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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, NOVEMBER 14, 1907.
NO. 2G 5
VOL. XIX
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SOCIETIES.
HOOD RIVER COMMERCIALCI.UB-Mrsts
vsrr second Monday In web ninth M I p.
m., in lb ciub rooms over Jsekson's Mom
H. F. 1av unto, Pre.
A. D. Mob, Secretary.
OOO RIVER LODOK NO. KB, A. P. A.
M. MeeU Ksturdsy evening- on or before
each tall moon. A. D. Mob, W. M.
1. McPobalp, Secretary.
HOOD KIVER CH A ITER NO. 17. R. A. M.
Meets first and (bird Friday night of each
month, D. McDonald, H. P.
A. D. MOB, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER CHAPTER NO , O.K. 8
MeeU second and fourth Toeadty evening
of each month. Vie! ton cordially welcomed.
Eva clabkb, W. M.
Mas. Thbbbba Castbbb. Beereury.
IDLEW1LDELO.GE NO. 107, I. O. 0. F.
Meete In Fra'rroal ball, every Thursday
night. H. C. Smith, N. U.
J. H. FBBOPgow, ' cretary
rhV'N KNCA .(VMKNT. NO. 48. I. O. O. F.
Regnlar meeting second snd fourth Monday,
of each mouth. R. J. PABHorr, C. r.
J. M. HCHMBITZKB, HCfttM.
KEMP LODGE, No. 181, 1. 0. O. F.-MeeU In
Odell luiprovetnent Co.'e ball every Bator
day night. Vial ton cordially welcomed.
K. T. Foltb, N. O.
L. A.E. Clabk, Rec. Secy.
LAUREL RKBEKAH DEOREE IX) DOB NO.
HI, t. O. O. F.-Meeta Oral and third Friday
u eacn montn. ..
Mine Zona DAT, N.U.
Ella Mat Davidson, Secretary.
V. O. W. meet the 2d and Ub Halnrday
each month at I. O. O. F. ball. Visitors cor
dlally Invited. A. CSfATKN, C. C.
r". w . MoHkysolds, Clerk.
A (HUM A 1-OIHiK NO. SO. K. OF P.
Meeu In K. of P. ball every Tnewlay night,
W. K. HHBBTIt, C. C.
J. E. Sichoij. K . of R sod 8.
HOOD RIVER CAMP, NO. 7,7(8, M. W, A.
Meeu in I. O. O. F. hall every Wedneaday
nlebt. E. 8. Math, V. a
C. V. DAKIM.rierk.
nXH RIVER CIKCI.K NO. 624, WOMEN OF
ViMKlcrn-Mfrtt K.-or I', hall on the
Hint and Tlmu Friday of each mouth.
Lou MvKbynouw, U. N,
r'. W. McHky.noldh, Clerk.
KIVEKMII'K LolMiENO. M A. O. It, W
Miet Url and third Saturday I auh
iiiiuilh. Al'O. UUIUNABD, M. W.
UEO. MURxm, Flnanoler
Chkstkb Huutk, Recorder.
OLKTA ASSEMBLY NO. 103, UNITED ART-tans.-Meets
the first and third Wednes
day, work: second and fourth Wednesday
Artisans' ball. C. D. Henbich M. A.
& H. Habtwiq, Secretary.
COURT HOOD RIVER NO. 42, FORESTERS
of America, -MeeU every Saturday evening
In K. of P. hall.
John U. Zolls, C. R.
. Hhomii'w. r.'V ?
CA.BY IKKI'. Mi. W.O. A. R.-MEEl'S AT
. t). II. V. . hall, aeroiid aud lourtb Satur
(I. vol hi:Ii month at 11 o'clock, p. iu. All
O A. K. members Invited to meet with ua.
A. C. Buck, Commander.
t). K. HI.VTHB. V'lilllMllt.
CANDY W. K.C., No. I6-MEET8 SECOND
iiii h'Urth salurtiaoi each Month In A.
... I . w. luili at i i. in.
Mahtua Rigby, President.
Ai.ika siioienvKKK, Secretary
l;il MAI N liOMK CAMP No. 34ii, R. N. A.
ni 1. i. O. Hall on lueneoond and
..mh hi t-i:. u... olciirli iniinth.
Mas. SuaiB MA Yd, 0.
Mh. Ella Uakik. Recorder.
PAYNTER LoDUE, No. 110, M. B. A.
meet first and third Friday or each month
at K. of P. hall. Uio.H. Mili.ek, Pre.
AUU. Uuionabo, Sec,
J. F. WATT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Telephones: Office, 381; residence, 811,
SURGEON O. R. N. Co.
H. L.DUMBLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Call promptly answer 3d in town or country,
Day or Night.
Telephone: Kenlilenoe,61l: Office, (US.
Office in Hit Hroslus Building.
E. 0. DUTRO, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office over First National Bunk, Hood
River, Oregon.
Oiti.tt Phone Maiti 871 Reg. Math 873
M. F. SHAW, M. D.
Oiliee in Jackson Block.
lltlce phone. So. 1171. Residence, No. MM.
Ijk. M. H.SHAltH
1)H. Eoma B. HBAKf
Osteopathic Physicians
Graduates of the American School of
Osteopathy, Kirkgville, Mo.
Office and Kc., Huxley Cottage, River at.
J'hone 25 Wood Rivkb.
p C. BROSIUS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
'Phone Central, or 131.
(Ufflo Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M. 1 to S
and S to 7P.M.
DR. E. T. CARNES
DENTIST
Office over Bartmeas Store
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
'Telephone 31.
H. D. W. PINEO.D.D.S.
DENTIST
Obown Bbidoi Work a Spbctaltt.
Office over
First National Bank
Telephone
Main 811
C. H. JENKINS, D.M.D.
DENTIST.
Telephones: Office 283; residence 1046
Office over Butler Bank,
Hood Ritib, 0h.
A.JAYNE .
LAWYER
Abstracts Furnished. Money Loaned,
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
E. H. HARTWIG,
LAWYER.
win Praatloa In All Coarts.
Office In Smith Building, over Flnt Na-
IWODElVBlOil.'.
J. W. MORTON
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Ofllca with J. H. Uellbronner Co.
Collections, Abstracts, Settlement of Estates.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
White Salmon Valley Bank ?
-The small depositor receives the same courteous treatment
as the larger ones. We have both.
coue jun SEE us.
FJS.HtABI.BY, K L8SRI, K.O. HLABCtlAB
fr. Vlee-Praa. C'abler.
V. 0. BimcK, At. I bvmiim.
The First National Bank
Or UOOll HIVEK. ORKUON
CaulUl $50,000 Sar.Us $1200.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W, ABHTRACTKR. NO
TAB Y PUBLIC and RKAL
CMTATK AOKMT.
For a rears a resident of Oefon and Wash.
In (ton Has bad man Tears experience In
Real Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of
titles ana agent. aiuaeuoB guaraaisea w
ao ebarge
nUrnatlotul Qorrepondtnct cnoo
8CRANT0N, PA.
II. V. REED, ReprenUtive
U Sixth St., Portland, Oregon.
Hood River once a moudi. Full infer-
mil ion mailed npon request.
Mrs. Mary Powell Jordan, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office ssd residence, home place of John
Leland Henderson, State St., bead of Third at.
Pbone til.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
MISS JOHNSON A pupil of the
tient masters of Cincinnati, teacher of
Pimm, Mandolin and Harmony. Call
at the Noble residence, near hospital, or
Phone 434
DR. 0. W. EDMUNDS
Specialist
EVE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Office, Near Bank Building, corner Oak and
Third St. Telephone Main ilL
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
M. E. WELCH,
LICENSED VETERINARY 8URGE05
Is prepared to do any work In the veterin
ary line. He can be found by calling at or
pbenlng to Clarke s drug store.
P. I HALL-LEWIS & (10.
Civil and Architectural
Engineers and Surveyors
Make surveva. Diana and u aates for sew
er, light and power and rallaar plants, and
rurnhih, subject to approval, plan, upectnca
tlou aud estimate for all cletwesof building
pun no, private ana mercantile, apeciai ai
tmtlna alvau lo ei-onomlc nd low-burnlni
ooiiMrnctlon. Accuracy and economy guar-
MOlf. I,
OAyilJHON. UU11.V1NU
HOOD RIVER. OREGON.
STRANAHAN & SUVENS,
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
JOE WRIGHT
CARPENTER AND "BUILDER
Phone 7G9
Estimates furnished on request An
honest job Kiuranteed.
E. A. JEROME,
ArctaltsMt
Huvlnir had several vuara' exuerlanee In
drafting aud building.! would reapeotfoUy
solicit s part of i ha pstronaice of the people of
linoo niver wimi uniicipate Dunuing. lerm
rejMnuhle. a id aatlifaction guaranteed. Of
fice at residence oh Hvlgbts.
H. SEYMOUR HALL,
- Surveyor.
I am tiuallfled and twspared todo all kind
of firnt-clais land aarveylng. Accuracy guar
anteed. The who wl' Hrt-ela work done
ddrea H, V. D. ., Hood River. , Phone Wxl.
THE OREGON FIRE RELIEF
ASSOCIATION
of McXinnville. OregAil, will insure your
property at 60 per rent lens cost than
any other institution. ,
C IK THOMPSON, iff at.
Hood Rlrrr, Ort0B
McEWEN & KOSKEY
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Prompt sales and quick returns
Wholesale dealers in all kinds of First
aud Produce : Consignments solicited
.129 Front Stlr.ee, Portjaud, Ore. :
Hood River Studio
-FOR
First - Cliiss PhotograpHS
' We'bSve the latest In uodnts andcaaen-
8epla. :.tlon gnaranteed.
yv. u. nuuc.no,. crop.
C. EVERETT.
The Practical Shoemaker,;
At Riggs' Old Stttnd. t.
Fine Work a Specialty.
P R. JONES, Dentist
Crown and Bridie Wort
Teeth Witheat Plates.
Treatment of diseased teeth and gums.
Office Brasilia Building. Phone 1033.
FOR SALE
MY JERICHO FARM
Containing 15 acres splendid
fruit land. None better, 3
acres in bearing orchard,
choice varieties. Three acres
Newtowns and Spitzenbergs,
3 years old; 4 acres clover,
7-room house, 20x40 feet, 2
story barn new, blacksmith
shop,(phaeton, farmingtools,
spray outfit, incubators, etc.
Also ten inches irrigating
water, paid up in full. All
for 1300.00 an acre.
The above advertisement
has been running for some
months and no buyers. Now
I am going to sell, as I can
not take care of it, and in
order to do this I am going
to make reductions in price
until it will sell. I have of
fered it at $ 300 per acre or
$4,500 for the 15 acres.
Now I will reduce the price of
the 15 acres
$100 per week until sold
This week $3,700 takes it.
Next $3,600 buys it, and so
on. Whose farm will it be?
Mr. Uomeseeker, you are go
ing to lose the chance of get
ting one of the best and
cheapest 15-acre hfmes in
the valley.
Go out to Jericho lane on
theJMt. Hood Hoad and in
vestigate for yourself. Don't
take anybody's word for it.
Half cash, balance any old
time. Address
H. 0. COE,
Lock box 107, Newport, Ore.
Eureka Meat Market
McGUIRE BROS., Props.
Dealers in Fresh and Cured Meats, Lard
Poultry, Fruits and Vegetables,
friee Delivery. Phone Mala 35.
PMEOfRICK s. ARNOLD.
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Rsttaeatss hiralaksel a all kinds ! wark
PhonM:
MME. ABBOTT
Millinery,
Hair Goods
Richardson's Silks and
Embroidery Supplies.
Opposite the Paris Fair. -
BONTON
...Barber Parlors...
. The place to get ah easy
shave and first-class hair cut.
Our shop is metf opblitan'in
every respect.
Porcelain Baths Jtv Connection
(: H. CRAY, rofj
WWm HARNESS CO.
Carry lull line of
Whips, Robes, Blankets
and Wagon Covers,
Heavy Harness .
' Also Double and Single
Driving Harness
All made in their .shop.'
Call and get our price before buying.
.BICYCLE SHOP.
J. MARION KEID
Bicycles, Guns, Sewing Machines,
furniture, umbrellas, Moves
and Locks Repaired ,
.. KEYS M4pE TO ORDER,
, Bicycles, Guns, etc., sent by express for
repairs win oe neauy ana promptly re
paired and returned. . Can -save -you $1
j to $3.00 oo price of new wheel. ' Tires,
brakes, and all kinds of repairs sold at
: Portland prices. Prioes furnishn I i
application. Reference: Brsdstre .
LARD
When looking for something
good in the way of a
Unimproved I
Property or
Investment
CALL ON
Heilbronner
and look over
his long list of
BARGAINS
This is a firm that gives
you nothing but reliable
pointers about Hood River,
and you can save money
and valuable time by doing
business through this office.
J.H.HEILBRONNER&CO.
HOOD RIVER 4 PORTLAND, OREGON
Bargains in
Real Estate
The Underwood and Little White
Salmon Valley choic fruit and graes
land ; 80 acres : good improvements; 12
acres in cultivation; 400 fruit trees 100
in full bearing; all kinds of fruit large
and BiiiiiU; running water; good soil.
2)4 miles out. $40 per acre.
Twenty acres, 9 In cultivation ; house
and barn;' 100 fruit trees in bearing;
small fruit; 3 miles out. sz.iuo.
Forty acres 20 in cultivation ; 200
fruit trees in full bearing; one housn,
two wells ; fine view overlooks bluff ; 5
miles out. 150 per acre.
I ha -e now arranged to open up 600
acres of the Little White Salmon land
for settlement, cutting it into small
tracts. This is the ideal land for fruit
and grass; abundance of water and
good soil; within 3j miles of Cook's
station and boat landing. Now is the
time to get a good cheap home. Every
thing on terms.
Come and investigate.
The above is only just a reminder of
a few of the bargains we have. Can
sell you from 10-acre tracts up to 210.
Come and see what is destined to tie
one of the best fruit countries in the
Northwest and where three crops of
alfilfa cau be grown without irrigation.
F. W. DeHart
Underwood, Wash.
RALPH REED
Best line of Cigars in
the City
Also handle line of
Pipes, Tobaccos and
Fishing Tackle
Oakdale Greenhouse
Now ready, Bulbs, Tulips, Hyacinth,
Chinese Lillies, Peonies, Rose, Shrubs,
for fall cr sprimt delivery.
White Wyandot'"' I'orUri-ls from $1 to
3.U0. I luichcr & f luiuner,
Biliousness and Constipation.
For vears I was troubled with bilious
ness and constipation, which made life
tnierable for me. My appetite failed
me. I lost my usual force and vita itv.
Pepsin preparations and cathartics only
made matters worse. I d not know
who e I should have been today hail I
not tried Chamberlain's Htotnach and
Liver Tablets. The tablets relieve the
i I feeling at once, strengthen the diges
tive functions, helpiim the system to do
its work naturally. Mrs. Kosa Potts,
IWrminghaiii, Ala. Tin-He tablets are
fr sale by Keir A Cass.
The sweet potato exhibit shown at
the exhibit building is a sample of
what oaa be raised In this variety of
vegetable. There aie ten lmge pota
toes oo oue vine. Tbey were grown
at Central Point by Leban Thompson.
Medford Soutnem Oregoniuu.
FARM
EXPERIENCE OF
A PIONEER
UP COLUMBIA RIVER TRAIL IN I860
A Pioneer Resident of the Valley Dr
scribes the Hardships of
the Trip.
It was iu Anll, 1800, that my fath
er, baring teld bis donation land
claim near rt Yamhill, In Polk coun
ty, Oregon, itnrted with his family
aud all his rtMy belongings, for
Bittei Root w lly. V n left Portland
at about 8 o'clock iu the morning on
board tlm ftimr ludepeodeoce.
Captain A. I . Atik. ia. master. It was
dusk when v i ebcbtii the lewer land
ing at the Cascades. Our wagon, my
mother and two sisters, made the
portage on the Washington side of the
river, aud continued on to The Dalle i
on boar I the steamer Wasoo, Captalo
X'. S. Mofarland, master.
Our party for the trip over the trail
oousisted of a goutleman whose name
was bamiMl lio-it, my faiber, an older
brother of miue and myself. Mr. Best
was a veteiuu of the Cayuse war and
bad been over tliu trail in 185G, but he
said it had liui n so long s'uee that he
did not leniouber muob about it. It
took Ui until late morning to get our
ctook collected together, tbe next
morning utter leachiug tbe landing.
My mount was an annual of that spe
cie which uan IJ Uuillo called "t e
Washoe UtiuHry." sometimes called Ye
Jackass (be iu haste at no time to
proclaim a victory over him. ) Ilia
name was Jake.
It must have beeu near noon when
we paesod tbe middle blockhouse and
uear three o'clock when we reached
tho fuot of Shell Rock mountain. Ibe
trail al ng the side of this mountain
was hotrid. It zig zaged about in or
der to avoid tbe largest boulders and
tbe horses aud cuttle we were driving
all but refused to advance over it.
We bad to each got a few head iu
frout of us and work them slowly and
laboriously toward tho top, tbeo go
back and get another small bunob;
perseverance finally conquered and we
moved on up the mountain. Darkness
overtook us in a high gap or saddle of
the mountain and we had to camp,
but lnul no water and conld find none.
We had enteu some suit beet at noon
and were veiy thirsty. Father went
to his sudillo bogs and got out some
raw pntutnes these, we peeled and
ate as a substitute for watei. With
tbe dawn of the next morning wo were
on tbe move. It was here that I Hist
made the acquaintance of tbe Wasco
Zephyr, a pressure of air from the
west that to this day sometimes visits
thisoouniry. It chilled me to the
center aud 1 thought 1 would surely
puiish with the cold.
We soon began o deroeud toward
the river again; the trail wound
around the side of the mountain
where it was so steep that it required
an eight foot cut to make two and a
half feet of trail. Tbe decent was ex
ceedingly steep. Tbe place looked
wild to me. It made my bead swim
and 1 hugged tbe bank as olosely as I
could for fear of going over tbe bluff.
One of our horses camo near otowd-
iua another one overboard, but we
reached tbe river bottom In safety
and soon came to a patob ot greeu
grass about six inches high and tbe
thickest tbat 1 bad yet seen. Here we
stopped rind prepared bieakfast. It
was about nine o'clock and we bad
eaten nothing save raw potatoes siooe
noon tbe day before. We camped tbat
night neer where Viento now stands.
Ibe next day we came to a place
where the trail ran up through a steep
sburp notch in the Hurt. Water was
triokliug down from tbe rocks oo tbe
right ot the trail and made tbe rocks
In tbe trail very slippery, and num
bers ot the stock lost tboir footing In
making tbe aaoent. My father's sad
die slipped back over bis horse's rump
and landed iu the trail behind him.
Father threw hlmsolf from the horse
and lauded on bis feet unhurt. Jake
and 1 were bringing up the rear and 1
decided to walk up this plaoe. 1
reined Jake up to get olf, but just as
I started to dismount Jake took a
running jump at the slippery trail
and carried me up clinging to his
side, afraid to let go and unable to
climb back into the saddle. 1 would
give a small fortune for a picture of
Jake and myself as we would have ap
peared to others at tbat time.
we rescue" nog (noon; river at
nbout noon We were oo tbe bottom
at the tout ot tbe bill just north of
where tbe lailroad now is and did not
see any sign of the Coe farm. The
river at tbut time bad nn island in us
mouth, the west channel being deeper
and wider than the eastern one, but
not so swift. vVe thought tbat about
the same amount of water ran in each
channel. We stopped as soon as we
reached Button's point and prepared
dinner. We built our tire on tbe
wBter-wayhed ground near tbe water
aud the beat caused some of the rooks
to explode sod came near scattering
our dinner to the four winds of the
earth. While we were here a mau on
borsebacli came down tbe point who
aid be lived about a mile up the Co
lumbia. Ffitber asked him if he oould
sell us some biead aud he said he
could. Bi other went home with him
to get it. 1 have since teamed tbat
his uamo was Stanley and that he
li red on tbe plaoe Mr. Koberg now
has. We attacked tbe bread with good
iippctites, but before dinner was over
.vir. Heat asked, "What is it about
(his bread tbat gives it such a pecu
liar tute?" No one bad notioed it at
first but uow all began to notioe it
aud after smacking our lips over it
awhile father said tbat It was whls
key. The more we ate of It tbe
stronger it tnsted of whiskey nntil it
becnuie offensive.
We did not know at that time why
Dog river was so called, but learned
later tbat sixteen years before oar
tlsit, Juhu Miuto, IJjuiel Clark snd
S. B. Ciockett, if I may speak tbelr
names, bud camped here and killed
and ettten old Touser, and that from
this circumstance the stream had been
named Dog river.
Aftei dinner we resumed our jour
uey and camped that night just ovei
the turn i t tbe bill towsid Mosler
ci"fk Ihn trail, at I remember It,
kept to the noitb ot where Tbe Dalles
wagon road orosses this divide and
did not gojover tbe highest part but
it struck Buck oreck some distaooe
above tbe mouth or Dear tbe foot of
tbe grade where the bare rooky patch
es are.
Tbe next day's drive was wltboot
special incident. Tbe trail kept near
where tbe wagoa road now is. I have
a clear recollection of tbe gorge on
Mosler creek and how 1 reined Jake
to tbe rigbt.tojget as far away trout it
as I oould. 1 wee tbeo only eight
years of age and afraid ot "scary"
plaoee. We camped tbat alght on tbe
eastern slope of Seven Mite biU and
reaobed Ibe Dalles about soon on tbe
next day and found mother and tbe
girla at tbe resldenoe of John Fllnn,
tbe pastor in charge at that time of
tbe M. fi. ohurch at tbat plaoe.
Somewhere on this trip we passed a
boat io coarse ot construction that
appeared to be a steamer. 1 do sot
remember just where this waa and
never learned what boat it was, bat
always supposed it to be tbe Idaho or
tbe Iris, it was built on tbe Oregon
side of the river.
In dosing this account I would say
that 1 (o not claim to have a itrlotly
faultless memory bat have aimed to
be truthful. Carson O. Masiker.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
ADOPTS NEW SIGNALS
The flood River Ore department
held a regular meetioc Wednesdar
evening aod adopted signals to be
used as an aid to local log a Mrs. Tbe
new rules will be posted up In the Are
ball, aod anyoue who reaobea tbere
first to ring tbe alarm should give tbe
alarm according to tbe directions.
Xbe new signals are as follows:
Distrlot No. 1. All that portion of
the city below tbe hill east of Fourth
street. Oue tap, followed by three
taps.
Distrlot No. 1 AU tbat portion cf
tbe city below the bill between Fourth
and Seventh streets. One tap, fol
lowed by foor taps.
District No. 3. All that portion be
low tbe bill west of Seventh street.
One tap, followed by Ore tape.
Distrlot No. 4. AU tbat portion ot
tbe bill east ot tbe blgh school Two
taps, tollowed ty six tape.
Distrlot No. 6. All that portion of
tbe bill west of the high school, Two
taps, followed by seven tape.
1 All signals to be repeated tbree
times.
It waa also decided to purchase 100
feet of hose, which waa ordered and
arrived Monday.
New Hill at Cascade Locks.
The work of rebuilding tbe plant ol
tbe Wind River Lumber Co.. at Cas
cade Looks, is now under way. Ev
erything will be new and modern
throughout aod every mecbanioal de
vloe tor tbe economical and success
ful operation of a sawmill bas beeu
adopted. The owners are sparing no
expense in construction or equipment
to make it one oi tbe most modern
and efficient plants of Us size on tbe
coast. -
A bunk bouse, oontalning 28 rooms,
and a machine abop are already com
pleted, while piles are being driven
for tbe foundation ot tbe saw milL
Work is being rushed on tbe boiler
bouse, wblob Is to be a lire proor
building, with ooncrete walls and cor
rugated lion roof, supported by steel
ttti'ses. In thia building wiU be seven
boilers with steel settings and Dutob
ovens, wbiob will produce 1000 horse
power. Tbe mill maohlneiy will be
run by a pair of twin engines of 550
horse power and a Corliss engine ot
300 borse power.
In order to reduoe tbe tire r'sk, tbe
planer and dry kiln wiU be located
some distance from tbe mill on tbe
south aide ot tbe O. R. & N. tracks,
wbere tbe company owna 30 aorea of
land, to provide for these buildings
and also for its lumber yards. The
lumber from the mill will, therefore.
have to be taken across tbe main line
traoks of tbe O. R. A N., and this
will be accomplished by a system of
rolls and obaina extending from tbe
mill to the planer and crossing tbe
railroad traoks at an elevation. Urad
ing chains are also provided to sort
tbe lumber, ao that from the time the
lomber leevea the saw mill until It is
delivered to tbe tesmsteis forplling In
the yard, no handling is necessary,
tbe rolls and chains doing tbe work of
grading and oonveyanoe.
The plauing mill will be a steel
structure with ooncrete floor and will
be run by eleotrioity. The dry kiln
will also be a steel struoture with con
crete walls.
All steam and water connections
will be plaoed under ground. One ot
tbe steel pumps, already in plaoe,
rests o i a oonocerte bed and la en
oiosod by oonorete walla 10 teet high.
Another pomp will be plaoed . along
side of It and tbe two will have a ca
pacity of 1000 gallons a minute. The
water will be pumped from the river.
in connection wttb tbe plant tbere
will be a shingle mill with a capacity
of 40,000 shingles per day. This will
he located In a eepsrate building 300
feet from the saw milL A lathe ma
chine will be installed wblob wiU
turn out 25,000 latbe per day. Tbe
saw mill will be equipped with two
oiroular saws, Ave feet in diameter,
and a reaaw with 10 Inob blade, aud
will have a oapaoity of 120,000 feet
per day ot ten boors. The plant will
cost about 1130,000 and will employ
about 100 men, representing a payroll
of $8000. -Pioneer.
Advertised Letter List.
Advertised letter list for week end-
lug Nov. 11, 1907: Barrett, Miss
Irene; Jobnson, Mrs. A. U ; Jones,
Lillian: MoLain, Miss Mollle; Mer
rill, Miss Mary; Meyer, Miss Eliza
beth; Moore, Miss Uraoe; Sbetto,
Mrs. L O. ; Sblpp, Mrs. Ellis; Tel
lier, Mrs. B. H. ; Welob, U. & Mrs;
Wilson, Mr. Ells; Word, Miss Elsie;
Arnold, W. M. ; Olden, John ; Boor
rose. Jobn : CadwelL Ore D. : Carney.
Jim; Chase, J. M. ; George, Walter;
Uoodrom, Lynnn ; Hayes, J. II. ;
llemman, U. IS ; II User, uus; Hun
ter. Ray : Kobls. Wm. M. ; MoDoagaL
Walter; Mara, D. R. ; Momson, 8. L ;
Monroe, (Jeorge; Moore. M. K. ; Na
mation, Nioolaon; Nelson, Wellard
li. ; (Jttke, August; Raymond, o. K. ;
'Richards, Eddie; Rogers, Harry;
, Sobluober, J. J. ; Seorlst, Lawrenoe ;
Seiley. Chat H. ; Sbauei. Otis;
Smith, M. C. ; Smith, Charles F. ;
Stevenson, A. ( ; Wilson, Adlson;
Zarmas, George. Paroels Honeymsn,
Mrs. Mary; Kelley, Mrs. E. P.;
Young, Mrs. Geo. (2); Doby, Frank,
Engstrom, C; Ward. Andrew; Hatch,
Joe. wm. M. Yates., r. M.
GENERAL NEWS OF 1
LOCAL INTEREST3
ITEMS FROM NEIGHBORING TOWNS
A Resume of the Week's Doings Coin
tilled from Our Ex
change!!. The school girls have organized a
basket ball team with Letty Carson
and Eva O'Brien as captains of the
different sides. IVy are practicing
daily and expect scon to compete
with The Dalles, Hood River and An
telope. Dufur Din i Ich.
Dave Barnett kilhd a large white
swan at his place sou h of Madras tbe
Hist ot tbe week. I be swan had evi
dently grown tiled from its long
flight and dropped down to within
range ot Mr. Burnett's gun. The bird
was a pure white, end very large,
measuring 80 inches from tip to tip of
its wings. Madras Pioneer.
One hundred and fifty residents of
Pendleton have signed a petition to
the state game warden protesting
against tbe dams in the Umatilla riv
er and the dam of the Maxwell Laud
& Irrigation company in paiticular,
as fatal to the salmon which are said
to be dying by tbe thousands through
a failure to provide proper fish lad
ders end means ot passage.
Grande Roude ipples to the Orient I
This announement alone verities the
oft-told virtue of loos! fruit. Gerrit
Oldenburg, representing Page k Co.,
wholesalers, of Portland, is packing a
carload of Ben (Davis apples ot 700
boxes, which will be shipped to China
by way of Seattle. The oar leaves to
morrow when tbe half world tour will
be oommenoed. Not every day iu the
week does Grande Ronde valley fruit
gain such prominence as this particu
lar instance, but always and all tbe
time does it gain earned notoriety
and in a tew years will bn known far
and wide as high standing as Hood
River's ever dreamed ot bolng. La
Grande Observer.
George K. Roberta, who retired
from the position of director of the
mint on August 1, 10U7, hua complet
ed ;a compilation of the statistics on
production of gold aud silver in tbe
various states and territories of the
United States for the calendar year
ending June 30. Mr. Roberta esti
mates the production of gold in tbe
United States during the calender
year 1906 to have been 11)1,373,800 as
against 188,190,700 for the calender
year )905, a net gain in 1900 of 0,193,
100. Tbe prinoipal gaiu was in Alaska,
wblob amounted to t 1,4 119, 5; Nevada's
gain in gold was 13,919,500; Oregon's
175,220; Tennessee t22,300; Arizo
na's 15,800, and Virginia's 85,300. The
greatest loss of gold in any state was
in Colorado, where there waa a de
crease ot 2, 700, 700. The next largest
loss was In Montana, $307,300. Cali
fornia lost 304,200; Washington,
I2G7.O00; Idaho, 300,000, and Wyom
ing, $18,000. The total number ot tine
ounoea of gold produced was 4,505,320.
In 1888 Jason Elder, who Is now one
of oar most elilcieut forest rangers,
while rambling iu tbe woods came
aoross a yellow pine tree in which he
discovered at the base a mountain
sheep's horu inmbedded, and which
be longed to investigate. o favora
ble opportunity tc do so presented it
self until October 3, when Elder, who
was surperviBing the building of tbe
government trail at the place where
tbe tree stood, out it down, and out
ting a block from tbe tree in which
tbe horn was embedded he sent it to
Guy M. Ingram, forest supervisor at
Lakeview, and which is highly prized
by Mr. Ingram, as it is a curiosity
rarely if ever seen before. The tree
was 3)4 feet in diameter aud was 213
years old. The born was a little to
one side ot the center of the tree and
ran in a oiroular direotlon, and in
stead of being carried aa a mountaiu
sheep's horns usually are, was almost
straight. From the outside of the
tree it showed since it was embedded
therein 182 years had elapsed. The
horn was soaked with pitch and was
30 Inobes long. Tbe born at the base
waa ten inches in diameter, and pro
truded from the tree about six inch
es. Sliver Lake Leader.
NORTH BANK
TRAINS IN SIGHT
Monday afternoon tbe track laying
orew of tbe North Bank road followed
by a construction train, came iu sight
of John Koberg's plaoe, two milos
east of town Tuesday morning tbe
trains bad reaohed Bingen, and there
waa great rejoiolng and considerable
exoltement over tbe that train into
the future metropolis of tbe North
Bank. Track laying Is now going on
at a rapid rate. Side tracks are being
laid at Mlngen, and tbe road will be
pushed westward from thore.
At Underwood a temporary bridge
la being put over the White Salmon
river, and some grading is yet to be
done near the piers of the bridge, but
the road will not be long delayed at
tbat point, as temporary trucks are
being laid around such plaoos nntil
tbe road can be completed. It is tbe
purpose of tbe company to connect
with tbe track being laid from Van
couver as soon as possible, so that the
road can be used for the passage of
construction and freight trains, so
that material and crews can be trans
ported more economically. Steel for
the bridges can be brought in and
distributed where needed, and the
work of finishing up tho road be done
quioker and better.
Hood River In Verse.
Miss Marion Cook, of fila city, is
bringing out for tbe holiday season a
charming little book of verse illus
trated with views and pen and ink
drawing of tbe Hood River valley.
Miss Cook has been a contributor
to magazines and much ot her work
has appeared in tbe PaoiOo monthly,
Overland and Sunset, but she has not
previously attempted a volume. This
Is of cbaract rU.ticaliy western flavor,
with smooth flowing verea aud with
bits ot description which will give it
much value to those who are familiar
with the beauties of the famous llod
River valley. Miss Cook has protid
ed an attractive holiday gift aud
doubtless volumes will be sent east
this winter. Portland Journal.
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