The Hood River glacier., December 21, 1916, Image 6

HOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1916
FORD
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
The new Ford with its large radiator and en
closed fan, streamline hood, with crown fend
ers both front and rear, entire black finish
and nickel trimmings, presents a splendid ap
pearance. At the same time Ford cars have
never been better, from every point of view
than they are being made today. The ex
perience of building more than fifteen hund
red thousand of them, together with largely
increased manufacturing facilities, means
highest quality with lower costs. Ford after
service assured by nine thousand Ford agents
scattered all through the country. Runabout
$345 Touring Car $360 Coupelet $505 Town
Car $595 Sedan $645 f. o. b. Detroit; sold by
Columbia Auto & Machine Co.
THE SQUARE DEAL
ST0RE
SAFTY FIRST is the Watchword to
day. That means a Deereing mower
and rake to harvest your hay crop.
A Louden Track and Carrier to unload it
and a set of Louden Stanchions in your
barn mean safty and comfort for your cows,
and a bigger milk check each month. These
tools are guaranteed best in their class
and for sale by D. McDonald.
d. Mcdonald
THIRD AND CASCADE STS.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Whenever possible we buy home products in
preference to all others. 11 As a Hood River
business man who buys at home, I solicit the
patronage of Hood River people.
W. J. Filz Meat Market
We Give A'H Gretn Stamps
APPLES
Apples wanted for export and domestic
shipment. Liberal advances and good prices '.ob
tained. Standard grades only. Arrange your apple
accounts now7.
KELLY BROS.
Warehouse 7th and Railroad Sts.
Phone 1401
Building Plaster, Cement, Lime
Feeds for
The Dairyman and Poultryman
Warehouse at foot of 5th Street
EXPRESSMEN HEAR
OF HOOD RIVER
Tha following, article, entitled
"Hood River Apple." appeared in
a recent iiiue of "American Express
Service." a publication issued by the
American Eipreta Co. and distributed
in large number! among ita employe!.
The article was written by U B.
Vieta, of Portland, Oregon and Wash
ington luperintendent of the company.
With an apple crop thia fall thit
bid! fair to run about 1,200 carloads,
and with a strawberry crop which rum
about 200 carload! each season, all
moving out by American Express, it
will probably interest American Ex
press men to know a little something
about the region which ia lending out
an annual average of 140,000 cratea of
strawberries and 756,000 boxes of
applei over our lines.
'lhe word "Hood Kiver" hae come to
be practically synonymoui witb red
applei and fine strawberriea, the
famous Hood Kiver Valley of Oregon
having established a reputation almost
nation-wide for ita strawberries, and
really world-wide for its apples.
Hood River ia located 63 miles east
of Portland on the main line of the
0. W. R. & N. Co. (Union Pacific Syi
tem) and on the south bank of the
great Columbia River, a stream that
ia navigable from Astoria on the
Pacific Ocean to Lewiston, Idaho, a
distance of approximately 400 miles.
It is also located on the famous Colum
bia River Highway, a scenic, hard
surfaced road built along the river
through the Cascades of the Columbia
at a cost of several million dollars.
Apple!, pears and strawberries are
the cropi raised in the greatest quan
tities, but everything except tropical
fruits does well on the Hood River
soils. The most perfect and prolific
Anjou pear trees in the world are
grown there, but the acreage aa yet is
small. It is the apple and strawberry
which so far have been the great
revenue producers.
The quality of the Hood River apple
ia due to the perculiar geographical
conditions under which it is raised.
Tbe climate is mild, and the summer
one of constant sunshine, tempered by
lhe snow-covered peaks of Mt. Hood
and Mt. Adams, the one guarding the
southern and the other, forty miles
across the Columbia in Washington,
the northern end of the valley.
Hood River, which traverses the
valley, has its source in the 11, 225-foot
Mt. Hood, and tbe water from it is
used for irrigating the fruit lands of
the entire valley. The valley contains
about 60, COO acres and about 15,000 an
in apple-bearing orchards. Apples
have been raised there for fifty years
and strawberries for twenty-five, but
none of the fruit has become famous
until in comparatively recent years.
lhe Hood Kiver Spitzenburg is the
king of red apples, being classed by
tbe American Pomological Society as
the "perfect red apple." It is ready
for eating about the 15th of October.
The Hood River Yellow Newtown is
distinctly a winter apple, not changing
to the yellow until three months or
more after picking. Two-thirds of the
apples grown in Hood Kiver are of
these two varieties. The Arkansas
Black, Golden Ortley, Winter Banana,
Wagener, Jonathan, Uravenstein, and
others are raised in varying quantities,
but all possess the remarkable keeping
quailty of the Spitzenburgs and New
towns grown in this valley.
The strawberry industry in the Hood
River Valley, has been fostered and
developed largely through the efforts
of the railway company and the Amer
ican Express Company, until it has
reached its present huge proportions.
The Clark Seedling variety is best
adapted to thu soil and climatic condi
tions, the berry being very large,
richly flavored and so firm that it ships
exceptionally well to such distant mar
kets as Duluth, Winnipeg, etc. Cool
nights with warm sunshine during tbe
days permit the fruit to mature grad
ually, giving it the color and crispness
which has made it famous. The Hood
Kiver strawberry outclassed the world
in 1893, when it took first prize at the
Chicago World's Fair.
The season laBts more than eight
weeks, and how Hood Kiver can ship
extra fine strawberries that length ot
time has always been a question asked
by those who are not acquainted with
the local conditions. The main valley
is divided into three separate valleys
or levels. The first, or lower valley,
ia at an altitude of from 300 to 800
feet. Berreis are marketed from this
valley early in May and shipping is
good for nearly three weeks. The
second, or middle valley, is at an alti
tude of from 1,100 to 1,400 feet, and
picking follows the first valley very
closely. The third or upper valley is
at an altitude of from 2,000 to 3,000
feet and follows the second valley in
picking and marketing. The taking
advantage of nature in this manner
has made it possible to ship the finest
of strawberries continuously for more
than eight weeks, and the last berry
picked is as good as the first one. The
fields of the upper valley in some in
stances are right under the snow banks
of old Mt. Hood, and berries have been
picked as late as August 31.
Aa an indication of the productive
ness of the soil and the prolific quali
ties of the Clark Seedling variety
under these favorable conditions, a
single plant in its second year this
season bore more than 500 berries at
one time. By actual countthere were
482 berries on it after two hallocks, or
about 50 berries, had been picked.
The Umatilla, Yakima and Warm
Spring Indian reservations furnish a
large number of the strawberry pick
ers. They are considered the best
pickers, aa they remain throughout the
entire season, never joining tbe
"White Man's" strike. The squaws
do the field work while the "bucks"
congregate in small crowds in the
wooded section of the bank of the
Columbia and spend tbe day in gam
bling and horse racing.
The distribution of Hood River
apples, which is effected by American
Express, is claimed to be more nearly
world-wide than that's any other
apple-shipping district in the United
States. In normal times about 40 per
cent of the entire crop ia exported,
England, Germany and South America
being the largest consumers.
lhe Yellow Newtown apple, after
having been in storage until February
or later, becomes the famous eating
apple ot the British Isles, to which
distant point most of them have been
shipped in past years. It is admirably
adapted to exportation as it ia a very
good keeper. The European countries,
strange as it may seem, prefer the
small-sized apple, which ia not very
much in demand in this country.
In addition to the apples shipped
out, a large quantity of fruit is used
each season in manufacturing vinegar,
as well aa evaporated applei. Last
season, 375,000 gallons of vinegar and
cider were produced, in (addition to
about 75 tons of evaporated applei.
A letter from an American Express
man in Petrograd, Russia, a while ago,
said: "It may be interesting to know
that last evening we stopped in a fruit
tore where we law soma very fine
applei which looked to us si if they
might have coma from the Pacific
Coaat And aura enough, tbey had,
but when we found that the ordinary
price had been 25 kopeck (about 13
centi) and wai then up to 35 kopecki
(about 17 centi), we decided to go
without them. I simply mention thii
io that you will aee we are thinking of
you and your traffic."
MOSIER.
from The Bulletin
D. W. Hudson spent Tueiday in
Hood River with relatives.
Mrs. Geo. Chamberlain was a Hood
River visitor Monday.
Miss Emily Husbands wai a Satur
day afternoon visitor in Hood River.
Miss Bessie Jones ipent Saturday
viaiting in Hood River.
John Elder wai in Hood River Mon
day on business.
L. J. Merrill spent Sunday morning
between trains in Hood River.
J. M. Burpee wai a Hood River vis
itor on Friday.
W. L. Kowland spent Friday after
noon in Hood River.
Mrs. C. J. E. Carlson was a visitor
Saturday in Hood Kiver.
F. A. Allington waa in Hood River
the last of the week.
Mr. and Mri. R. D. Chatfield re
turned Friday night from a visit in
Portland.
C. G. Nichol returned Friday morn
ing from Portland where he had been
on a business trip.
John A. Swanson returned to Bla
lock yesterday after a visit here with
Ben and Zeno Sellinger.
C. C. Clement, after a trip to Port
land and the live stock show, returned
home Friday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Butterfield were
visitors in Hood River Monday morn
ing. J. Strain waa in Portland last week
where he purchased a Guernsey cow at
the live stock show.
W. E. Brown and daughter, Miss
May Brown, were visitors Tuesday in
Hood River.
Mrs. Caroline Bauer and her son,
Henry Bauer, were in The Dalles last
week visiting witb Mr. and Mrs. Lou
Bauer.
Dr. C. A. Macrum and C. A. McCar
gar were visitors Monday aiternoon
in Hood River, where they attended
the Horticultural Society meeting.
MisB Irma Phillips was called to
Heppner yesterday on account of the
serious illness of her father, C. J.
Phillips.
Dr. H. L. Dumble was called up
from Hood River Tuesday on account
of the illneei of Miss Lillian Marvel,
who is now reported much better.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Morden and two
children, Carroll and Gloria, went to
Portland Wednesday afternoon for a
few days' visit.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Cooper are here
visiting at the home of his brother,
K. L. Cooper. They came down from
The Dalles Sunday and plan to stay
for the remainder of the week at least.
Randy Cook was in The Dalles the
first of the week where he secured
some reference books to be used by
the high school students in preparation
for a debate.
L. M. Carey, father of Mrs. W. E.
Chown, left yesterday for his home
near Newberg, after having visited
here since Thanksgiving with Mr. and
Mrs. W, E. Chown and son, Roger.
Sherman J. Frank was up from Hood
River Wednesday soliciting bueinees
for Trojan stump powder, for which he
has the agency for Mosier as well as
Hood River county.
Geo. Lekas, who is the head machin
ist at the O.-W. R.& N. car shops at
Umatilla, arrived in the city Wednes
day to speed a couple of days looking
after his ranch interests here.
Frank R. Howard motored over from
Hood River last week to repair one of
the long distance telephone lines be
tween this city and Hood River for
the Pacific States Telephone Co.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Davenport and
daughter, Florence, returned Friday
from The Dalles after a visit at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Geo. Krauss.
Wni. Warren and his son, Ira, re
turned last week after spending the
summer in the district between Eight
Mile and Heppner where they were on
threshing crews.
C. J. Littlepage returned Friday
after having been in the Rose City
since Sunday. He also attended the
Pacific International Live Stock ex
position at the Portland Union stock
yards.
C. I . Joy was in Hood River the
first of tbe week to have some dental
work done. While there he also at
tended some of the sessions of the
State Horticultural Society meeting.
Mrs. R. H. Kemp, of Udell, who has
been visiting in The Dalles, stopped
off yesterday for a visit with the fam
ilies of her brother and sister, J. T.
Davenport and Mri. J as. Cherry.
Geo. Camp and family, acccompanied
by bis brother-in-law, Levi Tyler, re
turned Sunday from Lyle, Wash., on
the steamer Tahoma. Mr. Camp and
family have been at Lyle for several
months.
H. D. Jones came up from Portland
Wednesday for a few days' stay on his
ranch. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Little
page are now residing on this place,
and Mr. Littlepage has charge of the
work.
Ira Huskey and his sister, Miss Flor
ence Huskey, went to Hood River Sat
urday afternoon to visit with Quinton
Armstrong who was operated upon
there in the local hospital for append
icitis. At last reports the unfortunate
young man was doing nicely.
Ralph H. Olmstead stopped over
Tuesday night with L. J. Merrill, leav
ing Wednesday morning for Des
Moines, la. Mr. Olmstead, who owns
a prune and walnut orchard at Dundee,
Oregon, expects to remain in Des
Moines and other points until the first
of Febraury before returning, where
he will visit witb relatives and friends.
Mr. Merrill and Mr. Olmstead were
close friends inDes Moinei.
Do your Christmas shopping earlv.
Assist the merchants by early pur
chases. Parcel post packages should
be sent now, securely wrapped and
plainly marked. Let your Christmas
holiday spirit manifest itself, as a
delay means congestion not only for
yourself but for clerki ai well. Avoid
the rushel of the last-moment ihopper.
J. M. Burpee left Tueeday afternoon
for Portland. He wai undecided
whether he would remain there for
tbe winter or go to California or lome
other state. It is the Intention of Mr.
Burpee to take up automobile repair
ing and garage work, and it ii with
the intention of fitting himself for this
work that he baa left Mosier.
Sam Yates returned last week from
Shaniko where he has been assisting in
tbe threshing of wheat The mows of
list week bave prevented from thresh
ing any more of tbe grain, and then
too. the warebouiei are filled with the
wheat in aacks io that there ia no
room for any more. It is probable,
stated Mr. Yitei, that the remainder
of the ontbreshed grain will be held In
that state until next fall.
At no other place in tbe itate of Ore
gon ia more care and attention given
to watch making, engraving, all jewel
ry repairing, fitting and repairing
lenses than at Hood River at the store
of W. F. Laraway. Frank B. Haener,
who has charge of the watch depart
ment, ia an expert in his line, and will
give your work hii utmost care and
attention. If your watch ia not keep
ing good time bring it in and have it
regulated. Many gifts for Christmas
are contained in the big stock carried
at the Laraway atore. Come in and
look them over.
The chicken aupper given by the
Liidei Aid Society Wednesday night
netted 123.15. Two long tablea had
been placed in Chown'a hall and the
crowd which attended aecured their
dishes of food on the cafeteria plan.
Aprons and other bita of aewing were
sold and tbe domestic science giils had
a sale of home-made candies which
brought in over S5. They announced
that orders will be taken for boxea of
candy to be used aa Christmas gifts.
A short program with tbe following
numbers was rendered: Piano duet.
Thelma Johnson and Mildred Nichol;
recitation, Ruth Higley; select read
ing, Mrs. Margaret Walker; instru
mental solo, Miss Marion Wood.
J. M. Wilson, who since the start of
the apple shipping, has been employed
at tbe warehouse of the Mosier Fruit
Growers Association, left Sunday for
Portland to go from there to Oswego
to the home of his uncle, A. King
Wilson, a Portland attorney, for a few
davs' visit. Mr. Wilson baa had two
offers of pruning jobs and planned on
accepting them as they will last for
just a few weeks. He then in the lat
ter part of February expects to go
back to Yacolt, Wash., where he has
been consulting horticulturist for a big
orchard company for the past several
years. This is the fourth season that
he has assisted in the shipping of the
Mosier crop of apples. However, Mr.
Wilson, said that he is also contem
plating a two months' visit back to his
old home near Baltimore, Maryland,
where his parents still reside.
Road Building Being Outlined
J. A. Elliott, the engineer who will
have charge of the road construction
work in Wasco county during the time
$260,000 will be spent for improving
the highways, arrived in The Dalles
Friday, says the Chronicle, and im
mediately began the work of compiling
records preliminary to securing rights
of way. Mr. Elliott held a short con
sultation with County Judge F. S.
Gunning, who outlined the plans made
by the county court and advisory
board. It is not expected that any
obstacles will materially delay secur
ing rights of way. Many land-owners,
through whose property a road will
pass, have already promised to grant a
right of way without expense to the
county. The farmers believe the ac
quisition of a road through their land
is worth much more than what the
land itself is worth.
The plan for letting contracts which
has been adopted, promises speedy
work when actual construction is com
menced. The various routes will be
divided into units, and these units will
be open for separate bids. The road
from The Dalles to Petersburg, will
compose one unit. There will be three
units from The- Dalles to Mosier, and
the bridge over Mosier creek will be
offered for a separate bid. This sys
tem will give a number of contractors
a chance at the various sections of
road, with the result that construction
work can be done all along the route.
The units of the road from The
Dalles to Dufur and south to the
Jefferson county line, which has not
been surveyed, will be designated
later. Mr. Ell'ott will go over this
route and determine how many units
can be successfully worked.
'lhe units from The Dalles to Peters
burg and from The Dalles to Cheno
with creek, are now ready for bids,
rights of way having been granted. ;
Mr. Elliott has a thorough checking
system which will cover every phase
of the construction work. The syBtem
is simple and will be kept up to the
minute, showing daily wnat work has
been done and what it has cost.
This cost system will contain records
showing for what every dollar has
been spent, and will give the taxpay
ers an opportunity not only to aee how
the $260,000 has been spent, but will
show exactly what expenditures the
contractors have made in fulfilling
their contracts.
Expect Full Returns February 1
Up to the present time 20 per cent
of the returns on apple shipments has
been alluted to the local growers by
the Mosier Fruit Growers Association.
Manager R. D. Chatfield states that by
February 1 he hopes to receive the
entire amount due, which this year
has been delayed on account of car
shortages.
The shipping of apples from the
local association will be continued, in
all probability, for a week at least, as
growers are still hauling apples to the
warehouse which contains at present
nearly 7500 boxes. Tl.is week another
car of apples for canning was shipped
to The Dalles to the Wittenburg-King
company. This company is already
soliciting business for next year and
is endeavoring to secure 5000 tons of
apples or approximately 500 carloads.
They are also endeavoring to make five
year contracts for fruits at good prices
and next year are planning on an ex
pansive business.
G. A. Nohstoll, of Washington,
D. C, representing the Office of Mar
kets, Department of Agriculture was
here this week conferring with the
manager of the association regarding
a uniform system of records advocated
by the government to be used in pool
ing shipments of friut. ,
WHITE SALMON.
(rrom tbe Enterprise)
Geo. M. Gleason and wife, bride and
groom, passed through town last week
on their way to the Acme orchards.
Mrs. Gleason was raised near Silver
ton, Ore. These people are looking
on tbe right side of life, and we wish
and predict for them a pleasant jour
ney on tbe matrimonial sea.
Mrs. M. Jensen, recently of St. Paul,
Minn., purchased the Pioneer brick
building last week. This two story
building was owned by Homer P. Al
len, of Hood River, and ia one of the
best business buildings in the city.
Mrs. Jensen recently purchased the
Herbert W. Day residence which she
bai had remodelled and which she will
occupy shortly. She ii now making her
home with ber ion and wife, Mr. and
Mri. Silas Jensen, of Mountain Brook.
Go to Law, Tbe Cleaner.
We Have Your Suit
HERE
There is not a single doubt of that. The best
clothes makers in America have foreseen what you
will want, have anticipated your every whim and
fancy. We have hundreds to select from at this
Live Store The Beaufort, The Lenox, The Beltsac
The Suffolk all made by
The House of Kuppenheimer
Prepare to look prosperous for the holidays.
Now is the time for you to get the best selections
of style and fabrics. Our stock is most complete,
our service is at its best right now. Meet clothes
satisfaction face to face at this store. You will
know real service after purchasing.
$20
$22.50
$25
J. G. VOGT
White
Flour
Makes Bread Having the
Old Bready Flavor
AT YOUR GROCERS
See How Chapman & Co.
The New Meat Market
People are trying to stop the High Cost of Living. We will for the next
thirty days put special prices pn all kinds of meats.
Roast beef, all kinds, lb 13c
Best round steak 18c
Best T-bone steak 19c
Pork roasts, all kinds.. .. 17c
Pork steak 20c
Stewing beefs lie
Bent sirloin steaks 18c
Porterhouse Hteak 19e
Pork chops 19c
Side pork 14c
Cured meats at right prices. Vegetables of all kinds. We buy chickens,
ducks, turkeys, geese, beef, veal, hogs and bides. Phone in your orders,
give us a trial. Be convinced.
Respectfully,
CHAPMAN & CO.
Phone 3551
THESE THINGS MUST GO
And you can purchase a splendid Christmas present for less
than wholesale. Don't pay retail prices when you can buy
for less than wholesale. Carpets. Mattings, Library Tables,
Writing Desks, Book Cases, China Closets, Go-Carts, etc.
S. E. BARTMESS
UPSTAIRS ABOVE 5-10-15 CENT STORE
The Best Christmas Present
Is to be found at the Heights Greenhouse, phone 3393.
Cut flowers, chrysanthemums, carnations, violets, plants of
all kinds in pots begonias, Loriane. Rex begonia, poinsettias
hllies, hyacinths, cyclamen, French primrose, Boston ferns,
asparagus fern and ostrich fern. Holly in large bunches or
for bouquets and misletoe. Visit our store next to Glacier
Office. Order early for shipments.
NOTICE!
, We have just installed a planer and this with our
rip and cut-off saws will enable us to give you any
odd material that you may require. See our stock
and what we can do for you.
Bridal Veil Lumbering Co.
Yards west of freight depot Phone 2181