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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14. 1912 CLASSIFIED ADS. EVERYBODY READS THE NEWS "WANT" ADS. Correspondence FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Piano to Rent To reliable party. Phone 2t)8-M. 33-34p ror bale or Exchange acres, to R. P. Finney, Phone 1902-K. I Oregon 182-K. timber land, Phone 33-36p good second-hand Uanted A II surrey or top buggy. Address giving particulars Box 7, White Salmon, Wash. 33340 For Sale I have a few more quarts of good Jer ey cow milk I can deliver on Hood River Heights at $2.50 per quart a month. Also ripe peaches. J. T. Nealeigh. Phone218-K. 33tfc For Sale Fir and oak wood. George C. Gladen, Oak Grove. Phone 33G-K. 23tf c. For sale-First-class 4-foot fir wood at $4.50 a cord, immedi- Oak at $5,50 Shrum Bros. F ate delivery, and for rail delivery 24tfc Fine 7-room cottage on Cascade Ave., west of 7th street, for sale cheap. 3 chambers and sleeping porch; bath, pantry, at tic and basement. Inquire at ofHce of A. W. Onthank. 31-34c or Sale Stump puller, two sec tion spring tooth harrow and plow. Practically new. Will sel at own price. L. F. Parker, Dee, Ore. 31-34c furnished Rooms For Light I housekeeping, fine location, near High School. Phone 2G8-X, 513 Prospect. 33.34c Tor Sale Three and a quarter I inch wagon, set of springs and apple rack for $125. Double set of harness at $30. Single spring wagon at $40. Call and see them at Moore's Feed Stables. Adam J. Cramer. 33-34p Tor Rent Two new houses, four I rooms and bath. Ready Sept. 1. Corner 4th and Pine sts. In quire 221 Prospect Ave. 33-34p Tor Sale New Underwood type T writer. Phone 227-M. Kelly Bros. 33-34p Tor Sale Our home on Pine st. I is for sale at a sacrifice, a nice modern home not over five blocks from any citv school and three blocks from High School. Streets graded, sidewalks and curbs down, sewer in and connected uu, If you are coming to town it will pay you to look this up Call 2S1-L. J. M. Wright. 33-34p Tor Sale We are going to move I and have our household goods to sell. Now if you are looking for some real bargains call on us. 251-L. J. M. Wright. 33-34p or Sale - One Schafer piano, al most new, finished in dark oak. Also one Jersey cow. W ill be fresh alout Nov. 1. 33-34 p ror Rent-8-room furnished I house, close to High School. Call at 720 May street. 32tf ror rent Dowden Potato Digger Has record of 2G0 bushels per .1 I 1 II A I O hour, l an nana worK oeat mat: or terms call Scott : 'phone 111. 32tfc or Rent-Six-room modern house, close in. Inquire of Jones, in care Franz Hdw Store. 32-33p ost Back spring ot wagon, L somewhere between Odell and .age's store. I). M. Jackson, 'hone 2!)7-Odell. 32-33c For Sale- Furniture complete for housekeeping. Party going away. Address G. L., News of fice. 32-33p To trade 1 1-2 lots, making a leautiful building site, worth $3250, subject to landed street improvements of $750, otherwise free of encumbrance. Will trade for good vacant Hood River city property, or good improved coun try projerty. Address Box 593, Hood River. Ore. 32-35-c H F F EMPLOYMENT COLUMN Wanted Girl for general house work, family of three. Apply ie 190: 32-tf-c Wanted Position as stenograph er. Have had experience. Address P. O. Box 645. 33-34p Wanted At Once A girl or boy for dishwashing and kitchen help. At the Dickinson House. Phone 2U4-K. 33tfc Wanted Reliable party to clear land for cordwood. About three acres. Address "R. X." care of News. 33-34-P Wanted By a man who under stands orchard accounting as well as planting, pruning, spray ing, irrigation, cultivation, etc., wishes position as superintend ent of orchard. Address Orch ardist, care Hood River News. 33-40p ood River Employment co. All kinds of help furnished on short notice (free to employers Phone 114-M. 11 Cascade Ave. W. F. Lewis, prop. 22-tfc farm Help and Berry Pickers The Hood River Apple Growers Union and the Davidson Fruit Company have arranged with the Y. M. C. A. Industrial Employ ment Agency of Portland, to fur nish all classes of farm help, in eluding bei-ry pickers, for the farmers and fruit growers of the Hood River District during the coming season. When you need help either phone or write the Union or the Davidson Fruit Co and the calls will be promptly forwarded to us and filled. No charge to employers. 20tfc it you nave an old house you I want raised or moved, see or 'phone J. T. Nealeigh, Hood Riv er, Oregon. 30-tfc Wanted To take contracts this fall, to work apple orchards next year. West Side orchards preferred. My prices cheaper than what it will cost you to do the work yourself. W. T. Forry, rhone 323-K 30-42p BUSINESS ADVERTISING flakdale Greenhouses Geran Uiunis, salvia, verbena and other bedding plants. See the roses in bloom this summer and have stock reserved for Fall or next Spring. Plants and cut flowers at r ranz s. r letcher & r letcher. Hood River. 19-tfc or bale 31x3. Cedar Posts. Odell 32-35c F REAL ESTATE SECTION for sale20 acres. Willow Flat district, ror particulars see Kline at Hood River Gas and Clectric Co. office. 24tfc or Sale 230 acres of land, from $50.00 per acre up. Will sell 20-acre tract with part in trees. C. J. Calkins. Phone 50-K. tfc F A fact probably not generally known Is lli:it tin- state uf Oregon since enrlv territorial days in s.-.ii has been loan ing money to fanners of the Mate. Hi" I is are made In denominations f from y.'.-Hi to Kt, the smaller oans being given the preference. The xirrouer pays an Interest rate of 0 per cut. In IHUI there was being loaned nit in the manner referred to $it.351. H'.t. While the terms on which the loans nre made are strict not u Dingle farm loan was lu process of foreclo sure. LIVE STOCK AND FOWLS For Sale Roan pony for either riding or driving. Phone 20G X. 33tfc For Sale Black Jersey cow cheap. Inquire of E.M. Miller, 1301 13th St. Phone 225-X. 33-34c For Sale - Buff Orpingtons. Fall layers. Must sell. Inquire 510 June street. 33-34 p Young O. I. C. Pigs for sale, g(K)d stock. Address S. G. Ox liorrow, end of Belmont road. Hume 325-1, 32-33-c For Sale-One Bay mare. 1100 lbs., sound and gentle. Works single or double. Price $0. Al so ladies' riding pony, G years old. sound ami gentle. Phone Odell 31X3. J. W. Simmons, Parkdale. 32-35c The surface or knife cultivator re quires a mellow condition f noil to give hest results, but when this exists here Is no tool that Iveats It. It nerves to still further pulverize the soil, snips many weeds that the shovel ctlltfvn- tor will not get and. lu nddltlon to this, leaves the soil level and thns tends to reduce evaporation of mois ture therefrom. It Is well to use the shovel cultivator set to a good depth when the corn Is small -thu llrst time through-und follow this with the sur face cultivator. Nnllci ol Completion ot Street Oiling Notiria hrrrliy vivrn that th Orviioi, Road Otlina '.. contrartnra. hav lilrl written not if thin 12th Hay nf Aiiirunt. l2. of th completion of the oihtiir of Oak and ('annule tttwFn Kirat nil Kifth atrwta. Knit State ntrNt from Front to Ninth alns't; Second. Third and Kourth atrecta tietween Stat atrect ami t'acade Avenue, under hta contract with the rity heretofore matte unit entered into under Ordinance No. STtt. by oilinif the aame, and that the amount due aaid contract ora for Mid improvement, upon ita acceptance, la herehy xtat.fi to he fWM.IIO. Anil notice in further Riven that any obiectiona to the acceptance of Kaid work under the con tract with the natd contractor on the part of aatd t'lly may be tiled in the otlice of the undcnHirncd t'lty Recorder by any interested parly at any time within Ift dava from the date of the UrM publication of aatd notice, to-wit : within lftdaya from the Uth day of AnirUHt, Vrt'Z. 'I hia notice m puhhidied In the Hood Kiver Newa fur two consecutive iamica thereof, the tlate of the tlrat publication thereof hctna- the Mlh day of Aiik-iik). I 'li II. I. HOWK. !U-:I4 t ity Kei-onler. Next iiml unity "l print inC quick executed nt (lie News olllce. CASCADE LOCKS a 1 .a Airs. Andrews or rortland is spending a few weeks with Mrs. H. W. Taylor. Chas. L. Coke spent Sunday at his home here. Miss Katherine Sandies is vis iting the Misses Evelyn and Al pha Buttz. John Willing of Portland is spending a few days with his cousins, the Misses Vanstrom. Miss Esther Coke spent Satur day in Hood Riuer. Miss Irene Buss of Oregon City is spending a few days with Miss Hannah Otsberg. Mrs. Brolliar is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Elaton Barnes, land, Mrs. Andrews of Portland, and Mrs. Thompson of Cheboy gan, Mich. Mrs. Harris of Portland is vis iting her mother, Mrs. Frizzell Miss Vera O'Neill of Hood River is spending a few days with Mrs. H. C. Clark, W. V. Hutchinson left Sunday for a visit of two or three weeks with O. P. McGee and family at Airlee, Ore. Mrs. Thomas Anders was pleasantly surprised Saturday af ternoon by a number of her friends. A picnic supper was enjoyed and everyone had a fine time. Those present were Mrs. Thomas Anders, Mrs. Eva An ders, Mts. Belville, Mrs. Ash, Mrs. Madden, Mrs, Hutchinson, Mrs. Coke, Mrs. Adams, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Torry, Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Collins, the Misses Vera O'Neill, Esther Coke, Vera Olin, Mary Coke, Masters Kenneth Torry and Don ald Belville. The out of town guests were Mrs. Hess of Port- ODELL Eva Boyed and Viola Mapes went to Seaview Saturday to spend a week with friends. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Bowerman and family spent Sunday with relatives at Ruth ton. The C. R. C.'s gave a picnic on Hood River for Florence Brosius last Saturday. The even ing was spent in baking potatoes, cooking beefsteak and toasting marshmellows oyer the camp fire. Helen Sunday left for the East last week. Mrs. Stowell, Mr. Sunday's mother, was taken seriously ill last Monday, but is much better now. L. D. Boyed went to Seaview Saturday, returning home Sun day with Mrs. Boyed. Gladys Crosby came home last week from an extended visit with relatives at Post, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Don Crosby are now settled in their new home. Dwain and Gordon Wieden and Herbert Kimball of Portland started for Lost Lake this morn ing for a few days' camping trip. Mr. and Mrs. Sunday made an automobile trip to The Dalles last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shelley went to The Dalles Tuesday to attend the weddingof the latter's sister, Myrtle Bradley. Ralph Lewis returned last week from a fishing and hunting trip and brought back with him several fine trout. Mr. Cox, who has been spend ing the summer on his ranch near Roro Miller's, has returned to his law practice in Chicago. B. Lee Paget and George Cleaver, candidates for Congress from the Second District, are touring the valley in the interests of the Prohibition party. Thev spoke to good purpose from their auto at Odell Monday morning. Rev. Phipps will preach at the Methodist church next Sunday. At 4 p. m. ne win aauress young men only trom 14 to 2( years old at the M. h. church. He will also preach at night. Rev. W. A. Sunday will preach at the Union church next Sunday morning at 11. Sunday School will be at 10 a. m. on ac count of the above service. This will be the last opportunity of hearing Mr. Sunday in Odell this year. C. E. at the church at 8 p. m., O. L. Walter, leader. Louis Rhoades and Myrtle ?radley were married at The )alles Tuesday. Only a few of the immediate relatives were present. Myrtle Bradley, since coming to Udell two years ago, las made manv friends. Louis ihoades is well known, having ivetl in Utieii lor many years. We join with their friends in wishing them a long and happy ife. After a honeymoon at Ixst Lake they will be at home oa their ranch in the Middle Valley Jolly Shelley and his Sunday bchool class or boys returned from their trip up Neal Creek last week. They reported sever al exciting adventures. Among them was the catching of 27 fish and the killing of two rattle snakes, une or the boys was very much alarmed in the night by hearing a cougar, but inves tigation proved it to be one of the boys snoring. The boys in the party were Curtis Gould. Clarence Miller, VirgiUCameron, Merton Folts, "Bub" English, Erwin Bowerman, the Hoyt twins, Louis Lads and Reginald lousey. Job Sheppard, our esteemed neighbor at Duke's Valley, died very suddenly at 5 o'clock Sun day afternoon. His leg was broken by a kick from a horse last Thursday. The hurt being a compound fracture his condi tion was serious from the first but no fatal result was anticipat ed within half an hour of death. Mr. Sheppard was a Presbyterian in benet ana a most estimable Christian man. His loss to the wife, three sons and daughter here, as well as those absent in the East, makes their many friends most sympathetic. FRANKTON Mrs. B. VV. LaMar visited friends and relatives in Portland Sunday. Mrs. John McCustian and Ople went to forest Grove Sunday to visit with the former s father, E. Steptoe. Mrs. Robert Tazwell left for the beach Saturday where she expects to remain for a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Malhar were called to Portland the latter part of the week to the funeral of the latter's brother-in-law. Mrs. Barrett of Odell spent a portion of last week at the home of Dan Malhar. Mr. Brougharman of Odell vis ited his sister, Mrs. P. A. Reed, at Ruthton Sunday. Warren Miller and C. D. Hol- enbecK were up in the moun tains huckleberrying Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Frank Elliott and child ren of Wyeth, were guests at the home of J. M. Elliott over Sun day. The Four Leaf Clover Club en tertained the Woman's Club of Hood River at an all day's picnic in M. P. Noble s grove last Ihurs day. A splendid time was enjoy ed by all. One Dollar Shoe Sale FINAL ROUND UP SALE OF SHOES Bp SHOES FOR THEjWHOLEf FAMILY at $1.00 the Pair All broken lines, Low Shoes for Ladiesjand Men. Shoes and Low ShoesforChildren. Ladies $2.50 to $4.00 Shoes and Low Shoes, roken sizes $2.50 to $4.00 Men's Low Shoes, broken sizes $1.50 to $3.00 Boy's and Children's Shoes and Low Cuts, Black and Tan, Button and Lace, all go at $1.00 the Pair Hundreds of pairs of good Shoes will be offered at the unheard of price of One Dollar a pair for the next Ten days. All kinds, shapes, colors and sizes. These Shoes must go as our Fall lines are coming in and we need the room. They Are Surely worth $1.00 of Anyone's Money OAK GROVE The August meeting of the West Side Improvement Club, which was held last week in the Oak Grove hall, was well attend ed and those present heard some good talks on cover crops H. A. Cunning and family spent Sunday with Art Cunning on his homestead back of Cooks, Wash We hear from good authority that Mr. Ravlin has said there is no such thing as tomato blight at his ranch. V hat do you do, Mr. Ravlin? The rest of us all suffer more or less. Miss Hazel Stanton returned last Friday from Seattle, where she has been visiting with friends. Freeman Mason left last week to attend a house party on a ranch near Sandy. Oregon. Miss Ethel Albright is visiting Mrs. Chas. Hall at Lggermont. J.M. McKinnelland "Blondy," his horse, left last Friday for a jaunt in Washington, lie is very mum about particulars, so the above information will have to suffice. Road Supervisoi1 Eadleman has been active the last week and has graveled the Hall hill. It is a big improvement. E. E. Stanton has arranged for a positionlhertling sheep next spring, that he tray develop a self-sacrificing disposition for the irrigation system of 1913. Messrs. Shinn. Mason and Har mon, as the resuit of a little jaunt through the mountains back of Green Point last week, came back loaded down with venison and have boon living high ever since. Bob Shinn says he saw his friend, the bear, but failed to land him. The story in last week's paper about the tame door ("dear") at Mr. Vanderbilt's was good. However, we think we could tell a better one aUuit Joe Hall s cougar, but will refrain from : doing so. E. R. Moller das reiorted Squire Iemmon's name to the1 t :.r i . i i i .. I HiitTiu arm ciaimm iv was unv- BRAGG MERCANTILE COMPANY pass and that he had to wait so long for this to happen that he missed his train. The McCurdy lawn will be the scene of an ice cream social Thursday evening, given by the Ladies' Aid of the Oak Grove church. All are cordially in vited to come and have a good time. John Weaver spent several days lat week in the Central Oregon country, near Redmond. Mrs. Lindberg and three sons. Arthur. Russell and Earl, from Stromsburg, Neb., Mrs. Dale and Mrs. Larson from Polk, Ne braska, have been visitors at the Stanton ranch. Frank Lucas was a Portland visitor last week. W. L. Nichols and father re turned last Thursday from a trip to Idaho. This being the case, Mr. Nichols claims that it was someone else that was breaking the speed and light ordinances. 'ossibly Mrs. Nichols was driv ing the car. "A Preum of I'llryltind" fur libra y lx'tifflt Auk. Hi inl 1". The stalk borer, nlikh doea consid erable damage to potato and tomato Tines and to flowering plants such at the salvia and aster. Is a hard vest to keep In check for (lie reason that after entering a stalk it on n not be reached by the application of poisons Id the usual manner. ' There Isn't By Half Enough HABiL Grown on HARRIS, B.nwcr Our Farms For the Space We Utilize President of the Illinois Banker' Association It Is as true of fruit as of flowers that the size of the Individuals brought to maturity Is rouphly In an inverse atlo to the number left on tree, vine or plant Thus tomatoes of a much larger size can be produced if the limits are pruned and relatively few blossoms allowed to develop fruit The housewife may save herself a lot of tedious work If she will run thtf pineapple intended for canultifr through a meat grinder lnste:i 1 of cutting it in pieces with a knife rineupple pre pared thus is as gixvl as that put up in any other way for snuce and is especially desirable for Ices and other uses. ing his car at less than the speed ! "'J0"""" lnrif,1' I'"11' M limit. He stated further that ho j t ZSi The rveord price for beeves for the present season was made the other day by two carloads of prime beeves from Sterling, Colo., marketed by the Great Western Stipir company, which has a refinery at t tin t place The steers in 1. weigh nils and turned out for Mr. Lemmon toi IIE duty of country bankers is to promote better agricultural methods. In spito of the intluonco of tho "two blades of grass" slogan the average yield of our two greatest cereal.'', corn and wheat, 13 actually less than it was forty years ago, and it is evident that SOMETHING IS WRONG Circumstanees have produced A RACE OF SOIL ROBBERS, not because of any inherent lack of moral purpose in tho tiller of tho soil, but on account of the speculative element, which has been and still is a curso to permanent agriculture. Tho rolling stono had gath ered the most moss. Our apparent agricultural prosperity is due to the rise of tho price of land. Land speculators have grown rich. A few fanners have won a competence from the soil, but most of them havo little profit to show aside from that of tho advance in the values of their farms, while the average farmer makes but a bare living. We have been capitaliz ing our soil fertility and not adding to its assets. n . WE HAVE SCARCELY GIVEN A THOUGHT TO OUR LARGE DOR MANT UNEMPLOYED SOIL FERTILITY. BY DORMANT FERTILITY I MEAN THIS: WE RAISE THE WHEAT CROP OF THIS COUNTRY ON FIFTY MILLION ACRES, WITH AN AVERAGE OF 13.7 BUSHELS TO THE ACRE, WHILE THE FARMERS OF SEVERAL COUNTRIES OF EUROPE ON THOUSAND YEAR FARMED LAND AVERAGE TWENTY-SIX TO FORTY BUSHELS. . r We have ns good or better land, t Is, soil, brain. not properly employing any of these fict"r-. We clulu working tor increased population. Why net CLl T.S TO TNCKF.ASK TIIK AC UK AND TOT but we nro etc have population l.ave IIUSIII'.L A I. YIKI.I) Ol' Ol'U FA KM PRODUCT I a bank reserve. Adviwa'o the cr':iti"n ( a soil ni well 84 The NEWS For Printing. 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