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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1908
Page
5
The Madras column records visitors and townsfolk with notes from Monday through Sunday. It mentions residents like Barnett Osburn, Mrs. GK Moorhead, Lyle, and Percival at nearby ranches, and events from church gatherings to farm weather and road conditions shaping spring plans.
Two railroad engineers halted in Madras last Tuesday while scouting Deschutes surveys. One headed south to Redmond, the other back to the Deschutes, claiming to have traced routes from Willow Creek and up the canyon. The visit fuels belief of imminent Central Oregon railroad construction.
John A Seabury and cousin Miss Florence E Seabury of Los Angeles recently bought the Laidlaw Chronicle and traveled by train and stage to Madras then toward their new Crook County home. Seabury, an experienced newspaperman, began a planned Portland to Laidlaw walk but halted at Wasco after 118 miles in four days and continues with optimism for Central Oregon journalism.
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