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VOLUME 9, NUMBER 10
. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1913
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VJH ion's Views Are Given
to Nation in Address
President Outlines Policy of His Administration in
Inaugural Speech---Says Those Who Have Ad
ministered Government Have Used It for Selfish
Purposes---Remedial Measures Outlined.
Washington, March 4 (Special) In
his Inauguration address delivered
here today President Wilson gave in
condensed form a comprehensive state
ment of the views which he enter
tains and which will be put in practice
during his admlnlHtratlon. The tariff
and other important issues were dealt
with in the address, which was as fol
lows:
There tins lieeu n chance of govern
Oieut. It begun two years iigo. when
the bouse if representatives . became
Democratic I iy n decisive majority. It
bus now Ihhmi completed. The Semite
about to assemble will ulsn be Demo
cratic. The olhVcs of. pr"hleiit itnd
vice president have been put into the
bauds of IkMiioer.its. Wbnl does i be
(limine men ii? Tb:it is the iM'huii
that b uppermost In our minds tudny.
That Is the question I urn going to try
to answer, in order, if I may. lo inter
pret the occasion.
It mentis much more tbnii the mere
success of a party. The success of a
party menus little except wbeu the
nntion Is using tlmt party for a large
and definite purpose. No one can mis
take the purose for which the iintlou
now seeks to use t lie Democratic party.
It seeks to use It to'lnterpret h change
In its own pliius and point of view.
Some old things with which we hnd
grown familiar und which had begun
to creep Into the very habit of our
thought mid of our lives have altered
their aspect as we have latterly looked
critically upon them with fresh, awnk
ened eyes; have dropiied their disguises
and sbowu tliemselves alien and sin
Ister. Some new things hs we look
frankly iixni them, willing to compre
hend their real character, have come
to assume the aspect of things long be
lieved In and familiar, stuff of our own
convictions. We have been refreshed
by a new Insight luto our own life.
Our Model Govsrnmsnt.
We see that In many things Ufa
Is very great. It is incomparably great
In Its material ascct. In Its body of
wealth. In the diversity and sweep of
Its energy. In the industries which have
been conceived and built up by the
genius of Individual men and the lim
itless enterprise of groups of men. It
Is great also, very great, in Its moral
force. Nowhere else In the world have
noble men and women exhibited In
more striking forms the beauty and
the energy of sympathy and helpful
ness and couusel In their efforts to rec
tify wrong, alleviate suffering and set
the weak in the way of strength and
hope. We hnve built up, moreover,
a great system of government, which
lias stood through a long nge as In
many respects a model for those who
seek to set liberty upon foundations
that will endure against fortuitous
change, against storm and accident
Our life contains every great tiling and
contains It in rich abundance.
Hut the evil has come with the good,
11 rid much tine gold has been corroded.
With riches tins come Inexcusable
waste. We have squandered a great
part of what we might have used and
have not stopped to conserve the ex
ceeding bounty of nature without
which our genius for enterprise would
have beeu worthless and Impotent,
scorning to be careful, shamefully
prodigal as well as admirably efficient
We have been proud of our Industrial
achievement, but we have not bltb
erto stopped thoughtfully enough to
count the human cost the cost of lives
snuffed out, of energies overtaxed and
broken, the fenrful physical and spir
itual cost to the men and women and
children iixm whom the dead weight
and burden of It all has fallen pitiless
ly the years through. The groans and
agony of It all bad not yet reached
our cars, the solemn, moving under
tone of our life, coming up out of the
mines and factories and out of every
home where the strugglo bad Its Inti
mate and familiar seat. With the
great government went many deep se
cret things which we too long delayed
to look Into and scrutinize with can
did, fearless eyes. The great govern
ment we loved has too often been
innde use of for private and selfish
purposes, and those who used It bad
forgotten the people.
Duty of Americans Outlined.
At Inst a vision has been vouchsafed
us of our life as n whole. We see the
bud with tho good, the debnsed and
decadent with the sound and vital.
With this vision we approach new af
fairs. Our duty Is to clennse, to re
consider, to restore, to correct the evil
without Impairing tho good, to purify
and humniii.e every process of our
common life without weakening or
Hetitlmciitnllzlni? It. Thcro hns been
something: crude and henrtlcss and un
filing In our hnste to succeed and be
great. Our thought hns been, "Let ev
ery man look out for himself; let ev
ery generation look out for Itself,"
while we reared giant machinery which
made It iuij-ossflile that any but those
who stood iit the levers of control
should have 11 chance to look out for
themselves We hnd not forgotten our
morals. We remembered well enough
that we bad set up a policy which was
meant to serve the humblest as well as
the most powerful, with an eye single
to the standards of Justice and fair
play, and remembered It with pride. 1
But we were very heedless and in
hurry to be great.
We have come now to the sober sec
ond thought. The scales of heedless
ness have fallen from our eyes. We
have mnde up our minds to square ev
ery process of our national life again
with the standards we so proudly set
up nt the heglunliig and have always
carried at our hearts. Our work is a
work of restoration.
Things to Be Accomplished.
We have Itemized with some degree
of particularity the things that ought
to be altered, mid here are some of the
chief items: A tariff which cuts us off
from our proper part in the commerce
of the world, violates the Just princi
ples of taxatlou and makes the govern
ment a facile Instrument In the bands
of iirlvute Interests; a banking and cur
rency system based upon the necessity
of the government to sell Its bonds fifty
years ago and perfectly adapted to con
centrating cash and restricting credits,
an Industrial system which, take It on
all its sides, financial as well as ad
ministrative, holds capital In leading
strings, restricts the liberties and lim
its the opiiortuultlcs of labor and ex
ploits without renewing or conserving
the natural resources of the country; a
body of agricultural activities never
yet given the efficiency of great busi
ness undertakings 01 served as It
should be through the Instrumentality
of science taken directly to the farm
or afforded the facilities of credit best
suited to Its practical needs;' water
courses undeveloped, waste places un
reclaimed, forests untended. fast dis
apliearing without plan or prospect of
renewal, unregarded waste heaps at
every mine. We have studied as per
hnps no other nation hns the most ef
fective means of production, but we
have not studied cost or economy as
we should either as organizers of In
dustry, as statesmen or as Individuals.
Society's Duty to Itself.
Nor have we studied and perfected
the means by which government may
be put at the service of humanity In
safeguarding the health of the nation,
the health of Its men and its women
and Its children, as well as their rights
in the struggle for existence. This Is
110 sentimental duty. The firm basis
of government Is Justice, not pity
These are matters of Justice. There can
be uo equality or opportunity, the first
essential of Justice in the body politic.
if men and women and children be
not shielded In their lives, their very
vitality, from the consequences of great
Industrial and social processes which
they cannot alter, control or singly
coie with. Society must see to It that
It does not Itself crush or weaken or
damage Its own constituent parts. The
first duty of law Is to keep sound the
society It serves. Sanitary laws, pure
food laws and Inws determining con
ditions of labor which Individuals are
powerless to determine for themselves
are Intimate parts of the very busi
ness of Justice nud legal efficiency.
These are some of the things we
ought to do and not leave the others
undone, the old fashioned, never to be
neglected, fundamental safeguarding
of property and of Individual right
Tills Is the high enterprise of the new
day: To lift everything that concerns
our life ns a nation to the light that
shines from the hearth Ore of every
man's conscience and vision of the
right. It Is Inconceivable we should do
this ns partisans; it Is Inconceivable we
should do It In Ignorance of the fncts
as they are or In blind baste. We shall
restore, not destroy. We shall deal
with our economic system as It is and
as it mny be modified, cot as It might
bo if we hnd n clean sheet of pnper
to write upon, and step by step we
shall mnke it what It should be. In the
spirit of those who question their
own wisdom and seek counsel and
knowledge, not shallow self satisfac
tion or the excitement of excursions
whither they ennnnt tell. Justice, and
ouly Justice, shall always be our motto.
Task Not Merely One of Politics.
And yet It will be no cool process of
mere science. The nntion has been
deeply stirred stirred by a solemn pas
sion, stirred by the ' knowledge of
wrong, of Ideals lost, of government
too often debauched and mnde an In
strument of evil. The feelings with
which we fnce this new nge of right
and opportunity sweep across our
heartstrings like some air out of God's
own presence, where Justice and mercy
are reconciled and tho Judge and the
200 CONVERTED
BYjiVANGELISTS
Over 200 persons were converted at
the evangelistic services which were
concluded Sunday evening by Dr. Bul
gin and Professor Rose and wife. On
Friday, Saturday and Sunday the evan
gelists will conduct services at Pine
Grove and Odell, then they go to The
Dalles. At the closing meeting Sun
day evening the following resolution
was adopted by the congregation:
"We, the evangelical forces of Hood
River, Oregon, appreciating the extra
ordinary services of Dr. E. J. Bulgin
and Professor Geo. L. Rose and his
estimable wife, hereby express our
hearty thanks to Almighty God for the
mighty boon they have been to our
entire city and especially the uplift
that has come to the congregations
co-operating in this campaign for souls.
Furthermore, without solicitation, we
recommend them as skilled workmen
rightly dividing the words of truth.
They are artists whose spirit is thor
oughly Christian and whose ability Is
unsurpassed."
Attorney C. O. Burkett returned to
his home in Idaho Saturday after hav
ing spent a couple of weeks visiting
Attorney John Baker, with whom he
became acquainted while both were
residents of Findley, Ohio.
Thorough Improvement
of Streets Recommended
The question of the . hour with the
city council is the matter of improv
ing the city streets during the present
summer in as thorough and complete
a manner as possible. At the meeting
Monday the matter was again consid
ered and the street committee recom
mended that in addition to paving the
business district with hard surface
pavement the main streets leading to
the center of the city be Improved
with asphaltum bound macadam. The
recommendation was that the streets
to be so Improved include the follow-
GRADING MACHINE
IS DEMONSTRATED
A very successful demonstration of
the Cutler Fruit Grading and Sizing
Machine was given Friday at A. I.
Mason's packing house. It was attend
ed by about 50 growers, who were
generous in their praise of the ma
chine. The latter was perfected by
Messrs. Frank and Asa Cutler during
their stay in Portland this winter and
is the result of the experience which
they gained with the machine built
by them last summer and operated in
their packing house last Fall. After
the machine has been further tested
by handling a quantity of apples which
Mr. Mason has yet to pack, steps will
be taken toward the manufacture of
the machine for use this fall.
The machine has demonstrated that
it will deliver to each bin a size more
accurate than the average packer now
puts into the box when he is packing
at normal speed. This means that
every apple in the bin, with practi
cally no selecting for size, can be
placed in the box by an unskilled
packer and as good or better pack
will result. Because of this accur
acy of sizing there will be no under
tow of small apples where they be
come severely bruised.
Th machine is very simple, should
last for many years, Is smooth run
ning, and can be driven by a small
electric motor or by a gasoline engine
on a sprayer. Its simplicity means
that a loss of time because of break
downs will be negligible. The ma
chine will be manufactured in a small
size suited to the needs of the small
grower and also in a larger size and
either can bo enlarged at any time by
adding more bins.
brother nre onn. We know our task to
be no mere task of politics, but a task
which shall search ns through and
through, whether we be able to under
stand our time nnd the need of our
people, whether we be Indeed their
spokesmen and Interpreters, whether
we have the pure benrt to comprehend
and the rectified will to choose our
high course of nctlon.
This Is not a dny of triumph; It Is
a dny of dedlcntlon. Here muster not
the forces of pnrty. but the forces of
humanity. Men's hearts wait upon as;
men's lives bnng In the bnlnnce; men's
hopes call upon ns to sny what we
will do. Wlm shall live up to tho great
trust? Who dares fall to try? I sum
mon all honest men. all pntrlotle. all
forward looking men. to my side. Ood
helping me. I will not full them If they
will but counsel nnd sustain me.
200-LB SHIPMENT
IS MAILED HERE
One of the largest If not the larg
est parcel post shipments made to
this state from the Kant was receiv
ed at the local postoffice Saturday
when a 200-pound consignment was
received by R. W. Pratt from Frank
fort, 111. It was sent In 20 packages,
each of which weighed a trifle over
10 pounds. The total postage paid
was over $20.
The packages contained Jewell
Speedmakers, which are attachments
foy automobiles. These are manu
factured by a Frankfort company In
are man Ufa ctured by omn w S2
which Mr. Pratt is Interested. The
supply at the Portland office was ex
hausted and a rush order was need
ed. It was found that the charge,
even for a shipment of this size, was
somewhat smaller by parcels post than
by express and prompt delivery was
insured. It was boxed upon receipt
here Saturday and forwarded to Port
land by freight
The device Injects hot air Into the
gas intake manifold of a gasoline
engine, thereby Increasing the volume
and explosivenesg of the gasoline and
effecting a considerable saving of gas
ollne. It has been recently introduced
on the Coast and Is finding a ready
sale, especially among automobilists.
Ing: Cascade Avenue from Fifth street
to a point 200 feet west of 14th street,
Oak street from Fifth to Ninth, State
street from the bridge to Ninth street.
Fourth street from Oak to State and
Fifth street from Cascade to Oak
street
In addition to the above streets,
which have already been graded, It
was recommended that Ninth street be
graded and macadamized from Oak to
Eugene street and Eugene street from
Ninth to Twelfth. The commitee fur
ther recommended that all the streets
mentioned above be father improved
with cement walks and enrbs through
out.
The council reconsidered its action
taken at the previous meeting, when
it was decided to advertise for bids
for Hassam pavment only for the pav
ing district. It was decided Monday
to advertise also for bids on concrete
pavement and the latter would be
used if the bids on the Hassam are
not satisfactory.
The matter of the proposed purchase
of the E. L. Smith block for park and
library purposes was discussed. The
council Is in some doubt as to the
best manner of procedure, whether it
would be better to call an election of
whether to make the purchase by is
suing city warrants drawn on the gen
eral fund. It was laid over for another
week.
ALLIANCE TO HOLD
CONVENTION HERE
Beginning Sunday. March 16, the
Christian and Missionary Alliance will
hold Its annual convention in the
chapel on May street, between Seventh
and Eighth streets. The convention
will nd the following Sunday. The
speakers will Include Rev. F. H. Swift,
general superintendent, whose wife
will accompany him. Rev. Mrs. Arnold
of Portland, Rev. Thomas Worship
and a returned missionary to China.
Services will be held Sunday at 11
a. m. and 7:30 p. 111., also every even
ing except Saturday and every after
noon except Monday, Saturday and
Sunday. March 23, hours 11 a. m., 2:30
p. m. and 7:30 p. tu.
The annual missionary offering will
be taken at the morning service. Rev.
W. P. Kirk of the local church is in
charge of the arrangements.
SIX SCHOOLS WILL
HOLD TRAGK MEET
One of the largest track meets this
year will be held at Hood River the
first of April. The contesting schools
will be Barrett, Oak Grove, Frankton,
Pine Grove, Parkdale and Odell. The
events will be 50 and 100 yard dashes,
220, 440 and 880 yard and mile runs,
220-yard hurdles and a mile relay.
There will be the running high Jump.
running broad jump and po'e vault,
also hammer throw and shot put.
There will be an A and B class with
prizes for winners In each class. The
H class will be for those under 14
years of age.
WON'T COMPROMISE
ON LOST LAKE ROAD
That Portland is not disposed to ex
cept the two sections south of Lost
Lake which would permit the construc
tion of a road across the mountains is
shown by an announcement contained
in a Portland paper the last of the
week. A strong protest has been made
against the extension of the road to
exclude all possible communication
but evidently In vain If Portland has
her way. The article follows:
"Portland never can consent to any
Bull Run forest reserve."
This statement is made by Superin
tendent Dodge of the City Water De
partment, to T. H. Sherrard, super
visor of the Oregon National Forest
chane in the present boundaries of the
In regard to the proposition of Hood
River to change the boundaries of the
Bull Run reserve so that a wagon
road may be built through the water
shed from Portland to Hood River.
Any step in this direction, it is claim
ed, would result in the pollution of
the water supply of Portland, and per
haps Inflict irreparable damage on the
Bull Run water shed.
Hood River residents are contend
ign that Portland is overreaching its
rights in the reserve, by claiming the
water in two small streams flowing in
to the Sandy River and for which
plans have already been prepared to
bring to this city to augment the pres
ent water supply. They claim that the
Bull Run reserve covers certain terri
tory in the Hood River water shed, but
this contention also is combated by
Dodge and City Attorney Grant who
have been making a close investiga
tion of the matter.
No Concession Considered
In the communication to Sherrard,
Dodge says:
"An abundance of water is absolute
ly necessary for the welfare of the
City of Portland. The minimum flow
of the Bull Run is 65,000,000 gallons
daily, which in the near future will
not be sufficient, and surveys, plans
and estimates have been prepared to
bring this city water from Clear Fork
and Lost Creek, two tributaries to
the Sandy River, all of which are In
township 2 south, range 8 east of the
Willamette Meridian and entirely with
in the Bull Run reserve. The low
water flow of these two streams Is
41,000,000 gallons a day nearly two-
thirds as large as that of Bull Run.
"This additional supply which is per
fectly pure will be carried down the
north side of the Sandy Valley through
a conduit 21 miles long with a grade
averaging 72 feet a mile and costing
$750,000 to the Bull Run postoffice
where it will join the flow of water
through the two present Bull Run
conduits to this city.
Menace Seen in Road
'If the road along Clear Fork is com
pleted it would be a favorite drive for
pleasure seekers and the streams will
be frequented by fishermen, hunters
and campers and the water would be
come polluted and the forests destroy
ed by fires originating from canipfires
and careless smokers.
'The isolation and inaccessibility of
the Bull Run reserve are its best safe
guards. Enforce the present act of
Congress excluding the public and
there will be little danger of fire and
the pollution of the streams. Portland
has spent $10,000,000 for a supply of
water that is not filtered, as in most
cities, and it will make every effort
to prevent any change in the present
act of Congress which excludes the
public from the reserve.
"The road which the Government
started to build through the reserve
and the Cascades would have, if it had
not been stopped, given pleasure dur
ing the Summer and when not ob
structed by snow, to many automobil
ists. But why should the welfare of
250,000 people of Portland be endan
gered for the sake of a comparatively
small number of pleasure seekers? If
Lost Lak continued
they want to cross the Cascades, whv
not use the Emigrant Road Just south
of Mt. Hood, which has been used
since the first settlers came?
"Your report on the matter to the
Department will probably have a de
cided effect, and Portland acting by
and through the , Water Department
earnestly requests that before making
it you will carefully consider all that
has been said in this communication.
M. E. CHURCH
Sunday School at 10 a.m.. G.A. Part
niunion service and reception of mem
bers at 11 a. ni. Preaching service at
7:30 p. m. Theme. ' Fidelity." Ep
worth League at 6:30 p. m. Prayer
meeting on Thursday evening at 7:30
o'clock. All are cordially Invited to
attend these services. W. B. Young,
pastor.
Read tho News. It tells It all.
Sale of the Irrigation
System Is Authorized
Stockholders of East Fork Company Unanimously
Empower Directors to Lease or Sell System to
Newly Formed East Side Irrigation Bonded Dis
trictPrice to be Accepted Is Stipulated.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the East Fork Irrigating Company held
at Hellbronner Hall Saturday the di
rectors were unanimously authorized
to lease or sell the system to the newly-organized
East Side irrigation bond
ed district. The price shall not be
less than par value of the outstand
ing stock and all liabilities of the
company.
The meeting was called for ten
o'clock, but a quorum was not as
sembled until after 11. The roll was
called and it was found that there
were nearly 300 shares represented,
either in person or by proxy. The
total number of shares is 492.
'Before the business of the meeting
was taken up attention was called
to the fact that the Legislature at
is recent session passed a new law
controlling the operation of bonded
Irrigation districts. It was stated that
the district on the West Side has
been antagonistic to the measure and
that It would be well to discuss it
before taking any further steps to
wards placing the East Fork Com
pany's system in the hands of the
bonded district.
H. S. Galligan said that while the
new law made a number of changes
he did not think them serious. He
said It provided that the taxes of the
district would be levied and collected
by the county along with the county
taxes instead of being levied and col
lected by officials elected by the
company.
New Law Controls Districts
It was suggested that the law be
read by Secretary Waugh and this
was done. It provides that the board
of directors shall make a computation
before the first Tuesday in September
of each year of the whole amount of
money necessary to be raised by the
district for the ensuing year. This
amount shall be apportioned so that
each acre of irrigatable land in the
district shall be assessed and requir
ed to pay the same amount as every
other acre of irrigatable land. In
other words the assessment shall not
be according to assessed valuation nor
according to the amount of water used,
but shall be the same on every acre
of land which can be irrigated.
Some question was raised as to
whether this would be an equitable
method of taxation for the reason
that land which was not cleared
would be taxed the same as land
Much Testimony Is Taken
in Railroad Rate Cases
Testimony was taken Wednesday
before F. J. Miller and Thomas Camp
bell, members of the State Railroad
Commission, relative to the rates
charged by the Mt. H.ood Railroad
Company from Tarkdale to Hood Riv
er, the complaint having been brought
by O. M. Bailey, an Upper Valley
rancher.
The hearing continued all day at
the courthouse and was largely at
tended by Upper Valley people, a
number of whom had been called to
testify before the commission.
LOCAL TRANSFERS
OF REAL ESTATE
Jay N. Shaver to Elisha L. Welsh.
lot 10. block 1, Pleasantview, $'1000.
L. F. Henderson to Constance Hen
derson, lots 9 and 10, Henderson's
Subdivision.
Wilhelmina Tregge to Herman
Pregge, 130 acres at Oak Grove.
E. M. Wlngate to Fred W. Wilson,
160 acres on the East Side.
William V. Perry to Frances E.
Mcintosh, 40 acres southeast of Pine
Grove.
Adelia A. Stranahan to May Motti
shaw. lot 61, block 13, lot 13 and 14,
Mock 5, and lot 33, block 10, all Id
Stranahan's Third Addition.
G. E. Williams to D. L. Pierson. 10
acres at Oak Grove.
Robert Ordway to Earl Ordway. lot
4 and south 4 acres of lot 2, Ordway
tract south of town.
Howard C. Berrian to U E. Clark,
half interest in 10 acres at Pine Grove.
A. Welch to Pauline F. Hammond,
the Heniiey place In East Belmont.
which was producing.
H. F. Davidson said that while this
might appear inequitable there was a
compensation provided. He said that
there would not be enough water for
each individual grower if it were di
vided pro rata among all property
holders, but those who had orchards
needing considerable water would
have to buy from those having un
developed land their water rights for
the season. He said that the amounts
so paid would serve to equalize the
assessments.
Some discussion followed and there
were some who reminded the meeting
that it was called, not for the pur
pose of acquiring the system on be
half of the district, but simply to
place a price on It and authorize the
directors to lease or sell in case the
district decided to either buy or lease.
Chairman Day explained the situa
tion by stating that the financial con
dition of the company is such that It
cannot make the necessary - repairs
and provide water this summer when
needed. If a lease is effected the di
rectors of the bonded district are au
thorized to Issue warrants to the
amount of $5,000 to meet present
needs and see that the water is avail
able as soon as needed. The lease is
therefore contemplated In order 10
meet the emergency and the under
standing would be that a sale would
be subsequently effected to the bond
ed district
Motions Are Carried
These two motions were put sepa
rately. The firsfone was as follows:
"That the directors of the East Fork
Irrigation Company be authorized to
make a lease of the property of said
company for such period of time and
upon such terms as seem best In
their judgment for the interests of
Ohe company." This motion carried
without a single dissenting vote,
283 V2 shares being voted.-
The second motion was then put.
It was as follows: "That the direc
tors of the East Fork Irrigation Com
pany be authorized to dispose of the
property of the company to the East
Fork Irrigation District for an amount
not less than the par value of outstand
ing stock and all liabilities of the
company." Some more stockholders
had appeared in the meantime and the
vote stood 292 1-6 in favor of the
motion and one against it. The meet
ing then adjourned.
Mr. Baily brought his complaint on
two points, alleging that the company
should have a freight agent at Park
dale and also that the rates on cer
tain Upper Valley products, especial
ly boxed apples, cider apples, cord
wood, hay and potatoes are excessive.
Freight Agent Wanted
At the morning hearing Mr. Bailey
laid before the commission his com
plaint in the matter of the freight
agent. His grounds were that with
out a freight agent it is impossible
to secure information as to rates with
out telephoning to the company's of
fice in this city. He also said that it
was Impossible to prepay shipments
and said this worked a hardship on
the Upper Valley people. He said, In
response to inquiry, that he would
prefer to prepay rather than to have
the charges collected at the other
end. He said that In order to get
a bill of lading for freight It was nec
essary to be at the station during cer
tain hours in the morning In order
to get it from the conductor, the
ticket agent not having authority to
give one. He said that the present
ranchers to deliver their fruit and
other shipments during u comparative
ly short time in the morning and that
congestion often resulted. He said
proper care was not given fruit ship
ments there and told of a car of straw
berries which h- said wan damaged
by being left standing with thn venti
lators closed
Mr. Bailey was asked If he had nny
witnesses to supplement his testimony
and he called on A. II. Coulter. The
latter testified that he was not espec
ially anxious for a fr.-nrht aK"nt mid
preferred to testify In the rat.1 ca.ie.
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