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6 THE3H00D RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1912 HANDSOME CUP FOR WHICH HOOD RIVER WILL COMPETE IN SHOW AT PORTLAND fu - - h Louis W. Hill, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Great North ern Railway whose advocacy of the local county fair as one of the great est agencies for the rapid develop ment that a community can use, has signalized his interest in the success of the Pacific Northwest Land Prod ucts Show by offering a silver cup as a special prize for the best commun ity exhibit of agricultural and horti cultural products exhibited at the show. Every farmer is urged to send in his choicest exhibits and compete for this prize. Great honor and credit is due the farmers who have the enterprise and public spirit necessary to display the fruits of their industry. The Hood River Commercial Club will compete for this prize and ex hibits are being secured by Secretary Scott and J. F. Batchelder. Any per sons having extra fine specimens of horticultural or agricultural products should get into communication with Mr. Batchelder or the Commercial Club. Entries will be accepted up to and including Friday of this week. Dr. M. A. Jones DENTIST Formerly of Hood River, is now located at 245 1-2 Washing ton St., Portlanp, Ore. M. S. DENTAL COMPANY SAYS PUNCH BOWL'S CHARMS AT STAKE That the beauty of the Devil's Punch Bowl, one of Hood River's most perfect scenic attractions, is threat ened by the construction of the pro posed fish ladder, Is the declaration of Charles O. Roberts. A number of others who are interested in pre serving intact the beauty spots of the valley have expresed themselves as regretful that the construction of the fish ladder across the face of the wonderful basaltic formation is con templated. Mr. Roberts said in substance: "It would be a great shame if the construction of this fish ladder la permitted. While Mr. Clanton, state fish and game warden, no doubt be lieves that he is going to benefit the fish streams by this means, old fish ermen of the valley know that very few fish if any go above the Punch Bowl to spawn. The benefit would therefore be slight and on the other hand one of the most wonderful scen ic attractions of the valley would be marred for all time. The exquisite basaltic formation would be forever marred by the blasting of a channel across Its face to accomodate the fish ladder. "We know that hundreds of tour ists every year visit the Punch Bowl and are delighted with its beauty. Other formations that equal it are very rare and here we have this na ural beauty right in the middle of our valey where all can visit and enjoy it To run an ugly fish lader across its face and to blast away the rocks would spoil it forever. It would be like a cracked vase. It's perfection would be destroyed. "The true fisherman is the one who enjoys the, beauties of nature and seeks to preserve them. Catching fish is only a part of the enjoyment he seeks. I believe that if the fish ermen of Hood River fully realized what is proposed at the Punch Bowl they would remonstrate against the construction of the fish ladder at that point. I also believe that Mr. Clan ton must be working under a mis apprehension in ordering in the lad der and I heartily wish that all con cerned might be fully informed as to what is contemplated before the work is started."- Underwood Union Chapel Association William B. Young of the Methodist Episcopal church of Hood River, will preach to the Association next Sun day afternoon, Nov. 17th, at 3. p. m. at the Bchoolhouae. Tou are invited. Club Rates t Evening Telegram and Hood River News for one year $5.00. t . , .tf SUNDAY SCHOOL WORKERS TO MEET An attractive program has been an nounced for the fourth annual conven tlon of the Hood River County Sunday School Association to be held at Rlv erslde Congregational church next Monday and Tuesday. The program is as follows: Monday afternoon 2:15 Praise and Prayer, Rev. W. L. Van Nuys. 2:30 Opening Address, Rev. E. A. Harris. 3:00 Grading in S. S. (Round Table Conference), Rev. Chas. A. Phipps. 3:30 Music. Methodist Choir. 3:40 Business Appointment of committees, registration, etc. Monday Evening 7:30 Praise Service, Joseph Mayes. Special music by Mrs. C. H. Henney. 8:00 Address'The Seven Fold Em phasis", Prof. E. C. Knapp, Spokane. Announcements. Benediction. Tuesday Morning 10:00 Devotional Service, J. M. Wood. 10:15 Teacher Training Round Table, Prof. E. C. Knapp. 10:40 Solo, Miss Wagner. 10:50 Boy Ssout Movement Rev. E. T. Simpson. 11:20 Temperance and Good Citi zenship, Rev. H. A. Mc Donald. 11:60 Social Hour, Luncheon ser ved Tuesday Afternoon 2:00 Praise Service, Rev. J. B. Par sons. 2:15 Business Reports From ev ery school and committee; Election of Officers. 2:35 Solo, Miss Gladys Reavls. 2:45 Secondary Division, or Teen Age, .Mrs J. E. Ferguson. 3:15 "Why Ten Boys Left the Sun day School," Prof. E. C. Knapp. Singing by Class of Girls. Tuesday evening 7:30 Praise Service, M. D. Odell. 7:45 Special Music, Mrs. C.H. Slet ten; Address ''The Educational Pow er of the Sunday Sshool," Rev. Chas. A. Phipps, State Secretary. ., Will Preach at Pine Grove The Rev. Theophilus Schoenbery, field missionary of the Pacific Luther an Synod, will conduct services In the Pine Grove church Sunday, Nov. 17th, at 11 a. m. The Davldcoti Fruit Company has blut'tttoiH' for wile. It'j;ulir SiiiHla.vt xciirHiim lo Park dale. 1'li-iiMHiit trip for yotuwlf and friend. Hail! Woodrow Wilson Americans are Americans first and party men afterwards. So hats off to the winner everybody. A maioritv of the npnnlp nf thcc-a TTr,;f,i c. - " i wio w lllt-CU OLUltS have decided that Wilson is the Best Man for the Big Job. It was a fair fivht nnH ha r;,. j serves, now that the battle is over, the support of the good citizens. Some of us may not aeree with PrpCi7?nf w,i son's politics; but a maioritv have mnp fn t . and declared for him as the best man for nnr hi or or . proposition, so let us aeree now that hi pWfm i- for the good of the whole country. Let us a' j rj0 our share to make President Wilson's nrlminic xi . . . " ranon me ikjsi me country has ever had. divid'e'Sr' " e,SeWhere' pl- Some Wanted to rnnrinn f Via TaSi . i ... finn.onm 47 , . JC administra tion some worked for the p wt n . some were for the winner. We dWi 7Zu ly until the results were in. S .orous- Now we are united in ou" . . a . President of the United StP (4SUpport f neXt But publicly v ... Americans. linL Iast and aU the llIX,e imnfvTiy .Vmcricans-Ancl that means that vc are 3v ,lng for the eater Prosperity, the great the greater sock J, industrial and mc ml ad- jnem oi our country. So Hail to President Wilson, the choice of the American people. Liike the rest of us Mr.' Wilson is an American. None can question that he has sincerely at heart the best Interests of the United States. He knows that the velfare of all the people depends upon our com merdal prosperity. We do not believe, therefore, f,hat he will inaugurate any policies or permit any legislation that will be damaging to business and prosperity. We believe in our country in the ability of its citizens and its officials. Here at our store, then, we are looking forward to several years of unabated prosperity and industri al growth. The conditions are all favorable. Farm ers were never more prosperous; nor were agricul tural prospects ever better. During the past six months business has kept up wonderfully in nearly all lines. All producers of raw materials for manufactur ing are behind in their orders right today. Exports are increasing. Prices are steady and good. Wages are good in all lines and there is plenty of work to be done. Capital may be had by those who need it to con duct business. ' We anticipate, therefore, during the next few years, sustained development along all lines. Our policy will be exactly the same as it has been in the past. The best of service or "money back." Guarantee with your every purchase. Gilbert Implement Go. LOCAL WEATHER IN PAST YEARS GIVEN There are some old verses which declare that As a rule man's a fool. When it's hot he wants it cool. When it's cool he wants it hot. Always wanting what is not, Never wanting what he's got, As a rule man's a fooL While this is not as true of the resi dents In the equable climate of Ore gon as of those who live in less favor ed sections, it is a fact that the weather is the most discussed of all subjects, forming as it does the han dle of conversation. Believing that the newer residents in Hood River may be interested in some of the winters of long ago here, Robert Rand has suggested that the News reprint a contribution made by Captain H. C Coe to this paper sev eral years ago. Captain Coe came to Hood River in '54 and he is Quoted in part as follows: "The way the present winter start ed, said Captain Coe to the News man. "reminds me very much of the winter of '61-'62, the nioBt severe in my ex perience. In the long and glorious summers we enjoy many people are apt to forget the cold and deep snow falls of some of our winters. There is no use, however, in dwelling on some winters as compared to '61-'62. "What has happened in the past may happen again. One in Hood Riv er never knows what kind of a winter they are going to have, until it is past, and my advice is to always prepare for and expect the worst, and be glad if you are disappointed. There was a legend that the Indians were fond of repeating to us by way of conso lation, of a winter many years prev ious to '62, when so much snow fell that it did not melt off the ensuing summer. Their horse died, and many of the Indians also, and bad It not been for a very plentiful run of salmon In the spring all would have perished for want of food. Our first winter In Hood River (1854) then known as Dog River, was a delightful one; a little snow nnd freezing weather in December. Early in February we made garden, and not a frost after that to do any damage. The year 1858 was the record breaker for deep snows, five feet and one inch on the level, and not drifted. Our record for that winter is missing. However, it was chiefly notable for the quantity of snow on the ground at one time, rather than for its cold or duration, for by the middle of Febru ary the ground was bare. But '62 was a record smasher of note. Snow fell on the 19th day of November '61, and from that time until the 22nd day of April the ground was entire ly clear of snow. November was a month of disaster. Fifteen days of rain and three of snow is the record. From the fourth until the tenth, five days in sucesion, the rain came down In torrents. Hod River was full from bank to bank,, four or five feet high er than it has ever been since. The Willamette Valley above Oregon City was transformed into a great lake. Steamboats navigated the coun try roads, miles away from the main channel, rescuing the farmers, who had taken refuge on housetops and barns. Buildings of all descriptions came down the river over the Ore gon City falls Intact and on down past Portland to the Columbia River. The entire flat on the East Portland side of the river up to what is now known as Union Avenue was covered with wreckage and drift many feet deep. Some eighteen inches of snow fell during the month. In December we had ten inches of rain and three of snow, nineteen inches of snow dur ing the month. On the 19th the mercury went down to 22 degrees and never got above the freezing point but once until February 16th. On January 16th the thermometer registered 24 degrees below sero, and the general mean was only 10.45 de grees for the month. Seven feet of snow, fell and there were four feet two Inches on the level at one time. The river closed for navigation Jan uary first and boats did not ply a galn until the 12th day of March. "Stock of all kinds suffered, and It was said that east of the Cascade mountains not a hoof of range stock was left. A good many cat Ue died herein the valley. Jenkins and Beenson lost in the neighborhood of one hundred head and Pierce and Weathereaux , north of Belmont, nearly, as many more. None of our cattle died of lack pf food, though we lost several of our best cows from feeding on pine leaves. The ice In the Columbia froze to a great depth. At the foot of the rapids at Cascades Captain John McNulty of the steam er called the Idaho told me that it piled op fully eighty feet high and at The Dalles I saw a sixteen-foot pole run down a crack its full length without touching water. On the 21st of March we cat a trail through the snow and Ice across Hood River and drove our cattfo to the bare hills west of Mosler -where an abundance of bunch grass remained, and our troubles were practically over for the J Revolver Tin Rtmingto U-M-C Cul at ti Rvomi Mock. and Pistol Cartridges - The red bull hrand it chosen by the majority of revolver and pistol experts because they know that the ignition is prompt, uniform and sure, the accuracy is guaranteed by records WocM'l Indoor Filly-Shi Piilol RcforJ hclJ hy Gcnrte Arimlrnnt, score 4R2 S.10 World's indoor Tttcniy-frits Shot Tuaul lUcotd held by licorgo Arm.lronf. score 24 2541. . ... World's Scvsniy-Fivf Shot Rspid Fire Record held hy A. P. Lsne, oor 60S el IW World's Outdoor Pocket Revolver Record held by A. I. lene. score 211 e 2541. World's lirsnd Alrcs Individual Record held by A. P. l.ane. score I2V. 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