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4 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15. 1913 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS RltUUU VIDmDlf MOSXINOS T MOOD KIVER NEWS COMPANY, Inc. Hood Rjvma. Onaoon R. B BENNETT Editob I- S. BENNETT Buhnub Mamacbb Subscription, $1.50 a Year in Advance Kn tared mm sscotMi-clssa matter. Febi 10. 1900. at Um past offlM t Hood Rivsr. Orct-on. nndsr th. Art of sUrck t, EXPERIMENT IN LAW MAKING With the Oregon Legislature no- tu session It will be of Interest to com pare lt work with that of the similar body In California which this year adopts a new and novel manner of procedure. After remaining In session a month for the Introduction of bills. the California Legislature will adjourn for a month In order to give the mem bers an opportunity to study the pro posed legislation and consult with their constituents. Then in March it will re-assemble to act on the frills. To those who are acquainted with the mass of bills, good and bad, wbich are submitted for the Oregon legis lature to act upon at its brief bi annual session it will be well worth consner- ing whether California's method might not well be adopted here in Oregon. ORANGES OR APPLES? If the orange famine which is now predicted becomes a fact, an opport m- ity will be given to demonstrate that the apple deserves as great if nit greater popularity as an article of diet than the orange. If apples i-ould be made as popular as b: nanas e.'t' orages the question of demand would no longer be in doubt, especia'lv if the best apples can be placed w it inn reach of the consumer at reasonable prices. Because of the many delica cies which can be prepared frora the apple and on account cf its herlth giving qualities there is every reison why it should take precedence over all other fruits as an article of daily diet HOOD RIVER WILL BENEFIT Portland has set out to complete her end of the Portland-Hood River roni next year, expending $75,000 this sum mer and whatever more may be need ed in 1914. It is believed that the tourists who pass over the road in 1915 bound for the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion will pay for a large part of the work. Hood River will be the natural stopping place for these hundreds of tourists and this city will be advan tageously located upon one of the most important arteries ot travel in the country. A CHANCE TO GET TOGETHER It is Oregon's misfortune that al though she has a splendid company of good roads boosters they are all work ing for the same end by diffreent means, each faction convinced that its policy Is the best and determined to fight for its adoption. With the con vening of the legislature the stage is set for another encounter. War clothes are being donned and the same old is sues will be dragged out for recon sideration. Inasmuch as all good road legislation came to naught at the re cent election because of the conflict ing measures submitted, it is hoped that a willingness to compromise will be manifested at the legislative ses sion in order that some headway may be made in this important matter. RAISING BETTER FARMERS For the first time last year Oregon undertook to educate her children to be better- farmers and housewives than their fathers and mothers. Hood Riv er took part by holding an industrial fair which will be repeated this year and for which preparations are already being made. In this connection it is Interesting to note the results of the corn-growing contest held in North Da kota where more than 600 farmers were entered. Their average yield was 52 bushels to the acre almost twice the average yield of the country as a whole and the prize winner was a 12-year-old boy who raised 71 bushels to an acre on a four-acre tract. The incident shows the value of the work which has been undertaken here in Oregon and Hood River. It merits the support and interest of parents and teachers and indeed of all who will benefit from an increased efficiency on the part of the country's real wealth producers. USE OF DRUGS CHECKED Realizing the terrible effects of the use of drugs, a new law has been en acted in China making the penalty for the use of opium death. The first ex ecution was made last week when a woman convicted of using this drug was put to death. It is stated that in this country, too, use of drugs is in creasing at an alarming rate. There Is no doubt that more stringent con trol of their use must soon be enforced in the United States If this ratal ten dency Is to be checked. The effect of drugs In undermining the moral as well as physical standard of a race is too well known to need comment. THE PRESIDENT'S GALLANTRY There was a pleasing touch of hu man interest In the Incident which oc curred at the White House last week when President Taft kissed a little Western girl in order to send her back home with her greatest wish sat lsfled. CANAL WILL MEAN MUCH TO FWIITMEN In a recent address to fruit groers Professor C. M. Morris of the Wash ington State College was particularly optimistic over the market poss'lOi ties which will present themselves up on the completion of the Panama Canal. The subjct of his add res was "Choice of a Site" and he said in part: "The real choice of locality gKes opportunity for market and transporta tion with the least cost possible to the best market. A few years ago people in the Northwest thought very little about the possibilities of the market that would be opened to ihetn through the Panama Canal and expect ed to grow and ship practcially nil cf their fruit, either by boat clear around to the Orient, or by rail across the con tinent and ship the larger part of It in that wav. You will notice be-cro this conference closes this week that people are going to talk and work and think largely along the lines of op portunities that are going to be opened to them by reason of shipping through the canal, and the market that w ill be opened up. That will mean much in many points, and it will moan largel the use of many localities as truit growing localities that have not in the past been considered as those of ex ceptional favor by their opportunities for transportation. "We hear a good deal of talk jut-: the present time about fruit prospects going down in the West, because of our planting so much. I do not want to boost this afternoon; I am not talk ing from that point of view. Western people have peculiar ability to get together and work together, and that tends to success in fruit growing. Proven Section Is Best "The choice of the definite region in which you are to go may have many features for you to consider. One im portant consideration is. will fruit grow there? Now, in that respect you will find people who will go through the whole program and tell you "Yes, fruit will grow In this region," and they will tell you that a year before there hasn't been a tree planted in the entire district. That entire line of propaganda, because that is all it can be called, is very frequently unfortun ate, because it leads to so many mis fortunes. The only real proof that fruit growing can succeed in a definite region, because of soil, adaptation to climate and so forth, is by trial. Where a trial has been made and fruit has been grown, even on a few trees, fruit growing has proven successful, there you have a reasonable expecta tion of making a profit and a success of it. "But many people in the Northwest unfortunately have been led to invest in lands that they hoped were fruit lands, without having any definite proof of it. Many of them are coming out all right; many of them are going to lose heavily by it The great fruit the great boom, the great clamor that there has been In the Northwest for fruit lands have led many people who are not fruit growers primarily, into the work. They have personal habits to overcome, in the first place, before they can make a succses of their par ticular choice of a piece of land, and just for that reason It is especially important that they work to the very greatest ultimate success by correct choice of locality." FAMILY SOCIAL ENJOYED Interesting Address Followed by Mus ical and Literary Program On Tuesday evening, January 7, of last week at the U. B. church was held the second neighborhood or family so cial with musical and literary pro gram together with an excellunt ad dress by our fellow townsman, C. D. Nickelsen, on the "Boy," the "boy of the present and the man and citizen of the future, which was timely and in structive. In addition to all this was a general good social time. The object of these socials is to get the parents, citizens, young men and women and past High School grad uate together in order to promote in tellectual development and open up the gymnasium for the encouragement of athletic exercises and innocent games and amusements. This Is strictly a non-sectarian association to which everyone is Invited who desires to promote the general welfare of the city and surroundings and build up a higher standard of morals and moral honesty, progressing all the time to ward higher Ideals. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday evening, January 21, with the usual Interesting program, lit erary and musical, with an address by Attorney E. H. Hartwlg, whose subject will be announced later. BY THE COMMITTEE. A man who does things makes many mistakes but he never madu the big gest mistake of all doing nothing. DALLES TO BENEFIT FROMNEW PLANT The Dalles, Ore. Announcement that the Pacific Power & Light Com pany is to build a 7,000 power plant at Hood River was the culmination of extensive improvements which the company has been making in The Dalles and contiguous territory. Since The Dalles-White River sys tem was taken over by the Pacific Power and Light Company In 1910, the company has made some very mater ial improvements for the purpose of benefiting its service. The White Riv er plant has been entirely rebuilt and additional power equipment provided. The transmission line from Tygh Val ley to The Dalles is now being re-constructed and will be equipped for 66, 000 volt operation within a few weeks. The Dalles substation has also been remodeled and a new 66.000 volt line has been built from The Dalles to Hood River. The final act of putting The Dalles-Hood River system in the best possible operating condition is the construction of a modern, up-to-date powerhouse at Hood River which will give the company ample generat ing facilities at each end of its trans mission line, thus insuring continuous service for all the cities located on this power system. The Immediate benefit The Dalles wil secure from the re-construction of the lines and powerhouse in this terri tory is the assurance that can be given to large power users of the actual con tinuity of service. Advantage has al ready been taken of this fact by the Granddalles Land & Irrigation Com pany for 350 horsepower to be used in operating centrifugal pumps to sup ply the Granddalles tract across the Columbia River. The irrigation com pany realizes that the Pacific com pany will be In a position to furnish ample power at both ends of its trans mission lines. And, should an acci dent happen at one plant, the other plant will be amply able to carry the load. The White River plant ha3 ma chinery installed to produce about 3500 horsepower and the new plant at) Hood River will have a capacity of 7000 horsepower. While the Pacific Power & Light Company has not been in the habit of building interurban or street railway systems, yet it is understood that this company has strong financial connec tions in the East which are interested in railway developments, and it is be lieved plans are already on foot for electric lines in the neighborhood of The Dalles, and there is talk of electri fying the Great Southern. The power company has been desirous of securing a permanent market for its increased power and the railway people in ques tion have looked over the ground care fully, with a view of building several lines that would be of material bene fit to the people ot The Dalles. It is understood that surveys have been made in the neighborhood of Hood River for the same purpose. OBITUARY James R. Belshe James R. Belshe died suddenly on Wednesday from an attack of apo plexy. His home was on the Heights. Mr. BelBhe was a retired farmer and a man of apparently rugged physique, his death coming as a surprise and shock to many friends in this commun ity. Mr. Belshe spent most of his life on a ranch near Moro, Sherman coun ty. A few years ago he moved to Monmouth. There he resided with his family until June, 1912, when they moved to Hood River and bought Mrs. Emma C. Willis' place on the Heights. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, H. C. Belshe of Moro and Wilfred of this place, also two daugh ters, Mrs. Lou Kenney of Valley, Ida ho, and Miss Nellie Belshe of this place. The remains were shipped Fri day to Moro, where interment will be made. Clarence A. Ids Clarence A. Ide died January 7 at hi home on the Heights. He had been in failing health for some time. Mr. Ide was born in 1856 and lived until ho was 11 years old at Elgnl, III. He then moved with his parents to Iowa and moved again to South Dakota in 1885. In 1910 Mr. Ide and family came to Hood River. He will be better re membered by many as having conduct ed the popcorn and peanut stand on the Butler Bank corner last fall. He leaves two sons, Irting and Errol, of Hood River and one daughter, Hazel, of Montmatre, Canada. Rev. J. R. Hargreaves officiated at the funeral se rvlces which were held from the Bartmess Chapel Thursday. Bessie Might Object "I wouldn't drink out of that cup," said little Johnnie to the well-dressed stranger; "that's Bessie's cup and she's very particular who drinks out of It." "Ah," said the young man as he drank the cup dry, "I feel honored to drink out of Bessie's cup. Bessie Is your younger sister. Isn't she?" "Not much! Bessie is my dog." INDIAN SKULLS UNEARTHED Remains of Early Americana Brought to Light at Bingen Contractor who are making the fill of a trestle to the east of Bingen, have unearthed the skulls and other bones of two or three Indians while remov ing the sand with a steam shovel on the immense sand pile on the C- D. Moore farm. They have unearthed bones thereabouts before, and the rail way builders frequently ran across bones when building the North Bank Road. Arrow heads and other crude things of use to Indians have been thrown out or picked up along the river shore. Historians declare that there was an Indian population along the Columbia of over 40.000. Read the News it tells it all. UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL i -. KELLY BROS. HAY AND OATS Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts and Mraw Phone Fourth Street betwwn Oak and State ROBT. T. NEWHALL TelephODB 277-N Hood River, Oregon REPRESENTING MILTON NURSERY CO. THIRTY-THKKE YEARS OF 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 14 East Oak Street Hood River, Or. 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 lien. I Garrabranf Confectionery, Cigars Fishing Tackle Spaulding's Sporting Goods All Kinds of Soft Drinks Oak Street, opposite Smith Block. Hood River Heights Garage Automobile Supplies General Repairing of All Kinds of Gasoline Engines Diamond Tires Plumbing.... J. F. Volstorff 8k J. F. WATT. M. D., Physician and Surgeon Offlo, Home Fhoo. SO Rea. M-B Hood River :: Oregon Dr. II. H. Sharp Dr. Edna U. Sharp DRS. SHARP Osteopathic Physicians Graduates of the American School of Osteopathy, kirktfville. Ma. Offlre in Knot Buildin Phone-Otbce let Resident. MB-B. lioud River. Oregon E. D. KANAGA Physician and Surgeon Office in National Bank Buildins Phone, Office SS Rea. 88-B Hood River, Oregon H. L. DUMBLE Physician and Surgeon Calls promptly answered in town or country, day or nia-ht. Telephones-Residence 11. Jffic.613. Office in the Brosius Buikiina. DR. E. O. DUTRO Physician and Surgeon Office in Smith Buildins Hours 1 to 4 p. m. by appointment phone Tl Res. Lewis House. tMell Phone Oiinll ltd Calls promptly answered in country day or nia-ht DR. MALCOLM BRONSON Physicians and Surgeons Eliot Block Phone 3 Hood River, Oregon C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. Dentist Office. Hall Buildi na, over Butler Banking Co. Office phone 28. Residence phone 28-B liuod River, Oregon H. Dudley W. Pineo, D. D. S. Dentist Office 4, 5 and 6. Smith Bids. Office-Home phone 131. Residence- Home 1S1-B Hood River, Oregon DR. JUSTIN WAUGH Eliot Building EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT M. E. WELCH Licensed Veterinarian Hood River. Oreaon STEARNS & DERBY Lawyers First National Bank Building Hood River, Oregon Phone 309 Rooms 9-10, Smith Block GEORGE R. WILBUR LAWYER Hood Uiver Oregon ERNEST C. SMITH LAWYER ' . Rooma 14 and 15. Hall Building Hood River. Oretron L. A. & A. P. HEED ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW Two Doors North of Postoffice Phone 41 Hood River" Oregon MURRAY KAY CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR Phonb 32 Brosius Building Hood River L. A. HENDERSON Surveyor and Civil Engineer Formerly U. S. Land Surveyor Philippine Inlands Two doors north of postoffice. Phone 41 P. M. MORSE City Engineer and Surveyor CITY AND COUNTY WORK Heilbronner Building Huod River, Oregon A. C. BUCK Notary Public and Insurance Agent Room 12, Brosius Block Hood River, Oregon C. M. HURLBURT SURVEYOR Telephone 3342-M R. R. BARTLETT ARCHITECT Heilbronner Building HOOD RIVER, OREGON Phone 1 Wire Wound Continuous Stave WOOD STAVE PIPE KELLY BROS., Agents 4th St. Bet. Oak and State Phone 227-M Hood River, Ore. Oregon Lumber WHOLESALE and RETAI L 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 V. it. olranahan, Capital $100,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER. OREGON FASHION Livery, Feed Stanlev- Wholesale and y Retail Lumber, C-4-l Lath, Shingles OmlTD Etc. Lumber delivered to FlItY-hr anypartof the Um?vr Valley Co. QIc arc now talung ordcro for Hpplc 8oxc Stanfey-Stnitfi uttil3er Co. Hccfi Hiutfi. Oregon Pftena 134 STOCK OF Wilson rike Surplus $30,000 DON'T BE HELD BACK from opening a bank account because your savings are small. A house is made of single bricks or planks; an ocean is only a collection of single drops of water. The First National Bank invites you to open an account even if you have no more than one dollar. And every little bit added to what you have makes a little bit more. STABLES and Draying" iSTRANAHANS & RATHBUN HOOD RIVER, OREGON Horses bought, sold or ex changed. Pleasure parties can secure first class rigs. Sbecial attention given to moving fur niture and pianos. We do everything horses can do.