The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, November 21, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text.1 X X VOL. XXIV HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1912 No 2: m Appropriate Yuletide Gifts May be found in abundance at our store Diamonds, Watches, Cutglass, Gold and Silver Novelities Articles range in price from mod erate amounts to the most expensive. :: :: :: :: We can accomodate any taste and pocketbook. :: :: :: Call and let us show you our Handsome Lines of Chritmas Presents. :: :: :: :: Watchmaking and Engraving. F. H. COOLIDGE, Cor. Third and Oak Sts. Jeweler GUY Y. EDWARDS & CO. HOOD RIVER, OREGON Phone 228-K EXCHANGES $7.500 Stnatl ranch, near town, on Went Side, to trade in on larger place with aoiue bearing. Will put in aome cash " 1 ktun,e. 923.000 High clang property in Chicago to trade for ortlurd l)rp. erty of equal or larger value. $4.50O--Nice modern residence in Hood River to trade lor orcUrd. Will assume. $10, OOO Wheat ranch to exchange for small place near 11 xl River. $11.300 Fine farm of 100 acred, in Sherman County; 10 am- a,i new modern home in town of Wasco; 2 7-room houses at Oron l ity. Will trade all or part for nice place within 3 miles, prefir V wt Some good raw land in upper valley anil SO acres in Mosier dis'rict. trade in as part of flrtt payment on improved place on East Side, pre fer Tine (irove or Willow. "Flat. Will pay sjme cash and awume. This is g good one. We Want for a Client $2,000 to $4,000 in bonds of the Apple Growers' Union. Money to Loan on Improved Ranch Property Two Genuine Snaps in City Property UPPER VALLEY NOTICE List Your Places for Special Attention With WARD IRELAND CORNELL Upper Valler Real EstateInsurance Improved and Unimproved Orchard Land Phone Odll 77 Hood River Connection Guy Y. Edwards & Co. U. C. M. RANCH Parkdale Upper Hood River Valley Trout Lake Hay Lands We have for sale one of the very best ranches in the Trout Lake Valley, described as follows: 40 ACRCSAIl in cultivation and under irrigation; county . road on two sides; good two-story, nine-room house; large, sub stantial hay and stock barn; Btone cellar; dairy house; line gar den with different kinds of fruit; excellent view; good neighbors. Adjoining land 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 dee red. Price low. v 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 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 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 Company Phone 134 Third and Oak ism I ft 'v7Mt ' ft rv REACHED A ifV -iraST VIA f''fYA 11 I 0W wsss- mffll'K TO THE IV" LAND OF PALMS I : , A PLEASURE. TO ANSWE.R QUESTIONS t W. k ASK ANY AGENT OF THE O WBSN I i U TO HELP OUTLINE YOUR TRIP . J 1 M JSLf ' ; A. lyAWC Jtf HS; m J. G. VOGT The Hood River Volunteer Firemen Respectfully request the pleasure of your attendance and support at their Annual Fireman's Ball to be given at Heilbronner Hall, November 28 Dancing from 9:00 to 12:00 Vogel's Orchestra CITIZENS WANT recommended that the conduit be only large enough for this head. VC1V PTnri?T!vni7 rnnnim mi i LMlirXl rULlOIU DILL TO OI'EX MAM F.UTl RING DISTRICT Women Have Place on tlection Board -Rt port I'rges the Rushing of Work on Municipal Water System The huildit-g of macadum surface over linilroad venue, a private way owi.tii hy the O.-VV. K. 4 N. along tlie ftu.t arthou.es of the Davidson , I.'", and the i I'nion, and the increased tratiic m'r Sixth Btreet down hy the Hood Kiver Apple Vjncgar factory with the result that that thoroughfare liiM reen made almost impassahle, lead Mjnday niyht to a concerted elfort on : the part ef those who do a great deal 'f teaming from the weatern end of , the railruad yard to secure Bome action hy the council that tends toward a per manent -elief. The council was ad oresd by K. J. Calkirs, of the vinegar company, 1. V. Kelly, of Kelly liros., and J. tl. Fredricy, local agent of the O.-W. K. & N. Co. After hearing the appeals of the gentlemen present, the council ordered that the street commissioner he in strucled to at once haul gravel and material to give relief to the tratiic to and from the manufacturing district, and it was further ordered that action he hegun for t lie purpose of securing a permanent street connecting this dis trict with Kailroad avenue. W. 11. Talt and C. II. Stranahan were present at the Monday evening meeting seekii g to have a change made in the proposed improvement of Elev enth street on the Heights. It was de clared that if in fiont of Mr. laft'B barn on this htreet the curb line were placed fifteen feet from the property line the way would be so narrow as to prevent him from entering his build ings with big wagons, and it was asked that the parkinga and sidewalks be re duced to 20 feet. However, it was found that the contract was already awarded and the petitioners were in ttucted to secure an agreement from other property owners on the street and tte ruiitructor who will do the wor k, K. U. Hall, and in this manner secure ti eir proposed change, the coun cil standing ready to ratily it. In 'presenting the Home Protective Association, A. W. Onthank Hnd Dr. W. S. Nichol appeared before the coun cil, aniioui cing that they would present to the body in the near future an ordi nance to legulate any illicit sale of liiiior in the city. "We organized this association," said Mr. Onthank, "to seek information, and before the gen eral election we approached many of the voters of (he city, asking their views on the proposed election on the liquor question. We lound many peo ple who declared that they would vote for a dry town at the past election but that tney would never do it again un U'ifu lomo ettort were taken to curb the sale of liquor illicitly, from which they said the city derives no revenue. In the c rdinunce offered by the Home Association it is proposed to levy an occupation lax on druggists, whereby a fund may be secured, as ia asserted, to carry on r"seiiicli work in suspected attempts to violate the local option law rather than raising it from money paid bv uie. taxpayers. The petition of the Home I'rotective Association representatives was re ferred to thi! judiciary committee. Some one jokingly said it Bhould have been referred to the fite and water committee. W. N. Winter, of the Home Tele phone Company ai-kcd the council for permission to secure an amendment to the ordinance regulating the number ing of residences and buildings in the city. The telephone company, he said, is getting out a map of this kind and is endeavoring to follow as nearly as possible the ordinance, but on account of the irregularity of the "streets finds this impossible in instances. He pro poses that a copy of the map he at tached to the proposed amendment. The city will need one of the maps in the administration of a number of the branches of its business, and he said it could he secured for the sum of ap proximately $15, while if the work were done by the city individually it would cost about $10. The petition was referred to the judiciary commit tee. The petition of the Columbia Auto & Machine Co. was granted and the street commissioner was instructed to construct a gravel cross walk across Columbia street at Sixth. Mr. Onthank asked the council the status of the women voteis of the city. As was stated in the issue of the Gla cier last week, Judge A. J. Derby ex plained that they were in the same re lation to their privilege of franchise as the unfortunate male who has failed to register, and when election day comes, they will have to he sworn in. Mr. Onthank was unable to see uhy the women of Salem and other cities should be able to register for their respective municipal elections, when those of Hood Kiver could not. It was explained those cities had the required 2,000 population, necessarj to come un der the applications of the direct pri mary law, when it went into effect, while Hood Kiver did not come under the law until the 1910 census was an nounced in 1911. Therefore Hood River, the last primary being the first at which the local voters had had the op portunity of voting, had never opened a set of registration books. The new voters will be represented on the election board. The council ap pointed to serve at the municipal elec tion on DecemDer 3, the following offi cers: Judges Mrs. J. 1J. Lucas, J H. Gill and John A. Wilson; Clerks-Mrs. Chas. Castner and J. M. Culbertson. The fire and water commitee, com posed of J. E. Kobertson, C. 11. Sproat and W. J. Baker, reported that of the $90,000 of bonds sold for the purpose of installing a municipal system $'i,500 ! had been appropriated toward the pur- I chase of Tucker's spring, rights of way and 19 acres of land surrounding the spring. 'I he sum of $12,000 has been expended for betterment and extension of the plant. The spring was paid for I at Ihe time of the purchase, the money i having been borrowed from the general : fund. ' The committee recommended, and their report was adopted, that the re I training sum of approximately $70,000 ' be spent in rushing the headworks con duit from the spring to the cty and the storage reservoir. Since the water 'supply from Tucker spring will be ade quate for a population of 9,000 it was PUZZLES SHIPPERS CLUB EXHIBIT IS ATTRACTIVE SHOW VISITORS SEE REL VALLEY The initiative freight bill passed at the general election is a puzzle to shit pers as well as railroadmen. Chas. T. Karly, general eujH'rintendcnl of the Mount Hood K. R. Co., who has been in Portland this week conferine with other railroad men and making a study of the entangled treasures of the bill says : You will still have to class me with those who do not understand the initi ative freight bill, even though 1 have given it some little attention. It seems to be conceded by those most conversant with the measure. that it wipes out all commodity rates. putting everything on classification busis and under the rules of 'The Western Classfcliation Committee.' These may be revised anv time in fact, there is already another issue out effective January I 4, 1913, so rates mat are made now will be changed again, or many of them on that date. Some of our rates are lowered and oth ers are rais?d. Apple rate from Van Horn is higher and a trifle lower at Udell. From some points, viz: the Upper Valley, it would aniear that the wood rate is raised to what I would call prohibitive. Present rate of $1.25 per cord is, 1 think under this bill, $1.92, an advance of t7 cents. 1 his on dry fir. If the wood is green, the advance will be from $1.25 to $1.70 per cord above rates in effect at this time, and of course Buch ad vances will stop the movement of this product, thereby taking about all the revenue we have from there. Oak wood will also take a higher rate than fir, which is contrary to past custom. Commodity rates 1 would sav have been great a factor in the development of the country. 1 talked with a gentle man a few days ago identified with one of the small roads of the State, who gave me the following interesting fig ures on his line. Present log rate. $1 ppr M. raised to $4.95 per M ; present lumber rate $1, raised to $2.10; present wood rate, $.50 per cord, raised to $1.36 per cord. there were also a number of small mills on this line and it is easly seen what could hi open to them close down of course, so it shows plainly that everyone connected with rate making must tigure them out on a proper basis and not get anything into effect like the above, which would put the rail road out of business, as Jwell as the shipper. i nave unuersiooa wheat rates are raised tremendously in many cases and it may be that these are from pnints that it will be impossible to haul from, other than by rail. We are most inter ested, of course, in the effect it will have here, but appreciate that there ure other sections of Oregon in which people live and do biibiness. there are a great many people who voted for this bill that, 1 dnre Hay will regret it very much, pethaps, In the future. This will teach them to use more care. "You ask what I think of this bill For the present, 1 would prefer not to say. 1 have no hesitancy, however. saying that I do not think a In that is confiscatory will hold, and fruin my point of view it does not matter whether it ia too high or too low. The business of a railroad could be ruined in either case. Hood River Valley Is Well Represented With Exhibits and Officials at the Portland Land Show LOCAL CITIZENS AT SPOKANE SHOW II. F. Davidson, Truman I'utler, W. II. Lawrence, K. H. Shepind and Mr. and Mrs. A. I. Mason w-ere lit Spokane last week to attend the National Apple show. Mr. Davidson delivered an ad dress on the marketing and storage of fruit. Mr. liutler spoke on the hnanc ing of fruit marketing. An address by Mr. Shepard told in a general wliy the need of cooperation between the crow era of the respective districts and the districts themselves. Mr. Davidson's address was said to have been of es pecial interest. He pointed out the in advisability of planting moie apple trees on land untried and not known to be adapted to the culture of apples. The sentiment of growers and market ers is to do away with the scheme of apple land promoters. The show was held at the fair grounds, several miles out from the city and because of this the crowd was not as large as has attended on former years. J ho people or hpokane were very hospitable and tendered'a luncheon to exhibitors at the Davenport cafe, and railroad men, growers, bankers and all allied with the fruit industry were banqueted by the trustees of the show. Kobert Strahorn, president of the show, presided at thn banquet as he did at the conferences at the horticultural hall at the fair grounds. All people who are connected with with he apple industry, such as railroads and the bus iness men of fruit localities are eager to promote.the welfare of apple indus try. A large number of carload displays were exhibited from many of the north western fruit sections. There were scores of smaller plate and box displays and a number'of unique feature show ings made. "One of the most cleverly gotten up display that I saw," says Mr. Shepard, "was that of apples to arranged as to represent a fountain. . Among the exhibit at the Apple Show this week there was no exhibit tnat contained finer apples or was more unique than that displayed by the Com ercial club. Secretary H. E. Scott, who bubbles over with ideas, landed on a good one, when he evolved the plan of displaying a ininature Hood Kiver valley. Think of it! The visitor to the show sees our little valley spread out before him. All last week a scene painter worked on the produc tion, which gives an excellent topo graphical idea of the community, and even when Hood Kiver people lok at the display, with Mount Hood rising in the background, they can imagine very easily that they are at home and stand ing on some one of the ranrhei of the Lower Valley, or better still, across the Columbia on the Underwood Heights. The apples aqJ agricultural exhibts were packed in a car on the Stranahan siding last Friday, Secretary IScott being assisted in loading by Roy C. lirock and J. V. Hatchelder. The car was the center of attraction. Kecatise ' of its proximity to the passenger sta tion everybody going there paid it a visit. Of course, a lot of the niBiiy nrchard ists who have exhibits at the show will be in attendance. Indeed, the crowd that has already gone ' to Portland is large, and many will go down for the week end. Secretary Scott, who has active charge of the Hood River exhibits at the show, write that the displays are attracting very wide spread attention among all visitors at the big land show. Especially are the Portland people who have interests in Hood River compli mentary of the enterprise in sending down the exhibit. Hood River is well represented among the oflicials at the show. Frank E. Deem and C. C. Carpenter are floor marshals. John Castner is repacking apples for the judges. Prof. C. D. '1 hompson is superintendent of exhibits. The exhibitors in the local Commer cial club artistic apple display are: Mrs. Sargent, Seely, Dresser, Carnes and A. Ilukari. There are but two other exhibits, that will be in the com petition with the local apples, Bays Mr. Scott. "Our agricultural exhibit," says Mr. Scott, "is very good, but naturally weak on the number of kinds of goods, (letter Flint has a handsome booth at the Land Show builidng, H, C. Ritz in charge. E. 11. Shepard, editor and publisher of Better Fruit will be pres ent mo uuior pan ol the week. Robert T. Newhall has a booth, dis playing his nurst-ry products. Fine exhibits, writes Mr. Scott, have been placed by Sears & Porter, H. O. Sievei kroip, John Hakel, R. E. Miller, Lawrence & Smith, H. F. Gleason, John W. Weaver, F. Fenwick. Nelson & Ainslee, A. Hiikari, W. W. Kodwell and J. O. Mark. Throughout the entire week an inter esting program has been carried out. Topics that are of vital interest to orchardists and to farmers in general have been discussed. This morning standardizing of grade will be dis eased. The principal speakers on this topic are C. E. Whistler, of Mcdford, C. A. Melboeuf, of Portland, and W. W. Lytle, of Hellingham, Wash. The annual banquet of Ihe horticultural so ciety will be held tonight at the Mult nomah hotel. Tomorow morning Waldo Paine, traffic manager of the Spo kane & Inland Empire R. R. Co., of Spokane, will deliver an address on business organization for farmers and fruit growers. Tomorrow afternoon Prof. C. I. Lewis, of Corvallis, and W. S. Thornber, director of the Lewiston- Clarkston Horticultural school, of Lewiston, Ida., will speak on the vari ety adaptation of apples. GROWERS AGITATE The first definite step toward effect ing ajjiermanent organization of fruit growers in Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington with a view to mar keting fruit through a common'channel was taken at Spokane last Thusday night with the adoption of a resolution by representative fruit growers, bank ers, railroad traffic men and others at a banquet tendered by the manage ment of the apple show there. The resolution calls for a convention of delegates, one from each fruit dis trict in thej.states named to be held in Spokane December 16. The resolution, which was adopted unanimously, was introduced byiN. C. Richards, representing the Yakima Friut Growers' Association and was the result of a private conference of fruit growers in the afternoon. MAYOR ULANCIIAR n Having been presented with a peti tion signed almost unanimously by the citizens of the city, Mayor E, O. lilan chnr has agreed to be a candidate for reelection, ihe petition reads as fol lows : "We, qualified electors of the city of Hood River, petition you to allow your name to be used at the general city election to be held on December 3. for the ofiice of mayor, as your administra tion has been businesslike and satisfac tory, and we believe that you should not abandon the ofiice at this time, but should serve the city until the impor tant matters now before hte council can be brought to a satisfactory conclu sion. In his acceptance Mr. Blanchar says: To the Citizens of Hood River: "I desire to express my sincere ap preciation of the petition requesting that I become a candidate for the ofiice of mayor and indicating satisfac tion with the present administration. The general endorsements received from other sources is also very gratifying. In return for same I hereby an nounce myself as a candidate for the office and will perform the duties in cumbent upon me to the best of my ability if ejected. Faithfully yours, E. O. Ulanchar." At a meeting of the Heights club last Friday night, the following ticket was slated and endorsed: Mr. Hlanchar for mayor; Geo. W. Dimmick for re corder and James Stranahan, W. H. la ft and W. J. Baker, for counciimen. The nominating committee of the Home Protective Association composed of Leslie Rutier. A. W. Onthank, W. S. Nichol and E. O. Hall, have selected the following ticket: E. O. Rlanchar tor mayor, 11. L. Howe, city recorder; M. II. Nickelsen, city treasurer: J. C. Johnson, L. R. Gibson and Dr. E. L. Scobee, council. Louis A. Henderson, who has served the city for the past year efficiently as treasurer, will be a candidate for reelection. Kelly Bros, have completed the erec tion of a large warehouse on the track of the O-.W. R. & N. Co.. just west of the Hood River Apple Vinegar Co.