Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1, 1908.
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BEND - SHANIKO LIVERY,
STAGE & STABLE COMPNY
j. H. WENANDY, PROPRIETOR
Staccs to Shaniko and Bend,
FRANK OSBORN
Agent
Madras, Oregon
A. E. GROSBY
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OREGON
MADRAS
MEAT MARKET
JAMES W. HURT, PROPRIETOR
FRESH AND CURED MEATS
Fish, Vegetables and Country Produce
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OREGON
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Fall Accounts Should Now
WE TAKE WHEAT, OATS AND BAR
LEY AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICE
Settlement By Those Owing Us Will
J. C. & M. A. ROBINSON
GENERAL MERCHANTS
MADRAS, OREGON
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
fRANK OSBORII
U. S. COMMISSIONER
Nonr Oroon Hotel
MAI) ItAH OREUON
0. C. COLLVEn
NOTARY PUBLIC
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PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
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ABSTRACTER OF TITLES
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Kim Imurnnrc, Ufo Irmtirancc, Bijrety jlonds
Iteitl folate. Conveyancing
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NOTARY PUBLIC
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MADRAS OREGON
NO. 3851,
The First National Bank
OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON
It. F. AU.E.V, President.
T. M. Hai.pwih, Cashier.
Wri.i. Wuhxweilkr Vlco l'rc.
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ESTABLISHED 18B0
Capital, Surplui auU Undlvldail Profit
$100,000.00
! A. E. PETERSEN :
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Irwelrv o( all kind made to or
der and repaired. Setting! for
Precioui Stones made.
FIRST-CLASS YORK GUARANTEED
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T. B. TUCKER!
Horseshoeing and
General Blacksmithing
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PLOW WORK j
Firsl-Class Work Guaranteed j
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Be Appreciate!
OREGON TRUNK
SURVEYING SOUHT
j-boatlpn Pown Willow
Creek Completed
HARRIMAN ENGINEERS
ARE KEEPING BUSY
Two Niovv Parties Reported At Shan
Iko Sunday Night Several
Parties Already On
Deschutes,
The surveying party in charge of Mr.
Crane beean Tuesday morning running
a lino South front Madras. The loca
tion of the Oregon Trunk Line up Wil
low creek gorge to Madras has been
practically completed and the surveyors
are now working South from this point,
presumably for the purpose of ascer
taining wiiat kind of a paea van be had
out of Willow creek flat. Thfe presump
tion is based upon the information that
the preeent survey South of Madras will
only be run about five miles, after
which the work will be transferred to
tho Deschutes river, at the point where
tho location down Willow creek ended.
The flat at tho head of Willow creek
gorge, where Madras is located, is in the
neighborhood of 250 feet lower than the
surrounding country, but three or four,
surveys havo already been made South
from Madras, and it lias been generally
understood that none of these surveys
had to exceed a 1.5 per cent grade out
of Willow creek flat.
After running the line four or five
miles South of Madras, the Oregon
Trunk Line party of surveyors will move
camp to the Deschutes river, probably
near tho ferry, and work on the survey
down the river will - bo resumed. The
line has been located to a point on the
Deschutes just below the mouth of Wil
low creek.
Very little information can be obtain
ed regarding tho plans of the Oregon
Trunk Lino people, although it lias come
to bo a generally accepted belief that
the lino will be built and that construc
tion will be under way by the first of
the year. Quite recently there were
rumors that grading outfits and con
struction crews were being unloaded at
the mouth of the Deschutes, but these
reports cannot be confirmed, It is
known that T. N. Hanford and a party
of Oregon Trunk Line surveyors are
making a careful location of the line up
the Deschutes from the mouth of White
river, and tho supposition is that the
party under Mr. Crane will work down
the river to a connection with the line
being run by tho Hanford party. And
it is not probable that any definite news
regarding construction will bo given out
until tho location of tho line is com
pleted. Meanwhile tho Harriman surveyors
are also quite busy in tho Deschutes
canyon, in spite of tho continued rumors
that tho Harriman intorests havo se
lected tho Corvallis & Eastern routo for
extension into Central Oregon. Several
parties of Harriman surveyors are al
ready working along tho Deschutes, and
another party is located at Sago Brush, ;
running a lino up Trout creek, Monday
morning it was reported hero that two
large parties of surveyors had arrived
at Shaniko the evening before, and that
nkets & Robes
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Pine stock of Harness, Collars,
Bridles, Halters, Whips and
other articles kept in a first
class Harness Shop
DURABLE LINE OF SHOES
Wheat Taken In Trade
B. S. LARKIN
MADRAS, ORE.
UFRNITURE &
UNDERTAKING
SUPPLIES
LQUGKS BROS
MADRAS, OREGON
they were understood to bo in the Har
riman empjoy. Their destination could
not be learned, but the supposition is
that tiiey will take a hand in tho rail
road game as it is played in Centra)
Oregon.
Tho Harriman party camped at
Youngs arc headed this way. Tiiey ran
rt'lino up Trout creek, and then sur
veyed a line up Sage Brush spring to the
flat. Parties in Madras from' Youngs
the first of the week reported that the
surveyors were running a line up Porter
Spring canyon.
EXPECTS WORK MAY
START ON G. & E. SOPH
, Albany, Ore., Sept. 23. That narri
man is considering the extension of the
Corvallis & Eastern is indicated by the
fact that F. W. Ituckcr and J. B. Pope,
two Southern Pacinc construction con
tractors and engineers, accompanied by
J. T. Walch, superintendent of the C. &
E., left Albany this morning for the
Eastern terminus of the lino in a special
car, carrying with them maps, drawings
and blue prints. This is tiie most im
portant indication yet noted that the
Corvallis & Eastern is the route selected
byllarriman for his promised extension
into Central Oregon this year.
Itucker and Pope arrived from J'oi t
land last evening and spent the night
here. This morning they were joined
by Walch and started for Detroit in a
train consisting only of their special car
ana engine.
For some time surveyors- have been
working Eaetward from Detroit, the
present terminus of the C. & E., over
the old survey of the Oregon Pacific, and
tho trip of Itucker and Pope leads to the
belief that actual construction work is
contemplated.
WINTERPAYS EARLY YISIT
The people of this section were treat
ed to a foretaste of Winter the last.pf
the week, a new record for low temper
ature in September having been estab
lished. The mercury began falling Wed
nesday afternoon, and Thursday morn
ing at 6 o'clock stood at 12 degrees be
low freezing point. Thursday was a
beautiful Fall day, but in the evening
the Frost King put in another appear
ance and tho thermometer again regis
tered in the neighborhood of 20 above
zero. It was the first visit of Winter,
and it played havoc with vines, flowers,
and what little garden vegetables were
still growing-. Pumps were frozen solid
both mornings and did not thaw out un
til the sun was well up. The only dam
age of consequence was to vegetables
and melons which still remained in the
gardens.
The severity of the spell was very un
usual for September weather in this sec
tion, 12 degrees below freezing being a
new record for this month. Last year
there was no sucli weather until fully
six weeks later. But this has been n
most unusual year, beginning witli a
very late, cold Spring.
PREDICTS BIG PRICE FOR WHEAT
"My private opinion is that wheat
will go to $1.25 a bushel this winter,"
said F. A. Benson, manager of tho
Wasco Warehouse Milling Co., of The
Dalles, yesterday when in the city on a
short business trip, says tho Oregon
Journal.
"The fact that they are paying more
in England for cargoes today than for
Decejnber wheat tells me that there is
going to bo Bomo strong values, but, of
course, it is only my private opinion. I
miiiht be wrong."
Mr. Benson lias been connected with
the wheat trado for the pa6t JW years,
having been with the firm of Q.-W'. Mc
Near in San Francisco for niany years.
He came to Portland ti couple of years
ago and until becoming manager of the
Wasco Warehouso Milling Co. was in
tho employ of A Berg, wheat exporter
of this city.
"I believe wheat will bring $h25,"
continued Mr., Benson, "but will add
that if anything goes wrong with tho
Argentine crop( then ours will bo worth
every cent of $1.50 a bushel."
WILL CLOSE SUNDAYS
Madras, Oregon, Sept. 29, 190?
We, ihe undersigned having formed
ourselves into an association for closing
on Sundays, do hereby agree as follows:
That we will open our places of busi
ness on Sundays lor the puipose of sell
ing goods and remain open to lo o'cloik
a. m , then close ut thai hours and lemain
closed the balance of the day.
It is further at;red that should any one
ol the undersigned sell any goods after to
o'clock a. m. on Sundays, commencing
the first unday in October, 1908, he
shall pay a fine of $2 for each customer.
C. E. HOUSH,
A. C. SANKORD,
J. C. & M. A. B.01IINS0N,
M0rA00AHY& UYJS.
SECOND IN NATIONAL
RECLAMATION FUND
Flrty-onoPor Cont Must BoSpontJn
This State.
Washington, Sept. 28, Oregon coiir
tinues to bo the second heaviest conlribr
utor to the Nationad reclamation fund,
being exceeded only by North Dakota,
From a statement made by the General
Land Office today, it appears that total
receipts from public land sales in Ore
gon during the past fiscal year amount
ed to $1,401,842. North Dakota was
half a million greater, but Oregon sur
passes the next highest state by nearly
$000,000 While Oregon's land receipt?
were second only to North Dakota, thera
are seven states in which more public
land was disposed of last year. In Ore'
gon there were 13,701 entries, embracing
1,012,447 acres.
COT 25 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE
Conrad Strasser was in town yester
day from liis home South of Madras,
He says tiiat he has a' good crop this
year, having threshed something over
25 bushels of wheat to the acre. The
wheat was of the Forty-fold variety, and
was sown on fummer-fallow, and given
very careful attention. Good farming
got good results in spitcof the unfavor
able season.
ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES . .
A Serious Accident
A-very serious accident occurred Tues
day last when a team belonging to and
driven by John A. Brogan of Axehandlo
ran away down Horseheaven mountain
on the Cherry creek side, throwing out
Mr. Brogan and his wife and little
daughter. Mr. Brogan was badly bruis
ed, bis wife had both legs broken and
was otherwise injured, and the little
girl also sustained a broken leg.
The family were on their way to the
home of James Connolly", on Cherry
creek, when the accident happened.
Mr. Brogan managed to get to the
Shrum ranch, where help was secured
to go back and get his wife and child,
who lay helpless and suffering on the
mountain. They "were all taken to Mr
Connolly's home and Dr. King of Ante
lope was summoned by telephone. At
present the sufferers are resting as well
as can bo expected under the circum
stances. Antelope Herald. Mr. Bro
gan ia a cousin of Mrs. J. C. Bobinson
of this place.
Bend Girl Kills Bear
It isn't every community that can -boast
the possession of a young lady
bear hunter, but that's what Bend can
do and for that reason the successful
killing of a largo brown bear by Mia
Grace Vandevert has been the subject
of much conversation during the past
week.
Last Saturday Miss Grace and her
fathor, W. P., started out from -tho
home ranch at Lava in quest of bruin,
properly equipped with horses, dogs and
rifles. About two miles from the ranclt
the hounds picked up tho fresh tracks
of a bear, and the chase was On. It was
a short and spirited one and after a run
of about a mile' the dogs treed. bruin.
Miss Grace had followed the dogs closely
through the thick of the chase, and beat
her father to the tree in which-the bear
had taken refuge. A well aimed shot
from her rillo brought the big brown "
animal down and tho sport was ended.
Bulletin. . ' ,
At Shaniko last Thursday morning nN
large shipment of muttou sheep to Chi
cago took plaeo from tho stockyaids. A
train of 18 cars was loaded with the ani
mals', the operation requiring the ser
vices of nine men from 6 to 12, at which
time the two big Southern Pacific ten
wheelers whisked the I train out of town.
Three hundred jdieep were loaded into
each double-decker, or 5400 to tho entire
train, and the freight tariff was $210 per
car, tho rate to Chicago, or $3780 for tho
trainload. John Fleming was tho buyer
and it is reputed that he paid more than
$3 a head for the mutton delivered at
Shaniko, in the vicinity of which tho
sheep wero grown. Prlnevillo Review.
Dave W. Barnottof Culver was in the.
city yesterday. He is interested In thi
oil well on the West slope of drizzly
hutto. The now Star drilling machine
has arrived at Shaniko and will be put
in operation as soon as it can be hauled
out. Prlnevillo Journal.
Oru VnnTussel of Madras waB in town.
Monday. Ho Bays the -town of Madrar
ia overflowing with railroad surveyors at
present; every man one sees having n
transit, etc., and Willow creek canyon
Is bo thick with them that nobody eln1
can force a way through. Tho crowd is
Worse than on Broadway, New York, or
State street, Chicago, Journals
it;