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HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31. 1918
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AT the first of the New Year, you no doubt
are planning on economies and making1 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
Ever Ready
Flash Lights
and
Batteries
Johnston's
Chocolates
Rexall
Remedies
for all
Ailments
Vlctrolas
and
Records
STANDARD
GOODS
or
KNOWN QUALITY
AT
Eastman
Kodaks
and
Supplies
Symphony
lawn
Stationery
Pyralin Ivory
Thermos
Bottles
THE KgESSE DRUG CO.
The R&xaM Store
Come io and hear the latest January Records.
At the Threshold of
National Thrift Day
THE next annual observance of National
Thrift Day finds Americans strongly
uniied for Thrift.
j& Helping the Government has come to
mean the avoidance of waste and extrav
agance. & The practice of Thrift Is wide-spread
throughout the land, and on Monday, the
day following February 3d. thousands will
start added thrift habits.
& You are invited to register Thrift
through' this Institution.
FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
iffl
Km
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
Af ember Federal Reserve System
GUARANTEED
TIRE MILEAGE
Thrift Day
1
Next Monday, February 4th, is Thrift Day
and if you have not yet purchased a War Savings
Certificate let us urge you to do so on that day.
Thrift Stamps and War Savings Certificates are
the most democratic of investments and every Amer
ican is expected to show his love of republican insti
tutions by investing in this democratic security.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
Member Federal Reserve System
Consult us before throwing your old tires away. Per
haps we could rebuild it and save you considerable money.
No matter how large a blowout you have we can fix it.
We will positively guarantee tires that we retcead 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.
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
$ 7.60
9.65
11.25
12.85
15,35
30x3
30x3
32 x 2
34 x 3
32x4
33 x 4
34 x 4
35 x 4!$
36x4!4
,16.50.
22.90
23.20
NON-SKID
$ 9.20
11.65
13.65
15.55
18.55
19.55
-: 19.95
27.75
28.15
If your tires need other repairs, now is the time to
have it done. You may leave them with us for the re
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
NOW IS THE TIME
to have that automobile repaired. Why
wait until spring to have this work
done and lose the use of your car when
automobiling is a pleasure? All Ford
repairs made on Ford Factory Schedule
for labor charges. We can give you
prompt attention mow.
Hood River Garage
SECOND AND CASCADE STS.
Phone 4444
THE DEMAND 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
Odell Folk to Give Play
The play, "Miss Molly," will be
given at the Odell grange hall Satur
day night, February 2. There will be
good musical numbers, both vocal and
instrumental by Miss Aldine Bartmess,
Mrs. A. H. Ferguson and Hans Hoer
lein. The cast of the play is as follows :
Reginald Peters, an eccentric old bach
elor, Mr. Bucher; Miss Annie Peters,
twin sister of Mr. Peters, Mary Shep
pard ; Miss Molly, their niece, Eva
Boyed; Joe, the negro servant. Loyal
Rhoades ; Pearly White, another ethi
opian domestic, Thelma Cameron; Jul
ian Hewitt, an artist and a ward of
Mr. Peters, Algie Weinheimer ; Lady
Elusia, a guest, Anna Vonada; Cissie
Saunders, the officious an slangy gov
erness, Bobby Clark.
The program starts at 8 o'clocksharp.
Admission 25 and 15 cents.
Y. W. C. A. DRIVE
BEGUNJONDAY
WOMEN NOT PLAY SECOND FIDDLE
Mrs. Ainsworth and Mrs. Butler, Man
agersDistrict Captains are All
Hard at Work
Women of Hood River county, who
held a luncheon at the Hotel Oregon
Saturday to perfect plans for the Y.
W. C. A. war fund drive, launched in
all parts of the county Monday, declare
that they will show the men, always in
charge of former drives, that the
women will not play second fiddle.
The patriotic women have declared
that they will not be satisfied unless
their quota of $4U0 is far exceeded.
The Hood River county Y. W. C. A.
campaign is managed by Mrs. L. S.
Ainsworth and Mrs. Truman Butler,
the former In charge of rural commun
ities and Mrs. Butler of the city.
Captains for communities have been
selected respectively as follows :
Mrs. E. D. Kanaga, Mrs. J. W.
Crites, Mrs. R. B. Perigo, Mrs. F. H.
Coolidge, Mrs. Frank Howard, Mrs.
Geo. I. Howe, Mrs. J. E. Slade and
Mrs. C. A. Bell, city of Hood River;
Mrs. W. J. Horbelt, Dee; Mrs. Jennie
Madden. Cascade Locks ; Mrs. Everett
A. Bown, Parkdale; Mrs. William
Munroe, West Side macadam road dis
trict; Mrs. Chas. Fuller, Odell; Mrs.
F. H. Black man, Pine Grove; Mrs. A.
H. Berry, East Barrett; Mrs. Thomas
Flagler, Belmont; Mrs. Harley Glass,
Frankton; Mrs. J. J, Gibbons, Bar
rett; and Mrs. D. I Hierson, Oak
Grove.
R. OF C. DRIVE TO
BEGIN SATURDAY
The Hood River county drive for the
Knights of Columbus War Camp Fund
will be launched next Saturday. A
general committee, composed of J. H.
Mohr, M. Pendergast, P. J. Mohr, Ed
ward Dresser, P. H. Mohr, Themiore
Haas, A. A. Mohr, Geo. Mellon, J. P.
Naumes, Harry Farreil and Forrest
Kingdon, is engaged in working out
details of the campaign.
At a mass meeting to.be held at Li
brary hall next Friday evening, cap
tains of the soliciting teams JJfor re
spective city and rural districts will
be appointed, the quota, wnicn tne
campaign managers declare they will
raise, in order that the Hood River
county record for patriotic activities
may be kept clear, has been placed at
$1,000. Banks are cooperating with
the committee in the drive work.
The press committee of the campaign
has issued the following statement :
"Evervone is cordially invited to
participat in the meeting of tomorrow
night at 8 o'clock. We ask for your
presence and support in advancing this
worthy cause, conducted along identi
cal lines and supplementing the work
of the Y. M. C. A. Here is an oppor
tunity to make an effort or sacrilice,
great or small, and be certain that it
will through this channel bring ine
greatest amount of good that constant
association with the boys and sympa
thetic study of their needs, both here
and over there can produce.
. "The committees will make every
effort to reach everyone in the county.
But in case you are overlooked you
may contribute your bit to either of
the Hood River banks. With the pre
vious records of Hood River county as
our inspiration, we 'feel that we must
not lag behind, and again we ask you
for your hearty cooeration and sup
port that these recreation huts may be
erected for our boys at the country's
different cantonments. Thus we will
let them know that we at home are do
ing all we can for their welfare and
comfort."
The campaign will continue until the
committeeshave succeeded in reaching
their quota.
The Knights of Columbus, a Roman
Catholic organization, are conducting
their work ot constructing recreation
cottages at cantonments, under the
authority of the government on the
same basis that the Y . M. U A. work
is carried on. Seventy-three buildings
have already been established at
many different "cantonments, and more
are under construction. These are in
addition to buildings to be prepared
for troocs abroad.
"Everybody welcome," is the hos
pitable sign that cheerily blazons forth
from every K. of C. hut. Every sailor
and soldier of the United States, re
gardlesa of religious leanings, finds a
warm welcome and the hand oi a
friend and counsellor extended in
sreeting. and he is asked to enter,
rest, read, converse or enjoy himself as
he desires.
The Kniehts of Columbus are provid
ing recreation buildings, including
stages for entertainments. Ample fa
cilities for writing home are at hand,
and the man in the navy blue or the
olive drab will hnd good books, maga'
zines, newspapers, moving pictures
and other forms oi wholesome amuse
ment and entertainment.
In regard to the Knights of Colum
bus work at Camp Lewis, Brigadier
Frederick S. Foltz in command, says :
"The Knights of Columbus, Camp
Lewis. Wash.
"Gentlemen: I desire to express to
vou mv appreciation of the great work
which your association is doing among
the offi1"? and enlisted men of this
command. Your several buildings
erected in this cantonment and main
tained by your association are sources
of great comfort and benefit to the
members ot the command, and tne
work which you are performing is ex
tremelv commendable and deserves the
support of every patriotic citizen.
the letter was closed by expression
of wishes for future unlimited success,
which, it was declared, was deserved,
report, "the boys were very profuse in
expressing their appreciation."
UMr. Bell states that his committee
to date has had no emergency calls,
but that one or more of the members
are always present at the arrival of
day trains and the early evening trains
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in readiness ior anvining mai may
arise. Mr. Bell declares that his fel
low committeeman. Mrs. L. M. Bent
lev, should be highly commended for
her untiring efforts in securing dona
tions oi Bpples from growers ana nav
ing brought them to the station.
"We have several boxes of apples
in storage at the Apple Growers Asso
ciation, continues the report, "this
institution having granted the Red
Cross storage gratis, which this com
mittee feels is worthy of "mention and
commendation."
Neelect bv any draft registrant who
has been granted deferred classifica
tion to report to his local board within
five days any fact that might change
or affect his classification, will be a
very serious matter, indeed, for that
draft registrant.
1 he penalty for such lorgetumess is
up to one year in jail. And govern
ment appeal agents and tne ponce
have been instructed to watch very
closely the status of all registrants in
deferred, classes.
As an example, suppose a draft reg
istrant, who other wise would be in
Class 1, to have been granted deferred
classification by reason of his employ
ment in a shipyard.
His deferred classification Holds good
only for the time he is actually so em
ployed.
If he quits work in that shipwyaru
for any reason whatsoever, he must
report the fact, within five days of his
quitting, to the local board.
If he doestn t report it, the change
in his status is certain to become
known sooner or later. He will be
arrested, prosecuted and probably sent
to jail.
Making a false report is punishable
as severely as neglecting to make any
report.
The rule cited does not apply only to
men employed in shipyards. It applies
equally to any draft registrant in a
deferred classification whose status
has been changed.
ODELL BOY SCOUT
" TROOP FORMING
REPORT BY CAN
TEEN COMMITTEE
In a report to E. O. Blanchar. chair
man of the Red Cross Chapter, C. A.
Bell, chairman of the canteen commit
tee, states that apples at the rate of
two boxes per car have been distrib
uted to all soldiers who have passed
through Hood River since the canteen
committee was appointed.
"In every instance," says Mf. Bell's
IMPORTANT NOTICE
FOR DRAFT ELIGIBLES
A Boy Scout troop, to be composed
of two patrols of eight boys each, is
being organized in the Odell district
with J. C. Duckwall as Scoutmaster.
Mr. Duckwall says the boys will be
trained immediately, that they may
play an important part in the ap
proaching Liberty Loan of 1918. They
will also be instructed in gardening
4-Minute Men-4
"The Man of the Hour
the Shipbuilder"
A. J. DERBY
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT
GEM THF.ATR E
methods, and each Scout will be obli
gated to plant a small tract of land the
coming spring.
The troop committee of the organiz
ation is composed of Allison Fletcher,
V. M. Vose and Or. E. O. Dutro, all
prominent citizens of the neighbor
hood. W. G. Ogden will be assistant
scoutmaster.
Any boy of the neighborhood over 12
years old will be welcomed in the new
organization, according to Mr. Duck
wall. The teaching ot the Boy Scouts
is an excellent training for boys,
teaching them early in life and in an
attractive manner the respomsbihties
of life.
PLANSllADE FOR
SALE OF SMILEAGE
W. A. Isenberg, .chairman of the
Hood River Council of Defense, re
ceived a telegram Tuesday from Harry
P. Harrison, of Washington, 1). C.
appointing him to take charge of the
local sale of bmileage books. Definite
plans for the sale of the books of tick
ets, which will admit enlisted men to
theatres provided for their entertain
ment, will be decided at a meeting to
be called tonight at Library hall.
At the meeting of tonight the Hood
River Defense Council, Mr. Isenberg
states, will be reorganized. It is asked
that all men who were recently sworn
in as a special home guard, special
duty sheriff s commissions having been
issued them. Ihe Ixwncil will be reor
ganized from those present tonight.
J. W. WEST BECOMES
Ml. HOOD MANAGER
Friday J. W. West, tormerly in
charge of the civil engineering depart
ment of the Eccles interests in this
county, will assume the superintenden
cy and managership of the Mount Hood
K. K. Co., with an olhce here. Mr.
West will succeed J. M. Read, who
came here recently from Ogden, Mr,
Read having resigned.
Mr. West, who succeeded his father,
Joseph West, as engineer for the line,
had charge of construction of the most
of the valley rail line.
CANADIANS TO
BE HERESUNDAY
OFFICERS WILL TELL EXPERIENCES
Meeting at Asbury Methodist Church
Delegation of Citizens Will Greet
Visitors at Station
From preparations that are now be
ing made, one of the most enthusiastic
meetings ever held here will take place
at the Asbury Methodist church Sunday
afternoon, when addresses will be de
livered by Major F. B. Edwards and
Capt. E. J. Cook, officers of the Cana
dian army, home from the trenches re
cuperating from wounds, will deliver
addresses. The visiting officers, who
have been touring the state for the
past several weeks under the auspice
of the Oregon Council of Defense, will
tell of their experience in the battle
front. In a degree they will bring the
war and its meaning to the people of
Hood River county.
Up to last Saturday the two officers
above named have been accompanied
by Lieut.-CoI. T. M. McMillan, a third
Canadian officer, who was called to
Vancouver, B. C, while at Baker. Ihe
three men have been accompanied on
their tour by Bruce Dennis, secretary
of the Oregon Defnse Council, who will
be here with them Sunday.
At all the points where they have
appeared, the Canadians have been
greeted by overcrowded houses, and it
is feared that the Methodist church
will not nearly accommodate the big
audience next Sunday. The meeting
will be presided over by Mayor Dum
ble. Three patriotic solos will be ren
dered by Mrs. C. H. Sletton.
NITRATE OF SODA
AVAILABLE AT COST
To the farmers and fruit growers of
Hood River county :
I wish to make the following an
nouncement: The United States Department of
Agriculture has purchased 100,000 tons
of nitrate of soda and proposes to dis
pose of this fertilizer direct to farmers
at cost plus the local freight from sea
port to point of destination. The plan
provides that farmers must make ap
plication for this fertilizer through
county agricultural agents and local
committees appointed by such agents.
in every county having no agricultural
agent the Btate director of extension is
expected to appoint a committee of
three and to designate one member of
this committee to perform as chairman
the duties of county agent in taking
active lead in the county. Applica
tions for nitrate must be in the hands
of the chairman or a member of the
committee not later than February 4 so
tne necessity tor quick action is appar
ent.
In the absence of a regular county
agent I have been appointed by the ex
tension department of the Oregon Ag
ricultural College to act as chairman
of this committee. The two other
members of this committee are A. W.
Stone, manager Apple Growers Associ
ation, and Leroy Childs, Hood River
Experiment Mation. Applications
should be sent to myself 6r to either of
the two whose names are given. Ap
plications should indicate amount of
nitrate required and for what crop.
Remember that this holds good only
until Ferbuary 4. Advices have just
reached me that approximately 40,000
tons of nitrate will be distributed from
Portland and Seattle. The approxi
mate cost per ton will be about $75.
We urge that fruit growers and far
mers of this county avail themselves
of this opportunity to secure cheaper
ieniuzer. is noi urged mat anyone
buy this fertilizer because of its great
ly reduced price only, nor in larger
quantites than sufficient to meet pres
ent year s needs. The grower will ap
preciate this is a war emergency pro
vision and it is hoped that he will make
use of it with that idea in mind. '
Gordon G. Brown,
Horticulturist Hood River Experiment
Station.
Shipbuilders to be Recruited
The Hood River Council of Defense
is making ready to conduct a local
campaign for recruiting woodsmen and
shipbuilding laborers. All available
men will be registered. The local
Four Minute Men's organization, ac
cording to E. C. Smith, chairman of the
organization, is working along these
lines.
Judge Derby will lie the Four Minute
speaker for the week at the Gem the
atre. He will talk on "The Man of the
Hour, the Shipbuilder.
HUMAN TOE FOUND
IN EXCAVATION
A crew of men engaged in excavat
ing for the new garage at the corner
of Third street and Cascade avenue
last Friday found a human toe, the sev
ered member enclosed in a small bottle
filled with some kind of preserving
fluid.
The toe, it is presumed, was once
appended to a pioneer woodsman, who
may have lost it in some early day
logging accident. The toe was found
on the former location of an old log
ging house patronized extensively in
early days by loggers. Enclosed in
the original bottle, the cork stopper of
which is almost rotten, and accom
panied by a typewritten inscription,
"Owner please call and claim," the
ancient toe has been placed on display
in the show window of Keir's drug
store.
SANFORD SMITH'S
SISTER IS DEAD
See "The Rescue," at the Gem Tues
day, one day only. Its a Bluebird
with an all star cast.
Sanford Smith, past commander of
Canby Post, G. A. It., has received
news of the death, at Lawrenceburg,
Mo., of a favorite sister, Mrs. Mary E.
Mason, wife of L. F. Mason. Aged 67
years and five months, Mrs. Mason was
a native of Kentucky. She had settled
with her family in Missouri when a
small chid. Death occurred December
24.
Mrs. Mason is survived by two other
brothers and two sisters. She was a
member of the Christian church, and
known for her devoted practice of her
religion.
"It indeed brings me great grief,"
says Mr. Smith, ' 'for I had hoped that
we might be with each other again on
this earth, hhe was a true mother, and
taught her children to walk the honest
and upright path. She watched over
them and protected them from the
storms of life. We will ever cherish
her love in our memory."
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