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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1911)
ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR RENT Six rooms for light housekeeping on second floor. Rent reasonable to the right party. Inquire of Glenn Loucks s21tf FOR SALE A house and four lota for less than cost on north side of Mad ras. The house is well built but not quite finished, the lots arc 50x100. Must be sold at once. For information write Ora Van Tassel, Vanora, Ore. jy 20-tf FARM LOANS!! Madras State Bank. FOR SALE At the Pioneer Ottlce Linil lUanks of all klivla; Carbon and Typewriter paper, Installment Sale contract. Notvs and Receipts. MONEY TO LOAN ON FARMS. Set Mndrnn State Bank. WHILE fence posts are not our upecialty, we have a special price on fence posts that we are sure will interest you. iMadras Lumber Co. jy27 FOR RENT 160 acres on Little Agency Plains, 140 tillable, less than 1 mile from Madras, 3 from Metohus; 70 acres now under plow; good place for chicken or hog ranch, or potato grow ing. Address A. L. Carson, 102 Front St., Portland, Oregon. ol2-tf Having taken over the stock of the Madras Lumber Co.'s yard, we can give our customers the benefit of the hauling expense by quoting prices at the Madras yard. If you are in need of fence posts now is the time to buy before they are moved. Yours to serve, TU.M-A-LUM LUMBER CO., Wm. Esselstyn, Local Mgr. TUCKER & CULP desire to state to the public that they will grind plow shares at their old shop on Saturday of each week. Tucker & Culp. ol9-n9 INTERESTING EGG LAYING TESTS Conducted at Oregon Ag ricultural College WHITE LEGHORNS USED Chickens Used in Experiment Suffer No Harm From Cold Weather and Retain Good Health FOR SALE One good young milk cow, part Jersey. Inquire at this of fice. ol9-n9-pd FuR SALE Four fine young brood sows. Inquire of V. C. Young, Opal City, Oregon. lt-pd Just received a carload of nut coal. Get your winter coal at once. Phone or call at the Central Oregon Ice & Cold Storage Co. NOTICE To the person who re moved those brick from the warehouse near the O -W. R. & N. depot last Sat urday, he will please call and settle or be prosecuted. P. W. Ashley, agent B hlfour-Guthrie Co. Warren Smith PROPRIETOR Elite Tonsorial Parlors NO LONG WAITS B A TH S MADRAS, ORE. Blue PrintTownship Plats Corrected uptodate, showing names of entrymen, vacant land, rivers and creeks, 50 cents each. Land Scripts For Sale For securing title to all kinds of Gov ernment lana without residence or im provement, at lowest market prices. Write us for particulars. All kinds of Land office business a specialty. Twenty-five years experience. Reference, French & Co., Bankers. Hudson Land Company The Dalles, Oregon FARM LANDS FOR SALE Two sections of grain lands, partly improved, wells, springs and orchard on tracts. One sec tion within one-half mile of Opal City; other section one mile further east. Terms rea sonable. Address inquiries to WALTER RUBLE Redmond Oregon Interesting tests for egg lay ing have been conducted at the Oregon Agricultural College by John H. Mack, a special poultry student from Portland. In these tests single-comb white leghorns were used, five pullets and a cockeral being given a run of but 10x10 feet, in which space was the house, so that they were in close confinement. The house was but a 6x31 foot brooder coop rearranged for their use. Half was used or roosting-quarters and half for a scratching shed This scratching shed was kept well bedded with straw about 8 inches deep, and a large part of the whole grain given the fowls was fed here, though some was fed in the yard to induce the fowls to scratch outside when the weather permitted. The front of the house consisted of two doors which were either - wide open or partly so even in the coldest winter weather. No ill effects were noticed, and the egg record and general vitality of the flock showed that they were ben efitted by the more nearly na tural conditions, although the cold sometimes seemed extreme for them. As the soil was rather heavy, several incnes oi sawdust were spread on the ground, so that the chickens did not track in cold, wet mud, and had a good scratching place which dried rap idly after a rain. A dry mash was fed them in hoppers, and whole grain, oats in the morning and wheat in the afternoon, strown in the litter. The fowls ate only about one third as much oats as wheat, but as there were oats and barley in the mash, they probably made up deficiencies there. The mash, which was fed dry and kept con stantly before them, consisted of two parts of bran to one of ground corn and one of ground oats and barley. Other hoppers to which they had access all the time held beef scrap, charcoal, grit and ground shell. A good supply of kale was kept before them to pick at, and good fresh water was always within easy reach. They were all apparently in good health throughout the ex periment, but on the last day the pullet numbered 2 was found dead in the pen without appar ent cause, though she had been laying up to that day. The following record of the amount and cost of the feed from November to May is interesting in the light of the production records: 158 lbs. of wheat, $2.22; nfi lbs. of oats. $.88: 13 lbs. of bran. $.15: 7 lbs. of ground oats and barley, $.10; 9 lbs. of beef scran. $.32; 8 lbs. of charcoal, $.04; 5 lbs. of grit, $.05; G lbs. of shell, $.0G; G lbs. of ground corn, $.09; total cost, $3.92. Pullet No. 1 weighed 3 lbs. 8 ozs. at the beginning of laying, and exactly the same at the end of the experiment six months later. She laid 113 eggs valued at $2.35, averaging in weight about 2.01 ozs. each. Pullet No. 2 weighed 3 lbs. 4 ozs. in the be ginning, but gained 3 ozs. She laid 112 eggs valued at $2.75, averaging in weight 2.05 ozs. each. Pullet No. 3 weighed 3 lbs. 2 ozs and gained 12 ozs. Site laid 101 eggs valued at $2.39 and averaging 2.08 ozs. each in weight. Pullet No. 4 weighed 3 lbs. 12 ozs. in the beginning but lost 3 ozs. She laid 113 eggs valued at $2.94 and averaging 2.15 ozs. Pullet No. 5 weighed 3 lbs. 2 ozs. at the beginning and but 2 lbs. 5 ozs. in May; her lay ing record was 99 eggs valued at $2.23 and averaging 1.8 ozs. Thus it is seen that the total expenditure for the five pullets and the cockrel was but $3.92, while the income from the eggs was $12.66. leavincr a profit, if the work in caring for the chick ens is not counted, of $8.74. Chamberlain's Stomach anil Liver Tab lets do not f-ieken or f ! anil may be taken with perfect safety by the most deli cate woman or the youngest child The old anil leehle will also tinil them a most suit able remedy for niillns; and strengthening their weakened digestion and for regulat ing the bowels. For sale by M. E. Snook. FILL ELIMINATES GRADE. " Macadam Road From Cortland ta Ithaca Nears Completion. The above cut gives one an Idea of the vast amount of work that has been accomplished at the Gulf hill, changing a steep, crooked road to a straight macadamized highway with a grade of about 7 per cent. T'jIs Is on the road known as No. GS3. Dryden'Cortlnnd, extending from the Dryden village line, In Tompkins county, N. Y., to the Cortland county line, a distance of 3.SG0 miles. The contract was let to J. McConnlcl; of East Providence, It. 1. The engineer ing wns In charge of A. L. Northrop of Dryden. the division engineer's as sistant for Tompkins county. The en gineers on the work were L. E. Snyder of Syraeuse-aud Harold Fox of Cairn- Joharle. The change of grade has been effect ed by cutting away the tops of the hills on either side and filling In the valley between. The fill at the culvert Is iwenty-llvo feet high, eighteen feet above the old road bed. The culvert PROFESSIONAL CARDS. THE UUhV Ulhh PI Lb. LUMBER FOR SALE Yes, we have lumber for sale, and for nearly all purposes. If you are thinking of doing any building it will pay you to see us, and we will quote you LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES Come and see us; let us figure with you and show you some good things in lumber that will save you money. Quality and Price We give the best of both. We are prepared to furnish everything found in a retail yard. Phone at your service. Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company WM. W. ESSELSTYN, Local Manager Madras Oj at the base of the fill Is a hundred feet long, with a throat five feet across both ways. In making the fill, which Is about r00 feet In length, ll.OfX) yards of earth were moved. This Is Bald by state road men to ba the largest Job of filling that has ever been attempted on a state road In New York, says the Dryden (N. Y.) Her. aid. When the road was first surveyed the engineers planned n different route, not seriously considering the posslblll ty of filling the valley, but after a later survey the highway commission directed that this plan ho used. Those wno liave used the road Jn the past will appreciate the change of grade, as this was the only bad hill between Dryden nnd Cortland, and the automoblllst will make It on I ho "high" without a bit of worry. When this and the two sections of the Dry den-Ithaca road are done there will be a macadam rood nil the way from Cortland to Ithaca, an Important link In the system connecting central New York with the southern tier. The curves on this road are being banked, which Is n new scheme In macadam construction. The outer side of the curve Is raised a little higher than the Inner edge like a rnco track. 'regon wm "1 do not believe there Is any other med icine so good for whooping cough as Chnin berlaln's Cough Iteniedy," writes Mrs. Flaw-la Turpln, Junction City, Ore. This remedy Is also unsurpassed for colds and croup. For 6ale by M. IS. Bnook. E. Bergland Attorney At Law MADRAS. OREGON II. BNOOK PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Offivo la Drug Hloro, OKKOON MADKAB Q C. COLLVER NOTARY PUBLIC JuBtico of tie Penoo CULVKll PIIKCINCT CULVER OREGON LEWIS H. IRVING p, T. ATKINS ATTORNEYS AT LAW INSURANCE Ollice of U. W. Harnett. MADRAS, OREGON Ora van tassel NOTARY PUBLIC INSURANCE VANORA, OREGON Qt W. BARNETT NOTARY PUBLIC FOR OREGON Collections a Specialty. Madiias. Okkgon Wo P. MYERS LAWY.1 CULVER JUNCTION, OREGON Practice in all courtu and Department of the Interior. '"4Al i FOR YOUR WINTER'S f i t - LI .. ui icaauuuuic prices, delivered at your door, the best coal on uic niarKct, call or Pi lone Central Oregon Ice & Gold Storage Madras, Oregon i LIVERY STABLE FEED &SALE w MADRAS, OREGON HOOD.& STANTON (JIVE Your Orders Prompt Attention ! Transient Stock Given Best Ot Feed And Gars John T. Hoes I). 1 1. Wylde 11. K. Wyld CROOK COUNTY ABSTACT CO. I.NCOKI'OKATKD Complete tract Index to all land and town Iota in ('rook comity. Alielraotn made accurately oh nhort notice. PKINEVILLE, OH KG ON HOWARD W. TURNER U. S. COMMISSION NOTARY PUBLIC INSURANCE MADRAS OR KM ON $295 BUYS THIS HOUSE EVERYTHING NEEDED la supplied at this bargain pricu-nll tho material re quired for tho construction of tliU ml crn good-looking and comfortable cottage Wo are independent dealers--not In any trust or association. At this remarkably low quota Hon wo Include all lumber. Bash nnd doors, mlllwork. Biding, celling, flooring, nails, stair work, finishing lumber, window frames, door frames, building paper, eavra trough and pipe, hardware, sash weights, painting mater iais. roofing, plaster board, wall tint, etc. .hoU' w,,Jch ls 0? Bo11'1' 'louble-con-tructlon throughout. Is 2CVft.x25W ft. in war"ranged.n1 uri'r,"n" and Architects plans, npeclflcalions and full details about construction are supplied. Our free folder, which tells you all about this houae is waiting for you. Ask for KoldcrK. 9 5- "Hollable Dtrs" 2232 Westiako Ave. SEATTLE. U.S.A. For Good Farms City Property and Business Chances SEE 0. W. BARNETT OFFICE MAIN HTRKKT, MADKAB, OHKdON Houses to Rent I. F.SHUTT Contractor & Buider Ready Made Windows and Door Frames. Shop First Door West of Larkin's Harness Store West of Main Street. MADRAS, Ore. European Plan Newly Furnished Throughoufl McTAGGART HOTE Bost Service Possible The Public Given To Auto Service to All Points of ii MADRAS. X A. E. Peterson f JEWELER j. iircu uuui a nui m ui T MADRAS. OREGON " - - A. lllili MADRAS, Humilton, Wnltham, Elgin WaWica. Hamilton & Hflmiltonchala, charms, necklaces, bracelets, luvaliera, chatelaine pins and dwohm. f afcpt nn (iiiflranieeu r 9 9 9 Pastime Pool Ha MADRAS OREGON Tucker & Culp, Proprietors fa Cigars, Tobacco, Confectionery Smokers' Articles, News Stand Oreg on Trunk Ry. Seme PORTLAND ST. PAUL DENVER KANSAS CITY and SPOKANE CHICAGO OMAHA ST. LOUIS DAILY TRAI? . . . Tif Madras 8:39 a.m., arriving . - gp Direct connection at fa"Jni blek' and nninfH nnnr Awiun Snnknno Q'Ab P.m. aM. 1 . i -""v, i - ... nun"" ,i to Eastern points: PuJret Sound and other posits accepted for wesl-bound tickets to uu iu tho east.' Details will bo furnished on request. J. J . IIOYDAR, Agent, MADRAS, ORB,