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
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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.
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mi tnnw. this comnanv with
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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
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ntly that the lands tw An.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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