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Highest Quality and Lowest Price
People's Supply stun
W. F. Hammer Co.
(incorporated)
When you come to Madras, Oregon,
To buy your farm supplies,
Remember W. F. Hammer Co.
Are the people that satisfies.
We carry a line of everything
With which no other can compete;
We'll stay by you if you'll stay by us
Till you're thoroughly on your feet.
We have a line of Vehicles
Such as Schuttler and Moline
Follow the Crowd
Hardware, Groceries, Paints and Oils,
And also Gasoline.
Our line of Farm Machinery
Will stand inspection, too,
If you're in the market for any of it
We're certain to satisfy you.,
So remember W. F. Hammer Co.,
When you're for Madras bound,
Its quite a large store, painted white,
And very easily found.
We Never Disappoint
The Madras Pioneer
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K I VKKTI3INQ KATES OJJ APPLICATION
Entered as second class matter August
iV, 1904, at the Postofflce at Madras, Ore.,
inder the Act of Concress of March 3. 1879.
THURSDAY - SEPT.TT1911
LAW APPLIES ONLY
TO MOTOR VEHICLES
Lewis K. Irving Gets Opinion From
Attorney General on Much Dis
cussed "Motor Vehicle Law"
Considerable discussion has
been had over the new law with
reference to lights on vehicles
traveling on the county roads
nfter dark, and some of the loca
merchants have received adver
tising matter stating that the
law was taken to mean all horse
drawn vehicles as well as motor
vehicles.
The following is a letter re
ceived by Attorney Lewis H.
Irving from the Attorney Gen
eral expressing his interpretation
of the law:
Salem, Aug. 23, 1911.
Mr. Lewis H. Irving,
Madras, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
Answering your favor of the
21st inst., submitting the ques
tion whether the Motor Vehicle
Law, of this State, found at page
2G5, Session Laws ot 1911, re
quires vehicles, other than motor
vehicles to carry lights at night,
I beg to say that Section 12 of
said Act contains the following
provision;
"Every motor vehicle shall
' during the period from
one hour after sunset to one
hour before sunrise display
at least two white lamns in
front and one red light in
the rear of such vehicle ' ' '
provided that motor bicycles
or motor cycles ana an ve
hicles other than motor cars
shall be required to display
but one lighted lamp, etc.
You will notice that there is
no provision in the language
above quoted which requires any
vehicle, except motor vehicles,
to carry any lamps at all, and
the proviso, last quoted, exempts
motor bicycles, motor cycles and
other vehicles, other than motor
cars from carrying more than
one lamp: it is well settled that
proviso performs the office of a
limitation or contradiction of
what has preceded it. Applying
this rule, the proviso limits the
three lamps required to be used
on motor cars to one lamp on
motor bicycles, etc. It is fin
ther provided in Section 33:
"This Act shall be known as
the Oregon Motor Vehicle Law,
etc., showing that it is intend
ed to apply especially to motor
vehicles, and in Section 34:
I NEW INDUSTRY FOR
CENTRAL OREGON
Organization of Central Oregon Live
Stock Sales Association Will Stim
ulate Breeding of Fine Animals
NEW RULING WILL
AFFECT ENTRYMEN
"The purpose, object and
intent ot this Act is to pro
vide a comprehensive system
for the regulation ot all mo
tor vehicles in this state, ex-
pnnr.. that nothintr herein
contained shall bedeemei to
apply to traction engines,
road rollers, fire wagons and
tire engines.'
It will, therefore, be seen that
while other vehicles are referred
to in several parts of the Act,
especially in Section 2, and are
defined in Section 1, the require
ment for carrying lamps, regis
tered numbers and the registra-
ion license of vehicles and their
drivers apply only to motor ve
liicles.
Very respectfully yours,
A. M. CRAWFORD,
Attorney General
By I. II. VAN WINKLE,
Asst. Attorney General
Steps have been taken by Cen
tral Oregon people to exploit one
of the greatest resources of that
region that has heretofore been
neglected. This is the usefu
horse. To stimulate breeding o:
fine animals, the Central Oregon
Live Stock Sales association has
been formed, with headquarters
at Redmond, and hereafter sales
of horses will be held on the
third Monday of each month at
that point.
The object is to establish a bit?
horse market, where breeders
will come in touch with buvers
and rind fair prices for their
stock. The organization is nnr
for the benefit of Redmond alone.
nor is it intended for the nrofit
of association members, but it
will help every section and com
munity of Central Oregon, even
to the rancher in the foothills.
The outside buyer, it is hp.
lieved, will come to a sale whorp
he can pick from a bunch of 400
or 500 head, when if he has to
travel from ranch to ranch, hp
is not attracted. All classes of
horses, from bronchos to thn fin.
est riding and draft horses, will
be offered. Central Oretron hns
exploited its alfalfa, sheep, wool
and cattle, but little has h
said about its horses. Yet it
produces thousands of fine ani
mals, climate and all conrli'f iWin
being favorable to the best de
velopment of the horse, and thn
new plan will nrobablv add fn
the importance of the industry. !
After December lit Homesteadora
Must Show Proof of Resldonce
for Full Flvo Yoars
Circular No. 46, from the
United States Land Office at The
Dalles, Oregon, containing new
instructions to homestead entry-
men relative to "Constructive
Residence," was received this
week by United States Land
Commissioner Turner. The cir
cular is issued by Samuel Adams,
acting secretary, Department of
the Interior, Washington, D. C,
under date of August 18, 1911,
and reads in part as follows:
"In the matter of proof sub
mitted under the homestead law,
it seems that a practice has ex
isted according to entrymen,
where residence is begun within
six months following the date of
entry, credit for residence be
ginning with the date of entry.
The result is that where a party
takes up an actual residence just
at the exniration of Hir v
months following the making of
his entry, he is accorded a con
structive residence for the inter
vening six months and is thus
permitted to secure title on proof
of residence for a neriod of onlv
four years and six months.
The practice of according
credit for constructive residence
covering the period of six months
following the allowance of the
entry is, perhaps, due to an er
roneous interpretation of section
2297 of the Revised Stntnfnn k
. n-vwUf MJ
which section it is provided
that on proof to the satisfaction
of the register and receiver that
a person has actually changed
his residence or abandoned the
land covered by his homestead
entry for more than six months
at anv one time. then, in that
event, the land so entered shall
revert to the Government. While
said section may protect a home
steader from contest .for aband
onment for a period of six months
following the allowance of his
entry, it is clearly not authority
for according the entrvman credit
for constructive residence during
that period.
"After most careful and ma
ture consideration of this matter
I feel it my duty to disregard
the erroneous practice heretofore
obtaining in your office and to
direct that you exact of home
stead entrymen proof of residence
for the full period of five years,
as required by the statute, before
the same can be approved as a
basis for the issuance of patent
thereon. Because of the long
practice heretofore prevailing, I
believe it right and proper to
give ample time for notice of the
contemplated change before put
ting the same into effect. I have,
therefore, to advise you that in
all instances where ordinary final
proof is submitted under the
homestead laws on or after the
1st day of December next, the
law as above interpreted be followed."
W. N. Clark,
from Portland,
first of the week
customers.
traveling man
was here the
calling on his
S GATEWAY NEWS!
0M0OltlMllt
Noah Vibbcrt is inffensn
from rheumatism.
James Hurt made t basin
I'rineville last week.
W. P. Hcrshey wu tratufa
ness in Madras last Satnrdij,
The Haycreek Co.,
the Gateway stock yards to
H. O Williams a homestaJ
Agency Plains was acalleritG
!iin(inv and Monday.
H P. Weber formerly of I
hut now of HiHman washerfij
nesa the first of the week.
rni.n HaIv nd Howard DuM
V XJItH V'J m
dinging a well for the Diijl
They have not yet found witoj
Miaa Alice Larson reiurowi
day from The Dalles riM
some dental ana optica
Mrs. T. H.Denrisleftl
log to join her husband w
.1 L U anlTOirfdaS CW'
wneru no "6-n
Albert Larson killed a Ml
day morning. Uoyoies.
erouB in this community'
, will he killed.
U ' .,
passenger ageni m rl
was here the lastc'f J
after the 5000 sheep ,
from here Saturday.
- - ..AAfinB
w I'.ilershey cl7
nnttnea on W nTT.
and will bring
. irlt tliia f All.
Walla www w
T.C. Jubb ana" ; .
Monuo; -
were in io. . - b
ud have it shipped to W
. n i.. o.hnni u .
in Gateway " "
and itcxiew- bfci
body in the comj
o n n UUllui6 -r
in our midst.
jFOR YOUR WINTER'S
i
at reasonable prices, aeia
at your door, the best coal on
the market, call or phone
Central Oregon Ice & Cold Storage
2 Madras, uregw f