HOOD RIVER SUN.
Published Thursdays by E. R. Bradley.
Subscription Kates;
One year...- , -fl.M.
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(strictly in advance).
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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