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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 11
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1910
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Club' a Annual Banquet
Reminiscences of Express
Messenger In Early Days
Heavy Transactions
In Real Estate Deah
Was A Brilliant Affair
Given Tuesday Night With Feasting and
Oratory It Came at Proper Time to Cele
brate Organization's Wonderful Growth
Held nt the proper time to cele
brate the large ndditlou to IU mem
bership the annual banquet of the
Hood River Commeri'lal Club wan
given successfully lust evening. The
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CHARLES T. EARLY
Toaatm aster
affair wan characterized by bound
less enthusiasm for the future (level
opment of the city and valley,
delicate and npiietlzlng viand and
cloiuein-e from both abroad and at
home.
Ah UHiial the banquet was held In
Odd Fellow hall, which wan taste
fully decorated with electric lights,
evergreen and popples strung from
the center of the room nnd above the
tnblcti. Their dark red Iiucn made a
tM'uiitiful touch of color. Jardinieres
with early spring flower were also
placed around the room. The tables
were net In the form of an open
square will) the tonstmuster ami
speakers facing the other banquet-
tern, while the Trio orchestra, aug
mented wllli several pieces of out of
town music, plated Inspiring airs.
The menu, which wax an elaborate
one, wan nerved by t he ladles of St.
Mark' church, who daintily garls-d,
moved among thegucHtH admlnlstcr
Ing I he course.
The tonstmaster for Ihe occasion
was Chas. T. Early, retiring prcsl
dent of the club, 0:1 w In we shoulders
It In ciiHtomtiry for this reHpoiiHilMllty
to fall. The program included Judge
Lionel Webster of Portland, whose
subjirt was "'J'lie Future of Oregon;"
J. C Mel ii Mi' of White Salmon, "Our
Slter Valley;" a vocal nolo by (ieo.
It. Wilbur; Judge W. L Bradshaw,
"Fidly of Action;" A. A. .la.vne, "The
Modern Farmer:" a ong by I'aul
Hubbard; a talk by lr. Andrew ('.
Smith of Portland, and J. C. Tate,
whoe subjirt wa "(iod's Country."
Tom HlrhardMon, who hud been
Invited to HH-ak, wa expected to lie
present, but notified the committee
NEW BOOKLET
WORK OF ART
A protqcctu of the new Hood
Itlvcr booklet exhibited here lat
week by Secretary Skinner of the
Commercial Club shows that It will
lie the handHomcHt thing of the kind
ever put out for publicity purpoe.
In fact It may Ik' ald to be the edi
tion de luxe of all publicity literature
ever seen on the coat.
The elaborate nnd beautiful cover
dctgn In several color with gold
border, depleting Mount Hood with
the fertile valley at It feet, I n work
of art. The decorative work on the
fly leave nnd Inside page I of a
nature that will make the booklet
Homethlng those fortunate enough
to get a copy will keep n a beautiful
Mouvenlr of the mngnlfieent scenery
and resource of the Hood IMver nnd
Oregon country.
It I not too much to say that
when the resident of Hood Hlverln
general see this book they w ill go to
considerable trouble and expense to
get copies of It for distribution and
presentation to friends. It was
thought the booklet Issued last year
reached the perfection of art lathi
line but the new one makes It npNar
ordinary by comparison.
that he had got 'mixed In his date
and could not be here. .The mime
wa the case with Win. McMurray
and several other from whom letters
of regret were received.
The speaker were all eulogistic of
the Hood River country and It bril
liant prospect and were heartily
applauded.
The club now has 250 memls-rs, u
gain of 115 having been made since
the last regular meeting.
prospectsIFodIFr
active auto season
Automobiles are making their ap
pea ra uce in town and on the conn
try road In numtiers and the season
promise to be a lively one In the use
of scoot wagon. Four uew curs
have been sold recently by the Gil-bert-Vaughau
Implement Company,
one each to J. H. Hellbronner, It. K.
Duncan, Wilson Flke and leslie But
ler. The two former purchased Cad
illac thirties, Mr. Flke u Chalmers-m-trolt
and Mr. Butler a new Cadillac
thirty. Three of these have been de
livered and the other Is on the way
here.
This Is said to make a total of
thirty-five car owned at Hood Klvtr
with negotiation under way with
the (iillH-rt-Yauglian Implement Co.
for twelve more. It Is exM-cted that
there will Is? fifty car owned In the
valley by the close of the season.
Among those who were already
owners of cars or who have pur
chased new machine thl year are
(J. J. fiessllng, Devlin nnd Flrebaugb
and W. J. Ilaker. Mr. (lessllug v. Ill
thl year handle the wheel of a high
powered Regal, while Devlin & Fire
baugh have exchanged their tourist
for a new Cadillac thirty. Mr. Maker
true to hi lirst venture In nil to, has
obtained a new Oldsmoblle. Interest
In automoblliiig at Hood River Is
very much keener this year than last
and It Is exist-ted that the road Im
provement which the county con
templates this year will create a still
greater desire on the part of residents
here to possess one of these fast mov
lug and comfortable conveyances.
By Capt. H. C. Coe
Neighbor Trust Becomes Artistic
The Set- Acquainted- Wl th-Your-
Neighbor Trust enjoved another of
tlielr Is'st meetings at the pleasant
Hart wig home last Friday night.
After an hour of pleasant gnt-tliig
raeh guest wa given a slip of paper
on which was written the name of a
iH'MHt, bird or reptile which they
were to draw with crayon on the
blackboard. The judges in this con
test were Messrs. Butler, Bart mess
nnd Wilbur. The display of artistic
talent was more humorous than ac
curate. our reporter s paiier called
for a swan, but he only succeeded In
making n goose of himself. The
prize wa won by Mr. Lnngllle, who
received a small automobile with a
frog as driver, and which was useful
to light him home. Mr. Onthauk
rend an Interesting paper on the
early history of our common law
and It difference from statute law.
Mr. Wilbur sang a solo that was
loudly applauded and Mr. Cunning
read a paper on the object of the so
ciety. There were more than forty
present and all did their lcst to
make the meeting one that could not
lie excelled. Substantial lunch wa
served a usual la cafeteria. Mr, and
Mr. Henry Howe will entertain the
trust next Friday night.
M'KENZIE'S MERRY MAKERS
CLOSE SUCCESSFUL WEEK
MeKenzle's Merry Maker closed a
very successful engagement here Sat
urday night. The watch which the
company gave away wa awarded
to Isaac Ford. After the erformnnce
the tuneful orchestra which the com
pany carried played lor a nost 01
dancers who enjoyed themselves
waltzing nnd two-stepping for sev
eral hour, me AicNpnxie company
gave good satisfaction here and will
play a return engagement In Octoler
The todies' fAld Socle tyfof the V.
II. church will give a chicken dinner
at the K. of P. hall Saturday, March
UUIi.
Walla Walla
Walla Walla at thl time was not
a great city, but It certainly was a
tough one. The gambling element
had full control, and ran thing high
for a while. Law wa a by-word
and order wa In the hands of cut
throats. Whenever a shooting scrape
started In town I Immediately re
tired to the privacy of my room at
the back of the express office, got be
hind any obstructions that were con
venient, put out the light -and re
mained In seclusion until the fracas
was over. Indeed, so frequent were
these little diversions thnt Instead of
drawing a crowd what ieopIe were
on the streets made themselves
scarce, casually Inquiring the next
morning as to how many had Ut-n
laid out. Well Fargo's express of
fice wns near the north end of town,
about one block south of the bridge
across the creek that runs through
the city, and on the east side of the
street. I generally took my meals
at Hartman's restaurant, a few
doors down the street. Harttuan
was a good fellow and made things
pleasant for u messengers, and we
were glad to do him any little favor
we could In return. Saloons were
certainly In evidence; I don't know
how many there were.but there were
plenty to go around. I did not pat
ronize them only as my business re
quired. Of course, as express messen
ger. I was exjHfted to be a bureau of
Information containing the latest
news from the outside world, to be
distributed gratis. This I always
did and soou Iwcame well acquainted
with nearly everybody In town.
One afternoon, In Welch's saloon,
I met the notorious Ford Patterson,
of whom I shall have something to
say later on. Patterson wanted
some Information that he thought I
could give, and as a preliminary I
was Invited to the bur to take a
drink. This I politely but firmly de
clined. No greater offense could pos
sibly Is? given, to a drinking man,
than to refuse to drink with him,
and Ford was beginning to look and
say ugly thing when Dan Welch
came to my rescue. Dan had known
me for year and told Patterson that
It wns no disrespect to him, as I
never used liquor In any form. Pat
terson then shook hands with me
saying, "(iood for you my boy; stay
with It. I would have Isfii a better
man If I had never touched it." It
was not a very pleasant rencount.r
as Patterson was one of the most
notorious desperadoes on the coast.
The trip to The Dalles took four
day of hard riding over rough
roads, sometimes on eight-passenger
coaches, somel lines on dead ax w ag
ons, sometime on horseback or on
foot; any way to get through. The;
weather at times was bitterly coM;
on several occasions the mercury ,
registered .'10 degrees below zero. The j
ground at times was covered with
three feet of snow, and seldom bare, i
and the ten pound of shot gun
across my lap did not add to the
warmth of thing. ;
The Killing of Ford Patterson !
One trip that I made was a record
breaker. We left Walla Walla at;
about S;:;o a. m. February 15th. The I
thermometer wn registering 20 be-1
low zero. Just as I was climbing j
Into the seat by the driver someone
came by telling us that Patterson j
had Just I teen shot to death. We
had beard the shooting, but In the
hurry of getting rendy to go had
paid no attention to It. A we drove
past Welch's saloon Patterson's dead
body lay In the doorway of the sa
loon, having just breathed his last.
He had just istm shaved and was
still sitting In the barlier chair when
a iiiiiu named Tom Donahue, a dep
uty sheriff, nnd eronully friendly j
to Patterson, drew a large Colt re I
volver and commenced shooting. Al-
though fearfully wounded In the neck
Patterson jumped to his feet and ran
out to the saloon, a few door away,
Donahue shooting nil the time. As
he reached the saloon door a final
shot brought htm down. He died In
a few minutes. Patterson was un
armed or the result would probably
have been different. Donahue was
arrested and Jailed, escaping a few-
day afterward, and wa never
heard of again. Donahue, It was
stated, U'longed to a baud id vigi
lantes that had bitn organized os-
were the gamblers, and Donahue had
been selec ted to get away with Pat
terson. It was a cowardly, cold
blooded murder and aroused the law
abiding citizens,- and had not Dona
hue's frleuds gotten him out of the
way It would have gone hard with
him.
Patterson came to California from
Texas during the early mining ex
citement. The Oregonlan, comment
ing on hi death, speaks of him as a
man of more than ordinary ability
and as fearless a It was possible for
a human being to be. The late Dr.
C. B. Brook of The Dalles, who had
attended him In Yreka and at Gold
Bar in California, told me that his
body was a net work of scar from
bullet and knife wound. Iu the
prlng of 1MI5 he killed Capt. Staples
in Portland, and In August of the
same year killed Ex-sheriff Simon
Plnkham of Boise oounty, Idaho. On
both count he was cleared on the
ground of self defense. After killing
Plnkham Patterson was arrested
and thrown luto Jail. A correspon
dent of the Oregonlan writing from
Boise City at this time says, "Ford
Patterson and crew govern Idaho.
Acting Governors Is up at Rocky
Bar drinking whiskey and having
delirium tremens. The civil govern
ment of Idaho has gone to the dogs,"
The grand Jury In the Patterson
case failed to return a verdict, eleven
for couvlctlou, four for acquittal,
twelve being required to return a
verdict, A band of vlgllantles was
organized to lynch Patterson, but
his friends helped him to escape,
hence hi appearance In Walla Walla.
He was a large, fine looking fellow,
and naturally a kind hearted man;
utterly without fear, a leader of men
and a dead shot with a pistol.
To bo continued)
Property Aggregating In Price Many
Thousands of Dollars In City and Valley
Changes Hands-New Buildings In Sight
Real estate transactions Involving
many thousand of dollars have leen
made during the past few days. The
largest operation reported have
leen through the J. H. Hellbronner
Company who sold 20 acre of or
chard on th'e east side ls-longlng to
Capt. W'ntt for lfi,000 to C. W. Peck;
also the Hood River box factory
property Including four lots to Capt.
C. B. McCann, and the corner prop
erty at Fourth aud Cascade avenue
belonging to E. J. Young, 100x100
feet, to Kler & Cass.
In addition to this the Hellbronner
Company did a little buying, having
purchased the property at the cor
ner of Third and Cascade avenue, oc
cupied by A. Whitehead and owned
by E. B. Clarke of Portland, 100x50
feet. The same company also bought
a lot on Cascade avenue adjoining
this property 50x100 feet Iwlonglng
to Kler & Cass. In the latter deals
Mr. Hellbronner Is associated with
some Indiana parties and it is under
stood that brick buildings are con-
SECOND ST. REALTY
SELLS JOR $14,000
A big deal In city property was
consummated Friday when Jack
Morrison purchased the Seneca Fouts
property on Second street, paying
$14,000 for It. The property U con
sidered one of the best In town and
has a frontage of 68 feet on Second
street and Is 100 feet deep. It Is situ
ated letween the new Hotel Oregon
and the Broslus block and at present
templated for these sites In the near
future.
On the box factory site, bought by
Mr. McCan. It I understood that
he will erect a large storage ware
house and transfer barn. Thl Is fe
lleved to be an Ideal location for this
purpose. The structure will of course
le of brick nnd contain all that Is
modern In a place of this kind.
Mr. Harbison, who retains the ma
chinery und equipment of the factory
will continue its operation on the
present site to furnish growers with
strawberry crates and then may de
cide to erect a factory in some other
section of the city and continue the
business. It Is to Isj hoped that he
will do so as the establishment has
been one of the best main Industries
at Hood River In providing a pay
roll. Successful Horticultural Institute
A very successful and enthusiastic
horticultural Institute wa held lost
Thursday in the I'pper Valley by
Professors Cordley, Jackson and
Griffin of Corvallls, and Prof. Wins
low, horticulturist of British Colum
bia. One hundred nineteen crowded
Into the Mount Hood ball to listen
to the lectures which started at 10 a.
m., continuing till 3:.'t0. During the
noon hour a most elaborate luncheon
was served by the Mount Hood la
dles. After the Institute was con
cluded the speakers were driven
around the valley Inspecting or
chards, their ride terminating at the
Babson's and Pieronnet's where they
spent the night. The professors were
greatly surprised at the development
and extent of the I'pper Valley, and
(.vrT w A
Some of the promising young athletes who participated in the try-outs at the
Athletic Club Monday night.
TWO GOOD SALES
ON EAST SIDE
(1. D. Culliertson & Co. got busy
last week In selling orchard land.
They disposed of ten acres on the
east side U-longlng to A. A. Hoover
Is occupied by Hay ward's cigar store
DeBussey's restaurant and the cigar
store of Morse Bros. The sale was
made through W. J. Baker & Co.
Mr. Morrison, who was forced to
move on account of the new hotel
which C. A. Bell will shortly com
mence building, will occupy the space
now used by the restaurant In which
ACCEPTED PLAN
to (1. II. Carrier for $rt.S(W. One third ! '" will lit up a large billiard room LI1U W A NYN tM
were most enthusiastic over the soil.
Prof. Wlnslow- Is quoted as saying
that he had never Ixf n In a locality
where there was so little to coutend
with In raising an orchard.
of the acreage Is In ten year old trees
and the rest I In young orchard.
Another sale made by the CullHTtson
Company Is 40 acres owned by D. M.
Jackson to Rev. (!. II. Turk of Tor
onto, Can., who will develop It.
The vesper services at the I'nltar
lan church next Sunday promise to
lie one of great Interest to every
parent In Hood River. It will Ik a
Six or seven new tables will be placed
In It of the finest make with the nec
essary titling. The soft drink es
tablishment will Ih consolidated
with the one Mr. Hay ward Is conducting.
I'nder the auspice of the ladles'
Aid society of the Valley Christian
church Mrs. A. E. Meserve of Port
land, an elocutionist of note, will
ltople forum open for discussion to 'jjive tin entertainment, assisted by
all that can Ik- crowded Into one:,H.i talent nt the church Friday
hour. It Is expected that some de- i evening of thl week. Ail w ho at
clslve action will be tokeii t,.lt (m, ,,romu,,(i (l tine evening's
Onthauk & Hubbard Is the name ' entertainment and every bod j Is In
of a new real estate firm w hich con-, vlted.
slsts of A. W. Onthauk and Paul I
Mr. T. B. Ford went to Portlanp
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tenslbly for the purpose of clearing .T ' . ... ... ' . "n. V. . .. i .1 i
I IK I r IHII! T III nil" IPlimilUH nmiu mi" !, , - , , . 1 1 t I
out the gambler, but who proved i..,n ,,.i.,.i 1.,. Mr i mi l,.nk f,.r I uesday for a visit with her son and
themselves a greater nuisance than sometime.
daughters.
At a spttial meeting of the Com
mon Council Monday night the plan
for a new water system submitted
by J. P. Newell of the firm of Newell,
t.osset & Walsh wa accepted and
advertisement for bid for contract
for construction authorized conting
ent on the sale of the bonds. It Is
expected to commence work on the
water plant May 1st and have It
completed some time In Novemls-r.
Owing to the Illness of Councilman
Joseph Wright who Is In a Portland
hospital and w ho wa chairman of
the committee to obtain right of
ways for the pipe line, Coumilmen
Broslns and Hall were appointed a
sHtial committee to take up the
matter and rush negotiations.