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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1913)
at VOL. XXIV HOOD 1UVEU, OREGON, THI'HSDAY, MAY 22, lna No "NX REGISTERED Every effort that can be made to make a store a thoroughly sat isfactory place to deal is be ing made here. We want your shoe thoughts to be pleasant and to be of WALK-OVER SHOES J. G. VOGT Electric - Theatre Today and Friday "THE GIRL AND THE GRAFTER" BY THANHOUSER "The Girl and the Grafter." The city editor was really a human being, nut one of those cold, heartless ma chines which some writers like to talk about. His staff was enthusiastically loyal to him and every member of it sympathized when it seemed that his star was in danger of an eclipse. The editor had printed a stury which met with the disapproval of the city's polit ical boss, who revenped himself by giving news "bests" to the rival sheets. The managing editor realized what the trouble was and determined (to sacrifice his hard working assist ant. The city editor did tint lose his job. The boss went 10 "e penitentiary jand was'unable to attend the wedding of the city editor and tbe girl reporter, 1 even had he cared to do so. AMERICAN-WESTERN DRAMA SUSPENDED SENTENCE Old Judge Gainsworthy smiled doubt fully as he pinned a sheriff's star on the coat of young Franks Walling. He did not, however, turn an unsmiling face toward Frank's assiduous suit for his daughter's hand. Taking a drink a few days latter with a stranger, the judge noticed counterfeit money in his hands. A day later the stranger was found murdered and robbed and the youthful sheriff, with boyish enthusi asm, in two hours had Black Conway in safe keeping. There was no trouble about conviction. The youthful sheriff received a conciliatory pat upon the back from the judge, who winked and looked the other way when Frank's arm stole about his daughter. DRUGS Phone 3831 Prescriptions Our Specialty KRESSE DRUG CO. HERMANN O. KRESSE. Prop. " THE KODAK MAN " Succtiior to CARL A. PLATH The 1?exct2& Store Hudnitt's and Harmony Boston Toilet Articles Palmer's Perfumes McDonald's Bulk Chocolates Have your Films Developed at the KRESSE DRUG CO. The ficKaJUL Store CLOTHES LINES vs. FISH LINES FATHER IS:- MOTHER IS:- Smoking and Thinking Dreading and Dusting and and Planning and Figuring Scrubbing and Washing and and Dreaming of Spring Fishing Dreaming of Spring Cleaning It's a Pipe Dream It's a Nightmare Mother Go With Father Let us wash your quilts, blankets, rugs, curtains. Give us the heavy end of your work. We have the latest equipment and people that know how. Phone 2341 Will be pleased to call. HOOD RIVER LAUNDRY CO., Inc. Agents Connaway Mercantile Co., Odell in (Oregon Lumber Co., Dee Valley (R. J. Mclsaac & Co., Parkdale Lights at Reasonable Prices The Hydro-Electric Co., does not want the consumers of electrical energy for light ing or power purposes to pay for the plant monthly, yearly or bi-annually, they only want a fair, reasonable price on a live and let live basis; and are not asking its custom ers to buy our competitor's plant, nor any one to pay them a price with which to buy our plant; all we have to sell is electrical energy. Hydro Electric Co. A Home Company Phone 1171 Third and Oak THE SQUARE DEAL STORE Has a Full Stock of Wagons and Spring Wagons Agent for Bean Power and Hand Spray Pumps Hose, Rods and Nozzles Bluestone and Lime Oliver Plows and Extras d. Mcdonald THIRD AND CASCADE STS. HOOD RIVER, OREGON Mv The Scenic Columbia See it at its best from the river steamers of The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company. Effective May 20, the following will be the Schedule of the Boats: Steamer Bailey Gatzert will leave Portland daily except Sunday and Monday for up river points at 7:00 A. M. Returning will leave Hood River at 4:80 P. M. on the same days. The Dalles City will leave Portland on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, and will leave Hood River on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Her arrival at Hood River being about 4::t0l'.".M., and departure about 8:30 A. M., same depending on the amount of freight we are carrying. t"T H TEACH YOUK BOY i to save and it will be one of the most valuable lessons he w ill ever learn. Why not open an account in his name with the First National Savings Department. Then give him the book and let him see how money in the bank makes more money. In years to come he will thank you again and again for the lesson. H-H-H-H-M I 111 1 I H I M-il-l-Kil 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 MI 1 H-H 1 ! I H-M-M4 IN UPPERVALLEY MANY NEW HOMES RECENTLY BULT Orchard Tracts Planted in Scenic District -Diversified Farming Appeals to Progressive Growers. I Tis Dalles, Portlanfl & AsMa Navigation ft. JJ In no place in the Hood River valley has so much orchard land been cleared or have so many new homes been con structed in the past year than in that portion of the Upper Valley just south of Parkdale. An unbroken stretch of more than a thousand acres of young trees greets the traveler's eve as he passes along the highway leading south from Parkdale to the Almira orchard, the property of A. Millard and J. F. Thompson. Here Mr. Thompson has his home at the south side of u 116 acre orchard the trees of which are three years old. This is one of the largest single tracts in the Hood River valley. Six years ago on a tract of 160 acres where now rise seven handsome homes of newcomers, but one small house in a small clearing was to be seen. Those w ho now own portions of the U50 acres and whose young apple trees are thriv ing in the loose, fertile soil of the dis trict, are: Charles Steinhauser, J. S. Peironnet, Henry W. Steinhauser, M. O. Hoe, Duval and Wertgen, Hugh Dixon, William H. Tohey, C. 1. Moody and Miss Bailey. The style of the architecture of the new homes and their proximity to each other might lead one to believe that he was in a neat, new suburban addition to a city, and all of the homes are equipped with modern conveniences. In this paricular section of the UpperValley, as in other districts there, the majority of the new residents are from eastern cities and have come west in quest of homes in tha quiet of the country, where the simple life may be lived in a region replete with the magnificent touches of natural scenery. Eight years ago, the greater portion of the Upper Valley was still a virgin forest. It is true that some of the oldest of the homesteaded places are in the lower part of that community and in the Mount Hood community, but co nmerical orchards had not been at tempted by the pioneers, who eked out an existence from their small clearings and who spent the summer months in eastern Oregon, where they took part in the harvest of the large grain dis tricts, bringing home their wages with which to supply their larders and to purchase the necessities of life that could not bc'grown on their places. Mr. Thompson, of the Almira orch ard, is one of the older of the commer cial orchard planters in the district. He has farmed in many parts of the country, Ohio, Indian Territory, Okla- hnma nmi P.nlnruitu "Hut I Kdu. f.tunri ) no place that 1 like better than the Upper Valley," he euv. Mr. Thoino son and his family left Indian Terri tory because of lha climate. He was stricken with malaria and fever and c: nn to the west seeking health. For u number of years he and bis family resided in Colorado and other sections of the Rocky mountain country. Fight years-ago they left southern Oregon, where they had come in their journey toward the coast, and began a tour of the central Oregon country down to The Dulles and thence down the Colum bia to Portland. After looking over parts of the Willamette valley, they decided to return to the Hood" River valley, and their present location in the Upper Valley was selected as a home. Their entire tour was made by wagon and team. To see the large orchard of Millard and Thompson, where the lat ter has his home, one may well form the opinion that his journeys over the Heaver state, seeking a region of plen ty and beauty, were not in vain. His home, as are those of his neighbors, is in a wonderland, bordered on the east and west by the high ridges of the Cas cades that meet at the base of Mount Hood, the ever changing white peak of which looms to the south of them. Far away across the Colubmia the high, hoary head of Mount Adams shimmers in the sunlight of clear days and frowns beneath the gray reflections of clouded skies. It is a region that attracts the chance visitor and weaves a spell around tne hearts of those who linger for a while. The "Witch Mountain" is an enchantress, and those who have lived and toiled and smiled and wept in the reigon of her feet, feel the call of her ever changing face, when they are long aosent irom her environs. J he only moments when Upper Valley residents ever allow themselves to become beset by a "grouch" are those during which the white peak of the mountain retires behind a heavy cloud veil. While the acreage of bearing orchard in the Upper Valley is still small, the producing trees have proven that the fruit that is grown there is of the most excellent keeping quality. In deed, there are those, one of the ex ponents of which is Charles Stein hauser, who claim that the day will come when Upper Valley Spitzenburgs and Newtowns will be labelled by a special brand because of their keeping qualities. Ortleys, too, do exceedingly well in the Upper Valley. Mr. Thomp son has a number of boxes in his cellar that have the beautiful golden glow, peculiar to the excellent fruit, and the apples remain firm until the summer months. The Cravenstein, ona of the well known fad varieties in lower altitudes, becomes in reality a winter apple in the Upper Valley. At the Uptegrove, Cornell & Mason ranch, were a number of these trees bear prolifically every year, the apples are kept into the late spring, retaining all of their firmness, juice and richness of flavor. The Upper Valley district is also known for the excellence of its straw berries, the cool nights giving them a firmness that enables the shippers to send them in prime condition to foreign markets. Housewives always like to get fruit from this section for preserv ing, for they declare that tbe berries, because of their firmness, retain their shape nd do not cook up into a general mass. While not so many new homes have been built, a large acreage of land has been cleared north of Parkdale. Near the station of Bonebobro on the line of the Mount Hood Railroad Co., the lioneboro Orchard Co.. which owns a large tract of deep redshot soil there, has cleared several hundred acres of its holdings which have been planted to commercial varieties. The Boneburo Company has this year planted a large plot of the tract to wheat. The growth of the grain proves that the region will equal any grain producing section in the country in yield. Wheat planted there last year, according to estimates of experts, would have produced til' bushels per acre if allowed to mature. The crop of this year, w hich presents a beautiful sight, the shoots in a thick mass forming their boots arid waving in a deep green mass over the level field. All grasses and clovers thrive and grow luxuriantly on the Upper Valley and Mount Hood soil. A clover plant dug from the Uptegrove, Cornell & Mason ranch last year was six feet long, had 100 stems and 475 blossoms. A number of the ranchers of the dis trict have recently been agitatine a creamery for the Mount Hood district. the soil here is especially adapted to the raising of hay and dainirx. The early pioneers constructed a ditch that has its intake near the point where the r.ast fork lionded District ditch has its source and the community is well sup ,,l..,.i ...iti. : - (.icu nun iiiianuM water, wnicn is practically free. It is proposed by those who would have a creamery here to manufacture butter and supply the valley with the product, the greater percentage or which is now shinned into the apple raising district. Irrigating water is cheap in all of the communities of the Upper Valley. The residents on the west side of the community are supplied with water irom the Middle rork ditch, owned bv a cooperative company, which supplies all of the water needed at a cost never exceeding $2.f0 per inch. The Glacier Irrigating t o. supplies the ranches of the west side of the Umier Vallev. This system, the flumes of which were completed last year, takes its water from the 1 ll lie Jane creek. The opinion that orchardists should produce such products as milk and but ter on their places is becoming more widespread in the Upper Vallev everv day. Mr. Thompson says he is able to grow his own pork and chickens and produce his milk and butter and always has a surplus to sell to the local store. Last week he showed to the Glacier representative, who was in the upper community to gather facts of develop ment, an average monthly statement received from the store. A gratifying balance was on the credit side. His surplus of butter, eggs and bacon had far more than offset the tola of the prices of articles that he had nur- chased. Since the Mount Hood Railroad has been built into the heart of the Uvpcr Valley to its present terminus at Parkdale, the commercial interests of the entire district above Booth hill which were centered at Mount Hood, have gradually moved to the rail road station. Ihetownof Parkdale is growing rapidly. Where but a few years ago tall firs and pines grew, the general merchandise store of R. J. Mc lsaac si Co., a commodious schoolhouse, a union church, a blacksmith shon. a handsome railroad station and hotel and numerous residences have been constructed. New homes are rising at the station each year and Parkdale is becoming a thriving village, it is here. in the hall above MeUaae's tore, that the Upper Valley Progressive Associa tion presents its lyceum course during me winter monins lor the entertain ment and education of its residents However, none of these presentations are more interesting than that of the club itelf, the members of which annu ally prepare a play. Some excellent musical talent is to be found in the district as well as histrionic ability, and the amateur theatricals always at tract a number of Lower Vallev resi dents. About a mile north of Parkdale is the store of W. 11. Rodei hiser, who does a gcncrul merchandise business. The Union church movement has taken a strong hold of the Upper Val ley residents. The district has two churches, one at Mt. Hood, and the other, the latter built as a union church, at Parkdale. Rev. W. L. Van Nuys, a Presbyterian minister, who was formerly a resident of Pendleton, is in charge of Wth churches anil preaih.'s alterni ely nt Mt. Houd and Parkdale. One of the f itnn a of the Upper Valley is its muiy young buchelo s. Probably in no other rural section of Oregon in sn small a rection can so many unrrnined men be found. Within a radius of but a little over three miles, twei.tv-seven young men are enjojing Mngla hletseu ,ess, doing H eir household work und pei forming culin ary feats daily within their kitchens. The moi-t of these youthful bachelor men ate giaduales of eastern collcgts. It has been suggested by residents there that families with marriageable daughters who are seeking homes in the west n ight form the foundation for a pleasant task for cupid by moving to the Upper Valley. J he little Love God has ulretdy been busy in the dis trict, and a number of young bachelors have become Benedicts after having been captivated by the charms of school mistresses in the district. A detailed list of some of the im provements that have taken place in the Upper Valley in the past two years and that are now under way follows: New blacksmith shop and residrnce built by C. A. Clark at Parkdale. New implement warehouse construct ed by R. J. Mclsaac & Co. at Parkdale. New home erected by J. C. Craven at Parkdale. Mt.lluod Milling Co., new mill about a mile south of Parkdale. New residence built by Hugh Dixon, south of Parkdale. New home by J. S. L. Peironnet. Addition to home now being-com pleted by Charles Steinhauser. Improvements to residence made by H. W. Steinhauser. W. H. Tobcy, new home. New residence by M. O. Hoe. All of these orchardists have made extensive clearings and improvements on their tracts. G. DuVal, jr., and G. Wertgen have built a new home and have cleared 27 acres of their land, which has been set in orchard. Mr. DuVal came to the Valley from Baltimore. M. Wertgen is a former resident of Bremen, Ger many. Henry S. Crouse has cleared four acres of orchard during the past year. H. W . Riekman, a capitalist of Chad- ron. Neb., has had a tract of 40 acres cleared and set to trees this spring. The place adjoins that of A. H. Coul ter, who has superintended the work of clearing. London & Powers have cleared small tracts recently and have built a new house. Harroll and Rusch have erected a new residence. Geo. W. Hlodgett has cleared 20 acres. John Goldsbury is making improve- CLASS PLAY HISTRIONIC SENIORS IN CAST High School Graduating Exercises Tomor row Evening at Heilbronner Hall Pr.Pu.mbIe will Award Diplomas Tomorrow evening in the Heilbronner hall, the 20 graduates of the Hood River high school will 'be awarded their diplomas of graduation by Dr. it. i... i 'limine, chairman of the school board. The members of the irraduatinir class are: tilintt Staten, Pearl Dietz, nenry itiagg, Dorothy and lilen Shoe maker, Angus and Ktheliane McDon ald, Nola Radclilf, Joe Martin John- n, Ruth Clark. Ivan Swartout. Gladys Reavis, George Struck, Doris Jensen, Algie Weinheimer, Conrad Jacobsen, F.llen McCurdy, Horace Skinner and Ada Hart. The commencement sermon was preached Sunday evening at the As bury Methodist church by Rev. J. A. Bennett, pastor of the Vallev Christian church. The large church building was crowded by the students and their menus, tvpecial music was rendereil by the high school chorus and Mrs. P. S. Davidson and Mrs. C. H. llenney. At the graduation exercises tomor row evening the class address will be given by Miss McCurdy, who has pre pared an interesting J speech on the Montesorri system, the new method of conducting kindregarten schools. The commencement address will be deliv ered by Prof. Howe, of the University of Oregon. Harmon's orchestra will furnish special music and boIos will be sung by Miss Reavis and Mrs. llenney. A day of joint celebration will be en joyed by the students of the Hood Kiver high school and Thu'Dalles high school ISuturday, when the boys and girls of the neighboring city and the members of the faculty of The Dalles school will journey here to witness the tennis tournament, baseball game and track meet between the two schools, the Domestic Science department will serve the visitors with a light buffet luncheon at the high school building. The pleasantest feature of the clos ing days of the School will be enjoyed by the students, their parents and friends tonight, when the senior class play, "The Twenty-Third of May," will bo given at the Monroe opera house. 1 ho members of the class display ex ceptional histrionic ability, and the (Coiitiuued.on Last Page.) BELL AND THOMSON NOW ON COUNCIL i At the Monday evening meeting of the city council, C. A. Hell and Geo.W. Thomson were appointed by the coun oilmen to membership in the body, Mr. Hell to assume the duties of J. E. Rob ertson and Mr. Thomson to take the place made vacant by the resignation of Edward S. Mayes. Mr. Robertson's resignation was received by the council last week. He leaves his ollicial duties because of the press of business of the Staney-Smith Lumber Co., of which he is manager and treasurer. Mr. Mayes retires from the council because of poor health. Both of the retiring councilmen have been prominently con nected with city affairs. Mr. Robert son was chairman of the Fire and Wat- . er committee and has given the city valuable aid in the work of making preparations for and in the installation of the new municipal water system. Mr. Mayes was chairman of the street committee, upon whom evolved the du ties of tending to the preparation that was necessary for the construction of the paving that is now under way. Mr. Hell will become chairman of the former committee and Mr. Thomson will head the latter. Mr. Bell is pro prietor of the Mount Hood Hotel and one of the city's oldest residents. Mr. Thomson, who is also a resident of many years, is one of the proprietors of the Paris Fair. The ordinance providing for the oil bound macadamizing of Oak, Cascade and State streets, received its final passage Monday night. A communication was received from Hugh Smith, superintendent of the water system, who asks for an increase of Balary from $100 to $125 per month. While the communication was laid on the table, a number of the councilmen are in favor of the increase because of the experience of Mr. Smith and his knowledge of the task he has to per form. The Financial committee, to the members of which was referred the problem of securing a landing for river steamers and local ferry boats, report ed that nothing had as yet been done. The Dalles, Portland & Astoria line's superintendent, Mr. McDonald, it was stated, had taken the matter up direct with the Hood River terminal Co. and it was thought that some conclusion would be reached before another meet ing of the council. The recent action or the council to defer the purchase of a fire alarm sys tem was reconsidered and on motion of Conucilman W. 11. Taft, the recorder and fire chief were instructed to secure an automatic fire alarm. The cost of the installation of the system will be about $800. The recent fire, when the property of E. W. Monroe was de stroyed on the Heights, was instru mental in causing the council to recon sider the former decision. Fire Chief W. B. McGuire and a number of the fire boys were present and thanked the council fur the action. Die matter was brought up at the Monday night meeting that the fire department should have a team of horses to draw the aparatus to scenes of conflagrations at night. However, no action was taken, the matter having been referred to the Fire and Water committee. (Continued on Last Pae.) Widow's Pension Bill Becomes Effective The Widows' Pension bill, passed by the legislature at its last session, will go into effect June 3, according to ad vices received from the governor by Judge Castner. The new bill will ren der aid to any woman whose husband is dead or an inmate of an Oregon state institution or who is physically unable to render ber support A cer tain sum is allowed for each child of such needy families.