THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913
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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
rvauaasD iumwui aoBNiNos by
MOOD KIVLK NtWS COMPANY, Inc.
Hood Rivcb, Ouoon
R. B. BENNETT.
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Eorrom
i Managu
. Busini
SfhiicHption, $1.50 a Year In Advance
Entered aa aecotHl-elaae matter. Feb. 10. '
th post oiflee at Hood River. Orea-cn.
nnder lb Act of At Arch S. 191.
CARNEGIE'S CONTRIBUTIONS
Andrew Carnegie, v. ho has given
117.500 for a Hood River county li
brary, has enjoyed the distinction dur
ing the past year of having contrib
uted more for philanthropic purposes
than any other man in the world, ac
cording to figures Just published.
Ills beneficences for the year reneh
the enormous total of J135.060.OO0, al
most one-half as much as was contrib
uted by all the other liberal-handed
Americans during that period.
The approximate score of the steel
magnate's gifts now stands as follows:
Libraries, $52,000,000; pensions for col
lege professors, $22,000,000; colleges
(mostly small and struggling institu
tions), $20,000,000; hero funds, peace
funds and miscel'aneous, $113,000;
Carnegie corporation, $125,000,000. The
total amounts to the stupendous height
of $332,000,000.
This gives Mr. Carnegie a strong
lead in the race for distributing mil
lions, his closest competitor being
John D. Rockefeller, with a credit of
only $175,000,000.
Last year Mr. Carnegie furnished
the funds for the starting of 138 libra
ries, at a total cost of $2,501,070. The
Carnegie Technical Schools in Pitts
burg, Pa., received aa additional $2,
000,000 for a fine arts department.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Ad
vancement of Teaching was further
enriched by a $2,000,000 gift from its
founder. The Federaticn of North
American Indians, organized in Jan
uary, 1912, was given $850,000 for a
headquarters building at the national
capital.
The remaining millions were divided
into smaller gifts, principally among
institutions of learning. Prompted
though he may be to some extent by
a desire to perpetuate his name, Car
negie is setting an example as a pub
lic benefactor which might well be fol
lowed by other money kings. Such
philanthropy offers an opportunity to
return to the people the wealth which
they, in fact, produced and at the same
time to pose as a benefactor rather
than a grudging debtor.
MORE MEN WANTED
The report of Secretary of War
George Von L. Meyer shows that
the navy is about 6,000 men short of
its authorized quota and it is appar
ently impossible to secure enlistments,
although recruiting stations are kept
open in all of the large cities and the
attractions of life on the battleships
advertised widely.
This is Just another proof of the
prosperous conditions prevailing
throughout the country. When times
are bad and young men can't find work
they are willing enough to enlist In the
army or navy. But when there is
work for all at good wages and the
steel mills and factories are begging
for labor, the government service can
not compete.
The average American does not take
kindly to the regular military service.
He makes the best volunteer soldier in
the world, when there is fighting to be
done, on land or sea, but he does not
care for the dull routine of barracks
or shipboard service in times of peace,
If he can get employment elsewhere
he shuns the army and navy. Secre
tary Meyer will probably continue to
have trouble in keeping the navy en
listments up to the authorized strength
so long as general business conditions
of the country are good.
UNCLAIMED LETTERS
Unclaimed letters at the local post-
office are as follows:
Lena O Baker, Frank Bolin, Green
Brown, Walter W Brown, J J Buchan
on, R J Burns,
Mrs L D CI use, D Cl&rk, Linton A
Clark,
O E Eason, Evan H Evans.
Charles Foster.
Lester Gibb.
Mr and Mrs John Hall, E G Hall, An
nie Hart, Mrs Horace A Hollinshead.
James Jim.
John Kasala, Robert Kubn (2).
B W LaMar, Llnnett & Co, Henry
Lordon.
J F Minkler, M McKittrlck. II L
Mowreader.
JohnNlchoI, Henry Noyers, Wanda
Norton.
John J Roberts, J II Rose.
F G Stuart, Mrs Wm Stewart.
Mrs Alma Taylor, Lewis Thomas.
II II Wright, Mrs R L Wells.
F Venus, IsabHl Van Pelt.
Re C P Young.
Package for Mrj Sarah N Parker.
Photo for Mr M C Morse.
J. P. LUCAS, P. M.
Don't greot misfortune with a smile
unless you are prepared for a one
sided flirtation.
Read the News. It tells It all.
NEWS NOTES FROM
AROUND THE STATE
Tbe introduction of a bill calculated
to start a stampede for tlymeu's altar
Is beiug considered by Representative
J. H. Nolta of Multnomah county. The
bill, as contemplated, proposes nottv
ing less than a tax on the annual In
come of every unmarried man over
the age of 21 years in the State of
Oregon. Another provision is that a
man who is contributing to the support
or maintenance of a divorced wife, or
to the support or maintenance of a
child or children by a wife divorced
or deceased, shall be exempt.
The death of Senator Davis, of Ar
kansas, probably means that Senator
Chamberlain will become chairman of
the public lands committee, when the
Democrats re-organize the next Senate.
With Senator Davis gone. Senator
New lands alone outranks Senator
Chamberlain on this committee and it
is now generally believed that New-
lands will take the chairmanship of the
Interstate commerce committee, for
which he s in line, relinquishing the
claim on public lands.
Seaside claims the first baby born
in Oregon in 1913. It is a seven and a
half pound girl, born to Mr. and Mrs.
James Lawler.
One of the strongest possibilities in
connection with the new parcel post
tangle is the calling for a general
mass meeting of the merchants. Job
bers and manufacturers of Portland to
consider some means of saving their
bacon. In some ases, it begins to
look as if the new system would mean
the wiping out of all the living profits
in the business if the customers con
tinue to insist on shipments by parcel
post.
Reno hasn't anything on Oregon
City. Four hundred and nineteen di
vorces have been granted in the Cir
cuit Court there during the past year,
out of the 812 cases of all kinds filed in
that court. This astonishing informa
tion was brought to light on checking
up the court's business for 1912. While
it was generally known that divorces
thrived in the mill city, no one sus
pected that over half the court's time
was devoted to assauging wounded
hearts.
Active construction work on the Pacific-Interior
railway, the new Grants
Pass-Crescent City line, commenced
last week when Camp No. 1, located
on Allen creek, two miles southwest
of Grants Pass was established. About
a dozen teams and 40 men will be em
ployed at this camp, local laborers be
ing employed as far as they are avail
able. The right of way is purchased
for 15 miles, and the survey Is com
plete to ths coast, a distance of 9J
miles, and other camps w ill be estab
lished as rapidly as the engineers can
work out the details.
DIDN'T MISS ANY GOSSIP
Hood River Woman Ties Telephone
Receiver to Her Ear
A story which is vouched for by a
local physician appeared in the Jour
nal a couple of days ago as follows:
"We'll have the news, let the world
roll on," was the silent symphony flow
ing from the soul of an ardent patron
of the Home Telephone Company, re
siding in the Upper Hood River val
ley, as interpreted by one of Hood
River's leading physicians when call
ed to the home the forepart of the
week.
As the physician stepped from his
carriage and knocked" at the door, no
response came. He waited a moment
and knocked again. No stir was
heard, which caused some alarm and
induced the physician to break the
general rules of decorum and walk
right in
Upon entering the sitting room the
woman of the house was discovered
comfortably perched on some soft,
downy pillows in a large rocking chair,
busy at some fancy work with the tele
phone receiver tied to her left ear.
Upon inquiry at the local telephone
office it was learned that lines in the
Upper Valley are 8 and 10 party lines.
Weather Aids Fruit Trees
Wenatchce. "This has been an
ideal' fall for fruit trees," saya R. E.
Trumble, the Wenatchee horticultural
expert. "There have been no early
freezes to injure even young trees in
the slightest degree. The trees have
cured their wood normally, thrown
their leaves well and have gone into
winter in ideal condition. "A fall
such as that of this year has another
value In helping the next year's crop.
A fall like this enables the fruit spurs
to mature well and a better adjust
ment of plant foods In fruit spurs."
NOTICE
The Annual Stockholders' Meeting of
.the Farmers' Irrigating Company. .
will be held January 11, 1913, at 10
. m., at the Commercial Club Hall
to elect seven directors to serve one
year, and to transact sur.h other busi
ness as may legally come before the
meeting. All stockholders are urged
to be present.
By order of the Directors
M. II. NICKELSEEN
61-64c Secretary.
HOTEL LEASE IS
INVOLVED IN SUIT
In a suit Involving the lease of the
Hotel Oregon brought by the Colum
bia Securities Company (successors
to the Hotel Oregon Company (against
Messrs. Baker and Ross, Justice Buck
rendered a decision the last of the
week In favor of the defendants
Messrs. Baker and Ross.
The suit was brought by the Colum
bia Securities Company to cancel the
lease on the ground that Messrs. Ilak
er and Ross did not pay the rent last
month. Tho defense of the latter was
that they had sustained a partial evic
tion when the verandas were removed
from the hotel In November, 1911.
The evidence showed that when the
sidewalk alongside the hotel was re
duced to grade the city ordered the
posts supporting the verandas remov
ed. This necessitated either the re
moval of thi? porches or else that they
be supported by brackets of some
kind. It was decided to remove them.
Messrs. Baker and Ross alleged that
this was done against their wishes
and that thoy had been partially evict
ed. The roply to this was that tha
city had ordered the porches removed
and that the holding company had
been left no choice in the matter. In
answer to this the lessees alleged
that the city ordered the posts, not
the porches, removed and quite a
number of witnesses were heard that
the porches, removed and that the
porches could be otherwise supported.
Quite a number of witnesses were
heard. Judge Buck took the case un
der advisement and later found in fav
or of the defendants.
It Is understood that an appeal will
be taken to the Circuit Court and the
case will probably be tried at this
month's term.
Attorney E. C. Smith represented
the plaintiff, the Columbia Securities
Company, and Attorneys L A. and A.
P. Reed represented Messrs. Baker
and Ross.
HERE! MR. MINISTER!
Here's a Chance to Get a "Real Sen
sible Wife"
"If I were a minister's wife," said a
lady In the car, who was talking too
loud not to be overheard, "you may
rest assured I should take an interest
an active interest In my husband's
work. I should say to him: 'Richard
if you want to do well next Sunday,
preach short! If you want your con
gregation to grow larger and larger,
preach short! If you want to draw
them to this church, that church an1
the other church, preach short! But,
Richard, have something to say, al
ways! Condense, condense, and con
dense, and then have an air about you
as if time were worth something and
you could not afford to lose a minute
of it.'
"If on Sunday morning he seemed
to be in an extra amiable mood, I
would venture to say: 'Richard, dear,
don't be all day in giving put your no
tices! Don't blink over them and clear
your throat, and go poking through
them as if you had never seen them
before and were pondering them In
your mind as you call attention to
them. Don't I beg you, Richard, read
them straight forward and then say
them all over again backward! There
is nothing so tiresome.'
"I am not sure but some Sunday I
should say: 'Richard, If you get the
least mite tedious today, I shall fuss
with my bonnet strings as a warning!
And when you say 'In conclusion, 'don't
for pity's Fake go on until you reach
a 'Finally,' and after that 'One word
more,' or 'Just another thought.' I do
think it is such a mistake to try to tell
all one knows in one sermon.' "
Just then the auditor was obliged to
leave the car, but he could not help
exclaiming to himself: "What a sen
sible woman!" It is to be hoped that
some day this sensible one will marry
a minister. Reformed Catholic Mes
senger.
PREVENT BUDS FROM FREEZING
Minnesota Horticulturists Discover
How to Retard Budding
At the meeting of the Minnesota
State Horticultural Society In Minne
apolis, Col. Freeman Thorp, a promt
nen horticulturist of Hubert, Minn.,
stated that he had discovered a way
to retard the budding of trees in the
spring, allowing them to bud after the
final cold snap Is over and preventing
their destruction by frost.
The new Thorp method has been
worked out on the sandy land of
Northern Minnesota. It calls for an
excavation around the tree to be filled
with manure In winter, after the
Rround is saturated with water. This
provides an Ice blanket. On top of
this is placed a good mulch. The mulch
prevents the ice blanket about the
roots of the trees from thawing out
for fu'ly a week after the rest of the
soil has thawed through the spring.
Thus the roots of the trees are Imbed
ded In a frozen mass, which prevents
their budding until the definite arriv
al of spring and until danger of a late
freeze has passed.
COLORADO GROWERS UNITE
Step Taken to Organize a Central
Distributing Agency
Grand Junction, Col. The State
Horticultural Society and the State
Board of Horticulture at a meeting
held here a few days ago, voted to at
tempt to establish a selling agency,
which has for Its purpose the distribu
tion of the entire crop of the state,
and also of Utah.
General dissatisfaction with the re
sult of the year's work from the mar
keting end of the business was ex
pressed, chiefly by apple and peacn
growers. Some of the directors of tho
Grand Junction Fruit Growers' Asso
ciation opposed the movement.
Read the News it tells it all.
UNITED DIVIDED
WE WE
STAND- FALL
KELLY BROS.
HAY AND OAXS
Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts
and Straw
Phone
Fourth Street betuvvn Oak and Stat
ROBT. T. NEWHALL
Telephone 277-M Hood River, Oregon
REPRESENTING
MILTON NURSERY CO.
THIRTY-THREE YEARS
OK RELIABLE TREES
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.
O A L !
Rock Springs
COAL
TRANSFER & LIVERY
COMPANY
Collage Kospifal
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 & Garrabrant
Confectionery, Cigars
Fishing Tackle
Spaulding's Sporting Goods
All Kinds of Soft Drinks
Oak Street, oppoxiu Smith Block. Hood River
Heights Garage
Automobile
Supplies
General Repairing of All
Kinds of Gasoline Engines
Diamond Tires
Plumbing....
J. F. Volstorff - 2p&nKc
J. F. WATT, M. D..
Physician and Surgeon
Office Hurae Phone 30 Kea, 30- B
Hood River :: Oregon
Dr. at. H. Sharp I. Edna B. Sharp
DRS. SHARP
Osteopathic Physicians
Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy,
Kirkaville, Ma
OITtce in Eliot Buildinc
Fhona-Cttice 1C2. Keenlenre 102-B.
Houi Kiver. Oraron
E. D. KANAGA
Physician and Surgeon
Office in National Bank Building
Phone, Office 36
Re. 58-B Hood River, Oreiron
H. L. DUMBLE
Physician and Surgeon
Calk promptly anawered in town or country, day
or mifht.
Telephone-Reeidence 611. Jffice 613.
Othce in the Brueiua Building.
DR. E. O. DUTRO
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Smith Buildinc
Hour 1 to 4 p. m. by appointment phone 71
Kea, Lewi Houae. Odell I'hone Odell 1H3
Calla promptly anawered in country day or night
DR. MALCOLM BRONSON
Physicians and Surgeons
Eliot Block I'hone 34
Hood River. Oregon
C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D.
Dentist
Office. Hal) Building, over Butler Banking Co.
Office phone 28. Reaidence phone 2S-B
Hood Uiver. Oregon
II. Dudley W. Pinco, D. D. S.
Dentist
Office 4. 6 and C Smith Bid.
Office -Hoine phone 131. Keaidence-Home 131 B
Hood River. Oregon
DR. JUSTIN WAUGH
Eliot Building
EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT
M. E. WELCH
Licensed Veterinarian
Hood River. Oregon
JOHN BAKER
Attorney at Law
Rooms 7-8, Smith Block
&ptnV.x Hood River, Ore.
STEARNS & DERBY
Lawyers
First National Bank Building
Hood River. Orogon
Phone 309 Rooms 9-10. Smith Block
GEORGE R. WILBUR
LAWYER
Hood Hirer
Oregon
ERNEST C. SMITH
LAWYER
Rooms 14 and 15. Hall Building
Hood River, Oretron
L. A. & A. P. REED
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
Two Door North of Poatoffire
Phone 11 Hood River' Oregon
MURRAY KAY
CIVIL ENGINELR AND SURVEYOR
Phoni 32
BRoaius Builpino Hood River
L. A. HENDERSON
Surveyor and Civil Engineer
Formerly U. S. Land Surveyor Philippine Ialanda
Two doors north of postoffice. Phone 41
P. M. MORSE
City Engineer and Surveyor
CITY AND COUNTY WORK
Heilbronner Building Hood River. Oregon
A. C. BUCK
Notary Public and Insurance
Agent
Room 12. Broslus Block
Hood River, Oregon
C. M. IIURLBURT
SURVEYOK
Telephone 33 J2-M
R. R. BARTLETT
ARCHITECT
fli-ilhronner Building
HOOD RIVER, OKKOON
Phona 61
Oregon Lumber L
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
DEC, 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. 1 1. Stranahan, Wilson Fike
Capital $100,000
BANK
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
FASHION
Livery, Feed
Stanley-
Wholesale and '
Retail Lumber, C4-t
Lath, Shingles OlTlXlD
Etc. Lumber
delivered to f limh
anypartof the U'Wr
Valley
Co.
Cde arc now talung ordcro for
Hpplc
Stanley -Smitft um6er Co.
)(cct Rlver, Oregon
PAena 134
STOCK OF
Surplus $30,000
A DEPOSITOR AT Til 3
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
has many advantages beside the
safety of his money. He can put
notes and drafts in 'for collection,
borrow money on acceptable se
curity, call on the' bank for any ad
vice of a financial nature. You
will be entitledjto these courtesies
if you have . an account there,
whether it be large or small.
STABLES
and Dray ing
STRANAHANS & RATHBUN
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Horses bought, sold or ex-
ch an gcd. Pleasure parties can
secure first class rigs. Sbecial
attention given to moving fur
niture and pianos. We do
everything horses can do.