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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1911)
DOWN HILL HAUL FROM 400,000 ACRES Reason Madras Looked Good to Investors LOCATION IS UNSURPASSED Center of Great District Rich In Agricultural, Timber and Mineral Resources The Northwest Tovvnsite Com pany of Philadelphia, which has purchased property at Madras and will soon plat the same and p. it it on the market, makes a business of selecting1 the most promising towns along the routes of new railways and then devel oping the property to a certain extent and selling. Only two towns in Central Oregon have thus far attracted them sufficient to cause them to invest and Mad ras is one of these. In the "Northwest News" a journal published by the company in the interests of their real estate holdings, the following explana tion of why Madras was chosen is given. Unlike much of the literature that is unusually found in booster papers, the article concerning this section is very conservative as to crop produc tion etc., and is withal a very creditable write up of the town and its surroundings. Some years ago there was great ex citement throughout the northwes'. Swift & Company the big Chicago paskers, were seeking a central loca tion for establishing a branch plant. Every city of any importance wanted the business, and representatives be sieged the oflicials night and day striv ing to impress them with the merits of their various cities. Among them were men from Portland. "Yes" said the Swift men to all the claims advanced, "you have some in ducements to offer. We'll think itover. " And none of the city boosters could get any more satisfactory reply. Fin ally the Portland men had their turn. "Here" said one of them, "is a city that i3 prosperous and growing. It has a central location, good railroad facilities, water, power everything in fact that you'll need. The surrounding country is a stock raising district, it is ric'i and fertile. What more can you ask? "We'll think it over," said the Swift m n. ' Now here is another reason why Portland is the city for your bnsines," said the Portland man. "Its a down hill haul to Portland from all this rich eojntry. Stock won't have to be driven ov ?r mountains in order to reach you. Y u'U get the best betl", mutton and p !c that m; w ndnrful country can grow and it will reach you in prime condition." "That menus something," said the Swift representatives. "That one fact makes it look as though Portland was the city for us " They investigated. Portland got the Swift bu'ineisB. It was the down lull haul that did it. "Portland stooped to conquer." ' Of course tho down lull haul has helped Portlnnd in other ways. Grain farmers, for instance,, appreciate the advantages of a down hill journny to the mills or the grain' elevators. Twenty-live miles is a comparatively short haul iu the west -hardly surpris ing then is it that this one feature of Portland s locati n has helped so tremendously to make the city what it now is? When we saw Madras for the first to the acre and watermelons weighing as much as 30 pounds a piece have been produced. Agency Plains is, under present con ditions, a dry farming district, but al most its entire area could be irrigated, from either the Deschutes river at Madras or from Cline Falls (near Red mond) over the Crooked river and Willow creek canyons. At least one such irrigation project is now being planned and when all available sources of water supply are developed it will be possible to irrigate over 120,000 acres. This will naturally bring about an 'enormous increase in the quantity of farm producls shipped and will also make possible the growing of fruits and other staples for which irrigation is de sirable if not actually necessary. Land in the Haystack country, miles south of Madras was "scirpted" for Lime, Cement Sand & Gravel time about a year ago these facts about $2.50 an acre two years ago. Tho very same land now sells for Z5 00 an ncre. In this district the rainfall averages 10 to twelve inches about the same as in Palestine nnd dry farming methods produce from twenty to forty five bushels of wheat, ten to twenty bushels of rye and twenty-five to fifty bushels of oats per acre. The Haycreek country lies to the east and north of Madras and includes nbout Portland instantly occurred to us. We liked the looks of Madras. It was a thriving, hustling Utile city. It was the center of a rich farming district, had an unsurpassed location on the routes of tho new Deschutes and Oregon Trunk railroads, water power near by, from the swift Des hutes river, and wonderful mineral and timber resources not far from its door. But more lm portant than all of these in the light of 80,000 acres of valuablq-and fertile land, Portland's record is the faet that it is a down hill haul to Madras from over four hundred thousand acres of the richest farming land in the northwest. Mad ras also "stoops to conquer." Wo feel sure that Madras has a great future that its stragic location combined with the agricultural, timber and mineral wealth of the country will make a big city of it within a very few years From all sides north, south, east and west the roads run down to Madras A glance at the map, noting the direc tion of the watershed will verify this statement. Mndras has other marked advantages of location. It is the gateway of Cen tral Oregon. On the north lies the rugged country of northern Oregon, traversed by many small streams nnd seared by gulches, ravines and the ever deepening canyonof the Deschutes river, On the west like a natural giant wall runs the Cascade range of mountains, practically impassible to any modern means of transportation, high, snow capped and pine clad. On the east and south stretches the gently rising plateau of Central Oregon broad level and fertile. Through Madras lies the natural gateway into this ' rich country, and through .Madras the new railroads have laid their tracks The agricultural district surrounding Madras is divided into four sections to which local names have been given The Agency Plains country is about 27 miles long by 10 miles wide and con tains approximately 175,000 acres of high, level and well fenced land having the characteristic light, sandy, "volcanic ash" .soil of Central Oregon. Agency Plains is one of the most thickly settled districts of the country and a wheat growing center is destined to rank as high as any in the northwest, At present about one-half of the land embraced by the Agency Plains is under cultivation and the average yeild of wheat under "dry farming" methods is about 25 bushels an acre. In addition to wheat, oats, rye and barley, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, once L'iven entirely to sheep ranches but now being rapidly settled. The character of the land and its adapt ability to agriculture is very similar to the Agency Plains district, although is more heavily timbered. The Grizzly Ridge country, containing about 75 000 acres, lies cast of Madras between Trout creek nnd Hay creek, is is especially well suited to winter wheat and potatoes. Although the rainfall is greater here than on Agency Plains the land is not yet as well set tled. The coining of the railroads will however, remedy this condition and be fore long the country will be producing heavily To the west and southwest of Madras and but a few miles distant are the Cascade mountains, covered from the foot-hills to the snow line with dense forests, containing millions of feet of fine timber Oregon pine, yellow and suirar nine, oak and cedar. On the east lies a belt of pine timber contain ing about four billion feet. All of this timber will eventually be taken out by way of Madras. Within twelve miles oi Madras are valuable coal deposits which assure the future of the city as a railroad center, coaling station and division point. They are the only known deposits of coal which are so located as to provide the necessary luel for the railroads and plans looking forward for their im mediate development are made. In the same locality pretoleum is being prospected lor and, as natural gas already has been found and other indica tions of the presence of the oil are very strong it 13 highly probable that it will shortly be struck. mere is a pian now on loot 10 uiviue Crook county into three parts and when this goes into effect Madras will as suredly be selected as the county seat for the district in which it lies. From present indications it will not be long before the scheme will be adopted. Engineers estimate credit the De schutes river with 430,000 available horse-power about that of Niagara Falls. Nowhere throughout the river's limply cement and lime barrels for sale. Bcntley Construction Company OFFICE ON SITE OF NEW HOTEL 11 m HORSESHOEING General Repairing West of Hood & Stanton's Barn THOS. H. IYIADDRON Madras, Oregon cabbage, melons and all kinds of root length is this enormous power devclop- crops are ueing successtuily grown. White potatoes have yeilded 300 bushels Most roofing guarantees are a joke. Experience teaches the longer a roofing is guaranteed to last, the poorer it is. Manufacturers inexperienced in making roofings without knowledge as to their dependability without responsibility as to their own financial standing, will very often gurantee their roofing for any number of years simply to get the order. The roofing generally fails and so does the firm that makes it and they never live to make good their guarantee. Malthoid Roofing is made to make good and while its manufacturers guarantee it, their guarantee is unnecessary because the roofing in itself is sufficient to do all that is claimed for it. For twenty-six years, The Paraffine Paint Co., of San Francisco and Chicago Heights have made and guaranteed their roofing and not one single purchaser can ever say that Company ha even hesitated to make good a guarantee. You can depend upon the responsibility of the makers of Malthoid Roofing, and you will never have to bother about guarantees if you use Malthoid Roofing. TurnALum Lumber Co. MADRAS, - - - OREGON ing capacity more readily secured than near Madras, the power which the river will produce cheaply is sufficient to turn the wheels in Madras for all time; sufficient to grind her flour, to pump her water for irrigation, supply her electric roads with current, her town with light and heat and her man ufactures with electricity. Ma Iras is destined to become a great manufactur ing city. In the first place she has transporation; secondly, she has cheap power, and last when the great possi bihtles of Central Oregon are at last realizedwhen every homestead has its family as in the case .f Oklahoma Madras will have an enormous local out put for all kinds of manufactured nr tides. As a stock raising district the country around Madras is unsurpassed. For years it has been a cattle country and even though the irreat ranches will have to be cut into farms, there will be no decrease in the quantity of beef pro duced. Clover and alfalfa together with the rich native grasses und succu lent root crops will provide everything necessary to the cheap production of high quality beef, mutton and pork. Madras is now a prosperous bustling town. It is attractively laid out with wide streets and good roads. The buildings are substantial and commodi ous; there are several good stores, a harness shop, livery stable, flour mill. local newspaper and a bank with $80, 000 on deposit. There can bo no doubt that Madras is destined to become the great shipping, manufacturing and business center of the rich country in which it lies. Chickens With Land One hundred chickens with every acre is the novel induce ment which will be made pur chasers in Junction Park, the addition to Bend to be placed on NOW TOE of tbe year to bava your teeth out and platn nnd briilgenork iloufl anil hare la th place to crt tli boat jiainleaa work posalbta. Coviparteurl'ricct. We Onlth ilato and liridxa work for out. of. town ratrona la ana dnf II rittlrnri. l'luU-M attraction fro whan plataa or lirtdifn work la order ad. Comultitlon Irea. HolirCrowni $5.00 22kBMgT.th4.00 Gold Tilling. 1.00 En.m.l Filling! 1.00 Silver rillinffi .50 Good Rubber - Pliloi o.uu Btit RedRubbor A piii., 7.50 Oft. W.a. Will, PaiiniitiiiMiiiiu Piinlill Eilr'llon .50 I4TUH imiimti u limiu bmt minuui All work fullj eunrnntWHl for fifteen yenra. Wise Bental Co.,mc. Painless Dentists Tailing Bulldlnz. Third and Washlnrton PORTLAND. ORE OMcaHoari: 8 A II, to I T M. Banaaji, UJ I. F.SHUTT Contractor & Buider Ready Made Windows and Door Frames. Shop First Door West of Larkin's Harness Store West of Main Street, MADRAS, Ore. Dressmaking: Done neatly. Call at 1st tent south of S. E. Gray residence. South Main Street. Mrs. J. A. Carthon Madras, Oregon. Warren Smith PROPRIETOR Elite Tonsorial Parlors NO LONG WAITS BATHS MADRAS, ORE. For Good Farms City Property and Business Chances SEE D. W, BARNETT OFFICE MAIN BTKKKT, MA I) UAH, OltKUON Also local nKcnt for Depot Addition to Madras' and the new town of Moto lius. Prices right. Have Your Goods Shipped in Care of If ft lit If v mi (INCORPORATED) Madras, - Oreaon w I 'iitn imfiliniiKfs. nnn for frniirlil nml r . . e n nn rt..,,... mi i. .. ' n-traiix rates irom un puinws uw ij uiiK railway line to u wnrnhousc. Charges for handling at the ciminm., adni it 1 niofvnl Proa Mnrlrna Orn .lno !:..,. w t. e3 - ii ur rp.. , Cnmi Vf.wl...,,. 'l&i'CrPtV JVC. 11. r. iuiiiui, uuvij. lutiuiun. , l.n n p i Meets every Wednesj, night Stranoers are vvj W. R. Cook, N.G. M.G. Pllletto, Secretary, -a. ft a i r r- A 111 n f MAurx 66 r-rcAiNtv rroprietors Fresh Bread Daily Five Cents Per Loaf Located Back of Lar kins Harness Shop MADRAS, OREGON I0IMH IMPORTED OWL RESTAURANT Opposite Post Office NowManagomont Come and see us. If we treat you right, tell your friends; if not, tell us. o o o o Tables Reserved (or Ladies Tierney & Lewis, Props. BLACK BELGIAN STALLION FISTON D'AVERNAS, No. 4455 Will make the season of 1 9 1 I at Hood & Stanton's bam, Madras. Terms $20 to insure live colt. J. C. SOTHMAN, OWNER. 'H I Automobile Stage Lie J ALL NEW STUDEBAKER AU lut Shaniko, via Madras To Bend DAILY TRIPS EACH WAY i The Best Accommodations For All Passengers FOR RATES APPLY AT STAGE OPPICR J Cornet) Stage Stable Go. j 4 i ! BLACKSMITHS WOOD .A-OSTZD WOB The bst equlppd s'.d? In I a I Oregon FIRST-CLASS wnutfMRN EMPLOYED ! HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY : STANLEY GRAY, PROP- j MADRAS, OREGON I MACHINE BLAGKSM ITiiiNG HORSESHOEING A SPECIALTY WAGON & CARRIAGE WORKS ALL WORK GUARANTEED WITHIN REASON FINE & JOHANSEN Successors to Tucker & Gulp market, - Bulletin. MADRAS, OREGON