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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 6
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1911
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
ys
Wants To Cut Out
Middleman's Profit
Eggermont Orchard
Sold To Syndicate
Fine Orchard Property Passes Into Hands of Com
pany Which Will Further Develop It-Price Not
Made Public But Said To Be Big
MAYOR
HaKTWIG files veto
Declines to Approve Ordinance Appointing
Derby City Attorney on Ground That
It Is IllegalCouncil Orders Paving
Ordinances Prepared For Three Kinds
Of PavementsIncrease in Recorder's
Salary Gets Unfavorable Report and
flinors flust Refrain From Liquor and
TobaccoOther Business
Although .the ordinance appoint
lug A. J. Derby city attorney wan
expected to 1h passed Moiulny night
over the mayor's veto, which wan
filed Saturday, action on the matter
wna delayed ly a motion made ly
Councilman Broslus that the ordi
nance lie taken up for reconsldera-
tlon at the next meeting of the conn
ell. Thin action wan taken Imtnedi
aUly after the reading of the mlu
utea and precluded the reading of
the veto, which whh In the recorder's
haudH and In as follows:
To the Honorable (Jeutlemen of the
Hood River City Council:
Atlthls time I wltth to reMpectfully
state that I am conscientiously com
pelled to veto Oadlnanee No. 271,
panned for the purpose of appointing
A. J. Derby city nttornry. regardless
cf my preference In the matter, and
alrio for Its questionable legality
Mv reasons for doing so are a fol
lows:
1. The title to the so-called ordl
nance In misleading and defective. It
states that It In "An ordinance au
thorislng a contract with A. J. Der
by for legal Her vices for the year
1911." while the ordinance Itself lu
section one and elsewhere says:
The City of Hood River does hereby
enter Into a contract." etc.
2. The contract specified In con
trary to the lawn and the constitu
tion which the city olllclnls have
taken an oath to support. Chapter
J ol the City Charter provides how
the city government shall Ik" consti
tuted and who the city ofllclnln shall
be, and how they shall In- placed In
office. Some are elected and some
are appointed. It Is clearly the pre
rogative of the mayor to appoint all
officers who are not elected, and
therefore It In evident that the use of
the word "may" Inntead of "shall"
In-fore the word "appoint" In the
charter was employed to vest a fu
ture power lu the mayor, to In" cxer
clned when the occasion arisen. At
the time thecharter wan enacted, the
need of a city attorney, a surveyor,
or a street superintendent did not
exist. The word "may" lu law In
held to mean "must" whenever It Is
necessary for that power to le exer
clnd. The supreme court of thin state
has said: "It In a general principle
lu statutory construction that where
the word "may" Is used In conferring
power upon no officer, court or trl
bunal, and the public or third person
has an Interest In the exercise of the
power, then the exercise of the power
liccomes Imperative.
3. Furthermore, the ordinance
purports to put the city In contract
relationship with an Individual, an
act which can only le legally done
by the proer officers signing the con
tract. 4. It nlno Ignores and attempts
to annul the provisions of the char
ter giving the mayor or the council
power of removal, and must there
fore be construed an Illegal on that
ground also.
,r. From a purely economical
standpoint, the ordinance culls upon
the taxpayers to pay a salary of
7 a month from .fanuary 1. l'.Hl. to
an attorney who In practically ab
sent from the elty for the months of
January and February as a repre
sentative In the state legislature, and
who ennnof, therefore, perform the
duties, ami ought not to draw the
alary.
ft. That said ordinaries Is not
passed according to law. It Is my
opinion, gentlemen, that the pas
sage of this ordinance Is Illegal, un
called for, and against the dignity
that ertalns to the official acts of
the mayor of Hood River, and I de
cline to approve It.
Hated this 4th day of February,
lllll. K. H. Hartwio.
Mayor.
According to the charter, It takes
the votes of two thirds of all the
meintxTH of the council to pass an
ordinance over the mayor's veto. In
the absence of Councilman Arnold It
In not believed that the ordinance
could have lieeu passed, an Council
men Hall and Smith have put them
selves on record an against It. Not-
wlthntandiug the fact that Mr. Her
bp han not In-en appointed, a Mil
wan presented for bin services as city
attorney for the month of January,
for $75, and Just what will be done
with hln claims for salary remains to
1m3 seen
A pet 1 1 Ion signed by many of the
residents on Columbia street from
7 til to 1 :St li . against curbing that
thoroughfare, wan read. The peti
tion stated that the signers were In
favor of having the street graded,
but not curlsal. Kef ore moving to
have the matter referred to the street
committee. Councilman Hroslns
made a talk, asking that the peti
tion le withdrawn, as he Ulleved
the signers could lie shown the ad
visability of having the street fully
Improved rather than left so It would
shortly develop Into a street that
would ! Ilttl", If any, lietter than a
country highway.
In regard to the trouble that the
city han had with the Farmers' Irri
gating Company, owing to Its water
running through the streets on th
hill, C. L. Morse. .1. A. Shipley and A.
J. Anderson appeared for the ditch
company and addressed the council.
They stated that if t he council would
allow them a little more time, or
until the new water system was
brought In, they would be able t)
abandon their part of the system in
the city, but at present It would cost
the company $1,000 to comply with
the demand to pipe the water in the
city limits, which they stated wan
working a hardship on t he company.
The water users who owned stock lu
the company In the city, they said,
had promised to release It an noon as
they could consistently do so. Conn
cllman Wright, lu behalf of the peo
ple on the hill who had complained
of the water, said he thought that
the company should keep the agree
ment to pipe the water, which It had
made over a year ago when the
council had then granted an exten
sion of time. The matter was re
ferred to the fire ami water commit
tee, to report at the next meeting.
A request from Cuddeford & How-
ell, the wagon makers and black
smiths, to erect a shed covered with
corrugated Iron, on Oak street, was
referred to the fire und water com
mittee, with power to act.
A letter from Jsese I. Stearns, at
torney for the cotincllinen In the In
junction suit, Mas read, stating that
the suit had lieen dismissed without
costs to either party ami advising
the council not to try to sell the
water bonds without advertising
them. It also stated that a confer
ence with Mr. Talbot, president of
tlie company, who han withdrawn
the suit, would be advisable. In
connection with thin, a communica
tion from Councilman Hall, chair
man of the Juillcary committee, to
Mr. Talbot was read, asking that a
conference with the councilmen be
arranged.
A report from City Engineer Morse
who han recently been studying
street paving In Portland, wan read.
Mr. Morse's report wan concise and
Intelligent, giving the prices of varl
oun pavements and recommended
that the city try several kinds on the
different grades. Wood block and
bit till t hlc were recommended, the
former where the streetn are level
anil the latter ou the grades. The
cost of the pavement ran from $1 M
to over $:. On motion of Council
man Hall the city engineer and street
committee were Instructed to bring
In ordinances for street paving cov
ering at least three kinds.
No action wan taken on au offer
of W. G. A Id red & Company to take
bonds In payment for street work.
The finance committee reported
that the work of expertlng the city
books had been commenced and t he
lire and water committee reported
that It had Inspected the Monroe
theatre and considered It safe. The
same committee reported In regard
to additional street lighting that un
less a live year contract was made
the light company would expect the
city to pay the cost of Installing ex
tra lights. The work of the commit
tee was continued and It was asked
to consult the company with a
view to getting a letter distribution
of the present system With additional
lights.
The city recorder and engineer were
ordered to prepare an ordinance pro
viding for the completion of all side
walks ordered.
In regard to the Increase lu the re
corder's salary the judiciary commit-
Dakota Hood River Orchard Owner Writes
Advising Growers to Get Together and
System to Cut Out Fat Profits
Letter
Adopt
East Grand Fork, Minn., 1-30-11.
To tne Hood River News E'ub. Co.,
Gentleman: Aa your paper bear
lug date of January 2Tth lies before
me, and I have gone over Its con
tents, I find on first pageflrstcoltimn
an article In which I am personally
Interested, and when I say that I
am Interested Id tbU article I think
I voice the sentiment of every fruit
grower In Hood River valley, and
that In the article bearing on the
form of selling our productions. An
I have a young orchard about to
come Into bearing. In the Oak Grove
district, and desiring to obtain the
best prices possible for my product,
and also desiring to see my fellow
growers do likewise, I have a few
suggestions to offer. The main one
Is to place our product lu the hands
of the consumer as direct as possible,
thus cutting out the large profits
made by Jobbers ami other middle
men by which our products are be
ing handled. I wish to state for an
Illustration, on my way east last
June during the strawls-rry season
1 dropped off tne train at Helena.
Montana, anil In walking down the
platform I noticed a truck on which
were loaded several crates of Hood
River straw berries. I asked a gen
tleman who was standing by how
much those In-rrles were selling for
at that point. He did not know. A
policeman standing near spoke up
and told me that his wife had pur
chased two crates the day before for
which she paid four dollars per crate.
Now, gentletueu, I happened to have
sold several crates of these berries
through the union In-fore leaving
Hood River for which, after a long
period of waiting, I whs enlightened
with the fact that the berries I sold
brought me one dollar and ninety
eight cents for which a profit of two
dollars and two cents was gained by
the Jobber, retailer and railroad com
pany. The latter charges colli 1 not
tee, to wbom It was referred, report
ed adversely, stating that It was of
the opinion that the matter should
be left for the approval of the cltl
teiis at the next city election. The
health committee recommended that
the city marshal be Instructed to
proceed against all persons who had
not compiled with the requirements
to connect with sewers.
The Light & l'ower Company was
reported as having paid the expenses
of the recent election, and the mar
shal's report was accepted. An or
dinance making it a misdemeanor
for minors under 18 years of age to
have In their possession Intoxicating
liquors, tobacco, snuff or narcotics
passed the first reading.
An ordinance providing for author
ity to compel property owners to
connect with sewers was also read
for the first time and the health com
mittee was Instructed to Investigate
the matter of a public dumping
ground. The matter of partially
closing an alley on the heights paral
lel with 12th street was discussed but
no action taken as the plat for that
section of the city. It wun stated,
had not been accepted.
have exceeded twenty cents a crate
for the distance represented.
Now as to the apple situation. I
am not conversant with It as Grand
Forks, North Dakota, Just across
the Red river from this place, has
not handled the Hood River product
to my knowledge, but during the
month of Novemls-r, I think It wan,
the Nash Brothers had on display la
their Ontario store show windows a
large display of Wenatchee apples
nr wnicn a much larger price was
received than the grower at Hood
Hlver receives Tor hln product (at re
tail price 1 mean). Now fellow fruit
growers, I wish to say that Hood
River has nothing to fear from com
peting districts no long an she main
tains her present superior pack, fla
vor and keeping qualities. I have
not seen anything here that would
compare with the Hood River pro
duct. Now, gentlemen, when thin In
made possible why not reap the lieu
etit; ami at the same time I feel con
fident we can, by selling more direct,
reap a rich reward and at the same
time place our output, both straw
berries and apples into the homes of
the consumers at a much less figure
than they are n iw pay lug. Fellow
growers, It In now up to us lyt us
act and let un do so wisely, to ob
tain the object in view.
Yours truly,
W. F. ANUKKW8.
COMMISSION WILL ASK
FOR NEW TRAIN SCHEDULE
The Upper Hood River Valley Pro
gressive Association, which han leen
In conference with the State Railroad
Commission In regard to train serv
ice to I'arkilale, han received the fol
lowing letter from the commission
which It submits for publication as a
matter of public Interest:
Salem, Oregon, Jan. IS, 1911.
Upper Hood River Valley Progres
slve Assu., Chan. I. Moody, Secre
tary. Park dale, Oregon:
Gentlemen; After consideration of
the above matter, the Commission Is
of the opinion that during the pres
cut climatic conditions It is unwise
to make any order which will look
toward shortening the time schedule
of the Mount Hood Railway Com
pany. We are unwilling to assume
the responsibility of ordering the
schedule shortened at the present
time.
However, an soon as the weather
conditions are settled in the spring,
we recommend that the Mount Hood
Railroad shorten or so arrange It
schedules to the end that passengers
from the Upper Hood River Vallej
can get Into Hood River In time to
attend to banking ami business
We will ask that the railroad com
pany work out and submit a sched
ule later on which will accompllsl
thin. If thin cannot be done, tin
Commissfou will retain Jurisdiction
for the purpose of making approprl
ate order. In the meantime the mat
ter will be carried upon our books as
pending. Very truly yours.
Railroad Commission ok Okkcox.
By C. Attchlson, Chairman
The Eggermont Orchard Company,
recently Incorporated with a capital
stock of $50,000 for the purpose of
taking over the Eggermont orchard
lands, completed the deal Wednes
day, when the property was trans
ferred. The directors and officers of
the company areas follows: Chan.
Hall, president; F. L. Davidson, vice
president; P. S. Davdnon, secretary
treasurer. F. L. Davidson will have
charge of the management "f the or
chard. The offices of the company
are at No 9 Oak street.
The purchase Includes one of the
finest orchard proiertles In the val
ley, on part of which was grown the
car of Newtownn that took first
prlxe at the National Apple Show
last fall. It conslstn of Vt acren. .1(1
of which are In tieartng orchard. 20
acren In hay, and the rest undevel-
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News Snapshots
Of (he Week
HOOD RIVER HIGH
LOSES SECOND GAME
The Hood River Hl;h School crack
basketball team lost to Goldendale
Hiirn School L'8 to V2 on Goldeiidale's
floor Friday night. The boys out
dossed Goldendale from start to
finish, but had the misfortune of Ih
Ing compelled to abide by the decis
ions of an umpire who was deter
mined to give Goldendale the game
at any cost. He called fouls on
Hood River whenever occasion
prompted, though they were not
fouls In any sense of the word Dur
ing the game he called 17 fouls on
Hood River and not one on Gold
endale. Such an unscrupulous um
pire Is a great detrlmeut to the Gobi-
endale boys, as they, themselves
played a clean game.
Hood River High School plays
Stevenson High at Hood River Fri
day evening, February 10th. This
will be the game of the season. If
Hood River beats Stevenson here,
ami Stevenson lieats Goldendale.
then Goldendale, Stevenson and
Hood River will lie tied for first place,
The local boys promise the best
game of the season Friday, and ask
for a full attendance to help them
along.
VALENTINE BASKET SOCIAL
AT PINE GROVE HALL
On Tuesday, Feb, 14th, a Rasket
Social will lie given ar Pine Grove
hall. Come out and huve one big
time. In each basket there will be
placed two tickets, which will give
the owner of the basket and the
buyer the privilege of dancing.
There will also be a roaring farce
comedy entitled "The Matrimonial
Agency, or Husbands and Wives
Supplied," which In brim full of good
hearty laughs, Itesldcs numerous
other things.
Now, ladles, don't forget your ban
kets, or no dance, and gents your
pocket books. Don't Illlsn thin nt
vim will regret It until next year
Remember the date, Vulentlue's day.
Feb. 14, 191 !.
'oped. It Ilea along the Hood River
on the east aide and has on It the
former summer home of F. L. Eggert
and also the residence of Henry
Avery, under whose eare the orchard
has tieen developed. The property
has on It adequate farm buildings.
Including barns and an apple house,
all of which are In good condition.
In many respects It Is considered
one of the finest properties In the
valley, both an an Investment and on
Hccotmt of Its location.
The new owners bought the prop,
erty an an Investment on account of
Its profitable product, and later ex
pTt to clear and Improve the unde
veloped land. They will be given
possession March 1st, when the fam
ily of Mr. Avery will vacate the
premises.
The sale was made through the
agency of J. H. Hellbronner A Co,
APPLE VINEGAR COMPANY
INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK
I'he Hood River Apple Vinegar
Company recently held lrn annjal
meeting and Increased Its capita!
fock from fl.'i.tHNi to J.'.ikmi The
company has been doing a large bu
iness and has under contemplation
the enlargement of Its plant, an soon
as the stri-et Improvement under con
templation near Its factory has been
lii I. led upon, so It can get a grade
to build to
The new oHli-vm and directors of
t he company are as follow s: Dint
tors, C. J. Calkin-. G C Ruff. T J
Fellows. President and manager oi
the plant, t . J. Calkins; vice presl
lent.G C Ruff
free Advertising For Our City
We received the good news thu'
the Ilenedtctlne Fathers of Mt Angel,
Ore., who have worked In this state
since lv2 are to publish a centennial
number In which our city is to have
it conspicuous position. The Mt
Vngel Mngailtie that circulates all
over the Union and I'.urope. In prevl
lis yearn ban done much to adver
tlse Oregon and bring progrelve
Itlxelin to the West It Nimiiimii. I li.
Held solicitor, will call here ami fak.
up the work with the Coinmeril.il
Hub.
HOOD RIVER MEN
TOJBEGOME ELKS
On Thursday evening, February
23rd. the largest clans of candidate
that han ieen Initiated Into the Elks,
from Hood River, will leave thin city
for The Dalles ty special train, where
they will liecorae members of thla
popular organliatlon. The class la
being organised by Arthur Clarke,
and It Is expected that It will be ac
companied by s large number of the
inemliers of the organization who
reside here.
The names of the candidates are H.
F. Davidson, W. H. Chlpplug. C. H.
Stranahan, C. P. Ross. Charles N.
Clarke, Harry Wood, C. If. Sproat,
C. F. Gilbert, Roy Slocnm. V. Win
chell. Dr Eldrldge. J. M. Hutchinson,
C P. McCan. R. E. Laraway, J.C.
skinner. Dr. Bronson. T. A. Decker,
G. A MeCurd.v, C. Dethmm. Wro.
Khrek. M F.Shaw, G. Y. Edwardi
and F. M. Howell.
Will Make Extended Trip
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Cram left Sun
day morning for Portland, from
which point they etarted on an ex
tended eastern trip that will cause
them to be absent for a month.
From Portland they went to San
Francisco, thence to Los ngeles,
and will go on to New Orleans, In alt
of which places they will visit. Their
next stop will 1m? at Washington, D.
C. and from there they will go to
New York. Boston will lie their
next stop, from which place thry will
visit the great shoe manufacturing
districts of Brockton and Lvnn.
Mass. On the way back a visit will
lie made In Chicago, when they will
return home. W bile away Mr. Cram
will do the spring and summer buy
ing for his establishment, and ex-
is-cfn to show a lot of new things In
both men's and women's wear dur
ing t he season.
Received Carload of BuzgJe
The Gilbert-Vaugban Im. dement
I'ompany received last wet k the larg
est consignment of vehicles ever
rought to Hood River at one time,
nil which consisted largely of bug
ilen. The consignment wan a full
arload from the factories of the
tiit baker Company and It has been
.laced on exhibition In their wnre-
rooms. Among trie lot are a nuiutn-r
f new models and already several
fthetn have been sold. TheGllbert-
Vaughan company In now stocking
ip with everything lu the vehicle and
rchard Implement Hue and Is look
ing forward to a busy season.
Woman's Club Meeting
I'he program for the Woman's Club
meeting on February l.'ith at 2:30 p.
in Is tin follows:
An Original Pr igram.
R"ll l a I r1gitia jValentltie.
lb nuance.
Poem.
Piano solo, "Reveries," (composer.
Mrs. C W Edmunds )
rtils program will ! of uritwual
interest. It In nrgei that ever inetu-
s-r Is- present and h ive h valentine
n response to her name at roll call.
Cai kmiaii Commutes.
C. U. Vail 1 ress, an expert sleiiog.
rapher ami t v-w riter, iims in
the pusltloii of deputy county rlerk
it the court house. J P. I.iicni,
ho h is Ixt-n acting as deputy coun-
v i l. rk is engaged In the wir( of
tlei.'llng the tut roll, making It
,,,-,,ry to see a re ii'i iiri'inni neip
in the count clerk's i.ftVe
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