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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1U15
No. .17
VOL. XXVI
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safety by the loyalty of its customers.
No Bank offers better protection, better facilities than
we extend to our patrons and we invite accounts large
or small from merchants and individuals who are not
aware of the advantages here, other than the mere
custody of funds.
4 Interest Paid on Savings
FIRST NATIONAL
Capital $100,MO B ANK
Surplus $36,000
Bank Advertisement No. 44
We have said much about our Savings
Department lately, probably because thrift,
economy and saving is the order of the day;
but the Savings Department is only about
one-tenth of our business and our chief aim
and purpose is to operate a modern com
mercial bank.
We can transmit money to any part of
the United States or to any Foreign Country
for much less than the same "service is per
formed by the express companies or the
Post Office.
We issue American Bankers Associa
tion Travelers checks, which are everywhere
considered the very acme of convenience
as an ever ready supply of cash, no matter
where you may be traveling.
Our collection department is as com
plete as we can make it.
In fact, we offer everything that a
first class country bank can furnish, includ
ing safety and satisfactory service.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
A New Oliver Type
writer for $45
A lot of office desks and
chairs used 60 days
for sale at
ONE-HALF PRICE
Folding chairs worth $12
$15 dozen, while
they last at
50 cents each
Quick Meal Ranges and
Gas Stoves
Universal Stoves and
Ranges
Caloric Fireless Cookers
Fullers Pure Prepared
Paints
Standard Varnishes
Malthoid Roofings and
Paper
Yale Locks - strong lines
Seeds! Seeds
Burpee's and Burbanks
Our prices are same as
growers. Our stock is
selected by them for this
climate. Buy at home,
save money, return extra.
OILS
We are the wholesale
depot for Monogram oils,
greases, etc. Every kind
of oil from sewing
machine to skid road.
This famous oil is filtered
from Pennsylvania crude
not cut with acid; costs
us more as we handle it.
No Trading Stamps, but we give you the coin, 5c on every
dollar you spend. What stronger appreciation
of your trade could be shown?
Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co.
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WE TAKE pride in extending courteous
treatment to our customers. 11 We want
you to take advantage of our banking facilities.
We want you to come to us and feel at home
when you get there. If there is anything we
can do for you, do not hesitate about asking for
it. We assure you we will do it if we can. If
we cannot do it we will tell you so and frankly
tell you why. Come in and let us get better
acquainted.
Hood River State Bank
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and enable you to see better,look
better, yes and feel better, too,
is imperative. Our Glasses will
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our work.
'Yours for Service"
W.F. LARAWAY
Hood' River, Oregon
GROWERS WILL
MEETTOMORROW
TAC0M DELEGATES TO BE ELECTED
Plans Proposed fall fur a Representation
from Ever)' Interest in the Hood
River Valley t
Kodak and Let
the Children
Kodak
We carry the Genuine Kodaks
and supplies. Come in and see
the New Autograph Kodaks, the
very latest in kodakery. Date
and title your negatives any
negatives permanently at the
time you make them. The great-
est advance in photograghy in
twenty years. We have a com
plete stock In Autograph kodaks
and films.
Victor Victrola's and Records
Krcsse Drug Co.-5te8s&
Ford, Bodg'e
Bros., Cadillac
ClD. FranKlin
MOTORCARS
Columbia Auto & Machine Co.
Satisfactory Titles
are demanded by the wise buyer. Our work is unquestioned
and guarantees protection.
Satisfactory Insurance
i deemed a necessity by the jtise nropertv 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
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These Canned Goods of ours.
Van Camp's Hominy 15c can Del Monte Spinach 15c can
Del Monte Beets 20c can Flag Sweet Potatoes 2 cans 35c
Diamond W Tomatoes 15c can Preferred Stock Corn 15c can
Del Monte Peas 20c, 25c can Van Camp's Kidney Beans 2 for 25c
Diamond W Lima Beans 20c can Del Monte Pumpkin 2 for 25c
Del Monte Asparagus Tips 20c can
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GOOD THINGS TO EAT
At a mass meeting of till fruit
groweri, member! of all shipping con
cerns and independent shippers, to be
held tomorrow at the rooms of the
Commercial club, seven delegates will
be elected to attend the meeting to be
called at Tacoma, Wash., next Monday,
when the first steps will be taken . to
ward forming an advisory board to
have supervision of the sales of north
western apples. The date of tomor
row's meeting was set last Thursday
afternoon, when the Hood River dele
gates to the Seattle conference meet
and appointed the following organisa
tion committee: Dr. C. A. Macrum,
of Mosier, W. W. Kodwell, A. I). Moe,
K. W. Sweaney, O. H. Nye, n.
Shupard and OBcar Vanderbilt.
The members of this committee
adopted the following resolution:
A call for meetings of the fruit grow
ers of the Mosier. White Salmon-Under-
woud and Hood River districts for the
purpose of electing at least nine dele
eutea to the Tacoma meeting to be
h..,l nn Feb. 15. 1915.
It is the 'unanimous opinion or this
committee that Mosier be entitled to
one delegate to be elected by the grow
en of the Mosier district ai tneir own
meeting.
It is the unanimous opinion 01 mis
committee that White balmon and Un
derwood combined be entitled to one
delegate to be elected by the growers
of the White Salmon-Underwood uis
trirt Ht their own meeting.
It is the unanimous opinion of this
committee that the Apple Growers As
sociation, the rruit Growers exchange
nd the Hood Klver Apple & storage
Co. of Hood River be each entitled to
one rivleeate to be nominated by them
ami elected at the general meeting of
thfl II noil River growers.
It in the unanimous opinion 01 this
committee that the remaining four or
five delegates to which the Hood River
district will be entitled snouiu oe nom
muted and elected by all the growers
of the Hood River valley at a general
growers' mass meeting to be held at
the Hood Kiver commercial ciuo ruunia
on l-riday. February 12, 1916, at 1.30
P.m. . .
the organization conimuiee reBucci
fully urges all Hood River growers to
be present at the meeting on the 12th
hist, and to be on time.
The nuruoBe of the growers meeting
at Tacoma is to bring all existing sales
agencies togeter in an understanding
that will prevent price cutting and pro
tect the fruit marKei irom uemoranza
tinn.
The ideal solution of the marketing
ii,iHi nn would be lor the growers to
all get together in one organization and
build a selling macnine mat wuuiu put
northwestern boxed fruit into every
market of the World.
lleeause of the many difference or in
dividual oninions such a complete or
uxnizutinn is not now possible.
. . . i ..ii il. I i :
liut all growers anu an mu n-nuiuK
marketing organizations can agree on
one general principal no one is bene
fited by price culling anu nerce cumpe
titinn. Dumbing our fruit on the cen
tral auction markets breaks the price
and sending great quantities of frui
out on open consignment contributes to
the same end.
On this point of agreement it ought
to be possible to bring about a unueo
movement of all the growers in all the
districts and that is what will be done
at the organization meeting at lacoma
In order to have a smouin wonting
together and to prevent the nusunder
standings that enable the eastern com
mission house to play one sales agency
against another, it will be necessary to
have a .central board oi conuoi mat
will call meetings to establish prices
and that will act as a peace agent i
atmiDhtening out misunderstandings.
The Tacoma meeting empnaiicany
dnea not mean the organization of an
other sales agency. We already hav
far too manv agencies representing ou
fruit n the market, that is wny mey
out mixed ud among themselves and
nrices go to nieces.
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11 we are to succesBiuny maraei our
box annles at living prices, we mus
concentrate their Belling into as le
competitive agencies as possible. The
fewer and the bigger anu better incite
agencies are the greater will be the
aiiilitv to oush our fruit into new
markets and to adopt memous mat wi
increase consumption in the old mar
kets.
The successful organization of the
central board will protect the mark
and will cut out some oi the worst
abuses. It will then be up to the
growers affiliated with each organiza
tion to Bee mat tneir particular associ
ation puts forth every effort to
strengthen its marketing and to. ex
pand the field in wnicn it sens.
There is no use maintaining the
price uniesB we can sell the fruit and
to sell the fruit at profitable prices
means good salesmanship well organ
ized. The central board, oy stabilizing
the market will open the way to more
effective selling and it will be up to
the growers to insist that the agencies
handling their fruit display that sales
manship. The central board will be
able, with a fair degree of accuracy, to
report upon the effectiveness of the
work done.
The danger in this movement will be
the tendency of individual growers to
go it alone and to try to market their
own fruit. Some men will be so short
sighted as to think that they can sneak
off by themselves and take advantage
of the situation. If one man attempts
that so will many others and no central
agency will be able to keep track oi
the price and tne nearuy markets win
be flooded with fruit competing with
it e f.
The independent shippers of the
Yakima valley are doing the sensible
thing. They realize that the individual
trvina to Bell his few cars is the fellow
who frequently breaks the market for
everybody and they are tying all the
independents together in order to nave
enough tonnage to employ salesmen and
really go out and market tne irun.
Independence everywhere must do
that or must affiliate with existing
selling machinery or no power on earth
ean protect the market from demoralization.
The central board can be made to re
lieve a present aituation where the
growers are starving to death and with
passing years it should be developed
to bring all growers closer and closer
together.
But it will get nowhere if the grow
ers do not all get in the game and net
only realize the present situation that
must be met, but also perfect the ma
chinery that will be needed to meet the
situations of the next three or four
years when he annual crop will be tre
mendously increased.
The members of the organization
committee met again Tuesday after
noon and discussed details of the pro
posed new system.
ORTLAND BY-PROD.
MEETING BENEFICIAL
CLUB MEMBERS
TALKOF PARR
CITY PLOT MAY BE IMPROVED
. C. Brock Appointed to Tree Beiutifi
cation President Brosins Appoints
Committee for Year
The meeting of the Portland By
products committee at Portland Satur-
ay will result in beneficial actum, ac
cording to Truman Butlsr, a member
of the committee who was present for
the session.
"Eighty - three representatives of
canning and evaporating plants in Ore
gon and Washington were present,"
says Mr. Butler, "and as a result of
the meeting Uregon canneries and
vaporsting plants will form an organ
ization for the standardization of their
roduct and a systematic marketing of
t. 't he canneries and evaporators of
Washington will do likewise, and later
we hope for a federation of the plants
f Oregon. Washington and Idaho.
The committee also impressed upon
those present its purpose of encourag-
ng and fostering all industries of the
by-product nature that have already
been started and assisting plants in
those localiteis where they are needed.
he committee shall try to head off the
nstallation of such a plant when it is
not needed. We find that machinery
companies are prone to pusn tne con
struction of canneries, when there is
bsolutely no need for them.
The next step in the work of the by
products hoard will he to call a meeting
l beame or ruyanup to get an ex
pression from the packers and manu
lacturers of western Washington and
ater a similar hearing for the concerns
of eastern Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana. If all show a disposition favera
ble to the plan the hoard will proceed
work out a denfiite plan of action
looking toward standardisation and
other marketing features that are un
der consideration. It is probable that
the recommendations of the board will
be for the organization of three local
organizations in the three districts to
handle tr.c cor.peralive work.
LIVESTOCK PROSPECTS
IN OREGON GOOD
There never has been a time in the
history of the state when the farmers
have had such an;opportunity to make
money by raising livestock for meat
purposes as at present, will) an ag
gregate shortage'of'over 3,00(1,000 meat
animals, approximately 800,000,000
pounds, in the leading packing centers
of the United States, it is certain that
for some years to come there will not
only be an unlimited demand for meat
animalB, but it is also certain that
prices will range high and it is not im
possible that all previous records may
be broken.
It is a fact that nearly all the big
cattle ranges of the state have been
broken up and that in only a few loca
tions is it possible to nno pasturage
for large herds, but it is also a fact
that the average farm could be made
to produce a larger number of animals
than it is now doing. With the big
packers and bankers willing, and anx
ious, to cooperate with reliable farmers
in the state in stocking farms and
ranches, it would appear that any
farmer who fails to take advantage oi
his opportunities in this direction is
making a big mistake. The population
of the entire northwest is increasing at
a rinml rate, the. people muBt be sup
plied with meat, and u uregon rancnes
cannot meet the demand it will cer
tainly be met by other states, a large
amount of money will he sent aw
and the meat industry of the state
damaged to just that extent.
DR. COALE'S SERMON'S
CREATE INTEREST
The union services at the Methodist
church will be held each evening this
week at 7.30. An afternoon meeting at
2.30 each day will also be held. Many
sre availing themselves of the privi
lege of hearing Dr. Coale and Prof
Huston, each a specialist in his work
Dr. Coale is a true southerner and has
a most pleasing'way ofpresenting his
theme, lie is nrm ano uecweu.in nn
statements, vet withnl ecxecdingly in
teresting and kind. He preaches nis
belief in a manner wnicn Drings con
viction, yet with an utter absence of
antagonism or disrespect for those of
other faith than his own. He is
preaching to an awakening interest
and each day brings greater numbers
to his meetings. One listens to his
Bermons and feels a confidence in the
sincerity of the preacher, and a desire
is created for the better lire, jo at
tend one meeting means that one will
attend subsequent meetings.
Dr. Coale is moat ably assisted by
Prof. Huston, whose solos are much
appreciated His clear, strong voice
leads the audience in the singing, and
somehow everyone is singing before the
song is fairly begun, together mesa
men are conducting a wholesome, up
lifting campaign for Christianity that,
it is believed, will leave lasting effects
in Hood River. Many have already ac
rented Christ and much interest is
shown by all attending.
The meetings, as planned at present,
will close Sunday evening.
Porter Advises Berry Culture
.1 C. Porter is of the opinion that
Hnnd River would be far better off if a
number of orchardists had kept their
trAct in strawberries instead of put
tin the land into trees. "We hsve
certainly been getting migthy good re
inrm from our berries." says Mr. Por
ter. "Last year the Association had to
turn down about as many orders as it
filled. The growers receUed about
J!l.90 a crate for their berries. Such
rptnrr.s show a very handsome profit
"I think those sections of the valley
hnt urow strawberries better than
apples might well be left in this small
fruit.
Although a good crowd wss present
at the Monday night meeting of the
Commercial club, but few important
matters were discussed. Those present
expressed themselves as being heartily
in favor of some plan being worked out
whereby the city park, the tract sur
rounding the old city reservoir, be im
proved and beautified. The matter was
brought up by V. C. Brock, who stated
that he bad taken considerable Interest
in the proposition last year.
find that a number or citizens are
willing to subscribe funds for the beao-
tihcstion of the plot, othes offer labor
and George Haalinger, the Heights
greenhouse man, oilers to plant a num
ber of shurbi snd plants in the park.
I believe that if soma action is taken
the park can be made a place that we
will all be proud of."
Mr. Brock was appointed to confer
with the civic commitee of the club in
an effort to hasten action on the psrk
improvement.
W. B. Dyer, of Oak Grove, was pres
ent at the meeting and announced that
in the next few weeka Samuel Lancas
ter, the road engineer, who has charge
of the construction of the Columbia
highway in Multnomah county, would
be here for a visit with him. It waa
suggested that Mr. Lancaster deliver
his road lecture. The lecture is illus
trated with numerous pictures of the
Columbia highway and other road
scenes.
It waa delivered tecently In San
Francisco and attracted great deal of
attention there, giving Oregon, tha Co
lumbia highway and at the same time
Hood River a good deal of advertising.
The club proposes to have Mr. Lancas
ter deliver the lecture, and ainee a
smal expense will be attached, a nom
inal admission fee will be charged.
Secretary Scott stated that he had
recently written to United States Sen
ator Lane relative to the bill that had
been introduced in the senate providing
for an appropriation ot $100,000 for a
federal building here. In reply Sena
tor Lane had stated that the bill had
been referred back from the Public
Buildings and Grounds committee with
tha recommendation that it be amended
to provide only for J 1 5,000, it having,
been ascertained by the secretary of
the treasury that a building in Hood
River should not cost over uu,UUU, ana
that a lot could be purchased for
$14,000.
The matter or urging tne ppie
Growers Association to clesn up a
large heap of.old Btrawberry crates that
were dumped laBt fan just back oi me
creamery was brought up. It was Bug
gestcd that the heap of dry boxes
might cause a serious fire and endanger
the creamery building.
Dr. F. C. Brosius, president or tne
club, has appointed the following com
mittees :
R alr-W. L. ClBik H. Connaway, j.
E. Robertson, W. E. King, J. R. Put
nam, w. in. winter. ,
Civic-J. M. culbertson, ur. uumDie,
E. A. Franz, J. Stranahan, C. A. Bell.
Dr. bcobee.
Entertainment C. F.
Vaughan, R. W. Kelly,
D. U. Cruikshsnk.
Membership Archie
Butler, C. R. Bone, J.
C. K. Marshall.
Ahtlet c-R .B. Bennett. Karl Frant.
Wm. McGuire, Dr. Kanaga, Ed Eberly.
Oliver Wall, Fred Bell, Rey B. Early.
River Improvement L. A. Hender
son, Otis Treiber, K. N. Young, A. 8.
Hall, A. W. Htone.
Ways and Means-F. C. Brosius, a.
A. Mitchell. E. O. Blanbchar, D. G.
Cruikshsnk, R. B. Perigo, A. S. Keir,
R. E. Scott.
Auditing-J. M. Culbertson, Harold
Hershner, K. W. Sinclair.
Transportation-Leslie Butler, J. H.
Fredricy, Rey B. Early.
Manufacturing-J. H. Hellbronner,
J. M. Culbertson, 11. Connaway, A. 8.
Hall.
Press-R. E. Scott, C. N. Ravlin, W.
H. Walton.
Fish & Game D. McDonaldl, W. M.
Stewart, Alva Day, B. E. Duncan, C.
K. Marshall.
House Ed Winter, H. Hershner, F.
Davenport, Jr.
Horticulture A Agriculture C. D.
Thompson, L. F. Henderson, J. H. Ko
berg. C. R. Winston.
Automobile-E. L. McClain, L. P.
Goodenberger, E. W. Birge, Leslie
Butler, P. S. Davidson, C. F. Gilbert.
Gilbert, C. H.
Arthur Clarke,
Keir, Truman
R. Nunamaker,
COLORADO SHIPPER
STUDIES COOPERATION
James Turnbull, one of the largest
shippers of apples in the Grand Junc
tion, Colorado, iruil district, waa nerc
last week Interviewing iocbi growers
and market men. Mr. Turnbull baa
been making a tour or tne racinc
Northwest in the quest of inrormation
that will give the uoioraoo growers
and shippers some basis on which to
. i ik.J
work out a maraeting niemuu wot win
bring relief to them. Just before
Christmas a delegation of Colorado
shippers visited the northwestern ap
ple districts on tne asme mission.
Mr. Turnbull oeciarea mat a urea
change has taken place in tne apple
selling game in the last four yesrs.
Before tne dealers were in tno
habit of bidding for the fruit of the
principal eastern and northwestern dis
tricts. The marketing agencies ap
prized them of what they had and
asked them to come and buy the fruit.
And the market men came, uui mey
hart all been losing money for several
years before 1912, and they decided to
hold Oil a Wniie. oy ueceiuucr ma
marketing agencies had become flight
ened, there was a grand rush to get all
the apples on tne market, ana aeinorai
ization resulted.
"We Colorado growers are watcning
with grave interest the results that
follow your institution of a central
board of control," said Mr. Turnbull.
"If it proves effective, we certainly
will follow in your footsteps."
Linen Marking Outfits for sale at this
office at prices that make them a house
hold necessity.