The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current, September 14, 1910, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text3fie Hcvds (cads. & you voant tfie news, su6scri6e for tfie flews. d you want printing, fiave us do it HE HOOD RIVER NEWS ""JL VOLUME 6, NUMBER 37 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1910 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Club Rooms Opened Smash On O. R. & N. Kit Is Richard A. Shipler Wreck Caused By Engine Striking Horse Which Turned SwitchPassengers Tell of Experiences When Trouble Occurred With Big Meeting Handsome New Quarters of Commercial Orga nization Thrown Open to Hembers Who Plan Big Reception and Addition to Membership At the inoMt largely attended meet lug of the Commercial Club I lint hurt been held In many inont h the new quarters of the Huh were thrown open to ineiiitxTH Monday night. All who were present expressed them He I veH art 1-1 Itr 1 1 1 1 with the hanri Home new home of the organization mill nlrto eager to join In the work ot securing a much larger iiiciti t hthIi I p. Werinesri-i v, Sept. Ill, wan set aside art the date for throwing the rooms open to the public at which time an Informal reception will he held from 2 o'clock In the afternoon to 10 In the erenlng and the otllcerH and members of the club waut It Impressed on all the nutrient of the city and valley tbtit they are cordially Invited to at tend. Mimic and refreshment will Ik provided throughout the after noon ami evening and a Hpeclal pro grain of Hololntrt linn uIho been ar ranged for. Formal action wan taken by the club linking merchant!, business and professional men to eloite thetr placeH of business from 2 to 4 ami many who were present signified their willingness to rio ho. A committee wan appointed to re quest the business men to comply with the club's action. Necretury Skinner announced ttie adoption by the board of directors of a valley emblem, neat In design at a reasonable cost that 1h made In three designs, button, stick ami hat pin, ami that will lie nupplleil tit any n-Hlilent whether a mcuilier of the organization or not. The receipt of an Installment of the new bookletrt wan iiln'i nunounced by the necretary and a copy dlstrlb uteri to each of the members present. It Ih expected to receive the booklet from now ou at a rnte of about 1,000 n day. The publication Ih the hand HOinent thing of the kind ever Issued and ineetH the high aprovnl ot thoHe w ho have seen It. The club will alno receive thin week 13,000 col onlntrt folder containing the low rnteH of fare w hich will be put Into effect from the cunt commencing Sept. 1."). Five thousand of these are to be dlHtrlbuted here to tie sent out In letter by resident and the other lO.trno will be shipped east to be dlH trlbuted by the Harrlmitn linen all over the 1'nlteil State. The folder contain a short but very effective write-up of the opportunttle at Hood River by Secretary Skinner. AIho a map, and I printed In two color. For the llrt time since It wa iMHiieri It wis printed at Hood Klver, the work tx-lng done by the New plant. Preldeut Hall announced during the meeting that a campaign would lie Immediately started for nn In creased membership and after a good many valuable HUggcHttoiiH It wa decided to accept a plan suggested by Secretary Skinner ot having a membership contest and appointing two captntn to conduct It. The head of the opposing force are Tru man Butler and I'.. ('. Smith and the campaign will open on the L'.nd of Septemtier and close on the evening of the .'toth. It wa announced In thl connection ttiat the due and Initiation fees, commencing October 1st, will be doubled mid that mem ber coming In before tliat time will receive the Iwnetlt of the preent rate. During the discussion on member ship Kae llabrton of the I'pper Valley stated that he believed that the club would get many new memlier In the I'pper Valley by making a lower rate for due for that section as the resident lived ho far away they were not able to enjoy ttie privilege rf the club to the extent that city and residents nearer town would. He STREET FAIR AND BAND CARNIVAL I'nder the auspices of the Hood Klver band the Arnold Show and lianri will hold a street fair and carn ival Oct. 1-th to Kith. Arrangement are being made to have a big time and provide the biggest lot of nmuse ment Hood Hlver ha ever wen. The street will Is' decorated and the the affair will be advertised In all the surrounding town. asked that a rate of ."st cent a month lie made for I'pper Valley resident with a corresponding reduction In the Initiation fee. His remark were supplemented by E. I.. Smith who was also tn favor of this plan and ou being put to a vote It wa adopted. Mr. Smith also stated that the ieo pie of the lower valley should get better acquainted with their neigh bors in the upper country and said that a vigorous campaign for mein bers among them should be made. He said he believed Mr Early, who was present, would take a big com mittee up to I'nrkdale on the rail road for thl purpose. Mr. Early stated that the railroad company would be glad to do thl just a soon as It rained and cleared up the the smoke ami dust, and said he would do better than take a com mittee, he would take all of the busi ness men who wauted to go. Ap plause greeted both the speaker and Mr. Babson then said that If the dub would let him know when they were coming the l'pMT Valley l'rogresslve Association, which was co-oierattng with the parent organization, would see to It that the vlsttor saw the country and had a good time. On the suggestion of ('. A. Vnughan president of the Merchant Associa tion, that the latter organization and the Commercial Club be consoli dated a motion wa carried recom mending a conference for thl pur pose 1 let ween the board of director of the two organizations. W. L. Clark asked If thl could not Include the Fruit Fair Association but (1. H. Castner, president of the latter, who wa present and w a called on, stated that It could not be accom plished a the fair association wa nn Incorporated body. Jack Koblnsou placed ls-fore the meeting a unique and valuable ad vertising Idea which will be taken up by the directors and decided later. At the director' meeting which followed the club meeting, the direc tor decided to take a half page ad In the annual edltlou of the Oregon- Ian which will appear January 1st. A distinguished visitor at the meet ing, present as the gutst of 1 rumnn Butler, wa It. K. Grant, vice presi dent of of the Irving National bank of New York. Mr. Grant made n very timely address to the member expressing Id appreciation of the Hood Hlver country and ato of the work of the club and It new quar ter. PERRY BEAL BECOMES SUDDENLY INSANE After wandering demented through the country for nearly a week Terry Heal, a well-to-do fruitgrower of the I'pper Valley and brother of I. T. Heal, wa brought back to hi home Gvcnto of News Snapshots Of the Week Interesting mode of entertainment offered President Roosevelt on his trip west Thomas II. Barry took post as superintendent West Point Military academy, '. - A Picture Showing Hood Rivers Progress ' V:'"X - ' ' ' : S' f The Mount Hood Hotel as it First stage leaving the hotel for then owned by Robt. Rand. Bert DR. BRONSON HAS NARROW ESCAPE Thrown headlong over the brink of the precipice Just above Menomi nee, Dr. Malcolm Bronson, of this city, although seriously Injured, still lives to tell the tale. The horse which he was driving ft-11 to the foot of the cliff, It life be ing crushed from It body, but the physician, as he was hurled through the air, caught on the edge of a sus pended logging flume, L'0 feet below the roadway. Clinging In mld-alr, Dr. Bronson, by desjrate efforts, wa finally able to climb again to the roadway and shout for help liefore losing consciousness. The night watchman iu the planing mill at Kuthton heard the call for help and took the Injured physician to hi home. Dr. Bronson wan later brought here and placed in the hos pital. While no bone nre broken, he wa Injured Internally but will re cover. The doctor left Hood Hlver late Sunday night with a nurse to attend an urgent cane. On hi return home after leaving the nure with the patient, at about 4 A. M., a he wa driving under a flume, the horse slipped on the wet roadway, became frightened and backed over the cliff. "Had the nurse Is-en with me, the pitch of the buggy would have sent us both to the bottom of the cliff," said Dr. Uronson. The point tn the road where Dr. Bronson went over I a dangerous i one and ha lieen the scene of numer- i ou escape from accident. It I 1 believed that the wnter rushing down the Hume frightened the horse or thnt It stepperi on a board that Hew up ami struck the animal just a It wa going under It. Saturday by Sheriff Morse, Beal wa located near The Dalles by Wasco county authorities, who had been notified of hi disappear ance. The unfortunate man left hi home Sunday. Sept. 11, some time during ttie ulght with a :'.s ciiIHmt World HUdc Intcrcot pictured for Busy Rcadcra tt&mlrmi? wt ePs&i fr'm mn Gov.j.r.sANOts u i pf ? ' A-l.- - "Cleiui Coney Inland" was the order Acting Major .lulin Purroy Mitchel guve Police Commissioner Baker, and it resulted la general exodus of hud characters from New York's resort. It Is ruuiord that 'De miiy soon appoint other American cardinals, possibly Archbishop Farley and Archbishop O'Connell. Statue of Thomas H. Reed. Maine's foremost statesman, was unveiled at Portland. Me. President Tuft appointed Ceore B. Uolierta to succeed A. Ptntt Andrews a director of the mint. Most appeared twenty-five years ago. Cloud Cap Inn. The hotel was Stranahan is in the driver's seat. APPLE PACKING LOOKS ALIKE TOEVERYBODY Ifutijboriy had any doubt that the rank ami file of Hood Hlver' apple grower are anxlou to learn how to pack apple they could have hud them quickly dispelled by a visit to the enlarged apple packing school which the union opened Monday at the warehouse. I'acker of all nges and both sexes were on hand from all parts of the valley and several from apple growing territory across the river and at Moster. Although 100 tables had Ihh-u provided for the learners there were still more packers than place to pack. Everybody eutercd Into the work with zest and many of the beginners showed a good deal of aptitude In taking up the work. During th past two l;iy a good deal of progress ha been made and It 1 expected by the time apple pack ing commence In the orchards that several hundred expert packer will lie ready to handle the crop. A good many of the younger newcomers who have young orchards are learn ing nnri expect to engage In the work and pack through the season In order to get the practical experi ence of packing all kind of varieties and get In touch with the actual work In the country. In addition to the many residents of the valley who are learning to pack there are a good many stranger also here who will endeavor to master the art and stay here until the crop Is harvested aud shipped out. Winchester and It was feared that he had met with an accident. No nason can be assigned for his sudden loss of mind. He Is X'l years 1 old. After ticlng examined by several physicians who pronounced him tn n tcrlou mental condition, Mr. Beal in committed by Judge Derby to the State Hospital for the Insane at , Salem and he was takeu to that In- j stltutlon by Sheriff Morse. It Is ' thought that he tn-iy recover with i treatment. wa the wonderful exhibition of the llovernor Sanders of lAiulsluna refused Eastbound Oregon & Washington Express train No. !, In charge of Con ductor T. M. Boyd and Engineer Ed Farley, of Portland, while running at high peed ran Into an open switch at the west end of the yard at Wyetta Thursday night at 10 o'clock and the engine, tender and two baggage car were turned over and two pasenger coaches derailed. Engineer Farley and hi fireman both jumped from the-englne and re ceived a few minor bruises. No pas senger were hurt. Richard Shipler, who waa riding on the tender, wa killed. No. (i I a fast mall train between Portland and Chicago and wa made up of 11 coache. It left Portland at H o'clock. The train, w hlch 1 a non stop train, wa under full speed un- tlll just before It struck the switch. Investigation Friday Into the cause of the wrwk by County Coro ner Edgtngton and railroad men dis closed the fact that the engine wa derailed by striking a colt, which In turn wa thrown with such force against a switch that the body of the animal turned the lever. Parts of the body of the horse were found on the pilot of the engine and also on the switch, while the tie on which the latter stood wa split In two, allowing It to turn and letting the engine In on the siding while the baggage cars and coaches plunged through on the main line and zig zagged across the track. The acci dent happened at the crossing in front of the Wyetb station, near where a number of horses are being pastured and It I thought that the colt escaped and got onto the track. The body of Shipler, who had relatives In Gooding. Idaho, wa brought to Hood Hlver. An entry was found In a note book, which was on his person, to telegraph Mr. J. A. McKay of that place In case anything happened. Ship ler, who wa ou the tender, 1 supposed to have been killed by ls tng thrown head-on against a car when It left the rail. Two boys who were on the train and were a few feet back of him on the baggage carescned without a scratch and arrived here on the first passenger train from the scene of the wreck. Apparently they were unshaken by their narrow escape as they com menced to Inquire Immediately on their arrival where they could get work picking upples. Passenger arriving Friday morn ing after their all night stay at Cas cade Lock, to which place they were taken back, to) J of a night of Inconvenience and of selfishness on the part of several men In pre-empting seats ou which they slept while women sat up all night In the depot. One man I said to have delivered nn address on socialism just In'fore the wreck occurred and then afterward to have stretched himself out on two cowboys of Cheyenne. Major General to qualify as I'nlted Stati-s euutor. seat and snored so loudly that he kept the rest of ttie passenger w ho were fortunate enough to secure a resting place awake. Early Friday morning one of the women passen ger liecame so disgusted that she took a pair of scissor and removed a goodly share of the socialist' long lock. Another Incident which aroused the anger and ridicule of a number of the party on the wrecked train wa the outcry made by a woman who, although accompanied by her husband and two small chil dren, bewailed the fate of her dog which was In the baggage car. As soon as the crash came she 1 said to have shrieked and cried loudly for someone to rescue the canine, for getting everything and everybody ele and tearfully pleading for Its re turn. She I reported to have said that nothing ele mattered as long as It was safely placed In her arm, which wa finally accomplished by one of the passengers who was given a reward of $.". Several of the women passenger who became sick from shock and from remaining all night without sleep left the train here for medical attention and rest before continuing their Journey and stated that beyond a heavy Jar when the train left the rail there was no Injury to those In the coaches. It Is now believed that the train was brought to a sudden stop by the connections between the engine and cars being broken, which set the brakes and thereby saved the lives of many of the passengers. Train service was renewed Friday morning after 10 o'clock and all trains went through on the regular schedule after that time. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKay, the stepfather and mother of Shipler, who was IS years old and had been operating a moving picture show In Portland, arrived here Saturday and Identified hi body. On Monday funeral services were held at Bart mess chapel conducted by Rev. Par son of the United Brethren chunii. The body wa burled In Idlewlld cemetery. TO LET CONTRACT FOR FAIR BUILDING The director of the Fruit Fair As sociation have closed for the David son site for the building and are now- endeavoring to get a contractor to take the work of excavating for the basement of the building, which it was exiected to have done In time to hold the fair In this year. So far their effort to obtain anyoue to take up the work have been fruitless but the dlnvtors have not given up hoe and are still diligently hunting for someone. In placlug the building on the Dav idson proiKTty the director of the association have secured the co-operation of the railroad company which has promised them anv assistance i In It power In Improving the prop erty back of the building, which I i owned by It n a right of way. To I find out if the railroad otliciaU would aid them a delegation of the direc tor nveutly had an Interview with J. P. O'Hrlcn aud other officials of the (). R. A: N. In Portland and se cured their co-operation. It Is be lieved that if the plan of the building which has been outlined to the i!l- i rector by the architect, but which has not as yet 1vii completed. Is put j Into effect that the property will prove a tine Investment for the ass I elation as well as providing ipiartei for the fair that could not be liu J proved upon. The Davidson com- puny has offered to accept ;i l irg" I block of the bonds If the building Is ! bonded and has Informed the illnc. tors that payment on the lot can ! i deferred until such lime a the build lug Is under way or completed. j REGISTER AT ONCE BOOKS CLOSE TODAY Today I the last day In which vot ers may register for the coming pi I marles. Those who are putting i ff this little duty have until today at ." p. in. to "make good."