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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 26, 1912 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS rVBLWHKD WBOHHDAT MORNING T HOOU KIVEK NEWS COMPANY, Inc Hood Rivu. Obboon R. B BENNETT... U 8. BENNETT Enrroa . Bl'SINEM MANAGES Subscription, (1.50 a Year in Advance Kntarsd u ascond-cUas matter. Feb. 10. 1909. at Um post office at Hood Riyst. Orecon, under tbe Act of March 1. 1879. The New Political Map With the passing into history of the Republican convention at Chicago the political map of the country has undergone a radical change- Instead of effecting a compromise between the oppos ing wings of the Republican par ty, the convention resulted in the formation of the new Roosevelt party. The line is thereby drawn more sharply than ever before between the standpat and radi cal wings of the G. 0. P. To those who had given their allegiance to Taft in the hope and belief that he and his advis ers would show some concessions to the progressive element in the party and thereby align them selves, to a reasonable extent at least, with the sentiment which has demonstrated its predomi nance in the country, the result of the convention was a distinct disappointment. If the recent primaries showed anything it was that there is a strong popu lar demand for progressive poli cies in the administration of the national government There were many who believed that the Taft wing of the party would take heed to the popular demand and make reasonable concessions with a view to follow ing the plainly expressed will of the majority of the party. Instead of doing so, however, the Chicago convention showed the standpat wing of the party insisting absolutely upon the old style machine methods. If Roose velt was led to exceed the bounds of political propriety in his pre convention campaign, it would certainly appear that the machine crowd has made an even more serious mistake by taking the bit in its mouth a3 it did at the convention. Judging from reports of the tactics pursued it could hardly be denied that Roosevelt was given far from a square deal. The po litical ring which was in contro regarded only its own wishes Delegates sent to the convention by the people of their respective states to vote for Roosevelt were peremptorily unseated, the only reason being, according to news paper dispatches, that Taft "needed the votes." The selection of Sherman as Taft's running mate is signifi cant The writer happens to hail from Sherman's home city and knows that his only recom mendation is the fact that he has for years been one of the Republican ringleaders in the Empire state, hand in hand with Barnes and his fellows, who have run New York politics just as they are now attempting to run the national machine. With the splitting of both the old organizations a condition wnicn is practically unprece dented in this country has been evolved, ihe recent primaries left no doubt that the overwhelm ing tendency all over the coun try is toward the progressive policies. If the Democrats now in session at Baltimore have the political sagacity with which they are accredited they will put up a strongly progressive ticket, and they will do so unless, as at Chicago, the steam roller meth ods of the old line leaders prove successful. With the Democrat ic party united upon a progres sive ticket it would then resolve itself into a three-cornered fight. It has for some time been ap parent that the Democratic chances for victory have rarely been brighter. This would be especially true on account of the uplit in the Republican ranks with the machine organization fighting Roosevelt tooth and nail. It is plain that the paramount issue in the campaign this Fall is going to be something else than the timeworn iolitical creeds of the two great parties. The progressive and standpat policies are to be weighed in the balance. For the first time the issues are to be sharply drawn and the battle promises to be one of tremendous national import ance. Monday's Election Next Monday is the date set for the special election called for the pupose of voting on the $iX), 000 bond issue for the recon struction of the city water sys tem. The council is desirous that the intent of the election be fully understood and that its im portance be realized. The bond issue is not a new one for the citizens of Hood River have al ready carried the proposition at e 1 . a previous election, nowever, under the provisions of the city charter as revised it becomes de sirable that the issue be fully legalized under the new condi tions. This will insure the more ready sale of the bonds and will therefore do away with the de lays which might occur were the attempt made to sell the issue which was voted under the form er charter provisions governing bond elections. The urgent need of construct ing a new water system is fully realized and the floating of this bond issue is now all that prevents work being started. It is hoped that the preliminaries may be so facilitated that actual work on the system may be begun this Fall, possibly by September 1. If this can be done the new sys tem may be installed this year. The council desires a full ex pression ot the people on the proposition to be submitted at Monday's election in order that the bond issue may be floated as expeditiously and as auspiciously as possible. Finds Fortune in Poultry Local poultrymen, who not long ago contributed some egg laying records to the News, can no doubt obtain some inspiration from the experience of the cham pion poultryman of the country H. W. Sanborn, a New Hamp shire farmer. Sanborn has out done the official poultry experts and has put the fanciers in the shade. His glory is a hen that laid 255 eggs in one year and 645 eggs in three years running; produced eight pullets in a flock of eighteen that yielded 200 to 237 eggs a year; and became the mother of a cockerel, a pullet from which laid 282 eggs in one year. This last pullet did not stop at the year mark, but round ed out a laying period of 3G5 days with a record of 302 eggs air. sanDorn, whose iarm is in Belknap county, New Hamp shire, has during the last five years derived his full income from poultry keeps from COO to 700 White Wyandottes and Rhode Island Red3. He feeds them the laying rations the stations pre scribe, namely, grains in the lit ter and dry mash of ground grains, beef scrap, alfalfa, glu ten and linseed meal. He houses the flock with the curtain front style of house adopted by the stations. The records are kept by trap nests. The place i3 run for profits throughout. These are nearly $3 per hen per year. The Value of Optimism In the siege of Ladysmith dur ing the Uoer war a civilian was tried by court martial and sent to prison because he discouraged the soldiers who were defending the city. He was dealt with rightfully. He was a pessimist and a discourager. Therefore he could serve no good purpose. In every walk of life; in every community, the same incident is repeated. The pessimist is a blight. Instead of trying to lift some of the burdens from the shoulders of his comrades, he puts on new burdens; instead of clearing the pathway for prog way. He eases no pain for the sufferer, but helps to widen the wounds. The pessimist goes along the picket line with his dishearten ing prophecy of failure. He makes heavy the heart and pal sies the arm of the warrior. He is a traitor to his race, for hu manity is hrave and needs only the words of cheer and hope. Un the other hand, the man who suggests success and who is confident that it will come is the man who succeeds and, more over, he it is who deserves sue cess. He is an inspiration for his fellows. He is a benefactor of the community in which he lives. He is strong and gives strength to his weaker fellows. He is the leaven that leaveneth the whole loaf. The "Blue Sky" Bill The News has received from Secretary of State Olcott a copy of the Blue Sky bill which will be initiated at the November election. The bill, designed to protect purchasers of stocks and bonds and to provide for the thor ough regulation and supervision of corporations, is modeled after the famous Blue Sky law of Kan sas, ihe Oregon bill has been in the course of preparation for months and has been revised and approved by some of the. best j lawyers and business men in the state. The administration of the corporation laws now costs about $7000 per year. Under the new law the expense will be about $12,000, but this is more than offset by the new sources of rev enue provided by the bill, which, it is estimated by the Secretary of State, will add about $20,000 to the present annual receipts from corporations, in addition to saving the people of the state at least a million dollars a year now thrown away on worthless stocks and bonds. HOOD RIVER WAY GETS COMMENDATION In bringing auto Hptt'ders to book tlie local coDHtnltulnry at leant iiiit-ts with Hip approval of the Portland Telt'jrnini, which my In a recent edl tortal: "Mood Ulver people are poHHecHed of that old faHhloned Idea that when law li enacted It Im a npecle of tom fool Inline not to enforce It. For example, It In agnluxt the law In that Htald and renpectalde liurg to npeed automobiles through the MreetH at n greater velocity than ten miles an hour. ICvldently a number of good cltlzeiiH w ho delight In Htrenuoul,v striving to lie In two places atone time, regard this law an a Joke. At any rate It appears that they went their meteoric way, luinilpg the wind through the city streets, until the city constabulary, or police force, however It may he known there, pro ceeded to gather In the harvest of delinquents, whereupon the City Jus tlce demanded shekels, that the speeding practice might lie checked and the dignity of the law vindi cated. " The complaint of those caught In the net of the law Is that they had no warning that the law was about to be enforced; or. In other words, they were not told that t he authori ties were not joking. The speeding, according to the claim of many rep utable citizens, endangered the lives of children; and that the city should Insist on legnl regulations which would protect the youngsters, struck the speeders as a practical Juke. If they had only received the serious and olliclal assurance that It was not, a Joke, they would have gov erned themselves accordingly and all would have been well, or words to that effect. "It le refreshing to note that Hood Illver as a community lacks that sense of hnmor which winks at the Inutility of a lawenactnd forthe safe- ty and well ts-lng of Its citizens. In a general way mere is altogether too much of that sort of communal frivolity. The law books are too commonly regarded as Joke books, and especially In matters of a similar character to this which has ruflled the usually calm surface of existence In the queen city of the greatest npple valley In the world. The attitude of Hood Itlver olli- claldom la the premises Is of that wholesome old-fashioned sort that Is good to contemplate." Hegular Kunday excursion to Park. dale. Pleasant trip for yourself nnd friends. R. R. BART LETT ARCHITECT Heilbronner Building; HOOD RIVEK. OKKGON Phone 61 ALBERT SUTTON Hrcbitcct Hall Buildinq Hood River. Orbaon C. M. HURLBURT SURVKYOR Telephone 3312-M H. E. JOHNSON Carpenter and Builder Third and State Sts. Phone Shop 3 I ; Res. 87-L KELLY BROS. HAY AND OATS Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts and Straw Phone 227-M Fourth Street between Oak anil State ROBT. T. NEWHALL Telephone 277-M Hood River, Oregon REPRESENTING MILTON NURSERY CO. THIRTY-THREE YEARS OK RELIABLE TREES J. M. WRIGHT - Contractor and Builder Estimates Furnished on All Kinds of Carpentry Work Office in Heilbronner Bids- Phone 6! C. G. VAN TRESS Public Stenographer AND Notary Public ELIOT BLOCK Phone 308-L W. J. BAKER Real Estate Loans Insurance APPLE AND STRAWBERRY LAND A SPECIALTY Correspondence Solicited WE FURNISH FRUIT PICKERS AND PACKERS And All Kinds of Employees... NIGUMA & CO. Phone 160 14 Last Oak Street Mood River, Or. COAL! Rock Springs COAL TRANSFER & LIVERY COMPANY Cottage Kospilal 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 e H. YAMA DAY WORK AT Cooking and House Cleaning 4V Phone 160 14 Oak Street DR. F. C. BROSIUS Has established a permanent Of fice at OPKIX, I'iionulD, where he can be consulted morning mid even. Ing. City otllce HOOD It I V Kit. riioNK 12 It, opeti an usual ID to 4 tlallv. Night Call answered from ODKLL, rnoMK'JU. LNtf J. F. WATT, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Office. Hume I'hone SO Roe. SO-B Hood River :: Oregon Dr. at. H. Sharp Dr. Edna B. Sharp DRS. SHARP Osteopathic Physicians Graduates of the American School of Osteopathy, Kirkiiville. Mo. Office in Kliut Buiktinc Phone-OtHce li'i Kreidvnce 1U2-B. Hood River. Onwon E. D. KANACA Physician and Surgeon Office in National Bank Building Phone, Office 35 Rea. 3H-B Hood River. Oregon H. L. DUMBLE Physician and Surgeon Calls promptly answered in town or country, day or niirht. Telephones Reeiilence 61 1. Jffice 613. Office in the Brueius Building. DR. E. O. DUTRO Physician and Surgeon Office in Smith Building Home phone, Rea.71B; Office phone 71 Hood River. Oregon DRS. SHAW & BRONSON Physicians and Surgeons Eliot Block Phone 34 Hood River, Oregon C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. Dentist Office. Hall Building, over Butler Banking Co. Office phone 28. Residence phone 28-B .Hood River, Oregon H. Dudley W. Pineo, D. D. S. Dentist Office 4. 5 and 6, Smith Bldg. Office- Home phone 131. Residence- Home 131-B Hood River, Oregon Dr. P. H. MAY, Chiropractor. Those afflicted with acute or chronic diseases restored to normal function. No Knife or Drugs DRoom 17, Heilbronner BTd'fcT. DR. JUSTIN WAUGH Eliot Building EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT M. E. WELCH Licensed Veterinarian Hood River. Orecon JOHN BAKER Attorney at Law Rooms 7-8, Smith Block SSt'K Hood River, Ore, STEARNS & DERBY Lawyers First National Rank Building Hood River, Oregon Phone 3I9 Rooms 9-10, Smith Block GEORGE R. WILBUR LAWYER Hood Klvcr ( roKn ERNEST C. SMITH LAWYER Rooms 14 nd lfi. Hall RuiMin Hood River. Ororon L. A. & A. P. REED ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW Two Doors North of Postoffice Phone 1 Hood River' Oregon MURRAY KAY CIVIL liNGINliLR AND SURVEYOR Phone 32 BROftiua Btm.niNci lloon Rivkr L. A. HENDERSON Civil Engineer Formerly U. S. Land Surveyor Philippine Inlands Two doors north of postoffica. Phone 41 P. M. MORSE City Engineer and Surveyor CITY AND COUNTY WORK Heilbronner Building Hood River, Oregon A. C. BUCK Notary Public and Insurance Agent Room 12. Bmslua Block Hood River, Oregon j Electricity Popular Subject ii ii ii OUR NEW LAMP PRICES ARE: 11 n -r U " 15 Watt G. E. Mazda $ .50 U n n 20 50 ,-, U D 25 50 D U D GO 75 " 11 150 1.65 D " 250 2.30 Q M II II LI ELECTRIC WIRING A. L. DAY, Under First National Bank Bldg. n 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. HILU J. W. COPELAND. R. W. PRATT, President, Vice President, Cashier C. H. Stranahan. Wilson Fike. Capital $100,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER, OREGON FASHION Livery, Feed Wholesale and Retail Lumber, Lath, Shingles Etc. Lumber delivered to any part of the Valley e VJ7 WW l. QIc arc now talung ordcro for Hpple Boxee Stan(eij-8itiitii uinfer Co. )(cctl tliver, Oregon Prtena 134 & SUPPLY CO. Pres. and Mgr. PHONE 3 Chas. G. Pratt, Jos. Cooeland Surplus and Profits $28,000 WATCH YOUR MONEY GROW when you deposit it in this savings bank. No matter how small your deposits, if they are made regularly, your account will increase with surprising quickness. The interest helps a lot too. The way to have money is to save it. Suppose you com mence by starting an ac count here next pay day. STABLES and Draying STRANAHANS & RATHBUN HOOD RIVER, OREGON Horses bought, sold or ex changed. Pleasure parties can secure first class rigs. Sbecial .attention given rto moving fur jniture and pianos. Wedo J everything horses can do. Stanley Smith Lumber Co. J. ress, he puts obstacles in the The New for kooiI printing.