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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 3, 1914)
(3? he VOL. XXVI HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1014 No. 27 aasasw- -aeaaBawa--aaaV - fill ill I 11 ii,,Somethlngto -m3t be thankful for is e V ' a Bank Account and ""KptheTimeto accumulate it." There is no excuse for those who have reached the years of discretion, to deny v . themselves a Bank Account. The adage "Save for a Rainy Day" is no more forceful than to "Save for a Sunny Day" and we advise you to save for a Sun- ny Day. To save and succeed are synony mous and we should all be thankful that we have the health to earn and the time to save that we may better enjoy life. Begin with $1. Interest Paid on Savings FIRST NATIONAL Capital $100,000 BANK Surplus $35,000 I All H I JT-Z Reed (Si Henderson Incorporated Real Estate and Insurance-Money to Loan Arriving at the scene of the fire, the first ques tion you ask is "have you any insurance?" The usu al answer is "very little" or "none at all." You owe it to yourself and family to carry some fire insurance. The cost is small. It may be your turn today. Bank Advertisement No. 34 The booklet, "Oregon Laws Made Plain," re- f erred to in our ad. two weeks ago, has been well received and many of the people of Hood River have accepted our invitation to call and get a copy with our compliments. This compilation is intended for the use of those who desire to have at hand some conveni ent means of reference to the general laws of Oregon, without being compelled to resort to the bulky volume of our revised statutes, or to the numerous acts of the legislature. The work is not an abridgement of all the laws of the state, but a compilation of those provisions of the stat utes believed to be of most concern to the people in general. Such topics as arise in the everyday lives of our citizens are discussed by Hon. I. H. Van Winkle, attorney, Salem, Oregon, formerly as- v sistant attorney general for the State of Oregon, These topics are clothed in plain language, and can be readily understood by all. If it is not convenient to call at the Bank, send four cents in stamps to cover postage and a copy will be mailed to you. BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Vktor-Victrola X, $75 Why not put a Victor-Victrola in your home this Christmas? The musical instrument that every one can play; that every one can afford. Its remarkable variety of music and entertain ment gives pleasure to every one, and its wonderful tone is a delight every day in the year. You surely don't want to be without a Victor Victrola in your home ; and you don't need to be for there's a Victor-Victrola to suit every purse $15, $25, $40, $50, $75, $100, $150, $200. j Come in today and hear this wonderful instrument and find Aiif aknnt a-tut aiv f ftnt - '' Kresse Drug Company The ttagi Store A House on Fire -Ten chances to one if your house should burn to - night you would forget to save the money you might have hidden away, and spend your time trying to drag out the furniture. . Money kept about the house is always unsafe. In surance companies refuse to carry the risk. Why should vou? Think it over. The place for money, is in a safe, reliable bank like ours, where it is subject to your check whenever needed. Hood River State Bank Satisfactory Titles are demanded by the wise buyer. Our work is unquestioned and guarantees protection. Satisfactory Insurance is deemed a necessity by the wiee property owner. We represent 10 strong companies and have millions of insurance in the Valley Satisfactory Bonds may sometime be required of you, contract, court or security. When in need of such service inquire of lis. Hood River Abstract Company FORD and DODGE BROTHERS MOTOR CARS Columbia Auto k Machine Co. SoffeI Special Sale on Golden West Coffee December 7 to 12, inclusive 1 lb. regular price 40c, for 35c 2J lbs. regular price $1.00, for 85c 5 lbs. regular price $1.90, for $1.50 Now is the time to get good coffee for one week for about cost, just to ad vertise the Golden West Brand. Wood's Grocery J. M. WOOD, Proprietor "The Best Things to Eat" Seasonable Good Tilings to Eat Candied Cherries, pound 60c Candied Pineapple, ponud 60c Shelled Walnuts, pound .) 90c Shelled Almonds, pound UOe Salted Pecan Meats, pound 11.25 Crystalized Ginger, box 25c Dunham's Cocanut 10c, 20c, 85c Kippered Salmon, pound 2e Uolden Egg Noodles, package 10c Fancy Asparagna Tips, 3 rana 50c i Imported Swiss Cheese, pound 60c The Star Grocery, Perigo &' Son "Good Things to Eat" GIFT APPLES WILL GO FAR ASSOCIATION CARS WELL FILLED Boxes of Fruit Go to Far South, Through out New England and to England and Scotland With orders for Hood River's class iest fruit bavins ooured in from all j parts of the state, the Apple Growers I Association gift cars, til lea to capacity, , have started on the eastward journey. Una of the cars goes to New York and the other to Chicago for distribution. The Chicago car carriea gifts of fiuit for hundreds of Middle Western towns. One box of applea will go as far eouth as Alabama. Others go to Arkansas and to Kansas City. The New York car will bear Christ mas presents for friends of Oregon folk whose homes are in New England, New York state, Pennsylvania and Washington, D. C A number of the boxes of apples will be dispatched by steamer for points in England and Scotland. No girt cara have ever been more popular." aaya Harry Parrel), who has had charge of the gift care. "How ever, the most of the orders poured i the latter part oi last week. The Chicago gift car contained 893 boxea of fruit, while the number of gilt boxes in the New York car reached 200. The cars were not fully loaded and ready until Tuesday, when they were routed out to their destinations. The Association continues to ship capacity number of cara of fruit daily On Monday 14 cara were ahipped from the local warehouses. According to statements of the olfi cials of the Association a greater por tion of the Spitzenlurg crop has been disposed of. Manager Stone says that it is the policy fof the organization to work off the fruit that shows poorer keeping Qualities as fast aa possible, However, the Newtowns for the most part will be held in atorage as long as possible. A bulletin from the Northwestern Fruit Exchange says: "The crop of the northwest was han died mainly through three channela, the two central selling agencies and the independenta whose stock is now largely in the hands of eastern commis sion firms. Officials of the North Pa cific Fruit Distributors are quoted as holding over hall their tonnage In stor age. preferring the risk, delay and ex pense to the low prices reigning from the beginning of this season. The Northwestern Fruit Exchange has sold for cash, its oflicials aay, about three- fourths of its tonnsge. and is still tak ing the spot market. So far it is said to have put only 10 or 15 per cent Into storage. "From these facts It ia evident that the two central selling sgencies are ad hering closely to radically different pol iciet this season, while the independ ents, both individual growers and local organizations and firms, are more or less of an unknown quantity. Some of them are putting practically their en tire holdings in to storage, while the names of others are seen frequently in the auction catalogues. new buildings and beautiful homes have been erected. The Congregational church edifice, the high school and the library buildings would be a credit to any city of ten times the size of this. Tourists traveling throueh the la citiea of the world would pauae to be- noia me Mamies ot such a homa aa that of Mra. W. P. McLaren. "The wonderful nictureanue h-nt of Hood River valley can not be de er i bed; but with its beautiful homes. many of which have all the conven iences of a modern city home dotting it thickly, it must be seen to be appreci ated. For natural beauty and grandeur one need but raiae their bead and view the rolling ranges, the rugged moun tains and the lofty snow capped peaks, or dip into the Hood river or Columbia gorge. "The raising of fruit is not the only industry. The brick and tile put out by the brick and tile factory is of a high grade and the Hood River Cream ery ia another valuable asset, and many hogs are raised with pro lit. The peo ple here do not have to depend wholly upon the market value of their applea which have a lower market value this year on account of the general Euro pean war. Many car loads are usually shipped to foreign markets, especially to Germany, and Hood River feela the erred or the war more than most sec tions by reason of having ita foreign manteis ciosea. IIEIZER BELIEVER IN DIVERSIFIED FARMING L. C. Heizer, who has made a repu tation as a corn raiser, having been a pioneer In planting corn crops on a arge scale, is a thorough believer in diversified farming, which he is put ting to the test on his Udell farm. 1 was born and raised back in Iowa," says Mr. Heizer, "and from an early age have had it drilled into me that a farmer should raise as much of the necessities of life, not only for himsell but for his farm animals, as possible. And at the present time I grow ail of the products "that I need. have carrots for my cows and horses. and I grow my hay myself. Every or charclist in Hood River should make an effort to farm in thia manner. He would be more prosperous." Mr. Heizer last year had a crop of 10 acrea of corn. He harvested about 375 bushels of excellently matured corn grain. "I have enough grain for all my stock. 1 have 18 head of hogs," he says. "The seed was secured two years ago from the same people from whom the O.-W. K. & N. Co. got theirs. However, the crop ot the past year, from seed that had been accli mated, was much better. Every ear matured. I pick my seed corn as my wagon drives through the Meld at har vest time. "The main thing about a Corn crop ia the prepart tion or the soil. It must be in good condition and thoroughly pulverized in order that the moisture may be conserved. I find that it takes ust five months for the corn to ma ture." The variety of corn planted bv Mr. Heizer is Minnesota 13. A display of the Heizer corn was recently made at the store of the Franz Hardware Co. A number of eara of Mr. Heizer's corn, not especially picked but taken at random from his corn crib, were sent by the O-.W. K. & N. Co. to the Walla Walla corn show, where they took prizes. OLK COUNTY MAN PRAISES THE VALLEY Arthur D. Allen, formerly of Polk county, who spent last week here vis iting local friends, haa returned to Portland, where he now resides. Mr. Allen, who two yeara ago was prom inent in Polk eounty politics, waa bare ly defeated at that time for county as sessor. Speaking of Hood River and the Hood River country, Mr. Allen said: "Thia ia my first trip to Hood River in six yeara' time. Although we hear a lot about Hood River aa being famoua for strawberriea and vpples, and in the state at large are justly proud of Hood River aa a part of us, the people who live here may well be proud because of the spirit of progress and thrift every where evident. The city ia to be com plimented on its progressive up-tn-date appearance; the business streets have CITY COUNCIL HAS SPECIAL MEETING At a special . meeting of the city council Monday night the matter of chief discussion waa the remonstrance against the acceptance of the Twelfth street improvement work done by the iransrer a Livery uo. A resolution, upholding the remonstrance, waa adopt ed. The reaolution atated that it was found that the surface of the atreet waa not properly finished, and the sum of l.im, which, according to the esti mate of the city engineer will finish me oiung ana street surfacing, was withheld from the amount due the con tractors, who were also placed under a bond of $,10O0 to complete the work in the spring as soon .as the weather in suitable. Under the contract the Trans fer & Livery Co. ia due the sum of i7,30b.7b. The resolution calls for the payment of $7,006.76. ROAD SUPERVISION LAW 0BLIGIT0RY Ralph Root, secretary of the commit tee of Hood River citizena who have been collecting data aa to popular sen timent toward the aunointment of a road supervisor, has received the fol lowing letter from the atate a attorney general relative to the appointment by me county court oi someone to aupor vise me construction or county nigh ways: "Dear Sir: Reulvinir to vous letter or November zisL would state that under section 7. chapter 142, Laws of 1913, it is obligatory unon the county couri io piuca in charge or the road work either a roadmaster or the county aurveyor. A roadmaster appointed by the county court is more or less subiect to me uireuiion or me county court. Mr. Root statea that the opinion of the attorney gereral harmonizes with the sentiment of the people. So far answers to postals recently sent the voters show an overwhelming msioritv of more than 12 to one that the court appoint someone to conduct a system atic plan in the construction of the county roads. HOOD RIVER CHANCE CITED PUBLICITY NECESSITY SAYS WRITER LeRoy Armstrong Calls Attention to Op portunity Offered Valley by Taking Advantage of Expositions all been paved as have some othert.and I be youn. CITY ELECTION "NEXT MONDAY Political interest is now centered in the municipal election which will be held next Tueaday. The warmest con test bids fair to be ahown in the vote for the mayorality. While Dr. H. L. Dumble had a small lead at the No vember 6 primary over A. P. Reed, the present incumbent, on the Republican and uemocatic tickets, both having en tered the race as Republicans, the lat ter received eight of the 11 Progressive votes, and will allow his name to be placed on the ballot Tuesday on the Progressive ticket. H. L. Howe and Louis A. Henderson are the nomineea of all three tickets. Candidates for council are aa fnlows : finmihlinnn nnmin.a. TwaimaM Unll. IbIUUMtIM IIUI1IIIIVLD. . 1 UIDQIl UUL CI. C. H. Caatner and James Stranahan : Democratic, j. r . usrnes and M. H. Nickelsen; Progressive, ' Nickelsen. Huler and Carnea. John Otten. who waa nominated for council on the Dem ocralic ticket, haa withdrawn his name, Mr. Otten and hia wife will leave soon to spend the winter in southern Califor nia. , ST MARK'S BAZAAR FEATURES ATTRACT The members of the St. Mark's Guild, who will hold their annual ba zaar at the . Heilbronner hall Friday evening, have a number of features that will be attractive and tend to draw those looking for pleasure and an evening of diversion. The presenta tion ot 1 rial by Jury , one of Gilbert & Sullivan's most pleasing productions, alone will be worth the price of admis- lon. Forty of Hood River a talented people are taking part. but in addition to this the ladies of the church are planning on aumsing features for their bazaar. A beautiful doll, aaid to be one of the prettiest ever seen in the city, will be disposed f. A grab bag will be prepared, and one of the bags, all of which will be filled wih useful articlea and worth the money paid by them, will contain an order for the handsome doll. Articles, all the way from tinware for use in the kitchen, to doll clothes, will be for sale at the bazaar. Will Chandler'a orchestra, composed of George Wuest, P. 1. Packard and N. E. Burton, will render a concert pre ceding the rise of the curtain for ' 1 rial by Jury." If you wish to be careful and eco nomical in your purchases and at the same time select from a well chosen line of the newest and best in holiday goods, you have only to start for W. r. Laraway's Jewelry atore at once and both of these desirable advantages will (By LeRoy Armstrong) Hood River county baa thia in com mon with the warring nationa of Europe : Both must do some things in aeif defenee. Over there, no matter how much a nation may want peace, it must protect itself. Its present life and ita future existence demanda big measure of aacrifice one that laya ita strong demand on every person equal ly. Here, especialy in thia year of Pacific expositions, Hood River county people must arrest the attention of the tourist thousands or be counted back number, a has-been, the stick of a once very briliant rocket, the form erly spectacular exploiter who baa ahot hia wad. It ia a matter of aelf defense for us this year. The California carnivala, partly because they are worthy, partly because there ia nowhere else to go, will call a mighty boat of well to do people from the country east of us, from every city and county of every state. They are going to California, and are going to aee whatever inter ests tham on the way. ;Tbey are com ing in comfortable atyle, for they have the money. They are the prosperoua people who know a good thing when they see it, but they have to be ahown. Ihey are good enough to be added to our own population, for they sure of the most desirable citizenship the na tion knows. Some yeara ago they heard about Hood River. The fame of thia valley waa known to all informed, , discrimi nating Americana. In these past two seasons, while our people have been adjusting themselves to new condi tions, while Great Nature haa .been etablishing bearing orchards , where forest and rock had been, the discrim inating Americana have heard less of Hood River, but have not forgotten. Remind them anew, preaa our invita tion upon them, and they would as soon mis Hood River as the Golden Gate. But we have to tell them. . We must reach their attention. We must cause them to make Hood River a aura nort of call. We must impress them that here exists the sort of condition which invitee their kind-the btst place beck oning the best people. And, aa in burope. it la the boundan duty, the just obligation of every citizen, ao it too closely affects the future prosper ity of all our people for any one to de cline hia proporionate share. There ia a development adage to the effect that a town belter be on the line of a live railroad that at the end of a dead one. But ao long aa the Columbia river flowa "unvexed to the aee," Hood River will never be on a dead "line." Much of the transcontinental auto travel will be by way of Seattle and Portland to San Francisco; , but thousanda of those partiea will come up the Colubmia river highway to aee Hood River. It should be our task to increase that number te the greateat possible limit. There ia no danger of deceiving them. In all this round world they will find no scenery more splendid. At the end of no road, dead or alive, will tbey find ao desirable region aa the Hood River valley. They will gain a memory,, enriching ther livea. Some of them will make Investments here, and improvement here, and good homea here. A great many other auto partiea will come down the whole of the Columbia valley, preferring that to the longer northern route. We ahould enlist aa many recruita as possible to that wel come army of invaaion. They will form a probable element of the sea son's commerce in the valley. Out of their number we will keep some aa cit izens, to their lasting benefit aa well as our own. But the very much greater number of touriBts-to-the-coast will come ; by rail. It will be a good business for Hood River people to tell them before they buy their tickets the wisdom of stopping over here. Put the matter before them in much printed matter. Tell the truth attractively through such mediums aa reach the eyes and appeal to tha reason of the best , citi zenship in the east. Assure them .that Hood River county property ia a better investment now than ever before; that the valley ia vastly more beautiful and residence here immeasurably more de sirable. For Hood River standa ready to make good every one of those prop ositions. In plain terms, the people of. the esst, likely to visit California's expo sitions in the summer of 1915, should be urged by all the solicitation that advertising can summon, to visit Hood Kiver valley. Make it a definite part of their plan. Impress it aa one thing they must not forego. They will come if we ask them. And their coming will be mighty profitable tor all of us. And let every citizen, in pronoriton to his ability, share in the cost of that publicity. It ia the community'a affair. And the members of our community are far too just to desire escape .from their equitable shsre of a duty which, when discharged, brings universal ben efits. No county ever had auch an oppor- tunty to reap a harvest. And the cost of the reaping as ita ultimate profile should be shared by all. STANLEY-SMITH MILL BUILDING IS UP The new mill building of the Stanley- Smith Lumber Co. at Green Point ia now complete and under cover. The work of reconstructing the plant de stroyed by fire thia aummer ia now fairly finished, except for the placing of the machinery. The lumber com pany haa had a crew of 32 men engaged up to last weea, wnen ju were dis missed, their work done for the winter. Twenty -two men are still engaged In placing the machinery. 'We have more than nine inches oi snow at Green Point now," saya A, A. Lausman, who has charge of the Oreen Point property. "One of our main difficulties is in getting in supplies for our workmen." Rubber Stamp Ink at this office? "