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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 2, 1911)
The Madras Pioneer Published every Thursday by -T11K PIOEKH PUBLISHING CO.- SUBSORIPTIOh RATES! ye". ; $i.go I'liree mouths 50 ADVERTISING HATES ON APPLICATION Entered as second class matter August kw, ivih, at me Postofflce at Madras, Ore. under the Act of Confess or March 8, 1879 THURSDAY FEB. 2, 191 MANY IMPROVE MENTS FOR MADRAS During the past week that great railroad enterprise, which is going to assist in making Mad ras the first city of this inland empire, was busier than ever and as a result several important matters have been agitated which will be pushed forward as rapidly as possible for the mak ing of a greater Madras. rne iacc mat tne railroad is 16 miles of the, city, is the impe tus which is driving every one to greater activity. Reliable in formation was received this week to the effect that only ten more days of actual work will be required to have the rails laid ri ght to the depot, and barring all weather conditions which would make work 'impossible, the road will be here on or be fore February 15. Citizens of this community are going to bring pressure to bear on the railroad officials to build stockyards here, for the accom modation of the stockraisers of this section of Crook County. As evidence of the need for such an improvement, already a re quest has been sent the General Freight Agent, to be ready to receive by February 15, if possi ble, 75 carloads of stock for ship ment to Portland, and this sup ply can be duplicated at almost any week in the year. A further argument for the location of stockyards here is the fact that Madras is the first station of im portance on the road above The Dalles, and as the head of the vast territory of the inland em pire, should be equipped wifli all the conveniences which its lo cation and agricultural resources warrant. At the last meeting of the Commercial Club it was voted to notify the railroad offi cials seventy-five carloads of cattle and sheep ready for ship merit, and an equally large ship ment of grain, with the request that they be handled at the earli est possible date. Work was begun Monday in the Odd Fellows building, which when rennovated and remodeled will be used by the Commercial Club for their general club rooms, also where a display will be made of the products of this region, with a view to catching the eye of the many immigrants who will pass through Madras this spring and summer looking for homes. Real estate agents re port that homeseekers are be ginning to arrive already, and that numerous requests for in formation are being received from prospective investors and homeseekers. As an evidence of the resource fulness of this region from an' agricultural standpoint, thresh ers were busy Jast week finish ing up work which for various reasons they were unable to thresh last summer and fall. Few places in the United fatates would the prrain crop wait until this season of the year for thresh ing out, without deterioration in the quality of the grain, but re ports which have been recieved are to the effect that the grain being threshed at present is as cmnd in. . evenr way as that gOOU in , ?e . . w threshed out at the regular nai- vesting time. Such news as this wnnld ADneal to many an eastern WOUia appeal w m y whfir(l and middle-westrn farmer, where large crops often spoil because of wet weather conditions at har vest time. And there has been no dearth of moisture this fall in general Oregon either. The soil is in better condition now for producing a crop than it has been for several years previous. TVm tnvw.im'fnf.'nn 0; o otl.; wjcytcui- oer iius ueen f.oa incnes, and when 10 to 12 innhptj tvna fnmiaH iy considered the normal rainfall in this section, it is readily seen that the farmers of Central Ore- gon are riot at all apprehensive of the supply of moisture. The reorganized Commercial Club is pushing Madras just as fast as conditions wili warrant, and before another year has passed expects to be able to make a-report which will make the old residents sit up and take notice. No effort, or move on tneir part, Which could be of benefit to Madras, will be over looked during this spring and summer. Taking the week as a whole, it has been one of unusual activ ity, but one which is only a cri terion of the work which is go ing to be pushed all summer to make the Madras of the future, the prominent city which its lo cation and resources entitles it to be. And it is well named. The Gateway to Central Ore gon." ROAD WORK IN TEXAS. How Gravel Highways Forty Feet Wide Are Built. The meliod of constructing ronds In Ellis county, Tex., was described at a recent road convention In that state by County Judge Spencer. He stated that during the preceding year eighty miles of roads bud been completed In the county, the rate of construction having been between eight and ten miles per month. The commissioners' court has full charge of the work, the commis sioners acting as superintendents, but receiving Instructions from the court. Four camps were maintained, each camp consisting of a grading, a gravel. concrete and a rock and labor crew. Two convict crews were hired at $1.25 per work day per man for loading wagons. Foremen receive 5o a month, assistants $45 a month and concrete foremen $3 per day. Labor Is paid $1.50 per day. teams for scrapers $3 per day and the same for those haul ing one yard loads of gravel. wIth-$3.50 per day for those hauling loads of one and one-quarter yards each. One man Is employed to do nothing but locate and test gravel. The equipment, such as scrapers, water wagons, wheelbar rows, picks, drills, shovels, tool boxes, tents, etc.. costs about $o.000. A roadway of at least forty feet Is aimed at. The roads are built almost entirely of pit gravel, which is bought by the acre at an average cost of about cents per load. Tne urst twenty miles of road cost an average per mile as follows: Grading $326-&j Gravel, rock and pit work 107.15 Labor and salaries 237.43 Gravel and rock haullne 1,183.36 Dynamite and powder .jw Rntrlneerlne ."8 Concrete construction 149.25 Miscellaneous i 19.83 The average width of gravel was six teen feet .and the average depth four the edtres and twelve to twelve and two-thirds at the crown. The average number of loads of gravel and rock per mile was 1,834 and tne average haul two miles. The average cost of haul per mile load was 32 1-3 cents. There was an average of two and one-half concrete bridges and cul verts per mile, costing an average of 50.70 each. These were built or re- enforced concrete, the re-enforcement belmr bought by the carload and the opment In 4.000 barrel lots. These are built on the general rule of providing one square foot of opening for eacu four or five acres to be drained. The services of an engineer may be rnmiirArf nn some extremely uat or level places. Our commissioners ana foremen, however, have been able to handle this feature of our work BOtls- faninrMv in nil hut one instance. This Bervlce apparently cost them $11,G0, which gives n very small average per mile, since this was the only engineer ing Item for twenty miles of road. It 8ounded Dangerous. Thomas Gaffney, Democrat, and Wil liam Mulligan, Republican, were, dis puting in a New York barroom before the municipal election over the merits of Judge Gaynor. Gaffney had made on oratorical detour for the purpose of rn nlnn tKlKlitn rt (ha mnmltT ft On f - rJck Hi jjccarren and had Just come back to the main Issue. "Anyway," he declared and thumped the bar, "Gaynor will be elected the next may. or of New York." "He won't," replied Mulligan. "He's as good as out of the race now. There's too much ego in bis cosmos." Gaffnev solemnly set down his glass. nas he been told?" he asked. "Sure." said Mulligan. "rm sorry to hear that," replied Gaff- ney but ,f Ue,H tnke my ndTjJJ0 be.u not g0 on (i,e operating table. He'll stay away from the doctors and take uia chonces of living to fill out his tjrm ; HE WOULDN'T LISTEN. It Pays Generally to Hoar What tho Othor Fallow Hft to Say. The' benevolent looking old gentle tnrtu entered the shoe store and. meet ing the proprietor near the door, be gan: "Good morning, sir. 1 wish to sl,t"K lo yu ""out n P.lr or shoes nmi rubbers aeo. They ure"- loull have to see the clerk who BWercd very snnPpjsb,y. .., dou.t knofl anything about them." "Ilut 1 dcslre to say to you person "Now, look here, I can't be bothered over every pair of laces or box of pol ish my clerks sell. Just see the young man who waited upon you. He's around somewhere." "Yes, 1 see him there at the back end of the store, but I really felt that It was my duty to "tell you about it. You see" "If 1 stood around listening to every body who comes Into this store to com plain that they've bought something they didn't want or that they've been slighted, as they think, by my clerks I wouldn't have time for anything else. iou 11 please excuse me. The clerk will hear your complaints, and If there Is anything we can do you may be sure it will be done. But we can't take back even a pair of rubbers after they have been out of the store two or three days. You can surely see that if we did business in such a w-ay"- "My.dear sir, I don't want you to take back the rubbers, and I haven't any complaint to make. I mprely wished to tell you that 1 found tho shoes and rubbers about the best In their line I ever purchased. I believe In the principle of giving praise wher ever it may be fairly given, and 1 step ped In to order some more goods, but I see you're too busy to bother with such a trifle this morning, so 1 will be going." Shoe Trade Journal. Hog Cholera Preventive. The bureau of onlmnl ludustry united States department of agrlcul ture, gives the following recipe for hog cholera, which Is claimed by many who have tried it to be invaluable In warding off disease: One part wood charcoal, one part sulphur, two parts sodium chloride (salt), two purts so dium bicarbonate (sodai. two parts so dlum hyposulphite, one part sodium sulphate, one part antimony sulphate, Pulverize and mix thoroughly. Dose, one tablespoonful for each 200 pound? weight of hogs once a day. Ingredients of Best Fertilizers. The highest agricultural value In for tillzers Is found In those that are man ufactured mainly from animal matter, such as animal bone, dried blood, nnl mal tankage, nitrate of soda and high grade potash salts. .PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E. Bercland Attorney At Law MADRAS, OEEGON w. n. SNOOK PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Oflloe In Drue Store. MADRAS OREGON LEWIS H. IRVING ATTORNEY AT LAW Office of D. W. Barnett. MADRAS, OREGON Ora van tassel NOTARY PUBLIC INSURANCE MADRAS, OREGON Jg H. HANER ABSTRACTER OF TITLES NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance, Life insurance, Surety Boutf ileal estate, conveyancing PKINKVILLE. OREGON John T. Ross D. L. Wylde B, F, Wyl'lo CROOK COUNTY ABSTACT CO, IKCOKPOIUTED Complete trai-t ii'dex t all lari'l ai d town iota in i took county, nnpiracis intule accurately mi short notice. PHINEVILLE, OREGON Qi W. BARNETT NOTARY PUBLIC FOR OREGON Collections a Specialty, Madras, Oregon w. p MYERS Q( C. YOUNC LAWYERS CULVER JUNCTION, OREGON Practice In nil court nnd Departments of tho In'eri"r. i' Howard w. turner U. S. COMMISSIONER NOTARY PUBLIC INSURANCE MADRAfl OP.EUON Farmers ... Townspeople-- of profit. Uur QUALITY SUPREME PRICES SELL THE GOODS MADRAS 0 G. COLLYEB NOTARY PUBLIC Justioe of the Peace CULVER PKECINCT CULVER OREGON yISS CHLATTMAN PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER Olllcu with Decchuteu Valley Land and Investment Company. Rep rtjng and Typewriting CULVER JUNCTION. ORE. NO. 3851 The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE. OREGON D. F. Allen, President. T. M. Balpw!!, CRihtor. WILL WCMWKILKR VlcO Prei. H. Baldwin, At. Cfthler ESTABLISHED 1 888 Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profiu $1 00,000.00 MADRAS b rm. ARTESIAN AND SURFACE WELLS DEPTH GUARANTEED ESTIMATES FURNISHED INQUIRE AT PIONEE OFFICE MADRAS, OREGON w When in town come to ilib POSTOFFCE RESTAURANT And Get One of Those Good HOT DINNERS 25 Cts. t HORSESHOEING General Repairing West of Hood & Stanton's Barn THOS. H. MADDRON Madras, Oregon Warren Smith PROPRIETOR Elite Tonsorial Parlors NO LONG WAITS BATHS MADRAS, ORE, IUMain Well DrillincCoJi 1 1 REMEMBER, that when it comes to quality our stock is without a peer and is seldom equaled in Central Oregon. Prices consistently maintained at the most reasonabie margin goods sell themselves. The best of cverythicg in Groceries, Dry Goods, including Gents' Furnishings, Shoes, Shelf Hardware, Silverware, Etc. 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