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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 35
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
CHAUTAUQUA IS MADE PERMANENT
Splendid Success of This Year's Horticultural Outing:
Brings Unanimous Demand That Organization Be
Effected and Event Held AnnuallyHundreds Camp
Out in Beautiful Woodworth Park to Be Instructed
by Experts on Orcharding Problems and Entertained
by Local Musical and Vaudeville Talent.
With perfect weather, a large at
tendance from nil sections of the val
ley, mid an Meal ItH-utton among the
splendid Hi-h of Wood worth I'ark,
the fl rut annual Horticultural Chau
tauqua, of the Hooil Hlver Valley
held the laHt of the week wiw an 1111
i ii ii 11 (UmI success.
So unanimous wan the opinion
that the affair could and ithould he
held annually that a permanent or
ganization won effected. IHlle But
ler. who wan Bitch an efficient presi
dent this year, wu unanimously
eleeted an president for the comiiiK
year and an an honorary iiiciuIkt of
the executive hoard. Thin board In
made up of representative elected
from each section of the valley, as
follows: West Side, C. I). Thomp
son; Pine (irove, Frank K. Deem,
Odcll, Murk Cameron; l'per Valley,
Jt.hn K. l'utnani; Hood Hlver City,
P. 8. Davidson.
The newly-elected hoard met and
organized by elect Ink the following
officers; I'Blle Butler president,
Frank K. IVeni' vice-president, Hay
K.Scott secretary and V. C. Brock
treasurer.
Through the remnrknbly efficient
work of the committees and execu
tives of the Chautauqua, everything
went off without a single hitch.
Every effort was mnde to provide
for the comfort of the campers and
guests, and not one but what waxed
enthusiastic over this new Institu
tion for Hood Klver.
Pitched In a semicircle among the
majestic firs of th grove, the tents
sheltered severnl hundred rsous,
while many transient visitors at
tended each day.
The center of attraction was the
spacious amphitheatre. Here a
stage was constructed lietween two
great monarch tif the forest, while
henclic were constructed In a place
specially adapted by Nature for such
a purpose. Here the afternoon pro
grams nn horticultural matters were
helil, as well as the evening pro.
grams, w hich provided a high class
of entertainment, given by local
talent.
Many convenience made the life of
the camMrs plcasaut. The crystal
water that gushes In Inexhaustible
supply from the lava springs Is piped
directly to the cuinping ground. An
electric light system was also In
stalled and every tent wat lighted
by electricity, thus making a beauti
ful and cheerful picture In the even
ing. Delicious meals were served by
the Ladles' Aid of the I'pper Valley
and the campers thus escaped the In
conveniences of rump cookery.
Letlie Butler Opens Meeting
licslle flutter opened the first ses
sion Thursday afternoon. He said
In part:
"I think we should ls very thank
ful to 1st surrounded by so many of
the Is-untles of Nature, situated as
we ore In this delightful valley,
which produces the Is'st fruit In the
wcrld. and among a people com
posed of a greater percent of Intelli
gent, reflnen persons than any other
place In which I have ever been, and
I have traveled from Alaska to Mex
ico and from lloston to Honolulu.
Our climatic conditions, coupled
with the splendid scenery and de
lightful people, nil located oil the
grand old Columbia river and near
such a magnificent city as Portland,
unite to create a condition which
should make us trulythankfi.l."
Ileie Mr. Butler gave some Inter
esting statistics to show the sub
stantlal growth which Hood Klver
has enjoyed In the past 12 years.
In which time bank deposits have
grown from f:ili.(XM to $1. i!(7,ll00.
"Twelve yenrs ago we shipped two
carload of apples. In l'.IIO we ship
ped M I carloads and we expect to
ship UK) this year. Nor are apple
the only product of the valley, a we
are shipping about 100 carloads of
straw IsTrlc each year. Hut great
est of all our resources I our lumber,
of which we are shipping about 10
carloads per day."
Mr. Butler referred with pride to
the ninny distinguished men of the
country who have visited Hood
Hlver Valley and praised It In the
highest terms. He spoke of a Mini
Ix-r of prominent railroad men and
bankers whom he met at Salem last
week, nil of whom had formed the
highest opinion of Hood Hlver.
Among them was President O'Brien
of the railroad, who declared that
our system of grading and packing
fruit Is what has given Hood Hlver a
decided advantage over other fruit
sections, in conclusion Mr. Butler
stated that everywhere he went he
found people boosting for Hood
Hlver.
His address whs heartily ap
plauded.
Prof. H. I). Scudder of the O. A. C.
was unable to 1st present. Prof. H.
S. Jackson gave an Interesting ad
dress on orchard diseases and their
remedies, dealing especially with an
thracnosc, fire blight and apple scab.
For nnthracugse ho advised Bor
deaux spray. He said that fire
blight could be coat rolled only by the
cut and burn method, while Bor
deaux tends to eliminate the scab.
The leaves are coated In the Fall. A
second application Is made In the
Spring Just tefore the leaf open and
a third spray of lime sulphur Is made
Just after the petals fall.
The musical program Thursday
evening was carried out according
to the program printed last week.
Some of the moU talented musicians
In the valley took part anil every
nnmtier was thoroughly enjoyed.
Lectures on Pruning
Professor K J. Kraus ofCorvallls
spoke Friday afternoon on pruning.
All the latest Information which the
college exiierts have secured on this
subject was given. Special reference
was made to the training of young
trees and the Intluence of summer
and winter pruning on U-arlng trees.
It was one of the most Interesting
and Instructive talks ever given In
Hood Hlver on this subject.
"LOVE YOUR WIFE, THEN YOUR COW,"
IS PROFESSOR'S ADVICE TO ORCHARDISTS
"Love your wife first und your cow
next" declared Dr. Wlthyeomb of the
O. A. C. In advising the local orchard
Ists gathered at the Chautauqua Sat
urday to keep a cow or small dairy
in order to prevent the soils of the
orchards from becoming Impoverish
ed. He said:
"As I rode up through your lienn
tlful valley today I noticed a few
spots In your orchards where the
trees looked yellow. There were
very few of these spot I will admit
but they show that In those places
the soli has been Happed of Its
strength and become Impoverished.
They Indicate that which I wish to
Impress upon you the necessity of
fertilizing your soil If they nre not
to lieeome Impoverished nn the years
goon. I (ere Is one of the most lm
portnnt matters which confronts the
orchard Industry. It will not do to
work only for the father and to for.
get the sons.
"Now In order to maintain the
soil you might experiment with man
ufactured fertilizers, but this would
Im expensive and the results might
not lie satisfactory. We do not yet
know Just what effect some of the
fertilizer have upon the chemical
constituents of the soli and they
may ls harmful Instead of beneficial
In some cases. There Is only one
natural fertilizer which returns to
the soil all the needed properties In
Just the right proportions. That
fertilizer Is to Ih found In the barn
yard.
"I want to advise all you orchard-
1st to keep three or four cow or
more according to the size of your
orchards. Buy line grade Guernseys
and make this valley as famous for
It Is'nutlful (iuernsey herds an It In
today for Its apples. You can make
150 a year from each cow. You
may have to ship In your grain and
fodder, but there Is plenty of It Just
ncros the mountains to the east
and I tell you that you will begetting
the best fertilizer In the cheapest way
Vaudeville Night Big Success
One of the most entertaining pro
grams given daring the Chautauqua
was that Friday evening. Strangers
In the audience refused to believe
that professional talent had not been
Imported for some of the numbers.
E. W. Shockley gave some extremely
clever m-rohntic stunts. The Illumi
nated club swinging by Miss Con
stance Henderson was thorougly
enjoyed, while Clarke and Gilbert us
Rudolph and Becky Klein made one
of the big hits of the evening. The
lxaut If ill as well as the ridiculous
was Included In the program, Miss
Dorothy Kpplng giving au artistic
Interpretation of the "Dance of the
Wood Nymph." A highly entertnln-
lug monologue on how to make an
apple pie wus given by Joe D. Thom
Ison, after which the Areus brothers
staged one of the cleverest features
of the evening In their laughable mu
slcal skit, "The Darktown Trouba
dours." A. YV. Kahlcs successfully
defended his title as the "King of En
tertalners" by putting on an inlml
table Hebrew comedy delineation
A fitting and most effective finale
was given by J. Adrian Kpplng and
company In "The Gypsy Strollers."
This number wns one of especial
merit and the hearty applause left
no doubt as to the hit which It made,
Saturday the Big Day
Many who had been unable to at
tend the Chautauqua earlier In the
week took their last opportunity
and weie there Saturday. As a result
the attendance on this day was a
record-breaking one.
President Kerr of the O. A. C. was
unable to be here on account of the
exigencies attendant upon nn auto
mobile trip through Central Oregon.
Dr. James YVlthycombe, director of
the Oregon Kxpcrlment Station,
gave an address on diversified furm-
(Continued on Paire 10)
and oh, gentlemen, the delight of
owning a fine, beautiful cow. Yon
can love a cow and, gentleman, I nil
vise you to divide your affections lie
tween your trees and your herds of
cows. Don't buy any scrub cow.
You can't afford to feed expensive
fodder to scrub animals. Buy some
fine blooded (iuernsey and keep n
small herd on every orchard. They
will bring big returns on the Invest
ment. "The foregoing Is especially true as
applied to the volcanic ash soils of
this valley. These soils have the
proper physical qualifies but they
are very poor In plant food and they
are stnrvlng for Just such properties
as a good compost would give
them."
News Snapshots
Of (he Week
Emory It. Buekner, a young lawyer of
the New York hIIcc department
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iff vmsaj -Tmagsig(H in mi urrascouriNOM
OAK GROVE STORE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
A Are which started about ISM)
o'clock Saturday afternoon totally
destroyed the Oak (irove store
owned by H. A. Cunning. The build
ing was a large frame structure of
two stories. The first story was
used for store purposes, while the
second wan used for a lodge room
and dance ball.
It was believed that the fire started
by spontaneous combustion In a
quantity of new hay which wns
mowed away In one of the wings of
the building. It was Impossible to
fight the fire with the limited meuns
at hund and the building, Including
Mr. Cunning's large stock of merchan
dise, was entirely destroyed. The
building and stock were Insured In
two companies, through the Hood
Hlver Bunking and Trust Company
and (jeorgeD.Culbertson& Company,
for $S,700.
It wus later found that the fire did
not start In the hay and Its cause
has not yet been determined.
The party of ten White Salmon
people who climbed Mt. Hood last
week Indulged In u race for the peak
from Cloud Cap Inn. The lender,
Karl Coe, completed the climb In
three hours and twenty minutes.
There was no roping together, the
recent snow making It unnecessary.
Will Dedicate Handsome
Church Next Sunday
Splendid Stone Structure Erected by Riverside Con
gregational Church Is to Be Consecrated--Visit-
ing Clergymen Will Assist--Famous Organist
Will Give Recital Next Week Wednesday.
The dedication services to which
the memliers and friends of Hlverslde
church have looked forward In eager
anticipation will be held next Sun
day. The Sunder .'Vbool w 111 meet
at 10 o'clock. The regular service
will follow at 11. Hev. Dr. Paddock
of Portland will bring the greeting
of the churches of the state. The ded
Icatlon sermon will lie preached by
Hev. K. Alonzo King, pastor of the
First Congregational church of North
Ynkltna, Wash. Pastor Harris will
conduct the dedicatory exercises In a
sjieelal service arranged by him.
In the eveidng at 7:.'i0 Dr. Luther
Dyott, pastor of the First Church In
Portland, will preach. Hans Hoer
II ne will preside at the organ and the
special music for the day will lie un
der the direction of Mr. (Ml. Henney.
On Wednesday evening, the 4th of
Septemlier, Luclau Becker, who was
the ofliclal organist of the World's
Fulr at St. Louis, has been engaged
to give nn organ concert nsslsted by
local voeullsts. This will be an event
of unusual attraction and Interest.
Mr. Becker Is a genius at the organ;
the new instrument of Hlverslde
church Is a marvel In tonal qualities
and the opening of such an organ by
a man of such ability for the first
time In Hood Hlver, It Is hoped, will
bring an unprecedented patronage.
The opening of this new house of
worship Is a matter of great pride
and Interest to the people of Hood
Hlver, regardless of church nllilla
Hons. It was, Indeed, a great and
adventurous undertaking but has
lieen carried thru with signal success.
The nrmy mn neuters In Connecticut, with the capture of New York city's Approaches as the problem to to solved, attracted
great Interest Secretary of Sthte Knox starteu for Jnpnn ns America's representative at the funeral of the late lulkadn. A post
humous heir of John Jacob Astor wns born. Dr. H. E. Poolittle was named as probable successor to Dr Harvey W. Wiley
DS the ITOVernment'a chief rtlenilsL Jnrnh (lolll.l Seliiirnin n nnwliliml or Cornell iinlv,.ritr wn nmlnt...l inlni(..r f, .
considerable ability, was named ns special counsel to the aldcrmanlc committee
C. H. STRANAHAN IS
LOYAL TO G. 0. P,
"A man who would betray bis
party would l)etray the people," de
clares C. H. Strannhan, who received
the Hepubllcan nomination for state
representative. Mr. Stranahuu thus
expressed himself In reply to a.i In
quiry as to his attitude towards the
newly organized Progressive Party.
"I received the nomination at the
bands of the Hepubllcan voters In
this district In good faith," he con
tinued, "and to melt appears that I
would be iK'traylng the trust which
was thus expressed In me If I should
consent to accept the nomination at
the hands or the Bull Moosers of this
district. That party was not yet In
existence at the time when I received
the nomination In the primaries. If
1 or uny other Hepubllcan nominee
should decide to Join the new party
liet weeu now and the next campaign,
well and good, but I do not see how
I could do so at this time. So far as
the nominees for Congress on the He
publlcan ticket are concerned, I le
lleve that the new party might be
Justified In putting up their own
candidates If they do not believe that
the Republican candidates would
support the progressive measures
proposed ty Hoosevelt, should the
latter be elected. For my part I In
tend to remain true to the pledge
which I gave the Hepubllcan party
In ucceptlng the nomination."
The building Is substantial, com
modious, exceptionally adapted to
the needs of the community and,
withal, beautiful. It speaks eloquent
ly of the tiste and culture of the city
and valley. It will minister In a
large measure to the social needs of
the community.
Two thousand dollars Is needed to
complete the building exiense. The
offering Sunday morning will go to
the building fund and will betaken
without any auctioneering, selling of
brick or other fireworks s.i Hev.
Harris states.
Everyone Is most cordially Invited
to these opening servfee.
TEXANlUYS THE
SPRINGDALE RANCH
W. J. King, who recently came to
Oregon from Dublin, Texas, pur
chased the Sprlngdale Hanch on the
State Horn! from D. K. Hand last
week and took Immediate possess
ion. The place Includes nine ncres,
with nn attractive home.
Mr. King visited Hood Hlver seven
years ago and wns favorably Im
pressed. He did not hcate at that
time, however, but went to Texas.
He and Mrs. King have always re
membered Hood Hlver pleasantly
and at length made up their minds
to return nnd make this their home.
They have secured one of the most
nt tractive places In the valley.
Mrs. King ami Mrs. II. F. David
son nre sisters. Mr. anil Mrs. Hand
moved to town the last of the week.
County Organization of
Bull Moose Is Effected
Local Progressives Elect Officers and Choose an Ex
ecutive Committee Delegate to State Conven
tion Is Named Meeting Favors Putting Com
plete Ticket in the Field Roster Is Taken.
Organization of the Progressive
Party In Hood Hlver county was ef
fected at the meeting held at the
courthouse Friday evening. Local
officers were elected, an executive
committee made up of a member
from each precinct in the county
was named and a delegate was ap
pointed to represent this county at
thet.ta.te convention to tie held at
Portland on August 2!). The meet
ing was harmonious throughout.
Professor Gibson opened the meet
ing and nominations for a tempo
rary chairman were declared in or
der. A. C. Staten wus elected to this
office. A. J. Brumiulst was elected
temporary secretary.
In opening the meeting Professor
Gibson stated that there Is a large
Progressive element In the county
and that, while all were not repre
sented at the meeting, he believed
that they shout be considered In the
election of permanent officers. He
nominated Hev. J. O. Tate, an en
thusiastic Hoosevelt man, for perma
nent chairman. The election was
made unanimous. Frank Chandler
placed Attorney John Baker In nom
ination for permanent vice president.
This wan also made unanimous. The
election of Mr. Brunqulst as secretary
was made permanent and Dr. E. O.
Dutro was selected as treasurer.
In selecting an executive committee
It was decided to choose one man
from each precinct. The following
were thereupon unanimously elected:
Odell precinct (ieorge T. Prather.
Center Hood Hlver A. C. Staten.
West Hood Hlver E. A. Franz.
East Hood Hlver J. B. Hunt.
South Hood Hlver Wm. Crupper.
Pine Grove precinct A. G. Lewis
Bald win precinct John H.Putnam.
Two other precincts remained Dee
and Cascade Locks. It was decided
to leave these vacant for the present
until the balance of the executive
committee can Investigate nnd make
their appointments.
Two Progressives were placed In
nomination for the office of delegate
to the state convention. Mr. Tate
was the first nominee. Someonesug
gested that be might not be able to
attend and that the locul organize
tlon was very anxious to have a rep
resentative at the convention. Jobu
Baker was thereupon placed In nom
ination. A ballot was taken and
Mr. Baker was declared elected. Mr.
Tate was thereupon numed ns alter
nate. In accepting the office Mr.
Baker made a brief speech which was
In substance as follows:
Race Between T. R. and Wilson
"I believe It Is now conceded by all
fair-minded men that the fight this
Fall Is going to be between Hoose
velt and Wilson. When Tuft lost
his own home state In the primaries,
as well as Pennsylvunla, the home of
the corporations which have sup
ported him, Illinois und other sup
posedly stnndpat states. It became
evident that he w ns eliminated from
the race and what has happened
stuce that time has only served to
emphasize the fact that he Is no long
er In the running.
'Mr. Wilson is nn able and scholar
ly man. but he represent a tariff
policy that has nearly ruined the
JACOB (i
which Is investigating alleged graft la
country every time It has been tried.
The free trade policy, when It ha
been placed In operation, bos precip
itated a panic and shall we therefore
vote for such a policy rather than
for a man who stand for a reason
able protective tariff and proper con
trol of the trusts."
Mr. Baker concluded by stating
that he appreciated the honor which
had lieen conferred upon him and
that he would attend the state con
vention and brlug bock a full report
at a subsequent meeting.
Local Ticket Discussed
Dr. Dutro brought up for discus,
slon the matter of Instructing Mr.
Baker, tbo delegate, as to what th
opinion here In concerning the plac
ing of a complete state and local
Progressive ticket In the field. The
doctor said that he believed the new
party should be made completely
distinct from the G. O. P.
Professor Gibson started the dis
cussion. He said In substance:
"I consider the Progressive Party
In this country represents a new and
distinct movement. It should there
fore be separated from all connection
with the Hepubllcan Party and the
line of cleavage should be made com
plete. I have studied the platform
of the new party, and although there
are some planks upon which I wish
to study further, on. the whole it
suits me.
"So far as Taft personally In con-
continued on p 10
QUICK WORK DONE
ON UNION ADDITION
Remarkably fast progress has been
made on the big new cold storage
plant being constructed for the
Cnlon. Contractor L. A. Woodard
has kept a big gang of bricklayers
on the Job. The brickwork was
completed In record time on Satur
day. Work has been under way this
week on the roof and it Is expected
that thlit will be completed before
the end of the week. It will then re
main to Install the Insulation, Mr.
Woodard I confident that he can
complete the building by the middle
of next month and In plenty of time
for use when the apples are har
vested.
STEAL A MARCH ON
FRIENDS; ARE WED
In nn effort to escape the too assid
uous uttentlon of their friends, Altiert
William Peters of thin place and
Miss Marguerite Mllllkln of Cincin
nati were quietly married at St.
Mark's Episcopal church Saturday
afternoon at 4 o'clock. Hev. Edmund
Frew Simpson performed the cere
mony and only the. Immediate fami
lies and friends were present. The
church was prettily decorated with
marguerites In keeping with the
bride's name. Mrs. E. F. Pooley
gave away the bride, while E. H.
Pooley acted as the groom's best
man. Others present Included the
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Peters, and his sister, Mlsn Florence,
till of whom are spending the summer
here, nnd Miss Florence Morrison.
Soon after leaving the church and
while at the Pooley home on State
street Mr. and Mr. Peters were
startled by the arrival of a four
horse equipage, fantastically decor
ated with bunting and tieurlng ap
propriate placards. This was escort
ed by a small regiment of friend
among whom some local Paul He
vere had spread the news.
There was nothing for It but that
the wedding party should mount the
wedding car and he escorted through
tlie principal streets, blazoning forth
to the
world the news of the great
event.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter left
eveuti. g tor Seattle, w here
spend their honeymoon,
here In a couple of week
Saturday
they will
returning
to make
their home on the groom's ranch.
Mr. Peters 1 one of the bet known
and moHt popular young orchard!!
of the valley. Ho ha one of the
largest place on the Fust Side. Ill
bride Is a young woman of many m
compllMhineiit and great peroiiil
i liiirin. A host of friend will etteml
Ix'st wtilies for ii long and happy
life together.