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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 19, 1911)
The Oregon Trunk and Deschutes railroads are rapidly building into the Deschutes Valley of Central Oregon. On January lat the steel was laid to ^ithi'» a to it W md'*» Culver Junction, and the grading was almost entirely completed. Ere long the first engine will he poking its nose over the Iwundary of the grea es 1 « 1 , . Central Oregon. This town is located in Crook county at the junction of the Hill and Harriman railroads north of l rooked river, and in the center of the most pro.iuuiw area in Eastern or Central Oregon. At this place we have a union depot and common warehouse from which grain or produce may L>e shipped over eithei rai ' "-1' • CULVER JUNCTION k t . Is the making of a splendid town and the grade work IS already completed with a crown of 05 feet and union depot grounds providing for 450 feet of 12 foot platform. It is the watering place for the Harriman line, arrange ments having already been made with that Company. It will be the distributing point for both freight and passenger traffic while the Crooked river bridge is bein>? built and will be the terminus during that period. It will always be a distributing point for a large territory both east and west. It has three times more farming country territory than any other town on either road. The farming section has splendid soil and excellent crops are produced without irrigation. The dry farming products raised by Mr. Reuter just east of here took 17 sweepstakes and first prizes against the world at the Spokane Dry Farming Congress. It has splendid summer and winter climate and but very little disagreeable weather. Bright sunshine and spring like days in December and January. Very healthful. Has one of the most scenic locations of any town in the Uuited States. Nine perpetually snow clad mountain peaks in full view from the town. Deep canyon scenery but a few miles away and lakes, springs and streams unsurpassed for beauty and grandeur are near us. This will be headquarters for summer tourists. Excellent hunting and fishing at our very doors. Deschutes Valley I .and & Investment Co. CU LVER, OREGON Has an abundance of splendid pure water and street trading is boing done Business enterprises of all kinds are arranging to estab- lish themselves here. This is the prospective and logical connecting point of the railroad to Prineville. A private Christian College with a course of study equal to any in the state will be established here. Church organizations are preparing to erect buildings and one is already eitablished here in its building. Has a common school and will soon have a high school. It will lie known as a town of schools and churches as well as a business center. Electrcial power will be developed in the river just west of here and the line will pass through here in its route to Prineville and will furnish this place light and power. A large flouring mill is projected, the grounds already having been secured for the purpose. Good roads already lead to this place and more are being provided from every direction. The people of this community are all boosters and we have a splendid working organization of the farmers and busi ness men in tne Culver Junction Development League. These are only a few’ things which will make CULVER JUNCTION GREAT We expect the first railroad engine to cross the line of this town sometime in February—It may be earlier and it may be later—as tracklaying is progressing rapidly on both roads. HOW GOOD CAN YOU GUESS? If you are a good one at guessing you may get one of the valuable prizes to be given away. $1.000 in prizes will be paid as follows: To the one guessing moat nearly to the hj ^ cS " j day when the first engine will cross the line of < ul\»r -'*■"* > • we will present a check for [»: the next ’ “ twelve thin! $100.00; fourth and fifth $W.OO each, to $25.00 each. , , . , , Conditions are that 50 lots bo sold before rontest closes unless the engine reaches here sooner than expected < ontesi muy clou* at any time a fte r notice publiaheu in this |m|H»r. 50 lots are not sold then the prizes will lie paid in the propor tion that the number o f lots sold (wars to 50. Each contest ¡in must purchase at least one lot in Culver Junction and one xueas will I k * allowed for each lot purchaiied. t hcck h*r $1 must accompany each guess when sent in. this to apply on Pl,r* chase price o f lot selected from plat und price list to oe mailed at once to contestant on receipt of guess. Prices of lots range from $90.00 to $-11X5.00 and terms are one third cash ami balance in two equal payments in six and twelve months without in terest or 10 per cent cash and 10 |»er cent )*'r month without interest. Rem em ber each lot purchased entitles \<>u t*> a guess. D on't delay for the contest may close at any time u | m > ii notice published in this paper. Act now! At once und you " il l not regret it! First payment in full on lota—whether 10 per cent or one-third must Is* made on lot when selection is made und be fore awards are made. We will have a BIG B O O S T E R M E E T I N G here the day the engine crosses into Culver Junction. XNe want you here. Cut out the attached coupon and fill it out. then mail it with your check for $10.00 in our favor to Deachutas Valley Land and Investm ent Company. Culver. Oregon, and your guess will be carefully filed and plat and price list for your fili al selection will be mailed to you. Make an investm ent ami take a chance. All prize checks good only in payment for lots in Culver Junction. My guess on date of first railroad engine reaching Culver Junction is th e ............... day o f........................1911, at the hour of — ......... o ’clock and_____ minutes in t h e . . .......... .noon. I inclose check for $10.00 to apply on purchase price of lot to be selected by me, and you may mail me marked up plat and price list to to the address below. It is understood that this entitles me to a guess for one of your valuable prizes mentioned in the advertisement. DESCHUTES VALLEY LAND & INVESTMENT CO. CULVER, OREGON We are exclusive selling agents for Culver Junction N am e__________________________________________ ___ Postoffice_________________ _____ __________ S ta te ______________ The Rednoad Spokesman Published every Thursday by H. a . a C. U PALMER AT RJCDMOND. OREGON Redmond, Oregon, Jan . 19. 1911 A RAILROAD STORY. Th« Superstition of an Enginoor and tho R e s u lt . Railroad engineers hare an ab horrence for an engine that ever has been in a wreck. This no doubt is due to their belief in the infalli bility of wrecks and other accidents coming in cycles or in occurrences o f threes. When an accident hap- ens on the road they wag their eads and wonder when the next one will take place, and when the third has happened they breathe easier until another occurs to give them the chance to look for two more again. An engine that has been in onlv one wreck is looked to finish its crcle, and until it docs so and gets a clean bill of health it is regarded as a hoodoo. Fridav has the same hold on the superstitious fear of railroad men that it has in other quarters. Men will refuse to take a lavoff on Fri day. and if it is forced upon them tlicv will not return to work until the following Monday. Many rail road superintendents and traiumas- ters coddle their men as far as thev can in this superstition, but a gen eral regard for it would be impossi ble. else the railroad traffic of the country might come to a compara tive standstill some Friday. There are thousands of stories rife in rsilroad circles that prove to railroad men that there is good reason for their fear of this or that hoodoo. Here is a true story of the number 13: Several years ago one of the se verest snowstorm* in the history of railroading swept the west. Be tween Chicago and Aurora drift* ten feet high obstructed traffic, and a snowplow and engines were aent out to clear the road. At a point on the road we* a yardmas- ter. who is now a railroad auperin- tendent in St. lamia, and it ia he who tells the tale. “The snow bucking train was com posed of thirteen engine* behind the plow." save he "In the front en- oldcr brother, who was C this tram .' lie »»k«*«i solemnly, i told him I knew all about it. ‘Well, there's going to l»e an accident.’ he said. *1 don't want you on the en gine. When the accident comes ooe of us will be killed, perhaps both. Who ia to look after our old father and mother then?* ” 1 was young, and I wasn't very strong ou the thirteen superstition aovway, and I told him he was talk ing like a sentimental kid. The superintendent approached us and must have heard the last part of the conversation, for he told me to stay in the yard and see that the road was kept clear. “The snow buckers pulled out without me. They had not been out an hour when the journal burn ed off on the front engine and drop ped the axle. It caused a rail to curl up and the end of it shot up through the floor of the cab and knocked the hat off the fireman, llad I gone on the engine my body would have been pierced bv the rail, which went through the seat where 1 would have been sitting.”— St. Louis I'ost-Dispatcb. L ist W e sell W h e a t L an d s, Irrig a te d L an d s, and locate H om esteads and D esert C laim s, you r fa rm w ith us if you w ant to s e ll. S e e us if you w ant to buy. Economical. “W hy does he now ent break fast?” “T o get his m oney's w orth." "D o n 't understand." "H oards at the hotel, American plan." A Witty Widow. A w idow of I lie imme of Hug* hav Ing laken S ir Charles Price for lier second huslumd. was naked by n friend how she liked I he change “O h." she replli-d. "I purled with my old llugg for a gissi prl< e." Y o u th fu l M a n ife sta tio n . rpo giv e and to take. T o earn and to keep. T o w ade In th e sh allow s. T o sw im w h ere it ’* deep. T o k eep In th e ch an n el. A r o lili-x th e rock s. And th iV s w h at you learn In th e school o f h ard k n ocks. No m oney tu itio n You pay In advaneo. In s tr u c to r s a re o fte n Appointed by ch an ce. N or op tion al Is It T o s ta y or to go. T o u ta k e In th e co u rses W h e th e r or no B u t. th ou g h, as I m entioned. T h e e n try Is free. B e fo r e you h sv e finished I t co sts you a fee. And little It m a tte rs. A lth ou g h you m.iy say T o u c a n n o t affo rd It. T h e price you m oat pay. C a r lr U 'a "T h ey say he Is In loye with his w ife." "Oh. well, give him tim e!" — expenses do. B u t no ed u cation Is equal I he kind T o u g et In th is co lleg e F o r body and mind I t 's th ro u g h d isap p o in tm en t*. H e a rtb u rn in g s and sh o ck s D ip lo m as you win In th e sch ool o f h ard k n ock s. R o m e women mnke their own drosses, but did you ever w e a man who made his own |Minta? Harvey Worthington Loomis once went abroad to »tudv music. He wa* a young man. and when after a two weeks’ voyage lie landed in L ranee he was very homesick. He stood it for Iwo days and then The tieat way booked his passage on the »nine to treat Some |*eo- ship and returned to America. plc Is to forget W lien lie rang the bell at hi* then; and tlie home in Brooklyn his §i»ter opened plnce they cam e the door. from. “ Why. Harvey!” she exclaimed, Most girls a rc so busy l>elng roman- “what is the matter?” “Oh." he replied innocently, “ I lb- that they can 't Bud time to be Ju st natural. forgot my toothbrush.” — Success Magazine. O n the W ro n g 8ido. Willie’s grandmother bad come to visit them. “Are you mamma’s mother?” ask ed W illie by way of conversation. “ No, dear. I'm your grandmoth er on vour father’» side.” “ Well,” said Willie decidedly fh# was an observing little fellow), “all 1 got to say i* you're on the wrong side.”— Every body’s Magazine. “ Yew. my d ear; tho«* are things w hich a lw a y s ought In be delivered In persou. " — lltustru tn l tilt*. What Ha Found. "H e weut Into ibe cuuutry to Oral sodi ode " "l>l«l be find h r "No; unit# ibe opposite. II# sat dowu ou an sut bill.” 1 M ¡2d enough, when the tm- ^rjved the surgeon’s first that the i *■ *■ > ,»>• > Ui*. "It I,nfl "'"l ,l l<u( hi‘ on an excellent srmgrsm; |l>* rîMa K,lr*tnor l>»vr.-never so mad* l.,)y ^ out h , C-m,pa,,,on. P«rv«r»ity. One peculiarity „f melancholia - "nW " "l-eclaH«». - I, , hlIf ' ft À ' ***" ............. . .. r , r n/h in W , ° h-» 'll* ease that «h« (mist I« careful of her « « " " r * n'‘ •",1 '‘“""»K fried After «Imi -be tri,*, „ n ,; ;, . ) ' lr Tribune. 1 *>•*•* men are it,». spiritual I« , (ro force RUMI I A pwrtv in waters down ra»t going Murlivlimg The boy bad brought ti e fi-liing Isikle up front the «shin, sud ti«1« the skipper was sitting oil deck with a big tdw, filing the hook« "t'»e.l to lie a men go hlueflshin« with me,” the skip|>cr »aid. “ that al» uv» tiled hit own hooks; carried a file in hi» I*» kri for just Dial ; alw.ivs tool that file with him and alani» filed lu» own books. When beM got » hook filed lie <1 Irti it bv hanging it on his no-e He'd tu» hi» I kmi I I mi k jii«t a little and ju«l r-—I the point of the hook on bis no*e. and if it did «iff he'd sharpen it sonic more, bui if it hung therw he knew it »«< all right.” "S in g u la r wav of testing fish hook*.'" »aid one o f the |iarty, ” ll »•«." «aul the skipper, “but lie always «aught lish.”—New York Sun. So many t'a»**niln»s come to grief that Ihe «lory of loidy Eleanor Audley, Ihe wife of tbe Sir John l e v i e s who wim attorney general for Irelntul in liiOi'i, will surprise no one familiar ».th the prophecies of melancholy ladie«. loulv Elea nor had a turn for prophecy hated on Scriptural anagrams. Among other predictions she clsmu-d to have foretold her husband's death. “ His doom I gave him in letters of Ins own name—John I laves, Jove • Hand—within three vesrs to expect the mortal blow, so pul on niy mourning garment from that tune; alien alioiit three dsvs la-fore his sudden dealh. l»efore his serv ants ami friend» at Ihe table, gave him pari to take his long sleep, by him thus put off: *| prav. weep not while I am alive, and I will give you leave to laugh alien I am Not H#r Fir»| C ho I CO. dead.’ ” He WIM exi essivrlv fond of d an c Sir John was made chief ju*fice ing. sai» a writer in Ihs Ultra Tnl»- of England, but d.ed on Ibe day une; ul-o hr wa* very rlumsy. and, he would have laken his s-at on I'Xe » good manv other pmiple. Ins the la-nch. fonilo«t of doing Ihs thing bw It was given to another than her did wiir»t. litisimnd, however, to give Isidv She loo. was eiressirely forni of Eleanor a keener dart She as« dancing, with (be difference that brought into Hie court of high com- *hr was the |M-rsonifiealion of mi**ion oti charges arising out of grace But now die was suffering. her claims to prophetic power*, Alrvudv he had lorn her Irsin with which she grounded on an niuigraiti In* ungovernable feet, and Iter dam* of her name. Eleanor Hans— Rt. tv dipjier» Imre tbe mark* of In« venl, 1 1 Ilani*l. *hiK*i. At ls»t »be could stand it "And. though.” writes an old no longer. chronicler. “,t had too much l.v an “ Let us sit out the rest of this . and too liltle hr S. vet »he found i I miuc . ' »he siiggvsteil. “ I am tired. ' Daniel and Reveal in it, which lie was reluctant. “ | thought •erred her turn. yui said you could dio wsltznig?” “ Much pains were taken hy the lie «aid. court to <|i»pn«srfi her of this spir "So I could,” she replied, “but it. but all would not do. Ml Um b tlii're are ples«anler ways of dying h* dean of Arches. ,hot her than la-mg trampled to death.” through and through with an ar row borrowed from her own quiver. The Candì« Tre*. . to r whilst (he bishops and di- One of »h» wonder* of the vegelalili* vines were rea.oning the point will, kingdom I» niid«oilit<*dlv the rendi« her out of Holy C u n n in g . Deemwter-W henever I have to bor row money | try to wet it from „ p#,. slmlar Held m an -W h y ? D w tis ie r - A i<***!nit*t never e s p ic i* tu get It T»»t f a r f t«kK««ks. Th« Con-bm «tion T->*t W a t th« U n d o ing et H o n o r D avit. T h # B<M«r W a y . "Awfully rude ul him lo throw a k iss at me." all, wiping his dagger upon his t ! --------------------------------- A Bad M e m o r y . Bcm« Odd Spelling. A m crV ina. an vs tin* le.mlon News, employ flw wonl "B ritish e r." wtik-b they Invented. lo a contemptuous weiiae. It was a certain rbilndclphlii wit wbo A Bad Sign. Is said to have unit c l bis friend s wtiat " I don't believe lu sig n s." a “ B ritisher" would menn to convey “ I do.” by tbe written word “ghoiigbpbthelgbl- “ F o r it fa c t? ” teeau." lie bad to explain to them " Y e s ; fo r s fa c t.” th at, acconllfig to the genius of tbe “ As. fo r In stan ce?" English language. It meant “potato." “8oolng a cred itor over my left Thus: U b - p . as In “ hiccough;“ ongb — o. as In “dough:" phth—t. as In “phthi shoulder Is sure evidence th a t 1 am s is;" e lg b -a . as In "neighbor;" tte— t. about to lie annoyed.” as I d -g a z e tte ." nnd euu—o. s s in The Miracle. “ beau." This was at least ss puzzling “ I understand Miss Brown Is much as tbe livery amble kce|«*r's bill which He is certain ly a clev er man who Improved In h«-«*ltb.” can fool him self when he is Wutcblng. contained tbe iwo lines— "Y e s, Indeed, snd In every other Aosaftrfa way.” Atacmonim om gln. A telephone man I* one who knows ”t!l« d to hear It.” Nobody wbo does not “ know Ibe in - bow lo put up a good line of talk. “She Is ten years younger than she awer' has ever yet arrived at tbe solu tion. which la. In tbe vernacular of w as five years ago.” A meddler I* a natural lx>rn boss tbe creditor himself. “ A '<*» a ll a day” i temporarily out o f a Job. Twin Outcast*. and "A takln on liu ome ag'in." “ W hat 1* your friend's business?” Keep a go<d appetite and you won't “ He Is a critic." need to keep a physician. Unappreciated Efforts. " I have a friend 1 would like to have Cnaelflsb goodness Is seldom appre T h e second baby In the fam ily Is ciated In this world of ours. There him m eet.” "W h at does he do?” never wakened up to see If Its eye# was that man In tbe electric car. for “U e Is an umpire.” are changing color. Instant-e. Having rung up three farea In bla efforts to stop the c a r for tbe Quits Modern. No young man was ever able lo size lady that sat on tbe oiqioail* side, be “ W hat are yon doing?” op tils sw eetheart from bla knowledge toaiM-d after her the umbrella that be "W aitin g for my ship to come In." of his own Mater. longed to the little gray whiskered man "Yon are wnltlng a long way from on hi* right. Neither tbe gray whis C a s ta r’s. the ocean." kered man nor the conductor lilted "T his Is an airship.” Some of the conspirators were Ibe thoughtful Ha ms titan for his al frightene«l by what they had done. truistic efforts.-H oatuo lranacript. Tee Qood te Keep. Not so the great souled Brutus, "W h at are yon |«ruiuoUngY” Tbs Worm. however. “Jn st a gold mine.” perked Husband Is »/ “ We hsve rendered unto Caesar "A ny gold In It?” •Think I'd he selling stock In It If the tliiug* that ar* Caesar's!” de- I dared the noblest Roman of them were?” if I an • •dc to Pan."., E ffo rt. Carlvle tried to make the purse proud English «-Indued of their gentility, respectability nnd rub bish. He taught that work wax no PERT PARAGRAPHS. ble. idleness shameful; that Indies A dlshonewt man has to be clever. and gentlemen who live to please themselves live the life of n beast— A hero 1« often a hero because of of the poodle on their hearth rug; j sud by force o f exterio r circum stances. that duty, not pleasure, was "our A gam bler's chance Is alw ays a poor being's end and aim;” that realities were better than shnin«. But to I one. make the “upper middle classes" A fool and bis money Is n com bina swallow nil this lie was obliged to tion you don't meet every day. disguise the medicinn! truth, not exactly in nectar, but in a Scotch It wouldn’t he so hud if a man's porridge manufactured for the pur salary won Id hsve pose. a notable "»ham” of his own. the sam e upward — “ Life and Letters of Samuel tendency that his Rainier.” ARGUMENT BY ANAGRAM. f c v , w * «hat k" *"» material ire* of Panam a known to teiianlata »« I'armenilera «ertfera Thl* ire* pf'alii«-#« from Ita »tent and older bram ile» a great profusion o f yellow l»li. i-yllndrli-al. »month fruita, tw elve lo righi een In« lie» long, w lihh appear exactly like was candle#, aa Ihe Imtan- l«al osine Implica Ho rloa# Is this r#»eiiiblanrc that traveler», aeclng IIte Ire# for I lie tirsi time, are liable to l«e temporarily |>uxxl*<| as to whether lb« raudl«"" of shn|M are made In faetorle» or grown on ire*-»! The eamlle-llk« fruit* are ■u»|>enil*d from the branch«-« sod Imre stem by »hört, »lender «talk*, dangling Ip the air. ami readily glv« the lnipr#«a|»n of Ihe chalutier'# ■•»«•P A» night falls ami tbe numerous Bre- III«-* move among the fruit thl» Imprec atoti le lutei,«ut ««I The l» e l perte u c c i traveler la nnt lnfre«inewily Inform««! Itisi Ihe Brente» |ierf««rm the duty «f lighting lip Ilieae "raudl«-» ' si nigh« when light hi re«|iitre«l he the dentai ad of ttii- J ,i n .le |jiial"U Strawl-