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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
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