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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1911)
"IE HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get "Results Highest Grade Job Printing ,vV r. VOLUME 7, NIUHER 13 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR TDAn lirAlfV DIIT THAf OTflD UHM! M1MVLL flLHV I DU I TLVV OIUI MLIIL Thousands Said to Be Coming Into Northwest From East and Middlewest Portland Their Mecca, Then They Scatter Trying to Discredit Hood River Are Looking for Work and Others While colonist nrrlvuU throughout tliH North went are reported to lie very heavy, there have been very few at Hood Klver no far. A koo1 many of tlioHe who have drifted In have ls-en looking for work or cheap land, and have had little capital. One of the reasons for no few Mopping off at Hood Klver Is that a ticket to Portland cohIh them no more than It tliH'H to Hood Klver, aud but little mere to an far south an Medford. Many of those who Intend to come ,to Hood Klver no to Portland first, and then drift back. Two of these came up from Portland a day or two ago, one of them stopping off. Be fore he left the depot hlri companion, who wan going on up Into the ext ern Oregon country, told the man who not off here, In a confidential whisper, that he understood there were 5O0.UO0 boxen of applet In stor age here now, and, If this wan bo, It illdn't look koihI to him. Of course there wax no truth In this story, but If the lundsoekers who go to Port land are told thin nort of thing, there Hhould be Home way of stopping It. An The Dalles a few more ate Mop ping off than at Hood Klver; but nioMt of tht'in are looking for work, or cheap grain land. A Portland Mtory nays: "Since re duced rates on the railroad entering the North went went Into effect 17 Obuners Want to Pa-de First St. "Right Aioay Ask Permission of Council to Do the Work Themselves. Pavement to Extend From Depot to Oak Street. Expected That Permit Will Be Granted. Strict paving was given a push Monday night when the owners of property on First street applied to the council for perinlsidon to pave the block from the depot to Oak street. The application to pave was In the form of a petition signed by the Mount Hood Kallroad Company, ('. A. licit. Transfer & Livery Com pany, ieo. Prather, L. N. Klowers and .1. A. Hunt. The procedure of the iM'tltionern Is for permission to do the work themselves, with pro vision that it shall be done In a way acceptable to the city. It Is expected that the permits will be granted and the paving done In the near future. Another change was made In the personnel of the council, S. W. Ar nold tendering his resignation with the understanding that If It was not accepted he would refuse to net any longer and would then-fore have to lie dropped On thin condition Ar nold's resignation was accepted and Chas. T. Karly unanimously elected to 1111 the vacancy. At the urgent request of the school board of District No. 3, the Woman's Club and a committee of the city's physicians Immediate steps were taken to have drafted an Iron clad ordinance enforcing quarantine regu lations In canes of contagious di seases. Prof. K. K. Coad, A. W. On thank and Councilman lirosius spoke on the subject and it wan stated that although t lie school authorities the health ollleer, and also physicians had endeavored to enforce a strict quarantine, their efforts had not ls-en efllclent and further authority was necessary. Councilman Howe, as chairman of the charter revision committee re ported that a meeting of the Joint committee of the council, citizens and attorneys had been held Friday evening. After discussion It was de. cld"d to have Attorneys A. A. .lav lie, K. H. Hart wig and A. .1. Derby dr,;ft a new charter and submit the same for the approval of the committee. The ordinance providing for a sNH'tal election to vote on annexing territory on the hill was passed and the date of the election set for Satur day. April 2!M h. The city treasurer notliled the council that the city's Indebtedness had Is-cu reduced to $1,500 owing to the county paying over of some of Knockers In Big day ago. It la estimated that 22,000 colonists have come to Oregon. "The rush of the first few days over, the dally arrival are coming In with a steady Htream estimated at 1,000 In every 24 hours. Thin rate of Influx will continue. It In believed, until the hint week of the low faren, when the dally arrlvaln may lie 2,000 or 2.500 again. "At thin rate the total numler of colonlntn coming to the state on ac count of the present cheap faren will approximate :S5,000 tnntead of .10.000, an at firHt entiiuated, when the cut rate period eudn. "It In not reasonable to lielieve, however, that all the vlnltorn will In come permanent renldentn of Oregon. Many are opportunity seekers, who take advantage of the low rates merely for the purpose of viewing prosectlve In vest incuts; others only want to travel, aud a few fall In their purponeof buying land or ob taining employment after their arri val. Kailroail otliclal and repre sentatives of the commercial bodies figure that two-thirds of the new ar rlvaln become permanent residents of the state. According to thin esti mate, the total new population gained through the colonist move ment thin spring will be about 24.000. "The reduced rates went Into effect Friday, March lo, am a heavy sale asked for the transfer of several of the funds to properly adjust the city's finances. Kids for the Colum bia street Improvement were read aud on the recommendation of the street committee the work will be let to W. G. Aldred & Co., the latter to furnjsh the necessary bond for Its completion. Application from A. M. lioyce to build a meat house back of his restaurant was referred to the fire and water committee. An ordi nance was ordered drawn providing for delayed payment to W. G. Aldred for the State street Improvement. S. Yamagouchl was appointed of ficial garbage collector with the pro vision that he shall Ih exempt from paying a license In the performance of these duties. The ordinance providing for a light and water fund was passed. Coun cilman Kroslus announced that he would take a vacation and Kecorder Langllle withdrew his resignation, owing to an Increase In salary granted at a previous meeting. Events of XVorld Wide Interest 'Pictured For News Snapshots Of (he Week further orders. The Aero Club of America decided to award the fin,oon Statue of Liberty prls to Count de IHseps. Dr. Robert S. MncArthur. pnstoi of the fashionable Calvary Baptist church, will, It la reported, succeed Dr. C 9. A ked, wbp has resigned fmtn the FIflh Avenue Baptist chun-h of New York. City Apparently Many Colonists for Grain Lands. resulted at the start. On account of the distance over which most colo nists had to travel, there were no arrlvaln on the first two or three days. The following Monday March lH the Incoming trains car ried quite a number bearing the special Issue of tickets. It In esti mated that 500 arrived that day. Tuesday the numtier of arrivals was at least 1,500 and Wednesday thin In creased to 2.000. The heaviest entry was recorded Thursday and Friday, March 10 and 17, the estimated fig ures lieing 2,500 for each of those days. On the following three days the number dropped back to 2,000, while last Tuesnay and Wednesday about 1,500 came In each day. The dally average since then has been 1.0(H). "Thus far the Middle West that territory Is-tween the Alleghany range and the Kocky mountains has furnished the great majority of the new arrlvaln. The larger cities have stmt but few. Mont of those arriving at the two Portland depots have come from the farms or the small towns." BLOWN TO PIECES BYJYNAMITE Believing that a fuse that was to explode thirty-five sticks of blasting powder under a stump was not burning, Angus McLaln, employed as foreman on the (irlmes ranch at White Salmon, went back to Inves tlgate and was blown to pieces. The accident occurred about 4:.'t0 In the afternoon, when the men had finished placing powder lieneuth a six-foot stump in the hillside aud im mediately hastened toward the brow of the hill. They had not gone thirty steps before Mel. ain stopped. saying that he lslleved the fuse had gone out. When they reached the brow of the hill they turned and saw McLaln liending over the stump ami poking the fuse with a stick. Ills companions had hardly turned their heads when the explosion occurred, filling the air with splinters and earth. McLaln was nowhere In sight, having vanished as completely as If he had disappeared In a hole In the ground The men searched a long time for the body, finally find ing a part of his skull. The jaw bone without 4 vestige of tlesh was next found. Next morning the re mainder of the body, bndlv shat tered, was found 410 feet from the stump. 111 Dam White Salmon River To lietter the conditions in captur ing and bunching logs floated down the White Salmon river by the Wind Klver Lumber Company, a dam in to be erected near the mouth, where It flown Into the Columbia. The com pany reports a loss in holdldg logs by the present boom system. The Pall Mall Uneette of London says It under stu nils that a movement Is on foot to restore King Manuel to the throne of Portugal. The Caniorra, of whom Enrico Alfa no Is the leader, has rsen placvd on trial at VlterUi, Italy. Secretary of War Dickinson, who was to have sailed for Panaiu.i, changed his plans after receiving advices from Washington. San Autonlo. Tex., looks like a city armed for buttle. Many of the tniops ordered to the Mexican bonier an encamped there awaltlnir Statement ju on Ipple Handling Claims That Stories of Reslricled Distribution are Untrue. Gives Comparison of Prices and Estimates for 1910. Plan to Change Management Rumored. To the Stockholders of the Hood Klver Apple Grower' I'nlon. Gentlemen: Kumors have recently reached us that there has leen some question raised as to whether the apples of the union were well distributed this past season, and we have ls-en told than there is some criticism against the' union because some people as sume that practically all our apples went to New York, and within the lant few days we understand there has been considerable talk that the directors aud management of the union hive improperly handled the apple crop of 11)10 because It has not been sufficiently distributed. It In a very safe proposition to say that all the apples grown In Hood Klver Val ley outside of those owned by mem bers of the Hood Klver Apple Grow ers' Union were practically all sold on the New York market, but he who makes the criticism against the union that nearly all the union apples were sold on the New York market. Is mistaken. lu previous years it has not ls-en a very difficult matter for the New York market to take all of the out put of the lietter clans of Hood Klver apples at very high prices. How ever, it was apparent early thin sea son that New Y'ork could not thin year take all of our crop and we be gan working the first week in July to find markets outside of New York, and we are pleaded ty say that Hood Klver Apple Growers' I'nlon apples have been sold In carload lots In the cities of the I'ulted States named be low outside of New York, amounting MKT OF IITIKS TO WHICH Great Falls, Mont , 2 Muskogee, Ok'.i., 1 Clifton, Arizona, 2 Kisbce, Arizona, 2 El Paso, Texas, 4 Ardmore, Oklahoma. 1 Gainesville, Texas. 2 Palestine, Texas, 1 Oklahoma City, Okla., 1 Austin. Texas, 1 Peoria, Illinois, :'. Iiurllngton, Iowa, 2 Davenport. Iowa, 1 Cedar Kaplds, Iowa, 1 Bangor, Maine, 4 Mitchell, South Dakota, 1 Denver, Colorado, 1 Iteamont, Texas, l.'f Dallas, Texas. 10 Los Angeles, Calif., ! San Antonio, Texas, 2 Philadelphia. Pa., .V! Providence, K. 1., 1 Minneapolis, Minn., 5 New Oirleans, La., 5 Chicago, Illinois. :S3 Boston, Mass.. 14 Fargo, North Dakota, :t San Francisco, Calif., 10 Portland, Oregon, 1 Omaha, Nebraska, 5 Cincinnati. Ohio, 1 LaCrosse, Wisconsin, 1 Tyler, Texns, Paris, Texas. 3 Elk City, Oklahoma. 1 St Louis, Mo., 2 " We desire to present herewith a season, together with the quantities i season of lims, the 1910 prices being the by Union to a total of 2so cars, or over one half of our entire output, and we are free to say that If we had had more marketable sizes that the number of carloads would have been considera bly more than the number mentioned, for in several cases we had to divert cars to New Y'ork which had been sold to other cities, but which were refused because of the very large pro portion of large sized apples lu the car. This wan particularly true of the Spltzenburgs. In very many In stances we have been uuable to fill orders from first class customers for this variety lecause of the fact that we could not fill with the small sizes desired by the buyer. We remember especially that we were obliged to turn down an order for several cars of 4 tier red apples to go to Florida, the order coming from a customer quoted at $100,000 and of A 1 com mercial standing, because we did not have the sizes with which to fill the order. This In only one of many in stances wherein we could not fill orders liecause of the fact that we could not furnish the desired sizes. We, furthermore, had the sales on a number of cars of Spltzenburgs which were sold at good prices, 12s and 120 sizes, to go Into the S jutherri states, cancelled because, not having these sizes, they would not accept as a substitute for these sizes the large ones. Therefore all criticisms that no effort was made this season to distribute our apples outside of New York City Is without foundation, as the following list of cities to which our apples have been shipped, to gether with the numterof cars to each, will show: APPI.KS HAVK HKK.V SIIIPPKP Seattle, Wash , for Hong .' hlna, Kansas City, Mo., Denlson, Iowa. Detiison, Texas, Longvlew, Texas, Pittsburg, Pa , Sulphur Springs, Texas. Nashville, Tenn.. Wichita Falls, Tex., Hugo, Oklahoma, Sacramento. Calif., Cleveland, Ohio. Baltimore, Maryland. Kong, 1 car 1 " 1 " 1 1 " 1 " 1 " 1 " 4 " 1 " 0 " Plaiuview, Texas, Amarillo, Texas, Kockford, Illinois, Fort Worth. Texas, Milwaukee, Wis.. Grand Island, Neb., Lincoln. Nebraska, Marshall, Texas, (Juanah, Texas, Nacogdoches, Texas. Weatherford. Texas. Greenville. Texas. Madison. Wisconsin. Clarksvllle, Texas. Stamford. Texas, Pittsburg, Texas. Cuerro. Texas, Mankato, Minn . Wheeling, West Virginia Macon. Georgia. Shreveport, Iowa. Trinidad, Colo., San Jose. Calif , comparison of the prices received this of each variety, as compared with the pool prices which will Is' distributed Bury Header Falling CTree Almost Causes Death of Utvo D. M. Peck and M. Douglas While Driving to City Have Narrow Escape on Country Road. Both Men Badly Injured and Vehicle Demolished. D. M. Peck and Matt Douglas, who had ls-en working on the Angus place In the Belmont dlntrlct, had a narrow escape frorn death, Friday, when a tree two feet In diameter fell across the road, smashing the wagon in which they were riding Into pieces. Peck and Douglas were driving to Hood Klver and were caught lu the severe wind and rain storm that took place about 5:30. Both men bail their coats pulled up around their faces and knew nothing of the danger they were encountering until the big tree fell crashing on top of them and knocking them senseless. The neighbors, who had observed the accident, rushed to their assist ance and carried the Injured men Into SCHOOL DEBATE FRIDAY EVENING A high school debate of wide inter est will take place Friday evening at the Commercial Club rooms, wnen Hood Klver and Newlierg will con tend for the championship. The lo cal debaters will be Viola Nlckelsen, Lester Murphy and Earl Spauldlng, who have been successful In all con tests this year. If Hood Klver wins It will have onlv two more tams to debate with to the growers this season, less union charges. Comparison is made with 100S because It was the largest crop ever bandied by the union prior to this season, the crop of 1900 amouDtlng to only 40,000 boxes. T.WS ltW) Variety . Quantity Price Quantity Price Gravensteln 4745 boxes 4 tr $ .90 KM boxes Fancy 4 tr $144 Orchard It tin 4"4tr .70 " 4tr 1.10 Choice 4 tr 91 " 4'itr .70 Black Twig 54l'.1 boxes 4 tr 1.2n 12,072 boxes 4 tr 1.37 4yr .75 4yr 1.06 Wealthy 20 boxen 4 tr .75 !! boxes Fancy 4 tr 12 4itr 1.0.". Choice 4 tr 1.05 4',tr .77 Stark 2050 boxes 4 tr .0 2W4 boxes 4 tr 100 4',tr .50 4',tr 1.0" Missouri Pippin :!2o boxes 4 tr .v) 020 boxes 4 tr 120 4yr .70 4tr 1.13 5tr .00 5 tr 100 King 3045 boxes 4 tr .00 nhmj boxes Faucy 4tr 1.10 Orchard Kun 4tr .71 " 4yr .NO Choice 4 tr .75 Atr .04 Johnnthans VH) bxs Fey 4tr 1 50 27,705 boxes Fancy 4 tr 1.4 " 4',tr 1 25 " 4',tr 1.24 Ben Davis 10.5no boxen 4 tr 1.00 41.12:1 boxes 4 tr 1.00 4', tr .75 4'tr .s-l Arkansas Black v4 hxa Fey 4 tr 1.75 140:'. boxes Fancy 4 tr 1.7 " 4yr 1.35 " 4V, tr 1.3s Baldwins ll.ooo boxen 4 tr 1.05 21.702 boxes 4 tr 1.10 On-hard Kun 4",tr .v Average prices 4f tr 1.10 I 5 tr .05 5 tr 1 lo j Winesap 4 tr 1.5o 4 tr 1.70 4-.tr 1.25 4',tr 1.45 5 tr l.ou 5 tr 1.30 Or t Icy 1500 bxs Fey 4 tr 2.oi m:74 boxes Fancy 4 tr 1.77 "4V 1 : " 125 " 5 tr .70 " 5 tr 1 00 Choice 4 tr 1.30 choice 4 tr 115 j " 4Str .75 " 4tr 1.22 5 tr .t'7 5 tr l.oo I Kusslan Ked 4 tr 1.00 4 tr 1. 25 j ttr .vi ntr 125 ! Spltzenburgs 2'i.ooo boxes 4 tr 1.30 1'M.iUhi boxes j 4tr 2.22 Total number of boxes handled In l'N'S H'i.Ooo. Total number of boxes handled In lop), ".vi.nno. All of the returns received Indicate' that the Fancy Spltzenburgs will Is? settled for at the following prices: j 112s and larger. $175; 120s and ls. jU.S'; A tiers, S' .45. We call the attention of our grow ers to the comparison of the o,uantl ! ties and varieties handled by the union In the ycaJs pms and l'.'io, and also to the very greatly lucn-nsed prices nvelved in li'lo over those re ceived In l'.ms. especially on the small sizes, the Spltzenburgs excepted We find that we cannot make an esti mate at the pn-sent writing on ; the probable results which will lie ; obtained from the Newtown crop this season. A very large H-rcent-' age of our Nevvtowns are still unsold and In storage In New York City. ' From a late telegram from Messrs. Stelnhardt A Kelly, the market ts re ported stronger and the Nevvtowns an Itcutnntug to move. Since compiling the above report, authentic Information has come to ( us that certain parties are making systematic efforts to secure union stock and proxies so t hat they will Ik-able to get control of the union at our annual meeting April 1st : Men who have no apples to ship and who are n.it member of the union. one of their homes. At first It was thought that Douglas had ls-en killed, but au examination by a phy sician showed that he was still alive, and he is now expected to recover. Peck's left leg wan fractured In two places, and Douglas sustained two fractures of his arm, a serious Injury In the head, and was badly bruised abouv the body. The latter Is la the Cottage hospital and the former Is at his home. When the tree struck the vehicle the horses were liberated and ran away, being captured afterward. It is claims that the tree w hich came near costing the men their lives has Irt-en a dangerous menace to passers by for sonie time, and that the county authorities had iieeu notified to have It removed. out of the large number that are In the Columbia Klver league. Ths teams lu the league are as follows: Hood Kiver, The Dalles, G res ha in. Parkplace, Woodburn, Newberg. Mc Mlnnvllle, Astoria, Seaside, Nehalem and Tillamook. Stage Upsets, Woman drabs Mors The Trout Lake stage was tipped over last Saturday, near the Mc cracken ranch, by running over a large root of a tree. Miss Jose phine Bruno, a nurse from Portland who was a passenger, with great presence of mind jumped to the ' ground, escaping injury, and grasped one of the horse's bridles and checked what might have proven a disas trous runaway. are canvassing the valley for alock leader i if t hu move and proxies, the ment being a stockholder, but not shipper with us thi season. We uo derstand the manager and board of directors of the union have been tried and found guilty of not knowing how to run the union The trWI h U-en sccn-tly held behind closed doors. We hazard the gues thai the power behind the throne In t hi movement is not entlnly local The present hoard of directors, u well a tli'iwe who have xerved In past ye-ns, have ever w i rked for the lienetit not alone of the union, hut also for the upbuilding of the enttrs Hood Klver Valley, an I It I because of their carn.'-t, honest and wise counsel that the union product I known the world over a the stand ard of excellence, aud tlie union itself accepted a a working model bv all other section. We urk"'- our stockholder to l present lu person at our annual meeting, and caution them t think seriously before signing over their v ot Itlg poW if t o o le rs. Your rcMpcctfulU , C. II. SI'HOVI, Manager II I Klver Apple Grow r' I tdon the tax money, and authority was