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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1911)
IME HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get Results Highest Grade Job Tr in ting r.v: VOLUME 7, NUiVitfER 4 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION. $1.50 A YEAR Fruitgrowers Gather to Form Selling Association Delegates From Six States Will Discuss and Prepare Plans For Better flarketing Conditions Local Organization Represented at fleeting. The meeting culled l.v 'resident At well of Hie Oregon N title Hortlenl turnl Society, for the creation of an apple cooperative Helling agency, company, met In the Y. M. ('. A. as sembly hall In Portland Tuedny. Tlie call Include nix state Wash ington, Idaho, Oregon, I'tah, Colo rado ami Montana leading apple 1,'i inern from the varlniiH orchard it'-rli-t were preent. Vmoiig thoHe scheduled to take part In t he proceeding were: Daniel I'.. Wlllard of St. I'anl. development M;.'nt of the Northern I'ncltie Kail uy company; Fremont Wood of Im Inc. Idaho, judge of the third ' ndclal district of Idaho; Mile Can noil of Welrtcr. lilaho, prominent up pie grower; K. F. Kcnnon, of I'rosser, Wash., prcnldent of the Washington State Horticultural Society, ami ('. K. Whistler of Medfonl, Ore , promt nent fruitgrower, of Hoiithcrn Ore gon. The object of tlie association an Mated In to "protect the Hpile tuar ki t primarily from Indiscriminate imping of product without due i tislderatioii of the opportuidtleH I "eenU-d by gradual dlstrlbiitllou of ti crop over a period of time, thin -mlttlng the demand to te held In ' oitrol bo that remunerative prices .u y be obtained." I', In proponed to form a company ''h sufllejent paid np capital to cm .te distributing centern In the va 1 1'. .a large clllo of the cunt, coupled a-I b miii pie Mortige plautn to bold t .t crop ami care for It, nud through fii-i- it to miirket the product of the Mountain and coast ntaten In ouch ii manner an will not permit slump ing of the prlcen. It In couceeded by t frultgrowern behind the move n. lit that the undertaking in a large one, they believe It In one that can lie it" JIm1 In m prut-tlenl manner to the d antnge of all of the apple grow em. The company In not to lie or g i nwd with a view to profit for the i -. niotern, Jnt for the advantage of ii dividual memliern In marketing i i.eir ai plen. It in pointed out tliilt the quantity l new apple tree coming Into In-nr-Ing for tlie ttrnt time In 1!11 will equal the iiiiiiiImt of tree already in POWER DEVELOPMENT APPEARS IMMINENT liidlcatlotin are not linking that Home of the Immense power In tlie Hood Itlver that han Is-cn lying un tined will noon be put to tine by thone who own It, or will pann Into I lie handn of thone who will. The Watt Development Company was recently given n city franchise to line the city Htreeln for Inntalllng a power line supplied from Itn nite at Tllcker'H bridge, and It In thought that It will not In allowed to long rem a In Idle. The new company that han bought the light and power plant. It in ex pected, will develop a much greater amount of power than It now han In line, while He vera I project of a nmaller nature are contemplated that will mil for hnrnennlng up additional nltos on the river. In addition to the big plant w hlcli It ownn at Dee, the Oregon I,umter Company notne time ngo acquired one of the bent site on the river, with the understanding that it in to be lined for genera ting electric power when the time comen for Itn need In the near future. DEFEAT PROPOSITION TO BUY WATER PLANT The hmcIii1 election held Saturday to vote on the question of purchas ing the water Hystem resulted In the nienure Indng defeated by a vote of IMI to SO. Very little Interest wa inanlfented In the nlatter and no effort wnn made to get out the full vote. Several warm dlciisnlon took place with the Judge at the poll liecause a nuinlsT of citizen who thought they were entitled to vote were not allowed to do ho. The disgruntled voter were on both Hide of the question ami luid evi dently not acquainted theinselvcH with the provision of the law. The greatest amount of Interest In the election was shown lu the hill sivtlon of the city which Included a good part of the opposition. bearing, virtually iloubllng the crop of the north went. It In likely that the meeting w Ul lant neveral days. Connultatloti In to lie had with lawyern familiar with ter '' "it r - -i L THE TUCKER One of Several Which It I? the draw lug of Incorporation pHpern of cooperatle rompiinien In Ciilifor ula, when' huccchn han met tlieeffortn of the ralnln and orange growern. Delegaten have liecn nele-ted by the fruit union and local cooperative companies at Hood Kiver, Yakima, j Weiner, Idaho; Walla Walla, (ioldcti-1 dale, Medford. Albany, I'.ngene, Itolse ' and other district. EVentr of XVorld Wide Interest 'Pictured For n l p News Snapshots Of the Week fraudulent election.. Trial of Mrs. Laurn F. Schenk for the murder of her husband Is now being fought out la Wheeling jW. Va.) court. A uvw 'peace maker" Dreadnought, the Arkansas, was launched Jan. 14 at Camden, N. J. Paradise Farm Will Go Into City Lots Thin summer will probably nee a big change In the appearance of the Paradise Farm tract, which contalnn in nny of tlie fluent renldence site In the city, Itn owners are now con templating putting streets through It and cutting It up Into building lotn. Recently a fine site whh do unted by Mm. Armntrong to the American Wotuan'n league, which In making all ponnllile effort to get a chapter houne located on It. A ntreet wan recently made, reach Ing the tract from Thirteenth ntreet junt above State. A bridge and cul- - "N Developed. o carri trutfic eant end of i : 'its of ( )ak ;, on the " i'M i;rd to the i (irove .i went fri THE HOOD RIVER One of the Industries That Wants having It connect with a new county road, making a short cut over an easy grade to town, The Paradise Farm property In one of the oldest In the county and rr- V : ...1 v ft m-T- . V - At (Hie time a laborer nt f4..'0 per week, James A. Fnrrell Im been chosen president of the I'nited Stiitc steel corporation tt IIOO.(HH) n yenr. Dnvl Klkln of West Virginia tin been selected to succeed his lute father In the I'nited Stute senate. Stricter supervision of banks In Now York state will result through closing of Curnegie Trust company nnd other bunking Institutions. Arguments were liinile In the I'nited States senate In the esse of Senator I.orinier of Illinois, charted with given a fine view of the Columbia river, Mt. Adamn and Mt. Hood. It In level, making It ponnible to grade ntreet through It with comparative eane. When Improved It will con tain nl ten for the largent addition to the city within Itn limit. 1'arudintt Farm In part of the land originally necured by the late Dr. Adamn with the Jeukinn donation claim many yearn ago, and on which he erected what wan voimldered the fluent houne In Hood Itlver at that time and which In Mill ntanding. It 1 Mated that the Improvement con template moving It neveral hundred feet to the, north In order to allow the continuation of State Mreet wheu It become necennnry. LOCAL INDUSTRIES WANT BETTER STREET Owner of property along the rail road are complaining bitterly of tlie fact that apparently nothing ciin lie done about getting a Mreet to con nect tlie manufacturing plant nitu ated there with a ntreet that will do away with the heavy haul now nec eary In thin dixtricl in nituated the meat packing p'ant. lumber yard of the Hridiil Veil Lumbering Com pany, the flour mill of the Hood Kiver Milling Company and the Vin egar factory. It U entlinated thnt I.. MR) load are hauled to am from the vinegar factory alone during the year over a road that 1 deep with mud In the fall and winter and no Meep that It I alluoM Impossible to get over it at tlmen. What thene Interest want 1 a road that will connect with the freight house and Apple (irowern' 1 t FLOURING MILL a Better Street to Its Premises. Tnlon running ent nnd went. The matter ha been presented to the council neveral tlmen but It seem that It cannot Ik-put through. The owner of the vinegar factory Mate - a E that It ha become one of the most Important Industrie lu the city and ha paid out a large amount of money thi year which ha gone Into the pocket of local resident. The transportation drawback under which It I forced to work It I de clared i b-couilng discouraging and It 1 claimed that there I talk of moving It elsewhere. The name sen timent In expressed by the flouring mill management and owner of the other Industrie affected, who Itelleve that they should receive more consideration. ...'-.V' mMiitimimm , . M , , ,JlfJ - j THE ADAMS HOUSE Hood River's First Mansion, in the West Section of the City. Wants Decision Reversed. Attorney K. H. Hartwig and S. W. Stark went to Salem Thursday anil argued the case of Albert Kuhnke v. Caul Aubert to restrain the latter from taking water from a ditch owned by Kuhnke. The case was heard by Jude Itradsltaw lu May l'.HlS and the latter granted ii decree restraining Aubert. Husy Headers H r' l?v i a City Will Again Attempt to Sell Ordinance Token Up and Bonds to Be Re-Advertised Council Takes Action on Street Improvements Ordinance to Appoint City Attorney. Street Improvement, action look ing to the Helling of the water bond and an ordinance to secure the ser vice of Judge Ia-rby an city attor neyy, occupied the attention of the conncll Monday evening. A resolution wa Introduced In structing the city recorder to notify engineering papers, for publication In their columns, that the city would pave 1.1 block thi season. In order to uive paving concern an opportu nity to submit data. A petition wa then read from the business men on the belght. akiuir that Itobt. Strong be appointed uiuht watchman for that section of the city. Tlie petition wa submit ted by A. C. State u, who wa present an the representative of the height and who addressed the council at 1 some length, saying that the r-l dents of that section believed they were entitled to a night policeman to preserve order and protect property He also asked for two lights on Twelfth street, say Ing that at pres ent the only light in the hu-dness portion of t hat street wa one that he furnished himself, and that It could not be kept lighted without the aid. of an ollicer of the law to protect It from the hoodlum element. About half the population of the city wa now situated on the hill, said Mr. Staten, and they thought they were entitled to bet ter street lighting and permanent police protection. The petition wa referred to the po lice committee. Thecitx engineer was instructed to prepare plans and specification for WOMAN'S LEAGUE TO MEETJHURSDAY The regular meeting of the Ameri can Woman's League will convene at the home of Mrs. Flora Hartley Thursday afternoon of this week In stead of Wednesday, as some of the members of the league desire to at tend the meeting of the Woman's Club which Is held at the Commercial Club rooms Wednesday ill the Inter est of the loan fund This league meeting will be In-1 I to complete Chapter house requirements. Some ten or fifteen more members will do It. I!e sure ami each secure one new member or friend to attend tlili meeting, .lust one more strong pull by every member and the goal Is reached. Show your friend the Na tlonal l'ailv whore It tells of the ! great meet Ing of t lie state regents lu j diversity City last vk, of their great enthusiasm and of the great j plans for the future. Also of the support of the Class A publishers tendered Mr. Lewis in their league I rally In New York City. The course j of study offered to member are j worth ten times tlie price of member- nhlp.' All of our members should avail themselves of some of these course. N e desire at t his meet Ing j to farther organize the classes ami I show those not jet Interested what they are missing. j F.ver.v person subscribing a I delioiit lire w III get a membership In I the Founder's Chapter free, which i after February 1st will be worth $100. Some of our members are thus liel, lug themselves and the chapter. . Look Into t his mat ter M n. M All t ii I In. II v. 1'resn Correspondent Water Bonds Improving all ntreetn In the fire lim it, under the direction of the street committee. The treasurer' and re corder's reportn for the quarter end ing with the year 1S10 were nubmlt ted, showing a deficit of Homethlng over s,oiM) In the general fund. The report wa referred to tlie finance committee. An ordinance providing for the Im provement of all street In the fire limit wa read, and pased the first reading. An the mayor had not signed the contract appointing A. J. Derby city attorney, an ordinance wa read providing for the employ, tnent of hi services at $75 per month. Tlie ordinance specifies that Mr. Derby will transact all the legal bu Iness for the city except litigation In connection w ith establishing the mu nicipal water system. The ordi nance pissed first reading. On motion of Co'iuciiman Wright, ordinance No. 2.VJ, providing for the advertising and sale of the water bonds, which has Is-en sleeping since August, wan unearthed and read. The ordinance provides that the bonds shall lie advertised for 60 days, to bear Interest not exceeding 6 per cent. It In the name a the former one put In effect by the council. It wa referred to the fire and water committee, with Instruction to 1n ventlgate the bond market and re port at the next meeting of the council. A bill for the Her vice of the city treasurer wan received, and the vote at the recent special election can vassed and declared correct. TEAM RUNS AWAY WOMENBADLY HURT Mrs. (!eo. Hunt and little daugh ter and Mr. Marion Mat Rae had a narrow escape from being killed or permanently injured last Wednesday when a iltii Mm. Mjeltae was driv ing ran away in the Oak irove dis trict. The party started to come to town from larkspur. Mrs. MacKae's ranch, and coming down the hill the team, which had Iteen Man ling for some time, liecnme too frisky and got beyond the control of the driver. After running about a mile, Mr. MacKae wan thrown out anil quite severely injured about the side and client Mr. Hunt, fearing the child would lie killed, dropped It out of the buggy aud It was afterward found little the worse for Itn hazard ous experience. Clinging to the careening vehicle, Mrs. Hunt wan carried along for about a half mile, when one of the horses went Into the ditch, throwing the other and bringing their mad dash to a stop with a crash. Mrs. Hunt wa thrown to the ground and rendered unconscious. It was later discovered that she had fractured several rib and was quite badly hurt otherwise, but will re cover. The team was badly cut up by Its fall and splinter from the tongue, which wan shattered. WILL DECIDE HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP I'.v defeating The Dalle team "J7 to j 11, t lie Stevenson team will h ive to j play the deciding game lu theColiitu ! bia Kiver High School basketball j contest w itli Hood Kiver. Tlie game to decide which of the team will win the pennant will lie pined next Friday night at the Stevenson g.v tiinasiuiu. The II I Kiver team has not been defeated so far In the contest this ear, and if Is iioi looked upon a the probable winner of t he nerte. Stolen The date of February L'"J. 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