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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1911)
.1 1. VOL. XXII HOOD KIVElt, OREGON, TIU'RSDAY, APKIL 13, lull NO 40 A Few Choice Buys 20 acres 0 miles from town; 3 acres cleared; 7 acres slashed and burned; balance compara tively easy clearing. Price $4000; 1-3 cash, balance in 5 years at 1. IO acres Highly improved, 2 miles from town; Z acres 7-year-old Newtowns and Spftzen bergs; 2 acres 3 years old; balance in berries and clover; good house, barn and other out buildings; an ideal home. Price $10000; $3000 cash, balance on or before 5 years at 7. 26 2-3 acres 3 1-2 miles from town; red shot soil; 6 acres cleared; 2 acres in orchard, 1 to 4 years old; 10 acres slashed, burned and partly cleared; small house. Price $6500. Terms. 15 acres .Near railroad station, stores, school and church; all set to Newtowns and Spitzenburghs as follows: 5 acres 7 years old; 3 acres 6; V2 acres 4, and 4 acres 3. Picked over 1100 boxes of apples last year; old house; good barn Price $14000; $5000 cash; balance on or before 5 years at 7 per cent. 28 3-4 acres Perfect orchard land, choice loca tion, perfect drainage; 10 acres in Newtowns and Spitzenburghs 1 to 4 years old; 3 acres more cleared; balance in timber; good house; 15 inches of free water furnished from spring on place. For a home or investment it has no equal. Price $12000. Terms. Newcomers stopping with friends in the valley will get a better idea of their surroundings by tele phoning our office, 141, and we will be glad to show you some of the prettiest places, also some of the best buys attainable.- Devlin & Fircbaugh THE LEADING DEALERS MI-HlI-H-H-HIlIIIl'I i..i..i-M-K'M-1-t-i-M h-hm. Hotel Oregon Bldg., Hood River, Oregon Swetland Bldg., Portland, Oregon For Sale by Owner 200 acres, GO acres cleared, 11 acres planted, balance unimproved. Price cheap and easy terms. J. P. Thomsen It. F. D. No. 1 box GO Phone 290 Odell Land For Sale 1 have about 1,000 acres of No. 1 Apple Land, most of it under ditch at prices ranging from $G0 per acre up. In tracts from ten acres up. J. R. STEELE Hood River - - - Oregon Real Estate and Insurance G. WDimmick Located in office formerly occupied by Shelley & Shelley, in building on Cascade Ave., between Hotel Oregon and Mt. Hood Hotel. Don't Leave the Hood River District Without Investigating Mosier Valley Natural advantages for fruit growing unexcelled. Land prices have doubled within the last two years'.but are not over half thal'asked for similar, land inj other sections. Buy now before the speculators add their profits. COMMERCIAL CLUB OF MOSIER MOSIER, OREGON. Six Miles East of Hood River, Oregon CITY INVESTMENTS 100x100 feet on Oak street, with good buildings; rental income -$110 per month. Only $16,000, until April first. 100x200 feet on Cascade avenue, consisting of four good business lots and frame house. This will double in value within two years. Price $7,000, good terms. ' . There will be great activity in city prop erty this year. Snaps such as these are not on the market long. SEE OUR LIST OF ORCHARDS J. H. Heilbronner & Company l,,!,,l,i"I"2",l$ Bargains in Three Flats Three Bargain in Willow Flat A. Flat Forty acres; unimproved; all under irriga tion; on good county road; 30 acres first-class orchard land; balance good timber. Four Thousand Dollars, One-Half Cash. B. Flat Forty acres a little higher up on the scale, above irrigation; all good orchard land. Ten acres partially cleared; adjoining $250 land. Four Thousand and Five Hundred Dollars One-Third Cash. C. Flat Ten acres all improved; three acres of HOME, three year-year-old trees; balance one year, SWEET except small patch of hay ana berries for HOMES home use; small house and barn, both new. One of the best pieces in. Willow Flat. Six Tnousand Dollars, Half Cash. HI Good Fruit Lands In tKe famous BOISE VALLEY at very reas onable prices. Good unimproved lands under govern ment canal, Fifty to One Hundred dollars per acre. The cost of clearing these lands is $3.00 to $4.00 per acre. Soil is very productive. Have a healthful climate and mild winters. A large acreage of com mercial orchards is being planted in this valley. Buy cheap fruit lands and get the increase in value. Write today for price list and free descriptive booklet. WALLING & WALLING, Nampa, Idaho F.H.CooIidge Watchmaker and Jeweler Don't ride miles out of your way to get Rub ber Stamps, but drive tH' direct to the ' f GLACIER STAMP WORKS For Your Perfect Printing Rubber Stamps. Real Estate Bulletin 20 Acres Near Summit Station. All slashed. Easy clearing, fine slope, no waMe. Red Shot Soil. Thia is a bargain at $3,000. Terms. IO Acres Four miles out on West Side. 7 acres in 1 , 2 and 3-year-old Spitz and Newtowns about 20 bearing trees. A fine little place and under priced at $0,000 $2,600 will handle thin. 46 Acres Upper Valley, one mile from postoflice, easy clearing. If you want a good piece of raw land investigate this. Price $4,000; $700 down. Easy terms on balance. Guy Y.Ed wards Co. Office Hotel Oregon Bldg. PHONE 23S COMMERCIAL CLUB ENDORSES ROAD CAMPAIGN TO BOOST SCENIC ROUTE Highway Will be Part of Transcontinental SysUm Ntw By-Laws Are Adopted. The most important matter coming before the Commercial Club at its reg ular monthly meeting Monday night was the discussion of the proposed automobile road between Portland and Hood River. When the detail businesss of the evening was completed. Presi dent Smith brought the matter before the members of the club, stating that the building of the proposed road was benig agitated locally and strongly boosted by Portland people twho were very enthusiastic over the matter. LeRoy Armstrong then addressed the club showing the many ways in which the city ana valley would be benefitted by the building of such a road. He said in part: "I do not know the attitude of the Hood River people nor that of the club, but 1 don t think there is any matter that is so important to the city or the valley as that of the building, eventually, of such a road as proposed. II is surprising to one to learn of the number of automobiles that every year make trans-continental trips, and the number is constantly increasing, but this section of the country is missed by the tourists because of the lack of a through road. The present travel of this kind goes either to the north or to the uouth of us. However, when once opened we would more than get our share of the travel, because of the unsurpassed beauty of the Columbia River gorge. No seciton of the country can compare wilh the scenery we have either in grandeur or variety. Local people do not appreciate this because they have grown used to it. Rut the traveler will include it when he thinks of desirable things. The proposed road will become a part of a trans-continental system and besides becoming a thing of convenience to ourselves will be of an economic value. Every one passing through will have money and will spend freely, and the money spent will be no donation : for every one will feel well paid for the expenditure. Mr. Armstrong con cluded by urging the club to give the movement its hearty endorsement. Truman Butler told of the enthusiasm of Walter Curtiss, correspondent of the Chicago Record-Herald, and Traflic Manager Stubbs, of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., after they had made a close in spection of the route. Mr. Hutler also pointed out the economic value to be derived. He said that he had no doubt but that the hotel capacity of thia city would have to be doubled within a very short time after the building of such a road. J. P. Lucas, who has long been a supporter of the proposed road, told those present that he had made a close inspection of the country over which thej;oad would pass. He stated that he had walked from Hood River to Troutdale and that he found the con struction would be possible. "The people of Multnomah county are eager to have this road," said Mi. Lucas, "and they have already made surveys and set stakes to the Hood River county line." He told the club that he considered it the duty of Hood River county to make every effort to build the road within the coutuy limits. President Smith suggested, that, since not only Hood River county would be interested in and benefitted by the construction of the road but also The Dalles, it would be well to have a preliminary survey made and get The Dalles interested. J. E. Montgomery recalled the cam paign that had been made by southern Oregon sections last year in the in terest of the Crater Lake highway. He suggested that since it was a road that would be more of a state institu tion than a local one it would be well to attempt the same campaign here as was conducted by the southern Ore gon people and make an effort to solicit donations from people from every part of the state, and especially from The Dalles and the country to the east of there. At a query from W. N. Winter, Sec retary Skinner announced that the new by-laws provided for a Good Roads committee and on a motion of Leslie Butler, the matter was referred to this committee with instructions to use every effort to promote the road. secretary skinner submitted to the meeting several communications that he had recently received relative to a publicity scheme for the whole North west that is being planned by the Seattle Commercial Club. Among the letters pertaining to the matter was one received from the Portland Com mercial Club stating that it was the only commercial body on the coast that had yet taken any step toward assist ing Seattle in the movement. The decision of the matter will be left to an investigating committee. The club voted that the secretary be instructed to draw up a letter of per sonal endorsement for the directors of the Hood River Mineral Springs Co. The new by-laws were adopted sub ject to the approval of the Judiciary committee, to which the following men were appointed: Albert Sutton, 1'rof. C. D. Thompson and LeRoy Arm strong. EXPERTCWMWAIt ON FRUIT PESTS Prof. W. II. Lawrence, the expert of the Fellowship association, has,. been busily engaged for the past month inspecting the orchards of the Valley. He stated last Saturday that he and G. R. Castner, county fruit inspector, had covered approximately 1500 acres in their search for diseases. A dispatch to the Portland Journal last week states that a general siege against fiuit pests of every description in this state is now being arranged by the experts or the Oregon Agriculture College. Within the next week or two six men will be employed to go to var ious sections of the state and take up this work. This general fight against the pests of fruit crops was authorized by the last legislature at the instigation of the fruit growers or the state. It will be carried on entirely under the direc tion of the departments of plant path ologyentomology and horticulture of the institution. Headquarters will be established in various fruit sections of the state. It has already been decided to establish one at Salem, and others will probably oe located at Koseourg, Portland, Eugene and possibly Milton. The work, however, will all be directed from the college. lhe details have not been determined upon, but are now being carefully worked out. The clans will Drobablv be completed within the next week or two. Professors Cordlev. Lewis and Jackson, who have general charge of me worn, are confident that it will result in saving many thousands of dollars to the fruitgrowers. STATE CONVENTION OF MODERN WOODMEN J. W. Simmons, deputy head consul of the order of Modern Woodmen for the state of Oregon, was here Tuesday making arrangements for the state convention which will be held here May 2 and 3. Delegates to the convention will be present from all parts of the state and the local Woodmen are plannine elab orately for their entertainment during meir two days' stay. An automobile ride through the Valley has been planned. A banquet will be given on the last night of the convention. A tree baseball irame wi take u nco on Wednesday afternoon. Mav 3. An endeavor will be made to cet the merchants of the city to close their stores on the afternoon in order that all may enjoy the game. A large class will bo initiated during the convention. Mr. Simmons, accompanied bv a num ber of local members of the order left Tuesday evening to attend the initia tion of a class at The Dalles. PYTIUANS BECOME KNIGHTS OF KHORASSAN The streets of Hood River oresented a festive appearance until a late hour Saturday night because of the cere monies accompanying the initiation of a large class of Pythians, composed of 28 local men and two from The Dalles, in 10 me acgree or tne lunght or Khor- assan. I he work of initiation was con ducted by members of the social degree of the order from Portland. Early in the evening those seeking admission into the mysteries of the "Dokkees" were escorted through the principal streets garbed in fantastic costume. After the initiatory work was over the score or more of Portland visitors and a large delegation from The Dalles met with the local lodge at a sumptuous banquet at the Hotel Ore gon at which Wm. Davidson presiutu as toastmaBter. Portland men who responded were Frank Grant, city attorney of the Rose City; Senator uaney: imi. i,ance. candidate fer citv auditor; L. Crouch and J. D. Asher. lhe following: Hood River Kniehts made addresses: M. H. Nickelsen. J. H. Gerdes, Frank Stanton and V. C. Brock, the latter telline the nuruoses of the degree of the Knight of Khorassan. He said that the degree met its ends by bindinir the members of the organization of Pythians closer together by social bonds. Mr. Nickel sen and Mr. Gerdes have the distinc tion of being among the oldest mem bers of the order in the state. Paul Hubbard entertained the banaueters bv several Bongs. lhe next grand convention of the Knights of Pythias will be held in June at Astoria PROSPECTIVE CHAMPION HOOD R1VERITES Although the weather had a tenden cy to be showery Sunday afternon Hood River fans were out in force to see the local team trim the aggrega tion from Stevenson by a score of 6 to 4. The Hood River bovs did their best playing toward the latter part of the game. But at notime were thev out classed by the visitors, who however, seemed to have "Dame Fortune" with them until the. game was half over. J. Nissen, the Stevenson third base man has the distinction of being the second man to knock a ball over the fence in the rear of the outfield. He was so lucky as to pull this stunt off with two men on bpses and thus scored three runs at once. Hood River's supporters were rather low-spirited, with the score standing 4 to 3 in favor of the Skamania county boys, until Myers seemed to get a second breath or re newal of "pep." The batters were fanned out by him in quick order. At the same time the visiting pitcher be gan to lose control and was easily found. Thejoutficld of the locals play ed up better than tho infield, never letting anything escape. The most sensational play of the game was made when lorn Waldie attempted to catch a "pop up". The ball bounced from his hands and the bleacherites groaned, but Pitcher Myers saved the day by nailing it before it touched the earth. Hood River s line-un was: Larce. c: Myers, p; Bragg, 1st b; Lacy, 2nd b; Waldie, 3rd b ; GesBling, s s ; Castner, I f ; Moore, c f ; and Gray, r f. Scores were made by Castner (2), Waldie, Gray and Moore (2). Milander and Wachter formed Stevenson's battery. The Dalles played White Salmon on the latter's grounds Sunday and was beaten 4 to 3. The percentage of the league now stands: Hood River 1000 White Salmon 500 Stevenson 000 The Dalles 000 Bailey Resumes Run. "Cunt. AlHen in phnrat nf tha Ruilov Gatzert has resumed the Mid-Columbia run from Portland to The Dalles. The steamer, which now has a number of mnrovemens. has not been on the run since last full. The rifllloa Citv will he out of commission fnr flevarnl Huva after which she will alternate with the Bailey. Correction. The Grand Worthy Matron of the order of the Eastern Star will pay an official visit to the Hood River chapter Friday evening instead of Thursday as was announced last week John Goldsbury, of the Upper Valley, was a Portland visitor last week. PAVING WORK WILL BEGIN SOON NO STORM SEWER FOR FIRST STREET Noxious Weeds Must be Extorminnated - Council will Secure Sentiment as to Paving Material. The contract for the paving of First street between Oak and Cascade avenue was signed last Saturday by the W. G. Aldred Co. and the construc tion work will be begun at once. The contract calls for completion within M0 days and the proerty owners brought ueiore the council Monday merit a statement as to impediments caused by no provisions having been made fur drainage. Addresses were made by C. v. isen, j. u. Hunt and l otincilmau Early, as an interested property owner. urging the council to take immediate action. The recommendation of Citv Engineer P. M. Morse, who stated that the regular sewer could carry the water, but that an expenditure of p proximaely $150 would have to be made in order to install storm catch basins and the proper connections, was adopted. However, when the rest of the street paving by the citv is made. other arrangements will have to lie met in order to carry oft the increased drainage water caused by the hard surfacing. The First street sewer is used for practically no other water except that falling on that street, while those of other streets have to handle a largo amount coming from f points above. This will necessitate the in stallation of a new sower system as the sanitary sewers have not suflicient capacity to handle the increased How of water. In discussing the proposed new sys tem, Mayor ttartwig stated that ihe cost of its construction should be charged to the city as a whole on a bond issue or raised by the lew of a special assessment against the prop erty in the district benef ited. Mr. Bell in an address to the council said that he thought that the whole citv should stand the expenditure ; for, he explained, the water that passes through the storm sewers will lie drained from all the higher portions of me city. In order to carry out the Fust street paving the council was informed of the fact that a portion of the Commercial Club booth and a telephone pole near it would have to be removed. lhe matter was referred to the Street com itte with power to act. City Engineer Morse suggested that the council should appoint Borne one lo make in spections of the ptivii g uuiK as it was performed, since the city would be responsible for any dair-ages that might arise in case of any defects. A communication whs received by the council by the Upen River Trans portation Co., stating that leiHiise of improper landing facilities it had been forced to discontinue its lieit'lit in'cnev at this Jpoint. The compapy ocxiieil that the city make an ell'oi t to build a wharf of its own or grant it the rieht of placing a wharf bout at the landing. A discussion was entered upon as to whether the city had a right of way to the river or a suflicient water front age to grant such privileges. It was learned that such rights had been secured a number of years ago, but the status of the title is not kpnwn. It is thought that the land has been tiassed to the county. On motion bv Councilman Wright, the recorder was instructed to notify the transportation compnay that they had the same right to dockage as other lines plying on the Columbia. The appointment of L. C. Kelsev. who was recommended to the citv as an efficient consulting engineer, was referred to the Judiciary committee. It was urged by some that Mr. Kelsey should be appointed immediate ly in order that the Btreet work iniirht be begun as soon as possible. How ever, Councilman Wright, of the Street committee, stated that plain had been made to secure a passage of all the ordinances concerning material and then secure the public sentiment bv submitting them to the citizens before taking definite action. Mayor Hartwig informed the council of a state law penalizing any municipal corporation for allowing the growth of Canadian thistles and certain other noxious weeds within its limits. Mar shal Lewis was instructed ;to investi gate local conditions and exterminate soueh' weeds if found. Indianapolis Man Makes Purchase. Acting through the real estate com pany of J. II. Heilbronner & Co. L. W. Deschler, of Indianapolis has pur chased from Dickerson & Peck their 40 acre ranch on the West Side. The pot is popularly known as thu Capl. Watts ranch. The consideration of the trans action was in the neighborhood of $1H,-000. Mr. Deschler, who is a wholesale and retail cigar manufacturer of Indian apolis, while he is very much interest ed in the Valley land and will probably purcnase later, bought the above named tract for his brother, who was here last fall and who will return in July with his family to reside. Mr. Deschler has spent several months traveling. He left Indianapolis in February and attended the Mardi (,ras festivities there, Since then he has been traveling in Texas and southern California. He stated that he was more impressed with Hood River than most any of Jthe country he hail seen, and spent two days longer here than he had planned in order to make a closer inspection of the orchards. Historical Street Pageant. An elaborate historical street page ant in which thousands of public school children will take part, is one of the brilliant features being planned tor the next annual Portland Rose Festi val, to take place tho week of June 5-10. Portland's school children are famous the country over for their ex quisite maneuvers and drill work in parades. The big pageantry will cover the history of the Oregon country since the coming of the white man. llMiljer7 Guy S. Ellis, of Portland, and Miss Irma H. Miller, of the Valley, were quietly married at tho Valley Christian church last Sunday, Rev. Isaac Peart performing tho ceremony immediately after the exercises of public worship. Amidst the conventional shower of rice the happy couple left on the after noon train for Portland, where they will make their future home. i i , T .- f i i 1 i i f I ii.J I i. 35