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THE HOOD .RIVER Highest Grade Job Printing Ad-Veriijerj Get HcjuttJ JL VOLUME 9, NUMBER 16 HOOD RIVER, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 1913 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Business Men Union Directors a Banquet Local business men tendered a ban quet Saturday evening to the mana ger and directors of the Union In recognition of their services for the community during the past; year. Covers were laid for 25 In the din ing room of the Hotel Oregon and a delicious repast was enjoyed. After wards a number of those present was called upon for speeches. They ex pressed the appreciation which the business Interests of the valley feel for the work of the Union and a feel ing of optimism because of the unit lug of local shipping Interests per vaded all of the speeches. J. H. Heilbronner presided " very gracefully as toast master. He first called on Truman Butler, who has een In a position to appreciate the work of the Union directors, and he paid them a high compliment. He was followed by Manager Sieg. The lat ter spoke of the need of confidence in the new organization and referred in hopeful manner to the results which it Is expected will be secured through a campaign of advertising In behalf of the Hood River apple. He discussed the utilization of by-prod ucts by the big association and de clared that1 the kicker must be ellml nated as far as possible if the great est measure of success is to be at tained. He spoke highly of the work which the Commercial Club has been carrying on In behalf of the commun ity and complimented Secretary Scott upon his management of the club Secretary Scott was called upon and devoted his talk to the proposed advertising campaign, He said that the onion growers of Texas had suc ceeded In marketing a tremendous output of this crop through judicious advertising and predicted that adver tising would prove even more success ful In the case of the Hood River ap ple. C. J. Calking spoke briefly about the plans for the Installation of a cannery and by-product factory in con nection with the vinegar works. Char les T. Early was called upon as repre senting the Mt. Hood Railroad. He spoke of the willingness of the road to co-operate with the fruit growers of the valley to the fullest possible ex tent and In substantiation of this re ferred to a recent reduction In rates from the Upper Valley, which was made voluntarily by the company. He said it wasn't always possible to please everybody and that it was easy to be misunderstood, but that they wanted to do everything possible to assist In the development of the val ley. C. IX. Sproat, -manager of the Na tional Apple Company, made a few hnppy remarks. He said that all the differences of the past have been for gotten; the hatchet is buried and the sword beaten into a pruning hook. He said that he believed the new organl tation would go far towards placing the apple Industry here upon a sound basis and that he would give every possible assistance In making It a suc cess. C. W. Hooker was Introduced as the orator on the board of directors. Af ter acknowledging the compliment he praised highly the work of Mr. Sleg. He also gave some Ideas about ad vertising and said he thought it would bncome a strong factor In selling our apples. Messrs. Dlckorson and Peck both spoke briefly and H. F. Davidson was then called upon. Hn said he was optimistic over the fulure of the new organization If It; gets the support which It should. He said- that It would not be a panacea for all Ills but that he did believe Ic would place the apple Industry here upon a much stronger foundation. "I do not be lieve that we will get the big prices of former years," he said, "but I am confident that It will have the effect of substantially strengthening our marketing facilities and that the fu ture of the orchardist here is all right." Road Will Bring Many Charles Hall spoke about the tour ist crop and predicted a large Influx of well-to-do Portlnnders when the Columbia River road In opened. He said he knew many of them whom are planning upon securing smnll tracts here for homes when the road Is done and he thought It would create an other movement of real estate similar to that of the pait few years. W. L. Clarke was asked about prog ress on the rond and after a few time ly remarks he called upon County Roadmaster Marshall for more details. The latter reported that convicts arej still working at! Shell Hock and good progress Is being made. He said Tender the nearly $10,000 hag been expended and that it would take about $25,000 to complete that portion of the road which lies In thlg county. Multnomah county has appropriated $75,000 to build the road on their side of the line. Dr. Stanton Allen spoke highly of the climate as an asset and said It has proved most beneficial In a large number of cases. Dr. Watt followed this up by saying that Portland doc tors often asked him If there was not some place here where they could send patients to convalesce. He thought this might) prove a valuable opportunity In the future. P. S. Dav IdBon gave a strong talk on the sub ject of getting together and urged that the strongest possible support be given the new organization. Those who attended the banquet were as follows: Wilmer Sleg, II. F. Davidson, C. H. Sproat, W. B. Dick erson, L. E. Clark, C. W. Hooker, O. L. Walters, F. G. Hutchinson, John H. Mohr, L E. Ireland, Dr. Stanton Allen, A. Lewis, Dr. J. F. Watt, Truman But ler, C. K.Marshall, R. C. Scott, C. J, Calkins, Charles Hall, P. S. Davidson, C. T. Early, W. L. Clarke, Mr. Peck, J. H. Heilbronner and R. B. Bennett. Albert Sutton, retiring secretary of the board, was unable to be present. but sent an Interesting and entertain' Ing letter which was read. LOCAL TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Omar M. DeWitt to A. D. McKlsson 20 acres at Fir. It. J. Mclsaac, trustee, to Milron Craven, trust 200x230 feet at Park dale. $450. Lazarus Q. Ahoyan to A. and H. Costogian, 160 acres east of Dee. Truman Butler and wife to Apple Land & Orchard Company, 40 acres In Middle Valley, $4000. G. A. Nichols to Sarah Dorn, 35 acres in Belmont District. Sara Dorn to G. A. Nichols, lot 15 and south part of lot 16, Sunnyside. Martin II. Mohr to K. E. Marshall and L. S. McConnell, 20 acres at Pine Grove. T. F. Johnson, sheriff to Henry J. Lindsey, property of H. de Reding and others, 40 acres west of Oak Grove, $3200. Kate C. Dumble to Ernest A. Coir, .two acres at Fir. O. L. Henderson to J. C. Williams, lot 2, block 4, Idlewilde. Charles A. Tucker and others to John R. Putnam, old Tucker home stead property. John R. Putnam to C. A. Tucker, and Dora Strang, 50 acres at Mt. Hood. E. O. Blanchar to Emory J. Middle- swart, property on Columbia street, $3,500. Pearl Neale to A. P. Root, 10 acres east of Dee. Florence N. Cushman to Arthur C. Pierce, 10 acres at Odell. Some spinsters are so timid that they would jump at a proposal. 500,000 WORKERS STRIKE IN BRUSSELS Brussels. Belgium will be the scene of one of the greatest general strikes the world ever has witnessed. It is expected to affect every branch of Industry within the kingdom. At least 300,000 men possibly 600,000 will cease work. This movement is not for an incrense In wages, nor betterment of working conditions; It Is In protest agalnbt the refusal of the government to grant the workers manhood suf frage. If the commands of the organizers of the agitation are heeded, the men will refrain from acts of violence. In deed, the workers have promised that men will be furnished to pump the mines, keep the blast furnaces going and otherwise protect property so that when the strike Is ended an immediate resumption of work can be begun. The government, however, Is taking no chpnees, and, as a precaution against possible disorders, has stationed troops at strategic points In case of need. Thousands of women and children have been sent out of the country by the workmen so that they may not suffer. The strike leaders say they have $3,000,000 with which to carry on the movement. Read the News It tellglt all. TO HOLD PRACTICE FIELD MEET TODAY With the advent of spring Interest In athletics is making Itself manifest at the High School. A track team representing the school Is to meet with a team composed of the winners of the meet between the valley schools and High School athletes are now being groomed for that occasion, In order to get some practice, a pre liminary meet lg to be held thig after noon at Columbia Park, weather per mitting, between the High School and a team made up of alumni. It will probably start about 3:30 o'clock and no admission will be charged. Most of the usual events will be held. The athletic Interest Is also spread Ing among fhe High School girls and plans are being made which may lead to organization of a girl's track team, This team may challenge one or more of the other schools of the valley to a meet In the near future. UNION DIRECTORS ELECT OFFICERS The old board of directors of the Union, who were unanimously re elected at the annual meeting, met Saturday for organization. At that rime the resignations of Dr. Stanton Allen, F. G. Hutchinson and Albert Sutton were regularly received and accepted. The appointments of Frank Fenwick, Alfred Lewis and A. W. Stone were regularly made in confor mity to the announcement1 made at the annual meeting. W. B. Dicker son was re-elected president and L. E. Clark vice president. C. W. Hooker was elected secretary to take the place of Mr. Sutton. Articles of Incorporation of the new central organization were completed last week and sent to Salem to be filed. It is the Intention to get the organization under way with the least possible delay. FISH WARDEN MAKES INSPECTION HERE State Fish Warden R. E. Clanton inspected some of the local fishing streams the last of the week in com pany with B. E. Duncan and William M. Stewart. Mr. Clanton found that the fish ladder at the Pacific Power & Light Company'g dam had not been put in shape as he had previously directed, but was informed that this was on account of the new dam being built. Mr. Clanton has gained many friends among the local sportsmen be cause of the personal interest which he has taken in preserving the fishing streams here. Last year he secured for Hood River county thousands of trout fry with which to restock the streams. He also closely inspected the Hood River and insisted that the fish be not interfered with at any point. He co-operated with the city and local sportsmen In diverting the channel of the Hood River so that fish may more easily ascend from the Columbia. In addition, one of his most Important services was In hav ing the Hood River declared a spawn ing stream and closed to net fisher men. Local sportsmen feel that the Hood River, with its excellent flshing.should be carefully guarded as one of the greatest resources of the valley and they all express themselves as most grateful to Mr. Clanton for the per sonal Interest which he hag taken. ELECTRIC LIGHT HEARING MONDAY Next Monday Is the date for the hearing before the State Railroad Commission in the matter of the in creased schedule of rates which the Hydro Electric Company and the Hood River Gag & Electric Company want to put Into effect. The hearing was postponed from the first of the month in order to give local citizens an opportunity to present evidence at the hearing. The Commercial Club took up the matter. Rates have been studied and a schedule has been pre pared which the club will submit to the two companies In hopes that they will make concessions. Conferences will be held this week between the committee appointed by the Commer cial Club and representatives of the two companies. They will agree up on as many points as possible In order to come before the commission with the points at Issue thoroughly defined. FARM BOOKKEEPING LIFTS MORTGAGES I If the farmers of America were as careful as other business men in keep ing exact records of their business transactions, their Income and liabil ities, there would be far less business for the money lenders, far fewer farms mortgaged to the last fence line, and more automobiles in the country than in the cities. Believing strongly in the neces sity for farm bookkeeping, Dean J. A Bexell of the Oregon Agricultural Col lege School of Commerce gives the School of Commerce gives the future ranchers, orchardtsts and stockmen in his classes thorough training in the keeping of farm records. "It Is doubtless true that the farm er Is becoming a factor to be reckoned with in the business world, that the average farmer knows vastly more about scientific farming than his fath er did; he understands more thorough ly the value of proper cultivation, of fertilization, of rotation of crops, and of diversified farming; but It cannot be said that he owes his success to Improved business methods," says Professor Bexell. "He has been suc cessful, rather, In spite of his ignor ance in thia respect, and be cause of the lavish generosity of Mother Na ture." SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF COUNTY MEET Sunday Schools of the county held a largely-attended rally Friday even ing at the U. B. church. Seating room for each school was marked off with posters and there was keen riv alry in attendance. The program wag a helpful one and Included the follow ing numbers: Piano prelude by Miss Orpha Wright, song service, selections by a male quartet composed of Messrs Spaulding, Brady, Bartmess and As kew, and a vocal solo by Miss Bessie Edglnton. This was followed by an excellent address given by Rev. Chas. A. Phipps, Oregon fi-dd secretary whose subject was "Seven Sunday School Symptoms." F. G. Church and Mrs. J. E. Fergu son have been appointed delegates to represent Hood River at the State Sunday School convention to be held at Oregon City, April 21, 22 and 23 MAN'S BODY FOUND NEAR CONVICT CAMP Convicts working in the vicinity of Shell Rock the last of the week sight ed a man's body lying on the shore of a small island a short distance off shore. They telephoned the discovery to Coroner Dumble and the latter di rected Mr. Bartmess to get the body and bring it back to thig city. The body was in a good state of preservation. The man had probably not been dead more than a few weeks and perhaps less than a month. It was a large man with black hair and sandy black mustache. There was nothing in his pockets by which to Identify him except a bunch of waste in one pocket sucr as steamboat men carry. It is therefore the supposition that he fell from a steamboat and was drowned. He wore a flannel shirt, dark coat, corduroy trousers and had a chipped diamond stickpin In his tie. The remains were burled Sunday. No Inquest was held as Coroner Dumble found that it was a clear case of acci dental drowning. LOGANBERRIES PROFITABLE From Independence comes the re port of big profits In loganberries. One grower states that he received 206 from one-half an acre last sea son. hlle a new Industry, Polk county people are going Into the busi ness of growing loganberries exten- Ively. DATES FIXED FOR PENDLETONROUNDUP Dates for the Pendleton Round-up have been fixed definitely for Septem ber 11, 12, and 13. The former suc cesses of thlg typically Western show are expected to be repeated, or even outdone, since greater preparations are being made for the coming event than ever before. Immanuel Church (the Heights) Sunday, April 20, Sunday School at 10 o'clock. Evening praise service at 7:30. Mr. Hargreaves will preach. BELIEVE THEY HAVE MOSIER ROBBERS Sheriff Levi Chrisman of Wasco county left the last of the week for Huntington to bring back William ( lark, alias "Postoffice Whltey," and Ed Gagnler,aliag "Manitoba Frenchy," who are wanted for attempting to rob the Mosier Valley bank at Mosier on the night of March 28, the two men having been arrested by the city mar shal of Huntington yesterday on ad vice of Sheriff Chrisman. On the morning of March 29 the cashier of the Mosier bank discover ed an attempt had been made to rob the bank, the vault door having been blown off. It fell, however, In such a way as to block the entrance to the safe and they were unable to secure anything. Sheriff Chrisman was noti fied and on going to Mosier ascertain ed that one A. B. Schoonover had purchased a drill of a local dealer that fitted the hole in the vault door. The sheriff arrested Schoonover, who has been living in Mosier the past winter, and soon had a confession that he was implicated in the attempt ed robbery, and he also gave a fairly good description of his alleged accom plices, Clark and Gagnier. With these descriptions the sheriff took up the chase, and succeeded in locating his men at Huntington. Both Clark and Gagnier have served time at Fargo, N. D., their numbers being 1475 and 1476 respectively. George H. Gill, a nurseryman of Dufur, was the guest over Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles N. Clarke. Somebody broke Into P. C. Young's butcher shop either Saturday night or Sunday. The safe showed that It had been tampered with but had not been opened. Several articles were upset but so far as could be discover ed nothing of value was taken. BUYING HOME SITES ON RIVER ROAD Anticipating completion of the Bcen- 1c boulevard along the Columbia Riv er between Portland and Hood River residents of the Rose City are already buying desirable home sites along the route of the road in thig county. Speaking at the banquet Saturday, W. L. Clarke said he had learned recent ly that a, number of purchases had been made In the vicinity of Cascade Locks and at gbod prices, the land bringing $100 and better per ' acre. "There are many beautiful sites for summer homes along the route of the road," said Mr. Clarke, "and there Is little doubt that there will be a good demand for them when the opening of the road makes them accessible." Miss Lucille Johnson, city water clerk, has not been well for the past couple of weeks and has been unable to be at the office. COUNTY ATTORNEY BILLTHREATENED Word comes from Portland that In the landslide of referendum measures is one directed at the bill creating the office of county attorney in each county of the state not heretofore having a resident district attorney. There are 20 of these counties and Hood River is one of them. Governor West recently appointed Attorney George R. Wilbur county attorney for Hood River. It is declared that a joker has been discovered in the bill inasmuch as the law provides that the governor shall appoint the Incumbents for the new offices and that they shall hold office until the election In 1916. Thig places the governor's men in office for practically a four-year-term, in spite of the fact that the next general elec tion will be in 1914. The statute al so permits the governor to fill vacan cies In all other counties, his appoint ees to hold office, as In other cases. until 1916. The statement Is made that a petition will be prepared and filed before July 1, when the time for filing such proceedings will expire. The counties affected are: Lake. Harney, Grant, Wallowa, Morrow, Gil Ham, Sherman. Crook, Hood River, Curry, Coos. Josephine, Lincoln, Tilla mook. Yamhill, Marlon Polk, Clacka mas, Clatcop and Benton. Each of these at present l served by an offic ial elected for the Judicial circuit, but residing in some other county of the circuit. Manufacturers are seeking a substi tute for glass which w ill not be brittle. Would Make Apple Show Bona Fide Test of Pack Something new and original in the way of an apple show wag proposed by Secretary Scott at the meeting of the Commercial Club Monday even ing. Instead of having the orchard ists pack special boxed for exhibit he would take a box at random from each orchardlsts pack of the different var ieties. They would then be opened and put on exhibit, the best packs to win the prizes. "Thig would be a show that would be a real one," declared Mr. Scott,, it might also be a surprise party for some, but it would put orchardista on their mettle and do a whole lot tow ards Improving the pack in the val ley." The matter was 'laid on the table for a future meeting. It was decided not to hold a blos som festival thig year, but It ig antic ipated that it will become an annual event when the road from Portland Is opened and when summer hotels for the accommodation of visitors are built. This brought up the subject of sum mer hotels and It was the opinion of several that a great opportunity Is being wasted. Secretary Scott was authorized to advertise in Portland and other newspapers in an effort to get in touch with an enterprising ho tel man who could be interested in building a hotel somewhere along the river. " Secretary Scott said that there Is being manifested an increasing Inter est in cows but that good cows are as scarce in Oregon as hens' teeth. They are also expensive. He said that ar rangements might be made thig fall to ship in a carload of "springers 'from the Middle West in order to supply the local demand. The need of being able to distin guish between good and poor cows was brought up. F. P. Friday moved that a committee from the club wait on the county court to get them to purchase one or more Babcock test ers. These are simple and inexpen sive Instruments. The idea would be to have these passed around among the schools and have tests made un der the direction of the teachers for the instruction of the pupils and for the benefit of parents who keep cows ThiS motion was passed. Professor Thompson gave a short SUMMER HOTEL AT LOST LAKE PLANNED That efforts are being made to se cure a large tract on the shores of Lost Lake for the purpose of building a summer hotel, was the announce ment made by C. T. Early at the ban quet held at the Hotel Oregon Satur day evening. Mr. Early said that the persons contemplating the purchase were thoroughly convinced of the ad vantage of the lake for such a resort, which would appeal particularly to Portlanders. This announcement was made when some of those present spoke of the attempt being made by Portland to prevent construction of a road across the range from Portland around the base of Mt. Hood to Lost Lake and the Upper Valley. The need of a good road to Lost Lake was also suggested and the result was that It was de tided to make this one of the subjects for discussion at the meeting of the Commercial Club this week. HEAVY WORK AT DAM INCOMPLETED A great portion of the heavy con struction work in the development of the Hood River power site, about a mile south of the city, by the Pacific Power & Light Company, has been completed. The excavation for the 10 foot pipeline to lead from the dam for one mile down the stream Is nearly finished. A concrete mixer has been placed at the site of the powerhouse, where 5000 horsepower will be devel oped. The foundation will be built for another powerhouse of equal ca pacity. CREAMERY AND CANNERY HELP The Grants Pass Courier is urging the establishment of a public market, now that a co-operativo creamery is assured for that place. "The cream ery, the cannery and the public mar ket belong In the same category," Is says. talk on dwarf fruit trees. He explain ed that they are secured by grafting a scion from one of the standard var ieties onto a Paradise root. This Par adise root comes from the apple tree of that name, which produce small apples. It has the effect of dwarfing both trees and fruit grafted to It. Mr. Thompson said the fruit produced waa of the highest quality, but it has not yet been demonstrated that It is com mercially valuable. He has made a number of experiments with dwarf 'fruit trees and quite a number have been planted by local ranchers for experimental purposes. They bear much earlier than the large varieties. Mr. Thompson picked several dozen peaches from a tree the second year after planting and secured good crops the following years. The matter of holding a Fourth of July celebration was brought up in order to avoid any misunderstanding this year with the Upper Valley peo ple. Sentiment waa in favor of hold ing a celebration, the one last year having been so successful. A com mittee from the club will take the matter up with the Merchants' Pro tective Association at a meeting to be held in the near future. CAMPBELL WRITES OF CONSOLIDATION In view of the interest being taken here in the proposed consolidation of the two state universities and invoca tion of the referendum on the appro priation measures, President Camp bell of the University of Oregon has written a letter to one of those inter ested locally. He is strongly of the opinion that any effort to consolidate the two institutions is impractical and writes as follows: "The bottom fact is that any effort to consolidate the two institutions is absolutely doomed to failure as it will be contested bitterly by the friends of both the University and the Agricul tural College and several initiative measures are sure to be in the field. These bills will kill one another as they will split the affirmative vote for consolidation. There is already a strong negative vote as the state grange has declared against consolida- . tion as a policy and a great many people believe that the agricultural and industrial interests would be hurt by merging the College with the Uni versity. You will remember that the two or three road bills last year kill ed one another. This same thing would happen with initiative meas ures for consolidation. In the meantime the work of the two institutions would be paralyzed, the state would be torn into factions. and out of it would come no possible constructive result. It is altogether better for us to push ahead from the position we now occupy and work with all our hearts for co-operation In stead of consolidation. The mileage bills passed by the last legislature take the schools entirely out of the legislature and out of politics. The Board of Higher Curricula has abso lute power to regulate the course giv en at the two schools and to prevent duplication. The two boards of reg ents with the State Board of Educa tion as a nueclus. The state board is a common member or the two boards. There is no reason why we cannot manage to exchange lecturers and even students, as the two towns are n!y forty miles apart with good rail road communication. In California, they are putting most of the Agricultural College work up at Davis on the farm forty miles away from Berkeley. This same thing has happened at Minnesota and at Ne braska. In a consolidated Institution the strong tendency Is always for the agricultural department to withdraw itself to a separate campus. This Is dune for the sake of securing empha sis on the Industrial work. If we should now consolidate the two insti tutions it Is altogether probable that within five years we should work bark to pretty nearly the same organiza tion as we have at present. If It. Is possible for you to a number of the old University grad uates I should be glad if you would get thrtu to push this campaign In Mood River Valley as vigorously as possible. The papers can be used to advantage anil a great deal of personal work will help the matter along. I should be glad to hear from you as matters develop In Hood lllv-r. Very sincerely your, P. L. CAMPBELL.