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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 24
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1910
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
King Apple Supplants
Rev. Dr. Ford Denies
Charge of Conspiracy
Prohis Open State-Witle
Fight For Total Drouth
Nominate Full Slate at Convention and
Outline CampaignTake Slap at Hotel
Hen Slogan, Oregon Dry in Nineteen-Ten
Upper Valley Timber
Forest Giants Fall Before Axe of Progressive
Ranchers--Railroad Extension and New Ir
rigation System Cause Rapid Development
vt Ith the development work com-
le ted iiml now under wny It Is
claimed by Hood River orchnrdiste
that Hood Kiver will have the
greatest acreage under cultivation
to fruit by fall of any section In the
Mtate. Ity fall planting time It Is
estimated that fifteen thoiiHand
acres will be set to orchard. The
1 argent part of the big activity In
taking place In the upper valley
where one company In developing
1,500 acre. The projM-rty liclongs to
the Iloueboro Orchard company
which ban thin Hummer cleared 100
acres and planted half of It. The
work Ih being done by a new depart
ure In laud clearing, a big donkey
engine of enoriuoun power being used
Instead of powder. With the aid of
the engine the stumps are pulled and
piled In mammoth pllcH and get (Ire
to.
It Ih the Intention of the company
In which C. It. Bone and Myron
Itruner have Interest to clear and
plant tractn for buyern and nlno to
care for It until It reaches the liear
Ing age If bo dcHlred. The tract Ih
Hltuated a nhort distance from the
new extension to the Mt. Hood rail
roail which will establish a station
there adjacent to It. The location of
the land and noil Ih considered us
fin an any In the entire valley and
already a numlsr of people are nego
tiating to take tractn ranging from
twenty to so acres. Water for Irri
gating the tract ha been necured
and It Ih expec ted to clear up 1,000
acres of It during the next year. The
timber Ih Itelng taken by the Oregon
Lumber company which has estab
llHhed a big camp on the extension of
the Mt. Hood railroad In the heart
of Heveral thousand aciva of fruit
and tlmlterland.
In thin district a record wan made
In clearing laml during the paHt ten
days by A. S. Stone, a former Buffalo,
N. Y uttorney who cleared ami net
ten acres to trees In ten days after
the timber wiih cut. Mr. Stone says
hs will have twenty more cleared In
the next thirty day. His method Ih
to have a big gang of men follow
the loggers with powder galore.
Stumps tly Into the air In all dlrec
tloim which are haul.l Into pllcH n
Hoon an they are out of the ground
and burned.
The ten acre cleared up by Mr.
Ktone In such record time wiih
cleared, plowed, net and fenced. It
Ih opposite the Tomllnson place and
MICHELL PRINTERY
AND NEWS COMBINE
A change In the nffalrn of the
Hood Itlver Xewn Company took
place Monday when F. I. .Michel),
who ban for sonic time been conduct
ing a Job printing ollice In the Hull
block, bought an Interest In the
company. Mr. Michell nee tired one
thlnl of t lie stock of the company,
the other two-thirds being held
equally by V. H. Walton and C. I
SounlcliHcn.
In addition to selling Mr. Michell
an Interest In the business the News
has purchased the printing plant
owned by him, which will Ik' consol
idated with Its already complete
outfit, making It one of the bent
equipped country newspaper and
printing establishments In the stnte.
The work of moving the plant to the
News ollice will lie commenced im
mediately. Mr. Michell, who in an experienced
printer and newnpaperman, will lie
coine n working partner In the busi
ness nnd transfer all ills Interests to
the News ollice.
The consolidation wan made by
both parties with the Idea that the
growing needn of the city and valley
demand a printing outfit that will
give It the Is nt facilities it can get.
The News ollice, through the change,
will be equipped for handling any
thing In the printing business and to
do a much greater volume of busi
ness. The company appreciates the large
patronage it has enjoyed In the past,
enabling It to maintain a payroll
that Is a lieiicflt to the town and
hopes that It will lie an lllicrnlly
treated In the future.
near the new depot which has been
erected by the railroad at that point.
I he railroad company ih also pre
paring to start work at the new
station at Marshall's, a mile and a
half from Dee. The new railroad Ih
laid with heavy steel, the ties lelng
placed clone together und has few
curves and a light grade.
In other districts of this section
newcomers are clearing hundreds of
acres.
A new Irrigating ditch owned by
the Dee Irrigating and Power com
puny which taken water from the
west fork of the Hood Itlver, five
and a half miles from Dee, ban just
beeu completed and will water 2,000
acres of land belonging to the Oregon
Lumber Co. The land In Hltuated
near Dee and :too acres of It have
been cleared and net. A number of
1'ortland people ure developing
large tractn of It, among them F. A.
Jones who has put out the largest
pear orchard In the valley, having
set 40 ncren to Burre d'AlijouH. Thin
pear orchard wan net a year ago thin
month and the treet are a revelation
to everybjdy who seen them. Lo
cated In one of the most nightly
spots In the valley, not a weed In
sight, carefully pruned and symetri-
cal to a wonderful degree they cause
great astonishment. An yet they
have never been Irrigated, but the
tract will have water from the new
ditch. Mr. J ones has left space on
which he will build a handsome
country home, A five acre orchard
belonging to ('. T, Early, adjoining
that of Mr. Jonen and planted to
Newtownn also, shows remarkable
growth. A number of other tractn
are In thin district which In on the
new county road extending over the
cant fork Just opposite Dee.
For the first time lu Itn history
ntrawberrlen by the carload are be
ing shipped out of the Fpper Valley
thin year, which In now largely sup
plylng the market with Hood River
berries. Fight hundred to 1,000 peo
ple are now engaged In the work of
cutting timber and developing land
In the Upper Valley: It Ih expected
that Increased passenger transporta
tion will lie put on by the railroad
an noon an Its new stations nre com
pleted and the track properly bal
lasted.
0. R. & N, PUTS ON
CHICAGO LIMITED
A new time card on the O. It. & N.
that went Into effect Sunday, . J line
12th, makes Important changes.
Trains 7 and S which are known as
the Oregon and Washington Limited
commencing Sunday became strictly
limited trains on which there in no
accommodation for conch passen
gers. The equipment electric lighted
throughout will be the same an be
fore with the exception that no
coaches or chair cars of any descrip
tion will be carried In these trains.
All passengers for points east of
Baker city are Instructed to take No.
f, which will be the only train at
present having accommodations for
thin clasn of passenger beyond linker
Ity. There will be no change in the
time or equipment of trains ." and !,
which In designated the Oregon
Fxprcss,
Trains 1 and 2, formerly known as
the Pendleton local and operating
between Portland nnd Pendleton will
le extended to linker City with the
equipment the same an now, coaches
and chair ears There In no change
of any consequence In the time of No.
2 which leaves Portland at 7:40 In
the morning and arrives at Baker
'ity at II p. in. Going west No. 1
eaves linker (Ity at .;.I0 a. m. nnd
arrives at Portland at 7 p. in. Itn
time here In 4;It0 Instead of :t:40. Pns
se tigers taking No, J take dinner at
the eating station at Biggs nnd
supper at Pendleton.
Those leaving Haker City on No. 1
the westbound train will take break
fast at Pendleton where ft stop of
twenty minutes In made.
A number of Important changes
have also been made on the branch
line tralnn which It will lie well for
passengers to look up by securing a
time card.
Says He Has Made No Effort to Dislodge
Dr. Euster Nor to Get Hollingshead's
Position-Wants to Finish Work Here
Troubles of Hev. W. T. Funter and
the Suuuyside .Methodist Fplncopal
Church are said by the Oregonlan to
be the result of a deep laid conspiracy
to make Hev. T. It. Ford, of Huod
River, superintendent of the Port
land district.
The action of the official board of
the Sunnyside church in refusing to
pay Mr. Euster's salary after Juue
15 In said to lie a part of this plot.
Mr. Fuster contends that thin action
of the board In illegal and iu defiance
of the rules and discipline of the
Methodist Church, besides being in
open rebellion to the bishop and the
Oregon Conference.
The conspiracy in alleged to be di
rected ugalust both Mr. Euster and
Rev. W. B. Holllngshead, the present
district superintendent. The plan.
It In said, Is to land Mr. Ford lu Mr.
Hollingshead's place at the end of
his term, which will come at the
meeting of the Oregou Conference in
September. It Is asserted a great
tnuny lettery have been written by
the so-called conspirators, which con
firm the existence of a plot on the
Hood River Apple Growers' Fellowship
Perfects Organization to Secure Expert
The committee appointed by the
Hood River Apple (irowers Fellow
ship to draft by-laws anil articles of
association, met Saturday in the
I'nlverslty Club rooms and perfected
the work. After they were read and
accepted by the committee it was de
cided to submit them to a general
meeting of the meniliers of the asso
ciation which will le held Tuesday,
June 21st.
The objects of the organization are
set forth in the articles of associa
tion as follows:
"Articles of Association of the
Hood River Apple (Growers' Fellow
ship.
"Know all men by these presents.
That we, the undersigned, do hereby
make and execute the following Arti
cles of Agreement:
"I. 1 he name by which this asso
ciation shall be known In the Hood
Kiver Apple (irowers' Fellowship.
"II. The object for which this as
sociation Is formed, In for the pur
pose of maintaining a competent
specialist for research work In Hood
Kiver county, for the purpose of
studying prevalent tree diseases, such
as winter killing and such other or
chard problems as this association
sees fit to take up, with the views of
(lettering orcharding conditions lu
Hood Kiver couuty.
"This work Is to be carried on un
der the suMrvlslon of a board of
trustees elected by thin association.
The principal ollice of thin associa
tion shall be at Hood Kiver, Oregon.
"The control of this association
shall be vested In a board of eleven
Citizens Petition City Council To
Call Special Water Bond Election
A petition signed by N) residents of
the city asking the council to call an
election to vote on the proposition
to buy the water system was pre
sented to the city's lawmakers Mon
day night. After being read action
on It was deferred until the other
business In-fore the council was trans
acted. During the Interim a
communication was rend from the
mnj or advising the council to pre
pare for calling an election to vote
20,000 In bonds to purchase t Im
plant which he stated in his opinion
was more than It was worth. The
mayor also advised the council that
It should look Into the legality of the
title to the property before taking
nctlon. Later when the petition was
brougnt up a motion was carried to
refer It to the fire and water commit
tee with instructions to Investigate
It and also the option recently offered
the city by the water company. The
petition was made the subject for a
special meeting Tuesday night, it Is
stated by the manager of the water
company that the plant will not be
sold for $20,000 or anything less than
t lo.ooo.
part of Mr. Ford and his friends and
show that the Insue is not so much
against Mr. Fuster personally. I-t
tern covering 400 pages are said to
have fallen Into the hands of those
affected, proving the existence of Mr,
Ford's ambition.
Mr. Ford, who was Interviewed by
the News says that there Is no truth
In the charges and that he knew
nothing about the matter until he
saw the story In the Oregonlan. He
was formerly pastor of the Sunny
shle Church but says that he has
made no effort to get the pastorship
of the church again and ban not
tried to obtain the position of super
intendent of the district. Mr. Ford
when the story came out was visit
ing in Portland. When he learned of
the charges he says he went to the
Oregonlan office and denied them
and stated that he had nothing to
say for publication ut this time. He
sa.vs he In Interested lu building up
the church here and would not leave
his work until It In finished. Later
he says he may have something to
say lu regard to the matter for pub
lication (11) trustees to lie elected by the
members of this association from
among their numbers.
"In order to provide the funds that
will lie necessary to carry on the
work of this association, we, the
undersigned, agree to pay a sum
each year not to exceed one dollar
1J ) per acre for each and every acre
CA. n?d by u at the time of the an
nual meeting, that is set to trees,
during the life of thin association,
and to pay the same In the manner
following:
"(a) One dollar to be paid upon
the signing of this agreement, and
the balance to be paid at such times
and In such manner as the body in
control of this association may deem
necessary, provided that not more
than one-fourth of each memlier's
assessment be called for at one time.
"(b) It being agreed that only
such portion of the said one dollar
(1) per acre will lie nsked for, as
may Is? needed for the defraying of
necessary expenses of this associa
tion. '(c) This agreement to extend
over a period of three years, ticgln
nlng with this present yenr, 1010.
The assessment to be made each
year iiot to exceed the one dollar
($1) per acre per year."
In accordance with the above the
committee will canvass the valley
Friday to solicit subscriptions for
this Important undertaking.
The by-laws follow the usual
course defining the duties of the offi
cers nnd trustees, time of meeting,
and rules governing the association.
Win. (Sanger, chief of the fire de
partment, appeared before the coun
cil and nsked It to purchase 400 feet
of new hose stating that several
lengths had lieen destroyed at t lie
recent fire. On motion of Council
man Broslus the fire and water com
mittee was Instructed to purchase
what the firemen needed In the way
of hose.
The city engineer was Instructed
to furnish grades for all streets In
the Are limits not already provided
for. The ordinance In regard to the
State street Improvement was also
passed.
At the request of a committee of
residents on State street who said
the taxpayers lictween Sixth and
Ninth would pay the expense of fur
nishing oil the council voted to se
cure nn attachment to the city's
sprinkling cart at a small expense
and apply the oil.
Claiming that the grade furnished
him for the sidewalk he Is having
laid in front of Cram's store would
ruin his property John Otten ap
peared licfore the council and asked
that It be slightly changed. After
The Prohibition state convention
cloned Its labors and adjourned at
5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, after
nominating a full state ticket, and
organizing the central committee for
the campaign, which, leaders of the
party say, will be the hottest fight
In the history of the anti-liquor
movement In Oregon.
The nominations were made by
acclamation, the report of the nom
inating committee lielng accepted
without debate. There was a notice
able dearth of candidates, and It
was with some relectance that the
candidate for governor allowed his
name to lie used.
The state central committee will
be composed of F. McKercher, W. E.
Crltchlow, V. G. Henshaw, 13. Lee
Paget, T. S. McDanlel, I. H. Amos,
Geo. U. Pratt, F. T. Johnson, Port
laud; C. J. Bright, The Dalles; Hiram
Gould, Forest Grove; Leslie Butler,
Hood River; H. E. Badger, Ashland;
N. A. Davis, Milton; A. M. Wrlirht.
Morrow county; M. D, L. French,
Heppner; John McAllister, LaGrande
A. E. Tully, Wallowa county; W. W.
Warren, Astoria; C. V. White, New-
berg; W. P. Elmore, Brownsville and
all county chairmen.
The platform Indorses the last na
tional platform, equal suffrage, elec
tion of senators by direct vote, pos
tal savings banks, conservation of
the natural resources, nnd other na
tional reforms, and unqualifiedly
stands for strict prohibition In Ore
gon. The resolutions take a slap at the
hotel men of the state by setting out
the fact that the Prohibition party
realizes the great danger to the peo
ple from the higher class of saloons
JURY ACQUITS
PAUL HUBBARD
Paul Hubbard who was tried by
jury Thursday on a charge of violat
ing the city ordluance In relation to
carrying passengers in the city limits
tor Hire wituout a license was ac
quitted.
The trial took place In the city hall
before Recorder Langille with City
Attorney Derby as prosecutor and
A. A. Jayne as attorney for the de
fendant. The witnesses examined
were sjiecial officer Kreisler, Officer
Hlckox, Norm Young, F. S. Olinger
and the defendant. The case against
Mr. Hubbard consisted In the fact
that he brought a number of eople
down town from the ball game on
Memorial day some of whom handed
hbn some money. It was stated by
Mr. Hubbard that he nsked nothing
for his services but as two or three
of the passengers Insisted on giving
him the money he took It. It was
also shown that the car had been
granted a license when It was owned
by the Transfer & Livery Co. The
license had lieen given to Mr. Hub
bard nnd Mr. Nlckelsen when they
bought the car anil It was stated by
Mr. Hubbard that he believed If he
cared to do so he could carry passen
gers. City Attorney Derby argued
that there was nothing to show
that the license hail been transferred
and that therefore the new owners
of the car could not operate under It.
Also that It wan proven that the de
fendant had accepted money for
hauling passengers In direct violation
of the ordinance.
Attorney Jayne brought out the
fact that t lie defendant had never
made a business of hauling passen
gers, that on the day In question he
had allowed the passengers to ride
without expecting anything from
them and that Hubbard U'lieved
that he had a right under the license
to carry passt tigers for hire If he so
desired. That there was no Inten
tion on his part to violate the law
and that he ought to be acquitted.
The Jury which consisted of C. F.
Hayward. A. J. Graham, K. D. Per
Igo, J. M. Wood, J. H. Ferguson and
.1. L. Blount after hearing the evi
dence and arguments returned a
verdict of not guilty.
hearing his complaint the council
men decided to meet with Mr. Otten
Tuesday morning and attempt to
adjust the difficulty.
Instead of the lower dives.
At the close of the business of the
convention Mrs. Adah Wallace I'n
ruh, president of the state W. C. T.
L, spoke briefly on the prospects for
state-wide prohibition, and Clinton
N. Howard of New York, delivered
an address on the cause of temper
ance and the need for nation-whin
prohibition.
The state ticket Is as follows:
For governor, A. E. Eaton, Fnlon.
For secretary of state, X. A. Davis,
Milton.
For treasurer, Ieslle Butler, Hood
Kiver.
For state printer, Wm, Rlckson,
Portland.
For superintendent of schools, R.
K. Steele, Portland.
For supreme Judge, C. J. Bright,
The Dalles.
For Congressman, first district, W.
P. Elmore, Brownsville.
For congressman, second district,
Geo. B. Pratt, Portland.
For Joint representative, A. W.
Funkbauser, Lents.
EASTERN BUYERS
INVEST $62,500
By paying f 45,000 for 25 acres of
orchard land Friday, R. Ellott s
New York Capitalist hit the high
niark for frultland at Hood River.
The property was bought from II.
M. Vannler on the east side through
the agency of the Hood River Realty
Company. Eor the twenty acres of
tearing orchard, which Is estimated
to have a crop of 4000 boxes of apples
on It, Mr. Eliott paid approxi
mately 12150 an acre, the balance be
ing for five acres of land in young
trees and used for other purposes.
Another sale was made by the
same company to Mrs. Mary La
monte, a wealthy New York woman
who bought a ten-acre orchard from
K. Jarvls. In the Oak Grove district,
for $14,000. Mrs. Lamonte recently
bought a winter home In Los Ange
les and bought the Hood River proiv-
erty for a summer residence. Mrs.
Lamonte says that before leaving
New York she had shipped a carload
of furniture here, although she had
not purchased, but was determined
to buy an apple orchard at Hood
Kiver If money would obtain it.
The Realty company also sold a
five acre tract on the west side to
Kenneth Campbell, employed by the
Stewart Hardware company, for
?.'?,.Vm Its sales during the week
aggregated $02,500.
MERRICKlOMINATED
PORTLAND'S POSTMASTER
C. B. Merrick who Is well known at
Hood Kiver where he hs visited a
number of times and who organized
the Merchants Association here has
been nominated by President Taft
for postmaster of Portland.
Mr. Merrick's appointment wan
recommended to President Taft by
Senator Jonathan Bourne. He now
holds the office of receiver of the
Portland land office through the
patronage of Senator Bourne. It In
suggested that Senator Bourne
would not have taken steps to va
cate this latter Important office un
less he was confident of his ability to
fill It with another npolntee.
Mr. Merrick came to Portland five
years ago from Michigan, after grad
uating from the Detroit College ut
Law. He has lieen admitted to the
state and supreme court bar of Ore
gon, in rortiami lie became quickly
Identified with Important commerci
al Interests. He Is now secretary of
the Retail Grocers' association, edit
or of the Grocers' Magazine, secre
tary of t lie Portland Civic league,
besides holding his position as revel r-
r lu the land ollice. He Is r?7 years
old.
'I shall certainly accept the ap
pointment If given me," said Mr. Mer
rick. "It comes altogether as a
surprise, but I appreciate the hon
or none the less."
If Mr. Merrick's appointment In
confirmed, he will succeed as post
master John C. Young, lately deceased.