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HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Gel 'Results Highest Grade Job Trtntlng VOLUME 7, NUMBER 25 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAH WATER PROBLEM NEARS SOLUTION After Conference City Council and Water Company Come to Understanding flat ter to Be Settled Through Condemnation Suit, Company Placing Maximum Price of Plant at $42,500 Council Accepts Report of Committee and Endorses Pro position Also Asks Support of Citizens to End Long Action taken during the iuHt few days by the Pacific Power & Light ('(. and the Hood Klver city council promises to nettle the long and bit ter water tight that has embroiled the citizen of Hood Klver and kept the city from getting a much needed IncrcaHed water snpply. What I believed Ih the beginning of the end of the water problem had It culmination at the council meet ing Monday night, when the council decided to accept the terms of a prop ortion made to It by the Pacific Power & Light Company, after a conference letween representatives of the company and the council held here Saturday. The company of fered two foruiH of Hettlement with the city, one through a board of ap praisers aud the other by condemna tion proceeding. The council, after considering the matter, finally de cided to accept the latter, and the cane will lie heard at The Dulles. Although an exjiert recently ap praised the value of the water plant at fl.'.iHM), the company stipulates It ban reduced till price to $-l.',."H) am! that no matter what the court may award the company, the city will In i) event have to pay more than $ll fM) for the property. The terms un der which the proposal win made and accepted are ax follows: To the Honorable Mayor and the Common Council of the City of Hood Klver, Hood Klver, Oregon: lear Sir: Continuing my state ments In our Interview of the Kith Inst , the Pacific Power & Light Co. respectfully offers to sell aud convey Its entire water works property and system In your city to the City of Hood Klver at the present reason able value thereof; such reasonable value to be determined by either of the following methods: 1. Ity an appraisal to be made by ix board of three disinterested arbi trators, one to 1m' appointed by you. one by the Pacific Power & Light Co., and the third to be agreed upon by the two arbitrators so appointed; such arbitrators to lie engineers or otherwise familiar with or compe tent to pass on values of this kind. 2. By proceedings under the power of eminent domain brought In the name of the city of Hood Klver In accordance with the provisions of the statutes of the state of Oregon and the City charter wltli reference to the appropriation of property for public purposes. The valuation to be made Ity either of the above methods shall Include the value of all reservoirs, mains, pipes, supplies, real estate used In connection therewith, water rights, and all other rights or easements of value to the proerty now owned or used In connection with the Com pany's water works system; the Company's offer Including tlx- entire water works system with all rights and privileges appurtenant thereto. In my Interview of the l!th Inst., I stated that the Company would be willing to sell the above mentioned property for $I.",HKI.(K), even though the appraised valuation found by cither of the above methods would exceed such sum. After a conference with other executive ofllcers of the Company, It has been divided to re duce this sum to $IJ..VH).(H), which ac cording to an examination and re port rirently made by Mr. I). C. Heuny, a consulting engineer, rep resents the actual physical value of the plant, real estate and other phy sical proHTty, exclusive of the value of water rights, franchises and the value of the business as a growing concern. , Mr. Ilenny'm report, dated March 3, lull, showed that In reaching the Fight and Get flore Water above valuation he deducted some what over $7,000.00 off the replace ment value of the property for do preclntlon, and made no allowances whatever, as above stated, for value of water rights, franchises, etc. A separate valuation of the water rights, which are offered to the City as part of this system, was estimated by Mr. Henny on a conservative ba sis at $1..hh).oi. The Pacific Power & Light Co. of fers this property to the City of Hord Klvi t, as above Indicated at a price considerably lielow Its actual physical value and Its present value to the Company, because It desires to assist the people of Hood Klver In carrying out their frequently ex pressed desire to own and operate their own water worKss'ystem. The Company further recognizes the Im mediate necessity of the City obtain ing a larger and more abundant wa fer supply than Is at present avail able, and It tiellevcN that by offering Its own property to the City at the reasonable value thereof, "the City will be materially assisted In obtain ing the relief desired. If the City prefers to purchase this property at the valuation apprulsed as above suggested Instead of at the Company's cash offer of SU.iWH), the Company will do everything possible on Its part toward getting such val uation determined as promptly as possible. IteHpectfully Yours, PACIFIC PoWKK & LlcillT Co., liy Acting on this proposition the Fire and Water Committee of the council which had had a conference with A. S. (ireuler. vice president, and I). I". Met ie', chief engineer of the Pacific Power & Light Co., submitted the following report; To the Mayor and Common Council of the city of Hood Klver: Gentlemen: We, your committee on tire and water, have during the past week been In conference with the present owners of the water sys tem with a view of procuring from them some expression of their atti tude on the water question ns affect ing the city's water supply. At the request of your committee, thy Pa clllc Power & Light company, the present owners of the water plant, have addressed the foregoing com munication to the council for consid News Snapshots Of (be Week : OMSK I U.K ifWA Astor, who was sauhN-d by Queen Mary, will leave Knglnnd and return to her old home In Philadelphia. Owen J. Kvans, Ohio legislator, confessed to accepting a bribe for his vote In the lower house. John Blgelow, author and diplomat, who was reported seriously 111 at his home In Highland Fulls. N. Y., U recovering. Cardinal Gibbons celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of bis ordination to the priesthood and the twenty fifth anniversary of his cardiualute. this iK'g to make the following report: Taking up the propositions offered In this communication In their order, we report that we do not favor the first proposition outlined, for the reasou that this method, while gen erally held forth as equitable In af fairs, we do not feel would lie free from censure should the award of ar bitrators exceed what has generally lieen accepted to be the value of the plant; and te that ns It may, the Inst analysis of this method means that one man prnctlcully fixes the award, which wo do not feel to be proper In this case. We report In favor of the accept ance 6f the second proposition out lined lu the Water company's offer; that Is, for the city to proceed tocon demn the plant with ull Its fixtures and appurtenances, and have the value assessed by a Jury of twelve men, after hearing all the evidence In the case. This would give us an award free from suspicion and criti cism aud one which the citizens of Hood Klver might well get behind and support as a 'practical method of settllug a vexed but urgent ques tion. , The company gives every as surance of Its willingness to expedite such a proceeding rather than hinder It and with further assurance on this point, as well ns that the case be tried In Wasco county In the State Circuit court, we feel that the matter can be disposed of without any un necessary delay. Your committee has taken tie.' liberty of discussing this proposition with business men and taxpayers In nil walks of life and find that In every Instance It meets with approbation; further, the com pany has agreed to fix a maximum price of f42,."KK, lieyond which the city shall In no Instance lie required to go, no matter what the award of the Jury may lie. We lielleve this to be a good busi ness proposition for the City, anil In this connection we urge that the Council submit the proposition to the people at the earliest possible moment, as the Council should have an expression from them before pro ceeding to final determination lu a matter which will have to le ap proved ultimately by the tax payers lcfore It can be brought to fruition. Y'our committee Is pleased to lie eration anil In connection with communication your committee EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS Judge (inry. directing hend of the steel trust, testified N'fore the Stanley Investigating committee ami denied niiiiiv of the secret doings cf thM combine alleged by John W. Cates. YV. K. D. Stokes, millionaire owner of the Ansonln hotel. New York, was shot and seriously wounded by Miss Lillian Oraham and Miss Kthel Conrad, to whose apartments he had gone, as Stokes state, to get some letters. An earthquake killed about 1,3(10 persons In the City of Mexico and other parts of Mexico. Mrs Avn Willing Heights Aggregation Wallop League Team Before Biggest Crowd of Season Little Hill Dwellers Take Opponents Into Camp Outplaying Them All Along the Line Game First of Series of Five, One of Which Will Be Played Today. Ia a game Sunday at Columbia Park characterized by the largest at tendance of the season, and ulso by the great Interest and excitement, the husky little Hood Klver Heights boys took the Hood Klver league team Into camp and apparently had the big crowd with them In doing it, At the end of the contest the score stood 3 to 1. levold of errors It should Lave been a 1 to 0 victory In favor of the Hill Dwellers, who won all the way along on their merits. Notwithstanding the rivalry the game went off without any fussing. Once or twice there was a slight dispute but nobody Interfered, allow ing the umpires, who by the way, did good work, to settle the conten tion. Veteran John Custner offici ated us one of the umpires and Law rence Smith as the other. Long before the time scheduled for the contest to begin the bleachers were filled with fans and rooters and when the game commenced the grand stand held a large sprinkling of the fair sex In their best bib and tucker. The only thing to mar an otherwise Ideal day for the sport was the wind, which blew some. In the practice It was easily seen that the Heights aggregation had been doing their get-together work on the diamond, while the down town bunch had been confining their efforts In this line to the vicinity of the cigar stores. The 11111 Inds had the ball everywhere at all times; In fact they ate It alive, while their op ponents were slow on their feet and had glass anr( When the garhe opened the teams lined up as follows: Hood River league Baker lb., Tate, 3d b , Uessllng, ss., Myers, 2d b., Moore, If., Kent, rf., Gray, cf., Large, c, Lake, p. Hood Klver Heights Hall, c.Coontz, SB., Caunon, 3d b., Smith, rf., Buck lln, cf., K. Samuels, 2d b., Mooney, lb., P. Samuels, If., Hart, p. Baker was the first man to extend the willow across the plute. Hart put on steam and the tall first base man died at first. Tate followed suit. (Jessllug made a vicious swipe at the leather that carried film all the way around. Hart, quick to take advun- able to make u report along these lines, ns In their Judgment It offers the most practical solution yet of fered of this question, the delay lu the settlement of which Is materially hindering the progress of the city. Kespectfully submitted, (.'has. T. Kaki.y, H. L. Hoh k, J. K. KOUKTHON. The report was unanimously adopted by the council aud as chair man of the committee Councilman Fnrly made an earnest talk asking the Mayor, the members of the coun cil, and the citizens generally to sup port the action taken In order that the matter could be brought to a successful conc lusion as speedily as possible and steps taken to secure a better water system. ta'ge of bis being out of position, at tempted to throw a strike across the plate, but Gessling was too quick for him, and bunted. Hall made n wild throw in attempting to cut the lutter off at first, but (Jess arrived safe at first and Inter completed a circle of the sacks on errors. The Down-towners were then retired. In their Initial inning the Heights boys also scored, Coontz finding Luke for a two bagger, going to third on Carson's sacrifice and scor ing on a two bagger by Smith. From this on no runs were scored until the fourth Inning, when liuck lln got to first on a hit, went to sec ond on an error, and stole home while LSaker was chewing the rag with the umpire. The leaguers still failed to score, but In the fifth Bud Samuels got to second aud came home on a sacrifice by Hall. No more run getting re sulted, although both sides had men on third several times. Hart and Lake both pitched good games, the former, however, out classing his rival. Hart had thir teen strikeouts to his credit, and Lake eight. Hart, however, had strong support. He kept the Leaguers down to three hits, while Lake only allowed the Heights four. It can be said right here that this man Hart Is some pitcher, and his partner, Hall, promises to be one of the best catchers that ever put on a mitt. As usual, Lake played a strong game, fielding his position In fine shape and displaying all his old time coolness and strategy. The game Sunday was the first of a series between the two teams, which Is attracting more Interest than anything that has ever hap pened In the base ball line at Hood Klver. The next game will be played today, when the stores will close this afternoon to allow everybody to take In the event. HUNDREDS ATTEND INDIANJOWLFEST The big social event In Siwnsh cir cles, which was this year pulled off Sunday night, was attended by the largest crowd of "whites" In the his tory of this annual pow wow In the valley, and If Information Is correct several white men were unable to re sist the seductive wiles of the dusky maidens of the forest. Interest In the affair was shown early In the evening, when automo biles and vehicles by the score were seen rapidly moving toward the west side, where the howl and dance fest took place. When the festivities commenced a crowd of at least -(H) spectators were present, many of whom remained until almost mid night watching the uucauny gyra tions and listening to the weird racket made by the dancing Indians. At Intervals the native sons of America passed the hat. Late In the game two venturesome white men got mixed in the sliutlle as Correspondent Says Canada Wants Apples Capt. Henry Coe Now on Visit In Dominion Says Canadians Favor Reciprocity "Wheat, Wheat, Everywhere," He Says, But No Fruit-Extols Canadian Government. An Interesting letter from Capt. H. C. Coe, who Is making a Canadian trip, will be found below. There are many things In the captain's letter that will prove of Interest to those who have never been In i 'anada. It Is as follows: Montreal, June It, 41U1 F.dltor News: It will probably surprise some of your readers to hear from me In this far away country, but little known If It Is a next door neigh bor to I'ncle Sam. During my trip across the conti nent from Victoria, II. C, to Mon treal, I have seen and learned many things that surprised and Interested me, some of which I believe will In turest many of your readers. To my prohibitionist friends I wish to say that there Is not a saloon In Can ada, and to my bibulous friends, that If you wunt Leer, ale or porter, come to Canadu It only costs one cent a glass. But let me warn you: Don't get full If booze Is cheap, for the Ca nadian police are the most active', well-drilled and law-enforcing body of municipal officers In the world. No red light tips go here. The ex planation of the above Is, that only hotels are allowed to retail liquors; so when you want to go Into that business you will have to buy a hotel and the 1IJ Is on tight In some of the Dominion cities. I reached Ft. William, on Lake Superior, Saturday evening last, and I had seen no eastern papers sluce leaving Vancouver, B. C, so Suuday morning sallied forth to bunt up a newsboy or stand, but to my In tense disgust learned that there was "nothing doing" In that line, or any other. Not a business place of any description Ice cream store, cigar store, bootblack stand, or barber shop Is allowed to opeu. Hotel bars must be locked and kept locked until 5 o'clock Monday morning. No teaming of any kind drays or milk wagons Is permitted to dis turb the sanctity of the Sabbath day. These ordlnnnees, however, do not apply to the shipping Interests, of which Ft. William Is one of the most Important points on the Ureut Lakes. partners of two little Indian maids, who became so smitten with their Caucasiau friends that they were loth to let them depart. Finally the Indian girls, unable to restrain their ardour threw their muscular arms around one of their white partner's necks and bore him to the ground. Fvldontly feeling. In the language of Josh Billings, that this was 2 W. H. MOODY KILLED BY RUNAWAY HORSE W. II. Moody, father of ( has. I. Moody, residing In the I'pper Valley, was Instantly killed lu tt runaway accident Monday afternoon near the saw mill of Hay & Welsel, a mile south of Parkdale. Mr. Moody, who Is !'." years old and quite feeble, accompanied his son to the mill where the latter got out of the vehicle to get a load of straw berry crates. The horse started and Mr. Moody being unable to control the lines, the animal commenced to run. After going but a short distance the wagon struck a piece of cordu roy road and the old gentleman, un able to keep his seat, was thrown out, striking on his head. Ills skull was fractured and when aid reached htm he was dead. Arrangements were made and Kev. 1". T. Simpson went to Parkdale of the State Normal Sehool at Moii Tuesday morning where a short fun-1 mouth. Ills first position in a pub eral service was held. j lie capacity was postmaster of Lone The body was brought to Hood j Kock lu Fastern Oregon. Klver Tuesday afternoon and taken lu lv"i, nlicn the coualy was es east Tuesday night, where It will be tahlishe.l. he was appointed be i;ov burled lu the family plot at Mont-; ernor Moody ascounty clerk of i;il clalr, X. .1. j Hum county. He resigned from the Mr. Moody, who was a retired ' position, after serving ten years. New York business man, Is sur Ived For four and a half years he wim by his wife In addition to his sou register of the l ulled States land and came to Hood Klver about a . ollice at The Dulles When Hood year ago to reside w It h t he lat ter at Klver county w as established, he his home near Parkdale. He was a man of singular kindness and dls. ttngulshed courtesy and esteemed by all who were fortunate enough to know him, and his tragic death caused a severe sli ck to the commu- I nit v In t hlcli he had become so deep ' l ly respected. The reciprocity measure Is receiv ing the closest attention and Is a mutter of constant discussion. I talked with a great many people on this side cf the line, and the first question asked of me Is, "What are you people going to do with It? Without exception, everyone that I talked with farmers, mechanics or tradesmen Is unanimously lu favor of the measure. To the fruit grow ers let me say that their concluding remarks always were, "If we can get reciprocity, we can get apples to eat;" and when you come to consider the lact that from Vancouver, B. C, to Ft. William, Canada, there Is not an apple tree or fruit tree of any de scription, reciprocity would do things for the apple growers of Ore gon and Washington. It Is wheat, wheat everywhere; no fruits, great or small, no vege tables of any description. The morn ing I came Into Medicine Hat, a pros perous city on the C. P. K., the ground was white with frost, and many farmers were still plowing for grain. I thought we had grand scenery on the Columbia, and often pointed out to tourists what I then believed to be the Switzerland of America, but after passing through the Selklrks and Canadian Kockles, our Columbia Klver gorge dwindles Into Insignifi cance. There were many things that I no ticed In the cities through which I passed that would be good for our city authorities to see and heed. Take the principal ones, Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, Indian Head and Winnipeg, and In fact all the cities onmy Hue of travel, were models of neatness and cleanliness. All have paved streets, either wood blocks or vitrified brick. But of Montreal what shall I say the most beautiful city In all America. I do not think there Is a wooden building within the city limits all brick and stone. And the magnificent buildings the Armory covers most of four blocks, the city hall and government house the most of four more. But my letter Is too long. 11. C. Coe. mutch", the white man shook him self free, and to use a common ex pression beat It for towu. The pow wow Sunday night markod the closing of thestrawberry season for the Si washes, many of whom left town the next day. A number, however, went Into the l'p per Valley, where they will help har vest the berry crop there. LUCAS TO BE MADE NEWJOSTMASTER All doubts as to who will lie Hood Klver's next postmaster were dis pelled Friday when a dispatch was received here from Congressman A. W. Lafferty. stating that Jay P. Lucas had been recommended for the position. The recommendation was made after Win. Yates had declined a reappointment. The news of Mr. Lucas' appoint ment has caused widespread satis faction and he Is Is being warmly congratulated. The new postmaster has had a wide experience In the pub lic service, In all of which pesltlons he has served with distinction. Mr. Lucas was originally a native of Monmouth. Polk county. Ills par ents were Oregon pioneers. They came to the state from Monmouth, 111 , lu Mr. I as Is an alumnus as a ppi luted by liovertmr Cham berlain as the first county assessor. Mr l.ucas h is lieeii a life long Kepuli llcan. Among the list of olliclal po sitions, lie has s.-rve. I a year is mayor, having Uni ehtef i v-cutlve of i on Ion e Is a . rut her In la w of Judge W. 1 1. Pent. .n. of Portland