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THE HOOD RIVEREWS Highest Grade Job Printing Advertisers Get Results VOLUME 8, NUMBER 34 HOOD RIVER, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 21, 1912 SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 A YEK Report on the Market Conditions in the East M. P. Davidson and Wilmer Sieg Return from Visit to Convention at Chicago and Inspection of Past ern Markets in Hopeful Mood Both Urge That Mood River Standard be Maintained. II. V. Davidson, of tho Davidson Fruit Coin puny, and Wilmer Sieg, manager of the Mood Klver Apple Urower' I'nlon, ri'turnt'cl Friday. Both attended the con vent Ion of the National Apple Shippers' Association lielil nt Chicago '" t,",k ,,,e opportunity to visit the Kastern market Although '"' report that there In going to le a big apple crop nil through the country thin year, they found the demand for Hood Klver apple to lie no strong and the general business conditions mo prosperous that they arc c ptl miotic ax to the marketing of the lMiuiier tipple crop here thl year In a satisfactory iiianner. After going to Chicago and attend Inn the convention, Mr. Davidson Htopwd at a tiutnher of the principal apple market of the Central West. He Hald: "I found that wherever apple lire grown therein going to he 11 khikI yield. Thin In true, with the excep tion of only two or three eastern Mtaten. However, not all of the ap ple are of good tiiallty. At the con vention all the shipper reported that large yield are being expected la their district, and no district of any Importance report a short crop. Local Varieties Exclusive "One fact with which 1 wa par tti'iilarly lmpreed w-a that the va rletle produced In the Hood Itlver Valley are grown le than any other varletle. thu tending to make a iH-tter ami more exclusive market for local fruit. "Market condition at the present time are Inclined to he bearish. A a consequence no price are being made a yet. NevcrthelcH, there should ! a good market for Hood Itlver fruit thl Kail, provided the grade I kept up. Thin I the gist of the whole thing when It come to mar kettng Hood Hlver fruit and It can not lie lmprcHed upon local grower and hlper too strongly that In order to protect themselves they must maintain the grade which ha made Hood Klver famou. Not only nhould the present grade of local fruit lx maintained, hut It would lie an excellent thing to Improve thlx grade. If possible. No packer should put scabby or otherwise Imperfect fruit In the fancy grade. Thin might hedone thl jear and the grower might profit hy It, hut It would re act to the damage of the aine grow er In the eaoii to come. Can Store Local Fruit "Hood Klver ha the advantage thl year of having the most exten sive cold torage system of any apple dlHtrlct In the Went. Th'i It will not he neceHHiiry to unload the local crop on the market uiiIchh condition are right. If they are not favorable we can put our crop In ntorage ami wait for condition to Improve." Mr. Meg Hummed up hi ImproH mIohh n follow: "After vlHltlng the principal Knst ern market I realize tint there I going to be a tremendou apple crop thl year. It I a year that will de mand the moHt careful solution of the problem a to the dltrtbutlon of our fruit. It will be no boy' play for any of n. However, I find that the Hood Klver apple under the I'lilon label I very well thought of, especially the standard varieties Splt.enburgs, Newtown and Ort- WILL HOLD FAIR AT THE COURT HOUSE At ft meeting Friday of the com mittee which I arranging for the school children's Industrial fair It wa decided to hold It nt the court house. The date I Saturday, Sep-.temlH-r II. Arrangement will ! made to place the entries on exhibit In the courtroom, while pens for the poultry will beilaced on the court house green. The fair will be held both afternoon and evening and a speaker may 1' secured for the even ing' program. A a number of children have been raining chicken not mentioned In the varletle llted. It. tin been decid ed to offer premium for the best en tries In the mlscellaneou breeds. A ooii a school open Superin tendent Thompson Intends to enlist the teacher III the work of interest ing the children who have not al ready prepared entries. ley. On thu other varletle, which are grown at Yakima, Wcnntchee and Colorado, there I going to be stronger competition. Early Fruit Crop Short "There In a short crop of early fruit, mo that the whole of the big crop I of the late varieties. While the production of barrel apple over lawt year I estimated nt about .1..KMI,- (HM, the Increase In box production will lie over U'.lHK) .(MM) boxes. The average Increase will be between .'! and .Ti per cent over last year. "Dealer are anxious to get Hood Klver apple and show i preference because they have confidence In the grading and packing. There will he tl reasonably good market for all we ha ve and I ee no need for alarm If the grower and packers do their duty and realize that l'ie high stand ard of grading and packing In the backbone of the valley' success. "No price conditions ha ve been e tabllshed ayet so It In too early to talk about them, but the Culoii will endeavor to make the w blent possible distribution ami while trying to find good market for thl year' yield U I our purpose also to lay the line for marketing the crop next year, which we hope will lie still greater. Foreign Markets Sought "The I'nlon 1 going to be Individ ualized and properly represented In most of the foreign market thl year. Arrangement are being made where by u many a possible of the middle men through whom the export trade ha heretofore la-en conducted will lie eliminated and t he I'nlon will, so far a possible, do its own exporting. One ad vautage of this will lie that a suliHtantlnlly larger percentage of the returns can lie brought back to the grower. "In considering the crop condition one must also consider that the times are extremely prosperou and a a coiinequeiice the consuming pow er I greater. There are going to be big crop of everything thl year, which will tend to Improve the marketing conditions. Nor doe the Kast consider that this living a I 'res Identlal year will depress business condition. "In conclusion I might say that the growers of Hood Klver Valley are to w congratulated on their suc cess of the past and upon the stand ing which they now have In the mar ket of the Kast." BOY WITH BULLET IN AND IS ABLE Morris Cays, 12 year old. accident ally shot himself In the head about live o'clock Friday afternoon. The boy wan visiting hln uncle, I, F. Morris, and the shooting took place In the latter' paint shop on Third streeet. Young Cnyn was alone nt the time. He found a 2'2 calibre revolver In one of the drawers. The weapon was not loaded but the boy found some cartridges and plac ed them In the chamber. Just how the shooting took place Is not known, but It In presumed that while he was handling the gun It was accidentally discharged. The bullet entered the boy' head about two Inche above the left eye, penetrating the brain. The first that wa known of the shooting wa when young Cays staggered out of the shop and fell In the street Mrs. irle-.-, James Wng gener, Jr., and Dr. P. II. May were the first to reft'-h the Injured boy. Seeing tho na ur of the Injury, they at once called Dr. Kunuga. The boy was taken I i the hospital, where the wound was dressed. On account of the shock to M system. It was thought best not 'o probe for the bullet. Having lost considerable brain matter, the boy was In a criti cal condition from the first and re matued unconscious. Cay came from nearSeattle recent ly to make an extended stay here. Ib is an orphan. At latest report thin week the boy wa reported to be improving. On Monday, although the bullet still re mained Imbedded In hi brain, he wa able to converse Intelligibly. He wan still suffering, however, from partial paralysis of the right side. The fact that the boy show sign "BILLY" SUNDAY ADDRESSES ADMEN Kev. "Hilly" Sunday, former big leaguer and now an evangelist ami erstwhile Hood Klver orchardlst, "put Home hot one over the plate," In the words of a Portland paper, w hen he addressed the Ad Club of that city l int week. Some of the pithy truths which he uttered were a follows: "Subtract f.K).(MH) from Home fel - low and you have nothing left but booze." "The man who ha no money I poor, but the man who ha nothing but money Is poorer still." "Any business that depend on vice for success, the sooner that bus! lies In In hell the Utter off the worhl In." "The fellow that vote for a dive keeper 1 no better than n dive keeper." "All men are equal before the law. If Home men can break some law, then all men should be allowed to break all lawn." "Speaking of Hiicce If you have been drilling away In the same hole for yearn without striking oil, then either your drill Is too short or you are in the wrong hole." Uniform Grading Rules for the Valley Adopted Representatives of Local Shipping Associations and Leading Independent Shippers Agree Upon Stan dard Which Is Adopted for the ValJey -- Hood River Leads All Other Fruit Districts A uniform standard for grading all Hood Klver aiu.le wan adopted Mouday afternoon at a meeting of representatives of all the principal shipping associations of the valley as well an several of t he larger Inde pendent shippers. Hood Klver lends the world In this respect, being the only apple section that has adopted such a uniform standard. Thin stan dard will l e strictly enforced. Those present Included Wilmer Sleg and W. It. Dlckerson of the I'nlon, C. II Sproat ami Oscar Vanderbllt of the National Applei'ompany, h.F. Davidson of the David. in Fruit Company, A. W. Peters of the Fast Side Cold Storage Company, W. H. Lawrence, county fruit Inspector, tieorge K. Castner, county judge, K y Brock of Sears nndI'orter orch ard, Frank Stanton. .1. I. Friday, William Sherman and K. II. Shepard of lletter Fruit. An all afternoon's session wan held ami all agreed upon a set of uniform HIS BRAIN LIVES TO TALK INTELLIGENTLY of Improvement In taken to mean that the bullet Is lodged In a dor mant area of the brain. Death of A. II. Davis A. K. Davln. formerly a resident of t he Pine irove sect Ion and more re cently of Newberg. Ore., died there Monday. He leaves one son, J. M. Davis of Kansas, and a granddaugh at Pine drove. The News for good printing. GOV JOHNSON ' lis v t u.trwy liioli-s liv MnerU-an I'n-sn News Snapshots Of the Week tt Port nil Prince whs destroyed by fir. DIES SUDDENLY WHILE ON A VISIT An unusually sod death occurred Thursday evening, August 1.1, w hen Mr. Mary Caroline Kteluhanser of New York, who had Jut arrived to visit at tho home of her son Charles , at I'arkdale, succumbed to tin attack : of heart failure. j Mr. SteluhauHer had left New i York two week previously, accom- ! panled by her son, Henry W Throughout the trip she appeared In the best of health and spirit. She wa anticipating with particular pleasure meeting her two llttlegrand chlldren, whom she had never seen. The end came when Mm. Steln hauser was at the Mt. Hood Hotel preparing to leave for Purkdale. She wn suddenly overcome with a sink ing ss-ll. From this she appeared to rally, but It wa followed by an other attack which proved fatal. The remains will be shipped hack to New York, where Interment will be made In the family plot In (i recti wood Cemetery. Mm. Stelnhauser wa IJ4 yearn old. She In Hiirvlveil by three sons, Henry, Charles and Otto, also by two broth er. grading rule which are calculated ' maintain Hood Klver' high stan- dard, whether fruit In shipped through one of the shipping associa tion or Independently. Only perlect apple will lie admit ted to the fancy grade with certain size regulations for the different grade. All fancy fruit must Is.; free from h tings and tungii.' A special grade was made to In clude merchantable apple which the committee felt should not go Into the fancy grade but I too good to go Into choice. Choice fruit will constat of all mer chantable apples. The committee further defined what kind of fruit shou'.d not be placed In any of the grades, but which should be used for cooking or by product. LOCAL TRANSFERS OF REAL ESTATE Keecnt transfers of real estate have been as follow s: Kose ( dell, ndni. estate of Charles II. Odell, to Pete P. Fence, 10 til acres east of Odell, $.".tiiHl. Howard Parker to W. It. Mulford, lot 3, block-l.Wuucoma. Columbia Valley Trust Company to Fielding S Kelley, tract adjoining the railroad In Klvervlew Park Ad dition. Fmlllou Zlcglcr to John (ialvln, WO acres west of Oak lirove, $mHKl. John S. Ilannls to Clifford F. Illcke, undivided out- half of W acres oil West Side. Miss Vance, general Heerctary of the Denver Y. W. r A.. In visiting Miss Cook nt the Booth ranch. i mmwmmmm HFiopOs Asmiclatlen Fx President Koosevelt nnd ;.nern.ir Hirnm Jolinson of Cnlifortd.i were nouiin.-ited for Progressive pnrty convention nt Chicago. tSoveruor Wilson of New .lern-y was notllled i..irii i,v i... i.nu i.,,.,... ,J K'..i,u.-k II..Mr It Ciirrxn toi-k ili:iri:e of the leL'ed "wide ois-n-' nin.lltlona in New York cit.v. LAND DEAL MADE IN UPPER VALLEY Through Ward Ireland Cornell, the I pp'-r Valley real estate man, a deal has been closed whereby Charles I. Moody acililreH from W. N. Winter the latter' I'O-aere ranch. Thl ranch adjoins the Bahson and Toliey place and I In one of the most de sirable location In the Fpper Valley. There are two and a half acre of liL-arlng tree on the place and sev eral acre In one to three-year-old tree. There I also a house and barn on the ranch. Mr. Moody hn heretofore been as sociated In partnership with Herbert Kami. These connection have re cently l-en discontinued. Having acquired a home, Mr. Moody expect to join the rank of the benedict, hln engagement to Mis Marguerite Blake of Lo Angele having been announced a few day ago. Cupid's activity Id the Upper Val ley has also borne fruit recently In the announcement of the engage ment of Kverett Itrown and Miss Blanche F. Shahan, who ha been a teacher In the Valley Crest school. MINISTER LOST IN FOREST ALL NIGHT Kev. Ureenslade, a Trout Lake min ister, lH-coming lost In a huckleticrry forest a few days ngo, wandered all night, wet by the rain that had been pouring nil day. He wa accompan ied by Fphralm Thomas when the latter decided to return to camp to get supper, leaving the minister to follow later. Owing to the cloudl ties of the weather, the latter lost hi bearings and as all the tree are so similar In appearance could not tell In which direction to travel. He wnudered ull night and kept go ing In the opposite direction from the one he should have taken. He bml no matches with which to make a lire, so suffered greatly from cold. At sunrise next morning Mr. (ireeu slade got the direction and finally found the public highway. Mr. Thomas, becoming frightened when the minister did not return to camp for supper, began firing a gun. but Mr. (ireenslade did not hear the report. COMRADES SURVIVE WAR HALFJENTURY After having fought for three years during the Civil War an comrades. Judge A. C. Ituck of this city and li. W. Ktchardson of Clear Lake, Iowa, have survived the half century that ha elapsed since their enlist ment, and on Tnumday, the .loth mi nlversary of their enlistment, t h f y ex changed letter of congratulation. Father Time has dealt kindly with them both and they are In robust health. Judge Ituck Is remarkably strong and active for a man of hln year and In Hood Klver' ellkient Justice of the peace. Judge Ituck and Mr. Ktchardson enlisted August l.i, 1M.J. 1 liej were boy together at Kyota, Minn., and upon deciding to jolu the army they set out for W lnona. .i.i mile away. where they enlisted In Compnny D, Seventh Minnesota. After three years of active service they were hon orably discharged on August W. 1''.1, Since that time Judge Buck has lived In Kansas, later moving to Linn County, Ore , and coming to Hood Klver ten years ago. He In an active member of Canby Post, No. W. ti.A.K. Ceneral Clnclnimtus Livoute. pn-siil-iit few 2St-:, fez fit 4 r I . fTt,ij-'n" J' I . i $ iirT:. . . i i in- -t - ii i - in 1 11 Bull Mooscrs Issue Call for fVlassmeeting Progressive Voters Called Together to Effect Count Organization and to Consider the Question of a Pull Local TicketWill Also Send Delegate to Meeting of the State Committee With a view to effecting a local or ganlzntlon of the new third party, the call has lieen sent out for a mass meeting to be held at the courthouse next Saturday The further purpose of the meeting In stated In the official call which I an follow: TO TMK PKOCKKSMVK VOTERS OF hook kivkh ror.VTV Notice I hereby given that there will be a meeting of the Progressive voter of Hood Klver county at the courthouse In Hood Klver, Friday evening, August 2:1, at 8 o'clock for the purpose of electing one commit tee man to represent the Progressive Party of Hood Klver county at a meetlcg of the state committee to he held In Portland August 21), when a state campaign committee will lie selected. A county organization will lie form ed and the question of a full Pro gressive ticket considered and nny other necessary business that may come liefore the meeting. Hood Klver, Oregon, Aug. 19, 1912. J. G. Tatk A. C. Statkx S. W. Caxxox E. O. Di tho L. It. (iutso.x W. B. Yorxo A. C. Lkxhek F. A. ItAKKB John I'.akkr !. W. Dim mick iKO. T. Pkathkk A. J. BKl NO.I 1ST A. Ctxt-'iKi.n J. B. Hi nt F. A. FitA.xz S. B. Cakm.sk The local organization would also take steps to give Col. Koosevelt a stirring reception when he 'passes Rare Treat Afforded by Chautauqua Program Leading Authorities of the State on Horticutural Subjects Will Address Orchardists, While Best Musical and Vaudeville Talent of the Valley Is to Entertain--Program Announced Everybody Is n;iw looking forward expectantly to the Horticultural Chautauqua which will open tomor row afternoon and continue three days. The complete program, which has just been announced, shown a splendid series of lecture on horti cultural subject, while the evening programs of music and vaudeville will be worth going many miles to hear. In order that nobody need miss the vaudeville and minstrel stunts Saturday evening the Mt. Hood Kail road will run a special train to Hood Klver. leaving I'arkdale at 11 p. m. The opening exercises beginning tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock will be a follows: Opening address, Leslie Butler, president of Hood Klver Horticultur al Chautauqua: Iter.ponse, A. P. Bate ham, president State Horticultural Society; Principal Horticultural Ad dress on "Orchard Dlse.-vse and Their Uemedles," Prof. 11. S. Jack son of Corvallis; Horticultural Ad dress, "Soil Management," Prof.H.D. president :n.. !. I' si, lent ty the ic I lelllis't :lti' II into tile III of his noinln:i!ioii l- tl nldcrnmuic In -t I -:H io of IUIII. iH-iisli.-.! when his palace through flood Klver on hi way from Portland Fat. HI Itinerary, which ha Jut lieen announced, call for the Colonel' presence at Portland on Wednesday the eleventh of next month. Thl should bring him through Hood Klver on hi way to La tirande the evening of the same day. Col. Koosevelt 1 to cover the fol lowing western states: North Da kota, Montana, Washington. Ore gon. Idaho, I'tab, Nevada, California. Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado In succession. MEETING IS GALLED TO DISCUSS PAVING At the m-.-etlng of the council Mon day Acting Mayor Muggins appoint ed the street committee and city sur veyor as a committee to call a meet ing of all Interested In the paving of the business district, the recomm endation being that this meeting ap point three property owners to act with the committee Jfrom the coun cil and go to Portland to look over the different kinds of pavement that are In use there and decide on the best kind to use here. This meeting Is called for 2 o'clock tomorrow Thursday afternoon at the Commercial Club. All Interested are urged to bej present Meeting 1 to start promptly. Scudder. The musical program Thursday night comprise some of the liest mu sical talent In the valley and will lie a rare treat. It will 1 a follows: Piano solo. "Kutle of Spring" (Slndlngl. Mr. Hoerllne. Vocal solo, "My Cavalier" (Na than). Mm. P. S. Davidson. Vocal solo, "Bid Me to Love" ( D'Auvergne Barnard I, Mrs, Charles II. Henney. Schuliert trio, "1 Hear You Calling Me" (Charles Marshall I, Mr. Osgood, soloist; Mr. Chandler, violin; Mr. Hoerllne, piano. Vocal solo, "Vlllauelle" DeH'Aque Mrs Frank K. Ieeru. Vocal solo, "The Old Superb" C. Vllller Stanford, Otto Wedemeyer. Cornet solo, John Boyer of Port Ian. 1. Vocal solo, "My Heart, Thy Own Sweet Voice" Saint Saens, from the opera "Samson and Delilah." Mr. C. II. sietton. Vocal solo, "The Postilion" Mo. loy, .1. Adrian Lpplng. Part song: a "Snow;" b "l-iy. Sliming Bird, liy" Sir KM ward PI gar, vocalists, Mrs. Henney, Mr. Davidson, Mrs. Deem: violins, Messrs. Knot. Chandler. Wtiest and (illls-rt; piano, MUs Brock. Miss I'.va Brock, Mr. Wilmer Sleg and Mrs. AlU-rt Sutton will acta accompanists. The program Friday afternoon will Include two addresses an follows: "Pol'lnlzatlon and Oeneral Orcharil Pro Mi ins," Prof. K. J . K rails of Cor- .il!U; ' lii e Farmer's i' ruck l iarden," Prof. A i. B. Bouquet, of Corvallis Friday evening Is vaudeville nlghr and a cln lc program has been ar rai -god. Among t huso w ho will get off stunts are the following: I qn r alley Harmony I our, Mis I nn stance I leiid roii. ( birke and t i liber t MNn li.-rothy Fpplng. .! D Thorn tsoii. An ns Broi in rs, A W. Kaldea. w Idle .1 . A Fpplng and coin pan y w III present "The tiypsy Mroll.-rn." an operatic group. A 1 lr s s Saturday af leriiuou will Include the following: "IVIntlon of the AgrtciiltiirnK i illege and I- nrmer ' President W. .1 Kerr of the o. A r . and ' I H erslfleil I- arming a Appll cable to tin- Hood Fiver Ori'hll rda," H'Mil immj .jn I'imc 1UI
