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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
Highest Grade
Job Trinling
Ad'Oerllserj
Get Hejuttj
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 28
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Record-Breaking Crowd
Enjoys the Celebration
Mood River's Fourth of July
Program of Interesting
a Hitch--A wards Made
GivenNo Accidents
Hood River's Fourth of .Inly ecle
lirntton wits a great success. Weath
er coniltttiiiiH proved Ideal anil there
wan a record-breaking crowd In nt
teixlfinre from The Dalles ami other
neighboring towiiM. All the events
went off Hinoot lily and everylioily de
clared the program an excellent one.
Mayor Blunchnr led the automo
bile parade, which utarteil about
10::O o'clock. There were about "."
cars In line, many of them very at
tractively decorated and all loaded
with chlidren, who greatly enjoyed
the event. The judges were ('. A.
I'liith. .1. P. Lucas mid Mr. F.tnery of
Chicago. Miss Ignore Adnins took
the cup for the bent touring car and
I. A. DavldHon wan awarded the
cup for the second bent. Dr. 10. ).
hutro carried off the cup for the iiiomI
attractively decorated runabout.
Ilarr.v DeWitt and William linker In
a comic ear scored a distinct hit,
their HtuntH creating much amuse
ment. The parade wan enlivened by
the local band which rode lu the big
truck of the White Motor Car Com
pany. TIiIh band played at frequent
Intervnls during the day and render
ed music which wan greatly enjoyed.
The band wan compiled of Fred
Vogel, A L. Page. Will Zolln, NelHon
Finery, Webster Kent. Louis Isen
berg. C. I). Nlckclsen. (ieorge Zolln,
10. A. Klncald and Arthur Clarke,
n In. L. 10. Dawson, and A. McCully
of The Dalles and 1'hoiiiaH Hill of
iodic ntlalf.
After the auto parade the patriotic
exercises were held In the library
park. Mayor Itlanchar presided. A
chorus of women, directed by Mm.
Charles llenney and acco npantod by
MIhm Kvh ItriK-k on the organ, sang
"America." After an Invocation by
Rev. W. B. Young, Attori.ey John
B iker rend the Declaration of Inde
ciiileiice. Mm. llenney and Mrs.
Sletloli then sang 'The Hem of the
Ocean." District Attorney Fred W.
Wilson delivered the address of the
day In an Intercut lug nnd elociuent
fashion. The exercises closed with
the Hinging of "The Star Spangled'
Banner."
At 1 ::til o'clock large crowds gath
ered on bol h Hide of ( ink m m l and
watched with Intercut the athletic
contests. The various awards were
an follow:
."lO-yard dash for men won by Wll
Hum (taker, time ." '2 "i seconds, $:t
100 yard iIumIi for boyn under 12
won by Iico Whorlow, time 1:1 .'I -I
sccotidn, $:l.
7."-yard dash for girls under 111 won
by Loin llaruelt. Ill hccoihIh, $.1.
Fat man's ". yard dash won by
Pete Shlveley, time H 4.1 seconds,
KM) yard dash for men won by
HaiiH llixrllne, 10 it -I sivoti.ls. $..
Kclny potato race for Iio.vh under
1.1 won bv Dollsle P. Krclsle', $2.
LOCAL ELKS TURN OUT
GRAND LODGE
A large delegation of local F.Iks,
accompanied by their wives, families
and frlendn, w ill leave on the F.Iks'
special at !l:4.1 o'clock thin afternoon
to attend the grand lodge reunion at
Portland.
The Dalles lodge, of which local
lOlkn are mcinberH, will be about
400 si rong. It is expected. They have
arranged for a Bisection tourist
HleeHT, a comblnat Ion buffet and
baggage car nnd three day coachen.
The sleeper will be for the line of lOlkn
for sleeping accommoilatloiiM and
will be at the disposal of tlieiuem
bern of the antlereil herd until the
morning of .lul.v l.'l.
When the big parade In pulled off
the local F.lkn will he there lu full mil
form, which In of a decidedly effective
character, which Is a purple blanket
on which, In white. In Inscribed an
elk's head and the let tern It. P. O. 10.
:iu:t. Thin blanket In but il part of
the elaborate get-up of an Indian
chief which the locals will wear. It
In expected that thin demonstration
will make a big hit nnd possibly pull
down a few prlr.es.
For the lienellt of the mem her
who live In Sherman, Wheeler, (ill
Haul nnd Crook counties, special
coaches were placed at Slwiulko,
Wasco and Item), and two smvImI
coaclien will carry the Hood River
member,
Is Great Success--Day'
Events Goes Off Without
in the Different Contests
Mar Day.
(itrlM potato race won by Helen
Bishop,
0.1-van! nack race for boys won by
LI nu Ay red, fJ.
2l'0 vard (IhmIi for men won by
Hans Hoerlt In. UJ seconds, $.1.
7.1 yard dash for hoy under 12 won
by Charles Sluvens, ii hccoihIh :!,
Three-legged race for boyn won by
Willie Loner aud Matt I luckier,
yards. 11 ;l 4 seconds, $i"
Running broad Jump won by Wil
liam Itaker, 21 feet, $:t.
KtO-viird daHh for men won by
William HuggtiiH, $.1.
Nall-ilrlvlng content for women
won by Minn Ruth Hlllntrom, $2.
Tug of war between cant and went
sides, with nine men on each Hide,
won by the cant Hide, $10.
The Jiidgen were K. It. Hould and
Frank Davidson,
The two local teamn met In n banc
ballgfiine played at Columbia Park
at three o'clock. Thin wan won by
the Heights, ncore 0 0. While the
game wan In progreHnon the Helghtn
the band entertained thorn who re
matned downtown.
Much Interent wan taken In the
hone races bewecn the Hood lilver
nnd Dulles departmentn, which were
held on State street at 4:W o'clock.
feature of the run by The Dulles
department wnn t he v ret ling match
which one of the visiting firemen had
with the horn. He wan getting con
Mlderably the wornt of It anil wan
being drugged around the Htreet until
hln comraden came to hln assistance.
Many of the spectators also gut uu
unexpected shower bath. The Dalles
time wan ,'!( Hecondn, while the local
boyn did theHtunt In '12 .'1 4 Hecondn,
thereby winning the f.Ki prize. The
Dulles team forfeited the hub to hub
race by refunlng to run and the local
team took the $2.1 prlr.e.
The ii dm tic HtuntH proved enter
taining and amusing mid were wit
nt'HMcil by a good sized crowd, .lack
Suthoff won the .10 yard nwlmtnlug
race and took the $:i prize. In the
diving content (ieorge Itragg took
first honorn and the $11. There were
three entrien lathe log rolling con
test and thin proved a laugh pro
voker. All tli ret rode the log at the
Name time, Matt I luckier retaining
hin position the longest and winning
the $:(. He alno proved mont pro
licicnt la walking the greased pole
and after neveral diicklugn, which
were shared with the other contest
ants, he HUcceeded lu catching tin?
Hag from the end of tin pole, thus
securing another $:l.
After another baud concert In the
evening the fireworks were net off
from a small Island In the river. The
display wan a brilliant one nnd wan
iinlvernally admired. After the fire
works the eventn of the day closed
witli the grain! ball, which wan
largely attended.
IN FORGE FOR
SESSION AT PORTLAND
The grand parade of lOlkn, the feat
ure of the week's entertainment, will
lie held tomorrow. In the evening
Council ('rent will be visited, t hln re
sort having been reserved for the
F.Iks nnd their families.
(n Friday a licet of naval and
merchant vessels will carry lOlkn and
their families down the Willamette
and Columbia rivers In the evening
the annual grand ball will take place
at the Multnomah hotel.
JAPANESE PURCHASE
A $20,000 RANCH
A number of local .Inpatient, organ
ized an the Hood lilver Farm Com
pany, purchased ,. Sherman Frank's
ItO acre orchard In the Oak drove din
trlct last week, t he consideration be
ing $20,000. Thin In t he place upon
which Mr Frank formerly made his
home. All of the !t0 acres In net to
treen. ranging In nge from two to
four yearn. It Is Improved with a
house nud barn. The Hood Klver
Farm Company Includes Mguma
brothers and associates. They have
taken ponenslon.
Mlsn Frances Itragg returned
Wednesday from .luneail, Alaska,
where sin has been teaching In the
public schools during the past year
BOY HERO AT MOSIER DIES TRYING
TO RESCUE HIS DROWNING COMPANION
While trying to Have a drowning
companion at Monler Saturday, IOr
nest King, a young boy of Hint
place, lost hln life. Alex Carlson, for
whom he sacrificed hln life, wan re.
Huseltuted.
The two boyn went swimming In
a pool just above the falls In Monler
creek. The King boy could swim,
but Carlson could not and contented
himself with wading In the shallow
er part of the pool. In un Incautious
monirnt, however, he approached
too near the brink of the falls nud
wan carried over Into the deep pool
beneath.
When young King heard Ids com
panion cry he at once ran to the
brink of the falls and dove Into the
pool beneath. Indications showed
that King struggled to carry hln
companion to the shore and succeed
ed In getting him to the rocks In the
shallower part of the pool. There
King either became exhnusted or fell
aud stunned himself on the rocks,
slipping back Into deep water.
There wan a third smaller boy In
Says Rigid Inspection
of Packs
Professor Lawrence, in Talk at Commercial Club,
Urges Necessity of Maintaining Hood River's
Reputation By Keeping the Apple Pack Up to
Standard--Discusses His Work.
That there must lie a rigid Inspec
tion of apple packs thin Fall If Hood
Klver In to continue to maintain her
reputation an the leading apple-pro-duclng
section, was the declaration
made by Professor Lawrence In a
short talk at the Commercial Club
luncheon Saturday.
"It In either going to be necessary
to let Hood Itlver'n reputation go by
default or else Insist upon n rlgM In
cpcctlon and require that fruit Ik
packed according to the require
ments, said rrofessor Lawrence.
"For the past two or three years
there has I teen a tendency to drop be
low the Hood Klver standard and un
less tie matter Is given greater at
tention this year, Hood Itlver'n rep
utation In going to suffer."
Professor Lawrence referred to the
Inspection of fruit la connection with
the subject of the proposed expert
ment station. He said that with
Hiich a station and the additional
help which would le thus made
available hln depart men t would be
enabled to pay more attention vo
the proper Inspection of packH.
Mr. Lawrence wan Invited by Sec
retary Scott to explain something
about the experiment station nnd In
no doing he gave nome Interesting
facts concerning tht work which hln
department In now doing. In this
connection he said that unlenn the
experiment station wan secured a
mnnlier of the Investigations which
have I teen started would have to be
suspended on account of hln being
unable to handle them alone. The
Idea In to secure an appropriation
from the next legislature so that no
additional expense will be assumed
by the county. Mr. -Lawrence said
In substance:
"Investigations nre now under
way to determine the nature of the
soils In the valley, both as to their
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BI?YAN ADDRtSSTNUlONlJ
Mews Snapshots
Of (he Week
followers fonglit hard for the president
tie i ore the convention, ns .,. expected
fjelng hehL
the party and he run for help. When
men arrived they fouud King In the
pool. dead. Carlsou still showed
signs of life and heroic efforts to
bring back the flickering spark of life
finally proved successful.
The King boy's funeral wan held
Monday afternoon and was largely
attended.
"BILLY" SUNDAY IS
TO SPEAJLAT ODELL
"Hilly" Sunday, the noted evangel
ist, arrived a few days ago to spend
the summer at his ranch near Odell,
where he w ill stay cloHe to Nature
and rest from his labors during the
past year. Mr. Sunday has con
sented to fill the pulpit at the Colon
church at Odell next Sunday at the
11 o'clock service. On account of hin
world-wide reputation nn one of the
most eloquent of pulpit orators, It In
expected that a large congregation
will take this opportunity to hear
him.
is Necessary
chemical and physiological constitu
ents lu order to give local ranchers
and orchardlsts a scientific nnd ac
curate Idea of the type of noil upon
which they are working.
"We are alno working on samples
of noil to detcrmlue their acidity. It
has been found that upplcs grow
bent upon non-acid or neutral hoIIh.
All of the soils In this valley contain
acids In more or lens quantities. This
can lie neutralised by use of lime and
when The rancher knot's Just how
much acid there Is tn hln soil he will
Is able to use the requisite amount
(f lime.
"Investigations nre also Itelng
made as to the water capacity of the
different soils In the valley. Thin ca
pacity han been found to vary con
siderably. It han also lieen found
that the use of water for Irrigation
han a considerable effect on the keep
ing qualities of the apples. This lte
lng the case, determination of the
water capacity of the different soils
will lead to the more Judicious une of
water for Irrigation.
"Two subjects of especial local In
terest are winter Injury and dry rot.
So far no definite conclusions have
been reached an to the cause of win
ter Injury nor how best tocombat It.
From a small start It has spread un
til It Is to Ik found In many of the
local orchards and now constitutes
an Important subject for Investiga
tion. It Is now believed that It Is
due to a form of bnccllus nnd experts
are of the opinion that It Is related
In Its nature to the dry rot. Were
an experiment station established
here an expert could devote hln entire
time to the study of this subject.
"Investigations would also lie
made as to the use of the commercial
fertilizers. These are now being used
Inconsiderable quantities, hut more
or less on guess work, and It Is
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Ollie .billies of Kent m k v wlettiHl us peitnii ncni i li.ili iinm of tlie 1 'em. x in lie uatinn.-il cotiiiuitteo nud tmih tils place ut the
Italtitnore cunventlon, micceedliiK Alton B. I'nrker of New York, n ho wni temporary chairman. William J. I'.ryan. who a.
(lefented in the election for temponiry chalriiimi, iittarkeil the Interests" in n. lone speech on the ti.Hir of the convention. WikhI
row Wilson of New Jersev nnd Cluimi) Clnrk of Missouri were cheered enthusiastically t the delegates mid giilleries. and theli
lal nomination. The names of Governor
The balloting for cuudulates broks all
LOCAL TRANSFERS
OF REAL ESTATE
The following Hales of real estate
are reported for the past week:
A. L Kaufman and wife to James
It. White, lot 2, block C, Harrett Slp
mu Addition, $12-10.
Sherman J. Frank and wife to
Hood Itlver Farm Company, JIO acres
at Oak (irove, $20,0o0.
Wilbur H. Allen and wife to Anna
K. linker about 10 acres In I'pper
Valley.
Violet (J. L. Lngeto Henry F. Iage
undivided half of five acres at Pine
(Jrove.
Stuart and Ferguson Tlmlter Com
pany to A. M. Heach, 00 acres south
of Fir.
Florence T. Winters and husband
to Milton Sharp, lot 5, block 4, Ov
erview Park Addition.
Wesley W. Smith and wife to Har
old Hershner, lots 3 and 4, Park Ad
dition. Harold Hershner to Wesley W.
Smith and Kuby IS. Smith, lots '! aud
4, block 2, Park Addition.
W. O. McCoy and wife to Albert H.
Shelley, 20 acres In Duke's Valley.
Seneca Fouts to Marjorte 10. Pouts
lots 0 and west half of lot .1, block 6,
Waucoma, consideration $lyM(.
I'ulted Artisans SiH'lety to D. Mac
Donald, lots 7 and S, block It, Hood
Itlver Proper.
Thomas Shere and wife to C. 10.
(iandy and wife. 10 acres at Oak
(irove.
James H. Johnson to Paul Neldcn,
10 acres north of Pnrkdalc.
Kede L. Delano and others to Sakrt
A. Anderson, 10 acres near Odell.
John H. Kols-rg to (ilbraltar De
velopment Company, 10 acres near
Stanley Point.
(ieorge K. WIIIkt and wife to 1011a
J. L. WllU-r. undivided one-third In
terest In west half of lots 3 and 4,
block C. Hood Itlver.
FINE ILLUMINATION
BY TWOJOMPANIES
In addition to the effective decorat
ing done by the business men for the
Fourth, one of the most attractive
features was the Illumination of the
principal streets with red, white and
blue lights, which were festooned
along and ncross the streets. This
wnn done through the courtesy of
the Hood Klver (las & Klectrlc Com
pany, which furnished the juice and
strung the wlrts and the Klectrlc
Wiring & Supply Company, which
furnished the material.
doubtful whether the liest possible
results are being obtained. A proper
study of thin subject would make It
possible to scientifically determine
Just what klDd of fertilizers the dif
ferent soils ueed nnd how much.
The Influence of fertilizers on the
keeping qualities of the fruit would
also 1m an Important subject."
Professor Lawrence referred to the
fight which had been made to eradi
cate the fire blight. It was hoped
thin spring that thin pent had been
stamped out of the valley, but dur
ing the past few days a numlter of
canen have been reported and It In
still a live subject.
"With a station here," continued
Mr. Lawrence, It "would be possible
to have a man on duty In the otliee
all the time In order to answer tele
phone calls and receive reports from
all parts of the valley."
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nvonls of iH-UKHratlc national conventions, two exciting nil n Igtit sessloiu
Royal Welcome is Given
Union's New Manager
Wilmer Sieg's Arrival From Hilwaukee Is Marked by
Demonstrations on Part of Local Business f1en
and OrchardistsShriners Entertain Guest at
Banquet Public Reception Held.
A royal welcome was extended'
Wilmer Sleg, the new manager of the
Hood River Apple Growers' Union,
who arrived from Milwaukee last
Wednesday. Local orchardlnts and
business men, the Shrlnern, members
of the Union and everybody Interest
ed In the continued prosperity of the
cominuuily assisted In extending to
Mr. Sleg the welcoming hand.
Upon leaving Milwaukee Mr. Sleg
was the recipient of many honors at
the bands oj bis business associates,
the Milwaukee Shrluers, of whose
temple he Is a past potentate, and
from the several civic organizations
with which he has leen prominently
connected. An escort of railroad
men accompanied blm ou a part of
the trip and every courtesy was ex
tended him en route.
Arrlvlug here he was met by a lo
cal delegation. Upon registering at
the Hotel Oregon Mr. Sleg signed
himself "Wilmer Sleg, Hood Itlver,
Oregon," and declared that he bad
burned the bridges behind htm and
cast his fortunes with Hood Klver.
Friday morning Mr. Sleg was tak
en for an automobile trip through
the valley. He was escorted by I'. S.
Davidson, Frank B. Deem, Leslie
Hutler. K. W. Prutt, W. H. Dlckerson,
W. E. King, Dr. Stanton Allen and
J. H. Heilbrooner, They went up
the I0at Side and thence to the Up
per Valley and to the beautiful home
of Col. and Mrs. Tucker. There they
were hospitably received aud a de
licious luncheon was served.
The party returned by way of Park
dale and stopped while enroute to
the city at Kalnbow Itanch, where
they were entertained by Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. King. Mr. Sleg was delighted
with the valley and exclaimed at Its
many beauties, as well as at Its high
agricultural development.
Friday evening the local Shrlners
entertained Mr. Sleg at a sumptuous
banquet which was served at the
Hotel Oregon. Carl A. I'lath, depu
ty potentate, presided. Mr. Sleg
EXPLOSION COSTING BOY HIS RIGHT
HAND MARS THE FOURTH AT PARKDALE
An unfortunate accident some
what marred the success of the
Fourth of July celebration at Purk
dale. Oeorge Kidder, who Is spend
ing the summer In the I'pper Valley
with hln parents, had his right hand
blown off by a cannon cracker.
Young Kidder was playing with
firecrackers, In company with a ntim
lierof other boys, just at the edge of
the picnic grounds. The big cracker
exploded w hile he wan still holding
It In his hand. The member was ho
badly mangled that It was found
necessary to amputate It. Mrs. Kid
der was so overcome by the accident
that she fainted and upon recovering
her senses again fainted. The boy
was hurried In an automobile to the
local hospital for treatment and It Is
reported that he Is doing as well as
could be expected.
Booths were erected In the grove
and also scats and a grand staud.
made a short talk, expressing his ap
preciation of the royal reception
given him and bis pleasure at finding
such a strong body of Shrlners in
Hood Itlver. A number of short
talka were made by R. II. Wallace,
H. F. Davidson, C. K. Marshall, W.J.
Kaker, A. D. Moe, Colonel W. F.
Tucker, C. H. Stranaban. R. " W.
Pratt, Truman Hutler, A. U. Lewis
and K. Walstrom of Minneapolis.
Others who were present at the
banquet Included Dr. H. L. Durable,
C. H. Jenkins, H. S. Oalltgan, W. L.
Clarke, L. S. Miller, W. H. Taft, F. E.
Deem, J. K. Carson, A. M. Anderson,
F. M. Francis. H. T. DeWltt. P. H.
Davidson, V. E. Sherman, Fred LIs-
co, Albert Peart, II. B.Johnson. M.S.
Smith, F. W. Laraway, Clarence Cof
fin and J. M. Wright.
About 200 were present at the re
ception which was tendered Mr. Slea
at the Commercial Club Saturday
evening. Mayor Itlanchar presided
at the meeting. In Introducing the
guest of honor Mayor Blanchar re
marked ttat there are times In the
apple Industry as In every other
when men's souls are tried and when
difficulties present themselves. He
declared that the Hood River Apple
Growers' Union Is an I n s 1 1 1 u 1 1 o a
which Is closely connected with the
prosperity of the valley and said
that It was a source of satisfaction
to have at Its head a man who, on
account of his long experience and
natural endowments, will be emi
nently qualified to cope with the
problems.
Mr. Sleg made an excellent Impres
sion with his brief talk. He said
that he bad linked his fortunes with
those of Hood Klver and hoped he
might Itenefit the valley and himself
also by the move. He expressed his
appreciation of the warm reception
tendered him and paid the valley,
which he bad been shown, afine
compliment.
Following Mr. Sieg's talk an In
formal reception was held and tasty
refreshments were served.
Harmon's orchestra furnished music
during the day.
The ahtletlc events were run off In
the morning. Cash prizes were given
for the different events, which were
won as follows:
100-yard dash: Del Hutson first,
Frank Hutson second.
High Jump: Harry Gordon first,
(Jeorge Baker second.
Broad Jump: (ieorge Baker first,
Del Hutson second.
Sack race: Homer Rogers first, E.
('. Euwer second.
Three-legged race: Frank and Del
Hutson first. Homer Rogers and Jess
Hutson second.
Standing broad jump: William
To I ey first, Ned Van Horn second.
Half mile run: Del Hutson first,
Homer Rogers second.
The nall-drlving contest was one
of the most Interesting of the events.
There were about a dozen entrants
and Mrs. Paul Hubbard took the
first prize, with Mrs. C. A. Puddy
second.
The greased pig chane created con
siderable amusement and the elusive
porker was finally captured by
Frank Hiitsnti.
Other events Included a M yard
dash for boys and a 50 yard dash for
girls.
After dinner the patriotic exercises,
were held In t he grove, tin speakers
bi -lug Rev. i:. A. Harris of Hood Rlv.
it and Rev. W. L. Nan Nitys of the
Upper Valley.
A hast ball game was played In the
afternoon Itetwceii two local teams
The day's program concluded with
a ball lu the evening.
!. II stelnhoff and family returned
the last of the wi-ck after having
twi'ti away for a mouth on an nuto
mobile tour to Seattle. They fil
lowed the route of the I'm I fie High
way lietweeu Yancou ver.' Wnsh , nud
j Scuttle and report itnmt of the road
III I X. client, condition. All asphalt,
highway Is being constructed U
twceli Seattle and Tacniiia, hk h
will 111 iikc thin an Meal ! rip for imto-
mobiles.