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HOOD RIVER, OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 1937
VOL. XX VIII
t2o. 37
Burpee's Seeds Grow
The most complete assort
ment we have ever shown
from this world famous
grower, is now on display
and at growers' prices, with
permit to exchange or return
your over purchase. Our
stock of Spencer Sweet Peas
include the latest novelties.
Crockery, China,
Glassware
Broken lines in thousands
-of choice pieces at prices be
low factory cost. Your china
closet can be restocked at
small outlay by taking ad
vantage of this less than
one-half price.
No Trading Stamps But
All bills subject to h'lc cash discount or 27i if accounts are paid
at end of the month.
Stewart Hardware
2-3!
Underneath suction saves power. Pump does
not have'to lift water up over top of tank.
Level of liquid is higher than pump valves liquid
flows into pump by gravity. Another power saving.
Still another engine is directly connected to
pump. No slipping of belts or lost power in levers.
Cylinders are porcelain-lined, as smooth as glass,
and eccentrics are used instead of cranks. No tightly t
packed stuffing boxes to add friction all day long.
All these important power-saving features enable
' the "Bean" to throw more liquid make the 2-cylin-der
"Bean" equal to an ordinary 3-cylinder sprayer.
"BEAN" POWER SPRAYERS
THE 10-POINT SPRAYER
" '
d. Mcdonald, Agt
3rd & Cascade Stj., Hood River, Oregon
The Opening Snap of 1917
Fourteen acres in bearing trees, ranging from eight to
twenty years old.
Most beautiful building site in Hood River Valley-magnificent
grove of oaks with commanding view of both moun
tain and entire valley. This has the making of ideal home.
Two story house, good barn, chicken house, etc. Has a
splendid well.
This is the Mercer place, located at the base of the west
side foothills, half mile west of the Rockford store, 5 miles
from town, on a fine graveled road. I have been authorized
to place this on the market for quick sale at
$3,500
$1000 down, balance at six per cent.
C.N.RAVLIN
Successor to J. H. Heilbronner (EX Company
Insurance Real Estate
LUMBER FOR SALE!
I have only a limited amount of timber which I
"will cut in March and April. Anyone who contem
plates the purchase of lumber and to whom delivery
at Belmont would be beneficial had better communi
cate with me at once regarding their requirements.
A. A. LAUSM ANN, Telephone 5419
Prices on Garden
Tools & Ranch Tools
And steel goods generally
are high. But our contracts
were in excess of the year's
needs, so we are able to of
fer prices that show a large
saving. A wonderful line
or orchard tools.
Furniture
Is always odd if desir
able and this department is
overloaded with goods at
prices we can never hope to
repeat. The best bargains
we'have been 'able to .offer
in years.
& Furniture Co.
"Bean" 2 cylinder throws as
much liquid as average
3-cylinder sprayer
kEXALL WHITE PINE AND
TAR. MENTHOLATED
COUGH SYRUP .
For Colds and Grippe
Guaranteed to give satisfaction or your money
will be cheerfully refunded. t
Kresse Drug Co.
THE REXALL STORE
Come in and Hear the Latest January Records
Eastman Kodaks and Supplies Victor Vic
trolasand Records-$15 to $400
REXALL
COLD TABLETS
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STRONG BOXES PROVIDED at LOW RATES
FOR THE SECURITY OF VALUABLE PA
PERS AND OTHER PROPERTY
OF CUSTOMERS
First National Bank
Hood River, Oregon
Member of Federal
JUST ARRIVED! A new line of
samples, including all the latest
designs in Tweeds, Worsteds and
Cheviots.
Come in and look them over.
MEYER, The Tailor
108 Third Street
Groceries of Quality
Prompt service and satisfaciion for our patrons.
These are some of the things that we incorporate in
the principles of our business.
We invite your better acquaintance during the
year, 1917.
ARNOLD GROCERY CO.
E A. Jffrattz Ok
Jurntturr atth 2Uuj Drpartmntt
ANNOUNCES ITS ANNUAL CLEARING SALE
, Lowered prices on almost every arti
cle in the store to reduce stock to
lowest possible point before inventory
February 1st.
A good opportunity for investing
Christmas money.
You've never been disappointed in
this event. You'll not be this time
unless you delay too long. -
REXALL CHERRY BARK
COUGH SYRUP
REXALL GRIPPE
PILLS
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Reserve System
LINCOLN'S NOMINA-
TIONRECALLED
E. L SMITH AT GREAT CONVENTION
Oregon Said to Have Indirectly Named
the Great Emancipator Greeley
Held Oregon Proxy
An hitherto unheralded honor is ac
corded the state of Oregon by E. L.
Smith, Hood River's Grand Old Man
and probably the only surviving resi
dent of the Paciific coast who attended
the national Republican Convention
held in Chicago during May, 1860,
when Abraham Lincoln was chosen the
party's presidential standard bearer,
subsequently the Unions honored and
revered helmsman through the great
crisis of the Civil War. .
"Oregon," says Mr. Smith, "does
not make so important as she should
the part she played indirectly in the
nomination of the great Lincoln. Per
haps it was through some whim of
fate at least Leander Holmes, chosen
at the Oregon State Republican Con
vention, held at Oregon City, as one of
the Btate' s three delegates to the Na
tional Republican Convention, not pos
sessing the funds necesary for the lon2
journey by the Isthmus of Panama and
thence by way of New York City to
Chicago, and not able to spare the
time, sent his proxy to Horace Gree
ley. "Abaham Lincoln, more than to any
other one man, owed his choice as Re
publican presidential nominee to Hor
ace Greeley. Mr. Greeley's influential
newspaper, the New York Trbune, was
at that time the political Bible for the
mass of the Republican party in the
Middle YVeBt. Some five years before
the Chicago convention, for some rea
son that no one seems ever to have
ascertained, Greeley and William H.
Seward became bitter enemies. Just
prior to the Chicago convention, Sew
ard was backed by strong support, and
his nomination seemed probable.
But armed with Leander Holmes'
proxy, Greeley came to the convention,
and he was determined, whatever the
cost, to defeat his old enemy. Prior to
the time of the nomination I saw the
great editor marching up and down
among the different delegations, and
it was apparent that he was appealing
to the members to vote against Sew
ard. I overheard Greeley addressing
one delegation. He said : 'If you nom
inate William tl. Seward he cannot
carry the state of New York. Without
New York your cause is lost.
"Possessed as he was of the Oregon
delegate's proxy, Greeley was able to
participate actively in his campaign
against Seward and by his earnest per
sonal appeals to turn the strong tide
away from the choice of the Empire
state delegation. The popularity of
Lincoln manifested itself at the psy
chological moment, and thus through
the dislike of Horace Greeley for Will
iam H. Seward we were given the no
blest man the nation has ever had for
president."
Mr. Smith celebrated his 79th
birthday on September 17 just passed.
He was perhaps an impressionable
young man at the time of the great
Chicago convention, but those influ
ences of over a half century, ago have
lasted him through a lifetime, and to
day Abraham Lincoln is just as truly
the ideal of E. L. Smith as on that
momentous May day when he heard the
shouts ot thousands cheering the newly
found leader, who sprang from the
masses to preserve the Union. So
great an admirer was Mr. Smith of
Lincoln that at his request his wed
ding to Miss Georgiana Slocom was
postponed from the morning of March
4, 1861, to the afternoon that day.
"I was out of sympathy with the
Buchanan administration," says Mr.
Smith, "and then, too, 1 wanted to be
able to say that we were married after
Abraham Lincoln had begun to serve
as the chief executive of the United
States."
Immediately following the wedding
ceremony Mr. Smith ana his bride set
boldly out on a honeymoon trip that
was to terminate in El Dorado county,
California, where the bridegroom had
been persuaded to try his fortune by an
uncle. Charles Barker. Since those
days of his young manhood, Mr. Smith
has held many positions of trust and
honor and has become known through
out the three Btates of the Pacific
Coast. He served as a member of the
General Assembly of California during
the years '84-5. In '87 he was ap
pointed territorial secretary of Wash
ington Territory. For the greater part
of this time here was acting territorial
governor. At the expiration of his
official duties, Mr. Smith, associated
with Geo. A. Barnes, a member of the
first city council of Portland, and Will
iam H. Avery, established Olympia's
first banking institution.
Mr. Smith came to Hood River with
his family in '87. The family resided
in a home erected in the Frankton dis
trict, about two miles west of the pres
ent site of Hood River. Except for
a time when he was register of the
United States Land Office at The
Dalles, Mr. Smith has made his home
here. In 1889 he was speaker of the
House of Representatives of the Ore
gon legislature. He developed one of
the first commercial orchards here, and
because of his interest in the predom
inant fruit industry, he has become
known in other fruit communities as
"Hood River" Smith. For many years
he was president of the Oregon Horti
cultural Society.
Of all the incidents of former days,
Mr. Smith prefers to talk of his per
sonal contact with Abraham Lincoln.
No topic of conversation is more ap
pealing to him than that dealing with
the Chicago Republican Convention,
from which today but a single delegate
survives Col. Sawyer.of Hyde's Park,
Vt
"I can close my eyes now," says Mr.
Smith, "and see the surging masses at
the Wigwam, built especially by the
enternrisintr Chicaeoans for the great
event and with a seating capacity for
15,000, just as plainly as on the day of
the nomination, and never shall I for
get that strange, prolonged shout of
human voices.
"At the time of the convention I was
a student Lof Lombard University at
Galesburg, 111. Some four or five of
us students, all admirers of Lincoln,
secured a leave of absence that we
might attend the convention. Although
the city was overcowded we were for
tunate in getting accommodations at
the Randolph hotel but a short distance
away from the auditorium. On the
day of our arrival we hurried to the
doors of the building long before the
hour for the convention to oren. in or
der that we might be sure of seats. A
great multitude was already there
waiting. PromDtlv at the nroner hour
the doors were thrown open. Never in
my life have I so nearly had the life
crushed out of me as in tht jam at the
k..:m;. d-: " .i
UUtiUUJg 0CUUBIILC. VllIg BIIHJIlg WftWC
nearest the doors, when thev were
opened, I was fortunate in getting a
seat near the front of the great hall,
wnere 1 could hear and see everything
that was taking place. In a very few
moments, except for a wide aisle left
down the center of the auditorium for
the passage of the delegations, every
seat had been taken. In the rear of
the building a huge stage, for the ac
commodation of all the delegates and
secretaries, had been erected.
"boon the delegations began to ar
rive, each amidst cheers of its respec
tive supporters. When the California
delegation marched down the central
aisle, they bore a great banner on
which had been painted a portrait of
Senator David C Broderick. a Demo
crat who was, however, opposed to the
nortnern extension or slavery. Senator
Broderick had been severe in his criti
cisms of the administration of Presi
dent Buchanan. Judge Terry, a strong
prosiavery man, provoked a quarrel
with Senator Broderick - and then chal
lenged his political opponent to a duel.
In those days it was considered an act
of cowardice to refuse to accept a chal
lenge, and although Senator Broderick
did not know the least thing about
handling a pistol, he accepted and was
killed. Judge Terry on the other hand
was a skilled marksman. When the
duel was fought Senator Broderick shot
wild. Judge Terry took careful aim
and inflicted a mortal wound. As be
fell to the earth. Senator Broderick
cried to his second, "They have killed
me because 1 was opposed to the exten
sion of slavery and a corrupt adminis
tration. ' These words formed the leg
end that appeared beneath the portrait
of the California man, and when the
last utterances of the martyred Brod
erick were read every person in the big
hall leaped to his feet and gave vent
to a shout of anger such as I had never
heard.
"Not so, however, when the Wiscon
sin delegation appeared, bearing a ban
ner in which was inscribed the photo
graph of Senator Potter and under
neath it a huge bowie knife. Potter
had also been challenged to fight a duel
bv. a hreeating pro-slave man. He ac
cepted but since the challenged com
batant had the choice of weapons, he
instructed his second to inform his
challenger that the two should be
placed on the opposite sides of a room,
each armed with a bowie knife. At a
given signal all lights should be extin
guished, and the two would at liberty
to begin hacking at each other. I he
duel was never fought, for the pro-
slavery man declared that the methods
proposed were altogether too barbar
ous ; that they were not mentioned by
any dueling code, and that he would
not consider such a fight The Wiscon
sin delegation with its banner incited
much laughter.
"The convention was called to order
by Col. Evarts, chairman of the New
York delegation. But Husman, of
Massachusetts, was elected permanent
chairman. After committees on cre
dentials, order and business, etc., had
been appointed, the convention ad
journed. On the following day the re
ports of the credential committee and
that on the platform were read. As I
remember, no protest were made
against a single delegate. The plat
form was read and adopted, section by
section, each vote accompanied by
much cheering. Twenty-four secre
taries were appointed to keep the min
utes of the convention.
"On the third and last day, the ques
tion of the nomination arose. The first
ballot showed scattering votes, differ
ent delegations expressing their sup
port of favorite sons. On the second
ballot, the vote drew closer, and it w;s
apparent that Seward and Lincoln were
leading. After the secretaries had
canvassed the ballot it was annouced
that it would be legal for any delega
tions to transfer their votes, if they so
desired, before the final result was pro
claimed. You can imagine my pleas
ure when my native state of Vermont
switched its entire 10 votes from the
Seward to the Lincoln column. Dele
gations from other states followed.
Hundreds of men were keeping tallv.
and the entire concourse knew almost
as well as the seeetaries just how mat
ters stood. It was soon apparent that
the contest between Lincoln and Sew
ard was going to be very close. As I
remember, Lincoln needed three and a
half votes to be assured of a majority
of the delegates. It was at this junc
ture that the chairman of the Ohio
delegation arose and said, 'Ohio trans
fers six votes from Seward to the Lin
coln column. A great shout, such as
to shake the, very walls of the Wig
wam, went up. Around on the streets
outside the building were assembled
between 30,000 and 40,000 people. Men
with megaphones were stationed on
the roof to announce the result, and
the masses without took up the pro
longed hurrahing. When the tumult
within and without the Wigwam was
subsiding to a certain extent, cannon,
placed there for the purpose, were firej
from the roof of the Tremont hotel.
"During the pandemonium, men
threw their silk hats from the stare
into the excitement crazed mass of tha
main auditorium. They never recov
ered them. Except for the New York
delegation, the result was received
with expressions of gratification by
all the delegates. The New York con
tingent remained seated and their keen
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V 1
E.L. SMITH
RED LETTEu
DAYSUCCESS
UNIQUE IDEA WORKED OUT BY CU B
All Members of Hood River Woman's Club
Celebrate Birthdays at Most Brilliant
Party of the Season
Celebrating Red Letter Dav. Schol
arship Loan Fund Day. the Hood River
Womans club, on Wednesday afternoon
held the most novel, brilliant and suc
cessful meeting in the history of the
organization.
Twelve tables were set in the assem
bly room of the Hood River County
Library, a structure built following a
campaign inaugurated by the members
of the club. Each table bore decora
tions significant of one of the twelve
months of tha year. Those members
of the club, born in January, were
seated at the January table, while
those of December birthdavs. gathered
around a beautiful little Christmas
tree. The unique event took the form
of a birthday party Hostesses had
been appointed for each table, and the
program of the afternoon consisted in
birthday toasts responded to by these
nostesses and otners.
The table of January, resplendent in
a decoration of bright winter ever
greens and a snowbank center, was
presided over by Mrs. N. E. Fertig.
Mrs. Fertig and her campanions wore
toboggan caps and were dressed like
skating girls. "The Month of Janu
ary," was the toast to which Mrs.
r ertig responded.
With its decorations of hearts and
cupids, Mrs. R. B. Perigo was hostess
for the month of February table.
"Love and Hearts" was the response
of the hostess, who declared that girls
always liked to be loved ; that even in
the days when they were little tots
they persevered with the fortune-tel
ling daisies until that with a desired
number of petals was found. "And
here around our table," she said, "we
have big hearts and generous ones but
never a stingy heart. George Wash
ington, in the person of Mrs. T. J.
Kinnaird, chairman of the club s Phil
anthropic committee, was present at
the February table.
emblems or old bt. Patrick, little
potato place cards and a real Irish
demijohn and tea kettle, both of which
once did duty at a home on the "Ould
Sod,,, prevailed at the March table,
over which Mrs. Harry Bailey presid
ed, ine March toast was responded
to by Mrs. W. W. Rodwell, whose
birthday comes on March 4 Mrs.
Kodwell told of the wonderful events
of world history that had happened on
March 4. Among them she mentioned
the completion of the Great Wall of
China and presidential inaugurations
of the United States.
A dancing, painted harlequin formed
the centerpiece of the April table at
whichMrs. W. F. Laraway. president
of the Woman's Club, presided. "He's
tne only iooi at our table, declared
Mrs. Laraway in a response to her
toast. Beautiful little emblems of
Eastertide formed place cards and
favors. Mrs. Laraway added to the
merriment of the occasion by reading
the horoscopes of her guests.
A real Maypole had been reared on
the table of May, at which Mrs, Chas.
Castner president of the Oregon State
Federation, was hostess. and a Maypole
dance was gracefully executed by the
women at this table. "Ihe Month of
May, was the toast responded to by
Mrs. Sam G. Campbell.
Beautifully decked with flowers, the
June table was in charge of Mrs. A.
L. Page, who responding to "The
Month of Hoses and Brides," recited
that exquisite poem of Riley's, "The
Month of June.
One of the most elaborate tables
was that of July, patriotic month, over
which Mrs. V. C. Brock presided. . The
Goddess of Liberty was represented by
Mrs. Frank Howard. A big silk
American flag formed the center piece
and little flags were used for place
cards. The women at the table arose
en mass and gave in unison the oath of
allegiance, then each sang a verse of
the Sta.' Spangled Banner.
Uniquely set to represent a beach
scene, the August table, with Mrs.
J. E. Ferguson, was decorated with
seashells and bits of sea grasses.
"The Restful Month" was the subject
of Mrs. Ferguson's toast. "We are
the members who furnish the sand for
the Club," said Mrs. Ferguson, "but
we can furnish anything else from a
button to a coffin." Seated at her
table were Mrs. F. H. Button and Mrs.
C. E.' Coffin.
Mrs. Ferguson also said, "We can
furnish anything from a butler to a
bishop from the month of August,' and
she pointed out Mrs. Truman - Butler
and Mr. Jessie Bishop.
The recipe by Mrs. Lewis follows:
Mrs. E. L. Smith's Fruit Cake
There dwelt in this valley a short time
ago
A woman whom all were delighted to
know.
In elub work she took a most notable
part,
For she had a great mind and a very
kind heart
She has gone to a land where no griefs
ever come
And left only blessings in this, her old
home.
Her virtues and graces would fill a
great book
And not least among these was her
fondness to cook.
And now with great joy, my pencil I
take
To give you the rule for Mrs. Smith's
Dest fruit cake.
And for fear you will question my right
to do this
I assure you 'twas given me by her
daughter, Avis.
Four eggs you must have as fresh as
can be
To be beaten as light as the faom on
the sea.
Two cups of white sugar, without the
least sand,
And a cup of sour cream, the best in
the land
To 'Orleans we go for molasses, one
cup,
And two teaspoons of soda, just well
rounded up.
Four cups of white flour comes next
on the list.
And one teaspoon of cinnamon would
surely be missed.
Of allspice, cloves, nutmeg take a
teaspoon one-half,
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