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Postoffice Designated
Postal
Service Will Be Free to Citizens and Privacy of Ac
counts to Be Observed One Dollar Will Open an
Account, But No Person to Have Credit Balance
of More Than Five Hundred Dollars.
Tin' llooil Klver postoliice has been
designated an ii (lONtal savings lunik.
I'oht inuHtcr W. M. Yates ban been re
quested by the department to he pres
ent at Astoria on J une l'J iiml ( to
receive Instruction in the manner of
handling the business. I'.elow we
give a general synopsis of the postal
savings system which we believe will
le noted with IntereHt:
Accounts may In1 oN'iieil ami depos
it made by any person of the nge of
10 yearn or over In IiIh or her name and
liy a married woman In her own
name and free from any control of her
husband No person ran have more
than one account at any one time.
No perHon may open a postal saving
account at any olllce of which he In
not ii patron. All account miiHt !
opened In person liy the depositor or
by hi authorized representative.
Aftcropculng an account a deportltor
may forward subsequent deposit
to the postotlice hy mail. Deposit
will he accepted only hy Individuals,
and no account will he accepted In
the name of any corporation, nssoei
nllon, Hoclety.flnnorpartnerHhlp, or
In the name of two or more persons
Jointly. No ficcount will lie opened In
the name of one person In trust for
Upper Valley ites Face
Higher Telephone Rate
Manager Winter's Report to President Hall Shows a
Net Annual Loss of $100371 in the Operation of
Its Lines in the Upper ValIey--Toll Charge of Ten
Cents a Call Recommended.
The Home Telephhne Company of
Hood ICIver, In view of the fact that
It Im conducting Its business In the
I'pper Valley at a Iohh to the com
pany, In nhont to Inaugurate a toll
charge of 10 centx for all chIIh to and
from the l'pK-r Valley. Thin, the
company helievcH, will bring a rea
Honahle return on the Invent iiietit.
W. N. Winter, manager for the
company, In submitting a report to
the company, Itemizes the eontn of
operating and maintenance In that
Bectlott, and from a report made by
him to Chart. Hall, the president, we
note that the net Iohh per annum In
that section atuountrt to $no:i.71.
The Ncwh hn procured a copy of the
manager' report, nnd hlrt recommen
dation, and we publish It below:
Hood Klver. Or., May 1.'.. lull Mr.
Chart. Hall, President. Dear Sir: I
submit herew ith for your considera
tion the following statement show
ing the condition of our ImslnesH In
the I'pper Valley:
COST.
Much (Initial pout) $.mt..'!4
Kxtenslonsnnd Improvements ItOiMUMI
Instruments "MUM)
Odell plant itS.'V-W partH of
METHODIST MINISTER
TENDERSRESIGNATION
Anbury Methodist Episcopal
church held Its fourth quarterly con
ference lit the church Friday evening,
Kev. Walton Sklpworth, district su
perintendent, presiding. At this
meeting the pastor, Kev. E. McOni
ber. tendered his resignation, owing
to III health, and will, when the year
Is up. retire from the ministry for a
year or two. Kev. McOmber and
family will return to their former
Inline In Illinois.
The resignation came ns a sail
blow to the members, as the church
was almost unanimous In sentiment
for his rrturn another year. A
movement Is on foot to persuade the
bishop to return a former pastor of
the church, Kev. A. II. l-athrop. of
Creston, Iowa, to the charge. Kev.
I.athrop, It will be remembered, was
the minister three yearn ago, retiring
and leaving for the east before his
year wasjip, btvnnse, as he stated to
hlrt pongrcgntlon at the time, throat
trouble made It necessary for him to
neck a different climate.
Friend of Kev. McOmbrr regret
his poor health, nnd would do any
thing that he might stity with them.
In the meantime they are wondering
w ho will be the new minister w hen
the appointment, are inatle.
HPT
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Savings Bank
another.
The service of the postal n vlngs
system In free, and no charge or feels
collected or required In connection
with the opening of an account or
the withdrawal of money deportlted.
No perHon connected wll h the post
ollice department or the postal-serv-Ice
Im permitted to disclose the name
of any depositor or give any luforina
tlon concerning any account except
to the depositor hlniHelf unless di
rected to do ho hy the I'oHtiwiHter
(ienerul.
When a person applies to open an
account he must furnlnh the ncces
Hary Information for the poHtmaHter
or hlrt representative to fill out an
application, which he will then he re
quired to sign. If the applicant signs
hy mark the signature miiHt In- wit
neHMed hy a disinterested person.
Deposit are evidenced hy postnl
su vlngs certlflcatert Issued In fixed
denonilnatlonrt of $1, $2, $.", $10,
$."0 and $100, each lienring the name
of the deportltor, the number of hlrt
account ami the date of Issue. No
account will lc opened for Ichh than
fl.lK), nor will fraction of a dollar
tie accepted. No ihthoii will he
(Continued on t'us 7)
total cost) .K)"...")0
Horse and cart 170 (H)
Total 7."VvM
On this Investment we should re
ceive a net Income of Is per cent, or
$l:it!ti.(tfi 10 per cent for depreciation
and H per cent Interest.
It Is posting for operation and
maintenance $8J.".t!."i annually, and
our gross Income Jrt f 11 .'.."(), giving
us a net Income of $:t;2.:iTi. deduct
ing this from the Is per cent which
we are entitled to on our Investment,
we get $loo:t.71 as the net Iosh per an
num. In the above I have not charged to
thin territory any portion of our
general expenses.
I recommend that licglnnlng June
15th we make a toll charge of ten
cents for all calls to and from the
I'pper Valley. This, I think, will se
cure for us a reasonable return on
our Investment,
Very truly yours,
W. N. Wintmc, Manager.
It Is expected that the new rate
will stir up a protest from the users
of the telephone In the territory af
fected. SPANGLED BANNER
UNFURLED IN BREEZE
Today Is "Flag Day." and public
buildings, schools, churches and
homes In Hood Klver and the state
are observing the day In a lifting
manner. The American Flag Asso
ciation, through Its appeal to the
president of the 1'nlted Ntutes. the
governors thereof, mayors of cities,
and newspapers, him heralded the
coming of this day by proclamation.
Public officers, teachers and the
youths of the country, aroused to
enthusiasm, have arranged for pub
lic exercises, and the day Is being cel
ebrated. The stars and stripes have
been Hung to the breeze, and will
float nil day, and many homes
throughout the land, however hum
hie, are exhibiting a spirit of patriot
ism that makes gladness all around.
PARESIS ENDS LIFE
OF CARRIE NATION
Carrie Nation, the Kansas "smash
er," died at 7:0." o'clock Friday night
at lcnvcnworth, Kansas.
Paresis was the cause of death.
Mrs. Nation had been In poor health
for months and on January 1'7, hop
ing to recover from a nervous break
down, she entered the sanitarium In
which (the died.
HOOD RIVER
GROWERS EXPLAIN
BAD iPPLE STORY
Several weeks ago the News pub
lished a clipping from a Portland
dally stating that the Portland mar
ket was Wing Hooded with Hood
Klver apples of a poor quality that
In normal season would not be al
lowed on sale. It has just been
learned how those npples came to be
placed on the Portland market. A
Mt. Hood rancher Informed the News
a few days ago that this spring a
number of growers In that vicinity
who had cull apples left over, which
they had not fed to the pigs, had
gathered them up anil dumicd them
in sicks and In that manner shipped
them to Portland, where they
brought twice ns much au'would have
been realized last fall, when they
would have sold ns culls at so to HO
ents a box. There seems to be a de
mand for apples along about April,
and these growers being aware of It.
toak advantage of the conditions to
dispone of their cull products by the
sack.
The paragraph In the Portland
dally which apple growers here were
asked to acknowledge or deny, Is re
published below:
Some of the shipments coining from
the premier district are of such poor
quality that In normal season they
would not he allowed on sale. At
this time they an1 bringing from $l.:i."i
to l.ti."i a box.
News Snapshots
Of (be Week
United PtntcK supreme court d.Tln rrn the Amairan Tobacco company a monopoly. Thouch slowly recovering from a serious Illness, crave feara are still
felt for the health of Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. Bcerets hitherto unknown to the puMIc concerning the steW trust were revealed by John W. tiU
before a cuncrwwional Investbjitlng eomniltteo. A tribute to the ioldk-r dead was paid throughout the country by mini v in g heroes of the civil war.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1911
FLAG DAY, JUNE 14, 1911
With Love and Reverence for the Stars and
WATER SCARCITY
UNPLEASANT MATTER
Scores of Heights citizens are feel
ing somewhat put out by the ap
pointment of a watchman from Ken
tucky to look after the safety and
comfort of that section, when they
think they should have a man from
among them such a one having been
petitioned for to fill the place.
They are futher sore because a gen
eral request was recently made for
all the citizens to dean up their prop
erty nnd the adjoining premises,
when as a matter of fact the scarcity
of water up there scarcely permits
filling the tub for a bath, and often
the toilets are put out of commission
owing to no water for flushing.
The road In front of the stores,
they claim, Is lielng ruined by thesur
face blowing away. It Is now be
lieved that If more money had been
spent a pavement could have been
procured which would be lasting,
and the post. It Is believed, would
have proved cheaper lu a year or
two than the repairing that will be
required to keep the road In shape.
CORPORATION TAXT
LARGELY INCREASED
According to Washington dis
patches, the Federal government ex
pects to collect SMO.L'lU.OOO corpora
tion tax lu Oregon as against $1.V!,
O'.Hi.OOO last year.
EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS
v J (n cfeg"
: i a 'ua vt UHj-,. Mil..-f4-v.?rrr-l f L-ZS-s
Dreamland park, part of New York's fnmous report. Coney Isl.md, was wiped out of existence by a Mate estimated at from
$.1,000,000 to $5.0n0,000 Two events, which held the sporting public on tiptoes, took place during tlw past week. Ad Wolgast
dcifiMted FYankle Burns It) the sevenUoiith round of a twenty round fight at San KYanoisco and Kay Harmon won the &)
mile auto rare In Indianapolis, Janw- B. Ihiko and Thoin.is V. Uyan are facing criminal suits following the delist. m of the
Stripes
OWNERS OF FARMS
REGISTER NAMES
The farmer, who are selecting
names for their farms will derive
many benefits from It. In a short time
the neighbors will becalling the farm
by the name given It instead of re
ferring to It as 'Kill Smith's place".
Soon others fall Into line, and before
tlie owners realize It the farm will be
come well known. When butter,
eggs, and other products nre taken
to town, (the packages bearing the
farm name), the people will learn
whence the goods came nnd It would
soon mean an Improved market for
It.
In the minds of all well Informed
people It Is nn acknowledged fact
that advertising pays, and there cer
tainly Is no better way by which the
average farmer can advertise than by
giving his farm a name. Put a sign
board up along the road In front of
your home with the name of your
farm on It. and let people know that
you nre alive.
The following farm names nre reg
istered with the county clerk:
"Kami) Alpenheim" J. A. Wuest &
Co.; "Alder lirook" and "Hood Klver
Poulty Yards" .1. K. Nlckelsen;
"Krookslcle" Ii. F. Thomas; "Tan-
glewood" ('has. (
Roberts: "Fair-"Wee-I-y-KIt"
"Mt. Pleasant
acre" A. W. Isbell;
('. I, Hollcnbcck:
Kanch" .1. F. Hall
'The Cornuco
pia Farm" C. P. Sonnlchsen.
NEWS
P. I7. Isenberg Suddenly
Passes A way in Portland
Old Soldier, Politician, honored and Respected Citi
zen, Completed a Life of Usefulness Serving Mis
Country and Friends, and Enjoyed the Best of
Health to the Time of His Demise.
P. M. Isenlierg Is dead: This was
the startling news that passed from
lip to lip throughout our city Mon
day afternoon. Mr. Isenberg had
been lo Portland for the pat week,
In attendance at the rose carnival.
He had been In possession of his
usual good health, and Sunday, In
company with his daughter, Miss
Bess, had enjoyed visiting different
suburbs of the city, lelng In particu
larly good spirits and enthusiastic
over the prospect of witnessing the
aeroplane flight. Sunday evening he
retired at a reasonable hour, at the
home of his daughter, 1S West E'ark.
Monday morning Miss ISesa looked
Into his room and decided not to dis
turb his rest, believing him to be
asleep, and not until 11 o'clock did
she discover that he had passed
away some time during the early
morning hours. It Is thought that
heart failure was the cause of his
death. Funeral services will be held
from the Bartmess chapel this morn
ing at 10 o'clock. The G. A. R. will
escort the remains to Idlewild ceme
tery, where their beautiful ceremonies
will be read.
Word was dispatched to bis chil
dren In Hood River and Marsh Isen
School Meeting Day
Occurs
Lively Interest Will Center in City Election Where a
Large Vote is Expected Country Districts Also
Alive to Matters Which Will Better the Schools
Laws Governing Qualification of Voters.
The annual school meeting In the
several districts, this year, occurs on
Monday, June 19.
The departments of education are
planning to make the meeting day a
great day by having as many of the
people as possible attend the meet
ings and learn conditions of their
school plants. It is hoped that ev
eryone Interested In any district
school will be present and help the
school officers In making this event a
success. For the lienefit of those
who want to vote we publish the
qualifications of voters:
"Any citizen of this state, male or
female, who Is twenty-one years of
age and has resided In the district
thirty days Immediately preceding
the meeting or electlou, and has
property In the district, as shown
by the last county assessment, and
not assessed by the sheriff, on which
he or she Is liable or subject to pay a
PRESIDENT DECLINES
ASTORIA'S INVITATION
The president has Informed Con
gressman I.nfferty that It will be Im
possible for hliu to visit Astoria
during the August celebration, as he
will remain at Beverly that month.
Highest Grade
Job Trinting
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
berg went to Portland on the after
noon train, returning home with the
remains Monday evening.
Peter Miles Isenberg was born In
Huntington county, Pennsylvania,
Sept. 1st, 1M2. Here he Joined the
5th Pennsylvania regulars and
served three years and ten months
In the Civil war. Many and Inter
esting were his reminiscences of events
which transpired during that trying
period, and no one could relate them
with greater originality and expres
sion than "I'ncle Pete," us he was
familiarly called. At Alexander, Pa..
In 1VJ6, he married Miss Tllla A.
Jones, his surviving wife, and to
gether they moved to Iowa In Wfi,
the next year migrating to Kansas,
where Mr. Isenberg served two terms
as sheriff In the county of Rooks.
Upon receiving the appointment by
the president as land and timber In
spector of this district, Mr. Isenberg
moved to Hood River In lvji, and
the next year bought land In the Bel
mont district, where he has lived and
prospered for the past 19 years. As
school clerk of this district, his sound
business Judgment and proficiency In
all his undertakings have been made
(Continued on Face 10)
on June 19th
I tax. shall be entitled to vote at any
school meeting or election In said
district; provided, that, for the pur
pose of this section, any man who
has declared his Intention to become
a citizen of the 1'nlted States, and
has resided In the state for six
months Immediately preceding the
meeting or election where he pro
poses to vote, shall be considered a
citizen of this state; provided further,
that any person shall be deemed to
have complied with the property
qualifications Imposed by this sec
tion who presents to the directors
or Judges of election satisfactory evi
dence that he or she has stock, shares
or ownership In any corporation,
firm or co-partnership which has
property In the district, as shown by
the last county assessment, and not
assessed by the sheriff, on which such
corporation, firm or co-partnership
pays a tax, even though his or her
Individual name does not appear
upon the tax roll; provided further,
that In districts of the third class
any bead of a family who Is other
wise a qualified elector, and having
children of school age. may vote at
such election without property qual
ifications." I'nusual Interest will center In the
city election.
$250,000 COMPANY
WILL SUPPLY POWER
Articles of Incorporation of the Hy
dro Electric Company of Hood Klver
have been recorded at the County
Clerk's oltlee. The business of the
new enterprise will ! to acquire, de
velop, generate, accumulate and dis
tribute power by use of water, eli-c-trlclty,
gas, steam or any other
means whatsoever; to supply, sill,
lease t otherwise depose of power
or energy In any form for lighting,
heating and motive purposes, for
public and general use and for pri
vate and domestic use; to carry on
the business of lighting and heating
streets, towns, villages, titles and
public and private buildings, etiv In
fact the company is so constituted
that Its business promises to be far
reaching In scope.
The company owns power sites
on Hood Klver and there 1s a good
field for development of It s business.
It Is hoped an electric line may be
one of the benefits to be derived from
Its formation.
The amount for which the com
pany has Incorporated Is $':)oi.
W. c. Evans, .1. V. Watt an I II. .1.
.lark si hi are the Incorporator.