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The Madras pioneer MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1911. NO. 11 MINED HUNTERS . nn ntDDITQ y vuuu rwDPiio umc First An- nual Drive HUNTERS IN hakit P,m.n Shoot. Onr Off IIIb i ..ii.. Preoaro Pcn8t for Hungry Drivers Saturday was a gala day beinir a wtfirivfl in which fully l ll U ' w ople took part. The suc the drive can bo deter when it is known that GOO , the choicest ones killed, ickedup by the wagons ng the hunters and ship- Ultiauu w nJ...AM A irvitf in fhfi in that city. It is estimat- fin v ajw lauuuo wwi '"V ijiuil v - O TIF.' Jw iU, 4Vtvif in charge of the party with shotguns, while the took the rifle men in The drive commenced in rnn mnrnmir iinci i.irmi- i . . .. . . a. r nnir.a 11 it iii k hi iiii: iii- .( i i: .i: wnen a lemuunK uiiinui 1 1 . 1 1 2. 1. hunters at Collver's hall. t r i i l hunters who had an aeci- i 1 I i 1 a . aroD a bier rabmL run- front of his team that was bad and as a result if nflO fir hia hnono' rna grand ball in the evening big event, Collver's hall packed to capacity with Irom 1,11 vpr nnr mnnv Burrounding towns. The orchestra of three nieces hen thp mnoirt ..LL!i . ... rauuiia were nauled to i . . - n i rur i wnr y- t a n u n a men nvAr f a f Ji loraistnhiit nn irnniim i mm 1 1 1. u B. . m n m I Mill m ta bu a w iidu ana Mason iiurn o U 111 a Tlm Next Week on the new hnnk wi,!. Pfogressintr nionlv nn,i u, -- iuiuuua, exnects w 4uuiiuriLinii : ume the hnnk . tohinlt ...ill I . . 'Tltll-M Will Wf . L. J 1 f. hid iivin r ii , uAimca lor me have tiQn , . uiiiuiiMM i mm .... uc iiurn nntnta (it, . -W.W -;6 ready for occu- contract m n iv.. rnnini:. - .Sir".01 e buildinc tan i rah a '"HU H TIT i" r L AillllriD . J . vHiiii' inn Mini. .inus far onlv k,i aval.. uuw v cen enpAiiv, 1 . .Vawl lavo H, uer Wnv no 1. ..Si:1:.0. VI. ... --"V UUAIV1 111 0 v!T?'.- viurninn. e. itift uuun- Dr. C'l'Wong- WMMlycut. MADDENED HORSES CRASH INTO POLE Fred Zell Has Narrow Es cape From Death SPECTACLE IS HORRIFYING Intrepid Driver Steers Team Into Tele phone Polo and Saves Himself From Serious Injury Gripping the reins as if in a vise, his feet braced against the dash board, Fred - Zell, alias "Sharkey,." had a narrow escape from death last Tuesday morning when the team he was driving became frightened and crashed into a telephone pole in front of the Central Oregon Mercantile Co. store. The team started from the rear of W. P. Hammer's store where Fred had just hooked onto a new wagon. They immediately start ed to plunge and kick and by the time they reached the main street the maddened steeds were be yond control. Attracted by the noise as the horses tore down the street, men and women rushed from the stores to witness the uneven struggle between man and beast. Several bystanders waved their hands frantically in hopes that it would check the speek of the now thoroughly in furiated and frightened horses that were fairly aeroplaning down the street. Headed for the telephone pole, it looked like cer tain destruction for the intrepid drayman, and the more timid ones unable to gaze at the horri fying spectacle turned their heads when the crash, came. Not so with Fred. He knew better than the rest what his in tentions were. He figured that to bump against the telephone pole and bring the team to a stop would be better than to take a chance on being thrown or drag ged to his death along the public highway. In relating his exper ience afterward Fred said he re membered nothing of what was going on about him; that it seem ed to him as if he were peering into the golden hence, and how it would seem to have loving hands bear him to his last roast ing place. Dr. Pale had a narrow escape from serious injury Wednesday afternoon when a speeder on which he was traveling came in contact with a freight train near Pelton. The doctor had been called to attend a sick man in the railroad camp there and was making the trip on a speeder. When a short distance from Pel ton they were overtaken by the train and barely had time to es cape with their lives by jumping from the speeder down the em bankment. The speeder was smashed to splinters when hit by the heavy freight. Neither the doctor nor the man operating the machine were injured. P. T. "Tommy" Atkins and Orlio Hale left Tuesday morning for their homestead's at Summer Lake. They expect to be gone for a month or six weeks. Both of these gentlemen have claims in the artisian belt and predict in a few years that all land in the vicinity of Summer Lake will come under irrigation. Mr. Woodward, agent at the O.-W. R. & N. depot for several months, left Monday for Port land. His place was taken by J. S. White who was transferred hejfrom, Cascade i Locks,. , , . ,, """" " ' r " . V I UlS MAJESTY KING TURK: 1 U THANKSGIVING DAY GENERALLY OBSERVED Many Shoot and Raffle fcr Turkeys LADIES SERVE BIG DINNER Lengthy Program Carried Out by School Children Festivities Close With Masquerade Dance The jsual ceremonies attend ant at Thanksgiving were ob served in Madras today. Ever since the first of the the spirit of Thanksgiving Day has been a broad, the one vital question above all others being a desire on the part of the male inhabit ants to get a turkey for the "big feed." Turkey shoots were held during the day and raffling at night was indulged in. Many se cured turkeys in this' manner at bargain day prices. The more careful ones, however, bought their birds outright at the mar ket, thus eliminating any chance of losing out. The customary church services were dispensed with. In small towns union services are gener ally conducted, but in the ab sence of pastors from all the churches except the Methodist, Rev. Pacey deemed it best not to hold morning services at all. The ladies of the Methodist church served an excellent Thanksgiving dinner in tho Sweeting building to a large number of people. . Yesterday afternoon the pupils of the Madras school took part in a program of Thanksgiving recitations and essays. About thirty visitors were present while the program was being carried out. All the stores closed promptly at noon to allow the clerks and others to gather around the fes tive board at their respective homes. The annual Thanksgiving mas querade dance drew a large crowd, people attending from Haycreek, Lamonta, Grizzly! Culver, Metolius and Agency Plains. 40 DAYS NEEDED TO INSTALL SYSTEM STRYCHNINE FOR RABBIT POISON Plan is to Build Pens On the Ranch and Mix Poison With Wheat or Chop and Place in Enclosure Erglneor Hammond Has Finished All Details Mr. Jeffry Will Person ally Superintend Work It is expected thnt material for con struction of the water system will ar rive here in u few days. Mayor How ard W. Turner returned from Portland this evening and announced that every thing was progressing nicely. The En ginoor, It. E. Hammondhas finished the details and submitted the list of ma terials needed to tho contractors, Jeffry & Uufton. Mr. Jeffry will personally superintend tho work and he confident ly expects to have the job finished in, 40 days after work commences. This is in accordance with their contract with tho city. Mrs. T. Mann and daughter, Mrs. S. H. Fike, of Vancouver, Wash., are visiting their daugh ter and sister, Mrs. E. L. Milner. E. M. Strong, representative of the Oregon Life Insurance Co., was in Madras Saturday drum ming up business in his line. Members of the Farmers' Un ion through Dr. Snook have or dered 560 ounces of strychnine, valued at $364, for use in exter minating jack rabbits. The poi son is expected here about the 10th of December. While it is necessary to be very careful in distributing the strychnine in the favorite haunts of the rabbit, there is no more effective remedy known for com bating these destructive pests. Sixty-nine determined farmers have orders for the poison, and besides what has been ordered Dr. Snook will have a few extra ounces in case others want some who did not get in on the origin al order. The most effective way to pre pare the poison at this time of the year is to mix it with choo or wheat. It is pretty generally understood that tho farmers will build a pen or several pens at different points on the ranch and put m a quantity of hay, to at tract the attention of Mr. Rabbit. and when once he gets inside the enclosure it will be an easy mat ter for him to find the poisoned chop or wheat. Dr. Snook and others have tried the strychnine method for killing rabbits and they say that if handled properly, tho amount ordered is sufficient to kill every rabbit in the county. The result will be watched with interest. INTEREST CENTERS IN COMING ELECTION Frank Stangland Endors ed for Marshal TWO TICKETS NOMINATED Fred' Da via Unable to Servo Because ot Postmaslershlp Both Tlcketa " Are Good There will be two tickets, .in... tho field at the city election to..-, be held next Tuesday for the . purpose of electing three coun cilmen for a term of two years, and a city marshal. The first -caucus was held Monday night at Sanford's hall. There was a . large crowd present and after..; electing Lewis Iriving temporary chairman, the following names were presented to fill the vacan cies of the three councilmen .. whose term of office expires on . the first of January: Fred Davis, J. L. Campbell, Tom Tucker, A. C. Sanford, B. Randolph, Wm. Esselstyn, O. A. Pearce, Dr. Long and W. R. Cook. The balloting on these men yielded the following vote: Fred Davis, 43; J. L. Campbell, 40; . C. Sanford, 33; Wm. Essel styn, 7; W. R. Cook, 12; B. Ran dolph, 13; O. A. Pearce, 12; Dr. Long, 8; no ballots were cast for Mr. Tucker, he having announced his withdrawal before the ballot ing commenced. Davis, Camp bell and Sanford, receiving the highest vote were declared the winning candidates. For city marshal, Frank Stang land, present incumbent, Jack Hardy and Fred Zell were placed in nomination. Following is the result of the balloting: Stang land, 45; Hardy, 12; Zell, 3. Mr. Stangland receiving the highest ' vote was declared the winning candidate. On motion of J. W. Robinson, Mr. Stangland's vote was made unanimous. It developed after the Monday night caucus that because of his postmastership, Fred Davis was ineligible to hold public office, and a second meeting was held at the the Madras Townsite Co.'s off ce Wednesday night to nomi- nate a man to take Mr. Davis' place. After the meeting was called to order, O. A. Pearce was chosen to fill the place made va cant by Mr. Davis' withdrawal. It was then decided to put a full ticket i:i the field and W. R. Cook and B. Randolph were nominated to make up the bal ance of the ticket. On motion, urank btangland was unanimous ly endorsed for city marshal. The name of the second ticket is The Greater Madras Citizen's Ticket. The meeting was pre sided over by D. H. Williams. The candidates on both tickets are capable business men who understand and will work for the best interests of the community. Walter O'Neil WAS 11 n -Ffnm Madras Monday to visit with his family and look after his chicken ranch near this city. He says uie urm oi u jNeii bros. company is preparing to go out of the wholesale liquor business at Mad ras, it having become unprofit able since railroad work is fin ished Mr. O'Neil ia getting ready to embark in the poultry business next year on a good big scale, and he can hardly fail to make good at it as chickens and eggs are always salable.-Prine-ville Journal. r.