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THE2H00D RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1912
THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
NlUnU WIDMMOAT MoaMIMOa IT
HOOD RIVER NEWS COMPANY, Inc
Hood Kivbs, Oroon
It B. BKNNETT
L. ft. BENNETT
Enrroa
.. BUBINI
i Manages
Subscription, $1.50 Year In Advance
Ki.tersd M sseond-ciass natter. Feb. 10. ls8. at
th post office at Hood Rirar. Orrg-cm.
mmimr tha Art of March S. 187.
WILSON'S TASK
Probably no president since Lincoln
has faced such a tremendous task as
that which today confronts Woodrow
Wilson. It is easy to understand
why, In the face of such a problem,
Mr. Wilson hesitates to make any
statement and prefers rathi-r to meet
the treat questions as they may con
front him singly. In sj doing Ue
shows a wisdom which must inspire
an added confidence in the breasts
of the thousands of voters who last
week so overwhelmingly elected him
to the highest office in the land.
The election marked an epoch, wit
nessing as it did the complete annihi
lation of the Republican Party to
which has been intrusted the destinies
of the nation for many years. With
the assumption of almost complete
power by the Democratic Party the
scene is laid for developments which
must possess a great significance for
the country.
In the complete renunciation of the
Republican Party Mr. Wilson sees an
example of the condition which he
and his party may also face four
years hence if, in the Interim,, they
have not coped more strenuously,
more sincerely and more effectually
with the problems of the day than
has been the case with the Republican
leaders.
There exists a condition, industrial,
financial and political, which may well
give the boldest statesman pause, not
because it is necessarily a threatening
one, but because it is a fight in behalf
of the people against the powerful in
trenched interests. Wilson's fight is
the fight of David against Goliath. He
has justice and a united people on
his side. Indeed, the opportunity is
almost an unparalleled one. Reason
able caution and yet an unflinching
determination in the course of right
must both be his, and if he wages the
battle openly.fearlessly and conscien
tiously he need have nothing to fear
but what four years hence he will en
joy to an equal, if not to a greater
degree, the confidence of the people
which is his today.
ABOUT WOMEN VOTING
It would be trite to 'remark at this
time that a responsibiliy as well as a
privilege now rests upon the women
of Oregon, to whom the franchise has
been extended. Probably there is no
more intelligent class of women in the
country than is to be found in Oregon.
The result of the. election Tuesday
shows that the men of the state have
confidence in the other sex and In their
ability to assist in the affairs of the
government. Good will no doubt re
sult. At the same time it is common
ly admitted that there is a greater
tendency among women than among
men to carry things, especially new
things, to extremes. It would appear
proper that the women of the state
should now take a reasonable length
of time in which to acquaint them
selves with their new duties and priv
ileges before attempting to "break in
to the political game." The report
which has gone out that th woaien
of Hood River are preparing to run
for city offices, while probably largely
the result of journalistic exaggera on,
Is not one which will meet with favor
among the men, nor with approval
from the sensible women.
PROSPERITY NOT THREATENED
That there is little fear that the
Democratic victory will disturb bus!
ness conditions as it did with the elec
tion of Grover Cleveland is indicated
by the Wall Street Journal, one of the
most reliable financial publications In
the country which says:
"The concensus of opinion In busi
ness circles, la that the election of
Woodrow Wilson will not check the
upward trend of business. One of his
efforts while In office would be to
effect a re-adjustment of the tariff,
but it is believed he will not go about
It in such a way as to destroy confi
dence."
AN INTELLIGENT VOTE
It was a destlnct surprise when the
large proportion of voters expressing
themselves upon the initiative and
referendum measures, not only In
Hood River but in the state as well,
was discovered. At the same time,
with aU due regard to Individual pre
judices, It must be admitted that the
vote was an Intelligent one. . Nona of
the extreme or radical measures slip
ped through and those which did will
probably stand the test better than
those framed and passed upon by an
Oregon legislature- Tbe initiative
and referendum justified Itself still
further In last week's election.
Now that the election is over and
tbe apple crop about all harvested the
Hood River farmer can take life a
little easier.
A remark now frequently heard Is
that It is too bad the paving could not
have been done during the past sum
mer. As It is Hood River has nothing
for It but to endure the muddy streets
through another winter. However,
we can be thankful that this will be
the last.
To the generous patronage which it
has enjoyed the News owes its ability
to materially Increase its facilities by
the Installation of a linotype machine.
With this added equipment it will be
enabled to further Increase and im
prove the efficiency of Its services.
A general acceptance of the tried
and true saying that an apple a day
keeps the doctor away would be mu
tually beneficial to both producer and
consumer. Only the middleman and
his unreasonable profits stand be
tween.
Inasmuch as he beat the G. O. P.
Theodore refuses to admit that it was
a second Bull Run.
The Q rangers are now seeking con
solatlon in the fact that half a loaf is
better than none.
CARTOONIST CRANE
IN LYJEUM WORK
.'lis Lifs Story tads Like a
R i!X;Cl
Chicago, Iioston, Taris, New Or
leans, San Francisco. Honolulu, Mex
ico these ai3 names only to most
rcople- places on the map. But to
one man they are milestones in an
eventful life-Journey; chapters In a
life-story that reads like a romance.
To the discerning this life-story la
an illustration of the fact that life
itself is a constant preparation for
one's life-work if one be so fortunate
as to find his life-work the vocation
for which nature intended him.
A tabloid account of this man's life,
so far. Is given by the Atlanta Con
stitution. Ross Crane's preparation
and equipment for his life-work as a
platform cartconist are most unusual.
His college training lends the pleas
ing literary quality to his speech; his
theological training ftted him for
Ross Crane at Work.
platform work; his art studies gave
strength and vigor to his drawing and
painting and sculpturing work, while
the remarkable bigness and swiftness
of his cartoons was gained in the
hurly-burly of metropolitan newspaper
life.
His years of travel In many lands,
his association with all sorts and con
ditions of people, have added to his
breadth of view and sharpened his
natural keen perception of the ludl
crocs. He has seen life st first hand and
behind the scenes; from mining camps
as a mine engineer, to the cotton
fields of Alabama, where he taught
ROSS CRANE,
school In a cotton warehouse, from
straw-hut life of the Kanakas In tbe
Hawaiian Islands.
He has traved In ocean palaces,
Mississippi river steamboats, and the
catamarans of the South Sea Islands;
on s special train with a presidential
candidate and In a boxcar crowded
with negro refugees from the yellow
fever districts of Louisiana. For
twelve months In the year he travels
from coast to coast and from Canada
to the gulf eight months of the time
llvinsr In hotels and railway trains.
but during the summer months travel
ing and living In his own floating
borne the studio houseboat, "Crane's
Next."
Artist, student, musician, eosmopo
lite all of these and more If Hoi
Crane, the cartoonist.
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BIG STORAGE PLANT
IS GIVEN WRITE-UP
The Pacific Coast Packer gives con
siderable space in Its latest issue to
the big storage plant recently com
pleted here by the Hood River Apple
and Storage Company. The article
says in part:
The growers In the Van Horn dis
trict at Hood River have caught the
"spirit of the times" and have built
the most complete, as well as the
largest, packing, pre-cooling and cold
storage house in the Northwest for
the handling of apples and it Is ail
under one roof. The house Is 80 feet
wide at one end and about 100 a the
other and 275 feet long, Is three stor
ies and cost completed close to $75,
000. Here Is the most scientific care
of apples The Packer man has seen
anywhere on the coast. Located in
the heart of the Van Horn district
which comprises the larger and better
part of the Hood River section, with
an easy haul from the orchard to the
packing end of the house, the apples
arrive without a jar or a bruise and
are placed (in the field boxes in which
they were brought In,) right in the
pre-cooling room. There they remain
until ready to be packed, after which
they are put in the cold storage room
until shipped. The house being locat
on the branch line of the O.-W. R. &
N. running up to ML Hood, makes the
outlet just as easy as from Hood Riv
er proper. It is said by growers in
this section that shipping by rail from
the point instead of hauling over the
road into Hood River 6 miles saves
considerable bruises and jar on the
fruit Growers ,say that receiving
packing, pre-cooling, cold storage and
loading into cars under the protection
of one roof, together with an expert
mechanical grader which is being In
stalled all of this under rigid inspec
tion surely ought to deliver to the
dealer and jobber a product second
to none in the Northwest
MARKET GOOD FOR
HIGH GRADE APPLES
We quote the Oregon Journal as
follows:
There is an excellent tone in the
Eastern as well as foreign trade for
good-sized, well-colored apples.
Extra fancy Spitzenbergs and Yel
low Newtowns of similar quality are
commanding better than $2 a box at
leading growing centers and accord
ing to the big shippers there Is not
enough of this class of stock coming
forward to fill the wants of the trade.
H. F. Davidson of the Davidson
Fruit Company of Hood River has
been a business visitor in the city re
cently and expressed himself as per
fectly satisfied with the market for
the better class of fruit He acknow-
edged, however, that there was little
call for other grades and varieties and
the bulk of the crop was being rushed
into storage at various points.
This about gives a true line on the
general situation in the apple trade.
Everywhere there Is a surplus of com
mon to ordinary quality and as the
East has almost a record crop of this
grade the present season; the trade
there cannot be Induced to take on
the Pacific Northwest product; In fact
does not care to look at them. This,
together with the heavy freight
charges against the Pacific Northwest
product leaves the market for ordi
nary growth apples in a very unsatis
factory condition.
As far as the Portland market Is
concerned, It Is even worse for this
class of stock than elsewhere. All
points In this territory are dumping
their Inferior quality apples on the
local trade and naturally this is hav
ing a bad effect even for values for
the better class offerings. Of the lat
ter there Is little available at this
time.
KeKiilnr Nil inlay esciirnlnn to I'urk
diilc. I'd tiHdnt trip for yourHelf nnd
friend.
M. E. JOHNSON
Carpenter and Builder
Third and State Sts.
Phone Shop 51; Res. 87-L
Heights Garage
Automobile
Supplies
General Repairing of All
Kinds of Gasoline Engines
Diamond Tires
Plumbing....
J. F. Volsforff -
Phone
283-K
3$ DIVIDED
UNITED
WE
STAND
WE
FALL
R. R. BARTLETT
ARCHITECT
Hmlbrunner Building
HOOD K1VEK. OREGON
I'hons (1
KELLY BROS.
MAY and OATS
Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts
and Straw
Phone 227-M
Fourth Street between Oak and Stat
ROBT. T. NEWHALL
Telephone 277-M Hood liver, Ortgoi
Rtl'KKSKN T1NO
MILTON NURSERY CO.
TlllllTY-THRKK YEARS
OK KKL1AULK T KICKS
Wire Wound Continuous Stave
WOOD STAVE PIPE
KELLY BKOS., Agents
4th St. Bet. Oak and State
Phone 227-M Hood kiver. Ore
C. G. VAN TRESS
Public Stenographer
AND
Notary Public
ELIOT BLOCK
Phone 308-L
W. J. BAKER
Real Estate
Loans
Insurance
APPLE AND STRAWBERRY
LAND A SPECIALTY
Correspondence Solicited
WE FURNISH FRUIT
PICKERS AND PACKERS
And All Kinds of
Employees...
NIGUMA & CO.
Phone 160
1 4 East Oak Street
Hood River, Or.
fluto Livery
at TarKdate
Will carry parties to any part
of the Valley or Cloud Cap Inn.
Calls promptly answered.
Phone Odell 188
J. M. CLARK
COAL!
Rock Springs
COAL
TRANSFER & LIVERY
COMPANY
Cottage Hospital
Hood River's Medical In
stitution. Open to the
public for the treatment
of Medical and Surgical
cases. Rates on applica
tion. Address,
COTTAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Kent & Garrabranf
Confectionery, Cigars
Fishing Tackli
Spaulding's Sporting Goods
All Kinds of Soft Drinks
Oak Stmt, opposite Smith Block, Hood River
Itt'H'J f lie New. It Ii IIm It all.
J. F. WATT, M. D..
Physician and Surgeon
Office. Hume Fhona SO Rem. 90-B
Hood River :: Oregon
Or. at. H. Sharp Dr. Edna B. Sharp
UKS. SHAKr
Osteopathic Physicians
Rraduatss of the American School of Osteopathy.
Airkaviue. Ha
Offics In Eliot BuiMIn
rhone-ClMce lit Keeidenre 108-B.
Huod Kiver. Oregon
E. D. KANAGA
Physician and Surgeon
Office in National Bank BuUdina:
Phone. Office So
Rea. 38-B Hood River, Orevon
H. L. DUMBLE
Physician and Sureeon
Calls promptly answered in town or country, day
Telephones - Residence 611. Jlflce CIS.
Utiles in the Brusius Building.
DR. E. O. DUTRO
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Smith building
Hours 1 to 4 p. m. by appointment-phone 71
Kes. Lswis House. Odvil Phone O.I-II I Ml
Calls promptly answered in country day or night
DR. MALCOLM BRONSON
Physicians and Surgeons
Eliot Block Phone SI
lloud River, Oregon
C. H. JENKINS. D. M. D.
Dentist
Office, Hsll Building;, over Butler Banking Co.
Office phone 28. Residence phone 2t- H
Hum! Kiver, Oregon
H. Dudley W. Pineo, D. D. S.
Dentist
Office 4. 6 and 6. Smith Bklg.
Office- Home phone Ml. Residence- Hume 141 -B
Hood Kiver. Oregon
DR. JUSTIN WAUGH
Eliot Building
EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT
M. E. WELCH
Licensed Veterinarian
Hiud Riwr, Oregon
JOHN BAKER
Attorney at Law
Rooms 7-8, Smith Block
umce pnone iwf-K tr J rI r
riuuse phone uuuu JWVCT,
STEARNS & DERBY
Lawyers
First National Bank Building
Hood River, Oregon
Phone 3119
Rooms 9-10, Smith Block
CEORCE R. WILBUR
LAWYER
Hood Kiver
Drrifon
ERNEST C. SMITH
LAWYER
Rooms 14 and 15. Hall Building
Hood River. Oresron
L.A. & A. P. HEED
ATTORNEYS U COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
Two Doors North of Poetoffiee
Phone ! Hood River' Oregon
MURRAY KAY
CIVIL UNOINIIER AND SURVEYOR
Phonb 82
Maoeiua Building Hood Rivh
L. A. HENPERSON
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
Formerly U. S, (and Surveyor Philippine Islands
Two door north of postofflce. Phone 41
P. M. MORSE
City Engineer and Surveyor
CITY AND COUNTY WORK
Hellbronner Buildlnf Hood River. Oregon
A. C. BUCK
Notary Public and Insurance
Agent
Room 12. Broslus Block
Hood River, Orea-on
C. M. HURLBURT
SURVEYOR
Telephone 83-12-M
ALBERT SUTTON
Architect
Hsll Buildimo
Hood Rivrb, Obmon
Oregon Lumber jL
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
LARGE
Band Sawed Lumber on Hand
WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT REASONABLE FIGURES
CEDAR POSTS
CEDAR SHIP LAP and SHINGLES
Estimates Furnished. Call on Either Phone '
DEE, OREGON
Hood River Banking & Trust Co.
Extends a cordial invitation to you, personally to call and open
a checking account. Any amount will open an account in our
savings department. We pay 3 per cent interest, compounded
semi-annually. We promise the best of service and satisfaction.
M. M. Hill. W. W. Remington, R. W. Pratt,
President, Vice President, Cashier
C. H. Stranahan, Wilson Fike
Capital $100,000
ifesiiiy
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
FASHION
Livery, Feed
V h jv An)!
HI
I I BV II Si , I JV -SI V s "Bka I I ire-AL
m u iiwanaiaiiipi mp .
- Stank?-
Wholesale and '
Retail Lumber. C4-tU
Lath, Shingles OMUlD
Etc. Lumber
delivered to T limhrV
anypart of the """UCr
Valley
Co,
QIc arc now tailing ordcro for
Hpplc
Boxes
Stantei-8initf unifier Co,
)(ccil Hiver, Oregon
Pftonu 134
STOCK OF
Surplus $30,000
Your Check Book Is the Only Key
that will unlock the money
represented in your bank
account That, means the
safety of your funds both
from the wiles of others and
from your own disposition
to spend unthinkingly. Open
an account and pay by
check. You'll find it a pay
ing propofition.
STABLES
and Draying
STRANAHANS & RATHBUN
HUOD RIVER, OREGON
; i Horses bought, sold or ex-
ch an ged. Pleasure part ies can
secure first class rigs. Sbeci al
attention given to moving fur-
niture and pianos. We do
jeverything horses can do.
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