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l'ubllshod ovcry Thursday By
THE P10NKEU rUBtlSlUmj CO.-
8UB80HIPTION RATE!
One year $1.50
Six mouths 4 85
Three months.. 50
A.UVKUTI8INO 11ATK9 ON Arn.lCA.TION
Entered as sebond class matter August
,211, 1004. at tho Postorfico at Madras. Ore
under tha Act of Confess of March 8,1879,
THURSDAY
FEB. l8, 1909
PORTLAND TAKES hjotlCE
Wonders never cease. The
Portland Chamber of Commerce
appears to have at last awnk
eued to the idea that the busi
nese interests of tbat dity should
do something to encourage rail
road' building in Central Ore
gon. For 10 years and more
Central Oregon has been drying
its need of a railroad, without
ever a response that promised
any assistance from the busi
ness interests of Portland. And
all of a sudden there is a tie
inendous stirriug in Portland's
commercial organization, and
much talk about what Hani
man has not done and what the
'State should do, just as though
this idea of helping Central Or
egon get a railroad was some
thing novel and tremendously
interesting which had just been
sprung upon them.
The most entertaining part of
the Whole performance is, that
during all these years when Har
rimaa never moved a peg tow
ards railroad building in Central
Oregon, it was impossible to get
the ear of a Portland busiuess
man -on the subject of the trans
portation needs of this section
bf the state, And now, when
" there appears to be a real pros
pect of the immediate construe
tion of the Harriman road into
Central Oregon, the business
men of Portland have suddenly
awakened to the transportation
needs of this long neglected and
much-abused Bection, although
.the newspapers of .Portland and
the entire state have printed
volumes on the subject. Peo
ple in Central Oregon are be
ginning to feel prelty euie that
jthe Harriman road will be
built, or at least start to build,
this Spring, but they will be,
heVertheless, appreciative of this
feudden manifestation of inter-
1
est on the part of Portland com
mercial interests, to whom a
road into Central Oregon will
mean as much in a wav as it
Will to Central Oregon.
The troublja has always been
-that Portland, ,al though it gets
a good deal of business in Cen
tral Oregon, has had only the
dimmest and most vague ideas
,of what and where that country
e. Central Oregon has always
,been a terra incognita to the
business men of the metropolis
pf the state, and beyond the
knowledge that "cut there" is a
great big country whose devel
opment is being retarded be
cause of a lack of transporta
tion facilities, they know noth
ing about our country and have
never tried to learn anything
about it. Most of the business
men of Portland do not know
whether Central Oregon is East
or West of the Cascades, North
br South of the Columbia river,
'ior anything about the tremen
flou8 commercial possibilities
bf this country when it shall be
developed by the coming of a
railroad. They know nothing
about its million acres of wheat
land, its hundreds of thousands
of acres under irrigation, its
'great forests of fir and yellow
pine, and ,its undeveloped min
eral wealth. These are apart
(bf the groat undeveloped re
sources of denjral Oregon,, which
forbears have, been crying out
tp the misineoq interests 01
.a - . . mm
'ortland for aid in securinor
ietWr transportaton facilities,
ittftt
that they Wight tootir their
Wealth inttf the ollahMela or
trade, and which Until ndw HrtVtt
never had a responsive echo.
water talri hAlstfi
The water code desired by
irriimtionistS throughout the"
state hns passed the Senate and
will pass the Hotise Without se
rious opposition. The water
code as passed is practically
the same as that prepared by
the Conservation Commission
and carries the emergency
clause so that it will go into
efl'eot immediately Upon its sig
nature by the Governor. The
on!' amendment proposed Was
by Senator Bowerman whose
amendment provides that the
State Engineer and the two
division superintendents' be
elected by -the people instead
of being appointed by the Gov
ernor, his contention being that
this would tend to make them
more careful of their duties.
The water code is one of the
most important pieces of lepjs
lation with which the preseu
session has had to deal, and the
passage of the act will be ap
proved in every section of the
state where water rights are o
any importance.
CHUCH OF CHRIST SERVICES
Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a
. Bible study class every Wednesday
evening at 7:30.
Preaching at Madras 2d and 4th Sun
days in each month.
Preaching at Willow Creek Saturday
evening at 7:30 heb. 20, and bunday
morning at 1 1 a. m. Feb. 2!, and at La-
monta Sunday evening at 7:30.
B. F. V. Pitman, Pastor.
SERVICES AT M. E. CHURCH
Sunday, February 21, Sunday school
at 10 a. m.: preaching at 1 1 a. m. and
7:30 p. m ; junior Lergue at 3 p. m j Ep
worth League at 6:45 P-m-
Sunday, Feb. 28, preaching at Vibbert
schoolhouse in the morning and at Mad
ras in the evening.
The Ladies Aid Society will have their
cooked, food sale Saturday afternoon at
B. S. Larkin's store. Call on them.
G. R. MOOR HEAD, Pastor.
focHle Herse LtateCRt H prepared
expressly for. the seeds d beriemen and
riFickmcii. It is pewrrfti! aad pcne
tratinz liafmeat, a rtmiy far Merges,
cits. A. jwtWs tMfcrecaliM for fb
relief M pta. ai (he test Mmtat tor
sfTAHptutai sm-mms. UftCQttaled (or
curia;! wouttt aid Injuries ef
BARBED, WIRE m4 for heath cuts,
abrssionstitres and bruises. Pacific
Hw. JLfejfe($ci is feW 1 uutMtti.
No 4Heri!? l or help! w fa so many
.ways, JUt fells to satisfy, we authorize
all dealer&ie refund (he pwchase price.
ixtiu 4ncc ottu rirrv c(nt
HOyTPffiMICAL CO.,loiTUNP. 0r.
BT d"!BiJM FRCli
DAYLIGHT STAGE Tlieru will be s
daylight etage leavlug Milras for
Shanlko every morning. The Htage
will leave from the Green Hotel.
J. W. Livingston. tf
Public SalS
PUBLIC BALE-IIaving decided tp
quit farming, I will Bell at public Bale at
my ranch 5 miles East of Madras, on
Haycreek road, on
Thursday, March 4, 1909,
commencing at 10 o'clock sharp, the fol
lowing property, towit:
IIOKSKH, COWB, Ko-3 head of Howe, 2
Kiitdlnga, weight about liWU cacIi, 1 umru,
weight about VOOf 2 milch rouaj ihellOu.H
H(J18 juonhi old 1 yearling bull; iwwa
with '1kj 4 dozen chicken. '
J'AUJIINa lih'l.KiIET8-l et hcilvyworV
)iarnt'Mj J chain liar nlsif U buggV. kwQ tun
iilng order? 3-Uieh. IlorilAQU wgonji 10-liich
wttlklug jilow;2MeelliiJiftrrow:j mowor: Mc
Connie k blndvr, Used one NtfMoirc ,
Ml8CK;vLANKOt- Whtfulbartp. evcrl
borrnln, welt ropu 19 e'pt ynts, 2 d,rllli, I drill
lug hnmmtr, SO buahel iota(ou, !,lioueioil
goodM and ottitir tool nuo uftpeU totiiiuiit
oui to mention, Machinery cud tooli Nil ih
good condition. : i, ,
TKUM8 OF (iKHowei)!oqe,'lial( cM,
balances months time. Oilier iiifojierty.fvi
thoe, purchaser giving nolo wlli ajijirovert
necurlty, 8unu jler iW, CmIi. , .
CIIAHI.KH 'iyjNaTA4-AK,tiMjevr, ,
& 3t WkLLer, Ownor. ,
BooiLLET aftavv FREE m
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MADRAS,
FARMERS
EVlRY SATUfifJAY MlRNlHG AT MADRAS
Beginning Snturday, Feb. 20. (here will be nn Auction
Sale at Madras, wIihih farmers can dbposu of nto'j, im
plements, or an v article tliny liav for tale. Notify thn
ouqnoneer in advance ana ne
this space.
The sale will
Building, Madras. Property of
, commission.
List your property if you have
anything to sell.
Auction Every Saturday
COL.W. H. REYNOLD Auctioneer
121
LUMBER
Of all kinds, 1 -2 million feet of
dry LUMBER at
GRIZZLY UKl lAWMILi
Address; Culver, Oregon
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WlUdliiy wuii waic
Gomrnghciftg at orice 1 am going to make &
GREAT SLAUGHTER IN PRICES
Having decided to CHOSE OUT hiy entire stock of
GROCERIES, SHOES, HATS
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AND CAPS, CLOTHING ,,
And in fact everything, excepting hiy
which I shall continue lo carryi My
TERMS ARB GASH
jor all ooods off'crfcd fit n 'drscott
stock Va tlbsCd oiir. . My
the price df each article or line, so
buy come in and toll mc what you
QUOTE YOU IVIY liOOlESf FIGURES
I will reduce the price of
CLOTHING 1-3 OFF Regular Pric3
SHOES 1-3
HATS & CAPS 1-3
UNDERWEAR 1-3
DRY GOODS 1-3
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On all Groceries I will reduce the price ac
cording to cost, but No Reduction will be
made on Sugar and Flour.
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list is too large to enumerate
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H. B. TTURpIn, Proprietor
House thoroughly trenovatcd. Good service.
Tables well suDoficd.. Headqtlartcrs for twl-
ing men, and tne transient trade
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Bargain
While They Lgg!
Dlginning next Monday, Fcbmnry At
I 2 cans Economy Cream
$1.00
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