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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, AUGUST 526 1909
NO. II
VOL. XXI
SOCIETIES
HOOD RIVER COMMERCIAL CLUB Meet
every econd Monday In each month at p.
m . In the club rooms over Jackson's store.
OHA8. T. ICaui.y, Pres.
C. D. Nickklsen, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER LODGE NO. 105, A. F. and A.
M.-Meets Saturday evening on or before
each full moon. L. N. Biwbbs, W. M
D. McDonald, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER CHAPTER NO. 27. R. A. M.
Metu llrst and third Friday nights of sack
month A. C. Statbn, H. P.
Oko. Sharp, Secretary.
Hood River Commandery No. 12, K.T.
Meets every first Tuesday evening
of each month. W. K. Laraway, K.C
A. D. Moe. Reoorder.
HOOD RIVEK CHAPTER NO. 26, O. E. 8 -Meets
second and fourth TueBdsy evening
of each month. Visitors cordially welcomed.
Mhs. H. L. DliMBLI, W.M.
Mihs Idki. Woodworth, Secretary.
IDLKWILDE LODGE NO. 107, I, O. O. F.
Meet In Fravrnal hall, every Thursday
nlglil. ! M. Wood, N. O.
Geo. Thomson, Secretary
EDEN ENCAMPMENT, NO. 48, 1. O. O. F.
Regular meeting second and fourth Mondays
of each month. J. H. Fbrguuon, C. P.
Geo. shepard, Scribe.
KEMP LODGE, No. 181, I. O. O. F.-Meets In
Odell Improvement Coshall every Satur
day night. Visitors cordially welcomed.
' J. W. Wilson, N.G.
Bv ron smith, Sec.
laurel ruber ah lodge no. 7, i.o. o.
F.-Meets first and third M nJuys In esch
month. Tukbksa M. Castnkk, N. G.
Nettie M. Modes, Secretary.
W.O. W meets the 2d and Uli Saturdays
each month at L 0. O. F. hall. "Visitors cor
dially Invited. J. D. Wall, C. C.
F. W. McReynolds, Clerk.
WAUCOMA LODGE NO. 30, K. OF
Meeu In K. of P. hall every Tuesday night.
Joa. Frazieh, Jr., C. C.
H.T. DeWitt, K.of R. and 8.
HOOD RIVER CAMP, NO. 7,702, M. W. A.
Meets in I. O. O. F. hall every Wednesday
night. A. R. CRUMP, V. C.
Ed. Mayes, Clerk.
OOD RIVER CIRCLE NO. 524, WOMEN otf
Woodcraft-Meets at I.O. O.K. hall on the
first and Third Saturdays of each mouth.
Mrs. Wm. Ganger, N, O.
Alice Shay, Clerk.
RIVERSIDE IAIDGENO. 118 A. O. U. W.
HtsU first and third Saturdays of each
month. K- E. Chapman, M. W.
GEO. SLot'OM, Financier
Chester shute. Recorder.
OLETA ASSEMBLY NO. 103, UNITED ART-Isans.-Meel
the first and third Wednes
days, work; second and fourth Wednesdays
Artisans' hall. C. D. Hinrichs, M. A.
W. H. Austin Secretary.
COURT HOOD RIVER NO. 42, FO It ESTERS
oi;Amerlca,-MeeUi every Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock.
Wm. Klemino, C. R.
F. C Brosius, Secretary.
CAN BY POST. NO. 16, G. A. R. MEETS AT
A O U. W. hull, second and lourth Satur
days of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All
G A R. members Invited to meet with us.
Fred Dietz, Commander.
8. F. Blythe, Adjutant.
CAN BY W.R.C., No. 16-MEETS SECOND
nd fourth Saturdays of each Month In A.
o. U. W. ball at 2 p. m.
Mrs Jknnik Bkntley, President.
Mrs. abkikJ. Baker, Secretary,
MtlUNTAnTHOME CAMP No. S4U9, R. N. A.
Meets at 1.0 O.K. Hall ou the second and
fourth Friday, oteach month.
Mrs. C. U. Dakin, Recorder.
PAYNTER LODGE, No. 2110, M. b. a.
meets first and third Fridays of each month
at K.of P. ball.
Carson BuCKJ.rn. Pres.
AUG. GUIGNARD, Se .
MT. HOOD LODGE No. 205, 1. O. o F. MeeU
every Saturday evening In Grlbble's hall
Mt, Hood. G. H. Monroe, N. G.
O. W. Dimmick, Sec.
HOOD RIVER VALLEY HUM ANE SOCIETY
Hood Klver, Ore. E. H. Hut twig, Pres.
F. O. Coe, Sec. Leslie Butler, Treas.
OREGON GRAPE REKKKAH LODGE NO
181 I. O. O. F. Meets second and fourth
Wednesdays In each month in Grlbble's
Hall, Mt. Hood, Ore.
Mrs. Millie Hardman, N. G.
Mrs. Minnie L. Larwood, Sec.
J. F. WATT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 811.
SUKOEON O. R. & N. Co.
H. L. DUMBLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Calls promptly answer ad In town or country,
Day or Night.
Telephones: Residence, 611: office, 613.
Office In the Broslus Building.
E. 0. DUTRO, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
O over First National Bank, Hood
River, Oregon.
Office Pbone Main 871 Res. Main 873
M. F. SHAW, M. D.
Office in Jackson Block.
Office phone, No. 1471. Residence, No. 5K3.
Dr. M. H. sharp Dr. Edna B. sharp
Osteopathic Physicians
Graduates of the American School of
Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.
Office in Elliot Block.
Home Phone 102 Res. 102-B
FC. BROSIUS, M. D.
PHYBICIAN AND SURGEON
'Phone Central, or 1S1.
Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to 8
and6to7P M.
M. E. WELCH,
LICENSED VETERINARY SURGEON
Is prepared to do any work In the veterin
ary fine. He can be found by culltn at or
phmlng to Clarke s drug store.
DR. EDGINGTON
Smith Building
HOOD RIVER - - OREGON
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
DR. E. T. CARNES
DENTIST
Office over Bartmess Htore
Telephone
H. D. W.PINEO.D.D.S.
DENTIST
Office over Telephone
Firet National Bank 131
C. H. JENKINS, D.M.D.
dentist
Telephones: Office 28; residence 28-B
Office over Butler Bank,
A.JAYNE
LAWYER
Abstracts Furnished. Money Loaned.
First National Bank
Resources over (400,000.
OF HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Capital 100,000 Surplus, $.0,000.
Everything
For the Nursery
Specialty of High Grade
Newtowns and Spitz.
C. D. THOMPSON
Phone 8232-M.
Chris Ranley
SHOE REPAlRfcR
Has moved from The Tog
gory to Fleming & Taft's
Store, Third Street, back of
the First National Bank and
invites old and new patrons
to call on him. Work dome
at very reasonable prices.
For Sale-Five acre orchard of thrifty
young trees. Will sell cheap and require no
cash payment from a reliable man who will
Improve place by building a house. Also
have a four room house, lot TiOxlOU, which I
will sell ou small monthly payments to re
liable parly, or will trade for vacant lot on
which I can build. Adress P. O. Box 53,
JelOlf Hood River, Ore.
W. J. Baker & Co.
Dealers in
REAL ESTATE
Fruit and Farm
Lands
Resident Agents For
Phoenix Assurance Co.
OF LONDON
FREDERICK A ARNOLD.
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
sMntetes tarnished oa all kinds el vert
Phone.:
W. W. NASON
CONTRACTOR
Brick, Cement and Plastering
Raeclith Flooring
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
For Sale
at a bargain
Twenty acres of hest APPLE and
STRAWBERRY LAND in Willow
Flat; 12 acres in young orchard,
Newtown and Spilz. All under
ditch, no waste; small house,
beautiful grove of largeoaks makes
line building site ; fine view of val
ley and mountains, half mile from
proposed electric line; miles
to depot at Odell. Price $5750;
good terms. Last month it was
6000, but I was greatly in need
of money and will make a sale,
even if I sell for less than I know
the place is worth. Write to the
owner
A. Schiller
Del, Oregon.
or phone to him at Odell, 1x2.
Morse & Morse
Successors to Ralph Reed
Best line of Cigars in
the City
Also handle line of
Pipes, Tobaccos and
Fishing Tackle
Stranahan & Slaven
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER. OREGON.
O. J. NELSON
Real Estate
Homesteads a Specialty. Nut and Frnit
Lands in tracts from 10 acres to 10,000
acres. Will trade Hood River property
for cheaper Real Kstate in other places.
Office with E. H. Hartwig, Smith Block
Clias. U. Pratt, J. H. Osborne,, R. W. Pratt,
President. ice rres. mm
Hood River Banking
and Trust Co.
We transact a geuerat banking business and
own our own banking property.
Interest paid on time and Savings deposits
Sale deposit boxes.
A. C. BUCK
NOTARY PUBLIC AND INSUR
ANCE AGENT
Koom 12 Urosiins Block
FOUST & HOWE
Mechanical Experts
Automobile R epa i r i n g ,
his and Strain Engines
Rebuilt. Shafting. Pul
leys and all descriptions
of Machine Kitting and
Repairing Done
BICYCLE REPAIRING
Corner Sixth and
Columbia streets Phone 109-X
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Model Bakery
DUFFY & ZIMMERMAN. Props.
Bread, Pies and Cakes
Fresh Every Day.
We have reopened the Williams Bak
ery under the above name and invite
your patronage.
Lane & Cibbons
Successor to Shruni Bros.
Confectionery, Cigars and
Tobaccos
Sporting Goods
Electrical Jobbers
Ail Kinds of Electrical Wir
ing Supply Fixtures.
Will give you prices that will
suit yoo. Will get you any
thing in Electrical Goods.
Harrv H Railov Phone 168-L
IIUI I J WUIIVJ ii
W"H"t"H"I"H"I"H H-H H-M-H-r
Oklahoma
House
R. M. HART, Prop.
Good Rooms and
Table Board by
the Day, Week or
Month.
1305 Twelfth Street
Phone 285-M
I
Underwood
and
Little White
Salmon
Choice Fruit
Lands
Improved and Unim
proved Land at Reason
able Prices. -Small
Tracts a Specialty
WRITE OR ( ALL ON
F.W.DeHart
Underwood, Wn.
Hood
River
Land
Oppor
tunities
550 12 acres two and
it half miles out
res Ii year old
; acres 2 and 8
1 year old Spit.
on East Side; Ij ai
Spitz and Newton n-,
year old and 4 acres
and Newtowns, 4 acres strawberries,
1 acre 1 year old pears, I acre alfalfa,
(I room house, barn, woodshed, good
well, 0 inches Irrigating water, all
farm tools, horse, wagon and harness.
Price 81.1,500, easy terms.
.551 1 acres. 5 acres in trees, 1 acres
2 year old, balance ;i and 4 vear old
Spitzenbergs and Newtowns. Beauti
ful building site overlooking Hood
River and the entire valley. Price,
84000.
55410 acres milts oat on West
Side. 5 acres 4 mid 5 year old and 'A
acres 2 and 8 year old Spitl and New
towns; 1J acres strawberries, 2J acres
potatoes, 2 acres clover, 8 inches irri
gating water; house, barn, sheds, etc.
Price 811,000, easy terms.
461 40 acres five miles out on Kast
Side; 20 acres in orchard, 4 acres six
years old, 14 acres 5, :i and 2 years
old, and two acres old orchard ; Spitz,
Newtowns; Ortleys and Jonathans;
200 2 year old peach fillers, ti acreB in
stumps, balance in oak and pine tim
ber; ti room house, small barn, all
farm tools, etc; near school, church,
store and railway station. Price
811,000, easy terms.
65720 acres. II acres 12 year old Spitz
enbergs and Newtowns, a few Ben
Davis, 8 acres 2 year old Spitzenbergs
and Newtowns, 5 acres plowed and
ready for Betting, balance of land in
grass. In the irrigating district, coun
ty road along two sides, apple house
Price 810,000, easy terms.
560 20 acres. 18 acres ti year old Spitz
enbergs, Newtowns and Jonathans, 2
acres three years old. Home orchard
of all kinds of small fruits; in good
neighborhood; best of soil. Price
820,000. Easy terms.
At 20 acres all in orchard. 12 acres
bearing commercial varieties, 8 acres
4 to 6 year old Spitzenbergs and New
towns, some peach, iear, plum, cher
ry, etc. 7 room house, barn, app'e
house, chicken house, etc,: all Stock
and equipment, nine inches water
stock. $2,000 apple crop goes with
the place if sold by September Is;.
Price 810,000. Easy terms.
Ks 20 acres. 17 acres 5 and (i year old
Spitsen bergs, Newtowns and Jona
thans, S acres alfalfa and garden, good
(i room house, barn, outbuilding",
very sightly ; li inches water stoc
Best of apple land, in good neighbor
hood, on main travelled road. Price,
821,000. Easy term,
421 160 acres in Hosier. 26 acres in
orchard, 7 acres ill bearing, all good
varieties. Home orchard of all kinds
of small frtiitK, several grape vines ol
different varieties, water available foi
irrigation, house, small barn, winter
cellar, chicken house, etc. 140 acres
good apple land. The orchard alone
is worth the price asked for the whole
812,000. Easy terms.
Call and See Our
Complete List of
Hood River Prop
erties Before
Buying.
J. H. Heilbronner
and Company
The Reliable Dealers
Davidson Bldg., Hood River, Ore.
AGRICULTURISTS
VISIT VALLEY
COME IN SPECIAL TRAIN SATURDAY
Trip (her the Mt. Hood to Van Horn
Visit Hiitie, Orchard! ami
Mason's Apple House.
i'he visit to Hood Kiver of the ex
pert agriculturists nod experiment
station workers oft he nation, which
have been holding their nnuual meet
in at Portland, OOOUred Saturday,
atid was oue of pleasure and profit to
the visitors, as well as pleasure to
Hood Klver. They came up tioui
Portland In a special tram o ihreu
dBy coaches, which were immediately
switched to the Alt. Hood road, ami
Van Horn station whs reached about
eleveu o'clock. Here the party walk
ed to the top ot the butte, to the mag'
iilfioent rclsdeuo or Willis Van
Horn, uud where lbs valley could be
teen ou all sides spreading out like a
panorama, aud where the snow-capped
peaks ot Hood aud Adams added
grandeur to the scene.
Che ritle ou the train thiough sev
eral of the Hue orchards on the Mast
Side, gHve them a glimpse of the
manner lu wlncli the orchards were
ultualsd and caied fur, while a
number of Hood Hirer men who ac
compauied the putty answered the
unmet oua questions i t the guests ana
pointed out the various places ot in
terost. Nearly eveiy state in the
Union was represented by the visitors
aud they will go bark to their homes
with a hettoriuderstuuding of Hood
Kiver methods aud it is hoped will
have gained some valuable informs
tiou ot the highest art in apple rals
lag, They were loud in their praise
of the valley, the grand scenery, the
well oared for orchards, ti e ine'diods
of handling the crop, Dial Beting
through the Uuiou, etc.
Keturuiug, the guests were set veil
with luncheon in the cars by the ladies
of St. Mark's Episcopal chimin, alter
which a couple of hours were spent
around the city before the departure
of the train for Portland.
'The trees look well aud the trees
show what the uouutiy is. the qual
ity of the fruit, the sales and the
fruit itself leave uo quest luu or ttie
magnificence ot this fruit country,"
declined uo less an authority than
Dr. K K. Wiokson, one of tint most
eminent truit experts in the country
and for years the diiector of the Oal
ifornla agricultural uud eperimeut
statioua. "there is a wondeilul
amount of development here, and,
judging by the chaiacter of the peo
ple, there is uo question ot the lulure
of ll.iod Riser, I'he people kuow
bow to do things and that is most Im
portant "1 should want working capital
were 1 eugaged in starting a place
here. There is always the possibility
ot making a livelihood out or small
ttuit growing, but 1 think the coun
try has developed too far for that now
and would not advise a man to at
tempt to start an orchard wthout
some surplus working capital. Of
oourse, It has been done, but only
by those who were here ou the ground
floor. But as a fruit country for
aisiug magnificent apple.-, Hood
Kiver will olass with any country
kuow of.
"One of the reasons of success here
is found in the ideal climatic condi
tions, a long growing season, rather
oool temperature and a cool winter
which keeps the trees dormant then.
All these things make flue quality
and the Oregon fruit, while not as va
led in chaiacter as that ot California,
is of a finer quality. But it is the
climate rather than the soil which
gives such flue fruit. 1 never saw
tluer looking orchards. The foliage
is large, the trees are thrifty and the
soil iB well cultivated. They seem to
undertsaud their business, and this
is certainly a wide-awake and tin illy
section. "
PiofossorJohn Hamilton, the Fann
ers' Institute specialist of the depart
meet ot argiculture of Washington,
I). C , is peihaps oue man who comes
closer iu touch with the farmers them
selves in the dilfereut localities than
any other man. He said:
"the featuie of that enterprise
which most Impresses me is the eifial
euoy ot the organization of the fruit
gruwers that selects only perbct pro
ducts for expoit to the Baitem mar
aets. My bleief is that If the same
uaietul inspection were made of pro
ducts grown in other localities there
Aould soon be marked improvement
in these products and a correspond
icg iii lease in their value. I'he high
I, rices that the Hood Kiver products
i mg in the Kastem markets is prool
thai the pouple desire high grade ar
licles ol tood for their tables ami thul
Lhoy are willing to pay a handsome
piotlt to those wlio will furnish them.
"1 bare are 10.000 acres of orchard
in Hood Kiver now ard only liKJH
acres are hearing. If 1000 acres of
near lug orchard can make such u stir
1 cannot help thinking what 10,000
.vill do," said In. I nomas I . Hunt,
lean of the school of agriculture ami
luector of the exiieruneut station at
the I'euusvlvauia State Cullfge. Dr.
Hunt is one of the Nation's aoceptei
authorities ou the subject ot trtii
raising, hits win ten widely on the
subject of agriculture and tils opinion
la givuu with a wide kuowledge ot ttlt
ueld. "the Morlhwettem Oregon is
mure like the valleys ot Pennsylvania
than any other part ot the I m ted
Slates 1 have seen, so 1 like it," stat
ed Df, Hunt. "Of course Hood
Klver sets the standard in the United
Slates for the commercial quality of
itnules, aud everything in the hast Is
euuipared with what Hood Kiver ap
dies do. I thought conditions favor
able I loin my survey today and 1 feel
sure the growers are on ttie light
track. But it Is the proximity .'ol
Mount rlood which is responsible tor
the wonderlul quality ot .Uu Hood
Kiver apples. It semis the watti
down under the soil, but keeps the
atmosphere dry aud cool, aud with
that subsoil t ut a tew inches beneath
the surlace, full of moisture, it al
lows von to raise the apples free ot
scab and with a wonderful color,
"that is where you have us sto
ped. We talk a guod bit about kour
Pennsylvania apples, aud nay some
day ,have your ideal condtiona yor
marketing I hem, ami tie thrill and
education lu caring fur them, but we
have not those ideal climatic condi
tion:, and moisture uudergroud with
out t mi
" 1 have been impessed with the
fact since coming here that the peo
ple generally do not make enough
noise about their flsb aud timber m
dosteries. I'he Kast has no concep
tion of the immeuBlty of the lumber
itig aud lishiug interests. Many do
not been kuow you have Osb out
here. "
"1 do not think there is any better
illustration of the tact that the value
ot lands depeuds upon the people who
live upon them than hero in Hood
Kiver," declared Dr. W. H. Jordan,
diiector ot the New York agricultural
statiou, at Oeneva, N. V. " signi
ficant fact is that the town of Hood
Kiver has a University club ot UU
i mem hers, all college men. The sue
cscs ol the tlood luver apples is due
to two things, primarily the attrao
ttvenesS of the pioduct, the then
the unexampled organization of the
tiuit producers. This organization
is possible because the area ot pro
duction is compact. 1 believe there
are sectious of the country where the
same intelligent application of the
best methods of production aud the
jame united co-opetation aud good
business methods would produce
omewbat com arable results. "
"the Hood Klver people, said
lr. K. Davenport, have adopted a
striking rule, iu that there are tin bad
apples allowed to get out of the Hood
Kiver valley. We know the Hood
h'iver i roil in the Kast, but we did nut
kuow this system ot soiling the fruit
and keeping up its good reocrd. The
locality should be commended for it
and encouraged iu it." Dr. Daven
port is dean ot the college of agricul
ture at the University ot Illinois and
director ot the "ex per intent station.
He is also jthe author ot an exteu
she work on agiiculture aud has s
national leputatiou as a soieutitlc in
vestigator. "So 0,000 do we think of the Hood
River applet," continued Dr. Daven
port, "tiuit the Uuivoisity of lliuols
is sending two experts, t'rotCBsors
Blair and fraud, ill, who will be here
in a tew days to make an exhaustive
itndy of your system of apple raisiug
aud see whether it would be applic
able iu the Kast. We have deplor
able conditions in the handling and
marketing of fruit in Illinois and while
ve novel can produce the quality that
j ou do here, we Uiiuk we may apply
Oregon methods to lllinios aud get
better results. Hut the people there
lack the piogressiveness ot the West
erners, and it will be a diltlcult mat
ter to induce them to break away
from the old-fashioned methods of
fruit raisiug.
"You get a beautifully colored fruit
here, and the tluish and flavor are
Hue. The orchards I saw today were
beautifully kept up aud cultivated,
and the trees were well cared for.
they are all young now and will re
quire special care us they get older.
Just now the trees me in their prime.
"i'he niou here are people who
know the fiult business from the
bottom. 1'hey are a progressive lot
of people, aud uudeistaud there are
108 eoliege men in the club at Hood
Kiver. Hut the striking feature is
the co-oneration iu boosting the
otiutry aud In marketing the fruit.
I'hx people here take a broad-miud-
ud view of the situation. We will
have great trouble iu Illinois in get
ting our liu iiiers to allow someone
else to piokovoi their trult no matter
how much they me told they will Ue
iieuelltted. Hut the whole state Is
broad-minded here. Take the Port
land Commercial tllub. It shows far-
lghtedness by developing the com
munity as a whole ;aiid not Portland
alone.
I do not like to say whether a
man could come here without capital
and keep going on small fruit until
his trees hear, as 1 hare not lookeil
into the figures on the berries, but it
is very clear to me that a man with
money cau oome in here and make
more money, aud a lot ot it. Just
how much working capital he should
have 1 would not want to say."
I am more pleased with Hood Kiv
er than with any oouutry Hnen since
leaving New Lnglnnd, .despite u ti ip
thiough California," is the.way Dr.
11. J. Wheeler, director of the ithode
Island agricultural experiment sta
tion, sums up the trip up the vailoy.
' As far as cl I mate and general eon
litions are concerned Hood Klver im
pressed me very favorably aud as far
as I have seen the orchards were well
kept up ami the trees look vigorous
I paid H cents for some of your apples
from nut hero last spring and the
prices sometimes reaoh 10 cents. The
were good aud stood up well after
coming out ot coid storage. They aie
attractive en account of the perfeo
tiou of the skin, and this comes
thiough much spraying and an ideal
I imnte.
"Wore I buiyng a tract here 1 think
would rather buy raw land and de
velop it and depend upnu mi nil fruits
until the orchard was bearing, rather
than pay the large prices for the bear
ing orchards. 1 think 1 would do bet
tin in buying a bearing mchard than
hero but it is a question concerning
I he raw land. I have se4i good New
Kugland farms sold at from H to $1
an acre, tiut the market conditions
aie the worst possible there aud the
people do not understand your West
eru progressivenoss. What we need
back there is to have our young men
come west and stay long enough to
imbibe some ot the Western spirit.
The trouble is they come anil stay
You have new methods in the West,
while in the Kast we could hardly in
duce the people to organize to defeat
the middleman, and the products
from our cheap laud, while possibly
of good quality, would not bring as
maofa money to the grower as In Hood
nisei.
"You raise better fruit here than we
can raise in Ohio, " asld Dr. Homei
O. Price, dean of the College of Agri
culture at the Ohio State University.
"Ohio has gieat trult interests hut
we have nut devel iped the care ot the
orchards or the marketing of the
fruit to the extent that the Hood
Kiver people have. 1 am impressed
more with the splendid system of mar
keting the fruit utilized by the grow
ers ot this valley, then the uaturtl
conditions are splendid and the result
is ttie tiest apple orchards 1 have ever
seeu. "
With the paity iu Hood Klver val
ley was tiarou H. von llerlt, now of
Now York, but formally connected
with the experiment stations of Ncrth
i 'am! inn, Misslssppi and Missouri.
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a thorough study of the scientific as
pect ot agriculture, and has mude a
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GEO. R0BB1NS
BKEALS JAIL
FELLS JAILER WITH BIG OAK STICK
t:eapes From Dalles Jail In Company
With Wilson and Both Cap
tured Later.
Ceorge Kobbins, the accused mur
derer ut 1. online CaBtoe, iu company
with C. ft. W ilson, a fellow prisoner,
escaped I ruin The Dalles county jail
Thursday evening at supper time.
I'he uews created some excitement
here that evening aud the local police
aud oounty officials were arranging to
go on a man bunt, when word was
reoeived that Kobbins had been cap
tured a couple of hours later, although
Wilson was not caught until the next
day.
a Jailer Fitzgerald gives the following
account of the alt air in the Chronicle :
"I bad taken William Morton, who
is serving a sentence in the county
jail for sidling intoxicants at Celilo
without license, out to let him get
some wood. His mother brings him
iu delicacies ot ,d liferent Kinds, and,
as Morton has shown himself trust
worhy 1 usually let him carry in some
wood every evening so be cau aook the
food. As 1 swung the jail door open
to allow Morton to go in, the door
was seized by Kobbins and Wilson,
tiling back as far as posisble, and the
two rushed out, Kobbins bitting me
twice, once on the left arm and once
on the right temple, with a large oak
stick. 1 wns of oourse kucoked down,
and as Wllsou passed he gave me a
vicious kick iu the side. I his com
pletely kuocked me out, and before I
could do aujtbiug to preveut them
they had got a guu from a drawer in
the slier ill's desk aud had gone.
"1 rushed to the door of the court
house, aud could see the fellows run
uiug down Third street toward the
car shops. 1 called as loudly as pus
.-lid,- tor the people on the street to
stop them, but seeing the gun, no one
cared to interfere, two young men,
Arthur Schiler and Hoy Strom, obaaed
them a a little distance, but wheu the
lugltivcs saw the young men gaining
ou them, Kobbins turned and tired
two shots. This stopped the young
men aud the prisoners were allowed to
escape.
"I was wholly unarmed, as the act
was of daily occurrence, and 1 never
susplcioned that the prisoners woulT
attempt to break jail. 1 have been
jailer In the Wasco oounty jail for 10
years, aud this Is the first time any
thing like this ever occurred. After
this, 1 wilt not allow any of the pris
oners to go out of the jail, as 1 .bus
pect Morton was mixed up in the
deal. At auy rate, 1 notloed that he
was very slow iu getting through the
door."
After passing through the oar shops
west of The Dalles the fugitives struck
for the Columbia where Wilson found
a piece of a log raft and put out into
the stieam. The point where ho
lauded, hbout two miles west ot town
was discovered by the officers, tut at
last accounts his whereahbouts had
uot beeu discovered. Bobbins, run
ning along the bank of the liver,
came upou several boys swimming.
He oalled one to one side, and hand
ing him the gun which had been taken
i Mini the spur id V office, told him be
could tiave the revolver providing he
would tell no oue whore be ..got It.
I'he boy acuulesed, took the gun, and
started toward the oity. On tbe way
he met Officer John Crate and Ins
party, and on being questioned at
first seemed Inclined to say nothing
about the affair. Finally, be pro
duced tbe gun aud told tbe officer of
the whereabouts ot Kobbins.
On being dscovered, Kobbins was lu
a state of nervous oollapse, so that be
could hardly walk to tbe courthouse.
X lie officers and citizens In search
ot tbe prisoners had gone heavily
armed, for it was thought Bobbins,
accused ot murder, would become
desperate and attempt to sell hia life
his life as dearly as possible, the
tame mauuer In which be gave him
self up was u matter ot wonderment
to the offic ers.
Kuhbius does not hesitate to lay
the blame (or the wnole plot upon
Wilson. When questioned by Hberiff
hi Ismail after bis capture he de
clared Wilson drew him Into it, and
was the leader in its exeoutiou.
K. R Wilson, the prisoner who
broke jail with Oeorge Kobbins. waa
oaptured by Sheriff Chiiaman and
Kalpb Oiboos Friday afternoon about
1:30 o'clock at Mosier, near the farm
ut K. J. Middleswart.
When discovered Wilson made uo
effort to escape, as tbe officers, not
knowing whether he was armed or
not, threw their guns on him and
crdeicd him to "throw up his bands"
which he did without protest. He
was immediately manacled and taken
to Mosier where he was placed
aboard passenger train number six
aud brought to Tbe Dalles where he
was again placed iu the county jail.
The fact that Wilson broke jail and
in doing so aasl-ited Ceorge Bobbins,
who is under indictment for murder,
aggravated Wilson's case so that at
the coming sitting of the grand jury
bo will doubtless be served with an
additional charge, for the conviction
of which the minimum punishment
is five years in tbe penitentiary.
Wilson lays the blame for the jail
break upon Kobbins, and Bobbins
does not hesitate to say that Wilson
was the Instigator and chief aotor in
its execution. Wilson talked fieely
with the officers.
J. K. Huberts, Of .Nebraska, Stopped
otf a day last week to visit his old
friend, Oene Hush, l hey were fellow
employes a number of years ago at
Mill A.
Mrs. Ha Smith, who Is in tbe mil
linery busness at Hermistou, stopped
oft tbe latter part of the week on her
way home from Portland to visit
friends and relatives here.
Orade stakes were set lust week on
the Woodworth ooruer, at Oak and
Fourth streets, aud It is lumored that
Mr. Woodwuith intends to ereet a
three or four story brick blook 101
square feet, on the property next
spring.
DANCE at Pine Grove
Grange Hall Friday even
ing, August 27.