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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1911)
Redmond Spokesman Published at the “ Hub City ” o f Central Oregon red m o n d , crook county . okkgon , 21 . 1911 T h u r s d a y , S e p t e m b e r R. DA Y PROGRAM THIS WEEK TO RING WORKED OUT SEE RAILS HERE Various C om m ittees Have Been Appointed and an O utline o f the Program Prepared—The City Will Be B eautifully Decorated and Preparations Being M ade to Entertain the Im m ense Crowd o f \ isitors I hat Will Be Here at the Celebration rrangements for the Railroad !>.iy tion to be held fieri* Saturday, S-p HOth. are progressing satisfactorily result aimed for, the greatest celt* a in the history of Central Oregon, successfully carried out. is expected that at least 2,000 vtsi um this county and different parts of te will lx* here, and preparations are made to see that all an* properly en bed There will I k * plenty to eat for pt rooms provided for the women and am. and everything done looking to the comfort of the city's guests large delegation of Portland bust 1 and high officials of the Oregon k and I ieschutrs railroads will arrive the night of the l*>th and remain un td the evening of the 30th, when they will leave for Hums to attend the Central Ore gon Ilevelopment la-ague meeting October (iov West and other state of- 3d and .'Id Duals are also exjKvted to I k - present. The city will I k - uniformly and appro priately decorated, and an im|x>sing arch of w elcom e erected on Ot h stris-t lie tween C and I) streets. The pedestals o f the arch will lx* six feet square, and the arch rise to a heighth of 2 f> feet with a 30-foot opening. The arch will I k * decorated with agricul tural products of this section. The details of the parade, which have so far Ix-en worked out. are as follows: Pa rade will form on titli street with flanks resting on 1» street; parade to start at 9:30 Continrwd on l<ast Page OUR GOODS and P R IC E S T In no other store in the county can the buyer find such a large assortment of all kinds of Roods as we sell at our l.arge Department Store, and no where in the county can better prices lx* found than we offer to the buying public. Our aim is to sell SATISFACTORY GOODS at SATISFACTORY FRICKS, and that we are doing this is evidenced by the large and increasing patronage we are enjoying. We want your trade and extend an invitation to visit our store when in want of anything in General Merchandise. £ EHRET BROS. BIG DEPARTMENT STORE HIGHEST IN QUALITY, LOWEST IN PRICE g U n your er «nd EggH We always Pay Market Price fI SO PER YEAR Ladies’ Shoes at COST PRICE I am going to diacontinue handling Indies’ Shoes and am making a Special Price on everything in this line. Oregon Trunk Has U rge Force of Men lay ing the Steel Regular $5.50 Shoes cut to $ 3.85 u Regular 5.00 3.45 u Regular 4.50 3.00 u Regular 4.00 2.75 a Regular 3.75 2.75 44 Regular 3.50 2.65 44 Regular 325 2.35 44 Regular 2.75 2.00 44 Regular 2.00 1.60 All Straw and Panama Hats at COST Price LAYING TWO MILES OF TRACK A DAY Material for Construction to He Moved From Opal City to Hillman I From all indications now it is expected the tracklaying crew of the Oregon Trunk railway will reach this city tonight or tomor row forenoon. The foreman of the tracklaying gang told J. H. Mendenhall, who was out at Hill man Monday, that work would l»e rushed to make a record in laying track from the Crooked river bridge to the terminus at Bend, and it was the intention to reach Redmond as stated above. The rails reached Hillman Monday and were laid to the water tank a mile south from there in the afternoon. All of construction material at Opal City has been moved to Hillman, as there is plenty of water there now. A large gang o f men is at work with the track laying crew and two miles or a little better of track a day is the record so far. The track will be laid through to Bend before it is ballasted or sur faced. and colonist trains will ar rive here a short time after the rails reach this city. Both the Oregon Trunk railway and the Deschutes road will have trains here at the same time, as the two roads have a joint traffic agree ment for the use o f the same track from Metolius to Bend for a period of 999 years. Redmond will lx? the terminus of lx>th roads until the track reaches Bend, and passengers for |H>ints south o f here will be sent out by autos. E. L. RAPP ‘The Head to Foot Clothier.” R edm ond, Or. from personal experience what a profitable industry the dairy busi ness is, and it is expected that beneficial results will obtain from the meeting. Ranchers in this section are becoming more and more inter ested in this subject and it is fig ured out that all that is needed is to get the project under way. and a good strong association can be formed. Men in this sec tion who a few years ago were heavily in debt, are now in prosperous circumstances, and have made all their money with cows and dairy ing. These men will show the farm MANY RANCHERS E X ers and ranchers with facts and PECTED TO ATTEND figures that this is a peculiarity well adapted country for the in dustry. and emphasize their ar guments with personal exper Dairying Industry in Coun ience. EXTRA The tracklaying train on the Oregon Trunk railway reached the northern limits o f the city at 2:03 today, and at 4:00 o'clock the golden spike was driven at the junction o f E street with the railroad. The spike was driven by Miss Laura Jones, daughter of Mayor H. F. Jones, assisted by J. P. Rogers, superintendent o f the S. P. & S. R. R.. C. Whit field, division road master, P. Neilson, boss tracklayer, and Janie sShea, assistant tracklayer. Gov. West was here and witness ed the ceremonies, and many people from Bend and the sur rounding country wore in attend- ,eace. The tracklaying gang is laying over two miles o f steel daily, and expect to reach Bend about the first o f October. Bevard & Gant have the con-| , tract for building the temporary Oregon Trunk railway depot and, loading platform here, and began work on same Friday, Sept. 22d. TO MEET OCT. 10 Meeting to Be Held Here to Form a County Organization ty Meeting Favorable Consideration More Ditch I.and Being Sold Dobson & Fry last week sold 240 acres o f ditch land north o f here to John W. Ackerbloom o f Spokane, who will improve the property in the spring. They also sold 80 acres o f ditch land adjoining the above to Mr. Neilsen o f St. Paul. Minn. A meeting o f farmers and ranchers in this section within a radius o f twenty miles, has been called for October 10th, in order to discuss the dairying industry and try to form a dairymen’s as sociation. Men in the county- Farmers are urge«! to bring in prominent in the dairy industry- will be in attendance and tell exhibits for Railroad Day. School Supplies We want to call your atten tion to the fact that we will have a complete stock of the above for the coming term of school. School books, and everything else that is used by the child at school. Let us fit you out. W. H. ANDERSON The Postoffice Store