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df you want tfie news, su6scri6e for tfic Hews, df you want printing, ficroe us do it. Tfie Hews (cads THE.,, HOOD RIVER NEWS U" ..S.Jll VOLUME 6, NUM1 YVH HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1910 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Ten Acres Orchard Had Faith In Hood River Takes Prompt Action To Clean and Polish Sells For $ 19,000 Despite Evil Prophecies Desirable Acreage of Hits High Mark for Land --Property Has The highest price (or Hood Klver orchard proerty was paid Saturday when I'Vllx von Make Vonnegut, a former resident of Iudlunapolis, bought ten acres on the east side owned by L. V. MHIh and paid l'J.OOO for It. The sale wait made through J. II. Ilt'llbronner & Co., and In believed to le an Indication that the f2,000 mark (or bearing orchards In not lar a way. Mr.Vonnegut who owim property at Sutherlln, In southern Oregon left here Sunday to clone up his Interests there and will then come to Hood Klver with hU family to live. The orchard bought by Mr. Von tiegut in s nolle! blin k of Newtowns ACTIVE MEETINGS OF WOMAN'S CLUB An article prepared for publication liiHt week did not appear owing to the late hour It wan presented. Mrs. Gibbons hud charge of the af ternoou, Mar. Otb; her program wan in out Interesting and luslructlve, the theme being "The American Girl at College." The exercises were Inter spewed with iuuhIc, a solo by Mm, Huxley and three selections on the violin by Mr. Weiss of Odd), Minn Carter accoinpauylng. The afternoon of Mar. 10, owing to the absence of Mm. Butcbclder, our prenldeut, wan prenlded over by Minn McLaren, our vice president, and Mrs. (,'antiier.necretary, both of whom we were glad to welcome home after their long abnence. Mrs. Cant tier bad charge of the afternoon. The sub ject being "Cleanup Day," which wan thoroughly discussed by the club and many good and practical Ideas were presented by different memlcrn for making Hood Klver clean, healthful and benutlftl, and all nieinlers were requested to wnge war on the lion ne lly. A committee wan appointed to arrange for an old fanhloned spelling bee Inrtween the Woman'n Club und the Commercial Club, the proceeds to go toward furnlnhing the new Com mercial Club rooms. After the busi ness was finished we had the pleas ure of listening to an luterentlngtalk on the U'nt plan of securing a library for Hood Klver by 1'rof. McLaughlin of the High School. His Ideas cov ered the ground thoroughly and con cluded with a pleasing tribute to the American Woman's league. A Chapter house Is greatly needed here for our library; for the Woman's Club, the Kellcf Corps, the W. C. T. V. and other organizations. It requires 2K) memlMTs, 150 of which must I fully paid up to build a ten thousand dollar chapter house. We have now a membership of sixty, twenty-three pf whom are strong, active members (( the Woman's Club. The only expense we will have, Im slden .12 for inemliernhlp In to buy the Jot. The committee Is rendy to ne gotiate for one, so Just put your shoulder to the wheel, good citizen of Hood Klver, and help us to buy thin lot, We need the Chnpter house for our young folks and are working with a determination to succeed. E apartMRThouse at 9tjund oak Having sold his property on Sec ond street to good ndvautnge, At torney Seneca Fonts of Portland, who was here Sunday, announced that he had bought the BoneBrock DeWltt property at the corner of 1Mb and Oak street, opposite the resi dence of Dr. F. C. Broslus, nnd will erect an apartment house on It. Mr. Fouts believes that Hood Klver Is badly In need of more room for dwelling purposes, and that tt will help some to provide a numler of modern apartments for the city's rapidly growing population. The building will be 75 by UK) feet fronting on Oak street, three stories high nnd contain all the modern con veniences. Situated In one of the jnost desirable residence sections of (he city, It n thought that the ven ture will not only prove a great ac commodation, but a profitable Investment. Eight Year Old Trees Hood River Orchard Interesting History and Spltzenbergs and ban an Inter esting hlntory. Originally It wus owned by Chris Dethman and was part of twenty acres sold by htm to F. W. Kadford for $20,000. It was the first orchard property lu the val ley to bring 1,000 an acre. Mr. Kad ford kept It until last fall when he sold It to L. W. Hills for $17,000 the highest price that had been paid at that time. In selling for $ l.lWO an acre Saturday It maintains the rec ord for the highest price piece of dirt In the valley. A sale of Interest In the I'pper ValJi'y Saturday was the place of J W. Ulossom consisting of 40 acres which was purchased by Dr. A. C. Harvey of Spokane. The sale was made by G. I). Wood worth. Mr, Harvey will develop ten acres of It at once. G. Y. Ed wards & Co. report the sale of two forty acre tracts, both closed this week. Henry T. Parr of Chicago, one of the purchasers bought 40 acres of the Curl Ehrck tract one mile south-west of Odell. Half of this Is cleared and will be set to trees thin spring, the balance will beelenred and planted as soon as possible. Mr. Parr will build and move onto the place as soon as the bonne Is completed. E. A. ISaker of Hood Klver also bought forty acres of uncleared land la the upper valley through the Ed wards Co. PINE GROVE GRANGE HAS LIVELY MEETING Our regular meeting Saturday wns full of business and fun. No literary program being rendered. It was a so cial evening. The committee on horticultural In stitute held a few days ago reported their work completed and presented a small bill of expense, which was paid and committee discharged. Thin horticultural lustltute wan the first of the kind ever held In the valley outside of the town of Hood Klver. It proved to be so successful that many of our friends are asking for a repetition of It. Our entertainment given to the public St. Patrick's night, under the management of our worthy lecturer, Clara L. Jarvls, nnd her worthy as sistant, Mrs. I). H. Thorn, was excel lent. The ladles' quartet made quite a hit and were recalled many times. Wllma Thompson's fancy dancing wns beyond description nnd must be seen to be appreciated. Little Myrtle Jarvls was another star. She pos sesses a remarkable voice nnd much composure for a child of her age Mrs. Thorn's rending, "The Steeple Kace" was well executed nnd you could not but feel the "Forest King" deserved all the admiration he re ceived. At the close of this exciting event some one In the audience whis pered aloud, "Forest King can beat Joe Jnrvis's White steamer." One of the most appreciated short plays ever given In our hall was Mrs. Itusby'a Pink Tea." It was the crowning feature of the evening. Misses Lulu Hunt, LIzle Mohr and Mr. Mark Cameron played their parts to perfection. By motion a committee of three were appointed to make arrange ments for a rousing public good roads meeting to ltd held In our hall sometime In the near future. Judge Webster and Judge Derby will be the principle speakers while each mem ber of our county court will be asked to respond. In the meantime nil of the road overseers Interested will ask questions and assist In deciding ust what kind of good roads legisla tion Is most desired. Marshal Issues Warning As I am making an effort to keep the streets an clean and presentable as possible and many srstst In lit tering them with paper nnd other rubbish, I wish to call the attention of Hood Klver residents to the fact that (here Is an ordinance prohibit ing thin and providing a penalty for ts violation. Therefore I give no tice that I will act according to law In canes of violation In the future. It. T. Lkwis, City Marshal. M. V. Itaud last week furnished J C. Skinner, secretary of the Commer cial Club, with a very Interesting old picture which was taken many years ago. The photo will be used to show how Hood Klver looked before and after. Mr. Kand, In telling about the early days to the News man, said: "In November, lsx4, I came with my family to Hood Klver aud locat ed on 100 acres shown In the pictures It was wild and rough. We found our way to the place by a cow trail, and moved our household goods by means of a baud sled nnd pack. Mrs Kand with babe In her anus wan sure that God did not Intend that land for civilized man, yet we were never homesick. - The climate, the scenery, the freedom and the very wilduess of It all brought content and we found happiness in the task before us. Settlers on the low beav- erdain land declared again and again that we would starve to death on our homestead. It required consid erable hard work to clear enough land for a strawberry patch and a small orchard. The strawberries of course did much better after we got the Irrigating ditch some ten years later. Wild game and fish In abun dance provided provender that sus tained us. I have killed deer within teu rods of my house, aud I have caught trout In my strawberry patch that came In with the ditch water. UNIQUE FAREWELL TO NEW RESIDENTS Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Keating, says a communication from the east, left Montclalr today for their new borne In the Hood Klver Valley, Ore gon. A large numlter of friends met at the railroad station In Jersey City to bid them bou voyage. Mr. and Mrs. Keating have been very highly respected residents of Montclalr for a good many years where they had a host of warm friends who now mourn their de parture and who wish them much happiness and success in the far famed western state to which they have gone. They were very popular memU'rs of the community here, and their many neighbors who knew them so well feel that Montclalr Is loser and Oregon In gainer by their departure. The esteem In which they were held was amply verified by a very unique 'progressive surprise party" which was given them on the evening of Mar. 2d. They had leen Invited out to supper to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shannon and when they were called Into the dining room for sup per they were greatly surprised to And surrounding the table a large company of their nearest friends. The decorations on the super ta ble were executed by Miss Shannon, who Is an amateur artist of much talent, aud were original nnd appro priate, conslntlug of a very real rep resentation of Hood Kiver valley, bowing Mt. Hood, the river, pine trees, orchards, the anlmnls, etc., and a miniature reproduction of the new house which Mr. Keating expects to build on his fruit farm. After having partaken of soup the company were then Invited to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Steers where fish were served In a most delightful tyle. The meat course was served at the home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Walker Pntton; the salad wns served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Red mond and the pleasant surprise of the evening wound up at the home f Mr. aud Mr. Spec lit where the lesnert and coffee were served and where a most enjoyable mimical pro gram wan rendered. Speeches were made recounting the many excellent qualities of the two honored guests and expressing the good wishes of the company for their future welfare and prosperity. A most original poem wns read by Mr. Shannon, the yoet laureate of Holland Terrace, de scriptive of t he departure from Mont- lair, t lie Journey on the trains and the reception lu Hood Klver of the wo mcml who have so endeared themselves to every ineinlxT of the community. All of the Utblcs were Is-nutlfullv decorated In a most original manner, uggestlve of the new life Mr. and Mrs. Keating are about to enter up on In Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. kentlnir arrived here last Thursday and will make their home In the upper valley. . "I believe I may Justly claim to be one of the pioneers of apple cultere In Hood Klver valley. I secured a few scraggly three-year-old apple and peach trees at White Salmon and planted them on my place In the fall of S4, and I have been Identified with the development of this Industry ev er since. Fruit from those trees 1 first planted are now taking first prizes at apple shows. One of these trees now spreads 42 feet from branch to branch and yields $75 worth of fruit each year. An acre of such trees would yield $3,500 to $4,000 worth per acre a year. I furnished the bulk of the first carload of fruit shipped from Hood Klver. It went toClndn nattl. The peach trees are now 29 years old. They have borne fruit each year since 185, and are still bearing. "Portions of my homestead have been sold from time to time and now there are six families besides mine oc cupying the land that once looked so desolate, and It is producing suffic ient to sustain fifty or more families in comfort "Twenty-five years of vigorous work will accomplish wonders, as I have seeu, but only the beginning Is yet made. What changes the com ing 25 years will bring to my old homestead and to Hood Klver valley I cannot foresee, but am sure It will be a paradise as well as a treasure house of untold practical Inexhausti ble wealth." OPERA HOUSE WILL BE FURNITURE STORE Lack of room has forced O. P. Dab- ney, the furniture man, to rent the Hood Klver opera house. This will prohibit any further theatrical enter- talnn. 'nts here for a year unlens a new theater is built. The property In which Mr. Dabney has been doing business bus Just been sold and will !e torn down to make room for a brick block. As no other place was available, he leaned the opera bouse fur a year and will turn It Into a furniture store. Mr. Dabney, who had Just com pleted some extensive Improvements to his present quarters, expects to vacate them about the 1st of April. JOINT MEETING OFJjIVIC BODIES A joint meeting of representatives of the Commercial Club. Woman's Club, Civic Improvement league, Heights Improvement League and the Ministerial Association was held lant evening at Bartmess' store and committees appointed to co-operate with the city council In cleaning up. Committees were appointed for each section the city to oversee the work contemplated. Also to visit the schools and interest the pupils in taking an active part. Another wus chosen to visit the residence section and interest householders. Willamette Glee Club To those who enjoy a good musi cal program with Just enough spice to make It palatable, the coming of the Willamette 1'nlverslty Glee Club at the opera house the evening of March 25)th will !e a plenslug sur prise. As a musical organization the W. U. Glee Club enjoys a distinction attained by few other schools of the northwest. The membership as it stands today Is practically the same as that of last year and under the ef ficient direction of Frederick S. Men denhall, dean of the college of music, the club, for Its two years of practice has reached a point where It can In terpret numbers with nice degrees of hade and coloring. Open Forum Continues to Interest. The Asbury Methodist church was crowded last Sunday evening to hear the addresses of Dr. Jesse Edgtngton and Dr. C. W. Edmunds on "Chrlstl unity as Seen by the Physician." Roth doctors acquitted themselves well nnd at the close received hearty congratulations. The singing was lively, The Asbury quartet rendered an anthem with pleasing effect. C. J. Skinner sang a lieuutlful solo. Win. Chandler favored the audience with a violin solo Indicating a high degree of genius. Mm. J. E. Wilbur accom panist. The spirit of the meeting wns rood, and the people seemed pleased with the entire program. City Council Adopts Resolution to Co-Operate With Woman's Club For Cleaner Town and Will Act Officially Otherwise The coudcII meeting Monday night although characterized by a slim at tendance of the members, was a busy session. Councilman Wright being sick and Councilman Hugglngs out of town Councllmen Hall, Broslus, Arnold and Slocom transacted the business. Mayor McDonald, Record er Lang'lle and City Attorney Derby were also present. ' Attorney E. C. Smith appeared as a petitioner for J. H. Hellbronner and others as owners of the property oc cupied by O. P. Dabney and asked for permission to move tne building onto the lot corner of 4th and Cas cade Indefinitely. This was refused, but a motion was passed referring the matter to the fire and water committee giving It power to allow the building to lie moved to the site mentioned until the new building contemplated on 3rd street was fin ished. A petition from citizens containing about 50 names was presented to the council, accompanied by an option on the water system of the Hood River Electric Light, Power and Water Company, placing the pur chase price at f 40,000 and asking that a special election be called to buy the plant. On motion of Councilman Uroslus the proposition was referred to the city attorney to pass on the legality of the option. Mrs. J. F. Batchelder, as president of the Woman's Club, appeared be- PLANS READY FOR FERGUSON BLOCK Plans being completed, work on the new Ferguson block which will le located on Oak street between the First National Bank building and Perlgo's store will be commenced shortly. Mr. Ferguson has made ar rangements to have the present buildings on the site removed In a few days. The new structure will be 50x100 feet, fronting on Oak, and will be three stories high with basement. The latter will be utilized for two bowling alleys. On the ground floor there will be two stores about 2:) feet wide by 100 feet deep, and the second story It Is expected will be oc cupied by the athletic club with an archway cut between the rooms aud the new Commercial Club quarters. The plans, which are In the bands of Frederick & Arnold call for a pressed brick front and substantial and mod ern structure throughout. Mr. Na son will do the brick work. One of the stores will ite rented by Ross & Richards tor a cigar store aud billiard parlor, and they will al so have the bowling alley In the basement. REAL ESTATE FIRMS CHANGE LOCATIONS The Devlin & Flrebaugh company will have the store room In the Ho tel Oregon on the Cascade avenue side aud will move their office there as soon as tt is ready for occupancy. O.J. Tlllotson and C. L. Wheeler, two enterprising young men, have positions with the Devlin St Flre baugh company and will assist In the office work and showing the country to visitors. L. D. Flrebaugh has mo.ved to Hood Klver with his family aud will take an active Inter est In the company's affairs here. G. Y. Edwards & Co. has taken the upper business rooms lu the Hotel Oregon and moved therelu last week. Mr. Edwards will have with him in business thin summer George Has- call, who owns a ranch here and Is well known to Hood Klver people. In assisting lu showing visitors the valley. Mr. Edwards ban purchased an automobile In addition to his horse and buggy. Win. Kennedy, who sold his ranch on the east side last year for $21,000, and went to Rainier, Or., has dis posed of his holdings there nnd bought a place a few miles out of Portland. Mr. Kennedy was here last week visiting friends for a day or two. fore the council and asked for Its co operation In cleaning up the city, requesting It to name April 6th as the day for concerted effort In this respect. Mrs. Batchelder asked the city to provide four teams for use on clean up day and that tbe morning be devoted to cleaning up the resi dence section and the afternoon to tbe business sections. She asked also for tbe placing of a dozen public gar bage cans about town to be emptied regularly and further asked the coun cil to provide a new dumping ground On motion of Councilman Hall the requests of the Woman's Club were granted. To make the movement for a cleaner and more sanitary city more effective Councilman Broslus moved that tbe city health board make a tour of Inspection on April 4th and warn all residents whose premises were not In a sanitary condition to clean up and on April 0th to make another accompanied by the city marshall and arrest those who bad not complied. The motion carried. Permits were granted to allow J. Otten and J. H. Ferguson to build on their respective properties on Oak street. An ordinance providing for the building of a new sewer passed the first reading and bids for the con tracts for the new water system were ordered advertised. City Marshall Lewis reported that he had served notice on the popcorn man that be was maintaining a public nuisance by locating a tent wltb a wooden flooring and sides In the fire limits and ordered him to vacate. The matter was referred to the fire and water committee. A report was re ceived from Chairman Slocom of the finance committee in regard toaodlt Ing the city accounts. Council ad journed to meet Monday evening March 2Sth. START PUBLICITY FUNDJVITH $3200 The Commercial Club's publicity fund was started Monday and met with Instant and generous response.. Out of a limited numlter solicited for subscriptions, twelve Individuals and firms subscribed $3,200. The board of directors of the club, who bad tbe matter In charge, found that resi dents In general were satisfied with the good work accomplished by the publicity money last year and that they were willing to continue tbe work by subscribing liberally. Just as soon as possible the work of mak ing a thorough campaign for funds will lie continued and everybody In terested In the welfare of the commu nity will be asked to contribute. Walkover Shoe Pictures. A feature at the Oak this week will t a thousand feet of film depleting the manufacture of the Walkover shoe. The film was sent here by tbe Walkover Company to J. G. Vogt, who ban the agency for this fine make of shoes here. It Is one of the bent industrial films ever seen at Hood River and Its portrayal of the making of shoes lu this big establish ment from start to finish Is decidedly Interesting. VALHALLA ORCHARD BRINGSJ45.000 The largest sale of the season was made yesterday by John Ix'Iaud Hen derson. Inc., lu the purchase by a Cleveland company of the Valhalla orchard consisting of thirty acres from Oscar Vanderbllt. The consid eration was $45,000. Pedagogues Will Speak Sunday Next Sunday evening Prof. E. E. Coad and Prof. L. B. Gibson will speak In the open forum at the Meth odist church on "Chrlstlaulty from the view point of the teacher." This dlscusslou will attract a large at tendance an the people want to know whnt our schools think of Christian ity. Extra seats will le provided for the accommodation of the crowd. The High school quartet will nlng.