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ill VOL. XXVII HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1916 U No. 44 ArD.Moc.PrMUtcni CDatiuawa, Vic Pres. t- O. Blaachar, Cuhir EatabUabed m Capital SIM.ISS The First National Bank $ ....... Hood River, Oregon Many ways to earn money. Lots of ways to spend it. But one sure way to save it is by depositing regularly at this strong National Bank. 4 Interest on Savings. Deposits We Are Members of The Federal Reserve System ' Write It on the Film-at thq Time ld&kt Uie kodak record accurate, authentic Then there will never be the que tlon: "How ola wa baby when this waa taken?" or" What Bnmmer waa this made" Yon ean write the wbo.wben and where permanently on tne margin of the nega tive at the time the eiponure la made If yon nee an Autographic Kodak. , Kresse Drug Co. EASTMAN KODAK AND SUPPLIES VICTOR VICTROLAS AND RECORDS COME IN AND HEAR THE LATEST APRIL RECORD Exclusive Styling When you want one suit of clothes or sev eral more, call on Dale & Meyer, aa we have aid before, their goods are thoroughly shrunk and ready for use. Why you shouldn't order your Spring Suit there Is not an excuse, for their garments are style perfect in every way, that being the case, why put off until tomor row what you can do today. You should consider your local tailors,' Dale & Meyer,' whose services are prompt and efficient, and their workmanship considerable higher. Our Absolute Guarantee Protects You Dale& Meyer .108 Third Street Tailors to Men Tailors to Women WE FURNISH Fishing and Hunting Licenses We are showing: a full line of the famous hand made Shakespeare Fishing Goods. Don't cost you any more than the other kind. A large assortment of new and second hand rifles offer ed at wholesale cost The Franklin air cooled car eliminates nearly 200 parts as useless, except to create repair bills. Easiest riding car" made. Most economical in gasoline, 32.8 miles to gallon., . 1050 on 1 gallon oil. 12,000 miles on set tires. Sporting Goods . Lawn Tennis, Baseball, Cro quet, Golf the proper goods for any game. Tennis and Baseball Shoes. Wading Boots. Lubricating Oils We carry 30 kinds of oil. The correct oil for any purpose-ask for the right oil for it is often one-half the price of a kind not suited to the need. Our Furniture Department was never so full of .bargains 5 allowed for cash on lowest market prices. : --'A Stewart Hardware & Furniture Co. In your search for clothes that will give you the clean, live, up-and-doing look of youth ASK FOR ICuppenheimer Clothes .Their size graduation, held to fractional ex- actness insures a perfect fit. Their fabric value " guarantees their wearing quality. At $18, you can get a suit you would be proud to wear, and the degree of service corre spondingly at $20, $22.50 and $25. J. G. Vo Bank Advertisement No. 85 Sixteen years ago today, April fourth, the , founders of the Jiutler Banking Company es tablished the first bank in Hood River. It is fitting that the first ad. in our seventeenth year should contain an expression of gratitude and ap preciation of the support which the people of this district have given to us through the many years we have been in business. We are neither prophets nor sons of prophets, but we think we have good reasons for believing that the year upon which we are entering should be one of our best years. Hood River should grow a much cleaner crop of apples than was grown last year and the marked improvement in the selling organizations all over the north west should be to our advantage. ' The Valley, should reap some of the benefits of the opening of the Highway this year and the full operation of perhaps ten saw mills in our county this year, instead of the very limited op eration in this line last year, should add mater ially to the general prosperity of this district . BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Package Garden Seeds ' Lilly's and Ferry i EARLY ROSE SEED POTATOES, pound . -2c SIR WALTER RALEIGH SEED POTATOES, pound..2ic Burbank Seed Potatoes, pound... 1 5c American Wonder Seed Potatoes, pound .'Uc :AT The Star Grocery Perigo & Son "GOOD THIN OS TO EAT" NEWTON CLARK LOCAL PIONEER MR. CLARK ARRIVED HERE IN 1877 Grasshoppers Drove Him From Dakotas, Where County Was Named for Him Prominent Oregonian Married at North Freedom. Wis., on October 17, 1860, Mr. and Mrs. Newton Clark, of thia city, have trodden tbe pathway of life's long journey together longer jtban moat couples of Oregon. let lew men or women who have not yet reached the three score and 10 mark are more active or vigorous than this sturdy eouple, a typical product of the frontier and pioneer life. With all faculties alert and hale and hearty both are enjoying their old age. Both are possessed of an optimism anden tbuRissm that youth might envy. Mr. Clark waa born in Illinois, Msy 27, 1838. His wife is a native of Scot land. The former moved with his oar- enls to Wisconsin, where he resided until 1870, when he and his wife moved to the Territory of Dakota, where he took up a homestead two miles from the present city of Sioux Falls. He built the first frame bouse erected in Minnehaha county. Mr. Clark, always a staunch 'Republican of the Abraham Lincoln school, hss participated in pol itics prominently both in South Dakota and Oregon. He was a member of the legislative ' assembly of the former stste, and introduced the bill defining tbe boundaries of Minnehaha county as they at present exist. A graduate of Point Bluff Institute. Mr. Clark is a skilled civil engineer. and much government land has been surveyed by him. He laid out the sec tions and townships of much public land in the Territory of Dakota. Clark county. South Dakota, bears bis nsme. From 1878 to 1886 he fulfilled contracts made with the government and sur veyed hundreds of acres of the public lands of the rugged sections of the northwest. His crews of men laid out the section lines of land in the southern psrt of this county, and timber cruisers today find the marks made by him on trees in the forest reservation more than SO years ago. No man has ever taken a greater interest in the explora tion of the scenic mountain districts of the mid-Columbia. He was a pio neer in ascents or Mount Hood, and one of tbe mighty glaciers of that peak bears the name of Newton Clark. Even today be takes pleasure in jaunts over the great wilds of Oregon, both here and at Lake Lytle on the coast, where be and Mrs. Clark spend their sum mers at a cottage he has built. Destiny in the form of a scourge of grasshoppers sent Mr. Clark and his family to Oregon. I tried farming on my homestead in Dakota," he sayr."but after two years of successful crops of grasshoppers. I became disgusted with that form of agriculture and struck for Oregon. driving a team overland." Mr. Clark arrived here the first week of September, 1877, and his worldly wealth in addition to tbe outfit con sisted of the sum of SI. 50 in money. 'We found tbe Hood Kiver valley as nature bad designed It and habited by a handful of pioneers, none of them wealthy enough to look with scorn on their nearesCneighbors miles away. The salubrity of the climate, its free dom from storms of wind and lightning of summer and its frigid blizzards of winter as compared with the Dakotas, all delighted us. And best of all, there were no grasshoppers to eat the fruits of bard labor before they were bar- vested. I cheerfully invested my for tune of good health and my little of worldly wealth-. " the money went for tbe purchase of an axe an unfortunate investment : for it toQk many a bard day a work to wear it out. cut had seen enough or pioneer life in the middle west to know thst industry and economy would thrive upon hard times. "There was no such thing aa organ ized industry in the valley at that time. No one wanted a hired man ; no one had money to pay for help. Literally.there was no money to be had. Cordwood, with The Dalles as a bank and a scow as the means 'of exchange, waa the only circulating currency, and it took the frace of a west wind to cash a check t can be seen that the way of a pio neer was indeed a hard one. "There was only one wsy out for me to take the first work that came to hand, whether there was money or not. And when that was finished to take tbe next job that offered. Any kind of task was better than being idle. learned that Henry Coe, a pioneer, had planned to re-roor his house, but that he had not secured his supply of shin nies. I took the job of supplying him with his materia), although up to that time I had never made a shingle nor had I ever seen a cedar tree. "So I started op in tbe mountains to see if enough timber could be found. A wagon trail had been made to the cedar swamp, the present location of Parker Town. Reaching the swamp I found Hudson and Phelps, two other pioneers. in search of shingle timber. With plenty of timber in sight I took tbe job oi furnishing lor uiem as wen as nr. Coe. That was the dawn of prosperity for me. "We all started back down the trail, the other two men to return to their homes, while I went bsck for my outfit snd my family. As we walked down the steep mountainside single file. In dian fashion, I was in the vanguard. Suddenly two bear broke from the tim ber right In front of us. I dropped to tbe ground to allow Hudson, who had a gun, to take a snot at tne animaia, Seeing that he seemed excited. I whis pered softly, 'Shoot low!' The bear evidently heard my whisper. He stop ped in tbe trail, not 75 feet distant, and looked us over, evidently surprised st such a thine as a human being. Hudson fired, but whether his bullet sned in the direction of tbe bear no one ever knew. The front animal jumped away into the bushes, while the rear bear took to a big fir tree standing be' side the trail. "I knew tbe bear would not remain up tbe tree without persuasion. 1 rushed to the foot of the tree and be ean to punch him with a long stick, But instead of going higher he began to so around the trunk and finally made aJump over my head before Hud son was prepared to shoot him. Tbst wss my introduction to the Hood River vsllev " Mr. Clark finished his work in the mountains and bad enough funds left after paying his advance expenses to lay in his winter supply of previsions. "I purchased- a eook stove on time from E. L. Smith, the valley's v first merchant, who with a small-stock of goods and large supply oconfidence in his fellow man was doing the liberal thing by every species of Tmpecuniosity that tried to make a home In the val ley," saya Mr. Clark. "There waa no labor in demand and not a dollar in sight so 1 took a job of cutting cord- wood, taking mv pay in an irrigation ditch that has never beenldug. except on paper. I bad no land to irrigate, if the ditch had been dug, but it waa do ing something, and thst waa the main thing. . 'The next spring I succeeded in pur chasing 160 acres of school land at 12.60 per acre. I considered myself a permanent fixture in Hood River." Mr. Clark still owns some of this original purchase. Mr. Clark became a member of the Masonic fraternity at Sioux Falls on April 26, 1874. He was a charter member of the A. O. U. W., the first fraternal organization established in Hood River. For 20 years he waa grand recorder of the order, the longest offlcal experience of any member of the organization. . Mr. Clark is a oast commander of the Department of Oregon. Grand Army of the Republic, and a prominent member of Canby Post, the local post of the brand Army. As a private in Company K, Wisconsin 14th volunteer Infantry. be served for more then four yeara dur ing the civil war. He fought in 14 battles under Genral Grant and was in the Red River campaign under General Canby. He was participating in tbe siege of Mobile when peace waa de clared. Mr. Clark furnished the flag that waa flown over the Vicksburg court house at tbe close of the war. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have two chil dren, W. L. Clark, a prominent busi ness man of this eity, and Mrs. W. H. Brszelton, of Portland. Mr. Clark concluded his interview by saying: "You might tell them that 1 am still taking my regular rations." CASCADE SPECIAL TAX LEVY IS RESISTED The O.-W. R. & N. Co. on last Friday filed a suit with the circuit court to restrain the county from tbe collection of a specisl tax levy voted by the citizens of road district No. 1 at Cascade Locks last fall. The case has been set for hearing before Judge Bradshaw at The Dalles next Friday. A similar case was filed Monday by the Wind River Lumber Co., of Cascade Locks. i Tbe railway company, tbe tax of which by the specisl sssessraent will be increased by the sum of $5,216.24. alleges that while the election was car ried by but a single vote, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Adama and Dr. and Mrs. D. Dit tebrant were not legal freeholders and were not entitled to the ballot at the special election. It is further alleged thst tbe sum voted comes under a state budget law, and that estimates on tbe proposed work should have been pub lished ana given interested parties for consideration. - Tbe railway company tendered Sher iff Johnson a check for $13,362, as half of the year's tax less the special levy. The sheriff refused to accept tbe check and it was paid to County Clerk Shoe maker, aa clerk of the circuit court, in order that the company might be re lieved of the one per cent per month interest charged on delinquencies. . Tbe Wind Kiver Lumber Co. Monday through their attorney, George Shep herd, of Portland, and their manager, J. H. Dunlop, filed their suit. The Lumber company alleges in its complaint that at the special election the chairman of the meeting used the argument that the tax woud be on the plaintiff and the O.-W. R. & N. Co. It cites that the chairman stated that he waa talking with a fisherman -who told him that even though the tax car ried he would have to only catch one extra fish to pay his portion. The complaint shows that by the 1914 assessment the sixteen citizens who voted for the special tax owned proper ty the total assessed value of which was 15. WO. i be assessed value of the railway company and the lumber com pany were given respectively at Ibis,- 000 and $63,000. The total assessed valuation of the road district was $791,000. - REV. DONAT ACCEPTS OAKLAND PASTORATE .... ( Rev. Anthony S. Donat, who came here year before last from Cadillac, Micb., to take charge of the Riverside Congregational church, has accepted a call from the First Congregational church, of Oakland, Calif. Mr. Donat will leave here about May 1 to take up bis new work. Mr. Donat waa formerly engaged in institutional church work in tbe down town district of Cbicsgo, and because of his experience in such work he wss chosen as pastor of the Oakland insti tution, the building of which is located on one of tbe principal business streets. next to tbe Orpheum theatre, of the California city. "It is .our plan," says Mr. Donat, to sell tbe site or the present Building, which la valued at approximately $600,000. We will secure a aite for a smaller amount of money about a block away and erect a modern Institutional structure, equipped with club facilities snd reading room. Tbe new church will be open day and night. The old building was thrown open to refugees following tbe 1906 Ssn Frsncisco earth quake, and tboussnds of the homeless from the Golden Gate city were given sleeping quarters on the cushioned pews. Tbe church hss members in all of tbe Oakland suburbs, including Ala meda. Berkeley and fiedmont. Mr. Donat atates that Dr. Francis J. Van Horn, who has had charge of the church, will leave this summer for an extended trip in the east. " r J. N. Birch Skips J. N. Birch, formerly night clerk at local hotel, who was recently appointed agent of tbe Mount Hood Kailway Co., left for parts unknown Sunday night. taking with him the contents of the eompany'a safe, a sum of approximate ly $300. Birch, who had been in Hood River for 'several months, stated that he eame from Bellingham, Wash., It is thought that he left here for Tbe Dalles. The company has offered a reward of $100 for bis capture. APPLE GROWERS . .AM ELECTS DAVIDSON'S NAME IS WITHDRAWN Members Vote for Loan and Material Fund and for Increased Advertis ing Appropriation At the annual meeting of the stock holders of tbe Apple Growers Associa tion Saturday A. W. Stone, after read ing a letter received from Mr. David son In which the latter left the final decision with the board, announced tbe withdrawal of the name of H. F. Da vidson from a list of candidates nomin- sted at a primary meeting on March 11 tor tbe board or directors of the organ ization. Mr. Davidson, who is now in New York city, where during the psst ' year he has represented the local sales agency, hss been a member of the board of directors of the Association since its organization in 1912. In bis letter to tbe Association Mr. Davidson said that he would accept a place on the board, if elected, but that he would tender his resignation on August 1, when he will" again leave Hood River for New York. Is view of the fact that two local orchard com panies of which Mr. Davidson waa president had cancelled their contracts with the sales organization for the looming year, because of pressure brought to bear by controlling interests engaged in the apple business in New York, the writer stated that he con sidered that the board of directors would best be able to judge whether his name should be permitted to re main on the candidates' list. Mr. Stone stated that tonnage ef orchards personally controlled by Mr. Davidson would remain with tbe Asso ciation, and declared that the with drawal of the orchard companies men tioned did not signify that Mr. David son wss hostile to the organization. Mr. Davidson is with us and will work for the welfare and success of the organization," he said. "Your board of directors," continued Mr. Stone, "was asked to defer action on the withdrawal of tbe two orchard -companies until the interested parties could arrive here and go over the mat ter thoroughly with them. However, this could not be done under our by-laws." In his report Mr. Stone stated that 28 members of the organization bad cancelled tonnage contracts since last year, but that 46 new members bsd been secured. The total membership now raches 766. Out of the 28 cancel lations 24 members withdrew without reasons. The total tonnage withdrawn represented 27,622 packages last season. Despite the beautiful day and the demands of orchard work which has been delsyed this season because of an exceedingly wet winter, the meeting was well attended. s Directors for the coming year were elected as follows: P. S. Davidson, W. B. Dickerson, Walter Kimball, A. G. Lewis, O. B. Nye, J. C. Porter, C. A. Reed and R. H. Wallace, re-elected; and E. H. Shepard, J. R. Nunamaker and E. W. Birge. A measure to amend the by-laws and give the directors the privilege of levy ing a cent per package on all fruit products for the purpose of establishing a fund to be used in the purchase of supplies and in making loans to grow ers in times of harvest, was carried by a large majority. Action by local growers as to an alli ance with the Fruit Growers' Agency, Incorporated, to be established at Spo kane, as proposed by the government. was deferred until some future meet ing. Details of tho proposed plans, it was stated, do not meet with the com mendation of local men, and the board of directors has taken more time fer further consideration. The afternoon session of the meeting was given to a discussion of advertis ing, and the members of the Associa tion voted for a levy of five cents per box the coming year on all apples of the Blue and Red Diamond brands, the two highest grades, and two cents per box on all other grades. An advertis ing fund of approximately $25,000 will thus be secured. In an address to growers Saturday afternoon Wilmer Sieg, who has headed tbe sales department of the organiza tion since its organization and who has been named sales manager for the com ing year, declared that northwestern fruit growers should not be alarmed at reports of a British embargo on fruits. "Our Portland friends," said .Mr. Sieg, "have jumped at conclusions, and have protested, stirring up a muddle that they might well stay out of. The embargo doea not apply to fresh fruits, but to bottled, preserved or canned fruits. The fruits that we will be able to get to England the next year will be circumscribed only by the amount of space we can get on trans-Atalndtio liners. Englishmen are not going to be without their Newtown apples." Shipping space on all but seven cars, routed out from here for the English export, has been secured, according to Mr. Sieg, and Hood River, despite the great decrease in exports, hss exported more apples than any former season. In the course of his talk Mr. Sieg re ported that the list of prices as ren dered at the primary meeting would remain unchanged except for New towns, which would be better, and for Ben Davis, the latter having taken a slump. "When the season is closed," said Mr. Sieg, amid applause, "I think you will find that the Apple Growers Asso ciation has received tbe best price fer its product of any concern selling ap ples in these United States." Mr. Sieg then made a plea for adver tising. "Advertising is going to enhance the value of your product greatly," ha de clared. "We have been flirting with advertising. Two cents per box has been a joke, for when we got ready to start we had to stop. We are not ready for a national campaign, but we do want to carry on the exploitation of our apples in certain specified markets. If you do not advertise I will guaran tee te bring you out as well as the rest. If yon dodvertise I'll put you on top." W. W. Rodwell suggested that some of the advertising money he expended In a campaign to educate tbe apple dealer as to how to mate purchases of his apples. Mr. Rodwell related an experience with a Vancouver, Wash., dealer wbo had purchased fruit taken from tbe vinegar stock of local grow ers and then boxed and sold under a grade of extra fancy