Dramatic Club Prepares Two Comedies For Monday Show
Crowds expect entertaining fare as the Dramatic Club stages A Conside Courtship and Dressing Gown in two comedic acts. The program features singing by Grace Nor, Mrs. Ben Ashley, and a Roscoe Crosby Egart duet, plus a minstrel-style number. Nearby Metolius residents and Culver visitors anticipate the event and local road work improves access to the Deschutes area.
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Dramatic Club
Sanpall
Dick Anderson
Roscoe Crosby
Egart
Ules Quartette
Crawford
Wagon Road Project Tops Deschutes District Effort
A large farming district project along the wagon road across the river in Deschutes aims to mobilize up to 40 men. Work began last week to build a wagon road and improve access to rich farming lands, previously isolated by terrain.
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Deschutes Canyon
Culver
L. H. Powell
Cove Hill
Jacob Quiberg
Deschutes
Homesteaders Hope for New Railroad Expansion
H Kersten returns from Silver Lake area and reports strong prospect for homesteaders as news spreads of a railroad planned from Vale to Burns and Bend linking with the Southern Pacific. Locals expect a larger land rush after spring with cultivation planned on Kersten’s chosen homestead.
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H. Kersten
Silver Lake
Kersten
Vale
Burns
Bend
Southern Pacific
Catchy Advertising Draws Attention at Hammer’s Store
Merchants watch a bold sale at W F Hammer's, three heat stoves on display a $50 steel range a $27 coal heater and a $4 air tight heater. Prices drop daily by $1 $0.60 and $0.25 respectively with sale expected to last two weeks and stoves likely sold well below cost.
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W. F. Hammer
Smith Seeks final five year proof on homestead
William J. Smith completed his final five year proof on his homestead before Commissioner Turner. He has resided almost continuously on his place during the past seven years.
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William J. Smith
Turner
Mr. Smith
Madras Terminus For Prineville Road
Madras will be the terminus of a new road to Prineville using gasoline cars similar to Harriman lines in Washington. Three engineers arrived in Madras and departed toward Willow Creek as the project gains traction with right of way partially secured. Local and Portland capital are debated as financiers, with more details expected next week.
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Prineville
Madras
Harriman
Washington
Willow Creek Canyon
Colorado Springs
Tillman Reuter and Associates
Portland
Council Forms Fire Task Force and Water System Update
Portland, Dec 12 1911. Council in Madras appoints a committee to study purchasing hose ladders and fire apparatus while water works delivery begins next week with Jeffery and Burton moving pipe and material to complete the system by February. A church fire caused $200 damage but was stopped by volunteers and a chemical engine. insurance covers repairs.
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Portland
Ore
H. W. Turner
Madras
Oregon
Jeffery & Bufton
Oregon Trunk
Auditors Tour Tum-A-Lum Yards Then Metolius Central Oregon
J N Davis and Howard Crawford of Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co visited the Madras area Tuesday and then went to Metolius and other yards in Central Oregon. Roy Newell passed through Madras Friday on county road project duties south of the county. The Rea family welcomes an eight pound daughter born December 6. Mrs J W Baker travels to Portland for her son Charles surgery. Simon Burgess and sister, Culver and Opal Prairie teachers, were in Madras Saturday. O Herman and wife moved into their new Gray addition home. Ralph Peck's wife gave birth to a daughter Friday last week.
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J. N. Davis
Howard Crawford
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co
Metolius
Oregon
Roy Newell
Madras
Don P. Rea
J. W. Baker
Portland
Charles
Simon P. Burgess
Culver
Opal Prairie
O. Herman
Gray Addition
Ralph Peck
Madras Teacher Praised for Home Interest Talk
Miss Ethel Klann, Madras public school teacher, praised by a Portland paper for her talk How to Arouse Interest at Home read at the Redmond Christian Endeavor Convention. County C E Union forms with delegates from across the county attending. C E Powell of Vanora elected president for the coming year. next convention set for Metolius in 1912.
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Ethel Klann
Madras
Portland
Christian Endeavor
Redmond
Klann
Prineville High School
C. E. Union
C. E. Powell
Vanora
Metolius
Flames Threaten Christian Church
Fire crews battled a blaze at a Christian church caused by spontaneous ignition from oil soaked painter rags left in the building. Investigators ruled the incident accidental and tied the cause to improper disposal of oily materials.
Campbell Succeeds Councilman Robinson After Resignation
J L Campbell was appointed to fill the council seat vacated by J C Robinson who resigned for business reasons. The meeting also discussed securing firefighting apparatus to be ready when city mains come online after year’s start. Residents from local ranches and towns were noted in brief social items.
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J. C. Robinson
J. L. Campbell
Robinson
Central Oregon farmers win big at Dry Farming Congress
Tillman Reuter of Madras Oregon led as 23 prize entries at Colorado Springs with 9 firsts 12 seconds and 2 thirds his sister also won three prizes. Madras Commercial Club and Crook county farms collected several prizes while a Great Northern Railway circular publicized the success promising attention from eastern farmers to dry land farming in Sunny Central Oregon.
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Oregon
Spokane
Tillman Reuter
Madras
Colorado Springs
Madras Commercial Club
Dry Farming Congress
Haycreek
Prineville
Crook County
East
Middle West
Great Northern Railway Co
Mr. Reuter
Burlen Returns From Missouri Visit to Madras
Thomas M. Burlen came back to Madras on Friday evening after a visit with friends and relatives in his old home state Missouri. He said he had a grand time but found conditions in Oregon appealing.
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Thomas M. Burlen
Missouri
Madras
Tom
Oregon
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Grizzly
NSS
Silver Lake District
W. F.hammer Co
Council
Jeffry & Burton
Gillis Dizney
C. E
Christian
Chemical Engine
George Windom
Charles Ortman
Willie
Edward Patterson
Ashwood
Charles Lippe
W. J. Buckley
Buckley Express Company
California
San Diego
Loveland
Canle
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