Redmond Spokesman
Published at the “ Huh City” of Central Oregon
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No. : j 7
REDMOND, ( KOOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY. MARCH 20, 1912
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ACTION FACTS
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Al a meeting of thè Iteaert Idind
U * m l»«*«»li an r|i(i'i| by I hr r|ty1 lloard held at Salem laat Wednraday
In (»(»«ration. aoin* farta It) rr Uovernor Wrat atrongly oppoaed a
in tho const run ion of thr (>unt propoal Iloti lo aeek thè ro operai loti
r of llilpfp«! to rradrr» of Thr of thè reclamatimi aerili e In thè con
amati
alme!lou of thè Columbia Southern
water whral la a 17 A v«rtl* Irrigano» prujeet, for whlrh thè re-
Irblna. with atrrl (»«'iiatoi k
I eli! l,egialalure appropriate.! $460,-
pump la a thrrr atrp Jarkeon 000.
A. rapablr of «Ir I Or ritta 3 00
*1 he mailer waa preaentetl lo thè
«■ t*rr mlnutr undrr normal board In a lettor frolli Htale Kngl
Iona, aa a minimum «trilvrry
licer l.ewla, w ho la alao a ineiulier of
fluttir la 3?0U frrt In IritKth. thè board
II la rhlof renami for ro-
ialiti oat thr riitlrr «liatator thru o|H<rallon la flint If thr govertiluent
~k rut. a tut la llitrcl throualiout rould he linluced to joln wlth
thè
alate II would put up un equsl aulii
» pipr 1 1 nr la aa followa From of money. Ih ila tnaklng poaal hle thè
imp thrrr are 3ou fr^t of ti in reclamailon of a largrr area than la
jht Iron pi|»r to thr* top of ran Ito luded In thè originai Columbia
ialla. of 37 & pou tut a prraaurr Southern segregai lon and a cheuper
[fr>rt of <1 Inch pi pr of 3 IH» h«-a«t rosi |»er acre
jrr. and 3000 frrt of t Inch
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f 60 (Hiutula hra*l prraaure, to
Il would take montila for us to
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Induro thè re, lamatlon servire to ro-
lm thr rrarrvolr thrrr arr 2. o|»ernle. even If we werti aucceaaful
hrt of to Inch pip«* to thr town In thè end." aald Governor West.
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tlmt la thè troublc
These people
Ire. of inn mill'll pressure
baie heen waltlng now for years for
* 11 jr thrrr ore 14"" ..... ,.f thè proJect to he compieteti Several
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of 100 fou. lirait prra propoaltlona urte put tip to thè |«eg-
anno fari of « I lull pip«, of lalature It de, Ided to bave thè state
no. lirait preaaurr. a lut 7120 do tho Job. and placet! thè roaponal-
|f 4 ttirh pl|xi of 200 foot lirait bltlty on itila board, and now I am
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ready to assume thnl reaponalhlllty
Irr arr 27 l.udtnw two-way hr and go ahead and rrclalm thè landa
Installed, amt Ihr ronrrst* I aiu noi golng to try to ahlft thè re-
»oír holita 1,& 00,000 gallona 1. a potisi bit It y or tilde bollimi thè rerla-
croio Unni throughout. and thè matlon servire.
aratri» la equipped with all
"After we bave compieteli our Pro
irr «oto and «Ir «altri, surge ject. If thè rerlamatlon servire wanta
[and drain at a. riti lo make II to rertalm more landa thore. all It
aghly modern and rompiste
wlll bave to do la In bulld our dain
[tu glira lo Hedmund thr moat a little hlglier and dienti thè canata
r.r and rftlrlent water aratri» llut thè laiglalat uro derlded In fav or
«f 'tir W l l l u w t t « Vallel With cf a state Project, and we ahould
I f r r t of hoae the Ore department take bolli of thè pto|H>altlon llke meli
able to direct three at reama and mako It a state projrrt "
fcter at a 4 pminda prraaure on
stale \ pproprlnf loti Soffi, leni
Irurture In the hiialnraa dia-
Knglneer l,ewla atated that thè
Mila preaaurr will throw a aiiiount appropriateli for thè Project
132 fret In a horlaontal. and wlll t,e autflclent. accordlng to thè
H in a vertirá! direction
One eatlmatea Iliade, to complete thè ree-
ind feet of hoae will alao allow lamafton of thè originai Columbia
Irranta to be put Into uar on Southern Project aa tntendeil by thè
■ Uditili In the residence eectlon l<rglalnturc |f cooperatlon la serur-
town
ed thè Idea la mercly to reclami a
Una all things Into consider» larger body of land, or that whlrh
tlila water aratem haa hern ae- waa Inrtuded In a later segregai lon
for lirdmond at a coat far be
In hla statement to thè board, thè
lt her almllar aratema In the State Knglneer aald that by coopera
baaed on the amount of pipe timi 3 fi.liuti arma rould be recintine,!
■ I number of lire hrdranta and lustrali of 21.300. and thè roat to thè
>f operation, or the annual mat aettlera would be redured frolli )33
d c ha r g e a
to $27 per arre
Ile aays a further aavlng rould be
eliceteli by thè use of government
El h i,3 Wl l l l l l ll REPORT
fieli! Inatrumenla and ronatrurtlon
marhlnery and «qutpment whlrh cali
||l' weather report taken at 6 lie ahlpped frtim other proJect»
at the lirdmond Demons! ra
"The wlde experlenre of thè board
fa n i hr T. G. Slovena, co-op- of Consulting englneera of thè recla
ohaerver.
matimi servire wlll be inaila av al l
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T ilt INK IN TE R E S TE D
The following fart» and figures re
garding the resources of Crook coun
ty have been taken from the "Oregon
Almanac," the official pamphlet of
the state, published by the State of
Oregon for the Information of home-
seekers, settlers and Investors:
Crook county haa a land area of
7.77K square miles, and compares In
aim to New Jersey with 7,614 square
miles
The uncultivated but tillable land
In the rouuty amounts to 1.42k,21k
acres
1‘ ubllc lands In the county show a
total of 1.602.061 acres.
282.703
lores of tillable farm land. 494;724
acres of grating lands (partly tilla
ble 724.644 acres of niountaluoua,
timbered, mineral, etc . 1.212.073
acres surveyed; 60,()20 acres unaur-
veyed. 229.94H acres In Carey Act
segregations (not deeded I
The public lands In the laud dis
tricts nre as follows
In the Hums
dlstrlrt this county has a total of
Hk.o76 acres. 70.460 acres of grat
ing land, and 17.616 arres of moun
tainous. timbered, mineral, etc land
In the l^ikevlew district the county
has a total of 47 1.466 acres. 94.289
acres of farm land. 330,012 arres of
grating land, and 47.166 arres of
mountainous, timbered, mineral, etc.
land
In The Malles dlstrlrt the
ruuuty haa a total of 942.620 acres,
lkk.604 acres of farming land. 94,-
262 acres of grating land, and 659.-
7 64 acres of mountainous, timbered,
mineral, etc. land
The tillable lands In the county
are
282.793 acres of public lands
open to entry. 257.1 1 1 acres of Car
ey Act Irrigable. 32.160 acres school
land
The privately owned land Is
63.KH6 acres In farms. 802.26k acres
unfenced and partly limbered The
total tillable acreage now uncultivat
ed Is 1.428,2 1 k; acres now under
cultivation. 70.986.
Number of farms In county 1.355.
average acres per farm 421 k. value
of farm property $ 1 4.134.843.00, per
cent Increase 1900-10, 182 7; aver
age value all property l per farm!
$10.432. average value land per
acre. $33 41
The Irrigation In the county Is as
follows
lotnd In farms, 671.600
acres; Improved land In farms. 138,-
364 acres, acreage capable of Irriga
tion. 1910, (In segregations! 111.-
360. acres Included In projecta. 463.-
811; cost of enterprises tto July 1,
1910) $1,961.817; estimated final
cost of existing enterprises (July 1.
1910) $4.842,082; average cost per
acre Included In proJ««ct8. $10.67.
Summary of Carey Act (Irriga
tion) lands In county;
Deschutes
Reclamation & Irrigation Co. 1,11«
acres, leln tlxed by board, $5,000;
annual maintenance per acre. 50c;
gravity system from Deschutes river.
Central Oregon Irrigation Co.. 139,-
204.63 acres; lien fixed by board.
$2.50 per waste acre. $40 per Irriga
ble acre; annual maintenance, 80c;
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IT HAS BEEN OUR AIM TO CARE FOR THE NEEDS OF
OUR OLD CUSTOMERS, AND ALSO TA K E CARE OF
NEW ONES.
A L L THE COURTESIES EXTENDED TO CLIENTS CON
SISTENT WITH GOOD, SOUND, CONSERVATIVE B AN K
ING METHODS.
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Redmond Bank of Commerce
U. S. DEPOSITORY
Capital Stock Fully Paid............. $25,000.00
AT LAIDLAW
W ORD T H A T T H IS SEP-
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SEE
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I. XNDSEEKERS TH IS SPRING
and
OPPORTUNITY
TUTION.
HAVE
1« the LEADING
THE
SAFE, SOUND AND CONSERVATIVE B ANKING INSTI
TIOX
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FACILITIES,
AND INVITES NEWCOMERS TO THIS PAR T OF THE
K XII.ROAR OFFICIAI.** S IX T H E Y
The Redmond Spokesman
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SVI A R E M A N Y P E O P L E A T T E N D T H E BIO
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P A R E O F — SPEECHES
L A R G E HI SI NESS HERE
EINE DIN N E R SERVED
MADE—
Thr advent of newcomers Into
this section this spring Is already be
ginning to be seen. During the past
month quite a number of people
from Washington. Idaho and other
states have arrived In Redmond with
the Intention of locating In this dis
trict.
Many of these people have bought
land and gone onto their purchases
already. One store In the city lilted
out seven different new locators
Tuesday with groceries, etc. This Is
only an Instance of one day.
K W. Graham, XX'estern Industrial
agent of the Great Northern rail
road. recently Informed J. W. Brew
er. president of the Commercial Club
of this city, that his road had assur
ances that many people from east
ern states where the Great Northern
demonstration cars have exhibited,
have expreseed their Intention of
coming to Redmond and this part of
Centra! Oregon this spring on the
redured colonist fares.
These rates are In effect from
March 15th to April 15th, and dur
ing thnt period this section of the
country may look for a large num
ber of newcomers who are desirous
of locating on Irrigated land, and the
showing made by the Redmond Dis
trict has appealed to them.
The Spokesman Is in receipt of let
ters from people In this state and
other states, asking If there are va
cant houses tn Redmond for rent,
saying tn thetr letters that they are
romtng here with thetr families to
look for land and want to keep
In January. 1910. two Portland
young men. M. A. Lynch and J. R
Roberts, arrived tn Redmond and
bought out the E. L. Iverson grocery
store on the corner of 6tli ami ■
streets.
Their store at that time
was a small concern, and the stock
of goods was far from being large
Both these men were hustlers and
wide awake business men. and saw
the opening here for a store that
would, if conducted on right busi
ness principles, be a benefit to the
town and surrounding country.
Immediately
upon buying the
store Messrs. Lynch & Roberts be
gan a systematic campaign of Judi
cious advertising to get In touch with
the buying people and let them know
they were In business, and what they
had to sell to the consumer.
This
advertising has been kept up persist
ently week after week trr the col
umns of The Spokesman, and the re
sult has been that today Lynch A
Roberts' store is the largest one tn
Central Oregon and carries a stock
of goods seldom found outside of a
large city.
Not alone has advertising been
the means of growth and success for
this firm. They have catered to the
wants of the people and have made
prices such that trade from many
miles In all directions comes to thetr
store. They have been up-to-date in
all lines of goods, and their name
has become a household word tn
Crook county and this part of Cen
tral Oregon.
They have realized
that it Is up to the store keeper to
I.ast Saturday the little town of
Laidlaw, 12 miles south of here, was
the center of attraction in this coun
ty. The occasion was the "Joltlflca-
tton" meeting pulled off by the Laid
law Development League to com
memorate the action of the late Leg
islature In making an appropriation
of $450.000 to complete the irriga
tion work of the old Columbia South
ern project In which the farmers in
and around Laidlaw are vitally Inter
ested. and who have been waiting for
the completion of this project about
seven years.
Invitations to the doins' had been
sent broadcast over the state, and
there was a large attendance to help
the little town work off Its enthusi
asm. Redmond turned out a large
delegation and Bend and other towns
In the county did likewise. The band
from Bend furnished music for the
occasion. J N. B. Gerklng. president
of the Laidlaw Development League,
was master of ceremonies and saw to
It that everything went off as smooth
as oil. and that all visitors were wel
comed In an appropriate manner.
The exercises of the day were con
ducted tn the Presbyterian church.
After an eloquent and approprtte in
vocation by Rev. F. Harvey of this
city, speeches were made by J. XV.
Brewer of Redmond, Editor Putnam
of the Bend Bulletin, Representative
Forbes of Bend, J. E. Sawhtll, secre
tary of the Central Oregon Develop
ment League. H. E. Lounsberry, gen
eral freight agent of the O.-XV. R. A
N Co., and others.
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