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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1911)
Madras Pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 26. 1911. NO. 6 u ix TT TT? I OJEZl SB DUET kill: SHAN KO SIN' MAYOR FOWLIE OF - i :ti I initnf PirPQ Pnfnl fShnf. Hovellraz Triu..Mi Wounded Man Rushed to The Dalles Hos pital on a Special I rain a Bill 1 laii RDERER LODGbU IN lilt UUUNIY JAIL .. u..., Trio it fllnom Over the Little Town of (SSing irascujr Shaniko Business Mouses and Public School Close Out of Respect for Dend Banker-Wife Overcome Willi Qnef mnct rlistressimr i i.:nmir ni i .fin psin we maw j .. nnnfffif lit U1C rpumi tvtw town of Shaniko last lues- . . . i n I Innmll night Wllt'II wui """""i by liquor, siiul aim wounded J. I'owlie, r ii.- .mil fiqhir ffll Illl! LUWII llliv. 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P. mpTU It Id unwl llnu-nll nenr o 0 . pr :i i . ri t rv t 11111 - ' Fowlie was passing along in and Howell it is said at- Mllll MIIVS llllIl ne did not want to mix in 'conversation and told How- and get some sleep. "I'd better go to bed, had I," said Howell, and he pulled a .32 calibre auto matic revolver from his pocket and shot his friend down in cold blood. The fatal shot entering his abdomen. Willing hands bore the wound ed man to his home and medical aid summoned. The doctors ad vised an operation and at 10:10 a special train bearing the banker and his wife, who was nearly prostrated over the affair, pulled out of Shaniko for The Dalles where it was hoped an operation would spare his life. The train reached there at 1:30 and the operation was performed immed iately. The shot was fatal how ever, and but for a brief rally after the operation, began to sink and at 4:30 a. m. breathed his last. The body was brought to Shaniko where the funeral was held yesterday. Business was suspended and the school closed during ceremony. The remains were taken to Albany, where the final obsequies will take place and he will be laid to rest beside one of his children whft" died there afew years ago. Besides the widow one child about a year old is left to mourn his untimely death. Sheriff Crisman of The Dalles was notified and Howell will be taken to the county jail there to await trial on the charge of mur der in the first degree. He re moved from Shaniko to Portland recently and has a wife and two small children: ti OL US RFR-I IfiUT" .u l-l u II I RAIDED BY DEPUTY sari us... ii - - ..oru noilllod to UlGCOn- 9 Ih.l. n .. " uparauons Or Thoy Would Bo Arrostod 'of the Mctolius "n.il.Hw,f -wuKirau rcsn toil u, i, .... ---uinen ami four men. Tho c? e brought t m...i- con dn, lC"arK of l,,aor t01WUct am an Us. 1 i-uiiMoriH re -ouanor,,, , wucej. 1? i....i".. .?"" 5ach wn r,i., ' "i . " w " - IIIULI'U I rilltlDl tl.n They ,' W?ro cl' "weiiBed $ W their line d wore -"MICH fit AM, I , . w Mc Q uia i . Thoy wore njmrt when pract Z taR 11114 lf ey continued K1S! fol.,ow' . --I'xvy Willi in wnn ,s erstood i, C0,U0"ntJrlhcm. I m rttun, thoro to live cea,,ly last spring. GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS SURVEYING DESCHUTES Purpoao Is to Dotermlno Where Are Best Sltos for Storago Roservolra A party of government engi neers engaged in making a pro file survey of tho Deschutes river from Pringfc Falls, above Bend, to the, Columbia river, are camped in town this week and for the next two weeks will work down the river from this point. The engineers are in charge of A. T. Fowler and assistant P. Hegdall. The object of tho survey is to determine where are the best sites for reservoirs and the amount of horsepower that can be generated at the several nat ural power sites. Another, party under Chief Engineer Taylor is working this way from the Co lumbia river and the two parties oxpect to meet each other some time in December. LIFE DEPENDS ON SISTER'S TESTIMONY Slayer of McAllister On Trial for Murder DEAD MAN'S FRIENDS MANY Testimony Against Robinson Circum stantial Riley Convicted of Manslaughter On the testimony of Ruth Rob inson, an 18-year-old girl, hangs the liberty and perhaps the life of her brother, Ernest Robinsoi., on trial at Prineville this week on the charge of having mur dered Louis McAllister at the Ochoco mines May 9. Ruth was the only witness of the shooting and will testify that her brother killed McAllister in self-defense. The testimony of the state against Robinson is entirely cir cumstantial. According to the story of the girl, McAllister was standing near the mine quarters when Robinson charged him with having "jumped" his gold mine. Miss Robinson will testify that McAllister made an attempt to strike her brother with a heavy shovel and that both believed he was about to draw his revolver. The dead man is well known throughout Crook county and had many friends. . J. L. Riley who ran down Louie Long, a Spokane pugilist in an automobile and shot him to death near Redmond, was con victed of manslaughter. Wesley McCcHlum on trial for alleged boot-legging was ac quitted. YOUNG MMEETS HORRIBLE DEATH Tom Sumner Meets Tragic End While Hunting Rabbits at Grizzly Homer D., Angell, an attorney of Portland, was in Madras Mon day adjusting somo matters for tho Merchants Protective Asso ciation of Portland, , Thomas Sumner, a young man about 21 years of age, was found dead last Sunday afternoon on Grizzly lying under juniper tree, his head having been blown off with a shotgun. Only meager details of the ac cident could be obtained here. No one knows just how it hap pened. The young man took his shotgun and went to Grizzly to hunt Sunday morning, and it is understood friends of his accom panied him on the trip. He be came separated from his com panions during the day and late in the afternoon they stumbled onto his body as it lay in the po sition above described. The young man had evidently become foot sore and sat down under the tree to rest and took off one his shoes, removed his sock and had then put his shoe back on. It was after this that tho accident happened for the sock and shotgun were lying by his side when found. The cor oner and sheriff were notified and the remains taken to Prine- .villo. The deceased was a son of Wm. Sumner, well known farmer of Grizzly, and a grandson of Judge J. C. Sumner. Mrs. S. Shultz and daughters and Mrs. J. D. Bolter come over from their homes on Trout Creek evening to attend .the entertain ment given by the ladies at San ford's hall. FARMERS SPECIAL HERE NEXT WEEK Madras Awaits Coming of Farm Experts BIG RECEPTION IS PLANNED Farmers Preparing to Attend En Masso Whon the Train Arrives . Saturday, November 4 The chief anxiety among far mers in this locality now is wait ing for the Farmers' Special Demonstration Train which will arrive in Madras over the O.-W. R. & N. Saturday, November 4. The lectures and demonstrations will commence at 10:00 o'clock in the morning and continue un til 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. The Farmers Union here took the matter up at a meeting about a week ago and they state that without single exception every member will be present and that hundreds of farmers who are not members will be present. A few days ago R. B. Miller, traffic manager of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., who arranged the trip, sent out a letter to every farmer living adjacent to the territory to be covered by the train asking him to attend the demonstration, to confer with the officials and instructors in charge and to pre sent to them those particular problems that have caused the greatest difficulties. Posters ad vertising the train were sent out by the Madras Commercial Club a few days ago and the advertis ing the event is receiving from other sources should bring out a record crowd. POSTAL SAVINGS BANK OPENED WEDNESDAY Deposits for the First Twelve Hours Amounts to $273 Mayor Turner Makes First Deposit Deposits at the postal savings bank for the first twelve hours of operation amounted to $273. This is a pretty good showing considering that nothing was said in the local paper concern ing the bank since it was first announced about a month ago, and very few people are aware that the bank has opened for business. All of the amounts received at the bank were small, thus indi cating that already there is a long list of depositors. Mayor Howard W. Turner made the first deposit, starting an account of $1. A complete set of the rules and regulations governing the bank will be printed in next week's paper. Tillman Reuter States in Letter That College Pro fessors From Many States Compliment the Excellent Exhibit From This County Charles H. Crofoot and family of the Agency Plains leave to morrow for a visit with friends and relatives at Maupin. Thomas Alderdyce and wife came down from their ranch near Opal City Thursday and brought a notable display of farm pro ducts including three different varieties of apples and a sample of beans that were just as treshed from the vines, which were equal to many crops grown in moister climates. Mr. Alderdyce's or chard is one of the first that was set out in this section and while the trees are only five years old there is quito a quantity of fruit on them this season. CROOK COUNTY AWARDED FOURTEEN FIRST PRIZES MADRAS FARMERS LEAD IN PRIZE WINNING Will Return With Many Photographs of Exhibits From All Parjsbf the World Taken at the Sixth International Dry Farming Congress Just Ended at Colorado Springs, Colo. f y Crook county established a rep utation at the Dry-Farming Con gress just ended at Colorado Springs, Colo., winning 14 first prizes; 16 second prizes, and 3 third prizes, for produce gath ered and sent there by Tillman Reuter, delegate from this coun ty. The prizes were distributed as follows: Tillman Reuter, Madras 10 first prizes 12 Second prizes 2 third prizes Miss Rosa Reuter. Madras 2 first prizes 1 second prize R. Monner, Madras 2 first prizes 1 second prize Walter Arney, Madras 1 third prize A. G. Kibbe, Haycreek " 1 second prize p. G. H. Lafollette, Prineville-1 ' 1 second prize f A remarkable thing in connec tion with the. above is the fact that of the 33 prizes awarded to this county, Madras farmersVtook 31 of them. The last two named persons being residents of Hay creek and Prineville respectively. There is also one first prize out standing yet to be awarded. Mr. Reuter states in his letter to The Pioneer that the Crook county exhibit made an excellent showing and many congratula tions were received from college professors of the different states who were present. He also sai a that he will have photographs of the exhibits on display in Mad ras after his return. PIE AUCTION SALE HALLOWE'EN NIGHT TOO MUCH CREDIT HURTS W. F. HAMMER CO. Ladies of Christian Church Piomisc Something Interesting for Night of October 31st While the small boy is busyyjg him-' Belf by stealing your clothes line or re moving the front gate, the ladies of the Christian church will be auctioning off choice home made pies to the highest bidder on Hallowe'en night, Tuesday, October 31st. The pie auction sale will be conducted along the same lines as a basket social, the pie going to the highest bidder and the lucky purchaser enjoys the gratify ing sensation of sitting down at a table and eating the pie with the good look ing manufacturer. The sale will com mence early in the evening and con tinue until all the pies have been auc tioned off. The social will be held in the Arentz building. WASHINGTON BUYERS AFTER OREGON CATTLE Green & Farnsworth of Plymouth and Kent, Wash., Buy Five Car Loads In Crook County Green & Farnsworth, extensive cattle buyers of Plymouth and Kent, Wash., bought 150 head of choice young beef cattle last week and drove them to Madras where they were loaded on cars and shipped to Portland. The cattle were bought from farmers on Willow and Hay creek and were shipped over the Oregon Trunk road. The buyers experienced some difficulty after the cattle were put in the yards; the frisky beasts breaking down the fence and hitting for the range again. They were rounded up after a couple of days however without the loss of a single animal. It is understood that this is tho first of several bands of cattle these gentlemen have bought and will bring to Madras for shipment. Present Intention of tho Company la to Sell for Cash and Materially Reduce Their Large Stock Owing to poor crops in this section the past season collections have been slow, consequently many farmers have failed to settle their accounts, which has caused the temporary financial em- harassment of the firm of V. P. Ham mer Co. Mr. Hammer, president of the company returned from Portland the last of the week, having made satisfac tory arrangements for continuing the business as heretofore. It is under stood there will be competent help pro cured from Portland, who will have charge of the books and collections with the present corps of elllcient clerks. It is the intention to sell for cash or its equivalent, and the large stock mater ially decreased. With the present pr b pects for an abundant crop and good business outlook for Central Oregon it is anticipated there will be no furthor events of this nature to chronicle. CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT OF HOTEL MADRAS W. C. Moore, Well Known Hotel Man and Former Proprietor Assumes Charge Zogg Leaves The Madras Hotel changed hands last Saturday, Fred Zogg, the owner leas ing the property to W. C. Moore, a well known hotel man and former proprietor of the MadraB and Hahn hotels. It is the intention of the new man ager to make several chunges and operate a strictly up-to-date and modern ho3tlery. He has already made several needed improvements in the dining room and kitchen, and is giving his pat rons a first-class service. Mr. .Moore quit the hotel businesa here a couple of years ago anu lias since devoted his time to farming. Mr Zogg left by wagon, ucompunit.d by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hinton Wednebday morning for the Summer Lake country in the Southern part of the state to look for homestead land. Rev. C. A. Sias left Friday morning for Spokane on a short business trip, .