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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 52
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, bKCL.MiJLT 23, 1910
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
City Tax Levy' M
MOSIER APPLES THAT WERE SENT TU KAISER WILKELH OF GERMANY
Rd & U. Co. Gives Way
To New Organization
Change Takes Place Saturday at Midnijjht--J.
P. O'Brien Made Vice-President ind Man
ager of New Road and Also Southern Pacific.
Fxe At Nine Mills
.Tax Will Raise About $i8,oooLight and
Power Company Offers Water Plant for
$38,900 and Will Guarantee Title to Property.
At H meet I if I ht COIIItlloll Mill-
4-t I held Thnrxdny afternoon thi'i'ily
Ins levy for I tic ensuing year wax
fixed according to valuations fur
nlxhed by the count v assessor For
nil purpoxoH I he city tax fur 1911 will
le 0 mills, apportioned as follows:
5 'or general, 2 for roads and for
theflrnt six months' Interest on the
water bonds in case they are sold
Altogether the tax will jrl ve t he el ty
In the neighborhood of f 1 7..VX) which
with nix Hit $1,(HHJ added re v.-n lie
fniiii HceiiHeH will make the amount
the city will lim e at Km disposal fur
conducting Iim tlniiiirliil affairs about
1S..VK). With the m mount
necessary to lake care of the Interest
on the witter bonds deducted the city
will have til t $1I,I00 for defraying
It exp"iixcx during the coming year.
Accord I n to the county nxxexxor's
figures the assessed valuation on the
real properly In the city In $1,712,N:J5.
Added to thU Is $"i,N!M of taxable
property tsionging to public service
corporations which may lie IncrenMcd
to $100,000, making a possible
amount subject to taxation of $1,
Nl2,82. In fixing the levy the matter was
discussed to Home length, Council
man Wright suggesting the levy lie
made 7 nillls for Keneral purposes and
2 nillla for roads. Thin left no pro
virion for paying the six months' In
terest on the water bonda which
Mayor McDonald Raid wan necessary
In order to Insure tbe sale of the
bonda.
Councilman Broslua said that he
didn't want the tax to be any higher
than wan necessary, and that If the
lionda were aold $0,000, which bad
been eipended from tlie general fund
on the proponed water system, would
lie returned to It. making provision
for tbe Interest and leaving a margin
which could be refunded or used for
other purposes If necessary. He
therefore, amended Mr. Wright's
motion to have the levy made 5 for
general, 2 for roads and 1 for Inter
cat. The amendment wan accepted
Eastern Klan
Fall Producing Berry
From Five Hundred Plants Picks Four Hun
dred Quarts That Sell Fo.r 25 to 40 Cents--Plants
Set in 1910 Produce Berries in 1911.
The time Is coining, according to
L. J. Farmer of Pulaski, N. V., when
the American people will lie able to
get atrawlierrles the year around.
Ilia statement is based on his own
experiments, which have resulted In
hla producing strawtierry plants that
bear fruit from the last of August to
the middle of November, and which,
moreover, Is-ar prollflcally. From
500 plants he picked nearly 400 quarts
of In-rrtea last fall. What the plants
are now and how they were devel
oped are best told lu Ida own lan
guage. Heaaya"! have been experiment
ing for 10 years to find a variety of
atrawlerry that would liear a satis
factory crorf of fruit in the fall. I
have never Iteen able to get what I
wanted until this year. Freak
second crops are not to le depended
upon nnd the French ever-lieartng
klnda are unsatisfactory. Ho In
renllty are the Pan-American nnd It
seedling. Autumn. However, these
latter klnda are parenta of varieties
that are profitable fall liearera and
destined to revolutionise strawberry
culture.
"I had some seedlings from the
Pan-American and Autumn this year
that all through the season averaged
110 timet aa much fruit to the plant na
did the Pan-American. These varle
ties are now known aa the Francis
nnd Ainerlcua. I set 250 plants of
each In May, 1910, nnd from these.")
plants nnd their young runner plants
we picked nearly 400 quarts of fresh
atrawlierrles this fall. The first U-r-rlea
were gathered Aug. 22 and the
laat on Nov. 11. The plunta were aet
In rowa H feet npart, nnd one foot
In the row, thus occupying Just about
one-twenty-fifth of an acre. The
largest single picking was 4S quarts
on Wept. 2S. During the week of
Sept. 12 to 17 we gathered about 100
quarts, (W of which were ahown at
by Mr. Wright and carried.
Ah hail Imvii anticipated A. Welch
president of I he Hood lUver Light &
Power company , made a proposition
to the council by letter to sell the
water plant to the city. The first
Htipulatioti bebig that the company
would Hell the system with nil ItH
'property, real and otherwise, for
I $.'.N,!)00, and guarantee a clear title
or It would agree to arbitrate the
aale by having the council Melee t u
competent man to represent the city
the company would wlect one and
the other twit to cIioohc the third
with (he understanding that the
appraisal of the value of the plant
wax to be accepted by the part lex
concerned. On motion of Council
mail Broxlux the propoxal wax re
ferred to the city attorney to nxcer
tain If the company wax In a pox!
lion to give title to the property.
A petition wax received from the
property owner along the (). It. &
N. Kallroiid, linking the council to re
couxlder t heopenlng of a xtreet along
the Houth Hide of the track. The pe
tition wan ref rred to the xtreet com
m it tee.
A letter waa read from the Hood
River Apple Fair AHHocltitlou, axklng
permlHHlon to allow the wooden fair
bulldlug to remain until April, as the
association had been given an op
potunlty to rent It, No action waa
taken, aa City Marshal lewla re-
ported that the building waa being
removed.
A warrant waa ordered drawn to
refund $-15.70 to Councilman Hug
glna, that he had been overcharged
on bla assessments for street Im
provement. An ordinance making
It unlawful to aound a false tire
alarm or to obstruct the passage of
Ore apparatus on the way to a Are,
panwd the first reading. A aewer or
dinance In the Cascade avenue ills
trlct waa rend for the tlrst time, and
provision made to pay W. u. Aldred,
contractor for State street, moneys
that he claimed were due.
The election returns at the recent
Discovers
the New York state fair, where they
Attracted great attention. On Oct.
11 we took 23 quarts to tbe Orange
at Pulaski, It being the annual har
vest supper, and 150 of my fellow
grangers sat down to eat strnwlcrry
shortcake In OctoU-r for the first
time In their history. To see bow
the berries would sell 1 sent ship
ments to three large cities. We re
ceived 25 cents per quart wholesale
and the In-rrles retailed at from 40 to
50 cents a quart. In every case we
received orders for more, and did not
have nearly enough to supply the
demand.
"The color of the lierrlea depends
largely upon the amount of sunshine
they receive. With plenty of sun
shine they are even lietter colored
than nre the lierrles of early summer,
hut when the weather Is rainy and
cloudy they lack color. The fruit Is
not quite aa large aa that of ordinary
vartetlea, but the flavor la fine. They
bear a crop In the fall of the first
yenr, n crop the next spring and
another crop In the fall of the second
year. Thus we get three crops of
fruit lu the same space of time In
which ordinary varieties lieur one
crop. They may require a little
more care than ordinary strawlwr.
rlea, but nothing In comparison to
the enhanced receipts. Ours bore at
the rate of over 8,000 quarts to the
acre this year, which production, nt
25 cents er quart, would amount to
$2,000 to the acre. I do not advise
the shiftless man to try them, but
anyone who Is willing to give them
a little extra care and patns will be
well rewnrded."
Box Apple Trade Active
A steady apple trade Is reported at
Boston with prices of barrel stock
about the same as last week. Hox
Apples Are more nctlve. Jonathans
and Hpltx have the cull, the prices
ranging generally from $2 Ml to f :l.50,
according to quality.
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SPITZENBURGS 34 TO THE BOX THAT WERE GIVEN SPECIAL PRIZE
Five boxes of Spltzenburg apples, shown above, selected from the Moxler exhibit at the Portland Apple
Show, to Ih sent to Emperor William I of (Jermany, by express. The Moxler exhibit wax withdrawn from the
sweepstake context, owing to the ruling of the presiding Judge that the apples were too large to meet the require
ments of the American Pomologlcnl Society. The npplea were three-tier, 34 to the box, a xlxe phenomenal for thlx
variety. In color they were of a deep red, with the typical shape of the Spltxenburg, and attracted wide atten
tion nt the xhow.
city election were ennvaxxed and de
clared correct, and E. H. Hartwig.
H. C. Smith. F. C. Iiroxlus, L. H.
Huggtnx, E. O. P.Ianchar nnd II. It.
Langllle stated to be the properly
elected caudidatea.
Councilman Wright asked for early
action on sewer districts 6 and 7, lo
cated on the Heights, saying that lie
lH'lleved that sewers In these districts
were Imperative for proper sanitary
conditions. He alxo called attention
to the fact that the Farmers Irrigat
ing Company, w hich had promised a
year ago to pipe Its w ater where It
ran through city streets, had not
compiled with Its agreement, nnd
asked the council to take action or
dering the company to do so. A
motion was carried Instructing the
recorder to notify the company of
the council's action.
COLD WEATHER PREDICTED
FOR PACIFIC COAST TODAY
With the exception of a cold spell
on Monday In the enxtern stab's.
moderate temperatures will prevail
everywhere during Christmas week,
according to the weather bureau bul
letin today.
A disturbance of moderutelutensity
now In the southwest will reach the
Atlantic seaboard by Tuesday and
will IieHt tended by unsettled weather
with rnln or snow In northern and
central states east of the Kocky
mountains.
The principal disturbance of the
week, which will reach the Pacllic
coax t on Tuexday or Wednesday and
the Atlantic coaxt by Friday or Sat
urday, will be attended by general
precipitation and n pronounced
hange to colder weather.
ExJenis of XVorld Wide Interest Pictured For
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SflaVDShotS T,l ,'0:,", ' ('ll,rf Justice Fuller nnd two other members of the I'nlted Sf:ite siipretne court left tliree vncnneles In th it hn.
which hnve ben filled by President Tuft nn follows: Chief Justice, Edwnrd Doiii;lsxs White; nssis-lite Jnstl.-es. V.'i:i; :in
Of the Week levr.nter nnd Joseph Kueker I.ntnnr. (leorge W. Perkins withdritws frotu nls pnrtnership with the tlriu nf J I 'i.r .oir .r
Kn A Cr. and eu'ers the Equitnhlo life Assurnnce sot-lety In an advisory capacity. Ten million dollars hns been et a.i1e ;
n permnnent sum for the ndvnucctuent of nnlvrrsnl pence by Andrew Carnegie, ranking bis totsl gifts up to date $IS7.IHV0. Th txpM-1 srrlinl of a
t runner lu the househ i'.I of Klnf tieorgs V. anil yue:i Mary may dslny the corouatton of tl.a English roysl .ouple.
COUNTY CAN HAVE
SCHOOL PROPERTY
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t . vi,.n -ti' t !. ;l"'i held at the
PirU -ir, .( I-.CIH. (1 "hi.v iday to vote
o !Ue ma.ter ': . t' the school
pr v 'v .si t . e county, re
m i -itl'if-. ' t -t . i-lng of It by a
vote in" 1 1 to l.i I .;e mount asked
for the property by the school dix
trlct la $10,50(1, a sum which Is said
by realty men to be very reasonable.
The result allows the county to
take steps to purchase the property
for a site for the court house, should
the county commlxsloners decide to
place It In Its present location. It Is
stated that there Is no question but
what the commissioners will ap
prove of the present location for the
court house nnd that they will soon
close with the school board for Its
purchase.
promiMtwrTter
visitsj00d river
Emerson Hough, author nnd tuag-
iirlne writer, arrived here Thursday
In search of data for a series of arti
cles which he will write for the Sat
urday Evening Post. Mr. Hough
has visited a number of the apple
growing and agricultural districts of
the west, Irrigated and uiiirrlgited,
am) Is seeking the facts In regard to
Its productiveness rather than for
boom purposes. Hough, whose
home Is In Chicago, is widely traveled
He knows the west and is bluntly lu
search of truth In all things.
Tireless In his efforts to get all the
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Information possible on any subject
he demonstrated this fact when here
by probing Into tbe apple Industry
from S o'clock Thursday morning
until 1 the nex t morning and then
took It up again the next day, until
bis truln left.
HIm story will not be confined to
any one district but will Ixj n gtmernl
summary of condition in the apple
iuduxtry us be finds tlnui In the
northwest. He frankly Hinted that
lie was more ple.isi I with Hood
Hlver than any other fruit growing
section he had visited. In fact he Ix
a little bit bitten with the- Idea of
owning an apple orchard hltnxelf and
xaid xo. It Is possible he may return
here for the purpose of looking over
the country with a view to Investing.
Mr. Hough was n classmate In
college with Pick Montague, (teorge
Sargent's brot hcr-ln la w, and came
here at Montague's request. While
In Portland a number of piomiuent
land holders and real estate men from
various sections of the northwest
tried to load him np with hot air,
but there wax nothing doing.
Thursday he was given an In
formal luncheon by Truman Hutler
Afterward he met E. II. Shepard, of
Hetter Fruit, P. S Davidson. J. C.
Skinner and several others for the
purpose of getting data nnd was
taken for a short ride out In the
valley.
Foresters Gaining Members
Last Thursday nlnht the local
Court held their regular meeting and
Initiated another large list of candi
dates Into the order. The regular
election of otlicers wax completed
and Installation will be held lit their
next regular meet In g, Thursday. Jan
uary 13th. The Hood lUver Court
will soon be one of the strongext In
the state.
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Promptly at 11:5!) o'clock Friday
night, the O. K. & X. Company, the
pioneer railroad of the Pacific North
west, together with all Its xiibxldi'ary
llllex, pasxeil out of existence, ho far
as the mimes are concerned, and the
newly orgniil"d Oregon- Waxldngton
Kailroad 4 Navigation Company
Is came oH-rative.
Under the planx of the new organl
b i lion, the territory embraced by the
Harrlmaii lines in the northwest will
be divided into three districts, each
of which will have separate beads.
These poxltli.ns will be known as
vice-presidents and general managers
and for the purpose of simplifying
t he directing powers of each division,
the two otliees w ill Is-held by one
individual.
In accordance with the directions
received at t lie local offices from
Julius Kruttschnitt, director of the
maintenance and operation depart
ments of the Harriman system, with
headquarters In Chicago, the three
districts with their respective heads
will be aa follows:
The first district will embrace the
lines south and east of the Columbia
river and will be under tbe Jurisdic
tion of J P. O'Brieu, vice-president
and general manager. This arrange
ment means that Mr. O'Brien will be
tbe absolute directing head In Ore
gon. In addition to this territory,
Mr. O'Brieu will have Jurisdiction of
the Ilwaco Railroad Company,
which, previous to the reorganlza
tljn, had been operated as an Inde
pendent line. This road operates
between Megler and Nahcotta, by
way of Ilwaco, on the Washington
side of the Columbia river. In con
nection with this branch, a boat line
Is In operation between Nahcotta
and Astoria.
Tbe various lines In Oregon which
will be under the supervision of Mr.
O'Brien are O. R. & N.. Columbia
Southern, Joseph Branch, Heppner
Branch, Deschutes railroad, Corvnllls
& Eastern, Pendleton-Walla Walla
line na far as Milton; Pendletoo-Pllot
May Connect Hood River
With North Bank Road
Crossing Would Be Made by Ferry From
Koberg Place to Bingen--Proposed Electric
Railroad Included in Project by Promoters.
Promoters of an electric road, to
connect Hood River with tbe North
Bank road, were looking over tbe
situation Friday. Tbe proposition,
roughly outlined. Is to run a track
from Blugen to the Columbia river,
crossing the river by ferry nt the Ko
lierg Rock, nnd then follow the
county road Into Hood River, con
necting with the Hood River electric
road, which. It Is said, Is a "sure go"
In tbe sprlug.
The object of the connection. It Is
claimed, Is to relieve Hood River
from belug at the mercy of only one
railroad. Cars from the North Bauk
could then le run right Into the
Busy Headers
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KiK-k line, Oregon & Eastern from
Klamath Falls to Odell. Mr. O'Brien
will lie lu charge of tbe Southern Pa
ri tic lines in Oregon.
The second district IncladeM nil
lines north of the Columbia, river and
west of the Cascade mountains, of
which the principal road is the Ore
gon & Washington, operating Ih
tween Seattle and Portland. J. I.
Farrell, with headquarters at Seattle,
will continue as the head of this
division.
The third district will be in charge
of Robert E. Strahorn. who will have
headquarters In Spokane. The lines
embraced in this district operate east
of the Cascade mountains and coa-n-
of w!:'i i iie lines of t h- Irst district
at A tt.'itia, in Vnb- Wf.lla connty.
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i h, in-..). eie; n-v f,--'1it and pasV
ae-'ger x-rt linn': In Sp knneand the
Hi e ci'.dertoiiBii uciion from Spokane
to Aver, as well aa the lines lu Cen
tral Idaho, will lie under the manage
ment of Mr. Strahorn.
Mr. Kruttschnitt announces that
no change w ill lie made In the man
agement of the company's branch,
the Oregon Short Line, now nnder
the Jurisdiction of W. H. Bancroft,
whose headquarters are at Salt Lake
City.
While the reorganization of tbe
Harriman system In tbe northwest
Involves only tbe formal transferor
properties, it will mean a great ex
penditure In working out the general
details. Thousands of tons of new
literature will have to be Issued to
conform with the name of tbe new
company. This Includes the various
schedules, forms, advertising matter
and promotion literature.
The thousands of cars and loco
motives will have to In? relettered.
This work alone will take a large
force'ol "lien several months to com
plete. Signs at the ticket offices In
all the to win- nnd cities will have to
lie changed and new supplies of
tickets lien ring tbe new name of tbe
company must tie Issued.
Hood River Valley and the apples
I could tie shinned bv comnetlnir lines.
which will lie the only solution to
overcome a car shortage like there
was this season, and tiexldes that, a
shipment of fruit to some portions of
the east would reach Its destination
from 2 to '21 hours earlier.
The scheme Is a feasible one. The
Columbia river at the Kolierg Rock
Is only iK feet wide, with good,
deep water on both sides of the river,
and a steam ferry could transfer a
train of thirty cars in less than au
hour. The ferry now used for trans
ferring cars from the North Bunk to
the Oregon bank at the mouth of the
Deschutee. will probably lie used for
that purpose here after the bridge at
Celllo Is completed.
club billiardTlayers .
want additional tables
A p. titton to the board of directors
of the Commercial Club was clr
culati d last week In behalf of billiard
playing members of the organization
asking that twenty feet 1 taken off
the assembly hall and added to the
billiard room. The billiard room of
the club has become one of Its most
popular features and the numlier of
players h:is outgrown the number of
tables. The petition was Ills-rally
signed nnd will be presented to the
board at Its next meeting.
Testified in Salem Injunction Suit
J W. Morton made a short trip to
the capital clt v of Oregon last week
I on a li-lt to his mother, Carolina
'Morton, who lives at Fair (rounds,
and while there he was called on the
I wltne.s stand In the circuit court to
j test Ifv In .i n Injunction suit against
.the city of Salem, pertaining to th
i conx t ruct Ion of a sewer In the north
p.irt of the city.
I Mr. Morton savs that the clfrof
I S 1 1 1 1 m bought the water plant Ihern
-'iinne-r ami now Imx a clear
- w ay to put lu a s. tetu id lit own.