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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1911)
Redmond The Spokesman Published at the “ Hub City ” of Central Oregon |VOL 1. REDMOND, ( KOOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY l'J. IDI 1 No. 28 paying it hack in monthly pay ments, about the same as they would pay rent. The projectors of the idea hold that an usMocin- tion of this kind will lie of Rreat benefit to Redmond, as it will en able the man of small meuns to U*gin huildiriR as soon us he has secured a buildinR site, and will settle up and ls*autify the city ! with a R ood class of residences and substantial homes. The plana of the association | have not yet been fully matured, hut it is a safe prediction to { make thut the project will lie in workinR order some time the coming spriiiR, as men who have ■ feeAL CAPITALISTS push and enterprise are la-hind ARK INTKKKSTKI) the organization. 10 HELP BUILD UP REDMOND Building and Loan Association to be Organized - ♦ * Plan Is to Enable Wage Earners to Build Their Homes ■ ■ The S|*>k<”*mnn is Informed thn' a plan ¡«on f<*»t by local cap ita ts to organize a building •B'i loan association in K<*<lmond th< coming spring. The plan na OU lined no fur in to have local «a, '.al tlnunce the project ami eot trol the ulfturs of the aaaoeia- I The purjiose of the men In-hind • project i« to conduct a rogu- r loan and building association, taking it possible for the wage rnor to huild a go«>d suhstnn- jii residence, by borrowing the >ney from the association and Mail Service ('aught lip laist week the mail service l>etwe«-n Redmond and Shaniko “eauRht up" with itself, and Portland and eastern mail was received here on schedule time. Eor the past few months the mails have been a day behind, hut last Thursday the staRe jieo- ple Rot a hump on themselves and hmuRht in a double header mail. It is to he ho|H-d this con dition will remain durinR the bal ance of the w inter. The alsive condition of satisfactory service lasted hut two days Thursday and Friday, and Saturday there was no mail received at this place. So it seems we began crowing too soon. The S|K>kesman’s Job Printing pleases. ALL KINDS OF R. R. STORIES The Spokesman Publishes Below Three Dif ferent Versions From Reliable Sources About the Progress of the Hill and Harri- man Railroads in This Section of the State ---Trains to Redmond by July First City Recorder Wm. G. Phoe nix, who returned hist week from an extended trip to the middle west, had an interview in Portland with Chief Engineer Budd of the Oregon Trunk line, ami he told Mr. Phoenix that the alsive line would lie completed to Metolius, the first division point on the line, and passenger and freight trains running by the first of April. There were no if’s and and’s aliout the aliove statement. Mr. Budd stated it was a certainity that the road would l*e completed to Metolius at the time stated above. This statement, coming as it does from the chief engineer of 25 Tons of Merchandise J u s t A r r iv e d T h is W e e k The Store Grows More Popular Every Day Of course the nearness of cold weather and the thoughts of Winter needs that are now in the minds of so many, have something to do with the increasing number of visitors to this store. Yet you’ll pardon us while we step without the bounds of modesty and say that the merits of the store also have something to do with this increasing popularity. Folks who were formerly strangers to us are learning that this is a good store- a fine place at which to trade. Customers are telling their friends to come here for this and that article of merchandise. These things go toward building a grand and stable business. Of course the store must make good—is mak ing good. h is our constant aim to treat customers so that they will he please«! to re turn and visit us again and again. And we want every customer trading here to know that they are sure to lie satisfied in every purchase. We do not consider a sale made until the customer is perfectly satisfied. Get You Groceries Here Why? B«'cause we sell only the best groceries and always sell at the very lowest possible prices. Manv thrifty housewives are saving money by sup plying their table from this grocery stock. SPECI ALS Here are some Specials for this week which you should not overlook: Apples, 5c per lb. per box, $2.25 Dry Peaches, 9 lbs. for 1.00 Navy Beans, 12 lbs. for 1.00 Sugar, 13 lbs. for - - 1.00 Dry Raspberries, lb. - .30 Table Peaches, per can, - .20 Columbia Oats, per pkg. - .40 E H R E T BROS. BIG DEPARTMENT STORE the line, sets arid«* all other pre dictions and calculations made by «ithers who claim to be in a posi tion to know the progress of the road. With the roa«l into Meto- tius by the first of April, it is a Bafe prediction that Redmond will see the rails here by the latter part of June, and locomo- motives puffing into the city. Metolius is five miles south of Mailras and 22 miles north of here, and the only delay in the road reaching Redmond will be the time consumed in building the bridge across Crooked river, and work will lie rushed on that structure as fast as possible, nearly all of the preliminary work having been completed. Mr. Phoenix stated that while in Chicago, Minneapolis, S t Paul and other cities in the middle west, he had a number of inquiries about Redmond and this section of the state. Many people from the country east of the Rtx-k.v mountains are coming out to Redmond as soon as the railroad reaches here. Mr. Phoe nix said, and he looks for a big rush to the Hub City during the summer months. making similar progress, and officials of that road believe that construction work on the line will be completed as far as Bend early next summer. Both roads will be required to construct several large bridges and viaducts. An immense arch bridge will be installed over the gorge of the Crooked River by the Oregon Trunk, while two high uaducts will be built by the Deschutes Railroad. One of these will cross Trout Creek at the 85th mile post. It will be 550 feet long, 100 feet high and will contain 500 tons of steel. The other viaduct will cross the Willow Creek gorge at the 102d mile post. It will lie 1050 feet long, 260 feet high and will re quire 1500 tons of structural steel. It is belived that this via duct will be one of the largest and most costly structures of its kind on the Pacific Coast Oregonian: Construction on the two railroad lines up Deschu tes Canyon is being prosecuted rapidly, according to officials of both companies. Ideal weather has prevailed up to the present and no time has been lost by the contractors, the only delays be ing occasioned by non-arrival of structural steel for some of the bridges. The Deschutes Railroad, being built by the Harriman system, has lieen completed up to the mouth of the tunnel which marks the beginning of the joint track which will lie used by the Des chutes Road and the Oregon Trunk. Traeklaying has also been completed by the Oregon Trunk up to the same point, which is aliout 71 miles south of the starting points of the two roads at the Columbia River. The stretch of road to be used by the two lines will be 12 miles long and is being constructed by the Oregon Trunk. According to officials of the engineering de partment of the 0. W. R. & N., it is expected to reach the 82d mile-post by February 1, leaving but 51 miles of tracklaying and bridge construction to be done bef«>re the line is completed to Redmond. It is believed that the entire stretch of track of the Deschutes Railroad will be com pleted some time in May. The length of the line will be 133 miles. The Oregon Trunk is There is all kind of talk about when the Hill and Harriman railroads will reach Madras, and also when they will reach here. Some of the interviews of rail road officials in the Portland pap ers have it that the Hill and Harriman roads will reach Mad ras early in February, and be in Redmond about May first. And now comes another report from a construction official who has placed the date of the roads get ting into Culver Junction, six miles south of Madras, as March 27th. and extending the time of the roads arrival in Redmond to July. The Portland papers have stat ed, from interviews with railroad officials who are supposed to know what they are talking about, that the track laying gangs are laying two miles of steel a day, but the construction official mentioned abos’e, refutes that statement and claims the track layers are not laying on an average of one mile a day. And there you are. It is a well known fact to peo ple in this section that grading of the right of way in this sec tion is practically completed, and the preliminary work at the bridge at Crooked river is so far along that hut a short time will be occupied in putting the bridge across the stream when the rails are laid to that point, and the bridge material is on the ground. About the only thing to do in the face of different reports is to sit tight and keep hoping that the roads will at least get here in time to make a Fourth of July celebration of the event. Will Set Out Fruit Trees Entertainment for the Library Wm. T. Mullarky, who bought the George Farris ranch recently, intends to set out a number of fruit trees the coming season on his property. Mr. Mullarky is well satisfied that this section is adapted to fruit culture, and will give his attention to growing a good variety of apples, and other fruits. The Juniper Reading Circle of this city will give an entertain ment at Ehret’s hall on Tuesday evening, Feb. 7th. The program consists of Jean Ingelow’s "Song of the Seven,” and ether selec tions of a library and musical nature. The proceeds are for the benefit of the Redmond Pub lic Library Association in an ef fort to secure more comfortable quarters for the library and to open a reading room. Spokesman for job printing. Work always satisfactory. $1.50 PER YEAR PRICES T H A T APPEAL Now is the time to get a good outfit of Clothing at the right price. Not wanting to carry too large a stock over I have made a Special Cut on all Clothing. Rain Proof Cravenette Over- (I?1 ft coats, regular $18.30, special.... «pT w All other Overcoats 16 2-3 per cent off. This sale will run for 10 days. Men’s suits $12.50 to $30.00 cut to $10 and $27.00. Full line of Wales Goodyear best grade Rubbers at Portland prices. Canvas Ixggins, 73c. I carry Men’s Sized Shirts, 18, 18 1-2,19 E. L. R A P P “The Head to Foot Clothier.” Redmond, Or. COMMERCIAL CLUB IS FI PLANNING FOR 1911 IN BARN FIRE AT BEND New Members Joining and Pilot Butte Bam Goes Up Interests of City Being in Smoke Early Mon- Looked After day Morning The Commercial Club of this News was received in this city is laying out a program foe city Monday that the Pilot Butte a vigorous publicity campaign barn at Bend had burned to the during the coming year. Al ground early that morning and 4 though the city and district was horses died in the flames. All of well advertised last year, the the vehicles, it is understood, club is going right ahead on new and a quanity of hay also went lines to bring more prominently up in smoke. before the outside people the As near as can be learned the resources and advantages of fire was discovered about 5 o’clock this section of the state. With Monday morning, and by the the coming of the Hill and Harri time the firemen reached the man roads to this city it is con scene the flames had gotten such fidently expected that a large headway that it was impossible number of new comers will be , to save the building, and efforts here this summer. The Commer were concentrated in getting out cial Club now has a membership the horses. All of the horses of over 100. and every member were taken out with the exception is a "live wire.” One important of four. item the club is taking up is the By directing there attention to matter of freight transportation. the adjoining buildings the fire It is the plan to try and get the men were able to prevent any railroads to agree to ship freight spread of the flames. Much in here in carload lots as soon as praise has been given the Bend the rails are laid to this place, fire department for the efficient and not wait for the opening of manner in which they prevented traffic on the lines, which it is the fire from spreading to other underst<x>d will be some time buildings in the immediate vicin- after the contruction trains ar I ity of the barn. The bam was a rive here. large structure and made a hot fire, and it is considered a luckly The basket ball game advertis chance that not more property ed to be played last Saturday- was destroyed. night here between the Redmond and Prineville teams was post J. W. Brewer of Willow Creek. poned on account of sickness of Wn„ who is interested in the some of the ball players. The Redmoud Bank of Commerce and game will be played before the other enterprises in the Hub City, is in town this week. season is over. NEW GOODS RECEIVED Fine line of Leather Goods, Shopping and Hand Bags, Bill Books, etc. Elegant Line of NEW STATIONERY, all the latest designs in Box Writing Papers. Fresh stock of LOWNEY’S Celebrat ed Chocolates and Candies, the best candies manufactured J . A . NORWOOD, Postoffce Bldg.