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Th* Nttiotti Pilot to Freedom
and Supremacy.
When smoke and steam are rising
from all of the eight boilers on the
fleet of scows utilised b ythe Gilpin
Construction Co. on the Waukoma in
terstate bridge, which will connect
this city and White Salmon, Wash..
| there is simulation of a young factory
district on the Columbia river water
front of Hood River. The assembled
pile drivers, floating concrete machin
ery and other nuiaaive equipment, the
heaviest that has ever been utilised on
a river Job east of Portland, looms
large in the eyes of motor tourists on
the Columbia River highway and those
who pasa over the North Bank road
on the Washington shore.
Indeed the Waukoma Interstate
bridge la going to form a huge monu
mental landmark on the two east and
weet highways and its traffic, flowing
over a flooring that will be mors than
00 feet st«».» the tow water mark of
the great international Columbia and
45 feet above the highest known water
mark, will be fed heavily from the
Yakima and Mount Hood Loop high
ways. The Columbia's canyon from
the ramparts of Mitchells Point, six
miles to the west, to a point east of
Mosier, a total distance of nearly 14
miles, la fairly straight, and front
every open eminence along the two
highways, those who motor over the
road will have a fair view of the
great steel spans.
Structural experts who have !■-
■pected the blue prints ot the new
bridge, the 10 steel spans of which
will aggregate 2.131 feet in length,
declare that they have been designed
to the cud of pleaaing effect without
the loss of strength. Nine of the
spena will be undershmg. that to, the
deck of the bridge will pass along the
top of the steel girders. Only the span
crossing the main channel, which, too.
wiU be tha longest, will have the
steel work above the roadway.
P. C. Fletcher. In charge of the work
here for the Gilpin Construction Co.,
baa received a letter from the Ameri
can Bridge (to,- announcing that work
of fabricating the steel at their Arn-
drMge, Pa., plant la well under way.
T!>e spans will be en rente in March,
it is anticipated, by way of the Pan
ama canal. Shipment. It is expected,
will be made from Baltimore.
The steel will then be brought here
over the O.-W. R. A N. line and hauled
to a deep water landing of the Colum
bia near the old landing place of mid
Columbia ateawan. It has not been
deterntBsd what raetimd will be used
in aaeembllngtheaf^r The span*
Buiy be act up on barges and floated
tn to position.
Work on the bridge waa started the
first of last fall. It proceeded ahead
of schedule until the aero weather tlw
first of Janaary. This was followed
by record low water in the Columbia,
which made it impossible to reach the
pier closest to the Oregon shore with
barges loaded with the heavy equip
ment. The low water in turn was
followed by extremely high tempera
tures on the headwaters of the Colum
bia, with the remit that the stream
rose to a stage far higher than is an
ticipated for the season. Coffer dams
were overflowed and progress of crews
again halted. The river made a rise
of 87 niches in a little over 24 hours
last week. If the springtime is really
at hand and the warm weather con
tinues over the eastern parts of Ore
gon and Washington and on to the
regions bordering the headwaters of
the Columbia and Snake riven, higli
water may continue throughout the
spring and summer. Mr. Fletcher
says his company will wait almut 10
days. If then the river showa no
signs of dropping, the coffer dam will
tie spliced and the work will proceed.
Of the 11 piers, six have been sealell
with concrete at the top of hearing
piles driven through the Aratuin of
■and on the river bottom. The forms
have been set and poured in three of
these to the water line. In four only
the hearing piles have Iteen placed.
In the other only the laminated piles
for the coffer dam have been driven.
The steel spans on the Oregon side
of the Coiuaatota will be approached
over MM feet of trestlework. Of this
000 feet will be over the shallow water
on the Oregon side. On the Washing
ton bank the length of the wooden
trestle work over the water will l>e
3fi0 feet. The grade of the trestle-
work on the Oregon aide of the river
will be four percent, while on the
Washington side, where the distance
Is shorter, the grade to the steel span
will be five percent. From the end of
the steel work on the Oregon side to
the choni
channel span, the grade will be
one l*«-
pe^; » cent, that on the Washington
win be 3% per cent.
It to anticipated that the bridge
will be ready for traffic the coming
fall, as scheduled when work wan
begun last fall.
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“More than all, and above all, Washington
was master of himself. 4f there be one
quality more than another in his character
which may exercise a useful control over
the men ot the present hour It Is the total
disregard of self when in the most ele
vated positions for Influence and example.”
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Apropos of front pa^e items of the week’s .
news, one can hardly escape the thought
that these words were not the rule and
guide of some of the Statesmen of our
day and generation.
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purpose we have chosen the words of
Charles Francis Adams:
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We have all of the staple jueats, of the
highest quality and the lowest possible prices.
Furthermore we can furnish you with those
little tidbits of the meat market—sweetbreads,
calf brains, calf liver, spare ribs and various
other items of this nature.
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meats, fish or poultry.
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A RE you planning to build this year 7 You will
want to know, before hand, what is going into
Hood River Market
that home and why.
We are in business not merely
to sell lumber and other building material. Our bum
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ness i* to* satisfy your needs thoroly, assist in plan
ning, during construction and continually afterward.
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staightened out now.
If you want service from a service car promptly,
just call us, Our record the past year snows that
we have responded and got results. Try us.
fuss or obligation.
Then you’ll know —without
That to why you are urged to
visit this office, ask questions, obtain advice and—
everything necessary to assure you of complete satis-,
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We ara ready to serve.
EMR Y LUMBER & FUEL CO.
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Electrical Work a Specialty
LUNCH CLUB BEARS
OF THE AUTO PARK
TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY
to TUCKRR’S GARAGE
Phone 2133
IL &. GALUGAN, Proprietor
NO JOB TOO BIG
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We will handleyour «nail expraea shipments or yoor
massive tonnage. We have just started moving 100 tone of
barrelled strawberries here for the Hood River Canning Co.
We will not allow the big deal to interfere with our smaller
freight, for we have contracted with several local motor truck
men to handle a part of the berries. Try us on your next
shipment, either to or frotp Portland. TeL 3682.
Offer* a full Hue of Fruit Tree* grown from bud*
and scion* selected from our own bearing
t ram and guaranteed true to name.
PLANT SOME OF OUR NEW
“Superb” and “J. H. Hale” Peach
THE TWO BEST PEACHES GROWN.
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View» on the proposition of a new
automobile park on the BatetieMer
property west of the city, at the Lunch
Club Tuesday, formed one of the most
interesting diacUMilona »roused recent
ly in the organisation. With F. fl.
Kelly, scheduled for chairman, a been t.
Preaident Bartmeas urged member« of
the Hub to give their views on the
park.
Sentiment was divided. One ele-
ment took the view that the dty
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at once, at a price of 112,000, trans
ferring to the Batchelders the old city
park at a valuation of 18.000. Thia
element wonld make the deal at <m?e,
although in the deal the Batchelders
will guarantee that the old park will
be kept off the market for private auto
Ck pnrposes for only one year. The
tchelders, it waa explained, hod
made numerous concession» to the city.
They will tv**'y11*' that tha old. park
be stripped of park eqplpmcnr, and
the new owners will assume assess
ments to be made when the weot end
of Cascade avenue to paved.
r'Afiother element expretwd a fear
that eumpetitloa that might arise from
a privately owned
lie park
would seriously ham
city in
Improving its new para.
O. O. Huelat, who has been one of
the moat eathoeiaatle adv<«-ateu for
the purchase of the
tract,
ou the council, led la the
He explained the nume
conces
sions made by Mr. Bat
*r. He
concluded his remarks by daclurtag it
bis belief that it would be nothing
abort of a crime for the city to fall In
acquiring the park property. Dr. V.
R. Abraham and Leroy Childs ex-
presned the opinion that competition
would not seriously hamper the city
In its undertaking. Q. U. Cusiuer
asked how much it would cost to
bring the new park to ultimate com
pletion. H. G. Ball arged that any
personal antagonism that clttaens
might feel toward the Batchelders
should not cuter Into the plans. After
«peakers bad left the impressi ilon that
the council 1
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plans, Truman Bntler cited that the
council had voted against the mere
one-year restriction, and he urged tnat
jnembera of the lunch elub give the
matter closer consideration before
reaching qny conclusions. F.
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■ted and A. M. Chnnon expreaaed
themselvee in Barer of a reatrlction
longer than one year.
Senator Patterson, at t the anggestion
of 8. J. Moore, told of the ft 'nt
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efito that had accrued at flaleiii from
an uutomoblle park, aad l4*slle Butler
told of reeoauMBdatigra made recent
ly at a hotel men’s meeting by Major
Martin, superintendent of the Rainier
national park conceoatons. Maj. Mar
tin, Mr. Butler Mid, bellave» that
every attempt sbouid be made to take
care of the motor tourist, .lease W.
Crites said he did not believe the
»«tchelders had any intention of Hell
ing the old auto park for park pur-
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As waa revealed at the nuMtag of
the city council Monday night the
Itlana of purchasing from the Batdto
elder estate a 37-acre treat an tha
Columbia River highway just weet of
town fqr tine in developing an auto
mobile and city park, remain un
changed. Following a eertea ef pm»
¡«»sals and counter proposals on the
part of the city council and Chsi-iys
Batchelder, of New York City, who in
adinlnlHtering the affairs of ths estate,
Mr. Batchelder finally agreed to ac
cept »12,000 for the land, takinp in
part payment the old 3-acre city auto
mobile park at a valuation of 83.00a
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striction clause to the old city park,
preventing its use aa a oompetlag» psA-
vately owned automobile park for a
term of five year». Mr. Batchelder,
however, waa willing to limit Mr re-
striottou to only one year.
At a meeting of the city raomM
Monday evening, January 4, »he
council voted to wire Mr. Battitelder
that they would purchase hla nronerty
on the bsste agreed, provided M
would grant the five-year ——'-H—
The council asked that he uagt w
reject the offer immediately. To date
no reply of any kind has been re
ceived, although the city wa» apprised
shortly after the — lrgl -was wind
him that he waa out of New wtr*t f-i
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City Attorney Smith, who declared
that he felt reluctant in giving a per
sonal opinion on the matter, declared
that he felt that the city should make
no conceraiMW from the offer made to
Mr. Batctelder recently by wire. Ha
declared it hia belief that ‘be tram
■action, aa the city’s offer stands,
forma an excellent business deal for
the Batchelders. “I believe it a good
piece of property, Mid Mr. Smith, “but
I believe.that tha city may not need
it fpr 10 or 15 ydara. I wouldn't buj
the property note, and spend 112,000
for tt.”
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He cited that City Engineer Clark
Itad mate ptaao whereby the old city
park can accammodute twice as many
people for the outlay of a comparative
ly small sum. Mr. Smith dec in rod M
bl» opinion that the possibility of a
competing, privately owned part
Hboted ho .consldared as a serteu» mnfc
ter. He ended by urging more citiaens
to attend the cqum M meetings.
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President Ba rtrneea. who announced
that Mr. Kelly would be in charge of
the meeting next week, urged that
mure business men of the city be ill
(crested to Joining the Hub.
COMMITTEE BUYS
ENTIRE COW HERD
_• Four truckloaxlH of mUcb cow», a
total of 26 head of purebred Jersey»
nre expected to arrive here over the
Columbia ltiver hi gh w ay from ForoSt
Grove today. The cow» were pur
chased last week by a committee, ap
pointed at a recent mass meeting of
growers, who at present are displaying
a keen interest in the diversMkattoa
oF their iudnstry through increasing
their dairying activities as a sideline.
All of the cows are tuberculin tested.
J. P. Thomsen, Sherman J. Frank
and EdWHrd E. lage formed the com
mittee which ton red the Willamette
valley in search of the cows. They
were discouraged In their effort«, ox-
pecting to hare to return home,With
out additional herds, when they vis
ited the Forest Grov» ranch af David
Storey, from whom all the animate
were bought.
MASQUERADE PARTY
WAS BIG SUCCESS
Valentine masquerade party,
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given last week by J. O.
C. Devin and hts
his
son, Keltsle, at their Mt. Rood com
munity hall, was a great success. Res
idents from Mosier and various valley
communities were present. The grand
inaech began at 10.15, the dancers un
masking Immediately following. The
grand prise was won by Mlea Myrtle
Gundry. of this city. The best cos
tume for a lady was captured by Miss
Dorothy Strauss, of Mosier; the beet
coatume for a man was captured by
Cecil Thrane. of Pins Grov», and a
fourth, for the most comic costume,
was won by Ray Ccrnick, of Mt. Hood.
The participants were complimented
with a free supper by Mr. Devin and
son.
The next dance at the Mt. Hood hall
will occur February ‘20, this week's
affair having been cancelled because
of the numerous social attractions at
other places.
HOOD FOLK PERFORM
AT PORTLAND SHOW
Last night a plensing feature of the
Out Door Life Exposition at the public
auditorium in Portland was a musi
cale by linns Hoerlefn and Otto T.
Wedemeyer and s lecture on Mount
Hood by Mark Weygmnt.
Mr. Wedemeyer. who owns an Oak
Grove orchard place, aang some of his
favorite songs. He waa accompanied,
by Hana Hoerleln on the Ng auditor
ium organ.
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M. R. Catherwood made a hurried
trip to the city from Dee, where he Is
with the Oregon Lumber Co., Monday
morning.
Member« of CMMnlttMB aiegi -m*
Lunch Club aad Cbuahgt of <3 h »>
meree Were present Mto»4«y Bight.
Dr. Jenktne and A. M. Cannon, of the
Lunch Club commttte«, et«*e< that
they wioM the eaeneU to kaaw they
were anpparUng the body to nffrrti 1»
acquire the property. Both h» »rr*
Mr. Cannon expreaaed opposition to
Ute »Ingle year reatrietton. p; 1»
Tompkins, e< the irbamhar, tan, «»
pressed a similar opinton. Dr. ton
kins and Mr. Cannon finally anggaotn*
• possible compromise of a three-yoar
raetrlctton. 1». B. fleott anld be wtraM
be willing to accept the onn-ynnr praps
oaiflon and Lake dmncMi with competi
tion.
A large petition from property rant
ers In the vicinity of Thirteenth and
C street», asking for n light at the
corner, wm presented by B. F. Mama
and C. B. Woolpert. both, of whnra
■poke In behalf of the petition, which
was referred to the fire and water
committee to be reported back.
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The fire and water committea, t&
former meeting, recommended that
the Hty make a charge of |20 per
how whenever the auxiliary fire tr uth
was <-alled from the city limits. The
recommendation, which waa niBpin*.
showed that the recommendation did
not place the city In the position of
being obliged to sttend fires ootabto
ths corporate Undto but that it wonM
lie permitted when an extra drtear
was available to handle the auxiliary
truck.
Health Officer Edgington. In a report
to the council, said that the <51 till mi J
of measles which swept every aeetlea
of the county eorly in the year baa
nearly subsided. Only 12 fkmliiee.
Dr. Bdglngton stated, new remnin
quarantined for the diesnea.. With
favorable weather be expects the epA-
demic to end within the next week or
two.
Dr. Edgington stated that families
with few children seemed to t o n it o c t
the disease last. He attributed this
to smaller chance for infection. Two
cases of inntnps were reported in the
county last wt^k, Dr. FMgtagtoa
rejmrted.
William P.
Oregon State
was Hecking definite Lnformattou <m
automobile park accommodations of
Oregon cities, in order that the data
might be given to travel bmvaue. Mr.
Allyn declared that munivipniUta*
over the state were taking a keen lx»
terest In their auto parks. Ashland,
he said, where the net return» ladt
year had reached 88.000. although the
city had originally decMed to attempt
to gain no profit from Its park, plane
on Investing 110,000 in Improving it*
automobile perk.
Mr. Allyn presented the conwcil wNh
a proof of n new Oregon highway BMP»
which will be distributed by the state
chamber to the number of 50,000. He
cited that ot the nine ontatentttn*
scenic feature« emphaeiied by the
map. Hood River to interested,!» three,
Mount Hood, the Columbia River high
way and the Old Oregon Trail. Stone
maps will be distsibuted tbrongbent
the nation by information buraand
and railways,
Mr. Ally» mid that tt wsa sotiumted
that at least three time» M ssaogl
tourists aa during any former yaag
will pass through Hood River thta
year. He appealed for an ittfnmoMki
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