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6 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1910 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS ft (LUIID WEDNESDAY MOKNINO T MOOD RIVER NEWS CO.MPANY, Inc. Hood Rivkb. Okeoon W. H. WALTON PMWDSHT E. P. M1CHELL Vice Peeudsnt C P. SONNICHSEN Secret aey-Tekasi'Eke W. H. WALTON Editob C. P. SONN1CHSKN Manage Subscription, $1.50 a Year in Advance EnUrad u aecond-clua matter. Feb. 10. 190st. at th post office at Hood River. Oreson. under the Act of March 3. 187. Politics and Business A dispatch from St. Paul, in an interview just friven out by James J. Hill, the "Empire Builder." the "Father of the Northwest," cannot see why the business men of the country should at present fear to engage in new enterprises, nor can he see any reason whatever for the semi-paralysis which is gradu ally creeping over the United States. It's only a xennt'lt'ss luck of confi dence, says Mr. Hill, lu the Interview. "And why this lack of confidence? Some man, Bouiewhere, has grown timid over something; or other and has cried 'boo' at his neighbor. His neighbor probably jumped and the next fellow took fright without knowing why he was frightened. And so on. "It's junt like a flock of sheep. If one starts to run, every sheep In the flock will follow, even If they die for It. "During this big National conser vation congress we have talked about conserving water and con serving land; conserving coal and conserving Iron; It's too bad some body didn't say a word about con serving common sense. "That's what this country needs right now to conserve common sense. There's an article by Col. Heorge Harvey In the September North American Review dealing with the Conservation of Common Sense that well Illustrates the business con dition of this country right now, and gives as the panacea for the bus iness paralysis the suggestion that our business men use a little com mon sense Just ordinary, sound, common sense. I wish business men everywhere would take that advice. "I can see no reason for the fears which seem to possess our bnslness men. I have preached a 'return to the farm policy for years and expect to continue to do so; but that's no reason for fear on the part of bunl ness. "Money and business are, of course, very careful and It Is right that they should be, but not to the extent of cutting off their noses to spite their faces, especially wheu It Is so unnec essary and they need the noses, too. "Here's a little excerpt which, to my mind, bears down hard and strikes at the core of our present Ills: " 'In the disestablishment of credit we find the most obvious cause of the prevailing depression. The link that connects labor with capital Is not broken, but we may not deny that It Is less cohesive than It should tie or than conditions warrant. Fi nancially the couutry is stronger than ever before in Its history. Ite covery from a panic so severe as that of three years ago was never bafore so prompt and comparatively complete. The masses are prac tically free from debt. Money Is held by the banks In abundance. " 'Why, then, does Capital pause upon the threshold of Investment? The answer we believe to be plain. It awaits adjustment of the relations of government to business. Such, at any rate. Is the plea, and pressure Is constantly brought to lear upon ex ecutives and courts to make haste haste which, In our Judgment, would result In less speed. Great complica tions growing out of mightily changed conditions call for the most serious consideration. To settle a grave question offhand Is only to In vite disaster. Hetter not settle It at all until a reasonable certainty can be felt that it can be settled right. Stability Is ever Capital's primary requirement. Hut the adjustment which it now demands cannot In; effected lu a month or a year and never can or should le complete. Elasticity Is the prime requisite of changes essential to development. " 'But Capital Is notoriously timid. In the present Instance, too, It Is ub solutely foolish. No decision of any court can permanently Impair any so-called vested Interest. Con fiscation Is undreamed of, as com pared with only a few years ago. The disintegration of properties does not Involve their destruction. More over, the sharp revolt against all combinations those that achieve great good no less than those that work Injury Is clearly yielding to study aud reason. No sane person now maintains that business ch leclttlly manufacturing can or should be done u It was done half a century ago. In abroad sense, thei dividual remains even wider within the corporation. The sole problem consists of determining how govern ment can maintain an even balance between aggregations of Interest, on the one hand, aud the whole people, ou the other, protecting the latter agatust extortion and saving the former from assaults. " 'The solution Is not easy to find, for the simple reason that the situa tion Is without precedent. Hut Is not progress lxlng made along s'ine and cautious Hues? Surely no men ace to property or to human rights He tn the striving for such a solu tion, ltoth will 1h safe-guarded by Its certain finding.' " The solution of the timidity of Capital we think is not hard to find. It is awaiting the outcome of the political turmoil the coun try i3 at present going through. Capital wants to know that it is protected against radical changes in legislation. NORTH WEST MOTES I'resldeutlal i'ostmasters of Ore gou will hold their convention In Portland ou October 1:1 and 14, meet ing in the convention hall of the Commercial Club. Hood Ulver gave the glad hand to visitors last week when Its Commer cial Club held a house-warming In its tine new quarters. Portland people were guests of the apple growers and enjoyed the occasion very much. Hood IUver can plume Itself upon having one of the finest small com mercial club homes In the Northwest. Mount Hood will be enclosed with in a national reserve if the petitions now being circulated for signatures accomplish their purpose. With Its snow-capped peaks, great glaciers and dashing torrents, this mountain can le made a greBt national play ground, easily accessible from I'ort lund, where thousands of people may seek recreation each summer, It Is sought to have the same plan followed as has been done In creat ing the Mt. Itanier reserve. A movement to stimulate hog pro duction In the Northwest Is to be started at a conference of experiment station directors, railroad officials and livestock experts to be held In Spokane October 4. Ways and means to Interest farmers In raising more hogs for market will be dis cussed, and It Is hoped to start a campaign that will result In a much Increased quantity of hogs for the livestock packers. This plan Is ex pected to add very much to- the wealth of the three states. Hobert Wlthycomb, superintendent of the Union Experiment Station, will be the Oregon representative. District fairs in the Northwest wll probably have a circuit of their own next season, so there will be no con flict In dates, as has been the case In the past. It Is proposed to call a meeting of representatives of the va rious fairs In Oregon and Washing ton, with n view to arranging the dates harmoniously. It Is hoped to so change the present plan that the district fairs can le operated In connection with the State Fair cir cuit, firesham, Pendleton and Canby, In this state, have their fairs on the same dates, Septembers-October 1, Inclusive, and Secretary La zelle, of the Canby fair, has started the movement for the harmonizing of dates. An organization that promises to do much for Oregon, Washington and Idaho fruit is the Northwest Fruit Exchange, W. F. (J win, Mana ger, with offices In Portland. Working In co-operation with the various associations of grocers throughout three states, the ex change Is directing shipments and seeking a wider market. It Is planned to carry on u campaign similar to that waged by the Cali fornia orange growers, and every wholesale bouse In the fruit trade will l reached through the ex change. An evil that will be corn batted Is the formation of pools among the large buyers so that prices will not be under the control of these agencies. Another plan Is to ship nothing less than carload lots direct to the wholesaler. In this way It Is thought the consumer will receive the benefit In the saving of the freight rates by avoiding small and exeuslve shipments. Manager (jwlu Is determined that world-wide markets for Oregon fruit shall be come a reality, and predicts that In stead of over-production calling a halt on orchard acreage, It will soon be necessary to double the present commercial orchard area In the Northwest. Clatzert Stops Round Trip The lialley (iatzert made her last round trip of the season letween The Dalles and Portland Septemlwr 17. The Oatzert and The Dalles City have begun to make the run on al ternate days, the (iatzert going Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays TEMPERANCE WOMEN WILL JPEAK HERE Miss Marie lirehm, sent out by the Paesbyterlau Assembly, a perma nent board for temperance work, will speak In our city Tuesday even ing, October 4th. See posters for place of lecture Miss Ilrehiu has charge of the great temperance pa rade soon to take blactjiu Portland. Mrs. Jackfou SUbaugh, national lecturer for the W. C. T, IT., will speak in the 1'. H. church Thursday evening, Sept. 11, at S o'clock. Mrs. Silbaugh Is a charming speaker, able to Interest all classes of people, from the society woman to the common laborer. If she were on a lecture course you would be glad to pay several five cents for a ticket to hear her. Come aud bring an offering for tempera n-.'e work. Hood River Light & Power Company. If you want quick ret u mi on your wife'a life insurance policy, just forget all the Labor Saving. Monty Saving and Time Savin flf Electrical device on the market at the present time. With an EUctric Chafing DiH, a Percolator and a Toattmr you can pre pare a good breakfast or a midnight lunch in 7 minutes to 10 minutes from the time you enter the kitchen. With an E (metric Washing Machina you can put clothes to soak at nijrht, Unten 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 EUctric Curling iron. Innumerable other devices of a service able and inexpensive nature are on the market, and anyone who stops 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 op erating these devices mostly on a very low rate. Besides this look at the difference in temperature in the rooms. Just take a minute some time and fig ure the cost of the wood consumed for washing and ironing alone. If the supply house don't carry a stock of what you want, we will get it for you. .Missionary Society Uects Officers Tho Womau'n MUtflouary Society of the ConrvKatloDitt church mot with Mm. A. Onthauk Kept. 12th t:utl elected the following otllcern: Mm. A. V. Noble, prenltlent; Mrs. AuUtta Price, vlee-prealdeut; Mra. A. C. Huok, secretary; Mra. (5. H. Cantoer, treasurer. Teachers' Annual Institute The teacher of Hood IUver are notltled that the Anuual Inntltute will bo held tn The Dalles on Octolwr 4, 5, (i aud 7, 11)10. Eknkht C. Smith, County Superintendent, LODGE DIRECTORY Canby Post, G. A. R.-Mwta at the K. of P. hall the second and fourth Saturdays of the month at 2 p. m. Geo. P. Crowell, commander; S, F. Blythe. adjutant. - w Canby W. R. C. NuTl6-Meets second and fourth Saturdays of each month in K. of P. hall at 2 p. m. Mitts Clara lily the, president; Mrs.Fernald. secretary. piuirt Hood RiverTNo. 42." F. of AT,"meeU every Thursday evening in K. of P. hall. Visiting Foresters always welcome. Wm. Flamming, C.R.; F. C. Brasilia, F. S. Hood River Lodge? Na 106." A? F. A X M -Meets Saturday evening on or before each full moon. Ralph Savage, W. M.; D. McDonald, secre tary. w Hood River Camp, Naf:b'M."wTA.-Mwt8 in K. of P. hall first and third Wednesday nights. C. S. Jones, V. C; C. U. Dakin. clerk. H.iod River Camp. No. 770. W. O. W -Meets at K. of P. hall the second and fourth Wednesday nitrhts of each month W. A. Eby. C. C; Floyd Spurling. clerk. Hood River Circle. No. 624. Women of Woodcraft! -Meet at L O. O. F. hall first and third Sat urday nighta. each month. Visitors welcome. Mrs. Wm. Genger. N. G.; Alice Shay, clerk. T.llewilde Lodge. No. 107. I. O. O. F.-Meets in Fraternal hall every Thursday evening at 7:00, at the corner of Fourth and Oak streets. Visiting brothers welcomed. J. M. Wood. N. G ; G. W. Thompson, secretary. - Kemp Lodge. No. 1K1. I- O. O. F.-Meeu" in the Odd Fellows hall at Odell every Saturday night. Visiting brothers cordially welcomed. W. A. Lockman. NG.;ieo. ShepardsecreUirjr. Laurel Rebeka Ixidge Na 87, I. O. O. F. Meets tirst and third Mondays in each month. Ther esa M. Castner, N. G.; Nettie Moses, secretary. Mount Hood Lodge, Na 206, I. O. O. F.. meeU every Saturday evening in Gribble'a hall, Mt. Hood. A. M. Kelly, N. G.; G. W. Dimmick, secretary. Mountain Home Camp, Na 34i9. rTn.A. lU Meets at K. of P. hall on the second and fourth Fridays of each month. Mrs. A. Crump. O.: Mrs. Klla Dakin, recorder. Oleta Artaembly, NoT MS. U. A.-Meets in their hall the first and third Wednesdays, work: second and fourth Wednesdays, social. C. D. Henrichs. M. A.; W. H. Austin, secretary. Oregon Grape Rebekah Lodge Na 1X1, I. O. O. F. Meets every second and fourth Wednesdays in each month in Gnbble's hall. Mt. Hood, Or. Mrs. Mammie Dimmick, N. G.; Mrs. Nettie Gnbble, secretary. I Riverside Lodge. No! M, A. X U." W.Meetain VK. of P. hall the first and third Wednesday nights of the month. Visiting brothers cordially welcomed. R. E. Chapman, W. M.; Chester Shute. recorder. a u coma Lodge. No. 30. K. of P. Meets in their Castle Hall every Tuesday night, when visiting brothers are fraternally welcomed. C. C. Cuddeford, CCLouS. IsenbergK. of R. 4 8. AVauna Temple Pythian Sisters, Na 6 Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at K. of P. hall. Georgina I sen berg. M. E. C; Kate M Fredrick. K. of R. ft C. Don t Read This if you are looking for cheap property. But if you want something good, that is, property that will double in value within a few years, call and see us. We have some bearing orchards that are among the leading producers in the valley on our list. : : : : : J. H. HEILBRONNER& CO. THE 'RELIABLE DEALERS HOOD RIVER, OREGON People of Oregon IT IS NOW dar of the Individual comix-tltor In and The Dallt-n City leaving Mon- put, but the opportunity of the In- jdayt, Wedneitdaji and Friday. UP TO YOU The popular Colonist Fares will again be in effect between September 15th and October 15th, during which period tickets to Hood River will be on sale daily from CHICAGO. $33oo ST. LOUIS 32.00 OMAHA 25.00 KANSAS CITY 25.00 ST. PAUL 25.00 and from other cities correspondingly low. These are Westbound, one-way fares only, but anyone here can Prepay for relatives or friends in the East, if desired. Consult your local railroad agent Now is the Time to let the world know of our vast resources and splendid opportunities of Home Building. Write to everyone you know in the East. Send them good instructive printed matter, and tell them that the cost of getting here is but little more than half the usual cost, and to call on a representative of the O. R. & N. Co. for all desired informa tion, or address WM. McMURRAY GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT PORTLAIV1), - OKKGON Wants the Money- not very much, but tvants it. 80 acres near Valley Crest school; large clearing; good house. $55 per acre. Good terms. The Best Ranch in Gilliam County to exchange for Hood River land. 4G2 acres; well watered; fair build ings; good fence. Wyeth & Allen Smith Block Piionk 175 Well Drilling: Quick ; Successful Satisfactory DONE WITH A - STAR WELL DRILLING OUTFIT FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS APPLE LAND & ORCHARD COMPANY HOOD RIVER, OREGON Offict. No. 9 Oik Straal Phono. 28 or 2002-X If you want your horses properly SHOD come to SHI VELY & McGlLLl VARY Jcjcl to Snotv CSL Upson CAPITAL AXh SUIil'WS Sl21.000.00 SPENDING TIME OVER NOW IT'S TIME TO SAVE There is surely no better way to insure a neat accumulation (or a possible future investment or a nest egg for the "rainy day" than by opening a savings account with the Firl National Bank Hood River, Oregon We pay 3 per cent and would like to have your name on our books. inteWt? Wi W7W47tS Wt? &riJ i? Vi? Wt? fr'A StrA? St' M. H. Bailey W. E. Colby lit i BAILEY I COLBY Electric Wiring and Fixtures H All kinds of Electrical ( I "u r . 1 -m-I : i. 4 4, ' ffic nd Display Room at I J 7 State Street Shop Phone 32J-K Roitlcncc Phone ?- 4 POSITIVELY f We Say Positively that our drugs are abso lutely pure and unadul terated. Our reputation as reliable druggists has been earned by putting up only the best and purest medicines in the right manner. Our bus iness has increased so rapidly of late we are positive manv are fullv convinced they can rely on us to the last notch. Let us convince you. Keir Cass RELIABLE DRUGGISTS & -Smith Block, Hood River, Oregon