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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 17
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
ROOSEVELT CARRIES THE COUNTY
Colonel Wins from Taft by Narrow Margin of 19 Votes
Progressives Prove Their Strength and Give Big
Surprise to Those Who Had Predicted Easy Victory
for the President in Hood River Selling Favorite
over Bourne -Putnam Nominated Commissioner
C. H. Stranahan Carries District, but E. C. Smith
Loses by Small Number Democrats Express Prefer
ence for Wilson Results Are Tabulated.
Taft ami Koonevelt ran tl close
race In Hood Klver county, the lat
ter winning out by the clone margin
of 1!) voten. When the return were
In from all the preclnctn except Paid
wln, comprising the. I'pper Valley
vote, Taft wan mill In the lead by 10
voten, having received 2.Vi an against
24."i for KooMevelt. The I'pper Valley
turned the tide, casting 50 votes for
Koonevelt und only 21 for Taft. La
Follctte ran a strong race tin com
pared with the two lending candl-
dateH, securing '-';! voten. Taft found
hln strongest support in I he city and
also won In Pine (trove, lotting all the
other precincts In thecoiinty by small
inlnorltlei.
In the race for I'nitcd States Sena
tor Selling proved the popular candl.
date In Hood Klver county, winning
42ti voten, an compared to 2IMI for
Hourne. Pt'.t for Lowell and 77 for
Morton.
Slnnott nhoweil great strength In
thin county an compared to Ellis and
the three other candldaten fur the
nomination an ( 'ongrcs mnan. Sin
nott necured lUCt voten, Ellis l'.2.
Cochran 127, Husk lo:t and Koonevelt
.'MS At Cancade Locks Hunk ami Kllln
both beat Slnnott, while at Iee The
Dill leu man proved the leant popular
candidate, but thene were except lonn
an comuared to the rent of the
county.
Frank S. Fleldn of Multnomah
comity-and lien Olcott were clone
together here an candlilaten for tin
nomination an turret a ry of state
Olcott won out here by a vote .'!!ll ti
i77.
For ntate dairy commlnnlotier Cot-
tel and Mlckle ran clone together.
The renultn were an follow: Cottell
2.1:1. Mlckle 2 Hi, I-ea 127 and Edward
72.
For ntate railroad commlnnloner
Clyde 11. Altchlnon, who In well
known here, had a long lead. The
vote wan an follow: Altchlnon 4MI,
Stayton 14" and SchnMern;an nn.
In the content betwein the candl
daten for the nomination nn district
attorney Ernest C. Smith proved Ids
popularity In thin county by securing
402 voten an against 1'i for V. A.
Hell and (K) for Carlton I'epper.
J. M. Sch melt icr it lid C. II. Strana
han, camlldateH for the nomination
an reprehcntatlve from thin dtntrlct,
ran strong In thin county, Mr.
Schmeltzer polling 4!IH voten and Mr.
.Ntruimlmii 47:t. However, Mr. Stran
ahan, on account of hln long rent
denee In thin ami Wanco count leu,
proved the stronger candidate of the
'two In the dtntrlct and the final re
port received were to the effect that
Mr. Stranahan had received enough
Hiipport In Wanco county to give
htm the nomination, while .1. I'.. An
dernon'n strength In hln home county
Wanco necured for hlui the major
ity over Mr. Schmeltzer
Dr. Andernoii nhowed noine nt rengt h
lu thin county, securing l-'to voten.
Hrodle received 7:1 and Mooren .Vs.
The race for county coinmlnnloncr
proved clonely contented. F. P. Fri
day necured the majority of voten In
the lower valley over John K. Put
nam of the I'pper Valley, but Mr.
Piltnani'n mipport In hln home dtn
trlct gave lit in the nominal Inn by the
niife majority of .."i voten. The eight
precincts comprising the lower val
ley were the flrnt to nend In their re
turnn, Thene nhowed that Mr. Fri
day had nrelveil 27." voten und Mr.
Putnam, 2.V, 1 vtn the former a
majority of 20. In the I'pper Valley,
however, Mr. Friday received only
one vote, while Mr. Putnam wan glv
en 71. The total vote wan an follown:
Putnam .til, Friday 27(1 ami Wlnhart
1!)1.
A feature of the content for the
nomination nn county commlnnloner
wan the Injection of M. M. Illll'n
name through hln nominal loii on thi
Democratic ticket. In almont every
precinct few voters wrote In Mr.
Hill' name on the ballot forcommln
Hloner, no name having been regular
ly printed on the Democratic ballot
for thin otllce. Mr. Hill previously
nerved nn commlnnloner.
For nherlff, Thoman F. Johnnon,
the prenent Incumbent, defeated
Frank Chandler for the nomination
by securing Ills voten to l'.M! for Mr.
Chandler.
Louis A. Heiiilernon and Murray
Kay were In the tield for the nomina
tion an county mirveyor and the lat
ter proved HiicccMnful, receiving 4'!!
an against !17(iforMr. Hendernon.
Judge K. It. Sutler and D. J. Coop
er, both of The Dallen, were candl
daten for the nomination an ntate
nenator and Judge Hutler won. but
not by no large u majority an nome
of hln frlendn had predicted, Mr.
Cooper receiving 2(!i voten an com
pared to :!74 forjudge l'.utlerln Hood
Klver county.
With returnn In from neven out of
the nine preclnctn. It wan plain that
Wllnou carried the county. Except
ing South Hood Klver and Dee re
turnn, the Democratic results In the
county gave Wllnon CO, Clark 4." and
Harmon .1. Harry Kane of Portland
wan the popular Democratic candi
date for the nonilnatton an U. S. Sen
ator. He received 73 voten, (). P.
Conhow l'.l, W. M. Pierce Hi and M. A.
Miller 4. Claude C. Covey received (57
voten an candidate for the nomina
tion an Congressman, J. H. Graham
40. J. It. Kyan, the only candidate
for necretary of ntate, received Mi
voten. I-w Andernoii, who wantn
to be rullroad commlnnloner, re
ceived 7 voten, while I. D. Driver :f
Wanco county, candidate for the
nomination an representative, wan
given 7:1.
M. M. Hill, whone name wan writ
ten In an nominee for county com
mlnnloner, received a total of 21 voten.
WASCO l lll NTV KKTt'KNM
W. A. Pell, one of Wanco county'
two candldaten for dintrlct attorney,
necured In that county s.2 voten, an
compared to .VI2 for Pepper and 111
for Smith. Mr. Smlth'n majority
over Hell lu Hood Klver county wan
:t:!0. KeturiiH from Crook county
Have Smith a nubntantial lend over
Itell In that county, but It wan lint
sulllclcnt to change the Until renultn,
which give Hell a lend over Smith of
l.tli.
Wanco county returnn alno decided
the race for two reprenentatl ven. The
vote polled there wan an follows:
Anderson MVS, Itrodle :t(!I, Mooren .'IV4,
Schmeltzer Illti, Stranahan 4ss. The
total vote In the two countlen gave
the following renultn: Andernoii !o:i.
Stranahan !t(i:i and Schmeltzer sl4.
The two former were therefore nomi
nated. K. K. Itutler wan nominated
for ntate nenator over Cooper, re
ceiving 1 1.V4, Cooper (N.1.
Among the other more Important
returnn In Wanco county were the
following: Koonevelt (il'.l. Taft .110,
LuFollclte 4.11; Selling 004. Hourne
:KI4, Lowell 120, Cochran I2(i, Morton
(7; Slnnott IKtl, Kunk I2(i, F.llln l:t:t.
Cochran 12i, Koonevelt 47; Fleldn 7KI.
(Hcott (172. Democrat Clark lilt.
llarnmn 17, Wllnon :17; Conhow 42,
La it" Im'i.' Miller 12; Pierce :t4, Covey
17'., (iraham 71
Complete uiiolliclal Republican re
PROGRAM FOR MUSICAL
CONCERT TOMORROW
A mimical concert In to be Riven at
the Itaptlnt church Thurnday iiluht,
April 2.Vlli. Following In the pro-
Krnm:
Piano nolo Mr. Hocrllne
Vocal dtiet
Mm. Kelr and Mm. Schmeltzer
Heading Minn Taylor
Vocal nolo Mm. Chan. Ilenney
Selection Schubert Trio
Vocal nolo Mm. Slettou
KeadluK (iretchen Calklnn
Duet Mm. Davldnon, Mm. Ilenney
Violin nolo Mr. Chandler
Solo I. Adrian Ppplng
The New for good printing.
turnn for Hood Klver county tabu
lated by preclnctn follow:
PI
S
3 i
President
LaKollette 10 15 39 36 27 1 33 61 26 239
Koonevelt ....IS 30 22 31 24 13 67 55 60 25
Taft 25 13 15 2H 34 7 77 64 21 276
U. S. Senator
Bourne 10 23 15 32 20 6 34 40 20 2(10
Lowell 4 2 10 8 10 4 1 2 23 139
Morton 5 1 6 3 9 2 13 31 H 77
Selling 27 35 45 61 4 7 96 72 45 426
Congressman
Oichran 3 10 13 20 10 9 17 25 20 127
Kllm 9 11 19 M 21 6 44 47 16 192
Kouxevelt . 1 522206 13 636
Kuak 6 0 20 14 6 5 22 20 10 103
Slnnott 2fi 27 17 41 44 3 70 4!t 47 366
Secretary or State -
Field 13 IK 41 .12 44 7 M R2 66 377
Olcott 31 ii 29 6 44 10 74 62 41 391
Dairy Commissioner
Cottel 7 21 24 36 36 6634524 263
Kd wards . 4 3 6 6 HI 4 14 15 10 72
Le 13 13 20 15 12 1 21 23 9 127
Mickle 19 15 19 35 20 4 43 61 43 246
Railroad Commissioner
Aitchiaon .2 42 36 4 67 15 113 92 29 460
Schuldnma..l2 611 13 8 1 920 9 KH
Stayton 3 10 16 26 14 1 28 27 21 146
District Attorhey-
Bell 8 12 17 15 17 2 8X 22 106
I'epper 2 6 11 1 5 3 6 12 13 60
Smith 36 89 45 7S 63 14 124 102 60 590
Representative
Anderaon.... 8 7 20 19 12 6 26 19 18 135
Hrodie 6 11 5 7 IH 0 2 0 5 73
Moores 049831926468
Si hmeltrer 29 31 24 66 53 11 122 110 63 4
Stranahan .. 31 40 45 50 53 9 HZ 94 66 493
County Commissioner
Friday 2X 1H 30 S2 82 6 72 67 1 276
Putnam 12 85 25 84 86 11 49 52 76 Ml
Wiahart 6 4 12 25 16 3 37 45 43 191
Sheriff
Chandler 3 13 30 15 21 6 4S SI 29 196
Johnnon 44 46 46 tl 68 14 119 134 67 618
St'RVEYoR
Henderson 24 13 43 31 62 8 64 69 61 376
kay 25 4s 25 67 66 12 102 90 44
State Senator-
Butler 30 33 38 39 8 10 73 65 64 374
Cooper 15 23 29 37 31 7 44 45 37 206
IiKMtH'KATH l'AVOU Wll.nON
Ienn than 1.V0 Democratic ballotn
were cant In thin county. With re
nultn all In except from Dee ami
South Hood Klver preclnctn, the re.
nultn nhowed till voten for Wllnon, 4.V
for Clark and five for Harmon.
For Democratic candidate an I'. S.
nenator Harry Lane of Portland
wan the popular man. He received
7:1, O. P. Conhow l'.t, W. M. Pierce Pi,
M. A. Miller 4
Other Democratic renultn In thin
county were an follown: For Con-Kr-nMiian,
C. C. Covey (!7. .1. H. (ira
ham 40; for necretary of ntate. ,1. It.
K.vnii S), railroad commlnnloner, L.
Andernoii 7s; representative, I. D
Driver ".'!; county commlnnloner, M. M
Hill 24.
Democratic returnn for thin county
tabulated by preclnctn follow:
? P i ? ?
X
7
Prrsinr. NT-
Harmon 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 6
Wilaun .. ... 4 6 6 13 7 21 10 69
Clark 8 1 6 9 9 13 0 45
U. S. Senator-
Coxhow ... 1 3 0 6 1 8 0 19
I.ane 11 4 H 16 12 22 0 73
Miller 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4
Pierce 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 16
Congressman
Covey .10 4 5 10 8 23 7 67
(iraham 2 4 3 10 6 11 4 40
Secretary of state
Ryan 12 9 17 12 24 9 89
Railway Commissioner -
An.lernon .9 7 5 15 9 24 9 78
Re PR En en r ative
Driver 8 t, 4 16 8 21 10 73
County Commissioner-
Mill .7 3 5 9 24
PRENUPTIAL PARTY GIVE-N
IN HONOR OF MISS HOUSE
A mont happy prc-nuptial party
! wan given by Mm. Lawrence Alnn
I worth at her home on Sherman A v
'(Mine Friday afternoon. The guent
; of honor wan Minn I'.tlicl Houne of
I Avalon Way, w ho In noon to be wed
ded to Fltner Lafferty. The guentn
Included the Immediate frlendn of the
bride to be. The afternoon anned
all t'io ipilckly with whist, and nt
Undone dellcloun refrenhmentn were
nerved by the hontenn, who wan an-
. nlnted by her nlnter, Minn W ent worth
of Portland.
A nhower of uneful gtftn, completely
Htirprlnlng the bride eltrt, wan 11 lit-
I ting climax to the afternoon
PAYS S32.000 FOR
20-ACREPR0PERTY
The real entate firm of W. s. Nlchol
made the nale of the Johnson SKIiiih r
apple ranch of 20 acre to W. s. Far.
rln at the price of :I2,000 the hint of
the week. Mr. Furrln hail a deal
pending with V. H. Johnnon at the
time Mr. Skinner bought the place
and after Mr. Skinner had tinlnhed
the deal, Mr. Farrln nt being natln
fled to not be In ponnennlon of the
place, renewed hi effortn and nue
ceeded In making the purchase.
The tract In considered to be the
cretiru of the valley when orchards
are mentioned and I one of the mont
homelike place In the valley, located
a It 1 on the lee tilde of the Lent z
hill, free from winds and command
lug a view In that section which Is
probably not surptmned by any other
with the one exception, namelv the I
Van Horn Hill. '
Mr. Farrln wanted the place for a
home and expect to live out the
remainder of lit dayn there. Mr.
Skinner took nome Portland prop
erty a part payment.
Rough Handling Is Cause
of Heavy Fruit Losses
Expert from Department of Agriculture Impresses
upon Local Growers Imperative Need of Careful
Packing and Picking of Perishable Fruits---Pre-Cooling
is Discussed.
Experiment covering a number of
yearn have demonntruted that the
greatent lonn In tronnportatlun of
perishable fruit I cauned by i-oiigh
handling during the picking and
packing, according to Professor A.V.
Stulienrauch of Washington. IV ('.,
who addressed a meeting of fruit
grower at the Commercial C lub Sat
urday afternoon ? ; i ,,
harMi.K r . I pi 'r ..
T .e Inv.-i!.' ,t). i - a ! ' .
heel suede t. ' r I ,- ' - !
raut ' i'r ci ' M "i f. ' i . .!'!'
lemo'i-. . ... : ;- I r. 'ri.
ntrai. r! - ,. r-.-r- r : . .
rle t. I u . ' . . : .
Iment k.-.si carried on
und packing with care
LU.i exper
tiy picking
and then
shipping such case alongside the
ordinary commercial pack. He nald
the renult, without exception, was
that the carefully picked and handled
pack reached their destination In
good condition, while decay wan
found to be considerable In the other
packs In exact ratio with the care
lennnenn permitted In handling.
by Prlnc
mm?.
CMAIR.LES EVANS
WHO, POLITICIANS ASSERT IS BEING GROOMED AS A "DARK
HORSE" IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
RIDES A COW AND
BREAKS SHOULDER
The old cow, fauiou In classical
fiction, which demonstrated her ath
letic ability by Jumping over the
moon, lias nothing on the frisky bo
vine which eight-year-old "Hobby"
Copper, non of Mr. and Mr. E. J.
Copper, tried to break to the saddle
Sunday afternoon. "Hobby" under
took to nhow nome companion how
thentuut nhould be done. The cow,
however, entered Into the demon'
ntratlon with more nplrlt than the
amateur cow puncher anticipated,
with the renult that he dencrlbed a
geometrical purabola, landing on bin
head a few rod away. "Hobby" 1
now nursing a broken shoulder.
Secretary Dunnlcllff of the White
Salmon Commercial Club write Sec
retary Scott of the local club, "We
shall be over May ." to help you con
vert the Portland Prens Club bunch--the
Lord known It In time. We are
already getting a whiff of the blon-noinn."
Professor Stubenrauch nhowed
charts which demonstrated the
heavy lonn to the shipper on account
of rough handling.
The wpeaker'n necond point wan
that fruit should be cooled as soon
a possible In order tontop the ripen
ing prove. He said thin applied to
nil the perishable fruit. He explaln
i 'i bow cooling arrested to large ex
i -. t the life procennes of the fruit, but
i ) stated that too low a teiupera-
. would kill It. He said that In
i . . y canes the proper cooling could
i c I one by leaving the fruit In a cool
m t nt of air over night.
In summing up, the speaker said
that the value of pre-coollng bad not
been fully demonstrated, as In nome
cast's the percentage of gain over
non cooled fruit wan no small as to
be negligible. He stated that where
fruit h id been carefully handled the
percentage of lonn between cooled
and noiicooled fruit was very nmnll.
In closing lie laid the greatest em
phasis upon the value of careful
handling
Em Om Blanchar Chosen to
Succeed Mayor Wright
Council Selects Banker As City's Chief Executive
Proposition of Raising Debt Limit for Specific Pur
pose of Buying Water System to Be Submitted at
Special Election May 7.
E. O. l'.lanchar, cashier of the First
National Hank, wan selected as
mayor by the city council at Its
meeting Monday and will succeed
Mayor J. M. Wright, renigned. Mr.
HJanchar's appointment followed
the presentation of a petition signed
by H( citizens asking that he be the
coiincH'cholceand pledging him their
support. On rerjuent of Councilman
E. 0. Blanchar, Mayor Elect
Staten the list wan read aloud. It
contained representative names from
all parts of the city. The election of
Mr. Hlanchar was unanimous.
Next In Importance at the meeting
was the calling of the special election
MEMORIAL SERVICE
FOR THE TITANIC
A public service of thanksgiving
for the surviving passengers of the
Titanic and a memorial for the dead
Is announced for next Sunday night
at the Christian Church. Mayor
Hlanchar will preside. A special
musical program Is being prepared
Key. J. It. Swift will speak for the
rescued: Kev. W. H. Young for the
lost; Rev. E. A. Harris will draw a
personal lennon. The service will be
gin at J o'clock. Every one Is cor
dially Invited to join lu making this
a truly memorable occasion.
Last Suudny Kev. .1. K. Hargreav
es conducted a like service nt the
church on the Heights. In the ser
mon he dwelt upon the Inherent maj
esty of man the greatness which
awaits the call of the trying circum
stances. "obituary"
oKoKiii: v. i hi:
(ieorge F. Coe died nt his home on
Sherman Avenue Saturday morning
after nil Illness of several months
The funeral was held Monday after
noon at 2::!0 o'clock at the Haptlst
courch, Kev. Hargreuven otticlatlng
Mr. Coe was burn In Hloointield.
Conn., (!" yearn ago. He moved to
Oregon 21 years ago, making his
home In the Willamette Valley for
ten years, when he moved to this
city. He Is survived by one son,
Fled (i. Coe, and three daughters,
Mrs. Lily K. I'.owermati and Miss
Eleanor Coe of this city and Mrs. II
M. Metcalf of Washotigal, W ash.
Mr. Coe belonged to nil old Yankee
family, his ancestors having landed
In this country In the 17th century.
He possessed the family genealogy
buck for three centuries. He was an
active member of the Kaptl-t church
m i;s m i: y r i v
Mrs. Mary M Tale, wife of Kev .1
(I.Tate, died Sunday morning after
an Illness which had rendered her ar.
Invalid for the cast ten years. The
funeral was held from I ' tnb-rt :i k-r
Hart mess' chapel yesterday after
novin, Kev. 1'.. A. Harris olti. I.itliu
Mrs. Tate was born In Egreiucut.
Cumberland, England, on December
11. 1M7. With her husband she came
to Hood Klver eight years ago and
had lived on ( lark Koud. Mr. Tate
has a pastorate at White Salmon
Mrs. Tate endured her long Illness
with remarkable patience and fortl
tilde.
Resolution of Condolence
To the Kev. ,1. (!. Tate, Hood Klver,
t regon:
The members and congregation of
he First Congreg.itiou.il church ol
f -;v-
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Jr 1
8 -ZL...
for Tuesday, May 7. at which time
the proposition of Increasing the
debt limit of the city to f !.()( for
the npeclflc purpone of purchasing
the water system and making the
much-needed Improvement will be
submitted. The form In which the
proposition will be submitted will
be a a revision of the city charter.
This will call for an Increase of the
debt limit for general purpose from
$."sXKI to $10,000 and to authorize the
council to create an Indebtedness not
to exceed $40, ihhi for the purchne of
the waterwork. Thin offer an ex
peditious solution for the vexatious
water problem and the council 1
hopeful that the citizen will give
their support in this important
matter.
During the discussion of the water
problem the sprinkling of lawns and
Irrigation of gardens at this season
wan roundly condemned, nn there In
already a shortage of water In cer
tain sections of the city.
1 It was propose! by Councilman
Robertson that as the filters have
been delayed the water from the Irri
gation ditches should be utilized
after tielng allowed to filter through
the ten-acre tract a In the past.
This was emphatically opposed by
Councilman Broslus, who thought
the city's water would be contami
nated thereby and that It would be
a step backward In the fight for a
pure water supply. The matter was
finally put over until next week.
Councilman Slaten expressed himself
as In favor of the proposition.
HEIGHTS WINS GAME
WITHJITY TEAM
In a closely-contested game Sun
day the Heights baseball team
won the first In the series which will
decide the winner of the cup donated
by the E. A. Franz Company to the
winner of the city championship.
The city team made the first three
runs early la the game on errors by
the Heights. The Heights then
turned the table by first tielng the
score and then bringing In three
more runs during the remainder of
the game. Errors were made on
both sides, but the city team made
the more costly blunders.
Roth pitchers Myers for the city
team and Hart for the Heights
pitched good ball. Myers received
the poorer support, however. He
struck out 11 men; Hart struck out
14. The town team made six hits
and the Heights eight
The two teams played as follows:
Heights Hall c, Hart p. (iessllng ns,
Koontz lb, K. Samucln 2b. Hutter
t'n ld ."h, Davis rf, Carson nnd Thomp
son cf. H. Samuels If. Hood Klver
team Large c. Myers p, Shlvely ss.
Waldle lb, ( handier 2b, Haker :tb,
( iiil rf, .lost cf, Castner If.
The schedule for uext Sunday calls
for a game bet ween Hood Klver and
White Salmon tit the latter place
and between the Heights team and
The Dalles In this city.
White Salmon. Washington. In meet
ing assemble, I, having heard of the
death of Mrs .( C. Tate, the beloved
wife of our esteemed pastor, offer to
him our heartfelt sympathy lu thin
his hour of great bereavement.
We commend him to that Hod of
ove, and to that great hope of Im
U'Ttallty he so llriuly believe and
so earnest I v teaches
His tender t In niglit fulness and
gentle ministrations t hrough all t he
ng years of her suffering wen- to
us very beautiful and a practical as
surance of the great truth of the sus
taining and comforting love of 1 1
lbaeiilv l-'a tin r.
May theshlnlng hope of a heavenly
meeting and the supporting love of
the Heavenly Father be his Inspira
tion and comfort in all t hese hours .f
larkiienn and l ilU'llie ss
ilven on behalf of the iiii-ihImts
ucl congregation this 21st day of
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