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HOOD MVKR, OREGON, THU1WDAY, MAY 21. llU
No. 51
HOSE
4 ply ply Kauga garden hose
50 ft ready to use and a writ
ten guarantee for two years.
$6.00 or $5.70 Cash
Simply can't be beat
Bull Dog Hose
20c ft. or 19c cash
3 in. 10 oz. Irrigation
Hose
100 ft. $3.25 or $3.10
for cash
Mill remnants 8 ft. in finest
garden hose.
Roofing and Paper Sale
of damaged and marred pack
ages at 1-3, 1-2.3-4, and 9-10 of
value, will continue till closed
out.
20 styles of Quick Meal gas
oline stoves at a saving of
25c on $1.00
HerricK Refrigerators
are simply too wonderful for
the truth to be told in an ad.
Ccme and get an ice cold
drink that never touched the
ice, and see matches, salt, but
ter and vegetables keeping in
perfect condition for weeks.
Great Lace Curtain Sale
at 1-3 less continues.
Bed Spreads, Pillows, Blankets
Comforters at money saving
prices.
Lodges or Societies
requiring chairs can have any
quantity up to 500 of $12.00
Folding chairs at $6.00 per
dozen; 200 or more
$5.50 dozen
Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co.
Hardware, Furniture and
Orchard Supply House
Hood River - Oreg'on
Reed , 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
We Have Money to Loan on First .Class
Farm and Orchard Land
THE FIRST NATIONAL BAM
TO
3 ON
SAVINGS
ACCOUNTS,
HOOD RIVER OREGON
Kresse Drug Co., The Rexall Store
EASTMAN KODAKS AND FILMS
THE HOME OF
QUALITY GROCERIES
4 per cent Interest
UNDU U.S.
40VUNMINT
.SUPERVISION
SAVINGS DEPOSITS will bear interest
after June 1 st. This increase in rate ia matfe
to encourage systematic saving. Every dollar
deposited before June 5th, will earn you inter
est at l'r per annum.payable September 1st.
Everyone should carry a savings account in
a strong bank. It teaches the child a valua
ble lesson in saving. It provides a reserve
fund for the man or woman who would be
come independent. We are at your service
and invite yffur deposits.
CAPITAL &5URPIUS $l33.QOOjfr i
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Bank Advertisement No. 25
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Our Hill of Fare is so extensive
and varied that our patrons have
a wide raiij'a for selection, Buy
select groceries that have .been
selected. Fresh Fruit and Vege
tables. Also a fine line af Cookies
just in. Afk about Whinsit.
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i nunc ii.n. ncii mug. vve give A'K stamps u
A Drowning Man
He is
It ia said that a drowning man will grasp at a straw.
simply trying to make the most of his opportunity.
If you are willing to make the most of your opportunity, we
are in a position to offer you more than a straw to grasp. We
offer you the strong right hand of fellowship, backed by a sound
conservative bank. If you should land in financial ditliculty, the
friendship of a bank like ours will prove something worth while.
We write Fire, Lightning, Automobile Insurance
HOOD RIVER BANKING & TRUST CO.
FORD
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
He pays for his vanity. The man who buys
a heavy car sacrifices good dollars to mis
place pride. The prudent buyer invests in
the dependable Ford. He knows it will
serve him best and at lowest cost.
Five hundred and seventy-five dollars is
the price of the Ford runabout, f. o. b.
Hood River; Model T touring car is six
hundred twenty-five f. o. b. Hood River.
Columbia Auto & Machine Co:
Combinations in restraint of trade are not uncom
mon, but mutual agreements in the opposite direction
are infrequent enough to be interesting.
It is therefore a pleasuse to us to join the other
banks of Hood River in announcing that effective June
1st, we are raising the rate of interest in our Savings
Department from 3 to 4. Accounts now opened
in the Savings Department will bear interest at 3
until June 1st and thereafter the rate will be 4Vi.- com
pounded semi-annually on September 1st and March
1st each year.
By this change we voluntarily increase the earn
ing power of customer's savings thirty-three and a
third per cent, with a corresponding increase in our
cost of operating this Department. We were not
prompted in taking this step by any Utopian motive,
however, and we assure you that we expect to in
crease our volume of business enough to warrant the
raise in the interest rate. We are steadily increasing
the number of our Savings depositors and the new
rata will no doubt bring us new customers and stimu
late the old ones to greater activities.
When we were children, we used to say
"If you your lips would save from slips,
Five things observe with care,
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how and when and where."
Paraphrasing this couplet:
"If you yourself would save your pelf,
These things keep well in mind,
A Savings Account that continues to mount,
Will ne'er let you get behind."
Laissaavaaaaaisaa
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
ANNOUNCEMENT
We regret to announce that owing to the
death of his father, Mr. W. I. Cornell has
been obliged to indefinitely postpone his re
turn to Parkdale. The Real Estate and Insur
ance business formerly conducted by him will
hereafter be in charge of Mr. G. M. Uptegrove
and will be carried on under the firm name of
UPTEGROVE, CORNELL & MASON
Phone OdellJ37 PARKttM.E. OREGON
WE SOLICIT YOUR LISTING AMD INSURANCE
New Harness and Shoe Shop
at O. B. Evinger's Old Stand on 12th Street
Good Machines and Reasonable Prices.
Have had 25 years Experience in the Business.
Your Patronage Solicited.
J. W. DICKENS
PRIMARY DRAWS
SMALL VOTE
RLPl BUCANS CHOOSE WITIIYCOMBE
Smith Leads Bennett for Democratic Gub
ernatorial Choice -Shoemaker Gets
CkrLship Nomination
No election in the history of Hood
' River county has never been quieter
than last t-riday's primaries. Usually
on election night the streets are crowd
ed, and crowds of expectant citizens
1 throng the polling places. A large
number of citizens have always hereto-
fore assembled at the rooms of the
; Commercial club to hear the returns.
; Hut on Friday night the streets were
i pretty well clear by 10 o'clock and by
midnight, except for the lights in .the
buildings where the elections had been
held, and the tired voice of the judge
calling olT the names of the candidates,
no one would ever have known that an
election had been held here. A light
vote was cast throughout the county.
The count came in slowly. The elec
tion board of the West precinct at the
city hall did not finish their task of
counting out until "rosy fingered dawn
was painting the eastern sky."
Hood Kiver county and the state at
large gave Dr. James Withy combe a
large plurality for the governorship.
Moser was second choice of the Repub
licans with Crawford third, followed by
Dimmit-k, Cartsr, Ueer and Johns.
For liemocratic nomination for gov
ernor Dr. C. J. Smith led the field, he
having received a plurality of about
lr(K) votes over Judge A. S. Bennett,
of The lialles. Judge Bennett carried
Hood Kiver county by the plural
ity of 36 votes.
The progressive vote, state wide, as
so small as to be negligible. Gill re
ceived the nomination for governor.
Hood Kiver county lott out on the
nomination for joint representatives!)!!)
for the twenty-ninth district. A. I.
Mason received the smallest vote of
the four candidates in both Hood Kiver
and Wasco counties. Stranahan's vote
was heavy in this county, but the plu
ralities of Kelly and Anderson were so
heavy in Wasco county that his local
vote could not overcome them, and the
two Wasco men received the nomina
tion. The Democrats, writing in the names,
nominated M. 11. Hill and Frank U.
Dick, the latter of The Dalles, for rep
resentative. The Republican nominations for
county oflicers were: Commissioner,
Kd Hawkes; sheriff, Thomas F. John
son; clerk, Kent Shoemaker ; assessor,
Jasper Wickham ; coroner, Dr. H. L.
Dumble; surveyor, Murray Kay; jus
tice of peace, A. C. Buck, and constable,
E. S. Olinger.
Ralph W. Williams received the nom
ination for Republican national com
mitteeman. George M. Brown was the
choice for attorney general ; John H.
Lewis, state engineer; O. P. Hoff, la
bor commissioner; Frank J. Miller,
railroad commissioner, li. M. Esterly
received the Democratic nomination
for national com mi tee man.
K. A. Booth received practically the
unanimous Republican vote for United
States Senate on the Republican ticket,
he having no opponents, and N. J. Sin
nott received a iike tribute in the sec
ond congressional district.
Democratic nominees were: County
commissioner, J. 11. Dunlop, of Cascade
Locks; sheriff! Thomas F. Johnson,
jvho won over both Fendergast and
Hurt by a small plurality ; county clerk,
J. H. Hazlett, Shoemaker, however,
ruomving a comparatively large Demo
cratic vote; assessor, Sam W. Hepp-
ner ; coroner, Dr. V. K. Abraham.
MISS NOKTIIEY ISSUES
LIBRARY INSTRUCTION
For the convenience of those making
use of the county library Miss Delia
Northev. Ibranan. lias compuea tne
following instructions, which she de
clares she will be glad to further ex
plain to all calling at the desk:
The use of the catalog, reference
books or indexes will be gladly ex
plained upon application to the librar
ian.
Books on shelves are arranged in nu
merical order from 100 to 1)00 and under
each nun her alphabetically by author.
The classification scheme divides all
subjets into ten classes which are di
vided and subdivided decimally, thus
keeping ail books on the same subject
together. The dictionary card catalog
is arranged alphabetically by author,
title arid subject. The numbers in the
upper left hand corner represent the
numbers on the backs of the books and
show to what class the book belongs,
and where it may be found on the
shelves.
Reader's guide to periodical litera
ture: These indexes bring out the
hiaterial found in bound magazines and
in current numbers and are arranged
alp habetically like a dictionary.
Lt.sta of books and magazine articles
on s ubjects of debate, topics for pa
pers, addresses, etc., are kept on me
and 'ne w lists compiled for clubs and
individuals upon request.
GROWERS FAIL TO
CALL FOR SEED
Co.iarul a'jioba nan th Clnuri-Newtnn
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(Vmnariv t hp local cannerv tieonle.
Hecureu contracts from many of the
farmers to plant beam ior experiment
al nnmniu Thnv ncrreed to aunrilv
the seed and in return to buy whatever
seed was raiseu as a resun oi tnese
triuiu Kelvins on these contracts the
cannery people went ahead and had a
sufficient quantity of seed shipped in to
meet alt demands. Quite a number who
had promised to go into this line have
failed to live up to their part of the
contract and Messrs. Cloud and Newton
find themselves with a large quantity
of seed yet uncalled for, and the season
already well advanced.
This cannery is just what Hood Riv
er had needed for several years, aiyj
now that it is actually here and almost
ready to begin operations on this sea
son's pack, it behooves local growers
to give it all the support possible.
Those who have proimsed to plant
peas and beans for this institution
should make every effort to carry out
their part of the contract.
Manager Cloud states that he is now
booking applications for help for the
coming season. Packing operations
will probably begin about June 1, or a
few days earlier, depending upon the
strawberry field picks.
SUDDEN DEATH COMES
TO MRS. A. M. IIOBSON
Although no one of the Pioneer wom
en of the valley participated with
greater animation at the reunion at the
home of Mrs. Bert Stranahan last Fri
day, all were shocked Monday afternoon
to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. A.
M. Hobson, the mother of Mrs. W. F.
Laraway, who was stricken Sunday
morning. Mrs. Hobson was apparently
in the best of health Saturday night
and walked up town witn her daughter
and Mr. Laraway.
Mrs. Hobson, who was a cousin of
Richard Pearson Hobson, member of
congress of Alabama, was the oldest
registered woman veter in Hood River
county. She cast her first ballot at the
primaries last Friday.
Mrs. Hobson was a native of Ohio,
but removed to Illinois in 1842. She
removed to Iowa in 1855, where she
resided for 58 years. She came here
to reside a little over a year ago. Up
to the time of the fatal attack she had
enjoyed the best of health, and her
passing was quiet, like a tired child
going to sleep.
The funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at the Bartmess chapel.
Rev. K. A. Harris conducting the ser
vice, after which interment followed at
Idlewilde cemetery.
In addition to her daughter, Mrs.
I.araway, Mrs. Hobson leaves surviving
the following daughter and sons: Mrs.
Urhpa Bales, of Auburn, Neb.; James
B. Hunt, of this city, and Charles and
Eugene Hunt, of Craig, Colo. She is
also survived by two sisters, Mrs. 8. A.
Ingham, of Midland, Texas, and Mrs.
Emily Tutwell, of Okoboji, Iowa.
Mr. Hobson, who was a Civil war
veteran and a member of the Grand
Army, preceded Mrs. Hobson to the
grave a little over two years ago. Mrs.
Hobson was for many years a worker
in the Woman's Relief Corps.
The pall bearers were L. M. Bentley,
S. F. Illy the. D. McDonald, Newton
Clark, John A. Wilson and S. Copple.
MISS JOHNSON SITS -IN
POLICE COURT
Miss I.ucile Johnson, deputy city re
corder, on account of the illness of
Recorder Howe, who underwent an op
eration at the Cottage hospital Satui
day, became police judge Monday morn
ing. The duties devolved on Miss
Johnson when City Marshal Carson
called at the office announcing that he
wbs holding Pete Couver, art Indian
half breed, on a charge of drunken
ness. Miss Johnson was unabashed fcy
the necessity of pronouncing sentence,
and proceeded at once to the city ball,
where the Indian was brought before
her. After administering a fine of $8
she gave the prisoner a sharp lecture,
admonishing him to leave alone fire
water. "If you come before me
again," she said, "your fine will be
doubled.''
This is the first instance in the state
where a woman has presided over a
police court.
IMPORTANT MEETING
OF GROWERS MAY 23
A meeting of the growers for the
purpose of nominating a board of di
rectors of the Apple Growers Associa
ion and to perfect the bylaws of the
cooperative organization will be held
at the Commercial club next Saturday,
May 23, at 2 p. m.
Attention is called to the importance
of considering the bylaws with the
greatest of care before their adoption.
This is thf; most important matter to
come before the growers and it is
hoped that every grower will be pres
ent and take an active part in this
meeting.
All the apple pools have been closed
and reports on all the leading varieties
will be read at Saturday's meeting.
Johnson Corrects Erroneous Rumors
In statements made yesterday Thom
as F. Johnson, nominee of three tickets
for Bheritf, sought to correct erroneous
rumors that have been circulated since
recent campaign meetings before the
Friday primaries.
"From remarks that I made in an
swer to questions propounded to me at
Pine Grove," said Mr. Johnson, "ru
mors have emanated to the effect that
1 cast reflections on Judge Derby as
county attorney. Such a meaning was
foreign to my mind, when I stated that
1 could do nothing toward bringing
guilty parties to justice unless aided by
grand juries and the district attorney.
It must be remembered that I have
served under four different district at
torneys and three deputies during my
three years in office. Judge Derby has
ortfy been in office for two meetings of
court, and I have always found him
ready to do his utmost toward the up
holding of the laws and bringing guilty
parties before the court."
Japanese Plays "Possum"
An overload of sake caused a Japan
ese bov to play "possum ' by the side
of Portland Way in the Oak Grove dis
trict Sunday. The Oriental, apparently
lifeless, was discovered by a number of
boys. A call was put in for Under
taker Bartmess. While the crowd held
a wake, awaiting Mr. Bartmess, the
Jap turned over and grunted. After
the mourners recovered from their
scare, Mr. Bartmess was recalled and
a physician summoned. An emetic was
administered and the Jap recovered.
Northwestern Drives Logs
The Northwestern Electric Co. last
week completed a drive of logs and
debris dumped into the White Salmon
river at ti e lime of the construction of
their huge dam about two miles from
Underwood. The logs jammed in the
narrows just below their dam and after
a great deal of work the jam was
broken last Saturday. The logs were
made into a raft and taken to Cascade
Locks, where they were sold to the
Wind River Lumber Co,, while the
slashings were beached at Underwood
for cordwood.
APPLE ESTIMATES
MAY BEREDUCED
STRAWBERRY OUTLOOK KraiENT
Seig Will Manage Portland Office of Distributors-Re-Organization
Meet
ing of Associatiog Saturday
The Northwestern apple crop may
not be as large as early estimate have
placed it, according to Wilmer Sieg.
The fruit is shedding in all districts
and the earlv pfttimataa will In
all fruit centers be cut The Hood
River valley according to Mr. Sieg and
others who have looked over the orch
ards will be doing well to pass the
million boxes. However early esti
mates placed the crop conservatively
at 1,250,000 boxes.
Oscar Vanderbilt, Chas. Castner, W.
B. Dickerson and Mr. Sieg have just
returned from Spokane, where they at
tended a conference of the North Pa
cific Fruit Distributors on grading and
packing rules. "The rules will remain
very similar to those of last year,"
says Mr. Sieg. "But many small de
tails, on which misunderstandings could
be based, will be eliminated and the
rules, which will soon be issued, made
plain to everyone."
Hood River strawberries will begta
to roll in carload quantities next week.
"The strawberry market is showing
considerable strength proportionatelto
quality," says Mt. Sieg. "The over
lapping of California berries caused
little weakness in'some of the markets,
but the California fruit will be entirely
cleaned up this week. The local berries
should begin to roll next week, and wa
expect extremely good values, on ac
count of the quality of the fruit"
The Apple Growers Association has
closed its pools on last year's apple
crops and a report of final returns will
fce made at a meeting of growera
called for next Saturday. The final
steps in the process of reorganizing the
Association along more closely cooper
ative lines will also be consumsted at
this meeting. According to the plana
of the Association, under the reorgan
ization, growers who are affiliated with
the concern will have a direct member
ship representation and in additioti a
representation based on tonnage. All
elections of officers and settlements of
problems confronting the organization
must carry both a majority member
ship and tonnage vote.
Directora will be nominated Saturday
and by laws for the reorganized coop
erative association discussed.
At thA annual mnulinn 9 t Vi k.a.J
of trustees of the Distributors at Spo-
aane me nrst oi tne week it was defin
itely decided to establish an office in
I'nrtlunH Mr ml mill I.....
charge of the handling of the local
ruawuerry crop, win take cnarge or
the Portland oltice.
' Te Portland headquarters will be
connected with and receive the benefit '
of the exhaustive selling machinery al
ready established by the Distributor!
in 38 states of this country and 11 for
eign lands.
When the shipping season is started
Mr. Sieg will be in receipt of hourly
information as to where the fruits of
western Oregon are in demand. At
flnv hnnr nf tha rlau ha mill Irnn a
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what point a straight car of any grade
or of mixed fruits may be secured.
The meeting of the trustees conclud
ed the first year of business of the or-
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gaiuzaiiun. neporis Buumittea show
that it handled during the year 1913 a
total of ,3958 cars of fruit and that it
paid the growera of Washington, Idaho
and Oregon $3,009,935.51 for the fruit.
Outside of Hood River the most of
the money has gone to Washington and
Idaho growers. Hood River sold 600
cars 01 anules thrnnoh thfl niatrihntnra
during the last season. The average
price to the grower for apples was
J1.26 per box.
Arrangements were completed also
for financing Oregon growers who wish
to market their fruit crops through
the Distributors. It will be possible
for anv BHsncifitinn mpmhnr in wnrM
an advance in cash to cover spraying,
picking and other work. Each individ
ual case will be handled by Mr. Sieg
upon its merits. The Distributors ad
vanced $500,000 to its members for
these purposes last year.
Thfl nernnnnfil nf fha Knarrl nf 4pna-
tees of the Distributors remains prac
tically ine same. j. ti. Koomna was
reappointed general manager.
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River, Ore., president; W. N. Yost,
Menuiam, juano, vice president, ana
11. C S&mnsnn. Rnnlcnna. Npprpfapv
All mem berg of the board of trustees
whose terms had expired had been re
elected by the respective district or
Rllimfintrnf nronninvtinna H W Psvst
erick, of Wenatchee, was added to the
excuiive committee.
FESTIVAL STUNTS TO
BE SPECTACULAR
The eighth annual rose festival to be
held in Portland June 9 to 12, inclusive,
will be the most elaborate and enter
taining celebration on the Pacific coast
this year. For thrilling novelty the
spectacular "conflagration" in which
an eight story factory building, new
and costing $350,000 and occupying an
entire block will be theoretically "de
stroyed," with hundreds of living peo
ple actually saved by fire drills, use of
life nets and other life saving apparat
us, will be one of the most picture squo
events ever produced. The entire tiro
department of the city will be called
out, the building treated with chemi
cals, red fire and other materials to
give the proper effects and the wholn
spectacle will be supervised and con
ducted by a professional stage director.
This amazing "stunt" will be held in
the heart of the city. The fire depart
ment will be called upon to save 300
persons from the fire through various
modern methods employed in such
emergencies.
Second Good Roads Day Postponed
On account of the early maturity of
strawberries, eliminating the work
that would be done by the rural resi
dents of the city, the Commercial club
good roads committee has pofetponed
indefinitely the city's second good
roads day, the date of which was today.
The business men, professional men
and merchants of the city will probably
not work the roads again until atfer
the busy summer season has passed.
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