The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current, June 12, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextTHE HOOD RIVER NEWS Highest Grade Job Vr fating Advertisers Get desalts VOLUME 8, NUMBER 24 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1912 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR SIEG CHOSEN MANAGER OF UNION Local Co-operative Association Succeeds in Securing Services of Eastern Fruit Man who Has National Reputation in His Line Will Assume Duties Here This Month Work on Big Storage Warehouse Is Progressing and Building Will Be Completed in Time for the Big Apple Crop This Fall. Wllmer Sleg has lieen elected in a li nger Of tln Hood Klver Apple (row em Union. Announcement of Mr. Mfr'm eh-Mlon which whm made the Uiac r We week, wan received wuu . .. 1. ull(uf,.l,H.L.i liu tin. tn bUUrWIKU RIlUnKU VIHH 11117 mi iii- Iuipij iiml luitrfirm (if t h Fnlon. MM Mr. Sleg I a man of long and suc cessful experience, with a reputation for ability which extend to moHt of the large selling organization throughout the country and espee lully In the L'ast. Mr. Sleg ha for the putt 24 year lieen a niemtier of the A. Grossen bach Company, one of the Urgent wholesale fruit compnnle of the Kant, with headquarter :it Milwau kee. llehaH lieen general manager of thin company, which has done a large apple bu1 ness, dealing espce tally In box apple during the past few year. Mr. Sleg' standing In the fruit trade of the Kant I further hIiowii by the fact that he wa elected presl dent of the National league of Oom mlHHlon Merchant and wa the only man who held that otfice for two term. The league Include In It memlMTihlp most of the representa tlve organization engaged In the Imndllng of fruit throughout the country. On account of occupying thl ponltlon and because of hi long connection with thl line, the Union' new manager I Bald to be jiersonul ly acquainted with a many. If not more, men In the trade than any other fruit handler In the country. Thl I vouched for by the many tele gram of ooiigratiibuloii which have Isen received by the director of the Union since Mr. Sleg' election wa announced. From a civic a well a a commerc ial standpoint, Mr. Sleg' acceptance of the position Is a distinct gain for Hood Klver. Information which. ha Ix-eu obtained shows that he ha alway taken an active Intercut In civic affair la Milwaukee and he ha contributed actively to many of the project which have added much to Milwaukee' prosperity, lie I a man of plcalng peronallty, possess. Ing Hhrewd business sense and strong executive ability. Mr. Sleg ha traveled extensively through the Northwet and ha thereby acquainted himself with the ail vantage of the different ectlon. When nked to conlder the position a manager of the local Union, he at once spoke of the trong attraction CHILD IS CRUSHED IN WATER WHEEL Caught lu a 2tl-horsc power water wheel, the little six-year old daugh ter of Mr. and Mr. .1. T. Nealelgh barely ecaped death Sunday after iiooii and It wa only through the quick wit of her 1'-' year-old brother that her life wa aved. Several children were playing around the water wheel, through which no water wa panning at the time. They had Iteen warned not to turn on the water, but In thelreager ne to show their playmate how the wheel worked, ome of the older children turned the water through the lufceway. In the meantime the little girl wa playing la the wheel. Suddenly It Htarled and whe wa car ried down anil crushed under (he heavy frame. The lit tle girl brother, levt, nw tier danger. He called lo hi play mate to turn off the water, but they could not vlng the gate agabiHt the stream. He tried to lift the wheel, biit could not. move It. Then he ran to the dam and tore away Hiilllclcnt earth to divert the water from the Hlulceway, Then he ran to the houe for help. It wa found neceary to aw away a portion of the wheel before the child could In- taken out. She wa Hcverely crushed, but an exami nation dlcloed that no bone were broken. Unle Internal Injurle de velop, It I now believed that he will recover. which Hood Klver had for him. He admitted that he had hoped event ually to make hi home In (lie Went uud Htated that he would prefer Hood Itlver over any other mccIIoii which he hu v lulled. The new manager will arrive and take up the dutle of hi position here not later than July 1. Among the telegram of congratu lation which the Union received Monday were the following: From Stelnhnrdt & Kelly: "We heartily congratulate the Union on iH'Ing able to Hecure the service of Wllmer Sleg a manager. Sleg ha been favorably known to u (or a large number of year anil we know nobody who could more ably ami consclentously take care of the busi ne of the Union than WtlmerSieg." From J. 15. C'ancelmo, I hlludel phla: "Congratulation on your having Mecured Wllmer Sleg a liian nger. Hope to handle a very large quantity of lux apple tlii eaon and expect to make thl our bautier year." Crenshaw llrothors A: Saffold, Tampa, Florida: 'Congratulation upon election of Wllmer Sleg a man ager of Apple Growers' Union. We extend Mr. Sleg and Union our ls't wishes for big thing. To tart the ball rolling Mr. Sleg will plcnc book u for future car of fancy, large, red apple." From ('. P. Ayer of ('. II. Love & Company, Chicago: Congratula tion upon having ecureil the ser vice of ho able a man hi Mr. Wllmer Sleg. Von have made no mlHtake." From A. I). Call of lluffalo, N. Y.: "My congratulation to you upon having secured connection with one o t lion Highly qualllied and compe tent and with Mich an extended ac quaintance a Mr. Wllmer Sieg for manager, who will bean honor and credit to your awHoclation " From Alfr-d W. Otis of ItoMton: "My congratulation on having ne ciired ho able a man." From Scobel & May of New York: "Thank for your telegram announc ing the election of our friend, Wllmer Sleg, for your new manager. We ex tend bent wlnhcHtoyou and Mill for mutual huccchh. A In the pant, no In the future we will do our bent for Mr. Sleg and your unnoclutlon." From S. O. Calmer of Mlnneapolln: "We heartily congratulate your anno elation on the election of Wllmer Sieg a manager. In our judgment you ha ve made a wine Detection nnd we are ure Mr. Sleg will make good In every way. Wenntlclpate for yon a very natlnfactory neanon." Many other congratulatory mes sagen of similar tenor were received from large eantern concern with which the Union ha had bunlnen relation. Twenty-live available men were considered by the director of the Union before they selected Mr. Sleg. News Snapshots Of the Week - V fflv rySm - h .4 IcV ifJBw,, . .. j r i , , . w .-" ' . i r , -9'- ...?'" r ' !- dlnnnpolls In (1 hours 21 minutes, creating n new world's record. Mexican federals under the command of Uciierul Hncitii tHk iKissession of the cities of Jluilnea nnd Par rid after sharp skirmishing. John D. Ibxkefeller was a witness lu a suit brought against the Sluudard Oil company lu New York. He wa the only one to whom the ponltlon wa offered. In the meantime the Union I spar ing no effort In preparing to handle the big fruit crop thl Full. Work on the excavation for the new stor age building will lie completed next week, at which time construction work will lie started. The structure, which will be 40xIM feet In size, will lucreanethe capacity of the Union's building to 17.i,(XH) boxes LOCAL TEAMS EACH CAPTURE A GAME Kuch of the local team won a game Sunday, but the Heights, play ing a double header with White Salmon, lost the second of the two game played on the local diamond. The Hood Klver team played The Halle at the latter place and, In a clone game, carried off the honor by the score of S-4. (illl and Large n battery did effective work. Kent started the hitting with a home run In the (Irnt of the second. In the first Kent Started the Scoring with a Homer of the eighth Inning the team were tied, each having made four run in that Inning, however. Hood Klver found The Dalle twlrler for a unru lier of hit and brought In four run. In the first game played here be tween the Height and White Sal mon the local won by the ncore of " 0. The battery was Hart and Hall, with Uroughton and Keefover for White Salmon. In the second game Tate and Hall were the local battery and did some clever work, but Tate wa given poor support In the field. Overbaugh and Shearer were the White Salmon battery dur ing the siroud game. So far a the batteries were concerned, the local had the better of It, but error In the Held lost thl game for the Height by j lie wore of 4 :!. The city team and the Height will meet on the local ground next Sunday. President Oonies of Culm requested President 'liift nut to Issue orders of Intervention until It w:is absolutely necess.iry. (Ie l:ir Ing thnt Culm cculd overcome the uprising herself. tJencml M.mtengudo Is In cominiind if the federal forces mid Admiral Hugo Osterhmm I In charge of the Ainerlcnn Meet. The C.erin.in cruiser Moltke, Itrenieu snd Stettin arrived in New York hnrlior on their olllclal visit to thl country. Joe lmwson, drlvlaB n National enr, won the otHi mile Memorial ilav rue nt lu- Sporty Amer ican of Today I Poor Specimen Beside I Pilgrim Ancestor;! i X By Senator PORTER J. M'CUMBER of North Dakota X r TTTTTT TtTTT T T T ITEN I 8ee murderes3e3 the footlighta to assail our sense of decency, the MOIJ SPIRIT RAMPANT, the muckraker TEARING DOWN OUR BELIEF in business institutions, I prav for a return to tho old pilgrim philosophy and their integrity of char acter as tho only conservator of American liberties. Our present tendency i3 to drift away from the ideals of self gov ernment. The American peoplo must return to the CAL.M, SODER, SELFCONTROL OF PILGRIM DAYS or conditions hero a hun dred years henco would be analogous to tho social unrest manifested in Europe today. THE SPORTY AMERICAN OF TODAY IS A POOR SPECIMEN BE SIDE HIS PILGRIM ANCESTOR. WHAT WE NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE IS A SAFER, 8ANER AMERICAN CHARACTER. WE HAVEN'T THE SAME REGARD FOR LAW AND ORDER. FOR LIVING QUIETLY AND DECENTLY. In every American city today is manifested this regard for the superficial, for the flamboyant and the unstable things. SOME LOCAL NOTES FROM THE U. OF 0. Sidney Henderson I the only Hood Klver student to graduate from the Udl versify thl yesr. .1. Kllwood Luciey will probably complete hi course th'.s summer In the Summer School, he wa com pelled to drop out th' tecoud semes ter of thin, hi Setdor jeur. Ixna Newton, who graduated from Hood Klver In 'O'.t, rendered some of the mont pleasing selection of the evening nt a recital of the Unlvernlty of Oregon School of Munlc held June lith. Karl (Inthank, recently elected edi tor of the Oregon Kmeruld, I making extensive preparation for a bigger and better Umerald for next year. Most of the Hood Klver students nt the Unlvernlty will be home for the summer vacation by Juue 1. Mln Flora Uunham, the editor elect of the Oregon Monthly for next year, I developing plan for making the fimt monthly next fall a cam paign numlHT. Thl lnnue will be out by the 14th of October and an effort will be made to place n copy In the hand of every voter of the state before the November elections. Will Cass, of Hood Klver, as the only male member of the staff, will be In charge of considerable of the political portion of the lnnue. W. I .,. Clarke, V. ('. Krock and I, on Henderson have been appointed a committee by the Commercial Club to Investigate and report on the state road bills to be voted on this fall. ,tWT',?!. -'..: .v- A : v - ; ' ' -iA , &. (' -" J LIFTED TO STARDOM behind ODD FELLOWS HOLD ANNUAL MEMORIAL In memory of their departed broth ers, members of Idlewllde Uodge, No. 107. I. O. (). I'., held their annual memorial services at the Congrega tional church Sunday eveulng. Mem bers of the lodge attended the service In their regalia and presented a line appearance. Many of their friends were also present. Kev. U. A. Harris, himself an Odd Fellow, conducted the services and preached a sermon which was par ticularly appropriate to I he occasion. Ills theme wan "Keverence," ami In an able manner he showed the need whkh there Is for greater reverence In tLls age when no many are Inclin ed to treat of solemn matters in a tltppunt way. He showed th" need of this iiiallt. among children, who do not have a proper regard for the schools and other Institutions. He also showed the need for It In the social and political life of today, de claring that there Is too great a ten dency for every man to hold himself up as being just as good as any oth er man, no matter how superior In wisdom the latter may be. Mrs. Ilenney, accompanied by Miss F.va Krock. rendered an appropriate solo during the evening. The committee which arranged the service-Included I'.. S. Mayes. Arthur Vincent and Ashley Wilson. Frank Chandler. Mrs. A I. Mo-, .1. K. Carson and Mrs. curl Hove were among the Masons ami mem bers of the I'.astern Star who attend ed the convention In Portland this week. r-T !fV Special Train to Bring Elks to Sec This Valley Opportunity Will Be Given Members of the Antlered Herd who Flock to Oregon Next Honth to See the Pearl of the Northwest--Local Committee Will Entertain Several Hundred Brothers July 12th. I'.lk who will (lock to Portland next month from every state In the country will le given an opportuni ty to see Hood Klver Valley the peurl of the Northwest -before tak ing the train for home next month The local herd ha been busy and It was announced yesterday that their efforts have been crowned with suc cess, the O.-W. It. i N. Company having consented to run a special F.lks' excursion from Portland to Hood Klver on Friday, July 12. Here the visiting F.Ik, who will doubtless number several hundred, will be met by the local F-lks and other citizen and will be shown the valley by both automobile and rail. The special from Portland will probably arrive about 11 a. m. Ar rangements will be made by the local hotels and ladle' Hocletle to provide them with luncheon. The train will return to Portland In time for the visiting F.Iks to attend the grand ball there In the evening. The local committee of F.Ik which Is making arrangements for the re ception of their brothers here Is a Hood River's New County Judge (Jeorge K. Castner, whose appoint ment by Governor West ns county judge was announced In the News last week, took the oath of otlice the !X K i) .."xw. x GUOROi: K. CASTNLR following day, his commission dat ing from June 4. Mr. Castner has been a resident of Hood Klver coun ty for the past l years. He Is a na tive of New York state. He moved from that state to Michigan with his parents when 17 years old and remained there until coming to Hood Ulver. He Is a veteraii of the Union Army, having enlisted on the last call, serving for several mouths In 'ii.. He has been fruit Inspector In this county slni e '. and Is a man well ipialliied to till the position to which he has been appointed. LOCAL TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE The following sales of real estate are reported (or the past week: F. II. Irwin to Hiram I,. Irwin, un divided one half of 2o acres In Oak i irove section. Tyler Carman to Fanny Carmau, his wife, lot i:!. block 2, St ranahan's Second AiMlllon. S. M. Plowers to I'.thel Hansen, lot 2:1, block Klvcrvlew Park Addition. I'rvln Kline nnd others to A White head, 2" acres on W illow Flat. Fred Hies and wife to .1. 1". Thomp son. 2i acres at Furkdale, Jimoo, I.ottl" May dolies to Flmer I'. Mink, her Interest In a Ten In I p per alley. Mathilda .lone and two,ns to F.bner 1'. Mink, their Interest In same propi rty. John hu. ketl and Ife to I. l. UavN, bl ai res on the Fast lde. W. . M, hoi and wife to Charles Hall, ti 1-1 ! 1 b feet of lots 1 and 2. block 21. I I.ii kain.is I'lllei oinpaiiN toSelnri M. Schemi-f 21' acres tn Upper alley. The News tells It all. representative fnie and Includes the following: J. H. Fredrlcy. C. A. Bell, .1. 15. Hunt, M. M. Hadlock. Mayor K. (). P.lauchar and Charles T. Karly. MAKES GOOD AS AN AUTHOR AND ARTIST Herman F,. Struck, on of Mr. nnd Mr. Uud wig Struck, I achieving success ns an author and artist. Mr. Struck, who Is a graduate of the lo cal high school, Is now following hi profession In San Francisco. HI many friend here have been much Interested In reading a story en titled "The Capture of the lk-sert Witch," which Mr. struck contrib uted to the June number of the "Overland Monthly." This story, which deals In the adventurous side of Western life, Is Illustrated by two products of Mr. Struck' brush. The pictures as well as the story are full of action and are ably executed. LOCAL PLAYERS ARE "CHAMPS" AT TENNIS Several tennis players from The Dalle spent Sunday 00 the local courts. On their arrival at 1 o'clock they were taken out to Mr. Fpplng's for lunch. The matches were started early In the afternoon, both on the club courts In town and Mr. Kp plug's court In the valley. The sets were very close and the play exceed ingly fast. The Hood Klver men had n little advautage over the visi tor la that they have had more practice this season, so won most of their matches. The score lu sets: Dewltt and McKny leat Itlount and Simmons four out of five set. Itlount nnd Simmons won two out of four sets from Fpplng and Pal lard. Cram and Franz In-at Hopkins and Ureen two out of three sets. ram uud Franz won two sets from Goode and Llttln. shlnn and Weaver beat Goode and I.ltten two out of three "ts. Goode and I.ltten won two sets from Smith and I.ucas. Weaver and Uemmoti won two out of three sets from Hopkins and Green. lA'tnmon and Thompson beat Hopklus and Goode two sets. Thompsoti and Shlnu beat Good" and Llttln two sets. Accompanying The Dalles player were Mr. Lang. Mrs. Green, Miss I'.ennett and Miss Smith from The Dalles, and Miss P.oothbv from Port land. The visitors left on the li:2i train, having had a most ple-mant day. They expect to entertain the Hood Klver playrs In the near future. IS EXPERIMENTING WITH COVER CROPS Professor Lawrence is conducting extennl-e experiments this s'jmmer with shade crops for the orchards. Differ. -nt varieties of legumes are be ing used In the experiment and the professor will determine which of the varieties give the best results w hea used for shade and cover crops. He secured a luge number of needs and these have been planted In dll'fi r I parts of the valley. Including the Up 'per Valley. The effect 1 if t he legumes j on the sol! and t heir ellieleiiey tl. trogen gatherers will be determined J There has been some spray Injurv t o t he lea ves during t he past couple I of weeks, following the rains, and j professor Lawn tiee is now study-big I this Injury w It h a ie w to pre veil 1 1 11 ' Its nvurranee. i ; Mrs I lei rge II a dinger atld two ; lit tie sous w ent to I'orllmd vesler May to bdt ft lends for -1 few das. I'. '. l'oane. will li en otl t he I'.el nioiit road. HMt-lv ampul it-d the little linger of Ids I- M I, 111 I the Lot ; of t he week. 11 f his horsi s fell Into a pit. Mr. D miie .t irie I to 1 ni off the liarniss, w Ie 11 tin- lie- hor-i- i suddenly jumped up and the kino- ' almost e ered the linger.