The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, January 30, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textm VOL. XTX HOOD RIVER, OREGON, JANUARY 30, 1908 NO. 37 SOCIETIES. HOOI RIVKK COM MKKCI ALCLUB Meet every awoiiit Monday lu erb month at (p. iu., lu itiu club roDiiw over Jukaon' itor. . ,, H.K UAVllMoa.Prea. . D. Mok, Hecret'v. M'KJl) RIVKR LOLKJK NO. 108, A. F. and A. A. Meet Haturdy evnlnr on or before Hch full moon. A. D. Mul, w. M. Ii. McDowald, Heort-mry. HX)D RIVER CHAtTER NO 87 R A. M -Meat Bret and third Friday nlrbwof each, month. D. McDobald, H. J. A. I). Mot Secretary. HOOD RIVER CHAITER NO. , O. E. B Meeta iiecnnd and fourth Tutwdty evening of each mouth. Visitor oorduiliy welcomed. Kva CLARKE, W. M. Mbh. Thekesa CASTHBB,bMTtary. HiLEWlLDE LO GE NO. 107, I. O. K. Meet in Era . nm I ball, every Thunday night. H. C. Hxith, N. O. J. H. Ferguson, 'cretary KKEN ENCAMPMENT, NO. 48, 1. O. O. F. lUitlular meeting aeound and fourth Mondavi f each month. R. J. Fakkott, J. V. 1. M. tSCHMKLTZt'.R, Hcrtbe. KKMP LODUK. No. 181, 1. O. O. P.-MeeU In Odell Impruveinent Co.' hull every Balur day nlijlil. VUitor oordlally welcomed. K. T. Folts, N. O. I . A. E. Clark, Rec. Hecy. I ! KKLREltKK AH DKHKEK LOlXiE NO. . !. O. O. F.-Mwli tl'M unci llilr'l Krldaya i each monib. Mimh Zoba Day, N. (J. la Mat Davidson, Hecretary. 'A . O. W. meela the 2d nd 4th Saturday mhcIi mouth at I. O. O. E. ball. Visitor cor dially iullt1. A. C.BfATEN, 0. C. F. W. McRkvnolos. Clerk. WAITCOMA LODUK NO. . K. OK P. Meeta In K. of P. ball every Tuesday niKht. SV. E. MIIEKTS, C. C J. E. Nichols, K. of R. and 8. HOOD RIVER CAMP, Ml. 7,703, M. W. A. Meet In I. O. O. K. ball every Wednesday nlicbt. K. a Mate, V. C. C. U. DAK1M, Herts. HOOD RIVER! IKCLE NO. 524, WOMEN OK "Woodcraft-Meets at K. of P. ball on lb tint and Third Friday of each month. Lou McKkymolds, ti. N, K. W. MoREYKOl.ua, Clerk. HIVEllSIPE I.OIK5E NO. W A. O. U. W. Meeta rimt aud third i-;iluniuy f "M tiiontb. Auo. Ouionakd, M. W. UEO. tSLOcoM, Financier (Juustkk Huutk, Recorder. 01, ETA ASSEMBLY NO. 103. UNITED ART-i- ;ii.-MeelJ the Bwl and third Wednea l.iv, work: aeooad and fourth Wednesday Artisan' ball. C. 1). llKNKICU M. A. E. H. Hautwib, Heorttary. COURT HOOD RIVER NO. 42, F0RE8TEKS of Amerlca,-MeeLs every iSalurday eveulng In K. of P. hall. Jou G. Zolls, 0. R. K. C. Buostua, K. ;. t'A.VHY POST, NO. IS.O. A. R.-MEETX AT A. O. U. W. hall, second aud lourth Satur day of each motitli at t o'clock p. m. All O. A. H. ojembeia invited to meet with a. A. C. Buck, Commander. 8. F. Blythk, Ad,ttitnt. tANBY W. K. C!., No. 16-MEET8 HKUOND nd fourth Naluniay of each Monlb In A. j. U. W. ball at ! p. in. Mahtha Rioby, President. Alida Shokmakkk, ttecrt-tary MOUNTAIN HOME CAMP No. 3409, R. N. A. .owl at 1. o. O. E. HH oh iheaecoud and Urtirtli triilayaoleaeii mouth. M US. Sum K MAYES, O. MRa. Ella Imkik, Kcuirder. paynter lodue, no. ano, m. b. a. mreta tlml aud third Friday of each muntu at K. of i ball. , Uao. a. Millkr, Prea. AUU. UUIONAHI), He, . J. F. WATT, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Telephones: Offlce, 281; residence, 811. SUKOI-JON O. R. A A". Co. H. L. DUMBLE, HHl'siCIAN AND SURGEON. Uilih promptly iniswersd In Uiwn or country, Day or Night. Telephone: KeMluce, 611: Office, BIS. Office lu tin liroalua building-. E. 0. DUTRO, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Uilic.! over First National B.ink, Hood River, Oregon. Uliice IMione Main 871 Kea. Main 873 M. F. SHAW, M. D. OlKv in Jackson Block. ( im piioiic, No. 1471. Rtialdi-u.w, No. im (H. l. I(. SIlAltF UK. El)N A B. BUAKP Osteopathic Physicians or;nHuiti-s "f tiie Aineriuati ScIhiiI o( OtiltHiit.li , Kirksvillt, Mo. oilice, Hood i.ier i auk audTru.t Co. Illilx i ; our lloou UiVKK F. ; 0. BR0SIU.S, M. D. 1'IIYMCIAN AND SURGEON 'Phone Central, or 121. t-flioe Hours: 10 to 11 A. M ; 2 to 3 and8to7P M. DR. E. T. CARNES DENTIST aill. over Bartmeas Store HOOD RIVER, OREGON. Telephone 81. H.D. W. PINE0.D.D.S. DENTIST Cuowx Bkiihie Work a Specialty. Office over TelrjihuHe Kiret National Batik Main 'AW C H. JENKINS, D.M.D. DENTIST. Telephones : Offiot- 2S3 ; resident 1045 Office over Butier Bank, Hood River, Orb. A. JAYNE LAWYER AM raft Furnished. Money Iai ned HOOD RIVER, OREGON. E. H. HARTWIG; LAWYKR. Will Practice In All Court. Office In Htuitb Building, over Flrat X ',1 nal Bunk. Hi'Kir RIVER. ORK N. J. W. MOKTON Attorney and Counselor at Uw NOTAUY PUBLIC (iffice with J. II. l!' lllronnr Co (lillliotloiia, Abslritcls. fitU-nient of Ktte HOOP RIVER, OREGON. A. J. DERBY Lawyer HOOD RIVER, OREGON. White Salmon Valley Bank Th" small depositor reciv ? he same courteous tren tnu'iit tli larger ones. V have both. CQME AND SEE US. FABTAKLar, E. U8nm, E.O.Hlahcai Prea- Vioe-Praa. Caablar. v. u. BaotK, Asst. Lajahler The First National Bank OF HOOK RIVER, OKEUON. Capital $50,000 Surplu, $15,000. P. M. HALL-LEWIS h CO. Civil and Architeccaral Engineers and Surveyors Make urveya, plan and b at ftir sew er, IlKbt and power and rallaa; plant, and furnlab, aubjectto approval, plan, (pecldoa tlon aud eatimates Kir all elaaaea or building public, private and mercantile. Hperlal at tention Klvau to economic tad alow-burnlDg eonatructlon. Accuracy and economy guar anteed. DAVIDSON BUILDING HOOD RIVER, OREGON. JOHN LELAND I'KNDERPON ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ABSTRACTER, NO TARY PUBUCand RL;aL 8TATB AUUNT. For n year a resident of O agon and Waab I n If I on Haa bad many year experience In Real Kat'.te mltr, a abstractor, searcher ot Utl- and agent. 8atirauitin fuarantoed r no ubarr International Correspondence chool BCRANTON, PA. II. V. REED, Representative . 6 Bixtb 8L, PorUand, Oregon. Hood River once a month. Full infor mation mailed upou request. Mrs. Mary Powell Jordan, M. D. Physician and Surgeon ifllee and residence, bonis place of Jobn liela nd H enderson, Htate St., bead of Third St. Phone 971. , HOOD RIVER, OREGON. MISS J0HNSON-A pupil of the best masters of Cincinnati, tencher of Piano, Mandolin and Harmony. Call at the Noble residence, near hoepital.or Phone 434. DR. C. W. EDMUND C Specialist EYE, EAR, NOKE AND THROAT. New Broslug Building. Telephone Main 811 HOOD RIVER, OREGON. M. E. WELCH, LICENSED YETERIJiARY SURGEON la nrwpared to do any work In the veterin ary linn. He caa tie found by calling at or ph- nlng to Clarke druic "tore. STRANAHAN & SLAVENS, Contractors and Builders HOOD 1UVER, OREGON. JOE WEIGHT CARPENTER AND BUILDER Phone 700 Estimates furnished on request. An holiest job guaranteed. E. A. JEROME, Architect Having had several year' experience In drafting and hullMlmr. I would reapectfully willoit a part of i he pntronave of the people of moou tiiver wii'i untictpate nuiiuing. lerina rea.iu-ille, ill atlhfai'tion guantnteed. flee at re.4idiicv ou H'.-ighta. Of- H. SEYMOUR HALL, Surveyor. I nil qirtl'tli'd a lift '.n'epared lo di all Ulllils of firHi-i'irti' hind nurveytng. Accuracy guar-ujtei-'l. IV .i.' who tvia" tlratlaaa wotk ilone ddr. K. K n. 2.. Huod River. Pimne Itoxl. )Ptl ASSOCIATION OF McMINNVlLLE, ORE. Announces another reduction in the con of insurance. T. L. PUNsMOltR, TUE DALLES or C. D THOMPSON, HOOD RIVER McEWEN 4 KOSKEY GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS Prompt Miles and quick returns Wholesale dealer in all kinds of First and Prniliiee Consignments solicited 129 Front Sttree, Portland, Ore. Hood River Studio -KdK First-(.'laws Photographs We have the lateat In mount and can en large ynnr Photos In Crayon, Platinoid or in.'. . .'.Hon luartnteed. v . D. ROGERS. Prop. C. EVERETT. The Practical Shoemaker, At Kiggs' Old Htiind. Fine Work a Specialty. V R.JONES, Dentist Crown and Bridge Work. Teeth Without Plates. !(. iient of rliae'iaed t"elb and iruiim, rtW Itiiwius Buildup. Plum K13H. Cbaa. U. Pratt, J. H. O borne, R. W. Pratt, President. Vic Prea. Caablar. Hood River Banking and Trust Co. We tranaaet a general banking bualnea and own our own banking prop J. Interest paid on time and In deposit Safe deposit boxes. C.F.SUMNER HEADQUARTERS FOR PLUMBIMG Come in and exam ine our line o! Pumps, Bath Tubs, La vatories, Sinks, Etc. Spray and Garden Hose still selling at Reduced Rates All Kinds of Repairing Work Guaranteed JAS. McBAIN, Hood River Marble Works Am prepared to execute all ordern for granite and marble work, monuments, tombstones, etc. Also contract for all kinds of stone masonry, con crete, etc. McReynolds & Co. DEALERS IN Flour, Feed, Hay, Grain and Poultry Supplies YUCCA TREE PROTECTORS, Petal u ma incubators and Brooders STOCK FOOD Phone 1091 HOOD RIVER, OREGON Eureka Meat Market MfGUIRE BROS., Props.. Dealers In Kreab and Cured Meats, Lard Poultry, Fruits and Vegetables. nee Delivery. Phone Main 35. COFFEE TEA SPICES BAKING POWDER EXTRACTS JUST RIGHT Mb ABBOTT Millinery, Hair Goods Richardson's Silks and Embroidery Supplies. Opposite the Paris Fair. 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. Carry u full line of Whips, Robes, Blankets and Wagon Covers, Heavy Harness Also Double and Single Driving Harness All made tn their shop. . Call and yet our price before bvyhtg. .BICYCLE SHOP. J. MARION REID Bicycles, Guns, Sewing Machines, Furniture, Umbrellas, Stoves I and LocKs Repaired J KEYS MADE TO ORbER I Bicw-les, (un, etc., sent by express for I repairs will be neatly und promptly re i jmired and returnwl. Ca ' save you f 1 j 10 3.00 on price "I ix-w heel. Tin-, I lrakr, nd all kinds of repair "ld at . Portland prices. Prii, furnished -n pplicHli.ui. It. ( re nee: Bradstret Hood River Land BARGAINS This is the time to pick them up. Cast your optics over the following: 416 10 acres 6 miles from town, first class land, under ' new ditch, easily cleared, good roads, Only 980 an acre. Easy terms. $300 cash, bal ance on or before 6 yean at 6 per cent. 398 160 acres 2) miles from Dee rail road station, l,000,00t) feet good timber, 80 acres, or morv, good apple land. Only 92.400 for the whole tract. Easy term. 399 100 acres miles from Dee, all first class apple laud, 25 shares water stock, enough timber to pay a good share of the coat of clearing. Price 9 4.500 Cash. 348 20 acres 7 miles from town on the East Side, all set to tree, 10 acres three and four years old, balance one and two years old. Six inches irrigating water, new barn, small bouse, well, etc. The best buy in the valley, considering location, land, varieties of trees, etc Price 99,000. 421160 acres five miles from Mosier, 30 acres iu orchard, 8 acres bearing, all good varieties, 145 acres of this Is first class apple land, . home .orchard of peacher, pears, cherries and plums, small house and barn, water available for Irrigating. The orchard alone is worth the price asked, 910,000. This is a minp but this price only holds good until March 1st, 1908, after which it will be $12,000. Terms to suit the purchaser. We have many otlwr at tractive buys. Call and look over our complete list. This is the time to save from 25 to 50 over what land will cost in the spring. Remember we handle noth ing but first class property, when you buy from us you get the best. I f I j. n. & Co. Hood River and Portland The Reliable Dealers Underwood and Little White Salmon CHOICE FRUIT LANDS This ia where fruit large and small grows to perfection and commands the highest market price. A Favorable Location. In Skamania County, the Southern part of Washington, on the eastern slope of the Cascade range, thus lying be tween the two extremes the excessive rainfall of the cjaat and drouth of the eastern part of the state; and directly opposite Hood River. .There Is no Boom. Our land i sellinu on its merits and at reasonable prices. A Specialty of Small Tracts. We have now completed the survev of a lnrge tract and can furnish from teii acres up. Come and make your selections as a delay mean that you will pay more money as prices are advancing. I have also Klickitat County grain and grazing lands, highly improved farms at reaaonable prices. Write or call on F. W. DeHart Underwood, Wash. RALPH REED Best line of Cigars in the City . Also handle line of Pipes, Tobaccos and Fishing Tackle f A. C. BUCK NOTARY' PUBLIC AND INSUR ANCE AGENT Room 12 ... Brodmi Block JOE WILSON ' SELLS ' -: Wire Wound Wooden Water Pipe DR. EDGINGTON SMITH BUILDING HOOD RIVER OREGON The Trio Orchestra Composed of A. Kohler, flut and r.ither; Chas. O. Newman, violin ; Miss ) trace, piano. Music forni-hed for ail occasions. Concert number, entertain' ments, weddings, receptions, dano,etc Kor information uddIv to CHAN. O NEWMAN, Hood Xiver, Ore Phone Matn 867. neiiDrpnner TRIBUTE TO HOOD RIVER STORY IS TOLD IN WESTERN LIFE Ma-Ion JlacBae is the Author of an Interfiling Article in that Magazine. Among the tuauy alluring calls to boQtesekeors which have Rune ont from the giett northwest iu recent years, one strong, clear, true and in sistent predoi-iiuitps. It ia the sum mons of Opprrtunity to Oregon's (Jarden of E'tm Hiod Rive Valley. No siren ca'l U !). '.''t mi honest impurtuuity l th- .uiiiout settlei tooomeiniu ti valley ot plenty ami i" - k. (Jf Sstme's prodi gality of i . Au i fce who au swers It is ui'.uya auiuzvd aud delight ed to Hod what awaits him, always acknowledging thut the halt has never been told. 1 be door is open and a welcome every ready for the nevvoom er, and while it is only one of many garden spots in the Arcadia of the Paoilio Northwest, its staunch and sturdy citizens feel that it is the best aud want the whole world to know about its wonderful production. Small iu area, pheuomeually rich in allovial soil, bier ed with climatic conditions which biing health and wealth alike end surrounded with maguiQceut scenery equalled in but few places in the world, cn.- instinc tively feels that (iod smiled more be nignly on this valley than elsewhere. Aud wbou id nil comes down from the heights of the artistio in nature to commercialism and compiebends what mere "patches" of this wonderful soil will do for bim in dolhus and cents, be Is more convinced than ever that it is a spot blessed among the Housed. ; For (lood River Valley in the home of the big red apple the apple that has broken the world'a record for quality aud price ' It is the valley whose or chard productions are kuowu through out continental Europe and in far away Siberia, China and the Philip pines, and while it is insignificant in size compared with the vast area of the great state of Oregon, en famed are its produots that buyers come from these dibtant countries tin I offer record-breaking prices for its bount eous and peitect crops. But first something of the location of the fruit buyers Mecca than of its productive new. Kast from Portland, C5 tnllos, the turbulent icy waters of a mountuin stream plunge Into the placid depths of the great Columbia. This Is the Hood River Undiug its souioe in the perpetual snows and glaciers of Mount Uood whose 1'2,0U0 fvet of virginal majesty rise from the Cascades 2H mller to-- the south. ' Ihe valley through which this little river forces its way from Mt. Hood to the Colum bia lies in the heart of the Cascade range as though a great band had parted the steep mountains to allow the magio ot the sun full scope, and viewed from distant heights looks for all the world like a blue-green rift in an inverted bank of beautiful clouds. Its average width is six uiUes and perpetual snow line is only '16 miles south fiom its gateway, but withal it contains 50,000 aoies of the finest fruit land on the face of the big green earth, and the small proportion of it now In bearing orchards has made fortunes tor those whose intelligence and industry have brought it to the top notou of production. In past ages tblr benutiful anew mountain from which river, valley and town takes name, was a formidable volcano belch ing forth lava nnd volcauln ash to the desolation of a then doaolate laud. In this age the Hies hove gone and the hare mountain sides have been cover ed with a mantle of perpetual white; the ash aod lava beds have decompos ed, and with the nevet failim water supplied by the snows ot old Mood, evolved luto green orchards, waving fields and imposing forest'!. It has been a good many years since too tlrst orchards '.vero planted In the Hood River Valley, aud the pioneer settlers have long been convinced that it would become what it is today one of the mcst celebrated fruit sections of the world. . Years of epxeriment bi ought out the fact that the apple oould be raised to greater perfection as an orchard fruit aud the straw berry as a small fruit than other va rieties and the result is that practio ally all of the groweis in the valley pull together and produce euormous outputs ot apples and berries. The result is that being able to buy in or load lotn, big Uruis ofter higher prices for the crops, aud it Is always so salable thut the supply has never reached halt the demand. The big gest appl Arms iu the world has stat ed that it the entire 50,000 sores of orchard laud in the Hood River Val ley was bi ought into actual bearing it alone oould handle all ot the output, ao great is the demand for such per fect truit as is seut out from that sec tion. With thi assurance that there will nover.be an over production, both new aud old settleis puts bis saieutitlo thought and olonest atten tion on the pioper culture ot luese fruits, with the leaults already known world wide popularity. A soil i.nuiy- sis shows three olemouts which uo to tbe production of tlrrn nnd well color ed fruits potash, u.trogen and iron. With this soil, the cold nights pro- deuoed by the adjacent snow moiiu- tains, floods of hot sunshine during tbe days of foriuntiou uul ripening, ttomblned with tho intelligence and never fuil'ug energy ot tbe orohard ists, Uood River Vulluy stands today tbe banner fruit section of tbe world aud otfent friendly challenge to all other sections to ccm )ete with her. The highest prices ever paid for ap ples have gone to her and the greatest records toi perfection and keeping quality aio nio bets. Other truit sections of the countiy have attempt ed to "talk back" to Hood River by maintaining thut they have just us good soil and climate aud cau tbert fore raise apples "jnt na pood" And Hood ltivi uIrvh ny: "l'hen why don't ynu do it!" Kight here is the secret Ood tins (umiuhed tbe soil aud dim ite and water, but man must do tbe re-1, and in Hood Kivei mau tnoiougdly ntideratund this and is cor stftiitiy up iiud doing. There is a spirit of null togMtiior, iifot or none, then thut ti . resulted In tho valley ocii'i.-ivlng (tie front pew in the fruit uiarktt tor many ?rHon, aud tbe indications are t ht ii a ill never move even one row back. The way they do things here la shown by actual re sults to be tbe best way way that others oould emulate to grat advant age. The keynote tc this way la "etern al vlgilanoe." Hood Rivet Valley has long passed tbe experimental stage and tbe new comer hat tbe advantage of the old orchardist'a experience. The toil ot year and lepeated etJorts taught tbe latter tbe secret ot successful culture in this psrtloular locality, and he ia only too willing to give tbe new neighbor tbe results. Pride io tbe valley's world reoord la paramount with tbe individual orchard 1st and be is just as much interested in tbe new mau producing perfect fruit at tbe new man la himself. He wantt nothing iuterlor produced in the val ley tor bit tlogan Ii alwayt "best or none;". and tbe new man toon learnt tbe same tlogan (or be finds that when it comet to sending out car loads ot luscious applea with tbe fam ous Hood Kiver label on every box it ia only tbe A-l fruit which tbe Ap ple Growers' Union will aooept for snipment. Apple Growers" Union? Tbe name It aelt explanatory and ihe kind ot man who will make successful orch ard lnt will grasp itt advantages. This Union organized and otiioered by tbe fruit growers takes entire charge of selling the truit crop and shipping It, tbe grower havl.jg only to deliver bit applet (packed in bit own orchard by a oorpa of expert packert from the Union) at tbe rail road, wbeu be leoeivea bit money, for all fruit is told f. o. b. Uood Kiver. Through the Union he gett a bigger price than ha oould possibly obtain Individually, and it relieved of all an xiety about market conditions. Buy era come to the valley in-Aatiast or September and though tbe officers of the Union arrange for the purchase ot tbe orop by car load lots always tbe highest bidder being considered. And that tho bids are high all tbe world kuows; but the buyer it willing to pay high prices for he knows by past experience that every box of fruit will be perfect at to quality, paok, ooloi and tize, and that there will not be one apple in all the lot that contains a blemish. He knows tha1; these apples oan be retailed at faiiOy prices prices much higher than the fruit from sections which do not pay attention to auoh details; and what Is even ot greater Importance, he knows that tbe crop will keep un til the following spring it necessary. So the wise orobardist belongs to tbe Apple Urowrea' Union and it alwayt assured of the highest price in ;the market for perfect fruit. And to get this perfect trait he gives hit orohard tbe careful attention of arose garden, tiKbtlug all pests with'judiolousjsnray ing, keeping the gr mud beneath the trees in a high state of clean cultiva tion to conserve tbe moisture, aslng Srqot oare not to overlrtigate; thin ning while tbe fruit it young to give greater nutriment, 'better tize and more peifeot oolor. He prunes oare fully, keeping tbe tree; strong and stocky and allowing tbe tun to pene trate between tbe Ibranohet to oolor all fruit evenly. And be does lots of other things wbiob appear trifling to an outsider but wbiob go to tbe pro duction of perfect fiuit. Tbe faot that 90 per cent of tbe apple crop in this valley is first class will give an idea ot how it paya to give attention to detail In fiuit culture. Just one instance comet to mind about tblt year't orop. In one orchard out of '2,000 buBhels only 60 bad applet were found. fiUan anyone argue against eternal vigilance atter auoh a record: "We hardly dare tell the whole truth about what we oan produoe here," explained a successful grower to. an easterner recently. "They don't believe it think we are limply boost ers. Hut all we ask la for all ot ynu to come here and see for yourself. We can substantiate every statement we make about Hood River Valley and are only too tnxious to tbow (you" this man knew Ewbeieof be spoke, for he ia oue of many who have risen from poverty to wealth through the medium of tbe big red apple. This particular man realized 000 net per aore oft bis orchard tbia year and tbero are several instances where small orchards have netted at high at 1,000 to $1,300 per aore. This doubtless sounds like a fairy tale to tue farmer of tbe east and middle west wbc experiences droughts aud cyclones In summer and bliz zards in winter, for to bim 150 to 8100 net per ticre seems a great reve nue. Tbe high prices asked for orch ards In Hood Kiver Valley appall him. seem quite impossible when compared to prices in bis own section, but when it la considered that ten acres oi bearing trees, properly cared for, will bring bim a greatei revenue than bit big farm, and that these orchards pay ull the way from 23 per cent to 90 per oent on their high valuations, be will realize that less land and work with greatei returns In money make llfo more pleasant. A farm of 100 acres In Illinois, lowa, Kansas or Nebraksa is considered there a pretty auie thing, but Hood Kiver Vailey is ready to prove that a 20 aore orchard will command almost double tbe Inoome of tbe big farm. Tbe Apple Growers' Uniou or OavidBon Fruit Company will abow their books where the pro duction and acreage of each grower it given; the banker will prove tbe tize of tbe draftt be cashed tor each grow' or's orop; and the oiobaidist himself will give the exact figures In dollars and cent, in tbe number ot boxes produced, tbe number of aorea and tbe number of trees. There are no secrets in Hood Kiver each man't suooess ia yourt to emulate, and if one wants to live and grow riob in thia modern Eden put it down right at tbe ttart that he will have to get the Hood Kiver spirit of best truit ot none and atiive for tbe best alwayt. Something of what tbia land will do through the perfection of its produc tion was recently well explained by the Hood Kiver Commercial Club and tbe statistics ou prioea can absolutely be depended npon : While other lpple-growing distrlott Iy gre t ttn.9 on tbe quantity of apples tbey grow, the tlogan ot Hood Kiver is not quantity but "quality." The courage of itt growers to uphold the standard of perfection baa won toi itt fruit name tor excellence tbe world ovui aud baa brought itt rewata. xsever wat tnis tact more fully demonstrated than in 1906 when oue -it tne biggest apple crops ever giown in the Unite I States wat placed on tne market, wniie buyert were Concluded on last page NORTH BANK BEING RUSHED THROUGH SERY1CE MARCH 1ST Only Sine Miles of Track te be Com pitted, Width Will Take About Three Weeks. An offloial of the North Bank road, who wat in tbe tty Monday, says that work ia bain- rushed on the North Dank road ami througb train service from Pasco tn Vancouver will be a taot about tbe first of Marcb. The tracklaylug ia t"g held up on aooouot of work o ' grade near Wind Rivet. This . ..i . of the grad ing wat hiM back mi ocoount of con tested right ot wav which was in tbe courts for many month and therefore the work at tbia point It considerably behind other portion ot the road. Fourteen steam thovelt are at work at that point, however, and they are making great progress. Telephone linea are being completed from both enda of tbe line and the crew working weat have pasted Un derstood, while the orewt from the wett are approaching the end of the completed track, to that by the time the track it laid tbat part of tbe work will be in readiness for the transac tion of business and running of trains. The surfacing or ballastlug ganga are working at both endi of the com pleted track (.and will have finished their labors in time, to tbat when tbe grading ia finished to oonneot tbe track they will be ready ta finish tbat part ot it and have a completed traok from one end t the other. Regular service has been In opera tion to far at Lyle tor a couple of weekt and tralna now connect with the boat linet at that point. It la prob able tbat tbe aervloe will not be ex tended west of tbat point until tbe line ia ready to go through to Van couver, which will be in about a montb'a lime. 'I bit will give them a obance to get in on tbe regular spring business and while Portland will not be reaobed over tbe new bridges until sevetal months later, yet tbe road will oonneot wtib tbe ferry and htreet can tor Portland, and be practical for passenger bnsiness, while freight can be bandied around by Kalama and (Joble, over tbe Northern Pacific tracks to Portland. Tbe distance from Bingen to Van couver is 66 miles, the same distance at Hood River to Portland, and Bin gen will probably be the nearest point to the North Hank road from Hood River, unlesa a ttation be established at Unaerwood, at which passenger tralna will atop. The following are tbettht'OUs and the distances from Pasco : Name of Stationt Miles from Pasco to Stations Flnley - - 6.63 Hover - ' - 10.86 Yeilepit 17.3(5 Tamar 22.51 Mottlnger 27.96 Calbla . 32.50 Plymouth - 37.81 Gravel - - 41.68 Coolidge 45.57 Paterton - - 50.25 Sage - - 54.37 Luzon 60.04 Carley 66.64 MoOredie ' . 72.85 Moonax 78.10 Roosevelt - 84.00. Sandal - - 95.30 Fountain - 10.022 Harbin 104.80 i'owal 111.88 Cliffs . . 116.94 Columbus 121.85 Trim - 128.02 Avrey - - - 132.49 Spedit - 130. 76 Grandallei - 140.05 Skadat - - 145.48 Lyle - 150.87 Vila 155.25 Bingen 158.95 uood lbl.9U Cooks - 168.64 Collins - - - 173.10 Stevenson 177.03 Cascades 182.05 Butler - - lb8.33 Mt. Hood Development League. The meeting of the Mt. Hood De velnpineot League January 18 was well attended last Saturday evening, in spite of tbe unpleasant weather and considerable Interest ia being mani fested in itt work. All those present signed the membership roll and will induce their neigbbora to do tbe tame. Tbe committee on constitution re ported by reading the proposed laws to govern tbe organization and they were Immediately adopted as read. Committee on subscription list re ported tbat to date 1867 bad, been sub scribed with a large number yet to bo approaohed. It ia hoped tbat tbe tot al amount to be collected with tbat expected from tbe county funda will be eultiolent to open tbe road to tbe use of teams, whether entirely com pleted or not Work will no doubt begin In tbe very near future and be oariied on at rapidly at possible. Considerable informal discussion wat held on topics of interest to tho community and tucb action taken at wat deemed necessary. (Joe propo sition advanoed wat tbat ot an eleo trio railroad through the valley, '''hit Is a projeot affecting every citizen of valley and t)wn, and one in which it it hoped oo-operatiou will be actively shown by people, newspaper and Com mercial Uut, Tbe idea advnaoed it to aeoure an aot by the legislature permitting tbe residents to bond their properties for an amount sufficient to put the road into operation. Tbia would keep tbe ownership ot tbe road in tbe bands of its petrous and cer tainly be an investment ot the most desirable kind. With tbe control ot itt ofOreit in tbe power of the people, there should be no possibility of tbe "frenzied" flnanoe operations so com mon In transportation compaules. With tbe assistance of those direotly interested it it hoped tbat a suooeea ful campaign for tbe carrying oat of tbe projeot will be immediately inau gurated. : ' Will Slay ia Rood River The remedy that makes you eat, i-leep and grow strong, called Palino Tabh. ta, will be sold regularly by Williams' Pharmacy, Hood River. These great nerve and constitution builders cost only 60c per box, tix boxes, (2.00. tl