Advertising Rates Notice for Madras Post Office
Advertising rates on application for second class mail at Madras Post Office. Entry recorded under act of Congress of March 8 1874. Publication date Thursday September 16 1908.
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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
4
Advertising rates on application for second class mail at Madras Post Office. Entry recorded under act of Congress of March 8 1874. Publication date Thursday September 16 1908.
Inspector Kent of the Forest Service estimates the Paulina Mountains fire alone destroyed about 200 million feet of timber. Fires spread along the Cascades eastern slope and in the Matoles country, with Deschutes Lumber Company timberlands largely burned but the damage considered minor and potentially beneficial by removing undergrowth. The Paulina fire affected three townships, with roughly one third privately owned.
Government says Alaska wheat was a fake but the Idaho farmer who pushed the scheme profited, cleaning up hundreds of thousands of dollars by selling at 20 dollars per bushel with a one-bushel limit. Orders surged before exposure and likely kept coming after. Adams benefited from free and paid advertising, including a 1500 dollar Saturday Evening Post feature.
Central Oregon awaits Harriman's decision on which route to build the promised road. He says the direction will be kept secret for now. Niswonger reports water found at 508 feet near Pow Li Buttes, 30 feet deep, plans to drill to 1600 feet for artesian flow. investment expected to pay off.
The Daily Optimist contemplates artesian water as a community treasure and warns that if Harriman and Hill engage in a true railroad scrap, each launching half a dozen lines across Oregon to seize new country, the resulting upheaval would be jarring, though not this year.
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