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Ilixtnrifjl Soci'.'tT Citv Hill r - - f AdxJertisers Get 'Results Jo 6 Trinting VOLUME 8, NUMBER 13 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1912 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YER THE HOOD RIVER NEWS SPECIAL FEATURES FOR CLUB MEETING The Went Side Improvement Club will hold Hit regular monthly mcet lot; Tuesday afternoon, April 2, at two o'clock at the Orange hall, Methodist Lane. Professor V. It. Uardner of Corvalils Is coining es pecially to Heak before the club, and Professor W. H. Lawrence, county fruit lnsicctor, will alHo give an ad (Irene. The subjects of the addresses will be of iiurtlculiir Interest at thin time mill a large attendance Ik ex pected. The Went Side Improvement Club comprises nil of the went tilde and everyone residing In thin district 1h cordially Invited to attend. The club Ih doing excellent service lu en couraging the building of good roads and promoting other public Intercuts. It U expected that there will be a large delegation from the east Hide In attendance at thin meeting. ATTEMPTS TO ROB C, N. CLARKE'S STORE A bold attempt to burglarize C. N. Clarke's drug store next door to the poHtotllce wuh made Sunday night about II o'clock. When discovered the thief wuh working on the safe In the front part of the store. The store wan clotted at 7 o'clock. Harry Wood, who elerka for Mr. Clarke, vhp upending the day In Portland and returned on the late train. He walked up Second titreet with I.wls Morgan and Frank Park er and upon reaching the store un locked the door and stepped Inside to pee that everything wan all right. I'poti opening the door he was Htartled by peeing a man who had Iteen engaged In front of the safe run to the back of the store and out the rear door. Mr. Wood and hi com panions ran ufter the retreating In truder but the latter quickly disap peared lu the darkness. It was found that the Intruder had pried open the back door with some heavy tool, as the lock had twen broken. He hail evidently only Just succeeded In gaining entrance as nothing In the store was dlsturlied. He was In his shirt sleeves and hat less. City Marshal Icwls was at once notllled of the attempt ami spent two or three hours searching the neighborhood, but with no success. PART OF PARADISE FARM IS PLATTED In order to meet the growing de mand for attractive resilience sites, lot 25 of Paradise Farm Is lielng platted by L. A. Henderson Into town lots. This lot fronts on Cas cade Avenue where the new street Improvements are being made. The contour of the land has btrn care fully studied In laying out the addi tion looking toward the extension of State street at a future date. All streets In the addition are to be 00 feet In width and are laid out with a view to minimizing the cost of fu ture street Improvements. Lots vary la size and offer a variety of lo cation. They will Ih' placed on the market next month and will lie sold on small payments. The addition fronts on the sewer extension and with the additional water supply to lie had by the heights In the near future It Is hoped that the addition will soon have the U-nent of city water. NEIGHBORING CLUBS ARE ENTERTAINED The Inst meeting of the Woman's Club was a very enjoyable affair. After a short business meeting and the admission of one new member, about .'to ladles from the two clubs nt I'uderwood nnd the Woman's Club tif White Salmon were ushered In and Introduced. A short program had lieen pre pared by the entertainment commit tee, consisting of a solo by Miss Brock and a play entitled "How the Story Urew." by seven ladles. Refreshments were served to 135 people by the social committee. A very pleasant hour wns spent visit ing with old friends nnd getting ac quainted with new ones, nnd when we said goodbye everyone felt the afternoon had liecn all too short. The next meeting, April .1, Is In charge of the music committee. A tine program Is Is-lng prepared. The club will also finish the adop tion of by law nnd It Is hoied every mcmlxT will lie present. Piikss Committkk. Huge Proportions of Apple Industry Shown Statistics Just Obtained Show 16,250 Acres Now in Bearing in Northwest and a Grand Total of 274, 500 Acres PlantedComprehensive Mass of Facts, However, Indicate Future flarket Is Assured. That the total acreage In bearing apple trees lu Oregon, Washlugtou and Idaho Is 16,250 and that the grand total planted In the three states Is 274, 500, Is shown by statis tics which have just been compiled by the Pacific Coast Packer. Despite the enormous acreage which Is com ing Into liearlng, the Pucker bus ob tained u comprehensive mass of facts, covering conditions throughout the eouotry, which lead It to the conclus ion that the northwest acreage due to come Into hearing from year to year will lie needed to meet the de mand which cannot be supplied by production In the states further east. These statistics show that the acreage In liearlng for the year 1912 In these three states will be double that which yielded nearly 10,000 cars of fruit In 1910. In that year 1,790 car were shipped from Oregon, 5,777 from Washington and I'll from Idaho, giving a total from the North west of 8.-W7 cars. The figures show a total bearing nereuge In Oregon of 5.550 acres and a total acreage planted of 104,500; a total bearing acreage In Washington or 7,700 acres and 10H.OO0 planted; 3.0(H) acres liearlng In Idaho and 62, 000 acres planted. 274,500 AC'KKS I'l.A.NTKI) "This shows the grand total In the three states of acreage In liearlng to be 16,250. Grand total of acreage planted in the three states 274,500. It Is claimed that this acreage planted will amount to about one-twelfth of the apple growing area In the United States. With a little more than 6 per cent of the total plantings In liearlng In 1912, some Idea of the In crease and the output within the next lew years can be seen. The out put for 1912, based upou the present condition of the trees, setting of the fruit spurs and other features. Is al ready estimated to lie between fifteen and twenty thousand carloads. Measured entirely by acreage condi tions, the crop for 1915 should tie be tween 40 nnd 50 thousand carloads, and for 1920, around 100 thousand carloads. Commercial Arrange Directors Hold Meeting at Which Preliminary Ar rangements for Blossom Week Are Made Many Visitors from Portland Expected Special Rates on Railroads Sought Committeestobe Appointed. At a meeting of the board of di rectors of the Commercial Club held Friday afternoon plans for holding a "blossom week," probably the lat ter part of next month, were given their hearty approval and the festi val will tie held under the auspices of the club, which Insures Its success. In addition to the principal feature of the festival, which will be the op portunity afforded every visitor to see the blossom clad valley, the Idea of a post card day appealed to the directors as a valuable publicity feature. It wns agreed to urge upou all residents of Hood Klver that they provide themselves with five or more attractive post card views of the valley In readiness to mall them out upon the day wtilcji shall tie desig nated for that purpose. There are many attractive views of Hood lit v er valley to tie had nnd the widest publicity will tie obtained In this ninnner. Secretary Scott of the Commercial Club tins been Instructed to take up with the O. W. II. & N. the matter of obtaining speclnl'rates to Hood Riv er from Portland nnd other neigh boring cities during festival week. Arrangements will Ik made with automobile owners to have them on hand in shifts or as needed and visit ors will lie taken for a sptn around the valley at a nominal fee. C. C. Chapman, secretary of the Portland Commercial Club, will be communicated with. It Is under stood that the Portland business men have already made plans to vis It Hood Klver during blossom week. As a large number of Portland's prominent business and professional men have property Interests here It Is Is-lleved that the Itose City will he MARKET IH AHHI'HKO "Naturally the growers are asking themselves: 'What Is In store for the future?' Some naturally look at the dark side but the leading lights en gaged In the Industry look for a fa v. orable solution of the apple Industry regardless of the lucreased acreage coming Into bearing from year to year. They point to the fact, for ex ample that away back In 190, when Calif jrnla produced only about 5,000 cars of citrus fruits, there was a howl about over production. When the output was doubled to 10,000 cars growers wondered where they were going to tie sold; later when the duty was placed on oranges from Italy, the acreage was aguln Increased, and eastern markets Invaded, the public educated and the output ea-dly ub sorbed. Last year California shipped 1U record crop of 40 thousand car loads, wnlch were promptly cousum ed and at fairly reasonable prices. KA8TKKX I'KOIIITTION IIECRK ASKS "Many growers who have worked theaitelves up to an exaggerated state of alarm over the outlook seem to have lost sight of the fact that the old orchards In the central and east ern states are to a lamentable de gree being allowed to run down and, commercially siieaklng, new or chards are not being put out to re' place them. Who knows but that the Northwest, due to new acreage coming Into liearlng from year to year,-will tie needed to meet the de maud that can't tie supplied by the production In states further east? "The cheerful class of growers know that the whole deal Is golDg to work out to a satisfactory end. Of course, disappointment Is bound to come to those who anticipate that apple prices are going to continue high enough to justify the valuation on orchards of from $2000 to 4000 no acre as Is the case now In some districts. Such values are not safe and sane aud really never were justl tied for the reason that as the acre uge Increases the fruit must sell neurvr to commercial values." Club Will For Festival represented by a large delegation. After preliminary plans have been made the Commercial Club will ap point committees and arrange for the details of the week. 8. S. lien son, donor of the $10,000 for the Hood Klver Portland road, has been communicated with nnd It Is expect ed that either he or his representa tive. E. E. Convert, will tie Hood River's guest on one day during the festlvnl. WILL DEMONSTRATE POTATO POWDER A new powder, manufactured by a rtvently discovered process from po tatoes, will lie demonstrated to the local ranchers on Friday. This pow der Is said to tie especially ndaptod for removing stumps In clearing land for the reason that It Is slower In Its action than dynamite and destroys the stump more thoroughly, leaving little grubbing to lie done. Another quality Is that It Is said to not pro duce headaches, ns there are no pois onous fumes. The first demonstra tion will lie held Friday morning nt 10 o'clock nt Malison brothers' ranch and the second at 3 o'clock the same day at the Oak drove store. They will lie conducted by I). A. Sanborn of the American Safety Powder Com pany assisted by H. C. Allen. Heights Baseball Dance The Heights Baseball Club is ar ranging to give another dance on Friday, March 29, at llellbronner's hall. Vogel's orchestra will furnish the music. The proceeds will lie for the Is-nellt of the club. Pill FILTER IS ORDERED INSTALLED AT ONCE Quick action was secured by the council last week In the matter of In stalling the filtration plant at the upper. reservoir In order to utilize the irrigation water and Increase the supply for the height this summer. At a second meeting held the middle of the week the matter was further discussed and referred to the lire and water committee with ltiHtrurtlons to order the filter. As a result an order has tieen placed with the Jew ell Filter Company of New York for a mechanical filter which will cost about 12000. Work will be started at once cn the foundations ami In stallation of the plant uiust be start ed by' the Jewell Company within sixty days. Similar plants have been used successfully lu Eugene, Al bany, Oregon City and McMInnvllle. HANDSOME TROPHY IS GIVEN LEAGUE A handsome trophy has been se cured by the E. A. Frauz Company from A. J. Reach, the manfactun r of athletic goods, to be presented to the champions of the Columbia Klver Baseball league for the present sea son. The trophy Is lu the shape of a large sliver cup, silver lined and suitably Inscribed. It Is now on ex hibition at the Franz hardware store. The heights hnsehal! team held a meeting the first of the week and elected Fred Tate captain and .loe Carson manager. They will open the season at White Salmon on April 14. The Hood Klver team will open the season on the same date at The Dalles. 1 I I IROIBMT MAMW LA W LLETTE SCHEDULED TO SPEAK IN HOOD RIVER IN NEAR FUTURE Senator LaFolletto Kicked Colonel Roosevelt's Hat Out of the Ring In North Dakota Last Week REGISTRATION IN THIS COUNTY LARGE That there Is plenty of Interest In the coming primary election lu this county Is evidenced by the fact that up to Saturday night 1125 voters had registered, according to the rec ords of County Clerk Hanson. Last yenr the total vote cast for governor wns 1150, so that the registration to date Is practically equal to the num Iter of voters at last year's election. The books close for registration nt five o'clock April 0, which Is one week from next Tuesday. As a num ber of local candidates for state olllees are opposed by Candida tes In other counties. It Is urged that Hood Klver poll her full voting strength. Ranchers Directed How To Destroy Anthracnose Spraying of Fruit With Bordeaux Hixture Before Picking Is Advised in Order to Prevent RofThis Year and Directions for Eradicating Pest from Orchards Are Given by Two Experts. Co operation of the local orchard ing was enlisted Saturday afternoon at a largely-attended meeting held at the Commercial Clnb to consider means for tightlug the anthracnose, w li li b , It has been discovered, is the cause of much of the apple decay In cold ttorugc. Bordeaux mixture liberally applied two or three times a year so as to thoroughly coat the tree end thus prevent the growth of unthrucnose caukers Is the recommendation which Is made. As the disease attacks the tree about the middle of November, It Is desirable to thoroughly coat the tree with the Bordeaux mixture be fore this time and after the leaves have fallen. Another spraying with the same solution the following spring, said Professor Lawrence, will eradicate the trouble for that season and probably for several to come. The dllliculty which confronts lo cal fruit growers this year Is that where orchards may already be In fected with the anthracnose It Is too late to prevent the spores spreading to the fruit This being the case, Professor Lawrence recommends that the apples be sprayed with Bor deaux mixture as late before picking this year as possible In order to kill the spores which may have collected on the fruit and to prevent their S45.000 IS PAID FOR 45-ACRE RANCH .1. .1. Sea ton of Portland closed a deal last week for the purchase of three tracts of Hood Klver orchard land aggregating 45", acres, of which 35 acres Is a bearing orchard and six ncres In stra wWrrtes. The land was purchased from Charles A Chapman lor a consideration of I5,noo. Mr Chapman took In part payment a large ranch near lioldhlll. In .lack son county, containing 250 acres of rich bottom land and valued at f:!2.iNi. The tract lies about three tulles south of the city and Is known as the Morris farm. F. A. Bower Is now tenant on the place and has rented It of Mr. Seatoii. causing the anthracnose decay after the fruit shall be placed In cold stor age. Professor B. B. Pratt of the L S. department of plant Industry gave a short talk la the course of which he emphasized the fact that a large part of the storage rot Is due to delayed storage, only a few days delay hav ing been shown to materially hasten decay. He said that where fruit was Infected with anthracnose his experi ments have shown that sometimes as high as K" per cent of the fruit was ruined. He stated, however, that the disease has probably not Infected many of the orchards lu Hood Klver and he urged Immediate meusures to check Its spread. Professor Lawrence explained that If the apple trees were given a thor ough spraying In the Fall the disease would be entirely dislodged from the tree. He advised that If lime Is used with the copper sulphate It should be free from magnesium and recom mended the Koche Harbor, Wash., lime. He also spoke of the necessity of using pure copper sulphate. He gave directions for mixing and using the spray, stating that one pound of bluestoiie should be used to one gallon of water and one pound of lime to one gallon of water. These should be mixed separately and poured to gether as one stream Into the spray tank In order to thoroughly mix the constituents. He said that If the trees can once be thoroughly coated with this solution it will remain for several years. Fxperlments aud Investigation of the storage rot will be continued and It was announced that Professor Stubeurauch, the transportation and storage expert ol the bureau of plaut Industry at Washington, will be In the Northwest next month and will probably address local growers. SEN. LAFOLLETTE WILL SPEAK HERE That Senator LaFollette will In all probability Include Hood Klver In his Itinerary when he makes his west ern trip. Is the assurance which comes from Thomas McCusker of Portland, LaFollette's campalgu manager for ( tregon. "There are demands," says Mr. Mc Cusker, "that the Senator make an extended trip through Oregon on his westwnrd journey and In hope of be ing able to arrange this I have writ ten him to send me his Itinerary. It Is my hope that we can arrange to have 1dm speak at The I 'alien. Hood Klver, Portland, Salem. Albany, Kugene. Koseburg and Medford. The people of those places seem to be particular ly auxlous to hear him speak." That the victory of Senator La Follette In the primary election In North Dakota is significant of the people's disapproval of the third term proposition fostered by ex-Pres ident Koosevelt Is the declaration of LaFollette supporters In Oregon. "I consider the victory one of great significance and Importance," said Mr. McCusker. "It demonstrates i that the people do not favor a third term and It demonstates that Koose velt was absolutely wrong when he said he could get the support of the people at a primary election. It also convinces me that Senator LaFollette Is the right man to secure the sup port of the progressive Republicans. "The victory has caused a remark able awakening In Oregon and I te lleve Senator LaFollette can carry this state by a good majority." 0. A. C. MAN IS TO WRITE APPLEENCYCLOPEDIA Corvalls, Oregon. Dean L. II. Bailey, of the Cornell Coll-ge of Agri culture has asked Prof. C. I. lewls, of i. A. "., to write for the new edi tion of the Encyclopedia of Hi rtlcul ture, soon to be published, the sec tion devoted to apple culture on the Pacltlo Coast, especially In the Pad tic Northwest, Including ttie states of California, Oregon and Washington. Those wishing tables reserved for the large card party to be given by the Woman's Club on the evening of April 10 will speak to any of the fob low Ing ladles: Mrs. Charles Casta r, Mrs, lioiild or Mrs. lb lit. runner LOCAL TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE The follow Ing sales of real estute are reported for the past week: O. L. Stranahan anil wife to A. E. Hayes, tract -M ft. west of ball park. F. F. Murdell and wife and T.W.B. Loudon and wife to J. Houglass and C. J. (Jordon, 50 acres south of Park dale. 5,000. J. A. Reuter to E E Ferguson, in dividual one half Interest In .'!20 acres on east side. Anna Ia-oz to Rose Odcll, ncre southeast of Udell. Rose Odell to Peter P. Ience, same property. Henry C. Coe and wife to Jesse W. ( rites and wife, lot 2, block I, Coe' Third Addition. Ernllle M. Prltchard and husband to H. Orlo Jefferson, lot 4, block 7, Wlnon's Addition. C. I). Roberts to John Duckett. 1() acres on east side C. K. Marshall and wife to K. E. Ferguson, 9 acres In Belmont district. partyIinesTf votersare shown Out of the 112s voters who had registered In the county up to Satur day night, S34 are Republicans, 1V$ Democrats, 55 Socialists, 33 Inde pendent and 19 Prohibitionists. Reg istration In the different precincts, showing the number and party, Is ns follows: Hood River Center: Total 225; Rep. 171; Hem. 51; Soc. 19; Ind. 4; Prohl. 9. West Hood River: Total 203; Rep. 15."; Dem. 27; Soc. 11: Ind. 9; Prohl. 3. East Hood River: Total 134; Rep. 90; Dem. 30; Soc. 5; Ind. 7; Prohl. 2. South Hood River: Total 13; Rep. 113; Dem. 15; Soc. 7; Ind. 2; Prohl 1. Odell: Total 2; Rep. 62; Dem. 15; Soc. 3; Ind. 2; Prohl. 2. Pine Grove: Total 70; Rep. 49; Dem. 14; Soc. 3; Ind. 2; Prohl. 2. Baldwin: Total 101; Rep. SO; Dem. 15; Soc. 5; Ind. 1; Prohl. 0. Dee: Total 15; Rep. 11; Dem. 2; Soc. 0; Ind. 2; Prohl. 0. Falls: Total 130; Rep. 105; Dem. 19; Sue. 2; Ind. 4: Prohl. 0. REBS DIDN'T SCARE G. D, W00DW0RTH . D. Wood worth returned last week after having spent the winter on his ranch near Cullacan, Mexico. Mr. Woodworth, who has purchased HiH) acres of rich agricultural laud In that section, was right lu the middle of the revolutionary lielt during the winter and after the Americans had been ordered out of that territory Mr. Woodworth and four other Americans kept themselves constant ly armed In readiness to stand off the detachments of pillaging reliels who made frequent Invasions of that section and looted many 'f the neigh boring villages and ranches. Mr. Woodworth Is enthusiastic about the opportunities In Mexico. He Is rapidly clearing his holdings and says the soli nnd climate Is adapted to the production of almost all the fruits and vegetables that grow In the temperate zone as well as many that are native to the trop ics, lie states there Is a large im migration to this part of Mexico and that If the Cnlted States would es tabllsh a directorate the tide of Im migration from the I'nlteil States and foreign countries would be great ly Increased. Mr. Woodworth will remain In Hood Klver during the summer, but savs he will return to Mexico again In the Fall Mrs Woodworth and Miss Woodworth are now In Los Angeles, where they expect to remain until about May 1. MISSIONARY FROM AFRICA TO BE HERE THIS WEEK Mrs. Mary Albert, recenty returned missionary from Africa, and now ed itor of " The Evangel," a mission-in magazine of the 1'. B church, puli llshed In Dayton. lil., will Ih- la Hood Klver tomorrow and I rldav Mrs A Hurt U touring the coast an I will be the guest nf the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of i irate I'. I'., church and will speak a t tin t church In a public service tomorrow I I'hursday I evening. All are Invited to attend, especially those who are Interested in missionary work I rl day nftern I Mrs. Albert w 1:1 ho I a conference at the home of Mrs s E Bart mess for the Uiu-iit i.f tie local Woman's Foreign M'ssloiuir1, Society. All who are Interested n re ltl tted to be presi nt