A10 THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2022
COFFEE BREAK
FLASHBACK
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Everybody pitched in — even the youngest family members — to help build ditches in Powell Butte in 1908.
The Spokesman
100 Years Ago
Aug. 31, 1922 — String of runaway
cars causes heavy loss
Last Monday night a string of
about 30 empty boxcars, which were
left on the main line during switch-
ing operations at Bend, started roll-
ing towards Redmond. As soon as
it was discovered that they were
on their way, the members of the
switching crew notified the operator
here to side-track them when they
came along.
There is a 600-foot drop in the 17
miles between here and Bend, and
by the time the cars got to Redmond,
the runaways were traveling at per-
haps 60 miles per hour. The agent
here opened the switch to the side
track, and awaited developments.
He did not have long to wait, how-
ever, for he had no more than gotten
things fixed when he could hear the
roar as they came careening down
the track. They struck the switch and
catapulted into a string of empty cars
on the siding. The crash was deaf-
ening, and was heard all over Red-
mond.
They struck with such force that
they telescoped each other in some
cases and entirely demolished each
other as they were rolled over and
piled up all over the right of way.
As soon as the wreck was reported
in band, the section crew (all Japa-
the shop. Convenient drive-in and
parking space are being worked out. A
new lawn has been planted and next
spring trees and shrubbery will be ar-
ranged about the buildings and drive-
way.
Such residential and school district
shops are proving popular throughout
the nation, Bartons says, this being the
first one in Central Oregon. The Bar-
tons live on the place and offer a 24-
hour service to the public.
nese) was ordered out and started for
Redmond on the gasoline hand car
or speeder.
Everything went well with this
crew until just before reaching the
switch yards here, when they ran full
speed into two boxcars which had
been hauled out onto the main line
and left in the dark without a warn-
ing light attached. The awful shock
of the collision exploded the gasoline
tank on the speeder, throwing burn-
ing gasoline over the injured crew.
Four of the Japanese were horribly
burned.
Fuka Haruta died late Tuesday
night at Bend. Sam Kim and Sataro
Katyama were taken to Portland to
be cared for in a railroad hospital.
The fourth man, Yasutara Marita,
was not in condition to be moved.
50 Years Ago
Sept. 6, 1972 — School enrollment
‘good news’
“Real good news” is the way super-
intendent Paul Eggleston described
preliminary Redmond school district
enrollment figures which were falling
short of the boom expected by some
school officials but within Eggleston’s
personal predictions.
Attendance figures for the first
day of school place total enrollment
at 3,050, compared to 2,810 on Sept.
10, 1971, the fourth day of classes
last year. Eggleston warned the en-
rollment would continue to grow
through this week, but felt the district
would be “in pretty good shape.”
Redmond High School, which
RHS assistant principal Al Bach-
eller had predicted two weeks ago
would open its doors Tuesday to
1,100 youngsters, numbered 985 stu-
dents by yesterday morning, short of
Eggleston predicted 1,033, but well
75 Years Ago
Sept. 4, 1947 — Bartons open
drive-in shop for shoe repair
Redmond Drive-In Shoe Shop, lo-
cated at 332 Tenth Street across the
street north from the high school, has
been opened by Floyd Barton Sr. and
his son, Floyd Jr. The business for-
merly was Redmond Shoe Shop on
Sixth Street.
Until recently, the lot and small res-
idence building belonged to the Clem
Brown estate. At present the shop is
in the old garage building, but Bar-
ton states that within a few weeks they
hope to have a separate building for
above the 911 of a year ago.
Surprise spot in the district was
tiny Cloverdale School, which jumped
from seven last year to 17 this year.
The school, which the district had
threatened to close a couple years ago
because of low attendance, “is a good
place to have a surprise,” Eggleston
remarked, although noting “I don’t
know where they came from.”
The superintendent noted that
John Tuck School, which jumped
from 469 last year to 506 this year,
probably will require an additional
teacher. Jessie Hill, which last year
had only a couple classes and 49 stu-
dents, is home to five fourth-grade
classes numbering 144 youngsters. In
other in-city schools, Edwin Brown is
up from 200 to 203; M.A. Lynch, up
from 281 to 298; and the junior high,
up from 475 to 535.
From the outlying areas, Alfalfa
reported 19 students, five over last
year; Terrebonne, 182, six higher, and
Tumalo, 201, 13 higher.
25 Years Ago
Sept. 3, 1997 — OLCC’s new liquor
inventory saves $8 million
The Oregon liquor control commis-
sion’s new hard liquor inventory sys-
tem netted a one-time, $8 million sav-
ings for Oregonians during the past
12 months.
State and local governments reaped
the savings benefit when the OLCC
switched from a state owned liquor
inventory system to a supplier owned
inventory.
“We now use a bailment inventory
system,” said OLCC Administrator
Pamela Erickson. “The OLCC orders
liquor supplies for its 235 liquor agen-
cies and warehouses it until the store
operators place their orders. When
the orders are shipped, the OLCC
pays the suppliers for the liquor.”
Under the old purchase order sys-
tem, the OLCC paid suppliers for
liquor when it arrived at the OLCC
warehouse and stored it until the li-
quor agents placed their orders.
The $8 million in savings has been
disbursed over a 12-month period
with the monthly distribution of
OLCC revenue to cities, counties and
the states general fund.
“Bailment will continue to benefit
Oregonians,” Erickson said, “because
taxpayer dollars will not be tied up in
our warehouse inventory.”
Planning for the inventory change
began about five years ago. “We spent
three years preparing the procedural
and accounting changes. Last July, we
officially started the bail inventory
system,” Erickson said.
The OLCC works with more than
200 suppliers in North America to
offer a range of more than 900 liquor
products to Oregon consumers. Li-
quor comes from as near as Hood
River and as far as Russia and Vene-
zuela.
Erickson said bailment caused no
noticeable changes for liquor store
consumers or the agents.
Coffee Break!
CLUES ACROSS
1. One point north
of due west
4. Indigenous peo-
ples of northern
Scandinavia
9. Popular Califor-
nia/Nevada lake
14. Go quickly
15. Fatty acid in
soaps
16. Brand of fuel
stations
17. State of fuss
18. Romance
novelist
20. Members of a
household
60. Late night host
64. Draw from
65. A way to utilise
66. One who is not
native Hawaiian
67. A power to
perceive
68. Bulky
69. Horse mack-
erels
70. Proclaim out
loud
CLUES DOWN
1. Hits
2. Bathroom
accessory
3. Young
4. Beef cattles
5. It’s often in soap
6. For each
7. Innermost
membrane
22. Asserts to be
41. Influential group
enveloping the
the case
(abbr.)
brain
23. Type of infection 42. Used to chop
8. A way to leave
24. With metal
43. It comes as a
9. Emaciation
inlays
case
10. Punish with
28. Chinese philo- 44. Challenges
a fine
sophic principle 46. Small amounts
11. Steeds
29. Early multi-
49. The Golden
12. Having eight
media
State
13. Greek goddess
30. Employee stock 50. Peyton’s little
of the dawn
ownership plan
brother
31. He investigated 51. For walking in 19. Mature repro-
ductive cells
Clinton adminis-
Alaska
tration
55. Buddhist honor- 21. Armadillo
species
33. Shells
ific titles
37. Six
58. Lively ballroom 24. Ancient country
38. Snakelike fish
dance
in what is now
39. Capital of
59. Capital of
Romania
Kenya
Albania
25. Extreme greed
26. Stars
27. Poems
31. Places to sit
32. One from the
Lone Star State
34. Small rails
35. One quintillion
bytes (abbr.)
36. Where coaches
work
40. Indicates
position
41. Mammals
45. Resembling a
wing
47. Beliefs
48. Hindu male reli-
gious teachers
52. Mischievously
53. Where athletes
want to end up
(abbr.)
54. Large,
deep-bodied fish
56. Horned squash
bug genus
57. Excessively
sentimental
59. Shared verbally
60. You can put it
on toast
61. Data mining
methodology
(abbr.)
62. Resinlike
substance se-
creted by certain
insects
63. Mauna __, Ha-
waiian volcano
WORDS
BASIN
BERN
BORDER
CHEMIGATION
CONFINEMENT
CROPS
DISTRIBUTION
DRIPPER
EFFICIENCY
EMITTER
FIELD
FLOOD
FLOW
HOSES
MANAGEMENT
PIVOT
PRESSURE
PUMP
SELF-PRO-
PELLED
SPRINKLERS
SURFACE
SYSTEM
WATER
People in Redmond are being crushed by rising
gas, food, and housing prices. As your City
Councilor, and a local small business owner, I
understand this skyrocketing cost of living is
unsustainable for families and businesses alike.
As your City Councilor today, and with your vote
in November, I will continue to work to create
more affordable housing and job opportunities
in Redmond.
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