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4 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. MARCH 15, 1911 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS n aunaiD viiinbdit hobnino t MOOD Rl r.R NEWS COMPANY, Inc. Hood Rivaa, Oiiwn W. H. WALTON Editob C. P. 80NN1CHSEN MaNAiisa Subscription, $1.50 a Year in Advance Enter! aa iwitid cUm matter. Feb. 10. at lh pout offica at Hood Rirr. Oregon. wxUr tha Art of March X. Cold Feet" A decided note of pessimism seems to have crept into the minds of a small portion of Hood River residents who have become fearful for the continued pros Ierity of the valley. There does not seem to be any well founded reason for this feel ing, and as a matter of fact, from a correct view point there is none. We discover that this pessimistic note is largely con fined to a speculative element rather than those w ho are in the apple raising business for a live lihood and whose intentions are to remain permanent residents of Hood River. As far as a large buying of fruitlands at boosted prices is concerned it looks as if this phase of "orcharding" had reached its limit and that opera tions in fufure will be confined to a more natural and purely business basis. This statement should not be construed to mean that a number of large and legit imate orchard development pro jects will not be successful. It should mean, however, that at tempts to unload tracts of land that are not what they should be for fruit raising will cease and that the business of selling prop erty for the commission or profit that may be made, regardless of its actual worth, has run its course. If the note of pessimism is occasioned by the absence of opportunities to engage in the practices just mentioned, instead of being cause for apprehension there is very cogent reason for renewed public confidence. The absence of speculation means a a safe adjustment of land values and assures satisfaction to inves tors. As to those who may have be come disturbed over the apple marketing situation, there should be no cause for pessimism. For several years it has been known by those who have studied the situation that the conditions un der which the fruit of the valley was being sold were not normal, and that it would require a larger output to determine what must be done in the future. The sea son of 1910 has to a large extent furnished the basis on which fu ture methods will depend and there is no doubt but what the situation will be taken care of intelligently. The conditions this year that have pointed the way to the necessity for a read justment have been far from dis astrous. In fact, all things con sidered, the experience has been most fortunate and timely. Methods can now be adopted that should insure fixed results and the disadvantages that oc curred this year avoided in future. Notwithstanding the mutter ing of the croaker, the financial status of the valley was never in better condition than at the present time, bank deposits showing a substantial increase during the past three months, and the largest amount of cash is now in the local institutions in their history. Outside of a general financial upheaval there should be, then, a continuance of prosperity, pro gress and development in both city and country. There is every reason for taking this view and it requires no prophetic power to.tion off his mind. say that in the comparatively -rne board of archbishops in near future the Hood River coun-j England which has under cons'd- try will have attained a stage of ration a revision of the 1ri progress and development that j Commandments would please will cause the pessimist to look ;8ome ,jeopie better by abolishing back on his gloomy forebodings I tnf.m altogether as acute attacks of "cold feet." MoreoveI. ex.Kinf Manue, One of the prominent captains, ought not to kick as to the ab of industry announces thafthere' sent treatment accorded him by are not enough $10,000,000-a-year the Portuguese. Fifty thousand men in this country." Personally dollars per annum to stay away a good many men will agree with from home is a good, juicy plum him. all right. The Red Cross Society Distressing episodes like this of the plague and famine in Chi na, says the Portland Telegram, bring to mind that suggestion made some time since, that there should be national appropriation for the American Red Cross So ciety. President Taft approved that suggestion, it was discussed in a sort of off-hand, half-heart ed manner and then, so far as any one knows, was dismissed. Conditions that now prevail in China, and the time that it takes to relieve those conditions by private appeal, make it manifest, as it has been manifested on several occasions, that it would be good sense and practical char ity for a scheme to be worked out among civilized nations by which the Red Cross Society might be generously endowed. The Red Cross Society always has some money at its disposal, but never enough to deal in a prompt manner, with an occasion of great distress like that which now obtains in t-nina; and in such cases promptness is the es sence of relief. The Red Cross Society is the one effective agent of charity which can best relieve distress in any quarter of the elobe. and there should be no stint of Christian generosity in eauipping it with the means of doing its good work most effect ively. If, with reference to the ex isting Chinese distress, for ex ample, the Red Cross Society had had ample funds, food could have been sent to those starving people in abundance while the printer's ink was drying on the appeals made by the newspapers to the various communities in this country. This is the sort of work which a Christian people must consider as worth doing well, and if well done, it must be done promptly. We should hear more of this proposed national endowment for the Red Cross Society, and what we hear should be to good and effective purpose. Pertinent and Impertinent Miss Canada better wait till she's asked. To be an importer in New York, now, is to be suspected of being a smuggler. Milwaukee soon is to have a convention of coroners. This does nol mean that it is a dead town. It will require a modern card index system to keep track of Captain Hobson's Japanese war scares. Trousers this spring and sum mer will be worn much longer than usual. Probably until late in the fall. There are some 400,000 auto mobiles in use in this country. And yet there are not enough miles to go 'round. Texas is already celebrating Onion Day, in anticipation, prob ably, of those reciprocity beef steaks from Canada. We venture to say that when Senator Lorimer made his im passioned defense Senator Till man wept some more. Large sums of money should not be carried in the pockets. It makes them bulge unbecomingly !and noymg to one's friends, Massachusetts may raise a few dollars by a bachelor tax; but think of the enormous amount it could get by a tax on old maids. Senator Aldnch says he has not been so well in years. Evi dently it has done the senator a lot of good to get the tariff ques- It isn't necessary to work an electrical keyboard to see Captain Hobson perform. All that one has to do is to make a noise like a Japanese. A Democrat was one of the most fervent, fast and furious defenders of an accused Republi can senator. This reciprocity business seems to be spreading. The question resolves itself into this: Is the Republican convention of 1912 going to be able to "point w ith pride" to the fact that it gave the country rec iprocity w ith Canada. DUNBARS NEXT IN LYCEUM COURSE The name "Dunbar" In s.vnono tnoua with blh class entertainment. For twelve year thelyceuru world from the Atlantic to the Pacific hau been entertained by this remarkable organization. Thin company eon Mixta of four sreat entertainer, att ainted by Mm. Dunbar, who In widely known for her child and character lmpernonntloimv The I unlar present a popular program, with many distinct feat ures and novelties. Ax a male quartette, the Duubarg present a varied program of popular numlterx. Including many numbers written expeclally for them and used by them alone. The quartette In eludes a number of humorous mu sical selections. A popular feature Is the musical handbells. The set of bells used by the Dunbarx conslxts of a magnificent series of two hundred bells, weighing from twelve ounces to thirty-four pounds each. These were cast by an English firm especially for the Dun barx, under the personal direction of Mr. Italph Dunbar. Delightful chamber music Is fur uislied by this versatile organization. Mr. Halph Dunbar Is a flute soloist of high rank. Kaon member of the Dunbar com pany Is a thoroughly trained artist, whose xol ia constitute a distinctive and pleasing feature of every pro gram. Mr. Harry Dunbar offers a number of humorous monologues mnl com edy numbers, while Mrs. Kalph Dun bar, featuring "The Little (loose Ulrl," offers a novelty entirely new to the lyoeum. The Dtinburs appear In Hood River, as the next number of the Ly ceum Course, on the evening of April 1st, at H o'clock. Tckets for the Dunbars are now on sale. WOMAN'S LEAGUE ELECTSOFFICERS The election of officers of The league was held at the residence of Karl Uartmess, Wednesday, March Sth, at IJ o'clock p. ni., with Mrs. Alma Howe as president, and re sulted as follows: President, Mrs. Allda Shoemaker; 1st vice presldeht, Mrs. Sue Arm strong; 2nd vice president, Mrs. V. L. I'pson; treasurer, Mrs. J. V. Klgby. Executive committee, Mrs. M. I'arklns, Mrs. Shoemaker, Mrs. KlKby. The Chautauqua class was then assigned the following lesson: The geography of England and the his tory of the country to the middle of the fourteenth century; Social his tory of Kugland; Twenty centuries of Ktigllsh history; Britain as the Romans found It and left It; History of Scotland; 1 he 1-euual system as Introduced by the Normaus; The Nor mans; Christianity In Kngland; Al fred the (ireat; Henry II; Constable of the Tower. The next meeting of theChautau qua class will l.e at the residence of Mrs. Allda Shoemaker on Friday at 2 o'clock p. tn. and the league meet ing at the same place at ' p. in. OATS FOR tptmo PUMTINQ CLIMAX yielding. Karhr.t maturing, Whit Trw Oat. I'roduc. iw bo. rr tcr on dry bi.l laud CHAUENQE Hl wmta SMa Oat vr fruwn. fiaut Fall or ftprlaf . Tlf-lU from 1"0 to 12S bualiela per acre, auluraa la 1 Mara, taiaaia. Cttalai Ha. H ana Prleat aa Rtqutrt. FORTLAN D STOD CO. Fartlaad, Oragaa HENRY N. HACKETT Surveyor Draughtsman .111 Kinds of Subdividing Acrumru Guaranteed Phona 41. Residence, Z43-K ci DR. F C. BROSIUS Physician and Surgeon Raaidenea. Oak and Park. Offica. Oak and Sacond Offloahoura, 10 to 11 a. bl. t to3and.Tto8B. m. Rooma t 4 and &. Braaiua Block. Hood ftivar. Or. H. L. DUMBLE Physician and Surgeon Calls promptly aiuwarad in town or country, day or night. TUphonaa-Raaidncall. Offlc 61S. Offica In tha Broaiua Building;. DR. E. O. DUTRO Physician and Surgeon Offica ovar Firat National Bank Horn phona.Raa.71BOfnca phona 71 Hood Rirar, SHAW & BRONSON Physicians and Surgeons Eliot Block .Phona 34 Hood River. Oreg-on J. F. WATT. M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office, Homa phona 30. Residenca, SOB Hood River. Oregon Dr. M. H. Sharp Dr. Edna B. Sharp DRS. SHARP Osteopathic Physicians Graduates of the American School of Oateopathy. Kirksville. Ho. Office in Eliot Buildin Phone-Otflce 102. Reaidence 10B-B. Hood River. Oregon C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. Dentist Office. Hall Building-, over Butler Banking Co. Offica phona 28. Reaidence phona 28-B Hood River. Oregon H. Dudley W. Pineo, D. D. S. Dentist Office over Fimt National Bank Office Home phona 131. Re dene-H me 1S1-B Hood R.ver, Oretron DR. E. L. SCOBEE Dentist Open evenings by appointment Rooms 6 ai.U 7, Broaiua Buitdinv. Fhone 30 Hood River. Oregon M. E. WELCH Licensed Veterinarian Hood River. Oregon DERBY & WILBUR Lawyers Rooma S and 4. First National Bank Building Hood River. Oregon E. H. HARTWIC Attorney at Law Smith Block, over Firat National Bank Phone 168 Hood River, Oregon F. C. HOWELL Attorney at Law L. A. HENDERSON Graduate Civil Engineer Formerly V. S. Land Surveyor Philippine Inlands 1 wo doors north of poatofnee. Phona 41 JAYNE & WATSON Lawyers Hall Building Hood River, Oregon ERNEST C. SMITH LAWYER Rooma 14 and 15. Hall Building Hood River. Oregon A. C. BUCK Notary Public and Insurance Agent Room 12. Broaiua Block Hood River, Oregon MURRAY KAY CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR Phonk .12 Baoniui Builmno Hood Rivaa P. M MORSE City Engineer and Surveyor CITY AND COUNTY WORK Heilbronner Building Hood River, Oregon HOCKEN BERRY & BARTLETT ARCHITECTS Heilbronner Bit'ldlng' HOOD RIVER, OREGON Phone C. P.SUMNER Opposite the Post Office Hum Phona SO Spray and Garden llosc Plumbing rat.AAAAJaJa ALBERT SUTTON Hrcbitect Haul Building Hood River, Oregon M. NIGUMA Japanese Jovetties Kutane and Tokyo Dishes. Bamboo Furniture. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE Oak Street, Horner 1st Phone 160 W. J. BAKER Real Estate Loans Insurance APPLE AND STRAWBERRY LAND A SPECIALTY Correspondence Solicited A. VV. ONTHIK NOTARY PUBfclC Dealer in CITY PROPERTY Legal Papers carefully drawn. Money loaned on First Mortgages Fire Insurance in best Companies. Surety Bonds of all kinds. Stenography and Typewriting. Business promptly attended to. B06 Oak Street Hood River Kent & Garrabrant Confectionery, Cigars Fishing Tacklt Spauldlng's Sporting Goods All Kinds of Soft Drinks Oak Street, opposite Smith Block. Hood River. C. G. VAN TRESS Public Stenographer AND Notary Public ELIOT BLOCK Phone 308-M For Rent Desirable offices in the new Heilbronner Bldg. These are the best ap pointed offices in the city. Get a comfortable office and watch your business grow. J. D. HLILBRO INNER, 0W1CP MT. HOOD RAILROAD TIME TABLE NO. Effective IJ:tl A. M-t October fffc, 111 Southbound Northbound A. M. Stations V. M- 8.00 Hood River 4.00 8.05 Powerdale 3.55 8.15 Switchback 3.45 8.35 Van Horn 3.15 8.40 Mohrs 3.10 8.55 Odell 3.00 9.10 Summit 250 9.20 Bloucher 2.45 9.40 Winans 2.35 9.45 Ar. Dee Lv. 2.30 10.30 Lv. Dee Ar. 2.00 10.40 Troutcreek 1.55 11.00 Woodworth 1.35 11.15 Ar. Parkdale Lv. 1.30 X. WILSON. Agent Hutmcrllie for the New a. STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION OF THE Butler Banking Company, of Hood River, Ore. At the Close of Business, March 7, 1911 RESOURCES: Loans and Discounts $501,740.00 Bonds and Warrants - 18,385.37 Office Fixtures and Furniture 5,505.09 Cash on Hand and in Other Banks 217.223.91 $742,854.43 LIABILITIES: Capital Stock $ 50,000.00 Earned Surplus and Undivided Profits 57,138.77 Deposits 635,715.66 $742,854.43 Class Livery Transfer and Livery company Freight and Baggage Transfer ii i GliNERAL STORAOU NKW KKSIHKXTS We are always pleased to extend courteous as sistance to new residents of Hood River and the Hood River Valley by advising them regarding any local conditions within our knowledge, and we afford every convenience for the transaction of their finan cial matters. New accounts are respectfully and cordially invited and we guarantee satisfaction. Sav ings department in connection. HOOD RIVER BANKING & TRUST CO., "XgoS" Stanley Smith Lumber Company FIRST NATIONAL BANM HOOD RIVER, OREGON Capital and Surplus $122,000.00 Savings Department Safety Boxes and Storage Vaults orf ICLRS F. S. STANLEY, President li. O. IU.ANCHAR, Cashier J. W. HINRICMS, V-i'resldent V. C. BROCK, Ass't. Cashier DIRECTORS F. S. Stanley J. W. Hlnrichs ). McDonald C. Dethman A. D. Moe ONLY THE BEST is our motto THAT IS WHY toe handle Chateau Neuf Olive Oil Imixrrted Kxdumvrly by 25c and 65c For Mixlicinal Keir Cass RELIABLE DRUGGISTS -Smith Block, Hood River, Oregon- Phone 5 MOOD KlVliK, OKUQON. Wholesale and Retail Lumber, Lath, Shingles Etc. Lumber delivered to any part of the Valley. ..... ALFRED W RIG 1 11 a Uottle or Table Uaa