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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS ,v ' Adx)cr1tsers Gel Hesultj Highest Grade Job Trinting VOLUME 7, NUMBi o HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1911 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YE.R LONG, BITTER WATER FIGHT ENDED Sutton Case Is Aired In Fight For Children Junketers Are Royally Received! at Parkdale Proposition Made By Pacific Power and Light Company toTake Amount Awarded By Verdict With Costs Added Accepted By City Council With Revenue From Plant Subtracted City Will Get System For About $33,500 Only Negotiations That Remain to Conclude Deal Is Raising the Money Taken Toward Doing This Ily the unanimous adoption of the report ( the lire find water commit tee by the common council Thursday evening on the proportion of the Pacific Power & Light Company, Hood River s long water fight was practically Rett lei and nothing re mains now hut to obtain money for the plant. Ily the terms of the agreement made bv the 1'acltlc company, the provisions of which were warmly commended by the committee, the city will get the plant for $!.'l,704 SO, iiIiih the fee of Stearns & Derby of $11MK), for trying the unit, making a total of $:ir,7M M. Subtracting the amount of revenue which the city will receive from the plant to Janu ary Int. and which It In allowed to retain by thj Pacific company, the city will get the water system for a Hut price of $:.7t'4.s. The ttettlement of the matter wan considered at n, special meeting of the council held for that purpose and after hearing all the correspondence and the report of the committee the couucllmt-n punned It without u dis senting voice, Councilman Rroslus made a lengthy talk In which he complimented the lire and water committee for Hit etllclent work In bringing the matter to a successful Issue and also the company for ltn allllnde In bringing It to a clone, lie nald that It gave new life to the progress of the town, liiHiired a more ample water Hiipply In the near fu ture, and closed a matter that wan of the greatest Importance to the entire community. In addition Coun cilman liroslus . stated that he be lieved that the businessmen and citi zens should get behind a movement to ralMe the necessary money to pay for the plant at once, not waiting until the day net for the Hale of the bond. To thin etui he moved that the fire and water committee which had handled the matter no suecess fully be authorized to provide the funds In any way they miw fit and bring nil negotiations to a clone. The motion wan promptly sconded and unantmoiiHly carried. The correspondence nnd report of the committee was read by Chair man ('has. T. Karly, who has taken a deep Interest In closing the deal, and the council, believing that all facts should be made public, supplied the News with a copy of nil the pa pers relating to It. The proposition as made by the Pacific Power & Light Company Is ns follows: Portland, Ore., Iec. 15, 1!11 Mr. ('has. T. Karly, Chairman, Light nnd Water Committee of the Common Council, Mood River, Ore. Dear Sir: In our Interview at this otlice on the 7th Inst., you advised us that the nppenls now pending In the water works condemnation case are making It dlllicult for the city to ob tain the necessary funds for enlarg ing nnd Improving the water system, and that It will be greatly to the city's ad vantage to have these ap peals dismissed. Roth of these ap peals were taken In good faith to protect the Investment In the water property, but we do not wish to delay or hinder the city In Its ar rangements for nn Improved water supply nnd have therefore decided to accept the proposition for dismissing these appeals suggested by you, and have persuaded the trustee and Its attorneys to agree to like action. Our understanding of the proposi tion Is that the city w 111 cause to le deposited In court within thirty days a sum In cash sutlictciit to pay the Jury's verdict of fl'J.lll, with H per cent Interest thereon from September l.-, l!)ll, to the date of such deposit, also the two warrants for $17)1.70 to Pay Cost of drawn upon the special water fund In payment of the Pacific Power & Light Company's bill of costs, and an additional sum sufficient to pay the costs to date of the trustee's ap peal. If the above sums are de posited In court subject to our order or the Joint order of ourselves and the trustee, we will stipulate, and the trustee's attorneys will stipulate, for the dismissal of the appeals now pending. We have requested Mr. Cotton, on behalf of the trustee, to write you stating the amount of the trustee's costs to date and con firming this agreement on lichalf of the trustee. We nre consenting to the dismissal of these appeals In order to assl the people of Hood Kier to proceed at once with the making of such lin provements and developments of the city water system as they may desire and because we liclleve such action on our part will be of material U'ticflt to the city. As stated In our Interview of last Thurs day, we shall endeavor, through our financial friends and acquaintances la Portland anil elsewhere, to assist the city In the sale of Its bonds to cover the cost of this water plant and feel confident of Isdng able to secure one or more bidders for such bonds when advertised by the elty. We nre very much Interested In the upbuilding and growth of your com munity and we have spent In the past, and are now preparing to spend, a great deal of money toward publicity and exploitation ami we feel that we must work together In order to bring about permanent and lasting results. We realize that the Interests of this company In your community can be satisfactorily promoted only by working In harmony with the people of the city, nd we regret very much the present apparent misunderstand ing by h uumbcr of the people In your community of the motives and attitude of this company toward them. The recent readjustment of electric rates made by us In Hood A. r ft. -, I - v .- i ... ) I?-' . v c - .-i. -: v .-,f v Plant Action at Once. Klver was absolutely necessnry to do away with existing unfair and improper discrimination among your people, and was made for no other purpose. The net result of this re adjustment was to cheapen the ser (Continued on Page 2) COUGAR KILLS GOATS NEAR PINE GROVE Considerable excitement has been caused In the Pine (irove district during the past week by the depre datlons of a cougar which has been killing goats on the Capt. Jackson place. Altogether the animal has killed of the goats nnd although a number of hunters have endeav ored to locate It their efforts have so fur failed. Jake Leutz of Mount Hood ho Is known as one of the wiliest cougar and lcar hunters la the valley, has tracked the animal long distances several times. He says that Its tracks measure six Inches across and Indicate that It Is of unusual size. In one or two Instances It has been found that the goats have been dragged away without being eaten, and have been covered up. The goats were being used to ent up the underbrush on land that had been partly cleared. FRIGHTENED HORSES RUN AWAY IN CROWDED STREET Itccomliig frightened while the owner was at work on the pole to which they were hitched, the team of C. L. Trout ran away here Saturday morning and created great excite tnent as they threaded In wild plunges among the vehicles of ranch ers, who were In town for the Christ inas shopping. A dozen disastrous collisions were narrowly averted. The wagon was demolished when the team ran Into a pole carrying elect'le wires, on a corner. i" t '- Mount Hood, as Seen From Railroad Torminal at Parkdalo, W'l.cre Local Pusincss Mom Were Royally Entertained Last Week. Attorney For Local Architect Weeps As He Recites Dramatic Story of How Father Sacrificed Business Interests in Order to Children Half Around "With tears coursing down his cheeks," says the Oregonlan, "Attor ney Frederick V. Ilolmau, of Port laud, Friday told how Albert Sutton sacrificed his business Interests In San Francisco and moved to Oregon that he might separate Ills twin daugh ters from their mother, his divorced wife. It was the most dramatic ar gument ever heard hi the seventh Ju dicial district circuit court anil was the closing argument before Judge Itrndshuw In the hals-as corpus pro ceedings brought by Kthel M. Mont gomery against Sutton In. the hope of gettng cure of their children. "When Sutton wns granted di vorce from his wife, (die who Is Mrs. Montgomery now, by the California court In I'.hj'j, he was given entire custody of the two daughters. In August, 1911, the dicree was amended ho thot the divorcee wns to have the care of the children for four months of the year. Sutton did not uct In accordance with the mandate of the court nnd so Mrs. Montgomery re sorted to habeas corpus proceedings. "Sutton's nttorneys, Mr. Holman, S. W. Stark of Hood Klver, and W. H. Wilson of this city, contended the divorced woman Is not fit to have the care of the daughters. The plaintiff was represented by K. V. Llttlefield and James (J. Wilson of ortland. Arguments, which took up the entire day, were heard In the circuit court at The Dalles before Judge Rnidshaw, who reserved de cision." The facts of the case nrens follows: In April, litost. the court of California granted Mr. Sutton a divorce from Mrs. Sutton, and the care nnd cus tody of his two ndnor (laughters. In Jauuary, l'.tlO, Mr. Sutton, with Ids daughters, moved to Hood Klver, where he Is now residing. Since the removal of Mr. Sutton to the state of Oregon, his divorced wife married Montgomery and In August, lull, secured a modification of the decree of divorce In California. permitting her to have the custody )f the minors for a period of five months during each year. Last No vember she came to Oregon and In stituted habeas corpus procedings to secure the mluors. In answer to a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, among other things Mr. Sutton alleges that Mrs. Montgomery Is not entitled to the care and custody of the children for the reason that while living In San Francisco she repeatedly had lm- proper relations with one Walter F.. White, a chauffeur, and that she Is a dissolute person; that at one time she took the children clandestinely from their home In San Francisco and fled with them to Vancouver, R. thence to the city of New York, thence to Kngland. thence to France and thence to I'.elgtum. Mr. Sutton - 1 Pursue Divorced Wife and the Globe. followed her to ISelglnm, secured the children ami brought them back to San Francisco. The answer to the complaint states that Mrs. Sutton then re malned somewhere In European countries for many months. After wards, In company with Walter White, the chauffeur, she returned to San Francisco, and later became In fatuated with Montgomery, with whom she lived In adultery at St. Clair apartments, San Francisco, and who Is now her hushaud. That her manner of living and associates and companions are such that It would !e prejudicial to the Interests of the children to be In her care or custody or under the Influence of her assort ates, and Mr. Sutton requests that Mrs. Montgomery be not allowed to have the custody of the children or In any way to communicate with them. Mr. Sutton contends that the court of California was without Jurisdic tion to modify or change the decree to give to Mrs. Montgomery the cus tody of the children a portion of each year, because it was done after Mr, Sutton and the children had moved to Oregon, and that the courts of Oregon have the right and must de termine anew who Is the proper per son to have the care and custody of tuechtldrcn: and. further, because the children have a good and comforta ble home and desire to remain with their father, they should not be taken from lilm and sent back to live with their mother and Montgomery. Mrs. Montgomery's nttorneys con tend that the court of California had the right to modify and change the decree and that Mrs. Montgomery, under the decree. Is entitled to the custody of the children for five months each year. Mr. Sutton Is one of Hood River's most highly respected citizens and with Ills children, lias lived here for the past two years. The outcome of the easels looked upon with great Interest by the citi zens of Hood River, who trust that the children will not be taken away from their father. CITY SCHOOL CENSUS SHOWS MARKED INCREASE F. A. lilshop. clerk of the city school board, announces that the census of the Hood River school children, which has just been com pleted, tdiows an Increase of 47 over that of last year. The district's children last year between the ages of 4 and -0 numbered v", while this year they number Vl. These figures do not Include pupils attending the city high school whose residence is outside t lie district, nor those students who have passed the age of '.'I. J-.V i 1 ; ,i Feeling of Friendliness Between People of Upper and Lower Valleys Is Strengthened at Get-Together Meeting, a Feature of Which Was an Able Ad dress By Judge Stephen A. Lowell. Augmented by the presecne of fifty of the city's representative business men, the lecture and get-together meeting at Park dale Wednesday evening, under the auspices of the Fpper Valley Progressive Associa tion, was a big success. In fact It was more than this, because It fos tered nnd cemented a Li-llng of friendliness between the people of the two sections of the valley that could not have lK-en accomplished In any other way. For the first time many of the city people realized what an Intelligent, progressive class of citi zens there really are In the Fpper Valley, while the latter were made aware of the good will and coopera tion which the people of Hood River are ready to extend toward the cltl zens of the upper country. Nothing occurred to mar the event. The special train on the Mt. Hood Railroad, which carried the large party from Hood Klver to Parkdale and return, made the trip both ways In about an hour. In fact the good time made, and the smoothness and comfort with which the party were transported, compared with the ar duous trip over the country blgh wuys which had to be resorted to a year or two ago, caused many to comment on the blessings a rail road means to the valley. leaving Hood Klver at 6:"0, the truln arrived at Parkdale a little before S o'clock. A goodly delega tion of Fpper Valley people met the visitors nt the station and warmly welcomed them. Arriving nt the hall, which wns tastefully decorated with evergreens nnd American flags, Hydro Company Charged With Contempt of Court Rival Corporation Alleges That Injunction Has Been Disregarded in Construction of Competitive Sys temJudge Bean Sends Evperts Here to Investi gateHydro Company Finishes Line. Contempt proceedings brought against the Hydro Klectrlc Company (tie last of the week by the Pacific Light & Power Company brought to an Issue the controversy between the two companies, which are lighting to gain control of the local field. On Thursday a deputy Fnlted States marshal from Portland served papers ou President N. F. F.vans of the Hydro company nnd Foreman Charles tilll of the construction gang. ! lloth men were summoned to ap-! pear before Judge Kean of the Fnlted States District Court at Portland on Saturday to show cause why they) should not be punished for contempt ' f court. This charge was made against them on the ground that they had dlsotieyed the Injunction j forbidding them to string their wires I in su. h a manner as to Interfere with those of the Pacific company. ( A number of witnesses wire ex amined by Judge Heati After hear ing the testimony he declared that It was so conflicting that he was unable to render a decision. He therefore directed that a board of electrical experts be agreed upon by the two companies and that the ex perts make an examination of the question In controversy and report to hlni next Tuesday, when he will decide the contempt proceedings on their testimony. In the meantime the Hydro com pany Is rushing construction on Its lines and plant In an effort to serve customers on the dates specified In the contracts. Their generator has been received and was hauled out to the power house this week Dr. W att said yesterday : "Our plant and distributing sv tetn are pract icallj complete Poles have tieeti erected and wires strung Into the city as far as Fifth and state street and we an-In readiness to In. stall the dlst rlbu tin g sy stem t ti rough out the business and resident sections of the city. The business plac-'s with, which we have contracts will be wired within a few days aa I. If the Injunction Is dissolved, e will be ready to turn on the juice wlthhi the time stipulated In the contracts It 111 of coarse t ike a longer time to extend the lines Into the residence sections, e are renewing some ofj a large gathering extended the hand of fellowship and good cheer, and each of the visitors was presented with a complimentary ticket to the lecture and a handsome souvenir program. Of course the event of the evening was the lecture given by Judge Stephen A. Lowell. Judge Lowell always talks well, even In private conversation, but on the platform he Is the Simon-pure, silver-tongued or ator, and proved his title to this distinction by talking an hour and forty-five minutes without having anybody turn a hair. Ills subject was "The Law and Lawyers, Then and Now," and It can be put right down here that If anybody doubts that the Judge doesn't know some thing on this subject, he or she has another think coming. Introduced In a few words by John Ooldshury, High Tyee of the Pro gressive Association, Judge Lowell started In by going away back to the time of Mows and the writing of the ten commandments, and covered the subject down to the latest legal twist In the McNamara dynamiting case. He covered the periods of the Justinian Code, the Code Napoleon, the dawn of the old English common law and the rise and growth of the application of jurisprudence In the Fnlted States from the battle of Hunker Hill ta the present time. It Is doubtful If a Hood Klver audi ence ever listened to a more learned talk, one more Interesting or one more eloquent, on an educational topic, than that of Judge Lowell to (Continued on Page 2) the contracts ns a precaution In case we are longer restrained from turn ing on the Juice." There were present at the hearing before Judge I Jean In Portland, A. S Hall, manager of the Pacific Power & Light Co.; Alva Day, also of the latter company: tieo. R. Wilbur, their local attorney: N. C. Kvans, president of the Hydro Company; City Attorney A. J. Derby, who Is also the attorney for the Hydro Co.; with his partner Jesse Stearns; ( has. tilll and several other local people. COUNTY MAY LEVY TAX TO KILL PESTS I It Is ii w stated that the Hood Klver county court at the tirst m-et- Ing of next year will probably make ti tax levy for the purpose of carry ing on experiments to develop or chard culture and t prevent disease and pests. The members of the Hood KlUT Fellowship Association have been circulating a petition ask ing for such a measure. While the work of the organic itl ui under the direction of Professor . II. Law rence has been successful. It Is thought that t make it county task w 111 do much toward simplify ing t lie raising of f'.iuds and the work In general. Professor Lawrence, the ipert w ho has had ch i.-ge of t tie work for tile past year. I- at work on a -tern to make temperature i-sts of the valley this w later He will place tested thermometers In at le.i-t Phi orchards 1ti dlilerei.t parts of tin valley. show a I ine Steer P. i '. Young has , ,:i e Ml, It I on o , r the holda.xs .at his market a haul some, big dres,-, 1 steer which ! al tr acting tau- M attention If wt.-ln :hn p.iiinds i'ressed and cam" from t l,e I 'lib ui .b-at i uapa n.v a t land. I t Mow ship Aisoi i.itiiin lllecM'lg of til" 1- -iloW -lltp 1 rt s 1 1 elation will be held Mt Van I II I rlday at ' p in to discuss t In ll 'I ie, t of on hard l;eu hi,;, winter tri jury . dead spi . t In fi ult an I iss rrota frost.