Willow Creek to Trout Creek Work Surges as Weather Bends
Porter and Clarkson report 150 workers on the Oregon Trunk line between Madras and the Deschutes with three camps active. Construction continues despite cold weather and slick roads as railway blasting and tunnel work proceed, and supply shipments increase in anticipation of spring break.
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Woralrogda
Cenral Oregon
Willow Creek Canyon
Oregon Trunk
Porter & Clarkson
Willow Creek
Madras
Deschutes
Porter Bros
Trout Creek
Oregon sheep breeding plant to close after 10 months
J G Edwards, manager of the Hay Creek ranch, prepares to wind down the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company operation in Crook County within ten months. The 27 000 acre estate will be leased for hay making and pasture as the Oregonian notes limited range and forestry policy pressures. A booklet being prepared in Portland markets the plan to sell lands at a sacrifice to fund closure.
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Tt Herk
A Ce Ag
Hay Creek
Blue Mountain Forest Reserve
Portland
United States
Baldwin Sheep & Land Company
Crook County
Oregon
Oregonian
J. G. Edwards
New York
Ihs
C. M. Haskill
Edwards
Ita
Ita Businese
Hay Creek Ranch
William Craig Sentenced To One Year In Federal Court
William H. Craig was sentenced by Judge Wolverton in the United States Court to one year and a day in prison for stealing a registered letter from a mail pouch while driving a stage from Madras to Heisler in Crook County. He showed no statement to mitigate and cried after sentencing. The lightest sentence under federal law followed jury mercy recommendations. He will spend next Christmas on McNeil's Island.
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Portland
Craig
United States Marshal
McNeil’s Island
Editor Overman Freed After Washington Requisition Refused
E H Overman editor of the Shaniko Star was released in The Dalles after Governor Benson refused Washington requisition papers. He had been arrested on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses via a counterfeit check. he now plans to resume publication at Shaniko Oregon.
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Salem, Or
Benson
Washington
E. H. Overman
Dalles
Spokane County
Overman
Shaniko Star
Antelope
Chrisman
Hay
Olympia
Bananiko
Washington conference forgives winter residence for homesteaders
Representatives Hamer Mondell and Martin agreed to press for relief for Northwest homesteaders forced to reside on their lands through winter due to severe weather. The move follows many requests for aid as settlers struggle to remain on their property. In Balem Oregon Idaho finance firm rep Hendryx met with the Desert Land Board about contracts for the Columbia Southern project preliminary survey.
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Washington
Hamer, Mondell
Martin
Northwest
Pew
Balem, Or
H. T. Hendryx
Oregon, Washington & Idaho Finance Company
Desert Land Board
Mayfair Addition to Madras Platted for sale
Duncan MacLeod, of Portland firm Thompson MacLeod Neill, attended to Madras business as the Waymire tract near the townsite was surveyed into town lots. The tract, bought a month ago, lies adjoining Madras and offers a desirable residence section and promises as a division point on trunk lines under construction on the Deechetue river. The sale of the lots will open soon per the paper’s last page announcement.
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Duncan MacLeod
Prineville
Thompson, MacLeod & Neill
Portland
Madras
MacLeod
Crook County
Deechuteg
Cornett Stace Company Incorporates in Oregon
Articles of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State for The Cornett Stage and stable company based in Prineville with $9000 capital stock. Incor: J. H. Reams G. P. Reame and C. L. Shattuck. Expect heavy summer passenger traffic by auto from railroad to interior points. Pursuit of a direct line from Bahankia to Bend via Madras sought, contingent on contracts. July 1910.
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Cornett Stage and Stable Company
Prineville
J. H. Reams
G. P. Reame
C. L. Shattuck
Bahanika
Bend
Madras
Bend Man Killed by Stump Puller At Ranch
Walter Mevila, 87, died after a stump puller device slipped and the sweep struck him on the W. E. Bertt ranch six miles northeast of Bend. The accident occurred last Wednesday noon. he died Sunday morning at Bend hospital. Remains shipped via Madras after services in California, per Bend Bulletin.
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Walter Mevila
W. E. Bertt
Bend
Mevila
Devis
Mevius
Pomeroy
Wash
DC. W. Hoech
California
Bend Bulleton
Madras
Comet Visible to Naked Eye Reported in New York
New York reports Halley’s comet now visible to the naked eye in the northeast sky without a telescope. Professor Eastman of Columbia University notes the comet’s length and expected visibility for several weeks.
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New York
Halley
Eastman
Columbia
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