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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 17
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1911
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
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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.
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ocrurrenco among the troops at Sun Antonio, Tex., nnd the supply of soup Is fust running out owing to the energy with which
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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.-.