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GROCERIES: Highest Quality and Lowest Price
As winter approaches remember we have the largest and most complete line
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8UB80RIPTION RATE8:
One year ?l-55
Six mouths M)
Three months 50
ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION
Entered as second class uiatier August
29, 1904, at the Postoffice at Madras, Ore.,
under the Act of Concress of March 8.187H.
THURSDAY
OCT. 12, 1911
il ll A i il. i
commerce say. we neea uie ine area oi mis suue wnn tnat
small farmer, the man who has of Denmark, Holland, Belgium,
been accustomed to making the j Alsace-Lorraine, Luxemburg,
most out of little land; because it : Switzerland and the state of
is that sort of agricultural devel-' Maine. Combined they have
opment that provides greater op-1 95,022 square miles, while Ore
portunity for industry in village I gon has 96,030. On the other
and town and city. It is a better hand, the combined population
system for state building than 1 of these countries is 21,591,689,
any other. We will still keep up; while Oregon has but 672,765.
EVERYBODY DRAG ROADS 1
MORE SETTLERS
Jame3 J. Hill tells the people
of Oregon that the great need of
the state is more settlers not
greater number of people who
will merely buy the land and help
to make a profitable deal for the
real estate-sales promoter, but
those who who will use the land
and till it and make a home on it,
ane in that way become genuine
state builders.
Apropos of this, some one said
something about cultivating the
field of immigration that will be
offered when the Panama Canal
opens. There has been discussion
of the feasibility of getting the
Irish, English, Scotch, German
and French peasant to come di
rectly to the Pacific Northwest
and make the most of the splen
did opportunities that offer here
This proposition shoald develop
to an active campaign; because
the kind of immigrant obtainable
from the countries named is the
kind of immigrant we want.
They are paying more attention
to the arrival of this immigrant
over on the Canadian side. The
Canadians are settling immi
grants of this class in colonies
through the instrumentality of
people who own or buy large
tracts of land and propose to
create estates that will return a
revenue from tenant farming.
Here in the American Pacific
Northwest we ought to be able
to make a successful bid against
that sort of thing, if we would
onlv cro into the field and "show
our goods," as the
our work in the Hiast ana trie
Middle West, as a matter of
course; but this field across the
water is an inviting field, or it
will be as soon as the canal opens
it to us, and we should begin to
take some practical steps toward
its cultivation. Portland Tele
gram. James J. Hill helped make Ore
gon history the past week when
he drove the golden spike mark
ing the completion of the Oregon
Trunk Railway to Bend. That
it will be final terminus of the
line is not expected, but the
event was notable because the
coming of a new era in the in
terior, and the railroad will be the
greatest developer the country
could have. "Go to work and
build up the country, for the
cities would starve to death if it
were not for the country," said
Mr. Hill at the spike driving.
-"Nations that have neglected the
cultivation of the soil have faded
from the face of the earth. There
is no reason why Central Oregon
should not produce enormous
wealth. We have a good deal of
faith in it.
soil is properly cared for, if it is
properly understood and fair jus
tice done to it, it will make a
happy home for thousands and
millions) of people. I wish you
all Godspeed and every particle
of luck and prosperity that can
come to you."
The conclusion is that this state
has as great agricultural resour
ces as the above group and may
very likely equal it in population
when its lands are properly tilled.
A herd of elk from Yellow
stone Park may be brought to
Oregon and liberated in the for
est reserves of Wallowa county.
Arrangements are now being
made by State Game Warden
j Finley with the Government au
thorities. Steps will be taken to
protect the animals in their new
home.
A Good Position
Can be had by ambitious young
men and ladies in the field of
wireless and railway telegraphy.
Since the 8-hour law became ef
fective, and since the wireless
companies are establishing sta
tions throughout the country
there is a great shortage of tel
egraphers. Positions pay begin
ners from $70 to $90 a month,
with good chance of advance
ment. The National Telegraph
Institute, of Portland, Ore., op
erates six official institutes in
Amoripn iinrlpr R T? ami W1V0.
... 1.. . rt ... - w. II . w
we Deueve .js , less ofiicials and places all grad
uates into positions. It will pay
you to write them for full details.
Plan Provides That All Tax Payor
Must Keep Highways Clean.
A plan Is ou foot in pome parts of
the country to have the whole commu
nity sec to It that the roads nrc kept
in Kood condition.
The proposed plan provides ttiat the
road authorities shall divide the roads
Into short sections, according to the
number of poll tax payers, and assign
to each man the section nearest and
most convenient to lilm, who would
assume the responsibility of keeping
the same In good condition by work
ing his poll tax on It. not all at once,
but nt Intervals, as needed, it Is esti
mated that in no case would these
sections comprise more than a half
mile of road.
As soon ns the frost Is out in the
spring and while the road Is yet some'
what soft and plastic theso men
would go on the road each of his own
section, dragging It thoroughly, using
a homemado split log drag, scraping
down the ridges, filling tlie ruts and
holes nnd crowning and smoothing tho
surface ho that it would shed water.
Not more than two hours would bo
required to do this, nnd It would bo
done at n tlmo when it would least
Interfere with farm work. Lnter lit
the season, whenever there was a tend
ency to develop ruts or holes, ench
would again npply tho same treat
ment Just following a rain.
A very Important point may hero bo
noted, viz that by this plan the roads
in any district, no matter how large,
even In an entlro county, could all bo
dragged and smoothed and put In good
condition within a few hours.
Agricultural possibilities of
Oregon are shown by an interest
ing comparison just made by
President Howard Elliott of the
knights of the Northern Pacific Railway of
Advertised Letters
Following is the list of advertised let
ters remuining uncalled for ut the Mad
ras postofike for tho week endir.g
October 7, 1911:
Clarence Sharkey, Mrs. Agnea Allen,
Mrs. W. II. Abies, Harley WilliatnB,
M. K. Thompson, John Arnica and Mrfl.
Martha Abies.
Persons calling for above letters
please say "advertised."
FRED DAVIS, Postmaster
Today the need for better t
wagon roads Is nreater than at T
any previous timo in history. ?
I 111. I M 7 I . Imr k..w . . 1 X 1 1
mii ne UVM piuVQU railO
clous that os railroad mileage
Increased tho need for flood
country roads would diminish.
The fact has been established
that the greater the railroad
mileage the greater the move
ment of freight on the common
roads that act as feeders to the
railroads. It has been shown
that over bad roads in the
United 8tates team on the
worst haullnn season Is ahl t
transport on an average only T
or vv pounas, wniie A
in France every nood drnft hr X
Is oxpected to be able to draw T
3,300 pounds a distance of eight-
oen miles any day in the year.
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How to Whiten Clothes.
A Blmplo but easy method of whiten
ing clothes is whon boiling thrm to
drop In a fow peach leaves tied up In
a muslin cloth,
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