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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1911)
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RUSHING WORK ON NEW DEPOT Much Activity Along Orel gon Trunk Improve ments at Madras Towns on the line of the Ore gon Trunk are rapidly undergo ing a transformation from quiet country villages to active indust rial centers, according to the re ports of W. C. Wilkes, assistant general freight and passenger agent of that road who has had charge of the traffic on the south ern end of the line since service was opened a week ago, says the Oregonian. In a letter to W. E. Coman, general passenger agent, receiv ed yesterday, Mr. Wilkes says that the track has been improved remarkably since he traveled over it February 15 and that the ballasting gangs are working 10 miles north of Madras, getting the road in excellent condition. The eating station at Nathan has been completed and good meals are being served. Ample provisions for whole train loads of travelers have been provided. A temporary station with good interior fixtures has been estab lished at Madras. A tent has; been provided for the agent. Plans have been made for the erection of a first class permanent passenger depot which is being put up just as rapidly as a dozen carpenters can handle the ma terial. The industrial track as origin ally planned in front of the sta tion site, together with the ware house, will be completed within 10 dayB. The road then will be Well equipped for the accommo dation of all kinds of freight traffic. Several Portland oil concerns are preparing to enter the Cent ral Oregon field and are erecting tanks and warehouses near Mad ras from which they purpose to distribute their products. One concern has its buildings half completed and has five car loads of oil and other supplies on the way. Several other companies are preparing to enter the field. Two stock pens have been built at Madrus, each to hold about six car loads of cattle. The canacity of these will be increased to 10 or 12 car loads at once. A company has incoroorated and will soon commence building a first class hotel for the accom modations at Madras. Excava tion will begin in a few days. , The structure will be completed early in the Summer, it is pre dicted. HEW P0STMA TERS Waahinirton. March 13. Tho Post- office Duimrtmnnt linn notified Con- uuoiur vf. nruwiiicu, uuitur uuuniy. Tho office will bo discontinued unless nnothor nominee is soon nresontod, ll.tll 1 LlllQ .J la tGUU.IllllUUUUU WIU UfffJUII.V- Plrtr 4V2n T.nfrnwftr tin. .nrtnmmAnitAil 41.A nnnntnt. "'H DB from fU ment 01 J0"" U wney as.postma: rom three , of Vanora. Crook Couniv. 1 ster Madras Rapidly Growing MANY NEW HOUSES New notel and Lodging House Oolng Up at Once-Other Improvements The most convincing evidence ot the rapid growth of Madras in ti ... tne very near luture is the fact that just as soon as the building material can be delivered here by U n 1 , 1 1 ' J. Mr. wwiaiuoaus, no less man iu or more new buildings will be be gun and pushed to completion at the earliest possible date. Possibly the first of these to be commenced and the one which will be pushed to completion the fastest, will be the new Gate way Hotel, a modern two-story brick hotel, the urgent need for which is admitted by all. In addition to the hotel, property has already been bought at the corner of Sixth and B streets, 1 1 fen n , wnere a modern $bDUU rooming house will be built. The greater part of the lower floor will be converted into stores, the living apartments being installed on the upper floor.. These two buildings will be commenced shortly, and finished in all pos sible haste, so that Madras will be able to accommodate the im migrants and homeseekers who are scheduled to arrive in this city during the next few months. In addition to these two build ings, four other business institu tions will be established in the down-town district in a short time. A modern steam laundry, with the most improved equip ment, will be located in the next week or two, and before the sum mer is gone, will be prepared to handle the work of entire Cen tral Oregon. A general merchandise store, with a full and complete new stock, a hardware store, and a furniture store, are among the new institutions which will soon be housed in new buildings in Madras. In addition to these develop ments, which have already been determined upon, information has been received at the local office of the Madras Townsite and Land Company that several other lots in the vicinity of the new hotel have been sold, and that business enterprises will be es tablished on them at an early date. The fact that outside capital is coming into Madras right on the heels of the railroad, as it were, and promoting various enter prises is conclusive proof of the business man's estimate of the Madras of the early future. They can recognize that the rail road company is going to throw as much business as possible this way, not to say anything of homeseekers, and believing in the theory of first come first served, are ready to do their part to make the town the "Gateway to Central Oregon." MILDRED LATH I M DEAD Miss Mildred Lathim, 19 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lath im of Tho Dulles, and former pioneer residents of Agency Plains, died at the her home Sunday, March 5, 1911. The funeral service was conducted' by Rev. Warren, pastor of St, Paul Episcopal Church at The Dalles Mr. and Mrs. Lathim have many friends on the Agency Plains who sym pathize with them most deeply in their bereavement, , William Brownhlll, an uncle of Miss Lathim, attended the funeral from; Agency Plains. 'City Water Plant Is Progressing In spite of the delay occasioned by -the non-arrival of material?, satisfactory progress was made this week on the reservoir and water system. The reservoir has been dug out to the average depth of six feet and enlarged to meet specifications, 40x40 feet at the bottom. Three sides of the embankment have been thrown up. Tne fourth side has been delayed by the lack of piping, which must be put in before the i 1. ... ii DanK is tnrown up. The neces sary pipe for this is already here. and will be unloaded this week and put in place, so that the fourth side of the reservoir can be thrown up. The order for the pipe to be used has been sent in and will arrive within the next ten days or two weeks, and be immedi ately put in place. Over 4200 feet of the main ditch have been dug and 1200 feet of laterals. The work was held up for a few days for powder, but a sufficient quantity has arrived now. and the work will be pushed with all possible haste. Water has been struck in the well, but not the main stream for which the engineers are look ing, and the drilling will be car ried on until a sufficient flow of water is obtained. The present depth of the well is 64 feet. With all the necessary piping and other materials on the ground, the engineers intend to push, the entire work with all haste, and turn the completed system over to the city as early as possible. Hotel Company Has Incorporated Announcement is made by the Gateway Hotel" Co. of Portland, that they will begin the erection of a two story brick hotel in Mad ras as soon as it is possible to have the materals shipped in. The structure will be modern in every particular. The building will be rushed in every way pos sible, with the intention of hand ling the immense traffic which promises to pass through the city this spring and summer. The plans and specifications have already been prepared and turn ed over to the contractors, and work will begin the day the first shipment of materials is re ceived. The building will be 100x100 feet, built of brick and two stor ies high. The general office, obby and dining room will be on the first floor, the remainder of the first floor being converted into stores. The second floor will be given over to the living apartments. Fourteen private baths will be installed, m addi tion to a number of public baths, to increase tne convenience 10 the traveling public. The rooms will be large and airy, with a view to making them as com- brtable and pleasant as possible or the guests. The new institution will be known as the Gateway Hotel, in accord with the new name adopted by the city, and will be built and operated by the Gate way Hotel Co., a corporation of Portland. The stock ot the com- 1 11 J-nlm- rt-l pany has an ueeu iun.cn, im nothing stands in the way with giving Madras the hotel accom modations, she so much needs, at the earliest possible date. easure Jaunts At Madras EASILY ACCESSIBLE Trout Fishing, Health Resort, And Brilliant Gems Can Be Had By A Short Ride Few locations in Central Ore gon have such pleasant picnic jaunts right at their door as has Madras people. A 15- minute ride on the cars will take one to Pelton, at the mouth of Willow Creek on the Deschutes, where a day can be delightfully spent trout-fishing or basking in the mellow sunlight on the banks of the river, gazing at the tumult ous waters with their ceasless roar. The same pleasures can be ex perienced at Vanora or Kilmer with a little further ride, while farther down the river one can alight from the train six miles from the celebrated warm springs, whose health-giving waters are already visited by a large number of Crook, Wasco and Sherman County people, the Indian reservation upon which the springs are located deriving its name from them. Another picnic jaunt of great merit which will be accessible to passengers of the Oregon Trunk is a trip to Opal Springs on Crook River, where glistening gems can be seen rising and falling in the crystal waters from morning un til night. And not least of the attractive places easily to be vis ited is the Cove Orchard, where, in season, one can find the most delicious fruit, displayed by Wil liam Boegli, the hospitable pro prietor, and who also has at his door the acme of trout fishing. Homeseekers Are Arriving HILL LINES CROWDED Madras The Objective Point Preparations Made to Handle All The Arrivals "You may say emphatically and without danger of challenge that Oregon to-day is the most talked-of-state in the Union, so far as investment and immigra tion is' concerned,'"' said H. A. Jackson, assistant general freight and passenger agent of the Great Northern, who returned from a trip East this morning. Jackson has been back conferring with the heads of the Hill system and he expresses amazement at the amount of interest the prospect ive development and settlement of Oregon has aroused among people of the East and Middle West, who have heard of the wonderful opportunities afforded settlers out here "It is no exaggeration to say that our people have simply been taken off their feet by the great volume of colonist movement that is in sight for this state. They have figured on a westward movement ahead of former years but did not count on anything like the present indications point to." Other telegraphic advices havo been received here from St. Paul railroad headquarters, stating that the first batch of colonists for Madrns, on the Oregon Trunk Line, would arrive there 260 strong tomorrow. This is one of the heaviest initial movementsof home seekers ever recorded for asmgle town, in the history of the state. This entire party is coming in on the first train over the Hill lines leaving the Twin Cities since the colonist rates went into effect, says the Portland Telegram. Madras business interests, which are arranging to take care of the new comers until they get permanently set tled, have wired here for tents and are engaging every kind of emergency quar ters, to take care of tne rush. Reports are that a similar volume of colonists is coming on still later trains. When this word came, the Madras Commercial Club wired to Portland to the Oregon Trunk headquarters, urging that 100 additional beds be forwarded to Madras at once. These sleeping accommodations will be distributed about the city wherever there is a nook or cranny that can house a family of new settlers. Reports from interior towns add that provisions are being made for the tem porary care of colonists by placing cots in rooms over stores, shops, in public halls ami other places, so that the new comers may be made to feel as much at home as possible. The first important arrivals for this state will reach here tonight or in the morning, and from this time on for the next month the movement is expected to continue without abatement. There is the Bame gratifying outlook for an enormous rush of homeseekers from points covered by the Harriman system, and these roads are arranging to run trains in two and three sections and to handle specials as the needs may require. Regular and frequent mail service will be furnished interior points within a short time. Special postoffice depart ment inspectors have visited the Cent ral Oregon towns and have submitted reports to Washington and just as soon as the red-tape can be unwound, the Oregon Trunk will be in a position to put the mail service on a par with the transportation facilities. Train sched ules are being revised in such a way. that close connections will be made with Redmond, Bend, Prineville and other principal towns now off the line of rail communication. Automobile stage companies are modifying their schedules to conform to the running time of passenger trains. ROGERS-O'KELLY Married At the home of ' Mr. Christians in Prineville, Sunday, March 5, 1911, H. Clark Pvogeis and Georgia N. O'Kdlley, C. P. Bailey officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are well known young people of the Cul ver country, where they have many friends. Mr. Rogers and bride left last week for Toppen ish, Wash., where they will re side for some time. W. H. Vandervert, one of the old-time settlers of the Lava Butte section of Crook county, was in Madras last Saturday. Mr. Vandervert arrived in the city from Portland over the Ore gon Trunk Line, it being his first ride upon the new railway line into Central Oregon. He re marked to the conductor that it was the easiest, quickest and cheapest traveling he had ever done in Crook County. That official marked Mr. Vandevert's ticket and returned it to him as a souvenir of the occasion. W. P. Myers was in the city from Culver Junction last Satur day looking after business mat ters. Mr. Myers says that, the Culver people have received a letter from Governor West saying that he would be up to assist in the celebration of the Harriman railroad arriving at that place which is expected to take place some time in April. The Hairi man officials are expected to be present, including President Robert S. Lovett, who has signi fied his intention of attending if possible. The railroad celebra tion is also to be made a reunion of the Crook County pioneers. It is expected to use the new warehouse at Culver Junction as an auditorium, the construction ot which will begin in a few days.