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4 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1913 THE HOOD RIVER NEWS PVBUMKD IIDNHDtT MOUMNOa T HOOD RIVER NfcWS COMPANY, Inc. Hood Rjvaa. Okboom R. B BENNETT L.S. BENNETT Enrroa BuaiNaaa Minion Subscription, $1.50 a Year in Advance Entarad aa aaeofxi-claas mattar. Fab. 10. 190. at tha pott orJIca at Huod Rirar. Oraroo, nadar tha Act of March a. 187. ONE YEAR IN HOOD RIVER It a one year ago that the Xe' passed into the bands of the present owners. For them the present season has, therefore, a double significance. The past year has been a pleasant one. Hood River has for all her adopt ed citizens a charm that is peculiarly her own and one the like of which can be found in no other community. Here are to be found a happy blending of many of the conditions which make for happiness. These have been too often dwelt upon to need repetition. Now that we are looking forward to another year it is with a sense of confidence and supreme hopefulness for what the future has in store for Hood River, and especially the season upon which we now enter. It is rich in promise for the continued and rap id development of the almost limit less resources and possibilities of this favored community. In the past the City of Hood River, because of delayed improvements, has prompted excuses rather than pride when compared to the high develop ment and tcenic beauties of the val ley. During the coming year this will be changed. Improved streets and paved thoroughfares in the business section, installation of the new water system and proper lighting of the streets will transform Hood River into one of the most progressive and hand somest little cities of the Northwest. The numerous projects, including the new power plant, the Hood River Portland Highway, the cannery and the like, insure continued business prosperity. Not the least among the accomplish ments of the past year and the reasons for optimism in facing the new one are the rapid strides which have been made towards placing the apple indus try upon a permanent and substantial basis. By the tremendous increase in facilities for local storage of fruit, Hood River is no longer at the mercy of the commission man. Preliminary steps toward organization of the Northwest Distributors' Association promise much in the way of a more satisfactory marketing conditions in the future. The apple industry in Hood River is no longer a matter of specu lation. Its future as a lucrative com mercial proposition is ssured. The new year, despite the possible hoodoo which the superstitious might attach to the '13, has only the best in store for Hood River. The News re joices that it can share in and, if pos sible, assist in bringing, the season of prosperity that is ahead. ORGANIZED LABOR PURGED Nineteen hundred and twelve was an open season for organized labor leaders. Not a few of them have ap peared in the limelight and have been convicted of heinous offenses against law and order. Last week's wholesale conviction of 38 union officials at Indianapolis was a climax to the na tionwide dynamite conspiracy. It has been a startling expose of the methods employed by organized la bor, methods the enormity of which has been a terrible indictment against the leaders by whom they were sanc tioned. It is fair to assume, however, that these crimes have not been laid up against the rank and file of organized labor. It was the misfortune rather than the sin of this class that they have fallen under the leadership of unscrupulous and criminal officials. Although organized labor has been placed under a cloud to some extent as a result of the expose that has been made, the year may well mark' the beginning of better things. The les son has been a severe one and organ ized labor throughout the country should now repudiate all such crimi nality, purge the organization of its unscrupulous leaders and insist upon decency. They will increase their abil Ity to better condition by stamping out once and for all this anarchistic el ement which has no respect for the laws either of God or man. CREDIT TO THE FARMER Ail credit is due the American farm er who made 1912 the most produc tive of all agricultural years In this country and crammed the nation's larder with the necessities of life. The earth baa this year produced Its great est annual dividend, according to the report of Secretary Wilson. The aun and the rain and the fertil ity of the toil heeded not the human controversies, but kept on working In cooperation with the farmers' effort to utilise them. The reward Is a high general level of production. The man behind the plow has filled the Nation's larder, crammed the storehouses, and will send liberal supplies to foreign loUbtrlca. The prices at the farm are generally profitable and will continue the pros perity that farmers have enjoyed in recent yenrs. The total crop value is so far above that of 1911 and any pre ceding year that the total production of farm wealth is the highest yet reached by half a billion dollars. Bas ed on the census items of wealth pro duction on farms, the grand total for 1S12 is estimated to be $9.532,000,00i, During the last 16 years the farmer has steadily increased his wealth pro duction year by year, with the excep tion of 1911, when the value declined from that of the preceding year. If the wealth produced on farms in 1S99 be regarded as 100, the wealth produced 16 years ago, or In 1897, is represented by 84, and the wealth produced in 1912 by 202.1. During the 16 years Hie farmers' wealth production Increase! 141 per cent. The wealth production on farms dur ing the last 16 years reached the grai'.l total of more than S 105,000,000. This stream of wealth has poured out of the farmers' horn of plenty, and in 16 years has equated about three-quarters of the present national wealth. PUBLICITY FOR APPLE MARKET More and better fruit statistics for the use of the grower are being urged upon the United States government by W. T. Clark, president of the recently-organized Northwest Distribu tors' Association. Mr. Clark seeks to lessen the harm w hich exaggerated re ports of the barrel apple crop do to the box apple crop and he would also give the grower, as well as the buyer, the use of the government figures. According to Mr. Clark the growers do not at present place sufficient im portance upon these reports, w hich are used by the commission houses to their advantage whenever there is an apparent increase in production over former years. Another important factor which mil itates against the box apple disricts, according to Mr. Clark, is the fact that probably not more than 50 per cent of the barrel apple crop is mar keted while about 90 per cent of the box crop is shipped. This is where the hurt comes, for the buyers are able to show by government statistics (as at present compiled) that a tremend ous apple crop is being produced and prices are hammered down, as was the case this year. There is no doubt that the govern ment would convey a more correct im pression . of actual apple crop condi tions if, in addition to obtaining re ports of production the statisticians would also submit a statement of the proportion marketed to those pro duced. FOR OREGON FARMERS To give Oregonians who cannot come to the agricultural college the benefit of its help, plans have Just been made by the college extension division. It is planned to carry the college assistance into every town, ev ery home, every farm in the state. The plans provide for demonstra tion farms in different sections; dem onstration trains, lectures, demonstra tions at farmers' institutes, at commer cial clubs and in co-operation with other organizations, traveling schools, correspondence courses, popular bulle tins, educational exhibits for county fairs and meetings, local advisors, aid in organizing rural communities for betterment work, aid in industrial work in the schools, and co-operation with the federal government in assist ing rural Oregon. A distribution of branch experiment stations as required to solve the prob lems of different parts of the state is also planned. Conferences with rep resentatives of various sections will be held, and a plan drawn up to sub mit to the board of regents. Hood River is one of the communi ties of the state which wants one of these experiment stations and Is heart ily in sympathy with the extension movement now planned by the O. A. C. That institution is doing much, if not more than any other agency in the state to encourage scientific agricul ture and to co-operate with the farm er in getting the best there Is from the soil. WHITE SALMON (From tha Enterprise) Mr. and Mrs. Collins of Dee, Hood River Valley, spent Christmas with Dr. Dean and wife. Messrs. Hayes, Dean, Sutherland, Tate and Van Vorst have been ap pointed a committee to look after the Interests of county division and a bill will be drawn to present to the legis lature which meets January 13. L. G. Pyatt's Jap cook has left on a trip to Japan, and A. R. Miller notes a marked diminution' in the girth of his neighbor as a result. After visit ing In the land of flowers and churk lng a few choice Spitzenbergs to the Mikado the little brown man will re turn to this country. Justice A. II. Groshong was invlteJ to dinner at the S. P. Stockton home Christmas day, but before sitting down he performed he ceremony which unit ed In marriage I-lia, their daughter, and Waller Talbert, one of the drivers in the employ of the Wyers Livery & Stage Line. Miss Hopkins of Hood River was bridesmaid. Congregations were slim. HOOD RIVER ENTERS THE ROAD CAMPAIGN At a meeting of citizens held Sat urday afternoon at the Commercial Club Hood River road enthusiasts en listed in the fight which w ill be made at the cowing session of the legisla ture to secure an appropriation which will make possible the completion of the Pacific Highway through this state by way of the Columbia River and Con tral Oregon. Major Uowiby, executive officer of the Pacific Highway Association, sub mitted the proposition to an informal meeting. He spoke particularly of the necessity of building such a road be fore the exposition in 1915. He de clared that every cent expeuded by the state for such work would be returned with Interest by the thousands of tour ists w ho would thereby be brought in to this state. Major liowiby stated that an expend iture of several million dollars would be necessary to open the route from Portland south through the Willam ette Valley to California. The worst piece of road, he said, was between Roseburg and Grants Pass. That at least 150,00 automobile tour ists w ill come to the coast in 1915 was the estimate made by Major Uowiby. He said that unless Oregon opened up some artery of automobile traffic she would lose all the advantage of this tourist trade and he ' recommended that influence be brought to bear upon the representatives and senator from this section to have them use their in fluence in lavor of an appropriation sufficient to put the Central Oregon road in shape. He said that assur ances had been given that Multnomah county, having appropriated 1100,000 for the completion of the Columbia River road in that county, would finish that portion of the highway before the expiration of next year. Cascade Locks Cited Attention was called by Roy Smith to the fact that Cascade Locks failed recently to vote a disrict road tax for the completion of the road west of that place. In explanation of this it was stated that the people of that place were not opposed to the road, but did not care to vote the tax until they knew Multnomah county would build to the county line. In this connection Major Bowiby made the statement that Multnomah will complete its end of the road next year and he urged that all of the road in this county be completed without delay in order that traffic may not bo held up by any uncompleted portion. Major Bowllby said that there would probably be several road measures submitted at the next session of the legislature, but he urged that all com munities in favor of the north and south state highway favored by the Pacific Highway Association unite in action. On motion it was expressed as tnc sense of the meeting that the local Commercial Club should assist in the work of the Pacific Highway Associa tion. Secretary Scott was present and assured the meeting that he would be glad to render such assistance in behalf of the club. Some discussion was had of the Shell Rock work. It was stated thp.t the convicts have been withdrawn dur ing the winter months. The work has been about half done and about $7,000 of the Benson fund has been ex pended. There remains In addition to the $3,000 unexpended an equal amount raised by district roaad taxes in this county. This will be sufficient to complete the work next year. Bee Bill Before Legislature The State Beekeepers' Association of Oregon is preparing a bill to present to the legislature, providing for the ap pointment of a state bee inspector, says Professor H. F. Wilson of he Ore gon Agricultural College, who is sec retary of the association. The pur pose of the bill Is to check the advance of the dread disease, foul brood, which has w iped out the bee industry In some Bectlons of the country. "Foul brood, the worst disease to which bees are subject, is a bacterial trouble," says Professor Wilson. "It attacks the larvae and destroys them so that they never mature. In Cali fornia it has destroyed entire apiaries of 500 or more colonies. Oregon is thus afflicted In some districts, and it Is necessary to provide for its control before It becomes the menace to the bee industry that California has found It." Health Resort Planned Bandon. A modern sanitarium is to be erected at Bandon by H. C. Dipple. The sanitarium will contain one of the largest covered swimming pools on the Pacific Coast. Kvery summer a large number visit Bandon-by-the-Sea to recuperate. The climate is mild, never hot, the air bracing and the scenery beautiful. The erection of a sanitarium with a swimming tank open to the public will no doubt do much to Increase the pop ularity of Bandon as a seaside resort. Fear of wet feet was stronger Sun day than fear of the hereafter. DIVIDED WE FALL KELLY BROS. MAY AND OATS Rolled Barley, Bran, Shorts and Straw Phone 227-M Fourth Street between Oak and Stata ROBT. T. NEWHALL TtlephOua 277-N Hood River, Oregon. REPRESENTING MILTON NURSERY CO. THIRTY-THREE YEARS Of RELIABLE TREES C. G. VAN TRESS Public Stenographer AND Notary Public ELIOT BLOCK Phone 308-L W. J. BAKER Real Estate Loans Insurance APPLE AND STRAWBERRY LAND A SPECIALTY Correspondence Solicited WE FURNISH FRUIT PICKERS AND PACKERS And All Kinds of Employees... NIGUMA & CO. Phone 160 1 4 East Oak Street Mood River, Or. COAL! Rock Springs COAL TRANSFER & LIVERY COMPANY Cottage Hospital Hood River's Medical In stitution. Open to the public for the treatment of Medical and Surgical cases. Rates on applica tion. Address, COTTAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION iient & Garrabranf Confectionery, Cigars Fishing Tackle Spaulding's Sporting Goods All Kinds of Soft Drinks Oak Street, opposite Smith Block, Hood Rirer HARMON'S ORCHESTRA Any Instrumentation desired furnished for.. Parties Dances and Receptions Violin and Mandolin Solos with Piano accompaniment for parlor engagements. Phono 39X HOOD RIVfR POULTRY YARDS J. I. NICKELSEN, Proprietor rtstftr l S. C. W. Ltghorm, W. P. Rock I ni t. C. Rhofa lilsni Rtdt. Indian Runner Dues! Breeders and young stock for sale. Or ders booked now. Poultry yards 'i mile west of city at Frank ton. Phone 8282-X. UNITED WE STAND 0 J. F. WATT, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Office, Hum phone 80 Rea. SO-B Hood River :: Oregon Dr. U. U. Sharp Ir. Edna B. Sharp DRS. SHARP Osteopathic Physicians Graduates of tha American School of Osteopathy. Kirksville. Mo. Office in Eliot Buildinjr Phoae-Cltice let Residence 102-B. Mood River, Oregon E. D. KANAGA Physician and Surgeon Offlea in National Bank Building Phone. Office 35 Rea. S8-B Hood River, Oregon H. L. DUMBLE Physician and Surgeon Calls promptly answered in town or country, day or n iir h t. Telephonea-Reaidence 611. Office 613. Otiice in the Brueiua Building. DR. E. O. DUTRO Physician and Surgeon Office in Smith Building Hours 1 to 4 p. m. by appointment -phone 71 Res. l.ewLa House, Odell i'hone (Well l'J3 Calls promptly answered in country day or night DR. MALCOLM BRONSON Physicians and Surgeons Eliot Block Phone 34 Hood River, Oregon C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D. Dentist Office. Hall Building, over Butler Banking Co. Office phone 28. Residence phone 28-B Hood River. Oregon H. Dudley W. Pineo, D. D. S. Dentist Office 4, 6 and 6. Smith Bldg. Office-Home phone 131. Residence Home 131-B Hood River. Oregon DR. JUSTIN WAUGH Eliot Building EAR, EYE, NOSE AND THROAT M. E. WELCH Licensed Veterinarian Hood River. Oreffoo JOHN BAKER Attorney at Law Rooms 7-8, Smith Block HonV-x Hood River, Ore. STEARNS & DERBY Lawyers First National Bank Building Hood River, Oregon Phone 309 Rooms 9-10. Smith Block GEORGE R. WILBUR LAWYER Hood Klver - - Oregon ERNEST C. SMITH LAWYER Rooms 14 and 15, Hall Building Hood River. Orwon L. A. & A. P. HEED ATTORNEYS & COUNSELLORS AT LAW Two Doors North of Poatoffice Phone 41 Hood River' Oregon MURRAY KAY CIVIL LNOINLER AND SURVEYOR Phone 32 Baosiua Buildino Hood Rivra L. A. HENDERSON Surveyor and Civil Engineer Formerly U. S. Land Surveyor Philippine Islands Two doors north of postofllce. Phone 41 P. M. MORSE ' City Engineer and Surveyor CITY AND COUNTY WORK Heilbronner Building Hood River, Oregon A. C. BUCK Notary Public and Insurance Agent Room 12. Brnsius Block Hood River, Oregon C. M. IIURLBURT SURVJ3YOI Telephone 3312-M R. R. BARTLETT ARCHITECT Heilbronner Building HOOD RIVER, OREGON Phone 1 Oregon Lumber L WHOLESALE and RETAI L LARGE 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 Hood River Banking & Trust Co. Extends a cordial invitation to you, personally to call and open a checking account. Any amount will open an account in our savings department. We pay 3 per cent interest, compounded semi-annually. We promise the best of service and satisfaction. M. M. Hill, W. W. Remington, R. W. Pratt, President, Vice President, Cashier C. H. Stranahan, Wilson Fike Capital $100,000 mm FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOODIR1VER. OREGON FASHION Livery, Feed 8tanlev- Wholesale and y Retail Lumber, Co4-.L Lath, Shingles OlTlXll) Etc. Lumber delivered to FlimhoV anypart of the lvUlllwr Valley Sdc arc now tafung ordcro for Hpplc Boxes StcHifeii-Smitli um6er Co. Hecfi hver, Oregon Prtn 134 STOCK OF I Surplus $30,000 START THE NEW YEAR by opening an account with this bank. Don't simply resolve to do so, but come and do it. After you have experienced the con venience, safety and advantage of such an account for a while, you'll wonder why you hadn't opened one before. And the satisfaction is as great for those who open small accounts as for those whose affairs are larger. STABLES and Draying iSTRANAHANS & RATHBUN HUOD RIVER, OREGON Horses bought, sold or ex changed. Pleasure parties can secure first class rigs. Sbecial attention given to moving fur nj tu re and pianos. We do everything horses can do. J