The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current, August 02, 1911, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTJE HOOD RIVER NEWS AdxJcrlisers Get Results Highest Grade Job Vrintlng VOLUME 7, NUMBElP. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR $200,000.00 FIRE AT THE DALLES Big Hill and Warehouse of Wasco-Warehouse Hilling Company and Great South ern Depot Destroyed by Fire Sunday Night Railroad Property Also Dam agedFire Result of Explosion in Dust With mi estimated loss or $:'(K3,(HKI, partly covered by Insurance, lire sup posed to have Ml arted from defective wiring In tlu Si 1 1 1 1 of I lie Wnseo Warehouse & Ml II I hi; Company, ut The Dalles, Sunday night, destroyed the mill valni-d a t $1'Ji.ihmi'; lie lirent Sunt hern Hallway depot, valued nt -1,OiMl; the rolling stock In the yard of the O.-W. . &. N. Co, valued nt Hi'Veral thousand dollars; a wet Ion house, several freight sheds and shacks, ami n large quantity of hay. Tne buildings were lorated nt the cast end of the main street and the town wan Mirenteneii hy the Hum for more than an hour. The wind wax from the went, having the town. No fatalities accompanied the lire mid the only person hurt was nn un Mentilled man, who fell In front of the hone curt and was. run over. Ilef on the first alarm wiih given, the mill iliiHt, which had been Met BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT TAKES GIANT STRIDES The local Hoy Scout movement Iiiih received a great tinn-ttirt during the Hummer and another corps of scouts Is being organized by A. L. Crocker. They will leave shortly for camp. Throughout the I 'ill ted StateH the Hoy Scouts of America have tripled In the hint eight montliM. There are now -I..VMI scout inanterM reglMtered with the national organization. On January 1 there were only l.liM). These fact alone hIiow Mint there are three times a many troopH of scouts under the direction of the leaders of the Hoy Scouts of America mm there were In the lcglnnlng of the year. While It Ik hard to figure on the number of boys, yet It I iilte probable that the Hoy Scouts alone number thrct time an many aunt the iH'glnnlng of the year. This remarkable growth Is due to many reasons. Firm, hoys In every village, town and city throughout the country have read of the prin ciples of the neoiit movement and have appreciated how much more fun they can have under a giod trainer or wont inaHter who takes them Into the wood and teachi'H them various awful things for play and work. Secoinlly. many young men, learning of the principles of the wont movement, have become en thiiHtaHtlc workers and have made efforts to organize troops because they are fond of the woods and fond of the activities outlined In the scout mniijiul. Thirdly, the general Inter est In the scout organization has spread, over the country gradually and iMTslstently In the last year and a half, and there are more Hoy Scouts In America today than there are In any country In the world. Since the meeting of the national council at the White Mouse early In February greater Interest has been aroused In the movement lscnusc new badges have been turned out for tin1 boys, a new manual has been Issued, and many things have been done to appeal directly to the Amer ican boys. Hiislness and professional men also have taken Increased In tercet In t he work and have formed local coun cils In various Hies and towns to supervise the scout activities In their localities, Tlie scout organization has become so strong In several cities that HecretarleM have been employed to handle the great amount of detail. The leaders of the boy scouts re gard this growth not as tcmpory but asdue to the Inherent strength and appeal of the scout principles. They feel sure that the organization which has Is-eii approved by the members of different religions and different organizations dealing with boys' work Is a thoroughly perma nent Institution la the life of the country. Thursday night, at H p. m. Kev. .1. II. Parsons will preach In the i recti wood school house at Mosler. afire ly the wlreH, exploded, and threw flames and burning chaff -Till feet Into the air, spreading It over .'!'.! freight earn of the O.-W. It. & N. and the I i rent Southern Hallway In the yards, netting fire to them. The earn In the yard were practically all empty. When the Are department arrived ItwnHHeen that the fire In the mill waH lievond control and the effort wiih made to nave the brewery of the Kastern Oregon Brewing Company, across from His Hour mill. The di rection of the mill blew the llmncx away from the brewery anil although It Heveral Milieu caught fire It wiih hii veil. During part of the evening build ings worth approximately $.'imi,immi and residences In the cast end of town, worth about f Jti.iKMl 'were In danger ami a shift of the wind would have wiped them out. LEAGUERS AGAIN WIN BY SC0REJF 2 TO C I ii another close contest the league team walloped ehe Heights Sunday by a score of 2 to 0. According to the One points of the game, however, the wore at th end of the ninth Inning should have been nothing to nothing, as the runs scored by the downtown hunch were made on an error by Coontz. Hoth Hart and Meyers delivered good ball, the former allowing but I live hits, while the Heights got but four off Meyers. In strikeouts honors were even, both slab artists being credited with nine. The run getting was accomplished in the sixth Inning wh"ii Castner hit safe, getting to first. Mcssllng then lilt to Coontz, who endeavored to get Castner at. second but threw wild. Chandler sacrificed advancing Castner and (iessliug to third and second. Hand hit to Coontz, who allowed the ball to go through, ami Castner and (lessling scored. The lineup was as follows: leagiie Alvln If., Castner c. Mess ling ss.. Chandler I'd b., Kent 1st b , Kami rf.. Moors cf., Tate .'id b.. Meyevs p. Heights Mall c, Coontz ss., Car son I'd b., Hucklln cf.. Hart p., li. Samuels Jd b., Mooticy 1st b., It Samuels If., Smith rf. Kev. T. .1. Hazleton, of Portland, will speak at the I'nlted Hrethren church next Sunday evening. Mr. Hazleton Is secretary of the Com mons Prison league. Me Is a very Interesting speaker and comes with a message worthy of a full house. News Snapshots Of the Week resigned nn learning that a itsI ii J ! Ill A ... -i- p is V Fed to he hncked hjr the Itusslan (rovernnient. Mohammed All Miria, the exiled shah of Persia, has returned to attempt Man, who was seriously Injured while flying at tCrle, l'a., Is rapidly recovering. The tracks of the O.-W. K. & S. Company llus were so war(ed out of shape by the lirce heat of the fire that they had to Is-replaced, and the traffic over the division was held up until about N o'clock Monday morning- The wheat store In the mill burned for several days before It could be extinguished. PORTLAND MEN TALK PROSPERITY Hankers and business men gener ally expect marked Improvement In business conditions throughout the Pacific Northwest as the result of the bumper crops the farms are turning out this year. It Is U-lleved the dis tribution of the 'crop money among the farmers will mean renewed activ ity in all lines, and In none more par ticularly than In the lumber Indus try. A reawakening of the IuiiiImt business w ill be widely bei.elicial by reason of the money It distributes among a large iiuiiiImt of people. The grain harvest, now In full swing. Is the most satisfactory fea ture of the whole situation. The yield of the three Pacific Northwest states Is fixed at ttctter than OO.iMMI,- HM) bushels, and prospects are favour able for high prices. Fruit, hops, salmon ainl all the vasied resources of the Northwest states will con tribute their share to the continued prosperity of this seccloii of t lie coun try. ECCLES WILL EXPERIMENT WITH AUTO ON TRACK Operating an automobile on a rail road track may soon take place on the Ml. Mood railroad running from Hood Kiver to Parkdale. David Ce des, .lr, supcrintelideht of the Ore gon I. umber Company's milling plant at !ee, Oregon, Is figuring on equip ping his auto with wheels on which there will lie flanges, that will enable him to follow t he line of railroad be tween the two points. Kxperlinents on this order are said to have proved successful. Johnson & Co. Abandon Paving Johnson & Co., of The Dalles, who were awarded the contract for the Hood Ulver street paving, forfeited their contract Thursday and the city returned the certified check to the bidders. The contracting company did not care to take the contract In view of the fact that the city would be delayed longer than expected In niljustlng conditions to penult lay- lug the city mains. The grading, wdjleh was awarded to the W. (J. Aldred Co. will lie done at once. EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS 111 linn ticcn sent to Dr. Alvab II. Dotr. All Incoming steamer nre detalneil nt quarantine, nnd pnssengers are thoroiiRhly examined for any slunn of the dreaded dis ease Captain John Wrllcr Is the first to attempt a transatlantic voyage In a motor launch. In his is.Ht, the lioiiianht. he has started from New York for I rein ml. There Is now only one senator In concre representing lieoreia Senator Terrell succiwor. Governor lloke Smith, had Ihmmi chosen, and (lovernor Smith refuses to ko to the senate until IVcemUT. Helleved FROM PITTSBURG TO HOOD RIVER IN AUTO The first automobile to cross the continent under Its own power and reach Hood Ulver, arrived here Thursday, with T, J. Wilson and F. II. Llehtenfels, of Pittsburg, Pa., as Its occupants. Mr. Wilson, who owns land near Cooks, Is n Pittsburg lawyer, and Mr. Llehtenfels Is a med ical student at the 1'ulverslty of Pittsburg, the educational Institu tion founded by Andrew Carnegie. Hoth gentlemen were motoring for pleasure. They crossed the river here aud went to Mr. Wilson's place. The long trip to Hood River was made In an E. M. F Thirty, which covered over 3,000 miles, and arrived In fine condition. The car, which was taken to the Columbia garage, apart from being dusty, showed no signs of wear; the engine was run ning as smoothly as If It had Just come out of the factory. The route covered on the trip from Pittsburg was . through Ohio to Cleveland, from there to Chicago, IVs Moines, Omaha, Cheyenne, Salt Lake City, Holse, Huntington, Pen dleton and The Dalles. The best roads are said by the transconti nental travelers to have been found In Iowa aud the worst In Wyoming, In Idaho, they got off the road and ran for fifty miles through the sage brush, finally getting Into a ditch and being compelled to lay up for the night. The actual running time was twenty days, eight hours a day. The car left Pittsburg July L', ar riving here on the I'Tth. Five days j were consumed In stops to visit In several - cities en route. The record; made by the machine is considered phenomenal by local automobile Thullcns Given Decision In Valhalla Orchard Suit Judge VVolverton in the Contract Yor Purchase Price of $43,000, and Or ders $10,000 Already Paid Refunded With Inter est--Places Costs of 5uit on Vanderbilt. I'nlted States Judge Wolverton de cided the famous Vanderbilt Hood Ulver orchard case Monday by find ing for Mluette Thullen Llishop and Joseph C. Thullen, the purchasers of the orchard, on every point. The deed of sale and contract be tween Oscar and Itnrbnra Vander bilt on the one hand and Mrs. Bishop and Thullen on the other, whereby they were to pay 14.1,000 to the Van derbllts for the orchard. Is rescinded. Vanderbilt has to pay back the $10.! 000 that had been paid on t he pur chase price and $1,73(1 expended by the purchasers on the place, together with Interest at 6 per cent and all costs and disbursements of the suit. In addition the defendants and eross- couipIalnants.are given a Hen on the projHTty to Insure the carrying out of the decree. In rendering a decree for the cross- complainants Judge Wnlverton said that Vanderbilt and his agent, John Icland lleiideri-oii, had evidently been guilty of misrepresentation and fraud In deceiving the purchasers and their agent, Mrs. Carrie K. Sehtnlek, as to the character of the soil In the orchard, claiming there was no "hardpaa" there when In health olllcer of the rswt of New York, PROMINENT PEOPLE GUESTS ATCLOUD CAP (iuests at Cloud Cap Inn are said to have never lieen more numerous than during the present season, and the automobiles traveling to and from Cloud Cap Inn have teen un usually crowded with guests bound for the famous mountain resort dur ing the past week. Conditions have leen favorable for climbing Mount Hood and several successful ascents have leen made. Among the guests of the Inn are a numlierof prominent people from the East. Judge Harrington Putnam of the New York Supreme Court, who is nlso president of the Alpine Club of America; John II, Williams, au thor of "The Mountain That Was Mod," and Dr. Herliert Murch, of the faculty of Princeton I'nlverslty, are registered there. Among the other guests are: C. H. Ames, Kurtou Ames and Lawrence Ames, Koston, Mass , Mrs. Sarah K. Myers, East Orange. N. J,; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. I'eters, Miss Peters, and Miss Mllllken, Cincinnati, O ; Miss Mrace Wentworth, Chicago, 111.; Dr. E. L: Biggs, Hot Springs, Ark.; Miss Florence Hnsper, Pittsburg, Penn.; Mls Isutiel McMunnegle, Vancouver Ilarracks; Mrs. and Miss Cradlck, Philadelphia; Miss Kobblns, Manka to. Minn., Donald T. McDonald, Ta coma; Miss Anderson, Seattle, Wash.; Henry Te-1. A. L. Williams, Mrs. A. C. Young. (J. K Wentworth, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Ureenleaf, Miss Frances Wilson, Miss Mabel Woodworth, E. C. Daupee, Mrs. William McKeuzle, Mrs. Madge A. McKenzle, Miss Mar garet McKeuzle, and Miss Katherine McKenzle, all of Portland. Federal Court Sets Aside fact there Is "hardpan," according to the evidence of experts Introduced by the cross-complainants. The court said fraud and misrepresentation had lieen charged In other ways, hut he considered the "hardpan" matter sufficient for consideration In return Ing a decree for the purchasers of the orchard. The story of she case ns told bv the Journal is as follows: Mrs. Schmlck, who Is related to Mrs. Hlshop ami Thullen, went to Hood Ulver from Ohio In I'.UO to purchase an orchard for them. She was a guest at the home of Mr. Henderson, who got her to look nt the Vander bilt 3-ncre ranch. She testified Mr. Vanderbilt told her the property would pay a net Income of from 20 per cent to :!0 per cent on a valuation of $1,.VH) an acre, that she would har vest a crop of 10,000 boxes of apples the coming year, and In reply to her questions told her he would give her a dollar for every foot of "hardpan" she could find on the property. Mrs. Schmlck bought the property for her sister and father, made the first payment of $1,000 and a second of 10,000 and then learned, she (Continued on Pare 31 to heln hiin keen out l lie holers. to regalu his throne. Aviator "UimI" City Council Continues Activity in Street VJorh Cement Sidewalks for Hill and Columbia Street Morris Bros. Offer to Take Water BondsPeti tions to Remodel Buildings and Permits for New Ones--Oak Trees Must Be Removed. Activity In street grading and lay ing cement sidewalks was continued at the council meeting Monday night, while several petitions for the altera tion of buildings were submitted. A petition to erect a frame building on the lot owned by the Davidson Fruit Company, opposite Its ware bouse, was read. It was specified that the building is to be covered with malthold roofing. If the build ing Is permitted to be errCted, it will be used by A. Whitehead as a feed store, the latter having to vacate his present quarters owing to the fact that ('apt. McCan Is starting to tear down the structure which Whitehead now occupies. The re quest was referred to the fire and water committee. Another petition was presented by the American Express Company, which has rented the building for merly occupied by the Mt. Hood Uallroad Company, for an express office, asking for permission to make some slight alterations which will enlarge the building, and to place concrete floors In It. The petition was granted. At the request of a number of resi dents on I'lne, May and Montello streets on the hill for cement side walks, the judiciary committee was ordered to bring In ordinances pro viding for the laying of the walks. The Johnson Construction Company submitted a communication asking for the cancellation of Its contract for street paving on account of not lielng able to commence the work at once, and the request was granted. Bids for Improvement bonds were read and the W. (J. Aldred Company awarded the bonds for the Columbia street Improvement at par and ac crued Interest. The State street bonds were awarded to T. W. Mills, of Huntington, Oregon, who offered 102 and accrued Interest. The latter Issue Is for nn amount something over $i(H). The deed to property tielonglng to the Oregon Lumber Company, from the First street extension to the Co lumbia river, which was placed In escrow until the city takes over In tervening property for the street, was parsed on and accepted. The city has a year In which to nccept WILL START WORK DRAINING AT CAMAS Having settled the contention over draining the big area of rich land at Camas Prairie, Wash., work of re claiming It will now 1s pushed for ward rapidly. The section Is part of that In which H. K. Duncan and sev eral other Hood Ulver men are Inter ested, and Is considered the finest agricultural land In Washington. A big steam shovel for digging the lltch that will drain the lake at Camas Prairie, arrived In bite Salmon last weok, and a petition signed by nearly all the property owners of that sevtlon has lieen pre sented to the county commissioners for the creation of an Irrigation dis trict. The farmers have come to realize the feasibility or Irrigating the lands there. COW SKIPS WITH BATHEJVSTROUSERS A number of boys from this place were kept In the little lake la Wyer's dasturc, near the Columbia, longer than they planned, by wild range uittle charging them on the bank while dressing, and running them Into the water. Some of their cloth ing was torn and pawed Into the sand, and one of the animals, catch- lug Its horn In the suspenders, went tearing off with the trousers of A. P. lohnsoii, a Seattle traveling man. who has land up the valley and was In bathing. He had hung his clothes on the bushes. He was going to Portland on the evening train. After an hour's search, the bifurcated gar ment w as found a mile away. HIu gen Observer. James Davey and Howard I'ab ock, prominent citizens of Niagara Falls, arrived here Tuesday and art guests at van Horn Butte. Mr. Davey Is Mrs. Van Morn's uncle. the terms of the company, wblcb asks no compensation other than that the street lie improved. Recorder Lang! He, who had been Instructed by the council to commu nicate with Ulan & Co. In regard to the $90,000 Issue of water bonds, asking them to state definitely whether they would take the bonds or not, said be bad heard nothing from this firm. A communication was then read from Morris Bros., of Portland, saying that they would take the bonds on the same terms that they bad been offered to l lan & Co., provided the city took over the private plant and entered Into an agreement not to grant a franchise to another water company during the life of the bonds, and would assure Morris Bros, that the Income from the present plant was sufficient to pay the interest on the bonds. The communication was accepted and placed on file, no action being possible until after the result of the suit, which is expected to lie heard In about ten days. C. A. Bell, who Is to erect a brick building on tbe corner of First and Oak streets, asked permission to place the frame building, which Is oc cupied as a harness shop. In First street until tbe new structure la fin ished. Tbe request was granted. The building will occupy part of the sidewalk, to make a wider passage- way In tbe street, and Is expected to be removed In forty days. The bond of the W. G. Aldred Com pany for $1,000, for the fulfillment of Its contract for street grading, was accepted. At the request of resi dents on Oak street west of the fire limits, an ordinance was ordered al lowing them to grade that street. Cement sidewalks were ordered on both sides of Columbia street, and ordinances for other street and side walk Improvements given their first and second readings. Tbe matter of removing the oak trees in the down-town district came up for discussion and was finally left to the street committee, with power to act. It was the concensus of opinion among council members that the trees should be removed In tbe district that It was proposed to have paved. DECLARES BUSINESS DEPRESSION IS OVER Perclval Roberts, director In the I'nlted states Steel Corporation, while In Seattle last week declared that the business depression Is a thing of the past. He reported that large capital In the Fast Is looking for a chance to make safe Invest ments and that In this regard the Pa cific Coast country appeared to offer the most promising field. According to Mr. Roberts, the conservation fad Is wearing away, because sane peo ple realize that locklug up resources does no good. He was of the opin ion that Congress ought to lie more lllieral with regard to Alaska If that territory Is ever to come Into Its own. Qood Prices for Pears "The price for pears set ins to be especially good this season," says I Van A. H. Cordley of the Oregon Agricultural College. "1 notice thnt the California growers are getting f:l.75 a box for their pears now. Although there will not le over fifty or sixty per cent of the usual crop In Oregon, It Is of such excellent type thnt I believe It will be a good year for pear grow ers here." Residence Burned Near Bingon The Blngen Observer notes that the residence of James Mamlilln, thrivor four miles north of Htngeii, was destroyed by lire on Tuesday night, anil with It the stable and all outhouses, causlug a loss estimated at about Jt.Mo. with I.'.inh) Insur ance. The family were vtsttlng neighbors at the time the fire broke out. Next Sunday evening Mr. liar greaves will preach nn object ser mon, with an Illustration showing how the sins of the fatte r urn vlsllcd upon the children. Mood nlngliiK. I'.verybody cordially Invited. Service at h iiVIin k.