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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1915)
MM VOL. XXVII HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, Jt'LY 2i. 1913 No. 9 line of time makes us look back at things we ought .a. I - r men a anK account is your friend? II Read 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 BANK Capital $100,000 Bank Advertisement No. 60 "Save and teach all you are interested in to save; thus pave the way for moral and ma terial success." Thomas Jefferson. It is not the amount with which you open a Savings Account but the regularity with which you add to it that determines whether you can save or not. . Are you steadily and surely adding to the account which bears interest at the rate of four per cent compounded semi-annually? If you haven't the Savings hab it let us help you get it. Butler Banking 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 tick. 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 mall the saving at the start you will take pride in seeing the account grow, once started. Hood River 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. "The boundary to have done, . Surplus $37,000 State Bank Fly Goods Screen Doors $ 1 and up Adjustable window screens all metal or wood frames; screen wirecloth,silver,gold or black; fly paper, fly traps, fly poison, fly swatters Summer Goods Herrick Refrigerators White Mountain Freezers Quick Meal Gas Stoves Perfection Oil Stoves Hammocks Porch Furniture Porch Curtains Old Hickory Chairs 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. Anastigmatic and Autographic $27.50 KRESSE DRUG CO., Victor Victoria and Record 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 stroii); 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'servicc inquire of us. Hood River Abstract Company 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. IlllllllpnnilIIH Of course lra;heaithu I tradelwitr Perigo & Son At The Star Grocery Where I Get "Good Things to Eat" mm ii ..it ,t,i .iw y IHlllilitiMiWinnillllllUllIII Oils We carry Monogram oils in any grade for every purjost'. Monogram is top of the very few oils refined without use of any acid - it costs no more we have motor oil down to 40c a gallon. Lard oil. neats foot, greases, hard and soft graphite. Outing Goods Our fishing tackle line sim ply can't be excelled and costs no more In tents we have all sizes at 10' i loss. Camp Stoves, Water Bags, Dunnage Bags, Camp Chairs Cots, Bedding, Pillows. The New 3A Kodak Has the autographic feature whereby you can date and title your films at the time of exposure, is fitted with the new Kodak AnastigmatF.7.7. Lens-a-lens that leaves noth ing to be desired in definition (sharpness) and flatness of field and has more speed than even the best of rapid rectili near lenses. Bring Us Your Films for Devel- oping and Printing. We do it Right. The Rexal! Store Come in and hear the new August Record Campbell's Soups 10c per can Curtis Ripe Olives ISc, 25c and 60c Canned Meats All Varieties Beechnut Peanut Butter 20c and 30c Heinz Dill Pickles 20c a dozen Chase & Sanborn's SEAL BRAND COFFEE BONDS HAVE LOCAL SUPPORT ADVISORY BOARD PLANS IN FAVOR Plan Similar to that of Proposed $10, 000,000 Issue Necessary, Accord ing to Views Expressed The plans that have been suggested by S. Benson and other members of the advisory board of the State High way Commission have met with an as tonishing expression of commendation and support in Hood Kiver county. The conservative element, prone at i first hand to view with skepticism any j thing that smacks of an innovation, does not hesitate to voice a hearty ap ; proval of the proposed $10,000,000 bond ' issue. j Of all the men who have discussed : the campaign as outlined for submitting j the bond issue to a vote of the people j in the fall of 1916, no one is more em ; phatic in his commendation than E. O. I Mlanchar. "It isan absolute necessity that we do something of this kind," I says Mr. Blanchar. "It is the only feasible plan for making permanent i highways. Of course, we must have proper legislation surrounding the bond issue as an Bssurance that the money will be properly distributed. Nothing that we can do will bring us better re turns." Truman Butler says: "We will make no mistake in getting in ana working for tins bond issue. We realize that at present we have no working basis on which to go; thatis.no constructive lecislation. Hut we trust in the men at the helm of affairs to such an extent that we believe that attendant neces sary measures will be worked out sat isfactorily. 1 am heartily in favor of the pro posed bond issue," says S. A. Mitchell. Hut while 1 am discussing it 1 would like to make some suggestions as to the burdens of taxation as now im posed. Owners of stump lands do not pay a tax on their property proportion ate to the price they ask for it. Too much of the burden falls on the man who purchases his land, improves it, and thus enhances the value of sur rounding stump land. We need an ad justment of the burdens of taxation." I am for the proposed bond iBsue, says John Maker, the increase in population that such an expenditure will bung us before the bonds begin to come due will be such that the tax of the residents of the state now will be proportionately smaller in a few years to come. 1 shall work for the bond issue. Improvements of any kind never hurt a community. "This bond issue will be a mighty good thing," says U. A. Bell, "if we can get the right men to spend the money. We certainly have tha right men working for it. I will be satis lied if they carry the program straight through. "So fur as I have gone into Mr. Ben son's plans," says County Judge Stan ton, "they meet with my support think the main roads should be built by the state, and furthermore, I believe that the United States should bear a portion of the expense, where the high ways pass through the forest reserves." (Jus Miller, a rancher of the West Side. "declares: "They cannot vote the bond issue any too quickly lor me. Ihe recently voted bond issue of $200,000 by the the Skamania county, Washington, people has proven an in centive to local citizens. This bond issue has been sold to the Lumbermen Trust company, of Cortland. The bonds bear 5 per cent annual interest and ma ture serially in 11 to 20 years. This takes the trunk road from Clarke coun ty through Skamania to Klickitat county. In Klickitat it joins the famous Sam Hill road on the north bank of the Co lumbia, which is now completed as to the moBt dillicult part. Ihere is t movement on foot to get the legists ture of Washington to complete this work and thus parallel the Columbia highway "Accessibility should be the slogan of the scenic districts of the Pacific coast." says James H. Collins, a spe cial writer for the Curtis Publishing Co.. who left Sunday after spending month here securing data for an article dealing with the fruit marketing ones tion. Mr. Collins left for the Califor nia expositions and to visit universa City. He deciaied that he had noticed with interest the proposed campaign for the $10,000,000 bund issue. "Without any modifications," he says. "I believe the citizens of Oregon can never do anything that will be of more benefit to them than the voting of such a bond issue that is, if the funds are judiciously used in improv ing roads. "In the course of my travels I have been to Europe on two different occa aions. 1 have toured the Continent and l'can see why wealthy Americana have desired to go abroad. The scenic communities of the Old Country were, before the European war, very access ible. I have been down lin the West Indies. Tours of the interesting islands of the tropical seas of this region are becoming popular because a journey there can be made cheaply and with little trouble. In fact, aman and his family can.motor down from one ofjthe Atlantic coast cities, have his automo bile driven aboard the steamer, without crating, and when the destination is reached he can drive to his hotel in his own machine, provided he is willing to wait an hour or so until the car is un loaded. The round trip freight charge for he car amounts to about Sua, "1 find the spirit among westerners for this accessibility of thicl treasure lauds is growing. The 'See America First' campaign is going to get some real boosting. They are going after this desireable tourist traffic. If the beauty spots of the Kockies, the Sier raa and the Cascades are really made accessible with better highways, you need have no fear of the travel no following. The automobile follows the eood road Mr. Collins on his departure declared that he had never enjoyed any visit more that to Hood Kiver. "1 like vour people here." he said. "They certainly treated me fine. Hood Kiver seema to me to be a mighty fine place in which to live. Full details of the. proposed bonding campaign, as yet, have not been worked out. Representative citizens of the state will meet in Portland in ; the near future and working plans will no doubt be drafted. Mr. Benson, Leslie Butler and J. H. Albert, the members of the advisory board of the State Highway Commis sion, who last week completed their 1,000 mile circuit of the state, felt very hopeful of accomplishing the end in view after having interviewed citi zens in all sections. It was found that money in counties was not available to complete highways under way. Much improvement was needed. Improved highways in different sections were looked upon as paying investments. Representatives of the city of Port land, which will pay approximately! a third of the proposed issue of bonds, have given assurance that the entire mount of the huge fund will be spent outside of Multnomah county that is, that Multnomah will take care of her ighways exclusive of the proposed bond issue. EARY TELLS GROWERS OF AUCTION SYSTEM Without attacking the prevailing methods of distributing northwestern pples other than characterizing them as falling in the objects desired by the producers of the fruit, Arthur M. Geary, former graduate student body manager at the University of Oregon, Saturday afternoon made his first ap pearance in a series of lectures in the box apple districts for the boosting of the auction market method. Mr. Geary. recent graduate of the Columbia University, who while a student of that institution for the past wo yeara has been studying the apple markets of the larger cities of the At- antic coaBt, told the growers the auc tion system of disposing of huge quan- ities of fruits of other than apples was constantly on the increase. In his en deavor to free the minds of the apple growers of their prejudice of the auc- lon By-stem, he pointed out that such concerns as the California Citrus Asso ciation, the Florida Citrus Association and other large marketing agencies were making use of the auction exclu- ively. In tin es gone by, said Mr. Geary. 'it was possible for jobbers to pay the growers a good price for their apples nd at the same time make good profits for themselves. As we have seen by taking a glance at marketing conditions the past few yeirs, this time has passed. After a study of the situation t seems to me that the auction system is the only feasible plan by which the apples will be properly distributed. 'When 1 visited the larger citieB like New York and Boston, where the larg er portion of smaller dealers do their buying exclusively through the auc tion, one of the first questions I asked them was why they did not ute some northwest box apples. Invariably they replied that they were not able to se cure them at auction. Thus we miss getting our fruit before the entire trade; our outlet is limited. It is a fact the foreign element in the United States comprises one of the biggest faciei in fruit consumption. It is re markable how much fruit the east aide of New York consumes. The push cart men always bave representatives on the auctions. 'Now, 1 would not advise anvthing revolutionary. 1 would not urge any ndividual to ship to auction. It must be done under some such guiding influ ence as tne recently formed Urowers Council, of which W. 11. Paulhamua is the head." Mr. Geary was accompanied here by hia cousin, Dr. H. L. Geary, of Seattle, Wash., who owns a ranch in the Un derwood district, and his brother, Ed ward Geary, an orchardist of the Med- ford district. EXCHANGE GIVES NET STRAWBERRY RETURNS The final net strawberry returns have been announced as follows by the Fruit Growers Exchange, separate pools hav ing been made of each day s shipment May 7, net, price, $1.07; May 8, $2.76; May 10, 12.55; May 12. 12.10; May 13, $2.36; May 14, (2.10; May 15, .34; May 17, $1.53; May 18, $1.77; May 19, $1.72; May 20, $1.92; May 21 $159; May 22, $185; May 23, $1.77; May 24. $1.50; May 25. $1.70; May 26, $1.43; May 27, $1.07; May 2K, $1.42; May 29. $1.55; May 30. $1.55; May 31, $1.53; June 1, $1.58; June 2,51.58 ; June 3. $1.68; June 4. $1.64 ; June 5, $1.61 ; June 6, $1.82; June 7, $1.70; June 8, $2.01: June 9. $2 06; June 10, $2.11 June 11. $2 Of.; June 12, 2.10; June 14, $2.01; June 15, $1.97; June Ifi, $2.07; June 17. $2.30; June 18. $2; June 19, 17; June 20, $1.93; June 2, $2.22; June 23. $2.24. From May 15 to May 18, inclusive. on account of the extreme wet weather the Exchange advised all of its grow ers to ship to the local cannery, Ir which case 63 cents per crste was re ceived. Manager McKay says that the great drawback to the Echange the past season was that it was unable to fill orders. Manager McKay and H. M. Huxley were in Seattle last week to attend the annual convention of local affiliations of tho Northwestern Fruit Growers Exchange. Speaking cf the conven tion Mr. McKay says: "Plans were discussed for the promo t;on of efTiciencey in each sphere of the handling and selling ends, each member from each district bringing with him strong loyalty and confidence, which will go far to further blend and cement the existing strong relations between each local, one to the other, and he tween them as a bndy, and the North western rruit Exchange. With such complete harmony and teamwork noth ing but the very highest results are to be looked for.' Growers Council Will Re Heard Letters have been received here from W. II. Paulhamua, chairman of the ex ective committee of the Growers Coun oil, announcing a meeting to'be held in Spokane on August 6, when the f eder al Trades Commission will give a hear ing to the apple growers' organization. Mr. Paulhamua urges that members of the executive committee and Board of Control be present at Spokane on the day before the hearing, in order that method of presenting the case to the commission be worked out. East Fork Meets Tuesday The board of directors of the East Fork Irrigation District will meet next Tuesday at the courthouse. The board will be ready to receive visitor after on o'clock. WILL SPEAK C. C. PARLIN HERE NEXT SATURDAY Curtis Company Economist will Tell Ap ple Growers and Business Men Coi clusions Drawn from Studies The approaching lecture of Charles Coolidge Parlin, of Boston, Mass., manager of the division of commercial research of the Curtis Publishing Co., is already attracting a widespread in terest among the fruit growers of the valley, and it is very likely that a lage audience will be present Saturday afj ternoon at the Commercial club rooms. when Mr. Parlin will give an outline of trade conditions. The lecture will be t 2.30 o'clock. The lecture has come about through correspondence between the Curtis peo ple and w. u. raulhamus and 11. r. Davidson. An outline of the topics Mr. Parlin will touch on in hia address nd a brief report of recent activities f the Curtis division of research may be obtained from the following extracts r a letter received from the Pacific coaBt office of the publishing company by Mr. Davidson : The Curtis Publishing Company division of research, of which Mr. Par- in is the head, is an organization of rained economists who undertake fundamental investigations of the na- ional industries. This work ia done both for our benefit and the public good. The most recent investigation, in fact just completed, is of food prod ucts. Mr. Parlin and his associates have been working for more than a year in this investigation, during which me they have travelled more than 35,000 miles, and the expense attendant upon the production of this report haa been something like (40,000. Mr. Parlin is, we believe, one of the best pis ted men on trade condition! in tho United States. 'The present conditions and probable future trend of the fruit business are matters with which Mr. Parlin ia con versant. We believe it would be of nterest to you and your associates to hear Mr. Parlin'a views. In closing wish to tell you that the Curtis Publishing Company established an office on the Pacific coast some two yeara ago with intent of becoming a part of the business life of the coast and the northwest. 'We have been, and are, very much nterested in the apple business and its development. As an organization we have unusual facilities for research and investiga tion, to which may be added some 30 years experience in helping producer define their selling and publicity prob lems. "Whatvever experience and facilities we have which will be of value to the individual or collective apple interests, we desire to place at their disposal. Would be very glad to have you take the matter of Mr. Parlin'a meet ing your prominent apple people under advisement." VERMONT POTATO KING IS A LOCAL VISITOR Mr. and Mrs. Luther Putnam, of Cambridge, Vermont, were visitors in the city last week. Mr. Putnam is a lineal descendant of General Putnam, of Revolutionary fame. Back in hie country he is known as the potato king of Vermont, having taken the first prizes on all varieties at the state fair fur 23 out of 26 years. He ia a promi nent apple grower and owns at thia time 40 acres of bearing orchard, with over 100 varieties. He says that he has experimented for yeara and had at one time over 500 different kinds of ap ples on his place. Mr. Putnam it in close touch with the state university work, and ia vice president of the Vermont Horticultural Society. He and Mrs. Putnam have been making an extensive trip through the west, leaving their home May 14. Secretary Scott of the Commercial club took the visitors through the lower loop. They were much impressed with the valley, and Mr. Putnam promised that other visitors would come this way from their part o the country. The long and hard winter of Vermont, ha said, were driving her fruit people to warmer climates. His three main varieties are Mackin tosh Rede, Snows and Baldwins. Spitz- enburgs, he said, would not thrive in their climate. BE FOOLISII-MOOMAW "It would be foolish for me to at tempt to predict possible condition of the European apple market for the coming year," says A. W. Moomaw, who for the past two years haa been in charge of the distribution of northwest ern box apples in London and other European markets. "Yes. it would be as foolish as the predictions of last season, when on sizing up the situation I was of the opinion that not more than 150 carloads of our apples could be sold to advantage across the Atlantic. When the season closed we found that we had disposed of more than three quarter of a million dollars' worth, something around 750 carloads." However, the foreign representative of the northwestern growers, who was here visiting Wilmer Sieg, and who left Sunday for Spokane, is optimistic over prospect, provided no unforseen cir cumstances are brought about by the European war. "Because of the vast expenditures of money by the English government for the manufacture of munitions of war the conditions of the lower and the middle class English were never bet ter," he says. Slocom & Canfield Buy from Pifer Slocom & Canfield have purchased from Pifer & Sonnichsen their stock of books, stationery, etc. The stock ha already been moved into the purchas ers' place of business on Oak street. Mr. Pifer will remain in Hood Kiver. devoting his entire attention to real es tate and insurance business. Butter Vrapers printed at tiiii ojh-.e