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VOL. XXVII HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1915 N5 24 Will There Be A "V1CTR0LA" in Your Home this Christmas? . - The instrument that brings you the world's best music in all its beauty. The act ual living voices of Caruso, Farrar, Gluck, McCormack, Melba, Schuman-Heink and other famous singers. The superb art of Elman, Kreisler, Paderewski and other noted instru mentalists. The brilliant music of Sousa's Band, Pryor's Band, Vessella's Band, Victor Her bert's Orchestra and other celebrated organizations. The inimitable witticisms of Harry Lauder, Nora Bayes, De Wolf Hopper, Raymond Hitchcock and other leading comedians. ONLY the Victrola brings you all this wonderful variety of music a delight every day in the year to every member of your family. " Victrolas $15 to $350 on Easy Terms ' KRESSE DRUG CO., fea& Victor Victrolas and Records. Come and Hear the Latest November Records. vl Tha $75 Victrola does not save part of what he earns; to-day, starts, life anew to-morrow II Make up your mind to take just so much out of your next pay and put it in the Bank, then get in the habit of doing it regularly. 11 If you will make a little investment now and then with good habits or money you will be repaid in rich divid ends, among them, comfort-respect and wealth. Start with One Dollar. ,.. 4 Interest Paid on Savings FIRST NATIONAL BANK fMy. tek Capital $100,000 Surplus $37,000 It is surprising the chances men will take in their clothes buying. They'll pay some body a low price for a suit or overcoat without even the hint of a reputation and in about a week or ten days they, find their bargain spells bunk. We say: Pay $20 or $25 for KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES Thousands of merchants indorse them, tens of thous sands of men certify the endorsement. We guarantee them on the basis of satisfaction or your money back, taking the risk, if there be any, our our shoulders J. G. Vogt SAFETY FIRST i I Thanksgiving Day will soon be here. As we review the events of the past year, we will find there are many things for which we should express gratitude. I But of all your blessings, none will fill you with such a sense of satisfaction and security as a PYRENE FIRE EX TINGUISHER. ! ; PYRENE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS are not only useful but they are ORNAMENTAL. So fasten one to the wall of your dining room where you and your family can look up as you eat that Thanksgiving Dinner, and give thanks for that protection against fire which is always at hand and always ready. PYRENE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS are for sale by FRANK B. CRAM, Heilbronner Building. S. F. BLYTHE WAS PIONEERPRINTER RECORD HELD FOR FAST CASEWORK Retired Dean of His Profession Now Re Bides Contented and Optimistic at His Twin Oaks Farm f f copvkiomt ml Tni houi or numNNiwn Light up but don't Pay Trust Prices , 15-20-25-40 w. Tungsten 25c 60 watt 35c and 5 more for cash 10 Lamps from us $2.40 10 Lamps from Trust $2.70 You save 12J per cent Help us get prices. Guns & Ammunition Shot Guns an J Res - Slightly used and new at and i values. - . Winchester, Marlin, Sav age, Ithaca, Fox, all dump ed into a grand clean up sale All kinds 6f ammunition Fix Your Roof Hydroseal will stop any leak permantly, 15c a pound Roofing 50c to $5 a square. Roof Coating. Try Pabco Red for Roofs. Burns Bridges the latest, cheapest and best ever. FURNITURE CARPETS RUGS Carpet Sweepers, Vaccum Cleaners--reducing stock for inventory our prices will do it. Buy now for Holidays. Your credit is good 5 per cent off for cash. We are always 5 per cent cheaper. Stewart Hardware k Furniture Co. Furniture, Hardware, Oils, Paints Orchard Supplies The Only Place to get Accurate Abstracts of Land in Hood River County is at the office of the Hood River Abstract Company Insurance, Conveyancing, Surety Bonds Fancy Hawaiian Pineapple SPFCIAL THIS WEEK Preferred Stock Large Tins - - - . 20 cents Dozen Tins - -. - . - - - $2.00 Fresh Eastern Oysters in bulk just in Star Grocery Perigo & Son "GOOD THINGS TO EAT" Rubber Stamp Ink at Glacier Office Retired dean of Pacific coast printera and pioneer newspaper man of Mon tana, San Francisco and Portland, Sam uel F. Blytbe, at tba ago of 73 years, may be found today tha resident-owner of Twin Oaks Farm, one of the Hood River valley'a most beautiful home sites. When Mr. Blythe in tha daya of his prime waa active in following bia profession, those daya before the lino type machine waa introduced, be had no equal in his awiftnesa and accuracy at the case. At Virginia City, Mont., in 1867, and in Portland in later years, working on the old Bulletin, Mr.Blythe made records that have never been sur passed. Recalling these earlier years aa be tills bia farm today, Mr. Blythe ia contented, and in all Hood River there . ia perbapa no man more optim istic. "We have talked of our financial stringencies and our hard times the past year," says Mr. Blythe, "but the troubles of today are inconsequential to those of ua old-timera who lived through 1873, the year of Portland's big tire. A panic bad seized upon the entire country, and our calamity added to our depression." A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. Blythe was living in Ohio at the outbreak of the Civil war. Answering the call for'volunteera he enlisted in the 22nd Ohio infant;;. He aaw three years' of active service in the Mississippi val ley. He waa with the army of brant t the battle of Port Donaldson, Shiloh and Corinth. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg and the capture of that city. When the army wat stationed on the Tennessee river Mr.Blythe waa ordered to take charge of a print shop at Iren- ton and make up a quantity of blanks for thefquartermaster'a department. While I waa engaged in this work," he says, "a new regiment that had just joined ua became engaged in a battle at a cross roads. Une of the boys, fired with enthusiasm over the new and thrilling experiences and via ited by an inspiration, wrote a poem of many stanzas, describing the battle. Me came to me and 1 bargained to print the poem for him at $2.60 per quire, obtaining the paper, writing tablets that were kept for ua soldiers when we wanted to write home, from the sutler. Aa fast aa 1 delivered the printed poems be sold them at 25 cents apiece to members or ma regiment, Both oi us were last acquiring tne small change of that regiment, when ordera earoe to march. While I waa working at Trenton southern girl brought me copy of the Bonnie Blue Flag.' and I made a num ber of coriei of it for her. In reply to this bit of wartime southern sentiment Kansas officer wrote a poem, copies oi which 1 printed lor him." Mr. Blythe declares that he would be glad to secure a copy of the reply to the "Bonnie Blue flag." The senti ment, he says, called to the minds of the Confederates that the Stara and Stripes would eventually again wave supreme above both the north and south, and that the soldiers of both armies would again be brothers. Toward the close of the war Mr, Blythe enlisted in Hancock'a veteran Corps. During the trial of Mrs. Sur- ratt. who waa convicted aa an accom plice in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the corpa waa stationed in Washington. We were in charge of the cxecutun of the woman, saja Mr. Blythe. regiment was stationed just outside the enclosure in which Mrs. Surratt was put to death. We stood there in solid ranks with charged bayonets, while thousands ot people surged up against us. One man, he waa very drunk, as he pushed against me, tried to exchange a handful ot greenbacks for my eun." No sooner was Mr. tsiyine a private citizen again than he determined to take the advice of Horace Greeley and strike for the west. He and a compan ion. Dan Ridenour. arrived at St. Jos ph. Mo. Here the comrade became discouraged and turned back. We had no money forzouthtting." says Mr. Blythe, "and we had planned on making our way across tne plains Dy driving oxen. Aa soon aa we aaw the teams of animals and bow they were managed, we knew we would never reach the Rocky mountains in tnis manner. So Dan returned to Ohio and bia sweetheart 1 waa determined to teach the Rockiea before going back. I made immediately for a newspa per office, and was given work at the office of the St. Joseph Gazette, de spite the fact that I waa not a union man; for even then the labor unions were active. Just when I had saved up 375 four friends, among them Capt. William Lockwood. reached at. Joseph en route to the west. They persuaded me to out mv 175 in the lackpot and join them. 1 bad just two bits leu alter turning that money over to Capt. Lock wood. 1 spent the last cent oi it it was one of those old shin plasters for a dozen eggs for our last feast the night before we started on the long trail." Mr. Blythe says that be feela aure that no more inexperienced party ever left St. Joseph. "None of ua knew anything about oxen," be says, "and of course, we were bested in our bar trains for teams, we crossed tne mis, souri river on May 20, and on the first night one of those aevere thunder storms struck us. For fear that we could not put the yokes on again, we had left tbe oxen tied in paira to trees, All five of ua piled in our wagon for the night. I shall never forget the lightning, the thunder and that terrible downpour. The next day we maoe a farmhouse we Baa progressed just six miles. Tbe farmer assisted na with our oxen tbe next morning ana we siariea on. Fortunately for us we overtook a nartv with an overloaded wagon, Mired to the buba tbe heavy schooner waa atuck. However, the party bad an exnerienced negro driver. Tbe colored man hitched on our teama and soon had ; bis wagon out of the mud bole. The owner of the outfit then made a bargain with ua. He gave us a team of oxen and the negro driver, and put a part of hia freight aboard our wagon. And thus we reached tha west. 1 don't be lieve we would ever have succeeded if we had not met with thia outfit: for jutt about another day of tbe trials we were having would have diabeartened all of our party." Membera of Mr. Blytbe a nartv riled on claima near Boaeman, Mont Irri gation ditehea were dug, polea were cut for fencing and ploughing was done. "To furnish money to buy auppliea." saya Mr. Blytbe, "I hired out to an old German farmer to work in bia har vest fields. He gave me S3 a day and board. I bad never bound grain before. and for tbe first few daya I thought it would kill me. but I atuck to it. When I became toughened I don't think any man ever enjoyed hia meals aa 1 did at there at that old German'a home." The next apring. however, the farma were abandoned. Tbe homesteaders did not have sufficient funds to purchase aeed, which waa - aelling for $5 per bushel. "We lost our cattle, wagon and ev erything we bad." aaya Mr. Blythe. It waa then that I determined to go to Virginia City, wbere I finally se cured work on a newspaper published every other day. The regular pay waa 11 per 1,000 ems. 1 could easily set 10,000 ems a day. I remained there for a year. Tbe legislature eat while waa at work in Virginia City and I secured a job on territorial bill work. This waa conaidered fat, and during one week of six daya I made $144." Later when working on the Bulletin in Portland, Mr. Blythe set 93,000 ems during a six-day week. However, the Portland price waa only 60 centa per 1,000. After a year the Virginia City plant was removed to Helena, then the cen ter of mining interests. I decided to return to Ohio," aaya Mr. Blythe. "The journey wan made by Missouri river steamer from Fort Benton. During tbe year I had accum ulated $1,500. I arrived home at Eaton, Ohio, where my mother lived, on the night before July 4. The weaher was ter rifically hot, and after a year in the high altitude I found that 1 was not able to atand it. I left for Chicago, wbere I worked on the daily newspa pers and in September, thia waa the year 1868, 1 left again for the Rocky mountains. At bait Lake city two of ua boya who formed the party, pur chased cayusea and rode horseback the entire distance from the Utah city to Helena. Mont." Mr. Blythe the next year left for California. He worked for a time on the Sacremento Union and journeyed on down to San Francisco, where he worked on the Call, the Alta, the Chronicle and the Bulletin. In June, 1870, Ben Halladay, plan ning to start a paper in Portland, aent Jamea O Mara to ban rrancisco to pur chase a plant. Tbe San Francisco Times had just ceased publication, and Mr. O'Mara purchased the entire outfit of the defunct paper. The foreman for the new Portland paper, the Bulletin, and the eity editor were aecured in San rrancisco. The foreman waa instruct' ed to aeleet a crew of awift, aober com poaitora, and Mr. Blytbe waa among the printera chosen for tbe journey north. "We all came up on Mr. Halladay'a boat,' aaya Mr. Blytbe. "lhere were ten of ua in the party. So far as I know, I am tbe only printer ef that party that survives. Even the press men were chosen in San Francisco. "The Bulletin lasted for five years, and 1 remained with it. Tbe late Har vey W. Scott became editor. Then the Bulletin failed 'and Mr. Scott became editor of theOregonian, where he made for himself a national name. "In 1875 a number of ua printers started the Daily Bee. It ran until 1881. I was with the Bee but 11 months For a .time it was a popular and pro gressive paper. It was made unpoplar when tbe business manager of tbe pub lication engaged one day in a street fight with and killed the business man aaer of the Evening Telegram. "In 1873 a Democratic legislature passed what was known as the Litigant Act. Tbe statute was enacted for tbe purpose of building up a Democratic organ in the city of Portland and at tbe Bame time aiding struggling Demo cratic sheets throughout the state. It provided that all legal publications be placed in papers designated by tbe gov ernor. "The late Judge C. B. Bellinger, who was a federal judge at tbe time of his death, organized a company of printera and started the Daily News. I was one of the printers and remained there a year. Other members of the joint stock company owning the paper and compositors on the sheet were J. J. Curry, John S. Hughes and Arthur Ge laney. One of the first acts of the following Republican legislature was to repeal the Litigant Act, and of course, this Killed tne uany News." In 1877 Mr. Blythe came up to Hood River seeking health. He purchased 22 acrea of oak covered land on tbe old State road west of tbe city. Later 22 additional adjoining acres were bought. In 1881 the returned to Port land and engaged for two yeara with Ed Casey and H. PafTenburger in the publication of the Farm and Dairyman, which ia now merged with the racinc Farmer. In 1884 Mr. Blythe came to Hood River and spent two yeara on hia farm, returning to Portland in 1886 to work for aix montha aa a postal clerk. After working aa printer at intervals for five yeara for John H. Lradlebaugh, who, with Geo. T. Prather, founded the Hood River Glacier. Mr. Blythe pur chased thia pioneer paper of the Hood River valley. A claim againat the early publisher for wages aa typesetter waa applied on the purchase price, Until 1904. when the Glacier was sold to A. D. Moe. ita present publisher. Mr. Blythe waa a leading spirit in the activitiea of the Apple Valley. Hia aon. E. N. Blytbe, now a member of the ataff of the Oregonian. received hia early newspaper training in hia fatber'a office. The amell of printer'e ink atill baa ita ebarm for the former printer-pub lisher, and on visita to the city be can not refrain from entering tbe plant of bis former publication, there to fill hia nostrils with tbe peculiar print-shop odor. Mr. Blshe. now adjutant of Canby Post, ia paat commander of tbe Depart ment of Oregon, G. A. R. Be baa been present at nomeroua national encamp menta of tbe Grand Army. To tbe lo cal old soldiers and tbe early pioneera Mr. Blvtbe ia known aa Sam. Let a veteran get sick or find himself in need and a message to Twin Oaka gets a APPLES HAVE CCMPETITION CULTURE METHODS BRING QUALITY Iowa and Nebraska Growers Listen to Ex periment Stations and Have a Fine Crop of Apples For the first time since the Hood River orcharda came into bearing haa tbe quality of the fruit raised in orch arda in Nebraska and Iowa come in competition with tbe product of local fruit men. For a number of years the agricultural colleges and experiment stationa of these two states have been busy teaching growers how to produce and pack fruit of quality. Juding from advicea received by local market men from tbeir connections in cities tribu tary to these states, the work of the horticultural experts have borne fruit. A letter received by Wilmer Sieg from Lagomarcino-Giupe & Co., of Cedar Rapids, says: "We do not think Iowa haa had a crop of apples in 20 years like this year, when the quality waa ao good or the quantity ao great.' While such a status of the middle west causea the market of cities to remain uncertain, Sales Manager Sieg reports a good demand for local apples from facinc coast cities and from the extreme east. The south, too," says Mr. Sieg. "ia sending out more inquiries each day. The present situation is misnderstood by many shippers, or else they are afraid to wait for Letter markets. Many sales are being made by other districts. and especially by Washington commun ities at little cuta in price just enough to draw the order from the other fellow. "Southern Oregon ia practically cleaned out, and other districts are fast cleaning with the exception of such points aa are in a position to conserve their crops. Hood River. I think. stands in the lead in this respect. "Local spitzenhurgs of all grades are practically sold. For the negligible quantity that remains, the buyers of the larger cities, where they are well known for their table and domestic pur poses, are making good bids for them. Aa to Newtowns, they are a later proposition. Still we have not enough of this variety in all tbe northwest to begin to fill the export orders. "The apple situation has an under current of strength. However, a lot of independent shippers are not keeping in touch with the market and are being constantly taken in by shrewd buyers. "It is an assured fact that the apples of the local growera will be cleaned up sooner than any year before in the his tory of the industry." The optimistic feeling pervades the community of growers. In addition to having carried ita membera for paper, boxes, spray and all materials UBed in bringing the crop to maturity, the Ap ple Growera Assocstion haa made an advance of 25 cents, cash, for the ex penses of harvesting. From now on, it announced, monthly dividends will be paid to the orchardists. With the sales being made ao quickly and drafts pour ing into the local office, the pools will be closed far earlier than usual this season. The season ia far different from that of last year, when the value of the apples was determined for the most part at destination. The value is made at the shipping point this year. Nor do the warehouses show the same disorder of last season, when fruit waa piled from cellar to garret. Local Arkansas Blacks are bringing a profit to growera this season. The Association has been selling blocks of this long keeping variety for $2 per box, net, for extra fancies; $1.75 for fancy, and $1.25 for C grade. How ever, last week, it is reported, Port land buyers secured 700 boxes of this stock from a local grower, shipping in dependently, for $1 per box. Another peculiar condition ia reported by the Association this year. Whereas on former years the complaint haa been that apples have been held at too high a price by local grocers.tbe Association reports that local dealers are offering fine stock of Winter Bananas at $1.25 per box. The organization ia receiving for this fruit at outside markets, such as Portland, the sum of $2.50 per box. MRS. THORN WAS CLEVER SALESWOMAN auick response. Twin Oaka farm ia such a novelty in the Hood River valley that it baa be eoroe tbe mecca for numeroua local people, and viaitora to the valley often When Mr. and Mrs. David Thorn were leaving Hood River to catch the steamer Santa Clara, in the wreck of which last week the latter lost her life. they were on the verge of postponing their sailing because ot failure of Mr. Thome to receive a suit ot clothes or dered by Frank A. Cram. An effort had been made to fit Mr. Thorn, who ia a very.large man, from the local stock. vailing in this Mr. Cram had the suit made to order. If the clothes bad been a day later the couple would not have left Hood River until later. Mrs. Thorn, who has been prominent in county grange circles aince her resi dence here, having been secretary of the Pomona grange, was formerly a saleswoman at the Woodard, Clark Co. in Portland. She waa said to hsve been one of the best saleswomen in the state. 0.-W. R. & N. Co. Changes Schedule ' The O.-W. R. & N. Co. has made several changes in ita achedule. The time of the Portland and Puget Sound express, eastbouno, nas teen changed from 9.15 p. m. to 8.30 p. m. ; west bound, which formerly arrived here at 9.35 a. m., will be a few minutes ear lier. The Spokane train, eastbound, will reach Hood River at 8.50 p. ra. instead of 8.20 p. m. ; westbound, 6 a. m. in stead of 5.40 a. m. Tbe latter train will arry a through sleeper for Minne apolis and St. Paul, the car to be taken up at Spokane by tbe fast trains of the Milwaukee & St Paul system. (Continued on Last Page) Heights Society Win Debate The subject for debate tomorrow night for tbe Heights Literary society will be, "Resolved, That Intemperance ia Worse Than War." Lon Stevens and William Swartout will uphold the affirmative, while Charles Struck and Gilbert Edgington will tell of the hor rors of the battlefield. Geo. L Howe will lecture on Esperanto. Mra. Hugh Smith will aing a aolo, and Mary Haa linger will give recitation.