courtesy, ho we prepared another gas out its assistance county division
Stub of much more pungent odor, would have been deftrrod many years.
lecting a day to burl it down th« I have always bitterly regretted my
•even-mile bill when there was • part tai it. After the amok» of battle
cblnook wind blowing, so that the cleared- away I said to Cradlebeugb
fumes would not drift du^n the one day. John, has the game been
worth the candle, and has it really
river again.
J udge Thornbury was to be th« been worth tbe while?” The Dellee
victim selected for th« opening attack.. people were good people and ware
Now the Judge was a very urbane, willing to treat ua right, give ua a
pleasant gentleman and a general third of tbe court and assist la every
favorite with both faction«. He had way possible. 1 lay moot of my part
gone in with a large vote to tbe good in the matter to that infernal county
and at tbe ensuing primary noml- convention when I made a wretched
listing cunvsntiou practkally th* •*> political blunder and gut punished fur
tire board was renominated.
The H- 11 was my first and last attempt
Democrats had headed their ticket to be a political I««. Judge Thorn
with George C. Blakeley, a Dalle« bury was a warm, personal friend, a
druggist and a mighty good man, too. man I esteemed very highly. He
All tbelr ticket consisted of fairly n«ver forgave me for th« part I took
good men.
The opportunity was in—hla defeat for he did not get a
golden and we took it. I wrote a precinct in the <-ounty, and he waa
letter to The Dalles Chronicle, I grievously hurt. R. F. Gibbons, coun
think It was so named then, with ty clerk, said to me one day while in
John Michel, editor, He would not th« office: "Henry, why in time did
publish It over my name, although you not make your east liny at three-
Cradletiaiigii had O. K.’d tbe letter mile creek, and let us be in your new
before sent. I then notified Michel county? You are making a mistake.”
that if he did not publish the letter Glbotia waa one of those men who,
that I would publish it in the Demo when you get him In office, you never
cratic paper then published in Tbe want him to quit.
But The 1 istles people were good
Dalles and would send a copy to
every Riqiubliean voter in the couhty. people, and I knew them all and
Then the letter was published. It called them my pentona! friends.
was a review of Thornbury’s a<-ts as There were the Ijcughlins, Frenches,
county Judge, dwelling |iartlcnlariy Condons, Abrams, Gibbons, Moodys
on his high-handed apofntment of and DonneU, good people all.
I never met John Cradlebaugh but
suiiervieors and ignoring their peti
once after leaving Hood River. When
tions.
A few days after as I was passing on my way to southern Oregon I
the Glacier office Cradlebaugh called dropped Into the Spectator office—I
me and said, "Have you seen Thorn- think it was the Sjiectator—and as he
iHH-y'a an»wer to yonr letter?” “No,” came to meet me* with both hands ex
I replied, "1 have not.” “Weil,” said tended aaid. "Heinrich,” he always
h<\ “we've got the old man over a caled me Heinrich, “there is not a
barrel and, believe ine, we’ll roll it.” man in tbe state of Oregon whotn I
And he certainly did, for he wrote ain as glad to see as you.” Dear old
the uext letter almost entirely.. It John; yea, the lieet friend I ever had,
was a bitterly caustic review of his and I never saw him again.
official acts as county judge, particu
Wtao WatHies Your Water?
larly regarding some transactions in
(By Frederick D. Htricker, M D„
closing tbe Sherinan county separa
tion. It did the business, as Cradle collaborating epidemiologist of Oregon
tai ugh said, to the queen'a taste, a State Board of Health, in cooperation
favorite expression of bls. Practical with the United States Public Health
ly the entire Democratic ticket, ex Service.)
cepting the school superintendent, C.
In the country, each household is
L. Gilbert, was elected.
responsible fur Its own water supply.
Tlx* county division proposition was Almost every home has Its own well,
now brought out in the open; lead pump or spring. It is up to the
ing citizens were interviewed and as householder to see that the water is
a rule l lie pro|s>sithm received hearty pure; if it is contaminated, it rarely
support. Tile next step was to fix affects more than a few people.
tike county Iscuiidary. That was easy
Towns and cities supply water to
for three sides, but the east side was hundreds or thousands of people. The
u hard one. If I remember right the home which gets city water supply
committee consisted of Cradlebaugh, cannot itself look after the purity of
John Leland Henderson, A. 8. Blowers the water but must rely on the city
and myself. The east line was set to see that nothing harmful conies
at the seven-utile post, in plain sight with* it. One of the first duties of a
of The Dalles. Tile committee was city is to see that the water which
unanimous in locating tbe line there it furnishes its citizens is not dan
with one exception, myself. I wanted gerous.
it at the nlne-mile post instead of
There are three great water-borne
the seven.
It seemed to me like disease«:
Typhoid, dysentery and
flaunting a red flag at a mad bull. cholera. In i*ast ages, before atten
The nlne-mile post would have given tion was paid to the importance of
us about two-thirds of the Mosier val clean water, recurring epidemics of
ley, and wonld have gone a long way these diseases decimated cities almost
towards soothing the ruffled feelings everywhere. ixing before their in
of The Dallea cltlsens; but no, we fective nature was recognized, It was
wanted all of Mosier and we were found that by providlug pure water
going to have it, so we set our guns the epidemic's could be stopped, and
at the seveti-mHe post and trained that tbe diseases grew much less or
them ou The Dalles. We'll see what even dlaapiM-ared. • The lesson was
happened. The political situation was learned; but even now vigiladce Is
son to All the office of county school thia:
the price of freedom from disease.
superintendent, and tlie meeting had
The Cascades was o|a*nly against
Two things must be done by every
Instructed ua to ask for his nomina the division proposition, Hood River city providing water. The first is to
tion and to accitit no other office, and valley practically solid for it and pick its source ao that, as far as pos
not to combine witli either faction. Mosier lukewarmly for it. At tbe sible, it shall be free from all likely
This I promised faithfully to observe. coming election T. H. Johnson, of contamination. Thia means that not
(By Capt. H. 0. Co«)
■Mays wanted a Mays man (himself I Dufur, whs a candidate for the lower only shall the water Ice pure as a
Had John Cradlebaugh been a resi think) as chairman of the conven house, and came to Hood River on an usual thing, but that it must be con
dent of some other section of the tion and Moody wanted Pete Isenberg electioneering tour. In his speech he trolled so that no filth can get into
•
country than Hood River, the follow for Ills side.
made- no, Illusion to county division, it. A few years ago there was
The Hood River delegation could but in ci private interview with some sharp outbreak of typhoid fever in A
ing article would be of no special
interest to anyone outside of bls per elect either one, but found itself tied 1 of the leaders of division he practical town which arose in tbe hills, It
sonal friends. But he waa a pioneer hand and foot b.v instructions. Moody ly committed himself to favor the was found that during the winter a
citizen of Hood River and closely pleaded earnestly for Isenberg and I new c-ounty idea, but totally ignored family living In the hills had had
linked with the prosperity and up called the delegation Into confereme. us when in the- legislature. True he typhoid fever. Their wastes, which
building of the city. Especially will Moody was almost on his knees, tell introduced a division bill, by request, Lad ls*en frozen on the ground
all be Interested in bls eerlkr at ing us we could have the school siiis-r- refused to support it and Anally bur- through the cold weather, thus pre
tempts and the long, hard-fought bat intendency or anything we wanted It by indefinite poat|s>neiuent.
serving the germs, were washed into
tle for county division. He was the and our combined vnu-s would sweep 1
At the next ejection we put T. R. the stream with the first spring rains.
man who brought tlie Hood River opposition away. Finally It was nil Coon ou the- ticket and elected him to The- epidemic of typhoid in town im
Glacier out of oblivion and distress, shouldered on to me. In my first the* lower house. We supposed that mediately followed. Here we had a
and made it a fine paying investment, lessons in corporation work was “obey Mr. Coon was in favor of the division source of water which was usually
and whose racy, pungent, fearless orders if you break owners,” and 1 measure, but before the session was good, but could easily be contam
editorials gave it a name and a fame replied, “isenlierg cannot be chair over we- found to our dismay that he inated, and was not thoroughly
far outside of the city and county. man.”
was flatly agHinst -it. For a long watched, if the water is not entire
It was a bitter ending of Moody's 1 time afterward there was a standing ly pure- and certain to remain so, the
My position as townsite proprietor
plans
and
I
always
regretted
my
de
and owner of the water system that
Joke at Tile Dalles of having treed city must see that It is purified by
then aupplled the city made me al- cision. ss we turned against a man 1 onr Hood River coon.
tiltration, dilorination, a combination
who
could
have
been
a
lot
of
help
not
moat a daily visitor to the editorial
Then we- determined to boycott The of the- two or some other approved
only
to
us,
but
to
the
convention.
The
sanctum, and a friendship sprang up
Dalles, and the* word was given out. method. Above all, the city must
between us that ripemvl into a life Mays iiarty was organized and solid, "Do not trade- or go to The- Dalles un keep Ita water controlled by regular
long affection. He was the truest, but- we were at sea without a cap less absolutely necessary.” H<ssl Riv exalnlnations ao that any contamina
tain. Finally a man from the Minder er peo|lle religiously observed the* or tion will Is* shown before it has a
beat friend I ever bad.
I first heard of John Cradleltaugli delegation made a speech on the oc der. Anyone who did not do so was cliance to do much harm.
as n sonp-lmx orator In Portland casion and I said to Moody, "What's 1 brought to ae-count about It, and that
It is moat important that city
during tliy nnti-<'blm*M* exc-itement the matter with that man?”
was what hurt. On one occasion councils realise their responsibility in
mkiiy years ago, ami right here let
"Nothing.” in* replied, "but he Is i after the boye-ott had t>e«n on for this matter. Most water supplies are
me say that my memory, while fairly not the man for the place, but if you some* time. I was in The Dalles and not dangerous most of the time.
good, otherwise Is ntterably unreli say ao in lie goes.” And in he went met Malcolm Moody, who said to me. When they are suspicious, however,
able and treacherous as to dat««. As on the first ballot, I saw just what
"Henry, take your d—d old county the greatest vigilance is neM-essary.
an H.'tiini fact I cannot remeinls-r tIn had liapiiened. as lie was utterly unfit and let's Is- friends again. You HlSsi One um-x|>ected contamination can
birthday date of a single member of for the place: Just, a huge Joke. When Rlverites come to uh as of old. but cause an epidemic after years of
either my father's or my own family, it came to iimniiiating the school sn- you can't have Mistier; we will fight safety.
and it keeps me gueaalng as to my |M-rhitendent we, of course, nominated you till doomsday Is-fore you inn
owtr. they an* coming so fast John Glllw-rt, and to onr aurprlse the Mays have* it. Us ke Rock creek your en st
Earl lluches at West Peint
ou<*e ah«j*piahl.v referred to Ills ex- imrty got on their fret and nominated line. amf you can have Cascade coun
Among the new class (Class of
ploits at that time.
Troy Shelley, a Hood River minister. ty at tin* next session of the legishi- 1929) which was admitted to the
At the time lie was editor of the And to i-onqib-te to a finish our bung ture.”
United States Military Academy, West
Glacier It was housed in a building ling Job enough of the Moody jiarty
The matter was duly laid before Point, New York, July 1, is Cadet
oif Third street, between Oak and voted for Shelley to nominate him tlie steering committee and the offer Clayton Earl Hughes, the son of Mrs.
Waucoma avenue (afterward changed and lie was duly elected to the offliv. acivpted, as Mosier had solidly de Belle Hughes. He was appointed by
to the plebian,. overworked name of
Well. Shelley waa a good man ami cided that she wished to remain in Hon. Elton Watkins, 3rd Dist., Ore
State street, a 'wretched substitution made >i good superintendent. At the old Wasco. Ho the great scare can gon.
for a beautiful name). The press. next elei-tion, however, Gilbert won non at the aevyn-inile ]s>st blew the
This new plebe Class consists of 422
<'imposing room and sanctum wvre out and. I liellrve, served two terms. bristji pin out at the first discharge men. of whom 6H are from the army,
all In one room In the front, But 1 was feeling mighty cheap at and its contents went l>ackwards. national guard and organized reserves,
while tile rear of th« building doml- the outcome of our battle royal at Iilowlng the Mistier precinct out of two from Hawaii and two from the
died ye editor and family, One af- The I>all<*a. for the gns bomb we Hissl River county, and Instead of Philippine Islands.
Their military
temoon when In a friendly chat with hurled into the enemy’s ranks had half we got none of It. Now therv training Is-gan immediately after they
the <*dltor the question of county been when the wind was In the wrong was more trouble for the steering reported to the academy the morning
division came up. shortly after Slier- diris-tlon nml we got inoat of the jier- committee.
of July 1. and consisted of elementary
tuan* had b<*en cut off from the e-ast fume.
There was not land enough left to military steps, facings and marchings.
do
not
remi'inlier
side of Wasco. I
I again took up the question of di make a county with the loss of Mo
In the afternoon of July 1 all the
who first broached the subject, but vision with the Glacier man. who en sler. Then our ever gisid friend. new (Kli-tn were drawn up in a hol
the possibility was conned over and tered heartily into the idea. Not long Multnomah county, on tin* west, came low square on the main plain, facing
we determined, as Cradlebaugh ex afterwards I had an opportunity to to our rescue, offering: “Yon can the i-uriis of cadets, where the cere
pressed it, "to give It a whirl.” Now revenge myself on Tile Dalles G. O. have as much of our elevated scenery mony of their taking the oath to the
the political situation in Wasco I’.s and I took advantage of It and as you may need to fill out your Constitution was enacted.
county at that time* was about thus: pressed it to the limit, with the In- quota of laud; take to Bridal Veil if
The morning of July 4, for the
The Rc*pnblicans had, with llcswl valnnble aid of ye Glacier man. That you wish, or even to tlie Hmidy river.” Defense day ceremonies, the new
River's cooperation, a safe working paper then was nominally lnd<*|M*nd- But we had a lot of elevated scenery fourth class took i>art with the fest
majority, but Hood River, strongly ent, but ('rndleliangh waa a Democrat of our own. plenty of it. and of the of the ceiqis. After the <*ereinonlea
Republican, could turn the ejection most of tlie time, and so could side kind that enough was too much, but were concluded, the new class passed
to either party should she give it her wallop either party when so minded. what were we to do? Then that ai»- In review liefore the superintendent
solid vote. But the G. O. P.a were I think it was the ensuing election tiite lawyer and surveyor, John Ice ami other distinguished visitors.
far from solidly cemented together, after the Shelley ele<-tlon that The land Henderson, came Juat In tlx* nick
The summer training for the new
there being two factions of nlsmt Dalles G. O. P.a nominated C. N. of time to save the day. "Why men.” i-adcts Is divided into a preliminary
i*qual strength, one headed by Robert Thornbury to the county Judgeship he said, “we have ls*en counting the lieriod, July 1 to 5, and three regu
Mays and the Frenches and the other for hla second term. Now. Thornbnry Caacnde range as level land, which it lar perhsls. Throughout tlie day all
by the late Malcolm Moody, son was a good man, but was much under is not by any means. Why, we have drills are of 40 minute« length with
of ex-Governor Moody, of Salem. The the orders of political I «oases. and mon* land than we need. By meas a rest of 20 minutes between drills,
Mays and Frenches were of the old thereby committed some grave mls- uring the land up and down Instead Tlie new class is divided Into six
reliable G. O. P„ never give up or takes; not criminal but isnitrary to of east and '«rest it will give us more companies, each commanded by an
rtiangs, while Malcolm Moody was a common usage. As an Instance, It than enough acreage to fill the re army offlier assisted by eight cadets
splendid, upto date progressive boy. was iiannl to appoint the road super- quirements of the law.” We did not of the first (senior) class.
and was giving tbe opposition a lot visors by petition from the district have to-borrow Multnomah'« half of
of trouble.
However, it behooveil wliere they resided and west Wood the Cancade mountains to make Hood
"Eve’s Apple” Poisonous
both sides to cater to the Hood River River had sent in an almost unani River county; we had plenty of our
Trees that beer what the Moham
contingent. I will illustrate this pe*- mous petition for the appointment of own. Thiit story sounds a little flshy, medans regard as “Eve’s apples” flour
cuRar condition by relating the events a certain party who had proved him but nevertheless U Is nlwolutely true. ish In Ceylon, but are difficult to
at a certain nominating convention, self very proficient In road work, but By fneastirlng the side hills on each grow elsewhere. The blossom has a
from which Hood River, with all of who was not satisfactory to the G. O. side of a mountain we had the re pleasant odor, but the fruit, which
her
supposed
political
prowesw. P. bosses. Another party had gotten quired quota. At the following ses resembles an orange on the outside
emerged with a bowl of mighty thin up a petition with not more than a sion of the legislature Hon. E. I* and is a deep crimaoa within, is [>ol-
soup.
half dozen names and won the nomin Smith, a prominent Hood River citl- sonous. The apples are dented as
The delegation, headed by myself, ation. or rather the appointment. Ex en. represented Wasco county and was though a piece had been bitten out of
consisted of, if I rememls-r aright, actly the same thing had occurred to elected to preside over the lower them. Naturalists have been unable
six. I do not remember the jiorsonnel a petition sent in from the Tygli pre I ioum *. and the Hood River county Mil to explain this phmomenon.
The
other than E. 8. Olinger and Peter cinct. There waa tnfiny an earnest Issnnie a law-.
Mohammedan belief is that the mark
Isenberg, a well known and pophlar confab In the Glacier office and we de
I have never been In Hood River and the jiectiliar coloring of the fruit
«MHan of the valley. In Hood termined th drive the opening wedge county aad I question whether John are warnings against ita noxious
r«r at that time there waa a for county dlviaton. The matter bad ('radlelMiiigh ever has. but to tlie properttes.
young school teacher who bad made been quietly broached to some promi Hnod River Glarier can be given the
iilmsrif quite popular and who had nent politicians of The Dalles but lion's share for the successful ending
Wanted—Tutoring by collate gradu
spoken of as a very prosier per had been turned down with but alight of tbe county division fight, for with- ate. Tel. 32M.
jietf
CRADLEBAUGH AND
COUNTY DIVISION
WHIN IITTIK AUTOMOBILES AKi BUILT,
BUICK- WILL BUILD THEM
Buick,
has built
a better
Automobile
Cleaner
oSee it today at the
TSuick. showroom
AMD
MANY OTHIK
DISTINCT IV»
HATUMI
4
HOOD RIVER GARAGE
Hood River, Ore.
Phone 4444
FRANZ AD CONTEST
INTERESTS MANY
Twenty thousand full page colored
advertisements, clljcped from national
magazines, were gathered in the
unique Franz Gold Heal Congoleum
advertising contest closed last Satur
day evening by the E. A. Franz Co.
No contest of ita kind has ever cre
ated a greater interest here. The
valley was canvassed for old maga
zines. Frizes were awarded for the
largest number of the- specified adver
tisements and for the oldest advertise
ment.
Winners were announc-ed na follows:
First prize, 9x12 ft. Congeleiim rug,
Mrs. W. N. Weber, Odell, 4,332 ads.
Secund prize-, 3x6 Congoleum rug,
Miss Olive Hhepler, Hood River, 1658
ads.
Third prize. 3x4 Congoleum
Mrs. Irl lilagg. H imm I River. 1375
Prize* for oldest ad, 6x9 Congoleum
rug. Mrs. W. II. Giblxins,'Odell, No
vember 1913.
A small Congoleum rug was also
given to each contestant who brought
in 100 or more ads and H|s-<-tal prizes
to White Salmon ami Husum entrie-s.
CHRYSLER PRODUCES
750 CARS PER DAY
Seven hundred and fifty Chrysler
cars, 500 of them the new Chrysler
four, are now teeing turned out every
day by tig* Chrysler corporation in
Its effort to catch up with the coun
trywide demand for Its cam. The
plants are working on a schedule of
16,000 cars in July. Unfilled orders
at the factory are the greatest in the
history of the organization, according
to J. E. Fields, vice president in
charge of sales. The Chrysler is
handletl here by the Mt. Hood Motor
Co.
"The first showing of the Chrysler
four has attracted thousands to our
showrcMims," said Mr. Fields in a
statement issued recently.
“Scores
have plae-ed orders, without demon
stration, after a first view of the
Bo Instantaneous has been its
■ T'~"
appeal tliat, already, public demand taken by -Chrysler distributors and
excis-ils our silieduled production.
dealers since the_advent of tile Chry
"Every facility of tlie great Chry sler four. .lune 25. hare consistently
sler plants is eonci-ntrated today on lieen the largest reached at any time
meeting (the demand iu delivering the in its history, lie estlmati-s from re-
Chrysler four.
Production is now |s>rts filed by factory district super
running 590 cars a day—tlie greatest visors throughout the country tliat
output of four-cylinder cars ever at an average of more than l.tNM) retail
tained In a Chrysler plant.
orders for Chrysler fours and six<*B
"Chrysler dealers today are milking have lieen placed since that time.
delivery with a rapidity not antici-
pated by. the thoUHandH who placed
their orders, content to wait until Pear Core Breakdown Cause« Losses
delivery could be made.”
Con* bmikcbivm causes heavy loss
This huge production l»y the two es In stored peiii-M In Oregon unless
Chrysler plants in Detroit is made they are pick«*d nt the rigid time and
isissllile by tlie installation of several handled in the right way. Of the
hundred thousand dollars worth of various lots under observation at the
new and improved machinery. The O. A. <’. ex]>eriinent station In the
Chrysler Highland I'ark plant, where Inst s»*ve.n .veitrs, only the late-picked
tlie newly announced four-cylinder fruit developed tlie disease to any
car Is Is-ing liuilt, is p|s-riiting on a extent, regardless of tlie kind of
schedule larger than it lias ever lie- storage.
fore reached in order to fill tile flisid
"The inter the time of picking the
of orders which began when the ear more serious tlie trouble becomes.”
was first shown a few weeks ago. says a recent station report prepared
Tlie Chrysler Jefferson avenue plant by Henry Hartman of the station
is turning out 250 sixes a day. In staff. "Tin* use of the pressure test
creased efficiency in the Jefferson er to determine time of picking lias
plant lias rei-ently permitted the pro in many eases ellmlnati*d core break
duction of an additional 190 to 125 down entirely.”
cars a w<vk.
Pears are often bandied so poorly
The rapidity with which produc by tbe tuide and by consumers tliut
tion of tlie new Chrysler four lias even high class products deteriorate
jumped approximately 100 cars a day into poor stuff. Although properly
to two Is a frat which has astounded grown and handled by the grower,
automobile manufacturing executives they often go to waste or develop into
of long experieme. says \V. Ix-dyard cookers, iss-ause pistrly treated in tlie
Mitchell, vice president iu charge of ripening period.'
manufacturing. Tills phenomenal in
Breakdown Is cltaracterlzed 4iy soft
crease was made possible t tirongh
new machinery «iesigned and installed ening and darkening of the core and
under the is*rsonal direction of Wal- the fruit alsiut it. even while the
ter P. Chrysler, and adds iniother outside of tlie fruit si-ems perfectly
manufacturing achievement to his sound. As tiie iHsense advances the
long career as the leading figure in is-ar emits a foul odor, often Just as
that field In the motor car industry. the fruit should Is* approaching Its
It is even more of a feat, adds Mr. prime condition.
Unlike most fruits, the psr devel
Mitchell, Nsause of the greater num
ber of anil more rigid inspections to ops its liest quality only when picked
which each Chrysler four is subject immature, and the big problem of flu*
liefore ls*lng |>erniitted to receive grower is to determine Just tlie right
final approval. Cars are tieing turned d<*gn-e of maturity. Usual maturity
out at the four plant as rapidly as is signs such as size, color of seed, ease
consistent with quality production, of picking, fruit color and nature of
«ays Mr. Mitchell. Every facility of the blooin are not reliable, and a
the entire organization is concen spis-ial pressure test has ls«*n devel
trated on inerting the demand in de oped by the station to aid' growers In
livering the four. Production from making their own determination.
the Jefferson plant la likewise the
Methods of using the tester and
greatest ever attained.
handling the fruit are contained in
Mr. Fields announces that orders,...,-
ion mi
the report issued „„
as KIBI
station
bulletin
for both four and six cylinder cars 216, free to residents of Oregon
ECONOMY MARKET
S uccessor to M t . H ood M eat C o .
Genuine Spring
Regular Saturday Specials
No. 1 Steer Beef Roasts.... ...14c
No. 1 “ Boiling Beef
lie
No. 1 Round Steak........... ...25c
Fresh Hamburger.......... ....... 17*4c
Pure Pork Sausage.......
25c
BUYING MEAT YOU CAN EAT IS ECONOMY
«
Always The Best The Market Affords
L. A. BEAUDOIN
Tel 4141