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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 46
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1910
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Temporary Ruling In
City Water Bond Suit
Court Decides It Has No Jurisdiction But
Allows Complaint to Be AmendedSays Pri
vate Bond Sale Is Illegal According to Charter
New Interest nml h new turn to the
water bond Injunction Mult which lit
being lieurd by Judge itolit. It. Mean
lit the rutted State court lu Port
land, wiih added to It during the
punt week by a temporary decision
In the cntm aud also by the with
drawal of Mr. Pearl Morton (rum
the milt. In withdrawing Mr. Mor
ton allege that Hhe wan Induced to
enter the cane hy undue Influence;
that she knew nothing about It
merit except what she was told ami
Itecame a pa'ty to the Milt on re pre
Hentutlou made ty C. I. Nlckelsen,
Ielle Hutler, C. M. Wolfard and J.
W. Morion. Her withdrawal doe
not affect the statu of the Hiilt ma
terially. Id giving a temporary decision
Judge I lean rlten that while It I
hIiowii that the first and second pro
poHnl to well the bond were adver
tlel no advertisement wi made
precettdlng the secret contract which'
wan entered Into by the city with
Keeler liros. to Hell the bond at 6
per cent and the additional Induce
ment of a bonu. tie. further add
that a sale without such advertise
ment I unauthorized and void and
la defining the reaon for thl de
clxlon says:
"The object of the provision re
quiring bond to te sold after public
advertisement and to the highest
bidder I to prevent favorltlm, cor
ruption, extravagance or Improvi
dence and 1 generally held to tie
mandatory. The fact that thede.
fendantn were untthlc after public ad
vertisement to dispone of twenty or
twenty-live year 5 per cent bonds
would not authorize them to sell
wlthont puhllclt.v or comtelttoi
laind bearing a different rate of In
teret and payable at a different
time, contrary to tne requirements
of the charter.
"Hut upon the record as It now
stauri the Jurisdiction of this court
U not milflclently shown ti authorize
It Interference In the matter, in a
suit brought by a taxpayer to enjoin
the Issuance of bunds by a muiiicl
pallty the Jurisdiction of the f.- I. r.-i I
court In determined by the amount
of taxes the complainant would be
compelled to pay lu discharge of the
promised inrielieterines and the
amount of the bonds A prellmiiinrv
Injunction shoiihl not, therefore. Is.
sue but I will allow the complainant
ten days for the purpose of amend
ing his complaint. In the meantime
t he restraining order already 1sueri
will continue."
An aftldavlt In the case of more
than passing Interest Is one made by
'. K Williams, manager of the linn
of Morris Itros., the largest bond
buying house la Oregon. Morrl
Pro, now hold the hitch school and
other loca' bonds. Mr. Williams re
cite that the city' action In con
tracting to sell the water bond at 0
per cent and a bonua of f 1,000 In ab
solutely unnecessary and unfair to
the taxpayer and nay that Morrl
Pros, bought the Hood Hlver school
bond In the spring of 1SKW when the
money market had not yet recovered
from the financial panic of VM)7, tak
ing them at Ti per cent and paying a
premium of $4Tk. He says that the
experience of hi Arm ts that bond
buyer are less willing to buy water
bond where there I a competing
private water plant and add that If
the competition of the private water
plant could be eliminated he I of the
opinion that the bond could tie
marketed at fi per cent and could
have Iieen so marketed In the month
of August 1910. Continuing he avers
In the aftldavlt that even with the
competition of the private water
company he 1 of the opinion that
the bond could lie sold at par If
they bore per cent Interest and
that he Is satisfied that the Issue fit
$00,000 In fl per ceut bond conld have
been readily sold at a substantial
premium If they had Iieen advertised;
he say that hi firm ha Iieen anx
ious to bid on the city water bond
and did bid on them when offered at
less than 6 per cent and the bid was
not accepted.
The bid referred to by Mr. William
I the one made by Morrl liro. Fel.
ruary 1.1th, and If accepted would
have effected a saving of f 15.000 over
the contract entered Into with Keeler
II rim.
Mr. William goes on to say that
during the month of Septcinls-r or
late lu August he heard a report that
a contract bad Iieen entered Into, In
one of the loca! barrooms in Port
land, between a tuemlier of the city
council of Hood Klver and a memla-r
of Keeler itros. fur the suld issue of
!0,0O0 lii water bond at (5 per cent,
and that he wrote to Mayor McDon
ald asking for Information and re
ceived no reply. That he then wrote
to the city treasurer and city re
corder, but received no definite In
formation from either of them, ex
cept that the latter stated that the
city was considering re-ad verttslng
the bonds,
This was on Sept. 17th, when the
contract had already U-en signed on
August rah, accordldg to a notation
In the city recorder'e books.
Mr. Williams, lu concluding his af
fidavit, says that In his opinion the
profit of Keeler liros, on Hie contract
will lie $10.(HH to $12.uuu. That he
still believe that the water bonds of
the city of Hood Klver, bearing the
Interest ami containing the term
called for by the contract of Keeler
liros., Iwo'ild readily sell at a sub
stantial premium, and that Morris
Bros, are still willing to bid on the
bond If they are offered for sale In
accordance with the 'term of the
Hood Hlver municipal charter.
Ten day are allowed the com-
(Continued on Fwi it
GROSSED IN LOVE
GIRLTAKES LIFE
Fully dressed, Ruth Southworth. a
domestic employed In the home of
Councilman (Jeorge I. Slocum, was
found dead In her Ix-d Wednesday
morning by Mr. Slocum, when the
latter went to awaken her. Al
though the cause of the girl' death
has been Investigated by physicians,
It ha not a yet Iieen determined.
It Is believed, however, that she com
mitted suicide, a a note was found
by Coroner Kriglngton which read:
"Mr. Slocum, phone to my aunt,
Mrs. S. M. Cozad, and tell her my
predicament."
The aunt referred to lives In Hood
Hlver, but says she I unable to
throw any light on the suddeii uud
mysterious death of her ulece. A
bottle of chloroform was found hid
deu In a bureau In the room, but the
physicians say that It would not
have been possible for Miss South
worth to have killed herself with It
without lis presence lielllg detected
on her body. She Is U-lleved by the
coroner to have taken an opiate.
The Sunt h worth girl had heeu In
Mrs. siocum's employ but two days.
Tuesday night Mrs. Slocum eutered
her room to give her some instruc
tion and found her taking a bath.
She afterwards carefully dressed her
self and is believed to have taken
morphine. The girl wa 17 year old
and attractive.
Later Investigation Into the mo
tive that caused the young girl to
take her life Is said to have developed
a love affair In which she hud met
disappointment. She I said to have
had despondent moods on this ac
count and to have frequently said
THE KIND OF COMPETITION HOOD RIVER HAS AT NATIONAL APPLE SHOW, SPOKANE, THIS WEEK
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A WENATCHEE EXHIBIT LAST YEAR
that she wished she were dead. Her
home ttefore coming to Hood Hlver
wa In Oklahoma. The body, after
lo-lng held for Investigation, wae
burled Friday afternoon, service be
ing held at Iiarttuess chapel.
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ANOTHER WASHINGTON EXHIBIT AT THE LAST APPLE SHOW
national Apple Show
Opens For Big Event
Carload Exhibits From Yakima, Wenatchee
and Ashland Compete With Hood River Fruit
--Visitors Award Valley Apples First Honors
Word.trom Spokane 1 to t he effect i of the Yakima valley.
that Hood Hlver s apple display at
the National Apple Show, which
oeued at Spokane Monday, is in a
class bv itself and should capture
added honors for the valley. The
osning of the how was made man
ifest by the toi.tiaif of factory nud
eiiuiue whistles, ringing of church
Is-II-iiihI other noisy demonstrations.
('. II. spnuit. manager of the itood
Hiver Aptle (IroMers' I'tdon, who re
turned from Spokane Monday morn
Inu:, says that about s-vcuteeti cars
of apples are on display lu competi
tion with Hood Klver. Seven of
these are from Toppenlsh. in the
Yakima valley, and are Is bit dis
played by Hie hey Gilbert, the large
fruit shippers. Several other cars
are alo exhibited from othersivtlous
HOOD RIVER PRODUCT
TAKESJIRST PRIZE
Hood Hlver scored a victory on
the only exhibit It had at the Cana
dian Apple Show by winning first
prize on both cider aud vinegar. The
product wn manufactured by the
Hood Hlver Apple Vinegar Company
and wa entered by Walter Don
nelly a agent for the company. On
the prestige gained nt the show by
the Hood Hlver product, Mr. Don
nelly sold a carload of cider to a
Vancouver firm.
The Apple Vinegar Company will
put out the greatest amount of Its
product lu It history this year, and
I shipping It to Cortland and other
cl tie by the carload. It ha opened
branches at Portland. San Francisco
and Vancouver, and It reputation
for tine quality I fast spreading over
the Pacific const. For the first time
since the factory oMncd, It Is lieing
suppled thl year with n sufllclent
numlierof apple to Insure this big
output.
SALE OF WATER PLANT
MEANS ELECTRIC LINE
A. Welch, representing Hie capital
behind the company which recently
bought the procrty of the
Hood Hlver Kiev trie Light. Power
and Water Company, ha placed In
the hand of the city authorities a
communication offering to sell the
city wnter system.
A yet no action has been taken on
the offer other than to place It on
file. Mr. Welch, as the representa
tive of trig electric light and power (road projects In the state. He also
Interest on the coast, Is the man ' projected and built the electric roads
who built an electric line running out ' nt Yakima and Wenatchee, which
of ancotiver. Wash., Into the coun- w-ere afterward sold to the Pacific
try districts, recently, and a line run
ning out of Corvnllis, and other rail-
Light and Power Company, which
secured 'i franchise nt The 1'alles.
It Is understood that his desire to
turn over the water system to the
city Is for the purpose of freeing the
company here so It can go ahead
with a projected line in the valley,
which has already teen mapped out
and a preliminary survey mnrie.
1 he Interests represented by Mr.
Welch are said not to have any use
for the water system, which at the
same time they refuse to let go at a
sacrifice. It Is stated that the rail
way company desires an early settle
ment of the affair In order to take up
their electric power and railway
project as soon as possible.
Events of XVorld Wide Interest Ticttired For 'Busy Headers
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WILLIAM S.TAYLORiik
President 'faffs inspection t the Panama canal will be oue of the most Important moves of his udiuiuistmliou. The iiietloii
of the annexation nf Paniimn and the fortitlcntlon of the canal are two of the xnta he will consider while on his tour of Iiishv.
tlon. Three aeroplanes flew around the statue of Liberty and back to Heltmmt park, John H. Moissnt. Ainertcau, Um i nit Jio,
UtaJ prixe in 34 minute 38 seconds; (iraliame White, Kulish aviator, second. The next day lUlph Joliustoue arose to the record
altitude of 0,714 feet. The revolutionary feeling In Spain Is In danger of bursting the Isuids of the klujf'a routrul. After uiany year Lu esile ei-UeveriMV
Taylor of Keutucky, who left the state when (Joe be I was assaaslnateii, has returned, t Indicated.
News Snapshots
Of (he Week
Wenatchee 1 exhibiting a fine car
of Spit from the Cashmere district
and Ashland a car of extra flue New
towns. Mr. Sprout says that un
official judge are sayingtbat the car
of Spitx from Wenatchee, the Ash
land car of New towns and Hood
Hiver' car of Spin and Newtown
are. the only cars In the display In
which there Is any competition and
the Hood Hiver apple should take
the sweepstakes and carload prises.
The Ashluud and Cashmere applet,
the I'nloii tuauager declure. are as
fine fruit a anyone could wish to
see, and dispel the Idea that Hood
Hlver is the only place that can grow
tine apples.
The display, taken as a whole. Mr.
sprout says, is not quite a large aa
the one but jear, but In addition to
the carload exhibit there are a very
large numlH-r of small exhibits of ex
ceedingly fine pack ami quality. He
says he heard people going about
sayint;: "Well, there Is no mistake
about Hood Hiver being here thl
year with both feet."
The decoration for Hood River '
exhibit is said to lie the finest ever
made at Spokane, the electrical dla
plaj being a very attractive feature.
In addition to row of Incandescent
lamp around the exhibit and the
name In light over both earn, they
are trimmed aud festooued with Or
egon grape.
A car load of Hood Hlver people
will leave here Thursday night at
the suggestion of Chiis. Hall, presi
dent of the Commercial Club, to be
at the show Friday when the prliea
will lie awarded nml It Is urired that
everyone who is going to the show
lie there on that day and make It the
Hood Hlver day. A special car baa
Is-en engaged to take the Hood River
people to Spokane nud It will leave
here Thursday night, giving visitor
from here Friday at the show and
returning so a to bring the party
home Saturday morning.
Among those who have signified
their Intention of going are A. T.
Allen, Frank A. Cram. W. W. Palmer,
Truman l'-utler, F. It. Moller, Craw
ford Iemmon. Joseph Hall, M. F.
Shaw, Shellev Jfc Shellev, H. K. Young
V. Wlnchell. C. A. Plath.C. I Wheel,
er, 10. t) Itlanchar, .1. K. Montgom
ery, H K. Hartleft. Cha. Hall, P. H.
Davidson, H. K. Iiraway, ( K.
Marshall. H. K. Duncan, C. H.
Vaughau.
To Observe Holidays
In accordance with a resolution of
the Hood KKiT Merchant' Associa
tion nil business house will lel)ed
and observe the following holidays:
Thanksgiving day, Christmas, New
Year's Day. Jan. 1st., Washington'
Ittrthday, Feb. J2. Memorial Day,
May itii, July 4th.
Notice Stores will Is clotted all
day on Thanksgiving Day, Thurs
day, Nov. 2ith.
It V order of the Association.