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Entered as second class matter August
29, 1904, at the Postoffico at Madras, Ore.
under tho Act of Congress of March 3, 1870.
THURSDAY - DEC. 21, 1911
CENTRAL OREGON
In an address before the State
Thresherman's Association at
Salem recently Carl R. Gray,
president of the Hill lines in this
state predicted that Central Ore
gon will become one of the
wealthiest areas in the United
States.
Following is his speech:
"It is altogether probable that
the intimate relation of the rail
road I have the honor to repre
sent with the hitherto practically
unknown great central area of
this state is the reason, I have
been asked to address you and
particularly the reason for the
subject which has been assigned
to me.
"There is nothing new or ex
perimental in the country lying
west of the Cascades. The three
great valleys have been success
fully cultivated for generations
and there should be no question
in the mind of anyone as to the
greatness and extent of their fu
ture possibilities.
"I find very few people, how-j
ever, who really know much
about the district which is now
familiarly called Central Oregon
To be exact, it is the vast terri
tory lying east of the Cascade
range and extending from the
Columbia river to California, con
taining five counties Sherman,
Wasco, Crook, Lane and Harney
with a population of 38,610.
' 'These five counties have about
four times the area of Maryland
with one-thirteenth its popula
tion. They average one and one
third persons to the square mile;
they have more than one-half the
the area of Iowa and less than
one-sixtieth of its population;
they have 485 acres per person
Iowa has 16. In Crook, Har
ney und Lake counties the aver
age copulation is seven-tenth of
a person per square mile, in
Crook county one and one-fifth
persons.
Nevertheless, material advan
cement has been made, even
without transportation facilities,
whicn is evidenced by the single
fact that Crook county in 1901,
had but one threshing outfit
which handled 100,000 bushels of
grain, while in 1909, there were
15 which threshed more than
2,000,000 bushels.
It is estimated that one-third
of the acres of Wasco and Crook
counties are susceptible of agri
culture, being 531,472 in Wasco,
1,707,520 in Crook; one-fourth of
Harney county, or 1,095, 640 acres
it is, estimated can be cultivated.
Figures are not immediately
available for Sherman :and Lake,
but it can reasonably be assumed
that these five countios contain
5,000,000 acres of tillable land.
"There are at the present time
in the several segregations be
tween 750,000 and 800,000 acres
of land which, can and will te ir
rigated, and there are easily 1,-
to sink rather slowly into the
neero's full consciousness; he
shifted around first on one foo
and then the other and finally ad
dressing the court in a pleading
manner, said:
" 'Sav ledire. vou don't mean
this comin' August does you'?
Neither da I mean 'this coming
august' or this coming year
Central Oregon present man';
size problems. It is practically
without agricultural history or
precedent. The vast acres are
there; varying climatic conditions
must be reckoned with: all the
problems of proper seed, soil
analysis, utilization of moisture,
correct rotation, are to be met
with and solved.
The crying need of the coun
try is naturally for people, but
the greater need is for people of
the right sort and to see that
they are started right. A suffi
cient sum of money has been
raised by contrubutions from the
railroads, business interests of
Portland and in Crook county, to
establish and maintain for near
ly two years, or until the legisla
ture can assume its proper re
sponsibilities, two experimental
stations in that county one to
teach dry and the other irrigated
farming. I
wniie at least two experi
mental farms will be maintained,
we expect the best results to
flow from intimate instruction
given to the farmer upon his own
land. We feel a natural and par
donable pride in haying accom
plished this much, still it is but
i
drop in tne Ducket wnen com
pared with the necessities of the
whole situation.
"Oregon is essentially an agri
cultural state, ana we nave at
Corvallis a remarkable agricul
tural college. Properly support
ed and enabled to extend its op
erations by subordinate stations
throughout the entire state,
can be counted on to do more for
the commercial advancement o
the state than any other agency
In European countries agri
cultural education nas received
far more attention than with us
In Denmark, which is about the
size of Crook and Harney coun
ties, there are more than 50 agri
cultural colleges and schools, and
the state provides in almost
every neighborhood its experts to
continually counsel with and ad
vise the farmers.
lhe hgures with respect to
wheat in the United States are
startling. The exports for the
fiscal year 1909 were 65,479,311
bushels; for the fiscal year 1910,
44,353,949 bushels, and for the
fiscai year of 1911, 24,388,619
bushels. These figures indicate
that the surplus of wheat in our
country is diminishing very rap
idly and will disappear entirely
within the next year or two un
less there is a radical change.
Oi.e of the reasons, naturally, is
the increase in population and
the decrease in proportion of
farmers.
"A few years "ago a farmers'
products fed himself and one
other; now they must feed him
self and two others. In 1901
there was 9.81 bushels of wheat
raised per capita; in 1911, 7.13
co-operation and progress to ad
vance even further into the in
terior than they are at present."
Portland Oregonian.
An article printed in the daily
papers a few days ago says that
A. C. Bryce, who was United
States consul at Matanzns, Cuba,
in 1897, is authority for the state
ment that he received warning
two days before the Maine was
blown up that'the ship was to be
destroyed and that he so advised
Consul General Fitzhmrh Lee.
Thp lnttor nnid no attention to
the warning. Bryce says the man
who warned him was not an
American and that he is under
promise not to reveal his name.
If he should continue faithful to
his promise the government
should send Detective Burns
down there to find out who the
fellow is who fortold the disaster.
The Pioneer extends its read-
i
ers oest vvisnes lor a merry
Christmas and urosDerous and
Happy New Year.
Just Look
Through
bushels.
"It seems to me to be entirely
reasonable to say that Central
000,000 acres whtich will come Oregon can be made the granary
within this c.tegoi y within the
next few y.-ars.
"I am assured by agricultural
experts Vhat all of this land is
susceptible of cultiTation, the re
of the state, but to do this it
must be peopled and they must
be educated and assisted. It is
not a universal condition, but so
frequently is it the case as to at
The Limit
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our stock of fine harness nnd see If you
ever snw anything better made nt any
thitu: like our prices. We use only the
verv best of leathers and employ only
thoroughly competent help, consc
quently we know that we have the best
pIiirh of irnnds to oiler if vou wish to
purchase a set from stock, or we mako
high grnde Harness to order when do
sired.
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M. EW1NG, Prop.
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Nice Clean Rooms
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Notice to Land Seekers
CENTRAL OREGON IRRIGATION
has moved its ENGINEERING. CASHIER'S and LAND SALES OH
FICES to the new town of
DESCHUTES, CENTRAL OREGON
call
ah i i ? i . i- a i : -.mw ohmilri write to, 01
mm parries naving Business witn inis uuniHa,,j s?i
at Deschutes.
Hotel accomodations can now be secured at DESCHUTES,
Write for BOOKLET describing CAREY ACT IRRIGATION LAN
Central Oregon Irrigation Company
V Oregor
On both the Hill and the Harriman Railroads
A Nice Present
turns ing unquestionable where tain unpleasant prominence, t;hat
intelU, ;ent and correct methods lands are held at too high a price.
Ke followed. When one applies This will not be a continuing
these -figures and appreciates J condition, however, and will large
their. potential force it is stag- ly regulate itself; but it does not
Bering, but it is not going to
come at once, nor without effort.
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MADRAS HARNESS
30 Days Clearance Sale Commencing
"Down south a negro was con
victed of murdor and sentenced
to death. The judge said to him:
'The sentence of this court is that
you be confined in the county jail
until the 22d day of August, and
that on "that date you be taken to
the place of execution and there
hanged by the neck until you are
dead, and may God have mercy I
on your sdul.' The thing seemed
effect at the
tend to post-
have its adverse
present and does
pone settlement.
"The question is one in which
all our interests are mutual. We
unquestionably have the country,
and we evidently have favorable
conditions of soil and climate.1
Rarely does a new country start '
with so inviting a prospect. It '
is fair to say that the railroads
have done their share and are
now only awaiting an evidence of
for Christmas is a pretty gold Bracelet,
which every young ludy will appreciate.
I have some verv nrcttv clnolirnn in
Bracelets, the wormanship on some of
mem i uxuuihiiu. i curry a une line of
first class Gold and Silver Jewelry, in
cluding Watches, Chains, Charms,
Urooches. Rintrs. Stick Pins. Hutnlna
ijuuhuih, etc., uic,
A. E. PETERSON
Jeweler Madras, Oregon
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