The Madras Pioneer
MADRAS, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1912
NO. 12
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CITY'S PREVIOUS RECORDS
Local Merchant Are Kapt Busy
Filling Ordara for Xmoa Qooda.
Wall Soloctod Stocka Attract
Attention of the Farmera
Holiday buying at retail at the
local mercantile establishments
is Inrger than last year, and
the merchants who looked for
ward to the best season in the
city's history were not disap
pointed. Almost every day wit
nesses a large number of farm
ers and their families from the
surrounding country who come to
Madras to purchase Christmas
presents, clothing, groceries,
urkey for that big dinner on
the twenty-fifth, and household
necessities.
We are pleased to state that
the stores of Madras are well
stocked with every line of goods,
and in order to please the most
particular purchaser the mer
chants exercised great care in
the selection of the different
Xams goods.
The Central Oregon Mercan
tile Company's store is crowded
almost throughout the day by a
throng of eager shoppers who be
lieve in doing i heir shopping
early and getting the first choice.
This is also the case at the Mad
ras Trading Company's store,
whose shelves are burdened with
everthing one could desire.
The Madras Pharmacy is doing
a land office business in dispos
ing of their mammoth stock of
Christmas things, and Dr. Snook
wears one of those smiles that
"just won't rub off."
A. E. Peterson's jewelry store
is the scene of much activity
among the shoppers, and "Pete"
is as happy as birds in the spring
time. During his recent visit
to Portland Mr. Peterson pur
chased a large stock of very
appropriate and valuable articles
from which the most fastidious
can make their selection for a
Christmas gift.
Mrs. CroBby recently replenish
ed her stock of Xams goods, and
finds it a very pleasant task to
show her display to prospective
purchasers. In the bakery de
partment of the store, one can
find sweetmeats of every variety,
which are necessary in the com
pletion of the big Christmas din-
"CROOK COUNTY IS, IN ITSELF, AN EMPIRE,"
North Bank Railway Company Issues Interesting Pamphlet, In
Which Crook County Receives Its Share of Praise An Ideal
Place In Which the Homcscckers Can Establish Homes
A copy of one of the best pub
lications ever distributed among
the people, was rqcently received
in this city. The publication,
issued by the general freight
and passenger department of the
North Bank railway company,
presents a conservative state
ment of conditions and resources
in large portions of Oregon and
Washington. We are pleased to
state that the North Bank road
has won an excellent reputation
by its great expenditure of cash
and time in developing the re
sources of Central Oregon in
the construction of its great rail
way system, and the majority of
the people of Crook county ap
preciate the great accomplish
ment of the Oregon Trunk in
entering this country.
In an interesting article about
Crook county, the above publi
cat:on says, in part: "Crook
county, with its 5,163,892 acres,
in the very heart of Central
Oregon, is in itself an empire.
Its present and future activities
cover the spheres cf agriculture
from the small garden to great
grain farms. Its topography
presents rakish mountains, "fer
tile valleys, broad plains, long
easy slopes, undulating prairies
and sheer canyon sides. CrOok
county has progressive towns
and numerous country trading
places.
"East of Madras and Metolius
lies a large open country hereto
fore devoted to cattle and sheep
raising on a large scale, and
while this business will continue
to be followed, the large land
holdings' will be reduced steadily,
as more land is being divided
and farmed, with splendid re
sults where approved methods
are followed. The crops include
wheat, oats, rye, barley, hay,
nor.
The Madras Meat Market has
also enjoyed a large patronage,
many farmers purchasing a big
supply of meat, turkey, duck and
other green groceries.
The Installation of the newly
elected officers of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, of Mt.
Jefferson Lodge No. 19G, will in
all probability be hold the second
week in January, at which time
the new officers will assume the
responsibility of the conduct of
the Madras Lodge, and its high
standard will be maintained is
the desire of all of the members.
The officers ' elected are Noble
Grand, Milton G. Pillette, Vice
Grand, A. E. Peterson, Secretary
Lewis H. Irving, Treasurer
William R. Cook.
On our exchange table wo find
a now sheet appearing for the
first time last Saturday, called
"ThoEntrepriso"and is publish
ed at the enterprising city of
Redmond in southern Crook
County. Well, "old timer" there
is always room for one more in
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'your troubles belittle ones, in
this great big Central Oregon
country in the newspaper game.
Our congratulations are cordially
' extended,
alfalfa, potatoes and other vege
tables. This section has been
successful in producing exhibits
of these crops, which have taken
highest awards at the National
Dry Farm Congress at Spokane
1910, Colorado Springs 1911,
Lethbridge, Canada 1912 the re
wards of intelligent cultivation
under modern treatment of dry
lands.
"Madras is the first town reach
ed after the railroad leaves the
Descutes River canyon for the
great plateau of Central Oregon.
The 1910 census gave Madras a
population of 364, later growth
bringing it to 500. It serves a
wide trade territory, has city
water, a flouring mill just en
larged to a daily capacity of 80
barrels, a newspaper, good grade
schools, four churches, two ho
tels bank, several merchandise
stores, wool, grain and mer
chandise warehouses, stockyards
and other shipping facilities..
The Commercial Club is com
posed of the principal citizens."
There is a large number of suc
cessful farmers in this part of
the county who came here as
"homesteaders." Men who are
used to hard toil, and did not
expect to find twenty dollar gold
pieces in bloom amongst the sage
brush, but were willing to earn
success by the "sweat of their
brow."
Experience enabled them to
recognize the value of the soil
for farming purposes, and the
land being for sale at a small
price, they took advantage of
Uncle Sam's liberal offer, and
cast their lot in a new, then
practically unknown country.
Those farmers have not and will
never regret their action. Pros
perity has crowned their efforts.
ODD FELLOWS TO PARTICIPATE IN BIG SHOOT
Members of I. O.O. F. Plan a Rabbit and Game Hunt on New Year's
Day. A Royal Good Time is Anticipated by AH
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At the meeting of the Odd
Fellow Lodge last evening plans
were made and discussed for an
extensive rabbit and game hunt,
to take place on New Year's day,
among the members of the local
lodge, however friends will be
invited to participate, and in
fact all that may desire to do so.
Two captains were selected,
each to choose their men,
the main part to consist of mem
bers of the lodge, and a system
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01 POIIUS Wiia cauiuumw,
the side loosing will undoubtedly!
ue caueu wry i u" "o ""
ever we are assured that there
are some crack shots and good
snorts on both sides. t
The system of points is arrang
ed as follows: Bob cats 1000,
Coyotes 1000, Badgers 500, Por
cupines 50, Skunks 50, Hawks 50,
Pack Rats 50, Rabbits 5.
Lewis H. Irving was selected
as captain on one side and W. K.
Cook was choosen as captain lor
foe others, and the following
were selected by the respective
captains to champion their side
of the game:
W. R. Cook, Captain. C. E.
Roush, C. W. E. Foote, H. C.
Noble,, M. G. Pillette, H. W.
Turner, A. D. Anderson, Chas.
Ortman, N. P. Poulsen, Tillman
Reuter, Mrs. U. E. Roush, J. 1.
Robinson, Bob Armstrong, A. W.
Boyce, W. F. Sherrod.
Lewis H. Irving, Captain. J.
C. Robinson, A. E. Peterson, J.
L. CamDbell, Perry Henderson.
Lex W. Long, Wm. Hess. Tom
Maddron, Albert Stermer, Claude
Kamsey, James Hurt, James
Rice, Chas. Bye, Orville Davi?,
Sam Mitchell.
It is understood that the defeat
ed side will have to pay for a
dinner for their friends who se
cure the majority of the points
in the hunt. An interesting
time is expected by the particip
ants and in the event oi a auan
itity of rabbits being slaughter
ed on that day the benefit to the
farmers will be something as
well so it is up to all the boys to
get out their shooting irons and
see that they are in proper shape
for the iray belore JNew Year's
day.
1912 DECEMBER 1912
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Gong of Laborera Engaged In Road
Improvement Are Rushing the
Work to Completion Before
Arrival of Bad Weather
The county road gang is work
ing at present on the road east
of Madras, improving some pf
the heavy grades and putting in
some bridges and culverts, this
week.
A new grade s being cut just
at the edge of the town near Ithe
pump station recently burned,
and the expense being partly
bourne by the residents of Mad
ras, the idea being that the bene
fit that they will receive from
traffic, which can be more easily
handled over the new grade than
around the present route that
has to be traveled to get into the
main county road.
Roy Newell of Haycreek, has
charge of the work and it is be.
ing rushed as fast as possible to
completion beforejthe bad wei -
ther may start in. The Pierson
hill is also undergoing some re
pairs that were much needed.
With the improved condition
of 'this road, the residents of
the Haycreek country and Bliz
zard Ridge will have a better
outlet to get to their trading
points, and bring over their pro
ducts for market. This part of
Crook County is being settled up
very fast, and it is surprising
to know the number of new set
tlers that have gone into the
large section of country east of
Madras to the timber on the Blue
Mountains.
This is a very fertile tract of
land, which is well watered for
domestic purposes, and the soil
is of a slightly heavier nature
than along the Deschutes River,
the proximity to the mountains
or range of hills make it more
susceptible to moisture and more
rain has been noted to fall than
lower down the valley toward to
Cascade Ranee.
Free Books For Farmers
Many farmers are not aware
that the Government publishes
several valuable books for free
distribution. The books are ap
portioned to Senators and Con
gressmen from vhom they can
be obtained by merely asking
for them. Among the most use
ful of these books are the Agri
cultural Year Books, that for 1911
being the latest issued. The
Government also publishes a very
practical book on "Diseases of
the Horse" and another on "Di
seases of Cattle," and a report of
the Bureau of Animal Industry
of special value to stock raisers.
Asking for copies of these
books does not place the citizen
under any obligations whatever
to the Senators or Congressmen,
as the books are printed by the
Government and paid for by the
taxpayers. Many an Oregon
farmer has cured sick horses
and cattle by following the di
rections in the Government's
doctor books. If you are inter
ested, send your request to Sen
ator Jonathan Bourne, Jr., Sena
tor George E. Chamberlain, Con
gressman W. C. Hawley or Con
gressman A. W. Lafferty at Was
hington, D. C,
CITY ESTABLISHES A CAMP
FOR ITS SMALLPOX PATIENT
Man Contracta Disease While Work
ing In Railroad Camp Near Vale
And la Given Medical Treat
ment at City's Expense
An enjoyable Xmas dance
will be given in Sanford s hall,
Wednesday night, December 25,
and "the last chance for the
ladies" in a Leap Year Ball, will
be given at the same hall, Tues
day, December 31, 1912. Attend
these dances and you are sure of
a royal good time.
A couple of knights of the
road or railroad laborers happen
ed into Madras the other night,
Sunday evening, after having
spent several days between- here
and Bend, and were "taken in"
soon after their appearance here
by the city marshal, after hunt
ing him up and telling him that
they thought that one of them
had the smallpox. The marshal
immediately secured the services
of a physician who pronounced
it a mild case of the disease,
and ordered them immediately
placed under quarantine. It
seems that they had been work
ing on the railroad construction
of the Vale extension in the
southeastern part of the state,
and coming over to Burns, they
think that were exposed at that
place, and it is understood at
this time that several of the rail
road camps and small towns in
that section are now under quar
antine. These men did not
expose any one here as far as
the authorities are able to learn,
as they came down from Metolius
and Culver that day after spend
ing some time in each town, they
having started to the Cove to
secure work when the man who
is down with the disease became
too sick to get there, and, de
cided to get to some place where
they would be taken care of by
the county or a municipality and
Madras being the only incorpor
ated town at this time in north-.
em Crook Cohuty, it has fallen
to our lot to look after them.
Unfortunately the city does,
not own a detention hospital and
the men were quartered in the
city jail the first night, and
the next day were removed to
a building in the west part of
town where they are being taken
care of at the expense of the
city "until they will be able to
pay their way, the city jail hav
ing been thoroughly fumigated.
Careful precautions are being
taken to prevent the spread of
the disease, and very little m
easiness is felt on the part of
these men exposing any one here,
but much apprehension is felt as
to who may have been exposed
in the other places, by coming
in contact with these men un
knowingly, however they seem
to be very considerate and are
willing to help the authorities
in anyway, although having been
unfortunate themselves.
Paisley Got There First
. The exhibitors at the North
west Land Products show at
Portland, at a banquet tendered
to them by the Portland Com
mercial Club, voted unanimously
to make the show an annual
event The gatherinp- renrcsent-
ed exhibits from Washington,
Oregon, Idaho and British Co
lumbia. In less than twentv-four.
hours after the band rr aster
sounded "taps" closintrthe show
on the last night, Manager Bond
received the first application for
space at the next show, to be held
in October, 1913. It was made
by President Bailey of the Pais
ley Irrigation Project, on behalf
of the Paisley Commercial Club,
which made one of the most at
tractive community exhibits at
the recent land show. "I will
give the best space next year,"
said Manager Bond. "Your en
terprise in bringing your ex
.hibitds 150 miles in wagons and
266 miles by railroad, this year,
will not be forgotten,"