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Madras Pioneer
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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, QQTQBER 28, I9Q9.
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MADRAS, OREGON
STABLE!
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C1IYH
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Transient Stock diwn Best Of Feed And Care
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
0, C. COLLVEB
NOTARY PUBLIC
MADRAS COUNTRY
TAKES SWEEPSTAKES
JuBtioo of tho Pen co
OREGON
HOWARD W, TURNER
U, S. COMMISSIONER
Fine Slock Given Faygpga
ble Comment-Takes
Many Prte93
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Vladras State Bank
MADRAS, OREGON
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
Money tronimittcd to all parti of United States and Canada
J, M. Conllin, Pretident nd Gen. Mn'gf C. E. Romh, Vice-Preiident -HRECTOItH
C. K. Kourii, M. Vulx, J, 0. Kolilnnon, Itobt. Iloa, J. M. Conklln
ROTARY PUBLIC
INSURANCE
MAJUtAU
OREUON
II. SHOOK
MADRAS SCHOOL TAKES
10 FIRST PREMIUMS
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
0op In Drue Store.
MADRAS
OREGON
J( H. HANER
ABSTRACTER OF TITLES
notaiiy I'unuc
f-'Iro Inmironcc, I-lfo Iniurance, Surety JIoixIk
Itonl ICslr.to, Converpuolng
1'MNKVJLMJ, OREGON
Fruit And Vagotafales Of This Dlstrlot
Excelled By None OtherrExr
hlfelt Of Puifllc Sphaal
Is Excellent
AURAS MARKET I
h. CflmPBELtLi, Prop., MADRAS
BEEF, PORK, VEAL !
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We have the best line of Fresh Meats In the country
ill KINDS OF GARDEN VEGETABLES It! THEIR SEASON t
NO. 3861 ,
The First National Bank
OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON
B. f. Au.nw, JTcnltlent,
T. M. IUldwjh, Caiuler.
Wat WuniffKii.Kn Vlco I'rei.
II. Dalda-ik, Ast. Cajlilor.
ESTABLISHED 1008
Capita), Burplui Undivided
$100,000.00
I'ronu
A. E. CROSBY
EVERYTHING IN
DRUGS & KODAKS
THE DALLES, OREGON
Exclusive Agent For
EASTMAN
KODAK COMPANY
Rochester, N, Y,
A full line of Pho
to supplies always
on hand, Printing
and developing
done. Mail orders
will receive our
prompt attention.
Write for our new
1909 CATALOG
Try a bottle of Alur-
fine's Edlnol .Devel
oper. Will develop
any Plato or Paper
A. E. CROSBY
A. M, WILLIAMS & GO.
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Dry Goods, Clothing,
Furnishing Goods
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BOOTS ANDBHOES
IIAT8 AND CAI'8
THE DALLES
ORECON
DROP IN AND SEE
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& Powel
DEALERS N
Soft Drinki
OIF1 -A-LX-j KHSTOS
Imported And. Domestic
CIGARS
Loucks Building;
MADRAS, ORE.
WE HAVE more buyera for farm lands
than wo have on our liats. Please
call nt our office If you desire, to sell,
Van Tassel Laud Co.
ROBINSON'S BIG STORE I
ON
YOUR
SPECIAL PRICES FOR CASH
Winter's Supplies
WE CARRY EVERYTHING
For WHEAT And BARLEY f
On Accounts Arid In Trade
WE PAY THE HIGHEST PRICE
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J. C. & M. A. ROBINSON
GENERAL MERCHANTS
MADRAS, OREGON
,Tho exhibits fiom this Madras country
nt tlio Crook County Fair held At Prino
ville last week sIiowb thqt (bp $qrt:-
wcHtcrn section of Crook County ia pre
eminently a prize winner. "With very
few exceptions the flrBt prises in every
class in which exhibits from this section
were entered received first premium.
Tiie Madras country was awarded a ma
jorityof tho premiums on the Belgian
liorees and all kinds of draft horses
Tdo general agricultural exhibit from
this vicinity was awarded sweepstakes,
Even the exhibit of alfalfa by Tilman
Router of this district was awarded first
premium over exhibits from theiniga
ted sections. The fruit exhibit from the
Cove Orchard by William Boegli was
very tastily arranged and included
largo variety of the fruits raised in that
locality. This exhibit was a sore temp
tation to the appetites of tho raany who
viewed it. A detailed list is not given
of tho premiums awarded tills exhibit.
It received about SO per cent of all the
prizes. The babies from this section,
not to be outdono by other products, are
also prize-winners, tho C-weeks-old lit
tle one of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Douthit
of Trout Creek being awarded first pre
mium for the premium for the prettiest
baby under 0 months old.
Tins section was not represented in
a considerable number of tho clasees of
exhibits at the fair which is probably
accounted lor because of the newness
of the country, there not now being the
diversity of farming pursuits in the
Madrae country which will probably be
represented a few years later, when this
district will be ablo to enter exhibits in
almost any class and secure creditable
premiums. A detailed list of the pre
miuros awarded to this section follows
Haystack Livestock A'es'n, Belgian
stallion, .1st premium, also, best draft
stallion, let premium.
G. Springer, Belgian, stallion under 1
year, 1st i Jtelgian mare. 2d 1 Percheron
stallion, 2d ; "draft colt under one year,
1st; draft double team, 1st, special. '
J. L. Windom, Belgian mare, 1st; filly
Belgian under 1 year, 1st; grade draft
mare over 2 years, 1st.
Tilman Keutcr, best display alfalfa,
1st; winter wheat, 1st and 3d; wheat iu
stalk, 2d; barley iu stalk, let; Eaily
Rose potato, 1st and 2d ; Blue Victor po
tato, 2d any new kind potato, 1st; field
corn, let and 2d; best display farm pro
ducts, let Bweepstakes.
THE SCHOOL EXHIBIT
Quality was tho main factor consid
ered in preparing tho exhibit from the
Madras school, and considering tho
amount of material placed on exhibi
tion tills school was awarded us many
premiums' as any other school in tho
county. As tho competition for the
various premiums was grado against
grado tlnoughout tho schools of the
county, tho awards to the Madras pub
lic school tends to show that its work is
not excelled by any other school m the
county.
Tho Madras public school was award
ed tho following first premiums:
lOth grade Algebra, individual work,
1st premium, Rny Jackson.
8th grado, Language, 1st premium for
grado work ; 8th grado, History, 1st for
grado work, and individual History. 1st
Mabol Braun; Arithmotlc, first pre
mium, individual work, Lea Mayes; 7th
grado, History, individual work, 1st,
Mnmlo Boy co; Oth grade; PhyBloloiiv.
let, for grade work, and individual work
1st, Etta Richardson; 5th grado. Physi
ology, lBt for chiBS work, and individual,
ibi, ueorgo roweU; Gth grade. Gcoara-
phy, individual, 1st, Johnnie Robinson :
4th grade, Hygiene, 1st on class work;
3d grado, Arithmetic-, 1st on grado work;
-M gruuo, Arithmetic, let fdr individual
work, Robert Cook; 1st grndo. arithme
tic, 1st premium on class, work.
EXTRA
Contract Let For Hill Road
up willow m
it has Just become known iter? that
the cotttrct for constructing- the Ore
gon Trunk Line from a point 17 miles
North of Madras up tho Deschutes and
Willow Creek to this city has peen lot
to Jack Porter, a son of ono of the
Porter Brothers. Construction will
start as soon as the permanent loca
tion is made. Till? news comes from
a source which Is considered rcllaafe.
Watir System And Irriga-
fion For Mate -
NEW BBICK HOTEL WILL
booh be QOHSTBV6TE01
V. D, Williamson Contemplate Manv
Improvement For City Oro
pop Jruntj Jntofetorf In
fagrajTovYPSlte
an oversight, as tho reporter's time was
limited for writing up the exhibit, and
he .was unable to see all of tho award
sheets. J ED.
Private Parties Investigate
Crooked River Project
NOTE (Possibly some of tho lire.
mlums nwardod to tho Madras country
tiitt ptnltted, in which case it ia entirely
WILL STORE WATER
IN LAKES QF CASCADES
Prospoots Of Irrigation For This Sec
tion In Comparatively Short
Time -Work Done la
Preliminary
That all of tho country North of
Crooked River in the Northern part of
Crook. CQwntry is to iiqve irrigation in
the near future, is tho plan now being
worked out by a Mr. Rogers arid sou,
who have been connected with several
irrigation projects in Idaho. They are
assisted in their work by Engineer Stev
eeon,whoia recognized as a prominent
and able man in this kind of work.
Two of the moat recent enterprises that
these men have been interested in, and
have helped to build, are the Payette
segregation that covers about 80,000
acres and the Owyhee segregation which
covers about 150.0Q0 acres.
It is thought by these men that the
most practical way to furnish irrigation
for this section, including tho Agency
Plains, is to conserve the water supply
in the mountains by constructing large
reservoirs, and with this end in view-
Mr. Rogers and his party have decided
to look into the matter very thoroughly
and get a definite knowledge of the stor
age capacity that can be obtained.
Thoy have fitted out camping equip
ment at this place, expecting to take
several weeks to look into the matter,
which will inclpdo n visit to all the
larger lakes ib the Cascade Mountain?
whose drainage flows thin way, when
accurate data will bo gnthhercd con
cerning quantity of water available for
irrigation purposes. Their first camp le
expected to be in the vicinity of Crcs
cent Lake, which it is thought will be
the main source of water supply.
The party spent Thursday and Friday
running preliminary linea and taking
elovations, which will aid in carrying
out their work in the future. Mr. Rog'
ere expressed nimseit as ueimr verv
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much gratified with the existing condl
tions and felt confident that from prea
ent prospects tho problern would be
worked out, and as soon as preliminary
work was completed, work upon the
project would commence and be pushed
to completion as rapidly as labor could
be secured. The party upon its return
will bo in a better position to make a
more complete statement in regard to
tho futuro developments for irrigation
in tho MadraB country.
DOINGS OF RAILROAD
SURVEYORS AT MADRAS
Along with tho continued activity of
the construction of the Deschutes Rail
road and the Oregon Trunk Line up the'
Deschutes canyon to MadraB, compq iq
gratifying news of the extensive imr
provements for this city and the imme
diate vicinity, which will be carried out
as planned as fast as labor and nafpriaj
can be secured.
In the recent visits of somo flf tho
gentlemen who have not long since ac-
quired an interest in the Madras Town- '
site Company and other valuable prop
erty in this locality, among thpep invest
ors being V. p. Williamson, $ Jjpayy
stockholder in the Oregon Trun.lf Ljne,
r resident Joun i. bteyens ana (Jiuet
Engineer G. A. Kyle of thp same line,
it was learned, that the plans have been
made for the expenditure of a consider?
able amourit of money in developing
several projects at this point. These
gentlemen having the railroad eitantion
well in mind have realized the natura
resources and the prospects of develop
ment in this section of tho Deschutes
Vallpy, prjpcipally as a wheat producr
ing belt, have inyeated extensively in
the town aqi in farm property In this
locality.
Among the first improvements which
will be inaugurated by the new townsite
people-will be a large brick hotel, plans
and specifications far winch are po?v
being prepared. Several bricif business
blocks are also being considered. It is
expected these buHdinga will bp erected
as soon as the material can be secured
and placed upon the ground!, There is
now. under construction a larcB nlant
for the manufacture of brick, which d
located op ope of the repepljy purchase
tracts of V. D, Williamson adjoining tho
townsite. The men erecting the plant
have taken a contract to burn 500,000
brick in the first kiln, and it is probable
the plant will be enlarged as work pror
gresses.
Mr. Williamson is also making pre
parations to construct n largo storage '
reservoir at the mouth of Willow CreeH
gorge above the yhjlJips tract, which is '
intended besides irrigating his own land, .
which includes about 800 acres of fine
bottom land, to install a city water syg.
tern. The supply that will bo obtained
from this source will be adequate to
supply water for domestic purposes, fire :
protection and for beautifying lawns,
It baB been intimated by the Oregon
Trunk officials that Madras would ho
the first division point on that line South
of the Columbia River. With tlm
heavy investments of capitalists in this
section, nnd the extensive improvements
planned by those interested in the town,
it would indicate that the rumor is
authentic,
PORTLAND PEOPLE WILL
START NEW TOWNSITE
Other Schemes For Development Will
Also Rocblve Attention
Sunday evening a party of surveyors.
under tho direction of Engineer J. L.
Stacer, arrived in Madras. This party
baa beon working on tho Deschutes
River in tho vicinity of Horseshoe
Bend for tho Oregon Trunk Lino, and
Having completed
F. P. Cooper nnd A. E. Hammond.
of Portland, representing the Crook
County Irrigation & Investment Com
pany, a cIobo corporation, capital Btock
$100,000, composed of F. P. Cooper.
president; T. W. Taylor, vice-president:
Judge Littlefleld, secretary, and A, E.
Uammond, engineer, arrived in Madras
last Saturday, and later weut farther
South. These gentlemen are making a
thorough study of tho needs of this sec
tion of tho county and it is understood
that it Is their Intention to exploit and
advertieo Bomo now projects for tho do-,
velopment of this and other sections of
tho county. -
Mr. Cooper, tho bead of this orgnni-
their work in thnt
vicinity, thoy wero on their wav td tho zntioni 18 nn of great buBinces enor
Crooked River crossing, and will en. 8'. nnd Is hcarily enthusiastic over tho
doavor to lower tho grado and straighten
tlia curvature between that point and
Redmond, and this work is to be fol
lowed by permanent location. Monday
evening another party undpr Engineer
Movicker arrived in town and it ia un
derstood that thoy will establish a camp
n tho vicinity of Culver, their object
(Concluded on ptuje 4)
prospecu ol this section of the couuty.
He is well recommended by business
men of authority in Portland and bv hi
associates elsewhere. This section I
awakening to a slight realization of the
vast amount of dormant wealth lying
within ita boundnriee. oud it Ib a matter
of congratulation that this gentleman
lias seen fit to bocprae a factor in its)
i development
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