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About The Redmond spokesman. (Redmond, Crook County, Or.) 1910-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1913)
Redmond Spokesman Published at the “ Hub City” of Central Oregon VOL 4. N». 25 )S1 NOT M O R S ELI WEST MAKES APPEAL PIONEER REAL ESTATE IT TO SECRETARY LANE MAN GETS RESULTS Ll i \i mini agen r ill.it»: «>» m »\ i h >. H iiM iti IN I H l l l l III I s s i s i IM , ||{|(|<, \. F. \( IH»N I'lU »Jl.< T IN I IO M i k IO. M i l ' l l > >:|(V'H I IH H HI HI- NE nn II IN MM »II h*~* < lewr NUIrmml In Urgant In Hanl* Kl m m Ini Help In Take Over llr U m l n l H*’ III hr W i h h I K n u n l n > I -an*!« $1.50 KKDMOND, CROOK COUNTY. OKKG0N. THURSDAY. DKUKMBKR 25. 1913 and li«M tallii C. O. I U m h Near I (edite • ti\| Man) People Knmi .III He. Hi,ns of (lie I', M. on Good per yea r MERRY CHRISTMAS Crook Count) U m l I r i. Kirrer, r «prial » i r m of (hr Pronouncing the North Canal unit during the past year F W. Mc- |r!<l cMrli-r of (hr I' H UrfirfAl of the t'mtral Oregon Irrigation Co Caffery, the pioneer real estate man I ! Office ijMilil Mollila) It) Hnl project thr cheapest amt moat f*asl of Itedtuond and this part of Oregon, The holiday* are with ua— Christmas, tbe day of good cheer; ) '» lai 1 .-1 »1 ||€ H* I pAI hi.* project ln ihr .tain for redama* has located a number of people r o U r bu«ii»«*»a wh ic h b ru lic h i him lion through federal and atat<* aid. lu territory adjacent to Itedmond New Years, the day of good resolutions. (h l « v ic in ity « a a th r m atter o f tío» \V«*al haa dlr**< trd a li«tt**r to Mr McCafTery stated to The .Spokes We use our allotted apace this week In wishing our patrona in !«."■! rutting on govrnrtimnnt !• Hr, rotary of thi* Interior l.aiu*. urg man that his sales for the year had particular, and the community In general, " A Merry Cbristmaa.” I« A |»mctlr« which h«a hrm Ing that an early examination and been very satisfactory, and that for ltl(r common In «otti* parta of (hr a|i|ira!a«i!i»*nt !>«* made of It ao that the coming year he had a large num This wish conies from the warest corner of our heart, aa we fully yutiirv. and m«»»t of It In violation It ran In* determined wbrlhrr or not ber of prospective buyers lined up realize that our efforts to pleaae our rapidly Increasing patrona haa la» Mr Karrar «aid i ho government «till ro operate with from different parts of the Cnlted teen fully appreciated. Who ts there among ua too old to remember ' Thr only peraon who I« allowed th« alat« In redalmlng It aril wiMid or timber from unpat the Chrlatmaa of hla childhood? la there one who does not look Inrloaod with th« l«tt«r la a coin* j| ’ n .1 !. ■ . « « * . **| « : • * muni, atlon from K II llo|»aon. auj, bark upon It aa the happieat day of hla life? Probably the next I s » ... a r •! f I• • ,1 at. ! ••rtlalng «ngln««r for th« mrlaniatlon happiest day. to many, at least, is tbe day they made their first de L fur ( h r ptir|Miae o f d e a r i n c ( h r servile In thi* atatr. In whlrh hr dr posit in our bank Your Increased prosperity began at that time, Ltxl for c u l t i v a t i o n lie ra n not • larra that thr project warrants an [nt a toi ae)| from land w h ic h h r d*»ea examination hy ttir atatr and govern- and at this happy Yule-tide you have been able to make your family b»! r i p e * ! lo m lt lv a t r . n i f i If lit tornl. and hr estimates thr roat of and friends presents of real value from the interest money your Idle }«»«*• not f o llo w ( h e «ottlt icr I ) a* trial thr rtamlnatlon at 11.000 Thr got- dollars have made for you at our hank while you have slept. lultl.aMon within a f*,» » « m a b l c t i m e rrnor'a lottrr to thr arrr«*tary of thr |r la lla h lr f o r trewpaaa. a m i m a y h e tntrrlor aaya In part Heautlful and right it is that gifts and good wishes should fill I t o |*a x the f u ll market "Many of hr moat difficult prob- the air like snowflakes at Christmas tide. What better wish could • tur o f t h r w o o d t o l d Irma no«« hrfom ua In untiring our you have fur your friends and neighbors than that they do as you " A n y |M*r»on w h o haa no wtM»d o r natural rraourrra ran only ho solvetl hy hrarty * o operation brltrrn Ihr j ' a nw fi Im .d m a t • -it I have done deposit their idle money in our bank so that next Christ Thr I »ear h u tra ro U ( . u i t ( o t r r n t u r n t la n d for h l» o w n •lair and nailon mas they. too. can make presents from the interest their deposits |i t u t t i n g f r o m »u« h lamia oprralltr In«raligailon uua In prog have made for them. Would It not be a Christian act for you to rraa may hr rt[»rrtrd tu ojien Up a for aalr I » a t r r a p a » » an d h r la Ila and uarful field for future a iMith f o r t h r v a l u e o f t h r « o r n i large suggest this to any of your friends in whom you feel an interest? hurlng your laat visit here, funder a civil «ult, and for c r i m i n a l work Come to the bank with them and help to start them on the road to prosecution also Thr p e o p le w h o and atnr« your return to Waahlngton prosperity before he New Year begins. buy w ood or timber which ha» been you ha«« rt(.r*-aard appreciation of «ut In traapaar. are alan liable to the th« altitude of Oregon and your In One of our Time Deposl Certificates, with a credit of one dollar y >H-rnmrnt for the full market tention lo allot a turn for ro-upera- or more, would make a One Christmas present. Come in at any f a in e o f all Ihr wckh I oo bought by tl«v ronatrurtlon of an Irrigation time and we will be pleased to explain these certificates to you. project in Central Oregon • « Ihr aovrmment I» not bar "The atatr la now constructing the red from recovering Ita property by I a male nor by lapse of time, and can Tumalo I'rujr* t In that region and ! nelle It wherever found. In the wood the work haa «very Indi* atlon of auc- ceaa In Ihe «Irlnliy of the Tumalo house of thr purchaser, or on a rail 1‘ rojert there la a large nrgregatlon F W MrCalTery. Pioneer Heal Fa road car tate Dealer of Redmond "There appeara to have been much tinder the Carey Art hy a company *>d taken from the lands known aa the Central Oregon Irriga near Kedmnnd which have been »eg lion Co Thta work waa tlaltrd by States who are desirous of locating Work hy thta com In Crook county, and especially In r* rated under the Carry Act Cut you laat Auguat ting wood for sale from these land* pany haa been practically at a aland* the Kedmond District, where Irriga Is Just as much a trespass aa cutting ■till for a long Ume. owing to tta In tion has been carried to a successful f ro m a homeated entry The o n ly ability to finance further extension termination ID'cent sales made by Mr. McCaf- The company desires person who can sell wood from su« h of the work It land Is the Carey Act settler who Is to have the state or nation, or both, fery during the past days are: rl««arlng the land for cultivation The appraise and lake over an Important !.. Moore and family of III from Co ownership of these lands rest« in (he unit of Ita work. Including some 34.- lumbia, S C . located on a nice piece government until the conditions laid 000 acres, thereby reliving It of an of la nd In the Cowell Hull«* section, down by the Carey Act have been obligation under «vhlrh It cannot adjoining Kedmond F A Miller of Kllensburg. Wn.. fulfilled and the lands have been for make gtwid “ I have given the matter much located on a »900(1 farm east of the mally turned over to the state Kvrn the Irrigation rotnimny. constructing consideration and have obtained ad city. S Windsor of Outlook. Wn.. who Hi«' water system, ran yot »«dl wood vice from <iuallf!rd experta, Includ Inclos bought the Graham place near Sis or titulier from Iheae lands, egrept In ing the reclamation service rases where they may engag«» In ed la a copy of a letter from K (1 ters for »7 500 « tearing land for prospective a**ttlers Hopson, aupervlalng engineer, 1’ . H "A little reflection will show that U M . written In answer to my re- III IIK I n » I IH N I K ull the wood or limber should t»r left qurat of a few days ago. I am rea I t i l i NOMI« INK TO WORK to the settler What this cointtiunity sonably convinced this la one of Ihe n«*eda Is more settler», and the more cheapest ami 1(1 ost feasible projects The following letter has been re- Indurruienta therg are on the lami In the state; the character of the celved from (Sov. West, and Is pub country you will yourself r«*eollect. HAS I.INKS EXTENDED TO A U , MEETING TO UK IIKI.D KARLA' Cl.KAN SHOKS CACHE OK MOST the »«Kitier the community will get lished with Ihe Idea that some on? them The standing trees, or even "I believe an early examination and may be In a position to help the IMPORTANT TOWNS IN JANI ARA' IRRIGATION TKOIBI.E down trees which are aotind. are cer appraisement of all legal and physi w rlter: tainly more of an Inducement than cal facta bearing on Ihe project and Oak drove. Or., Dec 15. the same land with only the stumps pertinent to a poMlble acuulelllon of Uov. West. Salem, Or. the company's plant and the early to grub out. and nothing lo help hear Dear Sir: I took out u permit to the expense of clearing, and nothing completion by the ataie and nation In enlarge n ditch In Crook county out Continuous Light anil Power Service U m l lh>nr<l Will Meet Next Month in Governor Declares He Will IVoceed co-operation should he made. on the land for fuel or fencing If the project Is found feasible It of Crooked river, and there Is be Given Satisfactorily at a Me- Order to Determine Value With Work. Leaving Lewis “ The 1 department of the Interior tween «370 and »730 worth of might he built during 1914 and dora not wish to work any hardship work still for me to do on It. Do you «Hum Cos« of tbe New Dam on the Cushions Present Indications are that on the resident« of this community 1916 think you could get some one to do In the way of their getting fuel, hut all expenditures. Including Ihe ar- It for me? It would have to be done I he cutting of wood for Ihe purpose qulsltlon of Ihe plant, will not he by the first of May. and I could pay of sale will he pro«e« ufed to the full more than «»00.000. While nothing the rash as the work was done. extent of the law provided Iherefor, should he done that would commit In an interview at Salem laat One of the public utilities that has The board of engineers who will Yours very respectfully. If ihe practice la continue«! Any per either the stale or nation to a proj MKS S I*. GLENN. put Redmond and other cities anil determine the character of the big week Gov. West said: ect not yet fully Invealfated or de son who ran not go an«1 get his own towns In Crook county In the front dam that will fce built to impound Declaring that the Irrigation proj woo«| from vacant government lands termined upon, I would Ilk** to have, rank of users of ehetrlcal power and the waters of Tumalo creek for the ect troubles in this state are due to T H I N « \ NT I It I ti l i . \TI< IN may get a permit to hire some one to tf possible, an Informal assurance light ts the Deschutes Power Co., Irrigation of the lands under the poor advice given the State Desert get it f«ir him by applying to the from you that you will allot some which located in this section of the state's Tumalo segregation, have l.and Board by State Engineer Lew « 400,000 or «500,000 for a dollar- At a recent meeting of the farm Chief of Field Division, Ornerai state early In the year of 1913. been chosen and will hold their first is and a general lack of ability on ers of the Madras country anil the for-dollar co operation with the state Land Office, at hla headquarters at The company is composed of men meeting in January. the part of the State Engineer, Gov. Crook County Farmers’ Cnloti held 310 Custom Mouse. Fortland. Ore In the event the project be found gen who do things, and the way in which The personnel of the board is D. West outlined his plan for bringing On at the residence of A. D. Anderson they hustled the completion of their iron, by stating that he has no wood entity feasible and salsfaotory. C. Henny, a consulting engineer of about state and federal co-operation or timber land, and giving the legal my part. I will pledge you my earn near Madras, for the purpose of dis plants at The Cove on Crooked river, Portland: C. M. Redfleld, chief engi in completing the North Canal unit cussing the Deschutes Valley Irriga est endeavors toward seeing a simi dfscriptlon of the Imiti where he and at Cline Kails on the Deschutes neer for the Central Oregon Irriga of the Central Oregon Irrigation wishes It to he cut, ami the amount lar Bum In due time provided by the tion project, after a full discussion of river, 4 miles west of this city, has tion Co.; John H. Lewis, state engi ! Co’s, project in Crook county. the whole subject, the following res he wants, and the name of the per state." proven that they fully carried out neer; O. Lauregaard, project engi The governor brandd the state tlov. West has designated January olutions were adopted; son who I« to do the rutting; or sev their promises and agreements with neer in charge of the Tumalo work ment recently made by Engineer "Resolved, that we are unani 17 as the time for holding a meet eral persona may Join in getting one the people of Crook county, and have ing of Ihe svlllers on Ihe project of mously In favor of the Deschutes given them one of the best power Drilling operations have been carried Lewis that the entire matter should permit for their wood M on at the proposed site of the reser be put up to the Federal Government the Central Oregon Irrigation Co to Valley Irrigation Project, and rec and lighting systems in the state. voir dam to find out the character of for completion as more of his use ommend the .Immediate approval by outline to them a plan to reclaim the Elsewhere in this issue— on pages UAI l l l I T III S T r i . A N N F D FOB lands In the North Canal unit thru the Secretary of the Interior of the 3 and 7— will be found illustrations the foundation, and from the data less red tape and poor advice. S V .W 1 KAHN DAY IIKHK federal and slate aid The company same, ami that steps be taken at the i the board will be able to decide what "Fo r three years I’ve sat on the of the company's main plant at The offers to relinquish the unit In ques earliest possible time toward the Im Cove, and descriptive matter relat kind of a dam is most feasible to Desert Land Board and got nothing Arrangements nr«' being made for tion. comprising 94.00« acres, to the mediate construction and completion | build. out of the State Engineer but re ing to the magnitude of the work the a rabbit hunt In the territory sur state In order Ihn! It may he reclaim of the project. Work on the Tumalo Project ts be- ports,” said the governor. "And we ; company hns done In Crook county rounding K«*dmond on New Years ed through federal and state aid j ing continued during the winter as are no better off now then we were "Resolved, that we urge upon our Lay Hunters are requested to meet For surrendering It nsks lo he re senators anil representatives in Con In less than a year. far as possible, and will include the then. The trouble with our irriga hanging of the steel flume when it tion projects is due to either poor ad A! Wright’» store at 10 oYlork a numerated to the extent of »900.- gress thnt they use all possible In N \ MK H KOIt M A I L I N G m. Captains will he elected and the noo, and It Is estimated that »450,- fluence to aid the Secretary of tho arrives. Only one excavation con vice or lack of advice from the state tract on the feed canal remains fo be engineer, who is supposed to know sides chosen nt that time. The side oon w ill be necessary lo complete the Interior in initiating and completing »•«»ring ihe least points to pay ex The Spokesman has the name of completed, and this work may be fln- about these things. I'm going ahead the project at the earliest possible reclamation work pense of n fee<1 for the crowd. In every taxpayer In Crook county, with : tshed by Jan. 1 if the weather re now without paying further atten time. < onnertlon with this hunt Is Is v«*ry "Resolved, that the secretary of their postofllce address. Persons de mains favorable. Next season all the tion to the state engineer. No use buying out of town our probable that the ladles will provide "With the Tumalo Project the this meeting forward a copy of these siring names for mailing or other present settlers will receive irriga h lunch for the hunters. No hoys merchant* have It. resolutions to the Secretary of the purposes can secure same at this of tion water for their lands from the state has demonstrated that it can do new feed canal, as It will be fluished this work quickly, cheaply and effl- fice at a reasonable figure. nnder 11 allowed. This Is the print shop where qual Interior, our senators ami represen before the irrigation season starts in COM MITTKK ity mid service an* llrst considera tatives In Congress and the governor Contlnued on Page 5 Try our Classified Ada—-lc word. I April. I of the state of Oregon.” The Spokesman for good printing tions. I Redmond Bank of Commerce R E D M O N I), O R E G O N ENGINE ARE DECIDED UPON DESCHUTES POWER CO. BENEFITS THE COUNTY .WEST NOT IN . ACCORD WITH LEWIS j ; t