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VOL. X.X
HOOD UIVKH, OUIXiON. TIIUULAY, JANTAKY i,
No. 32
THRIFT
OUR MAINSTAY
Yesterday wy,;p tjie xvar was racing: and
extravagance would have meant increased
sutFerir.tf ami death "over there;"
Today
iHirintf the rtvnsiructin l-rioiI when
industry is fonnulatir.jr a new iii-ojjram to
meet the jre?ent situation :
Tomorrow
When the readjustment shall
have taken place and peace conditions ajrain
prevail ;
DE THRIFTY
First, Last, and Always
First National Bank
Hood River, Oregon
The New 1919 Model
COLUMBIA GRAFONOLAS
ARE HERE
Many new improvements are
included.
tl) Standard Universal Motor.
(2) New Hinc Motor Board.
(3 ) New Friction Cover Support.
1 4) Bayonet Lock Spring Barrel.
The new Columbia Grafanola
cabinet is equipped witli the new
patented record ejector. This
with all of the. other new fea
tures makes the machine the
most Appealing on the market
tulay. See for yourself.
Reed-French Piano Co.
G. E. CORSON, Manager
Formerly Red Cross HtaJquarters, opp. 1st Nat'l Bank
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines
WELCOME HOME
We iuive reserved your favorite coiner and
we still carry in stock your favorite brand of
Clothing and Haberdashery.
You'll find the other fellow here so come on
in and make the reunion complete.
J. G. VOGT.
STANLEY SMITH LUMBER CO.
HAVE JUST RECEIVED A CAR OF
Finish Lumber, Lath
Shingles
Sash and Doors
We are now in a position to furnish all your requirements.
Roofing Paper
carried in stock
STANLEY SMITH LUMBER CO.
Kodak Developing
. and Printing
By our Real Kodak Expert
Now is the time to have your best Neg
atives Enlarged.
We make Enlargements in Black and White and Sepia.
We do our own Printing and Enlarging - and do it right.
Bring in your best negatives and we can tell you as to size
they w ill best eidarge.
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Come in and hear the latest January Records.
THE KRESSE DRUG CO.
The Sa Store
VALLEY LUMBER
CUT IS HEAVY
is RECOlib W RED
CROSS SURPRISE
Committees will Le appointed to
certain work, ana it 13 their uatv
that work with the greatest amoi.
efficiency.
'"There will be no radical changes to!
be made. I will try and deal with!
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eacn ijrouieiu in a common euse ana i
. -. , business-like way. In irter do the'
191S OITPIT REACHES 33,617,000 thii.K necessary to keep the tows HOOD KIVER GAVE $19,331 LMS'S
atlairs in a healthy condition mentis no;
small ttfoit on the part of the council, !
and 1 might say that 1 woul I l:ke fur St'Cretan's It ;rt Shows (iratifir.2 I
me cuizeua lit aiienu our nuiurnsi
Oregon Lumber Company Heads List ith
2I.0G2.C00 Feet and M.khells Point
Lumber Company is Second
BUTLER BANKING
COMPANY
ESTABLISHED MOO
RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS
Member Federal Reserve System
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While the county's annual average
lumber out was greater by seeral mil
lion feet w hen the Stanley-Smith Lum
ber Co.. the annual output of which
was 17,500,000 feet, was operating,
; seven t.maller nulling concerns operat
ing latit year went far in their aggre
gate production toward reaching the
larger concern's cut. 1 he seven
smaller mills, headed by the Mitchells
Point Lumber Co. w;ith a cut of 3.500.
.000, turned out 11,075. (XK feet. With
' the 21.002,000 feet produced by the
Oregon Lumber Co. 's null at Dee, the
i valley's total lumber output for
! reached 35.617,000 feet. The Dee mill
;eut 2 000,000 more feet than in l'J17.
Ihe lumber production was chitlly for
government orders.
The smallest cut was made by the
Standard Lumber Co., of Oak Grove,
which produced 225,000 feet, t.es and
other products on government orders.
But other lumbermen consider the
record of this small concern as marvel
ous, for it was almost entirely the
work of the three sons of J. Horn,
who constructed their mill during
times that other busy men would con
sider leisure moments. In 30 days the
past summer these three your g men
cut, hauled and sawed fir timber to
the gross value of $1,440. Mr. Horn
has three other sons in the army.
The respective outputs of the other
five of the eight smaller lumber con
cerns of the valley for 11)18 were as
follows : l'ost Canyon Lumber Co.,
1,100,000 feet; Kir Lumber Co.. 750,
000; Oak Grove Lumber Co., 2,100,000;
Mount Hood Milling Co., IOUO.0.10;
the Lost Lake Lumber Co., 2,500,000
feet.
The production of the Mount Hood
Milling Co , the plant of which, lo-
ci.Ud south of i'arkdale. was de
stroyed last fall by lire, is consumed
cl.ittly in box manufacture and by
Upper Valley residents.
Lumber men look forward to a
heavy cut next season.
CROWN FLOUR
MAKES THE BEST BREAD
BHESBEaUa ES2SEB LEC3SI
TAFT TRANSFER CO.
HOOD KIVER, ORE.
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Death of a Friend
Or neighbor in moderate circumstances and leaving a
family, immediately suggests the question -- how much
life insurance did he leave? The question is natural ; it
is reasonable ; is is nut idle curiosity. For we knew if he
failed to provide the insurance which he ought that his
estate' will make but slender prevision for his wife and
children. Is your life sufficiently insured ? If you should
die to-night what shape would your estate be in ? If you
can't answer this question right, better get right today.
See Your Life Insurance Man Today
HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT 4 INVESTMENT CO.
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OLIVER CHILLED PLOWS.
Ort-hnrd May U.ikcs, Mowers, Disc Plows, Harrows.
Winona Wagons. Orchard Trucks.
KELLY BROS, Distributors. Phone 1401.
PATRONIZE
HOME INDUSTRY
The Highland Milling Co.
Is helping to develop this Valley
Use Its Products
FLOUR - GRAHAMS - WHOLE WHEAT
RYE FLOUR MEALS
AND EVERYTHING IN THIS LINE
POULTRY AND STOCK FOODS
A SPECIALTY
COUNTY COURT HAS
IMPORTANT SESSION
At one of the most important meet
ings the body has recently participated
in. the county court at last week's ses
sions took steps to make possible the
beginning of construction of the Hood
Rtver-Mosier section of the Columbia
Kiver Highway as soon as the contract
is let by the State Highway Cemmis
sum next Tuesday. The court formal
ly begun condemnation proceedings for
all lights of way in this county, and
notices were immediately posted by
County Engineer Cruikshank.
In accordance with terms of a con
tract entered into by the county with
the O.-VV. It. & N. Co. in l'Jll, when
rights of way for links of the High
way between here and Cascade Locks
were being secured, the county court
has adopted resolutions that begin pro
ceedings for the abandonment of two
grade crossings between this city and
Sonny and ail old rights of way north
of the rail line. J. W. Morton will
protest the release of rights of way
north of the rail line, which be says
will cut him oil from shipuing his pro
duce by the Columbia river boats.
"if the old roads are closed to me,"
says Mr. Mortion, "I will have to haul
my produce four miles, up bill, to the
boat landing, whereas 1 formerly hail a
haul, down hill, for less than a quarter
of a mile."
The court made the following ap
pointments: W. L. Nichols, county
road master; F. 11. Stanton, fruit in
spector ; Dr. Jesse Edgington, county
physician; Gus Miller, road viewer.
It was stipulated that the remunera
tion of the roadmaster and fruit in
spector should be $5 per day, each,
when actually at work.
COUNTY OFFICERS
ARE INSTALLED
One of the interesting incidents of
swearing in new county officers Mon
day attended the installation of Mrs.
Elbe E. Shoemaker as county clerk
Following the call of her husband, Sgt.
Kent Shoemaker, to the colors his
wife became a deputy and assisted in
the efiicient conduct ot the office
Monday it became necessary for Sgt
Shoemaker to formally surrender the
prinripalsbip nf the office to bis wife
and become the deputy himself.
Other county officers sworn in Mor.
day were L. N. Blowers, county judge;
p. H. Rlackmaji, commissioner; Thorn
as 1'". Johnson, sheriff; Jasper Wick
ham, assessor; Mrs. Jessie M. Bishop,
treasurer; C. C. Anderson, coroner
A. W. Onthank, justice of the peace,
h. S. Olinger, constable, and A. K
Cruikshank, engineer.
The oath of office was administered
to Mrs. Shoemaker by her husband.
MAYOR ELECT SCOBEE
MAKES STATEMENT
Dr. E. L. Scobee, mayor elect, in
statement to the people of Hood River
makes no extravagant promises, but
declares that it will be the effort of
himself and the Pix members of the
city council to give the city a good,
business-like administration. Dr. Seo
bee compliments the men selected to
serve on the council with him in ad
ministering the city affairs. He says :
"1 take pleasure at this time to ex
press my appreciation to the good
people of Hood River for electing me
to the highest office which they have
to offer any citizen, and I can assure
them that 1 will give the office my un
divided attention. The affairs of the
city will be in the hands of the com
mon council, composed of six good citi
zens and myself us mayor. I will have
no more to say about the ity affairs
than any one ol the council. 1 want
each member of the council to feel
that it in his work as well as my own.
and see how the money is spent. It
is your business and we are your ser
vants, and any suggetsion w hicli you
might offer will be givwi due consid
eration. "The affairs of Hood River have
been conducted as cheaply as any town
of its size in the state, and to keep our
streets clean and so many other things
to be done, requiies a lot of money to
be spent. So, 1 appeal to the citizens
of Hood Kiver that they must consider
these things from all angles and not
to ask too much from us in the way of
improvements; only what is nece.-sary
to get along nicely. Of course, we
are all progressive, but 1 do not be
live in progressing- unless there is
something to progress with. If the
expenses are heavier than the budget
allowance your taxes will increase
proportionately. 1 have a great deal
of confidence in each member of the
council and we will give vou a good.
business-like administatioti."
WATER RIGHTS CASE
PROGRESSES SLOWLY
J. H. Hazlett, secretary of the East
Fork Irrigation District, a party to
igation that was remanded by the
supreme court back to the circuit cont
for a linal adjudication of all water
rights on the Hood river water shed,
Iocs not expect the case, which was
referred back in 1916, to be taken uo
by the circuit court this year.
In referring the case the supreme
court instructed that the State Water
Board should have jurisdiction in gath
ering comprehensive data on all water
claims and the amount of flow in the
river. The Board is now engaged in
securing the classifying conflicting
claims.
The original case involved claims of
the Oregon Lumber Co. adverse to the
irrigation district. The Pacific I'ower
& Light Co. is also making claims ad
verse to the irrigationists.
"The power concern," says Mr.
Hazlett, "is claiming 7f0 second feet
of water from Hood river under ripar
ian rights. Jt maintains that a devel
opment of its rights, it irrigation
clams are granted, will necessitate
I.Uje dams on the headwaters of the
rive to store water. Oichanlists aie
claiming under the law of diversion,
use and appropriation. They feel that
they will have sufficient water for
their needs without construction of
dams; and that their rights are prior
to those of the power concern'. The
irrigation interests will not submit to
any proposition of the power concern
to bear any expense of bringing about
a storage of water."
INFLUENZA CASES
MUST BE REPORTED
County Health Officer Edgington re
ports the l'ollowii influenza cases fur
Ihe week ending Saturday, January 1 :
Cascade Locks, 5 ; Hood Kiver, 11;
remainder of Hood Kiver county, 5S.
In view of the tact that a number of
families have failed to report influ
enza, Dr. Edgington has issued the
following statement :
"Some of the common diseases re
portable by law are; Tuberculosis,
typhoid fever, diphtheria, scarlet
fever, smallpox, whoopilig cough,
measles, liberty measles, chicken pox,
mumps and influenza. If no physician
is in attendance, then a member of the
family or one responsible for the
charge of the patient must make a
report.
"These cases by law are quarantin
able, either strict or modified quaran
tine. The diseases listed above are
declared by law to be dangerous to the
public health. I respectfully call at
tention to Section 47LIH, L. O. L., pre
scribing penally for inobservance of
same. "
SPAULDING PLAYED
ROLE OF "BLESSE
With the arrival home of Cpl. Lee
Spaulding a strange coincidence has
been recalled. In April, 11)17, at the
first local Red Cross rally, Cpl. Spauld
ing played the role of wounded soldier.
In the big show window of the Franz
Hardware Co., in order to stimulate
membership in the Red Cross, Cpl.
Spaulding allowed two girls, Misses
Betty Epping and Hetty Slade, imper
sonating Red Cross nurses, to bandage
a wounded knee. A photograph made
of the scene was found by Secretary
Raviln the day after Cpl. Spaulding
returned home.
An identical picture might have been
made at a base hopsital in France, for
Cpl. Spaulding sustained wounds in
the knee bandaged in the acted scene.
SCHOOLS WILL
HELP GET DATA
L. B. Gibson, just back from a con
vention of superintendents at Salem,
says the students of all the county
schools will be put to work in gather
ing data on Oregon soldiery. The
work is being promoted by the Oregon
Historical Society and the Oregon
State Library, engaged in securing
data for an Oregon history of the war j.injr as the
and its activities as participated in by
Oregonians.
' The movement was carried into the
ecbools," says Mr. Gibson, "because
of the fact that no satisfactory data
can be gathered on volunteer enlist
ments. All records of the draft will
soon be sealed, thus shutting us off
from another source of information.
All children with poldier members in
their family, whether the man has
been in the Ajnerican army or one of
the Allies, will he given questionnaires
which will he returned in February."
Mrs. H. F. Davidson is local war
historian.
Bboes made or repaired at Joh&aen'a
era!it of ip!e and Activity
Of Women Workers
The 1HU n; rt of the Red (V s
Chapter jut isu.'d Py Chairman Bl i
char and S-ciety KavIiii bring- a
most pltasa: t surpii.-e U tru lo jI
H ioii River cit ?. ii. The report pin -s
that a t"tal of j':'.t.:,;;i was cotribn -d
by Hood k;.v.r people for Red Cr ss
work. The entire re, ort follows;
The shvwK' of the li.xvl River
Chapter of tin- American Red Cr. ss
during the year of l'.'lS is one that
Hood Kiver may well be proud of.
Even to those tfho have been closrly
identified with the piogre.-s of the
local Chapter the results achieved, in
me mici-i oi so mucn other war hi", v
lty, are really remarkable.
The total receipts for the y ar
amounted to Sl.'i.Tbl. of which the
Chapter treasurer has $M71 on ha id.
with all bills paid to date ; $.Vtn f
this surplus is in a savings accou it,
drawing four per cent interest.
In addition to the above the Chapter
sent to the National Hi adqmu uTS
$l!U0 as Hood River's share in the w ir
tim.i drive last May and $1 150 from
the recmt membership drive, making
a total of all monies contributed anil
raise I by Hood River for Red Cross
purposes during l'.US of $i:.;ill.
The principal item of expense was
the purchase of raw materials tor the
use of the workrooms of the Chapter
in Hood Kiver, 1'ine Grove, Udell,
1'arkiale, Dee and Cascade Locks.
This item amounted to $.7J.f7.
In the knitting deparment '.Ql
sweaters and lHoil pairs of socks were
productd, using b)2 pounds of yarn at
a cost of Sd7l;.lil. This item of yara
does not include about 51H.I pounds con
tributed by to this Chapter by the
Bremerton nary yard sock fund, whu'h
saved the Chapter over $12(10.
Ihe surgical dressings deparment
mamifaet.il ed 3S,IX1 surgical dressintr,
using ;i7S4 arils of surgical gauze and
1415 pounds of hospital cotton at a
total cost of $lOS7.ao. A large number
of there wire complicated dressings
requiring coiioiderahle skill in the
making. This depai tment also made
up 5uu flu marks for local use.
In the garment department 2;!70
garments were made from t!li2 yards
of oiling flannel, costing $1201.57,
2'.'3 yards of muslin, costing $."i!t7.b2
and 'ino j aids of canton flannel, cost
ing $;.!:; 1. Those included suits of
pajamas, convalescent robes, bath
robes, helpless-case bhirts, hospital
shirts and drawers.
In addition the garment department
turned out refugee garment--,
made u; of g:rh;' dres-es, boys' suits
and women's house gowns at a est i f
$ :v,.:.
The one item of thread amount m! o
$1011 -II, ;ti'd buttons, tape, pins, roe I
les and snap.-i amounted to $271. ha.
The work roumr and the Junioi Red
Cross turned out oU5 fracture pi lov I,
21 feat her pillows, 75 hot water wtl .e
coveis, 5i;d waterproof cases, 70 iil T
comfort bags, IldO soldiers' co nfe"t
bags.
The Junior Red Cross contributed Ul
complete infants' layettes, valued a
fiiou.
The linen shower for the Red Cro.ts
hospitals in France netted 328 hand
towels, l,s7 bath towels, 7li shee.s, '!')
pillow sdips, .W handkerchiefs and itlO
napkins, valued at $! 14.25.
The local shipments amounted to 117
standard i.'ed ( ros cases including tin
for the Junior K'jd Cross.
In the dr ive for Belgian relief cloth
ing the local Red Cross gathered in .1
eases, or lioOu pounds of clothing and
shoes in good Condition.
'I he work of the canteen committee
of the Hood River Chapter during the
past ear has I ten wry gratifying to
the Chapter officials. The members of
this committee have been constantly
on the job, meeting every train pass
ing through Hood River, both ea.-l K id
west bound, although the duty called
for service many times into ttie middle
of the night.
During the year apples, cigarettes,
cherries, strawberries and postal caids
were pa sed out to 77,500 soldiers. On
a two hours' notice wired in from a
troop-train commander, a compute
dinner was served at the depot to a
train of 400 soldiers by the you ig
ladies of the canteen service. Over
15UI) boxes of apples were passed out
to the soldiers by this committee, also
5, Out) cigarettes, nearly a ton of cher
ries and many crates of strawberries.
The civilian relief committee has
also been doing very efiicient work
along the lint of looking after the
dependents of HooJ River soldiers a. id
sailors in the serivce, getting allot
ments expedited through the war oe
parlment; advancing money at tines
until the allotments were received;
getting reports on soldiers oversi m
for anxious parents; establishing co n
mt nieatiori between local people a id
relatives in German prison camps a id
interne I in German cities. The duties
of this committee will continue until
after the last man has been returned
from service.
To the many workeis who have ps
sisted in producing the foregoing l e
markable achievements; to the many
individuals, chilis and organization
who ti'ive contributed so generously to
Red Cross funds, the Hood River
Chapter, on behalf of the American
Red Cross, desires to express herewith
its deep appreciation and gratitude.
Ttn-re is a vast work yet to do for
the Red Cro.-s in the rehabilitation of
I the devastated regions of France a. id
I Belgium, and in the clothing of the
I destitute of those countries, as well as
looking after American soldiers as
army of occupatio.i re
mains overseas. Mica l worKers .' -e lo
be asked to do cer tain specilied wo, k
in the line of refugee garments, a: kJ
we make a strong appeal hen.-wi h
that the response be as ready and
willing as it has been in the past.
Sounds First Fire Alarm
electric siren sounut
n
The new
official fire alarm last Friday nig' t f r
the first time since its installment, lut
month. The department whs call d
to the ffr siilence property of Mrs. I.i.la
Mcliam at Seventh and Fine streets.
The tire was controlled before damage
resulted.