The Sunday Oregonian., October 18, 1908, Page 7, Image 7

THOUSANDS
VEW
OREGON'S APPLES
Hood River Fruit Fair Attracts
an Immense Crowd of
Visitors.
"CANT BE BEAT," VERDICT
William McMurray and Party, In
eluding Earn Magazine Writer,
Among Guests of Management.
' Excursion From Portland.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Oct. 17. (Special.)
Five thousand penpls saw Hood River's
great apple exhibit today and the com
ment! of all can be gummed up in the
four word: ""It can't be beat." Four
hundred people were here today from
Portland, a) roininic on the special excur
lon train. Many of the Portland visitor
remained In the city overnight to view
tomorrow the apple trees In the valley,
row loaded with red and yellow fruit.
"This Is really the greatest display of
fruit I ever saw," is the way William Me
Muiray. aseLstant general pajtsengcr
aaent for the llarrtman lines In Oregon,
expressed It after viewing- the display in
the big canvas pavilion. J. K. Mumford,
staff correspondent for Harper's Week
ly, will tell his Impressions of Hood River
and Hood River apples in an early Issue
of that publication. Mr. Mumford was
the ruest here today of Mr. M'-Murray.
Other members of Mr. McMurray'e
party were William Blttle Wells, of Sun
set Maaraslne. and A. i Jackson, adver
tising manajter for the Harrlman lines In
Oreg-on. ' Tom Richardson, secretary of
the Portland ommercial flub, was an
other enthusiastic Hood River booster to
day. Mr. Rii hardeon made arrangements
while here to purchase the prize winning
tox of ppitxenhertfs. which will be
shipped to folonel George Harvey, editor
of Harper's WeeMv. Ivwt year the prixo
box went to President Roovelt. with the
compliments of the Portland Commercial
Club.
There were the usual side show con
cessions scattered about the streets,
all of which reaped a rich harvest of
nickels and dimes, but the one great
object of Interest hero today was the
thousand boxes of world-famous ap
ples. Other apT'le-Rrowlntt sections
In Oregon and Washington were also
here to add their fine fruit to the mag
nificent collection. White Salmon.
Jlosler. Vnderwod and Carson all had
prixe-wlnnlng dlxplays- The Mount
Hood district, where apple orchards
contest for ground room with the gla
ciers, had an exhildt which dazzled the
eyes of many visitors.
There was a baby show. too. another
evidence of the wonderful resources
of Hood River. The prize-winners in
this contest were Sherwood Oxborough
and Grace Hubbard.
The display of apples which was
awarded the most ftrst prizes was that
of fruit grown and prepared by E. H.
Fhepard. a former Portland man. now
editor and proprietor of Better l'"ruit.
a monthly magazine which occupies
Mr. Shepards time when lie Is not
managing his apple orchard. A list
of the awards which were made today
follows: . . I
Following Is the list of cup awards:
Pest general box display Hood River
Fruit Company, first; H. K. Aibee. sec
ond. Best nve horcs E. H. Shepard. first;
M. M. Hill, second.
Best g.rneial plate display J. I Car
ter, first: F'ank M' Karlnnd. second.
Best four-tier tipltzenherga K. H.
6hparl. first; L K. Clark, second.
Best three or three-and-a-half-tler
Spltzenbergs K. 11. Shepard. first; 21.
M. Hill, second.
Best four-tier Newtowns J. 1 Car
ter, first; M. M. Hill, second.
Best three or three-and-a-half-tier
Newtowns George Chamberlain (Mo-
ler. ftrst; T. A. Ravi. second.
Best box of Ortleys J. M. Klllott
iMosler), first; Smith & Lawrence, sec-
Fest box of Arkansas Flacks M. M.
If II I. firft: J. L Carter, second.
Best general plate display pears J.
I Carter.
Best box of Jonathans Davidson
Eros., first; C T. Roberts, second.
Best box swa-ar J.I. ner.
Best box Kings M. M.Hill.
Best box Baldwins 1 K. Clark.
Best box Cienlton Mrs. Alma Howe.
Ft-t box Northern Spy K. H. Shepard.
Best box Red Cheeks K. H. Shepard.
Best box Winter Bananas Wilson
Tike.
Fest Gravensteins William Kollick.
Best box llvdes King N. C Kvans.
Fst box Mammoth Black Twigs
Jtor Mohr.
Fest box Russian Red W. L. Nichols.
Fest box Koxbury Russets J. Car
ter. Fest box I;hode Island Greenings E.
Jf. Shepard.
Fest box Wlnesaps F. G. Church.
Best box Wagners II. O. K. Siever
ltropp. Best box Ben Davis Holbrook
Gteohlns.
Best box Gano Holbrook Steb
blns. Fest canned fruit Mrs. W. B. 11c
Olllr. Best needlework Mrs. Thos. Calkins.
Fest cut flowers Mrs. W. B. lie-
u I re.
Best nursery stock G. H. Robbins.
TCRTUVD SEMIS DKLKGATTON
Visitor From This City Praise Hoid
rtiver Fair.
Three hundred representative Port
land business men attended the Hood
Kiver Apple Fair yesterday, it being
Portland day. A special excursion
train carried the Portland visitors,
leaving the Union Depot at 9 o'clock
yesterday morning and returning
early last night. Upon the return to
the city, the Portlanders declared the
Hood River Fair a great success, in
fact, the most successful ever held.
"The showing of apples was twice
s large as that at the last fair," said
Tom Richardson, who headed the Com
mercial Club delegation. "The apple
fairs are held every two years and
there has been a big- advance In apple
culture in the Hood River district
since the last showing. There were
visitors present from many parts of the
country, the fair attracting unusually
-lde attention because of the fame of
Hood River as an apple center.
"The Portland Commercial Club pur
chased tiie best box of apples in the
show and sent It to Colonel George
Harvey, editor of Harper's Weekly.
Two years ao. a box was sent to
President Roosevelt by the club.
Colonel Harvey was selected this time
because of the fact that he has sent
out a special correspondent to write
up this section of the country for his
publication, and the correspondent is
now here gathering material.
The competition for prizes was ex
tremely keen between the growers. In
some cases it was so difficult to tell
which boxes of apples were the best
that the Judges were forced to take
the fruit out of the boxes and examine
each apple separately in order to
award the ribbons."
On the train going up. a straw vote
Was taken to determine 'which Presi
dential candidate had the most friends
on hoard. The result was 1S8 for Taft
and S3 for Bryan.
CONTRACTS OLD AND NEW
Ox team and Farmers' Auto Parade
at WaUa Walla.
WALLA WALI.A. Wash.. Oct. IT. (Spe
cial.) Led by Ezra Meeker, of "Oregon
Trail" fame, in his prairie schooner
drawn by two burly oxen. Mr. Meeker be
Ing accompanied by Dr. X. G. Blalock.
one of the oldest pioneers of the Inland
lmpire. a procession of more than
farmers of the Walla Walla Valley
marched from the courthouse door this
morning to the fair pavilion, where a
mass meeting of grain and fruit growers
was held at 11 o'clock. In the proces
sion were 17 automobiles, owned by
wealthy farmers of this vicinity, typifyjng
the change from the old to the new
regime. Ezra Meeker and hie oxen show
ing the old and the owners of the gaeoline
cars the new.
The occasion was the long talked of
"Apple Day," which had been planned
to- be held during fair week. That the
day was the banner event of the entire
week's programme at the fair grounds
was attested by the record of paid ad
missions, which was considerably more
than on Derby Day. More than M) boxes
of the finest apple grown In thte valley
were given to the Immense crowds that
thronged the big pavilion.
A short programme was given, when D.
C. Sanderson, of Freewater, spoke en
couragingly to the growers of fruits and
grains. He mentioned the great, strides
which have been marie and which are yet
to be made In this -line in the Walla"
Walla Valley. Members of the parade
wore badges of the Farmers' Educational
and Co-operative Union. The procession
was escorted to the grounds with miulo
by two bands.
BORE FOR OIL NEAR SALEM
Portland Men Lease Dozen Farms
and Will Prospect.
SALEM, Or- Oct. 17. (Special.) A
dozen farms, aggregating lV0 acres, in
the vicinity of Pratum. were leased
today to C. W. Taylor and W. A. Leet,
of Portland, under an oil well con
tract. Taylor and I.eet have a well
boring outfit. Including a 25 horse
power engine, and agree to sink wells
from lonn to ISO" feet deep In five or
six places on the land leased, in order
to determine whether oil can be found
in paying quantities. Taylor and Leet
came to Portland from California,
where they were formerly in the well
drilling business in the oil regions.
Pratum is eight miles east of Salem.
Six or seven years ago Fred J. Klce.
now County Assessor, dug a well at
his place at Pratum. -but could never
use the water from it because of a
strong taste of oil. A number of oil
experts have visited the place, and
were convinced that oil could be found,
but no one would undertake develop
ment work for the reason that the
farmers would not sign leases or op
tions. Now they have done so. and test
wells will be sunk. Coal deposits have
been found In a number of places a few
miles from Pratum In the Waldo hills.
WRECKS CANADIAN FLYER
Split Kail All but Sends Train Over
Precipice.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Oct. 17. (Spe
cial.) A ' smash-up. In which two
American women were Injured, though
not fatally, occurred yesterday at 1:30
P. M. on the Canadian Pacific at Bear
Creek Crossing, near Glacier Station,
In the Rocky Mountains, 300 miles east
of Vancouver. The train was the east
bound passenger No. 56. which left
Vancouver Thursday afternoon. Three
sleeping coaches at the rear of the
train left the tracks and tumbled on
their sides. The passengers were res
cued from the coach windows, the
doors being blocked.
A telegraph pole and a stoutly-built
switch stand were all that saved the
cars from falling over a precipice of
60 feet high. Many passengers were
shaken, but two women, names un
known, from Seattle, were most se
verely hurt. One was unconscious, but
later recovered and was able to con
tinue her, journey. A doctor happened
to be aboard the train. A split rail
was the cause of the accident
SPLIT- ON BE
UN
SALEM MAN ENTERS RACE
M. li. Hamilton Will Run for Mayor
in Salem.
SALEM, Or.. Oct 17- (Special.) A
big sensation, was sprung In local po
litical circles today when cards were
Issued announcing M. L. Hamilton, a
prominent saloonkeeper, as candidate
for Mayor at the coming election.
Hamilton will run as an Independent
Mayor George F. Rodgers apparently
will be renominated by the Republi
cans without opposition. Durine his
present term Rodgers forced the Oity
Council to pass ordinances raising the
liquor license and requiring that sa
loon fronts be open to public view.
His course has been most .displeasing
to the liquor interests, and tills fact
will make the campaign with Hamilton
as an opposing candidate a warm one.
It Is understood that Hamilton's
friends urged him to become a candi
date and finally secured his consent to
the circulation of cards in his behalf.
TREATS CLUBS AS SALOONS
Spot a ne Jndge Says They Must
Have City Licenses.
grOKAN'ii Wash.. Oct. 17. By a de
cision, made today by Judge Huneke, of
the Superior Court, social clubs that dis
pense liquors must take out liquor li
censes, the same as saloons. The decision
was rendered in tiie case of tiio Spokana
Club, the most exclusive social organiza
tion of its kind in the Inland Empire.
Some time ago the steward was arrested
for giving Intoxicants to a member with
out the necessary permit from the city.
He was convicted and fined Rio and costs.
An appeal was taken to the Superior
Court as a test case.
Clark County Pioneer Dead.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Oct 17. (Spe
cial.) The funeral of Patrick Larney.
one of the pioneer residents of Clark
County, will be held from St. James'
Cathedral, this city, tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock, interment being In the
Catholic cemetery. Mr. Larney's death,
which was sudden, was due to neural
gia of the heart. He was born In Ros
common, Ireland, February 10,. 1836,
and came to the United States when a
mere lad and resided at the Nation's
capital till he was a young man. He
was a veteran of the Civil War. serv
ing in the Fifth United States cavalry.
At one time he was a member of the
personal body guard of President Lin
coln. He came to the Coast In 1878
and settled in Vancouver. He leaves
a widow and three grown children.
Olympla Beer. "It s the water.- Brew,
ery's own bottling. Fhoneu Main 671.
A 14(7.
Lumbermen of Washington in
Bitter Controversy.
DISPUTE OVER RATE FIGHT
Many Members of Millmen's Associ
ation Believe Case Before Govern
ment Board Badly Handled by
Organization's Secretary.
SEATTLE. Oct. IT. (Special.) Lum
bermen of Washington are u.yidcd into
factions as a result of the fight with
the transcontinental railroads on the
rate question, and there may be a me
lv time before1 the controversy is final
ly settled. The bone of conten
tion Is Victor H. Bcckman. sfetarj,
of the Lumber Manufacturers Associa
tion, and the lumbermen who are op
posing the methods of the association
declare Beckman must be '""'""j
before anything can be accomplished
in the freight rate matter.
The lumbermen were wrong in me
recent fight before the Interstate Com
merce commission." said Georgs , w .
Loggie, one of the largest individual
operators In the state, "and we will
never be able to gain anything as long
as the methods used in conducting that
fight are continued. I am one lumber
man who has not been Beckmanlzed.
and Beckman and his methods must be
done away with before the lumbermen
and the railroads will ever be able to
do business. He has been a constant
menace to the lumber industry a red
flag in the eyes of the railroads and
It can only be expected that the Tail
roads will continue to fight as long as
Beckman is pushing himself to the
front
Beckman Brokers' Agent.
"I consider Beckman nothing more
than an anarchistic walking delegate
of the Manufacturers' Association. He
sits in hir. office and gets figures from
the mlllowners on their output, value
of the product and pay roll and then
poses as a statistician. He is nothing
more than a guidebook to the brokers,
keeping them posted on who is long
and who is short on the various man
ufactured products of the lumber ln
dust ry.
"If I am constantly fighting a man.
I do not expect him to do me favors
in return. Beckman has constantly
antagonized the railroads against the
lumbermen, and what is the result? I
have heard some of the Beckmanlzed
lumbermen claim that the outcome of
the rate hearing before the Interstate
Commerce Commission was a victory
for the lumbermen. I cannot see where
this is true. The railroads succeeded
In advancing the rate. While they did
not get as much as they claimed as
their due. still it was a railroad victory
because the rate was advanced.
Bungling Cost Dearly.
"When this question first 9ame up.
if the lumbermen had sent a business
m interview the railroads
and present the matter as It actually
existed and naa noi - ".-
man to misrepresent conditions, there
ia hnve been anv necessity
for a hearing before the Interstate
Commerce Commission.. But, through
the bungling of an alleged statistician,
$250,000 In cold cash has been tied up
in this state for montns to anuw a !
Ing fight fo be carried on' in order that
.. v,ih. salaried employes of the as
sociation might pose as trust fighters.
"A good many or mo m lumuo
in Washington are no longer members
Ua -tr-Mn f Inn and " they will not
unite in any fight against the roads
conducted according to me mc o.
Beckman. If the lumbermen are to be
i. mnat - be a. eomnle.te
UI1UCU, L " ' , .
change of tactics and Beckman and his
methods must be entirely enminaieu.
COLLIDES' WITH SCHOONER
Steamer Cottage City Damaged, Four
Slightly Hurt.
SEATTLE. Wash. Oct. 17. Running
at full speed, the steamer Cottage City,
. v, Eg.ifir. Coast Steamship Com
pany, on its way to Southeastern Alas
ka with ireignt ana. iraoseiiscn,
crashed Into the schooner Blakeley last
night off Jefferson Head. The schoon-
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hoard bow above the water line, her
pilot-house and her foremast demol
ished. .Four men on board were in
jured, one seriously.
The schooner. Which was in tow, had
her how badly smashed, her stem and
forefoot torn off, and was leaking
freely when towed Into Port Blakeley
this morning. The collision Is supposed
to have been due to some accident to
the steerlne-gear of the Cottage City.
The Cottage City Is commanded by
Captain A. C. Jansen, but Captain Ben
jamin Craig, the pilot, was on the
bridge. The vessel had 24 steerage
and 13 first-class passengers. Captain
Craig was uninjured, but Quartermas
ter Nelson, who was at the wheel, was
picked from the wreckage of the pilot
house with a deep gash over his eye
and other cuts. He is at providence
Hospital.
The passengers were transferered to
the steamer George K. Starr and
brought to this "city. The Cottage City
came into port under her own steam.
The damage to the Cottage City is
about $10,000. The freight and passen
gers will go north on the Jefferson to
night at 9 o'clock.
Six Slavonians were sleeping on the
side where the bow of the Blakeley
entered. They were from Michigan
and on the way to TreadwelL Two of
them were slightly Injured.
PUTS IN POWER LINE
Spokane Company Will Sell Electric
ity in Yakima Valley.
SPOKANK. Wash.. Oct. . 17. (Spe
cial.) Designed to furnish electric
light and power to a chain of cities
In . the Yakima Valley, from North
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assurance possible that the style
of this Coat is right.
The picture shows it too
the grace of line and beauty
of cut that are character
istic of the work of Alfred,
Benjamin & Co. the great
est tailors in New York,
and the men who fashioned
this garment. .
But the picture well as it
shows the style, can give you
no idea of the color, richer
and handsomer this season
than ever before.
Tans, olive greens, grays
and many more in the most
approved patterns.
Prices Range from
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Yakima to Kennewlck, and to operate
the Irrigation plants that have been,
and will be. established in that terri
tory, the Yakima Valley Power Com
pany, of Spokane, now has under con
struction a 90-mlle high tension cable
line extending from Its power plant
on the Naches River, near Yakima, to
Pasco.
President Strahorn, .of the North
Coast Railroad, tins purchased the
power plants in Kennewick and Pasco.
He is head of the new system. One of
the details is a three-strand cable en
cased in lead on the bed of the Co
lumbia River.
Pendleton. Gets Jfew Depot.
PENDLETON. Or.. Oct. 17. (Special.)
Good news for Pendleton Is contained In a
letter received tonight by President Alex-
ander of tlio Commercial Association
from General ManagT O'Brien of the O.
R. & N. It stated that Mr. O'Brien had
received the necessary authority to exect
a new depot for Pendleton and that -he
would come up as soon as the plana are
completed. Nothing was said as to size
or cost, but it is understood that O'Brien
has had plans for a handsome stone
structure in mind for some time.
FANCY FURS
J?ee these Furs to appreciate
the good values ve are offer
i n g. Monday specials in
Stoles. Muffs, Sets and fancy
Neck Pieces.
Sable Fox Set Extra large
automobile Rug Muff -with
natural beads and brush tails.
Plain satin lined: very desir
able; reg. $22, d- A CJJ
Monday, sp '1. . . P eO I
THE STORE WITH THE LIBERAL. MONEY-BACK POLICY
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Fancy French Tailored
Waist, long tucked sleeves,
accordion pleated trim
mings, with Irish crochet
buttons; an extra, special
for Monday. Regular
It8'! .T8!1!!'-.... .$3.15
"'SATISFACTION" IS THE KEYNOTE OF OUR
READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS
HE ONE QUESTION WE ALWAYS ASK. OURSELVES IS: Will this or that give satisfaction?
J-' We are not so short-sighted that we count a sale made after the purchase is completed.
The transaction is never closed until the garment has given satisfaction. With that th6ught in
mind, we order our suits, coats, skirts and waists. We make it the beginning of every purchase
We make few boastful and extravagant claims. Our garments we belief will do more shouting either for or
... .. ... j l i 4..,t vvOTo-trae m-rncVi wn would nave vou remember,
against us, tnan anytning we mignt say. une unpoiwuiu aiM-ucmcu-v, uvv,vM - ; ,, -
especially at a time like this, is: "We give you the best at the price -no matter what the price.
HANDSOME TAILOR-MADE SUITS, of serge and fancy suitings, in reds, brown, smoke, black, green,
blue, grav, stripes and mixtures; gored and plaited skirts; coats lined with satin; trimmed with satin
strappings and buttons. New hipless model. SPECIAL FOB MONDAY'S SELLIK& AT
BLANKETS
A NEW DEPARTMENT OPENED
BLANKETS
Mantpt -mills in flip, rwmtrv will be represented in
this new department, including the Celebrated Oregon City Blankets. e wish everyone, interested or not, to
come and look weigh them, measure them, poke your thumb into their heat-holding depths, o finer wool ever
grew on a sheep's back than will be represented here, and the prices will be accordingly low.
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wrinkles removed. (No miracles.)
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$4.00 CUT GLASS
BOWLS $1.98
We will put on sale in the Jewelry De
partment, 250 8-inch perfectly-cut Cut
Glass Bowls, absolutely $4.00 value. We
bought a large number, which enables us
to offer them at figures lower than they
can be purchased at wholesale -today.
MONDAY ONLY
$1.98
FANCY FEATHERS
AND WINGS
Monday specials in the Millinery Department.
We have prepared a fine collection of Feathers
and Wings for this bargain day. Profits given
away. Start the week right by saving over
half on the price of your new hat. ; .
Fancy Pheasants, regular $2.00 ..98
Pocahontas Bands, regular $4.50. . . . . .$1.98
Pocahontas Bands, regular $5.00 $2.25
Beautiful Wings, regular $2.00 ....79
Beautiful Wings, regular $4.50.... ,..$2.25
All other fancies at 1-3 off all regular prices.
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