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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 27
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
BIG DAY IS PROMISED TOMORROW
Everything: in Readiness for An Old Fashioned Fourth
of July Celebration with Auto Parade as Special
Children's Feature, Patriotic Exercises, Hose Races,
Band Concert, Athletic Contests, Baseball Game,
Aquatic Stunts and Brilliant Display of Fireworks in
the Evening, to Be Followed by Grand Ball.
Every Indication points to tlii-rt'
being a big c rowd la the city toinor.
row for the Fourth of July Mira
tion. Hood !'ver In to have tin" big
gest celebration of any tow n In IIiIm
section of thi' country and conse
quently will draw many vIhIIoi
from surrounding places. Extensive
advertising Ik ii r been done In The
Dalles, Moslcr. la tow tin across the
river atid throughout thin county.
The day will lie replete with enter
taining features and the committees
In charge have spared no efforts to
make the celebration a splendid suc-
Ct'HH.
From 10 o'clock In the morning un
til midnight there will lie something
doing to nmuso, entert ila ami to
recall the patriotic significance of the
day. All the events ikihhIIiIu will lie
held on Oak street ho that there w ill
be no long walks, no long wait.
A local band has been orgaul.ed
under the direction of Arthur ( lark
and patriotic music will be a feature
of the day. This bnnd will be assist
ed by musicians from Portland, The
Dalles and (ioldnndale. A concert
will be given from thnt to 4:.'!0
o'clock in the afternoon at the corner
of Second and Oak streets In order
that thorn' who donot care to attend
the baseball name ""'.V be entertain
ed d iwntown
What In anticipated to lie one of
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bent dooc. rated earn an (oIIowh: first
and second prizes for t he leht touring
cam, first and second prizes fur the
licst runabouts, first and Mecond for
the funniest comic cam and another
for the most attractive visiting car.
These cups are now on exhibition In
the window of Mr. Clarke's Jewelry
store.
When the cars line up on the west
eVn end of Cascade A venue they will
$90,000 BOND ISSUE FOR BETTER WATER
SYSTEM IS CARRIED BY 10 TO 1 MAJORITY
Ity a vote of over ten t one, the
S'.Ml.fHMl bund Issue for the reconstruc
tion of the waterworks system was
carried at the special election Mon
day. The vote was light. There were
125 ballots cast of which ll.'i were for
and only ten against.
P.lds ou the bonds will be advertis
ed this week and will be opened the
first of next month In order that I lie
work may be facilitated as much as
possible.
The ordinance revising the speed
laws Inside the city limits and In
creasing the speed from ten to fifteen
miles an hour was referred to the
council as a committee of the whole,
no dual action being taken.
Colli racls for the Improvement of
Prospect Avenue between Second
ami I'.lghth streets were let. Dobson
& Hatch will do the grading and
John Zolls & Sou (he concrete work
The ordinance calling for the Im
provement of Oak street between
Fifth ami Fourteenth streets was
HOUSE AND BARN
NEARJIRJRNED
A house and bam located near the
Fir postollice and owned by P. A.
Clancey, conductor for theO.-W. It.
& X. Company, were destroyed by
lire Wednesday morning. Only Mrs.
Clancey and a small son were home
at the time. It Is believed that the
house caught, from an over-heated
stove.
The loss was' about $2000, but
most of this was covered by Insur
ance, u policy having been secured
through the lleorge D. Culbertsou
Company.
be In readiness to load up with child
ren. It Is honed that an opportunity
may Is- given us many youngsters as
uoHsllile who do not often get rides
to become passengers. This will
make It an event of special pleasure
for the city's children.
Immediately at the conclusion of
the nut.) parade the patriotic exer
cises w ill be held In Library Park,
corner of Oak and Fifth streets,
lion. Fred W. Wilson of The Dalles
will Ik the speaker for the ficcnslon.
and singing by the school children
under the direction of Mrs. Ilenney
will Is another feature.
The sports on Oak street w ill start
at 1 o'clock. A large number of en
tries have already lseli received anil
more will be taken ou the Fourth.
Cash priz.es have lieen offered and the
races will be both exciting nnd, some
of them, comic. A tug of w ar Is to
be Included.
The ball game will start at .1 o'clock
at Columbia Park am will be the
only one of the day's events held any
distance from the center of town.
The two bical teams will meet. As
the downtown aggregation uill lie
reinforced by some clever players, a
closely contested game Is assured.
The aijuatlc sports will be held at
5:.",0 o'clock at the pier Just opposite
the- station. In plain sight of all.
Swimming and diving contests, tub
races nnd a greased pole over the
water will be union; the features.
In the evening the fireworks are to
be held on the river, which will make
them particularly effective. The dis
play will be u brilliant one. Altrr
wards the grand ball will lie held at
llellbroutier hall.
The committees In charge of the
arrangements are as follows:
Executive Committee Mayor K. .
Itlancliar, (' II. Vnughnu, F. A. Cram,
J. II. Ileilbronner, Arthur Clarke,
tieo. Thompson and Clarence F.
(illbert.
Finance C. II. nughan, F. A.
Cram and V. C. Itrock.
Program K. (). Planchar, Truman
llutlcr and It. W. Pratt.
passed. This provides for grading
and the const rurt ion of curbs and
sidewalks. The work will be done
at once upon the contracts being
awarded.
A resolution calling for the Instal
lation of thirteen additional lire hy
drants throughout the city, and
especially on the Heights, was
passed.
Harry Stead luoke his left arm be
tween the elbow ami v tint the last
of the week while w orking on n re
fractory horse.
I'lioto of Hunt tiy Amcrlcnn Press Association.
NeWS SnaDShotS f!,,nnt"r Ell,' Io' N Vork wns rlwted tenipornry halrmanof the Kepnl.llcnn nnilonnl convention nt Chlcnco. defeutlnu
. , ... a (.ovemor McUovern of Wisconsin by n vote of IS.vs to 502. The Konio, rat 1c convention oK-ned nt the Fifth regiment armory
Ul the Week ,n nlH"ire. The subcommittee on arrangement named Alton It. Parker ns temporary chairman He received eight votes.
Kepresentntlve Henry of Texas three. Senator James of Kentucky three. Senator Kern of liullaim one nnd Senator O llormnu
of New York one. The Ilrynn forces, who opp-wod the selection of Judge Pnrker, declared that they would carry the liytit ngalnst him to the Uoor of the
convention. John I Martin, the sergeant nt nrins. expects to have his hands full If this is clous.
Advertising C. F. (iilliert, It. It.
Itennett, and A J. Graham.
Sports Art hur Clarke, C. X. Clarke,
E. A. Fran., J. A. Hodges and J. W.
Crlles.
Transfer and Ilulldlng George
Thompson, W. L. Clark and C. T.
Karly.
Decorating F. A. Cram, J. S.
itooth ami Albert Lathrop.
Autos J. II. Ileilbronner, ('apt. O.
P. McCan and P. S. Davidson.
Mrs. Matt Douglass of the I'pper
Valley was taken seriously III last
week, but Is now making a good recovery.
Interest Is Aroused in
An Experiment Station
Hood River, Despite High Agricultural Development,
Is Only Section in State Which Does Not Benefit
from Such a Station--Much Benefit Would Result
from Study of Orchard Problems.
It having been proposed that Hood
Klver should make an effort to secure
an experiment station, the proposi
tion has been the subject of consider
able discussion during the past few
days ami many of the local orchard
Ists have expressed the hope that a
concerted movement might Is. made
towards that end.
It Is stated by those who are famil
iar with the situation that Hood
Klver should be able to secure and
sustain a station wi'hout any addi
tional exiense to the county above
that which Is at present entailed In
the local pat holngical work, while
the scope of the work would be
greatly enlarged aud Its effectiveness
correspondingly Increased were state
aid secured.
Hood Klver could reasonably ask
for and expect a legislative appro
priation. It Is stated, as this section,
although one of the most highly de
veloped In the state. Is the only one
which has no experiment station,
nor Is It Included In any territory
which has such a station.
Professor Lawrence believes that
In this section the experiment
station work and the county work
could be done by the same men anil
that If the county contributed the
same amount as at present and
asked the state to appropriate the
balance, that It could easily be done.
Such a station would Increase the
force working In the local field and
would greatly add to the facilities
for carrying on the work already
under way. It Is proposed that The
Dalles might be Included In the same
district, the same corps of men con
ducting research work In both sections.
W00DR0W WILSON
GETS NOMINATION
Telegraphic news reached
here yesterday afternoon
that Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey received the
Democratic nomination for
President at Baltimore just j
before noon yesterday.
Wilson got the nomination
over Champ Clark of Mis
sonri on the 46th ballot, the
dispatch stated.
When the preceedingday's
session closed at 12:43
o'clock yesterday morning
42 ballots had been cast.
Wilson had been making
steady gains while Clark
lost ground in proportion.
It was on the fourth bal
lot yesterday that the decis
ive vote was taken.
Wilson stands on a pro
gressive platform and was
the candidate supported by
W. J. Bryan.
Miss Mabel Lawrence went to Port
land Friday to take part In the Hunt
Club races which were held Saturday
afternoon.
The lines of work which would be
especially Investigated by such a sta
tion would luclude the following,
which are of especial Importance to
local orehnrdlsts: Sprajlng prac
tices; testlt.g of Olfferent sprays. In
cluding sprays used to control cod
ling moth, San Jose scale, scab and
anthr.'icnoHe; deteftnliiltig the adapt
ability of various cover crops on va
rious types of soli; pruning aud pol
lcntzlng problems.
It Is stated that there Is an Immense
amount of work to be done locally
along these lines nnd also In Improv
ing the strawberries. ( Ulier subjects
which would be studied would In
clude those connected with Irriga
tion, use of commercial fertilizers
with especial reference to the value
of potash, phosphoric acid and lime,
and the value of nitrogen carriers.
With an equipment such as an ex
periment station would have the fa
cilities for solving Insect ami fungus
troubles would also be greatly In
creased and an expert could be as
signed to study the winter Injury and
dry rot problems. This would bring
prompt results. It would also lie
possible to publish timely hints for
local orchard men.
J. F. Skinner did some work to
wards getting such a statlou when
he was secretary of the Commercial
Club and has familiarized himself
with the situation. The proposition
will probably be submitted to the
present board of directors of the club
In order to get an expression from
them.
Miss F.dythe Itrumiulst, who has
been studying this year at the Ore
gon Agricultural College, Is spending
the summer on her brother's ranch.
WARM RECEPTION
FOR SIEG PLANNED
Wllmer Sleg, the newly appointed
manager of the Hood Klver Apple
Growers' I'nlon, will arrive this
week and a warm welcome Is Ixing
arrunged for him, not only by mem
bem of the I'nlon, but by all the cltl
zens of the valley.
On Friday Mr. Sleg will be tuken
for a trip over th e valley. At noon
a luncheon will tie served by Colonel
Tucker at his beautiful summer home
lu the I'pper Valley. In the after
noon Mr. Sleg will meet the citizens
of the I'pper Valley at Parkdale,
where an ufternoon smoker will be
given.
A namlier of stops will be made en
route to town after the smoker In
order that Mr. Sleg may be shown
some of the orchards and valley
homes.
On Friday evening the local
Shrlners will entertain Mr. Sleg at
dinner. He Is a past potentate of
the Milwaukee Temple.
A smoker will be given Saturday
evening at the Commercial Club
rooms. A general Invitation Is ex
extended to attend this smoker,
and the attendance will not be
limited to members of the I'nlon.
It Is desired to give all an opportunity
to meet Mr. Sleg and everybody Is
given a cordial Invitation to be
present.
A number of Portland residents
who own orchards In Hood Klver
will come on the local that leaves
Portland ut 4 p. m., nnd take part In
the reception.
The committee Id charge of Mr.
Sleg's entertainment Includes Frank
E. Deem, Trumau Hutler, V. C.
Ilrock, W. K. King, P. S. Davidson,
Kobert Pratt and J. H. Ileilbronner.
ELK HIKERS GIVEN
WARM WELCOME HERE
Local KIkg extended a warm wel
come Friday to the three hikers who
li.ive tramped from Krookfield, Mo
to Oregon to attend the grand lodge
reunion at Portland. A uu tuber of
the local herd nnd others walked up
tl.e O.-W. It. & X. tracks to meet the
pedestrians. The party Included
J. H. Castner, William Mason, Ar
thur G. Clarke, Joe D. Thomlson and
J. H. Fredrlcy. Arriving nt this city
they were refreshed with copious
draughts of Hood Klver cider by
Jack Morrison. Friday evening
they were entertained at an enjoy
able bamiuet held at the Hotel Ore
gon. This was attended by about
40 of the local F.'.ks.
1 he three young men, who were
clad In khaki suits and browned with
the sun, were F. S. Lyon, H. F.
Clark aud C. D. Stohe. They remain
ed here until Sunday morning when
they resumed their hike to Portland,
where they will complete their 2200
tnlle Journey.
The three men, with C. (i. Johnson,
left Krook field for the Portland con
vention. It Is purely a pleasurr trip,
and there Is no wnger. Johnson was
forced to abandon the trip after 12
days on account of sore feet. The
walkers averaged 2 miles a day dur
ing their journey. This includes 10
days which were lost on account of
bad weather.
Orvllle Lee Mcl'.lroy, a Portland
traveling man who spends consider
able time here, eluded over-attentive
friends In the ItoseClty by marrying
Miss Pauline Miititon In this city Sun
day. PatluT Plus performed the
ceremony.
Fourth at Parkdale Is
To Be A Rousing One
Field Events, Horse and Mule Races, Patriotic Exer
cises, Baseball Qame, Greased Pig Chase and Big
Dance in the Evening Will Furnish Lots of Amuse
ment for Upper Valley.
Upper Valley people and probably
numerous visitors from the lower
valley will participate In an old
fashioned celebration to tie held at
Parkdale tomorrow. The I'pper
Valley Progressive Association Is In
charge of the arrangements, which
assures the success of the day's
events.
Special rates will be given on the
Mt. Hood Kallroad and a special
train may be run in addition to the
two which are already ou the dully
run.
The athletic events will occur Id
the morning. These will Include a
100 yard dash for men and another
for boys, a 50-yard dash for boys un
der 12 years old, 2Ti-yard dash fur
girls, 25 yard sack race for all, 50-
yard three-legged race for all, potato
race, running high Jump, running
broad Jump and standing broad
jump.
Parkdale has pitted herself against
the rest of the world In a tug of war,
and a nail driving contest for ladles
will be another event.
The patriotic exercises will be held
after lunch. Rev. E. A. Harris, pas
tor of Klverslde Congregational
church In this city, and Kev. W. L.
Van Xuys of the I'pper Valley will be
the speakers and there will also be
musical numbers.
Harmon's orchestra of this city
will spend the Fourth at Parkdule
and will enliven the day as well as
furnish music for the grand ball In
the evening.
The baseball game will be held at
WOODMEN PURCHASE
LOTJOR TEMPLE
Hood Klver Camp Xo. 770, Wood
men of the World, has Just purchased
from Mrs. O. L. Strannhan two lots
on the corner of Thirteenth and Tay
lor streets. The Woodmen are plan
ning to erect a permanent home on
this site nnd to that end have filed
articles of Incorporation of the
"Woodmen of the World Itulldlng
Association." The Incorporators
are ti. v . alt, r . M . siavens, ll-
llam Ganger, Warren Miller and II.
A. Cunning.
Present plans are to erect a two-
story structure.the lower story to be
used fur business purposes nnd the
second story to be used for lodge
rooms.
WORK STARTED ON TELEPHONE BUILDING;
AUTOMATIC SERVICE TO BE INSTALLED
Work was started Monday on a
telephone exchange building to be
erected on the former Dr. Watt prop
erty, corner of Sixth and State
streets, by the Home Telephone
Company.
Following the completion of the
building, the company announces
that It will Install what Is known
as an auto manual telephone equip
ment. This Is a semi automatic sys-
tern. Charles Hall, president of the
company, Is now In the East and has I
made a th. trough Investigation of
this system. His Investigation has
borne out. It Is stated, that It Is the
fundamentally correct telephone
svstein.
The new building will tie an at
tractive one from the architectural
standpoint aud Is to lie so construct
ed as to permit two more stories
being added to the one that will be
built this summer. It will be of
brltk, and the building, with the
new ci)t)tWiient. will represent an In
vestment of if.'O.OoO.
It Is announced that when the new
system Is Installed the local ciunpa
nv will have one of t he four most up
to-date exchanges In the world It
Is anticipated that during the next
ten years the great majority of ex
changes will, have adopted the new
auto manual system, w lilch Insures
pro npt nnd perfect service.
I'he Installation of this system
was inaiie necessary cm account ot
the dttticulty In getting local opera-
ators. This Is due to the fact that
the community Is so prnpcro'.is that
there are not a sutlhicut number of
girl looking for employment
In connection with the contem-
plated Improvements, it Is stated I
three o'clock, the Parkdale and
White Salmon teams lielng scheduled
to play.
After the game the greased pig will
lie released and the lucky man will
win the porker. A greased pole with
!-" at the top will also lie to place to
tempt the daring. Horse race for
cash prizes and mule races as well
are slated and numerous entries have
already been received.
According to the official program
there will be plenty of good things to
eat to lm had as "plenty of Park
dale's proud 'peaches' " will be on
hand to serve lunch to the hungry
under the auspices of the Ladles' Aid.
J. F. Thompson of Parkdale, a
member of the committee, was la the
city the first of the week making fin
al arrangements and reported that
everything Is In readiness for a big
celebration. And It will be a sane
Fourth as far as the picnic grounds
are concerned. Xo firecrackers will
be allowed on the grounds and this
rule will be enforced by a special dep
uty appointed for the day.
Methodist Church
Sunday school at 10:00 a.m. Preach
ing services at 11:00 a. m. Themes:
morning. "Kefuge;" evening, "Be
trayed." F.p worth League
at 7:00 p. ru. Prayer meeting on
Thursday evening at 8:00 o'clock.
All are cordially Invited to attend
these services. Strangers made wel
come. W. 1$. Young, Pastor.
Auto parade
sharp.
starts at 10 o'clock
STRAWBERRIES WERE
ONLY HALF A CROP
Owing to the unfavorable weather
conditions which occurred during the
strawberry season tt Ij estimated
that only about half a crop was har
vested. Keports from the I'nlon and
from the Davidson Fruit Company
show that 70 carloads of berries
were shipped this year. Last year
S4 carloads were shipped. The ship
ments this year approximated 40,000
crates. Last year the total wus
52,000.
Owing to the Increased acreage
this year It was anticipated that the
crop would Is? considerably larger
than last year, but the hot spell put
a crimp on the crop and greatly re
duced the yield.
that Hood Klver enjoys the distinc
tion of lielng the most highly devel
oped community from the stand
point of telephone service In the
world, there being more telephones
In this valley per capita thau In any
other community. At the same
time the patrons are necessarily
scattered over an unusually largi
area about 120 square miles. My
Installing the new system the local
company will In- better equipped
than ever before to give efficient
servlce
valley.
between nil potuts In the
MOVING PICTURES
TO SHOW CLIMBERS
j W hen the Mazama Club, composed
of experienced mountain clImlsTs,
! about fifty strong, scales M t. Hood
In a ci uple of weeks they w ill Is nc
icompaiiled by a moving picture
artist from Portland w ho ts deter
mined to obtain some views of the
climbers at the most hazardous
points of the ascent.
It Is nt. 'ltd that the moving plct
! lire man Intends to take the oppi.r
, tuiilty to obtain complete views of
jthe trip - the club's arrival In this
(ity; their hike to the snow line
and from there the ascent to tin
, summit of the mountain
j The views, when taken, will a l l
I another to the moving pletnrs reel
depleting Hood Klver scenes w hli h
are already In circulation, reels hav
ling tieeli taken this year and u couple
' of years ago of the valley during th.
blossom season.