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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1910)
5. v . - Nightwatch's -n- Salary Raised .vloml.iy uIum noon iiiiu nielli luaaui i st-ieii tenths of a i inch, according to Robert Rh -lit .1 lit local winner ohserwr it rhnige of the government in ptriiments lieio. The rains ot one true bill and tMghMionie bills. We have had a large number of witnesses appear be fore us upon many matters and have given our most careful attention to all complaints of V" nw in v x ur iiiuo tl 1 .it week combined 'with those eVery ki,,d ,nU(3j to our body, .t the nast Ihw fbiv nmiru .. oine of which are mentioned in I " IVV I total precipitation during this tllis report, month of a little more than two A great deal of ahention has ....,1.1 . , wm uiiee-quaner incites, to l)e exact 2.7C inches. Since eatly fall there ha 1 -en an abundance of moisture in the soil and farming condi tions have been all that could bti desired. With the opening of spriiur the grajn crops have made a line growth, and theBe Jieav'3' rauia coming at this tiuit- before there has been any chance for the ground to be .come dry, plant life is develop ing now in leaps and bounds ana mere is eveiy assurance that crops will be bumper this Benson. lear by year the rainfall over tins section seems to be been given to a petition signed by some of the citizens of Mad ras, leciting that certain evils exist there and asking that the urand jury seek to' eliminate them. Upon investigating we find that Madras is an incorpor ated city and that municipal ordinances are in force-provid ing for tile puliiahmeut of peo pie operating the establish meats complained of. We also litid that the municipality of Madras employs a marshal and nightwachnian at a salary ol $75 per month each and further that there has been paid into t tie city treasury of Madras from April 12, 1910, until the The cit;' council mot last Thursday evening to discuss the nrovisions ot llie propose( ordinance LMiintini: a Irnnchist u for a telephone system within the incorporation to L F. Slititl find Ed Mason. It was not the intention to take any other ac lion on the matter at this time as no franchise law can be en rutted except at at a regulai meeting. Several changes in the ordinance as originally drafted were made, and the measure was laid over to the next regular tneetinr in June At the meeting held Tu-hdn.v of last week Couiicilineu T. 13 lucKer and W. It. Uook were appointed as a special com inittee to confer with Night watch A. J. Weston in regard to salary. This committee re ported that Weston ageed to act as mghtwatch until October 1, 1910 at a salary of 100 pei mouth. The council voted un animously to employ him at that salary, which is a raise ironi 7o per month. Following this a proposal was made to raise the salary of the city marshal from $75 to $100 per month, but the motion was lost with a vote of four against to two in lavor of it. The meeting adjourned to the iirst Tuesday ii June. increasing with cultivation of e,lfl of 11,111 moutll the sum ot 'Diu. unuer uiese cucum llie soil, as has been the history if other semi arid regions With the increase of only a few inches in the annual lainfall, I lie great iarming belt com . ........ i -i i jinoiii nui -wnveMKiu vjrooK county and the Madras countiy stances this grand jury believes that this matter is one that should be left to theiuriedic tion of the city' government of Madras, and that the taxpayers ol the cuuntv at lanjre should Q rail discount the new irrigated "ot be f'i,Ied UP"" to bear the I ImikiI.h. ,.(' ...1.... ; . . i. "uiucii ui Hell la Vklllllll Ult tections on the production ol nps. Even iijW the farmers J.eieabouts are producing itiot :is prolitable crops as those who farm in the irrigated sections, not only in grain, but in garden, loots, melons and other pro uuots. In potatoes alone thi section has all other parts ol Central Oregon beaten. This by liswlf is a great lesource. The 1rospe(ti for seeming irrigation m this district is better at pies e f i ha ii ever before, but e.veii without it the Madras country" cm n '.d its own with other dis lo s on profitable crops ' Opening Up Cential Oregon" ) the caption of an attractive ..Ider descriptive of this section i .1 A'... CI . "I 1 . I 1 I j"miu iroin ot. i'aui oy tile jurisdiction of a municipality. This conclusion not only ap plies not only to the city ol Madras but io. all municipali ties within Crook county. We say tins not in any spirit ol criticism but becaiioe, owing to the work of raiiioud construe uiii nun l ii progress ill Ulle county on a large scale, bring ing in a vast number of trail stent people, this question and similar ones will probably arise in other incorporated towns, and we do not ieei that the county tt large should be called upon to bear the expense of in level ing wiih matters covered by local ordinances. We have visited the different county' olllces and in logard theieto we would state thai not (trn Northern Railway. This ife Hie ttrst matter to lie sent out being expert bookkeepers and ;, the llill interests in begin liinglliB woikof isolouhiing the r.uairy that will be opened up "y the building of the Oregon T. unk Line. A. supply of thete Juniors was left at the Pioneei ,iUice and can be had gratis. IjJesides getierrtl descriptive ,niaiter about the soil, crops, cli .luate and resources of Central Uiegou, the pamphlet ooutaiiib fcpMOial wjiie-nps of Madia, I'riiievillu, Redmond and Bend, alsu lettwrs fioin farmers of I liit i.iotiict who aie prospering on use irrigated and non-irrigated hinds. Halftone cuts of Crook .county scenes adorn each page, while the front is mostly cov ered by a map of Oregon, with the louie of the Oregon Trunk Lino indicated by a red line. AVheti the II ill party,, gtoppyd jilt Madias last Saturday aj ilimiied number of the new but ilous advei libiug Central QiHgou wait) distri failed but the atiijpry is already -xliauted. ,1 WAllNIXU-Tl.e public is notiHed that ti proiuiBfory note puyublu to me Iium IjCI'II Jobl. 1 J.a- iJtl t DilliL-Cll, jior nuthorined cn'toi.-i imut ui kuih', niul yyu art wnriii-d i,A to ncutiaU it having hut limited tiuie at oui disposal we could not pass upon the correctness of the financial accounts of the vari ous omeis, uui as lar as we could asceitain the booKs of the different county office h are neatly "and sybtematically kept. We alao find that the county courthouse is in good condition but recommend that a bathtub, with prouor bauity plumbing connections, be installed in a room in the county jaii fur the Use of the pl lnOlielS We have had main' perplex ing questions to pass upon and decide, lo all of theo we havt given our best consideration and have reached our coiicliimions having iu mind ihe beat inter ests of the taxpayers of the county and due ii'g nd for the law, and lluledl oui laOols feel iiitf that we have lull nadim luothiug whicii should have been done in Connection with the woik given us. Willis-W. Biown, Foreman; J. F. Blnnohard, ' y. S. titeuius, C. F. Smith, C. W. 15. Foote, Henry Twret, C. It. lUury. I Oil Prospects at li ay creek Crook County Journal: W. M. W. Hamilton, an expei -i-nced mining engineer, togethei with N . II. Huston, has dis covered what several men of some mining knowledge believe to be a good prospect for oil in Ihe vicinity of Haycieek. Six teen bundled acres of lands have been located in claims o 20 acres each. Considerable excitement is mani.est in the district over the discovery. Ihe locations have been made on a bed of shale lour miles wide by six miles long, lying in a manner th.it would indicate that the Gi'7.zy wells are ciop ping Irom the oil fi-dd proper the location of the Hay creek coal lauds and oroppiuire of oi shale being fuvorable. Samples ol oil were obtained from springs and gas tests weiv made wiih favoiable lesulle at ssveial different places. Among the men who have pronounced the prospects irooil are Mr. Wilbur of the Sumptei i an way and Air. Hammond o the Cliue Fails Power Com pauy. Mr. Hamilton and others propose to bink a well. n t- . IK n 1 WW j "ii a Pilaus j We have just received the UPTON 1TANO that we havo benii issuing vntH (,n lo our store and liy the instrument. It carries the matiufaciuiei's 'JVn V ii (j, nr ........ ; .. .. . ...i i . . .i V e COI UIUI iy IIDUV JWi mojiruuuii. MADRAS TRADING COMPANY AUCTION SALlE IIOUSHIIOLI) GOODS, Kltcliorj Fur- nltiiro unit FHrmiiiK I itipli'inen tn. W ISDN US DAY, MAY L'O.IOA. M Six mill's houtli of MiulniH at my pliiue. TI'MvMS On all amount;) up to $10, cuhli in liunil. Alt over Hint Mini time n'wt-n until OJtobor 1, on iippiovuil eeuiirity. On payments inuilu tliut (lulu no intureft oliurged. Eight pur Ofiit intnresi on unpaid iimoiiuls niter liiui dtlu. Col. V. II. Reynold, AiiL-tionoor. W. li. Cook, Clerk of 8. If. JI. 11. COOK, Owmtr oiiiiomiwiwi Him ri iir III tUI'll I'll I H l,.li ol nmiiiiemmce, few jepaiis, light innui. $A John Moore AGENT FOR CROOK COUNTY, MADRAS, OHj LOST or Struywl llorno, lol mllwl, hip eliot, uolglu 00(1 or 7Q !!), form criy owuud by J uik Mii.Munn. He turn ro Frank Prnit, Mitdnm. $o.(M) reward. MADRAS CAR SERVIGE8 AT M. E. CHURCH Sunday school uwiuc ui u3 ). in. Everyone cotdially invited. G. H. Moorueau, J'njtor. Millinery j Havinc nurd w I . ...w M millinery business recently Jj conducted by Mrs. L. E. t Poe, I derire to state that J I will carry a complete stock of y- M LADIES' HATS AND MILLINERY GOODS EJO.MKdTJCAD. NoittM fur l'nlilk-rt-B lion. Duimrlmuiu of llie Inte rior, U. S. Land Oilico ttl Tim Dullot', Oicki.ii, Mio 3, 101U. Notice in litiiol)y irivii tliwt KATII1SUINE A. HOUSII, fortntnly Kuiiifriuu A. Ilerlnt of Miidruti, OleROi), who, oil Ouiober 7, 190, made HumeHied Serial No OHM) for ujuej, rn-uel ko 24 and si see 18, tp 11 8, r 13 c, w in, JJhb tilet notice of inteiitioii to nuke riiirtl ciutuuiHttoii priMif, to mUhiiuh iduiiu lo Hit Imii.1 Hoove tlniwiltieil (w i.re Howard W. Turner, Uniiud gutM CoiiiUi'DSiOimr, at lit uirlutt Ht JlwdlHi, Or-Kou, on the 26ih dy of June, UUO. ClaiiaiAiil Uttiue aw wlititHw: M Q trwlu, Mx WtUon, (leo. W HmiMrdtfou, M L L iuck, all uf Mud- THH. O't'OU. IJIl2il(J C. W. M(or UtfrUlr SOFT DRINKS MORGAN & H O W ELI 2d QTAT1S SELECTION, lleparlui.-nt of tlt? Interior. V. 8. Lmid Offku. Tim Dalles, Uinuu, U 7.1SUU. Ntitlce In hereby klvuu that the 8tut .,r OieK.m hn Bled In tlim olftce it . applica tion, ISO. to Mtlect uii.lai- ih,. i.nu vlkiouii of the Act ot CoHurtK of An. HUht 11, li8, and the Ati MipplemeiiUry and auieiidutory Uicreto, Tuo veuwk of Any and all uentonu eluiinini advLr.K thulaudo described, or Oeli ink t objei-t becaui of the mlueral cliaiatter of tli taud, or for auy otiir itaon, to tlmilu poal lo app ieaut, idiould file their ailida vlU ot protett in tliU offlue on or ImiiiK. thu22ud day of Jane. IUJ0. utl2-jW C. W. ifOOIllS, Itejbtfr. T. S. UiiiaToN, I'res. K. II. Khemh, Vice-l'rcfl. J f. I - w.-rlJ EASTERN OREGON FOREIGN CXGHAMCE BOUGHT AND SOID DRAFTS ON ALL HAST8 OF THE V.'Lr.LD Cm nltol St mIi Mn nnr. D.PO.IU, $250,000 3HANIK0.0R CGOf- w ' -v -v-f-j v -j "V' 4k large Shipments 0! In all lines arc constantly arriving. Wo oil t tac auur.uon at this tluia to our 0J g Mrs, L E, AkByson UNITED STATES Land Oflke, Tim Dalle. Oreuon. Mv u loin u.. ittlNo. O0688. Notice U that Charles M. Carmrlulit. uhoie ollice addreiM in HhvtIi ir i.... ui. i M'llication toaeleet, under m l of June t, ibvi, vne loiiowtiig dcribvd knda; NVlnwi.awiuwl aec 17, m-inwl sec 10. turn M- ui I ii. .4 I j n- iiiHl Bec 13 to 11 m, r 15 w ni. an.i ov4. Ht-ix e- xj, wtt Mec la ttUi, ti, ip iu s, r lo e, W M, Anv and all iici-Kmiu .l,ii...i.. mt m- MIIWl ruu iv tlieieto. or d i. w, niu ounorui uiiuiucit'r ol the Jund or lor UllV Other mum in i, liJt. i .. .i I 'l . ' IM UI Hie above lands to tlm Hi.iUni .i i i .1 I ta I i. -,-,-......., niiuiim llie tnelr effldavits ol protest in inisofflce um ui uriwrv me sum Jny ol June, Jj;j, UU C. W. M t 'WIHt) , I PR! VATE t I Boarding i HOUSR t W 111 lie II).. i ,( aJ h;, fl,0i l-ll'KIl,! )., ) , llt JjUt "i. .t J.j.i .'oj.iil l.uuftll. 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