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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get "Results Highest Grade Job Tr in ting VOLUME 7, NUMBER 17 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR .iUOl".ll my -l '' 'S Power Line Extension S1000 PRIZE FOR BEST EAR OF CORN, WHY NOT FOR BEST BOX APPLES To Begin This Weelzi Rights of Way Secured Between Here and Mosierand Construction Gangs Will Arrive To-Day--Line Will Make Irrigation Possible in Large Section in Mood River and Wasco Counties. Thf extensive Improvement In the liH'iil power n ti I light line recently ii ii iia hi iicca 1 by I lie Pacific light and Power Company, will lie commenced IIiIm week, when work will lie started on the high tension line between here ami The Dalles. The company liehl n meeting last week at Kennewick, Wash., at whlrli were present all of the mummer of the plant along the Ciiliimlihi river. A. S. Hall, mana ger of the Hood Kiver plant, returned Saturday from the conference, which was In session several days. K. T. Kot he, right-of-way-man for PAVING ON FIRST ST. NOWJJNDER WAY The first hard surface Htreet pav ing work at Hood ltlver was started on l-'irwt Htreet Sat unlay, and there foreC. A. Hell, father of active oper ations to give the Apple City paved streets, wears the smile that won't ruli off. Hell I now In favor of go ing right on around the Mock with the paving, and also of having fan cade avenue graded Immediately, if not Hooner. It in reported that he cuii't Im- coaxed away from watching the work and that he talk street paving In his sleep. Anyway the work has been begun., and the laying of the concrete sidewalk In already calling forth many complimentary remarks. The Commercial Club booth, w hlch was Mn the way of the work, lfTiM been taken down. The booth, which many regretted to nee demollHhed although the neceMHlty In realized, was given to Contractor Joe Wright for moving tt. The hole where It Htood will hiiiiii be graded off, and an enterprise which nan accom plished much In the w ay of advcrtls lug Hood Kiver w 111 be no more. The Aldred Company, which In do Ing the work on First Htreet, linn put a concrete mixer to work on the job and It Is expected that it will now be piiHhed along rapidly. A concrete wall Iwih been built along the prop erty of the Mt. Hood Kallroad. on top of which there will bean Iron railing to protect pedestrian, ami the building belonging to the com pany, formerly occupied iih an otl'ue, has been moved back to t he line. It wan found necessary to excavate two feet at lilowcrs Pros.' corner, and also to prop up the building of the Transfer & I.lvery Company. With the sidewalks on bot h sides, of the street In place.lt Is ntated the work will proceed rapidly anil when finished will make a line show ing. WORK BEGUN MONDAY ON RAILROAD DEPOT The preliminary move on the (MY. K. Ac N. depot wan commenced Mon day morning when work was start ed on moving the old station, which will be occupied until the new struct ure Irt Mulshed. The present station Irt being moved by "Cap" Kamlall, the veteran house mover, and will In' taken east across First street to a position between the Mt. Hood Kallroad ami theOW K. V N. Company'rt tracks During the time the new station I lit course of construction, First street will In closed and a crossing opened over the tracks at Second street. On the completion of the new depot , III feet will be cut. off t In1 old structure and It will be moved down the track and added oil tin freight station. Kfforts were made to have the rail road company put the old depot across the track from its present lo cation during operations, but there wart nothing doing. The new depot w ill be 1:10 fort long, tea feet longer than the old one, and will be built of brick and concrete, with a concrete platform around It. The wist end will be twenty feet nearer Second street than at present. It Ih understood that the bank of ground back of the depot w ill le ex cavated and a high retaining wall lie built, giving a large space for teams and a turn around. When the depot Is Mulshed, Second street will not be open to teams below Cascade. The structure Is to be pushed along as fast an possible, , 'iiid t lie con I ract or will In- here this week to lay out the plans. j the company, who hart been here for a week getting rights of way for the new high tension Hue. has about completed the work between here and M osier, and wiil shortly take It up between Mosler and The Dalles. The line will run out the east side to The Dalles road, folowing It over the hill and then on to M osier, which which will be supplied with light and power; and from that place to How ena ami The Dalles. If there f a de mand for It, power for Irrigating pumps, art well art light, will be sup plied all along the line, the current from which will Ik- st rung enough to furnish trom 10 to .'!0 horse power. A considerable section which now has no irrigation w ill lie able to ob tain it, It Is claimed, at smull cost. The new Hue will be cotiHtructed of aluminum, which, although more ex pensive, is said to have 11 greater conducting power than copper. A construction outfit of several cars of teams, tools anil camp para- FOUR YEAR OLD BOY DIESJMM BURNS After Intense suffering for ill hours, Marvin, the four-year-old Hon of Mr. and Mrs. I,. A. McCarthy, recent renl dentrt of Hood Kiver died Friday evening from the effects of being fatally burned by a fire In a vacant lot. Securing a hunch of matches Tues day the youngster and a number of neighboring children built a bontire of broken boxen in the back yard of the McCarthy home nnd were danc ing around It when t lie clothing of the child became Ignited. He ran In fright, the (lames were fanned and before assistance could reach him. the lower garments were burned away, leaving the Mesh n mass of blisters. Ills life was saved for the moment by the mother who was called by the screams of the child anil the cries of the frightened companions Medical attendance was summoned at once and everything possible done for the little sufferer. He fulled to rally however and died late Friday evening. Tin- body In charge of Mm. Mc Carthy In being taken to St. Joseph, Missouri for burial, where the Mc Carthys formerly lived. Mr. Mc Carthy, who Is a plumbertsemployed by C. F. Sumner and the family came to Hood Kiver from Tacoma, Wash. Fxperlment Station Tor Stayton Arrangements have been completed between the Oregon Agricultural College nnd the Willamette Valley Irrigated Land Company for an ex periment station across from the S. P. depot at West Stayton. The ex periment station will adjoin the Company's demonstration farm. Ir rigation will be available thin Hum mer, and all kinds of crops will be grown to demonstrate what water during the growing neanon will do for the farmer. News Snapshots Of the Week O., died In Ida fifty seventh year; funeral aerylcea were held In llrooklyn, N. V., where he was burled. More than 2HVHX) fans witnessed the official opening of the buschall teoaon by the two major leagues In eight cities, and from now uutll October the "What's the score 7" iiucstlou will he supreme. An event of recent Interest wan the award of a $1,1)00 prize for the !est ear of corn grown In thh I'nlted State. The magnitude of the selec tion of the best ear of corn from the millions of bushels grown In the I'nlted States will be appreciated by Hood Kiver apple growers If they stop to think what It would mean to award such a prize for the best apple or Indeed the best box of apples. An ii mutter of fact an open to all con tent for a prize for the best box of ap ples grown In the I'nlted Staten would lie Interesting and why could It not be Inaugurated? In regard to this prize corn K. A. PWMMMIuv JjWV" w 1 ill? m form i World' Best Ear of Corn for 1910 James, of Charleston, III., has the proud distinction of huvlng grown the tiest ear of corn In all the Il.lL'.l,. TKt.'ioo bushels of last year's bumper crop, At the National Corn Show held recently at Columbus, Ohio, this gentleman was awarded the W. K. Kellogg National Corn Trophy, do nated In l'.KK by W. K. Kellogg, presl dent of the Kellogg Toasted Corn Flake Co , of Itattle Creek, Mich, Thousands of ears of corn from all parts of the country and of all vari eties were entered In the competition. The selection of the grand champion Sweepstakes and the award of the Kellogg trophy were made on gen eral points of superiority. The ear of corn grown by Mr. James Is of Keid's Yellow Dent vari ety. It In 10 Inches long, " Inches In circumference, and has L'O rows of kernels, ii to the Inch In the row, av erage of an Inch In depth, and .1 l'i of an Inch In width. It In Indeed a very correct type of yellow dentcorn. Mr. James, the winner. Is a vigor ous farmer about 40 yenrs of age and of pleasing personality, a man who has given careful st tidy to corn cul ture, and who lias achieved his sue- phernalla. Is expected here today, and a big gang of men and shipment of poles will follow this week. Six triple carloads of poles for the extension have been distributed at The Dalles, Mosier and Kowetta, and the engineer has nearly finished the survey. EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS Cralge Llpplncott, head of tho J. 11. IJpplncott company, Philadelphia publishers, committed suicide. Washday Is n regular ocrurrenco among the troops at Sun Antonio, Tex., nnd the supply of soup Is fust running out owing to the energy with which tbS troops tacklo the work. lr. 11. Clark Hyde of Kansas City, .Mo., convicted of the murder of Colonel Thomas 11. Swopo. a millionaire, has been grnnted n new trial by the Missouri iiiiireuie court- Tom I Johnson, four times mayor of Cleveland. Wi 'ii Form 1 Tb W. K. Kellogg Nation Cora Trophy cenn an a grand champion winner only by yearn of hard work and painstaking Heed Delect Ion and care fill breeding from season to season. Illinois growers are especially elated over the result for the reason that this In the first time In four years that the honors have been wrested from the Htute of Indiana. $45,000 DEAL FOR ORGHARDPROPERTY The biggest deal In orchard prop erty that has occurred this year took place Saturday, when elms S Chap man, an eastern Oregon rancher, in vested 4.1,000 In CO acres on the west Hsde, lncludiug three separate prop erties. The sale, w hich was made through W.S. Nlchol, Includes hi Vanaiisdale, C. L. Morse and I-chtuing places, which U.S. Farrln bought recently. The deal Saturday media' c p Mr. t ' large t r farms li also bee cantlle 1 located ( of large was fully cons'' t1-" Vuyi r ." : --, --Ion .-.ll thu; I ,'l,i . r is a man ..leans. Mr. Farris still owns Kiver. another orchard at Hood having recently bought the Hengst place. CAZANAVE ORCHARD SOLD TOJOWA MAN Another Hood Kiver orchard sale at a good figure occurred last week w hen the ten acre orchard of A. . Cazanave on the West Side near town, was sold to C. A. SchuKecht of Iowa for SU.iHHi. The orchard lias good buildings on It and Is p-irtly In bearing. Mr. Si huk echt will occupy the place and make his home here. The sale was made by the Hood Kiver Realty Co. Columbia Street Improved The grading of Columbia street which Is in progress Is making a tint thoroughfare of that street and when Mulshed It will present n very attrac tive appearance. The work which Is being done by the W. (i. Aldred Com pany has been completed for two blocks. Arthur Tift and J. H. Temple were among the week eiiid visitors at Hood Kiver from 1'ortlnnd. Last year'n champlt.n ear, the first winner of the Kellogg trophy, wan grown by Mr. C. l'alm, of Newtown, In 1. It was also of Kidd'n Yellow Dent variety, crossed with Alex ander tioid Standard. Last year's prize winner Is the most perfectly formed ear of the two, though it re quires a careful Judge to distinguish the points of superiority. The trophy awarded to Mr. James was made by Tiffany of New York, for Mr. W, K. Kellogg, at a cost of & f'-;--5'r t'uxu 2 R. A- Jame, Winner of W. K. Kellogg National Corn Trophy for 1910 $1,hmi. It Is made of Sterling silver, bronze and enamels, and Is a truly artistic creation. It stands thirty Inches In height. Tennis Season Opens It is now apparent that Hood Kiver will have some good tenuis this year. Th" Relied let Tennis Club reorganized last week and elected otlicers for the ensiling year. J. H. Ileilbronuer was re elected president, Harry Dewltt Is secretary and Tru man l'-utler treasurer. The chili will use the Cram lots again this season ami, as announced last week, during the year steps will be taken to secure permanent grounds and build a club house, something on the order of the Irving ton Club of Portland. This w ill en able all t host- In the valley, who en joy tennis, to become members. At present the membership is lim ited to twenty-live. A spring tourn ament is being arranged, and later In the summer several social functions will be given by the club. Dalles Team Reorganizes The Dalles baseball team of the Mid-Columbia league, which was dis banded, has been reorganized and strengthened, and played the Steven son aggregation at the Washington city Sunday. The nine Is now strong, especially In the hitting de partment. The players, none of whom will be paid, are Alexander. Mclncrny, Murray, Pickett, Fergu son, Wetzel, Harper, ( onrow, Fagan. Woodckl and Wettle. Frost Damage Heavy To Yakima Valley F ruit Estimate of Crop Cut From 4,500 to 1,500 Cars--Ap-ples and Peaches Hurt Worst--Kennewick Berry Crop now Estimated at Only 20 Per Cent--Grow-ers Advise Heating Pots. Damage from frost at Yakima and Kennt-wick this year has been the rmost disastrous In the history of those places and It is now admitted by growers at both points that It Is widespread and heavy. At Yn,klma It Is estimated that the 4,.1M)car fruit crop of last year will In cut down to l,.mo cars. At Kenne wick the strawiierry crop It Is stated will not exceed L'O per cent. These figures are taken from fi re ports In the papers In those districts and are verified by a well known Se attle commission man w ho, made a close Investigation and who visited Hood River Saturday and Sunday. The commission man claims that the peach crop at Yakima Is us good us ruined anil that other 3 fruits were damaged there very badly. The Kennewick berry crop which is a competitor with Hood ltlver he believes will cut but little figure this year. To protect themselves In both places the use of heating pots Is be- HOOD RIVER AGAIN WINS DOUBLE EVENT The Dalles high school baseball team was defeated at Hood River Friday afternoon by the high school nine of the Apple City, the score Le Ing4to0. One hundred and twenty five rooters from The Dalles accom panied the aggregation to Hood River, making the trip on the steamer Tahorun. The buttery for the home team was Rlngg and Franz and the game was the most Interesting that has been played at Hood River this season and was attended by the biggest crowd of the year. The local high school boys put up n game that sur prised the spectators who were kept In a whirl of excitement and ex pressed their approval In noisy fashion. Sunday the White Salmon aggre gation of the Mld rolumbla league journeyed to Hood Kiver and met de feat at the hands of the Hood River League team the score being 4 to ;!. A good sized crowd was In atten dance acd the day was Ideal for a fast game. Considerable luck wan attached to Hood River's victory t tie visitors making a numlier of costly errors. The I.k-hI leagures however played a steady game and are developing Into a goodly bunch of players. Hood River now has a good start In the pennant race and barring accidents will make a strong bid for first honors. COMMISSIONER BISHOP HEARS CONTEST CASE A homestead cont-st case In which A. M. Kelly of Mt. Hood Is the de fendant, was heard before I'nlted States Commissioner Kishop In this city Friday. Mr. Kelly was repre sented by Attorney John Gavin of The Dalles, ami ttie government by D. F. Mctiowan and P.. M. Itooth. The land In question is situated in Urant county. Oregon on which Mr. Kelly lived for several years liefore coming to Hood River and also ful filled the requirements In other res pects After he moved away the land was placed In the forest reserve by the government. It N believed the defendant will have no trouble in establishing his right to possession. WOMAN'S CLUB HAS INTERESTING MEETING The last meeting of the Woman's Club was a very interesting one. The vice president, Mrs Fording, gave a lecture on "Parliamentary Law," which was greatly enjoyed by the uiemlx-rs. After the program, a nreptlon was given Mrs. A. A. Jay lie. presi dent of the club, who has returned from San Diego, Oil., where she has ln-en spending the winter for tin- N-n-etit of her healt h. Heard ater Night Case A dispute over water rights was heard Friday before George D t'ul- Isrtson. Sexton and Thompson I were the plaintiffs and the Fast Fork ( Irrigation company ih fcml.ints. W. 'II. Wilson of the Dalles is attorney 'for the plaintiffs and Jesse Stearns ol Portland and A. J. Derby of Hood River for defendants. Ing urged by growers who say they have got to come to It. The Yakima Herald the most optimistic of the papers In that district says: "Those lH?st Informed say that un estimate of the amount of damage that has been done by the frost of April to the fruit of the Yakima val ley Is only a guess. However the Herald has obtained Information from J. H. Robblns generul manager and W. P. Italians secretary of the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers' asso ciation, embracing thirteen district (Continued on Page 10) TOO STRONGTO WORK MEN START STRIKE Hood River experienced Its first labor strike Saturday, when a gang of men employed by W. G. Aldred & Co. on the First street paving Job, quit work. The trouble was caused by the United Order of Wheelbarrow Pushers refusing to Infringe on the rightsjof the Knights of the Shovel. The Wheelbarrow Pushers, who were wheeling concrete Into place, found that the mixture would not dump out clean from the barrows without the use of a shovel. When the first man dumped his barrow, only half of the concrete slid out. He wan told to shovel out the rest, but he stood pat. "What's the matter there?" shout ed the tall, brawny foreman with a suggestion of Bob Fltzslnimons In his attitude. "The concrete won't dump," said the champion of labor. "Shovel It out, then," said the loremnn. "No, sir," replied the apostle of Sam Gompers. "I'll wheel, or I'll shovel, or I'll do nothln' " "You've said It," roared the cap tain of the street paving job. "Noth ln" for you. Get your time." Six more as husky, tlannel-shlrted bucks ns ever stood In front of a bar, went through a similar scene and then retired, while their places were quickly filled from the watching crowd. "Well," said one of the buuch as they moved away, "we had to stick by the principles of the union, lie sides It's gettiu' pretty warm and I'm tired of sleepln' In a lsd. I haven't had a touch of the simple life since last summer. The jungle looks good to me." "Yes," growled his companion, "we could n't do dirt to the K nights of the Shovel. Anyway, It's some time since I had a Mulligan: besides, I no ticed a man on the job wearin' a white shirt. It's agin the constitu tion of the order, an' It's a fine day to be rldlu" In a box car." PREDICTS THAT CITY WILL BEJEAUTIFUL George Otten. the landscape archi tect of Portland, who planned the improvements to the grounds i.f Mrs. McLaren, has made two trips to Hood River to personally Inspect the work. Mr. Otten s-iys: "My first visit was business, the second a pleusure, for I am simply charmed with the beauties of Hood River. Where nature has Uvn so bountiful, there is not much left for those In my profession to do, still I can sin- a few spots where n.it tiro can be helped. "A little 'sabe,' a little money and time, can do w otid-Ts. I am specially ' Impressed with tin- beautiful building sites along the bluffs of the Colum j bla. and am surprised that more hoines are not building In that direc tion; but It will MM'', and before many years, too, for It Is the history of all cities that they follow the river. "A few years ago you could hardly give away some of the laud along the bluffs of the Willamette; now only tin- wealthy can buy It. and nuignlliceiit horn, s are building , along the river sesen and eight mile (Hit. 1 predict the same for Hood Kier. "The proposed a n t i r ia l will help your town tit. ire than a n. t hlng else, fur It w III m ike Hood Klu-r a suburb of Portland." Mr Otten has done some of the best landscape work in Portland, and many f t In- grounds surround lug the beautiful Imne s for w Mi Ii Portland Is l.ecomliig f ilm nix. testify to his last.-.