100 Years Ago

July 10, 1924 — Small child killed at trail crossing

A terrible accident occurred at Trail Crossing on the morning of the Fourth when Wanda May King, the three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. King of Portland, went over a 300-foot cliff in the car that had been left parked near the edge while the rest of the party were viewing the canyon from the brim about 40 yards away.

First dahlia blooms of season

Mrs. “Pinkie” Rennolds boasts the first dahlia blooms of the season. Last Monday she found three large blossoms in her flower garden.

July 17, 1924 — Lynch & Roberts win sales prize

The local firm of Lynch & Roberts was awarded the third prize in a recent contest among the grocers of the Pacific coast for the best ideas for increasing cracker and cookie sales. The Pacific Coast Biscuit Co. put on the contest and it embraced a number of grocers of the western states.

This is quite a compliment to the firm here and indicates that the men who are in business in Redmond are on their toes. The prize won by the store was $15.

75 Years Ago

July 14, 1949 — Suttle Lake Resort Bought By Portland Men

Ralph Cathey and Lyle Baker of Portand have purchased Suttle Lake resort from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Miller, the deal having been closed Thursday of last week by Ray Dukek of Deschutes Realty company, Cathey and Baker have been operating the business since July 2.

The Millers bought the resort April 25 from George Prince, Dukek also handling that sale. Included in the business are the large lodge with dining room, cabins, boats and other facilities.

Mr. and Mrs. Miller expects to return to Portland to enter business, they said.

Ice Cream Shop To Open Soon

Christian’s, an ice cream factory and short-order restaurant, will open in about three weeks in the Landaker building at Sixth and C streets. Jerry Christian, formerly owner and operator of a similar plant in Newport for nine years, moved here this week to start work on his new business after selling his store there.

Christian’s will manufacture 12 to 24 different flavors of hard ice cream and will specialize in assorted novelty ice cream cakes for parties and special occasions. The fountain section of the store will have 20 stools and four booths, and hamburgers and cold sandwiches will be served in addition to ice cream.

Workmen started this week to remodel the 22-by-50 foot section in the southwest corner of the building in the former Kaiser-Frazer agency’s space. Christian is leasing from Fred Landaker, and bought a house from Jinks McDaniel for his wife and two children. The family moved to Redmond this week.

Although complete details of the interior finish have not yet been worked out, Christian plans to cover the north wall of the restaurant with wall paper of a western design.

50 Years Ago

July 17, 1974 — Kids to scramble for pigs at fair

Pig scrambles, old-time favorites for youngsters at many county fairs, will make their debut this year at the Deschutes County Fair.

The new event is being sponsored by the Redmond High School chapter of the Future Farmers of America. Competitors are asked to appear at 45 p.m. Friday for the 7 p.m. competition in the rodeo arena. It will precede the 7:30 p.m. grand entry and rodeo performance.

25 Years Ago

July 14, 1999 — Brush fires remind area of fire danger

Fire danger hovered at the extreme level over the weekend, with the Redmond Fire Department sending crews to two transformer fires in the Redmond area as well as two wildland fires in the neighborhood of Grizzly Mountain and Lone Pine.

One fire at 83rd Street and Coyner Road Monday, was the result of a lose connector on the transformer, according to Jim Crowell, Central Electric Co-op member services director.

The fire burned only a 600-square-foot area before it was put out, Smith said.

Another fire at Yew Avenue and 58th Street burned approximately 300 square feet, she said. It was also caused by a faulty transformer.

The Redmond Fire Department sent a crew to help contain a five-acre blaze in the Lone Pine area Friday which was the result of a failed lightening arrestor on a transformer.

Expended shotgun shells were found in the area and the insulator on the transformer was shot up on another small blaze in the Lone Pine Area Monday.

Crowell said it sometimes takes several years for a damaged transformer to cause a problem.

“It doesn’t happen right when somebody shoots it,” he said.

Another one-acre fire on Monday, in the Lone Pine area was caused by a gun-shot-damaged transformer.

“Being as dry as it is it doesn’t take much to start a grass fire,” he said. “It doesn’t help when people shoot things up.”

Three homes caught on fire, but were but were saved by firefighters in a 100-acre blaze in the Grizzly Mountain area northwest of Prineville Friday.

One hundred homes in the Ochoco West subdivision were threatened by the fire, which was stopped a mile short of the housing development.