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Sk ill 1 1 - VOL. XXVIII HOOD RIVEK, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 1917 No. 40 i r i i - ! i ; t f r II I, Burpec's;Seeds Grow . The most complete assort ment we have ever shown from this 'world famous grower, .is now on display and at Krowers' 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 factorycost 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 5'7c cash discount or 2 if accounts are paid at end of the month. Stewart Hardware Ingersoll "Radiolite" shows in the dark. On the figures and hands this luminous substance glows in the dark more brilliantly than pure radium, and continues so for from 6 to 8 years, $2.00 and $4.00. "Waterbury," a substantial watch, smooth, solid and thin. It slips into the pocket like a silver dollar and lies snug and flat. A small, accurate 4-jewel watch, $3.00. "Reliance," a 7-jevvel very, very thin model watch. They're interesting to look at. Nickel case. Reliance, $3.50; -with 10 year gold filled case, $6.00. "Eclipse," handy for the pocket. A mighty thin, neat looking watch for men and loys, $2.00. "Triumph," having unique bow and crown ultra modern figures on dial. Extremely neat looking, $1,50. "Midget," the watch for hand bags. It stands the many bumps and jars received in a day's shopping, $2.75 W. F. LARA WAY, Optician Jeweler When In Portland Stop at the Palace Hotel One of the best hostelries of the Rose City. Washington Street at Twelfth The cleanest rooms in the city, first class service, fireproof, strictly modern, free phones, large ground floor lobby, steam heated rooms, with or without bath, hot and cold water, in shopping and theatre district, 50 cents per day and up, and special weekly rates. An inspection will convince you. Route Your Freight by the "Regulator Line " STEAMER "STATE OF WASHINGTON" up daily except Monday about 8:30 a. m.; down about 1:30 p. m. daily, except Monday. STEAMER "DALLES CITY" up Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday about 3:30 j). m. Down Monday, Wednesday and Friday about 8:30 a. m. F. S. REED, Agent. . For Free 'Buf call Fa-vfiion Ijvery Co. Telephone 1201. j 5S 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 always odd j if desir able and this department is .overloaded with goods at prices we can never hope to repeat. The best bargains (we have been able to offer I. in years. & Furniture Co. Watches Special Showing of Easter Millinery The Right Thing at the Right Time at the Right Place. Ila Smith-Dean- 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. V Bring your films for developing and printing to us as we do it right and promptly. ' f Kresse Drug Co. I - THE REXALL STORE Come in and hear the latest March Records Eastman Kodaks and Supplies Victor Victrolas and Records, $15 to $400 First National Bank . Hood River, Oregon Deposits, April 2nd $400,000.00 Cash Reserve 32 128,000.00 Member of Federal Reserve System A. D. Moe, President E. O. Blanciiar, Cashier Spring Suits ... rE have a LARGE NEWEST FABRICS on the Market. Place your order now for Early MEYER, The Tailor 108 Third Street ' HOOD RIVER, OREGON Groceries of Quality Prompt service and satisfaciion for our patrons. These are some of the things that we incorporate in the principles of our business. We invite your better acquaintance during the year, 1917. ARNOLD GROCERY CO. The StanleySmith Lumber Yard ON CASCADE AVENUE Is still doing business, and we wish to announce that we have on hand a fair stock of lumber. The opinion that seems to have prevailed in the Valley that the yard was closed is altogether erroneous Give us a call or phone us your wants. ' Yard Phone 2171 OfficePhone4121 Abstracts aecarately made. Our re cords are complete and to date daily. 7 per cent loan. All kinds of inuraure. IIckhI Hivr Abstract fc luv. Co. iiiStl ASSORTMENT of the Delivery. Please your wife. Mr. Citizen, by lug gesting Sunday dinner at the Oregon, tor Sue, tliat yon may avoid ttie worries of Sunday cooking. - FOOD MEETINGS . DRAWjNTEREST EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN IS BEGIN Students of City Schools Attend Lectures ' In Body All Eastern Oregon To Be Covered Men and women of Hood River were in a receptive mood for the information given by the coterie of trained lectur ers who appeared here Monday after noon and evening in the initial meet ings of the two weeks food prepared ness campaign that will be waged in communities of eastern Oregon by the Oregon-Washington Railway Co. under the auspices the extension department of the Oregon Agricultural College. Hood River business men, lawyers, physicians, ministers and bankers had already begun a campaign for the cul tivation of vacant city lots, and during the past several weeks, these plots of soil, most of them of virgin fertility, have been spaded up and ploughed bv the scores. The joint railway and col lege campaign has stimulated the ?iovement, and not a vacant lot in the ity will lie idle the coming season. In instances the sides of streets on which traffic is light, will be planted to pota toes and onions. Although the plans of the demonstra tion train and lecturers were received by local people last week too late for publication in the papers, through the cooperation ' of the Commercial club, fraternal organizations, Woman's club and the churches, the message was carried throughout the county. Hand bills distributed Saturday when the apple growers of the outlying commun ities were in J.own by the hundreds cre ated a great interest. The food cam paign was reported to the members of the Japanese Farmers' Association, who, when the purposes of the move ment were explained to them, gave an assurance of their cooperation, and several J apanese were present at the sessions. The demonstration train, consisting of a baggage car and coach filled with exhibits in representation of vegetable gardens and little poultry farms and showing the most economical use of roods, arrived at 10.30 Monday morn ing as a part of the Pendleton Express. The train was accompanied by William McMurray, general passenger agent of the O.-W. R. & N. Co., Traffic Mana ger t. W. Kobinson and traveling Passenger Agent J. H. O'Neil. The private car of Mr. McMurray, who expresses an unlimited enthusiasm over the success of the plans that are being set in motion, also iorms a part of the special demonstation train. ror the local lectures the manage ment of the food conservation cam paign were fortunate in securing the rooms cf the big building .of the Hood River Garage, a structure located con veniently both for the interested visit ors and the lecturers. The demonstra tion cars were narked not over 100 feet away from the garage structure. Members ot the uregon Agricultural faculty with the demonstration train are : R. D. Hetzel, director of exten sion ; A. (j. . Moquet, professor ot vegetable gardening ; Miss Grace John son, professor of home economics; Miss' Helen Cowgul, assistant club leader; C. . Lamb, extension poultry man ; 11. A. Vickers, extension secretary. lhe sincerity of Hood Kiver people in their expression of willingness to cooperate fully in the joint food pre paredness campaign being waged by the O.-W. R. & N. Co. and the O. A. C. even surpassed the expectations of the enthuisastic officials back of it. The climax of the sessions was reached Monday afternoon at the rooms of the Commercial club, when with about 30 of the representatives of the business men of the city, of school boards, the Woman s club, churches and civic organizations present the following central committee was ap- jomted to carry the preparedness cam paign to every section of the county : Mrs. W. L. Clark, of the Woman's club ; Dr J. W. Sifton of the Commer cial elub, C. C. Cuddeford, of the city council: J. O. McLaughiln, superinten dent This steering committee has al ready begun its work, and its members have pledged themselves to carry the message to the five county granges, every Parent-Teacher Association and all rural organization. Monday s sessions were inspiring. All of the citv schools were closed in order that the children might attend in a body. Another side to the patriotism of Oregon people was shown. Listen ing to an address by Mr. Lamb, the college extension poultry man, the hundreds of children of the city offered to do their bit toward waging what may be the nation's most critical struggle by engaging in raising poul try. The little boys and girls eagerly crowded around the extension man and with wrapt attention listened to his words of poultry instruction. The meeting of climax, held at the Commercial club was the more remark able in that it was. assembled at the suggestion of Mr. Hetzel on less than an hours notice. "We have called the meeting, de clared Mr. Hetzel. in order that there will be no lagging in the follow up work that we oy our demonstrations have begun today. "not merely on railway work and col lege work, but on the worK or ine nation. When E. L. Smith, Hood River's en and old man. called on for a talk arose and nominated Mrs. C. H. Cast- ner as chairman of the local central committee he was greeted by cheers. Ouicklv Mr. McMurray and others sec onded Mr. Smith's nomination. Mrs. Castner declined the honor, saying that she would be away from Hood River considerably during the next 30 days. " However, the woman leader ex pressed the heartiest endorsement of the state women s ciuds, ana pieogea their active support. "We started the campaign at Hood River." said Mr. McMurray, 'because we felt that vou would benefit from the spirit of the movement and that the campaign would gain momentum because of your enthusiasm. You have learned already tne oenenis oi diversi fied farming. You have had the repu tation of grcwing apples exclusively. Why, the news that you had exported a carload or hay tne oiner aay was tel egraphed all over the United States. But you have learned that diversifying pays, and you have sensed correctly the importance ot this campaign. The. food preparedness campaign will bring about radical changes in the orchards of the valley. The spar be tween hundreds of acres of young trees will be planted this season to such crops as potatoes and beans, according to E. F. Batten, a representative rancher of the Pine Grove district. The plans inaugurated bv the O.-W. R. & N. Co.. according to Mr. Hetzel. who was forced to leave the demon stration train Tuesday because of a call from the United States Depart ment or Agriculture to attend a con ference of all extension department di rectors of states west of the Rocky mountains at Berkeley, Calif., will in all probability be adopted nation wide within the next lew days or weeks. Mr. Hetzel left to join Dr. Kerr for the trip to Berkeley. "We are called, sava the Oregon extension work director, "to formulate definite plans for taking an agricultur al survey or our respective states and to work out plans for proper distribut ion and thelcorrelation of productions of food supplies. I anticipate that our work will be put on a recognized mili tary basis, and that it will be extend ed to county agents." ranleyIxprkses LOYALTY TO FLAG He is - of German parentage and his use of the English language would make envious any German comedian who might overhear some of his vio lent bits of conversational outburst,but Chris Ranley, pioneer shoemaker of this city is a native born American and no man of Oregon is prouder of it. The old man, who crossed the plains in 1867, used to take a pride in telling of his highborn German ancestors, but to day Chris Ranley expresses a shame tor the ratheriand or his parents. When the great European war first began the old shoemaker was a pro nounced pro-German. He made daily pilgrimages to the postoffice and the drugstore across the street from his shop to engage in conversation. and de termine the course of the war for the day. Mr. Ranley ia very serious minded and has often been the brunt of practical jokers. One day one of the boys at the drugstore told the old man that the Germans had taken Pe runa. He declared it a new town to him, but stated that he would return and look it up in his atlas. When someone explained the joke, th aged shoemaker felt hurt, declaring in his broken talk that his pretended friends were taking too much levity with him. He ceased his calls for war conversa tions. When 'President Wilson severed diplomatic relations with Germany thris Kan ley was changed from a pro German to an out and out American. He heard of the Harry Lane repudia tion petition, and signed the document which called on Lane for his resigna tion. "1 haf no luf for a man what so acts hjmself," said Mr. Ranley as he ap pended his signature. A mention in the presence of Mr. Ranley of the intrigues of disloyal n n n j v i rn n If ..H..I..I..I..I..I..l..t..I..H..HM"l"I-l-l"H"Hr German-American citizens works the old shoemaker into a state of frenzy. Words fail him When he calls down up on them his denunciations. Mr. Ranley was born at Dayton, O., where he learned this trade. He was working for a shoe company at Den ver, Uio., when massacres ot Indians caused General Hancock to call on ci vilians to suppress them. As a citizen soldier Mr. Ranley participated in the raids against the Indians. Follow ing this experience Mr. Ranley joined a crew of men in the construction of the Union Pacific line to Cheyenne. He tells thrilling tales of attacks on the construction crews by red men. "One day, he says, I witnessed an attack by the Indians on the crew of a train. The conductor, Jimmie Calhoun, was seriously wounded by a shot. One of the bolder Indians rode up to the fallen man and severed his scalp with a bowie knife. But Jimmie Calhoun recovered, and for many years was a tamiiiar figure on the line, lhe scalp marks were covered with a wig. . Mr. Kanley has lived in Hood Kiver for the past eight years. For 27 years he was a resident of Pendleton. He resided for eight years at Green River, Wyo., where he was engaged in the mercantile business. Mr. Ranley ended his interview with the Glacier man by making the em phatic declaration that there would be no more Kaiserdom it he had his way. "In less than 24 hours." he declared, "the Hohenzollerns would go the way of the Czar." . 0. A. C. DEMONSTRA- ' TION TRAIN HERE A demonstration train, which was in fact a school of instruction in vegeta ble gardening, poultry keeping and the most economical use of foods, will be operated through eastern Oregon dur ing the next two weens Dy tne u.-w. R. & N. Co. under tha auspices of the Oregon Agricultural College. The tram arrived here Monday and leit Tuesday. The company originates this move in the belief that there will be unusual need for care and economy in the pro duction and use of food products dur ing the coming year, and it proposes to do everything possible to encourage more general and skillful use of unoc cupied land. Vegetable gardening lectures are being given during the first week by A. G. b. Bouquet, professor of vege table gardening O. A. C, and during the second week by R. E. Allen, su perintendent of the Hermiston experi ment station. One car of the train is eouiDDed with an exhibit in vegetable gardening, showing definite plans for planting lots oi ainerem. sizes ana suggesting the various kinds of vege tables to be included in the scheme. methods of tillage and means of pre serving the products. The lectures covering "this subject are reinforced witlt detailed plans ana instructions. The poultry lectures are given by C. C. Lamb, of the poultry department of the college. ASSOCIATION VOTESJWHASE UNION MEMBERS'DECISION DELAYED Concerns at Annual Meetings Propose Transfer of Storage Property Ass'a Elects Three New Directors With an almost unanimous vote the members of the Apple Growers Associ ation Saturday authorized their board of directors to purchase the (entire properties of the old Hood River Apple Growers Unton, which ceased active distribution and sale of fruit in 1913, when the Association was organized from an amalgamation of all Hood River shipping concerns. Under the terms of the purchase of the proper ties, consisting of storage plants, ware houses, city Tots and a water power system, the latter valued at $40,000 the minimum sum of $10,000 will be paid annually on principal, and stockholders of the Union will receive par and ac crued seven per cent interest since June 1, 1913, on the 4700 shares of stock, of $10 a share, outstanding. The total value of all the organiza tion's property is placed at approxi mately $140,000. Whether the sale will be consummat ed rests with the results of a vote taken by stockholders of the Union, the annual meeting of which organiza tion followed the Association meeting. The Union ballot will be left open for two weeks, in order to give as many shareholders as possible an opportunity to vote on the proposition. While it is conceded that the majority of the stock will be voted for the sale, a strong op position was evidenced at Saturday af ternoon's meeting for the most part by a small minority that railed to affiliate with the Apple Growers Association, following the withdrawal of the Union as a marketing concern. Sensations were not lacking at the Union meeting. R. D. Smith accused A. I. Mason, one of the most outspoken of those opposing the sale on the terms proposed, of taking his stand for the Purpose of creating an embarrassment or the Association. The Association voted to establish for five years a fund, for the purchase of supplies and otherwise financing mem bers, through an assessment of one cent per box on apples, pears and strawberries, on which an annual han dling charge of ten cents is made, and a proportionate charge for all other packages of fruit carrying a less han dling charge. Such a fund raised last year for the one season amounted to $11,300. The organization's by-laws were also changed so that membership can be transferred with the land. The rules of the Association, prohibiting one year members from participating in dividends were made more stringent by the meeting. Directors were named as follows : E. W. Birge P. S. Davidson, W. B. Dickerson, A. G. Lewis J. R. Nuna maker, O. B. Nye, J. C. Porter, E. H. Shepard, all reelected ; and A. F. Bick ford, C. Dethman and W. F. Shannon. EXCHANGE URGES FOOD CONSERVATION f The Fcod Preparedness campaign that has been inaugurated by the O-W. R. & N. Co. under the auspices of the extension service of the Oregon Agri cultural College, has aroused the co operative efforts of local fruit sales agencies. "steps bv the government are already being taken to collect data as to stor age capacity and quantity of crops to be raised, says Kenneth McKay, manager of the Fruit Growers' Ex change in a letter addressed to each of the 212 members of the organiza tion. This is in view of war and the taking over by the government of all warehouses and supplies. "We earnestly believe that every farmer will do his country a service by planting every available acre to something to eat. You will make no mistake in raising your full capacity of food, not only enough that you may have something to sell but enough to supply your own family and your im mediate vicinity, rian to conserve and can any surplus foods that you may have. In a word prepare." The Exchange has instructed its growers to make extensive changes in the production of the coming season's apple crop. Mr. McKay declares that in addition to the British embargo on fruitsf remaining absolute, reliable in formation has been received that no shipments will be allowed to Australia ana New Zealand. Growers are urged to do a greater amount of spring prun ing and to thin their crops to a greater extent than on former seasons, thus raising fewer but larger apples of sizes that are demanded by the Amer ican public. HOOD RIVER MEN ARE READY TO GO Roy D. Smith, a veteran of the Spanish-American war, who partici pated in numerous battles in the Phil ippine Islands, Saturday declared him self ready to answer the call of his country. Mr.Smith, before the Spanish American war. served a term as an enlisted man in the 23rd Infantry Reg iment of the regular army. When the war broke out he re-enlisted with his old regiment. Dr. V. R. Abraham, county coroner and rountv nhvsician who holds the commission of first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, says that he will be ready to leave on a 24 hour notice. E. S. 'dinger, despite the fact that he will soon have reached the age of three score and 10, Saturday expressed the wish that he might be accepted for active military sevrice. Mr. Olinger, a native of the Waldo Hills near Sa lem, was a member of the Salem Vol unteer fire department when a young man. Atfer coming to Hood River over 25 years ago, he was an officer of the old Company D., Third Regiment. Jack Anderson, formerly a student of the local high school, who is now a member of Troop A, Oregon Cavalry, was here Tver the week end visiting Hood River friends. Sit i 1 ' i; I I -r -- - . -- i --(K V-,"T VW-'TT-'T, "-".