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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-11
Bogus Orchard Sites.

One of the best things that leaders
in Oregon development and publicity
can do is to take measures for prevent
ing investors from being duped into
purchase of unfit orchard sites. Here
is the Albany Democrat with a state
ment that near-mountain land in
eastern Linn county is being doomed
by Spokane real ectate artists as or
chard sites. 1t is being sold in five
and ten acre tracts to people who have
never seen it, and the Democrat says
buyers do not get much for their
money" 1t adds: "The land was
bought very cheap and is being sold at
a high price. One man who has been
up that way says it would be very
hard to get on the property"
Whatever may be the facts in this
instance, it is true that harm is being
done orcharding in Oregon by those
who are selling as orchard sites, lands
that are not fit for orchard. Oregon
has the best orchard lands and the
best orchard conditions in the world,
but all the lands and all the localities
in the state are not suited to the in
dustry.
The land must be fit, or the orchard
will be a failure. There must be COM
plete air and soil drainage. There
must be adaptability of the soil and
the site to the variety. There are
many other requirements that must
be met or failure and loss will result.
The fame of the Oregon apple is
widespread. Reports of profits from its
production are everywhere, and there
is feverish desire throughout the
country to secure an orchard holding.
Large prices are being paid for good
orchards in legitimate apple districts.
The situation opens the chance for
shady transactions. Some men seize
upon the situation to capitalize Ore
CONS reputation as an apple producer
and use 1t as means of floating unfit
sites upon unsuspecting buyers. 1t is
a crooked business, and every means
should be evoked by public bodies,
citizens and others to prevent it.
Otherwise, bogus apple lands will be
palmed off as genuine, and loss and
harm result from which it will take
years to recover. Portland Journal.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-11
SPECIAL TRAIN TAKES
CROWD TO LYLE

The townsite of Lyle, the junction Of
the North Bank and its branch line tc
Goldendale, was thronged Sunday with
All enthusiastic crowd of lot seekers
and prospective residents. A special
train from Portland, which was joined
at Underwood, by contingent from
Hood River, arrived at ! o'clock with
a crowd Of $50 people and was followed
short time later by boat load of rs
from The Dalles. After a bountiful
lunch, provided free by the promoters,
the crowd began to scatter over the
staked out tracts and choose locations.
At A :l5 Sunday afternoon, the time of
the Portland Specials departure,
Charles H. Lehman, who is managing
the sale Of the lots for Keasey, Hume
son & Jeffery, the Portland real estate
firm which is opening the townsite, re-
ported that the days sales. so far as
they had been tabuiated, amounted to
approximately $50, 900.
Work has begun on grading the 60
foot streets and the construction of the
s foot sidewalks, which together with
high pressure water mains will be
furnished by the realty company.
1t is understood that no business lots
have been purchased on a speculative
basis but that the buyers will erect
buildings and conduct businesses in the
new city. All buildings in the busi-
ness portions of the town will conform
to fire restrictions and will be of con
crete and brick. Mr.. Lehman stated
Sunday afternoon that the building Of
10 such structures would be begun
with short time.
The present residents of Lyle, who
have held the property under lease
because of the terms and conditions
covering the purchase by the North
Bank road by the old Columbia River
& Northern, are enthusiastic over the
present prospects for the growth of
the city. The engineers have not yet
completed the surveying of the resi-
dence districts. However, in a num-
ber of instances the local residents,
having chosen particular spots, have
already placed up stakes on which
their names are attached.
1t is reported that newspaper will
soon be published at Lyle, under the
editorship of W. II. Walker, who is at
present night telegraph operator for
the North Bank railroad.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-11
LOCAL AGGREGATION
DROPS ANOTHER

In another close and interesting
game the local baseball team met its
second defeat Sunday afternoon on
Columbia park when it was beaten by
The Dalles team by the score of to 4.
The Dalles began the fireworks in the
third inning, scoring two runs on hit,
a couple of errors and two bases on
balls. Hood River landed tally in
the fourth on an error of The Dalles'
third baseman, Harper, following with
three more in the fifth, when Cess
ling's long fly to center was muffed.
In the next inning a Dalles man stole
home and increased their scores one.
Hood River fans were feeling confident
till the eighth inning, when The
Dalles, securing base on balls, scored
two runs on Morse's error of letting a
grounder slip by him on second.
Hood River lined up as follows:
Castner. catcher; Myers, pitcher;
Waldie, lst b; Morse, End b; Gill, 3rd
b; Gessling, ss Moore, left: Gray,
center; and Ross, right. Pagan and
Christian formed The Dalles' battery.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-11

A characteristic story Of John Bright
is told by Mrs. T. Z, O'Connor In her
book. II Myself" He was at dinner
one night with an NJ. F. whose wife
by no means shared her husbands
democratic sentiments. John Bright
was sitting near his hostess, and she
was rather annoyed at having him
among her smart guests and thought
to give him direct snub so she said
during pause In the conversation:
mfr Bright, this rug, understand,
was made by you, and ! am very dis
satisfied with 1t. have only had 1t
short time, and 1t is very shabby and
badly made"
"ls It'll" said Mr.. Bright, getting up
deliberately from the table and taking
a silver candclabrum, which he put
down upon the floor. and, getting upon
his knees, closely examined the car
pet "You are quite right" he said,
blithely getting up; "it is bad car
pet, and l will order my firm to send
you another in its place" And then
he calmly resumed his political con
versation, and the dinner went on.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-11

The electric eel, which is common in
the streams OF Brazil, is possessed Of
a natural electric battery-a tremen.
dous one. Beneath the skin are two
pairs Of peculiar little bodies passing
longitudinally along the muscles and
near the tail, One pair is next to the
back and the other near the lower fin.
These bodies are made up OF n great
number ofHittle cells, two or three hun
dred OF them, and plentifully supplied
with nerves Examination of one of
these electrical organs has shown that
in action 1t is very much like a gal
vanic battery, with the anterior OK.
tremely positive, the posterior mega
tive and the current only discharged
at the point of contact with an object.
This has been proved to be so power
ful when complete that chemical COM
pounds are decomposed by 1t and steel
needles magnetized.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-05-11
O-W. l. n. Time Table.
WEST BOUND

WEST BOUND
No. 9, Fast Mail mail Only. 1850 a. m.
No. Z, Portland Local AS a. IN.
No. 5, Ore. 4 Wash. Express. 5 80 a. m.
No, II, Soo-Spokane-Portland 8 :25 a. m.
No Portland Local."......3:25 p. m.
No. II, Ore. x Wash. Limited AS D. m.
EAST BOUND
No. ,, Pendleton Local. 80 4. m.
No. Is, Ore. & Wash. Ltd. :53 a. m.
No. s, The Dalles Local ......6 20 p. m.
No, 10, Fast Mall (mail only S:25 p. m.
No, +, Ore and Wash. Exp. 10 20 p. m.
No. Il, soo-Spokane- Port. :55 p. m.
Trains s, 5, IL and II make no stops
between Hood River and Portland,
passengers for local points must take
trains or /.
Trains 4, l2 and IS stop only at The
Dalles, Arlington and Umatilla, Passen-
gers for points between Hood River
and Pendleton must take trains 9, 8 or s
j. II. FREDRICY, Agent
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
Infatuated Admirer
Breaks Up Wedding
Rudolph Dopita is Now in the Hos
pital with Broken Bones and
Nursing Severe Bruises.

Beaten almost within an inch Of his life
because no was about to marry Emma
Black. pretty Bohemian girl of Howell.
Neb, Rudolph Dopita, a Bohemian barber,
1444 South Twelfth street, was taken to
st. Joseph's hoptltal
Frank Swobodas a stonecutter, living near
Eleventh and William streets, was his
Rssailant. Reports OF the affair are to the
effect that swoboda is on old-time friend
OF the girl and went into a mad rage
because he thought Dopita's desire for Miss
Blacks money. some $1,000. was greater
than his love for the girl.
The wedding wss to have been solemn
lied at Howell Tuesday morning. Two
hundred or moro guests had been invited.
Dopita and several young man friends
were about to start for Howell in an auto
mobile when the fight started at Thir-
teenth and William streets at $3.50 in the
afternoon. Dopitas arm is said to have
been broken, and he is said to have sus-
tanned other injuries. some of them Sc
rious. The news was telegraphed to Howell
and the wedding was indefinitely post
poned.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
Quiz De a great tnlnB, Salu ne.
Democrats Meet Today.
ALLEGED LAND SWINDLER
IN JAIL AT BROKEN BOW
Jerome Kipp, Charged with Trading
Land He Did Not own to Zeittle
King, ia Arrested.

BROKEN BOW, Neb.. Sept. 5.-(special.)
Sheriff Kennedy returned to Broken Bow
this morning from wymore with Jerome
Kipp, who is charged with having defrauded
Zeittle King out of a homestead relin-
punishment to $40 acres of land near Thed-
ford. The deal was closed in Broken Bow
last week, and King thought he was re-
ceiving clear title to forty acres of choice
Missouri land, which he afterward learned
was owned by a Topeka, Kan, bank.
King was practically penniless after reach
ing Kansas City and there he received ad-
vice and was furnished transportation back
to Broken Bow. Here the authorities
learned that Kipp was in Wymore and
Sheriff Kennedy went there after him.
Kipp claims that he had had a deed for
the land in question and that it had been
filed with the county recorder Of Camden
county, Missouri, but the records show no
previous ownership by Kipp of the de-
scribed land. King is not well educated,
but has decided in future to beware of
sight-unseen trades The only way he can
secure possession of his homestead again
is by contest proceedings or to induce
Kipp to relinquish again and file the Sec
ond time. Both are men Of families.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
MiIIers score DIR. wiley.

South Platte millers who met in this city
today, characterized DR.. Harvey Wiley of
the National Bureau of Chemistry as an
egotistic autocrat who had sought to build
up his own power at the expense of the
nations best interests. Further, they heaped
scathing denunciations upon the head OF
the pure food crusader and condemned his
actions in no uncertain terms. The fact
that the federal chemist had put the mark
of his disapproval upon the bleaching OF
flour, the millers admitted was the cause
OF their unkindly feelings for him, COM
bined, they asserted, with the fact that
he appeared to them so manifestly unfair
in the matter of the rendering Of pure food
decisions and that he invites the misuse
OF his office for the personal gain OF one
In addition to scoring Wiley. the millers
food producer as against another.
discussed ways and means of obeying the
new state law relating to the stamping OF
the weight and analysis of the contents
upon sacks. The millers say that the work
ings of the new statute will cause some
hardship unless its force is somewhat modi-
fled.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
News Notes from Oxford.


OXFORD, Neb., Sept. 5.-(Special, 1.-THE
Leonard Amusement company opened up a
weeks engagement here. Farrar's Concert
band scured them and will share in the
proceeds. Under the skillful guidance OF
its director, V. V. Farrar. this band has
achieved considerable local success. They
recently played a two days engagement al
the old Settlers reunion at Edison and on
September p and % they will play for a
similar gathering at Orleans. They expect
soon to have new uniforms
School opened up here today with an en-
rollment of 27S. seventy of which we're in
the high school. The following is a list OF
teachers for this year: c. L. Anderson,
superintendent; Grace Ingalsbe and Myrtle
Gelwick, high school; Ora Greer, Anna
Hellner, Edna Walters. Jennie Marvin and
Margaret Manning grade teachers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
STATE SELLS MORE BONDS
Eastern and Southern Securities Dis
posed OF and Proceeds Invested
in Local Bonds.

LINCOLN, Neb, Sept. 4.-(Special. Estate
Treasurer George has sold $4,000 of Mas
sachusetts gold interest bearing bonds and
sS5, 900 of Tennessee bonds and bought with
the proceeds thereof Elkhorn valley irriga-
ton district bonds to the amount of $44,-
7314O The bonds which the state treasurer
sold were purchased several years ago as
an investment. the former paying SM per
cent and the latter per cent interest. The
irrigation bonds which the state has taken
pay ~ per cent interest.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
NEBRASKA UNITED BRETHREN
PREACHERS ARE ASSIGNED
Conference at McCOOI Closes Sunday
AfternOOn-ReV. Nj. o. McLaugh-
lin Returned to Omaha,

Conference at McCOOI Closes Sunday
AfternOOn-Rev. Nj. o. McLauEh-
lin Returned to Omaha.
YORK, Neb., Sept 4.-(Special. 1.-The
fortieth session of>the east Nebraska con-
ference of the United Brethren church met
in McCool Tuesday of last week and closed
Sunday afternoon, September g. Following
are the appointments:
Conference superintendent Rev. W. o.
Jones.
Beatrice, to be supplied.
Blue Springs, A. Payne.
Cheney, j. r. Mouer.
Crab Orchard, w. G.. Rocker.
Dubois, w. L. Crom.
Fairbury, T. L. Swan.
Gresham and Waco, j. L. Hayden.
Harbine. ]. II. Date.
Julian, Z. Harper.
Liberty, B. c. Bailey.
Lincoln, II. H. Heberly.
Lushton, ]. A. Smith
McCool. n. I. Cunningham.
Memphis, Roy WartheS
Nehawka, j. F. Hedges.
Omaha, NJ. o. Mclaughlin.
Panama c. d. Bennett.
Pawnee Charles Foster.
Pickren, II. n. ellis.
Pleasant Hill. 10 be supplied
Seward, n. NJ. Boswell,
Shelby, T. X. Surface.
Shiloh, o. e. Gregg.
Strang, F. w Brink.
Swanton, c. w. Olewine
York, c, S. Long.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS ENJOY
LABOR DAY WITH A PARADE
McCoOk Lodge Furnishes Attraction
for Huge Crowds of Pleas
ure Seekers.

MCooK, Neb., Sept 6.-(Special.)-
McCook lodge, knights Of Pythias, yes
terday afternoon and evening celebrated
their annual Pythian day on a
scale vastly beyond anything previously
attempted in their history. remarkable
street parade was the feature Of the after
noon parade.
The married and single knights PLAYED a
game of base ball after the parade, In
which the single men went down to de-
feat before an immense assembly. In the
evening Main avenue was brilliantly
illuminated and a vaudeville performance
and concert by Company M band Ne
braska National Guards, held the attention
of several thousand people, many of them
coming from adjoining towns and country.
A ball on a grand scale concluded the
day, a most memorable one in the Pythian
history Of this city.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
BRIEF CITY NEWS

- NV &oeh NkiNN IL
@iestEae FansA-Rurrsss-aranaa
piub flag - Half nHast-The nag at
Shs Omaha club is flying at half mast for
me late Bartlett Richards. who was a non
Restdent member.
Former Pioneer Rsturns-s K. Jackson,
former Omaha pioneer now residing in
california, has been visiting friends in the
city the last few days. At one time he
was prominently connected with the Union
Pacific here.
Fost ana Corps 90 Pionio-Members Of
George A Custer post and corps will In
uulge In a picnic at Millers park wednes-
DAY. Supper will be served at o'clock and
All friends OF the members are invited to
Join In the festivities.
Two Want Divorce-Lula Betebenner.
life Of Benton II. Betebenner business
agent for the painters union, started suit
for divorce in district court Tuesday.
Catherine Gushing started suit for divorce
against John j. Cushing.
Relatives Being sought-An effort is
being made by the police to locate Edna
Howard, alias Mamie Waters, who 1t is
believed lives in Omaha. Her father is
dead in St Paul. They are also trying to
find Patrick Green, whose brother, Charles,
was killed in a mining accident in the west
Seeking Lost oirl--Miss sjlliec saloc. a
! Finnish girl, has been lost on her way
from Calumet, Mich. to Sacramento. Cal
The police have been asked by railroad
officials to locate her II possible IN Omaha
OF Council Bluffs as her ticket was used
70 the river. She is described as of medium
size with very light hair and blue eyes
ana about 70 years of age
Buckingham In ChicaRo-Appointed gem
eral baggage agent of the Burlington lines,
John p. Buckingham, former assistant
general passenger agent of the Burlington
lines west of the Missouri river, is in Chi
cago getting a line on his new duties. Mr..
buckingham will return in a day or two,
close up his work here and go to Chicago,
where he takes UP his new duties Septem-
Der 15. For the present the vacancy caused
by the promotion of Mr.. Buckingham will
not be filled, Chief Clerk Whitehead of
the general passenger office doing the
work
Acts ~ Own Lawysr-Despite the
lawyers proverb that the man who acts
as his own lawyer has a fool for a client,
Jesse /. FRrling proposes 20 act as his
own lawyer and defend against the suit
for divorce Of Hazel M. Farling. He filed
his own answer to her suit in district court
Tuesday morning. He had It marked Pc
titiOn," but Murdoch Nacleod filing
clerk and cashier, kindly ,3marked it
Answer and Cross Petition
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
Nebraska
Broken Bow May Have
Free Mail Delivery
Postoffice Inspector Will Report on
Condition of Streets-News Notes
from Custer County.

BROKEN BOW, Neb.. Sept. 5.-(Special.)
The Broken Bow Commercial club has
received word this week from both Con-
gresham Kinkaid and the Postoffice de-
partment that a postoffice inspector would
be here soon to inspect the streets of
Broken Bow with a view to recommending
free delivery. The receipts of the local
postoffice have been sufficiently large the
last year to warrant free delivery, but
the department has held off the order es-
tablishing such until the streets were
named and the houses numbered. This
has been done and Broken Bow is now
in readiness for free delivery Of mail.
Joseph NJ. Chrisman died at his home in
this city last night. following an illness
of nearly a years duration. Mr.. Chrisman
was a settler near Broken Bow in 1882,
and was a we'll known citizen of the
community ever since that time. Burial
was Tuesday afternoon in the Broken Bow
cemetery.
The womens Christian Temperance
union OF Comstock, aided by several citi-
GEMS has started mandamus proceedings
against the town board Of trustees to have
II annul a license recently granted to one
Odendahl for the selling of Intoxicating
liquors. John F. Wescott, q prominent
citizen, brings the action through his at
torneys, Sullivan & Squlres of this city.
There was a hard fight against the license
early in the summer, and at one time it
was withdrawn. The temperance forces
alege that the board waited till later to
grant the license and refused to hear the
remonstrance against it. They also allege
the petition was illegal, in that 1t did not
contain enough bona-fide signatures. The
board will fight the suit.
The death of Willie Coen of south Of
Broken Bow last Thursday night was the
result of a horse falling upon him. It is
supposed that the boy, aged g. was driving
cattle about 8 o'clock and the horse STUN
bled and fell. Tho boy was terribly
mangled, both collarbones and both legs
having been broken, and his head badly
crushed. He was buried in the Lomax
cemetery Friday.
County Judge Holcomb has had three
marriages in county court this week, the
first being George w. Hale and Marcia
Crowder of Galloway, aged 81 and 81. The
second was the marriage OF John Dresser,
aged 81, to Mrs. Maggie Lewis, aged IS.
Both are from Galloway. The third mar
riage was that of Alfred Lindsteadt to Miss
Clara Carlson, both Of Etna. License to
wed was issued TO Homer Beardsley and
Miss Irene e. Schmitz, both Of Merna.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
Farewell to old HnIr.

GRAND ISLAND. Neb., Sept. 6.-(Spe,
cial.)-A Observation-Disclosures was
given by members OF the Liederkranz
society as the last event in the old hall. a
feature of the event being that Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Vieregg, Mr.. and Mrs Henry
Joehnck, OF the five remaining pioneer
settlers Of this section, anu Charles Was
mer and Mrs. r. Goehring danced the
march at the opening ceremony of the
hall forty years ago, and likewise at the
farewell march. President lessen deliv-
cred a neat address aud the male chorus
rendered several songs. The work Of raz-
ing the old structure for the new 5000
hall will be begun this week.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06

STANTON. Neb.. Sept. 4.-(special.)-
Friday afternoon while operating a gaso
line stove Norman Forless had a narrow
escape from being burned to death. While
filling the stove he spilled a large amount
on his clothing and then lit a match on
his trousers and the gasoline at once liz.
nited and he was in a short time one mass
of flames. His sister, hearing his screams
grabbed a blanket and wrapped it about
him and smothered the flames before the
victim was burned badly. The sufferer has
undergone great pain, but will come out
all right in a short time
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06

AL OVJ ydIus OdpIdIH JOIIHbUH HIduO 70
out of a possible so. Out of the ten men
who failed to qualify as marksmen three
attained first class. three second class and
one fourth-class. Captain liver g. johnson
was in charge of camp and range Major
Julius Penn of the Twelfth infantry, u
S. A. assigned to ne Nebraska National
Guard as instructor and inspector, and
Captain Linco of Fort Riley were also
present
Some pistol shooting was done on the
range with the following results: Captain
liver 8. Johnson, pistol expert 22S; Ser
geant Richard strahle, pistol expert, 2O2i
Musician Kelley, pistol sharpshooter; PIT
vate Frank Chamberlin, pistol marksman
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
END OF KRUEGER-BEEBE CASE
suit for Alienation of Wife's Affec-
tics at BruIe, 5. ID. settled
Out of Court.

MITCHELL, s. D., Sept. 5.-(Special.)-
The last action in the once famous
Kruger Beebe case occurred in the circuit
court Of Brule county, when II. G. Beebe
dismissed his damage suit against Charles
F. Kruger for the sum of 900, who is
alleged to have interrupted the harmony
and peace Of the Beebe home and deprived
the husband Of his wife's companionship.
At the time Mrs. Kruger caused the ar
rest OF her husband and Mrs. Beebe, charg-
ing a statutory offense. which case was
later dismissed. and the Kruegers were
reunited. In June Mr.. Beebe started the
damage suit against Kruger to recover the
large amount OF money, but the case has
been peaceably settled out OF court
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-09-06
SELDEN-BRECK WILL
GET BUILDING AWARD
Owner and Architect Decide that
Kansas City Firm is Lowest RE-
pOnsibIe Bidder.

II present plans carry, the Seldom Brock
company, which is building the Woodmen
structure, will be given the contract for
the new building at Seventeenth and Har-
ney streets. John Latenser, the architect,
and w. II. Thomas of the Thomas Realty
company have about concluded that this
firm should have the contract. which calls
for a structure to cost 200. About fifty
contractors submitted bids for the build
ing. which will be five stories high.