The Redmond Spokesman
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Published at the “ Hub City ” o f Central Oregon
VOL. 1. No. US
REDMOND, (-ROOK COUNTY, OUKÜON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27. 1910
DESCHUTES RY.
LAYING STEEL
laying accordingly. When this
piece o f grading is finished,
track-laying will he resumcd ori
thè Harrimnn Line to Madras, |
probubly ut thè suine rate ut
which it is now progreaaing, as
grading hcyond thè joint section I
| bas boeri finished.
IT HOME DIVIDE COUNTY
RULE REALLY IS
Indirtments by
I
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—
Work Goes On At Grand Jury
Text of Bill 328 Is
Tiie Spokesman understands
Rate o f About that severul indietments were Given Herewith
'fourni by thè grand jury lasl
In Ful l
Mile a Day
week at Prineville against Borne
of thè proprietors of soit drink 1
places bere, and against some of
thè résidents o f thè restricted I
HILL CONFORMS TO
GRADINO HAS ALL
district. Frorn whatean bclearn-j
LAWS OF THE STATE
BKKN COMPLETED ed ut thift time it is undcmtcod
that thè complainta were inaile |
by E. M. Eby o f this**ity. News
was received this week that u
W ork on Lint* Will Proba­ compluint limi Ireen illed against It Gives to Cities the Right
Eby for trying to dis|HMe o f un-
to Have Saloon« or
bly Be Delayed l 'util
wholesome méat. The cases are
No Saloon«
before thè court at Prineville
January Fir«t
this week.
COME MANŸMILES Ï0 I
TRACE AT REDMOND
Home Rule Bill No. 328. gives
“ All of the grading on our
cities and towns the right to
RDoschuU’H line has been finished,
have saloons or no saloons. It
«nil track has been laid uu the
gives the people who live in
«'ream for 50 miles,'* said Chief
cities the right to vote on and
j Engineer Buschke, o f the llarri-
Farmer« and Rancher« Fimi decide this question themselves.
nnn Northwest system, in a re­
It puts the control o f the liquor
This City thè Cheap-
cent interview
at Portland.
traffic into the hands o f the vo­
v«t
Trading
Point
"W e are progressing a mile a
ters o f each precinct, so that ev­
tiny with the rails, and should be
ery
residential district in a city
to the 70-mile post in the next 20
or
town
is protected. It means
Since Tin* Spokesman has been
ll.iV I."
real
local
option. All state or
But after reaching the 70-mile giving widespread publicity to,
criminal
laws
are maintained.
l>ost, which is the point where the fact that Redmond merchants
Under
it
the
farmer
has the
joint use o f the track is to begin sell cheaper that the e in other
>umc
protection
he
now
enjoys.
for a short distance, the Harri- towns in the county, farmers and,
It
is
a
law
fitted
to
local
condi­
mun forces will be delayed, prob­ ranchers living long distances
tions
as
they
actually
exist
in ev­
ably until after January 1, as from the eity now’ corne here to
ery
section
o
f
the
State.
It
t >e Oregon Trunk has not je t sell their pr-slucj and do their
gives
absolute
control
o
f
the
completed this jtortion o f iLs trading. They find they cm save
liquor traffic, particularly in
work. The joint track from the money on neatly every class of
towns and cities, where it is
70-mile |»wt up a short distance goods they purchase, enough
most needed.
It will prevent
was to be laid by the Oregon to pay them for coming the ad­
the
county
from
wiping out the
Trunk. No specific time is giv­ ditional distanc ■ from their home
city vote on city measures. It
en when its grading will be fin­ town. The inducements that the
is a law which makes prohibi­
ished. but in a general way. the Redmond merchants offer the tion |*>ssible where wanted, and
first o f the year is the time ex­ buying public are bringing re­ impossible where not wanted.
pected by the Hurriman people, sults and making this city the It means regulation which regu­
lates.
and they an* shaping their rail- busiest town in the county.
REMOVAL
SALE
We expect to move into our new brick store on North
Sixth street about the first of November, and we have
instituted a “ Removal Sale” on the following articles,
all o f which will be sold at prices never before heard
of in Redmond:
Odds and Ends in Men’s, Ladies’
and Misses’s Shoes
at Half Price
1
Men’s Pants, $2.50 and $3.00 values,
for $1.95
Men’s Corduroy Suits, $7.50 values,
for $4.50
EH RET
BROS.
Everything in General Merchandise
REDMOND,
OREGON
PROPER THING
Present Size o f Crook County Is Too
Large and Solution o f Problem Is
to Create the New County of Des­
chutes From One-Fourth o f the
Present County—Now Time to do It
The territory that embraces
Oregon,
Washington,
Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming, was the
original Oregon that Walt Whit­
man rode to save. As the years
rolled by these states were form­
ed from the old Oregon. Still
she is the “largest state o f the
Pacific northwest.
The great
central area o f the state has long
been isolated from the outside
world. The spell is now broken.
This district now being tapped
by the railroads, will soon flow
with wealth and happiness, and
is know n as Crook county.
Crook county is 108 miles
across from east to west, and 84
miles from north to south, con­
taining in round numbers 8000
square miles. Crook county is
six times as large as the state of
Rhode Island; four times as large
as Dele ware; and about as large
as Massachusetts. The western
part is an agricultural region,
and is being rapidly developed.
There is a fine timber area along
the mountain range. The east­
ern part is the cattle belt, where
hay and stock raising is the prin­
cipal industry-
The western
part containing the largest segre­
gation o f Irrigated I.and in Ore­
gon, is bordered by a vast lum­
ber region. This part o f Crook
county is now capable o f making
a new county with Redmond for
the county seat,
Crook county will still be the
cattle belt and stock raising re­
gion for which its fame has gone
to the world and Prineville will
still be the county seat o f old
Crook.
Deschutes county, with its
agricultural resources, and rail­
road lines would be a united
county ready to develop more
and more. It would be a good
county to come to and grow up
w ith and aid to develop.
The people o f Deschutes coun­
ty believe it will be a great bene­
fit to all residing therein, and
greatly facilitate the progress
and development o f the county.
It will be o f direct benefit to
thousands o f people and injure
none. It will provide for a more
efficient administration o f county
affairs.
It will help develop
new country and advance the up­
building of Greater Oregon.
Ail progress is due to the fact
that some men try to do. Des­
chutes county is trying to do.
Vote yes on No. 350. There are
those in every age who oppose
progress. In the war o f the
Revolution we find some would
be statesmen saying "Y ou can­
not conquer the British, they
will win in spite o f all you can
do. Washington is a failure." If
this w’ere true, where would our
country be today? Many o f us
remember that in the time of
the Civil war, we had many who
declared we could not prevail to
save the Union.
These were
chronic grumblers, never satis­
fied unless our soldiers w’ere be­
ing defeated.
These same kind
of "Y ou Can’ t Do I t " people.
will insist that Deschutes county
cannot govern itself, cannot be
right, all because they are not
the promoters.
The opposition to De.schutes
county seems to all come from
Madras. Why so? One o f the
first booklets that fell into my
hands w’as, "Madras. The best
B uy." In that I read, Madras
has a population o f 700 souls
right now. A bill is being pre­
pared to make Madras a county
seat How, Why so? I 3 it be­
cause Redmond stole her bill?
They do not say so, they do say.
“ The parent county o f Crook is
not favorable to the creation of
the proposed new county.” Who
gave them the right to speak for
Crook county?
How do they
know when there has been no
vote taken?
Prineville and Bend send out
protests against it, we expect
that.
In all the proposed county
Madras alone is objecting. To
offset this propositian, comes a
bill from Madras providing for a
method o f creating counties in
the future, known as No. 352
and No. 353. In their argument
for the proposed measure we
read: "Old counties will resist
the division o f their territory,
and yet in course of development
new counties must be created.
Further along they say; "The
legislature cannot create a new
county by special act; it being
prohibited by the constitution.
Therefore, as the matter now
stands it is necessary to impose
these questions upon the entire
state regardless o f whether they
have the patience to investigate
the local needs, or the power to
obtain the information if they
sought it” . There is the whole
kernel in the nut The constitu­
tion o f the state provides that:
"Corporations may be formed
under the general laws but shall
not be created by the legislature
by special law s."
A county is a public corpora­
tion, and is so apparent that the
constitutional provisions reserve
to the people the right to create
a county under the law. since
there is no other way to create a
new county.
Deschutes county, relying on
the intelligence of the whole peo­
ple o f the state, asks under the
law now in existence, that they
vote Yes on No. 350 on Nov. 8th.
Hood
River
county
was
brought into existence by this
very law.
The people o f the
state by a majority vote of 16.170
voted Yes. and this should be a
guide for the future, and every­
one o f the 52,214 who voted for
Hood River County, should vote
Yes on No. 350.
A host o f new voters will cast
their ballots in Oregon Novem­
ber 8th.
They should under­
stand the wants of the people of
Deschutes county, and exercise
their own rights and vote YES
on No. 350.
C. R. McLallin has the contract
for wiring and installing the
electric light fixtures in Ehret
Bros, new building. Mr. McLal-
lin is an expert at this business,
The city this week began the
preliminary work for laying the
mains for the municipal water
works system.
Work will be
completed before cold weather.
$1.50 BER YEAR
NEW
GOODS
new stock o f CLOTHING. FURNISH­
O UR INGS,
etc., have arrived and is now on
sale, and you are invited to come in and see the
line whether you buy or not.
Below we quote
a few money-saving prices which it will pay you
to take advantage of.
Men’s Suits,
-
-
$12.50 to $30.00
Boys’ and Youths’ Suits, $4.00 to $17.00
All wool “ Summit” Shirts,
-
$2.50
All wool Fresno Double Blankets, 62x80, $5.50
All wool Fresno Double Blankets, 56x78, $4.50
Fine line Jno. B. Stetson Hats.
Complete Up-to-date line High Top Shoes
Sheep lined, rain proof, leather lined and
Mackinaw Coats.
All o f Our Stock is New
E. L. R A P P
“ The Head to Foot Clothier.” Redmond, Or.
WILL ORGANIZE M. E. LADIES AID
DEPARTMENT TO GIVE RAZAR
Fire Companies To Dates Set for Satur-
Handle the New day and Monday
Apparatus
Oct. 29-31st
CHEMICAL ENGINE
CONUNDRUM SUPPER
IS GIVEN A TEST
MONDAY EVENING
Two Companies o f Volun- Proceeds o f Events to g o To*
teer Firemen Will
ward Furnishing
Be Formed
New Church
One o f the enjoyable events o f
The new chemical fire engine
the
month will be the Handker-
recently ordered by the city ar­
rived here last week and was 1 chief Bazar and Conundrum Sup­
given a test Sunday, which was per to be given by the Ladies’
satisfactory, and the apparatus Aid o f the M. E. church Satur­
was accepted. The engine is of day and Monday, Oct. 29-31.
The Bazar will be held Satur­
the two tank pattern, each tank
day and Monday afternoon from
with a capacity of 40 gallons.
The Spokesman is informed ! 1 to 6 o ’ clock in the new M. E.
There will be
that a volunteer fire department church building.
will soon be formed to consist of three booths, one each for hand­
a fire chief, assistant chief, a kerchiefs. aprons and home-made
The ladies have
company to man the chemical ap­ candies, etc.
worked
hard
on
this feature o f
paratus and a hook and ladder
the
entertainment,
and will have
company.
a
number
of
attractive
and useful
The city at present has no hook
and ladder truck but plans are articles on sale at reasonable
being made to add this very es­ I prices.
sential piece o f fire fighting ap­ I The Conundrum Supper will be
'given Monday evening, begin­
paratus to the department.
There are a number o f experi­ ning at 6 o’clock. There will be
enced firemen in the city who all kinds o f good things to eat.
have expressed their willingness and a most enjoyable time is
to join the two companies, and in promised all who attend.
The public is invited to come
a short time Redmond will have
one o f the most efficient fire de­ and have a good time. Proceeds
to be devoted to furnishing the
partments in Central Oregon.
new church.
New Livery and
Feed Barn
Carl Woods is getting the
buildings for his livery and feed
barn and corral along in good
shape. One o f the barns will be
70x100 feetan d he will have
plenty o f room to care for horses
His place is located at the cor­
ner o f Fifth and E streets, and
he will do a livery stable and
feed business. He expects to be
ready for business about the
first o f the week.
Will Winter at
the Capital
H. M. Branson and wife left
Monday for Salem where they
will remain this winter.
Mr.
Branson is one of the incorpora­
tors of the Horticultural Fire Re­
lief o f Oregon, a mutual fire in­
surance association. He intends
to return here in the spring and
go out on his 80 acre place near
the city. The Spokesman will
keep him posted on Redmond
events while away.
The pictures at Redmond Hall
A Segal who bought out Nor­
are giving better satisfaction
since the moving picture ma­ wood & Mendenhall’s Redmond
Pharmacy took possession o f the
chine has been regulated.
business Sunday.
They have
Do not forget the mask ball at named their store the Red Cross
Fallgatter’ s hall Monday night Pharmacy, and advertise to car-
Good music, a good time and 1 ry a full line of drug», toilet .ar­
ticles, musical instruments, etc.
plenty o f dancing room.