The Madras Pioneer Published every Thurtday by -fllL I'lONJSEit I'tfttLUdllXK CO.- SUBSOHIPTION RATES: One j em $1.50 Six mounts f6 Three months 80 Atlvr.UTlSINO HATK1 (IN Al'l'MOATlON Katei-nl as seoobd class matter Align' S, 190. nt'tho Pbstofltao at Madras. Ore., under the Aot of Oeiutms of Mnrch 8, 187M. THURSDAY MAR. 25, '99 SCHOOL BUILDING QUESTION The action of tliu voters at last Saturday's school meeting, in turning down the proposition to improve our public school facilities, was regrettable, to say the least. The Madrns school is- too crowded in its present quarters, and teachers and pupils alike are working at a great disadvantage. In the primary grades, for instance, one teacher ha,s under her charge in one room over CO children. The other grades and rooms are similarly crowded, and under such conditions it cannot be expected that the school will attain that high de gree of excellence in its work which ever' well-wisher of the school and district desires. The blame for a failure lo afford le lief from these conditions rests upon those who opposed the measures offered at last Satur day's meeting, but unfortunate ly the effect i3 visited upon the entire district. In the coming j'enr the school will require at least one more teacher, two if it can be afford ed. The question is going to be how to house the growing school, even uncomioitably, in the present building, already crowded bejrond its Capacity with only three pnphprs. when four or possibly live have to be taken care of next 3rear. At the school meeting not onl' was the proposition for a new school house; turned down, but a proposal to make additions to the present school quarters was rejected. It would be interest ing to know how those who voted against the improvements expect to provide housing foi their larger school in the com ing year. And with this investigation in T? fl lo p QprlQ stituted, it does not seem likely XVCAlaUXC PCtUO that 820 acre homestead entt ies So much has already been said on tho will be allowed in this section importance of buvinc your seeds from ,, , a reliable dealer that to repeat it is only fur the present.- tc of wordSt gccds have proved their worth our incrcas- inc business is proof indeed that merit alone has made the Chas. H. Lilly Co. fore most seedsmen on tho Pacific Coast, jsend for catalog, 120 page, illus trated, dc Jjcnp- THE O. A. C, APPROPRIATION If the re.erenduni is invoked on the Oiegon Agricultural Col l"g appropriation, for the n vowed puipoSe of which an Hicitntion 1ms been started at Anhand. it will seriously or.ip pie the fflieiency of that insti tution for several years to come. Frieiuls of I he college are tiot afraid of the verdh t at tho elec tion, if it should come to that, but the question could not be submitted to a vole until No vember, 3010, and the appro nriation Could not become available until after that time. This would delay the buildings and other improvements for which the appropriation was made, and would impair the efficiency of the school to that extent. Fuitheimore, the feder al government has offered to pro vide funds for aid in education and expHiimenial work, pro vided certain conditions aie ftil tided by the college, and this can not be done without the aid of the appropriation. The best interests of the 6tate demand that the effort lo invoke the ref erendum on this appropriation shall lail. proved thci BLinc busin Hm c r i t tFKDS ARK , HOI. It 111! NO. 3851 320-ACRE HOMESTEAD LAW At the request of a number ol our readers, we have secured a copy of the new 320-acre home stead law and are publishing its full text in another column. Although the state of Oregon is included in the public land states in which the Jaw is oper ative, one provision appears to raise a question as to whether this particular section of the state comes within its opera lion. In section 1 it ia provided that "no lands shall be subject to entry under the provisions of this act until such lands have been designated by the Sacra tary of the Interior as not be ing, in his opinion, susceptible of successful irrigation at a rea sonable cost from any known souice of water supply." It is generally known that the lleclamation Service within the last few months has made some preliminary investigation in this section, with a view to takiug up a project for the irri gation of a large tract of land in this immediate locality. The project under investigation con templated tho storage of the Hood waters of Crooked river in a large reservoir abow Prineville, from which several hundred thousands of acres would be irrigated. While the engineers in cliarce of the wik would not make the j.e&ult of their investigations public, it is known that the project is feasi ble, but that its practicability is yet to bo determined by the A PIONEER GONE Ed Ku truer, who died yester dny morning at Prineville, was one of the first settlers in this pun if the 'county. When he came here thirtj'-odd years ago stock ranged all the hills, arid the nearest neighbors lived a dozen miles apart. In that time he has seen the country develop into a populous farming dis trict, with a family on every qu;u ter-Sf-ction. These changes forced out of business the old stockmen, of whom he was one, but Mr. Kutcher with others ac cepted the new order of things and became a successful farmer. Mr. Kutcher was a loyal friend, a good citizen, up right And honorable in all his deal ings, and he enjoyed the con lidence and esteem of all who knew him. The news of his death will be learned with re gret by a host of friends. The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE. OREGON 11. F. ALLRN, rroMrtem, T. M. lUunyiK, Ciuhlor, Win Wumvcmlkh Vli'u l'ros, II. Dai.DiVI.n, Ami. Cimlilor. ESTABLISHED 1888 OajiltHl. Surplus and Undivided $1 00,000.00 front CLASSIFIED LOCALS WANTED Girl or woman to dn lioii'or work. Iiiquiro tit or write Id The Pioneer, Madrid, FOR SAL 13 Four good horses. J2Q0 pound:) uuil over, 2 setn heavy Turin lnirnta-; 2 new wiigonn, one stake nick bed, the other u In. wagon with 550 gallon water tank. , Can ho seen at Hahu stuhle. W, G. Mooie, tf-m2o LUMBER AT GRIZZLY LAKIC Tho Grizzly Luke Lumber Co. 1hh Just Mulshed planing n nice lot of mate rial of till kinds, mid will slur I tho saw on the 28th lust. As the com pany still has iv large amount of dry lumber on baud It will he able to satisfy all comers. ni2o It PIIG& T, ROWAN, Prop, HIGH CLASS TON SORIAL - WORK 11 BATE Madrjm, Oregon PROFESSIONAL CARDS. J0WARD W, TURNER U. S. COMMISSIONER NOTARY PUBLIC MADRAS OltKUON 0, G. COLLVEf? NOTARY PUBLIC .JliltiQ'&oflloP008 COlA'Jil! PMOUJCT CULVER OREGON w. 11. SNOOK PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Offlee In Drue Store. VI A D It AS OltKlinN (YJAX LUiBfJcMANH NOTARY PUBLIC TOWN 5 LOTS, & personal Property HANDLES!) BY 0. W. BARNETT GllW, Room 10, UUIfil-.N HOTEL MADRAS, OREGON LUST OlITH H)E s p,ow all-in, u, nunsKCUn,-,,' i. VV. hi Uli Vw MADRAS n- .IMFUK 1 LD BLLuIAN STALLION Sired by "Brilliant de Coyghem". it' Aril X Color, Dng-nt Day; age five year A nprtpr.t tvnft nt th ttnu l. vmv i i i iiiiii will ui ' him ii inr iiim J'lwnr Iiulldlnf GOOD CHICKEN D INN 15 It Every Suniliiy at the Halm Ilntol 25 cent V. C. Moore, Trop. injl if LOTS FOU SALE CHEAP.- For a Mhorttlme only the Madras Town hite Company is ollWrliii; lot.i for me at very low prices. Tlioir ailverllie mi'iiLoii tilts hauk page of tliln papr oontaiiiH map thowlnc location of JIailruH with refereno" U tli hv-rHl laiiroaii lllett lliMiiti tion. Coimlriiutlon of either of thi-iMf roailrt will make Mm I ran the trailing center of a lro tsrrltory. Th ilms 10 buy i i.ow, hifore the rulliitiil aiarti, when lrtue will advunue. PAINTING and Paper Hanging Flrnt- cIiibb workmahfihip. Call on, or ad dross J. M. Larten, Mitdras. MADRAS OREGON J 11. HANER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES NOTARY PPBUC Kire iDinranc. Mfa IntoMBro. Hureljr Boud Rl tUK), Cenvvfanclng PRfSEVHX. OKKOOS A eomptw supply of legal hluiik fr -ale including warrmity himI iUli claim Wl, real, cliatt! and ru luortynKea, etc. .1ua4ie cnfirf blaiiku and juftice -iMiri win-k I'tulty. Nolflry Public i'. J. iwna. &.A mnkfi the season al- fnllni i. f a t 1 1 ii i n I. Ki wii,.., i ;;wi!iiani Harpers Kancn--" TdSffiJ!" 'Madras- -Wednesdays and Saturdays .'Emil Zemke's Ranch--- riuirsdays and Fridays ftrmfi! single service. a o: -W - - - - Wll IWUl. LI I Farmers Eelg ian Horse k a m w w r a w r a uuikii iJt.iiii.Aiv JTX. jTiV JtZS. JP9 . jCA. XOW )jV rfTTv jGIk. JK. V A J, J A Jk A A mADRAS, DOLLAR WHEAT Jf tliH present local prices for wheat could be established and maintained peiinanently in Crook county, the farmers of this section would not care if Mr. Harriman never built his promised Central Oregon rail road. But the trouble is that the question of supply and de mand is wholly responsible for the present ' dollar wheat" in Crook county, and the propor tions are usually just the re verse of what they are now, so that I he local price is fixd by the net price at the inilroad except under unusual condi tions such as the present. WALL PAPI5U Call am! iuypeet the new afsiorlnient just received al Louukf Urn.' Furniture Store. Op- m25 posite MoTajjuart & Wye, The trains from the East aie crowded daily with settlers who aie taking advantage of the low rates and moving to Oivgon. NTot Coal Land LI OME6TISAI). Notice for Puhllua- tion, Department of the Interior, U S LandOfliceat'fheDallcH, Oregon, Miroli 10, 1009. Notice in herehy given that LEWIS E. IIAKISR, of Jladran, Oregon, who, on Novem lier 1, 1002, made Homestead Entry Serial No 020SI No. 11092, for nej sec 21, (p 10 a, i 13 e, w m, Kaa filed notice of Intention to make dual fiveyoar proof, to ewtahllBli claim (o the land above duncrlbed he fore Howard W. Turuer. Uuitetl Statea O'UiimMlnner, at his ofllce at Madras, Oregon, on the 30.1i day of April, 1000. Claimant namea as wltueHnes: Harry ' Gard, Samtlel Uaheretloh, Tliomas 1J Tucker, Don P Ilea, all of Mudrab, Oregou, FAItai FOR SALE-100 acred of land known an the Young plaw, AJ mlieM NE i f ilmlniH. For full purticolaiH ttd(Ireb II ATT! 15 J. WKHSTKK, 4m8 Portland, Oregon. DAYLIGHT STAGE TUtra will hu a daylight alagu leaving JIidraH for Shauiko every morning. Tho atage will leave froin tho Green Hotel. J. W. Livingston. tf HOME CURED BACON At Madraa Moat Market. tf Not Coal Land HOMESTEAD. Noticu for Pnldica Hon. Department of tho Inte rior, U. S. Land Olllce at Tlie Dalles, Oregon, March 20. 1000,, Notice Jh h'erehy given that HOMER ALEXANDER, of Madras, Oregon, who, on October 20, 1003, made Homestead Entry Serial No 03012J No, 13U17, for Lot 1, sec2 and lot 3 and 4, sec 1, tp 12 , r 13 e, w m, Has tiled notice of intention to make final flvo-year proof, to establish claim to tho land above described, before Howard W, Turner, U. S. Commlhslon er, at his olllee at Madras, Oregon, on tho4th day of May, 1000. Claimant names as wltnesse: G W Kidder, II H Cook, I L Hale, of Madras, Oregon; William II IJanta, of Culver, Oregon. 0. W. Mooiik, ni25 a20 Register. V. W. MooltU, IleolumtUioa Service engiueera. (uK9-n3? vnliter A Good Clubblno Offer ' We liave arranged for a clubbing rate witlt ilie publuliers of Campbell's Scien tific Farmer and are able to offer it to yur iubtcrihrrs for only 50 cents in addition to the Hil)cri)tiun price of the Pioneer, This offer applies to both new subscrip tions and renewals of old subscriptions, The Scientific Farmer is edited by Mr, H. VV. Campbell, the oiiginator of what is known as the "Campbell system" of dry (aiming. Ilia in igiurnH 0111 iih ue ful information for the1 laitner in sections where the rainfall Is deficient or irregular, and every fanner in this section should be a subscriber. The regular subscription price Ii Si per year. IV. ES5& & n H milling mm a- . AT If RS. ft 4Bbk n n m mat vwn. m Off i " ii a GREEN HOTE H. II. TURl'IN, Fmprkir r-iousc Uioroughly renovated. Good snrc Tables well auppllecl. Headquarters (or travel ing men, and llic transient trade 3 OREGON U N S ET wn' Suntet 7lacajlnc offeta the rcadcra o( this piptr the Kit 1 , review or nCVIEVB . . $3.00 gunabi inunfciMh i WOMAN'S HOME COMPANION 123 ALL FOR $3.00 AND FREE wlth vour "Ur' 0 . .CiM Wawaw AND rnuc (UmtfattJ In four eulwi w IU W" S U n b b I ivi an rNcico, ei"o,i ,U Mil Not Coal Land LJOMEHTIfiAD. Notlco for Puhll- 1 cation. I)pr.rtmentof ti e Into. rlor, U. 8. Land Olllco al Tho lUlles, Oraxan, March 6, 1000. Notice Is hereby given that WILLIAM .1. SAYVUMJ, of Hay Cieelt, Oregon, who, on May fi, 1002, ijiude Homestead Entry No. 10780, fSerlal 02003) for nim-J sec 12 and eiiejtf sec 1, t(, 1 1 h, r 10 w 111, ' Has filed notice of iutont Ion to nialio final five year proof, to ostiiblls!, olulm to tho' land above dutturlliod befoie Warren Mrown, Coiiiny Olork, at Ills olllco at Prineville, Oregon, on theSid day of May, 1000 Olalni'ii'i nnii-iHi4 vvltiiiiMHo: W'U- il.ISl.Wii. ,1 I'.ii.MUl.. . llri. ...... A Q Kihhee, A V Wnou, of Hay Oruok, Oregon; 0 M McPhcrson, of Ash wood, Oregon. C. W. MOOHH, imIO hSO lU'Hlitr usmess A young man lovea a yoiinu Imly: tlifi'i8'1'8 ' lima. Tho young lady luvos thn yomi tlmt is hor btittintJhH. Protty houii tiny g riwl; ilmt in tliuir lmainnflH. Imw W w1" cei tiiin things in tho way of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, SHOES, Etc. That in our 1iihIiish. fur wo 1U' 'lle h"3'6" AT REASONABLE PRlES tidi Mtlll,Mll.l,ll.M,lW.lalM,,MIMMlMW";V1, llllM,ll,.,llHlllllUII,llll'lllll'll,,lll,l"'1 " MaAasTradingCo- n v dacU . . MANAGE" II"""" iyiiHnllll 11 iU4 I