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About Mosier bulletin. (Mosier, Or.) 1909-19?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1916)
were daily W hat Tim e Is It? Everyone asks this question many times daily. Our lives are retaliated by our watches. You are beginning a New Year. Begin right by having your watch thoroughly cleaned and adjusted. Our repair work gives splendid service and will prove worthy o f your patronage. his. he completed “ The Bridge of the Gods’ ’ st the sge of 26 BALCH’S GRAVE years. Drawing on his fund of mdian legends, he told the story of Cecil Gray immortalized the legend of the IS NEAR LYLE and great masses of basalt that rear them FRUIT MARKETING IN THE NORTHWEST Ì W is h in g Y o u A ll A selves on either bank of the Columbia (By H. F. Davidson) ... _____ I at Cascade Locks. This story of the Marketing the 1916 northwestern Lilt Story of ioang Minister who Wrote mighty bridge that spanned the Wauna boxed apple crop ia largely a mattter The bridge of The Gods” ■ '• ,n° " « * “ * * * • " “ >,h.« r*??*rY , ‘ h* m .. entire United State«; for ' The I ridge of history. Prices have not been ex An Appealing One of the Goda" IB now in ita eighteenth tremely high, but they have been good and growers will have money of their ________ * edition. f ^ "The Bridge of the Goda" wa* jiven own as profits to put in tbe backs to Bv Joe L). liiomtaou it« great®** prominence and puMeity their credit. The crop haa been sold down to prac In a little rural graveyard not far in 1911, when, as a spectacular d ams, tically two varieties, Newtown Pippin* from Lyle, klickitat county. Washing- >t **•« presented at the Astoria emten- and Ainesaps. both Isle keeping spring ton, is tos burying placo of Fredreic '*>»1 eapoailion. I be drama, fu' Ibe apples, and at least 60 percent of these homar Balch, who as the author ot most P*rt •" ‘ he open air. with the two varieties have been disposed of. The Bridge of tha Goda, ’ |a romance hills in tha rear o f the city at tbe When tbe northwestern growers re dealing with Indian legenaary lalea, mouth o f tbe Columbia as a u uque ceive above a dollar a box for their ap E X P E R T SW ISS W A T C H RE PAIRIN G haa made for himself a name in the background, waa staged under Ibe di ples, on a fair yield, they make money, 'The history of norlhweslarn literature. Nut rection of Miss Mabel Farris. and the 1916 crop is bringing them a far from Ibe gorge of bis inspiring Co Bridge of the Goda” was lalar played nice profit above a dollar a box for the lumbia and in the eastern tuuthilia of in Mnitnutnah 11« Id in Portland, and ut- extra fancy and fancy grades. bit beloved Cascades, the buoy of the ter wards Miaa Farris presented the In each of the large fruit growing pioneer writer has tound tbe lung rest drama at Oklahoma city, Okla. Both parents of Frederick Homer districts of the four north western 4- H I I I I Ih I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I n I n I I ♦'! H H I I h H "F H -F+'H - F ing plact, and perchance the spirit of states—Oregon, Washington, Idaho and the youtbful dreamer still contemplates Batch were pioneers of Oregon, both Montana- many substantial local mar the scene» of natural wunuer that so having crossed the plain* from Indiana. ksting firms have grown up with the Tbe mother, Miss Harriet M. Binder, thrilled him during life. orchards and have interwoven their1 A Den one really interested in pio- the adopted daughter of Dr and Mrs. affairs with those of the communities j neer life of Uregon and of tbe legends Robert Crawford, arrived with ber fos j in which they operate by establishing | of ibe Inuians of tbe Columbia river ter psrenti in 1862. They formerly re personal friendships and confidences ! communities reads of the life story ot sided in the While River community ot and by using their financial credit to Miss Snider’s mother' and : Homer Balch and of hia early death at Indiana. assist growers who are not financially toe age of 30 years, he cannot belp Milton Wright, ‘ alher ot tbe noted avi able to grow and harvest their crops P E R S O N A L S E R V IC E feeling that a loss came to Ibe litera ators and aeroplane inventors, Wilbur unaided ; whieh in some cases is more ture uf tbe stale when Atrupos wielded and Orville Wngbt, were second eous- or less of a continuous proposition! COAL is graded just like poultry—on what it can do. With too early ber shears and clipped tbe ina. W hy g o to Portland for dental w ork? D o you atop toconslder hens we call it “ egg-1 ying power” , with COAL it's “ B. T. U.” , or The father, James A. Balch, was from year to year, and in this way tbread of the young man's life. those parking and shipping concerns the service you receive from the hands of the dentist w ho is hired it is intensely appealing. Ibis story born at Sullivan, Ind. He attended have established themselves and kept British Thermal Unita, which simply means the amount of hest a of tbe days of young manhuod of tbe Wabaah College, and for a number ol themselves established in their reaper, by the week to operate for you? Have your w or'i done at home coal will give out under the best condition. man woo wrote "The Bnuge of ine years was a student o f law. Jamas A. tive localities to the extent of control- by tbe dentist w h o does the w ork from start to finish. G ods." Frederic Burner Batch was balch arrived in Oregon in 1861. Both ing tha marketing of a large percent If a hen doesn't lay, we can change her feed, her house, ber self educated. He spent lesB than a he and his future wife settled in the age of the fruit crop o f these four i B k G old C row ns • . g& Porcelain Fillings - - (1 .6 0 conditions. But it's harder to change a furnace— it’ s easier to get year attending Bchool. For six months , Willamette valley near Lebanon, and it states. Bridge W ork, per tooth *6 Silver Fillings • - S I .91.50 in 1876, wuen the family resided on a «■ » here that they were married. Ihe the right kind of coal. That’s something we know—it's our busi Theoretically, the big marketing or G old Fillings - . 92 to 16 farm owned by James A. Balch, the I author of “ The Bridge of the Goda" ganisation* which have been formed to Plates - - - - 9 » to 912 ness to know and to tell y< u. You wouldn’t feed a ben chocolate father of the author, in the Mount la- born at Lebanon, December 14, handle the large tonnage are about Porcelain Crow n* • - *«.6 0 Extracting . . . . . 60c and expect her to lay brown eggs. Don’t blame it on the coal until bur community, the toy waa a student 1861. you are POSITIVE you have ihe RIGHT KIND FOR THE PU R From 1864 to 1866 James A. Balch ideal, but to a large extent these big at a school taught by I . K. Goon, who marketing organization* have been POSE y o u a r f : b u r n i n g i t . later moved to me hood River valley. served as lieutenant o f Company F. ol handled and managed by men who did Alter a few montha of aludy at the the Eighth regiment, Oregon Volun not have the confidence end support of Pacific Theological Seminary, ut Oak teers, wnith was atationed on the fron Ihe local shippers; with the result that Don't simply order "coa l” , but let ns have a look at yonr fa land, Calif., in 1889, he was toiced to tier. While he had been a student of no organization up to the present time cilities for using “ coal" and we will tell you the right kind to burn Ihe law, he never applied for admission return to Oregon because of illness, O ffice Hours 9 to 12, 1 to S. Phone 24*1 has been able to control a sufficient to get the most heat and satisfaction for your money. because ot the poor health ot the to the bar, nor did he ever practice. A percentage of the tonnage to maintain I R oom s 1*-I* Hellbronner Bldg. H ood River, Oregon mother tbe family moved from Mount! large portion of hia pioneer life was sufficient control over the diatribution 1abor to Goldendale, where they oau devoted to teaching. When the family whereby It could ubain what appeared That's business— for both of us. resided at Goldendale he served as formerly lived. After a short reBi- to the growers to be maximum results. I aence there they removed to Lyle. county judge of Klickitat county. The men who are managing thee* big Frederic Homer Balch leaves sur ! While young Balch waa a dreamer, be “ See J. S. Anderson about It” marketing organisation« are men of waa by no means an idler. Work waa viving a sister, Mrs. J. W. Ingalls, ot the very highest type ; have the confi •carce in the early days, but he founu thia city, and a brother, Herbert Batch, dence o f Ihe growers and banker* gen employment in his boyhoisd riding the now a resident of southern California. erally, but they have the competition On September 26, 1308, the members range of the southern Washington uf the local shippers whose personal country. In the solitude of the great of tbe Old Fort Du lea Historical soci acquaintance end knowledge of local ety convened at the handsome little ■tretches with the great peaks oi tha We have all read that a ‘ ‘Prosperity Wave” ia headed condition*, added to their ability to ex Caacadei to inspire him, he felt Ihe structure on the hiila of Lyle and for tend credit to local grower«, has divid toward Oregron. Why not help it along by starting a bank first gnawing of an ambition to tall Uie mally dedicated the Balch schoolhouse. ed the control of the tonnage to the account now? Money deposited at home helpa build up your story of the mountains and the rivers Following the dedication uf the school extent that the large organizations own community. ( in books of romance. Tbe impulses of \ building a monument which had been have not enjoyed the opportunity to I a genius had stirred within him before ! erected to the young author was dedi- test the theory of centralized distribu tbe tamily leit the Willamette valley, cated. Not far from both ia reared the tion and selling with proper control of i and in his diary ia found jutted tbe tul- little church of the community, a large the tonnage. lowing: share o f the carpenter work having It was demonstrated in 1913 that on “ l o make Oregon as famous aa Scott been done by Mr. Badh himself. Ihe a short crop year, when the demand M osier - O re g o n , made Scotland; to make the Cascade» following surviving pioneers parnci- exceeded the supply at highly remun aa widely known a* the Highlands; to , paled in the ceremony of dedication: erative prices to the grower, that a j ■ iu»ka in« splendid scenes* of the A n Mr »n d . M mte cent control couiii’dlslrlTjufe ' an7ift9nW^ t ' lamette a background for romance full lo v e r; Mrs rBjenr, ie^J e of passion and grandeur, grow mure Salmon; Mrs. G. J. Crandall, Miss Syl I ket that part of tne tonnage in a man- I ia ner that materially strengthened th< and more into me one cherished ambi via Cake, Misa May Campbell, Min Lucile Armstrong of Ihe Dalles, and marketing situation and for the first tion ot my life ." A bile the tamily was living at Lyle 1 Rev. J. L. Hershner, organizer of the time in the history of the northwestern young Batch, eager to make money, se Congregational cnurch for the Coluin- fruit industry, since it assumed any Steam er "D a lle s C it y " en d "S t r a n g e r " cured a job aa an ordinary laborer in 1 bia river district. Rev. A . C. Gilmore, considerable volume, prices actually i tbe construction ol the O. K. & N. | pastor of the local Congregational advanced and the advances were main Leaven Portland 7 a. m ., arrive* The Dal ten p. m ,. Monday, M onday, Tnenday. WedneMdav, Thiijnday (not Friday] and Mnturday. Arrive« u p at Mnatrr »Lout ft Company’s line, which waa then being I church at the time, delivered an ad tained during the heavy part of the p. m 1,4-Rve« Tbe D alit« 7 h . m , arrive« Portland fi: 0 p m Monday, M onday, Turn- pushed to completion along me south dress, and a paper of eulogy from the marketing season. day. W ednesday, Thursday, Friday, (not Haturdayl Arrive« flown at Moaier about bank of the Columbia. During me pen of Dr. I. L. Eliot was reed. A 4S a m Wwlnrrdny of rarh w»N»k 1 « «el ««idr a« • fliin'k Yard D a y " and then the It was just as clearly deinonstraed in Hteamer '*I>«lle« C it y " will take live n i t t e k for oellvery to P o r tla n d u n ion Htoek Yard , 1 «,uimht hours, hour, according .rpuriiuiff to to hia nia sister sister. The alone over the grave of creder rn daylight 1914, with considerably larger crops Thl« aervlre * ill perm it the individual t*» whip*« few an im al« •« dealred and g e t tha Mrs. James A . Ingalls, of this city, le Homer batch ia of rough, natural and with market* curtailed by de- benefit o f low freight rate«. For further information telephone num ber .'til. young Batch worked hard at manual granite, quarried from the hills he preiaed financial condition* and the loved. But out of the dreamt that he labor, wielding pick and shovel, but European war. ai d when there was the late hours uf night were spent in could not down he haa woven a story really a surplus above the actual de J. O. B E L D I N , A g e n t P h o n e 321 reading and rereading tbe atones ol and written a book that will ever be a mand at profitable price* to the grow Scott and Dickens, and the essays of greater monument to hia genius and ers, that the organisations could not Macaulay. And he waa trying hia own I the indomitable energy that poa-; maintain any substantial influence in band and mind at sketching out ro- »essed him than any pillars admiring Ihe market* with but 60 per cent of .* s - mancea of tbe Uregon country. I ft tend* may erect to his memory. the tonnage under control. Even before the family had moved At the dedication service the follow- It ia freely admitted in the north from the Aillamette valley the young j >nK poem, written by the young auth- I west that there are orchard! enough man had written a rom ance built ironi o r ' « firat teacher, T. K. Coon, wmb now growing to produce a big lu ’ plua pioneer hielory. “ wallulah,’ ’ m* read: uf fruit above what can be marketed at story was called. It was later revised i jjow clear the sun comes over the bills a profit to the growers. Under tie Tablets 5c for 4c, 10c for 8c; Envelopes 5c for 4c, 10c for 8c. haphazard hit and miaa conditions and given the title of Genevieve. And caela long shadows for a while Ihe book, however, has never been (jn rocks and plains, on lakes and rills, which must of necessity exist when a Pencils 5c for 4c, also some 3 for 5c. Everything in the published. Voung Balch also began While sunga ut larks the morning tills, number of amall shippers are working store reduced for cash. independently of each other In each of another story, which he called “ Ken- i To prajte the grand old hills of Lyla. aaket.” He made a sacrifice of the the ptoduclng riietricta and it muat be manuscript of Aallnlah when, obeying Eternal seem these hills of green determined within a short time whethir the desiies of his mother, be decided to A hen springtime verdure paints each the future crops will be marketed in s pile enter the ministry. systematic way or whether the deal Frum the atones that are told of this Of mountain height and level sheen; will be along the "starve out” route But summer’s sun transform* the period of the young man's life by hia and the survival of the fittest result in scene sister, the young romanticist must tbe eliminaion of too big a percentage „« m **l “ ALW AYS A T YOUR fE R V lC I " have undergone the keenest agony. And give! the great brown bills of ot orchardists end present fruit acre Lyle. Aith the deciaion made to enter tbe age. work of a minister, young Batch’s con Fair Wauna flows beneath the wall At the moment. Hood River is the science, impelled tbj be more I’uritamc And murmurs as past the isle only district which has practically no west wh* are becoming vitally inter European custom, offer to provide large standaida of early day morals, told him Of Memuloose, the Indian's all competition within its own district. ested in tha proposition and who will sums of money if the young people that it would b* a sort of s sacnlegs When life has flown, and mighty pall This district has an organisation which beroma mor* interested if the unpaid merry one another. To escape thtae enforced marriages, to preach tbe gospel uf Christ and ai Hide* now from him the hills of Lyle. is marketing a very large percentage note* become musty, and they are the A Popular Confec- the same time continue the writing of of this product, and the result of this banker*, the gentlemen who muet fi man and girl both leave home and join fectionery Store •toriea. “ Wallulah," which has Dean The Red Man comes,the Red Man goat. season's operations will enable the nance the growing and harvesting of the same wandering theatrical troupe, growers of that district to determine tha crops if enough revenue is to be which meets with many trial* and trib where the moat delicious candies can be declared meritorious by reader* capable And A'auna'a flood flows on Ihe while. procured, is always a source of attraction of judging, was burned, and : reueric The white man builds aa best he knows. whether or not thle plan ie successful. produced to enable the note masers— ulations. ft was not until the very end Hut red or white, Ibe day must close. that tha young people. Anally learning The Hood River crop thia seesnn hap- the g ro w cia -to pay up. to the girl with a sweet tooth, which is Homer balch became an Itinerant The question before tha house is. will each other’* real names, find that they the reas. □ for the demand upon us at miseionary preacher of the Congrega And dsrknest cltims the bille uf Lyle. pens to be largely of export varieties, have been on e wild goose chase all enough men out of the large number of which is a serious handicap under the all times. Everyone that likes rich and tional church. After serving fur a Behold the double tracks of steel strenuous European war conditions, practical shippers and practical bank the time, because the very thing they luscious chocolates, dainty marshmal time aa traveling minister in toe mid- 1 bat bind the river’s every m ile; but good headway is being made by ers *st together and give this matter desiie themselves ie what the grand- lows, tine bont-bons and cream carmels, Columbia Uistrict he was.given hie first How vain the sense of rest to feel made from high grade and pure ingre- pastorate in 1886, when he took charge When bsrga and steamer, strong of personal representation in Eurnpe and sufficient attention to work out the fathers have ordered. that portion of the crop suitable for proper solution. dients, alw ays find tbeir way to The Oaks of tbe work of the ehureh at Hood keel, Saturday Tho proposition la not serlouely com Kiver. No church edifice had been Pass by to vex the hill* o f Lyle. domestic markets Is well nigh market S . E . F r a n c is c o erected, and it was through the person- ed with extremely satisfactory results. plicated from this angle, but it will re “ The Pretty Sister o f Joee,” with P ro p rieto r "THE. OAKS” ality of tbe young minister end through Fur those are but the tokens ill The fruit growers of the northwest quire an honest, energetic, intcllingent Marguerite Clark playing the title. In hie instrumentality that the second Of men’s mad race for lucre vile. find it difficult to get together on any effort on the part o f a number of lovai the role o f Pepits, Mire Clerk hae am local church, now known as the Valley Give me the cottage by the hill practical end efficient lines. When s gentlemen to eolve the problem. The ple and varied opportunity for the d u Cbnalian church, was .built. At the With orchard fair and man's good will grower located In Hood River he did so intelligence is easily available. Enough play ll of her tnimlta inimlta Is Ie talents talents. Pspita same time Mr. Balch was engaged in Among tbe sun kissed hills of Lyle. because he knew it was the best fruit experimenting has been dona and is a i young Spanish country girl who ha* ~ preaching for tbe congregation of And let ine dream o f ages flown district In the world and was soon enough experience has been gained to come to live in Madrid with her broth Abita Salmon, just across the Colum When cliffs met cliff in massive style taught that ell other districts might reduce the tssk largely to that o f en er. At the time of her arrival in the Better Equipped than ever in our new location bia from the Hood River valley. be forced out of business while the ergy and effort to bring the fruit in gay metropolis the city is ringing with And shore to shore the arch trad* one Despite bis reaolulion* to cease writ By "Bridge of Gods,” eternal stone, natural advantages of hia district in dustry o f the northwest from a condi ihe feme of the handsome bull fighter, for High Class Protraits. Open Evenings producing big yields of fruit of so tion of chaotic disappointment to on* Sebsstiano, with whom all the women ing romance*, the young minister, That joined mayhap the bille o f Lyle. much finer quality than any of the of satisfaction end profit to growers, are In love. Warned that she, too, will much of wnoae work waa among the other districts cnuld produce would en shipper*, bankera end merchants. Indiana, never loet an opportunity to The legends old, the Red Man’s lor* eueeumb lo the spell cast by the heroic The Industry ie eetimated to repre matador, Pepita vows that she will able him to make a profit when Ihe learn from them the stories of legends. That poet's vision lives tbe while growers in the other dletricts were sent an investment of over 6200,000,000 never speak to him should he address These he haa embodied so well in "The When rocks eternal live no more To mark the path that god* of yore forced to make loese* and discontinue and while a very large percentage of her. Subsequently he sees her, fella Bridge of tbe Goda." Unco trod among the hills of Lyle. Ihe business. This seme tine of argu this Investment hea not reached tbe in love with her. and begin* an srdent It ia said that moat great writers ment has applied to the grower! who full bearing age, yet It should produce campaign to win her heart. Haughtily reach tbeir momenta o f climaz wnile Here's Batch's spirit bowed in prayer wrilir g their life history. It wise true, Mid Nature'« charms and Heaven’s located Jn cam of the big dietricta and an income of from 615.000,000 to $20,* she spurns him. and in her pride defies has not left Ibe growers of southern 000.000 in 1916 and should show a him with look and gesture, although indeed, of young Balch; for "I h e smiles - - - - - Oregon The Dalles Oregon, for Instance, In a frame of gradual incresae from year tn year. Bridge of the Goda" really tells the And sang of Genevieve the Fair, her heart ia breaking with lav* for mind to feel the necessity or propriety story of tbe sacrifice of tbe young min No more with him In life to share him. At last he Is wounded nigh unto of cooperating seriously with the death in a bull fight. Then it is that ister. Earth’s joys among the bills of Lylo. growers o f southern Idaho or We Cecil Gray, the hero of “ Tha Bridge her pride (urrer.dera, end through hor And here the mound of earth te shown natchee, and this asm* thought applies ot tbe Gods,” who sacrificed his life to lov* wins him beck to lif* and strength. teach the Indiana the religion of Christ, And granite rock to mark awhile to many growera in all of the promi Sgnday and Monday despite the advice of members of his The poet's ashes ’ neath the stone. nent sections. family and of hi* congregation, typifies He tare the cross but not the crown Experience shows that there is an- Israel Zangwill's greatest play, “ The Among the sacred hills of Lyle. Frederick Homer Balch. The young ether els** o f gentlemen, who are Melting P o t," which a* a book and P e o p l e ’ s n a v i g a t i o n c o m p a n y minster, euffsnng because of dictates 1h* Bridge of Tim* shall be no more. fewer In number, most of whom see Today play of the reel star* has caused world But human hearts made free from of s sensitive cooscience, ia the proto tha handwriting on the wall, end It CHARLES NELSON, M a n a g e r . wide comment and commendation. “ It guilo Ina Claire In “ The Wild Gooee breathe« a spirit o f the beet American type of the minister o f Colonial days, appears to bo up to these gentleman, the lev* story of a college boy Che»*, who offered up his entire being ar.d Shall feel no peine on any shore. Leaves The Dalles 7:00 A. M , Sundays, Tuesdays and the shippers, to work out s practical ism in the i>edition o f our h istory," plunged sway from home and civilisa And this my life shall keep In store plan for the mutual protection of and a charming girl. At about the ssys W. Stephen Bush in "T be Moving Thursdays. Arrive* at Mosier at 8:15. A. M. tion into the danse and unknown wil- Sweet thought* of the blest hills of themaelse* and tho growera that will time they fiat meet and fall instantly Picture World.” Lylo. preserve the fruit Industry of the in love with one another each is ordered dernese. Leaves Portland on Monday*. Wednesdays and Saturdays northwest on a basis that will b* by stern parents to marry an unknown But the spell of romantic literature “ Lift up min* eyes orto the bill*,“ Tuesday ud Wednesday from Oak Street Dock. Passenger* and freight profitable to the growers aa well aa mete The reason for ml* Is that the • as loo strong for young Belch, and From all below end And rest awhile; “ Julius Caesar.” grsndsfthrrs of the two ,oung poop1 « theses* I res To tho shippers must bo afar deciding that be could continue He free, my eoul, from ell thin* ill*. Moaier Dock in charge of J. W. Huskey, who will meet all added ihe influence and advice of an are two rich old gentlemen o f France, consistently as a minister end st tbe Look up and live, for God so wills. Sabecrtbe for Tbe Bulletin. boats and attend to transfer. Phone No 85 SMS* time writ* o f the dream* that And these ere bid brown bill* ef Lyle. other rla*e of gentlemen In tho north- end these two *M mon, accordi ig to H a p p y and P ro sp e ro u s N e w Year W . F. Laraway, Jeweler and Optician Nichol & Company “Tum-A-Lump” Coal — an’ Hens Painless Dentistry Dr. W m . M. Post Tum-A-Lum Lumber Company Happy New Year Prosperity MOSIER VALLEY BANK Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company For your loyal support in the past we thank you, and so licit your patronage in the future. We wish each and every one of you a Happy New Year abounding in prosperity and achievement. Sincerely yours, Pacific Power & Light Co. 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