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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1908)
The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 12 1908. NO. Green Hotel MOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT H c has been thoroughly renovated, No better table in Ccn I Oreflon for the money. Your wants will be courteously ttwded to. Headquarters for traveling men, First-lass livery in Connection .1. W. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor MADRAS, . OREGON BEND SHANIKO LIVERY, STAGE & STABLE COMPNY J, H. WENANDY, PROPRIETOR Dailv Stages to Shaniko and Bend. Livery Service in Connection. Stables at Madras, Shaniko and Bend Sfv?ft FOR PARTICULARS AND RATES SEE FRANK OSBOKN Agent Madras, Oregon Electoral VoteForPresitieni A. E. CROSBY I'lioruiKTon OSTOFFICE PHARMACY i i rtrrbi romji cle I.lno of Drum, Medicines, CIiohiIcaU, Houialioli! Remedies, i tniiliti' Btimlrlet and I'hoto Biippllos. Country Mull Orders I give my personal ! itasstoii A Ormlusto In clmmo. Safe delivery RimrnnkeiJ. Your proicrlptliin ;nrifcl Ntrcluiliiu niiiMVnt DoKruyorn. Btorlc Kooi) unci Dt of nit kinds. iJiScr'or KMtmmi tolk. Until 'I'lfUllui. WIIOf.KHALK AND KKTAIU. U DALLES, OREGON ! WIS. U SiS'-X Lit. - MADRAS MEAT MARKET JAMES W. HURT, PROPRIETOR FRESH AND CURED MEATS Pish, Vegetables and Country Produce "IA0RA8, OREGON Tliu voto ol Maryland. ,1b divided be tween Tuft and Bryan. This 'ends till question ns to the diylBlon ot the clec loral vote, which is ns follows: STATU TAFT WIYAN Alnbatna ,,, 11 ArknniAi (i California 10 Colorado t , f Connecticut 7 DuliUvnro Florida ' ft Ocorfli .................. . M f.dalio .,...,,...,, !t Jiflnnfs..,, in In-Hm 15 IfW ,, , in Kaihw 10 Kentucky...,..,, 13 ImlMmni 9 Mftlno -. o Mnryland 2 fl MniMReliUKcttx. ........... 10 Mlcliliinn if Minnesota , , n Mississippi,.,.,,,,,,,.,, ' io Missouri , 18 Montana ' .Vcbriukfi , 8 Nuvnda 3 New Hampshire, 1 New Joiey l'J Xuw York , 39 North Cnrollnn 12 .SViNh I)kot 4 Ohio 23 Oklahoma 7 Oregon t IVnn)lvBiilR..... 81 Hhodu JalAiid 1 Kouth Caroling 0 South IHkoU '. i Tenuesscc... 12 Texas 18 Utah Vermont , 4 Virginia 12 Washington & West Virginia . 5 Wisconsin lit Wyoming a Total 321 162 Blankets & Robe 3sr e "s7- stock: Fine 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. FURNITURE & UNDERTAKING SUPPLIES LOUGKS BROS MADRAS, OREGON g m The Pioneer fslves yon the home and county news und keeps you in touch with your surrouudlngs. Subscribe for It. Price $1.60 per year. ttiiob INSON'S Fall Accounts Should Now Be Paid STORE WE TAKE WHEAT, OATS AND BAR LEY AT HIGHEST MARKET PRICE Settlement By Those Owing Us Will Be Appreciated J. C. & M. A. ROBINSON GENERAL MERCHANTS MADRAS, OREGON RECLAMATION SERVICE CONTINUES INVESTIGATION Runs Contour Line From Prlnevllle To Madras Large Tract Available To Irrigation--; Plenty Money To Prose cute Work, If. J. Doolittlo, an engineer io llus Reclamation Service of thcjeoyernineot, was in Madras from Saturday until Monday afternoon, finishing up his work in connection with the investigation which the Reclamation service lias been conducting in this county. It is under stood Unit the Reclamation Service is looking for a good-sized irrigation pro ject to take up, in thjs state, and that tiie present investigation is for tiic pur pose of gathering data in this section with thnt end in view. A contour line was run by Mr. Doolit tlo and ids assistants from Prineville to tins placo for the purpose merely of as certaining the relativo elevation of the country lying between, and at the same time doubtless much other information was gathered by him. A month or more ago Mr, Doolittlo made a trip down the Matolca ntv) on down the Des chutes to Sherara Bridge, and also spent some time in this immediate locality, gathering data ttnd information in con nection witii tlio investigation under way. He went from this place to Prine ville and continued his work in that locality. It is generally understood thnt if irri gation is ever undertaken in this sec tion, the water supply will come from storage reservoirs on upper Crooked river, where the flood waters of Winter and Spring will be stored in large reser voirs and let out through the channel of the river as they aro required. The wa ter would be taken out of tho river at a point near Princville, and following the general course of Crooked river, be brought.around Juniper Butte into tins J loualitff supplying water for irrigation to tlu several hundred thousand acres Of irrigable land which could be reached by a distributive system, from the main canal. Oregon is in good shape to get its share of the reclamation work which the government is undertaking. This state is second in the amount the vari ous public land states have contributed to the reclamation fund, this money arising from the sale of public lands. Fifty-one per cent of the money con tributed to the fund by any state must be spent in that state, and Oregon has a lorge sum to its credit now. The gov ernment has no reclamation work in this state, except tiie work at Klamath, which is well under way, and the work at Jfermistoo, which is completed. Mr. Doolittle would give out no infor mation regarding the probability of the government taking hold oi work in this section, or even as to the result of his investigation here, whether the outlook was favorable or otherwise. He ex plained that it wat contrary to tho pol icy of the service to give out any infor mation of this kind, and that iie was on his way to Portland to report to the chief of his department. HiB work here was purely of a preliminary nature and for the purpose of gathering data as to the general lay of the land, and the sup ply and availability of water, etc. Upon sucli information as lias been gathered by him and his assistants, a report to the reclamation service will be based, and should it he favorable, further and more comprehensive investigation will doubtless be undertaken at once. COUNTY OFFICIALS INSPECT NEW ROADS Judge Ellis And County Commission ers Visit North End Of County Stop At Madras. County Judge Ellis, Sheriff Frank El- kins, Commissioners Rice and Bayley, School SuperinteddentFord and County Roudmaster McLaughlin made a trip through tlda end of the county the last of the week, and inspected the roads of this section, more particularly the road from Madras to tho main Prineville- Shunlko road, through the Lyle & Brown gap. They were in Madras last Sunday evening on their Way hack to Prineville, having come from Prinevdlo to Heialer and from thnt point over the ro:ul to Madrus. Superintendent Ford, who was with them, hatf been inspect ing tho schools in the Northeastern por tion of the county. It is understood that tho county offi- cials were making a trip of inspection through this section to familiarize them selves witli tho condition of tho roads, especially .with reference to the main traveled road through the Lyle gap, with regard to which a petition will bo presented to tho next county court, ask ing thnt it bo created a county road all the way through to connect with tho Prineville road. Only a portion of this road is a county highway at this time, and there has been 6ome controversy over tho best route to bo chosen for tills principal Western Crook county high way. Judge Ellis lias contemplated taking tlds trip ever since his election, in order to fami iarizo himself with con ditions in tlds end of the county, and tho other members of tho party joined him for tho same purpose. They were piloted by Sheriff Ulkins, whose home is in this precinct, and who feels a nat ural intorest in this end of tho county, CAUGHT IN BELT; RE CEIVED SERIOUS INJURY Son Of Hiram Waterhouso Has Arm Broken By Catching In Belt At Public Well. Ray, tho 12-year-old Bon of Mr, and Mrs, lllrnm Wnterhotlsd met with u very serlouB accident last Friday even ing, whilo playing near tho chopping mill operated by his uncle, Charles wa terhouso. Both of his arms wero caught in a narrow pleco oi belting used to op erate a woodaawj and hlfl body waa swung twico completely over the lielt shaft, seven feet from the floor, before the engine was stopped.' His left arm was broken in two places above the el bow and once below the elbow, the bones being split and badly shattered. The arm is now in a very serious condi tion, although Dr. Snook, who is attend ing, thinks ho will be nble to save it. Tho accident occurred at six o'clock in tho evening, just as Mr. Waterhouse was preparing to shut down for the night. There was only 20 pounds of steam on, to which fact the little fellow owes ids life, as with full power on his botJy would liavo been hulled over the shaft witii sufficient force to dismember it. As it was, there was just enough steam on to run the pump, and tiie ad ditional Weight of the email hoy's body stopped tho engine after two revolutions of the belt. When the engine stopped, Mr. Waterhouse hurried into the mill room to discover the cause, and found Ray with both arms closely pinned to the shaft. Tiie right arm was held lengthwise of the shaft and no bones were broken, but the left arm had been twisted over the shaft and broken in three place?. MADRAS FIRM HAS RESUMED BUSINESS Satisfactory Showing Made To Cred itors Outlook Good For Mad ras Merchants. Tho rirm of McTaggart & Rye, whose store at tlds placo was closed last week by an attachment, have made a satis factory adjustment of their liabilities with their creditors, and Tuesday morn ing opeued up for business again. Mr. McTaggart went to Portland to confer witii the creditors and the showing which ho made was so satisfactory that an amicable settlement of their difficul ties was arranged, anil tiie firm was per mitted to continue tho business. Upon ills return Monday evening, Mr. McTaggart stated that ho expected to add now stock at once, and that ho believed the coming year would bo a very prosperous one for tho business men of this section. In Portland, he says, tho impression is very general that construction work will bo started at once on the railroad into the Central Oregon country. WILL DECIDE MINING CASE Judge Charles K, "Wolverton, ot thb U 8, Olrch.lt Court, announced yester day that on Monday night lie would render a decision ill the Oregon King ihiuint: case, and that tho caso would be. decided on its merits The suit against tho Oregon Kins mine, located in Crook county, was brought by Richard Me llaueyi who alleges that ho furnished thu mohey that grub staked tliO locat ors. Uo la BU'tig for 47 of the property, PROSPERITY TO SWEEP THE ENTIRE COUNTRY Confldonco Io Restored By Big Re publican Victory -r Industries " Resume Full Time, . A press dispatch under a Xew York date line of Nov. 5, says; Not since the palmy prosperity days f a few years ago, when the country ran breathless in an effort to keep pace witii its industrial and commercial ac tivity, has there been noted as much business progression as lias gripped tho country in the past three days. From every point of the compass, from nearly every branch of industry in the United States, word has gone forth of renewed activity, and with it a call for more men and better wages. Mills throughout tiie New England states, almost without exception, have posted notices that within a day or week plants would bo running at full blast. Employes in instances have been noti fied that they would be allowed over time iu addition to increase in their wage scale. RailroadB have issued or ders for skilled workmen and laborers, and word comes from officials of the St. Paul system that even this soon after election the great transcontinental lines are making ready for the day soon to come when millions will be spent in ex tensions, new roads and improvements. In line with this statement is the or der placed by the Pennsylvania system for 77 steel passenger cars besides hugo orders for cars of other types. In Bos ton today notice was posted at the shops of the New Haven and Hartford .that 1800 employes will find places awaiting them Saturday whep. the plants will re sume on full time schedule. Presidents and lesser officials of other railroads and manufacturing establish ments throughout the East are of ono opinion in stating that since election tho country has suddenly and irrevocably settled down to a solid business basis and that from the Atlantic to the Pacific there is a quickened industrial impulse which will spread until the entire na tion is wrapped in the greatest era of prosperity which lias ever been expe rienced, READ-LANDRETH NUPTIALS At the home of the bride near Culver, Sunday, November 8, 1908, at high noon, Miss Belle Landreth and Mr. James P. Read were united in marriage, the Rev. I. D. Brown of Madras pronouncing tho impressive words which made them man and wife, and a large number of their relatives and friends being present to witness the solemnization of the happy event. The bride is tho attractive daughter of Mrs. J. Z. Keeney, and has resided with her mother and step-father at their homo near Culver, where Bhe has en deared herself to a wide circle of friends. The groom is one of the well known and populur young men fiom this end of thu , county, being h native son and having grown to manhood in this immediato neighborhood, and his hosts of friends are congratulating him upon his good fortune in having won so charming a helpmate. Mr. and Mrs. Read will re side at the former's homestead near Juniper Butte, wliero lie has already prepared a home for his bride. Among the relatives and intimafo friends of the bride and groom who were present to witness the happy cero mony were: Mr. and Mrs. Perry Read, Mr. and Mrs. George II. Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Osborn, Mr- and Mrs. Ralph Peck, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Honk, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Alderdyce, and Miss Meda Martin, of Culver; Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Turner and Mr. and Frank Mrs. Hoffman, of Prineville; Mr. Canada Montgomery, of Grizzly, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborn of Madras. LAND SURVEYS INSPECTED A government inspector of surveys was ih this locality the last of the week inspecting a number of recent surveys of government lands. Ono of tho sur veys he inspected is in the Round Butto locality, where about four sectioiiH of government unsurvoyed land Is held by "squatters right", J. C. Sothtnan and his brother each holding n quarter-section in that tract. The land is "unsur veyed" and cannot bo tiled upon Until the surveys aro inspected and accepted by tho government, and the land thrown open for entry. "When opened for entry, however, "squatters" have tho first right to fllo, and the time they have re aidetl upon tho lnnd can bo counted against tho Hve years' residence requis ite in making homestead proof. Theru are a number of small uiiBurveyed tractri in this end of the county, some of which have been held by squatter'B right for 10 years or more. fcjubeeribo for l ho Ploueur and iret the borne news, Prloe $1.60 per vcafr
