1! VOL. XXIV HOOD RIVER, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 23. 1913 No' 34 I ' 1 And Still We had two "Old-Timers" in our store this morning, and they both agreed we were liable to have this snow for two or three weeks yet. Well, there's nothing like being satisfied we'd just as soon have snow as slush in fact, we'd a little rather have the snow. It makes business cut ters, bobs, etc. We've put up a sign in our front window (painted by our own artist) which says: "Tell Us Your Sleigh Wants Before Our Stock is Broken." It's a mistake to leave it there it is liable to mis lead somebody. But when we put the sign up, we DID have a good stock. Here's what we've got left: TW1 If rum On No. 1 "Gobi Seise" Hot, T'ftoiW BolliSSSJLWi When you consider that we had a fine and dandy assortment of all the above lines to start with, it looks like the snow has done somebody some good. "It's,an ill wind, etc." we have'nt the nerve to spring all the rest of the old saying. But, to get down to "brass tacks" we want to sell the sleigh goods we have left. In other words, its a "Clearance Sale." Yes, we know you have been looking those words "Clearance Sale" in the face for the past four weeks every paper and every show window flashes it at you till you hate to see it. But just the same and so forth, and so forth and. so forth! All right! Now you know the story. TAKE ADVANTAGE! "NUF SED." Let's Change Maybe you aren't interested in sleighs and bobs and cut prices, anyway. Let's talk about what is coming next spring. From the present outlook, there is the best spring coming that Hood River has ever seen for many a day. Maybe there wont be a lot of luxu ries sold but there will be a lot of necessities sold. That's where we come in. We dnn'r spII Iiiyii. iries, but we do sell the along witnout a plow sure tning: Must nave a buggy can't walk all the time! Need a wagon to haul stuff can't carry it on your back sure! If you have a wagon, or a plow, or a buggy, you can't pull 'em yourself, you use a horse, and MUST have the harness. Here we are again! We've got the whole line of necessities every thing you need from the time you get your place till you sell it again. Mighty good time to look around now and size 'em up. Lots of interesting things in our store always a good fire in the office, and a glad hand of welcome. GILBERT IMPLEMENT COMPANY 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. It Snowed li $45a ililli $11 w set 1 The Subject necessities. Can't get i One-Half Million Dollars represent in round numbers the amount of land which we have succeeded in disposing of during the past two yea" lor our client in Hood River Valley. Not at all bad we are thinking, eon, jer. ing the rather unsettled condition of the general real eat"" mar ket of the country during that time. We are rather proud of the record, whkh accounts for our ''blowing our horn' in this manner. 1 In view of the fact that to moch property hat been sold Iron, our list, we find that we are short on tome few oUssea ot Meet, and would be very glad to have listing on any good properties that are for caltt in the valley, which we do not now have. We are now making up our list for the coming teason'l work, which we anticipate will be a good one, and would be gla.l to have those who have their property listed and those who ,!, to give us new listings call on u a t on a convenient. Insurance of All Kinds-In Standard Companies Only MONEY ;: TO :: LOAN ROBERTS & SIMMS SUCCESSORS TO G. Y. EDWARDS & CO. Phone 3111 Hotel Oregon Bldg. IB fc:' Every effort that can be made to make a store a thoroughly sat isfactory place to deal is be ing .made here.JWe want , your shoe though ts to be pleasant and to be of WALK-OVER SHOES J. G. VOGT Lights at Reasonable Prices The Hydro-Electric Co., does not want the consumers of electrical energy for light ing or power purposes to pay Jor the plant monthly, yearly or bi-arinually, 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 Phone 134 . Call at the Glacier Office when in need A REGISTERED Company , Third and Oak o, Rubber Type CITYOFFICERS COMMITTEES NAMED FOR THE YEAR With the Exception of Councilmen Taft and Schmeltzer, Citj Official Person nel Remains the Same The new members of the city court il, W. II. Tuft and J. M. Schmelzter, isat for the first tiine with the body at its Monday night deliberations. With ' the exception of these two members, I James Stranahan having been re-elect-. ed, the council continues with the same j personnel of last year. W. J. Baker i and C. II. Sprout are the retiring ; members of the body. The appointive offices of the city government were filled as follows: Judge A. J. Derby, city attorney ; P. M. Morse, city engineer; Dr. Jesse EdjiinRtun, physician; Robert T.Lewis, marshal and street commissioner; Miss I.neile Johnson, water department clerk, and Hugh Smith, water depart ment superintendent. The appointments were confirmed, when Councilman Staten, who had voted no against the confirmation.arose sod stated that he was forced to vote no as to the appointment of the city marshal. Councilman Staten declared thHt he did not hold anything person ally against the present marshal, who had been re-appointed, but stated that he had talked with a number of tax payers and that the time was now ripe for a change in this department of the city government. He called the coun cil's attention to the fact that a peti tion largely signed, wag before the council, asking that a change be made. the reading of the petition was called. When it was finished Councilman RobertsoT took the floor and pointed out that at least 75 per cent of the signers of the petition were not tax payers. "I do not believe in petitions." said Mr. Robertson, "the citizens of the city have elected the mayor and council and have signified their desire that we work harmoniously for the good of the entire town. This petitions has been signed by men, who do not know whether or not the officers asked to be appointed will work in coopera tion with us." Councilman liobertson asked Councilman Staten if the tax payers with whom he had talked fav ored the appointment of the men named in the petition. His answer was that not all of them bad expressed such sentiments. Councilman Mayes stated that as far as petitions were concerned the matter could be laid over for another week and he was sure that the appointed officer could secure a petition with a great deal better showing than the one submitted. He suggested that the appointments tie allowed to stand without further ado. A number of thosa Bitmina the Petition had thought that Marsha) Lewis was going to resign. When it was learned that such was not the case they signi fled an intention of withdrawing their names, However, a motion was made that the petition be granted. It was lost, Mayes, Robertson, Schmellzer and Taft voting no, end Stranahan and Staten voting yes. The petition asked Hint John B. Castner be appointed marshal at a sal ary of 80 per month, and G. A. Van A nda street commissioner at a salary of $ti0 per month. Marshal Lewis, the present incumbent, is receiving a sal ary of $i(J0 and the expenses of bis horse, which amounts to about f 12 a month. He attends to both the police duty of the city and superintends the street construction. The appointments of committees made by Mayor Blanchar were as fol lows: Finance James Stranahan, J. M. Schtneltzer and A. C. Staten; Fire and Water J. E. Robertson, E. S. Mayes and W. H. Taft; Streets and Public Property E. S. Mayes, J. E. Robert son and J. M. Schtneltzer; Judiciary A. C. Staten, W. II. Taft and E. S. Mayes; Health J. M. Schtneltzer and J. v Robertson; Police and Public Printing-W. H. Taft, A. C. Staten and James Stranahan. The salaries of the appointed officers will be set at the meeting of the coun cil Monday night. G. L. and W. L. Kirkpatrick were granted a permit to open a skating rink in the old armory building, pro vided they establish fire escapes that would pass the approval of the fire and water committee. They also agreed to close the place at ten o'clock every evening and that they will allow no mubic there. The armory was closed by the city authorities year before last, an electric piano having Deen de clared a nuisance. Councilman Taft was granted a leave of absence for two months. He left Tuesday morning for San Francisco, where he will take a boat for the Pan ama canal zone. F; II. BUTTON GETS VERDICT OF $11,300 In the condemnation proceedings of the O-.W. R. & N. Co. vs. F. II. But ton, which has been the most import ant case before the circuit court at the present session, the jury Tuesday morning awarded to Mr. Button, the defendant, damages to the extent of $11,300. Tha railroad is to have as much land as is desired, six and forty eight one-hundredths acres, in making the change in their lines. The case began last Thursday and it was Mon day afternoon before the witnesses had been finished with and the case given to the jury. The case was interesting in many re spects. It brought out the market valuation of Hood River lands. The tract in question is just east of the railroad bridge across the Hood river. A portion of it is covered with three year old pear trees. The soil is known as river silt and is said to be very fer tile. Two of the strong witnesses for the defendant were J. H. Koberg, who owns a similar farm just east of the Button ranch, and J. H. Locke, who owns a riverside ranch about five miles west of the city. These two ranchers placed valuations on the farm as high as $5,000 an acre. However, the tes timony of Mr. Locke was not allowed to go before the jury, since he testified not as to the general market value of the land, but as to what he himself could do with such a place. In giving his testimony Mr. Locke stated that he bad a pear orchard of three quarter! of an acre on hi ranch from which he had netted f 12.000 in the past 20 years. The 0.-W. R. & N. Co. showed through its engineer of construction, J. P. Brandon, that the improvements were desired to straighten out the many curves existing between here and Troutdale. T he road for the pres ent, he said, will not be double tracked between The Dalles and Portland. However, the double tracking will be gin very soon between Deschutes cross ing and Blalocks. Mr. Brandon stated that during the past few years the road had taken out enough curvature to make two complete turna between here and Portland. One can get an idea of the magnitude of the work done when viewing it in this wav. (V. W. R. & N. witnesses, for th mml part local ranchers and real estate men, testified that the property was worth II the way from $750 to $1000 an acre. Both durine the nuestioninwr of wit nesses and during the arguments a few good naiurecs tilts took place between the attorneys. Ernest C. Smith and H. S. Wilson re resented the defend ant and E. C. Cochran, of Portland conducted the case of the plaintiff corn- any. The case of the Columbia Securities Co. vs. the Baker-Ross Co., involving an alleged unlawful detainer of the Hotel Oregon, has been refenred for the taking of testimony. lne case ot sami vs. Mclsaac, in vhich Vincent Sami had secured an in unction preventing R. J. Mi-lsanc from keeping blasting powder within a certain distance from the plaintiff's reisdence was settled. The court ruled that the powder ihould be kent from 800 to l.r()() feet from the home of the plaintiff. HALL RECOVERS FROM C. P. M'CAN In the case of E. O. Hall vs. Cupt. C. P. McCan, which was tried here last week, the jury returned a verdict of ?lH2!l.2tt in favor of the pluintiff, who usked that amount in payment for services in the construction of a dwel- ing for the defendant. This amount was eight per cent of the amount of the cost of labor and material used in the construction of the building; for which amount the plaintiff testified he had been employed to construct the building. the defendant had set up as counter claim damage caused him in the col lapse of a garage previously erected by the plaintiff. The garage, he al- eged, had been improperly constructed and nad been cruhsed by the weight of the heavy snowfall here last year. The defendant was represented by Geo. R. Wilbur and W. H. Wilson, of the Dulles, while Ernest C. Smith and 11. S. Wilson, the latter of Portland, represented the plaintiff. HYDRO CO. GETS WASCQ FRANCHISES Authority to construct power trans mission lines on certain of the high' ways of Wasco county has been grant ed to the Hydro-Electric Co. by the county court of the neighboring county. The city of The Dalles has granted them a franchise over certain of its streets, the time limit of beginning work fixed at March 1. The Hydro Co. has ordered a large amount of supplies and is getting ready to carry out terms in the stipulation in the grant of franchise. BOGCESS RECEIVES CARNEGIE MEDAL Ernest E. Boegess was last week granted by the Carnegie Hero commit tee at Pittsburg a bronze medal and $425 disablement benefits and $1(100 as needed hecause of the valiant efforts made by him in the year of 1910 to save the life fo a fellow mechanic when an explosion of gasoline caused the de struction by fire of the garage of the Hood River Manufacturing Engineer ing Co. Mr. Boggess almost lost his life in the flames and the companion, Ray S. Utter, met death. HOOD RIVER HAS 25 AT SHORT COURSE Hood River valley is represented by 25 at the winter short course at O.A.C. The men for the most part have regis tered in the agricultural and horticul tural departments, while the women are making art and domestic science their major subjects. There are not quite as many attend ing the short course this year as last, due partly to the farmers' week a short time ago. Those in attendance from Hood Kiverare: Dr. and Mrs. Stanton Allen, E. I. Apgar, J. It. lian all, Jr., Sarah N. Butchart, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Butchart, Henry L. Ca- iclle, Wm. Davidson, Chas. W. Hart, I. M. Hosick, Miss Helen Howe, Mrs. H. L. Howe, J. E. Kennedy, Chas. C. Lemmon, Frederick J. Patterson, Wal ter Plog, Leo. M. Thielan, O. T. Wed- emeyer. lne following are from rakrdale: Clarence F. Busch, Don D. Green, Howard H. Green, John Goldshury, Lester P. Harris and Geo. W. Blodgett. SNOWSHOE CLUB ON ANNUAL TOUR On their annual tour to the mountain club house near Cloud Cap Inn, the members of the Portland Snowshoe club passed through the city yesterday. They will spend several days at the unique winter club house, enjoying the sport of skiing down the steep trails in the region. The members of the club, J, Wesley Ladd, Elliott R. Corbett, Henry L. Corbett, Walter B. Honeyman, David T. Honeyman, Jordan K. Zan, Brandt Wickersham, Horace Mecklen, Dr. H. S. Nichols and Rodney L. Clisan, ar rived here on the O.-W. R. & N. Dalles local and last night and immediately took a special train over the Mount Hood line to Parkdale. They will spend the night at the Mount Hood terminus and journey to the McRush homestead this morning. The journey to the club house will be made on snow shoes. Mark Weygandt and William Edick will accompany the Bnowshoers as guidei. GROWERS MEET DESPITE &W WEST SIDERS DISCUSS PROBLEMS Community Packing and Boarding Houses Proposed -Hitching Racks Wanted - Benson Talks on Pruning Neither a heaw snow on the vround nor the steady fail of additional big wet flakes that melted on their hats and over their coats prevented the members of the Went Side Improve ment club from gathering Tuesdiiy af ternoon at the Park grange hall to dis cuss the future needs of the apple district. During past harvest seasons, both of strawberries and apples, difficulty has been found in feeding and housing the transient laborers who are needed hero at that time ot the year. At the meet ing of the West Side citizens the plan of building community packing houses and to combine with them boarding and bunk houses for these pickers and other laborers was discussed. The matter of packing houses was first brought up by Geo. I. Sareent. who stated that in a few years the district would be producing a great deal more heavily than at present. Because of the many young orchards of the West Side, neighbors whose orchards have not been bearing have bet n able to assist those who found more work than they themselves could do. Mr. Sargent believes that the community packing house, similar in respect to that erect ed on the East Sidi by the Hood River Apple & Storage Co., will be economi cal for the growers. It will cheapen me cost oi packing, grading and. haul ing the fruit to market. The growers will tnus be able to purchase their boxes and other material in larger quantities. The community packing bouse, he said, will insure a more uni form pack. The growers will he able to hold their odd varieties longer, and tho houses will offer a meeting place for the club. J. (i. Earl followed Mr. Sareent and brought out the point that the boarding and lodging of laborers would become problem at harvest time, and sug gested that at the community houses might also be constructed a kind of a hotel for these laborers. A cook could bo employed and the men cared for at the central point. On the motion of Carroll Hurlhurt President R. H. Wallace appointed a committee, C. W. Hooker, chairman. to investigate the methods used in other fruit districts. A number of other growers spoke on these houses. It was thought that they should he about a mile and a half apart. E. N. Benson stated that in a square mile of orchard, when the trees came into bearing, three hundred and twenty thousand boxes of apples would be produced. "Cut th'iB Into half," he said, "and you will see how I urge a Jot of friut you will have to handle." Tha principal talk of the afternoon was the address by Mr. Benson on pruning. Mr. Benson prunes as many or 'hardB as any other man in the dis trict. Last year he cared for 12 orch ards in all parts of the valley. He said in part : "The question of pruning is one of the moBt delicate that can be talked about, and 1 do not doubt that I will be criticised when I have finished, but 1 don't mind being criticised. Some men believe in pruning apple trees and others do not. Some will tell you that nature will take care of the pruning. Indeed, nature prunes. Notice the big forest trees, and you wlil find that they have lost the limbs next the earth. and that these fulling away have left the straight trunk. It is the work of the pruner to help nature and to make tho tree strong by ng by doing n part of na- ture's work. "A great deal of pruning is done to shape the tree. Of the two systems in use, the top and central shoot systems. I personally prefer the central shoot. Mr. Benson then told the growers how to shape a tree v ith the central shoot. Many make a mistake, said Mr. Benson, "with their summer pruning. I do not believe in pruning a tree to get fruit until after it has reached an age at which it may be allowed to bear. Then only water sprouts and cross limbs should be taken off. To prune in summer to get fruit the grower should watch for the formation f the terminal hud and do the work at just about this time." Pear pruning, the expert, told the West Siders, because of the shape of the trees, is different from the work that is necessary for apples. He ad vised as little cutting as possible on cherries because of gumming. I he reading of a communication from the Odell Development League which asked that the club take some action toward securing more hitching posts in the city of Hood River created no small interest among the members. t is said that hitching facilities are very poor in the city. On market and hopping das, such as Saturdays, it is almost impossible to find a place to i'8ve a team. 1 he club will communi cate with the Commercial club and some action will be taken to get the cooperation of the city officials in se- curing gruunu lor rniunitig pi nets ariu perhaps hithcing sheds for the orch urdists. The club will also cooperate with the Odell Improvement club in an endeavor to secure a law tor the protection of China pheasants in the valley. The handsome fowls are becoming very plentiful here and the ranchers think that they will thrive and increase rap- illy if protected three years longer than at present by the state law. Prof. C. I), lhompson asked if any of the West Side growers had ever ex perimented with thousand headed kale as green feed for fall and winter use. He and others that have tried it believe that it will grow sucessfully here and will furnish an excellent winter green feed. It is suggested that it be planted about the middle of May. Commission Will Hear Case The Oregon Railroad Commission will convene here Saturday morning to hear the facts of a complaint filed by O. M. Bailey, an Upper Valley ranch er, against the Mount Hood Railroad Co. Mr. Bailey alleges that the road's service is inefficient, freight rates too high and that a freight agent should be appointed at Parkdale. Rubber Stamp Inks and Pads at this office, also stamps made to order. i 1