MADRAS, .CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 5. 1908.
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Hnrrlmon Surveyors Looking For Now
Routo South. , ,
The .surveying party tinder Mr, Mills,
which 1ms boon- .camped at, Madras f6r"
tlio past two wcoks, moved camp last
Thursday morning and is now located at
Rimrock Springs. Thoy ran ilia lino
South from title plfico for sojno djatapce,
following tlio survey made- by tho Oro
gon Jaatorij three yours ago, and it ja
repqrtod that from Rimrock springs
thoy will now run a line North, follow
ing tlio range of hills just Hast of Mad
ras. Tins lino is. evidently being run"
for tlio purpose of ascertaining, if a route
win bo found that way, avoiding tho dip
necessary to get across Willow creek
flat on tho lino they have already run
through Madras.
A second party of Ilarriman survey
or moved into Madra8latt Fridayvifter
nodn and arc camped on tho flat. This
party is under JI. J. Roberts, and is the
same party which ran the lino up Trout
creek to Sagebrush flat. They have
been camped at tho mouth of Trout
creek for the past month working along
the Deschutes. This party is also head
ed South, but will follow the Juniper
Butte route,' crossing over Crooker river
near Trail Crossing. This will bo the
first line tho Ilarriman people have pro
Jected by that route, all their former
surveys going by way of Lamonta and
crossing Crooked river at Oneil. This
Ihio, by way of Trail Crossing, gets back
to the old Oregon Eastern survey at a
point near' Redmond, and it is reported
that tlio Oregon Kastcrn survey from
that point will bo followed very closely
all the way through to Klamath Falls.
Tho recent survey by tho Mills pat ty
crosses the flat near tho head of Willow
creek canyon, on tho West side of the
townsitc, tho line being very close to
that of tho Oregon Trunk Lin6 where
the latter leaves the flat on the. South
side of town.
Mr. Chase, who has general charge of
all the Ilarriman surveying parties now
working on this survey, was in Mndras
again the last of tho week.
MADRAS FIRM TEM
PORARILY EMBARRASSED
Uccauso of their inability to meet an
obligation to one of tho wholesale houses
with whom I hey deal, the firm of Mc
Taggart A Byo of this place was served
with an attachment Monday evening,
The embarrassment of the firm is-bc-
Uoved to be only temporary and was due
to their inability to raise money on
thoir outstanding accounts, which tfro
nullkient in amount to practically cover
all their indebtedness. Their assets are
greatly In excess of their liabilities,.
Mr. McTaggart loft for Portland Tues
day morning for the purpose of confer
ring with tho creditors, and believes
that a satisfactory adjustment of their
affairs can be arranged, so that a gen
eral assignment will not bo necessary.
McTaggart & Byo have been in busi
ness in Madras for the past four years,
and during that time have made many
friends hero who will rcgrot to learn of
their business difficulties.
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all Accounts Should Now
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MADRAS, 0REQ0N
ELECTION PROVES A
LANDSLIDE FOR TAFT
Carries North And West
By Overwhelming
4 Majorities .
BRYAN STILL HOLDS
THE "SOLID SOUTH"
NovyYorkGivesTaft 275.000 Plurality
-Republican Congress Elect
edHughes Wins In
New York.
Tho 1908 national election tyill go into
history as a landslide for tho Republi
cans, and William II Taft of Ohio has
been elected President by an overwhelm
inir majority, having between BOO and
325 votes in tlio electoral college. Ow
ing to poor telephone connections with
the outside, it has been" impossible up'
to time of going to press to get detailed
returns of tho election, but all of the
news secured indicates that Taft and
Sherman have swept the country, carry
ing practically everything except the
solid South. New York, claimed up t,o
tho last moment as a doubtful state by
the Democrats, has given Taft 275.000
plurality, while Ohio, also considered
fighting cround by the Democrats, has
given tho .Republican candidates fully
100,000 plurality, New York state IwYj
given Taft a greater plurality than it
gave Roosevelt in 1004.
On tho Pacific slope the Republican
majorities exceed all expectations, Taft
having carried California by 00,000, Ore
gon by 80,000 and Washington by 45,000.
Idaho is also safely Republican, In this
state Taft carried every county
In New York stato Governor Hughes
has 'been re-elected bys a majority of
about 75,000. In tho state election in
New York more interest was centered
than in any other contest in tho coun
try, outside the national election.
Both houses of Congress will bo safely
Republican, the Republicans having
won in every district in which they had
a right to hope for success, and the
House of Representatives being over
whelmingly Republican. Speaker Can
non of Illinois wan re-elected from his
home district by the usual majority, tlio
fight of the labor organizations seem
ingly having mado little impression on
liia home people.
Indiana has gone for Taft by a small
majority, estimated at between 15,000
xmd 18,000.
Missouri has returned to the Demo
cratic fold on the Presidential ticket,
and has elected Cowhord, Democrat, as
Its gpverner. The'Republicatls failed to
break the "Solid' South, although
heavy gains were made in a number of
states',, notably in Virginia and North
Carolina.
Tho Republican national ticket has
carried all of the so called doubtful
states, with tho exception of Nebraska,
which has apparently gone foe Bryan
by a small majority. A number of
states whicli gavo tho national Republi
can ticket pluralities, however, have
elected Democratic governors, notab'y
Minnesota, where Governor Johnson
has been elected for the' third time, al
though that state gave Taft a plurality.
Crook Gives Taft 350 Majority
Crook county helped to swell, the Re
publican majority in tho state, having
givt-n Taft and Sherman a majority of
850 votes. Tho vote throughout the
county was lighter than was oxpected,
and tho county did not roll up as tIg a
majority for tho Republican ticket as
had been looked for. In this end of tho
county tho voto was practically two to
ono for Taft and Bhormau.
the cornices will soon be In place. Ow
ing to the extreme danger to county re
cords in the-old building, Contractor
Shipp will comple'to the. sheriff's and
recorder's offices first, and will try to
have them ready to move into by Feb
ruary , 1009. ' ' -
Tlin olnpffifal tvtrlnrr frii" ttm 'niW
I'Uildlng lias been completed as far as
possible, , It is understood, however,
that tho county court will not order per
manent electric fixtures, except for the
court room, but will buy theni later.
when tho finances "or tho county will
warrant it.
Thp plpinbjng and steam-fitting in
tho now ijpjlding deserve espefcial men
tion. Bernard & Dunsford of fjalein
have the epptract, and Mr. Berjjjirdi,
the senior Ipember of the firm, who is
considered one of the best plumbers
and steam-fitters in the Northwest, is
giving the work bis personal attention.
One of the main objections to stearn
heatimxia that ordinarily ope gets the
same heat on warm days as in zero
weather, but Mr. Bcrnardi lias volunta
rily offered, and without additional cost
to the county, to cut each radiator mt6
two sections. This will obviate all ob
jections, as it will be possible to regu
late the amount of heat turned on. To
do this Mr. Bernard! had to supply an
extra amount of piping and plumbing
materials, and his labor was almost
doubled but there was no additional
cost to the county. Mr Bcrnardi Is also
making a number of additions and'im
provernents to tho plumbing specifica
tions, also without additional cost to
the county.
The heating plant, a 40-hp. high pres
sure Tubular. Steam boiler, has already
arrived and is being put in place this
week. The boiler burns four-foot cord
wood and will feupply ample heat for
the building, even m the most severe
weather.
Fire protection' for thp building will
be afforded by two main taps on each
floor, with 50 fpet of hose and reel at
each tap, making eight taps in all
through tho building, and from which
any point of the building can be conven
iently reached with the hose. f
The Crook county court house when
finished will be one of the most mod
ern and complete buildings of its kind
in the state.
TWO TO 0NE--TAFT
108; BRYAN GETS 58
NEW COURT HOUSE
IS A FINE BUILDING
Sheriff's And County Clerk's Offices
Ready For Occupancy By
February 1.
The county cpurt, . wlilch met last
Monday at Prineville, has Inspected the
work on the. new court honso building,
which is said to bo jnaklrtg most featls
factoty progress towards comnldtiom
Contractor J, Sbipp Is considerably
ahead of his contract. Tlio tower is up
to tho baso of the 0-foot clock dials; tho
rafters for t,ho root are. being placed,
and tho cornice' woikerd and material
tor the cornices huVo uHlVed, eu that
The election in this precinct was a
very quiet affair, in spite of the fact
that the Vote cast was practically the
same as that cast at the June election.
There was a noticeable lack of the en
thusiasm and feeling which character
ized the county election in June, al
though the full vote which turned out
indicated no lack of interest in tho out
come of the national election. Another
noticeable difference from the June elec
tion was tho lack of "button-holing,"
buttlits was not duo to the influence of
the Currupt Practices Act, but rather
to tho futility of such effort. During
the day, and after the polls were closed,
frequent claims werotmade by the Dem
ocrats that the result would be close in
this precinct, but it developed later that
they meant close to two to one.
Ten votes were thrown out because
improperly marked, in a majority of
these cases the voter having voted direct
lor the presidential candidate instead of
for tho electors. This was due to the
form of tho ballot, whicli had on the
left side a list of the electors of the dif
ferent parties, whilo on tho right side,
under tlio caption, "Vote for Four;1'
appeared a list of tho presidential and
vice-presidential candidates.
Counting tlio votes thrown out, 199
votes were cast In the precinct, with
tho following result: Taft 108, Bryan
58, Chalin 7, Debs, 16. Hisgen, tbfe can
didate of the Independent party, did not
receive a vote in tlio precinct In the
June election, an oven 200 votes were
cast in this piecinct.
WILD CEESE HAVE WHISKERS
Oregonian . v
"A long and cold winter is in front of
is," said A, B, Androws yesterday. "I
have been keeping cases on conditions
for many years, and when you seo geeso
coming in tho latter part of October
with feathess bo thick that No. 2 shot
will hardly penetrate and tho 'honkers'
Balling around with whiskers two Inches
long, it is a safo bet that wo are going to
have a cold Winter."
RECORD PRICE FOR WHEAT LAND
A quarter section of wheat land in
Umatilla county was sold last week for
$17,000jOr nearly $110 per acre, Tubs
la the record price for wheat land in
Umatilla connty( If not In tho state,
The land was located near Athena, Tho
tract Was short of a full quattor Bection,
lis tho O. R, & N. railroad Crosses lt(
tuklng about flvo aci-eU far- light-of Vfty
COMPLETING LOCATION
OF PREGOH TRUNff
Survey Will Bo Finished In Two Woo
i-rComplete Frbm'Mndra'a To
Mouth of Deschutes' .. ,
F. Crane, who is in charge of the Ore-
gon Trunk Line surveying party camped '
near tho ferry, was in town last Satur- 1
day Mr. Crane's party has completed
the location of tho lino to 8 point oppo?
site their - camp, They are locating
down the Deschutes to connect with the
party under T. N. Hanford, and it will
require about two weeks' more work to
connect up the two, .ends of the line,
which will complete the location of Um
Oregon Trunk Line all tliRway through:
from the mouth of the Desclmtestq
Madras,
The Oregon Trunk Line survey down' '
the Deschutes, below the rooutlfof Vfil
low creek, follows along the ln'gh bench ,
several llundred feet above the riyer.
The line crosses Nigger Brown canyon "
just below EdvCampbell's house, and
front there follows along the eloping,
hillside below the rimrock, It does not .
get'down to the river level until several
miles below the Cowjes' -alfalfa ranch.
The line is tuMy 250 feet above tho river ' '
where it starts up Willow creek canyon,
this being necessary in order to get an
easy grade up that canyon.
ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Condemning Land For Harrlrnan Line
The Deschutes Railroad company, a
Corporation, filed five suits in circuit
court yesterday against Mary F. U'Ren, -Soren
J. Farr, Mary E. Smith, William ,
S. Dean and tho State Land Board com
posed of Robert E, Donnell, George E,
Chamberlain, Frank W. Benson sjnd,
George A. Steel, condemning the right'
of way up the Deschutes river over land -owned
by the defendants, says Tho t
Dalle9 Chronicle.
The Deschutes Railroad company, rep
resented by Attorney W. W. Cotton of'"'
Portland, alleges irj its complaint "That
the plaintiff is now and at all times
hereinafter mentioned has been a cor
poration duly organized, existing and
doing business under and by virtue of
tho laws of the state of Oregon and has
both by the term of Us articles of in-!
corporation and by virtue of its board of
directors duly adopted to that, end
among other things, to construct, ac-'
quire and equip a,lfne of railroads and
telegraph from a point in connection
with the constructed railroad of the Or
egon Railroad and Navigation company
at or near the Deschutes stationin tho
state of Oregon, and to operate the same
as common-carrier of freight and pas
sengers for hire when contracted.. ,
Plaintiff has paid to the state of Ore
gon its incorporation tax and its annual
license feo for the year ending June 20,
190S."
The Deschutes Railroad comnanv lut
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contending for a right of way over f
strip of land along and through defend-
ants' property on the Deschutes river '
near the old Maupin ferry on that river
and in the vicinity of Flanagan.
Tho Deschutes Railroad company in
its complaint avers its intention to build
and operate a railroad up the Deschutes
river and was represented here yester
day by James G. Wilson, h notary pub
lic of Portland.
Central Oregon Line Not Sold
During the past week there has been
a rumor to tho effect that the Cetitral
Oregon Railroad Co. had sold out to the
Harriman interests. When questioned
as to the truth of this rumor, Mr. Rogco
Howard, who has been the moving,
spirit behind the local railroad from hA
inception, replied "There is nothing ta
il. Tho Central Oregon has sold out to
no one. We liavo not abandoned tho
project for a moment. However, if tho
Central Oregon Railroad had sold out to
Ilarriman, tho people could rest assured
that tho transaction included a guaraiA
tee that a ruilroad would bo built,"
Bend Bulletin.
, George Whjte Married
A quiet wedding was solemnized Wed
nesday afternoon at the Methodist par
Bonnce when floorcro White of Ynlinira.1
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Crook county, and Miss Sophia Grelser,
of Des Moines, Iowa, wero united ii.
marriage by Rev. M. T, Wire. ThO. .
bride arrived yesterday morning frolic .
the East and met Mr. AVhlte here, Thi)
wiH make their fit ture homo in Crqok
county, Tho Dalles Chronicle
Thero are 11 cuses of typhoid in tin)
city amlj vicinity, some mild, othCiH
moderate and one or two bad onesk j
far no deaths havo occurred or ar,e. ex
pected from this 8Qurce.PrinevlHciRc
view. . .
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