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v P U B L IS H E D EVERY F R ID A Y mm A D V E R T IS IN G BY MOSIER BULLETIN R O G E R W. M O E SUBSCRIPTION RATES O ufur 11.50 Month« Thr«« Month« --------- Entered me «e. ond clm*« metter March 12. I ' M at the poet office at ¥o«ier. Oregon, under the Act o f March S. 1*7». VOL. VIII Is c h e a p e r because it makes m o r e loaves of bread. Don’t be fooled into buying the low p r ic e d flour thinking you are getting something cheaper than White River Flour Every Sack Guaranteed. FOR SALE BY Nichol and Company Mosier, Oregon V '; 1 7 A Happy New Year to You All We wish to take this occasion to thank our customers for their patronage in the past and to extend an in vitation to all to visit our store, assuring you that our prices are right according to grade of goods purchased. Hoping the New Year will bring you good fortune the whole year through. NICHOL AND COMPANY 5“ i ¡ I To the People of Mosier: We extend our Hearty Greetings for the New Year, may it be to all a prosperous and successful year. W e thank you for your patronage of the past year and shall endeavor to deserve it in the future. 1 T h e M o s ie r B o o k S t o r e j \ 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 ip p e d M a c h in e S h o p Agencies for Fords, Dodge and Buick Automobiles for Hood River County f _ ■ —— • — - _^=- = = r . H.R. LIQUOR COST FOR YEAR OVER $5,000 TA H O M A NEWHOME g it it s fo r my w ife Vulcanizing Auto Supplies Sporting Goods N O O T H I R L IK E i t . NO O T H K R A S COOO. Cates & Co. The Dalles, Ore. Pur hs*e the " N E W H O M E ” and f m vilHiare a hfe t u r i at the pnce y'm pay Th« «haim at-o« of r*p* r eipense by superior » '«It » m a h ip «ad lest auality of materai i«»ure* « m i t » at m ai» m . . m c %i Ins m aa h«e n* the ‘ N EW HOME ” . W ARRANTED FOR A L L T IM I. K " *» mi the world over for superior » e * ln f qualiu«» N * sold under nr.y ocher arme T*c « C « NCVt S(W<M MACWIAI C 0..0ftâ «êlJ M tt r«« «•.€ •* W . E. CHOWN a x=s I^egai advertisem ent« will in all case« be charged (Written for the Portland Spectator by John B. Yeon) For the man living in the great out doors, nature more often opens her book of beautiful scenee than for the city dweller. She introduces the woodsman to her secrets by teaching him how to lieten to the whisperirg trees, the chattering chipmunks and the laughing ritfies. He is lead to the river shores to gate into the reflection* made when the sun is low in the west. And aB the man looks and listens, be dreams. T h a t ia what S. Benson did when he was working for daily wages in legging camps, and later when he owned his own timber tracts and log ging crews. He still loved the wonder ful outdoors when he sold hie holdings for millions. The impressions have never left him He worked to see perpetuated the beauty of nature; each water fall be wanted made accessible so that ail the people cuuld visit and enjoy them. Mr. Benson loved the natural beauties of this great Oregon country with an un selfish love. And later when this man had the means, he began making the beautiful places along the Columbia river ac cessible to mankind and safe from de struction. This he uid by purchasing large tracts of land and giving the titles to the city and state. That he made these purchases with keenest foresight and broadest ideas ie proved already. Take for instance the Wahkeena Falls. Leas than three years ago Mr. Benson purchased these crystal cata racts for $20,000. Today they could not be bought for ten times that sum. Another attiaction that he has given the public is Multnomah Falls. Think what some hntel owners would give for this site today! Also, consider the thousands of people who are enabled to enjoy the views from the top of Larch mountain because an easy trail has been built to the summit. The trail and bridge at Wahkeena Fails cost $15,000, and the other bridge and trail at Mult nomah Falla cost many more dollars. And to keep the waters of these falls forever pure, Mr. Benson purchased the land on both sides of each stream back to its source. Other gifts have been made to Port land and Oregon by this generous man. They are the many bronze drinking fountains in the downtown districts and the trades school building These do nations are valuable not only to the present generation, but to the future citizens of the state as well. Yet, this is not all. Mr. Benson has spent thousands of dollars in road im provement, making suiveys for hign- ways, and even paving a mile of the Columbia River Highway in Hood R iv er county. All these things have been done on the broadest, progressive lines. They are for the enjoyment of the greatest number and for the good of si. They have helped make Portland the most wonderful of cities. No other metropolis can boaBt of having public narks of its own 31 miles from the business center, and reached by such a scenic road as the Columbia River Highway. It would be well for me tn explain some ot the road work that has been possible because of Mr. Benson's inter est in seeing the projects carried through. About three years ago he gave the state $10,(XX) to cut out a road way on the side of Shell Rock moun t i n ’ which was considered by many a harrier around which no permanent road could be built. A gang of con victs was placed on the job. The re sult was not what some had hoped for, Ja n u s McGregor died on Sunday,: but it did show that modern roads could December 24, 1916, at the home of his not be built without engineers and ruad daughter, Mrs. Daniel Grant, in Port m in who fully understood construction. land, at the age of 91. For the past j His next big donation was the $15,000 twn months his condition has been to Hood River county to guarantee the critical, and fnr 36 days preceding bis sale ot $75,000 worth of bonds for road death he had practically fasted, as it | work. This meant that the county re- was impossible for him to retain food ceived $90,000 worth of work for its dr drink. A year age Mr. McGregor $75,000. A more recent donation to the same contracted the grippe from which he never fully recovered. Doctors attend county was the mile of pavement, ten ing, however, pronounced his physical feel wide, eastward from the Multno condition otherwise excellent, and mah county line. A t present Mr. Hen stated that every organ of the body son is spending about $20,000 improv was in perfect working order and that ing the stretch between Ilelina and his heart action was exceptionally : Clatskanie in Columbia county. With strong. The entire family were at his the exception of this last named gift, which is not yet completed, the dona bedside when he passed away. Mr. McGregor was born in Edin-1 tions of S. Benson made in the last burgh, Scotland, November 6, 1825 three years follow : In 1861 he became interested in the j Shell Rock mountain, $10,000; S u r hond work guarantee, coal industry of Cape Breton, Nov* , vey, $5,000; Scotia Afte r a number of years he $15,00(1; one mile pavement, $10,000; Wahkeena Falle, $20,600; trail and went to British Columbia, and then tn $15,000; Multnomah Falls, Cailfornia. He settled in Mosier 22 bridge, years ago, a pioneer homesteader, anc $5.000. Benson bridge and trail, $1,500; resided here and in Portland the re land below railroad track, $500; gov mainder ef hie life. It was interesting ernment land, $300; trades school, to hear him tell of his varied experi $101),0O0; drinking fountains, $10,000. Mr Benson is a strong believer in ences in the United States and Canada. His intellect was exceptionally clear the thought that any community will be just what the people help make it. and recollection distinctively vivid lo the list. Hie hearing, which had never been impaired, was very acute H 4 I l- l- l- l I I I I I -l- l "l M " l I I I I i i and at all times he took keen interest in games of cards or checkers, playing always a masterful game. A student of social and economic questions, Mr. I H I I I I I I I I M - I + I I I I I I I I I I ' McGregor enjoyed Ihe daily papers and The Bureau of Entomology of the even during the year often walked many blocks in Portland to various United States Department of Ag ricu l meetings. One of hie greatest attr i ture, accoiding to its annual report butes was self-poise which he had just issued, during the past year has devoted considerable attention to in developed to a remarkable degree. Mr. McGregor was greatly beloved and sert! attacking apples, grape*, peaches and nuts. respected by ail who knew him. While The studiee of the codling moth in in Mosier last year he would often walk to town and back to the home of Colorado in cooperation with Ihe Col his son, and enjoyed many hours work orado experiment station, according to ing around the house and even spaded the entomologists, have yielded much valuable information. The studies have the ground in the cherry orchard. Always hit thoughts were for hi* shown that there are in the Grand Val brother men and the laboring clai sea ley two brood* of larvae and a partial were hie friends. A man uf sterling third brood each year. A band trap has worth and character, hie counsel and been oevised for use around tha trunk kinoly acts will long he remembered. and branches of apple treea which per His remsrkebl* tenacity in naii.tain- mit* the larvae to enter and pupate ing his long hold upon life may be but prevent! the exit of the moths. Other investigations show that what attributed to his indomitable will and his clean and noble spirit of youth. is railed ‘ ‘■ligmonoec i n j u r y " to apples His wife, Mrs. Isshclla McGregor, is connected with the punctures of the died in 1899 in Mosier. Four of hie fruit by aphide particularly tha roay eight children survive They ere J . K. aphis. Spraying resulted in a consid McGregor, of Moeier; Mrs. Isabella erable diminuation of this injury. Waifr, of Maoraa; Miriam McDonald Experiments in the use of poisonous and Mr*. Daniel Grant, of Portland. gases against the woolly apple aphi* $ ur.eral services were held W ednes indicate that carbon btaulphid may be day afternoon from the Skewet Under- applied to tha roots with good results taing parlora in Portland. Tho body by injection or in water poured around was accompanied to Mosier by the the W i l l . Experiments in tha control member* of the family that nigh! of the woolly aphis on tha roots of n u r - , short commitment service* were held aery apple stock by tha use of poison-' at the eemeUry, Rev. I eon L. Myers ous gs.es indicate that while tha use officiating, the remains were viewed of carbon bitulphid ta impracticable b$ relatives and friends, and then laid under nursery conditions para dirhlcrf- to rest by the side of hi* wife ie the bensei a offers promise against this family plot. pad. (F rom the llood River Glacier (C. C. Chapman in Oregon Voter) Litigation between Northwestern We can put a finger on the atortcom- ing— the failure of our business men to fruit sales agencias and transconti appreciate what the Northweaiern nental railway lires is likely to result Fruit Exchange, a private corporation, frum the action of the railway system! meant to our community and atate. in placing a temporary embargo on the Tbia exchange started some eight or shipment of apples, according to offi ten years ago in Uregon tv> market ciels o» co-operative salea agencies. Kenneth McKay, manager of the Oregon apple* and make a profit for its stockholders by so doing. The men Fruit Growers’ Exchange, the local who backed the exchange with a cap a f f i l i a t i o n of the Northwealerr Fruit ital investment were principally of Exchange, while he character!*, s the Medford and Seattle, two live com- present embargo as a possible benefit rnunities of which you may have heard, to Northwestern growers, in that it but they established its offices in Port will tend the clean up an over supply land as being the logical marketing of apples in eastern terminal cities, center for the fruit industry of the questions the legal right of the railway Northwest. They poured money in companies to set the embargo. “ In my opinion,” says Mr. McKay, each year to make up the deficit ¡money that came from themselves as invest “ the action of the railway companies, if allowed to go unquestioned, will set ors, instead of from the pockets of growers, as would have been the case a precedent that is likely to hamper the fruit induslry of the Northwest in in a cooperative institution.] the future. While our organization is A f te r they had pioneered along these not likely to begin litigation, 1 am 1 lines for two or three seasons, and se expecting the matter to be threshed cured superb results for the epple out drastically from the Seattle office growers who entrusted them with the of the Northwestern Fruit Exchange, marketing of their products, our state and some of the other Northweitern and community started in to foster district associations affiliated with the competition. We called a meeting of central agency will undoubtedly en | grower* and inflamed them with the deavor to restrain the railways or to idea of cooperation aa their salvation sue for a decision that will prevent from the greed of the middleman— who possible future embargoes at such a in this instance was none othcr’ than time as might seriously injure apple or the Northwestern F ru it Exchange. other fruit shippers.” The exchange was charging growers a Officials of the Apple Grower* Asso low price per box for handling their ciation characterizes the action of the apples, and losing money for its stock railways in setting the embargo as in holders during the pioneer period, ¡hut volving a principle that may he very nothing would satisfy the fruit g ro w inimical to Northwestern i ru i l inter ers but that through cooperating they ests. could do it cheaper than could the ex “ I f shipments of fruit had rontinued change. Our atate and community used unhampered,” said Mr. McKay , "east- this spirit of discontent, our daily pa ern markets would be further filled pers gave the cooperative movement with Northwestern boxed apples. The columns while denying lines tn the ex fruit would either he stored or placed change (probably on the theory that it in sale in a weak market. Should the waB wrong to give free publicity to s market revive, a likely outcome, the private interest unless it paid fur it), Northwestern apple shipper will have and an atomsphere of. hostility was plenty of refrigerator cars in which, to raised up around the private enter rush his apples to the eastern centers prise. No helping hand was extended and take advantage of the condition. to i t ; every embarrassment was set in At the present time all of the markets motion to hurt its relations with its with which 1 am acquainted have patrons. enough apples tu supply them for the The result? The exchange moved its next several weeks.” head offices to Seattle, where the at The Union Pacific embargo went mosphere to a business enterprise was into effect Saturday night at 12 o'clock. friendly. Seattle was only too delight- The Great Northern was refusing early ed to grab off a business that would last week to accept shipments of ap tend to make it the fruit marketing ples, while the Northern Pacific, which renter, instead of Portland, the logical can handle local shipments of apples location. The clearings of the ex- i through its Wsllula gateway, offered change, amounting to millions, went j to carry fruit in ventilated ears but through Seattle banks; Seattle land refused the option of the shipper to lords got the office re nt; Seattle print send the fruit by heater service. Be ers got the money for the many colored cause of the extremely cold country advertising pamphlets and apple box over which the line travels the latter labels; and Seattle retailers got the rail line's embargo might as well be benefit of the exchange's big offiee¡pay absolute, according to local men. roll. The Union Pacific embargo, which But that narrow, community result was said to have been set because of w sb small compared te the loss to the the abnormal congestion of the apple districts of Oregon. This state freight, the lark of motive poweFand lost the one greatest, virile, enterpris the prevailing cold weather over the ing, sound organization whose whole Rocky Mountain region, will last until effort was devoted to marketing an January 8, according to announce pies. True, it does a big business in ments. The Apple Growers Associa Oregon, but their volume from this lion is hit more heavily here than any state is not nearly what it would he other shipping concern. The Associa had the state and our city given the tion has already shipped approximate exchange the support necessary to hold ly 1,000 cars of fruit, hut has 700 addi its headquarters in Portland. tional to rol!. The F ru it Growers F ru it growers of Oregon have looked Exchange will escape with not more tn Portland for sound leadership. We than 20 care of apples unshipped have given too little attention to their Other concerna and private individuals problems; have given them well in have a probable 30 cara on hand. tended but hasty and unsound guidance; have lost business for our city and have let the great apple industry fall behind in marketing its products. L e t ’s do some worth while thinking ; i t ’s never too late to help.” James McGregor Columbia Auto & Machine Co., Hood River 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. Busmce* local« will he charged at 5 cent* per Une far each IneerUon. No: 43 ^ I WHAT S. BENSON HAS PORTLAND BLAMED LITIGATION MAY FOLLOW EMBARGO DONE FOR PORTLAND FOR EXCHANGE LOSS The estimated total cost of liquor imported by Hood River county con sumers for the year 1916 reaches $5,250. JJp to Tuesday, the local office of the American Express Co. has de- , livered 402 shipments of intoxicating liquor. Ninety parcels of liquor re- main in the office undelivered. It is expected that more than 500 packages will have been delivered for the month before the week ends. The highest previous month's deliveries was in No vember, when Hoed River county con sumers received 375 packages of liquor. The total liquor shipments for the year have reached 2.996, practicaly all P E O P L E ’S N A V I G A T I O N CO. C H A R L E S N E L S O N . M g r . of them containing two quarts. Over 150 shipments of beer have been re Leaves The Dalles 7:00 A. M ., Sundays, Tuesdays and ceived. STEAM ER rrr-r-— MOSIER, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 39,1910. White R iv er Flour 1 9 — RATES ( hurch of Christ Bible School, 10 a. m. Communion Service, 11 a. m Morning Subject: " A Review of the Federal Council Convention.” The actual accomplishment* of the Federal Council in its efforts to bring tn pass a real and lasting unity of God's people has resulted in so much real good and promises so much for the future of the Church of Christ everywhere that we believe a review of the recent conven tion held in St. Louie, Mo , is due all those interested in the advancement of the Kingdom of Chriat. All are in vited to hear this address. C. E .. 6.30 p. m. Evening Sermon: " T h e Platform of Success.” Th e Church Board at a special meet ing discuised ways end means of mak ing the church building of more value to the community. It was decided to open a reading room in the basement of the churrh, which ie intended to become a rlare for quiet recreation for any one who may denre to take advan tage of surh opportunity. Game* will be provided of different kind* so that during the cold wniter season a com fortable as well as clean place of amusement will be attainable for all who deeire such a place T o begin with, to test whether or not there n ■ demand for such recreation the room will be opened two evenings a week during tha hours from 7 to 10 o'clock p m. Any one having magxzires which they would care to contribute, such contributions from timo to time would be gratefully received. Also w* are in ■ receptive mood to receive such games at would contribute to eletn amusement. It it the deeire of this thureh to servi the community and any suggestion* from those inter acted in the larger outlook of Christian sorvico will bo gladly received Loon L. Myers Minister, Happy New Year To AH — FROM THE— Pacific Power and Light Co. “ A lw a y s at Y o u r S e r v ic e ” New Year’s Greetings from U/>e MOSIER HOTEL The Hotel Mosier wishes to thank its many friends and patrons for their loyal support during the past, and with a firm resolve to serve them more efficiently in the future, it wishes each and everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year in 1917. JOHN ELDER, Proprietor. MEAT MARKET Now Open for Business H u s k e y <EL T e m p le m e ie r , P ro p s. C . L. Dunsm ore In charge w h o will do the r o l l i n g of Fresh Meat* on hand G o o 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 eyes in time and you may save him or her from the necessity of wearing glasses later on. More—You Prevent Permanent Defect We give special attention to the examination of children’s eye* W* are thoroughly experienced in thie work and will tell you franklv whether glasses are required or not, and we will furnish them, pro|ieriy fitted W. F. Laraway, Jeweler and Optician H O O D RIVER - - OREGON DALE & MEYER Tailors to Men and to Women Cleaning and Pressing H o o d R iv e r , O r e g o n APPLE NOTES A Happy and Prospeous New Year to All MOSIER VALLEY BANK M osier - O re g o n Buy Him A New Year Smoke A FINE LINE OF CIGARS. PIPES IN CASES, TOBACCOS IN HUMIDORS, AS WELL AS HIGH GRADE BOXED AND BULK CANDIES. ‘THE OAKS 9 * B W . V F . A T C H . Prop MOSIER. O R EG O N