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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1913)
Redmond Spokesman Published at the “ Hub City” o f Central Oregon 'OL 3. N». 2H REDMOND, ( KOOK COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1913 edication of Big Union Warehouse Greetings of Is a Pleasant Event the Season indication o f lb » lt»<lnion<! ali Ibra» tilinga whirl» ara baing dona era' I' » l«>n «am liuuM i In thia In thia t an im i Oragon country iban fvai Friday aftern oon ami even tha plonaar hlmaalf With Itila In r<- « lara» crow d » o f | mk >| i I« »lew I aliali lirlally raíala a vary faw ■ II o f lb » •iirrotinitln* Ioana o f niy o * n eiparlanraa o f lata y»ara. country Al noon a bla fr»» In tha I iii | h that I m ay tharaby giva i ••• served on Ib» u|>|>»r Hum you a b a i l a r undaratandlng of iba warehouse II * a i strictly a plonaar» aid» of i ha raw by lllualra » feed. ami lb » bill o f fa r» ron lion than by analyala 1 of potalo aoup. p otalo rah«. In Iba ftrat piara, lat ma aak a . »alada and potato rhlpa It j What la lha dlffaranra ba f uiatrd Ibat about III! p»npl» Iwaall a plonaar and a laudarfiMil ’ (••■I at uoonlltu» and In Iba ava Thara rould l<a nothing aaalar Tha question. plouaar la tha Brat man on lha lai dinnar tba Redm ond fo n ground. runa»<|unfitly ba knowa Tha lia li il played a num bar o f a«l»r tandarfool la tba tiipu who mine* and lb »n I, K Sm ith, praal along talar and therefore don't .it Ib» »arabili»»» com pany, know lha pioneer la lha man who tba object o f Iba tnaelln« In • aya our aoll wou t produra anything i hnaan rem arks Mr» llroata I ha tenderfoot g o ra ahead and rala- a d fo llo » ail In B m onulocur ea everything Tha plonaar la the » aa Interesting and murh ap man who alauda around and aaya all alad by Iba audlanra o f naarly the*» thlnga < an t be dona Tha lan that bad gatharsd to attand thr darfoot go»a ahead and doea them onlaa. I'raal Smith than In llelng an early aettlar myaelf. ion i Hon J N W llllam aon of I hear definition» put ma al once on n llla . who niada Iba fo llo * In* tha dafetialve and rail upon me to « o un Iba aubjart o f "T h e l‘ lo explain why I look al many thlnga and tba T an darfool “ and do a number of thlnga different r I'raaidani. ladlaa and ganti» ly than I did In former yaara My VIoat o f you muat raallaa tba explanation ran beat be made, aa be i difficulty Involved In any at fora atalad. by giving a few o f uiy nf m in» lo aipraaa my raal own experiences ( M i and feelings on aurb an or I a « » a tenderfoot over at Powell To ba bar», on Ihla ground, Multa four or five yaara ago plowing tnldat o f a prom ising rlly. d i up one o f uiy old wood tralla, ovar y lu alght o f the vary apol where which, long yaara ago. I hauled my > than a third o f a century ago, winter's wood I »lopped, atood up v>te the pega for my Aral real In tny buggy, hallad him and aakad to aaalat In dedicating a alrur him what ha »a a doing "O h. Juat ■ at apeaka ao clearly o f change pluwlug a little,*' ha replied I aakad He hr Immédiat» paat and portend» him what he propoæ d to rala» o. h for the fu tu r», flaahea be ■aid he thought he would try a faw my mind aurb a panoram ic view nal» I grew a little faretloua and ne abort human « d a t e u r » that It told hlm I w aa aorry to aee my old Ith unuaual difficulty, I aeaura road plowed U|> Aa I reaumed my I thaï I undertake to And »ord a aaat In tha buggy and drove on What a alíame xmvey to you the amalle*! frac thought to myaelf It la for that man to be »polling a al part o f my faellnga »thing, I aaaur» you, aave the : pretty fair quality o f graaa In any *ht that I m ight, by ao doing, aurh manner How do you auppoæ I felt, tny ■me amali way render aaelatatice he rierrtaee. could ba v» Induced friend*, when, two year* afterw ard I paaaetl that u m e way and found the to undertake It. aaaing all thia. for the proprie- ■ante man threahlng 35 huahela to forbid that I ahould detain you tha arre wheal from that Identical , I think » « have now com e to place of ground? To being not a little dull o f com- an undaratandlng o f each other •< thlnga hav» com a to aurh a prehetialon I have alwaya admitted, In thia aectlon o f the country •till, after I get up from being I (he 11 f f n r e m aa and relatlonahlpa knocked down once. I generally the pioneer and the tenderfoot know enough lo keep away from lha from whence I received be aafaly anali led without deal- direction Since aeelng <11 •<our »gainent to tha one. nr that particular blow that tenderfoot threah 35 buahela t o ' a« affront to the other do not know o f anyone who la In tha arre wheat, from one o f my old Iter poaltlon to give the thoughta wood tralla I have used more rare In reflection* o f the pioneer upon grow ing faretloua with any more o f my tandarfootad nalghbora. W bal'a tba m allar with than» taudarfart, anyway? I want up to Hand laat fall and found thay bad a town up th e re - a raal. Uva town, railroad and all, and right ou Iba Idantlral ground whera, bark In l ha aaventlaa I had a calf paalura fanrad with log» and bruab. In which I aaparatad and waanad tny ralvaa aarh fall. I do not think thoav paoplu up tbar* knew o f uiy loaa. at laaat, non» o f thaui rafarrad lo It | fall Into tha hand» o f a talk atlva kind of fallow who took me around and abowad rua aotna things Took in* down to wbal ba railed Ibe power plant and chattered away about aome thousands or ao o f pow- er unita, arre feat flow. Initial valor ity. and a lot o f aurh al uff. moat o f which I did not bear, for Ibera » aa that good old river which In year» gone by had nothing to bother or illaturb It aave to quench the thlrat of my ralvea, aa It hurried and hurtl ed good naturedly along on Ita way to the a»a There waa that good old river tearing Itaelf Into ahreda. laah- Ing Itaelf Into a perfect fury o f rage all berauae It had Juat been dammed by a tenderfoot. My friend circled and came back on bla own track for I waa not reaponalre In converaatlon that afternoon, for I mlaaed thoae ralvea I aaw them now here lastly loitering along the banka o f that rryatal river aa they did bark In thoae faraway aeventlea. WE EXTEND TO OUR CUSTOMERS THE GREETINGS OF THE SEASON AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR LIB- EREL I'ATRONAGE. THE FAST PROSPERITY The Store That Has the Goods and Makes the PRICKS RIGHT ADDED ALL. sufferings that have been experienc ed by the settlers on the Colum bia Southern project in this county, which was started about 10 years ago under Carey Act provisions. W . , A. 1-atdlaw, the original prom oter, was forced to abandon the enterprise which undoubtedly was undertaken In good faith, and since then num er ous private corporation s and in divid uals have attem pted to flnance it. O 1-aurgaard. an engineer w ho was em ployed last year to Investigate the future possibilities o f the Colum bia The first annual pou ltry exhibi Southern tract, said the land cannot be Irrigated for leas than S38 an tion o f the R edm ond P oultry Asso acre. He urged state aid in carrying ciation began yesterday In the Mama building on the corn er o f 6th and P the enterprise to com pletion. streets. Many pens o f fine birds are A ct la D e cla re d F a ilu r e on exhibition, am ong them a pen o f Mr. G erkin g’s straight forw ard pedigreed Buff R ock s from Earl talk, how ever, was the most inter Snell o f Condon. Other exhibitors esting that cam e b efore the congress from a distance have also sent in ex His earnestness and sincerity as he hibits. told o f the almost utter hopelessness Many people so far have attended o f the C olum bia Southern settlers the ahow. but the largest attendance appealed to everyone. The room was Is expected tom orrow and Saturday. packed. The aw arding o f pretuiuma w ill un **The Carey act has been a failure dou btedly be made today or tom or In our cou n try.” aald Mr. Oerktng. I row. “ It appears to us that It Is operated largely In the interests o f the prom o ters and the people look in g fo r a big rakeoff. "T h e prom oters have sent adver tisements over the country show ing how the state Is back o f these pro jects. when, in fact, the state Isn't bark o f them at all. P eople are In- j dured to com e to the state under false pretenses. They go on the land not knowing what con d ition s they w ill have to meet there. H O E S F R O M g7Ntt.lt> IN I INNI T O ARE “FORNINSr THE CAREY ACT OK P IO N E E R SK T- ONK OK TH KM threshing outfit. BRING Capital Fully Paid................................... $25,000.00 Surplus and Profits............................... 3,000.00 TI.ER.H V IV ID I,Y T O I J t BY Who carries the largest Stock of Hardware, Ag ricultural Implements, Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Paints, Oils, etc. of any store in Central Oregon. Everything from a pegging awl to a complete TO WILL U . S. D E P O S IT O R Y Continued on Page 3 Hardware Man BEEN AS PLEASANT AND Redmond Bank of Commerce He next took me to a cold storage ewtabllahment. I think he thought 1 I needed coolin g off a little. I saw them making Ire for the Brat time In my life. and. after I had gotten out of town and on my way home and The Reliable HAS WE HOPE THE NEW YEAR And that poor old river, ao furloua at thia Aral Interference I w onder ed how few m ore aummera It would be until It ahould be loaded doyvn un til It would fairly groan out the bal ance o f Ita existence- gronn out Ita etlatenre under the load o f the white m an'» burden. I think I atood up well under the rhatterlng o f my friend that after noon. conalderlng the clrcumatancea; rlrrumatanrea about which he knew nothing, until Anally I took a hand In the converaatlon m yaelf and aald to him : "H old on. my frien d ; llaten to me I am running over with acre feet; I am chock full o f power unit* and my velocity 1» aotnethlng terrlfAr. loot's get nut o f here. I believe I am aee lng th in gs." M unz YEAR WE SINCERELY TRUST THAT PROSPEROUS TO YOU AS IT HAS BEEN TO US, AND Ht'FFKKI.NUM A lfr e d $1.50 PER YEAR Irrigation Congrí*.» I.Ixten«, and Money la Mought lo Inventi, gate Yarloua W ork on Koot at 1‘reeent The Irrigation Congreaa that met In Portland laat week took a hard alap at the Carey Act. and draatlc law» were advocated. It was claim ed the Carey Act measures w ere In adequate. too deceptive and expen sive. J. W. Ilrewer o f thia city, and J. N. B. Oerktng o f laHdlaw. were there to lead the fight against the C olum bia Southern, all the properties o f which are In the hands o f the state. They sought legislation that will give the state pow er to guarantee the bonds o f worthy Irrigation project». Now Irrigation securities have no market whatever. W ith the atate back o f them value w ould be sus tained. Beneflt to the atate would be through developm ent obtained D epreciation o f value baa entirely quieted the Colum bia Southern pro ject. which Mr. Rrewer declared con tains the best land In the atate. Speaker after speaker told how their Irrigation project*, undertaken under the provisions o f the Carey Act. either have failed entirely or have been carried out successfully only at an expense far greater than the original estimates. Particularly pitiful and dram atic waa the recital by J N. B. Oerktng o f Ijkldlaw, o f the difficulties and I S ta te Is B la m e d $ 3 .6 4 3 .1 » D I K IN G T H E " I confess that when I m yself went on to tny hom estead I did not Y E A R O F 1012 know the difference between the Carey Act and the desert land la w ., But I have found out sin ce." He charged that the state has shirked its responsibility If It Is back Through the courtesy o f Postm as o f the Colum bia Southern project. ter M oore The Spokesm an Is enabled “ I am not a la w y er," he continu to publish the receipts o f the Red ed. "an d can 't tell w hether the state m ond postofftce for the years 1909, Is duty bound to back It or not. I 1910. 1911 and 1912. certainly believe, though, that the The total business o f the year state Is m orally obliged to give Ita 1909 was $786.10. aid to those people w ho have gone F or 1910. »2,07 5 59. on to this project, when they were F or 1911, 3.014.19. given reason to believe, and Justly so F or 1912, $3.643.49. that the state would aid them. Mr. M oore states that every month "M y Idea Is that the atate should In 1912 show ed an Increase over the get back o f the m inor propositions. correspon din g month In 1911. The It Isn't quite clear to me what the postm aster expects, now that the beneflt would be o f backing these parcel post law Is In operation, that the business o f the office for 1913 Continued on Page 2 w ill go way over that o f 1912.