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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1911
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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.