Redmond
Spokesman
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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
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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.