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The Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THUSDAY. APRIL 20,1911. NO. 36 HILL URGES ESTABLISHMENT OF U. S. LAND OFFICE AT MADRAS 5f IORTHERN PRESIDENT WRITES TO COMMISSIONER ki A 4 I art A OffirA I nrfprl Convenient to New Territory to secure the esiauuau- of a new land omce uu Uu with a good prospect of Louis W. Hi". i,re' Northern Rail- is adding his influence to )Ve, ana in u - - tford of this city Mr. Hill of the U And in a letter Ui U" w.v i l.ii-M V - Vina iee3 a copy oi a iuuui i to the commissioner oi me folland office relative to ine ft The letter follows: April 13, 1911. I.. Pnrn nPMMETTV Liissioner of the General Office, wasningion, u. i desire to call your attention he necessity of an additional I office for the territory in Inl Oregon, which is now beting the attention of set ifna vow mnrUofl dotrroe. IV u ivij " " o mi tnnw. this comnanv with iVW ..- " J " Northern Pacific has recent- tult and opened up lor opera- railway known as the ran Trunk line, from the a river down the D6 Vflllev and as far as is. which will probably be. iflded further south in the be. Settlers are going over ; to the number of 60 to lay, and many other set- i are going into the same pry over other routes. k present land offices in Itral Oregon are located at Dalles, Lakeview, Burns and f, ana none of these locations convenient to the recrion Ire these settlers desire to e, and they are consequently I w a great expense in ob m information which they . and in makinir locations. rule settlers desire to obtain information direct from n led States Land Office, and it Fine interest of all that they i so mat they may be cor 1 informed. f present condition Hi nan fine to lflPflfo l..rrla fiA ( .uiiuo MUU XIV ntly that the lands tw An. , "'VJ UV. nave been Wofi i.. , ., umy u Snort timp Tofn. v P office, and are put to r-ninconveni'awnn oj Fa il ,vv ai,u expense f they are ill able to bear. I- ve that at the present rie most caninu. i Efi'oUj """HJf lUUtUUU a Madras, and that a re- r oftce located there Kin t!?tereSt8 f h i. .J8"1 this new re- led !fv7 U1U Ieei bli itl 0U yW give it in- BSJSrs obtai the dr : an?wlandoe Iter8 "the large Nthia r nome3kers to L7, 1018 region will ly0lw " wo o to give r the "formation I 6 $L "Bhment of a at.wV" 1,118 section is of M : 'c t0 Ueni and vuuuco to the- early settlement of the public lands in Central Oregon. Yours very truly, . Louis W. Hill, President. The opening of a land office at this place is a matter that is of the utmost importance and in terest to every resident of Cen tral Oregon, being practically the center of all the new country that is being opened up and therefore the most convenient point for all of the people concerned. The volume of land office busi ness from Central Oregon is enormous and increasing daily, and the long delays and vexa tious misunderstandings arising from the service to The Dalles, as at present would be entirely obviated by the establishment of headquarters in this city. of the mine, but the construc tion of the branch would open up a great body of valuable timber. SURVEYING LINE UP TROUT GREEK Harriman Engineers Start Ashwood Branch CHIEF ROBERTS AT HEAD Crew of Fourteen Men Commenced Work Yesterdny from Gntowny. Colonist Agent Here C. J. Clark, traveling agent for the Oregon and Western Colonization company, owners of the Willamette Valley and Cas cade Wagon Road land grant, stopped over in Madras yester day on his way to Prineville and other points southeast of there. Mr. Clark spent the day here making acquaintances among local people and looking over the surrounding country, and is full of enthusiasm for the future of Madras and the whole Central Oregon country. While his com pany only has only started its work of getting settlers on the lands of the wagon grant, he says that the work is progressing very satisfactorily and that within the next twelve months there will be several interesting features in troduced. While he declined to state the plans under considera tion, he said that it is probable that one manner of handling the business would be to organize colonies in the east and bring them to the lands. Train Time Changed A bulletin announcing a change of time for Oregon Trunk pass enger trains has been issued from Portland, the new schedule to be effective April 23, next Sunday. Train No. 102 will leave Fall bridge 1:16 p. m. instead of 12:25 p. m., arriving at Madras 7:50 p. m. instead of 7:15 p. m., and Opal City 8:50 p. m. Train No. 101 will leave Opal City at 7:30 a. m., Madras 9:30 a. m., arriving at Fallbridge 4:05 p. m., instead of 4:15 p. m. Cor responding changes will be made at intermediate points. The change is made to conform with changes made on the North Bank. A full party of surveyors under Engineer Roberts in the employ of tho Dechutes Railway com pany, started surveying for a railway line from Gateway to Ashwood yesterday, the route following along Trout Creek. There are about 14 men in the party. Only last week the Deschutes company held a meeting of the corporation and passed a resolu tion providing for the construc tion of a branch line to Ashwood, but at the time the announce ment was made that this action was taken only with a view to future possibilities and that the intention was not to build in the near future. Now that a crew of engineers has been rushed on to the work of running a line, there is much speculation in this part of the county as to whether the line is to be constructed. Not long ago a party of min ing men interested in the Oregon King mines at Ashwood inspected the property, and members of that party stated that the matter of resuming work on the mine was under favorable considera tion. People here are prone to believe that the resumption of work at the mines and the survey for the Ashwood line are parts of a plan which is understood between the owners of the mine and the Deschutes company, to extend a line to Ashwood. Not only would it solve the transpor tation problem for tho operation Prineville Team Coming What promises to be the best ball game of the season so far is scheduled for next Sunday on the local grounds, when a team from Prineville is coming to contest for honors with the Madras players. Madras has won every game played this year, and the team has recently been strength ened. Prineville it is understood is coming down with a strong bunch, and some league ball is promised. As the expense of bringing the Prineville piayers here is considerable, the fans all hope for a good crowd Sunday afternoon to see the game, and to help along the financial de partment of. the sport. KONOWAY COMPANY CHOOSES OFFICERS Will Soon be Ready to Handle Business WOOL HOUSE NOW BUILDING Board of Directors Chosen and Books of Corporation ore Opened. Manager Not Named At a meeting of the stockhold ers of the Konoway Warehouse company held Monday evening in this city, a board of directors was chosen, bylaws adopted, and later the board of directors elected officers. The books of the company have been opened, assessments of shares levied, and the company expects to soon take over the control of the Farmers' Union warehouse, which they have leased and to begin the actual handling of the freight ot this place. Work has been commenced upon the new wool warehouse by the Kerrick Construction com pany which is under a bond to have the building completed by May 10, so as to be in readiness to handle the wool clip. The following were chosen members of the board of direc tors: James Rice of Hay creek; H. W. Turner, Henry Dietzel, Robert Rea, and A. C. Sanford of Madras. After adjournment of the meeting of the stockholders, the board of directors elected the following officers of the corpora tion: President, H. F. Dietzel; vice-president, James Rice; sec retary, H. W. Turner; treasurer, J. M. Conklin. The matter of selecting a man to manage the business of hand ling the wool and freight has not yet been decided. It is the intention of the company to se cure the services of someone who is entirely acceptable to the wool men as well as to the warehouse people. The successful outcome of the effort of the Madras people to float this enterprise is one that the city is to be congratulated upon. The securing of the wool sales and shipments from this place and the ample warehouse facilities in short order has been a task that those who have not been included in the effort can scarcely realize, but the thing has been accomplished by a firm stand on the part of the local people, and shows what can Taxable Property in Road-Districts and Amounts Available in Each The following table shows the total amount of taxable property in North Crook county road district. The amount available under the statute (50 per cent) for use by the road supervisor of each district. Each road district is allowed 3 19-20 mills on the assess able property of the district for road purposes. These figures were taken from the 1910 tax rolls: .....i Tnti tiTfthiB Road Amount IIUKU " District property 0-Hytaclt WO.moo 8- IUy Creek 152.8W.00 9 - Willow Creek 158,175.00 10- Uross Keys 70,745.00 U-Aihwood 418.1W.00 :3-Kuteher iw.ou.w, Tax Available (1,220.00 1013.00 &l.00 302.00 .U24 00 MM 801, ("0 152.00 1.652.0O 826.00 1.842.00 -1.00 29 -Umonla".'.'.!".'...... 219 8T9.00.,,. .hm MmJ06 00 4 00 CO-Io-lO Gap ei(WJW... ..,..,..L. WO.OO, n......44,W be done by an organized effort. The facilities which a town can offer to the public for the handling of its business, makes a mighty factor in the upbuilding of the town and its trade, and in the matter of warehouse accom modations Madras can pride her self on the fact that she offering ample and convenient means for handling the business. Railroad Officials Here A party of railroad officials ar rived in a special car Saturday evening on the regular Oregon Trunk passenger, and spent the night hera. In the party were W. E. Coman, general freight and passenger agent of the North Bank and Oregon Trunk; Ralph Budd, chief engineer, O. W. Tay lor, president of the Ruth Trust company, and Bert Cohen, secre tary of Mr. Coman. They were traveling in the private car "B2" of J. B. Rogers, superintendent of the North Bank. They were joined on the way in by W. C. Wilkes, traveling freight agent and were spending the time in specting the railroad property, and making provisions for the extension of the train service to Opal City. AUTOMOBILE IS UNDER ATTACHMENT Billy Porter Pays $46.50 But Gets No Ride AUTO TRUCK FOR FREIGHT SERVICE Big Machine is Hauling from Madras South WILL GARRY FIVE TONS First Attempt at Hauling Loads in This Section With Oaso llne Power. DRIVER HIRES GAR OUT When Deputy Sheriff Takes Auto In Charge Can Get No Chauffeur It Run It. IM4f ( A big automobile belonging to Arthur Anderson, of Redmond, is now stored in Robinson's gar age under the attachment for $46.50 brought by W. J. Porter for the recovery of money paid Anderson for a trip to Bend and return, the trip haying never been taken. Last Monday afternoon Porter and a number of friends decided to take a trip to Bend to witness the athletic entertainment held there that evening, and Porter engaged Anderson's car to take the party there and return, pay ing him $46.50. There was some little delay in getting started and during this time Porter's crowd concluded they would not go. It is said that Mr. Porter then sought the chauffeur and told him that the party would not go, and offered him $7.50 for the time that he had kept him waiting. But it is alleged that Anderson refused to settle on those terms and kept the $46.50. A little later Ander son hired his car to a party to go to Metolius. In the meantime the crowd had concluded to take the trip to Bend, and Porter went in search of the auto, only to find that it had been sent out of town for the Metolius trip. Anderson, it is said, still re fused to pay back the money Porter had given him, and claim ing that he had chartered the par and paid in advance for the Bend trip, Porter then got out attachment papers, and when the Supplementing the rapid trans it of freight for. Central Oregon points to those parts not yet reached by the railroad, F. A. Laurendine and Samuel Pearce have put into service from Mad ras to points south a five-ton au tomobile truck, the big car ar riying here last Saturday and being put into immediate service handling freight. The truck is a Kissel car, and the sale' was made by R. P. Scheurer, of this city, Stoddard Dayton agent for this territory. Mr. Scheurer accompanied the purchasers to Portland, where demonstrations were had, and the practicability of the truck as a f reighthauler on roads like those of Central Ore gon fully established. Many and divers are the opin ions expressed by the oldtimers in this district, who are accus tomed to seeing freight hauled by team, and for that matter it is up to the car and its owners to show what can be done with it, as it is a new departure in this county. The floor space on the truck is 8x12 feet, and it is said to have a capacity for hauling from five to seven tons of freight as a load. Last Monday a load of five tons of beer was taken out of here for Bend. On good roads the truck can develop a speed of 20 miles or more per hour, while it is con structed with gears so that any grade which can be traveled with a team can be climbed. An average of about five car loads of freight daily are being received for Madras and interior points, and it is the handling of this traffic which attracted the new company to the possibilities of employing the speedy freigh ter. In the case the auto proves successful for this work Messrs, Laurendine and Pearce state that they will put on two more of the trucks. car returned to Madras the at tachment was served on the owner by Deputy Sherriff Mc Taggart. Although the town is overflowing with auto drivers, McTaggart was unable to get one I to run the car to the garage for him, and as a last resort he went to the livery barn and hired a team to pull the car to shelter, The settlement of the case in court has not yet been had, but it is understood that both parties will fight to the last ditch. Porter contends that as Ander son kept his money, he had the car chartered and that the owner exceeded his right when he hired the machine to another party for the Metolius trip. FOR SALE One windmill, wheel 10 feet; also wood tower for Bame; 700 gallon tank, and platform all complete; cheap. Inquiro at Oregon Realty Syn dicate, Inc o30flt pd