The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current, June 05, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOrrpoi, Historical 3ooii 'it v Hall 7 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Highest Grade Job Vr in ting Advertisers Get Results VOLUME &, NUMBER 23 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1912 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR BIG CELEBRATION BEING PLANNED Arrangements Made for Observing: the National Holiday in This City in Sports and Other Entertainment Will Make Occasion a Live One-Auto and Patriotic Exercises Will Be in Not having hnd a Fourth of July celebration lor three years, Hood Klver lit planning to observe the na tional holiday next month In miming maimer. The mat tor of a celebra tion, which has heen under discus hIoii for Home little time, wiih liroached at the Commercial Club luncheon Saturday and a vote wan taken to determine the sentiment of thoHe present. It wim the linunl moiiri sense of the gathering that a celebration should he held. Secretary Kay Scott of the club, on behalf of the citizen who have been considering the proportion, outlined the plant. It Ih proponed to have nn all day'n celebration and to have something doing all the time. In the morning there will probably lie patriotic exercises on the courthouse green. Now that the river Is at It high mark and right at the city's doors. It In proponed to have some aquatic event In the way of boat racing, and perhnps log rolling content. An automobile parade Ih planned ana featnre of the day 'h entertain ment. The Idea Ih to have the ma- DECORATION DAY TALKSJNTEREST A feature of the Decoration Pay ex ercise held on the courthouse green were the able addresses given by the speakers of the day. There wan a large attendance ntjcipal speaker at the patriotic exer the gathering w hich followed decora- j else, took occasion to comment on lion of the soldiers graves In the j morning. After the united singing of "America" Itev. W, It Young pro tioiinced the invocation, lieorge It. Castner was the llrst speaker ami re counted hi experience as a soldier in the great war In a most Interest ing manner. I!ev. II. A. MncPonnld drew a les son for the present day from the causes which led up to the war. He said the principal cause was lack of clear thinking upon the parami.unt Issues of the days which preceded the war. Looking to present day condl tlons he said that there Is at present a great Injustice being done through the relations existing Is'twccn capl tal and labor and that there Is again a lack of clear thinking on this nub Jeet. lie Indicated that these condl tlons are leading ut to an Industrial revolution and declared that some clear thinking should be done on this subject. A song. "Tenting Tonight," by Mclv la Osgood, accompanied by the i uar let of I heCongrega 1 1 on a I church, was greatly enjoyed. lion. II. II. Northrop of Cortland made the nddrcs if tin- day. Till was appropriate to the occasion and dealt not only with the dayn of the war, but also touched on some of the political question of the present day. He paid an eloquent tribute to some of the great generals that led the I'nlon forces. Next came the united singing of "The Star Spangled Itanner." The quartet of thoCongregatlonnl church assisted In the mimical portion of the program. The exercises concluded with a Is-nedlctlon by Itev. J. It. Parsons. LOCAL TRANSFERS OF JjEAL ESTATE The following sales of real estate lire reported for the past week: V. S. Farrls and wife to K. E. Har bison, 10 acres near Odcll. P. A. Cleintner nnd wife to C. L. Terry, undivided one. half of live-acre tract In llclinont district. Selma M Cel ron net to Clackamas Title Company, W acres In Cpper Valley. Milton !!. Sharp and wife to M. F. Shaw, west half of lot M, Soul h Addi tion, $:iin. (iuy V. Edwards and other to Joseph I'. Ilatchelder and wife, .'II .VI acres west of (dell. It pay to JvrrtlM Rousing Manner - AlI Parade, Ball Games, Aquatic Sports ehlneH decorated and to offer prizes for thone which are most attractive ly trimmed. In the afternoon the plan Ih to have a couple of fast ham-hull games. The committee hope to arrange a game lst ween the two town teams and to have the winning aggrega tion meet The Halle- team. Other athletic HtuntH In the way of Hack races, flremen'H racen and the like are also planned. There Ih Home talk alno of getting au aviator to give an exhibition In high Hying and to go through hln aerial pacen for the benefit of the Hpeetatorn. Music will be made a feature of the day anil the services of The Dalles band may lie secured. The day'n events will wind up with a Fourth of July dance. It having been pointed out at the meeting that a picnic ground and rent place should In? provided, E. L. Smith called attention to the fact that the Woman' Club Iwih Improved the Hlte of the library building ad joining hlrt property on State street and that a suitable renting and lunch TAFT AND COLONEL BOTHARRAIGNED Tuft and Koosevelt alike came In for a severe arraignment Thursday afternoon when Judge M. H. North rop of Cortland, who was the prln- the recent actions of the two presl- deutlal candidates. Hedeclared that It wa a most humiliating spectacle f ir Americans to witness to see a President and ex-Prcldeiit following each other around the country en gaged In charges ami counter charges. . Judge Northrop declared that every precedent and every law of de cency dictates that men occupying such dlgnltied positions should en gage In no such war of words, but that th"y should stay at home and. If anything Is to be said, do it In writing and In a dlgnilied manner. TAKE LONG RIDE ON MOTORCYCLES A. F. lilerly. Pan I-enh nnd J N llarrell, all of North Yakima, arrived In Hood Klver the last of the week bound on a trip to New York City. They carried a complete camping out rit, guns, ammunition, etc., nnd will do no night traveling. They left North Yakima a week ago Sun il.iv and rode to this city From here they went to Vancouver by boat and rode from there Into Portland. They will Itcguldcd solely by pleas ure In their long trip to the Atlantic coast and will pick their route as they go along. News Snapshots Of the Week !f 'mJLZr B f-1 m Jll W. Morse, tho former Ice king and bunker who wns sentenced to the federal prison nt Atl.'iita nnd wns Inter pnrdonod hy President Tuft hivnuse of III health, returned from Europe with Mrs. Moiso. He declared thnt he had almost recovered mid would enter business again. The senate committee which liiveslluiiled th Titanic disaster made know 11 Its llndluk's through Chairman V. A. Smith - day's Program of Order ing place could be provided there for the visitors to the city. I'laiiH for the occasion will be per fected and committees will be ap pointed at the regular monthly meeting of the Commercial Club to be held Monday. There Ih In the bank a fund of some thing over $l,i0, which remains from the former celebaatlon, and this will be used as a nucleus for the fund which will be rained for the celebra tion next month. OLD SETTLERS T0GATHER IN PORTLAND THIS MONTH The -loth annual reunion of the Or egon Honeer Association will Is; held In the Masonic building at Cort land Thursday, June 20th. All per sons coming to or born In the origi nal territory of Oregon prior to lsf!() are eligible to membership In the Or egon l'loneer Association and are requested to attend the meeting. Attorney A boro Friday UCSS. I". Iieed went to Hllls e veiling on legal buni- IS A CANDIDATE AND NEVER KNEW IT J. M. Culbertson Is a candidate for state senntor on the Democratic ticket and he never even Imagined that this signal honor hail been con ferred upon him until a few days ago w hen he received some big seals from Salem, with the ijoper ollhial docu ments attached, announcing the fact. Investigation has disclosed the fact that not only did a considerable number of .lack's friends In this county write In his name on the bal lot, but he received a practically solid Democratic vote In Wasco county. He Is now wondering If his hat Isn't In the ring and whether or not he should follow It. Jack says he does n't know just what his friend are trying to "put over" on him but that If the threatening Democratic landslide takes form he may surprise them by taking a Hying ieap onto the band wagon . DEFECT FOUND IN IRRIGATION PLAN P.ecnuse of defect In the contracts which It has under the existing pa pers of Incorporation with Its water users, the Fast Side Irrigating Com pany has been unable to secure sulli clents funds properly to operate and conduct the supply of water for the east side orchard district, and at a meeting of the stockholders of the co-operative organization Saturday action was taken tluit probably will lead to t he calling of an election of the landowners of the district and the establishing of an Irrigation district. The involution ngnlnst President Uotrei of Cuba nssunied such serious proportions that the army transport Prairie wa sent to Uunutnnnmo with 700 American troops. Wilbur Wright, the pioneer American n visitor, was stricken ith typhoid fever, niul for a time his life tns despaired of. Mrs. F mine 1 1 no 1'imkliurst. the famous F.inrlisli snfTram'tle. mid Mr. nnd Mrs. Petlilck Lnwronce, two of her lieutenants, were sentenced to nine 1110:11!:' Imprisonment for "malicious injury to property." Charles JUMPS FROM RAFT; YOUNG MAN DROWNS A young man who came to this city from Portland the last of the week was drowned In the Columbia Klver at Mile Post about a mile west of the city Saturday evening. Theyoung niaD, w hose name has not as yet been learned, wa in com pany with a companion whom he had met since arriving here. They had constructed a rude raft and pushed out from shore, with what object It Is not known, but It Is said they wished to reach a small Island a short distance out. When the raft was a few rods from shore It was caught In an eddy and twirled around. Ppth young men jumped and attempted to swim ashore. One of them, Frank Stetmer by name, succeeded, but when he had gained the bank his companion had disap peared. Stenner reported the drown ing to Marshal Iewis and the river was dragged In an effort to recover the drowned man's body, but the search was unsuccennful. Great Importance of Proper Thinning Shown Recent Bulletin Prepared by Professor C. 1. Lewis Gives Some Timely Advise on Phase of Orchard Work Which Is Now Before Local Growers-How to Secure Crop Each Year Shown Some new and valuable advice on ' t wo specimens on other spurs. We proper thinning of apples in con ! have found. In some cases at least, talnedln the recently-Issued bulletin J that such treatment has a tendency on "Orchard Management" by Pro-! toward annual bearing and the fesssor C. K Lewi of the (. A. C. spurs that rest are very apt to pro As this Is a subject which Is now of ' duce fruit the succeeding year. No special Interest to local grower, the section referring to thin Important subject Is herewith given: There la no other line of orchard work that will pay a large divi dends as thinning. It I practically Impossible with most types of fruit to grow highly desirable specimens without Judlclotu enre In this re spect. KxperlmetU have been con ducted In various parts of the coun try which prove this conclusively. Some of the purposes of thinning are to get a better class of fruit and ob tain desirable size, produce better color, make fruit often freer from blemish, produce annual crops, nrd at times even aid In controlling cer tain pests. Thinning may commence with tle pruning. Apples, pear and peaches are thinned by pruning and alno by hand thinning later. The amount of thinning will vary with the variety, with the vigor of the tree. etc. Most growers seem to to prefer to delay thinning until the so-called June drop. Thinning Is generally done by hand, although some men pefer to use shears. Care should lie used to leave the best specimens of fruit, re moving nil the malformed, diseased specimens. Many growers have found It an advantage to thin more than once and thus throw the vital ity of the tree Into the production of the best class of fruit nnd have les culls to handle at picking time. We are experimenting at this Sta tion at the present time on various lines of thinning. It tuny l.e that with many varieties of pears nnd with the yellow, and possibly some of the red varieties of apples, It may be found to advantage to thin all fruit from some spurs, and to leave CASTNER IS NAMED AS COUNTY JUDGE A telegram was received yesterday afternoon announcing that Governor West has appointed George K. Cast ner county judge for the unexpired term of George D. Culbertson. Whether or not there Is to be a spe clal election next Saturday for the purpose of giving the people of the county an opportunity to express their preference for county Judge is still uncertain at thin time. Slnct Governor Went gave It out through the press that he would call such an election nnd named a committee of three, nothing more has been heard from hltn. The committee have not received official notification from him nor have any of the county offi cials received notice to this effect. Attorney S. W. Stark S to be a candidate at the election, If one I to be held, and G. K. Castner Is also lie lng mentioned as a candidate. Geo. T. Prather has alno been mentioned, but says he Is not nnd will not be a candidate. j definite rule can be given ns to the amount of thinning for each type of fruit. The point Is to allow n tree to set only as much fruit as It can mature to a high degree of perfection. The distances that one will allow be tween Individual specimens on a brauch must vary with variety, age of trees, geuerul vigor, etc. Apples that naturally run very large, like the King of Tompkins Countv, are not thinned ns much as some vnrte ties that tend to grow small, like the Wlnesap. Some varieties have a ten dency to see four or five specimens In a duster. The Yellow Newtown Is very apt to do thin, while varieties like the Arkansas Clack and the Coialce pear will often very natur ally thin themselves down to one In a cluster. As regards thinning varieties, do not always foliow the same rule In the various localities. With some the center specimen of the cluster Is apt to be the best, w hile in others the outside specimens are generally much preferred. Peaches, w here the tree set heavily, will need very se v. re thinning, often three-fourths of the crop must be picked off Cher ries and prunes are generally thinned by pruning. Many varieties of plums, however, will need hard thin nlng. A deal wan closed the last of the week through the firm of Hadlock & Stelnhoff wherebv Fred Kies soli hln plaee at Parkdale to J. F. Thompson. There are l'i! acres In the piece and It I located adjacent to the station. Mr. Kles, who ha lived at Parkdnle about twenty year, plan to go In to the stock business. Mr. Thomp son intend to make hi home on the place. iiJi SENATOR SMITH PKESIDEflT GOMEZ 1 Two Railroads May Meet At Loot Lake, Reported Activ ity on Part of Engineers for Multnomah Central Gives Rise to Belief That an Extension Westward to Unite With fit. Mood Railroad at Lost Lake Is Now Planned Last week the News reported the plans which are being made and the engineering work which has leen started on the projected extension of the.Mt. Hood Kallroad from Dee to Lost Lake. There have been further developments during the past week and It Is now reported that the Multnomah Central Kallroad, which has already been constructed from Portland to Sandy, la going to Ih? extended to Lost Lake to connect .with the Mt. Hood Kallroad's ex tension, thus making a continuous road from Hood Klver around the base of Mt.. Hood and thence down the Sandy Klver to Portland. According to this report, which comes from the scene of railroad op erations at Sandy, the Multnomah Central Kallway Company Is making preliminary surveys through the upper country east of there and If the proper right of way tnd property Inducements are given by the settlers, the proposed extension from that point will be started Immediately. The route of the Multnomah Cen tral's extension will lie up the Clear fork of the Sandy Klver, south of Hull Ilun and Lost Lake crossing at Salo Pass north of Mount Hood. Coming over the Cascade Moun tulus, the road will tap the extreme upper part of the Hood Klver Valley, so siiya the report. President L K. Ernsberger and William Blonder, ex-contractor for the recently purchased MountJHood Kallroad by the Portland Railway. Light & Power Company, with other contractors, -has thoroughly gone OVERPRODUCTION OF FRUIT VERY RARE An exchange points out that over production has very rarely occurred In American frultcrowlng. At times we have had poor distribution, and In IS;, owing to a heavy crop and poor distribution, one might say an overproduction was realized, but we have had nothing of the kind since then, and both apple and pear pro duction has been downward, me shrinkage being from 70,lK0,(M bar rels In lssj to ;:,ooo,000 barrels In lulO. With the proper organization, with good distribution, with fruit growers controlling their fruit and handling it when placed on the mar ket for consumption, with storage In transit rate, there Is a field for fruit production for all classes. Due must also rememlier that the average yield 1s low nnd thnt there are thous ands of trees that will never become profitable owing to being planted In Improper locations ns regards soils, frosts, etc., to poor management, to unwise choice of varieties; and one must remember that there Is a large acreage each year that 1 practically going out of bearing. SOUTH DAKOTA MAN BUYS DELANO PLACE A deal has just been closed through the oliice of i. Y. Edwards & Co. for the ten acre, highly Improved orch ard of the Delano brothers near Lent. Iutte to Sacrl Anderson of South Dakota. Mr. Anderson came to Hood Klver first in the spring of l'.'ll, this being the lirst of the various fruit districts which he had visited In the North west and after staving a few days lecMt i to visit other districts and was finally Influenced to locate In Idaho on account of the lower prices at w l.Vh fruit binds are held In that state. I poti making a sale last week of hl hoi. ling In Idaho he Im mediately hastened back to Ids "first ve" Hood Klver and purchased the Delano place. The price, while not being made nblic, Is said to be around $-'oo. liilch Is considered as 'being eicep- tlonallv cheap for this place. Mr.; Anderson will Immediately take possession of nls new purchase .111.1 . luring the summer will erect a sub stantial home. Hood Klver wants more good sub I tanttal farmers like the nler"on I nnd will bid them welcome when; they come and will offer them the greatest Inducements to loeate with over the country and estimate that It will take a year to build the road, costing $40,000 a mile. When asked whether he had any Information to Impart as to whether a Junction of the two railroads, at Lost Lake I con templated. Superintendent Charle T. Karly of the Mt. Hood Kallroad Company did not care to be quoted as either confirming or denying the report. He stated, however, that he lielleved It was feasible to build such a line through from Multnomah county. TOURNAMENT WITH DALLES ARRANGED Arrangements nave been made for a tennis tournament to be played between the Hood Klver Tennis Club and the club at The Dalle. The first of the series will be played Sunday, when the Dalles team will be guests Df the local club. The visiting team will Include eight men and two ladle and playing will continue through the day. Roth the city courts and those at the country place of J. A. EpplDg will be used. Mr. Epplngls captaining the local team and H. T. Hopkins of The Dalles will be la charge of the visiting contestants. All those who are Interested in the game are Invited to witness the matches Sunday. A return match will probably be played at The Dalles the following Sunday. COMPANY TO REDUCE LIGHT RATES JULY 1 The press of Eastern Oregon and Washington la devoting considerable space to the announcement of a very material reduction In light and power rates which will be put Into effect July 1 by the Pacific Power and L'ght Company. In comment ing on the proposed reduction the Dufur Dispatch says: "A new lighting rate will be put In effect July 1 by the Pacific Power and Light Co. which will mean a material reduction In the light bills for many of the patrons, especially for the large consumers, the reduc tion in rouud numbers tn-lng about l'i per cent. Tne basis of the new rates Is 11.1 cents per kilowatt hour lustead of l.'?..'l cents as heretofore. This price is subject to a discount of 10 per cent If paid within ten days, making It practically a rate of 10 cents per kilowatt hour. Or, In other words, a patron can now use 30 per cent more current at the price for merly paid. This new rate by the Pacific Power and Light Co. applies to all their plants In Oregon and Washing ton and Is a voluntary reduction or readjustment on their part." HEIGHTS TWIRLERS BEATJITY TEAM As a feature of Decoration Day the two local baseball teams met. The city team was unable to pull down the colors of the speedy Heights team, which won the g'ltne by the score of . V. The batteries were Ulll and Kelt for the city team and Hart and Hall for the Heights. Hart put up the more effective pitching game, allow ing only one hit. tilll allowed seven. One of the features of the game was a three bagger by Tate with two men on bases. I nclaimed l etter following letters remain nil- The called for at the Hood Klver post- oliice: Mrs. F. Coupper, John Cleary.l'ree man Cox, Charlie Chandler, Miss l ll.al'eth Dlckersnii, Master Triimaii Eaton, John lieutry, John Henry. Edgar A. Harvey. Dr. J D Jayne, Eber Klrkpatrl. k, Edward Met Untie . (ieo. W. M i oy, Kov Mlli. h, John Mitchell, Mrs illlain Marline, Don aid Pooler, Earl Pooler, Mrs. Drury pooler. Mrs -la rah K Parker, Mrs. Kni Kash, I ' in l liie-hart, E. P. hepard. Win. Stafford, Frank angh, Paul W.m! y, I rank Kiev-Ins.