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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 12, 1913 NEWS FROM OUR NATIONAL CAPITAL President Favors Confining the Special Session to Tariff Legislation NO OFFICES FOR RELATIVES Washington. President Wilson has settled deep enough In office to indi cate pretty clearly some of the thlnga that may be expected of him in the ueur future. He baa made no public announcements of policy, but there were a few developments that seem ed to show the trend of the first days of his administration. The president told visitors that he was inclined to favor the plan of house leaders to confine the special tension of congress to tariff revision. H indicated that while he did not look forward to the passage of a cur rency reform measure at the special session, such a bill might be whipped Into shape in the house while the sen ate was wrestling with the tariff and could be brought up immediately af ter congress convened in regular ses sion In December. Office Not For Wilson Relations. President Wilson has passed the word along (he line that it is his wish that no member of the Wilson family and no relutive have a position in the present administration. Ills wishes lcamo known in rather startling fashion to Captain A. M. Wil son, a cousin who lives In Portland, Or. Captain Wilson aspired to be a member of the Philippine commission. He went to see Mr. Garrison, secre tary of war, to talk tie subject over with him. Secretary Garrison shock ed him by naylng thai President Wil son had sent out word that no relative of the president should have a position in the new administration. Civil Service Bars Up. President Wilson has let it be known there was no Immediate pros pect of letting down the civil service bars to the thousands of Democratic office-seekers. The president told Sen ator Pomerene that so far he and the cabinet had formulated no policy as to appointments for minor positions In the government service. There had been a report that Presi dent Wilson might revoke the recent order of Mr. Taft, which put 36,000 fourth-class postmasters under the civil service. 18 States Favor Direct Elections. The secretary of state has received notice of the action of the legislatures of 18 states upon the proposed consti tutional amendment providing for the direct election of senators by the peo ple. So far not a single state bas acted adversely. The amendment has been approved by Massachusetts, Min nesota, New York, Arizona, North Car olina, Oregen, Mississippi, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Texas, Montana, Illi nois, Maine, Nevadn, New Hampshire, Wisconsin and Vermont. Cabinet Is Msrely Sieve. Though office-seekers have been re quested to address themselves to the beads of the various departments, the members of the cabinet will act mere ly as sifters of the mass of applicants and their decisions will not be final. This was made clear at the white house. Published statements that the an nouncement of the administration policy about office-seekers might re sult In a situation whereby the attor ney general, for Instance, made ap pointments of federal Judges before whom the government's case might be tried, brought forth the explanation that such an Impression was errone ous. National Capital Brcvltlss. Several congressional leaders are prepared to Introduce bills for the re peal of the Canadian reciprocity act at the coming extra session of con gress. Secretary of the Navy Daniels an nounced that In future a large part of the coal supply needed for the Ameri can war vessels will come from Alas ka. Postmnster-Oeneral Burleson stated that no appointments of postmasters probably would be made before April 1 except possibly In capes of emergen cy. President Wilson Is. reported to have offered to Richard Olney, of Boston, secrttary of state In President Cleve land's cabinet, the post of ambassador to Great Ilr'taln. J. M. Baker, of South Carolina, as sistant librarian of the senate, was nominated by the Democratic caucus for fcecretary. It Is equivalent to an election. He received 25 votes to 23 which were scattered among Joseph L. Wilson, the president's brother, former Senator Gardner of Maine. Speaker ("lark was renominated. Representative Underwood, of Ala bama, again chosen chairman of the ways and means committee, the en tire Democratic personnel of that tar iff making body named and all the house officers renominated at a har monious six hour caucus of the Demo crats or the house of ths Blity-ftnlrd congress. BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON While working on a- farm at Tigard Lloyd Peterson, a deuf mute, lost his left hand when dynamite exploded pre maturely. Much Interest 1b being manifested In the loganberry Industry around Jef ferson. About 100 acres, adjoining town, are being cleared preparatory to planting. Almost without an exception farm ers In Umatilla county are compelled, by reason of a recent heavy breeze, to reseed their barley crop, which amounts to more than CO, 000 bushels each year. The Charles K. Spuuldlng Logging company has leased the plant and property of the Newberg Brick & Tile company from the receiver In whose hands they were placed several months ago. When the county court recently at Pendleton made a call for bids for burying paupers, John S. Baker, of that city, offered to enter Into a con tract to bury the county's dead at 1 cent per head. Governor West, Game Warden Fin ley and Game Commissioner Kelly will hunt cougars and wildcats east of Eugene, to learn the extent of dam age done by the animals. They will be gone three weeks. Dr. L. Victoria Hampton la the first woman to file a declaration of inten tion to become a candidate for city office in Portland. She will make the race for the Republican nomination for counctlman-at large. The city treasury of The Dalles was swelled $1000 by the failure of the Hydro-Electric company to comply with Its agreement with that munici pality, and the concern likewise loses Its franchise to furnish electric light and power there. Announcement to the effect that a railroad will be built from Albany into the timber on the west slope of the Cascade mountains Is construed to mean construction of the first link of an east and west line across ths state by the Hill system. The Hood River Apple Growers un ion has taken it in hand to supply its mombers with all kinds of material used on the farm at a wholesale price. Spray material, spraying machines, hay, grain, and like things will be fur nished the growers and the retailer's profit will be saved to the consumer. The coroner's Jury, investigating the death of John Van Slyke, who was killed at Weston in a saloon fight, brought in a verdict stating that S. B. Couch, with whom Van Slyke had the fight, was responsible for the killing, but did not charge him with murder, and he bas been held to the circuit court In JL'OUO bail. Forty thousand dollars In gold, greenbacks, silver and checks (cer tified), were turned over to County Treasurer Dlmmick at Coqullle by Sheriff Gage. This amount rei resent ed taxes collected in the last week, and It was by far the largest amount received since the recent rush to pay taxes has begun. With the coming of the railroad Myrtle Ponlt has developed an unus ual thirst and now desires to possess saloons of Its own so that the dry ones can be accommodated right at home. At least so a petition filed with the county court states and the court has set apart April 7 as ths day on which to vote on the question. The greatest fruit crop the Rofne river valley has yet experienced Is predicted by all orchard men in that locality. There remains but one ele ment to darken the prospect, frost, but probably by continuous smudging the growers will vanquish even that foe. Some fruit men say they would like to have a few buds nipped as that would do away with part of the enor mous summer thinning. The DuUois Lumber company, which owns large bodies of fine timber In the Nehnlem country, is making tenta tive plans for an outlet for ths Umber by the construction of a railroad to the Columbia river. The road will be built from the heart of the Nehalem country to a point In the vicinity of St. Helens. It Is understood that it will be a standard road and thus made available for general traffic. As the result of a fight in which a large and ugly knife and an ax were freely used, Frank Day occupies a cell In the county Jail at Salem, and Fred Corbln lies at his home. The fight occurred in a rooming house, and ths men tell different stories. Day re ceived a bad scalp wound from ths ax wielded by Corbln, and Corbln a deep, ugly gash from a knife used by Day, as well as other wounds. First through tralu service over ths Salem, Falls City & Western sines it was taken over by the Southern Paci fic wss Inaugurated out of ths stats capital. Ths service Is made possible through the completion of the bridge across the Willamette between Balem a.nJ West Salem, which has Just been turned over to the operating depart ment. The through trains will bs op erated from Salem to Dallas, Falls City and Black nock, and also be tween Salem and Indepsndsnoe, Mon mouth and Alrllo. Read the Newt. It tells It all. OREGON HEWS NOTES OF GENEBALjfiTEF;EST Events Occurring Thrcu'jl.O'jl the Stale During the Past Week. $4,000,000 TIMBER DEAL Porter Brothers Buy 1C 2.000 Acres of Land in Linn County. Portland. Porter Brothers, railroad contractors, agreed to pay 14,000,000 to the Oregon & Western Colonization company for 102,000 acres of land In eastern Linn county, containing 4,000, 000,000 feet of the best yellow fir tim ber ever grown, and will begin Imme diate development of the property by building a railroad to It from Albany, 26 miles away, and by erecting two sawmills on the south fork of the Santiam river, which suns through it. They propose to cut the timber on their newly acquired land as fast as It can be hauled away. Tho property Is located entirely be tween the Willamette meridian, which forms the western border and the crest' of the Cascade range, which forms the eastern border. It la 12 miles wide, but Includes only every alternate section. Good Roads Association Organized. Roseburg. Believing that passable highways are Important In the devel opment of a community and that they can only be brought about through the co-operation of the common peo ple, delegations from various locali ties of Douglas county met and or ganized what will be known as ths Douglas County Good Roads Associa tion. The object of the local asso ciation Is to get as many auxiliary organizations launched in various parts of the county as possible. In Interesting the people living In the rural districts, it is believed that ths membership of the association can soon be increased to 1500 or 8000. May Solve Mystery of 5 Years. Hood River. The body of a man found three miles east of Hood River Is thought to solve a mystery of five years ago. Gold cuff buttons bearing the initial "H" point to Identification of Mr. Hammon, of the Swann-Ham-mon Lumber company of White Salm on, who suddenly disappeared from Hood River, leaving his wife in the parlor of the Hotel Oregon here. He left just before the luncheon hour, giv ing her his purse upon leaving. NEW FARMS MADE POSSIBLE Reckunation of Hundreds of Thou sands of Acres May Follow Survey Salem. With $100,000 available, the work of making a detailed survey of the resources of the Deschutes river can be commenced Just as soon as John H. Lewis, state engineer, and the chief of the reclamation service agree on the provisions of the contract be tween the state and the government for the expenditure of this fund. At present, the contract is being held up because the state engineer wants to have its provisions broad enough to cover other streams besides the Des chutes, and the chief of the reclama tion service has drawn the contract so aa to confine the work to that one river. ThiB fund of $100,000 Is made up by an appropriation of $50,000 from the state and $30,000 from the govern ment. This Is said to be the first time tho government has agreed to co-op-eraie with a state on such a large seal-- in a nintter of this kind. Its im portance Is much greater than is gsn erally understood. Success of Apple Sale Astounding. Portland. Portland's first general apple sale, the biggest In the history of the United States for the same spao of time, ended with a reoord of between 20,000 and 25,000 boxes of appols sold, an average of about eight apples for each man, woman and child In the city. Compared with the famous apple sale at Chicago, last month, when J4, 000 boxes of apples were moved, and considering the difference in popula tion, Portland families purchased near ly three times the quantity of fruit. Oldtlme Malheur Camp Is Revived. Malheur. Following the example of Its sister town of Brogan, 18 miles south, this old mining camp, in the extreme northern end of Malheur county, held a mass meeting and rais ed n large cash bonus for the estab lishment here of the Malheur Mining News, a new weekly newspaper. The publisher receiving the bonus will put in a plant here, as well as at Brogan, and the Malheur Mining News and the Brogan Herald will make their Initial sppearanoe about April 1, ons on Tuesday and one on Friday. Salem Csntar of Big Game Preserve. Salem. When senate bill 0i foea Into effect the olty of falsa Will bs the center of a new gams preserve to b- railed th Capital Ossae re Read the News It tells It all. f jSIv1 ! ' i iiiftiiii'1! Mi i jiiip 8 NEW SPRING COATS AND SUITS Twelve-Fifty Sample Coats in Navy Serge, and Tan and Gray Mixtures the new 34 lengths, one of a kind, size 1 6 only. Choice designs of the New Season's Models, at only - - $1 2.50 Tailored Suits, Navy Serge, size 1 6 to 44, Tan Serge, Grey and Tan hair line stripes, good sizes, the new model Round Corner Jackets, Skirts have panels and pleats, Jackets full satin lined, shields in sleeves, inside pockets. Good looking, well finished Suits for only - $1 2s50 IS life HI f w I i See window display-try them on-they stand Close Inspection Elite Petticoats Adjustable Top The Original Glove Fitting Petticoat no strings ) $1.00 TO S6.50 EACH Beautiful soft Messaline Petti coats, in the new Green, Nell Rose, Navy, Brown, Grey and Black S3, 54 AND S6 Soft, fast black cotton Petti coats in the Elite make, plain and pleated ruffles SI. S1.35, S1.50, S1.85 PHOENIX Guaranteed Silk Hose For Ladies, box of four pair $3,00 Tan, Black, Light and Medium weight For men box of four pair S2.00 black and tan medium weight We have secured the Hood River agency for these well known goods and can now sell you a good reliable Silk Hose at a MODERATE PRICE NOW, MR. MAN! GIVE YOURSELF A ROYAL TREAT LEADERSHIP AND ROYAL TAILOR ING go hand in hand. THE NEW ROYAL SAMPLES are in, and they certainly are winners. 500 Samples of the Choicest of the New Season's Goods and everyone WARRANTED ALL WOOL. SUITS MADE TO MEASUPE S16.00 UP TO S45.00 SATISFACTION AND ANTEED FIT GUAR- A Written Contract, not Hot Air Bragg Mercantile Co. Hood River, OREGON FRANKLIN K. LANE Ask the Owner of a Bean Power Sprayer Get hold of a grower who is using a Bean--a man who knows the Bean through actual experience with it in the fielJ--ask him what he thinks of it--let him tell you the results of his own experience. If you do, He'll Say, "Get a BEAN" Ilt'n learned that the owner of n Ilean Power Sprayer Ret maximum etlioieney at minimum cost. He known that the owner of a lfean can cover a surprising number of tree In a tdiort time and do t he work as It oujiht to lie done. And he knows that the Itean comes as near to operating Itself as a sprayer can. requiring praetleally no attention except to start and to stop. Franklin K. Lane, of California, who is Secretary of the Intfrior In Presi dent Wilson's Cabinet. RECALL MOVEMENT BEGUN 1 I gBpjrjaHBjasUsVaWHDHSMsMHBHB If you ask him to prove what he says he'll doubtless tell v on of the Bean Pressure Regulator, Bean Threadless Ball Valves, Bean Porcelain-Lined Cylinders, Bean Underneath Suction, The Bean Pat enied Cut-off, and the various other liean Features. He'll take time to tell you about these things, lie cause every Bean owner Is a Hean enthusiast. So we say, "Ask the owner of n Beau." Get a Bean Catalog It tells all about the Bean Line, lllus tratlni; and describing all Beau Hand and Power Outfits and Pump Accessories. A copy of this book outfit to be In the hands of every Sprayer uer. and In the hand of every grower who Intends now or event ually to i;et aa out tit. Voll owe It to yourself to Investigate carefully before von buv TIIK KKAN LINK WILL I'.KAK Till: 'l.ol.ST Sl'IU'TINV. The more you etudy It the more thoroughly convinced you'll become that " The Bean Is the best." d. Mcdonald AGENT HOOD RIVER, OREGON Fredericks Opposed for Asking Sec ond Trial of Darrow Los Angeles. Plans of labor unions to start a movement for ths recall of District Attorney John D. Fredericks because of his attitude toward labor and townrd Clarence S. Darrow, the attorney whose second trial on a Jury bribery charge ended Saturday In a disagreement, were announced by A. J. Mooney. secretary of the Los An geles County Building Trades Council. Mooney sold the movement was backed not only by the organization of which he is secretary, but also by the Los Angelej County Central Labor Council. He declared that Fredericks, before his last election, had promised a "square deal to the worklngman," but that since election he had "double crossed" them. South Dakota Sets Saloon Limit. Pierre, S. !. The South Dakota legli lature, lust before adjournment of the session, passed a hill providing that only one saloon license may be Issued to e.ich Gi'O Inhabitants with the exception ' tluu two saloons are permitted In each town regardless of size. GOMEZ WILL VETO BILL President Changes Mind Regarding Amnesty Measure. Havana. After a long conference with members of his cabinet, congress men and lan vers. President domes decided to veto the amnesty bill, to the passage of which the American government has declared Its strong opposition. President domez had previously signed the bill In spiie of the protest of the American minister, but he now hohhi that his signature Is ineffective until the publication of the bill In the official gazette, and that therefore he still retains the right to use the power of veto. The general amnesty bill provides for the liberation of more than 30oi convicts. Including negroes who took part In the rebellion last year. HILL SCORES DEPARTMENT Railway Man Says Management of Irrigation Work Stupid. Charleston, S. C. Discussing advlsl btlity of applying for government aid In drainage work on the south Atlan tic coast, James J. Hill, railroad mag nate, criticised what he termed the "stupid management" of the depart ment of the interior In federal Irriga tion work. Mr. Hill's remarks were made in an address before members of a local advertising club. The speaker declared that govern mi's; irrigation work cost twice as much as it should have cost and twice as much as the same work would have cost In Canada. Mr. Hill declared as Franklin K. Lane, the new secre tary of the interior, is a Canadian by birth, he probably would Inaugurate a mere conoiuic.il programme. Unitarian Church At the morning service next Sun day the subject of the sermon will bn "Sin and Salvation." Directly or in directly some of the following ipies tions will be answered. What Is sin? Are there any sinners? Who are sav ed? Where is Ktrnity? This s.t mon will deal with the core of 111" scheme of Salvation. Special u.usic FARMERS. ATTENTION I Fifteen head of good farm mare and geldings, weighing from Unit to l.j"il lbs. Suitable for ranch. Sonm well matched, blocky built. All horse-i guaranteed. C. V. ToDI), Fashion Stables. SNAP! Bargain pair of good ranch hor' Weigh IM.'iu. Sound nnd lni. Call at Fashion Studies. Eoth Z'io. Crawford 'lo do n thing well, you know, you must di It yourself. Crub-shiiw-But you mis the fun of seeing the other fellow wrk Judge. Whin It Comes. "IWs your wife raise a rumpus when you stay awiv from home at night?" "No, but she doe when 1 get home." Houston Post. Hood Uivcr Spray Mfg. Co., Phon.t Wl. "Jtfe. Hood River Spray Mfg. Co, Phone r.i;:j. !t'fc