The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 19. 1911.
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HOMESTEADER FOUND
DEAD IN CABIN
Cornelius Thompson, for Years a Pa
miliar Character In Crook Coun
ty, Expires Suddenly
Cornelius Thompson, a well
knownhomesteader living about
six miles southeast of Culver
was found dead in his cabin yes
terday afternoon by Clay Butler,
who went to his house to see the
old man. There was no indica
tion of foul play and he evident
ly died from natural causes. The
coroner was notified. From the
condition of the body it is
thought he had been dead for
three or four days.
Mr. Thompson was a Scotch
man by birth and had been a
familiar character in this vicinity
for the past eight or nine years.
He spent his time during the
summer taking photographs, go
ing into the mountains and visit
ing among the sheep camps and
ranchers. In this way he nr.an
aged to make enough money to
keep him comfortably on his
homestead during the winter.
He made final proof before U. S.
Commissioner Howard W. Turner
on the 18th of last July. Before
coming here it is understood he
resided at or near Wapiniti and
is known to many of the
ranchers in Crook county.
It is understood that a brother
and other relatives live at Ore
gon City.
TRAINS T0BEND
NOVEMBER FIRST
Agent lloydar Says Service Will Re
lieve Congested Condition at Ore
gon Trunk Depot
Definite announcement has
been made that service over both
the Oregon Trunk and O.-W. R.
& N. railroads would start Nov
ember 1. A large force of men
has been engaged the last few
weeks ballasting the last 20 miles
of track. J. Russell, superin
tendent of the Oregon Trunk,
made an inspection trip last week
to Bend and on his return to
Portland advised the traffic de
partment that it will permit of
operation by November 1.
Agent Hoydar of the Oregon
Trunk .here says the new
service will relieve the congested
condition of freight and baggage
at the local station. For the
past three weeks or more freight
and Jbaggage has been left at the
depot with instructions to send
it through as soon as traffic com
mences. He says there is prob
ably a dozen car loads of miscel-
aneous stuff waiting to go out
on the first train.
John Atterbery, a brother of
Mrs. J. H. Jackson, came in
from Portland Tuesday evening
and will spend some time with
lis sister. Mr. Atterbery has
been in Portland during the past
year, having come to tho coast
from his former home at Nevada
City, Missouri for the benefit of
lis health.
A very notable display of po
tatoes is on exhibition at tho
Madras Trading Company's store.
They were raised by W. H. Ram
sey on his ranch on tho Agency
lains north of Madras. There
is only one stalk in the hill which
stands nearly three feet high,
and tho tubers weigh 16 pounds
and six ounces, all of which aro
merchantable potatoes.
FUNNY JOKES AND SONGS
AT "SPINSTERS' CONVENTION"
Local Talent Play Attracts People From All Parts
of the County Sanford's Hall Will Be Crowded
Tomorrow Night, October 20th
SEE THE WONDERFUL REMODELQSCOPE
Hear One Old Maid Sing "I'm So Lonely" The Grotesque Cos
tumes Are a Scream By Themselves A Play Brim Full
of Mirth, Love and Funny Situations
For two solid hours, beginning
promptly at 8 o'clock tomorrow
night, mirth, music, songs and
funny jokes will run rampant at
Sanford's hall when the curtain
raises for the first time in Mad
ras on the side-splitting, home
talent comedy entitled a "Spin
sters' Convention."
From the moment you enter
the hall your face will commence
slipping around and when the
curtain drops on the last act two
hours later you will wake up to
the realization that your counte
nance was never out of shape
that long before. Every move
of the homely old maids on the
stage provokes mirth. The situ
ations throughout are ludicrous.
But above the din and roar of
the amused audience can be
heard the hum and rattle of the
mysterious remodeloscope, the
machine that makes old maids
into handsome young ladies with
sparkling eyes and pearly teeth.
The costumes worn by the act
resses are a scream all by them
selves. For a week now they
have been delving into ancient
delineators of fashion to find a
costume suitable for the occasion.
They are all beautiful and costly
and the head gear to match is
trimmed with pink daisies an1,
forget-me-nots.
The main features of the per
formance are the song hits and
funny jokes. "I'm so Lonely,"
sung by one of the old maids is
almost as touching as the scene
in Uncle Tom's Cabin when Lit
tle "Eva bids her friends good
bye. And another old maid sings
that touching' little ballad entitl
ed "He Had Such Beautiful
Eyes."
Every bachelor in town and
married men too should go pre
pared to withstand a bombard
ment of something the old maids
might say about them.
"We have got one of the best
jokes about so-and-so," meaning
a certain bachelor in town, "that
you ever heard," said one of the
old maids the other day. "Ac
tually it's so funny I lay awake
nights laughing at it myself."
You had better get an early
start tomorrow night boys, if you
expect to get a seat for Sanford's
hall will be crowded to capacity.
After the show the hall will be
cleared and those who wish can
trip the" light fantastic to their
heart's content.
BEAR AND DEER
TROPHIES OF HUNT
Glenn Loucks Returns From Hoad-
watora of McKenzIo River With
Exciting Bear Story
Glenn Loucks and Ira and Ar
chie Isham returned last Friday
from a successful ten days hunt
on the headwaters of the Mc
Kenzie river. With the excep
tion of two days it rained almost
continuously, making it very dis
agreeable tramping through the
woods. Mr. Loucks says the
deer appeared to be unusually
plentiful, the hunters bagging
five and only left camp when the
weather would permit. The most
exciting part of the hunt was
trapping a big black bear. Bruin
iad been holding forth near the
camn for several days but never
showed up when he thought dan
ger lurked in his path. The
hunters set a trap and were re
warded one morning to find that
mister bear had stuck 'his foot in
the trap and was held a prisoner.
He was a magnificent specimen
of the black bear family, weigh
ing several hundred pounds with
good coat of fur. Fishing was
another part of the outing en
joyed by the little party of
hunters.
TUM-A-LUM CO. TAKES
OVER MONARCH YARDS
Merger Was Consumated Last Week
Easolstyn Will Remain at Head
of Company Here
Brenton Jones a real estate
dealer of Metolius was in town
the first of the week in the in
terest of his business. Mr. Jones
is an experienced real estate man,
having formerly engaged in the
same, business in Wallowa county.
A gigantic lumber deal was
consumated in Madras last week
whereby the Tum-a-Lum Lumber
Company absorbed all the yards
of the Monarch Lumber Co. on
the line of the Oregon Trunk
road in Central Oregon. The
transaction was made by Presi
dent Crawford of the Tum-a-Lum
Co. and President Ferguson
of the Monarch Co., who were
in Madras a couple of days the
first of the week.
There will be no change in the
management of the Tum-a-Lum
business here. Wm. W. Essel
styn, the genial and well known
head of the concern here as man
ager, will continue in that capac
ity. The material on hand at
the Madras Lumber Co.'s yard
will be moved to the Tum-a-Lum
yard.
S. 0. Herman, manager of all
the yards of the Monarch Co. in
Central Oregon, will be retained
by the company and expects to
be transferred to some point in
the Willamette valley.
Mr. McFee, of the firm of
Henry & MeFee, contractors of
Seattle, stopped in Madras this
week on his way to Bend. Tho
above company now have about
100 men at work concreting tho
tunnels on tho Oregon Trunk lino
from here to the Columbia river.
FLOURING MILL ADDS
NEW EQUIPMENT
FARMERS' SPECIAL
CREATING INTEREST
Expect to Start Grinding Wheat In Matter Taken Up
About Ten Days Mill .One of
Best on the Coast
The Madras flouring mill which
has been installing new ma
chinery an J making other neces
sary improvements for several
months past expects to resume
operations in about 10 days. The
capacity of the mill will be about
80 barrels a day.
Among the new machinery in
stalled are five new rollers for
grinding the wheat, new separ
ator, scouring machine, dust col
lectors, sifters, gravel collectors,
and the elevators and conveyors
are all new.
The head miller, E. L. Milner,
has had experience in some of
the largest mills in the country
for the past twenty years and he
unhesitatingly stated to a report
er for the Pioneer the other day
that the Madras mill for its size
and capacity was equal to any
on the Coast.
All the machinery from the old
mill has been removed and huge
bins for storing wheat, with a
capacity for about 40,000 bushels,
were constructed. Another large
bin for storing the finished pro
duct was built on the new mill.
It has a capacity of about 1600
barrels of flour. Both the bins
and store room are mouse proof.
At present the mill company
have about 13,000 bushels of
wheat on hand in the old ware
house and they were compelled
to stop buying for lack of space
to put the wheat. As soon as
the mill starts they will be in a
position to handle the wheat
probably as fast as it comes in.
FAIR EXHIBITS FOR
ST. PAUL LAND SHOW
J. T. Hardy Secures Big Wagon Load
of Crook County Produce Busi
ness Good Along Line
J. T. Hardy, traveling freight
and passenger agent of the Ore
gon Trunk road, was in Madras
for a short time Tuesday morn
ing on his way to Portland from
the Central Oregon Fair at Prine
ville, where he went for the pur
pose of securing a part of the
fair exhibits for the land show
to be held in St. Paul in Decem
ber under the auspices of the
Northwest Development League.
Mr. Hardy said the program
carried out at the fair, as well as
the exhibits, was excellent. Pro
duce from nearly every corner of
Crook county was sent in and
the prizes were pretty equally
distributed. He said that through
the fair management he was en
abled to get a good big wagon
load of the best specimens for
the land show.
He says that freight business
along the line is picking up grad
ually, all the towns showing a
slight improvement each month.
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Farmers' Union 5f
The congregation at the Christ
ian church were almost thrown
into a panic last Sunday evening
during service when one of tho
large hanging lamps in the cen
ter of the church fell, scattering
burning oil in all directions and
for a time threatened the church
with destruction. The fire was
soon whipped out however and
the service continued.
L. M. Dudrey who formerly
conducted the Hahn hotel is in
town this week calling on friends.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4
Estimated That 500 Farmers With
Their Tamlllcs Will Visit
the Train
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If the general expression cJf
the few farmers interviewed can
be regarded as a criterion of all
the farmers in this district Mad
ras will see one of the biggest
gatherings in its history when
the Farming Demonstration Train
arrives here Saturday, Novem
ber 4.
The matter was taken up ait
the Farmers' Union meeting last
Saturday and each member was
appointed a committee to tell his
neighbors and urge them to at
tend. It is estimated now that
500 farmers with their familic-s
in the district tributary to Mad
ras will be in town on that date.
The Pioneer office is in receipt
of a letter this week from R. B.
Miller, traffic manager of the O.
W. R. & N. railroad, giving a
brief outline of the program to
be carried out here. The train
will carry besides the officials of
the road appointed to go on tl e
trip, nine representatives of the
Oregon Agricultural College,
each an exDert in his own par
ticular line, and demonstrate s
and lectares will be given which
will be of particular value to
farmers.
In addition to other equipmei.t
a car of the better type of hos
will be carried, as well as a car
devoted to poultry raising, which
will prove of special interest.
The stops have been made of
sufficient duration to permit of
personal contact between the
farmers and the college peoj le
for the individual discussion of
any problems with which they
may be confronted.
The train will arrive in Madias
on the evening of November 3,
and the lectures and demonstra
tion will be given from 10 a. m.
to 2 p. m. Saturday, November
4. All the lectures and demon
strations will be given on" the
train at the depot on Agency
Plains.
'The O.-W. R. & N. Co. have
been operating these trairs
for several years and at each
stopping place the farmers have
taken the greatest interest in
the lectures and demonstrations.
Every farmer who can is urgent
ly requested to come with his
family and visit the train.
32,900 ACRES NEAR
PRINEVILLE RESTORED
The Secretary of the Interior
has issued an order that 32,900
acres of unappropriated public
lands, excluded from the Des
chutes National forest by procla
mation July 1, will become sub
ject to settlement under the
homestead laws nnri tn
by the state under certain condi
tions on and after January 1
ivm, at me land office in The
Dalles. The lands are located in
Crook county, near Prineville,
and are surveyed.
This land is located southeast
from Prineville, in the section
known as the Maurey Mountains
and near Barnes and Howard
postomces.
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