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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 19, 1912)
MADRAS, OREGON MADRAS ihe buttress cei ter for the entire Northern Crook County di trict, 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 c ivilization 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 hom?seeker and the investor. Present values are in keeping with production. THE GATEWAY CITY Situated at the Gateway - to the yast Oregon interior, in the heart of the moft 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 ited they have taken the lion's share of prizes. Crook County are not limited to grain alone. They have entered into competion with the best specimens that Under the methods of scientific tillage practiced by the farmer of could be procured from the fields of the most productive dry farms today, the diversified crops of the American farm are produced ia in the west, from localities where dry farming is a much older in- like profusion and quality. Alfalfa, the richest of forage cropi, dustry than it is in Northern Crook County. The transformation is an important factor in making the farmer's profits, and Corn' of this great territory from range to farm is a process that has oc- Fruit, Potatoes, and Vegetables of all kinds arc sure and profitable cupied far less than a decade. Poultry and Live Stock thrive, and animal health ranks high. CROOK COUNTY WON SWEEPSTAKES AT LETHBRIDGE 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 1KHUIEII I MIllOWNESi Bulgaria's Ruler on Swift Up to Date and Sight seeing Trips Air Scouts Coolly Maneuver Amid Unceasing Hail of Shot -n-y-lXG FERDINAND of Bulgaria tT bus dune his sight seeing of X. JL the war iQ a .systematic and up to date fashion and pur sued II with nu energy and endurance of u seasoned campaigner. His war automobile has traveled over many mi es of country whose roads were wa le: od with blood, and many of the stones he witnessed mude him realize tlit! terrible price his country is paying for its victories. Ferdinand has been a cheering, speed ing Ugure in the field. He followed the routed Turks in their retreat to Con stantinople and personally commanded the victorious army. It is interesting to look at the horseless chariot of tho Photo by American Presa Association. XUCa HBDIWAND IK HIH WAR 1TJTO modern Invader and bring to mind the picturesque war cars of ancient leaders of victorious legions. And the new methods of war showed a feature In which tho king was In tensely interested and which furnished one of the most picturesque and effec tive arms of tho service. Tho aeroplane was used to excellent advantage ut Adrlauople and at Tcha talju. Tho Information gained by the air men was of material assistance to I ho Oulgara in their repeated successes ngnlust the enemy. This plcturo was taken at Tchatnljn. It shows a ma chine doing some reconnoltering on its own account. The aviator lost control over the machine on the return trip lifter hovering over the enemy's lines, mid from g height of a hundred feet t plnuged head first and dug Its nose two feet into the ground. Tn aviator escaped. Another of the aerial scout craft was riddled by Turkish bullets, and nn inspection of it caused the staff to marvel t tut t neither of the two men who coolly operated under incessant fire were hit. In novcral instances they v'ti' rnzed by bullets. A large part of Adrianople was ?t aflame by pyroxylin bombs dropped from these aerial war craft The allie have captured an enor mous quuntlty of stores uud arms. Usually the Turk' line of retreat, when hard pressed, has been strewn with guus. blankets and anything car ried by the Infantrymen that would Impede rapid flight A collection of rifles piled uh-'li In h courtyard left by the tieelug Turks at Kumunova and Uskub when they were completely routed by the Servian troops makes an odd monument of victory. Many of the rides were of tho latent pattern cud comparatively now. Barefooted and disarmed so!dlra, wounded und famUhed. wandered In the fields about Soldier. Borne of these men later Joined the forces at Chorlu, but wore compelled by the Impetuous onslaught of tho Bulgare to flee. That cholera has alllkted the Turks Is not u matter of surprise, considering the lack of sanitary precautions. On (he letreat from Cborlu a wayside Hprlng soon became muddy and fouled by the wearj', thirsty troops. But even when the water was black with mud these men drank greedily of It, and the photographer Btiapped two typical Tur kish fighters as they stopped to drink md till their gourds. Emigration of Pepl Tho first Turkish panic and retreat of soldiers und inhabitants after the hat :Io of Kirk Klllse, described by an jyewltuess, have now been repeated iver and over again In other sections tho sultan's European territory: "It was the emhratlon of a people. To find anything approaching it one must go back to those ancient and me lleval wars wherein the victor swept ut tho wholo of the conquered popula Ion men, women and children, land iwners aud laborers, saints and sla ters und swept away alqng with them heir language, religious, habits and ustouis. "It would bo difficult to Imagine a leaner sweep than that which has een made In the Kirk Kllise region. Not u Mowleni has been left If the rest of Turkey in Europe la subjected to similar treatment a red fez will be as rare twenty years hence In Stamboul as It Is today In Budapest, another ancient capital of Islam. North of Bah ' Enid aud east of Bunar Uissar the de parting Turks have taken with them In their great exodus not only their furr uiture, but also their domestic nnl- mals-thejr cows, uheep, goats, poultry; dogs and cats? Had Wooden Cartridge. The unpreparedness of the Turks and the inefllcleucy of some of their equip ment have been demonstrated by a cor respondent who brought back from tho battlefield at Kumanova cases of these cadgea which had beea thrown away by the la tftelr flight bo- fore the Servians. The cartridges were packed, ha cjjps of five and had. the Ordinary metal cases, white the vfooden buUtU were painted red. Tnese cartridges were supplied to Turkey by the Dsntsch Waffen and Munitions Fabrlken of Karlsruhe, They Were Intended solely for use In the maneuver with the Turklah Mauser rifle and were labeled "Wooden Maneuver Cartridges." By by American Presa Association. BrrttBATlBO TDUU AT WATSIOB I PUIS a c what means they came to be served out to the soldiers who had to face Ser vian shells and bullets is unknown. While King Ferdinand was visiting the wounded at Jamboll on Saturday a wounded o Ulcer asked him whether the army would be allowed the satis faction of marching into Constantinople. The king, observing tears In the offl- cer's eyes, sighed deeply and replied in a low voice, "I'rovfdence only knows this." "Wafer" Suogutionl Angler (after many efforts to strike a mau-Jo Confound It: There's not dry place on the whole beastly boat Boatman (who ha noted the absence of liquid refreshment) Try my tongue. sir. xurone ana country, Abstract Report Madras Townsite Co. to E. J. Barnes lots 5 8 blk. 35 Palmain $10. John H. Lockard to Bessie M. Loucks tract in SW NW 13 12 11 $200. Andrew J. Ruble to Walter R. Ruble SW, SE, NE, NE, SE 22 NW 23 Ei 16 13 13 SE 31 14 11 $500. Andrew J. Ruble to Katie A. Ruble m SE 18 14 12. Northern Pacific Ry. Co. to Geo. F. Sanborn NW SW 2 SW SE 8 SE SE 30 12 16 NW SE 28 11 17 $1960. L. M. Tomas to J. A. Thomas Si NE, Wi SE 35 12 14 $100. Patents. Lena M. Crews Si SW 24 10 14. Alfred H. Parkey EJ SE Eh NE 29 9 13. Jacob H. Peterson NE 18 9 14. Fits Mis Case Exactly "When father was sick about six years ago he read an adverthcimnt of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tab lets in the paper that fit his case ex actly," writes MUs Margaret Campbell of Fort Smith, Ark. "He purchased a box of them and be has not been sick since. My sister had stomach trouble and was alsoi benefitted by them. Sold by all dealers. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. Bforo the Breakaway. Two heavyweights had gone on for a preliminary, both willing and eager, but hopelessly ignorant In the craft of the game. One of the first grapples brought the pair to their knees, and neither knew bow to make u move which should bo both nggrcsslye and defensive. They were bead to head literally at logger beads aud romuincd In this posltlou for n minute. The lull gavo tho comedian In tho au dience a full stuge. "Weil." bo shouted, "what Is tho se cret?" Chicago Post TO LOAN-$50,000.03 on farm lands. See Brenton Jones, Mctollus, Oro. MONEY TO L0AH ON FAEM8. See Madras State Bank. FARM LOANS!! Madras Slate Bant All of the newa of Central Oregon is published in The Pio neer, at $1,50 per yearv Blue PrintTownshlp Plats Corrected uptodate, showing names of entrymen, vacant land, rivers and creeks, 60 cents each. Land Scripts For Sale For securing title to all kinds of Gov ernment land without residence or im provement, at lowest market prices- Write us for particulars. 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