24 Sep 1908
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Newspaper
Madras Pioneer
Location
Madras, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1908
Page
1
W F Nelson and W D Williamson of the Oregon Trunk Line survived a cloudburst and mountain torrent while surveying from The Dalles South to Bend. Their car was swept down a hillside, later halted in a rising stream, and hauled to safety by fellow railroad men near Haycreek before reaching Portland.
Jack Kitching and George McVey of Prineville are bound over to the grand jury on a charge of shooting through the stained glass windows of the new Methodist church in Prineville. Their ball was fixed at an unspecified amount.
In Prineville Crook county two men were arrested for shooting stained glass at the new church, an act described as scarce in the county now. They deny the charges and plan alibis as indictments may be returned in the circuit court next month.
Windom of Haystack country near Culver shows a single half bushel of pure Scotch Fife wheat yielding 54 bushels for seal purposes. He sold at 60 cents a bushel with no irrigation on a dry Crook county ranch, proving arid-land grain potential beyond Alaska and Durum discussions. Local headlines hail the exceptional hard wheat quality and profits.
James Cordell and his family faced a serious accident when a vicious horse kicked their nine year old son near Younge last Monday. One foot struck his arm breaking it while the other foot struck his head causing a bruise. Dr Snook set the fracture and dressed the head wounds before the family moved on to Madras.
Aged pioneer Jack May about 80 died last Wednesday morning in Prineville. Unable to care for himself he had lived with Mr Benefield south of town and later came on county charge. His son William May of Seio reportedly declined to pay for burial, leaving arrangements to county funds. The May family is said to be well to do.
William S Spiger died Monday September 21 at his home northeast of Madras. He was 79, a native of Olio and had lived in Oregon since 1000. Interment was held Tuesday afternoon with Rev J D Brown leading funeral services at the Baptist church.
A garbled OCR fragment references a court, notary, and mentions justice and mortgages. Readable elements include a court or commission, a notary named Pulillo, and officials da Bruvbe, with unclear details about deeds, chattels, and farm mortgages in a wartime or formal justice context.
Oregon Trunk Line surveys push toward Madras while Harriman parties eye the Deschutes corridor. Porter Brothers own idle construction gear, signaling imminent right of way work and likely start of building along Willow Creek route.
C J Sundquist lies in serious condition three months after a freight wagon accident near Madras with a crushed leg bone to be wired. doctors expect a year before use. Prof James F Blanchard, Madras high school faculty, returns from his homestead to prepare for Monday opening. Joige Ellis travels to Pineville to arrange affairs related to the death of an elderly miner around Madras who had fallen ill and died in Prineville last Friday.
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