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Uuly 4th Independence day marks our Nation's fight
for liberty, and should remind all to strive for individual
independence by starting a bank account.
H Without effort there is little chance for accompl ishment
and none for opportunity. If you earn money, it is a
duty to save part of it and we are ready to aid those
who have the desire to become independent. Start with $1
4 Interest Paid on Savings
FIRST NATIONAL
Capital $100,900 BA.jNK
Fly Goods
Screen Doors $ 1 and up
Adjustable window screens
all metal or wood frames;
screen wirecloth.silver.g'old
or black; fly paper, fly traps,
fly poison, fly swatters.
Oils
We carry Monogram lis in
any prade forevery ; rH,s, :
Monogram is top of '.h wry
few oils refined witl out use
of any acid -it costs no mure
we have motor oil iovn to
40c a gallon. Lard ci! wats
foot, greases, hard and soft
graphite.
Summer Goods
Herrick Refrigerators
White Mountain Freezers
Quick Meal Gas Stoves
Perfection Oil Stoves
Hammocks
Torch Furniture
Porch Curtains
Old Hickory Chairs
Outing Good;
Our fishing tackle lint- sim
ply can't be excelled and
costs no more In t nts we
have all sizes at 1 ' ' f less.
Camp Stoves, Wat"- Hasrs,
Dunnage Bags, Camp Chairs
Cots, Bedding, Pillows.
Our Furniture Stock is in perfect assortment at prices that
means money saved.
A carload of Cement Coat Box Nails just received we
would like to enter your order for estimated needs at a price
you surely want. $
Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co.
CHAUTAUQUA
BEGINS TODAY
Y.UDEYILI.E SHOW GIVEN TONIGHT
Singers Are Prepared for Presentation f
"The Bohemian Girl" on Monday
Night, July Fifth
Surplus $36,000
Bank Advertisement No. 57
"Truth should be the first lesson of the child
and the last aspiration of Manhood; for it has been
well said that the inquiry of truth, which is the love
making of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the
presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the
enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human
nature." -Whittier.
We do not claim a monopoly on any of the vir
tues but we try to enjoy to the fullest extent our
portion of them. The confidence which the publ ic
has had in us through more than fifteen years has
remained unshaken because we have ever striven
to have the light of truth and frankness control
and guide us in performing the duties that have
been entrusted to us by our customers.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
IF IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN IT ISN'T A KODAK.
IF IT ISN'T A KODAK, IT ISN'T AUTOGRAPHIC
IF IT ISN'T AUTOGRAPHIC, IT ISN'T
. UP-TO-DATE.
Hence:
IF IT ISN'T AN EASTMAN, IT ISN'T
UP-TO-DATE
All 1915 Folding Kodaks are Autograr hie
Let us furnish and finish your Autographic Films
Kresse Drug Company
7&e RoxaJUL Store
Victor Victrolas and Records
Satisfactory Titles
am demanded by the wise buyer. Our work ia uni)iiealionetl
and guarantees protection.
Satisfactory Insurance
is deemed a necessity by the wise property owner. We represent
1(1 strong companies and have millions o 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.
To Young Men
Youth is the time to prepare for old age. Not much
preaching to the young man so we will not attempt it.
The average young man thinks of the present. Not one
in ten has a definite aim in life, but the one out of ten today
will be the wealthy, comfortably fixed man of tomorrow.
Young man it is worth thinking about if you would only do
so. Old age will surely come to you. Open a saving ac
count at our bank and you will never have cause to regret it.
Hood River State Bank
FORD
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
Half the joy of motoring, either for business or pleasure,
comes from dependable service and Ford economy, and ex
plains why half the car owners today drive Ford cars. An
average cost of two cents a mile for running and maintenance.
Barring the.unforeseen, each retail buyer of a new Ford car,
between August 1914 and August 1915, will receive from $40
to $60 as a share of the Ford Motor Company's profits.
On display and sale by
Columbia Auto & Machine Co.
Hood River Abstract Company
Some Cme In But We
Want More Cream
To those of you who are contemplating going into
the dairy business we would suggest and urge you to
start at once. The season for the higher prices for
cream is almost at hand, and we need the CREAM.
While our receipts of cream are still on the increase
so is the sale of butter. And we desire to increase our
trade. We are not content with simply keeping the
butter money at home. We want to bring in money
from outside also. We have markets waiting for us
that we cannot supply.
WE ALSO SELL ICE CREAM
Give Us A Trial
Hood River Creamery Co.
WhyCookonthe 4?
Use our ready to serve "Good Things
to Hat" and enjoy tlie day. See our
window for very attractive prices on
OLIVES of all kinds.
Canned Meats, Pork and Beans,
Pickles, Cookies, Lemons, Ban
anas, Cheese, Soda Water
Store Closed All Day on
Monday, July 5th
The Star Grocery, Perigo & Son
"GOOD THINGS TO EAT"
i he dig time is at hand. The fourth
ar.r.ual horticultural Chautauqua will
begin tonight, when Prof. J. Adrian
M'l'i'iR -to guard against error it
will perhaps tie well to state that the
person meant ih "Dad ' Epping when
I'rof. Fpping's vaudeville stars in 10
hie, marvelous, mirth making bits of
rtiiriucry, dance and song will be pre
sented st the open air theatre. Count
them there are ten.
Bill Chandler's orchestra will play.
Button Bros, and Bragg Bros, will
render sweet songs. These hoys are
re::!ly wonderful in the modern day
n. eh dies.
A surprise is in store for those who
see the Artist 8 Stndin scene in u.hii'h
iwill appear Mesdamea Drewerv. Ktir.
M-nnu-itxer and liillam. Miss Lillian
Brock, and Culver Osgood and VV. B.
.Small.
Rev. David Warfield Cruikshank, of
Scar.dihnovian fame, will deliver a ser
mon. Itilly Sunday please be present
and take i.ote.
Mrs. Ralph Hoot and J. 'Adrian Ep
ping will sing a duet. This will bo a
treat.
A wrestling match follows. Humane
officers will not be allowed in the audi
torium. (
Arens Tlrus. have been heard before.
Theit appearances have alway been ap
preciated. I heir father, F. X. Arena,
of Knickerbocker fame, has prepared a
new skit for hig talented song.
Miss Porothy Epping, whose beauti
ful dancing the past year has brought
her many honors at the University of
California and at San Francisco, will
render some of her interpretations for
Hood River people.
In the cabaret scenes, closing the
program, I'rof. Epping say.-J he has
prepared some of the snappiest music
ever sung in Hood River.
Tomorrow night Prof. Webber's Ju
venile orchestra, fresh from the Orphe
um circuit, will be seen. This is one
of the highest class traveling attrac
tions ever secured for Hood Kiver.
When the ukuleles and guitars begin
to utium beneath the bower of maple
tiees, with a moon shining from the
Btaae heaven. one ran well imanino
himself in the mystical, tropical isles.
ine runuay date, wnich was left
open, has now been filled. After ur
gent requests Billy Sunday has agreed
to deliver a sermon to his Hood River
neighbors at 11 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Billy had been invited to Van
couver. Wash., but he desires to de
liver a message to the people of Hood
River. This will be a union service of
all valley churches.
Though more than a half century old.
Urn fi i : r - it, . .
ine uonemian uiri is as noou ar to
day as when it was written. It ranks
among the operas, as does Shakespeare
among the dramas. No opera of its
kind contains so manv beautiful mclo
dies. The "Heart Bowed Uown." "1
DreMMit That I Dwelt in Murhlu Italia'
ana "tnen iou i Kemember Me." are
melodies that live in the hpnrt nf v.
ervnne and are aurppt nnri tuneful
ine scene oi tne opera is laid in the
town or rresuure. Austria. h nrm
cipal parts and those taking them are
llevilahnnf. chief nf thn minsioa (I
T. Wedemeyer; Queen of the gypsies,
nazei aianion; inaarieus, a 1'oiish ex
ile, Chas. N., Clarke; Florestein, W. B
Small: Count Arnheim. R. F. Marauis:
Ariine, daughter or the Count, as a
child, Kathleen MarquiB; Ariine, grown
io womannooa, Mrs. u. tl. Metlon.
The storv in brief: Thariiieun nnr
sued by a company of Austrian soldiers
is given sneiter ty a Dana ot wander
ing gypsies and is induced to become
one of them. The chief of the band
later steals Ariine. the little riMiiohter
ut the count, and she grows to woman
hood amid evesv surroundings. A fair
is held in the town of Presbure. and
the gypsy tribe comes to tell fortunes,
beg, and otherwise gather in all the
trinkets and monev Dossible. A ieal-
ousy, .which leads to trouble, springs
up amongst them because of the love
that has developed between Ariine and
Thuddeus. Several of them are com
manded to appear at the hull of justice
before Count Arnheim, who at once
recognizes his lost child, grown to
womanhood. Ariine is positively iden
tified by a gear on her arm, which was
inflcted during her sixth year by a
wounded rIhu 'I hp ennnt ntinn Innrn.
ing of the deep love for f haddeus, im
plores ner nui io mrow ner uie away
bv becoming the bride of a nomad.
Thaddeus annears. and tn thn anmriHp
of the count, produces a royal commis
sion, proving the nobility of his birth.
The end may be surmised. Over 40
voices arc being admirably trained by
Mr. Epping in his UBUual energetic
manner, fnr the chorus and a full nr.
chestra led by Will Chancier will accom
pany the Boluists and chorus.
ii is expected inai targe crowa irom
the Upper Valley will be here not only
for the Fourth of J til v celebration, hut
for the chautauqua events. The Mount
Hood Railway Co. has made a special
rate from its valley stations to accom
modate the increased passenger traffic
expected.
SCENIC POINT WAS
CALLED STORM CLIFF
While most of the salient points of
the Cascades along the Columbia have
some interesting significance in Indian
legend, no authentic legend has ever
been told of Mitchell Point. A story
prevails to the effect that in early days
a man named Mitchell, when chased by
hostile Red Men plunged over the prec
ipice and was killed. But this seems
to have no foundation.
"When I first came to Hood River,"
says E. I.. Smith, who removed to the
velley 39 years ago from Olympia,
where he had resided with his family
when secretary of Washington terri
tory, "we called Mitchell Point Storm
Cliff. The rain and wind clouds that
were brought scurrying up the Colum
bia always seemed to be divided here
and sent eddying around the Hood
Kiver valley."
And the name is an appropriate one.
The pines and lira that have found root
in the sides of the points bear mute
evidence of their struggle with the
wind that ever blows strongly on the
exposed cragsides. The contour cf the
rugged stone miss, as one stands at
either the east or west approach of
to the tunnel work of the Columbia
highway, showing the jaggedclitrs. the
gnarled trees and the sheer, precipi
tous drops, is awe inspiring. High up
on ine .race or tne larger clitf ia a
nine pruesiai. Slowed; oack I in a
mchelike hole. Those who have climbed
tne trail that leads almost perpemlicu
larly to the niche, have found this
while, ghost like column tn ha the lull
siuinp oi a pcirined tree.
Edgar l.ocke. a rancher uhn U on
orchard place just east of , Michell
Point, has a flock of white goats that
nave run wil.l and now make the eyrie
crags meir home. Strangers, unac
quamted with the region, have often
taken these animals for wild goats
By following rough trails that lead
around the base of th luu ffifii nt tut hn
wooded ranges that lie back of Mitchell
i oiiii, me explorer may in an hour s
time reach spo's as virgin and unmo
tested as though thev were a hundred
miles from an habitation. Deer hunt
ers find this a favorite shooting ground
in the fall. However. Ih
on me places not overgrown with larg
er mresi irees, render much of this
country almost impassable. This dis
trict along the tup of the great gorge
is known as the "brakes of tne Columbia."
Cougars often come down to the Co
lumbia from these wilds. A vear aao
one was seen gwimmino the ColumliiM
jusi wesi or Mitchell foint. A boat
man made an utr.irt tn Imn tha I .
cat, but was afraid to put his plans in
to effect, when the cougar began to
swim toward his boat. Bobcats rr.av
be found there by the score. In the
fall of 1913 Judge Derby and b E.
Newby were returning from umnu
hunting down the sides of the lareer
crag, when they were startled by a
bleat and a scurrvins of feet above
them. Looking toward the summit of
Big Mitchell, thev saw m hntunt in
full Might, nursued hv one nt I n-lt'a
wild goats. The cat took to a stunted
pine, while the soat nawed fernrinnolv
Biid vented his anger on bushes around
the roots of the tree.
Ibe five mile stretches nf Cnlutnhiu
highway, a nortion lnratfl htw..un
Cascade Locks anri tho Unllmh
county line and the remainder between
vyetn ana viento, are just about com
pleted. In fact, it is now possible for
an automobile to travel f mm Mnnrl
Kiver to Portland. The rough places.
however, will make ih imirnau tin.
comfortable for a time.
These sections of the
wagon and automobile road have been
ciuiii oy tne Newport Land & Con.
Iruction Co. from the nrncppila nf
$7(,00u bond isaue sold by Hood River
county last year. This .$75,000 for
five miles of contBruction as compared
With the iflll (Hill fur tha thnui.nnil..
of a mile around Mitchell Point, shows
ine extreme hiuh fuiit rr tho luti...
With b5 per cent or more of the $75,000
expenneo on a third of a mile, where
the road will past through solid rock,
cuts or tunnel, this construction work
is expensive as railroad work. 'I he
lines built up the Deschutesjriver.are
eaiu io nave ueen as expensive as any
ever constructed in this portion of the
United Stales, and the average cost
per mile of the heavy rock excavation
work mere ranged around $(i0,000.
une or ine most expensive points in
Hood River county, leaving aside the
Mitchell Point wi.rk. wua at what tha
engineers nave termed "the gateway,
where just west of Lindsay creek, a
passage was blown thrnuch fnirlv unliil
roun. rormeriv me rockv c ills oh.
tructed the View; Hut nirifa tha maA
has been opened, a large slice has been
taken out of the unraH aiHp unrl nna
is enabled to see for a long distance up
me Miiurnoia, and thus the name.
Fairlv heuvv wnrW uiua hUa miAniint
erea west oi uascade Locks aa well as
at Shell Ruck mounain east of Wveth
At both points the sides of the gorge
are siowiy sliding in toward the river.
The trees just this side of the Multno
mah COUntv line, thn hr trunlia tinmen
show the etrecta of the moving earth.
At Shell Rock the initial work on
me i,oiumrjia highway was done in
11)12. when ex-Covernor West a fund
of $10,000 having been donated by S.
Benson, detailed a nartv of hnnnr nun
to construct the highway around the
dillicult point. The work of the con
victs for the most nart has been ahnn.
doned. The retaining walls constructed
bv these unskilled men in manv puaoa
have already fallen. The dry masonry
of the new work is entiilpv nf HitFur.
ent construction and will stand the on
slaughts of the winter s storms.
; i tie fciandifer-Uarkson Co., with
Frank Wilson in charge, now has a
crew of 84 men at work at Mitchell
Point, and the work will he nractioullv
completed by August 1. "We may not
have everything smoothed up by that
time," says Mr. Wilson, "but we will
be able to allow machines to pass
through."
'The entire hiohwav will ho foirlu
pasasble by this date." savs J. A. Klli.
utt, state engineer in charge of the
work. "Numbers of nprxnnH whi hiua
recently gone over the scenes of con
struction have advanced opinions that
no motor cars could very well travel
the rough surface this vear. Hnuiouor
the road to them probably looked like
nouse iusi oetore the carpenters left
it. it no doubt spemeri nrottv hnnlu
mussed up, but the clearing away pro
cess will make a change in atmear-
ances."
W. T. Eddy, of Hood River, has heen
continuously on the Mitchell Point
work, havina been transit mun fnr the
state engineering crew.
flood Kiver people are anxious v
awaitins the date when tha orout
scenic boulevard will be an actual re
ality, and when the scores of long
ooked for automobiles will begin to
pass through the orchard districts.
Scores visit the Mitchell Point work,
and invariably thev return a hundred
fold more enthusiastic than before the
journey.
J he expressions of gratitude for the
nhilanthrouv of S. Benson are un
bounded, and discussions are often par
ticipated in as to what may be done to
evidence most this respect and honor
fur the dean of good roads enthusiasts.
A suggestion has been made bv E. L.
Smith, one of Hood River's most dis
tinguished and beloved citizens and for
many years a close friend of Mr. Ben
son, that has received much commen
dation. Mr. Smith proposes that the
Hood River portion of the hiehwav be
officially known as the Benson section
of the Columbia highway, and that ap
propriate testimonial tab eta be nlaced
along the route.
THE EAGLE
WILLSCREAM
BEST CELEBRATION EVER PLANNED
Committees of Business Men Work for
Elaborate Features of Gala Inde
pendence Daj Monday
bleep late, if you will, next Monday
morning, but be sure that you are wide
awake when you arise and come forth
on the streets: fur the duv ia onino
have the hummingest events in Hood
River's history. Ihere will be patriotic
music to Quicken vnnr ho.,,.
and sweethearts to Beason with senti
ment the dav'a doinoa nH tha Hau'a
athletic events, just wait and wath
then.
When Cruikshank'a doll parade and
Frank U. Cram'a. Krank V. nono.'.
- - iiavuc,
and and Kent .Shoemaker's automobile
parade are over : the nnnulai-A anil as
semble at the courthouse omnnHi
where that flowery orator, Senator K.
R. Butler, of Tha llul loa mill rloii..
the Independence Day address. Aa the
aieuoo i ay lor used to say, Senator
Butler was reared in thn hilla nf ...i
Tennessee, where in sarin manhnyv,! k.
received his inspirations liom the glo
ries of the country that surrounded
him. Standing on some mountain tm
where by breaking a twio nt tha rhnnn.
dendron that grows so beautifuiiv
there he could almost tickle the angels'
feet, he used to sneak to tha or out h.M
eagles soarimr hiuh un in tha i.ino ,.
of heaven. It was thus that
Butler, comiiiff frnm a land ,.t
learned the art of making pliant the
Knglish lamruase. an at iff fnr tha mnal
of US.
To facilitate the
committee Frank F. Haon.r n,. that
all who wish to enter their automobiles
see him at once. It ia the desire of the
committee to make thia year's oarada
the most unimia and tha lnn.t !..
given here. The Udell and Upper Val
ley communities will be placed in sec
tions. Therefnra in aHriitinn n t
airy between individuals, an inter-com-
munity rivalry will be shown.
Truly.it seems that the Independence
Day celebration is going to be a cork.
er. Billy Sunday, vou know, haa
promised to umpire the baseball game.
Manager Garrahrnnt ia imnni.. .
additional sea tins canacitu at hioahaa
and grandstand.
Ihe Old Cannon on thn pnnrt Knnaa
nrnilnrla auill ! UUJ 1 . I . . r rr i .
gun was in use at the defense of Fort
Sumpter at the beginning of the civil
wa, and in 1864 went with Sherman to
the sea, one of Captain Degre's bat
tery. It was captured bv the ennfed.
erates on the 22d of Jul v. 1864. and
retaken by the federals a few hours
later, and went on with Shnm tn
the grand review in Washington City.
Congressman W. R. Ellis presented
the gun to Canby Post in honor of the
members' services during the war. It
has been firm! fnr tha mil rX ...a..
each Fourth of July by R. M. Hunt, ita
present custodian.
After the morning numbers of tha
celebration, the country people who
bring their luches for the day will as
semble on the courthouse grounds for a
grand spread. Perigo & Son will as-'
ISt in UHtaininD' tha innor man nf h
celebrators by distributing free of
charge steaming coffee.
The members of committees are 'as
follows:
Finance- A. S. Keir, J. W. Perigo.
Earl Frani, A. C. Ststen. Robert Peri.
go, 11. Connoway. Executive D. G.
CruikBhank, M. E. McCarty and J. B.
Canfield. Sports-D. G. Cruikshank,
C. H. Vaughan. J. B. Canfield, L. A.
Henderson. Walter Shau and u.mk
Garrabrant. Grounds-A. P. Reed. J.
M. Culbertson and J. H. Heilbronner.
P,nn,.M l C . . I.' i
and M. E. McCartv. Advertisement
Larl Frans, Wilmer Sieg and C. O.
Huelat. Recent inn Mr P P. R
W. L. Clark and E. O. Blanchar. Pu'.
rade Frank B. Cram k k Hr .
and Kent Shoemaker.. Decoration..
Leon Fouts and E. S. I'nlhv Ft ram a
Robert f'prion P. M llnlm.n .ul
W. B. McGuire. Entertainment Dr.
H. L. Dumble. Mrs. W. W Rnnwdl
and Prof. J. O. McLaughlin.
BERRY SHIPMENTS
WILL REACH 100 CARS
Shilimpnts nf Hnnri Hiuar atramhaa-
ries handled by the Apple Growers As
sociation will reach annroximatplv KYI
carloads, the same amount as handled
last year, up to Monday S3 straight
carloads had been sent out, and the ex
press shipments would have averaged
nearly a carload each week rinrino tha
shipping season. The berry season
will close this week.
The Apple Growers Association is
now hlisv shinninm rherripa Ttcontu.
seven tons of Royal Annea have been
sent to canneries. The Bing shipments,
which are nearly over, total 1,317
crates. The Lamberts are just begin
ning to come in. The crop of latter
named cherries ia very naerly as heavy
as last season. The others, however.
will fall almost to 50 per sent of last
year's crop, when 46 tons of Royal
Annes were shipped.
The Fruit Growers Exchange
closed a very successful berry season
This agency has already made two dis
tributions, of 50 cents each, to grow
ers, and is now making a third.
Manager McKay states that his con
cern is now ahinnins rhorrioa, Tha
demand fur this fruit is good and prices
range irom 11.40 to $1.60 per box.
"We are already getting inquiries on
export apples," says Manager McKay,
"and numerous inquiries are coming in
about our Bartlett pears."
haa -
Glacier StamDS always nrint ami are
auraoie as wen as attractive.
YYinans Secures Road Aid
W. Ross Winans has been busy thia
week circulating a petition to secure
contributions of cash and labor, which
will be used to put the Lost Lake road '
in good condition. The petition met
with favor, and Mr. Winans has accum.
ulated a fairy sized sum for the road
work.
Two More Fords Sold
Co-
Louis A. Goodenberger. of the
lumbia Auto & Machine Co., report
the Rale of Isn mnra Rnr4 tnnrino
during the past week, the buyers being
rreo &. uean, ot tne neignts, and C.
C, Carpenter, of the East Side.
i