The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THUSDAY. MARCH 30, 1911.
Vlll
NO. 33
VOTES TO BOND FOR
Engineering Feats on Oregon Trunk Are
Marvels of Skill and Beauty.
WOOL WAREHOUSE IS
CINCHED FOR MADRAS
Company Incorporated for $15,000
Will Build Immediately.
WATERBYBIE MAJORITY
.i Rn Ordered and Ser
ins nav
ice Will Be Ready in Days.
Lnnsaltobond the city
If r $10,000 for the
rLL,HCtv water
carried at the spc
Uion held Tuesaay
r., . RGven to one,
L opposition to the plan
E 1 ...lrnf1
matter having been dis-
. n. ..,niar Bvstem will
fp eted at once. The or-
the pipe aa DCWV w"
L. ,i if. is exnected
Kali
f thin less than 30 days the
jtsof the city win imvu
,e a good water supply for
ic use and fire protection.
F reservoir
i.j tkn crrpntfir nart
iieu oliu "iv e'"
ditches dug. This work
en accomplished at an ex
f about $4000, which has
.u tmm ftmAn nn hnnd.
MtlU ILVIH AUi.s" " ' " -
big well in the south part
nthausioDe ma auuitc
My is 70 feet deep, and
iep Pasture
Wheat Field
t the coming of the raii-
eans to the development
tral Oregon may be well
ted by the announcement
acres of land about four
ast of Madras owned by
& Keenan, the Willow
feheepmen, which has here-
been used exclusively for
pasture, is shortly t6 be
up and transformed into
tranch. The plowing is
lone by Tom Taylor's big
lillar outfit which has a
ity for plowing 40 acres
Ih a cash market for every
p of wheat that can be pro-
right at our doors it is
to Sav that thnnsnnrlcj nf
of sagebrush lands will be
R UD this vpnv that Vinvo
ifore been used for nothing
t grazing.
utary to Madras th
700 square miles of wheat
I probably less than nnn-
iof which is under cultiva-mi
e transformation that
Rt to take nlace
pn hardly be conceived,
En ii am M i i
E'wib wno nas the question
wbt in his mind as to the
1 of Madras
tnesejacts with profit.
!?ineer Badly Burned.
1 Morrow, an Oregon Trunk
ve engineer, was severe-
in the local yards
1 while working about his
le With n nan nt :i A. .
tu " UA w", trying
WUm fire in the firebox
rjg ou Hashed up in his
pnQhe was hr.Au, i j
was called and dressed
W. Althoug the acci-
-winraione, no seri-
(for UUJ mming
' home at Vancouver!
Lou Mniirr7,
kfcv?? Madras
Ithe .V ue,"K reported
; before P r nyon th0
lexpecta fu0stmaster Fred
16. 06 '"augurated by
such a strong flow of water has
been encountered that a pump
will have to be operated in order
to finish the job. It is proposed
to install a power pump and
k aep it running constantly, and
three 8-hour shifts of workmen
will be employed until it is fin
ished. The bottom of the well
is to be enlarged so as to make
a reservoir for the pumps to
work in.
For the present the pumps
will feed directly into the mains,
pending the completion of the
reservoir, which will be lined
with cement.
An arrangement has been
made with Jesse Hobson, who
already has a tank erected on his
South Addition to Madras, and
probably pipes will be connected
with this tank, which will give a
temporary reservoir of 10,000
gallons for fire protection. A
main will probably be extended
to the Oregon Trunk depot, and
other lines will be laid along the
principal streets.
The city authorities anticipate
no difficulty in disposing of the
bondB, as several bond buying
firms are already after them.
This improvement without
doubt will give a greater impetus
to the growth of the city than
any other one thing that could be
supplied, as many people have
announced their intention of
constructing substantial build
ings as soon as adequate fire pro
tection could be assured for their
property.
Reuter Plans to
Show Products
Portland Oregonian: In an
endeavor to interest the people
of Portland and local commer
cial bodies in a movement to
give Oregon, and especially Cen
tral Oregon, unbounded effective
publicity, Tillman Reuter, whose
success in dry farming near
Madras has attracted almost
world-wide attention, has been
in the city for the last few days.
Mr. Reuter hope3 to obtain en
couragement in his ambition to
operate a special car of state
agricultural exhibits and another
car of Oregon enthusiasts to the
national dy farming congress at
Colorado Springs next fall.
Mr. Reuter is a practical far
mer whose principal ambition,
next to acquiring a comfortable
living for himself and his family
is to exploit the remarkable agri
cultural advantages of Central
Oregon, in which he has implicit
faith.
Last year his success attracted
the world's attention. He start
ed out in an effort to see how
many varieties of grain, forage
plants, root crops and potatoes
he could grow. In spite of the
dry summer he obtained better
results than ever, and his exhib
its took first prizes at all the dry
farming fairs where shown.
This year Mr. Reuter will
make an individual display at
the Colorado Springs exhibit, and
is trying to interest the farmers
of Wasco, Crook, Sherman, Lake
and Harney counties to join him
in sending a special carload of
Oregon products to advertise the
advantages of the state,
HIGH TRESTLE NEAR WARMSPRING FERRY,
NEW $40,000 BRICK HOTEL
TO BE STARTED AT 0
According to announcements
made by Robert Rea and other
reM-e'-ontatives of the Madras
1 vr ;te company, work on the
new $40,000 hotel in this city is
to begin at once. Workmen will
oegm breaking ground for the
building during the coming week,
the plans are all completed and
approved, and a shipment of
120,000 pressed brick for the
facings of the structure is now
on the way from Portland. This
company also owns the big kiln
of brick that was burned in the
eastern edge of town last sum
mer, and probably, these will
used in the building of the inirie
vails.
A. E. Hammond ond several
of the men who are assiatef3
with him in his Madras enir
prises are expected here the last
of this or the first of next week
to attend to matters in connec
tion with the building of the new
hotel. The building is to be
located on the corner of Sixth
and B streets, which is one
block east of Main and on the
first east-and-west street north
of the Madras State Bank.
Madras District Has Always
Produced Profitable
Crops
While the region about Madras
maj not appeal to the new comer
from the beauty point of view so
strongly as some other parts of
Central Oregon, it might be
worth while to call the attention
of those unacquainted with this
country to some of her strong
points, that to the sober minded
man or woman who is looking
for an investment, are worth
more than scenic beauty.
The Madras section always
has been self-supporting and all
her progress has been 'dependent
upon the crops produced by the
people who have settled on the
land hereabouts and made their
homes here.
Several other sections of
Central Oregon have been the
scenes of great enterprises where
large amounts of capital have
been paid out to construction
forces and they have been kept
up and developed at the expense
of imported capital. But until
the last year when the railroad
construction crews commenced
operations here, Madras has
never enjoyed this sort of a
boom, her people have had to de
pend on what they produced
from the land.
But with it all, this district
has kept pace and even passed
some of these other districts that
had all the advantages of big
payrolls to help, them along, and
as a matter of fact Madras
ranchers have supplied to a very
great degree the grain, fruit and
vegetables that have been con
sumed by the people who were
living in these other sections.
Mr. Settler, the Madras
country has made good on her
own resources with the capital
produced from the farm lands,
and that under transportation
facilities and other conditions
that have handicapped her to a
great degree. The dry lands of
this section have produced better
crops than some of the famed
irrigated lands further south.
Now with the advent of the
railroad, making an actual saving
to the growers here of at least
25 cents per bushel on their
wheat in freight and the other
general development of the en
tire region which is following
the railroads, with a bright proa
pect for irrigation of most of the
lands hereabouts, does it not
seem that this immediate locality
has much to offer the man who
wants to build a home and en
gage in farming or any other
line of business.
Constuction on
Bridge Begins
Another strong factor for the
future of Madras was cinched
this week by the incorporation
of the new wool warehouse com
pany and the announcement that
all of the wool of this part of the
country will be pooled at this
place and the annual wool sales
held here. Incorporation papers
for the new company were filed
with the county clerk Tuesday,
the incorporators beine James
Rice of Haycreek, W. H. Taylor
of Spokane. C. E. Roush and
H. W. Turner of this city.
Plans for a new wool ware
house have just been completed
and accepted and the construc
tion of the building is to be corn-
tors named above being A. C.
Sanford, H. F. Dietzel, John Mc
Taggart, R. T. Olson, J. M. Conk
lin, W. F. Hammer, William H.
Lancaster, S. J. Sellers, A. E.
Hammond, Robert Rea and many
others.
Besides the building of the
new wool warehouse the com
pany has leased of the Farmers'
Union the warehouse already
built, and will do a general
grain and freight warehouse
business.
This matter is one that means
much to the city and insures that
the majority of the wool grown
in Central Oregon will be
brought here for sale. Sheepmen
menced just as -oon os materials with a tota' of over three-quar-
can be rut upon the ground. The ters of a million pounds have al-
no building is to be located 100
feot south of th new Farmers
ready agreed to bring their 1911
clips here. It is expected to
Union WarehouF" m the Oregon have the warehouse completed
Trunk vards and will be 60x90 ' and evervthintr in readiness to
fet. havinpr n clear floor spr.ee 'hold the June sales at this nlace.
of 48 feer, six inches by 96 feet.
The warehouse and wool press
will cost about $5000.
The new company has a capi
talization of $15,000 one half of!
the amount to be paid up. The
stockholders include nearly every Tne Balfour-Guthrie company
business man in the city, those of Portland, one of the largest
interested beside the incorpora-! sram dealing companies on the
r Pacific coast have established
and 225 feet high. The bridge permanent offices in Madras.
Grain Agency
Is Established
overlooks the townsite. Passen
gers on the Deschutes railway
can see the city, while residents
of Madras can look up and see
the passing trains. '
This great bridge is to be a
steel girder viaduct, that is,
there will be no truss-work
above the track. Beyond any
doubt the building of this fine
piece of engineering will attract
more interest than any other of
the many construction features
of railroading that have been
noted in this vicinity.
OJd Fellows Buy Cemetery.
The Mayes cemetery, east of
town, commonly known as the
Madras Cemetery has been pur
chased by Mt. Jefferson Lodge
No. 196, the local lodge of Odd
Fellows. It was the common
understanding that this tract
was to be dedicated to the city of
Madras as soon as the town
shohld be incorporated, but it
seems that this action was never
taken, and the local Odd Fellows
are now the owners. It is the
intention of the local fraternal
order to improve the cemetery.
; which are to be in charge of Mr.
F. D. Stewart. Office room has
been leased from the Central
Oregon land company for a year
aud upon the return of Mr.
Stewart from Portland the room
will be fully equipped for a grain
agency, a cabinet will be in
stalled for caring for samples of
wheat, and a grain buying agen
cy established.
Besides conducting a general
grain buying business this com
pany will also handle grain bags
and twine, and other supplies of
that kind.
Mr. Stewart will open his of
fices on April 1st and will reside
here to look after business for
his company. A large portion of
the grain that was produced
here last year and held by the
growers untij the railroads
reached this point was purchased
by this company, which consid
ers the field so promising that
they have decided to open per
manent offices here.
Work has been commenced on
the foundations for the big Har-
riman bridge across Willow
creek gorge on the west edge of
town, and construction crews
will be engaged there from now
until the bridge is completed.
Large quantities of materials
cement, etc., a concrete mixer,
and donkey engine and equip
ment are already on the ground,
while the excavation for the con
crete bases for the four steel
towers that are to support the
bridge is being done.
The completion of this bridge
will add greatly to the scenic in
terest of the city, reaching
across the canyon between
Agency Plain and Little Plain,
and being about 1200 feet long
After New County Road.
Frank Irvine, from the mouth
of Trout creek and F. P. Hard
ing were here the first of the
week on business conneofprl with
New Road Completed. thfl flUng of a petition
County Commissioner R. H. ; county court for a new county
Bayley was in the city Tuesday highway from the mouth of
from Nigger Brown canyon, Trout creek to the Prineville
where has had a force of men Shaniko stage road. They have
engaged in the construction of already secured more than the
the new county road from Van- required number of signatures
ora station on the Oregon Trunk ' and have posted the notices re
near the Ed Campbell place, up 1 .uired by laW-
Plain.
the canyon to Agency
The road is now practically com
pleted and will be opened to the
public shortly. The work on
which Mr. Bailey ha3 been en
gaged extends over about two
miles and the construction on it
has cost close to $3400. The new
route makes an outlet for the
ranchers living on the north end
of Agency Plain and gives them
a shorter haul for water.
Dave Peck Injured.
i The report comes from Hood
I River that Dave Peck, formerly
of this place, had met with an
aceicTeht while in the woods, and
one of his legs was broken in
two places. Mr. Peck and a
companion were going through
the timber from theii: work,
when a tree fell, striking them,
The man who was with Dave
was injured so badly that he is
not expected to recover. W. H.
F )UND 'poo of tmrhtd wi e. Quner Peck, father of Dave, has gone
call at A. J. Btrausaer'u. , to Hood River to attend his son.
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