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The Madras Pioneer NO. 18 MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON. THURSDAY. JANUARY 18. 1912. FFIC RESU CENTRAL LIED TO iue in the Des- ipy on"0 chutes Canyon VELINC IS HAZARDOUS Li-on Oregon Trunk Arrived LdrU Last Sunday Alornlng. L Trains On Deschutes Lino ilroading in the Deschutes Kn during the past two 5 has been very dangerous perilous to the train crews the passengers that have compelled to make the trip. Krai times the cool heads of rain crew has saved many and destruction of property, nday evening an instance oc Edthat might have proved ft destructive to life, when Oregon Trunk train coming h, with about 60 passengers rd, was threatened with de letion in the waters of the chutes river. ft'hile the train was crossing a ge near North Junction, one he spans gave way, and the E sagged dangerously. W. B. on, the engineer, pulled the In on over the shaking struc- and all but the last car was ftfety on the south abutment, n more supports gave way the last coach left the rails. L Russell, conductor, hur- the passengers out of the ying car. It later was re Bed on the rails. he entire trip from Fallbridge made with great difficulty, the passengers have drawn Blutions and voted thanks to train crew. Many declare it it was the cool bravery of trainmen that averted serious ster at the bridge. At other es along the line the track "soft" and travel was beset ft danger. Ifter the passengers, with if baggage, had been taken I the train crew decided that train would go into the river ft there, and the cars that m off the track were slowly led over the ties until off the Pge and then the crew placed caches on the track and the mey was resumed, though 7 slow-arriving at Madras ween two and three o'clock nday morning. ionday afternoon another in occurred which makes a son feel thankful, especially 0I the train. It happened " after the passenger train on Oregon Trunk came across " river bridge. The fact , n known to the passengers 11 alter the next station was jned that two bents of the awere washed out a few jents after the train passed. ita3 been necessary for the lrad company to make trans- 'he passengers and bag ger these places until the ? ? U,d be rePaired. It ;xPf ed that the train will hrough from Fallbridge bLD!SC!lute3 railroad have trying to operate trains a i end. They have been D ialargeforceof n in chute3 canyon since the falling and it 'ted that they will resume over their road by the f . Part of the week. They i unmnS a rotary Bnow wwVW0P CanVOn in Bpand E 011)0 8nw was very P and the earth slides were OREGON r W'mm RESTAURANT HELD up at metolius "CELILCX" THE OREGON TRUNK RAILWAY'S NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE COLUMBIA RIVER Two Years In Building; Used for First Time January 5th, 1912; Has 29 Piers, Three Abutments and a Total Length of 4 1 97. 1 7 Feet IMPORTANT TERM OF COUNTY COURT Tax Levy Made For 1912 Coll For Convention to Meet at Prlnevlllo to Consider Bond Issuo The regular term of the Com missioner's Court convened at Prinevillo Wednesday, January 3, 1912. Present, H. C. Ellis, judge, presiding; R. H. Bayley and James Rice, commissioners; War ren Brown, clerk; T. N. Balfour, sheriff. Now is presented to the court the petition of Jacob Hoffman et al for a county road and it is or dered that the county clerk for ward all papers relative to said road to Fred Wilson, district at torney, for his reconsideration. Northwest Townsite company's first addition to Madras. Upon the application of the Northwest Townsite company for the ap proval of the plat and tracing thereof of the Nortwest Town site company's first addition to Madras, said Northwest Town site company being the owner thereof, and it satisfactorily ap pearing to the court that said plat and tracing thereof together with the dedication of the streets and alleys as shown thereon to the the public, have been filed with the county clerk, that the same have been duly approved by the county surveyor and the county assessor and that all re quirements of law have been complied with; said plat and tracing thereof is hereby ap proved by the court and ordered spread of record. Bridge across Deschutes river. Now is presented to the court the petition of the United States by Claude C. Covey, asking per mission to erect a steel wagon bridge across the Deschutes riv er in the southwest quarter of sec. 20, tp. 10 s, range 13 e of Willamette meridian, said bridge to be located at or near the site of the present ferry crossing said river on the wagon road leading from Warm Spring, Ore gon, to Mecca, Oregon, said not too bad. It is claimed that this road has not fared' as badly as the Oregon Trunk, owing to their not having so many bridges to contend with. Owing to the Oregon Trunk ! trains being operated over the Deschutes road from South Junc tion to Metolius, the mail for Vanora and Mecca has been transported from Madras to these , towns on a hand car for the past few days. The reason that the trains had to be routed this way being on account of the washout of the bridge across Trout creek on the Oregon Trunkjino. bridge to be constructed without expense to Crook county, it is therefore ordered that permission be given in accordance with the prayer of said petition. Report of county clerk on scalp bounty. Now is presented to the court the report of county clerk showing the payment of bounty on 463 coyote scalps and 103 bob cat front feet, amounting in all to $900.50 said scalps and front feet were then reduced to ashes in accordance with the code. Accounting of emergency road fund. Now on this day is pre sented to the court the account ing of H. C. Ellis for the emer gency road fund since the date of the last report, to-wit, January 1, 1911, to January 1, 1912. Said report showing receipts as per account approved by this court on January 1, .1911, of a balance of $305.54, and itemized disburse ments thereof, together with vouchers showing payments of the respective amounts to Janu ary 1, 1912, of $156.50, leaving a balance in said emergency fund on January 1, 1912, of $149.04, which said account was examined and approved in writing by Com missioners Bailey and Rice on January 3, 1912, and ordered filed in the public records of this court. Petition for county road by Albert Moore et al. Upon due consideration it is ordered that the county clerk forward all pa pers to District Attorney Wilson for his opinion as to their valid ity. Petition for county road by R. A. Merchant et al. This matter coming on regularly to be heard this 4th day of January, 1912, the same having been continued from the November, 1911, term of this court. It is ordered by the court that the board of coun ty road viewers be and they are hereby instructed to proceed to lay out said road, and itjs or dered that the viewera be and are hereby ordered to meet on the 19th day of February, 1912, of within five days thereafter, to survey, view and lay oat said road. Petition for franchise for Cove Power Co. It appearing to the court that the Cove Power Co. is preparing to furnish power for all purposes to Metolus, Prine ville, Redmond, Madras and to all other persons and places re quiring same and that it is neces sary for said company to have a franchise, easement and right of way for the erection and main tenance of the necessary poles and wires along either outer line of county roads from the Cove Power Co. 's plant situated upon sec. 11, tp. 1-2 south, range 12 east, W. M., to Metolius, from Metolius to Prineville; from Me tolius to Redmond, from Red mond to Prineville, with author ity to cross county roads when necessary. It is ordered that a franchise and easement be grant ed. Whereas, it appears that the scalp bounty fund is now over drawn to the extent of $650, it is ordered that the county clerk draw a warrant on the general fund payable to the scalp bounty fund for the sum of $650. Petition for county road by Roy L. Kidder et al. Now is L. H. POWELL DROWNED IN DESCHUTES RIVER Was Crossing River On Footbridge and Probably Lost Balance Foul Play? Leaves Wife and Family 9 Much Excitement Tues day Evening ROBBER FRIGHTENED AVMY W. J.Gordon Accidentally Shot In Leg With His Own Gun During the Fracus At this writing nothing further has been learned of the finding of the re mains of L. H. Powell, whom it is sup posed fell off the foot-bridge across the Deschutes river west from Culver. The Deschutes Valley Tribune says that Powell, who was a contractor on the road work of the Deschutes grade, left his camp on the east side of the river and went across to the camp oc cupied by a party of Greeks, and from the information gathered he remained there during the afternoon and staned to return about 5 o'clock, which was the last that could be learnd of his actions His presence was not missed until the next day when he did not return to his camp and an investigation was started and his cap was found under the bridge and about two feet above the water, which seems to be a peculiar thing for a cap that he wore down over his ears, however, it is naturally supposed that he lost his balance while crossing the bridge, which swayes a great deal while a person is walking across it, or else he met with foul play. Mr. Powell had been in Culver for a number of months, and had been in the carpenter and. contracting business. About a month since he took a contract on the grade work at the Deschutes. He has a wife and family at Baker City. Tuesday night about 12 o'clock an at tempt was made to hold up the restau rant of Perry Wible at Metolius. It Beems that the would be holdup man was just' in the act of entering the front of the building, having his face'eovered with a mask and carrying a sawed off shot gun, when he was met by a person coming out, and in failing to get in side before being discovered, abandoned the attempt and started to run. In the excitement following' the at tempted holdup W. J. Gorden. an em ployee, had the misfortune to receive a pistol shot in the front part of ths leg, the shot entering and splintering: tho bone. He was removed next morning to the hospital at The Dalles for medi cal treatment. Ud to this time no trace of the hold up man has been found, however, it is thought that he is not far out -of the country, and many think he is a resident of Metolius. FARMERS' UNION ELECTS CFFiGti 4 13 Delegates Present Next Rcnul.-jr Meeting Will eo Saturdcy, Feb ruary 10th. 1012 COAL! presented to the court the peti tion of Walter Ruble et al, for county road, accompanied by a bond of $100 with T. W. Taylor as surety, and it appearing by the opinion of the district attor ney that all papers are regular and in accordance with the stat ute, it is ordered that the board of road viewers meet at the be ginning of said proposed road on the 21st day of February, 1912, view, review and survey said proposed road and report thereon at the next term of this court. In the matter of the regular statement of former Supervisor S. Nace, clerk isjdirected to not ify said supervisor to make a regular report upon the blank forms for that purpose and clerk is requested to forward same. "Tax levy for 1912. For the purpose of defraying the expen ses of the county and to meet the payment of the state tax, which amounts to $39,599.75. the fol lowing levy was made for the year 1912: State - - - 4i mills County - . . 7 95-100 Cruising timber - 'lj General school - - 3i Road fund (exclusive of Priveville and Bend) 1 High School fund (exclu sive of District 12) 14 Library fund - - 1-20 Tptal 20 mills Petition for bonding county for Pursuant to a call issued by the sec retary of the County Farmers' Union for a meeting to be held in Madras, Saturday, the 13th. a meeting was held in the usual meeting place and about 13 delegates from different parts of the county were present. The principal object of the meeting was the election of officers for the com ing year. This matter was taken up and George White was elected presi dent; H. J. Branstetter, vice president, and John Coulter, secretary and treas urer. Owing to the small attendance of del egates, the regular busineea affaire were not taken up very extensively. The next regular meeting will be held Saturday, February 10, at which time the installation of the new officers will take p!ace and will be a regular business meeting. t r Minor in St, Louis Post.Dispatoh. (Continued oil page 6.) Coleman McPherson Coleman McPhsrson, another of the oldest pioneers and set tlers in Crook county, passed over the Great Divide, Saturday, January 13th, in Portland. The direct cause of his death was a cancer, with which he had been afflicted for the past two years. Mr. McPherson was a native of California, and spent a part of his life in that state, coming to Oregon about 1875, establish ing his residence first on Willow creek and a year or so later mov ed to his ranch on lower Hay creek, where he ha,d made his home for over thirty" years, and during this time has acouireU a large tract of land, and has been engaged in the stock business. He was about 70 years of age at the time of his death. Besides a wife he leaves, six children, four boys and two girls, all of whom reside in Eastern and Cen tral Oregon. The remains were brought to Haycreek where interment -.was made. lJ,.JVl Krkwood, a deputy sheriff from Big Timber. arrived in Madras Sunday even ing, coming after a prisoner that has been held here under bonds 1 for several duys past, u 1 1 1 1. ! I- ! 1 . 1 J. 5 i' f - ir 1 ' B-f ' J' m y4 if If 1.: ir