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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 12, 1910)
THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1910 3 Established 1900 u ! !! 1! I! si 3! Butler Banking THE OLDEST BANK IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY Interest Paid on Time Deposits Safe Deposit Boxes !0 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: a wtrw. LESLIE BUTLER. Proidtnl P. McKERCHER, Vice Pr.nd.nl TRUMAN BUTLER. Chiet R. T. COX. Director E. H. FRENCH. Director R. E. HARBISON A. L. NEWTON BOXES Crates and Fruit Packages of all kinds. Band Saw ing and other Wood Work given special attention. HOOD RIVER BOX CO. HOOD RIVER, OREGON Mllty the Im hI that can lie hud. Ill addition to the hunch of nurve.vum wlio have been on the ground wince hint MiinitinT, mother larecrew wun landed lit I'.lnnen lat Thurmlay, with Home I'lKJ iU-t'M of laKK"K'- It Im rumored that thin crew !m to IwkIii work at II uhiiiii. running northeaxt toward the (ilenwood country, JilKt beyond which place all of the road mentioned have been working on HtirveyH that are headed thin way from the laklnm country. At nuy rate there Im Hure to be HomethliiK dolnjf In thin neck of the wooiU be fore lonjf. The Hour mill ;rooHitlon ban lieen delayed In getting arrangement made with the railroad company for a Hiding, wit axHurance la now itlven that thin matter will be attended to promptly and we bone to see work bejfun noon on the mill. W. A.Wendorf and Herman Beuche had phones Installed last week. Thin ma ken 30 phones on the Luderwood telephone Co. Hyutem and they are planning to Install a "Central" In the near future. UNDERWOOD E. M. Cummins, (i. C. f'orlle, A. J. Ilaynen. Geo. Sandell, Wm. I'nder wood and W. F. CaMh were In Steven Hon Monday on btiHlnexH conn"cted with roddH In this dlNtrlct. Ah a re milt of a conference with the county commlHHlonerH Die Freeman road will Kiiiin le opened to travel, and wveral rulliiKH were made that will be of great lieneftt and axHlHtance to the people In Hecurlntf new roads In the future. (ieo. Dartintf ban been appointed road HiipervlHor for the ciiHiilnn year, the only other candidate withdraw ing In favor of Mr. Parting as noon an he wait nxHured that he would nerve If appointed. Mr. Hurting ban the confidence of all the people, and an there nhould Im quite an Increane In the amount of money available thin year, we hope to noon nee a de cided Improvement In the condition of our roadn. E. M Cummin han been appointed J nxt Ice of the peace and (ieo. Sandell conntable. County Engineer Linn and Mr. I'age, of the Wind Hlver Lumber Company, were here Friday looking after the repairing of the bridge over the White .Salmon, which wan dam aged by the breaking of a boom dur ing the recent high water. Mm. and Minn Welierg, mother nnd winter of Mm. Neln Munch, are making her a vlnlt. Owing to the Ice running In the river the I'nderwood ferry han taken a vacation for a few dayn and ("apt. Olnen In In Antoria. I', I. I'ackard and wife have re tnrrned from a two weekn' visit In Portland. The railroad lt nation In likely to take on almost any kind of a turn In the near future. The nurvey up the White Salmon In undoubtMtlly only a link In a larger propositi jii, but whether It Is backed by the North Itiu.k, the Northern Pacific, the Mil waukee, or t he North Count In hard to nay at prenent, for any or all of these lines want to get a nhort cut through from the Yakima country and the route down the White Sal mon, connecting with the North Hank at I'nderwood, In In all probn- MOSIER Mm. Anna (iodhemon returned to her school at Monmouth after spend ing her Christmas vacation with her mother. Mr. and Mm. Osn returned home Monday, having spent the holidays with friends In Cortland. Am os Koot Avas a business visitor at The Dulles Wednesday. The property belonging to the M. J. Mosier helm wan sold lant week to W. H. Wilson, of The Dalles, consid eration mhm). Dr. Koblnnon und wife retained the house and a small tract of land for their home. Mm. Lou (iraham and Minn Nora Hunter spent several days in Hood Kiver lant week, Installing the olllcers of the Keliekah lodge there and at Udell. They report a most delightful trip. Mm. Belle Booth returned from Portland Friday, where she had nent neveral days visiting friends. Mrs. John Evans came home Fri day from Hood Kiver where she has been the pant two weekn with her daughter, Mm, Macey. The house belonging to Mm. E. J. Bailey wan totally destroyed by fire Wednesday about 2 p. in. Every thing up stairs burned but most all on the ground floor wan saved. The tire was started from a defective flue. The family has moved Into the Bur llngume place for t he present. Mm. Baiiey in a widow with a lurge fam ily and the loss comen pretty hard on her an we learn there was no In surance. The iK'ople of Mosier col lected a goodly sum for her lenefit. The snow and cold weather seem to have come to spend the winter with us. The cold is knocking the town water supply out of commis sion, half the pipes In town ticlng frown. Mr. Wilcox, father of Dick Wilcox, who Is making a tour of the west, stopped off for a few days to see his son. He left Saturday for the east and expects to return In the near future and locate In Tacoma. ragg Mercantile Co. to A ft A Fine Stock of Merchandise for You to Select From. Staple and Fancy GROCERIES Our Ladies' and Gentlemen's Furnish ing Departments are Up to Date, in charge of experienced clerks. Be Sure to See Us! erjing Machines The Stewart Hardware and Furniture Company are now the sole local agents for Hood River and Vicinity for the world famous 1910 Model WHITE Sewing Machines. Several of our special representativesfrom our Sewing Machine Department will call upon and demonstrate to all the local residents of Hood River, the many new points of this wonderful ball-bearing, lock and chain stitch machine. If our special men happen to overlook your home during this demonstration, call in at our store at your convenience and see Mr. Wm. Isenberg, the manager of our Sew ing Machine Department, and he will be pleased to show you some of our 110 Models. If you live in the country, write for a catalogue to the Stewart Hardware and Furniture Company HOOD RIVER, OREGON Davidson Fruit Company FRUIT DEALERS COLD STORAGE CRYSTAL ICE We will handle Strawberries and other Fruits again this season as usual and will give our customers the benefit of our long experience in marketing Hood River Fruit. Call at our office or phono us General Office Phone 65 Ice Factory and Cold Storage Plant 65 Davidson Fruit Company HOOD RIVER, OREGON FARM, FRUIT LAND AND DAIRY $13,000 $6500 104 aoroa, 4 miles from Camas. 60 acres cleared and in high state of cultivation. 7 acres In prunes, 4 acres in apples, pears and peaches. A few walnut trees. All kinds of berries. Near church, mile to school. Good house, well, 2 barns, Im plement shed. New prune dry er. All kinds of farm imple ments and household furniture Included. 1 1 tons of prunes dried In 1909. plenty of tim ber. Finest soil to be found anywhere in this section. 5 head of cattle, 1 good team, hogs. Terms $10,000 cash, balance In S years at 7 percent. 60 Acres, 4 miles from Camas, 20 acres cleared and cnultiva tion. Mostly level. All well fenced. 25 acres heavy tim ber. Watered by two creeks and two wells. Fruit trees, 35 walnut trees, 3-4 acre black berries, strawberries, etc. Good 8 -room house cost? 1000. Large barn and sheds. 1-4 mile to school. Near church. R. F. D. and phone. and hay enough for Terms 4000 cash and In 3 to 5 years. $82.50 Per Acre 256 Acroa, 4 miles from Camas. 125 acres In cultivation. 1 house and 2 good sized barns. Good well. Water piped to the house. Large family orchard. Will make an ideal place for stock. Plenty of good timber suitable for wood. All can be cultivated. Terms half cash, balance on reasonable terms. 7 cows winter, balance A CARD WILL BRINO FULL INFORMATION patton 8c McAllister Opposite Depot Camas, Wash Big Business at Stockyards ItecclptM nt the Portland I'nlon stockynrdu nlnce September l."th, nt which time ItiiKlticHM wim commenced have liccn J-l.OiV, ea ttlc. "L'.Oli! slurp. :U.:?LN hou nml .! home. The Portland I'nlon Stockynrdx. Putnli ready wupport jjlven by the live utiK'k lUlied aloiitf open and competitive rainer and Mlilpper of the North went j line, thin healthy younic market to the market cKtaMlnlied nt Port-! will continue to nrov until It will land an evidence of the utility ami take 1t place atnonir the it live need of Hiich an Inxtltutlon an the . tock ientern of the l iiltcd State. O W . 1 w . 1