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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,
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A Picture Showing Hood Rivers Progress
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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."