i;HE HOOD RIVER NEWS
VOLUME 6, NUMBER 42
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1910
SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEAR
Apple Growers Union
Has Very Busy Season
Hood River Apples Reach Principal Markets
Throughout the United States and Europe
Fur the first time In the history of
t be Hood lllver apple Industry are
the tnauy localities outside the city
of New York privileged to eat the
Hood lllver apples. The crop of
previous years has been principally
marketed in New York City. Thin
year, however, Hhlpmeuts are going
abroad and many sections of the
United States will get a taste of the
Hood lllver fruit.
Shipments will this year be made
to Boston, Philadelphia. Pittsburg,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, Min
neapolis, St. Louis, Oniaba, Mem
phis, Fargo.Dennlson.San Francisco,
Los Angeles and Dallas. Fort Worth
aud Beaumont, Texas. Each of these
cities will receive a consignment of
fancy Spltx, and most of the Oregon
leds, Hen Davis, (ianos and other
mixed varieties will be marketed In
Texan this season, where a good
SHORTAGE OF CARS
HANDICAPS SHIPMENT
The car shortage at Hood lllver 1
causing a heavy storage of applts at
the local cold htorage plants. The
Davidson Fruit Co. has stopied
hauling apples to the shipping points
along the Mt. Hood railroad line,
awaiting the arrival of refrigerator
cars from the l'nlon Pacific and
Northern Pacific lines. Apples are
accumulating lu large lots at the
warehouse of the Apple Growers'
l'nlon for the same reiwou. It Is evi
dent that in a year or two storage
and trackage facilities will need to
be doubled in order to handle the
Hood lllver apple crop with dis
patch. Time in delivery Is a very
essential factor in the marketing of
a fruit crop.
REAL ESTATE MEN MAKE BIG SALES OF LAND
What is considered by the Nlchol &
Hadlock real estate tlrin to be a
hummer sale, If not a top-notcher,
was the one consummated Monday
when they sold twenty acres of the
Chris Dethman ranch to H. F. Glea
soti of the Kansas City Vehicle Com
pany of Kansas City, Mo., manufac
turers of the Gleasou automobiles.
The tract of land which was sold
was that which lies back of Mr.
Dethman's old ranch, adjoining the
Apple Laud & Orchard Co.'s proper
ty. The price paid for the land was
f.M.OOO, which If rated at $1000 per
acre for the part in three and four
year old trees, and fMH) er acre for
the unimproved part, is considered a
record prl-re when figured from the
standpoint of Improvements. Mr.
Gleason Is a brother-in-law of John
W. Palmer of Meadowbrook farm.
Herlert O. Bragg, of the Bragg
Mercantile Co., has purchased 20
acres of Hue orchard land from J. L.
Itoberts, assistant manager of the
OREGON FARMS' WEALTH
VALUED AT $115,000,000
Oregon'sngrleulturul products this
year will amount to no less than
$ll.",000,ooo, according to the esti
mate of Dr. James VYIthyeomlH', di
rector of the government exerluient
station at Corvallls. Add to this
figure the many millions derived
from Its timber, manufactures, min
ing and commerce, and It Is not sur
prising thnt Oregon Is so prosperous
a state. Dr. Wlthycombe's estimate
of the year's crops and their values
follows:
Livestock f J.'i.OOO.OOO
Dairy products 14,000,000
Wheat, 17,000,000 bushels ... 1:),7."m,000
Huy.'.HHl.OOO tons in.ooo.nou
Oats, 11,000,000 bushels (i.OOO.OOO
Potatoes, 6,000,000 bushels ."i.OOO.OOO
Fruit f.,000.000
Poultry products 5,000,000
Wool, 20,000,000 pounds 4,000,000
Hops, HO, INK) bales 3.000,000
Miscellaneous products 2:l,2.'0,(NN)
Total ..
... fll5.ooo.ooo
Improvements on Durham Street
Indications are that something
will be doing on Durham street In
the near future. The street west of
l.'Uh Is being oxned, the trees cut
down and stakes put down. It Is
reported that several house are con
templated being built In that neigh
borhood next spring.
market Is open.
In an interview with Manager
Chun. Sproat, of the Hood lllver Ap
ple Growers' L'nlon, he stated that
about 2tK) cars had gone forward
and that this would represent ap
proximately one-third of this year's
crop. Speaking of the car shortage,
Mr. Sprout stated that it was a very
serious matter as it might result In
the cancellation of orders, but that
It was practically Impossible to get
the cars Mt the present time.
"A queer thlng'hnppened the other
day," sulil Mr. Sproat. "We received
an order by wire from Los Angeles
for a car of 4' tier Fancy Jonathans
and lu a few minutes received a tele
graphic order for a car of the same
fruit from Providence, It. I. Two
cities, one at the extreme east and
the other at the west side of the
United States."
MOST IDEAL PLAGE
IN ALLTHE .WORLD
That a movement Is on foot to
make the Upper Hood lllver Vulley
the linest summer resort In the world
In apparent to the close observer of
the trend of things In that neighbor
hood of millionaire residences, scenic
splendor, delightful climate, won
derful productiveness and good roads
a place which for the work of Na
ture und the handicraft of man has
no eiiual.
For the first time since the return
of Governor Benson from California,
he called at the capltol Thursday
afternoon aud spent an hour looking
over the great bulk of business now
on hand In the secretary of state de
partment. The governor is fust re
gaining his strength.
Fast Hood lllver Fruit Company, at
Mosier. The land, which Is In the
Oak Grove district of Hood Klver
valley, will be set to apple trees and
otherwise Improved.
(5. D. Culbertson & Co. sold SO acres
of land on the east side, known as
the H. M Metc-lf place, to Bradley
Bros. The transfer was made Satur
day. The new owners will Improve
part of the tract.
Advertise Fine Menu
By looking over the advertisement
of the supper to le served at Hotel
Oregon Friday evening you will note
that thecourees will be such that the
most epicurean devotees to the lux
uries of the table will Is? able to sat
isfy their tastes and desires. And
while partaking of the edibles sweet
music will waft on the air of the
dlnlug room ami grill.
Special Dinner
Another of the Mt. Hood Hotel s
special Sunday evening dinners will
Is' served next Sunday from 0:00 to
7:.'!0 p. m. A choice musical program
will le rendered by the Mandolin and
Guitar Club.
Events of XVorld Wide Interest Ticturcd For
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News Snapshots
Of (he Week
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Hughe of New Vork resigned, and Horace K. White beenme executive of the Empire State. Walter Brooklus raced with a truln from Chicago to Spring
field, 111. The fight to keep out cholera Is being led by Dr. A. II. Doty of New York,
Observe Golden Anni-O ersary
Mr. und Mrs. Newton Clark cele
brated their fiftieth wedding anni
versary on October 14. In company
with the members of their family re
siding in Hood lllver. A pleasant
surprise came In a shower of Dearly
two hundred congratulatory letters
from Oregon to New York, embrac
ing not only many of their old
friends, but subordinate lodges of
the A. O. U. W., of which he has so
Commercial
Practical Advertising
Consignments of Hood
To Be Seen in Eastern
One of the most efficient methods
of advertising the resources of a
community Is by and through an ob
ject lesson. The injunction of the
good book, "By their fruits ye shall
know them," will hold good In this
case. The apple will be a more po
tent lesson than the story.
Hood lllver has for several years
held the record for placing liefore the
public the very best and finest adver
tising literature gotten out by any
community In the state. However,
HOOD RIVER BAND
GLEANS UP $400
That the baud carnival given by
the Hood lllver band was a great
success Is evident from the fuct that
the baud boys cleaned up over 400.
This sum Is about lt'O per cent above
what the fruit fair received last year
out of the shows. After this leave It
to the band boys. Sure! The boys
expect to secure an Instructor and to
spend their money in training quar
ters. Koberg Dikes Garden Ground
That Hood lllver land Is becoming
valuable is evidenced by the fact
thnt John Kolerg will soon have a
dredger at work diking off about
twenty acres of ground that Is now
occupied by the Columbia
river.
Mr. Koberg is one of the most sue-
cessful gardeners In the state and
has established a wide trade In Port
land for ids garden truck. The dike
New Bank Independent
Of Apple Growers Union
Rumor That Apple Growers Union Will Be
Connected With Banking Institution Untrue
As announced lu last week's issue
of the Hood lllver News that a new
banking institution would occupy
the Jackson corner on Oak and
Third streets, rumors were nil oat on
the street that.the new bank, that
is to lie known as the Apple Grow
ers Hank, was oeing financially
backed by the Hood River Apple
Growers' Union. In an Interview
with Chas. Sproat, manager of the
Apple Growers' Union, It was
learned that the union was In 110
way Interested In the new banking
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The uprising in Portugal was (be most important news event of the week King Manuel was vsrlously reported a captive and
a fleeing monarch. The consecration of St. I'ntrU k"s cathedral In New York wns one of the greatest eveuts In American Cath
olic history. The swamping of a boat of the butt lchip New llnmpthire in the Hudson river cost the lives of more than n score
of Bailors. The Democrats of Wvoinlni: have nominated John M. Carey, an InxurKcnt ltepubllean, for governor. Governor
long been a member, and also from
the grand anil supreme otllcers of
that order.
Fifty years ago they had no tele
phoni'H, no bicycles, no air ships, no
"Joy rides" lu automobiles, but amid
all the changes of the world and the
Innovations of the divorce courts,
the simple pledges of "ye olden time"
have remained undisturbed and the
old folks are going to try it still
longer.
Club to Do
River's Best Apples
Centers of Population
it has been a little behind the pro
cession In the matter of advertising
through the apple placed on display
in store windows on the crowded
thoroughfares of the large eastern
cities.
Hood lllver will be in evidence this
year throughout the east and middle
west with flue displays of apples
that w ill be shown In the most ad
vantageous places.
Secretary Skinner of t he Commer
cial Club will accompany the exhib
its cant and arrange for their display.
BAND CARNIVAL
GREAT SUCCESS
The Hood lllver Band Carnival
closed Its reign of fun and fury Sat
urday night at 12 o'clock, and us the
last echo of the small boy and speller
who were shouting the praises of
the side shows and fortune wheels
died away, the band boys closed
their tirnt annual carnival with great
success. The citizens of Hood lllver
will swear by their bund, and are al
ways ready to do anything within
their ower to help the local band
boys. Many of the attractions of
the Arnold shows were educative,
and especially was this true of the
aeroplane exhibited, that afforded the
citizens an opportunity to study it
i at close hand. 1 lie balloon nscen-
Klana n-pru n anept-itd ltd tvna flliin t Im
J i,rr,niw- ,1,11.,, tn in ,.11 11... i.,i.h
boys made good.
I will lie fift'-en feet high In some
places.
house.
It is understood that the new
bank will bring about $500,000 of
eastern money into the valley, to be
used through the channels of the
new Institution.
It is doubtful If there Is nnother
city in the entire west with approxi
mately 3,000 Inhabitants that can
boast of four banking houses.
The new bank will be finished after
the Mission architecture, and It Is
stated by Architect Sutton that It
w 111 lie very line.
Commercial
Big Booster Selecting
Enthusiasm Abounds Among the Members of
the Club and All Are Determined to Boost
The meeting of the Commercial
Club held Monday evening was very
largely attended. Many of the. old
and young members were present
and a general good time was had.
Rnthuslusm abounded and all pres
ent renewed their vows to boost a
little harder than ever. Many of the
members made short speeches, urg
ing greater loyalty to the general
Interests of the city and valley. It
was ordered that the club hold a
smoker in the near future, and the
date will be fixed by the board of
directors.
The Commercial Club will work In
conjunction with the Hood lllver
Apple Growers' Union and make
several large displays of apples In a
number of the larger cities of the
middle west and east. C. H. Sproat
will exhibit a car of Kpltzenburgs at
the Spokane Apple Show, aud the
MORE GOOD ROADS
ONJEST SIDE
At the next regular term of the
county court there will be petitions
for three new roadu all Important,
but short. One will be from the
Stanley-Smith mill at Greenpolnt to
Wlnaus station, a distance of about
four miles on an easy grade; another
road will connect the road that Is
ul ready built In the Oak Grove dis
trict up Hood lllver on the west
side, cross the river and connect at
Wlnans. This road will be about
one mile long and will save the west
side people several miles travel.
This will make a new loop to the au
tomobile road connecting the east
and west sides. The third road will
connect the Baldwin and Willow
Flat districts with Wlnans station.
CITY COUNCIL ORDERS
At a meeting of the city council
Monday night It was ordered that
the contract for the improvement of
Cascade avenue, Ninth street and
Eugene street be let to A. L. Doug
lass us per his bid submitted, but
with the exceptlou that he be he held
to purchase or dispose" of the im
provement bonds that might lie
Issued, as the city was in no shape
llnanclally to take the bonds. The
bid of Mr. Douglass was materially
lower than the one submitted by Mr.
Aldred. A remonstrance was filed
by the residents along Cascade av
enue, asking thnt the work lie de
ferred on Cascade avenue until
spring, as it would make the road
Impassable to tear It up this fall.
The remonstrance was filed. 1eKoy
Armstrong filed a plat with the city
of a portion of the Adams acreage
that he desired to have opened up
with a thoroughfare, and will place
the same on the market for residence
purposes, and asked assistance of
the council to open the road leading
to the tract. The matter was re
ferred to the street committee.
Arraigned in Court
Saturday appeared to be bargain
day In Judge Langllle's court. The
Busy Headers
f
Club Holds
Eggermoot orchards will supply a
car of Newtowns. These cars will
be entered for the big prizes at the
apple show, and It In now simply a
matter of signing the checks over to
the Hood lllver growers.
160 Acres of Timber Go la One Cargo
The British tramp steamship,
Knight of the Garter, cleared from
Portland the latter part of last week
with the biggest cargo of lumber
ever floated at this or any other
port. She carries 5,300,000 feet of fir
lumber, weighing approximately
8,743 net tons and valued at $60,000.
It is stated that to produce this one
cargo of finished lumber It would re
quire 100 acres of the best standing
tlmtier In the Pacific northwest. The
destination of the steamer Is north
China, where a large part of the
cargo.conststlng of very large square
timbers, will be resawed by hand.
HUNTING SEASON
OPENEDJATURDAY
The bunting season opened Octo
ber 15. Hunters should post them
selves on protected game on which
the seasou Is closed, or they will get
themselves Into serious trouble while
in the enthusiasm of bagging game.
It Is unlawful to hunt without a
license or to sell any birds killed, to
kill more than five birds In one day
or ten In seven consecutive days. It
is also unlawful to kill any female
Chinese pheasants or to hunt on en
closed land without permission.
Gun store men report a heavier
business than In any previous year.
These are all Important but Inex
pensive roads to build, being from
one to four miles In length.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS
early morning session was taken up
with a coon case. On complaint of
Will Lewis, one of the singers In the
Old Plantation tent, Bert Bolan was
charged with swinging a razor In
the air too freely, while Bert declared
that It was a conspiracy to do him
up, inspired by Jealousy. A quartet
of coons testified that Bert bad
taken a snoot full of booze too
much in this "dry" climate and
that he had become vicious and un
manageable. Several of the darkies
testified that Bert had something up
bis sleeve and down his neck, but
were not sure whether it was razors
or whisky flasks. Bert testified that
It was whisky flasks.
Lou Bradford, who it was said
threatened to kill L. A. Grant, and
who was the speller In front of the
Electric theatre, was also marched
Into Judge Langllle's court and fined
(3 and costs.
The coon got off with a fine of 5
and costs.
THE MAJOR WAS ELATED
OYER HOODRIYER RANCH
Major Fred S. Holsteen, of Bur
lington, Iowa, was a Hood lllver
visitor Monday. He owns 100 acres
of line land in the valley, 40 of which
are In trees. He did not remain here
long, as bis time was limited, but
made It a point to visit this office
and subscrlle for the News. In com
menting ou the major's departure
from Bullngton, a local paper of that
city says: "Major Fred Holsteen de
parted on a combined business and
pleasure trip last evening, which
will take him as far north as north
ern Minnesota and North Dakota
and as far west as the coast. He
will return by way of Denver, and
make a few stops In Kansas and Ne
braska. He has a 3l0-acre wheut
farm in Marshal county, Minnesota,
which he Intends to Inspect, and ills
apple ranch lu the Hood Klver val
lev In Oreiroii will rciulre some at-
I tentlon. There Is a brother in Nuck
! les county, Nebraska, and a sister in
I Berkey. N. D., and there are friends
.everywhere whom he hopes to visit.
I And he expects to cover the long
I trip and meet tunny is-ople aud to do
some hinting and resting, all within
I two week. And there Is the satts
' faction that the boss will neither
1 jaw at ti I in or fire him If the two
! weeks hould lengthen luto three or
four."