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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1908
Page
4
The Madras Pioneer announces advertising rates on application. Published as second class matter August 20, 1908 at Madras Oregon under the act of Congress. Thursday August 20 1908.
Bend reports reevaluate fire damage shows mature timber largely intact and burned area smaller than first claimed. Analysts tout yellow pine as a key Central Oregon asset for railroads, while cautioning overhyped Alaska wheat schemes and overly optimistic yields and prices.
The article critiques Thomas W. Lawson and his advertised Remedy aimed at beating the System and big financiers like Morgan Harriman and Rockefeller. It labels the scheme a gambler's consolidation of many small bets and suggests Lawson underestimates the public and misreads the market. It urges readers to avoid Lawson's approach as costly and unlikely to succeed.
A purported new Alaskan wheat variety touted by a Idaho grower claimed 100 to 200 bushels per acre and promised to revolutionize U S agriculture. The Agriculture Department found it to be a misrepresented wheat type, known as the Egyptian seven-bedded wonder, exposed earlier as a fraud.
The conference at Pelican Bay involving Governor Chamberlain F B Stanley of the Deschates irrigation project and General Manager O'Brien of the O R N is watched for a possible Harriman backed railroad into Central Oregon. If true, a long promised line may finally be announced as economic conditions improve and other interests seek rail investment.
The East Oregonian notes heavy yields on light soil in the north and northwest of Umatilla county while central wheat belt land falters. Rail lines report lower wheat tonnage with O R and N at about half and Northern Pacific near 70 percent of normal.
Rainbow Packing and Golge Glasses for threshing engines appear among pressed steel machine parts and Mezicao graphite cups sold at J and M A Robinsons.
Spelling and OCR gaps obscure the full report but indicate Pioneer documents mention Keebi habitat nearby Pit Yole surroundings. No clear names, dates, or locations beyond this. Further readable details are needed to extract concrete facts or events for a proper summary.
An artist on the Central Oregon line crew painted a large inscription on their mess-wagon reading O. O. R. R. Diving Car and praised their dining to rival Harrian dining cars. Critics note one swallow does not make a summer nor one dining car make a railroad.
Advice from H W Campbell founder of the Campbell system urges August tillage as crucial for next year. He notes moisture, soil loosening, and careful plowing timing to store rains and boost spring crops, stressing three basics: plow when moist, firm the lower layer, and keep the surface loose for a big 1909 harvest.
The college offers collegiate programs in Agronomy Horticulture Animal Husbandry Dairy Husbandry Forestry Domestic Science and Art Civil Electrical Mechanical and Mining Engineering Commerce Pharmacy. Elementary courses include Agriculture Forestry Domestic Science and Art Commerce and Mechanic Arts with forge work cabinet making steam fitting plumbing and machine work. Strong faculty modern equipment free tuition opens Sept 25. Illustrated catalog available on application to the Registrar for free.
Public Land Base Serial No 407 in The Jails Oregon U S Land Office announces a public sale by bid at 10 a m on September 25 next for a tract described as section 18 township 128 range. Adverse claimants must file claims or objections by the sale date.
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