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HOOD MVKU, OHKC.ON, TlIHlSIUY, .UGlST 21. 191:1
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TO EXCHANGE:
1120 acres stock ranch 5 miles fromPauliana, Crook Count v, Oregon.
130 acre natural meadow from which 1M0 to 350 tons of hay in rut each
year. 100 acres grain land, balance good pasture. Good buildings. Price
118.00 per acre. Will trade for Hood River Orchard land. This ia ime of
the finest horse and cattle ranches in the northwest.
875 acres 8 miles west of Kugrne, :i.50 acres in finest state of cultiva
tion with best crops in Willamette Valley. Oats crop now on land will
yeild 75 to 80 bushels per acre. Flax :t.' to 40 bushels r acres, wheat,
corn and other crops in proportion ; balance of land partially o-n timber
and tine pasture; family bearing orchard, two tine creeks. Fine set of
buildings with all modern improvements. This is one of the finest farms
we have ever seen. Trice $05.00 per acre. Will take up to $."0,0O0 in other
property, balance 7 years at 6 per cent.
20 acres fine 4 year old trees in goo. I district on F'.ast Side to trade
for land .on Went Side. Owner lives on West ide and wants to get his
properties eloper together. Would consider oitv piopertv.
Continental Health and Accident Insurance provides prompt pay
ment for loss of time caused by sickness or accident in any form. A hI
icy without restrictions insurance for all diseases and every form of acci
dent. This great policy can be purchased for as little as $1.00 per month.
There have been seventeen accidents in this community in the past ten
days. You may be next. Better see us about this today.
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I las a Full Stock uf
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Agent for
Bean Power and Hand Spray
Pumps
Hose, Rods and Nozzles
Bluestone and Lime
Oliver Plows and Extras
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THIRD AND CASCADE STS. HOOD RIVER, ORCCON
ffi The Scenic
See it at its best from the river steamers of The
Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company.
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 River at 4:80 1. M. on the eame days.
The Dalles City will leave Portland on Sunday, Tuesday and Tliursdav,
anil will leave Hood Kiver on Monday, Wednesday and 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
The YALE is the latest word in Motor Cycles.
A time saver for theorchardist. Let me show you
1912 MODELS FROM $160 TO $230
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OfHc at Columbia Auto (b Mtchlnt Gar
White River
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Makes Bread Havingthe
Old Bready Flavor
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SIEG RETURNS
VERYMIISTIC
CROP STATISTICS ARE GATHERED
Consignments Tabooed, He Says, and .
P. F. D. A. Meeting with Favor from
Trade -Pears Start to Roll
1 he convention of the International
Apple Shippers' Association just
clsoed at Cleveland was the largest in
the history of the apple industry, ac
cording to Wilmer Sieg, who has just
returned irom me west ana Middle
West to this city. "And Hood River
took her share of the honors." de
clarcs Mr. Sieg, who is sales manager
01 me worm ractne fruit Distributors
with headquarters at this city. "We
took the first prize among the North
western districts for our display of
green iruu, aim nail we nave hail the
quantity that was displayed by some
of the Eastern sections we would have
taken the sweepstake honors.
"The Eastern apple trade is welcom
ing the North Pacific Fiuit Distribu
tors as a moralizing influence toward
putting apple marketing on a strict
cash f. o. b. basis. We will absolutely
eliminate all consignments of fruit.
Our ollices already established are
meeting with favor from the trade and
are well suppurted. Our Minneapolis
olfice is in charge of Louis blot, who
has many years experience in the dis
tribution of boxed apples, having for
merly been connected with the Yakima
Fruit Growers' Union. H. J. Sehif
erle will take charge of the distribut
ing center at Omaha. He has a full
knowledge of the Middle Western
trade and demands. H. K. Smith, for
merly of the Payette, Idaho, Fruit
Growers' Association, will be in
charge of the Chicago otlice.
Mr. Sieg states that he and Mr.
Davidson will have charge of the New
York offices and the export trade. Mr.
Davidson, who is president of the Dis
tributors, left the convention for New
York and will return here the latter
part of the week. Immediately after
his arrival, meetings will be held in
the different districts. The informa
tion gathered by Mr. Davidson and
Mr. Seig while on their eastern trips
will be given to the growers and an
opening price will be set on the apples.
mr. naviuson win return 10 New jork
as soon as the local iruit crop is
housed. Mr. Sieg will probably spend
the later winter and spring months in
the Kast.
"We are placing our own represen
tatives in every apple market in the
United States," says Mr. Sieg. "They
will handle our fruit absolutely. We
have established offices in Hamburg
and London.
"There is an excellent atmosphere
about the apple market and the best
01 encouragement lor a prosperous
year for Northwestern fruit growers
prevails. in the Kast and Middle
West, the crop is moderate and the
quality is rather poor in many places
The best course for the Northwestern
grower will be that of conserving his
product until the trash is otf the mar
ket. To stimulate a demand we must
open with a price that will work to
ward sh large a consumption as possi
ble. With our divided interest here
last year we opened our prices at such
a figure that we experienced a steady
decline. We want to reverse that
state of affairs this year by making
the price on limited quantities moder
ate enough to stimulate a demand.
And with a demand created the crop
will move well.
"The apple crop of Europe ia in
about the same state as that of the
Kast, and there will be a good demand
for export boxed goods. I visited Col
orado. They have excellent quality
fruit there but the estimates have
been placed too high. The sale of Col
orado fruit and that from Utah will be
militated against because of their
methods of packing. Colorado grow
ers box their fruit in layers and the
Utah growers what ia known as the
jumble pack, neither of them wrap
ping the apples."
Sam G. Campbell, who has recently
visited all other Northwestern fruit
districts except Wenatchee and those
of Montana, says that the growers of
all districts must make a concerted
effort to get rid of fireblight. Mr.
Campbell, who is one of the chief in
spectors of the Distributors, will spend
tiie remainder of the season making
visits to the different districts super
vising the pack and grading of fruit.
The first carload of Hood River
pears was started rolling Tuesday.
The shipment consisted of Hartletts.
This fruit is expected to yield the
growers top prices this year, and all
orchardists with pears are urged to fol
low the methods of bulletins issued by
the Association in their packing.
VINEGARUNT AD
DITION IS ASSURED
Members of the Commercial Club
committee declare that the addition
to the vinegar factory is assured. The
committee has given out the following
statement :
"The committee from the Commercial
Club that have been interviewing the
Growers in the Valley about taking
stock in the Hood Kiver Apple Vinegar
Co. have about enough signed up to
assure the building of the addition this
fall required to take care of the cull
apples.
"It will be impossible to interview
personally every grower about this
proposition and in order that all may
know about it we will briefly outline
the plans.
"The Growers are asked to take
stock in the Vinegar company, one
share for each acre of bearing orchard,
payable during the next two years in
cull apples. It is necessary to build
from 150,000 to 200,000 gallons more
tankage this fall. They have about
175,000 gallons of vinegar left from
last years' crop which must stand in
open tanks for six months to a year,
as the high class trade demands an
aged vinegar with more color.
"The Hood Kiver plant is turning
out as high grade vinegar as any plant
in the country and is building up a fine
trade for their product. If the grow
ers take the proper interest, they will
start building a first class cannery and
evaporator early next spring.
"This will give us an outiet for the
over-ripe berries that are now going
to waste every year and encourage
growing other fruits and vegetables
that will mean many thousands of dol
lars to the Vallev.
This is a matter of great Jimport
ance to every owner of land in Hood
Kiver and instead of waiting to see
what the other fellow is going to do,
the Growers should interest themselves
and see that all their neighbors have
signed up for stock and encourage the
Company in building up a plant that
will be a credit to the Valley. Stuck
holders will be given first considera
tion and have an assured outlet for
their culls this fall."
Meeting at Park Grange Hall
A meeting of the West Side growers
has been called for tonight at eight
o'clock at Park Grange hall bv the
West Side Improvement club. Those
who are interested in the addition to
the vineirar factory and who hu
been interviewing the West Side grow
ers, nna growing interest in the pro
posed by-products industry, and a
large crowd will be present for the
meeting this evening.
The growers of Odell responded well
Monday night, when the Commercial
Club committee met with them and
made short talks as to the need of the
increased institution.
CAMPERS BOOST
LOST LAKE ROAD
TV il . ,
r.ninusiasuc in ineir expressions as
10 me seenery or the region, the tol
lowing party returned last Friday from
a camping expedition on the shores of
Lost Lake, where they had been spend
ing ten days: Editor Geo. Robbins, of
the Pendleton Live Wire, Mrs. Robbins
and S. R. Oldaker, of Pendleton ; Dr.
Kalph Davis, Mrs. K. E. Morgan, Mrs
Edith Toiler Weatherred, J. K. Ready
and Albert Tozier. of Portland: and
juuge w. it. Mollis, of Forest Grove
' We had the feast of our lives
says Mrs. Weatherred, "for the huck
leberries were ripe and our hunters
furnished us with all the venison we
could eat. Judge Hollis became an ex
pelt fisherman and added to his laurels
by catching a fine lot of beauties from
the deep cool waters of the lake. Lost
Lake ik one of the most beautiful of
the Northestern scenic snots: but in
deed, it well deserves the name Lost
Lake; for the roads leading into the
placid, blue body of water are very
poor,, and yet it is well worth the
journey.
Several members of the nartv. in
cluding Mrs. Weatherred and Judge
Hollis, are prominently connected with
the Good Roads movement, and thev
expressed themselves as being alto
gether out of sympathy with the atti
tude the Portland authorities have
taken in regard to the closing of the
Hull Run reserve. The members of
the party declared that it was not
thought that the road would cause any
pollution, and thev have made a study
oi iusi such roans.
"The Loop Boulevard as has been
proposed, the Lost Lake road connect
ing with the Columbia River f.ighway,"
says Mrs. Weatherred, "will form one
of the most magnificent drives for the
motorist in the world. The people of
rortiann snouiu tie wining to aid in
this work instead of retarding it."
The members of the party are also
going to make an investigation of the
possible methodn of destroying the
many water dogs that infest the lake
and that swarm in the hundreds over
the beds of the spawning fish, eating
the spawn. The lake trout will soon
become extinct if this menace is not
stopped, and Judge Hollis and others
of the party have declared that they
will endeavor to get the state authori
ties to aid in the work.
'I he wttter dogs are said to swarm
by the millions at the mouth of the
creek from which the waterB of the
lake have their source. They are so
numerous there at times that the
vater is fairly black.
Mr. and Mrs. Robbins, while on the
trip, occupied the tent used by Gen.
Lawton, while in the Philippines. The
canvas has no less than a dozen bullet
holes in it. It was brought back from
the Islands by Albert Tozier, who re
vived it as a souvenir of the days spent
there. One evening a very hard rain
fell, and Mr. and Mrs. Robbins found
the bullet hides the source of no small
annoyance, for small rivulets were
soon streaming through them. "And
they were almost impossible to rem
edy," said the Pendleton editor.
COUNTRY CUSTOMERS
"Give our country customers as good
streets as we ourselves have," was the
sentiment expressed in the petition of
the Hood River Retail Merchants'
LeaRue submitted to the city council
at the meeting last Monday evening.
The retail men asked that the city
take steps to macadamize the portion
of State street between the end of the
llassam paving and the west approach
to the wagon bridge across Hood
Kiver, which they declared would get
in a frightfully muddy condition dur
ing the winter months. The mer
chant also asked that the bridge be re
planked, declaring that the present
uneven state of the flooring was not
only injurious to the vehicles but to
the bridge itself.
A petition was received from resi
dents living along Sherman avenue be
tween Ninth and Twelfth streets, ask
ing that concrete sidewalks be placed
on the north side of the street before
wintertime. The petition was re
ferred to the street committee. Dr.
II. L. Dumble was granted grades in
front of his property fronting on Ninth
street, that he might build walls there
and protect his property from excava
tions recently made in the grading of
the street.
Action was taken by the council at
the report of the street committee to
build a plank walk from the O.-W. K.
& N. station to the Underwood ferry
landing, and the assurance was given
that the road leading to the landing
would be kept in good condition.
Autoists Should Show Lights
Numerous automobilists are travel
ing over the roads of the county after
dark without displaying either front or
rear lights, according to shentr John
son. "We isBtie this friendly warning
to owners of cars," says the sheriff,
"but if the law is going to be so wil
fully or negligently disobeyed, every
effort will be made to bring the offen
ders to tow."
LOCAL PEOPLE IN
TRAINROBBERY
MR. AND MRS. BONE ARE VICTIMS
Soo-Spokane Train Robbed by Masked
Bandits in Sullivan's Gulch as it
Left Portland Tuesday Night
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Local people aboard the Suo-Spokane
ain of the O-W. R. & N. Co., which
trai
as nem up ami robbed in Sullivan's
Gulch under the East Twelfth street
viaduct as it whs leaving Portland
Tuesday night were: Mrs. V. C
Hrock, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Hone, Rev.
W. B. Young and family and P a'
Hudson and family, the latter of Dee.
However, only Mr. and Mrs. Bone,
who were on the observation car, the
passengers of which together with
those of the Pullman sleeper next to
it. being the only ones molested by the
robbers, suffered a loss of money and
jewelry. V. W. Hill, a traveling sales
man for the Burroughs Adding Machine
Co., and C. A. Kling, of the Marshall
Wells Hardware Co., were on the train
en route to this city, as was N. C.
Evans, president of the Hydro-Electric
Co., who now resides in Portland. Mr.
Hill was the first man relieved of his
valuables. He says:
"The men were rank amteurs, and I
think that both of those entering the
observation car and relieving the pass
engers of their valuables were drunk.
"I was seated on the rear of the ob
servation car with a young woman
friend. Miss Eleanor McLeod, who was
en route to Idaho. We heard the noise
of a shot ahead as the train came to a
stop, supposing it to be a torpedo, and
then the two men, drawing their guns,
boarded the car and ordered everyone
to enter the train.
"Miss McLeod, as we entered, man
aged to slip a handsome diamond ring
from her linger into her mouth, thereby
saving it, and moat of the passengers
had sufficient warning to hide their
valuables.
"The loot taken by the robbers, who
left the train after going through the
enervation car and the sleeper next to
ii, was small. Jt took them 20 min
utes to complete their work.
"I was at the end of the train and
the first man relieved of his valuables.
"As the boyish-looking robber, who,
in the excitement, had torn the blua
handkerchief masking from around his
head, passed me, the odor of liouor
was noticeable. lie was of medium
height and had a black, stubbly mus
tache. His companion seemed to be
Bailout 25 years old and was apparently
staggering from the effects of liquor.
T1. I k I i i
ifBi-cim Lirnneiuan enucavoreu
to slip his watch from the breast
pocket of his coat as he entered the
observation car and the young robber
snot at mm, the buLet entering the side
of the car about a foot from my head."
Mr. Klin was on the train well
ahead and raising the window near
him tried, by shouting through an im
provisid megaphone made from a news
paper to attract the attention of people
passing over the viaduct. One of the
men threatening to shoot, made him
close the window. "Shut up," he
shouted, "and get your head back in that
window. We are running this eame.
Mr. Hone was robbed of only a small
sum of money, a live dollar no d niece
and ten cent silver coin However, the
robber snatched from Mrs Hone, her
chatelaine bag and a necklace. The
women in the observation ear exhib
ited an admirable presence of mind 'and
bravery. When the passneuera were
ordered to move forward from the ob
servation car into the Bleeper next to
it, Mrs. Rone and other women urged
the men to go in front, leaving the
women between thu robbers and the
other car, thinking that the veggmen
would not shoot women. And on en
tering the car, Mrs. Hone and others
went from berth to berth warning the
passengers who had already retired to
hide their valuables. The robbers
were slow in their work and many had
time to hide watches, purses nad jew
els. One man who had a thousand dol-
ars in currency on his person rushed
to the rear end of the sleeper and
slipped the money into the toilet room
there, thus saving it.
"While the last man who entered the
cars seemed to be onto his job," says
Mr. Done, "the gunman was evidently
an amateur and had taken too much
dutch courage." It was the opinion of
many that the gunman was drunk.
1 he leader of the robbers entering
the car berated the passengers for be
ing "cheap stiffs," and declared that
they were holding out on him.
Ihe men are thought to have boarded
the train at the East Portland station.
Climbing over the tender they ordered
the fireman and engineer to halt the
train which was running about ten
miles an hour. The fireman jumped
down and made a getaway, giving the
alarm.
As the two robbers who had entered
the cars left the train, it is thought
that one of them shot Joe Barron, who
lies in a mortally wounded condition at
the St. Vincent's hospital, and who
declares that he was stealing a ride to
The Dalles. Officers think that Barron
is the yeggman who ran down the side
of the train while it was stopped
shooting to frighten the passengers and
that he was shot by one of his compan
ions who took him for an officer.
Thursday night's holdup is the first
one of an O W. R. & N. train in nearly
five years. The last holdup took
place about five years ago near Clar
nie, six miles out from Portland.
It was engineered by three men.
They unhooked the mail and express
cars and ran them about a mile and a
half down the track. They then dyna
mited the express car and took its val
uables, consisting of a small amount
of money, some watches and a few
diamonds.
All the men involved in the holdup
were captured shortly afterward by
Sheriff Stevens' office, convicted after
pleading guilty, and sent to the peni
tentiary. They were Peter Strof, alias
"Dutch Pete, Bill Brooks, and Jack
Hayes. Brooks got four years, the
other two VI year sentences.
Brooks died in the penitentiarj.
while Strof and Hayes were later re-
aseil and are now out on parole.
Strof was paroled to Sheriff Stevens in
person, ami has to report to him.
Bnor to mis mere were iwo ciner
holdups in or near Sullivan's gulch.
"Governor West s prison policy lost
an ardent supporter, said Mr. Hill
here yesterday morning. "1 now sin
cerely believe such veggmen should
meet with immediate drastic action.
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