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THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1. 1913
THE HOOD RIVER NEWS
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HOOD RIVER NfcWS COMPANY, Inc.
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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
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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.
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