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VOL. XXI
HOOD KIVER, OREGON, MAY 5 1910
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Orchard
Tracts
IMPROVED:
70 Acres 5 miles south of Hood Kiver, volcanic asdi soil. This
place has raised the prize apples of the Valley. It in trail improved as
follows: 21' acres in strietly conimerciat orchard, 5 acres 13 year old
Newtowns, Spitzenbergs and Arkansas Blacks, !' scree in 6 and 8 year
old Newtowns and Spitzenbergs ; 4Lj acres 4 year old Newtowns ami
Spitzenbergs and V acres in 1 year old d'Anjomi pears, ! acres hay, oats
and clover. 8 acres pa tially cleared Complete family orchard, large 8
room plastered house. Large barn, gara e and outbuildings. Stock, im
plements and everything necessary t run the place go with the property
Price $45,000. $15,001 cash
SO Arres 4i miles from Hood River, highly improved, clay loam
soil, good drainage and on ma n county road ; 2 acres set to commercial
Orchard as follows: 4 aires in tl year old Newtowns and Spitzenbergs, 10
acres in 4 year old Newtowns and Spitzenbergs, 6 acre" ill 2 year old New
towns and Spitzenbergs. 2i acre in one year old Newtowns and Spitzen
bergs; ;j of an acre in peaches and a complete family orchard; lj acres in
wood lot containing well for 4 fork; the balance of the place in fine clover
meadow ; house, barn, apple hoti-e in A-l condition; a complete set of
farm implements is included in the price, which is $30,000, $8,000 cash,
balance on or before 7 years at 7 per cent. The above could be sub-divided
for two or three fine homes.
24 Acres 5 miles south of Hood River on main west side road, vol
canic ash soil, east and south slope, good drainage. All under cultivation
ond 13 acres in orchard as follow a ; 75 Spitzenbergs, 8 years old ; 2J acres
Spitznbergs, ft ears old; 3 acres Newtowns 2 years old ; 2 acres of New
tow s and Spitzenbergs 4 years old, and 2 acres of o e year old Newtowns
and Spitzenbergs; also a family orchard which includes HO pear, peach,
etc. Balance of place in meadow, (iood 7 room house, barn and apple
house. Complete set of implements go with the place at the low price of
818,000. $7,000 cash, baltnce on or before rive, years at 7 per cent.
lO Acres all set to commercial orchard, 10 and 12 years ol 1, ft miles
from Hood River; heavy loam s il, trees all in good condition, present
owner will gaurantee $3,000 neVto the niirchaser for the crop this year.
The place is priced ah outely right at $12,000. Kasy terms.
5 Acres of good orchard land and all in cultivation, 3 acres in two
year old Newtowns and Spitzenhcgs, a family orchard containing peaches,
pearl, plums and straw berries, three room box house, on main county
road four miles from Hood River, located in a very choice section of the
valley, has a beautiful view of both mountains and will make a fine home,
Priced absolutely right at 83,000, $1,000.
Fullest information on the best proper
ties in the Hood River district
furnished on request
UNIMPROVED
40 Acres partly improved ; 7 miles from town on the Eost Side,
containing 30 acres of good orchard land, red ahot soil, excellent drainage,
beautiful view of the mountains and valley, fine large spring, 4 acres
cleared, complete i'amilv orchard of 75 trees 10 ears old. Priced right at
812o per acre; $2,250 will handle it.
40 Acres 8 miles south ol 11 1 Kiver, on the East Side of which
86 acres is good orchard laud and could be easily Cultivated; lightclearing.
Bargain at $0,000.
103 Acres Partly improved, slightly rolling, heavy red shot toil,
near school, store and railroad statio 1 ; 20 acres under cultivation, nearly
all set to Newtowiib and Spitzcnliergj, 5 acres hearing ; several i-priiius on
place. Could be easily subdividtd into everal line tracts for homes
Price 810,000. $4,000 cash
lO Acres Near Summit, food red shot soil, covered with large lir
timber, under ditch and juf good slop - for drainoge Pr ce $1500. Tl rins.
IO Acres nearly level, with excellent drainage; best, red shot soil;
contracted to he cleared and plowed; beautiful view of the valley and
both mountains and on main county road. $400 per acre, Easy tonus.
DEVLIN & FIREBAUGli
The Leading Dealers
Swetland Bldg. Hotel Oregon Bldg.
Portland, Ore.
Phone HI
Bentley, the Builder
Phone
White Salmonn d Trout
Lake Valley Lands
Take the Ferry across the Columbia from Hood
River to White Salmon and look at these
real bargains in apple lands:
541 160 Acres; bast 61 apple land ; 2 miles from Trout Lake; fine view
ofMt. Adams and Mt. Hood ; contains about 3,000,000 feet of ma
qualitv of yellow pine. This is an i xc dlent tract for subdivision, at
only 82" pet acre. This will double in a very short time.
51 7 10 Acres; partlv improved ; house, woodshed, etc ; 24 acres ready
for trees; balance slashed and burned; deep red shot soil and every
acre good orchard land; Surrounded by 10 acre tracts in a well
know 11 fruit colonv H miles from W hite Salmon on conntv rad,
with a line view of Mt. Adams. Prute only 81,500 for the tract.
Half cash.
52)40 Acres; all good tpplr land: lies! of toil; all fenced; hi, acres ready
for tree-; 1" acres slashed and burned; good well with plenty of
water1 H miles f White Sal aim near Hie well known feary and
Goldman tract. Price (or 10 days only. 82.500. Kasy terms
580- 85 Acres; 7" of which is easily cultivated: xil satin- mi the be-t
Ho 1 Ki.er apple land TheVVhite S 11 Kiver runs the entire
length of one side, thus insuring plenty ( 1 Her U- now and irri
gation, if desired. This tract joins the celebrated Mct'rackcii ranch,
onh 2i mi es from Ilusiim. on a )od road Offered for a short
time at 8110 per acre ; halt catfc, balance 8 years at 7 per cent
White Salmon Realty Co.
DAY BROTHERS
White Salmon - - Washington
Hood River, Ore.
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Land Seekers Look
These Tracts Over Before You
Buy
Most of them are
Just what
20 ACRES 9 acres bearing apple trees, good varieties. 4 acres 4 and 6
year old Xewts, 12 acres 2 year old Spit, Newts and Arkansas Bla- - -Fine
T room house with fire place, tiood apple house, barn and chicki-n
house. Buildings all new; flower garden and lawn around house. On
main road and sightly location. Price 81 M, 000. Kasy terms.
20 ACRES t7 cleared, 3 acres bearing orchard, 14 acres Newts, Spits and
Arkansas Blacks, 3 acres strawberries. Old house, good barn, fine
building site. Price 815,000. Kasy terms.
i 15 ACRES 2 acres bearing orchard,
trees, standard varieties Balance land left for buildings, Grand vn
of valley ane mountains. Price 89,500. Easy terms
10 ACRES 500 four year old Spits and Newts, 160 three year old Spits
and Newts, 25 three year old cherry trees, 0 acres strawberries bet we. n
trees. ' acres buildings and pasture. Home orchard of peaches, pent-,
and bush berries. 5 room bouse, small barn, wood shed, chicken house.
All farm tools, horse, hack, chickens, etc. Free water, (iood well.
Price 81 1 ,000. Kasy terms.
21 ACRES 7 acres 18 year old trees, 400 six year old, :K) three year old,
200 two year old and 100 one year old Spits and Newts. Home orchard
of peaches, pears, cherries, glnms, etc. room house, barn, good w 1 ,
6 inches irrigating water, on main road, beautiful building site. Team,
wafon and complete farm equipment. Price 822,000. Terms.
X 39 ACRES 4 acres bearing orchard,
varieties, 16 acres clover and alfalfa, 4 acres uncleared. All first class
apple land. Good 7 room house with both and running water. Nice
lawn an I oak trees around the house, (iood barn and chicken house.
All farm implements, team, wagon, etc. Price 825,005. Kasy terms.
160 ACRES Near Hosier, 22 acres in orchard, 5 rcres bearing, all com.
mercial varieties; home orchard of all kinds of small fruit". Water avail
able for irrigai ion, House, small barn, winter cellar, voodshed, etc.
140 acres good apple land. Price for limited time 815 ' .. Terms.
10 ACRES 3i acres four year old Spits and N" ' , '.'.j 1 re- o ie year old
Spits and Newts, 4 acres strawberries b t w 1 t -p 11 II I bo. ding
site overlooking the East Side and Hood KiVer, ul lure- w iter s ock.
t Price M, 000. Easy terms.
J. H. Heilbronner & Co.
The Reliable Dealers
RuilHincr
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! Take Notice! I
Some reasons why you should investigate x
the White Salmon Valley before buying w
elsewhere: We have
2 the south slope which
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earlier mmi must any utuei uuuuuy. wo
have a soil that aoes not require irriga
tion and the best of all we have good fruit
w farms for less money.
LOOK HEKE:
FOURTEEN ACRES in White Salmon for 810.000. A good nine
room house. Land all in 4 year old Spits and New town, dan be
1 1 oil for a small payment down ami the balance on time
TEN ACRES Three year old Spitz and Newtown three
town, in A-l condition. Can be bad (by righ: party) f
One-half cash, balance on easy terms.
NINETEEN ACRE TRACT two and one-half miles from town, 6
acres in strawberries and apple trees. Good 4 room house with
plenty of water. Can be had for 85,000. l,fi00 cash, balance easy
terms.
TWENTY ACRE TRACT lj miles from town, unimproved but
choice fruit land, Can be had (If bought in the next few days) for
8150 per acre. Part cash ; balance easy terms.
We also have other tracts for sale at a
good bargain. For full information vrite
or call
WRTTR kat.mov waspt
Real Estate
Bulletin
$500 Per Acre for 20 acres of young
trees, red shot oil, close to church,
echool, store and railway. Will Bell
half at same price, Terms, hall
down. Ttiis week on.yatthis price.
I $10,500 One of the best ten acre places
i j close in j all in trees, mostly 5 and 6
! year oid Spitzenbergs and New town-,
-ome Isjaring; small fruits,
i ! house, bam, horse, cow and all
ti ols. Terms, half down.
$300 Per Acre for 10 acre", H acres in
ij tiees, 2 acres bru-h la-d, half mile
T to railway station, tiees one year
old This is under market price.
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GuyY.Edwards&Co.
Phone 228L Office Oregon Hotel j
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income bearing
you want
mostly Newts; 10 acres 1 year old
lti acres two year old trees, all good
Hood River. Oregon T
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the advantage of
means fruit 10 days
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We carry in stock Elgin,
Walthara, Hamilton, Illi
nois Watchex and a .'mi
plete line of caeen to lelect
from.
F. H. Coolidje
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Moved to Toggery
CORDLEY WRITES
ON CODLING SPRAY
O.A.C. DEAN ADVISES COMBINATION
Expert Writes Glacier I pholding Mixture
of Lime-Sulphur Solution with
Arsenate of Lead.
The Glacier has received the follow
ing letter from Dean A. It. Cordley,
of the Oregon School of Agriculture,
which will be of special and important
interest to all Hood River appll
growers just at this time:
Editor Glacier. As mast of your
readers are aware 1 have for the past
three seasons used the . lime-sulphui
spray as a preventive of apple scab
and during that time have added to
the lime-sulphur spray arsenate of lead
at the rate of two pounds to each
fifty Jgallons for the purpose of form
ing a combined spray for both scab
and codling moth. During the recent
series of Institutes which Were held
in the Hood Kiver Valley, I recom
mended this combination, Ipecilcall)
stating that it could be used without
diminishing either the insecticidai
value of the arsenate or lead oi
the fungicidal value of the lime
sulphur. Since then, no doubt, man)
of the orchardists of Hood Rivet
have noticed the article by 1'rofessot
Melander in March number of "Battel
Fruit," in which he attempts to show
that such a combination is not only tin
necessary but scientifically incorrect. 1
shall have a somewhat extended rapt
to Professor Melnnder's article in tilt
May issue of "Better Fruit" but sinet
this will probably not appear until
after the first codling moth spray, it
has seemed best to call attention ol
your growers to the fact that 1'rofessoi
italander's conclusion is based entire!
upon inference and the results of a
single experiment, which, as he him
self admits, was conducted under very
adverse circumstances. Professor Mel
ander infers fr.m a certain discolora
tion which takes place when arsenate
of lead is lidded to lime-sulphur, that
complete chemical decomposition takes
place with the result that neither of
the original substances remain. This
is not at all true provided neutral or
ortho arsenate of lead be used, and is
only true to a very limited extent if
the acid arsenate be used, as has been
shown by very carefnl chemical invest
igationsi the results of which will be
given in the article in "Better Fruit"
above referred to.
As opposed to Professor Melander
single experiment, 1 offer three year's
experience, the experience of numer
ous growers, not only in the Willamette
Valley, but from as far south as
Arkansas, as fur north as British
Columbia and as far east as Montana,
Michigan and New York, and almost
the testimony of the Cornell Experi
ment Station which last year used the
combined snrav and reported, "That
dts efficiency as an insecticide is fully
as great when used with lime-sulphur
as with Bordeaux is fully demonstrated
by the fact shown in the table that
the wormy fruit at picking time was
reduced from 25 percent to S.3 percent
on the Bordeaux plats and to 1.3 per
cent on-the lime-sulnhur plats. Pro
fessor W. M. Scott of the U. S. Oe
imrtment of Airriculture also used I In
combined lime-aulplnir-arsenate of lead
spray last season and concludes that
"arsenate ot lean is uniuesiiomtoiy uic
poison to use with the lime-sulphur
spray mixture. Instead ot increasing
the injurious properties o uie mature
it annarentlv has the opposite effect to
some extent, and does not lose any of
its insecticidai value by reason ol the
combination."
The weight of theoretical considera
tion, experimental evidence and orchard
practice is certainly in favor of the
combination. A. B. Cordley.
The Dalles Won Sunday.
The Hood River base ball team lost
another game Sunday to The Dalles
and is now tied with Goldcndale for
third and last place in the Columbia
River League. White Salmon won
from Goldcndale and maintains its
ulace at the head of the column with
no irames lost. The score at the up
river town was 10 to 1 against the
boys from here. The Dalles
team played a ragged game but was
lucky not to have to pay much for its
errors. Manager Morse is making over
the Hood River team and in spite ol
the bad start he hopes to line UP it
bunch of winners to meet Goldcndale
on the home grounds Sunday.
Smith-Shute.
The marriage of II. C. Smith to
Miss Lilian Shtite took place Thursday
evening at the home of the bridal
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Shute, on
Oak street. The wedding ceremony,
which was performed by Rev. C. A.
Nutley, was witnessed by the itnmed-
!..,:,.. ,,' Hi,. I, riilo mid L'room.
and afterward a dainty wedding
supper was served. Mr. smitn is a
well-known young merchant, of the
firm of Smith Bros., and the bride II
also well known here, having been for a
number of years the cashier at the
Paris Fair. Mr. and Mrs. Smith will
live Oil Cascade avenue.
Ordway-Blalock.
At the home of the bride's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones, a very
pretty May-day wedding occurred at
12 :80 o'clock, when Karl Ordway, of
Silverton, was united in marriage to
Miss Pearl Blalock, of Hood River,
Rev. H. J. Wood performing the cere
mony in the presence of a few immedi
ate relatives and friends.
To the strains of the wedding march,
played by Mrs II. .1. Wood, and pro
reded bv the bridesmaid, Miss Alta
Ordway,' and the groomsman, William
Stewart, the bridal party took their
olaces under a bower of Oregon grape
and evergreens, from which was sus
dended a wish bone of Japanese roses.
After congratulating the happy couple,
the guests were seated to a sumptuous
wedding dinner; the favor at each
plate being a spray of Japanese roses.
Mr. Ordway is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. R. W. Ordway, of the Belmont
district and is well known as a young
man of sterling qualities, while the
bride attended the Frankton School for
several years and was afterward a
popular teacher in Hood River and
Wasco counties. Mr. and Mrs. Ordway
departed on the evening train for Port
land where they will spend a few days
before going to their home at Silver
ton. Those present at the wedding were :
Mr. aud Mrs. Robert Jones, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Blaylock ; the Misses Alta,
L'dythe and Fiov Orwday ; the Misses
Lyda. Alma and Mattie Jones; Rev.
and Mrs. H. J. Wood; Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Austin, Mr. Clyde Smith,
William Stewart, Miss Ina Dunlap,
Glenn Ordway, Oscar Jones, Irma Aus
tin and Florence Wood. Owing to the
sickness of the grooms mother, hit
parents were unable to attend the wed
ding. The numerous friends of tht
young people will join in extending
them their best wishes for a happy an3
prosperous life.
MUST TAKE BONDS
OR LOSE FORFEIT
As no letter was received by the city
authorities last week following the
toil cram in which John Nuveen & Co.,
who were the successful bidders on the
municipal bond issue of $90,(HK) foi
the construction of the city watet
system, had expressed their attorney's
ipprovnl id the issue, the city council
it its meeting Monday evening in
structed City Attorney A. J. Derby to
forthwith communicate with the Chica
go bankers and secure an answer fron-
them or proceed to collect the ll.OOt1
check which was put up by the brokers
as an evidence of good faith.
It was necessary to reject the bids
offered by the contractors for the con
struction of the plant because nothing
definite had been heard from the bono
buyers and the council will collect the
forfeit and advertise the bonds again
if the eastern bankers do not respond.
If they take up the bonds at once,
the city will advertise again for bids
and the contract can be let within the
month.
In connection with the rights of way
which have been secured for the city's
pipe line, the city attorney and the
city recorder were asked to prepare
deeds and secure the proper nelp to
take up the property immediately and
pay the land owners for the rights-of-way.
C. L. Morse and J. L. Hershner ap
peared for the Farmers Irrigating com
pany and asked that the company be
allowed to continue to deliver water
to users on the Heights within the
city limits this year as it had in the
I nisi and promised that by another
vear the water would be piped accord
ing to the order of the council and
they would ask no further fuvors.
The motion made ordering them to
place their water in pipes was re
scinded. An ordinance providing for the im
provement of State street, from Sixth,
east to the Mt. Hood railroad passed
first reading, and was referred to the
street committee. A remonstrance
against the proposed improvement of
State street between Front and
Second streets was received. An or
dinance providing for the improvement
ot State street on the north aide be
Uveen Sixth and Ninth passed first
reading. A petition for the grading
of Thirteenth street was granted.
City Engineer Morse reported the
status of the wooden walks which had
been ordered in and the judiciary
committee was instructed to bring in
an ordinance to advertise for bids to
put down the walks which had not
been built. The contract for the con
struction of the sewer in district 4 was
let, to R. D. Gould & Co. Councilman
I luggins called the council's attention
to the fact that there was no city
dumping ground.
GOV'T ROAD EXPERT
WILL LECTURE HERE
Hood River will be the scene of a
big "good roads" meeting. May 26,
when Dr. Maurice W. Eldridge, recog
nised as the foremost road expect in
the United States, will he here and
make the principal address. Dr. Eld
ridge is sent to Oregon by the Good
Roads Department of the U. S. De
partment of Agriculture at Washington
and during a four weeks' stay in the
state he will attend 2.'i meetings which
will be arranged by local organizations
working in connection with the State
Good Roads Association.
This will be the greatest series of
road meetings ever held in a single
state. Dr. Eldridge will enter the
state at Ontario on May 16 and stop
at towns on the O. R. & N., and
branches reaching Portland May 28,
whence he wlil go up the Wil'amette
valley and into southern Oregon, hold
ing the last meeting at Ashland, June
10.
The State Good Roads Association
will send Judge Webster to Ontario to
make the trip through the state with
Dr. Eldridge. Judge Webster will
discuss local conditions and suggest
such legislation as is necessary to be
obtained in order that the work in view
can be carried out to the magnificient
end the various associations that are
supporting the State Godd Roads
Association have in view.
Definite arrangements for the Hood
River meeting have not been com
pleted. Secretary Skinner, of the
Commercial Club, will arrange for a
large mass meeting to be held here
Dr. Eldridge will discuss various sorts
of roods and he will show lantern slides
The Hood River valley will have an
opportunity to get in touch with the
latest information on good roads com
traction, fully illustrated and de
scribed.
Iowa Orchardist Visits Hood River.
II. F. Evernham. of Glenwood, la.
in nt a couple of days here last week
the ornesl of W V. I.arawav and
family. Mr. Evernham is the father-
in-law of Mr. Laraway's son, Seth E
Laraway, whom he had been visiting
in Eugene. The Hawkeye visitor was
mightily pleased with the Hood River
valley ano said it made up for other
parts of Oregon which had struck him
unfavorably. Mr. Evernham owns
1400 acres of land in Iowa and Missouri
and has an apple orchard of 100 acres
in Iowa. However, his profits from it
cannot he compared with Hood River
He savs that he has had two crops
in IK years. One year with a good crop
there was a Door price and last year
when he had another good crop his 100
acre orchard netted him $5,500.
Arthur Browne, of Washington, D
C. has been here for the past two
weeks visitinir E. H. Pilson and
family near Summit. Mr. Browne
will probably
Hood River.
locate permanently in
TWO NEW TOWNS
ON THE MAP
POSTOFFICES IN PARKDALE AND FIR
Discontinuance of Hood River-Mt. Hood
Star Route Nay Result in
Another Office.
The postofflce department of the U.
S. Government has established two new
IKjstoffices in Hood River county, one
at Parkdale, the new terminus of
the Mt. Hood railroad, and the other at
Fir. nine miles south of Hood River in
the Neal Creek country. The postmas
ters have been commissioned and the
supplies received for the new offices
and it will be only a short time until
there will be two brand new full-fledged
towns on the postoftice map of Hood
River county.
bounty Commissioner K. J. Mclsaac
has been commissioned by the depart
ment to handle Uncle Sam's postal
business at the new office in the
upper valley and the supplies for the
postotfice were sent out Tuesday so
that Postmaster Mclsaac will open up
the office in a few days. Mr. Mclsaac
has built a large store a Parkdale and
is putting in a complete stock of gen
eral merchandise and he will have the
post office in the store. The Mt Hood
railroad has not yet instituted regular
train service on the extension to Park-
dale, and there is no provision made
for the transportation of the mail to
the new office. At the beginning in
such cases the service is voluntary
and is handled bv the postmaster until
me ousiness win jusuiy me leuing oi
a contract for carrying the mail by
the government. The Mt. Hood post-
office less than three miles away is
now the nearest office to Parkdale and
the mail for the new office will be
transported between those two points
by Postmaster Mclsaac for the pres
ent. The people in the upper valley
country who will be served by the new
office are now patrons of the Mt. Hood
office.
The other new postal station in the
country is to be at Fir and the post
master will be hrnest A. U)le. The
supplies for the new office are now at
the Hood River postothee. Mr. Ule
expects to open a store up in the
the Neal Creek country and most of
the patrons of his office are now
getting mail over the route number
one, out of this city. For the present
the service to Fir will be voluntary
as at Parkdale.
It is probable that another pestoffice
may be established in the country later
on to serve the people living In the
Duke's Valley and Willow Flat sec
tions. The service in Duke's Valley,
which formerly was on route ndmber
two out of Hood River, has been
discontinued, and after the first of
July, the star route number 10, run
ning from here to Mt. Hood, will be
discontinued so that the Willow Flat
section will be left without mail
service.
The contract for carrying the mail
between Hood River and Mt. Hood,
expires June 30 and recently the post
office department advertised for bids
for the continuance of the service, but
no satisfactory bids were received, so
the government is now advertising for
bids on a contract to carry the mail be
tween Mt. Hood and Dee and if a
contract is let, the former office will
be served from the sawmill village
after the middle of the year. There
has also been considerable talk in the
upper valley country of petitioning for
rural route to serve me resiaencs oi
that section. The three rural routes
out of Hood River began running on
their summer schedule Tuesday, and
they do not leave the local office
until 11 o'clock bo that the morning
paper and other mail coming in on the
local from the west, is sent out on the
routes the day it arrives here.
Postmaster Yates says that there
will be another vacancy on the rural
routes out of here in a few days as one
of the carriers has given warning that
he expects to resign this week.
Oil Company Organized.
The Hood River Oil company was
organized here Saturday by a number
of local business men, and mey win
levelooe five sections of land which
they have secured in the center of the
Vale Oil fields in Eastern Oregon.
There have been several wells started
on the land controlled by the company
and good prospects are said to be pre
sent. T. W. .Davidson and M. r.
Loy. of Vale, were here for the organ
ization of the company and with the
exception of these two men, all of the
stockholders are Hood River men.
These men will put up the money for
the development and maintain a close
orporation with a capital of JlOO.tHK).
H. J. Hibbard is the president of the
company ano mere are iwenty su)ck-
holders in all.
A Pleasant Party.
The home of Mr.and Mrs. Turner was
the scene of a pleasant gathering on
Friday evening. The young people
gathered about eight o'clock and were
entertained with music on the organ.
played by Mr. Flint, and accompanied
by Mr. Turner on the violin. The two
favored us with some good old Missouri
tunes and some ragtime music and then
some grand, OW nymns were sung ay
the crowd after which some time was
spent putting away Mrs. Turner's good
taffy candy.
Games wero played and tne cnat acier
of the crowd was read by Mr. James
Thomas, blindfolded. Mr. Flint led
Clyde Pattee and Newell Fording into
a hypnotic condition, from which they
emerged feeling much youngct and bet
ter looking.
The crowd then adjourned, wtsning-
Mr. and Mrs. Turner many happy re
turns of the evening and pleasant
dreams.
Among those present were : Messrs.
Flint, Thomas. Edgington, Pattee,
Copper, Barton Bros., Kautfman ana
Fording, and Misses iour.g, miiw,
Puddy.Webtr, McGrath, Copper, Hicks
and Crafts. One Present.
Mrs. W. A. Sunday, wife of Billie
Sunday, the base ball evangelist, was
in Hood River Tuesday and Wednesday
on business in connection with the
Sunday ranch. The place of 40 acres
on the east side is being cleared and
plans are being drawn for a handsome
bungalow, which will soon be erected
on the place. Mr. Sunday is at present
in Bellingham holding a series of
meetings.