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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