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0 ADVERTISING RATES PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY S U B SC RIPTIO N RA TES si jo O m T w « I « Month! Th ra« Months fruì «Mio n*i Cards MOSIER BULLETIN ROGER W. MOE On# »quarr pm montfc f .50 ........... On«-quarfer Column. • i.m • I « &.«• io.Oi . • Ono-half Column — - O n « Column Busin««» locals will be charged at 5 cent« per tine for each insertion. Legal advertisements w ill in a*l cases be charged E n t« rad as second-class matter March 1-. 19UÖ at th « post <iit\ce at Monier, Oregon. unde»- the Act o f March 3. UT.lt. MOSIER, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1916. VOL. VIII HORTICULTURAL MEETING SUCCESSFUL White River Flour 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 tow p r ic e d Hour thinking you are gettingsomething cheaper than White River Flour Every Sack Guaranteed. FOR SALE BY Nichol and Company Mosier, Oregon 1 - M - H - M - l i"l ■l-I1 -I1 'I I I 1 4 -H - M 1 M "l"l !■ ! i I i "H - I Nichol & Company —DEALERS I N - General M e r c h a n d i s e OREGON : M O SIE R ■|-H MH .,|..|-|..|..|-|..|..|..l..i"|..|..|.'i"i"[ • *^ 1 »»» n -l 'l I l l l l I I I I I I I I «• « H ^ »» ^ 1 « Lack o f orchard labor, shortage o( cars and the general delay in the har vest o f the big crop of apples for 1916 resulted in a limited attendance at the 31st annual convention of the Oregon Stale Horticultural Society, ¡the three day session o f which ended here last Wednesday afternoon. For the most part the unusual demands on their time in harvesting and shipping their crops rendered impossible the elaborate prep aration o f a formal program. Y e t so interesting had grown the last session of the meeting that on Wednesday a f ternoon when the convention was ad journed, members found it necessary to race down Hood Kiver latreets to catch the last westbound train for the even ing, and the departing fru it men ex pressed the belief that the Hood Kiver convention had been one of the most interesting in the history of the organ ization. Despite the lack o f preparation, the program for the event was well bal anced. While fruitgrowers have faced serious problems during the past few months and have been gravely worried, the interest displayed at the past three days' sessions in methods o f cultivation were every bit as keen aa any meeting of past years. What the meeting lacked in attendance was made up in the seriousness with whichjactual fruit growing problems were discussed. The 31st annual meeting uf the Horticul tural Society further emphasized the future trend of the Northwestern fruit industry into two separate and distinct fields, the production and distribution o f the fresh article and the manufac ture o f fruit products. In former yearB the fresh article has demanded attention almost exclusively. Today, as was evidenced at the week's meetings, the by-product o f orchards is creating almost an equal amount of at tention. Canned, processed and evap orated fruit products were given a prominence on the .program of the Horticultural Society. Canned baked apples, as prepared by the Eugene Fruit Union, were displayed by man ager Holt, o f that institution. The Lane county fru it concern, it is said, is the first ever to have olfered to supply the market with such a commodity, and the exhibit created a marked attention. While the baked apple in cans is today a novelty, it was predicted that it may some day solve the solution of the problem of conserving and distributing over a long period of time the perish able product of Northwestern orchards. The sessions ol the Horticultural So ciety next year will probably a great deal further stimulate interest in the so called by-product commodities uf orchards and berry fields, for it will be held at Salem, where fruit men have developed successfully the loganberry and prune industries. Officers elected by the Horticultural Society for 1917 were as fo llo w s : Rob ert C. f’ aulua, of Salem, president; Dr. C. H. Bailey, o f Koseburg, vice presi dent; C. D. Minton, o f Portland, re elected secretary; and A. P. Bateham, reelected to the board of trustees. Mr. Paulus, a native of Marian coun ty, is but 28 years of age. A b mana ger o f the Salem Fruit Union, he is one o f the youngest men in the north west heading a big fruit interest. Mr. Paulus is the youngest president the Horticltural Society has ever had. Dr. Bailey is a native of New York sate. He has been engaged in ranch ing in Douglas county fur the past eight years, and while Broccoli is his hobby, he is actively engaged in orch arding. owning and operating a 40 acre orchard. Dr. Bailey is president of the Umpqua Valley Kruit Union. Broccoli, introduced by Dr. Hailey, is now grown in great quantities. Ih e annual shipments o f the product, which is distributed at handsome profits to the grower, now reaching 200 carloads. Dr. Bailey ia prominent in state grange affairs and is the state deputy for Douglas county. Mr. Minton, who has been engaged in the orchard business at Lebanon for the past four years, has for a number of years been engaged in publishing agricultural and horticultural journals. A t the present time he is editing and publishing the Pacific Horticultruist in Portland. Formerly he edited the Ore gon Agriculturist. Mr. Bateham, who since 1894 has been identified with the apple industry in Hood K iver and Mosier, where he still owns orchard tracts, now resides in Portland. Mr Bateham cornea from a fam ily o f horticulturists. His father, M. B. Bateham, a pioneer Ohio orchardiat, was well known through the middle west as editor and pub lisher o f the Ohio Farmer and Ohio Cultivator. But for the interest taken by the faculty o f the Oregon Abgneeultural College in the sessions of the past three days, the Horticultural conven- tion would have approached pretty nearly the point o f failure. Nine of the principal addreisea of the meetings were delivered by O. A. C. men. It was conclusively evident that the state institution has plaeyd a chief role in the development o f Oregon's fruit industry. ; One of the la it talks given the as sembled fruit men was made by A B. Cordley. director o f the Oiagon Exper iment Station, who pointed out the necessity of the adequate funds fot maintaining the work undertaken by the atation. “ 1 am not coming before you man and your organisation," said Director Cordley, "and ask you to take any action on the matter, I am limply going to atate a few facta and then you can do aa individuals and aa mem bers of the Oregon State Horticultural Society as you see fit. Last year, for lack o f funds to keep them, we lost nine o f oor men. Ih e ordinary ta x payer, never stopping to consider, said, 'Oh well, it affected those nine men only ' In feet the moet of those men were immediately snapped up by other states at increased aalariea. They had m instance« been working with us for a number uf years In cases they had not completed the solution o f prob lems on which they ware e r , lost the benefit of those years o f study. Now men will have to begin where they began and learn the business over. Losses by disease peat in Oregon or chards have coat growers mors than the total o f appropriatiors for the Ore gon Experiment Station ." | " A unique feature o f the Horticul tural Convention was the presentation by A. A 'Jusrrerburg, o f Vancouver, Nash . o f a gavel mad# from the old f A New Line of Gift Goods Have Arrived. / i • l • » ^ i Come In and See the Goods and Get Prices. * _ T h e «» ^ _ _ _ M o s ie r «» tu rn * _ _ » i ^ _ B o o k I S to re i __ % î ^ E x p e r t A u to m o b ile R e p a irin g F u ll y 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 Kiver County Columbia Auto & Machine Co., Hood River STEAMER TAHOMA P E O PLE ’ S N AV IG A TIO N CO. CHARLES NELSON, Mtfr- Leaves The Dalles 7:00 A. M., Sundays, Tuesdays 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 VV. F. Baker, who will meet all boats and attend to transfer. Phone No. 191. NEWHOME m crei it * for my wife NO o t h k n u k c i t . NO O T H K N AB COOO. P Ifc h M A . •• N E W H O M F - and y wili h*v* i life m e t m the price pee peg The t M M m > e f repair e*pen*e br * u p e r e w^efcmensli'p end sevt •jualttj ' f ■»atNT-^i i**t:r*« Ute-t j n j ferric* *t a*.n»- r ti • I e.n W ARRAN TED -rngthe ^N IW M O M E ". f o r a l l t im e . the sr-jr'i ever fr*c euperior e * r.g .jua. ties Not eotti under aay other b u m « ttc• € 3CW « : HiC CO .COt«l6€ .« A 33. ««»• »• W . E CHOWN eat apple tree in the Pacific Northwest. Secetary Minton was instructed to have the donor’s name, the date of presentation and that the g ift was made from the moat ancient apple tree of the old Oiegon country inscribed on and gavel in silver letters. Accom- panving the g ift was the following history of the old apple tree: " I n years gone by I have had the pleasure o f attending many o f the meetings o f the Oregon State H orti cultural Society. These meetings were always interesting and profitable, and generally o f a very practice, char acter. " I n addition to its practical vide the subject of horticulture has many other intereating features which these meet ings might occasionly profitably take up and consider for a short while. In this connection 1 thought it might not be amiss to bring to your attention for a moment a little o f the early history and the somewhat sentimental side of the apple to the Pacific Northwest. “ I here have a gavel which I desire to present to this society on this occa sion. It is made from the branches of the most ancient apple tree in the old Oregon country. The old tree ia still alive and growing on the grounds of the Vancouver Barracks at Vancouver, Wash. It is without doubt the oldest apple tree on the Pacific Coast. Its history ia quite clear and authorita tively correct. "A b o u t 92 years ago Dr. John Mc Laughlin, governor of the Hudson Bay Co. west o f the Rocky mountains, lo cated the headquarters o f his company on the terrace eloping up from the north bank uf the Columbia Kiver where now the city o f Vancouver and Vancouver Barracks are situated. In connection with the location o f the Hudson Hay company at Vancouver is found the first record o f the coming of the apple to the Northwest, then called Oregon country. "T h e first account of this Ihistoric tree, then about 10 years old, was written by Mrs. Narcissa Whitman while she was staying at Fort Vancou ver at the home of Dr. McLaughlin. Her husband was then in the Walls Walla country looking for a location. I will read an extract from her diary under date o f September 12, 1836. " ‘ 1 must mention the origin o f these apples. A gentleman 12 years ago while at a party in London put seeds of the apples, which they ate. in his vest packet. Soon afterwards he took a voyage to this country and left them .here. Now how they are greatly mul tiplied. ’ "Another story of this old tree, not inconsistent with the quotation from ,Vtr9. Whitman's diary, is ab follows: " ‘ At a dinner party in London about 1825, given in honor of some young gentlemen in the employ of the Hud- sun Bay Comoany, who were about to embark for Fort Vancouver, seeds from the apples eaten were playfully slipped by some of tbe young ladies into the waistcoat pockets o f some o f the young men, and upon Ihetr arrival at their destination the young men, in overhauling their wardrobes, found the seeds, which were given to John Bruce, Dr. McLaughlin's gardener, who plant ed the same.' The seeds produced among others the now famous tree at Van couver Barracks. "T h e story is told that after several years of waiting one of the trees bore an apple which, when ripe, was picked by Governor McLaughlin and carefully cut into 17 slices, one slice of the precious fruit being served to each person at Dr. McLaughlin's table The next year the tree bore 2« apples, and the old tree le ft is still beaiing fruit. " I h e Hon. Glen S. Kassek, o f Van- cuover, has written a poem in honor of the old apple tree. 1 will now read from i t : " 'In 1826 on London's famous strand, Un the eve of their departure for Ore- gun's distant land, Hudson's Bay otficiala sat in feative banquet room. With wives and mothers dear, and sweethearts in their bloom. They drank long lite to ladies bright. And tu their lovers tall. While glasses clinked and laughtar, light, Kang round the stately hall. "F a ir Kate unto her lover true Then blushingly did say ‘ 1 hese magic apple seeds take with you ; When at dawn you sail a w a y ; And that they may be a sign That you will love me evermore, Bray plant these truelove seeds of mine On Columbia's fertile shore.' " "A n d so L ove's apple seeds were carried to this far western slope; And here they thrived and prospered beyond the lover's fondest hope , In far away Vancouver Fort, to Indiana’ wondering eyea, A lordly apple tree aoon flung green banners to the skies. Its offspring now are scattered wide O 'er the broad Pacific Coast. Their luscious apples are our pride, The orchard queen, the poet's boast. Their choice fruit lhay are lending, With cool shade for you and ma; While thousands we are sending To London o'er the sea So now we bless the Isdy fair And bless her lover tall, Who planted here with tender care Sweet apples for us all. "A n d now on the occasion of Ihe meeting of thi* society in the beautiful and fertile Hood Kiver Valley, known the world over for its luscious end un excelled apples, I think it ie entirely fill ii g that a souvenir from tne oldest apple tree in the Pacific Northwest should be presented to this sect. t y ." Stnnott Sends Seeds to the party ordering them, at legal rates, sod No. 42 paid for before affidavit* are furnished. SAFETY DEMANDS FEDERAL CONTROL OF THE RAILROADS Only Wiy to Metl Em r|inclis ol Notion, Says A. P, Thom. ^ Christmas Gifts t; that are Useful are the most Acceptable. What could be more so than Electrical Appliances STATES' RIGHTS PRESERVED P r in c ip le s W h ic h R a i l w a y s H s l d S h a u ld G o v e rn R e g u la t o r y Syste m In In t e r - e a ts e f P u b l ic a n d th e R o a d « — C o m - p u la a r y r a t io n Sya ta m at Fad era l In c o r p o Favore d . Washington, Dec 4 —That tba Inter ests of national defense require that control o f railway lines should rest with the federel goveruoirut sod not with the slates was tbe claliu ad vanced by Alfred P. Thom, counsel to tbe Railway Executives’ Advisory Commute«', in ivncludlug bis prelim Inary statement o f the case for tbe ratlwsys tu-fure tbe Newlainls Joint Committee on ligerxtate Commerce. “ W e must I«' effi. lent as a uattou If we are to deal suecesafully with our national euiergenclrs«h M r Tboni, “ and we must appreciate that elttctenr transportation is an eKseiillal condition of national efficiency. I f we »re to bait and weaken our trauajHirtatluu syslems by state lines, by tbe jiermu- nent Imposition of burdens by unwise regulation, we will make national effi- clency Impossible.” S t a t e s ' R i g h t s W o u l d N o t S u ffe r. Mr Thom <'lt«-d many instames in which shipisus In one state were In juriously afft-ctnl by selfish regula tions iru|M>se<i on tbe railroads by neighboring states He |silnled out that federal regulation would be no In vasion o f tbe rights of Ibe states but would be tbe menus o f preserving ike rights which they acquired when they entered ibe l.’ ntou, one of which was the right to tbe free movement o f tb«dr product* across state iHiiindarles. ^ r/- - -^ rx-------------------------------- At-- e - '--f J ~ tfaOkiattjt M TArev /Nsf Pacific Power and Light Co. “ A lw a y s a t Y o u r S e r v ic e " P, c ELECTRICAL ' I A P P L IA N C E S *] » r ir W h a t th e R a il r o a d s A d v o c a t e . The principles which the railroads l>elieve sliuuld be ihcorporatt-d In nay just system of regulation were kiibi marized by Mr. Thom as follows 1. Tbe entire |x>wer and duty o f mg. illation should be In the hands o f tbe nallonal government, except ns to mal ter* so essentially local and Incidental that they cannot be used tu Interfere with Hi«1 efficiency o f Hie service or the Just rights of Ihe rarrlers. 2. As one of Hie means o f accom pushing ihN. a system of compulsory federal incorporation should 1« adopt ed. Into which should lie brought nil railroad corporations engaged In In f««, atate or foreign commerce. I Tile Interstate t'ommerce Commie sion under existing laws has too much to do slid Is ' liHigi-d with coiifili tlag functions. Including tbe Investigation, prosecution «nil div ision o f case« The latter duties should tie placed In Ibe hands uf a new body which might be «ailed the l ederal Railroad Commie alon. Regional Commissions should l«e establish««! In different parts sf tbe country to assist tbe Interstate Commerce Commission by handling l«> c a l « 's u n . 4 The power o f the Commission should be extemled to enable it to pie *< rlbe minimum rates and not merely ins x I mum rstes as at present. Tills would increase their power to pretest unjust discriminations J u s t ic e t s P u b l ic a n d R o a d s . 5 It should tie made the duty o f the Interstate Commerce Commission. In the exercise o f Its powers to fix res •enable rates, tu so adjust these rates that they shall be Just at once to the public and to the carriers T o this end tbe Commission. In determining rate«, should consider the necessity o f main taining efficient transjiortaHoii and ex tensions o f faeillHes. the relstiou of ez|«-nses to rates and the rights of sblpiiers. stockholders and creditors of the roads H The Interstate Commerce Cum mis •tun should he Invested with the p n *. er to fix the rates for carrying malls 7. The federal government should have exclusive | »w er to su|ierTlse the Issue o f sticks and bonds by railroad carriers engaged In Interstate and for sign cummer e 8 The law should rei u g n i s « the es •entlal dlfferetne lietween things whl' h restrain trade In Hie ease of ordinary mercantile concerns and H um «* wbiuh restrain trade In the case o f omnum srrlers The question o f corapetlUou Is not the only fair criterion 9. The law should eipressly provide for the meeting end tgreemeut o f traf flo or other officers o f railroads in re spect o f rates or firactloea. This should however, tie safeguarded hy requiring the agreements to be filed with the Interstate Commerce Comm Is ■ton and to tie subject to tie disapprov ed hy It 'M y legal priqsieltion. Mr Thom ••Id I s Hist the Constitution •• It inn* Is gives full authority to Cotgrwsv tu regulate the Instpluienfallttes o f In tfowtate cuss m e n « in all their parts If li p power of regulation Is to res b the public requirements. It must ha ro- e ite o s lv e with the Instrnmeutalltlaa >f Congressman Niek Sinnott haa re quested the Bulletin to assist him in tbe distribution o f the government vegetable and flower seeds allotted to him for thie community by the Depart ment o f Agriculture This method of distributing seeds through cooperation with the newspaper! of hie district was first tried by our congressman last year. It worked so satisfactorily that he is repeating it this year It was found that thia method got the seeds directly hy writing him. there, eo long as tbe supple lasts Sinnott also requested us to an c o m m e r c e ‘ nounce that he retained a small quan Mr. Thugs explained that the roads tity of the eeed at hia office in Wash are not asking either o f the < Oimlttee ington, Room 494 House o f Repreeer- tatives Anyone failing to obtain nr o f Congresa any to. resse In rave seeds otherwise may thus get them B iv- hut Ibat they are merely asking in tbe bands o f those really desiring the perfection o f • system which wtli them, and so was far bettar than tbe be r-epooelbt« to aay seed that may method o f tending them out indiscrim arias inately. MEAT M ARKET Now Open fo r Business H u s k e y <21 T e m p le m e ie r , P ro p s . C. L. OuiMmore in charge w h o w ill do the cutting o f Fresh M eat» on hand G oo d supply Y O U R P A T R O N A G E A P P R E C IA T E D Don’ t Neglect the Children’ s Eyes Give attention to your child's eves in time and you may miv* him or her from the necessity of wearing glftHnes later on. More—You Prevent Permanent Defect We give special attention to the examination of children's eyes. We are thoroughly experienced 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 HOOD RIVER - - OREGON DALE & MEYER Tailors to Men and to Women Cleaning and Pressing H o o d R iver, O re g o n A Merry Christmas to All MOSIER VALLEY M o sier - BANK O re g o n Buy Him A Christmas Smoke A FINE LINE OF CIGARS, IMPES IN CASES, TOBACCOS IN HUMIDORS, AS WELL AS HIGH GRADE BOXED AND BULK CANDIES. u THE OAKS n W . V g .A T C H . Prop. *» MOM F.R. O R K i O N