The Madras Pioneer
Published every Thursday by
THE I'lONEEK PUI3L1S11INO CO.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Ono yenr fl.50
Six mouths .... .85
Three months 60
A.DVKHTI81NO UA.TK3 ON APPLICATION
Entered as second class matter Aumist
2, 1804, at the Tostoffice at Madras. Ore.,
under mo Act or congress or March 3.187H.
THURSDAY - AUG. 27, 1908
OUR DREAMS COMING TRUE
Central Oregon's hope of rail
road transportation is about to
be realized. Mr. Harriman haw
promised to begin immediately
on the construction of a line
through the central portion 01
the state, and there is every
reason to believe that this
promise will be fulfilled. The
Oregon Trunk Line project up
the Deschutes canyon has been
revived, and it is generally be
lieved that James J. Hill is be
hind the project and will build
into this territory. This is the
gist ol the week's developments
in the lailroad situation in
Central Oregon.
Mr. Harriman has made prom
ises before, with regard to rail
road building into Central Ore
gon, and the skeptical will view
his latest promise with some
distrust. But, the fact of the
matter is that Mr. Harriman
cannot much longer defer the
construction of his line into tint
section of the state, even should
he desire to do so. Central
Oregon offers an inviting field
for railroad investment and Mr.
Harriman no longer holds the
only key which would unlock
the great wealth of this vast
territory. The building of the
North Bank road along the Co
lumbia river has destroyed the
Harriman niouopolj', or has ai
least presented a menace to the
Harriman hold on this country.
For, the history of the Hill
lines, the Northern Pacific and
the Great Northern, is a history
of the development of the terri
tory they traverse, through the
construction of branch lines into
rich tributarj' country as "feed
ers" for the parent road. The
North Bank, a Hill property,
must have feeders, and the Cen
tral Oregon country lies here
for the taking.
It may be that the nexl j'ear
will witness a railroad war for
the occupancy of the Deschutes
canyon, such as was witnesse'd
in the past two years on the
North bank of the Columbia.
The press dispatches say lhat
Mr. Hill is behind the renewed
activity of the Oregon Trunk
Line, and the presence of Mr.
Bethel, a Hill engineer on the
ground, gives color to theiu
uor. Mr. 'Harriman says he
has not yet decided which road
he will extend, whether the Co
lumbia Southern from Shaniko,
or a line up the Deschutes.
That he will choose the latter
route is the general belief, for
the Deschutes canyon is the
natural outlet for Central Ore
gon, and should another line
build up the Deschutes, Mr.
Harriman could not with' an ex
tension of the Columbia South
ern compete for the trafliic of
this country.
In any event there is cause
for rejoicing throughout Central
Oregon. "We aie going to have
u railroad, maybe two of them,
Und our dreatn of itll these
years is coming true.
f HE foULT OF THE MARKET
Prineville, Or. Amj. 18Ii d
velops that farmors in Crook
bounty, notwithstanding an av
erage orop of wheat, will be tin
able to supply the hotilt) bon
sumption of flour jjianufaotured
by the mills at Flnevillp and
Madras. Orders from Burns,
Where tt crop failure IS repotted
C y freighters tthbre fcoWing in
tire foi mmm Mo'ttrj tffe fcMU-
ing a heavy demand here for
wheat, and itv is likely that
some may have to be imported
after the local supply is ex
liausted. The price paid here
ranges from 60 to 70cenB.
The above dispatch from
Prineville to a Portland paper
does the production of Crook
county an injustice. The Prine
ville mill, if operated day and
night the year around, comd
not grind a hundred thousand
bushels of wheat, and the Mad
ras mill not to exceed half that
amount As a matter of fact,
both mills will probably not
use a hundred thousand bush
els a year, and CrooK county
will this year, even with its half
crop, produce, more wheat than
half a dozeu mills of the capno
itj- of the two named could use.
Crook county mills cn get
all the wheat they will require
at home. Much wheat was
hauled out to Shaniko last year
and will be again this year, be
cause farmers can not sell their
heat at home. If the Madras
and Prineville mills will take
the grain j)ud pay as much for
it as they should with a ready
market for all they can produce,
they will not have to import
any wheat into Ciook county
this year, or any other year.
If the farmer has to haul his
wheat to Snaniko to find a mar
ket, the millers may find them
selves short by the end of the
season. But, it wont be the
fault of the production in Crook
county.
ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Thomas Sharp has sold his
alfalfa hay to the Baldwin
Sheep & Land Co. of Haycreek,
for 0.50 per ton. The crop will
he fed on the Sharp ranch on
Crooked river. It will aggre
gate about 600 tons. Prineville
Journal.
Freighters are still coming to
the Prineville mill from Burns
after flour for the drouth .afflict
ed people of Harney county.
In all, 100,000 pounds have been
ordered here and it is under
stood that twice this quantity
is being imported into Burns
through Ontario. The only
crops which were a success in
Harney county this year, it is
reported, are barle' and haj',
with ir surplus of either. F.'oui
is selling at $2.15 a sack at
Burns. Journal.
SEVERE THUNDER STORMS
Prineville. Autr. 24. Severe
storms, general over Crook,
Grant and Sherman counties,
have done enough damage to
telegraph and telephone wires
to exit thin bitv oft' from the out
side world. The full extent of
the damage is not known, but
teceivers have burned out and
stage drivers report wires down
in places over a wide aiea. Very
little rain fell here, nut torrentb
fell in neighboring townships.
Agricultural College
CORVALLIS, OREGON
Offers collegiate courses in Agriculture
including Agronomy, Horticulture, Ani
mal Husbandry,' Dairy Husbandry, etc. ;
Forestry. Domestic Science and Art;
Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, and Min
ing Engineering; Commerce; I'liarmacy.
Offers elementary courses in Agricul
ture. Forestry. Doiiiefitie Science and
Art, Commerce, and Mechaiiic Arte, in
cluding forgo work, cabinet making,
steam fitting, plumbing, iriacliine work.
Stronc: faculty, modern equipment;
freo tuition ; opens Sept. 25.
Illustrated catalog with full informa
tion on application to Registrar, Fret.
T. B. TUCKER
Horseshoeing and
general Blecksmitliiiig
WAGON AND
PLOW .WORK
Fiist-'Clffi fori Guarantee!
STOCK AND IMPLEMENT SALE
THIS IS A
16 head good Work Horses
6 sets of Work Harness
1 Header, 12-ft.; in good cutting order
2 Mules 1 CoW
3 Lumber Wagons I Water Tank
1 Drill Inew) . 1 set of Harrows
I Top Buggy & 1 set Single Harness
TERMS:
This is a good outfit for a Farmer; or a person
wishing to do freighting
For particulars, see
McTAGGART & BYE, Madras
T. 8. HAMtLTdjfi Pres. F. T. Ilunuiuirr, Vice-Fres. J.C. Fowuk, CBhr.
EASTERN OREGON BANKING COMPANY
FOREIGN eXcHAHCIe tiOUGHT AMD S$0LO
DRAFTS QH ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
Capital Stock, $50,000
Deposits, $25OjOO0
ISOLATED TRACT. Notice foi I'ub-
llcatlon Public Laud Sale. Serial
No. 0130. The Dalles, Oregon, t,H,
Office, July 11, 1008.
Notice is hereby given that, as
directed by the Co in ml onto nor of the
General Land Ofllee, under provision
of Act ol Congress .approved June 21,
1000, Public No. 303, wvi will oiler lit
public sale, to the highest bidder, ul 2
o'ciock P. 31., on the 26th ilny of Au
Kust, 1008, next, at this office, the fol
lowing tract of lund, towlt: Lot G,
nee 0, tp 11 a, r 17 e. w in.
Any pen-ons claiming adversely the
above-described lands are advised to
file their claims, or objections, on or
before the day above designated lor
sale.
C. W. MooJtE, Re'lsler
Locls H. Ahneuon, Receiver.
l6-a20
1 0 per ct. off
for Cash.
Is offered on all goods, except
Collars and Whips
B. S. LARKIN
THE HARNEY MAN
MADRAS. ORECON
5 per cent off on Collars and Whips
FURNITURE &
UNDERTAKING
SUPPLIES
LOUGKS BRO
MADRAS, OREGON
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
UNITED 0TATE8
I'xcstdent Theodore Jtooaovelt
VJce-Ireldee Charles V Fairbanks
Secretary or Mate KJIliu Hoot
Secretary or Treasury George H Cortelyou
Secretary of Interior Ja It Oarllolil
Secretary of War W II Tuft
Secretary of Navy J Bonaparte
Secretary of Commerce 0ear Strauus
I'oatraaater (Jcnerol Oeo Von LMeyor
Attorney General ....Wm II Moody
Secretory of Agriculture. James WJUon
STATE
Governor George K, Chamberlain
Secretary of State V. W. Ilonnon
Treasurer ' 0 A Steel
Attorney General...-.,-. A M Crawford
Supt. I'ubllo Instruction J II Ackorman
State Printer W 8 Wunnlway
Dairy and food Uommlssioiicr J W Uallcy
UBfienators tfiWntt?
Congressmen. .. . .,..... j
Y 0 Hawloy
W It Kills
Y A Monro
Supremo Judges... "81
) Ueau
Kakltl
cflo'dk bdbfm
Judge, C. Kills
(jlcrk ; .IVarren Drown
Sheriff J fran
Treasurer - W V King
Ausessor LaKollottt
School Bup'ersntehtleut It. A. Ford
ttnrvKvnr , . .' ",l-u
Coroner
..J. A. M
MoCall
Com'mlMuVn'er.
James Itieo
Uayley
BARGAIN
CASH
Or will take Grain
5
SHANIKO, OREG&N
! A. E. PETERSEN :
ANTELOPG, OREGON X
! Watchmaker
! if? and Jeweler :
Jeweliy of all kind tnsde lo or-
tier ami repaired. Setting! (or
p Precious Stone madei
FIRST-CLASS WORK GUARANTEED
..
Not Coal Land
TIMBER LAND. Notice for 1'tibllra
tion. Department of tlio Interior, U,
8. Laud Ofiicent The Dalles, OreRoiij Alt'
gust 11, 1003. Notice Is hereby I veil that
MARY E. 1'AETOW,
of Wnrmspriiij;, Oregon, who, on August
10, iuoh, made J minor and mow i.mry
No. 0573. lor nwU' sec II. to 11 . r 10 o. v
m, hat filed notice of intention to make
final timber and stone uroof. to i-fttalilmh
claim to the 1 ind ubuvc described, before
Frank Osboru, U.fi. Oi.uiinliwiniM'r. at his
office at Madras, On gon, on the Urd day
ol November, ll)8.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Ora Van lasel; Dtirtlm Van Tassel,
both of MminiK, Or-tj:ii; Lincoln .'stiver,
.ni atreci, ootii or, M-ters, urt'tfim
a27-o2'J O. V. MOOltE, HolstiT.
Not Coal Land
TIMllHU LAND. Notice for I'uhilea
tlon. Department of the Interior, U
S. Loud Ofilce at The Dalles, Oregon, An
gtiht 15, 1008. Notice s herein given that
OLCJA M imOWN,
uf Portland, Oregon, who. on Aumint 15.
1U0S. made Timber and .stone Kntrt N
(M'M, tor Lots 1, 2. 8, I, swjtie ec 12 and
hm i, hi'u in. i ji , r v e, w in.
has filed not'ee of intention to mal:e II mil
timher and tiUme pioni, to extabllHli claim
to the lan-l ahovo (IukciIImhI before the
Ki-gUtef and Heei'lver of the U. S. Land
O iec, at The Dallex. Oiegon, on (lie Oth
day of .suvcjnner,
Claimant name.1! iih vltiic4ticn:
llenn- A Foster, eremry M Hro vn,
both of .Prineville, Oregon ( Iloy C Foster,
rtiiutu Aiiingnam, uoui i si.hici'b, ure
on. C. r. Mookk,
1:011
a27-o29
Iluglster.
Not Coal Lund
nriMBEIt LAND. Notice foi- I'uhllca-
tlon. Department of the Interior, u H
Laud OIIIch at The lialle.s, Oregon, An
gu&t 1, ll08. Notice is hurehy given f.liat
DUNCAN MACLEOD,
of Prineville, Oregon who, on July If),
V.WH. made Timber and Stone Entry No.
0110, for nw8e, fine and Lot 2, see
0, in 13 h, r 10 e, w in,
ILu iiled notice of intention to make final
timber and Htone proof. 10 e-tabliHli claim
to the laud ahovo described, before Warren
Hiinvn, County Clerk;, at hit oflico at Prine
ville, urcgon, 011 tue cm day or .November,
1008.
Claimant natucH as witncsse):
Henry A Foster, David 1' AdaniHon.
Wade H lrnston, AJexandur,ThoiiiHOii, all
of Prineville, Oregon. ,
... C. V, Mooiik,
n27-2fl Iteglstcr
Not Coal Liind
nriMBKIl LAND. Notice for Publlca-
tion. Deparlnifiit of the Interior, V.
H. Land Office ai The Dalles) Oregon, Au
gnat lfi, 1008. Notice la hereby .given that
.PIIEI1E L. HEiVUli;,
of Heud. Oregon, who, on Atigmttlfi, 1008,
made Timber and Htone Entry No, Otlliil,
for kiiwW and Lou U and 4, sec 7, tp U
8, r 11 (i, w 111,
lias tiled notice of Intention to make final
timber and stone proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before 11. O.
Ellis, V. H. Commissioner; at hi ' office at
Mend. Oregon, on tliu 01I1 day of Novem
ber, 1W)8.
Claimant nnmeii ns witnesses!
Walten Fullcrton, of Sisters, Oregon;
Lemuel,! llrandenburg, Llllle II Ilrauden
herg, l'red A .llutniel), Eliza M Murcott,
CliarJes 1) Drown l all of llond, Oregon.
t'; w. moork;
027-029 Jteglsttr.
Prices Have Dropped
25c Staw Hats, now 15c
40c Suspenders, " 25c
30c 41 " 20c
ALL SUMMER UNDERWEAR
for Ladies and Gentlemen now
selling for less than cost.
AND MANY OTHER BARGAINS
TERMS CASH
l ii'taK i m i
Bump up against us and see what
yoii can get for your money
A. C. SANFORD
t MADRAS, - OREGON
LUMBER
Of all kinds. 1 -2 mlllioh feet of
dry LUMBER at M&tf&m?
GRIZZLY LAKE SAWMILL
Address, Culver, Oregon
LUMBER FOR SALE
We have plenty of lumber for sale at our
mill, located about 3 miles east of Grizzly
post office on county road. Prices right
McMeekin & Eastwood
.r. nJ
411 I lw.
- - " T - " fl IMIIMIIIW'
GOODS MUST GO
To make room for our fcALL and
WINTER Goods we will offer the
following greatly reduced prices
Beginning Monday, August 31, 1908
Everything in Men's Summer Un
derwear including Super-Egyp-;
tian Balbriggan fancy ribbed and
.Iprspv rihhiH. ner oarmbnt 35c
Ladies' reg. 1 5c and 20c sleeveless vests
" high grade long sleeve "
" regular 50c Union suits
" " 50c muslin pants'
" " ' 85c nijjht gowns
" $1.25 white petticoats
" " 50c corset covers
25c " " .
30c
20c
H M .. U
" Sunbonne8
Men's $1.75 canvas Walkiflg Shoes
Don'fcfail to come in and sec the Bar
gain Counter Tbepc uiM be may
ofchetr thing on it opotrtionaW
libta Prices
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MadrasTrading Co.
C. E. ROUSH, . - MANAGER
fr'H Mil Um
'i.ii.,iij.
,Vinnii.4.miBfc.
10c
20c
35c
25c
55c
95c
70c
25c
1 5c
20c
15c
0c
lOd
$1.25
white wash belts
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