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VOL. XXVIII
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1917
No. 53
PLANNING your work on a faam is a great
KORFRfi necessity, but there is perhaps no other
IWULliu business that is influenced by so many differ
Non Parcil ent forces, that man can not control, as
Vegetables and farmm- e are trying to do our very best
D under the circumstances to market a first-
Plants. cja8S pr0(juct for a reasonable price, and ex
pect that our customers will not be too harsh
with us. If we are going to stay in the busi
ness we will have to reckon with the cost of
production.
We will have another lot of tomato plants
the last of the season on the market Sat
urday. Cabbage and Cauliflower plants for
fall should also be planted now. If you ex
pect any trouble from cabbage worms on the
roots, try Aphteryte, which we left at the
Hardware stores with directions how to apply.
Our Non Pareil Asparagus is as good as
ever; eat plenty of it while it is in season.
The Twentieth Century Truck Farm
J. H. KOBERG, Owner.
A Loan of the People, by the
People, and for the People
Placed in your hands is an opportunity to give
life to your belief in the right of men and of nations
to lead free and peaceful lives.
Your country offers you a part in aiding in the
greatest struggle for liberty that the world has ever
known. If you buy a Liberty Loan Bond you will be
aiding just as surely as if you carried the colors of
the United States.
If you are not able to subscribe for a
large amount, you can buy a $50 bond
First National Bank
Hood River, Oregon
BUY
LIBERTY BOND
TODAY!
In common with the other banks of the State, we are
working with the Liberty Loan Committee of Oregon and
we are urged to give the committee a further report as
soon as possible so that they may know that our customers
may be depended upon to do their full share.
Do not wait until you can subscribe for a large
amount but call us up now and give us your subscription;
then later you can increase it if you wish to do so.
The bonds will be ready for delivery in June and we
will have them in denominations of $50, $100, $500, and
$1000.
If you are too old or too young to register on June 5th
or if you happen to be a patriotic woman with a little
ready money you can "do your bit" by buying a bond.
Butler Banking Company
Personal Service Dentistry
TyE 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
Meats and Groceries
Delivered at any residence in Hood River
Prompt service and courteous treatment
E. M. HOLMAN, BrSffliS
Telephone 2134
A
ALWAYS
KRESSE DRUG CO.
Eastman Kodaks and Films
Victor Victrolas and Records
Johnston's Fresh Chocolates
Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens
Weatherly's Famous Ice Cream
Bring your Films to us for
Developing and Printing
Come in and hear the latest June records. Eastman Kodaks
and Supplies. Victor Victrolas and records, $15 to $400.
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.
Groceries of Quality
Prompt service and satisf aciion 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.
A World
Mechanical perfection of a one
model chassis has made the Maxwell
world endurance champion; a
Maxwellbuilt just like yours went
22,022 miles without the motor stop
ping. The cheapest car to run ever
made; costs only $6 to $8 a month.
The one practical car for town or
country use.
Touring Car $665
Roadster - - 650
All price , 0. b. Detroit.
A the Maxwell is good for many
seasons, these prices make it "the car
for every man."
ANDERSON & KEIR
AT THE
QXHrell
Champion
FRUIT IS FOOD
j SAYSJOOVER
I APPLES TO BE MOVED TO MARKET
Ruling Brings General Rejoicing to Grow
ers of the Hood River Valley
Agency Interest Stimulated
General rejoicing prevailed in Hood
River last Friday over the announce
ment of Herbert C. Hoover, United
States food administrator, that fruit is
a food and must be transported by the
railway companies. Mature sales
agency officals and growers known for
the normal dignity of their bearing
tossed their hats into the air and
cheered in expression of relief to their
feelings of anxiety for the past several
days. The news brought a relaxation
among all local business interests, who
feared a possible panic might result in
fruit districts in case the community's
products.were refused distribution.
The ruling of Mr. Hoover and Secre
tary of Agriculture Houston has given
new stimulus to the Fruit Growers'
Agency, a central organization of all
Northwestern fruit interests formed
last year under government supervi
sion, with headquarters at Spokane.
While the Apple Growers Association
was one of the original subscribers to
the Agency, it withdrew last year on
the grounds of the inefficiency of the
Agency. Today the Agency has no
stronger supporters than Association
officials.
"If the Fruit Growers' Agency had
never accomplished anything else,"
says C. W. McCullagh, "it has earned
the support of all Northwestern fruit
growers by its active participation in
this event, one of the most vital that
has ever confronted the Northwestern
fruit industry.. The Agency may have
made mistakes and it may not have ac
complished all that was predicted for
it, but it was instrumental in securing
for us this classification that desig
nates apples aa a food. For the con
sideration and acceptance of our views
in this matter, Mr. Hoover and Secre
tary Houston should be extended a
vote of thanks of all Northwestern
apple men."
Kenneth McKay declared that noth
ing of more importance had ever hap
pened to fruit growers of the North
west. Mr. McKay's central agency,
the Northwestern Fruit Exchange,
took an uctive part in the work of pre
senting the plea of growers at Wash
ington. J. Curtis Robinson, traffic
manager of the Exchange, was one of
the representatives of the Agency at
Washington. Last week W. F. Gwin,
general manager of the Exchange,
sent out letters to all his affiliations
urging the importance of their cooper
ation in the matter. Mr. Gwin also
pointed out the necessity of close sup
port of the Agency.
In his letter Mr. Gwin said in part :
The entrance of the United States
into the war creates a number of new
and very grave issues in the business
of fruit production and distribution of
thia country and particularly of the
Northwest. Of these issues, the fun
damental one is classification of fresh
fruits either as a luxury or as a staple
food product. The matter as yet is
undetermined, and judgment of the
authorities at Washington has not yet
been passed. Many rumors are in the
air. Already there are rumors to the
effect that fruit will be classed as a
luxury, in which event all the process
es of production, harvesting, transpor;
tation and marketing would be pro
foundly prejudiced. Labor in the
orchards, warehouses and offices would,
in that event, be subject to military
conscription, and the already indequate
supply would be subject to depletion
to the point of extreme peril.
Furthermore, the car sOpply, al
ready indequate, would be still further
reduced through the diversion of
equipment to the transportation of
commodities classified by the govern
ment as necessary to the national wel
fare. The psychological effect on the
American public of the classification
of fruit as a luxury would be most
adverse, as the American public will
unquestionably be sensitive to advice,
either direct or implied, concerning all
matters of food economics. An entire
train of evil consequences including
those mentioned, would result, to the
embarrassment and discouragement of
the fruit industry, and perhaps it is
not too much to say would result in
wholesale ruination to weaker districts
and individuals.
Frank Reeves and W. T. Clark, of
Wenatchee, representing the apple
growers of the Northwest, laid before
Senator Poindexter the notice served
on the apple growers by the Northern
Pacific Railroad, to the effect that
cars would not be furnished for the
movement of apples next fall and win
ter, as apples are regarded by the rail
road as luxuries and not necessities.
The railroad said all available cars
would be required for more important
food products.
Senator Poindexter, accompanied by
the two apple men, called on Mr. Hoo
ver and on Secretary Houston, laid be
foie them the situation which had
arisen, and received positive assurance
that the railroad dictum would not
stand.
It developed at the conference that
Mr. Hoover spent his boyhood on an
apple orchard at Newberg, Ore., and
has an intimate knowledge of the fruit
situation in the Northwest
Furthermore, Mr. Hoover said that
apples constitue a highly important ar
ticle of diet, more importanteven than
potatoes, and especially in time of
war. He explained that much of the
suffering among the people of Belgium,
among whom he worked so long, was
due not so much to the fact that they
had insufficient food but to the fact
that they could get no fruit
Both Mr. Hoover and Secretary
Houston gave positive assurance that
the Northwest fruit crop would be
moved, and as they, under pending
legislation, will have absolute direc
tion of crop movements, their say in
the matter is final, and will override
any arbitrary regulations set up by the
railroad.
The news brought relief to local
bankers, who had subscribed for blocks
of Liberty War bonds aggregating
$30,000, but who reported Thursday
that individual subscriptions had prac
tically ceased, growers fearing their
inability to participate in the issue.
The banks had planned on a further
participation in the Liberty loans, but
in the face of existing conditions the
Federal Reserve Bank was advised
that additional subscriptions were held
in abeyance until fruit growers would
receive an assurance that their prod
ucts would rot be sacrificed. It was
explained that local citizens did not
lack in patriotism, as statistics Bhowed
that subscriptions for Hood River
county had already reached $4 per cap
ita, but that the action resulted be
cause growers of apples in the face of
possible disaster felt that they would
not be able to buy bonds.
Friday local bond subcriptions were
ging ahead with even a greater inter
estjthan formerly prevailed. Replying
to a telegram from A. L. Mills, head
of a committee of Portland bankers
engaged in waging a campaign for the
Liberty loan, local banks wired Mr.
Mills that they would participate to
the limit of their ability in the loans.
It was suggested by local bankers that
a certain specified allotment of the
bonds should be made to all Oregon
communities.
H. F. Davidson declares that he be
lieves that apples and other fruits will
be classed as foods, and that the war
situation will not cause the distribu
tion of apples to be militated against
"I believe the situation has been
viewed by many," says Mr. Davidson,
"with undue alarm. After one has
Been the prominence that fruit plays in
the big markets of all cities, it is im
possible to conceive of the government
putting an end to the distribution of
it. It is now admitted by all food eco
nomists that fruit is just as much
needed in the diet of the nation as the
articles of staple food. The govern
ment should come to this realization
and provide for apples or other fruit as
a part of the rationing of soldiers.
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ABSENTEES SHOULD
REGISTER AT ONCE
Men between the ages of 21 and 30
years, inclusive, who expect to be ab
sent from .their home precinct on War
Census day, which is June 5, should
register without delay.
Register today, if you: can. If that
is impracticable, do it tomorrow. In
any event, register at the very earliest
moment for delay may make you liable
to a term of imprisonment without the
alternative of paying a fine. Absence
is not accepted as an excuse for failure
to register.
The procedure for registration of
absentees is quite simple and should
cause no confusion.
The absentee, or prospective absen
tee, must apply at the office of the
county clerk or the county in which he
may happen to be at the time, whether
in Oregon or elsewhere. The clerk
will fill out his registration card. In
cities of 30,000 or more, apply to the
city clerk, who in Portland is the city
auditor.
The clerk, or his deputy, will give
the applicant this card, which he must
mail to the registrar of his home pre
cinct, in care -of the sheriff of-his
home county, in time to reach the reg
istrar by War Census day, June 6.
If the absentee lives in Portland, or
in a city of over 30,000 population in
another state, he should mail the card
to the registrar of his home precinct
in care of the mayor.
If, as frequently is the case, he can
not remember the number or name of
his home precinct, he should address
the card to the sheriff of his home
county, and write and fill in on the en
velope so addressed the following:
Registration card of
Street and number . ..
Post Office of R. F. D
It is of the utmost importance that
the absentee remember that the bur
den of having his card reach the regis
trar of his home precinct by War Cen
sus day is on him, not on the authori
ties. Hence, the necessity of register
ing early.
Again let it be emphasized that if
you expect to be absent from your
home precinct on War Census day, go
at once to the county clerk of the
county in which you happen to be,
whether your home county or another
one, and register. Doit.now !
36 STUDENTS WILL
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Diplomas will be awarded this even
ing to the 36 members of the 1917
graduating class of the high school,
the second largest class ever turned
out by the local institution.
The members of the class are : Lil
lian Brock, Ruth Blowers, Sidney
Carnine, Helen Carson, Iva Leach,
Lulu Prather, John Schetky, Vivian
Jones, Florence Eddy, Florence Gould,
Arthur Lofts, Helia Hukari, Mattie
Jensen, Alma Jones, Neal Nunamaker,
Ida Leach, Ha Nichols, Clifford Mc
Donald, Helen Moore, Karl Vonder
Ahe, Marie Bartmess, Leon Bentley,
Irma Boyce, Claire Bickford, Frances
Castner, Jessie Eddy, Charles John
son, Pearl Florer, Ruth Vaughan, Wil
liam Wickland, Mariwhitmar White
head, Floyd Wright, Ruth Nicholson,
Alfred Thomsen, Edna ThornBbury,
Chaffer Newton. Neal Nunamaker
will deliver the valedictory address.
Miss Lillian Brock is class musician.
Three of the boys, Vonder Ahe,
Lofts and McDonald, have enlisted in
the navy and are now in training at
San Francisco. Two other members of
the class, Bentley and Carnine, are
members of the artillery company.
Commencement exercises will come
to a close tomorrow with an all day
athletic meet between teams of the
local and The Dalles high schools.
The boys of the class, when they
mount the stage, will each be dressed
in white flannel trousers and a dark
coat. This ia the first year the boys
have adopted a uniform system of
dress.
The 24 girl members of the class
will all be gowned in simple white.
The girls have made their own gradua
tion dresses. A prize of $5, awarded
by the Woman's club, will be given the
young woman who has the prettiest
and cheapest gown to be worn on grad
uation night
.
Special Registrar for Loggers
In order that the men may not have
to leave the outpost and journey to
Dee, Sheriff Johnson has arranged that
a deputy registrar may visit the log
ging camps of the Oregon Lumber Co.
on War Census day. The lumber con
cern has 300 men engaged in its camps,
a large percentage of them being of
an.sge subject to registration.
BOARD WORKS
FOR WAR CENSUS
HOOD RIVER FIRST, OFFICIALS SAY
Special Couriers Will Rush Reports from
All Valley Precincts Registration
Placards Are Posted
War Census Day, Tuesday June 5th
A Public Holiday by Governor's
Proclamation.
W HO MUST REGISTER.
Every male between ages of 21 and
30, inclusive. Aliens, sick, crippled
included military exemptions to be
determined later.
WHERE REGISTER.
At your regular polling place
where booths will be provided from
7 a. m. to H p. m. Absentees must
register before War Census Day with
county clerks in counties where they
happen to be.
REGISTER EARLY.
The sick must send a competent
person to the county clerk to ar
range for their registration.
Penalty for failure to register, for
false, misleading or incorrect an
swers is imprisonment without op
tion of fine.
Hood River county will be the first
of Oregon to make an official report
to Adj. Gen. White and Governor With
cyombe of the completed war census
for the county, provided the plans of
the local war census board, composed
of Sheriff Johnson, County Clerk Shoe
maker and the County Physician come
to materialization.
The board is instructing its corps of -marshals
and assistants who will be in
charge of different voting precincts to
have their official tally sheets and pa
pers in all readiness for proper sealing
and signing'immediately on the stroke
of nine o clock on the night of war
census day. Acting as special couri
ers, the marshal of the Oak Grove and
Barrett districts will rush their formal
registation papers to the city. The
Mount Hood Railroad Co. will run a
special rail automobile from Parkdale.
Couriers from Mount Hood, Odell
and other valley precincts along the
route will hasten to meet the train,
which will bear the registration docu
ments to this city. The midnight train
of the O.-W. R. & N. Co. will be
boarded by a special'courier at Cascade
Locks.
The war census board has posted
large placards at all cross roads of the
county calling attention to war census
day.
Members of Twelfth Company will
not be required to register. It was at
first thought they would be subject to
the census, but a recent ruling releases
them.
The little green card that every man
between the ages of 21 and 30 years,
inclusive, will receive after he has reg
istered on war census day, is an impor
tant document.
This certificate is virtually a receipt
of registration according to official in
formation given out by George A.
White, Adjutant General of the Ore
gon National Guard. If a man cannot
produce it on demand, he must con
vince the government that he has re
ally registered, or he faces the possi
bility of a term in prison, without the
option of paying a fine.
In any event, being without thia cer
tificate is liable to cause him much
trouble. So, for his own sake, as well
as to aid the government, he should
guard the certificate jealously.
When an absentee mails his registra
tion card to the registrar of his home
precinct after the county clerk in
which he happens to be has made out
the card for nim the absentee should
be sure to ask for a registration cer
tificate. General White sends out the follow
ing suggestions to registrars :
When in doubt consult the regula
tions. Follow the tentative regulations un
til the final regulations reach you.
There are few changes.
Read telegrams you receive care
fully, then read them a second time to
be certain nothing has been overlooked.
Keep a file of your letters and in
structions. Remember that these headquarters
are working under the same difficulties
you are with reference to supplies and
receipt of information.
All must use initiative, ingenuity and
energy.
Neglect of this work for a single day
may spell failure, with its attendant
consequences.
The registration system obviously
was not devised to meet the pubilc's
convenience, but it was devised for the
public safety and is necessary to that
end.
Read your regulations carefully many
times.
Your registrars must perfect them
selves in their part of the work ; they
must know their business thoroughly.
Lost sleep can be regained after the
war has been won.
"Can't" or "didn't know how," or
"didn't get supplies" will not pass
muster as an alibi if there is a failure
in any precinct It is up to you I
Get your supplies out as quickly and
as rapidly as they reach you. The
sooner the regulations reach your reg
istrars the sooner you will be free from
a bombardment of questions.
No one with a copy of the regulations
should need to ask a question. They
are clear, concrete and simple.
But no one can understand them
without taking the trouble to read
them carefully.
Governor Withycombe's proclama
tion follows: 4
Whereas, the President of the United
States has designated June 5th, 1917,
as the day upon which our citizens
shall register in accordance with the
provisions of the selective draft law,
and
Whereas, on this day we face s gi
gantic task new in our national history
and one whose proper conduct can only
be attained through the united cooper
ation of every citizen, and
Whereas, it is vitally desirable that
the registration be accomplished with
thoroughness and dispatch, both as a
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