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VOL. XXIII
HOOD UIVKIt, OUKCON. TIIFKSDAY, MA1U1I Ul, HH2
NO.
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 tliem for
gain very cheap, for cash or short time note:
One Tubular Axle Millmrn Wagon, wide track, with double box ami
Beat, half truck wheels with 2-in. tire. In good condition anil practically
new, fHO.OO. One set double Crank Bo'ster, springs 1,500 pounds weight,
J5.00. One 1 1-S in. Velie two-seated canopy top side spring Wagon with
storm curtains and pole, f.SO 00. One set of Chain Harness with breeoh
ing, new, $20.00. One heavy Mnle express wagon Harness, but little
used, $15.00. One set Stude'baker medium Bobsled, $;!0.00. One No. 2
Faultless Stump Puller with lOo ft cable, extra '.'0-ft. choker, steel grub
hooks, $!H1 00. Puller has cleared but 20 acres. One 2-liorncp'wer Inter
national Harvester Co, air exiled liasolino Kngine, good as new, $75.00.
One new Saddle and Bridle, $LS 00. One 21ti-eg Peep-O-lhiy Incubator,
$12.00. Five 1(1 .chick St. Helens outdoor Brooders, $10,110 each. One
lOO chick St. Helens indoor Br xider, $0 IK). One lOO-chick Petuluina in
door Brooder, V 00.
Kellogg & Marquis
R. O. No. 3 Phono 3253-M
Read This
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
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 $267.9f0,
more than a quarter of a million. Sale prices ranged
. all the way from $30,000 to $G0O.
WHEN YOU WANT TO f C lJi-hr.1
DO BUSINESS CALL ON W . 0. 1M lCIlOl
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
Do You
Sell Your
If you do, and the price is right, list your
place with us. Do not ask more than it
is worth. We have inquiries for im
proved places that are producing well.
In a few days we will publish a list of
good buys. If you are offering a good
buy send, phone or bring your descrip
tion to us NOW.
Charles R. Bone, James Montgomery
LAND BROKERS
Oak and 3rd Sts. Phone 1G1-M
DUNCAN
PHONE 248-K
Cor. Fourth su Statu Srs.
R. F. D. No. 1
Want to
Orchard?
GUY Y. EDWARDS & CO.
Phone
$12,500 -4( acres in Odcll dis
trict, as follows: 15 acres 1 to 5
years old, 1") acres excellent hay
land, balance in timber; good
house; easy terms. This is a
bargain.
$12,50020 acres in the Pine
Urove district. 4 acres in full
bearing; balance ready to set;
bouse, barn and other outbuild
ings A good crop in sight for
1012. Iet us show you this
Reasonable terms.
$5,000 22 acres 8 miles out;
Insurance
Insurance
The Permanent Pavement
Grout
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A PAVEMENT FITTING THE
FAIR FAME OF HOOD RIVER
Endorsed by the Highest Engineering Skill of
the Country
DENNY RENTON BRICK OR BLOCK
Western Clay Co.
Beck Building
HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT CO.
J. M. Sl'IIMHI.TZKR K. A. BlSllni'
ABSTRACTS
Insurance Conveyancing
SURETY BONDS
Accuracy"
Office in New Heilbronner Building
Phone 23 HOOD RIVER. ORE.
Electricity is the Popular Subject
Our New Lamp Prices Are:
15 Watt G. E. Mazda '. $ .50
20
25 "
40 "
60 "
i
100 "
150 "
250 "
EVERYTHING
Engineering, House Wiring, Repairing, Contracting,
Fixtures, Lamps, Motors, Heating and Cooking Apparatus
ELCCTR1C WIRING & SUPPLY CO.
A. L. DAY. Prsldant ind Manager
Estimates Furnished on Request
First National Bank Bldg.
228-K
10 acres bearing, 4 acre 2 years'
old, 2 acres 4 years' o! 1. balance
brush land. hVaionahle terms.
S5.500-I!-.! acres of .11 uu
eleared land, 7 miles out, on the
main road; red shot s il ; under
ditch ; elus to railwa . church,
school ud stoic. I'o'iisoiiahlc
terms. This is one of the few
tracts uncleared, close in.
$8,000-71 acre ,1,,-e lo
town, all in trees 4 e.ir' old ;
house, barn and go. I well; 7
inches of utter. Will con-ider
exchange for town property.
Insurance
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Portland, Oregon
is Our Motto
.50
.50
.55
.75
1.10
1.65
2.30
ELECTRICAL
PHONE 3
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8 SPROAT URGES
CIRCl'LAR I.LTTKR TO GROWERS
Resume of Past Year's Business of I'nion
- Stockholders Invited to Make a
Studv of I'nion's Methods.
C. II. Sproat, manager of the Apple
Growers' I ' nioii. has just issued a long
It'tter to the stockholders throughout
the valley, giving a brief outline ot
what the urbanization has done during
the past year, correcting erroneous
ideas that have prevailed as to the
I'nion management and making a
strong appeal lo the growers to use a
concerted effort toward securing ad
ditional storage for handling the heavy
crop that is expected this year.
"The live question of the hour with
this I'nion," say Mr, Sproat, "pro
vided our growers concede it to be a
success anil worthy of continuation, is
first of all the great necessity fur the
increasing of our noire storage and
the shipping facilities, and the real
object of this letter is an endeavor so
far as possible to have our stockhold
ers ami shippers realize the necessity
of freeing their minds from the effects
of unreliable rumors which are detri
mental to the best interests of the as
sociation and to institute on their pi.rt
an investigation as to the truth or
falsity of these rumors, and theh to
put in the background all minor dis
cords which have a tendency to prevent
harmony of action on the part of the
stockholders, for if discord and discon
tent are to prevail it is very evide t
that it will be impossible to finance
any proposition looking toward an in
creased storage capacity and greater
shipping facilities.
"We still believe that our growers
do not realize the importance of these
requirements for the proper success of
the Union's business and of their own
financial welfare in connection with
the same, and we very sincerely hope
tnat they will see the necessity of
moving as one harmonious body toward
the devising methods whereby greater
home storage faculties can be ob
tained. We hope that after reading
the statement of facts contained in
this letter they will have a clearer
realization of the necessity of the
building up and maintenance of a
stronger and more powerful Union,
and fully believe that if they will con
tinue to give their confidence, loyalty
and support to the Onion that the same
will not be misplaced, and we again
urge our stockholders to either call at
the office individually or to send com
mittees to represent them for the pur
pose of making investigations of Hny
question or methods about which they
may seek information, and we also
again request them not to accept as
facts any rumors without due investi
gation." From September 1 of lust year to
March 12 of this year the Union has
shipped a total of SJ00 cars of apples
and pears. Of this number, tiS cars,
or about a third of the crop, went to
Steinhardt & Kelly, the big New York
commission men. 1 he incorrect idea
has been prevailing among the growers
to a certain extent that th greater
portion of the ciop was sent to the
New York firm, and on consignment.
Jne hundred and thirty cars have been
Shipped to (ill different dealers to var
ious puints throughout this country
and four foreign cities. The territory
covered was composed of 17 different
states of the United States and three
foreign countries. All fruit that was
shipped to Steinhardt & Kelly has
been sent with a specific f. o. b. Hood
liiver price.
In correction of the opinion that
some have had that the majority of
the furit sold to other places went on
consignment, Mr. Sproat said: "One
car only was sent on consignment, and
that to an Ohio city. It was sent only
after a virtual guarantee -thtt the con
signee would get our regular f. o. u.
Hood Kiver priie for same.
"Out of a toial quantity of 1 17,000
boxes of apples and pears handled by
this Union during the past season,
141,500 were sold f. o. b. Hood River,"
states the letter, "and 5,500 boxes
were sent out on consignment, mostly
to Portland. These Portland shipments
consisted mostly of varieties unknown
and of no regular market value, being
mostly apples ot common varieties
and of small size. It must be remem
bered that we have listed with us 7f
diirerent varieties of upples, for which
a market must be found, and many of
these varieties are without keeping
qualities and are unacceptable on
Eastern markets."
Rumors have prevailed, according to
the letter, that the Hoard of Directors
have been favored in prices received
for their aplpes, having been granted
special privileges. Mr. Sproat Bhows
that there has been scarcely a year
when apples of one or the other of the
directors have not been held back at
one of the warehouses for re-grading.
"Our bunks were audited in the Sring
of 1!11 at an expense of $500 by an
experienced firm of Portland account
ants, and had there been methods in
vogue whereby the directors were ben
fitted, we are certain that the auditors
would have so reported."
The letter laments the fact that
growers accept as facts rumors that
have no basis. He suggests that the
Oak Gruve growers have set a good
example in appointing a committee,
who spent a day in going over the bus
iness methods of the organization and
learning its exact workings for them
selves. "As to the efficiency of this Union in
the matter of getting prices for our
growers," says the letter, "we do not
thii.k it necessary to make any com
ments. It was fully demonstrated by
the committee who had the subject of
the Northwestern fruit Exchange
under investigation, that our prices,
with one or two exceptions, taking the
crop as a whole, all grades, all sizes
and all varieties, surpassed those of
any other association's in the box
apple section. We have nothing fur
ther to say. If our growers cannot
swept the facts as pioduced by this
committee on prices, we feel it is use
les for us to have anything further to
say. We rest with the committee's
report so far as prices obtained by this
Union is concerned.
J "We think it will not be questioned
I when we make the statement that the
i Hood River Apple (irowers' Union is
generally conceded to be one of the
best, if not the best, of the very few
successful co-operative working con
t
cerns in the United States, and we
judge this to be so from the great
number of letters which we receive !
! from time to time asking us for gen -
eral information concerning the organ-!
ization and workings of this I niun ,
and the general underlying causes of
our success. Puring the past year we
stie'S iTfZLH
dian government olhciallv. from Aus -
tralia and New Zealand, from Switzer
land, and especially from the principal i
Agricultural schools of the United j
States in line with their investigation
of co-operative work. Surely there
must be some reason for this wide
spread popularity and conceded success j
oi this union, but if the rumors of the 1
air are facts, then of course is every
one of our inquirers mistaken."
LYI!E.TE DISCOVERS
CAUSE OF ROT
The discovery made by Prof. W. II.
Lawrence and 1(. B. Pratt, of the
pomological otlices of the United States
department of agriculture, that the
great portion of the decay of apples in
storage is caused by the attack of the
disease, Anthracnose, is one of the
most important events in the history
of orcharding in the Northwest for a
number of years. Professor I.awience
the county fruit inspector, states that
he has suspected that the rot was
caused from Anthracnose for a number
of years. He began his investigations
last year, and he and Mr. Pratt, who
has been conducting a series of cold
storage tests in Portland, have made
the discovery that his suspicions were
correct. Apples attacked by trie spe
cies of rot have been tested and cul
tures made from them. They all
display the same kind of spore in
germinating that the wounds of the
Anthracnose attacked tree reveals.
Several prominent orchardists were
in Prof. Lawrence's otlice lust Thurs
day afternoon, when he demonstrated
to them the results of his findings. All
were enthused over his investigations
and with the benefits it will mean to
the northwestern fruit districts, where
the disease, Anthracnose, prevails.
"The investigations which Mr. Law
rence and Mr. Pratt have been con
ducting and the results of their work
will mean the saving of hundreds of
dollars to the growers," said K. II.
Shepard, who was present at the dem
onslration, "for it will prevent a great
portion of the premature decay of fruit
in storage."
Anthracnose thrives in a climate
where there is an abundance of mois
tuie and where the temperature is low.
"The spores will germinate at a tem
perature of as low as 32 degrees, " says
Prof. Lawrence. "As to whether it
will germinate in a lower tempreature,
I do not know."
Prof. Lawrence and Mr. Pratt will
meet the growers of the Valley here
at the Commercial club rooms next
Saturday afternoon and explain to
them the nature of the disease and
how it may be easily prevented from
causing rot to the apples. From the
interest that has aireay been created
from the discovery ai:d what it will
mean to the growers, a large crowd is
expected. Visiting growers will be
present, it is understood.
Antnracnoso has long been known to
the oichardist and the horticulturist.
It prevails to a great extent over west
ern Oregon and Washington, because of
the great moisture in the atmosphere.
In the Yakima and Wenathcee districts
the growers are said not to be troubled
with it to any great extent bcause of
the arid condition of the country.
It has been found that it is easily
handled and orchard that have been so
badly infested with it that the owners
were on the point of digging them up
have been taken in charge by experts
an d have been entirely cured.
"Less than a decade has passed."
said Prof. A. 1). Cordley in the No
vember, I'.iOH, number of "Hetter
Fruit", "since those well versed in
horticulture were predicting destruc
tion of the apple growing industry of
the humid portions of the Northwest
by a disease which was known various
ly as "canker, " "dead spot" or "black
spot." Nevertheless, in the last report
of the Oregon State Hoard of Horti
culture, President E, L. Smith and
Commissioner Carson both expressed
the firm conviction based upon personal
observation that the disease can be
perfectly controlled by spraying meth
ods as recommdned by a certain bulle
tin of the Oregon experiment station."
It was at first thought, that the An
thracnose diseases that attacked cher
ry, apple and pear trees were of a
different species. However, Prof.
Lawrence, who was at one time con
nected with the Washington experi
mental station determined that they
were the same diseases.
In regard to orhards that had been
seriously affected with Anthracnose,
Prof. Cordley in his article, quoting
from the state society's bulletin, said:
"Eisman Pros, own an oi chard of !if
acres near Grants Pats which in 11)01
was so badly diseased with Anthrac
nose that they were about to dig it up.
Every tree in this orhard was diseased
with the fungus. Nearly all of the
tops of the trees were either dead or
dying. The vitality of, the orhard was
so low that it did not produce enough
fruit to pay expenses. The brothers
wurked faithfully cutting out dead
spots and dead wood during early
spring months but the fungus contin
ued to increase. At my suggestion
Eisman tiros begun spraying with
Bordeaux early in the fall, before the
leaves were off the trees. 1 he bene
fits of their first fall spraying were
very pronounced." In two or three
years the trees were vigorous and free
from the fungus. It later produced a
crop of apples which sold for 11)5,000.
I'rof. Lawrence recommends the fall
spraying with Bordeaux, but states
that an early spring spraying before
the leaves come will cover over the
cankers caused by the fungus and pre
vent the spores of the disease coming
out and being scattered to thus form
new attacks. Proper spraying will
soon relieve the orchard of the fungus
on the trees and having no place to
germinate it will of course not he con
veyed to the iruit and cause the de
structive premature fotting.
In giving his early summary of the
disease. Prof. Cordley said: " I he dis
ease usually appears first in the fall
upon one and two year old wood, soon
alter xne aurumn rains neg.n as su.au
circular, sometimes slightly depresseo
brown areas of the bark, which wil
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continue to increase in nurnuer uiuu
her appearirg
November and
during the months of
Lreieuiuei . iuiii'k hit
r i. n,..i, ik.
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CITIZENS GREET
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STOCK SPHIAL STOPS HFRE
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, Visit Made lo Club Rooms and the YaHev
Toured ','rcrarJists and Junket
ers Talk Apples, Hogs, ( atlle.
There were liai.d.-hukcs ai il closer
drawing of the ties oetween f!ie"st.ites
of Idaho, Washington and Oregon here
yesterday morning at luiie-thirty, when
the "Livestock Special" iron' Lewis
ton, Idaho, homeward bound from
Portland, s'.i-j'p.d i ere- lor ar. hour.
The eastern Washington an I Id-iho
grain and stock raisers alighted Ir-im
their cars and in gioups ta'keuwiih
the Hood Rivet apple men of apple
and pigs and cattle and grin. s. The
long train carried about enthusi
astic junketers, who were led by a fife
and drum corps of (I. A. R. veterans.
Local veterans lu aici the martial aim
and with quickening of spinls joined
the welcoming crowds.
More than a score of local autuists
had their cars lined up at the station
and when the trsin stopped and the
crowd began to emerge, the horns and
sirens added to the greeting shoots.
As many of the visitors as could be
crowded into the cars were hastened to
the Valley to get a glimpse of the or
chards. The remainder of the junket
ers were ushered to the rooms of the
Commercial club, where they were
entertained until the return of the
autoists, who unloaded the first visit
ors, who had seen the valley, and re
turned with those whom they had been
unable lo carry on the first trip.
The publicity party is said to have
been the largest of its kind ever mak
ing a trip in the Northwest. Ihey
arrived in Portland Monday morning
and since that time have been placing
on the map the sections ot eastern
Washington and central Idaho. At
banquets in Portland the menus were
made up wholly ot meats and foods
raised in the districts, the resources uf
which the visitors have been telling.
The excursionists are loud in their
praise of the city of Portland anil the
splendid hospitality of the Portland
people. The two days spent there
will long be remembered, they say.
The boosters issued a daily bulletin
for the use of the members of the
party. Just before they arrived at
Hood River the following mimiograph
announcement was distributed:
"Members of the excursion party
are reminded that we are now ap
proaching the city of Hood River, thj
home of the tirest apples in the world.
Tell the Hood River people that cen
tral Idaho and eastern Washington dis
tricts hope soon to become a rival for
the title now held undisputed by their
district. Extend to the people a hearty
invitation lo visit our Idaho and Wash
ington sections."
The livestock men had bs their mas
cot a small Red Jersey pig, which,
with grunts of satisfaction and at
intervals a squeal to add to the hurrah
spirit of the day, accompanied them
from the train to the Commercial club.
HOUSES MUST EAT
SOCIETY'S ORDERS
That the Hood River Humane society
is a living issue was evidenced one day
last week when it was noticed by sev
eral people that a small saddle hor-te
had been tied to a post on State street
from U u. m. until nearly (i p. m. It
was reported to the Humane society
and pretty soon the city marshal was
on the scene to investigate the case.
It was found out later that the animal
had been ridden into town, a distance
of seven miles, and left there tied to a
post all day without food or drink. The
marshal soon hunted up the young
man, whose horse it was, and ordered
it to be watered and feed forthwith,
anil threatened with arrest if the like
incident occurred again. It is presum
able that it was explained loth young
man that there was a difference m na
ture between a horse and an automobile-that
whereas the latter could
subsist very comfortably upou garoline
and stand any number of hours with
out becoming hungry, the horse was
differently constituted and suffered
the same pangs of hunger and thirst
that a human being does when neglect
ed for a whole day. Any way, the
young man seemed to have learned
something he did not know before, and
promised not to.repeut the offence.
A still sadder case was reported to the
society -that of a horse which was
seen by u passer-by oul in a field, so
very thin anil weak that it almost
seemed unable to stand. Its emaci
ated form told an eloquent tale of the
weeks and months of slow starvation.
The ease was immediately invest:gated,
when it was learned that the animal
belonged to a poor Indian woman who
earns her living by doing washing.
She was informed that if she was un
able to give her norse proper care and
food that it must he transferred to
some one who could, as the law does
not exonerate cruelty on account of
poverty. The hoise was transferred
to a field where Rrass is growing anil
some of her neighbors promised to
look after it and report to the society.
I he strange thing about this case is
that it was not sooner brought to the
knowledge of the Humane society.
The Humane society keeps a stand
ing ad in both Hood River papers, with
number of phone, and the public at
large is urged to report all cases of
croidty to the society.
The state has enacted laws against
cruelty to any animal, agninst under
feeding, over-woi king, over-driving;
and no cafe of suffering is too trivial
to gain the attention of the Hum.ine
society, whose business is to see that
our slate laws in regard to animals are
enforced. "Observer. "
Stockholders Meeting.
To the St . trkliolders of the Hood Liver
Applf Orowi rn' I'nion.
The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders ot th Hood River Apple
tirowers' Union will lie held at tlm
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Commercial Club Hail in the I HV of
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