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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1911)
s Balfour Guthrie Co. GRAIN Bought at all points IVc hnve on hnnd 'at nil times Calcutta grain bags and Crown brand twine. Give us a call for anything in our line. Office in Madras, Oregon NO. 3851 . The First National Bank OF PRI NEVILLE. OREGON B. F. Allkn, President. T. M. Baldwin, Cashier. Will Wciuwsilbr Vlco Pres. H. Baldwin, Asst. Cashier. ESTABLISHED 1 808 Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits $100,000.00 SASH and BOORS J SAVEYsto1- 5-cron Pane) Doors, Cifl quality $1.30 Quarter-rourd, .in., per 100 ft. 30 cts. Cedar Siding. 4 and 5 ft. . $ 8 per M. Flooring, 4 and 5 ft. . , $11 per M. Drop Siding, 4 and 5 (t. . $1 1 per M. All No. I and 2 good Aandard flock. Send pofll for Catalogue No." 88 and buy ditrA from our fsdory. Ssto middlemen s profits. One price, sell to anybody, ship anywhere. Send us your liA foteAmabagpoceft 1 MADRAS MEAT MARKET t J. L. Campbell. I Wholesale and Retail Dealers I PEESH CXTDESBTO MEATS X We have the best line of Fresh Meats in the country ALL KINDS OF GARDEN VEGETABLES IN THEIR SEASON E. E. Echelberger BUILDING CONTRATOR Plans and Estimates Furnished Office at Robinson's Oarage MADRAS, OREGON pn - ma BAKER & SON Baggage and Express Transfer TO AND FROM THE DEPOT Leave Order At Commercial Glub Room Prompt Service I. O. 0. F. Lodge Meets every Saturday night Strangers are wel come. Tillman Reuter, N. G. Lewis H. Irving, Secretary rHROUGII CENTRAL OREGON BY AUTO Thirty-two Portland pie Make Trip Peo- GOOD ROADS A FEATURE Delegate to Hums Convention Graph ically Describes Conditions In Central Oregon Central Oregon Land Company A. C. SANFORD, Manager Real Eftate and Farm Loans If you want to sell, list with me. If you want to I have the best bargains. Try me and see. buy, (By C. C. Chapman, Secretary of the Oregon Development League "It was a fine night, and no one else was using it. I had it to myself.' This was the cheering message tele phoned by "Big Bill" Hanley, the Bar ney Oldfield of Central Oregon, after having driven in a car from Burns to the little town of Paulina, 112 miles through the snow of Buck Mountain and the slush of a flooded road to meet the delegates on their way to a meeting of the Central Oregon Development Lea gue at Burns. He started nt 11 o'clock in the eveninc and arrived at Paulina before the break of day. Following him was a party in three automobiles led by Archie McGowan, whose father gave the name of Burns to the town he founded; a town which today is an exempler of old-fashioned Scotch thrift. All four machines were on a mission of rescue. The wild midnight ride was for the relief of the Portland delegation which was on its way in automobiles to the convention at Burns. The tracks left in snow and mud through the tortuous windings of the narrow trail, through the forest and along the creeks, bore significant evi dence as to the strenuous character of the expedition. One car mashed itself against the side of the road, another slid backwards down a grade into gulch, and nearly everyone had trouble of some kind or another. But early the next noon the entire automobile enval cade of 14 cars entered Burns with ban ners flying. Long before the autoists sta'teu on their interesting journey an old Minne sota frontiersman hitched his team to a buckboard at the little town of Terra Bonne (formerly Hillman) It took him three and a half days of steady driving to reach Burns, the convention city. "Old man Elliott," as he is lovingly called by the men of Central Oregon, who know him, was the only delegate to that great convention who came by team. Everyone else from the enor mous territory, larger than the State of New York or the State of Ohio, came in by machine. Judge V. S. Worden of Klamath Palls, with his wife and a delegation drove 300 miles to Burns. They had to sleep in the shade of a iuniper tree, high up on a prairie hill, the rain pour ing down the while. A delegation from far-off Malheur county spent the night in the open, but they all got there and got there in time for the convention. Thus is demonstrated, as never be fore, the part the automobile is playing in the development of the new country. Automobiles on the streets ol Burns were as thick as moths around an elec tric light bulb. At night the horizon was ablaze with the headlight stream ers, and there was hardly a moment when the chugging of engines ceased. So far as passenger travel is concern ed, Central Oregon is moving in auto mobiles. Nearly all the wealthy ranch ers have discarded the saddle for the tonneau. The automobile stage has practically replaced the leathor-spring-ed coach of pioneer days, "Big Bill" Hanley owns two cars, so as to have one always in shape. It takes him six days, driving his car as fast as only he can drive, to make the rounds of his own ranches. One of his ranches is 65 miles long, and it takes him half a day to drive from one to the OREGON CENTRAL LUMBER & SUPPLY CO. FULL LINE OF BUILDING MATERIAL Roofings, Fence Posts, Tanks of All Sizes Fence Posts, 16 to 20 inch, 7 feet, 17Jc each. Phone in your orders. Yards North of Stockyards MADRAS, OREGON Paul Garvin, Manager otner. The roads wind in and out, little money having been spent on their im provement In fact, nearly all the roads are build up from trails. At some seasons of the year tho roads are ideal, especially after a shower. At all seasons they are better than those in the Willamette Valley, except where mfwnilniti muds hnvo been built. The soil is such that they drain more readily niul Mm iniflii? ncetns to nnek them, so there is far less dust. Just as the automobile has replaced the horse drawn vehicle for passenger service, the auto truck is bcginnini; to replace the heavy freighters for trnns porta'ion in and out of that vast coun try. Tho freight train to which Con tral Oregon has been used to f r two generations is a string of from 12 to 15 canvas-covered prairie schooners. Eith er two or three of the schooners are hitched together in each part of the train, and those two or three will haul over half a carload of merchandise. Six or eight horses or mules supply tho motive power. Tho driver is invariably an expert with the whip nnd profanity. This transportation is costly. I he merchants of Burns have to pay $GT n ton for the goods they receive in this primitive fashion. In the auto truck lies the unmedinte hope of Central Oregon, so far as the reduced cost of living is concerned. A little percentage in the cost of living doesn't make much difference over there, so far as the old-timers are con cerned, for ns n class they are all pros- r .1 I a I perous. f or me Homesteaders, now ever, and they arc coming in increased numbers, the saving of a few dollars cuts a considerable figure. I he new roau from Uenu to Burns is ideally adapted for economical auto truck service It is a high prairie road tilong a natural route. There are no mountains to cross during the entire distance of 14C miles. The prairie is open on both sides from 10 to 20 miles. 1 he roau is a natural highway, requir ing little improvement to make it ex cellent in any kind of weather, and this is in striking contrast to the old road via i'rineville and Paulina and over Buck Mountain. The old road has served a mighty purpose in its day. It will still contin ue to serve a great purpose in bringing these ranches nnd country of the tribu tary valleys into close touch with I'rine ville and Portland with automobile and auto truck, but so far as the great Harney country is concerned, and the future empire of Central Oregon, the economical and logical outlet is in the new road from Burns to Bend. This road canbe traveled by automobilists at any season of the year. The run can easily be made in six or ten hours. There is an excellent luncheon place at the Brookings homestead, half way between Bend and Burns, where hos pitable homesteaders delight the palate of the traveler with genuine old-fashioned home cooking' including such ex tras and frills as the scalloped oyterB that were served to the Portland party. The country passed through is new, hardly a fence having been erected. It is just as the Creator left it, except for the existence of this new road, the bright mile-posts which the enterpris ing merchants of Hend have placed along the route, and the new, unpainted cabins of the homesteaders. Scarcely a furrow has been turned by a plow. Portland motorists will find the trip through this country most entertaining and pleasant at Beacons of the year when other parts of the state can be traveled only with great difficulty. The best method is to ship the car to The Dalles, and then follow the old Sherar toll road, which drops down into the Deschutes Canyon, crossing the celebrated toll bridge and then goes up the other side to the plains. Once above the rim, the road forks to the south and, turning in that direction, the mo torist passes through Madras, Aletolius and Culver, then drops down into the Crooked River Valley at a point where the new arched bridge can.be seen fly ing 350 feet overhead. Continuing, the road goes through Redmond to Bend, and thence over the new road to Burns. Burns itself is so centrally located in Central Oregon that from it many side trips can be taken over fine automobile roads. The return to Portland can be made in any one of the several directions. Gasoline can be purchased anywhere along all the roads, but it is advisable to be provided with plenty of tubes and other miscellany. Do not bo afraid to drive a light car. Take plenty of wraps and prepare for some board. Following are those who made the trip: A. C. Cullam, G. F. Johnson, C. C. Chapman, L. Allen Lewis, II W. Mitchell, J. P. Rasmusscn, F. W. Ran som, L J. McPhorson, F. A. Freeman. Wilfred P. Jones, S. C Pier, V. K. Newell, D. W. Ward, J.C. Bracher, D. O. Lively, Paul do Bass, Phillip S. Bates, W. 0. Howell, W. B. Knowlton, B. E. Haney, W. H. Daughtery, L. F. Rawlings, 0. C. Loiter, Marshnll M. Dana, R. B. Miller, W. E. Coman, Wil liam McMurray, F IL Fognrty, F. W. Robinson, J. H. O'Neil, J. I. Springer and W. A. Williams. New Fall and W; Ladies' and Children's Sweats A.,:..: - i'cw line 01 "r ART NEEDLE WORK IN ALL THF . a. SIGNS. EMBROIDERY MATfd ? 1 D& Optical Goods a Specialty H T n a . flma. ISA E. B, P. 8. Hamilton. ' vce-i'rcB. J o, Fo Banking Co. t t : : EASTERN OREGON FOREIGN EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND 80r DRAFTS ON ALL PARTS OF THE U'Oki I) WOULD Cap tal Stock, $30,000 Deposits, $200,000 SHANIKO, OREGON T - inwasjjBte. Don't trlflo with a cold Is good advice for prurient iikii and women. It may lu vital in case of a child. Thorn U nothing better than Uliainborlaln's Cmigh Keinurty for coughs nnd coUU In children, It Is vale and sure. For sale by M. E. Buook. LARKIN HARNESS SHOP Horse Blankets Lap Robes Low Price Saddles Harness High Quality Gloves Old Harness Taken in Payment On New Harness LARKIN HARNESS SHOP Madras State Ban Capital $1 5,000 J 6 t t t 6 J H. S. Crothers, 0. A. Pearce, C. E, Roush, A. W. Boyce, VJJf XS - General Banking, Farm Loans Insurance C. E. ROUSH, President IL S. CROTHERS, Vice-President J. L. DEHUFF. A sat. Cashier. 0. A. PEARCE, Cashier directors: M. rati CENTRAL ORECO . rtAMArl Is now Reached via tho Deschutes uninw. Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigali For both Passenger and Freight Traffic to and I from Melolius, Culver, Opal City, Redmond, liena other Central Oregon points Leave. Porllnnd i ii Tho Dalles " Deschutes Jet. Arrive MadraB " Metolius " Opal City TRAIN ijCJI-IKUUi-i- 0,1 Lieavu " ' 11 Mnilrns 1' . ..... riiahiiiea vm . . rPl.o llflllCD M3 Portland 7:50 a m. 10:00 a.m. 12:40 a m. 1:30 p.m. 5:45 p.m. (5:00 p.m, 0:30 p m. Auto nnd regular stngo connections to La Pine, F"1.1 , points Prlnevlllo. Il-ns. Klamath Falla nnd other Inlaw 1 nAi- The Direct, Quick and Natural Route jj- and and All Po nts in uenu. - - 1 ah ..formation desire Cull on any O.-W. R & N. Agent for any 1 WM. McMURRA, General Passonger Agent Porllund, Oregon