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The Madras Pioneer
THURSDAY - JUNE 30, 1910
WATER SYSTEM
IS IMPERATIVE
The time is ripe for Madras to
take some decisive steps toward
permanent city development in
the way of securing some kind
of water service for the town
for fire protection and domestic
purposes. Everyone acknow
ledges this to be a fact, but the
weeks slip away into months,
and nothing is done. Tiie
difficulty appears to be that no
definite plan can be decidud up
on, and in consequence these
days that ought to be filled in
with civic progress and con
struction of a water plant are
gliding into the past and the
growth of the city is hampered.
Division Engineer Griswold
of the Oregon Trunk is one of
those who sees the difficulty and
without any spirit of officious
ness he offers to submit a plan
and pipe and other materials,
estimate the cost of installing
nnd submit the matter to the
people in a tangible form in
dollars and cents.
Mr. Griswold is not butting in
on this matter. lie along with
every one else in town wants
something done at once toward
getting a water system for
Madras. There is not any other
one thing that will do so much
for the good of the city at this
time as a water system. The
property owners and residents
of Madras might just as well
come to the conclusion now as
later, that it's up to them to de
velop the town. No one else is
going to do it.
Fight to Last
Continued from page 1.
would help us get another new
county for this section in a year
or two. Just how absurd this
proposal is can be shown in few
worde.
Unless the northwestern part
of the county took in larger por
tion of the proposed Deschutes
for a water system, do all the j county, we would not have
engineering work gratis and
put the proposition up to the
people of Madras in dollars and
cents.
'. "As a representative of the
company I have a right to
take an interest in the develop
ment of Madras," says Mr Gris
wold. "The Oregon Trunk will
be on&of the heaviest tax pay
ers in the city, and we want this
town to be just as big and pro
gressive as possible from a busi
ness standpoint and are willing
to do everything in our power
to make it so."
Mr. Griswold's idea is to in
stall a well system with a gas
engine to operate pumps with
either a tank or excavated reser
voir of sufficient capacity to fur
nish water to combat a fire of
some size. lie will make the
surveys, get prices of machinery
enough territory to make a
county at all. And according
to law a new county cannot take
half of the territory from the
mother county. Then if we tried
to take a slice oft of what is left
of Crook County to the east of
Deschutes county line we wquld
have old Crook County into our
wool again. If the Deschutes
county bill passes in the coming
election we are doomed for eter
nity to go to Redmond as our
county seat.
The people from Redmond
claim that they had satisfied
Piineville by withdrawing their
line from that town to a distance
of ten miles instead of encroach
ing to within six miles as their
petition is worded. But this
statement is not borne out by
the Prineville people. The
lines of the proposed new county
can't be changed without a now
petition is prepared and a new
set of signatures semired. It's
too late now to make this change
so no one should be bamboozled
by any such talk as this. If
the Redmond county bill goes
she will have to go as she looks.
Furthermore the people ol'Prine
ville pledged themselves to
fight the bill, and they are light
ing it.
Redmond representatives at
Prinevillle the other day were
asked some rather pointed ques
ions. They were asked if they
thought the new county propos
al would carry it it were left to
the vote of Crook county and
they were forced to acknowledge
that it wouldn't. They were
a'so asked if this new county
bill was not largely to boom for
Redmond townsite company,
proposed and launched by them
without general knowledge and
and consent of the people of the
town, and they also acknowledg
ed that this was a fact. What
do you think of Redmond's new
county scheme, the idea which
gave birth to, and the manner in
which it is being promoted?
SPECIMENS FOR EXHIBITION WANTED.
SPECIAL EVENT for the
The Madras Trading Co.
offers a H jg" purse for
a 50-yd j) O dash race
by girls under 15
years of age
MADRAS TRADING COMPANY
I would liko to ask nil parties linvini?
extraordinary samples of grain and
farm produce to bring them to my of
fice to be placed on exhibition July 4th.
Oka YanTasski..
$20 REWARD FOR HORSES
Strayed from my place at Madras Ore
gon one bay horse branded on left shoul
der with small blotched brand, his left
eye is out, also one bay marc branded
with large S with bar under it on left
shoulder. The above reward will be
paid to anyone returning them to me.
S. 13. GHAV.
' M. E. CHURCH SERVICES
Services will be held at Mt. Jefferson
snhoolhouse next Sunday morning, July
3, instead of the following Sunday on
account of the Epworth League con
vention at Madras July 9 and 10. Ser
vices will be held at Madras in the
evening.
The 4th quarterly conference will be
held Friday, July 1, at lOi.'JO a. m.
G. It. Mooiiheai), Pastor.
FREE METHODIST SERVICES
Services will be held at the Kree Meth
odist Church the ist and 3rd Sundays of
each month.
All are invited. A. S. Wright, Pastor.
NEWSPAPER PRESS FOR SALE
Six-column quarto Ideal Hand Cyl
inder newspaper press for sale cheap
or cash. As good as now. Write the
Pioneer, Madras, Oregon.
BUICK
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Most satisfactory moderate priced cars. Lo
of maintenance, few repairs, light running.
John Moore
AGENT FOR CROOK COUNTY, MADRA8,
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SOFT DRINKS
MORGAN & H 0 W EL!
PREPARE TO SPEND THE
OF
JULY AT
MADRAS
GRAND CELEBRATION
Sunrise Salute
Monster Parade
String Band" Music
Patriotic Speaking
Basket Dinner at, Noon
Grand Ball at Night
Fireworks
.00 Disolav
Will be the best exhibition ever shown in Central Oregon
$1000
BASEBAMi-$10
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I4NL PULSES
PROGRMME AS PERFECTED TO DATE
9:30 a. m., Parade 50 yard dash, free for all - 3.00 2.00
1 1 a. m., Patriotic Speaking Sack race, - 1 .00
DINNER ' Boys' Race, under 12 years - watch .50
Boys' Race, under 1 4 years - 2.00 1 .00
1:00 p. m.-CONTESTS 1st prize 2nd 3-legged Race, free, for all - 2.00
Rock drilling Contest - . $5.00 $2.50 Wheelbarrow race, 50 yds and return 2.50
1 00 yard dash, free for all - 3.00 2.00 Obstacle Race, - - 2.00
Potato race, 15 years of age - .
Tug of War, 10 on a side
Boys' Pony race, free for all
Horse Race, free for all
Broncho "Busting"
Baseball game, - - $loo.oo In Purses
1.50
5.Q0
5.00
1 0.00
5.00
2.oo
5.oo
2.5o
8:3o p. m FIREWORKS