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17 F.' I. SMITH IS n Hood River Resident Cele brates Birthday. LINCOLN NOMINATION SEEN Man Who Planted First Commercial Apple Orchard In Valley Has Been Active In Political Iiife In Three States. Quality First THE SUNDAY OREG OXIAH", PORTLAXD, ' 5EPTE3IBEII 17, 1916. HOOD RIVER. Or.. Sept. IS. (Spe cial.) The 79th birthday of E. I Smith, Hood River's grand old man. was 'celebrated quietly at his home here today. While the name of Mr. Smith la closely linked with the pioneer his tory 'of the three Pacific Coast states. California. Washington and Oregon, he is best known in, the Mid-Columbia district. More than a Quarter of a century ago Mr. Smith planted the first commercial orchard on his "Beulah Land" estate. a tract now owned by Oscar Vander bllt. For many years he waa presi dent of the Oregon Horticultural BO' ciety and was one of the moving spirits of Northwestern fruit interests. Mr. Smith was a member of the Oregon Commission at the Pan-American Ex position at Buffalo and was in charge of the Oregon horticultural display. which received first award. Saw Lincoln Nominated. Mr. Smith Is pernaps tie last sur vivor on the Pacific Coast who attend ed the Chicago Republican convention lii 1860 that nominated Abraham Lin coin for the Presidency. Only a single delegate at this memorable convention survives Colonel Sawyer, of Hyde's Park. Vt. Mr. Smith Is a native of Vermont, In 18S8, accompanying a former inetruo tor. Professor Isaac Parker, who waa called from New England to take the chair of ancient languages at Lombard University, at Galesburg, 111., Mr. Smith came to the Middle West to become a student at the Galesburg Institution. it was tnere mat Degas a romance oe tween the young man and Miss Geor giana Slocurn that led to their wedding on March 4, 1861. Mr. Smith's wife was also a native of Vermont, but at the time of the wedding was a resi dent of Woodstock, Henry County. 111. It was while a student of Lombard University that Mr. Smith, with sev. eral other students, admirers of Lin coln, were given permission to attend the Chicago convention. "I was present at every session of the great convention," says Mr. Smith, "except that of the third day, after the great Lincoln had been nominated." Bridal Party Argonauts. The wedding of Mr. Smith and Miss Slocum had been planned for the morn ing of March 4, 1861. but was post poned until the afternoon at the re quest of the prospective bridegroom. "I was out of sympathy with the Ad ministration of President Buchanan, says Mr. Smith, "and I had the wedding postponed in order ahat my wife and I could say that we were married under the .Administration of Abraham Lin coin. Immediately following th cere mony and the felicitations of friends we left for New York, where we took passage for California by way of the Isthmus of Panama. - "On arriving in. the Golden State we went at once to EI Dorado County, where an -uncle of mine. Charles Bar , ker, resided and at whose requests I had made my way West. I engaged ' tor a number of years la mining.' Official Capacities Many. Later Mr. Smith was elected a mem ber of the California General Assem bly, serving in this capacity during the years 1864-65. In 1867 he was ap pointed Territorial Secretary of Wash ington Territory. He and his wife ar rived at Olympla in 1867. During large portion of the time during the period or his office as Territorial Sec retary Mr. Smith was also acting Ter ritorial Governor. At the expiration t his official duties Mr. Smith, asso elated with George A. Barnes, a mem ber of the first City Council of Port land, anaV. William H. Avery, estab usnea the erst bank at Olymda. On March 1, 1876, Mr. Smith, with his lamny, "witn my lares and senates as he today expressed -it. 'arrived by a uoiumDia Kiver steamboat at a sand bar several miles west of the present site of the City of Hood River. With. lumDer snipped from Portland a hom on the large estate he had purchased nere naa already been erected. Mr. Smith has made Hood River his residence continually since that date except lor a time when he was Rxs-in ter of the United States Land Office at une uanes. in 1889 he was Speaker of the Oregon House of Representa tives. SHRINERS TO ATTEND FAIR Portland Members to Go to Salem September 27 on Special. Portland Shrlners will attend the Ftate Fair Wednesday, September 27, in force, that having been made Shrine day. A special train will be run from Portland and will carry 300 or 400 mem bers of the Al Kader Temple. The Al Kader band and patrol will be aboard. The special will leave the city at 8:40 A. M. and will make stops at Oregon City and Woodburn to pick up Shrine delegations at those two points. On the return trip the Shrine special will leave Salem at 10:15 P M. This will be the first time in the history of the State Fair that the Shrlners will spend a day and the even ing there, shorter visits having for merly been paid. TEMPLARS TO ENTERTAIN Xtoyal Arcli Masons to Bo Guests XJght ot September 21. The initial event to a season's round of entertainments, planned by Oregon Commandery No. 1. Knights Templar, will be given at the Masonic Temple Mnuraaay mgnt, BepiemDer Zl. The af fair will be to compliment the Royal Arch Masons. The Oregon Commandery No. 1 drill corps and band, accompanied by ladies, will go by special Oregon Electric train to Corvallis on Thursday, September 28, to attend sessions of the state con vention of Knights Templar. Those planning to go on this trip are asked to communicate with William Davis, of Howe, Kilham & Davis. Roseburg Calls Rev. Mr. Warrington ROSEBURG, Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.) At a meeting of the congregation of the First Presbyterian Church held here last night, it was decided to Issue a call to Rev. E. M. Warrington as pastor of the local church. Mr. Warrington has been stationed at Freewater for a number of years, but spent five weeks In Roseburg this Summer. He occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church during hi stay here. If Mr. Warrington accepts the call be will arrive here about October 1. PAROLE PLAN WINS Percentage of Violations Is Found Small. MANY MEN MAKE GOOD Since 1911 Records Show 711 Con vlcts Have Been Released on Probation Some of Men Make Big Salaries. SALEM, Or.. Sept. 16. (Special.) Men paroled from the Oregon Pen! tentlary under the plan pursued by the present administration bave more than Justified the confidence placed In them by making good, according to Joseph Keller, State Parole Officer. With the system now followed in the release of convicts on parole, they are first provided with employment. and reports made by them to the pa role officer show that during the last year paroled men have earned a total of J56.614.86. At the present time there are 326 men on parole. Thirty-one were recommended by the parole board to Governor Withycombe for executive clemency this month. Of this number 26 were recommended for parole. Of ficer Keller said today that he bad found work for nearly all of these prisoners. Few Violator Returned. Since the passage of the parole law In 1911, the records show that 711 prisoners have been paroled. The per centage of parole violations during this time has been 29. and 25 per cent during the present administration. Of the 711 paroled men in the last six years, 173 have been discharged after having demonstrated that they had made good outside the prison. In the same period 76 parole violators fRtm'' is the word. It's like a ran. on a bank. Only it's a ronton a car a (Chalmers car. It seems endless. The people want more. And so more must be built for them -20,000 more. Yon remember awhile ago that six hundred men took one look at this new car -and bought $22,000,000 worth in forty very brief minutes. .They were the Chalmers Dealers. Now they insist that more of the same kind be built more of the 34O0 r. p. m. Chalmers. , So the Chalmers executives have put through a fac tory work order for 20,000 more of them. They built and delivered, in six months, 18,000. That was all they intended to build for an entire year. That completed their part of the $22,000,000 affair. We got them to build another 10,000. We thought that would be enough to last through the fall. But no, the 10,000 were quickly taken up during the summer months. So they are going to build 20,000 more. That means, all told, 48,000 cars or $56,000,000 worth of these remarkable 3400 r. p. m. Chalmers. So you see why I use the word "run." The people who know good cars like Emerson's wise saying about the man who makes a better mouse trap, etc, will find a beaten path to his door, even though he live in the woods they create this ever-increasing desire to own a .Chalmers. They have sought quality not price. We seldom have people ask us the price of this car. When we tell H. L. F. H. Gaulke Joseph, Or. Virgil Conn Paisley, Or. M. A. Rickard Corvallis, Or. T. E. Hulery. Moro, Or. Geo. Clanfield ...Dallas, Or. have been returned to the Penitentiary, and 136 violators were not returned. "While it is a fact that 212 of 711 convicts freed on parole have been vi olators of the terms of their release," said Officer Keller, "it should be said that only a small percentage of the violators have actually violated the law. Most of the parole violators merely have failed to report at the regular fixed time as the terms of the parole provide, or bave committed other minor infractions or the parole rules. Very few paroled men actually have committed crimes." One Man Makes 910 a Day. Mr. Keller said that In August pa-1 roled men bave earned $6076.27. One of the men recently released, he said. now has a position with a large mo tion-picture company in the East and is earning 610 a day as director of clays in which large bodies of troops are required to be maneuvered. "When I first began parole worn." said Mr. Keller, "I experienced a good deal of difficulty In persuading em ployers to make places for my men. Employers were inclined to be skep tical of the ability and desire of the men to make good, but now so many paroled men have proved that they are entitled to trust and are faithful work, ers. employers' attitude has changed. I find it much easier now to get po sitions for the men." GABEL REPORTED BETTER Physicians Say Victim of Shooting Has Chance for Life. 1 Physicians at Good Samaritan Hos pital yesterday reported a slight im provement in the condition of Albert F. Gabel, who was shot and gravely wounded by Jesse L. Lee on Thursday afternoon in retribution for the alleged accidental slaying of Mrs. Lee by Gabel on January 9. Although Gabel's left arm was ter ribly shattered by one charge, and wounds were inflicted in the back of his bead and neck by the second, it is now thought that he, has a fair chance for recovery. The weapon, a 10-gauga shotgun, was loaded with buckshot shells. Lee was bound over to the grand Jury on Friday afternoon and is in the county jail. The charge against him Is assault with a dangerous weapon. 6,0 0", KEATS AUTO CO., Broadway at Burnside SUB DEALERS Johnston & Willerton The Dalles, Or. A. W. Walker Medford, Or. A. E. Kent Roseburg, Or. Pacific Auto Company.. Eugene, Or. M. A. Reid Heppner, Or. ROUND-UP IS MECCA Visitors Begin to Arrive at Pendleton for Big Show. NEW OUTLAWS TO BE TRIED All Famous Old Bucking Horses to Perform Also Cowboys Begin to Gather Prom All Parts. Accommodations Are Ample. PENDLETON. Or, Sept. 1C (Spe cial.) Pendleton already is host to hundreds of visitors who are in the city to attend the seventh annual Round-up, September 21. 23 and 23. The hotels are lining up rapidly, but the accom modation headquarters are fullv ore- pared to take care of any sized crowd that may possibly attend the frontier exni Dillon. Round-up Park each afternoon is the scene of a curious crowd of interested spectators at the tryouts. Performers from the far corners of the country have begun to arrive in Pendleton and by Thursday, the opening day of the show, there will be mora than 100 con testants for the Round-up prizes. In addition to the regular Round-up bucking horses, Allan Drumhiller, champion relay rider, had shipped here 29 bucking horses and a few of the worst Indian horses on the ranges of Eastern Oregon bave been brought here for tryouts. If they prove to be hiarh- grade buckers they will be placed In the semi-nnais and finals. All of the old favorite horses and many more will be ridden this year. Long Tom, perhaps the best-known bucking horse in the Northwest, is in rare form. It was on Long Tom that Lee Caldwell won the world's title last year. Other horsea of reputation that are being groomed for the cowboys an 4 00 TMnt7TOQ I i v ii i ji i i them $1090 Detroit, they are very much taken back. We get little of the "price" trade. Most of those who come to us have passed that era in car buying. They want quality. And they know pretty well where to look for it. They look for it in the sound of the engine, in the action of the dutch, in the action of the steering apparatus, in the sound of the differential. They examine" the radiator, try the brakes, observe the kind of glass in the windshield, note the kind of material in the top, and then poke around into the corners of the body. That much done, they get into the car and try her out. For they are smart enough to know that the biggest result of quality is perf ormance. That's what usually brings us the sale. For perform ance is the car's middle name. She's got amazing acceleration so lively and full of spunk. And then she climbs hills so quickly and hugs the road so well at a rapid clip. And, best of alL she handles so easily. She's as obedient as any creature man ever made. Once you try her you, too, will understand the "run" on her. It's a thing difficult to explain, but three editions of a car in a year's time is something to ponder over. We have it direct by telegraph that Chalmers will continue to make these 34O0 r. p. m.'s next season. There's no time limit set. As soon as these. last 20,000 are built and out of the way there will probably be more. So you're dead safe in getting a model of a car that has in no way reached its peak of popularity. II. L. KEATS cowgirls are Angel. Lightfoot. Hot Foot, McKay. Lou. Blue Blazes, Grand ma, Izee. Snake, Casey Jones, Rambling Sam, Dynamite, Butter Creek and Cyclone. In tryouts this year no cowboy has been able to stay on Sharkey, the Belgrade bucking bull, for more than a few seconds. The steers for the roping and bull dogging are in fine condition and as a herd bave the longest boras and the slightest legs of any ever seen in East ern Oregon. The goats for the feature goat-roping contest bave little herns that stick straight up, which will make this con test one of the most amusing and in teresting of the show. For the automobile tourists the city has made ample provisions as to camp ing grounds and modern conveniences. I. 1. BOAK TO SPEAK HERE Woodmen Head Scheduled to Be In - City October 1 6. Acting on behalf of the officers, di rectors and members of the Insurance Federation of Oregon, L I. Boak, head consul of the Woodmen of the World, who will tour the Northwest in Octo ber, bas been tendered an invitation to be the guest of the federatlo by President F. E. Beach and Secretary Louis Sondheim. Through E. P. Martin, deputy bead eonsul of the Woodmen and a director of the Oregon Insurance Federation, the invitation has been accepted. Mr. Mar tin having complete charge of the Northwest itinerary of Mr. Boak. Mr. Boak. who was recently elected president of the National Fraternal Congress, is also president of the In surance Federation of Colorado, and will deliver an address before the In surance Federation of Oregon at a luncheon on October 16. Julean Arnold Speaks. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Sept. 16. Julean Arnold, of Pekin, Chins, is at the university this 'week delivering lectures to the students of the commerce department on his work in the Orient. His topics so far have been. "China Illustrated," and "Trade Relations Between the United States and Japan." Mr. Arnold bas been com mercial attache in China for the United States for 15 years and. Is sow at tas 9 9 CAM Fred S. Ashley Enterprise, Or. L. B. Larson South Bend, Wash. Gorst & King North Bend, Or. Bell-Wyman Implement Co. . .N. Yakima, Wru J. R. Childreth Pendleton, Or. head of the Commercial Survey in the Orient. - 1 MAYOR WOULD RENT CARS Proposal to Pay City Employes for Use of Own Autos Is Made. The system of tfTe city allowing em ployes to use their own private auto i? mem m No medicine can: make blood", and claims to that effect are) un founded. What the medicine may do is to put the organs in Such, tone that the body will make the blood and renew it. Correct breathing is essential to the freshening of the blood by supplying oxygen; correct digestion supplies the chyle that makes the olood. Peruna removes the congestion that interferes with the oxygen supply and removes the congestion that prevents perfect digestion. These are catarrhal in character. But Peruna also assists the excretory processes and tones up the system to effective workingr When these are accomplished, the blood supply takes care of itself. Anaemic People Heed Peruna It's the reliable tonic of the American home, and It has special value in catarrhal troubles. Its worth is proved by its long record of success forty-five years. In eitler liquid or tablet form the latter very convenient for regular administration. HsnaJin is the ideal laxative. Br its as the habit of eon. Uoatlon may b vereonw. Liquid. Tablets, like candy, 10o and 26c. IKS lAeMjtlhtlQWMft PjgTtT'0N5 , I Oaio mobiles for city work withont addi tional compensation will be done away with, if the City Council favors an or dinance prepared by Mayor Albee al lowing the employes 610 a month where they use their own machines. The or dinance will be submitted this week. Mayor Albee says that in some cases the city does not even furnish the gaso line and oil. By having a fixed rate of $10 a month, he says, many owners will put their machines in the service and will increase the amount of work just that much. and OOC! q ana sjuuu. PERUNA CO. Columbus Oaio r-U l L-l