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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (March 18, 1909)
it I , f"' '. . r?'- '.Sr, .1! .j - W ',- Madras . i ' . .... -t Pioneer t 5' .lil.ll M ' U " - . I ' HI- n" ii j ujn i" i 1 " - V MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 1ft, l$9. NO. 31 MADRAS LIVERY r.OOD RIGS. GOOD TEAMS W. LIVINGSTON, Prop. ... ... .. - ... .1 A. M, WILLIAMS & GO. UKAlil'.IIH IN Dry Goods, Clothing, Furnishing Goods :-o-: HOOTS ANI) 8JI0KS HATS AND CAI'8 THE DALLES QREGOH EASTERN OREGON Banking Co. F0HE1CH EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD DRAFTS OH ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD ,UI Stock, S50.QOU DcpoalU, 5250,000 SHANIKO, OREGON 1 u List your property 'rrr.TC 1 .jl 1 " " WITH VAN TASSEL LAND GO. Wo have iih re buyers thun wo liuvo laud for 8.1I0 ORA VAN TASSEL, Manager Madras, Oregon reek Sawmills ASHWOOD, OREG&N NOT IN THE TRUST Li! miles from Hitycrwck, Rough Lumber ? 11.00 per thousand nt mill. Flooring and flzilaliliijr lumber $2i0.00 per thousand. Oilier ainproiKirtlon. Address- QUO. R. LKB, Mgr., Aahwood, Oregon I - ' A. E. CROSBY I'Kcii'ttm'UR ISTOFFICE PHARMACY Cirr!f4 i Compelu 1. 1 no of DriiRH, Muliolnc, OliomlcftU, louohol Homedle. SltU'tnmlrlu mil 1'hoto Hupnllen. Co mi try Hall Orderi 1 rIvo my pomoiml ftilon A Orxlimto lu charge. Mo delivery guaranteed, Your jrfcrlptlon ijU ,. Strirclmliiu ami l'ct I)clroyor. Block l'oodt And I)lii ul all kind. Kt;lutKutinn Kod.kk. ItntU '1'bonai. WHOLESALE AND UKTA1U DALLES, OREGON MADRAS MEAT MARKET JAMES W, HURT, PROPRIETOR 'RESH AND CURED MEATS Fish, Vegetables and Country Produce RAS, OREGON T. B. TUCKER Horseshoeing and General Blacksmittiing WAGON AND PLOW WORK First-Class Work" Guaranteed Located In the old Iinmlcs shop MADRAS, OREGON Blankets & Robes 3STB"W STOCK Fine stock of Harness, CoHara, Bridles, Halters, Whip and other articles kept In a first" class Harness Shop DURABLE LINE OF SHOES Wheat Token In Tirade B. S. LARKIN MADRAS, ORE. Wall Paperl NEW STOCK-NEW STYLES FARLOR, INGRAIN & KITCHEN PAPERS FURNITURE LOUGKS BROS MADRAS, OREGON The Pioneer gives you the homo and county news and keeps you In fouoh with your BiinnmullnpH, BuUcrlbu for It. Trlco $1.60 per year. I ROBINSON'S BIG STORE Notice To The Public On and after March 1 we will discontinue all open credit business and sell strictly for pash or on approved security. And by giv- , 'np bottom prices on all lines of goods; we will make it an object to all our patrons and Wends to continue dealing with us. We are forced to addpt this system as we are no longer able to continue the open ecnt business J, C. & M A. ROBINSON GENERAL MERCHANTS MADRAS, OREGON ALL READY EXCEPT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY Work Would gegin Week In A WAITING ONLY OH GOV ERNMENT APPROVAL Repeal Te RlsHta9xwt WW' Budding In Cen tial Oraop "We will lie prepared to. Btart con structioii of our road Into Central Ore on one week alter -the Government ap proves our survey plans," eald Chief Em-inccr BoHchke. of the Harnman lines in the Northwest yesterday. Mr. Uoschke admitted that the only qnestion holding up this approval Is the Investigation now being made by Super- Vising Engineer E. G. Hopson, of the Reclamation Service, wlio haa ofHciaSly made request for all information and data obtained over the Various rontcB surveved into Central Oregon by the Harriinan lines, says Sunday's Orego- nian This information is considered essential by the Government before it can pass on me narriman appucsuon for right-of-way tlirongli public lands up the Jjeecutues canyon. jrom tins information tho Reclamation Service odicialB expect to arrive ata decision aa to whether tho Deschutes river is more valuable for the conservation of water for power purposes than for rail road purposes. Should the Reclamation Service con-; older that the data is paramount, it is practically, UecWw W. Harnman will not build ita Centra) Oregon ue? the Deschutes route, but will be com pulled to have entirely fresh purveys made over different routes. A line that was suspended from the cliffs would be far more difficult- to keep in repair and maintenance and would be in constant danger from falling rocks and basaltic cliffs. The high line would involve at one point, Mr. Boschke pointed out, tbo grading of a cliff 500 feet in diameter at a cost alone of $30,000. Against the Deschutes down water- grade haul the Shaniko and Redmond extension would involve a grade of 0022 feet East and 3235 feet West. On at least four points on the road helpinp locomotives would have to be placed, in particular the Shaniko hili requiring im mense power to move an oidinary tiain. The furvey for this routo showed both East and West the gindc3 were eo steep that the road was declared impractica ble from an operating standpoint. In comparison with the Shaniko ex tension tho Deschutes water-haul would have a jrrade of 3830 feet East and 6S0 feet "West. Tho surmountingjof Hogg's Pass on the Corvallis & Eastern was similarly pointed out as an, absolutely impossible feat from the railr.oad opera tor's point of view. Unless tho Government declares against tho dam it would appear that quite, indetlnito time must pass beforo the Harriman lines can find a gateway into Central Oregon, for the length of timotukep up by tho requirements of surveys over new routes will make the Central Oregon road more n thing of the liU'diBtnut future than of tho near-present. That it will bo impracticable to build a dam without n 20-milo stretch of rail road is another fcaturo that must ao- peal to the reclamation engineers. At the point selected for the dam, 20 miles above tho junction of tho Deschutes with the Columbia, no sand can bo ob tained for concrete, and, together with heavy engineering machinery, will have to be carried at least 20 miles. The difficulty 'of constructing oven such a road as wott'tl be required is quite likely to postpone the construction for a con siderable period of time. "If tho Government insist that wo must build over the dam nites it win mean that wo caunot build tlm Central Oregon road, ai least not for sometime, wiu curia miy not along the easy route tno water-gmue haul. We should bn shut out from, our most feasible routo, If we had to allow for the dam being in position a mero is miles of our routo would cost a lurther 604,000 over our estimates and together with tho private Bcnemea nmiier up tho river tho cost of tho food woitld be advanced at least $1,000,000, making the total coat ol tho roau fB.000,000. No to iuuke 4 per ccrittmour invettiaWrt ilbU ullowjng wn would hftvo to. b.!VM Oft Wftp.ro.9 9f 1480,000. Bnt wo expect that t will be. a number of years before the country is developed sufficiently to give us any return on our money, and we arc willing to allow for that and help, build up the country, but besides that 4 per cent for operating there would be an extra a per cent for increased cost of operation, which would make freight rates prohib itlvo as well as unremuncrative. "The building of a water grade road would not destroy the possibility of de veloping an unlimited amount of power, by other method than that of a dam, and It would bo possible without a dam to obtain as high water power as could be needed. '.'The, proposed, (Jan? sto is inaccessi ble, an,d rosck jpruhers and su.ch heavy machinery wo,u,ld require a road, to haul them there. 'A,i the present routes we have Bur. veyed are not feasible if tho Deschutes river grade cannot be adopted. On the Dalles-Boyd route heavy tonnage would be impossible to operate and if there is not large tonnage the road would be impossible as an investment. "I have been instructed to commence work within one week after the plans are adopted by tho government and my energies are now directed along those lines. "Within two weeks actual con struction would be' in operation." Mr. Boschke seemed to be rather hopeful that the Government would meet the railroad officials, as he quite plainly intimated that it waB a question of which was more necessary to Central Oregon the Deschutes river irrigation project or the Central Oregon railroad. MADRAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ACTS ttOULD-BE SPECIAL AGENT ISL (KPICTEP. The Portland Journal says: Resolu tions favoring the construction of the Deschutes rnihoad by Harriman and asking the Secretary pf the Interior to approve maps of that route submitted to him, have bec passed by the Mad ras chamber of commerce and forward ed, to, U,e. Foreland chamber. The reso lutions State that tbere are 500,000 acres of wheat land and an enormous amount of yellow pine timber awaiting markets to be reached by the- railroad, and char-. acterixe the son-action of the depart ment ol the Interior in the matter of ap proving of those maps as the "criminal ity of delay." The resolutions state that there is ample room for a government or private irrigation and power dam on the Des chutes river between the mouth of Trout creek and the mouth of Crooked river. O. G. Hopson of the government re clamation service, has asked the Harri man lines engineering department to furniBh the government with maps and details of the Deschutes route. This is the first semblance of action the govern ment has taken in the matter and it ;s taken to mean that at last the question will be investigated. MONEY IS RAISED FOR COW CANYON ROAD The improvement on the Cow Canyon road will be made at once. When Wasco county agreed to Bpend $600 on these improvements, it was made contingent upon the fulfillment of Crook county's promise to raise an equal amount by voluntary subscription, and practically that amount has already been guaran teed. Of this sum, which was to be raised in different sections of tho coun ty, the Madras section agreed to raise $200, and Commissioner Rooper ol An telopo haB been notified that tho sum will be forthcoming. Secretary A. D. Anderson of the county Farmers! Union reports that the several branch unions in this section have raised $150 by sub scription, rihd to thlq will be added f 50 which ia tti bo raised among the busi ness men of Madras. Prineville and Bend have put up $800 and theB. S. & L. Co. at Haycreek donated $100 toward the fund, making up the amount which was to bo raised in this county. ino principal improvement will bo the building of a new road up the bot tom of tho canyon, avoiding the heavy pull over "the horn", and which will eliminate the hardest piece of road be tween Madras and Shaniko, Other im provements will be made on tho grade also. The work will bo started at om. under the supervision ot D. A. Howell of Shaniko, and will bo ifalsrid as booh as possible, Mrs Jamps Mpn!l(ith l.Vr..,,.!. a ii.ij -fli 41 t i "'VHhllk IU UI1D office this week a curious Ireak of a. ti re in tho form of a ddublo-shelled egg. The outside shell was aa large aa a.Hooso egg, and insldq ot it was an diiMmry shell also cot talned tho whltb ot kk eig J,PCai UU Ultt hUi'Pfte Operatatf lp Crook County, AttempK InoTo Extort Money From Settlers Nick Thomas, alleged to be a bogus, special agent, was indicted by the fed eral grand jury at I'ortlaud last week. He is charged with representing himself to bo a special agent of the Interior De partment, the offense being punishable, by a fine of not to exceed $5000 and im prisonment for not more than three, years, Thomas is said to have operated, jjultQ. expensively in 'Crook county for sopm, time Immediately following the land; fraud trinl. Assuming the rolo of special agentt lie is said tft. ae-pre tended that he was making JnveirHga- Hons as to the character of ottement; on the public laud. .Fronj pp.ran,cier1 through representations thai Iicauld require money in order to Insure "tha. ', settler clear title to tho laud on which he was living, he succeeded in getting, checks aBcreeatine $1100, it is charged. Payment on tho checks was stopped. however, beforo nioraas securea mo. money on them, and jt was throgU this operation that ho finally came intc? , the toils of the federal authorities. Jacob Kasser, a sheepmap residing on, Cherry Creek in the Northeastern por- tion of this county, was one of the set-. tiers from whom Thomas attempted to,'- extort money. CATHERINE DATA FOR BIDS ON WGK. Two engineers iq employ of Ihb, . 0 R. & N. Company iivere in town tlov , first of the week, having wjalked oyef the rente of the proposed Deschutes, railroad, from the mouth of the river to Madras. They were taking photographs and gathering information which it is, understood will be necessary .wheHtfic. contracts for the construction "or tlio road are let, if the Reclamation Service ever permits the undertaking to reacty that point, The information, it is said, gives the. contractors bidding on the work same, idea of the country in which the work; is to be done, as well aa showing tha character oi the- wortr, and enables theni to bid intelligently on the construction, without going over the ground person-.' ally. Pictures were taken all the way. up the river and several were taken oi Agency Plains whore tho rood crosses, the South end of the plains. Tuesday '. morning the engineers started down Willow creek, taking pictures as they went, and stated theyvrould vrnlk back.. 1 as far as the mouth ol Trout crcck They were members qf the Roberts pnfo . ty, who were ca.ropc4 here last $n'K Mr. Nash is in charge of this work; ITEMS FROM OUR iWmi Rofsrendum Qn Near ear- Twenty per cent of the total number, of Prineville voters have signed a peti tion asking that the sQcalled "hear beer" ordinance be referred to .the vnt. ers of this city for ratification or rfcjec. tion at the next city election to be hclt December 15, 1000. Arguments for and against the measure are now in counw of preparation and will be presented ta the public in due time. , " This matter has been the principal' topic of discussion all week, hardly anyv thing else being talked of. Rumors aj o! rife about what tho council intends tn do at the next meeting. It is heard mat uie law will be repealed, thut second less drastic ordinance will tako Us place, and finally that houses doaU ing in near beer will have a tax of $50Q imposed, a- manifest absurdity. Prjue- ville Review. A Rafarm Canalilat You can't nlwnvs toll nrlmt -tn 1 peu. To lllustrato: nero is the atory, i. .t . . . n iiiuu vno ueiermineu to , commit euicide. He went in a rope, a rovotvorj a can of coal oil, a , box of matches ahd ft Uose of arsenic, V Ho went down to the rlVer, got in a. boat , pushed it from the shore and ffoatedjo, where a limb hiih- a - ,vvik hid uyntj , of araonlci saturated his olothlng with nil, lighted a match and set fire to hia clothing, put tho muzzle of the revolver iJumicti ino Doat from un-i . , deir him and nulled tha incisor. 1,.. 1 bullet glanced and cut the ropo abovo hlra and he fell Into the river, tho water V "rB 01,1 8"d ho strangled and coughed up the arsenic. 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