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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06
FRUIT MEN TO TALK
ONIMPORTANT TOPICS

Among the, papers to bs presented
and discussed at the 2Sth annual meet
ing Of the Oregon State horticultural
Society at Portland, December 1912,
and dorine the same week as the Live
stock Show are the following:
Foreign, Markets. For. Our Fruit"
Hon. II. B. Miller. Being the results
obtained BY Mr.. Miller as chairman Of
the committee on foreign markets in
writing to United States eonsuls.
uses, of Fruits, From aDomestic
Science Standpoint: Cooking Values In
Various Months, Miss Ava B. Milan,
domestic scienee department Oregon
Agricultural College.
Cooperative Csnnsries Experiences
During the Past Year. George Tinker.
manager Corvallis cannery; J. U. Holt.
manager, Eugene, cannsry; II. &. At
we'll, manager Forest Grove cannery.
Drying Prunes and Loganberries.
F. r. Brown. Oregon Agricultural Col
leae.
"Fertilizers; Recent Experiments in
Orchard Fertilization" +. G. Brad
ford. Oregon Agricultural College.
Transportation by Steamer: Special
Reference to Panama Canal. Drying
Appfes, and. By-products, Brown
Rot,p Prof, II. S. Jackson, Oregon
Agricultural College.
"Standsrdizing Of the Prune," Prof.
G. l. Lewis. 0regoss Ariculturaf College
Methods Of Handling and Process
ing The prune," J. T. Brumfeld and
II. T. jerks.
Variety Adaptation Of Fruits" G.
A. Malboeuf, chairman. of committee,
sssisted by Prof. c. l. Lewis and Al.
bert Brownell.
Various other papers on drying and
handling the prune by growers w. s.
Allen, Dundee; Robert Johnson. Cor
wallis; George Marsh, Roseburg: z. l..
Chamberlain. Newberg. and others.
Cover Crops" Bruce Cunningham.
Salem.
"Use Of Manure in Building Up the
orehsrd," A. ~ West, Salem.
/ Care of Orchard Cover Crops" Mr.
Skinner, Rosebura.
Heading Back Trees" SD. Evans,
UmpQus.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06

eff the demand warrants it," says
Wilmer Sieg. I'VE will send q gift esr
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06

The old court was contracting busi-
ness as usual yesterday morning. and
today. as soon as the county clerk
can finish the officia count of the bal
lots, they will step aside and the new
members will be sworn In.
No election In the county was ever
more exciting than Tuesdays and the
largest vote ever polled in the county
was cast. The vote at the last general
election for chief justice Of the su-
preme court was ], ,746. The total num-
ber east Tuesday for judge was 1884.
Still many citizens did not vote. The
list was swelled by the many women
voting, Abeut third of the voters in
the city were women. Women sat on
the election boards in almost every
precinct.
Every referendum measure was up
held in Hood River county by heavy
vote. From indications from over the
state, the entire number of referen-
dums against bills will be heavily de-
feated, The vote in Hood River county
was as follows:
State University Building Repair
Fund: Yes, 1884, No, 3l6: University
New Building Appropriation Yes,
lia9, No, 35l. Sterilization Act. Yes,
S93. No, 533; County Attorney Act
Yes, 994. No. 420: Workmen's Com.
pensation Act: Yes, 106s. No. l75.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06
ELECTION GOES
FOR THE RECALL
OLD BOARD WILL RETIRE TODAY
Calm Follows Election State and County
will Uphold Measures Placed on
Referendum Ballot

As a calm after a storm. so has the
political pot in Hood River county
ceased to bubble. The recall carried,
and yesterday the old board Of county
commissioners attended TO their last
duties. passing on bills for the past
month and settling up other county
business.
E. z. Stanton candidate on the re-
call ticket. who was elected Judge, was
in the city Yesterday morning and was
being congratulated by many of those
who had strongly opposed the recall.
Those who abhorred the recall and op-
posed il on principle. express the SEN
timent that the new court. provided
their platform policies are carried out.
will be supported. Commissioner J.R.
Putnam received the highest number
of votes Of any Of the defeated eandi-
dates. The complete unofficial returns
by precincts was as follows:
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06
PRIMARY ELECTION
A DECIDED FARCE

With only SO votes cast the primary
election was q decided farce. A. G.
Staten I'D the ticket for mayor, hav-
ing received 25 votes. Truman Butler
received 10. as did the present mayor,
E. o. Blanchar, who has announced his
intention of retiring from the Office at
the end of the year, as soon as his sue
cessor Is sworn in. MIR. Blanchar's
term continues for another year.
The only candidates who had regu-
larly filed intentions, with the excep-
tion, of II. l.. Howe. were l.. A. Hen
derson. up for reelection and l.. Z.
Taft, both on the Republican ticket.
MIR. Henderson received 55 votes, while
Mr.. Taft's count was %.
kThirteen names we're proposed for
the codncil. while so were witten In for
the four places that will be vacant on
the council.
4 The following four citizens received
the largest number of votes for the
council:
E. A. Franz. %; e. L. Scobee, 80;
C. ID. Hinrich. 26; and C. A. Bell, SO.
Mr.. Howe polled vote of So.
The following election board served:
Mrs. George SFtanahan, Mrs. r. ID.
Gould, ]. n. GIL. John A. Wilson and
II. A. Macdonald.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06
LOCAL POTATOES
GO TO CALIFORNIA

Potatoes from the Hood River valley,
where . crop IS large as any harvested
hes been grown this year, are being
sold to California buyers. I'VE shipped
sample bags OF the potatoes 70 our
California representative" says viii
mer Sieg, "snd he offered them to
buyers In San Francisco, Oakland sand
other Bay towns, with the result that
they bought readily at $l.O5.per bag.
Immediately sfterwsrd some Of the
buyers came north and have been
working the Upper Valley. They have
offered 81 to the growers there. and we
have advised them to sell at that fig
ure. The buyers are taking the pota-
toes after an inspection here and csn-
not turn them down. while we might
stand chances of such difficulties were
We to ship them without inspection
here. We consider this worth five
cents . bag at Least"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06
Vinegar Factory Working Overtime

With the building stored from attic
to cellar with fruit, we are now work.
ing night and day" says c. J. Cslkins,
manager Of the Hood River Apple Vim,
eesr Co. We are now working 20
men,"
Wagons Of growers are daily deliver.
ing ton after ton of Gull fruit, and the
grinders and presses Of the factory are
trning them into sweet cider. A por-
tion Of the cider is prepared and mar
keted sweet. while the greater portion
Of il Is stored In huge tanks for aging
after it passes through the genera tors.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06

Of apples 60 New York or Chicago.
The car will be routed out about No
yember IL All members OF the local
association desiring 70 send apples in
the car should notify Us.
Gift cars Of fruit have been shipped
out 90 former years. When apples
reach the destination OF the car, they
are sent the remainder Of the way by
express.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1913-11-06
Death of Infant

!. Keil, the % months old son of MIR.
and Mrs. J. E. Malloy, died at the
home of his parents on the East Side.
Yesterday. The funeral services will
be conducted this afternoon at 2
o'clock at the residence by Rev. Helm
lex. Burial at Pine Grove cemetery.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

down again Twelve years ago the Grand
Central Railway Station in New York was
being built-'the biggest in the world people
said; it will soon be ready Four years later
that station still being built, but 1t will
3 soon be done now-and it is the biggest station
in the world the stranger again told.
Eight years later It was still being built. And
It is still the biggest station In the world. and
is still 'nosrly finished.
1t also appears, according to Mrs. Tweedie,
that our street pavements always being
either torn up or laid down. we invest In mag
niflcent automobiles and wreck them in holes
In the asphalt, to wit:
"Oh, those American roRdsl Chicago does
not seem TO have many miles Of road up
New York, but she seems to neglect TO fill in
the holes. Either one bowls along fine avenues
OF asphalt track, or bumps into indentatons
as big as the inside of a babys perambuator.
Splendid houses are approached by delicious
switchback series OF jumps and bounds. . E.
Everything tumbles on the moor; even the pas
sengers sometimes find themselves on their
knees but to be logged up and bumped down
nearly to death is just an amusing contrast to
the smooth asphalt road"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

little embarrassment to discuss family analrs
under these circumstances One lives in pub
lie. If Tom proposes to May, every mem
Der OF the family and every domestic In the
place can hear their sweet nothings. Privacy
there is none. 1t IL doorless existence.
Our fads are quite distressing TO this lady,
nuctuating as they DO between the physiological
and the psychological, between anatomy and
sociology. At the present time we appear to
be obsessed about our blood pressure" with
a list b the sta board direction of arterioscle-
ross
Blood pressure has not yet disturbed my
peace but If ] hear about 1t every day and
all day much longer" she writes, Il shall be-
gin to think mine had better be tested.
I'm 1900, when first crossed to America,
everyone had, was going TO have or wanted
to have appendicitis. In 1904 they were all
talking Christian Science or divorces. 1t was
quite de mode not to be associated with one or
another OF these forms Of excitement"
Scattered all through this lively volume are
piaintive regrets that we should bow 80 low
to the almighty dollar. New Workers are far
too busy making money" she sums up in one
place, lighting for dollars, and spending them
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Qualification Necessary for an American President.

go to college, they don't come out until they
are twenty-one or twenty-five; but II they
don't take up higher work, they leave at
eighteen or nineteen years Of age, and receive
their own gentlemen visitors, and live their
own lives Anyway the American girl has
perfectly lovely time
New York, Boston, Philadelphia Baltimore,
st. Louis and other sneerers, please take note:
Chicago is a dear, delightful, dirty young
place, and Chicago is full Of cultured people"
Mrs. Tweedie is not Of those tiresome
literary logicians who present a faultlessly
constructed argument; but on every page the
readers eye is caught by enticing bits like
these:
my heart often ached for those poor, dear
husbands; many of them seemed to have 30
little relaxation in their strife for wealth"
"A man once owned that he looked upon his
wife good advertisement Of his prosperity"
Occasionally an American woman takes a
cocktail before dinner, but she rarely orders
wine or spirit at the meal itself. At table
America appears a land of teetotalers"
THE degeneration OF the servant in America
is a rapid affair. frstclass middle-aged,
highly respectable English housemaid lately &C
cOmpanted her mistress to the States for a
short visit. By the end Of three weeks this
very respectable woman objected to wearing
caps and talked of domestic service as slave
DOM"
Domestic troubles would drive me wild How
these clever, capable American women can put
up with the inferiority, rudeness-which Is
termed independence-and want OF consider
alton for their employers, is indeed surprising"
Alas, the home life Of America seems in
somewhat -perilous condition. The married
women have learnt to lunch and dine out in
punches, as bachelor men do in London, where
the male sex now desert their clubs for fashion
able restaurants, just as American wives desert
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

their homes for their clubs"
IF l were a young man should marry an
American GIRL among them are some Of the
best looking women In the world. There ia
no denying the fact that American women ars
perfectly charming"
"The English visitor is haunted BY butter
in the States; butter royalty sitting all BY
itself on dear little china plates before her
seat at every meal-but butter is tat, and fat
as fat Is taboo"
at makes one shudder to think Of the Amer
lean eggs. They are very. very lightly boiled;
dirty white fingers, or oily darkey ones, break
them, peel them and drop them into cold wine
glasses The good American then begins
his struggle, for the egg is peppered and sailed
and twirled round and round until its very
appearance makes one feel sick"
American cooking is excellent; but Amer
lean organization Is bad. English cooking IL
bad; but English organization is good"
Mrs Tweedie had her nails manicured by
a bright little American girl, and listened to
bit Of personal history that sent her into
raptures. The girl was married to a struggling
young lawyer. Their general educations BE-
Ing deficient, both were attending night school
While helping to boil the family pot, she was
fitting herself to be social aid when he should
have made a position for himself Here is
the comment:
This Is an everyday occurrence Virtues
Ike vices. come home to roost-
Reference has already been made to Mrs.
Tweedie's objection TO American methods Of
transportation With respect to New York she
sugars the bitter pill thus:
Il love the hospitality OF its people, love
the charm of It's women. love their beautiful
clothes. love the delicious American foods
But its transportation is perfectly vile In
fact, those who are responsible for the trans
port antics Of New York should according to
my mind. be transported themselves to another
land, as our convicts formerly were to Aus
tralia."
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
ties Ought to Be
Transported"
But Our Women Are
Charming and Our
Foods Delicious!
vi u : :s': :; ?. : ::: 3

n n RS. ALEC-TWEEDIE, an Englishwoman
MI with enthusiasm for travelling in
foreign countries and writing books
about them and their Inhabitants has recent
iy revisited" this country, with the usual re-
'sult-a fat and lively volume entitled, Amer
>ica as Saw It," which is published by the Mac
milan Company.
Mrs, Tweedie is celebrated for keen powers
81 OF observation, saving salt OF humor upon &C.
cason. much frankness Of written expression
and tendency toward epigram. In her dis.
cussion OF America and It's Inhabitants she con
centrates mainly upon New York and Chicago
with brief excursions TO Boston and Washing
ton-and she covers the whole country with
blanket of one besetting SIN
"Hyper-sensitiveness Is an American sin
At the beginning she Is troubled about what
to say Of "a people who resent all criticism
She has been told; "If you write about
America and don't lay eulogy on with spoon
you will never be able to set foot in the United
States again. they will hate you So"
When she asks Americans about this SEN
sitiveness to criticism they reply; I'VE are
stil so young" And in herSbook Mrs. Tweede
retorts: What a paradox! Half the for
bears OF the Americanborn citizens seem to
have arrived in that ever-elastic Mayfower In
1920 Why, in 1891, her public debt was al.
ready 81, 546, SAT 652"
Then Mrs. Tweedie proceeds, nobly exerols-
ing the courage of her convictions. Are we
really bad all this? Over-heated houses
and under-dressed women; money getting hus.
. bands with no time to devote to their wives;
girls who are monarchs of all they survey;
debutantes on pedestal; brides to a check
book. underdone eggs broken into dirty, cold
wine glasses; strap-hangers extraordinary In
the street cars and meek victims of taxicab
extortions; proud of palace sleeping cars with
one dressing room and hopeless promiscuity
of -uppers and lowers: disease faddists and
runners after strange religions. etc. etc.
But on the other hand:
Il love America her women, her oysters her
grapefruit, her rivers. her roses her express
elevators, and her quaint ways; her eager life,
her kindness to the stranger within her gates
dare say it-her serene satisfaction with all
and everything American"
Mrs. Tweedie wishes we'd get settled in our
big cities. She writes: They are always
pulling down in America; putting up or pulling
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

for many months. had been delighted with
the ship and the cabin accommodations.
Even the stateroom selected for me was salts
factory and far more spacious than had ex-
pected. But when l peeped into the captains
room was amazed at its comfort. When
say that It opened directly into bathroom, and
that. among other things, 1t was furnished
with big brass bed such as one would never
expect to find at sea, have said enough.
Naturally, had resolved that the bathroom
and the big brass bed should be mine. When
l asked the agents to arrange with the cap
tain, they seemed non-oommittAl and uncom-
Portable. Il don't know in the least what II is
worth" said. And don't care. Whether
It costs $3.50 or $500, must have those uuarN
ters"
Harrison and Gray, the agents, debated silent
" with each other and scarcely thought Cap
tain West would see his way to the arrange.
ment Then he is the first sea captain l ever
heard of that wouldn't" asserted confidently.
why, the captains OF all the Atlantic liners
regularly sell their quarters"
But Captain West is not the captain OF an
Atlantic liner" Mr. Harrison observed gently
Remember, l am to be on that ship many
month, rctorteo. why, heavens, DID MIN
up to a thousand II necessary"
Wen try" said Mr.. Gray but we warn you
not to place too much dependence on our
efforts. Captain West is in searsport at the
present time. and we will write him to-day"
To my establishment, Mr.. Gray called me
up several days later to inform me that Cap
tain West had declined my offer did you
offer him up to a thousand7" l demanded
What did he say?"
"He regretted that he was unable to conceds
what you asked" Mr.. Gray replied.
A day later | received letter from Captain
West. The writing and the wording were old
fashioned and formal. He regretted not having
yet met me, and assured me that he would
see personally thar my quarters were made
comfortable. For that matter he had already
dispatched orders to Mr.. Pike. the first mate
OF the Elsinore, to knock out the partition be-
tween my stateroom and thA spare stateroom
adjoining. Further-and herx'is where my dis
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09

of the terrier the trouble had begun. The
hotel clerk judged me q criminal before the
act. had not even had time to mediate.
And then Wada, on his own initiative and out
OF his own foolish stupidity. had attempted to
smuggle the puppy into his room and been
caught by house detective. Promptly Wada
had forgotten all his English and lapsed into
hysterical Japanese, and the house detective
remembered only his Irish; while the hotel
clerk had given me to understand in no un-
certain terms that 1t was onl.- what he had
expected OF me.
Curse the dog, anyway. And curse Gslbrsith.
too. And as froze on In the cab on that bleak
pier-end, cursed myself we'll and the mad
freak that had started me voyaging on a sail.
ing ship around the Horn.
BY 10 o'clock a nondescript youth arrived on
foot, carrying . suit case which was turned
over to me few minutes later by the whan
anger. II belonged to the pilot, he said, and
gave instructions to the chauffeur how to find
some other pier from which, at some indeter-
inmate time I should be taken aboard the
Esinore by some other tug This served to
'---~ase my irritation. Why should not have
been informed as we'll as the pilot2
An hour later still in my cab and stationed at
the shore end OF the new pier, the pilot arrived.
Anything more unlike a pilot could not have
imagined Here was no blue-tAcketed, weather
beaten son OF the sea, but soft spoken gen.
ueman. for all the world the type OF success
full business man one meets in all the clubs.
He introduced himself Immediately, and ! in
vited him to share my freezing cab with Pos.
sum and the baggage. That some change had
been made In the arrangements by Captain
West was all he knew. though he fsncied the
tug would come along any time.
And It did at in the afternoon, after had
been compelled TO wait and freeze for four
mortal hours. During this time I fully made
up my mind that l was not going to like this
Captain West. Although had never met him.
his treatment OF me from the outset had been,
to say the least, not cavalier. When the Elsinore
lay in Erie Basin. Just arrived from California
with a cargo OF barley. had crossed over from
New York to inspect what was TO be my home
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-09
Jack London's New Novel--"Tt1E SEA CA

occupy Captain Vests brass bed And It was
tris Captain Nathaniel West whom had not
YET met, who had now kept me freezing on
plerends through four miserable hours The
less saw of him on the voyage the better,
was my decision; and 1t was with little tickle
OF pleasure that thought Of the many boxes
OF books had dispatched on board from New
fork. Thank the Lord did not depend on sea
captains for entertainment
turned Postum over to Wada, who was set.
Ting with the cabman, and while the tug's
sailors were carrying my luggage on board
was led by the pilot to an Introduction with
Captain West At the first glimpse I knew
that he was no more Q sea captain than the
pilot WAS n pilot l had seen the best of the
breed the captains of liners, and he no more
resembled them than did he resemble the blum.
faced, grun-voiced shippers had read about
- books BY his side stood woman of whom
little was to be seen and who made a warm
ard gorgeous blob OF color in the huge muff
ar boa of red fox in which she was well nigh
buried.
Great heaven!-his wite!" [ whispered at
the pilot. Going along with him
had expressly stipulated with Mr.. Harrison,
when engaging passage, that the one thing l
, could not possibly consider was the skipper OF
the Elsinore taking his wife on the voyage.
And Mr.. Harrison had smiled and assured me
that Captain West would sail unaccompanied
by wife.
It's his daughter" the pilot replied under
his breath. Come to see him off, I fancy
His wife died over a year ago. They say that
is what sent him back to sea. He'd retired.
you know"
Captain West advanced to meet me. and be.
fore our outstretched hands touched. before
his face broke from repose to greeting and
the lips moved to speech got the hrst aston.
ishing impact of his personality. Long, lean,
in his face touch OF race yet could only
sense he was as cool as the day was cold. as
poised as king or emperor, as remote as the
farthest fixed star. as neutral as a proposition
of Euclid. And then, Just ere our hands met.
a twinkle ot-oh-such distant and controlled
geniality quickened the many tiny wrinkles In
the corner of the eyes, the clear blue of the
eyes sutfused by an almost colorfpI
warmth; the face, too seemed similarly to
suffuse; the thin lips, harsh set the instant
before, were - gracious Bernhardt's when
she molds sound into speech.