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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 9. 1911.
NO. 8
THE
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00 FARMERS GREET DEMONSTRATION TRAIN AT MADRAS
on entire i np
IE MAN DRIVES 140 MILES TO SEE TRAIN
Manager Miller of the O. W. R. & N., Distributes Hundreds of
neid Peas ana mn . -
Of QUStlonS A8KCU Dy Uic liiiwtmtu ruinici a
of perplexing questions, relative
to the best methods of farming
in this particular section, which
the experts answered readily and
seemed anxious to be made the
target for the questions hurled at
them.
One' of the most interested
farmers at the train was C. N.
Davis of Fife, who had driven
the entire distance of 140 miles
to be present and get a sack of
the milo maize and field pea seed.
Mr. Davis is one the enthusias
tic dry-farmers in his district
iHE farming uihuh-
stration train puuuu
into town last Satur-
nimnrt of Bche-
V i.J nt HlU
le and was greeicu v
LV. R. & N. ciepot uy
indrcda of farmers wim
ir famiiiea who liau uriv-
miles through the brae-
morning air to be on
A when the lectures and
imonstrations took place.
ie train consisted oi sev-
ii C fliiiVt
cars, inree ui wiiiv-ii
re riven over to the ex
ists of poultry and swine,
i their model houses,
d two large day coaches
ere usea as auuiunuu
ms. Lectures were given
the following experts on
subjects named: Dr.
imes Withy com be, "Wheat
id Livestock;" Prof. F. L.
at, "Dairying"; Prof.
ies Dryden, "Poultry";
fof. G. R. Hyslop, Dry
biing and Seed Selec
ts"; Prof. E. L. Potter,
Hogs, With Explanations
Bredsand Types"; Oren
eaty, assistant superin-
mdent of Moro Experiment Sta
pn, "Dry Farming and Diversi
ed Crop Productions," and Rob
tWithycombe, superintendent
! Union Experiment Station,
Livestock and Dry Farming,"
id Byron T. Hunter, U.' S. De
irtment of Agriculture.
Other notables on the train
ere PhilS. Bates, of the Pacific
orthwest; Addison Bennett,
ff correspondent of the Ore-
'man; D. 0. Lively and wife.
r. Lively being president of the
nion Stock Yards at Portland;
ft Miller, traffic manager; F.
Robinson, general freicrht
wt; F. L. Cockendale, -assist-
supenntendent: Hutrh f'-
traveling freight and pas-
agent, H. C. Oliver and
"'A.A.Morse. The last six
ed gentlemen boin
'tte 0..W. R. & N. company.
Was One Of the lnrcrpar. nnrl
t Interested audiences on the
: trip, "was the reply of one
" professors, who had been
What he thniio-hf nf
After the general nnrl inf.
fiyaWresses, including a
SHEEPHERDER SLAYS
HIS AGED MOTHER
Terrible Ending of Pro
longed Spree
SLAYER PROBABLY CRAZY
VVllllam Glisan, Known at Antelope As
"Bad Alan," Is Locked in County
Jail at The Dalles
FIGHT RESULTS IN
MYSTERIOUS SHOOTING
At Least One Participant
Injured
"MEDICINE MAN" MUM
Dr. H. B. Haile Says Ethlcs.of Profes
sion Forbid the Disclosure of Iden
tity of Patient
0. W. R. It. & N. DEMONSTRATION TRAIN
Posing for n photograph on the Willow Creek viaduct, 250 feet from the ground
talk by Traffic Manager Miller,
the regular lectures and demon
strations began. In one of the
auditorium cars Professor Hyslop
had one of the largest audiences
he has yet talked farming to,
and for two hours they listened
and questioned him. But so in
sistent were his hearers that
when he retired to dinner Dr.
Withycombe took his place and
spoke another hour. After that
they went to learn more about
hogs and poultry.
Although a cold wind blew
across the Agency Plains at a
brisk clip it had no effect toward
keeping the crowd back and most
of them stayed until the train
was ready to pull down to the
Willow Creek viaduct again so
the photographers could get
photos of the train. On account
of the large and interested crowd
the train stayed in the yards for
more than an hour past its reg
ular schedule.
The interest taken in the lec
tures and the number of ques
tions asked was remarkable. All
the crowd needed was an invita
tion and they kept up a rapid fire
and learned of the demonstration
train through the columns of the
Pioneer. He says that the farm
ers around Fife are anxiously
awaiting for the "iron horse" to
connect them with the outside
world. Other farmers who came
great distances were those from
Blizzard Ridge, Haycreek, Griz
zly, Trout Creek and Warm
springs. One of the principal features
of thi trip was the distribution
by Traffic Manager Miller of
thousands of packages of peas
and milo maize to the farmers at
each stop made. The last of the
seed was given away here and
the men in charge were greatly
disappointed they were not able
to furnish more seed to those
who wanted it.
This is the first trip made into
Central Oregon by a Farmers'
Demonstration train. It is not a
new thing by any means, the
farmers in Morrow and other
Eastern Oregon counties having
had, the benefit of lectures and
demonstrations through the op
erations of these trains over the
O.-W. II. & N. for the past doz
en years.
ersona
and LOGa
itof torn hi. t.neh
I?a Nichols nas8o,l 41 ,. ..,.
rMJonl.l. wiuuras
L . n hla wav tn Th n..n
"ry has thft
rfchanJ Papering of the Christian
H.Haml u Crnml Mr- Mr.
Cd tonWerodow om Oris-
Mwtlll Bt.nt . ... .
"Wntlon kuivo men-
'W.fiiu'
IBliairi wa8vcrfrom hla ranch
4t!!!?!mer,y.CUInown from
, "'iu DlabArl i .1 n on uu
.CyClbaU with the Madras
Attorney Lewis H. Irving returned
from Prinevillo Wednesday evening,
having spent several days in the county
seat.
Henry F. Dtetzel returned from Rend
nnd Redmond Saturday, whore lie lias
heon looking nftor tho sale of his mill
products,
Willinm A. Cohurn cf Youngs made
final five year proof on his homestead
Wednesday heforo United States Com
missioner Turner.
D. G. Rogers, a former resident of
this section, left Monday for his homo
at Morgan, Oregon, with a- hunch of
horses which he expects to uou on hla
800 ucro ranch.
The retiring minister of the Christian
church, Rov. Charloa A, Slas, will do
liver his farewull sormon next Sunday.
Ho has accepted a call to tho Pacific
Avenue church in Spokane and will
leavo with liia family tho first of tho
week for that placo. Rov. and Mrs.
PIbb havo many friends in Madras who
rogrot their doparturo and wish them
success in their new location.
II. Randolph, who had the contract of
remodeling the furnace nt the school
house, has it in working order again.
R. L. Starr, route agent of tho Great
Northern Express Company, was in
Madras Monday looking after the inter
ests of his company.
Batteries I? and D, Second Field Ar
tillery, who were statiSned at Warm
springs during the month of Octoher,
havo returned to Vancouver Barracks.
Several of tho soldiers, who havo sol
diered In tho U. S. army for several
enlistments, visited Madras during
their encampment at Wnrmsprings and
they were very much pleased with the
target range nnd general lay of tho
country on tho reservation for army
maneuvers. Other troops will ho sent
there noxt year.
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Then) I little daugoi' from a cold or fr in
an attack of tho grip uxcup1 whonrfol lowed
liy piieuiuoii:i, and tills never happens
when Olintnbmlaln's Cough Remedy Is
iiHi'il. This iciiiody hits won Its reputation
unci uxteiml vii tt las hy lu ruiuarkuhlo uiucs
or colds and rp and cnu he rolled upon
with Implicit conllduucu. For sale hy M,
K, Snook.
Stealing quietly behind his aged
mother, who was bending over
a washtub, William Glisan
plunged a long bladed butcher
knife into her back, the instru
ment going into her -body clear
to the hilt, resulting in death a
few moments later. The mother
murderer is said to be crazy,
caused by a prolonged spell of
excessive drinking. GJisan was
not drunk at the time the crime
was committed according to au
thentic information received from
Antelope.
The Glisans'live on a ranch one
mile east of the little town of
Antelope in the southern part of
Wasco county, and are known to
most of the pioneers in this sec
tion. The ranch where the mur
der was done has been their!
home since 1881.
About three weeks ago Glisan
returned to Antelope from the
mountains where he has been
herding sheep during the sum
mer. He "hung around" town
during that time, drinking most
of the time.
It was probably the intention
of Glisan to murder the whole
family. After going home he
was noticed by his brother Al
fred to be mentally unbalanced,
and was guarded for some time
by him while the maniac lay on
a couch. Slipping unnoticed from
the room while his brother was
reading a newspaper, he creeped
up behind his aged mother, who
was toiling over her work, and
sank the cruel knife deep in her
back
Jerking the knife from her
body, the murdered then at
tacked his brother. The two
men grappled in a death struggle
and it is a matter of conjecture
how the battle would have ter
minated had not the father, who
was near the house at the time,
assisted in overpowering the
crazy man. Eyery indication
points to the fact that he intend
ed to kill the entire family. Fath
er and son were unable to lend
comfort to the dying woman for
it was several minutes before
they could subdus the lunatic and
bind him so that he could not
further his destructive work. -
Sheriff Chrisman, who took
Glisan from the Antelope jail to
the county, jail at The Dalles, be
lieves the man to be crazy. Since
being locked up he has imagined
all sorts of things, yelling at the
top of his voice at all hours of
the night to frighten away im
aginary foes.
Mrs. Glisan was the daughter
of J. L. Starkey, a prominent
pioneer family of Salem. In 18G0
she became the wife of E. T.
Glisan, also a resident of Salem
at that time. Besides the aged
father, ten children survive.
se-
"I am pleaded to loooinmond Clnmlnu'
luln'a Cough Remedy as tho best thing I
know of and the safest remedy for comjlis,
colds and hi onuh'.al trouble," writes Mrs.
Ij. H, Arnold of Denver, Colo, "Wo have
used It U'pnuledly nnd it has never fulled
to glvq lellof." For sale by M, K, Snook.
Apparently deep and unfathomable
are the mysterious circumstances sur
rounding a fight and shooting scrape
which occurred in Madras Tuesday
night. The personal of the combatants
is as mysteriously unknown to the local
police authorities. That one of the par
ticipants in the shooting scrape received
more or less injury in the fracas is be
lieved, for shortly alter the last shot
was heard Dr H. B. Haile left hia of
fice on a huiry call. When seen by a
reporter for the Pioneer, he said that
the ethics of his profession forbid that
he disclose the identity of his patients,
when request was made by the patient
that such information be witheld, and
that for these reasons he must refuse
to name the party he called on just be
fore midnight Tuesday night, also the
nature and extent of the indisposition
he wa3 called upon to treat.
About 10 o'clock in the evening the
fight started in the Hhamrock Bar. Bob
Wallace was working at the time and
said the men came in, called for a drink,
grew boisterous, became involved in an
argument over some sheep, which end
ed in a free-for-all in the front part of
the building. He couldn't give a des
cription of the men, they having been
at the bar only a few minutes when the
fight began, and left as suddenly, and
to all appearances have made their get
away. Special Officer Bennett, who was
on duty that night, was in the Pastime
pool hall when the fight started and
"followed Judge Jackson, and the
others who were loafing in there at the
time, across the street. "Accompanied"
by Charlie Eagles and Bogue Harper,
Bennett made diligent search of the
premises in the rear of the Shamrock
bar but could find no clue.
The exact location of the shooting
has not been determined. Dr. .Hade and
a patient say it was just in the rear of
Frank Pratt's restaurant, and that just
after the second shot was fired someone
called "Frank, Frank!" Others seemed
to think it was more to the north, in
the vacant lot back of the Midway,
while still others aro equally positive
that the shots came from over in front
of S. Nace's residence. Special officer
Bennett was in the Shamrock bar when
the third shot was fired, some 15 min
utes after the first two, and is positive
that tho bullet struck the Shamrock
building, but no indication of such was
found upon an examination Wednesday
morning.
RESTORED LAND LIES IN
TOWNSHIPS 14 AND 15
"MADRAS MINSTRELS"
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17
Watch for the Parade in
the Afternoon
DANCE AFTER THE SHOW
Heat the Latest Song Hltsand Jokea
Right Off the Big Circuit See the
Inimitable Mr. Crawford
Best
Sc'ssora
KtUffy
Rastus
Lindy
Ruffles
Mandy
Liza
Topsy
No Person Will Bo Permitted to Ex
erclse Any Right Prior to Jan
uary 2, 1912
I.ivpH there a man with soul so dead.
who never to his wife hath said, hurry
mv dear, vou're eettinc slow, we might
be late for the minstrel show.
nn th 17th nf this month, which 18
VriAav mVht. the curtain at Sanford's
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hall will raise on the most realistic
Knuthprn nlantation cotton Dickine
scenes ever pulled off in Central Ore
gon. The play is. given by members o
. . . it 1 ii
the Dramatic uiud ana is -xanea me
"Madras Minstrels."
Never before in the history of tl.e
Inwn. has a local Talent production cre
ated so much public interest as the
'iladrafi Minstrels. There are no real
darkies in the play they are imitation
"niirtrera" done in burnt cork, that have
r o "
got a real coon backed off the boards.
Following is the line-up:
P. Ashley Bones
'Tommy" Atkins Limber
A. F. Shuuert Rufus
O. Northy Sam
M. E. Meloy (Mr. Morgan) Interlocutor
R. Hcaton
Tommy McCormack
L. G. Savage
G. R. Crawford
Mrs. Grace Northy
Miss Maude Elkins
Mrs. Howard Turner
Mrs. Pearl Osborne
Miss Edna Nissen
Cast your optic over the above galaxy
of artists. Can you beat them? All
stars of the first magnitude and they
are going to mane things hum on the
seventeenth.
One of the strong features of the per
formance is the quartette singing of
Atkins, Crawford, Shugert and Savage.
Other good things on 'the program is a
duet by Mr3. Grace Northy and Mr.
Shugert Mr. Heaton will sing a solo,
and Mr. Savage, the peerless bass will
also appear in a solo.
Come out and hear the latest popular
jokes and song hits right off the big
league circuit. Hear Tommy McCor
mack, the liquid tenor, sing "My Wild
Irish rose," his voice drives women to
tears and men to water Don't fail to
hear Mr. Northy in the latest song hit,
dedicated recently to the hardware men,
entitled, "It Makes No Difference
Where Your Heart Is, Your Liver is
Close By "
The end men, Mr Crawford and Mr.
Ashley are too well known in the min
strel world for discussion. Mr. Ashl-y
is known all the way from here to Col
fax, Wash., where he took part In a
similar production last year that is still
the talk of that town.
A forest fire on Agency Plains would
not create any more excitement than
Mr. Crawford will when he appears for
the first time in Madras. This is his
first appearance in public since he
closed a 200 nights engagement with
Lew Dockstadter at the Metropolitan
theatre in New York City. The man
agement ha been feeding him on bran
mash and he will appear in his old time
form. His jokes are alt his own and
his banjo playing is irresistablo.
If you miss the show noxt Friday
you will miss the time of your life. If
you can't come to the show, watch for
the parade next Friday afternoon at
4:30. There will be a dance after the
show. Don't forget the date.
Since the announcement of the res
toration of 32,900 acres of government
land in Crook county, near Prineville,
there have been a number of inquiries
regarding its location.
It lies in townships 14 nnd IB, south
ranges 18 and 19. In the notice of res
toration tho department of the interior
snyB: "Warning is hereby expressly
given thut no person w ill be permitted
to .gain or oxercise any right whatever
under any settlement or occupation be
gun nfter withdrawal and prior to 9
a. m., January 2, 1912, and all such set
tlement or occupancy is forbidden."
The land will not bo subject to entry
filing or selection until on and after
February 2, 1912, nt tho United States
land office nt The. Dulles.
ClaudoO. Covey, superintendent of tho
arm Springs Indian reservation, was
in Culver and Madras Friday and Sntur
day of Inst week attending the exhibi
bitions and lectures on tho O.-W R &
N. Co. demonstration train. '
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Resolution
The Almighty Ruler of the
Universe, in his wise providence
has broken the home ties of our
friend and brother, G. Sprinp-er
taken his wife, Nora SpriSSf
from him and us, to a better and
brighter Home prepared for her
in Heaven, now therefore
Be It Resolved that Mt. J0f.
ferson Lorlrc Mn ion t a a X1
hereby extend to oVr belov
; Brother its deepest sympathy
of his grief, and arK nour
Be It Further Resolved
that a copy of these raolutlona
be furnished to our stricken Bro.
ther, a copy spread on the min
ute book of the Lodge V and
copy be furnished the Madras
Pioneer for publication.
W. R. Cook
C. E, Roush
Howard W. Turner
Committee
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