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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 5, 1912)
41' t,' ANNOUNCEMENT n IG SALE OF LOTS IN TOW N adras, Oregon, Sept. 1 9 WATCH? THIS SPACE SECURE A BARGAIN if FERTILITY FARM PRODUCTS i of Different Crop on Sella tfiltttf In Prof. SradUy'a lullstln ia matter of considerable and importance to Use demands which partic are making upon the lally when plans are as theyare in mod iods of farming to meet demands by appropriate "on," says Prof. C. E. of the Oregon Agricult ure, chemistry depart- manew bulletin on "The 'I Oregon" (No. 112.) losses of mineral foods town by leaching and the nitrogen by direct oxida- t Of course. ndrliMnnnl which come to the cul- he continues. He ws a table of fertility of wen hay, alfalfa hay. ft potatoes, apples, fat .", butter and fresh ing the comnosition et value. vaIue of the plant food acre of wheat equals says Prof. Bradlev. banner 2d.9R m go into 300 bushels of Ane large amount-, nf anrt onn., L i . , - vwowiuenc nign ,9'Ue Of ti :mf . 1WUO 111 'w vetch isoffw tho " "imospheric nitrogen Dy Ihiian nlnna o real nitrogen draft does "ntnesoil. Themin- Wch thosn if,. -tiMIH- tarrv. )in,., Ihpv. "l rem losses ine values for knle OREGON MINES ARE PRODUCERS U. 8. Gaologlcal Survoy Isauea Sta tlatloa Showing Production of 1911 Feand Hands represented the on an acre of soil Nferfl 1116 8ma11 wertllty entering into ructs nn,i ; ; wen known fact "'UUatr no ,1 Boil." not de- LEofToWN LQTS x ''III The value of the mine produc tion of gold, silver and copper in Oregon in 1911, according to Charles G. Yale, of the United States Geological Survey, vas $669,016. No output of lead or zinc was reported in either 1910 or 1911. The production of gold de creased from $679,488 in 1910 to $633,407 in 1911. Gold out put from deep mines decreased $43,430 and that from placer mines decreased $2,651, compar ed with the output of 1910. The production of silver in creased from 39,978 fine ounces, valued at $23,967, in 1911. The Conner ore shipped to smelters amounted to 4,205 tons, having a copper content of 931,36 pounds, valued at $11,642. Baker County led in gold pro duction, with an output of $389, 786, of which $372,405 was deriv ed from 74,585 tons of silicious ore and from tailings. Joserhine County produced $99,363 in gold of which $86,557 came from placer mines. Of the silver production of 45,221 ounces, over two-thirds came from Baker County. Copper ores yielded the greater part of the 10,436 ounces of silver credted to Josephine County, which also produced about 90 percent of the 1911 out put of copper in Oregon. The combined output of 'gold from southwestern Oregon in 1911 was $188,971, of which $123,008 was placer gold. The mines of northeastern Oregon produced $444,436 in gold in 1911, of which the placer yield was $45,266 and the deep mine yield $399,170. The placers of this region snowed an increase ui $4,444. There were 40 deep mines and 86 placer mines operated in Ore gon in 1911. Of placer mines, 88 were hydraulic, 8 dredging, 9 drifting, and 36 sluicing pro perties, Recent Brevities Petitions to abolish "hanging In Call fornla havo so far failed, and Gover nor Johnson refuaos longer to grant roprlovea. Dids will be opened September 3 at Portland, Seattle and San Franciscc for 10,000 tons of hay and 8000 tons of oats for shipment to the Philip pines. Japan's building at the Panama Pa cific exposition will cost $1,000,000, will occupy four acres, filled with rare plants and flowers, and will bo a per manent gift to the people of the Uni ted States. To aqcommodato travelers of moder ate meanB, the Southorn Pacific has put Into operation a "lunch counter car" botweon San Francisco and Los Angeles, the first over put into service on an Amorican railroad. Affairs In Nicaragua aro growing worso dally. It is now apparent that more American bluejackets and mar Ines must bo landed on Nlcaraguan boII if the safety of American life and property are to bo assured. Tho United States fuol ship Jupiter, tho first electrically driven Ben-going vessel ever built nnd the largest ship of every description ever laid down on tho pacific coast, has been launched at Mare Island navy yard. People in the News Orvlllo Wright, flying a hydroplane In an experimental flight at Dayton, Ohio, took nn unexpected plungo into tho Miami river when making a turn, nnd wns only saved from death, by tho shallowness of tho stream. A plea to negroes to cease depend ing on uncertain jobs as a means of livelihood and to enter farming, and commercial linos was mado by Dr. Booker T. Washington in an address boforo tho National Negro Business lenguo. Miss Dora Keen, of Philadelphia, who led an expedition up Mount Dlackburn, reaching tho summit May 10 and removing It from tho list of Alaska's unsealed poaks, has arrived in Seattle on her way homo from tho north, Miss Keen says tho mountain 1b 17,500 foot high, instead of 16,140 as Bhown on tho maps, Political News Bits Spenkor Clark will' stump Maine for Govornor Wilson this week. 1 Women's departments havo boon oponod In Now York for each of tho political partlos. ' A Roosovolt progressiva enndidato will contest tho ro-olootion of Repre sentative Longworth, a son-in-law of Colonel Roosovolt. With tho idoa that tho country Is tired of stumping tours, Qovornor Wil son has announcod that his presont plans call for few campaign speeches. Sonntor Dixon donies tho chnrgo oC Sonator Penrose that $3,000,000 had boon ralsod by George W. PorklnB to securo Roosevelt's nomination as tho republican candidate for president. Dixon Bays tho amount epont did not exeood $100,000. - Pertinent Paragraphs A serious accident occurred on the Jetty trestle at tho mouth 'of tho river .when two 'locomotives, Nos. 14 and 15, 'collided at tho jetty sands, and three men were Injured. Tho .salmon season closed Sunday along the Columbia river and reports indicate that a big shortage is shown as compared with last season. Esti mates of tho Iobs range from 30 to 40 percent - - Tho state board has appointed Dr. Wilson McNary of Portland as super intendent of the eastern Oregon in sano asylum. For 18 years Dr. McNary was engaged at tho state asy lum at Salem. Tho general deficiency appropria tion bill reported to the senate carried tho Chamberlain amendment appro priating $193,543 to pay the war claim of the stato of Oregon against the fed eral government Senator Chamberlain has made the following nominations of candidates for admission to the United States Naval academy in 1913: Irvine French, Enterprise, principal; Conrad L. Jack son. Portlnnd. first alternate. A $100,000,000 corporation has been organized at Los Angeles to develop tho potash deposits of Oregon. A 40 year lease has been secured .on Sum ner and Albert lakes which hold, ac cording' to estimates, 3,500,000 tons of potash salts in a soluble state. Finding himself unable to collect small credits aggregating the sum of $85, which ho has extended to tho pub lic during tho past year in the filing of papers in his department, Corpora tion Clork Dabcock has declared that ho will abolish tho credit system. Tho bill confirming title of nil inno cent purchasers who acquired lands from tho Oregon & California railroad company Is now a law, it having been signed- by tho president The bill con firms every action thus far taken by the department of Justice against the railroad company. ' Joseph Johnson, a brakeman on one of tho Chapman TImbor company's trains, wb.b killed at tho camp, 10' mllos woBt of Scappoose. Johnson was helping to load a donkey engine onto a flat car when the heavy skid of tho moving donkoy truck struck him, crushing him against tho front of tho locomotive. To tap, a stand of 12,000,000 feet of tho finest Douglas fir In exlBtonco, tho Silver Falls Lumber company will begin Immediate construction of a 25 mile logging road, built on main linn standards, southeasterly from Silver ton, at a cost of $500,000. Contracts for grading, ballasting and tracklaylng havo beon let to Flagg & Standlfor of Portland. ITEMS OF INTEREST LOST, or strayed a two-year-old Jersey heifer, some white, white star in forehead, branded O. X. on left hip. Notify James P. Read, Culver, Oregon Twenty acres of level land, with ten shares of ditch stbek, big: ditch of water on the' east side, within two miles of New Plymouth, Idaho. Land across fence sold for $3500 for 40 acres this spring:. Fine fruit land. Some orchards within 3 miles sell for from $500 to $1000 ar acre. This has a little tail, end mortgage of $200 on it-" Equity ,value $1350. To exchange. What have you? Notify editor of thispaper. For good residence and business lots in Madras, call on O. A. Pearce, selling agent for the holdings of the Inland Empire Company. Over 300 lots tc choose from. Prices very low. tf Notice. Dr. Harold Clark desires to an nounce that he will be in Madras at the old stand, to take care ol his patients in the Dental work line during the early part of Sep tember. Caught a Bad Cold "Last winter my son caught "a'verv bad cold and tho way ho coughed was Bomothing dreadful," writes Mrs. Sarah E. Duncan, of Tipton, Iowa. "Wo thought sure ho was going into con- sumption. Wo bought just one bottlo of Chamberlain's Cougn Remedy and that one bottlo stopped his cough and cured, his cold completely." For sale by all dealers. Lost On the road between my place and the O.W.R. & N. denot arSll of blankets; finder pleasef!leave at this office and a reasonable reward will be given. Lost. On the road between Madras and Lamonta, probably nearer the latter, an nnAri fnna Hampton Gold'case watch',11 with a piece of chain attached. Inst Tuesday August 20th.. Finder will please notify J. H. T-Vowi of Madras and receive a-Hheral reward. r ;f , Money to Loan, on good ap proved farm security?' Inquire of Howard W. Turner. MONEY TO LOAN ON Madras 8Ute liutik. FAB1IB. See lFOR. SALE At the Plonr'nm U-gul HlankB of all kln.l; Qarlxm and Typewriter paper, .luifallmVnt Baler coutraots. Notes and Rel-elpts. For residence and business lots see O. A. Pierce. tf FARM LOANS!! Mairas Slale Baft TOLOAN-tui'nnnnn - . OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE This great institution opens its doers for the fall semester on September 20th. Courses include: General Agriculture, Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Hus bandry, Bacteriology, Botony and Plant Pathology, Poultry Hus bandry, Horticulture, Entomolo gy, Veterinary Science, Civil Engineering;, Electrical Engi neering, Mining Engineering, Domestic Science, Domestic Art, Commerce, Forestvry, Pharmacy, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, English Lansuacre and Literature, Public Speaking, Modern Languages, History, Art, Architecture, Industral Ped agogy, Physicial Education, Mili tary Science and Tactics, and Music. Catalogue and illustrated lit erature mailed free on applica tion. Address: Registrar, Ore gon Agricultural College, Corval lis, Oregon School Year Opens SeptemLer 20tl Hold Your Horses in high esteem and "dress" them becomingly in the BEST of HARNESS. For riding or drivino- the right harness ar tho ;i,f prices. We make r.hA hoof the best materials, and guaran tee the workmanshin tn ha n,uu " I W Ill.ll- OUt flaw. We hnvo maAa iltation for excellent work and weaung our patrons squarely and honestly. Our prices are ad mittedly reasonable. LARKIN'S i I? ' i ; t i 4 Harness Shqp