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4 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. 1912 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS naLMHBD WKONEBtlAT HORNINtlS BY HOOD KIVLK NLWS COMPANY, Inc. Hood Rivh. Okcoon R. B. BENNETT . U 8. HKNNKTT... EmroB Bl'SlNKSg Manages, Subscription, $1.50 a Vfir in Advance Cntmd u sxrond-claas matter. Feb. 10. WC. at the pot offic at Hood Ritt. Ottsjo. under thm Act of March S. 187. CO-OPERATION A NECESSITY That the problems of co-oper ation between the bit? fruit sec tions of the Northwest ought not to rest before it has been defi nitely solved and that it would be unpardonable folly to permit the fruit industry to run a chance of falling into decay for lack of such co-operation is the opinion of the Oregonian in discussing the marketing plan which is now being considered by the four leading fruit districts. The mat ter is treated at length in a re cent editorial, which is given in part as follows: "The rapid development of fruit production in the Pacific Northwest makes the question of marketing one of imminent in terest It is of no particular ad vantage to produce fruit unless it can be sold profitably. Unless good markets are available the more we grow the greater the loss, and there will be more loss on fancy fruit than on inferior grades because they are more expensive to raise. When the total apple product of this region was moderate in quantity the subject of markets excited but little apprehension. Markets found themselves, al most. The fruit was so attract ive and competition so slight that the demand outran the sup ply and prices ranged at alluring figures. But of late years apple planting has gone ahead at a tre mendous rate, and now many of the new orchards have come into bearing. The consequence is that markets can no longer be found without effort. In fact a great deal of effort is required to dispose of the fruit crop at re munerative prices, and as time passes the task will naturally be come more and more difficult. "With these facts in mind pru dent orchardists have begun to devote anxious thought to the problems of marketing. It is becoming apparent that while it is difficult to produce good fruit it is even more difficult to sell it at rates that pay. As long as each grower seeks the market on his own sole account there is cer tain to be destructive competi tion. One man bids against another and prices go down to the limit where production be comes impossible. Something of the same sort inevitably happens also when the various fruit growing districts seek the mar ket independently. The Rogue River valley competes with Yak ima. Yakima strives to get the better of Wenatchee and Hood River is in the field as a fourth competitor. Under these condi tions nothing can be expected but lower prices year after year and ultimate discouragement among growers. It i3 said that there has already been a decline in the prices even of the best Hood River fancy apples. They no longer bring the astonishing returns of two or three years ago, though yet sold at a fine profit. What else could be ex pected when there is no sustained and systematic effort to regulate the supply in accordance with the demand? "What confronts us now is the problem of eradicating destruc tive competition among local unions and securing effective co ojeration throughout the North west. If this can be done there will be only moderate difficulty in reaching the most remote markets of the world on favora ble terms and overproduction need not In? dreaded for a long time to come. "The live question among our orehardisU is. therefore, how to secure marketing co-operation, not so much among individual growers as among the great pro ducing regions. Hood River, Yak ima, Rogue River and Wenatchee, with the lesser associations brought in if possible. This is the ideal toward which progres sive fruit men are looking and they are eagerly inquiring how to attain it. "It is evident that the prob lem of co-operation among our large producing districts is one that ought not to be allowed to rest until it has been definitely solved. If one plan proves un desirable another must be formed to replace it and the orchardists must persevere until they have found the best way out of the impending difficulties. Fruit growing is already one of our most important industries and it ought to become more important every year, it would be unpar donable folly to permit it to fall into decay for lack of co-operation, and we do not believe that any such calamity will happen." That Road to Portland This being the official Good Roads Week in Oregon, renewed interest in the proposed highway between this city and Portland comes at an opportune time, Multnomah and Hood River coun ties are both vitally interested in the construction of this impor tant thoroughfare and the former county has already started work on its portion. Construction on the connecting link between the two counties is a difficult and expensive task for the reason that a considerable portion of the road must be blasted through the rocky points that project into the river. Ac cording to the estimates, it would cost to complete the worl- about $150,000, of which $50,000 would have to be expended in Hood River county. The proposition now being made is that the residents, not only of Hood River and Multno mah counties, but of all those so situated as to benefit by the road, be aroused to a sense of the great benefits which would be secured thereby. It is hard to realize that there is no connect ing link whatever between East ern and Western Oregon by road through the northern part of the state. Automobile tourists who have driven across the continent arrive at Hood River to find that access to Portland and the coast i3 barred by this comparatively short piece of uncompleted road. It is right and proper that the building of this road should be made a state issue and that an appropriation of $150,000 be asked at the next session of the legislature. It is of state-wide importance that this road be completed. When it i3 known who will be the representatives in the next legislature of the counties most interested, a concerted effort will be made to impress upon them the importance of securing the necessary appropriation. In the meantime public interest in the matter will be stimulated in order that all who are interested in this most important project may exert their influence along the proper channels when the time for action arrives. The East Side Grade W 1 LiOcai Businessmen nave grap pled with the problem of improv ing the East Side grade. They have made some tentative plans whereby this matter may be set tled once for all and as a result of which, it is believed, both city and county would reap mate rial benefit It has been common complaint, especially on the part of East Siders, that they have had to come to town to find bad roads. As the county has improved the East Side road to the city limits and as the city has heretofore been unable to improve the remaining portion, it has remained in most unsatisfactory condition. It is in an effort to remedy this that the merchants have taken the matter up. The proposition at the present. time is that the city shall put the $2000 already appropriated for that purpose into the improve ment of the road and that when this is completed all that territory lying east of the river shall be disincorporated by the city. The road would thereby revert to the county. It is conceded by all that the city should never have annexed this territory and that it would be best for all concerned to remedy this mistake as expe ditiously as possible. It is not believed that the pro position will meet with opposition on the part of the county for the reason that the city would be turning over to it the road with improvements worth $2000, as well as the bridge, which cost the city approximately $7,000. It is said that the county would then be able to appropriate an other $2000 and complete the im provement of the road this sum mer. This would insure the or chardists a continuous improved road from farm to city when the big crop is harvested this Fall. The city, on its part, would be showing its good will towards the county by appropriating the $2000 for the improvement of the grade. The city would be freed from the expense of main taining t) e road in the future and the merchants would bene fit by receiving more trade from that section, which has hereto fore been isolated to a consider able extent on account of the condition of this road. In a word, the proposed readjust ment would place matters where they should have remained in the first place, making nothing to lose and apparently every-; thing to gain from the stand point of both city and county. Looking For John Bush Kiwne litmli of thin city wantH to net inf jrmiitlon an to the where almutrt of til brother, John Hush, who left Hood Itlver about eighteen yearn ano. Anyone knowing of hlx wherenboiitn will pleune Inform Kl'OKNK Bl'HIl, 3 tf Hood Ulver, Oregon. The hen t food for your children Lot; ('a bin Bread. For nale at A. ('. Staten (irocery and 15rnyr; Men-untie Co. Real Estate Bulletin $5,000 -Thirty-two acres in Wil low Flat Section, close to rail road, church and store, on the main road, red shot soil. Two pieces of this description are on 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 bungalow and barn, lot 100x100 on corner, near High School. This price for quick sale. ...Ins urance... G, Y. EDWARDS & GO, Office Hotel Oregon Bldg. Phone No. 22 K 1912 CATALOGUE MAILED FREE -AND BUILD IT FOR LESS MONEY Buy the millwork dire3 Irom out big fsdory lor one-third to half of hat you woald psr jrour local dealer. W operate our own mill and can guarantee every piere we make to be well-made and oi choice kiln-dried lumber. I. B. WILLIAMS' SASH and DOORS S-panel door. 15 iue, $1.30. Craftsman bungalow door. $1.60. Bungalow iron! doon, 5 and o. Inode kin, I0pc(.toatet,80c 9 Wt aril anrborfr t ea. ip Mprfm, fuaraalM Ml driv er?. Wnte f cauloe H Free. l. I W KIiltV Mutual Inauranr at AO Per fnt of OM Line Hat-, r ire Inmiranre on Huildinira in Onjme of Construction, 'r. orr nnuc in thu hitiohth R. R. BARTLETT ARCHITECT Heilbronnvr Building HOOD RIVEK. ORKCON I'hona 61 ALBERT SUTTON Hrcbitcct Hall' Buii.dinq Hood Rivkr. Ohkuon P. M. MORSE City Engineer and Surveyor CITY AND COUNTY WORK Heilbronner Building Huud River. Oregon L. A. HENDERSON Civil Engineer Formerly IT. S. Land Surveyor Philippine Inland) Two doors north of iMwtotfice. Phone 41 M. E. JOHNSON Carpenter and Builder ThirJ and State Sts. Phone Shop 5 1 ; Res. 87-L O. B. EVINOER Confectionery and Cigars Conmral Lino of Cigar, Tobaccos, Candiet, ic Cream, Etc, STATIONERY On Uie Heights KELLY BROS. MAY AND O ATS Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts and Straw Phone 227-M Fourth Street between Oak and State ROBT. T. NEWHALL Telephone 277-M Hood River, Oregon REPRESENTING MILTON NURSERY CO. THIRTY-THREE YEARS OF RELIABLE TREES Wire Wound Continuous Stave WOOD STAVE PIPE KELLY BKOS., Agents 4th St. Bet. Oak and State Phone 227-M Hood River, Ore. C. G. VAN TRESS Public Stenographer AND Notary Public ELIOT BLOCK Phone 308-L W. J. BAKER Real Estate Loans Insurance APPLE AND STRAWBERRY LAND A SPECIALTY Correspondence Solicited COAL! Rock Springs COAL TRANSFER & LIVERY COMPANY Cottage Hospital Hood River's Medical In stitution. Open to the public for the treatment of Medical and Surgical cases. Kates on applica tion. Address, C0TTA6E HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION H. YAMA DAY WORK AT Cooking and House Cleaning Phone 100 U Oak Street DR. F. C. BROS1US Han PMliilillfheil a permanent t Hire at ODKI.l,, imionk'JO, where he enn be roiiMultetl morning anil even In. City office HOOD It IV Kit I'HONK 12 It, OlM'l) HH UHUtll 10 t) dally. Night Calls tin we red from UDKI.l., nio.K -M.' I'Ntr H. L. DUMBLE Physician and Surgeon Calls promptly answered in town or country, day or night. Telephones Residence 611. Office (13. Oltice in the Brasilia Building. DR. E. O. DUTRO Physician and Surgeon Oflk in Smith Building Hum phone. Ran. 71 B; Office phone 71 Hood River. Oregon J. F. WATT, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Office. Home Phone 30 Res. SO-B Hood River :: Oregon DRS. SHAW & BRONSON Physicians and Surgeons Eliot Block Phone 34 Hood River, Oregon Dr. li. H. Sharp Dr. Edna B. Sharp DRS. SHARP Osteopathic Physicians Graduate of the American School of Osteopathy, Kirkaville. Mo. Office in Kliot Building Phone-Otlice lit Residence 102-B. Hood River, Oregon E. D. KANAGA Physician and Surgeon Office in National Bank Building Phone, Office 35 Res. 38-B Hood River. Oregon C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. Dentist Office. Hall Building;, over Butler Banking Co. Office phooe 28. Residence phone 28-B Hood River, Oregon H. Dudley W. Pineo, D. D. S. Dentist Office over First National Sank Office Home phone 131. Residence) Home 131-B Hood River, Oregon DR. E. L. SCOBEE Dentist Open evenings by appointment Rooms t and 7, Broaiua Building. Phone 300 Hood River. Oregon JOHN R.WESTERVELT Doctor of Dental Surgery Suite: 907 Oregonian Building Phone. Main 7255 Portland, Oregon DR. JUSTIN WAUGH Eliot Building EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT M. E. WELCH Licensed Veterinarian Hood River, Oregon Phone 309 Rooms 9-10. Smith Block GEORCE R. WILBUR LAWYER Mood Illver - Oregon JOHN BAKER Attorney at Law Rooms 7-8, Smith Block Office phone 1W-K it i t: -.. Houae phone 238-k Hood River, Ore. ERNEST C. SMITH LAWYER Rooms 14 and 16. Hall Building Hood River, Oregon STEARNS & DERBY Lawyers Firat National Bank Building Hood River, Oregon L. A. & A. P. REED ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW Two Dunn North of Pontofflc Phone 41 florid River Oregon MURRAY KAY CIVIL UNOINLLR AND SURVEYOR Phdn 32 Unoflmt Biiii.ihno Hood Rivm A. C. BUCK Notary Public and Insurance Agent Room 12, Bmslus Blork Hood River, Oregon Butler Banking Co Established Nineteen Hundred Capital One Hundred Safe Deposit Boxes Savings Department Collections Leslie Butler, President Truman Butler, 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. HILL, J. W. COPELAND. R. W. PRATT, President, Vice President. Cashier C. H. Stranahan, Wilson. Fike. Chas. G. Pratt, Jos. Copeland Capital $100,000 FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER, OREGON FASHION Livery, Feed Wholesale and Retail Lumber, Lath, Shingles Etc. Lumber delivered to any part of the Valley 1 rTuiiAai -U The Satisfactory Solution of Your Water Supply Problem will be reached by installing in your home a pneumatic I parlor Water OlimnIii CiiaUn You can have abundant water hot or cold for kitchen, bath, laundry, the lawn and any other purpose required, at a tuoderate cost. Will also afford fire protection. The most efficient, economical and able water supply System to be bad. Ask your local dealer to explain about th " LrsdVr System or write for our booklet, "How I Solved tke Water Supply Problem." LEADER IRON WORKS, Dept. 22, Decatur, III. Apple Land and Orchard Company Offloo, Mo. 9 Oak Street, Phone Thousand Dollars Vice President C. H. Vaughan, Cashier Surplus and Profits $28,000 SEE OUR CASHIER about our certificate of depos it. K you havemoney await ing investment exchange it for one of these certificates which bear interest according to the time the money is left with the bank. The certificates are as good as cash, in fact they are a good deal better than idle cash. STABLES and Draying STRANAHANS & RATHBUN HOOD RIVER, OREGON Horses bought, sold or ex- chahged. Pleasure parties can secure first class rigs. Sbecial attention given to moving fur niture and pianos. We do everything horses can do. Stanley Smith Lumber Co. J&J Jt I depend - 'His 26 or 2002K, Hood River