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VOLUME 6, NUMBER 34
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1910
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Growers' Congress
Adopts Lb f can Box
Session at St. Louis Takes Wide-Sweeping
Action, Discusses Adopting Western
Methods of Packing and Shipping, Etc.
The seventh annual meeting of the
American Apple Orowers' Congress,
held at St. Louis August loth to 13th,
according to The Packer took wide,
sweeping action by passing n resolu
tlon adopting the Lafeau apple liox
The resolution wan adopted after
considerable discussion, Its advo
cute liolng II. M. Dnnlap and L. A
(ioodiuan of Kansas City. Mr. iood-
man, In addresslug the meeting, mild
that the congress had leen following
Jor the past fix ream a tox
11x11x1. liiHlde ineaMureinent,
used by the California people and
other shippers, hut owing to the
wide discussion among the growers
for a uniform )ox and basket, he In
formed the delegates that It watt
about time to Kettle on Home uniform
box or banket ho the growers
throughout therountry would kuow
one way or another where to "get
off at."
Senator Dunlup then offered a res
olution to adopt the btiHhel box as
set forth In the lufcau bill, 11x11)4
xls Inches, or as nearly so as to
conform with 2,!M2 cubic Inches, the
same to apply to btiHhel baskets,
and the resolution was adopted.
An interesting address was deliv
ered to the congress by J. M. Irvine,
wilt or of the Western Fruitgrower,
who discussed western apple-grow-ing
method at length, and who In
concluding said:
"The apple Industry In the far
West Is comparatively new. So
much has been said about that re
gion lu the past few years that the
great majority of eiple are assum
ing that Ihe entire country is IsMng
planted to apples, but this Is not the
case. One of the best ad vertlsed dis
tricts In all that region Is the Hood
Hirer valley, and yet the acrenge
Hunted to apples there I really
small, compared with fruit (list ricts
in the East. The acreage lu other
districts Is larger and is constantly
Itclng increased, and yet the total
acreage already planted is very
small, compared with some of the
older fruit districts of the eastern
states. Now, what has caused the
western npple-growlng districts to
attract ho much attention? It is
simply I localise the growers are giv
ing more attention to the marketing
of their products. They grade more
carefully and puck with Infinitely
more care, applying business princi
ples to the business. We should rid
ourselves In the first phu'e of the idea
that apples growu lu the western
states by Irrigation are not of good
quality. Dr. Halley says the true
orchnrdlst is the man who looks
upon his orchard not as so many
acres of trees, but us a given numlier
of Individual trees, each requiring his
HTsonil charge, differing from nil
the other trees In the orchard. The
western man prunes his trees best
and he Is a better cultivator. The
western ninn is not entitled to too
much credit because of his high grade
packing, etc. Me does It simply be
cause he must; the freight to eastern
markets Is excessive, In many cases
as much n5k: per bushel In carlots.
It costs as much for him to ship poor
apples, bringing a low price, as It
does to ship fancy stock. The west
ern man will lose money on poor
apples, so. If he Is to continue lu the
business, he prepares to grow good
fruit. The western man has dllllcul
tles to face the same as the eastern
man apple scab and other forms of
fungi, but he Is a better sprayer.
Some ineu are now. trying to grow
apples who are not cut out for the
business, buttlieman who will study
can succeed, and I truly Isdlcve a
new day will have dawned upon all
when all growers will dons the
western man is now doing concen
trate on a small acreage and live lu
the orchard, or, as Mark Twain lias
said, put nil your eggs In one basket
and then watch the basket."
Prof. N. A. Forbes, entomologist
of the I'nlverslt.v of Illinois, read n
paper on the San Jose scale. Knowl
edge of the San Jose scale Is like the
ten commandments, "so general It
must tie Insisted upon," he said.
Prof. Forbes trawl the San Jose
scale back to China forty years ago
when It first became known In that
country. The ncale made Its appear,
a nee In this country simply by the
importation of Oriental shrubliery.
Prof. Forties dcscrilicd the scale as
belugas large as the head of a pin,
and devoted a good deal of space in
describing its pcriilclousncs. He
advocated the use of lime and sul
phus spruys as the best means In
eradicating the evil. He suggested
the state be given the power to treat
trees wtiere t lie owners prove care
less.
P. A. Hodgers, orchardlst and
manager of me uzark I' run (irow
ers' Association, spoke ou organiza
tion ami co-operation. He Is a
strong believer in the plan of pro
ducers' associations for the market
ing of crops.
Prof Wendell Paddock, of the de
(lurtmeut of horticulture, Columbus,
Ohio, followed Mr. H jdgers. His
address was on Intensive and ex
tensive orcharding. The method of
the West, he said, must be followed,
and suggested to the delegates that
to procure results the Middle West
must follow the methods ofthe west
ern man In packing and grading his
fruit.
H. M. Duiilup spoke on "Spra.ing:
the liest Spray for Scab and Codlin
Moth." He said the inula issue on
tlie spraying question today was to
determine the use of lime and sulphur
or the Bordeaux spray. He urged a
judicious mixture of the two. This
question provoked a good deal of
discussion and a good deal of the
ufternoon was taken up by the dele
gates In describing their personal
results on this question.
PURITY COMPANY
COMBINES ROUTES
The Purity Italry Company an
nounces that It lias taken over the
('. P. Morton milk route and will
take possession of the same Sept. 1st.
The company will then rearrange
the business of the two routes and
Install a ticket system. Tickets will
lie Issued to customers on the first of
each month, good for thirty days
These will have to be paid for in ad
vance and will lie good for thirty
pints or thirty quarts of milk as the
customer desires. The price of the
thirty pint tickets will be 11.50 and
the thirty quart tickets f 2 ."). Those
not used will be redeemed at the
company's otlice In the Davidson
building. By leaving the tickets In
the empty bottle, customers cuu Indicate-the
quantity of milk they
want, and the company nsks that
they make a practice of leaving the
bottle In t tie same place.
Deliveries will lie made both night
and morning. The morning delivery
will lie made before 7 o'clock and the
evening delivery before o'clock each
day. The company promises pa
trons the best milk and delivery
sertlce they have ever received at
Hood Hlver.
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News Snapshots
Of the Week
himself snd others. Senior Aldrleh, Ithode Island, decided to reply publicly
of Hoxburghe, Aniericu may he honored by still hither personage, the Cernian
Habitual Criminals
Should Not Be Allowed
To Trouble Society.
By Judo CEORCB C HOLT of New York.
HABITUAL, INCORRIGIBLE ENEMY OF 80CIETY SHOULD
BE 80LEMNLY ADJUDGED TO BE PUT TO DEATH OR
8HUT UP FOR LIFE.
I think society would be justified in assuming that the
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time to attempt to reform him had passed. Upon his commission of
another crime I would have him tried for what I think id the greatest
rime a man can be charged with, that of having become a HABI
TUAL AND INCORRIGIBLE ENEMY OF SOCIETY.
I would give him a FAIR TRIAL I would require proof that
squeamish sentimentality of this age, 6uch a course be deemed im
practical I should SHUT IIBI UP FOR LIFE where he could do
no more evil to society.
Abigail Scott Dunniway
Answers Col. Watterson
Having seeu Col. Henry Watter
son's allusion to woman suffrage Id
the -News, Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunni
way, a noted woman suffragist of
Oregon, and sister of the iate Har
vey V. Scott, takes the colonel to
task for his remarks. Mrs. Dunni
way is president of the Oregon State
Equal Suffrage Association, and
writes the News as follows:
Port laud, Ore, August 20, l'JIO.
To the Editor of The Hood Hlver
News:
I find In the Issue of your Interest
ing paper of the 3d Inst. a double
leaded display article from the pen
of Col. Hetiry Watterson, In the form
of an ultimatum on the Woman
Question, which would seem to plant
him on the Irrevocable plane of om
niscient co-partnership with Al
mighty (Jod.
Now, with all due deference to your
evidently affectionate endorsement
of this alleged co-partnership, I ven
ture to attempt to intrude upon
your magnanimity to a sullitleut de
gree to express a hope that you will
display this article, capitals and all
as prominently as Mr. Wattcrsons.
If The famous editor were as famil
iar with "woman's proper place In
thv" world," as any man ought to be
who assumes so dignified a co part
nership, he would know that the
tendency to "sex antagonism,"
which he fears so much, Is not new,
but Is the natural consequence o(
the attempt of men to assume a co
partnership with (iod In the control
of one-half of the human family,
with the otherhalf "the moral half"
at that, left tint. Thinking mothers
und grandmothers of the slighted
half of the human family have long
deplored this one-sided ami wholly
unwarranted relationship, because
ftfj 1 sgfa nwn
W hile on Ixmt ready to still for Ktirope Mayor (iiiynor of New York was shot in head by ills( hurled city employee, James
J. (Jnllnirher. Texas Democrats nominate Oscar 1. Colquitt for governor on nnl I prohibition platform, while other candidates
on platform are "dry." After visit to federal prison, Atlanta. Mrs. Charles W. Morse report husband in danger of dying
unless releBRPil soon. Wslter Hrooklns, ut Ashurr Park, lost control of aeroplane and plunged Into crowd, severely injuring
he bad been & habitual criminal for a long term
of years. I would give him an opportunity to
make a full defense, and if finally it were estab
lished by clear proof that the man was one of
those, numbers of whom exist in modern society,
whose nature haa been degraded by a life of un
deviating wickedness into that of a wild beast,
INCAPABLE OF ANY SUBSTANTIAL IM
PROVEMENT OR ALTERATION, such a
man, in my opinion, should be solemnly adjudged
to be PUT TO DEATH. But if, in view of the
of Its unhappy consequence, us seen
In so many lioiivs. where the sons of
women and daughters of men have
beeu such utter failures as to cause
unhappy parents much anxiety, and
in 8" me instances do-vn right humil
iation. The contention of Kqual Suf
fragists, the majority of whom had
raised successful sous and daughters
lu happy and. well-ordered homes be
fore openly Identifying themselves
with the CAl'SK. Is, that Kqual
HigbU for women is the only possi
ble cure for the "sex antagonism"
which so often bears fruit under the
preseut dispensation lu disrupted
homes, dissipated sons and betrayed
(laughters, whose mothers were de
nied the freedom of thought and ac
tion of which only a few women
were free enough to shoulder in the
beginning of the struggle.
An Intelligent Suffragist, whether
man or woman, never looks upon
the unfortunate fruits of the present
one-sided conjugal relation, which
makes reformatory Institutions nec
essary for so large a part of the hu
man family, without realizing that
(iod had no part In legalizing the
subjugation of woman. Hut he Is
now instigating and inspiring tills
Woman Movement to open the wny
for women to accomplish better re
sults hereafter; Colonel Watterson's
dictum to the contrary notwith
standing. Since, by an anti-Suffragist's own
confession, "woman Is- the moral
light of the world," we pray you,
men and brethren, not to keep that
light under a bushel, but on n can
dlestick, that It may illumine the
waste places lu human hearts and
homes with the sunlight of Liberty
for all the people, who so often view
to tariff charges of Senator Hrlstow of Kansas. Hesides the lUike and iMiehess
crown prince, who plans tour of world.
Building Now Assured
Ten Thousand Dollars Subscribed and
Plans Under Way Building to Be
Erected in Time for Exhibit This Fall
With $10,000 already subscribed for
a fruit fair building, there Is every In
dication that the structure will lie
erected 'tills year In time to bouse the
exhibit of fruit which Is expected to
be the largest in the history of the
valley.
The effort to secure a building this
year was brought ton climax last
Thursday when a committee con
sisting of W. L.Clark, (has. Hall,
Truman Butler, E. O. Hlanchar and
Sheriff Lou Morse went among the
business men and secured $.1,000 In a
few hours. Four thousand dollars
had already been subscribed by the
country residents, and It wns stated
by P, A. Davidson, C. I). Thompson
and (J. It. Cortner, the committee
who bad the valley end of the fund
in charge, that they would raise
enough more to Insure the erection
of the building if the city people
would subscribe $3,000. The sub
scriptions were limited to $100 each
aud subscribers will receive shares of
stock In the building. The object of
both the town and city committees
in taking such prompt action Is In
the fact thut they believe with many
residents that a permauent home for
the fruit fair has got to that stage
where it Is a necessity and something
that will be of the greatest benefit
to the city and valley. The amount
It Is expected to raise at iesent Is
$15,000, which it is stated will per
mit of putting up a building that
will answer the purpose lu a central
part of the city. After the subscrlp-
It now "as through a glass darkly."
The advocates of equal rights for
women, who In Oregon are over 50,
000 strong, aud have so put them
selves ou record lu all sorts of wo
men's associations by appropriate
resolutions, take do stock in the at
tempts of men or women to adopt
sumptuary laws to govern men.
What we ask, with a serene belief
that men will proudly acquiesce
with their affirmative votes at the
coming November election, is free
dom before the law for the mothers
of men, which In time will enable
them to endow the sons of women
with lietter conditions than now
cause so many brilliant men to rue
the day that made them fathers of
children who do them no credit.
I write as n grandmother, who,
as a mother, was In active work In
side a happy home, for nearly a
quarter of a century, as wife and
mother, before the world had heard
of her at all. I have been for forty
years a public advocate of a return
to God's law, from which men of
Col. Watterson's stamp departed
when through human laws they put
asunder the equal legal relations be
tween the sexes after the Almighty
Power which made them "male and
female" had given to "them", and
not to him or her, "dominion" over
over everything In and on the earth,
except each other.
A mo All. Scott Di niway.
Busy Readers
tlons are all In, It is expected to call
a meeting of the stocknoldcrs and al
low them to vote on a site for the
building, although ground for It was
bought near the garage, at First and
State streets. This site fronts on
State, with an ell on First, and will
give a big space for the building, cen
trally located. The matter of select
ing the site, however, will be left to
the stockholders, and If they decide
by majority vote to have It erected
elsewhere In the center of town. It Is
expected that this will be satisfac
tory to all coocerned.
In connection with using the build
ing for a fruit fair, It Is suggested
that after the fair Is over It be fitted
up temporarily for a theatre until
such time as a more satisfactory
building can be put up, and In this
way It will bring la an added rev
enue. The matter will be pushed along
as rapidly as possible, and It Is said
by architects that If It Is taken up at
once that the building can be ready
for the fair this year. Now that the
project Is under way, a good deal of
enthusiasm Is being shown and rest
dents generally are looking forward
to the most successful fruit fair ever
held here.
PUPILS WILL SOON
Next Monday will be official open
ing day for the Hood Hlver schools,
and the mewling, puling schoolboy
will again creep, snail like, to the
spot where his young Ideas are
I taught to shoot.
During the summer the school
houses have been Improved, repaired
and renovated, and when the pupils
assemble Monday to be assigned to
their various classes, they will find
all Id apple pie order and In readi
ness to commence the season's work.
Prof. E. E. Coad will again direct
the affairs of the city's schools. J.
O. McLaughlin will be principal of
the High school and master of math
ematics. Jesse W. Crltes, a native of
the state of Deleware, who comes
here highly recommended from sev
eral eastern colleges, will occupy the
chair of science and history and will
also take charge of athletles, while
Miss Mary Barton and Miss Hattle
Louise Hruuqulst will handle the
languages. Miss Darton Is a gradu
ate of Ohio State University and
Miss Brunqulst a Wellesley College
girl who last year was principal of a
young ladles academy In West Vir
ginia. The teachers In the Park street
school are as follows:
Ida Turney, principal; Evellyn
Turney, Maude Howard, Pearl Eby,
Viva Clapp, Lulu Hicks, Grace
Turney, Alta Pool. Misses Howard
aud Clapp are new additions to the
teaching corps, the former coming
here from a Colorado Normal school
and the latter from the Frankton
High school, after a normal course
this year at the State I'ulverslty at
Eugene.
The Pleasant View school will
have as teachers Misses Vara Stew
art, principal; Lulu Tldd. Frances
Evans. Maliel Haxtou.Anna Vannett.
For pupils on the Heights, first
grade scholars will be taught In the
High school building.
Additional Telephone List
Owing to an error which wns not
discovered nntil the telephone direc
tory was printed and for which both
the News ottw and the telephone
company are partly responsible, sev
eral names of subscrpK'r were
omitted, lu order that those who
have occasion to call up the omitted
nutnlxTs will know who they are, we
are publishing a list of them, which
can lie cut out and pasted In the tel
ephone book uutll a supplement can
le printed to the directory. They
are as follows:
STOli Paklii. C. W.
92 Hood Hlver Market.
2T1H- Isenberg, L. S.
"OK Norton, E. A.
l.MM Main Hestuuraut.
Odell 105- Knnpp, C. P.
271 1, Out hank, A. W.
l!t..L Smith, C. S.
Taft Transfer Co
Odell Tf.-Wlnter. W. N.