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Spokesman
Redmond
Published at the “ Hub City” of Central Oregon
)L 2.
No. 14
OOD ROADS, BUILD
FOR THE FUTURE
Address of J. W. Brewer of This City, Vice-
President of the Central Oregon Development
League, at the Third Meeting of That Body Held
at Burns, Harney County, On Monday and
Tuesday, October 2d and 3d, 1911
qu«*«tion of k < km I r<md* is
cupyintr the mind* o f the
lhrouifh<mt the United
today. With the influx of
to the center« of popula-
jtd the haul o f intercut in
'irm fumes the prohlem «if
rig a solution to the existing
itasi. Tu create more int-
; in country life, to make it
'pleasant ami profitable for
farmer, to ill vert the att« n
of the people at large to the
I and to country life, is the
'?m to which many men of
»nee an«l power arc direct-
¡their attention.
V of the first things, and an
actant one. Usi. for w Inch we
find a solution is that of
1 and ietter roads.
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Aft«*r the farmer has harvest*
ed his crop and is ready to carry
it to market it is u discouraging
proposition to him to 1« forced to
wade through quagmires o f mud
or over road* cut deep with «lust
nits, causing loss o f time in
trans|Mirtation. excessive wear
and t*-ar on machinery, the wast
ing o f horse fi«**h and u severe
try ing o f the temper.
(emd roads will be the first in
fluence t«> stimulate inlercst in
the rural districts. Many a man
who has an idea that country life
would ap|M-a! to him. has l*‘cn
taken over these road* to get a
look at the country, and after lx -
ing jolted. Iiraten and pounded
over roads that are a disgrace to
a civilised country, returns to the
city, there to remain.
In the days of old we rcati of
the wonderful highways that
were built and withstood the rav
ages of time for more than 500
years.
Are we retrograding or
arc we simply unmindful of our
U-st interests?
It is truly a subject that should
rwpiirc much for«*th«»ught and
study. It is something in which
ail of us, irrespective o f our vo
cation. are vitally interested and
it liehooves each and every man
to do his |>art in improving these
condition*.
I was Dim and raiatsl on the
farm and I think I am in a posi
tion to know something of the
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OUR GOODS
and P R IC E S
In no other store in the county can the buyer find
such a large assortment of all kinds ot goods as
we sell at our Large Department Store, and no
where in the county can better prices be found
than we offer to the buying public.
Our aim is to sell SATISFACTOR\ G(X)DS at
SATISFACTORY PRICES, 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.
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EHRET
Ladies’ Shoes
at COST PRICE
Railroad Man Passes Out
Kind Words for Cit-
zens Here
W ILL NEVER FORGET
THE WECOME GIVEN
Our Products a Revelation
to the Visitors From
the Outside
I am going to discontinue handling Indies’
Shoes and am making a Special Price on
everything in this line.
Regular $5.50 Shoes cut to $ 3 . 8 5
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3 .4 5
Regular 5.00
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3 .0 0
Regular 4.50
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2 .7 5
Regular 4.00
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2 .7 5
Regular 3.75
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2 .8 5
Regular 3.50
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2 .3 5
Regular 325
2 .0 0
Regular 2.75
Regular 2.00
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1 .6 0
All Straw and Panama Hats at COST Price
Redmond's greeting o f the rail
road men and other visitors who
came to help her celebrate the
coming of the railroad to Central
T h e H ead to F o o t C lo th ier.
Oreg«>n was a remarkable one.
according to A. C. Jackson, ad
vertising manager for the Har- j
Demonstration Train,
riman lines, says the Oregon j
Potato Show and
Journal.
Creamery Meeting
“There was something about
The proposition o f holding a
the character o f our welcome
Potato Show here this fall has
that none of us will ever forget
met with much encouragement,
said Mr. Jackson. "These people
and the affair will be held on the
Car
Runs
Into
Tree
Near
are real pioneers, there is no half
day the O-W. R. &N. demonstra
tion train arrives here, sometime
way about it. The fact that a rail
Cline Falls As Steer
the latter part o f the month. At
road. that thing which had been
ing Gear Breaks
the same time a meeting o f dairy
talked o f and hoped for and
men interested in organizing a
dreamed o f so long. ha«l actually
dairymen’s association in this
a reality, seemed almost too
art o f the county will be held,
S. 0. Johnson, a wealthy tim-
ue announcement o f the above
much for some o f them. I saw
berman o f San Francisco; Mr. date will be made in The Spokes
women lie come hysterical and sob
and Mrs. John E. Ryan, o f Bend; man.
as they drew near the train and
Miss Fay Baldwin, o f Prineville,
appreciated that they were finally
The W. C. T. U. o f this city
and tne driver. Jack Dona, nar
will give a reception to the teach
in close c«>mmunication with the
rowly escaped death in an auto ers and patrons o f the Redmond
rest o f the world.
mobile smash-up last Wednesday public schools Friday night Oct.
The main street in Redmond
20th, in Ehret’s hall.
at Cline Falls.
was a goixlsome sight, lined with
The party was going 30 miles
products of the country there
an hour when the steering-gear Opened Plumbing and
abouts that would have done
broke and the car ran into a juni Tiuning shop
credit to any land. We saw ) k >-
per tret* and was overturned.
W. J. Wheeler who has been
tatoes there eight inches long
Johnson was crushed under the
connected with E. Maher o f this
and half as much in diameter,
automobile and Iwully bruised and
city in the plumbing and tinning
absolutely iphh I and solid from
the machine was completely
business, last week Ixiught out
end to end. One of those potatoes,
wrecked.
Mr. Maher's interest in the busi
baked, cut in half, with a piece
ness and has established a shop
o f butter melting
on each
The Bernice Halley-For-
o f his own in the building near
half, carefully wrapped iu a nap
rest Song Recital advertis the corner o f 6th and F streets
kin, would command $2 on any
table in the country, and be well ed for Friday evening at formerly used as a bowling alley.
worth the money. Squash, cab Anker's hall in this city, Mr. Wheeler has fixed the shop
bage, pumpkins, other vege has been posponed to TU E S up in a manner to expeditiously
tables were there in profusion D AY NIGHT, October 17th. handle all classes o f work in his
line, and will carry a full stock of
and in fine quality. It was a
plumbing goods, etc.
Spokesman for job printing.
revelation to th«*se o f us who had
not before seen what Cenral Ore
gon could produce.”
E. L. RAPP
" Redmond, Or
AUTO SMASH-UP
NJURES SEVERAL
R
T
EXTRA
Word was received here at
2:15 this afternoon that part of
the business section of Bend had
burned down, and that the whole
city was in danger. At the hour
o f going to press, 3:00 o ’clock,
the fire was not yet under con
trol. and grave fears were enter
tained as to saving any of the
business houses on Wall street.
CHESTY
Passenger and
Freight Service
BROS.
Bili DEPARTMENT STORE
HIGHEST IN QUALITY, LOWEST IN PRICE
Rring un your
" “tier and Ki KKH
$1.50 PER YEAR
REDMOND, ( K(K)K COUNTY. OK EGON, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12. 1011
Wc always
Pay Market Price
The Spokesman is informed by
Station Agent Baukol o f the Ore
gon Trunk line at this station
(hat in all probability freight and
passenger service will lx* extend
ed to this |H*int and Bend about
the 20th o f this month. It has
taken some time to get the tar
iff rates in operation since the
completion o f the railroad to this
city, and that is what has caused
the delay.
W hy s h o u ld n 't ho bo* H o'» am o k tn * nn«
o f o u r Tory hs» t H a v a n a e l « a r . And r»
matnbar tha quaUty la thsra » . a * ll a» tha
quantity.
MORAL
XXPAND
Y C 'J R S E L F
W. H. ANDERSON
The Postoffice Store