The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1911.
NO. 13
DOUBLE SHOW
MONDAY NIGHT
Liderable Courtship"
L "Dressing Gown"
IE CROWD ANTICIPATED
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Urtalnment nils year-..
, Are Cures For the Blucs-
Slogiot I Feature
be with expectancy for the
n to raise next muuuuj
the two comedies, 01
a each, to be given by the
i Dramatic Club. The big
e f how is by far the most
ate one yet presented and
lethe last one until auer
year.
lb of the plays, A Consid-
Courtship," and "The
tinir fiown." are cures for,
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Bin and the biggest crowd
i season is expected at ban-
i hall on next Monday. The
cted complications con
ly arising: during the enter
lent keeps the audience in
featured mood. In "A Con-
IbleCourship," the stage is
Igedto represent a board
muse, and the landlady and
aughter keep the fun bub
fall the time while making
a rich tourist and his son
re staying at the boarding
(during the summer.
lie Dressing Gown" is stil
ler. the curtain raises on a
r scene, and the fun begins
(Mrs. Peabody presents her
nd with a dressing gown
aiyards too long. In mak
be alteration every member
i family slices off a piece to
fit the required length with
suit that the gown is al
.
purely cut away, leaving
San Peabody with a gar
much too short.
fides the two comedies seV'
pal and instrumental num
ave been arranged, includ.
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pnpngbyMrs. Grace Nor-
Mrs. Ben Ashlnv A t?
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F and Dick Anderson.
duet by Roscoe Crosby and
?art and singing by
Quartette.
p. Crawford who appeared
'minstrels about a month
Promised a selection on
p with singing accompa
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""People from nearbv
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yon Monday night and
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will be nrospnf
WAGON ROAD
DESCHUTES
the Deschutes canyon. The peo
ple of the district that comes un
der the new road formerly had
to drive a distance of about 50
miles out of their way to get to
market. With the road across
the river they are within easy
driving distance from the town
of Culver, which will be the
nearest town of any consequence.
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mere are iwo large camps
now established with about 40
men at work. L. H. Powell of
Culver haa taken the contract
and has laid in a large amount of
supplies. The road from Culver
to the Cove hill will also be en
larged. Road Supervisor Jacob
Quiberg has a force of men at
work now making this improve
ment.
n a;
some iime ago a petition was
circulated and presented to the
County Court for approval. The
petition was allowed but oper
ations were not commenced until
last week. It is also understood
that a bridge will be built across
the Deschutes.
CROSS
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w0mp, Wth 4Q
M,n Now At Work
was
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HOMESTEADERS WAIT
FOR NEW RAILROAD
H.
Kersten Returns From Proaporoua
Silver Lake District Big Ruth
Expected In Spring
H. Kersten returned last Sat
urday from a trip to his home
stead near Silver Lake in the
southern part of the state. Mr.
Kersten is greatly pleased at the
prosperous condition of that dis
trict and prediots that after
spring opens there will be a big
ger rush than ever before into
that country by people looking
for homestead land. The all ab
sorbing question with the home
steaders now is the talk of a rail
road through that part of the
state in the near future. Ever
since it was learned that the line
from Vale to Burns and eventu
ally to connect with Bend on the
north and the Southern Pacific
on the west, was coiner to be
built, the present land owners
are reeling greatly encouraged,
and with a market in sight for
their products, development will
proceed rapidly. Mr. Kersten
has a choice homestead and de
clared his intention of putting
the greater part of it under cul
tivation the coming season.
MADRAS TERMINUS
FOR PRINEVILLE ROAD
Engineers at Work Re
veal Proposed Route
WILL USE GASOLINE CARS
New Road Will Connect Madras With
Rich Forming District Right of
Way Partially Secured
CATCHY ADVERTISING
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
W. F.Hammor Co.. Adopt Novel Plan
to Interest the Public Who Aro
Watching Eagerly
Catchy advertising is something that
every merchant is striving to furnish,
but the most novel scheme that has
come to our attention in a long time is
tho one now being carried on at W. P.
Hammer's store. They havo placed
three of their best stoves on exhibition
including a fine $50 steel rango; a coal
burning heater worth 27; nnd an air
tight heater worth $4. Tho methods
employed to sell these stoves, and it
never fails, is us follows; The steel
range will be reduced $1 each duy, the
coal heater CO cents each day nnd the
Bmall wood heater 25 rents each day
until sold. Already several points have
dropped off tho original prico and by
tho end of anothor week the prico will
bo way bolow cost. This state of af
fairs is liable to last for two weeks and
tho persons who get the stoves will se
cure them at ridiculously low prices,
Tho daily reductions are boins watched
with interest.
Notwithstanding that the pro
posed Pnneville railroad has
been shrouded in mystery, and
every avenue of information
sealed up tight, the news leaked
out this week, and it comes from
a reliable source, that Madras
will be the terminus of the new
road. It is also known that the
road will use gasoline cars, the
same as are used on several of
the Harriman lines throughout
the state of Washington.
The first of the week three en
gineers arriyed at Madras and a
few hours later they cimbed into
an awaiting automobile and
speeded off in the direction of
Prineville up Willow Creek can
yon, the natural outlet for all
that vast area of rich farming
land that is just now attracting
the attention of the world be
cause ot the recognition it re
ceived at the Colorado Springs
Dry Farming Congress, when
Tillman Reuter and associates
brought home 34 prizes in com
petition against other producing
sections.
The greatest mystery attached
to the whole proceeding is the
question of who is back of the
enterprise. Those who claim to
know say that Portland capital
ists with the aid of local people
will finance the deal, while oth
ers are confident that local capi
tal only, with the possible excep
tion of one or two Prineville in
dividuals, will furnish the nec
essary bank specie to finance the
deal.
It is also understood that more
than half of the right of way has
already been secured and that
when one or two obstructions are
removed at this end of the line,
work will be pushed along at a
rapid pace. It is hoped that
more definite news will be given
out by the parties interested in
time for publication next week.
William J. Smith made final
five year proof on his homestead
before Commissioner Turner Mon
day. Mr, Smith has resided al
most continuously on his place
during the past seven years,
J. N. Davis and Howard Craw
ford, auditors of the Tum-A-Lum
Lumber Co., were here Tuesday
checking up the local yard. From
here they went to Metolius and
other of their yards in Central
Oregon.
Roy Newell passed through
Madras Friday on his way home
from the work on the county
roads in the southern part of the
county where he has had charge
of some of the workr
The friends and relatives of
Mr. and Mrs. Don P. Rea are of
fering congratulations over the
arrival of an eight pound daagh
ter in their family December Gth.
Mrs. J. W.Baker passed through
Madras Monday morning on her
way to Portland to be present at
an operation to be performed on
her son Charles for appendicitis.
' Simon P. Burgess and sister,
school teachers in the Culver and
upai rrairie sections, were in
Madras Saturday calling on
friends.
S. 0. Herman and wife have
moved into their home, recently
built in the Gray addition, this
last weok.
Born to tho wife of Ralph Pec k
Friday of last week a daughter.
EXPECT MATERIAL
HERE NEXT WEEK
Contractors Inform That
Order Has Been Placed
FIRE PROTECTION TALKED
Council Appoints Committee to Look
Into Matter of Purchasing Hose
and Ladders
Work on th3 water system will
commence next week according
to a letter received a few days
ago from Jeffry & Bufton, the
contractors. Following is the
letter.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 12, 1911.
Mr. H. W. Turner.
Mayor, Madras, Oregon.
Dear Sir: We beg to advise you that
we are placing the order today for the
pipe and other material for the water
works in your city, and hope to have
the material delivered and be on the
ground sometime next week with -a
crew of men and rush the work along
as fast as we can push it.
JEFFERY & BUFTON.
This is welcome news and
means that the system will be
complete about.the first of Feb
ruary. The Oregon Trunk have
agreed to use city water and a
main will be extended to the de
pot and stock yards.
The mattter of buying fire
fighting apparatus was taken up
at the council meeting Tuesday
night and a committee appointed
to look into the matter. Plenty
of hose and ladders are all that
is necessary at this time to give
the town ample protection. It
will also be necessary to build a
tower so that the hose can be
properly cared for after it has
been used.
MADRAS TEACHER
IS COMPLIMENTED
Miss Ethel Klann, Secretary-Elect
ot the Now C. E. Organization,
Praised For Paper Read
Miss Ethel Klann, teacher in
he Madras public school, was
complimented by one of the Port
land daily papers on her paper.
"How to Arouse Interest at
Home," which she read before
the Christian Endeavor Conven
tion held at Redmond last month.
Miss Klann is a graduate of the
training department of the Prine
ville high school and has many
young friends throughout the
county who will read of her suc
cess with genuine pleasure.
The meeting held to perfect a
permanent county C. E. Union
was entirely successful. Dele
gates from all over the county
were present and assisted in car
rying out the program. C. E.
Powell of Vanora was elected
president for the coming year.
The next convention will be held
nt Metolius in 1912.
FLAMES THREATEN
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
last Saturday started a blaze that
did about $200 damage and but
for nuick work on the part of
volunteers would have destroyed
the edifice.
The Sunday school children
had prepared a program for that
evening and the decorators were
at work in the afternoon fixing
the church up for the occasion.
After going over the fresh var
nished wood, they left their rags,
soaked with the combustible liq
uid, on a pile of wood in the front
of the church. A fire had 'been
started in the afternoon in ther
stove to heat the building for the
evening's entertainment and the
warmth in the room caused the
rags to ignite.
The alarm was sounded about
7 o'clock by Gillis Dizney, and a
few minutes later the chemical
engine had been dragged to the
scene and did excellent work in
subduing the blaze. The flames
were slowly eating heir way to
the roof and a few minutes delay
in reaching the burning struc
ture would have meant total destruction.
The damage was fully covered
by insurance and work of repair
ing will start immediately.
FARMERS AND SOIL
BEAT THE WORLD
Text of 50,000 Circulars
Just Issued
TILLMAN REUTER LAUDED
What Has Been Done by Him Can I c
Done by Others Madras Receiving
Abundance of Advertising
J. L CAMPBELL SUCCEEDS
COUNCILMAN ROBINSON
Latter Hands In His Resignation At
Meeting Matter of Securing Flro
Fighting Apparatus Dlecussod
J. C. Robinson handed in his
resignation as councilman last
Tuesday and was accepted. The
resignation took effect immediate
ly and the vacancy was filled by
J. L. Campbell, a candidate lor
the place at the last election. Mr.
Robinson gave business reasons
as the cause of his resignation,
saying that after the first of the
year his business would keep
him away from the city almost
continually and for that reason
felt it his duty to step out and
give the jod to someone who
would be more closely affiliated
with the city's affairs.
Other important business be
fore the meeting was a discus
sion of means to secure fire fight
ing apparatus to be ready for use
when the water is turned on in
the mains shortly after the first
of the year. The matter was
discussed several months ae:o.
but because of the delay in in
stalling the system as soon as
expected it was dropped. A com
mittee was appointed to look
into the matter and report at the
next meeting.
Volunteer With Chemical Engine Do
Excellent Work In Subduing Blaze
Fully Covored by Insurance
Spontaneous combustion, caus
ed by painters leaving some oil
soaked rags in tho Christian
church where they were working
George Windom and wife were
down from their ranch at Culver
Saturday doing some Xmas shop
ping.
Charles Ortman and son Willie
expect to leave tomorrow for
Spokane to spend some time dur
ing the winter.
Edward Patterson came over
rom Ash wood Friday of last
week and made a filinir on n
lomestead in that vicinity.
Charles Lippe and his mother
came over frrni their home 'five
miles east of Haycreek Tuesday
to purchase winter supplies.
W. J. Buckley, one of the pro
prietors of the Buckley Express
compai.y, was in Madras Friday
looking after matters in Judgo
Jackson's court.
Frank Loveland, returned to
this vicinity last evening after
spending several months in south
ern California, at San Diego.
Mr. Loveland states Hint Ma
w w h-f
family are very much improved 1
in health, and from his own looks 1
tho climate must have agreed
with him.
"Central Oregon's volcanic ash
soil and her skillful dry farm
ers" have again beaten the
world. At Spokane in 1910, at
the Dry Farming Congress, Till
man Reuter of Madras, Central
Oregon, exhibited 23 varieties of
grain, grasses and root crops and
won 18 prizes. This year at Col
orado Springs, at the Dry Farm
ing Congress, he won 23 prizes
9 firsts, 12 seconds and 2 thirds.
His sister, also a homesteader,
won three prizes two firsts and
one second.
"The Madras Commercial Club
had an exhibit at the Dry Farm
ing Congress and won four prizes
two firsts, one second and one
third. Haycreek, Central Ore
gon, won a second prize, and
Prineville, the pretty county seat
of Crook county (the county from
which all the prize winning pro
ducts came) pulled down a sec
ond prize."
The above two paragraphs are
extracts from a batch of 50,000
circulars just printed and being
distributed throughout the east
and middle west by the Great
Northern Railway Co. The cir
cular is almost entirely devoted
to the splendid exhibit made by
Tillman Reuter at the last Dry
Farming Congress. On one side
of the circular is a photograph of
Mr. Reuter's exhibit and on the
other is a photograph of the
Madras Commercial Club exhibit,
just cs they appeared in the Pio
neer on Mr. Reuter's return
from Colorado Springs.
Another paragraph of the cir
cular says: "Without wishing to
detract in any way from Mr.
Reuter's skill and judgment, nor
from the farming ability of any
of the prize winners at the Dry
Farming Congress, the fact re
mains that it is not impossible
for any first class man to dupli
cate their performances."
Other Crook county farmers
mentioned in the circular are A.
Monner and Walter Arney of
Madras; G. A. Kibbe of Hay
creek, and P. H. LaFollette of
Prineville.
Hundreds of other farmers
throughout Crook county raised
just as good produce as the above
gentlemen and no doubt would
have received prizes if they had
displayed their produce. The
advertising received by Madras
and Crook county through the
efforts of the farmers mentioned
in the circular has been worth
thousands of dollars. The circu
lars have been distributed in
eastern districts where they will
do the most good and will un
doubtedly result in turning the
attention of hundreds of farmers
in tho congested and high priced
land areas of the east and middle
west to the dry land farms of
Sunny Central Oregon.
Thomas M. Burden, who
this section a few months
for a visit with friends and rela-
uves in his old home state, Mir
souri, returned to Madras Friday
evening. Tom said that he had
a grand old Urns but things in
Oregon -looked good to him.
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