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MOSIKK. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 191«.
VOL. VIII
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Agencies for Fords, Dodge and Buick
Automobiles for Hood River County
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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.
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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
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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
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MATERIAL SHORTAGE
“ UNFRIENDLY” SUIT
INTEREST LAGS ON
FILED AGAINST BONDS
ANTI-AIr N RILL MAY LIMIT SPRAYERS
SPECIALISTS TALK
ON FARM AND HOME
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 $50,000 to assist
Skam ania county in the completion of
the North l la r k Highway
The county
ha* asked for a large r apportionment.
J U S T A R R IV E D !
A new line o f samples, including all the latest
designs in Tweeds, Worsteds and
Cheviots. Come in and
look them over.
MEYER, The Tailor
108 Third Street
Hood River, Oregon
LEAKS
Wo have I>een reading lately about' leak»”, and Congress
has taken time to investigate the leaks. A good way to stop
leaks in your Expenses is to keep a bank account, and then
you will have a receipt for money sjient.
MOSIER VALLEY BANK
M o s ie r
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Fruit Growers Attention
Will sell direct to planters, less agents commission, choice
lot of cherry, pear, apple and prune trees in one year old 3-4
and 4-6 ft. grades budded and grafted on best whole roots
and guaranteed true-to-name. Please write or phone
TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY. Hood River
After Dinner
try one of our famous cigars ami your
enjoym ent will tie complete. With the
first puff ''t h e cares th a t infest t h e day
will fold their ten ts Hue t h e Arabs and
silently steal aw ay.” Poetic hot t r u e In
every respect. Try it.
Cider
Hingl# gallon ¿Ac. Ch*ap*r from 5
iinl'oni uti Tli* larger the q u a n tity tin
cheat$*r the
C. A. Hag*
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