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95 years ago
December 17, 1925
Warren Libby was seriously injured last Monday morning when the horse he was riding stepped into a badger hole, falling on Mr. Libby. He was unable to walk so managed to crawl a mile and a half to his home. It took him eighteen hours to make the journey. He was not found until late Tuesday evening when Charles Houston and Ferris Garner chanced to go through Libby s place.
Success of oiling highways in Eastern Oregon last year prompted the state highway commission in Portland to include the Bend-Redmond and Prineville highways of the state to be oiled during 1926.