Redmond
Spokesman
Published at the “ Hub City” of Central Oregon
VOL 4.
No. :«)
REDMOND. ( KOOK COUNTY. OREGON, TH U R SD A Y, J A N U A R Y 29. 1914
k » IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRANSACTED AND «7 NEW At Recent Meeting Board Voten
MEMBERS JOIN TIIE < l.l B— D. ( . FREEMAN OF THE
Against the North Canal
S. I*. & S. KY. CilYES A SERIES OF I.AND SHOW AND
Proposi I ion
CENTRAL OKKUON
$1.50 PER Y E A R
Advantages of a Bank Account,
However Small It May Be
VIEWS TO THE CLUB IN THE
SPARKS THEATER— OCCASION CONTI.I DES WITH A
RIO BANQUET
AT THE
REDMOND ORILL
WHERE
SPEKC IIES ARK MADE BY DIFFERENT MEMBERS
(GOVERNOR WILL NOT
ABANDON HIS PLAN’S
It is well to pay bills promptly, but not to pay the same bill
twice.
Stule Treasurer Kay and Kngi-
Bl !... Kpitiiiuinl Commercial «'lull
,1 a» «iiih u ilw lk lupolina un iho
hi of January St
There were 8u
mbora of Ih» club prnaeut, amt
rial «Iattura
All through Iho
«■UK ilio gol together «pirli pro
I p ,I ami taken all tho ««ay through
aaa »no of Iho boat ami miai In
’paling mooting« Iho rlub baa belt!
’ a nu in bar of month«
A mmniunlrallon waa receive*!
3 i. ibr Klanialb Falla t'omniorrlal
ub ««king tuia rlub lo cooperale
lb I bo in amt uaa Ita offorta to havo
« Williamson and ftpraguo river«
r<i«a opon lo navigation an thee«-
roaini could bo used for logging
leratluna Un mol Imi a rouimltloo
■
, if liuy E Ihibaon. Will lì
1 M 1 ami II I. Hr bau aaa ap
Intrd by President UovIman to
¡raft a roaulullon In rontpllanro « lili
ro<|tioat of tba Klamath Kalla
Ini
J It Itnborta. rhalrman of iho
i
»• to Maura u appi
(a!, Imlli.n for I hr iliih. n-iHiri. I
rogroaa and lha rommllloa aaa In
ruriod to continua Ita work
Tho Park t'ummlttoa *aa Inatruri
d to got busy" and bava aoniolhlng
••Unito to report at Iho halt maal
M -
M A l.ynrh of tha Good Itoada
nmmlttaa. reportad that thny «aro
orklng on tha pro|M>altlon and ot
»artoil to aoon have aomethlng tan
iblo lo olfor the club
Win U PboanU of tho Kural Free
Mall Houle ronimllloa. ro|iortad lhal
a politlón had been circulated for a
rural rmilo out from Itila rlly and 78
•Ignora obtained along Ibo route Tbr
lutai number of aignora up to date,
ho atated, waa 128
Mr Ifmenlt
outlined the route propoaod, from
Hediuond lo lm «a r Hrldge. air . ami
atatod lhal la waa poaalblo that an
oihor rural route rould bo eatabllah
»■I oaal lo the Uonrbutoa Mellon
It
«aa patlmated that 150 people would
bo aorvad by lha Ixiwar llrldga mulo
Mr Pboanli alalod
lie further «aid
ho thought It would tie a good plan
to hare tba rural mule pel Ilion noni
lo nur nettatura and rnproaonlatlvea
and have them help ua nut In thla
mailer.
Joe Howard made remark« on the
atihjerl of lha propoard rural free
d«l!*ory and aald ha would like to
h«»e the club by raanlutlon endorse
the petition, which Iho rlub did Ho
further aald ho desired to aeo all lha
people In thla section, city people
ami farmers, aland together hand In
hand on Itila matter, for co-operation
» « « the aoltition of «ucce«« of any
undertaking In Ihla aertlon. and If
the people would all work together
* « could gal whgt waa coming to ua
I. E .Smith waa elected a member
of the club by acclamation
J W llrewer moved lhal lha prea
Ment appoint n standing It. F. D.
commina«, and J W Moore. Win. tl
Phoenix, L K Hmlth. J. W. llrewer
*bd J H Hubert« were appointed
M. A. I.ynch aald It waa lime the
Weal Side waa thinking over the
matter of aolertlng a man for county
ro.nmlaaloaer to be elected at the
ruining fall election. lie aald we
had no representation on Ihla aide of
• he river anti waa of the opinion we
• ere entitled to a com ml «alo nor
K W. MrCafTery atlggealeil the
name of U K Hmlth for county eom-
mlaaloner.
Mr Hmlth thanked the club for
bringing hla name up for oHIce. anti
•alii he hardly thought he waa Iho
man to select for the office aa he waa
mil well enough aninalnted In the
rotinly to poll a large vole.
J W. llrewer suggested a ron far-
enee riimmltlee he appointed to con-
(or with the I lend and other com
mercial riuba aa regards a candidate
for county commissioner lhal would
he acceptable and could be elected.
President Hodman appointed ua atich
committee M A l.ynrh. K. W. Mr-
I'alfery amt K K Morrill
Mr llrewer aisled lhal Ihla rlub
waa entitled lo n«e delegate# lo the
Irrigation Congress lhal will meet In
Portland February 13 1«, and ug-
geated I he president appoint aueh
delegates aa would lie terlaln to at
tend the 111 eel lug
President Hodman made a few re
marks on llie advisability of Ihe peo
ple In Hedmoml and Ihla aei-tlon. and
tile members of Ibe club especially,
gelling In rloaer touch with our sen
alora amt representative« gt Wash
ington. and writing Ihetn letter» oc
casionally »titling Ibe needs of Ihla
aertlon of llte slate About
mem
ber« present expressed thrlr willing-
news lo write letter«, and follow
lhem up until results were obtained
H I, Janies made some pointed
remark« on the question of the club
securing permanent quarters and
having a club room
He aald he
Ihoughl II would stimulate more In
terval In the dub. be a place where
Ihe farmers could go when they
came lo town, and be a place where
member« of (In- i lub could drop In at
any lime for a chat or to read the
papers or umgailriea
The proposi
tion met with favor and the presi
dent appointed H I. James. J W
Moore ami II F lieHouia a commit
tee to look further Into the matter
and ace what could be done toward
securing a location, and to work out
delalla of furnishing Ihe room with
the tiei-caaary equipment
Henry McKee, (he w«ll known
railroad construction contractor who
made Hedmoml hla headquarter«
while building ihe Oregon Trunk
Hy In Ihla aedIon. waa present and
President Hodman Introduced him
lo Ihe club and called on him fur
some remark« aa to future railroad
building In ihla pari of ihe county
Mr McKee aald there would not be
much railroad building any where In
Ihe I ‘tilled Stale« and especially In
( ’ rook county until Ihe railroads
could gel legitimate returns on their
In« valtueula lhal adverse legisla
tion waa the cause now that was
holding back construction work He
further ««Id there would not be any
railroad building In (’ rook county
during 1*18. but the year following
wooItl si-e some work done here, lit*
«aid he hail always looked upon Ked-
mond aa a place with a good future,
even when he flrat went through thla
section aeveral year« a go —he had
yel lo am- a place In Central Oregon
that la aa good aa Hedmond. "The
only way lo advance la to all pull to
gether and «lay together, and event
ually you will make it sucre««.” con
cluded Mr McKee.
A welcome waa extended to Ihe
vlallora by President Hodman, and
they were Invited to uttend the mov
ing picture« al the Sparka theater
to be given by 1» O. Freeman, pub
licity agent of the H. I*. A H Ity.,
allowing acenea al the Chicago and
New York IJtnd Show« and different
scene« In Central Oregon. Immediate
ly after adjournment of Ihe meeting,
and alao lo participate In the ban
quet al Ihe Hedmond drill after Ihe
moving picture «how waa over.
Prealdent Hodman elated II waa
the deal re of Ihe club lhal facmera
join the club, and for that purpoae a
special Initiation fee hnd been made
He aald the farmer« and city people
should work hand In hand for their
mutual Internet« and up building of
thla aedlon.
ji>e Howard ami ( » « » Stagey of
l.ower Hrldge, and Geo Hobbe of
Powell Unite. Joined Ihe club.
After Instructing the secretary to
remit Ihe rlub'a membership dues lo
Ihe Irrigation Congress the meeting
adjourned and went lo Ihe Hparka
theater to view the moving picture«
Continued on Page S
Sometimes bookkeepers, by mistake, send out bills after
they have been paid.
ncer la-win Again*! the State
I f you pay by check, however, the can
celled checks are returned to you and can be produced as receipts.
Going Into the Irrigation and
Checking accounts are therefore more than a convenience.
Reclamation liuainrwi
They are an insurance against over payment.
Every
man or
woman who pays bills should do so with checks.
lly a vole of three lo one. the
Slate desert l-and Hoard, al a meet
ing held last week, defeated a reso
lution lot rodUfrd by Uov. West fa
voring Ihe reclamation of Ihe North
Canal unit of Ihe Central Oregon Ir
rigation Co through «(ale and feder
al alii, (he executive alone voting for
It.
The «rheme to reclaim Ihla unit br
(lie alale with federal co-operation
waa launched by Ihe Governor, and
he announced after the meeting that
he would not abandon the plan, but
continue to labor for II. and that he
hoped lo carry It through In the end
The government has agreed (o make
an Investigation aa to (be feasibility
of reclaiming (he land, and the exe
cutive In (he near future will an
nounce plana whereby he hopes to
have thè alate carry out Its part,
should the government find condi
tions favorable.
Stale Treaaurer Kay voted against
Ihe resolution on the ground that he
did not favor the slate entering Into
the Irrigation business, declaring
hlmaelf opposed to appropriations
being created at Ihe expense of Ihe
people al large to reclaim arid lands.
Stale Kngtneer le-wla also declared
hlmaelf opposed to reclamation work
being carried on In the state through
direct appropriation. The last I*eg-
talaiure authorised Ihe submlaaion
lo Ihe voters at the next general
election of a constitutional amend-
Your checking account will he welcomed at this bank, where
you are assured o f absolute security and the most courteous
treatment.
REDMOND BANK
COMMERCE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
L. E. Smith
B. A. Kendall
Dr. J. Barr
Guy E. Dobson. President
J. W. Brewer
Guy E. Dobson
J. W. Brewer, Vice President
Chas. B. Drake, Cashier
Contlnued on page 8
Tl
PROJECT MEETS DEATH
OLD "BILL JONES" IS
COMMERCIAL CLUB
117 NKW
VVMKH ADDED IN FAST
FFW
SIX
W FKKS
Farmer» anil All a « * » « « Ilf I ’UUrm
Are
(völlig
LM’KNHK IH 8IRANTKD
Into
(lie
Or
ganisation
The First
HIM
FOR
F IR S T F A T A L IT Y
TO
CHA I R ON
and Oldest Dog in Revi- Herrick
Fall*
When
Guy
Rrvoka I nder lavad Be
■nomi la Now Well Provided
ing
For It) Hla Friend«
Hoisted
PROPOSED R o l TF. IS TO I A> WER
BRIDGE SUCTION
THF. WORK
Y KARS
R. F. D.
OUT OF REDMOND
Rope People Living Along the Route Have
Signed the Petition— Ut»
Signera Now
I
The Redmond Commercial Club la
The dog In Redmond that has the
doing things these days
It la gel moat friends la old "B ill Jones.”
ling lo be a aplendid working organ formerly owned by Ex-mayor Jones
isation and every member la trying who Is now living In Portland. When
lo do aomethlng for the betterment Mr. Jones left Redmond he gave the
of the rlub, the city and thla section •log to Wm. Froehe, who waa In the
of Ihe county.
meat market at that time, probably
A «hurt lime ago It was decided thinking lhal "Old Bill’ would al
lo Increase the membership and a ways be aure of getting plenty of
"B ill" take»
ranvoM was made for new member«, regular meat meals.
with Ihe result lhal 67 new names kindly lo Kroebe when he 1» hungry
were added to the organisation. A and never fall« to go to the meat
number of these new member« are market, but aside from when he la
farmera. and that is what the rlub hungry he stops with Q. W. Wells.
want* all Ihe farmera In this sec | “ BIH" was the first dog In Red
tion to Join so they can work hand mond and la the oldest dog In the
In hand with Ihe town people for the city. Is of a kindly disposition and a
betterment and advancement of thla pleasant word or a pat on the head
whole aertlon
Following are the from hla many friends here, and ev
eryone knows him, brings a smile to
names of the n^w members:
his fare and a wag from his tall
C. A. BECKW ITH
Last December "BIH’s” dog li
N. B. ROPER
cense expired, and as there Is a
J. P. DOHERTY
stringent city ordinance here that all
H. W. GANT
CLEM BROWN
dogs must wear a license tag and
L. A. HEATH MAN
their license be promptly paid on
DR THEO. HELETSKI
penalty of being Impounded and kill
GEORGE GOLDEN
ed. " R ill" began to get uneasy and
CHRIB EH RET
cast about for ways and means to
W ALTER RODMAN
raise the two iron men to make him
J. R BINGHAM
WM. H. HOBBS
_______ safe with a license for another year
Continued on Pnffn 6
Continued on Page 8
The committee appointed recently
The first fatality on the Tumalo
Project, being carried on by the j by the Commercial Club. J. W.
state In the vicinity of Laidlaw. oc Moore. Wm. G .Phoenix. J. W. Brew
curred January 20, when Bert Lund- er and J. R. Roberts, to take steps to
burg was killed by a falling derrick. see what could be done In the way of
He waa In the employ of J. J. Adams establishing a rural free delivery
who has Ihe contract for the remoy- j route out of this city to the Lower
al of a section of rock from the feed Bridge section, has been very suc
canal. A two ton blast waa set off cessful and secured names to the pe
in this section of rock and since then tition of nearly all the families liv
the crew, of which Lundburg waa a ing on the proposed route. The com
member, had been at work clearing mittee feels Justified In expressing
away the ahattered material. In at- I the belief that the poatofflee depart
tempting to remove a large boulder ment will establish the route, and it
too great a atraln waa put on the is expected to have It In operation by
There are 12» signers on
derrick, a guy wire anapped and the July 1.
apparalua fell, killing Lundburg. He the petition and It is expected about
lived in Rend and la survived by a 150 persons will be served with mall
when the route Is established. Fol
widow and aeveral small children.
lowing Is the route as at present out
lined and stated in the petition:
NAMES FOR M AILING
From Redmond down the main ca
The Spokesman has the name of nal north about five miles to the old
every taxpayer In Crook county, with Early place near Terrebonne, thence
their poatofflee address Persons de west to the L. A. Heathman place,
siring names for mailing or other
thence by the new road recently
purposes can secure same at this of
opened, to Lower Bridge, thence on
fice at a reasonable figure.
west up the old Willamette Valley
road to the Joe Howard place. From
A prosperous town Is largely made
there the route will traverae the new
so by Its merchants, and Its mer
Buckhorn Canyon road to a Junction
chants are largely made by advertis
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