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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
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A GREAT SLAUGIITKIt SALE of gro
ceries, clnthluKi shoes and other
general merchandise has bpgun ft
A. O. Binford'H. Htock will he sold
out at once, and purchasers can hhv
one-third by buying during this
hale. For full particulars seu my ad
vertisement In this Usiie, A. C.
Sauford, Madras. tf
DAYLIGHT STAGE There will be u
daylight stage leaving Mtdras for
Shunlko every morning, The stout
will leave (rout the Green lintel.
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HOME OCJftED BACON At Madras
Meat Market. tf
Arcoiding to local Weutlier
observations, the rainfall in
men t, under tho charge of the February amounted to 1,20 in
road supervisors.
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.
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