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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1910)
IP II A'. 7 i . , , iH.ii.mi-i 1 1 i. ""!( ) 3fie flevos feacls. you voant tfie news, su6scri6c for tfie Hews, you want printing, fiate us do it THE HOOD RIVER NEWS VOLUME 6, NUMBER 35 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1910 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Building Operations Big Greater Expected in 1911 Brick Blocks Under Way are Not Expected to Cause Let Up Next Year--Opportunities Attract Both Outside and Local Capital While the present season has t)cen no active one la building circles It look im if It would Ih eclipsed by that of next year ami the city nee greater development In thin line. The number of brick Ht met urea that have leen added to the city h growing business district this year ha been the greatest In Its history and nan done more to change its ap pearance and give It the look of u city. Work on all the building In being pushed and It 1 hoped to have most of them completed or under roof be fore the wet mention. The First National Hauk bulidlng, the first of the new block to be commenced In now almost completed and will lie ready for entire oocu paucy by the Kith of the month iiut little remaliiH to be done except to the banking quartern and the bank exited to move Into its tine new npartmentM shortly. The Fer gUHon block adjoining will soon Is ready anil teiiantM In the Otten bdlldlng are milking preparation to move In thin week. The llellbronner hlitck, the first of Hood Klver'H big business blocks to adopt Hteel structural work In rear ing Itself rapidly and the brick work which will commence on the second story will mioii be Is-gun. Rebulld ing the garage of the Hood River Manufacturing. (Engineering Com pany hat Iteen ptiHhed along no that It will noon be ready for line. The machine shop In connection with It will be located In the new building which will have a concrete floor and BORROWED SPEECH, BUT PETE ARRIVED .1. C. Machines, orator, boonter, real entate inan and orchnrdint of White Salmon, wan here Wednesday looking for a man to take charge of a bearing orchard. Mac, who first struck the Hood River-White Salmon country during a political campaign, decided that he had struck thenpot to light and han Iteen here ever since. Thin wan mime yearn ago, anil lie tirnt hit hln home town In company with I'ncle Pete Isenliorg. They were billed to speak at White Salmon, and not Itelng able to get across the river by ferry, an It wan after dark, Mac, who had been out of Yale but a short time, saw a row boat along the river, told I'ncle IV te to drop In, and pulled for the oppo site shore. On arriving on the other wide and asking where White Salmon wan, the veteran Hood Kiver cam paigner pointed out to the newcomer the way to the town. The young man, fresh from college, made a sprint, reached the hall and wan boontlng for Itooneveit in good shape when I'ncle l'ete, who fob lowed more idowly, entered. The latter, after listening to hln colleague for Home time, wan finally Intro duced, and then remarked: "(Sent le mon, I have nothing to nay. Thin young man han heard my speech so often he han made It hlinnelf. It'H all true." BANHAM NOT LOST WOULD LIKE TO KNOW Frank Ilanham, who recently pur (tinned a ranch al Hood ltlver and had Iteen absent for a few dayn, wan Hiirprined to learn on hln return that a general alarm had been sounded to tind him, lu the belief that he had mynterlounly dinappeared. The tlrnt known that Mr. llatiham wan con sidered hint wan when the following appeared In Sunday's Journal: "The I'ortland police and the I'.ng llnh Itcllff society of rortlnnd have Iteen nnked to aid In locating Prank llanuon, who left Hood Hlver Satur day, Neptemlier 20, on a biislnosnvlslt to I'ortland, exerting to return to hln farm near here the following Monday. The police station reports that ho In not at I'ortland." Monday he returned here after a business trip which had called htm suddenly away, and would like to know how the tmprennlon got about that he was lost. other Improvements not contemplat ed In the structure that wan burned. The demand for storage and repairs to auton han resulted In plans for the construction of another garage which will lie erected by Fred Unco and W. 1,. Nicholn at Sixth and Columbia avenue 50x100 feet and con struction on which han already been commenced. The building will lie brick, two stories high nnd modern In every respect. It u morn are still afloat that an other hotel will be built here next year. C. A. Bell may decide to erect the one he secured plans for thin year on the corner of Second nnd Cascade, and another hotel is also being talked of on the lot opposite the Mt. Hood occupied by the Transfer & Livery Company. There In no doubt that the Fruit Fair building will lie a reality during the year and several outsiders who have looked the ground over are contemplating a show houne for the city if a lot can be secured In the center of town at a reasonable ligure. A building site that has attracted the eye of a number of outside nn-n is the one belonging to H. F. David son opposite the Hotel Oregon and it Is said that a big brick building Is not among the Impossible things for this corner next jear. In this vicinity a new depot in ex pected to replace the old structure next season. It wan rumored that work would be commenced on it a month ago when the fill opposite the old station was made wldernndthat the latter would ls sawed into and moved across the tracks to make way for the construction of the new one on the old site. It In not be lieved however that anything will be done this year. Humors of building In the ware- houne district are also prevalent In addition to the addition to the stor age plant of the Apple (irowers liiloii. Buildings for the Wood- worth and Hotel Rnmona corners arc said to be contemplated by next spring, an well an on several other Ites. NEW MANAGER FOR HOME TELEPHONE GO. The raise In telephone rates In the upper valley, which han been held In altera tice pending Improremcnts to the service there, will be put Into effect Sept. Int. The raise was au thorized at a meeting of the board of directors held Thursday evening, and It will conform to that In effect In other sections of the valley, con sisting of $1.7."t a month, with a dis count of IT) cents if paid the first month of the quarter. Another matter taken up by the board of directors was the resigna tion of Chas. Hall as manager, which wan accepted and W. M. Winter elected to fill the position. Mr. Events Of World Wide Interest Pictured for ti. fiTCHCOC News Snapshots Of (he Week Itooupvelt's western reception. Mra. iiarvclutia aeroplane flight waa made Conserve the By former Judg ALTON tr1 action f 11 e ffunj lished rights of civil and state constitutini9 reach of either tho executive or the legislative or the ju dicial department of government or all of them acting together. What, then, remained to do but EXJOY THE FRUITS OF THE STRUGGLE? So the people thought and Bokhara, who said, "Though we take what wo desire, we must not snatch it eagerly." THE CONSERVATION OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT IS THE TREMENDOUS DUTY TO WHICH THE GREAT PROFESSION OF THE LAW IS CALLED, NOW AND EVER. Winter Is said to bean experienced telephone man. who came to the company highly recommended, and has been connected with several of the largest Independent systems In the country. The new mannirer owns a ranch at Hood Kiver, having invested In propertj In t lie upper valley, and will move to town and take charge of the 'operation of the system Sept. Int. Mr. Winter In ex pected to bring t lie service to a high state of elliclenc.v. EDITOR-PREAGHER AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH Rev. J. A. Lord, editor of the Chris thin Standard, Cincinnati. Ohio, ar rived Monday night from linker Cliy, where he hnshcen holillngja meeting. Mr. Lord is taking a year's furlough, seeing the country, writing for his paper, nnd holding services with churches that ak for bin help. Next Sunday, September 4th, he will begin a series of meetings lu the Christian church of thin city, endeav oring to present a constructive Chris tianity, dealing with religion lu life the common faith, for t he common life with Its common needs. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock hln subject will be "The Second Mile;" and In the evening at o'clock " The Circle We All Live In." The city and finer . 1 ' )$LS&ffifi&hA high strut. coluhbus -m$.w.e.coxey lilsorder held swny In Columbus, ().; car trlke shewed no signs of abatement. Stage fnverite. Jack Barry more, and Mis Katlierlno C. llnrrls, nn heiress, obtained license t wixl. Stricken with paralysis, James Whitconib Riley, the "Hoosler" poet, conslderiM In danger. Huke l-'rnnis Josef of Uuv.tU arrlvel In America for tour of country; he has no objection to marrying American girl, l'ostninstcr General Hitchcock m iking trio went, ostensibly on postal business, but supposedly to report on William K. Corey, wife of steel magnate and formerly Mabelle (Jllnmn, actress, deniiM she would return to stage A by John Moinsnnt from I'arU to England with passiiger, luaklns few atopt on each side of English chanueL Constitution. B. PARKER ot New York. in eig tu0 .1 - o ' ' " and religious liberty in both federal seems to put the matter beyond the then acted accordingly. They have seemed to be and in fact they have been IGNO RANT OF THE TRUTH that "eternal vigilance is the price of liberty" as well AFTER CONSTI TUTIONS ARE MADE AS BEFORE. They have failed to appreciate that even this safeguard may bo undermined. The sense of justice of tho American people toward the great commercial and industrial inter ests in point of moral dignity will not permanently remain below tho standard of the sick k'mtr of APPLE PACKING INTERESTS MANY A visit to the apple packing school being conducted by the union In the basement of its warehouse (Uncloses the fact that the newcomers In the valley, many of whom have recently bought property here are taking hold of tliln end of t he apple business with Interest. The school In In charge of Jack Koblnnou who says that the l nt lot of packers that hare erer applied to the union to learn the art are lielng taught. The variety of 'apples being packed is Graven steins and many of the young fel low wuo Sve lately discarded dress suits nnd chokers for khaki and high topped boots are taking to the work like a duck to water. Several ladies are alno enrolled and are dig ging into t he work with a will that brings success. Many of the pupils do not expect to pack apples as a means of livelihood, b'lt want to know how so they can direct others. Of course, there are some who ap parently cant learn to pack and have to ive way to those who can. Like everything else, according to Robin son, it takes dexterity and not a little brainn to place the fruit In the boxes in preventable shape, In addition to havinga knack and a desire to do so. Saturday, the room where the packing school Is being held, pre sented a II rely scene and the place wan tilled with visitors and friends of the packers, all of whom were anMons to try their skill. The In tricacies of the "straight," "diag onal," "offset" and other packs. were Inquired Into, and the jargon of the apple packer Ixvame current In all conversations. The proficiency li tt iinml the Interest taken In the work leads to the belief that when the M-ason commences In earnest, ninny will have liccome expert and that the situation will le very mate rial! r relieved. and valley are cordially Invited to hear his message. Public School Attendance Shows Healthy Increase Race Suicide Not in Evidence at Hood River and Extra Teachers Will Have to Be Provid-ed--lncrease of Nearly Twenty-five Per Cent That Hood ltlver posses a healthy growth in its school population and that race suicide in evidently not one of Its shortcomings was evidenced Monday wheu t lie schools opened for the coming terms. From the enroll ment the first day, It In estimated by I'rof. Coad that there Is an Increase of 2.1 per ceut in the number of pupils over last year. Increases were shown In all the grades and departmeutnand to prop erly Instruct them it has been decided to add two new teachers. One of those will teach in the second grade, while another will be added to the teaching force at the High school. The latter will have charge of a do mestic science clans that will be started, as well an taking care of sev eral other studies. Iu the High school the enrollment showed 104 pupils against 7 last year, the freshman clans numbering 45. Thin In twice as many as the number of graduates, which this year was twenty-two. The young sters at the bottom of the ladder were equally as numerous as those at the top, an id ambitious little Americans, who had never Iteen to school liefore, applied for admittance, while a number that were under age had to be told that they could not start on the road to fame until they were six years old. The teaching force - were all promptly in attendance and the work of registering the pupils and starting the machinery of education to work was accomplished In smooth order. Assigning the pupils to the various grades and getting books was the Reception to Mr. and Mrs. Gibson I'nder the auspices of the members of the Methodist church, a reception was given I'rof. and Mrs. L. U. Gib son Monday evening at the home of Mrs. L. Johnson, on the Heights. The occasion was the departure of the Gibsons for California, where Mr. Gibson will take a special course at Stanford university. About fifty were present and the affair wan enlivened with music nnd social chat. Short speeches of ap preciation and good will were made, which were responded to by Mr. Gib son. The ollielal board of the church alno voted to extend to Mr. Gibson their thanks nnd appreciation of ef forts for the church and community, loiter luncheon ended a most enjoy able evening. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson left yesterday morning for Kugene. nnd after a short stay there they will go to Cal ifornia. Reception to School Teachers A reception will be given the teach ers of the Hood River schools at the L'nitarlan church next Monday even ing, September ."th. All parents and patrons of the school are urged to lie present and Improve this oppor tunity to get acquainted with the teachers. If you are acquainted get better acquainted. Busy Readers first order of the new term, the school year proper commencing In earnest Tuesdao morning. Shining faces, good health and In terest characterized the majority of the boys and girls nnd lads and las sies who applied for admission, while several weeks' vacation brought the teachers back to their work with renewed energy. It in expected that the number of out of town pupils will be greatly In creased this year and that the pupils In the High school will lie greatly added to this season. A reception will be held Monday at the L'nitarlan church for parents of pupils to meet the teacher and get In touch on school matters. FANCY APPLES TN FANCYJPACKAGES An Innovation Id supplying small fancy packages of apples that will be appreciated In the formation of a partnership between Jack Robinson and Henri de Reding, who recently took the Commercial Club booth. The name of the firm will tie Robin son & de Reding and it will cater to the business of supplying fancy apples In fancy packages for shipment to points anywhere In the United States or Canada, express prepaid. The apples selected for this purpose will lie the finest that can be obtained In the valley and they will be especially packed In a neat and attractive package. The firm will take order for anything from one apple to a full box, properly labeling It and for warding It to its destination. In additlou a choice exhibit of fruit both for display purposes and for sale will be kept at the booth so that the transient trade can be supplied. Iu fact the booth Is now filled with a very attractive display of early ap ples in charge of Mr. de Reding. Mr. Robinson, who Is one of the most ex pert packers lu the valley, will look after the selection of the apples and it is believed that the project will do not a little toward advertising the products o7 the country and also de velop Into quite nn extensive busi ness. davidsoTlotTirst choice for fair bldg At the meeting of the subscribers to the stock to the new fruit fair building held Tuesday afternoon to perfect a permanent organization and vote on the question of a site G. R. Cantuer, I. S. Davidson, C- D. Thompson, Miles Carter and C. K. Marshall were elected directors and by-laws were adopted. The report of the subscription committee showed that lO.fdW shares had been subscribed and on the call of the secretary "i shares were shown to be represented. After considerable discussion and the suggestion of various sites, a vote showed the first choice of the meeting to be the lot next to the Davidson Fruit company, which wan offered by Mr. Davidson for $H, i", and the second choice the Hen derson block, corner First and State, where the feed yard In low located. The latter was offered for The annual meeting of t he association wan fixed for the hint Saturday In January. HARVEST DANCE AT PINE GROVE The young people of fine Grove nnd vicinity are making arrange, incuts for one of the bent and most enjoyable dances that have Iteen given this year. The affair will take place at I'ine Grove Grange hall, Fri day evening. Sept. !th, and music for the occasion will le furnished by Newman's four-piece orchestra. The committee on arrangements are making an extra effort to give every body a good time ami the public gen erally are Invited to attend. An this will probably be the last dunce given at the hall until the apple harvest Is over. It In expected that It will be largely attended.