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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2
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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1911
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
New Church Planned
By Congrcgationalists
Decide at Annual fleeting to Erect Larger
EdificeTrustees Also Make Changes in Ar
ticles of FaithNew Constitution Adopted
Unique Church Party
Pleases Big Audience
Under Auspices of St. nark's, Local Ama
teur Talent Provides Amusing Entertain
ment Hother Goose Characters Portrayed
PLAN ROAD ABOUND MOUNT HOOD
Portland Automobile Club Seeks Govern
ment Aid In Getting Highway from
Rose City to Hood River Around Base
of Mountain Oregon Senators and
Congressmen Asked to Push It.
Telegrams and letters are going
forward from Commercial hod lea of
Portland to Semi torn Bourne and
Chamberlain asking tliem to support
securing of an appropriation of fl.V),
000 to build a road through the for
est reserve around Mount Hood. H.
Beck with, president of the Commer
rlal club, He tit a night letter regard
ing the lieucflts that would Imj de
rived from the aproprlatlon. Pres
tdent William Mac Master and Secre
tary E. C. Glltner of the Chamlier of
Commerce have expressed enthusl
aMtli' personal approval of the plan.
I'reHldent (). E. Ilelntx of the Manu
facturers association sa.vs the build
ing of the road should te supported
by everyone Interested In the devel
opment of Portland as a center of
attraction for tourists.
Plans for obtaining the road build
ing appropriation have taken the
place of the original plan to create a
natlonnl park about Mount Hood
The plan whs originated by II.
Worn me, who at his own expense has
built some of the road between Port
land and Mount Hood. The pro
jected road would skirt tne west face
of Mount Hood at an elevallou of
several thousand feet, where the
scenery Is magnificent beyond de
scription, and continue to a point
where connection could le made
with the Hood Klver road, part of
therouatru'-tlon of which the enmity
of Multnomah has assumed.
Much of the work of obtaining
favor for the plan has tioen under
taken by W. C. Bristol. Mr. Wenime
has written a letter to Senator
Bourne In which he says:
"While you were In this city some
time ago I spoke regarding making
a part of Mount Hood reserve a na
tional park. Since looking Into the
matter thoroughly 1 discovered that
I was on the wrong track, and Ond
that It Is far letter to leave It a for
est reserve. No doubt at this wrlt
tlng you have received a map and
letters from W. C Bristol regarding
the highway through this forest re
serve. You are aware that eastern
Oregon Is completely cut off from
western Oregon In the way of wagou
roads.
'Hood Klver valley and Its tribu
taries are lielng fast settled up, and
It Is absolutely necessary and In
great demand by the farmers to have
this highway built through this re
serve to connect the Barlow road
with the Hood Klver road. The map
traced with the yellow dots Is the
road desired. There Is now a fairly
good road from Hood Klver to Cloud
Cap lun, and also a fairly good road
to West Fork. You can readily set
on the map where the connecting
link should be built.
"The forest reserve service of this
section has made an estimate and
finds that the- piece, of road desired
will cost approximately fl.jO,UUO.
Now If you ever want to do a good
turn for the people of Oregon, this Is
your time. There Is nothing under
the sun so necessary as this piece of
road through this reserve. It Is ab
solutely necessary for the army and
there Is a great demand for It by the
farmers of this state, and a great
deal of good would result from this
road from the tourists' point of view.
The forest service Is entirely handi
caps! for want of this piece of road
"Now by all means try to secure
from congress this appropriation of
$l."i0,000 for the forest service to con
struct tills piece of highway, to go
through as follaws: From Bright-
wood, a point on the Barlow road
In section .1'), townsh1p2south, range
7 east, northeast up the clear fork of
Sandy river to a low puss on the
summit of the Cascades; thenc to
the head of Elk creek, down Elk
creek to the Lost Lake-Hood Klver
road, In section 31, township 1 north,
range 9 east.
"This Is the natural way to con
struct It. Now. should you not lie
able to secure fl.VI, IKK), by no means
let them cut you down to less than
$100,000. To prove to you how nec
essary this road Is, I havj personally
constructed 10 miles of highway from
Sandy postotlice to Salmon pout of
fice, by private subscription, and the
main subscriber was myself, and I
have gained splendid result with the
small funds at my command.
Big Assemblage Greets
City School Teachers
Reception to Parents Brings About
Relations With Schoolma'ams Who
tain and Act as Hostesses to Hany
Cordial
Tb reception given by the school
teachers of Hood Klver Thursday
night, to parents, left no doubt In
the minds of the teachers as to the
Interest felt lu their work, for from 8
o'clock to 10 the large assembly
room of the Commercial Club was
thronged with patrons of the schools.
They met the teachers, also each
other, and Is-fore the evening was
over a cordial understanding and
new Interest wus created between
the home and the school.
The guests were received by a com
mittee of teachers, and then followed
a general Introduction. Later a
pleasing program was given, which
lHgan with a talk by Prof. Mc
laughlin. Mr. McLiughlln's remarks were
very much to the point. He stated
that the relations Is-tween parents
and teacher should lie frnnk, friendly
and cordial. That he Is-lieved the
citizens of Hood Klver were as pro
gressive as any In the state and
wanted their schools to Is abreast
of those anywhere. He said he
thought the teachers were trying to
bring the Hood Klver schools to a
standard as near perfection as possi
ble, and Is-lieved their Instructors
were entitled to proper support In
their efforts. Misunderstanding, he
said, would arise, but If the spirit
existed between teacher and parent
that should exist, these differences
could tw easily adjusted. The Idea
that seemed to be prevalent, that
the school tencher was a Wing
with an ever-ready rod of punish
ment uplifted, he said was entirely
erroneous, as was also the Impres
sion that they had hoofs and horns
or heavenly wings Just ready to
sprout. Teachers, said Mr. Mc
Laughlin, had the same ambitious
and passions as the rest of human
ity and must Ik- Judged accordingly.
He assured his audience that any
Idea that educational Instructors re
ceived a princely salary, for which
they worked but five hours a day
and then spent the rest of the time
In the social whirl, was unfounded.
Then-fore he thought personal con.
tact, such as was represented by the
large gathering present, would put
teachers and parents In closer touch
and result In friendly and coopera
tive relations.
Mr. McLaughlin's talk was fol
lowed by a vocal solo by Miss Gladys
Keavls, who sang "Jess After Christ
mas" so pleasingly that her audience
demanded nn encore. Walter Nich
ols recited "Our Hired Girl' so well
that he gave the audience a second
number. "Three Maids of Iee," Im
personated In costume by Misses
Bartmess, Gladys Keavls and Kuth
Harbison, took the house by storm.
As an encore they gave an amusing
rendition of the "Old Oaken Bucket."
Adrian Epplng displayed rare histri
onic talent In a character monologue
entitled "Mrs. McCarty Sees Ham
let." Dressed In a costume typical of
the American-Irish Madame, she
gave that lady's Impression of
Shakespeare's great play with a
richness of brogue and a confusion
of Ideas that was highly nmuslng.
As ail encore. Miss Epplng gave "The
Boy on the Back Seat," a short no
tation that depicted a big schoolboy
In love with his teacher.
At the conclusion of the program,
refreshments, which hail Isn-n pre-pan-d
by the domestic science class
of the High School, were served and
pronounced by those who partook
to be par excellence. The serving
was done by a number of the High
School girls dressed In white, with
very Is-comlng lace caps In fact so
iH-comlng that no one refused to ac
cept of their hospitality, and to
cause the guests to leave with a
very friendly feeling toward the
teachers and the school faculty In
general.
The personnel under whose au
spices the n-ceptlon was given Is as
follows: Supt. E. E. Coad, Prof. J.
O. McLaughlin, Prof. J. W. t rites,
Miss Mary Barton, Miss llattle
Brunqutst, Miss Flora Furrow, Miss
Alice Horning, of the High School
department; Miss Ma Turney. Miss
Dora Knox, Miss Evelyn Turney,
Miss Maud Howard, Miss Pearl Eby,
Miss Lulu Hicks, Miss Grace Turnev,
Miss Alta Poole, of the Park Street
DR. ELIOT OFFERS
CITYJPARK SITE
Hood Klver may have a park In
the near futnn through the gener
osity of Dr. T. L. Eliot, who has of
fen-d to give the city an acreage In
the hill section of town. Dr. Eliot's
offer, which was submitted to the
city council and which It is stated
will is- accepted, Is ns follows:
To the Hon. Mayor and the Council
of Hood Klver, Oregon.
Gentlemen I Intimated sometime
ago to one or two memlH-rs of your
body on the part of Mrs. Eliot and
myself to set apart a small tract on
the northern part of our estate ad
joining Hood Klver City for a public
reservation or park. Since that time
a survey has Iwn made to facilitate
this purpose, and I am writing at
school; Miss Vera Stewart, Miss Lulu
Tldd, Miss Frances Evans, Miss Ma-1k-1
Claxton, of the Pleasant View
school, and Miss Anna Vannett and
Miss Edna Groves, In charge of the
Primary department on the Heights,
which Is now located In the High
School building.
Two hundred metnla-rs and friends
of Klverslde Congregational church
sat down to a sumptuous supper
erved by the 'ladle of the church
last Wednesday evening. In Odd Fel
lows hall. After a short program of
speeches and music, the business of
the annual meetlni of the church
was transacted. Keports from the
various heads of the departments of
the church showed a, healthy spirit
of activity aud progress.
A new constitution was adopted,
doing away with the society adjunct
of the church and giving the congre
gation a larger part In the working
organization. A fdmplc, compre
hensive statement of faith, consist
ing of seven sentences, was substi
tuted for the lengthy statement for
merly required. The covenant
adopted for use Is one which deals
more with vital living than with
theological statements.
A Social Service committee, to de.
vise ways and metiUs for Increasing
the social usefulness of the church
along other than stated and ordi
nary lines, was ad led tot lie work
ing force, looking toward the taking
up of some Institutional lines of
work. The manual accepted Is said
to le one of the most representative
to be found anywhere and gives the
church a most admirable basis for
operations.
To cap the clltnax.lt was unani
mously voted that the trustees take
Immediate steps to secure a new
building and present working plans
to the church within eight weeks.
The following ollicers were elected:
Honorary deacons for life, J. H.
Dukes aud Geo. P. Crowell. Active
deacons. A. W. Onthank, J. If. Jeff
rey, A. W. Noble and Win. Stewart.
Honorary deaconess, Mrs. Augusta
Price. Active deaconesses, Mrs. D.
J. Tn-lber, Mrs. Ella Wilbur. Mrs. V.
C. Brock, Mrs. K. K. Bartlett. Trus
tees, C. D. Thompson, Truman But
ler, Percy Morse, P. S. Davidson,
Geo. L. Wilbur, E. O. Blanchar. So
cial Service committee, J. O. Mc
Laughlin, H. L. Howe, W. H. Me
Laln, Miss McLaren, Mrs. Button.
Clerk, K. K. Bartlett. Chief usher,
Dr. Plneo. Sunday School superin
tendent, A. C. Monosmlth. Treas
urer, Harold Ib-rshner.
The church has nearly doubled Its
budget for this year; has added forty
four members to Its fellowship over
last year and materially Increased
the number of families included in Its
ministrations, and looks forward
with great enthusiasm to the work
of the new year.
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RIVERSIDE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH WHICH WILL BE
SUPPLANTED BY NEW STRUCTURE
this time In a preliminary way to
ask whether the city Is willing to
take over this property as a public
park, to lie conducted with the care
ami for the uses which usually go
with such parks. The proposed do
nation would Include the portion of
the lied of Indian Cn-ek, which Is on
the land, together with a strip of
l."0 feet In width and about PK0 feet I public, which was
In length of the upper or flat ground.
It would be our intention to lay out
the adjacent ground so that an ad
ditional strip of '' to Nl feet would
follow the south side of the proposed
park as a boulevard, continuing
along or near to the Huff of Hood
Klver f-ir a certain distance. I would
remind you that this proposed park,
which with the upper portion and
boulevard would amount to twelve
acres more or less, Joins on the north
to a n-servatlon or trust for the
made some time
ago, I think by Mr. Wilson aud Mr.
Schenck to certain trustees, and con
taining about ten acres of the bluff
of Indian Creek' on the north hank.
The postponed Christmas party
held under the auspices of St. Mark's
Church at the Monroe Theatre, Fri
day evening, proved to be one of the
most unique and pleasing eutertalu
meutsever given at Hood Klver.
The affair was well attended and
the large audience expressed Its ap
proval in an enthusiastic manner.
The entertainment opened with a
song by Koger Slmdson and Forest
Carter, dresssed as clowns, which
was amusing. This wus followed
by a musical -skit by young Simpson
and Carter, (Catherine Carter, Su
zanne Kay aud Kuth Whitney,
similarly dressed, and which was
also mirth provoking. The next
uumlier was a skirt dance given by
Catherine Baker, and very prettily
executed.
The scene then changed to "A
Mother Goose" party, with Mrs. Ma
llei Carter, of the Valley, as Mother
Goose. The characters were dressed
In appropriate costumes and were
announced as they stepped on thd
stage. Mrs. Harry De Witt was a
typical Mother Hubbard, Mrs. J. M.
Smeltzer played theOld Woman That
Lived In a Sh'-; Mrs. Archie Kelr
was Daffy Down Dilly; Mrs. Johnson
charming Little Bo-Peep and Mrs.
O. A. Pratt a stately Queen of
Hearts. Mrs. Kobt. Carter and I'.rook
Haworth came stumbling down the
hill with the traditional pall of
water, anil Jack broke his crowit lu
If I am right in this, the entire con
tiguous reservations for public uses
will thus lie over 20 acres Hnd at no
distant day In the history of the city
it would become of use to the eo
ple, particularly if Improved along
the line of modern parks by proper
trails and protection. If this Intent
ion upon our part meets with your
approval, Mrs. Eliot and myself will
'submit to you d map of the proposed
donation and a proposed deed to be
signed by us, and then If acceptable,
will carry out In full the purpose
herewith Indicated. It will be un
derstood that there will tie no con
dition attached to the gift, except
the general provisions for the -r-petual
use by the public as a park.
the most approved fashion, while Jill
came stumbling after and wept co
piously. Mrs. Malcolm Bronsoti
made a convincing Mrs. Spratt, aud
explained satisfactorily that Jack
couldn't be present liecause he was
busy licking the platter. Little Miss
Muffet was Impersonated by Mrs.
Arthur Clarke, who showed by her
shy manner that a big spider could
easily frighten her away. Mary and
Her Little Lamb can-e Is-fore the
audience In the person of Miss Luellit
Hawley anil a toy lambkin that
bleated pitifully In contemplation of
being separated from her by lielng
put out of school. Mrs. F. S.
Smith impersonated Little Red
Kldldg Hood, A numls-r of other
characters entertained with sings
and recitations, a particularly good
one being given by Mrs. Johnson,
who recited a selection In which she
declared that "I alu't going to cry
no more", but kept on weeping with
a vehemence that caused great
Brausement. Mrs. Schmeltzer and
Mrs. Kelralso contributed to this
part of the entertainment with songs
and Mrs. Clarke gave a short reclta
tlou. The second part of the entertain
ment consisted of an exhibition of
mechanical dolls with Kev. E. T.
Simpson as exhibitor. The dolls
were Impersonated by a numls-r of
Hood Klver residents who were very
much alive, and were brought on the
stage, and wound up by Arthur
Clarke and Ralph Savage, made up
as negns-s. Mr. Clarke sang a typi
cal song in his usual Inimitable style.
S.G. Ox borrow represented UncleSam,
A J. Derby a rag doll, Noel Fording
the baby doll, Harry DeWItt the
French doll with the latest hobble
skirts, Chas. N. Clarke as a sailor
and Murton Whitney as a crying
doll. Brook' Haworth a clown,
Kodirer-Simspon a naughty boy.
Each doll did a laughable
stunt aud afterward they were pre
sented to their relatives or friends.
Harry DeWItt as the French doll,
wasglvcu to Jimmy Montgomery at
his request. Mr. Montgomery ac
cepted theicift boldly and carried De
(Continued un t'age 7)
County Court Fixes
Annual Tax Levy
Levy Will Be 10 3-10 Hills, Valuation Over
$11,000,000 and Tax Will Raise Over $100,
000 -New Road Supervisors Appointed
The new county court which or
ganized last week fixed the tax levy
for the ensuing year at 10 3 loth
mills. The levy which Is a little
lower than last year, provides for
the various funds as follows: State
1 4 lOt lis mills;Connty,2 5-loths mills;
Kouds. ." mills; Schools, 1 4 l'Uh. In
school district No ,1, there is a spe
cial school tax of ti mills, making tin
tax in that district 10 mills outside
of the city. The levy in the city al-
Eentr of XVorld Wide Interest Vtcturcd For "Busy 'Readers
together, will be 20 3 lOths mills.
The total taxable valuation In the
county Is $11, 01 3. ."!, an Increase over
the valuation of the preceding year
of about $2.."0,0i0. In round nuiii
lier the total taxation will ral-e a
fund of $104.;2.U. Of this $l't,.3 42
will lie available for road purposes
and $27, ."):' for general purposes. An
expenditure of $10.NN) authorized by
the court for the purchase of the
court house property, cuts the latter
amount down to $17..V..'! md contem
plated expenditures of $1 mi for In
crease in t he salaries of county olli
cers and improvements in the curt
house makes a further reduction In
the general fund to $1.1.7'H. The
court house Improvement will In
clude additional quarters fur county
otlicers, who are now compelled to
rent otlices outside the county build
ing. 'I'll--County court has created two
new road districts, Nos t and 11.
No. 4 Is taken from No. 3, w L it h as
considered too large and will extend
rum east to west from tin- ll.enl
river through by the Blagg lae
along the road by the I'.. II Slu-p.ird
place to t he r.eliui ill t road, and mil
to the Stanley Smith planer. Dls
trlct No. 1 1 Is cut off of No- in. I v
an I 111 ex tend a I. ng I he top of t h
east range of hi 'Is from I he ohm :.i
sc.-ith coiiniy :-n
hills along t he eu
I sM
Arrest of Joseph G. Robin.
Governor Comer of Alahnina, after n-iuling Lord Byrnu's Kiem, The Prisnner of ChlM-ai." wus so deeply tmpn-sse tluit le
released 100 convicts. Arch Hoxsey succeeded In reselling the helsht of 11.174 feet lu his aeroplane. Matthew M. -Grain, the
New York policeman who shot George AValker. nccusing him of burglar). Is champion sixteen pound hammer thrower of
the world. Government Hgeuts mav Invade the iirhate art ntlleries of .1. l'h-rpont Morgan and coutiscate nrt treasures
bought from Duvei-n Bros., who ar under Indictment charged with having deframb-d the customs service. Having started from San Francisco lu his aero
plane. Captain Thomas Baldwin expectj to fly around the world In about thre years. The Northern Hsuk of Nsw York aud tti ViUiutou Savlugs bsuk
closed their door, and Joseph O. Robin, tbelr controlling spirit, wus arreted and took poUoo.
News Snapshots
Of the Week
river to t In
! West tot hi
road.
Road supervisors were appointed
as follows: No. 1. .isead- l.-s ks.
.lav P. Lucas. No .'. lento, s S
t nrrair No. '!, I lankioii. Warren
. Miller; No I. Barrett. l:a i smith.
No ., t ak Grove, II I'. Padleinaii;
No 11. I 't ii- Grove, II ins Lag", No.
7, O.h II. I II.,.. I. l.ev. N I s, Mt
II I. C. II 1 ti . N !. Ml II 1,
I. TomMiis..n. No II, I Ir, M--l in
.Dickson
Dr. M. I'. Shaw was ri-app .liid I
sii' ret a ry a ml phj sh Ian t o I he c nin I V
board of healt h.