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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (June 16, 1921)
o She Mooh HOOD 1UVEK, OREGON, THOKSDAY, JUNE 16, 1921 VOL. XXXIII No. ;? THE VALUE Credit is an expression of trust -- the belief in a man's ability to meet his financial obligations. In business, as in all human relations, trust is the inspiration for lar&e accomplishments. To the business man, credit is largely a matter of rating and collections. But to the banker, in fi nancing business, credit must be an exact science. Only on facts, deduced from and supported by figures, may the banker safely extend the credit desired -- safely for your welfare and for his own. Safety these days is the new law of business pre servation. The banker Is the judge. In extending credit lie must follow conservative as well as con structive policies. Facts and figures are his guides his only laws. The officers of the First National Bank will gladly consult with you as to your credit requirements. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK 4 on Savings HOOD RIVER, OREGON Hose - Lime - Sulphur - Bluestone Spray Gloves - Lime-Sulphur Whale Oil Soap - Dusting Sprays Arsenate of Lead Bordeau Mixture Hydrated Lime Du Pont Powders "Friend" Sprayers "I have used three different makes of Sprayers but never got Real Satisfaction until I bought a 'FRIEND.' " A Reliable Hood River Orchardist Hood River Spray Company Phone See us before buying Arsenate of Lead We handle "CORONA DRY" The Universal Insecticide Orchard Supplies and International Harvester Supplies The Hood River Fruit Co. DON'T THE MACY & BAIRD Tent Theatre 6th St. wid Cascade Ave. THIS WEEK AND ALL NEXT WEEK COMPLETE NEW SHOW EACH NIGHT Thursday "AMY OF THE CIRCUS." Friday - - THE BARRIER." Saturday - "TOBY, THE AVIATOR." Sunday - "KICK IN." And seven more good plays next week. Prices: Adults. 50c: Children, 25c. Sure Some Show-Ask Anybody OF CREDIT 2421 MISS IT Jonteel Toilet Requisites Perfumed with the wonderful new odor of 26 flowers Jonteel Combination Cream Jonteel Cold Cream Jonteel Face Powder Jonteel Face Powder Compact, and Rouge Jonteel Talc Jonteel Extract and Toilet Water Jonteel Soap Jonteel Manicure Sets KRESSE DRUG CO. The fioKatJLttSfofC Come in and hear the High Grade M h Municipal Offerings H 1 m i i it i i i t . , . v t i . . f I 9m' desirable MUNRimh KUiNns: w $4000 Hood River School District No. 5, maturing 1927 to 1931. Price par and interest to yield 6. $3000 Clatsop County, Ore., Road Bonds, maturing 1931. Price par and interest to yield 6. BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Member Federal 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. PHONE 2181 ( lean. Friendly Place COOL The Blue Diamond Bowling Alleys is the coolest place in town in the summer months. And our new electric ventilation absolutely does away with the smoke nuisance. Have you yet won one of our prizes? Four standing prizes for men, four for women. CPETIill Ti" further notice we will sell our S 6 bowling i3rL.VjIAL tukat boots for S4.SO. Hood River Alleys for Hood River People E. E. HOUSE, Sole Manager June Victor Records J Reserve System SiiiiiiiiimiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiirfTnJ Successors to HOOli RIVKR FUEL CO. FOURTH AND CASCADE Clean, Friendly Game I UPPER VALLEY CELEBRATES RALLY HELD LAST FRIDAY NIGHT Officials Urged to Hasten Formalities that Will Lead to Immediate Construction of Trunk of Scenic Loop The largest and most enthusiastic crowd ever gathered in the Upper Val ley, excluding sessions of a Chautauqua held several years ago in Wood Worth Park, assembled Friday night at 1'ark dale to celebrate the victory for the $360,000 highway bond issue, which will enable the county to join 50-50 with the state in constructing a $(i:so, 000 trunk highway up through the on hards. The new trunk will connect the Upper Valley fruit sections with the town of Hood Kiver and the Co luinbia Kiver Highway by a road with a maximum grade of live ter cent and serve as the local link of the scenic Loop Highway around Mount Hood. Upper Valley folk are as elated over the success of the bond issue as were citizens of the city in 1914, when by voting an issue of" $5, (XXI, the opening of the Columbia Kiver Highway was assured. Just as the road up the can yon of the great waterway surmounted barriers that had hitherto isolated the entire Hood Kiver valley, so will the construction of the new trunk road make the Upper Hood Kiver valley one of Oregon's best known communities. Such was the import of addresses by Upper Valley citizens at the celbera tion. The crowd gathered around a huge bonfire in an open space in front of Mclsaac's store. Coffee and wiener wurst sandwiches were served. The Upper Valley citizens are eager to see immediate construction of the trunk road, and speakers urged that count y and state officials to hasten formalities that will lend to grading this year. It is likely that the first units of the bond fund will be applied to a link of the highway around Booth hill and a section immediately south of the city, up the Hood Kiver gorge and penetrating the heavy orchard section of the East Side A. L. Boe presided at the celebra tion rally. Speeches were delivered by K. J. Mclsaac. M. O. Boe, W. L. Ma son, Col. W. S. Dowd, Hugh Ball and J. H. Fredricy. The Knights of Pythias band added to the spirit of the meetingwith a con cert. Mr. Fredricy announced that Mon day, September 19. the Commercial Club would hold a celebraton of the road bond victory. He invited all Up per Valley citizens to be present. The meeting, he (aid, will be called "Park dale Night." BERRY HARVEST IS PROGRESSING NICELY Total shipments up to last night reaching 50 carloads, the strawberry harvest, according to estimates of the Apple Growers Association, was 50 per cent over. The quality of the fruit, according to Treasurer William Irwin, who has charge of the distribution of the fruit this season, is the best of years, although prices will be cut about 50 per cent from the record high re turns of last season, when more than $4 per crate was the season's average. Throughout the week the harvest will be at its height, and Oak drove, Willow Flat and Dee districts will pre sent scenes of activity. The Parkdalc harvest will follow immediately. liar vest help, scarce a part of the past week, is now plentiful. Friday several growers were unable to find packers, but berry farmers of the extreme low altitudes have now finished their pick ing, except for the last field run prod cut, and packers have been released for the larger tracts of the highre.alti tudes. Canners this season are taking only a limited quantity of berries, arid the bulk of the product will be marketed packed in 24 full pint crates. Tin Apple Growers Association has begun a campaign in the Dakota and Montana regions where the bulk of the local crop is distributed t stimulate crate purchases by housewives for canning and preserving. The Association is carrying advertisements in the papers of the distributing communities, giv ing recipes for berry preserves and eft ing the economy of home canned ber ries or preserves. APPLE AND PEAR CROPS ARE LIGHTER The report of condition of the anple crop as of June 1 shows 41.H per cent for. the country as a whole as com pared with 79.3 uiton the same date last year with the commercial crop condition given as 46.4. The greatest reduction from last year is noted in the barrel apples sections, the decline being quite general through these sec tions. The government estimate of the to tal apple crop as based on conditions June 1, is 108.000,000 bushels compared with 240.000.00 bushels last year and 103,000,000 bushels for the five year average. The commercial crop is esti mated at 18,(OU.OOO barrels compared with 36.000.000 barrels last year. The commercial crop in the leading states is estimated as follows: New York, 3.427,0(K) barrels; New Jersev. 213,000; Pennsylvania. 47H.OO0; Ohio. 477. 000; Indiana, 200. Oou; Illinois. 529.000: Michigan. 939,000; Missouri, 132. out; Iowa. 103, CWO ; Virginia. 234.000; Wet Virgin... 144,000; Idaho, 751, (MX); Col orado, 659.000; Washington, ",511.""" Oregon, 1,002,000; California 1,066.000. The Bureau of Crop Kstimates re port as to condition of the pear crop June 1 indicates a considerably lighter crop than was harvested last season. The condition of Uie crop, taking the country aa a whole, is reported as 43.8 per cent ef a full yield as compared with 73.4 per cent of a crop predicted at this time last year. PECULIAR ACCIDENT REPORTED SUNDAY A peculiar accident on the Highway Sunday was reported to Traffic Officer Murray by ('. K. Grear. of Moscow, Ida. Mr. Grear's machine was the last of a strmg ot five touring west. The machines were going at a fair clip, when the front machine, driven by a woman, according to Mr. (irear's report, stopped without warning. Four rear end collisions resulted. Mr. Grear reported that he bumped Into v car, bearing Oregon license number 24,320. The state motor registry gives the owner of this machine as R. K. Bristow, King David Apartments, Portland. Local traffic officers reported a heavy list of tratfic violations. Charges were preferred sgainst the following: Ralph Sherrieb, no tail light; S. Han sen, Jio tail light; William Jehr, Port land, parking in Mitchells Point tun nel ; Alex Johnson, Portland, speeding on Highway; H. E. Prather. minor, 15 years old, of Kidgedale, Washt, oper ating an automobile; Russell Grair, double parking ; J. N. Dunn, no lights on horsedrawn wagon and Jelferson Pyles. riding bicycle without lights. The traffic officers preferred ehargea against a car carrying a dealer's li cense issued to the Auto Sales Co., ;;t N. Ninth St.. Portland, for alleged speeding. The car carrying the license, it was stated, was traveling over the Highway at the rate of 50 miles an hour. A. O. Hershey was given a sus pended 30 day jail sentence Friday by Justice of the Peace Onthant- for al eged failure to use proper lights on his trucks. Traffic officers alleged that Mr Hershey had been repeatedly warned but that he had been wholly indifferent to their instructions. Jus tice Onthank told the defendant that the first further infraction of the traffic laws would result in his being ordered to jail. TUESDAY LUNCH CLUR ORGANIZED The Tuesday Punch Club is the new est. Hood Kiver organization. Its pur pose, according to an announcement just made, is to advance the educa tional, moral, civic and business inter ests of Hood River county. Men of progressive ideas and good character residing in any part of the county are eligible to membership. At a meeting Tuesday officers were elected as follows: J. W. ("rites, pres ident; A. M. Cannon, secretary and treasurer, and Dr. L. L Murphy, vice president. A program will be fea tured at each weekly luncheon. The vice president will have charge of ar ranging for urogram?. Chairinanshins of the gatherings will be changed each week. The next meeting will be held next Tuesday at the luncheon room of the Hotel Oregon. OHicers have ex tended a general invitation to county citizens to be iresent at this session. If they like the organization they will be welcome to allilii.t;. The membership fee is fixed at $5 which pays for ten lunches ; .dvance. Lunches missed by a member are his loss, the price thereof remaining in the treasury, unless a member moves away or is absent on vacation for more than two consecutive lunches and gives notice thereof to the secretary. THREE CANDIDATES NAMED FOR BOARD Petitions have been signed by pa trons of the city school district placing three candidates in the field for the three vacancies that must be tilled at an election Monday on the school board. Formalities nominating I. R. AchejOOO. and Judge A.J. Derby were completed two weeks ago. A last moment peti tion Saturday nominated Mrs. W. H. McClain. The city school district for the first time this year reached the status of a first class district, which under the law must have five members on the board. Two of the old l.oard of three. Dr. V. R. Abraham and Jesse W. Crites, will hold over. The retiring member of the old board is Dr. C. H. Jenkins. COLUMBIA FLOOD CREST IS REACHED The Columbia freshet reached the crest here Saturday night. While no guage.other than improvisations of var ious persons is maintained here, the river reached 42 4 fi t at The Dalles, where basements of business structures were flooded. In Portland the back water of the Willamette reached 24.4 feet. Most serious damage of the tlood water resulted to truck gardens up and down the Columbia. Many dairymen, wfcOM low land pastures have buaa inundated, have suffered financial loss because of the flood waters. The high water may have caused damage to the Celilo canal. IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS UNDER WAY The Transfer v Livery Co., last week awarded the task of grading 24 blocks of n -'nets and con structing tOW rate curbs and gutters along them, be, an work Tuesday on Fifth street. Karth from the excava tions will be hauled to fill in an ap proach being made by the city to the concrete bridge i onilructed jointly by the state and com.tv . ,-r Hord river. A. C. Iofts wi engaged Tuesday afternoon ins) pits near the tei Highway aaal of tor surfacing the ne will be secured fron liropoead gravel the loops of the it . Material graded tercet- ere. fool Weather Helps Berries Abnormally c Id weather for thr I season has M aisad here the past twe nights. Lights howers of rain have I prevailed over the orchard di I and snow storms on the high altitude! around Mount lLd s base have beer observed. Both the (teaks of H"h and A'ian - much new snow. The cold weath. r is beneficial tf strawberries, preventing softening ol the fruit, a result often obtained when the weather rip ns the terries too fast. Mrs. A. S Kolstad, accompanied b her two small dsughu ra, is atCbehalrt for a visit with her parents. SHIPPERS AWAIT NEW TARIFFS KAIL LINES MAKE FREIGHT DROP f Indefiniteness Exists About Storage in i tt Transit Privileges Under New Rates - Box Kate 8 Cents Less A. W Stone states lha'. local shipper! ,.rt awaiting with interest the official tar iff a of railroad companies showing rred .iction in freights on apples. Mr. Stone pays that so far as he is con cerned he is unable to make any state ment as to whether the rail lines have increased the charge on storage in transit privilege five cents per box. "The assertion has been made," he says, "that such is the case, but as denials have been made, and as we haven't received an official )f the new tariff, we cannot tell just what the intent of the rail lines was. We will certainly protest before the Inter state Commerce Commission any in crease in the storage in trarihit charge. An effort, was made last fall by the rail lines to take this privilege away from us, and the shippers went to Washington and secured an abrogation of the ( rder." - Tlu new apple rate will be 75 cents per box, about eight cents less than the o'd rate. The follownig discussion of the rate decrease appeared in the recent issue of the Packer: The pressure which has been brought to bear upon the carriers by Pacfic Coast shippers, the recent decision of the United States Labor Hoard with regards to a reduction in operating costs for carriers to be effective July I, together with the proposal of Cali fornia interests to move a great deal of their tonnage by water were the three principal immediate causes which brought about the anouncement of a reduction at this time. That portion of Chairman Countiss' wire reading "also rate of $1.50 per Kill pounds on apples, without storage in transit privilege" needs some ex planation as the wording of the wire would indicate that whero the reduced rate on apples from Northwestern points whs to applv the storage in transit privilege would be denied. In a telephone conversation with one of the men here early in the week, Mr. Counties said that the wording of the wire was intended to mean that the rate would not include the storage in transit privilege charge; in other words taS storage in transit privilege charge will be assessed in addition to the $1.50 rate, as has been the custom in the past to assess such a charge in addition to the public tariff" covering freight charges. The present box ap ple rate to Chicago is $l.o6J per 100 pounds so the reduction effective Sep tember 1 amounts to 10 per cent. In talking, to some of the local tratfic men this week many of them expressed their confidence in an early announce ment of reductions on other commodi ties. Some of them think that by Monday an announcement may be made as to what the rate will be on citrus 'and deciduous fruits. Some authorities expect the rate on Califor nia lemons to points east of Denver to Hiid including Atlantic Seaboard points to be $1.50 per cwt. as against the present rate of $1.02. It is also con sidered likely that a similar reduction, to that anticipated on California citrus fruits, will be made to apply on perish ables from other producing sections in the United States. In view of the fact that the Pacific Coast deciduous movement will be under way shortly, operators are anticipating a further announcement of reduction with a great deal of interest. The following was a dispatch to the Packer from 'New York City : rhero was considerable disappoint- ment in the trade Wednesday when the news was received on the street that The Traaa-eontlnentsI Freight Bureau headquarters at Chicago bad issued tbs announcement ol only about a Hi per i tut redaction In lite freight rate on PaniAc Coast vegetables and melons and a very small reduction on box apples. Tha enait to coast rate on cantaloupes, which is the great important commodity lust iit the moment. This ne ans a red , u i i..n of 77. 2H ier car on a 20,000-pound minimum. That is figuring an average of 1 Ml crates to the car - Cantaloupe men, a" well as vegetable men, fully expected the reduction to asaount to tbe ad v a nee that whs made bat July wb-w through a general sweep in a change in freight rates the rate went up 33 1-3 per cent. The rate prior to that was advanced to I'J.CW The rate on apfdes is to be fl 50 per cwt. without the storage in transit priv ilaije With (lie storaaa. in transit pnv ihme. it is to lie 11.00 per cwt. Tins means only a reduction of (ic per cwt., as tbeVate ii- 1 (fif. The dackhsOBl fruit men, as Well ss citrus men, heard nothing of any interest to them, aa tboae ooroasoditioa are not included in the reduction. ' "We exrect to hear something within a few dins." said Kenneth ' Pay, of Sgobcl V ly. 'v' simerely ho ii Wedo, however, tint it will c worth while, rhera is one thinf i . wkila there Will be a little eav'.iti; la the " portatioh d Ihix nnpleSi theea is not much at Mir.- iuced rate of tf a lo . We have to ue th s' rag iu tntnsft privilage. Th.it i a certsit If, NEW HOTEL TO OPEN SATURDAY The formal openiner of the new Col mbia (Jo.-ge Hoiel has been postponed rotr. Widnesdae untJ Satuday. The ,g $.'100.(100 tourist ho-telry will be' ined with a huifel dinner. It is an icipaUd that toe guest list on the pening night will approach 1.0UD. Mr. Thiele says : "We are going "pen with a large ablic reception, in which wc are ask tiff all of ' clubs of Portland. i well as lub, to of 1'ortland ind Governor present. There will ne remarks, dancing in the i main dining room, two id a buft-t luncheon e tbe entire afternoon, II p. in. ill give Ewoans h- -tr a will furntsh music. Public invited.