VOL. XXIX
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1917
We shall be pleased to receive visits
from our patrons, and to show them
through our plant. When you have a
spare moment, drop in.
THE TELEPHONE IS FOR YOUR SERVICE
Oregon-Washington Telephone Company.
Right Now
the business of war in all its grim reality is occu
pying the attention of our country. v ,
Its requirements are men, materials, and money.
Many are pledging their lives to our country's
cause.
Labor is supplying the energy necessary to produce
the material, equipment. '
You are not asked to give, merely to lend your
money, at interest, to the Government through
the purchase of Liberty Loan Bonds.
As an American cooperate.
We handle subscriptions.
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Keep km '
Your Kodak Busy !
"The Army lives on letters" is the way the boys at the
front put it. And when those longed for envelopes with the
home town post-mark contain pictures of the home folks and
home doings, they go far toward making lighter hearts and
happier faces. -
Keep your Kodak busy for th6 sake of the lads in the
trenches, the boys in camp and on shipboard. Help keep
tight the bonds between the home and, those who are fight
ing for that home.
Vest Pocket Kodak -It Fits the Uniform, $6.00
Other Kodaks, $9.00 and Up
KRESSE DRUG CO.
Store
Now Is The Time
to order that new suit or overcoat. The Fall and Winter sea
son is just opened. The new Woolen's are here over six
hundred samples guaranteed strictly all virgin wool. The
latest styles are here styles direct from the greatest design
ers in the country.
Let us make that new suit for you right here in our shop.
We will give you a suit that will fit. YOU, made for you ac
cording to YOUR measurements. No two men are built alike
no suit will fit any two men.
You can't go wrong on our clothes. Our personal guar
antee goes with every garment that leaves our place. We
use nothing but the best the best woolens, the best trim
mings and the best workmanship. We can afford to guar
antee them.
Suits Made By Us $25.00 and up.
MEYER & WOOD
HO TEL OREGON BUILDING, SECOND STREET
HOOD RIVER
"OUR TAPELINE IS WAITING FOR YOU"
Second Liberty Loan
We are now receiving orders for the SECOND
LIBERTY LOAN. The new issue will bear inter
est at i'c from November 15th.
There has been a long delay in delivery of the
first issue, but we are assured by the Secretary of
the Treasury that the second installment of Bonds
will be delivered promptly upon completion of
payment.
The sale closes on October 27th and we will
appreciate having your order as soon as possible.
Further information furnished by phone or
mail.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
THE
STANLEY -SMITH
LUMBER CO.
have restocked their yard and are in a
position to give estimates and furnish
all kinds of
Lumber, Lath, Shingles,
Sash and Doors
LET US FIGURE WITH YOU
Stanley-Smith Lumber Co.
Mr. Apple Grower
Be sure you see us before contracting your canning
grade apples. We will give you as much as any
one. A home industry conveniently located at the
east end of State street.
THE NEWTONIA COMPANY
APPLES WANTED
Will exchange one or two new 4-room plas
tered houses in Portland, or fifty-six lots in Van
couver, Wash., for Apples of equal value, in boxes
or on the tree.
J. D. HUTCHINSON, LENTS, OREGON
WRITE YOUR
Apple Insurance
WITH
J. M. Culbertson & Co.
Meats and Groceries
Delivered at any residence in Hood River
Prompt service and courteous treatment
E. M. HOLM AN, M?w!reet
TeJephone 2134 V '
4-Minute Men 4
"THE SECOND LIBERTY LOAN"
CARL H. VAUGHAN
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT -ELECTRIC
THEATRES
WORMY SHIP-
MEMS TABOO
DR. MACRUM ORDERS INSPECTION
Horticultural Commissioner, Outlining New
Law, Says Off Grade Fruit Must
Go to Converting Plants
'Shipment of wormy apples from
Hood River must stop," was the em
phatic assertion last Friday of Dr. C.
A. Macrum, of Mosier, state horticul
tural commissioner, here to confer
with County Fruit Inspector Angus.
"Many complaints are being received
from Portland as to arrivals of wormy
fruit. The Hood River growers, I find,
are among the worst offenders. Tbey
ought to be ashamed of themselves."
Dr. Macrum has Instructed Mr. An
gus t notify all steamboat and rail
way agents that all shipments of fruit
made from here to Portland in the fu
ture must first be inspected.
"Prior to the meeting of the last
legislature." says Dr. Macrum. "the
law on shipments of cull apples was
very indefinite. At the instance of
the State Board of Horticulture the
general assembly adopted an amend
ment that prohibits the shipment of
wormy and other cull apples, except to
such by-products concerns as cider
factories, canneries and processing
concerns where the identity of the
fruit will be changed completely. Jhus
the apples will not go into the market
in competition with the good product
of Oregon growers. Growers them
selves should realize that every box of
wormy apples they send to market will
actively compete with their good prod
uct and set a low price for the high
class fruit. If the growers cannot
comprehend this and avoid shipments
of such off grade stuff, we must en
force the law and protect them.
The managing officials of cooperative
agencies are cooperating with Dr. Ma
crum in the enforcement of the new
law.
Our growers." says F. W. Buff,
manager of the Fruit Growers Ex
change, "have been asked to conform
strictly to the rules of shipment as
outlined by the horticultural commissioner."
The amendment to the horticultural
law referred to by Dr. Macrum, fol
lows :
"Be it enacted by the people of the
State of Oregon :
"Section One. 1 hat section Mtw 01
Lord's Oregon Laws be and is hereby
amended so as to read as follows :
'Section 5499. It shall be unlawful
for any person, firm or corporation to
import or sell any infested or diseased
fruit of any kind in the State of Ore
gon, except that such fruit may be
sold to evaporators, fruit canneries,
fruit product lactones, or other by
product factories under the following
conditions :
"First. Such fruit so sold Bhall be
solely for the production of manufac
tured fruit products, beverages or
other manufactured products or by
products.
"Second. The nature of the infesta
tion shall not be such as to make the
articles of food or beverage manufac
tured from such fruit unhealthful or
unfit for use as a food or beverage."
GROWERS ADVISED TO
HURRY THE HARVEST
out this movement, using box cars for
the surplus of their daily packing over
the amount of freezers obtainable.
The Exchange need not point out to its
shippers the tremendous strategic ad
vantage it would be to all of them by
making an extraordinary effort at this
time to get their fruit off the trees, in
boxes and on the road before danger
of freezing becomes imminent. The
harvesting as well as the pocking
operation should be speeded up to the
limit.
The Exchange would like to hear
from each of its shippers, giving
information as to whether these rec
ommendations are practical and will
be carried out. The Exchange a trattic
department will be anxiously awaiting
this news in order to enable them in
telligently to cooperate with its ship
pers and the railroads in arranging for
a suitable car supply.
SONS OF THE REVO
LUTION OFFER PRIZES
The growers of the Northwest are
advised by the Northwestern Fruit Ex'
change to hurrv with their apple har
vest. A bulletin isued by the Exchange
follows:
Growers and shippers throughout the
Northwest, in the past 60 days, have
been lulled into a sense of security as
respects the car situation, all advices,
official and unofficial, tending to that
end.
. It now appears that the situation is
bv no means as satistactory as sup
posed and the chances are that there
will be another car shortage in the
Northwest this year which may even
exceed in severity that which pre
vailed last year. Forewarned is tore'
armed, providing those who are fore'
warned take the necessary steps in
their own protection. Everybody had
a dose of losses by delay in shipment,
freezing, etc., last year which will
long be remember. Good jugdment
dictates that everything humanly pos
sible to avoid a repetition of last
year's experience should be done.
The Exchange sent the fololwing tele'
gram to its field manager. J. B.
Adams, at Okanogan :
"Believe you should start Omak
call meetings directors every single
point Place squarely up to them
vital importance, reorganize operations
immediately on basis 24 hour continu
ous shifts night and day until crop is
harvested, packed, shipped. We realize
this may not be easy but equally confi
dent determined agressive action will
be successful. Reasons, almost certain
car shortage inside of few weeks. Our
plan is use proportion box cars this
month. Have been guaranteed by
Gavin such use have no bearing on our
proportion of freezers. Believe now is
time for supreme effort of all shippers
to get crop converted into quick cash.
Believe this program paramount im
portance. Quick hard drive desirable
answer.
This telegram is self explanatory.
The Exchange believes that if all of
its shippers would face the situation
squarely at this time, and, at what
ever cost of effort and trouble, reor
ganize their program, provide for i
continuous 24-hour operation of pack'
ing houses until this crop is cleaned
up, such a policy would win big. You
will note that we have had assurance
1 from Mr. Gavin, of the Great North
! ern,- that if our. shippers use box cars
they will not be charged against their
allotment of . freezers. We believe
that there is a fair supply of first class
box cars available, and our idea would
I be for shippers to use as many freez
, ers as the railroad will provide through
To encourage in the youth of the
state love of country and study of its
history, the Oregon Society of the
sons of the American Revolution an
nually offers to pupils in the public
schools of the state a series of prizes
for the best essays on subjects con
nected with thehistory of the Ameri
can Revolution.
It is peculiarly appropriate at this
time to recall the help of France at a
most 'critical period of that life and
death struggle, and the committee in
charge of the contest therefore has an
nounced the following subject :
"Uur debt to rrancelfor aid rendered
to the American Colonies in the Revo
lutionary war." I
lhree cash prizes will be awarded.
the first of $26, a second of $15 and a
third of $10. The contest is limited to
students in high shools and in the two
higher grades of grammar schools.
,lhe conditions controlling the con
test are as follows : Essays shall not
exceed three thousand words in length ;
shall be written in the pupil's own
band writing on one side only of white
paper, and must be accompanied by a
certificate of the pupil's teacher to the
effect that the essay is the unaided
work of the pupil. Essays must be
signed by the writer with full post-
office address including name of coun
ty, and mailed to A. A. Lindsley at
400 Henry Building, Portland, Oregon,
and must Jbe received not later than
April 1, 1918. Essays not complying
with these reauirements will be re
jected, and no essays will be returned.
rrizes will be awarded upon the fol
lowing points: Originality, accuracy
of statements, manner of treatment.
orthography, syntax and punctuation,
and neatness and legibility.
lhe state library has special collec
tions of books on the American Revo
lution which have been provided by
the Oregon Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution and are available
for any school in Oregon free of
charge except for transportation to
and from Salem. The grade libraries
contain 20 volumes, and for the high
schools there are M volumes. - They
may be obtained by writing to Miss
Cornelia Marvin, state librarian, who
takes an active interest in patriotic
education and will gladly afford every
possible facility to ambitious students.
NEW COUNTY BRIDGES
NEAR COMPLETION
Judge Blowers and Commissioner
Hannum, who Sunday inspected the
two new bridges being constructed
across Hood river, one just north of
Dee and the other where Trout creek
enters the stream, say that the work
will be completed within the next few
day9-. ... ..... .
both bridges .are of the Howe truss
type, new to the Hood River valley.
The piers are of concrete. Both
bridges are also roofed in, which is al
so an innovation in local road and
bridge construction. The bridges cost
each about $6,000. !The Dee bridge
was constructed by H. Cramer, and
the Trout creek structure by Strana
han & Slaven.
The county authorities state that
Mr. Cramer has been subjected to crit
icism that he in no wise deserved. The
work of constituting thebridge at Dee
was necessarily slow, the piers having
to cure for 21 days before they could
be used. It was also absolutely neces
say to tear out the old bridge before
the piers for the new structure could
be placed.
NEW CONCRETE BRIDGE
PROPOSED BY NUNN
LIBERTY LOAiV
MEETINGDECIDED
EVENT CLIMAX OF PATRIOTIC WEEK
Big Demonstrations Will Be Held Evening
of Friday, October 19, itHeil
bronner Ball
State Highway Engineer Nunn in a
letter to thecounty court proposes that
the county cooperate with the State
Highway Commission in the construe
tion of a new concrete arch bridge
across Hood river to replace the old
steel bridge at the east edge of the
city.
Engineer Nunn in his letter says
"Our bridge engineer, Mr. Purcell,
who recently inspected the old bridge.
believes that it will be too light for
the traffic of the Highway." Engin
eer Nunn says that the estimated cost
of the new concrete bridge, including
all spans and approaches will reach
$25,000. The county is asked to make
as heavy appropriations as possible for
the propose! new structure, even
though other contemplated bridge work
has to be sacrificed, since Mr. Nunn
points out that the state will expend
approximately $350,000 in constructing
the Highway between Hood River and
Mosier.
The court will begin immediate de
liberations on the proposals of Engin
eer Nunn and take action as early as
possible.
ANNUAL
RED CROSS MEETING.
The Annual Meeting of the Hood
River Chapter of the Red Cross
will be held Monday afternoon at
the Commercial Club. All mem
bers are urged to attend, hear the
reports and participate in the activ
ities of the organization.
For Hood River countv the climax of
the drive for the Second Liberty Loan
win oe reacned next ftiday, when pat
riotic week will be celebrated by a
monster mass meeting to be held at
Heilbronner hall, which has been se
cured for the occasion, and it is ex
pected that the crowd assembled will
rival that of last spring when the big
public hall was packed.
lhe local Liberty Loan committee.
composed of Truman Butler, E. O.
Blanchar, R. B. Bennett, C W. Me
Cullagh and A. D. Moe, last Saturday '
afternoon, at the instance of the Cen
tral State Committee of Portland, de
cided on the mass meeting. A speak
ers' committee, composed of Joe D,
Thomison, F. A. Cram and D. G.
Cruikshank, was appointed to make
preparations for the event The cen
tral committee was notified and asked
to assign a speaker for the occasion.
Hood River merchants will assist in
the celebration of patriotic week by
preparing patriotic window. The
Liberty Loan publicity committee,
composed of R. B. Bdnnett, R. B. Per-
lgo and J. W. Lrites, are busy placard- "
ing the show windows of all the busij
ness places of the city with Liberty ,
Lan posters.
The Liberty Loan meeting will be
attended by delegations of citizens '
from all outlying valley communties.
lhe local campaign for Liberty
Bonds is progressing very satisfactor
ily. Up to yesterday noon, the two
local banks, where the subscriptions
are being received, report a total of
$14,500. Chairman Butler says that
every indication points to the second
loan subscriptions exceeding those of
the first loan of last May.
"It is gratifying how our orchard
ists, despite the busy season," says,
Mr. Blanchar. "are taking time off to
come in, make inouiries and leave
their subscriptions. There is no osten
tation about their action. They say
that they consider it a duty, and they .
are ready to do their part toward
assisting the government in winning
the great war.
Following the return of Chairman
Butler and S. J. Moore, the latter the
First National Bank's representative
at the McAdoo meeting yesterday.
irom rortiana, announcements can be
made as to the choice of a speaker for
next week's meeting.
The First National Bankreports sub
scriptions of $9,000 and the Butler
Banking Uo. $5,500.
LIBERTY LOAN MEET
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT
A telegram was received yesterday
morning from C. C. Chapman, of Port
land,, in charge of publicity and speak- .
ing dates throughout the state, an
nouncing that Samuel White and K.
K. Kubh, prominent Portland men and
forceful speakers, will arrive here
Monday afternoon and address a meet
infg at 7.30 o'clock Monday night.
These men will proceed next day to
Mosier and thence to lhe Dalles.
Monday night's meeting will be held
at Library hall.
12TH CO. BOYS BUY
$4,000 LIBERTY BONDS
"I have just received my check from
the government," writes Leon Bent-
ley, member of 12th Co., to his father,
L. M. Bentley. "I deposited it at '
once in the bank at Ilwaco. I have
subscribed for two Liberty Bonds and
shall invest most of my pay for the
next five months in these bonds."
rr i ' ii' . . 1 r 1 I . a
ine Boiuier ooy siaiea in nis letter
that men of his company had sub
scribed for a total of $4,000 in Liberty
Bonds.
WAR LIBRARY FUND
REACHES $140 TOTAL
Misses Etheljane McDonald and
Ethel Goudy, who had charge of the .
local drive for the War Library Fund,
report that Hood River county has
raised a total of $140.
: "We have been notified," says Miss
McDonald, "that Oregon's apportion
ment of $1,000,000 was considered too
heavy by the central authorities, and
that Hood River, while the original
local allotment was $200, will make as
good a comparative showing as any
other county of the state."
The Library Fund workers declare
that they wish to thank the people of .
the county for their interest. They
report special subscriptions made by
the following : Hood River Odd Fel
lows, $5; Odell Odd Fellows, $2.50;
Barrett school, $5 ; Pine Grove school,
$7.60.
CORN CROP FINE
SAYS J. W. PERIG0
"I was born anil raised in Indiana,
but in all of my residence there I
never saw a corn crop that can equal
that of this year," says J. W. Perigo,
local merchant just returned from a
visit with relatives at Booneville, Ind.
"Some of the fields are a little late,
but by this time it is far enough ma
tured not to suffer from killing frosts.
While away I also visited in Kentucky
tobacco regions. The tobacco crops
are as fine as I ever saw."
Mr. Perigo states that an old farmer
friend of his at Spotswood, Ky., while
he was there, sold his last year's corn
crop of 10,000 bushels to the govern;
ment, receiving a check for $20,000.
The corn will be used by the govern
ment in the manufacture of alcohol.
Mr. Perigo participated in bass fish-
img while away. He says, nowever,
I that the water was too high to catch
anything with ordinary bait and that
'he finally had to resort to "Eagle
Brand."