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HOOD RIVER, OREGON', THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6. 1913,
VOL. XXV
No 23
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Pumps
Hose, Rods and Nozzles
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A Vision of Bred
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and toothsome, that every
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dream of all good house
keepers. You can realize that
vision by trying our bread.
Once you use it on your ta
ble you H'ill never want to be
without it. Why bother with
baking when we can do
better? Six loaves for 25c.
Ask for tickets.
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Fourth and State Hood River, Ore.
d. Mcdonald
THIRD AND CASCADE STS.
HOOD RIYER, OREGON
PHOTO
It is IMPORTANT that you come now for your
Xmas Photos. New Styles. Come NOW while line
is complete. Also the BEST Cameras, Films and
Papers.
DEITZ PHOTO STUDIO
Effective May 20, the following will be the Schedule of the Boats:
Steamer Bailey Gatzert will leave Portland Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday for up river points at 7:00 A. M.
Returning will leave Hood River Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday.
The Dallea CHjr will leave Portland on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday,
and will kfcve Hood River on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Her arrival at Hood River being about 4:30 P. M., and departure
about 8:80 A. M., same depending on the amount of frei'fht we are
carrying. Portland Dk. at Foot of Alder Street
is
Independent Meat Co.
Phone 1011 307 Oak Street
Honest weights and fair prices guaranteed. No
cut prices, all served alike. When in the market for
a square deal, courteous and prompt service come to
us; we are always pleased to see you. Country
orders given careful attention. Give us a trial order.
HEIGHTS GARAGE
J. L. VOLSTROFF, Prop.
General Repairing Autos and Gasoline
Engines, Plumbing and Plumbing Sup
plies, Tile and Pipes
Fisk and Goodyear Tires and Tubes
in Stock
1216 C STREET, THE HEIGHTS
Near Holman't Market
WEST OREGON
APPLES SHIPPED
of apple to New York or Chicago.
The. ear will be routed out about No
vember 12. All member of tbe local
association desiring to tend applea in
thenar should notify us."
Gift care of fruit ba been shipped
out oo former years When apples
Mfcn thm Ha. t i r.mt i,n if thjk lha.
WILLAMETTE DISTRICTS AHTE J araeot the. remainder of the. we'y. by
ex press.
Dividsoa Tells of Method of fort. Pao
Distributor ii HindliBf Yetr'ft
Fruit Crop
Vinegar Factory Working Overtiae
prinri
says Mr. Davidson. "We now have
III listed agencies at Dallas. Mod
mouth. Independence. Eugene, Corval
lis. Brownsville, Lebanon ant) Rose
burg, that are shipping through. our
sub-central office here et Hood. Kiver.
"The crop of these districts is light.
but the quality is very good tbie year,
he growera have been following tbe
methods of spraying and care advised
bv the exoerta of the Oregon Asricul
tural College, and except for worms.
which have badly damaged the applet
in some districts, tbe fruit la In tbe
best of shape. The growers hsve,, rjd
their orchards or rungs.
'We will handle between 50 and 75
carloads of apples from those points
nd at least oUU carloads or potatoes.
Mr. Davidson declares that the gen
eral marketing situation is verv favor
ble. In aome or. eailcrn districts it
a somewhat depressed on account of
the sale of tramp cars. However, the
local Apple Growera Association and
the Distributors sre having no trouble
making deliveries of their f, o. b.
in
sales,
The
5f The Scenie Columbia 5)
See it at its best from the river steamers of The
Dalles, Portland & Astoria Navigation Company.
"With tbe building stored from sttic
to cellar with fruit, we are now work
ing nigbt and day. save C J. Calkins,
manager ox the Hood Kiver Apple Vin
egar Co. "We are now. working 20
men.
Wagons of growers sre daily deliver.
ing too after ton of cull fruit, and tbe
grinders, end presses of the factory are
trning then into sweet cider. A por
tion of tbe eider is prepared .and roar-
nnlea. r.hh.M and mtatoea from the "tea aweei. wniie ue grester portion
nnciule Willamette valley diatricU." of. tor1 In buga tanks for aging
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The cooperative movement in the I
ndling of fruit is fast growing in
the Willamette valley, according to H.
Davidson, who has just returned
from a tour of the cities In which tbe
Distributors have affiliated, or sanita
tions. "We sre handling moat of the
ELECTION GOES
FOR MRECALL
OLD BOARD WILL RETIRE TODAY
Calm Follows Ekctioa State and County
Will Uphold Measures Placed on
Referendura Ballot
alter it passes through the generators.
deliveries by
tbe
y growers, to
wsrehouses bsve fallen off this. week.
the growers having taken advantage
of the good weather to get their crops
under cover. The grower's estimates
have all been low. Nevertheless, it is
difficult to get enough standard, van
ties and sizes to till the orders that sre.
coming in, s crest many of which, be
cause of the lack of standard varieties
and grades, nave w be refused.
"We are going to get out tbe first or
Mr. Dsvidson,
FRUIT MEN TO TALK
ON IMPORTANT TOPICS
Among the.' papers to be presented
end discussed at the 2SU annual meet
ing of tbe Oregon State Horticultural
Society Jat Portland, December 10-12.
and during the aame week as tbe Live
stock Show sre the following :
"Foreign Markets For. Our Fruit,"
Hon. H. B. Miller. Being tbe results
obteined by Mr. Miller as chairman of
tbe committee oo foreign markets in
writing to United States consuls.
"Uses, of Fruits From aOomeatie
Science Standpoint: Cooking -V slues in
Various Months, Miss Avs B. Milam.
domestic science department Oregon
Agricultural College.
' Cooperative C anneries Experiences
Dunne the fast tear.' George Tinker.
manages Corvalli esnnery; J. U. Holt,
manager,. Eugene, cannery ; H. C At-
well, manager horeat Grove cannery.
Drying Prunes end Loganberries.
V, K. Brown, uregon Agricultural Col
lege.
"Fertilisers; Recent Experiments in
Orcbsrd Fertilization," FY C. Brad-
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lora, uregon sirgicuiesrai iicge.
Transportation by Steamer! Special
Reference to Panama Canal." "Drying
Appfce, end. By-Products," "Brown
Rot,' Prof. H. S. Jsckson, Oregon
Agricultural college.
As s cslra sfter a storm, so has the
political pot in Hood River county
ceased to bubble. The recall earried,
and yesterday tbe old board of county
commissioners sttended to their Isst
duties, passing on bills for the pest
month snd settling up other couoty
business.
E. E. Stanton, candidate on tbe re
call ticket, who was elected judge, wss
in ids city vesieraay morning and waa
being congratulated by many of those
who had strongly opposed the recall.
Those who abhorred the recall end op
posed it on principle, express the sen
timent tnat the new court.' provided
their platform policies sre carried out.
will be supported. Commissioner J.K.
Putnam received the highest number
of votes of sny of the defeated candi
dates. The complete unotlicisl returns
by precipcts.wss as follows:
next week, says Mr. usvidson. a
boxoTtbe a lKUwlf.Or.wTArJcQltur.1 College
J!A .iVi,',i..iy2..1JtXi "Metbode of Handling snd Process-
iiavo uceii jiu i.u Kiuni iu wu ... i . ... p.,,,,- j- t tt...mR.M
H a , v at vtwiuuviu wins
n. T. Jenks.
"Variety Adaptation of Fruits." C.
A. Mslboeuft chairman, of committee,
essiated by Prof. C. 1. Lewis snd Al
bert Brownell.
Various other pspers on drying snd
handling the prune by growera W. S.
Allen. Dundee : Robert Johnson. Cor'
vsllis! George Msrsh, Roteburg; Z. L,
Chamberlain. Newberg, and others.
"Coves Crops," Bruce Cunningham,
Salem.
"Use of Manure In Building Un the
orchard,' A. U. W eat, Salem.
"Care or Orchard Cover Crops," air,
Skinner. Rosebur.
"Heading Back Trees. " S.;D. fcvans.
Umpqoa.
COUNTY WILL LEVY
MlLLAGE LIBRARY TAX
number that have been received. The
grower, of course, knows the number
of boxes of fruit be baa, delivered, and
he can tell lust exactly how much be
has received on accont, We shall make
out these statements monthly.
Mr. Davtdaon spends a great desl of
his time st the central office of the
Distributors st Spokane. "W ben one
has the privilege of reading the im
mense number of telergams coming in
to thst ofliee from all parts, of the
world," he says, "asking for prices on
BDoles snd makina otters, it is verv
alarming to consider the possibilities
of getting back to the basis or bapbq
ard fruit marketing.
Freuuent v buvers will telegraph in
tor quotations snd they sre made, uey
will come back offering from five to
ten cents a box less, sfl tbe cane may
be, and will insist for several tele
erams in succession, thst it is impos
sible for them to use the fruit st the
Drices we ouote. snd when they finally
learn that during the period of the
controversy the very fruit they, have
been figuring on has been so'd to some
other buyer, snd thst it is then off the
market it is very interesting to read
their final telegram of disappointment,
They make urgent requests, for the
Distributors to give them st least s
part of the fruit and if unable, to do so
to suggest a substitute, a gooa msoy
doalers bsve not yet learned wbst s
quotation means. Tbcy seem to con
sider it ss a mere starting price, sod
alwava Insist on cuts.
This icuson ta the first one in too
history cf the box spple industry, or st
least since the industry has ssaumed
any large proportions, when tbe sellers
have been able to name s price and
stick to it. In the fsce of tbe bearish
attitude assumed by a great many buy
era, the market men have been able to
advance the price from time to time,
snd to make this sdvsnced price stand
without s wsver.
This aeason the North Fscinc Fruit
Distributors bsve marketed quite s lot
of fruit which nets back to the growers
between 12 and S3 per box. Heretofore
Wben such prices nsve been received
, K
3 to B 31 M a.
Dm t It I H S SS
lUWwln TO iai 134 71 70
South Hood River.... 7t IMS ITS 78 178 7S
Caarad Locks ... 67 S3 31 (o SS 67
Kaal Huod Hivtr US 7 70 SS S3 W
HilM GrOV . . . . '. 77 89 78 7 ! St
Hood Him Cmtvr ... 12 DMI m M 2 lttt
Wort Hood Kivtr STS m m IH 131 I'M
Qdott..... m k m st as se
Total. 1 868 SS 9M 852 M 870
Tbe old court wss eontrscting busi
ness ss usual yesterday morning, and
today, as soon ss the county cleric
csn finish the official count of the bal
lots, tbey will step aside snd the new
members will be sworn in.
Wo election in the county wss ever
more exciting then Tuesday's snd the
largest vote ever polled in tbe county
was east. The vote at the last general
election for chief justice of the su
preme court wss 1,746. The total num
ber east Tuesday for judge waa 1.804.
Still many citizens did not vote. The
list wss swelled by the msny women
voting. About a third, of the voters in
the city were women. Women sat on
the election boards in slmost every
precinct.
Every referendum messure wsa up
held in Hood River county by s heavy
vote, from indications from over the
state, tbe entire number of referen
dum! against bills will be hesvili de
tested. The vote in Hood Kiver county
wsa ss follows:
Stsle University Building Repair
Fund: Yes, 1184, No, 316; University
New Building Appropriation: Yea,
1139, No, 351 1 Sterilisation Act: Yea,
693, No, 633; County Attorney Act:
Yes, 994, No. 420; Workmen's Com
pensstion Act : Yes, 106. No, 175.
The most . importsnt action of the
city council st its Mondsy night meet
ing wss that ol deciding to pisce uie
sppropristions for the meintensnce 'of
the county library on s mXlsge bssis.
A one mill levy wss ordered made.
Miss Dell) Northey, librarian, and J.
P. Lucas snd J. E. Robertson, of the
library board, were present and ex
plained to tbe council why the rhillnge
bs&is were preferable to s general ap
propriation. E. A. Frans, the council's member
on tbe library board, stated tnst ne
bed gdns over tbe budget and thst the
sppropristioa desired by the library
bosrd wss ss smsll ss could be consis
tently.' ssked for. The visiting mem
bers of the board and Miss Northey ex
pressed their hearty thanks to the,
council, sfter their actfAn,
Tbe Home and SSachera Association
ssked ' that the council take action to
improve tbe sidewslk along Ninth
street at the foot of the steps, nd
o see a cross wslk st the bead of Uie
steps snd on Msy street. The matter
wss referred to tbe street committee.
D. McMonald waa allowed a permit
. . . i . i i i
hv the shinning organisation the faet cuI'".Bf .J v" l"
lha flintrihutara do not boait ol Buch I """""''
'ROIARY ELECTION
A DECIDED FARCE
With only 83 votes csst the primary
election wss a decided farce. A. C.
Ststen kd the ticket for mayor, hav
ing received 25 votes. Truman Butler
received 10, as did the present mayor,
E. O. Blanchsr, who has snnounced his
intention of retiring from the office at
the end of the yesr, ss soon ss his suc
cessor, is sworn in. Mr. Blanchar's
term continues for another year.
lhe only candidates who had regu
larly filed intentions, with the excep
tion, of H. L. Howe, were L. A. Hen
derson, up for re-election snd L. E.
Taft, botb on tbe Republican ticket.
Mr. Hencgiraon received 66 votes, while
Mr. Taft's count wss 23.
Thirteen names were proposed for
the council, while 60 were witten in for
the four places that will be vacant on
the council.
The following four citizens received
the largest number of votes for the
council:
E. A. Franz. 29: E. L. Scobee. SO;
C. D. Hinricb, 26; snd C. A. Bell, 32.
Mr. Howe polled a vote of 69.
The following election bosrd served :
Mrs. George Hianahan. Mrs. R. D.
Gould, J. H. Gill, John A. Wilson and
H. A. Macuonaia.
returns nor do they edvert se them.
The reason is thst these figures re
misnomers snd alwaya nave been, and
the advertising of extreme ssles by
shipping organizations working for
private gam has been the cause oi
more dissstisfsction among fruit grow
ers than perhaps sli other forces cam
med. When such prices have been ad
vertised it has been done in a wey
On motion of Councilman Staten, it
was decided to take no sction on uie
petition ss to the closing of pool rooms
on aunusy, uniu anur inn council i
ceived aome assurance that the Com'
mercial club pool room would be
closed'. "We did not tske any cogni
zance of the petition of protest sgsinst
Sunday opening of pool rooms, ssid
Mr. Htsten, " because it was msiniy
signed by members of Commercial
..J 1 a- a. a 4 i
lEHEfEt.k th P00' room is open on
H'f.L" frfIp..b.T.i Sundsy." Mr. Stiten took a few hot
shots at adverse criticism or me coun
stitution doing tbe sdvertising bet
been sold at these orices. The result
was thst when the gr er received s
dollar, more or less, for bis crop, he
was filled with disappointment.
"Last season ws were sble to sell a
bunch oi anolea to foreign deslera sv
ersging net here at Hood River, say
$1.60 per box. in round figures.
cil relative to this matter, declaring
thst the criticisers bsd felled to fully
inform themselves.
Miss Nortbey, before leaving the
council meeting told the councilmen
thst the library would receive volumes
Si. I especially adapted to tbe needs of those
... ih vu.. Mflwiw. I ..,.,, . V. , i. nn.nm.n. an1
haua hoan adviand that these SDDleS
sold st prices that did not ahow a Us
to the purchasers. These same people
solicited consignments also, and we
know of a good msny thousand boxes
of applea which went to their market
and sold for the amount of tbe grow
era and netted back more than a dollar
per box less thsn the purcbsse price ol
the sppies wnicn we soio loem.
"This is positive snd complete dem
onstrstion. and should be an absolute
guide to shippers who bsve no means
of Drotectins- themselves on the mat
ket in determining whether it is sd vis
able to make consignments or sell
f. a. b. W sre not predicting the aoe
cess of this season s business slong
this line, but we do know wbet bsp
oened lsst vear. and it is only nstursl
that a burned child dreads the fire, and
the North Pscific Fruit Distributors
being rather sn infant, is adhering
strictly to the f. o. b,
connected with city government and
offered ber cooperation in securing any
information iuy acsiru.
LOCAL POTATOES
GOTO CALIFORNIA
Potatoes from the Hood River valley
where a crop as large as any harvested
has been grown this year, are being
sold ta California buxers. "We shipped
sample bags of the potatoes to our
Cslifornis representative," says Wil
HIV u.vg, 1 iv, .... viiviv. ..' . w
buyers in Ssn Francisco, Oakland land
otber Bay towns, with the result thst
they bought resdily st tl.0b.per bsg,
Immediately afterwsra some or tne
buvers came north snd hsve been
n.Lln. iha tTnnar Vallxv Thru hav
lolling method off.rwj n to the growers there, snd we
snd has certsinly msde some wonder- .dvised tbem to sell at thst fig
ful strides in the right direction in ore The buyers sre taking the pota-
msrueiing mis season s appie crop. oes sfter sn inspection here and can
not turn them down, while we might
stsnd chance of such difficulties were
we to ship them without inspection
If the demand warrants it." ssys I here. We consider this worth five
Wilmer Sieg. "We will send a gift eer cents a bsg at Usst.
Distributor! Will Send Gift Car
COUNTY TEACHERS
ATTEND INSTITUTE
Youn America in Hood River is en
joying s protracted vacation this week.
Since Monday school has not kept.
Tuesday tbe public sch. .Is were dis
missed for elections, sno since men
the teschers hsve been convened st
their snnusl institute. "We sre going
to hsve tbe best institute in the his
tory of tbe county," ssys Prof, u U.
Thompson, superintendent of county
schools. "1 especislly call th ctten-
tion of the people to the address that
will be delivered by Dr. HcHe, one of
the foremost biologists of .e country,
who will spesk to a meeting of tne
Parent -Teacher organization at tbe
Congregational church Friday after
noon.
The speakers for tl. s morning are :
L. F. Griffin, Miss Ruby Shearer,
M iss Agnes Jones, M. S. Pitman.
The speakers st the remainder of the
program are as follows :
Miss Agnes Jones, Miss Cbas. H.
Jdnes, Supt, J. A. Churchill.
Speakers at yesterday monnng s con
ference were :
M. S. Pittman. Dr. Justin Wsugh, J.
0. McLsughlin. In the afternoon: M.
S. Pittman, Miss Delia Northey, Miss
Fenton, stereopticon lecture on good
roads at Commercial club in connection
with Woman's club.
The senior girls of the Domestic Sci
ence classes of the high school hsve
been serving luncheon to the visiting
teschers during the sessions.
Death of Infant
2 Keil, the 22 months old son of Mr.
snd Mrs. J. E. Malloy, died at the
home of his ps rents on the East Side,
yesterday. The funeral services will
be conducted this sfternoon at 2
o'clock at the residence by Rev. Hein
ick. Burial at Pine Grove cemetery.
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