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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (July 31, 1912)
THE HOOD RIVER NEWS,. WEDNESDAY, JULY 31, 1912 . FORMER HOOD RIVERJITIZEN The following obituary of J allien McBaln appeared In Sunday's Ore gonlau 1n a dispatch from Wahkla cus. anil , where Mr. Mcltalu re sided after leaving Hood Klver: "James McBaln. who dlt'tl here re cently, wait prominent In t li Indus trial development of thin section. He was horn at Aberdeen, Scotland. Juucl Ivil. I'ntll 16 year of age he followed the occupation of shep herd boy for the tloek masters of the HI;Mands. Then he entered us an apprentice to a niarblecutter and stonemason. After ti'e years he Incompleted his service aud came to America, landing In New York In lvI. "He did hi first stone work In America In Cypress cemetery, near New York City. He came to the Cascade hock lu IMC, where he w orked four year until the comple tion of the lock. He then moved to llmwl River, w here he laid the foun dations of the Baptist, 1'nltarlnn. Kplscopallan and Catholic churches The latter cathedral has a corner atone that Is two feet feet liy ten feet that ha wrought within, a recep tacle for the church' archives, that testifies to the skill of Mr. McCain as a atoneworker. "He opened marbleworka at Hood Klver In H0'J. which he conducted nine year. He married Miss Lola J. Itennlson at Portland In lvj:. There urvlve a widow, two daughters, Ix)ls M. and Katberlne, two sons, Thomas aDd Darwin McBaln. The McBaln quarry will now le operated under the direction of the Mcltalu estate and John t'lerle, the latter a native of Alierdeen, Scotland." Wear John B. Stetson Hats if you wish the best. We carry the largest stock of these celebrated Hats in the city. We have a becoming style for every face, and sell them at the lowest price ....... We are sure offering some big values in Men's Clothing Including HART SCHAFFNER & MARX FINE CLOTHING Drop in and let us show you Men's Negligee Dress Shirts new stock new patterns of high grade percu!e, light and dark colors, well made ETftr and finished, each.. j"v Mid-Summer Specials Middy Blouse Waists, splendid big values at $1.25 and $1.50. QOp special, your choice -JJu Hammocks 2nd floor A good as sortment to choose from, and at mon ev saving prices. Hammocks for ' 50c, $1,20, S1.30 Sd Automobile Robes -good heavy all wool Kobes, J. O. Ballard & nf Co. make, each UwiUU Second Floor SpecialSOc Underwear 25c- We are selling a fine assortment of men's fine French Balbriggan Underwear in plain and porous knit broken lots. Here is a real big bargain and you ought not to miss it. lour choice Ladies' and Misses' canvas Ox fords, the pair 25c 25c Ladies' Shoes and Oxfords tans and blacks, right good styles, but not a full run of sizes in any one kind, values up to $3.50, your choice nn. the pair.... jQu Ladies' Muslin Drawers-Special 25c Made of very fine cambric and nicely trimmed with embroidery of neat de signs, and four rows of tucking, valu es up to 40c a pair, special nr. the pair JJIJ Men's Hats Conqueror brand, good $3 values. Special to close CI AO them out, your choice ulitO Ladies' Tailored SArf Waists up to $2 each. These are truly big bargains as you will admit when you see rnA them. 2nd Floor. Choice J (JO Men's Straw Hats 10c Why melt your hair out with a heavy felt or wool hat when you can get a nice straw hat for this g small sum. Values in this I I f lot up to 75c, your choice I Mm q Piece Goods Specials Now is the time to secure some splen did values in piece goods suitable for dress or school wear. We have on our bargain tables some exceptional bargains at 5C, 8C, 9c, 1 0c and 15c But we want to call your special at tention to the assortment of LAWNS, D1MIT1KS. MULLS, ETC., values in this lot up to 25c, choice, yd. :ial at- 8c Look over our excellant line of Man hattan Shirts. If you want one of the best Shirts made you want to buy a Manhattan. They are made to fit and are guaranteed to hold their color and give satisfaction. We have an excellent assortment on hand now, including all the newest designs and colorings. Manhattan Shirts for.. . S1.50. S1.75, S2.00 AND UP Ladies' Suits Second Floor We are surely offering some splendid bargains in this department that will be worth your while to consider. Ladies' Wash Suits, just a few of these left, values $2.75 to $D, Your Choice $1.49 $16.50 Tailored Suits tor . $ 8.00 22. Tailored Suits tor . 16.50 20. Tailored Suits tor . 20. Tailored suits tor . 22.- Tailored Suits tor . 15.00 18. Tailored Suits tor . 13.50 Uhe PAH I FAIR HOOD RIVER'S LARGEST AND BEST STORE 3 TAMP OSBORN ARRESTED AS PENDLETON GAMBLER "Tamp" Osborn, well known In the baseball world as a veteran pitch er, now under suspension, was ar rested last night on a charge of con ducting a gambling game In one of the local hotels. He was this morn ing arraigned, waived preliminary hearing and win bound over to the grand Jury under $000 bonds. Fall ing to secure the bonds he Is behind the bars of the county jail. It Is said Osborn sold Imitation Elk teeth just before the Elks' con vention, says a dispatch from F'endle-ton. Apples in Storage. There are said to be 100,000 boxes of apples In cold storage In San Francisco that would have been sent to England but for the great coal and dock strike. Had they been sent at the proper time they would have rotted on shipboard liecause they could not have been unloaded. This condition of things will entail a heavy loss upon the owners of these apples for which there Is no redrew. How far reaching are such (Disturb ances. How true Is the saying In the Scripture that "No one lives to himself." BITULITHIC CHOSEN FOR LEBANON STREETS At an adjourned meeting of the city council, the bids for the paving of a mile of Ix-banon streets was awarded to the Federal Construction Co.. says the Oregoulan There was an usually large num ber of bidders for the work here and for a large variety of paving. After thorough investigation of nil the different kinds of pavement the council adopted the bltullthlc. One of the leading Inducements for the selection of this kind was the re markable record for durability It Is making elsewhere. The area to be paved Is a little more than ilo.Ooo sijuare yards und the completed work. Including curbs and drainage, makes the total cost of public Improvements for the city for this year exceed $112 000. EACH MAN EARNS S25PER MINUTE For going down 200 feet under the surface of Puget Sound In a new sub marine, each man received $J."0 u piece, not long ago. This Is n vessel constructed by the Seattle Construc tion & Iry )ock Company for the government. The desceut Into the deep was for the purpose of demon strating the little crafts ability to withstand 13,24s pounds of pressure to the square foot. The test was a success In every way and the men got their money for putting In Just ten minutes of time. o ORCHARDS SURPRISE MICHIGAN VISITOR John E. Tracy, an attorney of Me noulmee, Michigan, made a trip through the Hood Klver valley this week with his brother-ln-law, Hos mer K. Arnold, of Portland. Mr. Arnold owns 20 acres on the West Side, south of the Belmont Planer, which he has been Improving fur sev eral years and now has an orchard that will come Into bearing next vear. Mr. Tracy expressed himself as being delighted with the Hood Klv er valley and surroundings, having often seen our fruit In Eastern mar kets, but had no conception of the development and progreNs made by Hood Klver and the Hood Klver Val- lev lu the past eight years, since he last visited Oregon. MONEY LAUNDRY READY TO DELIVER FIRST WASH The first hatch of washed and Iron ed money will be distributed within a few days, or as soon as the treas ury department has been finally sat isfied that Its money laundry Is do ing gooil work. Several hundred thousand $1, $2 and $." blils are ready for release. The machine has lieen washing money nt the rate of 20,000 bills a day and Inspection has shown that 90 per cent of them are satisfac tory. WHAT ON EARTH Is all thU hubbub about, and where are you "tin fellows" going to? US "TINWARE" STOCK to a-going" to Mrs. "Jood wile's" model kitchen In the upper end of "best part of town." PANS, PAILS. TEAPOTS In our "tin" stock Is the biggest drive" In all the city. Look in and buy a M. THE 5, 10 and 15 CENT STORE Jill!ronnr UUg., Sri and Csscsde Methodist Church Sunday school at 10:00a. m. I'reach- lag services at 11:00 a. m. and p. in. The pastor will occupy the pulpit SuuTlay morning. E. F. Zimmerman of the Anti-Saloon league will oc- cvpy the pulpit at the even ing service. Epworth league at 7:0) p. m. Prayer meeting on Thursday evening at Voo nYhsk All are cordially Invited to attend these services. Strangers marie wel come. W. IS. Young, Pastor. Attention Apple Hackers! Experienced apple packers, who de sire w ork this season, will kindly re port to the I'lilon at once. Many In ijutrlc are Is'lng made about a pack ing school and except as there is as surance of a large number of experi enced packers Is-lng available, a packing school will lie established by the Apple Growers' I'lilon. LINEMAN LEASES MOSIER HOTEL Frank Howard, of Hood Klver, has leased the "Pines" hotel at Mos- ler and expects to take full charge In the near future. Frank Is well known In Hood Klver and has leen In the employ of the Home and Pacific States telephone companies for a number of years. Mrs. Howard has had years of experience In the busl ness and no doubt the hotel will be a great success under the new manage ment. Mr. and Mrs. Howard have been residents of Hood Klver for sev eral years and while we are loth to let them go we wish them the high est success. Farm Boys in Clubs In conuectlou with the work of the Iewtston-Clarkston School of Prac tical Horticulture, boys' agricultural clubs, the memlershlp open to the lads of the two cities and the valley, are to be organlaed. The announce ment was made yesterday by Prof, W. S. Thornber. The Initial step will be a series of lectures. Mr. Thorubersalil that the plan was to admit to membership boys ranging In age from 10 to 20 years. The work will be carried on during the summer months and the plan will Include excursions to the nearby producing districts. The ob jects sought are to give to the boys practical knowledge along agricul tural lines. As horticulture Is pre eminent In the valley, the work will be centered about that industry. Smith holds Berry Record W. U. Smith, who owns a small farm a short distance west of the city, has secured his returns for the strnwberrles shipped through the lavldson Fruit Company, and from a)00 plants he picked 100 crates for shipment which grossed him $142. M. Several crates of field pick were also shlpp d from this tract that are not counted In the above number. Miss Edrls Waldo of Portland, who came up to at'end the wedding of her young friend. Miss Bessie. Vowell to Earl Spauldlng last week, return ed home yesterday after a pleasant visit at the Vowell home. Oregon Agricultural College This great Institution ripens Its doors for the fall semester on Septem Iht 20. Courses of Instruction In clude: (ieneral Agriculture, Agro nomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Husbandry, Bacteriology, Botany and Plant Pathology, Poultry Hus bandry, Horticulture, Entomology, Veterinary Science, Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering, Mining Engineering, Domestic Science, Domestic Art, Com merce, Forestry, Pharmacy, Zoology Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics. English Language and Literature, Public Speaking, Modern Languages, History, Art. Archlteeture.Industrlnl 1'edagogy, Ph.vslclal Education, Mil itary Science and Tactics aud Music. atalogue and Illustrated litera ture mailed free on application. Ad dress: Keglstrar, Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallls, Oregon. SCHOOL YEAK OPENS SEPT. 20. :io :w Not Ice I Proerty owners In sewer district of the city are hereby notified that all drains, toilets, etc. must be con nected with the sewer. By order of the Common Council. W. 1 1 Ay huh, 2V.'!le City Marshal. Key. Hotnan. 1). !.. President of i vr"- .K. McOregor, Mrs. C. (J. Willamette 1'nlverslty, will (III Kev. ' Mr hol and Mrs. P. L. Arthur were C. M. Carsou's pulpit next Sinidu i at i shopping 111 Hood Klver on I ucsday the Pine Drove church. - i last Bulletin. STRAWBERRIES TO BECOME POPULAR Pried strawberries Is a new crop soon to become of commercial Im portance In many Western states, ac cording to reports made to the De partment of Commerce aud Labor at Washington, I. C. A berry grower of the state of Washington has dls covered a sun-drying process for strawberries which has proven en tirely successful, according to samples sent to the department. MARRIED Earl Spauldlng aud Miss Bessie Vowell were united In marriage, Wednesday, J uly 24, 1!H2. The mar riage ceremony was performed by the father of the groom, Kev. Frank Spauldlng, at the home of the young married couple on Sherman avenue. The wedding was held at 7:110 In the morning an1 Immediately after the ceremony the young couple took the Mt. Hood tralu for the L'pper Valley where they will spend their honey moon In camp life. Earl Is one of Hood Klver's most popular young men who worked his way through high school here and graduated with highest honors. The bride Is also popular with Hood Klver's young set and the two were students t- gether In the high school here. The Ven n Joins their many friends In best w Mies for a happy life. Miss Frances Nelson, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. S.K. M oiler, re turned home Monday. FRANKTON Mrs. Robert Elliott and daucrh ter, Mabel, visited in Wyeth last Thursday. Little Helfn Copple and Baby Eavens of Ruthton, were under the care of a physician the last of the week. Miss Phebe Gordon of Wyeth was a truest of Mrs. Robert El liott the latter part of the week. Mrs. George Stokoe is again at home after a two weeks' visit at Wyeth. R. S. Cohoon and wife enter tained at lunch Sunday evening Miss Alma Absten and Henry Olsen. Mr. and Mrs. Otis Barton of Hood River visited with George McCustiano, at Ruthton Sunday. Mrs. N. J. Brandt is entertain ing her daughter from Chicago. George Stokoe returned Wednesday from Fort Rock, Or., where he took up a desert claim. J. R. Phillips and family came home Saturday from a week's camping up Post Canyon. Mrs. John Winrichs spent last week with her grandchildren at Dee, while their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Larson, were in Southern Oregon looking after their property they had recently purchased. Dan Malhar and wife enter tained Mr. and Mrs. Barrett and family of Odell Sunday. Mrs. Chas. Gray entertained her Sunday school class with a picnic in M. R. Noble's grove last Wednesday. All the little folk greatly enjoyed themselves. Mr. and Mrs. Ram Harris are moving to Portland after a year's residence at Ruthton. WEST SIDE FARM ERS ARE BOOSTERS The West Side Improvement Club Is surely composed of a live bunch of fruit growers and all-around boost ers, i lie Idea of a monthly mcetlnur at which to gather to have discussed and to discuss the live thing that are of direct Interest to theHood Klver orchardlsts Is original with them and they are making the gath lngs a mighty big success. The last meeting was largely attended. The next meeting will be held lu the Oak drove hall on August 6 at 1:.'I0 p. m. at which Prof. H vslop of the O. A. C. will speak on the subject of cover crops. Prof. Lawrence will state the result of his experiences with cover crops In the Mood Blver valley. A Woman's Beauty Pepcnds very much upon the i.p. penrance of her hair. I am prepared to make combings up to your order and to furnish switch.), puffs and curls made of genuine human cut hair In any shade desired. The Brairg Mercantile Co. will be pleased to show them and give prices. Mrs. Eva Woodliurn, phone 104 M." Christian Science Services nrisuan science services are held In the Commercial Club rooms Sundays at 11a.m. Subject, "Lov Sunday school at same hour In Itocm 2, Davidson building. Wednesday meetings In same room s p. m. Bend Ing room open dally, 2 to." p. in. OAK GR0VE Miss Marie Lemmon of Port land spent Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, C. G. Lemmon. Mrs. R. J. Snow of Portland was a week end visitor at the Lemmon ranch. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Parker of Mitchell's Point and Miss Ger trude Dillon of New York were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rah lis last Wednesday. The August meeting of the West Side Improvement Club will be held in the Oak Grove hall next Tuesday afternoon. The principal topic of discussion will be clover crops and talks will be heard from Prof. Hyslop of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege and Prof. Lawrence. The Moller home was the scene of a very pretty dancing party last Wednesday evening, given in honor of Miss Francis Nelson of Albany, Oregon. Miss Hazel Stanton left last Friday for Seattle where she is visiting friends. J. E. Hall spent Sunday in Portland. He reports that his son, Gordon, who has been quite ill, is rapidly convalescing. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Bover of Portland were week end visitors of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. King. Mr. J. C. Bowman of Portland spent the week end at his ranch. G. W. Simons came up from Portland to spend the week end at his ranch. J. N. McKinnell spent Sunday in the country behind Cooks, Wash. He doesn't say what for but claims he had no gun. Freeman Mason and Bob Shinn spent Saturday and Sun day with Claude Thompson. TEACHERS PASS STATE EXAMS The following teachers In Hood Klver county passed the state exam ination In June. It Is reported thut only two or time failed to secure cert Ideates: Fred W. Slnten. Mrs. Clara B.Steele, Pearl I sen In r'. Laura lllurlchs, Mrs. May Chubb, llattle ,. Bailey, (irace Edglngton, Martha Struck. Alice Forry, U-lla Hcrshucr. Mrs. W. 1). Kodgers of the Heights was called to Salem on Friday on account of the serious Illness of her father, I. C. Sutton. LOCAL ATTORNEY ENLARGES QUARTERS Jo ha Baker, who has been ap pointed deputy district attorney for II. mil Klver county, ami who has had his la w ollice with E. II. Ilart wlg. has rented t he two rooms form erly occupied by A J perby and (Jeo. It Wilder lu the Smith block and Is having (he same overhauled preparatory to moving Into them. Mr. Baker's son, William, will be as. soclated with him In t he la x oilier. lr. Kennedy and wife of The Italics who have been spending a few days with. Mr. Kennedy's parents, return ed home Monday. If is ST. . THE DRUGGIST The doctor's work is only half what has to be done for the pa tient. And if the druggist be lacking in ability and care the prescription might as well have never been written. But we make a special study of each case and our own medical knowledge is thorough enough to be of great use tc us in those sometimes oc curring cases when the doctor, in his haste, makes a slight error. CHAS. N. CLARKE Tin: i)rijc;c;ist Copeman Automatic Electric Fireless Cooker We now have one Cooker on display in our win dow and invite you to call and examine same. Price very reasonable. It means a big saving to you on your fuel bill. Ask about Flat Rates obtainable from Power Company :: :: :: :: J-A lb i !' ' Y J u iVri sT 3i - 1 J ii Si' .T HIISlll. I I ' I II II if Hi n I Ml ' 'ill'.. I u Ask of the same time to see our complete line of ... . Electric Fixtures Electric Toasters Electric Irons Electric Lamps ELECTRIC WIRING & SUPPLY CO, A. L. DAY, TroH. and Mgr. Under First National Bank Bldg. PHONE 3 D i
