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VOL. IV
coin moil business f. .re- ght.
A general canvass of Mosier
reveals the fact that the citizens
are alive to the necessity of do
ing something and are heartily
in favor of incorporating, be
lieving that it is the best and
only thing for the community.
The matter o f cost to the indi
vidual has not been worked out,
but il is safe to say that the gain
to him in many ways will lie far
greater than the possible in
crease in taxation. lie will share
in the general prosperity, and
this will mean much to the busi
ness man and the laborer.
From a social, business and
economic standpoint, il appears
to the thinking, progressive citi
zen that the most sensible thing
to do is to incorporate the town
of Mosier and it has been sug
gested that a mass meeting of
the citizens he held next Tues
day night at 8:30, to thoroughly
discuss the proposition and, if
found advisable, to formulate
plans for incorporation.
Let every citizen attend this
meeting and express his opinion
on tlie subject,
MOSIER, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON,
These cars, lighted and heated,
are placed on station tracks for
advance distribution often many
hours before the departure of
trains. Mails are called for and
delivered at a large proportion
of the postoffices located at rail
way towns.
“ Enlarging the size and in
creasing the weight of the
package which may he sent by
mail, means a diminution in the
numlier of packages which will
be sent by express. The rail-;
road company is paid for the
latter, but is underpaid for the
mail at present, and the paicels
{lost will increase our work so
that we are in a position to lose
amounts that cannot lie even ap-f
proximate!} estimated at this
time.
"The railroads are anxious to
serve the people, but they can
not lie expected tocontinue to do
Lliis at a great loss entailed
through the failure of the United
States government to properly
reimburse them for services ren
dered. Mail weighings are made
quadrennially. Prior to the next
weighing the mail carrying lines
stand to lose immense sums.
"W e are giving good service
with our fast mail. We are
meeting the demand for expedi
tious delivery. Should the de- a
mands o f the mail service under J
t he new conditions brought about J
by the inauguration of the par
cels [lost necessitate an addi
tional amount of equipment we
may he compelled to curtail our
service. This will not be done, «
however, if just compensation is
received.”
to the party ornering them ,
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1913
//. M.
NO. 49
W E ST
Mosier,
R E S O L V E D 1 GUß. CANNEDGOODS'
HAVE COME down , w e were CmYina
a BIG STOCK- WE C a N KEEP OVE STOCK.
FßESH BY-KEEPING IT MOVING- VE CAN
WHAT ' \ V Y o U CAN EAT. Y ou C A tT
i % EAT WHAT WE CAN.
Oregon
Dealer in
Hay, Grain and Feed
This question has been asked
a number o f times within the
past two or three years, but so
far has remained unanswered.
O f All
Kinds
It is again being agitated, and
quite seriously, by the up-to-
date, progressive citizens, who
Sole Agents for
do not want the town to stand
still, retrograde, or die of dry
rot. One of these things will
happen to it if we do not wake
up. The «am try around Mosier
is far and away ahead of the
town in progressiveness, as it is
being rapidly developed by in
telligent men and methods. This
o f course, is good for the town,
but the town itself should make
some effort to get in line with
the upward movement.
It might he argued by some
'till ill
that tlie town is too small to as
sume municipal duties and re
.»>
««-
sponsibilities. There are small
hopes o f its becoming much
larger unless it incorporates.
Smaller towns than this have
l>een incorporated, and from the
time of their municipal birth has
FOR MAIL SERVICE
dated their prosperity. We pre
sume to say that there is hardly
"When Congress authorized
a citizen in the town who would
the
establishment of the parcels
be willing to place himself on |
post
it made no provision for the
record as objecting to the move
remuneration
of the railroads,
merit on the ground that il
which
will
be
compelled
to carry
would ruin the town or any in
Ibis
additional
business
free
for
terests or individual in it. No
some
years
unless
the
national
community can prosper to any
extent; where there is a lack of lawmakers authorize an earlier
united effort and public spirit— adjustment of existing con
A
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which does not act on the belief, tracts," said Mr. J. I’ . O’ Brien, NEW YORKER URGES APPLE PUBLICITY
that community interests are in vice-president and general man
Newspaper advertising is re
dividual interests, and vice versa. ager of the Oregon-Washington'
Railroad & Navigation Com garded, by Charles A. Mnehl-
Civic pride will go far toward
E. A . R a c e . m g r .
pany, to a representative of this bromier, an apple distributor of
making any place good to live
New York, as a prime necessity
paper.
in. whether incorporated or not.
*
in the marketing o f apples. At
"The committee on railway
The trouble is, oftentimes, that
the
recent
meeting
in
Cincin
such pride is not felt by a sutti- mail pay. representing 214,275. nati of the National League of
cient number o f citizens to ac miles of railway in the United; Commission Merchants, he ex
complish results. For instance: States, operated hv 268 com pressed his views on the subject,
In Business
If the streets become cluttered panies, has issued a statement in part as follows:
Hood River
50 Years
Oregon
with rubbish of all kinds, or are containing facts and figures
"The great problem that con
whicii
prove
that
the
railway
almost impassable from mud or
fronts the pooducer in the
I h a Jeweler and Optician o f many year« experience.
gullies washed by heavy rains mail pay does not equal the Northwest, as well as the Mid
I f you have a “ sick” time-piece, he can cure it.
operating
expenses
that
makes
because o f improper drainage; j
dle West and the Atlantic sea
If you have eye trouble, he can correct it by fitting you
when the sidewalks (what few il necessary, leaving nothing for board, is how to get the im
with proper lenses.
return
upon
the
value
of
the
If you have jewelry o f any kind to repair, be can do it.
there are) are out o f repair; when
mense production into distribu
If you want new jewelry o f any kind, be has it.
the sanitary conditions are a dis property.
tion and consumption, in the
If you wa it A N Y T H IN G in his line, he is the man toconsult.
"Tin’s
statement
was
called
grace to any civilized column: :-
day s ot i nan,an, it is said oi
His prices are right and so is his work.
ty; when vacant I• >ts» are made forth by a report to Congress by Joseph, that in the years of
the dumping ground for the the Postmaster(icneral. in which plenty he stored up the food for
P A T R O N I Z E HIM A N D E E C O N V I N C E D
town and back yards of resi he claimed that the railroads the seven years of famine and
dences are seldom if ever were being overpaid for the brought all countries to his ware- ■
cleaned up: when, in fact, the work of carrying the mails. The house.
He supplied those in
TAI.K ABOUT RKAI. JOY
whole town presents a dilapidat committee asserts, however, that need, and w as considered a wise
just get a box o f our cigars and
ed appearance to the stranger the cost o f carrying the mails is and discreet man. Those ancient
you wouldn’ t change places with an
and is a positive eye-sore to our much greater than the Postmas days and methods are no more.
ter
General
estimates
it
to
lie,
angel. Our OWI, cigars are made
selves, who is there, as the case
This country cannot have a
and
that
even
his
own
figures
for smokers who know what good
now stands, with the authority
famine such as came every seven
demonstrate
that
the
railroads
tobacco is, not for those who don’ t,
to change these conditions to
years in those days, but it will
know and don't care. We know
force the citizens to wash their are not fairly paid now fur the require wisdom, discretion and
you will like the O W L . 'fry oue
municipal face, as it were? No work that they do and for the modern methods to pul into con
and see if we are not right.
one. Whatever is done is by in facilities that they furnish. The sumption y early the vaat crops
dividual effort, which naturally statement of the committee fur that will come forward increas
s. r-:. F rancisco ,
is exerted for individual benefit. ther calls attention to the fact ing from year to year.
“ It is a well known fact that
With the town incorporated, that the inauguration o f the piu-
Proprietor “ THK O A K S . ’,
however, conditions would soon cels post will force the mail pay when markets are glutted there
is
practically
no
sale,
and
this
■
change for the better, for a city still further below llie level of
applies to any food commodity,
government could order things just conipens; lion by enormously but there is a sound, sane, con
none and see that they were increasing the volume o f the vincing way when properly
matter transported. •
worked out and carefully con
done.
sidered
by which a demand can
"The
people
o
f
the
Pacific
Aside from the great differ
W h a t pleasant m em ories are
l»e created.
Judicious adver
ence in the appearance of the Northwest recei vea large amount
tising. convincing reading that
associated w ith the w ord grill!
town, an important thing to be of mail over the O.-W. R. & N. wilt attract the consumers’ eye,
considered is the greater safety In connection with related lines and make interesting reading
Memories of the cosy grill-room, the savory
to property and, perhaps, life. we operate a fast mail train from matter, telling him how abund
vianrls and the happy tete-a-tete.i, or rollicking
At present there is no fire pro Chicago to the coast. This train ant the crops are, how they can
parties.
tection whatever. This increas makes the l>est running time of la* bought at low figures, how
healthful
and
nourishing
the
Grill is the m agic word in cookery, and—
es the cost of insurance. Should any train on our lines. It is
fruit is. You will say that this
a fire get well started in the made up solely of mail and ex increases your expense in run
west end o f town, with a brisk press cars. We are enabled by ning your business, which is
wind blowing, all we could do its operation to make prompt de true, hut how would the bargain
W ould be to stand around and livery o f mail and articles sent counter ever hold any attraction
"fiddle while Rome burned.” by express. In Portland, forex- if it were not for the special ads
in Hie daily papers, and y ou do
With an adequate water supply, ample, within three-quarters of not imagine either the bargain
an
hour
from
the
time
o
f
the
ar
fire hydrants and Ure-fighting
counter sales are made at a loss,
is the m agic device in electric cooking.
apparatus, the town would be rival o f the fast mail at 7:00 a. and neither would fruit bargain
m.
the
letters
are
being
di
unb
H ere in a single handy little device you
saies.
reasonably secure from any seri
"Retail shopkeepers are a verse
have a toaster, broiler, stew pan, water heater,
ou s conflagration, and tlie co-t illed by the carriers. The mail
o f insurance would be greatli clerks sort the mail by routes on to making special fruit line sales,
frying pan and griddle for baking pan cakes.
reduced. Of what avail is il to the train. Equal jyompt de hut they must I p brought *to
Lite »11 electric cooking device* It 1» rrad f fi>r toe in
realize that it is jusl an profitable
lock the door alter the horse is livery is possible with the ex !•» speciali/e fruit s lies as to
on intlanl, nml tun or more ki.ids of conking such ns
stolen? Why not prevent the press.
broiling and frying, or toasting and stewing etc , can
make a snecially of anything
be done at the same time. Rnjht on the dining room
first occurrence?
Quick sales and small
"It costs a large amount to else
table t)»i, or in the sitting loom, nursery or sick room
One of the first questions a operate trains of this charnel« r. omuls should lie the slogan of
if necessary.
ever»-
fruit
merchant.
t»e
he
stranger asks mi arriving here, Our liest engines are n<
d
if he Contemplates locating, is. the runs. Where there are h *avy wholesaler or retailor. The pub
lic should aim l»e educated to
P a c i f i c L i g h t & P o w e r C o .
"A re you incorjairated? Have graiies, two engines are used to know what apples are seasonable
you good fire protection?" Then maintain the schedule. New and and rot. Is* persuaded to buv
•’ ALWAYS AT YOUR SERVICE."
do we look foolish and hang our exjiensivo steel cars have lieen w’inter aenle- in Seotemher, Oc
J
heads in shame for our lack of substituted for the wooden is.es. tober or November.”
Shady Brook Dairy Feed
a * Horse
Feed
r>
tr-
THE PRICED ON OUR GROCERIES TUMBLE—
RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING WHEN WE MARK OUR
GOODJ - - BUT THE QUALITY n e v e r f a l l j . WE.
DON’ T BELIEVE IN PALMING OFF .SECOND GRADE
GROCERIES ONTO OUR C UJ T o ME R J , AND T R Y
ING TO MAKE THEM BELIEVE THEY A RE FIR.ST
GRADE.
ON
ALL OF OUR
GROCERIES WE
KEEP THE QUALITY UP. WE KEEP THE PRICE J
d o w n , let \
j s . s u p p l y y o u w i t h t h e t h i n g s
YOU UJE FOR YOUR TABLE.
I Rock Springs j
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! Nichol & Co.,
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MOSIER
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