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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ADVERTISING RATES BY MOSIER BULLETIN ROGER W. MOE S U B SC R IPTIO N R A TE S Month* T h r»* Month* Entered as »•-•ond cia** matter Marrh 12, 19U9 at the post office at M<>*ter Oregon. under the Act of March S. 1879. Is ch ea p er because it makes m o re loaves of bread. Don’t be fooled into buying the low p riced flour thinking you are getting something cheaper than White River Flour Every Sack Guaranteed. Nichol and Company Mosier, O re g o n H arvest T im e MOSIER V A L L E Y - f BANK Oregon » «» ^ « » » ■ Line of Gift Goods Have Arrived. \ A New Come In and See the Goods I * I and Get Prices. I The Mosier Book Store f * «r> » ^ «« sea»» ^ NOW UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Will open a Lunch Counter in near future Your Patronage Is Appreciated EL F. FISK E, Proprietor E x p ert A u to m o b ile R ep a irin g F u lly E q u ip p ed M ach in e S h o p Agencies for Fords, Dodge and Buick Automobiles for Hood River County Columbia Auto & Machine Co., Hood River Rented Prepare for the renting season during “ W’ire Your Home” jnonth,!M arch 15th to April 15th. Electrically equipped houses are seldom vacant Insure your p r o p e r t y Auto Supplies Sporting Goods against undesirable tenants or no tenants at all by hav ing it wired for Electric Ser vice. The investment will not be great and the income will be increased. | We have unusual induce ments to offer i f you arrange Cates & Co. The Dalles, Ore. \ oq “ j.: q One-half Column.......................... “ One Column................................. “ r..fr “ lo .d t Busmem locals will he -harced at S cenu per line for each insertion. No. .‘11 to the party ordering them, at legal rates, and paid for before affidavit* are furnished. Later he moved across the Columbia and now lives in the town which bears his name. He will be 82 in December next. The two familiea of Dr. Farnsworth and Wm. Laughlin moved to Hood Riv (Read by Mrs. T. R. Coon, historian, er in October 1852. In January the The ninth annual district convention Farnsworth family left in a canoe, of the Hebekah lodges met at Dufur at recent reunion) never to return. The Laughlin family Wednesday of last week. The district -D E A L E R S I N - Ae we meet today in our annual re endured the hardships of a severe win is composed of the following eight union and look (or the familiar (acea ter, saw their stock starve to death, WapinitiM. of Wapinitia; of those we knew in former years, we and late in the spring of 1853 moved lodges: are gladdened by the sight of msny old back to The Dalles. The only surviv Laurel, of Hood R iv er; Hazel, Odell; time friends; but some are not here, ing member of the family is B. F. Oregon Grape, Mt. Hood; Manzamta, Mosier; Star. Dufur; Azalea, The for the Reaper Death is never idle, and Laughlin, of Portland. Dalles ; Valley, ly gh Valley ; the last ~'-3" 1 —--- ■■■ii' since our last meeting he has gathered In 1853 E. S. Joslyn and wife located four being represented by large dele the ripened sheaves and carried them in White Salmon. They are both dead gations from each lodge. to the Better Land. and their farm is now known as the The convention was called to order Lyman Smith, who met with us two Byrkett place. by the chairman, Miss Georgia Carson, years ago, died at his home in Port Of those who located here in 1854 H. of Dufur, and a very interesting and land on November 10, 1915. He passed C. Coe is the only one alive. instructive session was held in the away on the 40th anniversary of his The nldest living person born in arrival in Hood River, at the age of SI Hood River, as far as 1 am able to afternoon. The president of the state years. Without sickness or suffering learn, is Frank Coe Benson, who lives assembly, Mrs. Nellie Wattenburg, of Klamath Falls, was present and gave he fell asleep. at 884 Ross St., Portland. He was He came to Hood River in 1875 with born in February 1860, and is the son advice and help in many ways. Ihe regular routine of business was the Parkhurst colony, took up land of James and Margaret Benson, who 1 I I -H I I I I I -H I I I I I I I I i i i i i i i h i i i i i i i i i i ,i . i i i i i |„|. and built a heme. Lyman Smith av lived in the log cabin on Indian creek. attended to and the following officers were elected for the coming year: enue which intersects Twelfth street, James Benson had lumber sent from Chairman, Mrs. Frank Jermann, The terminates at the farm home. For Portland, paying at the rate of $80 per many years he operated a sawmill in M , with which he made a dining table Dalles; vice chairman, Mrs. Fannie Hood River valley and literally aided for the family and a cradle for the Nielsen, Mosier; secretary, MI bs Dora Sexton, The Dalles; marshal, Mrs in building up the country. boy. Susan Kaesser, Hood River; conduct Mrs. Smith died in 1895. They are Mr. Cowperthwaite. who spent the ress, Miss Jessie Wisner, The Dalles; Givi* attention to your chilli's eyes in time iinil you rosy save him or her both buried in Idlewilde cemetery. winter o f ’57 and '58 with A. C. Phelps from the necessity of wearing: RlasHes later on. Sophia A. French was born in Ver on Phelps creek, is now living in Cam chaplain, Mrs Thompaon, Tygh Val mont in May, 1819. In early woman as, Ore. He is 90 years ol age and to ley; outside guardian, Mrs. Bertha Folts, Odell; inside guardian. Mrs. More—You Prevent Permanent Defect hood she was married to Joshua L. tally blind. Owen Jones, Dufur. Weeks, of Lowell. Mass. In 1852 he S. T. Howe, a pioneer of ’82, la liv We give special attention to the examination o f children's eyes. We are The convention adjourned to meet at journeyed to California in search of ing in Greenville, Tex. He is 81 years thoroughly ei|wrieneed in this work and will tell yon frankly whether gold; for tive years the wife toiled for o f age and blind, bu greatly enjoys Hood River in 1917. The evening session was regular her children, hoping for his return; getting glasm-s are required or not, and we will furnish them, properly fitted. letters from Hood River meeting night for Star lodge of Dufur. then came the joyful news that he was friends. on bis way, having sailed from Aspin- ' Our honor roll consists of those 70 at which time the initiation o f a can didate and the exemplification of the wall on the ship Central America. years of age and upwards. I f mistakes work was done in a most impressive Two days before the vessel was due are made it is unintentional. Wm. manner, the tloor work being beauti in New York a hurricane swept over Boorman, 88; Mrs. Graham. 80; D. A. the sea and she sank with more than Turner, 80; E. L. Smith, 79; Mrs. fully executed and the lectures all given without the use o f rituals. After 500 passengers. To the wife and Boorman, 79; Mrs. Monroe, S. F. H O O D R IV E R - - OREGON mother came years of sadness and un Blythe, Robert Rand, John Wilson, lodge, a sumptuous banquet wss served remitting toil. The children grew to Mr. and Mrs. Newton Clark, F. C. hy the Dufur Rebekahs in their usual maturity, the daughter married Pratt Sherrieb, Mrs. John Hinrichs, Mrs. bounteous and hospitable manner, for which Dufur people are noted. He- j Whitcomb and moved to California, the Barrett, Mrs. C. W. Phelps, Mrs. mother and soon soil followed. In this Booth, Mrs. Plaiated, Mr. and Mrs. S. tween 150 and 200 people were seated new land Mrs. Weeks met and married Husbands, M. V. Rand, Hans Lage, ! at the tables. The president of the state assembly James Hutton, who lived only a short Horace Stranahan, Mrs Ingalls, Mrs time, then she made her home with tier Marden, Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. Frazier, in her address, stated there are 54 Odd Fellow homes in the United States son who was mining in Nevada. While I Elisha Rogers, Mrs. Rose Shelley, with about 4500 brothers, sisters and ' absent from home for a few days he ; Troy Shelley. children being cared for. The order is Will sell direct to planters, less agents commission, choice was striken with pneumonia and died. expending over $850,000 yearly in the The shock of his death caused partial lot o f cherry, pear, apple and prune trees in one year old 3-4 maintenance of these homes. paralysis and an impediment in her This closed one of the most success speech, an utRction which alwa js re and 4-6 ft. grades budded and grafted on best whole roots ful conventions held in the district, the mained with her. delegates and visitors returning home From Nevada she came to Portland, and guaranteed true-to-name. Please write or phone feeling well repaid for having at and then to Hood River in 1877, buying tended. -Press Committee, Mrs. H. C. the Horn place. On this place she (From the Hood River Glacier) Dodds, Dufur; Mrs. N. A. Bohn, The lived and toiled for years, doing work The report circulated here the last Dalles; Mrs. J. O. Beldin, Mosier. of every description regardless of her advancing age. In 1891 she moved to week to the effect that S. Benson had Portland to maxe her home with her changed his mind about the paving of The Aim of the Federal Reserve l aw duaghter, but was always glad to meet a mile o f the Highway between Cas her Hood River friends and talk over cade Locks and the Mutlnomah county A t the recent meeting ot the state old times. Her closing days were quiet line and that he was going to macad highway officials in Washington, to and peaceful. She retired as ususl on amize the road the entire distance be discuss tentative rules and regulations the evening o f January 3. When her tween the two points instead, accord ' for carrying out the federal aid road daughter called her in the morning ing to W. L. Cark, who returned home act. Secretary Houston made a state there was no response, for death had last week after having made an inspec ment in which he said; claimed her. She was buried in Riv- tion of the road in the company of “ lhe main question that I am im erview cemetery, Portland. Her age Amos 8. Benson, is absolutely erron mediately concerned with, that the PEOPLE’ S NAVIGATION CO. . CHARLES NELSON, M gr. eous. Mr. Clark says that Mr. Henson , people was 96 years and eigth months. DCDDIC Ui of the nation are immediately The D&lls& 7:W Smulays.-Tuoatiaia aiul Miles B. Putter came to Hood River is- g - i e g to folto-u * ’ 5- ai i c r if iin r . l ; rn n c e rn p (J n i t t i is w h e t h e r w e ' s h s t f f Thursdays. A rrives at Mosier at 8:15. A. M. with the Parkhurst colony in 1875. He plans. n e t a dollar’s result for every dollar ; " T h e younger Mr Benson,” says we expend for roads bought the Whitcomb farm and later Leaves Portland on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays 1 am quite sure Mr. Clark, “ wonders how such a state erected a handsome residence. He and that if we do so and we can convince I from Oak Street Dock. .". Passengers and freight. Mrs. Potter were charter members of ment could have been made, as no the people that we have done so, they \ Mosier Dock in charge o f W. F. Baker, who will meet all the Belmont Methodist church and ac charge in their plans had ever oc will he willing to put much more ! boats and attend to transfer. Phone No. 191. tive workers in that demonination. He eurred either to him or his father. money into good roads where they are " T h e paving, identical with that of needed. Therefore, the matter o f ad- ■ was a veteran of the Civil war and suffered greatly in health as a result the Multnomah end of the Highway, ministering this law, seems to me to ' of the exposure endured while serving will be 10 feet wide. It will he so lie at the root of the business. his country. For several years his constructed that the additional four “ I assume, aa a matter of necessity, I ■ J if, home had been in Portland, where he feet to be added to the sides, making that this law will require the employ the width 18 feet as in case o f the ment in every state of real experts died January 7, 1916, aged 74 years. Willis Craham Clelland came to Hood Multnomah county portion, can he con This word is much misused and abused, River in the spring of 1882, taking a structed without a change in the as the word ‘ theorist’ is. I frequently homestead on the Cast Side two and a crown. The new road work is well hear a comrast drawn between the ( half miles from town, where he lived started. The grading ia a third done theorists and the practical men. There for 12 years. He married Minnie Hand and some of the paving has been laid. is no basis for it. The classification in 1888. She was a pioneer of 1894. The men having the contract are doing ought to bo into good theorists and bad Mr. Clelland’s death occurred at his a fine job. I f the weather remains theorists, of practical and impractical home in Portland, January 30. 1916, good the work should he completed in men. A really good theorist is highly . and was caused by heart trouble. A the n e it two weeks.” practical; and so is a real expert. The Mr. Clark, however, thinks that this public ia somewhat suspicious ’ of ex wife and two children survive him. Mr. and Mrs. Benton Rand came to county should take some measures perts, because. 1 think, bo many peo 1 Hood River in 1884 and located on the toward grading the ditches to the side pie pose as experts who are not. SQUARE DEAL FOR EASTERN OREGON east side of Hood river not far from and of preparing drainage for the road. “ The law involves another thing, the "M r . Benson’s g i ft does not include pledge of the faith of the state to town. This was their home for 25 If you are in favor of a square deal for tli* couatry years, when they moved away, their this portion of the road w o rk ," azys meet in full the federal appropriation Rest of th* Cascades you will vote for and work for last residence being Eugi ne where Mr. Clark. " H e is paving the stretch | for the entire period covered by the T H E PROPOSED K AH TH tN OR8QON STATE they both died, she passing away first because it would probably be impass I set. The state legislature may not he N O RM AL SCHOOL A T PE ND LE TO N, ORBOON Wm. Ellis came to Hood River in able soon if not paved. It gets awful \ hale to appropriate money one year for Oregon hae but on* Normal School 1 his school le 1890 and became identified with the ly wet here in the winter months, and the whole period covered by the act, located at Moamouth amt la not able to eupply strawberry business. He was with us unless Houd River takes some action hut it can pledge the faith of the state mor# the* T E N PE R C EN T of th* teacbere re at the last Pioneer meeting and was toward drainage, we are liable to lose to meet le financial provisions of the qutred In th* public schools of Oregoa Of tbs the second oldest pioneer present, be the paving before next spring.” act for the period covered hy it. This mor* th is slz thousand teachers In eur public ing at that time 86 years old. He was is ss it should be. It would be wasle- schools. BUT 11 PER CHNT are graduates of Ner known as Grandpa Ellis and left eight | ful not to make plans at the outset for me I Schools It la a matter of simple Justice to the children, 24 grandchildren, 23 great- the full period covered by the act; it country Eaat of tha Cascades to establish a Normal grandcbildern and one great-great would mean piecemeal road building School Eaat of the mountains to furnish thoroughly grandchild. He died March 5, 1916. and much dissipation of effort and mis- trained teachers for th* IU hools of Eastern Oregon D. A. Turner pays the following ¡direction of funds. These requirements tribute to one of our early pioneers : j hold whether the state aa such, under TRAINED INSTRUCTORS W AN TE D “ 1 think it is due to the Pioneer Asso I the existing law. may engag - inroad (From The Dalles Chronicle) ciation of Hood River to leave on rec- ' building or not. The provision that Every reaideat of Eastern Oregon has a vital In The Chronicle is a newspaper that where the state may not engage in ord a short history of one of the early tersat In ths p a s s if* at this measure for Eastern settlers o f this valley that had a part sincerely believes in the principles of highway improvement the money may Oregon pays HIGH S A L A R IE S to her teacher* and Is in the successful work that developed the Republican party, but it is not so be secured if counties raise an amount sntltled te th* service* of T R A IN E D INSTR U C TO R S the eaat side of the country. I refer rock-ribbed about it that it “ can't see sufficient to meet the apporionment to Mr. Davie Divers, who came from the other fe llow ” once in awhile. O N LY COSTS 4 CENTS PEE $1,000 of the state involves the necessity on By not being too severe partisans, the part of such counties of raising an Clackamas county, Oregon, in the spring of 1862 with his wife, Parthena we think people are better citizens, amount sufficient to meet the full ap The annuel coet of maintenance of the proposer: (nee Mitchell), and four sons, John, tending to promote cleaner and more portionment for the state, the exist State Normal Hchool ameunts to BUT ON K 2*TH James, Joel snd William. He settled efficient government. o r A M ILL OR t C EN TS ON A T H O C S A N D DOL ence of a highway commission, and Hood River and Wasco counties are compliance with all the other terms of on Hood river near the place called LAR S of taxable property. le n t It worth thts to Summit, where three of the boys to send ore joint senator and two joint the act. ” you to hav* your chtldren tralned to hecome CSK afterward took up land. One of the representatives to the state legislature. PCI, AND PRO D UCTIVE eftlzensT sona, James, was drowned in the Owy We believe the voters of these two »TRONC ENDOSSEMENT The Loganberry Industry hee river of eastern Oregon while on a counties should select these officials trip driving cattie. Mr. Divers was a with the end in view of getting the (From Pacific ( oast Manufacturer) good neighbor, very industrious and a most rspable servsnts, rather than for J A Churchill, the State Superletendent of Public In a perfectly natural manner and member of the Methodist church. A f the pur|<ose o f voting for the candidate Instruction, voices the seattmeat of the educatore of wihout etate aid a new industry ha* ter his boys left home and his wife of any particular political party. th* state whea he saya: Two candidates for the legislature— sprung into western Oregon —the manu died, he aold hia farm and lived a while "Oregon s greaioat seed for If* rural school* la the There near the Odell school house. When he J. L. Kelly and J. E. Anderson—are facture o f loganberry products teacher who has had full praparation to do hai work became so feeble he could not live up for reelection. It matters not that are two factories in Salem, one each in Such preparatloa sea heat com* through Normal The alone he made his home with the Neff they are Republicans; they are both Albany, Woodburn and Newherg School training brothers near his old home. He is way above the caliber of the average products are put up in two aylea—the " I trust that th* voters e f th* »tat# wilt aaelst in purs juice used at soda fountains, and buried in the Butte cemetery near his man who is willing to serve the people raising th* standard of our schools hy ettabllshlag loganberry beverage with sugar and i t Salem. Both from Waaco county, a State Normal School at Pendleton Th# location w ife ." 1* rantral, the Interest of the people of Pendleton la Thomas M. Hamsdell was the first they worked juat as hard for the inter- water added, a dilution of pure juice educatloa most eicellant. and th* large number ef of all the early pioneers to see this eats of Hoed River at the last session and sold ready for consumption. Her pupils la th* public achoola will give ample oppor valley. In November, 1844, wtb three and the citiaera of the two counties riet ere received day and night from tunlty to all addenta to gat the amount of ten blag other young men he drove the stock of would be migrates if they didn't pile up the ranchee and the factory of the practice required ia a standard normal achoel.” the Neal Gilliam party from The record breaking votes for them No Northwest Fruit Products Company runs day and night with three shifts, The educators of the State Inalet tha' standard Dalles to the Willamette valley. They vember 7. and has a payroll of $5000 to 16000 a Normal Schools ha located In towns of »000 popula F. M. Gill, of Dufur, the Republican swam their atock acrosi the Columbia month. The crates of berries are re tlon or more and having RNOL’ OH ORADE PÜPII.B nominee, is a square, conscientious sort from the mouth of Hood river and TOR TE AC H E R PRACTICE drove them down the north bank to of man, but it would be a grave mis ceived from the growers end pess over Vancouver Mr. Remsdell moved his take to send him to the state senate, endless chain carriers that convey them RE LO Y A L AND V O TE RIGHT fa m il * to Hood River in 1862 and built when Wasco and Hood River have the to the cuahers, where with wooden roll a house near Pbelpa creek and was, opportunity to choose a man like Geo. ers the berries are made into pulp. Hydraulic pressea extract the juice and Show your loyalty to tb* beat Intereete of Eaetern perbsps, the first minister to locate K. Wilbur, of Hood River, the Demo Oregon and of the whole elate hy working for thla here. One of hn deeds, while here, cratic aspirant. He has practically the it goes into sealed retainers and is pas teurized. From theze it ie worked over , measure and hy voting Y Ed POH NO 308. By vot was to travel on anowshoes in tl.e united support of Hood River voters, tog TKH for No 301 you will help to G I V E TO TH E month of March from hia home to the irrespective of political affiliation. into the commercial product in two SCHOOL C H ILD REN OP ORfcOON T H E R A M * home of D A Turner where he per There ia absolutely no comparison be •tylee az above deecrihed. The product AD V AN TAG E S EN.IOTED BT TH E SCHOOL formed the marriage ceremony for that tween Gill end Wilbur, end Weeco has been practically disputed of, sales C H ILD REN OP OUR NEtOHBORINO S TA TE S gentleman and Mist Amanda Neal. county Republican# ‘should adopt W il being extended all over the United Rev. Ramsdell died in Portland in Oc bur as their candidate and take off States. Single growers turned in as ■ h « at $60 per their coats and go to work for him, for high *- tober. 1914, aged 94 year*. O rt| ** ROale Normal D. A. Turner has lived longer in he can gat the best results for them at ton. It is not known now many tons of these berriet Were sent to the fac ». Or*. By J. M Ovvine. *eoy . Pi Hood River than any other person; V. Salem Wilbur, Kelly and Anderson-that's torial this year, as the manufacturer* C. Sherrieb it next. do not like to give out the magnitude Amos Underwood wss in Hood River the ticaet. (Paid advertieemeat) o f the output The buaineee i* profita in .September, 1852, but did not re- ble foi the grower and the manufac Commercial printing of all kinds mein. He sfterwards homesteaded turer. Polale lllahe, now known as Kuthton. The Bulletin office. REBEKAH LODGES HOLD CONVENTION ANNALS OF THE PIONEER ASSOCIATION Nichol & Company General M e r c h a n d i s e MOSIER - - OREGON W. F. Laraway, Jeweler and Optician ! BENSON W ILL PAVE j MILE OF HIGHWAY TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY, Hood River STEAM ER TAHOM A 308 X YES IS A VOTE HOTEL MOSIER Vulcanizing • Fruit Growers Attention This is the time o f year when results can be seen from the year’s labors. With good crops and prospects o f satis factory prices this should be a good year here. Start a bank account with us and watch it grow. .«» ^ ** One-quarter Column.......................“ Don’t Neglect the Children’ s Eyes FOR SALE BY *■* , par month I .89 ............................... Lepai advertisements will la all eases be charged MOSIER, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 0, 191(1. VOL. VIII White River Flour Mosier Professional Cards............. ... One square for the work now. P a t Poier & Lid! Co. FOR YOUR CHILDREN VOTERS URGED TO PICK BEST WEN