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Oregon Historical Sr City Hall THE HOOD RIVER NEWS Highest Grade Job Tr in ling AdxJcriiscrj Get RcjuUj VOLUME 9, NUMBER 20 HOOD RIVER, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1913 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR Class of '13, To Graduate Next Wecli Rev. J. A. Bennett Will Preach Baccalaureate Sermon at M. I:. Church Sunday Evening--Class Play Will be Thursday and Commencement Friday Big Pield Meet to be Held Saturday. TIip first of the graduation exer- iseg or tlic Class of 1913 at the High ichool will be held Sunday evening Ht 8 o'clock at tin- Methodist church vhen the baccalaurale bermoti will be reached ly Hev. J. A. Ilennett of ihe Valley Christian church. Members of the graduating class i re us follows: Viola Crapper, Ada Mart, Klleii .McCurdy, Kthel Jane Mc I onald, Doris K. Jensen. Gladys Rea- . Nola KadlifT. I'eurl It. Dietz, Dor ' lee V. Shoemaker, Ruth I. Clark, Ccorge Struck, Conrad Jacobsen, Al f :e U Weinheimer, Angus C. McDon .i d, Horace H. Skinner, Henry W. I HER, Ivan L. Swartout, Eliot Stateii, 'ill M. Johnsen and Glenn Shoe- iktr. i Thursday evening the class play !l i'e presented ut the Monroe Op i Mouse. It Is u farce comedy In t'. ... acts entitled "The Fifteenth of . ry" and the cast of characters In ( ' . , all the members of the gradu class. Features between the i , Aill be furnished by the students I i High School. ' '.i Friday evening of next week t'l- 1 ommenoement exerclseg will be h i.! at Heilbronner Hall at eight . l.-k. The class address will be k. ' by Miss KUen McCurdy on 1 Montsorri System." The ad- to the class will be given by 1' ssor Howe of the University of i . m. There will be special music in Harmon's Orchestra and the High i-n. d chorus; vocal solos by Miss ! h Reavis and Mrs. C. II. Henney. T .e Mascot," the annual High .-' ! .1 publication. Is Just off the l. - and contains much Interesting .i n! ntertaining matter. A notice of i ir ,iven in another column. It will in. i'i iced on sale this week. Day of Sporta Planned A Jay of events Is being arranged eii the local High School and Dalles High School. It will bo Saturday, May 21, and will con of a tennis tournament, track t and baseball game, le Dalles people expect to bring n an excursion of at least 15H WILL REPEAT THE "BOX OF MONKEYS" V Mox of Monkeys" will be ro ll :.'(! on Sa unlay evening. May 17, Mclsaiif's Hall. Parkdale, in re I .iise to popular demand. ; i addition to the play E. 11. Ilos- i I, pianist, will make his first pub ! appearance in Parkdale. He lies here with a record of muslcr.i ilovemeiit and is a pianist of re- I'kalile ti'chniiiue and power. Miss i thers, soprano soloist, will also ; her debut to a Parkdale audi i .e. Mr. Frey is considered by ex ;. its to be the finest clarinet player the I'nited States. Those unimit t comedians, Mason and Moody, siilent and vice president of tin gh (rust, need no Introduction. entertainnieiit will conclude witli Parkdale (Juarlet: It. I'. Rab- h. 1st tenor; M. O. Itoe, L'nd tenor; ' I. Moody, 1st buss ; C. C. Walton, . . i bnss. Admission 2" cents, chil li. Hi free. POWERS TAKE SCUTARI jimlralt of International Fleet Enter City Evacuated by Victora. jVlenna. The admirals of the Inter njtlonnl fleet that blockaded Antlvarl lujd the Montenegrin roost, will take ' Jrmal possession of Scutari In the ii t me of the great powers of Europe, aid resolving themselves Into commis sion, will Rovorn the rlty until such t.mo as the powers nrriingo for Its per tinent disposition. U will ultimately brcome the capital of outonomus Al tjna; If present plans are unchanged, i Hurtantly, the last of the Montene llln soldiers, with their siege guns iil.d lumbering wogons. left the cap t ired city. 'Apparently pence Is now olmost e t; Wished In the Balkan unless Bul iirlu and Greece fight over Salonika li the powers have their armies en tombed and a few slight brushes hav U'on reported, but those difference till be arbitrated. ! Head the News. It tells It all. 20 Strong, rooters and Hood River High hopes to have out twice as many. Chances look about even for the two schools In all three events and a most Inter esting day is promised. The features being planned Include a picnic lunch for everybody on the High School grounds, with coffee to be served free by students; a rooters' parade before the ball game; refresh ments sold at the game and clown stunts between times. The admission price will be 50 cents for everything or twenty-five centB for any one event. The tennis tournament will take place on the High School courts and the track meet and ball game at Columbia Park. MEMORIAL DAY IS TO BE OBSERVED Arrangements have been made for the observance of Memorial Day. Geo. II. Castner will act as grand marshal and the following program lias been announced. 8:30 a. in. Decorating graves In cem etery under direction of V. R. C. V).2) a. ni. Assemble on State street near Grand Army Hall. 10;30 a. m. March to cemetery. Or der of march: Public schools, civic associations, A. F. & A. M.; I. O. O. F. ; Fire Department and others, Citizens, His Honor the Mayor, Council and city officials, Indies of Women's Relief Corps, Comrades of Grand Army of the Republic. 11 a. ni. Kxercises at Idlewilde Cem etery under direction of schools. Afternoon services on Court House Square:- " ' Invocation Rev. Dr. Young. Solo, "The Star Spangled Banner" Adrian J. Kpping. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address L.B. Gibson. Song "There Will Me One Vacant Chair." Quartette. Patriotic Address Rev J. G. Tate. Hymn "America." by Congregation. The several schools of the valley lire Invited to join with us if they have no other arrangements, meeting with us in the city or at the cemetery. It is hoped some of our patriotic owners of automobiles will kindly re member those of our comrades who are unable to march as well as the ladies of the W. R. C. HERMANN KRESSE BUYS RUTH'S STORE A deal was closed last week where by Hermann Kresse bought of Carl A. Plain the hitter's drugstore and busi ness on the corner of Oak and Sec ond streets. Mr. Kresse took posses sion Monday of this week. He has been cmplojed by Mr. Plnth for the past four years, Is a licensed pharma cist and on account of his experience will be well qualified to carry on the business successfully. Air. Flntil lias business interests In Portland to which he expects to devote his time. WISHART BELIEVES IN QUALITY Good cows are the first requisite of a successful dairy, according to the opiuion of James Wishart of the tip per Valley. He has just returned from the Wlllamettte Valley where he bought two high, grade, registered Jerseys. Mr. Wlshort paid a fancy price for the two cows but he got a couple of animals which he believes will furnish the nucleus for a fine herd. He expects to make another trip and secure a couple more of the snme kind. He will make their prod uct Into butter. J. A. Eovell of Ruthton was badly hurt Ihe last of the wok. He was standing on the fence overlooking the grade and had Just remarked that he wouldn't cure to fall off when, In fin n ill lug a plank, he lost his balance and went over. Ho sustained bad scalp Injuries, sprained one wrist and was badly bruised. He lH now at the hoKpltal recovering. A son was bom Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ward. GOYETTE HOME ON HEIGHTSJS BURNED Fire destroyed the home of Mrs. Goyotte on May street opposite the Christian Alliance church about four o'clock yesterday morning. Mrs. Goy ette was visiting In Portland at the time and the house was occupied by her two daughters, Mrs. Cornelius and Miss Goyette, who teach in the public schools. They were sleeping on the first floor when aroused by smoke. They opened the door and found the house filled with moke. At first they climbed out of the window and gave the alarm. Finding there was no immediate danger, 4hey then re turned and packed some of their clothes and other personal effects, which they removed from the house. There was delay in giving the alarm as the bell rope was found to be brok en. When the fire department re sponded they were further handicap ped by the fact that there was no pressure and no water could be thrown on the house. Up to thiB time the fire was confined mostly to the basement, where it had evidently originated, and it is believed that if water could have been secured the house could have been saved. With no means of combatting it, however, the blaze soon broke through the roof and the entire house, with its contents, was destroyed. The origin of the fire lg not known, but it is thought that it might have been through defective wiring as the light in the basement was the only one that had been left lighted during the night. Important Matters Are Discussed by the Club Attendance Is One of Largest in History of Commer cial Organization Many Subjects of Live Inter est Are Brought Celebrate Fourth of July. There was a largo attendance at the meeting of the Commercial Club Monday evening and a grist of puo- lic matters were discussed and action taken upon quite a number. County Judge Castner announced that in accordance with the recom mendation of the Commercial Club a Habcock tester will be secured for use in the schools when they open next fall, it being the purpose to give the children instruction iu test ing milk and cream for butter fat. Mr. Cniikshank of the Cruink&hank Company reported in behalf of the Merchant's Association that they were in favor of Hood River holding a Fourth of July celebration thi8 year. 1 he association recommended that the arrangements be placed in the hands of the Commercial Club. This was done and a committee will be ap pointed. Last year Hood River's cel ebration was a most successful one. A committee appointed to inter view the city council about securing a public dock during high water re ported. This committee was compos ed of Frank Cram, C. H. Vaughan and C. O. lluelat. "They reported that the matter had been submitted to the council and referred by them to the finance committee with power to act. The water in the river is now high and the boats could be landing at the station if there was a dock. Mr. Chapman, owner of the land, asks $200 rout for a place to dock during the high water and the boatmen who have previously rented the dock, have hesitated about doing so this yenr for the reason, they etate, that the rent has been doubled each year and is now. in their estimation, ex orbitant. It was the opinion that the city should condemn a public dock In order that the docking facilities might bo utilized during high water. Would Merge Auto Club The Coinmorcnl Club issued an In vitation to the Automobile Club to become a committee working under the direction and with the coopera tion of the Commercial Club. The Automobile Club has about 200 mem bers and It is proposed that they transfer their membership to the Commercial Club, the Initiation fee being suspended. Would Improve Mosier Road Improvement of the road between here and Mosier was the subject of considerable discussion. No ollkiul automobile map takes notice of this road, although every summer scores of Portland people have their ma chines shipped to The Dalles, when they prepare to make Journeys Into Central Oregon and California. The ROBERTSON RESIGNS ,-FROM THE COUNCIL 3?trkaljert8on tendered bis resig nation as city couucilii-an at the meeting held Monday evening. Mr. Robertson is treasurer and manager of the Stanley-Smith Lumber Com pany and his reason for resigning was that bo much of bis time is taken up in bis company's business that he is unable to give to the city's business the time which he feels that he should. As Monday's meeting was adjourn ed from the week before, Councilman Robertson's resignation was laid on the table until next Monday's meeting. Mr. Robertson has been a member of the council since the Spring of 1911, at which time be wag appoint ed to fill out the unexpired term of Henry Smith. He was elected the following Fall. He baa been chair man of the fire and water committee, a member of the street committee and represented the city on the county library board. He has been active in the lmproveme.it work now going on, and was esP 'dally inter ested in the matter of tae new wat er system now being Installed, on account of his position at the head of that committee. He has been a valuable member of the council be cause of his ability and his conscien tious work in behalf of the city's in terests. His presence ou the council will be missed. Mrs. C. D. Hinrichs returned yes terday from Portland to attend the funeral of Mrs. Peter Hinrichs. Up-Public Dock WantedWill road between here ani. Hosier bas (been In poor condition, but it is point ed out that if it were improved the motorists would make Hood River, in stead of The Dalles, a stopping place. The club will encourage the improve ment of this road and will take the matter up with the county court. Fish Can't Ascend River Although there 18 now an unusually heavy run of salmon and other large fish, they have so far been unable to ascend the Hood River for spawning purposes higher than the dam of the Pacific Power & Light Company, so n. K. Duncan stated. He said that none of these large fish bad been caught above the dam this year and that this shows that they cannot as cend the llshway at the dam. The club decided to take steps, by peti tion if necessary to get the State Fish and Game Commission to com pel the P. P. & L. to put in an ade quate fish ladder at once, as they were warned some time ago. Act on Lost Lake Road Hope has once more been revived that Portland may be led to see the error of her ways i" attempting to prevent construction of a road across the range and around the base of Mt. Hood leading from this valley to Multnomah county. The bill provid ing for the extension of the reserve to preclude construction of such a rond bus boon tabled, temporarily at least, in Congress. President W. L. Clarke of the Commercial Club was appointed to head a eotnmlttee which will go to Portland ;ind again fake the matter up with the Writer Hoard of that city. The Horticultural Chautauqua The Horticultural Ci.iutauqua. which proved such a suo Inst yenr. was discussed. Leslie It.itler reported that the dates have In -en set and that It will be held from July 21 to CS In clusive. Some of tli Upper Valley residents wanted It to be held during the strawberry sense i and so it was put. ns early as possible. Everxthing points to another very successful (iiautainiua. It Is intended to invite Governor West and S. S. Benson of Portland hero soon to confer in regard to the Shell Rock work. The $10,000 dona tion made by Mr. lenson for this work has been expended. The con victs are still at work but the county is not informed ns to how the remain der of the rond will bo constructed. It is hoped that -another donation may bo secured from Mr. Honson and that Governor West will employ the con victs ns they have been on the Shell Rock road. MUSHROOM ROT IS MAKING APPEARANCE Resides anthracnose, mushroom root rot is one of the diseases for which the local orchardists must look out during the present season, ac cording to John Castner, county fruit inspector, who says of the latter dis ease: "The mushroom root rot Is show ing on the young trees In some sec tions and showing up very bad on some of the soil that was heavily timbered. I would advise removing the dirt from the base of the tree and if any of the strands or anything else show that the disease was there scrape and d'g out the infected parts and use a wash oi corrosine sublim ate, also leave the holes open so the air can get to the Infected parts. Or ten the toad stools themselves show at the base of the tree. I would ad vise the growers of Hood River to examine their treeg and get acquaint ed with them and if they find that either one of these two diseases has a foothold it is well that they look after them at once." EPISCOPALIANS WILL CONVENE HERE Members of St. Mark's Episcopal Church are arranging to entertain de legates to the diocesan convention to be held in this city next Tuesday and Wednesday. Delegates will come from all the parishes and missions of the discese, it is expected. The parish is large one embracing the entire eastern portion of the stale and there will probably be between 30 and 40 delegates present. A quiet hour will be observed at St. Mark's Church between 11 and 12 o'clock Tuesday. Mrs. J. F. Miller, Bishop Paddock's sister, will then en tertain the delegates at luncheon. This will be followed by drive through the valley at 2 p. m. A con ference will be held at the church, beginning at 4 o'clock, and the Wom an's Auxilliary meeting will be held at 5 o'clock. There will be a recep tion Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. On Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock there will be morning prayer, fol lowed by Holy Communion and an address by the bishop. The convo cation will be called to order at 10:30 and the House of Church Women will convene at the same time. The bus iness session will be resumed in the afternoon and at 4:15 will be held a joint meeting of the convocation and the House of Church Women. The men will take supper together at one of the hotels and the women at the other. At eight o'clock Wednesday even ing a public meeting will be held at the Methodist Church at which Rev. Ernest V. Shayler, rector of St. Mark's Church. Seattle, will be the speaker. All are invited to this meet ing and there will be special musi cal and other attractions. TO BE TOLD ABOUT BIGJONFERENGE In order to inform the people of Hood River about the importance of the World's Christian Citizenship Con ference to be held at Portland from June 2i to July t. James S. McGaw, secretary In charge of arrangements, will address a public gathering here on the evening of Tuesday, May 20. Arrangements are in charge of a local committee composed of Leslie Butler, I J. M. Wood. Ashley It. Cas. J. E. Ferguson and P. M. Morse. The conference is an assemblage of statesmen from practically all the great countries of the world mis sionaries, ministers, pastors, educa tors, philanthropists. sociologists, mer it reformers, and all other leaders of Christian thought and action. On the program of this conference it is proposed to have from 7j to 100 of the world's leading thinkers and act ors for the uplift of humanity, one or more from each of the countries of the world. Mote than half this num ber have already been definitely so ured. Among them are representa tives of many leading organizations j doing most effective work for the bet terment (f human kind. i Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Field, who have spent the winter In I.os Angeles. have been visiting his brother, C. S. Field. They resumed their return trip to Illinois Friday evening Both said that they were very favorably Im pressed with tho valley. Burglars in Paris Fair Make Escape Barefoot After Taking Off Shoes, dang of Three Hen Pack Up Suits, but Are Interrupted by OfficersMake Daring Escape Along Cornice to Adjoining Roof --No Clews Have Been Secured as Yet. Three burglars who attempted to rob the Paris Fair Sunday night not only failed to secure any booty, but lost the shoes they were wearing and were lucky to escape by climbing out of the second-story window over the sidewalk, making a dangerous scram-, ble onto the roof of the Bartmess. building and Jumping off the rear In-' to the back yard. Night Marshal Hart discov ered the operations of the burglars when, on his rounds, he found that a window at the rear of the store had been broken into. There was a heav y sliding door made to close the win dow from the outside and this Offi cer Hart pulled over the window, thus catching the burglars in a trap. Hart then telephoned to M. E. Mc Carthy. The later, accompanied by W. O. Ash, hurried to the store and, with Officer Hart, entered the store by the front doors. The burglars had not yet discovered -that -their exit had been cut off, but were engag ed in packing suits into some satch els. When alarmed by the entrance of the three men they ran first to the window and when they discovered that it was securely fastened they ran up to the next floor and got out of the front wintfow on the north cor ner over the sidewalk. There they took chances of serious injuries by scrambling up the corner of the build ing about eight feet to the roof of the Bartmess building. By ihe time the three in pursuit had reached the win dow the men bad made good their es cape by jumping off the rear of the. building into the alley. During the chase through the dark building one of the burglars was nearly overtak en and in order to throw his pursuer oft the track h called out "There he goes," as though he were one of the pursuers, then dashed after his two companions and got away with them. The suits which they had been Organization of Apple Growers Is Complete Organization of the Apple Growers' Association, the co-operative market ing concern of the valley, was com pleted Saturday, more- than 75 per cent of the bearing acreage of the valley having been signed up In ac cordance with the provisions of the by-laws. At a meeting of the Union directors held in the afternoon the necessary'1 steps were taken towards authoriz-j ing the making of the lease to the 1 larger concern and the papers were signed. In the evening the Board of Directors of the Association met and accepted the papers, thus placing the! Apple Growers' Association in full ' force and effect. Contracts had come in in sufficient numbers to justify this action and Hood River is now fully assured of the benefits of complete co-operation J for the first time in her history. There are practically 5!:? names listed as growers in the valley, some of them having trees that have not yet matured and others with a '.imi -ed quality. All, however, are entic-i PROGRESS SLOW ON THE WATER SYSTEM The city council is dissatisfied wi-h the progress being made by the ! J liance Construction Company on the new water system. Although the contract calls for tho completion of! tho sstem by June 1. only a part of it is finished to date. The ond ii: has not jet been laid as far as (',, Tucker Koad and work at the heal works hn not been satisfactory. K j O. H.i!l has tho contract for the reser voir and guoj progress Is being mail-, on it. . At the meeting of the ci'y council Monday Recorder Howe was directed to inform the Rellauc" Constri;ctio Company that they woudl b fXpectrd i to finish the work Inside tho contract time. packing when interrupted were left behind. Two of the men bad taken off their shoes upon entering the store, evidently wishing to make as little noise as possible, and these shoes they left behiud them when making their hasty departure. The city police force hoped to get a clue to the burglars when they at- , tempted to buy shoes. Monday morning a stranger purchased a pair at Vogt's and in some way the im pression was secured that he might be Implicated. He was arrested, but was soon able to prove that be had not been a party to the burglary. "I must confess that I do not won der that our line of sultg tempted the three men," said George Thompson, "but I naturally cannot approve of the manner in which they undertook to satisfy their desires." BASEBALL SERIES TO START SUNDAY The first game in the series to be played between the downtown and Heights teams will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at Columbia Park. There will be five games In the series and the team taking three of the five games will win the hand some silver loving cup donated by the E. A. Franz Company. Hart and Hall will be the battery for the Heights, Stockton and Franz for the downtown team. The downtown team put up a strong game on Sunday with the Walther Williams team of The Dalles, defeat ing them by a score of 13 to 5. Man ager Shively of the team declares that ther bare the ' strongest aggregation of the past few years and that they entertain high hopes of winning the cup. The Heights boys are equally confident and a closely-contested ser ies is expected. led to the benefits of the new associa tion and no matter whether the or chard is not yet Learing or whether it has only a comparatively few boxes the officers of the association urge that the owner sign the contract and thu8 assure himself of receiving all the information the association can give as to markets, crop conditions and the like. Many Contracts Signed There have been about 400 con tracts signed, representing many of the largest growers in the valley. As surances have also been given by at least l'.to others that they will sign the contracts and send them in at once. At the present litre the associ ation has secured contracts with about S'.i per cent of the growers of the valley, representing marly 90 per cent of the total product. Special arrangements are now be ing mad-' for handling strawberries that ought to insure good returns. It is urged upon all s'rawberrleg grow era that ttuy get i:i touch with tho a-ocia' ion promptly. LIBRARY FUND NOW ALMOST COMPLETE M tubers of the Woman's Club who fit about r.ii.-iug $J'M0 for the addl teiu.il htl'arj si'e hive alnui gra-p-d in-e ss. Tliej li.i' o seciied usour aincs o'' mor- than $1 mn aiiJ m-ej on ly about i'i' more to biin,; tli ' amount !ij to the sum d iireil. i liey have ii asst..'. d bj Ud. 11 uii 1 other sec lions of the county tth.cti vi. 11 be U-n- I 'I'd ti t 'to in Laid ol.rary fucili 'I' iv Am pei-sniu Iian- not yet :iwul" coinnbir. oin or any fe.-un .line t i g,e more than a'. Urn. ma do t.o tiy i mi mm, i, ;it ing aiiIi Mimi North, eotih' li', r. i- .hi, and mik Ii cirnbirnii.-t vm11 !' t'lai.kfMlly r c:vd i!;,i.-ni i' 1, ai tin., will rvn t brunt h sum np in He- : I''i ii, ark it is In, )'!. i