Madras Pioneer
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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 9. 1911.
VIII
NO. 30
The
iules Bead
Trout Creek
R OH RAPIDLY
future Completed Last
Ldoy-Soon Arrive
At Madras
onppd has been
the engineering and
n forces oi me
f in spanning irout
ith a steel bridge 700
100 feet high in iess
L..fl0va nil the struct-
Uavincr been completed
ht, says the Oregonian.
racklayers are now busy
lay the last rail on tne
icture tomorrow morn
ia will nermit them to
imfhecrade to Atrency
ud to Madras at a rapid
tsUthesrradimrhas been
frthe entire distance.
e the tracklayers reach
t however, it will be nec
to build bridges across
other chasms, one of
1 400 feet and the other
wide. The heights vary
leisas high as the banks
rout Creek.
tknartv of Harriman
that made a trin over the
constructed line three
igo visited the work at
eek thev saw nnthincr
0
crete abutments on either
id the piers near the
stream below. The
S'in? crews had not yet
I XI ii 1 m .
me norm Dame oi tne
The steel work was thon
:ars near Cove Crenk. 10
way, and could not be
me iront until the rails
I to the edere of thenren-
ve the creek.
This work was comploted two
weeka ago and the steel was de-:
livered as it was needed by the
bridge builders. Steel towers
were constructed on the abut
ments and on the piers and these
will bear the weight of the
structure. The various parts were
assembled rapidly and, fastened
together. The work was done,
with such speed that to residents
of the district it seemed that the
bridge rose over night. It will
be possible to run construction
trains over it tomorrow morn
ing and to have them to carry,
the material for the work that is
to be done beyond.
Material now is being hauled
to Willow Creek on the outskirts
of Madras, for the construction
of the viaduct there. This
structure will be neither as high
nor as long as the, one over Trout
Creek, but it will require con
siderable difficult work, as the
tracks on the Oregon Trunk Rail
road are in the canyon below at
the edge of the stream.
George W. Boschke, chief en
gineer of the line, has charge of
the construction work and yes
terday receveid reports from the
front indicating that rapid prog
ress will be made in building the
track to Gateway, which is to be
the site of extensive tracks,
yards and a warehouse. Some
of these improvements will be
put in as the road is built, but
others will be built as the track
layers proceed up the Deschutes
Valley. Gateway, which is near
Youngs Postoffice, is destined to
be one of the most important
points in Central Oregon. At
present it is nothing but a bar
ren field, but stores, dwellings
and public buildings are expected
to spring up after the railroad
once operates through the dis
trict. The warehouses are in
tended to drain the great grain
fields of Agency Plains and sur
rounding country.
Thoroughbreds
For Honolulu
J. H. GRAY EXPORTS
Crook County's Reputation For
High Orade Stock Extends
Over United States
D. W. Putman and wife of
Prineville, have been spending
several days this week in Madras
and vicinity visiting friends.
A shipment of stock which, is
an excellent advertisement for
Madras and Crook County, oc
curred from the Oregon Trunk
stock yards in this city Monday,
when J. H. Gray of the "Bonny
View" stock farm near Prine
ville routed over the Oreiron
Trunk 10 head of thoroughbred
Hereford bulls, their ultimate
destination being Honolulu in the
Hawaiian Islands.
An occurrence of this kind is
of particular interest when it oc
curs from a new country just
coming to the notice of the
world. Heretofore the shipping
of high bred animals both to and
from Central Oregon was attend
ed with some danger and not a
little inconvenience, but since the
arrival of the railroad, shipments
of thoroughbred stock can hand
led easily and with little expense.
It will be but a very short time
until Central Oregon will be the
depot of supply for all the United
States for high grade animals of
all kinds. i
In Crook County in the older
settled sections of Haycreek,
Haystack, Culver, and on the
Ochoco and Crooked Rivers near
Prineville there is as fine blood
ed stock as can be found any
where in the United States, many
o f the animals being imported
direct from France, England,
Belgium and other centers of
high grade stock.
While the thoroughbred stock
of Crook County has already
been shipped to many places in
the United States where growers
are improying their "grade of
animals, the fact has not receiv
ed the notice that has been its
due, but with the attention being
given this section now, all such
incidents of stock importation
will be made the most of by the
large transportation companies
who have built their lines into
Central Oregon.
New Town In
The Lime Light
Another townsite project in
Central Oregon which, according,
to Portland papers, has come
under the notice of the Postal
Department for investigation
carries the kingly name of "Im
perial." The article in reference
to this regal place did not desig
nate its location.
Central Oregon is a large
country and there are many lo
calities within its boundaries
worthy the attention of investors
and homeseekers, but just the
same, parties purchasing land or
makinc investments in Central
Oregon would find it to their in
terest to make a full, investiga
tion of their prospective buy and
the possibilities of the countrv
surrounding.
VISITS CENTRAL OREGON
Intent upon seeing that the
law passed by the last Legis
lature, prohibiting the emptying
of sewage into the Deschutes
River is carried into effect im
mediately, Dr. Calvin S. White
Secretary of the State Board of
Health made a trip into Central
Oregon, from which he returned
yesterday.
Dr. White said that the muni
cipal authorities of Prineville,
which is on the Crooked River, a
tributary of the Deschutes, will
shortly stop emptying sewage
into the river, substituting a
purification plant and distributing
the sewage over the land as
fertilizer.
Virtually all the inhabitants of
Crook County and other territory
adjacent to the Deschutes River
depend on that stream to turnish
them water for domestic purposes
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 getour
prices before buying elsewhere.
NTRAL OREGON MERCANTILE COMPANY
1WS
EVERYBODY'S STORE
Farmers' Big Sale
Of Wheat
FAIR PRICE RECEIVED
Will. Be Shipped, Out On Oregon
Trunk Makes Teat Of
No. 1 Grade
Handsome De
pot At Madras
0EG0N TRUNK ERECT
ING LARGE STATION
The Oregon Trunk Line has 14
men employed upon the new
depot for Madras and it will be
ready for occupancy in 30 days, '
or sooner, if the carpenters can ',
put the material together.
Madras will have one of the
best appointed station along the
line, and it is being constructed
with an eye to accommodating a
large amount of business. The
building will be 30x115 feet, not
including the porches to be
erected on three sides. The
south portion of the building will
be used for the handling of bag
gage and express, and the north
end will consist of waiting rooms
while the middle rooms of the
building will be used as offices
for the railway company.
The large passenger, travel
over the Oregon Trunk for Mad
ras and points south continues
with no abatement and probably
an average of 75 passengers have
alighted daily from the train at
Madras since the inauguration of
regular train service.
FREEBURG-AKEYSON
Last evening through the offic
ers the Madras Union Warehouse
Company of Madras a sale of the
arge amount of wheat which is
stored in their warehouse was to
he representatives of The Bel-
four Guthrie Company, the larg
est grain exporters on the Pacific
coast.
Regld W. Hastings and Frank
Stuart of Maupins Ferry, Oregon,
representatives of this firm have
been Madras several days con
ferring with the different owners
of the wheat stored, and. Hector
McLane, Interior Grain Agent
for the Farmers' Union of the
Northwest, took the matter of
the closing of the deal in hand,
and secured tne average price of
$.66 per bushel all through, for
the total amount of grain on
hand at this time, which is about
50,000 bushels.
It is the intention of Mr.
Hastings and his company to
load out the wheat as soon as
cars can be secured to ship over
the Oregon Trunk Line, and are
in a positian to settle for the
grain as fast as it is loaded on
the cars, this proposition meet
ing with the approval of the
farmers of this section.
Several tests have been made
by these gentlemen of the differ
ent lots that have been hauled in
and stored and they state that it
is very seldom that so uniform
a grade can be found in any one
county, not excepting the noted
Walla Walla country, of which
Mr. McLane is one of the promi
nent farmers. Of the different
lots that were tested a first class
grade" was found in nearly every
case. By first grade is meant
wheat that will test 58 pounds.
Several millers from different
parts of the country have been
in this locality during the past
season and have made tests of
the quality of grain raised on the
Agency Plains and its tributaries
and report that it is far above
the average, especially in gluten,
and of fine milling quality.
The County .Farmers' Union
and the local Union at Madras,
are to be congratulated in having
the foresight' in the construction
of a warehouse to handle their
own products and have the
pleasure of raising a wheat crop
that is being sought by the large
exporting concerns to send to
foreign markets. Their ware
house', which is a large building,
could not accommodate all the
grain raised-in this section, this
year, and there is several times
as much grain stored in the farm
ers granaries as there is in the
warehouse at the present time.
This will be sold at a later date.
Mr. Stuart will be left in charge
of the shipping of this grain, and
will send it out as fast as the northern part Of the county, look
railroad can furnish transports- j after several districts, and open
Uion, which will enable the Mad-! up several new roads that have
Yesterday afternoon at the
Prineville Hotel at Prineville,
accurred the marriage of Mrs.
Louisa E. Akeyson, and Al. W.
Freeburg, both of Madras.
A few immediate friends of
the contracting parties were
present at the ceremony which
was performed by the Rev. Hug
gins, pastor of the Union
Church.
These young people are well
known, in Madras and vicinity
and the best wishes of their
friends accompany them. They
will make their home in Madras,
where the groom is engaged in
the barber business.
W1ND0M-H0WARD
At the home of the bride's parents
Mr. and Mrs. Perry B. Howard of Prine
ville, Wednesday afternoon, Ma-ch 8,
1911, occured the marriage of their
youngest daughter, Verna, to Carl Win
dom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Windom of Culver. Rev.
of Prineville officiating at the ceremony.
Many friends and relatives of the bride
and groom were present to witness the
happy event.
The bride until a few weeks since
was a teacher in the Madras public
school and is a favorite among .the
social circle of the city. The groom is
the son of a prominent farmer in the
Culver section andsrwell-and favorably
known throughout the "Madras Coun
try." .-.
The happy couple came "to Madras
Wednesday evening and left on the
Thursday morning train for Portland
and Wilhamette Valley points to; spend,
their honeymoon with friends and re
latives. On their return will make their home
on the Henry Windon ranch near .Cul
ver. .
At the last term of the County
Court, the appointment of S.
Nace, of Madras, for road super
visor for this district, was made.
It is the intention of the county
officials to have a man in the
ras Union Warehouse Company
to take care 'of the large amount
of freight that has arrived over
the Oregon Trunk Line to be dis
tributed to the. interior points.
And also to handle the large
amount of wool that will be haul
ed here to the sales that have
been allowed the latter part of
last year. It is understood that
the first wor.k to be taken up
will be the opening of the
road to H;aycreek, which goes
directly east from Madras. This
will be. completed in time to . al,
low the hauling of the wool from
been previously advertised to take Haycreek and the Ash wood dis
place at Madras this spring. 1 tricts.
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