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% EVERY FR ID A Y ADVERTISING RATES BY M0S1ER BULLETIN ROGER W MOE SU B SC RIPTIO N RA TES 11.50 O m Year. Months Three Months MOSIER. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 10K». VOL. VIII county White River Flour White River Flour Every Sack Guaranteed. FOR SALE BY Nichol and Company M osier, O re g o n Christm as Is C om ing Before you know it Christmas will be here. W hy not start now to lay aside something each week so that you will be pre pared to buy Christmas presents when the time comes'-' We will keep desposits in a separate account for you if you wish. M O S IE R V A L L E Y > 0 ^ 1 S» - t i t BANK Oregon ^ Q ^ ^ I A New Line of Gift Goods Have Arrived. I * I Come In and See the Goods and Get Prices. # I The Mosier Book Store f ___ V HOTEL MOSIER NOW UNDER N E W MANAGEM ENT Will open a Lunch Counter in near future Your Patronage Is Appreciated E. F. FISK E, Proprietor E x p e r t A u to m o b ile R e p a irin g F u lly E q u i p p e d M a c h 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” jmonth. ¡March 15th to April 15th. Electrically equipped houses are seldom vacant. Vulcanizing Auto Supplies Sporting Goods Insure your property 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. B We have unusuaMnduce- ments to offer if you arrange Cates & Co. The Dalles, Ore. for the work now. Pacific Power & M l Co. ROAD bonds will decrease taxes Is c h e a p e r because it makes m o r e loaves o f bread. Don’t be fooled into buying the low p r ic e d flour thinking you are gettingsomething cheaper than »•* ........ . 1.00 One-quarter Column 111 •M One square One-half Columa One Column Business locate will be charged at S rents per lire for each insertion. L#rai advertisements will in all cases be charged Entered as second-class matter March 12. 190» at the post oAce at Mosier. Oregon, under the A ct o f March t. 187». Mosier Professional Cards l The Dalles Chronicle, in a recent editorial, comments clearly and con cisely on the matter o f taxes, which would be imposed if Wasco county- should decide in favor o f the bonding issue for good roads. Kead this over carefully. Especially those who are inclined to be opposed to the bonding issue. It may present a few facts to you that w ill convince you to vote in favor of the bonds for good roads in this county. The following argument shews the wisdom o f the proposed plan: When ihe question o f bonding is tiret put up to the voter it is quite natural for hirr. to limit the considera tion o f the subject to the $260,000 which it is prnsposed to raise and the effect on the tax roll when it comes time to take care o f the principal and interest and pay those two items off as they mature. ; Coming in a'lump sum, and appar ently a large.sum ; then with interest added from year to year till the bonds are retired, the conclusion most likely to be reached by those who have not given the subject extensive thought is. that it is tuo much of a burden to take on at one tim e; taxes already high would become oppressive by adding the bonds and their interest charges, and whatever arguments there may be in favor o f bonding as a business measure it would be unwise to do it now. Even admitting the reasonable and unques tioned fact that $260,000 scientifically expended would give a permanent road that would stand up under the summer travel and pack tinner and become more durable under the winter's storm, (and most o f those who have looked into the subject concede those facts) still to add $260,000 as a tax harden and $13,000 interest for fourteen years would be out of the question now and it will be wiser to defer bonding for s while and raise what money we use fur repairs and pay as we go. When the reasoning stops at those premises the logic seems unanswerable to those whe feel that taxes are already too high and their inclination is to not favor bonding now. They see the advan tages plainly enough and sincerely wish they could bear the strain of tak ing on the extra burden the bonds and interest would impose, but they as sin cerely believe to do so would be an in justice to themselves. SB The trouble with the foregoing reas oning and the writer has heard it in aubstance frequently o f late, it stops short. It doesn't cover the taxation feature comprehensively. It reasons that the $260.000 is a very large sum and there ia a final shiver when the interest. $13,000 a year for 14 years looms up in addition and the subject is dismissed as impossible. As a matter o f fact we can vote these bonds and have the lump sum of $260,000 to acientitically build more than a hundred miles o f trunk line highway this coming winter and sum mer and will pay o!T this sum in the next 14 years, and the $195,0K) of in terest which will have accrued when the last installment is paid, and still raise over half a million dollars to acientitically build lateral and connect ing roads and not pay as heavy an annual road tax as we have been rail- ing from year to year and wasting from year to year. To amplify this statement and dissi pate any doubt as to its accurary it is necessary to refer to the tax state ments. For several years past the road taxes for Wasco county have ranged around $75,000 per annum, to be exact for the year 1915 they were $77.000 Assuming that we continue the policy to pay as we go and raise $77,000 annually to repair the chuck holes, washouts and mudholes for the next 14 years; a simple multiplication shows that $1,078,000 will have heen raised when that period o f time has transpired ann then as now and even to the time when the memory o f man runneth not to the contrary there will be nothing more to show for the $1,078,000 expended but the same gen eral character o f dust holes, mud holes and washouts. Assuming on the other hand that we bond for $260,000 and lay it out in the coming year in a trunk road o f more than 1000 miles, that much will have been permanently done and it will en dure continually with a slight annual cost for repairs under the patrol ays tern. These bonds will draw J 13,000 interest per annum, a total o f $195,000 for 14 years. The bonds and interest amounting to $455,000 will have heen retired at the end o f that period. In that same period and railing no more by taxation year by year than at pres ent the bond and interest will be paid in full and there will have been raised $623,000 in addition to build and keep in repair the connecting and aide roads. To put it still stronger, we can borrow $260,000; get the use o f it; build more than a hundred miles of permanent road; have money sufficient to keep side roads in better shape for travel than they have ever been, pay off the bonds and interest and pay less taxes for roads and bond issue per annum for the coming 14 years than we have paid annually for the past three years. To illustrate, .th e road tax for 1915 ia $77,000. Suppose the bond issue carries and an arangement could he perfected to raise $65,000 an nually for the life of the bond period. 14 years. The interest for the first four years would be $13,000 annually This would be paid out of the annual levy o f $65,000 and there would still be $18,000 to be expended on side roads. None of this would be needed on the hundred milea or more o f trunk line as the bonds would take care o f it and as a matter o f fact there would be more money for aide roads than formerly. The fourth year one-tanth nf the bonds, or $26,000, and the interest $13,000 would have to be paid, a total o f $39,000, but here would still be $26,000 for side roade. and each year thereafter the amount out o f the an nual levy for aide road eonatruclion would increase from the $26,000, the fourth year to $37,700, the final year. To bond teems like a big burden at first thouhgt but as a matter of fact, bonds can he voted and the annual taxation lessened. ftteamer Dials of Washington to Tlte Dalles every morning about 9 a in . except Monday. To Portland every day about 1 p. in., except Monday Steamer Bailey ••atxert to Tlx Dalle* shout 4 p m . daily except Friday an t Sunday To Portland about 6 p. m on the sain* Java. No. 32 Warning is Given PENDLETON IS IDEAL By Fruit Auctions LOCATION FOR NORMAL ATTACKSTEINHARDT Nichol & Company —D E A L E R S I N - General Me r c h a n d i s e Pendleton, Ore -Pendleton's claims for the establishment of a State Nor Dial Sellout are based upon the unusual advantages offered for such au Instl tutiou It is ideally located with re aped to railroad facilities and in the center of the country which It will serve lie health conditions are ex celled It has a bountiful supply of clear, cold, pure mountain water It offers a library of 12.000 volume* to which are added 2000 annually housed In a beautiful new building erected at a cost of $40.000 The larg eat athletic stadium iu the Northwest, capable of accommodation 20.040 peo pie a natatorium. modern and equip ped for the use of men and women built at a coat of $11.000 ample audl torium room for lyceum courses aud lectx.rex and a achool system that la without equal In a city of Its sit* Its facilities and the students necessary for practice leaching have been guar anteed by the city board. ;; DI"I ■H - H " I " I " 1 " I " H " H I I I I I H - l l l - I d - l 4- H I 1 1 I H i t Don’t Neglect the Children’s Eyes M ore—Y ou Prevent Permanent Defect " e give e|wcial attention to the examination of children's eyes. We are thoroughly ex|>erienoed in this work and will tell you frankly whether glasses are required or not, and we will furnish them, properly fitted. W . F. Laraway, Jeweler and Optician H O O D R IV E R - - OREGON Fruit Growers Attention Will sell direct to planters, less agents commission, choice lot of cherry, pear, apple and prune trees in one year old 3-4 and 4-fi ft. grades budded and grafted on best whole roots and guaranteed true-to-name. Please write or phone TRUE-TO-NAMF. NURSERY, Hood River STEAM ER TAHOM A PEOPLE’S NAVIGATION CO. CHARLES NELSON, Mgr. leaves The Malles 7:00 A. M., .Sundays, Tuesdft.vg and Thursdays. Arrives at Mosier at 8:15. A. M. Leaves Portland on Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturdays from Oak Street Dock. .'. Passengers and freight. Mosier Dock in charge of W . F. Baker, who will meet all boats and attend to transfer. Phone No. 191. Pendleton Normal School MOSIER FAIR IS A BIG SUCCESS f GOVERNOR W i l l AID GROWERS’ AGENCY 1 1 I I H -H Givi* attention to your chihl'g eyes in time ami you may save him or her from the necessity of wearing glaeaeo later on. While en route to Portland Monday evening over the Columbia River high way the engine in the automobile of Dr. W. N. Morse, of Wasco, stalled and the brakes, refusing to hold, the car backed to the side of the bank and turned turtle in the middle o f the road, pinioning Dr. Morse and wife beneath it. Mrs. Morse's left arm was broken above the wrist and she also received several severe bruises. Dr Morse was bruised and lame from the cramped position, and had endeavored to dig his way out from the w reck««, why the use o f his pocket knife, al though he was able to do little as each movement caused pain to his w ife Local citixena jacked up the car and freed the prisoners, and they took the evening train to The Dalles where they 1 are recuperating in the hospital. The big Case roadster was somewhat damaged, although a local ritixen was able to run it in to the garage o f J. P. Tryon where it now stands The vic tims o f the accident stated that they expected certain death and feel thank ful that the accident waa not more cortly. From present indication* the previ ously announced plan nf improving the Kuthton hill grade on the C-olumhin River highway in Hood River county this year will be abandoned owing to B R O W N 4 .“J ECO OM B, Auctioneers, objections which have been 2 "t Fra t. k i; i g irt at, N v technical interposed by State Engineer Lewis, T H E F R l'IT AUC TIO N C O M PAN Y, says the Portland Journal. 904 Franklin Street, N I , Following a precedent established C O N N O LLY AU C TIO N C O M PAN Y, two years ago when he advanced with 204 F'ranklin Street, N. Y. out interest to the State Highway Com mission funds to construct the Howlby tunnel at Mitchell point, S. Benson offered a few weeks ago to make a similar advance o f $30,000 to enable work to proceed this fall on Kuthton hill and in Columbia county to rom- ilele the gap between Inglia and lie- ena. A verbal agreement was made with The communitfy fair held in Mosier the State Highway Commission, but Saturday afternoon brought out a good this agreement has not been formally crowd o f farmers and townspeople. executed in writing, owing to questions Exhibits were displayed by the local raised by State Engineer Lewis as to grange, under whose auspices the lair the legality of the procedure. was held, and considerable space was As a result it can lie autbortatively reserved for the exhibits of the loesl stated that the Hood River county work school children in the industrisl club will not be undertaken on the lines pro work. Members of the grange had posed by Mr. Benson. many exhibits, both grown and manu factured, as did the achool children. O f the latter, Florence Kvana and Ida Nielsen, were tied with high score o f 87. these two girls will have their expenses paid to the Corvallia Camp School next June. In the canning contest, A rts Cole State cooperation with both the fed was high with a score of 86, followed by Ora Evans, with a score o f 84. A t eral government and the F'rult Grow the Wasco county fair the order of era’ Agency is the result nf the confer scores of these two girls was reversed. ence o f governors of the three North- N. C, Maris, industrial Held worker western states which was held at for the state of Oregon, who was the North Yakima last month. Governor of Oregon, Governor judge o f the exhibits, said that the Withyeombe, project report of A rts Cole was excep Alexander, of Idaho, and Govarnor Lister, o f Washington, endorsed the tionally good. liowena was present with a good e x Agency and agreed to appoint an ad hibit and a number o f pupils and visit visory board to conaiat of nine mem ors accompanied their teachers here. bera, three to be appointed by the g o v The function of The teachers o f other districts were ernor of each state alio present with good good repre this board is the suggestion o f means whersby the state governments can sentations. County School Superintendent Clyde beet work with the federsl government T. Bonney, and A. R. ( haie, county and the Ager.cy for the benefit o f the agent, also were present from The fiu it industry o f the Northwest. Governor Lister conferred with Pres Dalles to assist in promoting the suc uienl Weyraueh last week over the ap cess o f the local fair. A cafeteria aupper satisfied the hun pointments to be made, and the ap ger of the crowd, and the day’s events pointments will probably be announced were brought to a close by an enter just as soon as all three state execu tainment furnished by the people of tive* can make their selections. the community. The ladies of the grange deaire to AnD Blight Pear Found express to the people their eernest Pear blight, for years the menace of appreciation for the patronage given them during their supper. It netted the Bartlett pear industry, in seeking the grange about $28 aud far exceeded a cure for which Ihe government has their expectations Later the grange spent hundreds o f thousands ol dollars hall waa jammed with spectators, and so far without apparent success, soon the turnout has stimulated the interest may be conquered A hardy Chinese pear, now growing of the members o f the grange who state that a bigger and better fair la in the United Stales Plant Introduetion Gardens, near Chico, C alif., may solve already being planned for next fall. An incomplete list o f pntewinners the problems o f pear blight control. This statements was made by H P. was received yesterday by Mrs. j . K. Cole, who had charge nf the achool Stabler. Sotter county’s horticultural children's exhibit, from < ounty Super commissioner. It was found that a pear tree im intendent Bonney. The complete list ported from China is resistant against will be published next week. l* a r blight. The pear resists blight, and it ha* been proved possible to graft Bartlett peart onto this root When SUnky-Smith Kill Hosed this is done, the peer tree will not The big Green I'oint mill o f the have blight upon it* body and roots. Slanley-Sn.ith Lumber Co. waa closed It practically w ill be impervious to the Monday, after about a million feet of blight. logs remaining in the ponds at Ihe time These Chinese roots, however, are the concern went into receivership were scarce in thie country et present. It manufactured. While the plant will will be neeeesary to send to Chins for not he started again this year it is the n e d end grow the >reee in this likely that it will be leased and operat country But when this it done a step ed rest summer, the company nwning toward doing away with Ihe greateet rich timber holdings in the southwest menace of the peer grower will have ern part o f the county. teen taken. O R E G O N ;; m o s ie r H I M CAR TURNS TURTLE PINIONING TWO RUTHTON HILL WORK TO BE ABANDONED paid for before affidavit» are furnished. ; -F+ I I I I I I I I f -H -t-l H I I I I I I I I 1 I I *. 1-l-H y |. H -1 | |..|. |- h - H M l I I I CITY S R A IL R O A D , H E A L T H . EDU C A T IO N A L A N D O TH E R F AC ILI T IE S ADAPT IT PO R SCHOOL SITE. To the Northwestern Apple Grower: The telegram published ia the North western papers purporting to have been signed by Stemhmrdt 4 Kelly regarding a sale of a car of Uriiues Golden apples at public auction la New York City on Monday, September 36th, in which they attack the auction system of sell ing and state that the fruit in this car was “ slaughtered,” ia grossly false and libelous. We publish this statemeat so you will know the truth, for unhappily such a telegram deceives innocent growers. One possible explanation of aueh a telegram is that someone is inviting a suit for libel. We gi\e public warning that we will accommodate them i f after this warning the offense is repeated. In our judgment there is in the fruit distributing industry too great a ten deucy to make false and libelous svate inents with a view o f influencing the grower. We intend that this shall atop when aimed at the Fruit Auctioa system The fruit referred to in the Stein hardt A K elly's telegram was dead, green and immature, aud would never have ripened. It had no color character istic o f the variety and should not have been thioped. More than half the car had from 163 to 200 apples in each box. The car was sold on Monday, the best sales day of the week. There were present at the auction sales of the day fully two hundred and fifty buyers with a full representation of all classes, and buyers from the fancy fruit buyers to the peddlers. The fruit was sold for the full market value and not “ slaught ered, " n s i are prepared to establish or erwhelmingly. Mr. Grower, remember, that Stein- hardt 4 Kelly buy for a profit. They believe that the adoption of the auc tio system of selling by the Northwest ern appls growers will interfere with thsir business. We believe that the auction system will result in giving to th^ grower at least a part of that profit. You are interested in net returns to you. False statements in the end in- jure you. We want the auction system judged on its merits, not oa false state meats Do net use the auction system i f you are satisfied with your presen. system of selling or i f the auction system will not serve you better than any other present selling system On the Chicago auction market within ten daya Washington Grimes Golden apples have sold up to $2.25 per box for extra fancy and $1.96 for fancy and Washington Jonathans have sold up to $2.20 per box for extra fancy and $1.72 per box for fancy. Give the axetiue system a ‘ * Square Deal.' ’ to the party order in* 'hem. at logoi ratea, and 4 I I H l l l -H -I H i-l-H -l-H b P U B LISH E D Proven Necessity (C opi ed from Portland O r a g o m a a ) M O N M O U T H , O r a . Jane 24 T h e O re go n N orm al school oponod this week students enrolled 714. largest oa record far state N o r m a l In O re go n . . . how to care for lar ge sliideai bodv a proble m . . . . »04 being crow de d ¡uto auditorium with se a lin g ca parity of 66* G al le ri es filled with e x tra chairs iu aisles M or a than 140 u n d e n t « seated on g l a t f a r a N s w board in g bau sas completed additions to room lug houees bulli end teats used O u t hundred girls sleep on upper floor of school T h e official achool report g iv es I I * g ra d e pupilo la Monniauth, for toachor practice Kead what those yuu have elected to handle the affaire of yuur alate and who are thoroughly informed reggiUmg school condition* in Oregon have to suy conrerniag measure 3*8 on the ballot at the cumiag election: By J a m a § Wlthygomtoo, Q « v « r n « r ef Oregon “ O r e g o n Is uriqueatipr *blv in ne*d of m u r e n o r m a l •4 hool w o r k a nd Heodletfti: la Die uh*t< at p lo r e fui a • ■ hool o f t h is < la s « in Ras i«» i n «» regoli By J. A Churchill, State S u p e r Intendsnt of Public Instruction i trust that the eat ers of «ho g i s t e wtll ansisi is r a i s i n g the s t a n d a r d af o u r a- »tools t> • a t a M ia h ln g a Míate N o r m a l Hi hoo at Pend l$*u»n Hjr P L. C am p b e ll, Pre si de n t of tho U n i v e r s i t y af Ore gon At west a n « a d d it i o n a l N o r m a l •<hoot Is u r g e n t i * ciearied >fi O r e g o n By W J Karr, Pre si den t of tho O re go n Agricultural Ca lla ga ‘Hlrn-e tka people of P en dl et o n a re i n i t i a t i n g t i o r u u f $ for the e s t a b li s h m e n t ef a N o r m a l 0 ' h o e t at th e« pises. It wtll g iv e me ple a su re ts s u p p o r t t hi s m e a s u r e ' By J. M Ac ke rm an, Pre si de n t O re go n N or m a l tehe e!, at Monmouth *‘ A care/ul a n e iy e l e ef the s i t u a t io n w ill envines ear oris t ha t «» ree on needs s N o r m a l K hool in fc em o rn O r e g n n and P e n d l e t o n filia all the g o v e r n m e n t r equi » a m e n t s *’ By the County School f u g a r Intendente of Ore gon Resolve d that It is the sense of the « o u n f y Mohoei Mu pe rln te r d e n t s of th e i t a t e of O i e g o n • >i v e n t i # « Ht ee mb led . that the heet In f o i a s t e o f the 04 ho o l« o f the S t a t e d e m a n d lac re eo ed fa- lilti es far the t r a i n i n g ef » e e - h e r e and that wa t h e r e fo r e endere* rhe i n i t i a t i v e m e a s u r e to e sta bl is h a N o r m a l M hoot at P e n di ó te * By Mrs. Cha riot H Cddtnor, Prso«dont of the Oregon Federation of W o m e n ' s Cl ubs I meat h e a r t i l y e nd or sa deh eel at P e n di e r en the lo<atton of oa d N o i s e s ! Prof Potori C French. Fo rm er Pres ide nt N orm al tc ho ol Located at W es ton of tho Ait i m m e d i a t e e s t a b li s h m e n t of su» h a *• hool at soma e o t r a i outfit su» h as P en dl et o n w ou ld p ro v e a g r e a t asset to the R i s t o of O r e g o n 0 F Muthoy, l a Pres ide nt Southern O re go n N or m a l Itktei I shot» s u p p o r r m e ¡ouot'en N o r m a l M'-hool at P en di a t e# of on teooiorn Oregon State Huurd of Hegenta of O regon N o rm a l School d e d u rr* that “ Ihe n e c e u ity fo r uddilionu l N o rm a l school fa cilitici in O n gun is u|i|iurrnl P ortland C h a m b e r of C o m m e rc e endorse» nieusure :UWt ind say Pendleton most Ingicui locution for N o r mu I school in hustern O regon 308 X YES is a « Hold A d « ) vote for your children k o s te » a O re g o n arato Normal huel C o m m it lea I f J I f O w fn n do« y . » ’en d iet«*«. O ro