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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victory, this distrust has been
replaced by confidence, and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
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Collar Pads, Whip Stocks and Lash
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Horse Furnishing Goods
Always Kept In Stock
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t MADRAS,
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dry LUMBER at
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Address, Culver, Oregon
LUMBER FOR SALE
We have plenty of lumber for sale at our
mill, located about 3 miles east of Grizzly
pdst office on county road. Prices right
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is believing,
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