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Q o VOL. XXXII HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1921 No. 52 State Aid for World War Veterans "The Devil sick, the Devil a saint would be; The Devil well, the Devil of a saint was he " In those dark days of the world war when our boys with the allied soldiers were straining every nerve to hold the line, and when for those few days we feared that Hindenberg would get through, we were 'loud in our praises of the men at the front, and we would have voted unanimously for any measure that would have expressed in some small degree our feeling for the men who were offering their lives that we might continue to enjoy the blessings of Liberty in America. Just how we feel about it now will be shown by the vote on the Bonus Bill which comes before the people of Oregon at the Special Election on June 7th. Kresse Drug Co., KOBERG'S ASPARAGUS SPRING SOWN LETTUCE TOMATO PLANTS CABBAGE PLANTS THEY ARE NONPAREIL CROWN BY Twentieth Century Truck Farm J. H. KOBERG, Proprietor MEMORIAL DAY Reminds us all that we share the respon sibility for finishing the work for which America's heroes laid down their lives. Every day is Memorial Day for those who have caught the real spirit of patriotism and are helping to make this a nation of In dependent, prosperous and thrifty people substantial citizens of a substantial land. This Institution will bo closed on Memorial Day, May 30. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER, OREGON New Prices The following new prices on Oakland Six Cylinder Motor Cars were effective Monday, May 9, 1 92 1 : Old Price New Price Oakland Touring Car $1395 $1145 Oakland Roadster 1395 1145 Oakland Coupe 2065 1815 Oakland Sedan 2065 1815 All Prices F. O. B. Ponliac, Mich. At Its new low price the Six Cylinder Oakland offers a combination of high efficiency and low cost not equalled by any other motor car. Arrange for your demonstration now. OAKLAND MOTOR CAR COMPANY Pontine, Michigan OAKLAND www HEIGHTS GARAGE J. F. VOLSTORFF, Prop. I .m.7,T : ; " . ,. .. - ; mnniiiiiiiiiitiinMirmTTTirrnrTiiiiiiiii Theory vs. Fact There is a theory that the Bonus Bill is all wrong; that our men went to war inspired by the highest motives of patriotism and loy alty and that to have the state compensate tliem now would detract from the glory of it all and bring their wonderful service down to a sordid commercial basis. The fact is that the men who returned covered with mud and glory were thrown back into civilian life to shift for themselves and the passing of the Bonus Bill on Juue7th, will permit the people of Oregon to show, in a small but definite and tangible way, the feeling of a grateful state toward her worthy sons. Vote 302 Yes NOTICE TO DEALERS -- SMOKERS The Hood River Cigar Company has recently a Idod to its stock the Camel Cigar, mild Havana, put up in single foil, 10c. Also Camel Cigars, 5c, 5 in foil, perfect, sani tary package. Pre-war prices and quality guaranteed. Other brands including Single Binder, 2 for 5, El Mural, 3 in foil, mild and sweet. Get the worth of your money by using any of the above brands. L?t's boost ojr town and give em.tloymmt to mre people. Our home industries, well patronized, means more dollars, to our city and coitnty. Our Cigars are for sale by all dealers. Thanking the public generally for their literal support in the past and sdi citing your further valued co-operation, we are respectfully yours, HOOD RIVER CIGAR CO. SLABS Now is the time to place your or der for slab wood so as to allow time for proper seasoning during the summer months. We handle the entire local output of the Dee mill. Special prices on car load lots of ten to twelve cords. F. 0. B. car shipments to ranchers at points on Mt. Hood Line. EMRY LUMBER & FUEL CO. Successors to HOOD RIVKR Ft 'EL CO. PHOM :im FOLRTH AM) CASCADE ROAD LOOPS OFFER CLIMAX DALLES-M0S1KR STRETCH APPEALS Kowena Point Section of Highway Seen From Overland 41). R. Grey Builder of Section The magic of an engineer's vision, followed by work with transit and level and cold, hard mathematical cal culation turned Crown Point, where the Highway now winds around the v lata Mouse, from a remote promon tory into the vantage point of a won derland. How many thousands have viewed the expanse of Columbia gorge farm dotted lowland and fir-clad can yon sides, so inspired by the sight to carry the story of the wonders thev beheld to Oregon's sister state of the Union. The beginning chapter of the Colon bia Kiver Highwav, with its story por trayed from carven rock, graceful curves, fills, cuts and mountain tor rents bridged, was a climax in itself Samuel C. Lancaster, who left an en during monument to himself in the Figure 8 and Crown Point loops, set pace that roadbuikiers have found diffi cult to emulate, but the natural scenic resources of the gorge cut by th oiumbia through the Cascade rangt has made possible new chapters en succeeding year in the great seenu highway. At Mitchells Point in 191 J. A. Elliott, young engineer of th Highway Department, bored a tunnel that surpasses the famed open windows of Axenstrasse in Switzerland. Last year J. H. Scott wrote another chaptei of the great scenic boulevard In the six-mile gorgeside cut between here and Mosier, where the tourist is awed by inspiring views from precipices and where the highway again penetrates a double tunnel through jutting basalt. The 1921 Columbia Kiver Highway chapter, if one will permit the figures is 18 miles long, extending from Mo sier to The Ilalles, and at Kowena Point, which bids fair to bring as much fame to the Wasco county seat as Crown Point has to Portland, III rich K.Crey has constructed a mad that will bring new laurels to Oregon's highway department,, already far famed. 1 he new link of highway between Mosier and The Dalles has just been opened to triune, and Kowena l'oint. in last becoming the goal for those whi wish new thrills of motoring. The writer, accompanying C. A. Elliott mid-Columbia distributor for the Over land Motor Car Co. , Fred W. Donner berg, the Slocom-Donnerberg Co. pho togiapher, and Harold 1 'at ton, toured over me Hood Kiver-lhe Danes sec tion of the Highway recently. The loops ol Kowena l'oint brought ex pressions of surprise from every mem ber of the party. Kowena Point, just east of Kowena Dell, known to pioneers as Hog Can yon, a willow-covered Hat 1,000 feel across and walled in by precipitoui i lilfs 200 feet high, is directly opposite Lvle, Wafh., in whose brown hills' sleeps F. H. Batch, author of "The Bridge of the (Jods. " The topmost loop, at the west end of the series encircles a flat-topped, solid mass of basalt, which looks from a distance like a massive monument erected by the roadbuilders, so symetrical is it. Thence journeying east toward The Dalles, the motorist coasts downward in and out around six loops. Although the distance as the crow flies is only about three-quarters of a mile, the road's length is two miles and the drop in elevation is (25 feet. While the loops of the Figure K are hidden from each other by a tir torest, those of Kowena Point are always in view. They are not entirely bare, however, for sightlv clumps of oaks rear them selves irregularly through them and here and there a stunted pine. On the east side of Kowena Dell, which the highway encircles by a long horseshoe-like loop, is one of those artistic concrete bridges, one of the features of the Columbia Kiver High way. If the motorist would make the most of a journey to this poittt, he should leave the car at this bridge and walk east to the top of the flat-topped rimrock of the gorge, where the rib bons of the loopB, the Columbia, nar rowing here, and the town of Lyle, are stretched out beneath him to the north like a map. It is interesting to watch a string of trucks or automobiles twist in and out over the loops. I he grade in no instance exceeds five per cent, and the Overland raced easily up the long 2-mile grade on high gear. It is a rugged bit of gorgeside this Kowena Point, and a year ago, when Mr. Grey, who located the road as well as built it, was engaged with his sur veying crews, the layman or even one with engineering qualifications might have wondered just how he was going to proceed. Kecently Mr. Grey was accompanying a contractor, prosective bidder on paving of the route, over the Kowena Point loops. The contractor was impressed. He remarked : "The man who located this roadjeer Uinly had guts." A movement has'lieen under way in The Dalles to secure state onwer-hip of all land lying in the loops of Kow ena Point. Mark A. Mayer, owner of a large Mosier district orchard lying just to the west, has offered to donate funds for payment if the state will ac quire an 80-acre tract including the rocky promontory topping the loops. Mr. Mayer makes his offer of the gift contingent on the state developing the tra't for park purposes. The entire 24 miles of new highway between Hood Kiver and The Dalles is now surfaced with gravel, except a short stretch just east of Kowena. A batterv of trucks is now hauling ma terial from the Marsh pit just east of Mosier and this short link will be sur faced in two weeks. The traveler is impressed over the entire 24 miles with activities of contractors in prepar ing for paving. Bithulithic surfacing, similar to that of Multnomah and Hood Kiver counties will be laid on the en tire section this year, except for five miles in the vicinity of Kowena I Mil and Kowena Point. While the con tract to the Hauser Co., preparing for paving ol i ne Ha Her end of the new public. By the fall of 1922, the entire distance from Astoria to The Dulles will be fully paved. The A. I). Kern Construction Co. has the contract for paving 10 miles of the Highway from Hood Kiver to the Marsh gravel pit, east of Mosier. The Hauser company plans on pouring the first "hot stuff" about July 1, and the Kern concern should begin operations about this week. The road will only be closed to traffic during working hours. 5 The new grade between Hood Kiver and The Dalles is less by five miles than old roads over the hils. The old road between Mosier and Hood Kiver, climbing to an altitude of almost 1500 feet was dangerous because of exes sive grades and sharp curves. The maximum grade on the old road be tween Mosier and The Dalles is 1100 feet, while the maximum of the new grade is 780 feet. At the high point. just east of Kowena Dell, both Mount Adams and Mount Hood are in view of the motorist, and Mount Defiance, at the west of the Hood Kiver valley, lif ts it head, one of the highest wood ed points on the continent. The con struction of the grade between Hood Kiver and Mosier was the most expen sive undertaken by the Highway Com mision up to the time of its comple tion, ine cost or tne six miles, on completion of graveling, bad reached an approximate $o7f 000. The cost of grading the 18 miles from Mosier to The Dalles has reached $:i70,000. Thi graveling cost is estimate.! at $S,4t'il The heaviest exiiense on the latter stretch was met with on Kowena Point. Between Kowena and Hosier a total of 214,600 cubic vards was moved in excavation. Between Kow ena and The Dalles only 64,000 yards were moved. The cost of paving (In road from Hood Kiver to Marsh pit will reach $.'151,000. From the latter point to Mosier the contract price $881,581. The Columbia gorgeside from Mosier to I he Dalles is now especially beaut i IUI. tseeause or recent rains the grass on the shallow soil of the bare slopes is unusually green. lhe summer s drouth w ill soon result in the parching of the greenery, and the hills around l.yle will turn brown, lhe motorist now is attracted by the wide expanses given an exquisite coloring by the bloom of purple lupin and the gold of wild sunflowers. Bn route from Hood Kiver to The Dulles the motorist passes into eastern Oiegon. The difference in topography is marked as the car, headed eastward eaves the twin tunnels, just this side of Mosier. The tunnels may be called the gateway between eastern and western Oregon. Fast ward from the twin bores one .notes more and more the characteristic of bare hills, the opportunity of gaining longer views. 1 here is less of trees and more of the open sky and sunshine. It is along this link of the road wheie the rain ind the sunshine meet. DEAD WILL BE HONORED MEMORIAL DAY FALLS ON MONDAY Legion, Grand Army, W. R. C. and Fra ternal Bodies Will Join in Payinj Tribute to Departed Comrades RIGHTS OF WAV MOSTLY DONATED ade. includes this five mlies. I not be turfaced until next sum r. in order that heavy fills may be en an opportunity to settle. The tract with the Hauser company. W. A. Langille, owner of a Mi. Hood ranch, who was appointed by the oiinty court to secure rights of way for the proposed valley trunk link of the M. i it Hood Loop Highwav, has completed a canvass of all pnqerty owners, Except 10 out of 160 orchard ists and ranchers, all express a will ingness to donate the rights of way of the new road. Five of those asking claims, Vr. .angille says, will make only nominal requests. The others, who will lose valuable orchard trees, indicate a de mand for heavv damages. Still the cost of the rights of way will be far ess than anticipated. IUSINESS WOMEN ORGANIZE CLUB At a meeting at the Hotel Oregon l'hursday night 41 business and profes sional women met and organized the Hood Kiver Business and Professional Women's Club. One of the first task f the organization, it is announced. will be to secure from the city a tri angular plot, 200 feet long and 40 feet at the wide end, at the intersection of acsade avenue and Oak streets, city xtensions of the Highway. It is pro posed to turn the plot into a park, cov ered with native shrubs. rhe women, learning than an offer ad betn made to the city for the plot, to be used for a signboard, express an agerness to defeat such an aim. A committee will work with the council over disposition of this plot and the lirnination of other unsightly sign boards. Consideration of the proposed county bond issue of $,'5i.ooo ua the chief topic of discussion at the meeting. K. r. Batten and A. V . raters, prominent East Side orchar lists who oppose the bond issue because of alleged improper location, spoke against the isue. Col. W. S. Dowd, llfiper Valley orehardist, addresed the women in behalf of the .sue. While no definite acfion was taken by the new club, consensus of opinion favored the highway bond iiisgue. lhe next meeting will be hell Thursday evening, Juns at the Mount Hood h 'tel. following a C.:to 'clock dinner. AXAT10N COST OF ROAD BONDS GIVEN Presiding Mo;,. I. : night at the meet ing of the Commercial Club. President redricy took occasion to discuss the &5 I, KM road li : d iue on which Hood Kiver aseetsca will vote June 7. Mr. Fredricy showed that the increase in taxation. a re- It "f the issue, if voted, would be ' ' i. -5 per thou sand per yenr He pointed out that the state would take over and main tain the road after it had teen graded and graveled and thus Hood Kiver would be relied of the annual ex pense of mair.taining a trunk road thrrugh the valley. Mr Fredricy de clared that it would lie nothing short of s crime for the electors of Hood Kiver county to vote down the bond is sue in view of the fct that the state With all business houses closed -tha day the people of Hood River j " join the Grand Army, American! v gion. Woman's Kelief Corps and o patriotic and fraternal organizatJ d Monday in celebration of Memo Day. Veterans of the great war i Legion members will assemble at t Monday morning at the Comma! 4 Club In uniform. At 10 o'clock t f will join the other patriotic and F ternal bodies at the Pythian building, where an address will be delivered by Geo. K. Wilbur. Miss Viola Colvin will read an original poem. Other numbers are being arranged for. Immediately following the program all sill march to the bridge over Hood river, where the Woman's Kelief Corps will participate' in a memorial service for the nation's sailor and ma rine dead. Assembling at the court house on State street, the participants will form a line of march for Idlewilde cemetery, where both American Legion and Grand Army ritualistic ceremonies over graves of departed comrades will be observed. The line of march to the cemeteries will be as follows: Pythian band, Grand Army men in automobiles, American Le ion marching, Woman's Kelief Corps in automobiles and then fraternal bodies and the general pub lie. The committee in charge of the day's celebration for the Legion con sists of Dr. Abraham, Dr. Pineo, and Emett Forsythe. They urge that all citizens observe strictly instructions on the line of march In order to avoid con fusion. All citizens who can are urged to bring their automobiles out for transpQlting Grand Army vetcra-is and Keuei Corps members to the cemetery. Sunday Memorial Services The members of the Grand Armv Post and Woman's Kelief Corps will attend services in a body Sunday at. Asbury Methodist church, where Kev. Sykes will deliver a memorial sermon. lhe members of the organizations are isked to assemble at the old K. of P. building at 10.45 a. m. MERRILL GIVES TALK ON MILK Vegetable oil interests engaged in the manufacture of butter substitutes have attacked a bill aiopted by the last Oregon legislature and providing for the elimination of wording or ref erence to dairying in advertisements of butter substitutes according to Secre tary Merrill, of the Oregon Dairy men s Council, who a Idres.-ed the Commercial Club Monday night. Com missioner Hawley, or the Oregon Dairy and Food Commission, was scheduled for an address. Mr. Merrill made the announcement in apologizing for Mr. 11 aw ley's absence. "He can best serve you, however," declared the speaker, "by being pres ent at a hearing on an injunction, which the vegetable oil interests are seeking against the bill which is effec tive June 1." Mr. Merrill declared that the prog ress of nations could be traced to a dairy diet. He arraigned Oregon for a failure to consume enough dairy prod ucts for her own use, declaring that at I iv.ent less than a pint of milk per capita per day is being produced for all dairy and creamery purposes, when each individual should drink a quart of milk a day. Mr. Merrill cited that Hood Kiver is producing insufficient quantities of dairv products and that the ctiy is importing heavy quantities of butter substitutes. The meeting was staged by the Com mercial Club primarily in the interest of a better milk ordinance proKsed by the city. A feature of the meeting was the reception tendered by the club to recent winners of county public school oratorical contest, Anna Parker, Percy Henderson, Marian Wyatt and Oscar Magnuson, who before the meet ing were guests at the Mt Hood Hotel at a banquet. Arthur Florer and Viola Colvin, who delivered meritorious se lections at the contest, were guests at the banquet. . WARM WEATHER RIPENING BERRIES Warm weather is causing strawber ries to ripen last and small express shipments have begun to roll from the valley. Carlots of berries, however. ar not expected until the latter part of next week. The late spring will re sult in short harvest season, if the warm weather continues. Berries of the Upjer Valley section, which are usually two 'veeks later than the Low er valley districts, win ripen oeiore the Lower Valley harvest is over. Growers have begun to seek harvest help, anil by the latter part of next week hundreds of men, wjmen and hildren will be able to find employ ment in the berry fields. The American Legion Poet vesteiday received word from the Vancouver Post that a num ber of Legion men of that vicinity would be available for berry picking. The local Post immediately made ar rangements to place the men here. however, calls for maintenance of the five miles throughout the winter, and city 1 offers to match dollar for dollar um- monies expended by the county in con v be j stucting a valk y ' runk of the Mt. Hood Ixtop Highway. Last night a arty of Commercial Club men motored to Parkdale to par ticipate in a g..l roads meeting staged PORTLANDERS WILL Bl ILD ODELL SCHOOL Walle & Shsttock, Portland contrac ts, were given the award by the dell school board for a new two story rade school for the district. Their id was $27,51), the lowest of nine idders. The highest bid was for Work feet, to I Dennis I is archi si, 70 by 90 icco c.mstruc ek. The new Vancouver, structure. alcnny. W ash. , t wn open, whvk roau is BMureu ice by the Men Forum there.