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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1922)
a HOOD KIVEIt GLACIER. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 36. 1922 r Orchard Supplies i VALLEY TRUNK WOKK CALIFORNIA HAS WILL RE PISHED NEW APPLE SECTION ii Nitrate of Soda Fertilizer International Harvester Implements P. & O. Plows Kerosene Tractors Motor Trucks The Hood River Fruit Co. The Joplin-Eldon Con.-truction Co., contractors engaged in cutting the grade of the valley trjnk of the Mount flood Loop Highway over the Booth Hill unit, who have been maintaining a crew under extreme hardship the past 13 weeks because of the heavy snowfall and low temperatures, expect to make rapid headway with the ad vent of spring weather. R. J. Streich er, superintendent, of the company, here last week with C. C. Seeley, resi dent state highway engineer in charge of the work, states that 40 men will be engaged on the task immediately. About a mile of the 5-mile stretch has already been graded. Unless weather conditions interfere, the entire grade, it is expected, will be cut by May. Mr. Seeley states that contracts for the 12-mile unit in the Upper Valley and a 4-mile unit just south of the city will be let by the State Highway Com mission February 21. He anticipates that the entire length of the trunk line should be graded by next fall. The unit just south of the city, because of the heavy rock excavation that will be encountered in the gorge of Hood river, will Lie the most difficult ot tne three, and athough the shortest will be the most expensive to construct. UNIVERSAL Ranges and Heaters 1 TJ (j . . ii -' Prices Are Down See Kelly Bros. Co., Inc. Non-Partisan Worker Active Here A drive for local membership in the Non-Partisan League is indicated by activities here the past week of H. H. Scollard, publisher of "The Producers' Call," recently launched at Oregon City. Mr. Scollard, who Wednesday of last week addressed the Pomona Orange at Pine Grove Thursday night, appealed to the local labor union for support of his new publication. Mr. Scollard, who denounced the congres sional farmers' bloc, urged the local members of organized labor to join the farming interests of the valley in co operative political action. Weather Increases Readers The weather conditions obtuining here since last November have in creased the circulation of the county library to the point where the librar ian, Mrs. Anne C. Haxby, has been unable to keep up with demands. At her solicitation the state librarv re cently relieved the local book shortage, due to an unusual amrunt of fireside reading, by sending 300 volumes here. OR! MY BACK! The Expression Of Many a Kidney Suf ferer in Hood River A stublorn backache Is caii"e to sus pect kidney trouble. When the kidney! arc innamed ana iwoiien.sioopincDrings ;i sharp twinge in the .small of the buck, that almost takes the breath a Way. rjoan'l Kidney Pills revive slunisb kid neys relieve lu lling IihcKs. Here I I Idi m1 River proof : Mrs. A. T. King. 1210 Thirteenth street, says: Mv kidneys were in a bad condition and I could hardly do my housework, especially mornings. 1 felt run down and worn out and my back ached considerably. I had frequent headache and my kidn.yes acted irregu larly. 1 used Doans Kidney Pills and they soon straightened out the trouble. The backaches and tired feeling left and my kidneys acted regularly again." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim ply ask for a kidney remedy get Doans Kidney tills-the same that Mrs. King had. Koster-Milburn Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. Y. 2 See the Master Incubator at APLIN S STORE CZ30EZD Uye Heights 12th. St. The Pheasant Fountain and Tea Room and Oregon Hotel Dining Room All Under Same Management Breakfast Noon Day Lunch Regular Dinner ) p. m. Open 6:30 a. m. to 11 p. m. Ice Creams Beverages Confections HOOD RIVER'S FINEST EATING PEACE Butter Is Healthful No statement was ever truer. Not only does this nat ural food contain laody building elements in abundance, but the butter is a necessity to the system, because of the lu brication it furnishes the body. You may secure substitutes prehaps and pay less for them, but as a matter of health economy the wise housewife will ever see to it that her children are fed on the purest of butter. Use Hood River Oregold and you'll know you've done your duty to your family, your town and your Valley. HOOD RIVER CREAMERY CI FAN PLACE ( II GAME BOW I ) BE HEALTH Y at the Anderson Undertaking Co. C. C. ANDERSON". Sole Proprietor Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director 415 OAK STRFET PHuNF. I.W4 j I r mm i Strauh Bm Out of Jail and I to F BARTME55 FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND LICENSED EMBALMER Licensed with Oregon's first clats of Embalmers. Phone 1381, 3821 HOOD RIVLK.UK1AAJN 410 OAK STREET Ladies' Night Wednesdays Open 12 to 12 Weekdays HEALTH I I N Herbert Straub, recently ix month in jail and W each on charges of manufac moonshine whiskey in the Up ley. have lieen released onder Thev have gone ho work for a brother-in-law and have agreed to pav their fine and take rare of their ajred mother, said to be dependent on them. , turina per V bond. (By A. I). Moe) Pomona, Calif., Feb. 7. 1922 We are in the garden spot of south ern California. To me tin' urane sec tion of Pomona, Riverside, Kedlnnds and San Bernardino is the moat beauti ful part of the state I have seen. We took in all of these towns today except Riverside, going east of Kedlands six i or eight miles into the Yucaipa valley. Kedlands at an elevation of 1,400 feet. I grows citrus fruits. Yucaipa, at an elevation of 2.600;to.3,(KKi feet, Krows deciduous fruits. Mere we have a real competitor of Hood Kiver apples in the southland. Unlike the Watsonville district, which grows the cheaper Bellefleure and an inferior Newtown, Yucaipa grows the Wineeap, Home Beauty and Delicious which compares very favorably with the Yakima and Wenatchee product, and the fruit is finding a ready sale near home at about the same prices as iho.-e from the northern states. They are even shipping to the eastern mm nets, while also supplying the southern markets of Arizona and Texas. The Yucaipa valley is about six miles long by five miles wide, lying in the foothills of the San Bernardino mountains. A few miles to the east is Beaumont, a little higher elevation, and smaller area, also growing apples, while still farther east is Banning, the summit of the pass through which the highway to the Imperial valley passes. Banning also raises some apples. In the Yucaipa valley 6. Olio acres of apples are coming into bearing, while 1,000 acres more will be set out this spring. Thl district also Ki""ws very fine cherries, peaches and pears Haw land sells for $;SUU an ace ami bearing orchards $800 to $ 1,000. Irrigation is supplied by a limited gravity system, the water being stored in the moun tains oy reservoirs, in addition many wells are being dug. Water is found almost uniformly at a depth of M0 feet, Hnd risess in the casnm: 200 feet It is apparently an inexhaustible un derground lake. It is Damped by elec trie power, the well Howinn from 65 to 150 inches. The water company is owned by the farmers, both gravity and well systems. This is a new country. The first commercial orchards were planted on the desert mesa 12 years nutt. The first good crop came in in 1919 a'uj the 1921 crop is reported by the county horticulturist as follows: Apples, 50(1,000 packed boxes, 1,100 tons of culls; 400 tons of pears; 275 tons of peaches ; 15 tons of plums ; 20 tons of grapes, and 25 tons of cherries. The cherries compare favorably with the Oregon fruit and find a ready sale in Los Angeles at 15 to 20 cents a pound. The Beaumont district is much larger, although short of water, and has only a fourth of the apple acreage of the Yucaipa district in trees. The Yueaipa valley has a population of only ab ut 1,200, including the town. The entire valley fliows its newness. The farm houses are mosth of a temporary character, small build ings, with an occasional one of a per manent character. One of Ul I more substantial bungalows is owned by C. A. Hover, formirly a resident of Hood K.v r. We called there, but did not find him at home. The packing is all done at the pack ing huut.es of the local couperatve as sociation and other large dealers, nont of the faimers as yet having their own equipment. The fruit is -then hauled to market by trucks, mostly to Los Angeles, 70 miles distant, over a paved road. The large crop this year found the farmers mostly unprepared to handle it. Very little thinning was done, causing many email apples and a breaking down of many limbs, also a heavy drop from w ind. The trees also show a lack of proper pruning and care. A meeting is being held this week to discuss methods of marketing, pruning, etc. A vinegar plant is alio to be built to take care of the culls. From the comparatively level plateau of the mesa which comprises this val ley can be feen the orange groves and the city of Kedlands in the distance, and also the lights of the city of Col- ton, 12 miles away, where an immense I 'or I land cement plai t is located. l he freeze in California this yeur was the longest continued cold spell in the history of the fruit industry, ac cording to the old inhabitants. The effect of the cold if veiy apparent a. one travels along the many miles of orchards which line the highways, and in Lie dropping deatl leaves of the more tender semi-tropical plants Smudge pots have been used exten sively and have saved much fruit and trees. Where not Bacd, many of the young trees, especially lemons, are apparently killed, while the new growth tin the larger trees resemble a forest touched by tire, the ends of the branches looking as if seared bv flames. The fruit has suffered more or less damage. How much will not be determined until it has been picked and inspected. SofM orchards will I have very little ioaa, while others are apparently heavy losers. In the gardens, parks and yarda of residences, delicate and tender plants and shrubs are killed. Ixmg rows of I evergreen hedges ar-l border flowers I present a brown, dead apjiearance, and many plants and shrubs of many years' growth w ill have to be cut back to the roots or leplaced. Snow fell in all this district, and increased in depth on the roads into the mountain passes to a depth of five feet The ground froze to a depth of two inc hes in the Pomona district. However distressing this picture may seem, the frost damage it not so ser ious taken as a wlrle. It ia the un usual right of blackened vegetation in the land of perpetual green that dis tresses. The flowers and shrubs killed will bloom and be green again next season. The fruit trees that are killed are almost enitrely the young ones, and only an occasional unprotected grove. The partial damage to the older trees will tie pruned on and re suit only in a slightly diminished crop next year and the unfavorable reason charged to the profit and loss account as one of the hazards that happen to any business undertaking. There is no discouragement to the citrus fruit industry or lack of confidence in the future. MT. HOOD MOTOR CO. GARAGE OPEN 7 a. m. to lip. m. We solicit your storage. Mt. Hood Motor Co. " i . i . i Your bathroom J and health :your Every fixture bearing the n8me"Maddock"is designed to do more in protecting your family's health than all the prophylactics that could be stored in your medicine cabinet. Maddock lavatories are provided with a patented cleansing feature which makes it easy to keep the overflow clean and sanitary. Maddock closets have extra large water surface, which insurea the utmost in non-soiling sanitation. Maddock bathtubs are made in the latest designs and of a con struction which is germ-proof and easy to clean. Let us give you estimates for a complete bathroom equipment of this character. Or, we will gladly give figures for any single unit. A request for this information will not obligate yau. M. P. GIBBON 90H 1 2th Street. PARADOXIZE CI RE FOR Coddling Moth, Aphis, Curly Leaf, l ire Blight, San Jose Scale, Prune Borer, All Diseases of the Tree. 50c per Lb. 2 Lbs. per Tree One application every three years does away with all spraying. Try this on three or four trees and pay for it when you agree that it does the work. McTaggart Tree Inoculation Co. MADRAS, ORE. G. L DAVENPORT Grower and shipper Apples, Pota toes, Onions. Seed Potatoes true variety- -' I he Hest that's (irown" MASK All kinds of Produce solii ited 147 Front St POR'I LAND, OKI SALE ON PHONOGRAPHS The Noted PATHE $120 machines for $60 $150 machines for $75 Any two records for $1 C30CZZ3 THE BOOK & ART STORE HOOD KIVER, OREGON Remember We have the largest stock of lumber in Hood River County to select from. You will save money by letting us quote on your require ments. Yours for prompt service. W at ORFGON LUMBFR COMPWY DUE, OHEGi N The Flowers of Spring Will Soon be Blooming Your appreciation of the coming of balmy days and the glory of a benign sun, pouring its rays from lilue skies will be fill the more appreciated this year after your siege of wintry blasts. In the cold weeks your chief enjoyment came from reading perhaps. Now you will want to behold anew the outdoor wonders of nature. Your eyes, as the poet so beautifully says, are the w indows of the soul. They let in SUnlight and pictures that please. Certainly you are not doing justice to yourself if you allow shutters of poor vision to rob you of their proper functioning. We fit glasses for all purposes. Let us help make those windows of your inner self such that your sense of sight is one continual joy. W. F. LARAWAY RELIABLE JEWELER The Foundation of this business is a host of satisfied customers. It is our aim to supply better coal than the ordinary without any extra charge. That we succeed is proven by the many satisfied customers who obtain their coal here right along. We believe you would join them if you once gave our coal a trial. TRANSFER & LIVERY CO. Telephone 4111 Reduction in Miller Tires 30 30 32 31 18.00 25.50 29.40 32.40 33.40 34.25 Cheaper Vi x X X X 32 x 33 x 34 x I M 3i 4 I 4 4 9.80 12.50 19.15 21. 5 25.35 26.50 27.25 than before. WEBER. MidWinter Dinners Mid-winter is often a hard time for the housewife. Seasonable green foods and vegetables are scarce. We suggest that you study the shelves of our store. There you will find CANNED GOODS Wholesome and Appetising Let us solve your cooking problem. We are alwas ready to serve you. Just telephone us if you cannot come down. jf?m FRASIER & SON i.airth. riain'- labl. t for In.ti. -ti and I ntlatin The r.iceat and i leanantedt medi , cine I have ued for indirection and N. Y. Tbey wock like a charm and du i not gripe or leave any unpleaaant effect. OLD CITY HALL PLUMBING SHOP 312 Fourth SttvH, Hood River, Ore. Pl.t MMNG, HF.ATINC; AM) H KN ( t (IKK i k u- SI I KiJe& I'IKrti 2.ii A Place Fur Your Convenient Recreation Flay a friendly game of billiards or oool. The best foods at all hours at our grille. Cigars, soft drinks and confections. And. if you wish, you may enjoy our bowling alleys, none better. THE ELECTRIC KITCHEN B. t, ir;RiK, Prop. 3