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The Redmond Spokesman
Published at the “ Huh City” of Central Oregon
VOL 2. No. r>
$1.50 P E R Y E A R
REDMOND. CROOK C O U N TY. OREGON. TH U R SD A Y. AU G UST 10. 1911
THE REDMOND
SECTION IS 0. K.
Shows Up Like an Oasis
in the Desert to
Newcomers
FINK CROI» FIELDS
GHKKT TH E IR EYE
Their Opinion Is Unanimous
That Thin Country
In All Kitfht
invariably unanimona in their
opinion« that right her«* i« the*
garden «pot o f Central Oregon,
A fte r coming through the stretch
o f dry farming country necessary
to reach thi« icetion, the apjM-nr-
anco o f green field« on all »id ««
in the Redmond Di»trict np|»*nl
to them, nnd as mime o f them
very uptly put it “ Redmond ap
poan a« an ou»i* in the desert” .
A fte r investigating the rc-
Nourees o f the country around
here it m a hard |H-rmm to «uit
who due# not concede that we
have the immt promising coun
try in the central part o f the
Htate. The ahundanre o f water
to !>«• eeen in thi« Mction i« one
o f the fuctor« that strike new
comer*. and when they arc made
conversant with the varied and
diversified crape that are grown
here they are more in love with
the country.
generally all the time and it will
only be a mntter o f a short time
liefore this part o f O n tra l Ore-
yon will Is* pointed out as the
banner dairying and stock rais
ing section o f the slate.
With the completion o f the
North Canal by the Central Ore
gon Irrigation Co. u vast tract
o f irrigated land will la* thrown
o|H*n for settlement. Tins land
is as good as any in the county,
and all the farms will tie tributa
ry to Redmond as a trading cen
E Capp’s Clothing
ter.
Redmond at Present Is
(’enter of Much Build
ing Activity
No man, old or young, will
miss it by locating on land in the
Redmond District. It is a stir«
winner arul a stepping stone to
Easy Street.
SU B S TA N TIA L EDI
FICES ARE GOING UP
Mail Service for
Powell Duties
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I have just received a large
shipment o f these celebrated
goods in Spring and Summer
weights and styles.
I want you to see this line o f
G U A R A N TE E D
CLOTHING,
for I am certain you will be
satisfied with the goods, fit and
price.
Better come in today.
Public Building**, Stores and
Rids for carrying the mail be
Residences Now in
tween
this city and Powell Huttes
As the farmers and ranchers
Builder’s Hands
have more experience they are nre being advertised for. It is
loginning to realize that hoi; to be a 7-day service, mail to
raising, stock raising. i«>ultry leave Powell Huttes at 7 a. m..
raising and dairying an- the car and leave here not later than 12
A walk around the city will
Pr< ]'U* who have been coming dinal tinny* that art* the Unit m. The route is ten miles and
■oon convince the moat skeptical
into th« Redmond Diatrict the paying in this section. They arc return. Rids f**r the service nre
that there is more building going
1 «print; »nil thi« lummcr are going into this industry mure to be opened Sept. IHlh.
on in Redmond and improve
ments being made than in any
other locality in Central Oregon.
This is not mere newspaper
talk, but is a fact, borne out by
tangible evidence.
Every carpenter, mechanic and
laborer in the city who wants
work can get it, and a good sized
pay roll is disbursed weekly.
Anyone who wants to see a
city where things are doing
Naturally in August you expect to find many bar
should come to Redmond.
gain o ffe r in g s when you visit this afore. Naturally,
Principal o f the buildings now-
under construction is the Presby
this ia not the atore to diaappoint you.
We have
terian church on the corner of
prepared long in advance to meet your expectationa
7th and C streets, to cost in the
neighborhood o f $5,1100.
This is
and herew ith offer aome exceptional valuea in Hats
to be »18x79. and will present a
and Shoea that it ia for your profit to take advan
handsome appearance when fin
ished. The building will be mod
tage of. Our atore ia the moat comfortable place to
ern in every particular, and the
ahop aa it ia cool all the time.
contract calls for completion o f GOV. WEST SHIES
the building by Nov. 1st,
H A T INTO TH E RING
The remodeling o f the Red
mond school house will entail an
expenditure o f between four and
five thousand dollars, and u large Hands Out a Few Hot Ones
Men’a and I^adiea’ Oxfords.
force o f men are employed rush
to Some o f the Irri
ing the work along so as to com
The aizca arc beginning to I k * bro
plete the building by October
gation People
ken, atill we have enough left ao
first.
The large 2-stor.v store build
as to lit you in moat any atylc.
ing on the corner o f 6th and F
The season for Oxforda ia not
streets that Chas. Muma is erect
The State Desert Land Board
ing is nearly finished, and repre has been having some hot ses
yet far gone and you can get a
sents a goodly outlay. The up- sions at Salem lately, and Gov
lot o f good wear out o f them yet.
l>er |>art o f this building will be ernor West has given it out in
used
for lodge purposes and the raid, solid chunks that he is go
We are going to offer them at
ground floor for store purposes. ing to use all his efforts to see
never before heard o f prices for
The warehouse building o f the : that the settlers on irrigated
Redmond
Wholesale Lumber and land have a square deal— that
the next two weeks to dose out.
Produce Co. near the depot is
nearing completion. This is a
substantial building well adapted
to the purposes it is designed for.
Johnson Pros, store building
on north 6th street has recently
been completed and will soon bo
E. L. R A P P
“The Head to Foot Clothier.” R e d m o n d , O r .
MIDSUMMER BARGAINS
DOING THINGS
Working Out Plans to Pro
tect Settlers on Ir
rigated Lands
SHOES
SUMMER HATS
All of our Sum
mer Hats in cloth,
straw and Pana
ma for men and
.children we are
going to close out
at a big reduction
25c
35c
50c
00c
$3.()0 Values all go for $2.05
$.150 Values all go for $2.35
$1.00 Values all go for $2.95
grades
grades
grades
grades
all
all
all
all
go
go
go
go
for
for
for
for
15c
20c
35c
45c
they will get the water that they
paid for on their lands. Secre
tary’ o f State Olcutt, another
member o f the board, is with
the governor in the stand he has
taken in behalf o f the settlers.
Attorney General Crawford
and State Treasurer Kay. two
other members o f the board,
have not come out so flat footed
as the governor and secretary o f
state, but there is no question
but whrt they realize that the
time has come when the settlers
must be protected and ju gglin g
with settlers money and water
rights will have to cease.
It is now a matter o f delivering
the goods or get off the segrega
tion, and Governor West states
he will see that this is carried out
to the letter.
Recently a representative o f
the Deschutes Irrigation Co. tri
ed to bulldoze the governor and
board when asked to show what
his company had been doing, but
the governor called the bluff and
the two men nearlv
* came to
blows, because the governor was
working along lines to see that
the settlers got value received
and the Deschutes Irrigation Co.
lived up to its agreem ent
One important question that
state has brought the balance o f
Continued on last page
Office Supplies
occupied.
TO
OUR CUSTOMERS
Reginning August 1st we have adopted the M«Caskey One W riting system for keeping
[our accounts.
While this system is
new to us. it
has
lieen
for u numt>er o f years among the leading merchants o f the
mous in their endorsement o f it.
in
successful
country,
who
operation
nre unani
With this system we nre enabled to give you
item iz'd hill with each purchase, which, you will
o f any difference lietwcen you and us,
readily see,
an
prevents
the possibility
for we have no record o f which
you have not
EHRET
BROS.
BIG DEPARTMENT STORE
an exact copy, because all charges will be made in duplicate.
HIGHEST IN QUALITY, LOWEST IN PRICE
Jos. Jackson is building a large
warehouse in the rear o f his
hardware store.
Warren & Woodward are draw
ing plans for a brick building
the State Hank is contemplating
building on the corner o f 6th and
D streets in the early future.
Many dwellings are going up
in different parts o f the city, and
a number more have been con- i
tracted for.
Your "store new s" has never
been fully told, on every day i
that your store is open, for any j
length
of
time —has
it?
S H O U LD N ’T IT BE?
There are some "tim e saving
ads" in this issue, awaiting your
personal attention—and wholly
W O RTH Y o f it!
We want to call your attention to
the fact that we carry a good stock
in the above line, such as
T Y P E W R IT E R RIBBONS
T Y P E W R IT E R PA P E R
CARBON P A P E R
B L A N K BOOKS
A ll kinds of S TA TIO N E R Y
and a number o f other articles that
are handy in office work.
W. H. ANDERSON
The Postoffice Store