HOOD RIVER NEWS
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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
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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
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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