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VOL. XXIX
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917
No. 3
KOBERG 'HE farmer with an aristocratic name has a
t n -i kick coming because our tomato and pep-
Non rareil . r pants he bought persist in growing and
Vegetables and he will have to take care of them now; if they
Plants. n 'e( ne wou nave tne blame on the
plants and us and thus have escaped a job.
Another lady customer does not think
much of us because we have no more spinach
to market We have said before that we are
very anxious to grow and sell vegetables, but
experience has taught us that there is a sea
son for different kinds of vegetables and tbat
outside of this period you cannot give them
away. Get our vegetables when they are in
season and we assure that they are NON
PAREIL.
The Twentieth Century Truck Farm
J. H. KOBERG, Owner.
ALWAYS AT THE
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Victor Victrolas and Records
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Waterman's Ideal Fountain Pens
Weatherly's Famous Ice Cream
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Come in and hear the latest June records. Eastman Kodaks
and Supplies. Victor Victrolas and records, $15 to $400.
The
American
Red Cross
TS free from the formalities and red tape surround
ing Governmental expenditure of funds. It
must have financial help to do the work. We
should all respond according to our ability and there
by help to win this warby insuring care and
protection to our forces.
First National Bank
Hood River, Oregon
A FTER a business life of 55 years,
I am now conducting my first
sale. Through the misfortune of a
fire several weeks ago, a large number
of our articles, the value and quality of
which were not in the least affected,
were blackened by smoke. These
goods
Silverware, Cut Glass
Spoons, Berry Spoons
and other such articles are going at
unprecedented bargains.
W. F. LARAWAY
THE JEWELER
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You can buy on much better terms than you can
under normal conditions. VVe can help you to build a new
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is in good condition, or we can help you to remodel a less
desirable house.
Our plan can be worked out to meet your cir
cumstances if you really want a home.
If you keep within your limitations, a home
suitable to your needs is a safe and sane invest
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Spring
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Yours for prompt service and
Good Milk
THOS. D. CALKINS
fMLaxiiJeu
IE have a LARGE ASSORTMENT of the
NEWEST FABRICS on the Market Place
your order now for Early Delivery.
W1
MEYER, The Tailor
HOTEL OREGON. SECOND STREET
(Room formerly occupied by R. E. Scott)
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Meats and Groceries
Delivered at any residence in Hood River
Prompt service and courteous treatment
E. M. HOLMAN, 3M8&'t
Telephone 2134 .
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ANDERSON & KEIR
ARTILLERY IS
AFTERRECRUITS
ALL HOOD RIVER COMPANY DESIRED
Twelfth Company Now Has 74 Men on
Roster 35 Needed to Bring Or
ganization to War Strength
Between now and July 15, when the
artillerymen are epxecting to be called
to the colors, officers of Twelfth Com
pany will make every effort to fill the
organization to war strength from lo
cal boys. Recruiting has been stimu
lated, during the past week, and the
following 15 boys have signed up to
wear the red corded hat of artillery
uardsmen: Floyd H. Carnes, Orrie
. Cushman, Bruce Combs, Samuel H.
Slutz. Floyd L. French, Hugh W.
Copple, Claude C. Collins, Joel C. Ab
bot, Harry Sines, Carl W. Carlson,
Gordon Boyington, Elmer W. Creson,
Clarence Turner, Albert M. Miller and
Ivan H. Scheer. The company, which
has lost 18 members through discharge
of men who have dependent families,
now has a total of 74 on the roster.
Thirty-five are needed to bring the
company to war strength.
During the past week Capt. Wilbur
has made the following promotions:
Private Sexton, to first class private ;
Sargeant Baker to acting first sar
geant ; Corporal Hodges to acting sar
geant; Corporal Bickford to acting
sargeant ; First Class Privae Rogers to
acting corporal; First Class Private
Kent to acting corporal ; Private Bail
ey to first class private; Private Han
sen to first class private ; Private Barr
to first class private.
The company's roster follows :
Commissioned officers Geo. R. Wil
bur, captain; E. W. Van Horn, first
lieutenant ; E. E. Brosius, second lieu
tenant. Non-commissioned officers Kent
Shoemaker, first sargeant; Will Chand
ler, supply sargeant; R. L. Foust,
mess sargeant; W. J. A. Baker, Rus
sell McCully, Bliss A. Clark, Forrest
L. Moe, sergeants; Hayes Bickford,
Wm. Hodges, Glenn B. Shoemaker, W.
B. Small, Walter Ford, L. H. Sexton,
corporals ; Leslie F. Parker and L. V.
Driscoll, cooks; Allyn Button and Rud
yard Imholz, mechanics; Sidney Car
nine and Wade T. Robbins, buglers;
Carl Kent, ,Oak M. Rogers, Carl D.
Newman, Frederick A. Thomsen. Har
old A. Blackman, Edwin Sonnichsen,
Leon Bentley, Leon C. Littlefield, Ar
thur Hansen, Wm. T. Bailey, Therkild
Hansen and Robt J. Barr first class
privates ; Joel C. Abbot, Corbett Alex
ander, Wm. F. Anderson, Gershong G.
Battey, Gordon Boyington, C. W. Carl
son, Floyd H. Carnes, J. K. Carson
J., R. O. Clark, Bruce Combs, Carl
C. Copper, Hugh Copple, Claude C.
Collins, Wm. F. Coshow, Elmer W.
Creson, Orrie S. Cushman, Cecil C.
Cutler, Samuel Douglas, Earl Dunbar,
Lester Fisher, Gustav A. Forsburg,
Floyd French, Ray W. Gibson, Samuel
Glenn, , Roselle C. Krohn, Kenneth
Hicks, Otto Horn, Leonard Howard,
Hugh C. Johnson, Paul C. Lancaster,
Arthur G. Lewis, Angus McDonald,
Hairy V. Post, Walter B. Regnell,
Earl M. Robertson, Harry Sines, Sam
uel H. Slutz, Clarence Turner, Albert
M. Miller and Ivan Scheer, privates.
T. & L. CO. BUILD
PERMANENT ROADS
At an approximate expense of $6,000
the-Transfer & Livery Co., which was
recently awarded the contract by the
county court, is now engaged in con
structing a new road from the city to
the boat landing east of the mouth of
Hood river. The improved stretch,
which willl have no grade in excess of
one per cent, will be a little more than
a third of a mile long. The contract
ing company, with an Italian crew of
men, is now engaged in making a
seven foot cut and filling in with the
material taken from the excavation
across a slough of the Columbia. At
one point across a narrow slough a
permanent concrete culvert will be con
structed. The road will be built the
full regulation width and will be sur
faced with gravel.
Simultaneous with, receiving the
award of the boat landing road, the
Transfer & Livery Co. received a con
tract for the construction of a small
link of new road up the East Side
grade. This piece of work, however,
has been deferred. Since the $6,000,000
road bonding act carried, the state will
construct the road, which will form a
link of the Columbia Highway be
tween here and The Dalles.
A visitor to the scene of the boat
landing road improvement is agreeably
surprised at the mangnitude of the
task. The contracting company has
a varied assortment of equipment that
enables them to proceed with the work
efficiently. They are handling the
work in a businesslike Ynanner.
SUGGESTIONS ON
FOOD PRODUCTION
(By T. D. Calkins, president Hood
River agricultural defense council)
Here are a few more mumblings and
suggestions on planting and produc
tion. It is assumed on the start that
with all this agricultural advise that
we read these times that everyone will
use at least as much judgment as an
ordinary mule in a corn field. 1 hat is,
however good it is or how much you
like it, do not take enough to hurt your
digestion. June first was the limit to
Dlant cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels
sorouts. etc.. in seed beds to be trans
planted. You can still plant the seed
where you want them to grow in the
open field or garden to June 25. Time
yet for all root crops.
Plant buckweat now. Borrow money
at the bank for 90 days and plant Jap
anese buckweat. The crop can be
raised, thereshed and sold in time to
pay off the note and leave the ground in
good shape for fall grain. Buckwheat
will grow on most any soil, especially
light soils and those of low fertility.
It can be planted as late as the first
week in July. The amount of seed per
acre is about 36 pounds in drills or 50
pounds cast, and harrow in. r it tne
ground well and firm the seed in well
on account of dry weather. It grows
so fast that few weeds or pests stand
any show with it. Buckwheat can be
used for chicken, cow. hog and human
consumption, either whole or ground.
Ihis is the year of all years to get
together in each neighborhood and
swap tools, teams and labor. Also, do
not be a water hog. Every irrigation
district has a rei.1 war daring irrigation
season. Do not let the waste water,
the well, the spring or the creek be a
slacker this year. Back your Ford up
to a pump and enjoy the scenery at
home. .
I "have been trying out the hiirh
school and city boy labor problem and
find that they show about as much
ability as a great many bovs and men
that have been raised on farms ; it is
all in the individual. It is just like
breaking in a span of colts. Do not
expect too much at first. The farmer
must teach the boys and use as much
patience and. judgment as he would
with a span of colts, because this coun
try has to have a new crop of farmers
just as much as we have to train new
soldiers.
Here is another idea to helD the la
bor shortage right here in this town
and valley. Let the business houses
close shop two days per week for the
next four months and everybody work
their own gardens or go to the country.
Let the larmers contract for this labor
advance and at once. There must
be several retired farmers and busi
ness men in this town who would go to
the country and help if they were
asked. This will all help keep the
money at home.
Here is a suggestion for some patri
otic organization or individual. Start
a community canning plant at some
central point where anyone in the com
munity can go with their fruit and
preserve them in their own jars or
cans, under proper conditions and ex
pert supervision. Most any housewife
will tell you that she has tried a great
many things that have spoiled. Is it
not time to stop that waste? The
United States consul at Kingston. Can
ada, states that at Vineland, Ontario,
a small canning factory with machin
ery that cost $500 canned $35,000 worth
of foods last season.
Use your cold frame or hot bed for a
drier. Put in a tight floor and be sure
the sash is tight to keep out dust and
insects, or make a box to fit ny sized
sash you may have.
Here is another idea to increase the
food production. Let the bankers and
a committee of practical and experi
enced farmers take a trip over the val
ley and hunt out the slacker acres and
offer aid to any and all farmers who
will cooperate. Surely with a short
apple crop the valley could yet plant
several hundred acres to crops.
BIG PLANS ARE
MADE FOR FOURTH
Although the event is two weeks
away, the celebration planned by Hood
Kiver lor July 4 is now the absorbing
topic. The celebration, as planned,
will be the most elaborate ever held
in the Mid-Columbia. The city council
has granted a joint blanket concession
to the Red Cross Chapter and the
members of Twelfth Company, who
will divide equally the proceeds of the
day, the artillerymen using their por
tion of the earnings for a mess fund.
A feature of the day will be a mam
moth parade, in which the following
organizations'will participate : Artil
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ivij i uiiis iiuiiui viuaiu, vjianu
Army of the Republic, Boy Scouts,
fraternal organizations. Substantial
prizes will be awarded the best decor
ated floats.
A portion of the day will be devoted
to the usual athletic events and to a
baseball game. Squads of Twelfth
Company men will engage in competi
tive drills.
Local musicians and citizens gifted
as entertainers are now engaged in
practicing for a street carnival, which
will be given entirely'by local talent.
An open air dance will be conducted on
favilion.
f the Columbia remains at the pres
ent high state acquatic sports will be
indulged in on the river side just be
low the business section of the city.
STRAWBERRIES ARE
HOLDING UP STRONG
Present indications 'point to record
strawberry prices for the Hood River
and White Salmon valley this season.
The ruling quotations now remain at
very firm figures, and local Shipping
agencies are not able to meet the de
mand. While in average seasons sales
agents are combing the inter-mountain
and middle western districts to secure
orders, the order of this season is re
versed and strawberry distributors are
journeying here to make bids on the
crop.
Here Friday morning, N. W. Mum
ford, of the Montana Brokerage Co.,
of Butte, expressed the opinion that
the price would advance in all proba
bility as the season progresses, instead
of declining.
"It is up to Hood River and White
Salmon districts," said Mumford, "to
supply our territory with strawberries.
I have just returned from the Missouri
strawberry districts. They are through
shipping. They had but a 40 per cent
crop. The Missouri growers did not
have to make quotations on their fruit
this season. So keen was the compe
tition among the buyers that a daily
auction was operated at the receiving
stations, the fruit going to the highest
bidders."
In a Bpirit of levity some of the
growers of the valley are accrediting
the big berry prices to the nationality
of the sales officials of the chief dis
tributing agencies. C. W. McCullagh
and Kenneth McKay are both of
Scotch descent.
The Fruit Growers' Exchange and
the Apple Gowers Asociation, rolling a
car each, Saturday evening shipped the
first carloads of Clark Seedling straw
berries lor the season. While the price
per crate was not given out, the fruit
will return more than $2,500 for the
car, setting a record in the mid-Colum
bia strawberry industry.
Unless prolonged rains prevail dur
ing the berry harvest growers of the
valley this season are going to make
profits far above the average. Al
though the delayed warm weather has
tended to cut short the fruit of the ex
treme Lower Valley districts, the tracts
around Dee and in the Upper Valley
will yield a normal crop.
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THIS IS RED
CROSS WEEK
VALLEY-WIDE DRIVE UNDER WAY
From Cash and Fruit Contributions Hood
River County Will Probably Ex
ceed Allotment of $4000
Before this week shall have closed.
if the aim of the captains of the 10
teams selected for the work is real
ized, the people of Hood River will
have exceeded by far in making up the
sum of $4,000, their allotment of the
$t)00,000 to be raised by Oregon during
Red Cross week. The local drive is
managed by C. W. Hooker. The cap
tains selected to head the 10 commit
tees, the members of which are can
vassing every section of the Apple
Valley, are : Dr. H. L. Dumble, Tru
man Butler, L. E. Ireland, A. W.
Stone, F. W. Buff. E. W. Birge, H.
F. Davidson, Charles Steinhauser and '
A. W. Peters. In addition to Mr.
Hooker the following men are on the
special committee in charge of the Red
Cross drive: E. O. Blanchar, Leslie
Butler, Walter Kimball and C. N.
Ravlin.
While the committeemen exnect to
raise a large sum through cash contri
bution, the larger portion of the $4,000
allotment will come from subscriptions
of fruit. Already the members of the
Hood River Valley Japanese Farmers
Association, numbering about 100,
have each given the Red Cross a crate
of extra fancy strawberres. Estimat
ing the total from the average prices
of ordinary seasons, it was thought
that the Japanese fruit contributed
would bring in about $200. With
strawberries soaring the allotment of
fruit will bring the Red Cross at least
$400. Contributions of apples, cher
ries and vegetables are expected to
augment the fund by thousands of dol
lars. Originally the Hood River lied Cross
Chapter 'started out with the motto,
"A thousand Members Anvhow. To
date the organization has more than
i.ouu memners. ine omcers are ae
terimned that every adult in the mid
Columbia shall be a Red Cross mem
ber before the next month shall have
passed. The Chapter has two auxili
aries located respectively at Dee and
Cascade Locks. Branch Chapters have '
been organized at White Salmon and
Underwood. I he activities of the
White Salmon people, who recently de
voted an entire Sunday to a systematic
drive covering all communities of
norhtwestern Klickitat county resulted
in phenominal success, and in no sec
tion of the country can more enthusi-
astic Red Cross groups be found than
at Guler, Laurel, Trout Lake and
Glenwood, prosperous agricultural dis
tricts of Klickitat county.
In former seasons social events in
Hood River county have been numer
ous, this year is characterized by the
absence of frivolity of any nature.
Dances and parties have grown fewer.
and those that have been held here
within the past six weeks have had the
increase of the Red Cross fund as their
motive. Thursday night at the Pine
Grove grange hall, the orchardist
grangers of the East Side held a
dance, raising a substantial sum for
relief work.
One central group and four commun
ity groups of Hood River women are
now engaged in the manufacture of
bandages and other Red Cross supplies.
the women ot the city and surround
ing orchard districts meet twice week
ly at the rooms of the Commercial
club, where the hum of the sewing
machine is heard, where scores of
women ply needle and thread, cut
gauze and wind bandages.
Ihe local Chapter has netted approx
imately $400 from a rummage sale of
thousands of articles donated univers
ally by local families. The sale has
been held in a vacant store room in
the Masonic building, a corps of valley
and city women acting as clerks.
mal plans for the Red Cross drive
were formulated at a dinner at the
Mount Hood hotel Wednesday evening
of last week.
"I simply will not hear any excus
es," said manager Hooker, when some
of the proposed captains started to tell
how busy they were. You have been
asked to nerform a oatriotic dutv. If
any of you decline to act, we will sim
ply eliminate that team, and it will be
necessary for the members of other
teams to work that much harder."
Following this injunction not a sin
gle captain appointed tendered his res
ignation and already a keen rivalry is
being manifested to see which team
will report the largest fund next Sat
urday. The dinner at the' Mount Hood was
characterized by the absence of levity.
Addresses were delivered by the fol
lowing men: Mayor Dumble, Truman
Butler, Walter Kimball, Dr. J. M.
Waugh, C. W. Hooker and M. Yasui.
Mr. Yasui said that the Japanese felt
glad of the privilege of being able to
participate in the subscriptions to be
used in assisting the government in
winning the war against the kaiser.
At a dinner held Monday evening at
the Hotel Oregon, where tables were
prettily decorated with huge red cross
es, the members of teams selected for
the drive met and outlined details of
the work. At this meeting it was an
nounced that 10 men had already do
nated $100 each, or a fourth of the en
tire, allotment for the county.
A SPECIAL NOTICE
OF THE RED CROSS
In preparation of the list of pros
pects for the present Red Cross drive
there may have been names inadver
tently omitted. To those who have not
been visited by any of the Red Cross
teams, we send an invitation herewith
to bring in your subscriptions.' They
may be left at either of the banks,
where they will be credited to the Red
Cross War fund.
Executive Committee, Hood River
Chapter, National American Red Cross.
C. N. Clarke on School Board
Out of the 750 registered voters of
the city school district but 37 turned
out Monday afternoon for the annual
school election. Chas. N. Clarke was
elected to the board, succeeding Dr. C.
H. Jenkins. M. H. Nickelsen was re
elected clerk.