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4 li-iE HOOD RIVER NEWS Ad-Verttsers Get Kesults Highest Grade Job Vr in ting J VOLUME 7, NUMBER 12 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR HOOD BIVER Pacific Light Plans for Greatest Extension of Electric Power Line in Oregon Washington Also to Be Tapped With Cable Across Columbia Here and at Umatilla Work To Be Started Immediately and Com pany Will Spend $1,000,000 On Project Guy W. Tulliot, president of t tit Pacific Unlit and Power Company, announced lit Hood Klver Friday the most sweeping extension of elec trie power linen Unit hit yet taken place In Oregon. The extension uIho InclinleH the largest territory In Wellington that ha ho far lieen inaile tributary to electric power. Mr. Talbot's annoimceinent 1h In connection with the Hood Klver and The Dalles power plant, which have recently iH'en taken over ly the big company. The scoie of the exten mIoii on the Oregon nlde of the Co lumbia river IneludeH a high teiiHlou line from here to I'matllla, thence across the Columbia river and up the north bank to Kennewlck, Wash. Mr. Talbot also states that In all probability a Hue will lie constructed from Euzcn, Wash., across the Horse Heaven country to connect with n main transmission line of the com pany at 1'roMncr, Wash. Mr. Talbot ays that the company lias juHt com pleted Its line from Priest Knplds. WiimIi., to Kennewlck, and that when all these linen are completed, the company will have all of Its water and steam electric plants tied Into each other. The first line will lie commenced lietwecn Hood Klver and The Dalles, which the company ban already au thorized and which It Is stated will Ih- cotiHtructcd JiiHt ait miun an ma terial and men can be gotten on the ground. The Hood IMver Improve ment IncludcM a high tension cable, which will lie stretched ucross the Columbia river between Hood Klver and White Salmon. The Pacific Company has filed on the water power In the White Salm on river from Its head to the Colum bia river, and power from It will form a part of the big chain of elec tric power which the company will operate. The plant nt Hood Klver Ih to be IncreiiHed from UK) to :i,(MHl. horsepower, and the plant the com pany Iihh on the White river above The Dalles will lie developed Into much larger capacity. The extension from The Mullen to I'liiatllla will lie conHtructed thin Hummer, and the development of the WORK STARTED ON HUGE STABLE Work wiim commenced on the foun dation of the new Htable for the Fashion I J very Co. nt the head of Oak street laMt week, ami from all nppearanceH the building will lien whopper. While the structure will be of wood the f ii ii 1 11 1 1 ii h are being laid In concrete. The building will be three stories high w ith a rear en trance on the tiaMemcnt floor. It will ll'ive n wide frontage on Oak Htreet In w hich t he main entrance and otll cch will be Hltuated. The carriage room will be on the flrHt floor off Oak Htreet and the Htablen under nealh with a warehouse In the base ment. W hen Completed the Htable will lie one of t he largi'Ht In Hie state and Mill be equipped with modern con veniences for an eHtabllHliment of thin kind. It Im expected that It will In completed by May l."th. CONTRACT LET FOR REFRIGERATING MACHINE At a meet I iik of t he board of direc tors of the Hood Klver Apple Grow ers' 1'nlon bids on t he new refrlger ntlriK machine, w hich the union will Install, were opened and Hell V Wild man of Portland were granted the contract. The new machine w III be of 50 toim capacity and Increase the Htoragi1 ("ipaiity nlnioHt four times. The building will not be enlarged this year unless t he apple crop proven to be a record one. UiATILLA & Power Company Perfect power along the White Salmon river Is also scheduled to take place this year. The big power obtained from the Hood river, White Salmon and White rivers and other territory cov ered by the project. It In titated will be uned for any purpone that It In needed for, from electric rallroadu to supplying power for pumps for Irri gation projects. The power linen will cover a distance of J00 miles on each side of the Columbia, extending back 30 miles In the Hood Klver and White Salmon valleys. The Mosler country will be reached Kansas Globe Trotter Tells Story of Trip Gives Oregon People Place of Honor for Hospitality Says Scenery is Unsurpassed---Has Thrilling Experience in Blue Mountains J. M. White of Fort Scott, Kan., who Is on a (ledestrlan trip around the world arrived here Monday. Mr. White has had some thrilling exjxTl ences since he started out. In an In terview with the News lie said: "My entrance to the great state of Oregon was In a blinding hiiow storm on Washington's birthday, when I took the train for t he first time on my trip, nnd came Into Huntington, leaving there the next day I was sent seven miles off the mail and had fourteen miles moun tain climbing to do. "My next adventure of Importance was In the I'.lue mountains, near (illilioi), where I started to walk to Pendleton after a train ride from Meacham, the snow being so deep that I had to ride. lielow Thorn Hollow I left the railroad, trying to go to the wagon road and getting a good wetting twice. At last I met an old squaw and after trying En glish In vain I used the Chinook with good effect, she then showing me a road over the mountains that short ened the way. The sun was getting low, but up the mountain I went, arriving on the summit too late to see the settlements below and with the moonlight and my thoughts for company I followed the fences until I found a way Into the valley which must have been lielow Cnyuse. Dragging my wet nnd weary limbs to an old house I shut the doors nnd lay there until daylight, when I Events of iVorld Wide Interest Victured For PfiMF0Mt)Aysm-V$ptZl MMOyl CW5e WASHINGTON HuAfrSa News Snapshots Of (he Week serious Illness of President Dial the United States government dispatched W.non troops under command of Major Oeneral Carter to the Mexican frontier ostensibly to tw ready to protect American interests. Warships also have boon ordered to Texas waters, the armored cnilser Washing-ton l sing one of the favored few. POWER LINE on the line between Hood Klver and The Dalles, and operations will also Include a wide circle about the Wasco county city. The Hues will reach all the towns along the Columbia from Hood Klver to Umatilla, on the Ore gon Hide, and eventually take In all those on the Washington side, with a double connection across the Co lumbia at Hood IMver and I'matllla. It Is stated that the abundance of power will throw open an Immense territory which can be Irrigated by pumping systems, In addition to the other features of development, such as light and transportation. found the settlement and got a ride part way to Pendleton. "My trip through the mountains the last three days has been a source of wonderful pleasure and the people have treated me with the greatest kinduiss. For line scenery, good land, hospitable people, Oregon lients all the states I've traversed, passing through Kansas, Colorado, Wyom lug, Ftah am Idaho, ami now I wish to spend two weeks In beauti ful Portland and visit the seashore further on. Although very sick I will keep on until the book of useful knowledge I am compiling shall be launched upon the sea of public opin ion. "I shall give Oregon the place of honor. While I have not made the money hen I have elsewhere, the goodwill and hospitality of the peo ple have been a light to my path nnd strength to me when life seemed al most gone. I use no liquors, drugs or narcotics and have never had to violate the law, although sorely pressed by dlfllcultles." Special Rates for Rose Festival Special fares have liecn made by the railroads for travel to the Port laud Kose Festival, June 5-10. a rate of one nnd one-third the usual tariffs for the round trip having lieen agreed upon by the various lines. Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Co lumbia will get the benefit of these reduced fates. Joseph W. Pulley of Texas resigned from the Pulled Stntes senate In a hufT. A few hours Liter he withdrew resignation. President Tuft appointed Walter I,. Fisher. Chicago lawyer, to succeed Klehard A. Italllnser. ho resigned as secretary of the Interior. Premier Monls of Franco, who HUi'ccedid Hrland. Is mooting with much opposition by the Kepuhllfans. Howard Flliott, president of the Northern Piuille railroad, refused to invent irosldoticv of the Missouri Pacillc. Owing to rumors of Heights IWass Meeting Would Amend Charter Push Club and Civic League Hear Address by Attor ney A. J. Derby Who Now Appointive---Evans Offers Resolutions A largely attended Joint meeting of the Heights Civic Improvement League and Push ( lub was held Thursday evening at the Ilaptlst church for the purpose of dicusslng proposed amendments to the city charter. J. T. Ilolman was selected an chairman of the meeting and N. C. Kvnns as secretary. Mr. Ilolman, after stating that the object of the meeting . was to consider a proposal to amend the city charter.lntroduced A. J. IH-rby, who had been Invited to address the meeting on the sub ject. Mr. Derby stated among other things that the present charter had lieen drawn when the city numbered .TOO Inhabitant and that the popula tion had now out grown It. The tnntter of street Improvements which are at presentcauslng litigation were deemed unnecessary at the time the charter was adopted, but the city had developed to such an extent that conditions now demanded a new charter In keeping with more progressive Ideas. Mr. Derby urged every citizen to procure a copy of the charter which could be obtained for 2."i cents, and to make a careful study of the sections they thought ought to lie amended. He believed, he said, t hat one sec tion of the charter that ought to be amended wus that relating to city officers, which should provide for making the offices of city attorney, city surveyor ami city marshal elec tive Instead of appointive. Mr. iHTby explained that the pres ent method of levying street assess ments by the front foot, as the char ter now stands Is nianadatory. This method, he said, hail proven burden some to some of !ie property owners MEXICO LOOKS GOOD TO HOOD RIVER MEN A. A. Jayne, who has been spend ing several months In Southern Cali fornia and Mexico, arrived home Thursday and assures his friends that the great amount of puhlldty he received on account of the fear that he had been lost In our sister republic was needless. The belief that he and J. I). Woodworth, who accompanied him, were lost was oc casioned by their going several hun dred miles further into Mexico than they had anticipated, and the failure to get weird to their families. Mr. Jayne says that a rumor which seemed to be current during his absence that lie was going to give up his law practice here Is mi- true ami tnai ne nas no intention 01 doing so. He states that he Is as much Interested In Hood Klver and Its welfare as ever and expec ts to continue his residence here and the practice of his profession. Mr. Jayne and Mr. Woodworth were so Impressed with the posslblll- ties of agriculture In the section they visited that they Invested In a good- sized tract there. The Hood Klver attorney says that large Investments are being made In Mexico farm lands Advocates Electing Officers ' and should be changed to allow the council to levy assessments In ac cordance with the lienefits derived by the property owners. Mr. Derby said the provision In thecnarter lim iting Its Indebtedness to $."i000 should also fie changed as this amount was too small for the city's needs. He reviewed the recent Injunction suit In the federal court against the city at some length with the exception of the proceedings of the Ketier Bros. with the council. In concluding he earnestly urged that the citizens take action to amend the charter, asserting that It contained many things which hampered the progress of the city. The chairman then extended an invitation to any others who had views on the matter to speak, and Attorney S. W. Stark, who was pres ent, stated that the suit commenced by the proerty owners, for whom he Is attorney, was not for the pur pose of holding up street improve ments, but for equitable relief from the present method of assessment. A. C. Staten also addressed the meeting at some length, urging that action be taken by the committee looking to the amendment of the charter. Resolutions were then offered by N. C. Evans, endorsing the action of the city council and containing sug gestions for the amendment of the charter. Mr. Kvans stated that w hile he had n it written the resolu tions, he had helped prepare them. Some dllliculty was experienced In reading the resolutions, but after va rious corrections made by Mr. Evans they were finally presented to the meeting and read, and the gathering then adjourned. by Americans, nud that while there he met many who were Investigating the climatic, soli and other condi tions. Among them was a party from the White Salmon valley. In addition to being highly pro ductive, t he section w hich the local men were In. and which Is near the sea coast, has an equable climate. On his return. Thursday, Mr. Jay tie was accompanied by his son, Maurice. Mrs Jayne Is expected to arrive here this week. HOOD RIVER TO HAVE AEROPLANE CONTEST A. L. Crocker announces an ama teur aeroplane meet, which will lie held during the latter part of April. S entrh have so far lieen made and It Is expected that there will be j several others. A number of Hood j Klver l,,,.v ,",VJ shown decided . genius In constructing aeroplane models and the meet Is exerted to very Interesting, j It ""1 ''' held on the sand bar and j "3" n,lllt f"r those who wish to : enter has tieen tixed nt twenty years, 1 Prizes will be given and entries can !'' made with Mr. 'rocker, who can lie found at the Hotel Oregon. 'Busy 'Readers Celebrates Now Life With Fine Banquet rierchants' Association Takes On New Life at Annual Gathering Finances in Prosperous Condition And $150 Donated to Fire Department The annual banquet of the Hood Klver Merchants' Association, held Thursday evening, was successful In getting together again the local busi ness men, and the organization was given renewed life and vigor. Previous to attending the banquet, a business meeting of the association was held at the Commercial Club rooms, where the merchants assem bled. President K. E. Krayford was In the chair, and J. M. Wood, the newly elected secretary, assumed charge of his duties. At the business meeting the good of the association was discussed by a number of speakers, among whom were It. IJ. Itragg, C. H. Vaughanand E. O. Hlanchar. Itjwas stated by Mr. Bragg that residents of the val ley had obtained a wrong Idea of the organization, many of them thinking that It was for the purpose of raising prices, when such was not the case. Its purpose, originally, was to ad Just unnecessary competition among business men and also for their pro tection against bad accounts. It had. In addition, taken up matters for the lieneflt of the community that were thought to come under Its province. He believed that the as sociation should be kept in existence for the good of the business men and the community at large. Mr. Vaughan, ex-presldent of the association, said that so little Inter est bad lieen shown In attending the meetings of the organization during the latter part of 1'JlO that It seemed as If It would Imj Impossible to carry It on. After three attempts, how ever, enough members had been got ten together to elect a new set of officers, and new Interest, he thought, would now carry It along success fully. Owing to the fact that most of the business men had Joined the Western Protective Association, which had branches In all the towns throughout the state, the local or ganization hail decided to drop the protective feature and allow the gen eral association, which wis more effective, to take charge of that work. Mr Klanchar, In his remarks, said that the good showing made by the meruliers In attending the banquet satisfied him that they were In favor of continuing the 'work, and he be lieved they ought to. He thought that the association would lie able to accomplish good work, particu larly along lines that could not le handled otherwise. Personally, he said he was willing to do anything In his power to help maintain the or ganization nnd make It the success In the future that It had lieen In the past. It was then suggested by J. M. Wood that Inasmuch as the associa tion had f JC In the treasury, more money than It really needed to carry on its work, that the dues be sus pended from Decern lier 1. to March 1. lull. This met w ith favor anil further action was taken, stat ing that delinquents lie notified and those who did not pay up back dues lie dropjied. A motion also pre vailed providing that any metnU r In arrears three months be deemed de linquent. A communication from the Hood Klver lire Department was read, at the request of W. H. Metiulre. asking the association to appropriate from Its fund for the purchase of an additional hose cart, as It now had sin) feet of hose which could not be used except by being taken to a tire in a dra v. On motion of I.. Y I'.lowers. the motiev was quickly voted. The assemblage then marched to the Mt. Hood hotel, w here It entered the banquet room to the music of the Mandolin Club, which pluved j throughout the feasting. The menu was the most elaborate ever fur nished at a local banquet, being served In many courses, all of whli li were excellent. , When cigars were lighted. Presi dent P.ra.vford. as toastm.ister. made a strong plea for energetic action and harmonv throughout theve.ir. stating that since Hood Klver I1.1I ! the reputation of having the best local association In the state. It should continue to live up to Its rep utatlon. It was ban led together, he said, for good, not oppression A. . I. lira ha m was net called on by the toast master, followed by Fx Mayor McDonald. 1 he litter was Introduced as the man who could make a speech. Mr. McDonald said, that the statement was a mistake. He wished to say, however, that he had lieen Interested In the associa tion from Its start and knew that It had accomplished much good and could accomplish still more In the future. Councilman Henry Howe, the next talker, gave an Interesting talk on the development of the mercantile business In Hood IMver, sat Ing thnt he believed he wns the first clerk In a store here, having acted In this ca pacity for E. I.. Smith thirty years ago, when the stock was limited to a barrel of sugar, a side of bacon and some flour. In a room about 10x12. tioods were brought up from Portland on the boat and landed on the sandbar. Since then many changes had taken place and wo had, he said, reached the day of organisa tion In every line. Therefore he be lieved a good, strong organization of business men at Hood Klver was not only desirable, but necessary, and he was satisfied It could lie had by everybody putting their shoulder to the wheel Dr. E. ). Dutro, In answer to the toastmaster, made a few amusing and Interesting remarks, saying that he was satisfied that a professional man could not make a business ad dress to business men. He wound up by telling the story of a Jew who had appendicitis and who was asked by another Jew, when told that his appendix had to lie removed, why h hadn't put If In his wife's name. E. O. Klanchar responded to the toastmaster' s call and again urged the memlsTs to build up a strong association and maintain It. The next response was made by J. It. Hargreaves, pastor of the Papttst church, who made an eloquent talk. Mr. Hargreaves' point was that this wns a business age, In which men were being educated In the higher In stltutions for a business life. Busi ness, he said, was on a much higher moral plane now than In years gone by, and the business man was much more greatly concerned In doing good. He thought Hood Klver was to be congratulated on Its high type of business men. whom he found ever ready to help in good works; but he believed that still greater good could Ik" accomplished by harmony and a union of Interests between the hill section of the city and the down town section. It seemed now, he said, as If there were two cities when there should be but one. The Inter ests of all were Identical. The dis sension that had arisen over the water trouble ought to be done away with. What we needed, he thought, was more water on the hill and less gas below It. and com plete harmony of business and other Interests. The concluding talk was made by C. II Vaughan. who said he had little to add to his former remarks other than that he thoughuthe slo gan for the association should be "Harmony and Push." with push spelled 111 capital let ters. HOOD RIVER P. 0, FIRST TO CLOSE ON SUNDAY The Hood Klver postofhVe wa closed for general delivery and nt the carriers' Indows for the first time In Its hist,. r. Sim lav, .tu l apparent ly with 111 iiicoiivi-n'eiiee Patron had been notified to s. tic extent by a n dice pos'e.l on t he do. ,r and io I y rural carrier The otli.-e will he open as 1 1 -ual for those having hov-s in I for tie- pot lug of letters iii" closing of the of lice Is due to the lust ruii huts from the postotlice department and Hood Klwr h is the ,h-tl:,rtlon of being the tirst In t h. state t close , 11 sunda v HOOD RIVER NOW HAS MODERN HORSE HOSPITAL While few a v .1 re . .f t h li e f I, t l i:u It II' r I pie ale v his a horir ,' 1 quipped t for human rlnnry h ispl Tin r 1 .( Sher st r et a nd t s. in, a grnd'i ell I 1 V c. in,, t , , 1 Is alre.idv It Is .aid Li nirs' pa I leu I s hospital as t t re I t e. pi i lies beings I he t il Is o, lte, III IM .IVelltle , ,,W tied l.v It te V etel II 1 r , II I l:...r doing a 1 !g I th is., w ho h 1 t n 1 o 1 1' v I 'i .o,,euh!v s ale tie. ie V ett It the c let I Jth I I .lael w le 1 re. I. ul v' ha I I I. 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