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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1908)
UAX The Madras Pioneer I'ubllshod ovory Thursday by THE 1'IONKEU PUBLISHING CO.- 6UB80RIPTI6H RATE8! One yenr..... ...........$1.60 Six months .85 Three months 60 A-DVEnTISINO IIA.TK8 ON. APPLICATION Entered ns second clnss matter Aucust 2y, 190t, at the rostofflce at Madras, Ore., under the Act of Congress or March a,iaiv. THURSDAY - NOV. lit tgo8 confidence restored Business and industrinl inter ests throughout the country are already showinc the effect of the restoration of confidence fol lowing the election of William H. Taft to the Presidency, and from all sections of the United States como reports of renewed activity in every braucb of in dustry and business. Mills and factories which have . been closed Up or have been working half time with reduced forces, have given orders to go ahead with full force and on full time; great enterprises involving the expenditure of millions of dol lars, and which have been wait ing on the result of the election, have been given the word to "get bus';" and the daily dis patches are filled with the de tails of a great revival of busi ness in every quarter. This is the glad news which follows closel' upon the heels of the great victory just won by the Republican partj The New York World, in an exhaustive review of the jevival of business throughout the country, says that one million laboring men are marching for ward to re opeued factories, to busy whirling looms and spin dies, and to railroads and other branches. It then prints dis patches from all industrial cen tres of the Uuited States, show ing unusual activity, and quotes bankers and business men as predicting the greatest era of prosperity the country has ex?- perienced for years. The country has fully recov ered from the panic of last Fall, although that recovery has been delayed by the uncertainty of the result of the election, and the distrust of radical changes in economic conditions which wight have followed Bryan's election. With the Bepublican victory, this distrust has been replaced by confidence, and business throughout the coun try feels its influence. The restoration of confidence and the return of prospeiity is a happy sign to Central Ore gon, with its hopes of a railroad. The railroads are the first to feel the effects of hard times, and Sew miles of new road are ever built under conditions such as have existed since last Fall. But, with the revival of busi ness throughout the country tne ranroaus win oe prosper ous, and our hopes for the party construction or a railroad into this section will take on new life. neers, surveyors, cooks, Btnke drivers, chain carriers, laborers and more engineers are pawing ni) the cnith alonsr the DeB chutes river, nil building rail ways into Central Oregon, eoniu for Dill, some for Harriman some for Gould, some for Van derbilt and some for themselves And the end id not yet, but no rails have been laid up lo dute on either side, over or under the river. But wait. And then af ter a few years take a half hitel in your galluses and wait some more 1 The Dalles Optimist. Mr. James J. Hill did not say at the banquet tendered him in Portlaud that he wns going to build a line into Central Ore Hon as a feeder for his North Bank road, but he also did not say that he was not going to and so we will go on hdping and believintr that he is babk- ing the Oregon Trunk Linb pro iect. An investigation of the personnel of the Oregon Trunk Line official register makes it look very much as though Mr. Hill were guilty oi conspiring to invade the Harriman domain; and the very besti that he can hope to get is a Scotch verdict of "not proven." Bryan has had a great deal to do with the revival of business and industry throughout the nation. It was his defeat which brought it about, by restoring confidence, and he should not fail to claim full credit for it. WILL RESUME DRILL ING FOR OIL AT ONCE A PLEASING INNOVATION For the first time in a good many years a County Judge has paid an official visit to this end of the county, and, the interest displayed cannot but be pleas ing to the residents of a district so long neglected. This seqtion has a right to expect to be treated as a part of Crook coun Although long neglect had almost weaned it from that idea. None the less pleasing, however, is the innovation in Jitigurated by the new county hbiird in making a trip through iilh section for tlie purpose of getting better acquainted. Much benefit will result from a closer acquaintance of county officials with all sections of the county. ttidfo AN O-PtMIST it is iliia tMt my tfdengi. New Driller Arrives And Machinery Is Being Put In Place At Grizzly Mountain. . Li. Jiiooiniieia, tne new driller employed by tlie Madras Oil & Gas Co., arrived the last of the week, and is now getting the machinery in place to begin drilling at once. Mr. Bloom- field has the reputation of be ing an expert - driller, with a thorough knowledge of the bus iness of sinking oil wells, and he will have charge of the woik of prospecting for oil under taken by the Madras Oil & Gas Company. The well which the company is sinking on the West slope of Grizzly mountain is only down 100 feet. Drilling will be re sumed at tins well as soon as the machinery can be put in place, and it is the intention of the company to prosecute the work vigorously Until that point has been thoroughly prospect ed. The new Standard drill which they have recently pur chased hus a capacity of 3000 feet, and it is announced that the company expects to sink to chat depth if oil is not found earlier. There has been some delay in the operations of the company, due to the fact that the first drilling outfit with which they began was too light for the work, and drilling has been suspended for several montfis, while new machinery was being gotten, PLENTY WATER AT ONE HUNDRED FEET Ivan Hale has just finished drilling a well for Mrs. D. VV. Adams, at her homestead South of Madias, and he found an abundance of good water at a depth of 100 fee;; Most of the drilling was through hard rock, but at a depth of about 00 feet the drill Inolce through the rock into a oeu oi uraywi anu wuier began to come in. The well was stink 10 feet deeper, and theje is now a fine supply, of water, for aX purposes. The well was sunk oil the hillside. HARRIMAN TO BUILD IIP DESCHUTES TO MADRAS Geftefial Manager O'Brien Made An Announcement To "that Effect Monday WORK ON LINE TO BEGIN JANUARY I, 1909 Deschutes Route Will Be Chosen For Harrirrian Lirie Into Central Oregon Madras To Be Terminus For New Road. Estimates and reconinienda tions favoring the Deschutes route for the Southern Pacific's new Central Oregon line will be forwarded to Mr. Harriman by General Manager O'Brien with in the next two weeks, says Monday's Portland Journal; Mr. O'Brien stated this morning that he would be disappointed if dirt were not flying on the line between the month of the Deschutes and Madras by the first of January. Surveying crews are still otii in the Central Oregon field run ning lines for Harrimau but the surve)Ts for that part of the route between the mouth of the Deschutes and Madras have been completed and the com puters in Chief Engineer Bosch Ue's office are now figuring on the comparative cost of the Des chutes route., with that going South Trom the terminus of the Columbia Southern ai Shauiko. The estimates will be a strong feature in favor of the Des chutes route. "I expect to have the reports on the route ready to submit to Mr. Harriman within two weeks," said Mr. O'Brien this morning. "We are hurrying them as fast as possible so that we can get to work. I presume the reports will be acted upon without delay in New York and that the Deschutes route will be approved there. If that is done we will begin work at once and dirt should be flying all along the Hue by the first of January." The probable choice of the Deschutes route for the Central Oregon line will be hailed with delight by the great majority of people in the vast section of the state now without railroad communication. It is generally regarded as being tlie most feasible path into the central part of the state, the easiest lo build, and the one giving the least difficulties in the way o heavy grades to" overcome. Surveyors for the Oregon Tnink Line, generally believed to be a Hill enterprise, have been working lilting" the same '...li' ui! A ti.i.:ji. .i a ,....... i route anu luiuoiiu me ocuuici a government gnint for much o the way through which the Des chutes canyon cuts, they have stated that they would not at tenmt to keen the Harriman line out of the Deschutes can yon should they also decide lo lake that route. In vi.ew of the ftict that Mi Hill is believed to bo interested in the Central Oregon country the fact that Judge C. II. Carey attorney for the Hill lines here and C. E. S. Wood, who has represented Mr. Hill personally in several important legal mat ters in the Northwest, recently returned from an extended Hi into Central Oregon, which they' made together. i significant While Mr. Hill was in the city last week he declined to discuss the proposition of a Central Or egon line, saying that if lit planned one he would not make it public until it was in such shape that it could be done without injuring his plans. Plans for the Harriman line South of Madras are as yet problematical, according to Mi O'Brien. He suid this morning that he had selected Madras as the present terminal of the line from the mouth of the Des- chutes, so tlirit he wotild have one section ready for approval by Mr. Harriman and could be gin work on it without delay. As soon as the Deschutes Mad- ras line is approved, however, work on estimates for the line from Madras South to connect with the Klamath )jno which is now being built, will begin, Madras Harna ss E. m. DAVIS, Ppop. 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