VOL. XX VII HOOD KIVEK, OREGON, TUUlbSDAY, JANUARY 20. 1916 No. 34 First National Bank New Business This is the time of year to consider and plan the cam paign in all lines of industry. The officers of this strong bank are always glad to assist in your plans and convince you of the advantages of a savings or checking account with us. F. S. STANLEY E. O. BLANCHAR President Cashier TCWerybody is talking ' about the wonderful over coats we are offering but, man alive, do not over look our splendid assortment of Men's and Young Men's suits mane by the same makers of quality clothes of character The House of Kuppenheimer The young chap here is wearing The Wayne, a style that Young Men will take to, like a duck takes to water. You will find your ideas about clothes in de Mi 11 1 COPVRIOHT 1819. THI HOUSS OP KUPPENHIIMIR ANNOUNCEMENT New Tailors in Town The firm of Dale & Meyer will be open for business on and after Wednesday, January 12th, and will be glad to have you call and inspect their stock of Woolen Suit ings, which will be tailored in Hood River. Men and women's garments tailored in latest fashions DALE & MEYER lOS Third Street Tailor to Men Tailors to Women finite form at our store, whether they be up-to-the-minute, conservative or half way between. And say, we have an enormous lot to choose from at $2 O J. G. Vogt 0B MAUD POWELL Maud Powell, the wonderful violinist, who will play at the Congregational church, Friday evening, January 21, makes records only for the Victor you should have at least one of these Powell Records. At the Brook (Rene le Boisdeffre) 04108 Barcarolle Tales of Hoffman (Offfubach) 64457 Finale from E Minor Concerto, Opus 64 (Mendelssohn) 74026 Polonaise, Opus 26 84029 Menuett (Mozart) 64078 The Bee (Schubert) 64076 Le Cygne (The Swan) 64205 Twilight (Massenet-Powell) 74408 Largo (Handel) 74412 Ave Maria (Schubert) 74177 Maud Powell Victrola Concert SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 4 to 5 P. M. Victrolas $15.00 to -' Kresse Drug Co. THE REX LL STORE Victor Victrolas and Records Eastman Kodaks and Supplies Come in and Hear the January Records Seeds Burpee's best by test. Burbank's wonders. Our stock will be most complete ever offered. Our prices same as you would pay the grower packets, pounds, bushel or by sack. Catalogues Leaflets, Free Furniture Persistent care has se cured for us a most complete assortment of new goods at prices surprising low. This consignment includes Lino leum, Oil Cloth, Carpets, Rugs, Curtains, Shades, etc. Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co. Your Credit Is Good. You may pay cash and save 5 per cent 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 Snider's Tomato Soup The biggest can of the finest tomato soup you ever ate for 10c Then there all kinds of Campbell's Soups in our stock for 10c can. and then al! kinds of good crackers to go with them. llippraiii Of enrrv Ira heatthu I trade with Perigo & Son AT I"' The Star Grocery Rubber Stamps . makes records only for the VICTOR S350.00 - Easy Terms Automobiles Are you tired after a ride? Franklin owners rule to rest Does your gasoline bill seem high? Franklin's average 82.08 mile to gallon-. How" is your oil costs? Franklin's average over 800 miles on gallon. You think the year's re pair high? Franklinrepair shops loose money. You cannot afford not to own a Franklin. Hardware The advancing market finds our stock so complete that we can fill your every want at saying prices. STOVES have gone up, but we will continue our standard prices a $79 home comfort range for $50. Quality Service Price You get all 3 here T THE GLACIER OFFICE LOCAL OFFICER SERVES LONG E. S. OLLNGER DEAN OF CONSTABLES Numerous Records Held Hood River's First liveryman and Early Fire Fighter at Salem With the exception of Joe Day, dean of Portland aetectivel, E. S. dinger, constable and deputy sheriff, hai prob ably been an officer longer than any other man in Oregon. Mr. Olinger was appointed a constable in 188 by Coun ty Judge Savage, of Wasco county. ! Hood Kiver county at that time having been a part of Wasco. He hat terved ever since, except for a four year term filled out by William Ganger, now a resident of Bull Kun. He waa deputy sheriff under Tom Pri er, Tom Kelly and K. C. Sexton, sheriffs of Wasco county. Since Hood Kiver county waa established he has been deputy under Sheriff Johnson. It ia likely that no toral officer in the norbwett haa ever terved more papers than E. S. Olinger. Fur the past 10 yeara it baa been a rare week when ha did not have to terve several papers. In the run of a year the instruments terved by the constable run into the hundreds. Let a local man tinker with tne law, and very soon Mr. Olinger puts in bit appearance; let biro be de linquent with the payment of a debt, causing a creditor to seek judgment, and Oiegon's dean of constables will seive him with a summons or give no tice of the attachment ol propeity. Mr. Olinger he is known as 'Eph" to tiit close f ieuds-hat the further distinction of being a native Oregoni an. He waa bnrn in the Waluo hills, seven milet east of Salem, on March 26,1848 On the first day of May, 1880. ne and his wife and oldest daughter, Miss Meila Olinger, of Portland, ar med in Hood River, havii g corr.e to take charge of a term owned by W. B. barkus, Mis. Olinger' father. "It waa shortly after our arrival in Hood Kiver,' says Mr. Olinger, "that 1 tire t became acquainted with Joe Day. He can e here to look up a trui k mat bad been shipped by mistake to Mrs. E. A. Jtronit, who with her hus oanu, boarded at uur house. Mrs. Jer ome's trunk ai d that ol anotl.er wom an hbd tieiotie mixed in transportation nd Detective Dxy was gelling ttu tangle straighlentu out. Mr. Jerome was owner of the little Columbia rivei steamer, the Luella, of wtiich 1 was shortly after his arrival here, a pilot lur a lime." When Mr. Olinger left the river he entered toe teaming and livery busi ness. He waa Hood Kiver's tirtt liv eryman. When the Cloud Cap Inn stage road waa built 26 yeara ago, Mr. Olinger and C. R. bone formed a part nership and opened a livery stable, lhey operated a stage line between this city and the Inn. While a amah barn had been erected on the present Mount Hood hotel block, the buge structure, known as "the Red Barn," was the first building devoted exclus ively to the livery business in Hood K'Ver. "At the first election held in the Hood River valley, ail of the voters coming to the city to caBt their ballots, after 1 came here," says Mr. Olinger, "but 41 vntes were cast. I was one oi the election officers. There were not over 175 people in the entire commun ty. When I entered business with Mr. Bone storts were being operated bj Geo. Cnamplin, E. L. Smith and Jubi fa'ker. J. H. Gerdes, who now oper ates the Gerdes rooming house, wat iunni"g a little confectionery store, sue. j n certain days of the week he offeree meat for sale." Mr. Olinger continues to make hit Headquarters at the office of the Fash ion Livery Co. He still does some driving for the company. It is said by ins associates that no man in Oregoi understands horses better than thi veteran driver. It is very prohablt that no man in the country has drivei t hearse at more funerals than hss Mr Olinger. In the past dozen years ht nas missed but few Hood Kiver funei dl9; for local undertakers, wnen order ing the hearse snt out from the ban always atk that ' Eph arive." LsH week h funeral procession werded iu way siowly up the city's main street. On the driver's seat of the hearse 88. Mr. Olinger, speaking now and then t quieting word to his team. "I here goes Eph again," said ai Hged resident "1 have often wonderei who will dtive the hearse at his funer .1. But Mr. Olinger, though he will sooi ue three score and ten, is still a young i an. To see bis buoyant tread, hn i. Hilary bearing, one would not takt nim to be over 45 years of age. Ht has a black mustache and Bparklii.g olack eyes. The only aign that might ue takeii to signify age is the bald spo that is prominent when he doffs his hat, and yet many younger men have fai It 83 hair. I here are but few gray nairs among tbe black ones of Eph Oiii gtr. Mr. Olinger gets his erect beariig and military dignity, perhaps, fron service in Cempany D., Third regi merit, of the Oregon National Guards, a quarter of a century ago the pride of Hoed Kiver then the old Armor; limiting, destroyed by fie last Jay, was the principal builaing of the val ley. Con pany O. was considered the crack organization of the state. At ati encampment at The Dalles chief honort were won by the local soldiers. Mr. Olinger was second lieutenant of the con pany. before coming to Hood River Mr Olinger bad een in the livery butineet in Salen . Before he entered business tor hin self he drove for a number of yeara tor an early Salem livery con cern. "John Mil to, now superintendent of thestate penitentiary, and I were boy hood companior s," says Mr. Olinger. "John and 1 drove hack together for several years." Before he reached bis majority Mr. Olinger becsme a member of liger En gine Co. No. 2, of the Salem Volunteer fire department. He later became rbief engineer of the depsrment. hav ing been tbe first man elected for two consecutive terma. During the time be was bi ing promnted in Tiger Com pany. No. 2, Justice of the Supreme Court Burnett waa keeping pace with him in Company 1. Judge Burnett and Mr. Olinger tave maintained a cloat friendship from boyhood oava to the present time. Ih-i former never comes to Hood River that be doea not have long visit with the companion of his youth. One of the most interesting incidents recalled by Mr. Olinger at the time of bia aervice in the Salem fire depart ment waa in 1875, when the fire laddica of the eapital city were called to assist in gaining control of a bad fire in Port land. "In an hour and 21 minutes after we had left Salem," he aaya, "we bad un loaded our apparatus on the East Side, bad crossed the bridge and were shoot ing a stream of water on the old Hotel St. Charlea." While it has never been tbe lot of Mr. Olinser to arrest anv desnerate 'criminals, hia life has not been devoid of thrills; for on seversl occasions he has single handed made the capture of burglars in local atorea. He baa never failed in bia duty, and, judging by the character of the man, he would have I been nothing daunted by the most no torious and bold criminal. Several yeara ago a burglar entered the atore of Frank A. Cram. The burglar waa making b'n getaway when discovered. Mr. Olinger waa tbe first officer on the scene. He gave chase, and following the man under an old building captured him. When he was searched all of the money stolen from the cash drawer, with the exception of 21 pennies, waa found. Going back to tbe old building Mr. Olinger acratched around in tbe rubbish under the floor and found every last cent. As Joe Day ia known and respected in Portland, so ia Mr. Olinger passing the shsdy aide of his life in the little Apple City. The law abiding have ro fear of him, but woe to tbe man who has transgressed. Mr. Olinger is a lifelong Republican, and he ia a strong exponent of military preparedness. PNEUMONIA FATAL TO JOHN OTTEN John Otten, one of Hood River's best known men, who two weeks ago was apparently in the best of health, passed away at 11 o'clock Sunday morning from an attack of pneuraionia which naii affected hia heart. Mr Otten was a reined merchant, and while he began his business life in Illinois as a penni It 68 clerk, by thrift and good manage ment he had succeeded in amassing a considerable fortune. Because of the hardships of his ounger days, when he whs getting a start in the business world, Mr. Olten nad become thoroughly nrilled in the lessons of practical economy. He could not stand waste. No man was a closer obseiverof public affairs, conducting nis quiet investigations that he might render a saving to the taxpayers of city or county. Mr. Otten was, per haps, not understood at hit full worth, except by his close friends. Never was Mr. Otten asked to contribute toward a worthy case of charity that ne refused. Mr. Otten waa a member of all lo el Masonic organizations. His funeral Tuesday at the Statu street home was in charge of the locsl Lodge, A. F. and A. M. He was a native of Ger many, havir.g been burn December 16, 1852, at Hanover. When Mr. Otten waa two years old the family came to America, settling near Pekin, III. At the age of 26 yeara Mr. Otten went from Illinois to Tacoma, Wash. 1 wo yeara later he entered business as a merchnat at Snohomish, continuing there tor 20 yeara. It was in this citv that his second marriage occurred 28 years ago. Two years alter he and Vtrs. Olten were wed, Mr. Otten be came a member of the Masonic lodge. After leaving Snohomish, Mr. Otten wen! to Boise, Ida., and later to Santa Barbara, Cel., engaging in business at ioth places. From California he came iu Salem, where he and W. E. Sherman a ere engaged in the mercantile busi ness for a time. They left that city 10 years ago, removing to Mood Kiver, here Mr. Otten became Interested in jusiness property. Out of respect for the deceased all justness houses of tbe city were closed luring the funeral service, at which Rev. A. S. Donat officiated. The mem ;ers of the Masonic lodge and Com nandery attended the service in a body, and formed an escort from the home co the station, the body having been taken to Portland for cremation lues lay evening. The following members jf the Commandery were pall bearers: C. K. Marshall, A. D. Moe, Dr. K. C. drosius, Dr. H. L. Dumble, Truman duller and D. McDonald. "A Perfect Day" was sung during he service by Geo. R. Wilbur. Mr. Otten ia survived by his widow, i daughter, Mrs. Krohn, and three stepchildren. The latter are: Mrs. i. P. Friday and Mrs. W. E. Sherman, jf the East Side; and E. F. Douglas, if Portland. The funeral was conducted by S. E tiartmess. OPTIMISM EXPRESSED FOR NEW YEAR "We have every reston to look for ward to the marketing of next year' apple crop with the fullest measure of .iptimism," aaya Wilmer Sieg. who returned last Thursday from Spokane, where he attended a meeting of the Northwestern Fruit Shippers' League a it h tbe representatives of office of narkets of the United States Depart ment of Agriculture and Federal Iradea Commission. "While nothing definite can be staled by the federal eprespntitivea until after their re porta, which will be ready for the pub lic about the mkdle of February, tht apple growers can rest assured that ihey are working on the solution of some big problems. "We shippers feel that the work of be men who have teen sent to os has ueen very thorough; for all three ot ihem rave had former experience in the i eld they have been covering and were more or leaa familiar with condi tions. They have won the confidence of the growers with whom they have come in contact by displaying an inter est from tbe growers angle of apple marketing." Mr. Sieg believes that estimates of next yesr'a bearing apple acreage have been very mucn exaggerated An esti mate given the Growers' Council by Gordon C. Corbaley, of Spokane, places the bearing tracta of tbe ,Hood Kiver tistrict for the next season at r-pproxi-mately 25,000 screa. Mr. Sieg thii ka that this is 40 per cert too high, and that estimates of other districts are proportionately bigb. GOOD OUTLOOK FORLMBER ALL LOCaI MILLS PLAN SEASON CUT From Present Indications 600 Men Will Be Given Employment in County Business Stimulated While there ia that indrfinitenesa that attaches generally to the industry at the present time, the outlook for local lumber mills has not ben better since the winter of 1906 and 1907. Judging from indicationa and from the expressions of managing officers of locsl lumber companies, the activity in tbe forests of Hood River County will be more msrked this season than on any year since 1907, when a high tide was reached here. Unless some unfor aeen disturbance shakes the msrket all three of the larger Hood River county plants that of the Oregon Lumber Co., at Dee; The Wind Kiver Lumber Co. at Cascade Locks; and the Stanley Smith Lumber Co., at Green Point will run. The capacity of these mills and men employed are respectively as follows: Oregon Lumber Co., 200 men and 150,000 feet, daily capacity; Wind River Lumber Co., 80 men and capacity of 120,000 feet; Stanley-Smith Lumber Co., 135 men nd daily capac ity of 80 WO feet. A half doten smaller plants, the ca pacity nf which are as follows, are making plans to run: V inane mill, Dee, 10 000 feet. 20 men; Davenport mill, Dee, 35,000 feet, 40 men; Hood Kiver Forest Products Co., 40 men, 35,000 fet ; and email community mills owned by E. V. Schiller, W. H. Hicks, the Pine Grove Box Co.-and J. R. Phil lips. The mill of the Hood River Forest Products Co., which was only built last summer, was operated until the latter part of December, when the Hume of the Stanley Smith, in which its lu'iiber was transported to the O -W. K. & N. Company's line at Ruthtun, became frozen. T hia plant will begin the run again just as soon as a thaw comes. All evidences point to a big run at ti e Dee mill of the Oregon Lumber Co., Which is driven by electricity. During the past several Years the mill, duri g the periods of low water, haa been fmced to shut down a portion of each day, the power being generated from the waters of the East and Middle . Forks of Hood Kiver. Men are now engaged in installing a huge steam tur bine which will enable the plant to be operated at full capacity at all seasons. The cost of the turbine, which will generate 1,000 horsepower, will reach $30,000. The mill of the Oregon Lumber Co. and tbe other two large plants of the Valley will be atarted early in the spring. "The off-shnre and coastwise mills are all looking for a booming busi ness," says J. E. Robertson, manager of the Stanley-Smith Co., "I his has a tendency to boost our business, and we are looking for satisfactory orders from the interior." During the cutting season of 1912, the last year of any considerable ship ments, the daily average of lumber routed from Hood River county points on the O -W. K. & N. reached 12 car loads. The bright out lock in the lumber in dustry has a tendency to stimulate all local business. Seventy five per cent of the 600 laborers who will be engaged the coming spring and summei, will come from the outside, lhey will be provisioned by county merchants. COOL COMMITTEE AFTER COOPERATION The chief work of the executive com mittee of the Northwestern Fruit Growers' Council the members of which met Friday at T acoma. Wash., was to formulate some plan the inauguration of which would bring the fruit selling agencies of the Yakima, Wash., dis trict into a closer harmony, according to Truman Butler, local member of the committee, who teturned Saturday mornirg "Fruit men of other districts." says Mr. Butler, "declare that they would he satisfied if they could cooperate as ilosely as the growers of the Hood Kiver Valley." Mr. Butler says that the Executive committee, now composed of W. H. Paulhamus. of Puyallup, Gordon C. Corbalty, of Spokane, and himself, will remain intact. He looks forward to work, similar to that of Friday at Tacoma, conducted for the purpose of bringing about a hettcr co-ordination among the growers' selling organiza tions of individual districts. No gen eral meeting of the grower members.of the Council, however, is contemplated this year. "If some problem arises, the solution of which we think will be better solved by calling together repre sentative orchardists of all districts," days Mr. Butler, "then we will feel like issuing a calf for such s meeting." The expenses of the work of tbe Growers' Council lust year were not as heavy as eutimated. A levy of a quar ter of a cent per I ox on apples was esked last year. Mr. Butler says that half of this amount will be sufficient to meet the expenses incurred and to pay for any cost that may be attendant on t ct i vities of the coming' season. No salaries are paid Mr. Butler and Mr. Lorbaley, who merely receive their ex penses when engaged in attending meetings of the Executive committee, -t salary of $300 was granttd Mr. Paul hamus, executive head of the Council, this salary, however, at his own sug gestion wai cut in half. CRAM OFFERS AID IN CASE OF FIRE Because of the difficulty the members of the Hood River Fire Uepartment would be sure to experience should they attempt to drag by hand the heavy engines or hose carts up any of the steep, snow-covered streets in answer to a call. Frank B. Cram haa offered free of charge his services dur ing the period when the streets sre covered with snow. Mr. Cram, who hss given isntructiors that l e be called immediately in case of a fire, keepa the tonneau of his automobile loaded wilb chemical tire extinguishers.