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The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1908. NO. 20 NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT i II i l M I,,., It a ichas been Ihorougmy rcnovaica, no ocucr tauie in cn- Oregon for the money, iour warns win dq courteously First-class Livery in Connection J. W, LIVINGSTON, Proprietor MADRAS, OREGON A. M. WILLIAMS & GO. RAILROADS FORESEE NEW TRAFFIC ERA DKAl.KltS IN Dry Goods, Clothing, f-O-i HOOTS AND 8JI0K8 HATS AND CAI'S THE DALLES Madras Harness Sho E. m. DAVIS, Pvop. LOCATED IN POSTOFFICE BUILDING Just received a full line of Horse Blankets, Collars, Buggy Whips, Collar Pads, Whip Stocks and Lash es, Spurs and bits. Horse Furnishing Goods Always Kept In Stock Prices Are Lowest LISf your properly WITH -3VE jB I liuvo m ro buyers tlmn I have land for Hiilo Ora Van Tassel JlRJiD AGEJSlT MADRAS, OREFON nisi may be expected to follow before many years. This Hno may parallel tlio Harriman lines through tho Wil lamctto Valley, but It 5s more apt to bo built through Central Oregon, Mr. Hill differs from Mr Harriman in one radical feature of policy. Ho is above nil things a developer of new country by the construction of now lines. Mr, Harriman takes an old, broken-down line, snch as tho Union Pacific was when he secured control, and builds it up by extensive improve mcnts, so that it can carry a maximum traffic at d minimum cost per ton. But he builds new lines reluctantly and INVADED BY J, ij. HILL slowly, apparently hoping that a com 1 i t .if fit. t.l- ; t Ml l- uijjuumi wiin Jim rival win iiiukc me new Jino unnecessary. In accordance with his policy it is to be presumed that in reaching out to San Francisco Mr. Ilill will be- apt to build up the Deschutes to tap the irrigated country of Crook and Klamath counties. Here be. would find a considerable de- Vflntiprl frrtfttp. nlrorulv nwnifinc tiirn The purchase by the Hill lines of the trflfr,n rmv ri.tlt(llv na r..t i 9- r- l -rti. i t. i uo.oruuo ouuuiern iiaiiroau, recenuy rDJul advaneed southward. MADRAS SHOULD HAVE UNION HIGH SCHOOl Town Is Contralfy Lpcntod And Con-t vonlent To Largo Terrltory-r Work For It, tor In Change orecoh HARRIMAN TERRITORY Hill Will Roach For California Traffic Through Doschuton Canyon Ho Also Predicts Lively Railroad War. iring Neatly Done Give Me A Trial A. E. CROSBY iMior m et pit "twt i ; . l.inoof DriiEii, clirlncn, Ulicmlculu, HntiiolioW Jtomcillo, jipeiu m -, 'iiiiiui ntmvrou i.'ajtiroi'UM. moc i-nvui hiiiijhi w mi khiu. ....... Kolk. lrttli''Jit)ii!?. VC.H0I.U3AI.K ANII ItnTAIU h.hi 'i n-l rimto fiiipjTll Country Jlnll Oritur I give uiy ieronnl t( in cJufjge,' BTe ilullvury Bintfnntbd. Your prwcrli'tton i '.'.mini nmivrujl I'Mlroyur. Bio V II I I I l.'Ll .... .J -, OREGON MADRAS MEAT fill RKET JAMES W. HURT, PROPRIETOR FRESH AND CURED MEATS Fish, Vegetables and Country Produce -- -inw, OREGON ..4. T. B. TUCKER f Invnnndnnlnfy nnrf IlUlbrjbllUrJIII (1IIU General Blacksmifhing WAGON AND j PLOW WORK First-Class Work Gnaranteed i ! Located In the ohl UronhH shop MADRAS, 0KEC10N Blankets & Robes 3ST E "77" STOCK Fine stock of Harness, Collars,' Bridles, Haltors, Whips and other articles kept in a first class Harness Shop DURABLE LINE OF SHOES Wheat Taken In Tiade B. S. LARKIN MADRAS, ORE. ! SUPPLIES LOUOKS BROS I MADRAS, OREGON jj announced in press dispatches, indicates preparation for the revolution in traffic conditions which will be wrought when tho Panama Canal is completed. When the canal is finished,- there will. be an immense diversion of traffic irom rail to water. Uulky, low-claes freight originating near the Atlantic and des tined for the Pacillc Coast, will be hauled to the Atlantic seaboard and thence go by steamer down the coast, across tho Cnnlhcan Sea, through the cannl and up the Pacific Coast to the various ports, where it will be trans ferred to cars to bo.haulcd to its destin ation a few hundred miles in the inte rior. Similar freight from tho Middle West will be hauled South to the Gulf ports, there to bo transferred to steamers for transit through the canal. In short, the time of transit between the two coasts will be so shortened that vast quantifies of commodities winch are now carried by rail, merely to Bave the time of tran sit mound the Horn, will be carried by eca. Tlie'railroads will be mainly used to carry freight to the steamer lines- The days of transcontinental freight trafllc wi'l end, except for except for express trains carrying high-class fremht. Forseeing this revolution, the railroad chiefs havo been preparing to adapt their lines to the new conditions. The .Morgan syndicate secured the Southern Railway, with terminals at Mobile and New Orleans: Mr. Harriman wrested from Styvesant Fish the Illinois Cen tral, with terminals at New Orleans; the Koek Inland-Frisco lines have been extended to Galveston, and now the Llill lines reach the same port by means of I ho Colorado & Fcnithern. The purchase of the Colorado & Sou't,',!- 1 If .1 I vxiia cm is au(iiuonai evuience ot iwr. 11111 s determination to reach southward from his present main lines, just as he has. reached northward across the boundary by the construction " ol the Victoria, Vancouver & Eat-tern in British Colum bia. His unnouncetl decision to run a iue of steamers from Portland to San I'rancisco is only the first step in this direction. The construction of a line southward through Oreou and Califor- The purchase of the Colorado & South ern is a typical sequence of the purchase of the Burlington. The latter extended Mr. Hill's territory to Cheyenne, Den vcr arid umaha. anu gave him the through haul on lumber from the North west to the Prairie States. It also gave him. the traffic which the latter states send to the Northwest. But he wanted more in the same line. lie had covet ous eye? on the great shipments of cot ton from the South to the Pacific CoaBt for trans-shipment to China and Japan Ho will get that traffic, all on his own rails, for the Colorado & Southern runs from Orin Junction, Wyo., on the north, to Galveston, Texas, on the south, and thus traverses the cotton belt. Only two short links are needed to connect with the Burlington. His new acquisi tion will also pive him a longer season of the grain movement to Chicago and other Lake port?, and of the stock move ment from the Texas range to the northern ranges in Wyoming and Mon tana and to the Chicago packing-houses, 1I0 will, in fact, do as the migratory harvest hands do, follow the harvest north as the crop3 ripen. By the time the grain movement from his southern lines slackens up, a crop will be ready for them to movo rom the Northwest He will also extend the market for the Northwestern. lumber mills southward info Texas. Already lumbermen of this section are pieparing to invade that ter ritory as soon as the missing links of the through line arc filled in. Mr. Hill has always had the advan tage of capitalization nearer the cost of. his road and equipment than any of his rivals, Ho has fought subsidized with land or toads liberally bonds, or both. completed the Pacific in 1893, 0. G. COLLVEl? The Pioneer gjves you tho homo and county liowH and keeps you In touoh with vour surroundings. Subscribe for It. Prlco SI. BO per year. NOTARY PUBLIC and beaten them. He Great Northern to the just when the -panic came,' ami within a year, he drove the land-grant-gorged Northern Pacific into bankruptcy an'd ultimately bought it in. He has fought Mr. Harriman and his land:grant. bond- aided Union Pacific, ami is still fighting. Mr, Harriman has leeh able to force a cry of distress- ffom tho Goulds, but no cries have been heard coming from Mr. Hill's direction. When tho next era of railroad construction which Mr. Hill has predicted begins, there will be inter esting times all tho way from Oregon to Texas. Justice oftho Fence CULVKIt PItEOINCT CULVER OREGON T .i I, II. HNOOK PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Oftlco In Drue Store. MAPHAB OHEOON BARGAINS BARGAINS UAL DL BARGAINS AL Preparatory To Taking Stock for the next 15 days, commencing Thursday, Decern-, ber3l, wewill offer at exceptional bargains a lot of staple merchandise to clean up at 10 to 25 per cent Rff. This includes Dry Goods, Shoes, Dishes. Hats, Caps, Notions, Etc., Etc, Etc. All Misses' Coats At Prices That Will Sell Them Jg H. HANER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES NOTAKY l'UBLIC l'lroriimuranre, I.I fu Inmirnmu. Surety Iioneli. Item hatato. Conveyancing I'HtNEVlLliE, OHKaON J. C. & M. A. ROBINSON GENERAL MERCHANTS tyAX LUEDDEMANN NOTARY PUBLIC I'lonoor UulUUng MADRAS OREGON J NO. 3051 1 The First National Bank OF PRINKVILLE, OREGON I, V. Ai.len, Presldont, T. M. JutpwiN, Cathlei. Wux Wubwbii.rh Vlco Pr. H, Hahiitin, At..CAdlitor. THE PERIODICAL DUST STORM Christmas day was just like old times in Madras, though it cannot be said that from a weather point of view tho day was enjoyed by anybody. There was a dust storm, the likes of which Madras has every two or three months, so that it m-cds no description. It continued only a portioirof the day, and by even- 1.... 11... . it.' 1 1 .1 nig me wviiwiLT nau resumed ttie even tenor of its wav. The storm was general in tho Western part of tho state and also on the raciflc Coast. Telegraph nt.d telephone wires wore badly damaged, and havoc gener ally was wrought by tho terrille, winds. On the ocean many vessels were at tin mercy of tho seas and nlmost every mo ment scorned m danirer of beinir en gulfed by the mountain waves, and that tlio vessels with their passengers es caped-a watery gravo seems almost a myraclo. In February. 1000, tlio voters in tlio Bend district organized a district high school at that place, establishing a full four years' courso in accbrdanco yfilh tho laws for high schools in Oregon, thereby complying fully with tlio school laws for one year previous to tho time that tlis 'county high school at Pririe ville was raised to the same standard. In September of this year the Bend dis trict applied to the county boundary board for recognition as to the efficiency of tho Bend high school and for the es emption of its proportion of tho county high sdhool tax. The first of this month after a careful personal examination of the Bend school by tho full board, tho application was unanimously granted and the board declared, unofficially, that in efficiency the Bend high school really excelled tho county high school. The Bend district will soon take step3 to organize a union district for the sup port of its high ecliool-by taking in that territory which wa-included in the pro posed County of Deschutes, which died a natural death at the legislature. two" years ago. Tins would give tnem a greater part of the territory lying South of Crooked river and West of Powell buttes, and would -also take off a por tion of Klamath and "Lake counties. The district .will then have about 4, 000,000 of taxable property, and tho people interested figure that a levy of 14 mills for tho first year and 1 mill or less thereafter would successfully main tain the school. This low levy, as can readily understood, is a great incent ive for the support in that district of everyone concerned, not taking into consideration the convenience of having the high school in a central place and -the saving to the patrons in traveling and living expenses. " . It is high time that the residents and voters of the districts Jying Ivorth of Crooked river, those comprising the ter ritory included in the defunct County of Jefferson, take steps toward the estab lishment of a union district high school at Madras. When it was proposed to organize Jefferson county it was found that there was about $2,000,000 of taxa ble property, and with a levy of 2 or .24 mills, which the withdrawal of the Bend distr'cts will necessitate for tho conduct of the county high school at Prineville, ' a very efficient and successful high school could be conducted at Madras. Of course there nro school districts lying near Prineville, which are natur ally closer to that city, which would iiot care to come into either of the proposed nw districts These will continue to pay their annual tax to the county high ' school, but those' districts which are contiguous and tributary to Madras, to w)iich Madras is more convenient and , central in many ways, should.easily per-- ceivo the advantage of establishing a. union high school at that. point, and no time should be lost in ascertaining tho views of the neighboring districts and in taking the preliminary stens toward the establishment of a union high school here, so that, in tho course of n couple of years, an examination and compari son can be called for, and the exemption of this territory from its, proportion of the county high school tax be secured, A rabbit hunt was organized Decem ber IB by tho ranchers living at O'Neil and LQuy PjiH,,the tq limit expiring uecomuer 20. Sides were clioson by iwo captains ami the men went, forth at ter tho jacks. Meeting at an appointed place at tho expiration of the hunt the pairs of ears were counted, one tifura Having 174 pairs of oars and tho other ITEMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES . County Officials Have Autos County Commissioner James Rice has purchased an Internal ion automobilofar the purpose of gettin: around ovbr tho county more readily while attonding to uie duties of his office. The machine id u two-seated, 25 horsepower, high wheel, solid tire rig, just tho sort of a machine for Crook county roads. Coun ty Judge-EHis lias alto ordered one of these machines, add when it arrivcis liu and Commissioner Rico will be able to load in the entire countv board nn.l then qme, and travel to any part pf the county. Commissioner Rico is proving an Al officer, and is attendintr to fho 'dutiea of his office with ability lWm.l Bulletin. Business men generally who will have uso for tho ' commodity next Bummer" have been puttftig up leu during tlio week. About 100 tons have been se cured. The few days' cold . ..ESTABLISHED 1 80B M'ttplUI, Biirplm Mid UnaivldvO front 100,000.00 178 pairs, The highest individual scoto fmled froze ice about five, Jnnhea thik, was uiauo ny u. a, Foster who killed P "no quality, and Users are takhiu n 40 rabbits. Lunoro, one of tlio. captains, chances of a later I feeze, preferring tc Riiieu o coyotes during tho hunt. Ua S01 eupi'iy wnilo U is in ahrht. T.nt hoj-s team was the winner, and Lenoro's "cason the only freezo canjo. in tho mid I lll,ltl ttil.lnl. IV... 1 . I.I . HIM n I."., I ... ... . i k mmu iubi, puiu ior an oyster pu 4 -ruuruurv. ii waa a last cluuiqo" supper, Total rabbits killed, C52J coy. Pl thoro was somu tall hustling fof I uivs o.rrimivuio Journal, ree uaye.' i'nnevllle Koview,