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'S ft 1 VOL. XXXIV HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1922 No. 15 ! r. : -'i (oC FIRST NATIONAL Service is friendly service service to fit your needs comprehensive co-operation. Try the FIRST NATIONAL -FIRST. YOUR Business Appreciated The First National Bank HOOD RIVER, OREGON 8 V V " I 2o Home owners represent progress ! . I - . i ' k i'"?z. -'.'1 ' .... A new home, to the y. bride and groom is a source of complete satis- j faction. In later years it serves as protection against the discontent and unhappiness that are bound to come to those "who have no place to call home." Call at this office. Get acquainted. In vestigate the unusual service offered to you at noadded cost Emry Lumber & Fuel Co. Phone 2181 Fourth and Cascade Exclusive fteprvae-ntitive of National Builder Bureaa Eaftman Kodaks and Films Our Stock is Always Complete Kodaki Developing and Printing 24-Hour , Service The quality of bur .developing the tone and finish of our prints the success we have in bringing out unfavorable exposures prove that Experts Do Our Kodak Work KRESSE DRUG CO. - Come in and hear the new Victorola Records. , W&K - ; -j T . "" . jfurTZZZ& '"T'wi MiLJiiwsV m jV in i iulu m m i ii ii r Mnf fiff THE WILL OF" IfM? BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Benjamin Franklin willed to Boston and Philadelphia $5,000 each to be loaned to young married artificers at 5 per cent interest. f i V $050,000 in 100 years. He provided that $50,000 V of each sum should be used for public work and the remainder put out at interest for another century. In 1903 Boston's fund had reached $540,000 while Phila delphia's was $1,052,257. A portion of the Boston fund has been used to establish the Franklin Union, a vocational train ing school. The Franklin institute was founded by a part of the Philadelphia bequest. Our reason for printing this now is twofold. The figures are convincing as to the possibilities of compound interest, and we hope some well to do individual, making a will, may be moved to do likewise for some of our worthy local institutions. BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Member Federal Reserve System Effective September 7th, I am running my shop on a strictly cash basis for parts and labor. Last week I pulled two wrecks out of the ditch caused from poor steering apparatus and poor brakes. Is it not cheaper and more convenient to have those things attended to before than after the crash ? If it can be done, I can do it . "Satisfactory Service All-ways" 24-1IOUR SERVICE Shay's SERVICE Shop AT THE FASHION STABLES Sbop 1211 Res. 2772 We are all ready For the early Fall Shopper New goods now being shown Leather Coats Leather Vests Knit Jackets Leather Puttees Olympia Sweaters Watch the windows J.G.V0GT Nationally Knozvn Merchandise Hood River Machine Wks. General Automotive Repairing Welding of all Kinds and General Machine Work of all Kinds HOOD RIVER MACHINE WKS. UNGER & LENZ, Props. Tel. 3173 GOLF COURSE SOQNREALITY TUESDAY WILL BE DEDICATION DAY Members Will Assemble to Break Ground and Initiate Work on One of West's Best Links A section of the gently rolling 150- acre ranch purchased by the Hood River Country Club in the Oak Grove district ia now being shaped into a nine-hole golf course, and when the warm suns of next spring begin Bhin ing, the links, according to experts who have inspected the new grounds, will.be appealing as any to be, found the length of the Pacific coast. The new golf course, it is declared, will form a new appeal for those who motor to the mid-Columbia to see the dis trict's scenic attractions. It is ex pected that it will bring many new guests to the Columbia Gorge Hotel, with reference to which it is conven iently located. The country club ranch is only 3 miles from the big tourist hostelry. A good county road, pene trating orchards and scenes of pleasing pastoral life, connects the two. The farm purchased by the country club from Herman Presrge, pioneer rancher of the district, lies on the ex. treme west sicio of the community's productive orchards. The high foot bills lie immediately to the west and form a protection against the strong winds that prevail along the Columbia gorge and in the more open sections of the valley. The grounds are naturally rolling, a topographical feature de clared idealistic by golf experts. The initial unit of nine holes will be so arranged that an additional nine may be added without any disarrangement of plans or inconvenience to players. The Oak Grove faim has a prodigal ity of water, and by the system of irrigation that will be utilized, the fairways may be kept green the entire year. The soil it is laid, is adapted to lawn building, and the putting greens will be as rich and velvety as any city lawn in the land. Chandler Egan, . ex-American amateur golf champion, of Medford, who has charge of building the links and who has studied the ground thoroughly, grew so enthusiastic after returning home that he wrote A. W. Peters, one of the pro moters of the course, declaring that the Hood River folk are to be congrat ulated on their choice of a club home. Mr. Egan says the Hood River golf course will compare favorably with any links on the Pacific coast. The scenic surroundings and evergreen fair; ways are characterized by him as features that will insure the new links popularity from the beginning. Numerous Portland men and women have inspected the horrm of the Hood River Country Club, and invariably their praie-e of the site and their com ment on possibilities have been grati fying. Rabbi Wise, of Portland, who is an enthusiastic golfer, visited the Oak Grove ranch on a beautifully clear day in early summer. At a point on the course, where one of the holes will be located,. the golfer has an opportun ity of beholding both Mount Hood and Mount Adams. The golf links are al most equi-distant from the shimmering snow peak. . Rabbi W ise stopped with a party of friend?. "Gentlemen," he said, "I would like to say something, - but I do not feel that my vocabulary is adequate. This ia one place where I arn rendered speechless by the magnificence of things of nature that God has placed around us. 1 am inspired to silence." Rabbi Wise"s brief comment and silence are considered the greatest compliment the Hood River golf course has ever had. The new country club and golf course are being financed by the sale of $20,000 in debenture bond, all of which have already been subscribed. Officers of the club are : A. W Peters, president; Fielding S. Kelly, vice president, and C. N. Ravlin, secretary and treasurer. Other members of the directorate are: Truman Butler, E. (). Blanchar, E. R. Pooley, and S. L. Banks. Ninety resident members are now on the roster. On Tuesday, September 12, dedica tion day will be held. Members from the city and rural sections will turn the first sod in preparation for the fairways and putting greens in shape. It will be made a gala day, and a large delegation of Portland men and their families are expected here. Orchard- ist members of the club have promised to have 10 tractors on the grounds, and various other implements will be a va i table. The Hood River Tennis Club will unite with the new organization and will move its courts to the country rlub grounds. Development of the second nine will be delayed for a time. Mr. Egan, writing to Mr. Peters, tells, as follows, what he thinks of the course and of the various holes of the first nine: 'There are two big outstanding fea tures that stand out in my mind re garding the site you all have chosen for the Hood River golf course. First, the gorgeous view afforded from nearly every tee and, second, the adaptability of the natural topography of the place to golfing purposes. "To mot players half the fun of the game is in the enjoyment of being out doors and nothing can add more to the enjoyment of being outdoors thn beauty of landscape. That is why every designer of golf courses today at least triea to be a landscape gar dener as well as an expert in placing tees, greens and hazards. With the tremendous natural advantages you possess in your partially wooded hill side land with its commanding view rf Mount Hood and your fertile Vklley the enly work you fellows will have in building your course will 1 in keep ing the beauty that is already your. I mean by that that you should take care to make all your greens and haz ards and fairway contour a informal and natural in shape as possitle. "Looking at your proposed course from a purely golfing standpoint of I view, given the support that you I should have, which means cj porturity ' properly to develop your natural re-; sources, 1 fe ro reason whv your firt j nire holes should net equal arj thing in ; the Northwest. Aa I visualized them j while walking; over the ground with you I could think of no nine holes that j would be more sporty, more interest- i irg or a fairer test of iroif anyw here in j this part cf the country. Your r.irth bole is particularly fine, especially for a finishing hole. The green site on the hill slope by the club house with that natural hazard running diagonally across the course immediately in front of it is going to make the second shot on that bole a splendid opportunity for him who has the nerve and skill to pull it olf. AH the holes in the nine are or good distance with the possible exception of two, numbers 1 and 8, which are each approximately 340 yards long. How ever, any criticism on the length of these holes should be nullified by the unusual green sites. Each is located in a narrowing ravine so that the sec ond shot is extremely attractive and interesting, particularly when the ease, or otherwise, of the second shot depends so much on these holes, on the proper placing of the tee-shot. "Your two 1-shot holes are very good. The second, a mid-iron shot, has a splendid green site, and the sev enth, a masbie shot, has one almost as good. No topped tee-shot will ever get 'home' on these holes and, while the penalty for misplay ia not severe, it will behoove the player not to miss from the tee on either of these holes. "To play your long hole, No. 3, properly, which is well over 500 yards long, one will have to set his head for every shot on account of the threa natural hazards, two of which run di agonally across the course, while the other lies in wait for the unwary play er just short and to the right of the green. When they play from thia tee it will behoove the long and short play, era to select different aides of tbc fair way in order to avoid trouble and get the best results. "The fourth, fifth and sixth holes! are not spectacular unless one would, call the sixth so with its double dip and with its fairway awinging by thtj proposed swimming pond. These arq all tine two-shot holes, although the fourth ia perhapa a little more than two shots for all but the very long player. 1 know that if I were playing a match on your course and were on down I should look forward to playing these three holes because 1 should feel that if my opponent made the smallet mistake on any one of them it would; be difficult for him to get a four and; opportunity would knock at my door. The fourth and sixth have very fine natural green sites and the fifth can be made likewise with little effort "1 think you will find every one of your nine holes a fine test or good golr, the kind of a test that allows the short player an opportunity of playing tho holes free from trouble and getting the best score that bis distance permits and yet which also gives the superior player a distinct advantage provided be can properly place his shots." 1 "Z a LEGION MEMBERS STUDY PEAK 9 PARTY MOTORS TO MOUNT RAIMEl C t t . . 1 1 V j ww m acenery oi uregon ana vtasnington reaKs WILBUR FILES BRIEF IN BIG WATER CASE Declared Not to Be Competitive Sound Roads Cood Geo. R. Wilbur has just forwarded to the supreme court at Salem a brief of 200 pages, the longest ever prepared in Hood River county, in a t'-nerai adjud ication of the watershed of Hood river. October 31 is the last day on which litigants in the adjudication can file briefs, and it is expected that the su preme court will soon thereafter ad vance the case, which sets a record for the amount of data and the aggregate' of property rights involved, on the cal endar. Arguments, attorneys expect, will be called for immediately and an early decision is expected. The case, which in the final analysis developed into a contest between irri gationists and power interests, was initiated in 1914, when the Oregon Lumber Co. Bought to enjoin the East Fork Irrigation District from use or waters on the East Fork of Hood river. While the irrigation concern claimed the right to appropriate 7,000 inches because of its original filings, the lumber concern sought to limit ap propriations to 1,100 inches. The case was tried out in circuit court here, the irrigation district gaining a favorable decision from the late Judge lirad f haw. In . 1915 the supreme court sus tained the lower court but remanded the case, because of the imminence of similar litigation, and bad it referred to the State Water Board for a thor ough investigation of the watershed and an adjudication of all claims to WHter rights. The Water Board was engaged from 1915 until 1919 in developing the entire facts concerning contested claims and in observing the flow of the river. A survey was made of all the tillable land of the valley and a careful study of soil conditions and the needs of irri gation was made. The board in the latter part of 1920 produced its find ings, which were later confirmed by decree of Circuit Court Judge W'!on. The case was immediately appealed to the supreme court. ! Because the case for the first time carries to the state's highest court the necessity o ruling squarely on the rights of a riparian owner, it is being watched with peculiar interest, it is said, by irrigationists ovr all Oregon. Riparian rights have been raised by i the Pacific Power & Light Co , one of the chief parties to the big case. If the contentions of the power company were allowed, irrigalionists would be forced to allow tlie full, natural flow of the river to paes from the head, un-1 broken, past tha plant sitea of the con cern near the stream's mouth. i Some speculation as to an appeal ef the case to the United Statea supreme court was heard last year. Attorney a, however, now Bay that aucb contin gency's entirely unlikely. GRANGETOllOLD DEBATES ON POLITICS The Tine Grove Grange, which has arranged for a series of f - 'tical de bates, announces tbat Waller L. Pierce, democratic gut -material can didate, will aiiiress v.-t'-rs of the East Side orchard district Monday. Septem tr IS. A joint dtive between Mr. Pierce snd Governor Oicolt wss desired h t. Crarce committee. Tte latter. however, has wntt'-n tis inability to b present, and tfce grargers are en desvorirg to secure a substitute. Tre grange bs asKci Mayor Biker, of Portland, to be brre on the evening of September 2 to defend the HCo Lx- j position till- It is sUU-d that a strong i opposition sptaker will i pitted ajzxintt Mr. Baker. 1 On the Monday evenirg following the rrtirg for a fncusion of the fair, the graders i .se a del ate on the "Corr.piiory relocations!" bi'.L ; 1 hey Lave wriUen to P. S. !kvim. , of Portland, ainire tbat, tbt be prta- j er.t to defend tha boi. 1 Members of a party of Hood River men, just back from a motor tour to Mount Rainier National Park, the roads snd trails system and tourists hostel ries of which were studied, are united in opinion that Oregonians have await ing them just astrare opportunities for the development of the scenic attrac tions of Mount Hood as the people of Seattle and Tacoma have availed them selves of at Longmire Springs and at Paradise Inn. And, it is declared by the local men, after a study of the two mountains, that the attractions for motor tourists, who are annually flock ing in ever increasing numbers to the Pacific coast and the Pacific North west, will be in no way competitive. While the mountain environs of looming Rnow peak, flowering meadows and surrounding sharp crags are some what the same on each mountain, there ia not so much sameness but that a lover of nature after spending a week on Rainier would find his interest in Hood on the following week all, the keener. The difference in Mount Hood and Mount Rainier at the present time, at least that ia the way it strikes one who is fully familiar with all the appeals of Hood and the forested base of the great spire, and Mount Rainier is sim ply this: The people of the north western Washington country have tak en advantage of the opportunities that God has given them and Oregon, folk have rot. But Oregonians, apparent ly, in rortianu as well aa Hood Kiver, are today giving serious attention to Mount Hood. It has dawned on them tbat the full benefits of Oregon's su perb highway system are not being received for the reason that the paved stretches lead to no hostelries, where guests among the high forested areas may have care and conveniences. The Hood River party found a number of Portland men at Paradise Inn while they were there, all bent on gathering the , information that they themselves were there for. It appears tbat the Hood River American Legion men, actuated pri marily by a desire to stimulate inter est in the annual Mount Hood Climb, launchod by the ex-service men of the Hood River valley last. year, have struck a pschological time for advanc ing general plans for Mount Hood de velopment. The Portland Ad Club, its members expressing an interest in the future of Cloud Cap Inn, one of the Northwest'a first mountain resorts, have begun serious consideration of plana for further development of a hotel at the snowline of Mount Hood. It now srems likely that members of the Mount Hood Climb of the Hood River American Legion will take a far more active part in the general devel opment of the Mount Hood scenic as set than was anticipated when the an nual recreational venture was first suggested in late June, 1921. The Rainier trip was initiated by Truman Butler, who is an ardent sup porter of all measures looking to the ultimate realization by the state of re turns on its unlimited scenery. Mr. Butler provided his automobile (or tak ing the party of seven to the Washing ton resort. The Hood River men left home at 3 p. m. Saturday, reaching Chehalis, Wash., the first night They arrived at Paradise Inn Sunday afternoon about 1 o'clock, the speedometer showing just 270 miles. The return trip was begun at 10 o'clock Monday morning. The party visited Tacoma and Olympia on the return. They reached Chehalis by 6 o'clock Monday evening. Travel ing by way of Rainier, Ore., the route taken on the up trip, they made Port land shortly after the lunch hour Tues day. The party of enthusiasts arrived in Hood River at exactly 6 o'clock Tuesday night. The total distance ' traveled in the 75 hours away from borne reached 675 miies. On the Sun day morning journey over to the Rainier Park road the junketers took the road to Tenino, thus cutting off about 20 miles from the regular route through Olympia and Taooma. The Tenino roal is paved with concrete a large pirtion or the way. Indeed, a majority of the Washington highwaya have been naved with concrete, well laid and of excellent quality. These toads are aa apiiealing. to the motor car driver as the buhulithic highways of Oregon. The highwsys of the great gravel plains south of Puget Sound are tempt ing for one who has the least desire to speed. Numerous stretches lie before the driver as sraight as a string for 10 miles and more. Indeed, they are so straight as to become monotonous. The so-calcd Mountain road from Ta coma to Mount Rainier is characterized for some 30 miles out of the city by its lack of curves. Hicri voltage power poles lir.fl the road on either side. So uniform are the poles tbat the nLl-on-like highway stretching away before motorists between the vista of po'.e with their hu?e insulators has a kind of appefcling beauty. The Mountain loud has teen paved to La Grn:ide, which is only about 0 miles from the entrnce to the national park. Tha remainder cf the road is being reeraded in many places, and the entire remaining link will be paved next year or soon after. None cf the hiebway within tre park is pa veil. The distance from the entrance rate to Paradise inn is just iM rmks. Ifce Ittt six miles, although it is as wiie many cf Oregon's m"lin, sine ls n. sin rokJs. is C'i-trhUd aa a sucle track highway. Tt2,c is reie!eJ on the even hour both from above an..! U low. The up and oown cars meet in the mid die of tha winding stretch. All of the partt fc:ghway is aliunne. O-e is g'ven a flirrj-e cf wonderful trec-a. It is likely that no ri around Mourt 1?0'1 will make ava laUe such a variety ef forest g.anta. ( at t"'rrz Douglas t rs S'l fcrs tf other raritW-a. cedar. Sitka ;r')ce, Ifn U-cks a-iJ an cK-casi-iral pine. On st h abet aiJ't'j 'ics are found AUka coti.r and Aipire firs. 1re Utter Irttt t't Kb Uita frcm very grcrd. 7fce jrriw j,Ve s;?re. their t rarer very eVe rether. a-d when tf e d-cp snows f w w.itt prevail tha 1 er bran- tea r -1 (Cobllneed on Foartlj lag l t " 1 l