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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get Hesults Highest Grade Job Printing VnT.TTMtt 7 MTTMTIF'T? At W.. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Many Cnss Before Circuit Court Session Mosier Fruitgrowers Lose Suit Against Davidson Fruit Company Damages Awarded Against County to Peck and Douglas, and Gardner Wins in Suit Against Johnston Box Car Robbers Convicted After examining many witnesses and submitting the case to a Jury which stayed out nil night the ver dict In the suit of the Monler Fruit (irowers' Association against the DavldHon Fruit ' Company was ren dered In favor of the latter. The cane Involved nloutfs00 nnd wan brought to recover damages for alleged viola tion of contract. 8. W. Stark was the attorney for the Davidson com pany and Stearn aud Derby repre sented the plaintiff. The trial of the I'eck ami Douglus damage suit against the county oc cupied the court's attention Thurs day und . Friday and attracted a great deal of attention. The milt wan brought by the plaintiff for personal damages ulleged to have lieen received through the negligence of the county In allowing a decayed tree to remain by the roadside which fell In a storm, Injuring them. Testl lnony for the plaintiff wuh to the effect that the tree wan unsafe, while that for the county stated that It had remained erect when vlgoron tree had been uprooted. Attention wan called to the fact that I'eck and Douglas had been taken care of by the county during their long period of Illness and nlno their families. t'outiMcI for plaintiffs dwelt on the serious nut lire of the InjurlcH rireived by the men, which they claimed were permanent, ami also on the alleged neglect of the county In Imperilling their liven. The Jury, which wan out but a nliort time, finally gave a verulct for plalntlffn, awarding I'eck flOOO and Douglas fltiuo. plaintiff sued for ftOOO each and were repre sented by Rcnnett & Slnnott and A. J. Derby. The coiinty'n nidi? of tin case wan In the hands of :t rfft At torney Freil Wilson and Attorney W. II. Wilson of The Dallen. With neveral trunks full of clothing nhoen, shirts and other men'n wear an mute evidence against them .lamen Stevenn. who It In clalmi'il escaped from a penitentiary In California. John Condon and .lumen ISrookn were each sentenced Monday to not lcnrt than two aud not more than live yearn In the Male penitentiary at Salem. They were convicted on the charge of breaking Into a box car and stealing the goodn. The men were arrested shortly after the robbery by Railroad Detective Ed Wood. The loot wan later recovered from neveral .la pn to whom It had been nold. After sentence hail been panned Stevenn addressed the court unking for the return of nome money that had In-en taken from the men when they were arrested. Judge Itradnhaw Informed him that accord ing to the verdict t he money belonged to the Japn and It would lie returned to them. Stevenn wan Inclined to argue the point and the Judge or dered the nheriff to take him and hln rompanlonn from the court room. The men were defended by Attorney (ieorge Wilbur, who wan annlgned the cane by the court. The cane of J, F. (lardner vernun J. R. Johnston occupied the attention News Snapshots Of the Week Py I I '""- ujJ."lNg?r NT. , 1 - Tripoli, war having been declared by Italy. Attorney General Wlckershnm declared that the government Is not entering Into promiscuous attacks upon large corporations anl that the department of Justice will not Injure any Interest unnecessarily. Reports that the government would seek to dissolve tha Meel combination led to a sensational bear raid lu New York, which J. Tlerpout Morgan fought. Wnldouiar KokovtzofT became the premier of Russia. of the court until Itn adjournment Saturday. Monday It wan again taken up find went to the jury late Monday evening. Attorney A. A. Jnyne repreneuted (iardner and E. C. Smith the defendant. The milt wan one In which (iardner wan nulng Johnnon for $.KMM( damagen for al leged violation of a contract to em ploy him an canhierof a bank which Johnntou proponed to open here, but which he wan unable to finance. The Jury found a verdict for (iardner for S-'J.Y Another nult of a similar na ture will come before the court In which Irvine ('line In the plaintiff agalnnt Johnntou. Argument In the application of J. F. liatchelder and othern for an In junction agalnnt nelliug the city water bondn to Morrln liron. wun heard Tuenday morning. Attorney (ieo. Wilbur reprenentlng liatchelder and Stearnn & Derby the city. EVANGELIST ORGAN ON CHRISTIAN UNION Sunday evening at the Christian church revival Evangelist C. L. Or gan, of Den Miilnen, Iowa, npoke to an overflowing congregation on the nubject of "Clirlrttluu I'tilon." He nalil Iti part: "Speaking of Chrintlan I'uloti, I want to nay that the movement to which we belong In a Chrintlan lidon movement. It began one hundred yearn ago, and now one and one half million of people are banded to gether to propagate the plea. The necennlty of Chrintlan unlou In ap parent und Imperative. The ques tlnn now io be nettled In, I'pou what basis nhall we unite? "Not hln g but a return to t he plain, positive teachlngn of the New Testn ment can ever result In permanent ami lasting union. Nut what men nay, but, what doen the l.tble say. ninnt be the constant question. The church wan named after divinity; the membern were called Christians. The ntcpn to tin church are made plain In the lllble. Faith, repentance, con tention and baptlnm lead people into the church. A faithful, prayerful Chrintlan life to the end wan csscti tlaltothe crown of life. Iiumemiou In tlu 'gold dollar,' received every where. No one doubtn that. I'm ol nald, "One Lord, one faith, one bap tlnm.' Fph. 4:.1. Jenun wan bap tized but once, hence but one way. The one way of the lllble In a 'burial.' Itom. (i:4: Col. '.MJ. The banln of Chrintlan union In the rent oration of primitive Chrlnt ianity. Hack to Chrint. Itack to the apontlcn. Itack to the New Tentament church. Itack to Jerunalem. Hack to what they hail In the beginning, llerewentand and here we munt mil to to have a uidty pleasing to the Head of the Church." When the Invitation wan given at the clone of the nermon, live more re sponded to the call. Many were deeply Impressed, aud the meeting continued with Incrcaned Interent. EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS The French warship Lllierte, which visited this country nt the Mino of the Hiulaon-Futton celebration, blew up olT Toulon, KTanre, and almost 300 lives were lost The first oerinl postal Service In the United States wns tried on Long Island Pont ninster Oenernl Hitchcock In a Mplnno driven by Cnptnln Heck, 0. 8. A., cnrrled a bag of postcards from the Nassau nvhition field to the Mlneola nostotllco. Chevket l'nsha, war minister, massed Turkey'a troops to meet tho Italian Invading forces In PARALYSIS GRIPS HOOD RIVER VETERAN After an absence of neveral weeks, during which time he attended the National (irand Army encampment at Kochenter, where he and hln five brother who nerved In the civil war received high honors, Fred Deltz was taken with a stroke of paralynln on hln way to Hood River and In now ion lined to hln home. Mr. Deltz wan attacked with thin serious a miction Junt an he reached Kansas City nnd lost the line of hln legs. On hln re turn here, Thurnday, he wan met by a number of hln comrade who helped htm from the train and took him to hln home. In speaking of the presence of the nix brother at the encampement one of the Kochenter paper ayn: "No reunion of i. A. K. week will be enjoyed more thoroughly by Itn participants than wa that of the nix Deltz brother, who met yester day at the home of John W. Deltz, No, 13 Dover treet, for the firnt time In thirty yearn. The nix brothern all saw active service In the war. A few yearn efter It close they parted and had not seen fine another again until yesterday. They all enlisted at the village of Scotlsville, two In 1n1 and three In 1MJ2. "All six of the brothers are com paratively tall and are In almost perfect health, despite the fjict that they are considerably advanced In yearn. The brothern are John Deltz of No. 1:! Dover ntreet, Rochester, who served in Hattery L,of the Firnt New York Light Artillery; Lieuten ant Frederick Deltz of Hood Hlver, Ore., who nerved In the name battery; William Dietz of Canton, III., who nerved In the Third New York Cav alry; (ieorge Deltz of Buffalo, who nerved In the Fourth New York Heavy Artillery; Alouzo Deltz of North wood, N. D., who nerved In Hattery L of the Firnt New York Light Artillery, and Alplnn.o Deltz of Heldcn. Mich." Another paper In the encampment city remark: "One remarkable feature of the re union wan the presence of nix broth ers, five of whom nerved In the war, three In the Reynolds Hattery. The oilier, wlio was the baby of the fam ily was made to stay at home. They are the Deltz brother and through courtesy every one of them was In the parade yesterday, (ieneral Reynolds said last night that It wan not the fault of the one who stayed ut home that he did not go to war, for he knew he tried neveral times and failed to get In because hln mother or out- of the brothern stopped hi 111 . "For bourn these young old men told ntorlen of the days that are pant and of the glory of the Reynold Hattery, and they were still telling stories when the clock struck 12. As one of them nald thin wan a reunion such an would come only once In a life time. Record of the command were read nnd an the boys heard them laughter and tears were Intermingled. Castor Harris' House Afire Sunday afternoon with a high wind prevailing the residence of Rev. K. A. Harris, pantor of the Riverside Congregational church, caught fire. The timely arrival of neighbors nnd the effortn of the minister noon had the fire under control. The News nay It a day sooner. WATER SUIT GOES TO SUPREME COURT Attorneys for the United States Mortgage und Trust Company have served notice on the city of an appeal to the Oregon State Supreme Court from the verdict In the city water suit, also against the action of the city In taking over the plant. The case will now eo to the higher court for a review. If the Supreme Court sustains the appeal, the cane will come up for retrial. The Fntted States Mortgage and Trust Compa ny I the holder of the bond Issued on the water piant, wnieti were taken over by the Pacific I'ower and Light Company. While the appeal will not Interfere with operation of the plant by the city, It Is believed It may affect the sale of the water bonds now pending. NEW HOLIDAY TO BE OBSERVED Hanks, employes of the post ottice and school children will eujoy a new holiday Thursday when Columbus Day, Thursday, October 12th, will be observed for the first time. Co lumbus Day Is the latest of national holidays to lie created and although Its birth was heralded at the time Its observance became legal It had well nigh lieen forgotten. As It will be observed at Hood River this year patron of the banks and the post office are notified that they will be closed on that day as wlil also the public school. HOOD RIVER MEN MAY SUE OIL LAND PROMOTERS It Is reported that the Hood River Oil Company, which has large hold ing In the Vale oil fields, will begin suit to recover several thousand dol lars location und prosfieetlng fees paid for locating the claim belong ing to the 22 Individual members of the comunny. 1. In reported that, after Inventlgatlon by the company, several of the locations were found noon land that was already occupied by nettlern, and who had homestead tilings on the land at the time It was represented to be open for filings for oil purposes. ST. ANTHONY'S CHAPEL CAR WILL VISIT HOOD RIVER St. Anthony's Catholic Chapel car will arrive at Hood River Saturday, Octolier 14th. A courne of lectures on the teaching and practices of the Catholic church will be given, be ginning Sunday, October 1.1th, In the church, corner Montello avenue and Seventh street. Mass Sunday at 10:1.1 a. 111.; week days at s:l." a.m. lectures nt 7::o p. m. (Jucstlons placed In the iurstlon box will be answered before the lectures. All creeds will be welcome nnd every body In Invited to attend. St. Louis Man Buys In Oak Grove (. Y. L'dwurdrt & Co. report the sale of 1.1 acres of the W. It. Allen tract In Oak t;rove to Frank li.Cram of St. Louis. Mr. Cram just resigned the position of secretary of the American Central Insurance Company and In now here with his family. He will erect a new house In the spring. STEINHARDT BUYS IN BITTER ROOT For the first time In the firm's hl tory, Stelnhardt & Kelly have In vaded the Hitter Root Valley In quest of apples. According to the Chicago Facker, Joseph Stelnhardt, who bought a large shipment of Hitter Root apples, 1 highly pleased with the fruit and the country. In an Interview he said: "I have seen perfect apples today. The Hitter Root red apples are bet ter than those of Rogue River or Yakima. Hitter Root cherries are the best In the world." This was the statement made to a Mlssoullan re porter last night by J. H. Stelnhardt of New Y'ork, apple expert and buyer, who has Just returned from a tour of Inspection through the Hitter Root orchard districts. "Yes," he continued, "you may quote me and you may make it as strong as you like. Yon can't make It too strong. Today I have seen perfect apples." With I'rofessor M. L. Dean, of the state board of horticulture, F. J. White nnd Secretary Hreltensteln, of the Mlnnoula Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Stelnhardt left yesterday morn ing for Hamilton. At Hamilton, President J. K. Totman, of the Ham ilton Chamber of Commerce, placed an automobile at the disposal of the party und the tourist went up the valley above Darby. Mr. Stelnhardt, says the Facker, has bought heavily of the apples of the Hood River, Rogue Rlvey and Yakima valleys, and for three seasons an effort has lieen made to Induce him to go through the Hitter Root orchards. Thin yeur he yielded to the persuasion of Mr. Hreltensteln artd last night he said he was glad he came. "It has In-en a wonderful day for me," said Mr. Stelnhardt. "I have seen the finent apples I have ever seen In my life. Y'our Wealthys and Mc Intoshcs are, without question, the best In the world. I say this advis edly. I mean just what I say. Your red apples are better than the famous Rogue River and Yakima ap ples. The fruit I saw today was perfect fruit. Aud the quantity Is no less a surprise to me than the qual Ity. The extent of the valley 1 revelation to me. "I have bought a good many ap pies today. This shipment will be the first carload of Hitter Root apples that ever came Into New York. I handled a carload of Hitter Root cherries last month and they were the fiuest cherries that ever came to New York; Hitter Root cherries are the best lu the world. I am trying out the Hitter Root If these apples come through all right as to packing nnd shipping. I am ready to buy nil the apples you have. I know the fruit Is all right, If It 1 handled right, there 1 a ready market for everything you grow. "What 1 needed here more than anything else in experience In pack lug and shipping. It would pay your chamber of commerce to start a packing school here and, before the apple season begins, have your young men nnd women learn how to prepare apples for the market. "Then your growers must organ Ize. They can never make a success of marketing their apples Individu ally; they must form an association. They must organize nnd establish a uniform pack for the whole Hitter Root; they must adhere to the adopted system of sorting and pack ing, and must ship as a union. Then there will be no trouble lu finding a market. "Last year we bought more than ,1(H),U00 boxes of apples In Hood River and there wan not one of them rejected. You can establish the same system here If yon will. Your grow ers must get together and they must pack right. You have the liest ap ples In the world and It In your own fault If you do not get the bent m.ir ket In the world. It In waiting for you. "The Hitter Root should grow more cherries. There In nothing rained anywhere else lu the world that compares with the Hitter Root cherry. Your orch'irds should pro duce more pears than they do. Your pears are on a par with the rest of your fruit. Ship such apples and pears as 1 have seen today and vou can command the market. "Your orchard are clean. Your people deserve commendation for their effort In that direction. They have been successful, and you eople do not real l.e how much you owe to the men who have kept the or chard clean." The county commissioners are hav ing the new macadam roads heavily oiled lu advance ol the rainy season. Provide Temporary Plan To Conduct Water Plant Committee Recommends Commission of Five Until It Can Act System Will Be In Charge of Council With Clerk and Mechanic Park Commission Appointed and Other Business Transacted After Investigating the matter for a week, the fire and water commit tee of the city council reported a plan for handling the city water plant temporarily, Monday night. The committee recommended the employ ment of Miss Lucille Johuson to take care of the clerical work at a salary of $.10 per month, and an outside man at f 100. For the present thin work will be done by H. J. Smith, who has had it in charge for the water company. A recommenda tion wa alo made to place the water system In the hands of a com mission, consisting of five, to tie ap pointed or elected outside of the city council. A recommendation for quarters for the water office were alno Included In the committee report, which favored the renting of an office in the base ment of the First National Hank, with which there would be a vault available. Part of the ottice of J. H. Hellbronner wns offered the city, In which there Is a vault, for $2.1 per month. Previous to the reading of the report of the committee several applications for superintendent of the water system were read, among them one from ('has. H. Henney. C. I). White, who stated that he had formerly had charge of a water works lu Mexico aud other places, offered to take the position for $iiu ier mouth. J. S. Hooth, who applied for the position last week, had an other communication before the council in which he iiuentloned the legality of appointing anyone con nected with the city administration it present as superintendent. The tire and water committee had read an additional communication Law Requires City To Hold Primary Election As Primary Hust Be field Forty-five Days Preceding Regular Election Quick Work is Required Pro visions of New Law Require Nominations for City Recorder, Treasurer and Four Councilmen A surprise wan sprung at the coun-( ell meeting Monday night when It wns announced by Mayor Hartwlg that, owing to the city's Increase in population. It would be necessary thin year to hold two elections to properly elect city officers. Thin Is brought nbout by a law passed at the lant session of the leglnlature. providing that all towns having n population of il.OOO or over must hold a primary nominating election for municipal officers forty-five days lu advance of the general election. An the last ceunus given Hood River about -4tH), It now comes under thin provision of the law. Election day thin year falls on I'ucsday, Dec. 4th. Therefore, forty- five days will bring the primary elec tion on Thurnday. Octolier l'.tth. An a recorder, city treasurer nnd four councilmen are to be elected this year, the election In an Important one and quick action will have to be taken, unless the present members of the council remain la office through default In calling a primary election. In thin case, all the out going ollicern would remain In office until their nuccesnorn qualify, or making It necessary for them to be appointed In case of resignation. In tills event, a whole new set of city olllcers would have to be elected lit VM2. An If Is necessary for the city coun cil to pass an ordinance or take some other legal action to call the pri mary election, It will have to be done In the next few days. Ordinarily, but three councilmen are "lifted each year, as provided for In the city charter. Owing to the fact, however, that four oft hem are serving on appointment, and the law requires their successors tube chosen nt the first regular election, there will be four vacancies this ear in stead of throe. Several of the present councilmen who would retire In I'eei niber have stated that thev would tint serve after that time, nnd It Is doubtful If they will bivonie cninll!ate, n. from H. li. Lnngllleln which hi went Into details a to hi particular tlt nens for the position and also sug gesting that hln application should be given consideration on account of hi efficient services to the council during the late unpleasantness. A. W. HIshop wan an applicant for em ployment on the outside work of the plant. It wan also stated by Coun cilman Early, chairman of the fire and water committee, that he had lieen Informed that an application for the position of superintendent wa on the way from Geo. P. Chris tie, and that the committee therefore lie offered hln name for consideration. After a short dlncusnlon, Council man Rroslun moved that the reco:n mendatlon of the committee be adopted and the matter lie referred back to It with power to act. Property owners on Pronpe-t av enue from Seventh to Ninth peti tioned the council to have th street graded and cement sidewalks laid. The request was promptly omplled with and an ordinance ordered drawn. On Plue street the property ownern objected to the way 'n which the telephone aud light companies were setting poles and the street committee wan empowertd to have them set properly. The mayor's communication calling atteutlou to the change In the city election law was read and referred to the com mittee on printing and police. The newer committee reported In sufficient inspection on the new sewer being laid and was empowered to employ additional inspectors. An ordinance creating a park commis sion wan passed. Its provision In cluding lu It ii representation from the Woman's Club. though It In thought by those ac- i qunlnted with the situation that It would tie advisable for the in to re main In office until the city watel I I'liiLi in I'pi.iuiisueii turn uic snwi ; navlm ornvlded for finished, us thev rt, fuv j touch with the situation. I Several candidates have been men tioned for city recorder and trean- urer since the intensity of holding a primary election has become known, but as yet there has been no definite announcement. Organize Woman's Chorus Monday, October 2. a number of ladies met at the resilience of Mrs E. O. Dutro to discuss the question of forming a woman's chorus. A canvass of the subject developed the fact that a strong sentiment lu favor of such a project existed generally among many of the holies of the town and alley who are musically lii'dlued nnd possess voices hi 1 ta Me for chorus work. Mrs. I '. If. Henney consented to undertake the direction and training of t he chorus and with this guarantee of success an organiz ation was efftvted. ll-s Maude Carlisle, who has ruetitl.v returned from studying In New Yoik, wlli act as accompanist. It Is believed that a good sued chorus Including some of our be l soloist, can be gathered together and drilled to render music of the tin t class, of w hleh Hood River in.i, well be proud Sjngern w ho u Isli to join t he chorus a re requeted to ap ply to Mrs. Henney. ritc-up Men i.sit Valley As the guet of .1 II K.'iuffm in. secretary of the ( oiiinieril.il Club. Randall R. Howard. In charge of the development feature of the Pacific Monthly, visited Hood River Satur day and took a ride over the valley for the purpose of securing data f r a write. up lu an eastern publication Carlisle Lllls, Willi was recently here gathering material for a story for Ever) body s, has written r kauif man that his story Is about finis, e d and Is e pei led to a p pea r a I a a en rl v date.