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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1912)
The Madras pioneer fa MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1912 NO. 50 HER IMPROVES BUT MARKET BREAKS ( to Lool Wheat CropSllght- tho Price 0f bad wcumui i entire nortnwest uuu L fnr days, and the com- j Mnndav'8 sunshine, and continuance throughout the Lv Madras farmers came of the uumpa , " nd work in tne uems is Lushed harder than before. feelinK now is optimistic over the country, and reports ill sections tend to snow tthe relief came in time to font any serious aamaKu. is particular locality the dollar and cents damage atremely slight Me the improved weather jitions have been of intestim svalueto the growers in help- Ithem to save the crop, the arior of the market during list few days has not been that could be desired. The line of last week was followed nost daily reductions in the offered by local ware- though a bit of wheat I into private hands at the ns that prevailed earlier in season, b cents, ine uni- ) market dropped on Friday ) I, anew low record price the season to that date, and until. Tuesday,, when there a pronounced increase in buying, was there any jreciable rally. Track prices Portland, according to pub- led figures have held their I well. n's Review of September has to say of the situation: for no other reason, wheat i seemed due to decline at outset this week because of heavy receipts at the North 1 That is exactly what hap- N, quotations crumpling rap- when business was resumed p the holiday because of the movement of new grain to set. It is interesting to pt out that in three days ar ils at Duluth and Minneapolis legated 2,177 cars. and. as pgh this were not enoutrh. p's offerings were in excess expectations. Thus, ship- F from all surnlus nations week mounted upward to imposing total of 13,456,000 against onlv about 10.. W0 in the preceding week Practically the same quan during the correanondincr bod a year atrn. Tn not hvas not a little to stimulate F'sh sentiment i Pgs. On tho othfir hnnd. news was not all one-sided, Fel)eingcomnlaintHnf rlnlfivPfl ping in tho Northwest and of quite a good export Bnd, Which emiRPfl n snmn. $ h'rmer undertone fnr n Then, if ' 'i spite of tho ropont. henvv f'Ptsof new wheat, the latest visible supply state let Showed an accumulnr.inn nf about Mr, nnn kdi,i j fll -"-j www UUOIIUIO, lli- rlnB DOnrlnil 4U on nnn nnn fmi Or BO HOW in aitrVif fu nking contrast with tho .. 48,000,000 bushels iat"eatthis tim fvmn COnflifinna n olort more nnrl are more a 'H4Vi i iiiuiu i wnening factor by reason 18 damage to th onna fWn CnTMf eXCeSSlV WOt "icr, Thin vv-, i.Li. i.i m which have Buffered from that cause will make larger demands for supplies elsewhere. Russian offerings, however, are being increased and France has raised a larger crop than last year". n Rlchardson.-Duchlcn Tho marriage of Miss Ella Richardson and Mr. Frank Du chien was solemnized recently at the home of the bride's fa ther, George W. Richardson, E. W . Hillis of tho Free Methodist church officiated. The groom has a homestead southeast of Madras, where the young people have taken up their residence, and where the good wishes of numerous friends follow them. Madras State Bank Flourishes Elsewhere in this issue will be found the report of the Madras State Bank for the quarter end ing September 4th. Bank re ports are the pulse of the busi ness life of a community, and it is a source of gratification to note that, in comparison to the last report in June, both the de posits and the general business transactions of the bank show a decidedly healthy increase. The sbund business policies un der which the institution has been conducted find general fa vor among the people of the county at mrge, as witnessed by its steadily growing list of pat- rons. Another large shipment of cat tle passed through Madras Mon day morning on the way to the Portland market. Portland buy ers are seemingly anxious to se cure Central Oregon beef. This train load was loaded at Terre bonne, eight cara- belonging' to Kidwell and Criswell, cattle buy ers of Portland, and two cars to the Benson Commission Co. CENTRAL OREGON FAIR AT PRINEVILLE Eighth Annual Event Oct. 16 to 19 Will Bo Biggest and Bast Ever Held The Eighth Annual Central Oregon Fair will be held at Prineville October 16 to 19th, inclusive, under the auspices of the First Central Oregon Agri cultural Society, and the Central Oregon Livestock and Agricult ural Association, and that it will be the best fair ever held in Crook County is already evinced by the interest that is being dis played in advance. The total appropriations for premiums and purses run well into the thousands, and the fair board has prepared a compre hensive list that will provide an opening for the exhibition of every product of the county. Special attention will be shown to the industrial exhibits of the schools, and. in furtherance of the school displays a season compli mentary ticket will be presented to all school children and teach ers. The prizes in this depart ment include those offered by the Hill and Harriman interests. Considerable improving has been done about the grounds and buildings and those attending the fair are assured of a great old time. James Rice and Lex Long of Haycreek, were over today at tending to business matters. Lex is-getting-on finer after the se vere mix up he was in a few weeks since and in which he re ceived a fractured arm. STATE MAY ENTER RECLAMATION WORK Governor Fevore Financing Deechutet Project If Abandoned by Prl- vate Capital That the 38,000 acre tract of land in the Deschutes basin orig inally segregated undei the Cary act by the Three Sisters Irrigation Company may be the scene of the State's first venture into the reclamation of itS'arid .lands is the news conveyed n a dispatch just received from Sa lem, as the Governor will submit a special message to the legisla ture recommending such a course should the project be abandoned by private parties. After vari ous vicissitudes, 'the problem of handling the tract successfully was Submitted to Alma J. Kantz, who has until the first of the year to determine whether or not he can handle it with private capital. Promotion companies on Cary act projects have expe rienced so many troubles" and difficulties in the past that some are inclined to look askance upon the State's entry into this field of development, but the. project is absolutely feasible, and the Governor's plan will receive strong support from many quarters. Coupled with this, it is inter esting to note that the Portland Chamber of Commerce will un dertake to secure an appropria tion of $ 50,000 from the federal Government, on condition4hat the State make a similar appro priation, for the making of sur veys and detailed plans for the development of irrigation and power resources in the Deschutes basin, this step having also received the hearty endorsement of the Governor and the State Conservation Comission. The visit of State Engineer Lewis to this territory in June convinced him df the g eat possibilities yet undeveloped, and the practical plan to get the matter firmly under way is by the preliminary step outlined above. It is the opinion of Mr Lweis that fully 300,000 acres of land can be pui under the ditch and an enormous amount of power developed with out interfering in any way with existing private enterprises. Pierson Buys Jennings Farm Last week a real estate deal was made locally whereby An drew J. Pierson became the own er of the N. S. Jennings home stead just northeast f this city. The tract contains 160 acres, and the reported price for which the transfer was made is $3,200, which indicates a very healthy condition in local land values. Mn Pierson has operated the farm under lease for a year or more, and from practical, proof is convinced that he has secured the best end of the deal. E. C. Culley of Seattle who has agricultural land in this locality, was here last week look ing after his harvesting. It was Mr. Culley's vacation, and he was very much disappointed by running into a brand of weather similar to the kind that he had been enjoying on Puget Sound. He was very much pleased, however, with the way the crops of Central Oregon have turned, out. this-season,. and a good yield of wheat on his land more than made up for the un pleasantness of the weather. r rn a MaT-TTmrT iwiMeMi iiw" . -iieMiiMMiTr' - - r -mmmmmnmm! HELEN AND ROBERT TAFT, daughter and son of President Taft are now about a hundred miles inland from the railroad in the heart of Glacier National Park, Uncle Sam's newest play ground, which was created by Congress in 1910, the bill being signed by President Taft himself. Other members of the party are Mrs. G. E. Vincent and Miss Isabelle Vincent, who was at Bryn Mawr with Miss Taft; Miss Martha Bowers and Lloyd W. J. Bowers, children of the late Attorney General, and a. number of th VhTthrpwty arrived at Two Medicine Lake, the first stop in the park, they were greeted by about two hundred Blackfeet Indians, whose reservation adjoins the park. The Indians enter tained the party with exhibitions of their Sun Dance, Grass Dance and Medicine , Lodge ceremonies. Glacier National Park is replete with Indian legend and full of scientific interest on account of the geological formation. President Taft is setting a good example to every American citizen by introducing to his family the beauties of American scen ery. The "See America First" slogan has made an impression on our chief executive. HIGH SCHOOL DIRECT ORS ELECT OFFICERS Permanent Organization Effected Prof. C. V. Kligore Engaged as Principal The permanent organization of the Union High School District was effected at the meeting of district chairmen held last Satur day afternoon at ihe school house in this city, the following district being represented : No. 22, Dr. T. A. Long, chairman; No. 49, J. E. Campbell, chair man, by proxy; No. 60, Seth Lewelling chairman, by proxy; No. 13, Walter Arney, chairman; No. 16 L. A. Young, chairman; No. 79, J. M. Morgan, chairman, by proxy. Dr. Long called the meeting to order, and by virtue of an official notice from County School Superintendont Ford as Secretary of the District Bound ary Board, authorizing the or ganization, the directors present proceeded to elect L. A. Young, Chairman of the Board of Di rectors of the Union High School, and Dr. T. A. Long as Clerk. The Executive Commit tee is comrosed of Messrs. Young, Long and Arney. Arrangements were perfect ed with the Madras common school district for the housing of the new high school in the pres ent school building in this city where ample accommodations are being prepared ,for it, and the clerk was instructed to pur chase immediately the appara tus and equipment necessary. For the first year there will be no tuition charged to ron-resi -dent pupils, so that all who wish to take advantage of the ad vanced courses may do so with out expense. Three o'clock P. M. on the first Saturday of each month at the school house in this city was designated as the time and place for the monthly meetings of the board. Several applications ha 1 been received for the principalship, and after all had been carefully considered the board chose as the applicant best fitted to the local needs Mr. C. V. Kilgore, whose qualifications are ample and who comes very highly rec ommended. Mr. Kilgore is a grad uate of the O. N..U. at Ada, Ohio, and five years of his expe rience as an instructor have been spent in Oregon. He was for three years principal of the school at Grant's Pass, t nd last year held a sihiilar position in a school in Umatilla county. School will begin in all branches Monday morning, when the contractors will have their work so far under way that there will be no inconvenience suf fered. The primary department will be in charge of Miss Cath erine Lowther, a former teacher in the local school ; the interme diate grades will be looked after by Miss Arensmeier, who comes but recently from a Normal in Missouri, and Miss Elva J. Smith, a teacher we 1 known in Crook county, will handle the more advanced pupils. AH indications point to the niost successful school year yet known in Madras, which is but a natural result of the growth and development of Northern Crook County. Very many fam ilies have arranged to move in from the country during the win ter, and. rentable, property, of which there is seldom a surplus in Madras, is being held at a premium. Kids, remember to listen for the bell. mi ;;1 W3 mi tliJ X it? "ft. i.