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VOL. XX
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, DECEMBER 24 1908
NO. ;J2
SOCIETIES.
HOOD R1VKR eOMMKRCIALCI.UB-MeeU
very second Monday 0 b month at p.
ni., in ln club rooms over Jackson t More.
A. A. Jayks, Proa.
P. 8. Da Vinson, Hecretarjr.
HOOI) RIVKK IA)1K)E NO. 105, A. F. and A.
M. MeeU batunlay evening on or before
raru mil moon. N. XAKKI. W. M
1. McDonald, Secretary.
HOOD RIVKK CH APrKR NO. f7. R. A. M.
Meets Qrat and third Friday night of each
month 1 1 n iawtmku II P
K. O. Blanch A R, Herniary.
Hood HUer Coinm.nilery No. 12, K.T,
mwii every s cona Monaay evening
nl each niontb. W. K. Laraway, K C
a. i. Moe, Kecoraer.
HOOD KIVK.lt CHAPTER NO. , 0. E. 8.
MerU second and four Ih Tuesday evening
ofeuch moutn. Visitors cordially welcomed.
Cakkik Bailey, W. M.
MihsIukl Woodwokth, Hecretary.
IIH.KW1LDELO UENO. 107, I. O. O. r
Mreta iu Fra erual hall, every Thurariay
nlitht. M. J. Mahikkh, N. U.
Gko. Thomson, 'creiary
EDEN ENCAMPMENT, NO. 48, I. O. O. F.
Regular meeting second and rourlh Mondays
of each month. Gko. Thomson, C. P.
H, C. Hm 1TH, Scribe.
KEMP LODUE.No. 181, 1. O. O. K.-Meets In
Odell Improvement Co. s hall every Satur
day ulgul. Visitors cordially welcomed.
C. K. Masmkek N. O.
IIluU Smith, Rec. Secy.
LAI.'KKL KK1IKK AU 1 1 EUR EE lMKJK SO.
1. 1. O. U. F.-Meet first and third Fridays
'u each mouth.
Mils. k. S. Mayks, N. U.
Ella May Davidson, Secretary.
W.O. W. meet the 2d nud 4th Saturdays
each month at I. O. O. F. hull. Visitors cor
dially Invited. A. C. HfATKN, C. C.
F. W. McKkynoi.iw, Clerk.
WAUCOMA I.OIKJE NO. 30, K. OF P.
Meeu In K. of P. hull every Tuesday night.
C. P. Rosa, C. C.
J. E. Nichols, K.of R. and 8.
HOOD RIVER CAM P, NO. 7,7(W, M. W. A.
Meets in I. O. O. F. hall every Wednesday
nufhl. H. H. Dano, V. V.
C. U. DAKIM, Clerk.
BOOD RIVER CIRCLE NO. 524, WOMEN OF
Woodcraft-Meets at I.O. O. F. bull on the
first and Third Saturdays of each month.
Lou McKkynoi.us, U. N,
F. W. McRbykolds, Clerk.
RIVERSIDE LODGENO. 118 A. O. U. W.
Meets first and third Saturdays f each
month. It. E. Chapman, M. W.
GEO. Hlocom, Flimncier
Chkstkh Su utk. Recorder.
OLETA ASSKM ULY NO. 103. UNITED ART
iMina. Meelx the first aud third Wednes
days, work; second and fourth Wednesdays
Artisans' hall, 0. D. tlKNKlt'HS, M. A.
E. 11. Haktwio, Secretary.
C"t'RT HOOD RIVER NO. 42, FORESTERS
of; merica, MeeU every Thursday evening
at It o'clock.
Wm. Fleming. C. It.
F. C Bhosuis, Hecretary.
CAN BY POST, NO. 10. 0. A. R. MEETS AT
A. O. I W. hall, second and lourtli Satur
days of each month at 2 o'clock p. in. All
t. A. R. members invited to meet with us.
U. 11. Cahtnkr, Coin in under.
8. F. BLYTUE. Adjutant.
I ANBY W. R. C, No. 16-MEETS S10COND
nd fourth Saturdays of each Month in A.
O. U. W. hall at 2 p. in.
KatukyN Gill, President.
Lyoia Sl'bnkk, Secretary
MOUNTAIN HOME CAMP No. 84li9, R. N. A.
Meets at I. O. O. K. Hall ou the second aud
fourth Fridays ol eaeh mouth.
Miut. H. Prki.kk. O.
Mas. F. E. Bkohiuh, Recorder.
PAYNTER IjUDUK, No. 21)0, M. B. A.
meets first, and third Fridays of cadi month
at K.of I', hail. Gko. S. Millkk, Pres.
AUU. UUIUNAHD, Se .
MT. HOOD LODGE No. 205, 1. O. O. F. Meets
every Wednesday evening In Unbble's ball,
Mt, llood. C. 11. Hiiaw. N. U.
U. W. DtMMK K, Sec.
HOOD RIVER VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY
Hood River, Ore. E. II. Hartwig, Pres.
F. U. Coe,Sec. Leslie Butler, Tieas.
J. F. WATT, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
telephones: Office, 281; residence, 811.
SI.'KUEON O. R. A N. Co.
H. L. DUMBLE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Calls promptly answer sd In town or country.
Day or Night.
Telephones: ttesklenoe, ttll: Office, (113.
Office lu the liroii8 Building.
E. 0. DUTR0, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Udice over First National Bunk, Hood
River, Oregon.
Office Phone Maiu 871 Res. Main 873
M. F. SHAW, M. D.
Office in Jackson Block.
Office phone, No. 1471. Residence, No. 53.
1)K. M. II . HriAKP
Da. Edna li. Sharp
Osteopathic Physicians
graduates ol the American Si:h'I ol
Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.
Office, Hood River Pank and Trust Co. Bldg
Home Phone 102 Kes. lU'J-B
F0, BROSIUS, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
'Phone Central, or 121.
office Hour.'.: 10 10 11 A. M.; 2 to 3
and 6 to7 P M.
M. E. WELCH,
LICENSED VEIEUINAUY SURGEON
i- ,.r-per d to do any work In the veterln
ai .in.', lie can lie loun ! by railing at or
proline to i la ike d rug store.
DR. EDGINGTON
Smith Hiiildin
IIOOD RIVER - - OREGON
DR. . T. CARNES
DENTIST
Orf)1 ovrr B"i tnK shiro
H. D. W. PI!TE0,D.D.S.
DEN Tl V
Ollice over Teleiho-lc
lirst Natiott'il Bank 131
C. H. JENKINS, D.M.D.
DENTIST
Telephone-: urftV.o 28; rfsidftiec 2H It
(ilti'-e i.ver Butler Bank,
A A. JAYNK
LAVYER
Atwtractfi F'irtiinSe-1. Money liiitpd.
E. H. HARTWIG.
. 1, V Vi-;i;.
. VVIiite Snhnon Valley Bank
Tilt' slu m i. (Mtii -r ) r, - li" s;r'iM' ! i ii lc 1 v; t,W
il ( i:- n ovr uiiff. V hr, Vi i it ii
COM AND S.E US.
First National Bank
UF HOOD RIVER, OUKWON.
Capital $100,000 Surplus, $20,000.
P. M. Hall-Lewis & Co.
ARCHITECTS and ENGINEERS
Deputy County 8urve or for Wasco County.
Deputy County Surveyor for Klickitat Co.
"Vasti. City Knclneer, City of Hood River.
aiaac surveys, plans and estimates for sew.
er, llgbt and power and railway plums, and
furnish subject to annrovul. uliins. HueclHcji
tlons and estimates lor all clnsxra of buildings
puunu, privnie una mercantile. !ecial slu-a
tion given to economic and slow-burning iiuu
stro'tlon. Accuracy snd economy guaranleed
Home and 1'arllic T leplionva. IJavlUson
nuiiiiiug, iiood Jtiver, Oregon.
JOHN LELAND HENDERSON
AITORXEY-AT-LAW, AllsTiiA( TEll, NO
TAKY Pl'Hl.lCanit REAL
ESTATE AUENT.
For 23 years a resideut of O niton and Wash
Incton Hum bad manv veui-u ex iu.rli.nfw In
Real Estate rustlers, ax abstractor, searcher of
titles ana agent, bstisraullou guaranteed
no charge
A. J. DERBY
Lawyer
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
Straualian & Slavcn
Contractors and
Builders
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
JOE WRIGHT
CARPENTER AND BUILDER
Phone 2M-S
Estimates ftirni?iel on request. An
honest job guaranteed.
E. A. JEROME,
Architect
Having had several years' experience lu
drafting and building. I would respectfully
solicit a part of t he patronage of the people ol
Hood River who anticipate building. Terms
reasonable, a'ld satisfictiou guaranteed, of
fice at residence ou Heights.
FOR SALE.
I am prepared to funuiili mill and dub
wood, alo other kinds of wood.
FRED HOWE.
ASSOCIATION
OK McMlNNVlU.lC, ORE.
Atiniiiiiic.es another reduction in the
cost of insurance.
T. L. DUNSMORK, THE DA 1. 1. ICS
or
C. D. THOMPSON, IIOOD RIVER
CONTriACTORS
and BUILDERS
tiliBati(uriilshe en all klndiof work
Phoni'H' Arnold. Main H.
Morse & Morse
Successors to Ralph Reed
Best line of Cigars in
the City
Also handle line of
Pipes, Tobaccos and
Fishing Tackle
A. C. BUCK
NOTARY PUBLIC AND INSUR
ANCE AGENT
Room 12 Brosims Block
McRcynolds & Co.
DEALERS IN
Hour, Feed, Hay, Grain
and Poultry Supplies
YUCCA TREE PROTECTORS
Petaluma Incubators and
Brooders
STOCK FOOD
Phone 1091
HOOD RIVER. OREGON
FLEMING k TAFT
DRAYING, GENi RAL
. TEAMING
Wood For Sale. Prompt
Delivery . ,
OFFICE PHONE rSf-.tf1 llffs. PHONE
PHONE :.':(-' M
Hood i.iver, Oregon
C.F.SUMNER
i carters o
Plumbing
Coiuo in and oxfiin-.,
in- our line of
Pumps, Bath Tubs. La
vatories, Sinks, Etc.
HUH SPRAY HE
A " en ta For
FAiiAIu-lfiSE GASO-
SI
Feed Yard ,
tin o MrKernoMtt & Co'r. iel
TBrr oppesite I.tic'tev 'h I hickHmitb
ihop to tie and ieei your htitses.
Now oprn. Prices itBHniil I:
1. H. Osborne, R. W. Pratt.
President.
Vice Pre. Csbier.
Hood River Banking
and Trust Co.
We transact s general banking business and
I own our own banking property
Interest psld on time and Savings deposits
hare deposit boxes.
The stock of Mr. R.
H. Coshow, of Hood
River, consisting of
Men's Clothing,
Shoes and Men's
Furnishings bought
by J. C. Johnson,
of Chicago, will be
sold at a great re
duction from now
until Dec. 25, '08,
at R. H. Coshow's
old Stand.
The
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1 Vfy
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Hood River
There is Going to
Be a Land
Opening
At Rost'burfr, Ore., January
20, 1909. For lists, blue
print maps with vacant land
marked thereon and full in
formation regarding riling,
etc., send .ft 2.00 to
Roseburg Abstract Co.
Roseburg, Oregon.
The Cornelius
"The House of Welcome"
Cor. Park & Alder Portland, Ore.
A Hotel when; the North
western people will find a
hearty welcome and receive
courteous treatment at
moderate prices. Our free
omnibus meets all trains.
Under the management of
K.N.CLARKE
C. W. CORNELIUS, Proprietor
W. J. Baker & Co.
Dealers in
RE:AL ESTATE
Fruit and Farm
Lands
Resident Agents For
Phoenix Assurance Co. S
OF LONDON
Electric Wiring &
Supply Co.
Kl-rtrical Supplies nt,l
Fixtures
Chan. U. Pratt.
Notice
gery
S-i-ntific Wiring of ItuiMi. g
" 'si--'Mi'.v i
I'l f 3. II" -I Hi i r Jatiki g & Tu t
co. Bunding.
- - - -
Bearing
Orchards
On the East Side of
Hood Kiver Valley
10 acres with good improve
ments, nearly all m bearing.
20 acres. 10 acres full bear
ing orchard, balance in
young trees, good improve
ments. 27 acres. 14 acres full bear
ing orchard. (Hood im
provements. 40 acres. 7 acivs full bear
ing, balance trees 1 to 3
years old.
40 acres in and 4 vear old
trees.
These are some of t he best
properties on the east side.
The trees are all standard
commercial varieties and
have had the b.'st of care.
See Us For Particulars
J. H. Heilbronner
&Co.
The Reliable Dealers"
PORTLAND HOOD RIVER
403 Corbett Davidson B!d.
Why Pay ?I000
Per Acre?
You can get this for
$400 Per Acre
10 ACRES A-l Apple Land,
8 acres in !) year old New-
towns and Spitzenbergs with
Arkansas Blacks for pollen-
izers. Trees were scientific
ally planted and have had
proper care, balance cleared
and ready to set to trees.
Contour of land is ideal for
orchard, situated on main
county road just one mile
from the depoir at M osier.
20 Cash Payment
will handle it. Interest on
balance ). This means an
n vestment of .f80O cash will
iut you in possession of a
14000 property which within
a few years will sell for from
10,000 to 15,000. This is
a rare opportunity for some
one. Seeing the property will
convince the most skeptical.
Seeing means buying
in this case. It will -mean
money easily made for the
first party investigating this
roperty.
Devlin g Firebaugh
Fifth Floor, Swetland Bldg.
PORTLAND, OREGON
J. L Firebaugh
Hood River Representative
DR. CHARLES W. EDMUNDS
Specialist
Kje, Kur N snd Thro.it ,
OnVe. New Kroilns block, ink Street
Office Homo phono 43 Hoot Uv er
Land For Sale
I have about 1.000 acres
of '. 1 Apple l,ai d,
most of il i : 1 1 f -1- ditch at
j.riees r tnuiiiu' from $00
!'"'' '" "'"
J. R. Steele
nuuD i;ili:, oiii;iON
EXPERTS TALK TO
FRUIT GROWERS
TWO DAYS MEETING SUCCESSFUL
I'rod'uKors and Kxpt rt ;rotera OiscDdt
Melhods uf linjirovinff Fruit (irow
in? Coiidmons,
I'lie two days' larmerg iustitute
anil horticultural tueetiu uudei the
diruetioo or toe omcora of the Kxp'ir
icueot Station of the Oreuoo Aertoul
tural Colli0 wan (oomtnenoed here
Monday aicernoou. What the nrst
-exstiiQ of the iuttitute larked la at
tendance wan made up in enthusiasm
aud those wbo were present took an
iutcrcsted (iu rt in the prooeedingH aud
isteued to the epeakera with cloce at
tention. The tiipp'iug was called to order by
M in r i.j- Kay, president of the local
hot tiftiltiiral iisBociatiou, who after
stating in a few worda the object ot
the meeting, introduced l'rot. Janiee
Withytouih, Director of the experi
nitwit station.
In his 0( suing address. Prof.
Withycntub paid a glowing tribute to
Hood Hirer, stating that it wa4 a
coxuintiity that could be held up to
the rci-t of fie state us an example ot
tfh.it could be done in the way of sol
entilio fartiiinx. It h d led the way
in the production and marketing of
the llnust apples in the world which
had been accomplished by unity of
purpose and with brains applied to
muscle. In tact so valuable did he
consider the inolbuda employed here
In orchard work that bo was going to
recommend to the next Bp.sloti of the
legislature that a sub-experiment sta
tion bo located at Hood Kiver with
mi expert hoitictiltitrist in charge and
he hal Hlottdy included lu the amount
asked by the Oregon Agticulttirnl Col
lege, nu appropnatoiu of 11,500 for
thin purpose.
lie relieved however that the time
wai at hand for Hood Kiver to take
slepa to preserve the rioh qualities of
Its soil and advocated the planting of
cover crops aud diversilled fanning
n a small way by every apple grower
n order to maintain the plant food
ot tbo soil which would 'certainly be-
ooms exhausted it the drain on it was
allowed to continue, lo accomplish
this he thought that the bo-t plan was
for growers to keep several cows of
high grade stock that would not only
provide hii income but give the ranch
er the natural fertilizer for protecting
and renewing the plant food. It wax
bis opinion that there was no fertil
izer that was more benelk'iat than
barnyard compost and none which
was so eoouomical. Nu matter he
said how rich the soil was, like other
lire giving bodies, It must be fed nud
renewed
He doubted, said Mr. Withycomb,
the wisdom of special production of
any kind without restoring to the soli
the uourisbmwut that was taken from
it aud believed that there was nothing
that whs more important to the or-
ohurdijt or the farmer tbuu knowing
this tact uud beneuttiug cy It.
J, 1.. Carter, whose subject was
"Keuewitig Old Orchards. " was the
next snckor to address the meeting
hnd advocated top grafting old trees
of iinprotltal.le varieties rather than
pulling thorn out and sotting new
trees iu their place or trying to graft
ou a stump which had been reoom
mended iu some parts of the state.
It bad been his experience, said Mr.
Carter, backed up by the observations
of others that a tree planted lo the
soil liotn which au old tree had beeu
removed did not thrive and do so
well. He bud found, however, that by
top grafting iu the spring, when the
tap oomuieutjod to flow that the grafts
nourished and he had taken several
boxes of apples from trees on wbiob
the gralts were hut three years old.
He believed that this wus the beet way
to renew old orchards and also the
most profitable aud satisfactory way.
Mr. Carter also relerred any wbo were
interested to an article iu "Better
Fruit," by Prof. Cole of the Oregon
Agricultural College whioh gBve valu
able information ou the subject in
band.
H. II. Shepard talked on the value
of fruit exhibits aud borticultuaal
meetings. He told about being at
Spokane during the National Apple
hliow where be had secured consider
able valuable Infotmation aud stated
that one of the most noticoable faults
he found there was the faulty paoking.
In many instances the swell on the
boxes was so . high that entire carloads
of apples showed a bruised spot on
every apple on the top layer of the
box, some tit them as large as a naif
dollar. It was tlierefoio very neces
sary to have tiie proper swell and
avoid this.
The speaker then referred to the
great possibilities of the state as a
fruit producer staling that Oregon's
fruit products lust year amounted to
about (?.j,0(l0,noo while those of Cali
fornia totalled 870,000,000 or more
thHu the combined output of gold
and wheat for that slate. He believed
that Hie apple, pear and grape were
going lo be to Oregon what the citrus
fruits were to California aud would
always command a prolltable pi lee as
long a high quality and n standard
pack were maintained. Mr Shenard
then culled attentiou to the Porter
bill which is before Congress asking
that the size of the apple box in the
Northwest be enlarged. The provi
sions of this bill hare already been
published in lull In the Glacier. Hut
rietly it provides for the creating of a
new bushel that would contain about
otH) mora cubic inches than the pres
ent bushel knon as the Winchester
bushel which bas heretofore been con
sidered thu standard by the govern
ment and would necessitate a larger
box. The bill also provides that In
case the present box In use is not eu
latged that it shall be marked "Short
liox," which can easily be seen would
be both an injustice and Injurious 'o
the Northwest growers
Mr. Shepard urged that the Hood
Hirer s n'iety rake formal action ncli
Ivinu the Oregun delegation iu Con
gress that it wa opposed to the i'oit- j
er bill ml asking it to work against
it In bit oi pristion to the bill the
foin.er iahs tin P'ltUd by E. L. Smith
who dn.ioiiiied it us an unfairnnd dis
ci i t i'Ui' i"tf ii ea-uie that would take
Iboti-MKii. ol T!ats out of the pockets
I !!! i ) -t gioners.
Ou in-lion, M'sdoliuti wa-i carted
instructing the president aud seort.
T
iiaryoi ine horticultural association
,ln .1... , . .
uuiujr iw ruuKressinnui delegation
from Oregon of Ha actiou and akinu
them to use their efforts against Ihe
roiter bill and to support a bill pro
viding tor pur arieoicals iu tree
prays.
Auoiner resolution carried was oue
indorsing the appropriation which
will bo asked bv the Oienou Aericul.
tural College from the slate when the
legislature meets this winter.
A matter brought to the atteu
tlOU of the association bv President
Kay was that of paying dues for the
past year. He stated that only a
mall percentage of the members bad
paid then duet and that it was ueces
ary for the society to have Ihe funds.
Hair of the amount due paid by the
local association goes to the State so
i-ieiy auu owing 10 ine lact that a
number of the societies of the state
Dad been remiss iu this direction, Mr.
E. L. Smith explained that the ex
pense of holding the recent horticul
tural meeting in Portland bad devolv
ed on a few wbo weie present.
The sessions of the Institute were
continued Tuesday, the morning
meeting being pre-dded over oy O. K.
Castner, vioe president of the society.
The openug talk was made by II. li.
Tucker who discussed pruning iu all
its phases and at laugth. Mr. Tuck
or s observations ou this Imnortaut
matter ware ot great value as they
were taken from practical exper
ience. He stated that he was forced
to the oouolusion that the most intel
ligent way to pruuo a '.ree was to
stimualte the wood growth until it
reached !an age where it was laiuc
enough to bear fruit withuot injury.
He said be believed that it was more
injurious to allow a tree to tear four
or live boxes nf apples wheu it w
from four to five years old tbau to al
low it bear twelve to fourteeu boxes
when it reached tbo age of twelve
years. 1'urtbermore, he cautioned
agauist outting tit nil until the mau
who was doing the outturn knew ex
actly what he was doing it for. He
oeiieved nowever by close study that
trees could bo made to grow iu almost
any shape or to make wood or fruit by
ine persistence una pa. ieuce or the
grower. He also delivered a very
good talk in regard to proper paoking
aud aooompanied bis remarks with
practical experience along this Hue.
Mr. luoker was followed bv Prof.
C. E. Uradley who delivered a short
address on soils explaining their com-
poBitioo, the neoessaiy elemeuts to
produce fruit uud the tant that it
took hut a few years to exhaust their
life. Prof. Bradley in this connec
tion said that the soils ot Oreuou
were comparatively virgin, as thev
had beeu oultivated only in a few
places uud iu a small percentage for
50 years aud it had taken litres to
bring them to their present high state
ot pioductivity. He explained bow
wheat lauds bad been allowed to be
come exhausted by over, cultivation
aud production aud saidithat the same
result would undoubtedl'' ensue under
the same conditions with tin orchard.
Ihe supply of humus aud oitrogeu
must be kept up whether by artificial
or other Jtueaus. His talk aroused a
great deal of interest and discussion
that was participated iu by many of
his listeners.
'ihe nfernoou session was turned
over to the Professors, A. B. Coidley
and C. 1. Lewis. The fcrmer made
the opeuiug address, bis subject being
"Apple Kosb aud Fungus." lo con
trolling this dsease Mr. Cordley said
that the experiment station had con
ducted some experiments to deter
mine the best means of eradlctiug it
and thai he bad found lime and sul
phur to bo a better medium than
bordeaux mixture. In these experi
ments three sets of trees wbioh were
used showed that on those which were
not sprayed for apple scab only 19 poj
cent were Iree from this disease,
Ihose wbiob were sprayed with bor
deaux showed 50 per cent of olean
truit aud those wbiob were sprayed
with lime and aulphur ot the proper
time bore 80 per cent of apples free
of scab. Later experiments along the
same line gave 90 per cent of the ap
ples free of scab sprayed with lime
aud sulphur. Mr. Cordley stated
however that the spray must lie ap
plied at the right time and bad been
found to be very efficient at i pound
to 18 gallons ot water mixed with 2
pounds ot arsenate of load to 50 ' gal
lons of water and applied with the
first spray for the oodlin moth. The
apple scab germs he stated were not
carried through the winter iu tbo tree
but in the dead leaves wbiob were
allowed to He ou the surface of the
ground. If these leaves could be
burned oi plowed under the surface a
long step would be gained in getting
rid ot apple scab. Both these metb
oda were, however, expensive and the
logioal solution of the pioLIom was to
spray them with the best fuuhicide
whioh could be found, aud, so far
lime and sulpher was the best that
bad been tried at the expe imeut sta
tion. Mr. Cordley's advocacy of lime aud
sulpher as a fungicide iu preference
to bordeaux aroused warm discussion
participated iu by C. 11. Sproat, l)r
Stanton Allen, U. 1. Sargent, E. il.
Shepard, J. II. Snoemakei and others.
Mr. Sproat had beeu very successful
he said in controlling apple scab with
the use ot bordeaux and told of tlia
aotual results he had accomplished lu
his orchard. Ho said however that he
bad listened to Mr. Cordley with at
tention aud expected to try lu part
the method he bad told about, next
year. Mr. Shepard said he had been
very successful with boideaux and
Mr. Sargent also gave testimony to
this effect. Or. Allen bad burned the
leaves and felt that he had beeu ben
efited by so doing.
A very plea.tant diversion was then
auuouuced by Mr. Murray Kay, which
whs to the effect that Miss Hanna
would kinldy sooth the rutlled feath
ers of the bordeaux-lime and sulpher
advocates and opponents by singing
for them. Tbii she did wi.b Miss
Gladys Hartley as accompanist so
charmingly that she wus forced to
respond to an enoore.
Ihe last but not least number ou
tbe program was an address by Claude
1. Lewis, boritculturist of the experi
ment station ou "Cover Crops and
lrriagtiou in lieterenca to Fro Uri ow
ing " Mr. Lewis lost no time iu
sailing right into the heart of Lis sub
ject aud did not mince words in ex
pressing bis convictions. He was
loaded witb the refills of practical
experiments aud statistics aud gave
them to the audience right oil the
reel, lie said at ihe outset that cover
crops was one of his hobbies and it
(Continued on Puge 9.)
WILL SOON MAKE
BALLBEARING HUB
GETTIXGjPLANT READY FOR WORK
Company Already lis Orders for Sev.
eral Sets and Xew riant May Mean
BlKlThing for Hood River.
The Hood Klvei Manufacturing
Company which will manufacture tbe
ooue lock Bud ball bearing bub recent
ly patented by J. J. Luokeyara build
ing a large addition to Mr. Luckey's
shop and will make this valuable ap
pliance as soou as the building cau
he completed and tbe machinery in
stalled. While no effort bas as yet been made
to advertise or place tbe ball bearing
bub before the publio tbe manage
ment has ulteady received several or
ders by mail aud could have taken
many more if it bad been In a posi
tion to till them. One ot the orders
is for Dve sets ot bubs from Canada.
This invention of Mr. Lackey's is
said by expert mechanics to be one
of the most valuable and practical
that has beeu perfected and they
rate it very blgh in commercial val
ue. The inventor and patentee has
a letter from tbe Commissioner of
Patents stating that be rates its val
ue to Mr. Luckey ns it stauds with
out being exploited at between 250.01)0
and 111X1,000. ihe great value of the
ball bearlug bob and cone lock la in
its friotlou reducing qualities nnd
iu Us absolute safety. Another fea
ture that commends It highly to ve
hicle users nud for any other use that
it may be put to later is that it does
not require any oil. It took tbe in
tentor a long time time to think out
aud finally perfect this niece of
mechanism and It was not until he
bad put oue Into di action I use for
three years and found It successful
that be applied for a patent. Sever
al oilers have been received for tbe
patent rightB but Mr. Luckey bus re
fused to part with this mechanical
child of his creatoiu ns be thoroughly
oeueves as wen as other members ot
tbe company that it is going to be a
big thing lu tbe way of a manufactur
ing enterprise for Hood Kiver.
Ihe plant that is being Installed
will have a capacity ol 100 sots a day
tuti it is expected to emnlov about
fifteen mechanics to operate it
at the start. Some of tbe machinery
wuion naa already arrived Includes a
12 tou hammer tor forging purposes,
large drilling machines, lathes and
otber mechanical devices necessary.
A Z'J norse cower water motor will
operate the new factory. From tbo
viewpoint ol providing a pay roll for
the oity this is probably the mostlim-
portant step that bas ever been taken
at Hood Kiver and tbe success of the
Invention may mean tbe employment
of several hundred men at Hood Kiv
er in a very abort time. It is stated
by the management that the plaoing
of one sot of tbe bubs in oue county
alone In every state would require
the sei vines of 1,5000 men here to turn
tbem out. When properly advertised
aud agents appointed this is by no
means an Impossible (task .and when
the big wholesale jobbers of the ooun
try have this device plaoed in tbeir
bauds its sales should undoubtedly
prove enormous.
The establishment of a big munufac.
turing plant here would bring others
uud it Is the opinion ot many that the
new Industry should therefore reoeive
all tbe support possible at tbe bands
of Hood Itiver's oommercial interest
and Kb residents. This they oan do
iu niauy ways, by talking about it, us
ing it and lending their financial aid.
It bas for some time been the opinion
of many Hood Kiver business men
that It is time to turn tbe attentiou of
Uuauoial interests here to providing
manufacturing industries for the oity
us well as developing the fruit and
lumber resources and tbe proper
amount of interest in the new indus
try just starting may mean a great
deal to Hood Kiver.
At Eugeue, The Dalles and other
places where the ball bearing bub has
beeu shown it bas oreated wide inter
est and in Portland an offer was re
ceived from a big hardware firm for
tbe rights to baudle it exousively in
the state.
At present the work of installing
the plant is being hurried along and
although the machinery wbicb is be
ing putchased will.be able to turn out
a much larger number of sets than
will at llrst be manufactured tbe man
agement is looking to the future aud
providing for what it is confident
will, in a short time, be a big demand
for tbe new article.
Ihe Hood Kiver Manufacturing
Company bas beeu incorporated with
a capital otu10,000. L. IJ. Boyed Is
president and K. N. Young is seoie-tary-manager.
It is expected to start
the factory with an out put of 17 sets
ot hubs a day which will be used to
supply orders aud tor the purpose ot
providing samples for salesmen and
exhibition purposes. The manage
ment of the company will take up the
matter of advertising tbe upplianco
just as soon as they are ready to
tdace it on the market aud have under
consideration the unique plan of start
ing out a vehicle equipped with the
ball bearing bubs from Sau Francisco
aud tunning it to the Atanltio coast.
In each town that it passes through
the bub will be exhibited and adver
tised aud orders takern for it. A fea
ture that Is expected to make a big
bit will be the fact that the hubs will
traverse a distance of over three thou
sand miles without a drop of oil.
.Notice
Hood Kiver, Oregon, Deoember 4,
1008.
lo the stockholders of the Home
Telephone Company, of Hood Kiver,
Oregon.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholder of the Home Telephone
Company oi! Hood Kiver, Oregon, will
be held in the rooms of tbe Hood
Kiver Commercial Club in tbo city
of Hood Kiver, Oregon, at the hour of
one-thirty (1::)0) o'clock in the after
noon of Monday, the fourth (4th)
day of January, l'JOD, for the purpose
of electing a board of live (5) direct
ors to serve for tbe ensuing year and
for the transaction ot such othei bus
iness as may regularly come before
the meeting. Siguid
E. L. Smith, President.
P. 8. Davidson, Secretaiy.
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