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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get 'Results Highest Grade Job Vrinting VOLUME 7, NUMBER W HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Spo franc Show Managers Hood River Valley Has Record Breaker Rainfall Afraid of Oregon Fruit WATER SUIT VERDICT $32,441.00 Jury Comes to Decision After Trial Last ing Three Days During Which All Main Features of Case are Presented Verdict Satisfactory to Citizens, But Company Is Considering Appeal Hayor Hartwig Refuses to Sign Warrants to Take Over Plant of Water Company. After a three days' trial, during wliU'h every Mlile of the rime wan pre sented to the jury, the Hiilt to deter mine t tit value of the city water plant wan concluded, when the Jury brought In a verdict awarding the company $::.', 111. touch speculation wan Indulged In an to the verdict and figures both high and low were given In advance of the finding of the Jury. Many, however, made guosncn j that were pretty clone to the figure arrived at ly the jury. The verdict In In the main highly satisfactory to citizens and it In be lieved that It will lie no to the com pany. In arriving at the npprainal of the value of the plant the report made liy II. ('. I lenney, an engineer of world wide reputation who wan drought here 4y tin- company to make an estimate on It, wan largely lined li.v tile Jury an It wan figured out liy t he jury mm that a man with Mr. Ileiiney'n reputation could have no motive la making any thing hut a correct report. The trial, which wan t he inont lia- portant ever heard at Hood Itlver, i wan attended throughout by many luterented citizen and the testimony taken wan enoruioiin. It In estimated that fu cane the suit In appealed that i It wlllcost from $mmi tn SI.immi tohave It ty pew rll ten and placed In shape to be presented I o t he Oregon st at1 supreme court, which It wan agreed I by the parties to the suit would be 1 t he court of lant resort. j Much of t he time of the court was taken up with tin- testimony of ex- , pcrts for both shies. The company 'rf witnesses estimated the value of the plant at fT'.l.lMHl anil the experts for the city at $1I.im). The latter estl mate was outside of tin1 value of the real estate necessary In the opera tion of tin1 plant. The quantity ami quality of the water wan gone Into In detail. In hln charge to the jury, however, Judge Pradnhaw, after listening to the evidence closely, warned them to disregard thin feat ure as It did not conn1 within the strictly legal features of the cane In determining the value of the plant. Thin left the value of the plant to 1m1 placed on ltn operating banln and eliminated a disagreeable feature for tin1 jurymen to consider. The jury wan also Instructed not to consider that the fire protection wan Inade quate, as this was a matter that could have been remedied by the city council. Tin1 shortage of water, he also charged them, they must not consider as this wan a matter that might be ilue to waste or the im proper management of tin1 plant. News Snapshots Of the Week roof which was blown two miles by the Rale. I'pton Slnclnlr, the author, has upomlent. It Is resirtel that Captain C A. Clove of the battleship Delaware will by the flying iliells of the Delaware when the battleship was at practice. The value of the plant was therefore considered on ltn physical structures, water rights and earning capacity. For the water company the case wan tried !y Attorneys Harrison Allen and .1. F. Lang of Portland, the latter the company's general counsel, and A. A. Jay lit1 of Hood Itlver. In addition the company had the assistance of several extierts, among them II. (', Adams of San Francisco, considered one of the greatest authorities on hydraulics on the l'acltic coast. The city was represented liy Attorneys Jesse Stearns of Portland and A. J. Ierli of tills city ami several expert wit nenscH. Two of the latter were J. C. Kelnay, who has application liefore the council for the position of con sulting engineer In the const ruction of the new water plant, and K. C. Taylor, assistant engineer of the Portland city water works. Mr. Andrew ('. Smith, lr. Yctiney and lr. Calvin S. White, members of the state hoard of health, were also on the stand. Albert S. Hall. II. F. Pavhlson Hr. Shaw, W. S. Nlchol. W. S. linker and a number of others were among the local citizens. Couunel for both shh'n tented out the facts thoroughly and It wan unanimously agreed at the conclu sion of the evidence that every detail had been considered. The cane went to the jury Friday nf'crnoon at 2 o'clock and the ver- diet wan rend at 10 o'clock, counsi for bot h part les being present, an t hi- lant word of the verdict J list was lead the lights In tie- court house went out, caused by a break In the wires. The Incident caused some levity In the court room, one specta tor remarking us the crowd moved around In total darkness endeavor ing to find Its way out of the build ing, that the company must have heard the verdict. The jury was as follows: F. K. Hatt, J. P. Hanson, Martin Dragncth, Itudolph Vettcr. O. I.. Walter, J. O. F.antman. F. K. Stout, It. It. Lindsay. T. Plnhop, C. W. Itm-d, Joe Frazler, Jr., Clint Wood. At the meeting of the city council Monday evening a resolution was passed directing the city recorder to draw warrants aggregating $:!J,4ll to ln tendered the company In pay ment for the plant. The fact that the company may appeal.lt Is stated by Attorney A. J. IVrby, counsel for tin1 city, will not affect the transfer of the property an the maximum price the company can get him al ready Iwi'ii provided for In case the higher court gives It a division for a EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS Dnmnglng testimony wbs given by Pnul Itenttlo on Inking the stand us the stnte's chief witness In the trl.il of Henry C. Pent tie, Jr., his cousin, licensed of killing his wife nenr Klchinonil. Va. Viscount Uchlda. Jnpnneso nnihnss.-idur to the I'nlted Btntes, has been nppolntod minister of foreign nfTnlrs. Chnrleston, 8. C. nnd vicinity were the scene of n terrific hurricane, which caused tho death of seventeen persons and n property less of more thnn $I.OOO.OHO. The photocmph sti.w imrt of n tin larger amount. Mayor Hart wig Is opposed to thin procedure and has refused to sign the warrants. The mayor states his objection on the grounds that the wnrrants will 1e coine commercial paper and will draw eight per cent Interest, until the bonds can he sold, which In case of appeal may be six months. He states also that In signing them he lecomes personally liable. On the other hand members of the council who are anxious to have the city acquire the plant as soon as ponnlble state that If the company iWjj, j jytTner rr n e rirert rerrrr err r-r rj T pt rrt nr prr rt rejp pprjn goitre rf i J ' i . " -r - I i I I."' O' r 0 , : -" ' . aW'i I1 .kj. k ; j I " ." f . '..t!. '. j -- ' - I I HOOD RIVER MINERAL retains the plant for several months, continuing to get Its Income. It will obtain even more than $42,."(X1, the maximum amount agreed on for the purchase of the property. It Is said that the company's attorneys have advised It to appeal the case, but that the latter has not yet come to a decision In the matter. At the Fnltarlan church this month Mr. MacMonald Is speaking on' differ ent phases of the church and Its spirit. Next Sunday he will speak on "Steadfastness In facing the diffi culties." A cordial Invitation Is ex tended to all. Subscribe for the News. brought suit for divorce, naming Harry Kemp, the Kaie-is ptiet. as core have to explalu why MX) men on the repair ship Panther were endangered Leery of Quality of State's Apples They Will Decide This Year on Pack AloneDecision Looked On as Effort to Favor Washington ExhibitsOregon flay Not Compete. An article by Hymen V. Cohen In the Portland Journal will be highly Interesting to local apple men, par - tlcularly those who may be contem plating placing an exhibit at the Spokane apple show. Mr. Cohen says: "A frank admission has been made by the management of the Spo kane Apple Show that Oregon ap ples lead tha world ami there In not the slightest use for Washington growers to compete with the product of this state ho far as quality Is con cerned. "Heretofore Oregon has captured all the leading prizes ut the show and for that reason Washing ton growers have felt very wroth. Now It la Intended to make the pack the basis of awarding the prizes and no matter how poor the quality, the pnek will capture the honors. "This Is taken by Oregon growers to mean that the Spokane officials no longer will tolerate the capturing of the apple prizes by Oregon grow ers. "In the following Interview K. F. SPRINGS HOTEL AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED j HOOD RIVER FAIR NOV. 9, 10 AND 11 The dates now fixed for the Hood Kiver Fruit Fair are Thursday, Fri day and Saturday, Nov. nth, loth nndllth. The Hood Itlver fair will precede the show In Portland by a week, giving those who desire to make a display In the big city an op portunity to make one exhibit do for both show n. The directors of the Apple Fair As sociation have divided to build one story of the apple fair building on the Pnvtdson lot on the corner of I ( artier Van IMssel, who has been Identified with the Spokane Apple . Show since Its Inception, haslet the "cat out of the bug" and It In there fore likely that the leading tllntrlctn of Oregon will refuse to compete for prizes which are supposed to be for Washington growers: '"We think the greatest problem has been solved by abolishing the quality ratings at the 11)11 show, and we believe the growers In all parts of the country will be glad to learn of the action of the management of the show. We always felt that some western apples had been handicapped In the pnst, but we were not In posi tion to make any changes until thin year. Now that this question has been settled, I look for entries from all parts of the I'nlted States and Canada, particularly the western country.' ' I here Is a strong movement on foot to hold a show of npples where Oregon fruit may receive proper credit. Since the Spokane officials (Continued on Pave 2) Second street and Cascade u venue and subscribers to the building fund are being notified. It Is thought that by building the basement of the structure thin year, a good start will lie made toward a permanent building and that It can be completed as soon an there In a demand for the additional room fur other purposes. The fruit fair will be along the same lines thin yenr an formerly, ami It In expected that there will be many fine exhibits. Petalls of the collec tion and placing of exhibits will be given later, but the fair managers are desirous that growers make ar rangements to select their best fruit for the fair and have It packed an far In advance an ponnlble. Heard Boundary Dispute Case Testimony wan heard Wednesday before Court Stenographer I!. A. Pu tier ns referee. In a boundary dN putt cane between the heirs of the eter lllnrlrlm estate and ieo. . Prow n and Mary '.. ti.'illtg.Mi. The oast1 grew nut of the fact that the exact boundary between the ! t ir. in.rl Ltd li -i d ii.' v,r !iiiti i i!1-.tit'i 1 ) ' ' l " ' ' and an effort In now being made to permanently establish the name. The lllnrli hn helm rre reprenent ed by Attorney W. II. Wilson, of The Dalles, and Mr Prown and Mrs iJal llgan by Attorney lieo. Wilbur, of th's city. A Factory Opportunity The people of tin1 Far Fast are cul tivating a taste for Vmerlcnn can dles, according to a report sent back by Lovett M. Wood, a spivlal Inves tigator for the I'nlted States, now in the Orient. Pelng well Informed on trade conditions In the Pacific Northwest, Mr. Wood s.ivn that there In no reason why the makers of sweets here cannot build up a big buslitvss with China and Japan, If they will go after It. The same op portunity exists with regard to crackers ami other baked wares. Four and One-Half Inches Drenches Soil and Vegeta tion In First Ten Days of Month May Damaged But Fruit BenefittedPrecipitation Heaviest on Record for September. Italns during the past ten days have been the heaviest In the history of weather records at Hood Itlver for September and the average rain fall, which was about 11 Inches short, has been reduced considerably. No lens than four Inches nnd a half of rain has fallen no far this month. The precipitation for the tlrst rain, which started on Labor Day, Mon day, Sept.4, and continued for nearly L'4 hours, was two Inches and eighty one-hundredths. On Friday night, Sept. h, one Inch and seventy one huudredths of an inch fell, making the fall four and one-half Inches. While the rainfall during September has lieen the heaviest In Oregon weather records the season just past has also been the dry est In the his tory of weather records In the state. Springs and creeks never before known to fall have dried up and the drouth In eastern Oregon, and some other parts of the state, has entailed great loss to crops. Hood Itlver has been more forfuuate and little, If any, damage has lieen done here by the drouth, although It has lieen ad mitted that more moisture would have iRim beneficial. , The heavy rain In the valley has damaged about 200 tous of hay which had been cut and which will be of little use except as feed for cattle. Weatherwlne farmers now say that sufficient rain has fallen until crops are harvested and that liny more at this time will be damaging. Potatoes, they say, will be hurt by additional moisture, as well as other agricultural products. The rain has been beneficial to fruit, and except Hood River's Evangelist Orchardist Picks Winner Billy Sunday Prophesies New York Will Take Bunt ing Before Going East Soul Saver Still Takes Big Interest In Base Ball and Will Write Haga zine Story on National Game. Itev. William fllllly") Sunday, ex major league baseball star, who for sook the sward to In1 an evangelist In lxil, but who still retains his rank an one of the greatent baseball au thorities of the day. In an Interview with the Oregonlan picks the New York Giants to win the National league pennant and the world's championship this fall. The famous wle'.der ol biblical epi grams was a Portland visitor Satur day, en route to Chicago from Hood i Itlver, when1 he has been superin tending work on 40 acres of apple orchard purchased with the fruits of! evangelical exhortation. Mr. Sun- lay has been assigned by Collier's to , hoofe an All-American baseball team and dropped In the Oregonlan iillce for a chat over Vein Creg's sensational heaving for Cleveland this season. I ,-I have great faith In "MuggsV Mclira w. and w hile Connie .M ick In j iindoubtcd'iv a great tactician and ider, tin1 lilants. I must confess, ok the best to me." o s.;ld Kx 'iiteriieldcr Moid. iv. thro.ving off for a moment nil spiritual thermos COUNCIL VOTES TO CLOSE SKATING RINK At the meeting of the rona-U Mon- ! day n'ght. the vneatli-n of the K.w.'r end of I i't'i str-et was a for by the Apple lirouers" l uloa for the purpose of ciitt'ng a stret through forth)1 convenient of apple haulers and the maniif.ictu'lng district. la rase the street Is vacated, the union will give i wvnty feet of Its property for this purpose. The matter was referred to the tnvt committee, w It ll pow rr to act. i A protect from residents on the state road was tiled on accohnf of the bad condition of the portion of tin' ro.nl In the city limits, with a request that It be repaired. A Coin-, iiiunlcatliin from . I. P. Hunt and I.. ! N Plowers, protesting against the ll'.ntinul on Pan -I that It might Interfere with Its lietng picked no damage would result to It from additional moisture. According to C. It. Pone the heavy rain was a creat benefit to Hood Itlver orchards. Mr. Pone says: "The heavy rain of lost week, will go far toward Insuring a good crop of apples for the Hood Itlver valley nest year. It was the heaviest early rainfall that I have ever seen for this section of the state or eastern Ore gon. In l'M we had a similar rain, but the precipitation then was not so great. "At that time the grain farmers of eastern Oregon handled their crops rather lazily and when the heavy downpour came they were all caught. Except what was threshed the whole crop was entirely ruined, and with few exceptions every mer chant from Portland to Spokane went broke. The rain taught the wheat farmers a lesson, and since then they have hastened the harvest of the crop. "For the past decade the fall sea son has grown more erratic. I think that the clearing of the timber of the Hood Itlver valley has bad an effect toward decreasing thesummer rains. Over In central Oregon, however, the cultivation of the soil has Increased the summer precipitation. "The soaking showers of last week will strengthen the fruit spurs. It will take the place of the September Irrigation and will be far more val uable. With a few more showers and sunshine and Intermingling fronts to color the fruit the present year's crop should mature In excel lent condition." tatic Incumbrances, as he gazed long and fondly over the baseball col umns of a morning newspaper. "Frank Chance's Chicago Cubs will probably give New York a hard bat tie for the National Ieagne bunting, but Chance hasn't the team of former years. He Is keeping the bunch ut the top solely through tiersonal dint1 tlou. Chance's team lacks pitchers, and If he had a bunch of boozers you wouldn't le able to see them with a spyglass. "An between MeOraw, of the til ants, and Connie Mack, of the Phila delphia Americans, I believe Me- 'raw In more resourceful, and while he lacks Individual stars like Fddle Collins and linker, both of whom r.iag ahead of all others at second and third, he has better pitchers, with Mathi wson and Marpuard as a backbone, and I dope out New York to In." The Hood Itlver apple baron evan-g'-l.sf advocates the abolition f the pr-nei;t foul strike rules, on the grounds that the pitcher has too mind of an advantage. Striken 'l.'or.tin ji on '11 MINERAL SPRINGS CO, COMMENCES HOTEL W'.th t he oil'., vm and board of di- n eti .rs present groin d wan for in 't I Iv broken Mon lay for the new hotel bn1; I'ng of the Hood Itlver .Mineral Mrings Company, which now has an o'lice In I'ortl u.l The bulldlm; ". h '!l titl.'iu.V completed will be. '.HI feet long-by ' feet wide. Hint- stories ail I basement. It In eis ted to li.ui' t he struct arc completed In tlm for guests iet summer. A large gang of men are m.-w 'it work on the e ea vat loti and tin1 work wll' be pushed along an rapidly an pol!,;. The ar' hltis tn for the building an itoodrlch ,V iioiidrleh of Portland, who also plumed tin- new 1 -.11 blllMlllg In breaking ground for thentrie II '..Hi uti I' I J
