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About The Hood River sun. (Hood River, Wasco County, Oregon) 1899-19?? | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1899)
HOOD RIVER SUN. Published Thursdays by E. R. Bradley. Subscription Kates; One year...- , -fl.M. HixmontliB .. ... . -1.00. Thro month. . .-. , .76. (strictly in advance). Advertising rutes made known on application. HOOD HIVES, OR., NOV. a, 1899. TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS. . The publisher of the Sun appre ciates fully the generous 'assistance given by the local correspondents throughout the Hood River,, Valley and surrounding country. " We so licit your continued assistance in our efforts to make the paper what we purpose having it for the future a live, wide-awake, newsy local paper. As yet we are a stranger to most of, but in good time we hope to visit every part of the territory eovered by your letters and become personally v acquainted with each writer. In the meantime let the gooiLwork go on, to the end that the reading public may become more falty cognizant of the almost unlimited resources of Hood River country and the fact that a truly progressive people are here and that , there is room for many more. . And in this connection we desire to ask the additional favor, that all communications for publication be sent us as early as possible, and not later than Monday for the issue of that week. ; ' ,. "' Mr. Farnsworth, the enterprising Chicago man; who confesses to hav ing married over 40 wives he can not remember how manywill in terpose the defense that the govern ment protects and honors the sul tan of Sulu, who has many wives,' and it is bound to protect him equally, But the lively Chicago gentleman will learn-that the law can't place him and the Sulu sultan on exactly the same footing.. If Mr. Farnsworth wanted to marry forty- odd wives he should have gone to Sulu and become a sultan, or to Utah and run for congress. Tele gram.""' -; The majority of the people of the IJnited States are not in favor of a withdrawal of thetroops from the Philippines until American suprem- acy is nrst estaDiisnea, ana ine party that seriously contemplates such a measure cannot begin to de pend on the support of the people. Such measures are of no use in fur thering the advance of the Demo cratic party; quite the contrary. Why not, therefore, join hands against the common enemy and bring this lingering war to a close. Moro Leader. . In another column will be found an article copied from last week's Glacier, togeth'sr with a letter from the proprietor of the Sun, relating thereto, and which will be found self-explanatory, We wish, how ever to call attention to one state ment made by the Glacier, viz: "his first month's collections showed him there was not enough in it for him to stay with the paper." in justice to Mr. Shutt . we desire to state that we have a letter in our possession from - him, and dated Oct. 2, 1899 before the second issue of the Sun and not after the first month's collections had been made in which he offered to deal with us relative to the paper, at the same time setting forth fully Ms reasons for so doing. These same reasons were given to the Dublic in Mr. Shutt's statement 1 ' - last week and certainly were suffi cfent for anv reasonable man. If the Glacier editor desires corrobor a.tiea of the facts adduced he can obtain it by calling at this office We have no fight with the Glacier, state candidly and positively 5 that the Sun has "come to stay," that it will do business in a business way, will work faithfully and con- tiiwtrtisly for the advancement of Hood River and the best interest of her people, and that the reflec turns of the Glacier . will "cut no ice7 in. the premises whatever. Now is the time to subscribe. Congressman Roberts, the Mor mon from Utah, fs finding out that his case has not been lost sight of, by the demands .which are being made for his expulsion from the house as soon as he takes his seat. The insinuation that many con gressmen "who live as polygamists without - being openly. Mormons, will not dare to vote for the expul sion of the much-married congress man, ought to cause every decent member of the house to vote for his expulsion. Moro Leader.- That the Filipinos may be as much? entitled to their freedom as we- are, may be- a fair proposition, but when we take into consider tion the fact that they were slaves under Spanish oppression and were faithfully promised in fact have already been relieved from that ty- Tanny by the American peopledit does certainly appear that they are taking a peculiar course to obtain t&efr- desire. The United States of fers them a term of government that justly boasts the highest type of. liberty of any ; nation on : the glooeamir' yet they refuse to accept because they are not given imme diate and entire control of every thing.7 Were the United ,Statesr to - withdraw its forces from the Ppil ippines before settling the matter fully and definitely, there can be no; doubt but their future condition would be worse than ever before But decisive action wil?, in the next few weeks, prove to Aguinaldo and his followers that they are playing a losing game, and bring them to a realization of the . fact-, thai the United States has determined to conclude its work speedily and along t&e Knes already mapped out, About two hundred representa tive. hop growers met at WoocCburrr, Dr. last week ancF perfected an or ganization, the purpose of which is for mutual profit and protection Tfte eapital stock of the corporation as decidedl upon at this meeting was $8,000. ; If the past week is a f air sample f thje HoodV River, country winter wflat.her we do not wonder at the elaim made by her- people; that here 3s;faunek the- finest elinaa-te' nv the wsriili. The claim , might be easily A brief visit to a number of Hood River business houses last Saturday convinced us : that her merchants are carrying stocks in the different lines of trade far superior to that found in most towns several times the size of Hood River. So far as . i " . -i x ' it, - we were aoie to . determine, uie prices too are quite as satisfactory as can be found anywhere in the entire Northwest. - That they com mand the trade of a large scope of country, is therefore, no cause for surprise. ' ' ' : President McKinley has issued the regular, yearly proclamation, setting aside Thursday, the 30th daybf" November ;as a day" of thanksgiving and prayer, and re commends also "that on .this day, so far as may be found practicable, labor will cease from its accustomed toil and charity abound toward the sick, the needy and the poor. . . The Sun is in receipt of the Oct ober number of . the University of Oregon Monthly, a most creditable magazine gotten jout by . the stu dents of the state university. We reproduce elsewhere a poem enti tled " Eternity," that appeared jn its pages and which is well worth a corner in the treasured scrap book of any library. ' - ' ; - : There is trouble along the Mexi can border these days that promises to become quite a serious affair un less promptly squelched. .; The ab sence of troops from that portion of the country has apparently encour aged the lawless element to acts of violence that would not otherwise have taken place.- - Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, ; of Brooklyn, has succeeded Miss Susan B. Anthony as president of the Na tional Association of the Woman Suflrage Society. ! : : ' ' " ' Antelope is to be afflicted with another saloon, five being the num ber now supported by that town. ETERNITY., Eternity. It was a word in sermon 8, A sound that had no sense, a dim conception All hid by smaller thoughts. I stood on a peak Of bare. Krey rock above the valley world, And across the air's dim blue the snow-clad heights '.. ,r Of Hood, of Washington and Jefferson . Stood on he right, and on the left the Sisters,! Half veiled In clood.- And far below great " mountains :- Wbose rough sides gaped with savage, sudden canyons, - . . ' - . 'V. Their summits jagged with rocks. And nearer . stm - - .-. . , . . Long slopes of fir with grassy, emerald patches r And level floors of valley sunk in hills ; . . And In a gorge a foaming cataract, Pure white against the green and brown and ' - blue. 1 ''. - Like mighty waves the ranges stood with dark Cloud shadows shifting, o'er their sun-lit crests. The fog came rolling black Is the far south-west, And the wind cut wisps' from the harrying , clouds and drove .'. ; . . Them flying o'er the land, and the great,, grey fog ' Ate up the sunshine's gold, and, the fair, blue .. . skyr : ... : And all the scene was gone save the white cascade Still gleaming thro' a window ra the mist; - -.. And then- it too was gone. The whole vast land Was nothing ; naught remained ol all the world But the fog and the rock on which. I stood. It wa - v- -: 'i-. ' Without beginning, without end. eternar, A grey immensity above, below, It weighed me down with fear. I felt it then,- Eternity, the awfulncss of God. " . ... A. L. M. . A Populist Howl. The expected has happened. The Hood Riv er Sun, which;startcd five weeks ago with a great flourish and a faith that it had "come to stay," has changed hands. S. P. Sbutt, its pro prietor) lias leased the paper and will go to gumpter to look after his mining interest. Evi dently things did not pan out as Mr. Shutt was induced to believe by representations made by holders of real estate who wished to boom the country at the exqense of some one else. He was advised by friends that it-was not a good business proposition to start a paper in Hood River, but he chose to listen to the song of the boomer. Though the Sun had a better local ad vertising patronage than the Glacier ever had, his first month's collections showed him there was not enough in it for him to stay with the paper. He had worked the town for all it was worth, and finding there was not enough ad vertising with the limited subscriptions coming in to pay the necessary running expenses of his paper, he solicited a big department store ad from the Dalles. This was too much for our business men, who had been accustomed to the Glacier being published for Hood River only, Hood River is all right; it is growing; in fact there is no more promising section in the Northwest-; but there is no boom. The time may soon come when It will have Its daily paper, but there isn't room for two weekly papers now." Glacier. - : - , 1 ' Hood.Eiver, Oct. 27, 1899. Evidently the Sun is an eye-sore to our populist friend of the (Slacier, judg ing from the way he squirms and wor ries about its future. ' But when a Pop isn't calamity-howling he is as much out of place as a fish out of water, and the above childish whine would not be noticed were it not that he wilfully mis represents the facts in the case, thereby doing this paper an injustice. ' The lease and change was made only for reasons mentioned in the last issue of the Sun, viz: that the proprietor had other , business interests that required personal attention, which could - not be conveniently or profitably 'looked after while engaged in the confining business of newspaper work. And there is noth ing strange or alarming about it, as a great many newspapers are owned as a business proposition, by men who have not the time . Or inclination to publish them. The change was not made be cause Of lack of patronage, as the Gla cier would have the public believe, as the first month's business was - entirely satisfactory, being even better than we had expected, and 'is increasing at a most gratifying rate. The Sun already has a bona fide subscription list half as large as that of the Glacier, and at the present growth will soon be several times as large. ' - ' The Glacier is doing all the howling about no room here for two papers ; the Sun has never complained about it and has no occasion to. If the Glacier feels that it lacks the energy and progressive ness to stand honest competition, surely there is nothing to tinder it from quit ting. As to having been advised by friends that it would not be a good busi ness proposition to establish the Sun here, the only advice of that kind was from Mr. Blythe himself; and no "song of the boomer" was ever heard by - us or figured in the case whatever. Every town this size in the West-many of them not nearly so resourceful and pros perous as Hood River Valley easily supports two papers, and so can this place. ' Unlike the Glacier, the Sun owns its own office and real estate, and during our brief residence here we have perhaps invested and expended more money for improvements here than the Glacier editor has during his boasted 22 residence here. ' But a stranger to read his paper would think we had commit ted the gravest crime imaginable by comina here to locate and build - up a home. . . '. The Glacier cannot honestly . argue that the Sun has not been a benefit to the place. It was the direct cause of the Glacier being enlarged and to run four or five times as much news asfornv erly, for which the public very properly gives the Sun credit.1 But the intelligent public seldom appreciates needed im Tjrovements in a " paper that are not made until forced to it by competition, The Glacier's moseback effort to preju dice our business men against this paper for receiving outside business is too small and contemptible to be worthy- of notice.' There isn't a newspaper in the United States, worty of patronage, that hasn't outside ads or that refuses any legitimate business of that kind . that comes to it. '. If a paper does not get it, it is because the paper is a failure as an advertising medium and does not merit such patronage. , The Glacier never has, and doubtless never will refuse to take outside business at its regular rates. No business house here, or in any other town,'could exist with the patronage of the town only, and it would be just as reasonable to expect our merchants to refuse to sell to any one living outside of the incorporate town limits. So, Mr. Glacier; try to brush aside this mossback hostility towards new comers and enterprises that are here or may come for the purpose of assisting in the advancement and upbuilding of -Hood River Valley. .No good can come from such a selfish "course. Live and let live is a Brand and noble motto. : . - ,- , - - . S. P. Shutt. Is still in the field of action and jelling; j Fresh arid Cured Meats, Bacon, Lard, Groceries, Flour and Feed .' w -:.': ,i . -- . ..... ,r. --'.... . i ? . ' "'-' In Every Nook and. Corner of Hood River Valley. NEW AND FRESH GOODS AT "RUSH ALONG" PRICES. Largest Retail Business in the Valley. " ' "Miss us and you are not in the swim." "Quick Sales and Fair Margins of Profit" . ' Suit US. " " ' Y-;- . ' ,' " . .. : - . '' - ".-' '' '' ' r:t:' - Phone 21. We solicit your patronage. Goods delivered. Store opens 7:00 a. m. CLYDE T. BO SMiSSEY. BIB In the line of Hardware, Tinware, Graniteware, Stoves and Steel Ranges, Iron, Steel, Coal, Hardwood and Wagoii Ma terial, Windmills, Pumps; Water, Sewer, and Terra Cotta Pipe, Plumbing- and . Plumb WAGONS BUGGIES :-: CARRIAGES j Plows; Harness and Farm Machinery, Bicycles and Bicycle Supplies. Rifles, Shotguns, Revolvers, Ammunion. : These are a few of the lines which we carry. A Large and Well Selected Stock r " to Choose From. Send us your inquiries. We want your trade and will try to merit it. Mays & Crowe,. THE DALLES, OR A. S. BLOWERS & SON, . Trrrrr & full line of mh Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots Shoes, Gents' Furnishing goods, flour, iced, hardware. - Sole Agents for Millers's Celebrated Shoes. " A full line " of heaters and cook stoves in stock at bottom" prices. HOOD RIVER, - : - OREGON. -AT- W. E. SHERRILL'S, r Hew Forniture at Portland Prices. . .- 'QUICK SALES AND SMALL PROFITS" is our motto -MY STOCK OF- FURNITURE, Paints, Oils, Ri n inures' fturmlipQ Ftn. Is complete and not equaled between Portland and The Dalles ' ' A firstclass mechanic ready to do all kinds of repairing, and - ' new work either by the job or by the day. Shingles, and Finishing Lumber . Constantly ott If and. . . W. E. SHERRILIS FURNITURE STORE, Rooms on Oak Stkeet and Second Street, Hood River, Or. ' Brin g Your Fruit to. The Davidson Fruit Co. BAnd Get the Highest Prices. When markets "warrant, we ship the fruit, otherwise handle it in our ' "cannery.' We aim to merit your patronage by providing the most remunerative markets possible for your products. .- ' WE SELL FRUIT BOXES AND CRATES OF HOME MANUFACTURE. Agents for Studebaker Vehicles, Canton Clipper Plows and Cultivators, and other Agricultural Implements and Garden lools. Ihe best ; at moderate prices. ' - 1 ' . - HOOD RIVEK, - - - OlIEGON. . AJ.RX STEWART?, -DEALER IN- General Merchandise . , OF ALL KI&DS.' MOSIER, : : OREGON. Country Produce Taken in Exchange for Goods. Don't send away for what you can buy at home just as cheap and just as good. IF YOU WANT " GOOD SEASONED LUMBER OF ALL KINDS AT REASONA , - - ' , . BLE PRICES, .CALL ON . . Davenport Bros.' -DEALERS IN- LUMBER, WOOD, POSTS, ETCi HOOD RIVER, OREGON. THE DALLES NURSERIES R. H. WEBER, Prop., The Dalles, Or., Fruit, Shade ,- AND Ornamental -.Grower and Dealer in' TREES Grape Vines AND Small Fruits :" Evergreens, Roses and Shrubbery, Hyacinths, Tulips, Lilies, . ' " ' Dahlias, Peonies, Etc. . .- Nursery and Packing Grounds half mile east of Fair Grounds. Agents for the Myers Lever Bucket Brass Spray Pump. ; Remember oar Trees are Grown Without Irrigation. ' Send for Catalogue.' - Telephone 830 . , P. O. Box 292. - GEO. P. CRO WELL, : (Successor to E. L. Smiths-Oldest Established House in the Valley.) . ' : DEALER IN 111 GENERAL MERCHANDISE ;Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots and -Shoes, Flour, Feed, Etc. HOOD RIVER, - - - ORBGON. F. SHAW, ;; ... Physician and Surgeon, HOOD RIVER, OREGON. - Office: Over Everhart's Store. 'Phone 81; ' Residence 83 and Central. : J F. WATT, Physician and Surgeon, . . HOOD RIVER, OREGON. Telephone: Residence 81; Office 83. Surgeon for O. R. & N. Co. ' . ; . C. BROSIUS, Physician and Surgeon, Office over Williams' Drug Store. Telephone Main 112. HOOD RIVER, ' - . OREGON. JOHN LELAND HENDERSON, Attorney and Counsellor at law, Abstracter and Notary Public, - The HOOD RIVER TRADING CO. , AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS AND VEHICLES. REAL ESTATE. Notary Public. Conveyancing. "The Klondyke" - - , ; - mi Is the place to go for nice, fresh Confectionery, Cigars and Tobaccos of all . kinds and brands, Home-made Candies, Fresh Fruits, Oranges and Lemons in Season, Soda Water ana uthei mua urinics. W. B; COLE, Prop., - Hood River, Or. YOU CAN GET -At Reasonable Prices Vegetables, groceries, canned goods, flour, feed and grain, at Everhart's Store in Hood River. Ed Williams. Dr. F. C. Brositjs. WILLIAMS & BROSIUS, -Proprietors Hood river PrlflRmflCV, , . HOOD RIVER, OR. Prescriptions a Specialty Filled "JI Night. Stationery, Toilet .Articles, 'Perfumery, Etc. FURNITURE Store With a Full and Complete Stock. Undertaker and Embalmer, Paints and Oils Tini1rliniS Malorinl. Wallvaner. Etc. . We (ire not given to sputtering around about what we are doing, but are here every day in the week, selling goods too, at Portland prices. S. E. BAItTMESS, - - HOOD ltlVER, OR. R. E. FEWEL . ' Dealer in choice brands of KEY WEST AND DOMESTIC CIGARS, TO BACCOS, Etc., Hood River, Or. ooocoo All Kinds of Soft Drinks, Hats, Etc, osoovooo ' BILLIARD PARLOR IN CONNECTION. - GO TO T. K Blodgett -FOR- Harness, saddles, bridles, whips, collars, Stirrups, Robes, Sweatpads, Etc. Everything Usually found in a First-class Harness Shop, Good hand-marlo harness. Carriage trimmings. Repairing don. " SsibstiniiattcL- ." HOOD RIVERr
