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HOOD KIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 19J8
No. 33
A T the first of the New Year, you no doubt
are planning on economies and making use
of labor saving devices. The telephone is one of
the greatest labor saving devices of the day. -Can
you afford not to. have one in your resi
dence ? Five cents a day or less than one cent
per call for the average subscriber is the rate.
THE TELEPHONE IS FOR YOUR SERVICE
Oregon-Washington Telephone Company
Be loyal to your Own State. Eat the perishable foods your
farmer produce.
Now is the time to have your
better Kodak negatives
"Enlarged."
We are equipped to do your
Enlarging right
at reasonable prices. .
not
THE KRESSE DRUG CO.
The &xaM Store
KODAKS VICTROLAS
i - Come in and hear the latest January Records. . -
THIS BANK
offers you the best -service consistent'
with ood banking, and respectfully
solicits your account., It is not neces
sary to come to the bank. Deposits
may be sent by mail.
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Member Federal Reserve System
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Butler Banking Company
of Hood River, Oregon v j
at the Close of Business, December 31st, 1917
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts $513,183.55
Bonds, Warrants and Stocks 104,127.56
Savings Department Loans 97,412.79
Safes, Furniture and Fixtures 6,203.33
Real Estate 35,690.23
Cash on Hand and in Other Banks 184,304.84
940,922.30
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock $100,000.00
Earned Surplus and Undivided Profits.. 31,707.69
Deposits 809,214.61
$940,922.30
SERVICE IS OUR MOTTO
QUALITY GOODS
FRESH, SMOKED AND CURED
MEATS
THE BEST OF GROCERIES
L. H. HUGGINS
Successor to
E. M. HOLMAN S SANITARY MARKET
Same old stand on 12th Street.
Deliveries made to all parts of town.
Phone 2134
GUARANTEED
TIRE MILEAGE
We will positively guarantee -tires that we retread to
run a definate mileage. On all tires that fail to do so we
agree to make a refund based on 2000 mile guarantee on
the plain retreads, and 2500 mile guarantee on the non
skid treads. : v
It must be understood, however, that we do not guar
antee, against blowouts, but if the tire is, in our opinion,
weak and would not justify a repair, we never fail to
advise you.
PLAIN' XON-SKID
30 x 3 $ 7.60 $ 9.20
30x3K, 9.65 11.65
32 x 3 11.25 , 13.65
34 x 3! 12.85 - 15.55
32x4 15,35 18.55-
33x4 16.15 19.55
34 x 4 v 16.50 x 19.95
25x4 22.90 27.75
36x4K 23.20 28.15
If your tires need other repairs, NOW is the time to
have it done. You may leave them with us for the
mainder of the winter, "and when you are ready to use
them in the spring there will be no unnecessary delay.
THE TIRE SHOP, Inc.
214 Oak Street
THE D E M A N D OF THE HOUR
Military Wrist Watches
for
U. S. Soldiers
Elgin Military Watches are especially adapted to hard
outdoor use. .
Complete in sturdy, compact case of special design.
Strong, mannish looking, silvered dial with luminous
hands and figures. Heavy cow-boy style strap of battle
ship gray.
Other designs, built upon substantial lines, all of
moderate price and time-keeping qualities.
Come in and let us show them to you.
W. F. LARAWAY
JEWELER
NOTICE.
Having closed out our Cascade Garage business, the
lease having been sold to the Snow & Forden Co., we find
It necessary to ask prompt payment of all bills contracted
through the said Cascade Garage. Please remit by mail
or call at the Heights Garage.
J. F. VOLSTORFF.
C. A. TUCKER.
Automobile Owners!
i
Do not store your, cars for the winter without first
bringing them in for our inspection.
We have added to' our business an automobile repair,
branch. Our new department will be maintained with the
care that has characterized all of the work of our shop.
H. P. Jochimsen will be in charge of this work.
With best wishes to all of our Hood River Valley
friends and customers for
' A Happy and Prosperous New Year.
W. G. SNOW
HOOD RIVER, - -' . OREGON .
THE ROMANCE
0FAJI0NEER
CHIEF BEQUEATHED A DAUGHTER
Young Indian Fighter Won Esteem of
Chenowith of Tascades, Who De
livered Charge Before Death
The mound of a newly made grave
has been reared in the little cemetery
of Underwood. Beneath the conven
tional ridge of heaped up and rounded
off clay and loam rests the body of
Amos Underwood, pioneer Indian
fighter who had claimed the mid-Columbia
for his home for 65 yearsT And
while the aged man had more than one
scalp to hia credit, no man of the early
days, perhaps, was ever held in higher
esteem by the Indians than Amos Un
derwood. At the age of 83 the aged pioneer
passed awav at the home of his only
suviving child, Mrs. Mary V. Olson, at
the little town on the North Bank that
beara his name Friday, December 14.
His funeral was held the following
Tuesday. While he left no son to per
petuate his name, the old man left the
town and community to bear it down
through time.
In the life and deeds of Amos Un
derwood one may read of romance,
tragedy and hardship. His wife was
an Indian maiden, the daughter of
Chenowith, chief of the Cascade In
dians. Following the so called Cas
cade massacre in 1856, Chenowith and
his personal retinue of warriors were
tried by court martial and sentenced to
be hanged, lhe old warrior, with the
noose around his neck, in his farewell
address motioned to his side one of the
stalwart young jjuards. The guard
was Amos Underwood.
"1 have observed this sturdy pale
face for several years," were the
words, according to interpreters, of
the proud old chief as he stood within
the shadow of death, "and his actions
have been good. My son, to you I give
my daughter,. In your care I have no
fear for her.",
Chenowith. with eloquence in his
final word and gesture, stepped back
and uttered a war whoop. Soldiers
grasped the free end of the rope and
his body was hoi6ted from the earth.
A grave, so the story goes, had al
ready been dug nearby the execution
ground. In his speech Chenowith had
pointed to the hole and had appealed
that his body be not laid to moulder in
the cold earth. tl.explained that he
was wealthy.
"Go," he said, "and sell of mv
ponies that pasture on the lowlands
and purchase robes that myself and
my warriors may have decent burial in
accordance with our ancient rites."
His surviving friends were given the
right to carry out his request. ,
Mr. Underwood at the time of the
execution was but 22 years of age. To
humor the sentenced man he accepted
his charge, although he had never seen
the daughter. It was more than five
years neiore ne iaia eyes on cuen, as
the Indian gril had been christened
when she was baptised by missionaries,
and during the time the young girl, ac
cording to the Indian custom, had been
given to Lieut. W. K. Lear, a young
officer at the post.
As Mrs. Olson tells the story of
those pioneer days, the Indians of the
Cascades wished protection from the
whites.
"Lieut.- Lear saw my mother, who
was a beautiful maiden," says Mrs.
Olson, and fell in love with her. My
grandmother called a council of her
people, and it was decided that it
would be wise for them to accept the
officer's proposals. The two were
married according to the Indian law.
To them a child was born, a little girl,
Isabella.
"Then Lieut. Lear was transferred,
first to California, then to Arizona and
later to Alaska. My father came back
again to the mid-Columbia and while
passing through the post he saw
my mother for the first time. He re
membered bis promise, and 'soon he
and 'my mother were married and
shortly moved to their home for so
many years at Underwood. My fath
er's brother came to the mid-Columbia
after a few years and fell in love with
the girl, Isabella, and they were mar
ried. "Always our home has been the ren
dezvous for Inidans of the surrounding
country. 1 hey have come to my father
and mother, and grandmother, the lat
ter having resided with us for many
years, for advice. The poor have come
for help, and the troubled for words of
solace. I have never known a nobler
old woman than my grandmother. She
never recovered from the loss of her
husband, whom, she said, was exe
cuted unjustly. She had cause to hate
the whites, but she ascribed the act to
ignorance and what, bitterness was
hers she kept within her own breast.
My grandmother always had plenty,
and never did i see her fail to divide it
with Indians coming to her for aid.
"A few years ago f had occasion to
visit the Ytfkima India ii reservation.
At first I was just an ordinary Indian
visitor. Then I told someone of my
grandfather. . After that nothing was
too good for me. 'She is the grand
duaghter of Chenowith,' I heard them
tell each other, and I wasfeasted and
entertained like-a princess."
Mr. Underwood was onelof the pio
neers of Oregon who i helped to make
the history of the country. Asa vol
unteer in Co. B., Oregon Volunteers,
of which he was a corporal, he partici
pated in the Cayuse war of 1855.
THE 0RCIIARD1ST
AND INCOME TAX
Rubber Stamps
AT THE
GLACIER
OFFICE
While a large percentage of them
Lwill not have to pay a tax on their in
comes, after exemptions and deduc
tions have ben figured, many orchard
ists will be requied to make reports of
their incomes to intenal revenue ofn
cers this month. All reports must be
tnade before March 1. If a married
orohardist's income reaches $2,000, for
a single man (1,000, then it is bliga
tory on Trim to make a report.
. As returns of cooperative sales agen
cies and other apple shipping concerns
are for the most part, not made in the
year during which the crop is produced,
growers have asked how to compute
their orchard income. The report now
called for by the internal revenue de
Daftment coven the year 1917. To ex
plain the method required yor making
up reports, the custom pf the Apple
Growers Association may be taken for
an example. In 1916. when growers of
this agency delivered their fruit, they
received an advance of approximately
25 cents per box. This 25 cents will
not be taken as a part or the 1917 in
come, but the Association made fur
ther payments and rendered a final ac
counting during 1917, deducting from
the amount due sums owed by individ
ual growers for supplies, boxes, etc.
This final statement received from
the sales agency, showing the net orch
ard, returns, may be turned in on a
report. During the fall of 1917 the
Association made an advance of 35
centy per box, more or less, as apples
were delivered No deductions for
boxes or other supplies may be made
against this 35 cents. Growers, how-
out for actual labor of picking, pack
ing and other expenses incidental to
the harvest of the fruit. The apple
grower, as in the case ef any other
farmer or business man, is allowed as
deductions all interest and taxes paid
out during the year 1917. Further
deductions are granted on depreciation.
On all farm buildings a three per cent
depreciation is granted ; and 10 per
cent on farm implements. No deduc
tions will be given for purchase of ma
chinery. Deductions, however, -do at
tach for the purchase of necessary
small farm implements.
Suppose a man has an orchard that
has jpot come into bearing, will it be
permitted that the funds he expends on
such property be included in deduc
tions? They will not. Nor will the
income from the property be, included
as such in a report. Such expendi
tures are considered in the light of an
investment. Until the property be
comes a going, paying concern it will
not be taken into consideration for the
purposes of making an income tax re
port.
in case an orclmra or other property
has reached tho producing stage, and a
bad year brings about a loss on the
property, then that loss may be shown
as a deduction.
Daniel J. McGill, representing Mil
ton A. Miller, Oregon internal tax col
lector, left Tuesday. Mr. McGill re
ported that reports had been filed with
him by more than 40 Hood River citizens.
PAY OF DRAFT
- BOARDS IS SET
Instead of being paid for their work
at the rate of $1 per hour, as has been
the case, draft boards are to be paid
on a unit basis. 1 hat is, at a certain
specified rate for every man to whom
a questionnaire has been sent by the
board and whose final classification has
been made.
Thirty cents per man classified for
each board has been fixed as the rate
of compensation.
In ordering this change in the meth
od of compensation, the provost mar
shal general has emphasized particu
larly the fact that many board mem
bers, and in many cases entire boards.
are giving their services to the govern
ment without any compensation whatsoever.
To these patriotic officials the eov-
ernment has expressed its deep appre
ciation of their services.
But unfortunately, it is explained,
other board members have turned in
claims that are felt to be extravagant.
So high are these Claims in the aggre
gate that they total more money than
congress could be expected to appro
priate, or the people to approve, lor
that purpose.
Any board member who desires to
give his services to the government
may still do so under the new regula
tion. Furthermore, it is provided that
any board may, by unanimous vote,
arrange that one member, or two
membe rs of the board, may receive the
compensation, though in such case no
two members may receive more than
25 cents per man classified, or if only
one members is compensated, shall not
receive more than 15 cents per man
classified.
12TH CO. MEMBERS
NEED LAUNDRY BAGS
E. O. Blanchar has received a letter
from B. B. Williams, first lieutenant
and now commanding officer of 12th
Co., who expresses a keen .apprecia
tion for the aid of Hood River people.
In behalf of the 12th Co.," writes
Lieut. Williams, "I wish to thank the
citizens of Hood River for their recent
gift of several rubber packs. These
are very useful in this region, and a
wonderful help to the men. lms cli
mate is so very wet that no form of
clothing except rubber or oilskins will
keep the boys dry.
If the people of Hood Kiver ieei
like they would like to contribute any
thing further, I will state here that
laundry bags will be very acceptable.
An old flour bag. with a drawstring in
the top answers the purpose ve ry well.
Small pillows are also a great comtort
to your boys. In mentioning these
items I hope you understand that I
merely do so as suggestions in case the
people of Hood River feel like render
ing further assistance to the boys from
their town ; and that their efforts may
be expended along lines that will' pro
duce the most good."
In .closing his letter Lieut. Williams
says: 'l hnd a nne, ciean ioi oi
young men in 12th Co., and I am proud
to be;their commanding officer."
MAN STRICKEN AT
POST OF DUTY
GOOD NEWS FOR '
0RCHARDISTS
APPLES MAY BE USED COLLATERAL
Stone, Back from Mission, Gets Letter
indicating Favorable Action from
Federal Reserve Board
The body of R. K. Chambers, mem
ber of a United States engineering
crew engaged in a survey of the Co
lumbia river, who died Jriday after
noon of heart failure near Lyle, was
brought here by one of the engineering
boats Saturday, and is held at the An
derson undertaking establishment
awaiting instructions from a brother
who resides at Toledo.
Mr. Chambers acting as rodman and
another member of the crew were ea
rned in topographical work. Grow
ing alarmed at the failure of Mr.
Chambers to srive designated signals.
companions began a search. The body
was found over a funnel on the North
Bank line.
Mr. Chambers, who is about 50 years
old, was a member of the Canyon City
Masonic lodge.
A. W. Stone, who returned Honda?
night from Washington, D. C, and
New York city, where he had been to
confer with officials of the Federal
Reserve Bank and other large banking
institutions in an effort to have stored
apples taken by the Federal Bank as
collateral just as stored wheat and
other such agricultural products, found
a letter from the federal Reserve
Board indicating that his appeal will
be acted upon favorably.
You are, therefore, advised that
there is no reaon, so far as the Feder
al Reserve Board is concerned,- why
owners of apples should not receive
precisely the same consideraton as any
other borrowers possessed of securities
considered by local banks to lie ade-
uate and satisfactory." is a para
graph of the letter, dated January fi,
received by Mr. Stone, who decided
last fall to take the matter directly to
Washington, when stored apples offered
by northwestern growers as collateral
were turned down by the Reserve
Bank.
"To me." says Mr. Stone, "this let-
ter indicates that we will be permitted
to use our storedapples freely as se
curity, and such a ruling will have a
wide and beneficial influence In all
northwestern apple districts and be of
great assistance to local banks in
financing fruit growers."
While the general apple market has
been Very poor for the past several
weeks, Mr. Stone says it is the opinion
of dealers that the consumption of a
glut-of low-grade and frost-damaged
product will tend to work a great im
lhe export situation, however.
says Mr. Stone, "from all that I can
gather, is still very problematical. No
apples have been shipped as yet, and it
may be that we will not be permitted
to ship'any this year."
Mr. Mone, while away, says that he
also conferred with members of the In
terstate Commerce Commission over
what effect the government control
would have on.apple shipments. Offi
cials, he says, do not anticipate any
change in the present situation.
Whether or not the rail lines will con
tinue to push their demand for a 15 per
cent freight increase on apples or not
we do not know, but we will continue
to gather evidence to show that such
an advance would be a calamity to the
fruit districts of the northwest."
Mr. Stone while away visited three
days at his old home at Buffalo, N. Y.f
tie caned on Mew xork Uity friends
and financial people. While in Wash
ington he conferred with Congressman
Sinnott. whom he characterizes as one
of the best frills the Hood Kiver
valley has, and Major A. fcJ. Clark,
who is now in the judge advocate
department. Major Clark was attor
ney for the association in the litigation
brought last year by the Hood Kiver
Orchards Co.
On his return Mr. Stone was accom
panied by his daughter, Miss Beatrice
Stone, who recently graduated from a
training school for kindergarten teach
ers at f reedonia, N. Y. '
BRIDGE MAY BE
OPENED NEXT WEEK
Because of a shortage of labor.
adverse weather conditions and diffi
culty in securing a pile driver, the
county has been delayed very much in
the work of replacing a 100 foot span
of the high trestle approach to the
steel bridge across Hood river. The
bridge was washed out- the week be
fore Christmas, but for a week the
continued high water of the stream
made repair work impossible. It iB
estimated that the structure will not
be open to traffic before next Wednes
day.
Because of the danger of the task
two skilled carpenters, employed in
succession as superintendents of the
work, have left the job. Commissioner
H annum is now in active charge.
A rumor that a firm of bridge con
tractors approached the county court
following the washout, offering to
complete the replacement within six
days or make no charge for the task,
is flatly denied by Judge Blowers.
"Such a rumor is absolutely false,
says Judge Blowers, "for no contract
ing firm ever approached us. I would
like to know the man who started such
a report."
FARM LOAN ORGAN-
IZATIONS ACTIVE
Both the Upper Valley and East
Hood River National Farm Loan Asso
ciations are making satisfactory pro
gress, according to reports of R. E.
Scott, secretary of both organizations.
Loans to the extent of $25,600 nave
been approved by the Spokane Federal
Land Bank for the former organiza
tion, while the latter a subscribers
have been granted loans of S50,5W,
and an additional $18,300 are in the-
process of being closed. Fifteen -new
applications have been approved local
ly and are now in the hands of the
Land Bank, officials' of which promise
that an appraiser will be here about
the middle of February.
Officers of the Upper Valley organiz
ation have been elected-Xor the ensuing
year as follows : Director E. C. Mil
ler, president; J. D. Smullin, vice
president ; L. H. Kose, Kobert treasure
and L. W. Tomlinson.
W. D. Allen and A. I. Mason have
been elected respectively president and
vice president of the East Hood River
association. Other members of the
board are: V. Winchell, F. P. Fri
day, J. O. Cameron and J. P. Naumea.
The loan committee consists of Mr,
Friday, Mr. Winchell and Mr. Naumes,
Mrs. Castner to Help Thrift Movement
Mrs. C H. Castner has been ap
pointed a member of the executive
committee of an organization that will
wage the campaign for War Saving)
Stamps in Oregon.,