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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1911)
. - - The Madras Pioneer Published every Thursday by -THE I'lONKEU PU11L1SUING CO.- 8UD80RIPTION RATES 8 One year f r Six months ' Three months DVEHTISINO IIATK3 ON APPLICATIO Entered as second class matter August 2D, 1904, at tho Postofflco at Madras, Ore under the Act of Congress of March 3, 187V THURSDAY DEC. 7, 1911 Statistics just compiled in the offices of the Harriman lines in Salt Lake City, show that 29,818 homeseekers were carried to the Pacific Coast over the Harriman roads from September 15 to Oct ober 15 this year. Besides already being one of the newsiest papers in the county the Redmond Spokesman will in stall a typesetting machine about the first of the year so as to give its readers a better paper. This makes three typesetting machines that will be delivered to printing offices in Central Oregon within the next month. The new Harriman road to be built from Vale to Burns will be the first section of a line across Central Oregon from east to west. The filling in of the gap between Burns and Bend will as suredly follow quickly, for de velopments will compel it. The road will transform into agricul tural country a great area which is now given up to grazing and will make Central Oregon a well populated and wealthy district. It has taken the railroads a long time to invade Central and East ern Oregon, but now that the in vasion has begun they are pour in their f jrces by regiments and brigades. The Redmond Spokesman came out last week with a three column head over an article attacking a Great Northern publication en titled "Oregon," as being a rank discrimination against the Red district. The booklet in question is profusely illustrated with farm scenes and other Central Oregon yjews, and if there was any dis crimination against the fertile Redmond district, it is so slight as to be unnoticed by those for whom the booklet was intended, . and no discredit will be given the author for his unintentional dis crimination in the matter, unless the critic happens to be a Red mondite. The booklet represents a lavish expenditure by the rail road company to advertise Cen tral Oregon and should receive praise rather than criticism by the press. The Metolius Commercial club is up in arms against Sheriff Bal four for his appointment of N. Hahn for deputy sheriff against their recommendation for the ap pointment of L, E. St. John for the position. A. recent meeting of the club at which Sheriff Bal four was an invited guest, the club members and citizens pre sent gave him to understand that in making the selection he had turned a deaf ear to their request and that this fact would come home to him at the next election. The club made a statement that if the matter came up for a vote Mr. St. John would receive a majority of 10 to 1 over the other fellow. Their chief objection to Mr. Hahn was because they said they believed him to favor an element of which they were op posed. The sheriff was vigorous in denying that such influence had figured in the appointment. He also denied having agreed to leave the selection of a deputy to the Metolius Commercial club, stating that he had merely asked for a recommendation and felt himself in no way obligated to appoint the man selected by them. He also assured his critics that any dereliction of duty on tho part of his appointee would not be tolerated. shot himself in the leg. Most everybody in town had heard of it a few hours after it happened, and those who didn't know were finding out about it by those who already had the information. Col. Deitzel, of flour mill fame, was one of those who knew about it, and was relating to some of his friends at the McTaggart hotel Sunday evening his observations of the affair. He had reached a point in his story where he was showing the course of the missel. He said it entered Mr. Stang land's left leg just above the ankle. "Hold on there, Colonel," chimed in Contractor Rhoads who had been listening intently, "I think yoa're a little off regarding the leg that received the bullet." "No I'm not," retorted the gen tleman who had been speaking first. "I was standing only a short distance away when it hap pened and I remember distinctly of seeing Mr. Stangland stoop down after the report of the pis tol and rub his left leg." "Is that so," replied the corpulent one, whose friends call him 'Dusty.' "I helped the doctor dress his wound and know posi tively that the bullet came in contact with the bone in his right leg." "Yes I know, Mr. Rhoads, but you must remember that I saw him rub his left leg and it is unreasonable to suppose that a man with a fresh bullet wound in his right leg would take the trouble to rub his left leg." "Bet you a suit of clothes it was his right leg," said the man who will soon put the Madras State bank in a new building. Not be ing a betting man the Colonel had to quit. But he added as a way of closing his argument, "the first time I see Mr. Stang land I am going to ask him why he rubbed his left leg." How easy it is to be mistaken when you are positive you are right. Last Sunday Frank Stang land, city marshal, accidently Abstract Report Of instruments filed in the office of Recorder of Deeds. Issued by Crook County Abstract company, inc., Prine ville, Oregon, October 30 to December 2, inclusive. DEEDS Madras Townsite Co to Geo Ellis; lot 6, blk. 1, tract "B," Palmain, $140. Madras Townsite Co. to Mrs. Jennie E. Ellis; lot 1, blk. 4, Palmain, 300. W. H. Kilmer et ux to Wm. S. Ben nett; sei sei sec. 33; wi swi sec. 34, t 11-14 and nwi nwi sec. 3-12-14, $10. H. N. Lawrie et al to O. C. Young; lot 3, blk. 29, Culver, $150. O. C. Young to Geo. Demekos; ditto, $250. Milto G. Pillette to Sam 0. Herman; lot 7, blk. 7, Depot add., Madras, $150. H. N. Lawrie et al to Annie A. Live ly; lots 1, 2, blk 29, Culver, $350. Opal City Land Co. to Emma H. Sten berg; lot 16, blk. 34, Opal City, $250. Opal City Land Co. to Fred Pilling; lot 6, blk. 47, Opal City, $350. M. P. Rycraft to Geo. V. Dadson; nj nei sec. 21 and nwi nwi 22-13-13, $2000. John H. Lockard et al to Henry E. Scull; tract 50 by 200 ft. lying south of blk. 32, Palmain, $300. Henry K. W. Taylor to Thos. A. Taylor; swi 9-11-13, . Lena H. Kilmer to Albert P. Burns; nei swi, nwi sei and ej sei sec 10-11- 14, $10. Jerry Cramer to Birdie Burton; lots 6 and 7, blk. 20, Palmain, $500. James E. Simpson to Johana C. Simp son; lot , sec. G-ll-14, $1. H. N. Lawrie et al to Jesse L. Win dom; lot 1, blk. 21, Culver, $225. Julius A. Larsen to J. G. Julian; swi sec. 19-10-13, (Quitclaim.) James E. Grout et ux to Fred Adams; lots 1, 2 and si nei 3-13-12, $2800. Thomas W. Kilmer to Wm. K. Minor; nj sei and swi sec. 3-11-14, $100. Wm. H Kilme, to Wm. K. Minor; si sei and si swi sec. 3; ei sei sec. A; nwi nwi sec. 10; ei nwi and swi nej sec. 9 and wi nwi and wi nwi sec. 4-11-1 1, $100. Walter Henderson et ux ts S. Mace; lot 12, blk. 19, Palmain. United States to Hubert O. Williams; el nei and ei sei sec. 31-9-13. United States to Harah E. Fleck; nwi sei and si nei sec. 9 and owi nwi sec. 10-10-14. Agreement to sell. Oregon Trunk Dev. Co. to H.-S, .Woolly; lot 10, blk. ?, Warehouse add.,, Madras. Certificate of Proof. U. S. to Annie Pike; lots G, 9, and nei swi and nwi sei sec. 3-13-12. PATENTS Delbert C. Jenkins; senwl and swi sei sec. 22-13-14, Wm. II. Zell; nei sec. 27-10-13. I. ulu Lithgow; neisei and HeHwJ sec. 17-13-14. Rpy M. Newell; nei sec. 35-10-18. Oscnr H. Wilson; seijswi nee. 10; ei nwi and nwinej,. 1G-1R-13. ThomaB J. Wilson; B&sei sec. 9; Bwi swi sec. 10; nwinwi sec, 15-13-I?!. John Harrington; ejswi and wjsei sec. 5-13-13. Chas. W. E. Foote; mvlsel, seiawi nnd ejsei sec. 31-10-13. Walter O. Lithgow; neinei sec. 17- 13Henry K. W. Taylor; swj sec. 9-11-13. Emma E. McLean; wisci sec. 5 and ninei sec. 8-10-14. James E. Simpson; lot 1, sec. 0-11-14. Chas. Smith; lots 3. 4 nnd sjnwi sec. 5-11-14. Louis Volrath; ne' sec. 17-10-13. John G. Bolter; lot 2, swtfnetf and nwltfse sec. 4-9-15 and swseJi sec. 33 8-15. , Heirs of R. E. Church; ene nnd e)r.sev4' sec. 35-10-14. Thos. Alderdyce; vUnwi, senw) and swVjne sec. 9-13-13. MISCELLANEOUS Complaint. John E. Lockard vs. JamtsGott; to forclose mortgage on swU'se4 sec. 21, w.VjueV, and nw'scH sec. 28-9-14. A special train bearing officials of the Oregon Trunk road passed through Madras Tuesday morn ing on their way to Bend. Those in the party were C. R. Gray, president; W. E. Coman, general freight and passenger agent; J. Russell, general superintendent; J. P. Rogers, superintendent; J. T. Hardy, traveling freight and passenger agent, all of the Ore gon Trunk, and G. H. Smitton, acting general freight and pas senger agent of the Great North ern railway. There is no signifi cance attached to the visit of these officials other than an in spection of all construction work on their line during the year. The party will go as far as Bend and return to Portland. New line of DOLLS just received at Mrs. Crosby's. 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