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Madras Pioneer
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- MADRAS CROOK COUNTY."oREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23. 1911. ' NQ. 28
ercial Club
jgMeeting
EVENS TALKS
L Farmers-Many
Lie Suggestions
ierciai Uiuo, wn.u,
L be of far-reacning
I to Madras and the
Umtrv" and was
instructive to the mem-
E i l. !i1' nnntirrnil
It C1UD v,i.UMv
Commercial Club was
lyavlSlliroiii uik
k Officials andmemoers
industrial organiza-
piPortland.
Kflitially a eet-togeth-
f in that the Oregon
ble wanted to become
i the Madras uus-
i i.
n ana mane ausgea-
Die mutual interests of
and the railroad.
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Cne was presiaea over
IConklin, of the Madras
11
lot Stevens who re-
i the city that evening
n optimistic manner of
m Trunk's expectations
J Oregon and the lead-
r.
lit expected to take m
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sel, of the operating department
of the Oregon Trunk, promised
the best of service to Centra
Oregon, and said that" trains
would be run on a schedule to
make it the most convenient for
their natrons. Several other Ore
gon Trunk officials also spoke a
lew woras remit ve 10 inetr re
spective departments.
Very valuable advice was given
to the farmers of this section by
H. M. Haller, president of the
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
when he emphasized the import
ance of diversified farming. He
advised the combination of hoc:
raising, poultry raising, growing
corn, potatoes, ortions. or held
peas with the wheat raising, with
the result that the several crops
will make the farmer a number
of dividends each year, while if
wheat alone were grown, the
farmer would only have one crop
from which to expect a remuner
ation and his land would become
more impoverished every year.
H. Beckwith, president of
the Portland Commercial Club,
and also the Portland manager
Wells Fargo Express Company,
wished to .particularly impress
he farmers of this section with
the importance of poultry rais
ing. Giving a vivid illustration,
he cited the accomplishments of
the turkey raisers of Oakland,
Oregon, who each season ship
from 12 to 15 car loads of these
birds during the holidays to the
Portland and Puget Sound mar
kets, the birds'nettingthe farm
ers from 17 to 22 cents per
pound.
C. C. Crnirfn, rccidny
The beginning of the end has come.
The railroad has reached Madras,
Central Oregon's transportation
isolation is a thing of the past. Todav
ci Madras celebrates the arrival of of the
Ument of this section. I the Oregon Develonmont Leatrue. iron road, and with her all the interior
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i . . . ...... nnlinfw rfllfilfnu An finvltr onnann tU!a
'nswisnert also in rmr- . who mnkos a nnnr n tv of mvino- w ' -"j -"..,
his success in 'VI
telling of his removal from Indi
ana to North Dakota, and from
there went to Portland and not
finding conditions to his liking
came to The Dalles and there
noticing the
TTttUiJ
loads of wheat coming from the
interior, started into that section
to investigate, with til rnanlf
r WfcJLAJiy
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umt ne nnaily located on the
land which has been tho snpno
of his almost unqualified success
in the line of "dry farming,"
winning five sweepstakes
at the Spokane Dry Farming.Con-
gress and his awards also carry
ing with them the Portland
Commercial Club cup and the
Colorado state cup. a storv wpII
known to the readers of the Pio
neer and an accomplishment in
which all Central Oregon take
pride with Mr. Reuter.
A number of talks were marl
by members of the Commercial
Club in which was told the exne-
riencesof farmers in the raisine-
of hogs in this vicinity, their con
fidence in Central Oregon, anri
their gratification over the ar
rival of the railroads.
After the adjournment of the
meeting all went to view the ex
hibit of vegetables and cereals
grown and displayed by Mr.
Reuter. This display was taken
from bins, sacks anri nits nnrl
had not been intended for exhi
bition, but its merits were so ob
vious that the visitors were loud
in its praise.
3000 Feet More
Side Tract
BETTER FACILITIES
Madras Shipping Will Be Qiven
Every Convenience By
Oregon Trunk
par
impress upon his hear-
pportance of co-opera
te work of exploiting
Oregon. A. E. Coman.
freight and passenger
the Oregon Trunk, as-
t people of this section
i the railroads aim to
interests, and that
fcllS WOUld hp fr'ivnn
isideration. J. P. Rus-
. . , . , .. for riiilroads, and a bumper crop is
instructions to commercial Or- aB8Ured. And as the crop matuies let
ganizations for the exploiting us borrow a c .tch phrase and declare to
nnrl nfivprtisino- nf Cirotrnn. rrnvn the observing World, "Watch Central
u cuin. xuii ui moil uuiiuii in iiuuu1
ling homeseekers in the way
of making conditions attractive
so that they may become con
tented with their new location.
Tillman Reuter gave an inter- different aracts where properly can be pur
eating account 01 niS experience hhsrd at a reasonable price. Which is
in coming to Central Oregon and a true statement
While it was expected that un
on arriving at Madras the Ore
gon Trunk track-layers would
continue right on to Metolius. it
was found that sufficient sidings
had not been provided for this
city to accommodate the shipping
which is developing at this place
and the track-laying crew were
employed until Saturday evening
laying the rails upon the sidings
surveyed for the station grounds
here.
Originally a thousand foot
switch was thought to be suffi
cient to handle the Madras busi
ness; but upon conference be
tween President Stevens and the
Madras Commercial Club and
Crook County stockmen it was
found that this was entirely in
adequate to handle the Madras
shipping and two additional sid
ings were ordered by President
Stevens, each of 1000 feet.
These were extended onto the
south additions to Madras on the
Steinke tract.
oince the advent of the railroad it is no
liced that there has been several large
signs erected along the track calling the
attention of the traveling public to the
Telegraph Wires
Being Strung
In a few days Central Oregon
will be connected with the out
side world by a direct telegraph
system which will handle all the
Western Union business from
this section.
Saturday evening the gang of
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
perfection in workmanship and material.
W 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.
INTRAL
MERCANTILE COMPANY
OREGON
EVERYBODY'S STORE
A1 1 If
u;iepnone linemen arrived in
Madras with a steel wire that
will be used for the telegraph
circuit after the balance of the
lines are completed to this Doint.
It is expected that this wire will
be used for the telephone circuit
for a few days until the three
copper telephone, systems are in
stalled.
It is the intention of the Ore
gon Trunk Line to use the tele
phone as a means of dispatching
its trains, and will maintain
three separate circuits, with the'
steel wire as above stated for
the telegraph business.
It is a well known fact that
the people of this section, in fact
all of Central Oregon has been
handicapped in trying to com
municate with the outside world
by telegraph or telephone, and
as stated in an article appearing
in the Oregonian a few days
smce, which we reprint, a direct
system will be greatly appreciat
ed. Says the Oregonian: "By
the use of 20 miles of barb-wire
fence, news of the celebration of
the entrance into Madras of the
Oregon Trunk Railway was sent
Portland Wednesday. Tele
phone connection was established
first between Madras and Shani
ko and the office of The Oregon
ian in Portland.
"For 20 miles between Madras
and Shaniko a barb-wire fence
served to complete the circuit."
So fast have the tracklayers
wonted that thev have out
stripped the telegraph linemen
several days in. reacning Mad
ras.
Immense Viaduct
Over Canyon
FINE SCENIC ROUTE
Engineers Arrive To Superintend
Construction Of Structure
Over Wiliow Creek
First Train Car
ries Passen gers
The first train outward bound
over the new Oregon Trunk
Railroad, left this city for Clark.
Washington, at 10.30 o'clock last
Saturday morning. The train
consisted of six cars, four of
;hem sheep cars, one a box car,
and the sixth a caboose. The
train took to market 980 head of
sheep.
A score of Central Oregon peo
ple rode in the box car, jubilant
that a railroad line had at last
penetrated this great undevel
oped ' territory. Among them
was Mrs. Resno Rondeau, of
Ashland, the first woman pas
senger over the new line. Oth
ers in the party were George
Nelson, of Nelson Bros. ; R. W.
McKennett, of Bend; Dr. A. A.
Burris of Bend, and C. W. Bak
er, Jerry Cramer, A. C. Sanford,
!. Bergland, Walter Ruble, W.
O. Hendricks, R. Davis, A. W.
Dayies, George Austin, A. W.
Clothier, E. W. Carner, M.
Schultz, Fred Davis, all of Mad
ras. Connecting with the North
Bank line at Clark, the most of
the members or the party went
on to Portland.
For the first 60 miles of the
rip from Madras the track is
not yet ballasted, so that the
rain could not run at a speed
exceeding eight miles an hour.
;n SDite of the slow speed one of
the cars jumped the track at one
place, delaying the party for five
hours. But for the last 50 miles
of the trip, where the roadbed is
ballasted, better speed was made
the train running 60 miles an
hour in some places. The road
is being ballasted as rapidly as
possible, and the track-laying
orflw is now at work four milei
'beyond Madras, still laying
track.
Fred Davis, a member of the
party which went out over the
new line aaturaay, said yester
day that the unballasted portion
is in as good condition as the
Columbia Southern, which has
been in operation 10 years. Reg
ular trains will be in operation
over the new line between Mad
ras and Clark by March 1st.
The engineers who will have charcre
of the construction of the Deschutes
Railroad Company's bridge over Willow
Creek canyon arrived in Madras a few
dayB ago and are in charge of Assist
ant Engineer George Mattis, and the
headquarters is in the Ellis Building.
Engineer Mattis savs that Twohv
Bros, will have charge of the construc
tion of the concrete towers unon which
will rest the steel viaduct of the Des
chutes Railroad. Twohy Bros', work
men are expected in the city next week
to beein actual conatrurtinn nn th
bridge.
This viaduct is of note in railwav con
struction m that it is probably the
highest of its kind in the United StateB.
Tho "iaduct will be 1050 feet long and
approximately 225 feet high above the
creek bed. The steel will rest UDon
eight towers, averaging about 100 feet
between each tower. The two center
towers will be nearly 175 feet hizh.
This viaduct will be erected hv the
railroad company, the steel being gotten
out in its own shops. Assistant Engi.
neer McCoy will be in charcre of the
bridge crew.
This viaduct will be a rare scenic
point for Madras and vicinity, and it ib
not improbable that both lines up the
Deschutes canyon will run excursion
observation trains to Madras during the
summer. This viaduct in crossing the
Willow Creek canyon, furnishes one of
the grandest of landscape sights to be
seen from a railroad train with the
towering snow clad mountains of the
Cascades to the west, with Mt; Jeffer
son most prominent, and to the east a
view of the entire country may be had
to the Blue Mountains.
City Council Accepts New
Charter For Madras
Two meetings of the city Council
were had during the past week,
and many matters of importance hare
been thrashed out in various ways.
One of the most important ones was
the passing of a new city charter which
has been signed by nearly two thirds of
the legal electors ard property holders
of the town. Some objection was had
to the clause that erives the nowerto an
elector to vote on a residence of 30 days
in the city the same as in the countv
and State elections, but this was
presented to the people, before the
petition to pass the charter was pre
sented a compromise was had. wherebv
the electors are to be residents of tho
City for a period of fixty days.
Another important point in the pass
age of the charter at this time by the
initiative means, is to allow the town to
issue bonds for the purpose of furnish-
mg the remainder of the funds neces
sary to complete the city water system
now under construction. Under the
charter as laid down in the Statute.
city is not allowed to incur anv indebte
dness to exceed $25000.00. unless it
has the funds available to pay this in
debtedness.
It was the idea of the members of
of the council that a new charter was
necessary at this time, so that many
more improvements could be crotten
under way, one of which is street im
provement, which could only be done at
the expense of the city, while now
under this charter the city can go on
and make these imorovementa nnrl
assess the amount of the costs to the
property.
Many other noints in this ehnrtpr
is to the best interests of the town and
residents, as well as the owners of
property in the town, as the improve
ments that can be made, will enhance
the value of the property manv time
its present value,
a
Bishop Paddock rcnrtsentmi' Ms dlr-
ce$e of ihe Episcopal church was in Mad
ras last werk dunnn the ce ebral on of
KdilrOad Day He fleenmnanird lh Hnr.
riman party of officials to the end ol tha
uescnutev railroad at the mouth af Trout
reek.
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