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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 22, 1915)
Mm HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, .1TLY 22. lDir, VOL. XXVII f Jo. 8 "', n, . ri!?iim! .r ""ni liK . 5 , I" SI y mi line or i ft 'ook r r ,'weoug i in tnena i if The boundary time makes us back at things jht to have done, Bank account is your friend? URead about the lives of rich men and you'll find as a rule the statement "he started a poor man." 11 No man, who exchanges his labors for money, is too poor to have a Bank account. Wealth depends upon what you save, not what you earn. If you will not save, you will not have. Having is the result of saving. Be gin with 1 and we will help you. 4 Interest Paid on Savings FIRST NATIONAL Capital $100,000 B A.ISJK. Surplus $37,000 Bank Advertisement No. 59 Our recent Bank Letters have been quite gen eral in character and it might not be out of place this time for us to be more specific and to say , that the service rendered by this Bank to its pat rons is much more inclusive than the average layman may think. Our Trust Department is prepared to act as trustee in any financial transaction and the Bank can serve as administrator of your estate or exe cutor of your will. Our Collection System is as good as we have been able to make it and we are striving to make it better all the time. Our Savings'Department, in which we pay in terest at the rate of A, offers you all that a modern Savings Bank can give, to' its depositors. Our Commercial Department, with its sixteen hundred checking accounts, is endeavoring to do its full duty toward the upbuilding and develop ing of the community. Butler Banking Company Fly Goods Screen Doors $ 1 and up Adjustable window screens all metal or wood frames; screen wire cloth, silver, gold or black; fly paper, fly traps, fly poison, fly swatters Oils We carry Monogram oils in any grade for every purpose. Monogram is top of the very few oils refined without use of any acid -it costs no tii.Te we have motor oil down to 40c a gallon. Lard oil. neats foot, greases, hard and soft graphite. l! STREAMS ARE WELLjiTOCKED PARTIES TRAVEL TO REMOTE LAKES Hood River Game Protective Association and State Commission are Doing Good Work Summer Goods Herrick Refrigerators White Mountain Freezers Quick Meal Gas Stoves Perfection Oil Stoves Hammocks Porch Furniture Porch Curtains Old Hickory Chairs Outing Goods Our fishing tackle line .sim ply can't be excelled and costs no more -In tents we have all sizes at 10 less. Camp Stoves, Water Bajrs, 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. Safety First We have installed the Vortex Sanitary Soda Service 10,000 Clean Glasses waiting to touch your lips Come in and try our new Sanitary Service Kresse Drug Company Tke 3?OXo&r Store Victor Victrolas and Records New July Records Now on Sale Satisfactory Titles are demanded by the wise buyer. Our work is unquestioned and guarantees protection. Satisfactory Insurance is deemed a necessity by the wise 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 us. Hood River Abstract Company Save A Little No matter how careful you may be, all the money that passes through your hands will not "stick to your fingers." But really that is no reason why some of it should not stick. And here is a very good pointer about the money you do save. It is worth taking care of; by putting it in a good bank it will be safe until you do need it. No matter how small the saving at the start you will take pride in seeing the account grow, once started. Hood River State Bank FORD THE UNIVERSAL CAR Readily adaptale to all situations, with its ability to meet and overcome the unusual, the Ford is the car for your tours and and camping expeditions, as well as being a genuine utility in the demands of everyday life. Averaging about two cents per mile to operate and maintain. 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. ICE CREAM Have you tried our Ice Cream? We are selling it in any quantity of from a pint up. It is going to all parts of the valley and town and we are also shipping it out side. Everyone who has tried it comes back for more. Hood River Creamery Co. Of course Imlheatthtj' 1 tradelwith Perigo & Son Campbell's Soups 10c per can Curtis Ripe Olives 15c, 25c and 60c Canned Meats AtThewStaLGrocery MMMM 'Good Things to Eat" Rnttor 20c and 30c Heinz Dill Pickles 20c a dozen Chaw St Sanborn IIIiMHuiinnilllinllllllillUlllll SEAL BRAND COFFEE Nimrods rejoice. Those who enujy the sport of casting for the wary trout in the mountain streams of the Hood Kiver valley may well rejoice The efforts of the State Game and Fish Commission and of the Hood Kiver County Game Protective Association are far reaching. Hood Kiver streams and Hood Kiver lakes are being well etocked. Last week members of the latter organization made history, penetrating into the wilderness as far as Waturn Lake. North Lake and Lake Defiance, their wagons loaded with cans of little fishes fiom the Kunneville State Hacthery. Of all the state's institutions there is r.ot any so busy at this season of the ear as the great . fish hatchery at fioiw neyville. The great comomnwealth of Oregon may be compared to a giant loom: the Rainbow, the distributing car f the State Fish and Game Commis sion, a shuttle. Ana this ;shume is constantly being shunted from one end of the state to the other. The little minnows that it carries may be termed the woof and the state's many streams the warp. The work of the Commis sion and allied associations, those simi tar to the local organization, result in (unshed cloth, bo to speak, that fish ermen like to think of. This simile of the woof and warp may be far fetched, but when one fol lows the criss-crossir.gs ol tne Kamhow he may comprehend why such a like neiB is conjured up. Rarely a week passes that the Rainbow is not Been passing through Hood Kiver. The fish ar is usually attached to one of the local passenger trains. It penetrateB remote districts of eastern Oregon. In a few days afterward it may be heard of down on the 8. P. line in southern Oregon. 'We aro constantly on the go, says T. J. Craig, who for the past several years has been in cnarge oi me wen equipped distributing car. Wednesday of last weeK ine Kainnow was here, having been switched from the O.-W. R. & N. track to the line of the Mount Hood Railway Co. It was taken to Dee, where ranchers and business men, with teams and atuomo- biles met the car, 1 he day before Mr, Craig and his assistants, George Cornie and James Hogan, had been at M osier, where 177 cans of fry had been distrib uted. Thev passed through Hood Kiver. bound for Bonneville, on Tues day afternoon at 2.45. Ihey were le- turned here on a late nignt train, on Thursday they were again seen, bound for Pendleton, ana sucn is tne aauy task of the fish car men. When the car went up to Dee last week it wus accompanied by D. Mc Donald, president of the local game protective association, and W. U. Had lev. of The Dalles, deputy game war den. the latter going in to the mountain lakes. When Dee was reached Mr Craig was a very badly disappointed man. Mot a wagon was seen at the station to meet the fish car. A rain had prevailed the night before and Mr. Craig, turning to Mr. Meuonaia bbiu We are up against it. inis rain nroved too much for the fellows that were going to take the fish out." Mr. McDonald, nowever, jusi smueu Ashley Wilson, superintendent of the Mount Hood line, had lnlormed mm on the day before ae to where the fish car was to be spotted. "You juBt wait." he said with bis little smile, known by his friends to mean so much, As the car was pushed down in the lumber vards of the Oregon Lumber Co., and as the huge piles of lumber were rounded, the awaiting teamsters were seen. Mr. Craig tnrew off his hat and shouted. And in just a few minutes every fish was on the way to the new homes in the crystal streams or lakes. "1 never saw quicker work." said Mr. Craig. Hood Kiver has no liver organization than the Hood Kiver County Came Protective association. One often hears of Kod and Gun clubs of other places The name is a high sounding one, and that is usually the extent of the organ ization. 'I he local association is or ganized along lines that will be pro motive of benefits to the county far reaching educational campaign has already resulted. It is said that viola tions of the game laws are negligible here. The country people, Ioi it is lor thnmnHtnart a country peoples or ganization they who are vitally affected by tne activities oi Buen an organization have taken hold and are lending the club their best efforts. Mr. McDonald, president oi tne as sociation. merchant, banner, nsner man, usually puts his whole soul into any undertaking in which he becomes interested, ino Better citizen couiu have been found to take the helm or the Hood Kiver Game Protective asso ciation, and to his individual eiiorts must be given credit lor a large part of; the organization's beneficial activ ties. "We are glad to come in contact with an organization like that in Hood River." savs Mr. Craig. mis biock ing of the streams of Oregon with game nsn is a oig unng. it sums to mean much to tne state. ve are mighty glad to see the work you folks are accomplishing. Manv Hood Kiver people nave vis ited the distributing car. It is worth while to see the methods used to keep tho IiUIh fish alive and vigorous in the ... can in wnicn tney are irHiiBfjuiicu Ice is always carried aboard tne car, and the temnerature of the water is k.nt low. An air compressing ma chine is kept busy in one end oi tne Rainbow, and pipe lints carry tne air along the sides, hoses leading to every can. inus oxygen ia Bupyncu " fry. They would soon die otherwise. When the cans are placed aboard wagons and automobiles to be trans ported to lakes or streams, the motion of the vehicle keeps the watef in mo tion and thus aerates it. A sportsman delights in a visit to the Rainbow. Mounted specimens of the Northwestern wilds, birds and beasts, are seen on the walls. Glass jars contain specimens of the different species of fish that may be found in the waterB of Oregon. Hunks are pro vided for the car's attendants, and they snatch a nap whenever they can; for they are often up lale at playing nurse girls for the little fish the car may be handling. Some of the fish were unloaded at Hood River, cars taking them out through the Oak Grove district for the lakes around Mount Defiance. The first car on the scene was that of A. O. An derson. It was driven by Miss Mabel Francis, sister of H. M. Francis. Miss Francis deserves a great deal of credit r getting out at this eariv hour to assibt with ditsributing the trout fry. t.ecil ilolman took six cans tor the upper waters of Lindsay creek. Ken Powell, G. A. McCurdy and J. K. Hall followed Miss Francis, taking 33 cans offish for distribution around Mount Defiance. Pack horses and wagons met the automobiles at Oak Grove store. Anton Lausman guided the party from Camp 2 of the Stanley Smith Lumber Co. to Rainy Lake. The following accompanied the dis tributing party to assist over thu rough places: Herman Pregge, Frank Dav enport, Alva L. Day, secretary of the game association, James Wickham.John Sutthoff, C. M. Hurlburt, William Ever, W. L. Hodges, John McKee, Sr., and John McKee, Jr. Mr. McDonald designated these outriders as chaper-ones. From Dee Chester Shute, Ralph Lewis and O. H. Rhoades took 18 cans to Watum Lake, the source ot bagie creek. They drove eight miles to Warm Springs, where pack horBes awaited them. They climbed the mountain reaching the lake at 6 p. in. in good Bhape. They found the moun tain, however, covered by a heavy fog. Otto Ehrck and J. Brumford loaded 33 cans for the West Fork. Jake Lens, A. M. Kelly, G. D. Woodworth, C. A. 1'uddv. J. li. Doggett and G. Schrem carried 48 cans to LoBt Lake. Robert Leasure, W. O. Hadley and the latter's son accompanied as chaperones. lhe Hood Kiver County Game Pro tective Association has the greatest praise for the Mount HoodlKailway Co. tor the cooperation in helping to plant the fish. The company lent every aid possible and spotted thu car at Dee in the most convenient place for unloading. Hood River is becoming one of the playgrounds of the United States. As Asa Benson recently said: "In five years you will lorget me apples oi Hood River, tor you will have a bigger crop. the game protective associa tion in tilling the streams with trout fry iB making the mountains all the more alluring. CURRANTS CAUSE MUCIIATTENTION ALL UNDERWOOD FRLITS ARE FINE Neighboring District, which Ships Many Apples, Called Bar le Due of America Because of Quality of Small Fruit ADVISORY BOARD FIN ISHES LONG TRIP After traveling for a week, having covered a distance of more than 1,001) miles, the lollowing party arrived here Tuesday: S. Kenson, J. H. Albert and Leslie Butler, members of the advisory committee of the State Highway Com ciaion; E. I. Cantine, state highway engineer; and A. A. Rosenthal, and Clark H. Williams, Portland newspaper men. The party left Portland on July 12. They motored south through the Willamette and Rogue River valleys. ihey passed through the valley of the Umpqua and motored up the side of the Siskiyous. Ihey passed through Klam ath Falls and in to Crater Lake. The trip out from the lake was made over a road that had just been completed by the United States government only one other party having passed over it. The inspection party passed down through central Oregon by way of iiend. 1 hence they came down the Deschutes to The Dalles. ' The inspection party was tendered a luncheon at the Mt. Hood Hotel Tuesday noon, the following local men at tending: Judge Stanton Leslie and Truman Butler. E. O. lilanchar, W. L. Clark and S. A. Mitchell. They left immediately after the luncheon, over the Columbia river highway for Port land. While the visitors were here, Judge Stanton, who has keen consistent in his support of the east extension of the Columbia river highway from this city being r"n over the hill between here and McJier rather than up the O.-W. K. & N. tracks, was given to under stand that such a route would be fol lowed. Judge Stanton also suggested the change in the name of Mitchell Point to Storm Cliff. S. Kenson approved of the suggestion. Judge Stanton haB writen to the State Highway Commis sion, asking them to take official action in making this change. cloudotInn" road toll roils The toll of from three to five dollars charged all teams and automobiles traveling over the road leading to Cloud Cap Inn from the Upper Hood River Valley through the national for est reserve has roiled local citizens. S. A. Mitchell registered a kick Monday afternoon with K. E. Scott, secretary of the.Commercial club. Mr. Mitchell's protest brought to light the fact that Mr. Scott and County Judge Stanton have already started an investigation. Under the charter granted the Oregon Trails As sociation to build the road, the man agement of the road muBt each year submit to the county court a report, showing all expenses and . proceeds from tolls. Under this charter the rate of toll is tojbe set by thefmembers of the county court. At the time of the construction of the road, it was in Wasco county. But now it lies in Hood River county, es tablished six years ago, and jurisdic tion of the matter is properly that of the local court. Correspondence with Wasco officials fail to reveal any report ever made to the county court of that county. RAVL1N AT HEAD OF BENSON DAY Letters received the first of the week from C. N. Ravlin announce to his friends that he has been placed in charge of the Benson Day celebration, Augus 17, by the Oregon Commission. Mr. Ravlin has long been an admirer of Oregon's first citizen and be declares that the day set aside for honor to Mr. Benson will be appropriately observed, It is gratifying to people of Hood River county, fur Whom Mr. Benson has been liberal with his good roads philanthropises, to know that a Hood River man will have charge of the big night, event at ban Francisco. It should be called the Bar la Due of America," such was the comment of a much traveled woman on coming to the Underwood district of the mid Columbia region. Only a short time before viewing the currant and goose berry tracts in the fruit section of the southwestern Skamania county, Wash ington, the visitor had traveled along the Ornain river in France. She had seen the famous Bar le Due jellies pre pared for the world s epicures, and bad gone over the berry and currant fields there in Me use. And though the Underwood district is one or the youngest of the north west's fruit districts, it Is becoming well known throughout the northwest ern cities for the especially fine quality of berries of the ribea family. The Underwood housewife never lacks for fine jellies with which to tempt the appetites of guests. The housewives of the neighboring cities have learned to call for currants and gooseberries from Underwood, and the returns from the berry tracts, although now limited. bring a handsome profit to the growers. As are the other fruit districts or the Northwest, Underwood is primarily an apple district. In the past seven or eight years hun dreds of acres have been claimed from the 'forest and set to commercial vari eties. Shipments of high grade fruit in carload lots are now being made each season. But on account of the topography of the country, it has been found that the small fruit demanding a hot sunshine can be grown better in Underwood than in the adjoining dis tricts. The region slopes gently back to the range of mountains that ex tends in a spur down from Mount Adams, and thus has a southern expos ure. Underwood strawberries are al ways ripe before those of Hood Kiver, and on account of the uniform warm days and a protection from the strong; west wind that is cut off by Under wood mountain rising at the west of the district, melons grow well there. Some of the Underwood growers have even grown fine quality casaba melons. This warmth tends to produce also a an excellent peach, and the growers have found it profitable to plant peach fillers between their apple trees. The Underwood district is located between the mouths of the White Sal mon and Little White Salmon rivers. Irrigation, because of the many streams of water found but a short distance under Jthe surface of the earth, is not found necessary. The water, appar ently of glacial source, may be found in generous quantities at a deptb of but four or five feet. Numbers of the growers have dug to these subterra nean streams and have excavated for milk houses. , Because of the healthful climatic conditions, the appeal to the homeseek er, who wishes a scenic environment, Underwood has been developed quick ly, its new residents for the most part having formerly lived in some one of the northwestern cities. Numerous former Seattle people reside there, and others are developing orchards to which thoy expect to retire later. A score or more of former Portland resi dents are located there now, raisins apples, peaches, gooseberries and cur rants. Handsome, rustic, bungalow homes rear themselves along every highway. The region is adapted to most all the flowering shrubs and plants, and many fine flower gardens may be seen. The woodlands that have been saved from the' forests are all filled with the glori ous wild flowers that are so attractive from early spring until late fall, when the dogwood tree, in spring a gorgeous mass of white bloom, takes on a cost of deep red. In fall, too, the hills, which in springtime show the perfume laden blooms of mock orange, are cov ered with a golden coat of vine maple. In no other fruit district ia found more contentment than among the fruit farmers of the Underwood dis trict. They have profited by the small area of the community, and have developed the community and co-operative spirit in every phase of their daily life. Naturally, as one would expect, they have organized into a fruit grow ers' union, for the purpose of disposing to best advantage their apples and small fruits. This selling machine ia now jointly allied with that of White Salmon, the neighboring Washington district. But the Underwood residents have organized along effective co-op erative plans for school purposes, for road building and for the purpose of constructing an edifice, in which the members of the Underwood Union Chapel Association may worship. Ihis religious organization, duly in corporated, is one.ot the most unique in the- country. "Realizing that they were so divided into the different de nominations that it would be impossi ble for any one to erect or maintain a church, the union plan was effectively developed. Practically every family is affiliated with the organization, it makes no difference to what religious views the member conforms be is wel come to worship at the recently con structed little church, built oflogs and located in a bit of virgin forest grove there in the midst of the happy people. In fact, one may be a member ot the organization without professing any religion. For the past year the Underwood people have been interested in better roads more than in any other one ques tion. Their auperviBors have been busy grading and dragging the thigh ways connecting their own neighbor hoods, and with the assistance of state aid trunk lines have been constructed through to adjoining districts. For merly the road leading down into the valley of the Little White Salmon from the Underwood heights was of such a grade as to be a terror to motorists. Ihis has been eliminated, and it is now possible to travel down to Stevenson, the county seat of Skamania county, with comfort. The Underwood people are clamoring to be connected with the outside world. It is their dream to have a scenic boul evard along the north bank of the Co lumbia, a rival of the great Columbia highway that is now being brought to completion on the Oregon bank of the Columbia.