rhe Redmond Spokesman Published at the “ Hub City” of Central Oregon lyoL No. 21 REDMOND, ( KOOK COUNTY, OREGON. THURSDAY. NOVKMBKK ‘¿H . ives Redmond and the Redmond District Good Measure o f Publicity raronl l u t i « o f lit« H u h m i linn John H< o i l Mills, s i t w l i l r o f not». u n d e r t b s head o f U l u l i o f een g o in g th e re for IX rears, and « » • ( > m o d s o f .rei Mr aft er n o o n a start >aa c lu d e d severa l th o u sa n d Individual i!, for Keitmond. 17 m ile s north exhib its, each re p resen ta tiv e o f Its X* the largest r r o « d a s s e m b le d district and b ro u gh t fr o m a region any point « a a In « s i t i n g It la covering severa l th o u sa n d square h. Imnnd that ■ ) at.ir» lias • . mile s Cen tr al O re g o n to w n s made il the f o l l o w i n g dis plays P - >e rears a g o « b e r e th ere « aa a Madras W h e a t, fine display o f rat of Juniper a nd a desert «aste ereil « I t h sagebrush, « I t h o n e gra ln a and grasses, o n io n s , c o r n nd m house o n lx . t h e r e la to d a x a a pp le s »permis little r l l x o f * 0 0 p e o p le » town Is In c o r p o r a t e d It o p » r - s a lighting plant u n d e r rnunlrl- the sta tem en t that fre e land $1.50 I THE HEAD Of THE F W WHO K IT? MAN OR WOMAN WHEN IT W E S 10 SCHOOL VOTE A Salem dispatch cays: If there Is any phase of the apparet mystery R. R. I X S T I U t T O R HAYH WKHT surrounding woman as a voter that has not been put to the attorney U l l . l . NOT K I'R N ISH general In the form of a question, someone should think of It and pre­ k i l l y tr o T A sent It now while the presenting is i good. Starks of questions have been asked, but the latest comes from Authority on Colato Situation (livra School Superintendent Smith of Marlon county, who wants to know Out a Statement o f Interest who Is the head of the family and la entitled to vote under the provisions to the Farmer« In of the law governing school elections Thla Section which says that only taxpayers and heads of families who have school children may cast a ballot. Is the man or the woman the head of the A Salt I,ake dispatch of recent family* date say»: That the country will face another potato shortage this HAFKI.K IS A B A F F L E winter Is the opinion of Kugene H. A N D I’ t'N IS H A B I.K E V E N drtibb. one of the best known pota­ I F A L L D R A W P R IZ K S to growers In the country, who has been employed by the Oregon Short The law prohibiting raffles Line railroad to Instruct western cannot be avoled by making all farmers In this crop. He has recent­ numbers draw some prise, for ly made a tour of the Inter-moun­ with or without blank numbers tain states for the railway, and has the raffle scheme Is s raffle found that optimistic reports on this nevertheless, says Atty. General subject are not well founded. Crawford in an opinion given "I have been making a general ob­ to H. E. Blevins of Cove. Or. servation all over the country, and With the holidays approach­ am convinced that the potato crop ing Mr. Blevins desired to stim­ has been vastly overestimated." he ulate trade by offering boxes of says. "A drought affected the crop cigars free to the holders of In the Atlantic states, and they gen­ lucky numbers secured with the erally overestimate the crop, any­ purchase of cigars. The Atty. way. Maine always reports 23 per General advised him that the cent more than the crop actually penalty was <100 to $1000 fine turna out. The potato crop In Col­ or Imprisonment. orado Is not more than 50 per cent The Spokesman for good printing (Continued on last page) As the law Is a little haxv on the subject. Assistant Attorney General Van Winkle advised that It all de­ pends. It may be the man and It may be the woman, but he says it can never be both. He says the law does not recognise such s thing as there being two heads of a family. It Is always "the head." He says usually the man Is ths head of the family, but that In cases where the woman was the chief mainstay of the family, then she should be the head and would be en­ titled to the vote. If the husband were HI. or away much of the time, or Incapacitated, then the woman should be considered the head of the family. And there you are. ( KOOK COt NTY W IN S AT E A ST E R N LAN D SH OW “ Crook County, Or., wins the Northwest Pacific cup for best display of forage plants In com- petition with 7 Northwestern states. This Is very gratifying and a big feather In Oregon's hat ” Thla Is a telegram received at the Portland Commercial Club laat Friday from Mlnneap- olla from the Oregon é Western Colonisation Co. The Crook county exhibit carried not only grains and grasses, but apples. pears and other fruits as well. amounting to half a carload. ♦ !! • * ! ! J ", « [ !» ! ", • * . » ! “ ; * < > ! ‘ Honestly, now, did you ever know a big hearted man to give away any­ thing except smiles.