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ZMR HOOD RIVER NEWS Ad-Vcrtiscrs Get "Results Highest Grade Job Tr in ting VOLUME 7, NUMBER 35 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Camas Prairie District Has Great Possibilities Six Thousand Acres of Rich Soil Heretofore Neglected Will Be Drained and Put Under Cultivation Fruit to Be Planted in Foot hills and Timber Marketed By Railroad. Tlit' recent Invent ment on a large scale li.v Mood Klver men In the Caman 1'rnlrle, WihIi., country, Iimh directed local attention to thin sec tloii anil In opening; the eyen of those who have visited It, on account of Itn valuable renonreen and Htlll more valuable ponnlbllltlen. For many yearn li.OtH) acre of thin rich area of agricultural land have been utilized hut little, owing to the fact that the land han lieeu covered for a good iart of tlie year by water. A drain age s.tstein, now being constructed through this territory, will noon change thin condition, and when It does, this big acreage of the richest noli to be found in the Northwent will be available, and will make possible the development of adlversl lleil farming district that cannot be excelled the world over. For the Caman country In not only rich In agricultural laudn, but rich In timber, rich in available water sup pllen, and rich In noli that can be used for fruit nn well an agricul ture. Surrounded on all nlden by gently nloplng foot hllln, covereil with yellow pine, fir ami oak, thin broad expanse of rich alluvial noil In covered with wild gross, hay, wheat anil oatn, ami doited with nleek hornen and cattle. Thrifty citl.eun and comfortable homen characterize the population of thin district. For yearn they have nuhinlttcd to the will of nature, al lowing the water to cover their holdlngn and gleaning when It re ceded. Nov, however, they have awakened and will come Into their helrtage, and It requires no prophetic vinlon to nee that in the near future Itn livernllled products will make an Ideal community ami a wealthy one. Not nlow to realize thin, the North ern I 'in-1 lii' Knllroad Company han already made t wo nurveyn Into thin fertile valley and, In addition, han acquired big timber lliterentn. The projected road leadn from North Yakima to t he ( 'olu in bla river, where It woiild connect Willi the North Hank railroad. Incidentally, the dlntauce naved over the proponed route between North Vakiuia ami Portland would be over 1(11) inlien, ami would throw open to transpor tation an Immenne nectlon of rich agricultural, timber and fruit land, both north am) nouth of the Caman country, not now reached by any railroad. From the Columbia river to the head of Caman I'ralrle the dintance over the wagon road In L'.'i mllen. At thin point In nil anted Laurel, w here a pont ollice han been located and the nlte for a naw mill erected. A nummer hotel In alno In progress. At Laurel an experimental orchard will be net out by A. E. Peek, owner of large holdlngn In t hat nectlon, and It In believed by thone who have ex amined the condition that It will prove u nnccenn, particularly If the early varletlen like the ira veiistelu are planted. The Laurel dint riot, like many of the other upland arean, can lie Irrigated. It In at thin point that the railroad In wild to have din covered a pann through the moun tains ami In expected to reach the Columbia river. From Laurel up both nlden of the valley thereextend for ten mllen the bent wagon roailn to be found anywhere In thin nectlon of Oregon or Wnnhlngton. Thene run along the edge of the prairie Jiint In and out of the timber line, and along them are nltuated the homen of the ranchern, many of whom have cleared broad arean out of the Hooding water and are dinn ing each of them nuccennfully. At the north end of the prairie lien the town of Glcnwood, mllen from White Salmon. Thin In considerable of a net tlemetit with a bank, hotel, and neveral large general ntoren. In addition to a trading point for renl dentn of the valley, It In an oullttlng point for a large number of nheep inen, who bring nheep over from Lantern Wnnhlngton to the nummer range In the forent rcnerve. Glen wood In but three mllen from the Klickitat river, where one of the blg gent water power plantn In Wnnh lngton In now being Inntallei). The cleared laud extend two mllen north of It iiml eventually It will be the center of much buninenn activity. The noil In nublrrlgated and vegeta tion In green and thriving. Lyle can lie reached from thin point at a din tance of !'." mllen and the Goldendnle railroad In IS. 1 let ween Laurel and (ilenwood, a dintance of ten mllen, there In only a difference of 50 feet In the elevation, the former being 1,MI." feet above sea level and the latter l.S.s.1. With the Hooded area put under cultivation. It In estimated that over 8,000 acren w ill be put under produc tion. At thin neanon of tho year the Hooded area In covered with & growth of wild hay, except tlie Hinall portion occupied by Conboy Lake. Thin never drlen off, but will now le drained and put under cultivation. Investigation shows the noil of thin Hooded area to be a heavy loam, the deposit of decaying vegetable matter for ngen, and when properly drained there will lie no limit to Itn productlveuenn. It In thin fact that leadn thone who have ntudled Itn na ture clonely to lielleve that It may be too valuable to longer remain In large tract. It In not beyond the ponnlbillty that It may be the fluent of celery, onion or cranlierry land. The latter now grow wild on It, and If It provn adapted to nny of thene (Continued on I'affe 1U) NEAL CREEK BRIDGE A FINESTRUCTURE Flann for the new bridge over Neal Creek have Junt been completed by Murray Kay, county engineer, and nhow the structure to be a handsome and substantial one. In working out the detalln of the bridge, Mr. Kay received a high compliment from the bridge companlen who stated that the plann are the mont complete ever received by them to figure on. The new bridge will be 340 feet long over all with a foot nteel npau In the ceuter, ami an elevation at Itn highest point of M feet. It will cronn the creek straightway oti a level, with the road running went from the Flke place. The curves and grades now In une In approaching the old bridge will be done away with. Bids for Itn construction will le opened by the county court to-inor-row. HARBISON BUYS $25,000 . HILLSB0R0 APPLE RANCH K. K. Harblnon, of Hood Klver, has purchased the I). L. Houston ranch at Hlllnboro, for a connlderatlon of fil.ooo. The place In highly Im proved and In all under cultivation. Twenty-live acren of beaverdam and 10 acren In a prize-winning 12 year old apple orchard. Apples from thin orchard captured a t-'75 cash prize at the Portland apple show hint fall. J. L'. Kami negotiated the nale. The Skamania county fair, which will be held at Stevenson, will take place thin year Oct 4, ., and 6. EGCLES AWARDED BIG TIMER TRACT W. II. Eccles has Just keen awarded 100,000,000 feet of white pine ttmlier In the Sumpter valley. Mr. Kccles filed the bid In June, and the de partment has Just made the awnrd. Mr. Kccles Is a large holder of stock In the Oregon Lumber Company, one of whose plants in located at Iee. and Is one of the tiest equipped elec tric sawmill plantn In the went. He superintended the erection of the great plant and wan for 20 yearn manager of the Oregon Lumber com pany. He Is the senior member of W. H. Lccles & Co., of Ogden. Ftah, and Is alno a stockholder with his brother, David Kccles, In the Mt. Hood Kallwray, which runs from Hood Klver to Parkdale. The saw mill at Dee was the first electric mill to be built on this coast. W. H. Kc cles & Co. will build a mill at Austin In Haker county and one In the city of Uaker. Drinking Cups to Go Setember First The new law prohibiting the une of public drinking cups In public places or on trains goes Into effect Friday, September 1. The O-W. It. & X. railroad ha lnnued Instructions to all agents and conductors to see that cups at public fountains and on the cars are removed. The news agents on the trains will have alumi num and paraffin drinking cups for sale and the conductors hnve also been Instructed to see that the "butcher" does not gather up dis carded cups and sell them again. NEW AUTO COMPANY TO RUNJTAGE LINE With the name changed to the Tip Top Auto Company, the Tip Top Motor Car Company han been reorganized with a capitalization of $00,000. The director of the new company are ('apt. C. I!. McCun, W. K. King, Albert Sutton, W. T. Sled don and Geo. K. Wilbur. ("apt. McCan In president und treunurer of the new company, Albert Sutton vice-president and Mr. Wilbur secre tary. The company han purchased the Columbia garage and alno a site for a warehouse along the railroad track. In addition to doing a gen eral automobile buslnenn. It will go Into the transportation buninenn on a large scale und put truck and stage linen on rutin throughout the valley. It In expected to have the latter In operation thin fall. KILLED MAMMOTH BEAR IN GREEN POINT COUNTRY L. F. Morrln, the sign writer, who resides on the Heights, bagged his second bear last week. Mr. Morris hunts bruin with the aid of bear dogn, which he breeds, several of which are now In his possession. The bear killed last week was a monster, weighing between 400 and .TOO pounds. When skinned. Its hide measured seven feet from tip to tip. It wan shot near (ireen Point. Regular Sunday excursion to Park dale. I'leanant trip for jourself and friends. EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS It V i. $ it' I s VV ' I MilrXM t . .i W III I ir t. ( T I- 1 . - ik.-.! I SI" h. M I B"Ui. AH B h ifDRD AWKESQMG LONDON,? oirtm t C0ATEj3viiir,r;, . LT NCt iiNG ;ws Snapshots Of the Week Henry Clay I teat tie, Jr., wun indicted, charged with murdering his wife nenr Richmond, Va. Heul.ili Iilnford, I teat tie's alleged "atllnlty" and leading witness for the proswutlon, was taken 111 and caused a delay In opening the trial. Harry X. At wood undertook to tly from St. Iiuis to Itoston, a distance of 1,4(10 miles. A negro who killiil n white man was burned at Con ten -ville. Pa. The Pennsylvania eighteen hour flier was wrecked near Fort Wavne. Ind.. killinc three nersnns and inlurini? inanv. Uear Admiral Seaton S'liroeder. U. S. N., was placed on the retired list. A giant labor strike was started in Englund, necessitating the calling out of troops. .More than Llio.ooo worUlngmen are Involved. PROMINENT APPLE MEN VISIT VALLEY i. Herbert Taylor, of Boston, Mass., representing a large firm of apple exporter, and II. (1. Collins, of Minneapolis, president of the .Na tional Commission Men'n Asnocla tlon, visited the valley Friday. (loth gentlemen were here for the purpose of looking Into the apple baying situation and were the guests of C. II. Sproat, manager of the Ap ple ( ! rowers, I'nlon, In a trip over the east side. Mr. Collins will endeavor to secure applen for distribution In the Flitted States. Mr. Taylor In Interested In the Newtownn and other export ap ples, for n lirg" house In Manchester, Knglnnd. The visitors had a good word for Hood Klver fruit, the Apple Growers Fnlon, and the country In general. Depot thugs Frightened Away Two thugs tried to gain entrance t ) t he depot at Cascade Lin ks early Wednesday morning about two oclock and nearly succeeded The agent, who sleeps In the depot, awoke when they tried to force the window open. They had the win dow nearly raised when the agent appeared with a gun and took a shot at them. It wan too dark to do any shooting. The agent says he shot low to cripple them. Pension Day Dinner Monday The quarterly pension day dinner, an event looked forward to with pleasure and interest by all old sol diers and their families, will be hel Monday, Sept. 4th. Member of Can- , t, .. ... i . ...i.i. ny i oni lire reipiesieii in cniiie n mi well filled bankets and participate, i Hood River School Bells Sound Summons Monday New Term Will Open With Everything in Readiness for Successful School Year Supt. Coad Offers Suggestions and As5igns Teachers Co-operation Is Desired With Patrons. F. very thing Is now In readiness for the opening of Hood Klver'n school year. Prof. I'.. F. Coad, who will again have charge of the city schools, In speaking of the new term says: "The school room doors will swing outward next Monday morning to welcome the pupils and students of of the Hood Klver schools. The first day of the school session Is -taken up with organization, so It was divined wise by the school board to open the schools on Monday In spite of the fact that It Is a legal holiday. There are no exercises In the city to Inter fere mid the day In not, therefore, one to claim the time of the children. Coiineiiuently, all children of school age are requested to report at the proper rooms on next Monday morn ing by nine o'clock. "The buildings are all lielng reno vated and cleaned and will be illslu fivted by the city health ollicer before the opening day. . "Last year there wan a lonn of :l(i00 days attendance due to the prev alence of contagious diseases In the city and country. The clly and county health otlicem and the school authorities will endeavor to une every precaution to prevent disease and reduce to a minimum the loss of; days attendance due to thin nunc. Itut there Inn responsibility placed upon every citizen of the towu to re port to the proper authorities every cane of contagion that comes to his notice. The time Is past when peo ple can afford to U'lleve that measles and whooping cough must be suf fered by every mild. As a matter of fact such simple diseases may result In life-long trouble. "Children under six years of age will not be admitted to the primary class. There will be but one primary 'clans this year none at mid year so all pupils should l started at the opening of school. Beginning pupils will not le admitted to the primary classes after the second wtvk of school. "Sometimes parents think that It does not mutter In the case of n pri mary pupil whether the child Is In school every day or not. It In Im possible to makeup the time lost In any grade, but It Is more demoraliz ing, both for the pupils and for the classes, so far as their class work Is concerned, for primary pupils to lose time from school than for older pupils to miss work." Following are t he teachers for tlie next year, and the nsslgiiiiieent of each: nn. ii si iiooi. in ii luvi High school teachers (Conlmuil on I'airt' li'l BADLY BEATEN BY FREIGHT BRAKEMAN Claiming that three brakeinen had beaten htm Into Insensibility just this side of .Hosier, because he would not jump from the fast moving cars. William lingers, a negro, arrived here Thursday evening on a freight train. When Kogern told his story to a crowd at the depot Marshal Itobert Lewis wan forced to Interfere in order to prevent a number of traveling men, who were awaiting the passenger train at the station, from attacking the brakenen. The colored man, whose face showed the effects of much pummelliiir. w as ta ken to tie1 city prison, where on an examination of the County Physi cian, It was found that he had a number of severe bruises about the body. "I had hoarded the train." said Kogern. and the brakemen agreed to let me ride if I would pay them. 1 gave tin m Tiny held a consul tation, and said It wasn't enough, so I handed over my last ."0 cents When we passed Mosler they said 1 couldn't ride Into Hood Klver, and wanted me to jump off the train, but It was going no fat that I refused. Then all three of them jumped on me and beat me till I thought they would kill me." Later sheriff Johnson furnished Kogern with transportation to his home tn Vancouver. Wash , to which place declaimed lie h i I started from t ireen Kiver, Wyoming, hay lieidn. According t the story of the brakemen Kogern, when ordered from the train became abule, and draw lug a knife, threatened to stab them. Selfishness Condemned In Church Unity Plan Rev. J. B. Parsons Presents Views on Move ment to Consolidate Churches U. Ii. Pastor Condemns Church Absorption Contrary to Christian Spirit Creed Is Not Fundamental. Kxpresnlng himself nn In favor of church unity, Kev. J. 15. Parnonn, In a recent nermou, strongly oppond any action that would lead to abol ishing the Identity of the local Fnlted Brethren church. Mr. Parsons spoke earnest Ii-on his subject. He sold In part, using John 10-10: "Other sheep have I which are not of thin fold." The test suggests what Jesus would say were He to speak to thin assembly today. We ull telleve there are Christians In every subdi vision of the great Church militant of which Jesus Christ Is the living head. That so many sects are nn abomi nation to our God Is no longer ques tioned. But before much is said with reference to the condition that should obtain In the church of today mention should be made of the cor ruption, the struggles and provi dences which have wrought such changes In the Church, century by century. It Is not a thing Improb able that there would now be but one Church, one religion, and one type of humanity throughout the world, had the followers of Jesus Christ always recognized His Lord ship as the dead of the Church, and subjected themselves to His precious will. Alas, stern facts show the op posite to be true. The prlest-cruft, self-centered and passion ruled, made strenuous efforts to extinguish the flames of evangelism and sup press the truths of the gospel. Ever since the "organic rupture of 10.M" forces have been under the constant training of Jehovah himself for the re uniting and re-establishing of the Apostolic Church. The great reformers, who became the founders of the earlier denomina tions did not so much an anticipate that such would be the outcome of their heroic labors. Here and there throughout Christendom noblemen, whose sole ambition was the estab lishment of purity and righteousness In the earth, unconsciously gave rise to movement which culminated lu the various denominational organi zations of today. This Is a remarkable age for federa tive effort. We find It among labor ers, fruit growers, merchants. In fact In all commercial circles. We have federated clubs, ami more ami more we shall have unions of churches. The day of denomlnatlonallsm In fast coming to a close. Many of our estimable laymen and ministers are seeing the necessity of laying empha sis ou the Christ rather than creed, on power, not polity dynamics rather than dogma. All churches have to admit that one of the growing pioneer forces urging church union Is the Church of the Fnlted Brethren In Christ. One year ago today my pastorate began In Hood Klver. At that time church union was at red heat, due met It everywhere, and he still meets it. In fact failure to go on record would Indicate cowardice or Indiffer ence. Evldentlv something had been said on the subject of church union. At first It wan much like a joke to me, for In some places the sectarian walls are not only high but thick around, the denomination taking the Initiative here. It ha occurred to me that If some folk would go far enough around the circle they would find the cause for the duplica tion of churches pretty clone to their own clan. Today we lift the lid and look at Hood Klver Churchdoui. The questions usually raised In thene federative days are: first, "who has lieen operating in the field the longest?" secondly, "have those op erating striven to serve the commun ity In every way?" Apply these test to our church. The oldest church In Hood Klver 1 the Grace V. U. church. Have !etter facilities and equipment been pro vided In a town of thl size anywhere to your knowledge? We have a good building on a splendid site, al so a gymnasium and reading room. This congregation ba had a vision for the boys and the men The pro gressive spirit evidenced here (pro moted by toll and sacrifice) 1 scarce ly surpassed lu any Eastern metrop olis. On all foreign fields over lapping Is avoided. For years the policy of our Home Missions and Church Erection Board ha been not to go into over churched communities. Why should we enter a community and build a church lu the shadow of another evangelical church, hardly strong enough to support It pastor and defray Incidental expense? Would such procedure In? Christian? It would mean that hundreds of dol lars of Home Mlsnionary money uiunt be expended annually, not for the glory of God and the salvation of men, but for the sake of denomina tional pride, accommodating a few I'nited Brethreii families who wanted to Join "the great Fnlted Brethren Church." I'm told that no small amount of money Is being expended for no higher purpose right here In Hood Klver now. It the Christian businessmen In vestigate conditions for themselves. Tell them to turn on the X ray too. The Fnlted Brethren church of Hood Klver has leu out of debt and self supporting for years. Considering the outlay, would another deuoml nation In? silent under such pressure? If there Is to le but one church of thin type In Hood Klver.should It n.t be the Fnlted Brethren Church? Come on with the Golden Kule. What shall be the future policy of Hood Klver? Shall It be denomina tional pride rule? Let us itet to gether and show the world that we love our Christ more thau our creed. In closing Kev. Parson made some suggestions to the Methodists which are iK-lug considered very serloush. In John 10:10 Christ said "Other sheep I have:" In John 17 He prayed that "they all might be one." I EXPERT BRIDGE BUILDER ! JUDGE BRADSHAW ORDERS HAS A NARROW ESCAPE! VENIRE FOR WATER SUIT I'.liner lyke, a bridge builder, working on the new stiil bridge across tlie Column i river at 1 all Bridge, had a miraculous escape from death last Saturdav, when he Iropped feet to the rocks below and got off with a few slight cuts and bruises. I'.vke. who is an expert bridge builder, was engaged In his work on one of the spans of the new bridge, ; w hen It became necessary for him to lean out from the platform upon j which he w as working, and in order to steady himself he took hold of u i scantling which he supposed was nailed fast. ! Instead, the timber was not nailed ' and he pitched headlong to the nvks below. Ills fellow w orknt mi has tened to the ground expecting to find only a mangled and lifeless body, but to tlielr surprise f Mind , I y ke only stunned. He Is alive today because he fell Into a pool of w ati r six feet In diam eter and only six Inches deep. The subject "Men W ho l,i Things" was considered by a large congre gation at th' Baptist chur h last herift Johnson was busy Friday serving citizens with notice to ap- pear at the circuit court rooms Tuesd iv, September .". and be pre pared to do jury duty In the wi.ter ! suit between she city and light and power company. It is now expected j that the suit will be spivdlly settled Judge Bradshaw h is formally tio tilled Cotintv Clerk Hanson that he ! will be here to try the case oiith.it dale, and that he w 111 also hear an v i other buslne-s that may propi rly come before the court. Attorneys jure notllied that they can present such case nn they have re.dy for j trial. A special venire of fifteen Jurymen has been ordered In addition tollie regular talesmen, who have not been excused from duty. Grange Improve Its Had Pine Grove Grange, after an ex penditure of fiiHl, han completed the reino atloii of lis pla. house. n. w curtain has bn u Installed and Ihe place U'uutliled and made more com I .I.- for Its mil r ms. I tie mom Sunday night. fort. a l , lit of t lie ( i range has it mm." d with a I ii in bureau to hate i attractions to appear during t Ii i w Inter lie itiths