Madras Teams Sweep Baseball and Basketball Wins
The Madras baseball team beat Warmsprings Indians 9 to 1 on home grounds. Madras girls teams defeated Indian school girls 13 to 12 and 12 to 6 in close contests witnessed by a large crowd and visiting Indians. Supt Covey and local umpires officiated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Warmepring Indians
Indiana
Madras Public Scheck
Madras Girls
Jennie Harper
Nora Livingston
Ethel Klann
Lorena Hill
May Campbell
Lea May
Prineville Nine Wins Baseball Tournament
The Prineville baseball team wins three straight against Redmond in a Prineville tournament, earning the fair association purse. Scores were 2-1, 3-2, and 4-3 in narrow victories, showing the teams were evenly matched. Prineville earns eligibility to play Madras for Crook County championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prineville
Redmond
Fair Association
Madras
Crook County
Promoter of Oregon Trunk Line Dies in Seattle
W F Neleon a prominent railroad contractor known for building the State Portage road and the Great Southern or Duffor road died in Seattle last Saturday. He promoted the Oregon Trunk Line which completed the Gret survey up the Deschutes river to Madras and oversaw early surveys later approved.
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Harrimanine
Peepchutes Canyon
Nelson
Deschutes
Oregon
Seattle
Portland
W. F. Neleon
Oregon Trunk Line
Deschutes Canyon
Mr. Neleon
Great Southern
Neleon
Ne Deschutes
Madras
Big Farmers Picnic Draws Madras Crowds and Leaders
A banner crowd gathered in Madras yesterday for a county farmers picnic. The county union held a morning meeting in the hall, then a social session with a basket dinner prepared by farmer wives. An afternoon program included music, literature, and an address by President Sykes on union cooperation and achievements.
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Madras
County Union
Sykes
Farmers’ Union
Farmers Day
Middle Oregon Baptist Association Meets in Madras
The Middle Oregon Baptist Association holds its annual session at the Free Methodist church in Madras. Prominent district members attend as tents line the area. Weekend sermons include Rev. J. T. Moore of Fossil and Rev. G. R. Eades of Lamonta with visiting ministers and lay members from Fossil, Prineville, The Dalles, Culver, Fox Valley, and Madras.
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Middle Oregon Baptist Association
Madras
Middle Oregon
Free Methodist Church
J. T. Moore
Fossil
G. R Eades
Lamonia
James Lawson
Association
C. BR. Chase
Pacific Coast Missionary
J.T. Moore
Prineville
G. K. Eades
Lamonta
2. D. Brown
Thomas Hill
The
Dalles
W. H. Farlow
Wamie
Joseph Chapman
Mesdré
Adkins and Woods
Fox Valley
Floyd Powell
Misees Stearna
Jease Windom
Culver
Water Rising Along The Dalles Riverfront Floods Beach
The Columbia River at The Dalles rose significantly over the past 80 hours and continues to rise. Flooded beaches reach the Uma tlle Hous, with the Chinese truck garden beneath water. Open River God Regulator shows boats in motion due to high water near St Washington trot, two blocks affected.
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Dalles
Columbia River
St Weshington
Contract for Madras school house awarded to Magness
The Madras district awarded the schoolhouse contract Saturday to James Magness for $3452 the lowest of four bids. Magness will work with LF Shatt who resigned from the school board to oversee construction. A $1000 bond secures completion by the fall term as work begins immediately.
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Madine
James Magnew
Magness
LF Shatt
Madras School
Aes
Raoe
Promoter Details New Deschutes River Irrigation Project
Water Right Joseph G. Houston promotes an irrigation plan on the Deschutes river below Cline Falls. He aims to irrigate about 5000 acres with water rights from the river and locate desert-claim settlers under a water-user association at low cost. Estimated irrigation cost not to exceed 1250 per acre. project touted for soil climate and water advantages.
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Joseph G. Houston
Deschutes
Cline Falls
Madrap
Houston
Wool sales at Shaniko list large 250000 pound clip
At Shaniko on June 1 the Baldwin Sheen Land Co of Haycreek sold 250000 pounds of wool to Charles Green for Boston firm Koshland Co at 22.44 cents per pound. The clip is the West’s largest and sparks brisk bidding. Morrow Keenan sold 85000 pounds at 20.58 cents. Two more Shaniko sale days planned this season.
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Bhaniko
Baldwin Sheen & Land Company
Haycreek
Charles Green
Koshland & Company of
Boston
Baldwin
West
Crook County
Shaniko
Morrow & Keenan
Crook County Sheep Outfit Nets Big Clip in Spring
From our exchanges the B S L Co s Cig brand fetched 27000 dollars for a single clip, a sizable wad for a sheep outfit in Crook county this spring. Estimates in Oregon show Agency Plains logging 0.47 inches of rain in recent days boosting crops, while Prineville recorded 0.410 inches refreshing farmers and stockmen.
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Brenty
Crook County
Antelope Herald
D. P. Hea
Oregonian
Agency
Plaine Country
Prineville
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Feed & Sale Stable Connection
J. Kh
Campbell, Prop
Howard W. Turner
U. 8
Maderas
Pande Culver
W. H. Anooe
Uo Droog
Max
Lueddemann
Pioneer Building
Hanmer
Vice
First National Bank
Prineville, Oregon
F. Allan
T. M. Batowim
Will Wonswadlen
H. BaLoch
Avat
Hawmwrox
Pres
E. B. Fuexcn
J.C. Fowsan
Cabr
Msnecon Banking CO
Papita
Shaniko, Oregon
A. E. Crosby
DRUGS
Kodaks
Eastman
Kodak Company
Rochester, N. Y
Murellac
A. M. Williams & CO
van Tassel Land CO
Ora van Tassel
Warmepring
Robinson’s Big Store
J.C. & M General Madra
Cen
Tral Oregon
Baptist Association
Jim Magnees
L. BU
B. S
L. Co
Nature Irrigates
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