Redmond
Spokesman
Published at the “ Hub City” o f Central Oregon
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No. ao
REDMOND, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. JANUARY 30, 1913
est to Be Shorn EXCESS ACREAGE
of Vetoing Power CLAIMANTS
WANT WATER
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I |,»gi»lallve Assembly
Illa loud
|r.l threats are lo »«•««! aml re
In Ira»tac him an almoal negli-
far t or.
I n , i. i » , «« . ment haa heru fe ». h
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hr O-clalalurr la c l»rn poWef lo
lira from lliua lo Huir aa II arra
huir». Il adjourn» alnr día I |
IcMal ' illo> H cannot adjooi ■
luncrr period Iban Ih rrr days
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l i a * without adjoum lnc
I dir. bul by a concurrent résolu
I *■( hofli llouara Ihla rula cnn br
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' il the Ir'd a la lu rr ma» a«l
for a » r » b . lu dara or any
l II arra Qt and ran remain In aa»
I a» lone
H dralrea
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• diawtuu'k la thr fait that
retaiafora will rem ira thrlr per
I unir for Ibe 40 «laya o f tb » ara
k!■ »111 nol atand In thr war of
h «i»r r »r . In e r m l the Gov ■
b alio» a an» dlapoalt loa tu br ar
thr uar of lila reto p o »e r
lln r a ^ r talk Calai
tur.Lately » hrii lhe IJovrrnnr
the atand that ha would ra-
• hlmarlf un Iboae member» uf
legislature who failed to back
I »Ith h a ralord billa came the
to rlrcnmrant him In hla plan
►»troy legislation
h»t thr Io'Klalalurr la n «i» In a
Ion to defy the (ju re rnor »a a
apparent on the reault o f (he
X laat Cridar un the retord
Al the moat conaerrallve
line there are 25 m em ber» In
i ' at. who ran be dapetidrd up
lake Iba rae. ultra to laak any
hr clvra an Indication o f buil­
der thr trai e»
«hr Him a.- the moat ronæ rra-
N «t ate of the lineup can l»e
^tl at It rerlaln rutea The count
hy ah « ed 55 rutea acalnat the
(f
u two of the measure»
I of Iheæ rotea may not be ab­
ri) olid aitnlnat the program of
SEIS FIE 10 HOUSE
HODMAN'S HOUSE A MII.C.
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CITY I » l»E-
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alarm of
nre turned In at •>
f* laat F r i d a y evening v»aa can»
''*>" htirnlng of \V 8. Kixlnian'a
* mile north o f the city The
a total loaa. but moat of
11 ' ‘ li!
pkaurrd
» e r e »av.-d
for
I he tjorernor. bul there are 4 4 vot«w
In llie llouae. a auffl. lenl number lo
dictate practically any more that la
dralrrd. Ibal » I I I allrk together aa
though glued
laaur U III. M e»| Nn| Taken
At I he aatnr time ftirre la not the
slighter! dlapoalllon on thr pari of
rlih rr ihla contingent In the llouae
or Ihr majority In the Senate to lakr
laaur tilth Ihr rxeru llrr on Ihr quee-
lion of Irglalallon aa lung aa hr ad-
herra In hla arlluua lo the uiarlta of
a bill
Tbla arulliurnt haa been rapreaard
all along, allhough at lim e» there
hare been alralnlug poluta when It
appeared aa though Ihla altuatlon
could nol continue
The outbursts o f the rtrcullva,
however, alarled the game, Ihr Aral
hand» of which have gone decidedly
agalnat Ibe (jovernur
tlolh the
llouae an.1 the Senate majority at III
•aproaa tu> dealre lo alaughier or la<*-
erate any of the Governor's mraaunw
which may hate merit
Hut If the
executive continuer hla bulldoxlng
tacit, a hla program will be wo riddled
aa lu tireoine unrecognisable even lo
lla author
k ite \ rtM.'.l H ill. I*a»»nl
t.lnrd up with an Invincible front,
both houa«*» of Ihr la-glalalure last
Friday aduilnlaterrd a revere rebuke
lo the Governor fur Ibe attitude he
haa taken toward llouae inrmbera In
ronneetloti with Ihr paaaagr uf Ibe
Thompaoti hill
Five vetoed bills
were paaaed over hla head The vole
waa overwhelming In both laid lea
In the llouae the Aral vole waa 55
lo 4 agalnat Ibe Governor. Ihr aer-
ond. where aome aw Itched on a mai­
ler of principle. 4* to I . and the
third aw ung around again lo lha or­
iginal allowing uf 56 vote» agalnat
the Governor
tin thla vutr there
were bul Iwo with him. uthera being
abaunt
On the fourth meaaure the
vote aloud 4& to 13
In the Senate Ihe Thompson bill,
which caused the Governor lo be­
come Infuriated because of Ihe ac­
tions In Ihe llouae. when that body
paaaed Ihe bill over hla head, waa
passed by an enormous showing
agalual Ihe Governor.
Trio »laiu l l»y liovernor
A crowd that packed the lobby
»urged Into thr Senate chamber t «
hear Ihe debate on the bill, and af­
ter Ihe amoke cleared away 37 Sen­
ators went down the line agalnat Ihe
Governor, while a bare allowing of
three MrColloch, Miller and Von
der llellen
stayed with him.
passing Ihe house In an auto at Ihe
time and ran to the house to aee If
they could be of any aaalalaiice The
Are In Ihe cloaet waa quickly extln-
gulahed. and II waa thought all dan­
ger waa over, bul In a few momenta
Ihe Are broke out overhead where It
coulil not be reached, and awn Ihe
whola roof waa ablaze aad the place
doomed
A strong wind waa blow­
ing al Ihe time.
The chemical engine and a num­
ber o f Aremen went to Ihe Are but
arrived loo lale lo be of any assis­
tance lu saving Ihe building.
Mra Rodman's hair on one aide of
her head «a a singed. Mr. Hodman
waa out o f ihe city al Ihe Hyne of Ihe
Are The family haa moved Into the
Alex Grown house on 8th street be­
tween tl and K alreeta.
T h e lio t ia e
yttio, II la lindel
n'" »a a cauaed by Charley
fan, nn»> o f the young arma, ac
|"r "''Ming aonte c lothe» In a
ill
The boy told hla
''r "liât he had don«», ami Mra
pan a ho ;, h alone In the hou«e
Unie, »Ith the exception of
,r,'f »mall children. Immédiat«»
"'•'l to town and olherwlae
11 ' alarm
r * •’ ry and II A Meyera were
11.50 PER YEAR
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One of the bills paaaed over the
governor’» velo last Friday, and
which la now a law. la Senate Hill
No 151. Introduced by Sen. Wood of
Washington county.
The bill en­
ables people effected to creale new
eountlea by their own vote The bill
carried over the governor'* veto by
a vote o f 54 lo 5.
to open a bank account does not seem much,
At a meeting held January 18 by
llie excess acre clalraaata In Ible aeg-
regatlun. the follow ing resolution
waa adopted
Iteanlved. that we respectfully re-
queat and urge the Slate Iteaert
Ijvnd Hoard to take aleps to require
the Central Oregon Irrigation Com­
pany. aa aucreaaors In Internal o f the
Pilot Hulls I m » .'lopinent Company,
and the tie »chutes Irrigation A Pow ­
er Company, lo recognize Ihe legal
rights o f persons holding contracts
«-ffciieil by what la commonly called
"rxreas acreage," and to furnlab auf-
Aclent water lo thoroughly reclaim
and Irrigate all ihe Irrigable land on
trade held under such contracts.
In support o f thla resolution we
respectfully call the attention o f the
Hoard to the follow ing facta and rea­
sons:
The form er State lutnd Hoard a f­
ter careful hearing, at which the T>
I P Co. were present, decided that
■ be Irrigation Company waa bound
by law and Its contracu to furnish
water for what la termed excess acre­
age. and the Attorney General advis­
ed lo that effect, and we are Inform ­
ed that au«'h la the view o f the law
taken by the present lk-eert Land
Hoard
We have brought two tq»t suit* In
ihe Circuit Court o f Crook county
which have been derided In favor of
our contention, and no appeal haa
tiefu taken and Ihe time for ap|ieal
expired last November.
Last August our committee wrote
your honorable Hoard requesting you
to proceed In our behalf, and you
then «ledded that you could not art
until the queatlon had Anally been
Alapoaed of by Ibe courts. At that
lime you Inquired of Mr. Jseese
Slearn*. attorney for Ibe Central Or­
egon Irrigation Co., about the condi­
tion o f Ihe leal suite, and he made
Ihe falae and Impudent atatemeat
that the company would appeal the
cases to ihe Supreme Court o f the
Ctilted Stales. The company had no
tutentlou lo appeal, aud made no at­
tempt lu do ao. Since that time Mr.
Koeco Howard, manager o f the C. O.
I Co., has several times stated that
Ihe company had appealed those
cm sea, though
no appeal haa been
taken nor attempted.
Imst September one o f our rlatm-
ant% tendered Ihe maintenance fee
for excess acreage, which the com­
pany refused, and then locked hla
lieailgate. The clalmaut then broke
open the gate and took the water.
Mr Howard, by a ooe-elded state­
ment to the District Attorney'» office,
procured the arrest o f tha claimant,
but he waa «llacharged at the hearing
before the Justice o f the IVace. and
the Dlatrlct Attorney dropped the
matter; a«> that the law o f the case
haa been aettled. ao far aa possible,
both by the civil and criminal aide o f
the Court.
Your Hoard will recall that at Ihe
meeting held at Kedmond about tiro
years ago. when Ihe excess acreage
matter was brought up. Mr Howard
slated that Ihe company waa aa anx-
I oiin aa the claimants
to have the
matter settled by the Court, and that
If the question was decided In favor
of the claimants, the roiui>any would
cheerfully abide by It.
It aeema to be the purpose o f the
company to delay and dtlly dally
with the matter until It »hall have
aolil and dlapoaed o f alt the water
controlled by It. and leave the claim ­
ant without any practical redreaa.
The State took title to these lands
aa an expr«'»» trust from the Catted
States In favor of aettlera upon them
and a* auch truatee made the con­
tract with the Pitot Butte Develop­
ment Co., and we believe that the
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but by continually adding thereto the result
will be eminently satisfactory in the end.
While the present may look bright none
know when the sky will be overcast, and it is
the duty of the wise man to prepare for the
m
future.
Open an account today with the
Redmond
Bank of Commerce
and see what a few dimes saved eack week
will amount to in a year.
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i TA nrD n r ai i TAKES UP MATTER OF
LEADER OF ALL
NO WHKItK IN CKVTK41. ORMjON
IN TIIKItK 8 l ( ' H A CLK.4N AND
PKOHPKRDl'S
WITH
IMG
MS »KING TOWN.
STORKS
AND
Hit.
sTtK'KS OC MKKCH.4NDISK
Kedmond has the reputation o f
being the «»leanest, most up to date
looking town In Cewtral Oregon and
akowlng an air o f proapertty. T rav­
eling men who make every town In
the Interior o f the state, have aaid
the above, and Redmond people who
have vtailed all the other towna. are
proud to cenffrm what the traveling
men say.
Kedmond hag more concrete aide-
walks in the business section than
any other town In Central Uregoa.
Kedmond haa larger and better
stores, with larger and better stock»
or goods than any other town In Cen­
tral Oregon.
The merchants here make better
prices on their goods than any other
town In Central Oregon.
And the taoet Important fact o f
all. from a future growth standpoint.
Redmond la located In the renter o f
the beat Irrigated section o f Central
Oregon, where dairying and diversi­
fied farming ta carried on to a larger
extent than In other sections of the
state east o f the Cascades.
Redmond does not have to "fa k e ''
any o f her claim s--she haa the gooda
to ahow to bark up her claims first,
last and all the time.
monstration farm
At a meeting o f the Commercial
Club laat night the follow ing resolu­
tion In regard to the demonstration
farm located near thla city, was In­
troduced and warmly Indoroed:
Redmond. Jan. 29. 1913.
Hon. Vernon A. Forbes. Representa­
tive. Salem, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
Believing that the
work o f the Demonstration Farm has
been o f much benefit to the people of
Crook county, and that the continua­
tion o f auch work here will be o f In­
estimable value, the Redmond Com­
mercial Club at its regular meeting
held this 29th day o f January. 1912,
urges upon you the necessity of
prompt action In getting before the
present Legislature a bill fo r the es­
tablishment o f two demonstration
farms, one dry land farm and one In
the Irrigation district, and calling fo r
sufficient appropriation fo r the main­
tenance o f said farm*.
W e have noted that other coun­
ties o f the state have Introduced,
through their representatives, bills
In the Legislature for the establish­
ment o f demonstration farms, and
we trust that you w ill give attention
to the needs o f your constituents
and prepare and Introduce auch a bHI
at an early date.
The matter o f good roads was ta­
ken up and dyruaaed at aome length
and the follow ing resolution waa In­
troduced and adopted:
Redmond. Jan 29, 1912.
To the Judge and Commlaalonera o f
the County Court o f Crook Co..
Oregon, Prlnevllle. Oregon.
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H E AVY SNO W FALLS
W hile the W illam ette V alley and
other portions o f Oregon that usual­
ly have a mild winter are shoveling
themselves out o f anow drifts from
18 Inches to six feet deep, the weath­
er In this section of Central Oregon
has been as good aa If waa made to
order.
No heavy anowa ao far thla season
have visited thla section, the heavi­
est snow fall bwlng but threw and a
half laches, and that remained on
the ground but a day o r ao. No high
winds have prevailed, and no ex­
treme cold weather haa made the
clim ate uncomfortz£le.
Taken all through the season the
winter In the Redmond District haa
been of a "w in ter resort" kind com­
pared to what Portland and the W il­
lamette Valley people hare been hav­
ing
Moral:
Come to the Redmond
District— the garden spot o f Central
Oregon where there are no extremes
o f heat and cold.
A woman wore mourning only two
weeks, and aome o f the neighbors
protested. "W e ll,” she aaid. “ 1 did
not have as much to mourn about aa
aome; Bill wasn't much."