.11 Ad-Verlisers Get Results Highest Grade Job Tr in ting VOLUME 7, NUMBER 5 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR i-iK HOOD RIVER NEWS Hood River To Have New $30,000 Depot Railroad Officials Visit Hood River and Assure Citi zens of Its Early Construction Structure To Be handsome, Convenient and Commodious. A new, hanilMome ami enlarged passenger station Is assured Hood River by the officials of the O-W. It. & N. railroad wbo visited here Thursday evening nnd presented the plan (or the structure to t ho Com mercial Club for 1nMectloii. In the party were J. I. O'Brien, vice presi dent and Keneral manager o( the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific llneH In Oregon; J. I). Stack, assist ant general manager; Geo. W. BtwH'hke. chief engineer; W. Bollaus, auperlntendent; Win. Jackles, usslst ant superintendent; K. L. ' Coykeu dall, assistant superintendent, and K. C. Charlton, signal supervisor. A large iiuiiiImt o( representative nienilters of the club were present and met the railway officials who courteously explained the details of the proponed new structure after a short talk by E. C Smith, president of the club. The visitors were Intro duced by Ijocal A Kent J. H. Fredrley. Mr. O'Brien said that he had had In contemplation the erection of a new Htatlon here for Rome time and had determined that the first money available for thU purpose would le spent at Hood River, which occupied a warm place In the heart of the company for Its progress and enter prise, and also on account of the good feeling that had always existed between the officials of the road and the citizens here generally. Two plans were presented, the In terlor finish and arrangement of both being the same. The exterior of one Is of red pressed brick with the upper part finished In pebble dash, similar to the stations recently erected at Walla Walla, Wash., and Wallace, Idaho. The other porvlded for a concrete building. The building will I- 12 feet long Will Develop Orchard! Land on Big Scale Company With 300 Acres Incorporated For $300,000 And Will Make It Possible For Small Investors To Engage In Apple Raising. A new mode of going Into the apple raising Industry that has Just been fully organized by a company large ly composed of Hood Klver men, will 110 doubt commend Itself t those who pnfer the profits of the business minus the work. The company, which Is known as The Oregon A pple Company of Hood Klver, has Is-en Incorporated with a capital stock of fllOO.OOO. Of tills. $240,000 Is In common stock which has Ist-n fully subscrltM'd, and $00,000 In preferred stock. The latter Is now ts-lng put on the market on a pay ment plan which provides that It will draw the first ten per cent of the profits. It Is being sold at $10 a share, the payments to extend over a period of fifty months at 20 cents a month If desired, the buyer, however, hav ing the option of buying tbe stock outright If preferred. The common atock Is to participate In all profits over the first ten percent paid to the preferred. In carrying out the enterprise the company has acquired lino acres of the finest apple land In the I'pper Valley, which will be cleared and made ready for planting this sum mer. The tract Is centrally located and when Improved will lie one of the most valuable In the valley. (Ieo. I. Sargent has lieen selected as the orchard manager and horticul turist, and will have full charge of planting and bringing the big or chard to the bearing stage. Mr. Sargent Is looked upon as one of the most expert horticulturists. In the valley, ns well as an orchardlst who has secured some of the greatest practical results, and It Is stated that he Isdleves that the proposition will prove a very profitable Investment. The plan under which the company Is selling the stock Is minting with a good deal of favor by home Invest ors who cannot go Into tne business themselves, but who are anxious to make an Investment In a business that Is showing such profitable re turns ns the apple-raising Industry. In a prosMctus recently Issued by the new company, many claims are made for the superiority of the I' p per Valley over other sections for by :t0 wide, outside measurements, with a concrete platform exteudlng all around It. On the track side the platform Is to be from twenty to thirty feet wide and eight feet ut the back, adjoining the roadway. Tbe waiting room will le placed In the east eud of the building with an en trance leading to It from First street and also from the back and front. It will be roomy and will Is well appointed with retiring rooms for both men and women and a smok ing room leading from It. The ticket office Is to be placed In the northwest corner, from which a corridor will lend to the baggage room, making It unnecessary to go outside to check baggage. The baggage room will provide twice as much floor space as the present room. The express office Is to be taken out of the depot and tbe express company will erect a-building for this purpose adjacent to the station, presumably at Its east eud. The building will extend nearer to First street than at preseut and also closer to Second street. It will be necessary for the company to build a retalulng wall back of the depot and also along Second street, and the officials asked that the l.wer end of the lat ter street Is? vacated. It Is the Intention to approach the station from Second street by a side walk and concrete steps. The en trance for teams will le from First street along the roadway back of the station where a turn around will be made at the foot of Second street. After some dlscusstou It was decided that the station will also Is ap proached by teams by the road from Third street running along the rail road right of way. C'onlinud on P-v 10.' - growing apples, among which Is the fact that It has not been found nec essary there to spray for codling moth. The company has established Its home office In the Hellbronner build ing, but also has an office In Port land. Its officers and directors are as follows: H. C. Allen, Agriculturist. Wiscon sin I'nlverslty, President; Fred F. McCrea, Manager of Clearing Opera tions, Vice-President; W. It. Allen, Expert Accountant, Secretary and Treasurer; George I. Sargent. Kxpert Horticulturist, Manager of Orchards; Roger II. Slnnott, Portland, Oregon, Attorney; K. A. Sullivan, Deputy City Attorney of Portland, Frank F. Mc Crea, Indianapolis, Indiana. It Is stated that the company's prospectus will lie mailed to anyone Interested, on application. Events of XVorld Wide Interest 'Pictured For tgk H niocMr. f UArsyyyy octA rtp I w i I , Eugene Ely Hew lu his aeroplane from San Fnuieisco to the deck of the cruiser Pcniisylvnnln. lying la the 1h.v, nnd nfter dining llCWS dn&pSnOlS with the officers of the ship flew buck to land without a mishap. City Chamberlain Charles 11. Hyde of New York city returned Of (he Week inudo against Rear Admiral E. It. Rarry by his milxrdlnate olfleers. Ills request for retirement quickly followed nnd was accepted. Rraln hemorrhage caused the sudden death of Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance society and former secretary of the nary. ELSON THREE-DAY The Elson art exhibit, under tbe auspices of the faculty of the Hood River schools, held tn the assembly room of the Commercial Club Thurs day, Friday and Saturday, was at tended by a great numlter of specta tors and created wide interest. The exhibit was a representative one, showing examples of the old and modern school of art, and In cluded reproductions of many fa mous paintings, covering a wide range of subject. Thursday after noon Rev. K. A. Harris gave a talk on art to the school children, which Interested them. The keen Interest manifested by many of the young sters in the exhibit showed that Hood River's future generation Is Imbued with an appreciation of art and Its reflulng Influences. The pictures were hung in the as sembly and ladles' room, some diffi culty Isdng exerlenced In finding wall space for the large collection. Various schools Included In the re production were represented, giving spectators an opportunity to form Judgment on their comparative val ues according to their powers of discrimination. It Is expected that copies of several of the pictures will be purchased, one of which U "Cicero's Denunciation of Catallne," which won high favor with tne high school students. Tbe subject Is classic, and the orlglual COUNTY'S CENSUS BY RACE AND COLOR The director of the census has fur nished tbe Oregon state legislature, for Its use In redisricting the state, a statement showing tbe population of Oregon by counties, distributed according to color and race. The figures given are the result of an un verified count, by color, of the re turns of the thirteenth census and are, therefore, subject to some possi ble revision, but It Is hardly probable that such revision would materially affect the figures hs glren. According to- the figures Hood Klver County has the largest Japan ese population In the state with the exception of Multnomah county. Its population according to race and color Is as follows: Total, 8,016; white, "..113; negro, 17; Indian, 15; Chinese. C; Japanese 4o. The population of the state Is as follows: Total, (572,7(5."); white. tkVi, 610; negro. 132(1; Indian, 5001; Chinese, 7317; Japauese 32M; all other, 23. LOAN FUND DAY MEETING SUCCESSFUL A fair attendance was present at the Scholarship Loan Fund day meeting held In the Commercial Club rooms Wednesday afternoon and the affair was one of the most pleasing that the Woman's Club, under whose auspices It was held, has ever had. The rooms were prettily decorated for the occasion and a very enter taining and Interesting program given. During the afternoon refresh ments were served. The proceeds which w ill go to the fund were about f IS. Hood River-White Salmon Oame The White Salmon Enterprise says that the game between the Athletic Association basket ball team and the Hood River Collegium on the local "fleld"Tesembled football more from his long vacation In the south to straiKhten boiler explosion on the battleship Delaware on lt ART EXHIBIT CAUSES canvas baa won world-wide fame as portraying In artistic detail a his toiical event In Rome's most inter esting period. On Saturday afternoon a large audience listened to a very Interest ing paper on English art, prepared by Mrs. E. T. Simpson. Mrs. Sim p aon bandied ber subject entertaining ly and with a knowledge that evoked ;;": . ;. rK '" ' ,. 1 HOOD RIVER'S PIONEER RAILROAD DEPOT Which Will Soon Be Replaced With a $30,000 Brick Structure Hood River's pioneer railroad depot which is soon to be replaced with a new modern brick building, was erected at the time the road was com pleted from Portland to Huntington and was opened for business In 1SS2 The structure, which will be moved across the track for use while the sta tion Is being built, has been Identified with the progress of Hood River from the time it was a little village with a few hundred people. During that time It has had many agents, some of whom have achieved considerable success. One of them Is E. E. Ly tie, who has become, a well known railroad promoter, and another C. D. Woodbury, now supertnten dent of the Oregon-Washington. One of the first agents was E. C. Mooney until recently a resident here. This was In lsx4 and It I related that tin railroad's business was so small at that time that Mr. Mooney was ticket agent, freight agent, express agent and telegraph operator, the duties ol which he atteuded to personally. Notwithstanding this, time Is said to have bung heavily oil his hands and to amuse himself he const meted a pea gun and whlled away the hours by shooting flies on box cars that stood In front of the telegraph office window. On one occasion Van Johnson, an old time resident, f -ut to sleep In the and was rudely a w Aliened by having ev's unerring pea gun. The remarks more forcible than elegaut. In 1893 the depot was the scene of Its history when Coxey's army, which of Portland, nrrived here tn state and Their coming had been announced and a crowd gathered at the fetation and provided the motley crew with food and clothing. The engineer and train crew had orders from headquarters to proceed as Instructed by their captors but when the train got to I'nlted States troops and the stolen than anything else. It was furious, fast work from the start. In which there were many comical mix-ups and the carrying of one or two off the gory field. I'ntll Hood River be gan to get winded, they shot the baskets with better precision and took the lead right at the start, the locals gradually creeping up until it was several times a tie, the first half ending with the visitors groggy and hanging over the ropes, while the opposition shot baskets at their leisure. The Collegians, took a spurt In the beginning of the second and cut down White Salmon's lead, but not enough to win, the game ending with a wore of -I to 36. Keefhaver threw the most baskets for the lo cals, but Flynn and Cain made the most spectacular throws, negotiat ing the basket for long distances. Talbert and Stockton did good work as guards, Cain playing center, Keefhaver and Fly nil forwards. A dance followed the game. out the tangle of the city's finances caused by the recent hank fallim-s. A war to Chile Instnntlr killed eight men. Charges of ft grave nature were WIDESPREAD INTEREST I the admiration of her hearers. In the evening an entertainment was given in the Monroe opera bouse in aid of the fund that drew a crowded house, In fact so large that chairs had to lie placed la the aisles. The program provided was excellent anil the proceeds from It will leave something substantial In the way of buying pictures for the schools. depot with a clay pipe In his mouth It shot out of his teeth by Mr. Moon of the old timer are said to have been one of the most exciting Incidents In had captured a freight train out demanded largess from the citizens. Arlington It was met by a company of train recaptured. TEN ACRES OF BONE PLACE SOLD TO EASTERNERS Wm. A. Combs of Springfield, Mass has purchased through the office of (. V. Edwards & Co. the l(l-aere orchard belonging to Noah W. Rone lu Willow Flat. Part of this orchard Is In bearing. As soon as possible Improvements on the place will be made, and the balance not already set will lie planted. This Is the second sale by this firm of a portion of Mr. Rone's biddings. The Men's league of the Heights will hold their regular monthly meeting on Thursday night In the social rooms of the Baptist church. A paper will be presented by Mr. Morrison. Sunilav visitors In Portland were E. A. Raker. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hell bronner and ( has. Sletton. Btisy Headers Central Selling Plan Fails To Delegates Decided They Had No Power To Form Or ganization, and Will Try Again at Walla Walla Discussion Interesting. Unable to agree upon an Immedi ate plan for forming a corporation which would handle the apple crop of the PacltlcNorthwest, the 100 ap ple orchard owners who had been la session far two days at the V. M. C. A. at Porland, adjourned Wednes day afternoon to meet In Walla Walla February 2S. Inability to agree was due. It Is said by the Oregonlan, to the large numlr of fruitgrowers present and their divergent views. There also existed the fact that the growers were present In their Individual ca pacities and not as authorized repre seutatlves of their various associa tions. Hence they were not In a position to bind anybody but them selves If decisive action had to le taken. A resolutlou was adopted which sets forth the substance of the action taken by the convention. It recog nizes the fact that a central selling agency Is essential to the welfare of the apple Industry. To secure one. It Is suggested that all districts not organized form an apple-growers' association; that district asstxda tlons select one delegate to the Wal la Walla meeting and that this dele gate body, small In numbers, have the duty of organizing and defining the duties of the new organizations. The value of last year's crop was placed at $6,000,000, but It will In crease rapidly In coming years. H. (J. Otis, of Wenatchee, Wash., halrman of the committee of sixteen which had for Its purpose the form ing of a central selling agency, re ported at the morning session. He said that the committee had worktd until mtdulght and hud been unable to come to any other con clusion than that the Portland meet Market Now Indicates Profitable Apple Cleanup Steady Demand Takes Inferior Fruit off Harket and Causes riovement In Better Grades Export Ship ments Increasing According to Reports. From The Produce Newi out rather sparingly. Dally offer Chicago, Jan. 20. The apple mar- tngs are cleaning up closely. The ket Is better, and prices on barrels principal offerings of barreled niplcs advanced about 50c. Roxes have are "'d" Ins. Ret, Da vis and Green- , lngs. . The latter are of Irregular not advanced, but the movement Is ... .,,, , . ., . , , ' , quality, and prices take a wide heavy, with prospects Improving, range. Baldwins and Ren Davis The reason for this better outlook hold up well. There are no Kings on boxes Is the tiui-islness of holders ,,, except poor stock, which can be and their determination to push In- bought cheap. f. rtor grades Over a month ago Holdings of barn-led stink here are The News l-gan to hammer ltlnto;n),t increased by offerings from the the minds of owners of boxed nppl. s , et to any extetit, because, firm as that their only salvation was to ; the market here Is. eastern prices are cleanup Inferior fruit as rapidly as possible. 1 his stiH'k consists of fruit which buyers who went to the Northwest shied nt. and was con- stgned by the owners out there, Most of It that enme to t Idea go was sold at auction. Great quantities went Into Immediate use, but the amount stored was also large. This fruit was either of weak quality or of not long keeping variety. A great deal of It was picked when too ripe. Dealers who have been offering this stock the last month have had in their favor the high prices of barreled apples, llkewlee the fact that the boxed Irult which was bought nt growers prices must te sulci at Jl average higher than the present market to let owners out even. For cheaper boxed apples the demand at $1 .lu average has become heavy, and j owners ure pushing It hard, with prospects of an early cleanup. The high priced bovd fruit has not advanced especially, but holders fivl better and are confident that in a short time thev will be able to put up the prices. The few Johathatis left, ltiesaps. Arkansas Rl-icks and 1 Spitz can be bought at S2"i 2 In a small way. The great quantit of miscellaneous varieties average! about $1 :0. Barreled apples are.'iV higher than , last week. The News hears c.f a lurge owner of stink In New York state who this week closed out at ! $l."0 a number of Hues which laf week he offered at tjl. Chlcag.i hold ings of barreled tipples are much lighter than last year, and at no time have owners Imvii uneasy I'.e Ullsenf the plct In ra 'f b. vd frnU I hey are putting their barreled stock materialize ing did not have the required author ity, for there was no official dele gates from the apple-growers' asso ciation. For this reason, the com mittee bad reached the conclusion that It would lie Is-t ter to have an other meeting, at which the official representatives could be present. The commit fee appointed by Pres! dent Atwell to consider the subject of "Storage of Fruit In Transit" composed of H. M. (illlwrt. of North Yaktiua, Wash.; H. E. Racon, of Spokane, Wash., and C. E. Whistler, of Meilford recommended that the meeting appoint a standing commit tee of five to present the demands of the apple-growers to the proper au thorities and co-operate with other organization now working to se cure a storage In transit rate for apples. It was argued that the' apple season now lasts only 100 days and that it was desirable through storage houses to extend It several months. To accomplish this there must Is" some plan to ship the apples direct to cold storage In the east. To do this the apples must In shipped across the Ris-ky mountains before wluter sets In, and In doing this. It was contended, the apple grower should have the same privi lege as Is accorded the stockmen and miller. The storage-ln-translt rate committee named by President At well Is composed of H. M. Gilbert, of North .Yakima; H. W. Otis, of Wen atchee, Wash.; Fremout Hood, of Roise, Idaho; C. E. Whlsler, of Med ford, and C. H. Sproat, of Hood River. On the grades of apples the con vention was divided. H. M. Gilbert, of the firm of Glllsrt & Richards, of North Yakima, favored the naming (Continued on Put 10) higher. New York sate prices are Huch that Chicago owners of st.k ,lt New York state points can sell to letter advantage than here. Chl- cage dealers expect to close out a HTii. jlrt ,,f their holdings without bringing their fruit here, which will glte boxed apples every show. For this reason an early clean up of t he Indifferent boxed stock Is expected. New York, Jan. 2n Boxed apples are doing a trltle better this week. The demand shows some Improve ment, as do prices One thing that Is helping the deal Is the strong apple market abroad. Receivers say that In spite of reports to t he contrary, practically all of the fruit that has been put Into cold storage is holding ui remarkably well and coming our In tine shape. II I Kl ver Spit z an I Newton us this week are selling around $2 '.'." 2.."'. which Is better I than they have Nen doing presl- oii-ly. I The foreign markets have lii-en so ' satisfactory recently that receivers I are -.hipping abroad this un'k as nuch boxed fruit as the steanors Can take ed nes. i s In a t ha I ail ' t he a callable apple room taken and other heavy shipments go forward Saturday It ts feared lh.it with heavy shipments the b n-lgu apple markets vv III break budlv Farm kcsiJciKC Burned Mrs. Moore's residence near White S 1 1 im in vv i I. t ro d I V . I he l. h I he by an overheated v ed by lire I huts ti n is caused and ha I pipe. gain 'IN. . d great le livav before It was vered V. rv Utile vv is saved, as the house w is a n.-vv one. snd the loss will be keenly ( It