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VOL. XXX HOOD RIVEU, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 101l I AT ALL TIMES This Institution assists, advises with and furthers the interests of the business man and farmer. Our Approved Methods and modern equipment insure maximum efficiency in finan cial transactions. Our Interests are mutual; our progress closely linked. You Are Cordially Invited To Confi-r If'ifAi I's FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER. OREGON Buy Now And Help The Canteen Girls We will make a CLEAN-CUT donation of 2J per cent on all cash sales made from Saturday, January 18, until March 1, directly to the fund of the Red Cross Canteen Committee, the money to be used in the purchase of apples, cigarettes, or otherwise for the greeting of soldiers returning through Hood River on their way to their homes or cantonments for demobilization. Numerous makes of High Class Pianos, ranging in price from $250 to $1800; Graph onolas, $20 to $1800; Brunswicks, $50 to $ 1 500. Records and Small Instruments. . Reed-French Piano Co. Formerly Red Cross Headquarters, opp. 1st Nat'l Bank Service Clothes for Men Who Served j& You are putting by the khaki and the blue; you ore turning to the arts of pence with newer, higher Ideals and as pirations that will count heavily In the years to come Let this store help to clothe you for the new (asks. You will find that we, too, know the meaning of the word "service." JOE VOGT. 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 Punting and Enlarging-and do it right. Bring in your best negatives and we can tell you as to size they will best enlarge. Come in ami hear the latest January Records. THE KRESSE DRUG CO. ' The 334taM Store ASS'N SELLS LAST APPLES CLEAN-IP IS EARLIER THAN ISI AL, Policy of Wide Distribution Followed Manila Buys More Taney Fruit than Portland ing is the big thing before the legisla j ture. The members, he declares, are unanimously in favor of more bonds. but are divided in opinions on how to go about it. Some propose the increase on auto licenses 23 per cent and others want them increased 100 per cent." Senator Nickelsen's report on senti ment against the proposal that the legislature again vote $50,000 to be added to a joint fund provided by this state, Washington and British Colum- County Produced Greatiy Increased Yield uia, iur uie pure in cAioning me CORN GROWING TO BEBOOSTED FARMER SMITH WILL GIVE TALKS BUTLER BANKING COM PAN Y ESTABLISHED 1900 RESOURCES OVER ONE MILLION DOLLARS Member Federal Reserve System I i i i i l It Is Easy To Collect Insurance Money Just write to the Company issuing the policy of the death of insured. It will send proofs of death which are affidavits to be signed by the doctor, undertaker and claimant. It is not necessary to have a lawyer to fill these nut. Any person of average intelligence can do so. Then mail them to the Company and unless they require additional proofs they will send your cheek without delay. Tell your wife just Low much lifo insurance you carry; in what companies ; when the premium ia due and how to collect your insurance money if you die. Tell her all these things now, and the best way is to put it in writing so she won't forget. See Your Life Insurance Man Today HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT & INVESTMENT CO. STANLEY SMITH LUMBER CO. have: just received a car oe Finish Lumber, Lath Shingles Sash and Doors We are now in a position to furnish all your requirements. Roofing Paper tWKKlKD IX STOCK STANLEY SMITH LUMBER CO. SEASONABLE OFFERINGS Red Ribbon Hominy, per can 20c Holly Rice and Milk, per can 10c Bulk Mince Meat, per lb 28c Bulk Sauer Kraut, 2 quarts : . 25c Columbia Brand Oleomargarine, lb. 45c Umeco Brand Nut Margarine, lb. 40c We close at 7 o'clock p. m. during January and February.- CONSOLIDATED MERCANTILE CO. 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 JN THIS LINE POULTRY AND STOCK FOODS A SPECIALTY We are now making up a carload of "FRIEND" SPRAYERS Come in and talk with us about them right away J. C. BUTCHER CO. Although the tonnage exceeded that of 1917 by 200,000 boxes, the Apple Growers Association las? week sold the last carload of tne 1918 apple crop. On the same date a year ago, the co operative sales agency had left unsold 180,000 boxes. Final sales of New. towns were not consummated last year until in March. This year final returns of an approximate $1,500,000 will have teen made to growers by that date on pears and apples. The total lyiS tonnage of the Hood River valley reached 1,100,000 boxes, of which 825,000 boxes were handled by the Association. While all fruit has been Bold, several carloads will be held in local cold storage plants sub ject to instructions from purchasers, jobbers in a number of cities purchase their supplies early in the season, it is said, and call for the fruit as it is needed for their consumers and re tailers. A feature of the year's deal was the small amount of apples purchased in Portland. Manila and Mexico Citv have each purchased far more heavily of the local crop than has the nearby metropolis. This chaiacteristic of the 1918 sales is emphasized by the recent complaints that have been made by Portland dealers, who claim that they cannot get supplies of high quality apples, which have all passed into the hands of speculators, who are demand ing premium prices. We have been ready at any time to sell to any legitimate jobber," Bays C. W. McCullagh, sales manager of the Association, "wherever he might be located, provided he was willing to deal on a business basis. Furthermore we have been willing, and have sold many carloads of apples, accepting a part payment, and holding the fruit in storage, the balance being paid at time of shipment. On former seasons when the local tonnage was much lighter, the apple crop, all sold to one or several large dealers, was often disposed of at a much earlier date. The present man agement of the Association, however, follows a policy of refusing large block sales. "We will not tell all of our goods to any particular factor, says Mr. Mc Cullagh, "for we desire as wide a distribution as possible, and we cannot attord to allow any buyer or associa tion of buyers to hog the situation." 1 he prohts to growers for the 1918 season will exceed those of any year since 1911. scenic assets or the northwest, na9 aroused local interest. Except for some rural factions local sentiment is in favor of the appropriation. The ommercial Club has endorsed the pro posed appropriation. If a vote were taken on the Tourist Association appropriation at the pres ent time." says Mr. Nickelsen, "it would surely be lost." COUNTY WORRIED OVER ROCK SUPPLY One of the chief worries of the county court at present is the supply of crushed rock for surfacing high ways the coming year. Suggestions and information concerning available quarries has been called for. The county, until heavy motor trucks came into general use, found gravel, huge deposits of which are convenient tor West hide distribution, excellent for road surfacing. With the light travel of passenger automobiles and horsedrawn vehicles, the gravel, mixed with clay, formed commendable high ways. The gravel-clay roads.however, do not stand up under the heavy motor trucks. ASS'N TOTAL RETURNS TO DATE $890,000 The Apple Growers Association last week mailed checks to growers on a distribution that will total $270,OH. The aggregate of two former cash dis tributions reached $410, 000. These cash returns together with advances made to growers on supplies and spray materials will bring the total of all distributions to date to $890,000 on the 1918 crop of apples. Total returns on apples this year will exceed $1,225,000 and the pear returns have bought in a sum sufficient to send all receipts from these fruits to $1,500,000. The Association has closed pools and made final returns on Winter Bananas Gravensteins, Jonathans and Kings. On varieties, the pools of which have not been closed, the following varie ties respective incomplete amounts were returned growers: Extra Fancy Spitzenburgs, $1.60; fancy, $1.40; grade, $1.01 ; extra fancy Ortleys, $1.50; fancy, $1.80; C grade, $1. ; New- towns, $1; black lwigs, 80c; Oregon Reds, $1 ; Baldwins, $1 ; Ganos, 70c ; Delicious, $1.60; Hydes Kings, 80c; Red Cheeks, $1.50; Swaars, $1 ; Starks, 80c; Winesaps, 60c; Rome Beauties, $1 ; Ben Davis, 51V. The Association, in an announcement of partial complete returns, shows Bosc variety to have headed the list of pears for the 1918 crop. 1 he coopera tive sales agency's returns on half boxes of this variety reached $1.95. The fancy pack sold at $3.65 and $2.75, and C grade, $2.75 and $2. Complete returns are given on either varieties of lears respectively as follows for the highest, lowest and average box re turns. Retire d'Easter, $1.83, $1.38 and $1.59; Cornice, $2.45, $1.70 and $2.10; Flemish Beauty, $2.20, $1.70 and $1.95; Bartletts, $2 07, $1.57 and $1.82; Winter Nellis, $2.01, $1.51 and $1.76; d'Anjou, $2.88, $1.63 and $2.29. The respective final box returns max imum on extra fancy, minimum for C grade and average for all three stand ard grades has been announced on the following varieties of apples: Grav- enstcine, $2.15, $1.44 and $1.80; Snows, $2.10, $1.40 and $1.76; Kings, $1.95, $1.25 and $1.60; Wealthy, $1.94, $1.24 and $1.59; Jonathan, $1.99, $1.12 and $1.69; Winter Bananas, $2.50, $1.25 and $1.86; Wagener, $1.80, $1.20 and $1.48; Northern Spy, $2, $1.35 and $1.66; Limber Twigs, $1.80, $1.20 and $1.48; Greenings, $1.67, $1.07 and $1.35. these returns are net to the. Associ ation. UPPER VALLEY SHIPPING CREAM Five years ago the Upper Hood River Valley, although at one time many large herds of livestock were raised there, had less than 12 milch cows With much development work in pro gress, large crews of men being em ployed, the community's milk and but ter bill reached a large sum monthly On some months more than $500 would be sent from the county for butter. But counting from the summer of 1912, when orchardists of the distftct held a cow meeting, which was ad dressed by Governor Withycombe, then director of the Oregon Experiment Station, cows have been on a steady increase. Today every family of the district is sending a cream can to the Hood River creamery. While the orch ardists and their ranch crews formerly consumed hundreds of cases of con densed milk annually, their milk is now produced at home. REVIVAL OF BASE BALL PROPOSED baseball, dead here since the war began, is looking up again. With the return of William Hall, star catcher, who has been in England in aviation service, and many other players, who have been discharged from service, it is likely that Hood River will initiate a movement for the revival of the old mid-Columbia league, in which teams from The Dalles, White Salmon and ted. promi nent part in local sports, is proposing the revival of the national gamehere, GoldendaTe were formerly affiliat F. G. Lindsey, who takes a ) NICKELSEN TAKES APPLES TO SALEM When State Senator John R. Nickel sen returned to Salem Monday to re sume his work at the legislative ses sion he carried with him boxes of se lected Hood River Spitzenburgs. Gifts of the fruit will be made to the mem hers of both houses of the legislature, Senator Nickelsen, who heads the Penal Institution committee and who is a member of committees on elections and privileges, game, horticulture, ir rigation and public buildings ana insti tutions, pxttpcts to be vprv hiisv ufler w ........ , I J next week Senator Nickelsen says the proposed legislation on road bond- of Wheat but this is Expected to Decline in 1920 The Hood River Valley, which on former years produced practically no grains for cereal purines, raised a total of nearly 2ooo bushels last year, about equally divided between wheat and oats. With a heavier acreage of the coming year, the yield, it is ex pected, will be slightly increased. After 1919 and the end of the guar anteed price on wheat, it is likely that orchardists will discontinue wheat pro duction. Efforts will be made, how ever, to stimulate a further interest in corn growing in the county. One of the aims of L. B. Gibson, county school superintendent, will be to have every orchard place plant a portion of iu land to corn. Many hundreds of bush els of com have been grown here in the last three years. The most of it has been used profitably in feeding hogs, and it has been impossible to secure a correct estimate of the total production. In order to stimulate growers to a greater planting of corn, Mr. Gibson has arranged for a series of lectures to be given here during the last week in February by "Farmer" C. L. Smith, agriculturist of the O-W. R. & N. Co., whose distribution of free seed re sulted in the first local enthusiasm for the cereal. Mr, Smith will deliver lectures at all rural districts. Six thousand bushels of the local wheat crop of 1918 was purchased by the Highland Milling Co., a new plant of which has just been erected at the foot of State street. While the con cren, operated by J. C. Aplin and his son, L. 1. Apliii, both experienced millers, has been producing wheat flour in accordance with the conserva tion rules of the Food Administration, it iB now engaged in erecting an addi tional unit which will house rollers for the production of high class patent flour. The milling company is endeavoring to create an interest among orchard ists for the production of buckwheat. This cereal, it is said, will thrive on waste lands, and the local yield is said to be of high quality, the millers wish to create a home grown supply for the manufacture of cereal flours. CAMP NOT PLANNED FOR THIS YEAR SINGLE TERM MEN TO HOLD 4 YEARS Three members of the new city coun cil, convened in its initial session Mon day night, elected for one year, will hold office for lour years, while tne two year officials will end their incum bency at the expiration of the terms. This contradictory condition resiits from a legislative enactment, provioing that in the future municipal and state election be held simultaneously. At the last city election a charter amend ment, conforming with the new state aw was adopted. ' Members of the new counil who will hold for a term of four years are: Mark Cameron, Fank Daenport, Jr., and J. K. Carson. The two year coun cilmenare: Kay W. Sinclair, Walter Walters and C. C. Cuddeford. Mr. Cwddeford, Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Wal ters were reelected to the city body. Dr. E. L. Scobee, who took his seat as mavor Monday night, succeeding Dr. H. L. Dumble, has been a member of the council for the past two years. He is a successful dentist and owns large property interests here and at Parkdale. At the latter place he owns a large stock ranch, specializing on registered Guernseys. No change was made in the appoint ive offices, the incumbents of which are: E.C.Smith, city attorney; A Samuel, street commissioner ; W. T Price, water superintendent; Al G. Cruikshank. engineer: Dr. Jesse Edg ington, health officer, and R. E. Early, teamster. Councilmen Sinclair and Walters, absent in Portland, were not present for the Monday night session, lhey had previously been Bworn in, how ever. Standing eommittes for the ensuing vear were appointed by Mayor Scobee as follows: Street Cameron, Sinclair and Davennort: Finance Sinclair, Cameron and Walters ; Fire and Water -Walters, Cuddeford and Sinclair; Health-Davennort. Walters and Car son ; Judiciary Cuddeford, Davenport and Carson; Po' ice -Carson, Cuddeford and Cameron. UPPER VALLEY APPLES INCREASING RAPIDLY Manv of the voung orchards of the Upper Valley have come into bearing during the past year, and the yield of fruit from that district showed an m crease of more than 25 per cent for 1918. More than 100,000 boxes of apples were shipped from Parkdale, Of this number 60,000 boxes were handled through the community pack ing house maintained by the Apple' Growers Association. The Lava Bed Orchard Co. shipped 13,000 boxes, and heavy shipments were made by Dan Wuille & Co. The voung orchards will increase their yield rapi My for several years, and next season it is expected that Parkdale warehouse facilities will have to be increased. According to a letter just received by C. A. Bell from C. B. Mead, of the United States forestry Service office in Portland, the federal government will engage in no work on the proposed Loop Highway around the east side of Mount Hood and connecting the Bar low road with the Columbia River Highway, this year. Mr. Mead, who had been interviewed by Mr. Bell in behalf of Hood River, organizations and individuals, who expressed the desire that a construction camp might be established in the Upper Hood River Valley, states that the road will be built from Zig Zag to Government Camp this year. When the work from Government Camp to the Hood River valley is undertaken," writes Mr. Mead, "1 see no reason why the camp should not be established in the Upper Hood River Valley." ARCHIE EASTMAN VISITS IN JANEIRO Mrs. J. O. Eastman, of the Frank- ton district, has received a letter from Mrs. Carlock Hawk, wife of a mission- ary in Kio Janeiro, Drazu, wno ieus of visits to their home of her son, Archie Eastman naval man aboard the U. S. S. Pittsburgh. Mrs. Hawk wrote: "While the Pittsburgh was without a chaplain Mr. Hawk went on board every Sunday morning 10 speaa io me boys and 1 went along sometimes, in (hut. whv we became acquainted with a number of the boys who have called at our home. We enjoy having them and they seem to like to come. Your son is such a nice young man, and we are always glad to see him. He has told me all about his mother and the farm where you raise so many apples. He said the other night : " 'When I was home I got very tired of working, but now I wish I had the opportunity of slopping the hogs and milking the cows.' "Of course you like all other mothers are glad that the war is over. The boys on the Pittsburgh will soon be sent home, but Mr. Hawk and I will miss them very much. They had an epidemic of Spanish influenza on board the Pittsburgh and" lost 58 boys. Your son had a light attack but is all right now. " Mrs. Hawk declares in closing that she and her husband are ready to do all in their power for any American boys who may be in the South Amer ican city. PROMINENTIA WILL TALK HERE The Hood River Commercial Club is planning a series of monthly entertain ments, and preparations are being made to have a number of the prom inent men of the state present for addresses. Among those who will meet with the local clubmen will be Col. Jno. W. Leader, of the University of Oregon, and L. J. Simpson, of Coos Bay. the members of the State Highway Commission will also be invited to visit the local club. Tahoma Back on Run Mid-Columbia boat service, suspended because of ice, January 4, was resumed Monday by the Tahoma, of the Peoples Navigation Co., on the way from Port land to The Dalles. Rising water has cleared the ice blockade between here and The Dalles. i The Tahoam, annually, is the first to resume service after a freeze-up. o