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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1908
Page
4
Public notice from Madras under the Act of March 3 1879 dated Thursday Dec 16 1908 details a matter regarding second class matter and postal procedures at the Madras Post Office observed in this period’s government notices.
The Madras school district urges a substantial levy at next Saturday’s meeting to maintain and expand the district’s school facilities. Madras, a central hub surrounded by smaller districts, should form a union high school with neighboring districts at the next annual meeting, aided by state laws that allow exemption from county tax for union high schools. Property owners are urged not to economize at the expense of education.
Railroad row depopulates as Madras loses its fall campers. No engineers remain in the town after the last party moved to Culver to continue the South survey. The area awaits the next construction party, ending the preliminary work there.
Local farmers describe rabbits as a serious menace to crops with reports of near wholesale denudation on small isolated tracts. Farmers justify drives as a necessary protection of their harvest, not cruelty.
The piece playfully contrasts Billy Sunday and Pat Crowe claiming both are non partisans to explain their deviation from norms. It mocks partisan labels in a lighthearted aside about public figures and their actions.
Department of the Interior announces a land contest involving contestant Clyde Andereon and contestant affidavit filed. The case requests proof of abandonment due to military service with dates of January 5 1900 and December 12 2000, with hearings set and publication required in Modis Oregon and The Dalles Oregon.
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