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HOOD JRIVER, OREGON, JULY 7 1910
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HOOD RIVER
APPLE
Pay Big' Dividends. Values
will double in 3 years
EIGHTY ACRES on the East Side, 5 miles south of Hood River, nearly
all planted to commercial orchard, trees 3 to 9 years old ; one of the finest
orchards in the Valley ; lies between main county roads, best volcanic ash
soil ; spring water, good building, excellent drainage. Place as a whole
will pay 16 per cent on the purchase price this year. Price 872,000;
$25,00 1 will handle it. Any section of the above place can be purchased.
TWENTY ACRES mostly improved, 9 acres set to commercial orch
ard of which six acres are in three year old trees, balance one and two
year old trees ; three acres of the orchard 'n strawberries Five acres
partially cleared ; balance of place in meadow ; small house. Located 7
miles south of town on main county road. Near school, store and railway
station. " Price 810,000; $4,500 cash.
TWELVE and ONE-HALF ACREs in Oak Grove district, 6 acres
in four year old Newtowns and SpiUenbergs; fine conditfon. -8 acres in
2 year old strawberries, and two acres in one year old strawberries which
returned $1,500 worth of strawbe ries this year. Fifty i year old Alberta,
25 iate and early Crawford peaches as fillers. Complete family orchard.
Small house. Spring water can be piped to house; calance of place partly
cleared. Fine location and good buy at 87,500. $4,500 cash.
TEN ACRES near school, store and railway station, on main road,
good soil, good drainage, all set to 2 year old Newtowns and Spitanbergs,
excellent condition. Beautiful building site. Price 85,600. $1,500 will
handle it.
TWENTY ACRES Eact Side, li miles from town. 8 acres in one
and two year old Newtowns, balance light clearing. All lies well for
fruit, perfect drainage. Beautiful viewof the Valley. 81,000 will handle
it.
THIRTY-FIVE ACRES large commercial orchard; modern buildings,
exctllent location. There will ie $3,000 worth of apples this year.
$2,500 handles it.
TWENTY ACRES partly improved, red shot soil, high and sightly,
perfect drainage, this tract lies tine for orchard; beautiful building spot.
Genuine bargain at 8850 per acre, $2,000 cash. ,
TWENTY ACRES Seven miles south of town, red snot soil, all under
ditch, good draiuage. 12J acres slashed and burned. Bargain at 8175
per acre. $1,900 cash will handle it. You can make $2,000 mi this piece
of property in less than a year.
We Have EIGHTY ACRES 4i miles south of Hood River, all set to
Newtowns and SpiUenbergs, 1 to 4 years old, in A-l condition, which if
cut up and being sold in ten acre tracts. Good soil, perfect drainage ;
beautiful view of both mountains ; on main Ml. Hood road. This is a
splendid buy and will double in value in three years' time A purchaser
of a cection of this property could get it cared for by parties in the
valley at a very reasonable figure, making it an A-l investment. Prices
.range fr un $4,000 to $!),K)0 on these tracW Easv terms.. Write or inquire
"now if yon wisti one of these, as they are among the beBt bargains on the
Hood River market.
DEVLIN & FIREBAUGH
The Leading Dealers
Swetland Bldg.
Portland, Ore.
Phone 141
Bentley, the Builder
Phone
Day Brothers
Of
White Salmon, Wash.
have
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6.00
of the best apple lands for sale
in the White Salmon Valley,
Call or write for further
information.
White Salmon Realty Co.
DAY BROTHERS
White Salmon - - Washington
Hotel Oregon Bldg.
Hood River, Ore.
331K
over
icres
Is
High Class Orchard
Land
Improved and Unimproved in all ::
sized tracts. When you want ::
good land
J. H. Heilbronner & Co.
The Reliable Dealers
I Davidson Building
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Here's Something Good
THIRTY ACRES on the East Side, one of the best developed
and paying orchards in the Valley. Net returns in M8,
$11,332.00. Will guarantee 10,000 boxes this year. Will sub-divide
in ten acre tracts to suit. Price per acre whole trai t,
82,000 ; price per acre for part, 82,250 1 cash will handle this.
TEN ACRES, 2i miles south of town, all in four year trees,
splendid soil and location. A snap at 8H,(00. Terms.
TEN ACRES, 5i miles from town in the Oak Grove district. All
set to Newtowns and Spitzenbcrgs. Fine $4,000 bungalow, gar
age, and a water system costing $1,000. An ideal place for a
home near school, store and church. Price including everything
813,500. One-third cash will take this.
For further information regarding this property see
JohnLeland Henderson
(INCORPORATED)
Dealers in Reliable Real Estate, H. Hackett, Sales Mgr.
HOOD RIVER HAS
SAFE AND SANE 4TH
The Fourth of July is over and the
celebrations in which Hood River was
interested all went off successfully
with big crowds and good times. The
city of Hood River was practically
deserted during the entire day and all
the business houses were closed. Dur
ing the afternoon a few of the stay-at-homes
gathered down town to get
news of the outcome of the big prize
fight at Reno. "Bill", the Hotel Ore
gon porter, who made up Hood River's
negro population until Saturday, had
left town and there was no celebrat-.
ing here as a result of the big fight.
A few of the village sports had wag
ered small amounts on the scrap, but
little money changed hands in Hood
River.
Most of the Hood River people either
attended the celebrations at Parkdale,
Grange Park and The Dalles or formed
picnic and fishing parties for a day
in the mountains. The people of the
valley as well as the town joined in
these excursions and most of the ranch
places were deserted. The local
officers kept a sane Fourth and there
was very little shooting and noise in
town. In the evening many of the
valley people had fireworks and the
country was frequently blazed with
rockets As a natural adjunct to the
celebration of the Nation's birthday
with fireworks there was a light vis
ible in the north between nine and ten
o'clock in the evening which though
not very pale in was probably an ex
hibition of the, aurora borealis or
northern lights, which are visible in
Hood River on rather rare occasions.
At Parkdale the celebration was
pulled off according to program with a
crowd which numbered nearly 1000
people. The Mt. Hood railroad gave
good service running a train of six
cars for the accommodation of the
large crowd from the lower valley and
city which anjoyed the upper valley
exercises, ine west blue Amateur
Band went along and furnished band
Expert
Watch Repairs
Eighteen months is the
extreme time which should
be allowed betweeu the
cleaning of a watch. In
that time the best of oil
dries and the work of over
coming friction, together
with accumulating dust,
wears out the delicate ma
chinery and impairs its use-'
fulness permanently.
Do not wait until your
watch begins to lose time
beforeyou have it exam
ined. Let us overhaul it for
you. All work guaranteed,
" F. H. Coolidtfe
Watchmaker & Jeweler
Moved to Toggery
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Hood River,Orcgon
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music for the enjoyment of the
gathered mutlitudes in the park which
has made west of the school house in
the new upper valley town. The day
was one of pleasure and was complete
with a dance in the evening when New
man's orchestra furnished excellent
music.
Rev. W. L. Van Nuys was the
speaker of the day and made a stirring
patriotic address. The whole crowd
sang patriotic songs and the upper
valley sexette sang a number of songs
during the day. The members of the
sexette were John Goldsbury, Dean
Twelves, Charles Moody, Kingsley R.
MacGuffey, Rae E. Babson and 1 red
Mark. The Declaration of Indtqn
dence was read by Fred Mark, i We
young ladies of the upper vail y
country were out in force and had a
number of booths where they sold good
things to eat and drink. In the after
noon the athletic contests were ti e
principal part of the exercises and con
siderable strength as shown by- lim
winners of the blue ribbons.
In the tug ouf war Parkdale v on
against all comers. Roy Sutton : :
Elam Snyder ran a dead heat in ' e
potato race. W. H. Tobey and Fin k
Hutson took first and second places
in the running high jump. Roy Sui
ton, and Joe Ingram got the seem d
prizes in the sack race and Esther
Wishart and Eva Miller ran a dea I
heat in the 25 yard race for git In.
Mrs. Palmer won first place and Mrs.
D. H. Crusp took second in the nail
driving contets for married ladies.
The Park Grange Park celebration
was a big success and large crowds
gathered at the west side park to
enjoy the day. So many of the auto
mobile owners of the valley taken
their cars on long excursion that the
auto parade to the park was not as
large as had been hoped for and was
interrupted by thebreak down of the
machine of Grand Marshall Brosius
before the park was reached. G. H.
Robbins and Attorneys Smith and
Jayne were on the program for brief
adresses and music was a part of the
celebration. In the afternoon, A. C.
Staten gave a talk on "Why We Cele
brate" and in the course of his re
marks he made an appeal to the listen
ers to aid in saving the park which is
mortgaged and which has been carried
along with considerable difficulty by
the men who have been its financial
backers.
A large number of Hood River peo
ple went to The Dalles for the celebra
tion in that city. The steamboat ex
cursion which was managed by the
band boys was a success in every way.
The boys made money on the trip and
the patrons of the excursion had a fine
trip on the river which as in ideal con
dition for a boat ride. Going up in the
morning there were more than the 300
which the Dalles City could carry and
an overflow party was taken up on the
Simons. The band played on the bout
and the trip back on the Teal was
pleasant. The Hood River hose team
won second place in the "wet" contest
and the local ball team won from The
Dalles in the base ball game.
B. E. Duncan made the trip toward
Lost Lake in an automobile last week.
He went to the Lake with Charles W.
Wentz on a fishing trip and got to
Sandy Flat which is four miles above
Dee. He said he made the heavy
grade's easily with his Cadillac and
but for one big rock could have gone
on into the Markley place. The two
fisherman walked on to the lake, D.
I. Stone having helped take in their
camping outfits and caught a nne lot
of fish.
BAD CHECK MAN
GETS 18 MONTHS
NO INDICTMENTS BY GRAND JURY
Two Divorces and Minor Civil Cases Make
l!p Rest of Circuit Court's
Sitting.
H. S. Davis, the man who passed
bad checks aggregating nearly $100
on local business men lust January,
was convicted in the Circuit Court
Tuesday of obtaining money under
false pretenses and in the evening
Judge W. L. bradshaw sentenced him
to serve 18 months in the Oreogn pent
tentiary. The trial of Davis, who has
been in jail at Ihe Dalles since his
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capture in lacoma several monins ago,
was completed during luesday alter
noon and when the jury gave the ver
dict of guilty after being out but a
few minutes the convicted man asked
to be sentenced that evening instead of
waiting until Thursday morning, the
time set by Judge Bradshaw.
The prosecution of the case was in
the hands of District Attorney Frod
n. wuson, oi ine uanes ana nis uep
uty, E. H. Hartwig, while the defense
was conducted at the expense of. the
state by E. C. Smith. The following
jury tried the case: Kae K. Babson,
Harry M. Francis, A. L. Carmichael,
Earl K. Bartmess. W. E. Dabney., E.
R. Manning, David Pyles, 11. A. Cun
ning, F-ank Caddy, John 1 Cooper,
James Ingalls and M. A. Noble. A
number of bankers and business men
who had had dealings with Davis here
and cashed his checks were called in
as witnesses to tell of the transactions.
Drs. J. F. Watt and Malcolm Bronson
had made an examination of the de
fendant Tuesday morning and they
both 'testified that he was mentally
unbalanced at that time. Sherl' '.ou
Morse was also placed upon the stand
to testify as to the papers given him
by the Washington ollirers which had
been taken from Davis when urrested.
Davis was put on the stand and
told along rambling story of hard
luck and complicated financial affairs
which he believed justified him in
drawing the checks. He made a piti
ful appearance on the stand, his hair
gray and his ; face twitching. He
seemed to be broken both physically
and mentally. He told that his
mother had been insane and the actions
of the accused man seemed to bear
out the opinions of the exumining
physicians that he was a "little oft.
Just before being sentenced Davis
gave Judge Bradshaw a pitiful letter
from his wife, who with their children
is being cared for in Seattle at pubile
expense, enclosing a $1 bill. In de
livering the sentence the judge gave
the prisoner a severe lecture and,
while the maximum punishment for
the offense is five years, he said that
in pity for the family the time would
be but 18 months. Davis was silent
at the passsing of the sentence and
was taken to the city jail to await
removal to the state prison.
One of the first things done in the
July term of the court was the im
paneling o the grand jury Tuesday
morning. The members weie Noah
W. Bone, foreman, F. E. Jackon, C.
E. Glaze, Walter lscnberg, II. L. Good
rich, G. J. Gensling and W. Farrell. A
very brief session was held and only a
few matters were brought to the at
tention of the investigating body. No
indictments resulted from the session
and Judge Bradshaw congratulated
Hood River county on the absence of
crime in its borders.
There were two divorce suits
before Judge Bradshaw and both of
them resulted in the decree being
granted Wednesday morning. Both of
the legal separations were asked for
by the husband. A divorce. was granted
Arthur Putnam from lna L. 1'utman
Donekey J. Wilkes received a divorce
from his wife, Nettie T. Wilkes.
Of the large batch of minor civil
cases two were tried without a jury.
S. U. Spitzer vs. C. E. Lath rop re
sulted in a verdict for the plaintiff.
The case of the First National Bank,
Bav City, Mich., vs. Charles P. Ed
munds was tried and a motion for non
suit submitted. The following cases
were continued: Middle Fork Irriga
ting Co. vs. W. L. Huekaby; Williett
& Burr vs. Mt. Hood railroad; Hood
River Irrigation District vs. George
W. McCoy; W. J. Baker vs Walter
J. Hammond; M. F. Shaw vs. Charles
Helmer et al. ; O. C. Dean vs. Peter
Conver; S. A. Helmer vs. William
Curry et al. The court may sit during
September in an adjounred session to
hear some of the cases which could
nottie brought to trial this week.
The following cases were passed : J.
H Ferguson vs. William Hull et al. ;
Dougherty Bros. Tent & Awning Co.
vs. F. E. Deem; Albert Whorian vs.
Oregon Lumber Co. ; John Gavin vs.
Albert Hudson. The causes following
were settled out of court or dismissed.
K Yasui vs. A. C. Buck; J. H. Heil
bronner vs. E. T. Neal ; W. G Pil
low vs. W. L. Diel et al. ; A. B.
Combs vs. Joseph Hess et al. ; S. W.
Stark vs. J. A. Simonson; Pacific N.
Adjustment Co. vs. Hartwig Filnt;
R. O. Scott vs. Frank Milinquist.
In the following cases demurrers
were overruled and the defendants in
each case were given a short period in
which to answer: George W. Brown
vs. Peter I). Hinrichs; Mary E. Gal
ligan vs. Peter D. Hinrichs; Charles
W. Wentz vs. Hood River county;
Kikalsu Kawamato vs. Alfred Miiiaru;
Winans vs. Hood River county et al ;
Hood River Lumbering Co, vs. Hood
River county The case of Laura
Batchelder vs.- the city of Hood River
was referred to Mr. Butler and the
case of C. A. Cass vs. Hans Horsch
berger was referred to Miss Weber.
ORCHARD SALES SHOW
STEADY GROWTH
While there' has not been much
apparent actvity in orchard and prop
erty during the past few weeks as
there was for several months in the
spring, the sales which have been re
ported within the last week show that
there has been a substantial sale of
land to people who have come in to
make Hood River their home. They
are buying land in all stages of devel
opment but the idea of all the buyers
is to ultimately make of their new
property a highly improved orchard
and a comfortable home. There is
generally a dull season during the hot
ter summer months, hut the prospects
are that many new people will be com
ing into Hood River throutrh Julv and
j August. They will, be the people who
are not waiting tor homeseekers rates,
but who are looking for good country
homes where they can make a good
living on a small area, just the thing
they will find in a Hood River orchard.
It is not possible to gc" definite fig
ures on many of the sales which have
lately been closed the prices have been
well up toward the records and indi
cate that the buyers and sellers are
recognizing more and more the sub
stantial value of Hood River land as an
investment.
The highest price ever paid for unin
proved land was recorded last week
when a part of the Sears & Porter
place which is in a wholly unimproved
state sold for $500 an acres. The total
sales during the past month will run
considerably over a quarter of a mill
ion dollars, the deals closed by one
firm aggregating over $100,000.
Last week Fordham B. Kimbal
closed a deal by telegraph through the
agency of Devlin & Firebaugh lor the
20 acre place of E. L. Klemer in the
Summit section, paying $19,000. This
place is set to young orchard and has
strawberries between the rows on the
whole tract. Mr. Klemer has been
realizing considerable from the sale of
strawberry plants and he has special
ized on the plants rather than the fruit
end of the strawberry business. He
has orders for many plants which will
be handled this tall by Mr. Kimball
Although Mr. Klemer cultivated for
the plant business entirely and realized
a handsome profit on it he still reaped
a good harvest of berries during the
season just closed. He has just finish
ed the construction of a tine bungalow
on the place and he will remain there
until fall helping Mr. Kimball get the
run of strawberry plant business. Mr.
Kimball, who was here recently, is
now at his home in Brookline, Mass.,
but will return here next week to re
main permanently. His family, who
sailed this week for Europe will come
to Hood River on their return to this
country in the fall. Mr. Kimball is a
young man who has been in the brok
erage business while his father is
proprietor of one of the largest art
stores in Boston,
Another big sale lately just closed
by this firm was that of 20 acres of
the C. E. Markhain place on the west
Hide for $17,500 to 10. L. Hall, of Port
land, who is the manager of the plant
of the Portland Gas & Coke company.
Six acres of this place is in bearing
orchard and the rest is set to young
trees. Mr. Hall expects to make con
siderable improvement in nis new
place. One of the record west side
sales was 10 acres of the Fred T, Lis
co place in the in the Oak Grove dis
trict which Devlin & f irebaugh last
week sold to H. C. Coleman for $15,-
000. This place is all in bearing or-
hcard. Mr. Coleman recently sold his
10 acre tract near town through the
same firm to A. L. Wheeler for $12,
000. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler, who came
a few months ago fron. Indianapolis,
are at home on their place and the
first thing they had to do was to har
vest the large crop or strawberries.
The A. T. Schall place, of 23 acres,
in Willow Flat, recently the Fuller
ranch was sold last week in two pieces
through the same firm. Miss Bessie
Henry, of Colorado Springs, bought 13
acres part of which is in apples and
strawberries for $7,500. Miss Henry's
brother will come soon to look after
the place and superin'.end the im
provement on it. The remaining ten
acres of the Schall place wus sold to F.
C. Mahai.ey for $1,000. This tract
was also partly improved. Mr. Schall
has bought tne residence recently
acquired by Mr. Mahaney in Portland.
Harry La Vein, who lecenily sold
his place near the planer lo Fied (loss
has bought a five acre ranch which is
partly improved iiom W. K. Gaul ei.
The place is soutli of this Rockforu . t . e
and the Devlin i. Firebaugi. iigc. cy
have also just closed a di a! selling i, e
five acres adjoining from Cliai ics
Wallace to J. 1. Monanty, of i'uit
land. This is a partly improved place
and the new owner bus just leturncci
from St. Paul where he was muni U
He will remain in Portland for a f. w
years and later n ove unto bis la. i h
when the trees come into icu. g.
C. H. Henney, who recently ca e
heie from WaHhingto , I). C, be e
formany years he bad been in t.
United Stales Treasury iKpartrmN i,
lust week bought the 10 ucru place oi
M. Leland Kingsley in the litliin.i,!
section. This place is highly im
proved, a considerable portion of it
being in bearing orchard. Mr. and
Mrs. Henney, .who have been visiting
1). Currier, will move on the place
soon. They will be joined in September
by Mrs. Henney's mother, Mrs. Em
ma J. Carpenter, who will come out
from Washington with Frank Gillain
and wife. Mr. Gillam has for a Ipng
time been in the U. S. Weather Bu
reau and will come in the fall onto the
ranch he recently purchased here.
Mr. and Mrs. Henney are both sing
gers of much ability and Mrs. Henney,
whose voice is contralto was a soloist
in the Unitarian church which is at
tended by President Taft in Washing
ton. Hood River people have enjoyed
hearing her sing recently at the local
Unitarian church.
The firm of Shelley & Shelley reports
the sale of 40 acres of unimproved
land in Willow Flat from Percy T.
Shelley to Frank S. Smith. Mr.
Smith was formerly employed by the
O. R. & N. in the local offices and
already owns a Hood River ranch. He
expects to improve his latest purchase.
A. B. Shelley has soled 10 acres of un
improved land in the Willoww Fiat to
George L. Scarlett, of Bellingham.
This place adjoins the Scott orchard
and it is possible that Mr. Scarlett will
move here with his family soon. He
is a builder and ' contractor and he
expects to improve the place.
Local people who expect to improve
places have bought considerable land
during the past few weeks. A number
of them have recently sold improved
properties and are immediately start
ing again to develope raw or partially
improved land. W. H. Maher bought 20
acres partly improved east or the Pine
Grove from W. H. Metcalf and an
other partially improved twenty nearby
has been sold by L. T.Bragg, of Col
fax, Wash., to W. M. Moore. Both of
these places will receive further im
provements at the hands of the new
owners.
A new brick school buliding to cost
between $10,000 and $15,000 will be
built in the Barrett district. The
plans are now being drawn and work
will be commenced soon to be finished
by the first of the year on the grounds
no occupied by the old building. At
the recent meeting .held in the district.
V. C. Sherrieb was elected a director.
Ml j 'UAL PHONE
S I STEM BANNED
COUNCIL VOTES FOR FRANCHISE
Merchants' Association Will Have Special
Meeting to Discuss Telephone
Situation.
As a result of the raise in the tele
phone rates of the Home Telephone
company July 1 there has been consider
able doing in the way of opposition to
the company during the past week.
F. H. Stow, a Portland man, who
owns a ranch on the west side has
started a movement for a mutual tele
phone company and an ordinance
granting him a franchise was passed
first reading by the council Tuesday
evening. Talk is heard of other parties
who consider putting in a system to
give Hood River relief from the high
rates and a meeting has been called of
the Merchants' Association and all
parties interested to be held in the
Commercial Club rooms Friday even
ing to discuss the telephone situation.
The ordinance which received the
first indorsement of the city fathers
grants a 30 year franchise and pro
vides that the same must be assigned
by F. 11. Stow to a mutual company to
be owned by actual phone users. Mr.
Stow, who is himself an experienced
telephone man, has retained W. Har
dinger, ex-manager of the Home Tele
phone company to make estimates and
help launch the mutual company, Mr.
Stow was formerly in the employ of
the Bell company in Ohio, later being
connected with the Columbia and
Home companies in Portland. Ac
cording to the estimates made by Mr.
Hardinger the mutal company could
install a system of 800 to 1000 phones
with a capital of $75 per phone. The
operation of the companny on a mu
tal basis would probably average about
75 cents per month per phone.
At the request of the people of the
valley a special meeting of the Mer
chants' Association has been called for
Friday evening at which times repre
sentatives from the granges and diff
erent sections of the valley will be
present to talk over the phone situa
tion with the business men. All par
ties interested are urged by the organ
ization to be present.
In spite of the various movements on
foot the attitude of the company does
not seem to change on the matter.
Actinir Manager E O. Hall stated
yesterday that so far only 29 phones
had been lost on account of the in
creased rates a; d mat oihers were be
ing installed ri.il along so that the
net loss did not . ;,ouut to that much.
He said that tn re were over 1200
phones in service, t he loss was not
as great as was anticipated. Hie
Home company was organized a tew
years ago to get good Service and the
Bell interests were oriven from the
field. The stock w still all one locally,
but the control of the company has
been gained by the Halls and with the
raise of rates under their management
is for the purpose, they say, of putting
the company on a profitable basis.
Dividends have never been declared on
the stock of the company to get them
the management asserts the raise
is necesasry.
Thinks Hood River "Easy."
A letter was received here last week
from a man who has recently gone to
Roseburg after spending several
months in Hood Kiver.
I n comment imr on the raise in the
telephone rate here, notice of which
huil homm in the Glacier, he was of the
opinion that the Hood Kiver people
were rather toolisn to siaru ior ine
increase in rates and had tin: following
to sav of the phone situation in Rose-
"This telephone company is
building a new all cable central energy
system here. They expect to cut over
next Sunday. For certain ki:ds of
service they are actually of their own
free will and accord Koing to i educe
sonieoftheral.es. The lmhiie;s rale
is now $2.50 which is $y a ye;..' bet
ter than your rate. ou feliuws arc
pretty easy anyway."
Mosicr Apple; Gone A stray.
Iln Miilnrluv .lllne IA. AlllO.I Root
shipped four boxes of Early Harvest
apples to Dryer, Hoi lain it Co., com
mission merchants of Portland. Mon
day's Journal said: "First new Ore
gon apples ot tne season were oiiernig
today from Mosier. 'Ibis is the earliest
that Uregon appl. fi nave e,,ier. u me
trade here, uccoiding to dealeis, and
tl.iu ...ill rrii'n mi iMlmf'1-9 a cliHlU'O tO
get good quailaty and the trade will
not be loiceu lo inijni
from the south. 'We received word
this morning that Amos Root, of
Mosier, had dispatched tne nn.. snip
ments of new crop apples to ir ai ket,
W H Iirver. of Drver. i ollam
& Co., 'Four boxes were in t! e lot.
The apples were of the I'.aiiy l.arvesi
variety." .
A letter recently received 1 y Mr.
Root from the commission firm, slates
that they have never received the
Mr. Root has never re
ceived' any returns from them. Now
the question is, w no got mem: im
Journal says that "Four boxes of
Early Harvest variety appear on the
street and are of very good quality.
How did they get "on the street" with
Aiit riinrr thru Drver. Hollain & Co. 's
hands? Mr. Root is waiting for an
explanation while tne shipment is
being traced. -Mosier Bulletin
Labor Hard to (Jet.
Urgent appeals are coming to Port
land these days for men who will work
in fruit orchards One heavy employer
at Hood Kiver said he had appealed and
appealed in vain. He found large num
ber of men around the city who said
they were idle but he could not induce
them by any living wage oiler to go
out to Hood River and accept work.
In despair over the prospect of los
ing his fruit or of not getting his crop
properly attended, he sought Japanese
help and succeeded in getting the men
desired.
Hood River is not alone of the fruit
districts in its appeal for help. There
is a very strong demand for men just
now in the fruit lines. Such a great
increase has been made in Oregon
orchard acreage that the force re
quired to attend the trees is much
larger this year than in the past, and
nextvearit will show materially great
er increase. This growth brings the
orchardist right up to the labor pro
blem in earnest. Portland Telegram.