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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 1
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1911
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Postal Savings Banks
Opened Doors Tuesday
Will Meet to Organize
Central Association
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Hood River's Output Largest in History of
Valley 710 Cars Shipped, the Balance
Being Held in StorageUnion Ships
Bulk of Fruit, Although Independents
Make Big Shipments Also.
Some Idea of the greatly Increased
crop of apples at Hood Klver this
year can be gained from the number
of ears which have been hilled out by
the railroad company this year, and
which In elated by J. II. Fredrley,
the local agent, to U approximately
710 cars to date. With the addition
al apples that are stored In the val
ley It Is expected that the number
will easily run up to SOU cars as the
season's output.
Of the total shipment 500 cars
will be hlped out by the union,
while Independent shippers have
sent out 210. Over 200 cars were
hipped by tlte union from their
east side warehouse, where a large
force of men under H. (J. Campbell
handled the bin shipments In good
shape, considering the fact that
they were hampered for receiving
room, which was also the case with
the big warehouse In town.
The Davidson Fruit Company ship
ped over l.V) cars, August Paaseh
Across Continent Rider
Tells of Long Journey
Hiss Alberta Claire, Who Is Riding to Atlan
tic Coast, Arrives Here and Tells of Hazard
ous Kxperience--Protects Herself With Gun
Miss Allwrta ('lain', the plucky
Wyoming girl who Is making an
ocean to ocean ride In the saddle,
arrived at Hood Itlver Thursday
from The Dalles. In her ride so far
she has covered 2,525 miles, accom
panied only by a faithful dog. The
young woman carries a six shooter,
wulch she Is said to know how to
use very handily. In an Interview
she said:
"It may seem a hazardous trip to
some people, but I 'have practically
grown up iu a saddle and have done
a lot of hard riding. I hope to make
the entire trip with the same pony
and my dog, Micky. I have two
years lu which to make the Journey
and If I succeed I w III get $1000 and a
large cattle ranch In Wyoming. I
have be' ii on the trip for five months
now and my pony looks U'tter todny
than when we left Kuffalo.
"I left liuffalo, Wyoming, last
spring, going through the "Hole In
the Wall." the great cattle country
of old Wyoming days, where many
horse and cattle 'rustlers' found a
hiding place.
"While crossing the continental
divide I lost my way and had to stay
out In the mountains all night. 1
picketed the pony and built a camp
fire, and with my big dog Is-slde me
and my gun In my hand, I slept on
my saddle blankets. After riding
awhile the next morning I came to n
hunter's cabin. No one was there
but I found plenty to eat, so Micky,
my dog, and I had a good feed.
"Just then the door opened and a
big six-foot man walked lu. Hazing
at me In astonishment, he asked
'Where the h I did you come from?'
I said: 'I'm not sure, but that
wasn't the place.' He laughed and
1 told him how 1 had lost the trail.
He showed me the way to a ranch
'1 started on this trip with $2 and
my pouy. The dog was given to me
a week or so later.
"During this time I have earned
my living. In towns I give a vaude
ville act, sometimes I get a hall and
give an entertainment alone. Out In
the country I often ride In the round
up with the cowboys."
Miss Claire gave a erformnncc at
the Hem theatre Thursday evening.
0. R, & N. TRANSFERRED
TO NEW COMPANY
The formal transfer or the Oregon
Hallway & Navigation and the Oregon-Washington
Hallway Company
to the Oregon-Washington Hallway
40, Kawson& Stanton about 20, Sears
& Porter 115, and other ludepend
ent shipments were sent out by va
rious orchardlsts about the valley.
Many of the cars shipped by the
union were loaded to tnelr limit on
account of the car shortage, aud
went out wltb C$0 to 700 boxes Ih
them.
There are still quite a good many
boxes of a pples scattered about the
valley, but the great bulk of the crop
has been shipped. The largest ship
ment In any previous year has been
about 500 cars.
The Hood Klver Applegrowers'
Union has about cleaned up the
largest crop. In the history of the val
ley, according to Manager Sproat,
who reports that there are about
35,000 boxes yet to ship and that the
eastern market Is looking up and
business Is more brisk than at any
time during the past three weeks.
"The season Just closing," said Mr.
Sproat, "demonstrates that no one
& Navigation Company was effected
last week, when the deeds of convey
ance were filed In the county clerk's
ofllce. The deeds stipulate a consid
eration of 170.000.000, of which 55,
000,000 Is Included In the deed from
theO. H. & N. and $15,000,000 from
the deed of the Oregon & Washing
ton Hallway Company.
TheO. It. & N. deed Is executed In
22 counterparts, covering all the sub
sidiary lines. The conveyance was
made by J. 1. O'Hrlen, vice-president
of the O. H. & N.. to W. W. Cotton,
president of the Oregon & Washing
ton. The deed transferring the Ore
gon & Washington to the new or
ganization Is executed In ten coun
terparts ami Is signed by W. W. Cot
ton as president of the Oregon Ac
Washington Kntlwav Company.
HOOD RIVER SPRAY PLANT
STARTS WORK FOR SEASON
The Hood Itlver Spray Company
started up Its spray manufacturing
plant at Hood Klver Tuesday and
the company has received a number
of large orders for spray from fruit
growing districts In the northwest
Ettents of XOorld Wide Interest Pictured For
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News Snapshots
Of (he Week
William HiMith, lender of the Rnlvatlon Army, to save his eyesight. Internnl
hy the United States, President Gomel having lieen informed that our troops
ucceod Dopew In the United States nennta.
firm can handle the crop of the val
ley. This year the Applegrowers'
Union has shipped apples Into 24
states and to 57 of the largest cities
lu the United States. More than 50
per cent of the returns so fur on the
crop have been received In cash and
the remainder will Iks received In due
course. We think thnt this Is n very
favorable showing, and the wide
market opened up will Increase In the
future.. The union needs more stor
age room and I shall recommend to
the stockholders that a large chemi
cal cold storage warehouse Is? added
to the equipment, with a capacity of
200,000 boxes. I'.y holding the apples
In this manner better prices could lie
obtained.
"The union lias recently been ship
ping apples Into California. Arizona.
Texas and other Southwestern
states. The market on lien Davis
Is tinner and a rise of 10 cents a box
is in sight. The crop-as ha n1 led by
the union will approximate 400,0iio
boxes."
nnd expects to do a good business
this year.
It Is stated that the Hood Hlver
company sells more spray In outside
districts than It does at Hood Klver
and lielieves that It i-huuld Ik more
liberally patronized here ns It Is a
home Industry aud Its proluct Is as
good as any manufactured. It Is
stated that the demand generally
throughout the northwest for lime
and sulphur spray Is great l Increas
ing nnd that Its use this year will be
greater than ever.
HIGH SCHOOLTrESHMEN
WIN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Tile Hood Itlver and Dalles Fresh
men High School football teams
tried out conclusions here Monday,
with tne result that the local team
claims the Junior High School cham
pionship of Hood Klver and Wasco
count ies.
The game was played on the new
grounds, north of the depot, aud, al
though a good deal of pugnacious
argument took place from time to
time, the youtiesters made many
good plays. Hood Klver claims su
premacy from the fact that it lias
lieaten The Dalles once and tied
them twice. The gam" Monday re
sulted In neither side scoring.
Claims Referred to District Attorney
It Is stated by County Judge Derby
that no action has yet been taken In
regard to allowing the claims of Dr.
Kronson and Mrs. C. Dethman for
Injuries sustained by going over un
protected embankment. The claims
have been referred to the district at
torney for an opinion as to the
county's liability.
Fire In Nelson Morris Pnckine company's plant t hreatened to destroy entire Union stoekvnnls of Chl nstv .t..mt thirty persons
perished, Including Fire Chief Ibinin. An explosion of gun nt New York Central's new st.itien In New York, in course of
erection, resulted In nine deaths and ninny Injured and Brent (lnnuige to property. Secretary of Wnr Dickinson's report us to
unprepn redness of the United States In ense of war wns n-cnllis;! b president Tuft. It whs ile. hied to operate on General
Government Will First Experiment With
One Institution in Each 5tate--$5oo the
Limit of Deposits and $i the Hinimum
Through the practical Institution
of the Postal Savings bank system
yesterday, the United States govern
ment will give the people facilities
for saving a part of their earnings.
Their establlsninent Is regarded
as the most far-reaching financial
step taken by lie government since
the authorlzatl. u of National banks,
and their operation will be watched
with Interest by financiers through
out the world.
The system, says a special dispatch
to the Oregoulan, Is to be inaugu
rated on a comparatively small
scale. One Poetotlice lu each state
and territory has lieen selected us a
depositary. In these 4 offices, a
thorough test will lie made. It was
decided to make the lieginning thus
small, not only liecause no adequate
appropriation was available to put
it Into geuerul operation, but also
because the plan adopted differs en
tirely from that of any other system
In the world.
The new scheme Is the result of
many months of work by commit
tees of postal and banking experts,
whose efforts were directed by a
board Of trustees consisting of the
postmaster-general, the secretary of
the treasury and the attorney-gen
THE DALLES WINS
AT BASKETBALL
The first bnsketliall game of the
season, outside of the high school
series was played at the skating rink
Monday night between Hood Hlver
aud The Dalles, the local team play
ing under the nntne of the Hood
Klver Collegiate. The score was 15
to 14 In favor The Dalles.
The game vv'.i a good one, being
closely contested. The Hood Klver
team outpointed their opponents In
some respects, making a number of
baskets from -the floor while The
Dalles failed to get any In this res
pect. The referee appeared to t lie
spectators to give the ball to the
visiting team a little too often on ,
fouls, an advantage that Hood Klver!
could not overcome. Several times
during the game there wasconsidera I
Me roughing and two or three of the J
players were putout for a short time.
The attendance was fairly good.
The local team showed up In good
shape for the first game. With more
practice aud team play they should
develop Into a fast aggregation be
fore the season Is over. The local 1
team was composed of McKay, :
Weaver, Kresse, Morse, Skinner and ;
Osgood. i he Dalles was shy a man
aud Fred Bell, one of Hood River's
best pin vers, tilled the gap and plaved i
a strong game for the visitors. - j
Enjoyable Party in Upper Valley
A reception was given Wednesday
evening at the Uptegrove. Cornell A
Mason ranch in the Upper Valley, in
honor of Miss Kate Simmons, a
teacher In the Art Institute in Port
land, who has been spending the hol
idays there. About twenty guests
were present and participated lu the
evening's pleasure. Charades were
given and the evening concluded by
serving dainty and appetizing re
freshments. CH iCAGQ STOCK AP&
disturbances In Cl.bn may mean Intervention nnd possibly isTiminent iscupnnc.v
are In readiness. Well informed Tsnuunny meu sny W ilium F. Sheehun will
eral.
No pass books will Is furnished de
positors, but all deposits will tie evl
deuced by engraved postal savings
certificates. Issued In fixed denomina
tions of $1, $2. $.", $10, $20 and $50,
each bearing the name of the deposi
tor aud the date on which Interest
liegtns to accrue. The certificates
are non-trausferrable and non-uego
tlable. Interest will Is payable an
uually at the rate of 2 per cent per
annum.
liy the terms of the law, no ac
count for less than $1 may lie opened
and no person may deposit more
than $100 in any calendar mouth, or
have to his credit at any one time
more than $500 exclusive of accumu
lated Interest. Accounts may be
opened by any person over ten years
of age in his or her name and by
married women In their own names.
The accounts of wives cannot be In
terfered with or controlled by the
husbands.
For the present deposits will lie
limited to the patrons of the post
offices at wuicli the system is estab
lished. Tne service Is entirely free,
no fee being required In connection
with the opening of an account or
the withdrawal of money deposited.
HOOD RIVER PIONEER
PLATTED TOWN IN 1881
I
Capt. Coe, who was one of Hood
Klver's first white residents and an
Oregon pioneer of iituny years stand
ing. Is referred to In the Oregonian as
follows:
Captain Henry die was born In
Livingstone county. New York, Aug
ust 11, 1x44 In Pvl his father, Na
thaniel Coe, unit appointed special
postal agent for Oregon Territory,
then einl raclng all the country from
California to British Columbia and
west of the Kocky mountains. In
January, ls54, he was joli.ed by his
wife, Mary W. ('?, and three sons.
Laurence W., Charles C. and Henry
C, the youngest son, Kagene F., hav
ing accompanied his father.
On their arrival in Portland they
were entertained at the residence of
Mr. ami Mrs. Thomas J. Dryer, editor
and proprietor of the Weekly Ore
gonian. In the fall of the same year
t he Coes took a land claim at Hood
Klver, where the city of Hood Klver
now stands. That was during the
Indian war of that year. In the fall
of lMKl, Henry was sent to Pacific
University, at Forest drove. In the
spring of IviC, he was appointed to a
pilot's position oil boats of thel'pT
., , ,, , , , ,
lmul.l and Snake rivers, w here
his brother, Capt. K. F. Coe, was In
command of a boat.
In lVi'J he was married to Miss
Kittle Cult on. of Independence,
Iowa. They had five children, three
of whom are now living In Portland,
Mrs. Dr. H. K. Karrett, Mrs. J. W.
Ansley and Miss Nell Coe. In lvsl he
platted the town of Hood Klver, and
lnlv.15 moved his family to Portland,
where he now resides. For many
years lie follow fd steamboat lng out
of Portland and up the Columbia
river, but of late years has practi
cally given up that business, his pri
vate Interests demanding all his time.
'Busy 'Readers
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vJriuH
CENTRAL tXPLOSOM
i
Apple Growers of Northwest States Invited
to Be Present at Conference in Portland
Under Auspices State Horticultural Society
Delegates from fruitgrowers' asso
ciations of the states of Oregon, Ida
ho, Washington, Colorado and Utah
have Is-en Invited to attend a meet
ing In Portland, January 24. to form
a national apple-selling agency. The
Invitations have been Issued by H. C.
Atwell, president of the Oregon
State Horticultural Society, whose
home Is In Forest Grove. This action
Is In furtherance of the plan suggested
and Indorsed by the State Horticul
tural Society at the meeting lu Port
land last month.
A corporation with sufficient capi
tal to own cold storage houses in the
various districts may ! formed,
either by local associations or by
other means. Larger ones at central
points In the east, where apples may
be stored and the market readily
supplied also are part of the plan.
"The plan Is taking well, judging
from the letters 1 have received from
a large number of apple union offi
cials throughout the states Inter
ested," said Mr. Atwell. "Throwing
upon the market a needless quantity
of apples has a tendency to disorgan
ize and the applegrower suffers in
consequence. All applegrowers feel
the need of complete organization,
'
such as other frultralsers have per
fected."
The meeting will be held In the Y.
M. C. A. auditorium. Present Indica
tions are that it will Ik? one of the
largest fruit conventions ever held iu
the Pacific Nort invest In actual repre
sentation of the applegrowlug in
dustry. Necessarily there will lie large quan
tities of apples handled on consign
ment. In many cases the company
will need to make advances to the
frultralser so that he can continue
operations. For this reason it was
suggested that the amount of capital
necessary will Is? considerable.
A GENUINE SURPRISE
PARTY AT PINE GROVE
New Year's day while Mrs. A. P.
Slack' was engaged lu a conversation
over the telephone, previously ar
ranged by her husband with one of
the neighbors, a party of eighteen of
their friends entered their lovely new
home on the east side, completely
surprising her on her birthday.
After congratulations and greet
ings had been exchanged, they all sat
down to a bountiful birthday din
ner which Mrs. Slaile, herself, had
partly prepared, thinking she was
helping Mrs. Dethman surprise her
husband, whose birthday falls upon
the same day.
Before leaving, the guests present
ed Mrs. Slade with a beautiful rock-
lug chair as a token of their regard.
Mr. and Mrs. Slade are royal en
tertainers, nnd the day will long be
remembered as a happy one by their
guests, who were as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. C. Dethman and sou.
Fred, Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. II. M. Vuiinl'T and son,
Frank. Mr. ami Mrs. U. A. Newman,
Mr. ami Mrs. W. P. Scobee and
daughter, Zoe, Mr. Hans Lage, and
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Mack.
NEW YEAR DINNER AT
OREGON A SUCCESS
Thespeilal New Year dinner at the
Hotel Oregon Siiudav, New Year
evening, was well patronized and
patrons emerged from the dining
room highly pleased w itn the dinner,
decoration ami music The menu
was one of the most elaborate ever
served at Hood Hlver ami the excel
lence of t he various ills h s was a high
tribute to the ability of the chef.
The dining room wasdicorated wl. h
red Christmas bells ami Oregon
grape, while candlesticks with red
shades made a pleasing contrast
with the white linen and shining
silver. During the progress of tin
meal the Mamlolin club pin veil ,i well
s. Ircted program that brought forth j
encores from the diners.
At the Mt. Hood a spirlal table
l d'hote dinner was served the same
evening with an excellent menu an I ,
good service, so that Hood Hlverltes j
who preferred to patronize cafe toj
home cooking had no illlliciilty In!
Ix'lng well served and fed. j
Public Account ShoulJ lie Audited
Hood Klver Hasan expert from a !
Portland auditing company expert
tug the county records. Such ex
pertlug as this should In- d..iie In
everv cciintv and eer cltv of tin-
portanee In the state once each year.
Knuetie Kegistcr.
INDIAN GEORGE TELLS
OF HISJARLY LIFE
Indian George, whose picture was
recently published In the News, came
to the News office recently and asked
for a copy of the paper containing It,
notwithstanding the fact that In
dians are usually averse to belug
photographed or having their pictures
printed. The old Indian expressed
much pleasure In seeing his rugged
and weather lieaten countenance por
trayed In print and carefully put the
paper away In his pocket.
jeorge is said by other Indians to
be a very old man. Indeed It is
claimed by some of them that he Is
over 100 years' old.
Joe Flick, another old time Indian
of Hood Klver, came here over m)
years ago and says that Gedrge was
t hen a man grown.
(ieorge was born at Hood Klver.
He has lieen twice married and has
raised two boys and three girls all of
whom have passed to the "happy
hunt I oir uToiiml" toiruthur u-lrh lu
, . . . , .. .
two wives, iieorge stated that at
an early day there were over two
thousand Indians at Hood Klver and
as many more at Cascade Locks.
Their greatest fHs were the Snake
Indians who would come here anil
kidnap the boys aud girls and steal
the cay uses from the range. He
stated that the Hood Klvers greatly
feared the Snakes liecause their
arrows were dipped iu such deadly
poison, ami if one of their arrows
penetrated the body It meant sure
death. His account of how the Spo
kane, Yakima and Suake trills
would pass up and down the Colum
bia river in their canoes hew n out of
rough logs, uuder the light of Hie
pitch torch or In t he glimmering rays
of the pale moon, was most thrilling.
He said that the Hood Klver Indians
were never molested by the Spokane's
or Yiikima trils-s, but that they
made constant warfare on the Cas
cade Indians.
All the kinsfolk of I nilian George
have lieen buried on Memaloose Is
lam) but he says he desires to be
buried in the white man's graveyard
when he dies. This old remnant of a
once great race is practically blind
and though he Is about on the streets
every day. It Is evident that he Is
hearing his end on easth.
CARTOONIST PERRY CARTER
TO LECTURE AT PINE GROVE
Perry Carter, a well known car
toonist, who Is touring the country
delivering an interesting lecture
which he illustrates with cartoons
on a blackboard, will appear at
Pine Grove hall Wednesday evening,
January Wh. liy a mistake, the
tickets Issued for the lecture gave
the date as .lanuarr 15th. when It
should have lieen, as stated, the lMh.
Mr. (artel's lecture Is being looked
forward to with Interest and It Is
expected that it will be ucll patron
ized .
Neijjhhors Give Woodburns Surprise
Mr. aud Mrs. M. K. Woodburn. of
the west side, w ho had lieen on a
two weeks' trip lu the Willamette
valley, where they visited friends at
Albany end I'.row nsville. relumed
home . S.i t ui d iv evening. As they
neated their home, which had lieen
i losed. they saw that the hous.- was
lighted, and on arriving found It full
of their neighbors, who h i I pn pared
a surpiise for them. Their friends
had It. ni-lit with t ln-in i In mm 1 r 1 1
supply of guild things to eat. and a
merry time was had seeing the New
Year ushered In.
I re.tk l'.hilit
illireath has prcseiifci
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ness Men's as H-ia 1 1 ui In theshiH
of to lil.ll.S i f .III il l' tree u lii. h
have gimvii togil'ier iu such n
manner as I f.Miu 'i p. rf,i t til ingle
No J.iint em fniili I i. lid tlie.e -uien
is peif. el s,, ret.iry Fish has
the eh,!i.i 1 . 1 1 -1 - . I "g'i i n w It h. in t
Irrigation by S I' ( a ' i ,r..i, t h. "
Men' I.eJkC'.ic to .Met!
The Men's league of the II
will ht. I their regi.l ir monthly
lug In their rooms at tie- f'
church on llnirdi' evening
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