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mitef my? VOL. XXV HOOD IUVEK, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 17. 1913 No 7 TO EXCHANGE; We have three highly improved ranches located in the lest parts of the Lower Valley, valued at 132,000, $ 1,50() and $18,000, to exchange for Eastern farm lands prefer the Dakotae or Nekraska. These are strictly high class properties. No doubt some of you who read this have friends in these states who would like to come to Hood Kiver but cannot dispose of their property there. Here's a chance to get them out here, under favorable conditions. A fine SO acre farm in Camas Prairie District, 70 acres have been in cultivation, fair 6-room house, level land, no rock, good well. Price $S0 er acre. Will exchange for property of nearly equal value on West Side. 10 acres in Oak Grove District, 8 acres young trees and extra tine ber ries; modem bungalow, good barn, team, Jersey cow, all tools; large modern poultry plant, incubators, brooders, etc., about 200 fine White leghorn chickens; spring water piped to house and barn. This is an ideal place for fruit and poultry. Value $5,000, mortgage 13,450 at 8 per cent not due for long time. Owner must leave valley. Will trade equity for anything of value. What have joi: to offer? THE BEST INSURANCE costs no more than the ordinary. We represent millionaire companies only. If you are not protected, better phone us about it right now. ROBERTS & SIMMS Hotel Oregon Bldg. Phone 3111 When you buy a shirt bearing the Arrow label you know in advance that the color is fast, the style right, the garment well made, the fit perfect and the pattern exclusive. Arrow SHIRT offer such a wide range of patterns and fabrics that you can readily satisfy your individual taste. $1.50 and $2.00 J. G. VOGT JfeS? TOR ONLY ACCBSSORIE RBQUIRBD FORT NfcYY VVAI FRUIT JJ PARAHNE.HJBBI SEALING VVrAX, AND HEAT PRQUIRRD FOT SEALING OTHR. FRJU1TJ WS rffH. Ii M f ii 1 H wrti rm I r i -i r r - mt m You will find a nice line at our stora. We handle the Celebrated Economy, also the Well-Known Mason Jars and a full line of Caps, Rubbers and everything needed for canning. E. E. HAESSER Cash Grocery F.B.SNYDER B.B.POWELL Hood River Plumbing Co. SANITARY PLUMBING AND HEATING j& j& & Tinning and Sheet Metal WorR. Gasoline En gines, Pumps. Rams. Repairing Promptly Attended. Estimates Furnished. Office in Davidson Building Phone 1544 Third and Cascade FRUIT JARS Can your Fruit with SCHRAM FRUIT JARS Hazelwood Made from the Purest Cream In the Cleanest Way. See our window for Department Record Try Our Three-Flavor Brick Ice Cream for Sunday Dinner Always Something Delightfully New C. A. RICHARDS & CO. Phone 1191 Picture 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 Docs the Framing" I THE SQUARE DEAL I STORE Has 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 STheScenic See it at its best from the Dalles, Portland & Astoria Effective May 20, the following will be the Schedule of the Boats: Steamer Bailey Gatzert will leave Portland daily except Sunday and Monday for up river points at 7:00 A. M. Returning will leave Hood Kiver at P. M . on the same days. The Dalles City will leave Portland on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, and will leave Hood Kiver on Monday, Wednesday ami Friday. Her arrival at Hood River being about 4:30 P.M., and departure about 8:30 A. M., same depending on the amount of freight we are carrying. Portland Dock at Foot of Alder Street Land For Sale 1 have about 1,000 acres of No. 1 Apple Land, most of it under ditch at prices ranging from $ GO per acre up. In tracts from ten acres up. J. R. STEELE HoodRiver4 - - - Oregon Ice Cream We Deliver Frames Columbia river steamers of The Navigation Company. is S3 HOSIER DISTRICT SIIOWSGROWTII URGE ORCHARDS BEGIN TO BEAR Residents of Community of Handsome Humes are Enthusiastic Boosters for Columbia River Boulevard The stranger dropping oft the train at the station tf Mosier, typical country village set there on the bank of the Columbia with its oak trees giv ing color to the crag bound landscape would never suspect, if he had not al ready had some hint of the beauty of the orchard landscape he was going to behold, that he would see another Mid Columbia wonderland, where acre after acre of symetrically planted young orchards greet the eye on every hand, but one has to cross the river Styx to get to the Elyaian fields, or the Alps to get to Italy, and so the station has to be braved in order to see the Mosier hills, dotted with homes as handsome as any that can be found in the state of Oregon. The Mosier district is devoted alto gether to tree fruits. It is true that some of the growers have small tracts set to strawberries and small quantities of small vine fruits are grown, but apples, cherries and prunes are tbe chief products of Hood River'a nearest neighbor on the east. Mosier'a prunes, though in a more limited way, are as well known in the markets of the United States as are Hood River's ap ples, and in the fall of the year one ran purchase the big luscious plums in Chi cago, New York or any of the principal markets of the country, where they are shipped to be distributed to the smaller places. Fortunate is the visiting stranger who is a friend of Jack McGregor, "Happy Jack" or "Mac, the King of Scotland," as they call him there. Mr. McGregor knows everybody in Mosier district. And then, a matter of mere importance to the visiting man who wants to see the community in a short time, "Mac" has just purchased an automobile. He is the pioneer car owner of the little Mid-Columbia fruit town. They tell the story there that he bought the machine with his cherry crop returnB. He shipped three boxes from his orchard, and the next day the car was ordered. Mr. McGregor, as are all of the peo ple of the Mosier district, city and country fulk alike, twelve hundred of them, are clHmoring for the Portland Ihe Dalles hghway. They don't say Portland-Hood River highway, as do their neighbors further down the river ; for they want to see it extended on through up the river. "1 would just like to mix with your county court down there for a moment," Bays Mr. McGregor, "and I'll wager they would be willing to keep those convicts re cently ottered by Governor WeBt and have them continue their work on what will be the greatest highway, when it is completed, in the United States." And then he grew more serious but continued his criticism of the local tioaid of commissioners for having dis continued the work on the highway. "We people here are not taking as much interest as we 'should. None of us are. We ought to remain awake at nights to think of means to hasten that road. Why, if 1 had a million dollars, I would build that highway, and make one of the greatest monuments for my self that man ever set up for himself." The Mosier district shipped 40 car loads of apples last year. At the present time approximately 5,000 acres there are set to apples, one thousand already in bearing. The output of the district will increase very last now; for the younger orchards will be fast coming into bearing. While the lack of water prevents the growth of the small fruits cutlivated here as well as the raising of cover crops, the Mosier growers are proud of their non-irrigated product, which they say is superior in certain quality respects. Fifteen thousand crates of Mosier prunes were marketed last year by the Mosier Fruit Growers' Association. R. 1). Chatfield, present manager of the association, says he will market 10 carloads of cherries this year. The fruit is finer this season than ever and for the first time carload shipments are being made. 1 he fruit is being shipped through the North western Fruit Exchange. "We have already had a small vinegar plant, a private concern, established here," said Mr. Chatfield last week, and there is talk now of a cannery for the cull and low grade product. The cherry crop was very prolific this year, Frank Ginger having.shipped 12 tona from 120 trees. In the last five years, according to the estimates of the prominent grow ers, $500,000 have been expended in the Mosier district in improvements, build ings and land clearing. Nearly $100,000 have been spent in the past year and a half. Handsome homes have been built there by the following people, most of whom were former Portland business men C. A. McCargar, Ed L. Howe, H. M. Scearce, G. P. and C. A. Mor den, J. P. Carroll, G. L. Carroll, Dr. C. A. McCrum, Mark A. Mayer, C. L. McKenna, W. H. Weber, Amos Root, Lee Evans, F. E. Shogren, E. B. Ven ae!, Miss A. and M. Shogren, Ed F. Reeves, C. J. Littlepage, R. H. Cum mins, Morton & Algesheimer, C. C. lsom, R. D. Chatfield and Dr. David Robinson. Even though the residents of this favored fruit district were able to look at nothing else but their own tree cov ered hills, they might well be satisfied. But from different of points in the alley they are able to see some of the northwest's most scenic spots. Glimpses are had of Mount Hood, while the Columbia gorge is the daily specta cle of the homes in portions of the val ley. On Morden ridge, where Morden brothers are developing a tract of 200 acres, sixty of which have been cleared and planted, one of the most delightful views in the whole normwest may be had. Here one may look down across the Mosier hills and on beyond the Col umbia, a mere water ribbon at this distance, to the grain fields of Klicki tat county, and every moment the shadows of the distant landscape, where the folds of the hills at one mo ment may be dark gray and then a shifting cloudlet moving away, touched brown or vivid green in tbe sunlight. Metsrs. Morden have a handsome bung alow and the home is supplied with every convenience enjoyed by city dwellers. Another handsome country residence ii that of C. A. McCargar. His bung alow is one of the handsomest in the state of Oregon. He has 50 acres of commercial trees in bearing, one of the largest bearing orchards in the Mosier district. Dr. David Kobinson, who has a home in Mosier, where he is prac ticing physician, is also a fruit grower and is developing a handsome property. On the bench above the Columbia gorge, just a mile and a half east of Mosier town is perhaps the finest country home in the state of Oregon. Mark A. Mayer, the owner, an old bachelor, who declares he is going to retire and become a country gentle man, is spending a snug fortune in de veloping a handsome estate. To stand at the west end of his orcnard nearly three-quarters of a mile away and look up the roadway leading between an avenue of apple trees to the handsome mansion, with its colonial pillars, glis tening white in the sunshine, one rould think himself in the far south. If the eyes could be closed and again open on a road way leading down between rows of tall cotton plants, the metamor phosis would be complete. Mr. Mayer, who has spent most of his life and made a fortune in the mercantile busi ness, although a native Oregonian was for many years a resident of New York. He is now connected with Port land business concerns but spends the greater portion of his time in Mayer- dale, as he has christened the village surrounding his colonial mansion, the cottages which house his chickens, bis farm employes and his fancy horses. Mr. Mayer is an enthusiastic chicken fancier and has incubated 12(H) little chicks this spring. He has a large hennery and supplies the Multnomah hotel with the eggs. His chicken houses are kept in the best of condi tion. They are constructed in the most convenient fashion that carpenters can contrive. While Mr. Mayer's home, surrounded by vineclad pergolas, green lawns and old fashioned and new gardens, is a marvel of beauty from the outside, the eyes of his visitors also feast on pic ture of elegance and convenience on the interior. It is complete from base ment to ceiling. Almlin a with his lamp, if he had been a country gentle man could not have wished for more. One may consider the town of Mosier insignificant as compared with the hills back of it yet the village itself is growing and bids fair to become more thriving than the ordinary station of 250 souls. The Pat-tic Bridge Co. is at the present time installing a giant rock crushing plant at the west end of the town, the new enterprise will employ 50 men. The output is to be used by the O-.W. R. & N. Co. in ballasting ts double tracks now under construc tion and being planned. The town has four stores. E. M. Straus, a newcomer whose former home was in Wisconsin, has just opened a large department store. Mr. Straus ia also an orchardist and is building a handsome home in the town. Mosier has its library where well tilled shelves are made use of by the residents of town and surrounding country. It is proposed by Mosier people to continue the construction of a highway, two miles of which have already been completed, up the Columbia and thus form a link in the boulevard from Iortland. it is declared that for 11 miles of the way the old right of way of the O. R. &N . Co. can be made use of and th.it the road can be built at a slight expense. 1 he visitor to the town of Mosier or to the country surrounding it cannot but he impressed that the citizens of this district are a wonderful little unit in the making of a moie beautiful, prosperous and progressive Oregon. COUNCIL AGITATES NEW WIRING ORDINANCE At the instigation of Councilman Bell, the city council lit its Monday night meeting, after a discussion, in structed the judiciary committee to bring in an ordinal. ce that will provide for the common use of poles in the city limits by electric power companies and telephone companies. Two power com panies, the Hydro-Electric and the Hood Kiver Gas & Electric Co., are doing business in the city as are two telephone companies, the Oregon Washington Co. and the Pacific 'tele phone & Telegraph Co. The council last year passed an ordi nance requiring the companies to read just their lines in conformance with the state law. The improvement of the cross streets between Fifth and the end of the im proved portions of Cascade and Oak streets was discussed. 1 he property owners in the districts involved ex pressed the opinion that it would be better to di?fer the improvement of these thoroughfares, since they had al ready been put to beavy expense. It is thought, however, that no small trouble will be experienced this winter in keening Cascade avenue free from the silt that will wash down from the unimproved streets. Sam W. Stark took his place on the council Monday night. MRS. BEMJImT MIX PLAY AT CHAUTAUQUA Mrs. J. F. Beaumont, wife of Dr. J F. Beaumont, who owns a ranch in the Summit district, will come here during the chautauqua, and will play several selections on the night of the classical music program. Mrs. Beaumont is one of the best known pianists in.Portand. She is also prominent in social and club circles, being regent for Oregon of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The orchestra, which is under man agement of Arthur Clarke, is also mak ing extensive preparations ior tne oc casion. Wm. Chandler, whose artistic playing of the violin is known through out the state, will conduct the orches tra. He has been busy now for the nast two weeks arranging the music for the chautauqua and in selecting music for the different nights. Water Permits For County During the quarter ending June ISO, two permits for the approbation of water have been granted by the state engineer to Hood River county real dents. Chas. Gray, of Wyeth. has been granted the privilege of making use of a tenth of a second loot oi tne waters oi Grays creek for domestic purposes. F, E. Newby has secured tne appropria tion of three and a half second leet for the use of operating a sawmill. The water appropriated by Mr. Newy is from Perm creek west of the city. ALL READY FOR TIIEBIG EVENT CHAUTAUQUA NOW MAIN OBJECT Performers Rehearse-Tents Rise Like Mushrooms -New Name Significant of Valley Will Be Chosen All the family is now discussing the Chautauqua. The baby and grand mother, all are talking of the pleasant days that are to be spent in the woods in the Woodworth park next week. Every convenience will be made for the older people of the community, and a special play ground has been ar ranged for the children. The shade of old Abe Buchanan, the first white man to drink in the pure atmosphere of the region of the Lava springs, it is prob able, has heard of the fete and no doubt will watch the merry makers from the pinnacle of the l.atva Beds. Local people will begin to arrive at the place of the sylvan soiree next Sunday and many families will be encamped by Monday. A competition will be inaugurated at the opening of the Chautauqua tu se lect a new name for Hood River's big annual event. It is becoming more and more apparent that the word "Chau tauqua will not answer. There are "chautauquas" everywhere, the news papers are full of them; but nowhere on the entire coast is there to be found an event of the nature and scope of the Hood River encampment. A cash prize will be given fur the best auggested name, the selection to be made on the last night. Address all names to the Chautauqua headquarters on the grounds, marked "Name Contest." A special meeting was held Friday morning at the Commercial club for the purpose of considering the encamp ment from a broader and more compre hensive standpoint. The affair has al ready practically outgrown ita original purpose, that of amusing only Hood River people, and it is plainly apparent that it is making a strong appeal to outsiders; something that was never thought of when George I. Sargent evolved the original idea. Those pres ent were W. L. Clark, E. O. Blanchar, P. S. Davidson, Charles Hall, H. K. Davidson, Truman Butler, J. H. Heil bronner, R. W. Pratt, R. E. Scott and C. N. Ravlin. A special committee, consisting of Truman Butler, C. N. Ravlin and J. 11. Heilbronner, was ap pointed to visit Portland this week and extend a personal invitation to the leading railway officials, leading bank ers, and liht and power people to at tend the last two days of the encamp ment and see for themselves just what the future possibilities are. It will be welcome news to their hosts of admirers to learn that those famous Dutch comedians, Clarke and Gilbert, have consented to produce a brand new Dutch act on the vaudeville program the last night. Gilbert, up to within a few days ago, did not figure on being here during the Chautauqua week, but he has finally arranged his plans so he will be enabled to partic- iate. The Tuesday night symphony concert under the capable leadership of Will- am Chandler gives promise of being of surprising excellence. Chandler ia developing into a leader of whom Hood Kiver may justly feel proud, lhe fol- owing is the prorgain he has arranged : March, selected. Selection, "Time, Place and The Girl," Howard. Waltz, "Pequant," Frans Lehar. Sextette from Lucia Di Lammer- moor, Donaetii. Barcarole, Ialesof Hoffman, Of fenbach. Overture, "Salute to Erin," La- motte. Wedding March from Midsummer Nights Dream, Mendelssohn. Selection, Bright Eyes, Karl Ho8chna. Waltz, "Spring Maid, Heinrich I'einhardt. Selection, "Red Widow," Chas. de- beat. March, selected. The grounds are humming with in- lustry this week. Tenta are going up like mushrooms and in every depart ment there is a hustle that speaks well for an early completion. J he tents that are being arranged in groups are so closely intermingled that it is im possible to form any cliques as was at first feared. It will be one great big family party from beginning to end. A committee of "mixers" will be formed when the encampment begins whose duty will be to keep thing stir ring all the time. On rridav, the 2!th, everything and everybody all over the valley will move toward the encampment. I he Hood River stores will all close all day and it will be the duty of all to lend their presence to the Chautauqua. A special train service will be insti tuted on the Mount Hood Railway on Friday and Saturday. The morning train will leave Hood River at9:.i0 o'clock, returning from Parkdale at 1 o'cock. Tbe afternoon train leaves Hood River at 4:30 o'clock, arriving at the grounds in time for dinner. On the return trip it will leave Parkdale about 10:H0o clock, or alter the show. A special Chautauqua round trip rate has been made of $1.20. C. K. Osgood, who has been actively rehearsing with his six "Apple Blos soms has changed his nrst selection to the popular "The Trail of the Lone some Pine, " which is just now going the rounds of the big vaudeville cir cuits. Captain Mcdan has just sent word that he will be unable to attend the Chautauqua and is therefore obliged to cancel his act. Those who have Been Dorothy Ep ping's new original Egyptian dance in rehearsal unhesitatingly say it will te one of the sensations of the Saturday night program. For an amateur Miss Epping possesses a talent in this line that is astounding. The most enthusi astic of her friends say she is a second Isodora Duncan. The Chautauqua ball, which takes place on Wednesday night, is attracting a great deal of attention. From pres ent indications the beautiful open air ball room will be taxed to its capacity. A. W. Peters will be master of cere monies, assisted by Crawford Lemmon, Claude Thompson and others of the floor committee. An excellent floor has been laid, nearly as large as Heilbron ner hall. Dancing will also be indulged in here every night after the shows. Rev. Billie Sunday, who is here 'nntinued on Last Page.) 1