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VOL. .XXV
HOOD IllVEK, OREGON, T1IUR.SDAY, MAltril U, HH4
No. 42
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
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SAVINGS II
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MOOD RIVCR OREGON
Bond Investments
UHDU U.S.
COVONMENT
WPEtVISiON
If you have $500.00 or more that you
desire to place at interest in a safe man
ner, we direct your attention to the dis
trict bonds offered for sale April 7th, and
will represent you in bidding for them.
Call and we will explain the matter to
you in detail. It is a rare opportunity
for our local customers.
capitals) surplus $133,000
We'll Help You
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I N BUILDING up a business it is necessary to be in
x a position to have the influence and support of
good people back of you.
The friendship of a good, progressive, modern
bank will help you. A good deal depends on the bank
you deal with. Our services are at your disposal and
we invite your account. We are prepared to accommo
date your wants, and the men associated with this bank
are a credit to any community. Come and be one of us.
HOOD RIVER BANKING & TRUST CO.
Reed (Si Henderson
Incorporated
General Real Estate and Insurance Brokers
Exceptional Opportunities Offered
City Lots Paradise Acreage
Orchard Lands Hay Lands
Strawberry Lands
Rentals Loans Investments
Surveying and Engineering
You Need One of Our Accident and
Disability Policies.
Every Week A Bargain
Burpee's Seeds are always a bargain. They are true and
they grow. We have just received Ihe largest stock in Oregon
and a supply of Burpee's annual culture circulars.
ASK AND THEY SHALL BE GIVEN YOU
About Your Lawns
We have grass mixtures for shady places, open places, dry
places and wet places, 30c to 40c a lb. Get the right one. Bur
pee's Seeds will do the rest. Garden tools, lawn tools, orchard
supplies. A few money back lawn mowers, one-third off.
Regular $6.00 machine now $4.00
Look at the Improved Ball Bearing Bartlett
Furniture, Rugs and Linoleum Remnants, one-fourth off
Lace Curtains
Largest stock in the city at one-third off
Regular $1.00 at now 66c
Regular 2.00 at now $1,33
Regular 6.00 at now 4. 00
Regular 12.00 at now 8.00
Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co.
Hardware, Furniture and
Orchard Supply House
Hood River
Oreg'on
The followingsizes carried in stock
No. 1 Brownie $1.00
" 2 ' 2.00
" 2 A " 3.00
" 3 4.00
" 2 Folding Hrowni 5.00
" 2A " 7.00
' 3 A " 10.00
" 3A " R. R. lent 12.00
" 1A Folding Pocket kind 12.00
" 1A ' " special 1 M0
" 3A " " Kodak 20.00
" 3A ' " Kodak"
with Automatic Shutter 25.00
Vest Pocket Kodak 6.00
Ask for catalogue.
KRESSE DRUG COMPANY
The 1?OXol, Store
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Bank Advertisement No. 16
THE HOME OF
QUALITY GROCERIES
Our Hill of Fare is so extensive
and varied that our patrons have
a wide range for selection. Buy
select groceries that have been
selected. Fresh Fruit and Vege
tables. Also a fine line af Cookies
just in. Ask about Whipsit.
ELITE GROCERY M
J. R. KINSEY, Prop. Ml
Phone 44ol. Bell Bldg. We give Stamps ikfa
THE QUESTION BEFORE EVERY WOMAN
is: "Where can I find a Grocer whose service is
satisfactory; who will deliver what I send for
without substituting an inferior article?"
OUR ANSWER
. is: "Here we are! Give us a call, or send along
your order. You'll never need to ask that ques
tion again."
"THE BEST THINGS TO EAT"
WOOD'S GROCERY
J. M. WOOD, Proprietor.
Phone 1221 Free Delivery
The following figures are taken from a more
detailed statement which was published recently
at the call of the State Superintendent of Banks
for a report on our condition at the close of bus
iness March 4, 1914.
RESOURCES:
Loans and Discounts $434,191.52
Bonds and Warrants 30,287.44
Safes and Office Fixtures 5,082.00
Real Estate 3,957.05
Cash on hand and in other banks 105,297.95
$578,815.96
' LIABILITIES:
Capital Stock $100,000.00
Earned Surplus and Undivided Profits 24,745.10
Deposits 454,070.86
$578,815.96
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
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We Cut to
Suit You
but we have no kind of Meat to cut
except the beet qualities. That
does not imply that we are high
priced at all. On the contrary we
sell better meat for the price than
any of our competitors. The flavor
of our Beef, Veal, Mutt m, Lamb,
Pork, Poultry is the best recom
mendation onr Meats could pos
sibly have. One trial convinces.
TELEPHONE 4141
VAN ALLEN & FILZ
LIBRARY NOW
INNEW HOME
STRICTURE IS WELL EQUIPPED
Uns ill be Graded Saturday by Labor
of Business Men of City t'tder S iper
vision of Postmaster Lucas
1 he handsome Carnegie .home of the
Hood hiver county librarv located on
plot formed by a vacated portion of
ruin strut, between Mate and Oak
struts, and a Portion of the lot on
which is situated the home residence of
h. L. Smith. Hood River'i grand old
man, was opened to the public Mon
day. Experts, who have visited library
buildings in all parts of the United
States declare that no institution of its
size in all the land has a better and
more modcrnly and conveniently
equipped building-. In fact, there is
everthing that anyone ceuld desire. To
tne eye or the layman, when he enters
the big reading room, there cornea the
appeal of the comfort and harmonious
arrangement of everything. The leaded
w indows open upon some of the city s
most classic oaks. Ihe expert librarian
is struck with the conveniences at the
hands of those who will have charge of
tne local institution.
The big reading room, which covers
all ot the second story, with the excel
tion of a small room in the northeast
corner, where is located the librarian's
office, is found tne commodious charge
desk, placed in the center of the room.
Here are the shelves for magazines,
fiction and reference books. In the
southeast corner are the shelves for the
children. Two large low tables,
around which are grouped little chairs,
invite the chilren of the city to enjoy
the story books an instructive litera
ture at ttieir disposal.
'Ihe library now has about 3,000 vol
umes, while tilKI additional have been
ordered. "We have a surf) appropri
ated by the city for the further pur
chase of books," says Miss Delia F.
iMorthey, the county librarian, "and we
will be glad for those who desire some
special book to let us know their
wants. We desire to please the iniblic
to the best of our ability." Miss Elsie
Mcl.ucii8. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. I). McLikbh, is Miss Nort hoy's assistant.
The library building on all floors is
extremey well lighted, a flood of soft
light pouring in through the big leaded
windows. The building is heated
throughtout with steam, a large, mod
ern boiler being placed on the busement
floor. A book lift will transport the
books from the "fiixng room" on the
second floor in the southeast corner, to
the main reading room. A fumigating
closet is found here, and no one can
have scruples or fears of reading books
that may spread disease. A fumigat
ing cabinet will be placed in the closet
and the books given thorough bath
every so often.
On the first floor is the small but ex
ceedingly well arranged lecture or as
sembly room. It is fitted with dress
ing rooms, and stage, and on the east
side is a pantry, where preparations
can be made for serving luncheons or
nquets. Un the north side of the
lower floor are the "fixing room" and
the rest, room for country patrons.
And in the northwest corner is the
committee room, where the story hour
will also be held, the men s toilet
room is on the floor with the main
reading room, where is also located the
coat room.
The State street entrance to the
building opens into the main reading
room. There is a side entrance on the
east side of the building on "Library
Lane." This, however, will be closed.
except when some lecture or public en
tertainment is being given.
Work of grading the lawns around
the building has been begun, and the
Woman's club has undertaken to plant
attractive shrubs. Prof. A. L. Peck,
of the Oregon Agricultral College, has
submitted to the ladies a model plant
ing pian. ine civics committee, com
posed of Mrs. R. D. Gould, Mrs. C. A.
Hell, Mrs. J. O. McLaughlin and Mrs.
A. L. Page, will have charge of this
work, and ask all who desire to con
tribute shrubs to communicate with
them. The planting, it is declared.
should be completed before the dry
season begins. The varieties of plants
that will be appreciated as contribu
tions are named below :
Japanse brush honysuckle. shining
leaved rose box, Japanese honeysuckle.
Japanese buddlcia, red flowering cur-
ant. Van Houtes spirea, Scotch broom,
syringa, grandsel bush, doubcl dcutzia.
Japanese barberry, slender dcutzia.
snow ball, Ihunbergs spirea, lbota
privet, Lawson cypress and Boston ivy.
to assist Mr. Simms in the supervision
of the office at 210 Lumberman's bank
building, Fifth and Stark streets,
where you are very cordially invited to
make your headquarters- whenever in
the city."
A PROGRESSIVE FIRM
A BARGAIN IN SEED POTATOES
If taken soon of the
OLD RELIABLE BURBANKS
A few sacks left of choice seeds from our crop that made over 400 bu.
per acre the past year. TI e seed that these potatoes grew from were extra
selected seed, gotten by choosing only the best and truest to type speci
mens at the rate of one (1) sack out of twelve (12) of general run of crop.
Order early to be sure of getting this bargain. Price $1.25 per 100 lbs. at
ranch or f. o. b. Woodworth station.
Isaac T. Beal, Parkdale, Ore., Phone Odell 34
Last summer Roberts & Simms ac
cepted the district agency for the San
rraucisco Lite Insurance Co., of San
Francisco, Cal., and from the fact that
they gave it such a volume of business
from this county, the first of October
they were offered and accepted the
state agency for the western part of
Oregon, which was taken charge of by
L. C. Simms, and the Hood River busi
ness was left in charge of C. T. Rob
erts, but again the results were so sat
isfactory that in January, 1914, the com
pany was offered and they accepted an
agency for the entire state of Oregon.
The growth of the business has in
creased to such a proportion since then
that it was more than Mr. Simms could
give proper attention to, so that, not
withstanding they were the leading
real estate Fand fire insurance firm lo-
cuny, tiicjr ueciueu iu uevom an ncir
I time in effecting an agency force to
represent the San Francisco Life In
surance Co. So they have sold their
-real estate and fire insurance business
(to Messrs. Reed & Henderson, who
( were their most successful competi
, tors, and they can BBsure their many
friends and patrons that their business
will receive as prompt and careful at
tention from their successors as it has
received in the past.
I Mr. Roberts says:
I "In discontinuing our Hood River
office we desire to thank our many
loyal patrons Individually, for their
hearty support and cooperation,! and
were it not for the fact that there are
185 deaths to every fire, and that wo
think we can serve you bettor by pro
curing some protection for your wives
and children, we would continue to
serve you as we have in the part,
j "Mr. Roberts will move to Portland
DISTRIBUTORS WILL
CHARGE BY BOX
(From Spokane Spokesman-Review)
A complete new set of charges for
handling produce was compiled by the
trustees ol the North Pacific Fruit Dis
tributors in a three-day session which
closed last week. A new basis has
been determined upon. Hereafter
charges will be made by the central
selling agency with the box as th
unit, rattier than the car, as whs the
case last year. The general result is
the same, however, and there will be
no material increase in the cost of do
ing business.
The new charges are set forth in the
following resolution, which is final, al
though the trustees have returned to
their respective districts to meet with
the growers and explain that the new
system will be reMlly give a more
equitable distribution.
"Resolved, That the charges of the
Distributors for the season of 111 for
handling produce be fixed as follows.
said charges to include collection for
railroad claims, all brokerages and ex
change on drafts anil checks, except ns
nrrein noiea :
"Apples, 5 cents per box ami 1 cct.t
additional per box for advertising and
emergency fund.
"Pears, 6 cents per box and 1 cent
for the advertising and emergency
tuna. "i-runes, plums and peaches, 3
cents ber box and J cent for advertis
ing and emergency fund, except peach
es do not contribute to the fund.
"On export cars, all foreign churirea
shall be added to the above.
"On all enrs going to auction or sold
on commission, for any reason, the fol
lowing chHrge shall be deducted from
the net market returns to the distribu
tors :
"Apples. 24 cents per box and 1 cent
additional per box for advertising and
emergency fund.
rears, .t cents per box and 1 cent for
advertising and emergency fund.
Prunes and plums, 1J cents per box
and i cent per box for advertising and
emergency fund.
Peaches, 1 cents per box.
"The charges for potatoes and wa
termelons, including the collection of
railroad claims, brokerage and ex
change on drafts and checks, are here
by nxed at fi) per car.
"On all other commodities, such as
cherries, berries, cantaloups, grapes,
etc., the central office is authorized to
adjust the .'barges eouitablv unon the
Bamo general basis 8B schedule 1, ex
cept that no charge shall be made for
advertising.
On this new schedule we now take
care of everthyina on a box basis."
said J. 11. Robbins. general manager.
"J'reviounly trve '.: charge of $15
ner car by our office, f 15 per car for
brokerage in (he east, exchange run
ning from f)0 cents to $1 per car and a
10 per cent chnrge on the collection of
all railroad claims, in tne end the new
schedule will probably mean a reduc
tion in total cost per car.
"The old method was not altogether
equitable. Some distrcits shipped as
many as 750 boxes in a car, although
the average car is only C30 boxes. Un
der the old schedule one district paid
the same for MO boxes as another did
for 7.r0 boxcB. The new arrangement
will enable us to extend our salaried
representatives in the east. The
charge for advertising is the same as
last year."
GROWERS LISTEN
TO NEW PLANS
ASSOCIATION MEETING WAS HELD
Large Attendance Saturday, hn Oflici
ials of Local Selling Agency and Dis
tributors Outline Plans
T. D. TWEEDY'S SON
SLAIN BY BANDITS
Word has been received at Walla
Walla, Wanli., the home of the man's
family, that J. M. Tweedy, a son of T.
D. Tweedy, of this city, was found dead
Wednesday of last week on the Mexi
can border near Nogiiles. It was sup
posed that Mr. Tweedy had been shot
by bandits. The senior Tweedy first
learned of his son's death from a dis
patch from Walla Walla in the Portland
Evening Telegram, a copy of which
was shown him Tuesday afternoon by
a neighbor.
The telegram dispatch from Walla
Walla is as follows:
"Word was received here yesterday
of the finding of the body of J. M.
Tweedy, on the Mexican border near
Nognles last Wednesday. He had been
shot three times through the head,
robbed, his body stripped of moBt of
its clothing, one of his horses was shot
and the rest of his outfit had been stol
en, according to a telegram received
by Mrs. Tweedy, who lives 25 miles
southeast of this city.
Tweedy, known here as "Mack,"
left with three companions last Sep
tember, going overland through Cali
fornia and along the Mexican border,
in search of government land he be
lieved he could find in New Mexico.
Evidently he was on his way when at
tacked by border bandits and killed.
No word was received of the men who
left here with him.
"He is survived by a wife and three
children, but it is not probable that the
iody will be brought back for burial."
MRS. LA FRANCE WILL
ERECT BUILDING
The last frame house in Hood River's
principal business block on Oak street
has been demolished, Mrs. Eleanor La
France, a pioneer of the city, who
now resides in, Portland, having torn
away the one story frame structure
between the Hood River Blinking &
Trust Co., and the store of Frank A.
Cram. Excavations will be made and
a one story brick erected. The new
structure will be especially equipped
for Garrabrant & Parker, who have
been occuDvine the old buildinp. but
who are temporarily located in the!
Sproat building.
The building that was demolished
was built 20 years ago for F. E. Jack
son, who occupied it with a feed and
racket store.
Those Who Want Bees Must Hurry
Orchards are in bloom by May 1 and
it takes six weeks to develop the strength
in a hive of bees. For price write to V.
W. Dakin, Mood River, Ore. 2
Although rumors have prevailed to
the effect that dissensions prevailed
among the ranks of the growers ship
ping through the Apple Growers Asso
ciation, the local affiliation of the
North Pacific Fruit Distributors, ac
tion was taken at a meeting here Sat
urday attended by more than 250 grow
ers that pressagts the continuing pre
dominancy of the two central agencies
in the local field. As was expressed by
a number of the speakers of the day,
the Association was formed last spring
on a temporary basis, an amalgamation
of the four shipping agencies then op
erating in the valley, the DavidBon
Fruit Co., the National Apple Co., the
Hood River Apple & Storage Co. and
the Hood River Apple growers' Union.
A committee, with A. W. Stone as
chairman, was appointed by P. S. Da
vidson, president of the Asosciation, to
prepare plans for a more solid organis
ation of the association. The action
was taken at the suggestion of Mr.
Stone, a member of the board of di
rectors of the association, who has
spent the past winter investigations of
cooperative Belling agencies. He rec
ommended a non profit concern, the
members to have both tonnage and
personal representation in the manage
ment. Provisions will be made for re
wards for loyal members, while dis
loyal growers will be disciplined, ac
cording to the proposed plans. Even
the radical provisions of expulsion of a
disloyal member was suggested by one
speaker.
'Ihe following officers of the Distrib
utors were present and delivered ad
dresses : H. F. Davidson, of this city,
president ; J. II. Robbins, of Spokane,
general manager ; 11. C. Sampson, of
Spokane, secretary, and Wilmer Sieg,
of this city, sales manager of the Hood
River subeentral.
Mr. Davidson recited his exrjeriences
of the past winter in handling. the
eastern and exports trade of the Dis
tributors. Une of the featureB.of the
past year's marketing under the Dis
tributors, he explained, was the open
ing of prices at moderate sums and
continual advance. 1 his condition, he
declared, increasd the consumption of
apples, causing the retailers to reduce
their prices over former years.
"I find," said Mr. Davidson, "that
formerly we have rested under the
erroneous impression that apples should
not be snipped east during the winter
time, and as a result the stocks have
rolled back in the early season. How
ever, from what I have learned thia
winter, our local storage plants have
increased in value in my eyes materi
ally. We should store as much of the
fruit at home as possible, and it can,
by proper handling, as we demonstrat
ed this winter,, be transported in the
winter months."
Mr. Davidson declared that Stein
hardt & Kelly were the best friends of
the box apple district in New York,
and especially Hood River. They han
dle box apples exclusive, he aaid, and
are continually boosting thu North
western districts.
Secretary Sampson declared that be
fore 1012 the box apple sold itself as a
novelty. "Now," he aaid, "it ia
commodity and must be sold on a sci
entific basis. Mr. Sampson declared,
that the Distributors had during the
past year borrowed tbe sum of approx
imately $445,000 from the Spokane
banks, all of which but $1,000 had been
repaid. "This financing the movement
of the crop,' he. declared, "conld not be
carried on by private individuals.
Sules Manager Sieg in his report
gave the following net price averages
of the Association up to the present
time: Spitzeuburgs, all sizesExtra
Fancy, $1.59; raney, $1.39; Spceial,
$1.44; C grade, $1.13.
Newtowns, all sizesExtra Fancy,
$1.G9; Fancy, $1.49; Special, $1.44, and
C grade, $1.30.
General Manager Robbins declared
that the Apple Growers Association
furnished a larger apple tonnage to the
Distributors than any other district in
the Northwest. "Although other dis
tricts furnished a larger tonnage of
other fruits and apples in the aggre
gate, the 95 per cent of the product of
yuur valley was the largest of any
district in apples. The fact that your
district signed up to such an extent
was of material aid to us in our organ
ization, and being able to make a like
report the coming year will aid us in
the successful continuation of our
agency."
The meeting was characterized by an
absence of friction. Some display of
dissatisfaction was evidenced Saturday
morning when J. R. Forden asked Mr.
Sieg why the cherry crop had not been
included in his report. 'Ihe answer was
that the cherry crop was past history.
Mr. Sieg went on to state that the As
sociation did not know how many cher
ries the district had to handle, not be
ing able to secure estimates from
growers. He declared that the district
had done better than most districts,
having received four cents for Lam
berts and Kings and three cents for
Royal Annes.
Roy D. Smith delivered one of his
characterstiR patriotic speeches and
criticised t ie actions of independent
shippers.
On the motion of Walter Kimball, a
vote of thanks and confidence was ex
tended to Mr. Sieg.
The sensation of Saturday afternoon
was the speech of W. Margulis, whose
ranch "is near Tucker's bridge," It
was worth a dollar of anybody's money
to have heard the recountal of Mr.
Margulis' experiences in selling his
own apple crop. "I had eastern
friends who told me that 1 would get
a barrelful of money," said Mr. Mar
gulis, whose home is in Portland, "if I
would only allow them to nanoie my
apples. I didn't even get a bucketful
of money." The orchardiata present
do not wonder that he failed to make a
success selling apples, for it was the
unanimous opinion that Mr. Margulis
should be on the vaudeville stage.
Addresses were delivered by C. W.
Hooker and W. W. Rodwell. P. S.
Davidson presided over the meeting.
Seeds. We carry complete stock of
sear! and grains for sowing hay and cov
er crops. Kolly Bros. Ktttl