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4 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1909 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS KBLUBED WHWBMT MOBMINIM T MOOD RIVER NEWS COMPANY, Inc. Hood Rivu, Own W. H. WALTON EMTOB C. P. SONNICHSEN Manaqii Subscription, $1.50 a Year In Advance Entered u aerond-clua matter. Feb. 10. 1900. at the puet i4ce at Hood River. Orea-on, under the Act of March . 187. CONSISTENCY The News is in receipt of the following coniUiunication taking it to task for its attitude on the re election of ths retiring members of the city council: Hood River, Or., Nov. 29, '09. Editor Hood River News, Dear Sir: In the last issue of tne News I observed that you ad vocated the re-election of the re tiring members of the city council After opixsing their action on the bond issue so strongly it teems to me that this attitude ou your part is rather inconsistent. Yours truly, From a superficial point of view the position of the editor of the News on the re-election of th re tiring councilmen may seem, as the communication put it, "incon sistent" but he cau't see it that way. The News made its fight against the bond issue previous to the election. It didn't think it wise to vote the bonds under the existing condition!, and it doesn't think so yet. The voters, how ever, decided otherwise and major ity rule with the News is euflicient. The reason the News is advocat ing the re-election of the retiring councilmen is because they, in conjunction with the other mem bers of the city council, previous to the election issued a statement to the taxpayers making promises that they should not ask new in cumbents in the office to fulfill, and in addition called the election to vote bonds. The result of the election was unquestionably an endorsement of this policy, and they should be willing, aa they are, to bring it to a successful issue. GIRDLES THE GLOBE From Chicago we receive the usual joyful tidings that the Hood River apple is "it," and at Spo kane we scooped the only prizes we exhibited for. At Cincinnati a mammoth specimen of the valley's best sold for an unprecedented fig ure and news comes from Boston that it has joined the "just as good as Hood River" chorus. People who haven't the slightest idea where Hood River is, we are told, are asking to be served with Hood River apples, while New Yorkers are getting so jealous of their reputation as epicures that they insiet that they shall con sume all the crop this year, with a few to tickle the palates of the nabobs of the Tight Little Isle and the decadent scions of French nobility. In fact, the Hood River apple may be said to have arrived with both feet and frequently. Its aroma is wafted to Alaf-ka, to the shores of the Orient, across the continent to the Atlantic, and its blnsh like the never getting sun peads a red glow and a moreish feeling around the world. PERMANENT ROADS With the progreesiveness for which it is noted, Pine Grove grange took up the question of better roads at a recent meeting and advocated the voting of a special ten mill tax for that pur pose. It ii understood this organ ization will make a campaign with this in view. Whether the grange is successful or not there is no question that it ought to be. There is no public improvement that would mean so much to the valley as good highways, and none that would be more willingly paid for once they are in use. As an illustration the mile of macadam road rscently finished on the eant side provce the point. Many who were loud in their denunciation of the expenditure are. now its warm est supporters. As one of them says, "We feel that we are a mile nearer town," Road building of a permanent nature is exjnnive, but like every thing else, relatively it in the chearx'ht in the end. EDITORIAL COMMENT Boating hours on 12th street will hereafter be limited from sun rise to sunset and the city will not be rex mim ible for drowning accidents. After hammering the town for six months the Glacier makes a virtuous protest against the knock er. This would b'j funny if it wasn't serious. The Merchants' Association gave a smoker last week. Incidentally flour went up 25 cents a sack next day. Let us hope it wont give a full-fledged banquet. If you didn't have turkey Thanksgiving don't feel bad about it. You have the satisfaction of knowing that you wont have to eat chuck steak the rest of the winter. To those who would escape the perils of the matrimonial bark we would recommend the story of "The Man and The Mattress" in Lively Doings at Frankton, pub lished in another column. connection with Mr. Scott bears out the old axiom that "The pen is mightier than the sword," al though it appears the veteran edi tor has had a whack at both dur ing his long and active career. The sketch of Mr. Scott's life is as crisp as snow in Alaska in Janu ary, and as equally interesting as it is crisp. The person, however, who cajoled, induced, purloined, misappropriated or otherwise se cured the pict'ire of the Nestor of Pacific coast editors printed with the article made an unhappy se lection, to say the least. We pre fer Mr. Scott minus a silk hat. In it he is a little too suggestive of John L. Sullivan in the days when he defied all comers. All OREGON NEWS Did you notice at the "Spin sters' Convention'' that all the al leged spinsters were married, and that the charming characters they were transformed into were not? That is about all, thank you? Five and a half inches of rain fell during the first of last week. This puts the Tucker spring out State pride run high during the past week hecuime Oregon npplew won the grand prize at the National Apple Show at Spokaue In competi tion with apples all over the United States. Trouson Sc Guthrie, growers of Kagle point, Ore. were receiving congratulations on all Hides over their success, and the victory was such a splendid one that the whole atate took pride In It. The Rogue Hlver Valley, of course. Is entitled to all the houor for It grew the apples but fruit raisers of the whole state foci proud of the victory. NORTHWEST NOTES Kudo rued hy Ithe I'rogrettslve Re publican league, composed of thirty Eastern Washington editors. Con gressman Miles l'oludexter of Spo kane, Is now an avowed candidate for the United States Senate to suc ceed Samuel II. Piles of Seattle. At the last meeting of the league it was decided to extend It Into West ern Washington. Hut will 1'olntex ter have smooth sailing lu his own bailiwick that is the question? Al ready his opponents call attention to the fact that President Taft told some of his Spokane friends that they ought to Im represented by a Republican, inferring that be did not regard the congressman as such, be cause of his afHllatlou with the "in surgents." The result Is that several well known Spokaue men are willing to contest with Poiudexter for the senatorshlp to break his strength. At the same time, seven candidates are already in the Held te get his job as congressman, so that the former judge seems to have a battle ahead to hold his forces together. Concerted efforts to develop the Portland livestock market on a big scale have been begun during the week by the livestock men of the Northwest In connection with the There seems to le a decided differ ence of opinion on the liquor ques tlon In Washington. Cowlitz Coun ty has gone "wet," while Stevens voted "dry." Whitman County has a bitter tight ou that will be decided on November III). A petition Is being circulated lu Spokane Couiity, calling for a special election ou January 25, U10, to settle the issue. Gov. May's home town went "dry" recently with the executive's hearty approv al. Auburn, lu King County, ou the other hand, refused to banish the saloon. Man' localities are wrest ling with Jt he issue. Ou the whole, the local option forces have the best 2,000 ACRES WANTED We have two clients that want to buy from 500 to 1000 acres of good apple land in the Hood River district. They mean business and have the cash necessary to handle such deals. In order to get such a large acre age, we ask all those that have 80 to 160 acres or larger tracts to sell, to see us. We also have buyers for a number of highly improved tracts of 10 to 20 acres. Telephone or call on J. H. HEILBROINJNEIR & CO. Th Reliable Dealers DAVIDSON BUILDING HOOD RIVER, OREGON of business. Can't those water bonds be convertel into a fund to buy a dust making apparatus? Thirty happy couples took each other for better or worse i:i Port land at Thanksgiving. Pretty ex pensive start if they hnd turkey. Relief is in sight, however. The divorce court meets right after Christmas. The fact that there is no oppos ition to the candidates for city offices at the corning election is cause for rejoicing. It banishes the probability of a visit from the State Board of Health, the State Militia or Uren. According to an experienced ex pressman the bst way to insure delivery of Christmas packages is to start them off about Thanks giving time labeled, "Not to be opened until Christmas." This may be all right from the express man s point of view, but he over looks the fact that more than one half the inhabitants of good old mother earth are women. Ve have sneaking idea that this express. man is looking for trouble. Harvey V. Scott occupies the center of the stage in the "Who's Who and Why" page of the Sat urday Evening Post this week, und r the caption of a "Two Fist ed Fighting Man." The article in rallronds In the matter of more fa vorable rates. A conference wus held between a numlerof representa tive stockmen, the management of the local stockyards and the traflic manager of the railroads centering here, filiform livestock rates that will be of great benefit to this mar ket as well as to the stock raisers throughout the territory are ex pected. Oregon dairymen are showing great Interest In the annual conven tion of the state association, to ! held In I'ortlund Decemlter 9 and 10, and the attendance will be large. Many prizes have leen offered for the best showing of dairy products made at the convention. According to W. It. I'urker, of Baker City, w ho has Ihh-ii In Port land during the past week, Oregon has the only herd of llx'X known to exist on the continent. He discover ed the rare animals In the vicinity of Mount Kagle In the Cornucopia ftnnge and urges that a game pre serve be created there for their pre servatlon. Unless this Is done, Mr. Parker fears that the Ibex will be ex terminated by hunters. The Portland Fair & Live Stock Association has elected olllcers as follows for the coming year: President, K. L. Thompson; vice president, ('. C. Colt; treasurer, Julius Meyer. O. A. Went gate was chosen temporary secretary. Plans are under way for next year's fair. Tor Eczema, Tetter and Salt Rheum The Intense Itching characteristic of these ailments Is almost Instantly allayed by l liamlsTlaln s Salve. Many severe cases have Is-cn cured by It. For sale by all good dealers. of the argument, as to the number of towns carried, so far. A continuous telephone line from St. Paul to Puget Sound, by way of Spokane Is to be constructed soon. Independent interests have acquired a large number of telephone com panies In the Intervening territory, so that a through connection can be established without much dltllciilty, It Is said. Seattle Is to be the west ern terminal. This wire will ultim ately give telephone service to New York, thereby making It possible to talk from Atlantic to Pacific. Merchants of the Northwest look forward to the largest Christmas season that has ever ticen known. The last statement of banking Inst I tutlons submitted to the govern ment shows that there Is more money on deposit In this part of the country than ever before. Marked gains are shown In the November re port over IiecemlMT. Ami the is-st of It Is, that all the money for the l!Kti) crops has not yet come In. The statement also shows an Increase In loans, Indicating business expansion; whereas the money centers on the other side of the Kockics having been calling In their accounts, leeause of local conditions. From a newspaper man's stand point, Lynden, Wash., seems to le the Ideal place to live and Dan Cloud seems to Ire the luckiest of all editors. The local commercial club has Just voted him substantial evidence of Its appreciation of his efforts to boost that locality, through the columns of The Tribune. It Is generally tak en for granted that that Is a part of an editor's everyday's routine lint the business men and farmers of Lynden seem to be of another stripe. JOnN IILAN0 HENDERSON, Pr.ild.nt; Attorn.y at law nd Notirf Public . T. ALLEN. Vict PrMld.nl EDITH M. ANDREWS. S.Cf.tr Triyr John Leland Henderson (Incorporated) Law, Real Estate, Loans Conveyancing Surveying Conveyancing and Surveying a Specialty CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED The President of the Company is prepared to do Surveying and Civil Engineering Work of all kinds Home and Pacific Telephones Practice Economy and Save Make up your mind to save think of something other than having a "good time." You will be sur prised to see how quick you will accumulate a nest egg for a savings account at tne bank. By depositing your savings in a conservative bank like ours, you not only add to them as you can, but the interest which we pay on the amount pre viously deposited adds to your account, withhot ef fort on your part. Begin today and watch it grow. SAVINGS DEPARTMENT She Sfrrst national Bank HOOD RIVER. ORIXiON Capital and Surplus $120,000.00 Stanley Smith Lumber Company Wholesale and Retail Lumber, Lath, Shingles Etc. Lumber delivered to any part of the Valley S & Well Drilling Jg as V, Quick ! Successful ! Satisfactory ! DONE WITH A STAR WELL DRILLING OUTFIT FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS APPLE LAND & ORCHARD COMPANY 2002 X HOOD OER, OREGON PHONES 26 R. E. HARBISON A. L. NEWTON BOXES Crates and Fruit Packages of all kinds. Band Saw ing and other Wood Work given special attention. HOOD RIVER BOX CO. HOOD RIVIIR, ORI (ION HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT CO. J. ISI. 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