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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
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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.
It Is il l Ai keruum had s
hi person when he disappeared