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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1915)
WSwt HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, AlV,lST 20, 1915 NTo. 13 VOL. XJ.YII lis SI ! 7- mew The boundary line or time maKes us look back at things we ought to have done. tnen a uanK account is your friend? H 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 notsave, you will not have. Having is the result of saving. Be gin with 11 and we will help you. 4 Interest Paid on Savings FIRST NATIONAL Capital J1OO.M0 BAJNIIC SurP,us ".000 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 Oils We carry Monogram 'oila in any grade for every purpose. 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. ' 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 Bags, 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. VIADUCT NEARS Butler Banking Company Capital One Hundred Thousand Dollar Established nineteen hundred Four per cent interest paid on Time Deposits OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS LESLIE BUTLER TRUMAN BUTLER C. H. VAUGHAN F. McKERCHER -E. H. FRENCH - President Vice President Cashies Director Director $3,000 in Cash Prizes For Picture Illustrating Kodak Advertising Slogans For the beet photograph illustrating any one of the five following slo gans we will pav t:i00.00. For the second best photograph illimtriitiiig any one of the five following slogans we will pay $200.00. THE FIVE SLOGANS Class No. 1. Take a Kodak with you. Class No. 2. All outdoors invites your Kodak. Class No. 3. There are no game laws fort hone who hunt with a Kodak Class No. 4. Let the children Kodak. Class No. 5. Write it on the film at any time. (For autograph ad.) A NEW SLOGAN Class No. ft. For the Ix'St new slogan, tog. ther with a picture illustrating same, we will pay $'(00.00. Literature pertaining to cash prizes' may he had at the KRESSE DRUG CO., The Rexall Store Victor Victrolii. and Record Come in and hear the new August Record! THE WISE MAN always prepares (or a run of hard luck. Anybody can get along when prices are high, when work is plentiful, when crops are good, when business is brisk, then it is all easy enough. But the prudent, conservative, careful man looks into the future and steadily piles up a balance at the bank to be used as a reserve in case of disaster. Rest assured that the weather will not always be fair. We invite you to keep your reserve with us. Hood River State Bank The Only Place to get Accruate Abstract of Land in Hood River County is at the office of the Hood River Abstract Company Fords, Dodge Bros., Cadillacs, Franklin Motor Cars Columbia Auto & Machine Co. TUNNEL HAS BEEN DUG TO GRADE Mitchells Point Work Will be Ready for Traffic by First Week in September, According to Elliott A Cold Proposition is the refrigerator, and e keep all of our stock inside in cunseqiience; but if you don t see what you want ask for it. You won't aak for anything be it juicy steaks. In scions chops, prime roasts.fresh poultry or fish that we can't produce ana cut up lor the most fastidious house keeper. Safety first. E. M. Holman The Sanitary MarKet Phone 2134 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 f or more. Hood River Creamery Co. Pickling Time Is Here and you'll need some of these perhaps: 5 Gallon Kegs, 10 Gallon Kegs, 16 Gallon Kegs White Pickling Vinegar Cider, Malt and Tarragon Vinegar Mustard Seed, Celery Seed, Cloves, Allspices Stick Cinnamon Tumeric,Small Red Peppers STAR GROCERY, Perigo & Son "Good Things to Cat" 1 According to J. A. Elliott, engineer in charge of the work for the State Highway Commission, the viaduct and tunnel at Mitchells I'oint will be open for traffic the first week in September. "We will have the way open by Sep tember 6 for the accommodation of all the inspection party who desire to travel this far," says Mr. Elliott, "and by September 10, when the members of the 1'acilic Highway Association, who will be en route to San Francisco, where on September 13-16 they will hold their annual convention, and who are planning a run over the new route, arrive, we wil have the scenic point in the best of condition." The 400 foot tunnel has now been uiMiiltteit to grade. A crew of men is at work buildiim a trail for pedestrians from the east window in the tunnel around on the outside of the jutting ditt to the east entrance of the tunnel. because of such features as this, the lookout tunnel will be as attractive to pedestrains as to motorists. f rom the level or me u.-w. it. & in. tracks, 95 feet below, the great win dows do not seem very large. When a man walks through the great bore they seem enormous. The huge columns fashioned artistically from the inter kind of unification of the communities of the state. The Columbia river highway has placed the Mid-Columbia on Ifhe, main line. Improvised, as much of the way now is, with the Mitchell's Point hill as an example, the motoring tourists from tha four corners of the United States have already passed along the route. During the six weeks that the route has been opened but very few of the ststes of the Union have not been represented by owners of motor cars, who have driven their own machines over the road. And one would prob ably be safe in saying that citixens from every state have ridden over the route. Many are the strange sights that one may see who watches the Might ol the "auto birds of passage." One of the queerest motor layouts that has been seen passed last week, bound from Long Creek, Grant county, to Salem. It was the invention of Dr. P. L. New myer, a physician of the sage brush district, whose average travel in an swering a call is 20 miles. The physi cian had had built on the chasia of a Ford a unique body, shaped in every wsy like the canoes used by A laskana. The body waa hung on pliant springs and with hia seat in the very center he rode in comfort as the light car shot along over the rough and c looked roads. Dr. Newmyer. whose parenta reside at Salem, was en route to the capital city for a visit with them. And from there he will proccde to San Fancisco fo a visit at the Panama-Pacific exposition. 'I have put aside the saddle bags of former days," he said, "and now can carry as neat a case as any city physi cians. About two miles west of Hood River, River, where the Columbia river high way climbs from the level of the Co lumbia river bottom land to the top of the gorge at the west verge of the Ap ple valley, the people oi nooa Kiver HOOD RIVER GREETS TAFT CROWD THRONGS STAT10NS1DE Ex-President Congratulate E. L Smith on Constancy of Republicanism W. L Snit- Gives Peaches ... t It thamualuoa Ilka tha I ' - . I wu.cii ..n iiremt.i... ... are planning on founding a Benson tes- fornistions seen in caverns. From the I.: ik,.. ..,... ... fl.,n. r. f tha limna t tha liaiilt nf lhn I ... T . I 4.11 iivui i .... -- - pression or tneir regaru ior me man, itiiiuu UIE ..... ..... uinom tnev consider me miner oi tne i the outer base of each window will be built a rubble masonry wall or balus trade. "One may walk through the place then." savs Engineer blliolt, a d feel safe in leaning out to get the view up and down the Columbia. The contract for boring the tunnel was sublet by the Standifer-Clarkson Co. to Charles Nelson, an energetic and ambitious Swede. And no man is Drouder of the great piece of engineer ins work than the contractor. He has not considered it just as a piece of work to be finished as quickly as possi ble, but he lingers still, adding touches to draw out the uniqueness of it. Mr. Nelson has drawn the commendation of the engineers, all of whom speak with highest praise for his character of work and the interest he has taken in carrying out the idea of the open windows. One of the huge peepholes is cut near the west entrance of the tunnel. Three allow the traveler to look out on the Columbia near the center, and the fifth is about 75 feet from the east end The viaduct, the construction of which has caused delay in the com pie tion of the Mitchells Point work, be cause of the difficulty in reaching bed rock in excavating for the piers, is 200 feet lone. It spans a chasm extending from the west end of the tunnel to the to the northwest corner of the basalt promontory. The drop to the O.-W. R. & N. tracks is 95 feet, while the sheer cliff, overhanging at the top, rises for 300 feet. With the forms all in place, crews of men bceiin pouring the viaduct proper at 4 p. m. Saturday, August 5. The work was finisthed at 8 p. m. the next day. Two little concrete spans on the west side of the point are still to pour These, however, are small and will set quickly. The men are now busy pre thev great highway. The natural beauty of the place selected la unnvauea. a level tupped, round edged promontory juts out here above the fertile fields of Kiverview farm, presenting pastoral scene in vivid contrast to me wnu grandeur surrounding it. It is proposed to construct a turnout road, following the edge of the cliff and around again back into the road, it has been sug Ex-President Taft waa given an ova-, tion here Sunday morning. People from both town and country lined tha platform of the station for 20 minute before the arrival of tha ex-preaident'a . train. Both Deaaocrata and Republi cans were present A baaket of 12 Una peachea, each of them weighing about a pound, gathered from the orchard of W. L. Smith, waa presented to tha ac tion's former chief executive. In tha basket waa a card bearing tha follow ing inscription: "To Citizen Taft, our beloved ex-president, from tha Ohl - Gu,ird of Hood Kiver." Towering . above hia fellow townsman out to aee . Mr. Taft. waa the tall form of E. L. Smith. "I am the only man of Oregon today, I think," said Mr. Smith, as h shook hands with Mr. Taft, "who at tended the convention that nominated . Abraham Lincoln the first time, and t cast my last vote for a president for W. H. Taft." "I am afraid," waa Mr, Taft'a re ply, "that you ara a Republican, Mr. Smith." The greeting of tha Hood Kiver peo ple and the presentation of tha peeehee -was very pleaaing to Mr. Taft, who was traveling down to Portland, whara on hia arrival he was guest of honor at Portland Press club breakfast at tha Hotel Benson, just a any ether private sen oi the nation might travel. Just the other passengers on tha .big ob servation car, he waa interested in tha scenery of the Columbia gorge. "1 regret," said Mr. Taft to Joa D. ThomiBon. who represented tha Glacier at the Press Club breakfaat."that IwiJI not be able to see your snow peaks, "1 have been your way several times, and have always had to taka Mount Hood by faith. Unfortunately climatic con ditions have always been against ma." Portland newspaper men, atata otfi- gested that a fountain be placed at the ciala and attorneys visiting tha city paring forms for the artibtic railings of portand, roadside; a place where both man and beast can get a drink of water coming from a mountain spring nearby. Ap paratus will also be at hand for the convenience of the motorist in tilling his radiator tank. Ideas for some such testimonial to Uregons first citizen have sprung from a hundred sources in Hood Kiver coun ty, and while no campaign will be con ducted for funds and no great outlay of expense is contemplated the people of Hood Kiver county will establish a park or express their honor and regard in some other appropriate manner. LOCAL KNIGHTS ENJOY CRATER LAKE TRIP The following members of the Hood River lodge of Knights of Pythias re turned Sunday from a trip to Crater Lake, where they participated in the dramatic initiation on Wizard island Wednesday evening of last week: Frank Stanton, Hurt Mrananan, J. P. Lucas, Arthur Howell, C. C. Cudde ford, W. B. North, Jasper Wickham, Thomas F. Johnson, William Monroe. W. H. Taft. C. P. Koss, and G. W. Graham. The journey was made in automobiles af Mr. Stranahan and Mr. Graham, the latter now a resident of the main viaduct. The hiuhwav is built to grade and completed from the old State road to the east entrance of the tunnel, and it is possible to drive a machine through to the west end of the bore. The auto mobile of K. O. Blanchar. who took H S. Creeo. the Portland Chamber of Commerce photographer, from this city down as far as Viento last week, that views of the Hood Kiver portion oi me highway .might be secured, was the first motor venicie 10 ue uriven up iu tha past end of the tunnel The stretehes of new highway be tween the Multnomah county line and Viento, aggregating five miles, have been completed by the Newport Land & Construction Co. At Starvation creek, I ' . L ... crews oi men working iur me cuumjr The local men traveled to Crater Lake by way of the Willamette valley. The return journey was made up through central Oregon country by way of Fort Klamath. All of the Knights have come home congratulating them selves that they made the trip. "It waa a grand ride all the way, says Frank sianton, ana never as long as 1 live will 1 forget the ceremonies there on Wizard Island. This island, off nearly a mile Irom the main crater rim, is inhabited by queei little gopher UKe animais caueu wizards, and nence me name, we journeyed out to the iBland in boats. From the notei aown to me lanuing a slietr drop of almost a thousand feet. The trail is over a mile in length crowded the Crystal room of tha Hotel . Benson to its capacity. P. B. Sulli van, president of the Press club, waa toastmaster. An address of welcome was delivered by Governor Withycombe. Addresses were delivered by tha editors , of Portland's three leading dailies, Ed gar B. Piper, of tha Oregoniau; John. P. Carroll, of the Telegram, and B. F. Irvine, of the Oregon Journal. Madame Jeanne Jomelli aang "The Star Span, glad Banner." Mr. Taft'a talk to the Press club was . on National Honor. Pointed sentences from the address follow When we consider what our lack of preparation is and how near, to contro versy we are, it ought to give us pause. It is not material whether we differ with the administration on ita past eon duct of the Mexican situation: it ia sufficient to know that we will handle it in the future.. We need a navy equal to any sing) . naval power in the world, except Great. Britain. We must all stand back of the admin istration in its plans ior national de fense. A foreign foe won't dare to come to our shore until it has swept our navy from the seas. The idea that our coast defense can. , be destroyed by a hostile navy is all popycock. Our army is very weak. We havent' officers enough for an adequate army. We need another. Wast.. Point. This country has been having too easy a time. We must be willing to bear tha bur den of extra taxation to provide na tional defense. We don't want an army and navy to wage a war of aggression, but to de fend our national honor. Ex-President Taft, who waa an rout to San Francisco, where be will preside at the national conference of Unitarians delivered an address Monday before the -Oregon and Washington Bar Associa-. tions. He came to Portland as the guests of the Portland Bar Association. iThn-i ma-a nhnul fifth nannla nut ffnr have built a short stretch of new road. . remonv of the conclave. A hun- When the difficult grade over Miicneusdd d twnty automobiles regis- fa-:... UIII - aliminloH hu tha nnanlno I .... . . !-.!- roiiu "in - -r-"v tered witn tne government oniciais. of the tunnel, the Hood Kiver portion . ug an. t0 ioin in praige 0f of the road will be in fair condition. the rnment officialg jn chgrge of While the old State road is very ,..," , L ., .ha M.rifn-ri crooked and ha some very bad curves, uvthian iodHe Everything was dona especjalJy dittvcult for large machines, tmU coud be done for the pe..ure and the county coun s o-en uUBy tuiuux , ertainment of the visitors. The down bushes alone tha roadside ana nrmtantlv making improvements, so thai the way cao Be traveled in com psrative comfort. - 1 . r .1 l. . .. a. ... a M I he opening oi ui vjuiuinuia noi government is doing great work in building roads around tnrougn me dis trict. A road is being constructed around the rim of the crater." One of the chief addresses at the Taft Writes Smith E. L. Smith on Tuesday received tha following letter from ex-Preuiden Taft: "It is a very great pleasure to find a Repubilcan, who ia a Republican, and knows why he is, and who has shown his Republicanism by his consistent constancy. "With very beat wishes and with the hope that our paths may cross again, believe me, my dear Mr. Hmitn, Sincerely yours. Win. H. Taft." Little Miss Eva Veach, who present- hinViuiau hag he en like the ooeninhe of .: a;..a h., ulnii r. utaoi j lnnn aari traaaura . . . J. . .: I I ail tha ai.nraairiant with tlnllnliat nf a uuur iu Hume ..wow ..w superintendent oi oraier Ltaae national - r--- . , ,V v chamber. The people of the Cascades 'k h welcomed the visitors. flowers, bss received from him the fol- andlalong the Mid-Columbia have lived 1 lowing letter: amid scenery as beautiful as may be found in a travel around the globe, yet they did not know it until nonresidents came along to breathe appreciative ex clamations. It was just as though tbey had lived among gold mines, not know ins ihn value of the precious metal. To those who have long dreamed of tha Columbia river highway, the real PIEPLOW, WESTERN UNION MAN, DEAD 'My Dear Eva: I received your pretty flowers as psssad through Hood Kiver snd l thank you ior your sum rememberance. Sincerely yours, William H. Taft." Stricken Sunday night with apoplexy, T. A. Pieolow. who for the past four ization of the scenic thoroughfare has years has been in charge of the West- acted a a stimulus, and they are now ern Union Telegraph office, passed bony in g themselves to secure laterals away at his nome luesosy nigni. mr. that will pierce mountain and forest, pieplow, who bad been in the service This interest is prevailing not oniy or me western union ior j jroro. along the south bank oi the uoiumoia, was 60 years oi age, naving oeen oorn but the people of Washington are has- April 18, 1855, at Sheboygan, Wis. His tening to join the ranks or. roaa uuuu- me nao peen spent in icicimuue nu erg. telegraph work. During his youth he Those who have Deen caneo moss- invented several teiepnone appliance, backs, can no longer be termed by tbis snd st one time be was one of the beat onDrobrious epithet. I he opening oi known telephone men in Wisconsin. scoffer. The men who doubted the ul- panies and was at one time manager of timate construction oi tne great scenic urge line, inrougn roisioriuiiea n highway up the river, who on occasion lost a large part of hia property and fiaMorart the task impossible, are now entered the telegraph service in the wondering how it could have been pos- employ of the Postal company. aible for them to have held such views. Mr. Pieplow leaves surviving s widow These selfsame former oouoiers are and three aaugntera nirs. ueurgo n. now in the harness, urging tne Dctter smun, or oacramenio, v". . ment of local roads. Harry Proudfoot, of Walla Walla. Wn., .... I ..: i.'.i'. .. i )!.... I , .hi .ill. 7hfi town and commumiiea as jrci ana!Uisa inm nepiww, ui "ii" untanoed by the great trunk line, or The body, accompanied oy nirs. rie- M ' ' ' . L 1 U- 1 1 1 tuhrt will the Dorders oi wnicn n ui piuw inu . imuuiwi, w,. ... nanatraUd hv the well laid oui. grace- leave tomorrow, win De iaen mi nee- fully curved boulevard, have taBted oi nan, the eolivening'sensations it brings, and their, residents are clamoring to nave it Wis. miaharf a little farther. Ihecompie tion of the Columbia river highway and other such trunk lines will result in a Get that chicken for Sunday dinner at 505 .May streit, The Heights. Corn fed White Orpingtons, dressed or undressed 20c snd iWc per pound. splB Cost of Charity Cases Criticised Aug. 24, 1915. Editor Glacier: I would like to aak through your columns a few questions of the county court aa to thair care of county charity chargea. Instead af as the indigents sre now cared for, would it not be much better for all charges to be cared for by some one person un der contract, some stated sum, month- I.. . h. n-U ...kf I at th.uia ahla to care for themselves do so. In esse of illness or physical weakness, a larg er sum could be allowed, based on amount of attention necessary in the individual case. If thia plan ia not faaaihla athu ant enntract with aoiaa nearby public institution to take our patients at so much per month? As it is, are we not paying about twice as much aa we should? Tske the county proceedings and read them over. Notice the items ef expense for county charges. See bow they run up. Waa not our present county court elected on an economy platform? To manv of us the so-called reform or re call court does not seem to handle the county funds very economically,, and we think it time to call a bait. Taxpayer. Rubber Stamp Ink at this office.