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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Advertisers Get "Results Highest Grade Job Printing VOLUME 7, NUMBER 51 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YE AR May Bond County F or Needed Public Dock PACIFIC AND HYDRO CP'S CLASH Rival Light and Power Corporations Fight ing For Control of Local Field Pacific Granted Temporary Injunction Restrain ing Hydro From Turning On Current City Council Aids Local Company By Passing Ordinance Forcing Pacific To Hake Big Changes In Its Lines at Great Expense Hydro Fearing It Will Be Un able To Supply Service January First Is Making Effort To Renew Tilt' fight between the PneUlc I'mvcr & Eight Company fur control of I he I nhI ih'hh In the local Held Ih getting more unite and every day now neeri Home new move on the part of one or the other of these cor orntloiiH. A temporary Injunction win grant ed Wednesday In the I 'tilted State circuit court by .Indue Itolit. S. Bean against the Hydro Electric Com pany, of Hood River, to rcHtrnlu It from Interfering with the electric wire of the Pacific Power light Company near thin city. The I'acilic Cower & light Com pany lsing a corporation organized In the state of Maine, alloWH jurls diction in the case to come in the 1'nltcd State court. The Injunction Ih sweeping In It nature, restraining the Hydro Com pany from r n ii t I n i; wires under or over i hone of t he Cacllic Company, "ttlng pole near the latter', climb 1 nt; their pole or In any way using or tampering with the Pacific Com pany' plant or line. 1'nltcd State Marshal Scott sent a deputy to Hood Kivcr to nerve the Injunction onh r on the ollicer of the Hydro Klectrlc Company. They are directed t o a ppea r l.efore .lanu.irvl to hIiow cause why (he injunction hIiouM not he continued. A It I alnioHt Impossible fur t lie workmen of the Hydro Company to erect the new plant without violat ing ome of tlie many teclmlcal point covered In the rent raining order, It ha practically Htoppcd work on the new line until the case can lie heard In the l ulled State court. The I'acilic Company states that it ha taken till action due to I he Interrupt ion In It service which have iM'cnrrcil during the pat two week, (itnl the fact that the pole and line of the Hydro Company are U-lug placed In poHltiun that will prove a damage to It Hue In the future and make them dangerous to highway and street tralllc. Another Interruption wa canned to the ervlce of the Pacilic Company ThiirHilay afternoon, when the line men of the Hydro Company are ald to have dropped a wire on a trnns former and liurned the latter out, putting Hcrvlcc on the went hideout. SAMUt IL OOMHft News Snapshots Of (he Week ; A -i-. ?y ft sci i h'i 'Bj. ? i i " ! -Q r--jB tv'k John D. Aniilsild succeeded John I). Rockefeller as president of the Rtandiird Oil roniatiy. Tu Hlity-second rongrpm opened, with Champ Clark us speaker of the house. Republicans control thp senate and Democrats the houae. President Taft'i first message dealt entirely upon the subject of trut legislation. IU will lend other messages from time to time dealing wllb other subject. of liiiHlne. On Tliurda.v the Cacllic nee tired anut her lujiiuct lull from the federal court practically stopping the Hydro company from turning on the cur rent In It wire on nivoiint of the provision that Ic I restrained from operating wire In which there I an electric tluld that pa over or under or within a certain distance of those of the Cacllic company. Thl order alo rctraln the employe of the Hydro company from climbing the pole of the Cacllic or in any way Interfering with It plant, and I re turnable Jan. lt. Not wit liHtandlng the order of the court the emyloye of the Hydro company are ald to have dlregarded It and It in expected that the olficer of the company will lie HUtuuioiieil liefure the federal court to anwer to a charge of contempt of court. The city council added fuel to'the tire Monday night hy passing a hog tight, Hplke fast ordinance in regard to the uialnteiiaui'e and placing of electric wire aimed to handicap the Cacllic company and which will put it to great expense in changing them A $Jihi line, with the alternative of lUO day In Jail, I a t tached t o t he ordinance and an attempt wa- made to railroad it tln-oiiuh the co'incil Monday with an emergency clause at tached making it operative Tues day morning. Hail not Robertson, Early and Mayes objected to till proceeding the Cacllic would have lieeu up against a heavy tine for a viola t Ion t hat it wa Impossible to' t Iii-iii to remedy. President Kvnns of the Hydro company, who wa In favor of the ordinance, wa preen: at the council meeting and stated that In' hiiw no rcaHon why It hould not go Into effect at once. Th" ordinance will now liecome a law-In thirty day. It main feat ure I that wire containing a high power current mut lie separate from thoe of leHcr volume. Thl will make It necessary for the Cacllic to drop all I! secondary wire four fi-et lielow tlioe containing a greater current than tlou volt. There are many other feature of the ordinance which will alo necessitate great ex pellee In changing the ytcin of the Cacllic. As the Hydro company' EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS Judne Walter Rordwell sentenced the McNiiinnrii tirmlierti. Jiiine It im sent to prison for life for tilowins tip the Ijw An peles Times building, thereby musing the denth of twenty one persons, and John .1. pot fifteen years for dynamiting the IJwellyn Iron works. William J. Burns, the detective who worked up the case against the McNiMiiams. marged Samuel (Jumpers with having hnd knowledge of the brothers' guilt prior to their confession This was dented t.v Mr i:oimim.im Contracts. plant will only he capable of gener ating a low voltage It will not lie affected. The ordinance requiring that all light, telegraph and tele phone win lie placed under ground will iiIho he dug up and presented at the next meeting of the council. During the pant week the Hydro company ha had It attorney here, (Continued on Paj?e 7) CHINESE SINGER WILL SING HERE Harry Ping, a full lilnoded Chlnee hoy, will feature In tie' concert of the I'ulverstty of Oregon tilee hilled at IIAHIfY IIJNij Of the P. of O. (ilee Club the Monroe opera house for next Thursday night. Harry Ding's part In the program will be singing solo In both Chinese and Knglisli. He ha In his reper tolra lullaby witli which the mother Mongolian sing their little ".lohnw" to sleep, that has taken by storm every audience before which the club ha appeared. Ping appear In the costume of a Chinese nobleman, with cue In absentia. f A End Of Long Water Fight Believed To Be In Sight Water Committee Asks For Special Meeting Thurs day To Consider Matter and Takes Action To Secure Printing of Bonds Council To Force Compliance With Fire Escape Ordinance. Action taken on the rccommenda tlon of the lire and water committee at the aiectlng of the common conn ell Monday night, when the commit tee aked thut a special meeting of the council lie called for Thursday evening to consider an Important proposition relating to the water condemnation suit; also the panning of a motion made hy Councilman Karly, chairman of the water eam tulttee, Hnklngfor permission to have the bond printed for an amount neceBary to defray the expense of the suit, lead to the belief that a Hettleinent of the water tight 1 near nt hand and that It will be wiped off the board. It 1 understood that the officer of the Caciflc Power & Light company have reached au agreement with the water committee of the council and It 1 expected that the committee's recommendation to settle the suit will be endorsed by the council and the citizen. Other matters brought up at the council were those in regard to the placing of fire escapes mi all two-story otlice and public buildings and the authorizing of the tire and water committee to enforce the ordinance. The action of the owners of the Ho tel Oregon In complying with the law 1 forcing the matter, and all owners of property subject to the ordinance will be required to place proper ewenpes during the next thirty days. Krank Howard and Archie Mulva ney, electrical worker, had petition ers before the council asking that their names be taken from the peti What Hood River People Think About Christmas City's Business and Profes5ional Hen Express Their Sentiment In Regard To Observance of World Wide Holiday Views In Regard to Gift Giving Interesting New Thoughts Brought Out. Christ mas Day is almost here. For a brief season the world will almost universally lay aside thought of gain, plan for personal advance ment, ambitious scheme or at least they will be retired somewhat to the background--ami that motto, twen ty centuries old, "Peace on earth, good will to man." will ring from thousands of choir lofts, and sing through many million of brains. And It seem, too, that the latter portion of the motto, today, get special emphasis, and that all hu manity feels It heart warm with the feeling of fellowship and love fur the whole of mankind. Yet human nature possesses In fin ite variety, and Christmas Day ap peal to different people In different way. Kach look nt It from hi own angle. This Is well Illustrated In the following thoughts or brief ex pression of ( hii-tmas sentiments, tion of the electrical workers asktng for the pawsage of an ordinance, framed fortha purpose, they claimed, of Injuring the Pacific Light & Power company, and the council compiled with their request and cancelled them. The grading for several blocks of streets on the Height was accepted. Mrs. Hanlierry, from whom the city bought the site for the new city res ervoir, for $mm), had a communica tion before the council, asking for the payment of the lnteret on the money. This matter was referred to the finance committee. R. I), (Jould asked for permission to excavate under the sidewalk of hi business building and to make other Improve ments. The request was turned over to the street committee. City Knglneer Morse recommended that Cascade aveuue from Fifteenth street west be straightened out by taking fit) feet off the liatchelder property, a matter that was left with the street committee also. A communication was received from the Security Savings aud Trust company, refusing to take 9,000 In sewer bonds Issued under the Han croft act, on account of defective printing, stating that the bonds were not according to the law. The company offered to have the bonds reprinted properly In Toledo, aud the matter was referred to the finance committee for adjustment. The re ports of the city treasurer and city recorder were read and new books ordered for the city treasurer-elect, Louis Henderson. Action was also taken by the council to provide for the Incoming city treasurer's bond. from some of t lie leading buslues and professional men of Hood River, which were given at the solicitation of The New s. It I noticeable, however, that one thought tuns through a big majority of 1 hem. That Is, that the giving of presents at Christmas has become an abuse, in certain ways, which should be corrected, and that the true Christ ma spirit should be, one might say, "resurrected," to the end that Christina once more become the thoroughly satisfactory season It formerly was, and be rescued from a "commercialising tendency that j ha opened tlie way to deserved crlt-1 Iclsin, not of the day, but of the man ner of It observance. The following I what some of the professional and business men of Hood Kivcr think In regard to the prcsi-nt day observance of Christmas, taken at random: I.. II. Httgglns, liroeer Some de cry the Increasing tendency to an ex change of gifts at Christmas time, but I think that Is a great Improve ment over the manner In which Chi 1st ma was observed In early day. In my boyhood home In southern Missouri It was made the occasion for an extended carouse and merry making In which liquor! played an Important part. This has ; passed away, and 1 feel that the, Christmas observance of today I an j Improvement over those time which , 1 much to be commended. (i. A, Moulden, Manager of l'.ragg Mercantile Co. Christmas has been j "commercialized" too much In riven t i years. In my opinion. There I not the same reverent regard for the day and what It represent a then' was when 1 wa a boy. I Uileve that It would be an Improvement If that old-time spirit could be revived. Charles X. Clarke, Druggist At Christina time I believe we should haven feeling ;f charity toward all, and obtain that measure of happi ness fur ourselves which can only be accomplished by giving other pleas ure and making them glad. (ieorge R. Wilbur, Attorney--We lire gradually returning to the origi nal concept Ion of t he Christmas time. Ps-seiit were brought to the babe (ContiniMH) uo I'kicv 10) County Court Will Give Taxpayers Opportunity To Vote On Question If Circuit Court Passes Favor ably On Jackson County Bonding Act Would Prove Great Benefit To Community. Believing that the majority of the residents of Hood River county would be In favor of bonding for good road If they had the oppor tunity, the county commissioners, if the Jackson county road bond case which Is now In the circuit court is decided favorably, will shortly send to each taxpayer In the county a re turn postal card on which they will be allowed to express their views In regard to also bonding for a public dock. It Is thought by many that a county public dock would prove a great benefit to Hood River In the very near future and that this method 1 the only one by which a dock could be secured In a reason ably short time with an expenditure which would lie equable. The communication which the county court will send out will lie as follows: "It Is probable that soon after the first of the year the state supreme court will hear the Jackson county road bond case, and If the decision of the circuit court of that county be atlirmed, we shall lie legally able to call an election In thl county to vote upon a bond Issue to perma nently Improve our roads, and In connection with thl question I should like to have your opinion ex New Election Precincts Created In the County Voters In -Pine Grove and Dee Will Hereafter Cast Ballots at These Places County Court Also Re districts AH Other Election Precincts Center Hood River Voting Precinct Made Smaller. At the meeting of the county court during the first part of Decemtier, two new election precinct ere cre ated and the boundary line of three other re-distrlcted. The new pre cinct created are those of Pine lirove and Dee, and odell, Baldwin, Hood River Center and East Hood River changed. The boundaries of the new precinct are as follows: line tJrove Beginning at the southeast corner of section '2, town ship 2 north, range 11 K. W. M., thence west three miles, thence north one-fourth mile, thence west to the stream of Hood River, thence up said stream to It Intersection with the north and south center line of section 14, township 2 north, range 10 E. W. M., thence south on said line to t lie center of section I'.'t, said township and range, thence east one-half mile, thence south one and one-half mile, thence east one mile, thence south along line common to townships 1 ,lIuj north. 11 east and townships 1 and '2 north, range M east. T miles HOOD RIVER MAN OUT .FOR SENATORIAL TOGA Joseph W. Morton of Hood River Is a candidate for Putted States sen-j ator from Oregon, say the Portland Journal. He I anxious to try it out , Ivfore the voters with Senator Bourne, Pen Selling and Stephen A. ; Lowell, and make the fourth man . In the race If the prophets are right In predicting that Selling will shortly , announce Ids candidacy. "Morton was once a representative 1 In the legislature from Sherman and ' Wasco counties. He has practiced I law In Hood River and Is now Inter-' estcil In a fruit and dalrv farm near j that town. He came t from Iowa when lit year Oregon i f age, at-1 tended Mc.Miniivllle college, spent one I year In business college In Portk-uul, land lived live ears In Tillamook j county, lb' Is a iles.eli t.tnt of a signer of the Declaration of hide jiendence and a relative of Oliver Perry Morton, the war governor of Indiana. "Morton' entrv as a candidate ' fall to tart a ripple on the political (water in Portland, as he Is pr.nti cully unknown there. He declares i he believe In progressive principle and favor the removal of excessive tariff duties, especially on the mve. sarles of life. He say the govern ment I In duty hound to contr l the trust and protect the people from the "Iron hand of soulless corpora Hons." He would have no Interest to serve, he asserts, except t lie peo ple of Oregon and the nation." pressed on the enclosed postal card as to whether yon would favor the construction of a county public dock on the Columbia river just east of the city, to be a future permanent part of our high way system, Upon the early completion of the Panama canal and the opening for naviga tion of the upper Columbia, the greatly Increased shipping oq the river Incident thereto will doubtless make It one of the busiest highways of traffic In the northwest, and I be lieve we can readily foresee from this result a reduction of long distance transportation rate to less than one half the present rates and the consequent carrying of three-fourths of our fruit products by the river crafts. Then looking forward to such time should we not provide our selves with suitable river facilities for the promotion of this shipping? They will le easier obtained now by bonding along with our roads than any other way. The cost of a suit able dek now would probably vary from 10,tXXJ to $2.",000, governed by the location and storage facilities provided In connection. Delay In the matter may mean ten times that cost. Remember the present experi ence of Portland and Multnomah county. Think It over." to base line, thence east on base llu to the boundary line between Hood River and Wasco counties, thence north on said boundary Hue to the point of liegluulng. Dee liegluulng at the point where the stream of Hood River intersect the east boundary of section 30, township 2 north, range 10 E. W. M.t thence up said stream to the north boundary of township 1 north, range 9 E. W. M., thence west to the north west corner of ald township, thence south along the west boundary of said township to the southwest cor ner of said township, thene wet to the west boundary line of Hood River 'county, thence southeasterly along the west boundary of Hood River county to It Intersection with the south boundary of township 1 south, range K. W. M., thence east along said south boundary to the southeast corner of said township and rauge, thence north along the east boundary of said township to (Continued on I'skc T) HOOD RIVER NEWS TO CHANGE OWNERS r With this Issue of the News W. II. Walton i.nd C. P. Sonulchsen, who have owned the paper and the print- lug business In connection with It for tlie past three years, will retire, having sold the plant to It. B. and K. S, Bennett, experienced news papermen, who, until recently, were proprietor of the Ashland Tiding. R. B. Bennett, w ho will assume ed itorial management of the News, I a graduate of Vale, of the class of Since that time he ha been en gaged In newspaper work and was fur a time with the Portland Kveti- Ing Telegram. Ill brother. I.. S. Bennett, w ho will be business mana ger, obtained his experience of tlie printing and newspaper business la New York el'v and, lat-r. In Port land, I re. The Ueliuelt brother are native of New York stats. They were Huccessfid In conducting tlie Tiding, ami the retiring owner of the Hiiod River Ncv Company trust that the new owner wili Is- given tlie liberal patronage that ha char acterl.ed the buslues of the com puny In t he past. A to the N.-w, It speak for ll If. It has been successful from all points of view. It retiring owner w1li the people of II. in. I Blur lung life and pros-rlty and a. very Merry i hrlst mas.