MOS1ER BULLETIN
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
BY
ROGER W. MOE
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
On* Y w .
*ix M onths
Thrase Months
11.5s.
E ntered ss se. orwJ clsss m stter M srch 12, 1»# st
the post office s t Mosier, Oregon. under the Act of
M srch 3. 197».
Fourth of July
This bank will be closed all day on Tuesday, July 4. It
is good for us all to stop and remember what we owe our
country. We can be patriotic in our celebration of the day,
and perhaps for one day we can forget the troubles we have
had of late with the Weather Man.
HOOD RIVER PLACED SUMMER PRUNING
NEW SYSTEM
ON CIRCLE ROUTE SUGGESTIONS GIVEN
TAKES HOLD A 600 mile
By Gordon O. Brown
circle route from Seattle
to Portland-Hood Kiver, Glenwood,
COMMINITY PACK ADVANTAGEOUS hack
North Yakima, Kllenaburg and thence
to the Sound is being given wide
H orticulturist E xperim ent Station. Hood Kiver
The orchardist is approaching the I
publicity by the Seattle Post-lntelli- season when he must decide for him-;
Pioneer Packing Co., First Central Insti- gencer.
The Seattle paper recently sent a ' self whether or not it Is desirable!
tion, Ls Successful and Adds
party
on the tour to make a log of the ¡under his particular conditions to par
MOSIER VALLEY BANK
route. The party consisted of Douglas ticipate in summer pruning. With |
New Members
Shelor, automobile editor of th e P -l.; this idea in mind the writer shall at-j
M osier
O regon
E N. Turnell, a Seattle photographer,
(From the Hood Kiver Glacier)
and Kay MacNamara, noted driver,who tempt to present as clearly and brlef-
the Maxwell automobile which | ly as possible certain well known
Judging from the present trend to drove
carried the sightseers. The following ; principles that have been established
ward
the
new
system,
the
day
is
not
is
a
portion
of Mr. Shelor'a story of ’ and various theories that are being
»
far d stant when all orchardists in the the trip appearing
in the P-1.:
Hood Kiver valley owning tracts of 10 “ When the motorist
fully compre advanced with reference to u prac-
acres or less will harvest their apple hends that the great Northwest
crops
through
community
packing
Î
* houses. Three years ago the commun within its borders a four, five or has
six | lice of this kind.
day tour of 600 miles, including every Since the underlying principles
I
ity
system
was
first
proposed
by
grow
A good line of each at prices you can’t beat * ers of the Oak Grove district. Five ow
known variety of scenery, from mead j governing the pruning of fruit trees
along the Duwamiab to
in most respects the same the
grow trs, Geo. C. Gladen, H. M. Fran the lowlands
great desert r-d wheat country of ! ! are
cis. Paui R. Hughes and D. L. Pier- eastern
writer w ill for the sake of brevity I
Wn«hi'-pt'>",
through
rugged
son, formed a cooperative organization m ountain m i ic u u l valleys, at all i confine his rem arks to the apple, hop-
called the Pioneer Packing Co. At the times wmnii ai*ut of one or more of j ing that certain conclusions may be
time it was not convenient for the
gre . :.o* cipped peaks—Mount I drawn that will receive a wide Inter
orchardists to secure funds for the con four
Mount St. Helens, Mount
struction of a new plant. Space, how Rainier,
Hood
and Mount Adams—then they pretation and application.
ever, was secured in a centrally located will stuck
dun their khaki l-caving aside for the time being
blacksmith shop, and the new enter clothes and the be machine,
off on the great Cascade- the mooted question of the relative j
prise has been successful.
circuit tour path found by
Last season the Pioneer Packing Co. Columbian
automobile department of the Post- advantages of summer vs. winter
handled 8,!>00 boxes of fruit for its the
on June II, 10, 11 and 12. pruning the fundamental aims of the
affiliated members. During the past Intelligencer
“ The tour outlined and logged in this fruit grower should be as follows:
week it has added three new members, section
traverses
nationally known
l). T. Wedemeyer, W. F. Andrews and routes —the Pacific five
highway from Seat (1) For young trees one to four
T. J. Annala.
Portland, 210 miles ; the Colum years of age ta secure a vigorous,
The success of central packing lias tle to Kiver
highway, Portland to Hood well directed wood growth; (2) For
stimulated growers of other parts of bia
Kiver, 68 miles; the Inland Empire the tree four to seven years of age |
the valley to initiate plans fur such or* highway,
T H E DALLES, OREGON
Salmon to North Yak
ganizations. Meetings were recently ima, 140 While
miles; Yellowstone trail. to not only continue a vigorous, well |
held in the Pine Grove district, and al North Yakima
to
Ellensburg. 50 miles, directed wood growth but also to en- [
members of the Apple Growers
Sunset highway, Kllenaburg to Se courage the fruiting habit. In other
Associaton located in that section of and
Doctors Wood and Be vis ready
the apple district have offered to furn attle, 126 miles.”
words, to take such steps as will
ish 75,000 boxes of apples to a new
eventually bring about a proper bal
plant that will be erected at some cen
ance between the vegetative growth
tral point there before the harvesting
season of the coming autumn. A
on
the one hand and fruit production
meeting was held a1 the 1 human Flag
on
the
other: (3) For trees older, to
ler home in the Barrett district the
maintain such desirable balance and
past week, when Barrett growers
started a campaign for a central pack-
where lacking to establish same. •
(By Leroy Childs)
i ing plant.
advantages may be gained by According to Professor C. I. Lewis
Without a regard to the appealing not Several
the apples too early this in Bulletin 130 there are three lessons
Baving in cost of handling the fruit, year. thinning
Hound-trip Tickets via the
From a purely horticultural of primary importance which every
community packing houses are justified standpoint
greatest advantage from yruner should know and apply with
because of the advantages accruing a practice of the this
sort can he gamed by
from a uniform pack, C. W. Hooker early thinning in that
by removing the reference to non-bearing trees: First;
and William Dickerson, representaives unnecessary fruits growth
choose and space the scaffold
¡of the Association the past season re into the remaining apples ia and thrown
tree, To
spectively in I.os Angeles and San However, consideration of the crop
branches. This -efers to the deslra
in
Francisco, declare that the community
is equally important. Karly thin Iniity of selecting those shoots on the
! packing house is one of the best assist- hand
ning does not give the grower a chance main trunk or branches which will
ants
the
salesman
has,
Wilmer
Sieg
j
will be sold July 1,2, 3 and 4
remove scabby, wormy or spray- Insure good distribution of laterals
j | the
is a heart exponent of the system, and to burned
fruit and thereby increases his and avoid the crotches so painfully
sales organization is fostering the crop production
with return limit of July 5 at
grade.
plans of growers of different districts The combined and rains
of the past few evident almost everywhere. Four or I
excursion fares to points
in their efforts to finance central pack days will undoubtedly increase
scab in five branches on the main trunk will
ing
concerns.
wjiich will not show on the be
within 200 miles.
Where an individual grower has a fection,
enough for this purpose. The
for about fifteen days. Growers
small crew of men at work engaged in fruit
further
apart they are spaced tho
who
have
used
liine-sulphur
recently
the harvest and packing of his crop, should also wait through a spell of hot
the apples oftentimes are allowed to weather in order tliat they mavThin stronger and better will be the trunk
remain several days in orchard boxes out the sunburned apples, for there and the tree obtained. Most mistak
before they are ready for delivery to
A gent of th e O -W . K. K. A N.
es are made in that the grower after
undoubtedly he some.
association warehouses and placed in will Between
1st and 10th of July heading back the main whip give no
cold storage. This delay, it is said, in most of the the codling
will have further attention to the tree until the
for Information and Tickets
many instances results in bad condition hatched and the wormy mothB
apples will he following
of apples at time of distribution.
dormant period. It Is much I
“ spotted.” Wormy apples should
The community system appeals alike easily
better
to
watch such trees carefully I
all
he
removed
from
the
orchard
and
to
grower
and
to
the
harvest
laborer.
UNION
destroyed. Development o f the worm for a month or so after planting and
The
orchardist
is
freed
from
the
bother
PACIFIC
if the apples are thrown on
of caring for a host of pickers and continues
LOW PARES EAST
ground, thereby increasing the rub off undesirable buds or shoots
SY
STEM
packers. Sleeping and mess accommo tho
numbers of the second generation of and to suppress those which are mak
and YELLOWSTONE
dations are provided tor at the central moths.
packing house. The harvester is as- At this time the activities of the ing excessive growth at the expense
NATIONAL P ARK.
l Burdd of steady work uver a longer leaf-roller will be over and the injured of the others. Second, To keep main
Tickets now on sale.
period. Better help is thus obtained Hpples should he removed. Thinning branches or sections of the tree prop
and held.
Ask for literature and
he attempted in orchards erly dominant. If one branch grows
Ihe community system also makes Bhould never
with leaf-roller until the feed at the expense of the rest of the tree
full information.
j its appeal to larger growers, because infected
ing worms are entirely gone, for in then the weaker branches gradu
of the resulting smaller cost of hand disturbing
they are quite liable
ling the fruit. The first example of to leave an them
the community system on a large scale sound one. injured apple and attack a ally become side branches of the two
or three. In connection with this Idea
in the huge packing plant of
If you would make your home is the found
Hood Kiver Apple & Storage Co.
will say the average pruner makes
Brother of Mrs. McGregor Dies
which is not only equipped with ma
beautiful and need some
either
mistakes:
chines for grading the fruit, but haa While in I’ortland two weeks ago, first, he of may the cut following
plants call at
the tree level across \
ite own refrigerating plant, where the Mrs. J. K. McGregor received a tele
crops of its members may be held in
the top. In other words he cuts all
Prepare for the renting
storage throughout the season.
gram announcing the sad death of her branches at the same height. In do
A
second
Dak
Grove
community
pack
brother, D. W. Cross, in Oak ing so a well balanced tree Is preven
season during “Wire Your
ing house will he erected this summer oldest
Hood
River,
Oregon
land, Calif. While driving a spirited ted
on
the
HltU
off
place.
It
will
be
In that no attention Is paid the
Home” month. March loth
equipped with a new grading machine horse, the animal became frightened relation of one branch to another.
Geranium
75c
and
$1
per
doz.,
and the crops of a number of surround- and ran away, throwing Mr. Crosa out Again, he may cut the weakest wood
to April 15th.
ing orchards will be handled.
and trampling on hia cheat. He suc most and the strongest wood the
Heliotrope
75c
and
$1
per
doz.,
Under the community system the ap cumbed
Electrically e qui pp e d
to the internal injurica 48 least, hoping that by doing so he may
ples,
if
the
individual
does
not
happen
Petunia 75c doz., Salvi 7cc doz. to have teaming facilities, are taken hours later.
Hia widow survives him.
houses are seldom vacant.
the former and discourage
from the trees and delivered, properly Mr. and Mrs. McGregor visited at the stimulate
growth
In
the latter. The reverse Is
graded
and
packed,
at
the
Association
home
of
her
brother
on
their
last
trip
Insure your p r o p e r t y
warehouses.
Ihe
case,
however.
Many make this
The committee in charge of the Pine to California four years ago
mistake because of the standard rule
against undesirable tenants
Grove community arrangements is com
which reads as follows: Cut hard to
D r e a m s That Wert.
posed of Dr. Stanton Allen and Clar The dittne
or no tenants at all by hav
bus dlsnpiieared from the induce heavy wood growth and light
ence E. Coffin.
Physician
and
Surgeon
The Pioneer Packing Co. recently schools and Is not even (minted out lu ly to discourage the same. It Is Im
ing it wired for Electric Ser
purchased one of the large size Cutler the streets as erstwhile.
grading machines. This purchase will And the deur old uniu who used to portant to know that this rule holds
vice. The investment will
enable the company to care for all the drop In a few hours before sup|«r true when we consider the tree as a
Telephones:
fruit in the Dak Grove reighborhoou. and decline to remove his topcoat whole but It has little to do with the
not be great and the income
Residence I#31
Office 1241
because be find hut a few mluutea to relation of one branch to another.
will be increased.
atop and who lingered until he was Put the strongest branch hardest and
Invited to eat, when he accepted, and the weaker ones less so. The prln- [
We have unusual induce
Office in Hroiiui Bldg.
who remained until 10 o'clock In the clple involved is to discourage wood
evening and then remarked thut It was growth
Hood River
ments to ofTer if you arrange
by decreasing the leaf aurface
lime for him "to be shovin' up the I and buds
and tfl encourage wood
for the work now.
The board of directors of the Apple creek."
Growers Association Saturday decided And the fine old gentleman who growth by leaving same. Of courae
to allow the growera of the cooperative <aine In from the furin currying a v here the leader or modified leader
organization to pasa ultimately on the change in a pair of saddlebags. When type of tree Is grown, one branch,
propoaed affiliation with the Fruit
you ever see a pair of these hags? the upper one, ahould be allowed the
Grewera' Agency. The meeting of the did And
the gracious lady, the neighbor, ascendancy.
Leaves Hood River daily at local growers will probably be held who never
baked anything good that Third, Avoid the sharp angle, equal
12:45 p. m. and 5:00 p. m. On July A t 15.
a meeting of the board of tiustees she didn't send some over to your ly balanced crotches. In many orch-
K.h? — Richmond Times Dto-
i Sunday at 6:30 a. m., 12:45 p. m. of the Agency held at Spokane last house?
arda we find the following treatm ent
Saturday, amendments to the by laws patch
and 5:00 p. m.
being given: On the main acaffold
and constitution of the organization
adopted as suggested by the local
T t la p h o n a C h u r c h S e rv ic e .
Leaves Parkdale daily at 7:45 were
branches
laterals have been al
Association, the management of which Residents on the Island of Guernsey. lowed to two
grow
and have been cut
1
a.
m.
and
2:30.
On
Saturday
recommend affiliation. It is thought
SHOP. A N D HARNESS REPAIRING
the English channel, are enabled to hack equally. In many caaes they
now that growera will join the central In
j evening leaves Parkdale 0:30 p. m. agency.
HARNESS SUPPLIES
listen
to
churi
h
service
fn
their
homes
________________
poorly spaced also. The next
nny Sunday evening at a charge of are
Steam Train leaves Hood River
year the same proceedure was follow
OREGON daily
MOSIER
»Is,ut
10
rente.
I'ollcemen
and
fire
(
nlumhu
River
Highway
Hours
at eight returning at 2.
men. ns well ns lighthouse keepers and ed and again the next. The tesult
Portland, Ore., June 24, 1916. other
government employees, who are was that branches all over the tree
M r Hood Railroad Co.
J W. ALLEN
Editor Bulletin: I with to advise you preiemed
by their occupation from go are In palra of equal atrength and
that
the
Columbia
River
highway
from
ing to church, are furnished (be tele form very sharp forka and naturally
A ttorney-at-L aw
Warrendale to the county line will be phone
service free of charge. At a weak tree because all the atraln
closed to all traffic, with the eaception
• OREGON
YV. A. HUSBANDS
THE DALI K>
of horse drawn vehicles, from 6 a m , ITatte Fongere lighthouse station comes to the critical point*; namely,
to 12 m., and from 1 p. m. to 7 p. m. someflmea as many an eight persons these numerous balanced crotches
Blacksmith
The road will be open to all traffic on sit down together to hear the telephone
DAVID ROBINSON. M. D.
Horse Shoeing and General Sundays.
from a church five miles away. To avoid this choose a leader for each
I would appreciate it very much of service
Repair Work.
—Popular
Mechanic*.
Physician and Surgeon
branch just as yon would do for the
you will have this appear in your paper
tree itself (If the leader type ia choa
M
o
s
ie
r
,
-
-
O
r
e
g
o
n
as
often
as
convenient,
so
thst
the
M o s ie r »•
* O regon
enl and suppress the other laterals
tourists may be kept properly informed
Notice
•I
as to these hours.
accordingly If you continue this
We are going to pave 12 houra instead Unless all dog licenses in the city of plan you will have a much stronger
DR.
C
H.
JE
N
K
IN
S
Mosier
are
paid
to
the
city
treaaurer,
of
eight
hours
per
day,
so
as
to
have
D erby & S tea r n s
DENTIST
this work completed as soon a a possible J. E. Cole, by July 10, the nc votary tree because the identity of the orlgl
and not delay the traffic any more than -tepa to enforce the city ordinance will nai, naturally stronger scaffold
L aw yers
HOOD KIVER. OREGON
is necessary. Very truly yours,
be taken.
Roger W. Mo*. branch Is retained.
J. R Yeon,
Office Phone IONI. Ret. Phone 433
City Marshal.
(Concluded next week)
Koadmsater Multnomah County.
HO O D RIVER. OREGON
I Base Ball Goods and
*
Fishing Tackle /
_ •
I
;
i
I The Mosier Book Store )
The Dalles Sanatorium
ADVANTAGES GAINED
BY LATE THINNING
OURTH OF JULY
i l y i. I-I- H-I-H '-I-I' I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I m
Nichol & C om pany
-DEALERS IN -
G eneral
Merchandise
MOSIER
Don t Forget
Rented
H eights Greenhouse
-
-
YVe carry a large assortment in both amber and smoked
lenses. Tortoise Shell still holds the popular fancy and we
are showing a number of styles in these mountings.
YVe invite your inspection while our stock is complete.
W. F. Laraway, Jeweler and Optician
EX PER T SWISS W A TCH REPAIRING
HOOD RIVER
-
&
C. J. E. CARLSON
-
OREGON
Suits to be cleaned, pressed and repaired may be left
at Mosier Book Store. Will be taken to Hood River
Monday returned Thursday. Special club offer—four
suits per month, sponge and pressed, for $1.50.
The Bee Hive
C lean in g an d P ressin g Parlors
Hood River, Oregon
Personal Service Dentistry
W hy go to Portland for dental work? D o y o u s to p to r o n s id e r
the service you receive from the hands of the d e n tis t w h o is h ire d
by the week to operate for you? Have y o u r w or'i d o n e at hom e
h y the dentist who does the w ork from start to fin is h .
22k Gold C row ns - - K.'<
Porcelain Fillings - - ft 1.511
Bridge W ork, per tooth ft.'»
.Silver Killings
s i . i l . 50
Gold Fillings .- - Ili to ft.'» Plates . . . .
« 0 to S l
Porcelain C row ns - - K6.5lt
Extracting - • -
oth
Dr. Wm. M. Post
Phone 2401
Office Hours 9 to 12, I to 5.
Rooms 1-2 Hall Bldg.
llood Kiver, Oregon
Fruit Growers Attention
YVill sell direct to planters, less agents commission, choice
lot of cherry, pear, apple and prune trees in one year old 3-4
and 4-6 ft. grades budded and grafted on best whole roots
and guaranteed true-to-name. Please write or phone
TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY, Hood River
Dr. H. L. Dumble
GROWERS TO VOTE
ON CENTRAL AGENCY
OREGON
Auto and Spray Time Demand Goggles
0-W. R. R. & N.
Union Pacific System
Call upon F. A. Allington
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for each insertion.
Le*ai advertisement* will la all cases be charred
to the party ordering them, a t legal rates, and
paid for befors affidavits are furnished.
No: 17
MOSIER, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 30. 1010.
VOL. Vili
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Long Smoke
k
7
A Full Value cigar affords and you’ll
say It is the Itest smoke for the money
to be hail on earth. The Full Value it
not just an ordinarily good fie cigar. It
is a smoke that yon cannot match lor
the price the world over.
S . E. F r a n c O is A K c S o * *
P roprietor " T H t
RAIL AUTO
STEAM ER
p e o p l e
’ s
TAHOM A
n a v ig a t io n
C
o m p a n y
CHARLES NELSON, M a n a g e r .
leaves The Dalles 7:00 A. M., Sundays, Tuesdays and
Thursdays. Arrives at Mosier at 8:15. A. M.
I»eaves I’ortland on Mondays, YVednesdays and Saturdays
from Oak Street Dock.
Passengers and freight.
Mosier Dock in charge of J. YV. Huskey, who will meet all
boats and attend to transfer. Phone No. 85.
Every Article of Furniture without Re
serve Must Sell in Thirty Days
Don’t Miss This Chance
Come in hmk over our stock. Nothing above wholesale, majority oelow
ixwt. Everything must go, building leased and commence remodeling
July 1st. 26 years in business in Hood Kiver—the oldest merchant. Still
have Undertaking Parlors; prompt and beat ol aerviee.
vV. C . B A R T M E 5 S , H o o d R i v e r