HOOD KlYEK (JLAHEK. TIlCltflAY. FEIilir.UlY i'S. 191$ Every Automobile Owner in Hood River Valley Should know that there i.s ONE place in Hood Kiver wher. he can have his STORAGE BATTERIES and ELECTRICAL TROUBLES property cared for. Alt kinds of Klretrivat Apparatus Riunl.t, S.1,1 an J Keiaired. Auto Surter aril Storage lottery lottery today, no charge. All wrls ijuar.iuteed. spei ialiet DAKIN ELECTRIC WORKS Phone 2712 3rd and OaR Sts.. lament Male Bank HuiUln.;. HOOD RIVER, ORE. COAL AND WOOD Roek Springs and Utah Wood of all kintis special Crushed Rock add Sand and Gravel. STORAGE Remember we are always at your service for afcy of the above items or for the transfer of your trunk or any other hauling. Transfer & Livery Co. TELEPHONE 4111 Protect Your Surplus Crops 1JEF0RE you harvest your fruit, grain or hay, provide a shed or hnrn in which to store it. And how about that surplus that you expect this year '! Maybe you Ml need some temporary sbeds. There's no need to sacrifice your crop when we have so much GOOD LUMBER for Karn or Shed Building, In our yard you will find every thing in building material. Make up your list and bring it in today. BRIDAL VEIL LUMBERING COMPANY Yard West of Freight Depot- Phone 2181 I 1 We' have just received a new I I 1 I '0t f 1 I I 1 Country Club Toilet "J yUuJ Preparations i lj JJ!f Come in & let us show tlieni to you if J Chas. N. Clarke YOUR Druguist I This is to wish our A Happy to express our appreciation tor past and the hope that ovir future will he such us and to yon. as ARNOLD GROCERY COMPANY 1 Buy for Cash, F. 0. B. cars Apples ad Potatoes All Grades and Varieties What Have You to Offer? E. V. CRAMPS WE HAVE - Give us your order at onco'so that you can depend upon your supplies for this season. Kelly Bros. Phone 1401 tors, to-nenito-s, p.atteries, etc. service stat.ou. in ujr lint. H.l us tet vi ur Coal-Best Grades Only. quotations on carload lots. j IVitrons nnd Iritnids New Year custom, for the relationship to brin gratification to M ( Land Plaster, j Box Shooks. X. W. BONE TELLS OF COLD WINTER "Never have 1 see such a inter." I a the way N. VV. Bone, who with I Is wife returned Sunday niht from a two ', t!jC;tbs' visit at Sprmfield. III., char- actcrizetl the weather he encountered . in trie rruuuie west ; "We bad a week of fairly decent ! wthther aftr our arrival the first if; ; Iitcember," continued Mr. Lone. "ai,d ' then the lent(eralurc dropped to zer . For the two nionth3 it ranged from j :.ro to a:- low as "2u degrees tie low." ! Mr. Bone says the people tf Sprinu ' field had 1,0 coal ftjiiiie for the simple ; reasi that the community mine? an j abundance of fuel. ' "But," he savs, "the roa! mires ! were operated only about a half of the ! time because of lack of cars. Vet the j miners are making huie money. At the prices they receive they make all the way from .ft to $12 daily, and the operators are jrettiiii; rich. The con-j ; burner, as it appears to the printftield people, is the jroat. i "Some tall hustling, however, took place when (iHrtield ordered the five days' shutdown on use of fuel in non essential industries. The ruling went ! into etfect Friday. Sunday 1 happened j to be sitting: at the window of an office i overlooking the Chicago & Alton line. 1 1 was there 8i minutes and during that time I saw six long trains, all coal, I move by. While at Springfield 1 had ! occasion to make a journey -l miles south on the t. & A. In that distance I I bolseve 1 saw at least 2,000 loaded 1 coal cars on sidings and at haft spurs. ! No empty cars were to be had and not a coal mine was operiting." Mr. Bone, who was a grain dealer ; before entering the apple game here, says that the government is now en : paired in strirtHious effort to secure sufficient seed corn for distribution among middle eastern farmers. "Coupled with a late spring," says I Mr. Hone, "early frost stuck the corn j belt last fall, and nearly all of the corn was harvested soft. The grain is I so damp that the cob cannot be used : for fuel, and grain dealers order to j prepare corn for grinding are finding it necessary to nut in kilns. This condi tion makes corn meal high. "In every district representatives of the United States department of agri culture and county agents are corral ing all dry stocks for seed. I heard of one fanner, who resided near Spring field w ho happened to keep over NKH) bushels of old com. He sold it for $7..ri0 per bushel for seed." BUMPER APPLE CROP IS LOOKED FOR i With indications pointing to u bump iercropof more than l,Oo(),o(K) boxes i of apples the coming fall, growers are j now confronted with the problem of proper application of spray. More than 100 skilled spray machine men : havejieen called away in army or navy ! service, and it is feared that a. high j percentage of fruit marred by disease j pests or fungus may result unless ! measures are taken to train new spray machine experts, I.eroy Childs pro I poses a school for the instruction of ! new sprnymen. Except for the cost of paper, which, aciording to an announcement by A.W. Stflin will be bought for one cent less per pound than last season, all other materials used in apple production will cost more the coming year. Boxes, it is said, will cost at least a cent more than hist season, and while a shortage will prevail in some districts, the As sociation lias already placed contracts for its members. The Association has ordered 120 carloads of paper. Facts About Mount Hood (From the Oregon Voter) How hiuii is Mount Hoot und how far is it from Cortland? Mt. Hood is 11,125 feet high and is f0 miles from I'orlland. Its height equals I.'! city blocks, a I little over two miles. It is 200 times higher than Mount Tabor. It is 500 times higher than the Yeon building. In an air line it is the same distance from Portland as is Salem, the state capital. In bulk, Mount Hood is nearly 40 times greater than Tike's Teak, which probably is the best-known of Ameri can peaks, so fur as the populous east is concerned, l'ike's Peak is 14,147 feet high, measured from sea level. hut it rises only 8,000 feet, above the level of the plains and only 4,000 feet above the mountain plateau upon which it rests. Mount Hood rises 11,140 feet above the Columbia river at Hood Kiver, and it, 000 feet above the valley floors to the Qountiiin. Try your nierirprv--50 miles from Portland and 11,125 feet high. He member these figures this week ; next week we will have some other figures that will help you answer another question asked bv everyone who visits Portland. Fuel Conservation Affects flood River The Oregon fuel administration, through the council of defense, has is sued orders for all office buildings to cease the use of fuel for heating ollice rooms except in daytime. The fuel conservation movement affects the fol lowing Hood River buildings: Hall building, Brosius building. Smith build ing, Eliot huilding.First National Bank building and Heilbronner building. Where lower floors of the buildings are occupied by business enterprises that require night work the rule will not be applied. Showshoe Club Returns Members of the Snowshoe club, after t a six-day participation in skiing, snow j shoeing and tohoganing in the great I snow fields of Mount Hood, passed through ncre Minuay atternoon en route home. The men hiked down through the national forest to Mount Hood l-odge, where they had lunch, and from that point were brought on sleighs to Parkdale, where they caught a rail auto. The recreationisfs declare that the snow fields, while the snow is not as deep hs ordinary years, were in excel lent shape for their sport. Constant Sufferer Find Relief "I have been a constant sufferer from kidney trouble and three months ago was down sick in bed for my Imck ached so severely 1 couldn't get up," writes C. F. Reynolds. 112 Herrick St., Elmira, N. Y. "While in this condi tion we read of Foley Kidney Pills so I commenced taking them. In a few days I was up out of bed." Foley Kid ney Pills strengthen kidneys and blad der. Recommended for backache, rheumatic pains, sore muscles, stiff joints. Solq everywhere. SKINNER IN GAS AND FLAME UNIT ' The S'th Emjireers, the only "fas I and flame" unit in I'neie Sam's new army, is seeku:' nitti to nil tfce rark of what has been rharactenzeii as the , imist interesting branch cf the service, i H. R. Skinner, of Hood Kiver, is a i coritoral in Com leaves with tin any V ol tr.e j'th and t.ext Unit for service oveseas. Two companies of the 30th are already in ai tion on the French front, two more are leaving for the front and the la.-t two companies of the organization are nw being formed at Fort Mer, Va.. just across the IV tomac from Wa.hii:gton. 1. C, and will see early service abroad. The 30th is entirely a volunteer or ganization and seeks red-blooded men who are not afraid of getting some real action. It is an offensive unit and will see action in every offensive along all parts of the front line. Opportuni ties are offered for men of certain spe cialized trades, although any able UkI ied man from IS to 40 years of age can find a place in the 3oth. Among the specialized trades de sired are "expert powdermen, electri cians, pipefitters, sheet metal workers, chauffeurs, truck drivers, auto me chanics w ho are real mechanics, car penters, blacksmiths, surveyors.drafts men, mechanical and topographical.and cooks. Anyone who is within the draft age can join the 3oth by writing or wiring to the commanding officer of the ;ilth at Fort Myer Va., asking induction into the ;Qh Engineers. He w ill then be inducted thr .utrh his local lioard. Those above or below the draft age can enlist by going to the nearest re cruiting ollice and enlisting for the 30th Engineers. LEU OVER SEEDS MAY BE GOOD By using the liest of vegetable seed stocks left over from last stason a good deal can be done to overcome the present seed shortage. Seed prices are going to be higher than those of last year, and seed should be purchased anil used with great discrimination. A. G. Bouquet, head of vegetable gardening at O. A. C, offers the following sug gestions as to the use ot lett over seed stocks : Beets, cabbage, cauliflower, ruta baga, turnips ami related plants may grow well even if four or five years old. Spinach does rtot give so good results in the second and third years. ToOatoes, peppers and egg plants are uUlally good for three years ; squash and pumpkins, five to eight; beans and sweet corn three ; peas and lettuce, three. Onion, parsley, carrot and parsnip seed usually should be fresh, although two-year old seed sometimes gives good satisfaction. Onions and parsnips will not usually germinate more than 50 to 60 per cent the second year. All of the shortlived left over seed should be tested for germination. The shortage may be further relieved by estimating the amount needed be fore purchase, buying good seed from reliable dealers, right preparation of soil for gerimnation, seeding at proper time to avoid loss, and thinner seeding m the rows so that fewer plants will be wasted in thinning. The amount of seed of various kinds required to plant a hundred foot row are given in "The Home Vegetable Uaruen, ISo. zi prepared by Prof. Bouquet. Copies may be had on request to O. A. C, I'orvallis. HIGH SCHOOL HAS MILITARY COMPANY The high school has adopted military training, and the young men of the in stitution will be drilled each Tuesday. Both Supt. McLaughlin and Prof. G. R. Mclntire have had military train ing, and the newly organized company of students will be commanded by these faculty men. The high school reports that all stu dents have affiliated with the Junior Red Cross. Girls of the institution will engage in knitting and sewing. Funds for the purchase of supplies will be raised in part by the military com pany, the members of which will wotk atfer and before school and on Satur days, turning over their earnings to the Junior lied Cross fund. Three Runaways Caught All but starved and exhausted, weary and footsore, Chester Snodgrass, aged 14, and James and Willie Meyers, respectively 11 and 12, were taken in to custody Wednesday of last week by Marshal Cnrson irtid Sheriff Johnson. The youngsters ran away Sunday from the home of the Portland Boys and Girls Aid Society. The Meyers lads, who formerly Iresided here, are broth ers. The youngsters, after they had been fed to satiety by the officers and had thawed out before the roaring stove in the city hall office, declared that they would be glad to return to the home. They were Sent to Portland Wednesday afternoon in care of the eortjuctor on train No. 1. The runaways declared that they had eaten but one meal from Sunday noon until their feast Wednes day morning. Local Folk Attend Convention The following people have been in Eugene attending the annual state convention of the Christian Endeavor Union: Rev. L. G. Leavitt, pastor of the local Christian church ; Esther N. Davis, Misses Bessie Stevens, Mary SarfiSel ami Catherine Baker. All are prominent in the Sunday school work of the church. While away Rev. Leavitt attended a conference of Northwestern Chris tian ministers in Portland. Pine drove Crange Plans Minstrels Again the people of the valley will be privileged to laugh, for the Pine Grove grange next Saturday will give another of those exceedingly comical minstrel shows for which the members of the grange are becoming famous. The program will consist of pickaninny stunts, a southern cornfield moonlight jubilee, buck and wing dancing, fine singing, good music by a six piece orchestra and stunts. After the show dancing will be par tieipated in. A Hint to the Aged If people past sixty years of age could be persuaded to go to bed as soon as they take cold and remain in bed for one or two days they would recover much more quickly, especially if they take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. There would also be less danger of the cold being followed by any of the more serious diseases. ;i'i!0F. KRAUSS TO GIVE THREE TALKS Prof. K. J. Kracss, in charge of the hTtK-ultural research department of O. A. C, will deliver a series of lec tl.lv her this week. Prof. Krauss will appear at Tine Grove prance hall this afternoon. Tomorrow he will talk to the erowers of the Barrett district, and Saturday afternoon his lecture will be given at the Mc Isaac hall at Parkdale. Prof. Krauss will tie accompanied bv Leroy Childs and Gordon G. Brown, of the local station. Camp Theater Prices Lo While figures are not yet available on the proportionate number of f 1 and $5 smiiage books being purchased for use bv men at the camps and canton ments, the Commission on Training Camp Activities, in charge of the sale, states that there has been unexiected demand for the larger tmoks. Smile- age books selling for $1 contain 2o cou pons good for admission to camp enter tainments ; Imoks staling Jor $5 contain loo coupons. From two to five coupons are re quired for admission to Liberty the aters at the camps, although many of the productions are of the class which commands $2 prices in metropolitan houses. Docs Backache Worry You Some Hood River People Have Learned How To (iet Relief How many people suffer from an lull ing back? How few kuow the Cause? If it hurts to stoop or lift It you suffer sudden, darting pains If you are weak, lame and tired, Suspect your kidneys. Watch for nature's signal. The first sign may be iieadache or dU ziucss, There may be bladder ills, Nervousness, or a constant, dead-tired feeling. Avert the serious kidney diseases, m at the weai eueu kianeys witn i Doau's Kidney Pills, A remedy especially for sick kidneys. Endorsed in Hood River by your friends and neighbors. Mrs. .1. W. Gatchel, lion Seventh St., Hood River, says. "1 bad considerable trouble from a dull nagging pain across the small of my back. I tried several kidney medicines, but got no benefit, f inally 1 began using I loan's Kidney Pill. I soon found, much to my sur prise, how quickly they acted, and" I got better at once. Tho backache disap peared and mv kiduevs were strength ened." Over six years later Mrs. Gatchel said: "1 am ready to confirm any time what I said in my former statement regarding my experience with I'oan's Kidney Pills. 1 still take them whenever in need of a kidney medicine and they al ways give me great satisfaction." Price 00c at all dealers. Pon't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Dunn's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Gat chel has twice publicly recommended. Foster - Milburn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, X. Y. it HONOR the memory of the lads in active ser vice. What more appropriate than an artistic Roll of Honor bung in youi Lodge Room. Suggestions cheer fully furnished. Photos colored. P. MANSER Artistic Signs Too Phone 544T There i nn mumylng lint' to blur your vlHiou. KryptoK tOve you perfect near anil fur vision, clear anil diKtluct, in the MUliu- pair ot & lasses. H. L. HASBROUCK OPTOMETRIST Sacks, Sacks and more SacKs We want sacks pretty badly and it w ill pay yon to see H. GROSS THE SECONDHAND DEALER THIRD STREET Phone 1213 Notice to Contractors , .Sealed bid will tie received by the Slate : IIIkOiWHV I'oimiiiMnoii ot I nt suite of Oregon at the ottlee ol Hie I'lialnimn of the ('oinniis-! sion, KUll Yeon liiillditiic, Portland, lit 11 a. ! in., on the 5lli day of -March, lsUH, for brulije i described an followii: ! One reinforced rnncrete bridge over Hood Itlver Just outside of the City ol Hood River,' on the Columbia Kiver Highway, in llood ! Kiver Comity, con dial of three 13) arch spans ' nl tffi feet center jo center ol piers and about j I in feet of concrete approaches. The state w ill furnish cemeut. l'lease provide In your pin- j posal for delivery of cement either f. n, b. cars I or at the barne, Hood Kiver, Oregon. if is not known at this lime whether II will he possible to secure cars for delivery bv rail, I and in that event, it may be necessary to ship 1 by harse. i No bid will he considered unless acenmuan- led by cash, bidder's bond or certified check loran amount ennui to at least live per cent lo'; I of (lie total amount of the bid. A corKirate surely liond will be required fur the faithful performance of the contract lti a sum equal to ouc.half of the total amount of the hid. All proposals must be delivered in person ny the bidder or his duly authorized agent, at lueplaceand hour above mentioned. proposal blanks and full Information for bidders may be obtained at the ottlce of the state Highway Commission and the Hiate Highway KiiKiueer, lu the State House at siu lem, OreKon. Plans and specifications and forms of con tract may be seen at the same place or may Ik obtained upon the deposit of .i 00. The right la reserved to reject anv or all proposal or to accept the proposal deemed best for the State of Oregon. STAT K Illiill WAY COMMISSION H. Bknsox. Chairman, W. U Thomson. Commissioner. Attest: K. .1. Adams, Commissioner. II KKKKRT N U.NN, 8lat H lichway tnglneer. Salem, Oregon, February ID, Wis.. r.'lfSB ICRYPTQXf 1. GLASSES IV. THE INVISIBLE BIFOCALS f Blowers Hardware Company Corner of Oak and First Streets Telephone 1691 For Autb or horse drawn vehicles, Service to pny part of the Valley at any time Telephone 1201 Fashion Hood River, Oregon PEOPLES NAVIGATION COMPANY Steamer Tahoma Down Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays Up Mondays, Wednesdays, Saturdays All kinds of freight and passengers handled. Horses and automobiles given special attention. Jack Bagley, Agent, Phone 3623 DRY WOOD We have obtained a small amount of Dry Mill Wood which will be shipped in by cars. If you wish some of it please order at once so we can deliver direct from cars. Phone 4251 Taft Transfer Company BRUNO FRANZ DAIRY YOl'RS FOR PROMPT SERVICE AND GOOD MILK AND CREAM Tel. 5441 We are selling Schillings Best Line with a Money Back guarantee if you are not satisfied after using them. Kaesser's Groce'ry Grocery of Quality E. E. KAESSER, Proprietor Hunt Paint & Wall Paper Co. Complete line ot PAItVTS, OILS, BRUSHES, Ktc. Livery Co. Phone'3192 Heath & Milligan Mixed Faints Glidden's Varnishes Room Mouldings Bulk Calcimine Mixed to Order Plate and Card Rail Dry Paste J 1