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Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 23. 1908.
NO. 49
fyjOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
Ufliu lias been thoroughly, renovated. No belter tabic in Ccn
I Orcaon for the money. Your wants will be courteously
SLded to. Headquarters for traveling men.
First-class Livery in Connection
,1. W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor
MADRAS OREGON
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
pnAtiK osoonn
U. S. COMMISSIONER
Near Qreon Hotel
MADKAB
ORKUON
0, C. COLLVER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Justice of tho Pcioo
CULVER l'KEOINCT
9
MADRAS:
MEAT MARKET
JAMES W. HURT, PROPRIETOR
FRESH AND CURED MEATS
Fish, Vegetables and Country Produce
MADRAS,
OREGON
CULVEFT
OREGON
w.
11. BNOOK
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
OJIIce In Drug Btoro,
MADUAB
OKKOON
J, H. IIANER
ABSTRACTER OF TITLES
NOTARY I'UJIMC
Hro JnnurAmo, I.lfo Insurance, Surety Jlonl
Kesl Kutiite, Coiivoynnclng
l'UINKVII-r.K, OKEOON
fAX LUEDDEMANN
NOTARY PUBLIC
J'ionuor Iiullilltig-
MADRAS
OREGON
NO. 3851
It Is Easy To Reach North Beach
Take Steamer POTTER From Portland
Piiwut-orH urn now-tram-furred to tlio railroad at
MlXJbT U-H miles up tlio Coluniblu River from
Ilwitoo, This fllinliiiituw tlio nocemtUy of steamers
waiting for llio title untl insure a prompt and reg
ular summer ftchedulc.
The Steamer T.J. POTTER leaves Portland every
The First National Bank
OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON
II. V. Ali.cs, President,
T. M. IM.PWIK, Cnthlcr.
Will Wumwrnicn Vlrrre.
II. IUluiHN, Awt. Canlilcr.
ESTABLISHED 1008
Capital, Surplim hikI Undivided
$100,000.00
Troll U
moniintr exc-CDl bnltirdnv and hunclav :it S:Ju o clock.
o i j j -
Saturday only at 2 o'clock P. M. Remember the Sum
ner rale mi the O. 8t J4. is $12 from Slmniko to
a!! North Beach points and return; good until Septem
ber to.
Nurtli Ueiu'h In u finnou, bountiful placo llio most porfeot
beach on the wholu North Coust.
There uro nrc imiioilntlntiH galoro nt prints to Milt nil tastes;
caiupii. incilltluM without equal; purred bathing unit-
illtlniiN, nil HorlH of nmiinoiiiuntrf mid diversions. Co mo,
Imvo n good rot utiil u Jolly tlmo.
Ul us will you our now .Summer Uoolc, nml toll you nil about
iNOltlll 1JHAC1I.
5.3". WILSOOST, Local .grt, SHaziilco
WM. McMURRAY
Qcncral Passenger Agent, Portlnnd, Oregon
i
ELK DRUG STOR
Carries
drugs
a good line of
and patents.
fresh
Pre-
scnption work and tamily
recipes made a specialty
T. A. LONG
Physician and Druggist
MADRAS,
ORECON
A, M, WILLIAMS & GO,
PEAI.KU8 IN
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Furnishing Goods
:-o-:
HOOTS AND SIIQKS
HATH AND OAl'8
THE DALLES
OREGON
Su
Sli
mmer Dress G
oes and Straw
oods, Canvas I
fists
BEND HAS ALREADY
SUBSCRIBED $82,000
to
of
A mooting was bold at Bond Monday
evening for tho purposo of discussing
"ways and means" for building tlio pro
posed Central Oregon railroad, and tlio
sum of. $02,000 in subscriptions to tl
stock of tlio company was secured on
tlio list at this one meeting, from tho
business men and residents of Bend
Added to the $25,000 which thoDes
chutes Irrigation & Tower Company has
agrccu to subscribe, and tho like sum
of $25,000 which the Central Oregon Do
velopmcnt Company lina promised
give, it may bo said that tho Bend coun
try has already secured tho sum
?2,000 towards its portion of tho sub
sciiption to bo raised in Crook county
It is n ported that a number of the bus
incss men and merchants of Bend sub
scribed as much as $2000 each.
With that kind of a start there is no
doubt that tlio Bond country will be
ablo to raise its miota of the subscrin
tion needed in this county to insure the
construction of tho road. The business
interests in that end of the county evi
dcntly want a sailroad and arc tired of
waiting for Ilarriman to build it, and
the liberality with which they are sub
scriumg to ine biock hi tno company
indicates that they arc in earnest in
their effort to build a road with Crook
county capital.
WATER AT A LOW STAGE
Water in a number of the wells on the
Hut is at a low .stage, and there has been
some inconvenience to farmers hauling
water, as they frequently bavo to wait
for water to accumulate in tho well, af
tcr pumping it dry. The public well
conducted by Charley Wuterhouso has
suffered along with a number of other
This condition is due to the fact that
this is the season of least flow in the
wells, while tho demand is unusually
cavy, owing to tho fact that tho ranch
era aro hauling an unusual amount of
water and filling their cisterns for use
during harvest. Tho combination of
decreased supply and unusually heavy
demand taxes the wells beyond their
capacity. Last year tho supply of water
the wells began to increase about
iVugustl, which may bo attributed lo
tho fact that tho irrigating season was
over along Willow creek, from whicl
tho water in this basin undoubtedly
conies.
ODD FELLOWS INSTALL OFFICERS
Installation exercises were held by the
local 1. 0. 0. F. lodge at their lodge room
last Saturday evening, district deputy
Grand Master T. II. Lafollett beina
present to conduct tho installation.
Tho following were installed as officers
f Mt. Jefferson Lodge: Jem Kaas, N.
G. j Fred Davis, V. G. ; J. W. Robinson,
secretary; Frank Osborn, treasurer;
John McTairgart, P. G.: B. C. Dove.
nrdenj N. C. 15. Kaas, 0. B. G.; Chas.
Bye, I. S. G.; Tilman Router, R.S.N.
G.; J. C. Robinson. L. S. N. G.: Charles
Ortman, R.S. Y.G.; C. 13. Roush, L.S.
V.G.; E. J. Baldner, R. S. S. : Frank
Osborn, L. S. S. ; John McTaggart,
chaplain.
In addition to tho deputy district
Grand Master, Messrs. Shattuck and
Ketchum, two members of the Princ-
illo lodge, were visitors of tho local
lodge at tho installation. After tho ex
orcises were completed, ico cream- and
cake were served by tho lodge.
AT
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES
J. C. & M. A. ROBINSON
GENERAL MERCHANTS
MADRAS, OREGON
BIN
WHEAT
DING TWINE, 12C. FOR CASH
TAKEN FOR ACCOUNTS AND TRADE
Cash terms means better prices. -Sutiford,
Madras.
A.
List your property
WITH
OSBORN & WILSON
Madras, Oregon
'n handle all kinds of real estate, and
have a number of bargains to olfer.
T. B. TUCKER
Horseshoeing and
General Blacksmithing
WAGON AND
PLOW WORK
First-Glass Work Guaranteed
Located In the old limnfts slum
MADRAS, ORCUON
if ml )i iMiiftiii.U
SOLICIT SUBSCRIP
TIONS FOR ROAD
Committee Appointed to Solicit
Fundp for Extension
WILL TRY TO SECURE
$500,000 IN COUNTY
All Subscriptions Will Bo Payable In
Labor, Material, Cash, Hay
or Grain.
A meeting was held at Sanford's hall
last Saturday aftern on for the purposo
of selecting acommittccto begin at once
canvassing for subscriptions to stock in
the proposed railroad into Crook county
It is tho purpose of the committee
to merely solicit subscriptions now
with a view to determining approxi
mately the amount of money that can
be raised in this end of Crook county for
that purpose, and later on these sub
scrtptious will be put in a form to make
available for immediate use in begin
ning and carrying on construction,
Thee was a fairlv good attendance at
the meeting from this locality and from
outlying districts, and considerable in
terest is manifested in the railroad pro
ject. The committee, as selected Satur
day afternoon, is composed of one or
more members from the different school
districts, that plan being adopted for
the purpose of dividing up tho work of
soliciting. The committee already ap
pointed is as follows:
Mountain View district, J.-II. Jack
son : Madras ana Kountl liuttc uistricts,
Frank Osborn; districts No. 14 and 58,
V. G. Killingbeck; district 52, Rev. J
G. Moehring; districts No. 10. 42 and
02, George H. Osborn ; districts 17 and
20, J. II. Horney; district 11, Jack Dee
and J. W. Lewis; districts 32 and 44, J
S. McMeen.
It is proposed to secure subscriptions
to stock in this county to the amount of
500,000, and approximately half of that
amount, it is estimated, should be sub
scribed In . the territory lying North of
and including tho Lamonta country.
While that sum may be boyond the
reach of the committee having the sub
scription lists in charge, it will make an
attempt to secure as nearly that amount
as possible. The settlers of this section
arc not in shape to make cash subscrip
tions, but many of them have expressed
their willingness to subscribe labor or to
pay in grain, either of which will be as
ood as the cash itself. Two men who
were at tlio meeting sam alterwards
that they had had experience in bridge
work, and that they were willing to
subscribe and work it out in building
bridges and tressles; others stated that
they had teams which they could put to
work, and still others expressed their
willingness to go to work themselves on
tho road as socn as construction is
started. This is tho spirit which prom
ises succesa to tho undertaking. There
aro some who aro holding back, offering
bjections to tho plan and refusing to
help the project along, but as a general
rule tho people in this end of the county
aro willing to do their part towards the
project.
It was explained at tho meeting that
as tho committeo appointed to solicit
ubscriptiona would necessarily have to
devote considerable time to tho work of
making a thorough canvass, this work
ould be counted tho samo as any other
work on tho road, and that they would
bo g ven proper credit on their sub
scriptions for this work and rocoiyo pay
ment in stock.
lowed, with few variations, if the Co
lumbia Southern railroad is extended.
By engineers who have been over tho
survey it is said to be a good lino, and
one which will present no very difficult
problems in construction.
RUMOR IS NOT CORRECT
It was rumored here tho first of tho
week that the proposed extension of tho
Columbia Fouthern railroad had been
abandoned, and that the Corvallis &
Eastern would bo the line extended into
Crook county. Mr. Howard, in re
sponse to an inquiry over the telephone,
emphatically denied the rumor, and
says that bo far as ho knows, the Colum.
bin bouthcrn will bo tho line with which
tlio Central Oregon will connect, lie
stated further that it would be entirely
satisfactory to have tho subscribers in
tin's section make their subscriptions
contingent upon the extension of tho
Columbia Southern, or some line from
the Ivorth.
Tho rumor referred to above was tho
subject of much discussion here, as tho
extension of the C. & E. was not looked
upon with favor. Mr. Howard's ex
planation, and the suggestion that the
subscriptions be conditioned on the ex
tension of tho Columbia Southern, will,
however, overcome what might havo
been a big obstacle in securing sub
scriptions.
SURVEY FOR LINE BEGINS
Tho survey for tho Central Oregon
railroad is now under Way, a party of
surveyors with full camp outfit having
left Redmond last Monday morning in
charge of Robert Roa, who will havo
cluirgo of tho locution of tho lino. Mr.
Rea passed through Madras Sunday
morning on his way to Redmond, and
stated to friends hero that everything
waa in readiness bo that ho could begin
the Survey Monday morning. It is pro
sumed that tho lino between Redmond
and O'Ncil will bo run first, us. tho sur
veying party made its start from Redmond.
Robert Rea, who has charge of tho
survey, is thoroughly familiar with this
entiro section of country, having spent
much time surveying in tho Western
portion of Crook county at various
times. Itu had charge of tho party
which ran tho old survey for tho Cohan
bin Boutherh kxtenaion Company, flvo
years ago, and uindo a careful survey
from Slmniko to Madras and on South
Hd far as Bend. Thin survey will bo fol
CROP REPORTS ENCOURACINC
Crop reports in the last few days from
the various districts adjacent to this
place are encouraging and indicate that,
the yield is going to be much better
than waB anticipated. From Agency
Plains, the Fisher district, Methodist
Hill, Culver and other districts from
which farmers were in town the last of
the week, tho report is brought that an
average crop will be harves'ed, and that
the yield will be much heavier than was
predicted two weeks ago. Much of tho
grain is very late this year and this was
especially benefited by the heavy rain
last week. Several farmers in this im
mediate neighborhood who were pre
paring to cut all their grain for hav
mve concluded to thresh as the grain is
so much better than they expected. X
few farmers eay they will have as good
a crop as they had last year, but not
many are so fortunate, although the re
porta altogether are very encouraging.
HAY CETS WETTING
Ten thousand tons of hay in the ceni
tral part of Crook county received a
thorough wetting in tho fields last Sun-
lay and Monday. Much of the hav was
either in the shock or in partly finished
stacks, some in the wind-row, and no
small part in the swath, just as it fell
from the machines.
Everyone began cuttintr as soon as
possible after the Fourth of Julv and
but few of thQin had. begun to stack'
when tho storm commnnnwl ti,
rcater part of the hay that cot wet
alfalfa and meadow glasses and will not
be stnously injured unless tho rainn
continue.
Within a radius of 10 miles of thin
place 10,000 tons havo been cnnul.t in
tho rain, but all of the ranchers aro op
timistic, saying that the benefit will bo
greater to the second crop than the
damage to the first. Princville Journal.
REFRESHING RAIN TUESDAY
The intense heat of tho first th
lays of the week brought a refrpsliin.r
bower Tuesday oveninc. accomnnn!!
by a heavy electrical storm The min
began to fall early in tho eveninir nnri
for an hour or more tlmr wo ..
soaking rain, which was very refreshing
after tho ton id weather of the preced"
ingdays. It doubtless did much good
to lato crops, also. The rain came from
tho South and appeared to be general
throughout this district.
SUMMER IS HERE
Tho warmest weather of tho present
Summer has prevailed this week, begin
ning last Sunday, when tho thermome
ter registered over 100 degrees in tho
shade. Tho hot weather was general
over tho state. From Tho Dalles the
report comes that it was from 101 to 108
degrees in the sbado, the climax in thv
day's heat being reached at 5 o'clock In
tho afternoon when tho thermometer
registered 108 degrees.
ATTENDING SUMMER NORMAL
Among thoso who aro attendlr.g thu
Summer normal school at Pritiovlllo aro
Misses Mario Moehring, Clara Homey
and Bertha Ilornoy, of Madras, Mies
KatUerino Low titer of Trail Crossing and
Misa Graco Robinson of Culver. "'llio
itibtruotora in the normal school arc
Professor Hockenborry of tho High
School, C. B. Dinwiddle, ex-school sup.
orinlendont, and Mrs. Mnrgurot KIkltm.
lUuul my Htinoiiuceuieut
eolumu. A. O, SatiforU,
In anotbtr