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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 16
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 1910
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Hoot! River
filalres
Chester Huggins Wins First Place and
Establishes New Record Other Races
Captured by Swift Hood River Athletes
Theater Huggtns, of Hood Itlver
high school. In competition with
college men from O. A.C. and IT. o( ().,
ah well as other college ami high
schools throughout the state, won
first place In the one-mile run at the
Indoor meet at Portland Saturday.
Hugging linn been a wlnnerlnsmaller
meet several times, and always a
faithful trainer. ireat things have
leen predicted for blm'and he bids
fair to meet all expectations. In the
meet Saturday be established a new
state Indoor record, making the mile
In the time of 4::tl flat.
While Huggins was the only win
ner direct from Hood Illver the city
CLOSING ADDRESS
OPEN FORUM
The open forum series of services
closed In a most fitting way Sunday
evening. Dr. Ford, pastor of Asbury
church, gave his Impressions of the
nddrsses delivered during the past
few weeks. He said that the speak
ers bad Impressed him with their
sincerity, their preparation of sub
jects assigned them and a general
desire to state the truth as they saw
It, without offense to anyone. He
lM'llees In truth and Is not afraid of
It nor for It.
Perhaps tine of the liest Influences
pmlnatlng from the meeting Is a bet
ter understanding of the men of
Hood ltiver regarding each other,
and also regarding the attitude of
the church toward those It seeks to
help. The "up-to-now" church has
ceased to dogmatize nbout nonessen
tials and lay more stress on living
and great life principles.
The Howl Klver Mandolin Club
rendered severul excellent numbers
and Mrs. A. A. Jayne sang a most
pleasing sacred solo. Asbury quar
tet and J. ('. Skinner also rendered
yocal numbers. A. A. Jayne pre
sided and some of the former speak
ers of the open forum responded to
llr. Ford's excellent address.
True American Citizenship
Kdltor of the News: The article en
titled Woman Suffrage and Temiier
mice which has recently npiieared In
the Harper's Bnxunr gives much food
for thought, even for those who be
lieve In women's enfranchisement
ami who will always lielleve that
IMTiiianent good will result through
this channel.
It Is true In those states where
women have lieen allowed to vote,
the prohibition wave has not Iieen
felt to any appreciable extent.
The women of these states have
doubtless lieen lu the minority and
evidently have not lieen placed In
touch with many Ideas which teud
to advancement along the lines of
temperance reform. The privilege of
yottng was thrust upon them, so to
speak, and they sit in to have bad no
choice tut to accept the situation.
That they were given this privilege
as a means to an end under a selfish
motive may lie true. This might
have lieen a fact In Colorado, more
esjieclnlly where In times past the
labor troubles have lieen closely as
sociated with men who have Influ
ence and who were avowed enemies
of prohibition, Samuel Gompers,
the president of the federation of
labor, furnishing the most conspic
uous example.
Apparently the thought has never
occurred to many of these women
that they are In possession of an In-
Tax Collections
During the time of the 3 lT cent
rebate on tax collections for Wasco
county Sheriff Chrlsmnn collected
f142,.mi of the IIICI.OOO duo the
county. Since the expiration of the
rebate there has been collected $J1,
NM (13. leaving a balance of about
2N,(HM) to lie collected.
At Hood Klver $120,000 out of
JIMH.OOO has been collected.
Letters m VIes8ages
Sprinter
Mew Record
was well represented among the
college men. Henderson, who won
the shot-put, Is a Hood Itlver man,
who Is attending the state university
and put the shot at 30 feet l Inches.
Johnson of Oregon who made first
In the 440-yard sprint and second In
the high Jump Is a former Hood Itlver
blgh school student.
Hood Klver blgh school students
are taking a lively Interest In ath
letics which Is being endorsed by
their Instructors, and the near future
will see Hood Klver high well re pre
sou ted In all meets throughout the
state.
Reception to New Minister
The members and friends of the
Valley Christian church tendered a
reception to their new pastor and
his wife, Kev. and Mrs. Isaac Peart,
Wednesday evening of last week.
It wus Indeed a most brilliant affair,
In fact It took the form of An ova
tion. Prof. Murphy was master of
ceremonies. Addresses of welcome
were delivered by the Kevs. Tate,
Wood, Ford, Gllmore, Adams, Dav
idson and Cash. Also a most pleas
ing address was made by Hon. -lie
Butler of the Butler Banking
Company. The Barrett band boys
played a number of selections to the
delight of all. Mrs. Kcavls, the choir
leader, and her daughter.Mlsstjladys
sang a duet that was most pleasing.
The master of ceremonies then an
nounced that It was high time to
give Kev. Peart a chance to defend
himself, which he (lid In a most elo
quent and Impressive manner. Of
the .VK) iersoiis who were present,
not one would attempt to suy that
Kev. Peart Is not competent to fill
any pulpit In our large cities of to
day. Will Manage Mosier Union
At the annual meeting of the
Moslcr Fruitgrowers' Association
the following directors were elected:
A. P. liutelmm, Amos Knot, C. A.
McCnrger, J. M. Carroll and D. P.
Harvey. These directors, have chosen
II. M. Huxley, of Hood Klver, as
manager of theassx'latlon.
strument that to use It wisely would
transform things to such an extent
that their Influence for good would
lie felt all over the world.
g. Men who hnve'voted foryeqrs have
had, to leu rn, ma nyjl in port ant lessons
I "TpoH I lea economy and areolae
from graduating yet. Until the ma
jority of voters arrive at the point
where an intelligent conception of
their duties lead them to regard the
growing boys and girls with more
favor and of greater value to the
world than the rum trnflic with all
of Its wretchedness and wastefulness
they will never lie jierfected In what
constitutes true American citizen
ship. '
Sunday Desecration Without Excuse
Kdltor of the News: Pastor Dav.
Idson deserves the support of all the
law-abiding people of the valley In
his protest against the prevalent
Sabbath desecration here. Some of
the older residents say that a few
years ago Sunday was well observed.
If so, the valley has certainly degen
erated of late. The amount of
blasting, ordinary field work and
heavy teaming on the roads for the
last few Sundays particularly has
been utterly without excuse. For
the good name of Hood Klver valley,
If for no higher motive, public senti
ment ought to be roused against
this sort of moral laxity. There Is
far less danger of our becoming too
Puritanical In this regard than there
Is of our being entirely heat henish.
II. J. Woon.
Pastor Belmont Church.
Telephone to the Humane Society
Kdltor of the News: For the
benefit of those who have not
the moral courage to defend
helpless, dumb creatures that are
lielng cruelly treated, lie It known
that the Hood Klver Valley Humane
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Reminiscences
Messenger
By Capt.
OOI.II MKT STOLEN.
On one trip I fell under suspicion.
A buckskin sack containing dust for
the O. H. N. Co. bad fallen short II
hud passed through my bauds and I,
a new man, wus the one suspected.
All the other messengers were old
hands and above and beyond such
things, which was undoubtedly true.
But to complicate matters, the very
next trip Messenger Cann brought a
sack for the company that had also
fallen short, and It was discovered
that a stitch had been cut In the
corner, a small quantity of dust ab
stracted, the edges pushed buck so it
would not show, and several sacks
were so treated before It was discov
ered how the gold was taken out.
There was but one man who had the
handling of ull the sacks and he wus
an old and trusted negro porter who
had served as messenger for the Nav
igation company for many years,
and hud never been suspected of dis
honesty, but when charged with the
theft he broke down and confessed
all, returned the stolen dust and was
discharged without prosecution.
MINK HOSTS OF TUB TJIATILLA HOl'SR.
My headquarters, while In The
Dalles, was at the Umatilla House,
the best known and most popular
hostelry In the state. The proprie
tors, Major Dennis Handly and Col
onel N. B. Slnnott, were as well
kuown as their hotel. The major, a
son of Erlu and a relic of the famous
GOO of Ualaklava, was the business
head of the Institution, while the
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BLOOMING APPLE TREES THE
Jo WHEN TO SEE
Speaking of the comet Prof. Camp-
bell of the Mount Hamilton Observ
atory says: i
"Until May IS I (alley's comet will
lie a morning objet-t.liecomlng visible j
before the lirst rays of dawn, and j
after that time will lie an evening j
object nnd fairly conspicuous during
the Inst halt of May.
"It Is unsafe to predict the bright-;
ness of a comet and for that reason!
I do not cure to say Just when It w ill I
liecome visible to the naked eye, but
I ls lleve It will he possible for us at I
the observatory to sie It without j
the aid of telescopes nnd a week or j
two later before It will lie apparent
to those In the valley. The people!
w ill have greater difficulty In seeing
It on account of the glare of the elec
tric lights of the city, nnd there Is a
possibility for that reason that It
will not lie visible from San Fran
cisco nt nil. All depends upon Its
brightness, nnd that, ns I said. Is un
safe to predict.
"Wo will pass through the tail of
the comet on the night of May 1
and will take several hours lu so do
ing. 1 innj say that no danger may
lie feared. There may be a glow In
the sky and perhaps u meteoric dis
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In Early Days
II. C. Coe
urbane and smiling Colonel Slnnott
"welcomed the coming ami s(ed the
parting guest," and In a most tact
ful manner distributed out the rooms
with proper number of "bugs" to
the entire satisfaction of each and
every one. They were whole souled,
generous men, kindly hearted and no
deserving unfortunate was ever
turned :;wuy hungry or shelterless.
HANK VAIOIIN.
About this time, a boy by the
name of Vaughn begun to show
symptoms of the bad man type. 1
bad known Hank some years pre
vious. He wart a hanger-on around
stables, rhling races, and doing little
Jobs around t lie burns nt The Dalles.
His first public appearance was, If I
remember rightly, In conjunction
with others In a horse steuling sera pe
in Umatilla county, and a break was
made to reach that "Hole In the
Wall," Boise City. At Burnt Klver
In Baker county lie was overtaken
by Sheriff Frank Maddux, of Umatilla
county. A pistol duel ensued In
which Hank succeeded In shooting
Muddox through the mouth and
making his escape. He was after
wards arrested arid sent to the peni
tentiary for a term of years. After
serving something over a year he
was pardoned on account of his
youth, and his career us a bud man
went on. He was engaged In nu
merous shooting sernjies and made
himsel! a general nuisance to nil law
abiding people by his drunken
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DELIGHT OF MANY VISITORS
HALLEY'S COMET Jo
play, but apart from this harmless
and beautiful phenomenon nothing
will occur to affect human I'ves on
earth.
"Until May IS the comet will be
visible Just before dawn, and those
who Intend to watch for It would do
well to remember that the sun Is
rising earlier dally. After May 1 It
will lie west of the sun nnd will be
visible after sunset."
Chickens Mothered by Oil Stove
Twelve hundred fluffy little chicks
one day old enclosed In a circular
space twelve feet lu diameter and
mothered by a single oil stove, repre
sents one of the peculiar features of
an experiment which Is now llng
carried on by Professor James Dry
den of the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. The chicks which are being used In
this experiment were hatched In In
cubators. Twelve machines wore
used, the machines producing an
average of bK) chicks each. This
number of chickens were hatched
from a total of U5.V) eggs.
Jos. Wilson went down to Port
land to attend the opening of the
ball seasou nt that (dace Tuesday.
Hood River May Have
$10,000 Chapter House
Reception Given by American Woman's
League a Success One Hundred Guests
Present and Many Apply for flembership
Mrs. T. J. Cunning ojiened her
beautiful residence for the Crst recep
tion given by the Hood Klver Chap
ter American Woman's league
which was quite a success lu every
way.
One hundred guests were present
which gave great satisfaction to
those who are especially Interested
In Increasing the membership nnd lie
lng able to qualify for a ten thousand
dollar Chapter House.
New members were secured nnd
grent enthuslusm prevails lu regard
to the coming national convention
to be held In May at University City,
St. Louis, Mo. Our Chapter is entit
led to one delegate whose expenses
are paid railroad fare, sleeper,
meals and the best of care during the
convention of three days.
Each metnlier who secures ten new
applications accompanied by five
Woman's Club Meeting
The Woman's Club held a very In
teresting meeting at Odd Fellows
hall last Wednesday afternoon. The
topic was "Conservation of Our
Natural Kesources,"and the program
which was au excellent one, was In
charge of Mrs. S. E. Bartmess. The
program was begun with a solo,
"The Bird and The Rose," by Mrs.
II. C. Sletten, Mrs. C. K. Marshall,
accompanist. She was followed by
an Interesting uddress on "Forest
Conservation," by S. E. Bartmess.
After a piano solo, "Butterfly," by
Miss Gladys Reavis, Kev. Parker ad
dressed the club on "Birds." His
talk was Instructive as well as very
Interesting, as Indeed the entire pro
gram proved to be.
Committee reports and other mat
ters of business were attended to,
and several things pertaining to civic
Improvement and lienntlfylng the
city were discussed. After a social
hour the members departed express
ing their enjoyment. At the next
meeting nominations will be made
for officers of the club for the next
term.
(J. D. Woodworth wus a passenger
for Portland Monday.
Live Local Copies
Mlchavl Prendergust, who bought
the Churchward place, arrived here
last week, accompanied by his family
from Fort Worth, Texas.
A new bicycle wheel racing curt ar
rived and was taken out Monday
to Capt. McCan's nice track, which
he is building In the valley.
Laurel Kcliekah Lodge held nn In
teresting meeting last Monday night,
followed by nn Ice cream social. Au
enjoyable time is reported.
While returning from town Mon
day morning Mrs. C. A. Hall became
frightened and Jumped from the
buggy, breaking her ankle bone.
Next Sunday evening nt the ."
o'clock service In the Unitarian
church Charles Davidson will speak
on "The Necessity for Unttnrluntstu
nnd Other Religious. Associations."
All are cordially Invited.
Alliert S. Hull, an expert electrician
has taken the position of manager
with the Hood Klver Electric Light,
Power nnd Wnter Company. Mr.
Hall arrived here Thursday nnd as
sumed charge of the company's busi
ness. A large crowd witnessed the ball
game between Hood Klver and
White Salmon Sunday afternoon at
Columbia park. The game was n
close one, being a tie on the ninth
Inning However, the Klickitat city
carried off the honors, the score be
ing 4 to 6 in their favor.
The National Life Insurance Com
pany U. S A., of Chicago, has Just
paid Mrs. T. W. DeBussey f ',(XK). the
amount of a policy written for Mr,
DeBussey, but a few weeks before
his death. The company paid the
amount of the claim although the
first premium had not yet Invn paid.
Mr. DeBnssey's death occurred
March STMi and the money was paid
April 4th.
dollars on each will also secure this
delightful trip free of cost to her.
A round table was conducted on
the Is-uefits and privileges conferred
by the League by Mr. Grimm which
was very Interesting nnd profitable.
Those present were delightfully en
tertained by the sweet music of the
Mandolin Club and Orchestra, also
solos by Misses Bryant and Vannett.
Dainty refreshments were served
by the Leugue and the reception
closed with an informal social hour.
Meetings every Tuesday p. m. from
2:30 to 5 o'clock. All welcome.
LAFEAN BILL
PUTJ0 SLEEP
A dispatch to the Oregonlan says
that satisfied from testimony recent
ly submitted that the Lafean apple
box und grading bill Is both vlsclous
and unwarranted, the House com
mittee on agriculture, on motion of
Representative Hawley, last week
tabled that measure, thus rendering
Impossible Its further consideration
during this or the next session.
The committee discussed the bill
for half an hour, reviewing the main
features of the evidence on both sides
and when the vote was taken the
bill was defeated, 9 to 6.
Of three absent members two were
opposed to the bill, so that In reality
the committee stood 11 to 7 against
the bill. The members who voted to
table tli bill were Chairman Scott
and Messrs. Hawley, Haugen, Cole,
Howell, Kucker, Ilanna, Plumley
and Lee.
A majority of the committee held
that there was no occasion for
adopting a standard box, especially
such a box as the bill proposed, but
they particularly objected to the un
fairness of that section which under
took to establish grades.
The showing made by Representa
tive Hawley and the Oregon and
Washington growers who appeared
before the committee were largely
responsible for the action.
The ladles of St. Mark's Guild will
meet Friday afternoon of this week
with Mrs. E. C. Young.
Miss Lucille Potter won the Wer
ner piano offered the most popular
young lady In Hood Klver.
Kev. Mr. Warren of The Dalles will
bold services at St. Mark's church
next Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock.
A cordial Invitation extended to all.
Mr. and Mrs. Horton and son ar
rived from Omaha, Nebr., Monday,
and will make their home on their
property In Paradise acreage. Mrs.
Horton Is a daughter of Mr. ami
Mrs. M. Parkins.
Tuesday evening of last week ft sur
prise party wus given nt the home of
Judge J. L. Henderson, by the Misses
Wllma Thompson and Mary Dabney,
About twenty-five of the younger
set were present nnd thoroughly en
Joyed the occasion. The rooms and
tables were prettily decorated and
light refreshment served after an
evening of games.
E. L. Scobee, the well known den
tlst. who has been lix"ated In Port
land and has rooms In the Oregonlan
building, has rented the rooms for
merly occupied by Arnold & Kupp
and will commence practicing here
May 1st. Mr. Scols-e Is said to rank
high In all branches of his profession.
Having become tired of the grind of
city life he will make his home here.
The Thursday Musical Club held n
meeting last Thursday at the home
of Mrs. C. 11. Sletten, which was well
attended and much Interest shown,
Mrs. Dumble, the club president, was
present for the first time since her re
turn from California. The uext
meeting will lie held w ith Mrs. A. A.
Jayne, when preparations will ls
made for a program for the open
meeting to If given soon. All are
Invited to attend.