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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