The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current, November 01, 1911, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text1 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1911 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS M'fel.lHHICD WKIINEflllAY MORNINt Y I1HI H IM m:vs COMPANY, Inc. HiHin Kivta. Oregon W. H. WALTON . . r. f. SONNIfHSKN . Kiutob Manage Subscription, $ 1 .50 a Year In Ad ante KntTtd a am-ond-olaaa matt.-r. Trh. 10. 1909. at tha pwt orrir at H(h1 River. Orvyon, undrr Iho Act of March S. 1-C9. Justice or Bloodshed Which? The shooting of Kyan and Ilolinson bv Marshal Lewis, who was attempting to arrest them, has caused a division of opinion as to whether this last resort of an officer was necessary. As none of the witnesses who were not participating in the affray saw the shots fired, it is difficult to ascertain whether the shoot inir was lustihable trom tne point of self defense, the only reason that could justify it. Law and order must, of course, be preserved, but not at the unnec essary cost of lives, no matter how insignificant they may or may not be. A strong point made to condone the bloodshed is that Ryan had threatened Lewis. Right here, then, is where a mistake was made. Knowing this Lewis and Hickox should have taken a force of men sufficient to arrest Ryan and the other men without any danger of having recourse to the use of bullets. The law places this power in the hands of its officers and in this instance they were not taken by surprise. There are several kinds of courage and the single handed variety is not by any means the most ad mirable. It is no disgrace to have the kind of courage that takes proper precautions in face of danger and that uses every effort to avoid the sacrifice of human life. The man who has not the nerve to control his van ity in the ostentatious display of what is known as "getting his man" for fear of what may be said by his fellow men is un doubtedly a coward, for he lacks in that greatest of all tests moral courage. No man who draws a gun in a fit of passion deserves to be called courageous, for he is not in his right mind; anger has unbalanced him. When men calmly face each other, armed with deadly weapons, to wipe out an insult or injury it must be admitted that they pos sess physical courage in a large degree. The same may be said of the officer who goes after the genuine bad man armed to the teeth, as the story books have it. Also men going into battle dur ing war mast be given their meed of courageous praise, al though carried away by enthusi asm, pressed onward by patriot ism and beckoned into the breach by the torch of fame. And it requires courage to be an efficient peace officer, but it requires more courage on the part of that peace officer not to use his deadly gun until the last extremity than it does to parade it and whip it out on any and all occasions. The law affords an officer the protection that it de nies a private citizen in two dis tinct ways. It gives him the authority to maintain order in the name of the law itself and also permits him to carry a deadly weapon for defense not for the purpose of offense nor to enforce the law, except in taking dangerous criminals or those known to have committed mur der. Jail is undoubtedly the place for lawbreakers and probably the grave for the man who walks alout threatening human life, but public places where good men are liable to be shot is not the projH'r place of execution. Moreover, the practice of execut ing a man and trying him after ward has gone out of fashion. Human life is still cheap-cheap-vr than at any period in the his tory of the world - cheaper than during the middle ages, men died at the droop of a king's ' eyelid and blood drenched all would-be-statesmen that the rem KurojH The murderer then edy for trust evils is regulation, was greed, lust, iower; today he If the outcome, however, of the is hidden under the name of commercialism. Under this re spectable title we are forced to accept him, but not in the indi vidual. The time has passed when human life was cheap to acts of violence, and no man is so great that he can send another into eternity to establish his rule without being called to account To take life to save others is al lowable, but before doing so there should be no mistake; mis takes that wont rekindle the di vine spark once extinguished. There appear to be two mis takes in this instance of gunplay. The one alluded to, and the fact that Hickox did not, when he had received assistance, call up the bystanders and take his ob streperous foe to jail. The af termath of this mistake was the death of one man and the escape of another only by a miracle, or a good stout rib, whichever way you care to look at it. Yes," one man said, "but Ryan was a bad man and they were all drunk; they only got what they deserved." Another remarked in cold blood, "They ought to have all been shot. Neither of these men knew any thing about the case, except by hearsay, Notwithstanding these brutal statements we believe that most citizens will be satis fied to dispense with gunplay in future and to advocate the ad ministration of justice through the proper channels. The Trust Evil The grip of the trusts on the American people was never more apparent than at the present time, when, notwithstanding the egal activity against them, and in lace oi tne nnes imposed, they have raised the price of the necessities of life. Their action is all the more flagrant m that industrial and business condi tions do not warrane this rise. The wage scale shows a falling rather than a rising tendency, with demand for labor on the decrease. The inability of the govern ment to cope with this growing economic evil is most clearly demonstrated in the action of the powerful sugar trust, which, although fined a huge sum for illegally conducting its affairs, has just caused an advance in the price of sugar that not only paid the amount of the fine, but eft it a profit of $0,000,000 be side. Controlling the coffee out put also, the sugar trust has pushed up the price of this im portant article to every house hold in order to still further deplete the pockets of the con sumer, in revenge for having spurred on legislative action to place its profits on a fair basis. As sugar plays an important part in the manufacture of canned goods, the manufacturers of this variety of food have also caused a rise in it, and so on down the line. There has never been more convincihg proof that these gi gantic combinations have abso lute control of American mar kets. The glaring defiance of the efforts of the government to protect its citizens against ava rice and extortirn will justly alienate any support that may have lingered in fair-minded Americans for this or like indus tries. There can be no question about this if the aforesaid Amer icans have any of the red cor puscles in their blood that go to make a race of men that, if they cannot conquer, must at least be able to hold their own. This brazen theft, for it can be right ly called nothing else, has at last stripped the veil of hypocrisy from these commercial vampires, revealing them in all their hide ous, naked disrespect of the law and sense of moral obligation. It is such acts as this thati breed class-hatred, anarchy and ! riot; also that more moderate or- when.ganized form of protest social- ism. We have been told by first battle between the trusts and the government is the fully matured fruit of regulation, it must be said that it leaves an ex ceeding bitter taste a taste fraught with grave results to the stability of the nation when its people also become bitter and will no longer allow themselves to be plundered by these power ful and unscrupulous highway men, who are protected in their nefarious profit-reaping by the tariff, while the people's money is spent in fighting them in the courts and then again forced from their pockets to pay the verdict. tmpty words and a measure of content have stilled the Amer ican people for many a year, but. as in times gone by, there will come a period of hardship and distress parallel to that in which a Roman senator remarked. "You can't talk to a man's belly; it has no ears;" when reason will have become exhausted by ex tortion and want. The food trust barons, apparently, are en deavoring to reach that period as fast as possible. A few jail sentences judiciously distributed might have a good effect. HOOD RIVER PLEASES RAILROAD OFFICIAL J. W. KoliliiHou, t'lit-ral freight iitft-nt of the O.-W. K. & N.,ciiint here Wetlnemlay an the gtiewt of the Com merclal Cluh on a slht seeing trip and aluo for the purixne of uscer tainint; the extent of the apple crop thlH year. Mr. HohltiHon wuh ac companied by Mr. KuIiIiihoii ami In company with E. (). Illanchar, chh li ter of the Firxt National batik, and K. ('. Smith, president uf the Com mercial t'luh, they were taken over the 15 mile loop. Mr, UohiiiHon, who succeeded H. i. Miller, was formerly assistant to .1. C. Stulilis, manager DR. F C. BRCSIUS Physician and Surgeon Residence, Oak and Park. Office, Oak and Second Office hours, 10 to U a. m., 2 to 3 and 7 to 8 p. m. Booms 3, 4 and 5, Brasilia Block, Hood River, Ore, SHAW & BRONSON Physicians and Surgeons Eliot Block Phone 34 Hood River, Oregon H. Dudley W. Pineo, D. D. S. Dentist Office over First National Bank Office Home phone 131. Residence Home 131-B Hood River, Oregon Phone Ren. 87-M Hours. 10 to 12: OHice Kt.'.L 1:00 to 5:00-6:00 to 7 Other hour, by appointment DR. E. R. CARPENTER Chiropractor: Nerve Specialist Raw for All Disease Room 17-K Heilbronner Blilg. Hood River. Ore. E. H. HARTWIG LAWYER Smith Block, Entrance on Third Street Phone KiK-K Hood River, Oregon STEARNS & DERBY Lawyers First National Bank Building Hood River, On-sron A. C. BUCK Notary Public and Insurance Agent Room 12, Broaiua Block Hood River. Oregon R. R. BART LETT ARCHITECTS Heilbronner Building HOOD RIVER. ORECJON Phone 1 ROBT. T. NEWHALL Telephone 277-M Hood River, Oregon REPRESENTING MILTON NURSERY CO. THIRTY-THREE YEARS OK RELIABLE TREES KELLY BROS. MAY and OATS Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts and Straw Phone Fourth Street between Oak and State Hood River Studio R. M. DUNHAM PIIOTC Kill A PHY AIM Columbia Gnphophonei and Records Silver CDhe LOYAL BEREANS PRgSFNT MRS. LULU DAHL, Contralto MR. ROBERT MILLARD, Flutist MR. MORDAUNT A. GOODNOUGH, Pianist Concert In Seats 25c ao J. H. HEILBRONNER & CO. jj For Real Estate 'Bargains in Toton Heilbronner Building for the Hnrrlmiui IIiu-h n ml wax lo cated In CIiIuhro. He bail visited the city of Hood River before lint had never lieen In the valley. At 1 o'clock Mr. anil Mr. IEoIiIiihoii were Kiient of honor at a luncheon at the Hotel Oregon. Cover were laid for 14, the icueHti iK-xiden Mr. and Mrx. HolilnHon Mr. and Mrx. II. (i. Kanffman, Mr. and Mrn. Chun. Hall, E. H, Sliepard, .Joe 1. Thomlnon, H. L. DUMBLE Physician and Surgeon Calls promptly answered in town or country, day or mirnt. Telephones-Residence 611. Office 613. Office in the broaiua Building. J. F. WATT, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Omre, Home phone 30. Residence. 30 B Hood River. Oregon DR. E. L. SCOBEE Dentist Open eveninjra by appointment Rooma 6 and 7, Iiroxiua Building. Phone 3110 Hood River, Oregon DR. JUSTIN WAUGH Eliot Building EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT Tues. Thurs. Sat. 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. L. A. & A. P. REED ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW Two Doors North of Foatoffiee Phone tl Hood River' Oregon Phone 300 Rooma 9-10. Smith Block GEORGE R. WILBUR LAWYER Hood Kiver - Oregon P. M. MORSE City Engineer and Surveyor CITY AND COUNTY WORK Heilbronner Building Hood River. Oregon ALBERT SUTTON Hrcfritcct Hai.i. Urn.i.iN'; Hood River. Orroon H. E. JOHNSON Carpenter and Builder Second and State Sts. Phone Shop 345-X; Res. 87-L O. D. EVINOER ConfooHonory and Cigar m Centre Lin of Cifrl. Tokaeco: Candimt, tern Cream. tc. STATIONERY On th Heights rOU S A LK-Non-imitated I" Hiuldcl NURSERY Stock. GUARANTEED true to name. Spitzenburjfs, Newtowns and Ortleys. I). CURRIER, Jr., (Well 81. R. D. 2. Suds? At the Christian Church Tues., Nov. 7,5:15 P.M. H 1 1 and 50c to and Valley Hood Kiver, Oregon xmA Truman lintler, II. Sprout. Joneidi A. WlUon. E. ('. Smith, J. II. Fred rley and W. H. Walton. Otherx In vited lint who could not lie preNcnt were H F. Irftviilxoii. U. W. Pratt ami h. H. Ilartwljr. The feature of the diroratioiiri were two center piece of MiHKDlfit'ent Spltzeiilnirnn. Mr. and Mm. KoldiiMon exprexxed themxelveM ax hlnhly pleaxed with their vlxlt here. DR. E. O. DUTRO Physician and Surgeon Office in Smith Building Home phone, Re.71B: Office phone 71 Hood River. Oregon C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. Dentist Office. Hall Building, over Butler Banking Co. Office phone 28. Reaidence phone 2H-B Hood River, Oregon Dr. M. II. Sharp DRS. Dr. Edna B. Sharp SHARP Osteopathic Physicians Uraduatea of the American School of Oateopathy, Kirkaville. Mo. Office in Eliot Building Phone -L'ttice ll'i Resilience 102-B. Hood River. Oregon M. E. WELCH Licensed Veterinarian Hood River. Oregon ERNEST C. SMITH LAWYER Room 14 And IS, Hall Fiuildinn Hood River, Orearon .L. A. HENDERSON Civil Engineer Formerly U. S. Land Surveyor Philippine Inlands Two doors north of pontorTice. Phone 41 MURRAY KAY CIVIL LNUINLLR AND SURVEYOR Phoni 32 Brorius Itrii.iiiNO Hood Rivrr THE CALUMET HOTEL 150 Park St., between Mrrrion and Alder PORTLAND, ORE. Fireproof and Modern conveniences; free phones, hot and cold runninjr water, etc., in all rooms. Sprcial Dimmer rst to families visitintr Port land. Tranment rates fl per day. Bus. news hocie and th-aLre within Hve m inn ten' walk. Vr-m bus or W car at lepot. BROWN & DEITZ Wood Sawed br Gasoline Power Fir and Pine 50c Per Cord Oak and Slaba 7fe Per Cord Phone 147 K Phone 275-X BRADLEY BROS. Concrete Building Blocks Recmrn ie.1 the Beat. We make tl.em In Hood River CALL ON Ui FOR ESTIMATES T. I. iHKKDY Mut'ial Inaurr.nce at M Per (nt of Old Line Hate, fire Insurance on Huililinira in t'oure of I'onatruction, Free. NOTA h Y ri HI If IN Till HKHIHTfl Notice V.'c print our paper MONDAYS and TLliSDAYS. Copy required Monday. i i (J!! Li H u a Butler Banking Co Established Capital One Hundred Thousand Dollars Deposits Over five Hundred Thousand Dollars Safe Deposit Boxes Leslie Butler, President Truman Butler, 1 Hood River Banking & Trust Co. Extends a cordial invitation to you, personally to call and open a checking account. Any amount will open an account in our savings department. We pay 3 per cent interest, compounded semi-annually. We promise the best of service and satisfaction. M. M. HILL, J. W. COPELAND, R. W. PRATT. President, Vice C. H. Stranahan, Wilson Fike, Capital $100,000 H The Spirit of Saving Should be Early incorporated in the Child Mind Give them an opportunity by opening an account, obtaining a handsome home bank Free. You w ill be surprised at the interest they will take. FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER. OREGON Interesl paid on time deposits Savings Department FASHION Livery, Feed Wholesale and Retail Lumber, Lath, Shingles Etc. Lumber delivered to any part of the Valley FOR THAT COUGH DOES NOT THIS SOUND GOOD? t Red Spruce, Pine and Eucalyptus These are names of drugs we all know, and know they are THE BEST ingredients for a cough-syrup we can find. Get a bottle at once from Keir Cass Ps-ct tabic Druggists SMITH BLOCK HOOD RIVER Nineteen Hundred Savings Department Vice President C. H. Vaughan, Cashier President, Cashier Chas. G. Pratt, Jos. Copeland Surplus and Profits $28,000 Safety Deposit Boxes Storage Rooms. STABLES and Draying STRANAHANS & RATHBUN HUOD RIVER, OREGON Horses Knight, sold or ex changed. Pleasure parties can secure firstjr!assio;s.Slecial attention given to moving fur niture and pianos. We do everything horses can do. Stanley Smith Lumber Co.