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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1911)
COUNGIL BACKS UP ON SALOON LIMIT Ordinance Passed Last Week is Rescinded FRANCHISE NOW READY If Satisfactory to A. E. Hammond Will Bo Passed Sinking Fund for Water Bonds. After passing an ordinance limiting the number of saloons in the city to six, at the regular meeting of the council held Tues day evening of last week, the council backed up on the proposi tion at a meeting held Thursday night and repealed the ordinance. It seems that there were some aspects of the case that has not been fully considered at the time the limiting ordinance was pass ed in the first place, at any rate the number of licenses that can period at any time than thirty dnya Fourth. That said A. E. Hammond, his successors or assigns shall furnish its patrons electric lamp renewals (broken lnmos excluded) free of charge. Fifth. That said A. E. Hammond, his successors or asaicrns. shall erect and install an efllcient electric light and power plant of not les than 1000 lamps of IG candle nower each, at not less than 56 watts per lamp. 8ection G. The common council of the city of Madras may, upon the fail ure of the said A E. Hammond, his successors or assigns, to comply with all the terms and conditions of this ordinance, cancel and revoke and annul this ordinance and franchise Section 7 A written acceptance of the provisions of this ordi ance by Baid A. E. Hammond, his successors or as signs, shall be filed with the city re corder within thirty days after the paasnge of this ordinance otherwise to be null and void. An ordinance governing soli citing upon the streets, side walks and public places of the city was passed. Section 1 of this law provides that "it shall be unlawful for any person, cor poration or company conducting any hotel, rooming house, res taurant or tent house, or private house, any stage coach or public hack, automobile or conveyance of any kind, to solicit patronage for any such business or occupa tion, upon any street, aljey, or public piece of ground, or any place other than from their own Vehicle or place of business, ex now be issued is unlimited. Immediately after rescinding cept at the railroad depot) where any person may solicit patronage at any point except in the depot, and on the depot platform." Violation of the ordinance is made punishable by a fine of from $5 to $25. the ordinance a license was order ed, issued to J. F. Harris for a sa loon, his application having been received at the previous meet ing. An ordinance creating a sinking fund for the redemption of the issue of $10,000 water bonds was passed, which provides for the taking up of the bonds at the end of 10 years, by $500 sums being tranferred from the gener al fund to the sinking fund in semi-annual payments. The ordinance granting an electric light and power franchise to A. E. Hammond was presented by the committee of the council that had been appointed to draw up the same, and while the measure is satisfactory to the j council, -no action was taken upon it until it could be learned whether it was satisfactory to Mr. Hammond. A copy has been sent to him at Portland, and if it is acceptable to him there seems to be little question of its passage by the city fathers. The essen tial provisions contained in it are as follow: Ordinance No. 27 An ordinnnce authorizing A. E. Hammond, his successors or assigns, to construct, maintain and operate an electric light and power plant in the city of Madras, Crook county Oregon : Bo it ordained by the Common council of the city of Madras as follows: Section I. That A. E. Ham' ond, his successors or assigns, be and they are hereby granted the exclusive right and privilege for 25 years, to erect, construct, maintain and operate in, upon or over any and all streets, alleys and public grounds of the city of Mad ras, electric light and power wires, and their supports therefor, and a plant, and all things neceessary for the operation of an electric light and power plant, for the purpose of generating, furnishing and deposing of electric light and power, and for general electric purposes. flection 4. The said A. E. Hammond his successors or assigns, shall pay to the city of Madras for the rights, privileges and franchise hereby granted, and as compensation for the same, a sum equal to one per centum per annum of the gross receipts for the light and power furnished by the sid plant, payable on the first day of Jan uary of each year. Section 5. This ordinance is grant ed on the following conditions: First. That said A. E. Hammond, his succes sors or assigns, shall within thirty days after the passage and acceptance of this ordinance, commence the construc tion of the electric light and power plant, as in this ordinance provided for; and shall complete same and have it in operation within ninety days after the passage and acceptance of this ordin ance. Second. This ordinance and franchise iB granted subject to all the provisions and restrictions of the charter of the city of Madras relative to electric light and power system, and the said A. E. Hammond, his successors or assigns snau render to me city or auras an nually, such a statement or statements provided for in the city charter Third. That the said electric light and power plant shall not be closed down except for repairs, and shall at EASTERN TOWN MOVED Civic Centers Beautiful and Playgrounds Provided, A Blackberry Craze By M. QUAD Copyright, 1910, by Assdetftted Lit erary Press. WOMAN'S ENERGY BIG HELP Wayland, Mass., Will Have Parks and Recreation Places Under Direction of an Association Formed by Mother Who Lives Two Miles Away. Many splendid Improvements have been made In New England towns and cities this year, and one of these has been the beautifying of the civic cen ter of Belmont. Mass., where a flne bridge bus been constructed to faclli tate the handling of traffic. Mainly through the energy of Mrs. James Lowell Moore the people of the town of Wayland. Mass., have secur ed a charter for the Waylund Park and Playground association. Although plans have long been under way and there was strong hope for a play ground In Wayland Center this sum mer. it has been found impossible to do all the people desired, and the only playground this year was allotted to Cochltuate village. In the extreme BELMONT CENTER. southern end of the town. Wayland Center Is a comfortable village In the center of a farming district, while Cochltuate is a manufacturing village where the conditions are not so favor able for the children. This Is a most progressive more for n town so thinly settled as Wayland. Out Mrs, Moore and her associates recognize that Wayland must grow because of Its proximity to Boston, and tbey propose to make an early start In developing the playground possibilities and to so cure permanent areas for park and playground ideas. The movement is well received by the people, and there are good prospects for a successful first year. In this connection Mrs. Moore's ex ample ought to be pointed out to those who hesitate. Her home is on a farm two miles from Wayland Center. Qpr boys are not particularly in need of playgrounds, and yet. as has been said. It Is through her leadership that the progress to date has been made possi ble, And the example of all in start ing first Jn the extreme end of tho town bemuse there the need Is great est is much to be commended. Such unselfishness, for It must be remem bered the whole movement Is in the main directed by Wayland Center peo ple, must do a great deal among rea- j sonable people to wpld the town to- I gether and to dissipate those potty an Hawklnsville Is a village in tho shadow of a certalu New England mountain. It Is called the laziest place in its state, and rightly so. Ten years ago a stranger came along and gave it Its deathblow, and in n rather queer way. There, was a tavern at HawkinsviUe. There wob little need of one, as very few strangers ever found the place, but there was one, and it was kept by a lazy man. There was a black smith shop, and Its owner was lazy. It was the same with the butcher, tho cooper and others. Laziness and con tent prevailed. Just why this laziness should have irritated a traveler who rested at the tavern for a few days was a puzzle. He was not in the best of health, and he wanted peace and rest, but the lazl Iness and serenity of others appeared to gall him. The weather was hot, and of an afternoon about 200 men would occupy the long veranda of the hotel. It was about time for the blackberry season to open. The mountain sides and the fringes of the highways were thick with blackberry bushes, and the crop of berries promised to be unusual ly large that season. It was from see ing a freckled faced boy with a basket of berries on his arm that the stranger must have got his idea. The landlord was lazy. His son, who waited on the table, was lazy. The stranger called them into consultation. He first swore them to secrecy. Then ho admitted to being a resident of Philadelphia and a wine dealer. He had invented a new champagne, and the basis of it was blackberry wine. He was up In that blackberry country to secure it. Tho lazy landlord lazily figured, but his figures proved to him that he could make more profit in one day picking berries than running his tavern for sixty. Four dollars per day were his figures, and there wero four of them to pick and press. The four started out next morning. Yes, they let some of their friends in on the ground , floor. That was the reason why Haw-1 kinsville got the blackberry craze. In two days it had everybody wild. There is no man so lazy that he won't pick blackberries. The bushes are high, and you don't have to bend over. In some cases you can sit down and pick. All you have to do is to ' reach out a hand. You can fall asleep, take a refreshing nap and then wake up and go to picking again. The cham-1 plon lazy men of Hawkinsvlllo got a move on them. Four dollars a day , and they could keep together and talk as they picked! The women went out The children went out. Old grand-1 fathers and grandmothers went out. A certain citizen who had been told that he would die within three days braced up and lived two weeks in order to give his fanilly a chance to go berry ing. When about forty people are engag ed in hunting the blackberry there must be results. They came in at night with full baskets and pails, and before they slept the berries were turn ed Into wine and bottled and jugged and kegged. The champagne man was on hand to speak encouraging words. He even went out and did a little pick ing himself and turned over the ber ries to the widows and the fatherless. One day a lightning rod man drove Into tho town. He had been there be fore. He knew how lazy everybody was, and he .longed to throw stren uoslty aside for awhile and mingle with them. No one on the tavern ve randaonly a lame man in sight on the streets. The town was dead. "Yaller fever?" he asked of the lame man. "Nope." "Cholera?" "Nope." "Smallpox around?" "Nope." "Then what does this meim?' "Blackberries and $4 a day." When the lightning man had heard the full particulars he shut one eye and held It closed for a long minute be fore saying: "Jest so; Jest so. Blackberry boom. Blackberry champagne. Blackberry stranger. Well. It ain't any of my fu neral. If a town is bound and deter mined to kill herself it won't do no good for one man to talk." "What's the matter?" asked the lame man. "Oh, I ain't wanting to Interrupt tho fun, but lemmo ask you if you ever heard that champagne was made of blackberries?" I "I never knowed how it was made." "Well, mebbe you'll find out. When the Inhabitants come back tonight lest toll 'em I was hero and when I heard about the champagne business I wink ed my eye the left eye. Tell 'em I never wink that eye unless there's lomethlng doing." It was the last of the blackberry sea- son. The bushes had been stripped for four miles around. On tho last dav of picking all tho green ones had been taken as well. The pickers came back to find the champagne man gone. They To One Mourning. Dear one. slvo way to Brief, and yet As Buro as doth the violet Bmell sweeter wet with rain shall you Arise enriched to dare and do . Throush this black hour whose weight like lead . . Bows you In anguish by the deaa. The very silence and tho pall May- seem sheer kindness, after all. So rest In that dlvlno perhaps. The pain that stabs, the doubt that apl The plrit-wty, they may be naught But shadows of the shining- thought That Is too splendid and too bright For tho endurance of our sight. The otherwise o'er radiant spheres Being tempered trr us by our tears. -nichard Burton. The Need of Road Specialists. After years of invest.gntlon tho of fice of public roads has come to tho conclusion that the chief cause of bad roads in this country, first, extreme localization of rond administration; secondly, the payment of road taxes In labor, and. thirdly, lack of skilled su pervision. These are days of specialists. We do not have our houses built by tho doctor or call a carpenter to treat us for pneumoula. We think sehoolteacn ers should be required to take exam inations, and we approve of military and naval schools to teach military discipline. We bolieve in tho civil serv ice and competency for civil employ ees. We require skill and experience In almost every line of human en deavor. Why uot, then, Insist that our road taxes be expended under com petent supervision? - Maurice O. El drldge. , Has the Habit. "Is 'she a bride?" "An inveterate one." Louisville Courier-Journal. Discontent. Discontent is the want of self reli ance. It Is infirmity of will. Emvr son. Not Selfish. He-Do you believe in every man for himself? She Oh, nol I believe in every man for some woman. The Happy Man. "I hear she is to be married. Who is the happy man?" "Her father." Llppincott's. Uncomplimentary. "Ah, Miss Ethel, I can read your, thoughts, y'know." "Oh, Mr. Chump lelgb, then i1phra don't get insulted!" BALFOUR GUTHRIE GO. Grain dealers. Bags and twine. Wool sacks and fleece twine. Office in Madras, Oregon, F. D. Stuart, local agent. Warren Smith Elite Tonsorial Parlors iO i ONG WAITc. bATHS "Mi H i II MADRAS. ORE. For Good Farms . City Property and Business Chances SEE D. W. BARNETT 1 IKFK'K MAIN STREKT, MADRAS, ORKCON Also local agent for Depot Addition to Madras and the new town of Meto lius. Prices rght. BUCKLEY EXPRESS COMPANY Daily Stages From adras To etolius And Interior Redmond Bend EXPRESS SPECIALTY. Points AND BAGAGE A O W L came back to learn what tho lightning Opposite Post Oflloo - NowManai.Br t man had said. They clunir to their J . "uwuanaueme t ume ana see us. If we treat you right, tell your friends; if not, tell us. o o o o faith for a week, and then thev decld. ed that they had been cadoodled, Then they called a public meeting and "re solved that every durncd critter In tho town of HawkinsviUe be lazier than ever to make up for this boom." And that's why thero hae been no funerals in the town since. The wo- no tirno bo closed down for a longer, imosltlcs which so often spell disaster. t yt aw toy to4h Tables Re ene: f0r t3jes Tierney & lewis, Props. MADRAS, OBuGpN Millinery A New Line of Trimmed Hats, Also Sheet HaU Just in, Pricccs Right. Now Is The Time to Buy Your Easter Hat Mrs. A. W. Freeburg -Tr?IT DDATUCDC PARrnAx,,. , W IN li.li-. unv a i ij-iixu WivirAINY IJvjQ' Wholesale Jiquor Dealers and Jobbers in Wines iu, l. Cigars. Sole Agents for Stonewall and McCoy wAisHJKW Napa Soda Springs Mineral water. Distributors for Schlitz and Ranier Beers. 'ael Bran, We also carry a strong line of Glassware, Bar Towels pi CardB etc. specially adapted to thcSaloon trade. ayw& Orders by phone or mail will receive MADRAS, - - OREGON Madras Bakery MACK & FRANK, Proprietors Fresh Bread Daily Five Cents Per Loaf i Located Back of Lar kins Harness Shop MADRAS, OREGON I9M1IIH4 IMPORTED BLACK BELGIAN STALLION , FISTON D'AVERNAS, No. 4455 Will make the season of 1 9 1 1 at Hood & StantonVbarn, Madras. Terms $20 to insure live coll. J. C. SOTHMAN. OWNER. ' Automobile Stage Line . . , At IT AO f ALL NbW b lUUbBArvLK ttUI Shaniko, via Madras To Bend j DAILY TRIPS EACH WAY The Best Accommodations For All Passengers FOR RATGS APPLY AT STUJE OFFICE Gornett Stace & St 0 j able Go BLACKSMITHING j WOOD 2STXD woK The best equipped shop In Central Oregon FIRST-CLASS WORKMEN EMPLOYED HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY STANLEY GRAY, PROP. MADRAS, OREGON Prince Corbet BAY PERCH E RON STALLION Will make season the same as lasty TERMS: single Service, $5; Season, $10; To Insure, $15 For Sale For Sale One Bay Clydcidale Stal- One Black Percheroc iSja -lion, roiniitgr two vcars old. lion, coming two year r i rrn ji a r- . i A