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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1910
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 18
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Apple Union Will Try
School Consolidation Dis
Says Old Boat Line
Trying "Hog" Game
Agent of Open River Transportation Co.
Complains That Regulator Line Is Trying
To Keep Teal Away From City Landing
New Labor Solution
cussed By Pro f. E. E. Coad
Establishes Employment Bureau to Sup
ply Berry Pickers and Apple Thinners
Ask Cooperation of Growers for Success
Realizing the Importance of pro
viding help for the strawberry grow
ers and orchardmen the Apple Grow
ers Union bus authorized the estab
lishment of a labor bureau la con
nection with the union and urges all
who need laborers to apply to the
olllce of the union ns soon as possl
tile. The labor bureau was established
at the suggestion of the labor com
mittee who met last Saturday with
the directors of the uulon and talked
over the problem of supplying labor
to pick berries and thin apples. The
tiltuatlon was admitted by the com
mittee and the directors to be serious
and the plan outlined was adopted.
C. H. Sproat, secretary of the un
ion, who has charge of the work,
said Monday thut advertisements In
serted In the Sunday papers had al
ready brought a large number of
applications and many others had
applied In person. He showed the
representative of the News a big
bunch of letters and stated that
many others asking for work were
arriving dally.
Mr. Sproat states that the union
will do every thlag It can to provide
help but wants the active coopera
tion of residents of tne valley In
carrying out the plan. Jt Is suggest
ed by him that those In need of help
APPLE CITY MEN
.BECOME ELKS
With visiting brothers present from
many lodges In all parts of the coun
try Including fine from Alaska, the
loeal Klks held one of the most en
thusiastic and enjoyable sessions In
the history ol The Dalles lodge Thurs
day night says The Dalles Chronicle.
The big doings started early Thurs
day evening, the occasion being the
arrival of 50 Hood Hlver and Port
land Klks on the 7 o'clock tram, with
17 candidates from the Apple City
who were later lultluted and made
members of the an tiered herd.
A large crowd of local members
of the order gathered at the train to
welcome the visitors. The candi
dates were blindfolded and tied to a
rope and were then lead around the
city to the hilarious accompaniment
of tout toms, cow ttells, drums and
various musical Instruments, though
classical nu tubers were not rendered
with the aid of the same. The pro
cession was nearly two blocks long
and furnished much amusement for
Klks and outsiders, who were on the
streets, alike.
After the business meeting and In
itiation the Klks marched Into the
small K. of 1', hall where a sumptu
ous buffet lunch had lcen prepared
by John Hall, the White House grill
chef. The feast consisted of olives,
radishes, salads, stuffed eggs, roast
lieef, roast suckling pig, and coffee.
The Hood Hlver men who Joined
the lodge Thursday night are K. O.
lllanchar, C. K. Copple, Charles T.
Karly, Charles A. Hell, J. B. Hunt, J.
K. Holiertson, F. E. Newby. A White
head, Charles H. Castner, W. L.
Clarke, Charles Hall, P. S. Davidson,
V. F. Morse, H. D. Oould, L. K.
Morse, Ernest C. Smith and Truman
llu tier.
WITHDRAWS BIG
ACREAGE FROM SALE
Believing that conditions In the
fruit business point to one of tha
most successful seasons 'here this
year and that weather conditions In
the east and middle west are de
monstrating each year suerlorlty of
the Oregon climate for growing
apples. H. F. Davidson Monday
withdrew 10 acres of orchard, he had
listed for sale, from the market
er. Davldlon states that crop
conditions In all sections of the val
ley both for berries and apples never
looked more promising than at pre
sent and Is making arrangement to
care for n much larger berry crop
than In several years. News of the
destruction of fruit In the middle
west will result he liclleves In a very
successful season for all Hood ICIver
fruits.
notify the union at once of the
number of laborers they desire, the
facilities they have for taking care of
them, whether board will be pro
vided, advantages for camping near
the place of employment, and to
couslder the matter carefully and
to notify the uulon as soon as
possible. If possible he would like
to have the growers call In person
with a written statement of their
wants stating when they expect to
put the help to work and to assist
In conducting the bureau In a syste
matic manner that will avoid con
fusion and bring the best results.
It has been suggested for several
years that a plan of this kind be
put Into operation and If sufficient
Interest and cooperation Is shown It
Is expected that It will largely solve
the problem of securing transient
labor that must be obtained and
which will Increase from year to
OFFERS 64,000,000
ACRESJOR POOR
Louis W. Hill, president of the
Great Northern railway. In a spirit
of humor recently sent a telegram
to (ieorge T. Jackson, of St. Louis,
who Is working on the enterprise of
providing free lands to be settled by
the poor, announcing that 04,000,000
acres of free govei nment land He In
the Northwest territory tributary to
St. Paul, ready for any people who
will settle and develop them.
Mr. Jackson has announced that
he will give 4, 000 acres of Arkansas
farm land to the unemployed of St.
Louis and vicinity. Since making
his announcement he has received
nearly 1.0(H) letters from other
wealthy philanthropists offering In
all ubout 50,000 acres from Manitoba
to Texas for this enterprise. This
laud Is to lie divided Into small farms
to lie worked on the community
plan. The enterprise Is lielng con
ducted by the St. Louis Welfare asso
ciation, organized by James Ends
Howe.
Mr. Hill's telegram to Mr. Jackson
reads as follows:
"We have always lieen Interested
In getting iieople upon the farms.
We are much Interested In the news
paper report that you have been able
to find 50,000 acres of free land avail
able for this purpose extending from
Manitoba to Texas. We have for
many yenrs been locating jiersons on
the free government lands of the
West and herewith submit you 04,-
000,000 acres of government land
available for your purpose. For ta
bles as to counties and classification,
see government report, department
of the Interior, on the unappropriat
ed lands of the I'nlted States, last
Issue, showing Minnesota, one and
one-half million acres; Montana forty
million; North Dakota, one and one
half million; Oregon, eighteen mil
lion; Washington state, three mil
lion." st. Paul Pioneer Press.
FEARS "HER SON
WILLNOT RETURN
Fearful that her 15-year-old son
Earnest, who disappeared from
Hood Hlver February 12 has met
death, Mrs. Isuac Ford Monday ask
ed the News to aid In locating him.
Young Ford left Hood Hlver as the
result of a difference with his family
and as far as known went Into east
ern Oregon Just previous to one of
the most severe storms of the win
ter. For weeks his mother has patient
ly awaited some news of him, but.
as yet has heard nothing. He was
large for his age, with dark hair and
blue eyes. Ills mother Is near a
breakdown anil nny news of htm
will be gratefully received by her.
First Berries of Season
A. L. Newton receives the honors
this year at Hood Ulver for showing
the first ripe berries, having brought
several fine specimens Into the News
olllce Monday. Mr. Newton was but
a few moments ahead of C. A. Shnrte
of White Salmon, who brought in a
half dozen tine licrrle for examination,
To the Editor: The discussions,
both pro and con, concerning the
unification of the schools of Hood
Hlver have failed to bring out all
that may be said on either side of the
question. Transportation seems to
have come In for more than Its share
In the discussion. Vet we have a
number of students from the outly
ing districts who are attending
school at Hood Hlver and seem to
be solving the problem of transpor
tation very satisfactorily. I have
noted this winter that four of the
five boys who made the basket bull
team are boys from Barrett and
Frankton. These boys seem to have
abundant energy left after walking
or driving to school to go lu for ath
letics. With the permanent road Im
provement that Is to be rapidly
extended, and the fact that rail
transportation looping the valley
must be a future certainty, It seems
to me that too much emphasis Is
being placed upon this feature of the
question and the really Important
considerations are thereby crowded
from mind. While I am on this
phuse of the mutter I want to call
attention to the criticism from the
pen of Prof. McCoy In the Odell Items
live weeks ago. The average parent,
I am sure, will give this point con
sideration for It Is the most Impor
tant criticism thut bus been made so
far In the discussion. But I am also
sure thut Prof. McCoy will agree
with me that the same criticism
(that It will throw the Immoral and
the moral together) may be lodged
against the entire public school sys
tem. It must be remembered that
drivers of school wagons are placed
under heavy bonds binding them In
the matter of personal conduct and
requiring that they shnll report any
misbehavior to the proper author!
ties. Then In a school wagon there
certainly would be some boy or girl
with the manhood or womanhood
to report to parents any act of moral
turpitude; then such pupil could be
excluded from the wagon. 1 feel con
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B. P. STOUT, SWEET SONG EVANGELIST.
Prof. H. P. Stout, of Pasadena, California, will arrive In Hood Hlver
next Saturday to assist Dr. T. It. Ford, la a series of evangelistic services
He closes a very successful meeting at Hed Bluff, Cal., Thursday evening,
and leaves at once to fill his engagement here. Professor Stint has held
great meetings In leading churches Indifferent parts of the country, and
conies with highest recommendations as a Christian gentlemen, u man of
kindly spirit and winning manners, an earnest and elliclent worker, and a
great singer a master In song. Some of his songs are new and especially
pleasing to old soldiers, thrilling them anew with the spirit of patriotism.
He alwuys attracts great crowds au moves the people with the great
melody of his songs.
Mr. Stout held meetings recently In the Taylor street church, Portland,
and the big church was crowded nightly to hear hint sing t lie gospel.
Overflow meetings were held In the Sunday school room and It Is stated to
lie a rare opportunity for the people of Hood Hlver to hear Mr. Stout. Ev
ery arrangement possible will be made to accommodate the crowds that
are expected to throng the church.
Dr. Ford Invites the cooieratlnn of the pastors of the churches and of
the Christian people of Hood Hlver. The first service Is Sunday morning.
vinced that the opportunity for mis
chief Is greater In the school room,
the outbuildings and the school
grounds during the intermissions
than while the students are going to
and from school uuder supervision.
PuplU huvc to go to and from school
In any case and usually without su
pervision at all. What about the
opportunities for moral contamina
tion ut this time? It seems to me
that this criticism Is rather far wide
of the mark; ut least It could easily
be met und does not prove a factor
In actual transportation of pupils.
Now then as to the results to the
student from the contemplated union
of forces. From the standpoint of
the state, schools are justified In
that they prepare youth for citizen
ship and leadership. When a boy or
girl has reached high school ugb it
means u great deal to be placed lu
contact with people. Students of
this age are ready for team work,
for organization, for concentrated
effort. Thus the high school that
can undertake a number of student
enterprises offers training In leader
ship and constructive citizenship that
the small school cannot give Its stu
dents. Such a school can develop a
spirit that will stand for something
In the lives of every student that
comes uuder its Influence. In the
small school conditions chunge with
teachers. I will admit that outside
the school work which requires ex
pensive laboratory apparatus the
the siuull high school can do just as
effective work in the text books as
the large school In some cases bet
ter. It depends upon the Instructor
here. Yet even In this case with two
or three students lu the class the rec
itation of necessity must fall to stim
ulate the Interest that would result
from the mingled view points of
twenty-five students. School work
IsfJi'the purpose of ra'nd develop
ment largely, and contact with a
number of mature minds and a large
number of students must of necessity
be an Importaut factor in the educa-
According to information secured
from Cupt. W. S. Buchanan who was
here Monday, an effort Is being made
by the Regulator Line to crowd the
Open Hlver Line of boats off the river
by prohibiting them from landing at
the high water lundlng In Hood
Hlver.
The efforts of the Hegulutor people
Is said to have culminated this week
when the big wharf boat which the
company brought down from Lyle
some time ago was towed down to
the high water landing uud placed In
such a position that the boats of the
Opeu Hlver company could not land
here. It is stated that the position
occupied by the wharf boat Is not
owned by the Regulator company
and that in refusing to allow a line
to be put across It by the boats of
the other company it Is attempting
to "hog" the business. Heretofore
when the small wharf was used the
Teal and other boats of the Open
tlon of the youth.
It would be well worth the time of
any pereon who has a child to place
In high school to go to Portland and
visit either the Washington or Jeffer
son high schools of that city. The
equlpmeut In either of these schools
Is equal to that to be found lu any
college in the land. Of course It Is
not the same. But the tools for the
shop, the laboratories for chemistry,
physics, botany, physiology, physi
cal geography, etc., are the best
that money can secure. The de
mands of the times will make It more
and more necessary that high
schools siiend more money for equip
ment. The demand for manual train
ing, domestic science courses, music
aud art and industrial trulning all
tend toward the unification of Inter
ests In high school work In order to
meet the demand with the least ex
pense. 1 think that a student of
Hood Hlver valley should have just
as good opportunities fora thorough
high school education ns a student
In Portland. Such will lie the result
In time If the people concerned can
get together and work out the prob
lems involved.
We have reached a period of trans
ition apparently In our school work.
There will probably be a readjust
ment of our state course of study In
a short time. The opinion of leading
educators of the state Is that the
new course will consist of four parts,
requiring three yenrs to complete
each part. These divisions of the
work will lie primary, Intermediate,
preparatory high school and high
school proper. The preparatory
high school will of necessity lie a
community school Inconnection with
the grammar grades. Here the pu
pil will lie studied more carefully
than at present. It will be expected
that the student will have deter
mined his life work by the time he
has entered tlie high school proper.
The high school proper will In a cen
tral school meeting all the needs of
several communities. It will have
to be dual lu nature. It will have to
tit students for the college and uni
versity on the one hand aud It will
have to prepare for trades and occu
pations uf life those students who
cannot, or who do not desire to, get
a college education. In Hood Hlver
valley such a school would have to
have a very strong course in horti
culture. The trouble with all our
school work at the present time Is
that we are attempting to grind all
through the same mill. It does not
matter whether a student wishes to
go to college or not he must take the
course of work laid down by the
colleges for entrance to their Institu
tions. There is a certain amount of
val'.k1 lu the course for the student
who docs not go on to college, but
not as much as would result If the
the student felt that he was prepar
lug for his life work. At Los Angeles
last winter students stood In line nil
night In order to enter the new tech
ulcul high school that could not ac
commodate all who wished to enter.
This certainly Indicates the tendency
of the times. I'nder the circum
stances, It seems to me that the only
logical tiling that can lie done Is to
get together nt once and work out a
solution to the e. milium problem
Such must In' the ultimate result.
E. E. Co a n.
Hlver Company have run up to the
bank and discharged their freight,
but this is now made Impossible by
the shallow landing and the big
wharf bout which keeps them from
the shore.
Cupt. Buchanan asks that the
Open Hlver company receive fair
treatment at the hands of Hood
Hlver residents as his company has
been a great benefit In the transpor
tation of river traffic and in regulat
ing rates.
The matter has been taken up by
Secretary Skinner of the Commercial
Club and Secretary Hartwlg of the
Mercbahts' Association and it Is ex
pected that protests against the ac
tion of the Regulator Company will
be forwarded to headquarters by
the organizations they represent. It
is also expected that the business
men who believe In a square deal and
open competition for all the freight
lines, will take steps individually to
show their disapproval of the bot
tling up of the lauding and ask that
provision be made to allow all boats
to lund at the high water landing.
HELP HOOD RIVER
GET AFJLL COUNT
Lloyd Catterlin census enumerator
for the center precinct requests the
News to say that he Is anxious to
secure a full count for Hood River
and asks anyone living In this pre
cinct who Is not enumerated by
Wednesday May 11th to telephone to
the News office and he will see that
they are.
As the News Is a'so Interested in a
full count for Hood Hlver it urges
any one in the valley who has not
been enumerated to telephone to this
office. Everybody should take a
live luterest In seeing that the city
and valley gets a full population
In the official census. Our telephone
number Is M. Don't put it off. He
memlier If you are not enumerated
by May 11th telephone to the News.
MAY ENLARGE
FREIGHT DEPOT
With the Improvements contem
plated by the city council In Hallroad
street near the depot it Is believed
that the O. H. & N. Company will
shortly get busy aud enlarge the
freight station. Surveyors have
lieen employed during the last week
estimating the cost of a 00-foot ex
tension to the freight depot and It is
expected that the railroad company
will shortly nutnorize the work.
The need of much larger quarters
for receiving freight here has been
known by the company for a long
time, but has lieen delayed on ac
count of the fact that the eompany
has other Improvements nuder ad
visement. It.ls stated that one of
these Is the straightening of the
main Hue.
Will Have Lyceum Attractions
At the solicitation of Mrs. C. A.
Shaw of Seattle, who Is representing
the Chicago Lyceum Company on
the coast, the Hood Hlver Commer
cial Club takes the auspices of a
course of entertainments for the
coming winter. The Lyceum, as Is
well known furnishes the best at
tractions of this character that are
brought to the coast, and the course
decided upon by the directors of the
club Is a tine one. it Includes a lec
ture by Jas. W. Folk, the Dunbar
(Juartet, a sketch entitled "Music
and Magic" and ('has. B. Hutto, one
of the cleverest Impersonators U-fore
the public. The dates for the appear
ance of the various features will be
announced latter.
Oman's League Mass Meeting
The muss meeting of the Woman's
league held last Friday evening
brought together an enthusiastic set
of workers Interested In the organ
ization. Talks were made that In
dicated a good deal of Interest In the
movement. Among the speakers
were Prof. McLaughlin. Dr. F. ( .
Brosius, Kev. T. B. f ord and Hev.
II. A. McDonald. Mr. Burtmess
read an extract from Suecess
Magazine showing the great Interest
bring taken In the work throughout
the country.