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i iGOl ) RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get 'Results Highest Grade Job Tr in ting VOLUME 7, NUMBER 36 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YER THE; Big Success at Astoria In "Hridge of the Gods" Production Little Hood River (lirl Takes Leading Part and Receives Ovation, Compelling Applause Prom Even Blase flusicians. Attraction Peature of Centennial. AHtorlii, Sept. Ii. Special to The News The most successful attrae tlon of tln Astoria Centennial cele bration, U without question, MIhh FerrlM' dramatic production of F. II. Itali'h'H look, "The Itrldge of The liods". Not only the fact that the story wax written hy a Hood Klver man, lint that Minx Dorothy Fpplng, of your city, a little iiiImh JiiHt in her teens, has maile the Indian dances the star feature of this beautiful al fresco product ion, gives innch of the credit of Its extraordinary success to Hood Kiver. The deeply Interesting Htory of the Multnomah trlle founded on the leg end of the great natural stone arch which the Indians believe once Hpauned the 'olumblii at the present Hlte of the Cascades, and through the demolition of which liy tlie angry gods, the tribes of the Willamette lont their hitherto undisputed strength and power. In familiar to all In this Northwest country. There could, therefore, In no hi- 1 1 1 1 in more fitting lor a dramatic por trayal of the ntory than on the rugged mountain sides overlooking the U n u n it 'oluuiliia I. The Stadium, which linn lieell erected on the steep IiIIIh aliove thin city, l4 Ideal In every particular, with an outlook over river and moun tain) and a natural ntage netting of Mtately forest tree which would lie the envy of the famous Hen (ireet Shakespcrlati players could they but see It. Looking through the tree tops to t he rivers and IiIIIh beyond, one feel that a white man would be out of place In hiicIi a ettlng. and that only the native Indian IHh in the frame. A band or 40 Klickitat ami Nch I'erce braven, squaws ami pnppooscs were brought from tlielr rencrva tlotiH to take part in thin product h ill ami lend an air of reality to It not obtainable by mere cost inning In t he coiiiicIIm of w.ir ami I lie bur ial of the Chief, they are nneonscl. hh of tin- a inlieace a nd enter Into the act ing with a ri'nllHiu and stolel-m only puHHllile from full bloodeil Indian 'I'hey do but little dancing, however, that being left entirely to the little Hood Klver girl who had never wen an Indian dunce before I IiIh prod ac tion. MIhh P.ppii.g, daughter of Mr ami ECCLES' AUTO IDEA IN USE FOR TRAIN Pavld l-Vclcs Jr. manager of the ir .1 n Lumber Company'H plant at l. . I IiIh big TliompHon Flyer t, i i . i . (, with wheelH that would i i . a railroad track, and made ii. "i"' trip from Pee to Hood Klver I i in' a iliHtance of IT mileH, in a !i' iv ; iiiiuteH. I i i- .wing the annoiiiiceliient of Mi. !'... 'h' success la nutomoblling in i u i abroad track couieH a dispatch from Corvallln telling of the opera tion of a train on a branch railroad there, the motive power of which Ih iiIho an automobile. The train Ih liclng operated bctwi"en Monroe ami Corvallln, and consists of a Keo car fitted with x i 1 1 1 1 1 railway car wheels. To thin Ih at Inched a couple of ordi nary Meet Inn piiHli earn lit ted with coupling and bumperH and provided with HeatH. The Ken ear, a live-passenger auto, Im the canine Ami day coach, while the improvlHcd earn are 1 1 Med an smoking car, baggage and ex preHH. This novel train makcH t wo regu lar dally round trip between the two places, running on a regular Mchedule and carrying passengers and baggage. ThU road Iiiih been operated for Home time an a logging road and to carry freight, but no passenger nervice wiih maintained until the railroad commlHHion In formed the company that, unit wiih a common carrier, a regular passen ger schedule would have lobe main tained and Ira Hie of thin kind cared for. The distance between the two termlnalH Ih I'D iiiIIch. ItiiHHcll I). Clarke and MIhm I rum Merrick, both of HiIh city, were mar ried at the parsonage of l he Flitted Hrelhreti church Friday evening. Sept. Ni.bv l!ev .1. II. Parsons. Mr, ninl M ' h Cl.irke. after a wcddlt g visit h.iii In the iilainel e Vnlle.v . w III make I heir home al Hood lilver. Mrs. .1. Adrian Fpplng of Hood Kiv er, and niece of Mrs. Hevlln, one of the nioMt prominent cltl.etiH of AH torlii, had made hiicIi a reputation locally for her graceful dancing, and diHplayed hiicIi marked talent for lin provlHatlon In connection with folk lore and iiiiihIc, that she wan linked by MIhh Ferrln, who perHonally con ducted the production, to take en tlry charge of the dancing With the courage wf youth and the freedom of coUHcloUHiieHH which would have hampered an older girl, little MIhh Fpplng b"gnn to read up Indian legends and Improvise HtepH which would lie appropriate . for the Indian maidens who were to serve ami entertain Walliilah, the beauti ful white daughter of old Chief Mult nomah and IiIh Oriental wife. For thin purpone nhe Helected eight of the prettient and inoHt prominent young girls of Antorla and drilled them In Iter original bow and arrow dance, which for grace anil Intricacy of Htep, freedom and abandon of posture would do credit 1 3 tiny danc ing lnanter. In Improvising this she never allowed her motive to get away from the combination of Wal- j lulali'M oriental liitlueuce and the ah-, original tiiHtlnct of the full blooded 1 Multnomah Indian niaidn. ' The dance in beautifully executed ami at each performance Ih the reelp itvs Snapshots Of (he Week surviving members of the meetlnc n witnessed hy lent of many encores. Kveti 1 he membc-H of the celebrated l-'.llery's band put aside IiimI runieiitn that they may join in the npplaune. Surpassing the bow anil arrow dance In grace, as well as in Interest, is the solo dance In which Mlns F.pp Ing, in her role as personal attend ant, seeks to distract Wnllulah'H dis turbed mind after her father Chief has Informed her that she Is to be given in marriage as the squaw of Chief Snoqualmie, of the CaynneH. As the little Indian maid emerges from the forest to cheer and enter tain Walliilah, who sits despondent In front of her secluded tepee, a spot light in turned on the sward and the pleadings and Importunities of the dancer are more eloquent than words could possibly make them. First with the abandon of the Orlen tal, then with the stoical rythinii of the Indian steps she fascinates the despondent princess, and through her postures and graceful steps Im parts to her that hope is not lost, and that life in I he forest is happy and care free. The leading musicians In l-'.llery's band have been so fascinated by Minn F.pping's execution of thin dance that tliey call her the Premfere Onii hcuho of the Northwest and predict for her u brilliant future If her talents are allowed development along pro fessional linen. There have Is-en vis itors here from all parts of the coun try and their praise and admiration of thin remarkable young girl's work in unanimous The production will be ul veil again Friday evening for the tluale of I he Centennial celebration, and an effort Is bclnii made to li n e It cutil inili-d luring I lie annual lu-calla which follows m f iim iff'"'11 ' ' ' T""1 wnpfff nii-. ' " ' -1 ill1 nk : if Evn'i-v 1 ttr PENSION DAY DINNER ENJOYABLE AFFAIR Iesplte the heavy rain, the quar terly pension day dinner of Canby Post and Womeu'H Kellef Corps wan well attended Monday, ami good ehcer prevulled. As usual, the oeca hIoii wiih enjoyed by many old Holdlcrn and tlielr wives, and the dinner nerved wan excellent. M unle arn off-hand speeches enlivened the occasion, two numliers by MIhh lUa iiclit Harbison being highly ap preciated. An Interesting feature wan the premutation of a pin to Mrs. K. K. HarblHon by the ludii-H of the Kellef Corps an a token of remembrance on account of her leaving for HillHboro, where Hhe will make her home. The presentation Hpeech wiih made by Mrn. (). II. linker. HYDRO-ELECTRIC CO. WILLJEGIN WORK It In now announced that the Hydro- KIit trie Company, which ownn valuable power sites on the Hood Hiver, and Iiiih been engaged III the preliminary work of ornanlzlnn and Hecurliin contractn for llht and power, will Hhortly c-ommence the work of coiiHtructitiK Itn linen and plant. It Ih known that the company han Hecured a lare number of pronec tlve pntroiiH and It in now edited that It Iiiih received Hubntantlal fi nanclal backing. For Home time X. C. KvatiH. one i f the otlicern if the new company, Iiiih been In Portland looking up the ncecHHiiry machinery and material for the new plant, and It Ih Htated that work on It will be EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS Hj Oyliiij li'GTi miles, the dlslnnce from St. Louis to New York. Harry N A'wd ninde the grentest tllylil since Hie ntTniliine wai Invented. He arrived In New York twelve dny after leaving SL Louis. "Mono Lisa." declared to be the world's sreat est painting and for which IS.OOO.OOO was refused, was stolen from the Louvre Id Pnris Id a tnme ficht nt the I'weiiiieih Century A. C of New Tors tailor Rnrke won tbe decision over Billy Papke, the middleweight champion of the world I lie O. A R met at Rochester. N Y , for Ihelr annnnl encampment The parade of the old warriors, the main teiiiure ot ibe President Taft Andre Jacer S-hmldt. a French reporter, established a new record. clrdUnu the wurid In fnitv d.is SKINNER TO LEAVE COMMERCIAL CLUB J. C. Skinner, who lias for two yearn been the eflicient secretary of the Hood Blvcr Commercial Club, tendered his resignation to the board of directors Friday, to take effect on or before October 1st. Puring Mr. Skinner's term of otllce the Club has grown In membership and Influence and has extended Its publicity work to a high degree. Associated with the club in Its work of exhibiting and advertising the valley's apples Mr. Skinner has become particularly well informed on the apple Industry and has compiled some valuable Informa tion in regard to it. For the present lie will take charge of the clerical affairs of the Palmer Bucket Company, of which organi zation he Is secretary. No action has as yet Isvn taken In regard to selecting a new sirretary. CLOUD CAP TnN HAS MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR After most successful season. Cloud Cap Inn was closed Monday when Miss A C. Jewell, who has success fully managed the Inn for several seasons, returned lo Hood Klver. More guests were entertained at the Inn this year than ever before-, and many were turned away through lack of accommodations W lien the party left the Inn Mon day it was snowing, and the estab lishment "III be put in shape for I he winter during the coming week. CITY AND VALLEY SCHOOLS OPENED The Hood Klver city hi-IiooIh opened for the new term Monday with faculty and teacher prenent and a nood reKixtratlon of pupiln. The day watt devoted to reejHterlnj; and iiHHlt;nlng puplU and preparing; for the more t-erloun work of the term. ScIiooIh In the valley a'.no opened Monday and puplU were received at Fine (irove, Frankton, Odell and Ilarrett. At the latter place the new brick Hchool house wan thrown open to the puplU, with MIhh Mae J. Mc Laughlin a principal and teacher of the ninth and tenth Kradcn. The other teacherH are MIhh Llllle I'.lack, HHHlHtant principal In charue of the neventh and eighth graden; Florence Buchanan, fourth, fifth and nixth grades; Clara H. Steele, flrnt, necond and third grades. At the Kast Barrett school MIhh I'eterHon will 1m3 In cliarge. I'areutH are requented by the Barrett school boaVd to have puplU start at the be ginning of the term an they will not be admitted at the mid-winter term. Frof. McLaughlin will again have charge of the Fine (Jrove school with the MIhhcs Turney an aHHlntantH. At Frankton Frof. Stubbn has an Humed charge again with competent teachers. At Odell K. le Balck will have charge with MIhh Bella Ituwh and MIhh Klva Love as teachers of the In termediate depart incuts and MIhh Florence Ieed In charge of the pri mary department. iM'gun In the next ten or fifteen days. Kepresentatlves of t he company state that It will furnish light and power cheaer thati the Pacific, and that Its plant will now be punned to completion as fast as possible. SUNDAY FILLS PEWS AT ASBURY CHURCH The announcement that Billy Sun day would preach at the morning service at Anbury Methodist church filled the building to the doors. Mr. Sunday displayed all his former elo quence and energy In his address and his remakn were closely fallowed by the large congregation. The noted evangelist, who Is now spending Ms summer vacation on his ranch here, Is cxp-cted to dedicate the new Methodist church at Odell next Sunday. OREGON LUMBER CO WILL PLACE RETAIL YARD HERE The Oregon Lumber Company is planning to place a large retail lum IsTyard In the city. A larg" tract has liecn purchased by the company, near Its railroad terminal, and a sld- j lug Is now being laid. It Is nlso jilanned to erect a new engine house on the property, for the housing of the locomotives of the Mt. Hood Kallroad Company. NEW DEPOT T0Br OPENED SEPTEMBER 12 Soptemlier 1'.' Is the day now set for the formal opening of (he new Hood lilver passenger depot It Is expected that several of the head ollieers of t he II arrlman linen will bo present fur the opening. The Hood Klver Commercial Club Is taking the I Initiative In the n rra nueineii I s f. ,r ccli'bral lug t he occasion. OREGON APPLE SHOW SET FORJOV. 15-17 Bigger prl.es and better exhibits than ever before are announced for the annual apple show to be held in Portland November 1.V17. The ap ple crop of the state in excellent, and it In thought the various fruit dln trictn will make a splendid showing. Big prizes will lie offered by the Northern Pacific and the Oreat Northern railroads for the liest dis trict displays, a purse of $.."i0 being hung up by each line. This will in oien to competition by any fruit dis trict of the Pacific Northwest. Ore gon communities are expected to get In line and make tine displays of the fruit that Is making the state fa mous, :ind a treat Is In ntore for those who like to see artistic dis plays of beautiful apples. COOK STARTS FIRE THENJUNS AWAY A forest fire accidentally started by a camp cook fur the government employen who are putting the road through the reserve, unnamed threat ening proportions lant week and made it necessary for the large gang of men and residents In the upper country to fight It for several days. The fire wan completely extingulntied Monday when the heavy rain fell. The lire started on the north side of the west fork of the Hood river, finally jumping the stream. Luckily itstrncka big area' that had been partially burned over, and the dam age was comparatively light. Fear ing the consequences, the cook tie caniMd and has not since been found. " t-'0"J- LI A . 4 f AlK!"T!hf(4 DESPITE RAIN THE DALLES CELEBRATES The Labor Pay celebration at The Iiallcs was spoiled somewhat by the rain. but. notwithstanding this, there was a large crowd In attend ance and all the games and sports were pulled off. In the hose race, although Hood Kiver was unsuccess ful. Hie local boys made the fastest run. Their Inability to win was due to failure to make the coupling. About 1"i0 people went up on the band boys' excursion on the Taho m ii . and crowds were also In attend ance from Pufur .''tid other eastern Oregon towns. The crowd took a merry view of the wet weather, took things as they came and the fun con tinue. I until inf'lnlght. The day in Hood Klver was a very quiet one. Its observance being con fined to t lie closing nf t he stores and laying off of laborers In all lines of work HEILBRONNER BUILDING TO HAVE STREET LIGHTS .1. II. I leilbroiincr, owner of the Heilbroiiuer block, has made ar rangements for lighting t he street In front of ills property with street lights, and they will shortly be In stalled The lights will be placed along the curb on the sidewalk. Two of them will be placed on Third street and one at the corner of Can cade avenue and Thi'd The lights will be tin to loo can. lie power, and will be a convenience In both pedes trians and pat runs of t he building Hood River Gets Tribute From Tennessee Visitor Week's Stay in Valley Results in Voluntary Out burst of Appreciation of Its Resources and Advan-tages--In Paper of Which He Is Manager He Tells Southern People of Glories of Northwest. An article about Hood Klver, writ ten by W. A. Iiunh, managing editor of the McKenzle Banner, published at McKenzle. Tenn., will be read with Interest by Hood Kiver resi dents. Mr. Kush spent a week here this summer, visiting friendn, and on his return wrote li Ih lmprennionH of the Hood Klver country. While Hood Klver han had many wrlte upn, thin In the first from the pen of a Tennenneean. It In as follows: "The last week of my vacation was spent, In company with my sis ter, visiting some life-long friends at Hood Klver, and the joy of meeting old-time friends and holding u week end reunion will long Ik- remembered. The various points of Interest shown us lu Hood Kiver Valley and vicinity will long be remembered, for this valley Is one of the most attractive that I have ever seen. "Hood Klver, like every other place of Importance In the west, has some one thing the 'biggest.' Wash ougal has the biggest cheese factory, Kenton the biggest packing plant, Aberdeen the biggest lumber mills, Vancouver the biggest steel bridge, Oregon City the biggest electric power plant. Astoria the biggest salmon fleet . and canneries. The Dalles the biggest cherries and grapes. So with Hood Kiver; she has her claims that of raining the biggest (highest priced) apples In the world. "The town of Hood Kiver (about 4.0UO Inhabitants) is located on the bluffs along the Columbia where the glacial stream bearing the same name comes tumbling down from snowy Mt. Hood, and, like most of the modern western towns, is quite up-to date In every respect, electric lights, paved streets, solid brick blocks and splendid residences. "Following back over the bluffs one comes into a valley of a most elabo rate (artificial l nature setting most magnificent homes and an apparent endless stretch of orchards. I had heard a great deal about the world prize apples of Hood Kiver, but never realized the extent of tine homes that I saw while making a trip through the '-alley. The culture of the fine orchards is kept up to the highest degree under the direction of most proficient horticulturists. Some orchards are well irrigated and oth ers are successfully grown with dry culture; the opinion Is somewhat di vided as to the superior merits of the two methods. The one tiling that all are together on Is, that the trees must be properly sprayed at the right time and a thorough culti vation at regular and frequent Inter vals are the essential requirements l not a weed or a blade of grass to be st en In a well-kept orchard I. "I was somewhat amazed at a statement in regard ton state law of ( in gon, on the culture of apples, which was to the effect that should a man neglect to spray and care for his trees properly, the trees in ques tion should lie sprayed or cut dowf just as the fruit warden thought best (or public benefit. Pi seeing the urgent ii'-ed of care and protection necessary to grow the world prize apples, I am brought Lilly to believe ! that we can profit by a knowledge of name and apply some of the Im-i proved jniethoiN that of spraying; and cultivating our orchards, and I which I am quite sure would bring us far reaching results over our pres ent neglected way of grow lug fruit.' I-t us waken up and apply some i of the great western methods and be In line for some of the great things. ! "In our drive we passed over a low ! range of hills Into what Is know n as ' the Upper valley, where the apple culture is just being Introduced. We! inquired Into the price of lands here i and were told that lands in the' rough I uncleared an I timber goneil are selling at from jd'Ni to l"n per! acre, i.nd that lands just set in fruit bring from 7iHi to l.noa per acre. j "Our trip took us well upon the! headwaters of Hood Kit er. near the ' base of Mt. Hood, audit was with, much regret that we turned our! course back down the valley, as em h member of the party cvpressed -i de sire to go still farther up. and I for one would like to hate tried mt mettle on another mountain climb, but our plans h i. I not been made for a long stay, so we had t" forego I he snowy climb. j "On our way home we passed through an extensive forest where a score of men were engaged In log ging In western style. The strange part of the scene wan that of the entire absence of teams of any sort whatever, the work iielog done en tirely by steam power. First the trees had been cut, falling all the tlmlx-r in the same direction, which is not an Impossibility there, as the timber stands very straight and tall. The reason for thus falling the tim ber Is ho as not to have the tree trunks cronned up, which would In terfere wleh 'snaking them out,' an It In called. The donkey engines, giving the power, are small stationary en gines located at the log road, (rail road) and by means of long cable the huge tree trunks are dragged through the ex-forest to the railroad, where they are sawed up Into logs by steam and loaded on ears ready to Is? hauled to the large mill, a few miles further down o3 the river, at Iee. We also passed that way and were most favorably Impressed by the gigantic proportions of the plant. First we noted a train lond of logs being dumped Into a log pond, and following tip the scene across the floating log yard oue could see why the pond never be came overdue' by the dumping of tratnload after tratnload, for up an Incline, Into the mill, log after log would glide In to Its destruction. We were told that the mill had a daily capacity of 1.10,000 feet of lum ber, and, with ttie double crew shift, over l',(MM),0(N) feet was lielug turned out each week. The plant, strange to say, Is run, as well as lighted, by electricity, which Is found to lie even more practical than either water or steam. When we see these great wonders, we are made to realize something of the wonders of the present age of great Inventions. "Passing on down the river we came to a very wild scene in the form of a turbulent whirlpool In the stream; and one may judge some thing of Its aw fulness by the nam.' applied to thin furious maelstrom, and one can readily agree that the name in well taken. The fitting cog. nomen of the whirl Is 'The IVvII'h Punch Iiowl. "Our trip back through the ea?t- IContinued on Page 10) SUPPOSED TRAGEDY BECOMES COMEDY Itellcvlng what seemed to lie a hu man hand was mute evidence of a horrible tragedy local nle'ithn were nttrred to unwonted activity and en ergy Friday. The bloo It ptive of anatomy wan found In a vacant lot and was brought to the local authorities wrapped in a tievvsp-iper. It was Immediately taken to u local physi cian who pronounced it part of a human hand. Armed with picks and shovels the crime detectors pro ceeded to the spot where the object was found and Industriously dug up the ground, expecting each minute to unearth the supposed victim of foul play. Strenuous exertion, how ever, fa Hi d to reveal any further evi dence and Investigations then pro cee 'i .l along other linen. After sev eral hours of gum shoe tactics the mystery was solved, and thegrew sometinil discovered to be a bear's foot. The foot with the fur mi had beet; given to a local taxidermist to be mounted and he had skinned It and thrown it in the yard. It had been carried to tv here It was found by i dog and drifted Into the hands of the police ollieers. leal Take Many Passenger What Is bel .-ved to lie the r .nl number of pas. ngers out. of Hood Kiver by boat left here Wednesday morning on t he .1 . l. Teal for Port land. The total number was !i7, adults and 1 1 children, most of whom w ere going hop picking. Ibsid klver Cancernt Incorpnratt I'll.- II. tel ( lreg.,,1 and th- II I Klver lai.iidry have each Incorpo rated The Inmdry has reccntk been enlarged, no as t.i take rare of a large out of low n trade. The pro prletors of the hotel contemplate i t tensive improvements