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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Ernestine Bousquet / The Bulletin
January 25, 2004
MADRAS - Cattle calls and the acrid smell of livestock waft through the air at the Central Oregon Livestock Auction yard off Highway 97.
Both are telltale signs that one has entered the countryside, though Madras' city limits lie just a mile away.
A vacant 128-acre hay field behind the auction....