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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16
Club Discusses Furnishing.

At the regular meeting of the Com
mercial Club Monday evening the
matter of furnishing the new club
rooms which will soon be completed
in the First National Bank building
was discussed. 1t is probable that the
new apartments for the club will be
finished during the coming month and
the meeting Monday was probably
the last one for the old quarters. Plans
are being made to fit up the new rooms
in very elaborate fashion and com
mittee of five will be appointed to have
charge of the furnishing. 1t is pro-
bable that from $1,000 to $1,000 will
be spent for furniture and some of
the money raised recently for the pub
licity campaign may be used to add to
the furniture fund.
The matter of celebration on July
Fourth was considered and rs Park
Grange and Parkdale have each an
nounced celebrations the club conclud-
ed to go in for no further local enter
tainment. The matter of putting a
light over the Indian creek bridge was
discussed and will be investigated.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16

present being paid in Hood River. 1t
was the general sentiment of the
meeting that the service given by the
Home company had deteriorated dur
ing the last few months. 1t was sug-
gested by some of the business men
present that the dividends which the
board of directors seek to declare by
raising the rates might be paid by
lowering some of the large salaries.
1t is understood that Manager Charles
Hall receives a salary of $500 a month
from the telephone compny.
The association made an investiga-
tion and found that no provisions as
to rates to be charged had been made
in the franchise of the company. The
question was asked in the meeting if
the purpose of the raise was to show
a good profit so that the company could
be sold to outside investors. Nobody
present was able to throw any light on
this subject but they were strongly
of the opinion that raise in rates
as proposed by the company would
invite competition which would put
the telephone situation about where
it was two years ago. The business
men believed that it would be a bad
thing to have two systems and were
of the opinion that the present com
pany should make reasonable charges
so that the possibility or necessity of
another system could not exist.
As the result of the communication
from the business men of Cottage
Grove, the local association endorsed
the movement for the new Nesmith
county. improvements of the roads
in district 6 was also approved by the
association.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16

Sherwin Williams Arsenate OF Lead at
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16
MERCHANTS PROTEST
AGAINST RATE RAISE

Considerable discussion Of the pro-
posed raise in telephone rates by the
Merchants Association at its meeting
Tuesday night resulted in a protest
against the raise being sent to the
Home Telephone Company. Many
communications from other cities in the
state of Oregon, Washington and Idaho
with similar conditions as are pre-
sented in Hood River showed that in
only two cities were the rates as high as
proposed by the local company to take
effect the first Of July. In most Of the
cities heard from the rates in force are
even lower than the rates which are at
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16
MEETING OF SCHOOL
DISTRICT MONDAY

The annual meeting of School
District No. 8, which comprises the
city of Hood River and some adjoining
territory, will be held at two O'Clock
Monday afternoon at the Park street
school. At this meeting the annual
report of the work of the board Of
directors will be read and the state
ment of the condition of school affairs
made. One director will be elected
for term of three years and the
district clerk will be elected for one
year. Carl H. Vaughan is the
director whose term expires and the
term of A. W. Onthank expires as
clerk. The women may vote at the
school elections as well as the men and
the residence qualifications are similar
to those for other elections, while the
school elector must be citizen hold
ing taxable property in the district.
Sherwin Williams Arsenate OF Lead at
McDonald's.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16
HOOD RIVER WINS
GOLDENDALE WRANGLE
Colubmia River League standing


White Salmon 6 5 .545
Goldendale 3 8 .27S
Hood River kept up its winning
streak Sunday by defeating Golden.
dale in a game characterized by good
deal of ragging at the Washington
town. The final score was 5 to 3, al
though Hood River claimed that she was
entitled to a couple more tallies. The
game was hard fought from start to
finish and the last two innings were
especially marked by rag chewing.
Lake pitched his usual heady game
and Gessling, although he was credited
with an error on low throw to first,
covered his short stop position in good
shape, gathering up everything which
came his way. Hood Rivers eight
hits were not monOpoized by any one
player, every man on the team except
Bragg, being credited with safe
bingle. Bragg, however, got a sacri-
flee hit and base on balls from the
Goldendale pitchers. The Washington
team tried out a couple of local
twirlers G. Spaulding and Thompson,
during the game, the latter going into
the game in the sixth inning.
Hood River is still tied for second
place in the league with White Salmon,
which won Sunday from The Dalles
by score of to 2. A number of
local fans went across the river to see
the game. The hitting and pitching
of Tr0eh for White Salmon and the err
rors of Capt. MCOy, of the Wascoites,
was largely responsible for the result.
There are still two more games to play
and if Hood River can negotiate two
victories out of the chances the local
team will at least be tied with The
Dalles for first place if safe berth is
not gained. Next Sunday the game
will be with The Dalles in that city
and the following week Hood River
closes the season at White Salmon.
While the Goldendale players were
credited with eight hits also on Sun
day, they were unable to bunch them
on Lake and only sent three men
across the plate. Lake let down q
little in the last inning allowing two
men to 90 to first on four balls and
Dill to connect for hit. GOldendale
made the first run in the second in
ming. Hood River scored in the fourth
and both teams marked up two tallles
in the fifth. This was the last for the
Klickitaters and Hood River tailed
several more IN the eighth and ninth,
only two of which they were allowed
to count. Capt. Castner drove out a
home run the eighth inning but rs the
ball rolled under hole in the fence
in deep center the Washington players
claimed it was only good for three
bases. After much dispute Grandpa
went back to third and soon scored on
hit bY Morse.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16
Hubbard Not Guilty.

A verdict of not guilty was returned
in the Recorders court Thursday
morning by the jury in the case of
Paul Hubbard, who had been charged
with breaking the license ordinance
by carrying passengers in his auto
mobile for pay without a license to
do so. Considerable evidence was in
troduced, and Hubbard admitted TAX
ing money, but said it was given as
a tip. The license on his auto
formerly held by the auto livery com
pany had been transferred to Hubbard
after the act for which he was
brought into court.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-06-16

Struck out-By Lake IL, by Spauld-
ing, 4, by Thompson 6; Bases on balls
- off Lake 2, off Thompson 3; Stolen
bases Morse, Gessling, Gray, Byle;
Two base hits--Moore, Shea; Three
base hit Dealey; Home run Castner;
Hit by pitched baIl-Dill Passed balls
Shea 2; Wild pitches Lake !, Thom-
pson | /; Time of game hours; Um-
pires-Grant and Bridger; Scorer-R.
Moe.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
Come and Look Us Over.

New York is puzzling over one Oh
the greatest problems in its remem-
brance. 1t is the outlook of having an
elephant on it's hands. When the giant
ocean liners launched at Belfast, Ire
land, few days ago. reach Gotham
next summer. Father knickerbocker
will Re obliged to buckle on his stills
and wade out to the stern Of these
leriathans to protect so feet or so by
which they will protrude beyond the
docks. These enormous steamers are
So feet long. while the longest piers
on Manhattan Island are only $50 feet.
To leave 50 feet of steamship stick
ing out into the channel of a crowded
harhor might cause serious disaster.
and the War Department will not per-
nit any extension of the piers. Now
New York is considering the eXpendi
ture of many millions in extending
the docks landward or the loss Of
commercial supremacy Of the city.
If these great liners cannot come di-
raetly to New York City, where may
piers be erected for them OF course
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18

Boston and Montauk Point and other
places have been suggested, but New
Workers, as well as Bostonians, know
that the best great harbor on the
coast is at Portland, Maine. and in
stead of spending millions to extend
the piers or reconstruct the lower city
of New York, it would be far cheaper
to build great and direct trunk line
railway from Names commercial port
to the metropolis
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
Mr.. BOOKSELLERS "Generosity."

At the Y. NJ. G. a. conference in the
Augusta city council rooms last Mon
day evening, considerable enthusiasm
was aroused over the announcement
th3t John D. Rockefeller had just paid
mis- assessment of $4,000 for his Y. NJ.
G. A. membership. A gentleman pres
ent. in an undertone, remarked that
Mr.. Rockefeller was giving millions
where others are giving dollars. We
nave no disposition to dispute the
truth of this statement, but the an
nouncement of Standard Oil dividends
as just declared throws little light
On the subject
In the last three months. Mr.. Rock
efeller's Standard Oil holdings netted
him dividend of $2,5O0,O0O, which is
at the rate of 40 per cent per annum
on the stock which he holds. Figured
at per cent interest. which most 9TH
er people,. are content to receive for
the use of money we'll invested. Mr..
ard Oil holdings alone would return
s150,oo0 per year if invested. These
holdings in some years return diyi-
dends of more than 40 per cent. In the
Years 1891 to 1875, the dividends were
Only ST. per share, which most of us
would consider quite munificent
rate on our investment. In 1896, diNi-
dends jumped to $3l per share; in
1897, s33 per share; in 1898, they drop
ped back to 80 per cent again; in 1899
advanced to $33 again. and in 1900 and
1901, the splendid interest Of $4S per
share Was realized, in each year. In
1902, it dropped to $45; in 1898 to $44;
in 1904 to $685. and from 1905 TO 1910
has run levelly at $40 per share each
year. Thus. on Mr.. Rockcfellcr's hold
ings in standard Oil alone, in the last
five years, he has realized the nice
little sum of $4,000, 900 in interest
money, and still retains the magnifi
cent investment which enables him to
give millions as moderately wealthy
men give dollars, and as the most OF
us are able to give pennies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
A HINDU WIZARD.
His Trick That Puzzled an Occidental
Master of Magic.

Some of the tricks of the Hindu wiz
to an occidental master Of magic who
was speaking of his oriental rivals. This
is what he said he saw q Hindu wizard
do in a club in Lucknow:
He took board and placed it on
four glass soblets, thus elevatinS it
from the floor. \ youngster sitting on
the board was requested to place his
hands together. palms up. Then the jug
glcr took n glass of water and porcd It
into the outstretched hands of the boy.
In the meantime the boy had been mes
meriZed, and his attention was fixed on
Il point indicated by the magician. Grad
,lally the water turned green in color and
then developed into jelly which i'll
creased in density until j. he -"
solid as a stone. Out Of the centers OF
this appeared the head of a snake, which
gradually developed until in the place
the water there appeared a kissing p
tile. | was amazed, | can assure "n'l,
but the trick was not yet completed.
Hitting the reptile un
his wand the iuggler took it up carefully
and placed it back in the glass. As ..e
looked it became transformed into Il
Jelly, which in turn melted into a green
ish colored water. Clearer and clearer
became the fluid until it was Of its origi-
nal color, and then the jueeler place" it
to his lips and drank the entire contents.
This was the most wonderful
ever saw performed, and it is as myteri-
Gus to me today as 1t was then. '-Bridse-
port Telegram.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
WASHlNGTON'S FLAG.
His Headquarters Colors Now in Mu-
scum at Valley Forge.

\ valuable relic of Washington has
been recenti., added to the Valley
Forge Museum of American History.
This is WaShington's headquarters
flag. His marquee was purchased by
the museum last fall at A cost Of
$4,000, after having been exhibited for
years in the National Museum at
Washington. Now, through thu.
courtesy of Miss Frances T.. Lowell.
descendant of Betty Lewis, til" sister
of Washington. the flag of the com
mandcr in chief of the armies of the
patriots is exhibited with the famous
war tent says The Philadelphia Bull
lctin"
For years the flag has been a treas
ured heirloom in Miss Lovers family.
and few have known of its cxiStenc".
Upon her fathers death she became
its owner 1t was known to the fam
ily as "Washington's headquarters
flag"
THAT it is the unidentified flag Of
PcaleS portraits there can be no
doubt" says the Rev. w. Herbert
Burk. founder of the museum. who OBJ
tanned the treasured relic. THE
flag Of one picture is q blue jack with
thirteen stars. The Dag now in the
museum here is light blue silk jack
with thirteen stars. the blue faded and
the stars yellow with age"
Tho nag is So inches long and IS
inches wide. Tho heading il of
homcspun linen. with three cyclcts
worked with thread. The stars are
siN-pointcd. double stitched. and the
silk back of them has been cut out TO
show the stars on both sides. The
stars are not arranged in circle. but
in lines following the crosses of tn"
British flag, which. Mr.. Burk says
seems to have been the earlier ar
ranecmen;.
Mr.. Burk, in speaking of the way in
which he came into possession of the
nag. said "A few weeks ago | was
telling some visitors to the Valley
forge Museum of American History
the interesting narrative of Washing
tons marquee, when one of the num-
Der said she had recently seen the flag
that belonged to the tent. The clcw
thus given was quickly followed The
owner. Miss Lowell. recognized the ad-
vantage of exhibiting the flag with the
tent, especially when so carefully
guarded as at the museum She
readily agreed to loan the flag. and for
inns purpo Sc had it framed"-EX-
change
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
VALUABLE TO GARDENERS.
Birds Earn Toll Of Fruit BY Work
Rest Of Year.

J Simpson of st. Johns Nurar-
les, Chelmsford in lecture to the
Ipswich Gardeners Association cited
some remarkable facts relating to
birds and their effect on farms and
gardens.
Jackdaws, he said, were of special
utility. one that was shot this year
having been found to have no fewer
than Ii wireworms and four chafcr
grubs in its mouth. a barn owl he
pronounced to be worth it's weight in
gold.
Examination in relation to pair
of woods resulted in the discovery of
the remains of 991 field VolcS, I26
mice, Ago cockchafcrs, 205 rats ana
81 sparruws, beside "a number Of frogs,
etc i. Woolnough, curator at Fps
wich Museum, replying to one menu
Der who said he had row of plum
trees that was absolutely ruined each
year by bullhinchcs until he had to
cut down the trees, stated that in
March he examined the crops of IL
buIItlinches and in II cases the con
tents consisted entirely of insects and
only had traces of buds.
lie believed blackDlfuS ana tnfuShcS
thoroughly earned tn" toll they took
of fruit by the way they helped the
gardener all the rest of the year. The
blao khcadcd gull he had found one of
the most valuable grid in England, as
it was especially fond of leather
Jackets" most injurious insect with
a life of four years as "A root eating
larva before it became mctaInor
phoscd into a observation-disclosures
StanIa r1
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18

Hon. w. Il. PattanGall rc-dcclares
his candidacy for the attorney gen
cralship at the same time announcing
his determination to secure the abol-
ishmcnt of the Office Of assistant. He
ISSUES. a statement that he will intro
duce ut the opening OF the session a
bill to this purpose. We fail to see
how anyone could expect Mr.. Pattan-
gall tC DO otherwise. With other lead
vocatcd n reduction of public offices
and salaries. They now have the op-
portunity and it is up to them to make
good
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
II Is Nuts for Us.

The production of nuts in this
country is becoming of increasing
importance. Government statistics
show quite plainly that in spite of the
great progress made with almonds,
English walnuts, pccans, and others
the proportion of the total. of nuts
imported from other countries is
steadily increasing. Many persons
consider this due to the increased
number of vcgetarians in this country.
and there is substantial indication
that this is true.
Present market conditions point to
the pecan as one of the most profita-
bic of southern crops. and possibly
one of these days the government will
be obliged to crack the shell of a nut
trust" Efforts are being made in
Texas to persuade the growers Of
pecans to gather the crops without
damaging the trees by thrashing. the
custom now prevailing-as Maine
farmers used to gather their apples
One Of these days the use of flying
machines will simplify the question of
gathering the product of nut and fruit
trees. Men will fly up like turkeys,
collect basketful. flop lop and there
you are. Interesting age isn't it?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
Coming Events.

Nov. 1S-Maine Library Association.
Lewiston
NOV. 2l-Farmers' Institute, Cushnoc
orange Hail. Riverside.
NOV 22-East Kennebec Pomona, Al
bion.
Nov e9-Meeting Of Governor and
:, Nov; 29-Dedication of Grange hall.
East VasSalboro.
d pc; 1-Dedication of new High School
Dec 6-7-S-Annual Meeting State Dairy.
mems Association, Augusta
Dec 9.lo-Annual Meeting State Seed
Association, Augusta.
Dec: 1i-15-16-17-Maine State Poultry
and Pet Stock Association. Portland.
Dec. 20-e4-State Grange, Augusta.
Dec. 2l-2S-29-S0-Freeport Poultry Assoc
citation, Freeport
Jan. S-4-5-Western Maine Poultry As
ISOLATION, So. Paris.
Jan. naAnnual Meeting of Maine OPP
FEB 2l-22-Western Maine Pythian
Jubilee. Lewiston
April 19-2G-East Maine, Methodist Con-
siding r.
April 1926 Maine Methodist Confer
ence. Biddeford, Bishop Nicely presiding.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
ABOUT THE AGE OF TREES.
Oldest in Europe-Rings Formed by
Annual Growth an Evidence.

There are few questions of nat
ural history more interesting or on
which imagination allows itself more
PARKWAY flights than the ages of
trees. The famous plane In the
Acgena island of Cos. which has been
the wonder and adr'iraSi"n of CON-
turtles, has ;gain challenged atten-
ton: on this occasion WIN re-
viscd' claim to the age of 20Uo
years.
1t has been repeatedly visited and
described. and there can be no doubt
as to its being a tree of patriarchial
vcnerablity. But the subject of its
age has 50 often been dismissed with
the estimate that il must be at
least a thousand years old'' that the
addition Of another thousand is a lit
tie startling. The facility with which
this result has been attained is, how
ever. c,ninently characteristic. In a
recent account Of the tree attention
is called to a suggestion of the late
Dean Farrar that both st. Luke and
st. Paul had probably rested be-
meath its shade. The idea is highly
picturesque, says the London Globe,
but it can only be Sobcrly regarded az
Il piece of effective local color
This, however, is by no means the
only tree of its kind which has been
similarly endowed with a fancy age.
The famous plane near Caphyoe, in
Arcadia. is thought to be the idcn-
teal tree referred to by PauSaniaS
in the second century; and another
near Constantinoplc is considered of
equal age. OF course there stress be-
long to the Oriental branch of the
great Platanus family, the planes
with which Londoncrs are so pleas
antly familiar, being all of the West
ern species.
On such q subject we have still to
look to the German forestry de-
partmcnt for some of the most care
fully ascertained facts and deduc-
tons. 1t is the opinoin of those best
qualified to judge that there is no
European tree which can be proved
to be older than 500 years, and thai
no tree in Germany attains that age
IN a healthy state. The rings formed
by the annual growth of exogenuous
trees are, OF course. the nest CYL
"Ni'NN ~ tIi''iI dSc. Out LnlS is ONLY to
be obtained before decays cGfacinc
myers have "bliteratcd the record.
documentary evidence OF the ex-
lstence of specified tree at d re-
mote date IS not necessarily conclu-
slEc. Trees are often thus referred
10 as acknowledged boundary marks
when seems to invest them with an
Authenticity which they do not really
possess. It is not a question of the
truth OF the record, but it is a fact
that young trees have not seldom
oeen planted on the sites occupied by
famous predecessors and, standing.
as IT We're, in their shoes. have come
10 De taken for them.
A good illustration of such a pos-
siolllty is afforded by the Rufus
stone in the New Forest. As it's
name implies and its inscription rec
ords, this stone was erected on the
spot formerly covered by the oak
rom which the arrow which slew
william Rufus is said to have
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
That's Why We Are Eating.

An Augusta gentleman, comment
ing. Wednesday. upon the reductions
in the prices of meats, declared that
he would be willing to see prices go
high enough 50 that no one would eat
flesh. He remarked that if you eat
fish you encourage cancer: if you eat
meats you gamble with tuberculosis,
apoplcxy and appendicitis. He did not
go on down through the list, as he
might have done, and say, drink
water and get typhoid fever; drink
milk and get tuberculosis: drink soup
and get fat; drink whiskcy and get
jim jams: eat oysters and absorb
typhoid gastric poison germs; eat
vegetables and give the system
Asiatic thin blooded weakness; eat
dessert and die with parcsis; drink
coffee and fall into insomnia and
nervous prostration; drink tea and ac-
c"mplish a weak heart; drink wine
and build up govt"
Truly, we poor humans have q
tough tine of it. While someone is
telling us what to eat, someone else
tells us why not to do it; and there you
have it. But we are going to keep on
eating, if we die for it, for the simple
reason that if we don't keep on eating
We will die anyway, and we are bound
to live to see what the Democrats do,
now that they have the chance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-11-18
Lad anci Lass.
old as paradise :

he story'S old as paradise
\ lad more loving far than wise.
\ lass too wise for love at all
though she was fair. and he was tall.
A midday walk where peoples grow;
\ twilight ride-a moonlight row
She rather liked to hear him talk,
ThouSh he was such "a silly gawk''
And then-a chap some 10 stout,
Who owned some bonds and also govt,
but knew too much to moon and stare,
walked straight away with Lady Fair
And what's the end? As if I know,
Except that poppies still will grow:
1hat life is strangely gay or sad
For every lass and every lad.
Allan Davis in Puck.