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VOL. XXIV
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1912
No 2:
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Appropriate
Yuletide
Gifts
May be found in abundance
at our store
Diamonds, Watches, Cutglass,
Gold and Silver Novelities
Articles range in price from mod
erate amounts to the most
expensive. :: :: :: ::
We can accomodate any taste
and pocketbook. :: :: ::
Call and let us show you our
Handsome Lines of Chritmas
Presents. :: :: :: ::
Watchmaking and Engraving.
F. H. COOLIDGE,
Cor. Third and Oak Sts. Jeweler
GUY Y. EDWARDS & CO.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Phone 228-K
EXCHANGES
$7.500 Stnatl ranch, near town, on Went Side, to trade in on
larger place with aoiue bearing. Will put in aome cash " 1 ktun,e.
923.000 High clang property in Chicago to trade for ortlurd l)rp.
erty of equal or larger value.
$4.50O--Nice modern residence in Hood River to trade lor orcUrd.
Will assume.
$10, OOO Wheat ranch to exchange for small place near 11 xl River.
$11.300 Fine farm of 100 acred, in Sherman County; 10 am- a,i
new modern home in town of Wasco; 2 7-room houses at Oron l ity.
Will trade all or part for nice place within 3 miles, prefir V wt
Some good raw land in upper valley anil SO acres in Mosier dis'rict.
trade in as part of flrtt payment on improved place on East Side, pre
fer Tine (irove or Willow. "Flat. Will pay sjme cash and awume.
This is g good one.
We Want for a Client $2,000 to $4,000 in bonds of the Apple Growers'
Union.
Money to Loan on Improved Ranch Property
Two Genuine Snaps in City Property
UPPER VALLEY NOTICE
List Your Places for Special Attention With
WARD IRELAND CORNELL
Upper Valler Real EstateInsurance
Improved and Unimproved Orchard Land
Phone Odll 77
Hood River Connection
Guy Y. Edwards & Co.
U. C. M. RANCH
Parkdale
Upper Hood River Valley
Trout Lake Hay Lands
We have for sale one of the very best ranches in
the Trout Lake Valley, described as follows:
40 ACRCSAIl in cultivation and under irrigation; county .
road on two sides; good two-story, nine-room house; large, sub
stantial hay and stock barn; Btone cellar; dairy house; line gar
den with different kinds of fruit; excellent view; good neighbors.
Adjoining land produces over 100 bushels of oats to the acre, and
this is just as good. Adjoining 40 acres, which is partly cleared,
can be bought if dee red. Price low.
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We also have other tracts of improved and raw hav lands for sale
at low prices, in both the Trout Lake and Camas Prairie districts.
Write or call on us for further information.
We are the exclusive selling agents for townsite lots in the fast grow
ing town of Husum. Write for plat and prices.
HOMER G. DAY CO.
TELEPHONE WHITE SALMON B-5024
White Salmon, - - - Washington
Every effort that can be made to
make a store a thoroughly sat
isfactory place to deal is be
ing made here. We want .
your shoe thoughts to
be pleasant and
to be of
WALK-OVER SHOES
Lights at Reasonable Prices
The Hydro-Electric Co., does not want
the consumers of electrical energy for light
ing or power purposes to pay for the plant
monthly, yearly or bi-annually, they only
want a fair, reasonable price on a live and
let live basis; and are not asking its custom
ers to buy our competitor's plant, nor any
one to pay them a price with which to buy
our plant; all we have to sell is electrical
energy.
Hydro Electric Co.
A Home Company
Phone 134 Third and Oak
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The Hood River Volunteer Firemen
Respectfully request the pleasure of your
attendance and support at their
Annual Fireman's Ball
to be given at
Heilbronner Hall, November 28
Dancing from 9:00 to 12:00
Vogel's Orchestra
CITIZENS WANT
recommended that the conduit be only
large enough for this head.
VC1V PTnri?T!vni7 rnnnim mi i
LMlirXl rULlOIU DILL
TO OI'EX MAM F.UTl RING DISTRICT
Women Have Place on tlection Board -Rt
port I'rges the Rushing of Work
on Municipal Water System
The huildit-g of macadum surface
over linilroad venue, a private way
owi.tii hy the O.-VV. K. 4 N. along
tlie ftu.t arthou.es of the Davidson
, I.'", and the i I'nion, and the increased
tratiic m'r Sixth Btreet down hy the
Hood Kiver Apple Vjncgar factory
with the result that that thoroughfare
liiM reen made almost impassahle, lead
Mjnday niyht to a concerted elfort on
: the part ef those who do a great deal
'f teaming from the weatern end of
, the railruad yard to secure Bome action
hy the council that tends toward a per
manent -elief. The council was ad
oresd by K. J. Calkirs, of the vinegar
company, 1. V. Kelly, of Kelly liros.,
and J. tl. Fredricy, local agent of the
O.-W. K. & N. Co.
After hearing the appeals of the
gentlemen present, the council ordered
that the street commissioner he in
strucled to at once haul gravel and
material to give relief to the tratiic to
and from the manufacturing district,
and it was further ordered that action
he hegun for t lie purpose of securing a
permanent street connecting this dis
trict with Kailroad avenue.
W. 11. Talt and C. II. Stranahan
were present at the Monday evening
meeting seekii g to have a change made
in the proposed improvement of Elev
enth street on the Heights. It was de
clared that if in fiont of Mr. laft'B
barn on this htreet the curb line were
placed fifteen feet from the property
line the way would be so narrow as to
prevent him from entering his build
ings with big wagons, and it was asked
that the parkinga and sidewalks be re
duced to 20 feet. However, it was
found that the contract was already
awarded and the petitioners were in
ttucted to secure an agreement from
other property owners on the street
and tte ruiitructor who will do the
wor k, K. U. Hall, and in this manner
secure ti eir proposed change, the coun
cil standing ready to ratily it.
In 'presenting the Home Protective
Association, A. W. Onthank Hnd Dr.
W. S. Nichol appeared before the coun
cil, aniioui cing that they would present
to the body in the near future an ordi
nance to legulate any illicit sale of
liiiior in the city. "We organized this
association," said Mr. Onthank, "to
seek information, and before the gen
eral election we approached many of
the voters of (he city, asking their
views on the proposed election on the
liquor question. We lound many peo
ple who declared that they would vote
for a dry town at the past election but
that tney would never do it again un
U'ifu lomo ettort were taken to curb the
sale of liquor illicitly, from which
they said the city derives no revenue.
In the c rdinunce offered by the Home
Association it is proposed to levy an
occupation lax on druggists, whereby
a fund may be secured, as ia asserted,
to carry on r"seiiicli work in suspected
attempts to violate the local option law
rather than raising it from money paid
bv uie. taxpayers.
The petition of the Home I'rotective
Association representatives was re
ferred to thi! judiciary committee.
Some one jokingly said it Bhould have
been referred to the fite and water
committee.
W. N. Winter, of the Home Tele
phone Company ai-kcd the council for
permission to secure an amendment to
the ordinance regulating the number
ing of residences and buildings in the
city. The telephone company, he said,
is getting out a map of this kind and
is endeavoring to follow as nearly as
possible the ordinance, but on account
of the irregularity of the "streets finds
this impossible in instances. He pro
poses that a copy of the map he at
tached to the proposed amendment.
The city will need one of the maps in
the administration of a number of the
branches of its business, and he said
it could he secured for the sum of ap
proximately $15, while if the work
were done by the city individually it
would cost about $10. The petition
was referred to the judiciary commit
tee. The petition of the Columbia Auto
& Machine Co. was granted and the
street commissioner was instructed to
construct a gravel cross walk across
Columbia street at Sixth.
Mr. Onthank asked the council the
status of the women voteis of the city.
As was stated in the issue of the Gla
cier last week, Judge A. J. Derby ex
plained that they were in the same re
lation to their privilege of franchise as
the unfortunate male who has failed
to register, and when election day
comes, they will have to he sworn in.
Mr. Onthank was unable to see uhy
the women of Salem and other cities
should be able to register for their
respective municipal elections, when
those of Hood Kiver could not. It was
explained those cities had the required
2,000 population, necessarj to come un
der the applications of the direct pri
mary law, when it went into effect,
while Hood Kiver did not come under
the law until the 1910 census was an
nounced in 1911. Therefore Hood River,
the last primary being the first at
which the local voters had had the op
portunity of voting, had never opened
a set of registration books.
The new voters will be represented
on the election board. The council ap
pointed to serve at the municipal elec
tion on DecemDer 3, the following offi
cers: Judges Mrs. J. 1J. Lucas, J H.
Gill and John A. Wilson; Clerks-Mrs.
Chas. Castner and J. M. Culbertson.
The fire and water commitee, com
posed of J. E. Kobertson, C. 11. Sproat
and W. J. Baker, reported that of the
$90,000 of bonds sold for the purpose of
installing a municipal system $'i,500
! had been appropriated toward the pur-
I chase of Tucker's spring, rights of way
and 19 acres of land surrounding the
spring. 'I he sum of $12,000 has been
expended for betterment and extension
of the plant. The spring was paid for
I at Ihe time of the purchase, the money
i having been borrowed from the general
: fund.
' The committee recommended, and
their report was adopted, that the re
I training sum of approximately $70,000
' be spent in rushing the headworks con
duit from the spring to the cty and the
storage reservoir. Since the water
'supply from Tucker spring will be ade
quate for a population of 9,000 it was
PUZZLES SHIPPERS
CLUB EXHIBIT
IS ATTRACTIVE
SHOW VISITORS SEE REL VALLEY
The initiative freight bill passed at
the general election is a puzzle to shit
pers as well as railroadmen. Chas. T.
Karly, general eujH'rintendcnl of the
Mount Hood K. R. Co., who has been
in Portland this week conferine with
other railroad men and making a study
of the entangled treasures of the bill
says :
You will still have to class me with
those who do not understand the initi
ative freight bill, even though 1 have
given it some little attention.
It seems to be conceded by those
most conversant with the measure.
that it wipes out all commodity rates.
putting everything on classification
busis and under the rules of 'The
Western Classfcliation Committee.'
These may be revised anv time in
fact, there is already another issue out
effective January I 4, 1913, so rates
mat are made now will be changed
again, or many of them on that date.
Some of our rates are lowered and oth
ers are rais?d. Apple rate from Van
Horn is higher and a trifle lower at
Udell. From some points, viz: the
Upper Valley, it would aniear that the
wood rate is raised to what I would
call prohibitive. Present rate of $1.25
per cord is, 1 think under this bill,
$1.92, an advance of t7 cents.
1 his on dry fir. If the wood is
green, the advance will be from $1.25
to $1.70 per cord above rates in effect
at this time, and of course Buch ad
vances will stop the movement of this
product, thereby taking about all the
revenue we have from there. Oak
wood will also take a higher rate than
fir, which is contrary to past custom.
Commodity rates 1 would sav have
been great a factor in the development
of the country. 1 talked with a gentle
man a few days ago identified with one
of the small roads of the State, who
gave me the following interesting fig
ures on his line.
Present log rate. $1 ppr M. raised
to $4.95 per M ; present lumber rate $1,
raised to $2.10; present wood rate, $.50
per cord, raised to $1.36 per cord.
there were also a number of small
mills on this line and it is easly seen
what could hi open to them close down
of course, so it shows plainly that
everyone connected with rate making
must tigure them out on a proper basis
and not get anything into effect like
the above, which would put the rail
road out of business, as Jwell as the
shipper.
i nave unuersiooa wheat rates are
raised tremendously in many cases and
it may be that these are from pnints
that it will be impossible to haul from,
other than by rail. We are most inter
ested, of course, in the effect it will
have here, but appreciate that there
ure other sections of Oregon in which
people live and do biibiness.
there are a great many people who
voted for this bill that, 1 dnre Hay will
regret it very much, pethaps, In the
future. This will teach them to use
more care.
"You ask what I think of this bill
For the present, 1 would prefer not to
say. 1 have no hesitancy, however.
saying that I do not think a In that is
confiscatory will hold, and fruin my
point of view it does not matter
whether it ia too high or too low. The
business of a railroad could be ruined
in either case.
Hood River Valley Is Well Represented
With Exhibits and Officials at the
Portland Land Show
LOCAL CITIZENS AT
SPOKANE SHOW
II. F. Davidson, Truman I'utler, W.
II. Lawrence, K. H. Shepind and Mr.
and Mrs. A. I. Mason w-ere lit Spokane
last week to attend the National Apple
show. Mr. Davidson delivered an ad
dress on the marketing and storage of
fruit. Mr. liutler spoke on the hnanc
ing of fruit marketing. An address by
Mr. Shepard told in a general wliy the
need of cooperation between the crow
era of the respective districts and the
districts themselves. Mr. Davidson's
address was said to have been of es
pecial interest. He pointed out the in
advisability of planting moie apple
trees on land untried and not known to
be adapted to the culture of apples.
The sentiment of growers and market
ers is to do away with the scheme of
apple land promoters.
The show was held at the fair
grounds, several miles out from the
city and because of this the crowd was
not as large as has attended on former
years.
J ho people or hpokane were very
hospitable and tendered'a luncheon to
exhibitors at the Davenport cafe, and
railroad men, growers, bankers and all
allied with the fruit industry were
banqueted by the trustees of the show.
Kobert Strahorn, president of the show,
presided at thn banquet as he did at
the conferences at the horticultural
hall at the fair grounds. All people
who are connected with with he apple
industry, such as railroads and the bus
iness men of fruit localities are eager
to promote.the welfare of apple indus
try. A large number of carload displays
were exhibited from many of the north
western fruit sections. There were
scores of smaller plate and box displays
and a number'of unique feature show
ings made. "One of the most cleverly
gotten up display that I saw," says
Mr. Shepard, "was that of apples to
arranged as to represent a fountain. .
Among the exhibit at the Apple
Show this week there was no exhibit
tnat contained finer apples or was more
unique than that displayed by the Com
ercial club. Secretary H. E. Scott,
who bubbles over with ideas, landed
on a good one, when he evolved the
plan of displaying a ininature Hood
Kiver valley. Think of it! The visitor
to the show sees our little valley
spread out before him. All last week
a scene painter worked on the produc
tion, which gives an excellent topo
graphical idea of the community, and
even when Hood Kiver people lok at
the display, with Mount Hood rising in
the background, they can imagine very
easily that they are at home and stand
ing on some one of the ranrhei of the
Lower Valley, or better still, across
the Columbia on the Underwood
Heights.
The apples aqJ agricultural exhibts
were packed in a car on the Stranahan
siding last Friday, Secretary IScott
being assisted in loading by Roy C.
lirock and J. V. Hatchelder. The car
was the center of attraction. Kecatise '
of its proximity to the passenger sta
tion everybody going there paid it a
visit.
Of course, a lot of the niBiiy nrchard
ists who have exhibits at the show will
be in attendance. Indeed, the crowd
that has already gone ' to Portland is
large, and many will go down for the
week end.
Secretary Scott, who has active
charge of the Hood River exhibits at
the show, write that the displays are
attracting very wide spread attention
among all visitors at the big land show.
Especially are the Portland people who
have interests in Hood River compli
mentary of the enterprise in sending
down the exhibit.
Hood River is well represented
among the oflicials at the show. Frank
E. Deem and C. C. Carpenter are floor
marshals. John Castner is repacking
apples for the judges. Prof. C. D.
'1 hompson is superintendent of exhibits.
The exhibitors in the local Commer
cial club artistic apple display are:
Mrs. Sargent, Seely, Dresser, Carnes
and A. Ilukari. There are but two
other exhibits, that will be in the com
petition with the local apples, Bays
Mr. Scott.
"Our agricultural exhibit," says
Mr. Scott, "is very good, but naturally
weak on the number of kinds of goods,
(letter Flint has a handsome booth at
the Land Show builidng, H, C. Ritz in
charge. E. 11. Shepard, editor and
publisher of Better Fruit will be pres
ent mo uuior pan ol the week.
Robert T. Newhall has a booth, dis
playing his nurst-ry products.
Fine exhibits, writes Mr. Scott, have
been placed by Sears & Porter, H. O.
Sievei kroip, John Hakel, R. E. Miller,
Lawrence & Smith, H. F. Gleason,
John W. Weaver, F. Fenwick. Nelson
& Ainslee, A. Hiikari, W. W. Kodwell
and J. O. Mark.
Throughout the entire week an inter
esting program has been carried out.
Topics that are of vital interest to
orchardists and to farmers in general
have been discussed. This morning
standardizing of grade will be dis
eased. The principal speakers on this
topic are C. E. Whistler, of Mcdford,
C. A. Melboeuf, of Portland, and W.
W. Lytle, of Hellingham, Wash. The
annual banquet of Ihe horticultural so
ciety will be held tonight at the Mult
nomah hotel. Tomorow morning Waldo
Paine, traffic manager of the Spo
kane & Inland Empire R. R. Co., of
Spokane, will deliver an address on
business organization for farmers and
fruit growers. Tomorrow afternoon
Prof. C. I. Lewis, of Corvallis, and W.
S. Thornber, director of the Lewiston-
Clarkston Horticultural school, of
Lewiston, Ida., will speak on the vari
ety adaptation of apples.
GROWERS AGITATE
The first definite step toward effect
ing ajjiermanent organization of fruit
growers in Oregon, Idaho, Montana
and Washington with a view to mar
keting fruit through a common'channel
was taken at Spokane last Thusday
night with the adoption of a resolution
by representative fruit growers, bank
ers, railroad traffic men and others at
a banquet tendered by the manage
ment of the apple show there.
The resolution calls for a convention
of delegates, one from each fruit dis
trict in thej.states named to be held in
Spokane December 16.
The resolution, which was adopted
unanimously, was introduced byiN. C.
Richards, representing the Yakima
Friut Growers' Association and was
the result of a private conference of
fruit growers in the afternoon.
MAYOR ULANCIIAR
n
Having been presented with a peti
tion signed almost unanimously by the
citizens of the city, Mayor E, O. lilan
chnr has agreed to be a candidate for
reelection, ihe petition reads as fol
lows :
"We, qualified electors of the city of
Hood River, petition you to allow your
name to be used at the general city
election to be held on December 3. for
the ofiice of mayor, as your administra
tion has been businesslike and satisfac
tory, and we believe that you should
not abandon the ofiice at this time, but
should serve the city until the impor
tant matters now before hte council can
be brought to a satisfactory conclu
sion.
In his acceptance Mr. Blanchar says:
To the Citizens of Hood River:
"I desire to express my sincere ap
preciation of the petition requesting
that I become a candidate for the
ofiice of mayor and indicating satisfac
tion with the present administration.
The general endorsements received
from other sources is also very gratifying.
In return for same I hereby an
nounce myself as a candidate for the
office and will perform the duties in
cumbent upon me to the best of my
ability if ejected. Faithfully yours,
E. O. Ulanchar."
At a meeting of the Heights club
last Friday night, the following ticket
was slated and endorsed: Mr. Hlanchar
for mayor; Geo. W. Dimmick for re
corder and James Stranahan, W. H.
la ft and W. J. Baker, for counciimen.
The nominating committee of the
Home Protective Association composed
of Leslie Rutier. A. W. Onthank, W.
S. Nichol and E. O. Hall, have selected
the following ticket: E. O. Rlanchar
tor mayor, 11. L. Howe, city recorder;
M. II. Nickelsen, city treasurer: J. C.
Johnson, L. R. Gibson and Dr. E. L.
Scobee, council.
Louis A. Henderson, who has served
the city for the past year efficiently as
treasurer, will be a candidate for reelection.
Kelly Bros, have completed the erec
tion of a large warehouse on the track
of the O-.W. R. & N. Co.. just west of
the Hood River Apple Vinegar Co.