Madras
Pioneer
VOL.V
MAQRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1909.
iiiipimi -ay
Qpeen jiotei
MOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
ir Am been thoroughly renovated. No better tabic in Ccn-
U Oregon for the money, Your wants will bo courteously
fended to. ticaciquancra ior traveling ww.
t-ola5S Livery in Connection
I w. LIVINGSTON, Proprietor
MADRAS, OREGON
Madras Harness Shop
E. m. DAVIS, Pvop.
'Located in po5Toffice 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
A Trial
liring Neatly Done
Give Me
A. E. CROSBY
i n o i' n i e t o ii
bum i ! m a mi n a ai i w m. n 7
''His, (oitip ete Line ol Drug, Medicines, Chumlroli, Houliolil Ilomcdle.
Crti(tuU'8nn lririi mid l'liotp H(ijIllcn. Country Mall Onlr I rIvo my -Mirnotut
itttDUn A ornilnnis In cIimko, Hfe delivery KiirnUC(l. Your jrccrljtlon
BjifU Htrjcliulno mid I'wt l)etrojrcni. Slock Food am! Dip of nil klnd.
iMjforEimi Kodak. Dotli 'I'lionCi. WHOLESALE ANJ) UKTAIt
OREGON
A. M, WILLIAMS & GO.
KAI,liU8 IN
Dry Goods, Clothing,
Furnishing Goods
:.o-s
HOOTS AND B1I0E8
HATS AND CAI'ii
THE DALLES
OREGON
List your property
I have im-re buyers than I
have laud for Halo
Ora Van Tassel
MADRAS, OHOFON
T. B. TUCKER
Horseshoeing and
I General Blacksmithing
WAGON AND
PLOW WORK
First-Class Wort GnaranteeJ
"Located fn the old Brook thop
MADRAS, OREGON
Blankets & Robes
3ST IE "W stock:
Flnestockof Harness, Collars,
Bridles, Halters, Whips anil
other articles kept in a first
class Harness Shop
DURABLE LINE OF SHOES
Wheat Taken In Tirade
B. S. LARKIN
MADRAS, ORE.
MADRAS
MEAT MARKET
JAMES W. HURT, PROPRIETOR
FRESH AND CURED MEATS
Fish, Vegetables and Country Produce
OREGON
1
INOER TAKING
SUPPLIES ' .
.rpptKnBBSIIIMM I I
LOUOKS BRO
MADRAS, OREGON
O i
of
1
Tho Pioneer gives you the homo und
county news and keeps you iu touch
with your Hiirroniidlnus. Subsoribo
for It. Prlco $1,50 per year.
IT
OBINSON'S BIG
4
BARGAINS BARGAINS BARGAINS
ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE
Preparatory To Taking Stock
For the next 15 days, commencing Thursday, Decem
ber 31, we will offer at exceptional bargains a lot of
staple merchandise to clean up at 10 to 25 per cent
off. This includes Dry Goods, Shoes, Dishes. Hats,
Caps, Notions, Etc., Etc.j Etc.
All Misses1 Coats At Prices That Will Sell Them
J. d. & M. A. ROBINSON
GENERAL MERCHANTS
MADRAS, OREGON
BUILD SOON NITO
CENTRAL OREGON
Work Will Begin Within
. Two Months
GENERAL MANAGER RE
TURNS FROM TRIP gAST
Heads Of Horrlmon System Have Not
Yot Decided Betweon Pro-
posed Routes.
Last .Sunday's Orcgonian, contained
the following very encouraging railroad
-M
news:
"Authority will probably be given us
to start work on the Central Oregon line
within the next two months," 8aid Gen-ei-at
Manager O'Brien of the Harriman
lines,, upon his return yesterday from
ah extended trip East. "While Mr.
O'Brien's trip was largely a personal
one, hq drppped fa a,t JJarriman head
quarters at Chicago and New York and
talked business with the heads of the
system. Some of this talk, naturally,
was about the mid-Oregon project that
promises to bo Oregon's biggest piece
of'railroad construction during 1009.
"They are figuring out which is the
best route to reach the Central Oregon
territory," said Mr. O'Brien. "We
have several alternate surveys reaching
the same district. Just which is the
most practical one to build, grades, cost
of operation and difficulty of construc
tion being considered, is what has not
yet been decided.
"I favor tho Deschutes route because
I think we will get the best grades, cap
nbloof the easiest operation, that will
in the end prove the most economical
line to. build and maintain. It is natur
ally a lino of low grades, following very
closely the Deschutes riyor for a long
distanoo."
Three different lines into interior Ore
egon aro being considered for the Harri
man line. One is up the Deschutes,
another south from Shaniko, being an
extension of that feeder of the O. It. &
N., and a third i3 the extension of the
Corvajhs & Eastern east from Detroit,
across tho Bummit of the Cascades near
Mount Jefferson and thence down into
the Central Oregon prairies to Red
mond, the center of the Deschutes. irri
gated district.
The distance to Redmond, tho objec
tive point of all three lines, is practi
cally tho samo by each route, about 125
miles. The Shuniko route is probably
the chea petit to build, costing-, it is bet
lieved about ?000,000. This line would
not Uo one of 'easy grades, but would go
up and down hill in a, way that would
make tho profiles Tesemblo the teeth of
a saw.
The lino from Portland to Albany and
Dotriot and thence across tho Cascades,
it is said, would cost about $2,000,000.
It would bo a practicable road, but
would not, it is thought, bo equal to tho
Deechutes line in point of easy opera
tion and few grades. Tho Deschutes
road is tho most expensive of all to
build, costing not less thnn $4,500,000.
Tho Deschutes route, if followed, will
mean eventually a road south from Red-
Q( G. COLLVER
NOTARY PUBLIC
Justioo of the- Penoe
CULVER PRECINCT.
CULVER
OREGON
H. SNOOK
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Oniott lu Drue Store.
MADRAU
OREGON
JjAX LUEDDEMANN
NOTARY PUBLIC
I'loneor Building
MADRAS OREGON
NO. 3861 .
The .First National Bank
OF PRINEVILUE, OREGON
B, V. Au.kn, l-iesldem.
T. M. BalptyiH, CMhlor.
Will WuaiwMLKn yiod I'res,
lt.riUbiviw.A.kt.CskMer.
rr c M t? I r-i -t m
Oftpiui, Surplus ud UudUldW Mbit
lU,000iCHl(
mond to Odcll and thenco clear across
that portion of tho state lying east of
tho Cascades to Ontario, carrying out
the original project of the Oregon East
ern, surveys for which are ' already on
file in the Harriman office In this city.
If the DcBcliutcs lino is built, it will
havo an advantago ovef any line into
the interior that taps the Southern
Pacific, either from tho western or
southern part of the state, because pro
ducts hauled out on it.will have to find
ttielr market in Portland. If that dis
trict were drained from the Southern
Pacific lino entering Central Oregon on
the south, these products might go to
San Francisco.
WILL IMPROVE, THE
COW CANYOfCROAD
Wasco County To Spend $500 On
Grade And Crook Expected
To Htp.
Wasco county will spend $500 on the
Cow Canyon road during tho coming
Spring, toward reducing the grade and
improving that much-traveled highway.
This was decided upon at the last meet
ing of the county court at The Dalles,
and an effort will be made to gecure
eorne co-operation from the Crook coun
ty authorities.
Somb t:me ago the people at Shanika
asked that a special tax of 2 mills bo lev
ied in their district by the county court,
for tbe purpose of creating a special
fund to be spent in improving the Cow
Canyon road. The levy in the county
for road purpose's in the previous year
had been three mills' and tbe Shaniko
people desired to have their levy in
creased to five mills, the increase to be
set aside for this special purpose. ' At
the meeting of the county court at
which the tax levy was fixed, however,
it was decided, to increase the tax for
road purposes throughout the county to
five mills, and the Bhapiko people were
notified that out of the taxes collected
from this levy, an appropriation would
be made by the county court qual to
the amount 'which would have been
raised by the desired g-mill special levy,
for use on the Cow Canyon road. This
appropriation will be approximately.
f500, and it will become available the
coming Spring.
PASSENGERS WALK
AGROSS THE COLUMBIA
O. R. it N. Blockaded Passengers
Cross On Ice To North Bank
Road's Train.
Fivo hundred passengers' on . snow
bound 0. R, & N. trains from' the East
crossed the Columbia river on the ice at
The Dalles; last Friday afternoon, and
took tho Jforth Bank road to Portland.
They crossed the ico without mishap to
any of the men, women or children who
composed the largo crowd of snow bound
passengers. Boarding tho North Hank
train they proceeded to "Wind Mountain,
10 miles East of Cascades, where they
ran into another snow drift, which held
them for several hours, and they did
not reuch Portland until early Saturday
morning. Only a "few hours after they
crossed tho Columbia on the ice, the 0.
R. & N. blockade was opened aild traffic
was resumed on that line.
The trip across tho river was made in
single file by the 500 passengers, aud
it was more than hour before the-last
of the long line had reached the Wash
ington side, The ice was 18 inches thick
in the middle of tho river and 24 inches
thick nearer tho banks, so thero was no
danger of breaking through. A path
had been broken through tho frozen
snow which covered tho ice. The bag
gage was hauled across the ico on hand
sleds, hut tho Teliistered mall wan lmlil
and deposited in tho vault of a bank for
saio Keeping.
Considerable discomfort accompanied
tho transferring of the passengers, as
tho waiting-room facilities on tho North
Bank could not accommodate the larco
number of passengers, and women nnd
children as well as tho men were mm.
pelted to stand around in tho cold for
three or four houra while waiting for
the. train.
General Mnnnpfir O'Ttrlpn rf n.n A t
& N., who was roturnihg from New
i oik wmi otnor High railroad ofilcluls,
was blockaded at Tho Dalles in his pri
vate car, and personally superintended
tho work of onohlth? utl tbh linn
looking after tho comfort of tii passen
gers. The blockade on the 0, It. &N.
wus dUe to a snow-drift at Wyoth, and
traffic between f he Dalle nud Portlnhd
was at jt Btalldstlir b'ti the Oregtilt aide
for lliw' Uiiy.
r. tj'X. sW ai
NO.: 23
CHINOOK WP QUT
flFF HhAf T. a HUM -
.:
i-M
Woatlior Moaleratod FrldayWjitBf.
gojtklnci Into The Ground . ' r
Very Ropldly
A genuine ''Chinook' wind begtivf
blowing across this section last Friday
forenoon, bringing about a' remarkable
change of weaiher in a very short time.
In half an hour's time of the beginning
of the chlnook the temperature raised,
24 degrees, and by noon tho mercury
stood near 55 degrees above zero. This
change was a remarkable one, when it
is remembered that three, days prior fl
that time thp thermometers registered
48 below zero, the variation in threiQ . -days
being more than 100 degrees.
Aa soon as the chinooK wind, or Japan;
current, began to blow tho. Bnow; com
menced melting, and In a few hours the.
18 inches of packed enow had meltod
down to about sff inchc3 of slush. Wai
ter poured from the caves' of every
building and every low place in tbe ba-r,
sin was soon overflowing "with water, -The
chipook Continued through Friday, ;
Saturday and Bunday without abating,
by the end of which time there was lit
tle snow left.
No great amount of damage lias keen-'
Main street in Madras, which appearai'w
the appearance of a lake, and several' 1
cellars along this street Were tilled wlUi ;
water. Others were sayea only uy con- , . ..
ntnnt Trntr.hfnlnefia nnd dfflinintr tliO "Xl1?
water away from the buildings. WiIlo)y . '
creek showed little effect from the flood, , ,
conditions in the basin, though th'efc '
goodsiml stream to come down tho,
It ia reported from tho farming dis
tricts adjacent to Madras that there had ,
been llttlo frost in tbe ground when .the
snow fell and that most of the water ;
from the melting snows has gone into.,
the ground. In tho basin the ground was" ,
frozen to a depth of several inches,,''
which accounted for the depth of tho,
water on the flat.
More than two feet of snow fell,
throughout this, section and tho general "
opinion is that most of the moisture was
saved by soaking into the ground. Farm
era throughout the district are jubilant .
over the greatly improved prospects for
a big crop next season.
GOVERNOR CHAMBERLAIN :
ELECTED U. S. SENATOR
Popular Choice Of Last June Wins
Tho Toga
f . nr. y.1 . , V
uuvurnor vieorgu xu. vimmuerinm' Wfls;v
elected United States Senator from 'WJrMm
gon, at the joint session of tho legistn
ture Tuesday. His election has been il
practically assured since last June. wberL .f Ol
I 1...A - .. ... .
no recejvea a raaioniv oi tne voiea enst ?r-
iin r.. . r. . . . . I '.V :
tor unueu ssiaics aenaior in uto general
election. This, popular majority gavoi
him the pledged support of 33 republi
can legislators who had signed State
ment No. 1, pledging themselves to vote '
for the people's choice for United Btates'
Senator, as expressed at the June ele.c
tion. These Statement republicans, with .
the democratic members of tlje legisla
ture, gavo Governor Chamberlain tiro 1
ueceesary majority. The now Senator'
has twico been elected governor oOro- ;
gon on the democratic ticket.- .. '
.. Has Bad Record'
.Tin. Tr;.ii. euni.,..,.i ..' ti.;. '
ary 5 for the brutal murder, of Ralph
Fishor, had an experience in PrinVvllIe; '
a few years ago during tho timber rush.
He acquired a whisky bill and when
Isom Cleek, asked him for a. selllehiqnt;
drew u "gun" and tjtnrtwl tt shootYm
the proprietor. John Dell." took tjie -Juli . jn .' J
away from Finch before lie fired a,shot,"''.V''y
ana held t until ho was seated in an ;
outgoing stage. Dell then gjvve Finqh
his gun, minus tlie cartrldges.--I'rlno-villa
Review. t '
., ,
... A
Eknneta R A r V.
Mr, bpoo, tho centleman from tba
Valley who is to start ft sa'wmlll west lb?
T :., .. . .. ...v.-.
mutiny, reports mat tlio Uorvallli,
Eilsturii Is BliintliifV ri.f r,M,AifiT
ties and storing them nt, D-Aroltjtlfft
vd.Ii LVTuuiius pi inai rqau. -Jtu
fore leaving Lebanon, his UiUiomnfl
sftW sevural carloads 0f tgilf'attnfi
Detroit. HebelieVea ll?M(!vla. CI till
ndlctttlon thut the. OE, .wiljl h to&
lH niruuHu (lis IMIWH, for fN
nuu.u mu riuironu Hutu uutst
af tterthere t , thy wm;jM
HI
JBSBHaSHE'.
"BaanssnHHt
1
it