Redmond
Spokesman
Published at the “ Hub City” o f Central Oregon
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No. i:t
REDMOND, CROOK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, APRII,
WITH MEXICO HAS BEEN STATE ENGINEER LEWIS
■AVERTED FOB A H E AI LEASE
I I I . K s |\ KM c.lltll T O IJH T • i »It
T\ AGREES TO MEDIATE TUOI REE AND DICTATOR
l*.%TK\T
Nu. I»
1914
$1.80 PKK YEAR
The Factor of Safety
ORMAI,I.Y ACCEPTS PROPOSAI.—TEXT OK NOTE IS
IDT MADE PI 1*1.1« HY DIPLOMATS—TENSION MM II
EI.IEN ED— EUROPE URINE.S PRESSURE TO REAR ON
I ERTA TO AGREE TO PEAt EUT. PROCEDURE—
H«)»» Th«*rr Ila* IU*«n <• >1 liuti «Irr-
»landing
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KM Y AND NAVY CONTINUE ACTIVE PREPARATIONS
The busine*» man of to-day is becoming more and more
critical in safeguarding his business interests.
The bank in
which he expects to keep his funds should be carefully ex­
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form ai a n n o u n r r m m i lo n lc hl
U g a i I flirth r r In r r l l r t r Ihr alat krli
HPlP trnalon o f ih,- cria!»
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I * l » r n l o l ’ rraldrnt Wilson. » h o
r<-aard h lm arlf a» « r r a l l y plraard.
li mi uh hr » o u l d tuakr no furlh rr
Im eni.
■ 'I|iliiiiinla l o Ila«.- E u r i Eld
h it» ll o u a r officiala Irt II hr
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«n thal Ihey * r r r rarn ra tly de
m
ia o f alitimi th r South Altieri
ran dlplnmala In rvrry way |>o**iblr
and lhal no announrnnrnla aa to
points that would hr Inalalrd upon
by Ihr t'nltrd Mlalra would hr tuadr,
or anythin* ralr donr. at thla llnir,
which ml*hl nnbarraaa Ihrlr rfforla
Throuchoul oltli lal and diplomatic
rlrclra Ihr brllrf waa expressed lhal
biici raa of Ihr poarrtnakrra ao far
necessarily would ha«r a favorablr
rff«, t upon Ihr alluaiinn; thal even
thoiiKh
thrlr
rfforla
ulUmalrly
fallnl. Indlrrcl diplomatic romttiunl-
cation hrtwrrn Ihr t'nltrd Stalra and
Ihr llurrta government haa brrn
rretored imi|Mirarlly and Ihr chancr
of a hriirr undrraiandln* Infinitely
Improved.
Thr auccraa of Ihr Drat air pa to­
ward mediation, thr prompt arrrpt-
anrr by thr t'nltrd Stalra, and thr
announcement of the Spanlah Am-
haaador that llurrta had accepted
Ihr tender of Rood offices. produce')
a frrlln* of dlatlnrt hope, which waa
reflected, not only In admlnlatratlon
■luartrra. but In cnn*rraa aa well,
where "war talk" *ave way to a
aplnt of conciliation
Euro|>e Eilt l><-« Huerta.
Pressure from Germany, Great
llrttaln and France advlatn* llurrta
to accept thr Aral atrpa toward med­
iation and thr approvln* attitude of
I.atln American countrlea to thr art-
tlrmrnt of the controvrray by I'an-
Amrrlcan diplomacy emphasised thr
worldwide Influencra which are
workln* to brlti* about peace
Meanwhile thr navy and war de-
parlinrnta arr prrfrdln * Ihr machln-
rry of ihr army and navy for anv
unexpected turn In event*
Secretary Matilda announced that
he had tele*rnphed the full text of
the medial ton offer and Ita accept­
ance by the I'nlted State* to both
Itear-Admlrala lladker and Howard,
with Inalructlona to have thr com-
mandera of all ahlpa on the raat and
»■•at coaata apread the new* through-
Contlnued on I'a *« 2
IN THIS PART OF COUNTY
ft, \ST FRIDAY NEARLY ALL BUSINESS MEN AND OTHER
RESIDENTS OK THIS CTTY TURNED OUT TO HELP IM­
PROVE ROADS IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS LEADING
INTO THE CITY. AND MUCH GOOD WORK WAS DONE—
REDMOND DISTRICT NOW HAS SOME OF THE REST
ROADS IN COUNTY—( LINE FALLS ROAD IMPROVED
It waa a sore and tired bunch of
■ » " i l road builders that rame In at
Supper time last Friday evening sfter
a 'rklng on roads In different acc­
lin i,* leading out of Redmond. Many
the workers had large slieil blist­
e r » on their hands and their back*
w e re nearly broken from the labor
■ bey had performed durln* the day,
Which was foreign to that of their
P'oilly occupations
But they got there Just the same,
Inud the result of their labor wa*
Whown by the betterment of the
Iroads they worked on.
Hoads leading from the city In all
Idireetlong were occupied by the lab
I'T c r* during the day
The principal
I'diject of the Good Itomls l>»T niove-
I nient waa to Improve some of the
I worst places In the well traveled
I load*, and thl* was done by all the
I crews that were out.
Gver In the Powell Hutle district
considerable good work was accom­
plished by the lown people as well
I a* by the Powell Hutto people. In
most Instances the farmer* Joined In
with the cltlsena from Redmond and
worked with a will to help out In
the good movement.
Taken all together the eltltena of
Redmond are well satlafled with the
reaulta accomplished on the flrst
Good Hoad* Day Inaugurated In the
atate. and which wa* generally ob­
served throughout Oregon
Ha* Good Itoailn
Without boasting It can be safely
said thal moat of the road* leading
Into Redmond are now In good con­
dition a* good aa any In the county
and with a little more Improve­
ment will be Just what are needed.
The Cline Kails road, leading from
this city lo Cline Kalla and to 81a-
tera. over which a Urge amount of
travel peases, haa been gceally Im­
proved during Ihe past few moniha,
and road gangs are wtIII working on
It. The road haa been atralghteneil
out and aeveral big gradea elimin­
ated. which greatly facilitate* travel
and Ihe hauling of heavy freight.
Salem, Or.. April 10.
amined as to the factor of safety.
Kdltor Itedinond Spokeaiuau, lied-
mond. Oregon.
Roger W\ Rabson, in the Saturday Evening Post, in sug­
Ib-ar Sir My attention haa been
gestions to the young business man selecting a bank, says:
called to an Item 111 your laaur of
April III, entitled "It la Now I'p to
"In foreign countries the bankers talk of factors of safety
tlir State (engineer." and referring
particularly to Hat for patent No 6
rather than simply deposits; but in this country, owing to the
It la unfortunate that my atand
ignorance of most business men concerning banking methods,
»Ith regard to recent requrata of the
Central Oregon Irrigation Company
the people can be fooled by a comparative statement of de­
abould have given rlae to any miaun-
posits.
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The first and most important
ileraiandlng of my attitude toward
thla ll*i for patent, and In order that
feature to note in the study of a bank statement is the factor
ihi» lutaunderatandln* may be com­
pletely removed I beg leave to sub-
of safety.”
inll the following »lalement of facta
The R E D M O N D B A N K O F COM M ERCE, with its un­
l.l»l No fi for patent wa* certified
to by me In 190* and forwarded to
usually strong factor of safety of 32*4 per cent, affords the
the General l.and Office In the regu­
greatest security to depositors in this community.
lar manner In accordance with an
order of the board
It waa learned
W e invite your patronage.
■uh»ei|uently that the land olflre re-
fuaed to take favorable action until
It wa» shown by the atate that the
Pilot Unite Canal, through which
water wa* then delivered, could
properly furnlah thla water and that
Directors:
there were proper water rlghta
therefor
Arrordlngly I prepared
J. W . Brewer
L. E. Smith
Guy E. Dobson
and tranamltted to the General l.and
Office a report covering theae point*
B. A. Kendall
J. Barr
Since that time my office, the office
of the Governor and both our Sena­
tor* at Waahlngton have uaed our
beat effort* to hasten thla ll*t to fi­
nal patent ao far without any great
aucceaa. It la accordingly, aa It al­
ways haa been, "up to the General
U n d Ofllre.”
The land office haa shifted the re­
sponsibility by putting It up to the
Central Oregon Irrigation Compauy
to ahow that the North Canal ran de­
liver water for the Hat In question.
I reported some time ago that suffi­
cient water waa delivered In 1913
through the North Canal to water
the land* In queatlon, and at the last
meet mg of the Desert Land Hoard I
presented Mr. Howard's letter to the
effect that 333 second feet had been
delivered through the North Canal
for one half hour, and wa* duly In­
structed to furnish a ropy of thl*
letter to the General Land Office.
The notice by Mr. Howard In your
Issue above referred to seem* to me
Hi* Desire* Farmer* to Co-operate
to be only recognition of the fact
With Him to Ascertain Amount
that It ha» been "up to the Central 1
of
Water 1'sed on Farm*
Oregon Irrigation Company.”
W ILLIA M HAXI.EN OF H ARNEY
I'W IIIH A T K H ill HHKRIKK D AILY
Yours very truly.
COI NTY. VISITS HERE
GAINING STRENGTH
JOHN H. LEWIS.
John Dubuls. Inspector of the Des­
ert Land Board, recently arrived In
Bend to take up the work of irriga­
lieront A* an Efficient Peace Oflke* tion investigations in this part of the He Know* the Xeexl* o f All t'entral
county in behalf of the state.
Oregon anil Would W ork to
Ha* the Endorsement of the
He desires to get Into communica­
tion with a few farmers on the seg­
Benefit Thi* Section
Voter* of the Count)
regation who will co-operate with
Kcpuldlcsn»
Lend
In Kediuond.
him In the collection of data regard­
Tethemw nnil Cline lu ll* l*re-
1
ing the amount of water used on
rlnctn— F rid a y 1 » l,n*t Hay
various farms. This data is of great
William Hanley of Burns. Harney
Those who are in close touch with value to the irrigation manager, the
the political situation In Crook coun­ engineer, and also the farmer, and county, candidate for I’nlted States
The registration books for the
ty are of the opinion that Frank El­ there Is but little available data Senator on the Progressive ticket,
primary election to be held all over
was here last week.
While in the
kins. the present sheriff, will receive that Is dependable.
the atate close Krlday, May 1. at 5
This work. Mr. Dubuls says, will city Mr. Hanley said:
the nomination on the Republican
o'clock p. m. 8o far the registration
" I shall not do much speech mak­
ticket at the primaries May 15 for require only about 10 minutes a day
In Ihe Redmond. Tetherow and
re-election to that office. They say for the farmer or some one of his ing on this trip for I am just going
Cline Kail* precincts has been very
that Mr. Elkins Is dally gaining family to read and record the to get in touch with the people,
light.
If you fall to register you
strength In all parts of the county, amount of water turned In on his meet my friends, tell them they need
will bo required to swear your vote
fewer folks living in bunches and
and aentlraent of the voters Is that particular farm.
In on election day. Kollowlng la the
In return for ths setrvtce Mr. Du­ more on the soil, more irrigation
they desire to see him nominated and
number of voters registered up to
re-elected for the reason that he Is buls will assist In installing measur­ works and smaller land holdings and
noon yesterday:
and haa been an efficient official In ing devices, furnish blanks for re­ explain how far the wilderness of
Redmond Precinct
the position of sheriff during the ports. and make a survey of the this great land has been getting be­
Republicans. 56.
present term and the other terms he farm in general, and at the end of hind the standard of modern life.
Itemocrats, 40.
"1 am not running against any-
the season give to the farmer a copv
has served.
Prohibition, 6.
! body— Just putting out principles to
of
all
this
Information
regarding
his
The tight that has been made on
Progressive*. 3.
hlaie a new political trail. No gov­
Mr Elkins by some county officials farm.
Tetherow Precinct
ernment Is working properly that
It
Is
necessary
that
this
work
and their friends has. In a measure.
Republicans, 3?.
doesn't scatter Its population There
It is stated, been the means of gain­ should be started Immediately, and
Democrats, 32.
any who choose to take advantage of j must be a big percentage of the peo­
ing
friends
for
him
who
will
go
to
Prohibition. 7.
ple owning slices of the land. The
the polls on May 15 and show by this opportunity should drop a post­
Progressives. 2.
card right away to Mr. Dubuls at day of crude pioneering is past. Now
their
votes
that
they
think
he
is
the
Cline Fall* l*reclnd
Bend, stating the location and the : we must develop the country and
right man for the place.
Republicans. Iti.
amount
of cultivated acreage on hi* j give better opportunity for more
The office of sheriff needs a man
Democrats, 11.
j persons to live in It. We need more
farm.
who Is a competent peace officer, and
Prohibition, 1.
j good roads; not only the develop-
that
Mr.
Elkina
Is
that
kind
of
an
Progressive, 1.
A summer resort hotel Is to go up 1 ment of transportation on the Co-
official no one can deny - his record
Socialist, 1.
| lumbla. for Instance, but more ton­
on Tstltcoos lake, I^xne county.
hears out this statement, for he is a
nage for It; the opening up of the
A
new
woodenware
factory
la
In
A soap factory at Marshfield will terror to criminals and when he goes
country back of It; Irrigation, small-
successful
operation
at
Sellwood.
• urn out one ton per day with five out after an offender against the
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Continued on Page 2
Beaverton will have a brickyard.
law he always lands him.
peraona employed.
Redmond Bank of Commerce
REDMOND, OREGON
FRANK ELKINS SEEMS
Registration So Far
Has Been Very Light
Land Board Inspector
Gathering Farm Data
united : s tates senator