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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1911 5 r s s s s s s. is s S s js N s S 160 Acres in good dairy country, to exchange for Hood River Ranch. No incumbrance and none wanted. $6,000. The Hood River District Land Co. THE SMITH BLOCK' HOOD RIVER, OREGON Real Estate And Insurance GEO. W. DIMICK & CO. Next to Mt. Hood Hotel Unimproved Farms a Specialty Office phone 45-L, Residence 345-K ipjg? APPLE WORLD 3 FRED DEITZ TELLS OF FALL OF RICHMOND OLD APPLE TREE YARN SOAKING RAIN HELPS i SAID TO BE A FAKE WENATCHEE APPLES CENTRAL MEAT MARKET P. C. YOUNG, Proprietor i Fresh and Cured Meats, Fish, Oysters BUTTER AND EGGS FREE AXD PROMPT DELIVERY Phone Main 6 Hood River, Oregon y.y 7 : I-:- v y v jl v rro -rr-:j-jrrr-.-.77 j A '5 DRAYING Baggare Furniture and Tianos MonJcd All Kinds of Light and Heavy Work Wood Yard and Feed Store in Connection Office I'hone 20 Residence 23KK TAFT TRANSFER CO. Wholesale and Retail Lumber, Lath, Shingles Etc. Lumber delivered to any part of the Valley Stanley Smith Lumber Co. l'urKnib have recently Ixt-n ap pcurlutr In newMpajn'ru that a younj? upple tree 1m to he plait tori to replace the olil apiile tree under which I.e Miirrendered to (Jrnnt nt Appomat tox. miyn the Wenatchee Itepubllc. This apple tree legend Hurvlves the yearH and all attacks upon It. It Is Much a pleaHlnt;, legend, blending poetry and tragedy, botany und arms, that people persist In believing It. These fruit tree legends the (Jrant apple tree and the George Washington cherry tree are a great ueal hardier than the fruit trees them selves, and live to a riper age. The tipple tree story has very little fact to sustain It. lie did not ttur render under an apple tree, but In the parlor, on the right of the en trance of the house of Wllmer Mc Ix'iin, which set back In a big garden on the main street of the village of Appomattox, about one square from the courthouse. General Iee and his military secretary. Colonel Charles Marshall, entered the Mclean house at !:.'!) o'clock In the afternoon of Ap rll it, 1mm. General Grant was al ready there accompanied by Generals Sheridan, Ord, Ingalls, Rawlins, Seth Winiains, John G. Harnnrd and Col onels Horace Torter, Orvllle K. Bab. cock, Kly S. Parker, Theodore S Mowers, Frederick T. Itent aod Adam Iiadeau. I lie articles of surrender were agreed to, written and signed; the conference was concluded at 4 o'clock and at 4:30 Grant sent the dispatch to Secretnry Stanton announcing the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia. An apple tree and an apple orchard figure la the events leading up to the surrender, and It may take some of the bloom off the story to announce that April, Iv'm, was a backward month, and that at the time of the surrender there was not a leaf or a blossom on any trees around Appo mattox Courthou'. The old orchard long ago disappeared and the village of Appomattox has very nearly dis appeared The courthouse was burned down something over fifteen years ago and a new one was built at Appomattox Station on the Nor folk and Western Iiallroad, three miles southwest i f the surrender vil lage. Nevertheless the Appomattox apple tree story blooms perennially. Growers of North Central Wash ington, fruit growers of the Wenat- cnee alley in about equal measure with wheat growers of tliel'.Ig I '.end have real cause for Jubilation In to day's flue drizzle of rain. The weather man has tieeu kind. The rain came at the right time. Had the downdotir arrived a few days later some damage to t lie cIrt ry crop might have resulted from the splitting of thp ripe fruit, which Is al niwst ready for picking all over the valley. As It happens, the cherries will not be hurt. Apple trees, pear trees and garden truck will receive the local lenefit. Wheat growers of the Hlg I'.end.from whom are today arising fervent thanks for the welcome inolsure, are not more grateful than are the fruit growers of the Wena tehee Valley for the material boost to their trees that has been June's gift. Kaln Is not all unprecedented In this month In the Wenatchee Valley. To newcomer and to old resident alike the sight of a cloudy sky conies with a shock of surprise after the delight fully warm weather of most of this mouth and of May. With a mo ment's rellectlon, the old-tlnier re calls other years when June brought rain to the Wenatchee alley, and always to the betterment of the fruit crop. Republic At the last regular meeting of Can by I'ost an Interesting communica tion was read from Fred Iettz, writ ten In IMm to his brother and sister just ln-fore the fall of Richmond. The communication Is as follows: Letter From "The Front." NEW $36,000 BUILDING FOR 0. A. C, EXPERIMENT WORK Oregon's Agricultural College at Corvallls, will have the best facilities In the United States for horticultural research work when the new horti cultural building, to cost f.'M.OuO Is completed. Work has been started on the foundation. In the future, the college will lay special emphasis on advanced work In the study of orchard problems, looking to the extermination of In sect and fungus pests and seeking to adapt different varieties of fruits to the various soils and climates to be found In this state. The work Is un dertaken at present, but with addi tional facilities It Is expected much more will be accomplished. FALLBRIDGE THE NEW NORTH BANK TOWN PEAR SLUG DAMAGING W. S. GR1BBLE The ML Hood Store General Merchandise Flour, Feed, Spray Material Farm Implements : : and :: Stumping Powder J. A. LiTEL MT. HOOD, ORE. Balcksmith and Wagonmaker HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY 25 Years Experience Fnllbrldge, the new town on the North llauk railroad was located and named by John F. Stevens, ex-presl- (li.nt rf lit l-iiiiil n ml la tliu 1 11 it i ti-n WASHINGTON ORCHARDS ofthe Oregon Trunk, according to the Goldendale Sentinel. It now has a first class hotel, a railroad Y. M. (.' A. and depot nnd a round house and yards will be completed by Nop tent Ikt. It Is nearly opposite Celllo Falls on the Oregon side, where I'ncle Sam Is digging a canal which will open up an Immense territory to cheap water transportation. "The pear slug Is doing some dam age on the pear and cluny trees In the Wenatchee Valley," says R. K. Trumble, professor of horticulture at the Wenatchee High School. He con tinues: "The pear slug Is the worm stage, or the larva, a sawtly. The sawlly punctures the top sides of the leaves and deposits the eggs which hatch Into the slimy larva. These pear slugs eat the green from the up- nt sides of the leaves, leaving the transparent under klns of the leaves, The pear slug gets under Its skin from the similarity to the common garden slug. The pear slug Is large nt one end and small at theother;lt Is dark, brownish or black and covered with slime. After the slug has eaten Its (ill from the leaves and Is ready to pupate It goes from the tree Into the ground and there pupates into a sawlly. "The slug can be readily killed by dusting lime dust over them, as this dries up the slime anil causes death Inc arsenate Is the best poison to use If you spray for them zinc arsen ate, 2 pounds to 1(H) gallons of water kills them readily. Road dust If It Is finely powdered. Is quite effective when dusted over the slugs." ROGUE RIVER TO HAVE HOOD RIVER MINERAL SPRINGS Has opened its subscription books for Mock In the company. A home company. A rare opportunity. An assured success. Temporary office with the Hood River Realty Co. C. D.MCKELSEN, Sec'y HANDLING APPLES AND PEARS We have handled a large propor lion or me straw nerry crop, over forty carloads, besides large express shipments. This expression of con fidenee by so ninny growers In our fa cilities for marketing fruit from this district Is very gratifying nnd fully appreciated by us. We will continue with small fruits, and follow with pears nnd apples. We are making special arrangements for handling H'ars by the most np- hnr- proved methods to secure their ar- BUMPER PEAR CROP rlv"' 0,1 IImk,','' 1,1 t,u' lK"t r""- su.ie condition. Last year our early returns for ap ples, which covered about the quan tity we expected to handle when we Is'gan shipping, were the highest re ported by any apple shippers. This year we will handle a limited quan tity for those growers who will nr range with us early for handling their apples, and furnish estimates of succeeded The Rogue River Valley will vest this year the largest pear crop In Its history, according to Professor O'Garn of the Oregon experiment station. "Reports have reached my ollice In Medford," states Professor O'Gara, "that the pear crop In the Rogue River Valley suffered through lion pollination of the trees. These re ports led ine to make a careful In spection of each and every orchard In the valley. I find that compared with last year, when a large crop was harvested, this year's pear pro duction will be nbout I'.ll par cent based 011 the li(l) production. "The trees are all In excellent shape and there Is no trace of disease any. when- In the valley. Tip' apple crop however, Is not ns heavy as usual." (let your butter, guaranteed fresh eggs, cream and milk from Purity Dairy Co. Phone 68-L. Depot Davidson Building. A Itrantford boy, who was engaged before Richmond during the last days of the assault on that stronghold of the Southern Confederacy, writes home as follows: IlATTKHY L. 1st. N. Y. A April 11th, lstfci. Dkak Sistkh and Buotiikk, My health Is good as usual, and by the favor of I'rovl dence I have been permitted to escape safe and uninjured through the dread ful scenes of the past few weeks. I can hardly realize what we have pas sed through. It ull seems like a dream. The activity and the excite ment In this army for the last few weeks has kept us all very busy, con sequently I have not been quite as lonesome as when I last wrote. There has so much transpired within this command since last I wrote you. that I hardly know what to write about, or where to begin. Battery L was transferred from the 8th to the 9th A. C. on the 2tb. the day previ ous to the commencement of the move. We were assigned a position on their front, la some works for merly occupied by a battery known here as the "Petersburg Expresa." The first night of our arrival I wit nessed the dreadful and terrific bom bardment of the rebel Hues In frout of the town. Our battery occupied a very conspicuous place. The pieces were In position on a hill or slight eminence, which enabled us to obtain a very good view of the rebel lines for a distance of nearly three miles. The night was exceedingly dark, which rendered the scene all the more grand and magnificent. For a per iod of about four hours, nearly three hundred pieces of artillery were belching forth their Iron messengers of terror and death. The mortar practice was truly sublime. I never before witnessed anything half so magnificent. The seral-clrcle or curve described by the flight of every shell was distinctly visible by the light from the'burnlng fuse. The air was actually filled with shrieking, scream ing shot and bursting shell. I bad re tired for the night before the bom bardment took place, but as soon as the first gun was fired I was called by the alarm guard. I believe I was unusually expeditious In the perform ing of my toilet. Saturday night the bombardment was renewed, and continued through out the night. About four o'clock In the morning our men made a charge upon the rebel works, and captured four of the strongest. At early day light I received orders from General Kldball, chief of artillery, to take all the cannoulers from our guns and hasten with them to the captured forts, for the purpose of working the rebel guns which had been taken. The men all behaved splendidly, and passed over the open plain Interven ing between our works and the reb- COMPANY el" on tbe doul)le Qultk' nU(J urnler a ureauiui lire irom aruuery anu mus ketry I entered three of the forts, but found the guns already manned by artillerists from other batteries. Af ter resting a while, we ran the gaunt let a second time, nnd returned to our pieces nud opeud fire upon some rebel works In our Immediate front. Several of our gunners made some excellent shots. It was our design to attract the attention of some of the rebel batteries, ami If possible Iraw their fire from the captured forts. But we did not succeed. All of their guns were brought to lear upon our gallant boys In the forts, and for nbout five hours they were subjected to a heavy fire, but still maintained possession of the works. With what Joy we all In-held our starry flag floating above the cap tured works throughout that dread ful day, and In defiance of all the ef forts of the enemy to capture or des troy them. All day long Sunday the battle raged, and with unabated fury. Away off towards the left we could see the smoke of battle, and hear the booming of cannon: and with Joy we could perceive that It was growing perceptibly closer, tin til nt last Just In-fore dark our men, nfter gaining fort nfter fort, had In swinging around to- quantltles and varieties In time for us to arrange for marketing them properly. It Is unjust to those grow ers who make arrangements early with us to handle their apples If we allow others to come In with their crops so lute In t he season that the Is-st markets are supplied with ap ples from other districts. I) vvinsoN Fzi it Co. FOR SALU AUTOMOBILE: Second hand five- passenger II. M. I", car, In Rood condi tion, and SO CHIAPAS TO Bli AL MOST GIVEN AWAY. A. B. NEWS OFFICE wnrds the left, until they had gained a position directly In rear of the forces which were opposed to us. and who had throughout the day. fought with the most determined ob stinacy. And here was a dilemma for the Rebs Yanks In front, and Yanks In the rear. Fortunately for the "chivalry," night put an end to the dreadful and sanguinary struggle. During the day the Rebels made sev eral attempts to retake their works, but they wen- repulsed and I Is-lleve the charge Itself was only a feint. done to counteract any charge." Oil meal at Whitehead's. The Satisfactory Solution of Your If 0 mm. a m water supply Problem will be reached by installing in your home a pneumatic Leader Water M$M UUUUlf UFOIGIII L': You can have abundant watM hot rr rnlit I v : for kitchen, bath, laundry, the lawn and any other purpose required, at a moderate cost. Will also afford fire nroteetinn. The most efficient, economical and denend- ,fv sic water supply system to De nad. Ask your local dealer to explain about the Leader System or write for our booklet, "How I Solved tie Water Supply Problem." LEADER IRON WORKS, Dept. 22, Decatur, III. Apple Land and Orchard Company Oflioo, No. 9 Oak S treat. Phono 26 or 2002 K, Hood River THE MANUFACTURERS HAVE COMPLIED STRICTLY WITH THE GOVERNMENT PURE FOOD LAWS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF White River Flour It Is Unbleached Uhe Parfid&le Hotel NOW OPEN ffloclem in 6)cry Respect located in tfa Xeart cf tfa Upper Vaffey Rooms 50c and $1 Meals 35 Cents Rates by the Week PARKE) ALE, OREGON J. M. CLARK, Proprietor Upper Valley Lumber Co. We are now in a position to furnish ROUGH AND DRESSED LUMBER of the various kinds Apple Boxes and Strawberry Crates for this season. Orders and bills promptly filled. HAY & WEISEL I 1 -2 miles Southeast of Parkdale First Class Livery Phone 3 1 Transfer and Livery company Freight and Baggage Transfer GLNERAL STORAGE HOOD RIVER, OR LOON. II 4th & State St. Phone Z4SK 0. P. DABNEY & SONS FURNITURE, FURNITURE, FURNITURE, STOVES AND RANGES We buy, sell and exchange everything in House Furnishings, Campers Supplies, etc. Don't forget the placc-Cor. 4th & State Round St. Paul, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Omaha, Duluth Winnie $00.00. Chicago. Milwaukee $72.50. St. Louis $70.00. Denver, Colorado Sprinps $3.".00. New York. Philadelphia $ltS.f0. Washington, Baltimore $107.50, Roston $110.00. Many other points in proportion. Pates of sale: June lf, 17, 21, 22, 2S, 20. 30. July 1 to ID. 20. 20. 27. 2.X. August 3. I. 5, 11 to 17. 21 to 2J, 2S to 3D, Sep tember 1. 2, 4 to 7. A variety of routes poin? and returning. Return limit Oc tober 31st. Stonovers are allowed in each direction. OO c,atso,) Bciich on the Pacific Kmn) trip lily. (io! all summer with tt'(Mivr at A ttm. ASTORIA CENTENIAL, Astoria, Oregon, August 10 to September 9 LOW ROUND TRIPS FROM THE EAST All summer to Portlanil and Astoria with Stopovers. Schedules and details on application. 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