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VOLUME 8, NUMBER 44
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1912
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YE AR
Ho Candidates File For .
Places on City Ticket
Primary Nominating Election Called for Next Mon
day Goes By Default and Candidates Will Seek
Places on Ballot by Petition--Prefer to Run Inde
pendently of Party Lines
How to hold an election wlthont
any candidates In the question which
Is now perplexing City Recorder
Howe. Notice have been pouted
and all legal step have been taken
to hold a primary nominating elec
tlon next Monday. Nov. 4, but the
time has expired (or the filing of
candidate petitions and not a single
aspirant ban made known bin desire
to secure a place on the ticket In this
manner.
Officers to tie elected at the regular
city election In December Include the
mayor, three councllmen, city re
punier and cltv treasurer. Any of
these might have secured a place on
the primary nominating bnllot by
filing a petition. proerly signed,
previous to 15 days before the prl
inary election. ' Under the law, how
ever. It would have been necessary
for them to have filed as either He
publicans or Democrats. It was this
rennlrement which prevented the
Ollng of etltloiis, candidates prefer
ring to wait until after the primary
fWtimi and tw-cure a place on the
regular ticket bj petition as Inde
pendent candidates. Consequently
the 21st passed without a single petl
tlon being filed with the city recorder
The city having fulfilled all the le
gal requirements and having given
due notice of an electlou. the lack of
candidates leaves It lu a somewhat
iMrtilexlnir situation, but there Is
nothing to le done under the clrcuin
stances except to penult the election
to go by default.
The Heights Improvement Club
LAND HERE MOST
VALUABLEJN STATE
llond Itlvpr count T can boast of
having the roost valuable and there
fore the highest priced land In the
state, and Wheeler county has the
lowest, according to data assembled
by I-abor Commissioner Hoff for his
hlennlal nnort. Which will soon be
completed and ready for publication.
Mult noma b. with 'an average value
of $2:H) per acre, conies next to Hood
River. According to the report, the
average vnlue of land an acre In the
state Is $3T.2I. the highest Isdng $.140
an acre In Hood River county, and
, the lowest t'.l.l2 an acre In Wheeler
county.
The report shows the total farm
acreage In the state to have been
12.3stO.3KI acres on August 31. The
nvernire size of nn Oregon farm Is
shown to be 2."2 GO acres, and the av
ernge value of an Oregon farm, In
eluding buildings, livestock nud ma
chlnerv. U given ns $031 ,317.20.). The
number of farms Is given as 38,000,
and the farm acreage is 12,3!K),2S3.
Of the 3S.000 farms, STj.OOO are free
from mortgages. The average value
per acre of potatoes Is three times
that of hay and forage, and of hops,
eight times, Gilliam and Umatilla
counties grow two fifths of the bar
ley crop, and Clnckamns, Marlon and
Multnomah counties produce one half
of the potato crop In the state.
Tin numlier of manufacturing es
tablishments Is given as 237S, the
value of products per capita at $130,
and the mini 1st of wage-earners at
29,.r)(3.
WOMEN'S CLUBS ARE
TO BE ENTERTAINED
At the next meeting of the Wom
an's Jf'lnb, to In held Wednesday,
Nov C, a reception will ls tendered
to the Four Iteaf Clover Club, the
Frankton Woman's Club, the Choral
Union and to the teachers of the
schools. The uncial progrnm to be
given will lie In charge of Mrs. F.
K. Ferguson.
At the meeting of the club last
week Miss Milam gave nn Interesting
talk on social economics. Mrs Hen
ney delighted the club with a vocal
solo, while Hans Hoerleln gave some
selections on the piano which were
greatly enjoyed.
lo Vote for Orange Bills
To vote for the Orange road bills,
which have been approved by the
1 1 nod River Commercial Club, vote
324 and 320 Yes and vote no Mil nil
other proposed road measures.
has been considering the advisability
of putting up candidates at the pri
mary election. At a recent meeting,
however, the matter was thorough
ly discussed and It wns decided that
It would be unwise to attempt to
run candidates under the party
tickets. It was the sense of the or
ganization that the law requiring
that a primary nominating election
lie held In cities the size of Hood
Klver Is 111 advised, Inasmuch as.lt
Injects party politics Into the city
affairs. The club adjourned until
last evening, when It was the pur
pose of the organization to select a
list of candidates to be placed on the
ballot by petition. It was fur I Her
dedlded to cooperate with the recently-organized
Home Protective
Association In the selection of these
proposed candidates.
NERVES UNSTRUNG;
WOULD KILL JUDGE
DouglasS. Dufur, a court utenog
rnpher of Portland, who has fre-
quently visited Hood Klver as otllclal
court stenographer for Judge Brad
sbaw, was examined to determine
his mental competency at the conn:y
Jail In Portlaud the last of t lie- not
after having made a threat to kill
Circuit Judge Oateus of flint city. It
was decided not to send hlin to tl.e
asylum at Salem, but to grant the
request of Mrs. Dufur that she lie
allowed to take blui to a health re
sort for a long lest. His condition
Is ascribed to extreme nervousness.
and It Is believed thut rest nud quit t
will restore his mental equilibrium.
Au Insanity coinplalut was Issued
against Dufur, following the report
that while In a semi Intoxicated con
dition In a saloon he displayed a re
volver and announced his Intention
of killing Circuit Judge Oatens and
members of his family. The police
tried to reach the saloon before Du
fur left, but falling in this Police
('Hptaln Keller kept a guard around
the judge's residence, K7 Clnckamns
street, for the remainder of the night.
In the morning Dufur wns found
asleep at bis residence. He made no
demonstration during the night.
Dufur formerly lived at The Dalles.
LOCAL TRANSFERS
OF REAL ESTATE
Anna Ienx to W. H. Simpson and
Kottert Wnlstrom, 40 acres In Mid
dle Valley.
Warren K. Davenport to Columbia
Tie and Tlailicr Company, 3!) acres In
Relmont district.
Myrtle A. (illlam to Mary C. Zlllla-
cus, ten acres lu Ilarrett district.
Sherman J. Frank to Anna Frank.
lot 3 and half of lot 4. block 3. Hood
Klver.
John A. Hammond to his wife, lot
0, block 3, Stranahan's first addition.
Bessie Mnrgulls to J. Margulls, un
divided half of 40 acres near Tucker's.
Sumner I). Cameron to A. C. Pierce,
lot at Odell, $700.
News Snapshots
Of (he Week
rase, and the defense began.
Ottoman troops Felix Dins,
mm atj-
Election Returns
Will Be Received
The News will be the first newspaper to publish the elec
tion returns in this county.
In the regular issue published next Wednesday morning
will be given the result of the national, state and county elec
tions so far as they shall be known up to a late hour Tuesday
evening".
The News has made arrangements whereby it will co-operate
with the Commercial Club in securing a complete series
of bulletins through the Western Union Telegraph Company.
This will be an exclusive service ia this community and it will
insure Hood River receiving the promptest and most reliable
service to be obtained.
The News will keep its forms open as late as possible and
will be in the mails as usual the first thing the next morning,
I several hours before Portland
8 rive in Hood River and a whole day before they will reach res-
9 idents in the valley,
Returns will be received over a special leased wire which
will be installed by the Western Union Telegraph Company in
ifi the Commercial Club auditorium. There will be a special op
erator to receive the returns hot off the wire and they will be
0 read to the audience by Secretary Scott, through whose enter-
prise arrangements have been made for giving this public ser-
I'i'dn unflaM Via micniiAa rf 1n1-, I. ' i t 1 --vv"l x T la
The returns will probably
iht Flnstpm staffs nhnnt ficrht
service at the club will begin.
The News will receive the bulletins in conjunction with the
Commercial Club and they will be placed in type as fast as re-
! ceived.
In order to serve its subscribers in town and valley, the
News will also be prepared to answer telephone calls and give
q out such information a3 it may receive. There will probably
0 not be many definite returns to give out over the telephone un
S til about ten o'clock or later.
Economical Klanagemeut
Frees County From Debt
Deficit of $34,644.17 Carried Over From Last Year Is
Wiped out and County's Financial Condition Is
Excellent--Flgures Show Businesslike Admini
stration by Present County Court
Although an attempt Is tietng
made to make political capital out of
alleged extravagance In the conduct
of the county's affairs, ncturl figures
obtained from the county clerk's
office show that the county admin
istration during the present year has
been the most economical since Hood
Klver became a county.
The general county levy for all
purposes this year, exclusive of
special district levies, was 10 8 mills.
This was only five tenths of a milt
larger than last year, but the judl
clous expenditure of the sum thus
levied Is evidenced by the fact that
an Indebtedness of 34,644.17 carried
over from last year has lieen wiped
out ami as yet no warrants have
been registered. Judging from
the record made so far this year,
there Is every reason to believe that
the deficit at the end of the present
year will not exceed y."000.
Attempts to give the Impression
that the county Is laboring under a
heavy Indebtedness entailed by ex
travagant methods and that a
change. should therefore be made, Is
not supported by the facts. At the
present time the county Is nhoolutelv
Ex-rrosltlent Theodore Roosevelt wns shot by a maniac nnnicd Schrank while on his way to mnke a speech In Milwaukee. The
bullet entered bis brenst, but did not touch any vltnl part. The colonel was removed to Chicago, where his recovery was rapid
The Boston Red Sox defented the New York oinnts for the world s bnsehnll championship by four pnnies to three. Wood of
Boston and Mnrnnnrd of New York won the mnjorlty of gnmes for '.heir teams. The stnte finished Its evidence In the Becker
Turkey declared war ntrnlnst the Balkan states, and fighting wns reported all r.lon the larder. Abdullah Pashn Is lending the
nephew of former President Portlrln Was of Mexico. Is-gan a revolution against the present administration.
papers carrying the returns ar-
begin coming over the wire from
nVlnok nr soon after, whpn tVtp
free from debt and has a balance In
the general fund of $22,22.51. The
only Indebtedness which must be
met from this fund Is that levied for
state purposes. The unpaid one-
hulfof this amount $17,500 Is still
payable, but not yet due. If It were
paid this mouth there would remain
on hand a balaiv.-e of $4,702. With
the current Income of the county,
this sum will le sufficient to pay
outstanding warrants aud to meet
current expenses, with only a com
paratively few unpuld warrants at
the end of the year. This, too, de
spite the additional expense of $3,000
entailed through construction of the
new steel bridge at Tucker's.
Last year the levy for road pur
poses In the county was five mills.
The sum thus raised was I45,!I21. .'!.
The amount expended for rood pur
poses In excess of this amount was
fl7,S02,Si), which constituted the
deficit that the county faced at the
beginning of the present year for
road purposes alone, In addition to
which there was a deficit In the gen
eral fund of flti.7Sl.31.
This year the levy for road pur-
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DECISIVE VICTORY
FOR DRYSFORESEEN
Speaking at the U. B. church Sun
day evening, Professor OIIhiod pre
dicted that the vote In .favor of a
dry city would be tour to one. He
based this prediction upon canvass
ing which be has done on the
Heights. He declared, however, that
every person lu the city who Is In fa
vor of barring out the saloon should
vote and thus make the vlctoryso
decisive that no such attempt would
ever be made again. The latter
statement was greeted by applause.
There was a large attendance at
the meeting, which was held for the
dlscusstou of saloons. Rev. J. B.
Parsons Introduced E. O. Hall, con
tractor and builder, as the first
speaker.
Would Hurt Business
Mr. Hall told some of his own ex
periences and undertook to show
that saloons would hurt every legiti
mate business by decreasing the effi
ciency of a large proportion of the
laboring men. He said local mer
chants have told him that men who
always owed them when the city was
wet, paid their bills promptly after it
was voted dry. Mr. Hall said he at
tributed his own success to honesty,
Industry and sobriety, especially so
briety, and made a strong appeal to
all young men present to keep away
from the degrading Influence of In
toxicating liquors.
Professor Gibson spoke In behalf of
a decisive victory for the drys. He
said that every citizen In favor of
keeping the city free from saloons
should make It a point to vote and
to to get all his neighbors In favor of
a dry town to do likewise.
In the course of his remarks Mr.
Gibson highly commended the reform
work of Governor West and said that
the citizens of the state should let
Governor West know that they are
behind him On Professor Gibson's
suggestion, resolutions expressing
the confidence of those present In
Governor West's reform policies and
pledging their support were unani
mously adopted.
Mr. Parsons made a few remarks,
declaring the saloon to be the great
est menace of the day. He then
called on A. I. Mason.
Initiative Is Threatened
Mr. Mason called attention to a re
cent editorial In the Glacier reflecting
upon the Initiative and also to a
paid advertisement (so marked) In
serted lu the News last week by In
terests who are attempting to secure
passage nf the Majority Rule
Amendment. He said that an or
ganlzed effort Is being made to de
stroy the purpose of the Initiative,
and showed the practlal Impossl
blllty of securing a majority of all
votes cast In favor of any one mens
ure submihted under the Initiative.
He strongly urjfed the defeat of the
Majority Rule Amendment by voting
'323 No."
SUFFRAGIST WILL
MAKE SPEECH HERE
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gtltuan,
who Is said to lie one of the most
eloquent woman orators of the East.
will address the people of Hood
River on the subject of equal suffrage
nt the Commercial Club Hall next
Saturday, Nov. 2, at S o'clock. The
address will tie given under the
auspices of the Hood River Woman's
Suffrage league. All are Invited.
A voter's first duty Is now the
study of proposed laws.
Big Crowd Hears Debate
on Single Tan Measure
Meilbronner Hall Is Packed to Limit of Its Capacity
When Shields and U'Ren Discuss Proposition to
Be Submitted on Ballot Many Lively Tilts Make
Debate One of Intense Interest
Before a packed house, W. 8. U'Ren
and Charles H. Shields debated the
proposed graduated single tax at
Hellhronner Hall Friday evening.
The hall filled early, many persons
having come In from tbecountry and
from the valley towns to hear the de
bate. All the seats were occupied
when A. I. Mason opened the meet
ing and standing room was at a
premium, many persons standing up
throughout the two-hour debate.
Mr. U'Ren made the first 40 minute
speech. He explained the purpose of
the elntfle tax and said that Instead
of Increasing the tax on the farmer It
would materially decrease It. He
said that the Idea of the graduated
single tax was to decrease the tax on
Improved and productive land and
to increase the tax on lands held for
speculation and uulmproved.
The speaker said that the tax roll
of Clackamas county had been ex
tended on the basis of the single tax
In order to show what the effect
would be. He showed that water
powers, franchises of public service
corporations and the property of
these corporations as estimated from
their earning capacity would be tax
ed. They are now exempt. With
the tax roll of the county extended
under the single tax be said that the
farmer would pay from about 15 to
50 per cent less taxes. He gave speci
fic Instances,
U'Ren said the single tax had work
ed successfully In British Columbia
and read a number of letters received
from city and county officials where
the tax had been tried. They en
dorsed It. Mr. U'Ren coutended that
It was not an experiment, but that
It had been given a thorough test
and proven successful. He declared
that It was one of the factors which
was causing the big emigration to
British Columbia from this country.
Touching upon the campaign that
Is being waged in behalf of single
tax, Mr. U'Ren admitted that It was
being literally financed by the Fels
Commission Fund, but be declared
that there were hundreds of Individ
uals who had contributed small
amounts. He said they were not at
tempting to conceal who was back
ing them In their fight. He then
confronted Mr. Shields and challenged
him to announce who had employed
him to fight single tax and at what
salary.
In this connection Mr. U'Ren made
the allegation that Mr. Shields and
other opponents of the single tax
were lielng employed by the big cap
italists of Portland, who, he snld,
would be forced to pay thousands of
dollars Increased taxes on their prop
erty holdings under the single tax.
He said they could afford to make a
COUNTY TEACHERS GO
IMPORTANT
Felicitating each other upon living
and working In an Ideal rural com
munity and declaring their opinion
upon severnl matters of special Im
portance to the educational life of
the county, the teachers In session at
the Institute last week adopted be
fore adjournment the following res
olutions: Belt resolved by the teachers of
Hood Klver county:
I. That we declare our hearty
harmony with the one Idea empha
sized during these sessions, namely
that the school should le made close
ly .vsponslve to the needs of the 1n-
llvldual, the home and the commun
ity. That we 1elleve vocational
training may le blended with an ap
preciative study of Literature, Music
nnd Art.
An Ideal Rural Civilization
I. That we felicitate each other
that we live aud work and grow In
a community In which soclnl status
Is determined by true merit; a com
munity In which the farmer, his wife
nnd thetrsons and daughters are the
highest type of citizens; a community
In which college men and women nre
moulding nn Ideal rural civilization.
III. That weextend our sympathy
and pledge our support to the world
movement to secure social and econ
omic Justice to all classes.
IV. That we have profound faith
n the lasting benefit to the school
children resulting from the School
bitter fight agatnst the tax and that
they were doing so. He charged
that Mr. Shields came from Seattle
to perform bis "missionary" work
for a substantial consideration.
Mr. Shields Attacks Measure
Mr. Shields opened his speech by
declaring that the present systsiu of
taxation has been evolved as the re
sult of centnrtes of experience. He
declared that there would tie no Jus
tice In taxing land and exempting all
other possessions.
"The principle of the single tax
has been repudiated the world over,"
declared Mr. Shields. "It Is funda
mentally unjust and economically
unsound, having no place In the eco
nomic consideration of a sane. Intel
lectual and self-governing people,
such as those of Oregon."
Mr. Shields declared that the single
tax measure was not the result of
any public demand, but that the
Fels Fund Commission was attempt
ing to foist It upon the state of Ore
gon and that Its supporters are ani
mated by the spirit of single tax as
set forth lu Henry George's "Prog
ress and Poverty."
The speaker took exception to Mr.
U'Ren's allegation that the single
tax was a success In British Colum
bia. Mr. Shields declared that It
was not the Simon pure single tax.
He further declared that many of the
communities have banded together
In an attempt to rid themselves of
the single tax. He declartd the re
sult of the single tax was to destroy
the selling value of land.
Shields answered U'Ren's questions
about who was paying him by de
claring that he was only being reim
bursed to the amount of what his
salary would be during bis absence,
and also his expenses. He main
tained that he was sincere In fighting
the single tax In Oregon and admit
ted that those who bad raised the
fund were Portland capitalists who,
be said, would suffer the greatest In
justice should the single tax become
a law.
U'Ren then denied that the single
tax would confiscate land or reduce
Its value- He said that the tax was
levied In such a manner that the ten
dency would be to break up large
holdings of unimproved land held
for speculation by raising taxes, but
that tht tax on Improve) lands
would not be Increased, nor their
value lessened. He said that land
had not been confiscated nor values
reduced In communities where the
graduated slngte tax has been used.
"But I will tell you In a word
whae my object Is," he continued.
"I Intend to help make such laws In
Oregon that no man can get a dol-
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ON RECORD IN
EDUCATIONAL MATTERS
Children's Fair held this year and
urge that It be made a ermnneut
Institution.
V. That we thank our Instructors
and entertainers for the knowledge
and Inspiration brought to us and
Invite them to visit our community
often.
VI. That we place ourselves on
record as opposed to the present plan
of I'lghth Grade Exumluatlous, that
we telleve a system of loenl promo
tion should replace this present plan.
Practical Training Favored
VII. That we favor the adoption
of some plan of union by w hich Ho
niestK Science nnd Manual Training
may le taught In all the schools of
the county.
VIII. That we tender Mr. Alder
man our sympathy In his accident;
our regret In his Inability to meet
with us ami nsHiirs htm of our cu op
eration In his educational plans.
IX. That we feel that this, the
first county Institute held In Hood
Klver county has lieen a complete
success; that we commend our coun
ty superintendent. Professor Thomp
son, for his efforts, w hlch have made
such a result posHttilc, and that It Is
our desire that lln nl Klver county
hob) Its next annual Institute apart
from any other county.
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