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VOL. XXIV
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY U. 1913
No 32
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If our artist was in town
we wouldn't say a word this
week just have him draw
you a picture showing the
pleasures of sleighing and
have it put in this space.
The snow is here. The
roads were frozen before it
fell and ideal sleighing con
ditions exist.
Remember we have every
thing from the fanciest little
cutter to the smallest article
needed in repairing your bob
sled. Bob-sled and cutter gears.
Carriage heaters to keep
the feet warm.
REAL ESTATE BULLETIN
G. Y. EDWARDS & CO.
EXCHANGES
12 A C R E S I-wat J 2 miles out, in M8",1
bear.,,:, about 16 yrs. old; 2 acres 4 yr.oU, . m J 3 vr
old tipiii and Newtown; lirn 4r. pe.che. 1 bal" m h.y. t..J
l.ouJaud lrn ; free irrigating water ,P.rKf.
money. Will exchange for uncleared land in K,x"w Mu-r.
Very Class 250-Acr Dirr f !" ( ttma
Trail ie, 2W acre, of tract irrigable land m fine i a o culnvatK,,,.
(iood -rooin house, Urge dairy barn and other ouM mA,p. iUB
ttf.lKO. W i" take iu improved land on est "J"1. balance !
lime and easv terms. A fin property, and gol mooey maker.
25 ACRES-l-ocated 4 miles out on Kant Side; on niaio county oad.
All smooth volcanic ash soil: no rock or wet Und. ' ww beamig;
1 acres 4 yn.oM, Spilt, Newtown and Ark ! tery i,,, t.!lief
trees; 11 acres partially cleared ; 2 acre fine tiwiwr, rewrved (or
build. i.g Mle. This ih very high clan propeiv nd wwth double the
price. Um r ia financially "up against it nrt ' entire for
f 11,000. Terms: f,0'0 cash ; balance to tint.
Money to Loan on improved ranch and city property.
WE are headqnaiUrs for all kind of insurance eioept lift.
G. Y. EDWARDS & CO., Agents,
HOOD RIVER. ORECON
FRUIT LANDS AND ORCHARDS
GILBERT
IMPLEMENT
COMPANY
11 i ! V'ig REGISTERED
Every effort that can be made to
make a store a thoroughly sat
isfactory place to deal is be
. ing made here. We Wftt
your shoe thoughts to
be pleasant and
to be of
WALK-OVER SHOES
J. G. VOGT
ii H j:
A BARREL
OF WATCHES
are thrown away every
year needlessly. If you
have one that isn't going
right, don't throw it away
Bring it to us. If it can
be repaired we can do it.
ARTHUR CLARKE
Jeweler and Optician
Opposite Butler Bank
HAVING purchased the entire interest of E.
Brayfordin the Rockford Store about three
months ago, we are now in position to serve you with
all the highest class groceries at reasonable prices.
We invite your patronage and will serve you to the
best of our ability.
Give Us a Trial
MERCER & CO.
You've Wanted Something Better Than
Printing for a Long Time. You
Will Find it in the
EMBOSSED WORK .
LETTERHEADS, NOTEHEADS
CARDS, INVITATIONS, ETC.
At th
GLACIER OFFICE
COUNCILMAN
IS REINSTATED
COUNCIL FACES NOVEL SITUATION
Funds for the Additional Work Iking
Available the Distribution System of
Water Plant Will Be Extended.
! A very unusual situation arose at
I Mundny night's council meeting, when
Councilman J. E. Robertson, immedi
jsteiy aftrr the reading of the minutes
called the attention of the body to the i
fact thul Councilman A. C. Staten had !
' l ien absent from the deliberations of
the city fathers for two consecutive
nuttings. The charter of the city
sas un this point: "The otiiee of coun
cilman shall be deemed vacant when
ever any incumbent thereof shall fail
i to attend any two consecutive regular
I meetings of the council, unless absent
upon leave of the council first ob
tained."
Councilman Ed Mayes arose to his
feet and stated that he would like to
hear from the city attorney as to the
legal interpretation of the charter.
As he stated, Councilman Staten's
vote might decide some important is
sue coming before the council and it
would be necessary to determine
whether or not the body should take
action to re-appoint him to his pos
ition. Judge Derby stated that it was all a
matter of construction of the rule.
However, he did not deem that the
matter took any affirmative action on
the part of the council. Still, he
thought it would be bist and safest for
the council to act as though the char
ter automatically made the position
vacant. Thereupon councilman C. H.
Sproat placed Mr. Staten's name in
nomination and he was reinstated.
Councilman Staten declared that he
preferred this proceedure and thanked
the body for its action. He said that
he had been absent from the city at
the hiHt nrevious meeting oit of neces
sity, having been called to Portland on
the morning before the regular meet
ing, on urgent business.
Councilman Mayes tocm tne oppor
tunitv at this time to call to task
members of the municipal government
who have been tardy at regular meet
ings. "We do not doubt that they
have urgent private business," he
said. "However, all of us do. And
the tirre of those who wait for the
tardy ones to appear is as valuable as
thi-ir own.
A communication from the Hoard of
Countv Commissioners was read. The
countj government, provided the pro
Dosed Carnegie library be made I
county institution and branches be es
tab ished in all parts ol tno county bb
soiin as there is iustifieation for them
oromife to levy a tax eaen year to
care lor two Ultras oi me maintenance,
the aum ot $150, stipulated n tn
vs. K. H. Putton, Underwood vs. the
Kirst National Bank and the Columbia
Securities Co. vs. the Haker-Koss Co
The former case is one of condemna
tion proceedings in which the company
ia endeavoring to secure a right of way
across the property of the defendant,
Ihe second case was tried before a jury
at the last session of the court, the
iurv disagreeing. The nlaintitf. who
resides at Underwood, claims that his 1
son-in-law forged his name to a certih
cate of deposit for $1,000, while the Greatest
defendant set up the defense that it
was a true signature,
'ihe last named case will lie appealed
from the justice court, it having been)
heard by Judge A. C. Huek latt week
The Columbia Securities Co., which is
ANNUAL STORM
5TRIKESVALLEY
GENERAL COLD WAVE PREVAILS
Damage Results in Southern
California, W here Damage to Citrus
Crop is Heavy.
Ju-t one year from the time of the
the successor to the Hotel oVegun Co.. ; beginning of the big snow storm of
brought suit on grounds of unlawful
detainer to secure possession of the
property. They claimed that the rent
had rot been paid fur the past nienth
and that tliey were entitled to enter
the property. The defendants, who
have been operating the hotel for the
past two years, dtclare that they had
been partially evicted, when the
porches around the hotel had been re
moved in November of last year at
orders, from the city council. The
plaintiffs brought proof to show that
the porches were removed because of
orders from the city, while the defend
ants claimed that the posts resting on
the concrete walks were ordered re
moved and not the porches, which
could have been supported by other
means.
Judge Buck decided in favor of the
defendants. Attorneys L. A. and A.
P. Reed represented the defendant and
Ernest C. Smith the plaintiff company.
Wells A. Hell, the newly elected
prosecuting attorney for this district,
who was in the city yesterday, says
the criminal docket will be largor than
he thought it would be. The case of
Jake Horn, who was bound over to the oys start me.r mcaa at a point near
,.,... . i, f i,..fi,iru will i the Christian church on Ninth street
hitnrH w ill thiit nf h rank I.Bi'ev. "T"
last year, when the snowfall piled up
to the depth of four teet in some por
tions ,f the Lower Valley, another
snowfall began Monday afternoon. All
of Monday night a light fall prevailed
over the valley. Early Tuesday morn
ing the temperature rose several de
grees and the size of the flakes in
creased. Hy Tuesday afternoon the
snow hBd reached a depth of seven
inches. Jt grew warmer on Tuesday
night and the snow partly turned to
rain.
The streets ar.d roads having been
frozen hard previous to the snowfall,
the sleighing hHS been excellent except
in places where.the road was worn full
of deep ruts and at these points, when
the sleigh runners fall in the ruts,
travel is made very disagreeable.
The bovs in the city have searched
closets and sheds for their skates and
sleds and have been keenly enjoying
the winter sports.
The sloughs along" the Columbia have
been frozen over and have formed
; good skating courses. A Urge number
i krot out their sleds Tuesday afternoon
and coasted on the city streets. The
who is charged with giving liquor to
minors. The case of !Sam Winsted,
who is charged with concealing stolon
property will come before the court.
W insted, who was arrestea liere last
week, charged with stealing a team on
the Warm Springs Indian reservation,
has promised to plead guilty.
jHTt
FRIDAY WILL MANU
FACTURE COOKER
to
ce, I
proprmtiun made by the Carnegie Cor
poration for a building to house tne
library.
In a communication from the city
enigneer, P. M. Moise, it was recom
mended that the distribution system of
the city be extended to other streets
than those named in the recent con
tracts awarded to the Heliance Con
struction Co. The company is ready
to do this additional woik on the same
basM of the contract.' The extension
work will cost approximately $4,000
The bids of the Reliance Construction
work were approximately $S,0(I0 lower
than the estimated cost of the installa
tion of the new water system. The
council ad -pted the recommendation.
The lire and water committee recom
mended that the right of way of the
line leading to Tucker spring be
changed to confoim to tho recommend
ations of the city's consulting engin
eer, E. A. Taylor. Ihe city will pro
ceed to secure the new rights of way
from orchardists whose land will be
crossed by the pipeline. In one in
stance, where the lino crosses the
property of E. N. Cook, Councilman
Maker recommended that the former
be granted two standpipes from which
to secure water for spraying purposes.
Mr. Cook, - he said, has made the city
a very low price for the use of tr.e
right of way and urges that he be
gianted the use of the stand pipes for
the spravirg purposes.
The tire and water committee also
recommended that the council purchase
a new hose cart for the Heights tire
department and 400 feet of new hose
for the l ower City department. The
old hose will be given to the Heights
department, the presnure on the Heights
being much less than that of the
lower city
It was recommended that the bell
acquired from the Congregational
church be placed in the southeast cor
ner of the property acquired by the
city in the purchase of the City spring,
and that the bell on the tower down
town be placed on the Paris fair build-
While the council has not yet ob
tained the site near the old furniture
factory for the incinerator purposes,
such action has been seriously contem
plated. At the Monday night meeting
of the city council it was learned that
the O.-W. K & N. Co. will interpose
serious objections to a crossing being
made over its lines at this point. It is
said that eight tracks will be laid here
when the company completes its im
provement work and that it is dunger
ous because of curves on both sides of
the crossing. A difference of opinion
prevailed among the members as to
whether or not the city would have the
right to force a crossing. ...
The proposed opening of a street in
i h manufacturing section of the city
anin came ud for discussion. Accord
ing to action taken at the meeting
open hub Biict, .in... --
much neded by the merchants and fac-
Frank P. Friday, who has invented
an electric cooKcr, will manuiaciure
the cuokers in this city in large quan
tities and place them un the market in
the near future. A patent on the in
vention has been applied for. Good
win Young; an electrician, has become
associated with Mr. Friday Bnd the
two are working out the manufactur
ing clans. The metal parts of Hie
cookers will be niantuculured at the
Bhop of W. E. Colby, one of the propri
etora of the Colbv Manufacturing Co.
Mr. Fndav has made a numoer ol
demonstrations of his cooker and it has
met with the approval of all who have
tried It. He has booUad a large nun?
ber of orders already. . It will sell
much cheaper than the cookers now on
the market.
Mr. Friday and Mr. Young will also
install here machinery to recharge the
batteries used in motor cars. Hereto
fore all batteries have been sent to
Portland to be recharged. The valley
has more automobiles than any other
rural district in the state, and the new
industry, while it will bo profitable to
its' owners, will be convenient to the
valley motorists.
Call at the Glacier
Rubber Type
COLUMBIA ROAD DIS
CUSSED BY COURT
During the past week a grat deal of
the time of the Multnomah county
court, according to reports in the Ore
goninn has been taken up In diceussirg
the Hood Kiver-Puitlard highway
which will thread the buso uf the Col
umbia river gorge. Tho court will
soon make an appropriation of J75,f!0O
toward tho coustiuctinn woik. County
lioad Superintendent Chapman states
that the estimated cost of completing
the river boulevard in Multnomah
county is placed at $127,000. However,
it ia thought that this will be rut by (he
use of prison labor, where it will be
possible to guard them with a snuill
expense, The road over the location
which is proposed to be made will have
in no place a grade to exceed 5 per
cent. It is the aim uf the Multnomah
othcials to complete the way before
1915, for it is deemed that it will be a
drawing card for Portland during the
year of the big exposition at San Fran
cisco, when thousands of tourists will
hVck to the coast.
PARCEL POST PACK
AGES AV'C 50 DAILY
Since the parcels post law went into
effect the local postollice has sent out
on an average !0 parcels daily, says
Postmaster J. P. Lucas. As the pat
rons of the ollice become more familiar
with the new system it is expected
that the number of packages will in
crease. Mr. Lucas says but few ap
ples have been sent by parcels post,
the express company having made a
much reduced special rate on fruit. A
patron brought a 10-pound package into
the postoflice last week to be shipped
to New England. The parcels po t
rate would have been $1.20. However,
he found the express rate for the same
p ackage was only f0 cents.
Mr. Lucas will make a rcflt of the
business transacted under the new sys
tem on the fifteenth of the month, and
it is orobable that the postothce de-
ing to action UKen "'""""J partment will make further appropria
week previous the i c t r will proceed to f the transportation of pack
nnn this street, which is saiu to De , ..
Ugl'S WJf limn mi'".""
Stockholders' Meeting
The annua! 'meeting of the stock
holders of thtCottage hospital associa
tion will be held at the ollice ol ur.
Dntro in the Smith building at 3 p. m.
on Monday, January J. Besides the
lar order of business, the question
of reducing the board of directors will
be considered. E. U. uutro, secretory.
into State, and thence on
down to the business portion of the
city. The course thus made is long
one. The youths created an envy in ail
of the older people who saw them en-
mg the sport.
he temperature was not as low by
18 degrees this year as during the
severe storm ol last winter, un sun-
day night, January 7, last year, the
thermometer registered a temperature
of four degrees below zero, while the
records in ditlerent parts of the valley
this year show from 10 to 14 degrees
. ' i i iu ....i.i
aoove zeru ou oumiay iiigiifc, mo iuiu
est night of the year.
The cold nas none no damage in tne ,
Hood River valley. If the snowfall
continues and remains on the Rrouna
any great length of time the proposed
development work planned by the two
power companies will be retarded, as
will tne construction vi tne m (.sana
tion of the municipal water plant.
The cold wave has been general. 11
seemed to have started un the Atlantic
coast and have swept westward.
Chicago felt the touch of Boreas and
was tied up in the grasp ot winter tne
latter part of last week. Heavy snows
prevailed over the entire nortnwest
and the Ureal Norinern ana isortnern
I'aeitic railway ayBtema were tied up
at dMYerent points bacausa ot aVide.
Salt Lake City baa" been threatened
with a water famine.because of freezes
in pipe lines.
However, no part of the country has
suffered from the cold wave as has
southern California, where the loss in
frozen citrus fruit crops is estimated
all the way from 25 to 75 per cent.
The orange and lemon crop or tnm
district for the year is estimated at
approximately $50,000,000, and the loss
will be terrible. Not only have the
fruit crops been injured but a heavy
toll will be taken from the truck and
vegetable gardeners.
It is an ill wind that blows no one
good," and the northwestern apple
market men are expecting an increase
in the price of their product since the
disaslious fretze. J. S. Crutchfield,
the Pittsburg fruit merchant, who was
on tne coast tne greater part oi tne
lute full, in an address in Portland told
his audience that nut two things would
be of any great assistance in the mar
keting of the year's apple crop in the
northwest. "One," he said, "is for a
storm to sweep over the banana region,
and the other for a disastrous freeze to
trike southern California. The for-
, . i i j ,
mer, 1 understand nas aireaoy nap
pened and thut many banana planta
tions have been ruined by wind
storms." The second of the conditions
mentioned by Mr. Crutchfield now has
happened.
COUNTY COURT AP-
tory owners of this portion of tne town.
CIRCUITCOURT
CONVENES MONDAY
The first quarterly meeting of the
circuit court will convene here Monday
with Judge Bradshaw, of The Dalles,
on the bench. While the cases to come
Kaf,.ro the court are not many in num-
Cow Electrocuted
One of the high voltage wires of the
ber it is thought oy tne oinciais mat raciuc rower ot uik" """'"is
i. '....., ,.r tho mnnv witnesses to be ' on the nose, a cow belonging to John
examined
the session will be longer Koberg was
of last year. '1 hree import- east of here
electorcuted on his place
last Friday. The wire
At the regular monthly session of
the county court which adjourned Sat
urday afternoon the following road
supervisors were appointed for the en
suing year: J. F. Hendricks. Cascade
Locks, district 1 ; S. W .Curran, Vi-
neto, district 2; S. V. Rugg, district
3; Roy I). Smith, district 4; B. r.
Endelmsn, district 5 : Michael render-
gast, district 6; Thomas Lacey, district
W. H. Davidson, district 8 ; Antoine
Filnt. district 9; L. W. Tomlinson, dis
tict 10; J. B. Jackson, district 11; and
H. L. furrow, district 12. All are re
appointed to the ollices, with the ex
ception of S. V. Rupg, W. B. Davidson
and H. L. furrow. Mr. rtugg lanes
the nlacn of C. M. Rugg. W. B. David
son supersedes C. B. Jensen, resigned,
and Mr. f urrow is the supervisor oi
the newly made disrtict in Willow Flat.
the road viewers appointed lor tne
year are: w.u uarK, Murray bay
and C. K. Marshall.
John K. Putnam, of the Upper Val
ley, who was elected to nil the posi
tion of Commissioner O. II. Khoadea,
who sat for the last time with the
body, was present to "get on to the
ropes."
Musical Comedy
The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega
tional church will otter the musical
comedy, "Jane," Nat Goodwin's big
gest success, at the opera house Wed
nesday, January io, oy local people
with a chorus of 20 pretty, fascinating
girls, under personal direction of W. E.
Graham, late of Blanche Bates Co.
The principals of the cast are Arthur
Clarke, C. F. Gilbert. R. E. Scott,
Herbert Phillips, J. P. Lucas, Harriet
Hansen, Florence Schmeltzer, Ethel
Keir, Mrs. J. P. Lucas.
Here is a great big musical show
that will give a chance to see what
your local people can do when cast
right and directed oy one mat Knows
wed-
I ..:. ,iii ,h.M ho hrnnoht I hlnwn down bv the high winds of how. Remember the date, next
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Office when in need of
Op. Tbey rs the 6.-W. R"& j last weak. iday, Jan. 15.