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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 14, 1912)
m MADRAS, OREGON MADRAS is the business center for the entire Northern Crook County district, and is the first town of importance reached via the O.-W. R. & N. and the Oregon Trunk Railway after the Columbia River is left behind. Since the coming of' the railroads its growth has been steady and substantial. It offers to its resi dents the comforts and facilities of modern civilization numerous churches, progressive grade and high schools, well-stocked stores and a substantial bank, close communication with the outside world, a city water system affording adequate fire protection and an abundance of pure water for domestic uses, and, soon to be installed, electric lights and power. A flouring mill manufactures a most excellent quality of flour, and numerous ware houses provide marketing and storing facili ties for the products of the district. Madras and vicinity offer exceptional at tractions to the homoseeker and the investor. Present values are in keeping with production. THE GATEWAY CITY Situated at the Gateway to the vast Oregon interior, in the heart of the mot fertile dry farming country in the Northwest, Northern Crook County, whose products have received prize after prize at the Dry Farming Shows Wherever Madras products have been exhib- The prize-winning products of Northern Crook County are not limited to grain alone. Under the methods of scientific tillage practiced by the farmer ol today, the diversified crops of the American farm arc produced in like profusion and quality. Alfalfa, the richest of forage crops is an important factor in making the farmer's profils, and Corn' Fruit, Potatoes, and Vegetables of alt kinds arc sure and profitable! Poultry and Live Stock thrive, and animal health ranks high. CROOK COUNTY WON SWEEPSTAKES AT LETHBRIDGE ited thev have taken the lion's share of prizes. They have entered into competion with the best specimens that could be procured from the fields of the most productive dry farms in the west, from localities where dry farming is a much older in dustry than it is in Northern Crook County. The transformation of this great territory from range to farm is a process that has oc cupied far less than a decade. THE MADRAS COMMERCIAL CLUB will take pleasure in furnishing you with any desired information concerning Madras"and the Northern Crook County country from which the prize-winning dry farmed produces come : :i i ! 1 "l ; i .1' PROFESSIONAL CARDS. E. BflRCLAND Attorney At Law MADBASi OBEGOM g C. COLLVER NOTARY PUBLIC WORLD'S BEST FOREST SCHOOL Timbermen Are Planning to Es tabllsh Course in Logging Engineering at O. A. C. Justioe of the Peace CULVKB fKKCINCT CULVER OREGON Ora van tassel NOTARY PUBLIC INSURANCE 7ANORA. OREGON Qp W. BARNETT NOTARY PUBLIC FOR OREGON Collections a Specialty. Madkas, yjt P. MYERS LAWYER CULVER JUNCTION, Prac'ice in all court and of the Interior. OREGON Department LEWIS H. IRVING ATTORNEY AT LAW INSURANCE Office of Balfour-Guthrie &1C0. MADRAS, OFIEQON HOWARD W. TURNER U. S. COMMISSIONER NOTARY PUBLIC INSURANCE MMKAH . OKCUOM Blue PrintTownship Plats Corrected uptodute, showing: names of entrymen, vacant land, rivers and creeks, 50 cents each. Land Scripts For Sola For securing title to all kinds of Gov ernment land without residence or im provement, at lowest market prices Write us for particulars. All kinds of Land office business a specialty. Twen ty five years experience. Reference, I'rench & Co., Bankers. Hudson Land Company The Dalles, Oregon NO. 3851 . The First National Bank OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON B, ?, ali.cn, Freitdent. T. U. fULDirjK, Cualar. Win. WimiwBn.it Vice fres, U. Baldwin,, tut. CMbttr, ESTABLISHED 1880 Capital, Burplui' and Undivided Front $100,000.00 "No better investment can be made by the state than to" estab lish a chair at the agricultural college for the preparation of young men to become logging en gineers, said George N. Corn wall, editor of the "The Tim berman, " discussing plans of the Pacific Loggers Congress for the estabishment of such courses the school of forestry at the Ore gon Agricultural College. Mr. Cornwall presented a plan to the congress at Tacoma which received enthusiastic endorse ment. His special study of the Oregon many new problems constantly arising in large lumber camps has pursuaded him that there must be special training for the young menentering the profess ion, to fit them to apply techni cal and scientific methods td the lumbering indusrty. On his in itiative the association petition ea ine agricultural colleges or universities of California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia to provide such courses'on a reuglar basis with other deree courses. Com mittees will push the matter in each state, the Oregon committee being composed of J. S. O'Gor man, Wisconsin Logging &2Tim berCo., Portland; H. C. Clair, Twin Falls Logging Co., Port land; J. D. Young, Inman Poulsen Lumber Co, Kelso, Wash. The committee has visited the college, and Prof. G. W. Peavy head of the college forestry de partment, has submitted a ten tative course, which is being worked out. The committee will ask the next legislature for an ? i ? e (ttf a rsr m appropriation oi ;jou,ui"j ior a building and equipment for teach ing logcring engineering at the college. Such a course is at pre sent absolutely impossible, as the college has no suitable facili ties. The school of forestry is now crowded into a few rooms on the top floor of Science Hall, where there is no space what ever for demonstration machine ry and necessary materials. "Oregon now has the largest ampunt of standing timber of any state in the Union," said Mr. Cornway discussing the plans. "We have 540,000,000,000 feet of virgin timber in our forests. It can be seen that logging will be the dominant industry in Ore gon for many years to come. For that reason we feel that no better investment can be made by the state than to establish a chair at the agricultural college for the preparation of young men to become logging engineers. "The logging engineering course should consist of three de- partments in charge ot a prac tical logger, a cruiser and eatima ter, and an instructor in civil and mechanical engineering with the rudiments acquired at as early an age as possible, the young men o 25 to 28 should be able to assume his position as a logging engineer with every prospect of success. Now how are we going to go about securing ihe necessary ed ucational faciities for the train ing of our young men who desire to take up the study of logging engineering? Some steps have been taken by the various un lversties looking to the equip ping of young men for the lum ber business, but more especially aiong iorescry lines. Jtmt we must go farther; we need the in tensely practical training if sue cess is to attend our efforts. Every logging foreman or sup erintendent of logging is in fact a logging engineer. All we are seeking to accopmish is to fit that man for his place. The agricultural colleges have demonstrated their value in equiping the farmer's son with scientific knowledge of husband ry. The courses of study in our agricultural colleges have been sane; practical and helpful. The lumber industry deserves the same consideration ior our young men who desire to become expert lumbermen, in its broad est sense. If not, why not? "The preponderance of the umber industry of the west just mes mis position. Any young man who has the grit and stam ina to pitch in and work and study should have an opportun ity. He should be able to earn liis own way, which makes for self reliance, dash and darinc its men for the practical battle of life." FARMING THE POULTRY YARD. The problem of fancier on limited areas Is how to keep the4 poultry runs from getting "sick," for of prime, pro lific producers of poultry diseases poi soned ground is ahead. On small space fowls soon clean ott all greens, and in a short time the bare surface becomes a microbial mess, which when wet shows it character by a horrible smell. To cure such ground It must be farmed. The French and English solve the problem by turning their poultry yards Send The Pioneer to your East- enn friends. They may become interested in Central Oregon and ocate in this wonderland of rich production. Seo the point? Photo by C. 11. Damltr. uui.no the rdux-rnr taiid Into gardens, farming half at a time, and when the crop Ih off changing the bens to that part of the plot and farm ing tho other. By this continuous performance the ground is kept sweet, all the fertilizer is utilized, and a double crop 1a taken from thu same ground. Some fanciers have doublo yards tho hens In one, vegetation in the othei and before tho hens imvo otrinnccl tho first they aro changed to tho sec ond. Most poultrymen, when neerssnry. give their yards u thick dressing of lime, plow this down and how to n quick growing crop. Clover, nlfalfn. kale and winter rye aro mostly sown, rye seeming to have the preference. With ducks ground soon becomes corrupt nnd must w Hcrappil often, for TLOWinO DOWN Tlrt SUJtKACE. summer rains make it an odoriferous disturber of the community. As green ducks aro sold off early. their runs are easily renovated. On largo planta tho portable colony house, moved from placo to place through the fields, prevents this trou ble. Nature of the soil greatly governs tho ezteut of grouud poisoning. On clay poisoning Is Inevitable. quick and clings, but on sandy loca- tlona the droppluga nro washed right into tho soil by rains, and In most ass there is no contamination ot all Don't use open water vessels. rJens dip their combs and wattles In th?m, they freczo and the bens knock off luy- lug. Don't nse an old slat corncrlu that U food supply depot for mice and henn when heavy wire la cheap and guard. the grain. Don't have ratten eggs In your no session. It conclusive evidence la ertuln states that you are la tha ret d spot buataoM. HOBSON CAFE CHAS. HOBSON, Prop. Quick Order Service WE SERVE YOU TO PLEASE WE ARE P1EASE0 TO SERVE FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU IN CONNECTION Warren Smith PROPRIETOR Elite Tonsorial Parlors NO LONG WAITS BATHS MADRAS, ORE. Job Printing of every descrip tion. The Madras Pioneer. HAVE YOU PAPERS THIS DESCRIPTION? Fire and life Insurance policies, receipts for insurance premiums, notes, deeds, mortgages leases, contracts, bonds or stocks, certificates of deposit, pension papers, army discharge papers, valuable private cor respondence, warrants, marriage certificates, abstracts or other se curities of any nature. How are they protected from fire, loss, or pry ing eyes? A SAFETY DEPOSIT I here will afford you the best of protection. 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