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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1910)
' t The Madras Pion VII MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. AUGUST 25, 1910. NO. 2 :d Cross C STORE JADRAS, ORE. ...rlnnccd IlwiHtCfttl feljts to MM your I'reseriji- pecials ..i n :j 7;, jotlic rcroxiut, - ot itic Peroxide, - 40c - 20c , per pound - 10c ule Strychnine - 20c ap, 3 cakes in a box - - 25c our Hpi-cialH TIih : HJtvt 3 (tu money FROM BEND TO HARNEY Hill Line Plans to Build Eastward STEVENS HEADS ALL LINES Scope of Oregon Trunk's Powers Enlarged by Amending Artl tlclcs of Incorporation IADRAS I Drilling Co. IAN AND SURFACE WELLS EPTH GUARANTEFO riMATES FURNISHED IE AT PIONEER OFFICE ' MADRAS, OREGON II The Oregon Trunk railroad plans to build a line from Bend southeast to Harney County. While no announcement of the beginning of work on that ex tension has been made, provis ion for the construction of it has been made in amended articles of incorporation -filed by the com pany at Olympia, Wash., after a meeting held by the stockholders at Vancouver, last week. The filing in detail recites that the company has power to construct 155 miles of road, from Bend southeasterly, which will bring the terminus into the township just southeast of Malheur Lake. The amended articles will also permit the corporation to build ' and operate other branch lines in Washington and Oregon, to pur chase and operate steamboats, stage lines and other transporta tion companies, to purchase other lines, issue stocks and bonds and the like. John F. Stevens is now presi dent of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway, the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad, Colum bia River & Northern Railway (Goldendale branch), and of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navi gation Co., succeeding George B. French. This puts Mr. Stevens at the head of all the railroads in oper ation or under construction in the Oregon country that are con trolled jointly by the Northern Pacific and Great Northern. Mr. Stevens js also president of the Oregon Trunk Line, president of the United Railways, building from. Portland to Tillamook, president of the Oregon Electric, operating an interurban electric system from Portland to Salem and Forest Grove, and now pre paring to build to Eugene and McMinnville, and president of the Pacific & Eastern, building from Medford to Butte Falls, to which point the Oregon Trunk is to be constructed later. CANDIDATE FOR SHERIFF To the Republican Voters of Crook County: 1 hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of Sheriff of Crook County subject to the approval of the Republican voters of the county at the primary nominating election Septem ber 24, 1910. J. A. Coulter, 8-25 Madras, Ore. in New Umbrellas and Sunshades We have just received a large shipment of umbrellas, suitable for all kinds of people and all kinds of weather. Positively the largest assortment ever shown in Madras, at prices that will tempt the most lastidious customer to buy. Do not miss this opportunity to save money. Call and see our line. 4 PRICES from 50c to $3.00 EACH FREE! $ 1 0 Dinner Sets-FREE! EVERY WEEK Next prize will be given on Wednesday, August 3 1 . Don't forget the date, you may be the winner. i-.t .V . PROGRESS AT THE OIL WELL Drilling Belowthe 500-Ft. Mark Central Orcuon Mercantile any :- R. T. OLSON, Manager MADRAS, - OREGON : Coma LOCAL PEOPLE BUY STOCK Want To See Hole Deep Enough To Demonstrate Possibility of Getting Oil Reports from the oil well at Grizzly are to the effect that work on the property is prog ressing satisfactorily. The first undertaking upon the recent re sumption of operations, was to enlarge the drill hole so as to install eight-inch casing to a depth of 50Q feet, that being the depth to which the well was completed. This plan required that the six-inch casing be with drawn, and the lower portion of the hole rimmed out so that eight-inch casing could be ex tended to the bottom. This task has been accomplished, and the big drill will soon be pounding its way on down toward where the subterranean stores of oil are believed to be. News from the oil well will be awaited with more interest than heretofore. The surface formations have been passed through and when drilling was discontinued several months ago the steel was working in a shale said to be typical of oil deposits. This fact, with other favorable indications, has kept the promo ters at this enterprise, and with work resumed, any day may now show up some startling dis covery. Several local people are taking small blocks of stock in the com pany. They look upon the prop osition not so much from a spec ulative view, to reap a great profit, as from the desire to see the work go ahead and to dem onstrate the possibility of get ting oil in this country. One man reasons like this: "The people who own a large lot of property in this part of the county can well afford to in vest $50 or $100 or more in stock in prospecting this company in order to find out what can be done along this line. They can do this without any regard to whether the investment will give them any returns directly or not. If any oil is struck it is a good speculation. If no oil is found, it is worth something to them and their country to know that, too." Now that this company has invested its money in the drill ing plant and have the work well started at a location consid ered to be very favorable for success, there is a general feel ing that this company is entitled to the support of every one who has a desire to see prospecting for oil continued to a depth that will determine the presence or absence of the crude oil. The striking of oil in commer-1 cial quantities would multiply the value of property in this sec tion so many times that the pal try investment of a few dollars for prospecting purposes would not be worth thinking about in comparison. But no oil will ever be struck unless this prospectir-g is done. Many small holders qf stock would make it a light bur den on all. ENGINEER MEETS WITH SERIOUS ACCIDENT The installation of water and electric lighting systems for Madras seems to be ill fated. This time the engineer who was to have been here this week to take up the matter of a franchise with the city officials for the Newport Engineering Company of Portland, met with a serious auto accident Monday of last week and will be confined to the hospital for four weeks. Harry A. Young is the engineer's name and it was he who bumped into the carload of steel rails with his auto with sufficient force to bend one of the rails and smash his car very badly, at the same 1 lascerating his right leg and splintering the bone. One niece of bone as large as a bean was picked off the wreckage. A letter received from Port land by Mayor Turner asks that a franchise be prepared and acted upon at the next meeting of the council, granting this company the right to install and maintain the water and lighting systems, and on account of the disability of the engineer who is to take charge of the work, it is asked that the company be given 60 days from the date of the franchise to begin actual con struction. Regret is expressed in the letter on account of the delay, as the company says it is anxious to tajce the matter up and push it to completion. WILL SHOW OUR SENATOR Points About Irri gation Project MAPS ARE BEING HELD UP Effort Will Be Made to Enlist : Aid of Senator Chamberlain ... To Secure Approval -.A ROUNDABOUT MAIL ROUTE TO PRINEVILLE Heisler post office, which has been established and discon tinued spasmodically for the past ten years, is again off the map. Mail from this point to Madras joes by way of Shaniko now, and a letter to Culver R. P. D. for example would require about five days under favorable condi tions for delivery, while one day should be quite long enough. Some kind of west side mail ser vice is needed worse now than ever before, but it will perhaps not be had until the mail supply comes from Madras to Prineville, for the post office department moves very slowly in these matters. Prineville Journal. LOCAL TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR MADRAS The long promised local tele phone service for Madras is at last being installed by the Pio neer Telephone Company and by the end of the present week a dozen or more houses will be connected with the central office and be able to ring up central so as to switch onto their neigh bor's line or to get long distance connections. Two men have been busy placing the poles, stringing the wires and putting the phones into the different buildings. Miss Stella Baker is now hold ing the position of "central" girl. Phones have been placed aa follows: Porter Bros. Commissary. Central Oregon Mercantile Co. A. C. Sanford, hardware store. Hotel Madras. Cornett Stage & Stable Co. 'a office. Dr. Snook's drugstore. " " residence. Pioneer Office. Hood & Stanton's stables. Madras Meat Market. Madras Trading Co., C. E. Roush. Today a conference will hi held in Portland in regard to the ! Crescent Lake irrigation project,' by which it is proposed to irri gate the major portion of the,' lands surrounding Madras, and, in fact all the territory north ? of ' Crooked River and east of rthe Deschutes River. Messrs. Rounds and Rogers, the capitalists who propose to install the irrigation system, and J. H. Jackson, recorder of the City of Madras, and Councilman W. H. Cook, also of this city, will confer with TJ. S. Senator George E. Chamberlain and pre sent to him all the details of the plan. Arguments in favor of grant ing the application of Rounds & Rogers to construct a storage' reservoir by building a dam across the outlet of Crescent Lake and bring the stored water down the natural channel of the Deschutes during the irrigation,, season to a point where it can be diverted to the lands in this part of Crook county, will be pre sented to the Oregon senator, in the effort to enlist his aid in the matter of getting the filing maps approved by the department. These representatives will show Senator Chamberlain th it Rounds & Rogers are able financially and are. ready to take up this project and put it through to completion as soon thev can get the approval of the Government to do so. Crescent Lake, on the head waters of the Deschutes, is m the National Forest Reserve, and further more has been reserved by Reclamation Service engineers as a possible part of a conceived project to irrigate sdme land in Klamath county. Senator Chimberlain will also be advised that this is the most Dractical plan submitted for watering this region ana that it not only is desired to insure crops but for household use and to water domestic animals. If this water sup ply is not utilized by the Madras section it will undoubtedly be used for some other project. The great need of water for all purposes and the wonder ful agricultural possibilities which would result in this reeion UDon the completion of this system will be im pressed upon the senator. The people of Madras and tributarv districts are vitally interested in the outcome of this propositi for irrigation. Ihere is apparently nothing to hinder its realization, except it be failure to secure Government approval. The engineering problems are all said to be solved, the men who desire to build the irrigation system are unquestion ably financially able to carry the work to completion. Land holdes have all signified their willingness to sign up for water. The productiveness of the soil in this district is wonderful. The only handi cap is that in some seasons thoro is insufficient moisture for perfect devel opment of crops. But water for house use and farm stock is hauled by moat all the ranchers from 1 to 10 milos. ; ) Madras State Bank MADRAS, OREGON TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Money transmitted to all parts of United States and Canada J. M. Conldin, Preltfenl and Gen. Man'gr ; C. E. Roush, Vie.Predent DIliKCTOKS: C. K. Itoueh, M. i'utz, f. C, Itoblnson, Hob. Ites, J. 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