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VOL. XXII
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SEPTEMBER 1 1910
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PECIA1
xtra
buy
20 Acres, three acres cleared ; 10 acres slashed and burned ; balance
light clearing; all undsr ditch ; on main county road; near railroad sta
tion; flj miles south of Hood River; first class orchard land. 8200 per
acre. Easy terms.
20 Acres, very choice property ; right at railway station, sightly
location with beautiful building spot; 1(5 acres set to one year old trees
and four acres of strawberries ; red shot soil. This place will make one of
the most beautiful homes in the Hood Kiver Valley. Price 810,000.
Terms.
120 Arres good apple land fronting on main county road, below
irrigation ditch; even slope; excellent drainage. It is $75 an acre lower
than similar land in the same location but the owner wants to sell
quickly ; so this price is for qnick action. Will sub-divide. Terms to
suit.
2 O Acres, six miles out on the E et Side; all in comiiiereial orch
ard, 6, 4, .1 and 2 years old ; good house, barn, team and cow, also com
plete set of farming implements. Price til, 5000. $5,000 cash.
20 Acres, 7 miles southwest of Hood River, red shot soil, good
drainage ; 4 acres spring setting Newtowns and Spitzenbergs; 12 acres
slashed and burned ; spring water. Price 85,000 ; f 200 J cash.
30 Acres red shot soil, slightly rolling; 25 acres well cleared; bal
ance slashed ; 3 acres in potatoes. Price 8!,000. Terms.
20 Acres, unimproved, six miles south of Hood River; good drain
age, excellent location, all under ditch and A-l orchard land. Good buy
at $3500. $1,250 cash, balance 3 to 5 years.
IO Acres, near school, store and railroad station, on main road;
good soil, good drainage; all set to two-year-old Newtowns and Spitzen
bergs, excellent condition; beautiful building site. Price $5,500.
$1,500 will handle it.
20 Acres, partly improved; red shot soil, high and sightly, perfect
drainage. This tract lies fine for orchard; beautiful building spot. Genu
ine bargain at $350 per acre; $2,000 cash.
20 Acres 0J miles south of Hood Riverhighly improved, as follows:
10 acres commercial orchard, 1 to 5 years old; complete family orchard
and 1 acre clover; good drainage; excellent location; modern 7 room house,
good barn and outbuildings ; near school, store and railway station, Ke
wanee water system. Price 819,000. Good terms.
31 Acres near Summit Station, all under cultivation, save I'-i acres
light clearing; 5 acres in hearing commercial orchard; 14 acres of 2 and 4
year old trees ; complete family orchard ; balance of the place in alfalfa and
clover; good barn ; at least goo boxes of apples; team; cow ; 20 tons of hay
and complete set of implements go with tin place at the low piU of
821,000. $0,000 cash.
DEVLIN & FIREBAUGH
The Leading Dealers
Swetland Bldg. Hotel Oregon Bldg.
Portland, Ore. Phone 141 Hood River, Ore.
Bentley, the Builder
Phone
Day Brothers
offer the following special
bargains in White Sal
mon Valley Lands
526 FOUR ACRES; located in the city limits of While Salmon; an ideal
residence site with a fine view; 2 acres all cleared and set to 2 and 3-year-old
fruit trees, with strawberries between the rows; all good fruit
hind except one half acre, which would make a desirable building site.
Price 82,400; half cash, balance two years at 8 per cent.
553 TEN ACRES, best red shot soil apple land, covered with fir tim
ber, adjoining a ranch with 100 acres in bearing orchard. Distance
from hite Salmon 7 miles. Price 81,250; half cash, balance 3 years,
8 per cent
577 TEN ACRES; unimproved apple land, all good, gt n tie slope ; distance
by road, Husum H-4 miles, Underwood station 5 miles, White Salmon
ti miles, White Salmon river half mile; mail dailv; county road and
electric line survey near by. Price 81,500 on the following easy terms:
cash $:I00, balance at 150 each month until paid.
516 TWENTY ACRES; all good apple land except about 3 acres which
is rather steep and stony, covered with second growth fir and oak, all
year spring, county road between Husum and White Salmon crosses one
corner, electric line survey to Husum also crosses ibis tract; distance
by road from Underwood Station 4 J miles, from White Salmon 6J miles,
from Husum 1J mile. This tract is surrounded on three sides by
cleared land and developed orchards owned by a desirable class of
people. Price only 8125 per acre, J cash, balance 2 years ut 8 per cent.
White Salmon Realty Co.
DAY BROTHERS
White Salmon - - Washington
Good
331K
FOR QUICK SAL
20 Acres with six acres bearing orchard
and balance of land in two and three year
old standard trees. From 1200 to 1500
boxes of apples included. Good apple
house, barn and dwelling. Sightly loca
cation and all good land. This place is
worth $25,000 but can be bought right
now for $19,000 on very liberal terms.
J. H. Heilbronner & Co.
The Reliable Dealers
i Davidson Building
4-H-H-
-M"M"M"H
APF1
Now on the follow
ing' places included
if sold soon. These
are g'ood buys:
31 ACRES, MILES FROM TOWN, 350 bearing
apple trees, 2 acres 5 year old apples, 14 acres one,
two and three year old apple trees all in good condi
tion. Good 4 room house, good barn, apple crop this
year $:i,000 goes with place. Fine location West Side.
10,000. Terms.
TWENTY ACRES WILLOW FLAT, fi acres one
year old apple trees, balance light clearing, uncleared
land joining being sold for more money than is asked
for this. This is a real bargain at per acre $300.
Kasy terms.
TEN ACRES FOUR MILES FROM TOWN, 4',,
acres 5 year old Spitzenbergs and NewtowiiH, 5 J acn
one year old Spitzenbergs and Newtowns, crop and
tools go with place. 10,000. Half cash.
TWENTV-FiVE ACRES, Good Location, :? acres
one year old apples, 3 acres strawberries, 7 acres
partly cleared, good 6 room house, springwater piped
to house. Good buy at 87,500. Terms easy.
TEN and a HALF ACRES, good location, 8 acres
bearing, 1,000 boxes apples go with place, 10 room
house, hot and cold water, fine spring piped to build
ings. This property is a money maker at $10,000.
$3,000 cash.
TWENTY-FIVE ACRES, 4J miles from town, fine
location, West Side, 1700 apple trees in good condi
tion, 200 full bearing, 400 five years old, 300 four years
old, 800 one and two years old, good buildings, spring
water piped to house and barn, bath in house. Team,
wagon and implements and crop go with place. This
should be a big money producer in a short time.
Price 1S,000. 7 ,000 cash.
TEN ACRES, Willow Flat, 6 acres one year old ap
ples, 4 acres, strawberries between trees, halan e eas- '
lly cleared, small house and barn. $5,000. Terms.
TEN ACRES, Willow Flat, 3 Acres cleared, balance
easily cleared, all tillable and best of fruit land.
$3,500. (1,600 cash.
Epping-Brydle Co.
Ground Floor, First National B&nK Building
Phone 56
Expert
Watch Repairs
Eighteen months is the
extreme time which should"
be allowed between 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 impair 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
: Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Cruse left Sun
day after a brief visit at the home of
W. B. Allen in the Oak Grove section.
Hood River, Oregon
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Real Estate
Bulletin
$10,500. Nine Acres on
East Side, .r miles out, all
in trees, about hnlf in bear
ing; balance two find three
years old. crop goes with
place. Easy terms.
$7,500. Twenty Acres in
Oak Grove district, -1- acres
six years old, three acres
one yearold, bn lance most
ly slashed, no rock, beauti
ful building site. Before
buying see this. Easy
terms.
GuyY.Edwards&Co.
Phone 228L Office Oregon Hotel
pPOKANE PLANS
LARGEST SHOW
THE BEST GOING ON TO CHICAGO
Wenatchee Peavish Because the Wincsap
Rating Was Not Raised to
Equal Spitzenberg.
While the first National Apple Show
was an unexpected suecess and the
second exhibition surpassed even the
fondest hopes of the promoters, the
third National Apple Show, to be held
November 14 to I'J, 1910, in Spokane,
followed by an exhibition at Chicago,
November 28 to December 4, gives
promise of being an even greater ex
position than the wonderfully success
ful show of last season.
. The bulletin and premium list for
the show this year has been published
and it gives promise of a great show.
There have been some slight changes
in the scoring values which will be
used by the judges in determining the
winners of the grand carload prize.
The changes are : Arkansas 7-8 to 6-7 ;
Arkansas Black 5-6 to 6-7 ; Baldwin 5-6
to 6-7 ; Delicious 9 10 to 8-9 ; Mcintosh
Ked 6-6 to 7-8; Wealthy 6-7 to 7-8;
Winesap 7-8 to 8-9. The Spitzenburg
still remains at the head ot the list
with the rating of 10 while the Yellow
Newtown Pippin and the Grimes Golden
will be the only apples which will have
the second rating of 9-10 this year.
tne wenatenee growers insisted that
their Wineasp should have been raised
two or three points instead of the one
point advance which the trustees of
the National Apple Show allowed them
over last year and as a result of the
tailure to get what they asked for they
insits that they will not be represented
at the show this year. It is rumored
that because of the fact that Wenat
chee will not send exhbits to the Spo
kane show James J. Hill and the Great
Northern have withdrawn support
from the show this year. The Hill
people look upon the show us an adver
tising proposition for their territory
hut it seems scarcely probable that
they would refuse to contribute merely
bocause of one the districts along their
lines would not be represented.
When the band concludes "Auld
Lang Syne" Saturday night, Novem
ber 19, in Spokane, a scene unparal
leled in the history of apple shows will
begin, because inside o 48 hours sev
eral carload displays together with the
big prize winning exhibits and all Dis
trict displays will be loaded on a train
and started for Chicago on passenger
schedule time in order that the exhibi
tion may be repeated in the Lake City,
beginning November 28 and closing
December 4.
The plan of showing in Chicago after
closing in Spokane has been a pet
scheme of the trustees for over a year,
hut it was impossible to make satis
factory arrungements until a few
months go, when a committee of the
trustees went to Chicago and secured
an option on the First Kegiment Ar
mory, 16th and Michigan avenue.
Following this move the proposed
plan was laid before the Chicago Asso
ciation of Commerce and the executive
committee of that great organization
passed a resolution endorsing the pro
ject and directing Chairman Harry A.
Wheeler to give every assistance. A
number of the leading Chicago news
paper publishers were consulted and
all promised to assist the movement by
publicity. Many expressions of won
der and commendation at the enter
prise of northwest people in bringing
the big exposition to the Fust were
made.
The exhibition in Chicago will not be
connected with any other show, but
will be conducted independently under
the auspices of the National Apple
Show trustees. It will have no con
nection with the Land Show in the Col
iseum nor with the International Stock
Show, both of which will be held dur
ing tho same week. The three big
projects will undoubtedly bring the
greatest number of visitors that Chi
cago has seen since the days of the
World's Fair.
The arrangement in Chicago will be
similar to that in Spokane. The car
load racks will be erected in the center
of the great Armory building and the
10-box, 5-hox, Single-box and Feature
displays will be located across the
aisles from the carloads.
Around the four wulls on both the
ground floor and balcony the District
displays will be located. These Dis
trict displays are being arranged for
by commercial clubs, apple growers'
unions, horticultural societies, etc.
Thelisilays will consist of collective
exhibits, arranged in any manner de
sired, and friendly rivalry will un
doubtedly bring out many unique and
artistic designs. Each district exhibit
will have a representative in charge
both at Spokane and Chicago whose
duty shall be to answer questions, dis
tribute literature and exploit the par
ticular section for which he is the
spokesman. In all there will probably
ke 35 Pacific Northwest fruit districts
represented.
Hood Kiver will he represented at
Spokane and Chicago and while the
details of the exhibit from this section
have not yet been worked out the mat
ter will be handled by the Commercial
Club and the Apple Growers Union.
Hood Kiver has had reserved one of
the most desirable exhibition sections
for the Chicago show and good accom
modations will he provided at Spo
kane. According to one of the trus
tees of the Spokane show it is going to
he a considerable problem for them to
find enough space in which to exhibit
all the apples which will be sent to the
inland hmpire metropolis.
An apple packing contest in which
prizes will be awarded and a free ap
ple packing school will also be featrues
of the Spokane shew.
Last year Hood Kiver was not repre
sented with a carload at the Spokane
show because of a misunderstanding as
to the rule tor the wrapping of ap
ples. The rule on this matter follows:
When the exhibits are on display in
Spokane, they must be shown with the
top layer of apples unwrapped. It is
optional with the grower whether he
remove the wrappers before shipping
to Spokane or whether he waits until
reaching here before removing the
wrapper, or he may repack his entire
display in Spokane if he desires. The
object is to show the top layer un
wrapped and the remainder of the ap
ples wrapped as intended for shipment."
closing of all entries on Wednesday,
November 9, four .lavs before the
show opens, and the requirement that
all exhibits must be delivered in the
building not later than noon Satur
day, November 12. This rule is nec
essary because of the vast amount of
fruit expected.
In the carload championship class
there may be one or more standard
commercial winter varieties packed in
barrels or boxes, but 210 barrels con
stitute a carload and 6.10 boxes consti
tute a carload. Any number of boxes
or barrels may be shipped, if the ship
per uses a large car, but only the pre
scribed number of boxes or barrels can
be exhibited in this class. Kxhibitor
must be owner, lessee, or authorized
agent of land where apples were
grown, and must give sworn statement
when making entry that the apples
were grown in one orchard only. In
making the award judges will consider
quality, color, size and uniformity,
freedom from marks of insects and
other blemishes and pack. Where
mixed carloads are entered there must
he at least 50 boxes of each variety
shown. All carloads compete for the
championship but the winners of first
and second awards in the championship
contest will not receive cash prizes in
the other contests, but wlil be given
additional honors. The first prize will
he $1,000 in cash and the Champion
ship gold medal banner and the second
prize will be $.100 and a silver medal
banner. First and second prizes of
$250 and $100 with banners will be
offered for carload exhibits of Wine
sap, Roma Beatuy, Wagener, Mcin
tosh, Jonathan, Spitzenburg, Yellow
Newtown and a mixed carload as out
lined for the championship.
There are prizes ottered for ten, live
and single box displays and many
prizes will be offered for special dis
plays of various sorts.
Throughout the week of the show at
Spokane there will he meetings attend
ed by growers and persons interested
in apples from all over the Northwest
and informal programs will he ar
ranged for the discussion of manv
phases of the apple business which
will be extremely interesting to every
body in attendance.
COUNTY SCi iO
Tho recent report made to ' StHte
Superintendent .1. 11. Aekeruian by
County Superintendent Krncst C.
Smith shows that the Hood Kiver
county schools made a good growth
last year over the year before, there
was an increase in the enrollment of
92 while the school census increased
but 74 showing that a larger portion of
the people of school age were attend
ing the public school. This is a good
indication of prosperity when it is not
necessary for the children to give up
school in order to work and help to
earn a living. There are 55 teachers
employed in the county being one more
than the year before and the average
wages paid the pedagogues showed a
good increase. The average salary of
the male teachers was $101 a month an
increase of about $12 while the aver
age salary of the female t';rhers was
increased from $56 to $61 a month.
The -per capita upportionn .cut of the
state school funds has been made to
the various counties, 'bind River's
share being $:i,!)85.0H or $1.: 2 for each
pel son between the ages of 4 and 21)
years in Hood Kiver county.
ir
TSi:i70
YIELD $47 APIECE
Apples of the Gravenstein variety
which are now being parked mil
shipped by the Apple Growers Union
are giving the growers of the vall- y
some great returns this year. Dr. W.
R. Col lev, on the east side, bus re
ported the biggest yield so far heard
of, having packed out 251 boxes from
eight 14-year-old treoH. This wonder
ful showing is more than Ul boxes to
the tree of packed apples which are
selling this year to New York for $1.50
a box. Most of the growers of the
valley only have a few trees of Grav
ensteins, as Dr. Colley, but in every
case they are reporting enormous
yields of good quality and with the
good price which the union is gutting
this year, the Gravenstein will be very
profitable. Dr. Colley's crop from
eight trees it will be seen is bringing
him a return of $.'176.50 or an average
of about $17.06 per tree. An acre con
taining 60 Gravenstein trees would
bring in a gross return of between
$2,500 and $:f,000.
No Local Traific on Limiteds.
Beginning today, September 1, the
Oregon-Wahington Limited running as
a complete 1'iillman train between
Portland and Chicago will carry no lo
cal traffic between Portland, Hood
River and The Dulles. The largo vol
ume of through business has made this
order necessary and it will apply to
the train running in either direction.
These trains have carried no coach
passengers for several months and this
is the first step in a series which will
result in making the train a limited
which will only carry passengers be
tween the terminals of the run. The
Oregon-Washington Limited west bound
is train No. 17 due in Hood Kiver at
5:45 p.m. and tho fast-bound train
leaves Portland at 10 a. rn. arriving at
11:55. After this (late they will carry
no passengers between this point, The
Dalles and Portland.
Fine House in Ipper Valley.
Work has been hou-nn 1 iu Mi 1 1.... JP.
Klein on a $1,500 riHiilim r,. i.,..
Hansen on his place in the upper val
ley south of Parkdah. Th ,...
dunce will be up-to-date in every par
ticular and will have a full basement
50 by 32 feet. Heating plant, bath
room aim eicciric wiring are the
modern features of tho h
being built on land which was home
steaded by the owner ten years ago.
mi. imonL-ii nns ueen in uie saloon bus
iness in The Dalles hot I.,. I,..., i.:
business there and will reside in the
upper valley. Miller & Klein expect
to have the house up in two months.
New Grocery Store.
Fred E. Dean whi m,.nnti.. i
as the rural mail carrier on route 2 is
preparing to go into the grocery busi
ness and wil open a store at the cor
ner oir-ignui and 1'ine streets on the
Heights. Mr. Dean expects to put in
a complete stock of groceries ard no
tions and will run a delivery system
He is getting his goods in shape and
expects to open tho store the tirst of
APPLE FAIR
BUILDING A GO
THE DAVIDSON LOT IS PREFERRED
Room for Fair this Year is Offered by
Cilbert-Vaughan Implement Co.
Directors Elected.
More than fifty of the leading busi
ness men of the city and orchardists of
the city valley gathered Tuesday after
noon at the old Commercial Club room
to perfect the organization of the Ap
ple Fair Association and the enthusi
asm of the meeting makes it a sure
thing that Hood River will have a per
manent building in which to hold the
annual fruit fair.
Nearly three fourths of the more
than $10,000 in stock which has been
subscribed was represented and after
the roll call the by-laws of the organ
ization were adopted. The date set for
the animal meeting was the last Satur
day in January. Following the adop
tion of the by-laws the five directors of
the corporation were elected G. R.
Castner, C. D. Thompson, P. S. David
son, Miles C. Carter and C. K. Mar
shall. The discussion of the sites and the
character of the building to be built
occupied considerable time, with the
result that the stockholders recom
mended the purchase of the Davidson
lot at the northeast corner of Second
and Cascade streets. The property,
which is offered for $10,000, has a
frontage of 100 feet on Cascade and a
little more than 90 feet on Second
street, while the north side is bounded
by tho 0. K. & N. right of way, giving
a depth of about 130 feet at the west
side of the lot. This lot. while it is
one of the most expensive offered for
the consideration of the fair associa
tion, is well located, and the nearness
to the depot is regarded as a particu
lar advantage. It was suggested that
during tho apple fair the railroad could
be persuaded to stop all trains for a
brief period here and give the passen
gers an opportunity to inspect the ap
ple exhibits.
The directors of the association will
meet with the owners of the lot and it
is probable that the purchase recom
mended by the members of the corpor
ation will be made. It is understood
that tho owners of the property will
accept bonds in payment for the lot, so
that there would be no cash outlay nec
essary to secure the site. The Bite
which was made the Second choice of
the stockholders is the quarter block
belonging to Prof. L. F. Henderson at
the northwest corner of State and
Front sreets, where the feed yard is
located. This property has been offer
ed for $6000 ami Prof. Henderson
agrees to take $500 in stock if his prop
erty is taken.
No definite plans for the building can
be made until the ileal for the site has
been closed, and it Is probable that a
building cannot be completed in time
for the fair this year, which will be
held about the last of November.
However, the association was assured
a good room for the fair by the Gilbert-Vaughan
Implement Company,
which has offered its vehicle repository
for the tihe of the fair, if no other suit
able place can be secured for this year.
A. I. Mason spoke at the meeting in
favor of a full building with a base
ment which could be used for the fair
anil having an opera house and stores
on the ground th or with the second
floor devoted to offices. Hu said that
while a building of this sort would be
more expensive, it would at the same
lime bring in sufficient revenue to pay
on the investment and would give to
Hood River a theater which is sorely
needed. C. K. Marshall suggested in
discussing the Davidson site that the
building could be easily constructed
with a sub basement which would be
level with the O. R. & N. tracks and
in which the fair could be held, offer
ing excellent opportunities for the .
traveling public to be easily brought
into the exhibits. He said that the
excavation could be made and the
basement roofed over for the Bhow this
year. Th". rest of t he building could
be finished next year according to
plans which might be worked out
later.
The directors elected ollicers as fol
lows: G. K. Castner, president; C,
K. Marshall, vice-president; C. D.
Thompson, secretary; P. S. Davidson,
treasurer.
Winter To Manage Phone Company.
W. N. Winter today takes up the
duties of the manager of the Home
Telephone company as the successor
of Charles Hall who handed his resig
nation to tho directors last week.
Mr. Winter is an experienced tele
phono man having formerly been man
ager of the Utah Independent lines
and having held similar positions in
Montana. He came to Hood River
last winter and bought a 20 acre
place in the upper valley which he
has been developing. He will keep
his ranch but will move his family to
Hood Kiver in order to be near the
phone work. Resides having had
much experience Mr. Winter is a thor
ough electrician being a graduate of
the University of Missouri. Mr. Win
ter comes originally from Mississippi.
Higher phone rates go into effect
today for the upper valley and the
same rate is now in force there which
is being charged in other sections of
the valley. The rate is now $1.75 a
month with a 25 cent rebate if paid
quarterly in advance.
Next Sunday at 10 o'clock the Uni
tarian Sunday School will open for its
fall and winter's work. Through Sep
tember the school will adopt some of
the features of the Childrens' Church.
Parents and friends are cordially in
vited to he present. All children not
connected with any Sunday School are
invited to come to these sessions.
Pine
Grove
Dance
Friday Evening
September 9
Newman's Four-Piece
Orchestra will furnish
the Music
i
A new rule for this season is the
m.-At ween,