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10 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS," WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1910 BRAGG MERCANTILE COMPANY Mid-Winter BRAGG MERCANTILE COMPANY LAODES' COATS 1-3 FD It is not our policy to carry over from one season to another, anything in this line, so we sacrifice the price to your advantage. This means Misses Coats 1-3 Off $30 Coats for 25 $25 Coats $16.75 $20 Coats for $13.35 $15 Coats for $10 $12 Coats for $8 Overcoats for Hen and Boys 25 per cent off on Winter or Warm Overcoats. Children's Coats 1-4 Off 10 Coats for 6.75 $8 Coats for 5.35 6 Coats for U ; Come early and get the choice of these bargains j Included in this Special Sale will be Winter Dress Goods, Kamonas, Waists, Wool Blankets, wool Shirts and about 300 Pairs of Shoes. We reserve the right to withdraw these prices after the 20th. The cold snap is liable to come any time. Don't delay buying now or you may be sorry. Wool Underwear At greatly reduced prices, that we haven't time to describe, but included in this is Men's Wool Underwear for as low as 68c per garment, and up to high class goods at proportionate prices. Everything goes in wool Men's, Boys', Ladies' and Children's. HOOD RIVER TO HAVE NEW $30,000 DEPOT (Continued from Page 1) It was stated li.v Mr. O'Brien that It was expected to commence work on the station In sixty days, or about Arll 1st. iMirlng I tie discission It wan dis covered that some favored the Idea of having the baggage room moved to the east end of the depot and the waiting room transferred to the went end. A vote was taken and the majority favored having the respee tlve apartments remain an planned liy the company. Another vote wan then taken as to the selection of the exterior finish and the pressed brick Forty Thousand Prescriptions Have Been Filled at This Store In The Past Ten Years This record shows better than anything else the confidence placed in this store both by the Doctor and the Patient Chas. N. Clarke GLACIER PHARMACY Hood River :: :: Oregon Don't Leave the Hood River District WITHOUT INVESTIGATING Mosier Valley Natural advantages for fruit growing unexcelled. Land prices hare doubled in lat two years but are not half that asked for similar land in other sect ion a Buy now before speculators add their profits. Commercial Club of Mosier MOSILH. OREOON 6 Miles East of Mood River, Oregon To the discriminating Housewife:- We have installed some new machinery and CUPID FLOUR will now make the bohitest. 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 TKixJer Jm Hood Riser ITliCCing Company and pebble dash was selected. The new citation will eoxt about f:!0,0Uu. At t lit conclusion of the conference the otticluls were warmly thanked (or the proposed new station nod also for their courtesy In presenting the matter to the club for 1 1 ap proval. The erection of the station will make several alterations In the railroad yard necessary and the work will le commenced shortly. While the new station Is In theeonrse of construction the oll depot will le moved across the tracks onto the railroad's right of way, opposite where It now stands, arid It Is possi ble that the company will make ar rangements for the protection of pedestrians by a temporary over head crossing. CENTRAL SELLING PLAN FAILS TO MATERIALIZE (Continued from Page 1) of the best prude "extra faucy." John F. Sugrue, of Cashmere, Wash., favored three grades "extra faucy," "fancy" and "('." When the main question reached the delegates for the vote. It proposed that the three grades. I- "extra fancy," "standard" ami "C." This passed, it. E. Meat-ham, of Walla Walla, after pleading for a change of this grading, secured consent for the appointment of a committee to prepare a definition of the grades at the meeting at Walla Wallu. The convention discussed National apple box legislation. ('. E. Whistler devoted an hour to dissecting the law and Its application to the apple Industry of the Northwest. There was present at the opening session, which was called to order by II. ('. At well, president of the Ore gon Horticultural SK-lety, over 100 fruit growers from all parts of the Northwest, and leading apple cultur Ists from three states took part In the proceedings. Ex-iovernor Miles C. Moore, of Washington, Judge Fre mont Wood, of Hi ilse. Idaho; Miles Cannon, of Weiser, Idaho; E. (,'. lien son, of Prosser, Wash., ex-presldent of the Washington State Horticul tural Society; C E. hlsler, of Med ford, representing the Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association; H. C. Atwell, of Forest (irove, Or., pres ident of the Oregon State Horticul tural Society; J. N. Stone, of Milton, Or;H. C. Richards, of North Yaki ma, Wash.; A. I. Rateham, of Mo sier, Or , and C. H. Sproat, of Hood River, Or., were among the more active spirits of the enterprise. The strongest opposition to the plan proposed came through the talk of E. H. Shepard, editor of Retter Fruit. Mr. Shepard maintained that there was no way for an organlza tloti at least he had heard of no plan which would equalize the val ues between the apples produced In the various districts. He was cer tain that there was no chance for over production. That he regarded as H bug-ft-hoo created by the rail roads and the press. "All government statistics," he said, "that! have leen able to get hold of. all the Information that I have gathered, and all the Interviews with old time nurserymen go to show that over production Is Impos sible, In apples at least. There Is no such thing as over production In this country of any fiol product. There may Is- faults of distribution In the sales end, but to talk of over-pro dm tlon for a continuous numlerof years that has never occurred anil cannot occur In any known food product." Mr. Miles Cannon, of Weiser, Idaho, a big shipper and grower, paid his respect to the railroads and aroused some applause when he said that he was asked to speak on the subject of "Will It Be a Trust or Bust?" "Well," said the speaker, "If It Is a trust It will bust, according to Na tional law, but to handle commerce these days It must be a trust, bust or no bust. "It Is my conviction, with the enormous Increase In the apple crop likely to take place, something must be done In the way of united co-oper-atlou to bring about a protlt to the fruit-grower. Not only is the selling end of the business In dire straits, but we have an equally serious prob lem In handling the railroad rate question. "I sold, last year, 16 cars from my own orchard. My freight bill was large, but I make no complaint on that. I remember of shipping two cars, one to Chicago und the other to St. I.ouls. In each case the cars were 24 days making the trip and the upples were baked, utterly worth less, and I lost the sale. I shipped a car to Dallas. Texas, of the very choicest of apples, and they were i!N days on the trip. Of course they were practically worthless and all 1 could get was 40 cents a box when sold to peddlers. I could get noth ing in tlie way of redress from the railway." "I am of the opinion." said Judge Fremont Wood, of Uolse, Idaho, "that the apple-growing Industry of the Northwest Is In danger, so far as protlt-sharlng Is concerned. Not less than 10,000 cars of apples were ship ped ut of the Tactile Northwest during the past season. That repre sents 9,000,liH) boxes. President El liott hus declared that the output of the Northwest alone In the near fu ture will be 100,000 cars. This means tiO.000.ooo boxes, which equals the en tire output of the United States at the present time. Such conditions .are certainly productive of the ques tion on the part of the grower, 'What of the future?' "I am not making these sugges tions as the result of a pessimistic view, but rather to encourage the Idea of preparing for changed condi tions. Fruitgrowing is to le the big Industry of the Northwest. It Is a known fact that our crop just har vested was the largest and the finest ever produced In the United States. The conditions for a rich harvest were Ideal, .vet it is a well known fact that the market for barrel stoek has Is-en good and the market for boxed apples, for various reasons, has lsen hammered down by auction offerings of the highest classes and sold at ru inous prices. Some way must be provided to keep our goods nway from the auction blocks In the con gested centers. "There Is a great opportunity for the production of 'tipple by-products' and I Is-lleve that the fruit-grower can Is-tter devote his time to creat ing a revenue out of this end of his business rather than ship his Inferior apples to the east. Unless the fruit growers devise some met hod of dis posing of their product, I feel certain that the fruit Industry Is not what he has pictured It. "I hIso cotmlder the restoration of the distribution rate, esHTlaly upon the transcontinental lines, a matter of vital Importance to the Northwest states. Several years ago a distrib utive rate w as given over the Union I'aclllc system west of Omaha. This enabled some of the growers In Southwest Idaho to go Into the ter rltory west of Omaha and dispose ol their car lots In the smaller towns at the Omaha freight plus a small switching charge." New Contracting Firm A new firm of contractors has just been formed under the name of The W. , Alilred Company, and consist ing of W. j. Aldred. C. A. Cass and 0. I). Wood worth. The company has or.eued an office on Fourth street, opposite the Hartley block, and will do general contracting work. A specialty will Is; made of furnishing crushed rock for high ways, and excavating. The com pany has purchased a new rock crusher with a capacity of l."0 yards a day, and states that it will la able to furnish this material at a less cost than gravel or other material of this nat'ire. It now has the contract for the cement curb and gutter work on Oak street, and exjM-ts to bid on other street work. Deucouess Knight, connected with the Episcopal church, was here for a day or two last week in connection with her duties. "BOXES ! Apple and Pear Boxes Stanley-Smith Lumber COMPANY S. EI. BARTMESS Funeral Director and Practical Embalmer ESTABLISHED 18 YEARS MOOD RIVER, OREGON HIP YOUR APPLE WITH THE DAVIDSON FRUIT I II COMPANY and get the benefit of SEVENTEEN YEARS SUCCESSFUL EXPE- RIENCE IN HANDLING THIS FRUIT. Our careful attention and N experience shows in the promptness and amount of the returns. SHIPPING WAREHOUSE 8 Foot of Third Street Phone No. 65