Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1912)
HAMMOND' FAVORS A "POINT" OF WISDOM look at this MADRAS CONDITIONS roscereto IN 1,000 YEAR ft; t 8$$ 1 rjfi ifis1--" .... rSWSft tho slmplo rclr, nweneto and oiling mechanism. That wo do not ovcr-roto Its power, bus been proven repeatedly la public Contests and In tho field. It has always deliv ered more than its rated horse power both rtt the draw bar and In tho belt, with less Tarlatlons In revolutions per minute than any other tractor. The SV burnt thttp kerosene t ill lod. under ll eondN tlont. PZi2 By combining tlie Secor-Hlrtfns Cwtureter with a direct reir-driren ffovernor, we he secured a intern ol oil eombujUon and pocr control without an eaul. Whether you form 1 M teres er tntny thoumd sere ranch, there U as SV. lor ou. la the tttf rou need, at the the price you wint to py CfV to rto your plowlnff. drlllln. cultlTjtlne, hrvetlnf. tuul Inc. and roid-cradtnf to run your train separttor, corn ihredder and hutkrr. clow huller, entlUre cutter, etc. to supply your tiery re quirement lor traction or belt power. Investigate the many ad vantages of an ownership now. Specifications, pictured de scriptions, full details are yours for the asking. i B. S. LARKIN, Agent MADRAS, OREGON Sales Solicitor RUMELY PRODUCTS CO., Inc. La Porte, Ind- J. H. HANER, Pres. C. WNDERLEY. Vice Pres. L. M. BECTELL, Sec. The J. H. Haner AbaracT: Co. Incorporated Prineville - Oregon Capital Stock $5000.00 Surplus $3000.00 fully paid up. Abstracts of title to all real property in Crook county. Carefully prepared photograph copies of all records and city plats at low cost. European Plan Newly McTAGO Best Service Possible Given To T Auto Service to All MADRAS, he Balfour-Guthrie & Co. FOR SEED WHEAT, SEED BARLEY AND WHEAT HAY, ROLLED BARLEY P. W. Ashley, Agt. JUNIPER ALWAYS FRESH AND PURE ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THE JUNIPER BRAND A CENTRAL OREGON PRODUCT REDMOND CREAMERY CO. L ""iihteff &5; ot Tractor- design tho rugncd constructiou Furnished Throughout ART HOTEL Public Points of Interest OREGON Phone Your Orders E3BJ BUTTER I. O, O. F. Lodge Meets every Saturday night. Strangers-' are wel come. Charles Oatman, N. G. Lewis H. Irving, Secretary Charles F. Gammon Tells of China's Hungry Millions, 50,000 MILES ARE AFFECTED Relief Fund Used Lnrgoly In Employ ing Sufforors to Reconstruct Dikes and Roads Destroyed by Excessivo Floods People Work For Food. Charles F. Gammon, who hns spent seventeen years among the Chluese, has written tho following description of that great country's distress: "In n period of 1,000 years China has had over S00 famines, yet practically ull of. these have been unknown to tho world nt large. Tho great famine of 1878, taking Its terrible toll of 0,000, 000 to 13,000,000 lives, aroused the at tention and sympatuy of tho wholo world, and the generous response which followed the appeal of n famlno committee nt that time did much to break down the barriers of anti-foreign feeling which up to then had been In surmountable. "The present famine, unlike tho drought famine of 1S7S, hns been duo to excessive rains, followed by ty phoons and lloods, affecting an area of over 50,000 square miles and a popu lation of over 3,000,000 people. "Past experience has rendered pos sible the distribution of famine relief on a most systematic and economical basis. Tho pauperizing effect result ing to some extent from relief opera tions In other famines, due to affording support to thousands during prolonged periods of enforced idleness, has been practically eliminated In this. How Fund Is Used. "Tho famine fund is being largely nswl In emnlovinc the sufferers to re construct their own dikes and roads, which were destroyed by the floods. Thus tho Idle and despairing people are enabled to earn a living while wait ing for another harvest and are nt the same timo helping to restore normal conditions and to prevent future occur rences of this nnture. wages are paiu In food only, and this reward is neces sarily so limited as" to offer induce ments only to those truly deserving. To save and sustain life 13 the object of famine relief, and since the means never equals the need the rations must be carefullv distributed and those who are suffering least ignored for those whose necessities are vital. 'These extreme cases make no dem onstration. They have got beyond that. They do not even beg. but are mute and motionless, the spark of life hardly struccrlin to retain its hold upon their emaciated forms. Sometimes when they understand that the ticket given tuom means food and life tears roll down their cheeks. Tickets for food are giv en onlv in tho home, except In ex- chance for labor, the necessaries of each family being Judged not by the home, but by the faces of its inmates. A. man mav be hungry and suffering for food, but unless his fnce is swollen from anaemia he must be passed by for those more terribly needy. Were It not that through centuries of poverty and extreme hardship only the strong have survived half the 3,000.000 now suffering would have died in the first months of the famine. Horror Difficult to Realize. "It is difficult for us to realize tho real horror of these extensive famines confined almost wholly to China. India and Russia. Under the best conditions the Chinese live but a sordid life, de void of many things we would regard as necessary to existence and with every form of luxury unknown. What thn Chinese know us rrtoerlty we should regard as the severest hardship, as it means a coarse and meager llv- incr. a cramped and cheerless hut and tho most trying toll from tho rising of the sun until the fall of darkness. "Milk and butter are practically un known, meat Is rarely tasted oftencr than once n week, and then only under prosperous conditions, and in tho fat years there Is little surnlus to be saved for the lean years of famlno. nonce when drought or flood destroys tho crops there is nothing Tor the hard working farmers to fall back upon. Conditions Existing Today. "In the case of a man of means, he sells first his cow. the water buffalo that nlowH his fields, then his farm utensils, and finally his household coods. One by ouo all are "eaten un." as lie would sav. Then the doors and windows are taken from tho mud-brick. hut and carried to market, and at last tho few timbers that support tho roof go to nourish the family. Left at last without a roof, they Join the endless procession of refugees, some to drop rind die where thev fall and others to struggle and stagger onward In the bono of reaching some more prosper nun reclon. Often thev are huddled Into tiny huts, hardly larger than a half barrel, cut endwise nnd made of cheap matting, nnd in these camps pestilence soon finds its way, often In tho form of relapsing fever, frequently the dead ly typhus, and nlso in smallpox, "These are tho conditions existing to day over an Immense area of China. It is tho result of three lean years fol lowed by excessivo rains and floods, with terrific typhoons, which wiped out wuoio towns nnu vuingea rrom. tuo map ana turned the roauu into bogs." Promlnont Eastern Roal Estoto Man has Good Word for This City Mr. A. E. Hammond, a civil engineer, now living in ruiuunu, Ore., recently said: 'Some eight ornine years ago, while examining the Madras . . i i country, with a view to tne ex- ension of the Columbia cc bouth- ern Kanroaci num oiuumuw south to Bend, I found that no railroad line from the north could reach the interior, or what is now known as Central Oregon, without passing through, or very near, wnac was men kuuwu uo he 'Willow Creek basin.' 1 saw that the surrounding country or miles in every direction sloped towards it, and that all vnil-5 thorn were no roads at hat time led into the basin, and it plainly appeared to me that when the country was evvenually settled, this same basin would be the most nat ural and the most available rading point and business cen ter for all that immense agn cultural district. "Shortly after this examina tion, witn tne assistance oi uie .1 I? i-l. v railway company, I began to en courage settlers to go in and oc cupy the vacant lands surround ing the 'Willow Creek basin.' They gradually did so, and as l surmised, this basin became their common meeting point and business center. I had purchased previously 160 acres in the basin, and platted what is now known as Madras. At that time the nearest house was nine miles away, and the nearest railroad point was Shaniko, forty-five miles distant. "Madras is a thriving little city, and any one buying land there at the prices now asked,' will be making a first class in vestment. The territory sur rounding and tributary to Mad ras is, without a doubt, the best farming district in Central Ore gon, and when the day arrives, not far distant that water for irrigation is put upon these lands, this district will develope into a garden spot without equal in the West, and Madras will make a city equal to North Yakima or Walla Walla. Mr. H. E. Welchel, of the firm of Welchel & Campbell, real es tate and commission men who specialize in fruit lands, has just returned from a thirty days' trip through the state of Oregon, and writes to the Northwest News as follows: "I believe that Madras has a great future owing to the fact of the large area of land that an be put under water, and land that is now under irrigation pro duces wonderfully. ' (Philadel phia) Northwest Nevs. LEST WE FORGETI That Theodore Roosevelt hauled down the tarliT revlHlon lla from the White House at the requoHt of Sena tor Nelson W. Aldrlch and Speaker Joseph O. Cannon. That Theodoro Roosevelt once said In a letter, "Can we antagonize tho Morgan Interests, which havo always been bo friendly to uhV" That the International narvester company und the United States Steel corporation are "Morgan Interests," that thoy are represented In tho Roose velt headquarters by George W, Per kins, tho chief contributor to tho Roosevelt campaign fund, nnd that Theodoro Roosevelt has not mentioned any Morgan Interest or friend of Mor gan In this campaign except to defend it or him. That Theodoro Roosevelt refused, t lifter ho had ordered the suit lllod, to permit tho prosecution of the Interna tional Harvester company and that ho reached this declslou ufter a visit from Ceorgo W. Perkins. That Medlll McCormlek of tho Mc Cormick famfly Is one of the most nctlvQ supporters oS Theodoro Roobo-veit Young men nnd young women, boys and girls yes, and old wage earners, too, give pn eye for the future and preparo for making the evening of your days comfortable. Bank your savings and surplus cash now with us and it will not only be secure against dangers, but will add to itself each year. Start a bank account with us today. FARM LOANS AND INSURANCE Madras State Bank NO. 3061 . The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON U. K. Allkn, rronJdont. T. M. IUi.dwin, OMhlor. WlLLWUMWBILttl Vice l're. II. Bai.ih, ut. Ciuhler. ESTABLISHED 1 888 Cupltal, Burplim nd Undivided I'm fit $1 00,000.00 Blue PrintTownship Plats Corrected uptodnto, showing names of entrymcn, vacant mnu, rivers anu creeks, CO cents each. Land Scripts For Salo For Becunntr title to all kinds of Gov ernment land without residence or im provement, nt lowest market prices. Write us for particulars. All kinds of Lund office business u specialty. Twen ty-flvo years experience. Hoforence, Trench & Co.. Bankers. Hudson Land Company Tho Dulles, OrcRon Send For This Seed Annual-Free LRr't trcdi B.tldKlfc parity " rutucirw lhae two autlitin Kow tamylitilrAJUukid. Out luBy tmusMtoa. MoteMMkraptrke quipped Ubofttocy under In ciiiraion of tcicBbS and expert Kl teflrr remove fl gun wjtk. When buying Lflltedi.you pur (ncmudctop. Sod loe oUlog. The Ou. H.Lilly Co., SttttU e o O & O- i0 O O ViyiL'.'M b Pastime Tucker & Gulp, Proprietors 2n Cigars, Tobacco, Confectioner Smokers' Articles, Newsbtant O VV V W W V V V V V V'V" Shamroe TOMMY McCORMACK, Prop. Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigar FURNISHED ROOMS-New and Up-to-Date Quart LUMBER, SHINGLES MOULDINGS SASH AND DOORS T A rTIT T Tum-a-Lum Lumber Dealer in Building Materials of all kind., v come to stay and have just completed on i ments. We have one of the largest stoc , f.. j ... rnnmv. We sell the Rock Springs Coal, free from slate w . pounds for a ton Phone. Mad ras and what your homo winU-l, now Harness, and you m J!1 invert , U herewhero v , "J Bllrcd mill ,,..!!.! . '"'UCK M-nues always the I Wo ure cxnurionpr.,! -i - .1 ncsa makers and urn nJLff.TVl bet horse owners, who rely J work. lnMiitr, it .-i . ' UP mini., vvn nn - .. -. it ....v. rium)i in lining orders Larkin Harne Buy Your Roof NOW and . bentttol unusually low price, sell half-ply "A.B."J antted water, addaad prooi rooimg, lor 51.10 for a fell Udodlif ccBtat ul u!! fa j We tho tcllTafW 60c a roll i buHdln? n 40c a roll) deadening (tit it (1.2s plaitcrboard(ocvvntcorlrtet COMPLETE1 HOUSES FAISTSI All &t rautrld retir ed to bulU your Loom Ii us;llrJttourli'l. lo-eimmmtr pficet wMcb ire 25 to 50 brlow uiutl quoodoni Semi lor our portfolio of modern bomri iLowInf Iiouk (lull tod prlctt. Carrlirt eJ Uraiiut l (tltn, dim' I lnk.itc.mil II. 60 1 pita I otr A-r tin I fiio, Riabk fa i 2232 WesUaKo Art. MADRAl ORECO 9 Shou Roonso Pool Ha THE WOOD, CO LIMB CEMENT PLASTER Com Lumber WILLIAM WADE, UJ M"188" fit.