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9 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1912 I Qorrcopondcncc j UNDERWOOD (IVft-rrtM from lut Ikhuc ) K. ( t'ohti wn lu Hood Klver litft Tht MImmca MoltucM t tn t riirlxt iiiiiK In White Salmon. Harry Stlikiny made n living trip to l'ortlttuil ainl Seattle lat ni, The I'ai'knrdrt went to Portlain ti upend ChrtMtiiiHK with reUtlvew. The Sioux City Colony dinner wnn a inoHt enjoyable Chrlrttinax Bath erlntf. Mr. Philip, of Taeonm In visiting IiIm I'oiiriln, Henry K. Love, nt Hear Spring ranch. Mr. K. II. Ha welt on and twin daughters returned home laot week from their Portland vlwlt. Mrs. H. S. AdamM and dauglitcr llaxel Hiit the holiday week with relative at Cascade Lock. Miss Huth Cooper, who ha lieen attending school at Foret tirove, U spending her vacation at home. There Id a rumor that the North western Electric Company will put In a paper uill similar to the one at ( a man. Miss Mary tied rick painted some leaut1ful pictures of Mount llood and river views that made verv at tractive Christmas gifts. The good weather of the past month has kept every one busy clear ing, mn king a large acreage of new orchard to go out In the spring. We understand that L. J. Stuart has sold a half Interest lu the livery business to Will Laycock. who will take charge the first of the year. Nobility Hill people gathered at the Highlands Sunday eveulng to sing Christmas carols, and we under stand that Santa Claus was present. Grandpa Hamilton of Stevenson was In town this week and promised some very Important developments for the new L'uderwood townslte, soon. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Cummins and Mr. and Mrs. Vinton left Friday for Portland to visit their son and daughter. They will be away for a couple of weeks. The cream of Underwood's h) ate their Christmas dinner at El Monte Vista, the ranch home of i. C. Corlie. They report a merry time and" a most excelleut dinner. Our mall carrier, Uwls Guernsey, returns to his home in Husura the first of the year. Iewls has always lieen pleasant and accommodating and we are sorry to ee him go. Mr. and Mrs. Hamlin nn.l Miss Florence Holmes leave the first of the year for Corvallls to attend the short course In agriculture. Later Mr. ai'd Mrs. Hamlin will spend some time in i'usadeua with Mr. liumllu's mother. Special Here is certainly a bargain in fleeced lined pants for children. They are mostly small sizes being for ages of one to four years, your choice the garment One lot of ladies' and misses' fleece lined Union Suits, and Pants and Vests in white and ecru colors, well made and finished in every way. Values up to 35c a garment, your choice 1 Or while they lastthe garment Misses' Vests and Pants, winter weight, fleece lined, sizes 16 to 26, your i A, choice I Misses' Vests and Pants, sizes 26, 23, 30 and 34 all wool in natural color and camel's hair, also some Misses Union Suits in the lot. There are values in this lot up to $1.00 a garment. A'Xn Your choice while they last... t- McKibbin Furs Y-2 Price We have a nice assortment of these in all grades and know we can please you and we also know that you will be get ting the very best values you could ever wish to get. But we are anxious to close these out and are willing to sacrifice the price in order to close this line out quickly. Your choice of any one in the lot at ONE HALF PRICE Second Floor Men's Winter 07p Underwear..-. J v Here is a bargain in Men's Jersey rib bed fleece lined Underwear that you usually pay 60c a garment for else where mostly shirts. Your n choice, the garment ' " Special Children's Coats l2 Price We have one of the finest lines of Children's Coats that has ever been displayed in the city, made of bear skin in a splendid assortment of colors, some are of Astrican and some are of Possum fur, others are of good grade coating. They are trimmed with braid and fancy buttons and animal heads. Some are reversible coats, and in fact there is just a dandy assortment and at a price that you cannot help but appreciate. We have some Misses' Astrican Coats in this lot for girls of ages 10 to 15 years that are worth $8 to $10 any where, that we have marked f CA down to only P1 0J $2.00 Child's Coats, now... $1.00 $2.50 Child's Coats, now $1.25 $3.00 Child's Coats, now.... $1.50 $4.00 Coats, now $2.00 $5.00 Coats, now t $2.50 And so on through the lot Men's and Boys' Suits We have placed on SPECIAL SALE a nice assortment of Men's and Boys' Suits including some broken lots in our line of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes Now is your chance to get one of these all wool Suits at a bargain, and you know you can't go wrong in buying these. Suits for young men that are worth up to $16, long pants, and run in ages from 12 to 20 years, in greys, browns and mixed suitings, your choice it Qfl the suit P.VO Boys' Knee Pants Suits, with knicker bocker pants -$5 suits now $3.50 Suits for $2.48 $3.00 Suits for $2.00 $2.00 Suits for $1.00 Uhe IP R I S3 F I IR. The Store that Saves You Money The Northwestern Electric Com pany evidently menus business, is they are unloading machinery at l'uderwood which will le moved to the darn site as noon as the repairs to the bridge over the White Salmon are completed. They have about completed the survey (or the power line from the Narrows to ('tunas, where a part of the power will be used lu the paper mills. The pupils of the I'ndt-rwood schools, assisted by the teachers, Ifave a play. "The Christmas Carol," from IHcketis, nt the school house Saturday nltfbt. The children en tered thoroughly Into the spirit of the story and all present congratu lated them on the vividness with which the various characters were presented. At the conclusion of the last act Santa Clam appeared and mursbaled nil Into the hlirti school room where a Christmas tree with nil the usual trimmings had been prepared. 0RTLEY Mrs. F. M. FlrehauKh of Hood River spent Christmas with her chil dren In Ortley. V. A. Tompkins and his son Ar thur went to Portland to spent the holidays. The first Christmas In Ortley was fittingly celebrated by a tree In the new school house. Mrs. F.uilly E. Lane and her son George of Portland are spending t lie holidays wlth-Mrs. L. 1). Flrebaugh. K. II. Churchill of Centralla. Wash., came here recently on a business trip, E. Endes was also a visitor of the past week. W. VV. Fields of Ortley left just be fore the holidays for a combined business and pleasure trip to Chicago and Toledo. Harry La Vein of Ortley, formerly of Portland, has purchased a ten-acre tract, where he Intends to raise poul try extensively, on the Phllo system. A petition has been signed by the residents of Ortley asking for the establishment of a post office In the "Apple Town." This has been for warded to the postmaster general, and It Is expected that It will receive prompt attention. L. I. Flrebnugh Is the prospective postmaster, with headquarters at the Ortley Mercan tile Com pan j. Economical Spices There is a big Saving when you buy good SPICES. You don't have to use much of any particular spice in order to secure a delightful food or preserve. We have piquant, sharp, pungent and tart spices that give a relish and zest to cooking. CfiAS. N. CLARKE GLACIER PHARMACY Hood River :: :: Oregon PARKDALE Miss Elizabeth Cooper of Hood Klver spent the holiday week at "Cooper's Koost," the ranch of her brother John. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Walton and their son Maurice Selwyn celebrated their Yuletlde In Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stelnhauser gave a dinner on Christmas at their home, Falrvlew Orchards. Among their guests were .1. Douglas Gor don, Gabriel Iu Val, "Jack" Gordon, Gerhart Wertgen, Eric Gordon and Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Keating. J. Douglas Gordon, secretary of the Middle Fork Irrigating Company has found It necessary to cancel his reservations In a contemplated trip to California and the Orient this win ter. His time will be taken ud In floating the last Issue of stock In the above named company. He states that there are ouly a few shares left Gerhart Wertgen, who Is assocl a ted with Gabriel Du Val In develop lag a forty acre tract In the Valley Crest district, met with a very pain fill accident while operating on a block of kindling wood. He almost severed the Index finger and thumb from his left hand. He was con veyed to Hood Klver, where a sur geon found It necessary to put twen ty stitches In the wound. The entertalninent.'commlttee of the Progressive Association presents as the tiext attraction In the lyceum course. Sergeant Hamilton, the fa mous Civil war scout, who will nar rate the thrilling story, "Seven Days and Nights In the Saddle." This event promises to be both Interesting and Instructive and Is scheduled to take place nt Grihhle's hall, Mt. Hood, on Friday evening, January "i. A meeting of the citizens of road district No 7 was held In Mclsaac's hall, Parkdnle, on Friday, December J'.ltti, to discuss the advisability of voting a special road tax. The prop osition wan to apply the revenue from sale) tax In constructing a road to connect with the one now under construction by the 1'nlted States government to Portland via Lost Lake. The consensus of opinion at the meeting was that they henrtlly favored the road, but did not think It Just that this district should stand the whole burden, and In rejecting the proposition recommended that the road be built and made a county charge, C. T. EARLY'S WORK HERE IS EXTENDED Announcement was made In the Oregonian yesterday morning that ('has. T. Early, superintendent of the Mount Hood Itallroad Company, w hich operates a line from this city to Parkdale, In the I'pper Hood Klver Valley, has been made general manager of all the Interests of David Eccles, the Ctah capitalist. In tills county, and In addition to assuming the entire control of the railway, on the first of the year will take charge of the properties of the Oregon Lum ber Company, which operates a large sawmill at Dee. Mr. Early came to Hood Klver In the year lvo, when he ls-gan work for the big lumber company as a Hume walker. He has vn with the Eccles Interests continuously since that date. ASK LOCAL CLUB TO HELP IN PLAN J. H. Fredrlcy, local agent for the O.-W. H. & N., has received a com munication asking him to present to the local Commercial Club, In order to to ascertalu Its sentiment, a propo sition advanced by the National Soil Fertility league for promoting a widespread and general Interest In agriculture as "a delightful, profit able and Interesting business that offers large opportunities for men of bralus and Industry." The letter says In part: The Natloual Soil Fertility league has lieen organized under the laws of the state of Illinois as nil association not for profit, and vlth the follow ing objects lu view: To secure state and federal legisla tion that will enable the agricultural colleges to place and maintain soil and agricultural experts In the re spectlve counties, to the end that demonstrations shall be carried on for a series of years In every town ship for bull llng up the soil nnd to secure a larger production therefrom. To Induce a more thorough culti vation of the land, which means smaller farms and a larger rural population with a higher standard of living. The league will have pre pared and Introduced lu congress a bill appropriating $1,000,000 to meet the federal government's proportion of the expenses of starting extension work contemplated upon a moder ately large scale, the money to lie used for no other purposes whatso ever. The bill will provide that the money lie pro rated among the agri cultural colleges of the several states upon the basis of the numlier of the population engaged In agriculture, the appropriation to Increase auto matically, say $.O),0oo per year, for the succeeding seven years when the appropriation will have reached $4,500,000. Same to become available whenever the state shall provide for furnishing a like sum. The league will have prepared and Introduced In every state legislature at Its next session bills to provide for the state's proportion of the re quired funds, ami actively, urgently ami persistently aid enterprising citi zens of the several states to secure favorable action, both from the fed eral and state governments. MODERN MACHINERY PUT IN BY WRIGHT & COMPANY Scteral new machines have lieen added to the equipment at J. M. Wright's carpenter and supply shop It. It. I'.ragg of the liragg Mercantile Company has purchased an Interest In the business and t he ca pa city of the shop has been substantially In creased. A new mortising and ten minting machine has been milled, as well as machines which turn out moulding of all kinds. Interior fin ishing work can now be turned out from the rough lumber and this work, for which It has heretofore lieen necessary to send out of town, can now be made at home. Further Improvements are to In- made and the company Is-gbis t he new year In a position to furnish all kinds of building material and Interior finish ing work. WILL MAKE STUDY OF WINTER INJURY At a well attended meeting of the Fellowship Association held at Van Horn Station Friday afternoon, plans were made to conduct a thor ough investigation Into the cause of the so-called w inter Injury. Special efforts will lie made to determine whether the Injury Is due entirely to low temperature and If so whether orchard heating will prevent It. The object of Friday's meeting was to arrange with the growers to conduct heating tests on acre plats In various parts of the valley where winter injury occurs. The associa tion especially litis In mind the mak ing of preliminary tests on small areas where loss from frost has been known to occur. Arrangements will be made to place minimum nnd max imum thermometers lu various places In the valley nnd to keep a record of temperatures during the months of April and May. An effort will be made to locate all frosty areas and the trend of the cold air currents. Definite arrangements for the orchard heating tests were not made, but the matter will be taken up later with those orchardlsts who are willing to conduct orchard heat ing tests as recommended bv the association. In order that the work of W, II. Lawrence, the horticultural expert, may be wider lu Its scope and Include the entire valley, petitions are being circulated asking the county court to employ lilm during the coming year to carry on research work In liehulf of the county. "Although from my recent obser vations nnd investigations I think there are not more than "00 acres of tlllal le land In the Hood Klver valley that will be at all affected by frost, the Fellowship Association has been actively at work to determine defi nite data as to such Injuries," said Professor Lawrence. pleted Us work last week. W. S. Turner represents the Pacific com pany In the controversy, and E J. L. Cameron the rival corporation. They were accompanied over the lines of the new company by A. S. Grenler, vice president of the Pacific company and N. C. Evans, president of the Hydro company. The Finnz Co 's announcement on page :t should Interest everv house wife In Hood Kiver. Do you know that fully nine out of every ten cases of rheumatism are simply rheumatism of the muscles due to cold or damp, or chronic rheumatism, and require no Internal treatment whatever? Apply Cham berlain's Liniment freely and see how quickly It gives relief. For sale by all dealers.1 It pays to advertise. Hood River Banking & Trust Co. Extends a cordial invitation to you, personally to call and open a checking account. Any amount will open an account in our savings department. We pay 3 per cent interest, compounded semi-annually. We promise the best of service and satisfaction. M. M. HILU J. W. COPELAND. R. W. PRATT. President, Vice President, Cashier C. M. Stranahan, Wilson Fike, Chas. G. Pratt, Jos. Copeland Sale of ribbons and veiling. Miss Trimmed hats below rnl lis M. I!. Lamb, successor to the Misses j M. It. Lamb, successor lo t In-MI-si m Hawley. Ilawley. TWO ELECTRICAL EXPERTS COMPLETE INVESTIGATION The commission appointed by I'nlted States Judge I'.enn to give expert testimony In regard to the proximity of the wires and poles of the two local power companies com- (W t you have a Victor be sure to ret a copy of the new Victor monthly . bulletin w h i c h ' tells about the newest music. Stop in and pet a copy, or drop us a postal and we'll gladly send it. you haven't a Victor you'll find the Victor bulletin interesting any how. So send for a ropy, let ter still stop in and get it, and h e a r some of the music itself. VICTORS $10,00 TO $100.00 VICTROLAS $15,00 TO $250,00 E D I SONS $15,00 TO $200,00 Easy Terms CALL AT WAGGENER'S JS HEILBRONNER BUILDING HOOD RIVER, OREGON Phone 153-X Tightneia In tha Cheit, Irritation In the Throat and a, Dry lucking Couch neang miserable night for tha whole fatally. BALLARD'S Horehound Syrup Is An Effective Remedy for the Throat and Lungs. w It relieve tickling In the throat, tlghtneaa In the chest. Inflamed lungs, difficult breathlna- and wheeling- In the bronchial tubea. Conveya a aoothlng. healing Influeace to the aore lunge, promote eaay expectoration and contributes to the enjoyment of a quiet night and restful sleep. Put Up in Three Sizes, 25c, 50c and $1.00 per Bottle. Buy the Dollar alae. 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