Great Southern Road Engineer Charts Willow Creek Route
Chief Engineer of Duty for the Great Southern Railway Co surveys a 100 mile Madison area route via Willow Creek Gorge to Madras Oregon. The plan aims for easy grades, minimal curves, and eventual cross state connections to three transcontinental lines. A survey party camps on the Deschutes near Bill Lyle ranch as work proceeds with expected Madras arrival in about a month.
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Madras
Willow Creek Gorge
Great Southern Railway Co
Dafar
Bill Lyle
Big Cove
Deschutes River
Trout Creek
F. 8. Gordon
Willow Creek
Dufur
Gordon
Tygh Valley
Deschutes
White River
Maupin Ferry
Keapa
Great Southern
Columbia Southern
Pitt River
California
Sacramento Valley
Redding
Great Northern
Harriman
Gould
Plattean
New Telephone Line Planned for Madras Link to Hay Creek
The town of Madras will gain a new telephone line connecting to the long distance line at Hay Creek, with construction set to begin immediately. This project aims to improve communications and service reliability for regional calls.
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Madras
Prineville
Haycreek
Madras-Prineville
Crook County
Bend
Bend Prineville
Lamonta
Forests
Haystack
Culver
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Hay Creek
Big Ranch Development Near Bend by D I P Co Leader
Eaton arrives to set up a 640 acre Baldwin tract east of Bend with a 20 by 22 foot frame house and a 26 by 32 foot barn. Clearing and seeding will begin in spring as E A Baldwin plans diverse crops and farming profits.
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Eaton
E. A. Baldwin
Bend
Alrready
Baldwin
Turney
Johnston
Haskwell-Guerin
Janney
Rough and Ready Timber Supplies at Grisely Lak Lumber Yard
Readable text notes rough dressed lumber and moulding at the Grisely Lake Lumber Yard offering door and window stops and vulugles.
Lost in the Mountains With Autmobileists Missing Near Flagstaff
Percy Megargel and Dave Fasset, last seen leaving Williams for Flagstaff, are reported lost in snowbound mountains west of Flagstaff Arizona after days without contact. Rescuers faced blizzards and deep snow. one relief party was lost and another seeks them amid a deadly exposure and freezing conditions.
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Percy Megargel
Dave Fasset
Madras
Reo Mountaineer
New York City
Portland
Flagstaff
Arizona
Williams
Megargel
Fasset
Moving On to Bend with Surveyors for Rail Line
Chef Engineer Graham and Oregon Eastern surveyors head to Bend to locate a Madras to Bend railroad. They will camp on the former D. L. & P. Co. flat with free facilities from Pilot Butte company. Reports say Harriman plans Eugene to Klamath Falls and Ontario next year, while the Dufur line progresses from the north.
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Graham
Oregon Eastern
Madras
Bend
Pilot Butte Company
Harriman
Eugene
Klamath Falls
Ontario
Dufur
Corvallis & Eastern
Chicago & Northwestern
Oregon
Snowy hush covers Grizzly region and Bend tonight
A light snowfall touched the Grizzly area and nearby buttes with a thin ground cover while Bend reported notable snow depth and unsettled conditions as night fell. Local observers note lingering feathered dusting in higher terrain and continued cold winds across the region.
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Grizzly
Buttes
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R Jonal
Pease Madras Jeweler
Eme
Ja Lee Milam
Larke
Pol Penta
Prunevill, Oregon
Yitary
Litary Public and
Il 8 Commissioner
Ytary
Moe Peace Culver Precinct
Ver
Syocian
Ofer
Whysigian & Surceon
Ieaway
BaLowin, Cashier
Uyatveue
M. Bathwim
At. Cashier
First National Bank
Prineville, Oregon
Low Creek
Wpton & M'Meekin
Props
Aymillix
WzLy
Pilea
Woson Land Co
The
Dalles
Onegon
WNBA
Southern
Milway
UWE
Nornhr
Great Southern Road
Jos. Shearer
Inland Empire
Sherman County
Shearer
Finnegan Ranch
Tannee & Bey
Lena M. Lamb
Wu. Patmelon
Buildin Madras
F. J
Brooks
Qre
Daily Mail
Shaniko Warehouse Company General Storage and Forwarding
Ealing
S.W. Co
T. G. Condon
Cornett Stage & Stable Co
Madras Hotel
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