regaining apprppriatlon bills, and. When they are opt qf jho way and tho house is waiting PP thp spnate, there will be opportunity for the conBidcrar tion of impprtapt measures which havo received the approval of the senate. Mr. Mondelf fully believes that tho house will agree to tlP 820-acre dryj farir) hill, in vjew of the unanimous re port pf ins coromjttee, and the recoim mentations rnmle by the President in favor of such legislation. Aa heretofore stated, there is no known nbptacle of consequence p tho path of this bill, and uples? unexpected, opposition should doyclop, Ihe flmoot Mondell bill, with perapa slight amend mcnts, will bepomP a 1W beforPRd Jourtiment, TOTAL RECISTRATI0H IS 1581 "With practically the full registration in, tiie total of all parties In the various precincts of Crook county shows 1581 votes, A few blanks will come in from the outlying precincts, but these will not materially change the figures. This year's registration is less than that of two years ago, when the books closed with a total registration of 1G30. Two years ago there were 081 republicans and 514 democrats, while this year there are only 064 republicans and 400 denm crats, the proportion being about thq sumo. Prineville shows the largest registra. tion of any precinct in tbo county, tha total for all parties there being 220. Kutclior is second with about 105 regis tered, but leads all other precincts' in the county in the number of republican voters, as Prineville has only 110, while Kutt'her registered 143 republicans. According to -the registration Maury precinct is the smallest precinct In the county, and also the only Bolidly repub lican precinct. Only onevoter regis tered in that precinct and as he regis tered republican it gives the grahd old party a sweeping victory in that pre cinct. CHANGES ARE YERY GOOD Dry-Form Homestead Bill Is Likely ToPass This Session Of Congress. A recent Wellington dispatch says; Friends of the 320-acre dry-farm homestead bill are quite hopeful uf hav ing their pet measure enacted into law before the adjournment of the present session of congress. For a time the bill was in a rather precarious position, hut recent events havo altered tho situation, and the present outlook is quite favora ble. The chief danger which confronted this bill was the possible failure of Western men to agree upon its terms. It is a measure in which the Kast has no direct concern, and naturally East ern senators! and representatives defer to the judgment of their colleagues from the arid land states on a question of this kind. Now that tho Western men are pretty generally agreed as to what they want, they are apt to get it, unless there shall later boa difference of opinion, and of that there Is no indication just now. A month or so ago the senate passed a div-farm bill prepared by Senator Smoot Immediate after tho passage of tills bill n general conference of Western senators and representatives was held and the Smoot bill was amended in eev eral particulars, so aa to meet with the approval of the entire Western contin gent in congress. Following that conference, the bill agreed upon was introduced in tho house by Representative Mondell, cha'nnan of the public lauds CQmniittco, ami in the senate bv Senator Smoot, deference being paid to him as ho was the an thur of tho tlrst dry farm hill which had received tho approval of the senate In introducing the bill as shaped by tho conference, Souator Smoot explained his intention of abandoning his first bill, tor lie had no desire to insist upon Ids per sonal views, as against the judgment ol other men from the West. Thu Mondell bill hu been on Urn house calendar for more than two weeks MADRAS C1RLS WINJJQN0R3 Mies Clara Homey, who is attending tho Crook County High School at Prine. ville, won tho gold medal in the annual declamatorv contest held bv the high school last Friday evening. There wero seven contestants, Miss Horney winning first and Miss Ethel Kidder, also a Mad ras girl, being second in the contest, This is the second time Miss Horney has won the gold medal, as she was awarded tlje Urst prize In the similar contest held' ! last year. Her victory entitles her to enter the inter-state contest to bo held at Walla Walla, Washington, in May, and it is likely that she will par ticipate in that event. Madras has just cause to bo proud of her young ladies who are attending tho high school, and carrying off the honors of the school. Miss Clara Horney is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Horney of this vlqnity, and Miss Ethel Kidder is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. , Kidder, also of tho Madras country. TO 0RCANIZE A LO0AL CRANCE A. A. Bonrrey, a state organizer of the Grange has been in town during tho week, arranging to tjrgani.e a local Grange at this place. There was a meeting at Sanford's Hall Monday even ing for the purpose of organizing, but owing to ttio tact tnat tne meeting naa not been advertised in advance, there was only a small attendance, and thu organization meeting was postponed until next Saturday evening. Mr. Bou ncy is anxious to havo all the fanners and others in this section who are inter ested in the work of the Grange, to at-. tend the meeting next Saturday even ing, when ho will explain the purposes of the organization. All persons whoso Dusiuss is not inimical to the farming industry are eligible to membership, and men and women are admitted oil equal footing. Tho initiation fee is H for men and 50 cents for women. A meeting of the Stato Grange will 1U held at Eugeno next May, and represen tatio'n of tho local Granges at this meet ing will bo based upon the local G ranged in tho county, ono representative for each four Granges. All of tho expenses of those representatives will be paid by tho State Grange. Mr. Bouncy expect to organize a nurfibcr of Granges in this count v. James Bice, vice president of the B. S. & L. Co. at Ilaycreek, is in Prineville this week with one of tho company's, thoroughbred English Shire stallions. The horse will bo kept for service ut thu Hamilton stables in Prinevillo during .next mouth- This big Shire is four years old and is one of tho herd import ed from tho estate of tho famous Peter Stubba of Gloa, England, by the Hay creek company, r 1 I.: 1 "h it; : 4- t'2 Ml if. t I i. ' f 4