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Madras Pioi
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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THUSDAY. MARCH 23, 1911.
NO. 32
Interests Try
f Irrigation
IEBINC DATA
j n.. limn ft Tn
tre. Club ana
,ttt In Asking For
Use Of Water
Lwion of this section
Lnaht about at an early
evidenced by tne iact
the money neces&uiy
i that can be obtained
r used, or will be used, to
i!. m-nnf. feature or tne
i a ki vm
Lent of Central Oregon
Mnt where actual con
Lit. bv those interested
Imovement.
r weeks since, the Madras
trcial Club and other pri
tovMuals have taken this
up with the Hill interests
m. Tames J. Hill and his
bis W.Hill, with the re
hat they use their influ
rith the Interior Depart-
allow the use of Cres-
i i i i .1
ie, wmcn is locaieu in
i Lake County, and has
placed in the Forest Re-
also withdrawn for power
, as a reservoir for the
i of storing water with
to irrigate all the country
Be of Crooked River and
Ihonthe other side as will
covered by present seg
ns, The first object of
project as outlined by
i Rounds and Rogers, two
at men of the state of
I who have .been con-
I with several projects in
ate. was to place water on
lalver, Opal Prairie, the
Agency Plains and the
fgency Plains sections,
Iganareaof about 120.000
I, ! 1. . '
p imgaoie land.
rest is being shown bv Mr.
ii his Son in this mnff at
nlof their force at St.
pave been in5frnnfn,i
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the subject, and the
f gentlemen have been
Oregon SGVPrnl A n va
k looking over the field
so as to report to their su-
on their return? w a
A
Assistant
'andPasseneer Ao-nnf nf
ri northern Railrmwi w
W Western TnHnof.;ni
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Won Afrnnf T? lir
AssistantGenera'l Freight
rKw agent of the Bur.
Pf- and John I. Spring
M height and PaL
en held a con
w'in a portion nf
at Madras Tuesday
I in tu . "A mosein-
this prima!.-
IfiU. ""'Buwn proi-
nd CI Tm the
Lr!rp an8forthe wat-
e
Hill
Canal Will Benefit
Northwest
land which could be placed under
irrigation from this project. It
is the intention of Messrs.
Rounds and Rogers to allow the
water to follow the bed of the
Deschutes River from Cresent
Lake to a point in the vicinity of
Cline Falls, where it will be tak-
rn nnf. hnri hrnmrht. nnrnoo tVin
country, where the use could be MR. STEVENS TALKS
commuueeu wiuiui u anurt dist
ance from the point of taking it
from the River.
The report that these gentle
men of the Hill lines will make
to J. J. Hill and his son Louis
Hill, as expressed by them, will
be that it is a very necessary
thing to do and the benefits to be
derived by the farming and com
i 1 ii i
merciai peopie oi mis section as
Well as the Hill interest, Will qualified to give expert testimony
warrant the exertion of all the on the subjeet, is not alarmed
influence that they can procure over the possible competition of
to bring this matter to the atten- the Panama canal with the rail
tion of the Deparsment, and roads. In discussing the matter
have it acted upon immediately, at the Commercial Club, Thurs
m a Way that Will bo favorable day, Mr. Stevens expressed the
to all concerned.
No Competitor of Railroads WI1
Increase Volume of Trade
In the Interior
Mr. John F. Stevens, presi
dent of the Hill lines in Oregon.
and a man exceDtionallv well
New Townsite
Being Platted
ON DESCHUTES LINE
New Town Is Well Located To
Be ProMoted By Portland
Capitalists '
hid, I, 7u'' u.l" Hil
it will nii "twor ue
& Pln to
nil!
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son. a io Air.
it of tonnatre to ,
was ex-
Hill
.before.
r"Uhisloi, . otunng
tCS? ith the use
lWtL' m ight,
fil6n nnragef aP-
hiTStof
itofurnifi 'T 1 t0 be
i 10rthe ammmf
opinion that the Panama Canal
will not injure the business of
the transcontinental lines.
He further states that the
canal will benefit the rail
roads for the reason that
large part of the shipments
which would be made by ship
through the canal would be des
tined for inland points. The
railroads," he said, ' "would be
obliged to haul to these points
so that the lower rates made by
steam ship lines would not effect
the rail rates more than 300 miles
inland from either coast."
This is more of a broad-gauge
View than most railroad men
have taken of the matter
and indicates a prospect
iVe policy that is certain
to prove beneficial to the Pacific
ports and the country for which
they will be distributing points.
When the canal is completed the
railroads will undoubtedly, on a
large proportion of the traffic
distributed through the Pacific
Northwest, make more profit on
the back haul from the Pacific
Coast ports than they could get
out of the long haul accross the
continent, if they attempted to
handle the business at competi
tive rates with the water
carriers. While 300 miles back
from the coast may be a rather
narrow limit to place on the strip
of territory subject to the influ
ence of water competition, it is
quite plain that at all points east
of this "dead line" the railroads
could base their rates on service,
volume of traffic and other fac
tors, instead of on being obliged
to recognize water competion on
much of the business offering.
It is a foregone conclusion that
the rate to the Pacific Coast
ports will so much lower than
any rate yet named for the
service that even with a remun
erative back haul rate add.ed by
the railroads for deliveril ;t at
interior points there w. be a
heavy reduction from present
rates. This reduction will of
course, tend to increase the pro-
Mr. Yeast of Portland, return- sperty ? he PePle' a"d
UlUrU tlallli; iui iuc iniuuuuo
will develop. In this coming re
volution in the carrying trade
between the two coasts, no
other port on the Pacific will be
more favorably situated than
Portland. From this city the
railroads can reach further into
the interior over a water-level
rarties interested in tne new
townsite to be located on the
Deschutes Railroad near Youngs,
post office, on Monday morning
commenced platting the town
site, the party of engineers in
charge of George Northrup of
Portland. About 160 acres will
be included in the townsite,
which will include 80 acres be
onging to the Hay Creek Land
Company, 40 acres recently pur
chased from P. N. Vibbert, 40
acres of the William Blair home
homestead, and negotiations are
pending for the purchase of 40
acres from S. D. Percival, but
the sale has not yet been made,
although it will probably be con
sumated within the next week.
The name of the new town to
be has not yet been learned. It
will be 15 miles from Madras at
the mouth of Porter Spring can
yon and is expected to be the
shipping and distributing point
for the lower Hay Creek country
and the Trout Creek section.
The Deschutes railroad is now
about two miles from Porter
Springs, and is expected to be at
Madras by the latter part of
April.
LOCALS and PERSONALS
ed with Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Roush last evening and has ac
cepted a position with the Mad
ras Trading Company as sales
man. J. Stroud of Willimina, Ore
gon, who has been in Crook
have borne none of the expense
of building the great waterway
would profit by the canal as much
as the United States." The
people who will profit the most
by the canal are the American
producers and consumers of
freight on both coasts and in the
intermediate territory. The bu
siness of carrying freight through
the canal is an insignificant in- Company Organized To' Handle Product and Wool
dustry compared with the in-
rowers uesire r-leeces Shipped From
WOOL TO BE HANDLED
BY MADRAS COMPNY
dustries which supply the freight.
For that reason the American
people want the cheapest carriers
possible. Exemption from canal
dues would be a bonus to Ameri
can ship owners instead of pro
ducers who are really entitled to
it. Oregonian
Madras To Build At Once
Just as fast as is possible,
work is being pushed toward
completing plans for the organi
zation and erection of a wool
warehouse which prominent citi
zens of thisscity with the assist
ance of the wool growers of
Central Oregon, are going to
build at Madras. The Dlans for
the building are being drawn and
the erection will be begun suffi
Water in the City well has been ciently early to enable its corn
struck at a depth of seventy feet pletion in ample time to handle
and is coming so fast that it will this years' clip which will begin
be necessary to suspend opera- to arrive the early part of May.
The business will be conducted
Water Found
In The City Well
tions until a pump and engine
can be installed to keep the
water out of the way for the
workmen to sink the shaft
deeper and allow a tunnel to be
run in each direction, so that a
reservoir lor tho storage ol a
a large quantity of water under
ground, may be had.
While much "of the machinery
and material are now on the
road, it will be some little time
before they will reach Madras
by a stock company which is now
in process of organization. A
capable and experienced mana
ger will be chosen to look after
the warehouse and have gen
eral supervision of its operation.
If possible, arrangements will
be made with the Madras Union
Warehouse Co. to use all the
available space in their building
already erected, and then to
build a sufficiently large addition-
and it is thought that a tempor- al warehouse to handle the en
ary pumping plant will be in- tire output of Crook County and
stalled for the present, and Central Oregon which will be
after the main pipe line is laid ,
that water will be pumped into
it to accommodate the citizens
until such time as the reservoir
may be completed.
It is expected that a sufficient
quantity of water for all pur
poses will be found inside of 15
feet further, and three crews
will be placed at work as soon as
the temporary plant is is install
ed, so that in a ahort time the
city may be able to have water
for fire protection in the busi
ness district.
something over 1,500,000 pounds
annually.
Regular sales day will be inau
gurated, and sales conducted on
the same general plans as pre
vail at other markets. All bids
on each seperate consignment
will be sealed, and the grower
will have his option of accepting
or refusing the proffered terms.
Those who are working on the
organization are pleased with the
encouragement they have receiv
ed both from the growers and
railroad, which is anxious that
all the output be handled at one
point. The railroad has offered
the same rates on both loose and
baled wool, and sufficient modern
machinery will be installed to en
able this company to handle and
ship the product in the manner
desired by the purchaser.
There is no estimating the
value the operation of this con
cern will be to Madras. The
market terms of sale and trans
action will be made right here,
throwing into local circulation
many thousands of dollars, which
have hitherto been distributed at
other points.
ROBARDS-BAKER
Saturday evenving at 6 P. M.
at The Dalles, Oregon, occurred
the marriage of Miss Stella Bak
er and S, Robards. The bride is
the youngest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Baker of this
place, and has for several months
past been the popular operator in
the local telephone office. The
groom, who is a comparatively
new man in Madras, having been
employed by the engineering
corps of the Oregon Trunk Line
during the past year.
The young couple were pas-
fi i 1
sengers out Saturday morning
over the Oregon Trunk Line, ar
riving at The Dalles in the early
part of the afternoon, when the
groom immediately got busy and
had the arrangements made for
the ceremony to take place in
the parlors of The Dalles Hotel,
with Rev- D. V. Poling officiating.
The bride and groom returned
,o Madras Monday evening and
took up their residence m the
home already prepared, where
hey received a noisy and hearty
reception by their many young
friends of this city. j
Railroad Resumes
ions
Operat
STARTTRACKLAYINC
Steel
Beyond Opal City And
Will Reach Crooked River
Last of Next Week
Track laying on the Oregon
Trunk Line was resumed the
latter part of the week south of
Metolius, and the same number
of miles are laid daily as the
crew did up the Deschutes Can
yon. At this time it is understood
that the rails are as far south as
the west end of Juniper Butte,
and that barring no accidents the
rails will be laid to Crooked
River by April 1st, and that
work will commence on the
Crooked River steel arch bridge,
the preliminary work having al
ready been completed as far as
practical, until the heavy machi
nery and material could be trans
parted to that point over the
railroad.
Culver Junction is now on the
railroad map, and in a few days
more Opal City will also be the
scene of railroad activities, thus
giving to another large area of
country the rail transportation
that they have been dreaming of
for years.
The Crooked River bridge
which will be used jointly by
both the Hill and Harriman lines
but will be built by the Oregon
Trunk line, will be one of the
scenic points in Central Oregon,
owing to the height of the
bridge from water level of Crook
ed River and the manner of the
construction of the bridge, which
will be on the single arch plan,
County during the past month,
was in town several davs this I ... .
on the Pacific Coa.t. With the
Mrs. IsaE. B. Crosby, one of Lnmnletion ot the lines down the Hpntral Oretron Store, when the
the assistants of this office is Rrmke nnd Salmon Rivers a train fn of the clock was uncovered
spending this week in Portland can travel more than 600 miles the dial showed that it had stopp
looking after btsmess matters, inland from Portland without
H. H. Cook, of Independence, Drettimr away from the water
has returuod for a visit at the level grade.
home of his son. Professor W. R. Mr. Stevons is mistaken in his
Yesterday afternoon at the
ed at 8-36-37 and the winning
ticket was held by Mrs. W.
fttnnehocker. which was 8-37-7.
Thia nomnanv desires to ann
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tVinr. npxt week will be the i.
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ww.fc, wjio neeni uiiu may i.ua- i uaouiiiwvtuii bituv umw nrflWinir IUI WIG kuiuu buuinwv,
elude to make his home in Mad- American ships are exempt from 0n display in the show window
the lower points of the arch
resting on the walls of the bluff.
The structure will be 320 feet in
length from one bank to the
other, this point on the river be
ing one of the stragetic points
that was much sought after by
both railroad interests building
into this section, and it is the
place on the whole
length of the river accessable
ras.
'canal dues, "governments which of the store.
i for a railroad to cross. The
height above the water level of
this structure will be 300 feet,
and will be the highest bridge
in the Northwest and is said t'6
also be one of the highest in the
United States.
The engineers in charge of the
work state that it will be at least
two months before thework
has progressed enoughj$B(hat t
the rails may be extended to
points farther south.
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