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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 8, 1910)
.,11- The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 8, 1910. VII NO. 4 GSIUKt r n pecials nln PrftvJtle. - 75c VIHV ' le Peroxide, - 40c - 20c pci pound - 10c lc Strychnine - 20c p, 3 cakes in a C. E. ROUSH FOR COMMISSIONER Madras Puts Out Candidate our HpnciulH Tliny ADRAS IrillingCo. II flNfl SURFACE WELLS Vlh CUHI AHIEEU IMAU5 rutimantu AT PIONEER OFFlCt nnin n n r n n i a na.v nr i in circulated In a sufficient number of pre cincts and enough signatures of regis- A. 1-1 . . iereu voters secured to make the pro ceeding regular, but when the petitions were presented to tho county clerk It seems that some of tho officers before whom the voters registered in the different precincts had failed to send the registration records to the county clerk. Mr. RouBh Is a republican. Ho Is a successful and popular yoUng business man, and he is square. We are offer ing the county the best we've got and we will elect nim If we can. WANT SOME ROAD WORK Wc . Offer County A Clean Square Straight Republican -With Ability GREAT NORTHERN WANTS PICTURES C. E. Rouuh of Madras is n candidate for county commissioner. Mr. Roush has not gone into the matter for his own glory nor for the reason that he is seeking the office. He hns consented to make the campaign at the earnest solicitation of residents of this part of the county and from other precincts as well, who feel the need of representa tion upon the county board, and believe that Mr. Roush will be the best man for the place. The prime reason that the Madras taction wants him rn the board of commissioners is for the purpose of getting some much needed road im provements in this part of the county. Owing to the fuct that time was bo short when the decision wus made to pluce Mr. Roush before the voters, it may be that his name will not go on the ballot as the regular republican nom inee. In that case he will make the race independent. The petitions were Portland, Or., Aug. 20. Madras Commercial Club, Gentlemen: Wo would be glad if you could Bupply us with a lot of good photographs of Oregon orchards, farm scenes, etc., for use In our Oregon Car, ant in our various eastern exhibitions. We will be obliged to get up quite a collection of lantern slides on Oregon, and would like to have some photographs as soon as possible. If you will please send me some nice photographs of your town, or some scenes in your locality which you think would be of interest, we will make good use of them, I assure you, and will much appreciate anything of that kind that you will kindly send in to me. We want to put a number of photo graphs of different kinds in all of our exhibits, as well as In the Oregon Car. Wc would also like to use a number of them in the specbil exhibits which we are going to mnko. at the Illinois and Ohio State Fairs, the National Corn Show, and the Western Pennsylvania Exposition at Pittsburg. If you will please mail me some photos to 122 'Third Street, Portland, Oregon, as soon as convenient I will much appreciate it. Yours truly, F. W. Graham, Western Industrial & Immigration Agent, Great Northern Railway Co. Ora VanTassel will accept and for ward photos which anyone nas to contribute. New Umbrellas and Sunshades We have just received a large shipment of umbrellas, suitable for all kinds of people and ail 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 $3.00 EACH FREE!-$ 1 0 Dinner Sets-FREE! EVERY WEEK Next prize will be given on Wednesday, September 1 4. Don't forget the date, you may be the winner. Central Or epM ercantile : Company : Ft. T. OLSON, Manager MADRAS, OREGON LIGHTS FOR MAIN STREET Council Loosens Up a Little WHY NOT IMPROVE TOWN? But Little Has Been Done To Develop City By Anyone It's Time to Wake Up Now it's up to the street com mittee of the city council to make good. The council has voted to purchase six large gas lamps to light Main Street. These lamps are to be the kind that are fed by hollow wires from pressure tanks, and are to be suspended over the middle of the street The street com mittee is under direct orders from the council to purchase and install these lamps at once, and the order is backed up by the sum of nearly $2000 in the city treasury. The probable cost will be about $250. If these lamps are actually in stalled and used to light the street it will be the first thing in the way of improvement that the council has done. C. E. Roush, manager of the Madras Trading Company, came before the meeting Tuesday night and told the council that he thought, as well as others, as the city was able, it should do something in the way of im proving the appearance and con venience of the town. "The businessmen who are paying licenses in Madras are beginning to wonder what the council intends to do with the money," said Mr. Roush. "We need lights and we need the streets drained and crosswalks and sidewalks built. What's the reason we can't fix up our town a bit?" That is what the people want to know. About two months ago the council started the discussion of draining Main Street and estab lishing a sidewalk grade. The Oregon Trunk railroad engineers made a survey and Mr. Griswold presented their findings, show ing that the expense would not be great. The matter was put into the hands of the street committee, with full power to have the improvement done. So far, nothing has been accom plished and it begins to look as though Madras will be compelled to go into the Winter without drainage or sidewalks, when there is really no need of doing so. Every day golden opportuni ties for making Madras develop are slipping away. The owners of the towsite are doing abso lutely nothing for Madras, nor have they ever spent a dollar for the improvement of their prop nrtv. Of course this is their private business and they have a perfect right to administer tneir affairs as they see fit. Rut the council can do some thing for the good of the town iind the matters which come within its power are the business of every citizen. The people, have tho right to ask the council to expend tho public money for the improvement of the city. Up to the present it has been impossible to get any of these plans that have been disussed by the city fathers, out of the gaseous state and the council chamber and on to the streets in tangible form. If the lights are nut on the streets it will furnish a ray of hope that other much needed improvements may follow. Here's the sum of all that has been done by the city govern ment since incorporation: The town has been policed. A chemical fire extinguisher has been purchased. SUNDAY LAW IS URGED W. C. T. U. Asks Enforcement MADRAS TO HAVE GRAIN WAREHOUSES The building committee of the Farmers Union is- active this week making arrangements for the beginning of construction on their warehouse at the Oregon Trunk depot grounds in Madras. Most of the lumber is on the grounds already, and work will be commenced just as soon as the site has been definitely indi cated by the Oregon Trunk peo ple. This action will be taken before the end of the week it is expected, and the building will be rushed to completion as rap idly as possible so as to make storage room for the threshed grain of the members of the Union, and other farmers as well. The building which will be put up by the Farmers Union will be 200 by 66 feet. The plans call for a sidewalk on each side 8 feet" wide, which will reduce the inside space to 50 by 200 feet. A number of applications ha've been recieved by the Oregon Trunk from companies desiring to build grain warehouses here. It is said to be almost a certainty that the Balfour-Guthrie Com pany of Portland will build a monster grain warehouse here and buy wheat dirict from the farmers. It will not be long until the depot site will take on a changed appearance. In a few days the railroad bridge which is to cross over the wagon road will be put in by the Oregon Tmnk, and the grading of the depot grounds for the siding and the passing switches will be taken up. OF STATE LAW IN MADRAS Want Screens and Blinds Re moved from Front of Ail Beer Joints, Too DRILL GOING DEEPER AT METOLUS WELL According to the measure ments taken by the Pioneer's special representative just, before daybreak this morning, the big well of the Oregon Trunk Rail way company at Metolus, is now down 843 feet, 9 and 7-8 inches. The plan is to put the hole down to the second flow of water, it being thought that the first vein will not furnish enough for the needs of the company. It is estimated that about twenty engines will take water from this station every twenty-four hours, each locomo tive taking about 9000 gallons. Thus it will be easy to compute that the Oregon Trunk wants a well with a capacity for furnish ing 200,000 gallons per day. Many people talk as though they expected to see some start ling discovery in case this well is put down deep enough. Some minds anticipate artesian water, others oil. However that may be, the drill is being sent down deener and deeper day by day I just as though there were no fear of what it is apt to striKe. Maybe Madras will enforce ' a Sunday closing law. Also maybe Madras will enforce the ordi nance prohibiting the use of of blinds or screens in the soft drink places. Representatives of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of this city came before the coun cil meeting held Tuesday night and requested that body to draft, pass and enforce an ordinance conforming to the state law re garding the closing of business houses on Sunday. Councilman W. R. Cook said that he strongly favored this idea. There was no reason, he said, in merchants and other employers expecting their help to work every day in the week. Dr. Long, also made a brief but pointed speech. "If we close the business houses at all," said he, "let's close the back as well as the front doors." W. R. Cook, T. B. Tucker and Dr. Long were appointed as a committee to 'draw up an ordi nance covering this case and will report on the same at a special meeting which will prob ably be called early next week. The ladies from the temper ance society also requested the enforcement of the ordinance already on the city books pro viding that there shall be no blinds or screens to obstruct the view of people on the street into the interior of all soft drink places. The council Voted to enforce this ordinance and the police force has been instructed to carry out the requirements of this measure. There is no immediate pros pect of a water or electric light system being installed in Madras nor of a franchise being granted to anyone for the privilege. It seems that the party who has been writing to the city officials and telling them that the New port Engineering Company was ready to put in the systems, was only trying to secure a franchise from the city to himself, indi vidually, with the idea that he would have something to sell. This plan does not meet with favor from the council. The proposition is open to any responsible person or company that will show they mean busi ness. The franchise; can be secured gratis upon the proper showing being made. An ordinance specifying the kind of walks to be constructed on Fifth (Main) Street was Continued on last page. Madras State Bank MADRAS, OREGON TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Money transmitted to all parts of United States and Canada J, M. Conklin, Preiident and Gfn. Man'gr; C E. Roiuh, ViccPwident 'MKUCTOKDt C, K. ltotish, M. I'utr, J. O.'lloliliifion, llobt. Ilea, J, M. COnkMn 1 .. Ilea, J. M. COnkMn I