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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1911)
Redmond Spokesman l ’ uldishcd al (h e “ H u h C ity ” o f ( ’en trai O re g o n $1.5o PER YEAR REDMOND. ' ' R o o k COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER Hi. IDI 1 COMING FALL oposwl to Hold Fair ml Rotato Show on Same Hate K p r o p o s it io n MEETS WITH FAVOR rmt r*> and Ranchers of Redmond Will Aid a Ktdmnml Fair .f 'I I•*>int<• <lmw in Redmond C 1 » f .inn * il I" a a . «•<! » u v liai- I I.ai S|«»k»'A to advertise I (ipxlurl.i o f thin section. «ml ir»1 i ' * matter wus brought to I attention of thm piqs-r the |t >r hai interviewed n ntimln-r fami»ai in this seetion, und ■have »x pressed thrmnelvH in I» ■ ' Ho' plan. I • ' ■ ■ "i:i'!»' ai ! Li»' I 1 2 1 0 ACRES BE Suttle Lake Project Will Add That Many Acres to Agriculture L A M ) LAYS BETW EEN IIFRF A M ) SISTERS |«'iato show L ihji ntirrv<| the ' ■ a, »-'a 1» - to t lie furl p t o f the count y mill have it fmr ut wLiirh Die Dint* (frown here could Is- .lam e Ih iu g h c rtv . J . A W ill- ro x . K a rl S n e ll anti F ra n k Phoc- nix w ho went on a duck hu n tin g trip to S ilv e r lake, returned last w ir k w ith a nice lot o f game, uml re |« irt that section a liv e w ith gam e. T h e onl> trouble is th<* lin n 1 it takes to m ake the jour- n ey. Roberts IJroH. Mill Changes Hands T h e R o is -rU B ro s .' saw m ill at S is te rs Lias Is-en purchased hy the D u c k e tt R ros. who w ill take churg e o f the plant and keep the Inisim -ss n in n in y . It is under stiNid that the new o w n ers w ill m ake u nu m ls-r o f decided im p ro vem en ts m the m ill p ro p erty. Next we want you to think of this as a—Fair Priced Store—a store that exacts fair prices for the merchandise it sells and no more. F L 0 U It We wish to announce to the trade that we were fortunate in securing the exclusive sale of The Dalles Diamond and fa n cy Patent Flour which we guarantee to give entire satisfaction, $1.50 i>er sack, $5.75 |x‘ r bbl. W e car ry also the following other brands of flour: R r i n c v i l l e F l o u r . $ 1 .4 0 a n d $ 1 .5 0 s a c k M a d r a s F l o u r , $ 1 .5 0 p e r s a c k E H R E T $ 1 .5 0 p e r s a c k W E ALSO STILI. SE R V E COLD SODAS FRESH STRAWBERRY and VANILA TAFFY 25c a pound Here for Portland Market At the meeting of the counci' Tuesday night the following Liills The first shipment o f stock were allowed: A dispatch from Corvallis dat Redmond Garage___ $31.75 ed the 8th says: The O.-W. R. from this city was made Monday I. L Osborne 14.'><| & N. demonstration train, under by Mr. Lafollette o f Prineville. The Spokesm an................... 1.80 the direction o f the Oregon Agri who shipped three cars o f sheep A communication was received cultural college, which has just to the Portland market. This from I. P. Hewitt stating he had completed a lour o f several east shipment will be followed by an received a letter from parties who wanted to get information ern Oregon counties, returned to other one in a few days. The regarding the $27.000 municipal Corvallis Monday. During the stock yards at this point were bonds the city had for sale, as week the train has been away completed Monday, and both roads are now ready to handle they were interested in buying same. The letter w as filed for from the college, it was visited any kind of stock shipments. The by over 41*00 persons. Dr. James above shipment was made over future reference. A communication was received With.vcombe, who was in charge the O.-W. R. & N. H. C. Oliver, traveling freight from the Oregon Trunk railroad kept actual count o f the atten regarding the vacation of certain dance at the various points and and passenger agent o f the above streets over which the com has tabulated the figures as fol line, states that there are 1000 panies right of way crosses— lows: lone, 300; Heppner, 400: head o f cattle in the Prineville Cand D streets. Referred for Condon. 350; Clem, 75; Grass district for Portland shipment, further consideration. Valley, 275: More. 300; Wasco. that will be shipped from here The owners o f Melrose Park 350: Bend. 475: Redmond, 850; this winter. asked that certain streets in the Culver 100. and Madras, 400. If your store’s ad is omitted addition be vacated, as it w as the The train was also visited by a intention o f the owners to im large number o f people at Ar from ANY ISSUE o f this news prove the jwirk site themselves. lington. but as the Tri-County paper, your store does not fignre G. W. Wells o f the special Development league was in ses at all in the history o f that day— committee appointed to investi sion there, this number was not gate amount o f revenue that included in the count However, does not "count” in the record could be derived from sale of most o f the conventionists. num and picture o f the community water and lights, report the bering about 500, witnessed the which that issue o f the paper pre amount at $400 per month. demonstration. sents. Acting Recorder Willcox stated he could not straighten out the city books for the salary of $12.50 a month he had agreed to take the office for. and asked the council to allow him $25addition al and a helper for the work, which was granted on motion of Councilman Lynch. is the best companion a person can have to The city treasurer's report was pass their leisure hours away with. We read, which showed a balance on have a large number of Standard Copy hand of $‘J3.27. City Engineer Woodward re righted Books that we sell reasonable, and ported progress on the survey of invite you to come in and inspect the stock. the proponed gravity water sys tem. Councilman Huffman asked for information as to what the council intended to do in the m atrerof putting in sidewalks to the school house, depot and We have in stock three new High Grade churches, which had been order Pianos that we offer at reasonable prices on ed done several months ago. The question was laid over to the liberal terms. We would like to show you next meeting. these instruments. We also carry the larg Transfer o f C. V. Lincoln's liquor license to Zumwalt and est line o f Sheet Music in the countv. Miller was requested by the lat ter men, and they were requested to make their application in w riting, and present same with their bond at the next meeting. Adjourned to Tuesday night, Nov. 21. Opposite PostoIIice A Good Book P ia n o s a n d S h e e t M u s ic BROS. RIG DEPARTMENT STORE HIGHEST IN QUALITY, LOWEST IN PRICE Rring u.s your Rutter and E ggs L S Tomato, Chicken and Clam Bouillon Hot Chocolate, Oyster Cocktails dance at Farm Demon- stration Train A store that sees first that the quality of Flour, P E C I A REDMOND TURNED OUT FIRST STOCK SNIPPED THE LARGEST CROWD OUT FROM REDMOND tlie merchandise is all right Ijefore it is put into stock. D r ift S Mendenhall’s Whenever you think of this store we want you first to think of Snow THE SIDEWALK Hot Drinks and Depot to Ik* W»>rd has reached The S|sikcs- man that Messrs. Howard and Considered Weise have commenced work with a large force o f men on their irrigation project that will reclaim and irrigate 12,000 acres of land tretween this city and A IT IN O RECORDER Sister*. t he workmen arc engager! at GIVEN ASSISTANCE the present time in clearing right of wav for the hig dam to Is- built at the outlet of Suttle lake at the i’oot o f Thr«-e-Kinger- ed .lack mountain. This dam Railroad Co. and Melrose w ill L»e fifty feet liigh and raise Park Owners Want the water in Suttle lake alsiut Streets Vacated fifty feet, and the water in Blue Th is City Ix*ads In Atten- Three Cars o f Sheep lea d ed lake thirty feet, practically mak- E and the price is right. If you want high da«* print- | mg you can get it by having your work done at this office. Walks to School, (’hurches |The Important Thing ...To You... it as a quality store. my one larye lake out o f the two lakes. It is estimated two year's time will La* required to build the dam and put the pro ject into working order ready to turn water into the canals and laterals. It is stated the project will re quire twenty miles of main ditch and will irrigate a fine section of land, and furnish water to a number o f homesteads that other wise would have no water. This reclamation means 12,000 additional acres o f g<*sl irrigated land tributary to Redmond. Work Is Now Progressing on the Rig l)um at Sut tle Lake Hunters Had a Successful trip I l’ l»ro|H ily iliH|ilav» »l. und b rin g the fa rm e r« into do ner touch w ith each other. K u sin e M men o f the c ity , who lim e I w ell Xppr»Mie|ied on the su b je c t, nre u n iin iin o iii m fa vo r of holding u fu ir here, and have dg nifled th e ir intention o f help, mg Die project along a m iii'li a* they |MiiHil>]y can A * the Rei|m<md D is tric t in the mont fe rtile m the c e n tra l part of tLie state , there ih no reason why an annual fa ir, m co njunctio n With Die |M>tutn «how, should not I«* a «»-lf stisU iining pro|seution from the s ta rt. Some of the f arm ent are m fu v o r o f form ing a stock com pany to lin an cc the fa ir, uml have sign ified th e ir w illin g n e ss to suLm rriU* lils rally for stiM'k. I he a U it e m a tte r is only m ii« in fa n c y , hut it stand s to reason that it is a g issl |iro|s> ition to ifo fu rth e r into, and it is ex|s»ct n i the C o m n ie rn u l I'lu h of this c ity w ill take it up and put w heels und er It so as to yet the the runt l«T rolling. We always Pay Market Price W . H. AN DERSON Read Gregory's ad on last i>age in this issue.