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nriuTE, unnn Rivm? n?wc .0 VOLUME 6, NUV 44 Bowerman Captures Hood River Republican Candidate tor Governor Visits Mere and Is Assured of Unanimous Support of Party-Delighted With Valley and People Any doubts an to Jay Bowenuan's popularity nt Hood Klver and that he will carry Hood Klver county by a rousing big majority were put to sleep Thursday when he visited here, made a tour of the valley and after wards addressed an Impromptu meeting In the assembly room of the Commercial Club More than thin, those who had an opportunity to meet and hear Mr. Bowerman found that he was a much bigger man In tellectually and In every other way that lit creditable than even bin sup porters say he Is. Wherever the Re publican nominee for governor went he whh greeted with promises of support. Mr. Bowerman had never visited the valley before but stated after be ing taken over It that he was nston iHhed. Its iK-autlful scenery, ludus try, thrift and enterprise, he said, was surpassed nowhere In Oregon, and he remarked that be made thin statement after having completed a campaign of the entire mate. The acting governor wan accom panied by John F. Logan, the well known Portland attorney and chair man of the new Republican County IVutral Committee. Mr. Logan In an uncompromising direct primary partisan and autl-assembly man, but said that utter the primaries, nwin bly or antl- assembly was a thing of the past ami that It Is Ineumbeut on every niati who In a Republican to support the ticket. An a firm be llever In the direct primary he stated that the Republican candidates were regularly nominated according to the primary law and should n niiiall lledly be supported by the party vot ers on election day. ESCAPE DEATH BY NARROW MARGIN the result of their team being frightened by C. It. Hone's automo bile truck on the east side Saturday evening, Mrs. ('. Dethman lies In the Cattage Hospital In this city with three ribs broken, and other Internal Injuries. Mr. Dethman Is badly cut and bruised, ami the wagon Is a wreck. Miss Detlim.in was also In fl)e vehicle, but Jumped before It went over the bluff. The accident happened on the road leading out of town Into the east side district, at a point where there s a curve n the road. Just above the Schcnclf place. The wagon, team and occupants rolled down an al most sheer fall of l.V) feet That nil were not killed Is considered miracu lous, Mr. Dethman says the truck tow ing another automobile came upon the horses around the curve suddenly and the noise and lights caused the team to Ist'ome unmanageable and Jump over the bluff. Just as the wagon was going over the edge, Miss Dethman Jumped and saved herself, but Mr. Dethman and his wife went clear to the bottom, with the rolling bodies of the horses crash ing along with them. Strange to say, the animals were apparently not much Injured, ns they were after wards led by a long detour up to the foa(. A.s quick)' as possible Dr. Shaw Was sent to the scene of the accident and the Injured woman was taken to the hospital by ('has. Hall In his au tomobile. Mrs. Dethman Is In a serious con dition, although It Is thought that she will recover. Great excitement prevailed here when news of the accident reached town, as It was at llrst believed that all the occupants of the wagon had met death or been seriously Injured. The accident has Is-en the cause of crystnllzlug sentiment Into a fixed movement to have a guard placed along this dangerous piece of high way, ntid It Is cxected that the county court will order It done at Its next meeting. eath Follow Operation ((wing to the death of their daugh ter, Mr. II. Plnco, which occurred Sunday morning at Victoria, 11. I'., Mr. and Mrs. H. F.. I'lneo, accom panied by their son, Dr. II. D. W. I'lneo, left Sunday evening for that city to be present at the funeral. Mrs. I'lueo's death followed an oper ation for appendicitis. County Vote On the arrival ol Gov. Bowerman and Mr. Lognn they were met at the depot by a numler of the city's bun! ness men and lunched at the Hotel Oregon. Afterward they were taken for an automobile rtile out the went sldi) to the Odell district ami from there around through the east side to town. Euroute Gov. Bowerman expresHed his admiration of the val ley many times. On arriving back In town the party went to the Com mercial Club rooms, where a numls-r of prominent citizens were waiting to greet the governor. As soon as It became noised around that Mr. Bow erman was at the club business men and others went up to tender their best wishes and support, and so many of them gathered that a meet ing was unexjiectedly held. Hon. K. L. Smith, the veteran Ke publican leader, who has known Mr. Bowerman since he was a boy, oflld ated us chairman and Introducing tiliu said: "1 have known our Republican candidate for governor for many years and I can say with pleas ure that he Is In every way fitted for the ollice. Hood Klver, however, has already reached a verdict. It Is entirely unnecessary that Mr. Bower man visit us or speak here, but since he Is with us we want to hear from Dim. On November h we will deliver our sealed terdlct, which will rend, without a dissenting vote, that he Is elected to serve as governor of Ore gon. I have known Mr. Itowermau many years and have known id Ids work, and I know he has ability enough to look niter the affair of two state the slue of Oregon " (Continued on 1'age 8 SNOWSHOE CLUB BUILDS CLUB HOUSE The Portland Siiowshoo Club, of which . I. Wesley La dd Is an cnthusl nstic mt iiiIht, has Just completed a substantial and convenient club house for its metnlterx, on Mt. Hood. The building, which Is const ructed of logs. Is located on the bench near Cloud Capp Inn and Is 24x 10 feet. It contains three rooms, one of them a large living room with i ten foot fireplace In It, and a kitchen and a luggage room. The living room Is L'fcxlM feet, around the walls of which are arranged a number of cots, some what after the plan of sleeping car iKTths. These can be swung up against the walls when uot In use. The club house Is supplied with baths and other conveniences, and It Is expected that the members will spend some time In It this winter. Itev. K. T. Simpson gave a smoker to the men members of St. Mark's church at the rectory Friday even ing. The affair was largely attended and an enjoyable evening speut with the rector. The dance at Odd F-dlows hall Saturday evening was well attended and nn enjoyable time was had. Extents of XOorld Wide Interest Ticttired For ywms ovmu I PROMIHCNT filHURS 0F . lATHlEHCS AND CUBS ( News Snapshots Of the Week Atlantic In airship with crew of five B. Ulll, Democrat, of New York died. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, Dr. White Favors Lava Bed! Water Believes Its Purity and Abundance Makes It the Logical Supply for Future Needs--Orders Milk Supply to Be .Thoroughly Protected Dr. Calvtn S. White, secretary of the Oregon State Hoard of Health, was n two-day visitor here last week to Inquire IntD health condi tions. Dr. White delivered an ad dress before the Federatlou of Wom au's Clubs at The Dalles, and drop ped off here on his way back to Port land. Primarily his visit was due to some samples of milk that had been sent him from a local dairy and which he claimed showed unmistak able traces of typhoid germs. While here he visited the dairy and sug gested several changes In caring for the milk, and In the premises of the dairy, that he said would eliminate the danger of disease from the product. Dr. White was asked to examine the present and available water sup plies while here, and stated ufter ward that while be had not made an Investigation of the supply now In use, he believed It to be unsafe, from reports that had been made to him. He wouldn't say that It was con taminated at present, but bethought that It was liable to bcome so In the future. He also made a close In spection of tne Tucker spring and the territory surrounding It, and stated that It was a fine supply, evidently absolutely pure, but thought that the quantity was too Residence Corner That Will Be jjkj-6 1 " , FIRE DESTROYS 0. A. THRANE'S COUNTRY HOME A fire of mysterious origin de stroyed the home of I). A. Thrane In the Odell district Friday evening. The house was burned to the ground, with Its contents, Including the clothing of the occupants and a con siderable quantity of valuable Jew elry. The premises were occupied by Mrs. Zecouray, a sister of Mr. Thrane, and her son, who were first made aware of tha fire by burning wall paper dropping from the celling of the sitting room. A hurried In vestigation showed that the eutlre top part of the house was In tlames. Hurrying from the house, Mrs. Zc- WrmifrTfffunv i ll riSSs. 11 x v ... II v x ; : I TOfLY r -JS Htrucgle for supremacy In bnselmll betwi-en Chicago Nationals and Phtlndelphln Americans was witnessed by many thousand "fans" The death of author of "Battle Hymn of the Itepublic," Julia Ward Howe, Is mourned by nation. The Washington oeloty season opened with usual brilliancy under the guiding hand of Mrs. Taft. The "height'' of ex President Koosovelt's career was reached when he went up In an aeroplane at St. I.ouls with Aviator Iloxey. Walter Wellnian's attempt to cross unsuccessful; after traveling l.OOS tulles "Grand old man" of Kusshi, Count Leo For City Use small for the city's needs. He also said that It was possible that It might become contaminated In the future by the big watershed above It. Thursday, accompanied by Coun cllmeu Hall and Broslus and Dj Edglngton, and a party of Hood River business men, Dr. White made an Inspection of the Lava Bed spring. In his opinion, this Is the logical supply of water for the city, belug abundant In quantity, of un questioned purity, and the possibil ity of Its becoming Impure being ex tremely remote. The Lova lied spring received the strong endorsement of all who were In the JTN.ty, and It Is understood that several of the coiincllmen are now much In favor of bringing water from this source to the city Instead of the Tucker Spring. It Is pointed out that the distance it Is located from the city Is a small mat ter compared with the long distances that many towns smaller than Hood Klver have gone to get pure and abundant water for domestic pur poses. It Is believed that If the jangle over the water bonds can lie settled and the people of the city nnd valley be brought to know of the many ad vantages of the Lava Bed spring, that It will be unqualifiedly endorsed as the supply that the city wants. . . .'. Ur -- J - . Occupied by Apartment House ; county nnd son nnd two little 'daughters of L. K. Clark, who were jat t lie house, were Just lu time to i escape being engulfed In burning tltn j ber of the flooring which dropped j Into the room. In a few minutes the ! building was ablaze all over nnd wan nhortly consumed. It U thought that the fire originat ed from a defective chimney as a lire I had been built In the stove In the sit ting room but a short time before and Is believed to have Ignited the roi 'f. A small amount of Insurance wns carried, about enough. It Is said, to pay (or the clothing destroyed. The jewelry lost Included some valuable diamonds. wns picked up by steamship Treut oft T"Moy, authar, la seriously ill. 1910 Hood River Businessmen See Upper Valley Country As Guests of Mt. Hood Railroad Company They Go to Parkdale by Special Train flonday --Great Development Astonishes the Visitors Through the courtesy of the Mt. Hood Railroad, the business men of Hood Klver were given nn enjoyable excursion Monday afternoon to the Upper Valley. About of the city's leading merchants went on the trip and many of them saw for the first time the big development that Is taking place In all sections along the railroad, and particularly In the dis trict above Dee. The party left Hood Klver at 12:30 aud were transported In a special train of two cars. The engine was In charge of C. O. Metcalf, who whizzed the excursionists out to Parkdale and back In good time and without accident. W. II. Eccles, president of the road, and Chns. T. Karly, superintendent, were along to make things pleasant for the guests. The day was a fine one and the crowd was a happy one. The trip to Parkdale was without Incident other than that the party was highly pleased with the ever beautiful view of the valley. On ar riving at Dee a short stop was made to take on David Eccles. Jr.. and William aud Kolaud Eccles, sons of W. H. Eccles. Above this point evi dences of extensive development soon came In sight and hundreds of acres of recently cleared and planted or chard greeted the visitors. New sta tions were shown, the one at Park dale lielng a particularly Dent and commodious structure of the bunga low type. One of the features In connection with the latter Is that the railroad company secured an agreement with the agent that he will serve meals for the accommada tlon of visitors until a hotel Is erected at the terminus of the road. EASTERN MEN BUY GOLDTHWAITE PLACE One of the most Important sales of Hood Kives orchaad land made In several months was the purchase last week of thej. O. Goldthwalte place by the Baltimore Orchard Com pany. The purchasing company Is located In the city after which It Is named, and will hold the tract for Improvement. The purchase wns made through the Hood Klver Ab stract Company. The tract consists of 54 acres all cleared and set to Newtowns and Spltzenbergs, with four acres lu strawberries. It Is situated along the river road a short distance above Tucker's bridge, In one of the most picturesque spots In the valley. From the house, which Is situated nlong the river, It Is almost possible to cast a line and hook a trout, while the view of the river and mountains is magnificent. There Is a nursery of M.OiiO trees on the place and It Is the Intention of the new owners to set 1K),0K) more. Marshall Osgood, an experienced or chard man, will have the manage ment of the place. It Is understood that It Is the In tention of Mr. Goldthwalte, who Busy 'Readers Bermuda. Former (JoTeruor David SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR At Parkdale the visitors docked Into the big store and warehouse of County Commissioner Mclsaac to congratulate him on the fine town site and his modern establishment, and afterwards visited the ball up stairs, which Is equipped for public entertainments. Mr. Mclsaac prompt ly Invited the visitors to help them selves to apples, tapped a new keg of cider and passed around the cigars. While standing In front of the store, W. H. Kogers and II. C, Dleti, who were present, took aev eral photos of the crowd and also secured a number of other views. On the way back to the city the train was stopped at the ISoneboro tract, where the party, under the guidance of C. K. Bone, Inspected the fine body of land which the company Is clearing. In fact, It has already set a big portion of It to trees that show an exceedingly thrifty growth. While here the big donkey engine gave an exhibition of tree and stump pulling that astonished the visitors. Trees two and a half feet In diame ter were snapped out of the ground by this powerful machine as easily as If they bad been ordinary posts. The test of the machine was shown on a big cedar, that was yanked out after a severe pull, and brought forth a cheer from the visitors. With the donkey and gang of men employed, Mr. Bone states that the company is enabled to clear almost an acre a day. The next point of attraction was the mill of the Oregon Lumber Com pany, at Dee, where the train stop ped long enough for the party to witness how the double cut equip- (Continued on Pmff 10) COUNCIL FILES REPLY IN WA1BB0ND SUIT Jesse Stearns, attorney for the city has tiled an answer to the complaint recently made by Burt Van Horn aualnst the city officers charging them with Irregularities In the finan cial affairs of the city. Among other things the answer charges that H. F. Davidson Is responsible for the r recent suit. This charge Is made la an affidavit by A. D. Moe, editor of the Glacier. Mr. Moe says In his affi davit that Mr. Davidson still own 87 per ceut of the stock of the Hood River Electric Light, Power & Water Company and that the sale of the water plant here, of which he waa president, wns a mere pretense. The answer of the city officials ad mits that the city has exceeded its limit granted by the charter, and that funds have leen converted from, the general funds to pay some of these debts. The city's excuse for exceeding the limit granted by the charter Is that It was necessary to. do extra road work, buy machinery and also that an emergency existed relative to the public health, audi that for this reason large sums ot money were spent In preliminary work looking to the completion ot the wuter system, and that as soon, as the bond money was secured the city council fully Intended to place these several sums back Into the gen eral fund. The city denies that the sale of the bonds was made by pri vate contract and that an under standing existed to siend more of the city's money than was necessary. Dr. Matson, who was state bac teriologist, has filed nn affidavit th-it the city's water Is unfit for domestic use. Testimony will Ih Introduced showing that Dr. Matson N not a ConiH'tent bacteriologist, and also that he made statements to the effect that he would act detrimental to fair methods against the water com pany owing to a crsoual dislike to Mr. Davidson. The trial has In-en set for Friday of this week. parted with the place reliictlantly, to go Into the district Utween Port laud nnd Mt. Hood ami purchase a big acreage of raw land for develop ment. The Men's league of the heights will hold Its first monthly meeting In the lei tare room of the Baptist church on Thursday night. The sub jivt for discussion will bo "The Bal lot to Im voted next Tuesday." AH meu welcome.