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T.ME HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Gel Results Highest Grade Job Trial inj VOLUME 7, NUMBER 32 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Columbia Boat Lines dash Over Landing Annual Scrap Between D. P. & A. N. Line and Open River Company More Strenuous Than Usual--County Authorities Called Out to Stop Mostili-ties--Open River Co. Want Hunicipal Dock. Tin' annual the P. P. & A. Open Klver ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 y reached I mt rovemy between N. Company mill the I'rnnsportntlon Com. Uh climax Thumdny. The content wiih Hotncwhiit inure heated (IiIh year than formerly ami n-Hiil ti-il tn ii personal encounter lie twecn thi' local agents fur thetwo companies, ami may h ail to a legal c.uilllct. On Wednesday, when the steamer J. N. Teal, operated liy tin' Open Klver Company, attempted to tie up to tin' wharfteint ownt'il liy tin rum petlng II lit. Shirley Pane, agent fur the . I. N., Teal, wan on the Hunting dock, lie wiih ordered tu get off the bout by the agent fur the owner of the wharf, l!oy Kolierts, but made reply that his competitor might seek ii warmer climate, when Roberts m( ruck Page. Kfprcscnting to Mayor K. If. Mart wlg that the wharflioat of the com. petlng company wan In front of the right-of-way owned by the city, the Open Klver Company made landing Thursday and Friday with the aid of the local aiithorltlcM. Ittsasscrt edbyO. ('. I lean, one of the owners of the II 1 Klver-Fndorwood Ferry, that the wharflioat Ih not Interfering with the iiiuiilclpal rlght-of-way and the .1. X. Teal will not be allowed to land again at the (hinting dock. Willi the exception of the rlght-of-way, all the writer front Ih under lease to Mr. Dean, and he a hhit I h that both he and the owners of the land, the Oregon Lumber 'ompnuy, have offered the ((pen Klver Coiiipany leases at reiiHonalile figures at varl iiiih tlmcH, but that all have teen refiiMt'd. The proHTly along the water front, which Ih owned by the Ore gon Lumber Company, Ih leaned by lean it Sheplar, owners of the Hood Klver While Salmon Perry. The Pillion, Portland A: Antorla Navlgn llciu Company linn leaned dockage privileges from the ferry company ami maintain a wharflioat for the convenience of patroiiH. The ipen Klver TraiiHportatloii Company, LEAGUE AND HEIGHTS TEAMS BOTH WIN line of the host kiiiiii'H i( baseball mi tii at Mood Klver thin year wiih fought out on the local diamond Sunday, when t he Ciiiiiiih I '.I lies and the league team conteHted for hon ors. After nine Innings, neit her side had Hcorcd, and the name had to be called to allow the visitors to de part. Several hundred people ac companied the CamaH team here, coming up on the Kellogg. Mont of thene ntteiideil the game, and a large number of town people were iiIho present. Meyern ami CiihI ner were the bat tery for the heme team, ami thr Troeh Pros., who pitched for White Salmon In the Columbia league games thin year, held down the point for CamaH. Hood Klver pit live hltn off Troeh, ami the Pluos found Meyern for hcvcii. Meyern had live Htrlkeoutn to hin credit, and Troeh nine. The game wan n nharp, clean one. Several (linen It neemed that one nlde or the other would ncore, but clone playing prevented It. In the ninth tuning Hood Klver'n hopen ran high when Cantuer made a hit, reaching lirnt. Morne Hiicrlliced, sending Cant uer to necolnl, and liessling placed n nice one In rente rticld. Cant ner tried bard tu ncore, but the I'duen llehled thi ball ho sharply that the Hood Plvcr man was shut out by a clone margin at the home plate. The Heights team, which went to I'arkdale, alnu won, downing the I'pper Valley boyn by u ncore of 10 to !. The JPurkdale contingent, how ever, innde a much better showing with with the clanny little hill team than wiih expected. The game wan played on the grounds recently laid out near the Pnrkdale station. A large delegation from Hood Klver accompanied t he Heights boyn, ami a goodly crowd of I'pper Valley resi dent wereiilnutn n t tendance at t he game. Hart ami Hall were the but tery for the Heights, and Cooper and Count for I'arkdale. MohIit View Orchard claim your nllenllon. however, han no wharf, nnd since the property along the waterfront, except fur a right-of-way owned by the city, Ih private property, the company han been landing at the clty'n right-of-way. Parly bint week, the otlictaln of the Open Klver Trannportatlon ('mil pany annert that the other company hail Itn wharflioat moored ncronn the right-of-way. I'nder theclrcutu HtanceH they lined the boat. The padlock of the doom were broken and passengers ami vehicles were taken anhore through the boat'n hall way. ThurHday the nteamer J. X. Teal tied up to thp boa t and pulled It Into the river. A hand tu hand con lllct neemed Imminent and Sheriff Turn .lohunon and City Marnhal Kewls were HUliiiuoned tu prevent hunt 111 lien. W. S. Ituchaiian, manager of the ( (pen Klver Co., wan In theclty Satur day tu confer with local bunlnenn men and the Commercial Club tn an en deavor to Hecure a municipal dock, but no deliulte action wan taken. j4 V DKM0INE3r-V ..v. - UMiy - 45QIMTHJ j 5HRECKELS L- TAFT , ' 1 MAHBURG fjW PRENDEHGAT f L-hJl MUMER t.v.-U News Snapshots Of the Week reganllng alleeed Illegal meth(ls which the sugar trust resorted to In attempting to drive him out of business Premier Ascniitli of Knglnud was hooted mil culled a traitor In the house of commons. The Kev Edmund Francis Prendergast was enthroned archbishop of Philadelphia. LOCAL MEN TAKE UP SALMON FISHING The salmon fishing Industry will be gone Into on a bigger scale by Hood klver resident thin year than ever before ami bids fair tu provide a good Income for a number ot people. Fd. Wright, who has encaged In the business for several years, han a lartfo trap net near Stanley Kock from which he Is getting about .')i( pounds of tinh a day. P. C. Young I associated with him ami disposes of most of the tinh locally. Another nalinon lishliig outlit Is headed by Pert Kent. The latter In establishing a big trap at lento and Is alnu cuntemplatliig one a short distance below Hood Klver. The Kent party han a gjinollnc launch to reach t he nets. It In reported from the lower river that the greatent run of nalinon In years has now entered the Columbia river and all canneries on the lower river are blocked with tinh. Fur the lirnt time In neveral sea sons the run has become too heavy for dinners to handle at one time ami this has forced many of them to put away some of the surplus In their storage house until they can Ih' taken care of. I'.ven as early as a month ago there was hope of a big run of salmon In the Columbia, but the school of tinh was no nlow In making Its way up the ocean from the south nnd Into the Columbia river t hat It was feared for awhile that the season would be a failure. The run of llsh In the Columbia at this time Is not only a record one but the quality Is the bent ever known Not only will thin nlve em ployment tu many more men but It will allow the public to eat real Chi nook tinh Instead of being forced to send tu Alaska or California for sup- HOOD RIVER COUNTY MAY BOND FOR ROADS The county court of Jacknon county Thurnday ordered an election In that county, October 2, for the purpone of voting on it bond Innue of l,.loo,0ou for building good road In .lacknou county. The election wuh ordered after neveral hundred busl nenn men of the county had called on the court ami urged upon It the building of a better n.vntem of high way In the county. The county court In In receipt of neveral opinion from leading at torneyn, who Htate that It In ponnlhle under the county bonding act tu call nuch an election. The matter of building good road ha long been agitated In that coun ty, and lust nprlng the county em ployed a nkllled highway engineer tu direct the work. Many miles of macadam have been conntructed thlH season, but the work wan checked, owing to lack of fund. Thin led the bulnenH men throughout the county tu take the matter of calling a npeclal election up with the county court. It Ih predicted that the Innue will carry. Once panned, .lacknon county will lead Oregon In the mat ter of Improved hlghwayn. The county court of Hood Klver county In watching the action In Jacknon county clonely, and nhuuld there be no hitch In the action taken to bond there for good roadn, the matter will Ih- nubmltted to the peo ple In thin county. Karly thin nprlng EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS Keclprtx-ity, for which President Ta ft called nn extra session of congress, passed the senate. It Is now up to Sir Wilfrid bauiier and the Cnnndlan government The I'nttcd States cruiser Pes Moines arrived at Port nu Trinco. H.iill. to protint our inter ests In that country, which Is In the throes of a revolution. It was reported In Washington that Theodore Marburg had been selected to succeed Dr. Hill as ambassador at Herlln. Claus A. Spreckels testified before the sui::ir investigating connnift..e IF HUNTERS CARELESS The open season for hunting deer as well as a number of other animals ! ami game birds, began August 1, and j State Forester F. A. Klllott has his ear to the ground for reports of for j est tires started through thecarelens 1 lies of hunter. Fvery year a great I many tires are caused by nportnmen leaving their canipliren smotildc rluc. and thoughtlessly dropping lighted matches, cigars and cigarettes an they travel through the forest In pnr nult of game. It will probably be news to many people of Oregon to learn that the Forest Fire I. aw, which went Into ef fect February L'J, empowers theliov ernor to declare a cloned season (or the shooting of wild birds aud ani mals of any kind. The law covering this point is an follows: "Whenever, or wherever, during an open season for the hunting of any kind of game In thin State, It shall appear to the (iovernor upon the showing of the State Forester that by reason of extreme drought the use of II rearms or tire by hunters In liable to cause forest tires, he may, by proclamation, suspend the open sea son and make It a cloned season for the shooting of wild birds and ani mals of any kind for such time as he piles. So far as thecannem are concerned the run I said to be a godsend to them. With the salmon market en tirely bare of supplies they have al ready sold at a record price an amount of llsh that would equal their pack a year ago. With a greater pack they are tlmllng no dif ficulty In getting two buyers for every case of lish packed. 1 illbert-N aughan are autos and Implements. still selling NEW YORK MAN BUYSJ60 ACRES A land Hale of large magnitude wan connuinmateil Saturday, when Kalph M. Koot, of Mew York City, bought ItiO acres of undeveloped laud In the middle valley. The land wan owned by K. T. Folta nnd neveral other and Jolnn that of O. H. Khoadcn on the eant. Mr. Koot, who In the Hon of a wealthy Mew York publlnher, han made neveral trips tu Hood Klver, and had been here for a week an the guent of Mr. and Mm. Willi Van Horn at the Butte. Ill father In at the head of a large concern which re cently took over a numtier of the moHt Influential aud nuccennful trade papers In the Pnlted StateH combin ing them and capitalizing the com pany for $"1,000,000. Among them are the Iren Age and the Dry Goods Keporter. The tract purchaned by Mr. Koot will be developed iih noon an It In pun nlble tu get to work on It. Monday Mr. Koot left for the east and ex pects to return shortly with hln wife and make his home here. this plan was advocated by the Hood Klver county cummlnnlonem, who lielleved that It could be done under the state lawn. If the bam to allow counties to bond In 1 large nam are thrown down In Jacknon county, an election to vote on the question inny be held In Hood Klver county before the lirnt of the year. MAY CLOSE SEASON may designate, and during the time so designated all provisions of law relating to dosed season for game shall Is- In force." I "It Is, of course, nut my intention j to urge the enforcement of thin pro ' vision unless it lifetimes absolutely I necessary In order to prevent des j miction of forest property," stild Forester Klllott in commenting upon the above ex'ract. "Whether any action Is taken depends entirely up on the behavior of the hunters them selves. However, Just as soon 11s this ollice receives reports that tires are being started through tie carelessness of hunters. I shall Im mediately pres. nt the facts tu the iovernor and nvonimend that a closed neanon be proclaimed. The 1 Stivernur Is heartily In favor of this plan nnd has 'insured me that he stand ready to Issue such proclama tion should conditions warrant It This matter, a I see It, Is entirely In the hand of the hunters, for as long as they exercise due precaution while In the forests, 1 will, of course, have nu reason for taking action. It would be an excellent plan for every hunter to familiarize himself with the Oregon Foret Fire Law, copies of which will be sent upon applica tion to this 01! ce." Alliance News The evangelistic: meeting In the tabernacle on May street began Sunday, with good Interest and at tendance. Kev Tom tiraham, a con verted prize lighter, preached both morning and evening, and Miss tirace Allen, the blind singer of New Kuglnml, spoke In the afternoon She also sang at each serlce. The services will continue each evening at T-.'lo p. 111 . 11 1 which Mr. lirah im will preach and Mlns Allen will slug An invitation is extended to all to attend, WANTS TO INSTALL FRUIT DRYING PLANT Geo. K. Kogern, reprenentlng a new process for preserving frultn nnd vegetables, and who In desirous of having a plant established here, gave a demount ration of the quality of the products Friday at the Mt. Hood hotel. The process, which Ih a new one, 1h called 'Kccpfresh," and connintH of a drying process that retains the nat ural flavor and quality of the fruits and vegetablen. The process In said tu le very economical. At the demonstration, strawber ries, corn on the cob, string lieans, apple, pineapple and many other articles of fruit and vegetable diet were nerved, and were pronounced excellent. It wan ntated by Mr. Kogers that the plant could be erected at Hood Klver for $.1,000, and would be In stalled by the company at cont price. HOOD RIVER PLUMBING CO NEW FIRM OF PLUMBERS A new plumbing firm under the name of the Hood Klver Plumbing Company han been organized and han established their place of busi ness In the Pavldson building. The members of the tirm are F. Ii. Snyder and 15. It. Powell. Mr. Snyder wan formerly a partner In the firm of Gould - Snyder and knows the busl liens thoroughly, n does also hln partner. The new linn will do a general plumbing business. CRUELLY BEATS AGED MAN ONPUBUG ROAD Charged with assault and battery, Alfred Kan del I, a young man who recently came tu Hood Klver. was fined f .10 ami costs Monday by .ludge A. C. Puck. The assault wan committed on the person of K. S. Hall, an aged west side rancher, near the nursery of Koslger and iulgnard. It was stated at the hearing Monday that the trouble arose over an argument between Knndell and Hall about weather conditions here. On contradicting a statement I made by Knndell. the old man was j badly lien ten up by the stranger ami i thrown over the Irrigating Hume, j A charge was preferred against Kan- dell ami he was later arrested on the I Heights by otlieer Henry lllckox. j It Is stated that Knndell threw jii rock through a window In the lodging house over Perlgo's store, because the landlady refused to al 1 low him to occupy a room therefor j longer than the regulation time. . Knndell pleaded not guilty at the 1 hearing. 11ml defended himself, show ing considerable shrewdness He paid his line and was ordered out of town. Sproat Hnys Handsome City Home 1 The h. noisome home belonging to C. II. Pelt., on I-'th ntnvt, was sold Monday to C. II. Sproat. manager of the Hood loxer Apple tirowers l n lon. Mr. Sproat and his family will occupy the house shortly . Mr. and Mrs Pelt, will leave Hood Klver In a few days for a trip Into California. Hurrah I or .Mary Last Friday Mrs. M.iry I'lcksou killed two rill le snakes, one 1 if which measured three feet In length and seven Inches around I'ufur I'ls i patch. Mountaineers Hike From Seattle to Columbia River Jiff Party of Mountain Climbers, Most of Whom Are Women, Complete Journey Across Washington and fit. Adams--Part of Them Cross River and Ascend Mt. Hood. Without a single case of Illness, no one crippled, and nothing lost, the Mountaineers, sixty In number nml half of them women, completed their 100-mlle hike from Pnrndisa Valley, at the foot of Mt. Kanler, tu the Co lumbia river Thursday. The party was organized In Seattle and con veyed to Paradise, from which point the walk began on J uly 1.1, and nn average of ten miles was covered each day. The objective point was Mt. Adams. Provisions had been previously cached along the route, and at only one point, beautiful Shoe lake, was a camp made longer than a night, anil here the scenery was so beautiful that the expedition could not resist the temptation to tarry for a couple of days. About fifty miles was saved by clambering over lioat Kock, 8 dltllcult tramp; but from the tup of it the eye swept mountain ridges and valleys overtopped by Kalnler, St. Helens, Adams and Hood, a spread of scenic grandeur that held the party for some time. The Mountaineer say that Adams Is far more beautiful from the north than from any other direction. They made the ascent on Monday, BIG ORCHARD SALES DURINGJPAST WEEK Notwithstanding the fact that this Is the quiet time of year In realty transact! 3ns a numtier of sales have taken place during the pant week. (J. Y. Kd wards & Co. report the sale to Prof. Theodore L. Harley, of Chi cago, of the M acre tract of August Nelhan at the top of the Fast Side grade, for $1.1.0imi. Prof. Harley, who Is a teacher of science In the Chicago Fnlversity, after having carefully investigated nearly all of the well known fruit sections of the Pnlted States, decided to Invest In Houd Klver for a permanent home. He will make extensive improve ments In his place thin fall. Another Important sale consum mated by Kd wards & Co. was that of the Win. A. Combs 10 acres in Wil low Flat to Frank Mennefee, of Portland. Mr. Combs purchased thin tract last fall from Noah Pone and It wan his Intention at that time to make hln permanent home In Hood Klver, but hln mining Interests in Alaska demand hln attention, making It necessary for him to dis pose of his property at thin place. 1 This tract Is considered to be one of Hood Klvr'n tinest. and while the purchase price Is not made public. It Is understood that the price Is an UNIVERSITY MEN TO PICNIC AUG. 20 The Fnlversity Club announces a picnic for lis members and friends to beheld at the Pevll's PiHich Howl, Sunday, August 2"th. The affair is expected to be a very enjoyable out ing for t he Club at this scenic spot and all college and university men are Invited to attend, w hether they are members of t ho organization now or not. The committee having the affair In charge slate that It Is anx ious to have all the college men from nil parts of the valley present. 1 1 Is expected that a large number w III drive, but til- Mt. Hood Kail road will give those from the city who do not care to do this an excel lent opportunity to attend the pic nic ns thev will h ive several hours . betw.vli trains to be present. j Kev. Tato Preaches at Husum ! About fifteen accompanied Kev. Tate to lliisinn Sunday, wleie li preached one of his most InferistMig sermons to a large congregation at; the Husum church. The p irty from, hlte Salmon drove out about nine o'clock, listened to the sermon, had. a picnic dinner, and returned home. at .1 o'clock. The HuslllU people j have liixited Kev. Tate to go out. every other Sunday but this he may J not be able to do KnterprNe. The Young People's Society i.f the baptist ( hurch on the Heights hel l a social on ( ird w .1 v I 1 w 11 Tuesdav f veiling. sliding down the south side to Trout lake, where a few took autos tu White Salmon nnd from therecrussed the Columbia to Hood Klver. Mrs. Nettleton, editor of the Monn talneer, a Journal of the society, and the most enthusiastic memlier of the party, stated that It was the pur pone of the company to penetrate hitherto unknown regions anil blaze trulls for future travel. She stated that the party had made and blazed 25 miles of trail this year. It left Seattle this year ii" strong, carrying 32 pack horses and three cooks. The trip from Seattle to Hood Klver was by way of the following camps: Kents Fork, Pear Prairie, Iiewls, Clear Fork of Cowlitz river, Cowlitz Pass, Mlllrldge Creek, Shoe Lake, McCall's Pasln, Surprise Lake, Pake Corrull, south fork of Clspus, Mount Adam, Morrison creek rangers' station, Lava Caves, Oklahoma rangers' station, Cook's, Hood Klver. Seventeen camps were pitched In 21 days. The travelers all go afoot, under the direction of H. C. Pelt and Charles Albertson. the outing com mittee. The party left Hood Klver Saturday morning for the summit of Mt. Hood. JOHNSON BLOCK BOUGHT BY McCAN ('apt. C. P. McCan acquired a suli stantlal addition to his already large holdings In real estate In the city. Saturday, when he purchased the property corner of Onk and Third streets, known as the Johnson block. The price paid by Capt. McCan for the property was $17,000. It Is stated that the building will be low ered to conform with the street line. high as any tract of this size that has been recently sold In this district. Mr. Combs makes the statement that the sale of his recently acquired property lu this district din's not In dicate his lack of faith in Hood Klver, and that nn soon as he can make the trip to Alaska and wind up his af fairs In that place he will come back and buy again, as In his estimation Hood Klver orchards are a lietter Investment than Alaska gold mines. The Kd wards tirm also reports the sale of the Mart. Kami 20 acre tract to Ir. (intherie, of Valparlso, Neb. Pr. Cutherle Is a boyhood friend of W. .1. Collier, who bought the south half of the I'.and place last year. Itoth of these gentlemen expect to move their families to Hood Klver some time this fall, and will build nice homes on each of these tracts. INJUNCTION ISSUED IN WATER RIGHT CASE Attorneys S. W. Stark and John Paker have commenced a suit tn the circuit court of this county, for Jesse Pavldson, of the I'pper Valley, to enjoin K. O. Kendo from diverting water from a ditch claimed by Mr. Paviilson. The facts In the case seem tube: That In l'.to:!. Mr. Pavld son tnade a ditch from his land to a spring situated on government land, and since that time has Imi-ii using the water. In July of this year Mr Kendo made a tiling of water on the spring with the state engineer, ami now claims the water. An Injunc tion has been Issued by the circuit court and served on Mr. Ke 1 lo, r. -Mr titling hi m from taking any of t 'o w ater until the rights of 1 ho parties are determined bv ti e courts. tl.inj-i l.nke Kouquvt pitched a beautiful game for I. I'm t be let orlans, and had he received the ame support that w as accorded Mi.h" might haeboen fortunate enough to win the game. Kate showed more -kill enti-rdny th in any t wirier on the visiting sla'fof si ill art!-ts. Too bad he can't iu' with a stronger 1 I lb Port l.u.d .b iiirnal. Portland will entertain tie- anna l con veil t Ion of 1 he N iflomil l"l.i tlotioftho Kolarv iuh of nn ri a 11gust .'1 sp,vlal trains will bring delegate from ho easl.iin l an elaborate program ha bei n ,ir ranged