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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1912)
G Ow EmpS (PVVOTHMMMimniMIMMWWMMMMiaMMMHWWMWIIPMWMMW aWjajpajajasaaavaM tww W tp Hlilkrt Implemeit Company SAN JOSE SCALE ENEMYJS FOUND During the last two or three years tls? Oklahoma horticultural depart ment has leen experimenting 1th a natural enemy of the San Jose scale, nays C. E. Sanborn, entomologist of Stillwater, Oklahoma. Thin enemy Is a (linen we In the nature of fungus growth. In southern latitudes It hag been used even to a commercial ex tent for controlling the scale, but on account of the weather conditions of Oklahoma It has been supposed that such a disease would either fall to propagate Itself during the summer or le entirely too delicate to with stand the low temperature of the winter. Careful experimentation, however, has proved that the disease Is very hardy and capable of propa gation to a very beneficial extent In our Infested orchards. Oftentlme diseases of a serious na ture are Introduced and scattered by Insects and other agencies In general. This disease, however, Is not capable of doing any damage to anything except the San Jose scale, and allied forms. Its use In orchards, groves, and public parks, as shown by the Oklahoma experiments, w ill tie of a very great advantage In checking the spread of the Sau Jose scalp. It Is of the same nature as the flit lie h bug disease, but Its appear ance on Infef ted Insect Is not nearly as conspicuous us the latter. To an ordinary observer It appears to lie no more than the mold which Is commonly present on damp bread a few days old. 1 1 will live and prop agate on bread and Is apparently Just as harmless to the higher ani mal life, but the microscopic examin ation of an Infected San Jose scale reveals It to Is- fatal to the latter. Copy for advertisements MUST be in the office by Monday NOON. The W. G. Aldred Co. CONTRACTORS EXCAVATING AND GRADING Crushed Rock and Gravel HOOD RIVER, ORLGON Velie Buggies and Hacks Mandt and Studebaker Wagons John Deere Steel Plows Syracuse Chilled Plows Hardie Power Sprayers New Way Gas Engines $62,187.59 SPENT ON IMPROVEMENTS: At the meeting of the city council last week City Knglneer Morse sub ml t ted his report on public Improve ments, which were made In 1111 under his direction. The report shows that a total of $'!J.ls" 51 wus expended for Improvements during the year. Most of It was for the construction of cement walks. A total of 17,!M." lineal feet have leeii constructed The Items are as fol lows: r.NDKK CONTRACT Paving district :iOt0 lineal feet ce ment walk, IW.V) lineal feet storm sewer, 0 8 miles grading, f ll.lM 79. Heights Improvement W'H lineal feet cement walk, .W miles grading, $13.74.1.37. Columbia street .TCOU lineal f.f t ce ment curb, 0.4 miles grading. $ -'X 5." Twelfth street 2." miles oiling street, o29.V. State street IJO lineal feet cement walk, $MT m). Sanitary sewers, 15,4-'!0 lineal feet, f KJ.lOr. IMlKB I'KKMIT Paving district 4ol0 lineal feet ce ment walk, estimated, $MH. First street 1 ,.!." square yards pavement, 470 lineal feet cement walk, $4,1.V.2T. Third street miles grading and oiling, estimated, $700. Outside of the Ore limits, 'i.VVl lineal feet cement walk, estimated, f:i,l!t.". Uncompleted which Is under con tract KM lineal feet cement walk N") tulles of street grading. Claiming Cradit. "1, sir," remarked the Indignant elf 1 tn, "am a taxpayer." "Well." replied the political boss. "you hnve me to thank. You wouldn't be nearly as much of a taxpayer a you are excepting for my efforts." Washington Star. WE FURNISH FRUIT PICKERS AND PACKERS And All Kind of Employees... NIGUMA & CO. Phone 160 14 Last Oak Street Mood Klvcr, Or. THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. MAYOR ANNOUNCES NEW COMMITTEEMEN MayorWrlght has announced ap pointment of standing committees is follows: Judiciary: Mayes, Uroslus and Stranahan. Finance: Staten, Muggins and Strauahan. Streets and public property: Ilro slus, Robertson and Staten. Fire anil water: Robertson, Pro sins and Muggins. Health: Stranahati, Mayes und Staten. Printing and police: Muggins, Mayes and Robertson. Appointments were made as fol lows: City marshal, Robert Iewls; night watchman, Rolsrt Stone; city surveyor, P. M. Morse; city attorney, A. J. Derby. Water Service Man M. J. Smith, having been authorized by the coun cil tin? mayor made no appointment for the place. Ir. IMglngton was appointed city healthy otllcer. UNCLE SAM WILL LIGHT MOUTH OF THE COLUMBIA I'.uoylug ami lighting tip the en trance t the Columbia river with powerful acetylene beacons so that vessels may cross la and out at night as easily as la the day, will be undertaken and pushed to a suc cessful conclusion by the government as soon as the necessary material can be turned out In eastern factories and shipped from the Atlantic coast. In n shipping way this Is taken to mean more for points on the Colum bia than any step recently taken COLLAPSIBLE APPLE BOX HAS NOW BEEN INVENTED A collapsible crate for use In ship, ping Apples has been produced that will be the means of shipping many thousands of bushels of apples that might otherwise go in waste 1 hese crates hold a bushel and can be re turned to the shipper at a compara tively small expense and can lie used several times before they are con signed to the scrap pile. $5,000 To Loan $.',i)00 to loan on first class secur ity. Muat lj Improved orchard lurid. Reed & Henderson, Inc. 2 tf m f WHITE SALMON MAN ATTACKED BY BEAR R. C. l'.ruce, the young proprietor of the "Top o' the World Ranch," near White Salmon, had a narrow escape from lietng the first "I-np Year" victim of the season. Mad he not been an expert on snow shoes and skis, he would have been unable to have made his get-away from a mother bear, angered by a ball from his :!-'-rilller revolver. Me ran aoross the liear on the south side of the school section, northwest of White Salmon, following the tracks made by the sleds of the K, van-Ham aan Lumber Company, freighting from the mill on the heights to White Salmon. Me emptied his gun, but with no effect, other than to Infuri ate the beast, which, contrary to the ways of bear In this section when at tacked by man, turned and deter minedly started for Uruce. Its progress was slow on account of the snow, but there was determi nation In Its lumls'rlug gait, l'.ruce did not wait to parley, but "Iwat It" as fast as he could on his Canadian snowshoes to the brow of the hill, where lie iiiletly "changed cars" by taking to his skis, and slid down the hill to the bottom of Wil kin canyon, at the foot of which Is his home. l'.ruce Is the son of a wealthy Min nesota lumberman and Is In the west to develop an orchard and also to benefit his health. This Is the first encounter he ever had with a bear. It Is commonly believed that lienrs hllsTnate In the winter, but In the timber to the north of this section they are often found very much nllve, but as a rule they generally ls-at a retreat m the approach of anyone. NORTH BANK BRIDGE IS BEING STRENGTHENED The Corp of S P. & X. Railway bridge builders Is at work on the railroad bridge across the White Salmon river. Another cement pier will be built to carry new steel span. The balance of the trestle be tween White Salmon and 1'nderwood will be filled In with stone am) earth to a depth of 40 feet, to strengthen the bridge and make It perfectly safe for the fastest trains to puss over without slackening speed. The NewM for goo'l printing. JANUARY 17, 1911 Sharpies Separators Kewanee Water Systems John Deere Complete Line of Harrows Levelers and Pulverizers Kimball Cultivators ELECTRIC LINE PLANNED FROM UNDERWOOD WEST The Klickitat county commission ers last week at the regular session heard the Northwestern F.lectrlc Company's petition for a franchise for rights-of-way through the coun ty from I'nderwood on the east to Mt. Pleasant on the west. Their pe tition linked for rights on both sides of the county roads, but was refused on the ground that this would bar uny other company from following these thoroughfares and would Inter fere with the telephone system. A franchise was granted on one side and It Is understood they will string six wires, two alternating circuits, on the one set of poles. Regular Sunday excursion to Park dale. Pleasant trip for jourself and friends. A Basket of Goodness Well I , i3 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, Hutter, Eggs, Flour, etc., and challenge comparison of qualities at equal prices. It you are not already dealing here, you are robbing yourself of many sources of sat isfaction. Free delivery J. M. Wood - Kent & Garrabrant Confectionery, Cigars Fishing Tackle Spaulding's Sporting Goods All Kinds of Soft Drinks Oak Street, opposite Smith Kkick. Hwl Kivrr. Of Couria. "All the defendant they've brought before u so far." said the first Jury man lu the criminal court. "iiiicnr to be so thin mid miserable." 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