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v,Yo8 i10Vul . HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1911
VOLUME 7, NUMBER 50
SUBSCRIPTION. $1.50 A YEAR
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J. GS. WRIGHT CITY'S MEW MAYOR
Resignation of Mayor Hartwig Allows Old Council to
Reorganize City's Administrative Body Before New
Members Take Seats Brosius Elected President of
Council and Mayes Appointed to Fill Unexpired Term
of WrightReorganized Council Announces Eight
Mill Tax Levy Other Business Dispatched.
With the election of J. M. Wright
an mayor, Dr. F. C. Urostun as presi
dent of the council, and the watlng
of Coucllmnn-elect Kil Mayes, the
Hood River city council wan almost
completely reorganized Monday
night, leaving little for the new mem
lierii of thin body to do In thlM direc
tion hut take their seats.
Althqugh the election of Mr. Wright
ait mayor will come an a surprise to
most of the citizen of Hood Itlver, It
waa not entirely unexjiected, an a ru
mor to thin effect had leen current
for several day's. The action took
place Immediately after the reading
of the ml nu ten, when Mayor Ifart
wlg'H letter of resignation wan taken
from the tahle and accepted. Coun
cilman Pronlun then nominated Mr.
Wright for mayor. The nomination
wan seconded liy Councllmen Karly
and lioln-rtson, and he wan unani
mously elected.
Mayor Wright' resignation an
councilman wan accepted and Mr.
Early then nominated Councilman
'Urostun for prcMldent of the council.
GILL AND VIERCO
DISGHARGED BY BUCK
Charles (iill ami J. D. Vierco, em
ployed by the Hydro-Electric Com
pany ns linemen, who were arrested
on n charge of tnmtiertng with elec
tric wlren contrary to the provisions
of Section l'.Wl of Lord's Oregon
Laws, the specific charge Is-ltig that
of pulling the plugs on the line of the
Pacific Tower & Light Company,
had a hearing In-fore Justice of the
l'eace Buck Friday and were dls
charged. The defendant" were rep
resented by Attorney A. J. Iterby
and the state by Deputy District At
torney Wilbur.
Clll and Vierco admitted having
pulled the plugs, claiming that It
wan dangerous for them to work
near the heavily charged wires. ' At
torney Wilbur proceeded against the
men on the theory that they should
have notified the manager of the
company In-fore tampering with the
plugs, nn they were endangering the
liven of the cttlzenn by no doing, nn
well on causing great Inconvenience
and damage to the patrons of the
Pacific Power & Light Company. It
wan ntated that this wan not the
first Instance where property of the
Pacific company had leeti tampered
with by the employes of the Hydro
company.
Judge Ruck, however, held there
wan no malicious or criminal intent
nhown in the acts and dismissed the
can.
Unitarian Church Notes
' Next Sunday at the 1'nltarlan
church the sermon topic will lie "A
Uood Life."
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NWS SlIAnsholS Klf l';',w"r'1 (,lt,' ,,r,t',,l, f"elu secretnry. denned tn nttituUe in the Moroccan incident and declared that Hie relfltlons lie
licws JiiAisiiu twecn Orent UrlUln and the other Europenn countrli-s were so serious as to demand public attention. Pope Plus X. performed
Of th.fi Wcfik the final ceremony in the elevation of the three new American cardinals, whom he hntlcd as representatives of the "In tut of
liberty." Andrew Ronnr Law eueeeeded Arthur J. Ilnlfour as the opposition lender In Enulsnd Dnvid Itnicp-I'.rown. drlrlnir a
Fiat car, won the grand prize at Savannah, Oft. Ills average speed for the 411 miles was 74. NO miles an hour, a new world s record. Ioniilna Merritt. tea
Ufylng before the Stanley Investigating committee, declared thnt be had been stripped of property worth $Too.oni),nnn by John D. Ilockefeller. Whnrton
Barker told the senate committee on Interstate commerce that Roosevelt made bargain with the railroad Interests to help them In return fur their support
Councilman Ed Mayen, who wan
prenent, wan then elected to fill out
the unexpired term of Mr. Wright.
The proceeding took place with
the preclnlon of clock work, and be
fore Hood Itlver had hardly time to
wink an eye It had a newly-organized
anmlulstratlve body.
The other m jut Important features
of the session were the fixing of the
annual tax levy, which wan placed
Ht 8 mllln, 0 for general and 2 for road
purponen,
A petition signed by the electrical
workern of Hood Itlver, anklug for
protection for Itn employed against
the improper netting of polen,
placing of wlren, etc., wan presented
and referred to the Judiciary commit
te. A etittoti wan also presented
from the llelglits Push Club, unking
for cement crosswalks. Instead of
wood, on the hill. Thin wan also re
ferred to committee.
On recommendation of the lire and
water committee, the proportion of
the Hood Itlver (Jan & Electric Com
pany, offering lower ra ten than the
TWO LARGE DEALS IN
ORCHARD LAND CLOSED
Two big deals In Hood Hlver or
chard property were cloned last
week, one for $1.",(HKI and the other
for $10,5(10.
T. J. Dempsay, of Chicago, wan
the purchaser, for the larger sum, of
fifteen acres of Improved orchard
land one mile went of the city, from
Frank Caddy. He will take pos
session January I.
The other deal was the sale of ten
acres set out to four-yen r-old trees,
by A. D. Moe to Roy It. (iill. of Oma
ha, Neb. The price of $1,050 all acre
is the highest ever paid In the valley
for four-year-old orchard. It Is lo
cated at the top of the Tucker Hill
grade.
Mr. (Jill has also secured eighty
acren of hay and farming land In the
Camas Prairie district, but will make
his home In Hood Itlver.
ANOTHER BIG ORCHARD
FOR THE UPPER VALLEY
(I. H. Williams, of Portland, pur
chased a tract of choice unimproved
apple laud in the I'pper Valley last
week through Hadlock & McConnell.
The price has not been made public.
Mr. Williams has the money for
the development of the tract, and he
plans to begin the work ns noon nn
the weather will permit In the spring.
He will set out practlcnlly flie entire
tract to apples, and will eventually
make his home here.
This will be an Importnnt addition
to the japple area of the I'pper Val
ley, and Is one of the Is-st transac
tions recently reported. Inasmuch an
It means new development, which In
the one thing that will benefit the
valley most at this time.
EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS
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, Cvi if jT.TBffocc "brown's hat H . - t, Iil
Hydro Compauy for ntreet llghtn,
wan pigeonholed. The committee
alno paid Itn respects to the framern
of Injunctions ngalnnt the action of
I the council, and stated that It wan
annured by City Counsel Derby that
I the recent restraining order granted
by Judge Culbertson would tie dls-
j missed when It wan heard In circuit
court at the January term.
I A resolution wan then Introduced
authorizing City Attorney Derby to
; bring nult ngalnnt J. F. lintcbehler
and H. F. Davidson to recover dam-
j agen In the largest num possible for
their action In lringlng nultn inter
fering with the cloning of the water
nult and letting of the ntreet lighting
contract.
Councilman Ilroslus nuked for a roll
call on the vote on the resolution,
and all voted yen.
On motion of Councilman lirnslus,
i
bills presented to the city from Drs.
Shaw.Rronson and Locke for services
to John Ityan and Frank Itoblunon,
who were shot by Marshal Lewis,
were ordered rejected.
UPPER VALLEY TO
HAVE IU.D, ROUTE
Iteportn received here by the Pro
gressive Association, through Itn
chairman, state that the petition
praying for rural free delivery hna
been granted by the postal authori
ties at Washington, anil an noon
an a few preliminaries are dis
posed of the service will be installed.
This Jsurely comen, and will be ac
cepted, an n Christmas prenent from
Uncle Sam to the I'pper Valley. In
our rejoicing we must not lose night
of the fact that credit In full measure
Is due Charlie Stetnhnuser for his un
tiring efforts In behalf of this Innova
tion and for the time and money he
hnn exended in the public's In-half In
securing this much-needed accommo
dation. He has worked diligently
for the past two yearn for thin serv
ice, nnd evidently believed in the
logic of the phrase, "stay with It,"
for he certainly did, with the tenacity
of a bull dog, anil his ntying ability
has lcen crowned with success.
It must not le construed from the
title of Judge Lowell's lecture, "The
Law nnd Lawyers of Today," that
Itw ill be of Interest only to the legnl
profession, for such in not the case.
Thin lecture Is Intended for the lay
men and should be attended by all,
both young and old. It will Im not
only Interesting but Instructive,
and It may lie a long time In-fore the
people of the I'nper Valley have an
other opportunity of listening to
such an eloquent speaker. The .1 udge
In noted nn the "Sllver-Tongued Ora
tor of the Pacific Coast." The lect
ure Is to Jm held at Cribble's new
auditorium, Mt. Hood, on the even
ing of Wednesday, December 20th, at
H o'clock.
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Lethargy In 1912 rjluat
Tatio a VJay Baclz Seat
So Decide Hood River Commercial Club Members at
Big Oet Together Meeting Monday Night After
Electing New Directors Enthusiasm For Coming
Year's Development Work Runs High.
New life wan Infuned into the Com
mercial Club at the "Get Together"
meeting Monday evening, plana were
nuggented for the work of the club
durlug the coming year, and the sen
timent wan developed that Hood
Hlver Valley should be pushed to the
front during 1912.
Not for a long time ban such an en
thusiastic and well-attended meeting
of the club leen held. In fact, Presi
dent E. C. Smith humorously sug-
gented that the meeting might al
most be regarded aa an "Inquest.
However, liefore the eeaslon wan over
the supposed "corpse" showed un-
mlntakably that It waa not dissolu
tion, but sleep, that had cauned the
Inactivity.
Not a little of the enthusiasm waa
due to an address by C, C. Chapman,
manager of the Portland Commer
clal Club, who wan invited to be
prenent and suggest how the lagging
Interest of the members of the club
co. ild be aroused and stimulated.
After getting bin audience in good
humor with several stories, Mr.
Chapman drew a masterly picture of
the unual history of a commercial
club how It ,1s born In enthusiasm,
how the members start in contribu
ting Joyfully, how after a time the
monthly check for the promotion
and publicity work lecomes tire
some, and how at last interest
wanes, and one after another falln
away and quits giving.
"It in the same everywhere," he
assured his hearers. "It In the Inevi
table swing of the pendulum. All
commercial clubs go through the
same experience. There are three
stages. First there la the enthusias
tic stage, when everybody In willing
and anxloun to give' toward the
work of the organization. Then
there In the gradual cooling of Inter
est, and that In followed by a quiet
year. The third stage is Just what
you are entering upon now the 'get
together' phase, when the organiza
tion and the community take on new
life, get a fresh hold, and renew their
work.
"The remedy here Is probably Just
the name as It has been In other
places. Look over the work of the
club. Find out Just what It has
been doing that Is worthy. Find
out Just where the work In tending.
Find out Junt what the results have
been.
"Then get together in a serious
way not with the effervescent en
thusiasm of the first yearn, but on a
solid, serious, common sense basin
and determine whether it In worth
while to keep up the work."
Mr. Chapman then brought up the
problem of the two classes the stnld
conservative, who really gets the
most Is-nefit out of the activities of
the club, and who Is the most Indif
ferent to Its work; and the younger,
more enthusiastic crowd, full of en
ergy and Ideas, eager to "see some
thing doing." He showed how tin
work of the club gradually fell Into
the hands of the young element, who
regarded the others as "tight wads"
and "moss backs," and he said that
the real trouble often wan that the
two classes did not understand each
oiner wen enougn aid t Keep in
touch.
Then he suggested a remedy for
this condition which he said has
been tried In other cities with unfail
ing success. That waa the appoint
ing of an advisory committee repre
senting the large contributors to the
club's finances, and composed of the
older and more conservative element,
the advisory board to be consulted
by the directors in all matters in
volving large expenditures or affect
ing the larger affairs of the club.
He explained that the active inter
est and work of both classes waa
important, and that the best results
could only be obtained by getting
them together, and be assured hta
hearers that in many instances where
conditions similar to those In the
Hood Hlver Commercial Club bad
existed, the advisory committee plan
bad been tried with excellent results.
Mr. Chapman told of the work of
Secretary Melville of the Medford
Commercial Club, and paid Secretary
Kauffraan of the Hood Hlver Club a
warm compliment on bin work here.
In cloning, he said that be felt cer
tain that the club would get to
gether, and that while there would
not be the wild enthusiasm of Its
first years, it would again take up
Its work on a more quiet, earnest
and productive plan.
C. H. Sproat, manager of the Ap
ple Growers' Union, read an excel
lent paper on "Future Plans." Com
mercial clubs, he said, were usually
regarded as boomers' clubs. He
thought that they should be rather
conservative, and In advertising the
advantages of a community should
make a clean, clear statement of the
exact facts without exaggeration.
so that newcomers should not be
disappointed.
"Truth U mighty, and will pre
vail." nald Mr. Sproat, adding, "and
the over-boomed community will
surely find Its true level sooner or
later."
Then he assured his hearers that
Hood Illver valley had such advan
tngen that no exaggeration was
needed, and he proceeded to catalog
those advantages In such glowing
terms nn to lead Mr. Chapman to re
mark later thnt "Sproat claimed the
earth, and If what he said was true,
It would Ih- Impossible to exagger
ate the advantages itt Hood Hlver."
J. E. Montgomery urged that the
one thing most needful wan to bring
in "the man with the money" for
development, lie said that the con
tinued prosperity of the vnlley de
pended on Increasing the apple area.
Transfers of Improved orchard land
were not wanted so much ns the sale
of raw laud to men with the capital
to develop it.
He said that while the Commercial
Club does the advertising the real
estate man does the selling, and he
thought that there was not sufficient
cooperation is rween the advertising
and selling departments. He nug
gested the sending of representatives
east with advertising matter and
lantern slides, and at the same time
supplying them with lists of property
for sale and having them act ns sales
agents.
Closing ho pointed out that l!12
would be a goid year for Hood Hlver
to get busy, saying:
Everyone thinks that l!12 will lie
a dull year. Other communities will
sing themselves to sleep waiting to
see who Is going to occupy the White
House. That's Just the time when
Hood Hlver should slip In nnd put
her advantages In-fore the eopIe,
when there are no other distractions
along that line."
Truman Puller made a suggestion
that seemed to llnd almost instant
favor. It was that the Commercial
Club visit Portland en masse, an the
guests of the Portland Commercial
Club, taking down picture and lan-
tern slides of the city and valley, and
meet some of the oope In Portland
who might U-come Interested In
Hood Hlver. He said that the great
thing was to overcome the Impres
sion that Hood Hlver wan a"mllllou
alres' country," and he thought
probably people would lie found In
Portland who could In Interest)).
He outlined a plan for coon-rnt1ve
work In acquiring orchard proin-rty.
Mr. Chapman assured the club of
the hearty cooperation of the Port
land club, and endorsed Mr. Itutler's
t&mtintml on I' 10)
Reception Given By Teachers and School Faculty at
Commercial Club Rooms Thursday Social Success
Interesting Talks Made on Closer Relations
In Matters Pertaining to Schools.
"Closer cooperation between par
ents and teachers" was the keynote
of the reception tendered the teach
era of the Hood Hlver schools by the
citizens Thursday evening at the
rooms of the Commercial Club, under
the auspices of the Hood Hlver
School and Home Association.
The rooms of the club were com
fortably filled, practically the entire
corps of teachers being there, while
the attendance of members of the
association and citizens was very
satisfactory.
Rev. H. A. MacDonald delivered
the address of welcome. He stated
In opening that bis subject would be:
"The Mountains Dry Up Mud,"
while his text was: "Hurrah for
the Mud."
In a humorous vein be detailed hln
first experience In Hood Itlver, when,
coming from a different climate, he
became disgusted with the winter
rains and the mud, and vowed his
Intention of leaving the country.
Later, he said, when the weather
became more favorable, and the sun
shine brought out the beauties of the
mountain scenery, be gazed and
forgot the mud in looking up at the
mountains.
Then he skillfully drew a parallel
between this experience and that of
the teacher, who first sees the diffi
culties of her work, forgetting the
higher and nobler aspects of her
calling.
The address was filled with excel
lent thought, relieved by a touch of
humor that made It most thorough
ly enjoyable.
Prof. E. E. Coad responded In an
effective manner. He told of some
of the difficulties of the public school
teacher, -and the lack of Interest In
the work of the schools on the part
of the parents. He told of the school
meeting recently, when the annual
levy of taxes for school purposes was
to be voted on, and said that of the
700 pupils in the schools, but 7, or 1
per cent, were represented by their
parents at the meeting. Earnestly
he urged the necessity for parents
taking a more active personal Inter
est iu the work of the schools, and
expressed the hope that the recep
tion, with other activities of the
School and Home Association, would
bring parents Into closer relations
with the teachers and the schools.
The address of Prof. J. O. Mc
Laughlin on "Plans for the Year"
was the most Interesting and Impor
tant numln-r on the program. Prof.
Hood River Ellis Plan
Activity For Next Year
Local Members of Antlered Herd to Be Hosts to Dele
gates to Grand Lodge When It fleets In Portland
In 1012-Present Exalted Ruler Sullivan With
Famous Hood River Spitzenburgs.
Hood Hlver Is to be invaded next
summer by the biggest band of elks
ever seen In the entire western conn
try. Put hold on that must Ik
spelled with a capital E Elks.
For these Elks are bipeds. And
ttie occasion will in arranged as one
of the aide trips by which the Port
land members of the order will enter
tain the "antlered herd" that will
attend the annual convention of the
It. P. O. E. to be held in the Denver
state metropolis.
It is In-lleved that ttiere will N
some ,,lHHt or i.Ono Elks In Port Ian. 1
for the convention and efforts will be
put forth to get as laru'c a number of
these as possible to take the trip to
Hood Hlver.
These gatherings of Flks are noted
for the elaborate manner In w Mi h
the tneintn-rs are entertained, and
the Portland lodge Is planning to
make a record no whit behind the
mark set by other places. And the
Hood Hlver trip will be one of the
features of the program.
Arthur Clarke, the Jeweler, Is a
member of t tit Portland lodk'-. and
under these circumstances will un
doubtedly Ih sad-lied w ith his full
share of the work of arranging the
lood Hlver end of the trip as repre
sentative of hi" loiln brothers mi
the Willamette.
There In no doubt that auto trips
through the orchard district w ill l
McLaughlin, In masterly manner,
put fresh emphasis on the. point of
cooperation le t ween teachers and
parents, tmi then proceeded to out
line some of the plans of the School
and Home Association for furthering
such cooperation.
He explained that the association
planned to hold four public meetings
during the winter, to take place al
ternately at the High School build
ing and at the Unitarian church.
The first meeting will be held at the
High School on Thursday evening,
January 4. The subject will tie:
"Music and Its Relation to the
Schools." The next meeting, at the
Unitarian church, will come early In
February, and the subject will be:
"Teaching Sexual Physiology and
Hygiene In the Public Schools." The
dates and subjects of the later meet
ings will be announced at aome
future time.
Prof. McLaughlin explained that'
the association desired to avoid
making these meetings controversial
or disputatious, but rather to have
them educational. With that end In
view, the management would secure
prominent speakers on each subject,
with special qualifications to speak
with authority on the topic they
covered.
Just who these speakers will be
cannot be definitely announced yet,
but for the second meeting the asso
ciation has in view a Portland phy
sician who ban made a special study
of the problem indicated in the title,
having even gone into the subject
during a sojourn of extended dura
tion In Europe. If he can be secured,
bis address will tie one which every
parent In the city would do well to
hear. .
This problem, declared Prof. Mc
Laughlin, in one of the most Impor
tant confronting the public school
teacher today, and can only be
solved by Intelligent cooperation be
tween parents and Instructors.
After the more serious portion of
the program, thre. was a musical
no) - literary entertainment. Mr.
George Wilbur gave a vocal solo
which was very enjoyable, as was a
well rendered violin nolo by Miss Wll
ma Thompson. Miss Marjorle Camp
bell delivered n recitation which
earned deserved applause. Then
came light refreshments and a social
session which was thoroughly en
Joyed by all and wns utilized by par
ents and teachers In becoming better
acquainted personally.
As a social event, and as a pro
moter of the spirit of "get together"
between parents and pedagogues,
the reception was a pronounced suc
cess, and reflects great credit on the
association and the committee which
wan directly In charge of the affair.
The following officers were elected:
President, Rev. H. A. MacDonald;
vice-president. Mr. Mcliughlin; sec
retary. Miss Howard; treasurer, Mr.
Cram. The next meeting will is
held at the High School building,
Thursday, January 4.
arrang"d and there will be some
kind of u reception for the vNltors,
The Elks Include In their mcTutnrshlp
a body of the l-st and most repre
sentative men In the country, and
tiat urally the delegates to the annual
convention will be the pick of the
order. An opportunity to entertain
such a party and show them the
In-aii ties nn-) the commercial nnd
lii-rtU'iiStural advantage of Hood
River valley will be a chance that
Hom! !'.iver Is certain to make tin
most of.
.itunlay nlht t lie b cal members
of the iintlere.l herd h-ld a social
s--loii at the 'otiniiercl.il Club
rooms, with I'.rother Kredrl- y In tlie
chair and ln-1 I an enjoyable meeting.
The session was m -ih- the invasion
for planning the usual Christmas
work of the order. At Christmas
time Elks all over the I lilted States
make a custom of seeking out and
Hl intc to t In ort hv, aad the local
lodge will this year distribute about
Tf "" in this w ay.
The 1 1 cal meruU-rs of t hi P. P.M. 1 1,
wen- 1 1 ne-1 ii ii t t ne station to itnvt
iir in-1 Ex-ilt- d Ruler .1 . P. Sulln an
and ( irand vn tary F. '. Robinson
Sunday whi-ii t In- Chicago- Port Ian I
limited pulled In Mr. Sullivan was
ir-sen t.-. vHh ii coilie of Imxes of
llooil River Spit .eiitiurii. and C II
Vaughan presented Mrs Sullivan
with a ha ii-lsi nn,- !iHuet i-f .ariui-
I lollS