The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, February 14, 1918, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textmm irfY uTSiT' rTvl -Mi 3. VOL. X.N IX HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1918 No. 37 The Busy Hour for Telephoning IF we comprehend that residences are ordering their gro ceries and supplies that retailers are ordering from the wholesalers that freight depots are notifying their con signees, and professionals making their daily appoint mentsat just the time we are doing our own ordering, it must be between nine and ten o'clock in the morning. If the line is busy when we call at that time, it is also busy for others when we are using it, and the whole situ ation might be relieved if we called later in the day. If the persons who persist in visiting during the busy hours will have fine consideration for others, they will do it later in the day. They will not under any circum stances talk over five minutes. And they will use the tel ephone on party lines for reasonable and necessary pur poses only. Oregon-Washington Telephone Company Ever Ready Flash Lights and Batteries Johnston's Chocolates Rexall Remedies for all Ailments Vlctrolas and Records STANDARD GOODS OF KNOWN QUALITY AT Eastman . " Kodaks and Supplies Symphony Lawn Stationery Pyralln Ivory Thermos Bottles THE KRESSE DRUG CO. The 3sxat Store Come in and hear the latest January Records. Business Efficiency Under today's new conditions, those hav ing business Interests , require a broad &rasp of both Industrial and financial affairs - need foresight and quick adaptation. Business, extending beyond smooth-worn channels, calls for careful guidance, and with his own best knowledge the busi ness man may well combine that of the Banker. Our Officers welcome consultation. FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER, OREGON Member Federal Reserve System O CHEVROLET $51.30 will be your saving if you Purchase Your Car NOW! The Chevrolet Motor Company notify us that owing to the increased cost of materials, labor, etc., they are compelled to advance prices. ! THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE FROM THE PRESENT MODELS, As long as the cars we have on hand lest, they will be sold without the advance in prices. DO YOU KNOW THAT OUR COUNTRY EXPECTS EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE UNITED STATES TO BUY TWENTY DOLLARS WORTH OF WAR SAVINGS STAMPS DURING THE YEAR 1918 L In order that we may do our full part the Governor of the Twelfth Federal Reserve Bank suggests that two days each month, namely the 1st and 15th, be set aside as WAR STAMP DAYS and extra effort be made to sell War Stamps to (or for) every man, woman and child on the Pacific Coast on those particular days. Let us have your order for War Stamps and Savings Certificates not only on the 1st and 15th but any other business day. BUTLER BANKING COMPANY MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE" SYSTEM We now have on display The Famous Model "490" 5-Passenger Touring Car Present price: . $715.00 War tax not included. World's Lowest Priced Electrically Equipped Automobile. HOOD RIVER GARAGE Phone 4444 SECOND & CASCADE STS. 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 now. 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 Dissolution of Partnership. This is to announce the dissolution of the partnership between myself and C. A. Tucker in conducting th Cas cade Garage. I have purchased the interest of Mr. Tuc ker and have assumed all liabilities and will collect aJl debts owed the firm. Jn order that the business may be settled at once will all vho have accounts due the Cwwade Garage please remit by mail or call at the Heights Ga rage where I am continuing in business. ' J. F. VOLSTORFF- APPLE MAN BACK HOME McCULLACH RETURNS FROM TEXAS Optimism Prevails at the Houston Fruit Shippers' Convention Experience oa Cold Train Recounted "Except fur Texas, which has been hit for the past year by one of the worst dry spells in history, represnta tives from every part of the United States at the recent annual oanvention of the Western Fruit Jobbers' Associa tion at Houston, Tex., report fine busi ness conditions,' says C. W. McCul lagh, who returned Friday from the convention. Mr. McCullagh says that the general demand for firm, high class apple stocks is good and that all concerns expect to clean up their business with dispatch, now that the freight embar goes have been lifted. "No one at the convention, howev er," says Mr. McCullagh, "can give any hope for exports of apples as long as the war lasts. Even though the em bargo is lifted, trans-Atlantic freight rates will be prohibitive. We were told that the rate per barrel on apples would now reach between $lu and $16, whereas formerly the trade considered 75 cents per barrel as exorbitant. The normal rate was 30 cents." Mr. McCuIlaeh. who shipped his automobile to Los Angeles that he might motor through to San Francisco on the return trip and study the Cali fornia evaporating plants, says that all surplus Btocks of apples in the Watson- ville district are now being dried. He says that he is well pleased with the sales of apples made by his concern in the south the past season. Mr. McCullagh says that the cold weather of southern Texas was almost unbearable. The train on which he and W. B. Dickersun, who is pending the winter in Los Angeles and who ac companied the sales manager to the convention, were returning from Hous ton was caught in a norther near LI Paso. "The water in the Pullmans froze," says, Mr. McCullagh, "and the passen gers suttered severely. Beginning to feel the chill after I had retired. I arose and put on my underclothes. Then 1 followed with my socks, and finally my other clothes and overcoat. Mr. Dickerson fortunately found the upper berth of his section unoccupied. h irst he appropriated the blankets ana then the mattress. Despite his precau tion he caught a severe cold. "Winter prevailed in southern Cali fornia. A snowstorm hit the orange groves. 1 was surprised to find that a cyclone had hit Pasadena, although never a word of it has been mentioned in the newspapers. The terrific wind, traveling in circles, had uprooted large trees and had blown away a side of a big church, spinning huge stones as though they were leaves. Mr. McCullagh says that the Califor nia orange crop is exceedingly short. While the navel crop is about five per 4-Minute Men-4 "THE EYES" OF THE NAVY E. O. BLANCHAR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT GEM THEATRE cent of normal, he says, the Valencia production will bring the total to ap proximately 30 per cent of a normal yield. "A peculiar condition exists in the orange groves," says Mr. McCullagh, "one tree may be found its limbs al most breaking, another 10 trees will have no fruit on them." While away Mr. McCullagh called on Fordham B. Kimball, who is now in training with a heavy field artillery regiment at San Antonio, Tex. "The soldiers at the numerous can tonments have been a godsend to the Texans," says Mr. McCullagh. "They have saved many businesses. I never saw so many soldier boys as are at San Antonio. The most interesting place there is the Camp Kelly Aviation field. At one time we saw 27 machines in flight over the testing grounds." Mrs. McCullagh accompanied her husband on the journey to Houston as far as Sacramento. Cal. She met him on the return at Im Angeles and mo tored north to San Francisco, returning home with her husband. ASSOCIATION DIS TRIBUTES $100,000 Members of the A ride Growers Asso ciation are this week receiving checks that will total approximatey $100,000, a distribution by the cooperative agen cy on all fruit delivered from the 1917 crop. The advance is based as follows : On Spitzenburgs, Delicious, Ortleys, Ar kansas Blacks, Oregon Reds and Red Cheeks, 80 cents per box on all grades and sizes ; Newtowns and Black Twigs, 70 cents per box ; all other varieties, 60 cents. The Association announces that all pools have been closed on the following varieties: Gravensteins, Kings, Jona thans, Winter Bananas, Northern Spys, Rellefleurs. Ladv annles. Golden Pip pins, Wolf Rivers, Nonesuch, Detroit Reds, Mcintosh Reds, Grimes Goldens and Snows. Final statements have also been issued on the 1917 pear Crop. did not then tell me the name of the town, bat after he had gone 1 found a card he wrote and left, giving his name as W. L. Carson and his home, Hood River. While some of the ladies had taken sandwiches and coffee to their train, these two young aviators wanted to see Where we had made them." The visit of young Carson reminded Miss Robertson of a trip to Oregon and she ended her letter with the fol lowing paragraphs : "One glorious May morning in 1892 a long train of people going to the general Presbyterian convention at Portland stopped for breakfast at Hood River. We were met by most gracious women who showered us with lovely flowers and were so cordial and hospitable that the breakfast hour seemed very short Through all these years the memory of that wonderful morning at Hood River has been an inspiration, and perhaps more than any one thing has made me realize how, to a weary traveler the meeting of people not promoters but friends, cheers one on the way. Results, as shown in' the letters we receive from soldier guests, prove the success of our work, and so I want to send greet ings and all good wishes to the Hood River Chapter. "1 wonder if the water still runs as clear under the bridge, whether the sun glorifies the mountain's snows and whether the May flowers are still of as wondrous beauty. I have always dreamed of going to Hood River to stop some time." SERVECE FLAG DED ICATION DATE SET Next Wednesday afternoon, Feb ruary 20, has been set aside by the Hood IUver High School for the ded ication of its service flag. It Is plan ned to have all of the school chil dren present, while the G. A. R. ana VV. R. C. are invited to attend as or ganizations. The general public is also Invited and especially the par ents of the boys for whom the flag is presented. The exercises will be at 2:30 at the High School auditorium. Besides the talks in connection with the present ing and receiving of the flag, Dr. John H. Boyd will speak. The mu sic will be rendered by the schools, directed by Mrs. Henney. Students who have earned credits toward graduation In the High School are entitled to stars on the flag. The 94 students for whom stars have al ready been placed on the flag are as follows: Jack Anderson, Corbett Alexander, John Allen, Fred Bell, Estee Brosius, W. J. A. Baker, George Bragg, Rob ert Bragg, C Hayes Bickford, Henry Blagg, Harold Blackraan, Allyn But ton, Malcolm Button, Leon Bentley, DeWalt Bonebrake, Leland Bever idge, Joe Carson, Donald Cochrane, Fred Coshow, William Chandler, John Copper, John Coshow, Sidney Carnine, Samuel Coad, Roy Dark, Ray Emery, Edgar Franz, Lester Fisher, Earl Grey, Ray Gibson, Ches ter Huggins, Leonard Howard, Hu bert Hasbronck, Karl Houston, Rud yard Imholz, Harold Ingalls, Forrest Isom, Morris Jayne, Burton Jayne, Leroy Krohn, Roselle Krohn, Walter Kresse, Lebn Littlcfleld, Eugeno Lejv Is. Arthur Lewis, Paul Lancaster, Arthur Lofts, John Ledford, Dayton McLucas, Clifford McDonald, Yale McCarty, Matthew Miller, Angus Mc Donald, Will McGuire, Forrest Moe, Mark Moe, Paul Manning, Walter Niehans, Donald Niekelsen, Lowell Niekelsen, Grant Palmer, Herbert Phillips, Marshall Pineo, Oak Rog ers, Walter Resnell, Kerby Ross, George Struck, Ferdinand Struck, Lawrence Schetky, Horace Skinner, Glen Shoemaker, Lee Spalding, Ed win SonnlchsPii, Elliott Staten, Elvis Stockton, Earle Spalding, Jack Stan ton, Roer Simpson, Paul Sosey, Ralnh Sherrieb, Walter Shay, Will Tolnian. Jesse Thomas, Clark Thomp son, Alfred Thompsen, Karl Vonder Ahe, Edward Van Horn, Ray Wlck- hain, John Wynn, Howard Wildin, Joe Winchell, Homer Wood, Willard Ycung, Harold Hershner and Ray Nickelsea. HOOD SOLDIER RE CALLS FORMER VISIT The Red Cross Chapter Tuesday re ceived a letter from Miss Alice Al. Robertson, chairman of the refresh' ment unit of the Kansas City. Mo,, Red Cross Chapter, who told of a visit to their refreshment booth by Lucien Carson, an aviation cadet. "We were honored a few days since." says Miss Robertson in her letter, "by call at our refreshment car from two splendid young men from carload of aviation cadets on their wav to Texas. One of them said he was especially interested in the Red cross in his Dome town in vregon. tie MEN ARE WANTED FOR SHIPBUILDING HOOD RIVER BOYS SAFE TWO LOCAL MEN OS THE TUSCANIA Torpedo from Hun U-Boat Sank Troop Ship Last Wednesday Evening Amer ican Loss Approximately 150 The last suspense of Hood River reU stives of men aboard the Tuscan ia, British liner carrying American troops, which was torpedoed by a nun U-boat off the coast of Ireland Wednesday evening of last week, was made to vanish Monday morning: when Geo. C. Gladden received a telegram announc ing the safety of his brother, Van Gadden, member of Company F, 20th Engineers. On the dav before mes sages had been sent from the war de partment to Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Lock man telling that their son, Austin M., member of Co. 0, 20th Engineers, was safe. A message from the government also conhrrod a former cablegram xrom the young man himself, announcing the safety of Lieut. Franklin L. Folta, nephew of E. T. Folts, who was on the illfated steamer. Another boy well known in Hood River. Frank Clarke. of Portland, was among the survivors. Not since the war started has any incident so aroused the American peo ple. First reports of the disaster esti mated the loss of American boys at more than 1000, and anxiety waa felt in hundreds of Oregon homes as moth ers and fathers in dread suspense pa tiently awaited definite news. The battalions of the 20th Engineers aboard the vessel were recruited largely from the Pacific coast states. The Tuscania was manned by a British crew and was being convoyed by British destroyers. It is thought that the U-boat, which is reported to have emerged and opened fire on life boats, was attacked by British destroy ers and sunk by a depth bomb. The comparatively email loss of life is con sidered miraculous. The sea was calm, however, and the boat remained afloat for about two hours. The soldiers, al though they have been trained for only a short time, were calm. The British destroyers rushed to the rescue of the men aboard the stricken boat, the small craft being steered to the very side of the sinking hull of the Tus cania. DEFENSE ROADS ARE ENDORSED BY CLUB The Commercial Club Monday night adopted a i resolution endorsing a bill recently introduced in congress and providing for three systems of defense highways on the Pacific coast, namely, the Balboa Highway along the coast, the Pacific Highway and the El Camino Sierra, the latter penetrating Central Oregon. The club instructed the chairman of the organization's civic committee, J. R. Norton, to inaugurate a campaign calling for a cleanup of State street The men desired for enrollment in the United States shipyard volunteers are of the following classes : Acetylene and electrical welders, asbestos workers, blacksmiths, angle smiths, drop-forge men, flange turners, furnace men, boiler makers, riveters, reamers, carpenters, ship carpenters, dock builders, chippers and calkers, electrical workers, electricians, wire- men, crane operators, foundry workers, laborers of all kinds, loftsmen, tem plate makers, machinists and machine hands, all sorts of helpers, painters, plumbers and pipe fitters, sheet metal workers and coppersmiths, ship fitters, structural iron workers, riveters, erect ors, bolters-up, cementers and crane men. Those who are enrolled are not com pelled to serve, but their enrollment furnishes the the opportunity to help win the war just as surely as does ac tual fighting in the trenches. Any man who can use a tool is quali fied to become a U. S. shipyard volun- tccr Y. W. C. A. FUND IS FAR OVERSUBSCRIBED Thh Hood River county drive for the Y. W. C. A. .war fund up to Saturday had reached a total of $569.22. The countv's auota was $400. The cam paign was managed by Mrs. Truman Butler and Mrs. L. S. Ainsworth. A fair share of the funds came in as a result of solicitation over the tele phone. . Highway Work Began With a crew of men in charge of En gineer R. H. Scott, recently detailed to local work of the State Highway Commission in charge of the task, alignment work was begun last week on the Highway between Hood River anoT Mosier. Mr. bcott, it is stated, will complete the preliminary engin eenng work at once, in order that ac tual construction may be started as soon aa possible. GO NOW AND BUY A War Savings Stamp. between Second street and Hood river. The high embankment on the south side of the street has been used aa a dumping- ground for several years. The club proposes to have all unsightly rubbish removed by the time the new artistic concrete bridge, to be con structed this summer jointly by the county and the State Highway Com mission, is completed. The civic committee was also in structed to make elf orts to find a loca tion for a suitable automobile camp ground. the club, acting on the report that the association contemplated relin quishing its property, has adopted a 1 . ! Al T 1 T1 7 n .-.. resolution urging me noou raver Dane ball Association to retain its park on the Heights. In case the property is lost and passes into the hands of pri vate owners, who use it for buildings, Hood River will be without an athletic field. To save the property the owners may, if necessary, plant it to straw berries for a few years, thus earning funds to pay off indebtedness. The club has voiced a protest to the city council against permitting con tractors engaged in excavations for new buildings, to litter the paved streets of the business section with mud. The Monday evening meeting was presided over for the first time by the new president, 0. P. Dabney. DRIVE FOR WAR SUF FERERS SATURDAY The Hood River county drive for the Amenian relief fund will be conducted Saturday by children of all county schools. Literature will have been sent to all households previously, and the children will simply canvass all com munities to assemble free will offer ings. Arrangements have been made to have the banks receive funds from thoe who have been overlooked Satur day. County Supt. Gibson and City Supt. McLaughlin have also been auth orized to receive Armenian fund gifts after Saturday. K. OF C. DRIVE GOES OVER THE TOP The Knights of Columbus war fund drive for Hood River county which will close tomorrow, has met with success. The quota was reached by last Satur day and to date Harry FarrelL member of the executive committee reports a total of moSe than $500. The fund was increased by $12.10, the proceeds of a card party given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Cramer Tuesday evening. Fathers ire especially invited to the services at the Methodist church at Odell Sunday. r