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SOCIETIES.
HOOD KIVKR COMMERCIAL CLUB Meeta
-whu mmiuuy in icn moDtb at d
m., lu the club room over Jackurn a nan.'
A. A. Javme, Pres.
P. B. Daviiwom, Secretary.
BOODRIVERIX)l)OENO.l(,A.ir..nl A.
M.Moeu ttaturday even In on or trnr.
each full moon. V. N. Ci.abkk. W. It
i. wlww am, necretary..
uuu ki vfcR ra aptkk no. 7. R. a. m.
neia ore ana uura rrirtay nights of wcl
U. R CAST EH II p,
E. O. Hi.AnrHAK, jecretarr.
HUOU KIVER CHAPTER NO. ft, O. K. 8.
Meets second and fburtu Tuesday .vrainf
oteach muiith. Visitors cordially welcomed.
IAXKIK BAILEY, W. M
Miss Idbl Wooowokth, 8ecr.tary.
IULKW1I.DKLO GENO. 107. 1. O. O. C
Meels la Krsfrnal ball, .very Tnurwlay
Geo. ThomsoW, 'crelarv
EDEN ENCA jlPMKNT. NO I fl n. B.
Regular meeting- second ai d fourth Mondays
... wen nitiuiil. ubo. Thomson, u. r.
H, C. Smith, Scribe.
KEMP I.ODGE, No. 181, 1. O. O. F.-Meeta In
Odell Improvement Co.' hnll every Halnr-
uj intiu. imiorsenrtiiaiiy weiooraea.
J U Cbohby. N. U.
HQ MASMiKT.R, Reo.Becy.
LA '.. UKI. ItKUKKAH DECREE LOIm.K NO.
i. !. O. . P.-llveta flint and third Krldays
u eacn i.iuntn.
Mrs. K. S. Mayes, N. Q.
Ella May I a Vinson. Secretary.
W.O. W. meets the 2d and 4th Baturdaya
each month at I. O. O. V. hull. Visitors oor-
dlally inv ited. A i:. bTATEN, O. C.
f. . MrltBrNOLDS, Clerk.
WAIHIUMA LOllUE NO. 30, K. OK P.
Meet in K. or 1. ball every Tneaday nia-nt.
C. P.Roea, C.C.
J. E. Nichoiji, K.of R. an I 8.
HOOD RIVKR CAMP, NO. 7,70s, M. W. A.
Meet In 1. 0. 0. K. hall every Wednesday
nlitnt. H.aUANO, V. O.
0. U. DAKiN, Clerk.
HOOD RIVER CIRCLE N. 524, WOMEN or
Woodcraft-Meet at K. f I', ball ob the
first and Third Friday of each month.
Lou MrliKVNnl.ua, U. N.
P. W. McKkynolds, Ci.tr.
UIVKIWIDE LODGE NO. lit) A. O. U. W.
Mm dm and third -iatuiilays of aacli
n ion ill. K. K. (H acm N,M. W.
(iV.O. sijioom, Klnnncii-r
CHKai'KK .Slil'TK. ReOOI'.iiT.
OLETA ASSEMBLY NO. 103. UNITED ART
iKana Meet the flint aud third Wednes
days work: ecoad and fourth Wedneadaya
ArllMiim' ball. W. U. MoGuiRE. M. A.
E. H. Haktwio, Seeretai y.
fOURT HOOD RIVER NO. , FOKKTERS
oiJAmerica, Meet every Thursday evening
at 8 o'ciot'k.
Wm. Flkminu. C. R.
F. C. BKoaitia, Brcietary.
I'ANBY TOST, NO. 16, G. A. R. MEETS AT
A. O. U. W. hall, second and tourtb Batur
daya of each muiith at 2 o'clock p. m. All
O. A. R. uirmtiers InvtUKt to meet with ua.
G. K. Castnkb, Oouimauder.
B. F. Blythb, Adjutant.
VAN BY W. K. C, No. 18-MEKTS BECOND
ud fonrth isaturdya of each Month la A.
j. U. W. hall at 2 p. in.
KatukyN Gill, I'reHidan.
Lydia Bumnek, 8ecrelar
MOUNTAIN HOME CAMP No. R. N. A.
Mavts at I. . O. Y. Hull i the second aud
fourth Fridays ol eueh iiiuntb.
Mrs. 11. Pkklkk, ().
M H8. F. ST.. 11H081UH, Recorder.
PAYNTEli LODGE, No. 8110, M. U A.
iii'uu Ilrsl and tuii'd Ki idaya of eucu luoiilU
Hi K.ol I', bull. (iKO. S. .VllLLKK, PrtM.
A til. Gl iilSAKl), He ,
J. F. WATT, M. D. ,
I'llVSiOlAN AND .SLUGEON.
T';lf'l i'i"': Offloe, Jl ;
nl litiEON O. ii.
iviiibsncc, ml,
VOo.
fi. L. DUMBLE,
I'll V.-!'. !.US .xSU SUKUE0N.
Cailii pioiuiilty answer ?d In town or country,
Day or Night.
Telephones: Kosidence, 611: Office, 613. ;
Office in the Uroaiua Building. . t
E.O. DUTRO, M.D. !
Physician and Surgeon
Office over First National B:tnk. Hood
River. Oregon.
Office Phone Main 871 Res. Main 873
. i- i ,
M.F.SHAW.M.D.
Office in Jackson Block. : ?r ,
Office phone, No. 1171. Residence, No. MB.
Db. M. a. Buakp Dr. Edna B. Biiabp
Osteopathic Physicians
Graduates of the American School of
Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.
Office, Hood Kver Bank aud TruBt Co. Bldg;
Home Phone 102 Res. 102-B
p 0. BROSIUS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
, ;'Phone Central, or 121.
Office Honrs: 10 to 11 A. M.; 2 to
and6to7P M.
Mrs. Mary Powell Jordan, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon '
Office and residence, home place of John
Leland Henderson, Btate St., head of Third St.
Phone 871. ,
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
DR. E. T. CARNES
DENTIST
Office over Bartineaa store
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Telephone 31.
H. D. W. PINEO.D.D.S.
DENTIST
Office over
First National Bank
Telephone
131
C H. JENKINS, D.M.D.
DENTIST.
Telephones: Office 28; residence 28-11
. Office over Butler Bunk,
Hood I.'ivkr, Orb.
A. JAYNE
' w LAWYER
Abstracts Furnished. Money Lotued.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
E. H. HARTWIG,
LAWYER.
Will Practice In All Courts.
Office in Smith Building, over First Na
tional Bank.
HOOD RIVER. ORE . N.
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
White Salmon Valley Bank
The small depositor receives the same rojTjteous t reatraen
as the larger ones. We havelwvfth j XrV
' COME AND'SEE TJS.-. -V...-
E.O. BLABCSUB
rW
V. c.
wr re.
Uaanlar.
rBOCK,
Ass l. Cashier.
K.L.8HITB,
,r orHol?"31 Da"Knood Kiver Banking
Or HOOD RIVER. ORKfUtw I O
HOOD RIVER. OREUON.
f.plUI $50,000 Sarplw, $15,000.
P. M. Hall-LeWiS & CO.
ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS
Deputy County 8tirve or for Waaoo CbnatT.
Deputy County Surveyor for Kltckrtat Co,
" J fchf ineer. City of Hood River.
Make eurrera. nlana anil mimii. a
er, light and power and railway planta, and
furniah aubjecl lo approval, plana, apaeldca.
tlona and eatlinatea lor all eutaaesof bulldlnca
publle, private and mercantile. Special etton-
muu (ivi-u roouoHiie ana aiow burnlnc eoa
itruttin. Arcuraey and economy coarauUwd
L-iui Teli-pbonea. bavldxin
Muiiuuia, huui mver, utegon.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
ATTORNEY-.
AT-LA W, A BSTRACTKR. NO-
TAR
runi.iv ana rta.Alj
ESTATE AGKNT,
Tor ffl yt-at a resident of O agon and Waab-
tnirton lix i,uit m.nw , - .
.i?,".h.'ltef.M"''Mrtorohw'
till' a and Haviit.
Haijabu'iloii guaranteed
lee . r
no ctiarce
Jnjernational orrtspondence Jchooj
Hi It ANTON, PA.
II. V. KEKI, HepitsienUtive
U Hlxili Hi., Portland, Oregon.
Hootl Kivf r once n month. Full inf.,r-
nut ion uiaileU uH)n request.
DR C.W.EDMUNDS
Specialist
EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
New Broatu Building. - Telephone Horn- 4
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
M. E. WELCH,
licensed VKiERiN iRY scrgeox
Prepared to do any work in the vetartn -
ary line. Hp can bp founrl bycalllnr at or
k-"'u ' mi ir m .ii tig autre.
Stranahau & Slaveu
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
JOE WRIGHT
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Phone 769
liHiimati't tiirmshed on request. An
honest job guaranteed.
E. A. JEROME,
ArcHitoct
naviinr. naa several yar' experiuncM h.
drafting ami bulldlni'.l would respecllullt
apllnita part or the pa ironage or the peopl ol
Hood River wlm iMilclp.te building: Teriiia
rvTn.ni:i.iiH, a in HHiihritciion guaranteed
flee at ri'd'lenee on Uvlgbts.
H. SEYMOUR HALL,
; Survivor.
I am iiiHlifl.-d Mini ii.-duared to do all kinds
of flrm I'lni. laud surveying. Accuracy guar
mitwd. Thasa who wish Hrst-class work done
Mwiia n. i, u, j,, aiua ir, r bona Mil.
m OREGON m BELIEF
ASSOCIATION
OF McMINNVILLK, ORE.
Announces another reduction in
cost of insurance.
th
T..L. DUNSMORE, THE DALLES
or
O. D. THOM PSON, HOOD RIVER
McEwen & KoskevPur 8hop metrplitan in
GENERAL COMMIinNMFIrHlNT
Prn,, ..i..n-i
. BH.VBS1UU (JUIbk IUIUI LIB
Wholesale dealers in all kinds of First
and Produce Consignments solicited
129 Front Sttree, Portland, Ore.
; j FREDFRICK A ARNOLD,
CONTRACTORS
anH RUM nroc
ana DUILUtKO
fhrBlihw4 all kinds work
WOOD FOR SALE.
I am prepared to furnish mill and slab
wood, also other kinds of wood.
I have a new gasoline wood saw and am
prepared to do sawing. Also do general
team work.
FRED HOWE.
PR. JONTS.. Dentist
Crown nd Bridge Work.
Teeth Withsnt Plates.
Treatment of diseased teeth and gums.
umce tsrosiua uuiiaing. fbone 1033.
MME. ABBOTT
Millinery,
Hair Goods
Richardson's Silks and
EmhrnidArV . RnrmliAa
J ft I
Opposite the Pari Fair,
HOOD
Cbae. O. Pratt. J. IlOborue, R.W. Pratl
nwiomi. vtcarras. Caautar.
and Trust Co.
! W trMMMt Bneral banking bualiMsa and
owe oar own banking prop y
iDlereat paid on time and In d-plu
8at deposit boiea.
C.F.SUMNER
HEADQUARTERS FOR
Plumbing
Come in and exam
ine our line of
Bath Tnhs. T.a
I 7
vatories, Sinks, Etc.
Spray and Gaiden Hose
still selling at
Reduced Rates
AH Kinds of Repairing Work
Guaranteed
JAS. McBAIN,
Hood River Marble Works
Am nieiMired to execute
all orders for granite MII.1
1 w, Q K1 ,
UtHii WtO null!, till 1 1 It I Jit 1 1 (in.
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
Petaluina Incubators and
Brooders
STOCK FOOD
Phams I091
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Eureka Meat Market
MeGUIRE BROS., Props.
Dealers In Freah and Cured Meatg, Lard
r-ouitry, t rult and VegeUbleM,
rnee Delivery. Phone Main 36,
B0NT0N
...Barber Parlors...
- The place to get an easy
shave and first-class hair cut.
J r
Porcelain Baths in Connection
O. H. GRAY, Prop.
Carry a full line of
w Hips, Robes, Blankets
and Wflfrm flnrrora
Heavy Harness
Also Double and Sii gle ' ,
Driving Harness
j All made in their shop.
Outt ami get our prioei before buying,
nr. a-., coe
CARPENTERING
SCREENS
Shop opposite O. B. Hartley niilence
A. 0. BUCK
NOTARY PUBLIC AND INSUR-
. ANCE AGENT
Room 12 Bros! me Block
DR. EDGINGTON
SMITH BUILDING
HOOD RIVKR
OREGON
The Trio Orchestra
Composed of A. Kohler. flut and
zither: Chas. (1. Newman, violin : Mi
lrace, piano. Music furni-hed for all
occasions. Concert numbers, entertain.
occasions. C
ments, weddings, receptions, dancer, etc.
For information apply to CHAS. Q.
NEWMAN, Hood Kiver, Ore. I0M
aimntHFT. uome,X99-h.
For Sale ' ;
At Odell niding. several thousand feet
of 2x8x16 and 2x6xlU scantling, aurf.to-
i-t ami sized, rnce $14 i-r M. inquire
.f A. Ii. Hhely, Brsthoin west of Ode J
tUtt'ou. Elppa Orchard Co.
3 fei'-s
RIVER, OREGON, MARCH 19, 1908
- -
M Put Your Money in Land'nKriTCC Hnnn
Your Invehluieut Wi:t be Safe. Values!
if Hood l'roerti-s are Bound to'
lneie.ii-e. Some of Our Golden Op
xrtuiiities Here Below: ,
416-MKF. If) acre tracts about six
miles Imtii t.ivu, all first clitxa apple
la id, under iliti li line, easily cleareit,
eay Wrm. Pri.-e 80U; $3U0 hh,
balance on or before tivo years at 6 per
cent.
345-11 EC. lOacni seven miles out
on the East Bide, all cleared and out in
clover, first class app'r laud. Only f:t,
m0. Land on oppo itst side of lane' in i
year old trees sold f r $1,000 per acre.
423-M UN. 10 acres 2 miles from
town, one wre in beurieg trees, one acre
in ji'tiiig iree, one writ in strawberries,
3 ai'ies ictmh, 2 " 1'iiBtuiv, 1 acies
voniia garden, goo-l I mil, 8 mom bouse.
all hard finish: na n. Building coat
$2,000. Price f6,HiU.
352 CF. 14 acres t! vo miles out in the
Crapper dWirit't, mile to school; 1,4
acres beariitK orchard, all eel to trees 2,
a aun venrH oia; z acres) straw tternes.
home orchard peaelu s and cherries, new
6 room lions.., anmer foundation, stone
cellnr, mn.il hum, w.mnI sheds, good well
i ft. water. Price $8,000; halt cash.
balance on or before a years at 7 percent
lnieie-t.
434 11AM. 2t an.H eight miles from
town, .4 tnile iioiu ti e rhilway station.
3 aerei- Spits mid New towns 3 years old,
acres cleureu and ready tor trees, 10
acres uncleared, water for irrigation, all
nm cihmm apple I nut, deep soil and well
amen. UihhI iiai'tsain at 11,500.
437-BE I 20 Hi-res 5 miles from town
on the Kiist Milt-; 6 acres six year old
tree; 4 ae'i-s io h d thrte year old
tree, ail k-i d VMri.-t eu; S acres readv to
fet, hiilance of land will be cleared and
ready for plowing. On main road, near
school, stores aud Ry. station. The
rerv best land, good building site. Price
f..r 15 days will be 18.500.
418-HAU. 25 acre. 700 Rnits and I
New towns 4 and 5 years old ; 65 Winter
Bananas one year old ; 50 Newtowns one
year old ; 300 old trees assorted varieties;
100 Graveii8U'ius and Wealthies 3 vears
old ; 2 acres ctrawberries; 2 acres hay;
DHianee uncleared; 0 room house, barti
ml shed, wo ii thed and chicken
houi-e; I team horses, 1 set harness, 2
waifons. 1 eow. farm ton's, etc.. to on
with place. Price 112,500 . ,
426-EES. 40 acret! 7 miles east of
town; 15 elssred, 80 bearinir trees, 1
acre 3 year old tree?, 1 acre 2 year old
reeii, l sere l year old tree. 2 atorv
house 20x21 and barn., Ritrht in the
center of t ho "K:mt Side Apple Belt
Price f 10 IMI0, one half cash, balance on
or uetore o years at 7 per cent.
398-EEW. 100 acres 2Wf miles from
Dee railway station; 1,000,000 feet uood
timber, 80 acres or more good apple
land. Only $15.00 per acre. This is
the best bargain on the market.
421-JHH. 160 acres 6 miles from
Mosier, 30 acres m orchard. 8 acres in
bearing, all good varieties : 145 acres of
tins is nrst class apple land, home orch
ard ol peaches, pears, cherries and
plums; small house and barn, water
available lor irrigation. The orchard
alone is worth the price asked, $11,000.
Terms to suit the purchaser.
J.H.
Ho.
The Reliable Dealers
Underwood and Little
White Salmon
CHOICE FRUIT LANDS
This Is where fruit large and small
grow to perfection and commands the
hlgherl market price.
-v A Favorable Location.
In Skuuiania Cotintv. the Southern
pa ' i of Washington, on Hie eastern slope
of i he Cascade range, thus lying be
tween the two extreme- the excessive
rainfall of tbe oast ami drouth of the
eastern part of the atte; mid directly
opposite Hood River.
There is no Boom.
Our land Is Felling on its merits and
at reasonable prion.
A Specialty of Small Tracts.
WeliHVunow completed t!i survey
ofaltrne tract and ran farnish frotii
tei acres up. Come and make your
selections as a delay means that you
will pay , more money as prices are
advancing.
I have also Klickitat 'on nty grain
and grazing lands, highly Improved
farms at reasonable prices. '
'Write or call orj
F. W. DeHart
Underwood, Wash.
JRALPH REED
' Best line of Cigars in -
iV' hbCtby--1
'"'j -Also handle line of - - '
Pipes, Tobaccos and
i Fishing: Tackle -
s. -V-, Notice.'
"Jlhe publlo la hereby ibotitted that
Uw U'uelUo Telephone and Telegraph
UuupHuy .has eased my room joining
my iudertaktna parlors for a term
uf ; yea ra. when a new, complete com-ruou-hsitery
telephone system; will
be I Uj. tailed ' ailLiu tha naxt aia
'weeks. Y ' V' : ,-; J. 14 Nichols.
RIVER METHODS
ANNUAL HORTICULTURAL MEETING
Hood Kiver Society Discuss Methods
and Valuable Inforniatlon
Exchanged.
lbe annual meeting of the Hood
River Horticultural Sooiety wa held
at the opera boute Saturday moruing
ana aiterooou, witD a fair attendance.
lbe meeting was culled to order by
President Wythe, with H. Avery sec
retary
I he morning session
witlm talk on soravina l.v I'mmrS
nil ibkhii ii
Kiult Inspector Castuer. who hH
tiattitiles of tbe liquid spravs on tbe
market, both in full strength aud as
diluted to proper strength for uaa
tie aWo bad branches of hddIh tieea
showiug the effects of scale aud ether
diseast'H.
At the afternoon session the discus
slou nas continued, the first talk be
log by A. 1. Mason, who denurtnd
trom tbe tuple. asigu d. aa it was the
tame as bad been given at other meet
lugs, und addre-sed the n-eemlilv from
notes on dirferent topics. Some of
toe points touohed upon were:
How to select a tree : Mr. Mason
said that we were for'unnte iu this
valley that we were not tortured with
a horde of tiee agents, as at some
other points, but that local nurseries
supplied tbe bulk of tbe trees, aud
that not many outside nuiseries had
representatives here, or at least unre
liable ones, lie preferred a yearling
tree and vaa also in lavor of taking
piuuty oi lime to sot 0'it tbe tree,
digging a deep hole, plaoing the
main roots six to eight inches below
tbe surface, lbe best time to set a
tree waa a point on which many dlt
lereo, out lie preterred the fall.
Tbe question of poilenizatlon. he
said, was a point which he would
leave to tuners to aisouie, es It was
cot fully known yet.
ine cultivation or orobards was
most essential aud nas of far more
value than water to tbe growth 'it an
orchard.
Grafting wax, instead of paint.
tbpuld be usud to cover the end of
sawed off branches, a the paint crack-
ed and allowed a dry rot to sturt in
tha hmnnh
The "question of fertilization was
uaHUUU.
iHsen up. mr. ntason saiu tnac it
was impossible to get enough tiarn-
yard manure to feritlize the orchards
of the valley, and comme.oial fertil-
izers were expensive, and that It was
necessary to renew properties or tbe
suit e.Miausieii uy iree Krowiu. ue
was now experimenting with several
kinds of cover crops grown in bis or
chard, and found tbe common vetch
tbe best. It made tbe best growth.
Caupdiaii. peas and crimson clover
froze down with the first frosts, while
toe veton wai u unarmed.
Mr. Mason was opposed to Irriga-
tion in orchards and remarked that he
knew he differed from many in this
resnent. Hn cited as sismnla nf tnn
L i i Ii iL r u . ,,
much Irr gatlon that the apples of all
1 rr iioruii H turrinf u I
fall doom thia rr and in ft all I
nwvva uinvtinaa
l lt.lt 1 Llj i,i I
oyiiio uiBiiiuun o"i' uuu 'niver
bad tbe same trouble. There were
nn rennrda nt ITnnd fMvar annlna inf. 1
ting after being sent to market.
The inspection of orchards should
be thorough aud old, diseased trees in
negleoted places should be removed.
He cited inetunces of where a few
trees near the main traveled road 1b
the valley, planted tbere as family
orchards and lett to decay, made a
bad impression on visitors aud were
a detriment tu the whole valley. -
llie question of spray was discussed
at length by Mr. Mason, who said
alons tbe
orav as a
of paying
that be was expel indenting
line or oooking nn own spray.
matter of economy, Instead of paying
a round price for the prepared sprays.
He stated tbat the ingiedienta in a
bariel of spray was not over S3 15.
while the market price of the prepared
spray was from w to 13. He said
tbat be could save tbe oost of a steam
oooking plant by cooking bis own
spray and intended to experiment
along tbat line.
Tbe brown aphis came in for discus
sion, Mr. Mason claiming that be lost
more apples trom this cause" than fiom
the codlin moth. The oodlln moth is
so thoroughly under ooutrol in this
valley tbat it is being almost exter
minated with careful spraying, but
tbe brown aphis cannot be killed by
the common spray, an it works uuder
cover.
The speaker stated that he intended
to experiment with n new spray for
tbe oodlin moth and had been ottered
100 pounds of lead . by a manufactur
ing concern for tbat purpose and be
thought be oould reduce tbe cost of
spray ootiNiderable.
A uuuioer of questiios were asked
Mr. Mhsou and there waa a discussion
nloug several lines whioh brought out
val'iable information, which was of
benefit to apple growers
E. L. Smith was tbe next speaker
on the program and spoke along the
lines of pollenization,' toxic poison in
land and aho wbat influence the stock
of a trne baa upon tbe grafted soion.
Mr, Smith said that be bad had ex
perience in cleared land, tbat he had
burned logs, cleared the land and
taiaed a bumper crop of wheat tbe
flrst year, while gibe second crop wa
almost a fuilure on the same land. He
also called attention to tbe fact tbat a
young tree set in the place where au
old one had been taken out would not
do well. Tbe cause of this is a toxio
poison which all plants throw off and
which poisons tbe soil, requiring
treatment of the soil, by cultivation
or otherwise, to release or neutralize
tbe effect of tbia toxio poison. Mr.
Smith said that tbe claim was made
by some that tbe fruit from tbe soion
grafted onto a tree of another variety
was affected by tbe preut tree. He
did not agree with this, ns all tbe
tiees were budded "if gratfed, and
tbere m practically no difference in
tha fruit. He also called attention to
the foot that trees 150 years old are
now bearing fruit whioh does not dif
fer from tbe recent fruit of tbe same
vaiiety. although tbe 'young tree has
been propagated through a long line
of grafted or bmlde t trees. Climate
and localities change a'tape and color
of tbe fruit, but not tbe bud or graft.
In regard to cross pollenization, al
though Hoience bad not determined
ut how much virtue there is iu it,
I yet It was. well known fact that erosalfit a a ra r s-a a '.?
fertilization of several varieties
strengthened all of them. It w-a also
Known tact that soma trees fertilize
much easier than others and that the
neavy uioomer helped out the so-called
any Dearera.
Mr. Smith aaid that the
BRIDGE IS WASHED AWAY
should bo a school of parking apples
established by some one, where morel
could be taught tbo business. Pack
ers should also bo paid by tho dav
i aiuer loan oy toe doz, aa last year,
as it would Insure a better pack.
. . i i . , .
A I a l l as . a .
me paoaeia were trying lo
seel
now many ooxea could be pacleed in
day and consequently were not as
particular as tbey should bo Pack-
e" ii.Bl!0 COD,t"nUy OTed by
ou.o ui .us larujeis to put iu apples
wUIUU ro not sinciiy op to grade,
u. n. bproat addressed the eonven
ii i . . . . - .
"0B lon ln of marketing the
lt.ait "m e standpoint of tho Ap
pie urowera- union, and made many
1 M V .
vuijr vaiuau.e suggestions. Mr.
Sproat aaid that it was eenerall nnn-
ceded that the present high piioea of
allies wouu uoi continue always.
but that apples at a dollar a hoi
would atill make Hood River orchards
wortn VI.OUO an aore. Tbe Increased
aoreage would adeot prloea some, al-
tbougb tbia would be oountarantnrl in
a large measure by the decreased acre
age of tho eastern orchards Com.
petition could be exoected from
distriots on tbo Pad tie ooast whioh
weie imltatiug Hood Rivei methods,
putting op good packs, etc He aaid
toe eastern apple buyers had all lost
money tbia year, exoept those who
handled the Hood Kiver product, and
be nnderatood the Davidson Krn it
Co. came out all right, aa tbere is no
repoit from anywhere that Hootl Hi
er apples fell down. He read maiket
reports to show that while the apple
maiket in general was bad on account
or poor stock, tbe market on ianov
apples held up. The Union waa nned
turn year, as in otner yeirs, to con
sign their apples, but tbey did not
consider it a good basla to work on.
auu soia ineir orop instead or con
signing. He thought it would soon
be necesaary to have a representative
in eastern markets to dispose of the
Hood Kiver orop. aa buvera would
nardiy oome out from New York to
cia on low carloads of apples, which
wo wm nave in a lew years.
Mr Sproat said that the method nf
Dimming tbe Hpitzenberg orop wonld
mire to be changed and that ha
thought It would reaulra cold storaoa
plants of a oapaolty of from 150,000 to
I oini non i-. . "i . 7
vv.,v UUXBI III flUIIlHH. in I VRPIATV
must be gotten tn market in 'np.m.
ner 11 it is to be disposed of to advan
tage without go ng to pleoes, or else
put in cold storage soon aftw picking
In wbloh case therop could lbs moy"
ed off more alowlv. Tha Niatn.n.
can ue bandied without m, tmnhia u
too ordinary wav.
Mr. Davidson aaid that thav had
touud that the very large Newtowns
were not desirable sizes for tbe gener
al trade, but that the four and four
ana a bait sizes were tbo best. While
tbere would always be a demand for
a limited quantity of tbe large sizes.
case of the SDitnLraa. .hinh
.old ir h . 5!?.. .ft Kl0" "
" -.IV "".V"""'.' W
"""iu uave ine prererenoe. ine same
applied to tha A.k.n. iiinl -Mo!
. i . . . ' y
Will fa anniVD Anriln anil iAa-akae 1
i i! " 'v uu uu,m iar('
- . """" iii uouumiiYii
purpoaea.
xoe lame Den Davis an
not desir-
ah la
matter of thinning, Mr. Oast-
5er , lnat aPP'91 should be thinned
uwnu .u iuo uu a iiuiii lutir auu six
i i .
ucne apart.
lbe meeting was adlourned for font
weeks, when other nanera will ha read
and final matters to oome before tbe
meeting disposed of.
Paper Read at Mothers Meeting.
There's so maoh bad In tbe best of
us.
A,nd " maoh 8ooa ,n the most of u,
lhat " 4,1 behooves any of as.
Io talk atout tbe ,e8t of as-'S
1 bave no apology to offer for lbe
bonor of addreaslna thia meatino.
This greatness was thrust upon me.
I am afraid when I have finished I
shall offer no apology for anytblnn I
may bave said I may be too busy
.i
uuuting tne ure escape.
In tbe discussions that went with
the first meetings of this association
and na oommtttee on constitutions,
its purpose was well brought out to
bring together parent and teaober for
the good of tbe obild. That eood oan
only be accomplished by plain state
ments of plrin facts, most of which
are already In tbe teaobera' repertoire.
xuis oiuo is an unnecessary institu
tion to many mothers. The ones wno
are giving ns tbe surest, strangest
support ate doing It without the me
dium of a cabinet and constitution.
Tbere are others who must be reached
in a different way.
Tbere has been a great deal 4a id tn
this club about tbe heavy, hard work
tbe teachers are foroinu unon tbe
children. You bear it upon every
side, it is tbe most absorbing topics
Tbe mothers bave it.tbe children take
it up and try to vie with eaob other
to see whose tesober is tbe "meanest"
in laying off work I
I came bere fiom an eastern state
tbat ranks first in America for Its ed
ucational system. Tbey don't bave
quite tbe kind of arithmetic tbere
you do bere at least they don't call
it mental they finish it in seven
grades and have algebra In tbe eighth,
but tbey do bave English grammar
that is Greek to our mothers and his
tory tbat goes beyond that Jumping
off place where Columbus discovered
Amerloa and takes you into Persia.
Gieece and Rome till yon go wild try
ing to una oat woyuolambus bumped
into Amerloa when be was after some
thing else.
I've had to give educational affairs
in Oregon some very serious thought
tbe past year, and it seems to me in
many of those oases where there is
snob dissatisfaction there is some
thing radically wrong, not with the
teaober, nor tbe oourso of study, but
witb tbe mental oi pbysloal condition
or tne cniid.
This yesr In my room 1 have enroll
ed nearly fifty pupils. Only eight of
them bave no brothers or sisters in
higher giades. I consider them typi
cal of tbe children throughout tbe
schools. At our grade meetings tbe
other Hi at primary teaober and I com
pare work and personalities of our
pupils. While hers may have some
advantages mine have not. In general
our conditions ere about the same.
We follow tbe same daily program and
give the same Dual tests for promo-
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fsf
CAUSE LI.MAGE
Railroad Trarki and Bridges Wanned
OutParalyse Traffle oa
Railroads.
I
a The warm rains hinh atartaJ w.i.
day and eoutluued until Sunday night
raised the water lo Hood River twelve
feet above low water mark and caused
I ooosiaeraoie damage at different
points, and Monday morning the
- "aK" oridgo across Hood River oul-
i . . . . . -
'apsea, iuo entire bridge being oarried
- S"?"n "ream to the month of Hood
River, where It lodged
on the sand
oar.
Sunday mornins tho water in th.
river reached the danger point and
osuaed tbo electrio light company
considerable uneasiness. Tbo pres
sure of tbe water waa so great that it
forced a stream aix feet a nova th.
stand pipe at the lower house and
wasoed out a large bole at the an.
trance to tha water wheel, threatening
to undermine tbe power house. Tbo
pressure was relieved by opening largo
valves In tho pipe and turnlna on tbo
water wbeet all it would staud, and no
further damage was done.
Sunday Diaht the water nnt a nasi
obauuel in Hood Kiver south of tbo
bridge and the whole force of the cur
rent went against the west bank, soon
undermining tbe concrete pillars
which support tbe steel bridna. and a
large section of the wooden approach
fell into the river about three o'clock
in tbe morn tun. The steel hridoa
gradually settled on the west end until
about 7:30, when It went down with
a craab, crushing like an egg shell in
its fall, and tbere were enough tim
bers and plauklna of the hrlrise t.i
float it down the nv.t .
be triage piobabiy a total loss.
as it is doubtful if much of it oan bo
saved. It ta very unfortunate, as it
stops all traffic across tho river until
tbe new bridge can bo built. Tho
bridge was built about seven years
ago at a oost at 13800. Whether the
city or county will have to replaoo tho "
linage is Kill undecided, but tn any
event ft will be built with county
money, as the oity male a proposi-
lilnn tn tab.
I uun lo (aae
over the bridges and
roads In tbe city limits provided all
baok taxes levied by tho count for
mill t-. iV , TZ .fi Zl i.... T
i n!l Im. lLll ?Kt0 ""m'f!
.IStti ."4.
roau improvements, under tbe three-
several thousand dollars due the oity
tor building the bridge. A tempor
ary structure will be thrown aoross
the river for traffic, which can ba
completed In a short time, and then
snow sumcieot time to put in tbe
permanent steel atruotare.
From ovidenoo at hand, bv thosa
who saw tbe bridge put in, tba irou .
tubes for holding tho cement piers
were put down put a few feet, allow-
'? Vta to e8Bily oridermlned by
"a hljih water. Tba whole course of
tbe river changed, about twenty feet
of tbe west bank washing away into
the river.so that tbe wooden approach
was tba first to eo. and tha oollaDaintr
of tbe round piers, whioh were set on
tbe loose boulders, waa tbe result.
ri.a A .k. .i i j .
olose to the Mt. Hood track, the
loose sand constantly caving back, an-
u wuii ui iud rivvr la uangBruUBiy
tll tbere is a pocket formed In tbe
bed of the tlver where the current
sweeps against tbe foundation of tbe
wooden approach for a distance cf
nearly 100 feet. Tbe protection of
this bank may mean tbe building of
a log orib along tbe former river
obauuel to ooatlue It to Its original
plaoe.
lbe dam at Dee did not suffer from
the high water, tbe new work recently
put In withstanding the force of tho
water. The dam of the electrio light
oompany also remained Intact, al
though the oompany waa obliaed to
shut down tbe water wheel Sunday,
tbero being no lights until Monday
forenoon.
lheMt. Hood railroad suffered from
washouts and slides, tbero being: sev
eral bad places In tbe track along tbe
road. Tbe high water at tbe dam
washed out tbe track for a short dis
tance and a slide' od tbe switobbaok
entailed considerable work to dear
away
tion. While I teaob first primary I
must be familiar witb tbe course of
study even In tba high school.
Xbe nrst grade In school la the
foundation of all school work. If
stones are left out in tbe foundation,
or loosely placed, tbe whole afler
structure stands a liability to become
weakened. The obild properly placed
In school, thoroughly taught the first
year to think for himself has a strong
bealtby basis for lite. It goes with
out saying tbat his instruction must
be followed up, but succeeding teaoh-
era oaunot say, "He just oan't get on
in bis work, be was not. started right
In the beginning." The teaobers may
not be doing ail they oan for tbe
child. Tbey may do like the old jin
gle: "Ram It in, cram It In,
Children's beads are hollow."
But tbere are some tbinns left yet
for the parents to do. Tbere are cir
cumstances of parental neglect that
bave oome to my notice in my ' brief
stay in Hood River that would appeal
to you, as tney bave me. Inere are
conditions that exist here, as every
where, tbat are a disgrace to human
ity and tbey exist not wholly through
tbe iguoraooe or poverty of mothers,
but through indolence and sheer sel
fishness. I was much sui prised In plsnnina
my work at first to find tbat Hood
River schools were using the same
course of study used in oountry
schools. It s always considered com
paratively easy work when city schools
use tne state oonrse of study. I've
given tbe subject of crammed outre
oulum some very serious thought
lately and I've oome to tbe conclusion
that tbe fault lies not in tbe teaober
nor tbe oouise of study, hut in tbo
child, or the borne from which he
oame. It is tbe old, old story of the
survival of the fittest. I know per
sonally one case where complaint bas
beeu made, where tbe obild la unfit.
physically, to be lu school. She was
victim last August of tbat most
treBcberoua disease of children, soar-
Continued on lost Psge.)
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