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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
City Charter Revision
Discussed by Citizens
Three Propositions Are Presented, Including Commis
sion Form of Government, Business Manager
Arrangement and Revision of Present Charter
Committee of Ten Works on Matter.
That a keen Interest In being taken
by Mooil Klver cltlzeus In the (jues
tlon of revising the city charter to
meet tlie present ami future need of
the city, wan dcmotist rated Friday
evening when many of the leading
business and professional men gath
ered at the CoiniiiiTiliil Club on the
Invitation of the committee which
had thU matter In hand. Three
methods of procedure were undented
revision of the present charter,
adoption of a commission form of
government and management of the
clty'n affairs by a salaried business
manager, to be assisted by the coun
cil an an advisory board
Mayor Wright preHlded at the
meeting and brlelly Mtated the object.
Itefore the meeting had proceeded far
au Inquiry wan maile an to whether
It wan open to discussion of other
method iH-sldes revision of the pres
ent charter. The motion wan then
made to throw the meeting open to
a general discussion. I!ev. John It.
Hargreaves wan then Invited to talk
on the method of having a business
manager to be assisted by the coun
cil. He explained that thin system
had leen tried with remarkable suc
cess In Staunton. Va. The manager
Is elected lava line of his r.Tognlxed
business ability and In his hands
rests the reHpoiiHlblltty for the con
duct of the clty'n business. He In
paid a salary and devote his entire
time to the clty'n business. The city
council In retained, but Itn function
become rather advisory than execu
tive, although ome of the more Im
portant cominltteen are retained to
work In conjunction with thebusl
manager. Mr. Hargreaven wan of
the opinion that nome such arrange
ment might lie Is-st adapted to the
need of a city the slxe of Hood Klver
and called attention to an article In
the Ilecemtwr tiumler of World's
Work In which thin form of city gov
ernment a worked out In Staunton
In described In detail.
I'rof I. It. (iihsoii, who ha made
iiHtudyof the commission form of
city government, wan then called
upon. He npoke of the advantagen
which thin system han. Admitting
that It had been voted down In most
of the Oregon cltlen where It han
been nubmltted to the coplc, he suld
that In inont Instances thin waslie
caue supporters of the commlnnlon
form had been divided ami that It
had never been given a fair trial In
thin state. He ntated that In hln
opinion thin form of government
wan worthy o the mot. nerloun con
i.lderatton. Dr. JtiHtln Wangh wan given a
hearty second by thone prenent when
he declareil that In framing a new
charter Hood Klver han au oppor
tunity to make a name for herelf an
one of the bent governed cltlen In Or
egon. He nald that there In enough
APPROPRIATION IS
WANTED FOR ROAD
County .Imlge CuIbertHon of Hood
Klver county called on the county
commlnnlonern and County Judge
Cleeton Wednesday and succeeded In
Interesting them In a plan to aroiiHe
popular enthusiasm In behalf cf the
Hood Itlver-Multnomah road, the
object being to obtain an appropria
tion to assist the project at the next
session of the legislature. It In pro
posed to call public meetings In both
counties and to Interest candidates
for state representative and state
senator In the project.
It I proposed to extend the road
In question along a gorge noted for
scenic beauty, which lies partly In
the eastern half of Multnomah coun
ty and the western part of Hood
Klver county. It In estimated that
$1.10, (XHl would In necesnary to com
plete the road an desired, and that of
this amount $1(NI,INNI would Is-spent
In Multnomah county and the bal
ance In Hood Itlver rorinty.
"Multnomah county ha already
done some work on Itn end of the
road," said County Judge Cleeton.
'Ily this fall we will have two miles
of the 12 within thin county ready
fortrntllc. If we ever get thin road
through we will have a most beauti
ful scenic highway."
(iood News! Vogel's orchestra
will play at the (Jem Theatre tomor
row evening. A treat for music
lovers.
Intelligence" among the citizens of
thin community to devlne and carry
Into successful operation a model
form of city government. Continu
ing, he declared that here In an op
portunity to make a reputation for
Hood Klver anlde from and In uddl-
tlon to that which nlie now enjoy n
an the producer of the lMt apples In
the world.
City Attorney Derby wan nnked to
explain nome of the Inadequacies of
the prenent charter and to point out
the respects In which the revlwlon In
Decennary. He wan Incapacitated,
however, by a ne vere cold and sug
gested that H It. Langllle. the former
city recorder, be called upon to do
thl. Mr. Langllle explained how
much time In lont In making city Im
provement under the prenent char
ter od account of the cumlierson and
antiquated method Involved. He
alno nald that the font of nuch Im
provement I tncreaned from fifteen
to twenty per cent on account of the
delayn with which contractors know
they must meet. He further pointed
out Itn Inadequacy In giving the city
jiower to bond for Improvement,
calling attention to the specific sec
tion which mut be revled.
Dr. Itrosiu, president of the coun
cil ami a member of the Judiciary
committee, npoke In behalf of the
committee which ha In charge the
matter of charter revision. He said
that the committee's object in calling
the meeting had lieen successfully ac
complished Inasmuch as It had
drawn forth the Ideas of those pres
ent In the matter of city government.
He made the motion that the advo
cates of the three klndn of govern
ment le named as a committee to
consider the matter and report either
to the committee on charter revision
or at another public meeting. Tru
man Itutler moved that this motion
be amended so that If the three men
can get together on a scheme which
would Include the best features of all
three that they should make rt com
mon report. The motion wan car
ried an amended.
The committee which has thin mat
ter In charge Includes the Judiciary
committee of the city council which
In made up of K. S. Mayes, chairman,
Dr. Itroslun and Councilman .Strana
han, alno Mayor Wright and City
Attorney Derby and live citizens
who have been named as follows: D.
McDonald. K. C. Smith, K. O. Itlan
char, Truman Itutler and H. It. Lan
gllle. The special committee of three ap
pointed at Friday's meeting will un
dertake to sound out public senti
ment on the forms of city govern
ment suggested by them and after
coming to some conclusion, either
Individually or collectively, will lie
heard from at the next meeting,
which will probably be held In the
near future.
LOAN FUND DAY IS
OBSERVED BY CLUB
Wednesday, Jan. Ill, was Scholar
ship Loan Fund Day on the Wom
an's Club calendar, when a silver
offering amounting to $27 wan. taken.
Two new members were also added
to the club.
Mm. II. F. Davidson explained the
purpose of the collection and how
much good In being done by thin
fund, which In used to anslst young
women and girls In obtaining an ed
ucation. These girls are not In any
way objects of charity, but repay
their loaun an soon an the education
which they have lieen enabled to ac
quire puts them In a position to
do so.
Tills wan followed by a most en
joyable vocal selection by Mrs. Kalph
Koot, who very kindly responded to
an encore.
Mrs. Dooliitle of Cortland then
gave an address on artistic home
decoration which wan attentively
listened to and many notes taken by
the ladles prenent.
Delicious refreshment and a gen
eral good time cloned one of the most
enjoyable club afternoons of the year.
When exM'nnen were paid there re
mained t-'H.
Cash to Loan
We have cash to loan upon Im
proved ranch property.
Hoon Itn Kit ItANkiNu Tin sr Co.
0, A. G. CLUB HOLDS
ANNUALIZING
The annual meeting of the Hood
Klver O. A. C. Club was held Satur
day afteruoon. The old gradn were
filled with their old time college spirit
and many thing pertaining to the
welfare of their Alma Mater were
discussed.
The officers elected tor the coining
year were C. C. Thotnpnou, president;
Mlns Horning; vice president; It. A.
McCully, secretary-treasurer.
Resolution were adopted desiring
athletic relation to lie resumed with
the University of Oregon.
The club I making preparations
for a reception and dance for the (Use
and Mandolin Club after their per
formance of Feb. lij.
The O. A. C. Club was organized
Just oue year ago. The member are:
V. C. Itrock, C. I). Thompson, A. S.
Hall, Karl llartmess, Miss Hornlug,
C. F. Ualllgan, Koy Itrock. Kalph
Hlnrlchs, K. A. McCully. Mr. C. D.
Thompon, Mr. V. C. Itrock, Mrs.
Koy Itrock, Miss Ldlth Sproat, Mis
Marlon Sproat, L. O. Khoden, L. M.
(ierden, Joy Mason, Win. Clark, It. L.
Clark, H. O. Humphrey, Mm. A. S.
Hall, F.dna liroves, Mrs. Wilcox, S.
H. Iloddlnghouse, W. A. Davidson,
Mrs. E. O. Dutro, ('. C. Thompson,
Clay Itrock.
East Side Grade Riddle
May Be Solved at Last
Herchants Unite in Order to Assist City in Having
Work Started at Once and Considerable Improve
ment Done, After Which Special Election May Be
Held with View to Disincorporating That Section.
That the problem of the east side
grade may at last be solved was In
dicated by action taken at a meeting
of local merchants Thursday evening.
The matter of making much-needed
Improvements to the road was the
subject . of considerable discussion
aud a solution was reached which it
Is hoped may prove for the best In
terests. of both city anil county by
bringing about the improvement of
the grade without further delay.
The primary object In calling the
meeting was to arrange so that
work can be started on the grade
Immediately. The city council has
appropriated $2tm0 for the purpose,
but this will not lie available until
the tux money In received. The plan
was to have the merchant raise a
guarantee fund or elne secure the pay
ment of city warrants Issued for this
road work, to lie reimbursed when
the money In available.
City Engineer Morse submitted
figures showing that It would take
close to $4000 to properly Improve
the grade. Councilman Itroslun re
ported that only $2000 will te avail
able this year on account of other
expenses for Improvement, work.
Thin suggested the possibility that If
the city did this much of the work
the county might do the rest. This
In turn brought home anew the fact
that the city made a gross error
when It took over the territory em
bracing the road, which. It was
pointed out, should have rcJiatued
outside the city limits.
The upshot of the matter wan that
two committees were nppolnted by
News Snapshots
Of the Week
7. vto1 f4 Wv- e,!i' f "H
conspiracy mnde against him Inst August In connection with the hiring of lr. Knsby ns n government expert. Count Oka, for many year chief of the gen
eral staff of the Japanese nrmy. retired to prlvnte life Charles A I.lmlheruh. one of the representatives from Minnesota, pushed his re.iuti.Mi proWd
lug for an Inquiry Into the alleged money trust. Ashury K Lever, congressman from South Carolina, declared war on the so mi ed Imtiei trui
TWO LOCAL TEAMS
ARE VICTORIOUS
Hood Klver high school won two
decisive victories Friday evening
when the H. It. H. S. second team
won from Mosler high school by a
score of 25 to '5 and the first team
won from Steveuson.
The first game wan Interesting
throughout, although the Hood
Klver team had the Mosler boys
bested for speed and form.
The second game l.etween the H.
K. H. S. first team and Stevenson
was slightly more closely contested.
Franz, Shay aud Lewi especially
distinguished themselves. Franz
made 17 points, I.wls 6 and Shay 2,
but Shay made up by spectacular
and effective playing.
Much enthusiasm was shown by
the high school both liefore and at
the game. There wan a better at
tendance than at any other time this
year.
Thin still leaves Hood Klver high
school at the head of the league with
(joldendale a close second.
The line-up:
Hood Klver
M orse c
Franz f
Shay f
Iewls g
sheppard g
Keleree Crltes.
Score, 24-11.
Stevenson
Hazard
MelaliOer
Shield
Sell ul tz
Sly
Chairman C. X. Clarke, one of them,
which Include J. H. Hellbronner, H.
F. Davidson nud Frank Cram, will
confer with the local banks in regard
to the best way of raising the $2ihki
or Its equivalent. The second com
mittee, which Is composed of C. H.
Vauguan, 1. S. Davidson, J. M.
Schmeltzer, George Thompson and
W. (i. McGuIre, will prepare and cir
culate an Initiative petition calling
for an election to vote on the que,
tlon of disincorporating that part of
the city which Is located east of t lie
HoodKlver.it being pointed out that
the river Is the logical westerii boun
dary of the city.
ThU action was not taken until
altera number of those present re
ported that It was the sentiment
of orchardlsts on the east side that
the road should be Improved and
that they would be willing that the
county should take It back, especially
after the city had shown Its good
will by Investing $20o0 In repairs on
the road. This would leave only an
equal amount to be appropriated by
the county In i-rder to complete the
Improvement.
That the business men are urging
that work be started at once Is due
to the fact that there are now many
Idle men who would welcome the op
portunity to work, while later In the
season It will be dillicult to obtain
workmen.
Music lovers will be given a treat
at the !ein Theatre tomorrow even
ing, when Vogel's orchestra will fur
nish a musical program.
EVENTS OF WORLD WIDE INTEREST PICTURED FOR BUSY READERS
New York society for the first (line In years paid homage to royalty w lien tlie Iniko nud lnuliess of t 'onn.uuht. witli meir
daughter, the Princess Pntrida, were guests of Whitchiw Held. The roynl visitors were ery much InipresM-d by tin- Ity
J nines T. Iliiniluin, former head of the Illinois Central railroad, nnd three companions wore Instantly kille.l when (he Panama
limited crushed Into the private car In which they were sleeping. I'r. Harvev W. Wilev wns exonerated of tlie charire of
'LOCAL TRANSFERS
OF REAL ESTATE
I teal estate transfer of the pant
week have been an follows:
Helen Ingesle to I'earl Neale, 2.1
acres east of I)ee.
Wm. C. Adams to Ada It. Klrkpat
rlck, lot 2 It, Hood Klver, considera
tion $1,100.
W. H. Owsley to J. W. Hurley, WW
acres near Green Point.
Ueorge H. Stelnhoff and wife to
Harry K Feustamaker, five acres on
Avalon Way, $sooo.
Albert It. Shelley and wife and
Kalph S. Shelley and wife to T. Ml
rasawa, 2u acres south of I'lne Grove
$1,100.
Katy M. Frederick and husband to
Henry Stead, lot 4 block 2, lilowers
addition.
Henry Stead to Katy M. Frederick
and husband, as an estate, name
property.
Thorsteln It. Veblen and wife to
Edward F. Fltzpntrlck, 120 acres on
extreme east side.
Edward F. Fltzpatrlck and wife to
Ellen K. Veblen, same property.
John Leland Henderson and wife
to Marlon I. Henderson, 20.S.1 acres
north of O.-W. K. & N. track.
Kozella Clark aud husband to I. O.
O. F., No. 104, Cascade Locks, 5 04
acres at Cascade Locks.
II. T. DeWItt and wife to Christian
Dethman, lot 4 block 2, Klvervlew.
Eleanor La France to Sherman J.
Frank, lot and east one-half lot 4,
block 4 Hood Klver, consideration
7 ion.
Edna E. Thomas and husband to
C. 1. (iould. Wo acres on extreme
east side.
Orson H. Khoden and wife to Frank
Menefee undivided one-half Interest
In 11 aces south of Pine Grove $2,100.
Alliert It. Shelley and wife and
Kalph S. Shelley and wife to T. Nak
ugawa, 20 acres south of Pine Grove
$J.KH).
BULLET ENDS LIFE
OF MAH DOUGLAS
Mr. and Mm. S. E. Douglas of this
city received a telegram from Lone
Kock, Ore., Friday evening stating
that their son Matthew had been
shot In the head and could not live
more thau a couple of hours. On
Saturday morning Mr. Douglas left
for Lone Kock. That evening an
other telegram was received stating
that the youth wan dead.
Complete details have not yet been
received. The young man went to
Lone Kock the first of last month In
tending to conduct a cigar and con
fectionery store. So far as news of
tlie tragedy has been received. It in
unilerstod that his body was fouud
In his bedroom early Friday morn
ing with a bullet wound behind the
ear and a note on the table explain
Ing tlie act. The family, however,
state that they do not yet know
whether It was murder or suicide.
The body will arrive here this af
ternoon for burial.
The deceased sustained a severe In
jury to one of his nrnin about a year
ago when a tree fell on him an he i
was driving along the road. Here
covered damages from the county.
When her child Is In danger a worn- j
an will risk her life to protect It. No
great act of heroism or risk of life Is !
necessary to protect a child from j
croup. Give iiamoeriain n cough
Kemedy aud all danger Is avoided.
For sale by all dealers.
Land Values Here Arc
Highest in the State
Wonderful Productivity of Hood River Soil Is Reflected
in Census Figures Just Made Public Average
Value of Farm Land Is $340 an Acre Is Ap
proached by No Other County Except Multnomah.
That the average value of farm
laud In Hood Klver county Is greater
by far than In any other county in
the state, Multnomah Included, U
shown by agricultural statistics of
the state which have just been made
public by the bureau of the census.
In thl county the average value of
farmland I $:140 per acre. In Mult
nomah county the average value 1
$230 per acre. In only three counties
do the values rle to lietween $7.1 and
$100 per acre. In the four which
form a group In the northwestern
part of the state the average I lie
tween $.10 and 7.1 per acre and the
others show a decreasing ratio down
to Wheeler county, which ha an
average of less than $10 per acre.
The report shows that the average
number of acres to a farm In this
county Is 51.1. The average number
of Improved acres per farm Is 19.2.
All farm property In the county Is
given a valuation of $14,4os)i:,
which In about $2000 greater than
the assessd valuation given by Coun
ty Assessor Wlckhnm and about
$4000 greater than the valuation as
assessed by the state.
Of t'.ii amount 12,!:I7,M2 Is In
land, y.!i,4M In buildings. $20.1,572
In Implements, and $2H7,270 In do
mestic animals. This shows that
i).S per cent of the value of all prop
erty In the county Is In land.
The average value per farm In thl
county Is given as $l'J,:!i;r,.
An Interesting fact shown by the
report Is that property In Hood
Klver county Is carrying less mort
gaged Indebtedness In proportion to
Its valuation than six-sevenths of
the counties cf tlie state. Of all
farms operated In thin county by
owners, 24!t are free from mortgage
debt and ;17'.I carry mortgages. Of
farm consisting of owned land only,
.1.1:1 reported debt. The value of their
land and buildings Is $ti,lsl,4'K and
the total Indebtedness $1.2.1.42.1,
making the per cent of value inort
gagedjJO 4. Only four counties In the
Big Storage
Largest Structure of Its Kind in the Valley Will Be
Lrected This Spring and Will Be in Readiness to
Accommodate Big Crop This Fall -Dimensions to
Be 8o x 285 Feet. Has Huge Capacity.
In order to meet one of the valley's
greatest needs, fruitgrowers of the
Van Horn section have combined
and are to build a huge storage
house.
This structure will lie N)x2V In di
mension and will Include a capacious
cement basement, main storage tloor
packing room and facilities for cold
storage.
Plans have already been prepared
for the big structure and work will
state have a smaller mortgaged In
debtedness when reckoned on the
same basis. Of these the lowest 1
Harney with a mortgaged Indebted
ness of 20.4 of the value of the farm
mortgaged.
There are 744 farm In thl county,
of which fi.11 are operated by native
whites, li by foreign born white
and only seven by negroes or non
white farmers.
Most of the farms are between 20
and 4'.) acres Id size. One In under
three acres; 81 are from three to nine
acres; 240 are from 20 to 40 acres; 107
from 50 to M acres; S4 from 100 to 174
acres; 10 from 175 to 2.1!) acres; eight
from 200 to 4l! acres and three of
1000 acres or over.
The per centage of the county's
laud area In farms Is 10 9. The total
acreage Is 147,520 and of this as,04!) In
In farms. There ate 14.2M acres of
Improved land In the county and 12,
211 acres of woodland In farms.
In the state the average value of
farm land per acre In $:!5.J1. Thin
has Increased from 111.23 in 1900, an
Increase of 213.7 per cent.
The total wealth of the state In the
form of farm property In $.12i, 244,000,
of which Sti.2 per cent Is represented
by land and buildings, 11.3 by live
stock, and 1 5 percent by implement
and machinery. The total increase
In value during the last 10 years wan
355,42,0)0, or more than eleven
times a great as during the decade
Immediately preceding, and more
than double that of the whole period
from lsK) to 1900. Of thl Increase
$121,219,000 was contributed by land
and buildings, $2.1..111,000 by live
stock, $t,t)99,00O by Implements and
machinery.
The average value per acre of land
and buildings was $1V.tln 1910, com
pared with $11.14 In 1900 and $10.7!
in 1S90. In 150 the average wan but
$i..1 since which time, with the ex
ception of the period between 1MI0
and 1:mi, it has continuously increased.
Plant to
at Van Horn
Is? started ns soon as weather con
ditions permit. Tills will Insure the
building's being In readiness to ac
commodate the bumper crop which
Is expected this fall.
The building will tie located about
half a mile north of the station at
Van Horn, thus being centrally lo
cated for the orchardlsts nud at the
same time convenient to shipping
facilities.
Plans for the structure were seen
this week at the idliee of K. K. I'.art
lett, the architect by whom they
have lievn prepared. It Is to bo
thoroughly Insulated throughout l:i
order to tit It for cold storage pur
poses. ROBLEY MALE QUARTET IS
TO APPEAR HERE TONIGHT
This evening the Kohley Male ijuar
tet w ill give the fourth number ci
the Mood Klver Lyceum i 'nurse at
Mellbrouner's hall. This course Is
given under the nusplr.-s of the
I'.rotherhnoi! and Ladies' Aid Sm h tv
f the I lilted I'.retlireti church I he
program given by the i;tiart-t U s.iM
to be full of vivacity aud I'f In iid
tion tn the usual program nf quartet
i songs and sidos. tlc-y presiit a lie-l-j
lophotie nu irtet and a one-m t
.ketch. I I. e Trials of a 1 olh ge
'oet " I'eivardT. Kobley, the lu in
ager. Is a render and Impersonator
of unusual ability.
Single admission will be thlrlv
I ci 11 ts 1 ,r l to f.ir t he remaining t lin e
j lllllnlsTS. Which III' 111 h'S resiTVeil
I seats. Instead of the Itiiriihurdr
1 Company, which hud In n s, hi'd'de.1
j 1. 1 appear le re. the P.i'llhar Leter
t iluers will gH an eiitert 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 01,
March 12
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