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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY.' OCTOBER 2. 1912 5 A Choice Lot of 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. D' HORSES WINTERED ON'T send your team to eastern Oregon to winter and get a skeleton back that isn't fit to handle your spring work. Keep it here in the valley where you can see it at any time and see what good shape it is in. It will not cost you much more. We have just put up some of the finest grain, timothy and alfalfa hay in the Upper Valley. We have a bi stock barn and are prepared to care for a number of teams during the winter. We are making up our list now. If you want your team well cared for this win ter, you had better write or 'phone for terms at once COUNCIL OAK RANCH C. P. IVES MANAGER Telephone 2G8 Odell. Mount Hood, Oregon In the Race for Leadership "Benjamin" Clothes Always Win IN the busy marts of trade, in the social whirl, clothes may not make the man, but they are a big help. Appearances count for a great deal. The best dressed men of America "Wear A Benjamin," the clothes of the leaders. This leader wears an Avon model. A suit which is exceed ingly popular with the very dressy. ill J. G. VOGT Gordon Hals for Men SHIP YOUR APPLES WITH THE Davideon fruit Co. We still need a few more crops to supply our trade and want them listed up at the earliest possible moment, in order to get the best results. We invite investigation of our record for High Prices and Quick Returns, the two important features to the grower. Selling: Boxes, Paper, Etc. Davideon fruit Co. Hood River, Oregon zzzzzzzzzizzzzzn; uxzzzzzzzzzzz In)cs1mcntnot U peculation You take no chances when you buy your real estate through us except to win. Our intimate knowledge of almost every foot of land in the valley places us in a po sition to advise you where to find the REAL BARGAINS W. S. N I C H O L. IZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZXZZZf j M NEWS NOTES FROM AROUND THE STATE The 1012 record for penr rlc'n'n Medfuril wmm broken wheu h cur of I!. me am Anjou pear wan Hold by the Itotcuo Klver Valley Fruit & fro dure AnHix'tutlon at an n venire of $1.52 a box. Kvery detail of tb construction work on the power development plant of the North western Klectrlc Coin puny on the White Salmon HIv er U pronrenliiK Mntixfui-torlly and the proinirteii that It will be ponllle to !e:lii nervlee In the city March Htt'in certain of fulfillment. The erection of a bulMlutc for a public library at Dufur will Iks com ineuced at once and ruxhed to com pletlon ho that It may be ready fo une at the earllettt pottHlhle moment I'nder tha provhdonri of an act paxii ed by the 1mt Iieiftxlnture. thecoun ty court haw levied a tax for a II brary. ltookn to form the nucleus with which the library will be start ed have arrived. The hulldin" In lie lntf erected by popular eulmcrtptlon aided by municipal appropriation (ieore V. Johimton, Ir. II. ('. Doddrt and P. V. Know leu form the library communion nnil have entire charge, The Democratic Btate executive committee met Monday uljtbt to conHlder finauccH and the Itinerary tor Hpeakero In different parts of the Mtate. A vigorous campaign U planned to open all over Oregon after ()ctoter 1. The state Icgtxlatlve tax commit tee, which Includes the members of the state tax commUnlon, has adopt ed a resolution to wage a vigorous campaign agalust the proposed graduated specific tax measure aud th. j county single tax measures in Multnomah, Coos and Clackamas counties, and all other measures with any leaning toward single tax. (Jovernor West has turned over to Attorney General Crawford the ofli clal bond of Sheriff Halfour of Crook county, with the request that suit be brought on the bond oil the ground that the sheriff has been derelict lu the dlscnarge of bis duty. When the governor undertook to clean up the town of Itedmond, In Crook connty, the sheriff and mayor failed to co operate, the governor says. DONATIONS FOR LIBRARY RECEIVED Hood Klver county library tndongs to you. Get acquainted with It I yearn what books It already has. Itead Its magazines. Some Santa Claus left upon the front porch of the library a set of the Century Dictionary and Enryclope dia. The gift will be Invaluable to the library. If the donor was known we should be very glad to thank him personally. Among the other additions was a set of the IX brary of I'nlversal History, the gift of (ieorge T. I'rather. Tne library Is a very busy place during the evening hours. The High School students are learning that we can be a vital help to them In the preparation of their topics for pres entation in class. We are In sore need of more magazines. Hack nil in hers of the best magazines will be very welcome. They furnish the best source for all kinds of reference work. We have the Header's (iulde to Perl, odlcal Literature and through it ref erence enn lie hud on all subjects. Wilt nil w ho have back numbers of good magazines kindly send them to the library? Will you look up your old files and send them? They will he Invaluable to us. Your librarian visited Cascnde Locks Friday to see what can lie done about putting in n station at that place. She was received very cordially ami considerable Interest was manifested In the tiew exteuslon movement. Arrangements are Inlng made for a public meeting of the citi zens there, tit which the librarian will give a little book talk, ltooks will be sent down and plans are being made for a reading room. Co.NTUIIIl'TKn. FEW ACORjNS; INDIAN SAYS WINTER WILL BE MILD The old-time Indians of Hood Klver sny the winter will be very mild this year. The prediction is based on the fact that, there are very few acorns on the oak trees In the Hood Klver valley this season. Old Imllau (leorge Chlnadero, who has lived In Hood Klver all of his life and who Is now nearly 100 years old, says scare. Ity of acorns has Always been an un failing sign of a mild winter with the Indians as long as he can remember and that the tribesmen always acted on this sign In souring winter fuel and foodstuffs. Acorns form the principal fall food tor the squirrels and Ix-nr that abound in the hills surrounding the valley and they lay in large stores for hard winters. Hood Klver apples the world's best. ADVICE GIVEN ON SANdOSE SCALE The San Jose Scale Is oue of t he ser lous Insect pests, ltadly infested young trees are so seriously Injured that they may die within two or three years unless the pest Is iletroy ed. Older trees that have come Into bearing Ix-come so badly weakened in a seasoa or t wo that they do not produce marketable fruit. These badly weakened trees recover slowly after the scale has licen eradicated so that the effect of the Injury Is longer lasting than the period of Infestation. There Is no Insect that we should watch more closely than this scale. When a young: tree lecomes Infest ed there Is no portion of the tree above ground that Is not subject to the attacks of the scale. The trunks and branches that are well covered wltb the scale have a rough, gray appearance. Close observation may show the surface completely covered with the scale. Many times they overlap and are therefore not as east ly detected as when more scattering. Under the conditions as descriled the well coated areas do not show the red ring surrounding each scale as occurs on young twigs, leaves and fruit being particularity conspicuous during late summer. There are sev- eral diseases that turn the fruit red but the San Jose Scale Is easily dis tinguished since the red ring has within It the scale which Is grey to black lu color, round, button-shaped and with a small plinple llke eleva tlon at the center. The size of an in dividual scale seldom exceeds the size of the bead of a common pin. An attempt Is being made to call the attention of the growers of all kinds of tree fruits to a few facts about this scale among which Is the recent spread In some orchards where a light infestation was overlooked last year with the results that mark ed proof of Its work can now be had. The truth of this statement Is quickly realized when It Is understood that during the latter part of spring the old scales which have survived the winter begin to produce their young which are born alive. These young scales mature in about one month and In turn produce young. As many as five generations are known to oc cur In a single season. Should all the Individuals of each of the five genera tions survive and produce young at their natural rate of reproduction the progeny of a single scale for one season would number more than 3,000.000,000. Knowing the -possible rate of re production and the fact that the young scale are small, spider-like, six legged bodies which crawl long dis tances, with new generations occur- Ing regularly throughout the summer one Is not surprised at the apparent poor results obtained where spray ing to control the scale has been done Indifferently leaving portions of the tree without even wetting the bark, or spraying oue side only. The only method that Is efletitlve In the control of the San Jose Scale Is to kill every scale. To combat the scale successfully care should be takeu to observe the fruit on every tree to note If any In testation has taken place and If so to mark the tree. Trees, the fruit of which has become infested with the scale, are usually well plastered, the fruit only becoming Infested when the limbs and small twigs become well coated. Winter strength lime- sulphur should be applied ou every Infested tree before the full rains be gin. If It is Impossible to do the work on time the same should be done as early In the winter as pos sible, even if weather conditions are adverse. Thorough spraying will do enough good to pay for doing tbe work. In applying the spray a pres sure of at least .-u pounds stionkl be maintained and every portion of the tree sprayed at close range so that every crevice In the tree Is tilled and every scale Is coated with the spray. A thorough application of the same strength llme-snlphur must be made the following spring Just as the Luds begin to swell. The work must be thorough so that every scale Is coated or the results will. lie poor Summer spraying as the young are crawling Is also advisable. An up. plication of ltlack Leaf4i and Whale oil Soap will kill the creeping form. This spraying Is Important since the cnt'plng forms do nut havens great an opportunity to crawl upon the feet of birds, Insects, persons work lug In the orchard, etc.. which are the usual methods of distribution. W. H. I.AWKKNCK, County Fruit Inspector and Pathologist. Extra Fine Celery drown A. Osbnrn, who has n 1'0-acre place lu the Karrett district where the old Dr. Harrett home site stood, has brought In some very tine samples of elery, dry onions and potatoes, This celery has been examined by ex perts and pronounced as tine as ran be grown anywhere. It Is of high flavor nnd there Is no waste. With In n few days the Hood Klver stores Mill lie supplied with this local fiery. WRITER COMMENDS POBLJC FORUMS l.ditor of the News: It apiears to a pleblan that the world surely diss move, and that the people of Hood Klver are In the procession and mov lug toward the front, and very rap Idly, Is evidenced by the two schools, or people's forums, which have leeu organized for studying the proposl Hons which will appear on the bal lot at the approaching election An oilier Indication Is the course of meetings Ixlng held each Lord's Day evening at the Unitarian church nil der the leadership of Kev. H. A. Mac Donald, for the purpose of ascertain Ing how to cause the people to be. come better men and women and come Into a closer relationship with iod and the Creator. The service on last Lord's Day evening was of a high order, free from strife and partisan prejudice, showing a desire of the people to arrive at approximate truth, which cannot be done at meetings organ ized and held purely to promote party success. Next Lord's Day evening will lie devoted to an Inquiry Into the phil osophy and platform of the Socialist Party, which should lie well patron ized If for no other reason than to afford them an opportunity to show what they propose to do to better the condition of mankind. One of the Socialists' chief complaints is that they do not get a "square deal," that they are misrepresented and that through prejudice the peo ple will not hear them. At the meeting last Sunday even a layman sprung a new Idea that Is worthy of thought and Investiga tion that the tariff agitation Is and always ha been a stalking or ride aud hitch horse which the politi cians nnd Interests always bring out to divert the attention of the masses of the people away from the Investi gation of social and economic ques tions and In order to secure legisla tion In behalf of special Interests. This has resulted In the congestion and centralization of the wealth of the country Into so few bands, as Governor Folk told us when here, that eighty per cent of the wealth of the country Is In the hands of or con trolled by fifty people or combina tions indivlually and through hold ing companies and Interlocutory directorships. 0.1 iz Be dev. F. PRICE Wood Sawing (Successors to W. A. Brown) Phone R. Depee, 278-M worn iTROUBLEll WITH OLD HARNESS A runaway may cause more than trouble: Serious injuries and sometimes death are the awful results. An old Harness is often responsible, but a new Harness with weak spots in it is just as bad. 1 he kind we sell have NO WEAK SPOTS 1 ou will get your money s worth if you buy harness of us. R. G. YOWELL & CO. Bell Building - Hood River, Ore. Piles! Piles! Piles! Williams' Indian rile Ointment will cure Blind, Bleeding and Itrhlnit I'ilrs. It ab sorbs the tumors, allays luhlnit at onre, arts as a poult loo. kIvos instant rollof. Williams' Indian Tile Ointment is pre pared for I'llcs and Itching of the private pnrts. PrucKlsts. mail 6"c and $1.W. WILLIAMS MFC CO., Prop., Cletelind. OhH For Sale by Carl A. Plath, Druggist MANY USERS IN HOOD RIVER VALLEY OF OXYPATIIORS TRY THIS MACHINE AND IF NOT SATISFIED RETURN (luaranteed to cure w ithout drugs Paralysis, Rheumatism, Blights Disease, Liver Troubles, Nervous ness, Blood Poisoning, Hay Fever L.J. GATES. 2102-K When you feeliZt vous, tired, womra or cifsnofHirnt it tn a uir sin vou need MOTTS NERVERINE PILLS. Thov renew the normal vieor and make life worth living He tars and atk for Moil'. Nerverine PilU R'SJiSS WILLIAMS MFC. CO., Prop.., ClmUao. Obi Por Sale by Carl A. Plath, Druggist 0 f ' . -sW f . A I T.TniriVA iTilMaOF Pat 4 n (rl na.tr. n r9 AaM.tna tost in a shell, praaa tha button and '"PULL." The aide bolt makes it easy. Yon don't have to tug at the barrel or watch an 011 -a rid -off device. The action stay open after each single shot la fired. It alwaya atays open when the magazine ia empty. Five abota three to get the cripplee each under absolute con trol of the trigger finger. The recoil reloada for you kicks another abell in; takes the strain off the gun the discomfort out of the lack all without diminishing the drive behind tbe snot. Simple take-down a few turns of the readily bandied magazine screw-cap makes cleaning, carrying and inter change of barrels quick and easy. Send for a motion picture booklet telling bow the kick is used bow a friction device found only on the Ktmington- UMC Autoloading Shotgun takes tbe punishment out of heavy loads. Wrlta to-a'ay. tEMINGTON ARMS. UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. 299 Broadway 7 Mew York City Butler Banking Co Established Nineteen Hundred Capital One Hundred Thousand Dollars Safe Deposit Boxes Savings Department Leslie Butler, President Truman Butler, Vice President C. H. Vaughan, Cashier FOR SALE! Team of Bay JVla res, JFive Years Old These horses are splenidworjiersandjare well matched Iam selling because I do not need two teams, Jpectwnjnvuted. J . R. PUTNAM MOUNT HOOD, ORE. TEL. 264 ODELL Upper Valley People Will now be able to secure strictly FRESH MEATS throughout the summer. We have just installed a capacious cooler for use in connection with our meat market. ICE FOR SALE A complete line of goods to meet all the needs of the Upper Valley. R. J. M clsaac & Co. Parkdale, Oregon S. E. BARTMESS Funeral Director and Practical Embalmer KSTAIU.ISIiri) IX YE AIM MOOD HIVER, OHEOON