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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1909)
The T Madras Pioneer Published every Thursday by T11K l'10NJ5EU PUBLISHING GO.- 8UB80RIPTION RATES: One year; $1.50 ix Mouths ,8ft Tlirort months. .CO A.H VKKTISISO ItATKS " OfJ Am.ICATION Kutorcd ill second class matter August 8S, tPOl, at tliu l'ostofflco nt Mndrns, Ortf., timlor tlio ActotCougiess of Mntch 3.1S7V. THURSDAY MAR. 4, 1909 WAITING ON MADRAS The couniy. court of Wjisoo county is in session this vpik at The Dalles, and Mr. II. C. Hooper of Antelope, one of the cotxihiissioners, snys that tht question of improving tho Cow Canyon grade will be acted upon at this meeting, and he lias 110 doubt that thewoik wilt be ordered done at once. This Blatenieut, however, was made upon the assumption that the $600 which Crook count' was to raise to assist in the work has ulread' been subscribed, its Wasco couut3''s appropria tion of $60,0 was made upon the condition that Crook county put up an equal amount. Mr. Hooper says he has re ceived satisfactory assurances from Hay creek and Prineville that they are ready to put up $400 of the amount, but he has not heard from the Madras coun try, where it was expected 200 would be raised. It is under stood that the local branches of the farmers' union have raised a good portion of the monej', and a committee of business men in Madras were appointed to raise the balance by sub scription among the busines? interests of the town. This committee should ascertain the amount that is to be subscribed here and report the result to Mr. Hooper, or to Cashier J. C. Fowlie of the bank at Shaniico; who has charge of the funds, in order that there may be no fur ther delay in the work. An ex pert road builder, who is to have charge of the improve ment, has already been over the proposed new grade and is ready to begin work as soon as ordered to do so, and this will not be done until Crook coun ty's pro rata of the expense is guaiaiiteed. ty, and the present meeting at Prineville is in line with this policy It is known that all the members ot tliu - court favpr good roads, and that they are limiting an effort to systematise the woik in this county, so that the coiintv loads may get Hi e beneiit of an economical hand ling of all the money available for that puipose. MISDIRECTED EFFORT If one-half the effort being made to boycott' the llarrimaii lines were expended in aiding to secure I lie right of way through the Deschutes canyon, ihe Central Oregon road would be completed within tho. next two years. It is, perhaps, un fortunate for Portland that Mr. llarriman'a plans do not in elude a road traversing the length and breadth of an East era Oregon wagon road laud grant. However, if Mr. Hani: man is prevented from building up the Dt-sclmtes, where he now desires to build, he may be forced to build from Ontario, which would force him to open up a considerable portion of this laud grant, and that ought to satisfy the boycotteis who are playing fast and loose with Portland's business interests, t is of small consequence to these Portland owners and agents of Centrsil Oregon land rants whether the line drniiiB the traffic to San Francisco or not, so long as their big grant is enhanced in vaine. But why should Portland refuse aid to the Deschutes route and at the same time play into the hands of the laud-grant monopolists? Oregonian. TO BOND THE MADRAS SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SYSTEMATIZE ROAD.. WORK A gathering of a unique kind in Crook county is being held at the eountj'seat at Prineville today. It is a meeting of road supervisors from all sections of the county, called together for the purpose of discussing the work under their charge and general road improvemnt throughout the county. The county court is in session at this time and the road super visors will meet with it and discuss needed improvements on the roads, and outline the work for the coming year. At. the, January term of the county couit the office of Road- master was abolished. Pnoi to that time all road work was under the direction of the coun ty roadma8ter, who drew a sal ary of $1200 and expenses for his general supervision of the work. The office was abolished for the purpose of saving this additional expense and putting that money upon the roads, and the road supervisors in the county are to be given charge of the road work in their re spective districts. This change was quite generally approved throughout the couniy. The present meeting at Piineville is for the purpose of talking over the new plan for road improve A move is on foot to bond the Madras 6cbool district for a suf ficient sum to build a new school building during the ooming year, and the matter will be submitted to a vote of. the dis trict at a special meeting called for Saturday, March 20. At that time the following ques tions will be voted upon: First- Shall the district issue additional bonds' for $3000, to build a new schoolhouse at once? Second In case the former question is turned down, shall the district issue bonds iu a sum sufficient to wilarge the present school building? Third In case the bonds fori a new building are voted, where shall the building be located? Fourth In case a new build ing is decided upon, what dis position shall be made of the old building? One thing seems to be very generally agreed upon, and that is that the Madras district needs additional room for its school, the present quarters being too crowded. The real question to be decided at this meeting, then, is: Shall the district build a new schoolhouse, or shall it add to the old building? And with only these alternatives to chooe between, there is no doubt that the former should be adopted. It would be next to impossible to add on to the old building in a manner to make it comfurtably and conve niently house the growing school iu this district, and ad ditions now would only be a temporary make shift, for a new building will have to be built in the near future anyway. It would, therefore, be real econ omy now lo erect a new build ing, Jarge enough 10 accommo date the school for several years to come, and on a plan which would permit of addi tions later on. established here, with Don Ilea us voluntary observer Accotd- ing to tho reports of the station at Warmsprings which is the nearest to this point, there was more than threo inches of rain fall in January, and it is be lleved Hint there was about.the same amount of precipitation in this immediate locality. This includes the heavy shows in Juuuarj, amounting to nearly 00 luoheR during (he month, and which would equal dose to three inches of rainfall. The taiufall for the last two months aggregates nearly live inches, which is the heaviest proeipitn tion for several years past. H. J. HEALY HAS BAD RUNAWAY ACCIDENT II. J. Healy of Culver met with a serious accident last Sat urday, while returning from a visit to Prineville, After cross ing the divide on his way home, his horses ran away with him,! throwing him out or the rig and inflicting a number of pai'iful injuries. He was found several liotus later in an unconscious state by William bteiuke of Madras, and was taken home, where Dr. Belkmip of Piineville came and looked after his in juries. Mr. Healy sustained a number ot painful bruises and cuts, but fortunately no bones were broken. The worst injury was a long scalp wound, in which it was necessary to take 14 stitches. Mr. fiealy's condi tion was at first thought to be quite serious, but a report from his home yesterday staled that he was able to be up and about the house, though still quite sore from his bruises. I RECORD 1.29 INCHES OF RAIN FALL IN FEBRUARY Pacific Horse Liniment Is prepared expressly (or the needs of honemen and ranchmen. 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The County Court has adopt ed a progressive policy with re gard to road work iu the coun cils. The records-p'f the rain fall at this place haVe oujy been kept since Ihe iirsttff frebruary, ut which time the itatiou vvua A Good Clubbing Offer We have arranged for a clubbing rate with the publishers of Campbell's Scien tific Farmer and are able to offer it to our subscribers for only 50 cents in addition to the subscription price of the Pioneer. This offer applies to both new subscrip tions and renewals of old subscriptions, The Scientific Farmer Is edilcj by Mr, II.. VV. Campbell, the originator of what is known as the "Campbell system" of dry farming. His magazine is filled with use fill information for the farmer in sections where the rainfall Is deficient or irregular, and every fainier in this section should be a subscriber, The regular subscription price js'Jt per year. ,J H. 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