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HOOD MVEK, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20. 1913
VOL. XXV
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160 Acres
practically level, rich bot
tom land. No better cel
ery or garden land lo
ratpd about 20 miles east
of Portland, one-half mile from Boring on Electric
Railroad. Auto road runs past the place-an ideal
tract for sub-division. Price $200 per acre. Will ex
change for Hood River Orchard. Investigate this.
Wheeler County, near
Fossil. About 12 00
wheat land and all rich,
black soil fenced in 10
pastures. Two sets of buildings. For stock and
grain it is hard to beat Price $25.00 per acre.
MONEY TO LOAN on Improved Farm Property.
Life, Fire, Auto, Liability, Health and Accident
Insurance.
ROBERTS &SIMMS, Hotel Oregon B!dg.
Phone 3111
2129 Acres
Your Thanksgiving Dinner
Is incomplete without a brick of delicious
Hazelwood Ice Cream
As usual, we shall have something new Thanksgiving
Nesselrode Pudding
Panama Sherbet
Freqch Vanilla
Three Flavor Bricks
Packed in iceless cartoons
Will keep two hours
without ice.
Phone your orders today so you won't be
disappointed.
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PHONE 1191
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KRESSE DRUG CO., The Rexall Store
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's Market
THE SQUARE DEAL
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
We arc Adding Novelties Every Day
TO OUR ALREADY LARGE
STOCK OF
WATCHES, DIAMONDS AND JEWELRY
Whether your fancy leans toward Jewelry,
Sterling Silver, Fine Silver-plate or Cut Glass
or whether you don't know just what you
want you will have no trouble in finding some
thing appropriate here. Even though you
may need nothing just now, come in and see
the many pretty things we have put into stock
F. H. COOLIDGE.
THE HOME
of Quality Groceries
THANKSGIVING
The Most Important
Day of the Year
from a Culinary
Point of View
iPkiti day when the utmost caution and discretion must be
I used, and th best judgment exercised in the selection
of the viands for the Thanksgiving feast. Success in
this respect insures the additional thankfulness of all con
cerned the guests, the host and hostess and the grocer.
TRY THESE THEY'LL PLEASE
Mincemeat, Pumpkin, Citron Peel, Candied
Cherries, Candid Pineapple, Sweet Cider,
Raisins, Currants, Cranberries, Olives
and Pickles
Delivery Hours now are:
East 9 a. m. and 3 p. m.
West 10 a. m. and 4 p.m.
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ELITE GROCERY pll
J. R. KINSEY, Prop.
Phone 4451. Bell Bldg.
FRUIT GROWERS
WEARSMILES
ALL INTERESTS EXPRESS OPTIMISM
Davidson Praises Siefi Skinner Sayi
Growers Look on Industry in Differ
ent Attitude and Diversifying
All apple marketer are optimistic
this reason. H. F. Davidson, who left
last Thursday morning for New York,
stopping en route at Idaho points, Den
ver and Chicago, declared just before
departure that the Hood Kiver growers
ought to wear smiles this year.
At a'board of directors meeting the
Apple Growers Association held last
Thursday it was learned that the prices
to growers are going to exceed expec
tations. Just before his departure for the east
Mr. Davidson said :
"Our sales manager, Mr. Sieg, sub
mitted a statement snowing 195 cars
shipped prior to November 1, which
netted back to growers the sum of
1186,754.96, which is an average of
$1.50 for all cars, which included extra
fancy, fancy, special, choice and cook
ing grades.
"The last big price year was in 1909,
when Hood Kiver sent out less than
150 cars total, with an average price
for all grades and varieties not exceed
ing the record this year, and our sales
manager now has unfilled orders on his
desk for more cars than he shipped
prior to November 1 at as good and
even better prices.
"Last, season was disastrous, and
grower in Hood Kiver, as well as in
the entire northwest, lost confidence
and developed into chronic kickers.
Hut the same fellows who could not
avert last year's disaster are doing a
work this season which far more than
offsets last year's deal."
Growers and market men of all ship
ping agencies are one on the point of
expressing that the present apple mar
keting season is one of the best in the
history of the industry. J. C. Skinner,
local representative of the Northwent
ern Fruit Exchange, which has an affil
iated organization here, expresses this
optimism. Mr. Skinner ssys:
1 hud, after having been away from
the Hood Kiver valley for a period of
eight months that a great change in
attitude among the growers has taken
place. They are looking at their form
of agriculture in a different light all
over the northwest, but 1 find it par
ticularly evident here. They have
come to expect the bad years, and find
that they must figure their returns by
an average over a period of five years.
But the figures will show them that
they will have a neat compensation for
ineir lauurs hi me ena oi inai lime.
"The lean years that have come upon
them have caused them to turn their
attention more to diversified farming
1 have never seen a region change so
as has the Hood River valley. Three
years ago one saw nothing but orch
ards. He now sees potatoes, vegeta
bles, chickens in the farmyards and
pigs rooting around the burns. This
means that money will be coming in at
odd limes with which the grower can
buy his bread, and he should raise all.
of his butter.
" There is absolutely no excuse why a
man in a valley as fertile as this csn
not raise all of his vegetables and pro
duce his own food stuffs. Some of the
ranchers used to tell ire, when 1 was
here, that their land was too valuable
to be put to the cultivation of vege
tables. They seemed to think it eco
nomical to buy these products from the
stores at all seasons of the year. No
land in the world is too high priced to
prevent the owner who cultivates it
from raising vegetables for his own
use, and they will taste better to him
than the finest preparations for a ban
quet table.
"This year apple growers of all dis
tricts have the greatest reasons for
smiles, happiness and contentment; for
the selling of apples has caused no very
great effort. The crop conditions are
such that the greatest work of the sell
ing organizations have been to keep
from selling too soon. The whole game
has been one of waiting on the part of
the seller. And this should be another
year when growers will have the money
HI Hieir nuilUB Bliuruy mier mid bciioiiii
closes, and from all appearances the
gelling season is going to close very
earlv.
As a grower usually has plenty of
olans for the spending of his money.
either for improvements or in making
more conveniences for himself and his
family, the fruit returns will soon be
in circulation.
"1 find that Hood Kiver growers are
not worrying over finances at the pres
ent time. Ibey are growing good ap
Dies, packing them well and are wait
ing their money. They have found that
by the practice of a limited diversified
agriculture, the growing of pigs, cows
and chickens, that their form of agn
cultural industry never looked better.
Cascade avenue and on the south aide
of Columbia. Houses in this section
between Second street and the river
to the east are in Dist. No. 1-5, be
tween Second and Fifth are in Dist.
No. 1-3, between Fifth and Ninth are
in Dist. No. 2-4, between Ninth and
Thirteenth are in Dist. No. 3-4, and
west of Thirteenth to west city limits
are in Dist. No. 3 5.
Sec. IV. This includes all houses on
north side of Columbia street and all
north of Columbia street The rail
road depot, and Davidson Fruit Co.
are in Dist. No. 1-5, houses between
Davidson Fruit Co. and Ninth street
are in Dist. No. 2-5, between Ninth
and Thirteenth are in Dist No. 3-4,
between Thirteenth and the west city
limits are in Dist. No. 3-5.
Will all citizens kindly examine their
cards and ascertsin whether their dis
trict numbers are correct Any who
have not received cards may have one
by calling at Holman's meat market,
W. B. McGuire's or at R. B. Perigo's.
Please keep cards hung on the tele
phone. The bell tower is to be raised
24 feet in order to make the alarm
heard all over the city.
LUMBER MILL
MAKESBIG CUT
LOGGING CAMPS CLOSE FOR WINTER
Stanley-Smith Co. Saws 20,000,000 Feet
in Six Months-Pay Roll Ren
efits Local Merchants
OFFICIALS FAIL TO
FIND CONTRACT
The county officials. Judge Stanton
and County Attorney Wilbur, who vis
ited The Dalles last Friday, investigat
ing the records as to the early rela
tionships between Wasco county and
the O.-W. K. & N. Co. relative to the
appropriation of highways that the
county had built west of Hood Kiver,
failed to find any contract between
the railroad company and the county.
"We did find records of court pro
ceedings," says Judge Stanton, "and
an old application of the railway com
pany asking a permit to make use of
the stretches of highway. This latter
document had not been recorded, and
was found stowed away in the Waaoo
county archives.
"However, the court in granting the
permission asked by the railroad com
pany did ao with the express under
standing that the company should re
place any portions of the highway that
would be destroyed, when the county
should desire it."
SANDBROOK BACK
FROM ALASKA
W. S. Sandbrook, a nephew of Enoch
Brayford, who has been spending the
Bummer on the coast of Alaska, where
he went as a seaman on board the U.S.
S. McArthur, the crew of which was
making a survey of the coast and
charting it, has retured here to spend
the winter.
"It is certainly a wonderful trip,"
says young Sandorook. "and 1 had the
most enjoyable vacation of my life.
We saw the midnight sun just as we
were starting on our return trip. And
we loolid daily up the wonderul gla
ciers and rugged mountain formations.
"Several of the mountains in the far
north have been smoking all summer.
One night, while we were not far
away one or tnem began io spu nre.
We were all the time in readiness to
pull out should a violent eruption be
gin, the volcanic asn irom eruptions
last year has covered tne country
roundabout and the foliage and vege
tation is just beginning to come out
again. The bear skins were ruined by
the ash.
One of the most interesting sights
in the north is the dog teams. We saw
many of these big, hungry animals,
which, however, are very tame, ineir
wners never feed them in the summer
time, and they forage lor tneir looa.
The ships supply most of it, the crews
reeding the dogs on Bcraps just ior tne
fun of watching them eat. At one port
we found two dogs that were able to
open tins with their teeth. We would
toss them cans or pork and Deans ana
quick as a wink they would have them
pened, eaten and would ue awaiting
not her. I never saw one or tnose
dogs that was not hungry."
The logging camps of the Stanley
Smith Lumber Co. have closed down
for the winter and the 104 lumber jacks
employed by them came in from the
Green Point hills last week to draw
their last pay checks for the year. The
local offices were busy for several days
having been thronged with the men,
who were departing for the cities. The
big mill, which employs 42 men, will
run throughout this week, when it will
be closed for the winter. The camps
and mills are located just southeast of
the summit of Mount Defiance at an
altitude of more than 3,000 feet. The
snows usually fall very early there.
However, the weather of the past fall
has been better than usual, and the
men have been able to continue work
two weeks longer than usual.
"While the market for the year has
been weak," says J. E. Holier t son, man
ager and treasurer of the company.
our season run, of a little less than
six months has been a protiable one.
We have cut a little more than 20,000
000 feet of lumber. We have not
placed it all on the market, but have
about 10,000,000 feet stored for winter
trade and for a better market.
The company operates two planers,
one at Belmont on the west side of
the valley where the local trade is han
dled, and the other at Kuthton, on the
O.-W. R. & N. line, where the loading
station is located. When the saw mill
ia shut down for the winter, although
these places are both operated the year
round, on account of the cessation of
fluming, many of the men are laid off
for the winter. The lumber is trans
ported from the mill to the Lower Val
ley over a nine-mile flume.
The lumber mill, with its large pay
roll, is found by the merchants to be
very beneficial. Many of the workmen
reside in the valley, the pay days are
felt by the stores of the city. The
company has headquarters in the city,
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the office work is cared for, and where
a retail yard is located.
0.-W. CORN SHOW
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
FIRE DEPARTMENT
EXPLAINS SYSTEM
Owing to numerous misunderstand
ings as to the new fire alarm system,
the department has thought it advisa
ble to make the following thorough
explanantion:
Kead cards from lert to rignt.
Section I. Tnis includes all houses
south of Eueene street to the south
citv limits (including those on the
south side of Eueene st.) Houses be
tween Front street and the river are in
District No. 1-6; between Front street
and Fifth in Dist. No. 4-5; between
Fifth street and Eleventh in Dist. No.
4-3: all houses west of Eleventh street
are in District No. 4-2.
Section II. This includes all houses
between Eugene street (including
those on the north side of the street)
and Oak street (including those on the
south side of the street and also all
the houses on Hazel Avenue, Sherman
avenue and State street). Houses in
this section between Second street and
the river are in District No. 1-6, those
between Second and Fifth in Dist. No,
1-4, those between Fifth and Ninth in
Dist. No. 2-3. those between Ninth and
Thirteenth in District No. 3-2, and
those east of Thirteenth also are in
Dist. No. 3-2.
Section III. This includes all bouses
north of Oak street (including those on
the north side of Oak) and those on
ORTLAND MASONS
VISIT LOCAL LODGE
The corn crop of Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho is r.ct only large, but the
quality is superior to what was be
lieved would be grown. Yields of as
high as 125 bushels per acre of matured
corn ore assured, and from ten to thii
ty tona of corn silage to the acre ia
being cut.
The atatement of the O.-W. R. & N.
agricultural department that corn
would prove a profitable crop, and that
it will soon equal the wheat yield of
the states of the Pacific jiortKtoest, is
borne out by the crop produced this
year.
the plantings are widely scattered.
nd the area devoted to corn ia not
known, but during December two corn
shows are to be held and some idea as
to the acreage will be gained. There
will be exhibits of corn from all parts
of Oregon, Washington and Idhao.
In addition to the value of the crop,
the growers are to receive prizes in
cash, farm implements, live stock and
works on agriculture and horticulture,
valued at over 2,500.
The dates of the show at Colfax for
the states of Washington and Idaho are
December 2 and 3, and the show at
Pendleton will be held on the 5th and
6th days of December.
Every grower of corn who makes an
xhibit either at Colfax or Pendleton
will be in line for a prize, and he will
further emphasize the fact that corn
can be grown in the Pacific northwest.
Its production means much to every
land owner in the states named.
Thirty-four members of Waahintgon
Lodge, A. F. & A. M., arrived here
last Katurday evening on a special car
attached to The Dalles local of the
O.-W. K. & N. and were the guests of
the local lodge. The visitors were
tendered a dinner Saturday evening
and after the meeting at the Masonic
hall, where the visiting officers eon-
ducted the work of making Rev. W. B.
Young a Master Mason, a luncheon
was itiven in their honor at the ban
quet hall of the lodge. The car, which
was in charge or w. l. Atkinson, city
ticket agent of the O.-W. K. & N. at
Portland, was returned on the Sunday
afternoon local, giving the visitors an
opportunity to see the valley. The
visit or tne roruana masons was in
return for one recently made by the
local lodge to the Rose City.
At the luncheon Saturday nignt, ao
dresses were delivered by the follow
ing:
Rev. E. A. Harris Talks to Mothers Club
The Mothers' club of Hood River en
joyed a rare treat at its last regular
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meeting, wnen nev. .. a. nams aa-
lressed the members on tne subject,
'The Big Boy in the Home." Among
other things he said that the problem
of the big boy was simply the problem
left over from the little boy and very
often resolved itself into the problem
of the "Little Parent." He called at
tention to the fact that to "train the
child was not to push or shove it into
your way of doing things, but to draw
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The mothers were advised to be com'
rades to their boys, but at a certain
age not to seem to pry into their affairs
or to appear too suspicious; rather to
efface themselves and only stand ready
to truard against pitfalls, allowing the
boy to live his own life and help him to
graduate from the "You must" into
the "1 must stage.
The next meeting of the club will be
at three o'clock on the afternoon of
Tuesday, December 9, in the Sunday
school room of the Methodist church
"Christmas Customs in Other Lands'
will be conisdered.
SATURDAY TO BE
PIONEER DAY
We keep in stock a full and complete
line of numberers and variety stamps.
The Glacier Stamp Works,
On Saturday Hood Rivet pioneers
ill gather for a reunion at the recep
tion rooms of the Congregational
church. Henry L. Howe, secretary of
the Pioneer Association, has issued an
nouncements of the gathering, and
former early residents of the Hood
River valley from Portland, The Dalles
and White Salmon are expected to be
present. All pioneers who resided here
before the completion of the O. R. &
N. Company's line in 1883, are invited
to participate. Basket lunches will be
spread, and a picnic, such as was en
joyed by the pioneers at their social
gatherings a quarter or a century ago,
wil be enjoyed.
Addresses will be delivered by a
number of the citizens, who will tell of
the early days of Hood River valley
life.
EAST FORK BONDS
HAVE BEEN APPROVED
George R. Wilbur, secretary of the
newly formed East Fork Irrigation dis
trict, received a telegram Tuesday af
ternoon from the New York bond at
torneys, Dilon, Thompson & Clay, who
have passed favorably on the proposed
1150,000 bond issue or tne district and
the title of the district to its proper
ties. The district was formed last
January by vote of the landholders of
over the old East Fork Ditch Co. .which
had become insolvent.
"The bonds will be prepared and put
on the market by January," says Mr.
Wilbur. "The big ditch that furnishes
water to the East Side orchard tracts
will be vastly improved and new later
als will be built" Since the increase
in diversified farming among the orch
ardists a great djal more water is
nedeed.
The annual Thanksgiving Day ser
vices of the churches will be held in
Riverside Congregational church Thurs
day. Nov. 27, at 10 a. m., Kev. W. B.
Young, of the Methodist church, will
preach the sermon, the other pastors
assisting in the program.
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