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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 15
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1911
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Knights of liohrassan
Initiate 30 Candidates
PARK STREET SCHOOL BUILDING FROM WHICH LOUIS WAGNER FELL
Auxiliary Order of K. of P. Attracts Harry Members
Who Penetrate Its Mysteries Under Guidance of
Grand Lodge Team--Parade First, Ride Goat
and Then Feast.
Snt urdny was a big (lny with local
K. if I', lodge members. Tin' occn
hIuii was tin' Initiation of a large
( lllHM ()f ClllllllllllteH Into tilt' myster
ies of tlu Dramatic Order of Knights
of Kohrannan, mi auxiliary order of
tin- K. of P. In addition to tln
lliiinl Klver riidiliilatrH. there were
t wofrom The Dulles Tin work was
put on I i.v a team from the grand
Inline In I ' i r t l.'i n i) . c i in Ht- I of twenty-two,
MHHUteil ly an orchestra.
The party ol visitors Included a tiutn
her of prominent Portland members
of t he oriler, who came iii to nee t lie
fun.
The Initiating team arrived frotikl
I'ortlanil on t ti :L'o train ami wiih
met lit the depot hy a commit lee of
the camliilaleH, who were distin
guished hy tugs with "l. O. K. K."
printed on hem In big type. A
truck loail of npparatiiM nccompnii
leil the I'ortlanil delegation, anions
whlrh were Heveral mysterious look
ing machines that cm line, an anxloiiH
consultation among the victims.
Later they tire said to have become
Intimately ai'iiualnteil with their
workings, ) agreed thut an thrlll
ith they have the chu te-tlie-chutes
ami other hair-raising devices hacked
off t he hoards.
On their arrival the visitors were
taken for u short nut omolille rhle
around town, ami then hail slipper
at the Oregon. A priH-eHnlon wiih
then forineil ami the party went to
the lodge hall, the Candida ton ctuerg
lug later torn puraile through the
HtreelH. whieh were made nlila
with red lire. The ciitnlldatcH were
clad In what looked very simpletons
ly like white night nhlrtn topped off
with varloiix styles of headgear,
from a hnby'H cap to griindmn'n
moHt approved nocturnal slumber
lionnet. To the direful note of n
Chinese gong they were led toslnugh
ter from l he lodge hall down Fourth
Mtreet, through Oak to Second, up to
State street and li.ick to the lodge
hall. Am they punned the crowds
assembled on the street corners they
were the recipients of many left
handed compliments, hut took the
jiltes and Jests with surpassing good
nature.
What happened In the lodge hall
In, of courMe, Hecret, lint Judged by the
hilarious noise which continued to
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From the second story window of this building Louis Wagner, a pupil, attempted to slide down in a
fire escape chute and fell to the ground. While hurt, young Wagner escaped fatal injury.
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City Council Removes .
Bars to Street Paving
Objections Raised at Last Hinute Swept Aside--Coun
cilmen Believe Technicalities Should Give Way to
Broader Scope tor City's Improvement--Vater
Mains May Be Laid on First Street.
After coiinldiTaliliJ dinciiHflon to
put the matter on an cipiuhle linnN,
the common council Monday night
cleared nil olmt rucl Ioiih in the way
of Htf,rlhig the I'irnt Htreet paving
and the work will now he com
meiiced at once. The contract for
the work sviim Higunl Sat iirday le
tween I he" V II. Aldrcd Company
mid the properly owuern, and ciiIIn
for the work to, he tiiiixhed in
thirty :I;i,k, the cotitriicloiH giving
ii homl of $1,Imk for the proper com
pletion of t he work.
The mutter thut inured heltnncy
on the part of t he council mum that
of taking care of Hiirface drainage.
Thin wiih II ii f i 1 1 v disponed of hy ac
cepting the recommeiidn I ion of the
city engineer to iiihtall catch haniiiH
and turn the water Into the Hewer.
'. A. Hell. .1. H. Hunt ii ml Council-
COUNTY ROADFEST
SET FORAPRIL 14TH
Itelievlng that renidcntH of the
county lire HUlliciently IntereHted In
putting the roailH In the hent iohhI
hle Hlfnpe, the county comtnlHnlonerH
have Het it day for a "road frolic."
TIiIh coiicIuhIoii wiih arrived fit hy
the comiulHHlonerH on account of the
ahollHliment of the road poll tax,
which wiih repealed at the hint hcs
hIoii of the leglHlature. The commU
hIoiicim reiiHon that an the county Ih
the loner hy neveral thoiiHaml dollarn
worth of work on ItH highwayn on
that accouiit, rcHldcntH hIioiiIiI turn
out en iniiHHe ntid get liuny with the
pick and nhovcl. The day net for the
road hie Ih I'rlday, April llth.aud
road HUpervlHorn have heiu tiotilied
to make preparatlotiH for w holeHule
activity on t hat day.
Many have Hignllled a willingnei.H
to participate ami will take up the
road making tni'iln of their renpec
live dlnfrlctH. Nohody will licHlight
ed and the road work Ih expected to
lie general throughout the county.
SuperviHorn will dcKlgnnte when
work hIioiiIiI he done, nml It Ih hoped
that when the day Ih over I he i n-
1,vh highwayn will hIiow a decided
mprovciuent.
(lat.ert Pesumes Run for Summer
The Ha Hey iat7.ert. ( apt Allien In
charge, Ih iigatn on The I iiiIIch-I'ort-liitwl
run With Heveral Important
chnngcH In her cahln. and her ex
terior looking oplck and xpun, the
veHHel reHiimed Iiit run Monday. The
Hteumcr Itallen City, which Iiiih he-n
on the run nlnce thetiat.ert wiih laid
off In the fall, will ln out of roinmlH
hIoii ahoiit ten dayn, having her hog
chaliiH tlgliteiied and etiglui'M over
hauled, and the two HteatnerH will
then alternate mi the route.
man Karly, who are among the
property owiicih who were iiiixIouh
to get the pa villi; t-1 a rled , Hpoke on
the Hiil'jci't, ami tuemherH of the
council and the mayor met them
more t h hi half way.
In connect ion with I lie I'irnt ntrtet
ia hig.lt wax Muted that the c
hiliit I t Ii would have to he re
moved ornlx feel taken off the cant
end of It. Alno that a telephone pole
would have to lie moved. On mo
tion, t he mn t tcr wuh referred to the
nt reet com in i t tee, It Ii power to a it.
A proponition to lay the water
liiaiiiH on I'irnt Mtreet for the new
municipal Hvntrm in ln lng coiiHidered
and It h ponnllile they may he put in
at I he name time.
The council In now irixioim to pimh
ntreet pnviuglu tile ImniPeHH necthm
of the city and expects to call a meet
lug of all t he property itw nern in t he
dlntilct affected In the near future to
iIIhciihh the matter.
OrdinunecH were panned providing
for ncwern In (llntrlctn 6 and !l, and
the annexation ordinance wiih ulno
punned. Mayor Hartwlg called at
tention to the ntiite law providing
for the removal of thlntlen and nnx
Iouh weeilH In the city llmltnand the
matter wan referred to the committee
for action.
The Open Klver Trunnportatlon
Company communicated with the
council at length In regard to pro
viding a public dock. The recorder
wiih ItiHtructed to notify the Hteatn
hoat company that It was entitled
to the tine of city frontage on the
river. It wiih Mated that the point
linked for an a landing wiih otitnlile
the city HmltH. A communication
from LouIh C. Kelnay offering to
niiike a contract with the city iihcoii
nulting engineer wiih read. Mr Kel
nay wiih highly recommended and
the matter wiih referred to the Judici
ary committee for a report and rec
ommendation. An ordinance providing for the
payment of W. (I. Aldrcd for part of
the State ntreet Improvement panned
the llrnt reading and ."i0 wan voted
for the Improvement of Kunt Second
nl reet.
Automobiles Increase Rapidly
The iiiiiiiIht of aiitoinohllcH In the
valley Ih incrennlng ho rapidly that It
Ih hard to keep tali on thcni. Among
thone that were received here hint
week were a new White (ianenrfor
the Home Telephone Company, and
one of the name make for (ieo. T.
I'nither and K. N. Young. County
School Superintendent C. I). Thomp
hiiii linn n new Maxwell, and there
are Heveral otliern who lioiight ina
chltien during the week.
FIRE ESCAPE CHUTE
CAUSES BOY INJURY
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The tent of a can van chhte fire en
cape ltiHtalled recently at the Park
ntreet grammurHchool in Mood Illver
strong gUHt of wind Hwuyed the
chute, hurling him to the ground.
The lad'n none and' upper lip were
npllt and IiIh left arm wan dinlocated.
An quickly an ponnilije a physician
wan summoned and the boy was
taken to t he honpltal where an op
eration wan performed to repair hin
InjurleH and he In now reported to lie
recovering nicely.
WEST SIDE RANCH
SELLSJOR S18.000
A land sale for the largest figure
that has occurred at Hood IUver for
some time took place Friday, when
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State-Wide Campaign
Against Orchard Peats
O. A. C. Experts to Take Field to Rid Oregon of Or
chard Destroying PestsDivision Headquarters
to Be Established in Fruit Centers to Facilitate
the Work in Various Districts.
A big campaign against tin pests
which destroy orchards In Oregon In
to be started shortly by six expert
from the state agricultural college,
in uccordance with the legislative bill
providing funds for such work.
I'nder the direction of Dean A. Ii.
Cordley of the college of agriculture.
Prof. C. I. Iewln of the horticulture
department, and Prof. U.S. Jacknon
of the entomology department, the
college will establish division head
quarters In the principal fruit centers
of the slate Portland. Salem. Eug
ene, ItoHchurg, and perhaps Milton
and from there the investigations
will extend over the entire Htate.
Thin In not the tirnt work of the
sort done by the college, though It Ih
the first ntate-wldecampalgn against
all kinds of pests. Many thousands
of dollars have been saved the or
chardmen of Oregon by the timely
advice of the professors. The thirty
five acre apple orchard of riamaii
Brothers near (Jrants Pass was bo
badly dUeimed with anthracknese In
11)01 that they were about to dig It
up. hvery tree was diseased with
the fungus, and nearly half of the
tops were dead or dying.
The vitality of the orchard wan m
l.)w that It did not produce enough
apples to pay expennes. Though the
owners worked hard cutting dead
wood and dead spots, the fungiiH
continued to gain on them. They
tried a bordeaux mixture Hpray Hug
gented by Dean Cordley to the fall lie
fore the leaves were off, with Imme
diate ami pronounced lienent.
Continued fall sprayings resulted
In a production of 10,000 boxen of as
fine, clean, healthy, four-tier apples,
four years after, as could In? produced
anywhere In the I'nlted States. They
sold 7,000 boxes of four-tier Yellow
Newtown and SpltzenburgH at fl.M
a box, aud 3,000 boxes of Hen Duls
and Wlnesaps, giving a gross receipt
of $1.",2.'i0 from the orchard he had
been ready to dig out.
The protection of the rapidly In
creasing fruit districts of the state
from such pests as are already at
tacking trees here, and from the In
troduction of new ones through Im
ported stock Is the problem with
which the college experts will wres
tle. The details of the campaign
have not all been completed, but will
be ready for announcement shortly.
Violent Death Lays
Hand on St. rJJartins
Another Hember of Pioneer Columbia River Family
KilledMutilated Body of Eli St. Martin Found
on Railroad Track Near Ash His Father Mur
dered a Year Ago.
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Build inf whicli tlit." City Knu'iiu'cr says is interft.'rinjr with jiroposotl paving on Firsi Street and should
be removed or have six feet cut otf east end.
Thursday resulted in the serious In
jury of Louis Wagner, P years old,
son of J. C. Wagner.
During afternoon recenn the teach
ers ordered tire drill. Several children
who preceeded young Wagner down
the chute slid In safefy. but an the
.Wagner liny wan half way down a !
Rewval at Odell
The revival at Odell, conducted by
Mininter 1". S. Ilandnaker of the First
Christian church of Hood Klver. con
tinues with growing fa teres t, There
were eighteen added to the church
the pant week.
The revival will probably close
next Sunday evening.
the west side ranch of Dickerson &
Peck was sold to I.ouln J. Denchler,
a wealthy business man of ludlanap.
olin.
It is understood that Mr. Denchler1
bought the place for his brother who
will come here and live. The figure
paid for the orchard was about
The St. Martins family, which has
been known along the Columbia
iver almost since the coming of
w hite settlers, is fast vanishing. The
t. Martins, who are a mixture of
French and Indian, have for years
ow ned the valuable mineral springs
which are named after them and
which are located near Carson.
They have also, at times, owued
nv tracts of land, much of which,
in later yearn, they have disposed of.
The latest memlier of the St. Martin
family to pans awa Is Kll, who was
killed last week by a North Hank
railroad train. The Skamania Pio
neer gives the following account of
his death:
"Kll came dow n to Stevenson early
Sls.iM).
The property formerly U longed to
Capt. Watts and connlntn of seven
acres of bearing trees, w ith the bal
ance In young trees, two and three
years old.
The sale wan made through .1. II.
Mellbronner & Co., who alno sold
last week, five lots lielonging to M.
W. Moody of the Dalles to the Apple
tirowers I'nion. The lots are situ
ated lu the viclulty of the present
warehouse of the union and will lie
used for the purpose of erecting ad
ditional storage buildings.
E-Vcnts of XOorld Wide Interest Ticttircd For 'Busy Headers
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News Snapshots
Of (he Week
Fire started by n cigarette gutted the lefts occupied hy the Triangle Wnlst conipnny nt 2.1 20 Wiishlngton place. New York.
One hundred mid forty-four persons, mostly worn, n and plrls, were either tmrned to death or killed In Jumping from the eighth,
ninth or tenth floors. Fhe Chief F.dwanl F. Croker Is Hiding an Investigation to ascertain who is to blame for the loss of so
many lives. The troops In Texas nre spending their time In m-i ri-M ng against Invisible enemies. A fire, with loss estimated
it JI.iHHi.iHiii dcsiio.Ncd a large part of tho New York state cnpltol nt Albany. Coventor Pix ordered out the state nillltl.i to ptard what was left of the
building. Following (lie resignation of his cabinet President Dim of Mexico n;.ined Sctiors Francisco de la Hurra ntid Jose Lluiantour to form a new one.
In the afternoon, nnd was some
what under the lutlueuce of liquor
when he arrived. He was refused
drinks In the saloons here, but was
evidently supplied by some friend.
He boarded the SM Itxral In the even
ing and started for home. He got
off at Anh statiou all right, but no
one seems to have seen him alive
after he left the train. He evidently
started up the track toward Wind
river bridge. The 1 o'clock train
came along nnd when It reached
Home Valley the engine bore evi
dence of having struck something.
A search along the track was Insti
tuted and Kli's body wan found In a
badly mutilated condition."
Kll St. Martin wan a son of Inadore
St. Martin, w ho was murdered at his
home near Carson on the 10th of
March last year, by Koliert Drown.
DAVIDSON FRUIT CO.
WIDENSMANAGEMENT
A change of widespread interest in
the conduct and management of the
Davidson Fruit Company Is an
nounced, by which ( has. H. Custner,
H. M. Huxley and W. H. Chipping,
who have liecotue Htix-khohlers lu
the company, will take part In di
recting its affairs.
H. F. Davidson, who has N-en en
gaged In growing and shipping fruit
nt Hood Klver for IS yearn, and Is
the president of the company, will
ntill have general supervision of Its
conduct. Having disposed of his
other InterentH, both lu an 1 outside
of Hood Klver. he will give the fruit
I (limitless his exclusive attention. Mr.
! Huxley. Mr. Castner and Mr Chip-
ping, how ever, will placed In
. charge of various departments.
Mr. Huxley, w ho has had w hie ex
perience In the fruit bunluenn. having
I formerly Nvn employed by the Da
I vldnon Company, and afterwards
I was the succennful manager of the
'Hood Klver Apple Crowim" I'nion
and alno the Monter Fruit irow em'
J Association, will have charge of the
otlice and ai counting department.
I Mr. Castner, an an expert on pack
and other feat uren of t he fruit bunl
liens pertaining to storage and ship
i inelit, will illrtrt the affairs of the
colli storage plant and also the ship
ping. Mr. Chipping, for some years su
perintendent of the plants of the
l.lght and Water Company, has
taken charge of the I l acres of or
chards of the company and will do
vote his time to the fruit-growing
end i d t he business.
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