The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, July 06, 1911, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textc ' r ' J0J0JP jj jirr VOL. X.N III HOOD ItlVKH, OllKdON, TlUUtSDAV, JI'LY G, lull , xur. Not Until Fortunes Had Been Made By outsiders investing in Portland property did the old "WISEHAMMEItS" realize that they had been flirting with opportunity? Hood River Valley had the same experience. Ask any old timer. Today the same thing is happening at Mosier View Orchards We can deliver to you a five-year-old strictly com mercial orchard first-class in every respect at a net cost to you of less than you could possibly produce the same orchard if the raw land was Given You Absolutely Free. If you doubt the above statement, get wise, Investigate Our Orchards and Our Proposition as others have done and you will be convinced. Hood River Orchard Land Co., (Capital $500,000) Devlin & Fircbaugh Sales Agents. Hotel Oregon BUlg., 906-909 Yeon Bldg., Hood River, Oregon Portland, Oregon 1 I "I1 1 I H"M"1 t 1 IM 11 1 I 1 I Ml 1 M I I I III I 1 I I I I 1 !! I III I WMt Special Bargains in Land 17 Acres Uncleared; 1 mile from railroad station, school and stores; all first class apple land; just enough slope for perfect drainage. For one month this can be bought for $125 an acre. It's a snap. 10 Acres-In Oak Grove district; 9 acres in Spitzen burgs and Newtowns, mostly 2 years old; 3 acres strawberries between trees; 1 acre clover; 4-room cottage, small barn and good well; most attrac- . tive location. $7,000; easy terms. 176 Acre Tract-For subdividing. A money maker, t bee us about it. J. H. Heilbronner & Company i The Reliable Dealers Hood River, Ore. I -H-H"!"I"!"H-H- -i4 For Sale by Owner 200 acres, GO acren cleared, 11 acres planted, balance unimproved. 1'rice cheap and easy terms. J. P. Thomsen It. F. I). No. 1 box (JO Phone 2!)0 Odell Land For Sale 1 have about 1,000 acres of No. 1 Apple Land, jg. inoHt oi it unuer uitxii at prices ranging trom .f 00 per acre up. in tracts from ten acres up. , J. R. STEELE Hood River - - - Oregon 1 160 In good dairy country, to exchange -for Hood River ranch. No incumbrance and none ; wanted. , $6,000. Hood River District Land Co. Hood River, Oregon GEO. V. DIMIMICK Phone Mi-K Office Phone 45-L H. H. HADLOCK Phone J.'fc M Dimmick & Hadlock REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE j Improved and Unimproved t ORCHARD LANDS Office First Door West Mt. Hood Motel, Ground Floor HOOD RIVER, OREGON Don't Leave the Hood River District Without Investigating Natural advantages for fruit growing unexcelled. Ind orices have doubled within the last two yearslbut are not over half that'asked for similar, land in other sections. Buy now More the speculators add their profits. Mosier Valley COMMERCIAL CLUB OF MOSIER MOSIER, OREGON. Six Miles East of Hood River, Oregon One-tenth Down Secures the Land The opportunity for the man with little capital to become an orchard pro prietor lies in CENTRAL VALE. Ten per cent down and the balance in in stallments covering five years secures partly cleared orchard land in the HEART OF HOOD RIVER VALLEY. Use your capital for improvement. Get more particulars. Ask CR. BONE, Pres r A. 1 r 1 1 n or J. E. MONTGOMERY 1111 OrCHard CO. Phone 161-M Oak & 3rd Sts GREISEN TELLS ABOUT TRIP DISTRIBUTION GROWER'S PROBLEM lood River Apples on New York Market Pleasing Sight - Ked Apples Will Have Better Demand. C It. (ireiien. who returned last week from an extended tour of the United States in the interest f Better Fruit", makes the following interesting report of apple marketing conditions : I visited ubout 5.5 large cities throughout the United States, which covers all the prominent fruit distrib uting centers. 1 found that .the cry of overproduction is entirely without foundation. 1 he thinff to be worked out is distribution, in cities through out the Middle West, such as Denver, Kansas City, Omaha, lUx Moines, Minneapolis, St. l'aul and Milwaukee, there were very few apples and the few that were there were selling from 12.75 to 14.00 per box. The same con ditions were found in every city except Chicago and New York. Chicago and New York were a month ago ami are still overcrowded with box apples. And any amount of apples could be bought at Chicago on the street from $1.25 per box up. However, Chicago has got storage m transit privilege, which gives them the chance of re- shipping throughout Indiana, Ohio and the Southern states at the same rate as to Chicago, which works a great hardship on cities like the following St. Louis, Indianapolis, Detroit, Cleve land and others which naturally should be distributing points for surrounding territory, as it seems reasonable to expect that they should be able to supply the territory at a better advant age than Chicago. tor that very reason St. Louis which should be equally as good a distrituting point as Chicago, is handling a very, tew box apples It was certainly delightful for me, or would be to any Hood River man. to see the wonderful apples in Chicago and New York, especially the apples from Hood River. However, the Valley must keep up the splendid pack that has made it famous, as all ot the fruit sections .in the Northwest are putting up a tine pack. The New towns on the street in New York looked as handsome as any apples in any exhibit Hood River has ever put up. . "There are several ways for the fruit dealer to handle western apples on the other end and they are as fol lows: buying out right, on account from associations or shippers with guarantee, on account tobo sold at pri vate sales, fruit sent on consignment, or to be sold at auction. fruit sold at auction is in many in stances all right, if the lirm is doing auctioneering business entirely, thatris, catering to the bidders fund large crowds of buyers. However, 1 found also this condition; in some cities if the dealers could not get fruit on con signment, they would form among themselves an auction company and ask growers to ship fruit or produce to this auction company. And as there was really no competition among bidders they are in this way enabled to buy"attheir own figures at auct ion. Of course, such auction companies are nothing more or less than a humbug. However, I am glad to say this con dition is not common. There are many good auctions. However, there are in many cities a number of auction companies that get the highest price that the market will stand. "Another good way of shipping the apples is to send them to up to date dealers to be sold at private sales. At suchji sale invitations are sent ;to all up to date fruit dealers to come and view "an exhibit of fruit, which is probably the same as a grand opening of a store. The fruit is then exhibited to its best advantage. "Of course, the best way to dispose of fruit is to Tsell out right. As. the production of apples is getting larger and larger and a continuous unsteadi ness of the'pricc of the fruit prevails throughout the apple !season, the buyers make their purchases for the most Jpart on speculation. However, if apples were shipped up to date con cerns Ithroughout the country on account for the shipper or association, the concern would endeavor to get the highest price possible. "1 have found that up to date con cerns are very anxious to keep the high rating of the different credit agencies, such as Bradstreets, Dunns, and Pro duce Reporter, and if the fruit shipper would insist to inspection at the other end by one of the credit agencies he would get a square deal at all times. All of these agencies have branches at all the large ditributing points and all claims to the .disadvantage of the fruit shipper.such'as "out of order car con ditions," "too ripe," etc., will be quickly and onestly reported and a record kept, and if any fruit dealer claims a car out of condition and it is not so, his rating at these different agencies will be cut down, so that it can readily be seen that the up to date fruit dealer is very anxious to keep his high rating. Now in every city there are'plenty of honest fruitdealers, who will be glad to oe distributors of box apples, and unless apiJes are be ing brought into every city, he will not be able to increase the demand for them and that is what we are after. "Box apples are becoming more and more popular. The fruit dealer, who conducts a stand, and the grocery man desire them for the following reasons: if a western box is marked fancy and he looks at the top layer, he can figure on finding the same apples in every tier. That is not the case with bar reled apples. If the dealer buys a barrel, all he can reasonably expect is to find one third of the barrel good. "One more point is this: - the box is easier to handle. The men working for the dilferent dealers along the street like to handle boxes better than barrels, as they are not as heavy and can be piled on top of one another, no matter which way the box is put. While a barrel must be carefully braced. Of course, the East is more and more packing apples in boxes. However, the quality is not that of the Western apple and as long ;as the Western.fruit grower packs his apples true to name he does not need fear an overproduction of Western box apples. "The best centers for box apples I find are in the following cities: Minne- New York. Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Columbus and New Orleans. In such a city as Washington, where at certain times of the year the tiest people of the United States are gathering, prac tically no Western box apples are be ing used. This ;city should offer an excellent opportunity for our box apples as well as a great many other cities; for wherever, the box .apples have gone they have become (sjpular and the demand is increasing. And that is what we want." In s-peaking of the kind of applus that are going to meet with the best demand, Mr. Greisen says that the red varieties will be far ahead of the yel low. The demand for red apples, he says, will be greater both in the United States and abroad. He advises grow ers to set out more red apples. CONTRiBUTlOMSKEl) FROM AUTO OWNERS CIRCUIT COURT IN SESSION The Oregon Association for Highway Improvement in a letter to every auto mobile owner in Hood River county asks a contribution of $10 to the good roads cause. A committee consisting of President Carlos T. Prall, Frank C. Riggs and John S. iteall drafted the letter. A letter hus also been sent to repre sentative men of Benton county ask- ng a contribution, which includes membership in the organiztion. The personal letter method has been adopt ed by the association as a means of raising funds and increasing interest in the goixi roads movement, hvcry contributor will be given a voice in the proceedings and policy of the asso ciation and will be given opportunity to join in the movement to obtain highway legislation upon and approved by all forces. 1 lie following is a copy of the letter received by local autoists: As an automobile owner you are particularly interested in the improve ment of our common highways. With better roads your repair bills will be greatly lessened, you will be able to make longer tours with greater com fort, and will be able to use your ma chine for a much longer period each year. For these and many other reasons we want your active aid and co-operation in our campaign of educa tion tor better highways.. livery live organization in the State is getting in ine. including the Oregon Develop ment League, the State Grange and commercial bodies of every sort. Either by initiative legislation or otherwise we expect to have highway laws enacted that will forever remove the mud tax from our State. "Send us $10for a year'smembership in this Association and we will guaran tee that vour roads will get at least $100 in return for this investment of yours. Please understand that there is no more in this than there is for vou. We are (.simply assuming t initiative but we cannot succeed with out your personal and financial assist ance," vallevWghts railroad folk Arriving here from Portland by peciul train Sunday afternoon was First Vice-President Rae, or th Penn sylvania lines, accompanied by Mrs. Rae, Miss Rae, Miss Craig, Miss Ingham, of Philadelphia, and O. W. Moyar, Mr. Rae's private secretary, and a number of Portland railroad oflieials, among whum were J. D. Stack and M. J. Buckley, assistant general managers of the O-W. K. & N. Mrs. Stack and Mrs. Buckley and sister and Superintendent Fields of tho Southern Pacific company, made a tour of the valley by automobile, re turning later to Portland. The moun tains, Adams and Hood, were.viewed by the party at sunset, and the visit ors all returned enthusiastic over the scenery and the valley's orchards. Before taking the cars to the country the party visited the warehouses of the fruit packing plants and were pre sented with boxes of cherries and strawberries. "You have got a wonderful coun try," said Mr. Rae, as the party awaited the return of the special train from The Dalles, where it went for the purpose of turning," and 1 enjoyed my trip over your valley. It makes one of the most delightful places for a home location that 1 have ever seen. The scenery all along the Columbia reminds me to a certain extent: of that along the Hudson. And the whole West how it has grown since 1 was on the Pacific Coast seven years ago. It is a land of marvels. I am im pressed with the number of young men who are doing big things out here." Mr. Rae remarked that Hood River was especially fortunate in having such a magnificent station, considering its size. "Yes," smilingly replied Mr. Buck ley, who was standing nearby, "the Hood River Valley seems to have kind of a pull with the O-W. R. & N. Co." Mr. Rae was shown a list of last year's fruit freight from the Valley. He was impressed with the amount of apples and strawberries shipped to all parts of the United States. "You O-W. R. N. people are particularly fortunate in having such freight, he said, "for it is about the best freight a road can handle." HARVEY VS. BLOSSOM CHIEF CASE Plaintiff Oaims Pamagts Bi cause of Misrepresentation -Many Witnesses Appear Before Grand Jury. Circuit court, with Judite Bradshaw. of The Dalles, on the bench,; convened here Monday. llovever,.a recess was taken yesterday in order to give the officers of the court and the jurymen a chance to celebrate the.Fourlh. The ducket is rather mht. It is prob able that only one civii case, that of Harvey vs. Blossom, twill come up for trial. In this case F. C Hi rvey, who came here from Spokaneclaims dam ages t" the extent of fl.GOU from i. M. Blossom, alleging that he was led to purchase land from the defendant through a misrepresentation that will damage him to that extent. 1 he mis representation, he asserts in his dec- aration, was made with respect to boundaries and corners. The deed ot sale was recorded on Mav 17, ltUO. Mr. Harvey says that when he sur veyed tho tract he found that he did not have as much land as he had sup posed when he executed tho deal. the defendant, who is a pioneer in le Upper Valley, where tho land in ilved is located, made the claim in his opening statement that he did not desire to sell the land. However, he continued, when the plaintilf, accom panied by j. D. Woodworth, made him an otfer that he deemed satisfactory he decided to disjiose of it and the con tract and) sale were entered into. When the plaintiff looked over the land before purchase, Mr. Blossom asserted that he showed the worst of the soil on the tract. He offered, he claims, to show all metes and bounds, btt says that the purchaser, who said that he did not desire to take up the time, would not look them over. The plain tilTjis represented by Attorney K. C. Smith and Mr. Blossom, who has been admitted to the bar, is conducting his own case. The case will probably be decided this morning. Although a Rreat number of wit nesses have been called before the grand jury, no indictments so far have been returned. "Not a true bill" was returned in the case of D. (J. Renshaw, who was charged with having passsed a forged check on the Bragg Mercantile Co. here last winter. Kenshaw has been in The Dalles in jail since his arrest in this city 5 months ago. The personnel of the grand jury is as follows: Frank P. Krjday. foreman; Frank H. Stanton, A. O. Anderson, J. K. Carson, J. K. Montgomery, N. I, Chapman and J. J. Vard. FEW FOREST FIRES THIS SEASON apolis, St. Paul, Chicago, Cleveland jies Throughout the Pacific Northwest July has begun with almost no loss by forest tires so far and with conditions unusually ffavorable for prevention, according to the monthly bulletin of the Western Forestry & Conservation Association recently, issued after the receipt of reports from practically all private, state and federal protective agencies. Slashing fires were numer ous in June but were prevented from entering green timber. Widespread rains at the close of the month ex tinguished smouldering Jfires and per mit preparation to meet the inevitable dry sell to follow. Oregon has also had slashing fires which caused gome alarm, but they were handled promptly by '. the war dens. Over 100 patrolmen have been put in the -field already by private owners and the state forester has ap pointed 17 district wardens. The Ore gon Forest Fire Association has organ ized three new co-operative patrols in Jackson, Columbia and Clatsop coun- MILL STOCKHOLDERS VOTE DISSOLUTION With one hundred and sixty two shares represented, out of a total hun dred and seventy, the stockholders of the Hood River Milling Co. held a special meeting Saturday morning at the rooms of the University Club and voted unanimously in favor of a reso lution providing for the disstl ition of the corporation, the sale of all proper ties of the company, both reul and personal, and a settlement to the stockholders after the payment of all liabilities. Truman Butler was elected to the board of directors to take the place of President T. W. Thompson, of Port landwho automatically ceased to be a member of the board because of a disposal of all of his stock in the con cern. The other officers of the cor poration are C. D. liomewwood, vice president and (I. J. (Jessling, secretary-treasurer and manager. The action taken by the stockholders of the corporation is a result of the recent fire which totally destroyed the plant of the company here. The prop erty was insured for the sum of $2', 500. However, an adjustment as to salvage has not yet been reached with the companies from which the dilferent policies are issued and Mr. Cessling was not able to make a statement as to how much the sum of insurance money, received, would be. Mr. Cessling staled that he was not able to make a detailed statement as to what the stockholders would receive on their capital, but said"that, as far as he was able to estimate the finan cial status of the corporation at that time, they would receive a possible 85 per cent. GOOD ROADS WILL BE THEME A joint meeting of the Commercial Club, the Automobile Association, the Merchants' Association and tho lira ig ers of the county will be held Monday night at the Commercial Club rooms to consider the form for good road bills to be drafted in order that they may be submitted to the people at the next general election. The members of all the dilferent or ganizations have recently manifested an active interest in the prornotion'of local good roads and all are enthusi astic toward the end of securing the best law to govern the highway situa tion. A large crowd will no doubt be present. The officers of the Commercial Club urge all of its members to be present, not only for the road meeting but to consider the filing of supplementary articles of incorporation. Robert Smith Marries. Telegraphic announcement is made of the marriage of Robert Smith and Miss Eileen Andrews, of New York, last Wednesday, in New York, says the Portland Journal. F. W. Mulkey attended Mr. Smith ss best man. Mr. and Mrs. Smith Jeft New York for Ottawa, fCanada, where they visited several days with Mrs. Smith's sister before ccming to Portland over the Canadian Pacific. They will arrive July ti and have taken the C. A. Burck hardt residence in Irvington, for the summer. Mr. Smith, who is president of the Stanley-Smith Lumber Co., is well known in this city. We get our meats iu fresh every day, our prices will fit youi pocketbook at. Central Market.