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TBHOOB RIVER NEWS . . Advertisers Get "Results Highest Grade Job Trinting VOLUME 7, NUMBER 45 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Hood River Apples In Cans Treat For Public Mood River Apple Vinegar Company Adds Canning Department to Other Features of Plant Institu tion Now Important Industry Employing Harry hands and Utilizing Cull Product. Tht H.iod Klver apple Ih now fur nishing the raw product for the val ley's largest munfucturlng Industry, jiiMt put Into operation by the Hood Klver Apple Vinegar Company In Its recently enlarged plant. From cellar to garret the big plant Ih now being used to manufacture vinegar, elder, sodu pop ami canned appleH, and .'( men and women are now working away like lieavern to turn the cull apple product of the valley to ac count. The Industry meant much to apple growers, who now can con vert their cull appleH Into cash, while a large umount Ih alno paid Into the community an wages. The canning branch of the vinegar couipany'H plant 1h the latent to be put In operation, and wan started tip ThurHday. A visit to thin de partment Hhowed things In full swing, with L'.'i or:M) employen and a nuiulH-r of labor-saving machlneH. Th" applen forearming are llrst sort ed out, only the bent fruit being taken. They are then turned over to the peelers. Thin work Ih done by men, with machlneH, ami the fruit Ih peeled and cored In the t winkling of an eye. The cuttern then quarter the peeled applen, the work being done by a dozen or more women and girls. Afterward the fruit Ih thrown Into a barrel of wait water to dentine It of any tuipurltlen, and then It In placed In gallon cann. Thene are submerged In steaming hot water and then put through a very ingen loun machine that prennen the fruit Oregon Fruit Growers to Honor Hood River Ml an Program of Oregon State Horticultural Annual fleet ing and Apple Show Includes Banquet to E. L. Smith and J. R. Cardvell--Interesting Topics to I5e Discussed at Meeting of Society. The program for the State Horti cultural Society's meeting and apple show Is an Interesting one, covering Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Nov. I.'ith, Pith and 17th. Among the features In a banquet which will be given on Thursday to Hon. F L. Smith of Hood Klver and Dr. .1. It. Cardwell, who are captioned as the two grand old men of horticulture. The program Is as follows: H KIINKHIIAV, NOV. 1 5 !:."t0 A. M. ItllHtnens sennioll. Kcports and election of ollicers. New Varieties of Small Fruits .1. A. Kerr, Corvallls. Discussion. Flllicrt Culture In Pacific North westA. A. (Jiiarnberg, District fruit Inspector, Vancouver, Wash. DIhcuhhIoii. NOV. 1. "'-' p. M. Five-Minute Discussion on Horti cultural Topics Ity students In Hor ticulture at the Oregon Agricultural College. IE II 'iO.. f mm f i , i ' VrV-iU - ft ii..ivi' iiliotii coiy right by American l'ri Association. j q . ne I'hllndelphla Athletics won the world's bnschnll chnmpliinshlp by defenflnR the New York Giants Itcmlcr, the Plilliulcl nCWS On&PUOl3 pnS tj,r onHy outplt cIum! Mathewson. on whom the New York funs tun! pi 11 net I their hope General Ciinevn. In rhnrgo of tt ftlft Wk "le l,n"nn 'nn(l forces In Afrlcn, wns nttacked by a linnd of Arntm nnd lost nenrly 20 men. The Italian government furiiinlly VI II1C fCC announced the ncqulsltlon of Tripoli. Dr. Sun Ynt Sen, the Instlgntor nnd flniincler of the Chinese rebellion, i-rnclnltned 11 re public nnd iinmed (ienernl I.I Iltinn Hoiir ns the first president Too Uulted State government tiled a suit to dissolve the steel corporation Morgan. Cnr- eglt and Rockefeller beaded tbe long list of defeudnota. firmly In the can, puts on the lid and seals It up nlr tight without the une of Holder. Twenty-tlve cann a min ute are Healed by thlH almont hu.nun device, and the cann are then ready for Hlilpment and are went out In caneH. The canned product In largely lined by bakerleH and hotels for plen and apple nance. The other departments of the plant are now hIho working to full capac ity, and thounandn of gallons of cliler, dozens of bottlcM of pop and carloads of vinegar are being whipped out. Th. big addition recently built to the plant gives It live floors, with a basement abutting on the railroad track, from which the product can be loaded direct to the cars by the une of plpcn from the huge tanks. With the Installation, this year, of thene tanks, the expense of storage has been done away with anil cam can tie loaded inure rapidly. An elevator In being placed In the building and the tloor over the elder prennes has l)ecn made water tight, ho that the pomace Is taken up stairs by traveling buckets and de posited, where It Is allowed to fer ment before Ijelng used for vinegar. It In the Intention to put In a cooper nhop, and next year to make the big entabllnhment still larger by adding more room to the canning depart ment. The plant Is In charge of ('. J. Calk ins, who han made It a success by his enterprise and energy, and In enlarg ing It as the product of the valley required. Cement Tile and Funning Cnder (iluss F. II. Chase, I'.ilgene. Discussion. tmi iisiiav, Nov. 1 !t::so a. m. Trees for the I. awn, the Roadside and the Street II. A. I-ewls, Portland Discussion. The Cltlz.cn and the Landscape Milton t. Nelson, Troutdt'le, late or Minneapolis Dark Hoard. Discussion. ' Wild lllrds and Horticulture Wm. Ij. Flnley, state game warden. Dtncunslon. Nov. It! "J P. M. Keport of Committer fin Marketing Organization .1. O. Holt, Kugene, manager F.ugene Fruit tirowers' As sociation. Discussion. Some 1'rohlcms of Marketing W. K. Newell, president State Hoard of Horticulture. Discussion. Influence of the Panama Canal on the Development of Oregon Hortlcnl- EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS ,,rm fVvfpy MAY SELL BONDS TO PRIVATE PARTIES At an adjourned meeting of the city council held Wednesday night a resolution was adopted authorizing the mayor aud recorder to draw up bonds to the extent of $:H),iHH, to be used for the purpose of constructing a municipal water system, and turn them over for Immediate delivery to the city treusurer. This action was deemed necessary because Morris brothers, Portland attorneys, who had a contract for the purchase of the bonds refused to comply with their agreement, having given as one of the reasons the recent litigation against the city by .1. F. Batehelder. The Injunction was dissolved by Circuit Judge Krndshuw. Hatehel der, who has announced that he would appeal the case to the su preme court, has not as yet taken any steps to do so, and when these facts are made known to the Port land brokers It Is believed that an adjustment may be reached and the bond Issue disposed of to them. Oth erwise It Is stated that the bonds, as soon as drawn, may be disposed of to other parties. COMPRESSED AIR SPRAYER LATEST A sprayer that Is attracting much attention Is being used by the Apple Land ami Orchard Company, and Is supplied with compressed air instead of a pump. The apparatus Is easier to operate than the sprayers sup plied with a pump, and can be more economically operated. The air stirs up the spray, forcing It out In equal strength. It Is also claimed that It han greater force and better dlntrltiutlon. A gasolene engine Is used for power and the outfit can be worked very rapidly. The sprayer has been tested out this summer by the Apple Land and Orchard Com pany and has given very good satis faction. By some minor changes that will be made. It will lie greatly Improved, and Is expected to become popular with valley growers. ture J. N. Teal. Discussion. Nov. 1! (i::io p. m. Hnnqtict at Portland Commercial Club In Honor of the Two (irand Old Men of Oregon Horticulture .1. It. Cardwell and K. L. Smith. kuiiiav, Nov. 17 !t::!0 a. m. Tlie Oregon Logan Kerry and Its Future Hritt Asplnwall, Hrooks. Discussion. Land and Labor Products F. A. Huntley, commissioner of hortlcul ture for the State of Washington. Discussion. Recent Horticultural Investiga tions at O. A. ('. Prof. C. I. U'wls, professor of horticulture, Oregon Ag ricultural College. DIhcuhhIoii. NOV. 172. P. M. (ilinipses In Viticulture (Sen. C. Husmanti, pomologlnt In charge of Viticulture Investigations Depart ment of Agriculture. Dtscunnlon. Horticultural leaders for Western Oregon H. S. tide, Salem, manager Willamette Valley Prune (irowers' Association. Discussion. Some Problems In Horticulture A. It. Cordley, Corvalltn, dean of Col lege of Agriculture. DIhcuhhIoii. DISCUSS COMMISSION CITY GOVERNMENT Commission form of municipal gov ' eminent was the subject up for dls cusnlon at the meeting of the Heights ', Meu's league held In their rooms Friday evening, and! much Interest lug and valuable Information In re gard to this rapidly-Increasing mode of governing cities was brought out, In order to obtain ns much Infor ' nintlon as possible In regard to this subject, the league recently secured n selection of books treating of it from the state library at Salem. The prlnclpul speaker of the even lug was Prof. L. li. (Jlbson, president of the league. Mr. (jlbson did not , discuss the subject from an argunien tatlve point of view, but rather from that of an educational one, showing the origination of this form of gov eminent, which grew out of necessl ty at the time of the dalvestou dis aster and Is now In operation In more than 100 cities In America. So far, writers who have given their observations are of the opinion that cities are governed better by com mission ttian otherwise, and are therefore largely favorable toward It. In various cities where commls slon government Is In vogue, the number of commissioners varies from three to nine, anil It Is stated tbut the smaller the number the more sue cesnful has been the administration .Many important features, it was shown by Mr. (ilbson, enter Into ap plying this form of government particularly in the smaller cities where it Is not the rule to pay city councllmen, selectmen, or whatever the governing body In named, any salary. The fewer the members of the governing body, the more time they would Ih compelled to devote to the city's affairs, and therefore It is desirable to pay them a salary. Hut If so, would the taxpayers lie willing to do so? This was only one of the many features considered. Prof. K. K. Coad and Kev. II. A. McDonald contribute! to the general Information on tb j subject, ns did also ltev. J. K. Hargreaves and others. A. W.Onthank stated that It was so dltllcult to get candidates for city otllci s that government by commission, whereby there would only be a limited number of olliclaln might be a solution of the problem In the coming city election. A dill gent effort to Induce suitable men to run for city offices, made by citizens of the heights, he said, had resulted In most disheartening results. Most men competent to represent the peo pie In city affairs, said the speaker told the committee who visited them that they could not afford to neglect their business to serve on the city council, especially when they got little, If nny. appreciation and plenty of kicks and cuffs. Mr. Onthank de cried the harsh criticism to which city and other otliclnls nre frequently subjected, and thought this was a phase of civic Interest to be consid ered In connection with a discussion of municipal government. As a result of the discussion. It was voted to arrange a debate for and against "commission govern ment for Hood Klver," the debaters to be selected from the heights and down town sections of the city, two from each section. Mr. Hargreaves was appointed committeeman to ar range for the debate and secure the speakers. The reading room established In (Continue"! .m Page 10) STABBED HIS SEVENTY YEAR OLD MOTHER Aiiotner tiorriiiiu crime was com mitted last week when "KM" (ilea son, a drunken sheepherder of about 1.1 years, after a two weeks' drunk. stabled his 7i-year-old mother with a butcher knife, at her home near Antelope. She died In 20 minutes. His, professed Intention was to kill his brother, Al (ileason, next, nnd finally his father, Kdwnrd (ileason i ne lutner anil tirottier, woo were on the premises, seized nnd tied him, however, before he could harm them The grayhalred mother Bald prac tically nothing after she was stabbed When an Antelope physician arrived she was just dying. The knife thrust struck her In the back and ranged upward, penetrating a vital spot. (ileason Is one of H. C. Hooper's herders, Hooper being one of the leading sheepmen of the Antelope country. This season he has lsen ranging a band of Hooper's sheep In the Cascade National forest and re turned about two weeks ago. He Immediately began drinking nnd dur ing much of the time hus been In un Intoxicated condition. E. A. FRANZ CO. OPENS BIG FURNITURE STORE Another big and high class bus! ness establishment was added to Hood Klver's rapidly growing mer cantile Industry last week when the K. A. Franz company threw opvn Its new furniture store. The furniture business will 1m? conducted In connec tion with the company's hard ware business, although an entirely Inde pendent branch In n separate build ing. A door lietween the Eliot build ing and the Sprout building connects the two, with the main entrance on Oak street. With the exception of the harness store, r0x.V) feet, on the east side of the building, the Franz company has the entire structure, giving It over lfi.OtH) feet of tloor space distributed on three floors aud a balcony. The basement, ludx.VI feet, Is used as a store room where the goods, which are bought In the east in car load lots, are unpacked. A passen ger elevator, the rirst to be Installed In Hood Klver, connects the three floors. The main floor contains the ollice and Is the show room for hun dreds of articles of the latest things In furniture, from a little tabaret to a mahogany and leather covered davenport direct from the biggest and best furniture factories In the eust. Selected but a short time ago the stock is all new and handsome In design and contains many articles never seen bef ire In a Hood Klver store. A wide stairway, which alno connects all the floors, leads to a balcony finished off In enamel white paint. Here is to be found a com plete stock of children's furniture, cradles, high chairs, etc. Also ollice furniture and a large and beautiful stock of willow ware. On the second tloor, lighted by a mammoth skylight and big plate glass windows, with woodwork In fir, finished in the natural wood. Is the bedroom furniture, rugs, carpets and linoleums. This apartment Is truly spacious, being ." x 1 1 h foot with a twenty-foot celling. Kedroom fur niture fit for a king or queen can be' had here, as can also that for a hum ble home, while rugs that, the Shah of Persia himself might envy are on display at prices that seem reason able Indeed. Others, also handsome, are to be had f r a still less amount. Art squares and carpets are likewise here In prolusion and substantial and neat patterns of oilcloths and linoleums are also to be had. On I this tloor there N a rent room for la dies, equipped with easy chairs, a ouch and a lavatory. This will be ilaced at the disposal of ladles at imv time they wish to use It The entire establishment has been laced In charge of W. II. Mcl.aln. who for ten years was manager of I the furniture department In the l.irg- J st department slore In Marlon, ( Milo, I and known the business from factory to customer. I'he Franz Company Intites the residents of the valley to visit Its new establishment, whet her Intend ing purchaser or not, and having i Invented a large amount In a store that nnv citv should be proud of, In leserrlng of commendation and pat ronage .M. V.. Church Services Sunday school at 1" a. in. Preach ing services at 11 a. in. and p. m rhemen: Morning. "Courage or De spair'.'" I'.vciiliig. "Obedience." .Inn- or League at :i p. m. I'pworth eagiie at il:"o p. tu. Prayer meeting in I liiirsilay evening at o clock. All are cordially Invited to attend these services. W. II. Voting, Pastor, Another Check Forger Keeps Merchants Busy C. 13. Bailey Works Saturday Check Forging Game and Leads Local Business Hen Merry Dance Suspected by J. Q. Vogt Bailey Is Caught, Forced to Disgorge and Arrested. Hood Klver was the scene of an other forged check festival Saturday evening when C. E. Halley, w ho had been working for H. K. Miller, pack ing apples, caused spurious paper to float around like snowdrops In Feb ruary, and got the money on It. Halley was finally landed in the city jail. Halley was rounded up by Mer chant Joe Vogt, who has lately been reading Sherlock Holmes. He went Into Vogt's store and bought a small bill of goods, tendering a check In payment with Miller's name signed to It. The check was cashed by Irwin Parkins. When Mr. Vogt came buck from supper Parkins told hlin about the transaction and wish ing to verify the deal Vogt called up Mr. Miller, who told him that he had not Issued the check, and there was something doing right away. Joe then went out on a still hunt and captured his man In a pool room playing pool. He took Halley to the store and made him disgorge the money, $1.").1.". Learning that Halley had Issued a check to Boyce's cafe, Vogt marched bis man to the restau rant and Hoyce forced him to give up the same amount, $15.15. Hoyce had gotten wind of Ualley's having cashed a check at Clarke's drug store, so to pass a good thing along he took Halley over to the drug etn porium and $15.15 more of Uncle Sam's good coin of the realm was extracted from Ualley's jeans. It was learned that Hallev hud Hood River Apple Grower Tells Chicago the Why In Interview In Chicago News Robt. C. Brockmeyer Explains Why Michigan Apples Rot in Orchards While Western Box Fruit Carefully Graded and Packed Sells at Profitable Figure. The Chicago News, for a copy of which we are Indebted to W. H. Al len who Is now In the middle west ern metropolis, devotes a column to an Interview comparing apple grow ing methods at Hood Klver and In Michigan. The Interview was with Kobt. C. Brockmeyer, who was form erly a resident of Adrian, Mich., but who now owns property nt Hood Kiver. Mr. Brockmeyer was for a number years a fruit buyer for a South Water street fruit company and says: "Michigan, after raising about the biggest apple crop in Its history, is sending 10 per cent of It to the cider press, 5 percent to the pig pen and Is going to get poor prices for at least per cent because of Its antiquated methods of handling. I went through hundreds of orchards in the seven large fruit growing counties along Lake Michigan north of the Indiana line recently as the orchard Ists were picking their winter apples ATTEMPTS SUICIDE AFTER AGE OF 86 i The Dalles Chronicle tyn that while sitting In the liily of the Fmatilla house In t liat Ity shortly after 7 o'clock Wednesday evening. A. A. Fuller, a former resident of this city, quletiv removed his hut. drew a revolver, placed it against his right temple an I tired. The bullet, how ever, did not follow the course the would-be suicide Intended It should take, the shot merely tearing ava his right eve. Dr. Fred Thottq -on was called to the assistance of the man. who walked out of the hotel with the phv slclan, to be taken to The Dalles hospital, w here his wound was dressed. I uller came to The Dalles about a week ago, from Koseburg, engaging a room at the Fmatlll.i house. That he li, ten. led to commit suicide Is evi denced by the fact that he s il l a few davn ago: "I am going to taken long journey soon." Despondency, no doubt . w as t he mot i ve for t he act . Fuller, w lio Is mi ears old. was It li mit fund. He I phv steady dabled, "tifferl'ig from stomach trouble ami I given Larle Spuuldlng, the tailor, a check for $45, and not knowing where the foot race would end, and Saturday night being a busy one, the detective merchants called up Marshal Iewls and had Halley taken Into custody. It was afterward dis covered that Halley had Issued a bad check to Kent & (iarrabrant and It Is stated that he also caught several of the merchants In the valley for small amounts. The amount secured on the checks was about $150 and they were drawn on two of the banking institutions here. The bunks, however, lost nothing In the transaction. It Is Is'lleved that Bailey bad plan ned the same kind of clean-up that was practiced a few weeks ago by issuing the forged checks on Satur day night and then getting away be fore they could be presented to the bank Monday morning. Bailey got Millers' signature from checks which the latter had original ly Issued to hlra for work and which he had had enshed and then started In to get a little easy money. Halley was given a bearing Mon day lefore Justice Buck and placed under $1,000 bonds to appear Isjfore the grand jury. Falling to get ball he was sent to The Dalles Jail to await trial. The M osier Male Uuartet came to Howl Klver Sunday and sang at the evening service In the Baptist church, when a large congregation was pres ent and enjoyed the music. and packing them for the market, nnd I was surprised at the slipshod methods everywhere lu use. "The eastern fruit grower seems slow to learu," said Mr. Brockmeyer, "that the keynote of apple selling Is attractiveness and that quality Is the one big thing In holding trade. In the first place, the Mlchlgnnders are raising and trying to sell vari eties of apples which were popular twenty to forty years ago, while Luther Burhunk and bright nursery men have been crossing and building up In a potnologlcul field until they I have put on the market apples which In color and grade completely out- i class those sold on this market just nfter the big Chicago tire of 171. "But even with this handicap. If the orvhurdlst. hereabouts would take 11 lesson from their western brothers of Colorado. Idaho, Wash ington and Oregon on picking, hand ling and packing, they would put on (Continutil on I'asv 1ii HYDRO ELECTRIC CO. OFFERS CHEAP LIGHTS I It Is stated that It is probable, ac cording to expression of member of ' the council, that the. Ity will enter lnto.au igrretn. nt with the Hydro Llectrie C unpany. recently Incorpo rated Ik re, to furni-li elivtr'elty f.-r street lights f. .r :'" ears T! m-w company made -in ' f r !.i-o 'lie rati of which mi" il:i '-it a half !c th -n t he pr.-eat eh ' r-. f..r llgh's. I'l.e ;i- w company I fishing t i , . .in p!i t !. m its pi. itit at I'ticker' bridge, s mil. -s from I -re. The g:-.. t. r portion of the machinery i n 'he goni"! Several carload of p .e have lieell . 1 ! ' r 1 1 e 1 t I'd 111! t hey are u ' w being erected. g I ngretle i .( t he leg. The person w ho attempted to take h!o.u life will be remembered by old ri st h nls is an Insurance I i an tit I he iali"s abmit I.' or 1" vears ng.. He 1 i .-. i at lascade Lock .hiring the c iii-t met Ion f t lie g. n i-rn iii'ti t h- ks at th. i' la. lie wm resting easily Thnrsduv, in. I w III r ver 1 1 . 1 i b tier p 'b in v t time." said Fuller at the hospital l hiir.n v