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lawyer'« fee*. pulling apart In the
middle
The front end, of courae.
will walk on two legs and you ran
«ell It to Rtngltiig H r»» for a million
dollar«.
Then for thla money you
ran but a pearl handle for the hind
end and uae It tor a wheel barrow
It'» areal.
NEWSY HAPPENINGS
AT POWELL BUTTE
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The grandest thlna that haa ever
beeu heard of is now bein« worked
out to completion. It'» the thlna we
have been looktna for for year*—
February 4th.
that 1», the wlae one». The other
Alvin Klaaa went to llend W'ednea-
one» couldn't even tmaalne aurh a
thlna aa this la. It la «rent that I day with a load of hay
Mr and Mr» V. A. Tharp and fam
have worked up auch a reputation
that I’m the flrat man to hear of ily came In Tueaday nlaht for a vtalt
thla. It la alao area! that you hap with Mra. G. C. Trueadale and fam
The
pen to be a aubacriber to the Spokea- ily. The ladtea are »later«.
man. where you aet onto all theae Tharpa are returning to their home
in Urand Junction. Col., having paaa-
wonderful thlna» flrat
Well. friend», the very lateat la the «“d 'he winter In Tacoma. Wn.
"gasoline horae."
Thla contraption
-'* ** Golden 1» overseeing the
is a hummer, and will be put out in »orting and hauling of the W llaou
this county flrat. Crook county haa P*>t*ioea theae day». Several team»
lately been put on the Wonder Clr- aa‘* »Ingle men are buay moving the
cult, and you can be mighty glad you tuber».
sleep and eat here
But now about
' ,r ani* '* r*- l*«nbury and Mr.
the new "gasoline horae." Thla horse *°d Mra. Boyd of Alfalfa, were Sun-
is an animal and an automobile com- Ja-V gueata at the Get». Beckman
bined. The front end has legs and home.
Borne of our people are enjoying
the hind end has wheels. The wheel
end can be used In dry weather and the water hauling stunt aa a result
the leg end in wet weather
The of a break In the big canal recently.
front end eata hay and the hind end m*loh necessitated the turning off of
eats gasoline. In rainy weather the '**• » « t e r before all had time to All
driver sits on a saddle In front and 'heir ponds and cisterns.
Mrs. A. W. Bayn went to Prine
in dry weather on a cushion seat be
ville Monday to be with Mlsa Gladys
hind.
There Is an awful advantage in who is quite 111. A. W. went down
having a machine horse of this kind Tuesday alao.
At a meeting of dairymen In Red
Suppose you are going along the
road from Redmond to Prineville. mond Saturday afternoon C. II Fos-
and are using the front end for pow- *er * * * appointed one of a commit-
er. what would you do If you met an
three to inv<>stlgate prices of
automobile and your front end. creamery supplies, etc.
The com-
which Is a horse, got afraid of It? mlttee also had instructions to ap-
Why. »Imply turn on the gasoline be- P°,nt ,wo Persona in their respective
hind and pass by in a jiffy, pushing district» to canvas the situation and
the scared front end along. Then «»certain how many cowa could be
suppose you are coming along this depended on for the coming season,
sapie road, using the back end for A» ‘ here are not enough cows In
power, what would you do if you met each section to justify a creamery,
a horse and the back end of your an- *he contention seems to be. which
Itnal. which Is an automobile, got l°c»«lon will get a co-operative
afraid of it? Why. simply turn off creamery, or whether the dairymen
the gasoline, tap the front end with of »** »djacent districts will ro-oper-
the whip, and pull the scared hind ate and buy out 'he present cream-
end along. You see it works both cry company in Redmond. The latter
ways No matter what you meet on proposition seem« to be the moat fea
the road you can get by. If the horse ®'ble tor the present,
end gets afraid of an automobile use
-Mr. Davidson of Bend. Is visiting
the automobile end. and If the auto- h‘» w‘ fe a‘ Bu,,e Valley for a few
mobile end gets afraid of a horse use day».
the horse end.
Win. Colliver of South Bend, Wn ,
Then, again, you can work it like •» ln ,hla »action for a few days. Mr
this: On special occasions when you Colliver is an old friend of Mr. and
want double the speed of the old -Mrs. Wallace Smith,
fashioned automobiles and horses we
Reeves W lllcoien recently rented
now have, turn on the power at both an
'be 1*111 Wilson ranch, and
ends and glue yourself to the seat so
(trow a bumper crop of oats on
you won't fly out. By putting both it this season.
We understand that Tom l-ang-
ends on high gear and using the
whip and the throttle at the same don and Geo. Hobbs have purchased
time, there will be something mov- a potato sorter and will sort their
ing. The horse end will try to keep big cr°P •'«for® hauling to market,
anead of the automoblfe end. and the Th«>r
market only flrst class po-
automobile end will try to run over tatoes, feeding the culls to hogs.
The following Howell Butteites at
the horse end. In that manner you
will cover double the ground In the tended the recent warehouse dance
same length of time— In other words at Redmond: Mr. and Mrs. Allen
the front end will cover each mile Willcoxen. Gladys Bayn and Ross
and the hind end will cover ekeh Bussett, Hazel Bayn and Alvin Riggs
mile, thus your machine Is practical- an<* Beeves Willcoxen. Mr. and Mrs
ly covering two miles for every mile A -
• Bayn started to the dance but
you run. Ain't that going some?
"h en °nly a couple of miles from
In order to get all the power that 'heir home Mr. Bayn was seized with
is in the contraption you must apply violent pains and they were com pel 1-
the brakes on the automobile end e<1 "> re'u™- Mr.Bayn. in conversa-
and hold the lines tight on the anl- t,on * 1,h a Mend 'he “ ext morning,
mal end
This will make both ends »»I*1 he had ful|Jr recovered from the
work like blazes. The front end will »'tack, but the disease was apt to re-
have to pull harder In order to move turn without warning
Mr. Bayn Is
the hind end along, and the hind end certain his case Is a new one to med-
w111 have to push harder to shove the Icology^and has named it "The Cow-
front end along. You see in that way klek-ltls.
The name, he says, ex-
you get the maximum power out of P*a' n* itself, and he further states It
both ends, and that's what makes the '» hl» belief that the only successful
speed.
remedy Is complete rest. It Is to be
Another advantage is this:
You hoped this ailment will not prove
can't have any collisions with this contagious, as the remedy Is ex
automobile-horse.
When you go tremely scarce in these parts.
Allen Willcoxen took a load of
along the road at a mile-a-second
clip and meet a wagon, turn the au dressed hogs into Redmond Wednes
tomobile end to the right; the horse day.
end will then turn to the left to let
the auto end by.
When one end
turns to the right and the other end
turns to the left the machine will
have to stay on the center, and you
know what a machine gets "on cen
ter” — It stops— so there you're sav
ed again.
In the early spring when the front
end feels its oats, gets spunky, and
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tries to kick over the gasoline can,
simply reverse the engine on the
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hind end and throw the front end on
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Its nose. If you do this a number of
Note« of Intere*!
Feb S. t i l l .
Our aprine weather laat week
aeerned to bring ou the time old
"spring fever," for there were ao
many tardy people even the teach
er».
The 10th grade la rather undecid
ed about starting In on their geome
try. W'e must congratulale the loth
grade because they flulshed their
If you want pure milk or cream
physical geography In a half term,
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and It la supposed to be taken a full phone Tlchenor. No 810
year.
The 9th grade la much Interealed
In botany. They are studying »teina
now
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Ben (¡otter
luirge buslnt-aa corner In faatest
growing suburban section of Seattle;
end of car line; amali building rent
ed; 75 feet additional frontage avail
able for building
Will exchange
for Improved Irrigated land In the
vicinity of Redmond. F A Thole,
owner. 50# Weal 65th St . Seattle.
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Want to buy a good freab milk
row: will pay $75. K A Chat, D«a
chutes, Ore.
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J. F. IIOSCH, M. I).
A No. 1 grocery clerk, beat of ref
ererires, seeks situation or position
In randy «tore
C. K. Corwin. Ar
llngton. Ore
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latest poetry by Hrof. Thompson
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"Marlon, keep your nose on the
Improved
Irrigated land In the
front o f your face;
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Anywhere else It la out of place." Howell Butte dlatrlrt for rent
ply to O. A. MrFarlane, Itedinond,
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Poetry by a High School student: Oregon.
You may talk about a woman.
Their style and all of that;
But the smaller the woman
The bigger the hat.
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The Spnella
(!. A. McFarlane
LAWYER
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The 13 grade scema to lie decreas
Train arrive« from north T 10 p m
ing In numbers, but the old saying Train arrive« from south 7 2 1« m
la "a little goes a long ways." or
II IIAt'KOI.. Agent
"good goods sometimes come In
small packages "
The J. H. Ilancr Abstract Co.. Inf
Complete tract Indexes and pho
Itouglaa Mularky scented to be
tographlc copies of Crook county
rather nervous the latter part of laat
record«
County maps and blue
week, for In the afternoon one day
printing
Urlnevtlle, Oregon
when thtuga were unusually quiet, a
loud crash and screech were audible
all over the building and on investi
gating. Douglas waa found on the
floor In the aisle beside his desk
Advertisements published under
thla head at one cent a word for
Want Ad«.
each Insertion
No advertisement
Wanted By l*rof. Thompson, a Inserted for less than l i rents Or
little patience to be used in the 8th dera from out of town must Inform
grade arithmetic class
ua bow many Issue« the ad ta to
Out of town orders must t>e
Wanted Something to take the run
Initials and
curl out of hair Apply to Donald B accompanied by cash
Wanted -A better memory for figures count as words
muff, rubberl. etc.
Apply to Kve-
>11» HAIX
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Wanted Kodaks, music and po-
Crystal White Orpington I'ullel»
etry to be left out of school room for sale Kggs In arasou, fair price
Miss Doty
J. J Chapman. Howell Butte Orpine
Wanted By a special few of our ton Ranch. Redmond, Ore
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students, a mail carrier.
For Sale l<ot No 5. block No 33.
Wanted -A word that can't be
Northwest Tow nslte Co's addition to
found In the new Standard Diction Redmond
What am I offered? II
ary. Mr. Thompson and Miss Doty, C. Watts. Fayetteville. Tenn 38t5
(.arge reward.
New high grade blryrte. never ua
Wanted — An alarm clock for ed. Reasonable Call at Spokesman
Richard W , by Mias Doty.
office.
Wanted
A preventative against
Cross cut saw In good condition at
slipping
Apply Miss Dunn
Wanted f a t s to train In feeding a bargain. The Spokesman
i cost of crutches extra I Apply Miss
Two beating stoies will be sold at
Doty.
reasonable price. The Spokeaiuau
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Society D irectory
lledmond Iselge No. I It». K I*.
Meets every Monday night In
The 8th grade la buay preparing
Duma's Hall
Visiting Knights are
for. and worrying about the state ex-
cordially luvtted
amlnation to be held at the close of
W J Buckley, t* C
the term.
It K Olson. K of B A S
iunt ami Kotiml
I .oat last Saturday, a couple of
high school girls.
IjOSt —One gong, easily recognized
by one leg being gone.
See Mr.
Thompson.
Found -One excuse to get Into
the library— Bates, Ixrree and Will-
cox.
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There la an Intoxication that
T h . Rpoki
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ootuea from the Imaalnallon more
Tha
dangerous than a whisky Jag. the pounds of
,
erasy man la suffering the delirium
tremens of Idealism,
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\ wise man will not rob y»u. be it A dUcuuni
cause be kuowa you will make a dia»)
a g r e e a b l e Bias about It that will In
j u t e him more than Ibe profil of tbe
robbery Will b elie llt hint
"Ikt you thluk only of m e?" mur
1*1 III It MU.N
mured the bride "T ell me that you
Having decided tv* quit farming I think only of me "
will rltNM out at pubib auction all
"Il'a thla way." explained the
my stock, machinery, furniture, bar. grootu gently "Now and then I have
etc . on the U II MelaHln place, I «» to thluk of the furnace, tuy dear."
tulles uorlh o f the Redmond depot, ,
The Spokesman for good printing
on Saturday. Kebruary I lilt Sale lie
gins at 10 o'clock «harp, and there
will be a free luneh at noon
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sell horae«. hogs of flue breed. Some
thoroughbred ehlekeua. bay. oats, a
lot of good uaeful farm machinery,
and «»Hue household furniture The
terms of »ale are $10 or undsr. eaah.
over that amount a credit will be
given for alx month« on good bank
able paper at lo per cent Intereal
Hravllce in all court« and U. S,
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But
The
may talk about women.
bold or sedate;
the taller the woman
shorter her mate.
You may talk about women
As much as you can;
But the prettier the woman,
The homelier the man.
Came to my enclosure, four mtlea
southwest of Redmond, about Dei
1st. one brown mule, weight b e t w e e n
800 and 900 pounds
Owner ran
have aaine by proving property and
paying expenses. J. A
Beckwith,
Redmond, Oregon.
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Came to my pretnlaea, 8 mile« cast
of Hedmoud, on December 9. 1912, a
buckskin pony.
Owner ran have
Signed,
same by proving property and pay
A HIGH SC HOOD STUDENT. ing expenses. J. J. Chapman, Red
mond, Oregon.
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structing public highways. The vote
MI hi I 1.1.$ n i m s
waa 42 to 15.
Briefly put, the bill provides that
"■ do your next order o f job
each county shall have the right to printing. High grade work and
isaue bonds for road building pur prices satlafactury. The Itedmnnd
poses up to 2 per cent of Its assesaed Spokesman.
valuation, that the road districts are
U ve, energetic newspaper can
to be represented in convention, call vaaarra can make good money. Ap
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ed by posting of notices, and that ply at Spokesman office.
At the end of a session lasting all each district shall have a voice In
A classified advertisement la a
laat Friday afternoon the House the convention in this manner. When tlreleaa work hunter, and aeldom
passed the so-called Hurd bill, call a convention is called, the roads to falls.
ing for a system of bond Issues by be Improved shall be discussed and
Spokesman Claaslfled ads bring
counties for the purpose of con- whatever action Is taken shall be the reaults fry them don't coat much
MEASURE IS PASSED
times the horse end will soon learn
to respect its "better half” and be
come more polite. If for any reason
the horse should object to its "better
h alf" smoking gasoline, simply hit
the front end with a whip, reverse
the back end with the lever, and the
two ends will be divorced without
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\ » H M I K I I M I. IN V K N T H » IIK
l> IN TO U H «1111
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guide of the county in the matter of
highest Improvement»
There was much debate on the
measure, which consumed the entire
afternoon
It » « « supposed to be a
moat Important bit of legislation, but
several of the members declared the
belief that the state had not pro
greased at all In road legislation, bill
Instead hail passed a bill full of com
plicated Clause« and ao rumberaome
that
|| «III prove to be unworkable
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CEN TR AL OREGON U «
Direct Connections
Limited Trains
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—TO—
SKATTI.K. TACOMA, SPOKANK, M INNI’ Al’O lA
I’AI I.. CIlfCAOO, DKNVER, OMAHA, ST H>HS.
SAS CITY, and AI.L POINTS EAST and SOI TH
via the North Rank Road. Northern Pacific and
«•rn Railway*. Fare«, Mcht'tltiles and detail* will l* ,u
•>n ret|ue*t,
W. D. SKINNER, Traffic Managi'r, l*l»rtl,»nd-
H. It AI KOI,, Affent, Hrdmond, Orcu,,n-