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a B VOL. XXXII HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY L, t920 No. 5 FOR OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY WE WILL BE CLOSED ON MONDAY, JULY 5th July 4th, fittingly celebrated each year as lite date of the official signing of the Declaration of In dependence, is symbolic of the true spirit of Ameri canism. One hundred and forty-four years of industry, initiative and honest achievement have won for A merica a preeminent position among the great na tions of the world. This rich heritage is ours. With characteristic American energy and resourcefulness, and with the determination to go ahead, there can be no stopping of the onward sweep of our country as it enters the one hundred and forty-fifth year of its life. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER, ORECON USE nuREXform Arsenate of Lead IT IS JUST A LITTLE BETTER Full stock on hand. Convenient four-pound packages if wanted. i ALSO LIME SPRAY HOSE SULPHUR "FRIEND" SPRAYERS SPRAY MATERIALS "FRIEND" SPRAY GUNS Hood River Spray Company Phone 2421 Kuppenheimer Clothes If Kuppenheimer Clothes were not the best that you are ofFered at the price you are asked to pay, then most assuredly they would not be what they are The Most Popular Clothes Made Air-O Weaves - - - $22.50 Other Weaves - up to $70.00 Other Makes $35.00 to $45.00 J. G. VOGT Special For the Children at our Soda Fountain 4th of July Real 4th of July Crackers Balloons and Panama Hats with Ice Cream Cones FANS- FOR THE LADIES Special Nut Bar Chocolates for the 4th at 5 cents Kresse Drug Co. The GXCkSJL Store Come in and hear the new July Victor Records Ask for Koberg's LETTUCE 0 AND STRINGLESS GREEN BEANS THEY ARE NONPAREIL (IKOWN AT The 20th Century Truck Farm JOHN KOBERG, Owner. . WE ARE AGENTS FOR Leader Water Systems AND Quaker Pipeless Furnaces Shipped complete and easy to install by anyone who can use a wrench. WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY PINE GROVE STORE A. F. BICKFORD. Prop. SLAB WOOD Nov is 1 he time to buy voiiMeil winter' (-apply of flab wnrl. We ran deliver single cord or car loads nHwl quality four -foot slal. fhaaa slabs contain plenty of heavy wood and also some small ttck just riaht fr the kitchen range. Can he sawed into short lengths at your home hy portable saw at low rate. We handle entire local receipt from Oregon l.nmler Co.'s mill at I ee. Hood River Fuel Co. Phone 2181 Fourth and Cascade Revere Cord Tires are no Experiment Sold by the The Heights Garage J. F. VOI-STORFF. Manner CORNER OF TWELFTH AND C STREETS Telephone 3151 CHAUTAUQUA NEXT WEEK PROGRAMS WILL LAST FIVE DAYS i Lectures of Noted People and Variety of Musical Attractions Are Offered Hood Kiver Valley Folk The Hood Kiver chautauipia will be gin next Thursday and last for five (lays. The program will include lec tures hy Dr. Ng Poon ("hew. said to he one of the moat influential Chinamen in America. Because f his discussion of the Japanese and Oriental problem his lecture is expected to lraw a large crowd here. Other lecturers coming during ctiautauqua week are: James A. Burns, president of Oneida Insti tute, estahlishcd for the education of Kentucky mountaineers; Kat ( lark, noted woman editor ; Sam (irath well, inspirational lectureer, and T. Djnamoor Upton, who will dicusss the hoy and girl prohlem. The first evening of the chautauipia Evelyn Bargelt, of Chicago, noted car toonist, who won laurels as an A. K. F. entertainer, will give an illustrated lecture. Musical numbers include the New York Artists' Trio, the Morrison I ir Is, Taylor's Singing Band. J. Walter Wilson and the Koval Philippine Sextet. The last afternoon I'auline Lucile Mayo, a noted impersonator, will give "I'ollvanna." The full program is in an 8-page chautauqua bulletin, which the commit tee will soon issue to the public. O. B. Nye, in charge of preparations for the event and of the sale of season tickets, says : "Season tickets are on sale by the committee until 2 p. m. of the opening day at the regular price. War tax e- r.ra. Alter trial time they advance : cents. They are. transferable only within the owner's immediate family. Should you forget to bring your season ticket, purchase a stogie admission from the cashier and get receipt. Bring your season ticket to the next session and hand to the cashier with your receipt. She will then refund to you the amount of your single admis sion. "Children's tickets at $1 admit chil dren in grammar grades. This ticket admits them to all regular chautaumia programs as well as the junior Chau tauqua. Single admissions to the vari ous sessions amount to aliout three times the cost of a season ticket. Even though you attend hut a few numbers it is economy to buy a season ticket. Children's single admissions approxi mately half price." Discussing the junior chaulauqua. an official of the Ellison-White Co., who has charge of presenting the local pro gram, says: 5 "For our junior chautauipia this year we are departing from the pageant idea of the past and are bringing to your community a week of playground work. We have employed ('apt. T. Dinsmore Upton, formerly superinten dent of municipal playgrounds inCrand Rapids, Mich , and later athletic direc tor for the U. S. Army, to pian this work for us. ('apt. Upton is a recog nized authority on recreation and he has provided a week for your children that will be helpful to them and packed full of enjoyment. "We will carry regular playground equipment in the shape of volley balls, playground balls, liasket halls, etc. Games have been arranged for all ages of both boys and girls from to 14 years. To the story hour, too. we have given special attention. Mrs. Dcssa H. M. Fultz, president of the Storytellers' League of Los Angeles, is in charge of this department and has arranged stories of unusual interest for the children of all ages." the back of an auto seat, aa was seen in Portland recently. Bunting in the I national colors is approprialefor such uses. When the Flag is used out of doors it. I should always be allowed to fly in the I breeze, and according to rule, put up ' at sunrise and taken cowo at sunset, ' and never allowed to touch the ground. EVENT TO START SATURDAY NIGHT lbe only place in the United States , where by t-trict legal regulation the 1 Flag Hies by night as well as by day is at the Mount Olivet cemetery, near I rredenc, Md., where it keeps guard J over' me grave ot Krancis Scott Key, author of our national anthem, "The Star Spangled llunner." AERIAL MAIL TO BE DELIVERED HERE TO BE GREAT ONE American Legion Will Hive Charge of the Fourth Program Funds to Co to 1'ropt.seJ Home The first aerial mail is expected here Monday, when letters to business con cerns, announcing Buyers' Week, to he held August 9-14, inclusive, will he I i ' i . : I i 1 i t li. r.i I rj .Hi III. I '. . t I I l'fc.... II n IIVLt 1IUIII bill. II'IU.IIIII ,nftlll- . her of Commerce. The mail bag will be carried aboard a machine of the Or egon, Washington & Idaho Aeroplane Co., en route to The Dalles. The mail, it is said, will be dropped from a mov ing plane, as Hood River has no suit able lauding field. According to a tentative schedule just announced the mail plain- will arrive about 9 o'clock. Postmaster Keavis will have a sH' cial messenger awaiting the mail bag and J.he letters, although Monday is a holiday, will be worked out and deliv ered formally hut with unusual dispatch. The plan is expected to be a thorough test of the proposition which bus been auvariceo inai a regular mail service from Portland to the cities of the state be inaugurated under governmental auspices. Already several Oregon cit les haua arranged to prepare suitable landing fields for the mail aeroplanes The idea will he enlarged upon from lima to tune, Put the present plan call for a service from San Francisco Sac rumen to and other California cities to the cities uf. southern Oregon and the Willamette valley to Portland, whete the mail will again be distributed for Oregon coast points, eastern and cen tral Oregon, and for the 1'ugct. Sound region. The use of aeroplanes or the distribu tion of the invitations to the merchants of the state to participate in Buyers' Week, simply will tie a test of the gen eral plan. Buyers Week, as conducted In Portland, is now a nationally recog nizeil institution. I he plan to concen trate the buyers ot the Pacific coast m Portland during the weak of August 9 14 was begun eight years ago It has proved to be an economical method of buying for the merchants of the Pacific count, and each year has grown so that this vear it is expected that at least 1502 Portland jobbers and manufactur ers will act as hosts to their gues's. Buyers' Week is not entirely a busi ness proposition. The buyers and tin jnhktcrs meet on social giounds. They become personally acquainted; thi problems of manufacturing and mar keting are discussed to the mutual ad vantage of the seller and the merchant and as a result many of the problems of building up a bigger and better Pa cific Coast are Hearing solution. During Hovers' Week many forms of entertainment are provided. This year there will be a high jinks for the men, theatre parties for tire ladies, lunches, excursions to various sections of tin city, sightseeing trips to points of in terest about Portland, the entertain merit program concluding with a ban quet in bailor of the visitors. BURGLARS LOOT THE YASUI BROS.' STORE Burglars made a heavy haul Sunday night at the store of Yasui Bros., which was entered through a basement door. A hide was sawed through the door. The loot consisted of jewelry, watches, handbags and cutlerv. An in ventory of the stuff missing brings "its value to more than $1,500. The burglars jimmied a small safe, used for storing valuable papers, but were unable to effect an entrance to large safe in which a heavy amount of currency and silver was kept, it is believed that the work was done hy amateurs who have been hanging around the city for some time M. Yasui states that aboat a week ago he heard anoise at a rear window of the store and that on opening a donrhe heard a noise as one fleeing from the backyard. Suspicion-attaches tot two men who had lieen working at the Yasui berry fields. The men first applied at the store and endeavored to pawn a watch. While the storekeepers informei,therii that they were not in such business, a sum of money was advanced the men with the understanding that they were to help in the berry harvest and repay it. The watch was left as security. A slip. Bearing the name of one of t he men, Frank Fisher, was made out on an ordinary shipping tag. This tag, crumpled up, was found in the store Monday morning. A I Price is the other man's name. Kenneth Hicks saw two men hang ing around the Yasili store, in the ahadows, until a late hour Sunday night. He describes one as being of medium height, while the other was a small man. Both seemed about 25 years old. The description tallies with that of the berry pickers. Unable to get service over long dis tance telephone wire?, Sheriff Johnson visited Portland Tuesday. He fully informed Portland officials of the men sus pec ted f the burglary and gave a description of the loot taken by them. CORPS TELLS HOW TO DISPLAY FLAG The Fourth of July being so near when many FUgatwill he displayed, it was thought appropriate by Canny W. K. C. to direct attention to a few of the rules regulating the use of our na tin rat emblem. The Stars and Stripes should never he used in any way as a utility . as for instance to cover a table, curtain, a door, or eyen thrown over FAIR BOARD IS ASK ING COOPERATION The Hood Biver County Fair Board is seeking valley-wide reoperation of citizens in mak ing the September fair a huge success. The following lesolu tion, adopted by the board, has been forwarded from Parkdale bv Ralph Davies, chairman of the publicity com mittee : In this era when success of any en terprise Undoubtedly binges uon the support and cooperation it receive-, at the hands of the public, it has entered the minds of the Fair Board that a few words at this time on its aims and as pirations would tie quite in order. The Fair Board has now comrnei c. d its meetings and plans for the forth coming fall fair to be held September 17 and IK. and Ihev propose that this fair shall become an association of this valley 'looked forward to by all mem bers of the community and county as something interesting, instructive ami educational, anil a medium whereby the cooperative spirit will be fostered to the lasting benefit of ever agriculturist and business man of the county. While the first annual fair held in September of last year was considered as an initial effort, a success financial ly, the Fair Board bus as its ultimate aim the establishment of "a jiermanent home for its many and varied exhibits. Therefore it plans on a bigger and bet ter fair for IBM, The Board realizes that without the cooperation of the citizens and growers of Hood Kiver county its efforts will amount to naught. Therefore, get be hind your fair board and by so doing support your fair, your county, your home. If you have suggestions, send same to any member of the board or address the secretary, K. V. Wright, Hood River. The American Legion committee, in full charge of the Fourth of July cele bration, which will begin Saturday night with a band concert by the Knights uf Pythias band and open air dancing, declares that the occasion will be one of the most elaborate ever at tempted here. With The Dalles and other mid-Columhiatowns planning no celebration! it is expected that hun dreds will come here to participate in the nation's birthday celebration. The Highway will be open during Sunday and Monday, and many motorists from Portland are expected. Sunday afternoon a union patriotic and religious" service will be held at the open air theatre at Chautauqua park. The committee announces that either Billy Sunday ur Hon. N. J. Sinnott will deliver the address. It may be that both the distinguished men will be present. Sunday evening the Rusarian ( iaitet, of Portland, will give a eun cert at the open air theatre. From the tune veterans of the 05th Artillery fire a salute at sun up, until alter midnight Hood River will be humming with activity, according to the committee. Oak street will bo roped off. and yesterday evening mem bers of the committee began to erect booths. The Milos, a musi al comedy company, will give performances con tinuously Monday afternoon and even ing. Overseas heroes, wearing all of their decorations, if the committee's plans carry, will sell balloon, jiopcjrn and lemonade. Others will be croupiers in "The Trenches" as a gambilng den will be called. Gambling parapher nalia direct from Pendleton's Happy Cany n l as alreadv arrived for the cel ebration. An acrobatic street show will amuse the children. The chief feature of athletic events will be a water fight between veterans of tie- army and navv. A purse of $25 (TOM to the winners. The committee will also give purses to tie stores of the city showing the best decorated store front. Hood River roses were never better at this season of the vear, and a number of families are planning on entering flower-decked automobiles in the parade. . Sunday afternoon, following the pat riotic meeting. Hood Kier will play the Honaymtn Hardware bae ball team, which is now the leader of the Intercity League. The American Le gion team will meet the Multnomah (iuards Monday afternoon. The committee in charge of the cele bration consists of It. L. Foust, Olin B. Spaulding. Paul M. Blowers, Dr. Pineo, Harold Hershner. K. W. Ylm Horn, Carl Kent, Walter Ford. All funds raise! from concessions and ath letic events will be appropriated to the Legion's building fund. BOUTS EXPECTED TO DRAW BIG CROWD A new record for attendance at an athletic event is expected here next Monday, when a boxing bout will be staged by the American Legion at the open air theatre. the fights will be the chief feature 01 the Independence Dav celebration. which is in sole charge of tiie Legion members. It will follow immediately after a baseball game between the le gion team and the Multnomah (iuards. of Portland. Carl Kent, official matchmaker, an nounces that the cruet hght ot the Taf ternoon will be between ('hick Rocco, PlO-pound Portland pug, and Billv Fisk, of Chicago. Tnis will be a 10-ruund bout. James I'cneiiiore, u regimental hamnion of the Canadian army, will meet Jack Davis, local fighter. Harry Sonniksen and Kid Morse, two local heavies, weighing 175 pound'-', will fur nish an interesting slugging match ac cording to fans who have seen the man fight. liekets are now on sale each evening between 7and 9 o'clock at the Electric Kitchen. . WOMEN ASK CONTRI BUTION OF FOOD A committee of the Woman's Auxili ary of the Amercian legion will sell cotlie, sandwiches and pie at a booth Monday. The women, who several weeks ago started the original agita tion for a bag km home here will d -vote all of their earnings to the fund. An appeal la been made to residents of all parts of the valley to contrioute food to the Auxiliary booth. The piea and sandwiches will be left at the booth on the morning of the 5th. Women of Parkdale and other outly ing districts, it is said, will be able to aid in making the booth a success. Those wishing to contribute food are asked to call one of the members of the committee, whose telephone num bers follow: Mrs. L. N. Blowers, :H2; Mrs. A. C. Iifts, 2304. or Mrs. L M. Bent ley. MM. NEWTOWNS SHOW KEEPING QUALITIES COMMITTEE APPEALS FOS PARADE ENTRIES One of the of the most remarkable records keeping quality of apples was retried Tuesday by H. F. Davidson, who received from John Seed, of Hull, Eng.. two Newtownsof the 191 aaafx Mr. Seed, a representative of Mr. Dav idson's shipping company, had discov ered the apples in his basement, where tha)y bad been overlooked. "They are in such fine condition," he wrote, the letter accompanying a car ton containing the apples, "that I am going to send them back to you." The apples we retailed June 8. One of them has grown soft, but the other is in edible condit:on now. The fruit, according to Mr. Javidon, was never in cold storage. The apples have been on display at the store of Slocom & Canfield, where they have attracted a great deal of attention. W. M Black waa at Liberty Bo id, Wash., last week on business. The American legion committee haa made snapped to automobile iw.iers to participate in the decorated car pa rade next Monday. Already, it is said, a number of individuals have expressed a desire to make a good showing. The committee, however, declare that in tert -t is not keen enough to make the parade as large as the event justifies. "Do net wait," says Glenn Hunt, who is soliciting car for the parade, "for U' to call on you. Keep busy by calling on us. If you need any aid in assembling decorations or in arranging them, ja?t call on our committee ana we will see that husky ex-service men, garbed in fatigue denim, are supplied vou. " J. B. McCown. of Portland, haa come here tc look over the valley. Ha may locate in Hood River.