THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1912
THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
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HOOD KILR NtWS COMPANY, Inc
Hood Rivca. Ooon
R. B DENNETT Editoi
U S HENNKTT BraiNEtu Manauu
Subscription, $1.50 a Year In Advance
Entered u rrondclaaa matter. Feb. 10. 1W9. at
the poet office at Hood River. On-tfun.
under the Art of March S. 187.
Canal Will Mean Much
Cities located on the Columbia
are not the only communities ad
vantapeously located on naviga
ule streams which anticipate
great things when the Panama
Canal is completed. St. Louis is
putting on an important naviga
tion service between that city
and New Orleans, preparatory
to the creat traffic expected to
move down the Mississippi fol
lowing the opening of the canal.
Already Kansas City has a com
pany organized to navigate the
Missouri down to St. Louis.
Commercial bodies all along the
upper Mississippi and the Ohio
are also active and it is also ap
parent that the entire Mississippi
basin country looks forward to
the opening of the canal as a
great event and will expend
large sums of money to make the
water route effective. Hood
River county is acting in com
mon with other progressive com
munities similarly located the
country over by seeking to build
a public dock and thus take ad
vantage of the Columbia river as
a mighty transportation factor
under the new order.
In the Right Direction
All agricultural sections are in
terested in the movement to ob
tain from the government in
creased endowments for agricul
tural colleges in order to enable
these institutions to put into
practice the best methods of soil
production. Bills will be intro
duced in Congress asking for
such appropriations. The gen
eral plan is to employ trained ag
riculturists as practical farm
demonstrators. These men would
take to the farmer on his own
farm the information that would
enable him to adapt to his local
conditions the most approved
methods. It is proposed to put
these trained men, selected by
the state agricultural colleges, in
each agricultural county of the
United States. Authorities have
expressed the belief that the
plan would in a few years in
crease the farm output at least
fifty per cent.
Oregon is already doing a great
work in teaching better methods
of agriculture and the 0. A. C
is training hundreds of men and
women how to get the best re
turns from the soil. Oregon is
making a name as a great agri
cultural state and is sure to sup
port a measure whose aim is to
teach the youth of the land how
to farm.
Teaching Fairy Stories
As old Roger de Coverly used
to declare when presented with
a difficult matter for adjudica
tion, there is much to be said on
both sides of the question now
being discussed here as to
whether fairy stories are helpful
or harmful reading for children
in the primary grades. There
are many delightful fairy tales
which cannot help but stimulate
the child's imagination and fancy.
One of the most objectionable
features of such stories i3 the
fact that a witch, a wolf, a Blue
beard or a cruel stepfather have
to figure in most of the stories.
These characters are all, figura
tively speaking, wolves in sheep's
clothing, hiding evil designs be
neath an exterior of feigned
friendliness. Reading of such
characters must naturally result
in making a child suspicious of
strangers, however friendly they
may appear. They also stimu
late the sense of fear, like the
mother who threatens her child
with the "bugaboo." However,
it is an easy matter lor tne
teacher to eliminate such stories
should experience teach her that
they have a harmful effect.
Dn fflr Want A
yublir Dnrh?
T W. H. WALTON
Do we want a public dock?
According to 230 residents of the
county, out of 335 who have been
asked by the county commission
ers for their opinions, we do,
and according to 105 we don't.
So far the majority in favor of
the dock is more than two to one
Many of this majority enthusias
tically state their approval, while
some of those against the propo
sition are as bitterly opposed as
their fellow citizens are enthusi
astic. Two of the latter, A. I,
Mason and C. L. Rogers, have
had recourse to public print to
voice their opposition and in so
doing a miracle has apparently
occurred. Mason and Rogers for
once agree. This is indeed
unique. In fact it is more than
this, it is uproarous, and injects
humor into a question that other
wise would be dry as the summit
of the lava beds in the middle of
August.
Mason advises waiting for five
years and Kogers to neier ine
matter until the canal is open for
traffic. In the meantime, what
about the railroads? It wouldn't
surprise the writer to learn ere
the ink had dried on this paper
that the dock frontage at Hood
River had been acquired in their
interests. This statement is not
being made for the purpose of
corporation baiting," but in the
ight of fact. Fact that cannot
be sidestepped in view of the ac
tion of these same railroad inter
ests during the past twelve
months along the Pacific coast.
It is estimated on competent
authority that $100,000,000 is be
ing spent in the cities on the Pa
cific coast from Los Angeles to
Victoria, B. C, to improve har
bors and dock frontage in antici
pation of the benefits of water
transportation through the Pan
ama canal. Over one-fourth of
this sum is being spent by the
railroads. It was only last week
that many acres of land fronting
on the river was secured in Port-
and by the Hill and Harriman
interests. For what purpose:
The answer is easy. To enter
into steamship competition for
traffic through the Panama canal.
Furthermore, Portland was the
last Pacific harbor on the list in
which the railroads secured big
dock privileges, but it is far
from being the least in impor
tance. On the contrary, the
Columbia river, with its 450
miles of navigable length, gives
it and its tributary territory an
advantage not possessed by any
other section on the Pacific coast
of the American continent, north
or south an open gateway owned
by the people, free from re
straint of trade.
There is but one menace to
prevent the people of the Colum
bia river section from benefiting
from this natural advantage and
that is the monopolizing of the
accessible dock frontage. The
municipalities of San Diego, Los
Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco,
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and
Vancouver are spending millions
to secure these privileges and
the railroads are hurrying to
keep pace with them. Already
the latter have secured immense
dock facilities in all these cities.
The question is, if Hood River
wants a public dock, can she af
ford to wait five years, or even
two years? Los Angeles, twenty
miles away from San Pedro, her
natural harbor, is spending $13,
000,000 for docks; Oakland is
spending $15,000,000; Portland is
spending a like amount and, like
her sister cities, is looking for
ward to the opening of the Pan
ama canal in 1914. Yet the
amount asked for for a public
dock at Hood River, with its as
sessed valation of over $10,000,-
000, is $10, 000, or one-tenth of
one per cent. In two years from
now, if water transportation to
the Atlantic coast is the means
of saving even ten cents a box on ;
apple shipments the dock would
be paid for several times over if
it cost twice ten thousand dol
lars, and there is no reason for
not believing that the saving will
be much greater. What about
the direct shipments to Europe'
Only recently two extensive
handlers of apples from Ham
burg, Germany, were at Hood
River and told the writer that
they looked forward to the time
when they could have their apple
shipments from here sent direct
to Europe through the Panama
canal. And they no doubt will
receive shipments this way. But
it remains to be seen who will
dictate the terms. In their ef
forts to control or share the ex
pected Panama canal traffic the
railroads cannot be blamed.
With them it is a matter of
maintaining their earning power
whether on land or sea.
Perhaps the vast expenditures
for harbors and docks being
made by the Pacific coast cities
mentioned are in vain. Perhaps
the master minds of the big rail
road systems who advised secur
ing great areas of dock frontage,
to drop into the language of the
street, are too previous. But
neither of these great forces
think they are. The dock ques
tion at Hood River is a matter
for settlement NOW, not in the
misty future.
The intelligent action of the
Hood River county commissioners
in bringing the matter to the at
tention of the community at this
time should be commended rather
than criticized. Their action de
pends on the decision of the Or
egon state supreme court as to
the legality of the bond issue.
Later the question will be sub
mitted for the approval or rejec
tion of the taxpayers, if the
lower court's decision is sus
tained. The question is whether
we want to take steps now to se
cure independent water trans
portation or to allow the railroads
to control it for us.
Scores of cities throughout the
United States are getting much
free advertising because some
of the young ladies, residents
therein, have taken advantage of
leap year and are now more or
less happily married. Hood
River is famous for its large
number of eligible bachelors, but
so far this city has not had its
name mentioned in the press dis
patches as the home of fair dam
sels who are not afraid to take a
chance.
Now that a suffragette looks
like a "comer," politicians and
organizations which may have
an axe or two to grind later on
are taking Father Time by the
forelock and endorsing woman's
suffrage. At The Dalles last
week the State Federation of La
bor passed unanimous resolutions
to that effect. Armed with the
ballot, the women may soon dis
card their timeworn title of the
"weaker sex."
Spokane has the doubtful dis
tinction of being one of the thirs
tiest cities in the Northwest.
Approximately $0,000,000 was
spent for liquor of all kinds by
her citizens during 1911. Of beer
alone more than 85,000 barrels
were consumed. Spokane is a
city of boosters, as she has good
reason to be, but here is a piece
of information which might well
have been suppressed.
Spooners in Los Angeles parks
will hereafter be compelled to
pay for the privilege. Private
benches, big enough to seat only
two and opened automatically by
dropping a nickel in the slot, are
the latest innovations.
Already the optimistic antici
pation that the valley will have
a bumper crop this year is hav
ing it3 beneficent effect on busi
ness. When you fee! ((
di icon raged,
confused, ner
vous, tired, worried or dponrlent it ( a
xnre in you need MOTTS NERVERINE
PILLS. They renew the normal vigor and
make life worth living. h tnr. and atk for
Mott'. Nerverine Pill ."5
WILLI A M3 MFC CO.. Prone., CleveUxL Onto
f or Sale by Carl A. Hath, Druggist
A. C. BUCK
Notary Public and Insurance
Agent
Room 12. Broeiua Block
Hood Hirer. Oregon
R. R. BARTLETT
ARCHITECTS
Ileilbronncr HuiMina
HOOD RIVKIt. OHKGON
Phone fil
ALBERT SUTTON
Hrchitcct
Hall Buildino
Hood Rivir, Orbuon
C. G. VAN TRESS
Public Stenographer
AND
Notary Public
ELIOT BLOCK
Phone 30S-L
M. E. JOHNSON
Carpenter and Builder
ThirJ and State Sts.
Phone Shop 57; Res. 87-L
O. B. EVINOER
Confeotlonory and Cigars
Cmnoral Lino of Citart, Tobacco,
Candiot, ce Crmam. Etc.
STATIONERY On the Heights
KELLY BROS.
HAY and OATS
Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts
and Straw
Phone 227-M
Fourth Street between Oak and Stte
ROBT. T. NEWHALL
Telepbooe 277-N Hood River, Oregon
REPRESENTING
MILTON NURSERY CO.
THIRTY-THRFK YEARS
OK RELIABLE TREES
Wire Wound Continuous Stave
WOOD STAVE PIPE
KELLY BROS., Agents
4th St. Bet. Oak and State
Phone 227-A1 Hood River, Ore.
W. J. BAKER
Real Estate
Loans
Insurance
APPLE AND STRAWBERRY
LAND A SPECIALTY
Correspondence Solicited
COAL!
Rock Springs
COAL
TRANSFER & LIVERY
COMPANY
Cottage Kospital
Hood River's Medical In
stitution. Open to the
public for the treatment
of Medical and Surgical
cases. Rates on applica
tion. Address,
COTTAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
H. YAMA
DAY WORK
AT
Cooking
and House Cleaning
Phone lfiO
14 Oak Street
aJinint ItMMrrinal. tlAtrkiftaa mtkmrnmrnmrn
ffldinf and hauling poultry m
contind ! r UfHt mkftem of
Lily l Poultry Boot 71 printed,
fend fur copy, htm.
P C1W M. I iffy Co., SsnU
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DR. F. C. BROSIUS
Han eMtrittlii'lieil a iwrtuaneut l
ttce nt OOK1.L. I'lioNKLD, where he
t'hii I f cotiHultrl inornlnir ami even
luif. City olllce HOOD KIVKK.
I'HO.NK 12 II, AlH'll Ha) UHUal 10 t
dally. Night Call annwereil . (rum
OOKI.L, l-iioNKl'O. 2SU
H. L. DUMBLE
Physician and Surgeon
Calla promptly anwri in town or country, day
or nticht.
Telephones-Rtwulenc fill. Office 613.
Ottic in th Uruaiua Buililiiiij.
DR. E. O. DUTRO .
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Smith Building
Home phone, Rea.71B; Office phone 71
Hood River, Oregon
J. F. WATT, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Office, Home Phone 30 Rea. SO-B
Hood River :: Oregon
DR. MALCOLM BRONSON
Physicians and Surgeons
Eliot Block Phone 34
Hood River. Oreiron
Dr. M. H. Sharp Dr. Edna U. Sharp
DRS. SHARP
Osteopathic Physicians
Graduates of the American School of Osteopathy,
Kirkaviile, Ma
Office in Eliot Building
Phone-Oifice 102. Keaidenee 102-B.
Hood River. Oretroo
C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D.
Dentist
Office. Hall Building, over Butler Banking Co.
Office phone 28. Reaidence phone 28-B
Hood Kiver, Oregon
H. Dudley W. Pinco, D. D. S.
Dentist
Office over Firat National Bank
Office- Home phone 131. Residence- Home 131-B
Hood River. Oregon
DR. E. L. SCOBEE
Dentist
Open evening's by appointment
Rooms 6 and 7, It rue i us Building. Phone 300
Hood River. Oregon
DR. JUSTIN WAUGH
Eliot Building
EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT
M. E. WELCH
Licensed Veterinarian
Hood River. Oregon
Phone 309 Rooma 9-10. Smith Block
GEORGE R. WILBUR
LAWYER
Hood Klver Oregon
JOHN BAKER
Attorney at Law
Rooms 7-8, Smith Block
'JhS.'S.K Hood River, Ore.
ERNEST C. SMITH
LAWYER
Rooma 14 and 15. Hall Building
Hood River, Oregon
STEARNS & DERBY
Lawyers
First National Rank Building
Hood River. Oregon
L. A. & A. P. REED
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
Two Doors North of Poatoffice
Phone il Hood River' Oregon
MURRAY KAY
CIVIL ENOINEl-R AND SURVEYOR
Phonb 32
Rnoaiua Building Hoon Rivr.e.
P. M. MORSE
City Engineer and Surveyor
CITY AND COUNTY WORK
Heilbronner Building Hood River. Oregon
L. A. HENDERSON
Civil Engineer
Formerly U. 8. land Surveyor Philippine Island.
Two doora north of nortodlre. Phone 41
T. I. TWKKI.Y
Mutual Insurance at M Per Cent of Old Line
Rate. Kire Insurance on Buildings in
Course of Construction, Kree.
NOTARY rimi.lC UN THB HrJflMT
Butler Banking Co.
Established Nineteen Hundred
Capital One Hundred
Safe Deposit Boxes
Collections
Leslie Butler, President
Truman Butler, Vice President
C. H. Vaughan, Cashier
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 President, Cashier
C. H. Stranahan, Wilson Fike. Chas. G. Pratt, Jos. Copeland
Capital $100,000
mm m m p- -l, . i i htif . rii.i
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOOD RIVER. OREGON
FASHION
Livery. Feed
Wholesale and
Retail Lumber,
Lath. Shingles
Etc. Lumber
delivered to
any part of the
Valley
The Satisfactory Bolution of Your
Water Supply Problem
will be reached by installing
Leader Water
Supply System
You can have abundant water hot or
lor kitchen, bath, laundry, the lawn and any II
other nurnose reauired. at a moderate cost. Z
Will also afford fire protection.
The most efficient, economical and
able water supply System to be had.
Ask yonr local dealer to explain about th
Leader System or write for our booklet,
"How I Solred tke Water Supply TroWem."
LEADER IROX WORKS, Dept. 22, Coc.:.,r, III.
Apple Land and Orchard Company
Offioo, Mo. 9 Oak Stroml, Phono 26 or 2002K, Hood River
Thousand Dollars
Savings Department
Surplus and Profits $28,000
SEE OUITCASHIER
about our certificate of depos
it. If you have money await
ing investment exchange it for
one of these certificates which
bear interest according to the
time the money is left with the
bank. The certificates are as
good as cash, in fact they are a
good deal better than idle cash.
STABLES
and Draying
STRANAHANS & RATKBUN
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Horse3boutfht, soldorex
changed. Pleasure parties can
secure first class Hg3. Social
attention given to moving fur
niture and pianos. Wedo
everything horses can do.
Stanley
Smith
Lumber
Co.
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