Havemi’t Yotu
Been ExpectSmi.
TO START A BANK ACCOUNT? Been try-
ing to save an amount sufficient to “ make a
(rood start?"
The “small purchase temptation" makes it
very hard to accumulate any certain sum by
keeping money in your pocket or hiding it
around the house—probably that has been
YOUR trouble.
This bank accepts dei*oRits for $1.00 and u p -
why not come in and open an account with us
NOW—let the hank help you save —it is the
only safe way.
THE STATE BANK OF REDMOND
W. S. R odman , Pres.
G race B. R odman . Vice-Pros.
C. B. H opley , Cashier
“ T h e P a la c e ”
JAMES B. GREEN, Proprietor
Comer of Seventh and E Sts.,
REDMOND, ORE.
Fine Wines, Liquors
and Cigars
Try a MONOGRAM 5 cent Cigar, or an
AQUILA, 2 for 25 cents—they are good
goods and will certainly please you.
A Good Line of Lunch Goods
Carried in Stock
Everything of the Best
$200 Cash
Handles a fine corner 100x100
feet in Old Townsite.
It’s a
snap.
One good corner on C
street on terms
A good list of Farm and
City Property
W m. G. Phoenix
Redmond, Oregon
REAL ESTATE
Money to Loan on Farm Property
Hobb’s Bakery
Now in complete running order and
turning out High Grade Bread and all
kinds of Bakery Goods, which are sold
on a CASH basis.
11 Loaves of Bread for a Dollar
Fresh Doughnuts every Saturday
In connection with the bakery I carry a
nice line of Staple and Fancy Grocer
ies that I sell at moderate prices for
CASH. Your patronage solicited.
CASH GROCERY AND BAKERY
WM. H. HOBBS. Proprietor
Headquarters for Good Things to Eat
South 6th St.
REDMOND
said new charter \\ ith the city re
corder ft) days before the time
set for and the calling of a new
election.
Second. The holding of an
election for city officers in con
nection with the voting on anew
city charter, would he illegal, as
■■ —
no provisions have been made
under the (.'ode of Oregon or the
K ' n l i t r h t o n e Y ^ n tp r s ; ordinances of the t'ity of Red-
rm ugm ens
v o ie n » |noiuJ Rivinir a warrantof iawt0
on Proposed
Charter
34 to 39. we desire to call at ten
tion to the state law on this
question. Section 2727 of ses
sions laws for 1907 provides,
that whenever an assessment for
public improvements against any
lot amounts to the sum of $25.00
or over, the owner thereof, may
within 10 days after receiving
notification thereof, file with the
recorder n written notice of pay
ing such assessment in 10 yearly
unmial installments, said install
ments to (war the same rate of
interest as the bonds provided
for said improvement.
The council suggests that in
its opinion, the welfare of the
city of Redmond is too large a
stake to plHy politics with at
this time. The need of the city
in view of its rapidly increasing
population for some adequate
WATER SYSTEM and fire pro
tection is too urgent for petty
differences in regard to the
wonting of certain sections of
proposed charter, considerable
time has already been spent in
considering the present proposed
charter, an election will I k * held
at Redmond, during the first
week in next December and any
changes desired by 8 per cent of
the legal voters of the city can
I k * placed upon the lutllot to be
accepted or rejected by the vot
ers at the l)eeemlK*r election un-j
der the Initiative.
Respectfully submitted.
C ommon C ouncil C ity
ok R edmond .
Approved:
II. F. J ones ,
Mayor.
cover such a contingency. ( The
charter could, however, have pro
vided a given date in the future
after the adoption of the promis
ed now charter for the holding of
of an election for city officers).
EXTENDED REPLY
But as the city has been put to
the
expense of holding two city
TO REMONSTRANCE
elections within six months, with
the result that all officers elected
at the first election, who were
Asks Legal Voters of the nominated at the second election
have boon returned to office, and
City to Consider Char
have only held two regular meet*
ter Carefully
inns since their second election,
no reason is seen or given for
holding another election.
Third. The amendment to sec
tion
4 provides that the mayor
To the Legal Voters of the City
shall
of Redmond:
% be police judge of , the city.
Realizing the importance and 1 his recommendation ia disprov-
necewity of the city having a ®d* “ ^ ‘s council 's unwilling to
charter granting unto the city the *iave *** chief executive officer
power to make improvements and act as prosecutor and judge of
to provide funds therefor, the his own acts (in other words,
common council of Redmond have prosecutor, judge and jury ). If
for the past four months devoted this recommendation was incor-
itself dilligently to the work of porated in our new charter, we
examining most of the various would have the distinction of be
charters row in force in Oregon. ing the only city in Oregon w ith
With the assistance and by the such a provision.
The recommendation of peti
advice of the city attorney, and
pursuant to a resolution of the tioners to Section 19. reads that
common council, a charter has the consent of council and mayor
Mass Meeting
been drafted and will be submit (unanimous) is obtained. Where
ted to the legal voters of Red only three councilmen and may A mass meeting is called by
mond for their approval or re or were present at a meeting the council for Tuesday March
jection on the 14th day of March. the al*ove number would be suf 7th, at which time members of
1911. said charter having been ficient to carry: under th<* sec the council and citizens of R<*d-
filed in the office of the city re tion as provided by the council 5 mond who have lived under the
corder on January 10, 1911, as votes are necessary to obtain provisions of the proposed new
required by the provisions of consent, this amendment is con charter will explain its workings
Section 2 of Article XI of the sidered immaterial.
and beneficial results. Anyone
Constitution of the state of Ore The proposed amendment to having any objections to any of
gon, and amendments thereto, section 28 provides, that notice the provisions of the new char
requiring said projiosed charter by mail be given to property ter this will be the time and
to be filed with the city recorder owners affected before any im- place to air their greivances.
at least 60 days before being vot- provement is undertaken,
All voters interested in the wel
ed on>
This amendment is disproved
fare of Redmond and the growth
It has been truly said, that for the reason, that it would nb- of the city are urged to attend
nothing made by human hands or s*»lutely tie the hands of the city, the meeting.
conceived by the brain of man is an<^ defeat any and all improve-
perfect. therefore, we do not ment 01 ever>' kind. More than
NOTICE
think we are placing a Charter 50 per cent of vacant city realty
before the voters that will re- is owned by non-residents and Deschutes Mutual Tele
quire no change in the future, property often changes hands
phone Company
We know that the present chart- more than onie without the own Members of the Deschutes Mu
er could be submitted to either 10 er placing his deed on record, tual Telephone Comj»any whonre
or 500 attorneys and the result our Supreme Court has held that in arrears with either assess
would be. beyond peradventure, "'here a legal notice has been ments or dues, are urgently re
10 or 500 amendments, with the sent by ordinary mail and the quested to pay same as soon as
probabilities of having them all receiver has denied the receipt possible. The progressive policy
of the same, the burden of proof adopted by the company under
different
It has been the ideal and con is on the sender to prove the re- its new management demands
stant endeavor of your council to ceiver has perjured himself, that these back accounts be all
give to Redmond w h at in their We would have to find each and paid. These can he paid at theof-
judgment, they consider the best every owner affected and be fice of the secretary, I. P. Hew
sections of the various charters absolutely sure he had received itt, over the Bank of Commerce
examined, sections that have been his notification by mail, your building. Pleas«* give this your
upheld by the decisions of the council would further have to be attention as this assistance is
absolutely sure that the notifica needed.
Oregon supreme court
Your council further believes tion reached the owner and not
J. J. E llinger ,
that a centralized administrative an agent or former owner, or
President
power would be beneficial for the owner of record.
I. P. H ewitt .
The proposed changes to sec
peace and conduct of our city,
Secretary.
and with that end in view have tions .‘14 to 39 are disproved for
framed this section to conform as the following reasons;
For Sale
near as possible to the Commiss- That these sections of assess-
Cycle incubator, almont new,
ion form of government, which, ing and collecting street im- and a clover cutter. Inquire at
wherever it has been adopted, provements have within the past Spokesman offiee.
33t2
has proven to be the best form of five years been adopted by more
city government in the United than twenty cities in Oregon in
For Rent
States.
cluding Salem, Eugene, Klamath
The form provides for the elec Falls and others, having amend-
Ranch near Powell Buttes, 120
tion (only) of the city executive! ed their charters for this pur acres under cultivation. Rent
officers, and the appointment of pose, as it is a notorious fact payable in clearing. Good team
all subordinate officers, or those that where this provision is not of horses, harness and wagon for
who are under salary, including in vogue, city work costs from sale, also payable in clearing
city treasurer, recorder, police 40 per cent to 100 per cent more Address
H. P. Wilson,
chief, street superintendent, at- than it would under private con- 32tf
Prineville, Ore.
tomey and surveyor.
tract and only wealthy contract-
At the regular meeting of the ors are willing or able to figure
Spokesman for job printing.
common council held on Febru- on city work. Further where an
ary 15th, a petition was present- assessment of. say, $3.00 is made
ed recommending changes or sub- on an owners 25 foot lot. that it,
stituting new sections for sec- at his option may be distributed
tions 4, '9, 28 and 34 to 39, and over a period of 10 years, or at
to strike out section 5* and all of the rate of 30 cents ¡tor year
paragraphs 9, 10 and 11 of sec- commencing March 1st next af-
Read the
tion 8, except the last three lines ter the levy, provided however
of paragraph 11, also to have the that the work has been complet-
REDMOND SPOKESMAN
charter take effect thirty days af- ed and accepted by the city. No
ter its adoption by the electors, doubt this would be a fine sys-
if you want to keep
The attorneys for the petition- tem, if Redmond was able to
posted
on what is do
ere stated to the council that the find the contractors who would
ing in Redmond am)
only serious objection to the accept payment in such install-
adoption of the charter as a whole ments without paying several
vicinity.
w38
4 and 19.
times the amount of a reason -
The council, in examining the able profit for the work,
BRING OR SEND IN YOUR
proposed changes, diproves of Recommendation to section 57
NAME TODAY.
said changes for the following was omitted by the petitioners,
re^ oriS:
n rst. Ihat to emltody said
proposed changes in the charter
would not only require the draft-
ing of a new charter, new print-
ing of same, but would require a
new ordinance and the filing of
holding however that this sec-
tion was a menace to securing
competent contractors to do the
city work,
In answer to the argument
presented to your council by said
petitioners for amending sections
$1.50 per year
in advance
FURNISH
your house
:
You may I k * wait in if for the*
railroad before buying the
Nice Rugs, Wall Paper or
Furniture you have been
planning to put in your
home.
I want your ideas, and want
to tell you mine.
Come and see my stock.
< 7 .
H. I R V I N
The House Furnisher
W a rre n & W o o d w a rd
Civil Engineers
IRRIGATION. SUBDIVISION. LAND SURVEYS
Estimates Furnished on Power Plants.
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W r h » v r hail |f> y e a r « ' r X | » r l r n r « \
Civil « • n t f i n r v r m * .
r ttilir n r lu it
Roum*> 5 & (i. Bank of Dimmer, r BU*.. P- 0
Ret
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t u n r.r h r u o f
L’fiO REDM OND
W H I T E ’S
Amusement
...H a ll...
Bowling A lleys , Billiard
and Pool Tables. Every
thing first-class. You are
invited to come in and
roll the balls.
F. M. WHITE, Prop’r
Corner 6th and E St».,
REDMOND, ORE.
“The Palm” Restaurant
VAUGHN & WILLIAMS. Prop’rs
OPEN D AY
A N D N IG H T
T a b le s su p p lie d w ith the B E S T
the m a rke ts o fio rd , a n d the s e r
vice unexcelled.
Come and see os when you want a Good Neal
G o r. 7th and B S ts .. Redmond
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