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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1910 r T3he Opera f)ouse Comer 4th and Stale Sts. WE ARE SHOWING OUR LARGE FALL STOCK OF Heaters Stoves Ranges Linoleum Tin and Granitware Furniture Carpets Art Squares Rugs Mattings Everything fur the House Mew or Second Hand. Phone 248 k Agents lor CHARTER OAK Stoves and Ranges HOOD RIVER O. P. DABNEY & SONS, "o2M J. F. REYNOLDS Plumbing and Tinning We install Heating Plants of all kinds Mood River Heights CENTRAL MEAT MARKET P. C. YOUNG, Proprietor Fresh and Cured Meats, Fish, Oysters Q HUTTER AND EGGS FREE AXD PROMPT DELIVERY Phone Main 6 Hood River, Oregon F Class Livery Phone'j Transfer and Livery Company Freight and Baggage Transfer UIINLRAL STORAQli HOOD RIVER. OREGON. WHEN YOU WANT iVIaniiracturing and Repair Work OF ANY AND EVERY DESCRIPTION W e are prepared to do it in our large and well equipped Manufactur ing and Repair Establishment. We would be pleased to have you call on us. I INE HORSESHOEINO SNOW & UPSON Shops H1-HJ-H5-M7 Fourth St., Op. (lilbert-Vaughan, Hood River.Or. Horses Home Stables Conducted is a ., General Transfer, Feed and Sale Business .. The way to drive out to Little White Salmon camping and fishing. The shortest and best route to 1 rout Lake and all way points Both local and lon diatance telephone. Call or write J. L. STUART MANAGER Underwood Washington To the discriminating Housewife: We have installed some new machinery and CUPID FLOUR will now make the Uthitcst. lightest bread of any flour on Hood River market if handled rightly. It does not require as stiff working as others. Next time ask your grocer for CUPID and if he will not furnish it, trade with someone who will. A It is made in Hood Rix)cr . Mood RiDer fTliCCing Company I -BOXES ! II Apple and Pear Boxes Stanley-Smith Lumber COMPANY DIED MTK.I'IIKN II. KKKIt. Sti'plii'n II. I teed, a well known Hood Hlver renldt'iit, died at IiIm hoiiit- here WeilneMilay. Sept. L'l, at tbe mlvuriced aj?e of years. Ku- nerul mrvlcen were held Thursday afternoon at Uurtruetw chapel, con ducted by Itev. (). E. McOmber of the Methodist church, and burial was made In Idlewlld cemetery. Mr. Heed was born Jn the state of Ohio, May 2t, s l. From Ohio he moved to Indiana, then to Kansas, Nebraska and Washington, and came to Hood Hlver about three years ao. He served his country as a soldier In the War of the Rebellion and was a member of that great army of the Republic that Is being so rapidly mowed down by death. For twenty years he had been associated with the Church of the Advent. There re main to mourn his death seven chil dren, Iieujamln Reed, of Reaver City, Neb., Albert, of Rlockly, Ore., George and Mrs. Delia Young, of Portland, Oliver, of Walla Walla, and Mrs. Nellie Warren, of Hood River. KHKbllltll'K l)E KOI1KHT ISIIAM. Frederick DeForest Isbam, a resi dent of the L'pjer valley, died there Friday, Sept. SI. Mr. Isham was about forty-five years old and the cause of death waa tuberculosis. from which he had been a sufferer for sometime. He came to Hood River about two years ugo In the hope of benefitting his health, and for the past two years had spent the winters In Southern California. The body was sent to New York City, where Mr. Isham has relatives. MUM. I.OI'IHA I.ANO I'LATH. While on a visit at the home of her son, L. A. I'lath of this city, Mrs. Louisa Lang I'lath passed away Thursday, Sept. 22. Mrs. I'lath was born In Hanover, Germany, and was In her seventy-second year. Thj body was shipped to North Yakima, where the deceased has a daughter living, and where funeral services were held. CANADIAN SHOW WILL BE BIG EVENT ItU estimated by the secretary of the first Canadian Apple Show that there will be 21 carloads of apples ex hlblted at the big exposition. The exhibition rules require fJOO boxes of apples for a car, hence there will be a grand total of 12.U0O boxes of apple" on display. A box of ad pies Is ap proximately 20 Inches long. !f all of these boxes of apples were placed end to end, and a little boy told he could have the last box In the row If he would go after It, he would have to walk 47 and three-fourths miles to get It. There are 30 to 22." apple In a box, according to size and the manner In which they are packed. The aver age would, therefore, be about 150 (limit's to each box, or a total of 1,.'SN,000 apples In the entire show. These apples will average about two and one-quarter Inches In diameter, and If they were placed In a single row It would be C2S miles long. If a little boy should start to walk to the end of the row, and walk seven and one-half miles a day, It would require three months and three days to accomplish tbe feat. The owners of these apples will re f l'.'i.OOO In prizes, or nearly two dol lars per box. After the show Is over the apples will sell readily at two to five dollars per bocc, say an average of t'1.50 per box, or a total of $44,100. Therefore the exhibitors will receive approximately $70,000 for the apples exhlbitedat Canada's first national apple show. The secretary of the National Ap ple Show draws a fanciful picture In regard to the consumption of the apples that' are expected to be ex hlldetd. He figures It out this way: Now then suppose that a greedy little boy who lives In London should ask his papa to buy all of those apples, how much would It cost his papa at a shilling apiece, and how long would It take that little boy to eat all of them, eating six apples a day? I-t us see, those apples would cost l.Ws.000 shillings orM.OOO pounds, or approxlmaeely $409,500. And to eat all of them at the rale of six apples per day would take approximately 74 years, or nearly seven and one- half centuries. If that little boy should live the allotted span of life, three score and ten years from the time he U-gan eating the apples, he would eut only I:i3,:ifl0 apples, hence It would require ten little boys, each eating six apples u day, 70 years to eat L.MkJ.OoO apples, aud there would still remain 105,000 apples to eat, which would require another little boy nearly 4s year to consume at the same rate. In other words, It would require 11 little boys, each eating six apples a day. just 6s years to eat all of those apples. Again, If but one little boy should undertake the task of eating the apples and should liogln eating them on the last day of the first Canadian National Apple Show. Novembers, l'JIO, and at his death another little boy should take up the task to finish the Job, and so on, the last apple would not le eaten until Nov. 5, A. I). 2151, not counting the extra days for the leap years. Ry that time, at the present rate of the advancement of the hu mau race towards the higher clvlll atton, especially In the field of In vention, little boys will Ih flying through the air like birds, talking to their papas or mamas miles awaj with a wireless pocket telephone, and listening to the world's great est masters of music at home every evening. Certainly these little boys are to be envied, but you must rememlH-r that you started It, that there would be no little boy or girl to eat apples In that future nge If It were not for the little boys and girls of today. A (iood Position Can be had by ambitious young men and ladles In the field of "Wire less" or Railway telegraphy. Since the S-hour law became effective and since the Wireless companies are es tablishing stations throughout the country there Is a great shortage of telegraphers. Positions pay begin ners from 7o to $00 per month, with good chanc of advancement. The $1 o ryv on a nUt i o tltute of I'ort-1 , , ' i How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars re ward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney Ac Co., Toledo, Ohio, We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years and believe him perfectly hon orable In all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by h'.s firm. Wal dlng, Klnnan & Mnrvln, Wholesale JJrugyUU, Toledo, Ohio. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Fam ily Pills for constipation. Notice to Apple Packers The Apple Growers Union requests all packers who want to pack ap ples this fall to call at the office of the union and register their names and place of residence. Good pay anil a long season of work guaran teed all experienced packers. C. II. SruoAT, Manager Hood River Apple Growers I'nlon." For Sale A one-horse trie motor, almost new. News office. power elec Enquire at Japanese JSovcltks Kutane and Tokyo Dishes. Bamboo Furniture. M. NIGUMA Oak Street, Horner 1st Phone 160 Big 'Bargain Tbvcnty-tttto Acres choice apple land at Willow Flat. Four acres in trees, volcanic ash soil. Must sell quick. J. H. Indcrson, NEWTOWN, T. 0. PHONE, ODELL 96 Real Estate Bulletin National Telegraph Ins land. Ore., operates six official Insti tutes In America under supervision of R. R. and Wireless officials and places all graduates Into positions. It will pay you to write them for full details. Notice to Stockholders of the Farmers Irrigating Company The annual stockholders' meeting of the Farmers Irrigating Company will be held Saturday, Oct. 1, l!10 at 10 o'clock n. tn. at K. of P. hall for the purpose of electing seven direc tors to serve one yenr. The annual report from secretary and treasurer will lie read and such other business transacted as may properly come be fore the meeting. Following resolu tions will be voted on to hold the annual meeting of stockholders the first Saturday In September Instead of October. Hy order of directors. M. H. Nukui.hkn, Sec. miles from town, nearly all of this in 3 year old Spitz and Newtowns. This is a very de sirable tract and in one of the very best locations on the east side, within 1 mile of railroad, church, school and store. Terms $5,000 down. $10, 500 -Ten acres 3 miles from town, 9 acres in 3, 5 and 6 year old trees, and about 75 trees in full bearing. House, barn, well, and small fruits of all kinds. Terms f 1,000 down. G. Y. EDWARDS & CO. Office Oregon Hotel Building Water IVorra on the Farm Th, thtt-t juat what w una-ml wolrr work; nnniaff water in th kitchen, tht bathroom, tta laundry, th barn ia fact, all Orel the place. And it all dona by that tank jrou ara la Iht lower left band corner of Ihia picture the Leader Byitetn. u itunT omrreni from the old-faahioned derated tank which worked by (rarity, for the Leader Water Supply byslrm la operated y tomfrtuta air reliable, aala and cleanly. Your windmill pumpe aster into the lank (which ia already full of air). The air. being elastic, ia compreaaed Into appcr part of lha tank, and forces the water out through the pipea. This fives yon a prcn-ire, so that powerful stream ef water ia en Up at every faucet. Do matter where it ia located. And this means aiso lult Jtrt-froUctwn, for the preaaura ia otwayt an and always ready. Now, the old style gravity tanks were either pat ia the attic or sit mated on high tower out of doors. In tha former case, their weight whan full, cracked the plastering; or they overflowed or leaked. Hooding tne rooms ociow. v In the case of the outside tanks, tne water ottea s froze solid la winter, necessitating expensive plumb- v I ing bills; or it became hot and stagnant during the summer and unfit for use. The Leader Wafer Supply System avoids all this, because the alr-tlght tank la either in the basement or buried under ground below the froat line. Every outfit U complete, with full directions, and ia easilv installed. The Leader System needs do repairs, is suited to small buildings or large, ana is moderate in price. Let na send you onr free baoklei. "How I Solved the Water Supply Problem." the i story of a man bo auceiesfullr equipped his country home with, modern water worka w Write for It today, before yon forget aTV III I I' ail rs a? I V" n LEACCR TANK 7jm Apple Land and Orchard Company Offioo, Mo. O Oak Street, Phone 26 or 2002K, Hood River Fancy Apples in Fancy Packages Our Specialty Fancy Packages, containing one to 112 Extra Fancy Hood River Apples. Send a Sample to Eastern Friends Express prepaid anywhere in United States or Canada. :::::: ROBINSON Commercial Club Booth & de REDDING Hood River, Oregon For Lime, Cement and House Plaster See STRANAHAN & CLARK Stanley Smith Lumber Company Wholesale and Retail Lumber, Lath, Shingles Etc. Lumber delivered to any part of the Valley "7YVTT yvtvyev'sV'i"yyiTX'VT7fTVT T T j WOOD & HUGGINS Fancy and Staple Groceries E Preferred Stock, Heinz's 57 varieties Pickles, Krout, j r Mince Meat, Catsup, Apple Butter, Etc. Splendid 3 V line of canned Tomatoes and Corn atlO cents 4 SOLE AGENTS FOR PURE WHITE FLOUR j ...Your orders will receive onr best attention... 5 M Tzzzxxzxzzxziiiixzxixzr W. S. NICHOL ORCHARD LANDS AND CITY REALTY i Nichol Building Hood River Heights zzzzzzzzzzz Davidson BIdg Phone 98