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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, JULY 16, 1908
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SOCIETIES.
Hi KIVKK tX)M MKRCIALC1..UH Meet
KtT mi on. I Monday In racn montn at I p.
in., lu tin i'iub room over Jackaon's autre.
A. A. JaVKK.r're.
1'. 8. Uaviikoh, Secretary.
UOOURIVKKLODOKNO. 106.A. F. and A.
M. Menu Saturday evening on or before
earn lull miin. I'. N. Ci.akkk, W. M.
l. McDonalu, Hwrwry.
HOOD hl K.K Cll AITKK NO. 7. K. A. M.
Mu firm and third Friday night of each
month. U. R. CAirrMkit H, f.
K. O Hi.anchar, Hecrelarj
Hood KUerOommanriVry No. 12, K.T.
MertH every vund Monday evening
each iimnm. w. r. raraway, k.i;.
i). Miw. Recorder.
HHii HIVK.R CHAPTER NO. 25, O. E. 8.
Hwm waind ami fourth Tnenday evening
of aafib nioutb. Vullom cordially welcomed.
Cakhib Bailey, W. M.
Mrs Idkl Woodwoktu, Hecratary.
idi.ewu.dk lo genu. 107, i. o. o. r.-
MeeU lu Kra'.rnal hall, every Thuraday
nlinl. M. J. MAHIKEU, N, U.
Qao. Thomson, 'gretary
EDEN ENCAMPMENT, NO. 48, 1. O. O. .
Kenlar un-nlii nwuind and fourth Monday
i.feach month. Ubo. Thomson, C. P.
H, C. Hmith, Hcribe.
KEMP LODGE, No. 181, I. O. O. E.-MeeU In
Odell Improvement Co 'a bull every Kitnr
day night. Visitor cordially welcomed.
KG MAWOKKK, Rec. Secy.
I . : Kl I. KKHKKAIl HKJHEK IXJlMiE NO.
i, I. o. O. K.-Mect Brar and third Friday
'ii each inoiith. ,
M km. K. 8. MAYKrt, X. ti.
Ella May Davidson, Kocrelary.
W.O. W. meet the lid nd tti Hatnrday
eaeh motilli at I. O. O. E. hall. Vlallor cor
dlally invited. A. C. Hl'ATKN. li. C.
F. W. McKkynoi.iw, Clerk.
WAIUHVU UDUK NO. 80. K. OK P.
Meet lu K. of P. hall every Tuesday mgbt.
l P. Komi, C.C.
J. K.'ieiiout, K. of R. and B.
MWD RIVEUCAMP.Ntl. 7,702, M. W. A.
Meeu 1h 1. 0. O. F. hall every Wednesday
ntirht. U.H. DANO, V.C.
O, U. DAKIN, Clerk. '
OOD UlVEUCmcl.E NO. 52-1, WOMEN OE
Woodcraft-Meets at I.O.O.F. hall on Hie
flint and Third Hut urdays or eiel) month.
Lou McKSYNOi.ua, U. N,
V. W. McRkynoliw, Clcrlt.
KIVKKHIDE LODGE NO. A. O. V. W.
Meeu flmt and third Saturday t :h
month. R. E. Chapn n, M. U .
(4 KG. HLO00M, Elnanc er
Chbmtkh siiutk. Recorder.
OLETA AfWE.MRLY NO. lt, UNITED ART-lM4ii.-Meeu
the ilrsl and third Wednen
iIiivb wik' "i-ohi! Hiid fi.nrtli Welneriayt
r"iii-an' hull. 0. D. II kn mens, l. A.
K II. dABi'wio.Berriiary.
'COURT HOOD RIVER NO. KOKE.STERH
o.; Vmerica.-Mii'tii every Thuraday evening
at 8 o'clock. ... ,
V M. Kt.KMINU. 0. R.
F. C. BttO'lfH, Htci taryj
1 A N KY I'OHT. SO. HI.O. A. R.-MEK1X AT
A. O. C. W. hull, .'i'.nd and tourth H.iiur
y of eneh month at J oVU'k p. m. Ml
G. A. R. nieiiit" '" invited lo nit with 11.
I, K. CakTNKII. 'I'lll 1 Kinder.
8. V. 111. VI !IK. . i ! ill - 111.
CANIIY W. B.C., No. Hi-MEETS K"OND
l.i! Ii.nitli StiH.rilM .il' eni'lt Mnili't III V.
I. I W . I. Hi ' l! '"
KTII VN (it I'lv-Ml-lll
l.VI.. t!IN II -T.'l. rv
iu nI u ili !. I AMI' No. !'. R. N'. A.
.;. - ui l.o. i. r ami 1 he w.nd an 1
r... ' 1 1 ') i .'.u li in..iit,i.
MHS. 11. I'KKl.KK, I).
li n. 1.1. IlnoKll'a R corder.
PAYNTEK LODGE, No. 2110, M. B A.
lueeiit Url and ttiirJ Friday of eaeii inoutti
at K. of I', hail. GKo. . MII.LKU, Pre.
AL'U '.lii uu, ,
r WATT, M. D.
fllVSK'IAN AND SURGEON.
Teti 1.1 louea: OlMee, M: lesldeiitc. -ill.
-I KG EoN O. K. N. Co.
H. L. JJUMBLE,
I'll .-.It l A. ND SURGEON
Call promptly aui-wei id lu town or eouulry,
liity 01 Niultt.
Telepliouns: Uim. nee, fill: Oltlue, tll.1.
Olliee In Hi. i.i. -n HiilMing.
E. 0. DUTilO, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Ullice over First National Bunk. Hood
River, Oregon.
Office PJione Main 871 Rea Min 873
M. F. SHAW, M. D.
Office in Jackson Block.
OlUce plione, No. 1471. Residence, No. Wi.
Dk. M. H. Sharp
Dr. Edna B. Bu.tKr
Osteopathic Physicians
oraduales ol ilie American School ol
OBteopatliy, Kirksville, Mo.
Offlee, Hood River Kauk uud Trust Co. Bldg
Homo l'lione 10 lief.. 102-B
F C. 'BK08IUS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
'Pboue Central, or 121.
Office Hour: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to
ttnitto7PM.
Mrs. Mary Powell Jordan, M. D.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON
1 mice mid residence, home place of John
Letiind lli'n.liTin,Miate8t., head of Third St.
I'niine ya. . -
pR. EDQINGT0N
Smilli HuiidiiiK
HOOD RIVER - OREGON
"dr. e. t. carnesT
DNTIST Jfflceover hitrtinem -tore Telephone HI
iOTwTpineo, d. d. s.
DENTHT
Ollitv over 'IVleplioHe
1 ir-l Nationnl Rank 131
C H. JENKINS, D.M.D.
DENTIST
Ti li iilmneH: Office 28; residence 28-B
Ollico over Butler Bank,
A..IAYNE
LAWYER
A'wtrHct Kntnislied. Money Loaned.
E. H. HARTWIG,
LAWYEH.
Will Practice In All Court,
ortlee In Hmlth Building, over l'irnt Na
il nal Bank.
A. 0. BUCK
NOTARY PUBLIC AND INSUR
ANCE AGENT
Rihiiii 12 Broal ins Block
OR 0. W.EDMONDS
SPECIALIST
KY E, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT
evr Uroalu BnlMlng. Teii l one HoitK 4
a'
White Salmon Valley Bank
Tin Miiiiill depositor ie eives the n;uih rif o tr. atmen
as i.i rptT ones. W- have Itutl'.
COfldK AND tfES US.
F-RHtanlit, K. Unarm, K.O. Klamcmab
Pre. Vtee-Prea. Caaltler.
V. V. MROOK, Asst. I axliier.
First National Bank
OP HOOD RIVER, OREUON. .
Capital $50,000 Surplus 115,000.'
P. M. Hall-LeWia & CO.
ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS
Deputy County Hurve) or for Wasco County.
Deputy County Surveyor for Klickitat Co.,
Aab. City Engineer, City of Hood River.
Make nirvey, plan and estimate for w.
er, llgbtand potter and railway planla, and
furnldb KUhlet'i to aonroval. man. nm.hM.
lion and estliualea lor all cluaae of building
puwufj, private auu mercantile. nveial Htteu-
110B given to eoonoiuio ana alow burning nuu
traction. Accuracy and eoonomv ruuuiimd
Home and PaclHo Telephone. Davidaon
uunuiug, uooa uiver, Oregon.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW, ABSTRACTER, NO
TARY PL'IILICand REAL
ESTATE AGENT.
Por 23 year a raiidenl of O egon and Wash
ington Ha bad mmiv venm ,tfi.rliii,. i
Real Eklale mailer, a abstractor, tiarcuer of
11 ue auu ageuu rMtiniavtlon guaranteed
00 charge
International Correspondence chool
w;it ANTON, PA.
II. V. UK El), Representative
Ht'i Klxili L, Poiiland, Oregon.
Hood River oncu a inoiilh. Full infor
nutioii iiiHilot! umii rviiicxt.
Eureka Meat Market
MeGUIRE BROS., I'mi.
DeHlern in Fresh mid Cured Meats, Lard
t'ouliry, l-rtiit" and V etretables.
Ifriee delivery. Phone Main 85.
M. E. WELCH,
LICENSED VE1KRI5ARY SURUEOS
la prepared to do any work In the veterin
ary Hue. He can be found by calling at or
pb uiug to Clarke drug store.
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Stranahan & Slaven
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
JOE WRIGHT
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Phone 251-S
EHtitnates furnihed on request. An
hotieHt job guaranteed.
E. A. JEROME,
ArcHitoct
Having had aeveral year' experience lu
drafting and building,! would respectfully
aoliclla pun of the patronage of the people ol
Hood River who anticipate building. Term
reasonable, a id atifactlon guaranteed. Of
fice at residence on Height.
H. SEYMOUR HALL,
Surveyor.
I am qualified and p.'e.pard to do all kind
of first-claw land urveytng. Accuracy guar
anteed. Thuae who wistt tlrst-clan work done
add res R. E. D. 2., Hood River Phone Mxl.
DDI DL1
11 riius luujjLcr
ASSOCIATION
OF McMINNVlLLK, ORE.
Announces another reduction in the
cost of insurance.
T. L. DUNSMOUK, THE DALLES
or
C.D.THOMPSON, HOOD UIVER
FMLM!
An NOLO.
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
BUnatilaruiibad on all kind of work
PhnnAB Arnold. Main M.
A Woman Who Paints
or sta'119 her furniture or m ;nti I with
our fn mil tire prepuratio' I! nivi
have a hoti' i to b- imiii of. They are
a 1 nay to apply, too, lhat nny oriliniiri
lv handy woman cm uiak it ).'ood j li
wi'liont half trying Tr.v a Imttle on
your furniture. Tim improvement will
lie worth many tiiiins its cost.
Wm. Haynes
Hardware Store
Hood River - - - Oregon
Land For Sale
I Imve about 1 ,000 acres
of No. 1 Apple Laid,
most of it under ditch at
prices ranging from $00
per acre up.
J. R. Steele
HOOD JilVEIt, OREGON
' ' 1 5
Cba. U. Pratt, J.H.flaborne, R. W. Pratt,
Pmldeuu Vtce Pre. Caabler,
Hood River Banking
and Trust Co.
' W in general banking bulnea and
' nwiiiiiirAiii.liiLlni.HNiMpl
Interval paid ou time and Saving deposit
Safe depoalt boxes.
C.F.SUMNER
HEADQUARTER
Plumbing
Come in and exam
ine our line of
Pumps, Bath Tubs, La
vatories, Sinks, Etc.
WB SPRAY HOSE
Agents For
L
Ferguson & Wright
Hood River Marble Works
Are prepared to execute
all orders for granite and
marble work, monuments,
etc.
McReynolds & Co.
DEALERS IN
Flour, Feed, Hay, (irain
and Poultry Supplies
YUCCA TREE PROTECTORS
Petaluma Incubators and
Brooders
STOCK FOOD
Phone 1091
HOOD RIVER. OREGON
McEwen & Koskey
Ganot-al Commission
Merchants
I'romut Kale anil Qnlrk Kurn. Wholeaale
Lealera lu all Kind of
Fruit and Product
Couitgnment Solicited.
199 FRONT ST. PORTLAND, ORKOON
BON TON
...Barber Parlors...
The place to get an easy
shave and first-class hair cut.
Our shop is metropolitan in
every respect.
Porcelain Baths in Connection
O. H. CRAY, Prop.
FLEMING & TAFT
DRAYING, GENEKAL
TEAMING
Wood For Sale. Prompt
Delivery
OFFICE PHONE (iC-M RES. HI0NE
riI0NE 232-M
Hood i.iver, Oregon
Underwood and Little
White Salmon
CHOICE FRUIT LANDS
This is wliere fruit larije and small
prows to perfection and commands the
highest market price.
70 acres, Z acrea set to orchard last
spring, mostly apples and peaches and
all good varieties, clean and healthy ;
other small fruit. About 2") wren good
iruu lanu, He vera I acres slushed una
burned, remainder of tract koo1 panture
land. 1J story house 4- rooms down
stairs, root h'nue, barn, wood house
chicken house and park. If sold at
once can be had cheap. Is only three
quarters of a mile out.
52 acres, located at Hood station, 25
acres in cultivation, 15 of which is in
grass growing S crops per season and
good pasture; 21 Newiowns and 8pit
trees one year old ; small fruit for family
use. This is first-class for early fruit
and will grow vegetables unsurpassed
HotiHe. barn, chicken house and park
and other necetsary outbuildings. Any
one wanting a good home will do well
to write or see me at once for full par
ticular. A Specialty of Small Tracts.
We have now completed the survey
of a large tract and can furnish from
ten acres up. Come and make your
selections as a delay means that you
will pay more money as prices are
advancing.
I have also Klickitat County grain
and grazing lands, highly improved
farms at reasonable prices.
Write or call on
F. W. DeHart
Underwood, Wash.
Lands
Homes
Orchards
The best bargains are listed
with us. We tell yon just
what the land will produce.
We do not exaggerate any
thing. We guarantee a per
fect title. We do not try to
I? - - i - 1 A 1
list proiierxy uinessi no prices
are right and the land repre
sents full value. J very prop
erty that we have sold is
worth from 25 to !()() per
cent more now than it was
sold for. This is the kind of
place you want. See us and
avoid mistakes.
J. H.
&Co.
"The Reliable Dealers"
PORTLAND HOOD RIVER
408 Corbett Uvid&m BI4
DR. JONES
Dentist
Crown and
Kriiim Work.
Ttvtli without
Plate. TreaU
men l of di
ead teeth
and gums.
Mtlce Id Rroetu Building. . Home Phone 99
RALPH REED
Best line of Cigars in
the City
Also handle line of
Pipes, Tobaccos and
Fishing Tackle
Choice
Fruit
Farms
For Sale
Five acres and upwards
Some close to city
J. W. Wiedrick
Room 8, Davidson Bldg.
Special Notice.
Itu.lnn urn. r.,1 tl uiMt.it' fir ti
fumnnj llianti I.. nnnrurlu til:.! m.
cords, 1 wish to huii. ii.'ick iIih'. 1 li.ru
jusl receiren ii.h eoiui i m nue or
niAnkinL. u.,.1 ...ill... . uIqIaj nl
UiaUU.UT. Mil.. K..- ..v.. - . ...V.UK V
lecorrla, ti. iniiHll lli' rnrnr.l inHrl.. It
tM ft. Ill :-.h up III .'MMii.irt 1, I in W.
AlfO a lame rli-iK Hl-C ri'iO'i'S
l i nil over llirte M, u-hii.I to ot
troiii. 0" nt the ii'ir-i-t .tnk- In
Mi st .le. C'.il 'it'd see m d Ihm: t'.. m
S nie s t I inn II'V -i',
S .i II S'M le, I'rnp.
Farm For Sale.
10 wr"- 'eaiit'l I V I u iili'i!, o d leve
laiid, li ill mile fioni tuvtii, n.'.l
from St. Martins Spring-, 5 n. ic- cult
vatod. K0 u-il! i:t tri'i.n. vo.in f.ti.t.K
orchard, good well, good hoi.M' :
barn, household iioods, cow, 2o i ln u-
ens; pri e reasonable. Address
J. L. Olson, Csraon, Wash., box 27 i:'-'
Will Cany Mail July 27th.
O. C. Deau, who hag been carrying
the mail botneeu Hood Hirer t til
White Salmon "or several years, !."?
been notified that the contract U
tiaosport mail matter will he lukei)
over by the North Bank road on Jniv
27th. Atter that date the railrou'l
will furnish towns along it with two
mails day and this fact It being
bailed with much pleasure by resi
dents along the line
Early Rose seed potatoes at Whitehead's,
HAPPENINGS IN
OREGON COUNTRY
MURDERS GIRL IN HER OWN HOME
Love-Crazed Oreiron City Man Commit
Sensational Crime Laud op
erators Arretted for Fraud
Oregon City Entering the room
where a 16-year-old Austrian girl.
Mary Sihntreker, lay asleep at mid
night, with he- little sisier, Math
Janclagj, an Austrian, shot and in
stantly killed the girl when sho
awakened. Then rushing from the
house he made his escape.
Meanwhile the alarm was given,
and several posses wore hurriedly
formed to capture the fleeing mur
derer. Bloodhounds were given the
trail and set out In hot pursuit of a
scent thut sent a posse scurrying up
the Clackamas. Just before 9 o'clock
the capture of two Austrians was re
ported at Beaver Creek by telephone
and Deputy Sheriff Baker started out
to bring them In. One of the men
partially answered tho description
of tho murderer. When they reached
Oregon' City the real murderer was
In Jail arid the men were at once re
leased. All this time Janclagj was hiding
in the woods on the edge of the bluff
near Tentli street. He slept there,
with guilt upon his soul, and when
the fierce glare of tho morning sun
finally awakened him, he climbed
down tho sldo of the hill and en
tered a woodshed in the rear of the
home of Peter Kurnik, a country
man, where he gave himself up to
the police.
For a time Jancigaj boarded at the
home of the murdered girl's parents,
where he became enamored w'ilh
Mary, who was very pretty. Her
ftither finally ordered him away and
revenge for this slight and pique he
cauae he could not have the girl are
supposed to have constituted his mo
tive. Looks Like nutlc Fraud.
Portland With the arrest of H.
E. G. Cooko, of Baker City, hoad ol
the Oregoa Ranching and TVtbejr
Company and the Southwest Texas
Development Company, occupying of
fices In the Tribune Building, New
York City, on an indictment roturned
by the Federal grand Jury of Goth
am, charging him and A. G. Marshall
with conspiracy, what appears to be
a colossal scheme to loot the public
domain has come to light.
Cooke wns taken Into custody by
the Baker City authorities upon tele
graphic advices from District Attor
ney John McOourt, who was advised
by wire from Now York to cause the
arrest of the alleged land manipula
tor on a true bill found against him.
A Deputy United States Marshall will
leave here at once for Eastern Ore
gon to bring the prisoner to Port
land In the event he is unable to fur
nish bail.
In all the palmy daya of the opera
tion of the Oregon "land frauders"
nothing equalling in point of daring
or originality the alleged methods of
Cooke was ever devised, and the ef
frontery which Is said to character
ize the mode of action of the Oregon
Ranching and Timber Company Indi
cated that the concern, banking on
legal advice, is entirely fearlesa of
the consequences.
Land Must Show Result.
Pendleton Three matters of Im
portance to present and future land
owners under the Umatilla project
were decided upon ns a result of the
visit hore last week of James A. Gar
field, secretary of the Interior. They
are:
First There will bo no more land
thrown open to entry and no more
land put under water until the 7000
acres now under water and Included
In the "Hormlston unit" are reduced
to an actual profit-producing state,
or to that state where there Is no
longer any question of the succest
and profitableness of the undertak
ing. Second The first acre charge for
construction will come duo one year
from next December, instead of next
March, with six or 12 months of
grace, giving the landowners and
watar-users two seasons of Irrigation
before calling upon them to return
one-tenth of the cost per acre of con
structing the work. But the main
tenance fee of 1 per acre must be
paid in advance or there will be no
water.
Third That no person can live
In Pendleton and own land In the
Hermlston project, at least that he
cannot got any water for the land.
Attacked in Mining Cabin.
Merlin Miss Emma G. Robinson,
who is holding down and handling a
mining claim near Gallce, was per
haps fatally beaten Friday night.
Some person an yet unknown brolto i
Into hor cabin, boat her fearfully i
with a revolver, tied her and tore all i
her clothing off. The sheriff and a
posse have gone to arrest a man who
la suspected.
The crime occurred near the Oa
lice mine, which is 20 miles over the
mountains from Merlin, and Is sup
posed to have boon the result of
t'ouble over mining claims.
Miss Robinson is about 50 years
old ar.d taught in Portland for near
ly 2 a yearn.
Girl Iiider Killed ly Il'.tuiiway Horso.
Rosebur;: --'(.lice Mathews, 17-year-old
r a tighter f Mrs. Frank
Mathews, Myrtl? CVc w.is thrown
from a runaway bors? near that
town end 'niured so b.vV.y hat she
died an nour later. Her rtttll
fractured, her neck dislocate tbl A
blood vessel in her abdomen ill
ruptured. She n rendered uncon
scious and did not revive before her
death.
0REGOX STATE XEWS IX BRIEF
Wallowa Knights of Pythias will
erert a building at a cost ot about
16000.
Irving W. Tratt, one of the beat
known MaBona in the Northwest,
died Saturday at Portland.
Oregon's yearly meeting of the
Mends' Church wag in session last
week at Newberg. Members were in
attendance from Oregon. Washing
ton and Idaho.
H. A. Cohen, a former Eugene
Junk dealer, wag arrested at Rose
lurg last week upon a warrant is
sued from the Eugene Justice court
charging him with obtaining money
under false pretenses.
To facilitate the work of forest
guards and rangers, a telephone line
will be constructed from Eugene to
Prineville or Shaniko. Work hag al
ready commenced.
Representative Negro Masons and
their wives met in Portland thlg
week to attend the session of the
grand lodge, F. and A. M. Washing
ton and Oregon Jurisdiction. John
C. Logan, of Portland, Is now closing
his fifth term as grand master.
Though but ten years old, George
Ballard Is in the Linn county Jail
charged with stealing a horse and
buggy owned by D. Townes of Al
bany on the night of July 4. The
lad has confessed his guilt.
Eastern capitalists are planning
to finance an Irrigation project at
La Oranda to irrigate something like
30,000 acres of semi-arid land. The
waters of the Grand Ronde River
will be used for this purpose and the
water Is to be dammed In a natural
basin. Considerably over Jl, 000, 000
will be spent on the project.
Right-of-way maps for the pro
posed road between Lakevlew and
the California line, In the road from
Andersonville, on the Southern Pa
cific line in Sacramento Valley, to
Lakevlew, In Oregon, were filed In
the United States Land Office at
Lakevlew last week by the Hard
in an Interests.
One of the attractive features of
te Astoria regatta thl4 iear will be
(e sangerfest under Of auspices of
the Norwegian Singing Societies of
the Pacific Coast, arrangements of
which are now under way. Portland
societies, comprising three Norwe
gian and Swedish organizations, will
unite with the Astoria society. The
concerts will be under the direction
of Dr. Erall Ena, of Portland.
The Oregon Railroad Commission
has ordered that further hearing be
had, on July 22, upon the applica
tion of the Oregon Electric Railway
Company for a suspension of the de
murrage provision of the railroad
commission law. The hearing will
be held at Salem. The Oregon Elec
tric has already been granted sus
pension of the demurrage regula
tions until July 22.
Arrayed In logger's shoes and
working clothes and armed with a
hatchet and other light tools, Rail
road Commissioner Oswald West in
spected the track and bridges of the
Corvallls & Eastern. He made the
trip on foot and examined every tie
and every timber and bolt in every
bridge.
Three Important measures will be
urged on the coming Legislature by
B. D. Slgler, assessor of Multnomah
county. One will be a measure to
force payment of $26U,000 taxes by
the Harriman system, another will
be a proposed constitutional amend
ment providing for an exemption of
$300 on household goods, and the
third Is a proposed compulsory an
nual convention of the assessors of
tho stale.
To provide for the erection of a
new courthouse to cost at least
$500,000, the next legislature will
be asked to enact a law authorizing
the county officials to bond Multno
mah county for the required sum, If
plans discussed by the County Com
missioners do not miscarry. It will
be necessary to secure action by the
legislature to carry out this plan, be
cause under the present law the com
missioner have no authority to bond
the county.
The semi-annual report of State
Treasurer Steel, Issued last week,
shows the cash on hand In the sev
eral funds of the state, June 30, was
$374,203.62, as against $116,377.08,
at the close of the prevlou semi-annual
term, January 1, 1908, and
shows a gradual and healthy in
crease of tho state funds In all de
partments, and all accounts over the
same period a year ago. The report
shows that $642,726.02, or over half
the state taxes, had been paid in up
to the close of the report, a record
at this time of year. The tax on for
eign insurance companies, being 2
per cent on their net premiums dur
ing the period covered by the report,
amounted to $60,039. tl, and the
state Income for inheritance taxes
was $17,162.88, the largest amount
fver collected in six mMths before.
Portland is suffering from an in
vasion of taintless thousands of
mosquitoes, for these Insects, espe
cially In the vicinity of the water
front, are so numerous, and atlng
with such venom, that a woman
scarcely dares approach certain dis
tricts clad in summer garments. The
pest has only been In evidence in
great numbers but a few daya and
a j yet tho health board has taken
no concerted action In the matter ex
cept lo prercrlbe common household
remedies for the alleviation of tem
porary diticimfort. The mosquitoes
now in evidence ere not of the no
torioi: .!y p lisouous type, although
their uitn k I . felt l y the victim for
Several day alter ;hj eu" tunter.
LE CROP IN
FINE CONDITION
YIELD ESTIMATED AT 400 CARS
Cold Storage Plant ill :rroTlde for
III imp Which Mar Reqnire
Sen .Methods of Marketing;
The approach of the apple geagon at
Hood River ii causing groweia and
shippers to put on their thinking
cape and estimate as to size of the
orop aie already being made. It is
admitted by all who are familiar with
the condition ot the halt grown fruit
that this year's orop is one of the
finest that ever bang on the trees
bare both as to quantity and qaailty.
Weather oonditloua in the spring and
early part of the summer were most
favorable in giving the young fiuit a
good Ktart and there is no reason to
believe that it will not mature into
the greatest and beat orop of apples
that ever shipped out of the valley.
Kutl mates ag to Dumber ot boxes of
apple that will be shipped from liood
Kivei Ibis year run all the way from
225, (Ml to 4U0.000. These figures aie
the fiuesses ot those who have made a
ooneidetable study of the question
uud while there it a rather wide vari
ation between the minimum and max
imum figures as to the production it
is acoouoted for by a difference ot
opinion as to what the young oiohaida
which will cunie into beaiing this
year will produce. A safe estimate is
thought to be in the neighborhood o(
20O,U(iu boxes whioh will make a ship
ment of something over 400 oars or
aim out , ouble the quantity of fruit
ever piuted on the market by Hood
tiivur in previous years.
'Ibe steady increase in the size of
the crui is expeoted .to call for some
what d liferent methods ot marketing
than tin. beeu in vogue a Hood River
for bevel il years, as it Is uot expeoted
that out firm will attempt to handle
the eiitim orop ag hag practically been
the case heretofore. It is thought by
tbooe wLo are watching the interests
of the apple business olosely at Hood
Knei that the time is not far distant
when something approaobing a stand
titd ( i ice ior apples will have to be
leiem.iued ou eaobyear and tho fruit
aolii in car lots to several firms. It
is with lb is possibility in vie that
the dm e. tors ot the Apple Growers
Uuiiu are erecting a cold storage
pluul next to their laige warehouse.
They lealize that with greatly In
uibhhing crops each year a surplus of
fiuit over the first purchases made for
sbi.iuuut diieut from the orohard
might uieau lower prices it no storage
fauiiuies were provided and are mak
ing ready for such m contingency
shut hi it arise. The plant now being
built, will not necessarily have to be
oou.pluted before November or De
cern Ur, but it is expeoted to be
ready before that time. With the tine
plaiiiut tbe Davidson company and the
one which the union is building Hood
River will be better equipped to han
dle its apple crop than any apple grow
In, teution on the coast. It is stated
alho l bat as aoon ag orop yields de
mand it a large oold storage plant will
be built adjacent to the Mt. Hood
railroad In tbe East Side district so
that growers in all seotlous of the
valley will be protected.
Apple buyers are a little later in
showing up this year to investigate
oonditiong than usual, but advioea
whit h have been received indicate
that they are taking just as much in
terest lu Hood River fruit as former
ly hud that represeutBtves of several
firms will spou reaob here on their
auuual trip. Ho far very little specul
ation has been indulged in as to
priets, but there is no reason to be
lieve that they will be any lower ,tban
they have tor tbe last two yeara when
crop aud other conditions are taken
into consideratiou. This doea not,
ot course, mean that such top notch
figures aa $'1.25 a box will be reached,
hi, t that a good profitable average flg
uie is expeoted for tbe crop. Sales
thut have been reported from other
d Mr lots justify tbia expectation ag
ne.l ag the fact that frost and other
oau eg have alreadly caused a shortage
In me ot the big apple growing dls-
. is in other tedious.
Forest Fire Threatens Homes.
A Ore which started in aome stumps
in the Kay orohard Saturday threat
em .1 for u time to destroy the power
house ot the Hood River Eleotrlo
Light Company and also tbe build
ings ou tbe Sobenok Kay ranch.
Wheu tbe Ore first spread, the wind
wag blowing from tbe east and carried
it into tbe timber towatd the power
botie and also toward the buildings
ou the Kay place. It was not, how
ever, thought to be daugurous until
about 2 o'clock la tbe atteruon when
a nt. tuber of men were taken to the
scene ot tbe conflagration by Mr. Kay
uud ibe tlcclrio light company. Sev
finl of tbe l elgtibors hIfo Btut men to
hlp light fie, llameF, which had en
croached ho clofn lo Urn home of Mr,
Kt y and a friend who is camping on
the place that tbey had moved many
r U.-ir hoot-ehold eHeots to a plaoe
of Fsfety. By quick aud hard work
tatting xeveral boors tbe tire waa
finally gotten nnder ooutrol and tt
came extinguished, . . u ,