100 years ago

May 18, 1916 — President Wilson and the majority members of the house committee on ways and mean have agreed on the principal provision of the revenue bill, which will raise money for the increased defense program. There will be needed, according to members of the ways and means committee, an increase of between one hundred fifty and two hundred million dollars over the amount provided in the Emergency Revenue Act, and this sum will be raised from the following three sources: An increase in the tax on incomes of $10,000 a year or more. A federal tax on inheritances. There may be an exemption of bequests below $100,000. A heavy tax on manufacture or profits on munitions of war.

75 years ago

May 15, 1941 — “Remove the key from your car,” is the slogan on red cards being put on automobiles by the Redmond 20-30 club members as part of the campaign to reduce juvenile crime, being conducted by the National Association of 20-30 clubs. Clell McCrea and William Judson are in charge of the project which was decided upon by the club at its meeting Friday evening, in the J.W. Copland office. Eighty-five percent of juvenile crime is the theft of cars or is carried out with the use of a stolen car, it is explained on the cards. All of the cars were taken while the key was in the lock. The card urges motorists to take his key with him no matter how soon he expects to return. In addition to doing away with temptation to steal the car, removing the key also protects the motorist from theft.

50 years ago

May 19, 1966 — More than 4,000 feet of cable have been buried on Grizzly Butte to insure best possible service to consumers in that area, John Norlin, manager of Central Electric Cooperative, has announced. Cable is buried from the timberline to all distribution points on Grizzly Butte, which include the Oregon State Board of Forestry, Central Electric Cooperative, Bureau of Land Management, Ochoco National Forest, Crook County, Oregon State Highway Department and Hudspeth radio base; Ochoco telecasters television translators, Redmond JC-TV translators, Pacific Gas transmission micro-wave station and Endicott Logging company radio base. Overhead service will continue until summer, at which time Central Electric cooperative crews will mount the transformers and connect cable service.

25 years ago

May 15, 1991 — The Redmond City Council Tuesday declared some old city equipment surplus to help a volunteer effort reclaim the softball complex on Northeast Negus Way. But the decision to trade the surplus equipment for a pump to irrigate the softball fields was not made without councilors asking questions about the city’s involvement in the project. The council unanimously agreed to declare a 1970 dump truck, a 1968 pickup, a 1974 import pickup and a military-surplus generator as surplus to accomplish the trade. The year-old effort to reestablish the former tournament city site as the High Desert Sports Complex hit a snag a few months ago when volunteers came up short of a pump for the irrigation system. Lack of the water pump has delayed the effort to get the ball fields in usable condition this year.