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VOL. XX IV
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THU'SDAY, NOVKMBElt 14. 1912
No 24
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UPPER VALLEY NOTICE! nt tv v FnwARDS&cKl
List Your Places for Special Attention With
WARD IRELAND CORNELL
Upper Valley Real Etatelmufnce
Improred and UntmproTtd Orchard Land
Phone Odell 77
U. C. M. RANCH
Hood River Connection Parkdale
Guy Y. Edward & Co. Upper Hood River Valley
Trout Lake
We have for sale one of the very best ranches in
the Trout Lake Valley, described as follows:
40 ACRES All in cultivation and under irrigation; county
road on two sides; good two-story, nine-room house; large, sub
stantial hay and stock barn; gtone cellar; dairy house; fine gar
den with different kinds of fruit; excellent view; good neighbors.
Adjoining lund produces over 100 bushels of oats to the acre, and
this is just as good. Adjoining 40 acres, which is partly cleared,
can be bought if desired. Price low.
We also have other tracts of improved and raw hav lands for sale
at low prices, in both the Trout Lake and Camas Prairie districts.
Write or call on us for further information.
We are the exclusive selling agents for townsite lots in the fast grow
ing town of Husum. Write for plat and prices.
HOMER G. DAY CO.
TELEPHONE WHITE SALMON B-5024
White Salmon, - - - Washington
A
11111 ' REGISTERED
Every effort that can be made to
make a store a thoroughly sat
isfactory place to deal is be
ing made here. We want
your shoe thoughts to
be pleasant and
to be of
WALK-OVER SHOES
J. G. VOGT
HAVING purchased the entire interest of E.
Brayfordin the Roekford Store about three
months ago, we are now in position to serve you with
all the highest class groceries at reasonable prices.
We invite your patronage and will serve you to the
best of our ability.
Give Us a Trial
MERCER & CO.
Real Estate Moved Well Last Year
Give us a trial and we will make it do the samel thing
this year. Figures tell. The total amount of the sales
of property handled by us last year reached $267,950,
more than a quarter of a million. Sale prices ranged
all the way from $30,000 to $600.
WHEN YOU WANT TO TXT C ISJlVhnl
DO BUSINESS CALL ON VV .O. IN 1CI101
Hay Lands
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Phone
EXCHANGES
$7,500 Small rsm-h, near town, on West Side, to trade ia o 8
larger place with some bearing. Will put In some cash and assume
923.000I!igh class property in Chicago to trade for orchard iri,(1.
erty of etjual or larger value.
$4.500 Nice modern residence in Hood River to trade for orchard.
Will assume.
91O.O0O Wheat ranch to exchange for small place near Hood Kjv, r
911,300 Fine farm of 160 acres, in Sherman County; 10 acres ,)
new modern home in town of Wasco; 2 7-room houses at Oreyun Cm v.
Will trade all or part for nice place within 3 miles, preAr Weet Side.
Some good raw land in upper valley and 80 acres in Mosier district. :.;
trade in as part of first payment on improved place on Eat Side, pre
fer Pine Grove or Willow FUt. Will pay some cash and asiine.
This is a good one.
We Want for a Client $2,000 to $4,000 In bonds of the Apple Grower'
Union.
Money to Loan on Improved Ranch Property
Two Genuine Snaps in City Property
Lights at Reasonable Prices
The Hydro-Electric Co., does not want
the consumers of electrical energy for light
ing or power purposes to pay for the plant
monthly, yearly or bi-annually, they only
want a fair, reasonable price on a live and
let live basis; and are not asking its custom
ers to buy our competitor's plant, nor any
one to pay them a price with which to buy
our plant; all we have to sell is electrical
energy.
Hydro Electric Co.
A Home
Phone 134
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LAND OF PALMS
A PLEASURE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS
ASK ANY AGENT OF THE O WRftN
TO HELP OUTLINE YOUR TRIP
The Hood River Volunteer Firemen
Respectfully request the pleasure of your
attendance and support at their
Annnal Fireman's Ball
to be given at
Heilbronner Hall, November 28
Dancing from 9:00 to 12:00
Vogel's Orchestra
228-K
Company
Third and Oak
0.-W. CO. ENJOINS
NTY COURT
PAPERS ALLEGE CONFISCATION
fase Before Judjie Bralshaw Monday -Stont
Irges Renewed Interest in Loup
From Sandy to Lost Region
1 apt rs of an injunction were filed
last week by attorneys of the O.-W. R.
N. Co. ami Jserved on the county
court of Hood River county preventing
Hum from granting the petition of A.
O. Adams and Ifi other citizen of the
Cascade Locks, Wyeth and Viento road
districts, who prayed in their petition
for the court to establish the right of
way f a road from Vitnto to Wyeth.
I tie injunction, which is temporary, ig
based on the allegations that if the
court grants the petition it will be a
virtual confiscation 0t the railroad com
pany's right of way.
The road in question ia a portion of
the Columbia river highway. The
county has never definitely established
the rghtof way, although the road is
very nearly completed except at points
where the road will pass over portio- s
of the railroad's right of way. To
make the road without great expense
on the part of the county, it is neces
sary to encroach on the railroad right
of way, where the level fpace between
the Shell Rock mountain and the river
is very narrow. The convicts working
the road this summer and using the
Henson donation fund, have constructed
the graded highway only up to these
poirus on tne railroad s richt of way.
awBiting an nmicable sell lenient be
tween the coui ty and the rsilroad offi
cials. The railroad company demanded
that the county ollicials Bign a contract
whereby they would make the county
inuie jor any damages that nnuht be
sustained cither on the highwav or on
the railroad nt these points, the con
tract to cover a longer neriod than that
of the construction of the highwav
However, the county refused to enter
into a contract of this kind.
The case will go before Judge W. L.
BraiLshaw, of The Dalles. Monrtav. if
he finds that he is able tn reach il in
the order of his business at that tim
Judge Geo. K. Castner and other coui"
ty ollicials are confident that the te m
porary injounction will be dissolved.
tio:h branches of the proposed boule
vard loup leading up to the Hood River
valley from Portland have now been
held up by injunction. Last summer
parties in Portland secured an injunc
tion against any further work on the
road from the headwaters of the Sandy
river over to Lost Luke, declaring that
if such were onened it would nnllutp
the water shed of Hull Run lake, Port
land's source of water supply.
u. t. atone, whose home is on the
west side of the West Fork of Hood
river and who is very well ac
quainted with the district through
winch the proposed highway will pass
and where a aix-foot trail has already
Deen cut, declares that the trail does
not cross the watershed of Hull Run
lake. Mr. Stone belioves that some
action should be taken by the people of
me nooa Kiver valley to set aright the
minus or those opposing the construe
tion of the road here.
"It is really a shoiter way into Hood
River valley than by the way up the
Columbia," says Mr. atone, "and be
cause of the protected location of the
road it is free from snow a greater
portion of the year than one who is not
acquainted very well with the region
would suppose. The route as surveyed
by the government, and over which
they have already established their
trail, him at no pluce a grade to exceed
five per cent.
"Several weeks ago a stranger rode
up to my place, having come from to
ward Lost Lake. 1 was astonished to
see any one come' from that direction,
for only forest rangers travel that
road. Imagine my surprise when he
told me that he had ridden up from
Troutdale that morning. It was then
about noon. He seemed to be in a
hurry and left before I could ask him
his name. He did not seem to think it
was more than 35 miles from Troutdale
to my place over the road he had
traveled.
"The Hood River valley needs this
road. The government will build it, if
allowed to, and we citizens he e should
get together and make every effort to
have the road constructed as soon as
possible.'"
Samuel Hill, of Maryhill, the good
roads enthusiast, ia still interested in
the Columbia road. He recently made
a tour over the proposed route with
the Multnomah county court. He re
truned to Portland recommending all
possible expedition in completing it,
saying that its value would be greatly
past present estimate. He had partic
ular reference to the marvels of scen
ery along the Columbia the nine
famous water falls, the Chanticleer
group which includes Rooster Rock,
and the vast sweep of mountains and
river.
He predicted in a letter to the gov
ernor that the building of a smooth,
premanent road through the establish
ing of at least three convict camps
would bring a travel of men with
money to invest that would be worth
much to the country reached by the
road.
Now he has recieved from A. E,
Todd, of Victoria, an illustration of
his point and a justifying of his pre
diction. W. P. Hull, a man famous in
Canadian farming, came west with an
associate to find a great farm for the
Brampton Jerseys, the finest herd of
pure bred animals over which the Brit
ish flag floats. He intended to locate
on the mainland, but by means of the
Island Highway and that part of it
called the Malahat Drive he reached a
place of 1000 acres on the Vancouver
island, was charmed with it, and
bought it. If it had not been for the
I road put into a condition of high effici
ency by the minister of public works,
"Good Roads" Taylor, the investment
! would not have been made, and the
j famous herd of Jerseys would not have
, been taken there, comments Mr. Todd.
I F. W. Hayt, who purchased a part of
the Sproat orchard last year, accom-
' panied by Mrs. Hayt, has left to spend
tne winter at Elmira, N. Y. They will
return here next year to make their
home. They will visit in Chicago be
fore proceeding to New York.
Mrs. Jennie Brown and daughter,
Miss Nellie Brown, of LeRoy, Minn.,
are here visiting Mrs. F. W. Radford
and Mrs. A. L. Page. They will leave
later for a visit in southern California,
BUSINESS BEFORE
imui
At the Monday night rr.eetine of the
city council, communications were re-1
ce.ved from the Mount Hood Railroad
Co. and from the American Kxrjress!
Co. asking for relief against the mud
and debris that is allowed to flow down
from Cascade avenue and First street
over thir platforms. The comnaniea
state that as a result the mud and de
bris from other streets flows over the
board walks . After every heavy rain,
the communication stated, it is neces
sary for employes of the companies to
clean away from one to four inches of
silt.
Robert R. Carter, of the Cofumhia
Auto Co.. petitioned the council for a
cross walk across Colubmia utrept Ht
Sixth street. The net it ion was re-
ferred to the street committee, with
power to act.
lhe health committee renorted
through Councilman James Stranahan
that the property selected by the city
as a site for the incinerator was con
trolled cy the Hood River Terminal
Co., which wanted a price of Sti(K) for
it, in addition to reserving a twelve
foot right of way across it. 1 his price
was conisdered exhorbitant by Mr.
Stranahan.
Councilman Staten for the finance
committee reported that his committee
had considered the bill of E. O. Hall &
Co. and recommended that the sum of
$:UH) be deducted from the same, in ad
dition to the 10 per cent called for in
the specifications, and held back until
the company complete the surface of
the trench on '1 welfth street to the
satisfaction of the entire council. The
report was adopted.
City Engineer P. M. Morse reported
that for the benefit of contractors who
might bid on the work, a lino had been
retraced from the Tucker Spring. The
worK oi installing the water plant Mr.
Morse has estimated at $100,000 above
the amount that has already been
spent.
Ordinances providing for bond issues
to take care of the recent improvement
on Cascade and Prospect avenues and
State and Thirteenth streets received
final passage.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
NOT DEAD.SAYS EARLY
"Even though President Taft made a
poor showing in recent contest, the Re
publican party, I do not think, is as
lead as Hull Moose friends would have
us believe," says Chas. T. Karly, state
;ommitteeman from Hood River
county.
"National, state and county orean-
izations will certainly be maintained as
in the past and ir it so happens that
the Republican party never again re
turns to power - as is predicted by some
-one need not retrret haviniz Deen
identified with a party under whose
guidance the people have become bo
prosperous.
"Like everyone else, 1 hope the
change will bring increased pronperltv
but I think aftr all, . it wilt depend
very largely on tne individual, when it
comeB to lessening the strenuousness of
this life, and not so much on Mr. Wil
son and his Democratic congress.
"Many of us could solve the high
cost of Hiving to the extent of fifty per
uuilb Ul IIIUIC, WIK1UUI IUC UHSiFlHIlie Ot
anyone and we may have to do it.
"1 would venture the guess that Mr,
Wilso.i will not be able at the end of
his administration, to turn the affairs
of this government over to his succes
sor in as good condition as they are at
this time.
BAZAAR'S OFFERINGS
WILL BE USEFUL
The Woman's Alliance of the Uni
tarian church of llooo: River "will hold
a bazaar during the first week in December-place
and exact date will be
announced later. The ladies are not
going into the useless notions so often
seen at church bazaars, but are mak
ing practical and beautiful articles
that, though the times may seem hard
people will buy lor Christmas gifts,
because they can be used.
The ladiea of the Alliance, who give
this bazaar, know there are a great
many friends of this church in our val
ley living too far out to attend the ser
vices, but who might be happy at this
time to assist us by sending us some
fancy or useful articles fur our bazaar.
thereby showing the right spirit and
love toward our church, that cannot
live without their cooperation and as
sistance, and by doing so prove their
genuine love for a faith we cannot
claim without true sacrifice.
Any article can be left at the home
of Mrs. Wm. M. Stewart, chairman of
bazaar committee.
AT GILBERT STORE
Dressed in a suit of overalls, a dum
my man in the window of the Gilbert
Implement Co. has been madly pump
ing water during the post week much
to the interest of those passing up and
down Cascade avenue. The display is
well gotten up. At first sight the
spectator thinks a real man ;s working
the pump. Then he realizes that it is a
dummy. The mechanism ia driven by
a gasoline engine.
Another interesting spectacle in their
windows was a Davenport roller bcar
irg wagon. On one side the wheels
were jacked up and were spinning at
the rate of one mile in two and a half
minutes. The wheels were run by a
one and a half horse power Jewel gas
motor. So light was the friction of
the wheels that they were pulled bv a
common twine wrapping thread.
The wedding of W. E. Smith, of
Portland, where he is engaged in the
mercantile business, to Mrs. N. M.
Smith, of this city, took place last
Thursday, Rev. Hinson, of the White
Temple, performing the ceremony.
Mrs. Smith has been here with her
daughter, Mrs. Lawrence V. Driscoll.
The Philatheas are preparing for a
fancy work bazaar to be held Friday,
Nov. 29. They will be assisted by the
Sunday school class of high schoi eirls
who will exhibit a loan collection of
works of art.
(LOCAI I EXHIBITS
ARE ARRANGED
MANY INDIVIDUALS WILL DISPLAY
Special Car Will Be Open Here on Thurs
day and Friday to Receive Products
For Portland Show.
Exhibits that bid tair to be prize
winners will be displayed not only by
the Commercial club but by individual
growers of the valley at the North
west Land Products show in Portland
next week, November 18-23, inclusive.
Secretary R. E. Scott, of the Commer
cial club, and J. t. Bachelder. who
has charge of Hood River county's ag
ricultural exhibits, have been busy for
the past several weeks securing contri-
nuuons to tne artistic apple disp av
and theditrict agricultural display to
make handsome displays in both
classes.
The Commercial club's exhibit will
be shipped from here Friday night. Car
will be open all day Thursday and Fri
day on the Stranahan & ClarK Biding
and all who are contributing to the club
display are urguii to bring in their
products on these days. Individual ex
hibitors are invited to make use of this
car and number of them have alreadv
ignitied their intention of sending
down shipments. Both the railroad
company and the American Express Co.
wm iranK all exhibits back to the
point from which they were shipped,
provided the ownership is still in the
name of the orig nal s lippr.
Secretary Scott wdl Have Saturday
and be in Portland to care for the ex
hibit duri, g the week. The lar wlil be
taken dir.ctly to the Land Show build-
i.ig sidetrack and the work of arrang
ing the display will thus be facilitated.
The Commetcial club will distribute a
large number of small folders amone
the many visitors to the show.
Among the local growers who will
have individual exhibits of apples at
the show are: K. E. Miller, H. Siever
kropp, H. F. Gleason. John Weaver.
Sears & Porter, Geo. I. Sargent and
H. D. hmery. Mrs. D. H. Thorne will
make an exhibit of fruit, canned
and preserves.
John lastner has been busy the past
week getting together and packing the
five boxes to be exhibited by the club
in the artistic display, which will con
sist of five varieties, four of which
have been selected as follows: Spitz
enburgs, to be furnished either by W.
G. Parmalee or John Weaver: New-
towns, Sears & Porter orchard : Ort-
ljys, john Mohr; Arkansas Blacks, A.
iiukuri. it has not vet been decided
from which of the following varieties
the fifth box will be selected: Graven-
steins, Red Cheek Pippins or Baldwins.
lhe following are those who have
contributed toward the district agricul
tural display : D. H. Thorn, I'erigo &
Son, J. H. Koberg, H. D. Emery, R.
h.. bcoit, Crawford Lemmon, W. W.
Kodwell, J. V. Batchelder, Mrs. W. H.
Lawrence, Bruno Frana, O. M. Bailey,
Mrs. C. D. Thompson, F. Fenwick,
Go. 1. Sargent, E. Clark, Peter Mohr,
(wo. T. Piuther, Mrs. L. S. Ainsworth.
Ben and Ed Lage, Mrs. Anna Lent,
Hood River A pplo Vinegar Co., Hood
River High School, Harry Root, R. E.
Miller and William Swick.
MANY ODD FELLOWS
VISIT THE DALLES
"There were 240 present at the an
nual district convention of Odd Fel
lows held Tuesday night at The
Dulles," says Earl Noble, who ac
companied the local delegation to the
neighboring city. The Idelwi Id drill
team, of this city, conferred the inita-
tory dergee. After the work was
completed a banquet was served and
some excellent apecehea given. The
meeting place of the convention for
next year will be Wasco, the following:
ollicers having been elected: C. W.
Moore, Moro, president; Dr. Roberts,
Mosier, secretary ; C. A. Doan, of The
Dalles, treasurer.
The following local members of the
organization were present, having re
turned by the special train provided by
the O-.W. R. & N. Co. :
Idlewild Lodge, Hood River: E. S.
Mayes, E. M. Noble, Charlie Gill, Ed
Eggelsten, Frank Surrett, Frank How
ard, H. J. Smith, Geo. Stokoe, O. A.
Lakin, Geo. Lrtlo, Geo. Dimmick, G.
A. McCurdy, Frank Howell, Al Ma-
crum, Bert Walsh, J. Wcatherford. S.
B. Egbert, F. M. Slaven. S. W. Ar
nold, W. W. Shrum, D. H. McClain, P.
C. Young, K. M. Stone, W. E. Shay,
B. M. Eddlemen. W. II. Corey. J. M.
Wood, Hall Chambers, Ed Knott. E. A.
Harris, C. 11. Beltz. O. P. Dabnev.
Edjar Wright, M. H. Isenberg, L. F.
Moriss, B. H. Powell, Tom FiBher, Dr.
Hawkins, E. H. Hnrtwig, Art Dabney,
Fred Howe, Tim Beaty, J. H. Fergu
son, j. M. Lakin, A. R. Crump. Phil
Stuhr, H. D. W. Pineo. A. L. Vincent.
Wm. Ganger, J. P. Lucas, J. W. Hog-
an, J. F. McElroy. Grandpa Ellis. Rov
Eastman, T. G. Frohn, J. D. McLucas.
W. E. Colby, Earl Bartmess, Peter
Nelson, R. Cummings.Wm. Cummings,
B. F. Moses, R. E. Johnson. Geo.
Thomson. Art Whitcomb, and M. E.
McCarty.
Kerrp Lodge, Odell: W. A. Lock-
man, Win. Hannah, J. 11. Bucher.Thos.
acy, R. H. Kemp, C. C. Massiker,
oy Masiker, Frank Strang. Frank
Massee, O. H. Rhoades, Claud Moore,
M. Cameron, Tom Cameron, George
hamherlain, Geo. Clark. A. J. Lacv.
Sumner Cameron, Geo. Sheppard, M.
ackson, Claude Chapman, Grant Hage,
I. H. Ehrck, Wm. Ehrck, O. E. Gove,
nd I. O. Van Osten.
Mount Hood: Ed Miller. M.
H.
Craft, and Charles (juinn.
RATT WILL REFUSE
pi
R. W. Pratt, who was nominated for
mayor at the primary election held
here November 4. declares that he will
be unable to accept the honor. "The
action of my friends in slating me for
the ticket was without my knowledge,"
he says, "and I did not know until af
ter the polls of the primary had
pened, too late to withdraw mv name.
mac l was heading a ticket.
"It is with genuine regret that I
must refuse to act should I be elected,
but I wish to thank my friends who
evidenced their confidence in me by
their votes."
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