Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JULY 27, 1911.
NO. 45
f PLAIN GETS
REUTER STARTS ON
COLLECTING TOUR
WOULD THEY HAVE THE NERVE TO MOB A HAREM SKIRT
ON THE BEACH?
MAIL ROUTE
pay Week Service
,nsSeprember 1
0 OUT OF MADRAS
nnvis Receives
sUbllih R. F.D. Ko
Number Two
Order
ute
mra free delivery ui
,Mitn t rnvrsini?
on a iuuwv - j
... Plom from the
rv I ! - -
. .CKnn Una POTl Illl
fl Ull""-
.J L.i thn nnaf nfflfft
i - Tim snrvicf?
Sentcmber
dwill be tnree times
y, leaving the Madras
office at 8:30 a. m. and I
nil' at i ! - "
designated for the do-
t It- nun Afswwlnir
01 mailS UIU HlUIHiUJf
week.
i ...:n i. !......
Hiv mint: win uu n un i
II f. f It M .1
the second to be estab-
HiiPf imm irli I Ol 1 i l 1 1 J1S-
postmaster general or-
lont, is in part as loi-
- F
Madras, Oregon.
i are hereby authorized
very service from vour
utKinninir hentem ner i.
I V. I HI i4 J
rtfr nnnnm Mv ...... i i
m accordance with the
Linn inn nan1 M
"ni-v. III Ut
carrier for perform
lia service as author-
hmentof the ser-
UWHI L'U 1111 illlV
ad you will promptly
fie department on the
wivillVL'i
be duly notified of
-fi'uiuiuu upon cer-
v tiic civil untnrim
, - - T WW
1U1 111 OnMi. 11.. i
- . awl i no route
4ea,
- -... uc- j nines long
10 nuin. ii
V.UVitIMi. f.i.i n
,ij tin; cur
post oihce the
w 11 north 4 and 1-4
- uuur corner; west
ie w Brownliiii
mil. r, l-UI
""IC LO hnv nn.. ,
w Ll H . :ahI..
Connett corner; east
"Bonner corner; north
Spring school;
!i3 ,to Strain corner
ii e in h irini.
. turner;
mil- . rney corner;
to McGill corner
" T l aranstetter enr.
so t imi!f3 t0 Cai'"y
L nMA. .
so TT3 t0 Hardy
1 m. e to Pinkerton
castl and
am.- iv;o LU
0,"t Vacation
m.H... in inn bo.
ley points,
NOTHING WRONG
SAYS COMMITTEE
City Officials Exonerated
After Investigation
COUNCIL ASKED TO RESIGN
Attorney Bergland Extends Invi
tation But (lets Angry and
Quits the Meeting
As a result of the investiga
tion of city affairs instituted by
the Madras Development League,
the investigating committee made
a report at the meeting held last
Friday night stating that they
found nothing amiss. Follow
ing the acceptance of the report
of the committee, a resolution
was passed by the meeting ex
pressing complete confidence in
the honesty and integrity of the
mayor, the council and all of the
city officials.
Following this Attorney E.
Hergland made a speech, request
ing the council and all of the
city officials to resign. Council
men Culp and Koush replied
saying that they wouldn't do it.
Following this J. H. Barkley,
armed with some of the corres
pondence that has passed be
tween the city and the Denver
bond buying firm, took the floor
and endeavored to show that the
city had proceeded in its adop
tion of the city charter and in
other matters connected with the
bond issue for the water system
under the legal advice ol Attor
ney Iiergland. The meeting
grew stormy, and finally Attor
ney Bergland walked out.
Mayor Turner expressed his
gratification at the result of the
investigation, and in behalf of
the adminstration thanked the
citizens for their resolution of
confidence.
There seemed to be no further
Continued on last page.
CONTEST AROUSES
MUCH INTEREST
Seventeen Wltnessos (Jive Testimony
In Cuso of Allller vs. Hood
One of tue most interesting
contest cases ever held in the
county has had a hearing before
Commissioner Turner at this
place during the past two days.
The ease is the contest of Isaac
J. Miller against the entry of
Douglas Hood, the land in con
troversy being located about
eight miles northeast of town.
T. A. Hudson of the Hudson
Land company of The Dalles was
hero to represent Mr. Hood, and
Attorney E. Bergland had charge
of the case for the contestant.
Seventeen witnesses beside the
interested parties were required
to give testimony, and the work
has covered the greater part of
the two days. Miss Rose B.
Schlattman, the stenographer, of
CiUver. recorded the 20,000
words of testimony given.
Much local interest is taken in
the case on account of the fact
that the improvements on the
claim represent an outlay of
about $2000 and a large portion
of the land has been cleared and
put under cultivation.
Alleged insufficient residenco
has beeu made the main grounds
for the contest.
i
-Fox in Chicago Evening Post.
METOLIUS HAS BAD FIRE;
FOUR BUSINESS HOUSES BURN
Famous Madras Farmer
Sent Out by G. N.
PEOPLE ASKED TO ASSIST
Specimen Products Will Be Taken
To Farming Congresses and
On Exhibit Car
FIRE AT GATEWAY "
DESTROYS NEW STORE
Dempseys Lose All But
Clothes on Backs
LOSS IS ABOUT $2500
Building Had Just Been Com
pleted Strenuous Efforss
Save Dailey Hotel
Fire which started in the pool
hall of Perry Wible at Metolius
at 1:30 this (Friday) morning
completely destroyed that and
three other buildings and did
$8000 damage, the loss being
partially covered by insurance.
The buildings burned were the
property of McCreach and Beck
er, occupied by restaurants and
pool halls, and the garage of
John Moore.
.Just how the fire originated,
Mr. Wible stated this morning
by phone, is not known, as it
was diecovered in the front of
his building.
The place had been closed for
the night and the proprietors had
gone to bed. No means of com
batting the fire were at hand ex
cept the resort to water buckets,
and the fire got beyond control
burned everything in reach,
making a clean sweep of the
four buildings which occupied
the row.
"It's pretty hard on us," said
Mr. Wible this morning, "but
we will start in over. We aren't
quitters."
Scarcely anything was saved
of the contents of the buildings.
The long continued dry spell
and excessive heat has put
wooden buildings in the condi
tion to burn like tinder, and
without fire protection and
prompt action, anything that
gets on fire at this time is prac
tically doomed.
Miss Rose B. Schlattman of
Culver spent yeBterday and to
day in Madras assisting Commis-j
sioner Turner in the taking of j
the testimony in the Miller vs.
Hood contest case.
R. R. Young, who carries the
mail between Madras and Youngs
and who it is said is contemplat
ing matrimony, had the misfor
tune to lose his cookstove in the
Dempsey fire at Gateway yester
day. C. M. WoodrulV and wife ar
rived in Madras last evening,
Mr. Woodruff coming to relieve
F. M. Lombard as agent for the
Deschutes Railway at thi3 place.
Mr. Lombard expects to go to
Portland Friday.
James Rice was here from
Haycreek Wednesday evening to
meet Mr. and Mrs. L. Enderud,
who arrived from Portland and
will visit at the Haycreek ranch.
Mr. Enderud was formerly sec
retary of the Baldwin Sheep &.
Land company.
A. Zell, who has been very ill
at his home in Prineville, has so
far recovered as to make a visit
to this place to look after his
property interests.
Miss Ethel Criswell, who is in
a Portland hospital, is very low
with appendicitis and is not ex
pected to live. Mrs. Jack Hardy
is with the young lady, and Mr.
Hardy leaves in the morning.
District Attorney Fred W.
Wilson has made public a state
ment at The Dalles that he will
not institute criminal proceedings
against the people held to blame
for the Oregon Trunk wreck, in
which several lives were lost, on
the findings of the state railroad
TV
commission. ins opinion is
based on the grounds that the
commission does not place the
blame specifically upon either
the engineer or the company,
and that it is not probable that
anyone could be convicted upon
a criminal prosecution where
guilt must be proven beyond
doubt.
Tillman Reuter started out the
first of the week to gather exhi
bits for the Great Northern
Railway, his territory to include
all of Central Oregon. He will
not only gather community exhi
bits in co-operation with the
several commercial bodies of the
interior, but will also receive in
dividual exhibits as well. The
displays will be taken to all of
the land shows, the dry farming
congresses, and other conven
tions as well as included in the
several demonstration cars which
that railway company will run
on tours through the eastern
states during the coming months
in the effort to induce imigrants
come to Central Oregon to
make their homes.
The office of A. C. Sanford has
been designated as the depot for
receiving the specimens which
will be collected in this part of
the county. Each product will
bear a tag stating the name of
the grower, etc. , .
Local people are urged to be-
gin selecting specimens irom
their fields, gardens and orchards
and to bring them to Mr. San-
ford's office as soon as the differ
ent products arrive at the proper
stage of development.
Mr. Iteuter will travel with his
own team and outfit and expects
to go as far as Burns on his
tour. It is understood that the
expense or this worK is oeing
borne by the railroad company,
and all that is expected and
asked of the residents is to co
operate to the fullest extent m
assisting these premier publicity
people in getting a goon repre
sentation of the products grown
in Central Oregon.
CITY WANtVbIDS
FOR SINKING WELL
Not Good After Aug. 7
The Madras Pioneer Popular Voting Contest
This Ballot Will Count For 25 Votes
For
Wednesday at about noon
the two-story store building
of W. C. Dempsey at Gate
way burned with all the
contents, entailing a loss of
about $2500. The origin of
the fire has not been learned.
Mr. and Mrs. Dempsey
made their residence in the
upper story and all of their
household goods and cloth
ing was destroyed. The
building was a new and
well finished one, with two
store rooms on the ground
floor, in one of which A. C.
Kaeppler, the Gateway mer
chant had a quantity of
goods stored.
t
Proposal To Go at Least Forty
Deeper Other Business
Feet
District No.
Address.
Good for 25 votes whon filled out nnd sent to tlio Contest Depart
ment by in all LQ f otherwise on or before expirution dato. No ballot will
be altomillnffmy way or transferred after being received by The Madras
lMonoor!Pifef
In ease of tho prizes ol equal value will be given to each of the con-
testant tied.
The city council met Saturday
evening, July zz, in continuation
of the previous regular meeting.
Present were Mayor Turner,
and Councilmen Culp, Gray,
Tucker, Stanton and Roush.
Councilman Robinson was absent.
The report of the committee
on the books of the city was laid
over until the next meeting.
Councilman Tucker asked to be
relieved of the superintendence
of the- sinking of the city well.
and his request was granted.
The matter of completing the
city well was then taken up. It
was decided to let the finishing
of the well by contract, and the
recorder was instructed to ad
vertise for bids for increasing
the depth to at least 40 feet be
low the present depth of 22 feet.
The city proposed
The bucket brigade responded
to the alarm and worked might
and main to save the Dailey Ho
tel, located just across the street
from the burning building, and
in this tKey were successful.
The loss comes heavy on Mr,
and Mrs. Dempsey, as every
thing they had in the world ex
cept the clothes they were
wearing went up in smoke. Mrs.
Dempsey had a fine gold watch
and this morning the timepiece
was scratched out of the ruins in
a melted state. All of the keep
sakes of the couple were also
lost.
There was no insurance.
The Deschutes Railway is con
structing a 65,000 gallon water
tank at Gateway, as a supply for
their locomotives, the people of
the town and the farmers in that
vicinity. The source of supply
will be the deep well recently
completed by the Central Oregon
Well Drilling company, which is
210 feet deep and has close to
190 feet of water.
T. H. Dennis, who was recent
ly married at Gateway to Miss
Hazel Blair, departed this morn
ing for northwestern Canada
where he will be engaged on a
contract for railway construc
tion. Mrs. Dennis will remain
at the home of her father, Wm.
Blair, until her husband gets
located.
providing for the employment of
a competent man to place the
pump and engine at the well for
use while sinking the well. It
is understood that J. C. Robin
son will have the superintendence
of the work.
An ordinance empowering
Councilman Robinson to act as
agent for the city in the pur
chase of a 15-horse engine and
pump with capacity for deliver
ing 100 galons of water per min
ute was passed, and an order
to furnish the I directing him to make the nur-
macninery to Keep tne water out, chase was made.
of the well, the contractor to pay
all the expense of operation and
maintenance. Tho bidder is re
quired to furnish a bond in the
sum of .$500 for the faithful com
pletion of the work. The work
is to be completed within 30 days
after the contract is let.
The council passed a motion
the following bills were or
dered paid: Douglas Hood, for
hauling pump and engine to well,
$22.50; International Harvester
Company, for engine, $622.99:
Mitchell, Lewis & Staver com
pany, for pump and fixtures,
$504.75; P. T. Atkins, $5.
Council adjourned to meet at
call of mayor.