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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Highest Grade Job Vrinting Ad-Vertisers Get "Results VOLUME 8, NUMBER 30 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1912 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Hood River Resident Kills Child and Self Crazed With Jealousy, Mrs. of This City Attempts Miss Shaw Charged That Results in Double Mr. WiiIhIi, who shot anil killed her son, Vincent, aged 4 years, and than II red three shot at her husband, und later shot mid killed herself, In her home In Portland, wn u dinner Hood lilver resident. Mr. Walsh wa formerly Mrs. A. R. 1 n Vlrt f t IiIm city. Her hllHliiuul won In the employe (if the Hood River Nt'WH nnd died here In lit Mi. The Portland account of the trag edy recites: Tuesday after killing her mm. Vin cent, aged 4 yearn, and firing three shots at her husband. It. W. Walsh, Mr. Nettle Walll, aged 2 nhot her mcK with dital results at tin Walnh home, MS Pant Stark street Tuesday morning. Shortly liefore the tragedy. Mm. Walnh teleihinei to a private de t.ttlve named IMIlou and told him he lii-ed not serve n warrant which she had caused to In Issued for hiiMtiand and MImm Shaw. "Thl thing I going to lie Mettled. It will lie nettled tiy me ni.d will Mettle It now In thl house," called Mr. Walsh over the 'phone. The crime came a a sequence to a series of threatii and attempt which have continued for more than a week, but which were not taken seriously until a few day ago when Mm. Walsh armed hemelf with a re volver, ami tried to Had her husband and JoHephlue Shaw, who she Im said to have lieen Insanely Jealous of and with whom idie thought her huMliand wa Infatuated. The couple were caught In a lonely catilu on the Clackamas road and Mm. WuIhIi, who had enlisted the aid of Heputy Sheriff Mile, of cluck ama county, whipped out n revol ver, threatening to kill her IiuhIihikI and the girl. Mile grabbed the en raged woman In time to prevent a tragedy and It wan thought the do mestic dlllicultleM of the couple were at an end when they consen ted to forget their trouble Sandfly. So far iih Is known no (uarrelH have taken place between them Mince the reconciliation and the first Inti mation that Mr. WalHh Mill harbor ed the Jealous rage came thin morn ing when nhe flipped Into the kitchen where WalHh wuh Ironing a collar. "I'm going to kill you, you dirty dog," she Hcreamed an nhe whipped the revolver from her waist and pointing It at the man, tired It three tlmi'M. Walsh made no attempt to cope with III wife but leaped out of a window. Mm. Walsh returned to the iM'droom, where the child waM playing. She II red a shot at Vincent and the hnl lied Hhrieklng with ter ror to an adjoining room. Mm, Walnd fired two more shot at the ALBANY DAMSEL FRIGHTENS SETTLERS While blackberry picking In the Parkdale Jungle, MIhh (iladyM Muck ey of Albany Im-cuiuc Hcparntcd from her friend. MIh Harriet Cooper of Portland and Ml Iew I of Oregon City. After nearchliig everal hour for their companion without success they became alarmed and nought as slstaneo. Searching partle were or ganized and with Alex Porter, the noted pathfinder, a their leader, a yteinatlc arch wan begun. TheHhcrlfY wn notllled to be on thelookout fora preposscsslngyoung lady, descrlU'd a being live feet, eight Inche tall, weighing 137 pound, wlthcheMtnut hair and hazel eye, and dreed In a well fitting gown of Alice blue. Night wn rapidly ap proaching and no tiding of t he ltd lag daiMMel, mo a second alarm wn Hounded anil Mavld Cooper, whoe voice wn a little hanky from shout lng for WIImoii, responded. A every one I aware, lave know every Inch of the valley and he wan not loi.g In rounding up the nilnnlng one. In relating her exier1enee, Mln Mackey declare nhe felt no nppre hennlon until within n nliort distance of her nbode when nhe heard the inoHt terrifying baying, of what nhe thought wn a pack of coyote, but later wan Informed that the weird Hound were only Menr. liny Itab Moil, Chet Walton, Chan. Moody ami Dean Twelve, the Parkdale quar tette practicing n new ode. Walsh, Pormer Kesident the Life of Mer Husband- With Breaking Up Nome Tragedy. back of the child' bead, both bullet taking effect and killing hi in I ti nt ant ly. Mr. Walnh had lined every shell lu the revolver and nlopp-d to reload the weapon. TliU nccompllnlied nhe turned the muzzle agalunt her right cheek and fired twice. The btilletn cranhed through her head. She fell unconscious, her brain dripping from the wound. Life remained In Mr. Walnh' body and the ICed Crow ambulance runhed her to St. Vincent', where she died at 2:20 p. in. The child' body was taken to the morgue. A few day UTore the tragedy Mr Walh telephoned to Minn Shaw who live at Oak irove, nnd told her to leave Walnh alone. Thl made Walnh fiirloiiH, and he Informed bin wife that he would leave her and never return. Having 'in Income, Mr. Walnh kept her husband In fund, although he occanlonally worked a a taxi driver. Mln Shaw wa employed a a clerk for fhtf Portland Taxi t'oni pany until a few day ago, when nhe quit. Walnh left Ills job about the name time. Private Infective lilllon ha been employed by the wife for Home time, am to him w an en t runted the warrant fur the arrent of Walnh and Mln Shaw, which Mr. Wulnh ald not to nerve when nhe wuh about to shoot. Pllloii think that Mr. Wulnh wan treated In a shame ful manner by Walh. After the crime when Walnh tied to Willamette ou the St. Jolmn line, the private de tective sturted after him. The re volver lined thl nuirulng wa not the one which Mr. Wulnh tried to une Sunday ou her hunband nnd the girl near Oak Grove, for that weapon I Mt 111 111 Dillon' possession. To Chief Slover Mr. Walnh nald that he ha a married nlnter lu Portland, and her ow n Income come from the Fast, and that she whh to receive $3)00 next month. NATIONAL APPLE BUILDING RUSHED The large apple cold storage plant of the National Appl" company that I being built near the went approach of the Mtcel bridge on the line of the Mt. Hood liallroad I liclug runhed to completion. A large crew of carpen ter are at work on the heavy frame work of the Htructure. The sill and lloom joint are being treated ton waterproofing procen. Manager Sprout state that they will lie ready to ntore appli'H a noon a the hciihoii require. A large 7.i ton Ice plant will furnlnh the refrigeration. A "." home power motor will be. ued to furnlnh the power. A contract ha been signed with the Hood River (in & P.lectrlc company to furnlnh the needed electrical energy. WILMER SIEG LEAVES ONJRIP EAST Wllmer Sleg left Thumday morning on the Spokane Flyer for u trip to eastern t ate In the Interest of the Hood lilver Apple tirowern' I'nlon of which he I manager. Mr. Sleg will visit all of the principal apple market In the camera ntaten ami will prepare to line up the bunlne for the fall nhtpmeiit of apple and pears. It I the policy of the union to make the widest distribution of Hood lilver npplcn thl year that It I poHHlble to make, and to make pre paration for the dlnponttlon of the future crop of tin' union. Mr. Sleg' extensive aci ua bit mice In the east ern stale preeminently lit 111 t a for the tank which he ha undertaken. E. R. PARKER OPENS NEW GARAGE I'. It. Parker, one of Hood lilver' premier chauffeurs who has Wen running the ".lack liabblt" for the accommodation of the public, ha opened a garage lu the lr. Watt con crete building at t he fool of Pourth treet. Mr. Parker I a practical machinist and understands the chug wagon' III and evil to a feather edge. A complete line of machinery lin I tec n IriHtalled and P. It. 1 ready for any bunlnen In hi line. POPULAR PASTOR TO PREACH AGAIN At the solicitation of many of the bunlnen men ami member of the Methodlnt church, lr. A. II. I.athrop, u former pantor here, ha council ted to preach again In Hood River, Sun day, July 2. at the M. K. church. Dr. Ruthrop ha been given n four week' vacation by hi church at Creston, Iowa, where hi pulpit 1 Is-liig nupplled without cot to him. The First M. K. church of Creton 1 one of t he bent appointment lu the I ten Moines conference, and pay It pantor 2300 per year. Just liefore Dr. I.athrop' leave of absence, the official board asked for his return for another year with nn Increase of $-"00 salary. The Trenton church cont $4.'i,000 and has one of the fluent pipe organ lu the state. It seat 1200 people. Dr. I.athrop preaches regularly to from NMl to 1KH) people. The iiiemtierHhlp of the church num ber 7(H), The Hinging I done by a Hpleiidhl male quartet. Pioneer Itinerant Fills Local Church Pulpit Rev. P. R. Spaulding Preaches to Hethodist Congre gation and Tells Church of Life in Hood River Over a Quarter of a Century Ago. Says Old Time Revival Spirit Needed in Churches Today. Ilev. F. It, Spaulding, who I one of the pioneer preacher In the Hood Itlvtr valley, preached to a large congregation at the Methodist church Sunday morning on the sub ject of "Man' Ite I a tl o n h hi p to Christ," and held hi hearer with deep Interest during hi Hernion. Frank Spaulding, a he wa com monly known to the earlier settler of the Hood Itlver valley, wa one of the first preacher to Invade Hood Itlver with the message of Christian ity. Frank wa a veritable cyclone In hi early day. He wa eloijiient and logical; clean In the use of words and sincere lu the superlative. He could crowd more words Into the space of thirty minutes In hi young er duy than any preacher who ha ever visited Hood lilver. "P.llly" Sunday ami Dan Shannon not ex cepted. Frank came to Hood Itlver nearly 30 year ngo and nt a time when the religion center of this nectloii was located at P.eltnoiit. It wn here that the annual cniiipmectlng were held that ntlrred the region round about. Cannier came from nil nee tlon nnd remained during the meet ing. Frank wa the kingpin and W, 0. W. HOLD ANN U ALELECTI 0 N At a meeting of the local camp Women of Woodcraft held at the K. of P. hall Thursday evening, the fol lowing ollleer were elected to nerve for the following year: Mr. Julia Wall, Guardian Neighbor; Mr. (Catherine Slaven, A d v I o r; Mr. Mary F.by. Magician; Mm. Helen Norton, ('aptaln of (iuards; Ml U'nora Wall Musician; Mr. Mattle Nlckeleti, A 1 1 en d a n t; Mr. Anna AmleiHoii, lnnlde Sentlnal. News Snapshots Of the Week V - r t otinte (ie UKKl the ense of William Turlnier of Illinois. The house voted to Uupem-h Judge Robert W. Anhbiild. OFFICIAL STATISTICS HOOD RIVER COUNTY The olllclal statistic of Hood lilv er county and city compiled by the bureau of censu for the year 1!(10 give the following figures: Population County N.0KJ City 2.3.11 Ily precinct: Baldwin 1.0S4 Kat Hood River 1,(1 Fall Kin Hood Ulver Center 1,007 Odell 720 South Hood Hlver 1.34." Wet Hood Itlver 1,331 Population Hood liiver: 1MW 201 1000 7W 11)10 2,1.11 The per cent of Increane In populu tlon In the city of Hood lilver for the pat 10 year a compared with oth er cltle In the tttate places Hood Hlver pretty well at the head of the clan. every one knew that If he was there thing would go. Often when the crowd would crowd the preacher off the pulpit platform In order to find a place to !t down, Frank could aseanlly walk a narrow plauk or the back railing of a seat while he wa preaching a tin? average clergy man could stand with safety on a twentieth century pulpit platform. Itev. Spaulding wus pantor of the Methodlnt church In thl city about 14 year ago. TRIO HAVE HARROW ESCAPE ON HOOD Will HuggtiiH, Kd Franz and Fred Coshow, three young men from the city, had a narrow escape on Mt. Hood Sunday n they made the as ceut of the mountain. The three young men made the climb without a guide, leaving camp nt 0 o'clock in the morning. However, after climb ing about two-thirds of the way up, a sudden storm arose ami nearly swept the boys from off their feet. It wa with dltflculty that'they were able to retain their footing on the teep Icy glaciers. A heavy hall storm added to the misery of the oc casion. The storm nrose without warning and after a futile attempt to retain their ground the young men were forced to return down the mountain to camp. United Brethren Church Oak and Sixth. Sunday School at 10 a. in. Sermon and morning wor ship at 11 a. in. ('. K. at 7 o'clock. At N p. hi. the pastor will speak on "The Testimonies of Two Converts to Christianity One n Pharisee of the First Century, The Other n Fill tartan of the Twentieth Century." Special music for both services. Fv. erybody welcome, .lames Itiichnunn Parsons, mlnlnter. V; f M?C0MBS The tintlonnl Prohibition convention wns held In Atlmitle City. N .1 Ameri.iin athlete triumphed at the (linpte games lu Stockholm. Pat MclVainld broke the world re. ord for the sholput w ith n heave of .'si f.vt 4 Inches, nnd Meredith, a seh..l bov. created a new world re'ord when he run Ni meters In 1 minute ."! ! b stn onds. Wlllhiin I . McComb was offered Hie mnnniremeiit of the Wilson raiiiiwlgn. nnd Chi lies LOCAL PHYSICIAN SUED FOR S50, 000 DAMAGES Klmer Percy Adams, of the Upper Valley, ha filed suit In the circuit court for Hood lilver county against Dr. F. C. BroMus asking for $50,000 damage because the doctor failed to reach the home of the plaintiff on call to attend Mr. Adam, wife of the plaintiff, In a case of Uluess. It I alleged In the complaint that Mr. Adam met with an accident that cauned premature childbirth and that Dr. Rroslus was called but after traveling part way to the place of the plaintiff, defendant refused furth er to pursue hi Journey, nnd that In so doing the defendant was neglect ful and careless. Dr. Kunaga wa called at 2 o'clock the following morning and arrived at the plaintiff's home four hour later and found Mr. Adam In a sinking condition and that she sank to her death. For the mental an guish caused the plaintiff he nsks for the sum of $.i(),00 damage. Attorney J. H. Stevenon, J. F. Logan and I. N. Smith of Portland are attorney for the plaintiff. Dr. Rroslus 1 one of the pioneer physlclau of Hood Itlver and has always been prominently Identified with the social nnd civic Interest of the city nnd valley. He ha been a large property holder In Hood Itlver and a ruenilier of the city council for many year. The cau will be filed for trial at the October term of court. CHRISTIAN CHURCH HOLDS BIG EATS "Rig Time Here Tonight, Much Katln' Going On, Koine" wa the sign thut struck the pedestrians In the face a they pansed along Park street Thursday lu front of the Chris tian church. A the night shades be gan to gather the "eatln' " crowd weuded It way to the grove north of the tabernacle and after a eoclul hour spent In handshaking and joy ous conversation there sure enough was "much eatln' going on." Ice cream and cake were served by a nurulier of pretty young girl that made most fellows cut two dishes before he obeyed the prompting of hi better judgment to give the other fellow a show. Methodist Church Sunday school at 10:00 a. m. Preach ing services nt 11:00 a. m. and p. in. Itev. A. H. Lathrop will occupy the pulpit Sunday morning. Theme for the evening service, "L o v e ' s P r o d I ga 1 1 tjy." Fpworth league nt 7:00 p. m. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at :00 o'clock. All are cordially Invited to attend these services. Strangers made wel come. W. H. Young, Pastor. HOOD RIVER COUNTY LOSES A CITIZEN Through a description forwarded the sheriff of Marlon county by the penitentiary authorities It wa learn ed Wednesday that an "honor man" by the name of Henry .lone had ef fected his escape from Camp ltcnson near Hood lilver on .Inly 14. He w as serving it sentence of from one to seven yenm from Dougla county. Murray Kay, county surveyor, has charge of the engineering work, but ha nothing to do with the guarding of the honor crew. 'ai 1 iUVMFT ,P.i1 I ' ' fftA'j: SLa tV?-..Vi3 v j MORAL PftOl 1 LM I On CONUN I 1. Ililles wn honeu to dike charge of Horticultural Chautau qua Assured for Valley Executive Committee Appointed from City and Coun ty Organizations Holds Meeting and Arrange for Preliminaries. Upper Valley Site to be Selected for Scene of Gathering. The Hood Itlver Valley Horticul tural Chuutnuium I a sure go and you might as well get ready for the big time. A meeting of the Execu tive committee consisting of Ieslle Butler, John It. Putnam. Geo. I. Sar gent, A. W, Peter and H.Connoway was held at the Commercial (Tub room Monday forenoon and arrange ment were made for the Initial work of the society. Secretary Scott of the Commercial Club was elected permanent secre tary of the organization. The permanent name for the or ganization will be adopted at the Hrt meeting when all present will be given an opportunity to vote their preference. The first nieetlug thl season will be held In August from the 22nd to the 24th. A Bite will be chosen In the Upper Valley either at Parkdale or the Lava ISeds. Arrangement will be made for transportation from Purk dale In the event thut the Lava lied are chosen. Arrangement will be made to rent tents for the entire session If you pre fer thl method to bringing your ow n tent. Get In touch with the committee on ground and Informa tion will be gladly given. If you wunt them to select a camping place for you, let the committee kupw. The following committees were ap pointed by the executive committee and it wn arranged to have one member of thl committee serve on City Disposes of the First Block of Bonds $36,000 Worth of City Bouds Sold to Seattle Firm at Good Premium---floney to Be Used to Pay for Water Plant Bond Buyers Eager After Issue. At a meeting of the felty council Monday night, there were 13 bid In the baud of the recorder for the $3(5, IKK) bonds placed on the market by the city, and a large numlsr of the companies entering bid had their representative on the ground. The bond were sold to the firm of Car tens & Farles, of Seattle, for a premium of f 10.M for 10-year ." 1-2 per cent paper. A bid wa submitted by Causey Foster & Co., of Denver, who offered premium on the Issue with the Interest at ."1 per cent. However, the representative had failed to Insert the Interest rate In hi bid, nnd while present to state to the council that It wa nn overnight, It wa ruled that the bid would be Irregular and wa therefore not considered. The f :li!,(MHl will ! used to redeem the outstanding wurrrnt glveu to pay for the city water system. A petition wa preseuted to the council by resident oil Oak street asking that oil bound macadam be i iVlni i int the Tuft forces. The Vnlted Stute each of the sub-commit tees. Ground and tents: It. K. Duncan. Stanton Allen, Geo. I. Sargent, C. K. Marshall, M. D. Odell and U. Wood worth. Transportation and Finance: W. Hooker. P. S. Davidson, A Mason, G. M. I'ptegrove and CJ. Furgeon. (ominIary: John Mohr, ('. D. V. I. E. n. ThompHon, Frank Davidson, Italph Itoot, H. Connoway and J. K. Put nam. Publicity: J. D. Thomlson and C. D. Nlckelen. MAZAMAS MAKE JECORD RUN The sixty mountain climbers, who arrived In Hood Itlver for the trip to Mt Hood, were transferred by special train to Parkdale over the Mt. Hood Railroad company's Une. As soon a the party entered the train they proceeded to prepare their lunch to eat on the way, believing that they would have "time to throw at the birds." However, things proved different, and before the party had their lunches half eat en the train w hlstled for Parkdale, greatly to the surprise of the tour ist. The run was made from Hood Itlver In ') minutes. This Is at a clip of about 30 miles per hour, the pas senger schedule between Portland and Hood River. laid from 4th to 10th streets. Residents of Cascade ave. petition ed to have the street cleaned and ailed. (ieo. Lawrence sent a communica tion to thecouncll protesting against the laying of nphalt or blthulltle on the cross streets, and recommended beveled brick or macadam. The city marshal was ordered to notify property holder who have trees near the sidewalk to keep them trimmed high enough to be out of the way of pedestraln. The recorder was ordered to ad vertle for bid so recodify aud print the ordinance. A motion wa made to declare the clrcu grouud a nuisance when so occupied. The health committee will settle the matter. New service pipe are to Is? con nected with the Oak street main. It wa proposed that a committee from the council and a committee of citizens lie sent to Portland to Inves tigate the several kinds of pavements to determine what would be liest for Hood River. A bill for damages amounting to jiliNl was tiled against the city by I'.d Lage for damage sustained to hi buggy and Injuries to hi wife a a result of the gravel pile lu the street near the National Apple company' warehouse, that caused the buggy to upset. The matter wa referred to the Judiciary committee. NEW PIPE ORGAN DELIGHTS AUDIENCE Riverside Congregational church I the pioneer church to Install a full grown pipe organ In Hood River. A large iiuiuln'r of the tuemls'r of the congregation gathered at the church to hear the i.ew Instrument and nil were pleased with the demonstration made by an eipert pipe organist who g'lve an Informal concert oii'tic new organ The Instrument 1 of the two manual type and 1 especially sweet toned tu the lower and softer registers. 1 1 Is expected to have the new church ready for dedication by the lirst of Si'ptc inU-r.