Work South Begins Soon On Oregon Trunk Grade
Sub contractors Kennedy and Fraser arrive to establish camp at Dombrowe ranch for ten mile Oregon Trunk section south from Madras. Meeers Kennedy Fraser from Spokane bring grading gear. Eng H E Baird oversees engineering with headquarters near the ranch. Major cuts lie between Madras and the ranch. Porter Bros. handle grading to depot grounds and yards at Muiras station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy & Fraser
H. C. Henry
Madras
Meeers, Kennedy & Fraser
Spokane
Milwaukee
Dombrowe Ranch
Messrs. Kennedy and
Fraser
H. E. Baird
Dombrowe Place
Methodist Hill District
Opal Prairie
Porter Bros
Muiras Station
Madras to Meet Shanika in Sunday Baseball Duel
Local grounds host a 2 40 PM Sunday game between Madras and Shanika with a strong visitor lineup from Antelope to Moro. Officials promise a red hot contest and improved facilities including a grandstand, adding 26 cent admission and 15 cent grandstand surcharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Shanika
Antelope
Moro
Six and Half Pound Dolly Varden Trout
John Mayes landed a 23 inch Deschutes Valley Dolly Varden weighing 64 pounds last Tuesday a mile above Willow Creek. He fished with four large trout flies and dragged the fish out by hand as he could not lift it with his pole. The note adds that the “D. V.” mark on these fish stands for Deschutes Valley rather than Dolly Varden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mayes
Deschutes
Willow Creek
Mayes
D. V
Dolly Varden
Deschutes Valley
Threshing Outfit for Sale From J I Case Engine
Complete J I Case threshing outfit for sale. 16 horsepower engine. Inquire of J A Eades. Four miles southwest of Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anlo
J. A. Eades
Location chosen for Brick Hotel in Madras
The site for the $30,000 Brick Hotel, to be built by M. E. Thompson Co selling agents for the Madras Townsite Co, will be on the west side of Main street at the first corner north of the Green hotel. It sits on the southwest corner of the Madras Addition. J. C. Hendricks handles building arrangements and cost estimates while plans for material procurement are prepared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
M. E. Thompson Co
Main Street
Green Hotel
Madras Addition
J. C. Hendricks
Getting Ready to Build Auto Garage
J C Robinson plans a new machine shop and auto garage east of Tucker Culp's blacksmith shop. The 50 2 50 foot building fronts south and will begin after Robinson returns from Portland with machinery including an iron lathe drill press and a vulcanizer. The shop is expected to open sometime in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C Robinson
Tucker & Culp
Robinson
Portland
Estimated Cost of Water System for Madras
J. B. Frem of Fairbanks Morse Co. predicts a gasoline pumping plant for Madras city wells could cost about 1000 dollars for a 150 foot lift. Experts say extending water mains citywide and fire protection would require an additional 2000 to 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Frem
Fairbanks, Morse Co
Madras
Oregon Trunk Planning Medford Connection Confirmed
President John F. Stevens of the Oregon Trunk says a link toward Medford from the current terminus at the Klamath Indian Reservation border is being studied. The Pacific & Eastern and Oregon Trunk may extend from Butte Falls but no immediate construction is planned. Stevens denies plans to build to Blue Ledge mine or the coast, and cautions against speculation of further extensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Stevens
Oregon Trunk
Pacific & Eastern
Medford
Butte Falls
Madras
Rogue River Valley
Oregonian
Oregon Trunk Railway
Vancouver
Klamath
Stevens
Blue Ledge
Deschutes Railroad and Oregon Trunk Railways Reach Track Agreement
The Oregon Trunk Railway and Deschutes Railroad settle running rights on Deschutes east bank tracks and crossing privileges. Deschutes gains running rights to 12 miles east of the river and access to a 500 foot south extension near Redmond. Oregon Trunk gains overhead crossing rights at Celilo and a right of way through the Smith ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregonian
Deschutes Railroad
Oregon Trunk Railway
Oregon Trunk
United States Land Office
Crooked River
Redmond
Deschutes Company
Smith
Hill
Celilo
Deschutes River
Portland
James J. Hill
Harriman
Stevens
Indians Protest Boundary Changes At Warmspring Reservation
C C Covey superintendent of the Warmspring Indian Reservation led four Indians Ben Wilson Tullux Holhquilla Henry Queahpama and Albert Ruckup to Washington to file a complaint with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. They allege repeated boundary changes have shrunk their land and left insufficient acreage for farming. Ben Wilson a Chemawa Indian School graduate will serve as interpreter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dalles
C. C. Covey
Warmspring Indian Reservation
Ben Wilson
Tullux Holhquilla
Henry Queahpama
Albert Ruckup
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Chemawa Indian School
Agency
Fire in Gem Restaurant Threatens Row of Homes
Last Monday evening just before six o'clock an attendant tried to refill a lit gasoline tank on a coffee heater and the gasoline caught fire. Volunteers used hand extinguishers to put out the blaze, which damaged the interior of the Gem Restaurant on Main Street, with a wooded block nearby posing a high risk if the fire had spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gem
Main Street
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Hood & Stanton
Ove
Madras State Bank
Dras
Oregon
United States
Canada
J. M. Conklin
Man
C. E. Roush
Principas
K. Round
M. Puts
Koblawn
Robt
Rea
E California Wine Co
Shaniko, Oregon
He Tir
California
Shaniko
J. H. Haner
Joseph W. Rice
Rotary Palic
Parma
Collier
Culver
Pease Culver
Howard W. Turner
U. 8
W. H
Tary Pub
Red Cross
Madras, Ore
Sylvan
Central Oregon Mercantile Company
J M. A. Rob
Studebaker
Old
Brick Hotel
Psendrom Peur Grigaly
Ruil Bora
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