D Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY', OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 16, I90& NO. 4$ VOL iv JL JjIlv Green Htel NOWUNDEh NEW MANAGEMENT u haft bdcn thoroughly renovated. No bcttBV table In Cch "A " on for the mdnty. Your wants will be courteously attendecfto. Headquarters for traveling min, First-class Litfefy irrConheStioti I. W. LIVlNQSTONy.Rttoprietof MADRAS, OREGON PROFESSIONAL CARDS. ptlANK 08B0RN U S. COMMISSIONER N'iftr Orcoii Ubi'tl madiiAs OltKUON 0, 0. COLLVER NOTARY PUBLIC Justibo oftho Pbbo'q 'CUI.VKIt I'KKOINCT MADRAS: MEAT MARKET JAMES W. HURT, PROPRIETOR FRESH AND CURED MEATS Fish) Vegetables and Country Produce MADRAS, OREGON ORk'tiON CULVfeh ii. bnooIe PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office fh Drue Store. OREGON J H. haWek ABSTRACTER OF TITLES NOTARY PUBLIC Plro Imursnre, Mc Insurhncc, Surety Gondii Kfftl KMate, CouVfcyAticlbg 1'IUNKVIMiK, OREGON JflAX LUEDDEMANN MADRA8 NOTARY PUBLIC I'lontor Uuildlng OREGON NO. 3BS1. I It Is Easy To Reach North Beach Take Steamer POTTER From Portland l'dsei)i.'rH uro now transferred to tho railroad nt M)OlA:n-U mih'9 up tlio Columbia lUver from Ilwaco. TIiIh ellmlnntex tho imcoiwity of steamers waiting fur tlio tide, and liiHurouit prompt uuii rt-g-ulur Diiiniiiur Huliedule. , Tt c;. ...... t r DnTTCD morning except witurcmy ana dunuay ai o:u o cjock. j Saturday only at 2 o'clock P, M. Remember the Sum- mer rate on the U. b$ ot yi. is $12 from bliamko to all North Beach points and return; good until Septem ber 30. The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON 0, K. Amur, I'rctldcnu T, if. Dai.pwik, Cashier. Will WuttiWEiLBR Vice I'rer. II. Ualdivin, Aast. Caalilcr. ,. ESTABLISHED 10)8 . Capital, Surplus . anil Undivided front $100,000.00 North Ihach Is u famou,' beautiful plaoo tho most perfect . beach on tho whole North 'Count. There uro iii'cominodalloiiH galore lit prices to suit all tastes camping facilities without equal; perfect bathing con- illtimiHi nil BorlH of nmiiMQiuonta and tli vurylotm. Come, Imvu a good rost anil a Jolly time. M u mmhI von our now Summer Hook, and tell yon nil about NOIUll 1IKA01I. t B. 7. WlLsonsr, Local .A.fjft, Slianilco WM. McMtJRRAY (Icncrnl Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon """MI WiniH Hi I il I IMMMIIMi1 I t xM"mw""m,R''"- ELKDRUG STORE Carries a good line of fresh drugs and patents. Pre scription work and family recipes made a specialty T. A. LONG Physician and Druggist MADRAS, OREGON A. M. WILLIAMS & GO. DKALKKS IN Dry Goods, Clothing, - , Furnishing Goods PHILLIPS FAMILY GET PTOMAINE POlSON fibOTS AND SUOfcS HATS AND OAI'S THE DALLES OREGON BIG NEW SHOES LINE OF For Men, Women And Children-Dress, Work And Canvas Shoes-We have what you want FINE ASSORTMENT Summer Dress Goods And Trimmings we handle: the "Bain" And "Burg" WagOils FARMERS' SUPPLIES A SPECIAL-TV Tc & Mi A. ROBINSON GENERAL MERCHANTS madRM-, oregoKi BifTAKEH fOli JAUNTS AND TBAi Mr. nnd Mrs. A-. S. philHpa and three 'of their children, and Lloyd Hunter and I'cler Maruach, gucste at tlio hotel, got hold of ptomaine poison in noinethjng llicy ate last Thursday eyening and dur Ing the night they were all very sick people. They do not know where they get the poison but suppose it was in some thing they ato for Bippcr. as the effect 'of it beiran to jnaWfcst Itself shortly afterwards. Dr. Long was called in and pronounced it ptomaines. All of those who got the poison were very sick dur1 Ing the night and the day fallowing, but otherwise suifen-d no serious conse" Vjuences, MRS. GEORGE KlRK DIES Lillic May Kirk1, wife of George tfiric, and dauch'ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W". Toncs. died at 'the ho"me of hcrYnother Inst Sunday afternoon, after an illness of ncarlv a month. Altliouch Mrs". kirk had been 111 for some time, her condition Was not considered serious as. lie had been hp and about the house. ust two days prior to the day of her J death, which came with a suddenness and unexpectedness that was a great MEET TO DISCUSS RAILROAD PROJECT Roscoe Howard, Tho Promoter Explains Plan PORTLAND INTERESTS PROMISE ASSISTANCE shock to her family and friends. here, it was impossible to advertb been born in Clackamas county April 30, 1880. She moved to Crook county several years ago, since which time she and her husband have resided on their homestead on Agency Plains, ller bus- band and three small children, the eld est of the children being 10 years old, survive her. The remains were laid at rest in the Gard Cemetery on Agency Plains Inst Monday afternoon. For Lease 'Eot 25, ztn f -gears Eighty acres good land, most ly improved. Sik miles north of Madras. Liberal terms. Eekikl SuAfek, Newport News, Va. List your property WITH & Madras, Oregon U' Immllo nil Vtiwlo nt rnnl psfnfp mill have a number of bargains to offer. T. B. TUCKER Horseshoeing and General Blacksmithiii WAGON ANO PLOW WORK First-Class Wort OnaranteeA Located (n the tiUJ B rooks shop MADRAS, OREGON .U UM UKMa Ull DM- 9 FURNITURE & I FURNITURE UNDERTAKING SUPPLIES LOUGKSBROS MADRAS, OREGON ! HARNESS FULLY QUARANTEED Whips, Bridles, rtf&erS, Lnco Leather Neat Unrnei'S Repairing nev um .of Mesb & WORk SHOES ortlnd Beady to Help Crook County Build Road to Often Central Oregon Territory. tast "Saturday afternoon at Banford's Hall an informal meeting was held for the pUrpoBe of discussing the proposed p'an to extend the Columbia Southern Railroad from'Shaniko into Crook coun ty, Sir. Roscoe Howard, general mana ger of the Deschutes Irrigation & Power Company, and promoter ot the railroad project, being present to explain the present status of the proposed enter pnse,. Owing to the fact that it was not known until a short time before the meeting ust when Mr. Howard would iossible to advertise the meeting in advance so that there could be a larger attendance from the outlying districts, but iYi spite of this fact there Was a good attendance at the1 meetinpr, including representatives from 'J the Agency Plains, Opal Praire, Littlen Plains, Killihgbeck and Culver sections. rj Mr. Howard outlined the plans for the extension of the railroad into Crook county, explaining' briefly what pro gress had been made in those plans up to this time. Portland, he assured the meeting, was ready to help in the en terprise and would subscribe for enough bonds to complete the road, provided tjrooK county wouiu raise oy BUDsenp tion to the preferred stock df the com-J pany, tho equivalent of $500,000. This subscription could be paid in labor, sup plies or materials", or in grain, and the payments would be so arranged as to bed most conveniently made by the people of this count. He had just returned from Portland", where he spent a week on business connected with the railroad project, and he says there is no question that the proposed railroad will be built at once, if the people of Crook county will do their Dart. After he had com pleted his talk, Mr. Howard was asked and answered many questions regarding' tlie(detnils of tho plan to build the railroad. It was stated by Mr. Howard that it vould require in tho neighborhood of GO' days to complete t the preliminaries, by which time if the subscriptions had been raised in this county, there was nothing to prevent the immediate com-1 mencement of construction work. He suggested that a committee bo appoint ed to take up this mat,ter at once. In accordance with that suggestion a" gen eral meeting of all persons interested in seeing tho railroad extended into this county is called for two o'clock next Saturday afternoon at Madras, at which timo n committee will bo appointed. J Tliis committee will consist of repre sentatives froln eachlistrict, and a sys tematic plan .for taking up the work will be adopted. For the purpose of explaining to those who did not attend last Saturday's! meeting', the piui for tho extension into j Uronk county, Mr. Howard Iia9 written a letter, addressed to Madras Commit- I 1 tee tif Cjeltral Oregon Railroad, which wo aVo publishing in another column. WELL KNOWN EDUCATOR &IES n Professor Irving "V. Pratt, for forty years a resident of the city of Portland, and bno of tho best known educators in the Btato. died at Portland last Satur day ovenihg nt tho ago Of frO years. PrOfj Pratt suffered a stroko of paraly b!) loiiio months ago from which hu iifcvpr recovered, ije was one of Ino nttjat 'prominent, j Masons In tho state, bcltg an activo 03d degree Mason and u metllbcrof tho Supreme Council. At tho timo of Ida death ho was aetlvo In-spcctor-Genoral of Oregon of tho Scot tish lUtc MuBons. PibX PVatt was tho father Of Marti(i T, Pratt, who resided hero several years ago, and whose father Visited hlhi hero for several weeks three years ago, Prof. Pratt is still very pleasantly re- momhfired hv a ninnhnr of ttnonlo lmrn who met him on tho occasion tit that Visit. FREICRVINC CORPORATION DISSOLVED The last aton In tho abandonment of the traction frlAghllhg project jweert Ihls place and Slmhlko was.taVKJ lnpt ..It. a. . ' X monuay, w , '..Fl.u? l.statlon i STOWMW the cotnVaiiy wlucli waa uaoiolntoa to engage in thatbusinees, filed with tho Secretary of State a notice of tho disso lution 6f tho company. Mr. L. B. Lafollett, the secretary o the tkmpany, who filed the notice Oi dissolutiofn, says that ho still believes that tho 'fraction freighting project be tween thfs "section and Shaniko can bo made a suc'cVstf, ra spite of the complete failure of tbp VradertaTdng of himself and his associate, ile believes, how'4 ever, that a gasowe fraction engine", such as he saw o'a 'aVe'ceht visit to the Holt Manufacturing fcoVnpany's head quarters in California, 'will solve tho difficulties they, had;, a'rid Ife predicts that if this section of co'uhtry rfoes not get rail transportation within tlieneVt year or bo, a second attempt will b' made with one of these traction outfitE WATER-SPOUT OH HAY CREEK It was reported here Tuesday that ii heavy rainfall, talcing on almost the proportions of a water-spout, occurred along Haycreelc ahd on Lower Trout ' last M6nlay afteihoon. There was some rath at Madras, though only light ihow-ers, butU was apparent that the country East of here and also to tlio South was visited by heavy rains. Joh$ Lockard says that Hay creek showed evidences of a heavy rain above Heisleri and the drivers on the West side stage reported that the rain had been severe enough at Cross Key's 6 wash the roads badly. BIG DUST STORM There was a terrific dust storm in Madras last Sunday afternoon, followed by several light showers of rain. Tho storm came from tho 'South and tho clouds of dust could be seen approach ing several miles up the Willow Creek basin, gathering volume as they neared Madras. When the storm struck Mad ras it had the velocity of a small tor nado, and the dust was so thick that objects could not be seen 20 feet away. The storm did not last over 20 minutes or a half hour, and it was followed by a slight sho'wer which settled the dust and cooled the a'tniosphere. Later In tho afternoon other light showers of rain fell. The rainfall was net heavy enough to do much good to crops. LICHTNINC KILLS HORSE A valuable horse belonging to Michael Braun was struck bv lichtninc and killed outright last Sunday afternoon sh his ranch on Agency Plains. There was a slight electrical storm following the dust storm in tho afternoon, and al though it was not severe enough to cause any apprehension here in Madras', there was quite an electrical display at a distance. Dr. Long, who was driving to the plains on a, professional call dur ing the storm, says that he was driving toward tho Braun ranch and saw tho bright flash of lightning, followed by a heavy peal of thunder, and thought then that it had struck fh that neigh borhood i MADRAS LOTS FOR SALE The Madras Townsite Company ha! concluded to place tho toWnsite prop' erty on the market again, and Mai Lueddemann has been appointed agent and given the exclusive sale of the lots. Parties desiring to,purchase lots can seo tho agent at the Pioneer office for par ticulars regarding prices, terms, etc. The lots are still offered for sale at a very low price, although these prices may be raised a little later on. FROM OUR EXCHANGES Von hot, a woman can keep a secret for a fw days at least. Here is a wed ding tlut took place 'June 24 and this is tho first inkling tho public has had of it'. Dale Jones and Miss Malulo Brown ai p tho nowly wedded pair. Dr. Dunsmoro performed tho ceremony. There wero just two dthers. present Warren "Brown, brother of tho bride, and Miss May Belle Reed. The whole offal? Was to bo kept a secret until announced in the Journal. The young bride left toda'v for a visit with friends and relatives at Haystack and Culver. Dale "leaves this afternoon for a three weeks' outing at tho head, tif the Mackenzie. t When ho returns, tlp happy couple will go to liouBekeejihigt The best wipliea of the Jqurnol go with them Crook County Journal. C J. Sqndqulst, who was fcadly in jured while freighting a few weeka agq ih sim in a critical conuiuon. xne.noi weather add the haturo of his woundc Combine to thuke life a. lmtifcYi.-Journal, Wm. B;ovwnhlll of ng was in OWn tho last Of tlin Wlnk. 11a Mtnfnc hat tjibjfonchcra on tho Iforth end o'f tvgency plains wu trnve fair crops thif BoaBbnbttt nothing Uko tho bumper crcp Harvested last yeat.-r-Jdurnal, t, osco,? Upward, gen?ra .manager (of iU,Pn"csl:htl,e? ilrfglMon P'oject, was'fr '--3; -it - H