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
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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
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