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PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY ADVERTISING RATES BY MOSIER BULLETIN ROGER W MOE SUBSCRIPTION RATES • 1.5»' On* Y*»r. « ix Month* T h re e Mont ns P rofessional C ards . . . . .................... p er m onth f .Ml O ne s q u a r e ................................ O n e-q n arte r C o lu m n.......................... ** O ne half Column O ne Column “ * ** ...........................“ ...................................... - 1.08 3.< 0 3 id * B usiness locals will be e tav sw i a t i c e n ts p e r Una (or each in sertio n . I-egal sdv errieem en ts w ill in ail casee be ch arx ed E n te re d u second-class m a tte r M arch 12, 19U& a t th e poet office a t Mosier. O regon, u n d er th e A ct of M arch S. 187b MOSIKK. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 191«. VOL. VIII White R iver Flour Is cheaper becau se it m a k es more lo a ves o f bread . D on ’t be fo o le d in to b u y in g th e lo w priced flou r th in k in g you a re g e ttin g s o m e th in g ch ea p er th an W H ite R iv e r F lo u r E v e r y S ack G u ara n teed . F O R S A L E BY Nichol and Company Mosier, Oregon R oyal Club Coffee SPECIAL ADVERTISING OFFER 3 pound tins $1.10 One 10 cent can of pepper and one 15 cent p p can of c i n n a m o n ....................................... r 1 C C 1 pound tins 40c One 10 cent can of pepper, mustard or 1 7 | - p p g i n g e r ......................................................... " !• C C NICHOL & COMPANY ( I i i Mosier Book Store Mosier, Oregon W f » E x p e r t A u t o m o b ile R e p a ir in g F u lly 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 Colum bia A uto & M achine C o., Hood River STEAM ER TA H O M A CHARLES NELSON. Mgr. P E O P L E ’S NAVIGATION CO. 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 W. F. Baker, who will meet all boats and attend to transfer. Phone No. 101. (From the Hood River Glacier) The " f r i e n d l y " suit a g a in st the While a gita tion over their ownerahip Wasco ceunty good road bonda, in which O. E. Wilson a pea rs as plain- of land in the Hood R iver valley f r e quently c r e p t out a t Commercial club tilt, which was filed in the l ir c u i t court m ee tings and o th e r g a th e r in g s during last Wednesday afternoon, has been the year 1916, and numerous protests supplemented by an " u n f r i a n d l y " suit from p rom inent citixens a g a in st the in which was instituted Isst Ihursday crease of the local J a p a n e se p o|ulation - were voiced, last week a l t e r enator afternoon by Attorney K. R. Butler, Wilbur had introduced an an.l-alien of The Dalles, on behalf of C. J. land owning bill, a general apathy on Little page, of Mosier, and William the question seemed to prevail !.-ere The pro|>oied legislation was not Vogt, of The Dalles. even m entioned last week a t the week The complaints are practically the ly “ legislative luncheon” of the Com- same, says The Dalles Chronicle, and mecriat club a t the Mount Hood hotel. D istrict A ttorney E. V. Galloway has ^The anti-alien land owning bill has filed sn identical d e m u rre r to each. aroused a strong and concerted protest The first action was s t a r te d so th a t the on the p a rt o f th e .J a p a n e s e residents legal st a tu s of the local bonda could be or the valley. Speakin g for his coun quickly determined. The second suit, trym en, M. Yasui, a m em b e r of the tiled by A ttorney Butler, is for the c om m unity's only J a p a n e s e m ercantile purpose of delaying proceedings and concern, says he feels sure th at the making a strenuous fight against the proposer! b i l l , if adopted, will renew the international question raised when \ bonds. ■ludge W. L. Bradshaw, t was e x sim ilar tactic s were pursued by the pected, would have rendered an opinion legislative assembly of California a in the friendly action Friday, so th at num ber of ye ars ago. While the local the attorneys, no m a t t e r which side Ja p a n ese says he cannot apeak with won, could have expedited m a tte r s and any authority, he de clares t h a t he ’ have received a final opinion from the is well enough posted to s t a te that the suprem e court within a few weeks. Ja p a n e se g o ve rnm e nt will e n te t a for The second action may stre tc h the mal protest a g a i n s t the bill. "W hile IS* Pc. not feel t h a t any g r e a t " w e e k s ” Into months. The opinion of Ju d g e Bradshaw, according to the hardship would be worked on Japanese pe ople ,” says the Ja p a n e se merchant, I Chronicle, in view of subsequent i events, may not he rendered for two l " t h e proposed bill appears to us as a I or three weeks, and then instead of direct act of discrim ination against the quick action before the aupremc court, J a p a n e se land ow ner. I t comes at a Attorney B u tle r will, witnout doubt, time when t h e r e ia no necessity fur succeed in delaying the ease indefi- such action on the p a rt of Oregon legis- ' nitely. There is little chance now of latois. I believe t h a t those who are | g e ttin g the suit advanced on the su prom oting the measure lack inform a tion. preme court docket. “ J a p a n e se residents of Oregon have The ultim a te outcome will be the same, hut it may mean th a t no work been steadily decreasin g since 1910. 1 can he doue on the Wasco county roads have as my authority sta tistic s g a t h this sum m er, and also m eans th at an ered by the 'Blue B ook,’ issued last uddtd expense of thousands of dollars ye ar by the North American Times, a will he saddled upon the tax p a y e r s of J a p a n e se publication of S e a ttle with a branch in Cortland. It iB sta te d in this Wasco county. Senato r C. A. B a rrett, of Um atilla publication t h a t the total Japanest county, was a m em ber of the 191 it population of Oregon for 1916, includ legislatu re which passed the law which ing men, women and children, was governs bond elections in this sta te 3,243. In 1910 the total population was He is a member of the present legisla an a p p ro x im ate 5,500. In Hood River ture. He says th a t the $260,000 good county at the preaent time my country roads bonds were legally adopted hy men, including women and children, the voters of Wasco county a t the reach a total num ber of approxim ately J25. The ‘Blue Book’ placed them last November election. Clark, Kendall & Company, e v id e n t ye ar a t 343. In 1910 th ere was 500 ly beileve t h a t the bonds are legal as J a p a n e se in the valley. So you will they have left their certified check for see th a t Ja p a n ese population has m a $14,000 with the county court, but do terially decreased. " I know t h a t it is the intention of not want to be bound by their original bid indefinitely, fearing th at the bond my g overnm ent to continue the r e s t r ic m a r k e t m ig ht fail. In the e vent of a tion of im m igration to this country. favorable decision on or before F e b r u For the past se veral y e a r s only the im ary 10. 1917 will take the bonds, and in mediate m em bera of lumilies of men case an unfavorable decision is r e n who had already se ttle d in America dered by the suprem e court the county have been allowed to imm igrate. court has given the bonding company Where children have passed the age of permission to w ithdraw from the con 20 years they have been refused the I t r a c t upon w ritten notice and the privilege of joining their families tbin k t h a t a study of land tr a n s f e r s in check will be returned. the Hood River valley will show that more land in the p a s t few years has been purchased from Ja p a n ese holders than has been bought by Ja p a n ese . I know now of numerous Ja p a n ese land holders who would like to dispose of their property. It is true th at a g re at many s tr a w b e r r ie s are grown by J a p It behooves everyone inte rested in anese. Hut a very large percentage of any way in the fru it industry to attend the land on which the crops are pro the m eetings today and tomorrow of duced is held under lease. You will the Wasco county movable schools find land ow ners who want to lease a rra nge d by the extension service of their property, but to J a p a n e se ra n ch the Oregon A gricultural College the ers only. through A. It. Chase, county agent. "H ood R iver c o u nty's sheriff, Mr. These m eetings will be held in L am b's Johnson, was j u s t in rny store, lie hall and in the school house and if you told me t h a t since he had been in office are inte rested in b e tt e r farm ing and he had never hud to institute criminal o e tte r homes, come out to one of the proceedings a g ain st a J a p a n e s e . ” places and spend the e n tire day. Mr. Yasui declares th a t his country The program for the two day se s has re stric te d imm igration to this sions follows . country for the reason th a t she has her Fiiday. J a n u a ry 26. own colonization problems to consider. 9:00 “ Why We W ant to Get Ac "M y home c o u n t r y , ” he says, “ has q u a in t e d ," A. R. Chase, County Agent. vast area s of land in Korea, Manchuria " O re g o n W et or D r y , ” J. W. and China t h a t she desires to develop Brewer, Sec retary Wasco County and improve. She needs all of her Chamber of Commerce. people for the s e ttle m e n t of this t e r r i 10:00 " P r u n in g for F r u i t , ” W. S. t o r y . ” Brown, of C). A. C. The P ortland Chamber of Commerce, 11:00 " F o r a g e Crops for the Mosier according to the Oregonian, made a D istr ic t,” W. S. Brown formal protest a g a in st the bill. 1 :00 " S ta t io n Work and Mosier The Cham ber takea the position that P r o b le m s ," LeKoy Childs, of the Hood the m easure has been fr u itf u l of u n River County E xperim ent Station. ending conflict in the past and th at il 2:00 "O r c h a r d Cover C rops,” ,W. S. seriously will jeopardize the friendship and the commercial relations between Brown. 3:00 " S p r a y s and S p r a y i n g ," LeRoy OrsfOS and the Orient a t a tim e when especial care should be take n to p r e Childs. Discussion led by Dr. C. A Macrum, serve the friendly relations between them. of Mosier. Saturday, J a n u a ry 27. At the m eeting of the legislative 9:00 "A Mortgage L i f t e r , " discus (uininittee of the G range and C om m e r sion led hy A. R Chase. cial Club last Thursday afternoon, the 10:00 " P r u n in g . Orchard Demon anti-alien bill drew some discussion, s t r a ti o n , ” Prof. Brown. c rea tin g a difference of opinion among 1:00 " F a r m and Orchard Buaiuess the com m itteem en. Some talk in the A ccounting,” H. F. Keyes, O. A. C. past week has been heard on the stre et. 2:00 "Chickens and P ro s p e rity ,” It seems a p p a r e n t t h a t no concerted action will be take n on the p a rt of lo C. C. Lamb, O. A. C. 3:00 General Discussion. “ Packing cal |ieople to secure passage of the Problems and M a r k e tin g ,” J . M measure. Carroll, of Mosier The home economics program con ducted by M us Ann» M. Turley, of tbc Oregon A gricultural College, and held in the school house, Saturday, J a n u a ry 27, is as follows : 10:00 " S t e p Savers for the H o m e .” Search p a rties were out Friday night 2:00 " F ood for the F a m ily .” to find Miss M srtha S ta u b who had left the home of E. M. S tr a u ss snd failed to re turn. M artha and her tia- ter, F a th er, whose m other lives in Portland, have been employed a t the Strauaa home for the paat three weeks. Following a q uarrel with her sister, Martha left the house at 3 o ’clock and Six carloads of apples containing when darkness cam e and she failed to principally Arkansas Black, W sguer, re tu rn , a search of the woods bsck of Red Cheek. Gano, Newtown and Ren the house, the direction in which she Davis varieties, have been shipped set out, was begun. At ar. e arly hour during the past week from the w a r e in the morning, the h unt wa* a b an house of the Mosier F r u it Growers doned, and efforts renewed in the Association to points in the middle rrc rning. The two girls h i d come to and southwest. A nother e i r is nnw Mosier from the home of II M. Van- bein g loaded and this will clean up the t ier, in the Pine Grove d istric t of the apples now sorted in the warehou e. Hood River Valley, where they had Remaining unpacked a t the apple t.een employed, and it was conjectured houses of the growers are five or six t h a t probably M artha had a tte m p te d to carloads of apples, principally of the r e tu rn . Telephone m essa ges revealed Ben Davis variety, which will be no sign of her, but Mrs A. M. Hoop packed and shipped within the next reported having seen her paes on the t o d a y s . J. M Carroll reports th a t he road over the mountain. A measage haa in hia apple boast 2500 boxes of sent to P e te r S e l ti m a n then brought Ben D tvis apples yet unpacked wtlirh ba rk the knowledge of her where- will he sent oat in these final carload about*. He had found he r shortly lota. Manager R. D. Chatfield. o f the before the call asleep in s wagon on local aasociation, who declares th a t the his place, but (he refused to tell her apple m a r k e t is now in b e tte r sh a re name nr answer question*. She was than It has been for some tin e, has rhilled and her face and iinsb* swollen n i g h t ’s e sposure. When advanced to the grower*. $1 per box, from the including charge*, on Spitzenborgs a r d brought back to Mosier she m aintained Newtown*. Final return*, he says, t h a t she r r n u m b e r e d absolutely nothing held op on account of delayed shipping, from the tim e she left the Stra uss may be expecte d from the N o r t h w e s t home until diseoeered the following day. ern F ru it Exchange hy March 1. STAUB GIRL IN COMA SUFFERS FROM COLD MOSIER APPLE CROP NEARLY ALL SHIPPED NO O T H E R U N I IT. NO O T H E R A * O O O O • - I1!- •• N EW H O M E - a » fepa-.r »apen*« b qualify of aaaterti » „ I, .t > . « th « n . MEW H O M E ” WARRANTED FOR A LL TIME. -rn th« * -r 1 jv ? t f w ia p e r r if .ir w i» | * — S o t %rA6 h a d er ar.y c*k«r nam e Tut «cw srv'K vacmvc c$ .o tu w i.v tw . FW» » A il •» K - W . E CHOW N No. 47 MATERIAL SHORTAGE “ UNFRIENDLY” SUIT INTEREST LAGS ON FILED AGAINST BONDS ANTI-AIr N RILL MAY LIMIT SPRAYERS SPECIALISTS TALK ON FARM AND HOME « to th e p a rty o rd erin g them , a t l**rai rate», an d paid fo r before affidavits a re furnished. The shortage in pig iron, coke and c oal,m aterials th a t are used in factorie* of m a n u fa c tu re rs of spray machines, according to Clarence F. G ilbert, ie becoming a serious menace to the f u r th e r m anufa cture of such goods. Re cently they received a long distance telephone message from their Portland connections, advising th a t no f u r t h e r orders would be accepted e xce pt on a signed order from an actual grower. The price on small apraying machines has advanced $10 over last season, and the increase on the price of larg e r m a chines reaches $15. Mr. G ilbert sta te s t h a t it has become impossible to se cure brass lined rods for spray m a chines, and th a t m a n u fa c tu re rs are re fusing fu tu re deliveries of the a lu m inum rods, which have been su b s ti tute d. When present stocks carried by dealers in spray machines are e x h a u s t ed. it is said th at orchardists will have to m ake use of exceedingly heavy iron rods. t v s t w V o ) '. W W i N i ' kHuikutifjiUi Thrtr EVERYTHINQ ELECTRICAL MOUNT HOOD ORDERS NEW RAIL AUTO Ashley Wilson announces th a t an o r der has been given to r a second rail automobile to be used in passenger se r vice ot the Mount Hood Railroad com pany's line. The new machine, ^ a White of tho "pay Ha you e n t e r ” type, will be ready by F ebruary 1. The Mount Hood Co. put its first rail auto, accommodating 30 pa ssengers, in operation a t the beginning of last sum mer. t h e new machine will accommo da te 26 passengers. Pacific Power and Light Co. “ A lw a y s at Y o u r S e r v ic e ’* An Aboriginal Ananias (By Ja m es Barton Adams in the Ore gonian.) Old Indian George, the ancient ” L o” se nt forth his annual g u e s s ; the e arth would be entombed in snow in town and wilderness. He said the moss upon i the trees, tho fir on Thomas cats, the honey stored hy wildwuod bees, the nuts by mountain r a ts and many other signs ho read with Injun instin ct told the w inter looming up ahead would bring us arctic cold. Our whiskers would be frozen ha rd and break olT at the roots, our toes their frozen nails discard and litter up our boots; the riveis would be locked in ice when Kaiser Lear we faced and this n o r th western pa radise would be a snowy waste. Full many who believed in George up in his neighborhood laid in a double e x tr a large supply of coal and wood; snow shovels farm ers bore away from stock in rural store* so they could clear the p a ths when they w ent out to do the chores. But [now the birds are coining from their haunts 'way down below, the busy bees begin to hum, the tender plunts to grow, the cric kets chirp their gladsome notes, the tree toads nightly sing and other welcome thin gs denote a coming early spring and those who heard the obsolete oid redskin relic p r a te would not wear mourning should he meet with A n a n ia s’ fate, but fuel dealers of the land should g ra te fu lly cough up and place within 1 his tawny hand a silver loving cup. W H IT E SALMON f r r o i n th e fC n terp rh ie) 1'irthjof Johnson was in Hood River last week to play with the o rc hestra of th a t city. He is winning quite a re p u tation as a cornet player. I Sidney lloddlnghouse was reappointed ba r tinnitus i*t for W estern K lickitat county at the last session of ihe county commissioners held the fore p a rt of this month. Mr. Boddinghouse, who is spending the w inter a t Phoenix, Ariz , ia e xpec ting to re tu r n home in the spring. Sheriff Henderson was in town last week and said th at the supposed wild man r a p tu r e d near Lyle was not a t all wild, b ut j u s t some poor un fo rtu n ate out of luck. His name ia A lb e rt Bu chanan and he cam e from Pennsylvania about seven ye ars ago. He has been in the vicinity of Lyle for a bout three weeks and had been eatin g frozen carp and slept out in the upen v»iih oily ragged clothing to keep his body warm. He is in jail while a w aiting decision as to what will be done with him. -l-l- H '-l- H '-H H- l - l' l l- H - l-l- H -l-H - ;-b i A P P L E NOTES Two suits have been filed in the su perior court by the Yakima Valley F r u itg r o w e r s ' association to enforce its claim for half commissions on fruit sold for cash instead of being m arketed through the association. The claims for the commission a rc made under the s o e a l l r d “ c a s h ” clause of last y e ar's association contracts, which pe rm itte d growers to sell outside the association if they would give notice and allow the association half the enmmisaion. The suits were brought a g a in st J. L. Cu tis, of Selsh, and A. J. Ryrhm an, of Wapato. It ia understood these are the first of many suits t h a t will be brought. The association ia having some trouble in cullecllng such com missions. 0.-W. K. & V Will Spend $3,500.000 Expenditure* o f the Oregon-Washing ton Kail Road A N avigation company for improvement* in 1917 will probably exceed last ye ar'* total. No im portant extension of linei is contem plated for th is year, hut in bringin g the system to a higher sta ndard of efficiency there will be an outlay of approxim ately $3,500,000. A total of $142,0*1(1 h a t been author- __ ized for e xpenditure on the firat d iv i sion, from Portland to Umatilla. Hood River and The Dalles will sha re well in t h i i im provem ent work, aa will also the Grays Harbor and Deschutes lines. North Rank Koad beta $50.000 The Washington legislatu re haa made an appropriation of $50,000 to assist Skam ania county in the completion of the North l la r k Highway The county ha* asked for a large r apportionment. J U S T A R R IV E D ! A new line o f samples, including all the latest designs in Tweeds, Worsteds and Cheviots. Come in and look them over. MEYER, The Tailor 108 Third Street Hood River, Oregon LEAKS Wo have I>een reading lately about' leak»”, and Congress has taken time to investigate the leaks. A good way to stop leaks in your Expenses is to keep a bank account, and then you will have a receipt for money sjient. MOSIER VALLEY BANK M o s ie r - O re g o n Fruit Growers Attention Will sell direct to planters, less agents commission, choice lot of cherry, pear, apple and prune trees in one year old 3-4 and 4-6 ft. grades budded and grafted on best whole roots and guaranteed true-to-name. Please write or phone TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY. Hood River After Dinner try one of our famous cigars ami your enjoym ent will tie complete. With the first puff ''t h e cares th a t infest t h e day will fold their ten ts Hue t h e Arabs and silently steal aw ay.” Poetic hot t r u e In every respect. Try it. Cider Hingl# gallon ¿Ac. Ch*ap*r from 5 iinl'oni uti Tli* larger the q u a n tity tin cheat$*r the C. A. Hag* • T H E OAKS ’ H W V e a tch . Prot» , M osier. O re g o n