THE HOOD RIVER
Highest Grade
Job Trinling
AdxJcrliscrj
Get Hcsutts
VOLUME 8. NUMBER 33
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Uniform Grading Rules
for Valley Prepared
Plans Under Way for Establishing a Mood River
Standard Pack to Be Maintained by All Shippers
and to Be Enforced by
Shippers Are Impressed
In rt-HiiiiM ton general, popular
demand which In HiIh year tniinlfext
tng llxelf metre Ml rongly than ever
licfitre, I lie local whipping nxxocla
tlon. flit lending appl cnnviTK nl
tint vnlU'.v anil Coiint.v Fruit In
HNTtor V. II. Lawrence nrc formu
lating a set of I'.tlJ grading rule to
prevail In Hood Hlver county.
A concerted effort. In to be made to
-Mt uIiMhIi a common Htandard for all
Hood Hlver apple a standard
which shall become recognized for It
excellence In tlie markets of the
world and one which shall guarantee
that all fruit whipped from thl val
ley hIiiiII conform strictly to grade.
"The advantage. Inileed the Imper
ative necessity of miicIi a movement
I apparent," Maid oi.e of thorn most
lntereHted In the movement.
"It advantage will lie manifold.
For one thing It would tend to re
move i he competition bet ween local
shipping nxxoclatlotix and private
HhlpperH, each of whom might other
wlc have Id own Idea ax to grad
ing, ax a rexult of which all uniform
It y would lie lost, while the retailor
would never he uxsured an to whether
the Hood Hlver fruit wan up to
grade or not.
"Then, too. If a common standard
can be agreed upon, the county fruit
Inspector will lie (.'Hen the moral
Hiipport of the community. TIiiim
IiIm hands would lie held up in the en
forcement of the law on thlx subject.
It would then lie within IiIh province
and. Indeed, hi plain duty to Inspect
all npplcM shipped from the valley,
whether by one of the shipping or
gnnlzntii.n or by a private shipper,
anil to Inxlxt that they conform
Mtrletly to the standard Krmlc im c
tubllNhed. "With till done. Hood Hlver could
lionet of liclng the only fruit district
of the North went to have adopted a
uniform wl of grading rule, and the
MtiH-rtorlty of local fruit would be
maintained. At the same time Hood
Itiver's reputation would be null
stnntlnlly strengthened In the
world' market."
'I lie plan Ih to recognize tile three
grade heretofore In i'iiii.iikui use
According to the tentative plaiiH t lie
extra fancy tirade would Include ma
ture, normal shaped apples free from
all Im perfect loliH. Spit zolihiirgs of
l'.'i size and larger would have to
have per cent red color, sizes from
lVi to L1K !KI -r cent red. Kcd f heck
I ' I ) 1 1 1 i and Winter llaiiaua would
have to hIiow a red check. The
I ioldeli Ortley would have to show
yellow. Size smaller than .on would
be excluded from thin grade exi'ept III
the Jonathan, Newtown. H d
Cheek Pippins, Wlnexnpx and Arkan
Han I'.lack. which could iml Ih'
Hiualler than "-.Y
All upplert placed In the fancy grade
CHILDREN NEARLY
BURN IN BUILDING
While the family wax axleep the
home of I red II. Taylor lit Oak
(rove caught, lire ahuilt ID o'clock
Tuesday evening. It wax totally (le
nt royed.
Mr. and lrx. Taylor were sleeping
downstairs with the two younger
children, while their two xmall
daughters were upxtalrx. Mr. and
Mrx. Taylor were awakened to find
the upper portion of the houxe In
Hitmen. After taking out thebablex,
Mr. Tn.vlor at once ruxhed upxtalrx
to ixc t the two older onex. lie found
that the Ha mix had already burned
their way Into the bedroom and the
two little Klrlx were In Imminent
danger. They were rexcued In the
nick of time. In carrying thetii
ilownxtalrx Mr. Taylor had to paxx
through a part of the building that
wax In Maine and hlx clothe were
ablaze when he reached a place nf
xafety with the two children In hlx
arinx.
lack ('oiichiuan, who Ih cmployeil
on the Farmer' Irrigating ditch,
llvex nearby the Taylor home and
came to Mr. Tnylor'x axxlxtance.
They xiicceeded 111 saving xome of the
furniture and perxonal efh-ctx that
were do wnxtalrx, but were power
lexx to i heck tin llatnex, which total
ly dextroyed the rexldence.
The houxe wax luxured for $mh).
The origin of the tire Ix not known'
lnspectors---Grovers and
by Its Advantages.
would have to Ih mature am! of
normal xhapc. Slight limb rub or
other xtiullar defect not over otie-
fourth of an Inch In tin nggregut
would not be allowed. All red ap
plex would have to xhow Home red,
while no apple ncali (fungus) would
be allowed on Spltzetiburg or on
live-tier applex or Hiualler of any vii
rletv. No xlze Hiualler than 1M0
would be allowed.
fn the choice grade would be placed
all merchantable applex not Included
In the extra fancy and fancy grade
Thexe apple would have to be
xound, free from bruise, nkln tin
broken and of good xhapc. IlefectH
not larger than a ten cent piece and
only one on an apple would be al
lowed. No fruit smaller than lT.'i r
box could be placeil in thl grade.
( Hily nih il applex axcoilld Ih- classed
ux choice or bet ter would be allowed
In the orchard run parkx.
Applex which could not be placed
In any of the gradex or orchard run
packx. but which might be dixpoHed
of for cooking purpoxex, would In
clude aphlx applex. windfalls, badly
Munhurned, injured by xprayx, xpecl
menx with the xklu liroken or the
tlexh badly brulncd or thoxe badly In
fextedwlth the a pple xea b ( fungus),
dry rot, core rot, Ibildwln xpot
water core or other physiological
defect x.
Applex Infested with the San .loxe
xcale, oyxter xhell, bark lou-ieorthe
codling worm could be disposed of
according to the Oregon horticul
tural law.
At prexent thexe gradex are only
tentative, but the xhipplug orgaut
zatlcuiH and many of t he large shtp-
perx have expressed themselves ax Id
favor of a uniform Met of grading
rulex which would conform prac
tically to thexe given. However,
there are quite a number who are la
favor of establishing a somewhat
higher grade than that suggest) d
above.
SHOWER IS GIVEN
FOR BRIDE ELECT
Miss Marie M. dir. assisted by Mrx.
A. I.. Muhr ami Miss lillxilorf, gave
M Ixx M liinie I'liaxi h a miscellaneous
shower Saturday evchlng A large
party of glrlx were prexent and the
bride-elect wax the recipient of many
beautiful prexentx. 'I'hexe were hung
on a clot lu x line and Mixx I'aaxch
wax given a basket and xent to gath
er In I lie " waxh."
Much fun wax had in a mock wed
ding. A brlde'x cake In w hich a ring
ami Ihlinble were hidden gave much
merriment. Mixx Joy Maxon getting
tlie ring and Mixx Allene Clark the
thiiul le. Fruit punch and waferx
were xerved for refreslini"nts. The
remainder of t he evening wax xpent
in music and singing and at a late
hour, bldiliiig Minnie "good night,"
everyone wondered who the next
xhowcr victim would lie.
The wedding of Mixx Punxch and
.lohn Duckwall of I'lue tirove will be
celebrated at the home of the brlde'x
pnrcutx, Mr. and Mrx. Auguxt I'aaxch
at Pine tirove thlx afternoon at one
o'clock. Hev. C. M. Carxon of PI tie
drove will perform the ceremony.
MInx I'aaxch will be attended by
Mlxxtirace Perry, while Horace Syl
vexter will act In a xlinllar capacity
for t he groom. The houxe hax been
beautifully decorated for theoccax
Ion with Mower and fcrnx.
After t he ceremony a wedding din
ner will be Nerved, following which
the bride and groom will leave on a
wedding trip. I'pon their return
they will liHike their home on Mr.
Ihickwall'x ranch at Odell. Itoth
ar popular young people and will
receive the bext wlxhex of a hunt of
friend In their new relation.
SHOW FERTILIZERS ARE
WASTED ON ORCHARDS
After experimenting with orchard
fertllicrx for l.'i yearx, the New York
State Station hax concluded that
cointnerclal fertilize are of little
bencMt to young apple orchard
growing on xollx naturally nailed to
apple culture, provided the orchard
are well tilled, well drained, and
propt rly xuppllcd with organic mat
ter from xtable manure or fmm cover
crop.
FACULTY OF HIGH
SCHOOLCOMPLETED
School will open September 2. The
building are being put 111 xhape and
needed repairing done. The High
School faculty wax completed bint
week by the election of Prof. It. N.
Axhiniin from the I'nlverxlty of
Waxhlngton a teacher of Mathemat
Icx. Parent who have children to
xtart In the flrxt grade need to plan
to have them utart the Mrxt day.
Outlook for a large attendance
are good, especially from the valley
dlxtrlctx.
The Nuperlntendent axk that
liouxeholdx ilexlrlug to have a nchool
boy or girl xtay with them during
the hcIiooI year will report the Name
at once. There are neveral girl now
xeeklng place. Alxo that hoime
holdx having room or board for
Httident will report. The Nuperln
tendent hax a place now for two
glrlx to board at a minimum coxt.
Our Numerous
Laws Have
Made People
Disrespectful
by MOORFIELD STOREY. Boston Lawyer
Of 1 1 jvco'ile are beset with the notion that tho remedy for any
trouble which they encounter, however 6light, is to be found
in a new law, and they rush to tho legislature with every sort
of crude proposal for legislation.
AS A R ESULT A FLOOD OF NEW LAW IS LET LOOSE UPON
THE INHABITANTS OF EACH STATE EVERY YEAR OR TWO YEARS,
AND ANY PUBLIC SPIRITED CITIZEN WHO WATCHES THE LEG
ISLATURE AND TRIES TO PREVENT FOOLISH LAWS CANNOT BUT
BE AMAZED AT THE WAY IN WHICH OUR COUNTRY IS GOV
ERNED. With this torrent of laws that pours out upon the country there
goes NO INCREASE WHATEVER OF RESPECT FOR TIIE
LAW, but rather the reverse. The more there are the more to break.
The leg;.! profession has SUXK IX POPULAR ESTIMATION,
and it is largely the fault of the lawyers that this has come about.
However, the tak of reform is not so easy as it might be imagined.
Progress in science is welcomed by everybody, but progress in
polities, social life or tho law is n different matter. Upon any existing
evil in any one of them some one now FATTENS and is sure to op
pose a change. Nevertheless the leaders of the legal profession realize
that something must be done.
CHURCH PLANNING
AN ORGAN RECITAL
It Ix Ileitis planned by the olliclal
of the Itlverxlde t'onreKat tonal
church to have a pipe orjfan recital
at the new church at xome date
prevloux to the dedication of the
bnildlnu:. One of the bext mnxical
proKramx that hax ever been render
ed In the city will be kI veil.
The Installation of the lnrKc pipe
ornan In the church mark a new
epoch In xacred inuxlc In local church
circle a t hlx I t he first Inxtrument
of thlx character to be Inxtalled here.
The committee Ix nmv in communi
cation with nu eminent oruanlxt.
whose xervlce may be secured for
t lie recital.
Br'
pWlLLIAN A. PRENDFRGASr
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News Snapshots
Of the Week
VAj&r ' wt imp?
aT -ty ) :mJM k
convention nt Chteago. Albert .1. Heveridge wan tetuporiiry i liiilrtnan of the conveutiou. Mr Paisy tipie tJruce, who
having iitteinpted to murder her husband, wa admitted.
CUPID FINDS THAT
ADVERTISING PAYS
Over In White Sai'tnon ret cut pub
lication regarding tl-eColumblaClub,
11 bachelor') organization of thlx
place, by the local phper, In which
the merit of each niemoer were play
ed up. liai leen followed by three
wedding and engagement announce
inent by two other member of the
club.
Ml Brldgeman baa been married
to John SmlttiHon, niannger of the
White Salmon Telephone Company;
Ml Martha Jtroberg of Mlnnexota
to M. J. Van Vorxt, lawyer and fruit
rancher; Mix lliillltt, formerly of St.
Paul, to Chexter Dewey, fruit ranch
er. The engagement of William
Well, lawyer and rancher, t'i Mixx
Mildred Plumtner of Maine, teacher
In the high xchool the paxt year, hax
been announced.
The other member of the club are
reported to have succumbed to the
Inroad of cupId, and the .lapanexe
cook I looking for another place.
FALLS FROM FLUME;
BREAKSJOTH ARMS
Falling L'O feet from the flume at
the r.elinont planer Thurxday after
noon, Karl Pntfe, about 10 year old.
who Ix vIxittiiK Mr. and Mrx. John
xon, Htixtnined bad. fracture of both
armx between the wrist and elbow.
The boy, who recently came from
Portland to spend part of hlx vaca
tion with hlx relative-, one-half mile
wext of the Kockfor.l store, wax
walking alonn the tup of the flume
when he loxt hlx balance ami plunged
over the side. The force of the fall
not only splintered tlie arm bones
but drove them through the tlexh.
Ir. Ilronxon wax culled to reduce the
fracture and the buy Is now doing
nicely.
Through the activity of Idxtrkt Attorney Whitman of New ik t. of the aliened n. Iii.il murderer of the tumbler Kommi
thill were captured nnd n oysteii.utle seiirch for the rctuaiuinu three wn Instituted, l.iculctunt l'e ker . f the !iee force wii.
arrested, charged with having planned the murder. President Tuft vva .'lli.mlly notified of hi ren. .initiation by Semtor
ItiHit. William A. Prendergiist H chosen to make the sihm li nnuiinating ex President K.toxevclt at Ihe Nati..n:il Progresftlve
INJURY IS FATAL
TO JOB SHEPPARD
Kicked by a horxe ami. hlx leg bad
ly shattered last Wednesday, Job
Sheppard, one of the most rexpected
rancher of the valley, died at five
o'clock Sunday afternoon at hi
home In I'uke's Valley.
Although the Injury wa found to
lie a double compound fracture. Mr.
Sheppard, who had al way possessed
a strong physique, rallied from the
shock and hlx family and many
friend had no Idea that the end wax
xo near. In fact It wa the belief of
all that he wax xafely on the road to
recovery when he suffered from the
sinking stell which resulted In hi
death.
Mr. Sheppard Mtistnlned the fatal
lnjnr Wednesday afternoon when
he wa kicked by a horxe w hich he
wa mounting, hi leg helng fractur
ed In two place below the knee.
Mr. Sheppard had one foot In the
stirrup when the animal middeuly
swung around and kicked with both
feet.
Mr. Sheppard wax a native of Kng
laud. I'pon tirst coming to thlx
country he lived In Indiana. He
came to Hood Klver w ith hi family
xeveral year ago and bought a
ranch, lie was an unusually Intelli
gent and Indiixtrlou farmer and
made many Improvements on the
place, a portion of which he later
sold to Mr. Furrell.
Mr. Sheppard wax a man of many
extlmuble qualities and enjoyed the
high regard of his neighbor and
many friends, all of whom were
shocked to learn of hi death. He ix
survived, betddex hi wife, by thrte
married daughter In Indiana, one
daughter, Mary, living here, and
three xonx, tieorge. Charles and Will.
The funeral lx to be held at lit
o'clock this morning.
INTEREST REVIVED
IN CHILDREN'S FAIR
Interest, especially on the part of
schoolchildren of Hood Hlver coun
ty, In the Industrial fair to be held
In Hood Klver September 14, Ix being
revived ax a result of the near up.
proach of the date.
County School Superintendent
Thompson, w ho hax been active In
the work, ex pect x that the fair will
be a great succexx and hope that all
children who have not already done
xo will prepare to compete. A large
number of attractive prizex have
been offered by local inerchantx and
they are enough to tempt all the
youug people.
Most of the county schools are to
open September '2. The teacher w 111
then be elilixted In the work and
children can get Information and
premium lists from them or by ad
dresxliig Superintendent C. I.
Thonipxon.
GONDITION OF THE
APPLE CROP 65.8
Waxhlngton, Aug l'i The August
crop report on t he condition t h rough
out the country has Wen Issued by
thel'ulted State department of ag
riculture. The present condition of
the apple crop is li-Y per cent of a
normal crop, compared with i" ! per
cent last month. ...! per cent last
vear and .v. ! per cent, the average
for the last ten years.
Mixx Marguerite Mllllkcn and Miss
Lucille smith went to Portland Mon
day to spend a lew days.
Large Attendance at
Chautauqua Assured
Splendid Projiram Is Arranged ----xperts from O.A.C.
Will Deliver Lectures on Subjects of Local horti
cultural Interest Minstrel and Vaudeville Feat
ures Promise to Make Big Hit.
A the date approaches for the
opening of the Horticultural Chau
tauqua the event Ix gaining such an
Impetus that It success I already
assured. Subcommittee appointed
by the finance committee have been
busily engaged In canvassing the
valley during the past week In order
to determine just how large a crowd
to prepare for. From present Indi
cation there will be a xenxon attend
ance of over three hundred, while
large numbers are planning to go
for the Jay only.
The ready and enthusiastic re.
sponse that hax been met with
throughout all sections of the valley
proves conclusively the progrexslve
ties of Hood Itiver people.
The program committee Is work
ing on a list of horticultural feature
which alone will establish the Im
portance of this coming outdoor as
semblage. The lectures planned now
Include "Soil Management" by Prof.
K. J. Krnux; "Cover Crop for Hood
Hlver Soils" by Prof, Scudder; "The
Farmer' Truck Harden" by Prof.
Bouquet.
President Kerr of the Oregon Agri
cultural College, and lr. .lame
Wlthycombe, director of the Oregou
Kxperlmeutal Station, will be de
layed In reaching the encampment
uutll the last day. On that day
Presldeut Kerr will lecture on "The
Relation of the Agricultural College
to the Farmer." Prof. Wlthycombe'
subject will be ' Diversllied Farming
ax Applied to Hood Iilver Valley,"
which will, among other thlngx, cov
er the Important question of hog
raising In orchard.
Prof. Luwreuce will be la dally
attendance to handle any local ques
tions which may come up. One lm-
RUNAWAY COUPLE
ARE MARRIED HERE
While her parent were searching
tlie Northwest for her and hersultor.
Mixx Viva K. Shumway of Kalnler,
Waxh., and Marian K. Neal came to
Hood Hlver and were married Satur
day by Justice lluck. They were at
tended by Kussell Jordan and J. I..
Neal. The newxpaper dispatch from
Kalnler said Iti part:
"Viva Shumway. aged M yearx,
the daughter of a prosperous farmer
near thlx place, ran away yesterday
afternoon with a young man giving
hi name a Neal. They boarded a
launch here and ostensibly xtarted
for Kelxo, Wash. The father of the
girl wax away from home at Ou
tline and the mother and sisters did
not know of the girl's going uutll .
after she had embarked In the launch.
"The father of the runaway girl Is
making every effort to locate her to-
lay and every town In t he Nort h-
vvext hax I een notified to be on the
lookout for the couple. Nothing Ix
known of Neal except that he came
here a short time ago and worked
for a few davx In a local sawmill.
He lx about '1 years old and gave
himself the appearance of a respect
able voting fellow."
was ou trial in Atianta. charged with
portant feature will be the horticul
tural question box which will l lo
cated at the Headquarter booth.
Written question may be placed In
thU to be answered later by the var
ious expert to whom they will be
referred by the program committee.
The musical and vaudeville featur-
of the Chautauqua, are rapidly tielng
worked Into shape. The minstrel,
under the leadership of Arthur Clarke,
have lieen actively rehearxlng for the
pnxt two week and promise to pro
duce a burxt of melody and mirth
that will make those gigantic pine
shake to their root. The opening
choru. "I Want to tio Back to
IMxle" Ix entirely new here nnd I one
of the bext thing that ha been pro
duced In the line of negro melody.
For the vaudeville night on Friday
a big feature act Ix now lu rehearal
that should prove a decided hit. It
will lie en tltled"The iy py Stroller."
the curtain rising on a woodland
scene, with a picturesque gvpy
camp in the foreground. The open
ing nutnlx r of this net will be the
gypxy choru from the Bohemian
Jirl. Thlx will I followed by a
characteristic gypxy dance by two
well known local artists, accompan
ied by a mandolin, guitar nnd violin.
There will be solo nnd choru,
concluding with the Anvil (horn
from 11 Trovntore. It will lie an net
well worthy of the legitimate vaude
ville tage.
Chairman C. K. Marshall of the
ground committee, accompanied by
hlx associates, tieorge I. Sargent and
j. I). Woodworth, will take up their
permanent quarters at the lava bed
this week and with a carps of work
men will push the arrangement of
the grounds to a rapid completion.
Electrician will go up on Thnro
day to commence the Installation of
the electric light plant and string the
wire throughout the ground. Two
large ranges for the Commissary IH
partment were shipped to Parkdale
yesterday.
C. I. Tliompxon, chairman of the
commlxsary committee, announced
that arrangement have been made
whereby ttiere will lie seating aceom
modatlonx for I'.'s) persons at each
serving. Thlx al frexco dining room
promise to be oue of the attractive
feature of the encampment.
Chairman Huvlln of the program
and finance committee will be on the
ground Monday to assame personal
supervision of the construction of
the stage and the arrangement of
the open air auditorium.
The encampment will virtually lie
opened on Wednesday, the 21st, a
quite a number have signified their
intention of going Into camp on that
day In order to become fully settled
and to avoid anv possible confusion
that might result from a big Influx
on t he opening day. The tirst meal
served by th.' Commissary will lie
dinner on Wednesday night and the
last will be breakfast on Sunday. In
all probability those who may desire
to remain all day Sunday will be
able to make arrangement for
lunch.
The ground committee dexlrex to
hupp s upon those who Intend xeud
lug their own teiitx to he erected by
the committee tlie Importance of
shipping them to Parkdale not later
than Monday next, and to Include
all poles, a none can be secured
tlier.'. .s to have your baggage
i lieeked In the Chautauqua grounds,
a- special Chautauqua baggage
check are to b
C"Ur-e, .Ipplle I
will travel over
Hail .v ay.
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II .. .11 lllell 1. 1 ere
"Ih.iiI I apply at
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nly to t In ise ho
the Mount Hood
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ir-!i ili, . .re of tie . an merela I
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F'irkd.'ile Cr tin t here u III I. no
charge . . -pt the general .e ison a. I
nil.-:. hi
j I niteJ Brethren Church
l.ik and Sixth. Sunday School at
lu a. in. serin, hi a n I morning wor
j ship at II a in c. ;. ;,( 7 ..Yi.n-k
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.if hi e p. rl. ii. . on Ih it promising
t'-eld at t he n i. .r ill ng s. r lee. Sertnou
l. the past,. r at o'ebsk. S,,.,
music for but ll s.rvlies .1 P., uf
. .n. mliil-t. r