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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1911)
-f- SECOND SECTION OF THE REDMOND SPOKESMAN VOI.. 1. No. :»2 RAILROAD DAY IS CELEBRATED Upon Arrival of the First R. R. Train Into Madras REDMOND, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, TH U R SD AY. FE B R U A R Y and Sunday. It was their first visit to the Huh City, and they were very much pleased with the city and surrounding county. New Store to lie Opened Here B. E. Gregory o f Ellensburg, Wn., hus leasts! the building on the corner o f 6th and E street, formerly occupied by Ehret Bros, and will put in a stock o f dry goodH, notions and ladies’ and gent's furnishings. The stock has I»een ordered from New York and is expected tourrive in about five weeks. LARGE CROWD W A S THERE YESTERDAY Harriman Officiata Help to Celebrate With the “ Gateway City’’ ESTIMATE OF GRAVITY SYSTEM SUBMITTED an FT WATFR IN iiiiiuiu Mini HILLMAN WtLL Inexhaustible Sup- p ly of Excellent W ater IN T E R E S T IN G N E W S FROM H IL L M A N Streets of Town Are to Be Line I n T wo Miles I » n g and ( oat Will Be Approx Graded— New Build ings Going Up imately $19,000 INister* have l>«*«*n n*ceiv»nl in Redmond unnounciiiK “ monHtor tvlehration at Madras on Wed- m-tulay, Feb. 15th, at which time it wan expected the first train on the Oregon Trunk Line would reach that city. Extensive preparations hail In*en made by the Madras Com- n ercial Club to make the event one to be lememitered in the his tory o f the county. A big bar becue was one o f the features advertised,' and the triad hand was promised to all who came to the “ Gateway C ity " o f Central Oregon, as Madras is called. All the commercial clubs in the county were invited to be pres ent on the occasion, and a num ber o f Harriman officials from Portland attended. Brass Itands to liven up the day were engag ed, and everything done to make the visitors welcome and have a good time. As the rails were five miles from Madras Sunday night and but two miles o f track could be laid a day. it hustled the track layers to get the rails into the city so the first locomotive into Central Oregon could poke her nose into the city on the date set for the celebration. Dr. ('line Moves Ilia Office Dr. C. A. Cline, the dentist who had his office over I.ynch & Roberts’ store, has moved to rooms in the Ehret block on the corner o f 6th and C streets. The doctor now has as well an ap pointed suite o f dental offices as there an* in the county. His prac tice has increased recently to such an extent that mnn* com modious quarters were necessary Poster and Show Card Painting The S|M>kcnmun has now the best equip|H*d office in Central Oregon to do all kinds o f poster and show card printing. Noth ing in the line o f job printing is too large or too small for us to do. If you want any kind o f posters printed from a small one to a 3- sheet stand, we can do it for you. We make our own wood type nnd can give you anything you "a n t in the poster line, and in as many colors as you wish. Let us Ho your next job printing. Like Thin Section of Country E. L Coe, principal o f the Print* ville schools, and R. A. McBain, ft newspaper man from Iowa, were in Redmond last Saturday* Hillman, Feb. 13. At the meeting o f the city Hillman now has a brass band Council Wednesday night the es o f 14 pieces, with Wm. Theavolt timate o f the cost o f the pro|>o8- for l»*ader and instructor. The ed gravity water system that hand is well o rga n ize and get Warren & Woodward, civil engi ting along nicely. neers o f this city, had been ask W. R. Davidson has the con ed to prepare, was submitted. tract for clearing the trees from The length o f the pipe line the streets here, and will soon from the reservoir to the city have the streets ready for grad limits is two miles, ami a 10-inch ing. wooden pipe is proposed as the The Wm. Theavolt and Hegard supply main for that distance. Bros, stone building that is und«*r The elevation at the reservoir has construction is about half com a total head o f 10O feet, which is pleted. It is expected to have it estimated will give a pressure in finished by the first o f April, the city on the mains o f thirty- weather permitting. The build two pounds to the sqnarc inch. ing will be occupied by Mr. The estimated cost o f the com O’ Neil for a store as soon as com pleted plant is in the neigh bor- pleted. hood o f $19,000. Geo. Gates has the contract for building the Mrs. M. Davison Additional Local. dwelling, work on which was be gun this week Monday. Bishop R. I_ Paddock,episcopal A number o f people from Hill bishop for Eastern Oregon, held man and adjoining country went services here and gave a lecture to Redmond last Saturday to at in the M. E. church Tuesday e v - ! tend a water users’ meeting. ening. Emm here the bishop Elliott Bros, this week started went to Madras to give an ad -' some teams for Sisters to bring dress at the “ Itailroad Day” cel-; i>ack a supply of lumber for their ebration held there yesterday. yard here. Their supply is some what short now but they will Pure and fresh drugs and ac have plenty in a few days. curacy at Red Cross Drug Store. T. W. Taylor has a contract to put up a building here for parties Warren & Woodward, civil en from The Dalles, building to be gineers o f this city, have a con complet»*»! by April first tract for platting the Guy E. Geo. H. Knapp, manager o f Dobson 40-acre tract west o f the the Three Creeks Lumber Co. city, across the old river bed at G ist was here today on busi from Mountain View Addition, ness. into 5-acre tracts. Hotel Hillman had the follow ing pe»iple for lunch Saturday: The Homo Bakery and Restau W. F. Arnold, J. H. Dunn, R. H. rant for goixi meals. 27tf Oliver, Portland; H. C. Farrer, O. F. Wallonburg. Coon Creek. Farm for sale or rent. Enquire T. W. Taylor, the Hillman o f H. A. Shenk, Redmond. 31tf townsite owner, is having a com fortable office built The work is A. E. Philli|M. u contractor and being done by Mr. Moor. builder o f Hillman, was in Red All kinds o f furniture repaired mond for a few hours Saturday, and all kinds o f job work done at A. E. Phillips’ shop here. W. M. Collins who has been in The C. O. I. Co. has a party of the employ o f Snell & Green, left five men surveying and establish this week for Madras. It is re ing eorners on land to be sold by ported that he is soon to I k * mar the company near here. A. H. ried. Page is in charge o f the crew. Born. Sunday, Feh. 12th, to Mr. and Mra J. M. Bevard, twin daughters. Christian Science services will lie held next Sunday at the resi dence o f I. L. Osborne. Subject, “ Mind’ ’. says bend saloon MAN ASSAULTED HIM Old Man Arrives at Tumalo in Badly Battered Up Condition Tumalo, Ore., Feb. 6. W. E. Sayler, A. B. Gurtsan and G. W. Gurtsan who bought the Edwards place, are young and able bodied men and are tak ing hold o f their new purchase with a vim, and are working hard making improvements. They have a fine supply o f water from S»juaw Creek and will soon have one o f the prosperous ranch-1 es o f this section. Goo. Higginson who bought the Wright place, has made a number o f improvements on the property. He has built a new house since taking over the place and intends to make further im provements. J. L. Olsen has located on a good homestead near this place lately and is busy making im provements. One would be surprisinl to see how the mail is increasing on the Laidlaw, Tumalo and Gist route. There are now 12 or 15 boxes on the route that are served with mail from the Tumalo postoffice. 1 A large crowd attended the dance last Friday night at the old Hightower-Smith mill that was given by Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Woolley. Everyone had a rat tling good time. An old man giving the name o f Albert Geesa arrived in this place Friday evening in a badly battered condition. He inform ed us that he had been knocked out and robbed o f $40 by a big burly saloon keeper at Bend that morning. He claimed that he had taken a drink and eaten his breakfast at a certain restaurant, which had a saloon adjoining it, and while eating the big saloon keeper came in and knocked him ou t When he came to. the m^n stated, he found he had been robbed o f all his money. The man had a severe cut on his head and a badly bruised jaw. The old man was still dazed when he arrived in Tumalo. He was cared for here by sympathising people, but was still suffering from his wounds when he left Saturday morning. Bird* on th# Wing. Twice o r r j year ■ w « r * o f tiring bird*, almost Inconceivably grand In tbe number o f bird* Involved, surges over North America. The autumn ware rolls from the arctic tundras of Canada and Alaska to tbe torrid valley of the Ammon and tbe great pampas of tbe l-a data, only to roll back again to the Icebound northern ocean « l i b tbe uortlnvard progression o f the sun. And almost as ceaseless ns tbe ever rising, ever falling swell o f the oc<-ati tides la this miraculous tide o f beating wings and pulsating little hearts. The last stragglers of tbe northwHnl migration do not reach their northern home hefi»re the early part o f June, hut In July tbe south ward setting tide bus la-gun again. Tbe number of birds that make up The well at this place which this mighty wave almost passes com prehension. Probably more than IB was thought by some to be inad- per cent of nil bird» making their equate for the net'ds o f the town summer home between the northern as regarded the supply o f water, boundary o f Mexico and the Arctic ocean—lhat Is, In the United States was recently examined by the sml CaiUMla—help to swell the great well company. A quantity o f bird tide that moves southward In sand was taken out and now nniuinn nnd northward In the spring with the regularity o f a p»>mlulnm. there is 90 feet o f excellent wa Allowing a little loss than one migra ter in the well, with an inexhaus tory bird to an acre, we get the enor mous number o f 1.531.000,(100 birds tible supply. whose wing bests follow with rhyth mic precision the southward nnd north- MELROSE P A R K wnrtl movement o f the suu. This I number la too vast to he easily com See Jones I .and Company prehended.—P. l-auge In Atlnutlc. The Spokesman is now in a position to do all kinds o f |K»ster printing, from the smallest hand bill to the largest sheet poster. New type and improve»! methods o f work make our printing have OW NERS (N ot Agents) for easy terms on lots in Melrose Park. class to it. Read The Spokesman. 1911 $1.50 PER Y E A R CANDY pure and fresh 25c lb. Mendenhall’s Fruit Trees For Season 1911 I have been appointed agent in this section by the Yakima & Columbia River Nursery Co. for the sale o f their fruit trees. This company grows apple and other fruit trees specially adapt ed to the climate o f this section o f Oregon. The company guarantees to All all orders with Ar*t- class stock, true to name, thrifty and healthy, and assumes all risk o f transportation. T A T ^ V 'W 'W T is the time to place your order« j\ I I Y Y for spring delivery. Let me know 1 T if you are interested in fruit cul ture and I will call on you with samples. Redmond Bk. o f Commerce ASHLEY FORREST, A ft. office over with I. P. Hewitt, Lawyer , REDMOND FEED & FUEL CO. Hay Seeds Grain Poultry Ground Foods Feed Fuel Custom Wood Grinding Sawing Redmond Feed & Fuel Co. goods at cost Big Chance to Save Money Our contract on the 0 . T. Ry. being about completed, we will dispose of our stock of goods in Redmond, consisting of practi cally everything in the Grocery Line, Hams and Bacon, D ry Goods, Shoes, Hardware, etc. AT COST Goods are at oar Commissary in Redmond Henry & McFee