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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1906
Page
1
Farsighted Housekeeper announces a full line of household necessities and furnishings. The display includes shirts and wear for men, hardware items like wire and hog wire, rabbit wire, and a carload of drills, Canton Bottom and Dise plows. A con drill arrives soon, promising value though late for the season.
Western Crook residents denounce Crook County Court plans to fast track a courthouse contract in Prineville Oregon. Bids are to be opened June 2 1906 with specifications available in Salem Portland Prineville offices. A strong protest movement seeks legal delay to allow full review before any binding agreement.
A year of county court debate ends as bids are advertised for building a new court house. Citizens allege a cover up to railroad the project, citing a $300 annual contract with Crook County Journal and suppressed proceedings. Officials deny concealment while investigations unfold.
Surveyor F B Gordon will lead nine men to survey the planned portage road extension from Big Eddy to the Regulator dock, about four miles, with an eight to ten day timetable. The expedition, including Peters Pease Maier Lake and Kelly, toured the route today as plans were set. Local interest runs high statewide for the extension to The Dalles as a key objective of the portage system.
J. W. Livingston was awarded victory in a contest against John O. Rose over a homestead located about a mile and a half southwest of town. Rose is allowed thirty days to appeal. The decision followed prompt proceedings before Notary Max Lueddewanun after two witnesses testified for Livingston. Livingston had also received a favorable land office decision within three weeks after testimony.
The Pioneer office has a brand new up to date job printing plant shipped from Portland. It includes a 10x16 Chandler & Price Gordon press a 28 inch Chandler & Price paper cutter and a full set of Cheltenham Old style type faces with ornaments and borders. The plant was purchased from Vorwaud Olive of the American Type Founders Company and should be installed by week end.
Bend Bulletin notes favorable geology for artesian water in Central Oregon. U S Geological Survey findings in Haystack country suggest limited information but potential water pressure exists under open basalt beds, with drilling needed to confirm yields for households and stock.
A message from Kelso Washington lauds R H Bayley candidate for Crook county county commissioner. The writer extols Bayley and his brothers as upright, honest and financially prudent with regard to road and ridge costs. Supporters urge voters to back Bayley. An accompanying note from S A Strain endorses Bayley and wishes him success.
Peter A. D. Puter, convicted in the Oregon land fraud, captured in Alameda California last Monday while returning from a Berkeley visit to his wife. He previously escaped Secret Service Agent Buros in Boston by drawing a pistol, then vanished until his arrest. Puter said he planned to go to China.
Banford and Sill begin a new store structure on the corner of Fifth and Street. The 80 by 25 foot building will feature floor space that can double when needed. Excavation for a large pillar under the building is underway and construction will rush once lumber arrives. Charges note the Sanford and Sill firm has reorganized into a corporation with $25,000 capital and will operate hardware and implements at their site. A Sunday chicken dinner at the Green Hotel is advertised for 25 cents.
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