VOL. X3III
HOOD IUYEH, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1911
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Hood River Orchard Land Co.,
(Capital $500,000)'
Devlin & Fircbaugh
Sales Agents.
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H f f T Natural advantages for fruit
MriQIPf VflllPV growing unexcelled. Land
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COMMERCIAL CLUB OF MOSIER
MOSIER, OREGON.
Six Miles East of Hood River, Oregon
H. II. HADLOCK
Phone 326-M
Office Phone
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W. M. McCONNELL
Hadlock & McConnell
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE
Improved and Unimproved
ORCHARD LANDS
Office First Door West Mt.
Hood Hotel, Ground Floor
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Land Bargains
in Hood River
20 Acres, $5.500 5i miles from town. 5 acres cleared; bur
house; 2 good springs; fine view of valley and both mountains; rod
shot soil; easy terms.
19 Acre. $8,000 5 miles from town. 16 acres cleared ; 2 sores
in trees; balance in clover and alfalfa; all but 1 aere nrst-cln.-s t(p!e
land ; splendid view ; easy terms.
17 Acres, $125 Acre 1 mile from shipping Btation, school,
store and church; all uncleared but fine land for apples; snap.
20 Acres, $22,0003 acres 2-year-old ; 19 acres in 6-year-old
Spitzenburg, Newtown and Urtlevs. One of the sightliest places in
the valley and is in the heart 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
I TIP-TOP COMPANY
J CAPITAL INCREASED TO $GO,0000
Motor Business Has Had Steady Growth -Many
Business Men and Orehardists
Stockholder in New Concern.
1 1
f The Reliable Dealers
Hood River, Ore. I
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An East Side Twenty for
$10,000
GOOD TERHS
Five acres, 4 to 8 year apples
Twelve acres, yearling apples
Half-acre of 3 year pears
Near church, school, station
and store
Hood River District
Land Co.
Hood River,
Oregon
Land For Sale
jjt 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
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 G9 Thono 200 Odell
Mr. Fruit Grower!
Ifvouare contemplating increasing the size of your orchard you
should be careful in the selection of your trees, for without the proper
type of trees to start with, you cannot hope for the success you deserve.
The True-to-Name Nursery has furnished the larger por
tion of the trees for the most profitable orchards of Hood River, the or
chards that have in later years produced the pruj winners were from
trees grown by the True-to-Name Nursery, including the prize
yinning car of Yellow Newtowns at the National Apple Show at Spokane.
The trees that we have to offer are not "pedigreed" nor "thoroughbred,"
but are of the type that have produced results that speak for themselves.
Our years sf practical experience in the nursery business Is a safeguard
against mistakes and should be a sufficient reccommendation to merit
your confidence.
It will pay you to examine our stock or write us before placing your
order. Address all communications to
True-to-Name Nursery
PHONE 2002.K
HOOD RIVER, ORE.
TWO FINE SOAPS
For Toilet and Bath
Clown Castile Soap
1 Oc each, 3 for 25c, 7 for SOc
Turkish Bath
10c each, 3 for 25c, 7 for 50c
Carl A. Plath,PRUGGlsT
"The Rexall Store"
With a capitalization of Jt'0,000 and
plans fur largely increased faculties
for the accommodation of its? custom
ers, the Tip Top Auto Co. has taken
over the business of the Tip 'Ion Motor
i Car Co. Many of the prominent pro
fessional and business men of the city
and Valley orehardists are stockhold
ers in the new concern.
The new automobile company has
purchased the Columbia garage, which
it will use for nil its repair work and
fur the storage of its stock machines.
The old Top Motor Car Company's
garage near the McCan residence on
the West Side will be used as a ware
house and receiving station. A station
will also be established at Conna way's
store at Odell -and later it is planned
that they be established at all import
ant centers in the Valley.
The 180 by 140 foot lot, which lies
just beyond the local plant of the
iiridal Veil Lumber Co. has been pur
chased trom Al. Whitehead, the lot,
situated as it is on the tracks of the
O-W. R. & N. Co., oilers an excellent
location for a warehouse and the com
pany will build such a structure there.
The concern will handle all kinds of
supplies, hay, feed, grain, apples and
general storage.
A large three ton truck will be put
into commission by the auto company
this fall. It will make trips to all
points of the Valley for the purpose of
transporting fruit, besides doing a
general transfer business. Next spring
three of the large trucks will be placed
on the Valley and city runs.
A stage line, the schedule of which
is planned to be put into effect this
fall, will run to all important and most
thickly populated points in the Valley.
Two tripB daily will ho made and the
car will run on regular schedeule. This
will be a convenient arrangement for
country people who want to take a
day's visit in the city or for those who
wish to make trips to rural points.
The Tip Top Motor Car Co., the bus
iness of which the new company
asuines, has had a rapid growth. It
was established only last year. For
temporary quarter" one of the barns of
Capt. C. P. McCan was first used as a
storage house and garage. Within a
short time the business grew and it
was found neeesary to build the Tip
Top garage. "The new building s
cured and the added equipment, "said
Capt. McCan. "will enable the com
pany to give its customers better ser
vice and will make matters convenient
for all concerned. While we are going
to handle popular and durable cars, we
will get anything that comes in the
market and that appeals to oui
patrons."
The company will handle marine and
stationery motors as well as automo
biles. It will also operate a large
supply house. A $5,000 stock will be
installed.
W. E. King, Capt. C. P. McCan,
Alhert Sutton, W. T. Sloddon and Geo.
R. Wilbur have been elected the direct
ors ot the corporation. The following
have been chosen ollieers: Capt. Mc
Can, president and treasurer: Alhert
Sutton, vice president; Ceo. K.Wilbur,
secretary. Mr. Sleddon will manage
the automobile sales department and
Capt. McCan the warehouse and truck
ing deparmcnt.
CITY COUNCIL HAS
A BUSY MEETING
the corner of State and First streets
instead of the prescribed 10 foot walk.
The petition, however, was refused.
Tne recorder was instructed to re
new with the O-W. K. & N. Co. the
lease for the right of way for a sewer
beneath the tracks of the company at
the foot of First street. The city will
also secure the right to use the culvert
beneath the railroad tracks at the foot
of Second street as an outlet for storm
sewer water.
The Street committee recommended
the acceptance of the bids of John
Zolls and the W. G.'Aldred Co. respec
tively on the concrete walks to be
constructed on Oak street and the
excavation for them. These were the
lowest bids. Mr. Zolls will lay the
walk for the gum of $1.05 per lineal
foot, the walks to be 6 feet wide, and
the Aldred Co. will complete the exca
vation at $.70, tva and $2 per cubic
yard.
A warm discussion was aroused
when the O-W. K. & N. Co. asked tho
council to make some provision to con
nect the concrete steps leading up
from the east end of the station with
the sidewalk that will he contructod
on a grade several ftet higher than
the top landing of the steps. The
matter was left in the hands of the
street committee, who will report at
the next meeting of the council.
Recorder Langille reported an as
signment from Ulen & Co., of Chi
cago, to Morris Bros., of Portland, of
the $'J0,000 water bond issue. The
matter was referred to City Attorney
Derby, who will ascertain what delinite
act ions Morris Bros, will take.
It was reported to the council that
the owners of the bottom land, at the
foot of First street, which the city is
planning to condemn, in order to pro
long the street to the water front,
have been giving the impression that
the city had made them an offer of
$;SO0 per acre for 12 acres of the land,
when in fact the city merely offered
$25 per aere, or $300 for the whole
tract.
GRANGERS PREPARE
FOR ATTRACTIONS
WHITER SECURES
LOCAL DATA
MISSOULA MEN STUDY THE UNION
Bartlctt Pears ?' :p,td to Steinliardt &
Kelly -Porter Reports Excellent
Newtown Crop.
The Pine Grove Crnge, after an
expenditure that will amount to a sum
greater than $"00 has completed the
remodeling of its playhouse at the
Grango hall. A new curtain has been
installed and the place beautified and
made more comfortable for the
patrons.
The management of the winter at
tractions for the grange has arranged
with the Pacific Lyceum Bureau, of
Seattle, for six exceedingly meritorious
exhibitions of some of the country's
most famous artists. No dates have
been announced yet, but the full pro
gram will soon he worked out.
'I he six attractions at the Tine
Grove Hall for the coming season are:
Pitt Parker, who gives crayon recital
and exhibitions of clay modeling; the
Columbia Quartet, whose repertoire
embraces a large collection of vocal
and instrumental selections ;;the Amu
bury Recital Company, presenting
dialect readings, which have received
the commendation of the press wher
ever given; The Beilharz entertainers,
in Impersonation, musical novelties,
vocal duets and vocal and instrumental
solos; Miss Winifred Townsend and
Ralph Walker, violin and piano and
vocal music; and Josell'y, the noted
violinist and magician.
paiuidmWurcii
to be dedicated
One of the first matters coming be
fore the city council at its' regular
meeting Monday night was a remon
strance from people living in the vicin
ity of Montello avenue, who stated
that they were not in favor of the
sidewalks as ordered by the city
fathers in a recent ordinance. A. W.
Onthank, a resident of the district
affected, addressed the council and
stated thiat the people of the Heights
were not opposed to progress coming
in such a way us to enable them to
bear their part. As reasons for the
remonstrance he said that the streets
should be graded at the same time the
sidewalks were built, walks should be
ordered for both sides of the ytreet in
order that there would appear to Li no
discrimination and furthermore the
people of ,the district felt that they
had been taxed pretty heavily for one
year because of the construction of
the sewers. Harry Bailey also ad
dressed the meeting, voicing the same
sentiments as to the simultaneous
grading of the streets and the con
struction of the walks on both sides of
the-street. At the motion of J. M
Wright, an ordinance was ordered pre
pared to Hppeal the former ordinance
and provide for the grading of the
streets in Sewer Districts 6 and 7 and
the building of sidewalks on both sides
of the streets.
A petition was submitted to the
council asking that the wooden steps
leading from the concrete walk in'
front of Winan's property to Sherman
bvenue be moved, in order to come
out on a line with the crossing from
the sidewalk, and that they he re
paired. Councilman Wright called tne
council's attention to the fact that the
long stairway leading up tne hill
needed repairing.
A petition. signeJ by a number of
the citizens of the city, was submitted
and asked for the closing of the mov
ing picture shows on Sundays. The
petition 'was referred to the Judiciary
cominmittee for a report at the next
meeting of the body.
Citizens of Columbia street asked
that the council defer the construction
of sidewalkB on that street between
Seventh and F'ourteenth streets, 'lhey
stated that they felt that they were
justified in asking this because of the
expense already incurred in grading
and other street improvement ana
because the old board walks would
serve the purpose well for a number of
years. The "ratter was referred to
I the Street corrmittee, the members
; of which will determine before the
j next meeting the proportion of the
; residents of the community who signed
' the remonstrance.
I Prof. L. F. Henderson petitioned the
i council to be allowed to construct a six
i foot sidewalk around his feed stable on
The new building of the Upper Val
ley Church will be dedicated next Suu
day at 11 a. m. Dr. Holt, of Portland,
will be the chief speaker. Ministers
from other Christian "churches will
take part in the services. The new
building has been erected through a
co-operative movement of all the
church people of the Upper Valley.
Two years ago, Rev. J. L.'VanNuys,
the popular Presbyterian minister of
Pendleton, came to the Upper Valley
He found an opportunity to work out
the great problem of modern church
work by uniting several denominations
under one head, so that instead of sev
eral .weak churches their is one strong
one. Some of the members of the
congregation came to unite their
fortunes with those of the Upper Val
ley homesteaders, others from the
colleges of Cornell and Princeton,
others out of the city's crowded work
shops and some from the cornfields of
Iowa. Yet under the leadership of
Mr. Van Nuys this mixed people have
united their forutnes and the Upper
Valley Church at Parkdale is the
result.
DELIGHT AUDIENCE
The Richards & Pringlu Minstrels,
who gave their show hero at the Mon
roe Opera house Monday night, have
a performance of real merit. The per
formers were all negroes and were the
best real col ned artists the people of
this city hav j seen. Their numbers
were clever and original and clean.
their stunts were heartily appre
ciated by the large audience.
Best of all were the songs they sang
All negroes are full of melody. When
the Richard & Pringle perlormers sang
the old Southern songs as only negroes
can, with a stage settir.g depicting
plantation scenes, especially were the
members or the audience irom the
South carried back to the Land of
Dixie.
Hood River stands in the vanguard
of the Apple World. During the past
week it hui had a number of visitors
here studying it from different view
xintsand taking it as an example of
a region where the fruit industry predominates.
Saturday Carhslo F.1IU. a fori.ier ed
itorial writer for the Spokane Spokes
man-Review, butwlio is now a special
writer for r.astern magazines. was here
securing data tor an article that will
appear shortly in hverybody s maga
zine. Mr. r.llis was Fhow; over th
Valley by J. C. Skinner. Secretary of
the Commercial Club. He took a num
ber of pictures and visited the otiiciaU
of the different institutions peculiar to
the industry of the Valley, lie made
a study of the workings of the Union
and was impressed with the co-operative
measures that have lead to such
successful marketing. The magazine
man has already visited tho most of
the Northwestern apple districts. For
the purposes of his story he will make
a tour of all the must important fruit
centers of the United Stales. "Of all
the Northwest fruit sections that I
have visited," said Mr. F.llis, "Hood
River is the only place that the invest
or makes his home. In other places the
people are putting in their stakes to
make money. However, 1 don't blame
anybody from wanting to live here. If
you will permit me, I will frankly
mako one criticism of your valley or
rather your town, that is, the suburbs.
The first thing that I noticed, and I
must say that it didn't appeal very
strongly, was those unkempt vacant
lots in a number of places that are set
with scrubby lookinr frees. Of course,
they are not intended as orchards, but
they don't look'goed "
V. D. Ballard, a horticultural path
ologist from the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, who has been in
vestigating and working in the fields in
the Pajaro Valley near Watsonville,
Calif., spent Monday and Tuesday with
Prof. W. H. Lawrence, the fellowship
expert. Mr. Ballard is making a
study of disease prevention. He was
here two years ago. "The Valley
looked good then," he said, "but it
looks doubly good to a truit expert
now."
V. Jerford, Fred Parker, and R. II.
Rutledge, of Missoula, Montana, spent
Tuesday in the city and Valley. While
here they made a thorough study of the
metho s i.f the Uniun. It is their in
tention to return to the Bitter Root
country and establish a marketing in
stitution there based on the local organ
ization. They made a tour of the Val
ley and conferred with Manager C. H.
Sproat while here. The visitors spoke
with much praise for the Hood River
country. It and its institutions are
looked upon a model in the fruit
world." they said. The Bitter Root
country of Montana lias a fruit area ot
about twice the size of Hood River. It
has been making excellent progiesa
and its fruit has been meeting with
success on the n,t ' keta.
The Union consigned its first carload
of Bartlctt pears for the season Mon
day. The shipment was to Steinhardt
& Kelly, of New ork and brought the
growers $1.25 per box. "This year's
pears are of good quality," said Mr.
Sproat. They are free from blemishes
and well shaped." The Union will
ship nut uhoyt live more cars of pears.
This is an average crop for the Hood
River country.
The Union is receiving many in
quiries from buyers as to prices and
crop estimates. The price situation is
still indefinite.
J. C. Porter, a member of the firm
of Sears & Porter, who have an or
chard of GO acres, containing some of
the oldest commercial trees in the
Valley, says that he thinks the crop
for the Valley as a whole will be
slightly greater than has been esti-.
mated. Ho says: "The prospects otj
the Fast Side are good, as are those
of all the Valley so far as I have seen.
Fifty per cent is what they claim the
Valley will hayo. I think it will be
slightly greater. To me indications
are that the prices will be as good or
a little better than last year. The
greater portion of our crop hi Yellow
Newtowns." ,
Nino acres of the Sears & Fortes
orchard was set out between the years
of lH'J.'l and lrt'Jfi. Fifteen acres of their
Yellow Newtownsi a young orchard
have given their owners excellent re
turns. The tract was set in 1904. Two
years ago it bore tiOO boxes, last year
they picked more than I'ioO and this
year Mr. Porter savs that he has esti
mated tho crop for the fifteen acres at
3000 boxes. Walter Vanuier, who has
had charge of the spraying, has bet
him a new hat that the orchard will
bear over H200 boxes. Mr. Porter has
ordered boxes for a four fifths crop for
his whole tract.
"Hood River pears . ere never finer
than they are this season," said Mr.
Porter, "and I tbi:,! we would have
met with a gratifying success if wo
had planted more pears years ago.
The fruit is of the finest quality,
smooth of skin and good to look at."
' "Bridge ol the Cods" Is Popular.
Mrs. J. W. Ingalls, the brother of
the author of the book, the late F. II.
Batch, has received the following
letter from Miss Mabel Ferris, of Los
Angeles, the young lady who staged
the production for the Astoia Centen
nial : "1 am writing you to inform
you of the extra performances of the
"Bridge of the Gods" which will be
given in Astoria. The dates for the
additional pertormancea will be Aug
ust 28 and September 1, 6 and 8. 'Ihe
Executive committee was so well
pleased that they decided to put it on
just twice as many times as had orig
inally been planned. It was widely
written up by the papers from New
York to Oregon. There is a great
demand for the book now. Bookstores
of Portland can hardly Bupply their
customers. PBtrons of the different
libraries utilize all the copies."
Rubber Stamps at the Glacier offico.
BIG EASTERN CROP
SAYS BULLETIN
New York stite and the Middle West
have a bumper apple crop for export
shipment this year, according to the
bulletin of the Boston Chamber of
Commerce issued last week. The Far
West, Virginia and New England
have fallen off somewhat, but New
York and tho Middle West bring this
year's average up to hulf a3 larQ
again as last year's.
Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Illi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and.
Kansas have 73 per cent more apples
than last year. Oregon and Washing
ton have fallen off. Colorado and
Utah have slightly heavier crops.
Commenting editorially on the
pateh the Oregonian says :
"A good apple crop in Eastern
turns cannot . uK".
fruit. Peoplu vv: t.t
want the best."
dis-
sale of Oregon
money to spend
Job printing at ihe Ulacwr office.
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