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ws Highest Grade Job Vrinting Advertisers Get Results VOLUME 8, NUMBER 37 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1912 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR THE HOOD RIVER Shell Rock Work More Than Half Completed Convicts Make Rapid Progress in Piercing Last Bar rier in Transcontinental Highway-Benson Do nation of $10,000 Less Than Half lixpended-Road Will Be Finished on Schedule Construction of the road. around Shell Rock, which will pierce the Inn, serious oIihI run Ion In tin liiuil link Of till' t Til IIMCttltt lllt'll t til H.VMtCIII of high wii.vh. Ik more than tin If com pleted and the $10,000 donation iiiikIi' for the work I y S. Benson of Port 1 ti ii 1 1 1m less llnin half expended. Thin In the report of Murray Kay of thlH city, u ho l4 the engineer In charge of t he work. It wan a little over three month ago that (iovernor Went brushed aside all oliMtaeleM anil established IiIh canii of honor men from the pen-Iti-ntltiry at Shell Kock. Since that time an average of abont It) convicts have been engaged on the work. These men have been In charge of Overseer Adam Shortgren anil have coniliicteil tlie.nsclve In it way which fully vindicated (iovernor West's policy of employing IiIh bent liehaveil convlctH on good road proj ccts, mo Mr. Kay ileclareM. The mail has lieen coiiMt rnctei more than half way arouml the rink, Although the building of the road arouml the peculiar sliding forma tion at that point wax a ditllcult en gineering feat. It Im being succeMMfuliy accompllHhed and every Indication Is that the road will lie permanent and not HiiHceptllile to nerloun damage from the Hlldlng rock. It ban a max imum irrade of eight tier cent. The maximum width will tie ii feet and tltf in 1 1 it in l) in width In placeM where It wiim dcMlralile to reduce the rock work U 14 feet. Adapted for Automobiles The road Im U'lng coiiMtructed with a view to ItM making a good auto mobile iim well im wagon road. The minimum width of 14 feet will Im- Miif liclent to allow the largeHt touring carM to pass at any point. "In Multnomah county," says Mr. Kay, "the roiuU have a maximum width of 24 feet and a iiMnlmuui width of 12 feet. The Shell Kock road Iiiim not ouch a great maximum width, but It Iiiim a larger minimum width, which means an equally serv Iceable and convenient road at aeon Mlderably Icmm expeiiMe. Convicts Work Splendidly "TheconvlctM have worked JiiMt iim well iim any gang of paid men and the manner In which the work wiim financed through Mr. Benson's dona tion ha permitted of Mm being done In the moMt economical fashion. The men have lieen working slowly through Molld rock, but they have given the bent results possible with 80-ACRE RANCH IN UPPER JfALLEY SOLD After having thoroughly Investl ga ted all the other fruit dlHtrlctM of the NorlhweMt, .1. UoIIIiimoii Itarroll, Jr., of St. Louis mid Clarence 1". ItiiMch of Long Inland, N. Y., return ed to Hood Klver Inst week and pur chiiMed from llollowell and Itecker their so acre ranch in the I'pper Val ley. The deal wiim made through Ward Ireland Cornell, the I'pper Val ley real eMtate man. The price paid waH$lt!,IMNI. Mcmmtm. Barroll and Bunch came to Hood Klver earlier In the Hummer and Investigated condlttoiiM and op portunities here. They iiIho visited the Kogue Klver Meet Ion, Wenatchee, Yakima and Heveral ot her apple (11m trlctn. After seeing tlieni all they decided to return to Hood Klver to Iih'ii te. The ranch purchased by them Iiiim 14acrcM In six-year-old treeM of the Newtown mid Spltx vartetlcH. Thirty live acreM have H'n slashed and burned and It Im the Intention of MeHHrM. Barroll and ItiiMch to clear It nnd Met out trecH thlM Fall. They iiImo plan to build a bungalow and outbuilding" and make extetiHlve Im provementM. ltoth are cntlmslantlc about their pun liiiMe. Tliey will be welcomed among the young men who ure doing thing In the I'pper Valley. Mr. ItiiMch Im a graduate of Cornell. Mr. BarroH's parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. ,1. It. Itarroll of St. Louis, and IiIm sinter, MImm Itarroll, were In Hood Itltcr Friday and Saturday Inspert lug Hie valley. Another real eMtate deal JumI con summated In the I'pper Valley Im the mile to Captain Tohcy by .1. F. ThotiipMoti of 20 acre, nil In urchnrd. the MinalleMt expenditure. "In order to build a road around t he sliding mountain of rock, which Im iim much a ,'i.loOftet In height h In Mome placeM, we have nought to leave thin Hhell rock undisturbed mo far iim possible. Our obMervHtiou Iimh been that the rock Im not contin ually wilding toward the river, a Iiim been popularly supposed. It only mIIiIcm where excavation are made at ItM bane. When undlturbed there Im no reanon to believe that the Mllde will ever encroach upon the road. "We have count ructcd the road around and abutting upon the Mllde, rock taken from portion of the mountain which do not abut upon the road being lined In the count ruc tion' Railroad's Rights Safeguarded Although the county did not sign the agreement proponed by the rail road governing the locution of the road, every effort Iiiim been made to recognize and safeguard the rail road'M Interentn. The neareMt the road approach!' to the railroad In 20' feet lietween the center line of the track nnd the nearent edge of the road. Sufficient room Im left ho that another track can be laid U'tween the present track and the road, there being t he required 1.'! feet npace for the additional track ami feet fur clearance lietween the rullroad and the road at all polntM. Convicts' Conduct Exemplary So far iim the work at Shell Kock Im concerned, the (i.ivernor's policy of employing convlctH on public pro ectM Im a great success, uccordlng to Mr. Kay, who says: "Although I am only In charge of the engineering and not directly over the convlctH, I have hud every op portunlty to Htudy the Hyntem and can nay th'it my ohHcrvatlouH from alaymau'M point of view have con vlnced me that the Governor's policy an carried out on the Shell Kock work ban everything to recommend It. Ity thl I menu that It nppcars good from every Htandpolnt good for the ntate, certainly beneficial for the me:i and extremely ndvantage oiim for the community In which the road are conntructed at the low cunt of which thin system permit. "Teh convlctH employed at Shell Kock are exceptionally Indunt rloun and well liehaved. When one workn with them for awhile he forget that they are convlctH. They are happy, Hociahle and nil di lighted at the free dom allowed them and the trunt Im poned In t h -in by (iovernar Went, whom they all admire and t. whom they are very loyal." Mr llennon Htlpulated that the $lo,(XM) should be expended and the work completed within a year. Mr. Kay hii.vh that with the progrenn already made the road nhould lie completed within the nchedule time. DECLINES TO SERVE AS COMMITTEEMAN With regard to the appointment of John K. Putnam, Republican nomi nee an county commlMMloner, iim a member of the executive committee of the ProgrcHnlve pnrty In Hood Klver county, we are requested to ntate that Mr. I'utnam declined the appointment for the reiiHon that while he Ih a Htipporter of Mr. Koose velt, he Im a Kepubllcaii In ntate and county politic. ANNUAL RECEPTION TO SCHOOLTEACHERS FRIDAY The School nnd Home AHMoclntlon will begin ItH series of ineetlngH with theiiMual Informal reception to the teacher. Thin year the reception will be held at the High School Itulld ing thl coming Friday evening at N o'clock. The citizen of Hood Klv er city and valley are urged to be preent to make thl a real "get to gether" meeting. It Im the time for election of olllcerH. Samuel Itlythe and Slmpnoti Cop pie left Friday for I, oh AngrlcM, where they will attend the national (. A. II. encampment, which open thl week. Mr. I,. M. Rentley iiIho went to the convention a dele gate from the W. K, C. of Oregon. Mm. Itl.vthe went to Portland to re main during her hunband'H nbwence, NEW 820,000 SCHOOL IN BARRETT DISTRICT HandMome building which waa opened last year for the firnttlme, Thin hcIiooI Ih one of the linen t In the valley awl atanda an a tentlmonlal to the progrenlve Idean and civic pride of reMldentB In the Barrett dlntrict. The building I attractively contructed both lnnlde and out. It U of brick and IncludcH four large clan room, ofllce and capaiou cement banement. An elei trlcally operated ventilating Ih heated and lighted according to the inont approved method. The hcIiooI Ih Hurrotimled by extennlve playground which Include two acre Indian Creek travereM a portion of jut opened for ItM Mecond year, I a great credit to the entire valley, an well a to the district In which It Ih located. JOHN COPPER HAS A NARROW ESCAPE John H. Copper, who recently re Hlgned IiIh position with the Hood Klver Banking and Trunt Company, to work on the railroad In Kantern Oregon, narrowly CHcapcd death Sat urday ut Kit (irande when the car In which he wan riding wan caught In a rear end collinlou. Mr. Copper came to Hood Klver Sunday, hi head bound In bandage, and with him came the detail of hi experience. He wan riding aattend- antonitMtock train and wan play ing caid with a number of men In the piiMMeuger coach which had lieen at tached next to the caboone. The rear of the train had not lieen pulled clear onto the Hiding and it wan Htruck by another train. When the men In the car heard the cranh some runlied for the rear door and otherH Jumped through th window. Cop per leaped for the rear door junt lie htnd Joe Allen, a wealty ntockmnn of Knterprine. Junt a Allen jumped the caboone fell on him, killing him Inntantly. Copper turned back Into the car Junt In the nick of time. He then jumped through a window, lie Huntalned a number of nculp wound Allen whh the only one of the ten men to be killed. "BORROWER" LEAVES A TRAOF WHEAT Attention of the gentleman who helped hlniHiif to a Hack of wheat and auother of oat n frotn ( '. K. Hone' acreage on the State road Monday evening I called to the fact that he overlooked the fact that there was a nlzable leak In the wheat bag. Ah a renult a trail of Forty Fold wheat, the flrnt to be whipped Into the valley thin neanon, gave a clue which re (Ulreil no Sherlock Itolnicn to follow. Mr. Hone nay that if the grain Im re turned lie will overlook the portion that wan drooped by the waynlde and ank no iiuentlon. otherwise he will proMecute the ncnulnltlve "bor rower." News Snapshots Of (he Week 0 1 rm "r .y .vy ' justice 1 :l)ii .? IrVt w! Jr K .'v v - t rrC -S-CMPEROR WILLIAM Pr'ssociArNi.-, &r77w"tttta JOHN WANAMAKER i i f Oermany caused ceneral alarm for hla life, and h was forced to postpone questions, came to thla country to speak. nyntem Im a feature, while the building the ground. The school, which hnn CHILDREN'S FAIR NEXTSATURDAY Next Saturday la the date for the school children' Industrial fair, to which all hcIiooI children of the coun ty are eligible. The fair will be held at the courthouse and Superintend ent ThompHon anticipates that there will be a larrfe number of exhibit, children from nearly every dUtrlctln the county having been buny pre paring entries. The latter will In clude fruits and vegetable, bread and canned fruit, Jelly, flower, sew ing exhibit, mechanical work and chickens. A large list of premiums have lieen given by local merchants and the prizes are of a kind thut should Induce a larjre number to enter. It Is announced that as some chil dren have raised chicken which are not Included In the varieties specltied, there will lie an additional cla, with three premiums, for the bent exhibits of three chickens not In cluded In the other class. All children are urged to bring In their entries early Saturday morn. Ing In order that they may be put In place for the exhibit. The fair will lie kept open through the afternoon and also In the evening In cane conditions warrnut It. PIPE FOR WATER SYSTEM ARRIVES Four carload of Iron pipe to lie used for the reconstruction of the water system lias arrived, some on Saturday nnd the balance the first of this week. Thl shipment com. prises about one-half of the pipe to be used. That which has arrived will lie used on State, Twelfth, F.u gene anil Ninth streets nnd to the reservoir, the latter pipe Itelng In very bad shape. The pipes Inside the proposed paving district nre also to be laid at once In order to facili tate the paving of some of the streets before winter. The News for good printing. The hearing of the Konenthnl murder ense was begun before Justice C.etT In the criminal brunch of the supreme court William J. Flynn, sot-ret service cioteetlve nnd former police commissioner of New York, wns engaged to obtain evidence In the nlder manlc graft Inquiry. John Wananiaker, former postmaster general, wan taken seriously III following an operation. The power boat Ankle Deep made the best time In th6 elimination trials for the international races. The sudden illness of the emperor COUNCIL ADOPTS REPORT ON PAVING At the postponed meeting of the city council lant week the report of the paving committee recommend ing (joldendale pavement on Can- cade, state and Oak street and the name paving on the ctomh ntreetn, with a i.trlp of macadam fn the cen ter, wan adopted. The Judiciary committee was Inntructed to bring In an ordlnunce In accordance with the recommendation of the com ml t tee. In the matter of substituting grav el and oil on Oak street for the pro posed macadam, the street commit tee recommended that the petition be held for further consideration. In the matter of the uncompleted sidewalks on Thirteenth street, the street committee recommended that not only these sidewalks, but all un completed walks be advertised at once In accordance with the ordi nance requiring their completion. The committee further recommend ed that the constructlonn of side walks on Columbia street between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets be allowed as petitioned for. The report of the street committee wan adopted by the council. The city surveyor made a verbal report on the Incinerator nnd recom mended that a man be placed In the otlice of Mr. Otis at Portland and that this man should oversee getting out plans for the Incinerator. Mr. Otis himself has so many contracts for the Installation of Incinerators that he Is unable to conIder a con tract with Hood Klver, but It Is un dertood that he would be willing to have an euglneer adapt his plans to the needs of Hood Klver. Mayor Ltlanchar appointed Albert L. Crocker as a member of the libra ry board to take the place of Dr. F. C. BronluH. H. 1 Hugglu-i and Pro fesnor McLoughlln were reappointed an memberH of the board. ALLEGED SPEEDER IS FINED S100 Ostium Koyal, driver ot the Cloud Cap Inn automobile stage, wan found guilty of speeding by Judge A. C, I tuck the last of the week and was fined $100. The charge against Koyal wnsthat he exceeded 'the speed limit while passing within 100 yard of a team. The alleged offetine took place when Koyal's auto struck a rig just went of the steel bridge. Ii. C, Baldwin was the principal witness for the state. He testified that he droe his auto across the bridge just In front of Koyal and that he (Baldwin) was going about 12 miles an hour. I'pon reaching the end of the bridge he said he Increased his speed considerably, but that Koyal panned him while he was going about three length of his own car. It was then that Koyal's car struck the team and carriage. The law prohibits an auto from going faster than eight miles an hour when pass ing w 1 1 tit n 100 yards of a rig. Attorney K. C. Smith appeared for Koyal and stated that he did not care to put up any defense for hi client, declaring that Koyal preferred to be tried In the circuit court. Professor It. It. Pratt, the cold storage expert from Washington wiio addrenned local orchardlnts a few weekn ago, has returned to Hood Klver to remain during as much of the packing season as he can In order to study storage problems. several Important atate visit. Keir Hurdle, the Knglish authority ou labor Declares Report of Huge Apple Crop Exaggerated Reliable Trade Journal Says that Early Estimates Have Been Greatly Reduced by Unfavorable Wea ther Conditions in East and Middle West and Prospects are Hore Encouraging A distinctly encouraging report upon the apple prospects this year Im made by the St. Joseph Fruitgrower, one of the best-posted and most re lial.le fruit papers of the Middle West. This paper declares that the quantity of marketable apples avail able this year will fall far below the fruit buyers' early estimates and that good prices should be obtained by the growers. The Fruitgrower further declares that the talk of a bumper crop has been made largely for the purpose of depressing prices at the opening of the season. It says: "All reports concerning the 1!12 apple crop ngree that the prospect ive crop. Including all sections where apples are grown commercially, has deteriorated since the Fruitgrower's reports for last month were pub lished. The government's reports, as well as those from Fruitgrower's correspondents, agree as to this. It Is hard to ascertain to what extent the crop has lieen Injured by drouth, by Insects and by apple scab or the extent to which the Injury will con tinue. Further Decline Expected "It is generally believed by those who are studying the situation that next month will show still further decline In the condition of the crop. In parts of the country the weather has lieen very dry and apples have not grown as they should have done; In other sections apple scab Is more Injurious than usual and conditions have been Ideal for the spread of the disease; In still other sections the crop has been over-estimated, for the reason that many trees are too full of fruit and apples will lie small at harvest time. "In sending out crop-report cards this month we asked correspondents If bujernare talking prices. No one reports any prices having been made, but all agree that buyers are talking big crop and correspondingly low prices. Many of them claim that the apple crop for 11)12 will be the largest since lsDfi. While It seems that the .crop will be larger than for several years junt past, our reports do not JURY SUMMONED TO DECIDE THE OWNER In the case of Frank Chandler vs. Paul Hubbard and C. D. Nlckelsen, wherein the sheriff had attached an automobile formerly lielonglng to Hon. A. A. Jayne and claimed by plaintiff ns the property of Paul Hubbard, a third party. Silas H. Soule, appeared by his attorney, E. H. Hartwig, and claimed the prop erty before the sheriffs sale was made. In order to determine the owner ship It was necessary for the sheriff to call a jury of six men to decide, Sheriff Johnson presiding as jud-ie at the trial. After hearing nnd argu ment, the jury found the automobile to be the property of Silas H. Soule, V decision was reached in five min utes, r.. H. Hartwig appeared for Mr. Soule. Indicate a crop equal to those of l!K)i or KXU, which were over 4.1,000,000 barrels per year, nor Is It lielleved the yield will equal the 4S.000.000 bar rel crop harvested In 1!KX. Marketing Is Difficult " It Is very evident that the mark eting of the li)12 apple crop will lie a ticklish business because of the great difference of opinion which seems to exist lietween the buyers and grow ers. It Is also very evident that con ditions are such that what now promises to lie a very large apple crop may shrink to a very ordinary crop liefore harvest time, because of the conditions which exist In many of the best apple-producing sections. By next month a better estimate of the crop can lie given nnd perhaps one can get a line on the prices at that time. Jonathan Crop Short "One thing seems evident and that is that the Jonathan crop will lie light throughout the Middle Western states. Buyers agree that this var iety will be short and say that prices should rule strong as compared with prices for other varieties. It Is also evident, If statements of buyers are to be believed, that they will not buy at any price a lot of the wormy, scabby apples which are likely to tie offered to them at harvest time. If the buyers will persist In this stand, then really good apples should bring fair prices this Fall." MACHINE CLEANS AND GRADES FRUIT A cleaning and grading machine, which appears to be practical, effic ient and rapid. Is being shown at the Gilbert Implement Company. This machine Is the one Invented by (). K. Porter of The Dalles and Is be ing placed on the market by a com pany composed of The Dalles and Hood Klver fruit growers who have been Impressed with the merits of the new machine. The apples are fed through revolv ing brushes which thoroughly clean them, after which they pass through a conveyor which mechanically grades the apples and deposits them In separate racks. The grades can be adjusted to 9Ult. The machine Is operated by Jelectrkity and has a maximum capacity of about 2.K)0 boxes a day. It Is especially adapted for use by co-operative fruit packing nnd shipping associations. LOCAL TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Recent transfers of real estate have been as follows: K. C. Hurlburt to W. J. Peddlcord, half Interest in 20 acres south of Sum mit. Solon E. Wood to Harry A. Hack- ett, lot 10 Dean's subdivision, $i!M). A. F. CntnptH'll to F. F.. Strang. "o acres at Udell. F. K. String to C. R. Manlker. .Tl acres at Udell. Louise F. Kermott to Martin ). line, 10 acres In I'pper Valley, f !H)00. J. (i. Arnold to Syndicating Realty Co., half Interest In 40 acres near Hreenpolnt, $:i."00. Samuel Woodward to John S. Hoover. 120 acres at Hermann's Lake, SlI'llH). W. J. linker to I.ticlnda Worlow. otn 10 and ;'.(), block 2.1, Hood Klver Proper, 11.10. '. R. Manlker to A. J. I.acey. five teres at Udell. 1700. PACKING SCHOOL TO OPEN TUESDAY The Hood Klver Apple (irower' I'lilon nnnouiiccM that It will open It annual packing school next Tuesday. September 17. This school will 1h In session until 1'rldav. Seiitemls-r 20. I'hose wanting to take adviitit I the school should ! IIM hand promptly it nine h'cIih k Tuesd'tv morning. Pet i; rant, formerly of Hits nlucc and now engaged In the tailoring Inislni'MM In Portland, vl-lt.d friend here over the Wit-k end.