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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get "Results Highest Grade Job Vrintinfi VOLUME 7, NUMBER 29 ,A3Vs 3 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR HIGHWAY TP PORTLAND ASSURED Route Will Be by Way of Lost Lake Sur vey Complete and Gang of Fifty Men Now Working on Its Construction Government to Open Road to Lake and County Will Improve Road From That Point to Traveled Highway County Commissioners Take Tour of Inspection W. I'.. Herring, district engineer of the forest service, ha just rt t iirm-i to I'cirtluihl from a trip through the country it I in t Mount llooil, whither lit1 wa sent to locate tin' root of tilt' government road which In to Im 11 connecting link for wagon and auto mobile travel bet ween Portland and llooil Klver. lie report that the iii-w road will extend from a point near Truman's ranch In the upland country, ii"ar Sandy, to Stone' ranch In the Hood Klver valley, n distance of approximately 1. tulle. The completion of the mad In anx iously awaited by 1'. Henry Wemme ami other w ho believe t lint tt will t hen make possible n tourist highway circuit, going out ley Greshnm and ret urnlng along t ho Columbia river. Congress at Its last session appro priated fln.lHMi fur the piirpoHe of building a trail on a wagon road grade In t lie vicinity mentioned, nnd to make such surveys an necessary to i-nalile a comprehensive estimate to lie made of the font of a lirHt class waon mad to be constructed later. Congress wax asked to appropriate $1."I,IMM that the road might Inline-dlat-ly lie litiilt, I nt this appropria tion wa refused. A iiumlicr of sur SUMMER DANCE BRILLIANT AFFAIR The dance Friday evening given by Mr. A. W. Peter, and Mr. I-:. It. poiiley In honor of Mis Morrison and Ml Peter, who are house guest at t heir respective home for t Ii' rot ill hut, wa a very enjoyable imcusIoii. Notwithstanding t he heat the asHemblage wan a large one and evening dres characterized the affair with few exception. Tin' host were assisted 111 receiving by Mr. Peter and Mr. Ponley, their mot her. The decoration were handsome, .lapauew lantern being strung across I lie celling lighted by electric ity wleh t reamers of evergreen and lir. A shaded effevt wa thll pro duced making the heat seem less up pressl ve. The gathering apart from It other brilliant feature wa particularly noticeable on account of the lo.i o.v young people present, t he at tendance being colilined to the youthful mem ber of the dancing set both married and unmarried. Many beautiful gown were worn by the ladles, sum mer material predominating. t I J o'clock a wupper appropriate t ii t he wen t her wa nerved at nmall table placed In t he rear of t he dance hall, by the chef and a corp of wait resses from the Hotel Oregon, under t he Miipervlsh in nf M r. and Mr. C. P. Ibis- I luring t he evening punch wa nerved. The music, which was excellent, wa furnished by a Portland orches tra, mid dancing was continued un til an early hour Sat unlay morning. A number of out of town guests were present, among them several from Portland and the I'pper Valley. DETECTIVE WOOD ARRESTS ATTEMPTED WRECKERS Heti'cllve F.. It. Wood, with .Mar shall Perry, of lleppuer, captured John line and Klchard line at lone, who, w ith a companion, endeavored to derail Hie train of the lleppuer brunch recently In revenge for the train' crew trying to put them off when they were ntea ling a ride. The men were ranch hand working In that seel Ion and had piled three rail, nix whUllliig board, one mile post and twelve tie on the track, After the arrest of the two at lone, iM'teclive Win id secured a full con fession. They were lodged In the lleppuer jail. veyors are now working on tin? line and between 10 and .VI men are now actively engaged In. constructing I lie trail on the part of the Hiirvey that haH lieen approved. With the money nvallnhle It Is hoped that a trail can lie benched out mIx feet In width from Truman's ranch to the top of the divide. From limes' creek, a trail of ordinary width will le constructed. Mr. Herring Htated that the route In one of the moHt beautiful from a scenic standpoint that can he found anywhere. Starting from Trumau'H the road will extend op. t maximum ." per cent grade, climbing steadily until It rear hen a point approxi mately ."V4M feet aliove Clear Fork and will hold at approximately thin ele vation for Home distance. From any point for Heveral miles excellent views can Ih' hail of Mount Hood, Zigzag mountain, Humpltack mountain, and many other peak In the vicinity iif the I'pper Sandy river. From the top of the divide, Mount .lefferHon, Mount Adam and Mount St. Helen are all In view and the panorama, ny Mr. Herring, Ih one never to lie forgot ten. The iipiM-r head water of Clear Fork and Hood river are covered IDLE MEN SAID TO BE MOVING TOWARD COAST There appear to be a general movement of idle men toward the Pacific Coast, according to people traveling from eastern point to Call fornla. The night of no many Idle men ha caused much comment among the traveler. Many of these men, It I nali), have the appearance of mechanics or tradesmen, and pro fes to be looking for employment. Train men complain that they are experiencing dltliculty In keeping these men from westbound freight train, and nay that not for tunny year h ive they noticed o many loi terer In the vicinity of railroad yard, stations and along the right of way. I poll one or t wo occasions band of these men have taken pos session of an i'ii tire rfelght train. Ml Flla Tyler, formerly employed at the (ilacler ollice. and P.. P. Kob ertson. auditor of the State of Wash ington, were married In Portland Saturday. .Inly Mh. Mr. Robertson I the owner of several farm In the state of Washington, and resides In Seattle. News Snapshots Of the Week rrlvetl In (Ills eounlry, tho one In the wUh pnssenger. IJeutenaut Klckel. with a very heavy growth of timber, through which can be caught gllmpHCM of Hiiowclad mountain. When the mud U built It will af ford the shortest and only mean of wagon and automobile travel be tween Portland and the Hood Klver valley. It Ih a road much needed for protection of the national forest agaiiiHt (ire, nnd It will be much lined by the public, particularly by tour lntH. CroHHlng an It will the north east slope of Mount Hood, branches can be constructed from It clone to the bane of the mountain and to many of the c xisiting glacier. ( 'ounty .1 udge ( 'ulliertHon and Com missioner McCurdy and Khode made an extended trip over the road leading to Lout Lake last week. They found the roadn In that part of the valley In need of repair and tate that It wan the purpone of the coun ty court to give r tad and bridge Immediate at tent Ion. It Ih expected to Hpend considerable money on the Lost hake road now being coii Htructed by the government which will connect with the Hood Klver county road, when It will Ih- possible to come directly from Cortland to the Hood Klver valley by wagon or auto. O-W-R&N. COMPANY TO INSTALL PHONES I The Oregon Kallroad and Navlga I tlou Company has recently placed an I order with the Western Fleet rle Com- pany for telephone equipment for n ' circuit extending from Portland. Or i egon, to The Halle. Oregon, a dis tance of ninety mile. Today the telephone ha supplan ted the telegraph on over -Is.ntio mile of track on the railroad of thU coun try. Most of the large trunk lines are using the telephone, and thirteen of them have over one t hoiisaiul miles thus equipped. At a recent conven tion of the Kallway Superintendent of Telegraph held in li.iston. every one of the eventy-livc delegate were positive that It wan only n question of a few year w hen the telephone would largely, If not entirely, sup plant the telegraph for use In connec tion with the handling of train move ment. That the Oregon Kailroad and Navigation Company has adop ted this up-to-date method of hand ling It traffic Is significant. It 1 further proof that tlie telephone will eventually take the place of the telegraph. EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS The hot wiive which caused the death of more than L"oo persons throtmhuiit the country tnmle people resort to dirlous meth od of trying to keep cool. The Illustration, thnt of n child Hiding N'tweeii two mken'of i.e. Ik only one of the tunny. The safe and sane Knurl Ii Idea has nt Inst taken n strong crip on this country. K.ven Indinii nre In favor of till reform, nn wit evinced In n seecli made by Tiinm Ibitkn. n 8c neon tmlinn i-lo.r in vu v..rt i-i. iur.v. , ,..,r,,n.iii..n r wii .. i:..,-.... llliislrnllon being tnken In Weslmlnsler Ad Woltust knocked out OwtD Uoiid In ELECTRIC CURRENT KILLS MILL HAND I'M ward Lovell, 'aged thirty year, nn employe of the Oregon Lumber Compahy at Dee, wn killed Thurs day by an electrical current, which passed through hi body. Just how Lovell met hi death, I not known a nobody naw the accident. It I believed, however, that Lovell acci dentally fell against a live wire. A noon a he wa discovered a physl clan wa Humtnoued, but when he arrived life wa extinct. Lovell wa m olle;- In the naw mill and he leave a wlfi and one child. He formerly lived I.' Chicago and the body wa brotigt t to Hood Klver and nent Kant Saturday night, ac companied by hi family. Leaguers Scoop Fourth Game In Baseball Series In Sizzling Heat Both Teams Hake flany Errors Downtown Bunch Gets In Stick Work at Proper Time Heights Cause Excitement By Rally In Ninth Score 4 to 2. The fourth gium In the local con test for nu premocy on the diamond wan taken by the Leaguer In a comedy of error that left honor even in the fumble line. The game wa played In a sl..ling heat nnd player and pectator alike swel tered. On the bleacher the perspir ing fan boosted a valiantly a pos nlble for their fa voriten, but their ef fort were feeble compared with their lung splitting howl at former game played on cooler days. The heat kept a goodly number away from the game, nlthos gh about l'imi as embled to witn It. The Html score wa 4 to 2, but devoid of er ror should have been 1 to 0 In favor of the down tow i bunch who got one earned run. . ike pitched win ning ball but Hart had the better of Rood (icts Rattled It In the matter of lilts allowing the lcnguers but lilt, while Manager Christy" aggregation got I off the Portland twir'er. Hart struck out ."i men and Lake 7. Si iiue changes were made in the line-up of both team. Large was unable to play and Veteran John Castner went in as backstop fur the League bunch In the warm up be- Mil. I'M Hi B4 IHb I - - - I nbln-y. Hnrry At wood, n votnig nvlntor. flew over New Vorks fkyscrain-r. the thirteenth round of a twenty round bout In Snn Kraaclscw. WARREN ESCAPES FROM CITY JAIL Tom Warren, who wa nrrested here on the F.ugle, n boat from which It I nald whiskey wa being unlaw fully nold, and fined :HK), escaped from the city Jail at an early hour Wednenday morning, by sawing through one of the bar on ajwlndow. It 1 believed that Warren had help In breaking jull from the outside. Fffort to locate him have no far proved fruitless. lie wn Is lng kept at Hood Klver peuding a promise py Hendricks, the owner of the boat, that hi tine would be paid. A few day after Warren was arrested, Hendrlck came here and nald he would lie back the next morning and pay the fine, but fulled to show up. fore the game Smith and Mooney o. the Height team collided and the former wa laid out preventing hltn from pluylng. Kood was put on third In place of Carson and the lat ter went to left garden. The line-up was a follows: league Meyers, lb; Castner, c; Uessllng, ns; Morse 2d b; Moore, cf; Kent, rf; Tate, 'M b; ii ray. If; Lake, p. Heights Hall, c; Coontz, ns; Car nou. If; Iiucktln. cf; Hart, p; Mooney, lb; K. Samuels, 2d b; Kood, 3d b; 1$. Samuels, rf. The run getting was started by the leaguers In the first Inning through error. Meyer lilt to third. Kood threw over first nnd Meyers weut to second. Castuer hit a fly to Bucklln, who dropped the ball. Meyers went to third and Castner to Bucklln's Mighty Effort secoiid, and both scored on a hit by Moore. In the second Inning the Height got one 'man around the sack Mooney hit to left Held. P.ud Sam uel cracked one to (ics11ng who caught Mooney at second. Pud then purloined second, and went to third on a passed ball, but Meyers had an (Continued on 1'aire 31 German Commissioner Criticizes Our Methods Says American Farmer Secure Greatest Production Regardless of Ex hausting the Soil-Failure to Fertilize and Methods of Cultivation Are Crowning Evils. The (ierman Commlwsloner of Ag riculture, w ho has visited the I'uited States, In a recent letter to the ngrl culturlst of Oernmny makes criti cism of American method of soil till ing, lie say: "American agriculture need not view the Increase In population with any appreciation. The figures only show that more economic methods will be be needed. The I'nlted States still has large tracts of land to be brought under cultivation, and In this respect is far better situated than the older nations of Kurope. The American farmer takes pleasure In creative work, but the pleasure to !e derived from remaining on a place and making It richer and more pro ductive Is equally justlllable from an agricultural standpoint. It Is a dis grace to the progress of a country that In the midst of Its largest Indus trial district which offers so great a market, there should He Idle so much land of splendid promise and all this to be laid to the failure to fer tilize and the seneless method of cultivation. "American agriculture Is now at a point that Is of most decisive Im portance In Its future development, I feel sure It will find a true path to even greater progress, but I am not so certain that the American farmer and citizen will be equal to the task of conserving the Importance of ag riculture for the remotest future. The American farmer grasps at new methods of cultivation and all the technical aids to force the soli to pro duce the greatest results In the short est possible time. He still ha a reckless disregard for natural re sources, believing that they are Inex haustible, Nothing i more seriously Hood River Experiences Longest Heated Period Old Timers Say Nothing Like It Before Tempera ture Ranges From 95 to 100 in City and Coun try; Surrounding Towns Are 5till Hotter Heat Wave General In West and Northwest. The past week is said by old timers to have been the longest hot period during their residence lu the valley. The hot wave struck Hood Itiver Tuesday ami continued until Monday when there was slight relief. After the third day prediction were made by the weatherwlse that the heat wouldn't last much longer, but there was no let up. The weather sharps then said that five day would lie the limit, n weather of all kind In the valley came It) stretches of three or five days. Again they were off In their prediction and everybody con tinued to swelter. The tirst day or two the proprie ties of dres wa observed, but ii the heat continued all conventional ity wa dispensed with. Coats were relegated to the closet and collar followed ult. All known devices for keeping cool were brought Into : play, soda fountain being beselged, j while bathers galore nought the cool ing water of the Columbia. All such relief, however, was temporary, and baked and stewed cltl.en awaited the pleasure of Providence for cool ing breeze. Keports 0:1 the temperature during theheatlest ran from"'' to b'l and iiintir suffered according to ttnir otistant observation ol thermeiue- ter. One man was tol.l by h:s em ployer when the tempcr.it are was around bit) that It was only v and went quietly back to work, after threatening to quit lnvause he had been Informed of the high point to which the mercury h id climbed by a passerby. Many heated cltlens epn'ssed a trotig desire for a cold buttie. but wen' forced to content themselves with iced tea and buttermilk. A pool to secure money to rent an part men t In I he I i.t v id, m , i ld sf or age warehouse was hailed with de light, but went bv the board lio nise t he cash collnted milted Into an unr.H'ognl.able chunk of bullion It the pocket of the promoter before Grasps at New Methods to threatens the future progress of American agriculture. "The burden of giving a more nat ural direction to American agricul ture lies with the American farmer now and always. Ills own qualities will determine the kind of program agriculture will make. What Is necessary and can be attained I that the farmer shall come to look upon his holdings as a calculable long time Investment of capital which must be conserved and not consumed. "In Germany we have a system of population In general, where every agricultural school which reaches the son of a small farmer and every farm hand has a-chance to get elementary Instruction In farming, which stands them In good stead In actual work. 1 he Amerlcad system of agricultural colleges provides for a higher agrl cultural Instruction; what America needs Is a series of schools which will give Instruction of a secondary grade. "The contest between the farmer and the monopolist has been going on. The farmer cannot hope to get away from the middle-men to come Into direct contact with the con sumer. Alone the farmer cannot do anything, but the extensive associa tion of of farmers can accomplish great results." Persian Cleaning Works Sold J. C. Thomas, who has for some time conducted the French Persian Cleaning Works, has sold the business to M. L. (ioff. Mr. Thomas, who has had a successful patronage here, states that he Is appreciative of the fact and hopes that Mr. Goff will lie equally successful. I It could lie turned over to the cashier of the plant. Seeking a cool roosting place for the night several mechanic went to sleep on the wooden awning of a building they are tx-eupylug. Iur lng the night two of them became restless and slid tiff to terra tirma. Notwithstanding their Involuntary chute the chute experience the out door sleepers were not Injured. The heat Saturday seemed to have a more disastrous affect on blister ing humanity than on other day and several cane of person being overcome by the torrid atmosphere were reported. A laborer working on a butidlug wa laid out for an hour and Win. Linger, of the Trans fer and Livery company, succumbed to Old Sol, necessitating medical at tention. The men employed on the Coiign-gat Imiat Church foundation found it Impossible to work Safur- , day due t the excessive heat and I laid off for the day. No fatal Injury. , however, ha been reported. (. v instances of sunburned ap p!"s are reported from the valley hut the d. linage is thought to lie Hght. Whlie Hood liivcr suffered the snr r uin ling country was even hi tter, an I many came lu re to cool off. At 1 he 1 '.ilie t lie temperature , limbed I.. Ill In the shade an I Portland r.'.'M'ed to the till ( !. degree. Ih.- r cord reported by the weather bureau feet above the strit't. Theh'it wive has bun genera I i n .r the entire east, middle west and I a cllic ci iast. MAN WITH $5000 SUDDENLY VANISHES I. I. Ackerm in. a well know n n s ld"llt of Hi- t - beiiow It h i re. k dl-lrl, I. manager of t he I helm w It h 1 ' iiit no t Ion I on i pa n v , d Ua ppoa re. l on In v , and all sn,,rt to llnd linn during the past week have be. n bit lie. 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