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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1912 9 REAL ESTATE SECTION To Exchange Ten acres of one year standard apples at Lyle; $300 per acre. Will trade and take real estate or anything show ing value as first payment and mortgage for balance. Will trade even; or will trade and assume. You con 't dodge all three. Uox 222, Hood Hiver. 4-5-p To Exchange Twenty-seven acres, nearly all in young orch ard, near Cazadero cars to Port land exery two hours. $350 per acre, r or Hood Kiver property. X i t . . urcnaru development proposi tion, 150 acres cleared, $75 per acre, ror city property, stock ranch or bearing orchard. $15,000 Idaho irrigated quarter section, 100 acres cleared. 'Nuth er for $10,000. For Hood River property. A. T. Allen, Hood Kiver. 4-5-p Notice to Homeseekers and Sell ersAre you looking for a home in the city or country, or if you have a home in the city or country you want to sell, see or write the Mt. Hood Land Ex change, Hood Kiver Heights, corner Pine and 12th Streets. Of fice manager, W. A. Carnes; field manager, J. T. Nealeigh. 51tfc For Sale 230 acres of land, from $50.00 per acre up. Will sell 20-acre tract with part in trees. C. J. Calkins. Phone 50-K. tfc BUSINESS ADVERTISING Loan Agency Loans offered: $.300, $500, $G00, $8(K), $1000, $2000. Loans wanted: $150, $200, $300. $350, $750, $1200, $1500. $1S00. Apply to A. W. Onthank, 30'J Oak street. 2-8-c Water power If you -want to develop that water power to do some of your work and light your home with electricity, see or write J. T. Nealeigh, K. D. 2, Hood Kiver, Oregon. There are great iossibilities in developed water power. 4-tf-c OAKDALE GKEENHOUSES For fall planting we have a fine line of Roses, Shrubs and the old fashioned Perrcnials; also an extra good collection of Peonies. You better come and see the Roses, etc., in bloom and pick them out; and those Bulbs, too, that you want to bloom next spring. Cut Flowers and Designs to order on short notice. Fletcher & Fletcher, the Pioneer FlorUts.tf Notice To Apple Tree Planters We are running a bargain counter nursery. We can do this because we are manager, president, secretary, treasurer, planter, grower, digger and pack er of our company. We have for sale several standard varieties of 1 and 2 year old apple trees at bargain counter prices, all trees guaranteed true to name and free from disease. We are look ing for a bargain, are you. Write J. T. Nealeigh, or phone 21S-K, Hood River, Ore., or I. C. Nea leigh, R. I). 4, Sherwood, Ore. 1-8-p LIVE STOCK AND FOWLS Wanted to Buy Good cow, heavy milker, or will trade family cow and pay difference in cash. . M. J. Foley, phone 215-X 3-4-p For sale R. I. Red Cockerels, bred from prize winning stock. Get your next season's breeders while the choice is good. Also some pullets old enough to lay. Phone 2012-M, E.F. Batten. 45tf LOST AND FOUND ADS Lost At time of Apple Show, an old fashioned gold bracelet. Finder will be suitably rewarded if same is returned to E. A. Fran z II ard ware Store. 4-5c Lost A small gold bracelet with three diamond settings. Finder please return to Butler Banking Company and receive suitable re ward. 4-5c FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE For Rent Furnished rooms. Phone 8!)-M. 4-7-p For sale or exchange A good house at Portland for Hood Kiv er property; $10,000 worth of Hood Kiver and Portland proper ty for eastern property. See N. T. Chapman, City. 4-7c Cockerels for sale. Thorough bred barred Plymouth Rocks. Enquire of Gust Westering, Bloucher's station. Phone Odell 1&::2L For Trade -Beautiful new piano or piano player to trade for city lots. Will give or take differ ence, Phone 1 12, or write lox 008, Hood Kiver, Oregon. 3-4- LOCAL AND PERSONAL Joliu Ia-IhikI HftnltTHou 1m here from Tillamook. S. W. Arnold whh tt I'ortUml vl Itor tlit- fore port of 1 tit utf k. Tin Kan Solid Club will meet to morrow itfternoon with Mr. Bert Striumlmn. Mrn. (J. II. Kol.bln tun Mr. C. A. Lining of Kant Hiirrett went to I'ort- 1'inil yenterilay for ii vUlt. K. A. Kritnz went to I'ortlnnd yentenlny to attend the Htnte con vention of hurdwure merchant. MIhm Xenn Croft, i nurse at the CottiiKi- hoHpttal, whh operated on for tippeudU'ltlM Sunday evening. She In reported it making a K'o) re co very. County Clerk Huiihoii reports that during the firxt three weeks the hooks were open for registration 144 have been reglxtered. The books were opened January 2 and will be cloned April !. C. F. (illbert hu just received a carload of new Htock, Including Velle vehicles, .John Deere and Syracuse plows, spring and spike tooth har rows, cultivators and a large line of other farming Implements, which are being unloaded and will soon be ready for Inspection by the trade. They were received from the John I)eere Company. Cylinder records at reduced prices. Hood Hlver Studio, !lrd St. 3-L't In every home where there lire chil dren there should lie a bottle of White's Cream Vermifuge. It de stroys worms and acts as a tonic to the debilitated system. 1'rlce 2."c per bottle. Sold by Chan. N. Clarke.. A Hrd Road to Travel. A drunken man whom a friend was trying to bring to his home some miles away was constantly crossing from one side of the road to the other, so bis friend said to him, "Come on, 1'at come on; the road Is long." "I know It Is long." said Tat, "but it isn't the length of It, hut the breadth of It, that's killing me." Le Fann's "Irish Life." Grant's Mamoir. More than $000,000 In royalties was paid Mrs. U. 8. (Jrnnt from the sale of th ' Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant." The cold brick an1 shell games are net ns successful as of yore, but a man was recently nrrested for the old dodge ff taking the kinks out of negroes' h.ilr The E. Z. Murks are still born It the rnte of one per minute. The southern states have spent $44, Y,ooo during the past year for good roads. Thnt Is the winy to Improve the road of progress. A barrel You'll cct a bier bunch of laughs out -J of the jolly coon songs, the bright minstrel jokes, the humorous specialties, and all the other varieties of fun, on the Victor. Come in tndar and heir the Victor and dt icw iaufa L in AAPiirniAiurcrr Victor 110 to Jit:) Victor- ictrolailMu: l 1 crms to suit Victor" We sell IZDISON'S too. 1912 CATALOGUE AND BUILD IT FOR LESS MONEY Buy lh millwotk HitttS from our big factory lor one-third lo half ol what you woald pay your local dealer. Wt operate our own mill and can guarantee ewy piece we make to be well-made and ol choice kilo-dried lumber. . B. WILLIAMS' SAIH and DOORS S-panel doora, 15 aira. $1.30. Oafuman bungalow door. $1.60. Bungalow Iron! doort, $5 and 6. Intxle trim, 10 pea. loa art, 80c W aril enrtmly f ". "P arwhrra, inmlN ial Mtw try. Wnia lot caulo .i rraa. T 7 U aaaX ar 5 Correspondence PINE GROVE Henry I.uki Is In Tillamook on business. Mrs. Stuutou Allen was a I'ortlnnd visitor hist week. Miss (iodherson sieut the week enil nt her home In M osier. Mrs. Kuberg and children were I'lue (irove visitors Sundny. Miss Joy Masou came up from the O. A. C. to attend her gruudfut tier's funeral. Mr. uud Mrs. M. M. Hill, accom panied by their daughter, have gone to l'ortlaud. Charles Luge, who was operated on for appendicitis last week, Is lm proving nicely. Mrs. J. L. Davis received a tele gram last Saturday calling her to New berg to the bedside of (iraudpu. Davis, who Is critically III. The Ladles' Aid will meet with Mrs. Itelgel Friday afternoon of this week. All are requested to be pres- eut, as there Is much work on hand. Miss Mary Hunt has gone to a l'ortlaud sanitarium for treatment. She was accompanied by her sister, Miss Lulu Hunt, and her brotber-lu- law, Joseph Jarvls. Thanks to the rough roads within the city limits, a sleigh was aban doned on the grade Just east of the Hood river bridge Saturday after noon, lause, a rut, then a rock. The occupants, four In number, reached home safely with a livery rig. Mrs. Daisy Itelgel, accompanied by her son Herman, who has beeu visit ing the home folks, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Moore, at Harrlsburg, 111., for th past mouth, returned to I'lneUrove Sunday. On Christmas day a family reunion of nine boys and three girls (all grown) and their families gath ered around a sumptuous dinner with the father and mother the sec ond time In the annals of the Moore family that all chllureu were togeth er. Mrs. John Walthers of Hood Hlver Is another daughter, unci went east with Mrs. Kelgel. Oregon had Its place at that djuner, as Oregon Grtipe wus used for table decora rations, while Hood Kiver apples anil cherries were conspicuous among the fruits. FRANKTON V. It. Absten was a week end Port land visitor. John F.lllott left for Spokane, Wash., where he will work the com ing season. Mr. and Mrs. I'.ruce Morton nnd little daughter left Thursday morn ing for Knlatun, Wash. The Mioses liessle Wheeler ami Del la Morton of Hood Kiver were the guests of Florence La Mar Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Itert Snyder nnd Mls Flora are again at home after their week's visit with relatives In Port land. Owing to the poor traveling, the meeting of the Four l-nf Clover Club was postponed until the first Thurs day In February. It will be at the, home of Mrs. 15. V. La Mar, at Kuth-! ton. The migel of death entered the home of I '.r nest Maurltson hist Wednesday and took one of the t w in boys. The entire community ex tends sympathy to the bereaved par ents In their hourof atlilctlon. A sisMnl dance was given nt the home of Mr. and Mrs. 1?. W. La Mar last Tuesday evening. About thirty of the neighbors were present and re port a pleasant time. A delicious lunch was served at midnight. Mrs. J. K. Nlckelsen went to Port laud Thursday and was operated on Friday. All old friends and neigh bors are so glad to hear that the op eration was successful and that she Is doing nicely. Mr. Nlckelsen re turned home the lirst of the week. Real Estate Bulletin $5,000 -Thirty-two acres in Wit- j low Flat Section, close to rail-1 road, church and store, on the ' main road, red shot soil. Two1 ('IV. - V O Vk. VHIvJ UV iVl llklWII ci l v VII the market at the present time. Terms $3,000 down. $1,750 -Five acres 4 miles out; house and barn, part in trees, balance cleared on the main road on West Side. Mortgage $000. Want cash for equity. $2,000 New bunpalow and barn, lot 100x100 on corner, near I Iijjrh School. This price for quick sale. ...Insurance,.. G. Y. EDWARDS & GO. Office Hotel Oregon Bldg. Phone No. 1WK UPPER VALLEY NEWS FIGHT THEIR WAY IN BITTER STORM A party consisting of Shtney liab son, .Mr. anil Mrs. i.ouis .M'tieu, .mihh (Jearhardt, Kdward Harrand Frank L. Keating detled the elements and successfully luade the trip from Hood Kiver to Parkdale through one of the severest snow storms ever ex perlenced In the valley. They left Tuesday morning during a blinding snowstorm, which, before reaching their destination had turned to rain and sleet. r airly good progrews was made until the foot of Booth hill was reached, where they found tifty-four Inches of snow and the road unbroken. Further efforts to proceed were thought useless by the driver but Habson, who was person ally conducting the expedition, thought otherwise, and securing a pair of skis from a neighboring house he set out to Investigate before or derlng a retreat. As this was his first experience lu doing the ski act he was consequently a little nervous and In making the descent he some how turned his toes ten minutes to two, a movement that gave a spread eagle effect, causing a very ungrace fill termination to his reconnolterlng trip. After being rescued from his cold storage iuhHUai he called for volunteers to help him break the trail. Schell and Iiarr said they were willing to follow lu the foot steps of so able a leader. Keating was left In charge of the mall uud the females which were part and parcel of this expedition. After advancing about half a mile, one noble leader began to feel the effet ts of his labor and began removing his wearing apparel. He removed his overcoat and had only gone a short distance before he was down to his waistcoat and declared "If It were not for the mock modesty of tills modern civiliz ation I would go still further." When about two-thirds of the hill had lieen ascended the horses refused to proceed unless further concessKius were made. The party gladly ac ceded to their demands and all va cated the sleigh. Miss (ierhardt, a prepossessing young lady from Port land, was not prepared to combat fifty-five inches of snow with a pair of open faced rubbers as her only shoe covering. The alert leader, noticing her predicament at once re moved a pair of long stocklugs that he was wearing and gallantly In sisted upon her accepting them. The summit of Booth hill being reached they all were glad to resume their j places In the sleigh for the down ward journey, which was slow and j without event. I'pon reaching Mt. Hood It was decided to put up for: the night. The next morning the journey was resumed and as the sleigh ' pulled up at Parkdale the crowd assembled there rent the air! with a mighty shout for their mail Miss Cooper to Graduate The friends, and they are legion, of Miss Harriet A. Cooper, have re-! eel veil Invitations to attend the com-! inelicenient exercises nt the Jefferson j high school, Portland, on Thursday i evening, February first. Miss Cooper j Intends to travel extensively before taking up the vocation of a teacher, i New Business Place Opens ' George J. Barley, formerly of the ' Miecf trust," has established tl first ' class shoe ami harness repairing em porium. He has Installed the latest machinery and makes a snvlr.lty of repairing wallets and purses. He Is located opposite the Ingram Mercan- ! tile store. j Do (iood N nrk on Roads i Chester Walton. Warren Cooper; and Ward McAllister Betitly worked like Trojans In keeping the roads open during the recent snow (lurry. IP SOLD BEFORE FEB. 1st The following place may be had for $5,500 caah or $6,000 on -r- z - -- -Liberal Terms, viz: - - Five and one-half acres, one mile from town on Tucker road; one acre frill bearing" commercial varieties; four acres in five and six year old Newtown and Spitzenburjrs, Bi cherries. Anjou pears, blackberries, raspberries, peaches and prunes; one acre in strawberries; one-half acre in alfalfa; excellent view; new outbuildings and remodeled six-room cottape with runninp water: south slope. Early fruit brings hirh prices. Excellent place for chickens. Owner lives in east and must sell. I'hone Eugene G. Kexford. l'.Hl-K, if interested. ?(0)VAoL I 1 Li - lI U BAKING Absouiey Pure The only Baking Powder mado fromRoyalCrapeCrcamofTartar NO ALUM. NO LIME PHOSPHATE ASSOCIATION WILL MEET ONSATURDAY The regular January meeting of the Progressive Association Will lie held on Saturday nfternoon.Jauuurv -'7th, at -J o'clock In Mclsaac's hall, I arkdale. A large gatherlug of cltl zejis Is earnestly requested as several topics of vital Interest to the tax payers will be presented tor their consideration, paramount amonir which will be the subject of good roads. As a bond Issue for the pur pose of macadamizing the roads of the valley Is now probable. It will be necessary for the citizens of the l'p per Valley to get together and deslg uate the roads to be Improved. All Interested In this most Important subject should attend. ROGERS' PRESS AGENT IS RIGHT ON THE JOB Homer A. Rogers, who Is to deliver a lecture on "Mountain Climbing In the Swiss Alps," under the auspices of the Progressive Association at Mclsaac's hall, Parkdale, on Friday, January l'ii, has a press agent who Is on the job. The courts seem to lie his favored medium of advertising, for did you notice the wide publicity given to an action begun by a youug lady against lingers for f.'i.OOO dam ages as a balm to sooth her wounded feelings. And also did you notice that Rogers walked twenty miles through snow waist high to defend saM action, and further did you no tice that the case was laid over until the April term, and in the meantime lingers has two other engagements; one at Odell aud another at Hood River. These press ageuts certainly are wonders. R. F. D. SERVICE STARTS MARCH I, IS ANNOUNCED The Installation of rural free deliv ery on March 1st, Is the announce meat received from Washington by Charles Stctnhauser, chairman of the Progressive Association committee on rural free delivery. Residents are requested to have t heir mall boxes placed In position on or before that date. Alex Porteous Going South Alex Porteous contemplates spend ing the balance of the winter at Los Angeles, Cal. I'pon his return he will superintend the clearing and planting to trees of a tract of ten acres, contracts for which have re cently been signed. Mrs. Raw son Forecaster In the absence of Sidney Babson, local forecaster, Mrs. Raw son Is act ing In his stead and reports the re cent fall of snow at the Valley Crest weather bureau as four feet on the level Rev. Van Nuys Away Rev. W. L. Van Nuys has left his I'pper Valley church for a fortnight t i conduct special meetings at Pilot Rock, near Pendleton, Ore. He Is assisted by Miss Crace Allen, singing evangelist. Makes Strange Mistake (iabrlel Du Vnl. while hunting re cently, claims he shot a deer Instead of the guide. Parkdale Personals Mr. and Mrs. Rush came down from their homestead last week. Mrs. (ieo. Monroe nud Miss Can dee made many calls among the nelgh brs during the deep snow, going on their sklls. Mrs. C. T. Rawson was called to the Dalles liecauso of the Illness of her mother. Mrs. M. H. Roberts. She drove from her homestead to Hood River station. 0 POWDER Sore Throat? Feel Shivery? Then You Arc Taking Cold. This is the kind of weather for such disagreeable conditions BREAK IT UP One of Our K. C. Cold Tablets Taken every three hours for a day will do the work quickly and well Keir & Cass Pc liable Druggists SMITH BLOCK HOOD RIVER HOUSE WIRING ELECTRIC COOKING AND HEATING APPARATUS Electric Wiring Under First National Bank Building PRUNING SEASON IS HERE. And we are ready for it with a complete Line of -mm Pruning Sheers, Saws, &c. Goods Right. Prices Right Blowers Hardware Co. V. S. GR1BBLE The Mt. Hood Store General Merchandise Flour, Feed, Spray Material Farm Implements n and n Stumping Powde' J. A. LITEL MT. HOOD, ORE. Blacksmith and Wagonmaker HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY 25 Years Experience JOHNSON BROS. & HALE GENERAL MERCHANDISE I Groceries, Purnishins, Agents for Hatie Wacns, llacine Hai-krf, lUiirvii'd ami Farm Irnil'ment.s I'hone MJ-.M I'ine iroe WE KNOW HOW! Let us give you an esti mate. See how little it rnst.s vnn. - Vp havp a ( complete line of up-to-date l"8' & Supply Co. PHONE 3 I Shoes, Hardware, l;tc. (irane HuilJinx anitorn Station