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The Lure of
THE HOOD
VOLUME 5, NUMBER 50
Hood River Exhibitors
Canture Thirty Prizes
Sweep the Deck at Horticultural Meet-lng--Local
Men Read Interesting Papers--A.
I. Mason's Mot Shot Causes Comment
Tilt Stale Horticultural m''l Itiur
wan brought to a successful close
Thursday. All the nlil officers were
re-elected ami u number of valuable
pa pern read followed li.v Interesting
discussions. Hood Uiver won the
majority of the prlzen In the fruit ex
hihitn, about thirty in all being
awarded to (fro wen here. Of theMe
J. L. barter, the veteran prizewin
ner, received the most, L. K. Clark,
Ireing a clone mtiiiiiI.
Mr. Carter in stated ti have made
ii very good add reHH on IiIh subject
"The Apleof the Went." A. I. Ma
Hon read a lengthy and Interesting
pairerirn "The I approvement of Rur
al Conditions," which wan comment
ed on favorably by the metropolitan
press, the Journal giving the portion
of It devoted to an attack on the
movement to hold assemblies In the
state by the Republican,, a posl
tlon on the front page and upholding
him In thin attitude. Other .'"aturen
of IiIh address that caused Interest
were IiIh handling of the good roadrt
(jueHtloii and Improved mail delivery
service for the rural distrlctn. In
prcnklng on thin iuentioi) he nald In
part;
"I would ank of our federal govcru
ineut, lu order to Improve rural con
ditlotin.hat It give an parcels pont
delivery on all rural mail routen. I
In-lleve tlie leant object iniiable par
celn pont bill, tlum far proponed. In
the one changing our pontal lawn,
ho that a package, not exceeding
eleven poundn, will Ire delivered for
twelve centn er pound, to any part
of the I'nited Staten, anil a package
of the name weight mailed from a
pontotllce on a rural route, nluill Ire
charged, at the rate of live centn,
for the tirnt pound, and two centn
for each additional pound; or t wen-ty-Hve
centn for a package wclgulug
eleven poundn. This would give our
local merchant an advantage, on
aa eleven pound package, of a dollar
and wveii centn, over the mail order
houses."
He nlno made a rlrciim plea for
better salaries for rural carrier and
retrenchment In other branchen of
the pontal nervliv, wiiich he said
were being handled tiro extra va
liantly. He went after the legislature with
out gloven for not panning a good
roadn bill at Itn hint session Having:
"One of the blackest spots, upon
the legislative hlntory of Oregon, In
the failure irf our legislatures, since
the organization of our state, to
give un a road law, that will make It
ponilble for a rural district to suc
cessfully build a erinancnt macadam
nrad. I'nder our present law, only
densely populated districts, like
Multnomah County, can hope to
raise a niitllclent road taxen to build
permanent roadn, iih they should In
built. "When our lant leglnlnturechopped
to pieces and finally killed the John
noil (l.iod Road bill, wit limit offering
any nnbntltute to relieve the op
pressed rural condition, of our ntate,
they did, what I confider, to nay at
an Inexcusable act."
Mr. Miikiiii urged the members of
the horticultural noclety to oppose
the movement to hold iiMHembllen for
the recommendation of candidates
by the political part ten of (he ntate
an lie believed the move w.m for the
purpone of dent roy lug the direct
primary law and substituting ma
chine polltlcn.
The otllcern fleeted for t he coming
year an follows:
President II. C. At well, Forest
drove.
Vice-President .1. It. Shepard, of
Salem.
Second Vice-President F. II. Shep
ard of Hood lilvcr.
Sec rctary-TreaHiircr F. W. Power,
of Portland.
Corresponding Secretary -1,. T.
Reynolds of Salem.
Dr. J. It. Card well, of thin city, con
tinucH an honorary president of the
society.
The Hood River prizewinners are:
Rest box of Spitzetibergn from
Hood River County F. C. Dethman.
Rent minify exhibits of l.'r boxes
First J. I.. Carter, second R. F. Van
Voorhls.
Kent box Yellow Newtons-.l. P.
Nannies.
th ?iAni';v".v" story of the most
i ii.)iji)ijj mif.,.i(
Rent box of Spltzelibcrgs Peter
Mohr.
Rent box Raldwlnn .1. L. Carter.
Rent box of Arkansas Rlackn
Lawrence & Smith.
Rest box Swaarn John Hakel.
Rent box Red-Cheek Pippins L. F.
Clark.
Rent box Hyile'n King La wretice &
Smith.
Rest box of Wlnesnpn L. F. Clark.
Rest three boxen apples from Hood
River County F. L. Davidson.
Rent two boxen Newtonn J, L.
Carter.
Rent box Red-Cheek Plppinn J. L.
Carter.
Rent three boxes of Ortleys Peter
Mohr.
Rent box of Raldwlnn from east of
the Cascades F. C. Dcthman.
Rent box Wagners John Hackel.
Rent box Newtonn from east of the
Cancaden J. L. Carter.
Rest box Delicious apples F. M.
Jacknou.
Rest box D'AnJoti jrearn J. L.
Carter.
Rent box OrtleyH L. K. Clark.
Rent plate Yellow Newtonn I,. F.
Clark.
Rest plate Jonathons J. I,. Carter
Rest plate of Arkansas Rlacks J. I..
Carter.
Rest plate Red-Cheek Pippins I,.
F. Clarke.
Rent collection apples on plates
First. J. I.. Carter.
Rent plate D'Anjoun J, L. Carter.
Rest five boxen apples J. I, Carter
Rest box SpltzenU-rgn J. L. Car
ter. Rent live boxen Spltzeuburgn F. C.
Del ham.
Rest live boxen of Spltzenburgn.
Wasco County F L. Howe, Mosler.
Marries Popular Dalles (ilrl
W. F. Hanson ami Minn Harriet
Mardcn were united in marriage at
The Dallen Wednesday morning at
Ri;:!0 o'clock a t t he home of t he bride's
parents. Mr. ami Mm. .1. M. Marden
on Fourth street. Rev. D. V. Poling
officiating. Only immediate mem
ber of the family were present at
the ccremany.
A delicious wedding breakfast wan
served after the ceremony and Mr.
ami Mrs. Hanson left on the North
R ink for Spokane and other Wash
ington cities, afterward coming to
Hood River where tney will make
their home
Mr. Hanson Is deputy county clerk
of Hood River county and Minn Mar
den In a most accomplished young
lady, wlici Is very popular with her
many friend. The grooin In also
well and favorably known here.
Wants Hammer to Suspend
(i. P. Schlonser, late of Green River.
I'tah, but who Is now an cut huslan
tic Hood River admirer, received a
letter thin week from hi former home
stating that some one from here hail
written "ktiircklng" the Hood River
climate and saying that we are ex
periencing weather -I In-low zero.
Mr. Schlonser remarks that he has a
number of friends at (ireen River
who contemplate coming here in the
spring and would like to have the
hammer suspend operation until he
can get a few words to the prospec
tive additions to our population.
Hood River School Tax 12 Mills.
The special school tax levy for
school district No. It of II I River,
( olintv, was tlxed at 1- mills at the
school meeting last Monday. This
will almost double tlx- taxes here for
school purposes. The valuation of
property lu the district In about
$J..riiKI.I)0t). and will bring about f'iil,
0K) Into the school fund. Lant year
the levy wan t wo centn. The valua
tion In three times as high thin year.
Other nehool district of the county
average about 4 mill levy.
University Club Elects Officers
At the annual meeting of the Hood
River I'nlvernlly Club Saturday new
otllcern for the ensuing year were
chosen an follows:
President, F. II . Shepard; vice pres
ident, P. H. Carroll; secretary and
treasurer. F. O. Hall; board of gov
ernors. It. II. Wallace, It. W. Kellev,
A. .1. Derby, .1. F. Watt, C. j).
Thompson,
The reports of the ret Irlng secre
tary showed the organization to he
In a flourishing condition. Decemln-r
111 was decided an the date for the
club's annual ball.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15,
Death Places Icy Hand
At Home and Abroad
George Allen Wright
George Allen Wright, one of Hood
River's most loyal and highly en
teemed residents, died Monday morn
ing at hi home In this city aged U'i
years,
Mr. Wright wan born In Warrick
county, Indiana, December 20, 14:1,
and came to Oregon In l"Mi tirnt lo
cating at Wasco. Fight yearn ago
he came to Hood River where he has
Hlnce resided. He In survived by an
only daughter. Miss Ida Wright of
this elf v. his wife having died in 17.
Early In life Mr. Wright Identified
himself with the church and was a
Mason of 44 yearn standing. He was
a man of a singularly kindly char
acter and hln death In sincerely
mourned by all who knew him.
The funeral, which wan largely at
tended and the nervlcen were con
ducted by Rev. T. R. Ford of the
Methodist church. Interment was
In Idlewilde cemetery. The pall
Irearern were A. D. Moe, H. H.
Ralley. .1. Otten. J. K. Carson, V. J.
Raker and Truman Rutler.
Elected Commandery Officers.
At the annual meeting of Hood
River Commandery K. T. No. VI
held Dir. 7 the folio wing officers were
elected:
II. L. Hasbrook Ftutulnent Com
ma uder.
C. K. Marshall Generalislmo.
11. W. Pratt Captain tieneral.
A. C. Staten Prelate.
J. Otten Treanurer,
A. D. Moe Recorder.
(1. It. Castner. II. H. Ralley, J. K.
( 'arson Sta nda rd Rearers.
D. McDonald Sword Rearer.
H L. Dunible Warder.
Truman Rutler Captain of the
Guard.
W. L Clark Third Guard.
C. II. Stranahan second (iuard.
F. P. Mlchell First (Juard.
D. McDonald. (. 11. Castner, J. M.
Wright Trustees.
Banners Hung In New York Streets
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Visitors who have Just returned
from New York say that Hood River
fruit Is receiving a greater amount of
publicity In the big city this year
than ever before, and that In many
sections of the wholesale district
banner are hung advertising Itn un
excelled applen.
On Inquiry at the otllce of the Ap
ple Growers' Futon t hi Is found to
In due to the extensive advertising
which Steluhardt & Kelly have in
augurated In the wholesale districts
of the big city w here t hey have sup
plied banners to dealers who are
handling the Hood River product.
In a letter to the I'nlun the big
apple handling concern telln why the
visitors from Hood River and other
partn of Oregon are agreeably sur
prised to find t lie apple products of
the valley exhibited and advertised
by many dealers.
"We are sending you by mail today
two sets of photographs we had
taken of a number of scenes In the
wholesale district. You will notice
that on every one of these large ban
ners which we had made specially
are Just the words Hood River
It was an exhibition of Hood River
sale district and we shall send you a
scenes. We are unite sure that If
you were really lu ilood River."
alluring character in fiction, is
RIVER NEWS
C. E. Hemman
C. E Heinman. at one time a resi
dent of Hood River, died at Yuma,
Arizona, Monday evening, DeceuiherO,
after an illness of Home duration.
Ten days liefore hln death he went
from Lo Angeles to Yuma In hopes
of being benefitted. The body wan
taken to Milwaukee, Wis., for burial.
Mr. Hemman wan married while
here to Rertha Prather, daughter of
Mr. and Mr, (ieo. T. Prather, who
survives him with a daughter. He
wan a member of the local lodge of
K.of P.. his death being the first
to occur In Its membership in twenty
yenrs.
Mrs. Alice Dean.
Alice Dean, a well-known resident
of Hood River, died Sunday, Decem
trer 5. In Watsonvllle, Cab, at the
home of Mrs. Hughes, where she wan
spending the winter. Mm. Dean was
57 yearn old, and had been 111 Irefore
she left here for California, three
weeks ago. Resides her daughter,
she le8.vec a anon, Roy Dean, the
well known business man of this city,
who wan with her In the south.
Christmas Sale and Parish Tea.
The Ladles Guild of St. Mark's
Church will hold Itn annual sale
of Christ man chlngn to-morrow
afternoon at the millinery store
of the Misses J. & L. Hawley. Ap
propriate gifts, of a dainty and use
ful nature of all kind will lie offered
and the public In general In Invited
to the sale.
A Parish Tea under the auspices
of the Ladies of the Guild will
also be given to-morrow evening
atthe home of Mr. K. S. Walton
from S to 10. A general Invitation Is
extended to everybody to attend.
Elected Directors.
At the new annual meeting of the
Hood River Commercial Club held
Tuesday night A. J. Derbv, Charles
T. Early, F. 11. Hartwtg. J. H. Os
tium. Charles Hall. F O. Rlunchar
mid F. C. Smith were elected to serve
as directors fcr the coming year.
Apples
apples.
and really if you went
We have about '.') of these
few
any
more piiotograpnn wittiin a lew
of your folks came to the Now
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Valley's Famous Apples
Attract and Amaze
S. G. Campbell Tells of Exhibit at Chlca-go--Viewed
by 250,000 Visitors Who Pro
nounced It Unsurpassed--SoId in Chicago
Sam. (J. Campbell, who returned
Sunday from Chicago w here he and
Joe Wilson placed and exhibited the
car of apples at the I'nited Staten
Land and Irrigation Fxponition, lre
lleven that the publicity secured for
the Hood River district accomplished
great things for the products of the
valley and will result in bringing
many prospective Investors here.
Mr. Campbell estimates that 2."i0,(Xl0
visitors saw the exhibit, among
whom were included hundreds of
growers, Chicago commission men
and retail fruit dealers, who paid
tribute to it as the finest exhibit of
apples ever seen In the big metropolis
of the middle west. From day to
day hundredn of the visitors wanted
to buy some of the apples at any
price and the entire exhibit which
was turned over to the Gibson Fruit
Company at the direction of Stein
hardt & Kelley, to whom It belonged
had Ireeu resold to the retailers of
fancy fruit ln-fore It left the building.
The Hood River exhibit at Chicago
which In said to have originated with
F. H. Shepard, Mr. Camplrell says
was the largest in the exposition,
being 4."i feet long on the sides, 20 on
the ends and six boxen high, with
Oregon grape tastefully placed
around It. On one side a beautiful
effect was produced by having the
entire display consist of red fruit,
with the exception of six boxes of
deep yellow Ortleys In the center.
The fact that visitors could not
buy any of the fruit Is Irelieved by
through this market you would think
banners now throughout the whole
-lay snowing you some otner
York market now you would think
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proving popular
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Mr. Camplrell to have made their In
terest much more keen to obtain
some of It whenever It In placed In
the Chicago markets and also stimu
lated their Interests In the Hood
River country.
No effort was made on the part of
either Mr. Camplrell or Mr. Wilson to
Interest the thousands who Inquired
about the valley by telling them
anything but facts. They found, he
nays, hundreds of professional and
business men with capital who were
contemplating Investing la the west
and who admitted that the exhibit
and literature given them bad
strengthened their purpose to visit
Hood River.
For fifteen hours a day Mr. Camp
lrell was kept busy handing out liter
ature, explaining why the fruit had
such a wonderful color, denying that
It was made of wax and In telling
about the country it was grown In,
while every day of the exposition the
big building which covers several
blocks was thronged with slgth
neers. Yakima and Wenatchee, Mr.
Campbell says, bad good small ex
hibits of the varieties of apples lor
which these districts are noted and
Michigan and Illinois had good sized
displays of barrel apples. One Illi
nois grower asked If he could exhibit
a few specimens of apples from that
state In a small space alongside the
Hood River exhibit. On being told
by Mr. Campbell that he could be
dug all kinds of lop-sided and Infer
ior looking apples from his pockets,
but after he had placed them and
stood back for a minute maklug
comparisons be pocketed bis apples,
remarking that be waa ashamed to
have them shown with the Hood
River products.
Many visitors after seeing the other
apple exhibits took the trouble to
come back and tell the custodians of
the Hood River exhibit that there
was nothing like it tn the building,
and some of them hung around It
for hours, apparently marveling that
anything no jierfect could be pro
duced. When turned over to the Gibson
Fruit Company the apples are said
by Mr. Camplrell to have been In fine
condition, while many of the others
wers so affected by the heat and dust
that they were practically ruined.
In W yoming
Much of the Interest attached to
the coming engagement of Wllllard
Mack's play, "In Wyoming." that
will appear lu Hood River Dec. 17th.
is due to the fact that It Is one of the
largest and most expensive shows
entonr. I he production was made
for one of the largest stages In the
country and In carried Intact. "In
Wjomlng" In a stage-told ntory of
the lives and loves of men and
women living In that picturesque
section of the national domain. Dal-
by. who dominates the Rig Horn
valley; his peppery wile; Rob Rich
ards, a big hearted cow-puncher:
Hank .loties, who is always sampling
wet goods; Willie Settle, the frenti
young drummer, and cow-tioys an
seen on the frontier, are the principal
types that move and live In a play
I said to be one of the bent contribu
tions to the American stage. S-ats
on sale at Clarke's drug store.
l ire Destroy Height's Home.
A house belonging to J. W. Culp
and occupied by .1. Riddlck and fam
ily on the height was totally des
troyed w ith most of Itscontentnearly
Wednesday morning. Presence of
mind and ijnlck action on the part of
neighbors saved Mrs. .1. Rtddick and
and her week-old baby. The moth
er and infant were carried to the
house of a neighbor w here they were
eared for. When discovered the fire,
w hich In of an unknow n origin, had
gained such headway that very little
of the furniture was saved. The Ion
was abou' $l.nOil w ith no Insurance.
I lected W ithout Opposition
Only 11. "i ballotn were cast at the
city election last Tuesday as against
nearly Inn at the last rcgularelectloii.
.1. M. Wright, Charles Hall and S. W.
Arnold were re-eltvted to tne city
council. II. II. I.angllle ami F. O.
Rlauchar w ere re-elected recorder and
treasurer respectively. Little Interest
no opposition and bad weather are
thought to have caused the light
vote.