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White R iver Flour
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MOSIER. WAN'D COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1SU7
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paid for before affidavit» arc furnished.
O.-W. R. & N. SI R-
HIGH PRAISE FOR
SUPREME COURT SAYS
MOSIER APPLES
VEYORS ARRIVE
BONOS ARE VALID
Praise which ia unsolicited always
A crew o f eight men o f the civil en
The state supreme court derided
denotes the greatest merit, and is o f gineering department o f the Q. W. R. Tuesday that the $260,000 Wasco
& N. com pan,, arrived in the city Sun
the kind o f which any person or com
day and have commenced work. They county good roads bond issue ia valid.
munity may be proud.
have been sent here to take observ»- The ruling of- Circuit Court Judge
The following article appearing on tions o f the degrees o f curvature on Bradshaw was reversed, and the suit
many
o f the sharp turns and have been
the market page o f yesterday’s Ore
working this week between the local o f O. E. Wilson was dismissed.
gonian, is indicative o f the Mosier
Chief Justice McBride wrote the
station and Chatfield. The road was
apples and the esteem in which this laid out in the early days at the least decision,
and Justices Moore, Bean
expense possible a n il a grade was es
distict is held by eastern consumers:
and McCamant concurred in the ruling,
tablished
which
adhered
c
f
sely
to
the
Isaac Russell, w riting in the New
York Evening Mail, has high praise natural contour o f the country, the the decision o f the supreme court be
for Oregon apples. A fte r telling o f main attention being devoted to a ing unanimous.
the fraudulent methods o f New York good, solid roadbed without attempting
In his opinion, Chief Justice McBride
State apple growers in packing fruit to travel the shortest possible distance said :
between stations. Each year the rail
for market, he says:
“ Called as it was for a special pur
‘ ‘ And in the facts presented above road nim iany has been straightening
you have primarily a picture o f the curves all along the line, and while pose by a special order and bv separate
be and special notice, we are o f the opin
reason.^)regon apples crowd New York no definite information could
State apples out o f the New York City learned as to whether the recommend ion that it was a special election for
ations o f the engineers would be fo l the purpose o f voting on the question
market.
“ A peddler brought to my home in lowed out this year, it seems prob o f issuing bonds.“
The court holds that the m ajority o f
this town two line apples ofTeiing to able that work will be done in the near
sell a box ‘o f the same quality." I future t> ,t w ill eliminate many o f the tho" « “ ^ ctor8 wh<.'
voted upon
ine bonding question i* controlling.
happened to be present. I thought I present uaiigeious curves.
In conclusion the opinion states :
would catch him cold in the usual New
The work o f the engineering crew
'W e think it was not the intention
York State trick. 1 said 1 would buy is mostly o f a routine order, and con
provided the apple in the middle was sists in gathering data and making ob of the legislature to depart Iroin the
rule
observed from the foundation ot
as good as the apple on top.’
He servations that may be used at some
gladly accepted the challenge and future date when the railroad com our state government that the major
poured out a whole boxful o f the ap pany is ready to make alterations. ity as expressed by the votes cast at
ples down to the last apple in it. Sure The maps o f the present gtgde will be the polls should rule and to substitute
enough, every apple was az good as changed somewhat in the report o f the for this wholesome and immemorial
every other apple. These were grad engineers. The work will take from practice the requirement that the
ignorant or indifferent silence o f a
ed, standardized goods.
two to six weeks.
voter should weigh equally against the
“ Needless to say, they were not ,
FOR SALE BY
vote o f the citizen who considers a
from a farm around this part o f the
measure and expresses his convictions
country. They were Mosier, Oregon,
by voting for or against it. The de
apples, sold under a brand that has
cree is reversed and the suit dis
been standardized—that has been put
missed. ’ ’
on the market to win the consumer’ s
As a result o f the supreme court’s
confidence.
Honest goods, honestly
decision, Mosier good roads enthusiasts
marked, were here, and there seemed
The 1916 report o f the Hood River are jubilant. The county court w ill
a real fight to make them s o ."
branch of .the Oregon Experiment Sta start action soon that w ill result in the
tion has been received here
Reports completion o f a road from the Cheno-
on investigations o f the following w-ith creek bridge to Petersburg, four
problems are made by Leroy Childs, and a half miles east o f The Dalles.
acting superintendent o f the station This niece o f work w ill be completed
and entomologist and plant patholo by fall, and then this county w ill be in
a position,.if the $6,000,000 bonds are
gist:
“ Observations on the Relation of accepted by the voters o f the state in
Through the courtesy o f the ox ten- , Height o f Fruit to Apple Scab Infec June, to demand that the state pave
1 sion division o f the University o f Ore- tion,” “ Further Control o f the Fruit the new roads from Petersburg to
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gon,
the Parent-Teacher association ! T ret L e a f Roller in the Food River Chenowith, says The Dalles Chronicle.
S P E C IA L A D V E R T IS IN G O FFE R
has been listed on their circuit for V a lle y ," "Suggestions for the Control
The bonding act law, which is to be
film pictures. The only expense in- ! of the More Serious Plant Diseases submitted to the voters, provides that
curred for this service is the express ! Occurring at Hood R iv er,” and “ Sug- the state shall pave roads in counties
charges and the electricity used in gestions for the Control o f the More that do the "foundation w o rk ." This
operating the moving picture machine. Serious Insect Pests Occurring at Hood is what Wasco county w ill do.
The committee at the Immanuel R iver.”
One 10 cent can o f pepper and one 15 cent
The legality o f the bonds can n o 1
church, who have granted the f’ -T
In conjunction with Prof. C. I. Lew- longer be questioned now and the
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association the privilege o f using the is, dean o f the Horticultural depart- | county w iil at once readvertiHc the sale
machine, are now negotiating for an ment o f the Oregon Agricultural Col- i »* the bonds and then proceed to spend
up-to date outfit, deciding that the lege, Gordon G. Brown the station’s the $260,1)00 in improving the highways
machine which they have baen testing horticulturist, gives a report jn the from MoBier to Petersburg and from
is not suitable.
“ Influence o f Commercial Fertilizers The Dalles to the southern end o f the
One 10 cent can o f pepper, mustard or
No admission mav be charged for Upon the
Bearing
Apple T ree.” j county. Some o f the work that could 1
these
educational
films
as
expressly-
Pruning Problems in the Hood River have been done this year, however,
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stated lay the extension division, and V a lley” and “ A lfa lfa Fertilizers” an will have to be done in 1918. Another
consequently in order to defray e x other
problems discussed by Mr. disastrous result o f the legal suits
brought by the bonding opponents, is
press charges a free w ill offering was Brown.
taken up at the last meeting, enough
In his report on scab info tion, Mr. the fact the county will not u able to
being received for the expenses this Childs states that the spraying opera sell the bonds this time for much more
week also. The films are received tions o f 1916, not only from the (Kiint than par, according to the present j
It probably means a
here
on Monday and may be kept until o f fungicidal materials used but from bond market.
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the following Monday, when they must the standpoint o f thoroughneaa o f ap loss to the county of the entire $16,- 1
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be sent to their designation.
plication, nave been much more exten 775.20.
In making reports on blanks sup sive than ever before.
The bonds w ill be readvertised a t !
Mr. Childjs
plied for the film service, Mrs. Jas. E. says spraying from towers should he once. The nids w ill be opened about
Cole, president o f the association, practiced in the older orchards o f the April 1. The awarding o f the con
states that 75 were present at the first Hood R iver valley, since it is impossi tracts is expected two weeks later,
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meeting, and 90 persons attended last ble to properly force spray materials at anil then actual construction work will
Friday.
any great height by means of leadB of he commenced immediately.
The Wonderful Topperheims in accu hose on the ground.
rate shooting exhibitions and the Man
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ufacture o f Diamond Briquets were
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shown Friday.
For this week, Modern Banking and
the Making o f the Studebaker automo
bile
w ill be shown. Talks on various
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subjects w ill also be made. The vari
I
ous groups scheduled for the different
A fte r a tie-up o f more than six
On account o f a shattered bond mar weeks the mid-Columbia service o f the
nights are getting together and plan
ket.
.Clarke,
Kendall
&
Company,
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f
ning some interesting features.
Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation
Other films scheduled to appear here Portland, the successful bidders for Co. was resumed yesterday by the
are as fo llo w s :
March 9, Expert Wasco county’s $250,000 road bonds, Dalles City, making her initial run for
Marksmanship and Home Making in have withdrawn their bid and the cer the 1917 season from Portland to The
Western Canada. March 16, Basis o f tified check for $14,000 was returned Dalles, w ill pick up The Dalis wharf-
Housekeeping and Gloss o f Tomorrow, to the bond buyers last Friday, says boat which has been undergoing re
The Dalles Chronicle.
March 23, Covering a Nation.
pairs here. The local wharfboat w ill
On account o f the delay in testing be repaired extensively also,before the
the lega lity o f the road bonds Wasco river traffic season becomes very ac-
county w ill lose a handsome premium j tive.
fo r its road bonds. N
Now
su- I • W hile the river has been lower the
ow that the su-1
lire me court has reversed the decision ( past winter than at any time in ita his-
o f Judge W. L. Brsdshaw, declaring tory, according to local river men,”
the bond election legal, the county says F. s . Iteed, Hood River agent for
court w ill readyertiae fo r bids. With the Regulator line, “ we believe we will
(From the Hood River Glacier)
the present condition o f the bond mar- I have no trouble at our landing. The
H. F. Davidson,accompanied by Burt ket, it is thought the bonds w ill not water has been raising gradually fo ri
Van
Horn, arrived here Saturday bring mure than par. A t the time the th-- past several weeks. The w ater,
night. He w ill spend this week a t bids were opened, in January, the bond W)u recently SO low that a big bar ap
tending to local private business con market was the best in years, much peared at the mouth o f Hood river. 1
nected with his orchard interests and "c h e a p " money being available for investigated the bar. walking over it.
the first man, 1 am told, ever to have
city business property. He state-1 Sun county bonds, etc.
| set foot on the obstruction to river i
PEOPLE’S NAVIGATION CO.
CHARLES NELSON, Mgr, day morning that proposed embargo
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navigation during low w ater.”
prohibiting the exportation from this
Mr. Reed says, that the Dalles City
country o f apples and other fixxlatuffs
Leaves The Dalles 7:00 A. M., Sundays, Tuesdays and
will operate out o f Portland every
would seriously affect Northwestern
Thursdays. Arrives at Mosier at 8:15. A. M.
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, re-
fruit districts.
Leaves Portland on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays
[ turning from The Dalles on Monday,
"W e were expecting a fair exporta
Wednesday and F’riday
On March 16,
from Oak Street Dock.
.
Passengers and freight.
tion o f apples during the next two
the State o f Washington will be put in
m onths," said Mr. Davidson, “ and
Mosier Dock in charge o f W. F. Baker, who will meet all
the deep snows commission, making the service a daily \
On
account
o
f
had been particularly fortunate in se
boats and attend to transfer. Phone No. 191.
curing space accommodations for our through Wyoming, Nevada and Utah one.
and even in the Blue mountains last
F. S. Kingsbury, formerly traveling
I product now held in eastern storage
terminals. Despite the crowded con week, the scheduled meeting for the agent of the Dalles. Portland * Astoria
organization
o
f
a
local
Farm
Loan
A
s
Navigation Co., has been promoted to
dition o f trans-Atlantic vessels carry
ing munitions, we have done a fair ex sociation did not materialize last Sat general superintendent o f the line.
urday.
A.
C.
Chase
was
unable
to
he
port apple business with England the
past season. The embargo, however, present as no trains were running
w ill put a stop to the our plans o f April from the east until late in the evening
and March.” Mr. Van Horn, who with on that day.
The meeting was then
postponed
his brother, W illis Van Horn, owns lo
cal hearing orchards aggregating sev until Saturday o f this week at which
time Mr. Chase, county agent, expects
eral hundred acres, has come to Hood
to be present to assist in form ing a
River to discuss tentative plans for the
■respite the lack o f space on trans-
building o f a large warehouse and local organization and explaining the
packing plant on the line o f the Mount objects and methods o f such an associ Atlantic liners the managers o f lines
ation. The meeting w ill be held in plying between American ports and
Hood Railroad Company’s line, and
Ia m b ’s hall in the forenoon at 10 those o f the British Isles are alive to
other problems concerning the admin
o'clock and a good attendance is urged. every business opportunity as was at
istration o f the big orchards.
tested by a cablegram received here
Still, Mr. Davidson does not think
Tuesday by a fruit sales agency. The
Northwestern apple growers should be
0.-W.
To.
Distributes
Corn
Cook
Book
recent British food embargo provides
thrown into s panic over the situation.
The O.-W. R. & N. Co. is now dis- that any_shipment made prior to the
The freeze that caused the destruction
actual proof
f so much o f the vegetable crop o f the tributing a practical cook hook, a wcl- date o f February 17,
■ me addition to the kitchen library of that the shipment was made prior to
south, he says, is going to increase th«:
demand in apples. He says there it a any housewife. The new booklet tells that date accompanies the snip’s pa
pers, w ill be allowed tu land.
food shortage over the country to such 50 ways o f serving corn.
For some years this company has
The sales agency had reserved space
an extent that, unless the crop o f ap
ples the coming year is phenomenally conducted a vigorous com campaign in for five carloads o f fruit aboard an A n
large, apples are going to sell at a the Northwest, educating the farmers chor liner for Glasgow. Tuesday's ca
in the proper methods o f growing corn ; blegram ia to the effect that the apples
figure profitable to growers.
But for the British embargo Mr. Da has distributed many tons o f seed to w ill he carried, provided the shipping
vidson, who w ill return ta New York growers, and held a corn show annual concern will guarantee the steamship
the latter part o f this week, says he ly where thousands o f dollars in prizes against loss by confiscation and also
guarantee return freight. The freight
would have been able to put about 150 have been swarded.
NO OTMtR LIKE IT
These campaigns have demonstrated charges on the five carloads o f apples
NO OTHER AS COOO. more carloads o f fru it abroad.
“ H ow ever,” he says, “ just before the fact that not only can com be auc- one way would reach an approximate
P t s ».» i h - “ N FW HOME - -r H -i »
the embargo was declared, although cessfully grown in the Pacfiic North *$4,000. the rat* having recently been
■ lif® a®**-? at th® pnee ywi p®r
Th®
the
freight was increased from 66$ to west, but that it is one o f the most increased from 66$ cents to 91| cents
re p a .r e*p®ns® h r «u pen o® w n rtt® »® «*K ip ® o4 b®«4
•. -ai-ty f BtatwY*®i
ltf®-lc-n*
at > i * i *
91J cents per box, we shipped a large profitable crops either for marketing per box.
NEW HOME
In face of the embargo it is consid
block o f apples to England. This f r n t or for stock feeding that can be grown.
W A R R A N T E D FOR A L L TIME.
In intnklucir.g this little cook book, ered that the apples would assuredly
is just new arriving there, and the in
K s-.wa the world t r e t t^f ®up®r*or sewing qu®it*«». crease that we w ill get in the price for which is for free distribution, we hope be returned.
American bound boats
N . t *-.d under *n r orb*r nan®.
it w ill even the decreased price we will to stimulate the greater use and em are returning empty, and the carrier,
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* 0 « f IC W 1M IM C H tV f CO .OftAWQC.VASI have to take on the domestic market phasize the value o f com for table in rase ita proposition were accepted,
®>ti t*
for some 25 carloads o f Hood River purposes,” says Wra. M< Murray, gen- would be almost certain to bring back
reaf passenger agent.
the applee at a neat profit.
product that shoo Id be exported.”
Is cheaper because it makes
more loaves of bread. Don’t
be fooled into buying the low
priced flour thinking you are
getting something cheaper than
W h ite
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EVERYTHING
ELECTRICAL
Every Sack Guaranteed.
EXPERIMENT STATION
REPORT IS OUT
Nichol and Company
Mosier, O regon
R oyal Club Coffee
P-T ASSOCIATION GETS
INSTRUCTIVE FILMS
Pacific Power and Light Co.
“ A lw a y s
at Y o u r J s rv ii
M EAT M A R K E T
N o w Open f o r B u s in e s s
H u s k e y <21 T e m p le m e ie r , P ro p s .
C. L. Dunamore in charter w h o w ill do the cutting
o f Fresh Meats on hand.
C.ood supply
Y O U R P A T R O N A G E A P P R E C IA T L L »
3 pound tins $1.10
1 pound tins 40c
N IC H O L & C O M P A N Y
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Don’t Neglect the Children’s Eyes
Give attention to your child's eyes in time and you may save him nr her
from the neceaaity of wearing glasse» later on.
M ore—Y o u Prevent Permanent D efect
We give special attention to the examination of children'« eye». We are
thoroughly experienced in this work and will tell you trankly whether
gluasex are required or not, and we will furnish them, properly titled.
W. F. Laraway, Jeweler and Optician
H O O D R IV E R
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Mosier Book Store
Mosier, Oregon
E x p e r t A u t o m o b i l e R e p a ir in g
F u l l 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
REGULATOR SERVICE
ROAD BONDS
BID WITHDRAWN RESUMED YESTERDAY
BRITISH EMBARGO AF
FECTS OREGON APPLES
Columbia Auto & Machine Co., hood River
STEAM ER
TAHOM A
FARM LOAN ENTHUSI
ASTS MEET SATURDAY
SHIP MEN ARE
ALIVE TO BUSINESS
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
Mood River, Oregon
March W eather
March is with us once more. It is time when work bo
ffins to open up attain. If we plan to work harder and to
save more than we have done before, by the autumn we will
have much to be thankful for.
MOSIER V A L L E Y
Mosier
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BANK
O regon
Fruit Growers Attention
Will sell direct to planters, less agents commission, choice
lot of cherry, [tear, apple and prune trees in one year old 3-1
and 4-6 ft. grade« budded and grafted on best whole roots
and guaranteed true-to-name.
Please write or phone
TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY, Hood River
“T H E OAKS
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V eat« b. Prop , Moeier. O regon
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A ft e r D in n e r
try on* of our famous cigar* and your
entoymrnt will I * complete. With the
firet puff ’’ the rare« that Infeet the day
will (old their tent« like the Arab« anil
»ilently «teal away.” Poetic but true in
every reapect. Try It.
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W . E CH O W N
JU S T A R R IV E D !