Spokesman file photoWorkers bale hay near the Crooked River northeast of Redmond in 1910.

100 years ago

Feb. 3, 1916 — The past year’s business done by the merchants here has demonstrated that this city is one of the best trading and stock shipping points in Central Oregon, and the volume of trade from a large surrounding section was materially increased over previous years. The merchants here who have reached out into the eastern end of the county through judicious advertising have been well rewarded for their efforts, and trade has been coming here steadily from Suplee, Paulina, Fife, Rolyat, Barnes, Brothers, Held, Meadow, Howard and other points many miles distant. Not only do people from the above sections drive to Redmond to do considerable trading, but they send in a nice mail order business as well and have goods delivered by the parcel post. One of the principal factors that has built up this large business for Redmond is the reasonable prices the merchants here charge for their goods and the large stock they carry to select from.

75 years ago

Jan. 30, 1941 — Redmond High School has suddenly found itself in the federal aviation business, with B.F. Beck, Smith-Hughes instructor in charge of a CAA Ground School that will draw students from all of Central Oregon. Following a series of telephone and telegraph communications from Civil Aeronautics Administration headquarters in Seattle, representatives from Redmond, Bend, Sisters, Prineville and Madras chambers of commerce met here Sunday afternoon to form a sponsoring organization, to name J.R. Roberts of the Redmond Chamber as coordinator for the area, and to designate Redmond Union High School as the institution to contract with the CAA in handle with the school. The aviation course to be offered corresponds very closely to the civilian pilot training courses that have been offered in colleges recently.

50 years ago

Feb. 3, 1966 — James Keller, Sisters, will present the Chamber of Commerce luncheon program Tuesday noon, Feb. 8, at the Brand Restaurant, reports Don Reding, program chairman. Keller, whose registered Siberian Husky won the weight pull at the first sled dog races of the season in the Sisters area by pulling 1,350 pounds, will tell of sled dogs, their training, and racing. Keller has 12 dogs at the present time, all of which are registered Siberian Huskies except one, Thor, who is three-quarters German Shepherd and one-quarter Malamute. Thor was Keller’s prize weight-pulling dog for some time. Keller has been working actively with sled dogs for about four years, although he had had a love for them since he was in the eighth grade, he admitted.

25 years ago

Feb. 6, 1991 — The Redmond Urban Renewal Area Planning Commission believes the city is not getting an adequate return on park dedication requirements from subdivisions and multi-family developments. The commission Tuesday accepted a staff recommendation that the 5 percent land dedication for parks and in-lieu fee be increased to 8 percent. Staff will prepare the proposed change for public hearing and presentation to the city council. The change is needed to boost the city’s park development efforts, which has been identified as a goal by the city council, said Bob Quitmeier, planning director.