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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1911)
I The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 16. 1911. NO. 27 500 People Present At Railroad's Coming 001 imanoniGiais, sit Madras . in nn a n ht ui mw mm mm mm NEW nunu mmercla! Club And Ulvc .some Advice For Up inj" Madras Country" .!..J n Vi5of nfTi. itfrom the Portland heads Harriman operating and ystems Monday evening, nM t'nononfinn the Deschutes Railroad is now constructed to 15 miles of this city. ded in the party are R. B. traffic manager: M. J. y, acting general manager W, Robinson, general tttnti n it atrent: wmiam liouons, i.J.l. T.L t 5 urn iHru: .iiinii m. ouull. n tr n ui u : c 1 Tl T fv raniff ni. ff f lin Cnrrry Party arrived in Madras having made the trip cimately 12 hours runn- . t . i it i of the mouth of Creek, where this line is await ing steel for Trout creek bridge. The officals were entertained in the evening by the Madras Commercial Club, and several impromptu talks were made by them to the citizens present. Mr. Miller was especially the spokesman for the party and pre sented many ideas which would work to the commercial wealth of this section. He emphasized the urgency of the farmers rais ing hogs in Central Oregon and made the statement that annually $2,000,000 worth of hogs are shipped from the Mississippi and Missouri Valley States to Port land plants, which he claimed to be an unnatural operation in movement of stock. The un profitable method of summer fal lowing or allowing only one-half of the soil to produce a crop was touched upon by Mr. Miller, who said the land should be rotated with potatoes, corn, onions, or some other crop, and thereby the farmer would reap a profit from all of his land every year and to the betterment of the soil. Others of the officials also made remarks along his special line of work, and all laid stress upon the importance of making the condi tions attractive to the home seekers who soon will be pouring into Central Oregon. Mr. Scott of the passenger de partment, said that he expected to have the honor of bringing the first enr load of homeseekers from the Middle West to Central Stock Yards And Wool Shipping HANDLED AT ONCE President Stevens Says the Oregon Trunk Will Handle Stockmens' Business From Madras (Concluded on page 4) Yesterday afternoon some of th prominent stock men of Crook County and President SteveiiH of tlie Oregon Tiunk Linn held a confeience in Mr. Stevens privuleuur, and maiiera relative to the stock industry were extensively discussed. The stockmen were anxious to learn where the principal stock loading facilities were to be locnted us well as the point where the crop of wool this spring would be handled, baled and shipped. Among the sheepmen represented were An drew Morrow, of the linn of Morrow & Kneiian, and James Rice, ot i he Baldwin Sheep and Lund Company; C Sam Smith, Leslie Priday and E. T. Slay ton, cattlemen. Other mem bers present were T. M. Bald win, of the Flint National Bank of Prineville, and A. C. Sanford of Madras. After the dcBiies of the party had been learned by Mr. Stev etiH, he snid: "We have not spent $10,000 000 building a railroad to Madras foi mere pleusure, but we are going to Hx to accommodate the people and to handle all the products of (his eection of the country in a manner satisfactory to all concerned. And we will es establish stock yardd and wool warehouses with the facilities for handling it a, any point most agreeable to the pruduc ers." A decision was arrived at by the representatives to the effect that the wool warehouse should be located at this point as well as stock yards; however, the principal yards are to be lo cated at Coleman, which is ut the mouth of Trout Creek, this being the point where all the stockmen from the eastern and southern purt of the county could be reached without hav ing to drive their sheep and cattle through the lanes of the more thickly settled part of Crook County which is in the vicinity ot M idras. After hearing thedecisioa of these men, President Stevens asked Mr. A. B. Coman of the freight department and Mr. Ralph Budd, Chief Engineer, to see that these matters were at tended to and carried out, if the Madras Union Warehouse (Concluded on page 5) GREATEST EVENT IN HISTORY OF MADRAS Railway Officials And Notable of Portland Honor Mad- rason Railroad Day FIRST TRAIN ENTERS CITY OF MADRAS AT 10 A.M. Wildest Enthusiasm Prevails At Great Event AH Central Oregon Gathers To Rejoice With Madras Many Speakers Express Extreme Gratification RUNKS and VALISES We have just received a shipment of Trunks, Suit Cases, Hand Bags and Telescopes direct from the factory and you can save from 25 to 50 per cent by buying from us, (we, have a large assortment 'of of these goods) and every one is guaranteed against imperfection in workmanship and material. If you are going to travel soon and in need of a Trunk, Suit Case or Valise do not fail to get our prices before buying elsewhere. CENTRAL OREGON MERCANTILE COMPANY EVERYBODY'S STORE With the advent of the steel railsof the Oregon Trunk Line into "Madras, the -Gateway to Central Oregon," Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock a. m. the the engine and two coaches passing through the triumphal arch, will go on record as the greatest event in the history of the whole Deschutes Valley, and for which the residents and pio neers, have hoDed. worked and waited during the' past thirty years or more. It is at last a re ality, and the dreams of years have at last come true. The bands of steel which now link Madras with the outside world in closer commercial and social bonds, laid by the Oregon Trunk Line, have won for them one of the greatest contests in railroad building that has ever taken place in the United States, extending over a course of 110 miles from the Columbia River un the Deschutes canyon to Mad ras, having first reached the fer tile plains of the "Madras Coun try, " and defeated their ancient rival, the Harriman line, in ar riving at the large territory of the Deschutes Valley and Cen tral Oregon, today the largest inland empire in the United States to be exploited by the on coming homeseekers. The passing of the first train through the triumphal arch, yes terday morning, will pass into history as another epoch in de velopment of this great inland empire,. and was the signal for a greaj outburst of enthusiasm, and the many hundreds present wildly cheered themselves hoarse as the rails were laid up to the depot grounds. Two large col umns each bearing the words Welcome" supported the arch t lLA .Jn upon wnicn wens wic wurua, "Madras," The Gateway to Cen tral Oregon." This motto, as President Stevons said, was a very fitting legend on account of the natural gateway formed ty the Willow Creek Canyon open through which easy grades are found for the construction'of the railroads to southern Crook County. ' Immediately following the ar rival of the rails, came President Stevens and a party of invited guests with a special train, which had made the trip from Portland over the newly con structed road from the Columbia Riyer in about twelve hours act ual running time. The membership of the party engaged in making the trip here as guests of Mr. Stevens consist ed of Harvey Beckwith, presi dent of the Portland Commercial Club; C. C. Chapman, secretary of the Oregon DeveloDment League; H, M. Hailer, president of the Portland Chamber of Com merce; A. E. Coman, general freight and passenger agent of the Oregon Trunk; J. R. Russell, general superintendent of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle; J. P. Rogers, division superintend ent of the Southern Pacific: S. Ralph Budd, chief engineer of the Oregon Trunk; W. C. Wilkes, assistant general freight agent of the Oregon Trunk; A. E. Bu chanan, with the Oregonian, and W. P. Strandborg, with the Tel egram, and J. L. Wallan of the Oregon Journal. On the arrival of the special the members of the party were met by a delegation of the Mad ras commercial uiub, and the children of the Madras Public School, who could hardly contain their enthasiasm, on seeing a sight that many had never wit nessed before. The members of the Stevens party were taken for a short drive out on the Agency Plains, returning to the special in time for lunch at 12.30. Promptly at 1 p. m. a line of march was formed, and led by the Bend Band through the prin cipal streets of the town to the scene of the barbecue, where two large steers had been roasted in the "Plains" fashion and ing out into the valley beyond (Concluded on page 8)