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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS,' WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1910 6 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS PVBLUHtD WKHNKSDAT MORNING T MOOD RIVER NEWS COMPANY, Inc. Hood Rives. Oaroo W. H. WALTON E. P. M1CHKLL C. P. SONNICHSEN PRESIDENT Vll l PRESIDENT Secret aav-TREASiRKa W. H. WALTON Editor C P. SONNICHSEN Manage Subscription, $1.50 a Year In Advance Entered a wcond-cUaa matter. Fob. 10, IW. at th poet office at Hood Rirrr. Ornron. under th Act of March S. 1874. I RcmHom Shs i By The Editor The Liquor Question In looking over the news of the day one is impressed with the number of states which will wrestle with the liquor question at approaching elections. Washington is struggling with the county unit plan; Idaho with the movement to spread prohi bition over its entire face, and Oregon, already grown weary of unintelligent attempts at regula tion, is being called upon again to plunge its arms into the tur moil. Luckily, however, Oregon has reached the cross-roads on the liquor question. It has come up the hy-path of local option strewn everywhere with 50 per cent alcohol patent medicine and "near-beer" bottles, and must choose this fall one of two meas ures, namely: Initiative Bill No. 328, giving to every incorporated town and city in the state exclusive power to regulate, suppress or prohibit the sale of intoxicants. A meas ure, in other words, that will give prohibition that really pro hibits, if a community wants it; local option that really localizes if a community prefers that, and the law back of whichever rem edy is chosen; or State-wide prohibition, so called. One has only to read the news reports appearing in the daily papers to draw conclusions as to the reason for the state-wide prohibition movement in Oregon this year. A short time ago 15 men were in jail in Malheur county for boot-legging; scores of men have been arrested at Gardiner, Condon, Madras, Rose burg and a dozen other places for the same offense. The great est infractions of the law have, for the most part, been in the "dry" counties. In these dis tricts, where local option under the present statute has been brought into play, the sale of intoxicants continues. "Near beer" resorts scrape off the la bels on beer that is nearer. The contents are the same as before. Consumers, as a rule, are not analytical chemists and so, of course, do not subject their draughts to the test to determine whether they contain more than the regulation 2 per cent alcohol. Along this same line comes the report from Collector of Internal Revenue Dunne, in whose sum mary it is shown that although 21 of the 34 counties in Oregon are "dry, "the collections on dis tilled liquors and beer licenses are nearly $57,000 larger than last year. The figures are indis putable. They establish a start ling and commanding fact: Pro hibition, instead of reducing, has actually increased the con sumption of liquor. In the face of these facts and vate t-ltia-n ntther than In the rok-j Statistics, one naiw tn aae '. wlf-appointi'il ilktntor. The hero .Vo : i... u i of Nan Juan For fcvontl year. as the time for the fruit fair mine iiruuml, t-very-hotly got up on their Mini It'tr ami j ileclareil we lnuft have a fruit fair bulltlinn. There wan no line talking, we uiimt have It. After the fair wan over the ltlea of coiiKtriK'tliiK i huiltl tti; Krailtially Ifeaine a tllm memory until a few ilay U'fore the next fair. Then oiuv more the ehorua. The howl laot year Mng a little more vociferous thau revioiis effort, le- sulteil la a committee heliitf ap pointed to solicit fuiuls. The com mittee worked faithfully, hut some time bail elapsed, the necessity for the building was U'tnnlnn to le for gotten and it almost allowed to fall by the wajsitle auain. Happily this time, however, a committee of energetic citizen ot busy, circulated a subscription paper, told the people we must have the money, and it now looks as if the Ioiik talked of fruit fair building would materialize. With the coming of a home, the Hood Kiver fruit fair will take rank a one of the nnift important events, not only In the valley, but on the coast. There will be other apple fairs, but none like Hood Kiver'. Its benefits will be incalculable. Hurrah: c Once more the Commercial Club ex hibit booth has been furbished ami garnished. The dust lias been re moved from the window and the weetls and debris relegated to the dump. Iled ripe apple repose in It lu exchange for coin of the realm, and the master hand of it all Is Henri de Iletlding. better known to his friends as "The Count." M. tie Ked (ling lias been with us several sea sons and lias many friend. Origin ally he came from the land of the alpenstock and the chalet, ami where scenery Is a glut on the market. As a resident of Switzerland lie became a connoisseur In cheese, and speaks three languages. He Is as agile as a chamois, a polite as a Frenchman ami as neat us a Dutch housewife. His patron will be served with eclat (If apples aren't handy) and will be told of the charms of Hood Kiver in language Deductive. A purveyor of the fruit of the valley In extraordi nary to the public, the Commercial Club could have made no better se lection. Hat off to "The Count" for his energy and enterprise, ami success to his efforts. For the first time since hi tri umphant return from South Africa, T. Koosevelt was made aware dur ing the past week that he i no longer president, ami that the seat of L'ncle Sam's government has not licet) transferred from Washington, I). C, to Oyster Kay. The jolt was administered Indirectly through President Tuft ami directly through the powers that be In the New York state Kepulilican party, who turned Teddy down as an aspirant for tem porary chairman of the state con vention. While only a slap on the wrist, the noise reverberated through the land and gave the potentate of Oyster Kay notice to keep off the grass. Nobody can deny that Teddy had something coming to him after Iteing the father of the movement to make I'.lg Kill president, and then butting In. This he lias done re peatedly since his return from shoot ing up darkest Africa and telling the power of F-urope where to get off. Of course if the constitution of the I "lilted State allowed of two presi dent, it might be nice to have one of them located at Oyster Kay, if Kan sas hail no objection, but so far we have managed to peg along very nicely, thank you. with one. The big man In the White House has l-en able to give his countrymen pretty good government without an assistant president, and we doubt nut that there many who would lip-! i predate T. K. more highly in the po-1 sit Ion of the nation's foremost nri-; Candidate ior County Surveyor I hereby announce myself a a can didate for the otliceof couuty sur veyor at the Kepublican primaries to lie held Saturday, Septeinlier 21th. Harry Hackett. Adv. Candidate for County Clerk I hereby announce myself a a can didate for nomination on the Kepuli lican ticket for the otlice of county clerk of Hood Kiver couuty at the primary nominating election to lie held Sept. 24. W. F.. Hanson. Adv. County Surveyor 1 wish to announce myself a a candidate for the otlice of county surveror of Hood Kiver couuty oil the Kepublican ticket at the primar ies SeptemlHT 24th Murray Kay. adv. County Surveyor Having been recommended by the Kepublican County Assembly a a suitable candidate for county sur veyor, 1 wish to announce that I will come U'fore the primaries Sep tember 21th for the nomination. C. M. Hurlburt. Adv. Candidate for Sheriff I wish to notijy the voter ol Hood Kiver county that having lieen rec ommended by the Kepublican assem bly for the otlice of sheriff, I am a candidate for the nomination for same, subject to the primaries Sep tember 24, l'.UO H. K Cast tier. Adv. For Sheriff I wish to announce that I am a direct primary candidate, on the Ke publican ticket, for the nomination of sheriff of Hood Kiver county sub ject to the approval of the Kepubli can voters at the primary election on September 24, 1!U0. Tlios. F. Johnson. Ad v. For County Judge The undersign -d wishes every voter to understand that as an Assembly Kepublicau he expect to be a candi date at the primary nominating elec tion. Sept. 24, I'll'), fi,r the otliceof couuty judge, or any other otlice he can get. No cocktail. Newton Clark, Aspirant. Ad v. Candidate for County Commissioner I hereby announce to the voters of Hood Kiver county that 1 am a can didate for the nomination for county commissioner on the Kepublican ticket at the primaries Sept. 04th. If nominated and elected I will serve all the people of the couDty to the best of my ability. O. H. Khoapkh. Candidate for Assessor 1 wish to aunouuee that I am a candidate before the Kepublican pri mary for assessor and have duly filed my declaration. Having lieen deputy assessor for five years I feel that I am competent to till the office and if elected will serve the county and taxpayer to the best of my ability. Joseph Wicker. Adv. For County Assessor I hereby announce myself a a cau- J didate for nomination on the Kepub lican ticket for the otlice of county assessor at the primary nomlnatihg election to be held September 24, llilO. In makihg this announcement I wish to state to the public that if I receive the nomination and election to this otlice, I will endeavor, to the best of my ability, to perforin the duties required by the of lice In a sys tematic and businesslike manner and In a way that will lie sasisfac tory to all concerned. Henry I.. Howe. Adv. LODGE DIRECTORY C 'nl-y Ft. G A. R.-Mhu at th k7 of P. -'hull th am-und and fourth Saturday of th nKmih at 2 p. m. U. K. i'utner, commander; 3. V. Hlth. adjutant. Canby W. K. C. No. 16-Mou second anil fourth Saturday of each month in K. uf I', hall at 2 p. in. Ji-nnM Btfntlry, praaklant; Abki J. Maker, aeeretary. Ciniit Hood River. No. 42, V. of A., meet every Ihunvlay evening in hi. of P. hail. Vlsitm-Fort-aii-ralwaywlcum. Win Klemmin-. C.K.; V. C. Urusiua. K. S. Ho.,1 Kiver 1odireTNoT 106. A. F. a! M Mown Saturday veiiiiiir un or before each full noun. Kall'h Savaire, W. M.; U. McDonald, secro tary. . Hd Kiver Camp. No. 7702. M. w7A."MeeU in K. of P. hall lint and third Wednesday nivhta. C. S. Jones. V. C; C. U. Dakin. clerk. H...I Kiver Camp. No. 770. W. O. W.-MoeuTat K. of P. hall th second and fourth Wednesday niirhi of each month. W. A. thy, C. C; r'loyd Spurlinir. clerk. H ..I Kiver Circle, No. 624. Wunien of Woodcraft', - Meet at 1. O. O. K. hall tint and third Sat. unlay nuthta. each month. Visitor welcome. Mr. Win. Genjter, N. G.; Alii Shay, clerk. Tdlrwilde 1-odire. No. 107. 1. O. O. F.-Meets' In l Fraternal hall every Thureday evening- at 7:00, at the corner of Fourth and Oak street. V isitintr brother welcomed. J. M. Wood. N. C; U. W. Thompson, secretary. Kemp Lodiro. No. ldlTl. 0. . F.-Meeta in the 0ld r'ellow hall at Odcll every Saturday niifht. Visiting brother cordially welcomed. W. A. I.iK-kman. N. G.; Geo. Shcpard, secretary. Laurel Kebeka Ixxlir No. H7. 1. O. O. F.-MoeU tirMt and third Monday in each month. Ther esa M. Cautner. N. G.; Nettie Moeea, aecretary. Mmnt Hood Lodire. No. 20S. I. O. O. F.. meets every Saturday evening- in Gribble'a hall. Mt. Hood. A. M. Kelly, N. G.;G. W. liimmick. secretary. untain Horn Camp. No. 3469. R. N. A - Meet at K. of P. hall on th second and fourth Friday of each month. Mrs. A. Crump. O.: Mrs. Klla Dakin. recorder. let Asaembly, No. IOR, U. A. Meets in their hall the hrtit and third Wednesday, work: second and fourth Wednesdays, social. C. U. Henrichs, M. A.; W. H. Austin, secretary. Orcvon Grape Kebekah Lodire No. lsl. I. O. O. F. - Meets every second and fourth Wednesdays in each month in Gribble'a hall, Mt. Hood. Or. J.ucphine Vauthiera, N. G.; Minnie L. Larwood. secretary. Tiverside LodirerNo. 6H. A. O. U. W.-MeeU in of P. hall th tirst and third Wednesday nik'htsof the month. Visitin- brothers cordially wilcomed. K. . Chapman, W. M.; Chester Shute, recorder. IV'aucoma Lodire. NoT 30. K. of P. -Meet in ' their Castle Hall every Tuesday night, when vi.-otipir brother ar fraternally welcomed. C. C. Cuddeford. C. C: Lou. S. Isenberg, K. of K. S. Tauna Temple Pythian Sisters, No. 6 Meetsthe hrst and third luesday of each, month at K. of P. hall. Georg-ina I.K-nberg. M. K. C; Kate M Fredrick. K. of R. A C. 01; W: Subscribe for the News. s N s N s s s S s Spray and Garden nose Plumbing I In I s s C.F.SUMNER I Opposite the Post Office Horn Phone 20 s 2 Candidate for County Judge I herewith announce to the voters of Hood Kiver county that I am a direct primary candidate, on the Ke publican ticket, for the nomination for county Judge of Hood Kiver county, subject to the approval of the Kepublican voters at the primary election on September 24th. Yours for good road. !. I. Wood worth. Adv. Try the Claws! tied Column. Hood River Light & Power Company If you want quick returns on your wife's life insurance policy, just forget all the Labor Saving, Money Saving and Time Saving Electrical device on the market at the present time. With an Cecfric Chafing Dith. a Percolator and m Toaatmr you can pre pare a good breakfast or a midnight lunch in 7 minute to 10 minutes from the time you enter the kitchen. With an Elmctric Wathint Machino you can put clothe to soak at night, listen to them being washed while you eat breakfast, and watch an electric wringer do them in a twinkling after breakfast. Women In general understand the use of and appreciate an CUctrie Curling Iron. Innumerable other devices of a service able and inexpensive nature are on the market, and anyone who atop to think the matter over will appreciate the fact that a shortening of the cord wood bill will more than equal the lengthening of Electric Light bill. If you have a lighting service you will note that you get the Klectricity for o erating these device mostly on a very low rate. Beside this look at th di (Terence in temperature in the room. Just take a minute some time and fig ure the cost of the wood consumed fur washing and ironing alone. If the supply house don't carry a stock of what you want, we will get it for you. !! jWHWIWW hill is ton big a man to i........ ..,11.... ,i... i.t..i. i.i.... i... i. , .. . ., . j'-opni iji.'- lilt- iiifeij in iri i iijii tiK in "'iuu' i.uijouuiiji.iuii vwn in: 1...1 i 1... 1 .. .1... in evidence if the entire state votes itself into the "dry" col umn. Rather wouldn't it be wiser to enact a law that will control the evil instead of havinp the evil control the law and the people? I 10 ge each Community the; 1 wlrh to announce my candidacy absolute and exclusive power to j ' the primaries on the Kepubli- reffulate, suppress or prohibit ' c"n tl, k't ,,,r "" i""tion county l surveyor of Hood Kiver county. I. M. Morse. Adv. American people by ! stooping to petty politics. Ills hon ors are many, his admirers legion, j He can well be content to rest on his laurels and let Taft conduct his ad-j ministration unhampered. POLITICAL COLUMN! County Surveyor I the sale of intoxicants, such as is proposed in Initiative Bill No. 328, providing for a constitu tional amendment, has a truer ring and is apparently rounded County Clerk Having Is-en recommended by the Kepublican County Assembly as a suitable candidate for cotintv clerk. On better logic than the local Op-j I wish to announce that I will come tion law, w hich has largely , l-fore the primaries Septemls-r ilth failed of its purpose, or state-1 f"r the n""'1"'41'"'1- 1 is lleve that I nni uiii.v tiiHiineii uj iifjmimsier I lie wide prohibition, whose effect iveness is subject to heavy discount IB FOR QUICK SALE 20 ACRES WITH 6 ACRES BEARING ORCHARD AND BALANCE OF LAND IN 2 AND 3 YEAR OLD STANDARD TREES. FROM 1200 TO 1500 BOXES OF APPLES INCLUDED. GOOD APPLE HOUSE, BARN AND DWELL ING. SIGHTLY LOCATION AND ALL GOOD LAND. THIS PLACE IS WORTH $25,000 BUT CAN BE BOUGHT RIGHT NOW FOR $19,000 ON VERY LIBERAL TERMS. J. H. HEILBRONNER & CO. THE 'RELIABLE DEALERS affairs, of the office, and will appreci ate the support of the voters of the county. Howard IseiilsTst. Adv. MOOD KIVER, OKtUUIN n LEONARD J. WYETH ALFRED T. ALLEN H SMITH BLOCK lKHaKsHBnBB WYETH & ALLEN REAL ESTATE Orchard Lands and City Property LIST WITH US Phone 175 HOOD RIYEK, OR. If you want your horses properly SHOD come to SHI VELY & McGILL VARY flcjct to Snotif S8L Upjon HOOD RJVER ABSTRACT CO. J. rVl. SCHM ELTZE F, Saoratary Abstracts, Insurance, COBvegancing and Surety Bonds We have the only comilrte set of lbs(rart Honks in Hood Hiver County and arc in Mmitioii to execute all work with jirotn fitness and accuracy. We represent some of the best old line Fire Insurance Com panies doin (f business in Oregon, and can gire the fire insurance obtainable for the money. Our rciutation as conveyancers is known to all. .Ill of our work is guaranteed. Come to us when you want Surety Hands of any description. Offict In ths DAVIDSON BUILDING. N. E. Corner Caicadt i.enus ana Third Strtet Homo Phono HOOD RIVCR, OREGON vjviT.iL .i.xn srni'ws $121.000.00 SPENDING TIME OVER NOW IT'S TIME TO SAVE There is surely no better way to i.isure a neat accumulation for a possible future investment or a nest egg for the "rainy day" than by opening a savings account with the Firt National Bank Hood River, Oregon We pay 3 per cent and would like to have your name on our books. I nr $ 1 iv 4?Mi TV II. H. IiAii.tr W. E. 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