j. VOL. XXVI HOOD RIVEH.JOREGOX. THURSDAY, MAY 13. 191 5 No. bO As time goes on, make your burden lighter by starting a Bank nsj 1 1 Many folks think a Bank is an institution organized for rich people. Nothing could be farther from the truth. 1 No matter how small your earnings, or, how little you may have, you should start a Bank account and add to it as regularly as you can. That is the only road to riches and we will be glad to help and advise you. One dollar will start you. 4 Interest Paid on Savings FIRST NATIONAL Capital $100,000 BANK LONG TIME credit houses must get long prices. Goods sold on twelve months time must pay two or more profits. List up $50.00 you have paid such houses and compare with our prices. We Offer You 60 Days Credit Because that is best we could get. We Offer You 5 per cent for Cash Because that is what we get plus the insurance, ex pense of bookkeeping, stamps, etc. We Charge Interest if Over Time Is Taken Because we cannot borrow money without paying interest. The net result after three years is that the increased percentage of cash received creates a change in ratio of turnover that enables us to reduce price level, while the 5 for cash is always that much less than you are buying for. Let us show you the facts and the goods. Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co. PLAYERS WILL RAISE MONEY FINDS NEEDED FOR SWIMMING POOL "Chimes of Normandy" Will Be Produced on Evening of May 28 by Hood River Singers HUXLEY IS NOW WITH THE EXCHANGE Surplus $36,000 BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Established April 1900 Capital One Hundred Thousand Dollars Officers and Directors LESLIE BUTLER TRUMAN BUTLER - E. H. FRENCH - - F. McKERCHER - -C. H. VAUGHAN -HAROLD HERSHNER I. R. ACHESON - President Vice-President Director Director - Cashier Asst. Cashier Asst. Cashier Eastman Kodak and Supplies Kresse Drug Co. Raxall Stor Victor Victrolas and Records Everything Pertaining to Modern Pharmacy We Serve the Famous Weath erly Ice Cream Rexall Remed ies ever in stock Kresse Drug Co. RU Stor Watermen's Ideal Fountain Pens Friday niht. May 28, Hood River's musical talent will present "The Chimes of Normandy" for the benefit of the proponed swimmng pool that, according to plans, will be eonstiucted on city property just north of the old reservoir on Thirteenth street. No community has better musical talent than Hood River, and the musical play bids fail to be very successful. "The Chimes of Normandy" it an old time favorite, one that everyone is glad to see a second time. For the most part the cast will be composed of those who took part in the successful "Mikado" given here at the open air theater last Fourth of July. those who will participate in the play are as follows: Mrs. Alberta Jackson UHlam, Mrs. C. H. Sletton, Mrs. A. S. Keir. Mrs. Florence Srhmeltzei, Miss Aldine Hart- mess, Miss Hazel btanton, Miss mui ford, Mrs. Floyd Arnold, Mrs. J. M. Culliertson, Mrs. 1). E. Hand, Mrs. Geo. K. Wilbur, Mrs. Albert Lathrop, Mrs. C. O. Huelat, Mrs. I). H. Drewery, Mrs. U. N. Clarke, Mrs. Stalnaker, Mrs. E. C. Smith, Truman Butler, Frank Davenport, Jr., W. A. Isenberg, W. H. McLain, J. W. Pifer, P. G. Schreuder, I. R. Acheson, Este Ilro sius, K. W. Sinclair, Kent Shoemaker, Harry Farrell, O. T. Wedemeyer, K. F. Marquis, C. N. Clarke, Geo. R. Wilbur, Culver K. Osgood, D. E. Hand and J. I). Small. Miss Olive iMepple will be accompanist. Day after tomorrow the swimming pool fund, as is expected, will be ma terially increased by the tale of tags. Numerous boys will have charge of the tag sales. Plans and specifications of the pro posed pool are now on tile at the office of City Engineer Morse on Oak street. Contractors are preparing bids for same. It is stated that all bids must be in by Monday evening, whan the city council will hold its regular meet ing. The committee reserves the right to reject any or all bids. The members of tho committee who have pushed the campaign for the swimming pool are: Dr. C. H.Jen kins, Mrs. C. H. Castner, Mrs. J. O. McLaughlin, Rev. A. S. Donat, Rev. H. A. MacDonald, L. N. blowers and S. A. Mitchell. PEOPLES NAVIGATION COMPANY Steamer Tahoma Down Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays Up Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays All kinds of freight and passengers handled. Horses and automobiles given special attention. Jack Bagley, Agent, Phone 3514 Satisfactory Titles are demanded by the wise buyer. Our work is unquestioned and guarantees protection. Satisfactory Insurance i deemed a necessity by the wife property owner. We represent 1 (J 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 A Knowledge of How to Earn Your Own Living Is More Valuable than a dozen courses In Ancient History Hood River State Bank Ford, Bodg'e Bros., Cadillac Franklin MOTOR CARS Columbia Auto & Machine Co. That Graduation Gift Is a matter of easy selection at the Laraway Jewelry Store. ! Nothing is more pleasing to the graduate than a watch with engraved momogram. We can suggest a great many other acceptable gifts, such as Necklaces, Rings, Bracelets, Scarf Pins, Cuff Links, Mesh Bags, Fobs, Spoons and many other pretty articles for the occasion Engraving Free of Charge W. F. Laraway Jeweler Hood River 5- . Q- m-.it, p. " "LYiirT The Best Flour made on the Pacific Coast is Olympic Flour Full assortment of kinds. Olympic Family Patent Flour Olympic Whole Wheat Flour Olympic Graham Flour Olympic Pancake Flour Olympic Wheat Hearts The Star Grocery PERIGO U SON II. M. Huxley, who since its organ ization two years ago has been with the Apple Growers Association, hits become affiliated with the Fruit Grow ers Exchange. In order to assist in handling the strawberry crop of the Exchange he has already assumed his duties in the office of the shipping agency. Mr. Huxley has spent much of his life in fruit marketing. Kor many vents he was associated with H. K. Da vidson in the administration of the affairs of the Davidson Fruit Co. Mr. Huxley was formerly manager of the Fruit Growers Association at Mosicr. Mr. Huxley began his work 15 yeais ago, when he became omce man ana bookkeeper of the Davidson rruit'Co. In 190b he went to the Hood Kiver Ap ple Growers Union, of which he whs manager for three years. In jyio he was manager of the Mosier agency. He bci-au.j inUicttid in the Davidson Fruit Co.. in 101 1. and took charge of the local office. During the first year of tthe Apple Growers Assoiatiun Mr. Huxley was treasurer and assistant manager, lie spent last summer visit ing relatives at Turlock, Cal. On re turning he took up the duties of as sistant manager. MI7J1ELL BLAST BLOCKSTRAFFIC HOOD RIVER M.1II, SITPLY (XT OFT MUCH AMATEUR TAL ENT IN CLASS PLAY Preparing for Columbia Highway Tunnel, Crews Cover 0.-W. R. I N. Track 20 Feet Deep with Debris st The H. R. H. S. class play, "Chris topher Junior," will be produced at Heilbronner hall next Wednesday night The curtain will go up promptly at 8.15 p. m. the cast is being worked hard all this week at both afternoon and evening rehearsals to make tne play the success that was attained last year by the 1914 class in the staging of 'Esmeralda. Christopher Junior was staged at Pine Grove and Parkilale by the class of 11)10, but many who saw it before are anxious to see it again. Mrs. J. M. Culliertson. who was then a member of the' faculty, directed the play for its initial appearance and is also at the helm getting things in con dition for a successful rendition of the play again this time. Twelve or the graduates take part in the play. Thelleading parts are taken by Walter Nichol and Kathryn Hartley. The former is the young Bon of Dr. W. S. Nichol and is' the only boy to have done the required four years' wotk in three in the history of the school. Miss Hartley, who is the daughter of Mrs. Flora Hartley, is well known locally for her elocutioniary ability. There are four acts to the play. These are respectively Christopher Colt Junior's apartments in Grosvenor Terrace, London; Christopher Jedbury Senior's home in Devonshire; the May or's quarters at Bombay, and the same six weeks later. The cast of characters is as follows Christopher Jedbury Sr., an East In dian merchant, Howard Cooper. Mrs. Jedbury, his wife, lieatnce Florer. Christopher Jedbury, Jr., their son, Walter Nichol. Nelly, their daughter, Verda Waltz. Whimper, their man servant, Fred Coshow. Job. valet to Christopher. Jr., Rud- yard Imholz. Maior.lleadway, retired soldier, Clit ford Porter. Dora, his niece, Kathryn'Hartley. Mrs. Glibb, reformer, Mary Shep- oard. Mr. uiibb. Mrs. Clibb s husband, John Allen. Tom Bellaby.a young lawyer, George Bragg. Mr. Simpson, manager for Jedbury, Sr.. Bryna Abraham. The chorus operetta, "The Feast of the Ked Corn, will be staged the fol lowing night. May 20. The stage at Heilbronner hall is be ing enlarged to allow plenty of room for the production of these two plays. PINE GROVE BABY SHOW SUCCESSFUL The Pine Grove "Better Babies" ex hibit proved to be very successful. The exhibit consisted of examples of all articles needed in the caring and bringing up ot an infant. Some were secured from the members of the com mittee, all of whom have young chil dren, while others were loaned by lo cal stores. People who have seen such exhibits in Portland, Salem and other places de clare that none have ever been any more complete than that at Pine Grove. An address was delivered by Dr. J M. Waugh on "The Bights of the Child to be Well Born." He was followed by Mrs. J. S. Booth, who is a trained nurse but who preferred to speak as a mother. She illustrated her talk by washing and dressing a life sized doll. The complete outfit of infant's para phernalia was as follows: Clothing, consisting of bands, shirts, skirts without bands, hung from the shoulder, soft night gowns, slips of cotton crepe requiring no ironing ; crepe creepers and rompers, coveralls and all the clothing suitable for country living, where mother's days are too full to in clude ironing of tiny ruffles and elabor ate clothing ; a bag for out door sleep ing, made from a small blanket; an aluminum mitten to prevent finger or thumb sucking ; a safety atrap, to at tach to high chair or buggy, saving many a hard knock. ; a nursery crib such as is used in many hospitals, on a movable frame, allowing the crib to slide over to the mother's bed ao that the baby can be attended to in the night or early morning without the mother leaving her own bed: a cariole. or box with acreen sides and ends, 'on wheels, to be used as a bed or a pen to keep the baby off the floor, can be pushed into any room, onto the porch or out of doors. Good baby buggy and a bad baby buggy without springs and unadiusta ble to tit small bodies. The bath tub, clothes dryer, acreen for bed: small table and chair for older children and stand on rollers for clothes; basket bed. were all home made. Complete outfit for modifying milk for infants UBe, cream dipper, gradu ale, etc. Case of baby killers, consist infg of pacifiers, sugar tits, "best Be I ler" soothing svrup. with 11 per cent alchohol, etc; exhibit of books valuable for mothers, bulletins from the chil dren's bureau of the United States de partment of labor: magazines of child welfare, etc. Prominent Attorney Visits Valley John E. Tracy, of Marquette, Mich who has been visiting with a sinter at Santa Barbara, Calif., where he was recuperating from a serious operation submitted to recently at the Mayo In firmary at Rochester, Minn., left for his home Saturday after a visit with his sister, Mia. Hosmer K. Arnold, in the Barrett district. Mr. Tracy, who is assistant general counsel for Duluth, south shore At At lantic Railway Co., stopped en route from Santa Barbara to Hood River at the Panama-Pacific internaional epxo- I sition. He has the greatest praise to offer Hood River on the excellency of her exhibit at the big fair. ' Swimming Pool Tag Day Next Saturday everyone in Hood River will be asked to buy a tag to help build the swimming pool. Help us raise $500. All boyi willing to sell the tags are asked to meet at the Commer cial Club at 9 a. m. Saturday. This is to be a big affair and the co-operation of the whole community la needed. Committee. Explanation of Baby Test The baby test that will be held on Mav 22 must not be considered a baby show or contest. The idea of a public exhibition of babies with prizes is not to be carried out by the people in charge. It is the purpose of the com mittee and of Mrs. Bayley and Ur Hall, of the People's Home Bureau, of Portland, to furnish the means whereby mothers may have their babies tested individually and privately regarding their physical and mental development It is a splendid opportunity for mothers to find out whether deficiencies exist and the proper way to develop the child. The number of children to be tested will necessarily be limited on account of time, so mother are urged to regis ter early and be prompt at their ap- DOintment. I he registration committee is as ioi lows: Hood River, Mrs. Hoyt, phone 47X2; Oak Grove, Mrs. Ellis, 5543; Pine Grove, Mrs. Jarvis, 4668; rrankton Mrs. Glasa, 5696; Willow Flat, Mrs Fuller. Odell-92: Barrett. Mrs. Norton 5777: Odell and Upper Valley, Mrs, FoltB. Odell 344. Register with the committee member in vour own district. Dr. Hall will give a lecture to all mothers at 2.30 at the county library on the day of the test, irrespective of whether they have babies entered or not. Portland citizens who have been over every foot of the Columbia highway in Multnomah county, were visitors last week at Mitchell ll'oint, inspecting the ork that is being done there by the ndifer-Clarkson Co. They declare that this portion of the scenic highway will be the most scenic and most talked stretch along the entire length of the route. The contracting company has now made such headway that the isitor is enabled to prevision the com pleted highway. 1 he Columbia highway at this point will pat.s through a tunnel beneath an overhanging crag. For 90 feet in this tunnel windows and arcade upports will be made. The motorist can stop and look out the windowa and view the broad Columbia almost di rectly underneath him. buch construction hat been made in Switzerland, but never before in Amer ica. The Swiss open side tunnel roada are among the moat noted in the world. At the west entrance of the tunnel will be a 200-foot concrete viaduct, 90 feet high and directly above the track of the O.-W. R. & N. Co. Engineer J. A. Elliott, who has charge of the work for the a tale, waa in the city last week. He aaya the tunnel work will be completed by Aug- ust 1. "All the Multnomah county people who have visited Mitchell Point," he says, "are inipresaed by the scenic possiblities that will be enhanced by the open tunnel. Great excitement waa created here ast week, when it waa learned that crewa of men at work at Mitchell bad laid bare a seam of anthracite coal 20 feet long. The coal seems even harder than the eastern anthracite. Joe Dob son has been experimenting with samples, and atatea that the fuel burna in a manner very similar to that of eastern anthracite. E. L. Smith atatea that the outcropping of mineral waa discovered over 20 years ago. "A number of men prospected there," he says, "but they all came to the conclu sion that it waa atone Instead of coal." Ihe coal excitement, however, haa now about died down. The outcropping did not extend far, and, as it appeara, does not lead to any great deposit of the fuel. Monday noon, just after the Oregon- Washington limited of the O.-W. K. & N. Co. had passed, heavy charges of dynamite were touched off blowing be. tween 300 and 400 cubic yards of the top of the overhanging cliff to the foot of the point. The railroad tracks were buried with the debris. However, the company had ready to assist the Stand-ifer-Clarkson crewa a steam crane and about 50 men. While it waa thought that the debris hurled onto the track by heavy ehargea of dnyamite could be cleared away by late afternoon Monday, the explosiona loosened huge boulders, and the rail way waa blocked until late yesterday morning. The giant bouldera were of such dimension that it wai necessary to split them by charges of powder. The track was buried under 20 feet of debris for a distance of approximately 400 feet. The trains of the O.-W. R. & N. Co. bound for the east were operated out of Portland Monday night, for the offi cials thought the atone would be cleared away in a short time. How ever, loosened bits on the precipitous clifTside continued to slide downward. and the crews of men worked them selves to exhaustion. Other blasts were discharged to bring down menac ing projections left on the side of the point. The traina remained on sidings west of the scene of operations. Many passengers for local stations were un able to secure berths. No mail from Portland was teceived until late Tues day afternoon, and then only first class packages and a few foreign newspapera for local Japanese were delivered. Passengers, mail and express were transferred around the slide at Mitchell and were brought here on trains that were operated from The Dalles. A number of passengers were brought through about 12 o'clock Tuesday. All through trains were detoured over the North Bank line, going by way of Fall bridge and Vancouver, Wash. On ac count of a washout at Redding, Calif., the Shasta Limited, of the S. P. line, was being detoured by way of Ogden. Thia limited train was caught by the slide and held just west of Mitchell. It was taken back to Portland and de toured over the North Bank line. More than a dozen citizens were at the station Tuesday afternoon awaiting the train, hoping that it would bring newspapera from Portland. While bundles of papers were aboard for towns to the eaBt, no packages were left for Hood River. Indeed, the con ditions prevailing were similar to those of time, when the railway tracks have been blockaded by heavy snowstorms. A number ot local people had planned on witnessing the explosion of dyna mite. However, on account of Sun day's rains the roads were in such con dition that they feared automobiles would not be able to negotiate the Ruthton hill. Bradshaw Hears Swick-Lockman Case Judge Bradshaw convened court here Monday for the purpose.of hearing the case of Wm. hwick vs. W. A. Lock man, involving an alleged misrepresen tation on the part of the defendant, who made an exchange of property with Mr. swick year before last, re ceiving as part payment for his Odell tract a house and lot in the city. bringing the suit Mr. Swick alleges that Lockman represented the land suitable for apples. Mr. Lockman in reply denies any misrepresentation and avers that trees on the place show poorly at the presen time because of lack or proper care. Geo. R. Wilbur represents the de fendant. while E. C. Smith is conduct ing the case for the plaintiff. Heavy Rains Fall Over Valley Beginning Sunday a slow steady downpour of rain fell over the Hood River valley the first of the week. The showers were warm and were beneficial to all crops except the early strawber ries. Growers who had berries matur ing found that the showers caused the fruit to swell and become soft. Notice to Grangers The members of Hood River county Pomona 'grange are planning for an other of its enjoyable all day meetings to be held at the Odell gym Wednes day, May 19, beginning at 10 a. m. Many interesting events are sched uled for the day, among which are the reports of Hood River delegates, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Dunbar and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Robbins, now at Tillamook, Ore., attending the state grange con vention. The resolution committee expects the 19th will be their busy day, as all reso lutions are submitted to them in writ ing before being brought before the grange for discussion. It is under stood Jthat many important measures will be on the docket. Dinner will be served at Nelson's hail by the members of Odell grange, whose reputation as entertainers is well known. "Null said." Press Com. The members of Wauna Temple, P. S., will give a social dance at the K. of P. hall this evening. A most de lightful evening is anticipated by those holding invitations.