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tff you want tfte ao;luAori6c for tfic tlexos. tff you want printing, fierce us do it. 3 fie Heus Ceads THE HOOD RIVER NEWS VOLUME 6, NUMBER 19 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1910 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Ideal Weather Brings Doran Says Holdup Men Sells Water and Light Plant For $112,000 Company of Portland Capitalists Complete Deal Which Takes Over Property of Hood River Electric Light, Power & Water Co. Berry Season Quickly Took Watch and Money First Shipment Expected to Go Out May 15 Crop Largest and Finest in Several Years. Good Prices for Entire Crop Is Assured. The rains auil warm sunshine of the punt week Irnve forced the berry crop along ami It Im how confidently exected to ship out a few era tea by the latter purt of this week. Thin will bring the date of shipment about the 15th and will be the earli est ls'rrles have been put on the market from here In several years. In fact. Hood Hiver will thin year ship lerrles almost hm hood as Ken iiewlek and couHequently good irlces for early fruit are expected. So far It ban leen net'ennary to Irri gate but little. On account of the Ideal growing season Is-rrles are large and plentiful and one of the bent crops ever Hh1ped from here will be put on the market. Hood Klver berries will thin year reach Montana, Dakota and other mar kets ahead of berries from most other dlntrlcts and will also be able to meet com etltlon from other. The crop In estimated from G),000 to 70,000 crates with Indications that It will be much nearer the latter fig ure. The Hood Klver Box Company has already sold TiO.OOO crates and has leeu compelled to reject orders which It could not fill. Several thousand crates have been supplied by the Bridal Veil I,umler Company and other sources. Many acres of new berries will lie marketed from here this season. In cluding a large acreage from the Oak (trove ami Mount Hood dlst rlcts. Ih'alers are already In the market for shipments ami are pre paring to handle all the fruit that AMERICAN WOMAN'S LEAGUE STILL GROWS The regular meeting of the Ameri can Woman's I'aguo was held Tues day p. III. at their headquarters In the Burt mens building. The large number present showed t he great In terest taken and their enthusiasm predicts their faith in securing a ten thousand dollar Chapter house, the 100 mark In membership being al ready secured. Mrs. J. W. Klgby was elected unan imously the delegate from Hood Klver Chapter to the national con vention, University City, St. Louis, Mo., June i, 10 and 11. A numler of others are working for the free trip secured by sending In ten new appli cations for memlK'rshlp, and Hood Klver Chapter expects to send a fine delegation to we the isnutlful build ings at rulverslty City. The women of Hood Klver are Im pressed more forcibly than ever that the women of America are Is-lug ac corded nn opportunity such as was never offered !efore. Mr. Lewis In now supported by more than one hundred publishers, many of whom have endowed the Iague, the endowment fund now being almost four million dollars, with others to follow. WILL Seller" TEAM TO CORYALLIS The high school students nre work ing and boosting this week the hard est yet, to raise enough money to send a team to Corvallls to compete with the other high schools of the state for the state championship and i handsome silver cup. The means the students have adopted Is placing on sale at various points In town tickets to a meet they have arranged hero for Saturday, May 14, with Jefferson High of Port land. Their slogan Is "Buy a ticket whether you go or not, and their efforts are worth the support of the SM'ople of Hood Klver since the high ichool has an excellent track team and It would mean a. big advertise inent lor Hood Klver to have our )ys win thin big state ii)cet over all comers. Jefferson High I the largest In Portland and this should be a good meet. The boys are working hard preparing theColiimblal'ark grounds for this meet and they expect a large Httenilnnee, The meet oonld not 1k arranged for any other dale but Saturday. they can get. The lerry shipping season Is expected to Is? a lively one on account of the fact that more fruit Is ripening at the same period and It In expected that the crop will have to be handled In record break ing time. A matter that Is worrying shippers Is that pickers may not arrive earlier this year than usual. It is stated that the Indians who have come to be relied on as a standby for picking lierrles may not come In until late and that it will therefore lie neces snry to secure a larger numlsr of white pickers early In the season. SONG CAMPAIGN OPENED SUNDAY The sweet song campaign opened Sunday morning with Prof. B. P. Stout, the singing evangelist, assist ing Dr. Kuril not only as h singer of sweet songs but as a high grade evangelist. Mr. Stout sang a numlcr of songs and talked to the people with such sympathy, earnestness and sincerity, with such depth of feeling and rich- Prof. B. P. Stout ness of exMrlcncc and genuine elo quence that he justified the highest expectations. There was a large audience In the morning, and a great crowd In the evening. Prof. Stout gave a sermon In song "The prodi gal Son" In the evening. Mr. Stout comes highly recommended by Kobt. J. Burdette, formerly pastor of the First Temple Baptist church, Los Angeles, and Kobt. Mclntyre, now one of the bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church and measures up to their description of his wonderful power In song. Seven united with the church Sun day morning and a nuniler were at the alter In the evening service and several made profession of faith In church. The services Monday eve ning were well attended considering the storm. The tabernacle part of the church Is being put in good condition every preparation made for the accommo dation and comfort of the crowd and the success of the meetings. Services every evening this week at H o'clock. Prof. Stout will slug In all the services. BOUGHT $1000 ACRESJRUITLAND J. A. Kpplng, a well known fruit grower here, ami F. K. Bridle last week closed a big real estate deal by Hie purehnse of bMIO acres of fruit uud from the tjtunley-Snilth Lumber j'omimny. The land Is on the west side of the alley In a section tlint has been logged off by the liiinler compnny and which will be Irrigated from the company's water supply. Interested In the deal are several Minnesota capitalists, and the acreage will be cut up Into small tracts anil devel oped for orchards. Invited By Strangers to Take Walk and Then Robbed at Fourth and Colum bia Streets at Point of Thug's Gun. According to a story told by Jos. Doran who was stopping at the Hotel Oregon he was held up and rohlMHl Sunday night of a watch and $.'13. The hold up occurred at the corner of Columbia and Fourth streets about 10 o'clock. Monday morning two brothers Darned Kush who had been staying at the Gerdes House were arrested by officer Lewis on complaint of Doran who stated that they were the men who did the Job. The broth ers were searched but neither the money nor the watch was found. In their room a gun and gampling out fit was discovered. The men were let go and ordered out of town. Al though no money was found on them when searched they dug up a sufficient amount from some place of concealment to pny their fare to Portland. Hood River Defeats Goldendale and Gets Out of Last Place In a game that was one-sided when It came to run getting Hood Klver defeated Goldendale Sunday and got out of last place. Although the visi tors were outclassed In hitting, and by Hood Kiver's battery they played a good fielding game with the excep tion of one Inning. The score was 11 to 1 and should have been a shut out for Goldendale. After the first inning In which Hood Klver got three runs Inter est In the game centered Instituting Goldendale out. Armbruster and Druhot were the battery for Hood Klver and held down the points In fine style. Druhot not only pitched a flue game but fielded his position ; In gre:;t shape and nsslsted In cover ing first base. The visitors eould do little with his delivery about a dozen of them fanning the air. Goldendale secured three hits off Druhot while Hood Klver got eight from Klaus. Armbruster was the star hitter for the home team, getting three hits. Charlie Morse got a two bugger. Grandpa John Castner also hit the leather for two sacks and Merrill Gessllng pounded out a three sucker. After the first tuning neither side scored until the seventh when Hood Klver started the leather chasing, and made three more runs on hits by Aimbruster, Morse and Druhot. Jn the eighth the visitors scored their only run ou n hit by Dill mi l Grandpa Castner Waiting errors which brough In Goldendnle's only tally. la their half of the eighth Hood Klver hit the ball so lively they rat tled the visitors and before the pro cession was over scored five runs. The visitors could do nothing with Druhot In the ninth and the game flitch School Track Meet Hood Klver high school athletes will engage In a track meet Satur day. May H, with Jefferson high school of Portland. The boys have Is'en training for the event and some Interesting contests are expected. The events nre as follows: M-ynrd dash, lOOyard dash, 220. yard dash, 40-yard dash, fcSOynrd dash, mile run, shot put, hummer throw, broad jump, pole vault, high Jump. Doran In his account of the hold up says that he was Invited by the Kush brothers to take a walk and started out Cascade avenue with them. When near the corner of Fourth aud Cascade avenue one of the brothers made an excuse to leave and the other suggested that Koran and him self continue their walk down Fourth street to Columbia. When Hearing the corner a man jumped out nnd confronted them with agun ordering t hem to hold up their hands. Koran and ids companion did so and the hlghwnymnu relieved Koran of his money and watch. The rohlwr then disappeared In the direction of the ruilroad track. It In claimed by Koran that he was the other Kush brother. He Immediately ran back to the Hotel and reported the affair, but the men could not lie located un til Monday morning. was Hood River's by a big margin. The teams were as follows: Hood Klver Grey cf., Castner If., Armbruster c, Gessllng ss., Morse 2U., I-mmon lb., Bucklyn, 3b., Meyers rf , Druhot p. Goldendale Vnnstrong ss.. Dill Lemmon Playing Circus Ball 3b., MeMasters c, Klaus p., Spald ing 21,., Gilchrist If., Homebrook rf., Thompson cf. At The Dalles the ("berry City boys defeated White Salmon, the latter losing for the first time since the season opened. The standing of the clubs In the league is now as follows: ( OI.I MltlA HIVKR I.KAr.l E White Salmon 4 1 .soo The Dalles :1 2 .Gun Hood Klver 2 3 .400 (ioldendale 1 4 .200 Next Sunday Hood Klver will play at White Salmon nnd the following Suuday will play The Dalles here. Garage Nearlng Completion The comodlous garage which is lielng built by L. D. Boyed, Norm YoungaudO.H. Khodes is Hearing completion and It Is expected to have It ready for occupancy shortly. The garage will have room for fif teen ninchlnes. An entrance has been made to the well equipped ma chine shop of the Hood Klver Manu facturing nnd P.nglnccrlng company. In charge of competent machinists the garage will do all kinds of repair work In addition to taking care of machines. It hns a large wash rack and will have all the necessary equip ment used In. the business. A fea ture lu the center of the garage is a turn table on which automobiles enn be run and turned around and back ed Intvi any position desired. The building Is a substantial brick struc ture nt the corner of First and State streets and the company Is already doing considerable repair work. Bishop Paddock Coming Bishop Kobt. Paddock of the east ern Oregon diocese of the Episcopal church will hold services next Sun day at St. Mark's church, morning and evening. The bishop will be here on Whitsunday, one of the Impor tant days In the church calendar, and will administer holy communion He asks that till membirs of the church U present. WW By a vote of the majority of the stockholders at a meeting held re cently It was decided to sell the plant and other property of the Hood Klver Electric Light, Power & Water Com pany to the Hood Klver Power & Water Company, a new company recently Incorporated In Portland. In conformance with thin action a majority of the stock was turned over to the new company Friday ac companied by a deed which Included all the land, rights of way, water and water rights lu Hood Klver county. The price paid for the en tire plant was f 112,000. It Is under stood that N. C. Kvana who owns 13 per cent of the stock of the old com pany and dissented against Its sale ban not an yet decided to turn bis holdings over to the new corpora tion. Evans, It Is stated, claims that the sale of the corporation's property and the winding up of Its affairs Is an attempt to freeze him out, and that the new owners have bought a lawsuit. He contends that the directors did not have his consent to sell the plant, and that at the time the option was given he offered to buy the plant at $120,000 or to take over the stock of all the other stareholders on that basts of value. The other stockholders of the old company state that the plant was sold at what Is considered a fair price and that Mr. Evans was con sulted and tendered the same amount per share for bin stock as the others. The sale of the plant It Is stated was made to allow for extensive Improve ments and extensions which the new company was able to handle owing to larger capital. No attempt they LOCATED COMET THROUGH BOOTLEG Being awakened lefore daylight a few mornings ngo by a feline sere nade we happened to think that It was about the proper hour accord ing to Gene Bush to see the comet. Attiring ourselves In a pair of sllp ers and an expectant smile we fell over a chair aud landed on the front porch. After scanning the horizon for some time through nn old boot leg we located what seemed to be an extra large, size star that was up later than usual. We gazed In vain for a sight of the tall of the wonder that has U-en pictured In everything from Hostetter's almanac to the Police Gazette, but nary a tall could we find. The astral visitor was fi nally located over Frnnk Button's lieu house nnd never having seen a comet U-fore we thought Bert St ran alian was playing his old time joke of fixing a lantern In the top of one of the trees near Jack Kami's or chard. Not so, however, we are glad to say; the gigantic skyrocket was moving. We were just becoming interested when the night watchman happened nlong nnd invited us to retire from view or take the consequences ns It was getting daylight. Kesolved, that these comets are not what they nre cracked up to In' nnd that any old time we lose any more sleep look ing for a comet we hope somebody will irlve us a slap on the wrist, pro vided a club Isn't handy. TENNISTCLUB OPENS SEASON The Tennis Club which had such a successful season last year has Iwn reorganized and play started for the season. The officers this year are J. II. Hellbronner president. It. D. W. Piueo secretary and J. II. Osborne treasurer. The first meet which was held recently was a very enjoyable affair. A tournament was held and the court and grounds tilled with memlsTs and their friends. The Indies were attired In natty costumes and the men appeared In white. An Impromptu outdoor reception was held and the affair highly enjoyed by all. The club Is growing and now nuin Ists many devotees of this healthful outdoor game among Its members. say Is lslng made to freeze Mr. Evans out other than that they want the entire control of the com pany In order to carry out the pro jected Improvements. The new offk-ers of the new com pany are John D. Wilcox president, Kobt. Smith vice president and Wirt Minor secretary and treasurer. Interests with which it In allied are salt to make the company a financially strong organization that has projects under advisement that will be put into operation to develop the valley. It Is understood that It will dispose of the water system to the city If the latter desires to buy It. One of the projects of the new company Is an electric railway for which it has secured several power sites. A. S. Hall, who has been here several weeks assisting In completing the negotiations between the two companies has been selected as the general manager for the new com pany. GROWERS MISSING FINE OPPORTUNITY The Hood Klver Apple Vluegar Company is not meeting with the suc cess In Inducing owners of young orchards to plant encumbers a a filler that It expected and believes that many growers are neglecting a fiue opportunity to get a paying crop the first year. The company, which has been ex perimenting with pickles, hasdlscov ed that a successful and paying bus iness can be built up here In this line If It can secure the co-operation of growers, and also that cucumbers will pay as an orchard filler better than anything that can be planted and at less trouble and expense. The company has also discovered that cucumbers do exceptionally well here aud produce a fine crop. The Vinegar Company received In ducements to take up this Industry In the country surrounding Portland but hesitates to do so if It can get the support It wants at Hood Klver on account of the location of Its fac tory here. MYSTERIOUS "G" SCARESJESIDENTS For several days a good deal of apprehension has leen manifested by Hood Klver residents Is-cause a large "G" has been fouud mysteriously chalked on their front doors which they believed had been placed there by a gang of housebreakers that has been operating along the O. R. & N. The scare was emphasized by the fact that a similar proceeding at Baker City aud Pendleton had pre ceded a series of burglaries In the homes of prominent families. On this account doors aud win dows have leen carefully closed and many householders are reported to have slept with one eye oien expect ing to hear the tread of the stealthy crook on their frout doorstep. So far no housebreaking has leen reported, but many are keeping a close watch In the expectation of iH'lllg visited. Base Ball Association Elects Directors At a meeting of the stockholders of the Hood Klver Baseball Associa tion held recently at the office of John Ixdand Heiulersoa a new board of directors nnd officers of the association were elected. The dl ectors are P. S. Davidson. ('. A. Bell, E. O. Blanchar, J. L. Morrison and Harry DeWltt. The otli.ers are C. A. Bell, president: J. L. Morrison, vice-president; I'.. O, Blanchar, treas. urerandP. S. Davidson, secretary. Lou Morse was made manager of the ball team aud .1. L. Morrison will have charge of the renting nnd can of the grouubs. Ready for Business. Klnnalrd V Ktusey, who nvetnly bought the Chapman store on the hill, announce that they are now prepared to serve patrons w 1th a full line of staple groceries and feed. The new firm makes deliveries and In vites a share of the public patrotiag'.