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VOL. XXIV
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 10,
J- No 15
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
J. G. VOGT
REAL ESTATE BULLETIN! COMBINE PLANS
5 Acrai located 2 mills out in Barrett District, - f",h vff
old, 1 acre vears old, Spitz and Newtown, (food 3-room nooe, I
tools. Price $5300. Will exchange for town property of e"iu" "r i'iuuImt
value.
160 Acres in Trout Lake, Washington District, SO " in cul
tivation, 80 acres io timber with 2,000,000 feet line aw tiraw-r, S nule
from saw mill. Modern 7-room bungalow, barn and other out i.uudings.
All irrigable with free water. Price $70H). Will exchange for 11 hi hiver
ranch up to f 1500 ; hmg time on balance.
25 Acr near Tucker's bridge, 10 acres bearinu orchard, blmv
partially cleared, located on main county road, strictly hlih el1- proferty
in every respect, l'rice f 105 X); terms to suit or will exchange. What
Have You?
33 Acres verv high class in Oak Grove District, 20 acres in com
mercial orchard from 4 to 15 years old, 5 acres alfalfa, balance uncU-are.1
but tine apple land, fine spring piped to 'buildings. Price llpJO. di
excliai ge for good cheap raw laud or other property which ai'es not re
uire owners attention.
The time to insure, is BEFORE THE FIRE. We are writ Tig n ex
tremely liberal policy in the BEST old line compauies.and the cost it sur
prisingly low. iletter see about it today.
ROBERTS & SIMMS
SUCCESSORS TO
G. Y. EDWARDS & CO.
Phone 3111 Hotel Oregon Bldg.
Picture Frames
The FRAME is often half the PICTURE.
Why spoil the picture with a poor frame?
Bring it to us and it will be framed right
A lot of new Mouldings in all sizes and
shades. OVAL and ROUND FRAMES.
Slocom's Book & Art Store
"The Place That Does the Framing"
Wli-H-M-M-M HI 1 i H H ! ptl--I"M-"I"l'H-l-P I-I-l-Pl-H-t-t-l-l-l-l-l-M-
FOR SALE .1
30 Horsepower tAnil I AC"
5 Passenger V LI 1 L LAV
Fully equipped; completely overhauled
and looks like new; 3 extra casings and
4 extra inner tubes; extra spring. .'
C. C. LEMMON
Phone 5552
4-i 1 1 1 wn l'iii-i .1M,,IM,-I.IH.....H.l.II.....l..l,I.4
HAVING purchased the entire interest of E.
Brayford in the Rockford Store about three
months ago, we are now in position to serv-PCvw 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.
FYfy O AT Fl A Completely Equipped Sawmill
F UlV iJ ALE1 20 to 25 Thousand Daily Capacity
This mill is strictly modern and up-to-date, and is as
good as new. Have just completed the cut for the
Northwestern Electric Co.'s construction work on the
White Salmon River and will dispose of this mill at
an attractive figure.
L. G. WESTFALL, DwKoOOD'
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 1171 Third and Oak
Groceries and Hardware
Quality Good3 at the cheapest prices. We sell for Cash, and
give you the best of values.
Harness and Harness Repairing
Seed Potatoes, D. M. Ferry's Garden Seeds -Fruits
and Canned Goods
t t UHT M A XT twf.lfi h d b streets
J. 1. llWJLlVlA.iN On The Heights; Phone 2131
THE SQUARE DEAL
STORE
Mas a Full Stock of
Wagons and Spring Wagons
Agent for
Bean Power and Hand Spray
Pumps
Hose, Rods and Nozzles
Bluestone and Lime
Oliver Plows and Extras
d. Mcdonald
THIRD AND CASCADE STS. HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Dr. M. A. Jones
DENTIST
FORMERLY OF HOOD RIVER
New located at
245i Washington Street
U. S. Dentist PORTLAND. ORE
creased planting of Jonathans and
Gravenstein. '"I can't read the fu
ture of the Ortley." said .Mr. Sieg.
I u seems to me uui an aristocratic
name for the old Creasy Pippin. in
ter Bananas are sued aellersfonly when
extra fancv, and most of our Winter
Uununua t.nn .1, .1,..
RATIFIES CENTRAL AGENCY past year. 1 lie Delicious is a good
variety.
"As to pears, the d'Anjou is a profit
maker. 'Ihe winter Nellis lacks the
bronze color necessary to make it at
tractive. "Indiscriminate shipping, must te dis
coursed. We should have one ship
ping concern for all classes of stun"."
During the past season up to the
time of Mr. Sieg'a report, the Union
had shipped 380 cars of apples, which
hail been distributed in 45 cities and
10 states of the t'nion. Union amdes
had gone to 13 foreign countries.
The organization had shipped pears to
ven cities of the United states.
While a full and complete estimate
cannot be made on prices of the fruit.
owing to the fact that all has riot been
sold and that all returns are not in, Mr.
Sieg's repoit was gratifying to the
growers and will show a better return
than any otner northwestern district.
As to whether or not the local cen
tral selling agency will join hands with
the Northwestern Distributors of Spo
kane is still problematical. The grow
ers have left the mutter with the board
of directors. 11. F. Davidson, who is
Hood River's trustee on the Distribu
tors board, in an address to the grow
er baluruay told them that the plans
of the concern organized at Spokane if
pioperly worked out might terminate
in the best results for all the districts.
Pinned on the curtain of the stage of
the Htilbronner hall were exhibited
two interesting charts.
The percentage of the Hood River
alley crop as to varieties, as shov n on
one of the charts, is as follows:
Newtowns, .329; Spitz, .211: Hen
Davis, .OSt ; Baldwin, .1174; Jonathan,
059; Black Twig, .OUT; Ortley, .027:
King. .021 ; Cravenstoins, .02; Arkan
sas Black, .009; lied Cheek Pippin, .(HIS;
Wagner, .008; Stark, .007; Gano, ,(KMi ;
Winter Itanana, .0U.r; Swaar, .005;
(ireening, .005; Hyde's King, .004;
Winesap, .001; Russets, .004; Northern
Spy, .003.
Nearly a hundred other varieties are
grown in the valley, but in such small
proportions as to make them absolutely
uncommercial.
The percentages of the main varieties
as to their grades run about as follows
Extra Fancy Fancy Choice
At Annual Meeting Stockholders Instruct
Board to Proceed ith Coalition - Old
Directors Re-elecled by Acclamation
When the vote of Union stockholders
had been taken Saturday on the que-'
torn of amalgamation, the agitation of
which throughout the past month has
aroused rr.ore interest among the apple
growers than any other problem ever
having confronted them, the audience
in tense expectancy awaited the result,
ami when W. H. Dickerson, president
of the Union, announced that the res
( Uitmn authorizing the board of direc-
Uts to lease the property of the con
cirn to the federated association, had
carried, a prolonged cheering followed.
I The amalgamation plans were consum
mated and the stockholders had finished
the most strenuous annual meeting
ever held.
According to the laws of Oregon it
was necessary that the resolution to
carry receive a two-thirds majority of
the stock of the concern issued, which
amounted to 4,700 shares. The stock
of the organization reprisented in per
son or tiy proxy amounted to 375
shares. The number of shares voted
favorably for the central selling plan
was 3198, with 419 against.
Ihe meeting lasted from 10:30 Sat
urday morning until six o'clock in the
evening. No meeting of the Union has
ever been so characterized bv such
heated argument. A. 1. Mason was
spokesan for the opposition and minor
ity. Mr. Mason made several address
es, raising objections, on which he has
based former criticisms. He declared
that the price to be paid the National
Apple Co. was to high and the coalition
of the Apple Growers Union and the
Davidson rruit Co.should be formed by
a sale outright to the new concern.
Ihe repartee between Mr. Mason and
exponents of the federation at moments
grew warm.
The old board of directors of the Union,
composed of W. H. Dickerson, Albert
button, C. W. Hooker, r. (J. Hutchin
son. I.. E. Clark, 0. L. Walter, Dr
Stanton Allen, John H. Mohr and L. E.
Ireland, was reelected by acclamation.
However, it was announced that three
of the old members will not be able, to
serve for the ensuing year. Albert
Sutton and P. G. Hutchinson will re
sign from their positions because of
the press of other business, and Dr.
Stanton Allen will retire from the
board because of ill health. Because
of the lateness of the hour Saturday
evening no ballot was taken on the ill
rectors and the growers endorsed Frank
Fenwick, A. Lewis and A. W. Stone,
who were suggested for appointment
to fill the vacancies. Geo. 1. Sargent
expressed for the stockholders of the
Union their gratitude for hard work
done by the board during the past year,
He declared that the stockholders
should i nt let the responsibility rest
al ne on upon the shoulders of the di
'cituri ai d officers of the concern but
that they should cooperate with them.
Peter Mohr said: "One of the troubles
of the Union is that too many Union
members ship through other organiza
tions." The meeting was opened Saturday
morning by tfce reading of minutes and
the report of the board of directors.
In this report it was stated that it had
been the custom to make returns on
pools of apples as soon as all sales
were settled and the receipts were in.
liut the board of directors recommend
ed that this be changed and that the
growers receive a substantial advance
when the apples are delivered.
The report called attention to the
increased facilities of the Union and
the improvements made during the past
year. With the new storage building,
the agency now has a storage capacity
of 175,000 boxes. A new arrangement
has been entered into with the O.-W.
R. & N. Co., from which the property
on which the buildings are located is
leased. Formerly the directors were
only able to secure a lease from year
to year. Now the lease is extended to
a period of 15 years, and the handling
of bonds of the concern is facilitated.
The report had the highest praise for
the manager, Wilmer Sieg.
Attention was called to the fact that
the Blue Diamond brand of the Union
had been copyrighted, and that a pen
alty was attached to violations of the
copyright law when an individual
shipped fruit wrapped with this label.
The Union has begun this year to han
dle bluestone, lime sulphur and other
spray materials and spraying machin
ery, besides giving its members the
benefit of the purchase of quantities of
hay, grain and other products needed
on the orchard.
While the sales of fruit had not been
as satisfactory as one could expect, the
report stated, Hood River's apples
have been excellently packed and the
reputation the Uion's fruit has made
in the market is an asset. All apples
have been insured during the past
year. The fire at Wenatchee last fall
was a warning against failure to insure
fruit in storage. Action hag been
taken looking to a sinking fund for the
bonds of the organization.
The directors' report was followed
by that of Manager Wilmer Sieg, who
impressed on the growers' minds the
importance of different methods of
selling and distrbution. Mr. Sieg
pointed ont the weak points of market
ing during the past year and called the
attention of the grower to the enor
mous amount of apples still left in
storage this season at the beginning of
spring. It was hoped, he said, that
the freeze in the Southern California
orange groves would prove a saving to
the apple market. "Conditions were
better," he declared, "for if the many
thousand cars of oranges had been sent
to market with the wonderful system
of distribution controlled by the citrus
associations, it would have meant dis
aster for the apple market."
Mr. Sieg stated that the Union had
been looking toward a larger and for
eign distribution of the fruits. "We
want to get into Philippine and Chi
nese markets and enter a field that is
almost too large for the human mind
to comprehend."
One of the most interesting portions
of his report to the growers was that
on warning against the planting of or
dinary varieties. "We cannot expect
even a fair price for the ordinary
stuff," he said. -"ihe delay in top
grafting such varieties is just so much
of a delay in the success of the com
munity.'' Nor would he advise the in-
SUPPORT JflOWN
F0R1IBRARY
MASS MEETING IS WELL ATTENDED
.155
.228
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.129
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.054
.120
.142
.22
.11
.23
Delicious .'. .259
Arkansas Hlack .07 .1X8
Wimsun .f.7 .i:2
Newtown .593
Spitzenburg .573
Ortley .487
Jonathan .408
Red Cheek Pippin. 341
The new central selling organization
will take the form of a coalition of the
Union and the Davidson Fruit Co,
The plant of the National Apple Co.
will be purchased for $05,000. The new
concern will be controlled by a board
of nine trustees.
Tha nomintation of th e trustees
Citizens I rged to Vote for Charter Amendment-Qualifications
of Electors
Explained
If but an atom of the enthusiasm
that prevailed at the mass meeting of
men and women at the Commercial
club Tuesday night pervades the at
mosphere today, the special . election
will result in an amendment to the city
charter, and the citv council will be
enabled to proceed to secure a (suitable
site lor me county library. The as
sembly room of the Commercial club
was well filled Tuesday evening when
Mayor Manchar called the meeting to
order. A limit of ten minutes was
placed on the time to be consumed by
speakers and Secretary Scott, of the
Commercial club, was made referee.
Prof. J. O. McLaughlin, nrincirjal of
the city schools, ai:d secretary of the
library board, was the first speaker.
I'rof. McLaughlin told in a peneral
way of the way moneys for libraries
were expended. "The success with
which the local institution has already
met is impressive," he said. "We
have found that we need books. The
library was opened six and one-half
months ago. During the two weeks of
.September 395 books were distributed.
Now, with the branches established in
the vailcy, we are distributing each
month 2200 books. There are 977 bor
rowers in the city now. The money
appropriated by the Carnegie corpora
tion was based on the population the
county."
J. E. Robertson, the councilman who
is a member of the library board, next
took ine Hoor. "l believe in a library
for the community," said Mr. Robert
son, "ihe time is rine for the estab
lishing of such an institution. And it
appeals to our pride that we should
have a commodious Bite for the build
ing. The problem as to financing by
the council caused us to devote a great
dual of thought as to the best way to
work out a means of securing the
money. Some of us thought that the
more provisions our charter contained
for the issuing of bonds, these bonds
would be just that much less desireable
to purchasers, However.Jwe have in
cluded a provision in the proposed
amendment to the charter, that the
council can only spend a sum not to ex
ceed $7,000 for the purchase of library
or park property. When this sum ia
exceeded, the matter will again have
to be put up to a vote of the people.
Some have been heard to say that the
taxes are high and times are hard, but
the tax, it $4000 cash were paid for
the lot that it is thought best to buy,
would be only 19J cents on each $1000
of assessed valuation in the city. The
price ol the lot ottered the city is con-
ti unim k i" viiw iviv uuvn:u lilt
will lie made cacli year at the stock- sidered vTy'reasonahle."
holders' meeting. Mr. Davidson states Mrs. K. I). Gould, chairman of the
ihat he is ftierfectly willing for the
Union to name the trustees, which I
power is given by the Union's majority
representation of stock, provided rep'
resentative men from ditferent parts of
the valley were chosen
Yakima Fruit Pledged to Distributors
All of the 22 districts represented in
the Yakima Valley Fruit Growos' as
sociation pledged their fruit to the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors as a
selling agency Friday, the tonnage
represented being about 2200 cars, says
a dispatch from North Yakima to the
Portland Journal. The Horticultural
union will make no terms with the new
selling agency, and will probably mar
ket through the Northwest Fruit Ex
change. Though it was announced that the
meeting was to be a representative
airair, every fruit selling comp' ny,
whether cooperative or stock, being
welcome to come and discuss, it was
quickly apparent that it was merely a
meeting to carry through a pre-arranged
piogram.
Immediately following the endorse
ment of the new selling agency, M. K.
Shannon, a trustee of the Yakima Val
ley Growers' association, rose to irove
that the association be designated as
the sub-central for the district repre
sented by Yakima, Kittitas, Heiiton
and Franklin counties, which carried.
President W. M. Nelson, of the Horti
cultural union then arose and said that
this action shut out the Multicultural
union, that his association indeed had
received no notification of the meeting
in time to select delegates and that he
now believed that it had not been at
any time desired that the union come
in on the plan. He made the state
ment, he said, so that if later it were
charged that the union had selfishly
remained out of the plan, it might be
known that it hud had no choice in the
matter. The union represents about
800 carloads of fruit.
J. H. Robbins, manager of the Yaki
ma association, who is to be manager
of the selling agency if the plan goes
through, was on the floor during most
of the meeting explaining plans.
Oregon to Remain Intact
Assurance has been given from
Washington that the famous old Hattle-
ship Oregon will not be dismantled and
broken up, as was feared, but it will
be retained in commission as a part of
the Pacific reserve fleet, with head
quarters at the Puget Sound navy yard.
Advices have been received to tnis
elfect in response to petitions from this
state that the old sea lighter tie saved
from destruction.
Cornell Buys Motorcycle
Ward Ireland Cornell, the Upper
Valley real estate man and one of the
most enthuiastic promoters of that
community s mtirest, has just pur
chased from the Gilbert Implement Co.
a handsome Indian motorcycle. The
machine has a tandem seat and Mr.
Cornell will give bis friends the pleas
ure of spins over the community's
roads.
All Citizens May Vote Today
In the election that will be held to
day to submit to the vote of the people
the proposed amendment of the city
charter, all ciitizens will have' the
privilege of the ballot, whether they
are property holdeis or not. Those en
titled to the ballot must have resided
in the state at least six months and in
the city'for a period of three months.
Woman's club committee, told of how
the women had always desired to se
cure a library for the city and how
they had worked to secure the vacated
street property. "We had two things
in view," she said. "We wanted the
library and we wanted to save the
handsome oak trees there. The women
spent $90 last year in improving the
property. We think the time is oppor
tune to secure the additional property
and to make it a beautiful site for our
library. If we do not do this a change
may take plaeo in the ownership of the
property. We may have a Japanese
laundry there, and the oaks may be cut
up into stove wood."
Mrs. W. W. Remington Btated that
she spoke as a newcomer. "Hood
River is noted for its beautiful scen
ery. 1 here is no more beautiful place
in ;thc world for a library," she said,
"and the institution is a gem that has
been otfered us. All we have to do is
rear Ihe prongs of a setting and secure
it for ourselves." Mrs. W. H. Law
rence called attention to the fact that
we did no need the library for the fic
tion that we might obtain there. "We
want it for reference books. And fur
thermore we want a safe place. When
we send our children for books we want
to know that, they will be safe. The
site that is proposed is in a centrally
located in a quiet community. If the
library were located on the county
property how do we know but that our
children might in their journeys to and
from the place come in contact with
the men and women called to the court
house to trial or as witnesses? We need
to estab ish the library here among our
oaks and make it another rich asset for
Hood River county. "
Rev. .1. R. Hargreaves told the peo
ple that they would not miss the $4,000
asked for the site. "We pay the teach
ers of our schools, for we want good
instructors. Well, our librarian is a
professor of reading. Her work ia
more important than that of any other
teacher or preacher in the city," he
said. "Don't let us have to regret in
after years that we have failed to ge
nre a snitable place and adequate room
for our library."
Rev. li. A. Warren, rector of the
Episcopal church of The Dalles and
president of the library board there,
and who during his preparation for the
ministry had 10 years of experience as
a librarian, said: "Give your public
institutions room to grow. Because we
are a small community does not keep
us from needing books any more so
than if we were a large center." Mr.
Warren told that the Carnegie corpora
tion had no strings on the site secured
for the building. "I had always
thought he required that the name
Ihe Carnegie Library, be placed
across the front of the building but I
was down at Salem recently and I find
that over the door there appears the
name, 'The Salem Public Library.' "
Mrs. J. E. rerguson, of Udell, who
has taken an active part in securing he
branch library at Udell, told of the
work of the women in that distiict.
We have 112 people making use of
our library now, said Mrs. Ferguson.
She told her listeners that the plans to
secure the Oak covered lot were wor
thy. "We want to make the Hood
River valley the garden spot ol Amer
ica, we want to get more tourists, i
wonder what the people of southern
California would give to have such nat
ural assets as we are possessed of
here?"
Truman Iiutler next took the floor
and made the motion that the city take
proper steps to secure a library site.
(Continued on Last rage.)