VOL. XXX
HOOD RIVEU, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 101l
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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