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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1908)
The Madras Pioneer j - MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 25. i9087 IV NO. 45 1 T" 4 4 Ween fiotei I NoW UNDER NW MANAGEMENT f . , ui.n hordualily rcnovAtdd. Nd bEllcir telle in Ctm 'fi&tlKdW waritl will BS cdurtely jK HeadquirtOrt for traveling mHh; first-class Livery in Connection f x. w i JVJNQSTQNiJPi-opHetbl' LDDAS( OREGON iit tin- PROFESSIONAL CARDS, fRAHK OBBORH If. S. COMMISSIONED Irtnr Orebti Hbtfcl MAMtAs dllEOOK DCMn - SHAlMIKO LIVERY. V STAGE & STABLE COM FN Y j j, H. WENANDY, PROPftiETOF Daily Stages to Shaniko find Bend; Jvcry Service in Connection, Static d't Madras Shaniko and Bend Sj?- PARTICULAR AND RATES BEG FRA3SJK dSBORN Agenl fvr'eidra", Ol-egdK t 40TE.LI 0, c. floLLVfen NOTARY PUBLIC 'Justice oflho.Pflpcb UUIA'KH I'llKOlNCT CULVEh OREGON w. n. flNbok PHYSICIAN & SllRCEON flllce lit Drue Store. maBIiab OREGON J, H. HANEII ABSTRACTER OF TITLES NOTAHY I'UliuC Klrc Itnuranrc, Mfo Iiuurrince, Biudty Bond lli'sl KitHlc, Conveyancing UlNKVIM.K, OIlEaON tyAX LUEDDEMAHH NOTARY PUBLIC l'loiiew Untitling MADRAS OREGON NO. 3851 , The first National Bank OF PRINEVILLE. OREGON i! A. S. PHILLIES, Prop; NEW MANAGEMENT tables Supplied With Tim Beat Market AflardS GOOD, II V. ALUs, 1'rwiliiunt. T. M. rijlLPWlK, Ciwhlor. WlU Wukiwicildi Vice I'res. II. IUlu.vi.v, Ast. Cashier. ESTABLISHED 1808 Capital, Uurplu eml Undivided $100,000.00 l'ronis ! Transient Teams Given Best of Attention T . A A i . .. . . . . . . V- . 7 ftftttttfttfftttffttfft MADRAS MEAT MARKET james to. Hl)RT, PROPRIETOR FRESH AND CURED MEATS tosh, Vegbthblik and Colihtr pVoli& ADRAS, OREGON ELK DRUG STORE Carries a good line of ffdsh drugs and patents. Pre scription work and family recipes m'dde a specialty T. A. LONG Physician jind Druggist ' MADRAS. OREGON A. Mi WILLIAMS & GO. 1) KALE 113 IN . - t.j '..-'ill Dlv uoods; uiotmng, Flihnishing Goods -r - hoots and biigjm Hats and cai3 THE OALt. 0RECON mm mmuM J. C & M; A. ROBINSON isucckssoks Vo j. W. & to; a. robinson & to, . GENERAL MERCHANTS 4 ' . MADRAS, OREGON Spring and Summer Goods ' . .... ..- ...... .1, 1... I 1 III ' Are Selling RAPIDLY HEAT Agents for BAiN WAGdNS, MeCorrnick irileadefs & Blndi-s SUB-SURFAGM PACKERS TAKPN tnti AnnniiNTS ANI1 TRADE TAFT AND SHERMAN ARE THE NOMINEES Seoretarytaft iSJom mated On First BaJlot GREAT ENTHUSIASM IN BIG CONVENTION rfiian oongrosBmon bhor As Taft'o Running F)rst ballot Norblriotofl Math tin Tuft nnd Shcrmnh. That is tho ticket with which tho llcpubiican party hopes and eSpecta to win another victory at the national election in November, Hon William II. TnH of Ohio for Prca ident, and Hon. James 8. Sherman of "Saw York for Vice-President. Amid scenes of Iho wildest enthusi' asm Secretary Taft was nominated for president of tho United States, at the big national llcpubiican convention in Chicago last Thursday, frever in the history of national conventions lias there been more pent-up enthusiasm let loose than when Kcnrescntatlvu Thoo dorc E. Burton of Ohio, placed in nom ination for the first place dh the Itcpub hcan ticket, the big, poptilar Secretary of War. Hon. William Howard Taft Taft, Taft, W. II. Taft;" came from all parts of Iho big amphitheater, and a big blue silk brfnner, bearing the well known features of the Serretary, awak ened a fresh whirlwind of enthusiasm. The first lull in the wild demonstration avc ah opportunity for the speech of eorge A. Knight of California, who seconded Taft'a nomination. Other nominations followed, the last beinc that of Senator Lafollcttc of Wisconsin, which precipitated another wild out break of enthusiasm. After the nomin- itions were closed, atid amid the wildest scenes pf enthusiasm, tho balloting be gan. ilic secretary of the convention was powerless to make his voice heard, and seir.ing a Inegaphone he shouted the call of states", bratlually curiosity con quered enthusiasm, aiyl the convention quieted down to hear the result of the call. When New York" was reached Taft had a total of 427, and Ohio, his own state, gavo him a total of Oil or 20 more than enough to nominate, but the roll- call proceeded until the final result was announced by Chairman Lodge: For Iheodoro Hoosevelt 3 votes, for Joseph Bt Foraftcr of Ohioj 10 votes; for Charles W Fairliajia of Indiana, 40 votes for Joseph u. Cuimbn of Illinois, J8 votes! for KoJJert M. Lafollette .of Wisconsin, ") votes;,. for Charles E. Hughes of Xcw York, 07 votes! for Phi lander C. Knox of Pennsylvania, 68 otcs; for William II. Taf I f Ohio, 702 ot03, i A great sliotit pf enthusiasm went up as the chairman .qompleted his an nounccmentj and, with one accord the adherents bf the other candidates lolncd in tho ovation tov)ie cuiididato of the pony, uenerai noouioru iqr uovrrnor xiugues inovcu 10 inaKo tuo nomination unanimous, tho Vote being gtveh with u ringing chber, and the convention then uljournell until 10 q'cldck Friday, when tho Vicq-Prcsfdeht viiS, liominatcd. It wah early aUparent Friday that Congressman diihca S. t3hermau of Now York) Y"r8to b,o tho running mutoof TafJ, l.le Vi placed in nomination by Tiiilothy.L. AYobtlrllff of N?w York, and nis uomuyxiion was secona uy the encr.abo Speaker of tho House of Rep resentatives, Horn Joseph G. Cannon of Illinois. Tho icsult heVcr was in doubt, the roll call resulting In a total of 810 ptes fdr Sherhialt. The noiuinution let looso again tho floodgates pf wild entlm sinsm, iloor atid gallery jolniilg in tho onlonstratlou for tho party's ticket. RUN dEft BY HEAY . FREIGHTING WAGON C. 0. Sondciulst Ot With Oorlous Abel C!nfv rnn the wagon before tho second wheel reached him. The wheel passed over his right leg, breaking it below tiio kneo and bruising his foot Very badly, then over the fleshy part of his arm whicl was very uadiy uruiseu although no bones were broken. Two of his fingers were caught by tho wheel and the ends of theth very badly crushed. The" accident occurred about three miles South of Madras) and it was fully an hour after tho accident before Mr Sondqtiist was found lying ill the road too badly injured to mbvo himself. He was found by the l3efid stage, and the passengers fixed a place for him in the bottom of the stage and made him as comfortdblo as possible until they could get him to Madras, where he was placed tinder tho care of Dr. Snook. Mr, fioiidquist lives on the Prinevillc road jdst oVet tho divide beyond La monta', WOOL SALES AT SfiANlfto Shaniko re-established its reputation as the best wool market In the state, at the second public wool sales held there last week, the prices averaging about 2 cents per pound better than at the first sale. The prices ranged be tween 10 and 1014 cents per pound, and were the best prices so far paid this sea son for any Oregon wools. The wools offered for sale were an exceptionally fine lot as to 'quality. Jacob Kasser; a Crook county sheep man who lives over on Cherry creek, re ceived the top price, his lot of 35,000 pour.ds bringing 104 cents per pound J. Wagner, from the same locality, cot a little better than 10 cents for 45,000 pounds, while Iteeder & Fisher of Shan iko, got 15 3-8 for their clip of 55,000 pounds. Much of the Crook county wool was sold, the Frineville Land & Livestock Company witli 95,000 pounds, and Morrow & Keenan with 73,000 pounds being among those sold. All of the wools offered were sold with the ex ception of one lot of 55,000 pounds be longing to the Black Butte Land & Live stock Company, for which an offer of 10K cents was declined". WATER FOUND AT 71 FEET A. Y. Banta was iq town last Monday from his home iiear Trail Crossing. He brought tho good news that water had been found oh his place at a depth of 71 feet, and that the supply is apparently inexhaustible. Mr. i Bahta has been hauling water for his stock and for all ranch purposes for the past 11 years, as it was generally supposed that water could not .be found In the locality in except at great depth, which would necessitate a heavy expen diture in sinking a well. short time ago Ivan Hale drilled a w;ll on tho JJpdson place near Mr. Ban ta's, and when he found water there at 80 feet) ho moved over to the Banta place lo drill and got water at 71 feet. Mr. Bahta sas there appears to be a large.streani of it', a thoy are unable to lower theyater appreciably in tho six inch hole, by steady pumping ter is cool and palatable and a blessing to Mr. Bantn years of water-luiullng. Tho wa- will prove after all these INDIANS WIN BALL CAME Tho Madras baseball team went to the Warnispring reserva tfon last Friday to play hall with the team at the Agency school, ahd though they have been rather quiet , about it sinco they came uoniui mo limiuns K.ivu uium a iioou 'wallopdig" in the tiatlrtiaj. gamo to the tune of 0 to 4. Superintendent Covey arranged tho gamo w,th the MadraS Iwys) .a , gatno havitlg ipct desired by tho Indian .team on I'rlda'y afternoon, when their School closed a.t lfe Agency." Although (Uic full Madras teani could not bo gathered together, a team was made up tq givoUib boys oil tluj reser vation n galnp', aiq; a good galno was put up, although the Indian boys proved too much for them. Those who welit from Madras wcrei Alf. Cook, Ililey Cook, Bob Galloway, C. V. Wilson, Glllls Diz- nej Andrew Larseii, Oi. VnnTassel, Jess Exiles', Fred Green and Tom Maddron. rvu eVlllo, Meets Cldont Near atlraa. IinBt$hijraUf oit'eliiobltj White" llrlv lug a fotir-lor( frcightllig butflt near MjldroBi ,0, dbhdqulst foil in front of (t,lio",hejl'lly loaded wagon, Which passed Qyor liin, brealUng. hih leg ftiid lnllictiiig other Very palliul and eorlous injuriesi Ho had Btotipoxl dovn oh tho frdnt Wheel heu tho horses started, throwing him under tho front of tho Wngoh and pull ing tho lrotit WliUL'l acioss his ni'in titul eg boforo ho could fictrlcato himself, With rare preschcouf mind Mr SoikU uist caught tho wlitel as it pitased over him and throw hiineoU out from uudor . )TEHS FROM OUR EXCHANQES Georgo Tennyson arriVetl in Prinevillo Friday after having Bpeht several days in getting over tho McKemdo routo from the Willametto valley. Mr. Tennyson reports that enow is 1)0 feet deep at some points along tho routo and that much timo and cflort wero spent in getting over tho runtli Many peoplo" nro camp cd at tho Bhow lino on tho other side of tho summltj waiting for tho snow to go out. Jounlali Thoru Was lutto an eJccltliig bear ohnso at tho Iko BloVins placo oti xa OchUctJ thll othuf day. A bear with her t!Ubs Was sighted ulul theli tho raco be gan, Tho old female decalnpcjl, ;y stantor "and left her offspring, tb shi fqr thoiuselvosi Tjvo bear Vvaj,8hoi iIluru sevenMililu clutso, Tho cuba.i whlfh ylVto, nbput bIx .wekH. qld ovq cap tured nllvo, I'rlnoYiuo Journal. HAVE COMMENDED DRILLING roll OIL Madr'as Oil CotVijDahy begins Orl First Pro&pebt PREPARED TO SINK THE WELL 4000 FEET General Manager Ross Pleased VVltfl Prospect Mary Claims Located In That Vicinity; Actual drilling co'tninencetl last Thurs day on the first prospect well .which $ to be sunk by the Madras Oil & Qa Company", and unless some Unexpected accident delays them, work will be coh tinued steadily night and day until fchcy have solved the question of Whether bt not oil exists in paying quantities un demeath the wheat fields df north-central Crook cobnly. The work is id charge of General Manager Itoss", who has had 23 years experience in drilling for oil, and preparations have been made to continue the first well to a depth of 4000 feet if necessary, although it is confidently expected that oil will be found ionc before that depth i? reached. For the bresent ohlyono shifj is worked at the drill, but as sooh as i gets in good working condition the drill win be Kept going night anu clay; so that rapid progress will be made. The hole started is 12 Inches in diani- cter at the surface, and this will be dc creased as depth is attained and tho casing inserted". The entire well will be cased, from top to Do'ttoin, tho hole be ing reduced in size and the snlaller cas ing being lowered inside the larger. This is continued all the wav down, the hole beihg reduced and the smaller cas ing being used whenever tho hole has reached a depth where the .larger tap ing cannot be driven further. In thir manner the hole alter it reaches h'c lower depths, will haVe several sizes pi cases extending down from the snfia.c'e', and when, completed will have the smallest size of theaBing extending all the way down froin top(to bottom. a large una tower j la feet high, has been erected at the point where the well is being drilled ahd everything is id shape for deeb drilling. Water is piped from one of the springs near there dowq to the calnp, furnishing a good supply of water for the. engine and fpr all other purposes at the camp. A blacksmith shop has been bu rh forsharpempg tho tools, and the bellows is operated by tb engine which runs tho drill. A board ing house, bunk-house and conibistc camp oil tut have been erected on pi(j ground, sq that,, those w.hoiave charge of the work will be cb.mfortajbiy.sitUateijl The first prospect Well being drilled on iunu Deionging 10 uscar t;ox m sec; tion 12, township 13 sdyth". range east, on tlje westjope of Grizzly moun; tain. Manager itoss is reported to be very much pleased with the prospect for oil in that locality imd thorite for the first well Wag carefully selected' after all the other .prospects had been fully in spected,. The company, has leases on something in the neighborhood bf 20, 000 acres of land,, and, annouhbo. that it- is their ltitcqtioh to thoroughly prospect tho ground cpvered by their leases. Oil prospects have bceh found in that sec tion and in tho Culver country in fact' throughout this entire region for a number of years past, thotigh no effort has before been made to develop oliV of the prospects. Wells sunk to a depth of several hundred feet have shown traces of oil, in somo cases so pro nounced Unit tho odor of tho oil was no; ticeablo In tho water. In other cases oil could bo "skimmed" off of water taken from tho wells, and from springe which broko from tho hllhsides. A new 500-foot cable was received h tho company, "Monday, (lli,o cable being a largo oho and tho 800 fec't, weighing about 1000 pounds. This cabiejvith tho stretch In It, Will bo capabio o! drilling to a depth of a thousand feet, and it Will bo Used for tho Aral thousand feet oy the company, . ,. ilv-- , Sinco tho first, prqspeqt well Was lo.- cated a largo nuJidjer ty.o cjaiins havo beeh filed on vanahox'eriun.ent Jand in tlmt viciriUA',, WaEnji-loada of locators wonv unt.ir,Qm afaa ;in. tuo last two weuka and filrol iiiirin Innils nn tint ulrmo - w,; of Gijiilych jof .them getting n20- f.U P 'litl. , These claims Were filed to ni"io eamp manner, that placer gpd claims are located. Practically oil pLtha Vacant hind in jthat locality has been taken In that manner, and tho county clerk has, been doing a rusliinj' Jmsijiess recording ,tho numerouij toil claims that mvo been nieu with hlnii 3 11 r " 4- tt'l Si