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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 29, 1910)
The Madras Pinner 7 - - - - . " Published every Thursday by -Tins TIONKER PUBLISHING CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATEB: One year f 1.60 o i a iiiuiiiiia., .,.,,..,,,.,,,.,,,.,,,, ,oo Three mouths 60 ADVKnTISlKO KATES ON APPLICATION --n-irfir,nini. - J.ii. ihliju .. ,.i Entered as second class matter August vv, iwi, at the Postofflce at Madras. Ore under the Act of Congress of March 8, 1879, THURSDAY DEC. 29, 1910 CROOK COUNTY AND THE MADRAS COUNTRY Write-up Given In The Great Northern Bulletin In Adver tising Oregon Crook Couuty covers, approximately, a.iiuu Miuure miiea, an area as large aa the famous Willamette Valley, In West ern Oregon, and la larger than Massa chusetts. Crook County is essentially a wheat and stock-raising county, and is even now famous for its blooded stock and sheep and largo winter wheat yields. Crook Coun'y, 1 ke all Central Oregon, is principally a "dry-farininj" propo sition. This fact should be clearly real ized by the newcomer, who shou'd gov ern his crops and cultivation accord ingly. Crook County h:is from 300 to 320 days of sunshine, and the air exerts a wonderful snap and exhileration. This excess sunshine enables wheat,! alfalfa, oats, pota'oes and other grain and root crops to be raised very profitably. In some parts corn can be raised. Hardy vegetables are easily grown. Sheep, swine, cattle and horse raising are now leading industries. Dairying and bee culture will be profitable. Poultry--aia'nsr, almost always a pay- lug su'e line, can be conducted with usual pn fit in Crook County. The nigh, well drained land makes it easy to inise turkeys, which are allowed to run almost wild and litre off the land, with out artificial food. It has been dia covered that ducks and treese do not I'omls to swim In, but when kept away from water, the weight goeB to flesh rather than feathers. Settle s are urged to 'rai?e not only the common barnyard fowls, but also to raise Chinese pheasants, which are now well established throughout Wes'ern Oregon. Crook County Is the center of Central Oregon. It now has, approximately, 1,600,000 act es of homestead land, ab solutely free and open to settlement under the U tilted States Homestead Laws, The natural and artificial advantages of Crook Counry are unusual. Rail ways and rivers will unite to give trans portation, cheap water-power, electric illit, irrigation, manufactories and mills to Crook County. The Deschutes River, flowing almost due north, and the Crooked River, its principal tribu tary (with their tributaries), form a network of streams over Crook County. D..-nHe forests of the best marketable timber cover the Cascades to the timber line, and smaller forests and groves grow freely throughout the county. In the Cascade foothills and other p iris of this county are great deposits of building stone. Pure drinking water cm be founu in almost everv section by digging a well - from 15 to 75 feet deep. On the table lands water is secured in drilled wells at from 100 to 500 feet. Madras is aeven years old, and Ib lo cated in the northern part of Crook County, on the Deschutes Riven, 110 miles from i'a innuth, and has an ele vatinn of 2,200 feet. Tula city is on the Oregon Trnuk fly's, completed section, and is one of the gateways of Central Oregon. This city has a population of about 800, and is rapidly growing. It has a newspaper, bank, school, two churches, two hotels, a fi tur mill, aud geveiai large stores. There are good business opportunities in Madras There la room for a steam laundry, an additional hotel, and another flour mill. Tributary to Madras Ib a largo fertile territory, named Big and Little Agency Plains, which, together, are about 27 mites long, 10 miles wide and contain about 176,000 acres Agency Plains are high, level, well fenced and settled. Only about one-half is now being culti vated. Under modern methods and scientific moisture conservation, or 'Mry farming" the wheat yield of Ageuey Plains could easily be doubled. Theaverogo is now 17 bushels per acre. 00 busbe's an acre have been raised whore the land was properly cultivated, Tule Ib a great potato country, as high tta 300 bushels per acre having been raised without Irrigation. Watennel. nns can be ptofltably grown. Sweet potatoes, onions, cftrrots, cabbage, and ulmllar vegetables and root crops, grow well. Hog and cattle are now being 1 I I ... 1 I lit cuuuiijr uruuuu oinuraa ib lueai lor poultry-raising, this profitable industry is neglected. The soil Is a light voleanlo sandy loam, which could easily be irrigated. An Irrigation project in now being plannen. If Irrlgatod, "Agency Plains would not only produce extremely large clops of the varietlea now being successfully grown but would also pro duoo bumper crops of clover and Jalfal- fa, and dairying would be possible and prod table. Hay Creek la east and north of Mad ras and west of Billiard Rldg. Hay Creek embraces 80,000 acres, and the larrfe ranches which once occupied this area are cut up luto small holdings and are m w (or gale. The hills back of Hay Creek are timbered. Blizzard Ridge Is east of Madras, be twee Trout and Hay Creek, and its 75,- 000 acres are well adapted to grain and potatoes. Although there is a greater rainfall here than on Agency Plains, this ridgo is not much settled or cul tivated. The newcomer will therefore have a wide selection. Blizzard Ridge will shortly become a great winter wheat section. What h known as the Haystack country la midway between Mid ras and Redmond, nnd contains two good towns Culver and Lmonto. Culver is on the Oregon Trunk Rail way, and has a school, postoffice anil general stores. Culver has every pros pect of becoming a thriving town, ami Is surrounded by a good county, which has a rolling surface and a productive loam Foil. Lamonta i9 between Culver atd Prineville, aud has a school, hotel and several stores. The surrounding country slopes toward Limoutu, and is well fenced and settled; raises good wheat, watermelons, and almost all sorts of hardy vegetables. In the HaysUck country, early vari eties of corn have been raised on the side Mils. Dry-lond al'alla Is grown successfully. 45 bushels of wheat, 20 bushels of r;e, 50 bushels of barley, 50 bu-hels of oats aud 200 buBbels of pota toes have been raised where the soil has been careful y cultivated. Hogs and other livestock can be raised, with good profit. WILL APPEAR AT U.S. COURT Reports have been current with the Indian Department of the Northwest that it was a common occurrence for any Indian to be able to secure intoxi eating beverages at any place whether strong or soft drinks were supposed to be sold. This is in violation of Sec. 2139 of the Revised Statutes of the United States. Government agents have been in the field for several weeksl'past gathering evidence and information, principally along the construction word of the rail roads, and during the early part of the month complaints were filed before United States Commissioner Turner against a number of persons in this and other towns, but no arrests were made at the time. Friday of last week, T. E. Harn- merly, Deputy United States Marshal arrived in town, accompanied by J. E. Flanders, Superintendent of the Indian Agencies of the Northwast, they having already taken into custody James R. Aiken of Wapinita, Wasco County, who was brought before the United States Commissioner here for examination. Others taken into cusrody were T. W. Kilmer, who it is claimed operated near the Warm Springs ferry, Bill Burgess, Sell Masterson, Carl Lawson, Harry G. Key, Pat McCormack and Dan Kraino- vitch, of Madras. The witnesses to the different com plaints were George Orr nnd Custer Wallulatum. unallotted Indians, the latter being a minor, and David Steele, a white man. 'lhese witnesses were present at the hearing of those persons, who all waived examination and were bound over to the United States Grand Jurv. which convens the early part of March. The Government agents claim they have evidence sufficient for conviction of the parties under bonds and hope to complete cased against others as soon as they are apprehended in other parts of the state. CHRISTMAS EXERCISES The Christmas festivities were largely attended by the people of Madras and vicinity Saturday evening and they were given an excellent treat by the public school and Sunday school chil dren, whose exercises were very nicely rendered. The little onea were all in a state of excited ezpeotancy u waiting the ar- rival of Banta Claus and to their delight and astouishmont two representatives of that welcome yearly visitor appeared upon the the scene to Lestow his pres ents and not one of tho children were forgotten. The church trees were tastily arrayed with Christmas decorations aud an old- time chimney aud fireplace were there from which the Bnotus coine to dis tribute their gifts. . m t BARGAIN DAYS. On the Oregon Journal from now until Feb, 1, 1011. Call at Pioner cilice and get rates. I1"1 proBtably. Although the CARD OF THANKS Wodes ro to thank our friends anil neighbors for their kindness and sym pathy Bhown in our late bereavement Robert Armstrong and children PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E. Bercland Attorney At Law MADRAS, OREGON It. HNOOK PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Onicc- in Drug Store. MADRAS OKEOON LEWIS H. IRVING ATTORNEY AT LAW Office of D. W. Barnett. MADRAS. OREGON flt P. MYERS 0. C Y0UNC LAWYERS CULVER JUNCTION, OREGON Practice in all courts and Department of t ho Interior. Qra van tassel NOTARY PUBLIC INSURANCE MADRAS, OREGON Ja H. HANER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance. Life Insurance. Surety Bomls Keal Kaialu, conveyancing PRINEVILLE. OREGON 0, C. COLLVER NOTARY PUBLIC Justice of the Peace CULVER PRECINCT CULVER OREGON John T. Ros? D. L. Wylile B. I WyMe CROOK COUNTY ABSTACT CO, ISeOM'OKATKD Complete tract index to all land and town lots in Crook county. Abstracts made accurately on short notice. PRINEVILLE. - OREGON fyISS ECHLATTMAN PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER Oflice with Deschutes Valley Land and Investment Company. Reporting and Typewriting CULVER JUNCTION, ORE 0 W. BARNETT NOTARY PUBLIC FOR OREGON Collections a Specialty. Madras, Oregon NO. 3851 The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON , F. Allen, President. T. M. Baldwin, Cnxliler. Will WcmwEiLin it Vice Pres. UaLDiVIN, AiHt. Cashier, ESTABLISHED 1 888 Capital. Surplus and Undivided Profit $1 00,000.00 Notice For Publication. Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office at. The Dalies, Oregon, Dec. 20. 1910 Notice Is hereby ivcu that Addie C. South, formerly Addle C. At triage, of Culver, Oregon, who, on October 14, 1909. made Homestead bo. Ublia lui eJswK swi-ej sec 19, township 12 s, r 14 e, w in, hits 11 led notice ol In tention to make final cominu'ation uroof. to establish claim to the land above above described, before How ard W.Turner, U.S. CommiBsionerat his oflice at Madras, Oregon, on the 2nd day of February, 1911. Claimant names ns witnessns: S. S. Brown, James Brown, Clenn (tideway, William E. Houk, all of Culver, Oregon. d29 J20 C. W. MOORE, Register Notice For Publication. Department of tho Intdior, U. H, Land Oflice at The Dalles, Oregon, De cember 19, 1910. Notice h horeby given that OSCAR MORRIS, of Culver, Oregon, who, on October 27, 1904, made homeHtead, No. K1898, Serial No. 03846 for swjnei, mvjeej, and ejtwj, sec 2, t 13 t. r 12 e, w 111, has riled notice of Iu'eniuii to make final five-year proof, to establish claim to the land above deHcribed, before Howard W. Turner. U. B Commission er at ills office at Madras, Ore., on the 81st day of Janunry, 1911. Claimant names as witnesses: Edwaid R. Pike, Edirar Clark. Asa V, Clark and Henry Tayloi all of Mudras, Oregon. C, W. Moore, d29 J29 Register, TO OUR PATRONS We desire to thank you for your liberal patronage during the Christmas season and wish you all a happy and, prosper ous NEW YEAR. Madras FOR SALE - A nearly new Automobile in perfect running order. Inquire of Sayrc & Hendricks. o27 LUMBER FOR SALE U'n firn tnnnnfncturcra of llilfll Itrnde lumber, both pine and lir. We have on hand tirst-class lloonng, suipiap aim rustic. Wood and slabs in any quan tity. Our uncos arc right. WAt.I.ENItUItO & i AKKEK, Grizzly, Oregon. Mill nn fnnn fink. three miles cast of Grizzly. 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