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The Madras Pioneer
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MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1912
NO. 38
TO
THREE YEAR BILL
WAIT AWHILE, UNCLE, UNTIL THE JUNE CONVENTIONS.
NEW MEASURE FOR JULY 4TH COMMITTEE
aEGEIVE ATTENTION
UP TO PRESIDENT
CREATING COUNTIES BUSY RAISING FUNDS
OREGON
m
I Dnl!
Unn ana nan
u mi--
.j nfflp.lals MaKe
Extended Tour
.,rrrn CAHII ITIFS
. TriinW from Bend
., .!. Visit of Davidson
. u.h.m immigration
Agents
t yx . ... uswlfi
nthin(r , H(i IS 3U
man oj""o
ffimliUea." said
A lUIll Vk -
mviHson. president ol the
1 4M " '
. .-4 Woatern Co omza-
Company, yesterday, alter
i,ia nfipo rnm ;i i.rm
mwiiio'"v-
a iin otofn'a interior in
nn int. abuvv w -
any with a party oi uruuu
Kill HllUIIiv'w" v"
... a . a i ll 1 -
IV Ul Vllv uuiivjvvmmw v
kve taken un land in the
. . An'.nn,
a it
ana meir luiiiiuca- uumt
Abandoned their places al
a 1 I
tr mm qil uuiuimk hv4
for the development of the
t ii i l -i: .
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pxa prices, ioo.
i 1 1
Vni hlalM IUVII v waw..
is not because the country
dov rear uuvuiuuniuuu uur
1 ll !
1 I 111
m naa seen Deiier crops
LB H IN 11(11 I'llll 1' III III!
'farming for the market
he has to haul his products
1WJ miles to a railroad.
averacreSO miles is nhout
of distance that a
within that radius of the
n mi no m ' .n f
"VII H 111 UIUUUII
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it will produce heavilv
sever looked better, and
tell me that tmv will
tie best crops in their his
AH along the railroads and
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- -.mw vi 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 i. lit uniin
the Vegetable irnrrl oris fhn
orchards and the stonk
reflect th fertility nf
. VIIIWJ Ul
mo uiuustry oi ine
within a few years the
immediately t.rihnf
railroads will arid 5.
Vnlnmn . ..
...ii ui vaiue to the
8 DQhirt i ...
...v. ouuuuon cou d be
wi Bumnern and
Part of tiio 0u,i :
v.. (naiK. i! vim
- oiiuriation lacili-
inO in ! V .
Juac a8 favorable
'wuwiure is present in
ne Pronnrfinno rn i.
Kewmg to the mar-
Probable M.., iu ,
nu' r . ,uaun and nis
M,,cauit in Pnt-K,
Hi's
immi(rfnt:..
"d.uliiiii nrr
A-r ern immi
St Pn,,l .i
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ft Ud" Z
fa. w "u
' could, the
and
activity
mpany-Leedy,
agent of
W.
ffration
immigra-
L. Mc
E. A.
Mont.,
agent,
stopped
farmers
to learn
to do-
needs J
Borah-Jones Measure Paeeoa Home
Idaho Senator at Work on Another
Bill
Washington, June 1.-Withou
word of debate, without a dis
senting vote, the House of Rep
resentatives this afternoon
agreed to the conference report
on the Borah-Jones three-year
homestead bill and it was signed
by Speaker Clark. As soon as
it is signed by the Vice-Presi
dent it will go to the White
House for president Taft's ap
proval and the general expecta
tion is that the bill will become
a law before the end of next
week.
It is customary for the Presi
dent to refer all public land bills
to the Secretary of the Interior
before signing, and this course
may be taken with the three-year
bill.
The action of the House today
was accomplished without any
friction, those in charge of the
bill waiting until its opponents
were out of the hall before call
ing it up. Five minutes after
the conference report was read,
it had been approved by the
House without rollcall. Haif an
hour later some who intended
opposing the adoption of the
conference report found it too
ate.
If the session of Congress lasts
ong enough Senator Borah will
endeavor to get through the
House his correlated bill direct
ing the patenting of homesteads
on Government irrigation pro
jects as soon as entrymen com
ply with the homestead law.
This bill has passed the Senate,
but has not been reported by the
louse committee. If it is en
acted, homesteaders on Govern
ment projects can get patent in
three years, instead of waiting
0, as at present required.
of the country.
Mr. Leedy left yesterday morn-
ng for Helena, where he will
meet the special train bringing
L. W. Hill, ex-president of the
Great Northern, and members of
his party, to Seattle and Port
land. It is understood that he
and the other Great Northern
agents are prepared to make re
ports substantially on the basis
outlined by Mr. Davidson and re
commending the early construc
tion of a railroad south from
Bend.
Mr. Hill is associated with Mr.
Davidson in the Oregon Western
Colonization Company, which
controls 800,000 acres of timber
and farm land in Central Oregon,
and proposes himself to take
trip through that section
this Summer. Following his
'visit it is probable that definite
action toward relieving the situ
ation in the interior will be
akon.
Mr. Hill, it is understood, will
devote much of his time in the
future to the development of the
territory tributary to the Hill
ines. He is particularly inter
ested in Oregon.Oregonian.
Harry Key to Open Con
fectionary Store Monday
Preparatory to opening a soda'
fountain and general confection
ary store next week, Harry Key
has been busy for the past two
weeks remodeling and renovating
lis store on Fifth Street. Ho
lias fresh paint and paper on the
interior, new partitions, and
everything will bo tastily ar-
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Johnson in Baltimore American.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
IS IN FULL CHARGE
Republlclan Convention to Meet In
Chicago Next Week to Name
Nominee
At Chicago, June 18, the na
tional Republican convention will
meet, the number of delegates
entitled to seats being 1078; and
540 will constitute a majority
Mr. Roosevelt says he will be the
nominee of that convention,
claiming something like 600
votes. Possibly so; but the na
tional committee is the supreme
power of the Republican party
when the convention is not in
being. It assembled at Chicago
yesterday to begin the hearing
of all contests. It selects the
temporary officers of the conven
tion and makes up the temporary
roll and decides which contest
ants shall have seats in the con
vention until these contests have
been passed on by the credentials
committee and the permanent
organization of the convention
has been perfected.
According to a late statement
there are at least 186 delegates
whose seats are contested. Of
hese 172 contests have been
brought by Mr. Roosevelt and 14
by Mr. Taft. Many more con
tests will be filed. Senator La
ollette will have thirty-six dele
gates in the convention and
Senator Cummins ten, and these
may be the balance of power.
In this great crisis, in the
party, the national committee
will have to take certain respon
sibilities. If it chooses it can
make the nomination and at the
same time be judicially fair. It
can decree that Mr. Taft be the
candidate or it can decree that
Mr. Roosevelt be the candidate.
Or it can so manage matters
hat neither can get a majority
and a compromise candidate shall
be chosen. It will be a time for
calm counsel and consideration.
Exchange.
MADRAS MAY SECURE
NEW HIGH SCHOOL
Local Partlea at Work on Proposition
to Raise Standard of School
Work
anged for the opening next
week.
A full line of candies, soda,
fruit in their season, cookies and
other such goods as may be found
in a first class confectionary es
tablishment will be handled, and
every effort made to serve the
public in a satisfactory manner.
A cozy ice cream parlor will
bo arranged especially to ac
comodate the ladies and children;
New efforts are being made to
secure the co-operation and sup
port of the adjoining school dis
tricts in establishing a union
high school in Madras next fall.
The directors of the Mud Spring
and the Pleasant View districts
will be visited by the local part
ies interested in securing the
high school here, and nothing
Will be left undone toward secur
ing such an institution.
Last year there were a hundred
pupils enrolled in the Madras
school. This number would be
materially increased if pupils
further advanced were received,
for many who cannot afford to
pursue their studies further when
they must move to Prineville or
Bend, woud welcome an oppor
tunity to do high school work in
Madras.
Under the present arrange
ment, the Madras school district
contributes its pro rata share
toward maintaining the county
high school which is situated at
Prineville, but in case a union
high school should be established
at Madras, the funds at present
turned to Prineville would be di
verted to the Madras school, just
as soon as the local institution
could show that it was doing work
up to the high school standard.
If the present effort to estab
lish a union high school should
fail, it is probable that those who
are backing the present move
ment, may turn their, attention
to the plausibility of estabishing
a district high school.
Record of Rainfall for
The Month of May
During the month of Mav. all
precipitation records were brok
en for this section of the coun
try when 3 and 21-100 inches of
rainfall were registered, all of it
falling since May 19th. While it
was impossible to get the exact
figures for the same month in
previous vears. it is snfn tn Q
that the May rainfall has never'
surpassed that of this' year since
the town was established.
Figures tabulated in Prineville
show that there has been over
seven inches of rain since the
first of the year, which is within
an inch of the average yearly
rainfall of this section, thus
showing the main reason for the
splendid crop prospects.
Proposed Bill Is Prepared by City hj Merchants to be Ask
Attorneys in uonieronce ai rr D.. D n.h. ,
St. Johna
tion for Celebration
mi n i .1 cl. r
xnu Jinai urait ux a gciiuim i . .........
law nrovidincr a method for the I U rtAIUKt UULI JjHUW
creation of new counties and the
Manager Pearce Hopes to Schedule
Ball Game with Fast Soldier Team
from Vancouver Barracks. Other
Amusements Arranged
consolidation of contiguous in
corporated towns and cities, was
rirenared vesterdav at a confer-
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ence held at St Johns by the City
Attorneys of Seaside, Cottage
Grove and St Johns. It is pro-
nnsed to submit the new bill to
f hp vnf-Pr nf the state under the Active preparations for the
initiative at the general election Fourth of July celebration were
nevt fall started at the meeting held in
The proposed law makes a fun- the City building Tuesday, night,
damental chancre in the nresent when the necessary committees
r-m I m
statute for the creation of coun- were appointed to have charge
ties bvreauirimr that the netition of the celebration. O. A. Pearce,
shall be siened bv 30 Der cent of Wade Siler and John L. Camp-
he voters ol the territorv uc" vvclc iwihcu aa uie cummii,-
affected. and that the matter tee m charge of the entire pro-
shnll he vnfeH nnnn nnlv hv the ram and celebration, with the
voters of the territory within auxilliary finance committee con-
the limits of the proposed new sistmg ot b. V. btanton, Dan'
county. At Dresent-the petition Williams and b. J. Sellars. These
can be sicmed bv voters livine Ke""emen nave aireaciy taken
outside the territorv and the. final UP their duties and will be in a
vnte nn the nrnnnaitinn ia ctafo POSitlOn to make "definite an-
V W V VliV VVUI AfcJ WV i m,
wide. The new bill provides for noun cement of their progress in
;he filing of the petition with a few days. The matter of
funds to finance th& Mphmfinn
VI1V ViillVi fT WlllV - a-wvA
commissioners are appointed by be raised by assessment and
a a . . . 1 ? 1? ii . .
nim, who make a report within suobcnpnon, tne committees
60 days. If the report is against nave carefully gone over the
the creation of the county no "ed, and assessed each busi-
iirther proceedings are taken.
f favorable, then the matter is
voted upon at the next election.
The plan for the consolidation
of municipalities is simple. Up-
ness firm what they thought
would be the proper proportionate
share for it to bear. The finance
committee commenced their visi
tations Thursday and met with
on receiving a petition signed by Ed success, no one refusing to
one-nitn ot the legal voters of nt:iP'
each incorporation, the Council, Until definite arrangement and
or other legislative bodv of amusement programs have been
either incorporation, may call an made, it is sufficient to announce
election after four week's notice, that there will be a ball game,
If the proposition carries, the other athletic games, possibly a
charter and laws of the smaller horse race or two, a colt show, a
1l im . V I 1 3 I i . a
municipality go out ot existence concert, ana a Dig dam e in
and the government of the lartr- the evening,
er is continued as the govern
ment of both.
ihe bity Attorneys who at
tended the St Johns conference
Manager Pearce. ot the ball
club, is endeavoring to secure a
game with a team from the Van
couver barracks. This tenm
- ----- wwaA,A I wwe XillO tCCHU
were A. W. Norblad, of Seaside; which is one of the strongest a-
P. C. Stroud, of St Johns and J.
C. Johnson, of Cottage Grove.
TEMPERANCE SPEAKER
Mrs. Helen D. Hartford to Give
Series of Talks Saturday and
Sunday
mateur ball clubs armmrl Po
land, expects to make a trin intn
Central Oregon during the early
part of July, and it is probable
that they can be secured for the
holiday game.
IO limr nun laii-i-u , i4'""lcl ojjwiai leature ot the
IS HERE THIS WEEK rv'f the colt -show: Mr
u. vj. ouLiiiiian. nurrm- At fm
stallion Fiston D'Avernas and
the Farmers' Beltrian
Company, owners of Saphir,
have each contributed $10, to be
given as a cash prize for the host-
1912 colt sired by their horses.
This will l
Mrs. Helen D. Hartford, nn. keenest rnnfecta Jw, u
tional superintendent of the citi- flesh ever seen in Madras. Addi-
zensnip department, an auxilli- tional prizes will Drohahlv h
ary of the W. C. T. U. will He. rancred fnr thQ a,i !. .
liver a series of lectures in Mad- these two rinrs. in an r w f
ras baturday and Sundav June 8 secure th lnnof .
, , - .u.gvaij jjuasiuifcj en-
and 9 speaking in the Christian trance lists. Other prizes will be
Church Saturday and the.M. E. awarded for winners in the ath-
church Sunday evenino. Rnt. letin
urday afternoon at 2 oclock, she It has been suggested that a
will address the mothers of Mad- season ticket to all ball trames
ras, and at 4 oclock the same af- played in Madras this summer
ernoon will hold a special meet- be given to theKSS
ing for children. the Fourth nf ti ,r.Ior
Mrs. Hartford's adverts The mm Z ':tu on
subjects are: The Training of the announce this prize in a fZ
Coming Citizen; Money versus days. P " a few
Children; Trial by Jury; Our
Nation, Its Greatness Tto Donald FitzcreraW
Danger; Knights and Ladies of business man of Snokane h
the 20th Century: Womnn'o t been spending
fluence as a Citizen and Shall Madraa this week, attending to
Orecron Restore thn Tnt x some lnnnl ua;
w o , . v"r "awuu ' u -UOI..BBH matters.
;n:,? i? a well known
wxuvu ui mese lectures she will V. vinff
lectured aho
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deliver m Madras.
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a number of world'a ecoids n
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