t VOL. XXIII HOOD RIVI-X OKKfiON, TIII'KSIMY, AHM'ST :!, UH1 NO. lo m 1 150,000 Worth of ORCHARD PROPERTIES were sold by us in the past 90 days. Lots 1 to 43 inclusive of Hosier View Orchards B containing approximately 420 acres, have been sold and the SECOND DEDICATION, embracing lots 44 to 74, inclusive, is now offered to the public at at tractive prices and on easy payments. During the past three months we have sold Mosier View Orchard Tracts to some of the shrewdest buyers and most careful investors from New York, Massachusetts, North Da kota, Texas, Minnesota, Oregon, California, Mon tana, Washington,' Missouri, Ohio and Alaska. Port land people alone purchased over $50,000 worth of these orchard properties during this period. We plant to a commercial variety of apples these 5 and 10 acre tracts, and care for same in a scientific man ner for a period of five years, without any cost to the purchaser except the purchase price, which- is ex tremely low. Sunday Excursion Trips to MOSIER VIEW ORCHARDS are becoming more popular every week. Call or write to us for our free booklet. Hood River Orchard Land Co., (Capital. $500,000) Devlin & Fircbaugh Sales Agents. Hotel Oregon Bldtf., 906-909 Yeon Wdg., Hood River, Oregon Portland, Oregon For Sale by Owner 200 neres, (10 aems cleared, 11 acres planted, balance unimproved. Price cheap and easy terniH. J. P. Thomsen II. F. I). No. 1 box fli) Land For Sale $t i have about 1,000 acres of No. 1 Apple Land, most of it under ditch at prices ranging from .f (H) per acre up. In tracts from J. R. STEELE Hood River - - - Oregon Don't Leave the Hood River District Without Investigating Mosier Valley last two yeargbut are not over half that'aeked for Bimilar; land in other sections. Buy now before the speculators add their profits. COMMERCIAL CLUB OF MOSIER MOSIER, OREGON. Six Miles East of Hood River, Oregon CEO. W. DIMMICK Phone J44-K Office 4S Dimmick & Hadlock REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE Improved and Unimproved ORCHARD LANDS Office First Door West Mt. Hood Hotel, Ground Floor Phone 2H Odell ten acres up. Natural advantages fur fruit growing unexcelled. I .and prices have doubled within the Phone - L H. H. HADI.OCK Phone J2-M HOOD RIVER. OREGON M-H-H HIM-MM1 1 HI I frH Land Bargains in Hood River 20 Acres, $5.500 51 miles house; 2 good springs: tiue view (hot soil; easy terms. 19 Acres, $8,000." utiles from town. 10 acres cleared ; 2 acres in trees; balance in clover and alfalfa; all but 1 acre tirst-el:ts apple land ; splendid view ; easy terms. 17 Acres. S12S an Acre 1 store and church ; all uncleared but fine land for apples ; a snap. 20 Acres, $22,000-1 acres 2-year-old ; lit acres in !- ear-old SpiUenburg, Newtown an. 1 Ortleys. One of the sightlient place- in the valley and is in the heait of the apple growing section. Near store, school etc. Terms. We have a number of special bargains in inside business property that are sure money makers. J. H. Heilbronner & Company The Reliable Dealers ..T..T..if .. t. .T.,t. J GREAT BARGAIN 103 acres in the Willow Flat dis trict. 1 5 acres in trees from 1 to 12 years old. Soil of the finest "Red Shot," which has made this district famous. Good spring water. Price $130 an acre; 1-3 cash, balance at 7 per cent. See This at Once. It is a Great Bargain Hood River District Land Co. Hood River, Oregon THE COOL DINING ROOM Of the Mt. Hood Hotel Electric Fans Ventilating Fan SERVICE A LA CHRTE We Also Serve a Thirty-five Cent Merchant's Lunch at Noon EXCELLENT CUISINE MOSELEY & LARSEN, Props. Stanley- Smith Wholesale and Retail LUMBER Lath, Shingles, Etc Lumber Delivered to Don't Chase out or around town for soine thing roreign cV r x when you can get a Perfect Printing Rubber Stamps, or a First-class Job of Printing at the Glacier ottice. Jost call Phone 37, We'll do the rent, Seed potatoes at Whiteheads. -H I M I I I IWI t H'H 1 1 H Mf from town, of valley and 5 acres learr.l; both mountain!' ; luu red mi e from ebunnnif station, school, Hood River, Ore. 1 -H" Hot Weather Dishes Cool, Screened Porches Lumber Co. Any Part of the Valley LOST! A gold brooch, containing or 30 pearls and a small diamond. Was lost between the Episcopal church and 725 Sherman Ave. Finder please return to Morlan Si Lathorp's for reward. If your guests ask yon where you gut such nice chickens for your Sunday din ner, don't forget t toll theui oi the Central Market. EXPERTS WILL CONDUCT TESTS LAWRENCE TO TRY COVER CROP Four Experiment Stations Will be Estab lished - Press f raises Hood Itiver Orchardists. Prof. W. H. Lawrence, the expert of the Fellowship Association, who is conducting experiments for the bet terment of orcharding conditions and for the eradication ofjplant pests.has been very busy for the past week Working on a distribution of seed samples which he hasf received from the Government experiment station at Chieo, California, and tfrom tte Agri cultural Department at Washington, I). C. From the seeds that have been sent him he hasjn his' otliee about two hundred samples from which experi ments for cover crops will he made. Among the samples are 58 varieties of field peas, 41 varieties of horse beans, 7.varieties of llurr clover,"!!.'! varieties of common vetch, a number of forms of plants closely related to the vetch family, samples of scarlet vetch, hairy vetch, bitter vetch ami 21 varieties of Lathyrus Sutivus, a plant very similar in growth to the vetches. Each sample contains enough seed for what is known as a row test. The seeds have been divided into four allot ments, which will lie tried on the four dilferent important soils of the Valley. 1 he experiment stations will te.locateu on the ranches of l'abson Pros, in the Upper Valley, Dickerson & Peck on the Fast Side, Capt. C. P. MeCan and Geo. I. Sargeanl on the West Side. After the smaller tests are made the plants that prove satisfactory will be experimented with on a huge scale. the cover crop tests sue tiemg made for the purpose ol muling the most benecliial plant growth for tliclpiirpose of storing the soil with nitrogen and humus. The seeds w ill he planted the tirst of this month. A large series of experiments are also binng conducted bv the horticul tural expert with dilferent commercial fertilizers, winch are carriers id the more important plant foods essential to theiproper growth and development of fruitj trees, liotli experiments are being worked out in connection Willi the winter injury problem. lty strengthening the growing tree with the dillerent essential foods, it is hoped that the freezing may ho pre vented. However the results of the work will also he of inestimable valu to all of the orchardists of the Valley ; for by them it will be determined whether or not the commercial fertil izers or the cover crops have a bene ficial effect on bearing orchards that are in every way healthy. Prof. Lawrence has just sent 10(1 different soil samples from the valley to the Oregon Agricultural College where they will be analysed by the department of Agronomy in order to determine their texture for the pur pose of working out drainage systems. The Fellowship Association is another of the evidences of co-operative measures that, has made so much for the success of the apple growing community. The progressive tenden cies of the up to date orchardists of this region have been noted by the whole country. The Portland dailies have commented on the progress. An article, highly commendatory, recently appeared in an issue of tlie Journal of Economic Entomology, published at Concord., N. 11. The Spokane Spokesman - Keview says: "Hood Kiver people believe in the state agricultural experiment sta tions and gladly avail themselves of its most valuable help. They also believe in helping themselves in every possible way., so they put their heads together anil some of their money, and established what they call "The Hood Kiver Fellowship in Horticulture." They employed at a good round salary W. 11. Lawrence, who was at the head of the Western Washington Experi ment Station. Science, work, money and leadership have been required to accomplish the results that Prof. Law rence has already worked out. '1 lie lesson is a valuable one for all fruit growers. " INCREASE SHOWN IN SCHOOL CHILDREN Accoridng to figures compiled by the ollice of Superintendent Alderman the school census for 11911 shows a total number of 171 ,( school children for l'Jll. This does not include Lake County. The school census fur r.HO including Lake County, showed a total of 171,742 children, or an increase this year of 7,944 overcast year. , Hoys still predominate in the schools. This'year therefare iH, l.r)2 boys, while there are n,zM girls, l.asi year mere were 8,009 boys, or an increase ior this year of 3,84:!. Last Jyear there were 84,13:5 girls, or an increase for this year of 4,101. Although the boys still predominate, this'indicates thut there was an in crease in the girlsjover the increase of boys, the former being 28 greater than the increase of the latter. The school ' population fur Hood River county is : male, 1,012; female, 1.017. I he total number, z.UJJ, stands twenty third among the ''utilities of the state. This is an excellent showing, when it is considered that the area oi Hood Kiverjeounty is but a fractional pait of the other counties. SMALL LAKE MAKES PRIVATE FISH POND J. L. Carter, whose ranch is located 2 miles out from the city on the East Side road, has converted the Ititle lake that lies in the ravine at the rear of his home into a beautiful fish pond. He recently received from the govern ment fisheries "200 Vermont Hrook Trout which he placed in the lake. Prof. Omalley, who has charge of the hatcheries of this state and Washing ton and whose headquarters arc at Oregon City, where a large hatchery has been established, was recently hereon a visit to Mr. Carter. Atfer insoectine the private reserve of the East Side orchardist, he was enthusi Hstic over the prospects it offered. He tated that he thought the trout would prow auicklv in their new home. The "Caddy" woiiiis, which are numerous in this s. elum, he says will furnish the young tish with suiheient nourishment. lie thinks that the fish will soon rapidly propagate in the lake. The minnows, when placed in the new luarters, were about an inch and a half in length. Although, because of ilslhidden loca tion, known to but few of the resi dents of the Valley, the miniature lake, which is about 300 feet i.i length and a hundred feet wide, is extremely beautiful. It is bordered on all sides by a gruwth of fir trees. On Some sides a luxuriant growth of reeds and tall mint plants rear themselves. At the west end, where the little body of water is fed from the spring that rises higher up the side of the ridge and across the road, a number of huge rocks border the banks, some of them partially submerged by the waters. The visitor to the suit might well imagine himself far away in the wilds of an unbroken forest instead of a short distance trom the wonderful orchards and civilzation of the Hood Kiver Valley. Mr. Carter, who is enthusiastic over his reserve, plans to turn the whole surrounding spot into a well kept little parK. He has already stocked it with a number of California quail. r rom a point on the ridge overlook ing the Jlake one can get a Wonderful panorama of the Valley. Many of the most interesting photographs of local views have been taken from this spot. BELL WILL BUILD NEW OPERA HOUSE Charles A. Hell, the owner of the Mt. Hood Hotel building, completed plans Monday whereby he will erect a two story brick structure at the cor ner of Oak and First streets. Work on the new building, which will be 100 bv 100 feet, will begin immediate ly. The frame structures that have occupied the lots are being cleared away in preparation for the excava tion work. According to the plans of the pro posed structure, a large convention ami opera hall, handsomely equipped an with a seating rapacity, for a large gathering, will be located on the second story next to the First street side. A billiard hall and bowling alley will be constructed on the lirst Hour on the First street side of the build ing. The main floor on Oak street will be put into stores. In that pail of the second story not devoted to the jjopera hall fust class apartments will be cor structed. A court will be constructed in the center of the building. It is stated thut the building has already been leaseil to Portland par ties. THE DALLES MILL WILL HE KEBUlL'i Eastern milling experts, says a dis patch from The Dalles to the Orcgou ian, are on their way to The Dulles to help the Wasco-Warehouse Milling Company plan a new mill to replace the one destroyed by the $200,000 lire Sunday night. The new plant will be larger and more modern than the de stroyed building, which was erected ton years ago. The milling company' employed nearly 100 men and ils out put amounted to 1.1(10 barrels of Hour daily, benig one of the largest concerns of tiie kind in the Northwest. The Wasco-Warehouse Milling Com pany was the heaviest loser as the re sult of the conllagration, being dam aged to the extent of IflOO.OOO. The O.-W. K. & N. Company estimates that the 2.1 curs and contents which burned on the tracks adjoining the mill were worth $7,1,000, while its sleek yards were vuluel at $.1000, thi prop erty being a total loss The Great Southern Kailroad Company lost its depot and 14 cars, the damage to this road.being $1,100. MANY FRUIT MEN VISIT THIS SECTION Representatives from three of the world's big fruit houses have been in the'eityjand valley this week milking an estimate of the crop prospect for the coming season. W. C. Michaels, of the Gibson Fruit Co., of Chicago, has been here shakingihands with old acquaintances and looking after the interests of his lirm. William Cross ley, "president of theJLondon firm ol'.l). Crossley & Suns, spent Tuesday in the city. K. D. Sprout, who is with the C. 11. and'. W. Kimball Co., one of the large New York conur.ission houses, arrived .here Tuesday and is spending several days looking over the Valley. Mr. Sprout has been visitingfrienda in Klickitat county near the Goodnoe Hills. This is his first- trip to the Northwest and he is greatly impressed with the region's fruit. UNION SHIPS FIRST RED ASTRACHANS The Apple Growers' Union made its lirst shipment of this year's apple crop Tuesday. The consignment was made up of Ued Astrachans. The fruit was well shaped, smoolh skinned and with out blemishes and brought its growers a fair return. All of last year's apple crop was sold on July 1 and me business oi last sea son is now cleaned up and the Union is ready for the crop that will be har vested this fall. The apple business lone by the organization last year amoiintcd'to appioximately $WIO,000. Rev. Ilariirtavcs to Speak at Astoria. Rev." Jan. R. Hargreaves, who is the pastor of "the Heights Baptist church, has f acccpteil:in invatation from Sec retary CC. T t Chapman, of the Portland Commercial Club, to deliver an ad dress before the members of the Ore gon Development League at Astoria, August lo. Rev. Hargreaves will taKe as his subject, "Community Solidary ity." Terminal Rates for The Dalles. As a result of the recent decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission The Dalles will, together with Pendle ton, Baker, ILewiston and other inter ior cities;, be eiven a rate as low as that now in effect for Spokane ship pers. The roads are given to October 15 to adjust their tariffs. CITY BUILDING MANY WALKS BROKERS RENEW WATER BOM) BIDS Aldred & fo. Push Excavation Work merican Express Co., Equips Quarters on First Street. The citizens of Hood River will bo ble to walk the streets this winter dry shod and on concrete sidewalks. At tho meeting of the city council Monday night provision was made for the construction of several blocks of new walks, lty ordinance No. 32'!, which passed lirst reading, walks vill be constrculcd, where they have not already been laid, on both sides of Oak street from rrontto riltu.on ecu t li side of Cascade avenue from Hist to Fifth, on south side of Columbia street , from Third lo Seventh, on both hides of Front street between Oak and State, on both sides of First street north of Shite, on both sides of Second street from Cascade avenue to State, on both sides of 'lhird between Cas cade avenue and State, on both sides of Fourth street from Columbia to State, ami on ihe north side of Stale street from Front to Fourth. Onlm anee No. 32.1, which passed lirst read ing, provides for cement walks on Ihe north side of Colombia street between Seventh and Thirteenth and between Seventh and Fourteenth on the south side. Acting on a communication from Mayor llartwig, who stated that he had received a number of oral petitions from citizens in the district affected, an ordinance was ordered to provide for cement walks on the north side of Pine street from Twelfth to Fourth, on the east side of Fourth to Moid el lo avenue, on the east side of Monlello south to the head of the steps leading upon the hill, on the west Hide of Mou tello to Seventh, on the west side of May from Fourth to Seventh and on both sides of Seventh from I'rospei t to Pine. The American Express Co. was granted a permit to change one of the walls of the building formerly occupied by the Honboro Orchard Co. and to lay a'cement floor in it. Because of the fact that there is no avilable space m the new passenger station, the express company will use the First street building as an ollice. A petitioi was submitted by the Davidson Fruit Co. asking for a per mit to tied a frame building .10 by 100 on Ihe east s.iilo of Third stiec beside the O VV. K. & N. Company's right of way. The petition was re ferred to the Fire and Water commit- , tee. A communication was submitted by the W. G. Aldred Co. asking for an extension of time in ihe contract for the sereening of Columbia street, tt whs stated thut all available rock screenings at present Were needed on the West Side macadam on the county highway. However, Mr. Aldred said that he would be able to complete the work easily before winter. He was instructed to find the attitude of the people living along the street. If (hey are willing for the work lo he delayed, tho coui.i il will grant the request. The Street committee reported that Chas. Johnson, of 'I he Dalles, who was Ihe successful bidder on I he layii g of the concrete paving w'thin the lire limits of the city, became of the fact, us he stated, that he would suller a loss from delays that, might be brought about from the laying of the water mains before the completion of the paving, desired to be released from his obligations. The actioii of the committee in granting the release anil returning his certified check was approved by the council. The W. II. Aldred Co. has signed mo contract lor the excavation ol Ihe streets and is pushing the work to completion. The limit of their con tract will extend only no days, How ever, instead of 4 months according to thu original specifications. Hlds were received by the council on the State street supplemental bonds and the Columbia street improvement bonds. The W. G. Aldred Co. made a bid of par and accrued interest on both sets and Mark P. Mills, of Hunt ington bid $1.02 and accrued interest on the former. Ihe Aldred to. was granted the Columbia strict hoods and Mr. Mills those of State street. City Recorder l.angllle reported to the council that he had communicated wilh both Ulen Co., oT Chicago, ami Morris Pros., of Portland, relative to their taking the $1)0,00(1 municipal bond issue, lb: staled that no reply had been received from the former brokers, but that Morris Pros, signi fied their intentions of taking over the issue if the city would agree after acquiring the water system now owned by the Pacific Power & Light Co fo control the system anil derive Ihe revenue therefrom. A communication from City T-eas-uier I'.lanchar was submitted staling that the Oregon Lumber Co. had placed in escrow at. the First National Bank a deed to property to be made use of by the city in the extension of First street. The deed will be deliv ered to the city in case it inquires in a year other property over which the proposed street must pass. PLANNED FOR VALLEY For the purpose of forwarding the campaign for a state experiment station in the Hood River Valley, addresses were delivered before the Upper Valley Progressive Association at the Parkdale hall Monday night by Secretary Skinner, of the Comnierci.il Club, and Prof. W. II. Lawrence, the Fellowship expert. Mr. Skinner t"M the Upper Valleyj'itizons the need of such an institution and the posibility of securing it for the community. Prof. Lawrence dicsussed the subject from the standpoint of a man who has engaged in such work for a number of years. He explained the benefit :t would be to the section and declared thut every effort should be made to secure it. The "matter has come before the Fellowship Association and it is reported that the majority, of its mem bers are heartily in favor of the sta tion. Dry lii-inch Blab wood for sale al f'?.)M r cord, fine (trove Co. per 3 f i i O