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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 13, 1916)
mm a VOL. XXVIII LTO0D RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JDLY 13. 191 G ir No. 7 Thomas E. Avery will demonstrate a new Safety Valve for spray ing machines. Hit is automatic, self flushing, perfect pressure and absolutely reliable in its action with all kinds of spray materials. HCome and see it in operation at the Apple Land and Orchard Co. Yard on Oak Street on SaturdayJuly 15, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. This store never wab- bles on the question of greater-value-giving. Our merchandise is purchased on a quality basis from such quality clothes makers as THE HOUSE OF ' KUPPENHEIMER We believe in the thorough goodness of these suits. We have judged them by careful comparison and actual tests and we know that at $18, $20, $22, $25 we are giving men more for their money in these clothes, than is possible in any other make at the same price. We know also that these suits could stand a higher price. We know that on inspection you would pay three to five dollars more than we ask, and you would get your money's worth. But this store never wabbles in its decision to give greater value. J. G. VOGT Everyone asks this question many times daily. We are all dependent upon the time. Our lives are regulated by our watches. The lack of a watch is a big handi cap to both men and women. Therefore, why try to get along without one? Let us show you a good watch; one you can depend upon. We can suit both your taste and your pocketbook. W. F. Lara way Jeweler What Time Is It? Hood River, Ore. Free Saturday Only A - 1 pound box of Cof f man's Chocalates with every $1 purchase or over Soda Fountain Specials Billy Sundaes Mecca Fruit Sundaes Brick Ice Cream, pints 30c, quarts 60c Kresse Drug Co. EASTMAN KODAK. AND SUPPLIES Tfie W&xaJUL Store v,Tnd AS COME IN AND HEAR THE WE FURNISH Fishing and Hunting Licenses We are showing a full line of the famous hand made Shakespeare Fishing Goods. Don't cost you any more than the other kind. A large assortment of new and second hand rifles offer ed at wholesale cost Sporting Goods Lawn Tennis, Baseball, Cro quet, Golf the proper goods for any game. Tennis and Baseball Shoes. Wading Boots. Our Furniture Department was never so full of bargains 5 allowed for cash on lowest market prices. v -' Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co. Cleaning Pressing Repairing Phone 3342 Have you tried Dale & Meyer for cleaning and pressing? If not, try us. We will give you perfect satisfaction in every way. Dale & Meyer 108 Third Street Tailors to Men Tailors to Women A.W. Ontfeank Oregon Abstract Company Certified Abstracts of Hood River Land Titles by experienced abstractors. Conveyancing, Mortgage Loans and Surety Bonds, Fire, Life, Accident and Health Insurance in the beat companies. 305 OaK Street, Hood River, Oregon Telephone 1521 Thrist Quenchers Cliquot Club Ginger Ale, 20c a bottle, $2 dozen Red Wing or Welch's Grape Juice 25c and 50c Lo Ju Loganberry Juice 25c a pint Dole's Pineapple Juice 25c a pint Hood River Soda Water, 5c bottle, 50c dozen at The Star Grocery Perigo & Son "GOOD THINGS TO EAT" RECORDS LATEST JULY REOCRDS The Franklin air cooled car eliminates nearly 200 parts as useless, except to create repair bills. Easiest Tiding car made. Most economical in gasoline, 32.8 miles to gallon. 1050 on 1 gallon oil. 12,000 miles on set tires. Lubricating Oils We carry 30 kinds of oil. The correct oil for any pur poseask for the right oil for it is often one-half the price of a kind not suited to the need. r. A. Biihtp OREGON GETS ANOTHERilEDAL FINAL P. P. I. E. LIST SURPRISES RavKn Wins Recognition For the Excel lency of His Work at the Cali fornia Exposition C. N. Ravlin, chief of horticulture for the Oregon Commission at the Panama-Pacific exposition at San Francis co last year, has been honored by the board of the exposition, who have pre sented him with a collaborator's gold medal as an expression of appreciation of his work as a collector of the Ore gon exhibit and for having been per sonally responsible for the pomological display and the upkeep of the exhibit of shrubs and ferns as well as fruits. The presentation of the gold medal came as a surprise to Mr. Ravlin, who did not know of the award until he opened a letter from the exposition commission Monday. Along with the letter came a list of final official awards to Oregon exhibit ors, as made after final checking and all disputes bad been settled. It has taken from the end of last November up to the present time to check over these lists. "Hood River certainly has made a good showing," says Mr. Ravlin. "One that the county should be proud of. The valley took higheta award on pears and her cherries, as the list will show, were second to none. It will be noticed in the list that a good many Hood River exhibitors were given medals of honor. This is the highest award an individual exhibitor can re ceive." In the list is also included the notice that the state of Oregon has been awarded a medal of honor for its fresh deciduous fruit displsy. "This award has been made since I left San Francisco," says Mr. Ravlin. "It was evidently given after the jur ies bad made a general checking over. It is certainly a triumph for Oregon, which was also given the grand prise for the best arrangement of its dis plays." Mr.Ravlin points out that The Dalles and Mosier received some handsome awards. The best displays from Wasco county, however, were received at the exposition from Mosier.. "Mosier, considering the size of the district," says Mr. Raviln, "is to be congratulated. Mark A. Mayer, in competition with 600 cases from Idaho, a large exhibit from Washington and many prunes from the Willamette Val ley and California, took the medal of honor on bis Italian prunes." The Hood River valley's Clark Seed ling strawberries topped anything at the exposition. The award was made on a commercial pack. The official list of Hood River and Wasco eounty exhibits is as follows : . Thomas EL Avery. Hood River, Jona. than apple, gold medal. F. H. Blagg.Hood River, Bosc pears, medal of honor. J. L. Carter, Hood River, Baldwin apples, gold medal. U. M. Chambers, Hood River, Deli cious apples, medal of honor. J. P. Carroll, Mosier, Monmouth ap ples, gold medal. - W. B. Dyer, Hood River, Anjou pears, medal of honor. The Dalles Fruit Growers Associa tion, The Dalles, Italian prunes, bronze medal. East Hood River Fruit Co., Mosier, Anjou pears, medal of honor. J. J. Fleck, The Dalles, assorted grapes, honorable mention; Flame To kay grapes, silver medal. Apple tirowers Association, Hood River. Clark Seedling strawberries, medal of honor. Mrs. F. A. Jones, Hood River, An jou pears, medal of honor. I nomas King, nooa Kiver, carueu pears, gold medal. W. E. King, Hood River, Bosc pears, gold medal; Anjou pears, medal of honor. Mark E. Mayer. Mosier. Italian prunes, medal of honor. Dr. u. a. mcurum, nosier, cose pears, gold medal. Gus Miller. Hood River. Cornice pears, gold medal; Anjou pears, medal of honor. J. R. Nunamaker. Hood River, Bing cherries, gold medal ; Black Republican cherries.gold medal ; Lambert cherries, medal of honor. C. A. Reed, Hood River, Bosc pears, medal of honor. H. S. Reed. Hood River, Delicious apples, gold medal. Somerville & Son, Hood River, Deli cioua aDDlea. sold medal. Wasco County, The Dalles, collective exhibit of processed fruits, silver medal. T. Weiden. Hood River. Banana ap ples, medal of honor. Carl Wodecki. The Dalles. Bing cherries, silver medal. LITTLE AUTO TRIPS IN THE MID-COLUMBIA Whether you have a regular automo bile or not. vou ouaht to take the trio to Parkadle over.tbe line ot tbe Mount Hood Railroad Co. aboard tne new rail auto. You will not only enjoy tne scenery spread before you like the fleeting pictures ol a reel 01 movy films, but the novelty of the ride will hneer with vou lor many a long oay You will have all the joys of automobil ing without the usual discomforts of a tour over roada some times bumpy and dusty. The big 30 passenger White, driven bv Stanley Shere. an expert enced mechanician and chauffeur of nine years' experience, fairly skims along the rails, its progress is smoother than that of an electric irony car. Rv all meana take thia trio while the summer suns are shining or before the glorious dsys of a Hood Kiver autumn have ended. Just elimb aboard down at the station at the foot of Cascade avenue. After Mr. Sbere haa cranked and started up your indrawn breaths of astonishment will not have ceased until vou hsve passed Powerdale. Don't think youjhave reached the end of the trip, when you aee the lines of raila terminate about two miles and a half up Hood river. The machine is merely being driven to the switennaca turn table in order that yon may climb the heavy grt.de that will take you to the East Side orchard diatrictbeadfirat instead of backwards like a doodle bug. Before your admiration of tha well ordered apple tracts at the top of the East Side grade, many of them lined with green or ripening grain, haa con sumed itself, yea have paased Van Horn and are headed straight for OdslL J oat thia aide of Odeil station the rail line runa in a straight Una due west, and for a time you seem to be equidistant from the shimmering peaks of Hood and Adama. The line will suddenly switch off on another curve, you will bo taken to the right and Hood's hoary head, always growing larger and more dazsling, ia at your left A moment later you will aee it over your right aboofder. Thua you keep up thia "peep eye" game, as sou try to watch orchard acenea, China pheasants, grasing herds, a frisking cslf, fat pigs in clover, a digger squir rel hustling to its borrow or a glimpse of the cascading stream of Hood river, until you have reached Dee. At Dee you are interested in the hustle and bustle of lumber pliers. Big teams of Percherona draw trucks laden with newly ripped fir boards and timbers. The steady buss of the big band aaw and lesser circular saws all come from the great plant at the right It may be that you will have time to see the dam across the Middle Fork and the new fish ladder erected to allow trout and steelhead, rainbow and Chinook to climb to the headwaters of the East and Middle Forks. You leave Dee and soon you see Mount Hood straight ahead. When you have reached Parkdale, if the weather is clear, the mountain is big ger than you have ever aeen it before, provided you have never taken a trip to the Upper Valley. You ought to take along a picnic lunch and spend a part of the day in some of the groves near Parkdale. The walk to Woodwortb's lava bed park is not long and can be made easily in 16 minutes. If you do not car to go aa far as Parkdale, numerous points arc avail able along the different branchea of Hood river for good fishing. You may leave the auto car at Winans and spend the greater part of a day at the Devil's Punch Bowl, that ia, if you take the early morning car, where tha flab bite excellently. Bloucher and Holatein are also good stations for a day a fishing headquarters. The new rail auto has proven even more popular than the Mount Hood management had expected. The ma chine ia crowded going and coming these summer days. Passengers are heard to utter often the predictiion that tha day ia not far distsnt when electric cara will make more accessible the Upper Valley re sorts and even that Lost Lake will be reached by comfortable electric service. Try the Mount Hood Company's new White, and see if you don't think such a service of the greatest appeal. MILLER TOLL BRIDGE TO BE THE TARGET In all probability some concerted ac tion will be taken in the near future by citizens of Wasco and Sherman counties to abolish tha old Miller toll bridge across the Deschutes river, according to A. D. Moe, who returned Monday from an automobile trip to Wasco. K. C. At wood, a promient business man of Wasco and manager of the bank and branch store of the Wasco Ware house & Mililng Co., is beading a mon ster petition that is widely signed by Sherman county citizens and which, when hnal signaturea have been se cured, will be presented to the Wasco county court about August 1. Mr. At- wood is circulating copies ot the peti tion himself, and be ia sending copies in automobiles throughout remote parts of the county. A delegation of Sher man county road enthusiasts in a bat tery of 100 a'utomobiles, according to plans, will call on the Wssco county court and ask that tbey cooperate in the necessary steps to take over the old bridge, which is now owned by Mal colm Moody, of The Dalles. A move similar to that of tne Sher man county citizens is on foot at The Dalles. Judd Fish and others will sim ultaneously present similar petitions. It is said by motorists, wbo have re cently passed through this city and who almost unanimously direct criticism against the two counties for allowing the toll bridge, which connects the roads of the two counties, that a toll of f 1 is charged for a machine crossing the structure. The aetual value of the bridge is placed at $100, and it is said that on many days the total toll re ceipts exceed this figure. Sherman county citizens claim that they have long been willing to meet Wasco county half way and take over the toll bridge, but that tha Wasco county court has always been apathetic on the matter. Motorists ssy that one of the steepest errades. a climb of about 18 per cent on Wasco county's extension of the Co lumbia Kiver highway is to be found at the west approach to tbe bridge. A new survey, made by the State Highway Commission.will give a grade leading to the bridge of no more than five per cent. ASS'N MEMBERS TO VOTE SATURDAY Despite the fact that it ia a busy season with orchardists, officials of tbe Apple Growers Association think that a quorum will be present at the meet in of the organisation called for next Saturday, when the quest ion of voting on tbe proposed affiliation with tha Friut Growers Agency, will come up, "In fact" va O. B. Nye, "we must have a quorum. If we fail thia time, we will aimply have to call an other meeting." The growers as a whole are in favor of the proposed affiliation. If the' As sociation joins tbe government move ment which now seems an aaaured happening, practically the entire ton naa-e of the Hood River .valley will come under tbe orderly control of the central agency. Practically all inde pendent shippers, who in former sea sons have handled more than 100 car loads of apples, in the past few months hsve joined tbe Apple Growers Associ ation. The Fruit Growers' Exchange, be cause of its affiliation with the North western Fruit Exchange, will become a passive member of the Spokane agency. J. C Butcher left Monday for Sao Franctfco. where he will visit his mother, Mrs. Isabel! Butcher. CHAUTAUQUA IS SUCCESSFUL MANY PRESENT AT ALL PROGRAMS Musicians, Singers, Lecturers and Orators Make Appeal -Event Closed Monday Night While the affair waa not so success ful financially aa bad been hoped by the orchardists, professional and busi ness men of the city who promoted it. the fifth Hood River Chutauqua. brought to a cloae Monday night by Kekuku'a Hawaiian quintet, waa in every other way a great auccess. All programa have been well attended, and especial ly have large crowds been present to bear the musical numbers and speak ers at the evening performances. Tbe Chautauqua was begun last Wednesdsy morning, when King Ar thur's Court, a feature for the young people of city and valley, waa organ ized. Wednesday afternoon the Ionian Serenadera rendered appealing musical numbers and readings were given by Ruth Meeker. S. Piatt Jones, humor ist appeared with the Ionian Serenad era Wednesday evening. Thursday afternoon Dr. Elliott A. Boyl delivered his remarkable lecture, "The Seen and the Unseen." Thurs day evening Victor Murdock lectuied. Mr. Murdock, Progressive representa tive in congress from Kansas, is a ram pant fire eater. He has a gift of words and a way of impressing those who hear him. Mr. Murdock indulged in an extravagant arraignment of many of his fellow national law mak ers. He touched on tbe Japanese situ ation. In a way his lecture may be called the "plum pudding" of the re cent chautauqua. It was full of thought and word condiments bard to digest. Friday afternoon Dr. Arthur C. Frankze, a minister of note, gave his lecture-sermon, "The Matchless Book." No event of the cbauatuqua was more beneficial to local people than that of Friday night when Ernest J. Sias talked on"Home Town Preparedness." Mr. Sias' talk waa not filled with hack neyed aphorisms such as one might ex pect from a man traveling from town to town delivering chautauqua lectures. He spoke on "Hood River Home Town Preparedness." "I have given your situation some consideration since I have been here, although I have necessarily bad but a short period in which to do it," said Mr. bias. Mr. Sias went back a few vears and touched on the orchard boom period. He saw the potential factionalism that exists between a portion of rural peo ple and the man of the city. "Don't, expect to sell a newcomer land worth $500 an acre for $2000 and expect to getaway with it, waa one of hia statements. He urged the men of the town to come in closer contact with those of tha country. He advised that both country man and city man attempt to view problems arising not only from his own viewpoint, but as well from that of the other man. Mr. Sais' lecture Twill fprobablv be long remembered by the people of Hood River who heard it. It will have a beneficial effect. The Gullotta Trio appeared at both the afternoon and evening perform ances Thursday and Friday the Lryic Operatic Co. waa here at both preform ances. Tbe Witepskie's Royal Hungarian Orchesrta rendered Saturday 'a musical entertainment. Saturday afternoon Mrs. Hariett Gunn Roberson gave her lecture. "Success Where You Are." and Saturday night popular selections were rendered by ray Morvilius. LOCAL CANNERIES RUN FULL BLAST The two cannery plants of Hood Riv- er.Jthat of the Hood River Canning Co. located in the city and the J. K. New ton plant in the Belmont district, are operating full blast. It is probable that the canned product irom tbe val ley will double that of any former sea son, and reach approximately 10,000 cases. The Hood River Canning Co., owned by H. R. Larkin and E. B. Cloud, has been employing about 100 men, women and girls. The company has been oper ating daily free buses between the lower city and tbe Heights for the con venience of its workers. At tbe first of the season it appeared that tbe yield of canning product would run short. The intervening rains, nuwever.imve causea hundreds of crates of the communities' largest and finest fruit to be sold to canneries, and thia year's pack will probably be of extra high grade. "Kaln, ssys Mr. Larkin. "does not in the least affect a strawberry for canning purposes, if tbe fruit is deliv ered before mould has begun." Both canneries are now handling both strawberries and cherries. Tbe city plant will later can pears and apples, but no vegetables. The Belmont plant or Mr. Newton, which will pack about 2,000 cases this year, is more of a home concern. Mr. Newton is putting out he says, a strictly first-class product. He plans on devoting the winter months to the packing .of preserves, msde from local fruits. BASEBALL (By Earl Weber) Hood River's Independents met with their first defeat of the year at Mosier Sunday, taking the count 8-1." Up to tbe seventh inning it was an interesting pitchers' battle but in Moaier's half of that lucky inning and again in the eighth, infield errora and numerous past balls allowed the Mosier boys to run up the lop sided score. Fisber pitched a two Jut game for Mosier and struck out 18 batters. It seemed to be a "strike out" day. as Heppner, for Independents, whiffed 19 ana allowed four bits, all of the scratch variety. Moreland, Hood River's regular catcher, was unable to make the trip and the sub-catcher could not hold Heppner'a shoots. Seven of the eight runa were scored on passed balls. Sev eral fair fans accompanied tbe team but tbeir chancea to root for their hopefula were aa acarce as Hood Riv er's runs. ' V4