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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1915)
Cl VOL. XSTI nOOD RIVERJOREGOX, THURSDAY, MAY 0, 191 No. hi As time goes on, make your burden lighter by srarnng a uanK I V IIUVVi H Many folks think a Bank is an institution organized for rich people. Nothing could be farther from the truth. No matter how small your earnings, or, how little you may have, you should start a Bank account and add to it as regularly as you can. That is the only road to riches and we will be glad to help and advise you. One dollar will start you. 4 Interest Paid on Savings FIRST NATIONAL Capital $100,900 SurP,us $36,000 LONG TIME credit houses must get long prices. Goods sold on twelve months time must - pay two or more profits. List up $50.00 you have paid such houses and compare with our prices. We Offer You 60 Days Credit Because that is best we could get. We Offer You S per cent for Cash Because that is what we get plus the insurance, ex pense of bookkeeping, stamps, etc. We Charge Interest if Over Time Is Taken Because we cannot borrow money without paying interest. The net result after three years is that the increased percentage of cash received creates a change in ratio of turnover that enables us to reduce price level, while the 5 for cash is always that much less than you are buying for. Let us show you the facts and the goods. Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co. FRUIT MERCHANT IS OPTIMISTIC II. W. DAY MAKES PREDICTIONS New Yorker Here Last Week Says all In dications are Favorable for Better Apple Returns BUTLERBANKING COMPANY Established April 1900 Capital One Hundred Thousand Dollars Officers and Directors LESLIE BUTLER TRUMAN BUTLER - E. H. FRENCH - F. McKERCHER - -C. H. VAUGHAN -HAROLD HERSHNER I. R. ACHESON - President Vice-President Director Director - Cashier Asst. Cashier Asst. Cashier IF IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN IT ISN'T A KODAK. IF IT ISN'T A KODAK, IT ISN'T AUTOGRAPHIC IF IT ISN'T AUTOGRAPHIC, IT ISN'T UP-TO-DATE. Hence: t IF IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN, IT ISN'T UP-TO-DATE All 1915 Folding Kodaks are Autographic Let us furnish and finish your Autographic Films Kresse Drug Company The QoxaJULiSfov Victor Victrolas and Records PEOPLES NAVIGATION COMPANY vSteamer Tahoma Down Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays Up Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays All kinds of freight and passengers handled. Horses and automobiles given special attention. Jack Bagley, Agent, Phone 3514 Satisfactory Titles are demanded by the wise buyer. Our work is unquestioned and guarantees protection. Satisfactory Insurance is deemed a necessity by the wise property owner. We represent 10 strong companies and have millions oi insurance in the Valley Satisfactory Bonds may sometime be required of you, contract, court or security. When in need of such service inquire of ub. Hood River Abstract Company A Knowledge of How to Earn Your Own Living Is More Valuable than a dozen courses In Ancient History Hood River State Bank Ford, Bodg'e Bros., Cadillac Franklin MOTOR CARS Columbia Auto & Machine Co. To the Friends and Patron of Hood River Creamery: You'll confer a great favor on us by asking for our butter and receiving no other. If you have trouble in securing our butter, kindly notify us Hood River Creamery Co. The Finest Coffee on Earth The best costs but a trifle mora and is so much more satisfactory. 1 lb. tins 45c 3 lb. tins 91.25 51b. tin 92.00 Horace W. Day, member of'the firm of Sgobel & Day, who. with connec tions abroad, opera1 e one of the largest fruit distributing houses in New York city, brought a message of optimism to local fruit growers on his arrival here last Thursday afternoon aboard the Shasta Limited, which had been de toured from San Francisco by way of llgden on account of washouts on the Southern t'acilic. Mr. Day, who spends the larger por tion of his time traveling over the fruit districts not only of the United States, but of the entire world, de clares that he looks for good times ahead next aeason for all fruit growers. Speaking of general conditions in the fruit industry and talking of his month's visit in California Mr. Day, who left Thursday night for Yakima, said: "1 left Sacramento Tuesday evening in a pouring rain. It had been raining steadily for two days and nights. This rain followed a furious wind Btnrm, and all fruit was pretty badly dam aged. It was said that the wind caused injury to the early varieties of cherries, while the rain interfered with the rip ening of the later varieties. "Such conditions are very unfortun ate for the growers; for the fruit has been selling for large prices on the New York markets. The first carload of California cherries disposed of brought $4, 3(H), and as late as last Tuesduy 1 notice thHt some pony re frigerators were delivered, the fruit selling at from $3.50 to $5 per box. "The California apricot crop was in jured. Fears, too, fruit men told me, were hurt; for this storm was the worst May storm in the history of the California fruit industry. Of course, it is too early to make any predictions as to the grape crop. However, the grewers were needing sunshine very badly, in order that they might apply suplhur to prevent mildewing later in the season. The crop of pears, as it seems now, will be about three-fourths that of last year. The shipments to the east depend on the qauntity that will be bought by canners, who on for mer years have taken about a third of the crop. When shipments to Europe were curtailed a good deal of dried friut was left in the hands of Califor nia dealers. However, canned pears were pretty well cleaned up. How ever, financial powers, as was told me, may not make allowances for handling the near crop by canners, and the ship ments to the east may equul, those of last vear. "Judging from the reports 1 receive, the California grape crop will be about 65 per cent of last year, the plum crop will run from 50 to 80 per cent, owing to variety id locality." Mr. Day says that he found the fruit glowers in California in depressed financial conditionsjand pessimistic. I told them. he said, "that 1 looked for better things in all decidu ous fruit markets, pointing out that conditions were quite diflerent from those of the beginning of the season last year. Then the people were large ly out of employment, while now all over the east factories are running night and day, turning out supplies demanded by the warring nations. Millions of dollars are being poured into the country. The male members of the ereat middle class, the largest con sumers of fruit, are recieving from $3 to $5 per day. "In my mind there are no shrewder forcastera of events than the Wall street manipulators, tor the last two months this crowd has been building on better conditions." Mr. Day Bays that he has found no apple growers more despondent than those of the Pajaro Valley, Calif. The Watsonville people, he said, recieved most disastrous prices tne past season, especially for friut shipped to England. Nobody seemea to Know now me next crop, which would not oe a large one, would be disposed or. When asked his opinion as to the out look for northwestern apples, Mr. Day said that in his opinion much larger net returns would be received by the growers next year. "I base this judgment," he said, "on the indications for a very light crop, the general good financial condi tions over the country and improved marketing facilities." When speaking of the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francisco, Mr. Day waxes enthusiastic. "It is simply im mense," he aays, "and yet with such setting that one is not amazed and be wildered. The architecture, the light ing, the well proportioned spaces; I shall never forgat how they charmed me. I have been attending world fairs since 1873, when 1 visited the exposi tion at Paris, and none of them to me have appeared in any way assplendid as that at San Francisco. "Because of former experiences at fair cities, my son, Kenneth, who ac companied me, and I expected to get stung on every corner. However, the reasonableness of all charges, hotel, transportation and restaurant, were most agreeably surprising. Don't hang back in going to San Francisco because you expect it to cost you exorbitant prices. Why there are thousands of jitney automobile busses that will carry you over the city for a nickel. "1 am advising everybody to see the fair. It will be worth the price be cause of its educational value." Mr. Dav said that he closely inspect ed the big red apple exhibited by the Hood River vallev. "The man who thought of that idea deserves great credit," he said. "The bis apple looms up so that it can be teen afar, and it attracts attention heard dozens of people extoling Hood River because of it. kill" and "little leaf," says The Dalles Chronicle. "After an investigation of the condi tions, in the Mill creek district," says Dr. M scrum, "1 would advise the fol lowing procedure. That land which is planted to trees in the fall, which has been new ly cleared, be planted to corn or potatoes the first summer after hav ing le moved all of the rcots of the aboriginal forest as thoroughly as pos sible. "Before planting to trees in the fall 1 would recommend that where each tree ia to be planted that a hole be put down with a dirt augur to a depth of four feet below the surface and a tttck of 1!0 per cent powder be placed in the hole in the approved way and tired to thoroughly break up the subsoil. "I would also recommend that the old orchards in this district be treated in the following manner: With the dirt augur start a hole at the top of the ground six feet away from the tree, inclined in such a manner that the bot tom of the hole will be two feet closer the tree at the bottom. This hole should be bored on the up-hill side of the tree which is leceivmg attention to BERRY HARVEST IS UNDER WAY ASSOCIATION SHIPS CAR LOADS Transient Pickers ICrowd Community Davidson Says Cool Weather Retard ing Crop is Bene6cia! a depth of about four feet. In this hole put a charge of 20 per cent pow der and blast. Investigation has proved that in old orchards at a depth of about three to four feet the ground is packed very hard which excludes moisture and air and prevents the roots from extend ing downward all they should." Mr. Macrum explained that the soil in this district is of heavy mineral coin position and consequently ' packs very easily. Me said that this could be easily demonstrated by taking two glasses of water and in one mixing with the water a quantity of the vol canic or mineral soil, general in the orchards here, and in the other mix some black silt or clay soil and note how much quicker the mineral soil will settle to the bettom of the glass and the water become clear. He also em phasized the fact that no new orchards should be planted unless the holes, in which the trees are to be plahted, are blasted. "For the treatment of the winter kill and little leaf found in the Mill Creek Valley and other districts," he contin ued, "cut back the trees at least one half of last year's growth and do the shooting of the ground spoken of about the last of July or the first of August, when the ground is dry. Do not shoot the ground when it is wet, as that will cause it to pack. "If all of the trees are treated with the shouting system, this will break up the subsoil crust in such a manner that no more blasting will have to be done for a couple of years. After two years it would be advisable to again use pow der, but this time in the center of the squares between the trees. In this manner the whole orchard would be thoroughly subsoiled with the powder and loosened so as to be in the bust possible condition to conserve moisture and allow the roots to extend down ward. "It is probable that the planting of orchards will soon be renewed in The Dalles district, and it should be done properly at the start. And every tree should have a plaoe basted for it in or der to promote rapid and healthy growth. i "The soil in this district is naturally rich in minerals, but is deficient in hu mus. Cover crops of rye and vetch should be raised in the orchards to fur nish the humus and nitrogen. These cover crops should be alternated every four years with 'cowhorn' turnips to unlock the inorganic potash and phos phorus ii ml put them in a soluble or or angic form, because fruit trees cannot use anything but soluble food. "For the best and quickest results In the use of vetch as a nitrogenizer 1 would advise all growers send to the experiment station of the Oregon Agri cultural College at Cor va Ilia for cul tures of the vetch bacteria and inocu late their seed with it before planting, because it will produce the same result from thiB inoculation in one year, as can be obtained by planting without inoculation in three yeaia. The agri cultural college will furnish the cul tures to any grower with instructions how to use, without charge." Dr. Macrum was accompanied by C. M. Grimes, a retired capitalist of The Dalles, who takes considerable interest in this work. County Judge Cunning had planned to accompany the party, but legal business matters at the court huuse prevented him. Dr. Macrum stated upon his return that these facts are applicable to somu sections of the Moiser and Hood River valleys. CINCINNATI PARTY GIVEN JOY RIDE Star Grocery, Perigo & Son DR. MACRUM GIVES ORCIIARDISTS ADVICE Dr. C. A. Macrum, of Mosier, mem ber of the state board of horticulture ! for this district, recently made a trip through the Mill creek valley to find lout, if possible, the cause of what the growers in that district call "winter Arriving here Monday afternoon at ISO o'clock by boat, a party of over 100 Cincinnati people, for the most part members of the Hetail Grocers Associ ation of that city, was met at the Keg ualtor line boat landing by a train of automobiles and taken on a tour of the valley, going out over the East Side and returning over the West Side. The junketers were returned to Port land after their motor trip by a special train on the O.-W. K. N. line. All expressed their delight at the scenery along the Columbia gorge and of the beauties of the Hood Kiver valley. Those furnishing machines were: H. F. Davidson, A. W. Stone, Apple Growers Association runabout, DN G Ciuikshank. F. P. Friday. W. B. Dick erson, Martin Dragseth, J. K. Nuna- maker, W. K. Collie. A. Canlield, W F. Laraway. E.W. Birge, F. 11. Black man, L. E. Clark, L. C. Heizer, W. E. King, Louis Plog, A. W. Peters, E. L. McCiain, Joe Vogt, E. A. Franz.'Dr. r. c. tirostus, J. K. Kinsey, A. C Lofts, Fruit Growers Exchange tour ing car, A. 1. Mason, E. U. blanchar, P. S. Davidson, Dr. H. L. Duuible, C J. Calkins, F. H. Button, Ralph Root, It. d. Early and r. A. Massee. Secretary Scott, of the Commercial club, who arranged for the entertain merit of the visitors while here, stated that hereafter the club would not give free rides to excursion parties. "If the railway companies choose to send junketers here, he says, with the idea that we shall give them rides over the valley, we will demand that they attach coupons to such excursion tickets, making a charge of $1.25 to cover cost of transportation around the valley Heavy Rainfall Sunday Night An unusually heavy rain fell over the valley Sunday night. E. W. Birge, cooperative U. S. weather observer of Edgewood Faim, on the West Side, reports a precipitation of four-tunths of an inch. The strawberry harvest ia on in full blast. As twilight settles down over the valley, and Mount Hood begins to show witchlike in the last glamour of the sun as it sinks in the Pacific, scores of vehicles, wagons drawn by one and two horses, buggies and automobiles, may be seen moving toward the city, all carriyng a burden of luscious Clark Seedlings. Since last week the streets have taken on the usual activity at tendant an berry harvest season. The hundreds of pickers may be seen con gregated on street corners. Bevies of Indians, bucks, squaws and papooses, have sat and chattered on curb stones, hulling parched peanuts or eating bright colored candy. No small commotion was created on Oak street last Thursday afternoon. when thre young ladies, neatly attired in blouses, and overalls, walked, ap parently unselfconscious, down the sidewalk. They had no trouble in se curing places as pickers. the first carload of fruit sent out from the valley this season was routed east last Thursday evening by the Ap ple Growers Association. An unusual sight was seen in the city last Friday afternoon. A big Indian man, accompanied by'two squaws, hired a double-seated rig from the Fashion stable shortly after noon, explaining that they wanted to take a ride over the valley. The three'returned to the city in the course of a couple of hours, and the horses alone were sober. They had evidently secured. a quart of liquor at The Dalles, and when the horses pulled their rig again into the stable all three were having "heap big dreams." While the bloom of the berry fields has not been as hesvy this year the wsather conditions have been better for s good yield and those who have looked aver the fruit tracts predict that the yield will be all that can be ex pected. The name of the Apple Growers As sociation will be burned in all cups handled by that agency. The crates will besr the famous "Blue Diamond" label. The plant of the Hood River Canning Co. is being rapidly made ready to handle the year's strawberry crop. New machinery has been installed. A new receiving platform has been built and a new shed to be used for the stor age of empty rases has been erected at the west end of the csnnlng plant. The name of the company was re cently changed from the Cloud-Newton Co., Mr. Newton hawing retired from the business. The authorized capital stock was also increased from 10,000 to Ji5,0U0. T he Fruit Growers Exchange is now making daily shipments of strawber ries. A bulletin issued by the Ex change follows: "the opening price was S3. 50 per crate, f. o. b., and we have been ship ping on firm orders since the opening until now, when the quotation is $2.60. Wo have been conflicting with the Ken- newick berries, while in ordinary years these berries are off the market before ours come on. "However, we have found no cause for alarm, or losing our heads by con signing our berries, and our orders have been coming in so rapidly that we have been unable to nil them all. Strawberry growers, please keep in close touch with the office at all times. We have established firm connec tion with the trade as far eaBt as Chi cago, with the intention of selling all our small fruit at a profit and will han dle the dircet saleB, as we are doing the strawbberries, without the aid of a central selling agency, except in car load lots. H. F. Davidson states that the recent cool and rainy weather has been of the greatest benefit to Hood Kiver straw berry growers, since it has retarded the maturity of the fruit. Mr. Davidson says: "The Hood River crop is two weeks earlier than normal. Despite the heavy rains and the wash outs on railways, California has been shipping carloads of fruit into Spo kane, Seattle and Portland and other northwestern markets. Several days supply sometimes arrives on a single train. "In normal seasons the Louisana and Arkansas fruit is all marketed before the Hood Kiver product begins to roll in carload lots. The Missouri crop is likewise cleaned up. The marketing of fruit from these districts dues not interfere with local ("shipments to Colo rado, Nebraska and Montana. At the present time, however, Arkansas ber ries are arriving in Montana points and are selling at prices that should be received for Hood Kiver fruit at Hood Kiver. The Arkansas and Missouri crates contain each 24 full quart boxes. "While our crop is early this season, the Missouri crop is just beginning to move. Early shipments will be on the market this week. The districts there raise two varieties, Klondikes and Aro mas. On a normal season the fruit is markted over a period of three weeks. "The Kennewick crop this year ia one of the largest in the history of that district." RAND NOW MANAGES ASHLAND ASSOCIATION D. E. Rand, who for the past seven years has been connected with the fruit business at Hood River, has left for Ashland, with Mrs. Rand, to as sume the management of the Ashland Fruit & Produce Association, succeed ing A. P. SprBgue, formerly a resident of Hood River. Mr. Sprague was con nected with the Hood River Apple Growers Union one year. Mr. Rand for five years was shipping clerk and assistant manager of the Davidson Fruit Co. For the past two years he has been shipping clerk and in charge of the stores and Buppliea of the Apple Growers Association. Harry Farrell will succeed Mr. Rand as shipping clerk and storekeeper at the Association offices. On films left up to i p. in., prints will he readv for delivery at 1 p. m. the fol lowing day Slocoin & Csnfield Co. a