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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 2
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Horticultural
VJorli for
County Court and Professor
CamDaienWhile All
Control, Tests Involving Sprays, Fertilizers, Cov
er Crops and Diseases
Professor Lawrence conferred with
the county court at its session last
week and together they outlined the
horticultural work which will be con
ducted during the present year In the
control and elimination of Insect and
f'mgus pests and a systematic study
v ,:1 be made this season of those
troubles which still exist. With the
itlnued co-operation of the orchard
a- Professor Lawrence Is very hope-
iul of the results which may be ob-
ii.'u-'d. He briefly outlined the work
.i maed as follows:
Continue Fight on Scale
"One of the things we propose to
do Is to continue the work on the erad
lcatlon of the San Jose scale. This
. will be carried on as the weather con
ditions permit.
"We also expect to try out five new
sprays. The object in testing so many
is to find the sprays which will control
all pests and at the same time be non
injurious to fruit and foliage. We hope
to arrange with enough growers to do
our preliminary work so that definite
results can be had this season.
"The most promising of these five
sprays is the Bordeaux petroleum
emulBlon. This spray has been pre
pared with the object of fighting an
thracnose and Insect pests that may
be controlled through spraying.
Fertilizers Are Studied
"We will also continue experiments
with different carriers of nitrogen, pot
ash, phosphorus and lime. This work
is being conducted to determine the in
fluence of these fertilizers on winter
Injured trees.
"If time permits, the same lot of fer
tilizers will be used on healthy trees
in order to secure data on the econ
ritc use of fertilizers on different
I.. IMS of Boil.
' The test with about 300 varieties
.over crops has shown between 12
vi.) 15 varieties which are well adapt--.'
io the different types of soil. It la
il,iined from now on to test those
i. ti respect to their Influence on
the different types of soil, the ultimate
Alleged Horsethief Leads
Officers a Merry Chase
After having broken his way out
of the city Jail, Sam Wlnsted, alleged
horsethief, led a merry chase through
the business section of town Thurs
day morning and proved himself an
an artful dodger In avoiding the bul
lets which Marshal Lewis, who led the
pursuit, sent after btm.
( It is charged that Winsted, who had
been working for some Indians on the
Warm Springs Reservation, helped
himself to a team of horses and drove
them as far as this city. Here he
sold the team at Moore's stables. Soon
afterwards the redskins appeared on
the scene, replevined their horses and
swore out a warrant for Winsted's ar
rest. After some search it was learn
ed that he was at the Northwestern
Electric Company's dam across the
river. Deputy Sheriff Allen Hart went
across and arrested him.
Upon being brought here Wlnsted
was locked in the city bnstile until it
could be learned what disposition to
make of him.
After Marshal Lewis had given Wln
sted his breakfast Thursday and step
ped across the street for a few mo
ments Wlnsted smashed the lock with
an iron bar and started up State street
on the run. Marshal Lewis caught
sight of the fleeing captive and at
once gave chase. He ordered WlnBted
to give himself up and fired several
shots to emphasize the commnnd, but
Wlnsted only ran the harder, doubting
down through the Stanley-Smith Lum
ber Yards and there the trail was lost.
A short time afterwards Sheriff
Johnson and Deputy Harry Dobson,
who had Joined the chase, learned
that a strange man hml been seen
lurking about the lumber yard. They
then succeeded In finding tracks lead
ing under the building.
Bluff Falls to Work
An amusing part of the chase oc
curred under tho sheds, where It was
dark as an Egyptian night. After
Johnson and Dobson had groped over
all the spare exrept ono reniote cor
ner Johnson decided to try the effect
Research
Year Outlined
Lawrence Plan Season's
Serious Pests Are Under
Are to be Made.
purpose being to Improve soil condl
tions where winter Injury and dry rot
occur. ,
"This work Is very Important since
the cover crops generally used are
either not adapted to the type of soil,
where soil condiions are adverse, or
the soil does not respond to cover
crops in respect to betternunt of its
physical condition.
Irrigation Work Planned
"Work has been planned by the de
partment of horticulture of tho Oregon
Agricultural College to determine the
effect of the proper application of
moisture on trees infested with dry rot
and winter injury as well us on the
heaithy, fullbearing trees.
"Crown rot of apple trees is consid
ered to one of our most important
problems. A full series of control meth
ods are beitig planned and compounds
which may be applied to the ground
to kill the fungus causing the disi use
are now being tested.
Dry Rot Combatted
"Through observations made in
about 150 orchards and a series of ex
periments definite information has
been secured relative to the control of
dry rot. A series of tests Is to be
made to determine if these observa
tions have given a clue to methods of
control for this trouble.
"Through the preliminary tests some
definite results have been obtained
with so-called tree stimulants. Some
more experiments with some of these
compounds will be made during the
early spring.
"It Is hoped that some work may
also be done in using blasting powder
to loosen up heavy subsoils.
"All of the above work requires the
co-operation of the apple growers and
the assistance rendered this office will
largely determine the amount of work
that can be done during the new
year."
Some people believe Uncle Sam
handed himself a package when he es
tablished parcels post.
of a bluff and, suddenly cocking his
gun, exclaimed:
"There he is over in that corner.
I'm going to plug him."
What the emotion of the fugitive
were at that moment may better be
imagined than described. The bluff
would probably have worked like a
charm on nine men out of ten for Win
sted was actually crouching in the cor
ner covered by the sheriff's gun. How
ever, he didn't make a murmur.
The officers were about to decide he
wasn't there when Johnson's hand fell
on a long splinter of wood. He took
this and jabbed it towards the myster
ious corner. As chance had It the
point drove home through Winsted's
clothes and he exploded in a howl of
pain, w hereupon he was speedily re-arrested.
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, . attempt on Mr. Tafts life. The Turkish delegates to the London peace conference refused to consider the terms mentioned by
Of the Week thP Ua kao e"TOy rhe ,te"u,"hP TurrlHllm, with 100 passenger on board, ran ashore on the Him Jersey coast to a heavy
A iorm A". we.? rc,cued- lMTl1 rdlnge. viceroy of India, was wounded by a bomb is he was entering the city of Delhi
.rinley J Shepard visited bin fiancee. Mis Helen Gould. In New Tork. to arrange for their wedding President Meet Wilson welcomed the new year Id at
tils birthplace, Stnunlon, V He conferred with Champ Clark, praker of the bona.
PLAYGROUNDS AND
GYM TOJte SUBJECT
The next meeting of the Woman's
Club will be held Wednesday, January
15, at the Commercial Club rooms at
2:30 p. m. Several questions of im
portance will be before the club for
discussion. The educational depart
ment will present the subject of a
gymnasium and playground and the
chairman of the educational depart
ment of the Oregon State Federation
of Woman's Clubs, Mrs. Elizabeth Ev
ans Pettinger of Oswego, will speak.
All persons Interested In this subject
are Invited to be present.
W. S. NIchol has moved his real es
tate office from the basement of the
First National Bank Building to the
building formerly occupied by Messrs.
Hadlock and Stetnhoff opposite the Ho
tel Oregon.
Grist of Business at
Court's Annual Meeting
County Judge and Commissioners Appoint Road Sup
ervisors and Create One New District--County
Clerk Hanson Submits Statement Showing Ex
penditures of the Year--School Levies Reported.
At the meeting of the count ycourt
last week County Clerk Hanson sub
mitted a report for the year 1912 show
ing the amount of all claims allowed
by the county court during that time
and also the amount of all warrants
outstanding and registered on Decem
ber 31. The amounts given are only
those which were passed upon and
authorized by the county court and
do not Include the monies paid for
school purposes, nor special road taxes.
The report Is as follows:
Drawn on General County Fund
County Court and Commission
ers I 858.95
Circuit Court 1232.95
Justice's Court 260.55
Sheriff's office 2209.53
Clerk's office 2100.00
Treasurer's office 100.00
Coroner's office , 69.99
School Supt.'s office 474.10
Fruit Inspector's office 2873.57
Assessor's office 1383.60
Extra work on tax roll 128.25
Tax rebate 274.34
Current expenses 1210.58
Court House expenses 514.89
Jail 89.98
Care of poor 2275.86
Insane 149.00
Teacher's Institute 103.90
Election expenses 1405.65
Scalp bounties 96.00
Smallpox patients 147.50
Salary of Road Supervisors... 3508.76
Miscellaneous 386.70
Total $21,854.65
Drawn on General Road Fund
Building and repairing roads
and bridges $16,621.15
Expended by supervisors for
labor on roads
17,529.53
Total $34,150.68
Total of all warrants $56,005.33
General fund warrants out
standing $ 724.68
Road fund warrants out
standing 3146.15
Total $3870.83
STEEL ROD DRIVES
THROUGH MAN'S BODY
Frank Llghtfoot, whose home Is In
The Dalles, Is recovering at the local
hospital from an accident which oc
occurred at the Northwestern dam
a steel rod pierced his body.
Llghtfoot was working on the scaf
folding surmounting the dam. Beneath
him was the concrete foundation.
From this protruded the steel rein
forcing rods. In a careless moment
Llghtfoot lost his balance and fell
from the scaffolding. One of the Bteel
rods pierced bis body from beneath
and behind the thigh. As he was near
ly upright at the time, the rod pene
trated the pelvic region and came out
from the abdomen. When brought
here It was not thought that the man
could live. An operation was perform
ed by Drs. Bronson and Waugh, how
ever, and It was found that the rod
had penetrated no vital organs.
Amount of Warrants reg
istered ,
Accrued Interest on same. ,
. .$2C40.00
23.03
Total $963.03
The registered warrants approxi
mately $3,000 were Issued in payment
for the new bridge at Tucker's.
New Road District Made
A new road district was created
making 12 instead of 11. I he new
district was formed from parts of Pine
Grove, Odell and the Middle Valley.
H. L. Furrow was appointed supervisor
of the new district. Other road super
visors were appointed as follows:
District No. 1, J. F. Hendrick
District No. 2, S. W. Curran
District No. 3, S. V. Rupg
District No. 4, R. D. Smith
District No. 5, B. F. Eadleman
District No. 6, M. Pendergast
District No. 7, Thomas Lacey
District No. 8, W. B. Davidson
District No. 9, Anton Flint
District No. 10, Lew Tomlinson
District No. 11, J. B. Jackson
District No. 12, II. L. Furrow.
W. L. Clark and C. K. Marshall were
appointed road viewers for the coming
year.
School Districts Make Levies
Levies have been made In the 16
Bchool districts of the county as fol
lows: School district No. 1, 3 mills;
No. 2, 6 mills; No. 3, li mills; No. 4,
4 mills; No. 5, 4 mills; No. 6, M mills;
No. 7, 4 mills; No. 8, 2-i mills; No. 9, 3
mills; No. 10, 0; No. 11, 4 mills; No.
12, 1U, mills. No. 13, 3 mills; No. 14.
3 mills; No. 15 3 mills; No. 16, 5 mills.
Other levies which have been made
Include one of eight mills by the City
of Hood River and one of seven mills
by road district No. 1, which includes
Cascade Locks.
County School Superintendent re
ported that there are this year 2058
children of school age In the county.
"I have waited here since 7 o'clock
for my husband to come; now it Is half
after 8."
"And were you to meet him?"
"At 5 o'clock."
BATGHELDER BUYS
WINANS HOLDINGS
An Important sale has been closed
by which J. F. Batchelder acquires all
the holdings of A. Winans and the
Hood River Lumbering Company on
the lower Hood River. These proper
ties lie along Hood River from the
south line of the O. VV..R. N. Co. to
the north Hue of the Pacific Power and
Light Company. At the same time Mr.
Batchelder has sold a large interest In
the Hood River Development Company
to George A. Batchelder of San Fran
cisco, Cal., who will take the presi
dency of the Hood River Development
Company.
Although Mr. Batchelder has only
had the titlo to the Winans' and Lum
bering Company's properties a few
days he has made a deal with the Pa
cific Power & Light Company for part
of his holdings as there Is a very val
uable power site on the property.
PLAY TENNIS IN
MIDDLEOF WINTER
Easterners who are now shivering
in the blasts of Boreas and shoveling
coal into the furnaces in an effort to
keep the houses warm would have
been surprised had they Been several
members of the local Benedicts' Ten
nis Club indulging in this pastime
Sunday. Nor was the weather such
as to make this outdoor exercise un
pleasant. The day was bright, clear
and bracing; there was no snow nor
moisture, the courts having frozen
hard and smooth.
The weather during the past few
days has been exhileratlng to a de
gree. Although Sunday night was
probably the coldest of the season so
far, the mercury only dropped to 17 de
grees, while at no time Friday did it
drop below 28 degrees.
The cold has been sufficient to
freeze the sloughs north of the city
and skating has been enjoyed.
The days and nights have been
clear and cloudless and although cold
there has been no wind to make the
temperature disagreeable. Indeed, it
has been ideal winter weather of the
kind which the Weather Clerk bestow
so generously upon Hood River.
GLEE GLUB CONCERT
GREATLY ENJOYED
In a program which was full of var
iety and decidedly meritorious the
University of Oregon Glee Club de
lighted an audience which filled the
opera house Saturday evening. Re
peated encores marked the different
numbe rs, w hich included selections by
the club as a whole supplemented by
solo work and bits of vaudeville re
flecting different phases of life at U
of O.
A feature of the evening which was
of particular interest was the appear
ance of Miss Florence Avery, the only
girl on the program, who contributed
a delightful vocal number. This In
cluded "At Parting" by Roger and
"An Open Secret" by Woodman. Miss
Avery presented a charming stage ap
pearance and her sweet soprano voice
won instant popularity. She was forc
ed to respond to a hearty encore
Miss Avery is a student at the U. of O.
and leader of the girls' Choral Society.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
Thomas Avery of this place. She was
accompanied by Miss Eva Brock, who
is also a student at the university.
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Klen to Wo r Zr on Project
Additional Details Are Given Out Concerning Big
Developing Enterprise of Pacific Power & Light
Company Mere Superintendent of Construction
Work Coming This WeekSite Described.
Further Information in regard to the
big power plant which the Pacific
Power & Light Company will con
struct at Hood River was given out
Monday by J. E. Davidson, vice-president
and general manager. Mr. Dav
idson, who made a short stop over
here, stated that the plans for the big,
new plant were being rushed as fast as
possible and that the superintendent
of the construction work would be
here his week to look over the ground.
He said that the policy of the com
pany of doing its own construction
work instead of letting it out by con
tract would be adhered to at Hood Riv
er and that local American labor
would be given the preference In all
cases.
According to Mr. Davidson it will
take from five to six months to con
struct the plant and it is expected to
employ from 500 to 8oo men. The ma
chinery has all been ordered and
the Initial order of cement amounting
to 20,000 barrels was placed Friday
with Jones & Scott, the Walla Walla
firm which is furnishing this material
for a much bigger project which the
Pacific Company is putting In at
Natchez, Wash.
The power house for the new plant
will be located on the river property
recently purchased by J. F. Batchelder
from the Winans estate. This pur
chase Includes all the Winans holdings
from the Mt. Hood railroad bridge to
the O.-W. R, & N. railroad on both
sides of the river. The site selected
will be between the Mt. Hood railroad
bridge and the wagon bridge and the
structure will be of solid concrete
throughout, embodying all the latest
improvements in power house con
struction. Its electrical equipment
wui De oi a newer type than anything
now In use In the Northwest, the gen
erators being of the same style that
the Government will Install on the
Panama Canal.
Power will be furnished from tw
twin pipes nine feet in diameter con
structed part way of wood staves
mounted on concrete piers and
the balance of the way of re-Inforced
concrete. These will run from the
dam over a specially constructed hy
draulic grade. The dam will be re
constructed and when finished the new-
plant will utilize the full flow of the
river with the exception of the
amount of water required to be left
In the stream by the state law.
The work will be on a larger scale
than anything ever undertaken at
Hood River and will be one of the
most important new pieces of hydro
electric construction now under way
in the Northwest.
When the plant is completed It will
have a capacity of about 7,000 horse
power, a development which officials
of the Pacific Company believe will be
adequate to handle anything in the
electrical line needed by Hood River
or The Dalles. At the latter place in
addition to having recently taken on
BROSIUS PRACTICES
IN CALIFORNIA
Dr. Brosius, who with his family
moved to soutnern tanrornia some
time ago, has secured a practice at
Lompoc, Cal., to which place he and
his family have moved from Santa
Barbara. The Ixmipoc Record savs:
Dr. M. S. Kelliher, our well known
local physician, has disposed of his
practice to Dr. F. C. Brosius of Hood
River, Oregon. The news was a great
surprise to Dr. Kelliher' many friends
who never doubted but that this fine
family would always make their home
in Lompoc where the doctor has en-
oyed the confidence and esteem of
he entire community. For the past
0 years Dr. Brosius has been a resi
dent of the city of Hood River, and
bears recommendations from the lead
ing business men of that city, which
testify to his success as a practloner
and a business man. He has been
prominent in every progressive move
ment for the Improvement of his form-
r home and has served as mayor and
as a member of the city council for
several years, besides being honored
by several political situations from tho
state of Oregon. Dr. Hroslus, with hU
family, will move up from Santa Bar
bara, where they are now located,
about the 1st of January.
the business of the Wasco Warehouse
Milling Co. 600 h. p. the company
has a contract to furnish a large
amount of power for a big Irrigation
project at Grand Dalles. It will also
be prepared for any local railroad elec
trification. The new plant will be tied In with
the compoany's 2,000 horsepower plant
on the White River and between the
two developments the Pacific expects
to give this section of Oregon the best
possible service and provide for fu
ture business. Any surplus energy
from the Hood River plant will be
transmitted east over the company's
high tension lines to Prosser, Wash.,
crossing the Columbia at The Dalles.
There It will tie In with the Pacific's
and will be delivered into the Paclflc'i
Yakima-Walla Walla Valley lines.
It Is stated by officials of the com
pany that all appllcalons for employ
ment should be made to the local foremen.
TEMPEST AROUSED
BY SMALLPOX CASE
A small tempest, was aroused last
week when it was learned that a struc
ture being erected west of town and
about 300 yards south of Mrs. Bent
ley's west of Taylor street was intend
ed to provide quarters for a smallpox
patient. Residents in that vicinity
feared that a permanent pest house
was to be established and there was
an immediate call to arms. A meeting
was held and a delegation was appoint
ed to lodge a protest with the county
court, which was then in session.
The matter was given a thorough
airing before the court, all interested
parties being assembled and mutual
explanations being In order. It was
shown that the patient had been
brought from the dam across the riv
er. A couple of days after being here
he showed symptoms of smallpox. As
there is now no county pest house, no
alternative was seen except to raise
a structure in which he might be hous
ed. This was done at the expense of
the man's employers. The site was
obtained with the understanding that
it shall be used temporarily only and
not be made a permanent pest house.
With this assurance the residents in
that neighborhood expressed them
selves as satisfied.
CITY ACCEPTS THE
CARNEGJ DONATION
At the meeting of the city council
Monday the gift of $17,500 from Mr.
Carnegie for a county library was for
mally accepted. This was done with
the understanding that the county
shall appropriate two-thirds of the
$1750 required for maintenance of the
branch libraries throughout the coun
ty. A point was raised in connection
with the absence of Councilman Stat-
en from two consecutive meetings.
The charter provides that in this case
the office shall be deemed vacant. For
fear that some legal complications
might impair the legality of the coun
cil's future actions, the office was de
clared vacant and Mr. Staten was
thereupon nominated and re-elected.
Upon the recommendation of the fi
nance committee. City Recorder
iowe's salary was Increased from $75
o $100 a month. This action was un
animously taken.
First Snowstorm of the Season Here
A couple of Inches of "the beau'iful"
ell Monday night and yesterday now
hovels were put in ue for tho first
ime this winter. A liKht ir.owfall
continued through yesterday. Farth-
r up the valley the fall has been
eavier and sleighs have been pu'. Into
service.
Mrs. II. M. Huxley and son Carroll
ft Saturday for a two-months sojourn
n California. She will visit relatives
nd friends at different points, but
will spend most of the time with her
mother, Mrs. A. M. Eiitrlian. and her
brother, II It. Kntrtcan, and wife at
TurliK-k. Cal.
Get out that bobsled.