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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get 'Results Highest Grade Job Trinting 1 ftl VOLUME 7, NUMBER n HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION FOR HOOD RIVER COUNTY New Club Mas For Its Purpose Promotion of Highways in Mood River County and Tributary Country Haintenance of Highway Harkings Also One of Objects Ultimately Scenic Highway From Paci fic Ocean, Through Portland, Skirting Snow Capped Mt. Hood, Then Winding to Lost Lake, Hood River and The Dalles, Is Aim of Club, Com bined With Lfforts of Kindred Interests. Tin' new automobile club, which In tukliiic Hi) the mutter of the Colum llit Klver highway actively, had a live meeting Tuesday night. l,cslle Itutlcr, president of the chili, was chairinnii, ami W. T. Sleddon sccre tary. The main object of I hi" chili, as outlined by Secretary Sleddon. In art follown: The name of the organization will lie the A litomolille Association of Hood Klvcr County. It will have for Its mroHe, not only In Jlooil Klver county, hut throughout the Mute, the promotion of the Improvement of highway ami the encouragement of the proper highway maintenance. It will leml ltn cffortH toward secur ing the proMT markings for hlgh way. It will urge Just and rational highway legislation, further all good road projects, and protect the legitl mate Interests of Its iiiciiiImts. The organization, which will alllllate with all similar associations, will discourage any local or state legisla tlou that will Imj a detriment to the state, county or association. The chili InvltcHiill persons who are Intcrented In the mat tern for which It Is organized, to lieconie members. A number of interesting discussions In regard to the coiiMtructloil of the proponed highway took place at the meeting Tuesday evening. Talks were made by N. C. Evans. 1'". S. Davidson,.!. A. Epplng, .1. C Skin ner, D. McDonald, I-roy Armstrong, mhI others. Mr. Skinner, an repre sentative of the Commercial Club, mild that organization would eo- DECORATION DAY SERVICES DRAW LABGE CROWD Decoration Day wan fittingly ob nerved In II I Klvcr yesterday, by the closing of the IiiihIiichm bonne iiml the rendition of patriotic pro grams prepared for the day. The old veteran) fell Into line at !)::i) a. m , and headed by a life and drum corps, led the line of march to the cemetery. The ladles of the Woman's Relief Corps Mini the Roy Scuu Ih of Amerfca, were prominent featuren In the line of parade. The following literary program wan prepared for rendition at the cemetery: Ritualistic work of (J. A. K. Decoration of graven by comrades Song "A merlca" The assembly History of The Hag -Fred ltell The Reveille lister Murphy Lincoln's tiettysburg AddrcnH - Forest Moe Address I'.arle Spa aiding Selection I -ynn Young The Recessional Donald Outliank Song Rattle Hymn of the Kepubllc MINNEAPOLIS MAN BUYS FORTY-ACRE FRUIT TRACT A deal of considerable hIzc wiim made by !uy Y. Ed wards & Co. hint week when Clayton V. Hooker, of Minneapolis, purchased the Watt find Jordan forty acre tract In the Oak Grove district. Mr. Hooker recently arrived from Minneapolis, and Ih the general agent for the NorlhwcHtern Natlonnl Life liiHurance Company, with hendquar tern In Portland. About one-half the land Ih In or chard, and the balmier will be net out thin full. The new owner and family will take possession hooii and make this their summer h e. Mr. Hooker decided on II I Klvcr Valley, after looking over varloim other locntloiiH when he maile ft western trip one year ago. New Pavement Opened (or Traffic The block of concrete paving on First street, which wan opened for iihp laMt week, Iimh received the ap proval of many cltlzenn. The V. (I. Aldrcd Company, who did the work, has completed It cMtlniate of the cont of the Htrect, which In round iiiimberH Ih $:i,NK. The length of the pavement Ih :mmi feet. The pavement ban ho far demon Ht rated lln good itialltleH, both for heavy and light velilclcH, and It Ih Ih. lleved that.lt will In' the bent that can lie laid for sllpery weather. operate with the auto club to secure the road. It wnnntated liy.Mr. Evans, who wan a member of Wanco county court when the railroad wan built, that the latter had taken part of the original roadway, and he believed the company wonid help build the road If properly approached. He thought, however, that the county court would be the proper channel through which to take up thin mat ter. Mr. McDonald thought the proper procedure would be to Mart the project by firnt building a wagon road, Mr. Epplng urged that a com mittee be appointed to Hollclt sub Hcrlptlonn. Au object of Intercut wa8 a map for a road which It wan stated is to tie built from the road on the south Hide of Mt. Hood through the forest renerve Into the Hood Klvcr Valley by the government thin Hummer. Thin route from Portland, however, In not considered very feasible on ac count of the deep huow which covers a portion of the proposed route al most nine months of the year. In regard to the road through the forest reserve, a letter received by Mr. Butler, president of the Automobile Club, from P. H.Sherrard, Forest Su pervisor, explains what tint already been done to the road and what the government expects to do. Mr. Slier rard adds that the road ought to receive the support of the Hood Klvcr people. The letter In part In an fol lows; "The proposed road would com mence at n point on th'.' road from Hood Klvcr Valley to Lost Lake In Sec. 111. T 1 N, It !) E, and extend up the west fork of Hood Klver and Elk Creek, crossing the summit of the Cascades at the lowest pass In the range, elevation .'SluO feet. It would continue down the Clear Fork and the Sandy Klver to a connection with au existing road In T 2 S. K 7 K. About 1.1 miles of new road would be necessary to connect the existing roads on clt her side of the mountains. 'Congress has appropriated $10, (HKI for work fin thin project the com ing summer. This amount will lie used for making the survey and lo cating mid building a trail on a wag on road grade to prove the feasibility of a road. So far as the fund avail able will permit the trail will Is' benched out six feet wide. Last sum mer flN.tKM) was raised by private subscription and expended In Im proving the road along the Sandy Klver to Salmon Klver Post Ollice, from which point there Is still about ."i miles of road to reconstruct to Its connection with the proposed road. From our preliminary Investiga tion we believe that thin road can be built on a grade not to exceed 7 per cent. DESERTED WIFE AND YOUNG BABY Abnolutcly penniless and 111, Mrs. Koy Vnunortruck, a young Dalles woman wan deserted by her husband last week, at ft time when she Is tin able to work to support herself and baby. Visiting Sheriff Ijevl Chrlsman she told nsiid story and asked for a war rant for the arrest of Vnunortruck. She says she received ft note from the husband saying he had decided to leave her; that by the time she had received the note he would lx nwny from The Dalles, He did not state his reason for cruelly abandoning the wife, nor where he wan going. He Intimated that he would never re turn. Vnunortruck In day porter at Hotel Dalles lie In f. yearn old. The deserted wife told Mr. Chris man she had no money, also stating that she In physically unable to work. The otllclal has notified the officers of northwestern cities of the cane find furnished them with a description of the home deserter, In the Iiom'h of lo cating him. Vauntortriick Is reported to have been Intimate with a woman of the underworld. The Hood Klver authorities ha ve been iiotliied to lie on the lookout for Vauuortruck. News Snapshots Of the Week The s I and B i and Jo' twelve suddenly ill in New York while attending a banquet In honor of the president Porflrio Diaz, according to reports, has decided to give up the presidency of Mexico on Juno 1. Francisco de la Barra will succeed him unUI an election is held. Pictures of the battle of Juarea show realistic war scenes. Henry L. K tlni son haa taken up his duties as secretary of war, succeeding Jacob M. Dickinson, who resigned. OREGON STATE BOARD The eleventh biennial report of the Oregon State P.oard of Horticulture has Just been Issued and contains considerable Interesting Information about the state's fruit Industry. The report that most interests Hood Klver residents In that of K. II. Weber, commissioner for the Fourth district. In which Hood Klver Is situ ated. Mr. Weber says: The season of 1910 will go down to pwterlty as the banner fruit year In the history of thelndustry In Orcgan, and especially In thin true of the Fourth Horticultural District. Fruit crops of all kinds were most boun teous thin year and prices, ruling high, have brought u season of pros perity to the fruit grower never be fore equalled. Owing to the most favorable season ever experienced In thin district, fruit of all varieties at tained nearer perfection than before, and the grade, thereore, Is far above the average of previous years, result ing In much higher net returns than the most sanguine expectations pre saged. Naturally enough, every grower had from one-fourth to one-half more fruit than he had estimated early In the season, and the resultant scram ble for additional boxen and other packing material in better Imagined than descrllied. Thanks, however, to the box makers' energetic work, shortages wll be relieved and the crop fully taken care of and forward ed to eastern markets In due season. All sections of the fourth district are showing enormous gains In pro duction over previous seasons, as Is evidenced by comparing the various annual crop reports, as printed In ' the biennial report of the State Hoard of Horticulture. j There Is much need for n greater number ol canning and preserving plants throughout the fruit-grow Ing j sections of the state. These should lie built and operated In every fruit growing community, and In large districts, ns, for Instance, the Hood Klver Valley, they should located In several community centers, where they would be most easy of access, COUNCILMAN BROSIUS URGES CLEANER CITY In the absence of Major Hartwlg nt the council iii'ftlng Monday night, .1. M. Wright, president of the coun cil, presided and dispatched the busi ness of the Hcsston with the prompt ness of an old hand. One of the most Important matters to come lief ore the council wan the subject of a clean and sanitary city. Councilman I'-roslus brought the mnteer to the attention of the coun cil and urged that each member of the council make It their special busi ness to observe conditions about the city and report. It wan alno Coun cilman KroshiH' motion that ordered an ordinance drawn condemning two lots west of the pest house to be used ana dumping ground for the city. Pending additional Information relative to the Hood Klver water bond Issue to the New York attor neys for I'len & Co., who bid In the bonds, the company was given an extension of fourteen days In w hich to clone the deal. A reprcnentatlvc of Morrln Pros., of Portland, wan present and stated that his company had purchased a one-half Interest In the bonds and they were anxious to have the matter dispatched and would do all In their power to hurry EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS i.Vw t ' iff,' el fa ' -ij . "in.i -o u t of United States almost unanimously decided that the Standard Oil Company of Xew Jersey is a monopoly t V.;re tfSwi.Te. Samuel Gompers, president, and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, - r !vi!, iv.rmer president of the United Mine Workers of America, were freed by the supreme court of the six to iiuUis' Imprisonment sentences Imposed by the District of Columbia supreme court Mrs. William II. Taft was taken OF HORTICULTURE MAKES REPORT INTERESTING TO APPLE GROWERS so that culls and over-ripes, which at present are practlcully a total loss, could be cheaply and quickly deliv ered and converted Into cider, vine gar, preserves, jams, or pie fruit, thus increasleg the net profits of the orchard considerably by utilizing the by-products and saving the waste. Much encouragement should lie given to local frutt fairs, and to the several district fairs where fruit in Invariably exhibited and where a keen rivalry la created among the growers, and every year sees great Improvements in quality and pack. From these smaller local und district exhibits could then be selected the best for display at the Oregon Horti cultural Sixdety exhibit, where the display of a much larger quantity of fruit should be encouraged than has HOT WEATHER HERE; BERRY PICKERS BUSY The strawberry season has opened with favorable conditions. The sup ply, however, has Isen light, with HOOD RIVEK STRAWBERRY the demand heavy. The Davidson Fruit Company looks for a good sea son, most of their shipments going to the Portland markets. In a few days carload shipments will be made to Seattle, Spokane, Salt Lake, Far go and eastern pwlntn. EASTERN BUYERS GET HOOD RIVERPROPERTY Devlin & FIrebangh, who make a specialty of orchard lands, state that there Is a continuous demand for thin class of property. They have Hold for the Hood Klver Orchard Laud Company more than $1iM,inhi worth of property In the past few weeks nt Mosler View Orchards, a good portion of which has liecn sold to eastern buyers. Among the recent sales they report one tract of five acres to A. K. Alt niayer, of New York City, manufac turer of the celebrated K. & W. col lars and "tloodnlght" rolics. A sale of a tract of thin property overlooking the Columbia river was also made, at a consideration of fT.iHM, to Colonel Cornelius (lardcncr, of the Sixteenth Infantry, I'. S. A. Colonel tiardener will Improve this property with a handsome bunga low costing several thousand dol lars, mid a little later, together with his family, w 111 make It his home. matters. .1. F. Kobertson. newly elected councilman, was present mid took the oath of ollice. Several ordinances were passed rel ative to street Improve mc ns, and from present Indications the street work w 111 be pushed this summer. 2 L 1 I t 1 ' i j ""4 - i lecn the case In the past. At this show all sections of the state should have exhibits, to encourage which more lllieral prizes should be offered an an Inducement to bring out larger displays. Orchard planting shows no abate ment In this district, and Instead of dimlulshlDg si-ems rather on the In crease, for new plantings are contem plated everywhere. Land Is being cleared as fast us men and machines can remove trees and stumps, and much virgin forest lb lielng removed to make room for the more-profit-lHarlng orchard trees, and many hundreds of the thousands of acres of available fruit land will be con verted Into orchards between now and the spring of 1011. The principal fruit-producing tac tions in this district remain much ns formerly, namely: Hood Klver, Mosler and The Dalles, with Dufur knocking loudly at the door of the hall of fame, where she Is duly enti tled to admission. t onsidcrable fruit Is already lieing shipped from this point, and with the many young orchards recently set out. once lu bearing , many carloads of apples and pears will be shipped to eastern markets.' While Wasco and Hood Klver counties are admittedly the greatest fruit producers of the Fourth Horticultural District, there are many sections lu all the other coun ties comprising this dUtrlct where splendid fruit can be grown. This fact was fully demonstrated, especial ly by (iilliain and Wheeler counties at their district fair recently held at Mayville, where large quantities of apples, pears, prunes, plums and grapes were shown, and among them were some splendid specimens Indeed, as fine ns could be found any where. In this section little or no spraying Is dune, and yet the fruit was remarkably clean, showing neither signs of scale nor codling moth, and while there are at this time few, If any, commercial or chards In these counties, principally due to lack of transportation, it would not be a far guess to say that NO INTEREST IN : BIG 4TH THIS YEAR! At a small meeting of the Hood Klver Merchants Association, held In the Commercial Club rooms Tuesday evening, ways and means were dis cussed to get niemliers to attend the meetings which, of late have failed to get a very large attendance. Not withstanding the active work of President Enoch Krayford and .1. M. Wood, the newly elected secretary, the association Is languishing. It Is proposed, therefore, to Instill a little ginger Into the monthly sessions by giving each man who Is present a number, placing the numbers In a hat and presenting the man whose number Is drawn last with $'. Such a diversion, It Is thought, will cause the stay-at-home merchants to take au Interest In the meetings. Another matter taken up by the merchants was that of holding a Fourth of July celebration. It was stated by D. McDonald, chairman of the coinmlntec, that so little Interest was manifested In the proposition that the committee did not consider It worth while to continue their ef forts to provide Hood Klvcr with a vociferous Fourth. Thi Hood Klver Mandolin club played at W hile Salmon for a danc Ing party Friday night. rear? with the advent of railroads many new orchards would be started. Hood Klver, an usual, In again In the lead with quantity and value of crop, being far In the lead of all com peting sectlonn In this district, due to the energy of her progressive citi zens, who early recognized the ad vantages of fruit growing In the Northwest, and are therefore, now reaping the Just rewards due them as pace-makers for the rest of this pnrt of Oregon In the fruit industry. That the fruit Industry In the fourth district Is In a prosperous and healthy condition will lie readily gleaned from the following crop re port, which for convenience sake Is given In districts, showing exact quantity produced. A comparison of these figures with those of previ ous reports will easily convince all who take the pains to read them that the Industry Is not dend; that It Is not even asleep, but very much alive and growing like well as fast as could be expected under the cir cumstances; but not as fast as we would If we had a few millions of people of the surplus from eastern states, for whom we could find plenty of room mid work, with Insured prosperity: noon iti ku. Apples, boxes IL"M).0NI I'ears, boxes lO.iKHI t'herricH, boxes ."i.ihh) Strawberries, crates ti.'i.lMl Prunes, crates 4,ihk I'.lack berries, crates 1',.Vm1 Raspberries, crates l.uou MOSIKK. Apples, boxes :!0,M)0 Pears, boxes I.immi Prunes, boxes IO.ihm) Plums, boxes ",inil Cherries, boxes ti.iHNi Peaches, boxes J.."iCHl Apricots, boxes l.iHK) Strawberries, crates .'l.uoo tiik PAI.I.KS Apples, boxes L'-I.immi Pears, boxes .".yixHi Prunes, b.ixes Iihi.imhi Plums, boxes l.l.mm Peaches, boxes l.m.lKNi Apricots, boxes Iil.iNKI Strawberries, crates ti.iNxi Kaspherrtes, crates mm I'.lackbcrrles, crates 1.."im Cherries, tons ."mh) tirapes. tons ELKS ENTERTAIN RIGHT ROYALLY I'nder the auspices of local F.Iks, niemliers of that order and their friends were given a novel and enjoya ble evening a the Commercial Club Thursday night. The affair, like everything else the Flks do, was dif ferent from any entertainment ever given nt Hood Klver, and It was not until some time past midnight that the last "stunt" was pulled off. In addition to the Hood Klvcr resi dent meniU'rs of the order, there were a number from Portl'ind and also from The Dalles, among the lat ter being Mayor l'.ddle WIngate and District Attorney Fred W. Wilson. Altogether there were about L'im In the party. After a cordial handshake all around, the fun commenced In the assembly room, which had been tit ted up with a moving picture ma chine and screen. Near the entrance was a clock, and below It a magnifi cent elk's head, lent for the ihcusIou by Clarence tillhert and C. N. Vaughan. Everybody smoked. .1. II. Fredricy, master i f ceremonies, announced the opening of the program, and the fun was on Tlie first number on the boards was an address by I red Wilson, who brlcily but eloquently CONGREGATIONALISTS TO BUILD NEW CHURCH Work on the new edifice of the Riverside Congregational church hns lieguu. At a meeting of the board of trustees last Saturday the plans nub niltted by the committee appointed for that purpose were endorsed and a building committee, consisting of P. M. Morse, chairman, i. K Castncr and E. O. Klanchar, wan elected, with instructions to push the work as fast as possible. Three fourths of the necessary funds for the building have been subscrlls'd and the work of completing the canvass will lie continued unceasingly. The prenent building In lx-lng moved to the renr and will be used until the new church Is completed. The main entrance to the new structure will be from State street, entering on the basement level Into a large hall from which the main audi torium and Sunday school rooms are reached by combination stairs and Incline lending to a roomy ves tibule. The vestibule opens directly luto the auditorium and the Sunday school room. There In also an exit from the vestibule to the rear, giving access to Sherman avenue along the east side of the building. The auditorium Is to I 41x00 feet, with paneled celling and Inclined floor, and will be exceptionally well lighted. The Sunday school room In placed at the end of the auditorium and In &.x-tS feet. It can be used, to gether with the main room, for large gatherings, and In connection with the gallery, which Is the full size of and directly over the Sunday school room, will make the total seating capacity about 600. The entire basement Is to be used for assembly and society rooms, In cluding a kitchen and furnace room. The choir room and organ space In placed In an annex to the rear of the building, with an outside entrance an well as doors leading to the audito rium and the platform. Access to the gallery Is by an In cline, which overcomes the obectlon to stairways, especially on crowded occasions. The entire building in to be of local tone laid Irregular and rough, with the jolntn kept well back from the face of the wall. It Is the hope of Architect K. K. Kartlctt to have the building under roof by the first of Septerulier and ready for occupancy before December 1st. thanked the Hood Klver Elks for the Invitation extended to The Dalles members and outlined the history of the organization of the order In Wasco county, which had ltn birth at Cascade Locks. The tnovlug pictures then enter tained, after which two vaudeville artists who were playing at the Electric Theatre did some very clever dancing. Then there were more pictures, cigars, punch, Hood Klver elder and merriment. The colored quartette billed for The Oak, which was delayed In getting here by a wreck near Konnevllle, arrived about 10 o'clock, and from then on during the rest of the evening the hall re sounded with new mid old-time negro melodies. Arch Adams made a sixt-ch without words. Later there was a fine lunch and then more pictures anil more singing. The films for the occasion were some of the tiest that have eer been seen In the city. At 11 o'clock the spot light wan turned on the chxk aud the elk's head. This Is the mystic time when every good Elk rememtiers his ab sent brother, and, led by the colored quartette, everybody stood and sang "Auld Lang Syne." At 1 o'clock there were still sounds of revelry and good cheer, and the tirst entertainment of the Elks at Hood Klvcr was loudly acclaimed a big success. There are now In Hood Klver al most I'M memlierH of the order, and It Is expected that a local lodge will lie orgaul.ed here at no dlst.iut day. Among the membership are many of the prominent cltl.cns of the city and valley. I' I it committees in charge of the entertainment were an follows: invitation .1. C. Skinner, .1. I., iliertson. E. C. Smith. Refreshment -Chan. T. Early, . L. Clark. F. E. Newby. Entertainment -Arthur Clarke, C. II. Vaughan, Clarence ( illlsTt, Chas. N. larke. Finance Truman I'.utler, P. S. Davidson. PurtlanJ Welcomes HhkI Klver Kerry I'll,' ( iregoiilan In Its "Oood Things to Eafcolumu remarks: Hood Klver stra berries are lu at last, but so far the price rem alns high and the supply seems limited. The choicest boxen were selling Jester lav lit 1 Cent", ot her IsTrles cost Ing 1." cents to l.i cents a box.