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G THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 1912 no Off Mil MP i VLH JI iLa Jj) IDi li i Ji HI Villi MANY YARDS ARE BEINGKAUTIFIED A most gratifying response has been met by the civic committee of the Woman's Club, which tn engineer ing & content Involving the lienutl f Ing of .vanln throughout the tit. v. I'rlzt-i art- to Is? given those who ef fect the greatest Improvement and especial stress In to be laM on the planting of shade treeH. Three Judges appointed by the committee made Ort tour of Inspection Friday and visited the thirty yards entered. They will make the trip again after Septcmlier 1, when thecontest closes. A splendid Improvement In the ap pearance of the particular yards en tered Is anticipated Order yotir Apple Racks! C.You will sure need them when you market that big crop this fall, and by placing the order now you will not have to worry about being prepared to bring your fruit to market. We also repair old racks. DO IT NOW! C.Wre would also remind you that we are equipped to do Manufacturing and Repairing work promptly and satisfactorily. C.One of our specialties is the manufacture of tools and appliances for orchard use, as well as Grubbing and Logging Tools, Wedges, Sledges, Hooks, Blocks and all kinds of Wood and Iron Work. Plowshares Sharpened, Wagons Repaired Implements of all kinds put in first-class working order CNo job too big or too small for us to take care of with a iositive guarantee of satisfactory work. SNOW & UPSON Phone 62-K TAFT SPEAKER TO MAKE SPEECH HERE According to an announcement made by W. 1$. Ayer, chairman of the Portland Taft commute, Kalph I). Cole of Flndlay.O., ex-representatlve In Congress from that state, will be In Hood Ulver tomorrow (Thursday ( evening to speak In advocacy of the re election of President Taft. Mr. Cole expects to fill dates In an Itinerary which Includes speeches In a nutnler of Oregon towns, barring de lay on account of the Hoods In the Mississippi Valley. He was sched uled to speak at McMtnnvllle last evening and Is slated fur Hlllsboro this evening. After speaking here to morrow he plan to go to The Dalles and from there to Pendleton and other Eastern Oregon cities. Fourth Street Big Stock Well Chosen Good Stuff Guaranteed you'll Like It Our Service Best Ever Try It Sure to Please John Deere Goods Pull Line RAPID DEVELOPMENT ON CAMAS PRAIRIE I'.. K. Duncan made a trip through the Camas Prairie country In Klick itat county, Wash , a few days ago In his automobile and reports that he was very agreeably surprised to note the rapid strides which are be Ing made In the development of that section. The roads have been Im proved ami with the arrival of dry weather are in exceptionally good condition, making the trip a pleas ant one. Mr. Duncan says there has been extensive building In that section during the past year and con siderable land has been cleared for cultivation. On Camas Prairie the drainage work Is progressing rapid ly. The big company which has the contract Is keeping two dredges at work night and day dlggglng the ditches which will transform the rich bottom hinds. It Is expected. Into productive hay and alfalfa farms. I Mr. Duncan Is Interested In the recla mation work and says prospects are ! bright for rapid development of that heretofore neglected section. Card of Thanks To all whom It may concern, ami especially to their neighbors In Ue. mont, Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Morse wish to express many thanks for the kind assistance and sympathy at the time of the accident ami loss of part of Mr. Morse's hand. They also wish to express their heartfelt ap preciation to those who made the contribution for them. Opposite the Post Office Ihtme f 'hone 20 hi Spray and Garden nose Plumbing j PROFESSOR TELLS HOW TOKILL APHIS Prof. A. L. Melander, entomologist at the Washington state agricul tural experiment station at Pullman, has prepared the following state ment and recommendations for com bating the wooly aphis: "The wooly aphis Is one of the most serious of orchard pests. It occurs both on the roots and on the brunches of apple trees. The form above ground can easily be killed by spraying. A spray of tobacco, such as black leaf (Up, one part to sixty five parts of water, or a kerosene emuNlon or even a combination spray containing these two mixed, will easily kill the aphis on the branches. To make sure of thor ough work, the spray should be ap plied with Uordeaux nozzles and driven with considerable pressure. It Is necessary to wet through the wool of the Insects. If t he spraying can be thorough, the ordinary sul phur lime spray will destroy the aphis above ground, "For the root form there Is no sat isfactory treatment. Placlngground tobacco around the uncovered roots or wetting the ground with the to bacco spray, sulphur llme or kerosene emulsion will kill off a small propor tion of the root aphis but Is never likely to give complete satisfaction, The root aphis docs not penetrate deeper than IS Inches below ground, Ir, giving a root treatment It Is best to uncover as much of the roots as possible before applying the Insectl clde. Banding the trees with tree tanglefoot applied ever a baud of cotton will keep the root form from migrating up the trunk to locate on the brunches. In that way the braiirhes can be kept free from the woolly aphis." Better Baking With Crescent A Better Baking Powder Call if rarai ftfl) ILlLalVlllJjIxl 11 vLpvIJo I WEATHER HAS BEEN G00DJF0R FRUIT Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallls "Weather conditions for the month have been favorable agricul turally," says W '. Ij. Powers, agron omist at the Oregon Agricultural College, anil meteorologist for the 1'. S. Weather I'.urcnu, discussing his March records. "The amount and distribution of rain has permitted an unusual amount of Meld work," he con tluued, anil the cool temperatures have retarded blooming as much as could have been hoped for a month ago. It Is not past the time of year for the soil to be again saturated, ami early cultivation Is generally fa vorable to storage of mure of this moisture In the soli." The rainfall for the month was .'l.W! Inches, .H of an Inch below nor mal, and contributed to the short age of rain for the year, which Is 2 .'10 Inches to (late. Italn fell on 10 differ ent days; 12 were clear; (i partly cloudy; and VI cloudy. The mean temperature for the month was 41 degrees, which was S degrees below normal for March The minimum temperature was 2fi degrees on the morning of March 4, atid the maxi mum "0 degrees on March .'11. Lime and Spray Kelly Bros., phone 227-M. mount Hoocl RaiCroacJ Time Tbl No. 10, tfftctivc April I7ih. 12:01 A. M A.M. -South No.tm-P.M. 8.00 Hood Kiver 8. Of) Powerdale 8.15 Switchback 8.35 Van Horn 8.40 Mohrs 8.55 Odell 9.10 Summit 9.20 Bloucher 9.40 Winans 9.45 Ar. Dee 10.15 Lv. Dee 10,25 Troutcreek 10.40 Wood worth 10.50 Ar. Parkdale 3.10 3.05 2.55 2.30 2.25 2.15 2 05 2.00 1.50 1.45 1.25 Lv. Ar. 1.20 1.05 Lv. 1.00 Sunday. nnth bound friin will run two houri late, bovf Krtfdulc, leaving Psrkditlr ) p. m. A. WILSON, AKnt. How to Fertilize "1 Our nrw 24-pMf lxxk, JjUYJ vnttfn hr me who know. Contain! miK-h lit ul infof mutton on fttilmng w4rni otU. M tiled (tm on raquett. The Ch.i. H. Lilly Co Seattle. Wa.h. TUCKER BRIDGE CONTRACT IS LET At the session of the county court last week the contract for construct ing a riveted steel truss bridge at Tucker's was awarded to the Port laud Bridge and Iron Company. The bridge complete will cost about ?:KMlO. Illds fur the work ranged from $2740 to $41.10. The court awarded the coutract fur graveling Methodist Lane and alno the Itelmotit road as far south as the Purser place. Fred A. I!lay lock was the successful bidder. The contract for graveling the Oak (Jrove road from linvtdsou' hill to the south end of Markham I,ane was awarded to Stranahan and Wallace. FINE TREES CHEAP! )TcP those contemplating planting this spring or next fall, now is an opportunity to get some first class Apple Trees at greatly reduced prices, owing to the fact that one of our customers is un able to get his Jand ready for planting and has in structed us to sell the trees he had ordered These consist of 8000 Yellow Newtown, 3-4 and 4-6;" 2000 Ortley 3-4 and 4-6, one-year-buds and any reasonable cash price will be considered. These trees are all grown by the True-to-Name : Nursery and are all guaranteed by them. Address, Oue-to-JVTame Jsery Phone 2002-K Hood River, Oregon MORTON BELIEVES CHANGES ARE GOOD .1. W. Morton, formerly of thlsclty, who Is a candidate for the nomina tion for U. S. Senator, was In the city Friday, lie was on his way to Kastern Oregon after having can vassed the western end of the state as far south as Ashland. He believes his chances to win are good. " public olllce Is a public trust," is his motto and his platform In a nutshell Is: "iA't us have more constructive legislation and remove excess! ve tar iff duties." He favors progressive Republican policies, parcels post, di rect election of I'. S. senators, gov ernment cotitrol of trusts and an In come tax. adv. The News for good printing.