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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 24, 1909)
a ' - . , " -' ' ' ' ''. ' ft . ' r , . 1 v' Mk sal' ' iiiiaMiv! " f uSPmF liie 1 "' i i i 1 rt 4 L. EASTERN OREGON Deposits, $250,000 A full line of Pho 5 mimm MADRAS, hahk HOTFJ . MOORE L1V1NQST0N, Prop. I Good JIeals and Clean Beds Headquarters for Commercial Mpn, Freighters, Farmers' Union and EVERYBODY ELSE? LiiVey Fed & Bala Stable J3ST CJOSi JN JJ( I'J.'O.CJJN J US A CALL. AND YOU WILL 60 AWAY HAPPY MEAT MARKET J. U. CflflftPBEUii, Pvop., JIHDHS BEEF, PORK, VEAL Vc have the best line of Fresh Meats In the country mm i tinnir Trnrtrim rr met ii miinin nn inniv ALL pus ur mum iwwmm w mm umuuii AA.A.AA A44VWW WW W WW W WWW VVVV WW vwwvw v w vvi B. Hamilton, Pres. K. II. F.mxcif, "Vlco-Prcs. J. C. Fowmk, CHlir. Banking Co. ! FOREIGN EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLO DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OF THE WORLI SHANIKO, OREGON J A. E. CROSBY ,. EVERYTHING IN DRUGS & KODAKS THE DALLES', OREGON Exclusive Agent For EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY Rochester, N, Y. to supplies always ori hand. Printing and developing done. Mail orders will receive our prompt attention. Write for our new 1909 CATALOG Fry n bottlo of Mur ine's Rdlnol Devel oper. Will develop any Plate or Paper A. E. CROSBY T DflD I MOftM'O DIA OTflDC iBUDiiiouno diu oiunc VVC.r r , t sn. NULUU NU JULY PECIAL SALE 25 per cent DISCOUNT on Straw Hats Big Reduction on Summer Suits J. C. & M. A, ROBINSON GENERAL MERCHANTS CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY, 4UNE PROFESSIONAL CARDS. HOWARD W. TURNER U. S. COMMISSIONER Notary public If ADIIAB 4 OREUOH Q C. COLLVER HQTABY PUBLIC Justlpa of th o Peaoo CUt-VSR OREGON U, rnooi: PHYSICIAN SURGEON onioo lu Drug Blow, MADRAS )LAX LUEDDEMANM NOTARY PUBLIC - I'Jonccr Building ' MADRAS OREGON Jf H. HAKER ABSTRACTERS TITLES i Koal l'.sidfS; Convoxwnoiiifl 1'rinkVh.le, 1 k '" ' ' ohEOON NO. 3851. The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON B. F. Allsn, rresldcnt. T. M. BaI.DWIK, Casljltr. Will WuHiwen.En Vice i'res. U. Baluivim, A'uit. Cnshler. t ESTABLISHED 1086 Uapllal, buri'lui nd Undivided 1'rofiU , $100,000.00 A. M. WILLIAMS & GO. DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Clothing, Furnishing Goods BOOTS AND SHOKB. HATS AD OAl'8 THE DALLES OREGON SUMMER SHOES Laest Stsries Lowest ricera HARNESS A Fall Line Heavy Work Harness, Fancy Driving Harness; COLLARS, WHIPS, Halters, Etc., Etc. B. S. LARKIN MADRAS, ORE. WILL ASK FOR BIDS IN THIRTY DAYS Construction Work To Be ? Rushed All Along Th Lint HARRItfAN READY TO BUILD DESCHUTES ROAD Govrnmt Qrnt night-Of-Wy-frlyat Pewar Prajact Ara 6niy OM-'f Barring unexpected delays fn eeenring a contiHiibns right of way, bida for the constrncHon p th DeacliHtea Jie Into Central Oregon will beaaked by Harri man in 30 daya, aayg Snadky'a Portland Oregonian. The only obstacle th,l pre vents the immediate constrtfetiort of the' Central Oregon road is the adjustment of right-of-way questions witu power coiimm;s operating on tho Deschptes river. The railroad company already has secured rights of way to 70 per cet of tho 10 n.iles to bo traversed by the proposed road. An early and satisfac. tory adjustment of pending right of-way problems covering the remainder of the distance is believed more than probable without resorting to condemnation pro ceedings in tho courts. This was the information announced yesterday by J. P. O'Brien, vice-president and general manager of thellatri man lines in this territory, on his return from Chicago and S?ew York, where, ac companied by WW. Cotton, general counsel for the same system, he had been in conference with the company's head officials. Incidentally, during his sojourn in the East, Mr. O'Brien per sonally visited Washington and assisted to expedite the approval by Secretary Bnllinger of maps of survey for the road, submitted by the engineering de partment of the Harriman offices. "While we have not been officially advised that our maps of survey have been approved and that the government has removed all objections, po far as it concerned, to the construction of the Deschutes road, I assume that such is tlie case, judging from the published reportB fijotn Washington In yesterday's papers,'' said Mr. O'Brien yesterday. "We have secured rights of way to 70 per cent of the 120 miles to be covered by the road. Tho only obstacle con fronting the immediate construction of the railroad is the question of rights of way over property owned along the Deschutes river, owned by private in terests and held for theidevelopment of water power! "Until now we have not attempted finally to adjust pending controversies with these interests. It was only when our mups received the approval of the proper officials at Washington, thnt we gained a s'tanding in court. Wo will now proceed immediately to take up these questions and settlo them as speedily as possible. "Monday morning X shall hold a con ference with our right of way and legal departments, when theao matters will bo taken up for consideration. We shall make to these power companies what we consider reasonable offers for the concessions desired, and in that manner believe we will bo ablo satis factorially vu iiujuBi mo Biiuiuion ana at tne same time conserve tho interests of nil par ties. I am exceedingly hopeful an adjustment of all unsettled right of wav problems can bo accomplished without resorting to the courtB. If, however, we full after doing all we curt to reach an agreement without resorting to liti gation, we shall bring condemnation proceedings for a final determination of our rights and what we Hhall be re- qidred to pay for them. "Just aa soon as we succeed In sccur. Ingaclear and uninterrupted right of way covering the entire distance of 12Q miles we shall Immediately call for bld and proceed with the construction of the road just aa rtpfcily as ftioney afed labor will peHnlt. You. may rest aeeiired we are just aa anxious to proceed with building this road aa are the people of Portland, and Central Oregon, thdi- vn vo oo serveu, We have been given tho appropriation neceewrv to th struction of the Deerhutee toed and as uuamess proposition are deelsbus; of upending this money u.al J th con trupHqn oMli road insiiUB,b(& Ued.rsWHe oM b"Mtt, Until 34, 1909, rnent, deprived, a! earning power. I( wa succeed In Adjusting the few pending right a W problem expcdl tlouly 1 ara satisfied WO will bo In a position la dayi to ask for bids for buldin the road. When construction work s started, it wl. bo pushed vigor ously that tho rpid may b completed in the shortest possible time. Jn all probability not Jees than three construc tion crews will be employed. Work will be smarted, frOm both ends rtnd it thH crew wW twgja At some central polnt. TESTIMONY TAKEH IN CONTEST CASE Testimony waa taken ifl the contest of W. R Cook vq. the heirff of Archie A. McDowell, deceased, at a. hearing before Blax Luedderoann last Saturday and a number of witnesses were exam ined by both the contestant and the de fendant. The contestant was repre sented by M. I. B4g8. an attorney from Prineville, and ?. B. McDowell of Mad ras represented the defendant. The land involved in tho contest ia a homestead South ol this place, filed upon in lOOi by Archie . Mcpowell, since deceased. His father, 0. ! Mc Dowell, appeared to .defend, the entry as heir at law. The ground pi centeat was abandonment, the defendant seek iny to establish by the evidence be In troduced that the entrynwn, abandoned the laad iu June, 1905, and never re turned to the land, although his death did not occur until September, 1900. Since the latter date residence by the heirB was not necessary, arid the heirs claim that -they have cultivated the land as required by la-w. It is also con tended by tho defense that the absence of tho entryman from June 1905 to Sep tember 1900 was unavoidable owing to the illness of the entryman. Much in terest was .manifested iu the contest, and a number of the friends and neigh bors bf the parties to the ' contest were present to hear ibe testimony given. SCHOOL DIRECTORS ELECTED MONDAY The annual school meeting In Madras district, No. 22, was held Monday after noon, With only a small number attending. The principal business be fore the meeting was tho election of two directors and a clerk, the term of Out director having expired and another va cancy having occurred through the res ignation of I. F. Shutt. John McTag gart, president of the bourd oMirectors, presided at the meeting. Only two names were presented for director, A. 0. Sanford being named for tho term of three years to succeed himself, and T. B. Tucker being named ta: the two years term, and the clerk was inttiiiutcd to cast the ballot for both. S. E, Gray, who has served the district as clerk for several years, waB nominated to succeed himself, and upon motion the chairman was instructed to cast the ballot elect ing Mr. Gray. The question of disposing of the old school building was brought up and dis cussed, and a motion waa passed author izing tho directors to make whatever disposition of the building ssemed to them for the best Interests of the dis trict, and to turn the proceeds into the fund for the new building. RANCHERS HAVE RANGE TROUBLES NEAR BEND Bend, Or., June 17.- More than half a mile of wire fence surrounding the re cently acquired homestead of U. 0. Bar ney has been cut, presumably by cattle men, allowing cattle to enter on his land and letting escape upon tho desert a number of horses. Barney hall been absent foi- RoVhml daya with a surveying party in the mountains, and upon his return found a large portion of tho fonce about His 160-acre homestead entirely destroy ed, the wire having been cut between every poet, nu ins land overrun with cattle which had already exhausted Its pas turage. Fastened to a tree the marauders had left h notice which read; 4,Take right road to Bend, Blunlko and all points East. (Signed) "BLACK JACK SKINNEB8." This is Interpreted aa an admonition to Barney, ,nd the other settlers U th neighborhood to give up their lands and fences, Which Interfere -with tho ranges, RUtJ return whence they came. But Brneyt who is art old Civil Wur vete ran, Intends to run dowu thooffwidura and ptombns a warm reception III cMi a repetitkm of tk outran u attain. Tnwjki' iwcUMi WtehlenUtleiof tlm NO. 451 NEGRO WITH OUH IU- JURES TWO AT SHANll ? Members Of WoI "3fn By Drunken Pullman Porter Fuflltlvs I Cnught B. H. Trumbull and J. S. McCaogh , lin, traffic inen for the Illinois Central railroad, wero shot and seriously! wounded t Sbfiniko by a drunken negro, last Wednesday morning Botli wero shot in tho groin, and while their injur ies are pot considered dangerous nnles blood poisonfo'g abould Bet in, they wero. taken to Portland by special train and. carried immediately to the hospital. H;E. Brooks, the negro, who did, tho., shooting, madp bis escape in the dark ness. Trumbull and McLaughlin went to, Shanijcowlfh a party qf Eastern woo. buyers to attend 'the wool sales at that place, tbe, party going In a Pullman,., sleeper in which the wool buyers made their quarters while In Sbaniko. The.,, negro porter on the car got drank dor inz the stay in Sbanikq. and when he,- became unruly was put off of the car by the railroad meq. After he was put off fs ot the CftFi P.rool8 became abqgiye, at . which TroniimU and MbjUiuglilin climb-' ed down frpm tbe car and wef( taking, tho jiegro to the town loek-njj, , White struggling along with the negro throagh, the darkness, the railroad men an$ their prisoner stumbled off of the high board walk which leads from tho depot ' to the hotel, and with his hands free, tho negro drew a 38 calibld revolver and began shooting, two shots taking effect in Trumbull and- ono In McLaughlin; The ntgro then fled. Trumbull lay groaning on the street, and McLaughlin bobbled after n doctor, Koing to tho Sbaniko HoteL There waa no doctor in the settlement at the time; ' but Dr. King, from, a nearby settlement 1 waa quickly secured for the two men:.' As McLaughlin limped back towards the spot whero his associate Jay In ' dusty street he. came upon the iieeing negro and, on demanding of. a town offi cer that Brooks bo arrested, was cau tioned to go on about his bueineee. The last seen of the negro be was in tbe neighborhood of the Hooper ranch, four miles South of Sbaniko. He knows absolutely nothing of the country, and there is little probability that he will bo ltl j. able to escape. Sheriff Chnsman. o. Wasco county, with a posse of deputies, began a search for the negro as soon ag notified of the crime. Negro Fpgltlve Is Caught- The Dalles, Oregon, Juno 17. B.Et, Brooks, the negro Pullman porter, whq shot B. II. Trumbull and John Mc Laughlin, Illinois Central officials, at Shuuiko yeaUiday, was arrested shortly' after 4 o'clock this nftirnoon and now langniyhPa in n cell in the Wasco county jail in this city. Tho prisoner made no resistance when overtaken on tho Sheror' road, 22 miles from The Dalles. Ho was captured hy n posse composed of ' Sheriff Levi Qhriamon, E B. Woods, ari 0. Ui c N. detective, Deputy Shcrjfi Glenn O. Allen and Dell Howell, and. Dr. J. A. Beutor and F. H. Watts. The members of the posse were all from Tho Dalles, except Mr. Howell, who lives at Sbaniko, Tho posso left The Dalles today in two automobiles Immediately on learning of tho fugitive's presence in the vicinity of Sherars Bridge. The return trip to Tho Dalles was made without incident. Thoie is no undue excitement here over the affair and no danger of the prisoner being molested. No one has ever been taken from the officers by a mob In tho history of this county, according to the statement of pioneer residents. LARGE WOOL CLIPS SOLD AT SHANIKO the third wool sales of tho present seneoii wero held at Shanlkn wir.' and more than u million poutfde clwnS' ged hands at prices rnmrtn,, !,... - 16 and 23 cents. This price was slightly lower than the two preceding sales, hut HlO nrti.no 1.1. .1.1.. ..... . . , b,w nijsiiiy iwusiactory to. the sheepman and many large clips WWe i disposed of. The next sales 'day. bit" Will lift nn .Tnnn OO o...l . . ' ' M wlRfc WJJ ljMJ v yiU iwBfcwueox tue season at Bhanlko. ' - muinj me vrooK county chi4)4HeM' who sold tllelr wool W ..tl'J' : McIhlHKll fcH.1 a t i......V Jl!? 'I iwundaat lOicenU, Prineville Lm& LlvatocUC.o, JOO.OtX) pounds at yi g.a cents, Black Butte Land & nVMtock Sn S2 L? "L pvmmvrn Mb ..it. m, W. Ye is ?' u i A Pmnm wmurnitt nm bn eMeiiudi