Survey Line Through to Shaniko Planned by Central Oregon RR
Survey teams move from Culver toward Madras then southwest through Opal Prairie toward the Crooked River crowing near Trail Crossing. The line may extend to Shaniko via Ward's Creek and Shaniko flat with possible Antelope route study. Construction could start if subscriptions and preliminaries meet goals.
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Central Oregon Railroad
Culver
Madras
Opal Prairie
Crooked River
Bhaniko
Ward's Creek
Shanika
Pine Timber Burns on Upper Deschutes
Lightning sparked several fires in the yellow pine timber south of Bend, Oregon. Fires spread quickly due to dry conditions with rain absent for weeks, prompting Bend crews to assist forest rangers. A timber claim owned by W F King of Prineville on Sugar Pine Mountain was reported totally destroyed, with heavy smoke lingering for ten days.
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Bend
Frank West Place
Upper River
Fieh-Trap
Forest Rangers
Bend Bulletin
W. F. King
Prineville
Sugar Pine Mountain
J. N. Hunter
Promoters Visit Condon Rail Line Plan Shown
A party of railroad men connected with a proposed electric line from Condon showed blue prints in Madras. The route crosses the John Day river near Antelope with a Trout Creek branch into Ashwood country. The company may start construction soon as water rights along the Deschutes and John Day are filed. The visitors departed Friday for Prineville and Bend.
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Condon
Madras
Antelope
Trout Creek
Ashwood
John Day River
Prineville
Bend
BIC SUM FROM NATIONAL FORESTS ALLOTMENT
Oregon will receive 82318.82 as her share of receipts from national forests during the past fiscal year. Formerly states where forests were located received 10 percent of gross receipts but the last congress increased the share to 25 percent. The law requires that this money be spent for public roads and schools by the counties in which the forests are located. The article questions how counties are compensated for loss of taxable territory caused by forest reservations.
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Oregon
Bend Saloon Keeper Charged With Arson
A Bend saloon keeper known as Frenchy was bound over to the Circuit Court in $2500 bonds on arson charges. He allegedly burned liquor stocks valued at $4000 with $2000 insurance. Justice O Connor set the bond, and failure to post sent him to county jail amid a strong case claimed by officers.
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B. Estebend
Frenchy
Bend
Justice O'Connor
Retebenet
Entebenet
Threshing Machines Burn in Umatilla and Waiteburg Fires
Three threshing machines burned in Umatilla county this threshing season amid smutty wheat concerns. Isaac Christopher near Adams saw his running machine explode and burn with almost total loss, no insurance. Frank Brotherton’s machine near Vanscocle ignited while moving between settings. A third fire occurred on the Heddeman place near Helix with few details. Separately, Frank McGhee of Waitburg, Washington, lost his thresher and 200 acres of grain to a smut explosion spreading in a breeze.
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Umatilla
Isaac Christopher
Adams
Christopher
Frank Brotherton
Vanscocle
Fie
Heddeman Place
Helix
East Oregonian
Frank McGhee
Waiteburg
Wash
Minister Targeted by Dynamite Threat in Prineville
A Prineville minister Rev A Housel who hunted for liquor sales received an anonymous dynamite threat. The note warned to mind one’s business and claimed dynamite is cheaper than property tax. Another minister Rev J T Moore left for a Tillamook pastorate and has not seen the letter.
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Prineville
The
Oregonian
A. Housel
J. T. Moore
Tillamook
Baldwin Sheep & Land Co. wool sale at Shanhike
About 250000 pounds of Baldwin wools were privately sold last Friday at Shanhike. George Abbott, representing Botany Worsted Mille, bought the clip for around 16 cents per pound. The sale was conducted privately by J. G. Edwards, manager of the company, and did not involve public wool sales at Bhaniko.
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Baldwin Sheep & Land Co
Shanhike
George Abbott
Botany
Baldwin
Bhaniko
J. G. Edwards
Heybeek Company
Dalles
Rocky Mountains
Tae Peterly
Men Wanted to Fight Forest Fires Near Bend
Bend faces rapid forest fires south of the city with Deschutes Lumber Company timber at risk. A telephone call from Madras sought 40 laborers for immediate firefighting duties with wages of 2.5 dollars per day plus board and transport to Bend. Fire spreads due to no rain for a month and limited patrols by large operators.
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Bend
Madras
Deschutes Lumber Company
Forest Fire Ravages Paulina Mountains In Oregon
Fire reports describe a major blaze in the Paulina mountains within Fremont National Park Crook county's large stock district. Supervisor Ireland notes widespread East slope fires across the Cascades from the Columbia river toward the California line, mostly lightning caused and easier to control due to sparse brush.
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Paulina Mountains
Fremont National Park
Crook County
Ireland
Cascade Forest Reserve
Cascades
Columbia River
California
Ford takes post as county schools chief remarks on institute
R A Ford new county superintendent of schools begins duties and explains no date for the teachers institute will be set until after the Salem convention September 10 11. He hopes state superintendent Ackerman and other educators attend the Crook county event and will announce local dates on his return from Salem. Also reports Prineville residents aiding ranger fire crews in the mountains including Comba Wuerzweiler Claypool Jordan and Hyde with wages noted.
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R. A. Ford
Salem
Ackerman
Crook County
Ford
Prineville Journal
Prineville
John Comba
Nate Wuerzweiler
Omar Claypool
Ralph Jordan
Keys Hyde
Klamath Falls Promoter Seeks Central Oregon Rail Control
Crook County Journal notes Hill of Klamath Falls visiting Bend with aims to take over management and promotion of the proposed Central Oregon railroad. He plans to visit Madrag and Prineville. General Manager R Howard of Deschutes Irrigation & Power Co leads the railroad movement and must be consulted on plan changes. Hill’s prominence likened to James J. Hill fuels speculation across Oregon.
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Crook County
Hill
Klamath Falls
Bend
Central Oregon
Madrag
Prineville
R. Howard
Deschutes Irrigation & Power Co
Howard
Portland
James J. Hill
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Iyow
J. W. Livingston
Adras
J. H. Wenandy
Shaniko
Bendy
Frank Osborn
Batman Kodeke
Jdalles
James W. Hart
Grean Mota
Culiver
Justice of the Peace
Culver Precinct
Wii
Haner
Max Lueddemann
Pioneer Building
First National Bank
Prineville, Oregon
FP. AvLen
T. M
Surpine
Osborn & Wilson
Ofer
A.M. Williams & CO
Robinson
Eve
C. & M. A. Robinson General Merchants
Madras, Oregon
Central Oregon Surveyors Running
Deschutes
Condon Railroad
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