The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-10-10
OCTOBER TERM
In SESSION
JURY TRIALS TAkE MUCH TINE
draHd Jury Makes Report Damage Case
Decided Monday Forged Note and
Condemnation Cases Important.

condemnation Cases Important.
J The October term Of the district
court opened Monday with a number of
F.. civil eases on the docket. there being
several that will probably take up most
of the week. - '''0''
ne hrst case tried was that of Z. 1
H. PiIson VS.. Tip Top Auto Co, for
damages resulting to a car owned hy
! Mr.. Pilson, when the garage of the
company collapsed last winter during
/ the heavy snow, which wrecked the
/ car. The jury brought in verdict for
the plaintiff Of S720.S0.
The next case to be tried was that of
amos Underwood VS.. the First National
uahk, claiming note cashed by an
agent Of Mr.. Underwood was forged.
The bank contends that the signature
was genuine.
other important cases which will be
tried before jury are the eondemna-
ton proceedings of the Pacific Power
4 Light Co.. for a strip of land twenty
ieel wide through the ranch of John
hoberg, for right of way for a power
/ llne. The company desires to cross the
river at Stanley rock with an overhead
wire, securing high elevation at this
! point and narrow channel.
The O.-W. X. q N. Co. bring CON
demnation proceedings against Frank
Button, for a rigbt-of- way across his
land, which Is now set out to pears, in
order to suaighten their track from
| the east end OF the bridge to the point
near the river. This will take out a
bad curvesin the railroad besides doing
away with two long trestles which are
getting old. The new roadbed will be
trestled and filled.
Other minor suits are on the docket,
some Of which will be continued.
The grand jury made the following
report:
We, the grand jury impane ed for
Hood River county and state Of Oregon
for October, 1912, term of said circuit
court respectfully report as follows:
We have been in session two days
and have returned two true bills and
one not true bill
Practically all of the time of the
| grand jury has been taken up with
complaints made with reference to OBJ
structlon Of streams relative to the
passage of fish, and violations com
4 planned Of with reference to the fish
laws of the state. Among these com
/ plants was included that concerning
the tishway in the dam across the East
Fork of the Hood river at Dee and the
maintenance of the fish ladder at such
place. 1t is unuestionably true II at
sufficient water does not pass over the
fish way to allow fish to readily pass up
the stream, but from the testimony
laid before the grand jury it is also
apparent that the fish way was con-
| structed in conformity with the plans
as made by the master fish warden ana
| that conditions as they now are are
| different from the time the fish way
was constructed. 1t was definitely
stated to the grand jury that the mas
ter fish warden of the state is now con
sidering plans for the change and bet
terment of the conditions at this point
| and intends soon to take action with
| reference to the same which it is eX-
| pected and hoped will obviate the pres
ent difficulty and for that reason the
| grand jury did not deem it wise or ex-
| pedent to take further action at this
time. In this condition, the grand jury
respectfully hopes and urges upon the
master fish warden that he take such
contemplated action as soon as 1t can
possibly be done and carry it through
to the earliest possible completion.
Complaint has also been made to the
grand jury that several corporations
organized for irrigating purposes neg
lect to place screens or CRATES at the
intake of their several bitches, and
during the testimony it also developed
that notice was given to these particu-
lar companies to remedy this defect,
but that such notices were given IN
July, 1911 and no notices to that effect
have been given since. The law re-
quires, that the company be notified
before criminal proceedings shall be
i instituted In view of the fact that
practically a year and half has ex-
pired siuce these notices were given by
the fish warden, and that in II any in
stances the personel of the officers of
these companies have changed and
that the present officers not having
had such actual notice from the fish
warden the grand jury did not deem it
wise or fair to the companies as at
/ DItSGIb UlliEGIGu w AAAAiH AN1 ibbiNe
ments on this particular subject, but
the grand jury goes on record now as
saying that such notices, as required
by law, should be now served upon all
rrigatng companies to comply with
the law in this regard and if after such
notices are served the same are dlsre-
garded. that prosecution be at once
begun by the officer whose duty 1t IS to
institute the same.
The attention of this body has been
called to various defects in the county |
highways, and while the grand jury |
does not wish TO usurp the functions Of |
the county court, yet, it has considered |
the question to some extent and sug- /
gests and recommends to the county |
court that the question of employing a |
county road master, as provided by sec
tons 6222 and 6223 Of Lords Oregon
laws, be taken up and considered by
that body, and as at present advised
the grand jury is of the opinion that II
the control of all of the county roads
were centralized in one competent road
master that the responsibility would
also be so centralized aud that what
ever work found necessary to be done
upon Tue County highway - iHSluNinb
roads and bridges, could be done in
accordance with one general uniform
system and that in the end it would be
found more economical and satisfac-
tory.
We have examined the Offices Of the
county clerk, sheriff. assessor and
treasurer and by reason of the limited
time make no attempt to pass upon the
correctness of any of the accounts of
the various Offices. but as far as we
are able to determine the county books
are Systematically kept, and in this
connection we also understand that the
books are exported by competent ex-
perts at regular periods.
Having concluded our report we re-
spectfully ask to be discharged.
f. A. Baker, Of the Hotel Oregon. is
taking vacation and II. V. Raymond,
who has been at the Gearheart, near
Seaside, is acting as clerk at the hotel.