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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1911)
THe Madras Pioneer vi MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, TH USD AY, J U N E 1, 1911. VIII NO. 37 ITRACT LET TO COMPLETE CATER SYSTEM BY AUGUST 1 tractors Accept City Bonds In Payment tor worK (ISH MATERIALS AND LABOR FOR JOB l Contractors and Denver Bond Buying Firm et Together and Submit Satisfactory Offer to the City Council well; (city water system is to be IttJ by about August i. Lshave been disposed of contracting company, is to take them at face in payment for the work, iigto complete the plant ling to tne original ijiuuo nish all labor and water ed, with the exception land pumping equip- lis being furnished indently by the city. contract or acceptance oi foposal, was signed by the liiciais Tuesday, ine con firm being JelTery h mf Portland. Associated I he contractors in the deal firm of J. H. Causey & my of Denver, who buy ipal, corporation and rail onds, and between whom le City of Madras consid correspondence has ;al- I passed regarding the ise of these bonds. . Button, of the Portland nd Gilbert W. Smith, of lenver company, arrived le first of the week, and looking over the irround. Itted a nronosal to ihn lata special meeting held py evening, which was ac- the contractors offer e the system in its ped state, and are to havo pfitof the work that has lone and the materials now They guarantee to We the system wiMn'n nn after the legality of the approved by their at- as the bonds havo nl- received tlm n v e ICakeof Portland, there is runooa of any difficulty I. from this smnvn 'pi,n prsshovvadisnosiUnn fn e work throuirli. F engineer hnro nt ' 'the entire work and to a report tn :i I - .uv IUUI1U1I. ;ng of the city well lunder vvav, sinno m Iu; " pumping King to Jesse Hobson rjJ m in the well P t water out of the ?o ?.Sma11 well ping, uauu I0r Cethe lPosal in ,r- -aa aCCGn n,l K o.- b Yo AND CommJn Madras. rw... oS ! , "to. com- iWn. """'' works for C0mnl - . 0n the hotf lncu con" wlb to ur inch of pof the Nthe, ru.Avallfour Ni alsn nc su,'fce of f ' als center walls of concrete as shown by your pres ent plans, (concrete to be of 1-3-G mixture of an approved cement) and cover the same in the manner shown by your present plans; all of the lumber and other material on the ground to be furnished to us without charge. We will fur nish the necessary valves and specials, machine banded wood pipe and all other necessary ma terial, all of the kind and quality approved by a competent engi neer, and furnish all of the labor necessary for completing the ex cavation of trenches and laying pipe and back filling all trenches as follows: Eight-inch pipe from the re servoir along Fifth street to Willow Creek. Four-inch pipe along E street from 5th to Tenth street; thence along Tenth street to B street, thence along B street to 'Fifth" street. Four-inch pipe along D street Continued on page 8. "MATT" MATTHEWS ENYOYS FISHING TRIP Loses Cap in Crooked River But Brings Home Big Trout LOST Leather automobile cap, brand ed "iMatt," lust seen dancing merrily down the current of Crooked River, Finder return to Lang & Co., at Portland, and receive reward. Last, Sunday "Matt" Mat thews, traveling salesman, went fishing at The Cove orchard, with Phil Caples, A. W. Culp and some other friends. "Matt" drove his big auto down the steep and narrow grade, then all hands went after big trout. Matt knew about the biggest fish hiding away under the brushy hanks and in his attempt to snare them got tangled in the brush, fell in the river and lost his headgear. Culp, who was fishing a short distance below, was startled to see the lid of his companion go past, and fearing that Matt had fallen into the dangerous stream hurried to in vestigate. As he ran up stream along the bank calling him, Culp heard an itwful crashing in the brush and presently "Matt" emerged, streaming with per spiration antf clawing trout flies off the back of his neck, but safe and sound. Matt also pulled ofT another stunt that day. He visited the camp of some friends who made up another party. Next morn ing his conscience troubled him so he confessed that while visit ing the neighboring camp he could not resist the temptation of swapping one of his trout for one just a little larger from a string hesaw there. ButMattis all right. If there were no good fellows like him in tho world, fishing wouldn't be worth while. FRIDAY NIGHT. "YOU WON'T HAVE TO CALL U8 IN TH' MORNING, MA." May in Cleveland Leader. HILL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ON TOUR Gathering Data for New Literature BIG PLANS FOR FUTURE Exhibit Cars arc to Be Increased Conventions Will He Shown .-'Products of West. "" "" Crook county received a visit this week from the immigration department of heads of almost the entire Hill systems. Includ ed in the party were E. C. Leedy, of St. Paul, general immigration agent for the Great Northern railway, F. W. Graham of Portland, western in dustrial and immigration agent, for the same line, 0. A. Atwood and W. E. French, who have been in charge of the Great Northern exhibit cars which have been touring the east, W.C. Wilkes general freight and pas senger agent of the North Bank road, and J. T. Hardy, the new traveling freight and passenger agent for the North Bank and Oregon Trunk. With the object of seeing for themselves the development of the region and what it offers to SfiCT ENORMOUS,: ALMOST PURETIME Hundred. ., Acre Deposit AssayJ6.5 Per Cent IS VALUED AT $300,000 Madras Company Planning to Burn and Market the Lime in Large Quantities. prospective settlers the officials made an automobile tour as far south as LaPine, to Sisters, Cline Falls and Prineville, at the same time securing new photos and data for articles to be used in the new immigration literature which is to be disseminated in the future tours of the exhibit cars and through other distribu ting agencies. The party was in Madras for a short time yesterday, all leaving on the Oregon Trunk passenger except Messrs. Wilkes and Hardy, who, remained here to attend to.business affairs. ' 'Extensive 'plans are1 being made by the immigration de partments for the coming year. More exhibit cars are to be equipped, more stationary ex hibits prepared, while a great volume of literature is to be published and put into the hands ,of people desiring to come west. Advantage is to be taken during ensuing year of all farmers' con ventions, when a representative will attend in charge of an ex hibit car. A large convention of Dunkards, or modern Quakers is shortly to meet in St. Louis, and Mr, Atwood will be there with a show car, and endeavor to inter est these people in forming a colonv for settlement in Central. Oregon. Oolng to Rose Festival Among the Madras people who expect to leave the latter part of the week to attend the Portland Rose festival are: Mrs. Pearl Os born, Miss Lulu Osborn, Miss Elsie Northup, A. P. Seybold, Pearl Tucker and Ray Jackson. DESCHUTES TIME TO BE SHORTENED New Line PassestoHands of Operating Officials BRIDGE STEEL COMING SOON Structural Steel All In Canyon Is Now Awaiting Transporation - to Bridge Site. .- COLD STORAGE DEPOT AND ICE PLANT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN MADRAS Portland Men Launch New Enterprise to Serve Needs of Entire Central Oregon District Madras is to have a cold stor age and ice plant, a building G5x 80 feet now being under con struction near the Oregon Trunk depot for this enterprise by the Central Oregon Ice & Cold Stor age company, which is composed of Messrs. R. G. Hall, H. Kess ten and Gilbert F. Smith, lately of Portland. These gentlemen propose to provide cold storage for all kinds of perishable goods, such as fruits, vegetables, meats, etc., and will also conduct a beer Arn fnv anrv'mcr the towns OI Crook county. The cold storage departments will be divided into separate rooms for the different varieties of produce, and it is ex pected to have this part of the business in operation within two weeks. , , A, They appeared oeiore inu cuuu si of n resent meeting and asked the city to give them a bonus of 1800 gallons of water daily from the city system for a period of one year, and this the city agreed to do providing there is sufficient water to spare. As soon as water is available the company will install a modern 10-ton iceplant and manufacture artificial ice. This will make a most desir able addition to the business en terprises of tho city, and with the development of the cold stor age plant will make possible the slaughtering of hogs on a large scale at all times of the year. The importance of this beginning of a cold storage house on many industries in this section can hardly be overestimate!, and the new venture will doubtless enjoy a good business from the start. The management of the Des chutes Railway which has been completed to Madras was today transferred from the construc tion department to the regular operating department, and the li ne will hereafter be conducted by the regular operating officials. Along with the announcement of the transfer comes the state ment that a new and faster passenger schedule for the daily trains between' here and Port land will shortly become effective, so that the running time will be educed about one hour. The change from the con struction to the operating officers virtually means little more than change in. the bookkeep ing in tne general omces, as notice has been hied with the Oregon Railroad Commission and Interstate Commerce Commis sion that all of the tariffs hereto fore published by the construc tion department will be accepted by the operating department. ml t Jl A 11 1 Tne Duuaing oi tne sieei griage TTTM1 1 J I across wmow ureeK at tnis place continues with unabated energy. All of the concrete foundations on the north side of canyon are now completed, and as these required much heavier work than those on the south side, a fortnight will see this nart of the work finished. The donkey engine which was opera ted on the Agency Flam side ot the canyon has been taken to the south side and set up. The steel for the bridge is ex pected to begin arriving at any day now. This bridge complete was delivered to the Deschutes people last fall and was shipped to mile post 14 and unloaded in the lower canyon. It is practi cally again on the cars and will be brought to the work as fast as needed. Engineer Mattis states that it will require about 60 days to put the structure together after steel commences to arrive, which means that ihswill be late in the summer before the De schutes trains can pass this place. The bridge will be 1050 feet and 9 inches in length from backwall to backwall and over 225 feet high at. the highest point. The estimated cost, is $400,000. Assaying 96.5 per cent pure lime and covering an area of more than 100 acres, the lime deposit discovered several weeks ago by Messrs. Cavaney and Walker 14 east of Madras, bids fair to become one of the most valuable lime properties on the Pacific Coast, if not in the United States. The exceptionally high quality of the rock, making it suitable for the most exacting purposes for which lime is used, such as inside finishing for plaster, the enormous extent ot the deposit and the great natural advantages for handling the rock afforded by its topographical location, and an abundant supply of fuel right on the ground all unite in mak ing the property an almost ideal mining proposition, and the dis covery, is estimated to be worth at least $300,000. The lime is said to be in a solid body, in the form of a great dike which has been thrust up by subterranean forces, and as yet the full extent of the lime rock has not been determined. The property is all controlled by Messrs. Cavaney and Walker, the prospectors who discovered it, Sayre & Hendricks, the local real estate men and Loren G. Savage. It is located about four miles south of the big Haycreek ranch, in the vicinity of the Charles M. Elkins place. C. T. W. Hollister, an expert lime man connected -with a Portland cement company, was here Monday and visited the prop erty. He unhesitatingly pro nounced it to be one of the finest lime deposits he had ever seen while the near approach to abso lute purity from the analysis make it one of great value as there is al ways a good demand for lime of high standard of purity. With proper management and handling, Mr. Hollister stated, this is a proposition that can be made to pay from $20,000 to $30,000 a year. The owners have already taken steps to put some of the product on the market, and a kiln with a capacity for burning about 75 barrels per day is now being con structed. The kiln is to be of the "continuous" type, in which the unburned rock is put in at the top and the finished rock drawn out from the bottom, there being no necessity for the fires ever to go out. The kiln is being con structed below the ledge, which is located on a sidehill, and all that will be required in handling the rock will be to quarry it out and chute it into the kiln. Suffi cient fuel to operate the kiln for a long term of years is right at hand. The owners have in view the construction of a warehouse at Madras and expect to sack the rock trom the kiln and haul it to their warehouse here where it will be put in barrels and proba bly some of it hydrated and further prepared for marketing. The current price for lime at this place at present is about Continued on page 6. 1 f t ftl