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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
IMPROVEMENTS
ARE RUSHED
WORK WILL BE FINISHED APRIL Is
East Fork irrigation District Will Be One
Of the Most Complete and Thorough
Systems in the State

Crews of men of the Palmer Ellison
Go. are now rushing to completion
work on the last of a series Of con-
tracts let by the board of directors Of
the East Fork Irrigation District, ors
ganized three years ago, and by April
Is the system will be the most COM
plete and thorough one in Oregon oper-
ating under the statutes providing for
the district administration. OF the
13, 600 acres comprised in the district,
approximately 1900. divided into 10
acre plots. water supplied to each. will
be covered by the network of fumes
and pipe lines.
The district will distribute 5000 inch
es of water the coming season. 1t has
capacity of 5000 inches. The water
is secured from the East Fork of Hood
river, and small amount from Neal
creek.
Many of the distributing lines have
been placed in pipes under pressure,
making the sprinkler system of irriga-
tion available
The main canal and main laterals of
the big system have total length of 2l
miles, and the length of the network Of
sub-laterals and distributing fumes and
pipe lines will reach more than 400
miles. Since the district was organized
in 1918 it has been the policy of the
board of directors to do permanent i'm
provement work. Wooden fumes have
been replaced with steel fiume and pipe
line. Concrete headworks and gates
have been constructed. More than
500, 900 have been expended in I'M
provements in the three years.
The building, improvement and ex-
tension of the irrigation system, for
merly controlled by Joint stock com
pany of ranchers known as the East
Fork Irrigating Co., has been financed
by sale of $2l0. 900 worth of bonds. Be-
cause of the general disrepute of bonds
of irrigation projects it was found i'm
possible to dispose of the first issue
through the usual channels of bond
brokers. The issues were for the most
part purchased by local investors. And
feature of the successive issues was
that the last sale brought several cents
more than the first issues.
at the present time Hood River
county has the two most successful irri-
cation districts in the state, the Hood
River Irrigation District covering 5000
acres in the West Side orchard district.
The latter system is bonded for $780,
900. 1t has been in operation for almost
lo years.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
CLUB MINSTRELS
MONDAY EVENING

Talent from the four corners of the
land will be represented at the Com
mercial club minstrel show to 60 on the
boards next Monday night at the He'll
bronner hall. A price of so cents has
been set by the impressarios for admis-
ison. 1t will be worth the price, and
after the good hearty laugh that is as
sured you may forego your prospective
spring: tonic. The numbers slated as.
sure mirth and medicine for the wsrn
out business man.
The end men of the minstrels are
Walter Ford, Will Baker. Waldo B.
Arens and George Bragg. No less a
celebrity than Wilmer Sieg, the former
pride of Milwaukee, will be interpo.
later. These gentlemen will wear
gloves after the custom of minstrel
men. but they will handy around in
song and jokes the names of numerous
local men, and local color gridiron jokes
will flow along just as strenuously as
though the subjects we're being handled
with out gloves.
Don't pass judgment until after the
following men have begun to sing
their looks are deceiving: Kay Sin.
clair, F. Davenport, Jr., Sidney Car.
nine. C. N. Clarke, Allen Button, Mer.
rill Gessling. Earl Franz, Louis A.
Henderson, Nal Button and Otto 7.
Wedemeyer.
And them. X. Carson will give a
Negro Baptist sermon huff sed) A. J.
Croft and Harold Sexton will engage
iu cross-fire dialogue; Frank L. David
son will sing and dance; A. L. Page
will blow a bass horn solo; d. H. How
land will perform on the xylophone; A.
A. Lausmann, who caused heart throbs
in the breasts of porcupines, pine squir-
rels and chipmunks at Green Point,
will play his concertina; Billy Chandler
and AL Vincent will fiddle up and Sam
McCutcheon will twang his old guitar.
Everybody will "step" some after
the show.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
Hood River Defeats The Dalles

One of the most enthusiastic crowds
ever assembled at local athletic
meet, formed ringside spectators Mon
day night at the first of series of
bouts arranged between local and The
Dalles amateurs. The boxing and
wrestling matches were held at the
Commercial club under the auspices of
the athletic committee of the organiza-
tion.
The wrestling matches resulted as
follows, the first named boys repre-
senting The Dalles: Phillips defeated
by Glass, Powers by Lofts, Sherer by
Tollman and Phillips by Johnson. In
the boxing contests lmholz, of Hood
River was given the decision over era.
ton, and Carson and Tollman, both Of
Hood River. boxed three round draw.
Spaulding was given the decision in a
three round bout over Nickelsen, both
Of Hood River. Lloyd Blowers won
two out of three falls over Vining.
both of Hood River, in preliminary
wrestling bout.
Will Mcclure refereed the bouts.
Bob Murray, coach Of athletics at The
Dalles high school. was in charge of
The Dalles men.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
HOTEL OREGON OPEN
ing THIS WEEK END

The formal opening of the Hotel Ore
gon under the new management of
Henry Serr and his son, Ted Serr, for.
merly of the Hotel Gail at Dallas, will
be held Saturday and Sunday. MIR.
Serr ard his son have extended spe-
cial invitation to local merchants and
business men to be at the hotel Satur-
day, when special 35 cent merchants
lunch will be served. On Sunday, when
special eight course dinner will be
served, the general public is invited.
Mr.. Serr declares that he is not only
endeavoring to make the Hotel Oregon
popular place for the expected auto
mobile tourists who will come here this
summer, but he wants it to be the rem
devious for local men and women when
they want good things to eat, we'll
cooked and neatly served.
The opening date has been announced
to other hosteries of the northwest by
neat mailing cards.
A new semi-circular concrete en-
trance to the hotel is being built this
week by L. Tousther.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
Rifle Club Recognized

Notice of official recognition has been
received by the recently organized
Hood River Rife club, the officer of
which are as follows: r. E. johnson.
pres. P. F. Snow, vice pres. Geo. |.
Howe, sec. 1; A. A. Wagner, treas.
and Benjamin Grout, executive officer.
The charter membership of the or
ganization reached about 75 only rs of
whom have paid their dues of 81 per
year. All others are urged to remit
promptly, as a requisition for rifles and
ammunition will be made soon. The
government issues free of charge one
rife to each five members in good
standing, and 120 rounds of ammuni-
tion per year for each member. Addi-
tional ammunition may be obtained at
cost.
An initiation fee will be charged all
who have not signed the charter men,
bership roll.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
Mrs. Root Gives Recital

Under the aupsices of the musical
department Of the Woman's club Mrs.
Ralph Root yesterday afternoon gave
song recital at Library hall. MRS.
Root was assisted by Miss Maude Car
lisle. Mrs. c. E. Coffin, P. |. Packard
and Geo. A. Wuest. The program was
as follows:
G Minor Concerto, Third Movement.
Mendelssohn. Miss Carlisle, Mrs. Coffin;
songs, "Hark, Hark, the Lark" Schs-
bert. "Meinacht," Brahms, "Seren-
ade," Strauss. Mrs. Root: cello solo,
Mr.. Packard; songs, "A Proposal"
Salter, Like the Rosebud, La Forge,
"CradIe Song" Brahms, Lift up
Thine Eyes," Logan, Mrs. Root; trio.
Allegro and Andante, Mr.. Wuest. Mr..
Packard and Mrs. Coffin; songs, "The
Pine Trees" Saller, "The Rosy Morn."
Ronald, Mrs. Root. Mrs. Coffin was
Mrs. Roots accompanist.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
Winston Accepts Government Job

j. R. Winston, who has been spend
ing the winter at the University of
Wisconsin engaged in advanced patho-
logical studies. has rendered to the
Oregon experiment station his resigna-
ton as pathologist of the local branch
station. MIR. Winston writes that he
has accepted position with:the Plant
Industry Bureau of the United States
Agricultural Department and will leave
soon for Florida. where he will be en-
Raged.s in experiments with citrus fruit
diseases.
Leroy Childs has been appointed
acting pathologist.
Mr.. Winston writes that he disiikes
to leave Hood River, but that he took
the government position. which was
voluntarily offered, because of the un.
certainty of continuation of the local
work.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
Novel Road Work Proposed

d. G. Cruikshank proposes an novel
road working week, which, If the Com
mercial club puts it into effect, should
result in lot Of improvement on the
Columbia river highway. MIR. Cruik-
shank suggests that instead of the
former good roads day. week of work
be done this year He would have 100
or more club members sign up for the
event, the men being sent to work in
detachments Of 10 or IL men at time.
1t is proposed to place the men in
charge of Warren Miller, road super
visor, and members of the women's
organizations will furnish lunch.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23
into a neighborhood disgrace, and one
day after tbey had met and mixed on

into a neighborhood disgrace, and one
day after they had met and mixed on
the roadside, a number of the repre-
sentative citizens took them to rear
barnyard and drawing ring told them
to fight it out, and let the fight be an
end of their troubles. When one of you
has enough, instructed the ringleader
of the contest preparations, Just yell
sufficiency, and we will consider that
you have had enough and the other fel-
low will be pulled off.
''The two men fought till each was
black eyed and bloody. After both were
pretty well worn out the lrishman fin
ally cried. 'sufficiency. Thank God.
white man, cried the darkey, Il been
tryin' fer the last half hour to think of
that word
Mr.. Moomaw stated that the central
Spokane office would be operated by
the growers and agencies themselves,
that the government would act only in
an advisory capacity.
He stated that the new plan had been
worked out in such manner that better
things could be evolved, and that in the
future it was hoped that the plans
would permit of growers enjoying all
privileges of the. Clayton amendment
of the Sherman antitrust law.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1916-03-23

1t is expected that the Growers
Agency will be formally organized at
Spokane today. when the government
men will meet with representatives of
selling agencies. P. S. Davidson, pres.
ident of the Apple Growers Associa-
tion, will represent Wilmer Sieg at the
meeting.
After the formal organizations cam
paign for the signing of uniform con-
tracts will be begun.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-08
HOW TO KILL THE LOAN SHARK.

A BOOKLET issued Nv tho Morris Plan company OF
: \ Kansas City. according TO The Oklahoman. saws that
The loans made by the klnSas City bank rorgc from $50
TO $500 The Morris plan also require, two indor,crS for
each note II may he doubted It such a plan. despite its
great volume OF business, enters into very lively compe
ttion with the loan shark.
To smash hard into the shark, preserves the poor
mans bank must in bushes, with smaller borrowers The
great majority OF the victims Of loan sharks are people
who need, say, from SO to SIS. To most OF those people
a 500 loan IS as much OF a dream as a 100000 loan
The custom OF requiring indor,cr, destroys the sccre-
cy oi the transaction, and secrecy is about the biggest card
N the loan sharks hand So far as We know the custom
OF requiring indorSefS has never been waived We do
know OF a successful bank Of thi, character that require,
only ono indorScr That is a hg improvement on the
Morris plan, which require, two. but II only goc, half
way Whether It 3, practicable To eliminate the indor,cr
altogether Is something ior ]irnanticrs to pass upon.
There Is probably a thorough statistical department IN
connection with the Morn, plan chain oi bank, That de
partment doubtless could show IN what amounts. and how
often, the borrowers have dciaultcd. compelling the in.
dorSerS To pay the notes We are aware that YOU couldn't
get a scientifically precise deduction from such data But
from such data u ought TO be possible To determine whclh
81 doing away with the indorscr i, practicable Ii II /,
practicable. not as a business proposition. but a, a n,L.
YOU have killed the loan ,hafk
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-08
WHAT WAR MOVES MEAN

lkE the tsfman general staff. We must turn again 10
the Russian front ~ summatisr the ever increasing
- offensive that SIS being specded up b, the Sla,s from
the Baltic 10 the Jatpaih,an,
There ate now three break, in the Gcfnau dixie on the
iafiluug eastern fighting line and a fourth had bulge II the
central powers cannot plug the hole, within a fortnight II
Is likely TIA, lcmhtfg cannot b, held aud that ptirmNyl
viii be in the new, agliu
lc,s star, in at the RAFT, and w right down the line
tu kunana
T. \un lludruburs, ,e,,o' Which loor, down with the
Dwira river from Riga Here herman writers ANTICIPATED
= lcu,un,J attack To divert Russian pressure further south
Instead ri that. Won Hiudcnhutg toda, w facing a nsw at.
tatk ~ a hundred mile front that ha, nertssitaied Hindsn.
burg's calling Tor help So much ict the bulge
= Jus, a lap down the line IL natnovirhi. where the
Germans were successful m DELAYING the SlaVs until yes
tetdav, when they admitted a forced te,iten,n, On a zen.
mile front This hole mus, he stopped immediately or Won
ilindcnhufg' left flank, lett exposed and hanging IN the
ar. will hc seriously affected Rear IN m,rd that Won
hudcnhutg, lnup now Is the iatthes, advanced In Russia
Wouldn't u hc sweet revenge VI Ever, could go IN behind
the German idol through natnoNichi'
\ Now let set nn down tu Novel. which Is ir sound
vi the drum lts ,uda, TN either side vi ku,,i The Sis,,
arc walking through hctl,n admitted The retirement, oi
their forces from IN from, NJ kplki and ttattuftk ,rs,rfd,,
On the south the Russians are a, a pnin, alnu,, IN a line
With Novel II seems a certainty that the, will "a, the
line between lsmh,tg anil kc,cl soon The ko,cl situation
Is vital In lernh,tr
1 From t%arrapcl r1 from, NJ l,mh,fs Il, The t,,r,,h.
fans III, Austrian resistance seem, ~ he iriin,t,l, hruLri
West nj krlrrnta the Sla,, are behind the Austrian uvhi
flank chasing an entire arm, that q, ,l ui iuHn zee ha.r
II q, IN hi, SECTOR that Htu,lri hs, rt 9urm AUSTRIAN,
uui Vt action in a month
Shafr ,slicris al Jtatiur,k Tamapnl and nu,ts,, stUt
sctc delaying Btusiloii have been Strengthened uMi r,.
week The Rome dispatch a. the effect that a general re-.
treat along the hcl, Russian iron, had hssun ttt,ty i,
premature II Is the logical vay tot u,fman, 10 shorten
her lighting lines 80 she tan stand The sait.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-08
EFFICIENCY.

THERE q, no opposition. so lar g., The Time, knows
= TO the proposed constitutional amendment creating q
state tax commission The amendment provide, Tor a
commission Of three member, TO asses, and rqualse the
valuation ot real and personal property between the sew
efal counties IN the state. To assess all railroad and COZ
poration property and to exercise such other power felai
ing 10 taxation as be prescribed hy The legislature The
creation oi ,hi, commission abolished III, state board vi
equalization.
The board consist, OF ,ht governor auditor treasurer.
s%ecte,aty OF state, attorney general state Inspector and
examine and president oi The state board OF agriculture
Those officers are kept busy with their regular official
du,ie' The department oi taxation. touching every CTS.
'en's r%ockc,hcok and holding as u does. the purse string,
Of III, state. IS too important to he the side I'm, duty vt
Officials whose time IS otherwise 'ul, occupied
The commission will hc ,oniiuuou,l, in session II
will be concerned solely with matter, oi TAXATION II,
hnding' will Ne reviewed onh b, the supreme court II
will end long and cost, litigation I, will put the "a, Ter.
tts out OF bushes, II will detect lhc ,a, dodgrr IN,
property holder can have HI, grievance heard without De
lay 1t will save ei,,icn' and the state ,aluabl, time and
a srea, deal OF money.
Seventeen state, have adopted ,hi, "a, commission plan
II has worked a,,actot, everywhere II i, a Plan in,
handling the states most important business in a hu,i
ne,slike way Il, IL taxation ,]iici,nc, II should h,
adopted
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-08
The Republican View
Edited by the Republican State Committee
We Deserve Their Thanks.

We Deserve Their Thanks
n Mexico is not a formidable military power at this time it is no fault Of tho
United States
We lifted the embargo OF munitions and have permitted M makers o war
supplies top pour guns and ammunition into the Mexican republic and these war
supplies are now available Tor use IN rahng the American border and attacking
American troops
We have made possible the existence OF the present dc facto government in
Mexico by boosting, FIRST Carana and Villa against Ilucrta. and then Carrau1a
against villa. and the authorities AT Washington have held these two patriots up
sent our army and navy to Vera Cruz to help Carana overthrow IIucrta and
put himself III the position where he and his partner Villa could DEFY and attack
the United States
We have long furnished asylum to political refugees from Mexico and
within the past few days VI have permitted these worthless to return by the hun
bred to Mexico IN response to the amnesty offered by the Mexican government To
all who would take up arms against the United State,
The McNicanS ought at least to give Us a vote OF thanks before they begin
hoStdhtvS We have done all we could to get them into trim for fighting
Probably IT IS the ammunition We shipped across the border which was used on
our boys and which IS being brought back in the dead bodies ui American
soldier.
Not All Born Democrats.
NklAiOMA has suffered many years of disagreement because 50 many
I Jot It's citizens were born members OF the democratic party One meets
them frequently. They tell with great guto that they never voted anything
but a straight democratic ticket that their old daddy would turn over IN his
grave II they voted for a republican. These are the voters who cant understand
why others should really think about political problems
Realization oi the fact that this breed OF democrats who are hopclc"y set in
their ways Is running out, IS what is causing those who have been exploiting
them for financial gain in Oklahoma to scramble to retain their srangc hnd
And % We have a new crop OF election laws with registration requirements and
Itctay tests, and pardonS Tor yolaorS OF election laws
They'll all be needed IN the coming campaign and they'll not hc enough
Md fortunately, all OF the country is not in the same political slough OF
depond as Oklahoma The people OF most nj the other state, are more than
partially informed of Inc multiplied iocS of the Wilson administration and
heartily weary OF tho schoolmaStcr in poltuN,. Their independent action IN 1917
put Wilson IN power and that same independence i action will put hun out nest
November Let Oklahoma get in line
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-08
Walt Mason
AUTO ADVENTURES.

NVIIIEN first a fellow learns ia
w drive he says, Great SCOTT and
w Man Alive Thu needles,
.Ncorchwg is a crime IL careful doe,
~, rycay time because ones car hd,
speed and powc'. hc hits up fifty miles
an hour. and in the cleaning he i,
found. where he has hit the fertile
ground his car, a torn and tangled
wreck. It's fragments wrapped around
hi, neck. Since ! have all the time
there IS. | dom intend 10 scorch or
whiI III jog al ng a steady gait. and
try TO keep my Read on straight" Al
first he travel, ,arclw slow hut after
seven weeks or 50. he hurrics mp hi,
choo.choo cart. a1d tries 20 tear the
roads apart Then l. and other Idle
rich behold him Gated IN a ditch. the
steering gear pushed through hi, hat.
and with a broken leg or Slat We
comb tho castings from his hair. and
take him to the surgeons lair lie says
while bones ar. being set. "in sci
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-08
CONDITIONS AT THE CUTOFF"

CONDITIONS at the cutoff a., reported In Tn.
Tunes arc not rca,Nuting The aynau. ui course
rs not competent 10 pas, upon the engineering
phases oi 'he work Possibly there :, mo- cause ior apptc
hen'ion Certainly u IS uncomfortable that the city admin
i,tt1tion would take any chance, ON the civ, water sup.
IN q matter Of this vital importance. the public
properly expects cNtaordnat, vigilance on tho part nj
the commissioners Should q water ,hor,apc result
through failure OF the maximum effort to prevent H. the
publ, would hold the administration ,rimuau, ueri
gent and. ~ one oi the commissioner, ,ad a couple ui
weeks age "Wc .Iouli all have To- take ,p the brush"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-08
Luke MeLuke SAYS

One ui The pleasures of PLAYING card,
for money with Your wife &, that VI you
lose YOU lose and VI YOU win you los,
The old fashioned woman who u,ci
20 pend SUNDAY morning riding 10 the
Meeting House on the rear end oi the
old family nag while her husband dil
the driving now has a daughter VIII
spend, SUNDAY morning JOY riding ou
the rear end NJ a motorcycle while he,
fellow doe, the driving
There are lot, oi men who htag ,ha.
the, can shave thcmSclyc, quicker than
q barber can de- ~ And they usual,
look n
Father can zee how m, children are
better of without Ice Cream AMI
Cand, Hut q can make an An
afth,st on, vt him hy telling him tina,
he would he better uOI without whisky
and hctt
Nany a mar who believe, that n u,
hi, lucky number will eros, hi, finger,
and spit over them every time hc sec,
a funeral passing
Ncatl, every real hoy ha, two amhi
ton, One y, IN become a hig lcagu.
hall PLAYER aud the other is n ha,,
annual passes IN an oi the hall psk,
IN the hig leagues
The, arc talking about restoring ihe
old time slate In the schools because
" the scarcity oi paper. The slate
vas abolished because n va snsani
tsty Can YOU remember how ynu used
IN spit ON ,out slate and rub II of with
the sleeve ~ yuut coat And. at that.
YOU were healthier than the average
modern ,rhonlhov
One VI the pleasures oi being a Ire
uucnirr NJ a lion Hathof y, that every
nnN and them YOU will lind a ,ou,c ON
me side ci ,ou WIN IS pouring beer
cn ,uur shoe, and a fummy on the
other side Who Sc pouring beer an ,uuf
coat
ANY married man can tell ,uu tina, ,
wife usually either believes too much
uf not enough
The fact that a man hasn't had q
hath iot a wear doesn't Keep HIM from
being a. fresh a, an,hol, tl,e
You MA, imagine tina, ,ruf vie ha,
lri ~ faith r ,uu nut. jus, ,hr
,arnc never lc' an,uus pui irv perfume
uu ,out ,lrihc, haiorc ,uu star, humr
liic is a queer thing Married men
are ~ debt because the, are marie /
and single men arc In debt because
they ate single
When a man dies and HI, wife tell,
,uu ,ha, he s better oii. the chance,
ate that she Is telling tho truth.