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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10. 19U
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Fooled for once.
lima has taught
many to keep their
valuables in a
Safety Deposit
Vault'
H It is a great mistake to secrete valuables
about the house.
H To possess articles of value or money
and afford them no more protection than
hiding them in the home, is to invite the
wicked to hunt for them, which sometimes
involves the loss of human life. Be prud
ent and keep your valuables in our Safety
Depoist Vaults, rent a box by the year.
4 Interest Paid on Savings
FIRST NATIONAL
Reed , Henderson
Incorporated
Real Estate and Insurance-Money to Loan
A sensible Christmas present is a FIRE INSURANCE
POLICY for your family It protects.
We carry over $900,000 of insurance on our books for
the people of Hood River County.
Watch for the announcement of our FREE TRIP TO
THE PANAMA EXPOSITION; it will
appear next month.
Capital $100,000 B A.K
Surplus $35,000
Bank Advertisement No. 35
Following our custom of occasionally using
this space for general topics of interest, we want
to quote a recent editorial in the Saturday Even
ing Post entitled "Politics in High C."
''We imagine the country is very tired of
politics in high C. The prolonged scream causes
a reaction. We never were, as a matter of fact,
tottering on the brink of a precipice. The house,
in sober trouth, never was on fire: only the gas
oline stove was smoking.
Politics tells you the only serious fault vou
can commit is to vote the wrong ticket that
otherwise you are all right; and if you are not
flourishing as you wish, you must look for the
cause somewhere outside yourself in some fell
conspiracy against you that operates through the
tariff or the trusts, or the hanks or the railroads.
As an antidote, take this: whether you form
a cocktail habit or decide to stay on the water
wagon is of infinitely more importance to you
than who shall be President of the United States.
Smoking three cigars a day too many counts for
vastly more in your weal or woe than what party
is in power. In the enrichment or impoverish
ment of your own life, what you shall read this
winter counts for a hundred, while the state of
the tariff counts for only fifty.
Deciding whether to borrow a hundred dol
lars on your life insurance policy or to get along
with last winter's overcoat is an act of incompar
ably greater weight in determining your success
or failure than the vote you cast at last election."
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
Holiday Suggestions
Victor Victrola and Records.
Eastman Kodaks and Supplies.
Pyralin Ivory Toilet and Manicuring Sets
(Imported.)
Manicure Sets, Clauss & Griffon, Mfgrs.
Johnson's Candies (Complete Fresh Stock)
Rite-Lite Shaving and Dressing Glass.
Stationery, Symphony Lawn Linen.
Cigars (in neat Holiday Packages.)
Game Sets.
Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens.
Gillette, Cross Cut, Auto Stron Safetv Ra
zors.
Christmas Post Cards. Com nl At.fi A
ment.
Military Hair Brushes.
Initial Stationery.
Columbia Grafonnlns arid T?Arrrla WMn.
sively at the
KRESSE DRUG CO;
TAe 3fe Store
QNE class of people THINK
they will open a savings
account. Another class WILL
open one. To which class Jb
YOU belong?
Hood River State Bank
Satisfactory Titles
are demanded by the wise buyer. Our work is unquestioned
and guarantees protection.
Satisfactory Insurance
in deemed a necessity by the wise propertv 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 us.
Hood River Abstract Company
FORD
and DODGE
BROTHERS
MOTOR CARS
ia Auto & Machine Co.
One-Half Pound High Grade Tea Free
From December 8th to 25th we will give absolutely free a
half pound can of Chase & Sanborn's tea, worth 75c lb., any
kind you like with every purchase of 3 lbs. or more of
Seal Brand or Golden Glow Coffee
Seal Brand coffee is worth at least 10 cents more per pound
than any other coffee on the market.
The Star Grocery, Perigo & Son
"Good Things to Eat"
ZT
as
You Can Chop Your
Expenses
By buying your meat at this mar
ket, not at the sacrifice of service
or quality. Here are some of them :
Loin Steak 28c
Pork Chops 28c
Motion Chops 28e
Veal Steak 25e
Veal Roasts iHc
and other prices according.
Give us trial.
FRESH GROUND BONE EVERY DAY
E. M. HOLMAN
The Sanitary Market Tel. 2134
BIG VOTE AT
CITYELECTION
Dl'MBLE IS ELECTED MAYOR
Butler, Franz and Nickelsen are Elected
to Council -Due Economy and Clean
Town, New Mayor's Slogan
At the city election Tuesday Dr. H.
L. Uumble was elected mayor with
majority or 117 votes over his oppon
em, a. r. neeo. ine successful can
didates for council were Truman But
ler, h. A. Franz and M. H. Nickelsen.
II. L. Howe, for recorder, and Louis
A. Henderson, for treasurer, were
elected without opposition.
The vote was as follows:
For Mayor-H. L. Uumble, 300: A
P. Reed, 183.
For Councilman Truman Butler,305;
James r (..arnes, 172; Chas. H. Cast
ner. 216; E. A. Franz, 263; M. H.
Nickelsen, 234. and Jas. Stranahan.206,
ror Recorder ILL. Howe, 419 votes.
ror treasurer L. A. Henderson,405,
1 he vote cast, 4S3, was the second
largest ever cast here in a city elec
tion. Although the women had the
privilege of the ballot at last year's
election, but SOU votes were cast. The
city election in 1912 brought out the
largest vote in the history of the city,
number of ballots having reached 628.
Hood River's mayor-elect, Dr. Dum-
Die, is well known over the entire
county, having been a practicing phy
sician here since 1901. He was for
merly a member of the city school
board, having been chairman of that
body last year.
M. H. Nickelsen, one of the new
councilmen, was Hood River's first
treasurer. At that time he was a mer.
chant here, but later removed to his
West Side ranch. For a number of
years he has been secretary of the
Farmers' Irrigating Co.. having held
the position after strain making his
residence in the city. Mr. Nickelsen,
who is a native of North Germany, has
been a resident of Hood River for the
past 21 years. He came here from The
Dalles. After leaving his native land
his first place of residence in this coun
try was in California.
Truman Rutler. who received tha
largest vote of any candidate havina
opposition, has been a resident of the
city for the past 13 years. On account
of his connection with the eity's oldest
bank, the liutlei Banking Co., of which
he is now vice president and manager,
he is known over the entire Hood River!
district. Mr. Butler has formerly
served the cityin the capacity of city
treasurer.
E. A. Franz, although running inde
pendently, was the only one of the
candidates seeking re-election to be
successiui.
Dr. Dumble hss as yet had no oppor
tunity to consider appointive offices
I only know," he said yesterday,
mat i snail put into ettect the plat
form on which i was elected, and shall
use all my efforts for due economy and
a ciean town."
TRUMAN BUTLER AT
, BY-PRODUCTS MEET
Truman Rutler, who was present last
Friday and Saturday at the by-products
meeting of northwestern fruit men held
in Yakima, characterizes the gathering
as one of the most progressive recently
held in the northwest. According to
Mr. Butler the meeting was of ineeti
mable benefit to the fruit growers of
North Yakima, since it resulted in an
agreement on the part of the four big
fresh fruit shipping aeencies in that
district to cooperate ntxt year for the
operation of a by-products plant, and
for all northwestern fruit districts
since it will emphasize the necessity of
adopting methods for the handling of
me Dy-proaucts oi the orchards.
lhe meeting of the delegates to the
Yakima meeting was held behind closed
doors, in order that, as one of them ex
pressed it, they might get down to
brass tacks. A second meeting will be
neia in Seattle, Wash., on January 23,
when the fresh fruit market problem
and the relations of fresh fruit market
ing and by-products will be discussed.
those present at the Yakima meetins
in addition to Mr. Butler were:
H. M. Sloan, president of the Bitter
Koot Irrigation company : Pau A. Wev
rauch, manager of the Blalock Fruit
company of Walls Walla; J. L. Hughes
or me isKima Artinciai ice & Cold
Storage company; W. H. Paulhamus,
president and manager of the Puyailup
and Sumner Fruit growers' asociation:
D. A. Snyder, banker and proprietor of
cannery at Davton. Wash.: M.J.
Higley, manager of the southern Idaho
sub-central of the North Pacific Fruit
Distributors, and G. C. Corbalev. sec-
retary-manager of the Spokane Cham
ber of Commerce.
PLANS PROPOSE
CENTRAL AGENCY
The following ia clipped from the Se
attle Post Intelligencer. Ai will be
noted the discussion of John P. II art
man takes the same trend aa was evi
denced last week at Yakima at the By
products committee conference attend
ed by Truman Butler. Mr. Hartman
will be remembered by Hood River
people because of the rousing good
roads speech delivered here a little over
a year ago.
'The central selling aeencv. handlimr
fruit for all districts of the northwest,
ia the only hope of putting fruit grow
ing in this section of the country on
profitable and stable basis," said John
Hartman at the Arctic club yester
day.
"I am vitally interested in the efforts
now being put forth to solve the fruit
marketing problem. I am no longer
shipper, having disposed of my orchard
holdings in the Yakima valley; but the
acquaintance I made with scores of
honest, hard-working growers, know
ing as I do how this marketing question
is one of livlihood and home with hun
dred of growers, keens me in touch
th the situation. Furthermore. I re
alize that the general prosperity of the
northwest is in no small degree affect
ed by the success or failure of our fruit
growera to get reasonable returns of
their product. .
(Jut of the demoralized apple mar
ket, accentuated by a number of ag
gravating conditions now convulsing
the entire world, there seems to raise a
spontaneous movement which gives
promise of bringing order out of cbaos
within a year or two. I am watching
with great interest the press of the
fruit growing districts. Public opinion
ia rapidly crystallizing in favor of gen
eral amalgamation of the marketing
factors, lhe ideal ia one big central
organization which should distribute
not less thsn 70 per cent, of the out
put, 'this would surely result in the
salvation of the industry as it did with
the citrus situation in California.
Conditions do not appear to make
possible the immediate attainment of
thia ideal," declared Mr. Hartman,
"but a very distinct advance in that
direction seems likely to occur shortly.
There are persistent rumors that tha
local district organizations are row ne
gotiating for arrangements with the
two central selling agenciea now occu
pying the field. If the six or seven
leading factors now competing with
each other at excessive overhead ex
pence should be reduced to two, or at
most, three, the happy result would be
to greatly centralize responsibility and
eliminate in large measure the existing
evii oi unueroiuuing ana price cutting.
"We might well have two powerful
urKBiiiiauuna wnicn snouid oe re
strained from cutting prices on the
growers' fruit, because of the fact that
they will be fighting for supremacy,
and the only way to win will be by
iiiimiik superior returns. lhe one
guilty of cutting prices under the other
will manifestly fall short of the record
of the other, thereby forfeiting its
position of advantage.
"However. I helmva it nnaaiM
if there are only two selling factors, to
remove an cnance of underselling.
"Senator Paulhamua ia championing
the formation of a price fixing board
composed of representatives, experi
enced and neutral fruit men from each
district. This board would act as a sort
of clearing house for the marketing
agencies. Price schedules and offera,
even on Individual carloads, should be
submitted for approval of the board.
Underbidding would conatsntlv mani
fest itself and be squelched instanter,
before sales were made. It would have
to be so arranged, however, that the
initiative and elliciencv of the agencies
should not be hampered. Thev must
not be delayed in making quick sales,
for they are at all times comnetino
against other auule erowinir districts
of thw country whose output is 94 per
cent of the national crop.
i oon t wish to be understood as
unappreciative of the good accom
plished thus far by the local district
organizations. They have carried the
standsrds thus far with signal efficien
cy, but conditions are now undergoing
a radical change, owing largely to in
creased production. Moreover, it ia
manifestly not economic for all these
organizations to be supporting their
huge pay rolls for multitude of ser
vants wno are constantly crossing and
recrossmg each other'a tracks. Excea
sive overhead chargea are now carried
by the grower, and excessive competi
tion is at the asme time hammering
own me average or selling prices.
"The present conditions are forcing
elimination of organizations occupying
weak pusiiiuiiK, and ar forcing concen
tration of tonnage and responsibility
into the organizations which demon
strate their ability to carry heavv
loads. 1 look for n.ucli progress with
it tne coming year. One, possible two.
central selling agencies, will greatlv
reouce me average cost oi our tine ap
ple to consumers all over the world.
while, st the same time, returning at
least 50 per cent more to the grower
man ne now receives."
NOVEMBER SHIP
MENTS HEAVY
CARLOAD EXPORTS SHOWST.IBJLITY
Apples, Vegetables and Lumber to Exlen
of 362 Carloads Districted from
Valley in Month of November
ay can one eompre-
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in no Better way
nena toe stability of a communis than
by inveatiagting and finding out what
its exports amount to. During the
month of November more than 300 car
loads of produce were routed out to tha
markets of the country from local
warehouses. More than two thirds of
this was apples, considered by the rail
roads as one of the highest class
freights they are privileged to carry.
And while thia ia an off year in the ap
ple markets, the sales of these many
carloada of fruit will be at figures, ac
cording to the reports of market men,
that may return a profit to the grow
ers. These figures were secured from the
valley'a apple shipping associations,
the Hood River Produce Exchange and
the Oregon Lumber Co. and the Stanley-Smith
Lumber Co. The number of
cars of applea would be materially
swelled if it had been possible to have
secured the number of cars shipped out
by individual growers who have shipped
independently.
The total number of carloada shipped
in November was 3ti2, segregated aa
follows: Lumber, 98 carloada; apples,
261 carloads; vegetables, 8 carloada. A
number of growers have shipped quan
tities of potatoes independently.
RAVLIN ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER FAIR PROSPECTS
GROWERS GET MORE
THAN A MILLION
Fruit growera in the four northweet
ern states, to December 1, his season,
have received in cash from the Nerth
Pacific Fruit Distrainors $1,122,111.36.
according to a bulletin issued bv tha
central office at Spokane, this week.
I his money represents returns frnm
fruit sales and has been disbursed to
the sub central associations for pay
ment to members.
Regarding the season's vnlnma nf
business, tha bulletin says:
"The returns disbursed so far are
for approximately two-fifths o the
crop that will be handled by tho North
faciHc fruit Distributors this year,
but they include peaches and other aoft
fruit and the cheaper and earlier varie
ties of apples, necessarilv comnriainir
our least valuable tonnage.
uuuiwuuiiij iiirce-niina oi me
crop ia either sold and to be collected
for, or ia yet to be marketed, and, in
cluding aa it doea the later varietiea of
apples now being sold for higher pricea
on a rising market, it comprises our
moat valuable tonnage.
"Last season's total disbursements
aggregated $3,069,953.61. Notwith
standing adverse trade conditions, ab
normal in their nature, with which we
have had to contend up to the present
time, it is believed that our total dis
bursements for 1914 will considerably
exceed that figure."
EAST FORK ELECTION
ON JANUARY 12
C. N. Ravlin. who returned Mondav
night from Sun Francisco, where he
nnii neen Bent oy tne ureeon work! a
rair Commission to make a studv of
the space provided for the state of Or
egon in the horticultural palace and to
mane designs lor proposed exhibits, is
very enthusiastic over the possibilities
to be gained not only bv the state of
Oregon, but by Hood River.
"Hood River has lust about a third
of the space devoted to Oregon in the
raiace oi Horticulture. The most of
the counties are overlooking the exhib
its to be msde there and are devoting
ineir enoris toward preparing exhibits
in the Ureeon state buildine and the
agricultural building. Aa will be re
membered. we decided a year ago to
maae our largest exhibit in the Palace
of Horticulture, and I had no more
than seen the location of the big struc
ture and its accessibility thsn 1 felt
the wisdom of this decision.
lhe stste of Utah ia soendini? al
most the whole of its appropriation in
the Palace of Horticulture. Washing
ton hss already spent about $4,000 in
the preparation of a booth. Idaho is
going in strong there, mainly with ap
ples. Of course, the display to be made
by California will overtoD evervthino
Canada has already shipued 2.000 boxes
of apples for display in the Palace of
Horticulture.
The Palace of Horticulture will be
one of the most attractive and access-
ble buildincs at the exnoaitinn. Nat.
urally, people will want to see the
horticultural display, for California in
known as a horticultural state.and they
win rvant iu aee wnai sne can do on
her own ground. The foreign countries
are planning on interesting horticul
tural displays. And SDeakins' of the
ppropriations of foreisn countries.
Argentina, alone, hBS made an annro.
priation of $1,700,000 for an cihihit t
the ban rrancisco fair. Two burglars entered the Pine Grove
The San Francisco Deonle do not! "ore of the Consolidated Mercantile
seem to think that the war will mili- Saturday night, securing
tste extensively against the success nf , mately loU in money.
the fair. lhe transcontinenal railroads were frightened away
A general biennial election will be
held in each of the five divisions of the
Last fork Irrigation District on Tues
day, January 12, 1915, to elect a treas
urer and a board of five directora.
Formal election notices statins tha
polling places will be dob tod the last
of the month. Any resident of the
stste may be elected as treasurer, while
a candidate for director must not only
be a resident of the state but must al
so be a bona fide owner of land in the
division which elects him, but he need
not reside in that division, or even in
the district. The voters in each divi
sion vote for but one director. A voter
is defined to be any person, male or fe
male, 21 years old, whether resident
of the district or not, who is a bona
tide owner of land in the district. If
one owna land in two divisions he can
vcte in but one.
Nomination for these offices mav be
made by petition of 10 or more voters.
or at an assembly of 25 or more elec
tors, ana such petitions or certificates
of nomination by assembly must be
filed with the secretary of the district
by January 2. 1916. Only Qualified
voters in division may help to nomin
ate a candidate for director from that
division.
The five divisions of the disttict are
as follows: Division No. 1 lies south
of the township line between Tps. 1
and 2. North. Division No. 2 lies west
of a line running north and sooth
through old Ode 1 1. Division No. S Ilea
south of a line running east from Con
nanay's atore. Divisien No. 4 lies
south of the east and west middle line
through Sees. 13 and (14-2-10 and Sec.
18-2-11. Division No. 6 is all north of
the last line.
BURGLARS GET $50
AT PINE GROVE
have already booked over 100,000 pass
ages, of which about 25 pet cent will
travel by way of the northwest. This
rate will double when the warmer
weather opens up in the spring.
many states nave appropriated large
sums for handsome buildings, which
will be used mainly for meeting places
and reunions of the Deonle of the ra-
epective states."
Mr. Ravlin says that Hood River
people will be glad to know that 90 per
cent of the red apples being sold in
San Francisco now are Hood River
Spitzenburgs.
I hey are Popular, too. ha aava.
"Our Spiti are sellins for $2.50 a box.
while right beside them Cslifornia
Newtowns are only bringing $1. The
Palace hotel is makins a snecialt of
Hood River Spitzenburgs, the fruit be
ing served in individual cartons for 15
cents each,"
approxi-
The men, who
just as thev
were concluding .their work, one of
them leaving hia cost, entered the
store through a screened window in the
meat department. The burglar evi
dently was not able to squeeze through
the piece cut in the screen with hia
coat on, and the garment was removed.
The coat contained a picture of a man
wearing the identical coat left behind,
and strange to say, the man waa hold
ing up his hands in what seemed to be
a mimic hold-up scene.
The burglars were frightened by H.
C. Johnson, a member of the Consoli
dated Mercantile Co., who sssistt with
the operation of the Pine Grove store,
who, after returning from a late Satur
day night party, had entered the store
room to get something to eat. At hia
appearance the burgalrs made a hasty
exit.
In addition to the money the burglars
looted several cases of cutlery.
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