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MOSIER, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1916.
VOL. VIII
HORTICULTURAL
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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
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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
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Automobiles for Hood Kiver County
Columbia Auto & Machine Co., Hood River
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Thursdays. Arrives at Mosier at 8:15. A. M.
Leaves Portland on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
from Oak Street Dock.
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Passengers and freight.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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Cleaning and Pressing
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A Merry
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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.
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