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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1911)
nripri? f4nnn tdtitttd ktowc Advertisers Get 'Results Highest Grade Job Tr in ting JL J$LL JL JL W V Jly JLVJL V JLLJL 1 N JL1 TV kJ v VOLUME 7, NUMBER ; HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR WATER BONDS CARRY 119 TO 21 Council Hurries Action Toward Settlement of Condemnation Proceedings By Reso lutions to Investigate Water System and to Institute Suit at OnceBids for Per manent Street Work Follow Quickly on Result of Bond Election. Tht lioml fleet Ion Nntiinlny re mitted In it vote of I lit fur bond to 21 against, a majority of live to one. The remi It give the city council power to iHHiie to the amount of $ U, .1m I or ho much thereof a may he necessary to purchase the water sys tem ow ned hy the 1'acllle I'ower & Light Company at a price which Hhall lie lived by coudemuatloii pro ceeding brought III the circuit court. Acting without delay on the rcHiilt of the election, u rcnoliitlon mm adopted hy the city council, at i t h meeting Monday night, empowering the lire and Water Committee to In ventilate the property and water system of the water company for the purpoNc of netting full information In regard to Name, ami alrio author izing t he commit tee to employ hiicIi expert assistance iih may Ih' needed In Its investigations. Another rcHolutlon won hIho adopted authorizing the liiHtltiitlon of condemnation proceeding In the circuit court and empowering A. J. IVrhy to liiHlltute hucIi proceeding without delay. The action of the council meets with tlie approval of the Water com EDWARDS & CO REPORTJIG SALES i. Y. Edward At Co. report th" mile lant week of 10 neres In Center vale, ticloiiglng to the Central Or chard Co., to Alexander tiedring of Victoria, II. C. Thin tract adjolnn the ouch prevlounly pure haned hy Mennrn. I erny hough and tiower These Bentlemeu will take Immedi ate possession of the property ami make extensive Improvement. Another largo sale made lant week hy (i. Y. Fdwardn & Co., wan that of nyt ncren of tlie L. A. Copeland ranch on the went Hide, to .1. C. Karl, of ludlanapolln, for the mini of fl.1,- in Ml. Thin In one of the fluent hearing orchardn on the went side, and the nale wit consummated largely on ac count of t lie very heavy crop which In now on tlie treen. Mr. Farl, w ho in a nephew of S. E. ItartmcHH, will take Immediate pon Hennlou of the place, ami It In under stood that he will erect a modern bungalow thin fall an hood an the ap ple crop In harvented. BOY SCOUTS MAKE FIRST CAMP AT PUNCH BOWL A. C. Loft, who returned Monday from Wtnann, reportn that the Hoy Scolltn, who left here lant week, got to the Punch Howl Friday, where they established camp. The scouts stayed at the Punch Howl until Mon day morning, when they left for Lot Lake, accompanied 1 y Dr. Kanagii, who Joined them !cfore they broke up camp. The doctor will give the hoys training In lirnt aid to the In jured. Mr. Loft, who took tip a load of supplies for the youiigntern, says tliuy are happy anil well, and lire receiving valuable physical and mental training, under the Instruc tion of Itev. F.. T. Simpson. HYDRO-ELECTRIC CO. BUYS POWER SITES Negotiation: were concluded last week for the purchane of th Tucker power site on the Mood Klver, which has been owned by the Watt Devel opment Co , and alno for the power site owned by N. C. Evan. Itoth properties were taken over by the HydroLloetrlc Co., wlilch In promot lug ft new electric light and power pl.iut for the city and valley. There will he a lathing bee and pic nic dinner at the O ik irov church Thursday. The strawls'rry neanon now being over the church will he pushed to completion a rapidly an possible and dedicated at an early date. pany who. It In Mated, will co-operate In pushing the matter to u nettle meat an noon hm consistent, and If poHHlhle, to conclude the proceeding In thirty day. Following on the heelH of the elec tion the wheel of permanent street Improvement commenced to turn and hid for paving the HtreetM In the lire llmltH were opened by the coun cil Monday night. A iiumder of bid were received for the Htreet work and iiImo for an extensive newer whlcli will tie laid on the Height. The 1. 1 went hid for the street work were thoso of the V. 1. Aldred Com pany, of Hood ltiver, and a Dnlles tlrm. Thei latter, however, did not hid on the Hewer work. The hid were nil regula r, certified check ac companying each an evidence of good faith. The lowest lild for tlie pave ment, which In to lie of concrete, ac cording to the tqieclfu'Utlon, win 1 1. "it) iht Hipiare yard. Not being ready to arrive at the mostiid vnntngoott hid without hav ing the figure tubulated, the council delayed action ut:t.ll this can ho done am) the successful bidder will he tin noiinced at the next meeting of the 1,369 CRATES FANCY FROM 6J-2 ACRES One of the most productive yields of Htrawberrlen ever reported in the valley wan given tint. Monday by .lob Shepard who, until Satunlay owned a 40 acre place In Willow Flat. On a patch of 1!' acre owned b himself anil his sou In- grew 1, rUKI crate of fancy st rawlnrrrlen. Six hundred and seventy-live' crate of the I errle were grow u on Mr. Shep ard' two ami it half acre and the balance on the other four acre. The fruit, which wiisshlppfd through the Davidson Fruit Company, It In said, will return the owner $-40 per crate, giving the Shepard' total grm receipt from the combined pa telle of $:t,.'W.Yli. From the 1", acre owned by Mr. Shepard lie ex pect to receive f l.til'O, or over S'Kmi per acre gros. These return are thought to be a record for a fully do veloyed strnwlierry Held in the Hood Klver valley.. Tillamook Road to Open Sept. 1 SeptemlsT 1 In tlie date set for the opening of the railroad from Port land to Tillamook, and the people of that nectlon will have a big celebra tion when the first train reaches Til lamook Hay from Portland. News Snapshots Of (he Week JfW-' I " ( ' I V-A" Z ICQKNELL WltiMil THE. VAKSITy RACE- I t.I"-jfr"Xlu v' VtL; " r .5Wi, a V tvr r 4'wwiivi w-iLjnn -s, vlcK ' i.--. .u will never bo known. I.lncotn Henchey, aviator, flew under the bridge ncronn Magnrn falls and no close to the rapid that the spray from the fulling water reached Ills face. Joseph H. ltelc hinnnti wnn found guilty of mnkln a fraudulent report while president of the Carnegie Trust company of New York Through the efforts of Ulchnrd Tarr, the deputy surveyor of the port of New Turk, tnuKgllng plot luvolvlnn many millions hns beeu uuearthed council. Cement sidewalk were ordered in on hot h HldeH of State Htreet, from l)th to First, where not already In Hnd Columhlii street, from Tth to l.'ith wan ordered improved with rock screening. A permit wan ullowed for the Improvements to tlie vinegar factory ami the Morrison property on Second Htreet. Owner of build ings that have been ordered to erect fire escape were allowed two weekn Brace to put them up. If they do not comply an ordinance will he passed compelling them to do no. Tlie ordinance authorizing the issue of $iinO In hondn for the State street improvement wan panned. W, T. Sleddon anil ("apt. Met 'an were pres- ent and linked the council to ralne thegradeon Fourth street Instead of lowering it. in order to make the approach to the building which Mr. McCan will erect hetween Third and Fourth high enough to permit of in Brenn and egress from the necond ntory. The matter wan referred to t lie Htreet committee which wan em powered to act. The vote at the re cent bond election wan cauvanned and declared correct. TWO ACRES RERRIES 434 CRATESJST CROP What In believed to be the record Income for a first crop of lierrlos In reported by J. E. Colvln, who live near the Harrett school houne. Mr. Colvln, who has two acrcn of ls-rrlen on hich there were planted l!,t!0 plants, shipped through the Ap ple tirowern I'nlon -I.'U crates of ber ries or -.'17 crates to the acre. Rough ly estimating that he will receive an average of $1' per crate for the Ikt rles. his gross returns will be $ Mis, 00. On t his estimate his crop should net til m over $'iHl or better than $:t00 per acre, a nurprlnlng yield for any age berrlen, hut particularly so for n tirst picking. Mr. Colvln will set ten additional acre to li"rrlen thin fall. CHRISTY'S MIDGETS" ADD ANOTHER SCALP Christy' Midget added another scalp to their belt Sunday by defeat ing t lie ( Ireentleld I '.lues, a Portland aggregation who tried conclusions with them. The score wan .1 to 'i. Hart scooped most of the honor for the local team by hi pitching. The game wa a good one and drew a number of spectator to w itness It. EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS Amid the tooling of whistles from Inunches lined Cornell's varsity oluht won the prent nnnunl bout minister of finance, wan appointed premier of the chief of engineers In charge of the work of raising Circuit Court Jury Finds Speeders Guilty Trial Creates Widespread Interest Among Toot Wagon Men--Jurors Remain Out Fifteen Hours Before Being Able to Reach VerdictViolators of Speed Limit Fined Fifteen Dollars Each. The July term of Circuit Court wan continued Wednesday ami wan In session until Satunlay. A damage suit case wa tried Wednesday, the plaintiff In the cane lielng Dr. W. C. Harvey, of Spokane, who was represented by Attorney E. C. Smith. The defendant, J. M. HloHHOm, acted as bin own counsel The suit Involved $l,Goo which Har vey clulmed wa due him owing to the fact that a piece of property Hold hltu by P.losnom was short In acre age due to a survey made according to defendant's Information In regard to the linen. Harvey r.felved a ver dict of $."00. The case occupied a good part of Wednesday and was not concluded until 10 o'clock Thurn day morning. The grand jury was discharged Thursday evening after bringing In ten indictments and examining the hooks and property of the county. The latter were reported in satisfac tory condition. In their report the grand jury ktated that It had Investigated the charges of Illegal liquor selling but wan unable to get evidence on which to lnnue nny Indictments. The grand Jurors were F. H. Stan ton, foreman, J.J. Ward. F. P. Fri day, Jas. K. Montgomery, N. T. Chapman, A. O. Andrews. J. K. Car sou. ( )ue of the ten Indictments returned was against J. E. Ilols rtson. Alex Heed, John Campbell and Claude Copple, manager and employes of the Stuuley-Sniith Lumber company for allowing sawdu-t and other re fune to run Into the Columbia Klver from the Ituthton planer. The com plaint was made by the fish warden. As Mr. Robertson, manager of ;he StaDly-Smith cotii,iny, wan in Salt Lake City, the case wan continued until the next term of court. The otherludietnieut wereagainnt (!. Y. Kd wards, Cha. Evans, E. H. Pllnon, Lou H.ildwln, L. 1). Flre baugh, J. A. Enplng, Hurt .layne. W. T. Sleddon and W. S. Nlchol for exceeding the speed limit with auto mobiles on the county roads. It was expected the cases would come up In Justice's court and the offenders 1m warned under suspension of sentence or glveu a light fine, but It Is Htated that it number of residents In the valley went before the grand jury claiming to represent twenty live more ami Insisted that the canes lie taken Into the circuit court, claiming that II the members of the grand Jury failed to return Indict ments they would not Ik' doing their duty. The jury under these circum stance after a clone Investigation returned lndletments against the auto drivers above named. W. S. Nlchol whose cane wnn brought up tirst after making n speech In which he said that he be lieved that certain residents of Jericho Lane had It In for him and the other real estate men who were charged with speeding because they had refused to handle their proper ties, pleaded guilty. Judge Hrad- mm up at the end of the course nnd the entering of thotisiind of college looters ntee on the Hudson rlor o poslte Poughkeepnle. Joseph Ctilllniix, former French republic and hns formed n new cabinet. icitcr:il William II. Hixby, the Maine, hns declared that the secret of the destruction of the battleship shaw fined Nlchol $2.", saying that as he had put the county to no ex pense he would give him the mini mum fine. The judge's attention lie lng called to the fact that the mini mum line was only $10 reduced the amount to that figure. J. A. Epplng, O. V. Edwards, E. II. Pllnon, L. I). Flrebaugh and Hurt Jayne were represented by Attorney A. A. Jayne, who pleaded not guilty for his clients and the cane of Epplng wan tuken up first and a jury lmpan- M'lled. It took the entire morning to J select a qualified jury and the cane occupied most of the day. A man i named Hayden visiting here from Oregon Llty and Koy I). Smith were the principal witnesses for the state. Smith who In a roud supervisor on the west side employed Hnyden to assist him in getting the time on the speeders. According to their testi mony Hayden stood at a stake which had been set at a certain dis tance along the macadam road and another man stood IMW feet further on. When the machine passed Hayden he says he started a stop watch go lug wlilch he had In his hand In bis pocket to keep the speeders from knowing what he wan doing. When the auto reached the other man he raised a shovel which he was val iantly supporting and Hayden stopjied the watch. In this way It was claimed an accurate time as to the speed the machines were going wan obtained. According to the time, most of the machines were moving a little over the speed rate of 24 miles an hour. The exact time being given at 117 miles per hour for several of the autos. When they timed Mr. Epplng he had aboard County Judge Cul liertson whom he was taking on a jaunt over some of the roads on a tour of Inspection. Mr. Culbcrtnon wnn placed in the etnbarraslng posi tion of being placed ou the witness stand to testify against the defend ant. Other witnesses were dipt. McCan, who testified In regard to timing with stop watches, having had con siderable experience and owning n very fine timepiece of this kind. Vlbert Sutton was also a witness ind one or two others. Hnyden testified that he had never had any former experience lu using a stop watch nnd It wus stated by McCan that It wan easy to make a mistake of half to a second In start ing a watch of thin kind, a fact that would very materially alter the time In so short a distance. The case for the state wnn handled by District Attorney Fred Wilson and IVputy District Attorney Hart wig, the latter making the opening addrenn to the jury which occurred before a large gathering of interested automobllemen anil others. Attorney Jayne followed with his argument making a strong plea for the defendants, and Mr. Wilson wound up the argument with a pol- (Continued on Pa?e 10) Samuel Rae Reviews Railroads Vs. People Says Time Has Come For Intelligent Co-Operation and Advocates Commissions to Regulate Corpo rations and Adjust Differences--Thinks West Mas Superior Service in Proportion to Population. Samuel Ken, first vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad who was recently here on a visit to the valley, discussed the railroad situation at some length. He Is an ardent be liever In publicity of railroad mat ters. He feels that the people of the country should learn the railroad business and that the press Is the natural teacher. "I find there has lieen a marked chaDge generally In the attitude to wards the railroads which Indicates very clearly that the people are com ing to realize that the railroads are on Indissoluble part of the commer cial and Industrial growth of the nation. The people and the railroads are now working together, and the result must lie beneficial to all. There Is an earnest desire all over the country on the part of the rail roads to make 'service to the people' their slogan. The greatest service cannot be accomplished without the hearty cooperation of the people. The people must learn the railroad business, and the press of .the coun try Is the natural teacher. I am a strong liellever In publicity and reg ulation. No more timely service can Is? rendered by the various railroad commissions than by being lu fact, as well as In name, commissions for the railroads as well as for the people. STATE TO KEEP TAB ON AUJOSPEEDERS Incompliance with a law passed at the last session of the Oregon leg islature, County Clerk Hansen calls attention to the fact that the secre tary of State has Just put into effect a system of espionage for keeping a record of auto drivers who exceed the speed law. The new law requires each county to keep a record book in which the uames of those violating the law Is registered liy the county clerk, who In required to send the names to the secretary of State each month. The state department In turn sends a list of the uames to each county clerk lu the state. The names of those own ing machines Is also registered with the county clerk nnd the secretary of State. The record an filled out Includes the name of the owner, his residence ad drenn and street number, bunlnens ad dress, postotlice address, county he lives In, the name of the manu facturer of the machine audits fac tory numler, style of car, tj pe of en gine, horse power, name of chaffeur. If transferred, the name of the pur chaser. If ever convicted of speeding, provision of law violated, sentence Imposed, and Amount of fine. The new requirement eutalls con siderable expense on each county, the i record book Whig a huge affair In addition to the blanks necessary for the secretary of State, and the ex pense of making and keeping the en tries up to date. EXPRESS LEAVES TRACK NEAR DALLES! A derailment which had a lucky ending for the passengers, occurred early Monday morning on theO.-W. K. .V X. Tli. rear trucks of a tourist sleeping car In train Xo. t!, t he Ore gon and W ishltigtonexpresn, left the track three miles west of The Dalles and bumped along over t he ties for :'jki feet liefore the engineer stopped the train. Although the passenger were Jarred considerably, no one wan hurt and they remained lu their U'ttlm until the car had been replaced on the track and run to The Dalles, where they were transferred to inlay coach. The derailment of the tourist car wan caused by the breaking away of the top of a rail for eight Inches at a Joint. The break wan an old one but had not been discovered htvtiusc the ham which connect the rail conceal ed the crack. The peculiar and (or dinate part of the accident was that the sleeper remained coupled to the train at both ends, while the diner and three standard sleeper that fol lowed th" tourist passed ocr the broken rail without leaving the track. "The physical condition of your rallroadn are maintained at a high standard, and, commensurate with the traffic, are second to none In this country. The people should encour age the present trunk lines to make extensions, as needed, rather than to encourage Independent short road. The old established trunk lines with their excellent terminal facilities are In a better position to aid in the de velopment of the state In that way than to put additional new capital into terminals long In advance of their necessity. However, the fact should be borne in mind that exten sions require large outlays of capital, and It Is absolutely essential that there be hearty cooperation on the part of the people, and their support in the continuance of reasonable rates. "There Is another thing to be con sidered In this connection. The peo ple should not be Impatient, because the country is still new and your cities are growing very rapidly. It Is Impossible to tell Just exactly what will be the requirements even ten years from now, therefore rail roads necessarily have to exercise great care In making improvement which in a few years may be totally Inadequate or which by virtue of the growth of a city It may lie necessary to change, and thus cause a waste of capital." WARREN FINED S300 FOR LIQUOR SELLING Tom Warren, an employe on the Eagle, the boat which it is said was being used for the purpose of dispens ing liquor along the river, was ar rested Friday afternoon, charged with Illegally selling liquor. At a hearing liefore Justice of tha Peace A. C. Huck, Saturday morning Warren was fined $.!00 and cost. Deputy District Attorney Hartwlg prosecuted the cane and Attorney Wilbur represented Warren. The boat first came here about a week ago and taking a party on board went out into the river after, It Is claimed, selling considerable liquor. It wan thought that It would not return. Friday, however. It again put In an appearance and It Is alleged that the Illegal liquor dis pensers said that they were going to sell booze and defy the authorities. Later Warren wa arrested, but Hen dricks, the man who owns the boat, could not lie found, having left for Portland. Warren could not pay the fine nud ha since lieen languish ing In jail. en Hurt At Cameron's Mill Two accidents occurred at Camer on's mill, near Pine tJrove lant week. In one of them J. F. Hardacre got hi hand caught In the cog of the planing machine and had It badly In jured, and L. (i. Jate, another em ploye wan hit In the face by a chunk of wood and had a piece of bin lip torn awav. EIGHTY ACRES MORE SOLD IN WILLOW FLAT Willow Flat orchard were again active In the realty market lant week and several fine tracts changed hand. A. J. Farrel bought t In Job Shepard i' acre, one of the tinest tracts on the Flat. The price paid for the Shepard tract, while not made public. Is known to be a high llgiire, although It i t more than the place fs well worth. Mr. shepard came here a few year ago. and. by hard Work and Intelligent methods, brought hi orchard to a high state of culttva thin. , A tn it her sale was I" acre belongs lug to Hurt Van Horn, to T. . iHvker. who h i had charge of the holding of Mr. Van Horn for never a) 'jear. Thin sale down out Mr Van I Horn' Interest lu real estate lu the valley entirely. The latter ha nut 1 parted with hi holding at II I Klver through any illssatlsfmtloii. but because he Is retiring from tin i apple business. He ha also rn rnl ly sold most of his big on hard In i terests In New York and ex p t ! sp ltd a jcir traveling on a pleasure trip