Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 04, 1911, Section Three, Image 55

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Newspaper Page Text23- HOOD RIVER OREGON ID) tiii: 3ioii.ixr; orkgoxiax, Saturday, February" 4, ioif. STAILIMS TOPRMOI V The Bondsman 37641 LEADING SIRE OF 1910.-Sire of Col orado E. (3) 2:04-14; world 's'champion three-year-old stallion! The Plunger (4) 2:07V2, sold for $6000.00; Creighton, 2:09; (1910 records) Grace Bond (3) 2:091,4; only double Kentucky Futurity winner, twenty-eight trotters and one pacer, in the list. Son of BAROX WILKES, 2:18, sire of thirteen in 2:10, etc.,' and the "Futurity Sire" and SORRENTO, dam of seven, etc., "The Futurity Mother." A show horse and sire of beauty as well as speed breed for a winner. FEE $100 Season of 1911, Heasanton, Cal., to May 1st, then at Portland Race Track, management of Dick "Wilson. Oxley's Black Rex A true representative of The Kentucky Saddler. Traces six times to Black Squirrel and five times to Rex McDonald. Stands 16 hand and will fchow seven sraits. . . Season of 1911 limited to approved marts at Tip Top Ranch. The Imported Belgian Stallion Ouragan 46798 I n.lefeated in the show rinsr. A perfec t specimen of Drafter. A bay'stallion with black points and exceptional action. Will weitrh a ton. Sea-son of 1911 at Tip Top Ranch. . .Wtf :',?r V:.-;V V:' 4 'iHvm ' - fa, s,. The Patchen Boy . 39033 Record, p. (S) 2:10i. A Consistent Race Horse and Speed Sire., Sire of Kvelyn Patchen 2:10 and eighteen others In standard time. , , , . .... Son of Wilkes Boy 2:24; sire of 107, and the great brood mare Lady Clay, by Metropolitan 132, son of Hambletonlan 10. A 16:1 stallion; weighs 1290 lbs.; sensational race horse and prepotent sire. FKK S.0. Season of 1911 at Tip Top Ranch, Hood River, Or., to May 1st, then at Portland Race Track. Exceptional facilities for mares shipped to us and good care piaranUed. No charge for first eighteen days. We are not responsible for death or injury of any stock sent to us. For further particulars address HP TOP RANCH, HOOD REVEIRL OR. CAPT. CHAS. P. McCAN, Proprietor BREEDER OF STANDARD BRED AND BELGIAN HORSES LINE BRED PERSIAN CATS REGISTERED SCOTCH COLLIES char4 about ! yr old. of th better varieties and one that ha ko1 care. Should aerae from 100 to tf0 an acre, the market conditions belna; nor mal. There have bn some very hla-h yields In particular or.-harda and fl uri are not hard to find which show a cross return of about S12')0 an acre for a fw acres. Ludwls; Struck received such returns few seasons a under IrteaJ market and growing conditions. Hut the figures glvrn by Mr. fproat represent average conditions. E. R. Tooley. one of the largest growers on the East 5 1 dr. has figures from 40 acres of orchard which show a gross return of SOU an acre. In this block of trees, however. ther were 10 a :ree of sta-year-olds and 14 acres of eight-year-old trees. The balance of tne trees are older. Mr. I'ooley re ceived 242 boxes of fancy Uravensteln apples from 24 trees. He was espe cially fortunate In marketing these ap ples, receiving as high as 12. 2S a box for some of them. He averaged f 1.7J a bog from these apples. Other orchards report the same good yield for the past season. ;. U Smtlh. who has a fine Ift-arre orchard, produced 31ft! boxes of fancy and choice fruit, according to the books of the PaVldaon Krult Company, the price running as high as I". 10 for some of the extra fancy. una of the reasons that fruit prices are so well maintained In Hood River and Mosler Valleys la that most of the fruit Is marketed by the growers themselves, who have organised an as sociation that handles the crop. They are. therefore, prepared to quote prices for any market and for any quantity. In Hood River the apple growers have a warehouse and storehouse. Ice plant and storage plant, whet they are able to hold a certain quantity of apples ready for shipment, out In the valley on the Mount Hood Railway they have another shipping warehouse where they receive apples and load them direct Into the -ars. Facilities like these make the growers more Independent as to selling and they are not compelled to take the first offer any buyer may make. , While It sometimes happens that fur small ahlpmcnts. outside the apple growers' associations, a little more money a box can be obtained, no Mgh prlrea were obtained In Hood River until the union was organised. The apple crop of !! Is estimated In be somewhat over &0.o00 boxes. This Includes the output of Mosler. The Hood River Apple llrowers' Vnlnn handled about 400.000 boxes, while the Iavldn Krult Company sold lio.OoO. The balance of the crop Is handled In dependently, and also by the tvat HooJ River Apple.Urowers' I'nlon at Moater. One of the main Industries of many people In this county Is raising straw berries, liood returns are derived front this fruit and the crop last sea son was CO.eoe crates, averaging about tJ a crate. J. 'VC. Pnlpley. who haw a fine strawberry field, sold ti0 crate rem - W acre a Hood River County waa created on June 22. 1 . by proclamation of the tiovernor. after It had been voted upon by the people at the election previous, tiood roads are the object of the county court, and last ear five miles of the best road In the state were constructed. In a few years the roads of this small taller will be In I. leal condition for tourlste and Summer visitors. Outside of the fruit Industry the lumber business Is well represented. Two large firms, namely, the Oregon Lumber Company and the Stanley Fmltn Lumber Company, are operating extensively and hare large payrolla. Other smaller mills alo contribute to the total output of lumber. The Ore gon Lumber Company's amounted to over 2i.0.0') feet last year. The company will Install shortly a large box plant, and will be making and selling apple and berry boxes on the market next year. In conjunction with trie Oregon Lumber Company mention must be made of the Uouot llooU Railway Company, which taps the heart of Hood River Valley, running out to Ie. where the mill Is located. Tht railroad has Just completed an exten sion to Farkdale. a distance of six miles beyond Iee. through the rich up per valley district. The Stanley-Stnlth Company, by use of flumes, cuts lum ber from the high foothlllw In the Cas cade Range. In what I termed general ly a "lock" system. This company cuts 20.000.00 feet a year and haa yards In Hood River. Green Point. Ruthtown and Belmont. The city of 'Hood River l prosper ous. It has grown rapidly the pa.it two years and old wooden buildings are giving way to modern brick ones. The J. H. Hellbronner bunding Is be ing finished, and also the Apple Grow ers" ban,k building. The Furgeson building has been finished for some weeks, and the ytchols-Lisco garage la a model of Its kind. A short distance out in the valley Captain Charles P. McCan haa Just com pleted a large garage and salesroom on his fine fruit and stock ranch. In passing It should be mentioned that Captain McCan haa some of the finest horses In the country at his Tip Top ranch, among them the famous trotting stallion Patchen Boy. Other Improvements are going on and Hood River Is now contemplating pav ing all the streets within the fire lim its and macadamizing the others. In proportion to Its size. Hood River has mora school children than any other town In the state and has good, mod ern school buildings. Hood River has a well-furnished commercial club build ing and other civic and public organizations. MULTNOMAH CENTER OF TRADE OF NORTHWEST Portland's Great Commercial and Industrial Activity Is Supple mented by Industries in Several Smaller Towns. which 1125,000 was expended for resi dences, 150,000 for business bulldinirs and 110,000 for alterations and repairs. This was an Increase of $50,000 over 1909 and $95,000 Increase over l0g. . St. Johns Is known principally as a manufacturing city. Its Industries In clude a stove works, which employs 20 men, and a lumber plant, which- fur nishes employment to 21 S men and pays out as wages from $18,000 to $20,000 a month. The city is up to date In educational facilities. There are four school build ings, erected at a total cost of $100.0(10. The school population Is 1425, an In crease of 176 over 1909. Twenty-seven teachers are employed. The budget of the Board of Education for 1911- calls for the expenditure of $40,000 for school purposes. The city has a good water supply. Last year nearly six miles of new mains were laid, bringing the total mileage of mains to more than 30. A first-class sewer system affords sanitary protec tion. Between seven and eight miles of street improvement work was complet ed In 1910 and as much more Is under way. Over $24,000 was spent In sewer construction. A new mill is promised by the Weyerhaeuser Interests and will employ about 600 men. Ml LTSOM.11 COt XT T. Location Northwestern Ore gon, on Willamette and Colum bia Rivers. Area 297.530 acres. I'opulatlon 2 ;.:!. IX VIEW of the fact that all but 19.000 of the county's 226.141 people live within the limits of the city of Portland, to which many pages of -this Issue have been devoted, space will not be occupied with a detailed description of Multnomah County. There are. how ever, several promising and thriving towns In Multnomah County, chief of which Is tit. Johne, which has a popu lation of upwards of 6000 people. On November I last, the date of the gen eral state election, the electors of St. Johns voted to Join haqds with Port land, but th city haa not yet been of ficially proclaimed a part of Portland. Other towna are Linnton. (Iresham. I-enta and Bridal Veil. One of the larg est lumber-manufacturing plants In the Northwest la located at Bridal Veil. Hundreds of acres around. Portland are devoted to market gardening and fruitgrowing:. The product find a ready and profitable market In this city. In fact. not nearly enough garden truck Is grown to supply the demand, necessitating Importation from other parts ui the state and contigu ous parts of Washington. Lumbering Is the Industry whfuh ranks first in Importance. The main line of the O.-W. R. & N. Co.. running east from Port land along the south bank of the Co lumbia River, parses through many lumber-manufacturing towns, chief of which are Latourelle and Bridal Veil. Multnomah County Is also noted for Its scenery. The famous Palisades of the Columbia and the beautiful Lat ourelle, Oneonta. Bridal Veil, Multno mah and Horsetail Falls are especially worthy of mention. Rushing down from the mountalna to mrel the waters' of the Columbia River, these streams fall from 200 to U0 feet In a few hundred yardw Just before their waters Join those of the river. St- Johns prospered greatly dur ing 1910. Over 125 new homes were constructed, building following for the. most part the lines of Improved streets. The Wooi! house building, which will cost $14,000. is In course of construc tion. The total amount of the build ing permits for 1910 was I1S5.000. of Load of Turkeys Brings $23 7. Besides being the "Blue Ribbon County" for fruit, grains, grasses, vegetables and dairy products, Benton County Is something as a turkey cen ter, N. O. Dodge, of Bellfpuntaln. brought to the Jack Dawson poultry yard this morning 125 turkeys that weighed 143 pounds, netting Mr. Dodge exactly $237.30. That's pretty good for one wagon load. As a rule turkeys average about 10 pounds to the bird, but though this Is an early date for marketing, the 125 landed here today averaged more than 11 pounds. They ran wild and cost nothing fo feed. About all the trouble that Mr. Dodge took with his birds was to bell the hens so that the little turks could always keep track, though the mother hen failed to call. Mr. Dodge has a wagon specially con structed for hauling turkeys. The bed has four floors and close enough to gether that the turkeys must sit down. In" this way they are delivered . free from bruise and blemish. Mr. Dawson gets many turkeys each Fall, but none are ever in better condition than those brougM by Mr. Dodge. Corvallis Gazette-Times. Berries Ripen Many Months. J. B. Stevens, of Tolo, states that his rlnes have yielded almost continuous ly since April and are still full of bloom and berries. He has sold over $300 worth of strawberries from less than a quarter of an acre at prices ranging from 10 cents to 15 cents a box, and found market for an unlim ited supply. The land the berries are raised on Is foothill land and was un productive until Irrigated. There are many thousands of acres of land In the valley now idle that would be equally productive lf given ordinary ' atten tion. Hens Make Remarkable Record. J. B. RowelU of First street, has '19 hens with a remarkable record. In 10 months these hens produced $52 worth of eggs, raised 23 pullets worth 73 cents each, and he has sold during this time $3 worth of roosters. Each hen averaged $2.95 per month. The feed for the 10 months cost him $20. New berg Enterprise. Fri rr f . First National Bank HOOD RIVER, OR. Capital . . $100,000 Surplus . . 22,000 Assets . . 600,000 Interest Paid on Time and Savings Deposits Officers and IMrectors F. 8. Stanley. President; J. W. Hinrlchs. Vlce-Pres. ; E. O. Blunchar. cash.; V. C Brock. Asst. Cash. ; A. 1). Moe, D. McDonald. A. 8. Blowers. Peach Tree Yields $2 0. F. M. Mefford. who resides north, of Lebanon, secured $20 worth of peaches from one tree in his orchard last Fall. The tree yielded 10 bushels of choice peaches, " which were sold for $2 a bushel. BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Hood River, Oregon. ' Capital', Surplus and Profits $100,000.00 Deposits !f(JUO,000.00 Officers and Directors: Leslie Butler, President. F. AIcKerelier, Vice-Pres. Truman Butler, Cashier. E. II. French, Director. R. T. Cox, Director. Established 1000. ; m1 :; 1 I A ; J J -,' !J-:$r:.r.J7M TT!ti i 4 ODDIa ii DEVLIN & FIREBAUGH LEADING DEALERS Hood River Mosier Orchard Lands Offices: Hotel Oregon Building, Hood River, Or.; Swetland Building, Portland, Or. NEW RESIDENTS- We are always pleased to extend courteous assistance to new residents of Hood Kiver and Hood Eiver Valley by advising them regarding any local conditions within our knowledge, and we afford every convenience for the transaction of their finan cial matters. New accounts, are respectfully and cordially in vited. Savings department in connection. Managing officers are men from the Middle West. Hood River Banking & Trust Co. MIlV IHfill SCHOuL AT T. JOHXS. 4 4 4 Davidson Fruit Company Pioneer packers, growers and shippers of the famous HOOD RIVER STRAWBERRIES and APPLES Hood River, Oregon MOUNT HOOD RAILROAD Operating Trains Between Hood River to Parkdale and a Direct Route to Cloud Cap Inn HOOD RIVER. : : : : OREGON