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About The Hood River news. (Hood River, Or.) 1909-current | View Entire Issue (July 17, 1912)
THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17. 1912 G GIRL OF EAGLE RANCH COMING One of the most pretention pro duction of bonier life, sensational, realistic, full of mirth, melody, pathos and a few tears, strong In plot Bud quick In action. The story deals with life In the Went, the Inci dent are faithfully drawn, a picture of the happy go lucky, good natured and brave cowboy 1 drawn true to life, jet on atmosphere of culture and refinement prevail throughout the nctlou of the entire production. A whole car load of elu borate ce ti er y and properties are ued to give the production, la thl great pre sentation the Acme of success ha leen attained, Inasmuch a the play throughout 1 one of class and re tin ment. Prof, Cupontle's Celebrated Mili tary band ha lieon especially en gaged to furnish classical free con cert every evening and the aug mented Hungarian Orchestra will drive dull care away letweou the act and accompany the vocal and dancing numbers on the programme which, by the way. are many. The niaiunioth waterproof pavllllon is elegantly appointed; the attache are polite and gentlemanly, the opera Cash Grocery Some of Our Prices This Week 15 lbs. best Fruit Sugar for $1.00 2 cans Jersey Queen Milk for 15c 3 cans Carnation and Libby Milk for 25c Diamon, Crown and High Flight Flour, sack ..$1.45 Per Barrel $5. GO Special Prices on Fruit Jars Mason Pts. 55c, Qts. 65c, Half G., 85c Economy Pts. 85c, Qts. $1.10, HalfG. $1.40 Shrams Pts. 75c, Qts. 85c, Half G. $1.30 COME TO US FOR BARGAINS L. H. HUGGINS Oregon Lumber L WHOLESALE LARGE STOCK OF Band Sawed Lumber on Hand WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT REASONABLE FIGURES CEDAR POSTS CEDAR SHIP LAP and SHINGLES Estimates Furnished. Call on Either Phone DEE, OREGON Davidson Xq now ready HppLes Call at office or phone uo and we will call on you. Apple Paper, Boxes, Twine, Spray, Ice, Etc. DaTideon fruit Co. Hood River, Oregon chair are comfortably arranged and the comfort and welfare of our thous ands of patron ha leen the coveted goal we aspired to and have reached and maintained through the enilre existence of the great McDonald Show. The above meritorious at tractlou will give one performance only. Friday. July l ive street parade on day and date of show, showground HOOD RIVER APPLE PACKERS PLAN UNION That Hood Klver valley will have an apple packers' union now khmu certain. Several of the leading pack er are agitating the advisability of organization of the apple packers in order to establish a more uniform system of pack and recommend a uniform w age scale for the packers. An attempt was made several years ago to effect the organization of a union, but there were only a few packer In the valley ut that time, and the plau were never carried to completion. There will be approxi mately .""00 apple packer lu the val ley this season. It 1 understood that packers will uot work at the stands where arrangements have not been made for bed and board. and RETAIL fruit Co. to talh about CHANGE IN APPLE RATING PROPOSED A change In the rating of comnier clul apple Is suggested In a report by J. I.. Dumas of Dayton, Wash , to tin American Poiuologtcnl scn-lety, which placed him on a committee of several leading apple men of the country to revise the Hot mid rating of tippleo In the Fnlted State mid Canada. The object of the scheme of rating devised by Mr. Human will be to give the I'acillo North went tipple a Just rating In the general market which they have not heretofore had. Pre viously the members of the Tnlted I'omologlcnl society have been large ly pastern growers and the rating given by them to western apples has been decidedly unfair. Hereafter quality for dessert will count 50 per ceut; cooking qualities 2." per cent, and market qualities 2.' per cent, while tn'fore the llavor only received the same percentage as the cooking and marketing qualities. L'uder the old rating the Ben Davis apple, although manifestly Inferior, was given as high a grade as the Jonathan. With the new system not only the .Jonathan, but the Rome Beauty, Wlnesap and Mcintosh Hed, three of the leading varieties In the Northwest, will be given a much higher commercial rating. The new rating has been accepted by the British Columbia Provincial Board of Horticulture and Is likely to go Into effect before the big apple shows this fall. Another change contemplated by the committee of which Mr. Dumas is a member Is n reduction of the list of commercial apples from 319 varl etles to only "0. In speaking of the present list of .'il!t varieties Mr. Du. tuns said: "The large number of different ap ples accepted by horticulturists as commercial varieties Is so confusing as to be practically valueless. Now what we propose to do Is to cut down this number to .K) standard varieties, eliminating all the names retained merely for sentiment. "We further propose to educate the consumer by placing In every box of apples a complete list of commer cial varieties with their rating and value for different uses which will give to the purchaser an Idea of what he is buying. This Information could be placed In every box and should bear the government seal." The next Important change to be made by this plan Is a change In the standard size. Heretofore the rules governing size have been laid down by the International Shippers' Asso ciation, the minimum size being 218 inches In diameter, regardless of va riety. In the future the size shall be taken as the uumbiir of apples per box and the minimum will vary with the variety. It lias been demonstrated pretty eon. 'Inslvely n result of experiment conducted ut the Oenevn (N. Y.i sta tion Inst yenr Unit the use of llnie Kuiphur sprny mi potato vines as a uhstltute for the bordeaux mixture seriously dwarfs the plants nnd ruts lown the yield. It was found that the vines treated with the lime-sulphur lied early and yielded forty bushels per sure less than the check rows, while the vines sprayed with bordeaux pro 3uced at the rate of n hundred bush Hs more than the eheck rows. In view of the substitution of the lime sulphur solution for the bordeaux as fungicide. In n number of Instances, the above results will be noted with Interest. Hit a bull's eye at Jack Morrison's shooting gallery. Just opened, nnd you get a chance on a fine piano. 2."tf SPRAYING FOR ' SCALE INSECTS Farmer and fruit growers troubled by scale are advised by A. I.. I.ovett, assistant entomologist at the Oregon Agricultural College to spray with lime-sulphur, kerosene emulsion nnd whale oil soap, as fid lows: "For scale Insects of such a type as the San Jose, use the Mine-sulphur spray of winter strength, says Mr. I.ovett, "For the soft scales, such as occur on the blackberry, prune and plum, use the kerosene emulsion or whale oil soap. Kerosene emul sion Is prepared as follows: Heat a gallon of water (soft If possible) to boiling; shave half a pound of soap Into It ( whole oil Is preferred), nnd stir till the snap Is dissolved. He move from the fire nnd add two gal lons of kerosene. Agitate vigorously till It Is creamed, which Is best done with a hand pump, forcing the solu tion through the hose nnd back Into the container. For use In the dorm ant season this should be diluted with seven gallons of water, but for summer spraying, ut the time the young emerge, with eleven gallons of water. A pound of whale oil soap to four gallon of water may be used as a summer spray for soft scale. "For plant lire on roses and garden truck rrop any of the tobacco solu- Hon may be used. For plants hav Ing a slick foliage, or where the aidil are especially bad. there should Ih added a pound of fish oil soap dissolved In a gallon ot hot water to each eight gallou of the spray. "On fruit tree, a the apple and peach, the spray used la early spring when the bud are starting should be a combination of winter strength lime-sulphur and "Black I.eaf 40," using one part of the Black I.eaf to !S00 of solution. It upplled ordinarily the aphid do not become especially bad. Where the trouble Is severe the tobacco solution should be used." FRUIT OUTLOOK OF WENATGHEE SECTION The big crop of fruit lu prospect for this season has made it necessary to do much thlnulng throughout the Wenatchee valley. The work U now being carried on extensively with all varieties of fruits, though a few kinds ot apple such a Arkansas Blacks, Black Twigs, Wluesapsand Stay man Wtnesaps. thinned themselves suttlc tently In the spring drop. The revised estlmute for the apple FINE VEHICLE WEATHER COME IN GILBERT IMPLEMENT COMPANY crop, a made by some ot the associ ation people, place the probable to tal output for thl district at 3,200 car, The output ot peaches will not tie as large a last year but It I expect ed that there will be a great many more apricot. During the past week the weather ha lieen very favorable lu the Wen atchee valley for the development ot the fruit crop. The cherry crop turn ed out to be slightly larger than an ticipated. Total shipment will be about :IT cars. Lime and Spray Kelly Broi., phone 227-M. CANNERIES CONSUME LOCAL CHERRIES Hood Klver ha a bumper crop of cherries this year. In former ytar the enttre output ot cherries ba Keen packed la 10 pound boxes and shipped out, locally, by expre. However, thl season condition In the cherry market have changed aud Instead of shipping a few hundred boxes ot packed cherries, about 40 tou will be gathered from the Hood Klver or chard and whipped to the canneries at The Dulles and Portland.