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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.