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Entered as »e. und class matter March 12. 19u9 at
the post otftce at Mosier. Oregon, under the A c t o f
Marrh 3 .187».
MOSIER, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, 1’RIDAY, JANUARY 19,:*191«.
V O L. V III
NEW YORK PRAISES
OREGON APPLES
because it makes
of bread. Don’t
be fooled into buying the low
p r ic e d flour thinking you are
getting something cheaper than
Is c h e a p e r
m o r e loaves
to the party oruertrg them, at legal rates, and
4 <>
paid for before affidavits are fam ished.
SUIT WILL TEST
LEGALITY OF BONDS
ours were packed that way we would
redeem them in a minute to keep up
our good name. We back up every line
ot our advertising by deb.ering the
goods to the last apple called fur.”
And there you have a live New York
(By Isaac Russell in the New Yoik marketing problem, as vital as any
There has been much discussion in
having to do with the high ust of liv regard to the legality of the bonds of
Evening Mail.)
ing
everything
to
eat
in
'bis
town.
I f you are a consumer of food in New
$ 260,000 voted for good roadi in Wasco
York city and have read the papers How can your retailer, den ed hy the
lately and have to watch your food bill, apple packer and the farme' up state, county at the recent election and in
you are probably pretty mad by this sell low when he pays h i for culls order to determine the legality of this
time about the aituation and are likely and rubbish?
bond issue, a friendly suit haa been
to have it in for the middleman. Well,
started by O. K. Wilson, o f Mosier.
here’s a le t of facts that should change
Opponents of the issue maintain that
your mind a little bit. They concern
folks that were to show up the middle
the bond* are illegal because of a law
man. They got me to help them and I
passed in 1913 which stated that in
started out to do just that.
order for the issue to carry the bonda
Instead we showed up his Royal Ex
i should have received a majority of the
cellency the Great American Farmer in
Through the earnest efforts of A. R.
grand style. We showed him up in this
votes cast at any general flection.
case as a fakir, a grafter, and a manip Chase, county agent, an extension The proper interpretation of the word
school will be held in Mosier in l.amb’a
ulator of the lowest order who would
on Friday and Saturday, January 27 majority in this case and uf this law
make a Wall atreet bucket shop broker
ar.d 28. Speakers will be present from will tie passed upon by the courts.
blush for shgme.
The suit was filed in The Dalles
the Oregon Agricultural College, The
I f you want to know what makes the
morning to force the
Dalles, Hood River and talk* will also Wednesday
cost of living soar up higher and higher
county
court to accept the bonds a»
be made by local fruit growers. On
just get a good look at some ot the
legal
and
to
sell these bond» to the
the second ilav of ii.e institute talks
tricks the farmer playa on those who
will be made for the benefit of the successful bidders, Clark, Kendall &
have to buy his goods.
women in the community by Miss Etta Co., ot Portland, who bid a (premium
In this case the goods were one bar
of 4j per cent. Mr. Kendall states
rel of extra quality apples. They were M. Turley, of the Home Economics that he believes these bonds to be
extra quality, too. The first four lay department of the Oregon Agiicultural legal in every respect and that the
College. These latter sessions will be
ers down from the top were extra good
company still wants them, but will
quality. The other layers were extra held iri the school house.
await the action of tbo courts. The
bad quality. In the middle there were Z During the week beginning January Wasco county court tiled a demurrer
22 there will be a seriea uf extension
layers uf culls and rubbish.
against the suit, and Judge W. L.
The farmer who parked those apples schools in four different sections of the Bradshaw promised a decision not later
These points will include
— they came in this case direct from county.
than today
I f his decision is adverse
the farm —packed them to deceive the Mosier, Tygh Vslley, Dufur, and The the case will be appealed to the su
city buyer. The apples on the top were Dalles. Some of the subjects taken up preme court of the state for final
the kind of apples that you pay 5 cents w'll be soils, grain growing, market decision.
District Attorney
F\ V.
' ing, horticulture,
farm accounting,
FOR SALE BY
or more for retail. The apples in the
poultry and problems of household Galloway will handle the case for the
middle were of the kind that no retailer
arts. In speaking of these meetings county court and Attorney Montague,
would dare to display at any time.
“ There ot Portland will argue for the plain
TRd "show-up" scene started out to County Agent Chase says:
tiff. I f the supreme court should de
be a demonstration agamat 5 cent ap are many demands for the specialists cide that the bonds are legal this will
ples. The barrel was opened before a and it was only by promising a splen settle the controversy, the bonds will
mass meeting o f citizens, who had did attendance that we were able to be sold and work will commence on the
priced apples on the way to the meet get the extension workers for Wasco roads as soon as the weather will
ing. This barrel came at $3.50 from county. We have enough confidence in permit.
the auction market of John J. Dillon, Wasco county people to feel that they
In an article appearing in the Ore
food and market commissioner. It was will help us to keep our word
The program has been outlined as gonian recently, J. L. Kelly of The
1 purchased by me on the surface show
Dalles, who is a member of the advis
1 mg after digging in three layera deep follows:
ory hoard in the bond issue, stated
Friday, January 26.
and finding the goods ran true to form.
that the Mosier end of the route will
9 a. m.
"W hy We Want to Gel be the last constructed. Local citizens
1 figured out that I could sell those
A. R. Chase, County can see no reason why work on the
fine apples a* one cent each and that Acquainted,”
, the people who bought at a cent would . Agent.
Mosier road should not be commenced
"Oregon Wet or
D ry,"
J. W. simultaneously with other portions. It
tie getting just what the buyers at the
Brewer,
Secretary
Wasco
Count) will rot be difficult to secure the
retail stores paid five cents for.
So folks were invited to fill paper | Chamber of Commerce.
rights-of -wsy on the Dry Creek route
10 a. m.
" l ’ runing
for. F ruit." as almost all of the poople living along
bags, each worth 25 cents, with 25 tine
W.
S.
Brown,
of
O.
A.
C.
. apples. The first four men to dip into
the proposed route realise the benefits
the apple barrel were shocked and sur i "F orag e Crops for the Mnsier Dia- to hu derived and many of them have
prised. How could such fine apples go : Irict,” J. K. Larsen, O. A. C..
signified their intention of
giving
1 p. m. "Station Work and Mosiei right-of-way when the proper time
so much lower than any price they ever
One 10 cent can o f pepper and one 15 cent 17*. e***
heard of ! They bubbled their delight. Problems,” Leltoy Childs, o f the Hood arrives. Little question ia raised by
can o f c i n n a m o n .................................. * I C C
It was about time to explain the | River County Experiment Station.
Competent authorities in regard to the
2 p. m.
“ Orchard Cover Crops," legality on the bond iasue but it is
manipulative move« of the produce
W.
S.
Brown.
().
A.
C.
speculators and the many salea of a
desired to make the issue doubly sure
3 p. in.
“ Sprays and Spraying,” , by testing the matter through the
barrel of apples between the farm and
eRoy Childs.
the consumer and how this barrel was I.
courts.
One 10 cent can o f pepper, mustard or ¥ 7 * . ^ ^
Discussion led by Dr. C. A. Macrum, • The road is open now from Portland
low in price because it came in a direct
, line from farm to consumer with no- of Mosier.
g i n g e r .................................................. -F l C C
ns far as Hood River but touriata and
j body's needless toll taken out.
Saturday, January 27.
ihe public generally understand that
But something happened. 1 he fifth
the
road ends there, which ia in theory
10 a. m.
"Pruning, Orchard Deni-
man to dip into the barrel began to »n it ration ," Prof. Brown.
true as the road from there on to The
complain and wail aloud. The apples
"F a r m e r and Orchard
Business Dalles is in a deplorable condition and
were no good any mure. Instead of
it might be called almost a disgrace to
Accounting," H. F. Keyes, O. A. C.
large, red ones, tie was running into
2 p. m. "Chickens and Prosperity," any county. In order to inform the
little
green,
shriveled
up
ones.
•*>
public h s to the exact sentiment re
C. C. Lamb. (). A. C.
I carried the case back to Commis
3 p. m. General Discussion of thi garding thia portion of the road, an
sioner Dillon’s office.
Problems of Packing and Marketing." ' article by John B. Yeon, roadmaater
"W hat are we going to do with the
of Multnomah county, appearing in the
J. M. Carroll, of Mosier.
fraudulent apple packer” was asked.
Portland Journal of Wedneaday, Janu
Saturday, January 27.
m
" N o w you’ ve asked something," Dil
10 a. ni.
"S te p Savers for the ary 17, ia reproduced herewith:
lon
replied.
"W
hat
are
we
going
to
do
I
H om e," Miss Etta M. Turley, of the ) "Prosperity ia always to be found
with him? Why he’s one of the big Home
Economics
department
of where there are good roads, and where
problems of this higher cost o f living.
the good road ends, prosperity ends,"
Yes, he fakes the middleman. Yes. O. A. C.
2 p. in. "Foo d for the Fam il y." said John B. Yeon, Multnomah county's
the retailer suffers from him. Yes, it
roadmaster,
addressing the members*
Miss Turley.
íh only too true that packing the out
council of the Chamber of Commerce
side of a barrel to look good and the in
Monday noon.
side to use up the culls is an old New
"1 was surprised to learn," he con
York state farmers’ trick. Only a few
tinued, "that for one machine going
still practice it, but enough to bring
over the Columbia river highway last
discredit on the New York state farm
year, 12 pa ised over the Snohomish
I
____ V ¡ produce.
pass. The difference in travel lay In
" A law now forbids the practice.
the connecting roads. We can’ t expect
We can follow up this case unci punish
The following list of books was re people to gather from everywhere here
the offender.
Reforms are coming ceived at the Mosier library the latter in order to travel over an unconnected
slowly. I wish they could be forced part of last month from the Wasco stretch of road. Adverse reports on
and that honest packing could become county libra ry:
the condition of the road between
the invaiiable rule in New York
History
Multnomah county and The Dalles
state ."
Hough, Story of (he Cowboy
turned aside many tourist* last year.
There you have the aspiration of a
Fiction
Many more would have come could we
public official who above everything Bower, Phautom Herd
have said that from the sea through
else is the farmer's friend, represent Grey, Light of Western Stars
I he heart of the Cascade mountains
ing primarily the farm viewpoint.
Maniates, Mildew Manse
there was a perfect road 200 miles
And in the facts presented above you Richmond, Red Pepper Burns
long, revealing the greatest scenery
have, primarily, a picture of the rea Weils, Curved Blades
on earth. What we want to do now,
son Oregon apples crowd New York
Juvenile
and do it with all our might, is to get
state apples out of the New York city Jacobs, Blue Bonnet Keeps House
hack to the completion o f the Hood
market.
Rar.kin, Adopting of Rosa Marie
River end o f the highway, and from
A peddler brought to my home in Rankin, Castaways of Pete's Patch
Portland to the sea. They tell me it
this town two hue apples, offering to Skir.ner, Merry Tale»
won’ t be long until Washington will
sell a box " o f the same qu ality." I
Magaxincs
build a hard surface road from the
happened to be present. I thought I Harper’s magazine, November, 1916
British Columbia line to the Columbia
would cstch him cold in the ususl New
The list received this month ia as river. That road will mean just as
York state trick. I said I would buy follo w s :
much to us as i f we had to pay for it
provided "th e apple in the middle was
Automobiles
" T h e chief trouble we have in build
P E O PLE 'S NAV IG A TIO N CO.
,
C H AR LES NELSON. Mgr. as good as the apple on to p ." He Vernll, A H C of Automobile Driving
ing good roada is the tax dodger, who
gladly accepted the challenge and
Biography
can't understand that letting go of
poured out a whole boxful of the apples Chalmers, Beloved Physician, P. L money for good roads is an invest
Leaves The Dalles 7:00 A. M., Sundays, Tuesdays and
down
to
the
last
apple
in
it.
Sure
Trudeau
ment.
Thursdays. Arrives at Mosier at 8:15. A. M.
enough every apple was as good as
Fiction
"Portland people ought to get into
Leaves Portland on Mondays. Wednesdays and Saturdays
■ every other apple. These were graded, Jewett, t iiuntry of the Pointed Firs
their minda that within Km miles of
from Oak Street Dock.
Passengers and freight.
standardized goods.
Bartlett, Wall Street Girl
Portland may be found a climate as
Needless to say they were not from Van Srhaiek, Girl at Rig Loon Post
Mosier Dock in charge of VV. F. Baker, who will meet all
sunshiny as California'*. I have ¡jet
a farm around this part of the country.
J U V E N IL E
boats and attend to transfer. Phone No. 191.
I’ome hack from three days at (food
They were Mosier, Oregon, apples, told
Religion
River. My family had cold*, but by
; under a brand that has been standard- Baldwin, Old Stories of the East
just this short trip and thia short time,
' ized- that has been put on the market
Useful Arts
got entirely rid or them.
to win the consumer’s confidence. Kellai.d, American Boys’ Workshop
" D i d you ever atop to think ot what
Honest goods honestly marked were
Amusement»
it mean* to ua that The Dalle* ha*
here, and there seemed a real fight to Collirs, Book of Magic
more sunshiny days during • year than
make them so.
Fiction
Lot Angelea has?"
" H o w can the farmers out in the Seaman, Sapphire Signet
northwestern stales do it when New
The local library had a larger circu
Y olk state farmers can’ t ' ' " 1 asked
Charles McCarthy, who is associated lation during the month of December,
with the National Conference of Mar 1916, than ary of the county branches:
Mosier, 328: Dufur, 311; Antolope,
keting and Farm Credits.
" I t ’s the e x p e i t , " was hit answer. 283: Tygh. 231.
"D ow n in Maryland, for instance, the
(From lh« Hood Kivar Glacier)
farmers are all organized. Tney plant
Koetdsle School Notes
The county court has announced their
potatoes from seed their expert recom
The fourth month o f school cloned intention of building a half mile o f hard
mends. They harvest potatoes when
they are told that, scientifically, the at District No. 8 on January 5 Rheua surface road on the Eaat Side thia sum
time is ripe. They grade their product and Burrette Isom, Ora and Flora mer. The exact location of the half
and their expert passes on every box Evans, Victoria Rurtnn and Bessie mile haa not baen decided upon, hut
before it can go cut under the cooper Marsh were neither absent nor tardy will be Inside the mile from the Pine
ative brand. No farmer car, crook the durirg the fourth month of school Grove store north past the warehouses
whole farmer's sllianre. They will not 1 he following pupils earned the high slung the Mount llood railroad and east
let any individual farmer hurt the good est average in the last monthly exam past A. I Mason's, ending with the
r’. a-t Side what-used to-be macadam.
name of all of them. The cooperative ination :
Eighth grade, Ora Evans, 97 3 7.
Probably no piece of road in the val
organizations of farmers to sell their
Seventh grade. Rheua Isom and ley carries heavier travel than thia, and
product have all failed, save where
Florence
Evans,
96
6-7.
no
better location could have been se
they hive employed an expert manager
Sixth grade, Burrette Isom. 98 4-9.
lected for a piece of permanent road.
to keep every one of them straight in
Fourth grade, Bessie Marsh, 99 3 7.
The court will go over the route a little
the interests of all of th em ."
Third grade, l.enard Evans and Rob later and decide upon the exact part to
That view of it was substantially the
cover, at which time they will confer
view of the management of the North ert l o m. 99 1-6.
Second grade.
Uncae Marsh ard with the neighboring property owner*,
west Fruit Exchange
The Northwest
NO O TH ER LIK E IT.
ard find out how much labor, i f any,
NO O TH ER A S GOOD. Exchange puts its apples on the New Thelma Wlnans, 99.
and team work will be donated. A con
Fust grade, Nedra Evana, 99 1-6.
P . r ' w f ^ 'N l W H O M E " . r '
i*
ha * York city market under certain stand
ai'Jerahl*
fill will have to be made at
The
visitors
st
school
last
month
By these brands the
i life a n «t at the priee y m pmr The d m iM t i' n o# ardised brands.
or e point, and dirt must be secured
tp a 'f rtpenw by super.of * .lim in ih p and best consumer can tell precisely whether he were Rev. Leon I.. Myers, Mrs C H
.-twisty of watenjil ¡••«rrm life-tor.* serri-.e at a*>n>>
Duntmore. Mia E. C. Rhodes and Wm. from a cut further east.
r.uai t t. In *t os hav F ( the
N E W HO M E**. is getting first grade gooda or accord
Lillian f Marvel, Teacher.
It ia estimated that between 236,000
grade goods. He cannot get a mixture Marsh.
WARRANTED FOR ALL TIME.
ai d 250,000 boxes of spplea passed over
of noth out of the same box.
- the war’ d orer for anper e aewing qual.ves
this road lest fall to the warehouse#
" Y e a . ” laid Wallace Rule, at the
Net *©id under u r ether u m t
Cider
The rosd for a quarter of a mite eaat of
Northwestern office, 90 West street.
- i *€« 4 '* t <5i A
MâCHiVf CO
the railroad track haa been impaaabale
'ingle gall'
Cheaper from
I t ia no accident that yoo found oar
ROW M il •«
gal
on*
up.
The
largar
the
'(O
quantity
the
tl
for
the better part of the last two
loods pocked right, and packed honest
month*
«•par
the
elder.
C
.
A
lia
r
y with nr leeeption. I f any good# of
W . E CHOWN
White River Flour
No.
EXTENSION SCHOOL
HERE NEXT WEEK
White River Flour
RaJtaaHjtUi
Thm Hvmt
EVERYTHING
ELECTRICAL
Every Sack Guaranteed.
Nichoi and Company
Mosier, O regon
Royal Club Coffee
SPECIAL ADVERTISING OFFER
Pacific Power and Light Co.
" A l w a y s at Y o u r S e r v ie * “
MEAT MARKET
N o w Open f o r B u s in e s s
H u s k e y ©, T e m p le m e ie r , P ro p s .
C. 1.. Ounsroore In charge w h o will do the cutting
o f Fresh 'te als on hand
G o o d supply
YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
3 pound tins $1.10
1 pound tins 40c
N IC H O L & C O M P A N Y
i
Don't Neglect the Children’ s Eyes
Give attention to your child’s eyes in time aod you may aav* him or tier
from the necessity of wearing glasses later on.
More—You Prevent Permanent Defect
We give special attention to the «lamination ol children's eyes. We are
.thoroughly experienced in thia work and will tell you frankly whether
glasses are required or not, uud we will furnish them, properly fitted
W. F. Laraway, Jeweler and Optician
HOOD RIVER
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OREGON
Mosier Book Store
Mosier, Oregon
BOOKS RECEIVED
AT MOSIER LIBRARY
E x p e r t A u to m o b ile R e p a irin g
F u l l 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 River County
Columbia Auto & Machine Co., Hood River
STEAM ER
TAHOM A
N E W H O M E
COUNTY COURT WILL
BUILD SURFACED ROAD
a * fo r X
J U S T A R R IV E D !
A new line o f samples, including all the latest
designs in Tweeds, Worsteds and
Cheviots. Come in and
look them over.
MEYER, The Tailor
108 Third Street
Hood River, Oregon
THRIFT
With the high cost of living these days we must be more
careful than ever of our expenditures.
By keeping a bank
account you will find it easier to keep account o f ex penses.
and easier to be thirfty at all times.
MOSIER V A L L E Y
Mosier
•
BANK
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 8-4
and 1-6 ft. grades budded and grafted on best whole roots
and guaranteed true-to-name.
Please write or phone
m y Luffe
Vulcanizing
T R U E-T O -N A M E N U R S ER Y , Hood River
Auto Supplies
Sporting
Goods
Cates & Co.
The Dalles, Ore.
f
After Dinner
tr) uoe ol our famous cigars ami your
eoioynient will be complete. W’ lth the
tirst puff "th e rare* that infeat the day
will fold their tenta liar the Arab* and
silently steal away." Poetic but truain
«very respect. Try H.
•THE OAKS’
B
W
V ette
h.
P rop ,
Mogie r . O rtfo n