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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
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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