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HOOD ItlVEK, OREGON. TlHISSlu V,
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REGISTERED
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 thoughtsto
be pleasant and
to be of
WALK-OVER SHOES
J. G. VOGT
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FOR SALE t '
30"TSr "CADILLAC"
Fully equipped; completely overhauled
and looks like new; 3 extra casings and
4 extra inner tubes; extra spring. . .
C. C. LEMMON
Phone 5552
M"H"1"M"M"M"H 1 I 1 rn-M-H-M-H
VCl QATI7? A Completely Equipped Sawmill
rWlV 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 ngure.
L. G. WESTFALL, UNDvvS?0D'
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
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REAL ESTATE BULLETIN
5 Acrci located 2' miles cut in Barrett District, . acres ,,.ar!.
old, acres 2 vears old, Spitz and Newtown, good 3-room i.ue, and a ,1
tools. Price $5300. Will exchange for town property of eqtul or nu,-i
value.
1GO Acres in Trout Lake, Washington District, SO acre h, , l.
tivation, 80 acres in timber witli 2,(XX),000 feet fine saw tin her, mile
from saw mill. Modern "-room bungalow, barn and other out bm,l;i?,.
All irritable with free water. Price $7lK.. Will exchange for Hood i;,u.,
ranch up to i'00; long time on balance.
25 Acre near Tucker's bridge, 10 acres bearin orchard, balm,.-,,
partially cleared, located on main county road, strictly high class pr-irty
in every respect. , Price $105 X); terms to suit or will Mcliiii;v. Ul .a
Have You?
35 Acres verv high class in Oak Grove District, 20 acre in , ,.
merciul orchard from 4 to 15 years old, 5 acres alfalfa, balan'-eiin'lrnr,..i
but tine apple Ian. I, line spring piped to buildings. Price ljouu. ,
exchai ge for good cheap raw .land or other property which does n,,
quire ow tiers attention.
The time to inniire, is HKFOHH THK HI1K. We are ritjug an , -t
-einely liberal policy in the BEST old line compauies Riid the cost is Mir
piieingly low. lietter see about it today.
ROBERTS & SIMMS
SUCCESSORS TO
G. Y. EDWARDS & CO.
Phone 3111
Cooper's Spray Fluids
Tested practically for three years in Oregon, and clean trees
from San Jose scale, fungus scab, antracnose and pear blight.
PLEASANT TO HANDLE
A rfori a soil fumigant, destroys insects
rvpierilC IN GROUND, write for booklet.
CHAS. G. ROBERTS, At.
247 Ash Street, Portland
We are Now Taking Orders for
Apple, Peach and Pear Boxes
Would Advise Ordering at Once
Stanley-Smith Lumber Co.
Phone 124 Hood River, Oregon
HAVING purchased the entire interest of E.
Brayford in the Rockford Store about three
months ago, we are now in position to a'A vV 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.
THE SQUARE DEAL
STORE
Has a Full
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.
Groceries and Hardware
Quality Goods 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 eeds
Fruits and Canned Goods
JT M A T TWELFTH and K STREETS
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Hotel Oregon Bide.
d. Mcdonald
Hood River
Stock of
HOOD RIVIR, OREGON
Dr. M. A. Jones
DENTIST
FORMERLY OK HOOD RIVER
Now l, ratal at
245J Washington Street
U. S. D.ntist PORTLAND, ORE
TOURIST HOTEL
CLUB SLOGAN
HOSTELRY WOILD AID FESTIVAL
John R. Putnam has Suggested I'nique
Method of Conducting Apple
in the Valley
j "Mure summer hotels for the Hood
I Hiver valley!" was the slogan that
! whs added Monday night to tht list of
i tt.ii gs that the Commercial club think?
I will he good for the community. It nil
c-Hine Htiont over a discussion of the
Blossom Festival of lust year, when
Hood Hiver citizens banqueted the
members of the Portland Commercial
ckih ai d "joyrideil" members of the
Portland Press club and their friends
to Eggermont, to and fro and around
and about. and the proposal of another
such event this season.
However, a blossom festival on lines
similar to that of last year met with a
chilly reception. The Hood River citi
zens, at least those present at the
Monday night meeting of the Commer
cial club, felt that last year's fete was
not conducted on just the right lines.
The consensus of opinion, however,
whs in favor of the continuance of the
custom, (.'has. Hall, Truman Uutlcr,
F. P. Friday. President Clark, and J.
H. Ileilbronner, the latter of having
broached the subject, were in favor of
the right kind of an event. As Truman
Hutlersaid: "When we have a festi
val, let's have the right kind. Some
one made the remark that Portland
boasted of taking in a million dollars
from her rose festival visitors lust
spring. But you must remember that
Portland went to a great deal of ex
pense in preparing for that festival,
and if we are going to make our blos
som festival a success, we must not. go
into it half heartedly, but we must be
come enthusiastic aand spend some
money."
Mr. Hall said that he thought the
festival should be kept up. "All Ore
gon cities seem to be having some kind
of events of this sort," he said. "Here
at Hood Hiver the blossoming season is
the best time of the year to bring in
visitors." Prof. Thompson thought we
might better substitute a strawberry
festival.
Mr. Ileilbronner stated that one of
the reasons we are hampered in hold
ing a festival here is the fact that we
aie unable to keep people over night.
"We can only bring them up from
Portland in the morning, shoot them
around the valley and hurry them olT
on the evening trains," he said. "We
should have some first class summer
tourist httels here." Mr. Ileilbronner
and a number of others expressed the
opinion that if all got busy and worked
toward that end, it would not oe long
until some of the most noted hosteliies
in the eoontrv would be located here
and the Hood Hiver valley would be
located on the Grand lour of America.
"Hut you can't get to hotels without
good roa'ds," said Frank P. Friday. "I
am thoroughly in accord with all that
as teen said, but 1 think that there
in- a great many of the valley orch
ardists who would he willing to take
.-milliner boarders, if they had good
loads and could get the visitors to and
from their places on good roads."
The fate of the blossom festival was
finally left in the hands of President
Clark, Secretary Scott and Mr. Ileil
bronner. The city and valley will, in
all probabiliy, not hold a formal event
such as that of last year, but through
advertising and other publicity the
people of Portland will lie notilied
when the apple orchards are at their
best, and an attempt will be made to
secure the cooperation of the orchard
ists to take people as 'hoarders into
their homes for a day or two during
the blossoming season.
Secretary Scott reported that cos
were continuing to create an interest.
However, he stated that good dairy
cows were scarce articles anil were
o ting as mi.c'1 hs $1.1(1 per head in the
Willamette valiey. Prof. Kent has
warned the people to look out for fid
cent butter in Oregon.
On the motion of F. P. Friday a com
mittee was appointed by President
Clark to call on the board of county
commissioners and petition them to
procure a Habcock tester for use in the
schools of the county. "With one of
these instruments," said Mr. Friday,
"the students will be able to learn
practical lessons and will be able to
test the milk of the county's cows.
Secretary Scott bus procured two
dwarf trees which will be grown in the
Commercial club rooms. Prof. Ihomp
son made a short talk on dwarf fruit
trees. "The dwarf varieties bear much
earlier than the larger kinds," he said.
''1 had a Japanese dwarf peach that
bore til) fine peaches when it was two
years old. The dwarf apple is secured
by putting the scion in the root of a
Paradise tree. For pears the scion
should be placed in a quince stock."
Secretary Scott stated that the com
mittee appointed to confer with the
light companies as to an adjustment of
the rates to be charged here had met
with the manager of the Hood Hiver
Gas & Electric Co. and had planned for
a meeting with the manager of the
Hydro Co. "The people of Hood Hiv
er," said Mr. Scott, "because of the
constant flow of water in the Hood
river and the ease with which power
may be developed at almost any point
on the stream, think local citizens
should enjoy cheaper rates than other
places in Oregon."
'Ihe secretary told of a unique apple
8 :ow proposed by Juhn H. Putnam, who
suggests that the apple show, as .for
merly conducted, be done away wilh,
and that every grower in the valley,
who produces over 25 boxes ol apples,
be allowed to participate. He will not
pack any special box for the event, hut
before the show will be held, the judges
will go to his apples stored in the
warehouses of the selling agencies and
select ut random a box, either of New
towns, Spitzenburgs, Arkansas Macks
or Ortleys. A prize of $100 on each of
the best packed boxes of this fruit is
proposed,
P.P.&LWILL BUILD
$18,000 STEEL BRIDGE
To carry their new 10 foot pipeline
across the Howl river the Pacific Power
& Light Co. will construct an $lrt,0(Ki
steel bridge across the Hood river par
alleling the old wooden structure on
which rest! the old pipeline. The
power company has completed to a
great extent the heavy work of the
development of its local power site. I
W ith the exception of a steep clilT side'
where steam drills have been installed
to aid in the rock work, the excavation
for the pipeline is nearly finished.
Spur tracks from the line of the Mount
Hood railroad have been built to trans
port material for the pipeline.
The channel of the river has been di
verted at a point opposite the mouth
of Indian creek, anil the pipeline will
be constructed on a foundation con
structed in the old river bed. A power
house will be built to develop 5.000
horsepower, while the foundation of
another structure, for the development
of a like amount will he completed.
STRAWBERRY CROP
MAY RE LARGER
It is probable that the strawberry
crop of the coming sc-ion will be slight
ly larger than that of last season, when
about "! carloards of Clark Seedlings
were shipped to various parts of the
United States from Hood Hiver. While
a great many of those having berry
tracts in the Lower Valley near the
city have taken out their plants, the
increase in the acreage of remoter dis
tricts will more than make up for the
loss, and the tracts just coming into
bearing will produce heavily. 'Ihe ag
gregate of the berry tracts for the en
tire valley will exceed lido acres.
The Upper Valley has heavy plant
ings coming into bearing, and 11. O.
Allen, of the Oak Grove district, will
harvest the tirst crop from I'd arris.
Ed. 1!. Winter has a tract of nine acres
coming into bearing.
CHARTER AMENDMENT
ELECTION LOST
At the special election held last
Thursday, when the citizens voted on
amendments to the city charter which
wuulil provide for the power of the cily
council to expend a sum not to exceed
$7,0(1(1 for the purchase of a library
site, on which might be built the Car
negie building, the vole cast in favor
of the amendment numbered 2.1, while
2ii0 were aginst the change in the char
ter. On the second proposition on the
uullot, providing for an amendment to
the charter witiiout any further claus
es, the numbtr voting yes reached 211,1,
while 254 voted against the proposi
tion. The number of women exercising the
privelge of the ballot reached 212.
MOST OF APPLE CROP
HAS BEEN SHIPPED
Of the wm.rum boxes of apples pro
duced in the valley last year, but b.OOO
now remain'in local Morage houses. TVe
Davidson Fruit Co. and the Hood Hiver
Apple & Storage Co. have cleaned up
their fruit. The Union still has on
hand about 2,(100 boxes of Newtowns
and Hen Davis, while the National Ap
ple Co. has about (,()()() boxes of the
same varieties.
Hy the end of the month the storage
houses will in alll probability be
cleaned out and the buildings made
ready tor the strawberry crop.
HOOD RIVER CLUB
IS OFFERING COWS
Secretary Scott, of the Conmmercial
club, has received a letter foin Thomas
H. Parker, of Corvallis, Ore., who has
been in the east the past winter select
ing a couple of carloads of cows for
the citizens of his community. Mr.
Parker, who with l. H. Shoemaker, of
Grcsham, has been milking the select
ions, states that local people may se
cure a carload of 21 young cows, tuber
culin tested fur if 107.10 each. 'Ihe ani
mals are thoroughbred. Ho has made
the suggestion that the club send a
representative to Corvallis to inspect
the two carloads of animals when they
arrive.
Wreck Delays Trains
A wreck on the Union Pacific line
last Saturday delayed all of the trans
continental trains due here Sunday, and
the only westbound service afforded
local travelers was that of the local
trains. The mail train was blocked and
people here hud no Sunday mail from
the east. The first section of train
number 17, made up of the through
westbound passenger train of the
morning and the mail train, passed
through the city at 10 :,'!( Sunday even
ing. Passengers waiting to go to
Portland were ready to take this train
but found that it curried only baggage
and mail cars. 'Ihe second section,
however, arrived at twelve o'clock.
Club to Hold Market Meeting
At its next regular session at the
Park grange hall next Tuesday afler-
noon, the West aide improvement dun
will hold a fruit market meeting. II.
F. Davidson and C. VV. Hooker will de
scribe in detail the methods to he
followed by the North Pacific Distrib
utors and the local selling organization.
The West Sidcrs will also be addressed
by Geo. Shcppard, of Central Vale,
who will talk on mutual insurance for
orchardista.
The members of the organization are
urged to turn out in force, since the
otlircrs of the club for the ensuing
year will be elected at this meeting.
Mosier Association Elects
At the annual mei ting of the Mosier
Fruitgrowers' Association, held in
Lamb's hall the election of two new
directors resulted in the selection of
Dr. C. A. Macrum and I.ee Evans, who
with the three holdovers, Amos Hoot,
J. M. Carroll and C. A. McCargar. will
constitute the board for the ensuing
year.
An auditing committee was elected,
consisting of John P. Hoss, Dr. Kohin-
son and H. E. Hrinkcr. Mosier Bulle
tin.
Judge and Mrs. H. C. Glanville ar
rived last Friday from Vancouver, H.
C, and will make their home on the
ranch recently purchased by Judge
Glanville from 15. E. Duncan. Judge
Glanville will have as his guests this
summer a number of his grandchildren.
FERRY MEN
ASK FOR AID
PETITION COUNCIL FOR A LANDING
Within Week Work Will De Beun on the
Taving of the business District of
the City Matnrials Assembled
An effort will in all probability bo
made by the city council to secure for
the Underwood and the White Salmon
ferrymen, Otis I). Treiber and 0. C.
Dean, a landing place at the foot of
First street during the high water per
iod of the Columbia.
The ferrymen presented the council
Monday night with a petition largely
signed by city business men, asking;
that hasty action be taken on securing
a landing place at a reasonable price.
The owner of the property north of the
O.-W. H. & N. tracks, the ferrymen
declare, at-ks an exhorbitant price for
the privilege of landing their boats
here during the high water period,
which usually lasts for about a month.
sum of J120 was asked from the Un
derwood ferryman and $100 from Com
modore liean. Ihe petition was re
ferred to the Judiciary committee.
I lie merchants of the city are eager
to see some action taken whereby the
ferry landing problem may be settled.
The better the service of the ferry sys
tems crossing the Columbia, the more
trade do they draw from the North
Hank disricts.
An informal report was made by City
ngineer P. M. Morse, to show the
progress that has been made on the
municipal water system. The Keli-
ance Constructon Co. has ceased work
on the distribuing system in the city.
In fact, all of the distrbutina nines
have been laid with the exception of
the largo pipe from the reservoii on
the Mayberry property on the Heights
to the down town district. The con
duction company ia hastening the lay-
nig or tne two eignt-incii pipes rrom
the city to Tucker spring. One of
these pipe lines will feed the reservoir
and the other will supply the Heights
with water. The city holies to hurrv
the completion of the hcadworks at the
spring and the connection for the
Heights, in order to eliminae the use
of the irrigation water and the filter
systems installed last year.
K. O. Hall has completed the excava
tion of the Heights reservoir and has
placed the forms for the concrete work.
However, the progress of this worK is
somewhat delayed because of failure of
the steel reinforcement to arrive.
Ihe city is making rapid headway
with numerous improvements this
spring. '1 he East !Side ranchers com
ment in complimentary terms when
traveling down the Rrade. which has
been niado wider and improved. The
outlet sewer has been completed.
Within less than a week the work on
the toiip needed pving for the busl
ness district of the city will have be
gun. The Heliunce Co. has announced
that it will start crews of men on the
task the loiter part of this week or
the first of next.
About 1001) louds of sand have al
ready been drawn from the Columbia
and placed on tho Ileilbronner lot wpst
of the business district of the city.
The material is being secured now and
placed in reuiliness for the work, be
cause of the fact that the Columbia
will be over the sand bars in a few
weeks when the work will be at ila
height.
JAPANESE FORM"
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION
With an authorized capital atock of
ifTiO.OdO, a number of the enterprising
Japanese business men of this city
have organized a company to be known
as the Japanese Savings Association.
The oflicera of tho new company,
which will he instrumental in having
the Japanese boys working in the val
ley deposit their earnings in local
hanks, are: M. Yasui, president; T.
Kuga, vice president; K. Furekawa,
secretary; S. Kayami, K. Norimatsu
and S. Kayita, auditors. The original
incorporators were M. Yasui. T. Kuga,
W. Oda and K. Chikno.
I he Japanese laborers at work in tho
valley will number 400, and it is esti
mated that they have been sending
awuy each year to the Yokohama Spe
cie Hank in San F'ranciseo the sum of
$10,000. "We want to show them that
it is better to keep their money at
home, or in Hood Hiver, and that it
will repay them a better return," says
M. Yasui.
REV. HARRIS IS
ELECTED MODERATOR
Hev. E. A. Harris, pastor of the
Hiverside Congregational churoh of this
city, who has been in Portland this
week attending the Seventeenth An
nual .meeting of the Portland associa
tion of Congregational churches, has
been elected moderator of the organiz
ation for the coming year.
Hev. Harris spoke luesday afternoon
on the subject: the Churcn as
Social Center."
Telephone Rate Case to Be Discussed
The members of the Upper Valley
Progressive Association will meet at
the Paikdale hall Saturday night at 8
p. m. with ('has. Hall or W. N. Win
ter, of the Home Telephone Co. to dis
cuss tie adjustment oi tne rate
charged by the company to its Upper
Valley subscribers. Ihe railroad com
mission, belore whicn the complaint ol
Upper Valley residents was recently
heard, has suggested to the Upper Val
ley club that the company and the citi
zens get together and make an attempt
to arrive at some rate that will be sat
isfactory to all concerned.
L'nion Directors Elect Officers
The directors of the Hood River Ap
ple Growers' Union have elected offic
ers for the ensuing year as ioiiows:
W. H.'Dickerson (reelected) president;
L. E. Clark, vice president; C. W.
Hooker, secretary. A. W. Stone, Ar
thur Lewis and Frank Fenwick weie
placed on the board to take the places
made vacant by the resignation of Dr.
Stanton Allen, Albert Sutton and F.G.
Hutchinson.
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