THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 4, 1913
LOST LAKE TRIP
STILL DIFFICULT
Iiee. llic only niud to Lout Lake
country U th one leading from this
place. The distance from here to
Lost l.ake is about 15 miles. There
art' ten miles of poor road anil five
miles of trail. Four yearH ago a for
est ranger cut out a road that for two
seasons allowed teams to get In and
out, but the winter snows have 1
the road in such a condition that peo
ple are advised not to attempt mak
ing the way w ith rigs of uny character.
The Mt. Hood Railroad Company
now extending its line from Dee to its
b It ( f timber in the vicinity of the
lake. Men are working on a trestle
that will cross a canyon a mile south
or Dee. Its length will be about 6U0
r-et and it will be 34 feet high. This,
when completed, will mean four miles
of new road that will be In operation
before the summer season opens. This
will make the distance from the end
of the line to Lost Lake 11 mill'
Those wishing to get Into the lake lo
cality can go to the terminus from
Hood lUver and then walk In or get
a horse and pack In.
I lu re is a big belt of land produc
Ing huckleberries, which ripen in Aug
ust, and at that time of the year camp
Ing is at its best. Hundreds of peopl
go In at that time. tast year possibly
fit) wagon loads of people came to the
end of the road before knowing that
they would have to abandon their rigs
The camping In the vicinity of the
lake Is Ideal, the fishing good and the
hunting fair. Between the lake and
Mt. Hood are some canyons seldom
penetrated by men and the wild anl
mals seek this quiet place.
The completion of the Mt, Hood
Railroad to the lakp will be the meant
of conveying thousands of visitors to
a place little known by Orcgonians.
Journal.
IDAHO FRUIT MEN
INTEREST IN THE
LIBRARY GROWING
Although this is the period of great
est activity on the ranches, the circu
lation of books at the library is still
Increasing. There is scarcely a day
In which there are not new registered
borrow ers.
Melieviug that the library is not only
a cultural institution, but that it should
bring return,! In dollars and cents to
Its users, the library is constantly add
ing to us collection books that can
gh'H the rancher and the business man
definite help along their linen of work
Requests for the worth while hooks
are frequently made and books are
continually reserved and mailed to the
different stations or to individuals. If
to individuals the library pays postage
one way, the individual pays return
postage. The librarian is eager ti
make the library a living thing. Re
quests for such books are in line. II
we naven t them on our shelves we
will get them.
Mothers' clubs have been organized
in Odell and Oak drove Is next in
line witli one ' planned for the fall
The librarian has had the pleasure of
furnishing books along certain lines
of study.
A reading hour is to be established
at I'ine drove. Oak drove and Mt.
Mood, migrants for the summer are
being made by the librarian and the
work will be in charge of interested
young women of the community. It
is just such things as this that make
the work of a librarian worth while.
LEPER COLONY TEMPORARY
Washington Member Assured Dia
mond Point is Not Menace.
Washington. Some consternation
and uneasiness has been occasioned
by the presence of lepers at Diamond
rolnt, Wash., and the fear that the
public health niiil marine hospital ser
vice was to make tills not only a per
manent establishment but to send
lepers there from other states. The
feeling became so Intense that Sena
tor Jones and the other members of
the Washington delegation were sp
pealed to to have the nintter Investi
gated. As a result of this agitation both
the senator and Representative John
son called on Surgeon-General Itlue
and went over the subject with him
and were assured that there was no
Intention to make this a permanent
station.
The Washington members were In
formed by Ir. Hlue that the marine
hospital service was endeavoring to
find a place off the coast of California,
and as soon ns this was located and
fitted up ns an abiding place for these
unfortunates they would be sent to
this permanent colony.
The Pope Is 78. ,
Rome.- The pope was "8 years old
Monday, mid Innumerable telegrams
and messages from all parts of the
world arrived, felicitating the pontiff,
wishing him a long and happy life.
Coal or Wood delivered on short no
tlce. Taft Transfur Company. 7tfc
Declaring for immediate oiganlza
lion to perfect selling plans whether
the Wenatchee district or others re
fuses to join the tuovenmiit, the offi
cers and directors of the Idaho-Oregon
Fruit dowers' Association went on
record at Moise at their meeting Sat
urday a back of the North i'aciflc
Fruit Distributors' Association. The
conference was attended by represent
ative growers of Southern, Southwest
ern Idaho and Kastern Oregon and in
cluded .1. H. Iowell, Roswell; M. J. Hig
ley. Huhl; II. M. Dorman, Caldwell;
J M. Johnson, Nampa; II. K. Smith
and R. II. Woods. I'ayette: B. F. Tuss
ing, Fruitland, and II. K. McKlroy,
Boise.
Fruit growers of the intermouutaln
coun'ry are enthusiastic In their praise
of the work of the North Pacific Fruit
Distributors' Association and believe,
particularly In Southern Idaho that the
succesB of the rapidly-growing fruit In
dustry of the West largely depends on
the work of the big Belling agency
which has been perfected.
TEAM WILL PLAY
ELKS NEXT SUNDAY
A good game of baseball Is expect
ed Sunday w hen the Hood River team
will cross bats with the Elks' Club of
The Dalles. The game will begin at
3u o'clock at Columbia Park.
In the Decoration Day game between
the Heights and town teams the
Heights won by the score of 7-4. Hart
and Hall were the battery for the
Heights, dill and Franz for the town
team. One of the features of the
game wa8 the home run scored by
Guernsey of the town team with two
men on bases.
In the series of five games to be
played the Heights now has two to Its
credit and the home team one.
An
Eledtric
Meter
Talk
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DOUGLAS-LANDLAN
(leorge Douglas of this city and Miss
Delia Landlan of Cheyenne, Wyo
were united in marriage Mondav ev
lung nt the nome ot the grooms
mother on the Heights. Rev. Kirk of
the Christian Alliance church perform
ed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. I)oug
is will live here for the present, but
are planning to make their home in
Wyoming.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Thompson Optical Institute of
'ortland has its representative, P?
K. B. Wheat In Hood River for t.
balance of this week. All patients who
have had their eyes fitted at the above
institute please call and have your
glasses looked over. All interested
parties watch for circulars for par
ticulars.
Don't Breathe Dust ,
Cse Sweeping Compound. For sale
by all druggists and K. A. Franz Co
Try It. 20-5mo8.
Hood River's Fourth will be a hum-
lingerj
EMPLOYMENT COLUMN
W A N T K D K.x pe r ie n ced strawberry
packers. Apply Geo. A. Vreeland
Alameda Way.
WANTED Ranch or orchard work by
experienced Hood River man; married
teady place preferred. Can take full
charge. Have had good business ex
perience. Local references given
Address S. R. McDonald R. F. D. 1.
Box 70, next place south of II. F.Lage's
store. 13t!i!
NOTICK dood salary to school teach
rs during vacation. Address 4'J7 Col
lege street, Portland, Oregon. 22-23p
WANTKD -Young lady wishes posl-
ioii as cook on ranch. ( an handle
men. Mrs. J. Ilayliss, den. Del-,
ood River. ltp
REAL ESTATE SECTION
FOR SALK OR EXCHANGE 10 acre
ranch, 2 ',4 miles west of town, bear
ing apple trees, cherries, peaches,
erries, alfalfa, pasture. Good 8-room
house and other buildings. Apply Mrs.
F. Miller, 916 Columbia St. Phone
2232. . 12tfc
FOR SALE 80 ACRES EAST SIDE
Lots 1 and 2, Section 31, Township
N, Range 11 East. Very sightly,
red shot soil. Three orchards bear
ing.. All Joining. Price $40 per acre.
Terms. A. Osburn, Hood River, Ore
gon. R. F. D. 3 Phone 6643. l'Jtfc
WILL TIlADK-lfit) acres of good
land near Fir I'. O. 4 miles southeast
f Van Horn Station, free water,
small house with spring at back door,
on county road, 3 million feet of tim-
r. no rough land. Will trade for
ranch in the valley, preferably with
nine bearing trees. See U A. Hen-
rson. 21tfc
It is customary for ck-cti icity users to question the accur
acy of meters and to make, many objec tions to tlieir use. Tlie
most common ones are that the electric companies have some
way of making the meter run taster than the amount of current
that passes through it or that the meter continues to run wheth
er current is beiiifj consumed or not. Of course any such ideas
are nonsensical and are founded on ignorance of tlie electrical
business of which the public probably knows less than of any
other industry. As a matter of fact an electric meter is one of
the most accurate pieces of mechanism ever invented, is thor
oughly tested before it leaves the factory and also before bein
placed in position by the company uiny; it. Occasionally one
of these wonderful little "juice" registers jroes vronr, but
then nothing made by mankind or man himself to say nothing
of even lovely woman ever attains absolute perfection.
Now a meter simply consumes and registers the entire
amount of current used for lighting or power passing through
it and if it does go wrong either runs slower or stops. The rea
son a meter will run for a minute or so after the current is turn
ed olT is because there is a disk in it containing a magnet that
must find the center of attraction before stopping and the disk
turns either forward or back until this point is readied. If it
turns backward the registration is nothing and if forward so
small as to be scarcely noticeable.
Probably the greatest dissatisfaction that we have to con
tend with comes from the fact that very few consumers are
able to take a reading from tlieir meter accurately and many
can not take a reading at all. For this reason we have just
mailed a little booklet to all of our patrons and will be pleased
to supply any one who has not received one, telling in the sim
plest language how you may learn to read your meter, all about
its operation and other information of value to the electricity
user.
J It is difficult for most consumers to understand why a met
er is not always installed with the dial at zero, or in other
words, registering nothing. When a new meter is installed
it is set at zero, but meters that have been put into service
whether in use or idle are never set back to the starting point
as the ordinary consumer would not use the entire registration
of 10,000 kilowatt hours in ten years and the work of re-setting
800 to 1,000 meters every time they are changed is a waste of
time and therefore would be an added expense. A meter may
be taken from one patron today. registering l,000,we will say for
illustration, and installed with another one registering the same
figures. The reading is taken at 1,000 when it is installed and
at the end of the month when the reading is again taken the
1,000 is simply deducted from the amount of current consumed.
Employes of the company reading meters are especially in
structed in regard to being accurate and to always give patrons
the benefit of any possible inaccuracy.
Ye believe that the public by familiarizing itself with
the points we have outlined and also those contained in the
booklet already mentioned will do away with any misunder
standing or prejudice it may have against electric meters and
be willing to co-operate with us in seeing that they get the best
of service coupled with the greatest economy on a fair basis.
Verv trulv vours,
HOOD KIS'KIt OAS & ELKCTKIU COMPANY.
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CLASSIFIED ADS.
EVERYBODY READS THE NEWS "WANT" ADS.
OAKDALE GREENHOUSES
We have a fine lot of Roses,
Shrubs, Perennial Plants this
spring. A few large Pieplant
Roots. All at prices that you can
not afford to send away for what
March is the best
-- . time to plant anything in the
, . ., ,..., ,,j 1 hardy line. Later we will have
Ull Hit UVUU 1 I 1C411LO UHU VUl
Flowers at all times.
FLETCHER & FLETCHER
Phone 5138 Hood River, Ore
New Rate for Classified Advertis
ing:
One cent per word, first Insertion;
2 cent per word for each insertion
thereafter; 30 words or less 50 cents
per month. No advertisement insert
ed for less than 25 cents.
living rooms above Keed & Hender
son's office. Light, water and fuel fur
nished. Inquire Keed & Henderson,
lltfc
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
For Rent New store room 20x62
Good location on main street. Phone
or call 3152. 2tfc
Fin 7-rootu cottage on Cascadu Ave.,
west of 7th street, for sale cheap. 3
chamber and a sleeping porch ,batu,
pantry, attic and basement Inquire
at office of A. W. On thank. 36tfc
FOK SALK CHKAP A lot and one-
halt' and small house on !Mh and Hull
streets. Kasy terms, Inquire at 907
Pine street. Phone 6153. 20-23p
FOK SALE (.'ream or milk at Ziliacus
Dairy. Phone 6794. 15tfc
FOU KKN'T Two and three-room
suites for light housekeeping. Modern
onvouionces. Apply Mrs. II. U. Fred
erick, 1215 Sherman, or phone 1552.
EVRKKA KOOMINU HOI' SIC, Corner
5th and Oak st. Very desirable first
floor rooms, also upstairs rooms for
rent by night or week. Two rooms
for light housekeeping with private
ntrance. Come and see my room
and get prices. You will be pleased.
Mrs. J. W. Dickinson. 19tfc
FOU KENT-House and barn on 10
acres, unimproved, near Ilarrett
school. H. Davenport, Jr. ' l'Jtfc
PASTCKK FOR
write J. F. Elliott,
KENT Phone or
Wyeth, Ore. 2:l-2('.p
FOK SALIC One hay tedder. Iscd
very little. Have gone out of hay
business. Will discount 25 per cent
from first cost. L. E. Clark. Phone
4613. 23-LMc
FOK SALE One twohorse scraper,
ano No. 20 Oliver ( hilled left-hand
plow, one two-horse land leveler, and
niie No.12 Demming ram with fittings;
.til second hand, but good as new.
Phone 5704. 20-23p
FOK SALIC Milk and potatoes. I
deliver good, fresh milk every even
ing on Hood Kiver Heights. I also
mow hay and move houses. J. T.
Nealeigh. Phone EStU. 20tfc
LIVE STOCK AND FOWLS
FOK SALE-GOOD RELIABLE OR
CHARD TEAM. WILL BE SOLD
CHEAP THIS WEEK. INQUIRE AT
FASHION STABLES. 22-23c
AFTER Jl'NE FIRST Will sell eggs
for hatching from my prize winning
R. I. Reds at half price. E. F. Bat
ten. Plume 5o78. 22tfc
t GRUBBING TOOLS of All Kinds on Hand i
We have not let the grass grow under our feet dur
ing the winter months, but have been engaged in
manufacturing a complete line of Grubbing and Land
Clearing Implements. You can find here whatever
you may need in this line and of the best, most sub
stantial workmanship.
WAGON PARTS REPLACED -If you have a broken
shaft, pole or any other part of your wagon, don't
throw it away. Bring it here and we will make it
as good as new for half the price.
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POWLR BLACKSMITH AND WAtiON SHOP 2
Phone 261 1 .... Ihird Street, North of Cascade Ave. T
4.4.4,f
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Have It Done at Home
Screen Doors : Screens
Furniture : Doors
ALL KINDS OF MILL WORK
What Do You Want
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4.
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X We have a
Complete Line of Fresh
I Groceries, Vegetables, Fruits, Etc. J
X We Invite your inspection T
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Hood River Planing Mill
Phone 3454
Wo vvsii n i i
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9th and Cascade
No Old Goods on our Shelves
t&tte grocery Store
FREE DELIVERY: East 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p. m.;
J. R. KINSEY
m., 10 a. m., 4 p. m.
Phone 4451
FOR
L".Hi(t.
:'7Sl.
SAI.K Hi'avy bay team
Will work any place.
weigh
Phone
J West 8 a.
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UPPER VALLEY NOTICE
List your places for special attention with
WARD IRELAND CORNELL
Upper Valley Real Estate .'. Insurance
Improved and Unimproved Orchard; Land
1 River Connection Phone U. C. M. Ranch. Parkdalef
V. EDWARDS & CO. 33 7-Odell I'pper Hood River Valler. Ore. X
5
'AVING purchased the entire interest of E.
Brayford in the Rockford Store about three
months ae:o, we are now in a position
to serve you with all the highest class Groceries at
reasonable prices. We invite your patronage and
will serve you to the best of our ability.
GIVU US A TRIAL
MERCER & CO.
F. B. SNYDER
B. B. POWELL
flood River Plumbing Company
WANTKD -To buy lilit single buggy,
'hone George l 1'ihiuVn, 6511. 21' l':!p
For Sale Good lor on Prospect Ave.
on installment plan. Inquire of Har
old Ilershner. 3tfc
VOH SAI.I-: OK KXCHAXUK One
Mack horse, nine years old, weight
about U'"n lhs; also one driving horse
live years old. weight about le.lO lbs.
1'iione SSTS. ":!-24p
WANTKD TO IU'V-A good saddle
Kinder please return to New office
and receive suitable reward. lM-24p
horse. Phono 4 1! 1 3. 23-240
LOST AND FOUND ADS';
KOU SAI.K One pair of pure bred
Bronze turkeys. Address Moz 5;, K D
Phone 4i;i:!. 2;!-24e
Phone 1544
Sanitary Plumbing and Heating.
Tinning and Sheet Metal Work.
Repairing Promptly Attended.
ESTIMATES FURNISHED CASCADE AVENUE
A Choice Lot ot rTT DCCDV OHTYrMy
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Phone 5808 R. R. No. 2 HooJIRiver. Ore. t
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In Standard Varieties to offer for the
Season 1912-13. Also some Select
PEON A BULBS
C. D. THOMPSON
KOU SAI.K - Dining table and six
hairs, one brass bed, two rockers, I
dresser, kitchen cabinet, dishes and
kitchen uteusils, alt less than year old.
Will sell altogether cheap, or separate-
If desired. All good values. Call
II. McCrea, Telephone Apis., or
hone 1S42. lip
LOST- Met ween Hood Kiver and Idle
w ilde Cemetery, one lady's pocket hook.
LOST OH STOI.KN Krom A. II. Per
ry's ranch 2's miles south of Hood
Kiver. Urown and white collie dog.
new black leather collar and chain.
Liberal reward. ltc
STK A V Kit A small bay mare strayed
into my enclosure during forenoon or
Thursday, May 2:'. 1 Owner can
get same by identifying animal, pay
ing for ltn feed and the cost of this
notice. K. V. Sweaney, K I) 2, phoui
5758. 2;!-24p
(iood weather for strawberries.
COW VOli SI.K Phone 576:. 2 !-24p
IkoK SALK - At a bargain, horse, bug
jgy and harness. Phone .V.C.I, J. K.
Nickelseii at Krankton. 2:'.tfc
DAIRY FARM FOR SALE
For sale by owner, SO-acre dairy
farm; good bouse, water piped inh
house, small barn, other out-buildings,
:'," acres under the ditch; deep shot
soil; very best of hay, grass, vege
table and plenty of out range; can
handle from ;!o to 40 cows. Price.
i!0 per acre. Terms easy. Phone,
call on or address II. M. I law ley, Car
son, Wash. 2'.'tfe
White River Flour
Made from Oregon's Finest
Wheat by Oregon's
Finest Mill.
Now at Your Grocer's