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i HE HOOD RIVER NEWS
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 40
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1910
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Court Injunction Stays
City Water Bond Sate
City Officials Served With Summons In Com
plaint Charging Unlawful Extravagance And
Ordered to Answer In United States Court
Hood River's water problem wan
brought promlueutly to the front
again Monday when an Injunction
was Issued by Judge Robert S. Bean
of the United States court In Port
land restraining the mayor and city
council from Belling the water bonds.
Accompanying the order citations
were Issued by the court ordering all
the city authorities to appear and
answer to charges in a complaint
that they are proceeding with un
lawful extravagance In seeking to
sell the bonds to bear 6 per ceut In
terest with an added bonus of $ t0."0,
and also alleglug that a secret con
tract existed between Mayor McDon
ald and Recorder Laugllle and Keeler
Bros, whereby the bonds were to lie
sold at private sale, and making
other allegations of Irregularities.
The complainuut In the case Is
Burt Van Horn of New York and the
attorneys are Jay tie & Watson of
Hood River and Snow & MeCnmant
of Portland.
The Injunction was Issued Monday
afternoon and the papers In the suit
were served on the city officials Mon
day ntght by United States Marshal
T. J. Hainmersley as they entered
the council room. The principal
named In the suit lielng Mayor Mc
Donald he was served first. The
summons were then handed to Couu
ell men llroslus, Hall, Slocum ami
Recorder Langtlle. As Cotincllmen
Arnold, Wright aud Ilugglns did not
appear they were served Tuesday
morning, as was also K. O. Blanchar
as city treasurer.
The subpoenas are returnable Mon
day, October 10th, wheu each of the
defendants named Is cited to npiear
and answer to the complaint per
sonally. The complaint alleges that "the
defendeuts, I). McDonald ami H. It.
Langtlle, have entered Into a secret
contract with Keeler Brothers of
Denver, wherein ami whereby they
have undertaken to bind the City of
Hood Klver to turn over to said
Keeler Brothers an Issue of Ninety
Thousand ($!N,(MM) Dollars of six per
cent bonds for the sum of Ninety
Thousand ($!N),(NN)) Dollars. That
the said bonds lsar date August 1,
l'.llO, and the said contract purports
to require the City of Hood Klver to
pay Interest on the same from the
said 1st day of August, l'.tlO.ulthough
the City of Hood Klver and the de
fendants have received up to the
present date no part of the said
Ninety Thousand ( t'.K).(MlO) Dollars.
That your orator Is Informed and
lielleves, and then-fore charges the
fact to be, that an additional rebate
Is allowed under the said contract to
the said Keeler Brothers of Ten Hun
dred and Fifty ($10.-0) Dollars, al
leged to be the expense Incurred by
the said Keeler Brothers for printing
the said bonds. That the said con
tract so entered Into by the defen
dants, McDonald and Langllle. Is in
writing, but the same has not lieen
made a inntter of record In the Rec
ords of the City of Hood Klver, but
Is a clandestine contract and Is Im
provident and disadvantageous to
the City of Hood Klver ami to the
taxpayers thereof and to your orator
In particular, In that the said bonds
are worth more than par and could
Is1 sold at n premium, and your ora
tor Is Informed and believes and
charges the fact to le that the profit
of the said Keeler Brothers If they
shall stvure the said bonds and shall
dispose of them In the market, at
market rates, shall exceed the sum of
Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,(100)
Dollars.
"Your oratorfurtheravers that the
bonds of the City of Hood Klver In
thesumof Ninety Thousand (f 110,000)
Dollars, bearing Interest at the rate
of five s-r cent per annum, If lawfully
Issued ami marketed In a careful and
provident manner, could be sold at
pur. That the bonds proposed to be
Issued pursuant to the said contract
made by the defendants, McDonald
ami Langllle, nre six per cent bonds
and It Is proposed to sell the same at
a discount. In manner and form as
above set forth.
"That although the said contract
has lieen entered Into by the defend
ants, McDonald and Langllle, with
out nftirmattve action on the part of
the other defendants authorizing the
same, tnat the otner acienuams are
parties to the scheme and confeder
acy to dispose of the said bouds to
Keeler Brothers aforesaid. That the
other defendants desire to have the
bonds so disposed of and will with
out delay take such action as coun
cllmen of the City of Hood Klver to
bring about such transfer of the
bonds to Keeler Brothers as will In
their judgment result In carrying out
the scheme and confederacy afore
said and In giving to the said Keeler
Brothers a large aud unnecessary
and unfair profit, to the disadvan
tage of the City of Hood Klver and
of Its taxpayers. That the motive
of the defendants In entering Into the
conspiracy and confederacy afore
said Is to cover up an unlawful ex
penditure made by them of the mon
eys of the City of Hood Klver and an
unlawful Incurring of Indebtedness
on behalf of the Mild municipal cor
poration. That In and by the pro
visions of the charter of the city of
Hood Klver, as amended as afore
said, the said city Is forbidden to In
cur an Indebtedness In excess of Five
Thousnnd $rooo.00) Dollars, except
as bonds may be lawfully Issued and
sold by the city for certain specified
purposes In the charter of the said
Cltv of Hood Klver specifically set
forth. That notwithstanding the
said limitation on the power of the
city authorities to Incur Indebted
ness, the defendants have Incurred
obligations on behalf of the said City
of Hood Klver, aggregating at least
Twelve Thousand Five Hundred
($12,."i00.00) Dollars. That It Is the
desire of the defendants to secure the
said sum of Ninety Thousand (f'.tO,-
(Continued on Fair 12)
LOCAL FRUIT FAIR
NOV. 23RD i TO 26TH
The dates for holding the Hood
Klver fruit fair have lieen fixed by
the association for November 23rd to
0th. The fair will open on Wednes
day and close Saturday evening and
the exhibition will continue one day
longer this year than formerly. The
lirst day will be devoted to placing
the fruit and judging It.
The place for holding the fair has
not yet Is-en determined, but It Is ex
pected that It will lie held either In
the big ware room of the Gilliert
Yaughan Implement Company or In
the building now In course of erec
tion as a garage for Nlchol & Llsco.
If the latter Is finished In time, It Is
said that It will give a larger space.
By holding the fair at a later date
than formerly, theexhlblt Is expected
to be the largest ever shown at
looil Klver, as well as the liest for
quality, as growers will have had
time to select and pack their best
fruit and also give It their personal
attention during the display.
Gvcnto of
News Snapshots
Of the Week
More than 15,000 G. A. K. veterans
Chandler Harris aud dedicate It as
,iiiif ite Jyln WPS
Wenatchee Fixes Prices
On Consignment Basis
According to the Wenatchee Re
public, holdings this season of the
Wenatchee Valley Fruit Growers'
Association are and will continue to
be distributed by the Gibson Frnlt
Company, of Chicago, and the or
chardlsts' organization there has
fixed the following net prices to it on
the following varieties of apples:
Jonathans, extra fancy, $1.C0 to
$1.50 a box, according to size, fancy,
$ 1.115 to $1.2."; Gun ob, extra fancy,
$1.35, fancy, f 1.10; Wlnesaps and Ar
kansas Blacks, extra fancy, $1.75,
fancy, $1.25; Spltzenberga, extra
fancy, $2.25, fancy, $1.75; Rome Beau
ties, extra fancy, $1.50, fancy, f 1.25;
Ben Davis and similar varieties, ex
tra fancy. $1 25, fancy, H5c.
Continuing, the Republic says:
"The contract bet ween the associ
ation and X. G. Gibson, of the Gib
son Fruit Company, has not been
made public in detail, but Its general
tenor Is that the association puts Its
price on the apples and that Mr. Gib
son tries to obtain the set figure: If
he can, be deducts his brokerage
charges; If he cannot, he Is to hold
the fruit pending further Instructions
from the association.
"Mr, Gibson Is making an earnest
effort to dispose of the apples accord
ing to orders. In the last Issue of
the Chicago Packer, the leading fruit
publication of the Middle West, he
ran the following advertisement:
" 'We are sales agents for the Uni
ted States for the Wenatchee Valley
Fruit Growers' Association, Wen
atchee, Wash. They will have at
least 1,000 cars of fancy varieties.
We are now ready to book your or
ders for Wenatchee apples. Ijet us
know how many cars of each variety
you want and we will book your
order subject to approval when
prices are named by the association,
which will lie very shortly.
" 'Remetnlier, you pay us u4TiS"
kerage or commission. We are sales
agents for the association we repre
sent. Their prices will be our prices
net to you. In buying of us you are
buying direct from the association.
We have our own Inspectors at ship
ping points, and our twenty-five
years' experience marketing western
fruits enables us to properly look
after the Interests of both shipper
and buyer In routing, diverting and
tracing cars from shipping points to
destinations.' "
"Besides the advertisement, Mr.
Gibson Is quoted In an Interview In
the latest Packer as follows:
" 'We nre getting quite a little cor
respondence from all over the Fast,
South and Southwest regarding
Northwestern box npples, but sales
are scattering so far. The general
Impression seems to be thnt prices
are rather out of line. A large Chi
cago buyer told me a few days ago
that he had taken on quite n line of
Kusteru barrel apples at f2..") and
3 and considered he hail a better
buy than Western box stock at prac
tically double this prk-e. And at
present asking prices, Western tiox
stock, such as fancy Jonathans, will
figure about $5.50 to $0 a barrel here.
' 'So far little or no fancy winter
stock Is liefng offered, but will lie In
Sdorld GCUdc Interest pictured for Buoy Rcadcro
New York state'a political conventions nre attracting much attention Just now. th Republicans witnessing th battle for
temporary chairman between Vice President Sherman, aided by Wlllliim Barnes, Jr, and Timothy Woodruff, on one side aud
Colonel Roosevelt on the other at Snratop.t and the Democrats holding forth at Albany with Mayor (lay nor of Greater New
York as tbe most llkelv candidate. The national Irritation concress, which meets at Pueblo. Colo., promises to tie important
met at Atlantic City for their annual reunion. The people of Atlnnta plan to purchase the borne of the lute Joel
a memorial to the author. Kt. Patrick s cathedral In New York city will be consecrated during a week's celebration
the course of a few days. From the
present lay of the land It would seem
that either growers' Ideas will have
to come down or else dealers' Ideas
will have to go up.
" 'Id other words, there will have
to lie a compromise somewhere, for
the two factious are too far apart
now to do much business. We are
merely sales agents, and so far as
we are concerned It don't make any
difference to us what liecomes of
prices, but we should like to see
things lined up In a little better
shape, so there would be more hope
for a free movement when the time
comes.
" 'Most Western growers are ask
ing prices about as follows: Fancy
Jonathans, $1.50 to $1.60, choice,
$1.25 to 11.35; Ganos, $1.10 to f 1.35.
For lien Davis and similar varieties
to be shipped soon, they are asking
lOc to fl.25. For Wlnesaps and Ar
kansas Blacks they are asking f 1.25
to $1.75; for Spltzenliergs, $1.75 to
f 2.25. and for Rome Beauties $1.25 to
$1.50.
" 'We have n good supply of apples
fur sale and would like to keep In
touch with those who may want to
use some fine fruit.'
"Mr. Gibson's statement, though
ostensibly a news story, Is really
notification on his part to prospec
tive buyers of the net prices that his
principal, the Wenatchee Fruit Grow
ers' Association, demands for the
'good supply of npples' he has 'for
sale.'
"A week or so ago the growers'
association here disposed of a block
of apples, chiefly Jonathans, to Er
nest Wagner, of this city, who repre
sents Enroean distributors. Then
the net price on this fruit was vari
ously reported from $1.45 to $1.75 a
box for extra fancy Jonathans.
Now, the figure ts said by Inside par
tVstohave been $1.35 for extra fancy
Jonathans and $1.10 for fancy Jona
thans." SPITZ WIN IN
MEMBER CONTEST
The campaign for members of the
Commercial Club came to an end
Sept. 30th when the two tenuis who
have been competing for the suprem
acy of furnishing the organization
with an added memliershlp desisted
from their labors. The result was a
glorious victory for the Spltzenlmrgs
who secured 110 members to their
opponents, the Newtowns, 40. Of
the new members secured by the
victorious team Attorney E C.
Smith proved to le the banner mem-lier-getter
with 53 memberships to
his credit. The big addition to the
club's roster now gives It 450 active
memliers.
It Is now tip to the defeated team
to provide a supper for their more
active opponents who richly deserve
It. and It Is expected that It will be
forthcoming shortly. Whether the
laggard Newtowns will lie expected
to serve their rivals at table has not
lieen decided, but It Is thought that
I T. 11 IHT I'K'I, I'll, l it- iiininn.
If thev i.rovlde a sufficient diversion
In the wav of edible their presence
will tie tolerated If It cannot lie for -
gotten.
Bishop O 'Reilly Conducts
Notable Local Ceremony
Confirms Large Class of Candidates at -New
Church of Immaculate Conception--Ceremony
Was Impressive and Sermon Eloquent
Rt. Rev. Chas. O'Reilly, of Baker
City, bishop of the Roman Catholic
church for Eastern Oregon, paid a
ceremonial visit to Hood River Sun
day and confirmed the first class of
candidates In the local church. The
class was a large one, consisting of
14 males and 11 females, and the cere
monies attending their entrance Into
the church were Impressive. The
ceremony took place at the new
Church of the Immaculate Concep
tion. 1'he religious services of the day
were begun at H o'clock Sunday
morning, w hen Bishop O'Reilly cele
brated mass. At 10:30 he led the
procession of candidates from the
resilience of the Franciscan Father
to the church, where they were for
mally received by Rev. Father Nler
mann Plus, resident pastor of the
church.
As the procession entered the
church an appropalate chant was
sung by the choir. High mass was
then celebrated, Father Nlermann
singing the mass.
After the gospel, the children were
examined as to their fitness to take
up the serious duties of church life,
and the bishop expressed himself as
highly pleased with their proficiency.
This was followed by an eloquent
sermon by Bishop O'Reilly on the
sacrament of confirmation, In which
he gave words of encouragement to
the class and congregation.
Of the class of candidates, 21 were
from Hood River and surrounding
district, while the remaining four
were from Cascade Locks. Their
names are a follows:
Messrs. William M. P. Rush.
Thomas J. Maddux, James L. J.
Loberts, Albert P. Kollas, Alphonse
P. Kollas, Chas. V. Mohr. Paul C. T.
Mohr, John F. L. Schiller. John R. J.
Sutthoff, Hugh A. P. Mellon, John
F. M. Mellon, Hugh A. Mellon, Jo
seph L. J. Mellon, Merrill M. P.
Cates, Mrs. Martha E. A. Beatty,
Mrs. Frlila M. Hendricks and Misses
Louisa J. C.Owens, Margaret E. C.
Enjoyable Assembly Dance
The first Assembly dance, which
was held In the Commercial Club
rooms Saturday eveutng, was well
attended despite the Inclement
weather, and thirty-five couples en
joyed a very pleasant time dancing
to the music of Newman's orchestra.
Many of the younger set from the
country were In attendance. In addi
tion to the town people, and the
affair was opened auspiciously.
Sold Monosmlth Place
The Epplng-Brydle Co. report the
sale Thursday of the A. W. Mono
smith place near town on the west
side to S. ('.Armstrong, a well known
Spokane mining man. The property
. .
conslstsjof ten acres and was bought
by Mr. Armstrong for $10,000. He
1 will erect a fine home on It In the
spring and come here to live.
Carmody, Nellie C. Cox, Catherine E.
H. Mellon. Adiianna C. J. Epplng.
Helen C. M. Suthoff, Hilda E. M.
Gilsdorf, Bertha F. C. Hendrtck and
Inez E. M. Cates.
Tbe sponsors for confirmation
were Thomas Carmody and Peter
Mohr, Sr., for tbe men, and Mrs.
Marie Mathilda Mohr and Mrs. Maria
Rosa Carmody for the ladles.
Bishop O'Reilly spent Monday In
the valley, and, on returning, said
that he was much pleased with his
visit and was deeply Impressed with
tbe bright future In store for Its peo
ple. Tuesday morning be left (or Mt.
Angell, accompanied by Father Plus.
POPULIST METHODS
AGAINJH VOGUE
For tbe first time since the Popu
list days of 1896 a Fusion ticket baa
been nominated In the state of Wash
ington, the ticket In question being
that of five judges for tbe supreme
court, which will be supported by
Democrats and Insurgent Republi
cans against the ticket named by the
regular Republican convention.
Tbe five candidates comprise
three Democrats and two Republi
cans, and the Fusion ticket Is a pro
test against tbe action of the Repub
lican legislature in taking tbe nomi
nation of judges out of tbe direct
primary and placing It back In tbe
conventions. The Non-Partisan Ju
diciary League first named the
ticket, and the Democratic conven
tion chose the same men.
Tbe Non-Partisan League Is an
organization of Insurgents, beaded
by the managers of tbe Polndexter
campaign. With tbe combined sup
port, the ticket Is expected to beat
the nominees of the etandpat con
vention. Tbe men nominated by tbe
Democrats and insurgents are Wil
liam Hickman Moore, Seattle, P. M.
Troy, Olympta, W. W. Tolman, Spo
kane, W. A. Grlmshaw, Wenatchee,
and Charles E. Shepard, Seattle.
hood rivy
has bad accident
Oscar Stranahan, youngest son of
('. H. Stranahan, met with a serious
accident nt The Dalles Thursday
night, In which he lost his leg. Ac
cording to tbe trainmen, young
Stranahan was riding on tbe bump
ers of the fast mall train and fell un
der the wheels as the train was pull
ing Into Tbe Dalles. He was found
by a brakeman a few minutes after
the accident occurred, rolling about
In agoiiy on the street In front of the
Umatilla House. An ambulance
was summoned and the Injured man
taken to The Dalles hospital, where
be was given Immediate medical at
tention aud his father communicated
with by telephone. Tbe latter
caught the 11:M east bound train
and arrived In The Dalles a few
hours after the accident.
The injured leg was so badly man
gled thnt It was found necessary to
amputate It Just below the knee.
The young man stood the operation
well and Is reported as recovering aa
well as could lie expected.
Woman's Club Will Meet
The first meeting of the Woman's
Club was lnrgely attended. Many
of the valley members were preseut
and work was outlined In the dlff'T
ent departments for the coming year.
Much enthusiasm was manifested
In the prosect of establishing a li
brary In the near future. Mrs. Jayne,
the president, delivered a very able
address. Dainty refreshments were
served and the next meeting wtll be
In the assembly hall of the Commer
cial Club.
Enters University of Washington
Will Baker, athletic star for Hood
River high school and later for Hill's
Military Academy of Portlaud, has
enrolled nt the l ulverslty of Wash
ington. He Is pledged to the Alpha
Tnu Omega fraternity there.
1'he Music ( lub will meet Tburs
day afternoon of this week with Mrs.
A. A. Jayne, and all member aw
urgently requested to be present.