VOL. XXII
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, NOVEMBER 24, 1010
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Do you need Good Rubbers?
The only Rubbers warranted to wear.
J. C. Johnsen, The Shoe Man
Hood River, Oregon
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Hotel Oreg'on Bldg.
Thanksgiving
Turkeys
Leave orders for your bird at once with the
HOOD RIVER MARKET
PHONE 92 '
Christmas Holiday
Excursion
TO THE
City of Mexico
Via The
Southern Pacific Company
LEAVING PORTLAND
December 11th and 12th, 1910
AND
San Francisco, Dec. 14, 1910
A MAGNIFICENT SPECIAL TRAIN
Conflating of Observation Car, Pullman Veatibuled Sleeping Cars, Smok
ing Car and DininS Car will leave Third and Townsend Streets. San
Francisco, via the Coast Line. The excursion is run under the auspices
of the Southern Pacific, National Lines of Mexico, International and
Great Northern, G. H. and S. A. and Santa Fe.
ROUND TRIP FARE
$104 From Portland $104
Correspondingly low rates from other 0. R. & N. and S. P. points.
Interesting side trips on the return trip, including the Grand Canyon,
may be made. Final return limit 60 days from date of sale. Equipment
on this train will be limited and no more passengers will be taken than
can be comfortably provided for. ,,. .... ,
For further information, details and beautifully illustrated booklet on
"Mexico" call on any O. R. & N. or S. P. Agent or write to
WM. McMURRAY, General Passenger Agent, Portland.
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We have for sale and can show you orchard lands irt all stages of development
from the raw state to the full bearing orchards, including some of the finest
bearing orchards in the Hood River Valley. If you want to see the best
properties on the market at the most reasonable prices, let us show you and
you will be convinced.
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are grown on land that we are selling.
For a limited time we are offering some of
the best East Side properties at prices
much below the market. You can save
several thousand dollars by buying land
this Fall. See us when you want the best.
J. H. Heilbronner & Co.
The Reliable Dealers
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F REBAUGH
Dealers
Hood River, Oreg'on
Nichol . HadlocK
High Class
Orchard Lands and
City Realty
Basement Brosius Bldg Phone 98
Bentley, the Builder
Phone
F. H. Coolidge
Watchmaker
and
Jeweler
Winning Apples
Hood River.Oregon i
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Real Estate
Bulletin
$7,500
TEN ACRES, one half mile
from tovn,8 acres in trees
some in hearing, balanei
in li, 4 and 5 year old
treeH. (iood barn, all
tooln, plenty of water for
irrigating an well as juii
ning water on the place,
2 acre of strawberries.
Guy Y. Edwards Co.
Phone 228L
Office Oregon Hotel
SPROAT WINS
SWEEPSTAKES
HOOD RIVER NEIVTOWNS ALSO WIN
Spitzenburfjs of Hood River Best
Apples on Earth With Score
Of 997 Oat of 1000.
The "I told you so" man certainly
has a chanct! to talk since apples from
the Hood River valley swept every
thing they went after in the Spokane
National Apple Show last week ami
won the grand sweepstakes prize, the
only time Hood River has ever entered
a carload exhibit in the Spokane show.
J The carload of Spitzenburgs exhibit
ed by Charles II. Sprout, from his
orchard on the east side, won the
Grand Sweepstakes prize, including a
cash premium of $12!0, cups, banners
and other prizes. The apples were
scored 997 by the judges which is more
nearly a perfect score than has ever
before been attained by any carload of
apples. Last year the Rogue River
Spitzenburgs took the Spokane Sweep
stakes with a score of 928.
The Yellow. Newtown carload en
tered from the Eggcrmont orchard of
Avery liros., took the first prize in the
Newtown class and was given third
place in the Sweepstakes, a car of
Spit?, from Wenatchee taking second.
The score of the Avery car was 988
and the cash prize received by them
was $2f0.
There were 19 carload entered in
the Sweepstakes this year and Hood
River demonstrated to the other dis
tricts that her claims for superiority
were well founded liy carrying otf
everything in sight and making scores
which were pretty nearly perfect.
The competition was keener this year
than ever before as the other districts
put out better displays and the task of
the judges was a difficult one.
In judging the carloads it was
necessary to 'go over them several
times and the judges even resorted to
the use of magnifying gulsses in ex
amining the apples. The boxes were
taken to pieces and each apple of the
tack carefully looked over. One tiny
ittle worm home in one of the Sproat
Spitzenburgs which a judge found in
the blossom end of the apple concealed
except to the magnifying glass was the
cause of a considerable reduction to the
score. The hole was so small that
it is probable the worm hatched out
after the apples were packed a month
ago.
loo much credit cannot be given to
the various Hood River people who
aided the exhibitors in getting the car
load displays on at the show in the best
fashion. K. H. Shepard and Ernest
C. Smith had general supervision of
the Hood River representation at the
show. Roy Dean was there to look
after the electrical etfects. The sweep
stakes ear was packed by Ralph Ord
way, Jack Robinson and Walter K.
Uahney und the two hrst named were
in Spokane to arrange the display.
Mr. Urdway has gone on back to Chi
cago with the ear to nut it on display
in the Apple Show there next week.
The Newtown car was packed by
Frank Cutler, William Metcalf, How
ard Shoemaker. James Wickham and
Ashley Miller. The three first named
were in Spokane to put the display on
there.
Hood River, according to the re
ports from Spokane, made distinctly
the best impression of any district
there. Visitors walked among the
exhibits and would remark, "Well,
Hood River is certainly here right this
time." The'Hood River district display
was injured in shipping so that it
cuold not be used and the space was
given over to 90 boxes which were
left over from the carloads. While it
did not fill the space which in was in
tended for 210 boxes the exhibit was
very creditable.
Following are two pargraphs clipped
from the Spokesman-Review notes on
the show :
C. H. Snroat of the Eldorado Or
chards. of Hood River, was a pleased
man Tuesday when he heard a judge
announce: "This is the second perfect
box. all the wav through, that we
have run across in the two days we
have been working." The box was
taken from the carload exhibit of Hood
River apples.
Frank and Asa Cutler of Hood
River, were greatly interested in the
carload exhibits trom that place, as
they helped pack the boxes on display.
"We will probably go to Chicago
alongCwith the apples, faid rrank
Cutler, "and visit our old home in
Illinois." The packing in this exhibit
attracted a great amount of favorable
comment.
The packing contest was consider
able of a farce according to the
packers who entered form here, as it
was rather a speed contest than one of
to show skill in grading and sizing,
It was won bv Charles Mason, of Spo
kane. Mason packed apples in Hood
River last year.
Hood River turned out Saturday
morning to meet the returning delega
tion and let out a little enthusiasm.
Cannon crackers, locomotive whistles
the fire bell and other noise making
machinery was turned loose and the
passengers on the through trains were
startled.
The carload winning the sweep
stakes prize was taken on back to Chi
cago, where it will he exhibited in the
Coliseum next week and 200 boxes of
the Avery Newtowns will make up the
flood River district display there.
Sccrtary J. C. Skinner, of the Com
mercial Club, who has been in the east
for several weeks, is now in Chicago
and will have charge of the exhibits.
MAYOR REPLIES TO
STATE BOARD REPORT
At the Council meeting Monday
night the report of the State Hoard of
Health was read, followed by the reply
of Mayor McDonald, which were re
ceived by a note of thanks from the
Council to the State Board for its
attitude towards our water supply, and
to Mayor McDonald for the courteous
and able manner in which the same
was answered.
The bid of A. L. Douglas for ex
cavating and macadamizing of Oak
street was accepted, and W. G. Aldred
was given the contract for the cement
work.
The First National Bank submitted
bid for the Twelfth street improve'
ment bonds at par and accrued intei
est, which was accepted.
The remodeling of the Jackson build-
itiR, now owned by Mr. Johnson, came
up for discussion on the application for
a permit from the owner and there
was a dillerence of opinion among
the council as to whether it violated
the ordinance. The work was stopped
last week by the city marshal until
action could be taken by the council.
While the plans call for quite a change
in the building, it was held by the
majority of the council that while the
proposed changes made a material
difference in the appearance of the
building, the spirit of the ordinance
was complied with, inasmuch as the
capacity of the structure would not be
'ticrcased, and the fire risk is lessened.
The permit was granted by a three
to two vote.
Following is the report of the State
Hoard of Health and the reply by
Mayor McDonald.
Mayor McDonald,
Hood River, Oregon.
Dear Sir:
I am enclosing you herewith a cony
of niv report to the State Board of the
conditions at Hood River.
If possible at all 1 think it would not
only be advisable, hut very necessary,
that you obtain your water supply
from the Lava Beds before some other
parties can so tie this up as to be inac
cessible. Yours very truly,
Calvin S. White.
State Health Officer.
REPORT OF THE HOOD RIVER
WATER SUPPLY.
On October 27 and 28th, at the re
quest ot citizens ol Hood Kiver, 1 made
a careful investigation of the present
and proposed water supply of the city.
J he present water supply is obtained
from two springs known as the upper
and lower systems. The upper system
is in the center of a drainage area of
about ten acres surrounded by houses
and furnishes perhaps half of the
town. Repeated examintions of this
water during the last several years
have found jit at various times con
taminated with colon bacilli. The
ower system is perhaps better
situated than too upper, the spring
being in the center of a plot of ground
perhaps 200 feet square, fairly well
protected from contamination, but
the same condition holds true here as
in the upper system, and at various
times, colon bacilli have been found
in this water.
For the proposed supply further up
Hood River, a distance of about nine
miles from town, the town owns 19
acres of land on which i located a
spring known as Tucker's, which fur
nishes approximately a million gallons
a day, which is about double the capa
city of the present system. Analysis
of this water have always shown pure
uui mere are inree objections in iny
mind to its use. First, the insuffi
ciency of the quantity, as should t..e
city grow during the next ten years us
it has in the past ten, the'suppiy would
bo insufficient. Second, the fact that
at this time, it would not be posaible
to buupIv the country known as the
west end, a thickly populated district,
which is practically a part of the city
of Hood River, and third, perhaps
purely speculative, is the possibility of
contamination. Further south apiece
of land now planted in an orcfta d.
the ground (dopes at such an angle that
it might be possible to contaminate ti e
spring.
The second proposed source of sup
ply at the Lava Beds is situated in air
line about 14 miles from Hood River
and furnishes over six million gallons
a day, the analysis of which shows
absolutely pure. Also from the loca
tion of the spring, it would be, in my
mind, absolutely impossible lor it ever
to become contaminated. Ibis would
furnish all the of the water desired in
the city as well as the west end where
a thickly settled district with irriga
tion through the summer and cesspools
and private wells render the district
a menace to the health of those living
there. In my judgment, the Lava
Beds is by all means the best source
for the water supply for that city.
Hood River, Ore.,
November 17, 1910.
Dr. Calvin S. White, Secy.,
State Board of Health,
Portland, Ore.
Dear Sir:
I have your letter of November 10th.
and copy of your report to the Board
of Health and thank you for same.
I note what you have to say aLout
the quality of the and conditions sur
rounding the present proposed source
of supply and think that you have
covered the ground fully, except that
if vou will look up the record of the
tests made by the State Bacterioligitt
from time to time, and report it to
your Board, you will find that the
lower spring has been constantly
shown to be the worst infected. It is
hardly necessary to discuss the finan
cial and engnieering end of the water
question in the City of Hood River, in
asmuch as the voters have by an
overwhelming majority taken care of
this a long time since, ami compoiem
engineers have oeen procured irom
time to time to euro for the engineer-
imr end of it: however. 1 feel it my
duty to put you right on some of the
X)ints you mentioned in your report.
Tucker's Spring is located five and a
quarter miles by pipe line survey from
the spring to the reservoir site within
the city (much less by air line) and not
nine miles an you state. The Lava
Bed Spring is about fourteen milts
from the city, but you well know a
:ipe lino could not be laid in an air
line under the conditions prevailing
.. . ir ii f 1
in Hood Kiver vaney. i nave oeen
informed by a very competent engineer
that it would take at least twenty-two
miles of pipe line to reach the City
from that spring. This would necessi
tate the incurring of an expense that
would be beyond the ability or legal
right of the city to incur. I agree
with vou that the Lava lieu Mprmg is
a magniefient one, hut as I said before,
the tHxiiHvera and electors of the City
of Hood River have settled that ques
tion bo postively that it would not pro
fit us to discuss it. Furthermore, Lava
Bed Snrinor has been appropriated by
the Middle Fork Irrigating Co., their
filing having been made almost two
vcars. which the records of the State
Engineer's office will show, and in ad
clition to the filing they have actually
anoronriated this water to beneficial
use. to-wit. for irrigation purposes
and had you gone down the Creek from
the soring, nossiblv 150. yards you
wou'd have found a dam and the whole
of the spring turned out into an irriga
tion ditch and being used in conform
ity with the filing of the Middle Fork
Irrigating Co.
JThere are many more sources where
FRUIT fAIR
NOW OPEN
ABOUT 500 BOXES ON DISPLAY
Exhibition About the Size of Last
Year, But Quality is Better
Than Ever Before.
In spite of the severe rainstorm dur
ing the fore part of the week, the
Fruit Fair opened yesterday with the
exhibits in place by noon, and every
thing in readiness for the inspection of
the public. The managers of the fair
have been very busy for a week ar
ranging the details, seeing to the
completion of the temporary building,
and the work has been accomplished
without friction and completed on
time.
The postponement of the date ore
month from the date mually made for
the fair, has enabled growers to make a
better selection of fruit, put up a
better pack, and the exhibits all snow
tha result in a better quality all alorg
the line. It may be said that the selec
tion of apples and the pack is the best
ever placed on exhitiition, and will
impose a severe task on the judges in
determining which is the best in their
award of prizes.
The building erected is much more
satsifactory than the old tent arrange
ment, as it has developed no leaks,
being floored to keep out the mud and
sawdust wnich has been an objection
heretofore in the tent, and has per
mitted the better arrngemeiit of lights
and other details.
The weather yesterday showed pro
mise of clearing, and there should be
a good crowd today to seo the best
selection of the best apples in the
world. Today being a holiday, should
give every one an opportunity to see
the show and everyone shuold attend
as a matter of local pride ai d en
courage the enterprise.
Saturday is Portland day, and it is
expected there will be a good crowd
from the Rose City to look at Hood
River's best.
The space has nearly all beon re
served, but the bad weather has un
dobutedly been the cause of a number
of exhibits not being in place. Mosier
reserved space for thirty boxes, and
a similar reservation came from Lyle,
those two being the only outside ex
hibitors. 'Ihe Mt. Houd district has
the best exhibit ever sent from that
section, and has excited the most
favorable comment. White Salmon
and Underwood sent their regrets this
year, saying tin y weie m able to get
together a suitable exhibit this year,
but would surely I e w ith i,s next year.
They expressed tui appreciative feel
ing for the friendly iel,itioi s existing
between the two sections ai:d hoped for
its continuance.
The hctulsunie prize cups are now
on dmpMij in Laihv.iy's window and
every one is a beamy. 1 hey are all
finely engraved, nod v. ill Le as Mghly
prized by the successful contestants
as any of the numerous prizes now in
the possession of the Hood River
growers taken in previous years.
1'rot. Van Uemun, ot Washington,
D. C, and Prof. Lewis and assistant,
Roberts, of the Oregon Agricultural
College, art the judges and arrived
yesterday
Among the attractions or thu snow is
the booth where free cider is banded
out with the compliments id' the show
of the Hood Kiver Vinegar Co.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Hoge, of Port
and. are here for a week on their Oak
Grove ranch to uttend the I'pple fair.
Their daughter, Miss June Hoge, who
spent the summer here, is in school at
Briarclitle, on the Hudson.
Mrs. Mary Eairfoul Roberts.
Mrs. Mary Fairfoul Roberts, wife of
C. G. Roberts, passed away at Port
land Saturday morning, November 19.
The deceased had been suffering for a
number of years and since the death of
her son a year ago, had been gradually
failing. The news of her death as a
shock to the many of the family, who
deeply sympathize with them in their
bereavement.
The remains arrived here Monday
and the funeral was held at the Epis
copal church, Rev. Simpson officiating.
The burial was at Idlweilde. The
deceased leaves a husband and one
daughter, Mrs. Harry Baxton, three
brothers, Howard and Thomas Fair
foul, of Portland, and James, of Hood
River, and a sister, Miss Hannah Fair
foul, Of Hood River. Mrs. (lien Fa
brick, of Medford, Ore., and Mrs. Dell
Rand, of Hood River, are daughters of
Mr. Roberts by his first wife. They
were present at the funeral, also Mr.
Fahrick and James and John Roberts,
of Portland.
good water can be procured, and when
the Tucker Spring, which the City
owns, is piped into the town, there as
suredly is nothing to prevent the city
acquiring other supplies if happily the
city should outgrow Tucker's Spring.
It would he a very easy matter under
these conditions to continue the pipe a
short distance further to a greater
supply. .... . ,
As to the needs oi me country i
atrree with vou that it would e a very
desirable thing could it be thoroughly
piped and fresh and pure water sup
plied to all the inhabitants of the val
ley, but you surely know that munici
palities are not in the habit of levying
tax upon the citizens thereof to supply
a water system for rural districts.
Of course this is not an issue as no
representations have ever been made by
the residents of Hood River valley to
the municipal authorities requesting
them to supply the vatley with a water
system at the expense of the city, and
it could not be done if they had.
A discussion of these matters, of
course, is purely didactic, as the
source of supply, granting the Bame to
be pure, selected and owned by the
city, for its general availability and
sufficiency for the present and future
needs of the city, for a population of
at least 10,000, has been thoroughly
considered by the Common Council and
the voters and after such consideration
approved by more than two to one
vote, and it remains only for the city
officials to follow the instructions of
the taxpayers of the city and procure
the supply approved and for which a
bond issue has been voted as soon as
selfish interests may be overcome.
Very truly yours,
D. McDonald, Mayor.