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THJkHOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get "Results Highest Grade Job Trinling VOLUME 7, NUMBER 2G HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Goose Egg For Midgets In Second Local Series COUNCIL CALLS SPECIAL ELECTION Final Agreement With Water Company Reached and Ordinance Rushed Through at Special Meeting Calling Bond Election July EighthCondemnation Suit to Be Commenced at Once if Bonds are Voted and Decision Expected in Thirty Days Citizens Express Approval of Procedure. Not Intending to allow the grass to grow under their feet In getting action on the water situation and In taking advantage of the water com pany's proportion, the council held a special meeting Thursday evening and passed an ordinance calling a sp'-clal election to vote on bonds. The amount seelfied In the ordi nance U "$12,00, or ho much thereof an may be Decennary" to buy the tilaut. On being apprised of the action taken by the council Monday night In accepting the company's proportion lor a condemnation Hult to settle the matter, the company asked for a nllght modification of their original offer, which will allow either side to appeal In case the verdict Is not sat Tom Laws on Predicts Big Growth For Valley Journalist-Financier Says Hood River People Are Not Alive to Their Opportunities Expects Twenty People Here Where There Is Now One in Few Years and Great Prosperity. Tom Lawson, who has made ami lost fortunes, gave Standard Oil the greatest public drubbing of Its life, and sprang Into Journalistic fame through his article "Frenzied Fi nance", was visited Thursday by the News man at the home of Mrs. Al ma Howe, where he had been stop ping for some ten days. When the newspaer man arrived Mr. Lawson was the central llgure in a group of children with whom he was playing, and both seemed to be enjoying It hugely. Several of the youngsters were Mr. Lawson's grandchlldaen, the others U'lng those of guests at this popular sum mer home. Bareheaded and attired In a suit of white outing flannel, the Journalistic financier came forward on the lawn, his step as springy as that of a college boy despite his many hard fought battles In the fi nancial arena. Futherniore the head that has evolved so many financial campaigns Is but slightly grayed, and his hand clasp strong and fer vant. While dignified, there Is no austerity or snobbishness about this man, through whose hands millions have passed. He looks at the world with a large and kindly eye and takes people and things as they are. lint the feature that dominates the MTsonalIty of Mr. Lawson most Is optimism pun? and unadulter ated. Next Is his love of nature, and that's why he Is so enthusiastic about Hood Klver. For he Is enthu siastic nbout It more so than the most loynl resident. It's beauties, he snys, surpass those of any spot he hns ever visited and he predicts for the valley and city a great future. In a few years, he lielleves. there wll be twenty peo ple In the Valley where there Is now one, and that ths city will lie n flourishing municipality of many cit izens. This, lie says, will occur so rapidly that the old Inhabitants of the city will scarcely realize how It hapiM-ncd, and be brought nbout by the enormous quantity of fruit that will be produced and must lie dis posed of. A canning plant, Mr. Lawson says, of large magnitude will soon be a mrosslty, while other Industries he thinks must follow In Its wake. No small part of the growth and prosperity of the country he avers will ls brought about by the Influx of tourists who will Hock here to stay at numerous resorts that will spring tip at advantageous points isfactory. The company and city have both, however, come to an agreement not to take the case any further than the Oregon State Su preme court, the decision of which tribunal both sides have agreed to abide by. Innoevent, however, will the city be called upon to pay more than $12,r00, the price specified In the company's written proposition. The final agreement was reached after a conference between Mr. Tal bot and Mr. (Jrenler, for the com pany, aud ('has. T. Karly, chairman of the water committee, and Attor ney Judge Ierby, who went to Port land Wednesday. It Is claimed by the ollltvrs of the water company that they are as anxious to bring the matter to a speedy settlement as In the Valley. The climate comes In for a big share of Mr. Lnwson's admiration, but he Is still more enthusiastic over the class of people and social condi tions he finds at Hood Klver. His wonder Is great at the freedom with which women roam about the coun try on foot aud In the saddle, unat tended, and, he remarks, that such a procedure would ls next to Impos sible In the east. His stay here he declares has lieen one of the most enjoyable In the his tory of his wanderings at home and abroad. During his visit he has re tained an automobile and chauffeur for the use of himself, anil his son-in-law and daughter, with which he has explored all parts of the valley. Incidentally, If an orchard can be found to the taste of Mr. Lawson It may be bought for his daughter. Before returning to Portland, where he will take the train for the F.ust, Mr. Lawson will spend a few lays at Trout Lake, going to that resort from this side In his hired au to. It Is doubtful, however, If the lien titles of the Trout Iike country can wean Mr. Lawson from his great Interest and admiration of the Mood Klver Valley, for which he has ap parently developed a strong attachment. i g3 . m &taS: V , : i wKiCK OfYHL MAiHl cCMtHt tMIO I V 'T 1 IKCI" Roof yi i it jZa bt JUL CQtf CRtVM Vt,"WAr.vrVgr'.V iF' " J I 1 Nmr SnAtnshnfa Representative Augustas O. Stanley, chnlrmnn of the steel trust Investigating committee, announced that In order to pet at the OliapoUUI btom 0f aiiK0i secret dealings of the trust he would call upon ex-President Kooscvelt nnd J. P. Morgan to testify. After seven Of (hO Week 'Ht ' wa,er ha' boon ,allPn out ' 1,10 cofferdam formed around the wreck of the battleship Maine the condition of the ill fated vessel was found to lie such that the government mny have to take out tho wreck by piecemeal. Clprinno Castro, former president of Venesiiela, la on his way back to his native country to stir up a revolution against the present government. Carrie Nation, the saloon smasher, died In Leavenworth, Kan. Melvln Vaniman, Wellman'a engineer In the unsuccessful attempt to croas the Atlantic In an airship, will attempt the feat hiiu elf and la having a new dirigible built for the purpose. are the council and people of Hood Klver, and that they will not appeal except In the face of a verdict that Is manifestly unfair. The company al so waives the right to name the place of trial leaving It to the coun cil, and states that It Is willing to have It tried either nt Hood Klver or The Dalles. It Is believed that tn or der to be fair In every respect the case will be heard before Judge Bradshaw In the Circuit Court at The Dalles. A decision Is expected In 30 days after the bonds are voted. By rushing the ordinance through the council Thursday night It will be possible to hold the bond election on Saturday, July Mh. In case the bond Issue carries the attorneys for both sides will Immediately get busy and bring the case to trial at once. The Judges and clerks of election named In the ordinance are J. H. Gill, O. II. Iiaker, John A. Wilson, P. S. Davidson and Harry DeWltt. The council Is very much pleased at the outcome of the matter so far, as Is alo A. S. Hall, the local mana ger of the company, who has doue everything possible to bring the ne- ( Continued oa Pace 7) WILL MAKE FIGHT FOR HISGHILDREN Albert Sutton, architect of thlsclty, who has been ordered by the Califor nia court to return his two daugh ters, Alberta and Fidelia, to San Francisco on complaint of their mother, Mrs. Montgomery, who charges that Mr. Sutton hns violated the order of the California court by taking the girls out of that state, will make a legal effort to retain pos session of his daughters, who desire to remain with him. Mr. Sutton will make no statement relative to the case, aud Is averse to publicity In the matter. Attorneys A. A. Jayne, of Hood Klver, and W. II. Wilson, ol The Dalles, have been retained by Mr. Sutton to take charge of his case. The attorneys In the case maintain that the final order of the California court In the divorce decree made no restrictive provision that the daugh ters should remain In California and consequently no court order has bet-n violated In bringing the chil dren to Oregon, and that the order reported to have been made by Judge EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS In Classy Exhibition of National Game flound Dwell ers Are Shut Out by Leaguers In Presence of Record Breaking Crowd Pitchers' Battle Results In Lake Getting Best of It. In one of the snappiest and best exhibitions of the national game ever played at Hood IUver, the Mound Dwellers, who won the first game tn a series with the Hood Klver League team, went down to defeat Wednesday before one of the largest crowds ever assembled to witness a baseball contest at Columbia Turk. The Downtown bunch won the game Waiting For a flood One strictly on merit, and put a crimp Into the aspirations of the valient little Heights boys who hoped to make It two straight, but were handed a goose egg, the score being 2 to 0. At 3 o'clock the business houses all closed, and from then on until after the game the downtown section of the city looked like a deserted vil lage. The fair sex were airaia very Graham on last Tuesday, giving the mother custody of the children, Is without jurisdiction and void. Mr. Sutton's attorneys are pre pared to meet any conditions that may arise, and should an nt tempt be made to secure the daughters, a legal battle will ensue and It Is probable that the entire case will go through the Oregon courts. The daughters, who are very pop ular here, do not desire to return to California to the mother. It Is ex pected that California authorities will shortly arrive here and attempt to take charge of the children, when the legal fight will begin. Mr. Sutton states that the ac counts of the case as coming from San Francisco from time to time, when not absolutely false, have beeu entirely misleading. River Higher Than Last Year The river has reached a higher mark this year than It did at any date during the high water of last year, according to The Dalles Opti mist. Keports come from Big Fddy that while the work on the caunl at the extreme western end Is retarded somewhat, that the force has been busy on the upper end. and In this wny the high water Is working little Inconvenience. much In evidence, taking as keen an Interest in the contest as their masculine escorts, and It U re ported that several pairs of gloves were bursted In the vigorous ap plause which the feminine fans dealt out to the numerous good plays made during the game. The bleach ers were crowded to the limit, and although a rain storm came up in the eighth Inning, interest was so keen that partisans on both sides remained In the sprinkle oblivious of the wet until after the last man was retired. In addition to the crowds on the stands and field, about thirty automobiles and vehicles were pres ent, from which their occupants watched the contest, the former tooting their npproval of plays at various stages of the game. The contest was largely a pitcher's battle, In which Lake had the beet of It, although Hart was a close sec ond. Lnke, as slab artist for the Leaguers, put up a masterly article of ball, allowing the Hill contingent but one safe hit, while Hart only let his husky opponents find the leather for two. Lake caused eleven men to fan the air, while ten of the Leaguers were forced to make dents In the at mosphere trying to find the elusive twisters that Hart put over the plate. Four errors are credited to Christie's Midgets and two to Blow er's Veternus. The Heights got two stolen bases and the Leauguers one. The league team played a little different team from the one of the previous game, putting In Grandpa Castner and Morse, which proved a strengthening combination. The Hill boys played the same aggrega tion as In the first game. The teams (Continued on Pane 7) McCAN TO ERECT BIG NEW BUILDING Arrived but recently from Califor nia, ("apt. McCan will go Into a new sphere of activity by erecting a big building on the lot he now owns be tween Third and Fourth streets, near the cold storage plant of the Davidson Fruit Company. The building will be a whopper. 200x100 feet, nnd will le constructed of concrete. It will be two stories high on the Third street side and one story on Fourth street. On Third street there will tie either three or two stores, the details not having been fully decided upon as yet, and on Fourth street there will be two stores. On Fourth street there will be a central entrance for the big ga rage which will occupy the entire second story. The new gnrage, it is stated. Is made necessary by the in creasing busluess of the Tip Top Mo tor Car Co. Plans for the building are now in the hands of Albert Sutton, the ar chitect, and work will be started on the building as soon as they can be perfected mid the contract let. The building will lie a big acquisition to property In that locality, nnd it is expected to le ready for occupancy early In the fall. Orders Big Reduction In Light and Power Rates Pacific Power & Light Company Makes Cut in Rates in All Cities Where Its Plants Are Located -Reduction Will Go Into Effect July First Company Will maintain Same Schedule to All. The Taciflc Power and Light Com pany announces a sweeping reduc tion In power anil light rates to take effect July 1st. The new rates In de tail will be published In next week's issue of the News. The reduction Is being made here In accordance with the new rates which are being established by the Pacific Power and Light Company In all the cities where It has plants located and the rates have been approved by the State Kallroad Commission under whose Jurisdiction all public service corporations were placed by a law passed at the laat session of the legis lature. It Is stated by members of the com pany that the lower rates have been made possible by the consolidation of several plants which allows of cheaper operating expenses. The principal factor here is the abolishing of all the special and irregular rates that It has been necessary to give to various patrons and that the new schedule will give the same rate to all. Manager A. S. Hall of the local company estimates that the reduc tion here will be 10 to l." per cent of the gross receipts of the company and states that It will be of particu lar benefit to the small consumer. The company also announces that COUNTY COURT SAYS CRITICISMIS UNJUST In answer to the criticism of the Fast Side road work by Pine (J rove Grange, members-of the county court state that the macadam Is being laid on a grade of less than 7 per cent and say they consider this permanent road not only an absolute necessity on the East Side but in a direct Hue with the progressive highway pro jects that have been laid out for the valley. Is is stated that County Sur veyor Kay gave the figures for the grades at less than 7 per cent and that W. W. Williams, engineer In charge of the construction work went over them and verified the sur vey. The report that the grades were 8 and 9 per cent as given out by the critics of the work Is said to have been reached by measuring them with a stick and a string. The rock work lelng done on the stretch of road between Wilson Flke's nnd Van Horn station which was also objected to by the Grange Is being done, it is stated, on account of the bad condition the road gets Into in wet weather, particularly in the fall when growersare hauling ap ples over It. The county court feels that it is pursuing methods that are (if the greatest benefit to Fast Side resi dents nnd that the criticisms It has been subjected to by the Grange Is uncalled for and lu direct opposition to their efforts to provide the resi dents of that section with better highways. NEWSPMRMAN LAUDS VALLEY S. Stanley Glass, secretary of the Portland Press Club, was in Hood Klver Wednesday to Investigate the Hood Klver Mineral Springs. After i viewing the scenery enroute to the Springs ami seeing the valley from the company's property, Mr. Glass said: "This Is my first visit to the Hoo.l Klver Valley. I have heard so much nbout the beauties of this section, and of course expected to see a beau tiful place, however, I must say that the grandeur and beauty that now confronts me Is far beyond what I had expected to see. Your location overlooking the entire Hood Klver Valley Is an Meal place for a summer resort and your mineral water par excellence. If the plans that you now have under way tire carried out you will. In my Judgment, have one of the best paying propositions west of the Mississippi, and I am with you." Mr. Glass Is an easterner and Iwis traveled extensively throughout the I'lilted States arid Mexico. lie stated, however, that Hood Klver V alley has scenic beauties in. t sur passed by any section ocr which he had traveled. i on July 1st It will put Into effect a new system of payment, due to the fact that It has sustained a consider able loss through renters and tran sient customers. After that date any one without an established credit will be required to pay In advance or make a deposit. The company will also require all consumers to sign a contract for light or power. The company expects to complete Its high teusion line between Hood Klver ami The Dalles by July l.'i after which time Hood Klver, Mosler and Lyle will be supplied with light and power from the White Klver plant, until enlargements and Improve ments which are now being planned can be made to the local plant. Bungalow Church for Valley An Innovation In church structure It is sail. Is being discussed at Odell, where the Methodist church folk are Intending to erect a structure that will bestrlctly on the bungalow type. The Methodist church has three pas tors In the valley who are covering six or seven stations. Iced Cars for Upper Valley Beginning Monday Iced refrigera tor cars are being carried on the Mt. Hood Kallroad trains for the accom modation of berry growers. This la an Innovation for the berry growers of the L'pper Valley, and will no doubt be highly appreciated by them. WOMEN WILL TRY TO CLIMBJT. ADAMS A party of ."0 to " are expected to arrive from Seattle In a few days, among them being a number of women, who are intending to make the ascent of Mount Adams, says the Blngen Observer. August Kuhnhau sen, of Glenwood, who will have charge of the party during the ascent, will pack 20 ponies with provisions aud camp fixtures. These he will cache at three places along the route at convenient distances so that the mountaineers, who will walk, will not have to carry more than abso lutely necessary to use on the trip from one cache to another. This will be the first time that any one has attempted to scale th-j moun tain from the north side, nil other as cents being made from the south side. While the ascent Is comparatively easy the mountain Is higher than Mount Hood, but Is safer no accidents having ever occured. Mount Adams Is UA" feet high. VISITOR HERE IN '58 AGAINSEES VALLEY Charles F. Williams, of Chicago, was nn Interested visitor In Hood Klver Valley Tuesday and Wednes day. Mr. Williams Is To years old, and hunted here in lv"-. He sahl that Courtney Walker Meek, a son of Joseph I.. Meek, directed him to the valley to trap for beaver, and that the little aniin ils were plentiful lu W.v The country was very thickly timbered and there were only trails here and there made by the In. Hans In quest of game. After reaching the forks of Hood Klver In 1 ." Mr. Williams found Indian camps, the Indians claiming the right to trap for beaver, but telling him that it was all right to "wemaloose mow- Ich" kill deer a thing he proceeded to do. This Is his tirt trip here since then. INJUNCTION ISSUED STOPS PROPERTY SALE As counsel for Horace Diet. l. . Sharp, und I'. F. Park- r A t torney S. W. Stark served an I'lj uictlon order granted Iiy . I udge Kradshaw on the city Saturday restrilrlng the dis posal i f the plaintiff's properly which hail been a ! vert ise l f. ir - a le for costs against It f..r pay iin iif of the supple mental ;issesMictir .ecititly ordered by tin-council for -treel work. I'hc Injunction was s-nicd on tho allege, grounds that the city en gineer nnd i i.ntract.ir M ired had conspired to change the contract price of the w ork w hlch h.id unlaw fully Increased t lc assessment. .Neat job printing at News oilier.
