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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1910 7 CALIFORNIA Is the place to visit. Orange groves in full bloom, tropical (lowers, famous hotels, historic Old Mis sions, attractive watering places, delightful climate, making that favored section the Nation's most pop ular retreat. You can see it at its Lest via the SHASTA ROUTE and "The Road of a Thousand Wonders" Southern Pacific C ompany Up-to-date trains, first-class in every respect, unex celled dining-car service, quick time and direct con nections to all points south. SPECIAL ROUND TRIP FARE OF $55.00 Portland to Los Angeles and Return With corresponding low fares from all other sections of the Northwest. Lilnral stop-overs in each direc tion and long limit. Interesting and attractive liter ature on the various resorts and attractions of Cali fornia can be had on application to any S. P. or 0. H. & N. Agent, or from JOHN B. RATTO HERE THURSDAY NIGHT The Shinv.l'rlcHt Lyceum lecture coure which will open here Thur day night under the ailHplce of the llniiil lUver Commercial C '1 u It, prom Imcm llooil Itlver the let line of en tertainment of tliU character that It ha ever hail. The entertainment) will he given In the aHHcmhly room WM. McMURRAY General Passenger Agent, Portland, Ore. ' . " "V ) John It. Hatto, C haracter Artlwt. Well Drilling; Quick Successful Satisfactory DONE WITH A STAR WELL DRILLING OUTFIT FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS APPLE LAND & ORCHARD COMPANY HOOD RIVER, OREGON Offlct. No. 9 Oik StrMt PhonM. 26 or 2002-X Speedwell Motor Cars In vour investigation of Cars with relation to value, you will find the SI'KKDWKLL among the few wh ch head the list. In the face of high cost having once been considered the standard of value, it is ready to prove the needlessness of a price higher than the SjK'edwell price. We have seven dilferent models, all Fifty Horse Power. A wide range to select from. Roadsters, Touring and Torpedo Hodies, with or without fore doors. Ask for a Cata logue or let us call and show you this high class car. Melvin Woodburn, Agent Mood River, Oregon Licensed Under the Sclden Patent l lrst Class Livery I'honeTTj Transfer and Livery Company Freight and Baggage Transfer ULNLRAL SIOKAtm HOOD RIVLR. ORLUON. II ! of the Commercial Cluli, and the tirxt will he .1 oh ii It. K.ittoln hi charac ter etudicH. Mr. Katto U conceded to lie one of I he foremoMt churacter arliHtH hefore the American public and it Im iiHHured that he will plene h 1m Hood Itiver audience. Me will lie followed hy the HoiiHton and later liy the Puiilinr and Hon. Jon. W. Folk. UPPER VALLEY RESIDENTS HAVE ENJOYABLE EVENING A very enjoyable entertainment wan given at I'arkdale hall Wednes day "evening of hint week under the auiiccM of the I'pper Valley I'to greHnlve AMocliition. The micce of the evening wan evidenced by the fact that over two hundred attended from every part of the I'pper Valley. The program cotiited of electlon I iy tlie Mood Klver Mandolin Club and the I'arkdale quartet, and Home laughable wtuntu dy (he men and girl of the community. The hit of the evening wan the dancing of an old fashioned lancer liy eight men, four of th"in made up ns girl and all dresKed backward with their face covered up and musk over the liackH of their head. The orchetra conwlted of an old gentleman ntnnding upon a table In it corner of t lie Map', playing a fid dle. The grace ami nttractlveneH of a couple of wix-foot maiden were truly antonlMhltift. After the program wan completed refn HlinicntM were nerved by the Ladiex' Aid miclety and then t lie ;h;iirs were remove 1 and the guests danced Informally, the Mandolin Club furnishing the mimic. The party broke up at a late hour, everyone wishing that another entertainment inluht noon be fort liconilng. 11 X5he Opera House Corner 4th and State St s. WE ARE SHOWING OUR LARGE FALL STOCK OF Heaters Stoves Manges Linoleum Tin and Granitware Furniture Carpets Art Squares Rugs Mattings Everything fur I tin House New or Second Hand. Phone 248-K.. ... O. P. DABNEY & SONS, H Agents lor CHARTIR OAK Stoves and Ranges HOOD RIVER r BOXES! BOXES!! "BOXES ! Apple and Pear Boxes Stanley-Smith Lumber COMPANY MY SHIPS. IP nil tt- dhlps t have at ShmiM come a-sailini? home to me Weighed down with genu and silk and Ah. wt-ll. the harbor could not hold So ninny Fall! an there would be If all my ships came in from sea! I 11' half my ships came home from sea And brought their precious freight to nie Ah, well. I should have wealth as great I r As nnv king who Kits In stale. to rirh the treasures th.it would be In half uiy shljn now out at sea! IF Just one Mi!p 1 have at Fe.i Shoind come a-sjlllng home to me j Ah. well, the xlorni clouds then might frown. Tor If the others all went down Still rich and proud and glad I'd he If that one ship came home to me! 1 IF that one ship went down at sea And nil the others came to me Weighed down with gems and wealth un told. With glory, honor, riches, gold. The poorest soul on earth I'd be , If that one ship came not to me. ' I SKITS, be calm O winds, blow free I " I'low all my ships safe home to me! Hut if thou senih-t some awrack, To nevermore conic sailing back, - Send any. all. that skim the sea. j Hut bring my love ship home to me. -Kiln Wheeler Wilcox. THE VICTOR. OT he alone who worldly power And honor bore. Nor he who for some talent rare The laurel wore, Bt'T he to whom hard luck wss all Kate chose to send, Yet who maintained a dauntless fight I nto the end. Charlotte Hecker In New York Sun. Lends the World I'. II. Spront'si car of Siiitr.cnhiirg Hood Klver apple took the wwecp- Htnkc prize of $1imni nt the Chicago apple hov- iix It Iwiil limit' nt thi Spokane hIiow. Oregon apple lend j the worlil Poniilia (Ore ) Pullet In. Thi' pivtilliir properties! til Chain- I r In 1 ii 'h Cough Iteniedy htivi been thoroughly ti'Hti'il ilnrlng epidemic f llllllKM17.ll, II 111 wllfll it Wll taken 111 time we have not hi'iinl of n Minnie cne of plU'ililioiiln. Sohl by nil clenl-.rn." JUDGE DERBY GIVEN UNEXPECTED HONOR In Home unexplained w ay the Ore goriian man who reported the meet ing ' the date good ro'ld delegate In Portland got off on the wruiiK foot Hllil lit trlbllted HentlllieiitM In regard to the jfood roads) liioveinetit to Jmlge Derliy when, In fart, the latter wan not any nearer the con. ventlon than Hood Klver. lie hIho recorded the Juili;e um the (i ranee candidate from Hood IMver to the leulHlatnre. Mr. Derhy Ifavlnu; hail hl attention called to the punt irrnph, tnteri that while noting hltn art a Orange candidate 1h an unex pected honor, he tntiHt. In truth, de cline to accept It. The evcerpt from the Orehonlnn In art follow: "A. J. Derby, of Hood Itiver, who wan elected art a Orange candidate In hlrt dlrttrlct to the lower liuuxo, de clared hiniHclf in favor of Htate aid. "The (irange of Oregon," mod Mr. Ierliy, ''In In favor of state aided roadH, but not of Pacific Highway or M'eiilc routen which pander to tin rich anil their enjoyment We favor roadrt from the farmer's) home to the market place." Peughs Arrive at Los Angeles Editor Hoixf lllver N'ewn: Dear Sir Will nend ymi a few linen In regard to our trip from Hood Klver to Loh Angeleii. We left Hood Klver December tith nt .'i:li.' p. in. and got to r rifco December M h nt M a. iu. We took the night weeing trip In an at) auto and Haw the principal part of the city. We left San Franc-lxco the Oth at H a. m. and got to Low Angelert at 12 p. m. aud went to a hotel where we stayed until we found funili-hed hoiirtekeeplng rooran on South Hope and Tenth utreetrt. Mr. S. topple was with uh on our tripn ami hart a room near int. We haven t been about any yet, but there are dome tr!pn we will make nhorth. One of a Hundred miles lor one dollar, ami some short trlpn that we will take later. W. H. I'. TO CHANGE NAME OF THE 0.il& N. CO. At midnight. Decemlier 23, the Ore gon Railroad & Navigation company will he no more and the new Oregon Ai Wellington ICallroad & Naviga tion company will have been born. 1 he change will affect the O. It. & N ami unmix luted lines) In Oregon ami Waxhlngton and the North (.'omit line In Washington. ThU great HyM tem of rallroadrt w ill lie controlled from the prewent O. K. & N. head-! qiiarterrt In Portland. Agentn all ' along the line are preparing their ' bookii for the transfer. It menim the ' grouping of Harrlman lluex under name, by one company. Eva March Tappan's The Children's) Hour In receiving throughout the country the hearty endomement of parent, teacher, boy aud girl. A potal matted to MlrtrtJ. IJ. (iray, L':;l Arcade Annex, Seattle, Washington, will lie cheer fully answered, giving Information concerning the above unequaled ed ucational torie for young ople from the age of four to twenty. I have a client who want to bor row f.tOO for two year. Will pay H per cent and secure note with Hrrtt mortgage on Improved real estate valued at flVXJ. I'houe ih-M. S.W. Stark, Eliot lildg. 1,400 BOXES FROM FIVE YEAR OLD TREES One of the- moHt extraordinary yield of apple that ha ever lieeil reported at Hood Klver wa that taken from the orchard of W, It. Starret at Van Horn thl fall. Mr. Starret' tree are but five year old and he parked out from 7iH)Spltxen burg tree 1,4m) boxen of a pple. !) of which were extra fancy. From JO Jonathan tree uel a pollenlzer he secured 04 boxe of fancy fruit. He will receive from thl young orchard thl year an Income In tho neighborhood of $'!,IHM). Notice to Stockholders of the Farmers Irrigating Company The annual stockholders meeting of the Farmers Irri gating Company will be held January 7, 1911, at 10 o'clock a. m., at the K. of P. hall, Hood River, Oregon, to elect seven directors to serve one year. There will also be voted on: Shall the company increase the bonds or borrow money to pay for the im provements on the construc tion; also to vote to amend the by-laws, Article 7, to read: "First Saturday in January" instead of first Saturday in October. By order of Board of Directors. M. H. Nickelsen, Secretary. "Benjamin Clothes Made in New York and carried exclus ively by the most prominent dealers in all cities. We are now showing the correct models; very large assortment of grays and browns BjamhCoLhii OTKM Ml nonn $20.00, $22.50, $25.00 nana onanou J. G. Vogt If SPECIAL PRICES ON BUGGIES AND HACKS To make room for a Carload of Mitchell Wagons soon to arrive we are making some very attractive prices on Buggies and Hacks for next Ten Days. See them before buying. : : : : BCovoers Hardware Company Phone 99 Cor. Oak and First TOYS TOYS III 1 n I I B it I ?. r i ra Praiz .Elaraware i I Tr