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during, May. These people are
leaving their homes in the east,
and bringing their families along,
determined to be satisfied with
their new home, wherever it may
be. That is the Bpirit of the
homeseeker, and that is the spir
it which makes cities and com
munities grow, and prosper.
Those who have already come
into this territory and located
are eminently satisfied, and some
have gone so far as to write to
friends in the east telling of this
country, and others will do the
same thing.
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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,
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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
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tne very near luture is the fact
that just as soon as the building
material can be delivered here by
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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,
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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
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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-
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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.