THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1911
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WHARF RAT COLONY
INVADES ASHLAND
"Wharf rut n Imve U-en noticed fur
the. pant year, frequently at point
near the railroad tracknatid enpeelal
ly In the railroad yanU. A lirood of
them fume tu Unlit during the nl
Hence from home for the Hummer of
a family who live on Alldu tnet,y
Ma.VH the Axhlund Herord. "A colony
of rat In now located In the Hcrap
heap In the rear of the round hotine
and alH under the Hand Iioiiho.
Thene wharf rata were brought Into
AhIiIiikI by the railroad, but up to
n few yearn uk they were not very
noticeable.
"Their native habitat In the nea
level, but having Iteen brought Into
a higher Inland Hectlon, the youug
iMTame uccllmated. Though not
llourlHhlng an In their natural envi
ronment, Htlll they are making norue
headway here.
"On account of the bul.onlc plague
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
at Hind River, in the State of Oregon, at the
clone of business September Ut. lilll.
RESOURCES
Loam and diaeounU I Sli6.138.30
Orerdrafta. aecured and unsecured 7,922.1)8
Honda and warrants 9,442.09
None
None
Furniture and fixtures 5.700.55
Other real estate owned None
Ihie from banks (not reserve banks) None
Due from approved reserve banks 115.xx6.76
Checks and other caah items 12.718.77
Exchanges for clearing house None
Cash on hand 27.911.44
Stocks and other securities .
Hanking house..
Total $ 66,?j4.(t
LIABILITIES
Capital stork paid in I 50.000.00
Surplus fund 50.000.00
Undivided profit, less expenses and
Uxeapaid 12.921.M
Dividends unpaid None
Due to banks and bankers 1.761.28
Individual deposits subject to check 4.r;7.62y.66
Demand certificates of deposit 26.4K9.43
Certified Checks 5X7.38
Cashier's checks outstanding 159.90
Time certificate of deposit 39.XX3.46
Barings Deposits 45.812.22
Notes and bills redincounted None
Hills payable, including certificates of
deposit for money borrowed None
Liabilities, other than those above
stated B50.00
Total f 6X5.794.X6
State of Oregon. County of Hood River, as. I,
Truman Buller. Cannier of the above-named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above statement is
true to the tiest of my knowledge and belief.
TRUMAN HUTLER. Cashier.
Subncrilied and sworn to before me this 8th day
of September. 1911. EaNKKT C. SMITH.
Correct-Atteat: Notary 1'ublic
Lkhlib Hl'Tl.ER,
F. McKbrcher,
Directors.
which vlntted Nan FranclHco and vl
tlnlty a few year ngo, a great sum
of money whh expended In that city
and other neaport (It leu In that we
tlon for the purpone of exterminat
ing ratH, which are known to be a
HcrloiiH factor In preadlng Infection
of varloiiH klndn, particularly bu
bonic plague.
"It would be nn enny matter at
thin time for the people of Anhland
to exterminate thin colony lefore it
getn too numeroiiH and wldenpread
A H.VMtematlc campaign In the rail
road yardn and vicinity would tiring
rt-HiiltH, an thene ratn are known to
lie eaHtly polnoned, eating eagerly all
klndH of bait without discrimination."
Birth Statistics for July and August
The birth Htatlntlcs taken from the
hook of Dr. AI. F, Shaw, county
health ofllcer, and Dr. Malcolm Itron
Hon, city health ofllcer, show that 31
children were born in the county of
Hood Itlver during the inontliH of
July anil AugtiHt. The nexefl were
almont equally divided for the two
montliM, the books showing 10 boys
and 15 girls. ISIrths in the city nuni-iM-red
15.
The birth rnte for the two months
was almost three times that of the
death rate. The county during that
time had 11 deathn, hIx of which oc
curred In this city.
Monster Cornice Pear
The AHhland Keeood says that
while in Medford this week H, O.
Fronbach, the Ashland fruit process
or, secured a ( omlce pear thirteen
and a quart .ir Inches in circumference
and weighing twenty-two and a
quarter ounces. This Is a very re-
markable size for a Cornice to attain.
The specimen was grown by A. C.
Allen In the Hollywood orchard lie
tween Medford and Jacksonville.
Mr. Fronbach will process It and Mr.
Allen will keep It as an ornament to
his home and a Hample of what his
land will do.
Student Body Elects Officers
The student body of the Hood
Klver high school have elected the
following ofllcers for the year: Viola
Nlekelsen. president; Angus McDon.
vice president; Elsie McLucns, secre
tary; Edyth Fernal, treasurer; John
Ooshow, athletic manager; Ed Franx
assistant athletic manager; !olert
Ura Kg. advertising manager.
We have some very attractive acre
age propositions In 1'aradlse farm
for home sites on sub-division
schemes. Inside city limits. I,. A.
Henderson, with John Inland Hen
demon, Inc. .'11 tf
(Grorary
Bargains
Sugar prices are soaring but you can save
money by buying from us.
Best Fruit Sugar, per Sack S7.25
(per Sack.... $1.30
The Dalles Diamond Flour
Fer Barrel .
$5.10
Cloverlcaf Butter, per roll. 75c
Cottolene, 10 pound pail 1.50
Cottolene, 4 pound pail 60c
Swift's Silverleaf Lard, 50 pound can 6.75
Swift's Silverleaf Lard, 10 pound pail 1.50
Swift's Silverleaf Lard, 5 pound pail 75c
Swift's Jewell Compound, 50 pounds 4.75
Tea Garden Syrup, 1-pal. can 85c
Tea Garden Syrup, 12-gal. can 45c
Karo Corn Syrup, No. 10 pail 60c
We are Closing Out a stock of Chinaware at
5oc on the dollar. Call and look it over
FKUIT JART
MASON Tint oHc Quart $ .fi!i
SCIIUAM rint7oc Quart .85
KCONOMY-.-PintKoc Quart 1.10
Half Gallon $ .85
Half Gallon 1.30
Half Gallon 1.40
L. H. Huggins
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
Skin diseases cured. Dr. Howerby,
Copy for advertisements MUST be
In the office by Monday NOON.
Wyeth Allen will leave Saturday
to enter the I'litverstty of Michigan
at Ann Arbor.
Mrs. N. G. Stagge of Washington,
I) C, was the guest of Mrs. Marlon
MucKae last week.
(inint l'almer, Rajmond (JlasH
and Edwin Sounlchsen, young Hood
itlver tltlzeus, hiked to Mosler Sat
urday for ao outing. Not lielng used
to hoboing they returned a little
footsore but pleased with the trip.
Sam Samson, the Stevenson capi
talist, was a Hood Itlver visitor
Wednesday. Mr. Samson Is the
owner of the mineral springs and
sanitarium at Stevenson and 1s also
Interested In other enterprises there,
Mrs. Hugh Pan-ells returned to her
home at Vancouver, WohIx., last
week after a visit with Mrs, C. F.
Sumner and other Hood Itlver
friends. As Miss Ella Evans she was
for several years a teacher In our
public school.
All members of t'auby Relief Corps
are requested to be on hand at 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon, as It Is
expected that Mrs. Josephine D.
Cooke, department president of the
Women's Relief Corps, will lie present
to Inspect the local corps.
(leorge James, formerly night clerk
at the Hotel Oregon, will hereafter
13 on duty as day clerk, aJid L. S.
Isenberg will succeed him tin night
clerk. John Van Kyke, formerly
clerking at the hotel, on the day
shift. Is now traveling for a com
mercial house.
Hood River Is wise In It Ix11ef that
If money for road building Is avail
able. It should first le appropriated
for the purpose of Improving local
county roads. Then, as speedily as
possible, make provision to work In
conjunction with the Columbia river
project promoters.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Parker have
arrived at Little Roy ranch, six
miles west of Hood River, where
they are completing one of the hand
somest homes in Hood River county.
The Parkers have spent the summer
at Vancouver, U. C. and will go to
London, Eng., for the winter.
Frank H. leonard, C. S. R., mem
ber of the board of lectureship of the
mother church, the First Church of
Christ, Scientists, In Ronton, rtellv-
ereil a free lecture in Hellbronner ball
last evening. Owing to the hour of
going to press we will not be able to
publish nn extended write-up In this
Issue.
To tie In keeping with the Improve
ments on First street, the Transfer
and Livery Company is remodeling
Its stable by putting a new front in
the building. Norm believes It will
soon lie iiiressnry for them to tear
out the old structure entirely and
put In a modern buldlng of pressed
brink.
Ir. M. F. Shaw has nn Interesting
collection of relics which lie brought
home from Mexico nnd California,
where he spent the summer. The
collection consists of pottery made
by the Indians, together with a num-
ler of photographs taken in the Na
tional Museum of Mexico. The doc
tor prizes the relics very highly.
Chapman & Co., on the heights,
have sold their general merchandise
business to W. I). Rogers, the trans
fer lielng made last week. Mr. Chap
man will retire after a succesHful
business career. Mr. Rogers Is a well
known Hood River man, formerly a
photographer, and recently conduct
ed a confectionery on the heights.
J. H. Sutthoff of Seattle visited his
family over Sunday at Oak Orove.
Mrs. Sutthoff won a dinner hostess
Sunday.
The Hood River-Underwood team
ferry has just been put into service.
It has been fitted with mill and is
ready to accommodate patrons who
find It convenient to cross at this
point. Automobile drivers will find
it ueceHsary to cross on the White
Salmon ferry during the winter
months. It being Impossible to drive
across the bar.
Crocker & de Redding, local fancy
pack apple dealers, have had a large
number of price list folders printed
In two colors, at the News oflice,
and shipped them to the inalu office
of the American Express Company,
in Chlcugo, where they will lie dis
tributed to every express oflice In the
I'nlted States and Canada. The
American Express Company, in con
nection with the National has given
them exceptionally low rutes on
apples, therefore Crocker & da Red
ding are prepared to deliver to
any point in the United States or
Canada, their well known seventeen-pound
boxes of extra fancy
Hood River apples at the following
prices, all charges prepaid (excepting
duty charges): Spltzenburgs, $2.25;
Newtowns, 2.25; Ortleys. $2.25;
Winter Bananas, $2.50. Crocker &
de Redding announce that this year
they are better prepared than ever
to handle and ship fancy pock apples,
arid will give special attention to
orders at home, as well as to the
filling of orders from other points.
A Basket of Goodness
Well I .
is a basket of our Fine Groceries.
We guarantee the perfect purity
of every article we sell, and
pride ourselves upon the rep
utation we have made for fair
and honest dealing. We keep
only the freshest and finest of
Tea, Coffee, Cocoa, Butter,
Eggs, Flour, etc., and challenge
comparison of qualities at equal
prices. If you are not already
dealing here, you are robbing
yourself of many sources of sat
isfaction. Free delivery
J. M. Wood
C. P.SUMNER
Opposite, the Post Office
Home Phone 20
Spray and
Garden Hose
Plumbing
An East Side Twenty
For $10,000
GOOD TERMS
Five Acres, 4 to 8 year apples
Twelve Acres, yearling apples
Half Acre, 3 year pears
Near Church, School, Station and Store
The Hood River District Land Co.
THE SMITH BLOCK HOOD RIVER, OREGON
S. E. BARTMESS
Funeral Director and Practical Embalmer
ESTABLISHED 18 YEARS
MOOD RIVER, OREGON
$ DR. J. SOWERBY
Nerve Specialist and Chiropractor
A Relief for All Diseases
Frrnusnn Rnildiiui TclCDhonC 222
Cottage Hospital
Hood River's Medical In
stitution. Open to the
public for the treatment
of Medical and Surgical
cases. Rates on applica
tion. Address,
COTTAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
IIADLOCH & McCOiWI LL
Real Estate And Insurance
Next to Mt. Hood Hotel
Unimproved Farms a Specialty
Office phone 45-L, Residence 345-K
4th & State St.
Phone 14K
0. P. DABNEY & SONS
FURNITURE, FURNITURE, FURNITURE, STOVES
AND RANGES
We buy, sell and exchange everything
in Mouse Furnishings, Campers
Supplies, etc.
Don't f orKCt the plncc-Cor. 4th & Slntc
The Old, Reliable True-to-Name Nursery
Of Hood HlxJcr
offers to planters for fall and spring, 1911-12 their
usual choice stock of all leading varieties adapted to
this locality. Our 15 years' experience in the Nur
sery business in Hood River, the thousands of vigor
ous, prolific trees that are annually testifying to the
wisdom of our methods, and the hundreds of pleased
customers should be sufficient recommendation to
' merit your patronage. Our trees are all grown on
whole roots and all buds and scions are personally
selected from the best bearing trees in Hood River,
which insures healthy, vigorous, early bearing trees
of known parentage and above all true-to-name.
We are now booking orders for fall and spring de
livery. Order now before stock is exausted.
Address all communications to
The True-to-Name Nursery
Phone 2002-K Hood River, Ore.
LEADS ON THE HEIGHTS g
Bakery, Coilecilonerg, Fruit, Ice Cream, Soil Drinks, Etc.
AUTO DELIVERY OP LARGE ORDERS
Dome lit, try our Piano, and fool at homo
THE LIGHT DELIVERY
AUTO
$750, F. 0. B. Portland
SF. VoCstorff
Distributor
1213 D Street. Koed River
Money to Loan
On Income Producing Property
In quantities from 91,000 to $20,000
With Interest at 7 Per Cent
W. S. NIC H OL
l u. Ohe IWan Who Oells Crcftara Hand
Basement First National Bank
F. B. SNYDER
B. B. POWELL
Hood River Plumbing company
Sanitary Plumbinc and Heating.
Tinning and Sheet Metal Work.
Repairing Promptly Attended.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED CASCADE AVENUE
DRAYING ExPRE5S AND Baggage jj
Furniture and Pianos MoxJcd
All Kinds of Light and Heavy Work
Wood Yard and Feed Store in Connection
Office Phone 20
Residence 23SK
TAFT TRANSFER CO. 3
Class Livery
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Phone S I
Transfer and Livery company
Freight and Baggage Transfer
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