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VOL.XSVIH
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1917
No. 42
Burpee's Seeds Grow
The most complete assort
ment we have ever shown
from this world famous
grower, is now on display
and at growers' prices, with
permit to exchange or return
your over purchase. Our
stock of Spencer Sweet Peas
include the latest novelties.
Crockery, China,
Glassware
Broken lines in thousands
of choice pieces at prices be
low factory cost Your china
closet can be restocked at
small outlay by taking ad
vantage of this less than
one-half price.
No Trading Stamps But
All bills subject to 5 cash discount or 2 if accounts are paid
at end of the month.
Stewart Hardware
We are selling Schillings Best Line with
a Money Back guarantee if you are
not satisfied after using them.
Kaesser's
Grocery of
E. E. KAESSER, Proprietor
The Fashion
To and from Parkdale are running on changed schedule.
Automobile now leaves Hood River daily at four o'clock
instead of four-thirty. 'Cars leave Parkdale daily at seven
thirty a. m. except on Sunday. Parkdale-Hood River trips
are made every Saturday night, machine leaving at six-thirty.
Travel right, when seeing the Mid-Columbia district and
tell your visiting friends about the excellent service of
The Fashion Stables
Telephone 1201
Attention Orchardists!
Our warehouse will hold only a limited supply of spray
materials. In view of the serious car shortage situation and
a possible -tie up from a railway strike, we urge that growers
begin to haul their spray, in order that we may refill the ware
house and thus secure enough stock to supply the needs of
growers for 1917. Your co-operation is needed to prevent a
possible bad situation. Your purchases of spray may be made
through Gilbert & DeWitt, Kelly Bros., Fruit Growers Ex
change and Apple Growers Association or direct.
J. C. BUTCHER.
ASK US
KM.
GLASSES JLJu
THE 1NVIS BLE
Do you really know how conveni
ent and attractive KRYPTOKS
are ?
They combine near and far vision in
one lens. Yet they have no lines nor
seams to blur your vision give you a
freakish appearance or accentuate
your age. And they free you from
fussing with two pairs of glasses. We
invite you to come in and see them.
W.F.LARAWAY,
Optician Jeweler
Prices on Garden
Tools & Ranch Tools
And steel goods generally
are high. But our contracts
were in excess of the year's
needs, so we are able to of
fer prices that show a large
saving. A wonderful line
or orchard tools.
Furniture
Is alwayslodd if desir
able and this department is
overloaded with goods at
prices we can never hope to
repeat. The best bargains
we'have been Jable to goffer
in years.
& Furniture Co.
Grocery
Quality
Phone 3192
Stables Cars
Hood River, Ore.
ABOUT
Vptoit
BIFOCALS
KODAK TIME
Always use Autographic Films with Autographic Kodaks
We always carry a complete stock of Speed and Non Auto
graphic Films. If it isn't an Eastman, it isn't a Kodak.
Bring your films for developing and printing to us as we
do it right and promptly. - ;
Kresse Drug Co.
THE REXALL STORE
Come in and hear the latest March Records Fast man Kodak and
Supplies Victor Victrolas and Records, $15 to $401
CONDENSED REPORT
OF THE
First National Bank
of Hood River, Oregon
at the Close of Business, March 5, 1917
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts. .$282,887.99
United States Bonds. . . 100,000.00
Other Bonds and War
rants 34,504.14
Bank Bailding'and Fix
tures 51,250.00
Other Real Estate 3,400.00
Cash $22,845.29
Due from Banks
$85,566.75 108,412.04
$580,454.17
Gain in Deposits Over a Year Ago, $65,000.00
Attest: E. O. BLANCHAR, Cashier.
Board of Directors: A. D. Moe, C. Dethman, O. H.
Rhodes, C. E. Copple, E. O. Blanchar.
Spring
Suits...
How About that Suit for Easter?
w1
rE have a LARGE
NEWEST FABRICS on the Market. Place
your order now for Easter
MEYER, The Tailor
108 Third Street
Groceries of Quality
Prompt service and satisfaciion for our patrons.
These are some of the thing&ihat we. incorporate in
the principles of our business.
' We invite your better acquaintance during the
year, 1917.
ARNOLD GROCERY CO.
LIABILITIES
Capital- '..$100,000.00
Surplui and Profits. ... 14,438.39
Circulation 100,000.00
Rediscounti None
Deposit!... 300,016.78
$680,454.17
ASSORTMENT of the
Delivery.
Be Newest Spring
Millinery
Our Formal Opening
will occur next Sat
urday, March 17, '17
ILA SMITH -DEAN
ASSOCIATION
PRIMARY HELD
STONE EXPLAINS DAVIDSON OFFER
Manager's Report Shows Sales Organiza
tion to be on Sonnd Basis with Huge
Surplus Banks Get Credit
Anticipating sensations in the ex
planations of the recent announcement
of H. F. Davidson, who has repre
sented the aalea agency in the New
York and exDort market for the nait
two years, of his intention to withdraw
tonnage controlled by him, BOO orch
ardists attended the annual primary
election of the Apple Growers Associ
ation baturday afternoon.
lellmg oi Mr. Davidson negotia
tions Manager Stone said that Mr.
Davidson asked that be be'appointed
salesmanager at a salary of $6,000 and
that he have an assistant, whose sal
ary was to be paid by the sales organ
isation. Under the terms of Mr. Dav
idson's agreement he was to have
handled Hood River's eastern and ex
port business through a New York
office to be maintained by him individ
ually on a commission basis of l cents
per tbox and an additional $10 per car
on all fruit shipped abroad. The asso
ciation on this basis paid Mr. Davidson
on the 1916 crop $13,742.72, according
to Mr. btone s statements.
Mr. Davidson has made an alternate
proposal to the Association, offering
to act for the agency on the same
basis as last season, but reserving the
right to handle apples from his own
orchards and for former business asso
ciates individually through the chan
nels of his own office. It was an
nounced that this proposition would be
turned down by the Association board.
Wilmer Sieg, in his farewell speech
to the assembled growers declared that
he would not endeavor to compete with
the Association in Hood River, declar
ing that he took a pride in the close
cooperation in effect. Mr. Sieg, dis
cussing the lack of space and the Brit
ish embargo which has prevented Hood
River from shipping a large bulk of its
Newtown crop hitherto sold exclusive
ly in England, declared that the Asso
ciation had during the past several
weeks created a great demand for this
variety in Texas and middle western
points through personal representa
tives.
C. W. McCullagh. who for the past
five years has been sales manager of
the Yakima Valley Fruit Growers As
sociation, made his first appearance
before local growers, asserting in an
address that he had been attracted to
Hood River because he considered the
Apple Growers Association - the most
nearly perfect organization of fruit
growers, with the exception of the
California citrus exchange, in the
ttorld.
Commenting on the financial status
of the organization Mr Stone declared
that.the banks of Hood Kiver were re
sponsible. "You growers," he urgtd,
"should go in and congratulate your
bankers for making possible your suc
cessful organization. The institutions
have been as a unit in standing behind
us."
In addition to all the members of the
old board, the following nominations
fur directors were made: A. C. Sta
tion, Oscar Vanderbilt, A. F. Bickford,
W. L. Nichols, C. W. Reed, C. Deth
man, W. F. Shannon, Sam G. Camp
bell, H. M. Vannier, Aug. Paasch and
C. E. Copple.
According to the report made to the
members of the Association, by Execu
tive Manager A. W. Stone, the co
operative sales agency during the past
three years has done a total business
of $3,075,693.57. Out of this huge
total the Association has incurred a
loss of less than $500, or but .00016 per
cunt.
The financial condition of the Asso
ciation was never on a sounder basis
than at the present time. According
to Mr. Stone's report, the sales organ
ization will close the end of its fiscal
year June 1, 1917 with a surplus of
$55,399.48. This including the sum of
$12,000 remaining in the advertising
fund raised by a per box assessment
and $11,130 secured through a similar
process for the purpose of establishing
a reserve with which to purchase sup
plies and to assist needy growers. In
a 1 cases the report furnished is defi
nite from June 1, 1916 up to March 1,
1917, the expenses from March 1, 1917,
to June 1, being estimated.
Mr. Stone impressed on growers the
necessity of better spraying, declaring
that if the members of the organise
ton had crown a crop for 1916 as clean
a) that of 1912 the returns would have
been $85,000 better. The percentages
of the 1916 crop according to grade
vere as follows: extra fancy, 38 per
cent; fancy, 37 per cent; and "C"
grade, 25 per cent According to tiers
the percentages were four tier, 42 per
cent ; 4 J tier, 7 per cent ; and five tier,
21 per cent.
"Hood Kiver, said Mr. raone, "is
equipped with a first class experiment
station which is at all times ready and
willing to do all within its power to
assist the growers, upon whom we
urge the necessity of studying careful
ly all of their bulletins and keeping in
tmch with the station authorities, in
order that they may benefit from their
knowledge and experience, urowers
are urged to advise with S. G. Camp
bell, the organization's chief inspector
on all matters of spraying.
The report shows the following
products handled the past season:
apples, 979,741 boxes; pears, 38,154;
peaches, 88; cherries, 9,047; strawber
ries. 85.200: blackberries. 102; rasp
berries. 20; plums and prunes, 75;
crab apples, 205; loganberries, 9;
gooseberries, 4; quinces, 15; total,
1,112,660. The total receipts for Straw
berries for the 1916 crop reached
$133,263.34; cherries. $8,187.65; and
pears, $58,782.30. The total estimated
receipts for the 1916 apple crop are
placed at $1,077,715.10. The total of
the concern a revenues from commis
sions, storage, sale of ice, etc., reach
es $264,130, while the total expenses
including depreciation are placed at
1159.000. The sum of $42,000 was
raised for advertising, only $30,000
having been spent The organization's
budget was made out last summer on
an e timated crop of 700,000 boxes of
apples. This estimate was exceeded
bv nearlv 300.000 boxes of fruit
By deducting the general surplus of
$35,399.48 from the total of all expens
es of the sales organization for the
oast season, including taxes and stor
box, of handling the fruit will be re
duced to 10.72 cents. Apples have
never been handled for less in the
Northwest, it is stated.
Mr. Stone declares that savings have
been made by every department of the
big sales agency, and in his report be
complimented every employe from car-
loader to members or the directorate.
War time prices, according to the
executive manager, have created a
source or worry to the fruit grower.
ne says :
"We bought our paper last year
nearly a year in advance and thereby
saved many thousands of dollars to
our growers. Our strawberry crates
were bought this year a year in ad
vance and we have also received last
year's prices on arsenate of lead. We
have also contracted for a large por
tion of apple boxes for next season.
As to our paper for next season, every
effort was made to buy the stock early
in the season, but this has been impos
sible, as the mills have absolutely re
fused to make any prices."
Up to March l. the Association had
MnniMAt n.iimnnt it. full 9m. ATJL
boxes of apples of the three standard
grades at an average price of $1.17
per box. This amount formed 471 per
cent of the total crop handled.
ihe following is a list of prices re
ceived by the Association to date on
the principal varieties of apples :
Spitzenburgs Extra fancy 4 tier.
$1.52; 4. tier, $1.46; 6 tier, $1.25.
f ancy 4 tier, 4a tier. 11.19: end
5 tier. $1.00. "C" grade 4 tier. $1.02 :
4f tier, $96; 5 tier. $.75.
Newtowns Extra fancy 4 tier.S1.42 :
4J tier, $1.46; 6 tier, $1.29. Fancy 4
tier, $1.27; 4 tier, $1.34; 6 tier, $1.04.
u grade 4 tier, S.93: 4i tier.
5 tier, $.75.
Jonathans Extra fancy 4 tier. $1.24 :
4 tier, $1.22; 5 tier, $1.30. Fancy 4
tier, $1.00; 4 tier, $1.07; 6 tier, $1.07.
"C" grade 4 tier, $.92: 44 tier, $.90;
5 tier, $1.03.
The total amounts handled for the
preceding three varieties were respec
tively as follows: Spitzenburgs, 391,
584 boxes; Newtowns, 343,597 boxes;
and Jonathans, 58,924 boxes.
The average prices on other varieties
for the three grades were as follows :
Arkansas Blacks. 10.519 boxes. S1.36 :
Ortleys, 42,786 boxes, $1.26: Winter
Bananas. 11.551 boxes. SI. 32: Deli
cious, 2,759 boxes, $1.51 ; Black Twigs,
8,248 boxes, $1.01 ; miscellaneous vari
eties, 81,126 boxes, $.94.
The average returns on all varieties
last year reached $1.24 cents per box,
seven cents in excess of this season.
The Association to date has paid out
to growers $576,696.95, a sum $27,722.15
greater than that received from pur
chasers by the organization.
The personnel of the present board
of directors of the sales organization
is as follows : W. o. Dickerson, E. W.
Birge, C. A. Reed, J. C. Porter, E. H.
Shepard, O. B. Nye, J. R. Nunamaker,
K. H. Wallace and A. G. Lewis. P. S.
Davidson, president, , and Walter Kim
ball recently resigned. The by-laws
of the organization provide that six of
the old members must be re-elected,
while two new members must be
named at fhe general election, which
will be held on April 7. '
MISUNDERSTANDING
OVER LABOR AGENCY
While the Portland office of the Unit
ed States Irrigation Bureau, which for
the past several years has maintained
a free employment bureau here during
the straw bery and apple harvest sea
sons, has been severely criticised by
individual orchardists. the sales organ
ization as a body has made no charge
against the Bureau. In fact officers
of the Association declare that growers
themselves were to blame last fall for
much of the labor trouble that was ex
perienced here.
"The criticisms have arisen out of a
misunderstanding," says Wilmer Sieg.
"The government bureau has certainly
not been efficient in the services pro
vided through its employment bureau.
The Hood River growers must stop be
fore they make their charges and con
sider that the Immigration Bureau is
working for the United Mates govern
ment rather, than the orchardists of
Hood Kiver. Last fall, when common
laborers in logging camps, with the
demand exceeding the supply, were
offered $2.50 per day, the local orch
ardists expected to get their help for
$2.00. The orchardists became in
censed when the government employ
ment agency placed men in the jobs
paying the larger wage instead of in
the orchards. The employment agency
officials are to blame,. I think, for not
having been firm in telling the grow
ers just exactly the status of the labor
situation."
Mr. Sieg declares that local orchard
ists are going to continue to have la
bor troubles until they make provision
to accommodate their transient labor
ers better. Bunk houses, he says,
must be erected. The Immigration
Bureau is to blame, he says, forgiving
an impression through public notices in
the newspapers that apple Dickers
were needed before the actual harvest
began. Hundreds of harvest hands ar
rived here last fall a week before
picking began. Many of them were
without funds and could not afford to
remain until jobs were open.
The Immigration Bureau will likely
continue to maintain its free employ'
ment bureau here during seasons of
fruit harvest
Siegs Give McCuIlaghs Reception
Wilmer Sieg and wife were hosts
Sundav at a reception for C. W. Me
Cullagh and wife. More than 50 of
the orchardists and business men oi
the city and their familiea were at the
Sieg home to meet the new sales man
ager and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. McCullagh will arrive
here next month to make their home,
having.leased the Noah W. Bone place.
Second Hand Ordinance Adopted
The city council has adopted a strin
gent ordinance for the regulation of
second hand dealers and for the purpose
of preventing junk thefts that nave
occurred here frequently during the
past year. A license of $5 per year
will be charged second band dealers,
All purchases must be registered and
tagged and sales of article suspected
of having been stolen may be prevented
by the chief of police. Goods must be
kept at a deaignated place of business.
The dealer can make no purchases be
tween the hours of midnight Saturday
and midnigh Sunday.
The ordinance provides for a fine of
from $10 to $100, or a jail sentence of
CITIZENS ARE
ENTHUSIASTIC
"MAKE IT UNANIMOUS ' IS SLOGAN
Good Roads Association is Organized to
Aid $6,000,000 Bonding Act -Wilbur
Explains Measure
Enthusiastically cheering a mass
meeting, with representatives present
from every rural community, launched
a campaign.Thursday afternoon for the
$6,000,000 bond issue, by the organiza
tion of the Hood Kiver County Good
Koads Association. "Make it unani
mous," was the slogan adopted.
The bonding act was explained in
detail by Geo. R. Wilbur, who in his
talk declared that the personnel of the
Highway lmmission as appointed by
Governor Withycombe would give an
impetus to the campaign for the bond
ing act. The name of S." Benson,
father of the Columbia River High
way, who purchased the $75,000 bond
issue voted by the county for the open
ing of the route when the bond market
was dull, was greeted by applause.
Senator Wilbur explained that the
bonding act as drawn by the legisla
ture made concessions to Hood River
county as well as Clatsop and Colum
bia, because they had already voted
bonds for the construction of trunk
roads and that funds would be provid
ed by the state not only for paving
but for grading routes as well. Sena
tor Wilbur declared that he could not
see how any Hood River citizen could
consistently vote against the proved
bonds. He explained that even though
the number of automobiles of the state
made no increase, the sum of taxes
collected would more than pay the
principal and interest of thebond is
sue. "We have heard that the paving
trusts, so called," said Mr. Wilbur
"have inagurated the bonding cam
paign, in order that they may get a
strangle hold on the people. This is
impossible under the terms of the bill
itself."
"I will bet my hat, and it is a good
one, said Mr. Wilbur, when he touched
on the Columbia River Highway, ' 'that
this scenic route will be one oi the
first completed. You know S. Benson's
interest in the Columbia River High
way. He is the father of it "
Mr. Wilbur stated that one of the
reasons advanced against the $6,000,000
issue was that the sum was not suffi
cient to conduct all the road work
needed in the state.
"That is true." he said, "but plana
provided will give the people an oppor
tunity to find whether or not they can
get good roads from a bond issue. If
the system inaugurated is successful,
the people will vote further, or will
provide some other means of increas
ing the fund for highway construc
tion." "...
While many local voters are reserv
ing an opinion on the bonding act be
cause of lack of knowledge of its pro
visions, it was declared that an unqual
ified opponent has not yet made his
appearance in the county, and after
the campaign of education that will be
carried to every community by litera-
ture and with numerous public speak
ings it is predicted that the measure
will be carried by a more nearly unani
mous vote than has ever been cast on
any issue locally.
Officers of the association were elect
ed as follows: J. R. Nickelsen, pres. ;
G. H. Robbins, vice pres., and C. N.
Ravlin. sec. An executive committee.
composed of representatives of all
county communities, with Mr. Ravlin
as chairman, was appointed.
During the course of the meeting
Leslie Butler, a member of the ad
visory board of tttfe old State Highway
Commission, stated that funds were at
present available for the construction
of the Columbia River Highway to
eliminate the dangerous Ruthton hill
grade just west of the city. Mr. But
ler said that the State Highway Com
mission appropriated the sum oi $25,
500, to match an equal amount of fed
eral funds under the Shackleford act,
on January 15. The county court at its
regular session last week received a
petition asking the opening of the new
portion of the road, and viewers have
been ordered to make a report and
hasten the legal formalities.
The executive committee appointed
follows :
C. N. Ravlin. chairman: Senator
Wilbur, and C. A. Bell, city of Hood
Kiver; A. J. Uratt and Kalph Root,
Fine Grove; E. W. Birge and R. D.
Smith, Barrett; Gus Miller and A. D.
Ramsey, Belmont ; W ; L. Nichols and
L. H. Arneson. Oak Grove: J. E. Fer
guson and Geo. Sheppard, Odell ; M. O.
Hoe and Chas. bteinhauser, Upper Val
ley. The membership roll of the new or
ganization is as follows :
Barrett
Roy D. Smith, C. C. Paddock, G. H.
Robbins, J. B. Lister, C. E. Nesbit,
August Guignard, G. B. Marsh, E. W.
Birge, C. M. Hurlburt, F. E. Matt,
H. L. Hasbrouck, Frank Van Horn, E.
R. Moller, Albert Canfield, Hosmet K.
Arnold.
r i .
oei mom
Gus Miller, A. D. Ramsey, William
Stewart S. G. Oxborrow, T. J. Miller,
S. J. Frank. L. F. Henderson, J. R.
Nunamaker, F. E. Knowles, L. M.
Bentley.
Pine Grove
E. F Batten, P. L. Tompkins, J. C.
Porter, Martin Dragseth, Hans Lage,
E. a Brownlee, Edw. E. Lage, a K.
Benton, A. F. Bickford, J. D. Guttery,
Ralph Root, James E. Clark, A. J.
Graff, A. W. Peters," F. H. Blackman,
H. C. Cutler, C. E. Coffin, Arthur G.
Lewis, W. J. Cady, C. D. Hoyt.
Oak Grove
W. L. Nichols, L. H. Arneson, Wm.
Hodges Jr.,D. L. Pierson, G. A. Mc
Curdy, L. W. Pregge, J. E. Hall, W.
F. Andrews, C. N. Ravlin, H. M. Hol
brooke, F. E. Skinner, W. G. E. Smith,
Otto Wedemeyer, Chas. W. Reed, H.
A. Cunning.
Frankton
J. R. Nickelsen, M. R. Noble, Walter
S. Kaestner, A. C. Staten.
Parkdale
C. P. Johannsen, Chas. Steinhauser,
M. O. Boe, Henry Steinhsuser, A. C
Sallenbach.
Odell
J. E. Ferguson, George Sheppard.
A. B. Shelley, R. W. Furrow, H. L.
ti
w.a
age, Mr. Stone states that the cost per
60 days in case of violation.
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