Redmond Spokesman
Published at the “ Hub City” of Central Oregon
VO L 4.
No. 4
HKDMONI). CROOK COUNTY, OKKUON. THURSDAY, JULY 31. 191«
OREGON POTATO PRODUCERS WILL HAVE
BETTER PRICES POR PRODUCT EVEN WITH
THE SMALLER ACREAGE AND PRODUCTION
Total (»ulpul of H ip I V III.
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H y » ■ i H l ' o h m , market editor many of ih«» |>ro<l mera.
« ho li
o f the I'or t land Journal. « ho « aa ttiaraly ranlara, » a r a unabla lo c o n
In III to iM*r< l o l l A Í p * » r o l « A j f o , h a »
tinua eicept
on
a
vary limitad
paid pa Ul ular attention lo Ihr 1 1 1 3 acal»
potato crop, and from figure» aaih
Tha de« raaaa In lha eipected o u t
arad f « i m illlfpranl serllnna » l i . a nul put o f pntaloea In lha four alalaa of
Iba fol •■»ina «lory In a recent laaua lha Pacific t'oaal Ihla aaaaon raachea
o f Iba Journal. » h l « h «III lo- of In* a total o f I 6.30*.o o o buahela. or al-
taraat lo potato i r n a a r a In I’ rook tnoal aa sreat aa lha total produc
M N f
tion of tha l » o greatest produrlns
Pota IIP» prmu lap lo eell al p i aacllona o f lha coaal Oregon and
t ramal
»t»od prlrra all ii*rr IliP »» aahlnston
Thla la a moat aarloua
roa ilfi
thla
m a in
llaal
l o « altuallnn » h a n taken In connection
pricey »III In all proliabllll jr I» p with the decrease In lha eip ected
(o r a ls i lo lha praaant crop n o * be output o f lha
real o f tha f o i l e d
las dpi and II la mora than llkrl» Minino
that papuda ' « II ba ronaldarad In
Prom present
Indications there
tbo tRiury rlaaa than aa a ne.eeelty will be a vary sond demand for Pa
darlas lha aaaaon
rtite t'oaal potatoes from Missouri
ICva rnhara In lha I'nliad Hiatee rlvar points durlns the rom in* aaa
A W
* vary aarloua daeraaaa In aon
I j u I yaar lha rropa ware so
lb# planting o( polatoaa Ihla aaaaon his everywhere lhal practically every
This, tosalhar
wlfh
Iba generally •eelion had a sufficient supply of
poorar rrop prnepei te IhaiA laal m
lla home srow lh in supply lha local
aoa. a l l í combina to brlns out a territory and atlll have some to ship
abort rrop and Ions prlraa
10 othar points
A l e i lha Parlltr t'oaal lha moat
»»'hila ll la atlll too early to stale
aortOO- abortasa «III ba ahown aa definitely « h a t tha price of potatoes
rompa- rd «Ith tha output o f a year
will ha Ihla aaaaon,
srowera will
aso. I »»’ hila othar aartlona o f lha
Vary likely receive heller than II 00
Caito« Matee will not ha»a aa bis l»er hundred pounds for the hulk of
0 crap aa a year aso, lha deerraee their crop alons the Parirte Toast
will P- lar lasa aanaallonal than on Ihla season
In favored sections,
Ib# «D at
Tha principal raaaon for
closer lo lha blss er ronsumlns point*.
tblo I» that tha coaal atataa practi
11 la quite likely that at least 11 SO
cally (dou bled thalr arraasa In pola-
will ba received
too# laal aaaaon, » h i la thla aaaaon
Much loss In lha potato rrop Ihla
acorar
mora than lha normal arre
aaaaon will ha due to tha Influence
asa t o plantad
o f hllshl. allhntish
lha di-rreoaed
Col Ifornla ahowa lha sraataat da
arrease continues the principal far-
rraoor In plantlns of polatoaa thla
lor
In California the ravasea of
aaaaon
S|«p< lal inquiry amona the
htisa. aa wall aa hllsht. will rut
■ radio potato Intaraata o f lha aouth
down lha total yield per acre som e
diario«- a lha vary Intaraatlna Infor
what. while hllsht will «realty affect
motion lhal In lha ’ ’ river'* aactlon
lha averase In lha three atataa of
alona Itiara la a daeraaaa o f fully
the northwest
S t . M ' acraa from
that
ahown a
Thla aaaaon promises to he a win
yaar nrn
Thar» la ampia raaaon for
ner for potato producers
While
tbla whan II la known lhal fully half
they w ill nol have lha crop o f a yaar
o f tb» T o p of lha aouth » aa navar
Continued on Pasa 4
plorad in lha market laat aaaaon and
Did You Ever
Pay a Bill Twice?
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Acreage
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50,000
46.000
51,000
4M.000
31.000
36.000
71,000
71.000
ARE PLEASED
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HIGH»» AY.
People llvlns In Central On-yon
have known all alons that lha roads
It) Ihla part o f tha stale are much
better than lha Parirte lllshway, but
outsiders have read and heard so
much about the Parirte lllsh w a y and
so little about lha Central Oregon
ronda lhal lha fnlluwlnic story In laal
Sunday's Portland Journal will now
put the roada In Ihla section o f the
slate before lha jieuple at large III
their true light
l-ocal motorists are high In their
praise o f Eastern Oregon roada lead
ing north and south through the
stale of Oregon aa compared with
the Pacific Highway, which Is sup
posed lo he Oregon's main north and
aouth touring route
George Duncan. a lim ber operator
o f ihla city, with II K l-rwla. and
Mr Hunran'a driver. James Van
Tuyl. In an American uuderalung
" a l l . " together with Mr and Mra. A
I. Klah. and Misa lla iel Waller. In
Mr Ptah'a Cadillac, shipped their a u
tomobiles lo The Halles July ti and
left that point Sunday. July ?, driv
ing lo Kedmond. a d stance o f 14 1
miles, for an early dinner
The usual route out o f The Halles
• u not taken by this party. Instead
after leaving The Halles they went
via Hufur.
Tygh
Valley. Maupln.
Shanlko. Madras. Metollus, Culver
and Into Kedmond over tho old mil
itary trail that has aluce been made
a substantial macadamised road In
tact, the greater portion o f the road
from The Halles lo lledmond la made
of maedam and Is In eic eptlonally
good condition
There « r e only a few stretches of
dirt road for the entire distance of
141 miles and they were not very
dusty al the lime thla party made
the trip over them.
From Kedmond a delightful aide
trip that should be enjo yed by all
(hone touring Ihla section o f the atate
la to llelalng'a Kanch on the Metoltua
river, a distance o f about 40 mllea
front Kedmond
The accom m oda
tions at the ranch are eepcclally good
and It I* only a few mtlas from the
ranch to the source o f the Metollus
river, which gushes from the side of
the Illa, h
Multe mountain a full
fledged river
Front Slstera the three mountalna
The one who ha* not had to pay more than one bill the
.«econd time is the exception and not the rule.
to keep the receipt.
payment?
THK SPOKESM AN CAN IIF.I.P YOl
ING TO G E T RK 8IH.T8.
W ITH Y O l’ R A D V E R TIS
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’ Copyright hy Geo. K. Palteraon
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Your
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because he became interested in watching his bank balance
and was thus led to find ways to increase it.
Start a bank
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Why
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REDMOND, OREGON
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CON N EITIN G
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OKEGOX
O F F I C I » US —
S7.YIMMI T O HE E X P E N D E D F O R
TH » T P I KPOH K.
Now» I» any ’ ’ recent or frrah Intelligence or Information ernoern-
Ing any nialtar or ev en t," anil advertising la giving nows relating to
a btialneaa
The ordinary doing» «nil happening« are not new»
For
Inatane», to »ay that Jonea, the dry good* merchant, «ella calleo. I» not
new«
Hut to »ay that Jone» »ella calico 2& per cent below regular
prlre la new«. bu»lncaa new», and adverllalng
Thai adverllalng may be effective, productive and atlmiiUtlng to
hu»lne»» It mii«t he done In the way o f conveying Information. T o »ay
that Smith la atlll niNklng good good* honeatly. and that the people
ought In eal hla product, ennveya neither apeclrtc nor Intereatlng In
formation Hut to ahow why Smith'« good« are good, how the good»
are made and why they are made that way, why they are palatable,
why dl«e»tlhle, and why healthful, are all point« o f Intereat conveying
intelligence
(If courae Ihe new* muat he told hy (he advertlacr In a
way that 1« convincing
Kveryone I» open lo conviction. II I» up to
Ihe advertlaer to demonatrale the real value In any product for »ale.
Every good product will prnltt hy thla teat, for Ihe people are quirk to
lake up with anything they know la good, and «keptlral about a
product o f which they know nothing
If a product cannot «(and Ihe
leal o f publicity It will go off Ihe market, aa It ahould. And a mer
chant whoae hualneaa cannot aland Ihe teat of publicity will not make
a aurccaa o f hla hualneaa
»»’ hen the merchant pula Ihe »ame argumenta and Intelligence Into
hla ada that a good »«legman pula Into hla talk« to aell a commodity ,
then will newapaper adverllalng become Immenaely profitable.
Few people
when paying a bill ask for a receipt, and if they do they fail
»PPKOVKD
Advertising and News
II.SO PER YEAR
A dispatch from Eugene under
date o f July 25. aaya:
‘ The National Forest Department
In Oregon will make the construction
o f the McKeniie Pass road ita fore
most underta kin g,’ ’ declared Charles
II. Flory, chief forester o f Oregon
and Washington, according to the
report o f the staff correspondent of
the Morning Register, writing from
the summit o f the Cascades after
the party had Inspected the SO miles
o f roadway up the M cK eniie Valley
front Eugene.
"T h is road that we have Just cov-
ered Is to he the greatest highway
In O regon.’ * declared Mr. Flory. who
»ays he will recommend the expendi
ture o f nearly $75,000 In the next
three years on the Improvement of
this highway.
’ ’ It is not only the
moat natural connecting link be
tween Central and »»’ estern Oregon,
but Is to be far more.
Thla valley
la to become the playground o f the
Northwest.
’ ’ We shall build this road for au to
mobile traffic
It will be used three
months In every year by thousands
o f tourists. It will be used the rest
o f the year through
by settler«,
miners and tlmbermen.
This road
will be a link In the system c onn ect
ing
Portland
and
Eugene
with
Prlnevllle and Klamath Falla.’*
Resides Mr. Flory. the party in-
cuded T »»’ arren Allen. Washington.
H. C.. en gineer o f the Federal De
partment o f Highways; State High
way Engineer H. W. Bowlby. C. R.
Setts, supervisor o f the Cascade Na
tional Forest; County Judge T h om p
son. County Commis sioners H emp
hill andHawley,
and
F. S. Allen,
representing the Morning Register.
The money available for this
year's work am ounts to $4,000. and
la derived
front the 10 per cent
share o f the government timber sold.
Next year, according to Mr. Flo ry's
estimate, at least twice this amount
will be available.
M A. Lynch o f Kedmond. presi
dent o f the
Crook
County Good
Roads Association, went to the sum
mit and met the ab ove party, and
accompanied them to Sisters. From
Sisters, Messrs. Allen, Flory and
Bowlby returned to Redm ond with
Mr. Lynch, and the balance o f the
party went to Eugene.
Mr. Bowlby
la expected to arrive here Monday
and go over the roads In Crook
county the Good Roada Association
propose to Improve, and give an esti
mate o f the probable coat o f such
Improvements.
President Lynch states that Crook
county has put the road on this side
of M cK eniie Pass In g ood condition,
and that still more work will be
done there before long.
IN TENNIS MATCH
L A ID I.»»»
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(D IR T S
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OFF
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IX
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GOOD
THF
PLAY-
GAMES
KODMAX
K ED .M O XD — R E D -
M A JO R ITY
OF
GAMES.
Sunday was a busy day in R ed
mond for the Laidlaw and Redaiond
tennis players. Ten mem bers o f the
" T u m a lo Tennis Terriers.’’ the name
o f the Laidlaw tennis club, came
ov er to try conclu sions with the
crack players o f Redm ond.
Games
were played both forenoon and aft
ernoon, and many spectators wit
nessed the afternoon playing.
The Laidlaw players were enter
tained by the Redm ond tennis club
and ev erythin g done to make their
stay pleasant while In the city.
A
return match will be played at Laid
law In a few weeks.
Followin g is
the score as furnished for publica
A letter received from C. B. Hop-
tion:
ley. a former resident o f this city,
D o u b le s .
states that he and Mrs. Hopley are
Moore and llosch vs. Henderson
at present In Minneapolis. Minn.
and Schaller. 4-0. 4-0.
Gardner and Barr va. Beasley and
Servant
(answerin g bell) — My
Grose.
4-3, 4-4.
master Isn't In. sir. You may leave
»V. 9. Rodman and R Immele vs.
the bill If you wish.
Caller (In s u r p ris e )— Bill? I have Mars and alik e. 7 5. 5-7. C-4.
W alter Rodm an and J. R Roberta
no bill. I wish to--------
vs.
Mara and Beasley. 4-2. 4-4, 4-3.
Servant (In surprise, a l s o ) — No
R. Immele and F. Phoenix va.
bill? Then you must hare called at
the w rong house.
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