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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 12, 1912
THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
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fcntrm as sxeood -class mittcr. Frh. 10. 1. At
Ih ixMt offc at Hood Rivv. Or if on.
under ths Act of March S. 1-TS.
The Help Problem
Those who have been consider
ing the help proposition in this
valley and the unusual condition
which exists, with a great deal
of extra help needed at the har
vesting seasons, declare that a
word to the wise is now in order.
They joint out, and evidently
with tmod reason, that it is up
to the growers to make some
radical improvements in their fa
cilities for housing and caring for
this special help.
In one respect Hood River is
fortunate in that it is convenient
ly located for drawing upon Port
land fur extra help at the har
vesting seasons. The Portland
Y. M. C. A. is in a position to
render great assistance in this
matter and is this year under
taking to do so. Naturally, how
ever, they are called ujon by
prospective laborers to give out
information as to the facilities
for caring for help here, and
they report that they find it most
difficult to secure help of the
kind which the growers here
want when it is known that no
food nor shelter is furnished.
The question is of still greater
importance when viewed from
the standpoint of the apple crop
than the strawberry crop. With
a big apple yield in prospect, it
would be a calamity if enough
help could not be procured to
harvest the fruit at the proper
time. Then, too, the weather
during the apple-picking season
is such as makes the provision of
proper shelter and good food
even more of a necessity than at
the present time.
Bunkhouses could be provided
at small expense. Cooking fa
cilities ought also to be installed
and proper sanitary arrange
ments should, out of regard for
both health and decency, be pro
vided. Several local fruitgrowers who
have been interviewed recently
state that they are already plan
ning such accommodations for
the help which they will need
this Fall. They say that if the
impression is circulated among
the laboring classes in Portland
that people who come here to
help out are not given the right
kind of treatment it would ser
iously hurt Hood River's chances
for going into the labor market
under favorable conditions.
In the hop districts of the
East where large numbers of
"foreign" pickers are used they
are provided with substantial and
comfortable sleeping quarters
and are also given their board.
Under these conditions it is a
pleasant vacation for many city
people and whole families plan
on making their annual pilgrim
age to thehopfields. They know
that they will receive good ac
commodations and it is the farm
ers who give the best treatment
w ho secure the most satisfactory
class of pickers and who have
the least trouble in getting them.
A Word About Land Values
The Potrland Evening Tele
gram is publishing a series of
progress editions containing
some valuable statistical tables.
The following comment on Ore
gon land values is based on some
of these figures:
"When Eastern people hear
that some of the best irrigated
lands of Oregon sell for $&00 and
up to &M00 an acre, many of
them jump to the conclusion that
those prices are speculatively in
flated to an absurd degree. Hut
they are not. It is officially
stated here that the average
yearly value of fruit crops in the
U-st orchard regions of the state
is alxnit $1'HJ per acre. Now,
.pose that it costs in all kinds
of expanses, including fertilizers,
interest, labor, half that sum
an estimate too high to make
the $ 100 crop. The net profit is
$2iH) per acre. It may le much
higher, as the same official state
ment says gross receipts at times
moi nt up to $100 per acre, and
so $500, $000 and $700 should not
be very extraordinary. But
$200 is 10 per cent on a capitali
zation of $2000, or 5 per cent on
$ 1000. Any Eastern corporation.
or big farmer, would figure and
capitalize that way. Well, why
not here? Isn't land that earns
10 per cent on $1000 worth $1000?
And is land high under such cir
cumstances? Certainly not."
"Dear Maria" on Deck
Mrs. Bellamy Storer has brok
en into the campaign, urging the
defeat of Col. Roosevc It. It will
be remembered that the Colonel,
when president, recalled Bellamy
Storer, w ho was an ambassador
to Austria-Hungary, on the
ground that Mrs. Storer was too
active in undertaking to have
Archbishop Ireland made a cardi
nal. Mrs. Storer immediately
retorted that she had letters from
President Roosevelt expressing
the hope that the archbishop
would be advanced. Roosevelt
at once added her to his Ananias
library of notables, and her reply
came in the form of a letter writ
ten to her by Mr. Roosevelt, ad
dressing her as "Dear Maria,"
and bearing out everything she
had said before. It was one of
the most interesting episodes of
Roosevelt's term, but it added
nothing to the fame of that ad
ministration. Beautifying the Home
Many local ranchers have so
far been "too busy to bother
with flowers," but there are
some who have cultivated the
ornamental as well as useful and
they are starting their neighbors
to thinking along the same line.
Just a few touches of color, a
clump or two of flowers and a
few shrubs can transform the
appearance of a country place.
They make the home more at
tractive, more homelike, more
interesting and more valuable.
To one who appreciates the beau
tiful they area constant joy and
refreshment. The returns on
the investment are incalculable.
In flowers there is an ever-present
inspiration and delight. They
repay a little attention many
fold and they add to the home a
charm which no home can afford
to be without.
LADYBUGS TURNED
LOOSE ON APHIS
I.adybugx by the thousands have
just 1 'it'll turned loose In the orchards
of W. H. Hannibal nnd lieorge (ial
lagher, near Agnew, Oil., by Karl I,.
Morris. Santa Clara countv horticul
tural commissioner, who Is expert- j
meriting with them ax a tucunx of,
relief from the aphis found on the'
apple trees. Sixty thousand mem i
berx of the btpnodamta convergence. :
or common red ladybug family, have
lxen xet to work to eat the aphis
which last year caused the leaves to
curl nnd did considerable damage In
all parts of California.
Ax the result of experiments Moli
were carried on last year, the Cali
fornia, state horticultural commis
sioner He nt ft large force of men tit
the Hlopex of the Sierras a hhort time
ago to gather the red lady bugs,
many of which hibernate In the vi
cinity of Lake Tahoe. I5y means of
pack mules load after lond wax
taken out to the railroad and ship
ped to Sacramento, where the head
bugman of the xtate supervised the
distribution to those who had made
h re nest for the aphis eaters, .fust
what they will do with the apple
aphis Is a question, for they are, for
the first time, being given an oppor
tunity to demonstrate their value.
Should It develop that the red lady
bug takes kindly to the aphis It may
prove a great boon to epple grow
ers, who ioine years are given con
siderable trouble by thlx pest.
Regular Sunday excursion to Park
dale. Pleasant trip for jourself and
friends. ,
H VARICOSE VEINS
8ILK ELASTIC HOSIERY
1 r.oastariiiy urii-will rli-i at
toimnk oa ru.-t,
Woooaro. Clarke & Co.
K(HTLANO, GHCGN
CALLS BEES BEST
FRUITJOLLENIZERS
J. I. Ytuii'.v, a fruit grower of
Itrliltfeport, Wnwli.. Ix-lli've every
nri'lmrriint nhoull keep I wen In order
toeffet-t polleiintlon or fertilisation
of fruit IiIohkdiuk. He nay, lu a re
cent Indue of a Waxlilntou paper:
'I-' very up to ilate fruit grower U
tmppoHfiliy Interexteil in whatever
tetnl toward a better fruit crop.
Much attention U given to selection
nf the proper location, nature of the
null, nursery Htock, cultivation,
pruning ant ppraylng. Thin x all
very well, of courxe, but It neenm to
me that one of the moat Important
iletallri of the buxtne8 Id almost. In
fact In notne cnxea U entirely over
looked. Thin In the pollenatlon or
fertilization of fruit Mokhouih.
"There are three method of pollen
distribution artlticlal, by hand, by
the means of winds and by Inserts.
Artllielal fertilization Ix. of course,
Impracticable except for xclentlllc
exiH-riinetitx; and It ha,lieen proven
time and again that the wind Is n
very Inetliclent and unreliable agent
at best. Kvery otvhardist of experi
ence has probably cotlced that If
fruit bloom be accompanied by
weather so cool and cloudy ax to
prevent the tlight of beex and other
Inxectx, n verj small percentage of
fruit will set, even though there lx?
no actual damage from frost, while
the reverse Is true provided condi
tions are favorable to the abundant
tlight of honey and pollen gathering
Insects, by far the in out important of
which Is the honey bee. This being
true and the weather conditions fa
vorable, the fruit grower may Insure
the abundant setting of fruit by sup
plying plenty of beex at the I roper
time."
Bids for Wood
liidx will be received by the clerk
of School District No. 4 until July 1.1
1!12, fr.r "JO cords of four-foot oak
anil 'M cords of four foot split or
slabwood to be delivered at Uarrett
schoolhouse; also for ten rlckx of !.
foot oak anil ten rlckx of Pi-foot fir
or pine, to be delivered In the wood
shed of the Ivist liarre' t schoolhouse.
Wood to be delivered on or prior
to September 1,
F. H. Mii.i.kk,
2.1-Jtk; District clerk.
J. C. John-sen
Home of
GOOD
SHOES
Where the Best
Values ComeFrom
The Trim Looking Team
shown in the picture, are evi
dently good roadsters. In order
to keep them so, no pains
should be spared to keep them
carefully shod. As
lixperienced Morseshoers
we know the importance of
keeping them carefully shod.
Let us do your horseshoeing
work, rou wont regret it.
SHIVELY & DRISGOLL
Phone fi--X
emnmnimi,
Lout branding, htrKibt, raiMf,
fwiinf and homing poultry m
cmtainwj ! ( lat4 mUtvm nl
I j 1? Poultrr Book fufj prtoiad.
Vnd M copy, hea.
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R. R. BARTLETT
ARCHITECT
lleilbronncr Buiklin
HOOD RIVER. OKKGON
l'hons 61
ALBERT SUTTON
Hrcbitcct
11 A IX BUILDINO
Hood Kivkr. OaaooN
C. M. HURLBURT
SURVEYOR
Telephone 3342-M
H. E. JOHNSON
Carpenter and Builder
Third and State Sts.
Phone Shop 5 1 ; Res. 87-L
KELLY BROS.
HAY and OATS
Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts
and Straw
Phone 227-M
Fourth Street between Oak anj State
ROBT. T. NEWHALL
Telephone 277-M Rood River, Oregon
REPRESENTING
MILTON NURSERY CO.
THIRTY-THREE YEARS
OK RELIABLE TREES
J. M. WRIGHT
Contractor and builder
Estimate! Furnished on All Kinds of
Carpentry Work
Office in Heilbronner BIJj. Phone 6
C. G. VAN TRESS
Public Stenographer
AND
Notary Public
ELIOT BLOCK
rhone 308-L
W. J. BAKER
Real Estate
Loans
Insurance
APPLE AND STRAWutRRY
LAND A SPECIALTY
Correspondence Solicited
WE FURNISH FRUIT
PICKERS AND PACKERS
And All Kinds of
Employees...
NIGUMA CO.
Phone 160
14 Last Oak Street
Mood River, Or.
C O A L
Rock Springs
COAL
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TRANSFER & LIVERY
COMPANY
Cottage Hospital
Hood River's Medical In
stitution. Open to the
public for the treatment
of Medical and Surgical
cases. Rates on applica
tion. Address,
COTTAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
H. YAMA
DAY WORK
AT
Cooking
and House Cleaning
Phone IflO
MOak Street
DR. F. C. BROSIUS
Ha eetalillflit'il a peniiioieiit Ot
flce at ODK1X. imionkLD. where he
can h connulttMl tuornliitr ami even
In. City olfiee HOOD IUYKK.
imionk 12 It, open an UHUal 10 to 4
iliillr. Night Calls answered from
UDELL, i-monkiM. I'Ntt
J. F. WATT, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Office Horn Phona -R. SO-B
Hood River :: Oregon
Dr. M. H. 8hrp Dr. Fdna B. Sharp
DKS. bnAKr
Osteopathic Physicians
Graduate of th American SrKool of Osteopathy,
Kirkavill. Mo.
Offica in Eliot Building
Phona-Otfica 108. Rvaidenca 102-B.
Hood River. Oregon
E. D. KANACA
Physician and Surgeon
Office in National Bank Building;
Phone. Office 35
Rea. W-B Hood River. Oregon
H. L. DUMBLE
Physician and Surgeon
Calls promptly answered In town or country, day
or night.
Telephones-Residence 611. Office 611
Othce in the Brosiua Building.
DR. E. 0. DUTRO
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Smith Building
Horn phone. Rea.71B; Office phone 71
Hood River, Oregon
DRS. SHAW & BRONSON
Physicians and Surgeons
Eliot Block Phone 34
Hood River, Oregon
C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D.
Dentist
Office. Hall Building, over Butler Banking Co.
Office phone 28. Residence phone 28-B
Hood River, Oregon
II. Dudley W. Pineo, D. D. S.
. Dentist
Office 4, 5 and 6. Smith Bldg.
Office-Home phone 131. Residence- Home 131-B
Hood River. Oregon
JOHN R. WESTERVELT
Doctor of Dental Surgery
Suite: 807 Oregon ian Building
Phone, Main 7256 Portland, Oregon
DR. JUSTIN WAUGH
Eliot Building
EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT
M. E. WELCH
Licensed Veterinarian
Hood River. Oregon
JOHN BAKER
Attorney at Law
Room3 7-8, Smith Block
Office phone 16H-K t t j t-
houm phone an- x Hood River, Ore.
STEARNS & DERBY
Lawyers
First National Bank Building
Hood River, Oregon
Phone 309 Rooms t-10. Smith Block
CEORGE R. WILBUR
LAWYER
Hoot Itlver Oregon
ERNEST C. SMITH
LAWYER
Room 14 and IS, Hall Build in
Hood River, Orwon
L. A. & A. P. REED
ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS
AT LAW
Two Doors North of Postoffica
Phone 41 Hood River' Oregon
MURRAY KAY
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Phon S3
Baoaiug Buildiho Hood Riv
L. A. HENDERSON
Civil Engineer
Formerly U. 8. Lvd 8urveror Philippine Island
Two doora north of pout office. Phone 41
P. M. MORSE
City Engineer and Surveyor
CITY AND COUNTY WORK
Heilhronner Building Hood River, Oregon
A. C. BUCK
Notary Public and Insurance
Agent
Room 12, Hmslua Block
Hood River. Oregon
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Electricity Popular Subject
OUR NEW LAMP PRICES ARE:
15 Watt G. E. Mazda $ .50
20 50 q
U 25 50 "
40 55 Q
" CO 75 "
n ioo 1.10 Q
" 150 1.65 "
q 250 2.30 q
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ELECTRIC WIRING & SUPPLY CO.
A. L. DAY, Pres. and Mrr.
Under First National Bank Bldg. PHONE 3
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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, Clias. G. Pratt, Jos. Copeland
Capital $100,000
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
FASHION
Livery, Feed
Wholesale and
Retail Lumber,
Lath, Shingles
Etc. Lumber
delivered to
any part of the
Valley
Ulc arc now tailing ordero for
Hpplc
Boxes
Stanfey-Smitfi um6er Co.
Hccft ftiter. Oregon
PAena 134
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Surplus and Profits $28,000
THE WOMEN FOLKS
They have more or Jess bus
iness with banks. Many of
them come to this bank. We
appreciate their patronape;
we invite others. No matter
how small or how large their
business, we invite them to
come. All transactions strict
ly confidential. Advice and
assistance cheerfully given
upon request. Three and four
percent allowed on time de
posits. STABLES
and Draying
.STRANAHANS & RATHBUN
HOOD RIVER, 0RE60N
1 1 orses bou gh t, sold or ex
ch anged. Pleasure parties can
secure first class rigs. Slecial
attention given to moving fur
niture and pianos. We do
everything horses can do.
Stanley
Smith
Lumber
Co.