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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1911)
V '1 Pioneer JL JTXCi MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. AUGUST 3, 191 1. NO. 46 Madras H tells rat HIS I UK Y MAUHAS improvement uague Included Holdina a inai iKA - ... .7 I r"l 4-! r n H.I id 1 1 U W -mAunr" TH DAP.V THE DCHAI I LMV - nf Meetings Says Leaders In Move Ull " in the Eleventh Hour, and Hed to Sagebrush When Warcry Sounded ...r.r IJIMAIMflR ? CAT forth was X To organize, then goto me 5 .n,i nrnvnil on the in of that body to reuucc fmm $1000 per tzlJ nor nnlllim. IIIL'U 10 jaw " - ' . . a interested would furnish J ndi for a recan nuuiu.., t th( council, and ho forth. 1 I 1LC1 I1LW columns of the Pioneer ... t 1 affairs. We are pieasea inionnL'u, u wig ncc- the press and free speech safeguards ot tne nepuD- i I. ihnitrif a niiramt nt hnnniness. v -- lf..ll.. limited amount of your . 1 xi i- space, ana maim yuu in for the same. henfhfpis n nnh 10 trust. Cleveland, (lest you for- hpnfhfA nnrl t.h nmnnnnt n.fl nnit innrn m t i i i i i rift the people a servant of L.. 1L. 1- 1. 1 officers are subject to and censure, if need be. resident, the sunreme the United States, and have at HifTprwir. timfj uif'ivMii nanoiiiinn nne j .w..mi vt uuu peached. This being the blic servants, unless oc- more exalted positions, come within the same t is not. however. t.hf lin t v n(in I l 1 1 iul uj HLiiitt lurtrtz nnn - . . VM MIIU ible bring forth facts. the nennlo I-.w Mv. J Via LI Y CII" a It . . . ... !' IU Lilt; Ull IJ 1IC 13ft Or AYnnoio4n the people exonerated? People satisfied? Is the - -t .jr vituicr uil IJUU- ira SinpA resolutions of conlidence ""i IC JUrLf ItJ It nnu that the public take and Ihl9 ro.nnt.l- .. 11 1 . -- .uu us a wnice ana hold the members of , " hik up 10 censure CUP' V ( "Wdoes not propose to JJtwere, in the Ian f street, "the Fall the blame, if there !n the censure, if there b any, fau where jt inis is no personal mnt-. 3&r,tiU; .. Who have placed them- IIP rvnUI!. i. ... -. .uB umeiight and 8tana the aeami. 1; goto tu , : ? eyes; or takn fn ua . "3 was Jnno nf fU "s wnen thn w,,.. ,. 1 'a with no fear lumetrav nt " ' ti ; ne facta in 1,1 Calling of themnao ' H Wnn , 1 n u w VV,1U IJr ...V 1,10 mass mnh'n w ul .the meeting- fairs they are the ones who de serted at the eleventh hour. The writer has been person ally charged by none less than His Honor, the mayor (who has never been charged with any greater crime than being a good fellow) with being underhanded and unfair in regard to the part he took in the calling of the mass meeting. Let us analyze this proposition to a limited ex tent, Mr. Mayor, and see who are the ones who have been un derhanded and unfair. The writer did not call this meeting, and. furthermore, to gether with Mr. Hammer, posi tively refused to have anything whatever to do with it on the lines first set forth to us by Mr. Segal, who invited .both Mr. Hammer and myself. This was a meeting called by Mr. Segal, and I presume others, previous to the mass meeting. We sug gested calling a mass meeting at all times when the subject was brought forward. The'cry was; "We would not get anyone to come, they would be afraid to come." Why this condition of affairs, if it is a fact? Has there been any coercion or intimida tion? The first plan set forth, in which Mr. Hammer and myself refused to participate, was this: To organize, then go to the city council and prevail on the mem bers of that body to reduce the liquor license from $1000 per an num to $500 per annum, then those interested would furnish the funds for a recall election, enjoin the council, and so forth. The writer was made chairman of the meeting after objecting on the grounds that it should be more appropriate to select an older resident of the community. The minutes of that meeting are as follows: Minutes op tub Meeting. July 12, 1911. 'Mr. Owen elected temporary chairman; S, 0. Herman, secre tary. Meeting addressed by Messrs. Owen', Dietzel, Hammer, Olson, Sellars, Segal, Baker, En dicott, Loveall, Herman and Ol son. It was moved, and seconded that the name of this organiza tion be the "Citizens' Improve ment League." Motion carried unanimously. Moved and seconded that a mags meeting be called. Motion carried by the usual voting sign. Committee appointed by the chair as follows: Messrs. Olson, Dietzel, Loveall, Hammer, Segal, Keys, Sellars, this committee to call a mass meeting. Motion made to appoint a com mittee to investigate financial condition of the city at the pres ent time. Following committee appointed by the chair: Mr. Hammer and Mr. Dietzel. Committee appointed by the chair to arrange for hall and gen eral publicity work: Messrs. Loveall, Baker and McKay. Meeting adjourned by the chair. S. 0. Herman, Secretary. The writer, acting as chairman of the mass meeting on July 14, was charged from the floor with SPIKING THE GUN. Gregg In Atlanta Constitution. COUNCIL REJECTS BIDS ON CITY WELL Figures Submitted Considered to Be Top High , ... Two bids for the sinking of the city well forty feet deeper were received by the council and opened the first of the montlu Both were rejected, as the fig ures submitted were considered too high. Mack Surber submitted a bid at $7, $8, $9 and $10 per foot, for the four successive ten-foot sections. The other bid was that of Dan McKinnon, who submitted a bid at $7, $8, $10 and $12 per foot. A new call for bids has been issued, same to close next Saturday evening. The pumping machinery has been instated at the well and when operated pumps all the water out in about 40 minutes. Water stands in the six-foot hole to a depth of about nine feet, and the well soon fills up to that depth after the pump stops. The well is now 22 feet deep. --- - Postmaster Cowan of Lamonta was in the city today attending to business matters. William Brnnstettcr ami wife de parted this week for Tribune, Knnsus, where they will attend a reunion of Mrs. Branstetter's relatives. After visiting there they will fio.to Macon City, Mo., their former home, and visit for sever al weekc. R. B. SANFORD DIES ATWAMIG, AGED 84 Had Lived in Wasco County for - Last ,Thirty-FIve Years- A. C. Sanford received word yester day morning of the death of his father. It. . Sanford, at Wamic. Mr. San ford was 84 year3 of ago and death was not unexpected as he has been very low nt different times during the summer Mr. and Mrs. A. C Sanford and their cousin, Henry E. Corum of Twin Falls, Idaho, who whs at Madras, left yester day to attend the funeral Richard Burrell Sanford was born October 24, 1827. He mas married in '48 to Nancy D. Corum, who still sur vives him at the age of 82. Eight children were born to them three of whom are-still living, namely, A. C. Sanford of this place, Mrs. M. A. Gil more of Creswell, Oregon, and Mrs. Mary E. Pratt of Wamic. Mr Sanford came to Wasco county in 1876 nnd two years later took a homestead near Wamic. He sold his land several years ago nnd has since made his home in the town of Wamic. Until his final illness Mr. Sanford had scarcely been ill a day in his life. He was one of the best known pioneer residents of Wasco "county. Sunday School Social Last Saturday evening an ice cream social was held at Vanora un er the auspices of the newly organized Union Sunday school. A large crowd was in attendance and an enjoyable time was had by all present. Regular Sunday School will be held every Sunday under the direction of C. E. Pow ell, superintendent. SCHEDULE OF VOTES Three Months Six Months One Year Two Years Three Yeiirs Four Yenra Five Years PIUCE OP PAPER $ .50 .80 1 GO 3.00 4.50 G.00 7.50 BALLOT VALUE 500 Votes 1500 " 5000 " J 5000 ' aoooo " 5001ft) " 75000 " Not Good After Aug. 9 The Madras Pioneer Popular Voting Contest This Ballot Will Count For 25 Votes For District No. Address. Good for 2D votes when filled out nnd sent to the Contest Depart ment by moil or otherwise on or before expiration dute.r No ballot will be altered in nny way or transferred after, being-received by The Madras Pioneer, ; i In case of the prizes of equal value will bq given to each of the con testant tied, MADRAS STATE BANK WILL BUILD BRICK To Occupy Corner West of Pioneer Office PLANS BEING PREPARED J. L. Dehuff of Spokane Coming to Assume Position of Assistant Cashier The Madras State Bank is soon to build a new brick building in this city which it will occupy as a home. The property now oc cupied by the Madras Townsite company's office, near the Pion eer building, has been purchased and the construction of the new brick is to be commenced soon, according to Cashier O. A. Pearce. The property purchased from the Townsite company comprises two lots, making 100 feet square, on the corner of Main and the street running east and west be tweenthe Hahn hotel and the Red Cross drug store. Mr. Pearce informs the Pioneer that H. S. Crothers, who with him him recently bought an interest in thebank, is having the plans' drawn up in Spokane, and that they will begin construction as soon as the plans are approved and the necessary arrangements made for the building. Whether the building will be one or two story, and what size will be se lected, has not yet been decided. Since the organization of the Madras State Bank at this place about two years ago the bank has occupied a wooden building opposite the -Madras hotel. The rapid growth in the past and prorrise of better things in the future makes it imperative that the bank have more adequate facilities, and the institution has decided to build a substantial new building on one of the most prominent business corners of the city. That the new quarters will be fitted up with all modern equip ment for handling the bankine: business goes without saying. J. L. Dehuff, who has been teller in the National Bank of Commerce at Spokane, is ex pected to arrive here the last of this week to assume the position of assistant cashier. President J. M. Conklin, who has had the management of the bank up to the time that Mr. Pearce came here, is arranging to remove to Portland, his form er home, about the first of September. ONLY ONE MORE WEEK OF CONTEST Last Coupon Appears In This Issue WHO WILL CO TO ASTORjAt If J M Close of Subscription Getting Contest (s Waxing Warm All Candidates Are Working Hard - The schedule by which votes will be issued during the remain der of the contest appears'on this page, and will not be 'changed again during the contest, nor will any more extra votes be given All votes to be had are indicated in the schedule as it appears on this page, Old and new nub scriptions are of the same value from now until the end. Don't forget that feature, and get every old subscriber you know to help you outnow at the end of the contest. This is their last chance. t t Standing of Contestants 'J DISTRICT NO. 1 & J, Ailene Sanford 76775 Marie Dove 70475 Hazel Barnett 45850 Mrs. Gillis Dizney 15825 Katie Ruble 14175 Mrs. G. J. Hardy 9225 Mrs. Sam Boyd ' 2475 DISTRICT no. 2 & Mabel Smith, Lamonta 14125 Martha Short 2950 Madge Mills, Fife 2825 Tiny O'Kelly, Culver 2725' Mrs. Vira Cyrus, Prineville 2650 Georgia Cleek, Prineville 2425 Miss Hammond, Redmond 2150. Dolly Hodges, Prineville 1925 Mrs. Geo. Wlieeler, Redmond 1850 Mrs. Geo. Storkman, Prine ville 1600 Grace Thomas, Madras 1450 Lorene Winnek, Prineville 1200 Ethel Crlswell Dies at Hospital Ethel Margaret Criswell, daughter of Mrs. W. S. Criswell, formerly of tnis place, died Jast Thursday, July 27, at St. Vin cent's Hospital in Porland, where she had been taken from their home at Boring for an operation for appendicitis. Although the patient reached the hospital, death occurred before an opera tion could be had. Ethel- was about 12 years of age. She was the second daugh ter of Mrs. Criswell, her sister, Ella, having died last fall of ap- penaicuis. ner lather, Criswell, died early last ot heart failure. Of the family there now sur vives the mother and two sons. The funeral was held at Banks, with interment in the cemetery at that place. Mr, and Mrs. J. G. Hardy of this place, uncle and aunt of tho deceased, were in attendance at Only a week more, and then somebody will be making plans to go to the Astoria Centennial, the guest of the Pioneer. There' is practically no choice between the candidates, all of them work ing hard, and all, possibly, mak ing plans to go to the exposition. Someone will win and someone is going to get beat. The one who does not get disco araged at the rumors she hears, but works right up to the very end, is the one who is going to get the, trip. It don't pay to quit To work for two months and then quit right at the end is not good. It doesn't leave a good taste. - And there is no reason why. anyone should think of quitting now, for there is no candidate who has secured such a lead that they cannot be caught. Turn in your subscriptions as fast as you get them and then get out and get another one. You will be sur prised to find out how many times you can get out and get just one more wherf you think every available one has been -gotten. And the girl who turns them in as fast as she gets them and then goes out and gets one more is the one who will stand the best chance to go to Astoria for the other girl who is resting' thinking she has enough already is not the one who wins. The an nouncement made last week that old subscriptions will receive the same number of votes as new will still hold good until the end pf the contest, and during the last ten days old and new sub scriptions will be of thd same voting value. This gives all an equal chance to make a fast finish, and to pull out oh top at the end. Do vour nnrt n.i ie W. S. ff" " J. 'wm all be glad, and ring tyffl&hW lose, it can't rv: "u, uuu you ean still feel a v o,u, have done your best aniwf have no misgivings. lhe last coupon which will ap pear is in this issue of the Pion eer. Next week there will be none m the paper. All coupons which have been published must be voted, in the ballot box before , s;f. v. r .. i, i- $t V. i r- i 1 - kj III IIIT1I nl,- Continued on last page. me ijinerai. Continued on page 3.