The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, March 14, 1912, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. X.NIIl noon hivku. mi:;ox. tjuusiay, maim ii u. uml' .5 NO. 12 Camas Prairie Drainage System Nearing Completion With the opening of spring we can offer you Rich, Bottom Land ready for the plow, at prices that will interest you FOR SALE Having no present use for the following articles we offer them for sale verv cheap, for cash or short time note: One Tubular Axle Milburn Wagon, wide track, with double box ami seat, half truck w heels with 2-in. tire. In good condition and practically new. fHO.OO. One get double Crank Bo'ster, springs 1,500 pounds weight, $5.00. One 1 1-H in. Yelie two-seated canopy top side spring Waaon with storm curtains and pole, $80 00. One set of Chain Harness with breech ing, new, $20.(10. One heavy single express wagon Harness, but little used, $15.00. One set Studcbaker medium Bobsleds, $.i0 (K). One No. 2 Faultless Stump Puller with 100 ft cable, extra '.0-ft. choker, steel grub hooks, $110.00. I'uller has cleared but 20 acres. One 2-horscpower Inter national Harvester Co , air exiled (i.isolino Engine, good as new, $T5.00. One new Saddle and Bridle, $1H 00. One 21('-egjj Peep-O-Ihiy Incubator, $12 00. rive 10 chick St. Helen outdoor Brooders, $10.00 each. One lOO-chiek St. Helens indoor Brooder, $li 00. One 100-chick Petuluma in door Brooder, $4 00. Kellogg & Marquis R. D. No. 3 Phone 3253-M Read Tfois Before you buy. We ask you to call and inspect our complete line of New and Second Hand Furniture, Stoves and Ranges. Everything in house furnishings We will take your old furniture or stoves in exchange for NEW GOODS. O. P. DABNEY & SONS Guaranteed Cheapest Outfitter Agents for Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges Electricity is the Popular Subject Our New Lamp Prices Are: 15 Watt G. E. Mazda $ .50 20 " " " 50 25 " " " 50 40 " " " 55 60 " " " 75 100 " " " 1.10 150 " " " 1.65 250 " " " 2.30 EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL Engineering, House Wiring, Repairing, Contracting, Fixtures, Lamps, Motors, Heating and Cooking Apparatus ELECTRIC WIRING & SUPPLY CO. A. L. DAY, President and Manager Estimates Furnished on Request First National Bank Bldg. PHONE 3 Real Estate Moved Well Last Year Give us a trial and we will make it do the same thing this year. Figures tell. The total amount of the sales of property handled by us last year reached $267,950, more than a quarter of a million. Sale prices ranged all the way from $30,000 to $600. .when you want tow c TSJirhnl DO BUSINESS CALL ON VV .0. 1M Oakdale Greenhouse Have elms, maples, linden, tulip, catalpa and many other trees; in shrubs, hydrangeas, snowballs, lilacs, hollies, arbor vitae, azalea, rhododendhron, Japanese maples and many other shrubs. Large stock of roses, all the leading kinds and many new ones grown at Hood River. All two years old, and $3.50 to 35.00 per dozen and worth the money. All kinds of peren nial plants, and vines. Come and see what we have, if you get away it is our fault. Fletcher (Si Fletcher Phone 1972 M DUNCAN phone, 28-k Cor. Fourth and Statu Sts. R. F. D. No. 1 GUY Y. EDWARDS & CO. Phone SPECIAL No Cash Required. " Ten acres in Oak drove, part cleared and palt slashed; new four room bungalow, burn and 200 (t. of modern poultry pens. Owner leaves this week. Trice $.'!(XI. See tin for particulars. This is a snap for someone. 910,50020 acres, in -1 year old treeH, C miles out, fine loca tion, main road, owner in the east and must sell. Terms $.500 down, balance reasonable payments. Insurance Get Our List of The Permanent Pavement arc"" Groul' A PAVEMENT FITTING THE FAIR FAME OF HOOD RIVER Endorsed by the Highest Engineering Skill of the Country Western Beck Building HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT CO, .1. M. Sl'll.MKl.TZKK F. A. IllMlol' ABSTRACTS Insurance Conveyancing SURETY BONDS "Accuracy" Office in New Heilbronner Building Phone 23 HOOD RIVER. ORE. H. H. HADLOCK Phone 3J-M Office 45 - Hadlock & Steinhoff REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INSURANCE Improved and Unimproved ORCHARD LANDS List your Ranches with us for Spring Sales DO IT NOW! 2nd & Cascade Ave., Opp. Oregon Hotel. HOOD K1VF.R, OREGON HAVING purchased the entire interest of E. Brayford in the Rockford Store about three months ago, we are now in position to serve you with all the highest class groceries at reasonable prices. We invite your patronage and will serve you to the best of our ability. Give Us a Trial MERCER & CO. E ll 228 - K 95.500-:i2 acres, r:.w hind, 7 miles out main road, i !n-e to railroad, church, school and store. Kedshot mil. north slope. lt"agonable terms. 97,500-10 acres, K acivs in trees, some full Waring, balance ll and 5 years old ll.ilmeo pasture. New 4 room house, bar n ami all tools. lit ;wn;tble terms. 93,00017 acres, very easy clearing, .'! miles out. Kay ter ins. Insurance Town Property. Clay Co. Portland, Oregon is Our Motto Phone L (,) M. STF.INHOI f ('hone M-M FOREIGN APPLES POOR QUALITY HUSKY THIS OF EUROPE'S 1R11T Scutt, Ne Secretary, Meets New Members Blossom Festival with Benson (itiest of Honor Proposed, The chief speaker of Monday night's iiu't tiritr of the Commercial club was O. r. Hahney, who returned the lirst c f the year from a six months' tour of Ki t I a-nl, Ireland and the countries of Furone. "While not directly inter ested in the fruit culture," said Mr. Dahney, "1 have made observations as much as possible in my tour. The most of the apples that are used in London and other cities are shipped in from Tasmania and Italy. In traveling through North England and Scotland one will see very few orchards, where fnut is raised for the market. How ever, in some parts of Ireland there are more orchards, but they are prac tically uncared for. In going from Londonderry to Dublin 1 passed through what is known as the great apple uis trict, where they have been raising the fruit for the market for the last 200 years. As in other localities the land is crowded to its fullest capacity. "The rows of trees are about 25 feet apart, between them rows of small fruits, and the intermediate spaces tilled with growing vegetables of vari ous kinds. They do not thin their fruit, nor do they prune or spray their trees, consequently their apples are small and quite ordinary, ,outh Ire land has but few orchards and there the same conditions prevail as in the northern part of the country. "On the south eoar-t of England a great munv apples are raised. The orchards there are better cared for, liuskets are used mostly to fruit in and it is taken to gather the market in the same receptacles. "In Helgium and Holland there are practically no apples grown for the market and but very few for home use. In very southern parts tif Hol land, however, there Is quite an acre age of young trees from two to three years old and the same condition pre vails in northern Germany. "Northern France has practically no apple-, while in the south and central parts a good many are raised. The trees receive proper treatment and the fruit brim's pretty good prices. In northren Italy the orchards also re ceive fair attention, yet the growers do not realize the value of proper pruning. "The few good orchards in Switzer land are to be found around Lake (ieneva. In Home parts of the country they preserve that old custom of plant ing an apple tree at births and wed dings, consequently the trees aru in clusters or scattered. In most cases the trees are put out in pjsture or meadow and never cared for. On Lake Luzerne 1 saw a few of the trees of dwarf and vino apples and pears. The dwarf trees make beautiful arbors, while the vines climb as high as the third stories of houses. One mny pick an apple for breakfast from his third story bedroom window. There are some orchards along the upper Khine, hut in most places the trees are planted in a haphazard manner in meadow and pasture land, just as in Switzerland. "In France, part of Switzerland and the Khineland, by toil and .persever ance the people have made available thousands of acres of vine-land, the steep, stony hillsiues have been ter raced up with strong stone walls, in zig zags or curves, according to the location. The terraces range in size from a double bed blanket up to two or three acres. All of this not only heautilies the hillsides, but yields a good profit to the owners. However, the vineyard owners have their troubles just as people of any other occupation. Heeause of the climatic conditions, the insect and disease pests, it is said, that they do not have full vintage more than one out of seven years. They have a moth to contend with dur ing the months of May and July, when school children are hired to kill them by the thousands, using fans and sticky lime." Mr. Oabrey spoke at length of hiH travels and going into the details as to the customs of the people showed that he was a very close observer. In closing his talk he said: "I have often been asked the question as to which country I like best. I will an swer by saying, that should I desire to live in the greatest country on the globe where Dukes and Lords rule then I would go to England. Or where poetic, fragrance breathes from every vale and hill, then Iwould go to Scot land. Or where men spin so many yarns that it keeps the women busy all the year to disuose of the product, then 1 should like to go to old Ireland. Or where they use the old linen pin wagon and thresh wheat with a nail, then I would go to Helgium, Or where men car pants with the legs as large as the women's hobble skirts, and women's skirts in the came proportion, thn 1 would go to Holland. Ur where there are men without comoassion and women without virtue, then 1 would go to Paris. Or to a country rich in corn and wine and every body works but lalher, then would go to Germany Or perhaps 1 Bhould want to look upon grandeur and gorgeous scenery, then I would go to Switzerland "But should I want to live where there is beautiful scenery, combined with an intelligent ' and prosperous people, where grows the luscious berry and superior apple, and where gentle zephyrs scatter sweet perfume, then give me old Oregon." Rav E. Scott, wUo with Mrs. Scott and children came up from Portland Saturday, addressed the club. "Pur inn the next few days," he said, "J want to familiarize myself as much as possible with my duties. An to what line of action I shall follow, I have not vet decided upon. The different lines of the work shall arise frum time to time and I shall endeavor to meet them as they arise. My lirst en deavors shall lie to bring the financial affairs of the club to as good a point as possible. "I hope to meet all the peoole here as soon as possible. Hood Kiver is community unto itself tnd everybody should boost for it here. When I talk to one of the club members 1 hope that he will meet me as if he thought the whole club depended on his enthusiasm With such a sentiment we will accom nlish something." : J. H, Heilbronner proposed that the club express in a formal way its thanks to S. Benson for his donation of $10. 0U0 for the construction of the road from Portland around Shell Rock mountain. Mr. Heilbronner suggested thai the valley should hold a celebration here during the apple season and invite Mr. Benson to come for the week and be its i guest of honor. The idea of a blossom festival seemed to take with the mem- bers of the club and several short talks were made on it appropriateness. One of the last speakers of the evening was C. U. Roberts, of Dee, who criticised the county court for a i lack of publicity given details of thej expenditures of county funds. "We pay a heavy tax here. I understand j that our tax this year will be close to , $HO0,0otl. We want to know what we , are going to do with it. Of course, ; they built macadam road last year, ' but 1 am willing to wager that nut a man in the house can tell me what we : paid per square yard for that construe- tion. The court should publish, so that ! all 01 us could see, all or the expend itures." Mr. Roberts was shown that the money to be raised by taxation was not quite $200,000. W. E. Hanson, county clerk, stated that the macadam roads contracts had been let on a mile basis. The county paid proximately $5,HKI per mile, he said. PETITION YILL ASK HENDRICK S PARDON In a petition prepared at Fossil and thereafter to be circulated in every county in Oregon, one of them having already been received here, and then to be forwarded to President Taft, pardon is asked for Hamilton II. Hen dricks, who in 1 H05 was indicted and convicted of subornation for perjury, charged to have been committed by asking Will Hawk to testify falsely regarding Hawk's homestead proof. This is an echo of the Wheeler county land fraud cases, which for weeks occupied the iedurai court iioor in Portland during the Lewis and Clark fair days and in lwti. The basis for the petition is a con fession by Hawk, ' a sworn copy of which is attached to each petition, that Hendricks instead of asking him to swear falsely regarding his homestead proof in reality asked him to tell the truth. Hawk explains his alleged perjury before the grand jury by say ing he was threatened with all kinds of penalties if he did not come through with t-.'stimouy concerning Mr. Hen dricks. The allidavit was sworn before W. H. Scott, notary public at Craw fordsville, Oregon. The petition recites that legal voters of Fossil and vicinity have been unani mous in signing the petition. Hendricks was indicted in February, 1 905, convicted in August, liltlfl, sen tenced in April, l'.IO'J. Sentence was deferred, that he might testify in another ense. The petition recites his good reputation and says action look ing to secure pardon was taken before Hawk signed the allidavit. VOGEL HOUSE BUMS THOUGHT BRUSH FIRE Although the glare of the flames was seen (ot almost a half hour uy many of the citizens Monday evening jiibt after dinner, they thought it was a brush lire in the west end of the city the alarm was not turned in, and the recently completed home of Fred Vogel was burned to the ground with every thing it contained, except some of his music and his violin, which he r.ucceded in saving. Members of the Heights I' ire Com pany were the first on the scene. The chemical was brought down and ap paratus from the Lower Citydepait ment rushed to the fire, but it was so far gone and because of the impossi bility to reach it with city water, firemen were unable to do ellective work. Mr. Vogel, who with his family was away at the time rehearsing tor a church entertainment, states that the does not know how the fire originated, unless from a lamp that might have been left burning. Insurance to the extent of JBHIO was carried with A. C. Buck in the Hartford Co , $500 on the building and $800 on the contents. FRUIT DR. INSTALLS RE CORDING APPARATUS Prof. W. H. Lawrence, who may be termed the fruit doctor of the com munity, with the Valley's orchards as his patient, which, however, are not sick, but which it is his business to keen from getting sick, established six new weather observation stations here la-t week. The new stations, which are equipped with apparatus for deter mining the temperature, rainfall, and amount of daily snowfall, will be at tended to by J. W. Palmer, Fordham H. Kimball, T. A. Decker, U. A. New man and w. tl. Lawrence, himseit. The valley ha. had already two stations kept by H. L. Hashrouek and Sidney G. Babson. E. A. Beals, of Portland, director of this district of the 0. S. Weather Bu reau, was here and assifted Mr. Law rence in locating the places to establish the stations. He says that Huod River is as well covered with such apparatus as any part of the United States. In addition to the stations ten or twelve psychrorneters, to determine the saturation of the atmosphere, and self recording minimum and maximum thermometers have been placed with growers, which will give the fruit doe tor an extraordinarily comprehensive system of determining the Valley's temperature. Prof. Lawrence states that he has found one case of Fire Blight Canker, a hold over from last year. He ad monishes all fruit growers to follow the instruction of the circular letter recently issued by him. Methodists' Will Build. The members of the Asbury Metho dist church will begin work during the next week to build a new structure to cost between $KI,(i00 andd $15,000, On Sunday an appeal was made by Rev. W. B. Young, the pastor, for funds to carry on the work, and in an hour s time, cash, checks and notes to the ex tent of $10,000 were subscribed. The new edifice will occupy the site of the present church building on State street. It will be of handsome design and will be equipped with commodious Sunday school rooms. SCENIC ROUTE IS UNSURPASSED SiraiB VIEW OF RIVER AND GOME Parker Home (Ihes Insight in Prophet y of "Hoar's Son - Olficials View the Proposed lie.ute. One who has never In en over the route can form but u poor opinion a to the beauty of the scenery, which the eye of the traveler wh'i is proceed ing over the propped Columbia rer road from Portland to Hood River will behold. 'I tie eve will always hav- 1,1 f""' il the L'oluubia and the to wet mg clilta and can) on on tr.e opposite bank, where streams flow down from the snow cupped Washington peak. Often the craigs will tower over the wayfarer to a height of "W feet or more. Wateifuils alo'ig the mute will splash their spray over the upturned faces of travelers. In places the his'!i way will rise several hundred feet along the gorge where its slope is gentle, and views of tnilis in length maybe had up and down the gnat northwestern waterway ; views so gor geous and presi ntirg to the eye so ninth grandeur that everyone will want to linger for a moment and won der in silence. The passengi r on trail s of the O. W. R. & N. system, who catch but a fleeting glance of the heaui d up won ders of nature, are delighted by the scenes, hut tile highway over which the pullman cars travel, never lises to a height from which the long stretches of the Columbia and the jagged edges of the gorge may be seen. Nor do the passengers have time to grasp compre hensively the beauty of any oi e scene. It is like looking at a Hying serii s of pictures shown by a moving picture machine. The way finer aloi g the highway will have time to make a study of the scenic displays he will look upon. The Hood River people, although it seems but little known, already have opened to them a road, a drive over which will give a sample of the delights of the Portland-Columbia river road. This is the State Road leading from the city down to Mitchell's Point. The highway is fairly good at present for either rig or automobile. The mo torists may drive with ease to a point where the road leads over the nench beneath the great rock spur of the Point down to the station of Mitchell's Point. The grade on the other side is rather precipitous and might prove too much for a machine. However; just at this point, almo t opposite the mouth of the Little. White Salmon river on the Washington side of the river, a splendid panoramic picture rntiy be had which opens up grander and more gor geously to the bolder traveler, who will climb the several hundred feel to the top ol the Point. Just beyond the spur to Mitchell's Point, a canyon 4eads out to the level of the valley above. Roads through this region lead out into the Hood River vallev at the Belmont planer. The committee of the Commmeicial Club, who mule a suuey of the route of the proposed highway last summer are of the opinion that a road with a lesser grade may be built tu connect with the Belmont road. 1 he automo bilist from Portlund will thua be brought through the valley in getting to the city. If he were to come up over the old State Road the tourist, if he were going straight through to 'Ihe Dalles, would only see the East hide orchard disl rift. An insight into the prophecy of Le Roy Armstrong in his "Hagar's Son," which recently appeared in "Sunset" may be had when one takes a peep at the home of C. W. Parker, who has built a handsome log bungalow at the side of the canyon just beyond the ramparts of Mitchell's Point. Mr. Paiker is just completing his artistic home. The ground floor is one big living room, into the center of which leadb from the second story a stairway made entirely of hewn tir slabs. A huge open fireplace yawns invitingly at one end of the room. Mr. Parker hail terraced a portion of the hillsides tiear his home, and a picture is presented similar to those of terraced vineyards along the Rhone. In every available spot will be the home of some family. And such homes! Place a cabin there and the view of surrounding scenery will make it the abode of mole than oridnary luxury. On last Sunday J. E. Bullous, divi sion superintendent of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., came hero in his private ear with (iov. West and met Judge Cul bertson, Commissioners 0. A. Mc Curdy and 0, 11. Rhoades, Murray Kay and W. L. ("lurk, all of whom went over trie proposed right, ot way of the highway, h. E. Convert, who represents S. Benson, who donated the $10,000 toward the construction of the highway, wa also present. It was decided to establish a camp in a protected canyon near Shell Rock, where the dillicult work will be done. Hood River county, according to the plans under way, will begin work on both Rides of the Shell Rock moun tain. Engineer Kay and 0.-W.R.& N. engineers will meet tu oral a plan to be presented to the county ollicials and those of the railway company. "NOT CANDIDATE, RUT PLUGGING," MARSHALL Editor Glacier: In the "News" yes terday a letter which I signed has given the impression that 1 am a can didate for county comissinner. This im nut so. 1 urn simply "plugging" for the nomination but if the people of this county should think 1 was the only man capable of filling this office and there was a hig job to do. like fix ing the road south from Wmars City so that a wagon can get over it. Tricn all self interest wouul he st t aside and I would accept ihe nomination and do the work even tho note how I fpel! though -it broke mv ' bavk. My busi ness is handling dirt in the Upper Val ley so I am not going into polities and in Iproof of this and that I am nut a candidate for odics-siniply willing to sacrifice myself if given the nomir'i tion (and 'election), I will state that yesterday 1 bought three cigars anil smoked them all myself some of the phrases in the above might be put in quotations. I am now in the hands of tny er e mies. VV. H. Marshall.