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VOL. XXVIII
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 17, 1917
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No. 51
KOBERG
Non Pareil
Vegetables and
Plants.
rpHE high coet of living does not exist even in these
times if you take advantage of the market and
reason ami buy in quantity. Next week we will clean
a plot of Spinach for other crops and will deliver:
35 pounds of Spinach for $1.00 to any address in
the city. If you think it is too mucb-Xor yon to can.
try to divide np with yonr neighbor. Orders filled in
rotation. First come first served. Phone 2871.
Asparagus prices are somewhat off in other mar
kets on account of the California grass being dumped
there, and we will make a special price for canning for
a few days: 30 pounds in a crate. Ask your grocer
about it.
Our radishes are on the market now delivered
fresh every morning. We take back the stale stock.
Field grown Cabbage, Cauliflower, and Broccoli plants
will be on the market Saturday.
The Twentieth Century Truck Farm
J. H. KOBERG, Owner.
Do the right thing
At the right time !
Are you still leaving undone the things you ought
to do?
Are some of your papers around the house and
some of them some place else ?
Are you still putting off the making of your will
just because you haven't gotten 'round to it ?
Let us help you to put your house in order not
because you may die suddenly, but because it is
the right way to live.
Like begets like; good habits beget good habits,
and the better ordered your life is the better it
will continue to be.
Butler Banking Company
We serve the Famous
Bulk and Brick Ice Cream of Assorted Flavors
KRESSE DRUG CO.
Come in and hear the latest May records. Eastman Kodaks
and Supplies. Victor Victrolas and records, $15 to $400.
Condensed Report of Condition
OF THE
First National Bank
Hood River, Oregon
at Close of Business May 1, 1917.
Resources!
Loans and Discounts
Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures ...
U. S. Bonds
Other Bonds and Warrants
Real Estate ..
Due from U. S. Treasurer
Due from Banks : $132,541.69
Cash on Hand ........ 32,226.27
$272,961.51
51,275.00
100,000.00
69,510.74
3,475.00
5,000.00
164,767.96
$666,990.21
Liabilities:
Capital Stock $100,000.00
Surplus Fund ;. 12,500.00
Undivided Profits 3,250.47
Circulation 100,000.00
Deposits . 451,239,74
, - $666,990.21
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM.
Personal Service Dentistry
ViJE cannot deport our money and have
home prosperity. Thousands of dol
lars are spent in Portland for dental
work when the same could be secured'
at home for the same price you pay a
hired man dentist whose only interest is
in making the cash register ring so he
will hold down his job. Have your
work done at home and keep your money
circulating where it will do some good.
WM. M. POST
Dentist
Rooms 1 and 2, Hall Building HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Office Phone 2401 ; Residence 1374
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.
Spring
Suits ...
rE have a LARGE ASSORTMENT of the
NEWEST FABRICS on the Market. Place
your order now for Early Delivery.
MEYER, The Tailor
HOTEL OREGON. SECOND STREET
(Room formerly occupied by R. E. Scott)
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
LMaxarell
A World Champion
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The cheapest car ' to run ever
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country use.
v Touring Car $665
Roadster - - 650
All price f. o. b. Detroit.
As the Maxwell is good for many
seasons, these prices make it "the car
for every man."
ANDERSON & KEIR
Meats and Groceries
Delivered at any residence in Hood River
Prompt service and courteous treatment
E. M. HOLMAN,
Telephone 2134
CALKINS HEADS
! DEFENSE COUNCIL
LABOR PROBLEMS TO BE HANDLED
i
: Brewer Tells of Plans For Huge Mobile
Army Community Leaders
Make Survey
"It is my earnest belief." was the
encouraging message to local fruit
growers from J. W. Brewer, of The
Dalles, who has charge of the organiz
ation of food production and labor
campaigns in Hood River, Morrow.
Gilliam and Sherman counties and who
was here Friday night to organize a
local branch of the National Defense
Council, "that the labor situation for
you fruit growers the coming harvest
season is going to be handled with
greater ease than during normal
times.
Mr. Brewer, who was accompanied by
H. G. Miller, of the Dalles, the latter
urging local people to can a maximum
amount of fruits and staple food prod
ucts the comWier summer, told his audi'
ence, composed for the most part of
ranchers who were in charge of com
munitywide meetings held Saturday
and Sunday, 'of the plans now under
way lor the enlistment or a mobile
army of laborers, mostly young men,
who will brought here in large
numbers to assist In picking strawber
ries, the cultivation and picking of ap
pies. According to the plan as an
nounced by Mr. Brewer, experienced
young men enlisting in the labor armv.
which will reach upwards of 2,000, will
be guaranteed a minimum wage of
$27.50 per month. Inexperienced men
will begin on a minimum of $17.50 per
month, the wage to increase by certain
gradations, as the workers become pro
licient. Where piece work is done, the
workman's army will receive the going
wage.
T. D. Calkins, a Frankton truck
gardener, was elected president of the
local National Defense council. K. E,
Scott was named secretary. Commun-
ity committeemen werejnamed as fol
lows: Willow Flat, Chas. Fuller;
Barrett, J. is. Lister; East Barrett,
W. W. Rodwell; Oak Grove, D. L.
Pierson; Odell, 0. L. Walter; Pine
Grove. N. E. Fertig; Dee. W. F
Shannon ; Parkdale, Kev. W. H. Bod
dy ; Valley Crest, C. P. Johannsen ;
Mount Hood, H. C. Wyatt; Viento, S,
W. Curran; Wyeth, James Gorton;
Cascade Locks, A. U. Adams; J. (J.
McLaughlin, city schools ; Mrs. W. L.
Ulark, representing theWoman's club,
and C. D. Nickelsen, Hood River.
committeemen at large were ap
pointed as follows: Leroy Childs, L,
B. Gibson, and J. H. Koberg.
The committeemen, acting as can-
tains Saturday and Sunday attended
various valley meetings and took a
comprehensive survey of the plantings
of food products and the labor needs
for the next two years.
D. L. Pierson, of Oak Grove, stated
that many of the ranchers of his dis
trict were ready and willing to plant
large acreages of staple food products
if they would be assured that the prod-
ucts.would not be manipulated.by spec
ulators. "A large number of my neighbors,"
said Mr. Pierson, "if they know the
food is going to be used by the gov
ernment, are willing to plant heavily,
even though they get nothing for it,
but if the speculators are going to get
control of it, they say they will not
plant a seed."
T. D. Calkins proposed that the
strawberry harvest might be facilitat
ed by the establishment of central la
bor camps, the men to be moved from
point to point under semi-military dis
cipline. W. F. Shannon, of Dee, how
ever, opposed such a plan, stating that
it would be far better for each man to
secure the labor needed for his tract
and to keep the men constantly em
ployed at one point.
L. B. Gibson stated that in a 40 mile
ride over the valley he had seen more
women and children engaged in neid
work than ever in any former year.
"The women and children are busy
in the fields." said Prof. Gibson, "hoe
ing crops and assisting with the plant
ing. The women and children, not
only of the valley, but of the city as
well, will do much toward saving the
crops of the community."
Prof, (Jibson told of the plan of a
local canning company to enlist Boy
Scouts in the food production cam
paign. The canners furnish the boys
with seed beans, and contract to pur
chase all the product grown at four
cents per pound.
BIG RED CROST
WAR FUND NEEDED
Emphasizing 'the need of the nation
for immediate Red Cross war funds,
C N. Ravlin, secretary of the local
Red Cross Chapter, received the fol
lowing telegram last Friday :
Secretary Hood River Red Cross
Chapter : The President has today ap
pointed a Red Cross War Council con
sisting of Henry P. Davidson, of J. P.
Morgan & Co., chairman ; cnaries u.
Morton, G. P. Murphy, Cornelius N.
Bliss. Jr.. and Edward N. Hurley,
with William H. Taft, chairman, and
Eliot Wadsworth, vice chairman, of
the executive committee, ex-officio
members. The President today issued
the following statement :
I have today created within the
Red Cross a War Council to which will
be entrusted the duty of responding to
the extraordinary demands which the
present war will make upon the ser
vices of the Red Cross, both in the
field and in civilian life. The best
way in which to impart the greatest
efficiency and energy to the relief
work which this war will entail, will
be to concentrate it in the hands of a
single experienced oganization which
nas Deen recogizeu uy iaw mm inter
national convention as the public in
strumentality for such purposes. In
deed such a concentration of adminis
trative action in this matter seems to
me absolutely necessary and I hereby
earnestly call upon all those who can
contribute either great sums or small
to the alleviation of the suffering and
distress which must inevitably arise
out of this fight for humanity and
democracy to contribute to the Red
Cross. It will be one of the first and
most necessary tasks of the new War
Council of the Red Cross to raise great
sums of money for the support .of tb
work to be done and done upon a great
scaie. i nope mat the response to
their efforts will be a demonstration of
tcuciuoii; vi America ana me
power of genuine practical sympathy
among our people. They will command
tne admiration of the whole world.
In view of the above it is necessary
to modify the plan outlined in circular
A-2 for the use of the War Council,
The National Finance committee ap
pointed by President Wilson, headed
by Cleveland Dodge and Seward Pros-
ser, of New York, will raise a great
Red Cross war fund through our Chan
ters. Not a moment mut be lost in
preparing ourselves to meet the press-
; 1 1 m w ...
ing cans irom curope tana me emerg-
encies which are soon to confront us
here. Every Chapter should at once
mobilize and reinforce its finance com
mittee for this work, which is of the
utmost importance and urgency. Call
immediately a meeting of your execu
tive committee to make far reaching
plans for finance campaign, as we look
to you confidently for large results,
Please telegraph the names of mem
bers of your finance committe to Sew
ard Prosser, American Red Cross,
Washington. You will be promptly
and fully advised by Mr. Frosser re
garding his plans and methods. The
War Council is organizing today. The
increasing need among our allies for
supplies that can be furnished quickly
only by purchase, as reported by Her
bert Hoover, and the inevitable devel
opments of some needs'as we approach
mobilization of vast numbers of Amer
ican troops make it clear that to meet
the unprecedented situation the War
Council must ask that each Chanter re
tain from the proceeds of . the Red
Cross war fund campaign an amount
for local needsjnot in excess of 25 per
cent oi tne total raised by it. Many
of our Chapters appreciating me situ
ation will turn over the total amount
so raised to the Red Cross war fund.
The War Council, whenever possible
with advantage, wiuzauthorize expend
itures for specified supplies by the
Chapters in their own communities and
particularly for the purchase of mater
ials to be made by the Chapters into
these needed articles. The funds as
raised are to be deposited by each
Chapter in its local bank in a special
account to be known as the Red Cross
War Fund, to be remitted to National
headquarters as required. Later the
War Council will take full account of
the needs by Chapters forlocal civilian
lelief, which will become greater as
our own troops are mobilized.
Please at once call together your ex
ecutive committee and telegraph me of
their cooperation in President Wilson s
far sighted plans for our Red Cross.
Give this message full publicity.
Eliot Wadsworth.
The telegram, the longest ever re
ceived at the local Western Union
office, resulted in immediate action by
the local chapter to follow as closely
as possible its instructions.
SWEEPING Y. M. C. A.
CAMPAIGN PLANNED
According to plans outlined Monday
morning by the committee in charge,
the Hood Kiver valley will raise $1,000
next week to apply to the Army Y.
M. C. A. fund. Next Monday and
Tuesday will be Army Y. M. C. A.
days and committees will make a
house to house canvass in all sections.
Banks, railway companies and fratern
al associations will be asked to make
contributions.
Statistics that have been gathered
by the Oregon Social Hygiene society
and data furnished by Dr. Matson, of
Portland, who has been in service as a
surgeon in European hospitals, will be
prepared in pamphlet form and dis
tributed among the business men of
the city. The message will be carried
to the people by special speakers who
will appear at the picture shows.
The local I. M. c. A. committee is
composed of Leslie Butler, Rev. Elijah
Hull Longbrake, V. U. Cruikshank,
John Baker and A. Canfield for the
city ; and Rev. J. B. Lister, pastor of
the Valley Christian crhurch, and Kev.
W. H. Boddy, pastor of the Upper Val
ley Union church, for the valley.
At the Monday meeting it was
shown how President Wilson had com
mended the work of the Y. M. C. A.
and had appealed for its support. It
was shown how the European countries
had realized the organization s work
and how 150 secretaries were there
now engaged in aiding the soldiers of
the great armies.
The United .states will require a to
tal of $3,000,000 in establishing the Y.
M. C. A. buildings. Already in Ore
gon and Idaho a total of more than
30,000 has been contributed.
NAVY HONOR CARDS
FOR WINDOWS
That everybody may know from
which homes men have gone forth to
serve their country in the navy, and as
an inspiration to others to follow,
there has just been issued from the
press of the U. S. Navy Publicity Bu
reau, a card with the following in
scription :
"A man from this house is now serv
ing his country at the front in the
United States Navy."
In the upper corner of the card ap
pears the impressive seal of the Navy,
while below is a space for the signa
ture of the Commanding officer.
The cards are now being mailed, first
to all of the apprentice seamen at the
naval training stations and they will
eventually ' reach every man in the
service. After being signed and dis
tributed they are to be mailed home
and placed in the window of the house
as a mark of honor as well as a con
stant reminders of duty to the young
man who still bestitates in the face of
the country's call for men.
Firemen Issue Warnings
Fire Chief Morgan and Fire Marshal
Snyder have issued a warning to Hood
River people that they are liable to
penalty under city ordinance if they
fail to secure proper permits to keep
gasoline in quantities over a one quart
at their residences. The fire officials
also warn against the storing of blast
ing powder or dynamite at any place
wihtin the city limits.
The warden and marshal aslo declare
that hereafter no fne but firemen will
be allowed in buildings when a fire
prevails, unless bystanders are called
on to volunteer helpers.
MRS. FERGUSON
AGAINELECTED
SUNDAO SCHOOL MEETING SUCCESS
Closing Session of Parkdale Convention is
Marked by a Rally Held in
this City
Mrs. J. E. Fenruson. formerly nrpsi.
dent of the Clatsop countv Sunday
School Association and for many veara
prominent in such work throughout the
state, at the annual convention of the
Hood River County Association, was
elected president of the local organiza
tion for the sitxh concsecutive time
Saturday afternoon.
Other officers were elected as fol
lows : Mrs. J. R. Mclsaac and Rev.
Ashley Cash, vice presidents: I. R.
Acheson, secretary-treasurer.
The convention held at Parkdale, at
tended by 60 delegates and a large
number of Upper and Lower Valley
people, is said to have been one of the
most successful in the organization's
history. An address was delivered
Saturday by J. G. Kilpack, financial
secretary of the Portland Boys' and
Uirls' Aid Society. Prof. Norman F.
Coleman, of Reed College, was the
principal speaker at Sunday's sessions.
The convention adjourned to this city
Sunday night, when a Sunday school
rally, attended by all denominations,
was held at the Riverside Congrega
tional church.
The following resolutions were
adopted :
Resolved, That we express our ap
preciation of the cordial welcome and
splendid entertainment afforded by the
church and community of Parkdale to
the visiting members of the conven
tion ; also to Rev. W. H. Boddy for his
kindness as pastoral host. Also that
we express our gratitude to the Mount
Hood Railroad Co. for the considera
tion shown us in granting special ser
vice to the traveling delegates.
Resolved, That we irreatlv value the
splendid work of the State Sundav
School Association and nledtre our
hearty support to this institution. Al
so that we tender our thanks to those
concerned for the excellent services of
our esteemed State Secretary, Dr. C.
a. t'nipps, who for 11 years has ser
ved so admirably to increase the effici
ency of Sunday school work in this
part of the country.
Resolved, That our gratitude be ex
pressed to Mrs. J. E. Ferguson for the
able manner in which Bhe has presided
at this delightful convention.
Resolved, That our thanks be ren
dered to the speakers who have made
such worthy contributions to our pro
gram, also to those who have added
musical enrichment to this splendid
feast.
Resolved. That we express our ap
preciation of the faithful work of our
secretary-treasurer, I. R. Acheson.
Resolved, That we heartily recom
mend the adoption of the Parent de
partment of the National Sundav
School Association.
Resolved, That we give our endorse
ment to the present ell'orts for the res
toration of a good Sabbath law in Ore
gon.
Resolved, That we deeply deplore
the lack of religious instruction and of
parental interest and control so preva
lent in tnis generation and we earnest
ly urge all Sunday school workers to
lend their untiring efforts to the renP""
edying of this evil and to the estab
lishment of filial regard and reverence
for all in authority.
Finally, be it .Resolved. That we
cordially thank all those who in any
way have helped to make this conven
tion so successful in every way.
Mrs. Wm. Munroe,
Miss Ruth Smith,
E. C. Newham.
Max Linder at the Electrie today.
RED CROSS CALLS
HOOD RIVER WOMEN
The ladies of the city of Hood River
have apparently not given very serious
thought to the Ked Cross work now in
progress here. The insistant. urgent
call from Washington headquarters is
for surgical dressings and hospital sup
plies. Hood River has been called
upon to furnish a specified number of
boxes of-v these, as has every Ked
Cross Chapter in the United States.
It is not possible to go out into the
market and buy the vast quantities of
these supplies that will be required, so
the government has called upon the
Red Cross to do this work throuerh its
organized forces. It will devolve upon
the women of America to do this, and
the women of Hood River will be called
upon to do their share.
This is serious business, and it is
going to become more and more serious
as the weeks go by. ihis Ked Cross
work is in its infancy so far as Amer
ica is concerned. When we have two
million American soldiers on the battle
line in Europe and other millions pre
paring, we are going to be called upon
for Red Cross support that we little
dream of now.
In this connection we quote herewith
from a statement just issued by the
Oakland Bank of Savings, one of the
biggest financial institutions on the
Pacific coast :
The American people can make no
greatr error today than to underesti
mate the seriousness of the entry of the
United Mates into the war. lhere ap
pears to be no justification for the hope
that the struggle will not be long and
bitter."
Every Wednesday and Saturday af-
ternon the Red Cross Chapter, through
its educational committee, invites the
ladies of the city of Hood River and
vicinity to meet in the Commercial
club auditorium for the purpose of
making the surgical dressings and hos
pital supplies. Last Saturday mere
were 40 in attendance, ur these, 33
came from various parts of the valley,
and only seven from me city.
From 35 to 60 women attend the Ked
Cross sewing at Pine Grove every
week. Twenty-five at Dee. The White
Salmon branch promise to have over
150 women busily engaged in the Red
Cross work.
We make a most urgent appeal to
the women of Hood River to more gen
erously respond with their assistance
in this work, it is greatly needed now
and its need is to be far greater in the
future. Most of us cannot go to the
front but we can "do our bit" by help
ing the Red Cross.
By order of the Executive Commit
tee, Hood River Red Cross Chapter,