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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1910.
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STRIKEWATER
AT 677 FEET
Drilling Continues
Nevertheless
this well is to go out and meas
ure it.
This is the deepest well in
Central Oregon. The hole was
drilled with a 12-inch tool. The
pumping proble'm will be an ex
pensive one, but the railroad
company must have the water,
and is able to get it. This well,
it is planned, will furnish water
for both the Hill and Harriman
locomotives, and is located mid
way between the two tracks, at
a point where they are 1000 feet
apart.
OREGON TRUNK GOING DEEP
Plans Regarding Work Kept
Secret (Almost) Well To
Supply Locomotives
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IADRAS
illingCo,
Kan and surface wells
IEPTH GUARANTEED
Itimates furnished
Ie at pioneer office
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Water at 677 feet was struck
in the big well being drilled for
the Oregon Trunk Railway last
Tuesday, at Metolus, four miles
south of Madras. The water
rose 30 feet in the well. There
seems to be a plentiful flow, as
the drillers were unable to lower
the water level by baling the
well with the sand buckets at
the rate of 10 gallons per minute
for a considerable time.
Although there appears to be
strong flow of water in the well
the drilling is going right along
just as though no water had
been found. It's hard to learn
much about this well. There is
a sign up that reads, "This well
is pretty d d deep. It's headed
for China. Don't ask the man."
The only way to learn the
whereabouts of the bottom of
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Cup Offered for
Best Apple Exhibit
The accompanying cup will become
the property of some enterprising
Oregon Orchardist. It is offered by
the Portland Commercial Club for the
best ten boxes of apples grown in an
Oregon orchard and exhibited at the
National Apple Show, Spokane, Nov
ember 14-19.
The cup is a handsome one, of solid
silver, valued at $100. It stands 13
inches high and will be a splendid
trophy for the apple grower fortunate
enough to secure it There promises
to be a number of entries in this divis
ion, so the exhibit must needs be a
good one.
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 fastidious customer to buy. Do
not miss this opportunity to save money. Call and see our line.
PRICES from 50c to $3.00 EACH
FREE!-$10 Dinner Sets-FREE!
EVERY WEEK
Next prize will be given on Wednesday, .
September 7. Don t forget the date, you
may be the winner.
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Central Oreoon Mercantile
Company
ft. T. OLSON, Manager
MADRAS, - - OREGON
SELFISHNESS
IS MOTIV
Of All New bounty
Schemes
TIME TO PUT STOP TO IT
Proposed New Law Provides
Excellent Way Vote , "No"
on Ail County Division
Rob these county division
schemes of the ambition of some
little town which wants to be a
county seat, and the desire of a
few men to increase the value of
their property, 'or to brighten up
their political chances, and what
is there left? These motives are
the source of all this county
division turmoil which is dis
turbing the state from border to
border at this time. Not in a
single instance does' investiga
tion of these movements prove
this statement to be untrue.
County organization is a part
of our government that most
directly affects the welfare of
the people, and this paper be
lieves that such important inter
ests as this ought to be put
where every petty schemer in the
state can't monkey with them.
The time to put these county
division schemes out of the way
for all time is NOW, and the
way to do this is to vote against
each and every one of them, and
to enact the Lawrence bill,
placed on the ballot by the Mad
ras Commercial Club, which
makes ample provision for the
creation of a new county, when
the actual need of it develops.
The appeal to the voters of the
state to vote against these coun
ty division - bills which comes
from responsible people in every
county threatened by division
ought to at least cause the unin
formed voter to investigate the
merits of these schemes. If he
is mentally too lazy to do this, he.
ought to vote "No." and leave
conditions no worse than they
were. The disinterested voter
rightfully has no voice in these
matters, but a failure to vote
"No" is a half vote in favor oi
a bill.
There are.eight of these count
seat creation schemes to be voted
upon at the coming election, and
the more closely one becomes
acquainted with the conditions
in each case, the less virtue
there appears to be in them.
There is not one of these pro
posals for county division that
makes a sufficient showing that
the general public will be bene
fited by its accomplishment.
Neither is there a necessity for
the creation of the new county
shown in any case. Each of the
proposals when sifted down
shows unmistakably that it had
its conception in the minds of
a few people who expect, to en
hance the value of property or
business interests owned by
them, or to increase their
chances of being elected to office
in the new county.
Crook county is facing what
appeal's to be the most senseless
of all of the county seat schemes
-the one which centers at Red
mond, under the name of Des
chutes county,
As a matten,of fact this pro
posal for Deschutes county is an
appeal to the ignorance of the
voters of the state, rather than
to their intelligence. No argu
ment whatever is being made by
the promoters of this scheme,
for the very good reason that
there is none. The plan of cam
paign is simply to trust to the
ignorance of the voters of the
state, with the hope that they
will not find out the truth, and
will swallow the bait. There is
not the slightest hope of any
honest voter, who is fully in
formed about the Deschutes
county bill, voting for it. Less
than 10 per cent of the voters of
Crook county signed the initia
tive petition. Only 217 of the
more than 10,000 names were
secured in Crook county, this
number barely approximating
the polling strength of Redmond
and its immediate surrounding.
Is there any injustice likely to
result to anyone by voting down
all of these county division bills
and at the same time passing the
NEW COUNTY LAW which
provides an equitable, honest
and above-board method of cre
ating new counties ? Of course
not. These division schemes are
always several years ahead of
the actual conditions which
warrant them. ,
On the other hand, the crea
tion of any one of these new
counties will be forcing upon
thousands of people injustice.
inconvenience and undesired con
ditions. This is especially true
of the Deschutes county plan,
which includes all of the Madras
country within its boundaries,
and the population of this dis
trict, to a man, is opposed to it.
And the voter should not forget
that he may bump into the same
kind of a deal in his own county i
next election. People who stand j
for a square deal everwhere in
Oregon, favor the proposed new
law because it is square. These
proposals for county
under the initiative are all selfish
DIPHTHERIA
IN MADRAS
One Death, Three
More Cases
OTHERS ON AGENCY PLAIN
Antitoxin Is Being Used
Quarantine Laws Arc Being
Rigidly Enforced.
And
Madras has diphtheria. During..c
the past week one more death
has resulted from this dread dis
ease, and three other cases have
developed. All of these cases
are in the same family and are '
closely quarantined.
I One of the twin babies of Mr;
and Mrs. Newt. E. Melton died-
in iviaaras last rrmay morning
of diphtheria. Mr. and Mrs.
ht.u i
meiton reside on a rancn on
! Agency Plains. Their child is
i said to have been exposed through
the Campbell family, where one
death occurred two weeks ago.
The baby became sick and the
family came into town to the
home of Mrs. Melton's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Baker, who live in
one wing of the old school build
ing, and death occurred as stated '
above. The remains were buried
Friday afternoon. - v
The other three cases that
have developed are those of Mrs.
Ralston and her two children, a
boy about 10 years old and- a
division fby sir' Jhey live in tents on
nie auuui aiue oi ine street,
op-
one man schemes, originating in UB"? w" : ' 1U.-
the mind of some individual who! Pontius lives near by m another
seeks personal profit, and it is
high time that this class of laws
be removed from the reach of
3chemers and submitted under a
plan which requires all who have
a voice in the matter to be in
formed upon the merits of the
case. This is what is being i
asked for by those who are op-
posing these county division
bills. The way to accomplish it
is to cast your ballot against all
new county bills and in favor of
the "new county" law.
Lafferty at Prineville
Saturday Night
A. W. Lafferty, candidate for Con
gressman, seeking tne republican nom
ination, will speak at the Commercial
Club Hall in Prineville, Saturday even
ing, September 3.
tent. These two places as well
as the old schoolhouse, where the
Melton baby died, are under
strict quarantine.
Dr. J. H. Rosenberg, of Prine
ville, county health officer, was
here last Friday, investigating
conditions and directing the es
tablishment of the quarantine.
As soon as the true nature of the
disease was determined, orders
for antitoxin were wired to The
Dalles and plentiful supplies of
the serum are now on hand. The
three patients and everyone who
is known to have been directly
exposed are being injected with
the preventive and it is believed
that with the thorough disin
fecting and fumigating and
strict quarantine, that there will
be no further spread of the ter
rible malady.
All public meetings in the
churches have been discontinued
and the moving picture theatre
is closed. The afflicted ones are
now under the care of Dr.
Snook and they are reported to
be getting along as well as can
be expected.
Dr. Snook reports three more cases
of diphtheria at the Jack Ilurdy home
on Agency Plains, just as we go to
press. The two Hardy children have
about recovered from liglit attacks,
but Carl Jones, a hired man 20 years
old, has a bad case.
WANTED To buy
fresh milk cow,
Inquire of M. W.
Oregon.
a good, young-,
Jersey preferred.
Weber, Lamonta,
Bl-8p
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