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CLATSOP BEACH, PACIFIC OCEAN
Low roun.l trip faros are In cffeot H summer. This beautiful beach Jtrotohes
twcntv live mites smith i)f the mouth of the Columbia Klver. 8osll and
have llrst class hotels, cottages, eamptlng places, surf bathing, mountain water, etc.
LOW ROUND TRIPS EAST
Throucliout vhc summer, on the ilatcs given below, round trip tickets will bo sold to
tho points In the cast shown below, and many others, at the reduced fares quoted.
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CENTRAL OREGON UNE
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways
. . . y-i . 1 f T-.L ' L P OO RA rMnlin 9 fl (S
Atlantic City
lialtimore . . .
Boston . . .
Buffalo, . .
Chicago . . .
Colorado Springs
Denver . . .
$111.00 Detroit. . . $ 82.50 Omaha . . ? 60.00
107.50 Duluth . . . 60.00 Philadelphia 108.50
110.00 Kansas City . 60.00 Pittsburg . 91.50
91.50 Milwaukee . . 72-50 St. Louis . . 70.00
72.50 Minneapolis . . 60.00 St. Paul . . 60.00
55.00 Montreal . . 105.00 Toronto . . 91.50
55.00 New York . 108.50 Washington 107.50
DATES OF SALE : JULY 23, 26, 29, 30, 31, 1912. AUGUST 1, 2, 3, 6, 7,
12. 16, 22, 23, 29, 30, 31, 1912. SEPTEMBER 4, 5. 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 30, 1912.
Stopovers and choice of routes allowed In each direction. Final return limit
October 31st, 1912. Train leaving Madras, S.40 A.M. conuectsdlreotly at Fallbrldge wltb.
FAST THROUGH TRAIN EAST
Details of schedules, fares, etc., will be furnished on request.
W.E. Goman.Gen'l Frt. & Pass. Agent, Portland, Or. A. P. Meyers, Agent Madras, Or.
ASE DON'T
Leave a fire in the timber until it is OUT.
Throw burning matches or tobacco in the woods.
Start a fire where it can spread into the timber.
Fail to notify a State or Federal officer if you
discover a fire in the timber.
YOU WILL LOSE
Taxes on burned timber land.
$8.00 per thousand feet in wages circulated.
The sale of groceries, hardware, and supplies used
in the cutting and manufacture of the timber.
You own good opinion of your public spirit, if
you fail to put out or report timber fires the
same as you would report a fire in your
neighbors dwelling.
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i THE VINEYARD!
THE NEW CONFECTIOARY
Is Now Open in the Key Building on 5th Street With a I
Full Line of
Candies, Fruits, Soda Waters and Ice Cream I
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SPECIAL PARLOR FOR LADIES
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SPRING AND SUMMER
MILLINERY
MRS. ISA E. B. CROSBY
I. O. O. F. Lodge
Meets every Wednesday
night. Strangers are welcome.
; fr Prry Henderson, N.G.
" "f' Lew,8 h Irving, Secretary
RAILROAD PROMOTER
BAD CHECK ARTIST
H. H. Skswas. Has Mado a Record
Slnca Making Hla Appearance In
Central Oregon
ialfour-Guthrie & Co.
FOR
SACKS, TWINE and
ROLLED BARLEY
P. W. Ashley, Agt. Phone Your Orders
yith large ideas and small
methods, a man who called him
self H. H. Skewes arrived at Me
tolius, in Crook County early in
June, and announced himself a
railroad promoter. He said, with
mysterious winks, that he repre
sented St Louis capital to build a
railroad from Metolius to Prine
ville, and to extend it to Bend.
To make his credit good he de
posited a few dollars in the Bank
at Metolius, and then went to
Prineville. He engaged a party
of surveyors to lay out the line.
As a side issue, while he was
giving the glad hand to the
farmers and telling them of the
value of the stock in his com
pany, Mr Skews made love to his
landlady, Mrs Sparks, proprie
tress of the Sparks Hotel, and
won her heart and hand. It is
rumored JbufVojAsv) absur&ecf ner
bank account of several hundred
dollars. Mrs Sparks-Skewes is
now hunting for her husband,
not so much to have her former
name returned as to 'get her
money back. She will not con
fess the exact amount she gave
her husband.
Addressing the members of
the Chamber of Commerce of
Prineville, for the purpose of
soliciting subscriptions to the
stock of the Central Oregon &
Eastern Railroad, which had no
legal substance, he is alleged to
have said the steel for the con
struction work had been ordered
for deivery, not later than Octo
ber 15, and that as soon as the
surveyors had completed their
work the grading would be com
menced. The Prineville Cham
ber of Commerce insisted on
knowing who was really back of
the enterprise, and Mr Skewes
confidentially told that body he
was representing the O. W. R. &
N. Co. This caused the bubble
to burst, for R. B. Miller, traffic
manager of that company, pro-1
nounced Skewes an imposter and
warned the Prineville citizens
to beware of him.
When this information was
circulated Skewes disappeared
from that section. His survey
ors quit at the same time and
are still doubtful if they will
lose pay for their work.
Amusing as it now appears,
Skewes said that work on the
road Wculd be through such a
dense farming district, he did
not want to interfere with the
farmers by grading, until they
had harvested their crops.
Leaving Metolius with his
bride to await his return, Skews
came to Portland and bought an
automobile, giving a check on
the Metolius Bank in payment.
The check was returned as no
good in three days, but in the
meantime the machine was used
day and night, lubricated it
with a trail of bad checks.
Skewes was next heard from
in Seattle, where he was at
tempting to make a contract
with the Union Oil Company to
furnish oil for his engines, in
the Central Oregon & Eastern
Railroad. On the strength of
this, he circulated a few more
bad checks there, and then re
moved his operations to Van
couver, B. C. There he took the
Board of trade into his confi
dence and interested that body
in securing 4,000,000 railroad
ties for his road in Central Ore
gon.
About this time he learned
that some of his creditors were
on his trail, his wife being one
of them, and he disappeared be
fore he had made -much of a
clean up. Information from Van
DRY LAND ALFALFA
GOOD FERTILIZER
Humm and Nitrogen Returned to
tho Soli, by Plowing Undor
Alfalfa
If dry farming is to become
a permenant system of agricul
ture it is absolutely essential
that humus and nitrogen be put
into the soil. There are hundreds
of thousands of acres in the in
ter-mountain West where no
other system of agriculture will
ever prevail. The constant grow
ing of wheat on suinmor fal
lowed land must cease, for such a
system is sure to deplete the soil
of its plant food. At the present,
our wheat farming methods large
ly consists of robbing the soil of
its temporarily accumulated fer
tility and then letting it lie idle
until such time as enough plant
food has been made available and
enough water has been stored
to insure another crop. Humus
and nitorgen are essential to suc
cessful wheat farming and in
vixiav secure these the (fry
farmer must make use of green
manure crops that will supply
these necessary plant foods. By
doing this he is improving the
soil texture as well as the water
holding capacity, and in dry
farming that is the greatest es
sential Beneficial effects from
plowing under alfalfa previously
grown in rows for seed produc
tion have been noticed on suc
ceeding wheat crops for as long
as ten years.
At the present time alfalfa is
conceded to be our best legume
for the dry lands, its deep root
ing system fitting it admirably
to seek stored water at great
depths. Deep-rooted plants are
decidedly preferable to shallow
rooted ones because they pene
trate into the sub-soil. In this
way air and water find entrance,
especially after the roots decay.
It is supposed- that alfalfa when
plowed under enriches the soil
with potash and phosphorus from
the sub-soil, thus bringing these
substances witin reach of the
succeeding shallow-rooted crops.
The summer fallow simply pro
longs the time when smaller
crops and consequently smaller
returns must inevitably come
from constant soil depletion. It
is easier to keep a soil up to its
fertility if soil building is start
ed when the first crop is taken
off, than if it is prolonged until
the farmer is forced to it due
to small returns.
Thus far alfalfa planted in
rows both seed and forage pro
duction ; has proven more success
ful than the broadcast stand or
closely-drilled rows, in regions
were the moisture is not plenti
ful. While it will most probably
resolve itself into a problem of
seed production due to this lack
of sufifcient moisture for forage
production, nevertheless it can
be made paying crop both
financially and as a soil improp
er. Aberdeen Experiment Station.
Blacksmith
HORSESHOEING
WAGON and WOOD WORK
G-E-N-E-R-A-L R-E-PAMgr-g
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED
S. E. GRAY
MADRAS, OREGt
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Sash and Doors
1943 First Ave S.
Seattle, U. S. A.
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MADRAS MEAT
MARK
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X Wholesale and Retail Dealers
We have the best line of Fresh Meats in the country
t . ALL KINDS OF GARDEN VEGETABLES IN THEIR
AT;
Larkins Harness Shop
You Ivill find Harness suitable for any beast
of burden at right prices, Quality guaranteed.
IT IS A PLEASURE TO SHOW GOODS
NOTICE.
You are hereby notified that
the Central Oregon Ice & Cold
Storage Co. will not stand for
any bills contracted by Gilbert
F. Smith, and no collections of
the firm accounts made by him
Trill be recognized,
Central Oregon Ice & Cold
Storage Co.
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wanted there, so it is evident
that he placed in circulation
some more of the Metolius bank
checks,
He was a free spender and of
convivial abits. His fraudulent
operations have netted him an
opportunity to spend a period in
SHOE SHOP IN CONNECTION
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LIVERY,
FEED
&SALE
MADRAS, OREGON
STABLE
G. V. STANTON
I Your Orders Prompt Attention
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Transient Stock Given Best Of leefl ahu w
9 J. H. HANER, Prei. C. WONDERLEY, Vice Pre! L M. WO
The J. H. Haner AbStrart to.
Incorporated
Prineville - Oregon
Capital flock $5000.00 Surplus $3000.00 fully
Abstracts of title to all real property in Crook : county
Carefully prepared photograph copies of all re
I city plats at low cost.
couver is to the effect that he is
the penitentiary. Oreron.