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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1911)
GOME TO MADRAS, THE GATEWAY CITY, TO CELEBRATE RAILROAD DAY The Pioneer i ) hOL MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1911. NO. 25 ater System IAqtin superintendent Cl' for the Oregon irtterwwi"- - inmrin. r jot- Ii(Sn in the wdl Sde a short d.stanco SSodhowcll. ThUsya- Spring 'Tonics AND Blood Medicine ,V INKS Of the Choicest Vintage For Medicinal Purposes PRESCRIPTIONS A Specialty tern will supply the engines with water at this point for the pres ent time. Mr. Austin informs the Pioneer that he is also install ing a temporary water system at Metolius, for the Oregon Trunk Railway. lave Celebration Says Louis Hill Hill System In creases Capital Red Cross Drug Co. Trustees of the Fpokanc, Portland & Seattle Railroad met in Vancouver to day and increased the capital stock from $25,000,000 to $02,000,000, in prep aration for tlio cousolldation of the Hill lines in Oregon. The ultimate purpose of James J. Hill is to combine the North Bank, tlio Oregon Trunk line, the Ab toriu & Columbia Uivcr railroad and the Oregon Electric and United Kail ways, in one system. President Louis W. Hill of the Great Northern, .arrived from Spokane this morning, accompanied byF. V. Brown, general western counsel for the Hill lines and a trustee of the North Bank. They, with John F. Stevens, president of the Oregon lines, met and signed the papers drawn up by Carey & Kerr, the Hill attorneys here. The transaction took place in Vancouver because the North Bank is n Washington corpora tion. This is the second increase in capital ization of the Nortn Bank, the original capital being $5,000,000 which wjs in creased to $25,000,000 two years, upon completion of the line. pect to develop Oregon, don't see any reason wh OCCASION DEMANDS Qrcat Northern President Says Or egon Legislatue Should Ad vertise The State TO HAVE MEW FERRY A new Ferry boat is being construct ed to operate across the Deschutes riv er to the Warm' Springs 'Agency, in place of the.ono that was carried down the river a few weeks since. Robert Smith, the owner, Btatcs that it will be ready for operation in a few weeks. Madras State Bank MADRAS, ORECON TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Money transmitted to all parts of United States and Canada J J. M. Coullin, Preiident and Ccn. Man'gr ; C. E. Rouih, Vice-President j DIRECTOItH C. K, Koanh, M. l'utz, J. V. llobliiaon, I'.Obt. Ken, J. M. t onUIn I President Louis W. Hill of the Great Northern was in Port land last week, and during his conversations Central Oregon and Madras were mentioned in his usual optimistic terms. William Hanley, who pilot ed Mr. Hill through Central Oregon last Summer was also in Portland, upon their meet ing Mr. Hill recalled numerous incidents of that trip and in formed the big Harney Coun ty stockman that he expected to take a similar jaunt the com ing Summer and -would be pleased if Mr. Hanley could make it convenient to accom pany him. Although he did not venture to speak authoritatively on the Oregon Trunk south of Bend, Mr. Hill said that that portion of the state eventually will have to be developed. "Mr. .Stevens has chapge of the work in this country," he said, "and I don't know what his plans are. A number of routes have been surveyed south of Bend, however. One of these provides for a terminus at Med ford. That line will have to be built. Another leads to Klam ath Falls. It is probable that an extension will reach that place too, in a short time. "But when it comes to enter ing California I believe our sys tem will" draw the line. We ex- but any reason why we should go to California. Mr. Hill is even more enthu siastic over the development of this state than is his father. He says the people of Oregon are not doing enough to exploit their wonderful advantages. He wants the Legislature to make an ap propriation for advertising pur poses and with that end in view will, visit Salem Monday, and Olympia later in the week. He points to the success of a similar scheme already in practice in Minnesota, Montana and Wash ington, where notable results are secured. "I can go to Salem and tell the boys there what I know of state advertising from my experience m the states that have tried it. It will not be mere theory. It will be definite facts. "The state should place its stamp of approval upon every Diece of literature that, ia spnr. out by the railroads, real estate agencies, the commercial bodies and private individuals. Many people in the East fail to believe the alarming statements made about Oregon. Some of them are suspicious of promises of homesteads and five acre land tracts. The truth of the matter is it sounds too good to be true. But if these assertions were backed by the indorsement of the state itself, the prospective settler would have more confi dence in what he reads." The completion of the Oregon Trunk road to Madras should be made a public event declared Mr. Hill. The fact that this is about the only big piece of rail road work at present under con struction in the United States gives it almost National signifi cance. He suggested that a day be set aside for driving the last spike and that public officials and and the people of the state at tend the ceremonies in a body. Pre - Inventory Sale Surplus stock must be closed out odds and ends must go before we take our annual inventory and in order to make room for Spring Goods. Cost prices will be eliminated and former selling prices will be forgotten in this great PRE-INVENTORY SALE. f Do Not Overlook this Opportunity to SAVE MONEY 1 Men's Work Shoes "Ugh and low Cllt inrliirlwl $4 and $5 grades - V Sale price, - . $2.50 Wool Mackinaw - h Wue, brown and gray col , assorted sizes, $5 grades Sale Price . i$4.00 rite Mens Canvas Coats lined, assorted sizes; mO grades Sa,ePric - - .$2.85 Mens Mackinaw Coat . .checks, $4.50 grad $3.00 Ladies Dress Shoes Assorted sizes, $3 and $4 grades Sale price - $2-oo Children's Dress Shoes ,91.50 to $2 grades Sale Price - - $1,.00 Kimono Flannel Extra heavy, assorted designs, 25c grade, Sale Price 15c Gliildrens Fleece Lined Hose Assorted sizes, 20c grade ; Sale price 12! c Mens Corduroy Coats Blanket lined, extra heavy, assorted sizes, sale price $3.49 Corduroy - Leather Goats Reversible for rain or snow ; $Q to $10 grades Sale $7.00 Wool Blankets Genuine Oregon made blan kets, 4.50 grade Sale price $3.35 Comforts Full-size, heavy and light weights, 1.75 grade; Sale price, $1.23 al CITY WATER SYSTEM STARTED IN EARNEST Gravity System Of 200 Feet Fall To Be Constructed At Once 250,000 GALLON RESERVOIR FOR STORAGE Works Will Be Located Just South Of City Plant To Cost About $10,000 Funds Are Availa bleWill Supply Plenty Of Pure Water For Ali Purposes Work upon Madras' new city water system commenced early Tuesday morning when Engi neer Scott Gordon started the permanent survey for the loca tion of the well, reservoir and mains. Construction work will begin just as soon as the plans are made and accepted by the water committee of the city council, and work will be rushed as rapidly as possible. The well will be located upon the Snook and Lockhard addition just south of the original town site, and it is at present planned to locate the reservoir on! the highest point of the Steinke place', recently purchased by Jesse Hobson. A steam pump ing plant is to be installed at the well which will have suffi cient capacity to supply Madras with an adequate supply of pure water for several years. The location of the reservoir will be nearly 200 feet higher than the city and will give Mad ras a gravity system of suffi cient pressure for all fire pro tection and domestic purposes. The trunk main, to be extended 'from the reservoir the entire length of Fifth street, will be. eight inches in diameter Ser vice mains will diverge for the accommodation of different por tions of the city. It is purposed to dig a well' something near a hundred feet deep, and when a good flow of water is reached it is intended to tunnel in differed directions from the main shaft of the well I so as to maintain a large reser voir for the storing of the water, and to pump from. "Madras has long been in need of a gravity water system, but owing to the city not having ( been incorporated only about a year, the city government here- . tofore has not been in financial condition to install it. This .handicap, however, is now passed and it will only be a mat- i ter of a few months until Mad- jras will have one of the best gravity water systems in Cen tral Oregon. The cost of the , system the city now has in mind will approximately be $10,000, the most of which sum the city council already has available for , devoting to a water plant. Extensive Plans For Railroad Day HAVE BIG BARBECUE Date Given Later Invitation Ex tended To Hiil Officials As Well As All Central Oregon Extensive preparations are being planned and made by the residents of Madras and vicinity for a celebration in honor of the arrival of the rails of the Oregon Trunk line being laid into this city and the arrival of the first train over this road, this being the first town to be touched in Central Oregon, after leaving the Deschuses Canyon, thus giv ing Madr,as the title "The Cate way to Central Oregon." Communications have been sent to 'John P. Stevens, Presi dent of the Oregon Trunk Line, and other officials of the road, extending to them an invitation to be present and take part in the celebration with the people of this section. Mr. Stevens has been asked to suggest a date when the engineers expect that the road will be completad to this point, and also when it will be convenient for the officials of the "Hill" system to attend the opening up of Central Oregon railroad facilitiee. The Commercial Club of this city is taking the lead in the preparations for the celebration, and invitations have been sent to the County Farmers? Union and the commercial bodies of Central Oregon to be present and co-operate with its members in formulating plans for the big doings. One of the principal details of the programme suggested for the satisfaction of the hungry people on .that day is a monster "barbecue" of an ox, which has been for some time fsitening up for this occasion, this being em blematical of the rich resources of Central Oregon that will be opened by the event of railroad. Louis W. Hill, President of the Great Northern Railroad has been in Oregon during the past few days, and a special invitation will be sent to him to be present at the celebration to be held in Mad ras, which it is hoped can be ar ranged. In a recent speech in Portland, Mr. Hill said that the entry of the Oregon Trunk into this city, should be made a pub lic event and a day set aside for the driving of the last spike, and it is with this object in view that the celebration is rlanned. Mr. Hill also says that this piece of railroad construction is of almost national significance, as it is now the largest railroad project in tho United States, being carried to comple tion and opens to tho people of tho in terior tne greatest opportunities of tho ago for socuring homes and the exploit- (Concluded on page 8) 7 j pft ' 1 r. i i f t 4'-: fi.il i