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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (July 6, 1911)
T o 3 E N E W S Mi II oods and New Prices Our is the only Mercantile house in interior Oregon stocked with new goods from the railroad to the shelves or display rooms. The saving is yours for the asking. The satisfaction of being the first firm to quote this new scale of price is ours. Full line of FARM MACHINERY, GARDEN TOOLS, GARDEN and FIELD SEEDS and a full line of first-class GROCERIES at cash prices. WE WANT YOUR PRODUCE ammer Co. MADRAS, OREGON -Ti.nrir-iq , TANDINl The standing of the coy test ants in the Pioneer's Gift Con test, up to and including Tues day is as follows: DISTRICT NO. 1 Katie. Ruble jMarie Dove Mr3. Gillis Dizney Hazel Barnett Mrs. Harry Key -Ailine Sanford Mrs. G. J. Hardy Mrs. Sam Boyd Mrs. S. W. Robards Minnie Monner Elsie Northrup 1975 1G50 1G25 1525 1500 1425 1425 1375 1250 1125 1050 DISTRICT NO. 2 Madge Mills, Fife 1750 Mrs. Vira Cyrus, Prineville 1G25 Vivian Hinkle, " 1575 Mrs. Geo. Wheeler, Redmond 1525 Tiny O' Kelly, Culver 1475 Mabel Smith, Lamonta 1450 Miss Hammond, Redmond 1375 Dolly Hodges, Prineville 1325 Ruth Collver, Culver 1300 Mrs. Geo. Storkman, Prine ville 1275 Grace Thomas, Madras 1225 I.m-nnfi Winnek. Prineville 1200 Aver Dobbs, " 1050 .Nollie Summers. 1050 Clara Homey, Madras 1050 Georgia Cleek, Prineville 1000 I.nln Oshnrn. Culver 1000 II If you want to plow your land for less than fifty cents per acre, get an ADVANCE PLOW ENGINE and a JOHN DEERE ENGINE GANG PLOW. You can plow three acres to each 1 4-inch plow in ten hours. If you don't believe it come on the big plain and see the rig work. If you are interested in getting one of these machines call on JOHN DQBKINS, AGENT who can be found with the outfit, or address, Madras, Or. He can sell you anything from a threshing machine to a sawmill Low Wages and .Little Work Wages are not hitfl-i. in India. A na tive switchman on u railway and the native servant In u ijrlrute family re ceive 7 rupees, or alkut $1.1)0, a month. The farm Lfiuid rtveives mucli less, or about 4 iiipees. or $1.08 u month. Of course "wnires vary In dif ferent sections, antl there Is a some what upward tendency In prices now. However, the misslonarliu told me that you paid about as much fur labor I.. I. ..It.. ..u unn ..l.i I.. , rlr... ' fllllt 111 JUUKl ' jyil UU ill i,iui,livu, ....... - one man in America would d as much us n -whole) company In India Christian Jntelll&.'ticer. Maddened the Poet. "What is the matter with that poor fellow?" asked the man who was see lug the lunatic asylum. ''He has an interesting face." "That's a poet," replied the attend ant. "Queer case." "Tell me about him. Is there any chance of his recovery?" "No; it's hopeless. It seems Jie had written u pastoral poem In which the name of Ouerou was used severaJ times, but the proofreader was an Irishman, and when tlWi poem apiar ed In print Oberon hail been changed to 0'l!rlen."-.ludge. Spurious Works Attributed to Storne. The literary pirate was not the only trouble of the elght-eenth century au thor. There were the concoctors and publishers of spurious works under his name, and Sterne suffered as ueav ily from these as from the pirates. The publication of the first two vol umes of "Tristram Shandy" was fol lowed as soon as It was apparent that the book was a success by a thlrJ, written by a hack writer and boldly attributed to Sterne. Several other spurious works appeared In the au thor's lifetime, and after his death tils posthumous works In two volumes were obligingly written for him, as were also three sets of his original letters. London Chronicle. Josh Billings. The quaint spelling that helped to m like .lush Hillings famous was nat ural to lilm, .losh was not an eilu catcd man in the academic sense and was a poor spoiler to the Inst. When he started out In the humorous Hue lie observed that the way In which ho put together his words a style that lie followed simply because hu knew of no other tickled the people and helped to sell his writings, and like the wise, sensible man that hu was, despite tils literary deficiencies, ho stuck to It to tie end. Of cpurso had thero not boon tho ltoenewt wit, humor and satire behind tho "outland ish" spelling, ho would have twisted the king's ICuglleh In vuln. New York American. She Didn't Like Religion. Aunt Mary I'erslmmous called one flay on the village Jawyer. "Ah wants too dlvo'ce mah hus band," said Aunt Mary. "Divorce old Uncle Mil!" cried the lawyer, "(lood gracious! Why?" "Bekase he a done got religion, tint's why." said Aunt Mary, "and we ain't had a chicken on do tnblo fo' six weeks." Detroit Free Press. Codfish Aristocracy. The term "codfish urlstocracy" is an Amerlcunlsm and originated In a dis tinction made by the early Dutch set tlers of New York city between the old "Knickerbocker families" and the "down cast" merchants who had grown rich In the whale and codfish erles, the latter being classed as the "codfish aristocracy." Kuusas City Times. Well Mated. Thus tho Inquisitive boarder: "What lias become of the old fash ioned woman who used to call u wed ding reception un intareV" Jlosponso by tho white haired board er: "1 think she married the old fash ioned man who used to crack his knuckles regularly twice a day." Chi cago Tribune. Smart Youths. 4A young man walked up to a cleric In u cigar store. "Say," he said, "there's u sign over there, 'Cigars, 5 Cents Apiece.' Which end Is tho piece cut from, and how big a piece do you get for your nickel?" Hefore the clerk could answer un other young man walked In, "if those cigars nro 5 cents apiece," he ventured, "how much does u whole one cost?" Judge. Appearance Not Deceptive. "Moss, I've Just come out of tho hos pital, an'" "What?" "I've Just come out of a hospital, an' "- "I was In a hospital orite." "Well, then, you know" "1 know they give the patients n bath oftener than ouce u year." Hous ton I'ost. The Odds Were Too Great. "Did you strugglo against the con sequences of temptation?" asked the prison chaplain. "Yes, J did," replied tho convict. "Ah, but you should have fought a little harder, if you hud fought hunt it you would not bo hero now." "I dono the best I could, mister. It took seven policemen to get mo to the station." FOR SALK-Ono well drilling ma chine, with tools, p;ood for 300 feet. Also one aero of ground adjoining Mad ras townsite on tho east, about three blocks from the Hchoolhouso. For price and terms sec J. C. Sothman. 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