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only take twenty years for the iaw
niilla and lumber business to denude
this aplendd paradise and leave the
land bare to the aun and the unfetter
ed sweep of tbe winds, to change the
climate and to impoverish our water
supply. Lot us wbo have tbe heritage
of sane, sagacious old Iowa manifest
tbe spirit of deoenoy and common
sense by standing against this unmit
igated ignorance and crime against
posterity.
In conclusion tbe speaker gave sta
tistics shooing the wonderful agricul
tural resources and wealth of lowaand
lao those showing the great natural
wealth aud undeveloped resources of
Oregon, and said be looked forward
to tbe time in tbe near future when
the middle and western states would
be free ot tb domination of eastern
capita'..
The next number on tbe program
was a recitation by Mrs. Adab'Koee,
entitled, "The Old llawkeye fcHate,"
This was, of course, a very popular
theme with a great part of the audi
ence aud created great enthusiasm.
In delivering its Inspiring lines Mis.
Hose showed that she has rare talent
as an elocutionist, aud made snob a
favorable impression with her audi
ence that she was forced to give an
encore.
Following Mrs. Hose, Miss Mary
Wiokbam sang "Where liolls tbe Ore
gon," delighting ber hearers wbo, ap
. plauded ber rouudly.
This completed the program for tbe
morning aud an IntsrmiHsioo was ta
ken for dinner. While almost every
body took a liHHkot ot good things
with tbem there was no danger of
those who had not going hungry.
Under tbe direotionflot Col. Uartioy,
whom everybody knows is a pasi mas
ter in picking out a fat and toothsome
steer, a baibeoned ox roasted to a
delicate brown, but red and juioy un
derneath, was served. The time de
voted to the dinner hour was one ot
tbe most pleauunt of the day, as it
permitted tbe renewiug of old so
(luaintauoeHbip under circumstances
that usually make umukiud a little
niuro charitably deposed toward bis
neighbor than any other. Keminis
oences were many, boyhood days re
called, old memories revived aud
laughter and good oheor were every
where apparent.
At 1 :'M the meeting was again oalled
to order by President Luraway and to
a piano accompaniment Miss Leila
Itadford rendered "Home, Sweet
Home," with variations, on tbe vio
lin. Miss Kadford'i rendition of tbe
this ever appropriate and heart-stir
ring melody was faultless and brought
forth a storm of applause at Its con
clusion. The next speaker intioduced was M.
P. Isenberg.'who told of his early life
in tbe great corn state and bow be
came to leave it for a region tbst be
oouaidered tar more desirable to live
in.
Mr. 1 sen berg was followed by Miss
Grace Harbison, who played a piano
solo untitled, "The Battle of Manila,"
very acceptably.
Hon. A. A. Javne theu talked Inter
estingly of conditions in tbe llawkeye
state during bis younger life, telliug
of the nudities of religious life there,
ot tbe tremendous cyclones and of
Home of the causes for immigration to
tbe Paoiflo coast. He said. In part,
that bo bad benu tiying to attend the
meetings of the society for three
years, but until this year had not
suaoeeded. He stated that bo was
born in Iowa and that the first mouey
he earned there was (10 for which be
worked three months. This was earn
ed from an old retddeut who took
kindly interest In bim and taught him
bow to use a knife aud fork. When
asked by his bonefactnr where bis par
ents were born he told rilm that ui
lather was boin in l'enusylvauia and
bis mother in Kentucky, whereupon
be was told that be muut have good
tdood in him, as tbe old man seemed
to thiak it made a great difference
where he wbb born. Tito early set
tiers, Mr. Jayue said, went to Iowa to
get away from the mtiiienoes ot Slav
ery. They were good people, deeply
religious and moHtly of the United
Presbyterian faitb in Washington
county where be lived, lbey lived,
however, constantly iu fear of some
thing, for there was freezing cold in
winter, hall, sunstroke and cyclones
in summer and tbe ever present tear
among them of a warm place in the
hereafter. There was no question as
to Iowa being a great state, but be
didn't thiuk that there were many if
any present who wanted ta go back.
He (bought that they proferied stay
ing iu Hood liiver county. Iowa had
its good features, but it lacked the
Hood Kiver climate and the oppoitun
ities for advancement to be found in
Oregon.
W. C. Martin also told of life in
Iowa aud some of tbe other middle
western states.
Mrn. W, l' Laruwny ouucluded the
exercises by reading an article from
the Oregnniun ' commenting on the
fact that mauy of Iowa's young men
were leaving that .state and that a
combined eltort Is being made to keep
them at home. The article is as fol
lows :
"The Des Moines, lova, Capital la
ments over the fact that tbe best
young meu ot that city are going else
where to seek their fortunes. The
' merchants of the city have taken the
matter up and will try to stop tbe ex
odus, which, aooording to the paper
mentioned, is a 'costly drain upou tbe
state's strength.'
"Hut you can't stop tbe exodus
from Iowa. Already several thous
ands of Iowans bave come to Oregon
and all ot tbem are sending back re
ports of tbe beauties and attractions
.. and opportunities of this rapidly
growing state. Iu the letters to their
FULL FORCE I 'rieu1i and ,ormer companions, they
bell ui lauu nee iruuj r;uiuun wuu
blizzards. They tell of temperatures
exoessive In neither winter ncr sum
mer. They tell ot a land wbere ober-
ies grow in abundance and to a size
of one and one-eigbtb inches In dia
meter. They tell of a region not de
pendent upon one or two industries,
but having a multitude of resources
from which to draw increasing wealth.
Tbey describe tbinly settled districts
where laud is obasp, imt wnere all
kinds of fruits can be grown success
fully, lbey give an account of an un
developed portion of tbe oouutry in
which abundant water powers win
make progress rapid so tbat In tbe
next few years land values will in
crease many fold.
"Tbe Des Moines Capital 'and tbe
merchants of that city can sucaeed In
halting tbe exodus whenever they cao
change tbe olimate of Iowa or stop
tbe lowans in this state from writing
baok borne. And not till then."
At the conclusion of tbe program
tbe annual meetiug for the election of
officers was held and resulted as follows:
President W. F. l.araway.
Vice President-M. M. Hill.
Secretary and treasurer J. 11. Os
borne.
Directors- M. K. Noble,
K. II.
Waugb, J. J. Wiokbam, V. A. Newman.
The affairs of tbe society are In a
flourishing condition and each'year Is
addiug'a number Jof new members to
its already large membership, Of tbe
several societies ot this character at
Hood Kiver it is by far tbe largest.
matter that was taken up for dis
cussion was tbat of providing perman
ent grounds for tbe society to hold Its
anuual event on. It was stated tbat
grounds suitable for this purpose
oould ke secured foi a reaponble
amount aud it mi euggested tbat a
point somewhere on the line of tbe
Mt. Hood railroad would be tbe most
desirable. It taken tbe grounds could
also be used as publlo picnio grounds
as well as for the soolety, but will be
known an tbe llawkeye grounds.
TELLS OF HOOD RIVER APPLES
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from frost. The only berry grown is
tbe Clark beedling,wblcb is a remark
ably good shipping berry and because
ot this fact brings tbe highest price.
in the market, selling tbe past season
as high as 13.55 per orate. It is a
medium too small berry, Lut of good
form aud bright attractive color. It
Is, however, a light bearer, as 175
orates are considered a good crop.
Very intensive culturo Is given by
tbe best glowers. Plants are set two
ways. Ibe more common way Is to
place tbe plants bout fifteen inobes
part in the row and the rows two
aud one-balf feet apait. Tb. latter
distance is better than three feet
wbere irrigation Ja tesorted to. Otber
growers plant in doable rows, allow
ing 20 inches between tbe rows and 30
iuchea between tbe doable rows. This
system lakes fewer irrigating ditches
and gives three thousand more plants
to the sere, but mauy claim, tbat tbe
plants do not do as well. In most
oas s wbere nitrate ot soda has been
tried in moderate amounts, good re"
suits were obtained, while other grow
ers found that a mixture of ben man
ure and wood ashes gave good returns.
Stable compost tbat contains straw i
undesirable because it interferes with
irrigating. While in some cases tbe
beds are left In bearing from five to
seven yeais, this is generally because
tbe owners are not going to replant
aud wish to get what tbey can from
tbe old bed. After tbe third year a
decline generally sets In. irrigation
depends upon soil and plants, tbe
ground being kept moist to give good
results, especially during tbe bearing
seasou. New plauta are taken from
tbe strong one year old plants and
only one plant to a runner is allowed
by the more Intensive growers. After
the bearing season is over the beds
are mowed and tbe tops burned, a
new top being grown. Kvery precau
tion is taken to bave tbe berries pick
ed, packed and shipped as carefully
as possible, great care beiug taken
not to allow tbem to become heated.
A number one betry is grown aud it
is bandied in a busiuess-Iike and
scientific manner and tbey obtain fi
nancial results that are very satisfac
tory. Theie is always a good market
for number one fruit bandied as the
Hood Kiver growers handle their
strawberries.
Acreage ot strawberries iu Hood
River:
No. of acres of strawberries
grown iu orchards - 534.25
No of cores of utrawberiies
not growu in orchards - 4224.25
Pollination is a subject of great In- Total acreage
terest to Hood Kiver growers, ideal
izing the importance ot this subject
to growers of tbe state, we bave start
ed a series of experiments and inves
tigations. Tbe problem has so mauy
phases to investigate and we bave so
little to obtain from experiences of
experiment stations and growers, that
wa are not prepared at tins time to
say ruuoh ou this subject. We hope,
however, by another tall to be able to
bave some results tbat we can publish
that will be ot Interest. All we care
to say at tbe present time is tbat we
consider It a wise policy to plant sev
eral varieties in an orohard, givlug
preference to commercial varieties
having the name blooming period. It
is generally considered at this time in
11 ood Kiver that the Arkansas mack
and the Ortley are good oollenizersfor
tbeHpitzenberg, although it is doubt
ful it aocurate experiments bave act
ually demonstrated this as yet. Many
of the theories on this subject have
arisen from general opioion. Only by
careful experiment will we be able to
oome to definite conclusions on tbe
problems of pollination.
Age ot Orchards. Of the apple trees
stauding In tbe Hood Kiver Valley,
82.1 per cont of tbem bave been set
out in the past six years; 12.7 per
oent In tbe six years previous to tbat;
1.1 per cent are past twelve years of
age; and the remainder, or .5 per
oeut, consists of top-grafts tbat bave
been pat upon old stocks during tbe
past five yeais.
''he number and size ot the orch
ards set previous to WXo is very small,
all havlug been put out merely for
home use, with little or uo expecta
tion of their ever coming to be of
commercial importance. From 18U5
until 1901 some plantings of larger
size were set, but It whs not uutil 11)02
that the real earnest planting of orch
ards especially for onmmeroial pur
poses began, Front tbat date mauy
aud extensive orobards bave been set,
tbe (number and acreage increasing
greatly each year. Twenty nine per
cent of these beiug set in 11)07.
The apples comprise t'i.tt per oeut of
the number of trees standing in the
Hood Kiver district tbe poais com
prise 2.1 per cent; the peaches 1.7 per
cent; the cherries, 1.1 per cent; aud
the nuts 3 per cent. Liy studying ta
bles 1, 2, 3, 1 and 5 it will be noticed
tbat the larger plantings of the other
kiuds ot fruit run proportionately
about the same as those of the apple,
the greater numbers having been set
within the past few years, It will be
noticed that all of tbe walnuts in ap
preciable numbers have been set with
in tbe past three years. Ibe greater
number ot the peach trees are three
years old ; 80 per cent of the pears do
not exceed three years ot Bge; aud 34
per cent ot the cherries are four years
old aud younger.
The strawberry industry of Hood
Kiver is a very important one. It has
beeu the pioneer crop, being planted
extensively in tbe young orchards
wheie the beds are allowed to remain
until the young trees commence bear
ing. Thus a good steady iucome is
realized in these years of groat expen
diture aud, under ordinary conditions,
light returns. Formerly the beds were
all near towu, bu' ot late plantings
are more extensive farther up the val
ley aud wbilo in these regions the ber
ries oome later, still there is less loss
756.00
COMMERCIAL CLUB DAY ASUCCESS
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of oeremonles. The rope was stretch
ed across a bar of wood and bunches
of red aud yellow ribbon tied tbree
feet apart in the center. Ked repre
sented tbe East Biders and yellow the
Hood Kiveritea. Tbe winners bad to
pull the colors of tbe opposing team
aoross tbe bar of wood and so many
changes were made in the selections
of men that it was impossible to keep
tab on them. Among the East Sid.
team, among others, however, were:
A. I. Mason, wbo acted as anchor, M.
M. Hill, U. S. UaUlgau, Chris Deth
man, V, Wincbell, Lawrence Hmitb
and John Mobr. Some of those on
the otber team were: Lou Morse,
Harry Bailey, wbo held down tbe end
of tbe rope, Andy Pearson, J. K. Car
son, John Zoles and Prof. MoKnigbt.
At the word "go" the two teams set
tled down to a bard struggle in wbicb
neither side gained any headway for
sometime, when tbe Hood River team
got tbe advantage aud steadily pulled
tbe East Sldeis over the line. The
latter claim tbat tbe winners bad ten
men to tbelr nine, bat tbe Hood Riv
er team denies tbe impeachment.
Tbe Hose Race.
At 5:30 tbe hoe races took place on
Oak street. Tbe contest was between
tbe high school boys and a team se
lected from the members of tbe fire
department. The race was won by
the Bremen, although the tcbool boys
made an excellent showing by running
tbe distance iu 36 seconds. Tb. time
made by the firemen was 35.' seconds.
Ill Dinner Event of Day.
By this time everybody was hungry
and oommenced to drift toward the
opera house, wbere tbe big publio din
ner, given by tbe wives of club mem
bers and tbelr lady friends, was In
progress. While tbe sports were en
tertaining the dinner whs undoubted
ly tbe most popular event ot the day,
A glance into tbe improvised diniugj
room showed a beautiful sight. Long
lines of tables completely filling tbe
room with tbe exception of aisles left
for tbe seivers, were covered with
snowy linen. Oa tbem roses and
sweet peas at Intervals made an artia-
tlo touob of color, and glitterinng ta
bleware and the many viands on dis
play added to tbe attractiveness. And
then the ladies! All gowned in whits
with the exception of a flying vision
of pink or blue for contrast. Quiokly
and deftly tbey served tbe diners with
the elaborate oollatlon. Hct rolls,
meats, salads, creamed potatoes, rel
ishes, ooffee, ice oream, cake, fruit
and many other delicacies too numer
ous to mention tbey supplied. From
5 to 7 over tbree hundred were fed,
and compliments on tbe excellence
i of the repast and its service were
mauy.
From 7:30 to 0 the baud gave a con
cert on the square near their quarters
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And a Growing
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Young enough to hope to grow and growing
because you approve of our methoes. We
want your permanent business by proving
ourselves worthy of it. We expect to make
a small, sale pront each time you Duy nere,
and we believe it will be to your interest to
buy often.
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Grand Ball Ends Da) 'a Festivities.
Tbe festivities for tbe day were oon
eluded by a grand publio ball held iu
Odd Fellows' ball, which lasted from
9 o'clock until midnight. To tbe mu
sio of a full orchestra about 100 cou
ples enjoyed themselves whirling in
tbe mazes of the dance. During tbe
evening Prof. Beggs, the dancing
master wbo is at present giving a ser
ies of lessons here, entertained tbe
danoers witb an exhibition of dancing
in which be was assisted by little Miss
Whitehead, who showed rare talent
In this direction! Mr. Beggs also
initiated the daucers luto the In-
tricaolos of tbe Paul Jones, a dance
in which all could join.
Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co.
Upholstery & Drapery Dep't
The unexpected in this branch has justi
fied uh in a most complete lino of spec
ial silk and linen coverings in. addition
regular leathers and valours. Ladies
will appreciate being able to purchase
these goods by the yard as well as being
able to order any class of Upholstery.
Fullest information and polite attention
by A-l workmen.
Stove and Tinware Dep't
Increasing demand for goods of sure
quality has justified shipping a Car
load of the world famous Universal
Heaters, Cook Stoves and Ranges.
This means a startling reduction on all
stoves. Your concentrated patronage
justifies the large purchase and we give
you all the 'gain to guarantee quick
sales. -
Roofing & Building Dep't
The second carload of Malthoid Hoof
ing and our appointment by Parafine
Paint Company as general distributing
agents has made possible the greatly
reduced prices now in force. To get the
benefit of market conditions we allowed
all lines building material tools find
hardwaie to run low and are now re
ceiving immense lots at the lower prices.
Furniture Department
Some changes induced us to buy two
carloads of General Furniture. The
changing prices will be our best sales
man. We will in a few days show near
200 patterns in new floor coverings, all
at lower prices than for several years.
30 patterns f inlaid and print linoleums
ranging from 60c to $1.75 yd. Guaran
tee you satisfaction. Expert workmen
on floor coverings.
Everything for building is lower in price. Most articles of house furnishing
have declined at
Stewart Hardware & Furniture
Company
i ADVISE YOUR FRIENDS
"The Best Way"
To See Hood River Canyon and Valley is
via
Mt. Hood Railroad
A RIDE ABSOLUTELY FREE FROM DUST
Train leaves Hood River 8 A. M. every day
and returns 5:10 P. M. Spend your Sunday
in the mountains.
A. WILSON, Agent
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Throe dy a of too, exclknneat aud istereat
YACHT RACES, LAUNCH RACES
. ROWINQ RACES, SWIMMING RACES
Ample hotel and lotlinw? accommodations.
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SECRETARY. Rcqatta Association, ASTORIA, OREGON
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C.We occupy two floors 65 by 100 feet, have' a $20,000 equipment,
employ a large faculty, give individual instruction, receive more calls
for office help than we can meet. Our school admittedly leads all
others in quality of instruction. If pays to attend such an institution.
CSaid a Business Man: Keep hammering away everlastingly on thorough
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