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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. JULY 24. 1912 3 rz--- Danger of y Farm jExodus Unnatural Life of City People By THEODORE P. SHONTS. President of Interborough Ripld Transit Co. of New York ITIIOUT attempting to analyze nt too great length all of the new conditions which have led to the disruption in somo degree of family influence it may bo sufficient to ad vert to a dominating factor that i3 to say, the GKN ERAL EXODUS FROM RURAL SURROUNDINGS, where homo life is naturally effective, to populous communities, where the social environment is necessarily less intimate and its influence at once DIFFUSE AND HARMFUL. This condition has brought with it a spirit of uneasiness. The cost of living has raised in consequence, and mutterings of restlessness aro heard on all sides. THE SPIRIT OF UNREST 13 ABROAD ALSO. IT IS A UNIVER SAL SIGN OF THE TIMES. IT IS NOT CONFINED TO THIS LAND ALONE. IT IS WORLOWIDE. LOCAL PEACHES COME TO MARKET The first home grown peaches to show tip In tlit local market made their appearances t tie latter part of the week. While HooI Klver valley Is not considered to le a first-class peach flection anil that crops are not alwas certain, the fruit Is of the very fluent quality. Several of the each orchards In the valley have a heavy crop thin Hcaxon. The peach crop on the const Is Home Hhort anil the llooil Klver fruit should tiring good prices. Social Dance A Hoclal dance will he given Fri day evening, .Inly -, at 1'arWilale Hull. Supper served at V2 o'clock, Newman' orchestra. Kver.vbc il.v cordl.illy invited J. P. PATTERSON TWO DOORS NORTH OF P. 0. Orcltarcl anHs MORTGAGES BOUGHT AND SOLD Agent Warren Motor Car Company HAY, GRAIN and FLOUR We make a Specialty of Mandlin; Fancy TIMOTHY and ALFALFA GARNES FEED STORE W. A. CARNliS, Proprietor 1W2 Twelfth St.Tho Height J. C. Johnsen Home of GOOD SHOES Where the Best Va I u cs Co m e Fro m YAKIMA APPLES VIA PANAMA CANAL Fruit growers In the Yakima sec tlon will he alileil greatly In market ing t heir crops If certain plana now being considered by the Pacific Ter minals Cwmpany nre eventually car ried out. This concern, which In a large eastern syndicate, Is at present Investigating comlttlonH In that part of the country and propones to In stall storage facilities and termlunls in Seattle with a view to liulldingup a transoceanic shipping trade from Yakima after the opeulng of the Pan ama canal. While thin project looks to the gen eral development of the Northwest, It Ih pointed out that the fruit grow er of Yakima and especially those engaged In the apple Industry, will derive special lienelits from It. Those behind this enterprise declare that ! with convenient storing facilities the fruit can be shipped nt the times i when It will realize the best prices and that It will arrive la better con dition on the markets. They also ' polut to a possible absorption of ; freight rates from Yakima to I'uget Sound and a saving of one third to one half from the present rates by rail to New York. In discussing this plan, M. K.Olson, president of the Yakima Valley Fruit (rowers' Association,, gave an esti mate of the fruit crop for this season from the valley and placed It at about ."iOO cars, of which about i.iHH) will probably be apples. lie stated that the new acreage which will come Into hearing this season will offset I lie loss from the old trees, which will yield a lighter crop. And with a steady Increase In prospect during the coming years, he declared that storage facilities would soon be come Indispensable. The iiiestlon of the erection of a pre cooling plant at Yakima has been brought to the attention of the syndicate and the chances are said to be very favorable for securing it. The company. It Is claimed, Intends to provide cold storage facilities oh Its steamers and will also make lib eral advances to shippers. (iootl l.nough to liat The cover cut on the last Issue of lletter Fruft Is one of the most hand some ever presented by that maga zine. The fruit, consisting of pears, plums, prunes, grapes, apples and peaches, nre ns natural as the fruit t hat hangs on the vine and grows on the tree. It looks good enough to eat and Is worthy of 11 frame and then hung In the dining room to tease the appetite ami lure the taste toward nature's manifold gifts. HOOD RIVER EXPERTS TO GIVE PACKING LESSONS Orchard owners In the Hitter IJoot valley, assisted by representative from tin" State F.xperlnicnt station, will give a series of lesssons In apple packing this summer and fall; the fee has been tlxed at a nominal price and when apples reach a marketable sl.e the llrst sessions will lie held at l.o l.o on the Alloinont orchards. Fxperts from the Wenatehee nnd Mood Klver valleys will give nclunl packing Inst ructions l.lme and Spray Kelly Itroft., phone 227-M.' THE HOOD RIVER WOMEN TELL US That the man who has no small vices usually has one or t woblg ones. That a loving word In the right place often saves a big millinery bill. That they have noticed that the baby's bad temper is always Inherit ed from Its father. That the stinbonuet on the door knob has been the last straw on many a camel-husband's back. That they have observed that peo ple who are married for their money ure usually good Insurance risks. That unhappy marriages, us a rule, muy be epitomized In three words matrimony, parsimony, alimony. Thut there ure two things In life worth having love und lov and on pinch we can get along without the latter. That It wasn't the apple that tempted Adam. Kve's smile would probably have led him to eat even hreuklust food had she asked It. 1 hat the young woman who is an expert operator of the typewriter doesn't always make an expert oper ator of the sewing machine or darn tug needle. 1 hat the "open-work waist, ac cording to u late fashion Journal "will be In our midst again this sum titer.. Well, they do wear em pretty near that low don't they?" That It Is said that women do not manage automobiles ' well, In-cnuse they lack the power of concentration Does an automobile require more of that than a husbund? 1 hat In his early adolescence man is attracted by the gold-filled smile and the gurgle of admiration, but later In life It takes a sample of hand made pie to bring him 'round. MOSIER From the bulletin. A. L. Day and Henry Ols-n, of the Fleet rlc Wiring & Supply Co., Hood Klver, were business visitors In town the first of the week. Mosler visitors In Hood Klver last Saturday were Mrs. IMck Evans and son, Forrest, Miss Maud Kvans and Mrs. 11. J. Weller. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stark, of Hood Klver, spent several days In Mosler this week and Inst visiting their daughter, Mrs. Win. Akers, nnd oth er relatives. Mrs. Geo. Fmry, of Hood Klver visited relatives hereon Monday. m. Stevens jn was a passenger on tins morning s local to Hood Klver. The local lodges of Odd Fellows and Kebekahs held a joint. Installa tion of officers at their hall last I'M- lay night. After the business of the evening was disposed of, refresh merits were served and a general good time was nail until a late Hour. Mrs. Amy I.,, (love, retiring Noble rand of the Kebekahs, was present from Hood Klver. Mrs. O. I,. Crnton, of Mosler, visit ed her parents til Hood Klver the first of the week. WHITE SALMON (Fomthe Enterprise) M. J. IVinpsey nnd wife, ('. lerhoeven nnd wife of Chicago, registered at the Washington lay. Miss Hempsey and Mrs. Van were Moil- Kate ISrainlt of hood Klver were also reg Istered the same day. Will Colling wood took the I-evvls family to Hood Klver Friday. They came from Menominee, Wis., to visit Mrs. Iewl' mother, Mrs. Seng, nnd sister, Mrs. Kerns, but on arrival found both had gone to Klamath Falls for a visit. Arter a stav of ten days looking over this section they left for Odell, where Mr. Iew1s ex. pects to buy orchard property. C. 1. Moore wns In Hood Klver Monday Investigating a piece of land for a friend in the Fast who has been solicited for a trade by the Hood Klver owner. BILLY SUNDAY'S SON SICK ON HIGH PEAK .1. Jensen, of Cedar Falls, la., ond (ieorge Sunday, of Fort Wayne, Ind., son of Evangelist Itllly Sunday, who Is spending his vacation on his Hood Klver ranch, had an eventful experi ence while climbing Mount Kai.ler Wednesday. Sunday became very 111 before reaching the top, which Is 1 1,."00 'feet above sea level but was revived and enabled to complete the climb, .lenseu, who had seemed to endure the hardships well, fell uncon scious on the rlin of the volcano's crater nnd did not regain his senses for several minutes. Christian and Missionary Alliance Sunday school at l:4.", H.JC. Hletx, superintendent. Preaching at II a. tn. Young People's meeting nt 7:1.") p. in. Fvnngcllsttc service atNp. in. Prayer meeting Thursday evening nt T:l.V These nre full (lospel meetings. Our motto, .lesus Only. All are cor dially Invited. W..P. Kirk, Pastor. TROUBLES AND TRIALS OF MUNICIPALITIES Street Improvement work was topped again at (ioldeiidale, Wash., when It. D. McCully, a deputy I'nlted States Marshal from Spokane, served a restraining order. Issued out of Judge Kudkln's court, on the Mayor and the J. F. Hill Paving Company, of Chicago ami Spokane, who have the contract for paving ."12 blocks of (ioldeiidale streets. The matter will lie heard In the Federal Court at North Yakima next Monday. Mr. Susie Wlssler, the first woman mayor In Wyoming, who was elected on an Independent women's ticket against Kepubllcan nnd Democratic candidates, has Issued a wholesome declaration, In which she declares that she means to enforce the laws In the face of the organized opposl tlon of the vicious Interests. The city council, she says, composed of men alone, made the laws, and "they will have to take their owu medi cine." The Forest Grove City Council In Its session last week unnnlmously passed Judicially, and laid down the precedent "That a city officer (Chief of Police) without the star In sight on his breast was only a private citi zen so far as his responsibilities to the city were concerned." LIST OF HOOD RIVER LIBRARY BOOKS The purpose of publishing these lists Is to give the residents of the county the titles and scope of the new county library. These lists con tain the titles only of the book that are In the first order, and not of books donated or loaned to us for use by the State Library Commis sion. The lists will be published from week to week and if saved, will give a complete catalogue of the books purchased for the opeulng of the library. KEUKKNI E American Year Book 1910-11. Hastings Dictionary of the litble, Kand McNally, New Imperial At las of the World Funk, Standard Dictionary. World Almanac 1912. PHVCHOI.OIiV Angell, Chapters from Modern Psy chology. Ladd, Primer of Psychology. CONIUCT OF I. IFF., KTHICS Bishop, Seventy Years Young. Call, Power Through Kepose. Fowler, How to Save Money. Paine, Girls and Women. Saleeby, Worry, the Disease of the Age. Shaler, The Masters of the Fate; the Power of the Will. MYTUoi.oi; v Gayley, Classic Myths. HKI.ICION AM) HIlll.K Adeney, How to Kend the Bible. Bible, Old Testament Narrative. Brooks, The Influence of Jesus. Carver, Missions nnd Modern Thought. Chamberlain, The Hebrew Pro phets. Forbush, Church Work With Boys. Gardiner, The Bible as English Literature. Grenfell, A Man's Helpers. Houghton, Telllug Bible Stories. Kent, Founders and Killers of I'nlted Israel. Kent, Biblical Geography and Ills. tory. Modern Header's Bible. HIM'IAI. rONMTIONS, CIT1ZF.NSIIII LAW Adams, Twenty Years at Hull House. Brown, Through the Mill. Chesley, Social Activities for Men and Boys. Cross, The Essentials of Socialism Klwood, S(H'lallsm and Modern Social Problems. Holt, Life Stories of rndlstlngulsh- ed Americans. Klls, Battle With the Slum. Stelner, On the Trail of the Immi grant. Train, The Prisoner at the Bar, Wellman, A Day In Court. Fl'ONO.MIlH Adams & Summer, Labor Prob lems. Denn, The Worker anil the State. Kaufman, Work Accidents and the aw. Flllebrown, A B C of Taxation. Tnrbell, The Tariff In Our Times. Van Hlse, Conservation of Natural Kesonrces In the V. S. In 1910. Wells, Theory and Practice of Tax ation. Conditions Here Like Those of France on Eve of Its Great Revolution 4 4 . By Mr. STUYVESANT FISH. Society Leader 4 4 IT Notice! Property owners In sewer district of the city are hereby notified that nil drains, toilets, etc. must lie con nected with the sewer. By order of the Common Council. W, (iANliMt, IN-Mc City Marshal. For Sale s-rootn house: pantry. bathroom, cement basement and all modern conveniences, with .'tOxlUO lot situated on corner of Seventh and Cascade Avenue for sale cheap. Ad dress Wm. Knbleor A, W. Onthnnk. 29 I0p IKE FRANCE ON THE EVE OF ITS GREAT REVOLUTION THAT IS THE WAY I SEEM TO FEEL WE ARE NOW UN LESS SOME GREAT LEADER, SOME POWERFUL MIND, CAN 8AVE U8 FROM WHAT 8EEMS THE ALMOST IN EVITABLE- When I say that we are in the most critical period of rar exist ence as a nation I do not eay it as a Socialist, aa a radical or as a sen sationalist, for I am none of those things, but somehow I feel that I have a peculiarly clear outlook upon what is going on around me, and my opinion is that there is GRAVE, AWFUL DANGER ALTEAD for our country. I am not one of those who believe that there is only one class of people. There must always be several classes. There are classes in America. The salvation of the country lies in the fact that we have a great middle class the sane, sensible, un prejudiced middle class who can solve our problems for us if they will. They are the ones perhaps not contented with conditions, for NO CONTENTED PEOPLE EVER PROGRESS who believe it is better to have a poor ideal than destroy all ideals. The trouble is that as a whole our country is almost without stand ards and ideals, and our TRADITIONS ARE FAST GOING FROM US. 1'' NURSERY STOCK In Standard Varieties to offer for the Season 1912-13. Also some Select PEONA BULBS C. D. THOMPSON Phone 3232-M R. R. No. 2 Hood River, Ore. S. E. BARTMESS Funeral Director and Practical Embalmer ESTABLISHED 18 YEARS MOOD RIVER, OREGON CHERRY PRICES HIGHAT MILTON The (ilbson Fruit Company of Chi cago, which bandies the fruit shlptied by the Milton Fruit Growers' Union, bun been sending some very satlsfact ory return to the grower on sever al cars of cherries. Early this week the Arm sold two cars at auction, following the gales of last week, and seiured as Ugh as $1.13 on I.atntierts In one car and f .LOU on this same va riety In the other car; Republican averaged f -'..'U and $2.4.1; Kings fiat); Royal Annes f 1.IJ5. The cherries were packed In 24 quart cases aa before, and most of the fruit was of very good quality. The way buyers took to the stock at auction leads the (jtbson Fruit Co. to telleve that most of the northwest ern shippers should pack their cher ries in quart cases Instead of the Cal ifornia style box, and that they will then realize more satisfactory prices on their shipments to Chicago. GIRLS WILL FIGURE IN OPERETTA CHORUS Somewhere about the middle of August Mrs. It. Lee Black of Texas will produce at the Opera House an operetta, which will embrace 50 of Hood Hlver's little girls, from 2 to 14 year. In giving this, Mrs. iilack trains the children In 20 choruses, Iw Mldes giving a number of lessons In xlgbt-stnglng and ear-training, also leHsons In expression, all free of cost. This will be an opportunity which you cannot afford to let your child miss. Mrs. Black will be here the last of the week to begin active prac tice. Watch for further notice next week." BRAKE BEAM PAS SENGERS GALORE Passenger trains passing over the line of the O.-W. R. & X. east-bound each carry their full quota of harvest bands who are following style of the professional "hobo" by riding brake rods, blind baggage, oil tanks and upper berths. As high as ten and twelve have been discovered on a single train bound for the Eastern Oiegon and Washington wheat fields to assist In the harvest of the bumper crop. Hit a bull's eye at Jack Morrison's shooting gallery, just opened, and you get a chance on a fine piano. 2"itf Our CHEAP PLAT RATES p For Electric Light and Power ( Ire Tiill Open to you J J) ess? 52 Our big and complete system permits us to supply you with anything; in the electrical energy line in town or coun try. If you want light, power or heat li Minimum Cost TALK IT OVER WITH US Our Rates Are the Lowest A contract with us means security and assured service HOOD RIVER GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY The News tells It all. PMOM; 55 'Icmc of SHRVICI: at LOWI-ST COST" Third and Cascade Ave.