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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, AUGUST 22, 1907
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SOCIETIES.
HOOD RIVER OOMMERCIALCMJB-MmU
every wrond Monday la mcd moot- M I p.
m- Id lb club room over jMkwn'i Mom.
H.F.-ieo,P--
A. I). Mob, Secretary.
B(X)I) RIVER LOlKiK NO. 106, A. 9. and A.
H.-Mwu Haturday evening; oq orbanr
each fall moon. A. D. Mob, W. M.
It. Mc-IHiw A LU, Meorelary
HOOD RIVER CH ArTER. NO. 17. R. A. U.
MeeU flrit and tbld Friday nil bu of job
mootb D. McDonald, H, t.
A. D. Mob, Secretary.
HOOD RIVER CHAPTER NO. , O. K.
MeeU aecond and fourth Tuesday event nf
of each month. Vlaltoraeordial'y welcomed.
KVA CIMBKB, W. M.
' Maa. Thkhbsa Caotmbb, hecretary,
ID1.W1LDE0.GKNO.107, I. OO. W.
Meeu lu Fra'rrnal ball, every Tbnraday
nlhu H. C, SMITH, N. O.
J. H. FsROUson, xcretary
EDEN ENCAMPMENT, NO. , I. O. O.
Regular meeting aecond and fourth Monday,
of each mouth. R. 1. FAaBOTT, 0. P.
J.M. Wc BLTgBB, Bcrlbe.
KEMP LODGE, No. 181, 1.O. O. K.-Meeta In
Odell Improvement Co.'i ball every Hatnr
day nlKhk Visitors cordially welcomed.
E. T. FoLTS, N. G.
L. A.E. Clark, Ree. Becy.
LAUREL REBEKAH DEGREE LODOK NO.
1, 1. 0. O. K.-Meeta Ant and third Fridays
in each month.
MlM ZOBA DA, N. G.
Ella Mat Davidsoh. Becreury.
W. O. W. meeU the Id and 4th Saturday,
each month at I. O. O. F. ball. Vtaltori i cor
dially invlied. A.C.8fATEN,0.C.
K. W . McKav holds. Clerk.
W ACCOM A LODGE NO. JO, K. OF P.
Meets in K. of P. hall every Tneeday nli-t.
W. E. Sbbbtb, C 0.
J. E. NicHQLB. K.ofR-and B.
HOOD RIVER CAMP, NO. 7.70J, M. W. A.
Meets In 1. 0. 0. F. hall every Wednesday
nl.ht. K. 8. MAYES, V. O.
C. U. DAKiw, Clerk.
BOOD RIVER CIRCLE NO. 624. WOMEN OF
Woodcraft-Meet- at K. of P. hall on the
11 rat and Third Frldaya of each month.
Lou McRbyhos, G. N,
K. W. McRbyholm. Clerk.
RIVEK8IDE LODGE NO. 68 A. O. U. W.
Meeu Unit and third Baturdaya of each
month. Auo. Guiohabd, M. W.
GEO. slocom, Financier
CUKHTKH 8UUTB. Recorder.
OLETA ASSEMBLY NO. 108, UNITED ART-lMtua.-MeeUi
the first and third Wednes
days, work; aeooad and fourth Wednesday!
Artisans' hall, MRS. A. D. McGuiBB, M. A.
C. D. Hkn rich, Secretary .
COURT HOOD RIVER NO. 42, FORESTKltfl
of Amerlca,-MeeU aecond and fourth Mon
day In each month In K. of P. hall.
H. F. Hbndbick, C. R.
F. C. BROBura. F. C.
CANBVT'OST, NO. 16, G. A. R.-MEETS AT
A. O. U. W. hall, second and lourth Satur--Utyaof
each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All
-. A. R, members Invited to meet with us.
A. C. Buck, Commander.
S. F. blythb, Adjutant.
CAN BY W.R.C..NO, 18-MEETS KOOND
and fourth Saturdays of each Month la A.
O. U. W. hall at 2 p. m.
Mabtha Rioby, President.
Alioa Shqkmak-b, secretary
MOUNTAIN HOME CAMP No. S4W, R. N. A.
Meets at I. O. O. K. Hall ob the second and
fourth Fridays ol eaeh month.
MB8.SuaiBMAYia,0.
Mrs. Ella Da-iw. Recorder.
J. F. WATT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.1
Telephones: Office, 281; residence, 81L
SURGEON O. R. 4 N. Co.
H. L. DUMBLE, ;
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Calls promptly answersd In town or oountry,
Day or Night.
Telephones: Residence, 61 1: Office, 813.
Offloe In the Brosiua Building.
E. O. DUTRO, M. DJ
Physician and Surgeon :
Jtfice and Residence over First National
Bank, Hood River, Oregon.
Phone Main 871 .
M. F. SHAW, M. D.
Office in Jackson Block.
Office phone, No. 1471. Residence, Mo. 593.
Dr. M. H. Sharp Da, Kdba B. Bmabf
Osteopathic Physicians 1
Graduates of the American School of
Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.
Office aud Res., Huxley Cottage, River st.
Phone 25 Hood Rivaa.
F.
C. BROSIUS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
'Phone Central, or 121.
Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to
and to 7 P. M. ,
DR. E. T. CARNES
DENTIST
Office over Bartmess Store
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Telephone 31.
H. D. W. FINE0,D.D.S.
DENTIST
Crown Bkidgb Work a Spboaliy.
Office over
First National Bank
Telenhoae
Main 311
0. H. JENKINS, D.M.D.
DENTIST.
TaleDhones: Office 283: residence 1045
Office over Butler Bank,
Hood River, Orb.
M. E. WELCH,
LICENSED VETERI5ARI SCRUEOS
Is prepared to do sny work In tha veterin
ary fine. He can be found bye-ill- atoi
phoning to Clarke s drug store. -
A.JAYNE
LAWYER
Abstracts Furnished.
Money Loaned.
HOOD RIVER,
OREGON.
E. H.HARTWIG,'
LAWYER.
win p-alA-1n All nnnrta.
Office In Bmith Building, over First Na-
tl0nalBanHk60DRIVKH,0REWN.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORNEY-aT-LAW, ABSTRACTER, NO-
TABI runbUjMunivA. i
ESTATE AGENT.
i M .mti rMMpnt nfOracon and Wash
i.nn H h-ri manv veara experience ill
Real Estate matters, as abstractor, searcher of
titles and agent. Bausucuun u--
no charge
Eureka Meat Market
McGUIRE BROS., Propfc i
Dealers In Fresh and Cured Meats, Lard
Poultry, Fruita ana vegetaoiea.
nee Delivery. Phone Main 36,
White Salmon Valley Bank
The small depositor receives
as the larger ones. We have both.
COME AND SEE US.
FABta-lby, K. -.Bmrm, B.O.Blabc-ab
Frea. Vtoa-Pras. Caahler.
V. C. Bbock, Asst. Caahler.
The First National Bank
OF HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Capital &0,000 ' ' Sarplas, $12.500.
P. M. BALL-LEWIS & CO.
Civil ud ArchKeccaral
Enlincen ud Sarveyors
Msks sorreys, plans and b aates for sew
er, light and power and rallaay planu, and
nu-lsb, subject to approval, plana, specific-.
lions and estimates for all claaaee or buildings
puklte, privaU and mercantile. Hpeclal at
lenlloa given to economic sad slow-burning
eonsuaetlon. Accuracy and economy guar
anloed DAVIDSON BUILDING
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
STRANAHAN & SLA YENS,
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
JOE WRIGHT
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Phone 769
Estimates furnished on request. An
honest job guaranteed.
E. A. JEROME,
Architect
Having had several years' experience In
draft I n and buildtnr.l would respectfully
solicit s part of the patronage of the people of
Hood River who anticipate building. Terms
reasonable, a id satisfaction guaranteed.
Of-
Boa at residence on Heights.
H. SEYMOUR HALL,
Surveyor.
I am auallfled and prepared to do all kind'
of drst-clais land surveying. Accuracy gum
anteed. Those who wish n rat-class work aom
address R. F. D. 2.. Rood River. Phone 60x1.
11 OREGON FIRE RELIEF
ASSOCIATION
ofMcXInBville. Oregon, will insure your
property at 60 per cent less cost than
any other institution.
V. u. THuarsuj, Afreni,
Hood RlTer, Oreyen
JAS. McBAIN,
Hood River Marble Works
Am prepared to execute
all orders for granite and
marble work, monuments,
tombstones, etc.
Also contract for all kinds
of atone masonry, con
crete, etc.
McEWEN & KOSKEV
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
PromDt sales and auick returns
Wholesale dealers in all kinds of First
and Produce. Consignments solicited
129 Front Sttree, Portland, Ore.
RALPH REED
Best line of Cigars in
the City :
Also handle line of
Pipes, Tobaccos and
Fishing Tackle
Hood River Studid
for
First-Class Phbtographs
We have tha latest In mounts And can en
large ynnr Photos In Urayoiw Platinoid or
Sepia. 9 -fentiOB guaranteed. L
vV. D. ROGERS; Prop.
C. EVERETT;
The Practical Shoemaker,
At Riggs' Old Stand.
Fine Work a Specialty,
.BIGYCUE SHOP
j. mArion reid
Bicycles, Guns, Sewing Machines,
Furniture, umbrellas, Moves
and Locks Repaired
KEYS MADE TO ORl'ER
Bicycles, Guns, etc., sent by express for
repairs will be neatly and promptly re
i i . i I .i
pairea anu returueu. van save juu f
to 13. uu on price ot new wneeis. tires,
hrakes. and all kinds of repairs sold at
Portland prices. Prices furnished on
application. Reference : Bradstreet.
PR. JONES, Dentist
Crown and Bridge Work. -Teeth
Witiwot PUtts.
Treatmeot of diseaaed teetb and gums.
Offloe Brosiua Building1.' Pbone 1033,
the same courteous treatment
FOR SALE
MY JERICHO FARM
Containing 15 acres splendid
fruit land. None tettir, 3
acres in bearing orchard,
choice varieties. Three acres
Newtowns and Spitzenbergs,
3 years old; 4 acres clover,
7-room house, 20x40 feet, 2
story barn also new, black
smith shop, farming tools,
spring wagon, phaeton,
spray outfit, incubators, etc.
Also ten inches irrigating
water, paid up in full. All
for $300.00 an acre. See
George Easterly on the place
or address
W. J. BAKER & 00.
Hood River, Ore.
FREDERICK & ARNOLD,
CONTRACTORS
and BUILDERS
Katlaiatas lurnishad on all kinds of work
Phnnnf Arnold, Main 8S.
A MWUO. T
FradarUik. li.ia m
BON TON
...Barber Parlors...
The place to get an easy
shave and first-class hair cut.
Our shop is metropolitan in
every respect.
Porcelain Baths in Connection
O. H. CRAY, Prop.
for sale;by
S. J. FRANK
Harness andSaddles
Tent b and Wagon Covers.
Club Chop House
AND-
RESTAURANT
Merchants' and Famers
DINNER
11 A. M. to 2 I.
M
25c
M, Oysters aiii Poultry
A SPECIALTY
T. W. DeBUSSEY
DAYIPOBT HAB1SS CO.
Carry a full line of
Heavy Harness
Also Double and Single
Driving Harness
All made in tbeir shop.
Whips, Robes and all fix
tures found in a harness
shop
Call and get our prices brfore buying
20 Acre Snap.
Twentv acres of good soil, mostly, all
cleared, half of it black loam and bal
ance clay loam ; best kind of land for
berries or orchard and raises fine gar
den truck ; garden growing on land at
present time; two good springs and
creek on 1 tnd. It lays adjoining one of
the best small orchards in Hkamania
county. Price, $1800 for quick sale;
terms on part. Address
Wm. A. Burdick, Collins, Wash.
LAND
When looking for something
good in the way of a
FARM
Unimproved
Property or
Investment
CALL OX
Heilbronner
and look over
his long list of
BARGAINS
This is a firm that gives
you . nothing but reliable
pointers about Hood lUver,
and you can save money
and valuable time by doing
business through this office.
J. H. HEILBRONNER & CO.
HOOD RIVER i PORTLAND, OREGON
Bargains in
Real Estate
80 aores, 10 acres in cultivation, 6-roora
house, wood fucii, smoke lioiiBe, milk
housu, chicken liuuse, shop, 2 barns,
w ater flamed to house; 6D0 fruit trees,
100 3-year apple trees, some bearhi);,
1 acre potatoes, 1 acre corn, J acre in
carrots, 4 acres alfalfa 1 span work
homes, 1 wagon, 1 hack, 1 mowing
machine nearly new; blacksmith tools,
other implements too numerous to
mention ; 2 brood sows, 5 head cattle,
2 dozen chickenn, (S tons hay. This
place is good soil 2 miles of poBtollice,
4 miles from boat landing, 7 miles
from Underwood. Must be so'.d at
once. .;
20 acres, 12 acrs in cultivation, 400
fruit trees, 300 are apples, good vari
eties, 100 iii full bearing; 2 acres
strawberries ; one good house li story,
6 rooms; 1 barn, chicken house, wood
shed, cellar; lots of water, good soil;
1 mile of Underwood; $150 per acre.
40 acres, 2 acres in cultivation, 18 fruit
trees, bearing; j acre in strawberries;
pood soil, a fine location, 1 miles
from town, enough timber if made
into cord wood to pay for place. $40
per acre.
150 acres, 15 acres in cultivation. 30)
apple trees, more than 100 in bearing,
100 peaches beginning to bear; one
houne, cellar, barn, woodshed, chicken
house; 2 acres strawberries, lots of
small f.uit, free from rock, running
water; more land can lie eauily
cleared; 2j mi ies from ton. 125.00
per acre.
The above is only just a reminder of
a few of the bargains we have. Can
sell you from 10-acre tracts up to 210.
Come and see what is -destined to be
one of the best fruit countries in the
Northwest and where ' three crops of
alfalfa can be grown without irrigation
F. W. Deliart
Underwood, Wash.
FOB SALE
One-third cash; balance on or before
20 years at 7 per cent.
60 acres timbered land in sec. lfl, 1-10,
with additional 100 acres partly tlm
bereJ. Timber is wqrth cash pay
njent required.
3 acres south of Wilson Reservoir.
South half, block 8, I'arkhurst.
14 lots, block 20, Hood Kiver proper.
AnmVto MURRAY KAY.
Phone 95x Hood River,
Call for Bids.
The Common Council of the City of
Hnnd River. Oregon, will receive sealed
bids up to September 1, 1907, for the
Drintina of 600 copies of City Omi
nances. Charter aud Amendment to
Charter, combined under specification!
to 1 furnished by Committee on Pub
lic Printing. (J. L. Hershner, Chair
man.) Right reserved to reject any
and a 11 bids. J. K. MCKRlJtoN,
Recorder,
FAMOUS HOOD
RIVER FRUIT
PACKER MAN VISITS ORCHARDS
Finds the Orchards Practically Perfect
and Fruit 1 or High (Jualitj
Ititerviews E. II. Shcpard.
(StfT Correspondent of the Kana&i City Packer.)
Hood River, Ore., Aug. 8. The ap
ple grower in the east or middle west
who reads of the phenominal piices
reoeiveu for apples at tlood Kiver uo
doubt wonders now it could be possi
ble for one little vuuiuiuaitv of grow
era like lioud Kiver, to mar above all
others lu qiiHlity aud prices tor tier
fruit. To the ktU'ieut of nature who
has been here ud investigated condi
tions he rapidly sees the reason for it
stands out aa boldy as ber great
Mount Hood. It seems that nature,
when ahe plaoed those terrible aae In
spiring wrtnklea here in the crust of
Mother Kartb which you see ail
around you here left the little Hood
River valley espeoialy desigued t
tower as tar above the rest of the
world in the quality of her apples at
her great Mount Hood at whose feet
she Ilea towers above all ber aistet
peaks. You would expect to see a
rooky toil in the valley. Not so; it
la a deep ashen colored soil, devoid
of rocks or hard pan. At the Packer
man drove down this beautiful little
valley investigating one tine orchard
after another, with loveliness and
granduer all around, he felt so i u
tinned that he did net woudei at
these people being so contented iu
tbeir wcrk.
l'he Spitzenborgs aud Newtown Pip
pins are in the pink of condition,
-here appears to be a much fuller
crop of these two varieties than any
other. The crop ot lien jjhv.s tnit
year is conspicuous by ita absence.
As one grower expressed it, "Uncle
lieu ia taking a year's vacation."
lu no section where the Packer mau
has ever traveled has he seen such
well kept orchards. No garden could
be in a cleaner or more perfeot con
dition, lhe spraying has been fie
quent. Not a worm or bug could W
found in any of these orchards. Ihese
growers ruu down these insects just
ilke au otllcer runs down a thief. The
grower here does everything but sleep
in his orchard.
The result: LantyenrE.il. Shep
etd, the mau who has contributed
largely to making Hood River famous
the world ovor, oleaied $2042 on 100
trees, an average of $12.75 per tree.
Mr. Khepard is to growing and pack
ing what Lutber Durban U ia in prop j
gating new varieties of fruits. In
taot they are warm personal friende.
The Packer man tried to pump Mr.
Sbepard dry on various subjects ol
vital interest to glowers all over the
country but he found it an impossi
bility. Like all men who succeed hit
heart and soul are in his work. The
Packer man never spent two days
moie profitably for the Packer'
thousands of readeis than he did at
Hood Kiver. Read aud digest Mr.
Sbepard 'a idoas on this subject aud
then put them into foroe aud they
will be worth inuon to you.
There will be about 175 oars ot 7b
per cent ot last year's ciop ot applet
u tbia district. Many tniuk trie
quality will be a little better than last
season. A good many orders tor cai
have already been booked.
lhe association will be open lot
bids to handle the entire crop until
the middle of September. The bidu
are then opened and the longest pole
knocks the persimmon, l'he associa
tion retains the privilege of rejectiug
any and all bids.
Mauaget Huxley Informed the Pack
er man that it was going to be a very
hard job. to get enough apples to go
around. He aays he hopes that If auj
of the dealers are disappointed they
wou't get olf ended; that next yem
they will have a vast number of new
orchards coming in and just as soon
as he can be wants to reach them all.
Mr. Huxley says be is daily bombard
d with letters from all over the Unit
ed States with inquiries.
The Packer man can assure the
trade ot one' thing and that is that
Mr. Huxley will give a square deal.
It la as much the pride of the Hood
River grower to give the dealer a
square deal as li is to grow me oesi
annlei and Dack tne nest.
lhe independent cariot growers win
have something outside the sstocla
tion to otter the public what will
doubtless help to appease the com
mission men's hungry appetites.
Many of them are very large growers.
the oeat crop nere is very ligun.
Mr. iShenard thinks there will only be
four cars, -here were three oars or
cheirles shipped and 100 cars cf
straw berires.
Mr. Shepard's Suggestions.
B. 11. Sbepard. who is one of the
best informed fruit men in the coun
try, in discussing methods, said:
We believe in tnorougn ouitiva
tion. Mobt people in the snnng disk
thill' orcbaids and follow with a clod
masher where the sou has some clay,
a iid afterwards follow with a spring
tooth and fie clod masher.
"lhe people have the sou iu a per
feet state of tilth, lhe number of
times the orulu:rd would have to be
cultivuled lu the spilng in this way
would depend, ot course, upon how
much cluy there was in the soil.
"My own sell Is a tieavy ricn sou
and in the first two weeks, to bring
about the tequired cotidition of the
toil that I consider uecesary, 1 first
cultivate with a divk, then with
clod masher, than with a spring tooth
and then with the cbd iiineher, going
four different ways with each, tbeu
twice with the Acme, making 18 onlti
vations in the early rmit of the sea
son. Alter tnis 1 loiiow about every
two weeks with the Acmo, which puts
a lieiii dust tnuicu, or iiu.ikoc, as
sometimes cull it. on the top which
conserves all the moutnre beneath. It
it ruins we immediately cultivate with
the Acme to break the crust, which
prevents the moisture escaping. We
use very little water in Hood River,
became we beliere that too much wa
ter alfects both the tubto and keep of
the apple, therefore we mo as little as
possible, some i rigating only once,
Homo twioe, at the most, aud quite a
few orobardists do not irriizi te at all,
1 know of one orchard nine years old
that baa never bad a drop or witer
It h one of the most magnifloient or
aids In tha -alley and has produced
; s' n"''" '
oue
aud Spitzenbergs.
1 do not believe mere ia any
doubt but that an orchard abould be
cultivated aa deeply aa possible Ot
couiae there it limit to the depth of
cuitivatiou, and the limit ia the root
ot the trees. It au oichard hat not
be. in watered when it was young the
roota hate gone down and consequent
ly man can colitvata deep. If it baa
been ungated gieat deal tne roota
are apt to be nearer toe auriace and,
of couiae, be cannot cultivate ao
deeply without lujurying too many
roota. It 14 certainly just aa necessary
aud important in order to conserve
the moisture to cultivate close to tbe
tiuuk ot the tree aa it ia in tha mid
dle of the rows. We all work on this
plan and although wa start and build
low beaded tree we endeavor to
train tbe tree in such a way that with
our exteuaion diska aud barrowa we
can
cultivate cloae up to the trunk vt
t
he tree while the horses are out in
the middle betweeo the rows.
"There is oonsldeiable ditterenoaof
opinion aa to the porper amount of
uttivatlou au orooard anouid reoelve
during the year, or 1 might express
uiysnlt tetter by saving there U quite
a difference of opinion aa to now long
au orchard should be cultivated. 1
have given the matter considerable at
tention in my own work in an experi
mental way aud also observed what
other people have done, not only
here, but in other districts. While 1
dj not wish to be quoted as stating a
fact, bowever, I will atate that my
mpression ia that an orchard aboold
not be cultivated too late In the tea-
sou, i una mat some orcnaraa mat
have been cultivated, and most vigor
ously, seem to bear pretty light every
other year, whereas those orchards
hat have been neglected a little on
cultivation seem to bear more regu
larly. Too much cultivation will cer
tainly take tbe bumua out or tbe soil
aud the soil will begin to get in a
condition wbaie it Is not f liable. 1
have bad a good ciop on my orchard
ver ainoe 1 bought the place tor tour
couseoutive years.
"About tbe time lu the fall when
the apples have about reached their
zo 1 let up on cultivation. About
the nrst ot AugUBt when it begins to
get a little dry, 1 water the orchard
once veiy tboiougbly and this wet-
ing la enough aftei belug well culti
vated ouce to supply the sufficient
moisture lor growth dining the re
mainder of tbe season. In addition
to this irrigation stimulates splendid
growth of dillereut kinds ot weeds
ike tilluree fern and a tew others
fthicli exist iu our valley, and these 1
pel nut to continue to grow during
no tail aud winter lor the purpose oi
turning under in tbe spring to supply
QUU1US.
E. L. Stewart, of Prossei, gave me
splendid advloe on this subject by
telling me bla method, lie has a crop
of alfalfa, which he irrigates during
tbe season, cuts It and leaves tbe crop
on the giound and he baa not failed
to have a orop since the orohaid has
been planted up to tbe year 1007. In
word I believe loo muon Clean out
ture will stimulate too much of a tree
gtowtb and take the bumua out of the
soil. I endeavor to preserve, so far at
I am acta, the equilibrium between
tbe tree growth and tbe formation ol
the fruit spur, by cultivating a sufllo
ieut length ot time, watering and al
lowing tbe weeds to grow, which 1
turn under the following spring"
"On this laud what would you tug-
est as a fertilizer?"
"lou have asked me aquestlon that
I cannot reply to In a very definite
way for the reason that although re
sults In my own orchard have pretty
well convinced me that tbe use ol
oommeicial lertilizeis was a great
benefit. 1 have jufct bad a bulletin
finiu the Geneva stution in the state
of New York, written by Pi of. lied-
rick, and by tbe way thia la oue ol
the best stations in America, aud
I'rof. lledrlck is oue of the ablest
uieu, in which, he states that aftei 13
years' very thorough work aloug tbe
line of commercial fei timers . they
have concluded that they are ot no
value in an orcbaid in the way of in
creasing the yield or along adding
uolor to tbe fruit I have used about
100 pouuds of sulphate of potash, 100
pounds of acid phosphate and 100
pouud-4 of bone meal tor several years
and bad about oonoluded it was glv-
iu me splendid results tor tbe reason
that 1 was getting an excellent yield,
particulaily of fine Newtowns, clear
aud ot good color, but thia was sim
ply a conclusion and I bad not estab
lished it as a fact, tor the reason 1
bad made uo check plot wbeie 1 did
not use tbia feitlllzer. Prof. Hed
rick's article put me all at sea. TbiB
good crop that 1 have may have been
iue to other causes.
'.'How many times would you apray
an oicbard during tbe season?"
'There are very tew districts and
comparatively few people in tbe dif
ferent fruit districts that have tnot-
ouubly understood tbe codling moth
or its habits, coiuequen .ly most ot the
work by oiobardlsts baa been or a me
ohauical nature, they aimply follow
tbe rules laid down by some one else
without knowing why or making any
thorough investigation for themselves.
Prot. t'j. V. liall, of Utah, three years
auo in t e Northwestern Fruit Urow
era association meeting at rortiaua,
stated that three sprayings were all
that were necessary to raise a clean
oroo of apples, free from worms, un
dor favorable conditions. Everybody
laughed at him for the reason that
every grower in the northwest nau
sprayed regularly every two weeks.
found that A. U Roberts, ol (JOlora
do, waa working along tbe lines ot
Prof. Hall, of Utah, and he used three
snravs. aottlnu practically a oiean
croD.
"1 firmly believe that from 90 to 95
per cent ot I be first orop ot worms is
killed in the first spray if this is
done when tbe apples are in blossom
and tbe calvx open so aa to receive
the snrav. it the proper spray is used,
and by the way we use arsenate of
lead beie, but 1 do not mean to say it
ia the only spray thpt is good. Tbe
spray must be put on in a thorough
and oroner manner, that la until ev
ery calyx of every apple ia tilled with
the spray. If tbia is done 1 believe
that a man would almost get a clean
orop ot applea if he did not spray
again. Our first spray was put on at
blossom time and tbe entrance of tbe
first woims this year in Hood River
valley occurred about June 5. The be
ginning of tbe aecond brood would
naturally occur about 50 daya from
this time, or July 25. Aa a matter of
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COMMON COUNCIL
ENGINEERS SEWER BID ACCEPTED
Street Signs Ordered tirade Estab
lished on Twrrfth Street Buy
Site for Penad.
lhe reaular meeting of tbe council
was held Monday night, with all pres
ent.
Tbe street committee reported that
Hood River bad out its channel about
four feet deeper than a year ago, and
it would be neoessnry to cat a ditch
leading into the old iLannel of tha
river ao that a ttrci i.. cf fresh water
would con luully iul i-t tha sewer
outlet.
A sketch of the new fountain which
haa been purchased by tho ladiea of
tne W. O. T. U. waa Inspected, and
the location of tho same waa recom
mended at tbe corner of Oak and tfeo-
ond streets.
A letter waa read from tho Irwin
Hodson Co., ot Portland, wanting to
bid on tha Drintina ot the charter and
oidinaucea, and the same waa referred
to tbe committee on printing.
An ordnlanoe establishing tbe grade
on Twelfth street passed ita Hist lead-
log.
A bill in favor ot John Lelaod Hen
derson tor drawing ordinancea and
surveying, to the amount ot $71.75,
aa allowed and ordered paid.
The bid ot J. 15. Hunt to furnish
and put up atreet aigna for tbe sum
of 50 centa each, waa accepted.
The question or buying a pouna
caused considerable discussion. The
council were divided In tbe matter.
part of them thinking that tbe pound
sites whiob were ottered made quite a
large expenditure for the city, which
it would be advisable to avoid, If pos
sible Tbe two lots and ram offered
by U D. Woodworth for $1000 waa
considered the best propoaition, aa
there was a barn on the plaoe worth
half that amount, while the property
oould be disposed of at any time for
aa much or more than it cost, and a
baru would be necessary. It also ap
peared that part of the baru oould be
rented tor about $0 a month. It was
also deemed advisable to raise the
pound fees ao there would be no losa
iu feeding impounded stock, and also
tend to lessen the number of stock
running at large. JJne faotor waa con
sidered whiob had a tearing in bay
ing tbe sitn, and that waa the fact
that no one at preaent wanted to take
care of stock, and tbe Hartley oorall
waa too close to tbe business portion
to be used tor that purpoae. By a
vote ot one majority tbe lota were or
deied purchaaed.
, P. M. Hall-LiewiB submitted the fol
lowing bid tor doing the engineer
work aud supervising the constiuctlon
ot the sewer in district 9, which waa
accepted : -
We propose to do the following
Held, ollloe and oleiioal work, to-wit:
Make all preliminary survey, prepare
all plana, and speoillcatioua, prepare
detailed estimates ot quantities and
oosts, prepare aobedule for assessment
of properties, all under the direction
of your committee, and including all
consultation incident to tbe above
services, for the sum cf $3-2.50, pay
able, and to be paid upon the com
pletion ot tne above services: ana we
further propose, to make all location .
or dual surveys, aet au graaea, ana
re-set same aa may be required, main
tain in person or through competent
deputy, a continuous supervision aur
ing working hours, over the building
of all manholes, flush-tanks, and over
the whole and every part aud detail ot
the laying of all of tbe pipe, and the
following over same. Prepare, and
fu:nlsb tbe olty with three oiotn Diue
print copies ot a map, showing tbe
actual looatlon ot every part ot the
section ot tbe aewer aa actually laid,
together with a detailed report upon
the completion thereof, all under the
direotiou of your committee, and In
cluding all consultation incident to
the above services, for tne sum oi
$322.50, payable, and to be paid upon
the completion of tbe above services.
The above proposals are to be con
strued to cover all and every service
whiob may be propeily defined aa en
gineer's work, from tbe commence
ment ot preliminaries, to tne compie.
tion and acceptance ot tbe sewer.
Land to lie Open for Filing.
On the 20 th of the preaent month
phi eels of land In the Ueppner ana
CaHoades reserves, which bave been
subject to settlement since July 27.
will be open to -ling at tne local iana
otlice. The Ueppner reserve land la
principally in Wheeler county.
One bait a township In the Matolea
oountry south of tbe Warm Bprlnga
agency, will also be included, ana toe
land nearest The Dalles ia twelve or
thirteen miles up Mill oreek.
It is epxected that several rival
claimants will be on hand, but at tbe
quautity of land ia small, there will
proimbly be no great rush.
However, on Ootober 28th, when the
Fremont reserve beyond Bend, I
opened there will no doubt be a small
sized Hue up at 'lhe Dalles ofllae. It
is not yet known whether the local
offloe will follow the "line up" ar
rangement at that time, giving prefer
ence to persona in line aooording to
order, or consider all conflicting ap
plications presented on that morning
as almultaueous. Chronicle.
Special Cover Design.
Geo. Blooom la getting in bla sup
ply of school bcoks aud school sup
plies and baa about four tone ot goods
to unload. Even with the additional
room bis store will be crowded for
epaoe. With bis usual enterprise Mr.
Slocom baa bad a special design made
of a new cover for, composition booka.
They contain views of tbe tbree city
school buildings, and makes a band
some cover. The booka are also speo
ial ruled to meet the ideaa ot Prof.
Crouse, and ate therefore a distinctly
Hood River production.
The $2.50 round trip ticket from
Portland to Clatsop Beaob points,
good going Saturday and returning
Monday, offers a tbree day's outing
at slight cost. Two and one-half daya
on tbe beach. Tlcketa via tbe A. it
C. R. at oity ticket offloe, Portland,
corner Third & Morrison St., and at
Union depot, a
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