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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1912)
The Madras Pioneer ! MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1912 NO. 1 MADRAS COMMERCIAL CLUB PRODUCTS SHOW THE DUTY OS SERVICE 'KrnriDTQ RRFAK OF HTM ITER 10 t-.iimniB for Mon i nwor Gon- lBuelnt Excellent .-j- for wheat receipts jt were broken Mon- Cing a week of very hauim&. , roil :tihousc Piled up 1,811 intnkoat the Madras Lnn the neighborhood sacks, and the wheat go- , private quarters wuuiu (four nunuii'u r an esiHiHuu ui as the day s receipts nnk be too high. ine irlnilv wind for some time Lded the estimate of 5, 000 j of two weeks ago. r f lUn vntnf rAni t these receipts are nothing bf phenomenal Last Thurs L price began to hit the to r . i i and the downwara suae aed daily until the GO cent Ins reached. The quota Mnvon the hill, were 60 rv j 6, with the buyers not over i . a i to take on wheat at that while at the Madras Union Be better feeling exists. fcrice there is 63 cents, and f little wheat is changing i at this figure, and grain is shipped out in larger quan ; than before. The barley jet is slow, and oats is quot fcre the market in strong land the farmers in a sell it'is hard to "make -an ate of the amount of wheat he Agency Plains and other unding districts would pour Madras. tland receipts for the week tnded also set a new high a total of 890 cars having at the terminals there. i ziu more than were ever Ived there before in a week's i and the yards were bad ngested, making it impossi i get cars to the docks for iing. The Balfour-Guthrie pany is catching up with its Ifliments, and will probably pipping from the local ware- i again soon. prtland has remained far I of Puget Sound points all i in the matter of wheat re- , iho figures for the Oreoron king over a million bushels Mesa of .those for Tacoma. (almost double the receipts at pie. The Montana wheat Elo y...ti:. .. i. w o tutiinjr u uigiigure m mo WlUtnxn K il I L nnin nr . . L.- i l 1 j n that- oini-n u - .t. utuu. W UC LUC Ann t M. V. R ffanann 4- . i nas been dominant for 111 ia rrAti 1 pronounced with the pro of harvest and the usual x.utt U1UU bUIIICO UK time, Dun's Review sounds n Af n .1.. i ' WtVl(llll I1UL1U11UI uiuuu, wnoiesome JWite independent of contro- 'uua umc usuauy oreea -v miu nesnauon. V Vflflxn 1 . 1 . ' nuve passed since , ? uen such unanimity .".ijr uo LO ine wiueninn: aro now develonincr the -w T V UlJll I W II 11,11 8ome time has existed in the P and steel industry and is 'B mat trade break nil nre- !J records. Consumption has viny.avi.nkon production, 1 but is rapidly pressing ahead of it, and in some important points scarcity of facilities, scarcity of labor and scarcity of transporta tion appear as the inevitable accompaniment of an accumulat ing demand. "The great Middle West is ex periencing all the benefits of a big crop year. The Pacific North west is rejoicing in a revival of tho lumber industry. Building operations continue active." KILLED BENEATH TIE WHEELS C. A. Grave Falls from Wagon and - Skull Is Crushed C. A. Graves, known throughout Crook county as former county surveyor, and of late a resident of the Powell Butte country, fell from a grain wagon Tuesday morning on the Prineville road, about 16 miles from Bend, and came to an almost instant death, his skull being crushed beneath the wheels of the heavily loaded wagon. It is presumed that he dropped a line, and that when he attempted to recover it the mules bolted and threw him from his seat. Mr. Graves was county sur- WILL BE HELD THURSDAY, OCT. 1 0 AT SANFORD BUILDING CASH PRIZES WILjL BE GIVEN For Best Specimens of AlmostfAU Farm Products Exhibits for Lethbridge and Otrfer Great Land Shows To Be Chosen from This Display r At a "meeting of the Madras Commercial Club held Tuesday evening it was decided to hold a land products show in this city on Thursday, Octoer lOth.p next Thursday, by the way. The local show will come rather in the nature of a "Lethbridge primary", as it is held greatly for the purpose of obtaining the very best specimens of the'year's agricultural products for exhibi tion at the International Dry Farming Congress,to be held at Lethbridge, Alberta, October 19 to 26, and for the various great land shows at St. Paul, Chicago, veyor for a number of terms, and; New York, Portland, was always prominent in public matters. He established many of the original suurveys of Crook county, sub contracting from Adam MeHrum, and his exten sive., work .nrougnt Jiin. ,UYcry wide circle of friends. Jie is survived by a wife, from whom he has been senarated for some years, a son and sister. The hodv was taken to Prineville for interment. Fi L At Crook County Fair at Prineville terostln Bio Event Grows Dally In- Plans for making the fair at Prineville this year the best ever have gone on steadily, and the mangement is confident of the best afair and the largest attend ance in the history of the event. The entry lists in all departments are growing already, and tho success of tho special features is assured. The following communication from President Williamson will be of interest: To the Editor: " I have been asked a number of times recently, about the av iation feature of our coming dist rict fair; whether the aeroplane flights would be a real perform- ... i . J l! I ance or is just oeinguuvuruauu to secure patron age to the fair. "I am confident, in assuring the people of Central uregon that the performance will oe genuine, that the aeroplane flights can be depended upon as surely as any feature of the fair. . "The management have engag ed the service of Mr. Silas Christ offerson, the most noted aviator on Ihe coast, and the people of Crook County may depend upon seeing this bird-man in his won derful flights, at Prineville, Oct ober 16-19. "J. N. Williamson. . "Pres. First Central Oregon Dist. Fair". Charles Tays and family of SnnlrrmG. Washington, came in IN J w '1 Saturday evening, and are visit ing at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Jackson, Mrs. Tays parents. etc. It is the most praticable way that could have been devised for the procuring of the best specimens. Also, it will create a great deal of local interest and rivalry among farmers, and rivalry is the life of improvement. Cash prizes will be offered for the best products in the various classes, and it is a condition of the entry that all specimens may become the property of the Com mercial Club for purely exhibi tion purposes, and that whatever specimens.are exhibited at the foreign shows will bear the name of the original grower and exhi bitor, so that the farmer himself may derive the full benefit of the publicity to be gained through the display. Northern Crook, county in former years has taken a lion's share of prizes at every show in which her products.haye competed, and this year's prizes should be more numerous than ever before. The dsplay will be held in the Sanford Building, continuing throughout the day. Mr. Lewis H. Irving, of the Commercial Club, will be in direct charge of the exhibits, and will be at the show rooms for a day or so in advance of the event, so that those who may have exl ensive ex hibits will have ample time to bring them in and arrange them. For the benefit of those having good specimens lo exhibit but having no great amount of ex perience in preparing the same, a little review of Mr. Spillman's article in a recent number of The Pioneer is suggested. The main things after quality is consider edare cleanliness and neatness. All grains must be cleaned of all foul, matter and dirt, and fruits, vegetables, etc., should be given careful cleaning and drying. Tillman Reuter, having his own personal exhibit well under way for the big shows, will not com pete in the local affair, but will assist in every way in giving any finishing touches of prepar ation to such exhibits as the club decides to send away. The Great Northern will have a car here on tho twe'f th to receive the exhibit prepared by Mr. Reuter, and will provide free space and transport ation, coupled with the best of Army Officers Visit Reservation Brigadier-General Maus, U. S. A., and Colonel Young, com mandant of the Vancouver Bar racks, were at the Warm Spring Agency last week on a tour of inspection. General Maus went from the Agency to Fort Wright, at Spokane, but is expected back later in the fall to consider matters that the department has in mind in connection with the local Agency. L Raging Pestilences Cause Boom Patent Medicine In care enroute and at the Con gress; to the specimens entered by thfe Commercial, Club, or individuals.- The importance of the benefits to be gained by the en tire district and the individual exhibitor from publicity of this kind is not to be overesti mated, and it urged upon every farmer to take part in the same. The1 classes for which cash prizes are to be giyen are as fol- lOWSr Bebt bushel of each of the following varieties of. wheat: Turkey Red,-Scotch Fife, Galga leous. Little Club, Big Club, Early. Wilbur, Odessa, Australian White, and Forty-Fold. Best bushel Bearded Winter Barley, and best bushel Barley of any other variety. BesLbushel Rve. anv varietv. . w w - .Bestjbushel any variety of Oats. blackjwhite, or red. Best 12 ears Flint Corn with husk laid back. 1 Best 12 ears Western Corn, with 'husk laid back. Best 6 stalks Cprn, any variety, with ears on Etalk. Best display Broom Corn, 6 stalks. Best dis play Kaffir Corn, 6 stalks. Best display amberSugarCane, 6 stalks. Best.,dozen Pears, any variety. Best dozen Apples, any variety. Best display Apples, 7 of each variety shown. Best bushel Pota toes, any variety. Squash, best three. Pumpkin, best three. Cabbage, best three. Cauliflow er, best three. Parsnips, best six. - Carrots, best six. Beets, besc six.Turnips.hest six. Onions, besksix. Watermelons best two. Shelled beans, best two quarts. Sunflower, best head. To add-to the enjoyment of the occasion socially, the Epworth League announces that their rest room on Main Street will be open to all comers throughout the day, and that coffee, cream, and sugar will be served free to all their visitors. They extend a cordial invitation to all to pay them a visit, and the old or new friend is assured of a hearty welcome. Jackson and Campbell' Lease Hall With the selling out o the bus iness of S.VE. Gray and the de cision of Stanley Gray to pros pect around the southern part of the. state, for a while, the win ter's lease on the Sanford Hall was placed on the market and was assumed by Judge Jackson and J. L. Campbell, who will pro vide a program of entertainmen. for Madras folks this winte; A troupe of colored entertaine is booked ,for Saturday night, the performance to be followed by a dance. While the new lessees have not made public any plans for their conduct of the house, you can bet your last cent on this one blessing so long as Judge Jack son is in tho combination, a long suffering public will never be in flicted with that sob-squad drama ! "Uncle Tom's Cabin". gang. Still, it is sometimes that way. You can't always tell by looking at a big yaller peach or a rosy red apple just how punk they are- inside. Some of the buyers bought so heavily that it was rumored they were stocking up their stores with a side line of patent med icine. Imagine pain-killer and a face lotion cocktail for a side dish in a restaurant, or Pink Pills for Pale People in the ham burger steak. Yet if all the dope some of these lads bought could be stacked up in a heap , an or dinary sized little cuss like the writer would have to borrow Charley's stilts to look over the top. Late advices from the front convey the information that the curealls contained in each pack age a ballot, to be filled out with the name of the purchaser's idea of the most popular young lady, the young lady receiving the greatest number of votes to be made the recipient of a very nice diamond ring. Under this sys tem, Miss Anna Falkenhagen became the beneficiary of her friends' generosity, and is wear ing the ring aforesaid, or will be when Peterson gets it whit tled down to her size. Ain't it funny what simple explanations there are for things that puzzle you sometimes, when you really get to the bottom of 'em? Professor Powers Gives Rosulta of Economy und Efficiency Tests In Use of Water The duty or service of water is an expression oi the amountior water used to irrigate a given area of crop to maturity. It&is important to know how muchj water is needed per acre andt when needed to secure the most economical returns per unit of water used. There are two com mon ways of expressing the duty of water: (1) The number of acres a second foot will irrigate during a growing season; (2) The number of acre inches re quired to irrigate an acre of crop to maturity. The latter of these is the most absolute basis and it is easily understood by the farm er. The duty of water is increas ing as water becomes more valu able and less plentiful. Factors affecting the duty of water: (1) . The duty of water varies for the different crops. With the rainfall the past season, which is three to four inches above normal, the most economical pro duction offalfalf a was secured on the Demonstration Farm' with about twenty inches of water. The most economical use with clover was about twenty-four inches, on potatoes about four, and on barley five inches. (2) . The character of soil and subsoil. The finer and deeper Madras and Central Oregon have good names as healthful loc alities, but a stranger in our midst and in attendance at the medicine show at Sanford Hall last Satur day night would never have pick ed them out as health resorts. The rush to get the wonderful medicines was like unto the approach of the hungry tide on the Oregon coast with a south wester in full swing behind it JN ever did anyone have any idea that corns, bunyans, chil blains, blotchy complexions, toothache, blind staggers, pip, heaves, lumbago, paralysis, in fantile cerebro - spinal meningi tis, dog catchers cramp, epizootic and such other kindred and fatal diseases existed in such pro fus5on and really the- heaviest and mTst healthful" ljrUe11ffHelr;lter?llPa?ty - ol Under the personal supervision of D. F. Stewart, all the mach- erv of the plant of the Cove wer Company has been landed ccessfullv at the power house, and the work of installation is well under way. Engineers and line men are busily engaged in the construction of the power lines, and the company promises that the towns in its territory will be supplied with the juice by the first of the year. Born to the wife of Ralph Moore, Thursday Sept. 26, a 13 pound boy. to store water and the less fre quency of irrigation is required ; the sandy soil requires more fre quent irrigation and is liable to suffer loss from percolation be low the reach of roots. (3) . The amount and distribu tion of rainfall modifies the irri gation requirement nd the dis tribution is most important. Ir rigation should simply supple ment rainfall. It is the June rain which makes the crop. The June rainfall was slightly above nor mal and the rainfall forMay was about one and one-fifth inches above normal this year. A slew one inch rain is equivalent to about twice as much irrigation for jt comes when there is little or no evaporation. The rains which come in summer are apt to crust the surface and may do more harm than good unless it is possible to cultivate. (4) . Temperature and other cli matic conditions affect the du y of water to a large extent for the amount of, evaporation de pends on weather conditions after irrigation. (5) . The method of applying the water. It has been found that furrow irrigation saves about one-fifth over the flooding method and deep furrows have an advantage over shallow ones. (6) . The method and rate of planting affects the water re quirements. With thin deep planting, less moisture is need ed. The amount of shade pro duced by the plant affects evap oration and it is usually more economical to have the land conv pletely occupied. Planting in drill rows makes cultivation pos sible and'Ehould be largely prac ticed to permit moisture conserv ing tillage. (7) . Kind of cultivation. In order to be most effective, cult ivation must be grven promptly after irrigation, as soon as the soil is dry enough to crumble. Level cultivation gives less evap oration surface area. (Continued on page 5) f X 'ft Vs 5fi J .1 . i ''A v ) i!