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HOOD KIYEU, OKKiOX, THUIISDAY, .H'.NK 12, 1.1!
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POME people can not understand why a farmer should
advertise and especially why he should change his ad
every week. We Itelieve in "live and let live." The
printer wants something to do and it was a long time ai;o
when we traded John Craddlebaujrh butter and eggs for a
subscription to the Glacier - we use real money now.
Years ago Hood Uiver people thought that this was an
ideal locality for truck farming and for a time the American
truck farmer was quite numerous and grew some Rood truck,
but we are lonely now. They did not advertise except such
as the newspapers would give them space to lxxst the
country, the kind of advertising we draw the line on.
We have followed the only business principle that brings
results; first, have an article that is worth advertising, and
then advertise it.
1I. ilijt a well equiped truck farm an I know t ritl the fitriuiiijr end of it,
we must also endeavor to put our product before the consumer m the
right way, ami win. emil.l do it hetter than the man that grew it?
( 2l1th (Urntitry Sntrk iFarm
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Growers of Nonpareil Plants and Vegetables
Try Our
FRESH STRAWBERRY
SUNDAES
KRKSSE DRUG COMPANY
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Th e RoxcdlL Store
m Come in and hear the latent M;iy Victor Uecori.ii
BUTLER
BANKING COMPANY
Established April 190(1
MEMBER FEDERAL SYSTEM
FIRST
NATIONAL BANK
HOOD RIVER:
is prepared to meet
your financial needs
for the care and har
vest of crops.
IS ANYONE INTERESTED
10 acres, 3tH) 7 anil '. year standard apple
trees , hall each age; I!.")1 liartlett and Anjuil
1'cai'H, lot) of the Anjous, 8 veara old, balance
4 years. 75 " la-try trees !t years and older.
1'nder the oitcli This is a perfect orchard. It
lies beautifully and the soil is the best. The
buildings are ju' ordinary. The crop will
figure out about 1300 apple?, 330 pear;', 4 tons
cherries, Besides the.se trees, there are all
the home small fruits one wants. A large
Harden is m, and the orchard is in a cover
crop. There are few perfect orchards on earth
this in one of them. n the whole tr ict,
there is not a misshapen tree, nor a diseased
tree that I could locate. There is one tiee
that had an accident and is being made over.
This is strong language in describing an or
chard, hut this place deserves it. The price is
f 10,000 until July 10th, 1 and the crop
goes with it unless the cherries are harvested
previ )usly. It takes one half cash, and
straight mortgage for the balance. Plca-e do
no not ask w here it is out of cur iosity. Hut
if you have If."')n0 or a friend with JoO-KI who
wants the best, and the best only this i- it.
Perhaps the price looks high, .lift at this
moment, it does, but figure out what the crop
will bring, and it wont look so high;
R. E. SCOTT
Agent
Insurance
Real Estate
5' , Farm Loans
Portland realizes the benefits of encouraging
home products to such extent that the mayor of
that city has designated by proclamation the week
of June 9-14 as -
OREGON PRODUCTS' WEEK
The principle applies with just as much force
in Hood River as in Portland, and that is why
The Highland Milling Co.
Makers of
Shamrock Brand Flour
and Cereals
would have the people of the Hood River Valley
read and practice the following :
"Factories arc our biggest asset in the reconstruction
period when our thousands of men are being taken from
the army and navy and placed in industry as civilians. It
is imperative that every encouragement be given the up
building of these industries, and patronage from our own
people is one of the most important factors."
We Have
For Sale
1 New Two Ton Denby Motor Truck.
1 Used Two Ton Denby Motor Truck.
1 Used One Ton Denby Motor Truck
with cab and body.
To clean up this stock we are offering
very attractive prices and terms.
Write if you are interested.
WALTHER-WILLIAMS CO.
THE DALLES, OREGON
We carry a Stock
ot
PER KEG
$5.o
MT. HOOD LINE IM
PORTANT FACTOR
ROAD HAILS 73 PER CENT OF APPLES
Rate Absorption Saved Local Growers
$2 1,000 in Freights oo 191$ Apple
Crop - Service Convenient
APPLE BOX NAILS
Picking Pails Picking Bags
Thinning Shears and
Step Ladders
PINE GROVE STORE
A. F. BICKFORD, Prop.
Huilt 14 years ago primarily to trans
port the output from the lee sawmill
of the Oregon Lumber Co.. the Mount
Hood Railroad Company's line has be
come the most important factor in
handling; the fruit crops of the Hood
River valley. Of the 1.230.000 boxes"
of apples shipped from the district last
season, the valley short line hauled
4S,otHi. With To per cent of the
strawberries of the district now grown
in Dee Flat and Upper Valley district,
the percentage of this fruit hauled by
the Mt. Hood line will exceed that of
apples.
The refrigerator ears are iced at lo
cal plants of the Apple Growers Asso
ciation and then sect out for straw
berries, making it possible to have the
fruit under refrigeration immediately
after they are picked. Locally iced
refrigerator cars are also sent out for
apples.
As a result of an absorption of the
local rate from Udell, amounting to six
cents per loo pounds, jointly by the
Mount llocd line and transcontinental
lines on throughjshipments, the grow
ers of the valley were saved $24, 000
on freights on last year's crop. The
Mt. Horn) company several years ago
initiated the movement for an absorp
tion of local rates, and aided by local
shippers and the O.-W. K. & N. Co.,
suceeded in getting t!:e reduction. Ap
ples subject to thejabsorption may be
stored in transit at Hood River refrig
erator plants.
The service of the lumbering road,
improvements keeping pace with the
increase of tonnage in up-valley points,
has resulted in numerous warehouses
along its .line at Van Horn, Udell and
Park dale. Investments in plants along
the line will run well up toward $100,
IMM). Before fruit was shipped in any
great quantities over the valley line,
arrival of apple-laden wagons at local
receiving stations created a very an
noying congestion. With all local
available trackage space now utilized
future storage plants of Hood Kiver
shipping1 concerns will necessarily
have to be erected along the valley
line. The storage plant of the Hood
River Apple & Storage Co., recently
purchased by the Apple Growers Asso
ciation at a cost of $53,000, was the
first mid-vallev structure of this nature
to be built.
The original line of the Mt. Hood
Railroad Co. extended only to Dee, a
distance of lt.4 miles. In 15U0 the
road was completed to 1'ardkdale, an
additional distance of 5.8 miles. I'ark
dale, when the road was finished, con
sisted merely of a lailroad station,
the afire of K. J.Melsaac & Co. Today
it is one of the thriving rural commun
ities of Oregon, with a grade school,
union high school, two churches, Union
and Catholic, library and numerous
rural homes. The station erected by
the line, however, was not the usual
small structure that might have been
expected. It would pass for the sta
tion on a main line road supplying a
town of several thousand inhifbitants,
and a hotel operated in connection
with the oflice of the road will accom
modate a score of guests.
The short rail line was built and is
owned chiefly by stockholders of the
Oregon Lumber Co., one of the Eceles
interests. Joseph A. West, of Ogden,
Utah, had charge of the first construc
tion work ; but the line was completed
to Iee by his son, J. W. West, now
manager of the road. Ihe younger
Mr. West built the rarkdale extension.
In connection with the 22.2 miles of
road over which a regular freight and
passenger service is maintained, I the
company operates 14 miles of standard
gauge logging roads, supplying the
Oregon Lumber Company s mill at
Dee.
Formerly the valley line ran a single
mixed passenger and freight steam
train daily between here and Rarkdale.
In addition to this service passenger
rail automobiles, each accommodating
30 passengers, are operated twice daily
between here and the Upper Valley
terminus. Thus residents of the rural
sections served by the short rail line
are given full interurban conveniences
Residents of way stations get their
morning Oregonian almost as soon as
residents of the city, and small freight
is delivered with the speed of express
service.
"I would not take $3,000 for the Mt
Hood siding on my place." recently
remarked O. H. Rhoades, owner of'i
large ranch and orchard place at OJell
"The conveniences of the road are in
valuable to growers along its line.
BOY SCOUT WEEK
LAUNCHED SUNDAY
With fair delegations present from
all parts of the valley, American Hoy
Scouts' Week was enthusiastically ush
ered in Sunday at Chautauqua park.
Pointing to their records of patriotic
achievements, Supt. Gibson declared
that the boysithemselves, their parents
and their country would never have
cause to regret the effects of the or-
eanizatoin on the 100 members of
Scout troops already exiBtant here.
"But rather," declared Mr. Gibson,
"they will always point to the partici
pation of the youths in wartime activi
ties with great pride."
In addition to Boy Scout officials
the big stage held the members of the
Victory Loan committees and county
officials. The meeting was opened by
a celebration of the success of Hood
River county in the Victory loan cam
paign, and Lieut. R..B. Kuykendall, of
Portland, on behalf of the state man
agement of the loan, presented Tru
man liutler, chairman of the county
committee, with a Victory Loan ban
ner. Mr. Butler in turn gave the ban
ner to Judge Blowers, who took cus
tody of the honor emblem on behalf of
all citizens.
Judge Blowers in receiving the flag
from the committeemen said:
"I receive, the emblem in the name
of the 600 men sent by our county to
their country's service in time nf need ;
and lest we forget, in the names of
those eight boys who made the su
preme sacrifice -Lieut. Lucian Carson,
Guy Eastman, Marshall Pineo, Walter
' Plog. Albert Krieg, Earl Robertson,
' Enest Grampe and Kred Ki.it:."
i Mrs. Chas. M. Sletton, who during
j all Liberty Loan campaigns, contrib
uted materially to enthusiasm lit meet
ings by her musical programs, again
presented the Hood River County Lib
erty Loan chorus in a program of
patriotic Songs. The loan committee
presented Mrs. Sletton with a hand
some present as a token of their ap
preciation of her services.
Lieut. Kuykendall's address was es
pecially interesting. He was the first
man to return to Oregon from the ar
my of occupation. He expressed no
sympathy for proposals of lessening
the severity of the peace treaty fur
Germany. Lieut. Kuykendall declared
that at no point visited by him in Ger
many did he see any signs of distress.
The ople seemed well fed and pros
perous. He says they did not have the
appearance of a vanquished foe ; nor
did they think that the allies had won
a great victory.
"After one has seen the desolation
of northern France and then visits
Germany," said Lieut. Kuykendall,
"he is not willing to see Germanv get
off lightly."
Calling on America for suport to
the Boy Scout movement and empha
sizing the patriotic necessity of carry
ing scouting into every community
where there are boys, President Wilson
has issued a Boy Scout week proclama
tion. "The Boy Scouts of America," he
says, "have rendered notable service
to the nation during the world war.
They have done effective work in tTe
Liberty Loan and V ar havings cam
paigns, in discovering and reporting
upon the black walnut supply, in co
operating with the Red Cross and
other war work agencies, and in other
important fields. The Boy Scouts have
not only demonstrated their worth to
the nation, but have also materially
contributed to a deeper appreciation by
the American people of the higher con-
eption ot patriotism .and good citizen
ship.
Ihe Boy Scout movement should
not only be preserved, but strength
ened. It deserves the support of all
public spirited citizens. America can
not acquit herself comniensuratelv
with her power and influence in the
great period now facing her and the
world unless the boys of America me
given better opportunities than hereto
fore to prepare themselves for the re
sponsibilities of citizenship.
hvery nation depends tor its future
upon the proper training and develop
ment of its youth. The American boy
must have the best training and disci
pline our great democracy can provide
if America is to maintain her ideals,
her standards and her influence in the
world.
Therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson,
President of the United States of
Ameiiea, do hereby recommend that
the period beginning Sunday, June
to Flag Day, June 14, be observed as
Boy Scout Week throughout the Unit
ed States for the purpose of strength
ening the work of the Boy Scouts of
America.
1 earnestly recommend that, m
every community a citizens commit
tee under the leadership of a National
citizens' committee, be organized to
cooperate in carrying out a program
for a definite recognition of the effec
tive services rendered by the Boy
Scouts of America; for a survey of
facts relating to the boyhood of each
community, in order that with the co
operation of churches, schools and
other organizations definitely engaged
in work for boys, adequate provision
may be made for extending the Boy
Scout program to a larger proportion
ot American boyhood.
BIG FOURTH
IS PLANNED
COM. (LI B MEMBERS LNTIU S1AST1C
Fund fur Auto Park to be Raised -Tags
Will Be Sold for the Kuthun
Monument
camping
RIPENING SLOWLY
BERRIES ARE FINE
While intermit tent showers and the
low temperature prevailing here since
Sunday have brought discomforts ,to
tent - dwelling harvest hands, the
weather conditions have resulted in a
fine quality of strawberries. While
rains and a high temperature would re
sult in large, soft fruit, the extremely
cool nights cause the berries to mature
slow ly and to ripen in a firm state.
The cold weather, however, has re
suited in a slowing down of the har
vest, and shipments have not increased
for a week. Three cars lias been the
minimum number shipped any day for
the past week. Total shipments to
yesterday reached :J0 cars, approxi
mately one-third of the season's esti
mated tonnage. Ihe demand remains
keen with no indications of a decrease
in price.
SIX CARS OF TROUT
ARE COMING SOON
The Oregon Game and Fish Commis
sion's car. the Rainbow, will make six
trips here this summer to distribute
trout fry. J. H. Fredricy, vice presi
dent of the Hood River County Game
Protective Association, has notified the
organization's members that three of
the carloads of fish will be hauled over
the Mount Hood Company's line to
Parkdale, where they will be received
by ranchers for distribution in head
waters of the Middle and East Forks
of Hood river. Two cars will go to
Dee for Lost Lake and Upper West
Fork distribution. Lower Valley orch
ardists will handle a carload.
It is expected that many will apply
forfry for stocking private fish ponds.
Growers who have marshy ground on
their orchard places have discovered
through experience of J. C. Porter that
raising trout for one's own table may
be conducted as easily as a poultry
farm.
FEMALE DEER VISITS
EAST SIDE ORCHARD
Presaging a Fourth of July celebra
tion of climactic proportions, the
crowd at the meeting of the Hood Riv
er Commercial Club Monday night,
when details of entertainment fur ob
serving the nation's natal day and for
extending a home-welcoming reception
o returned service men, was the larg
est that has been present at a club
meeting since orchard boom times of
pie-war days. It is estimated that 230
returned soldiers, sailors and marines
will be home by July 4.
The Commercial club's plans call for
wide t peti town and a day of rejoic
ing. Oak street will be closed to
traffic, and features of entertainment,
all the way from a six round bout to
ringing knives, will be provided. One
street intersection will be devoted to a
ougheovered gambling hall, a replica
of mining camps immortalized in the
stories of Bret Harte. With a bank.
providing victory currency, the sky
will be the limit for those w ho wish to
try a fling mi the roulette wheel or to
take a hand in a little stud.
The famed "Black Faced Pippins,"
minstrel aggregation of orchardists.
will begin immediate rehearsals under
direction of J. C. Porter, pioneer orch-
ardisl, and known fur his histrionic
ability.
Ihe city will grant the Commercial
Club concessions for all entertainments
and booths, and except for tags to be
sold by a bevy of girls under direction
f Dr. J. F. Watt, the entire fund col
ected on the Fourth will be devoted to
equipping a free automobile
park for the city.
Dr. Watt ant members of the Can
teen committee of the Red Ctoss Chap
ter will sell tags on the Fourth for
raising a fund for a Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines' memorial monument to
be erected at the top of Ruthton hill
on a promontory which O. P. Dabney,
retiring president of the Commercial
Club, has olf ered to donate to the
ounty. Dr. Watt expects to raise a
sufficient fund on the Fourth to erect a
memorial pyramid or shaft to the eight
Hood River men who made the su
premo sacrifice during the war, and to
beautify the park site, to be donated
by Mr. Dabney, which overlooks an
appealing expanse of the Columbia
river gorge and cultivated lowlands.
C. W. M.-Cullagh and Hugh G. Ball,
just elected respectively as president
and secretary, were given a rousing
ovation Monday night.
Ihe executive committee appointed
to take charge of the day's program is
as follows: Mark I ameron, h. J.
Moore, Dr. Watt, J. 11. Fredricy, K.
VV. Kelly. F. H. Blackman. A. W.
Peters, C. F. Gilbert, E. E. Brett and
I. R. Acheson. Other committees are
as follows :
Athletic events: J. M. Culbertson
and A. Kolstad.
Chairman of Odd Fellows Entertain
ment : A. L. V incent.
Chairman of K. of P. entertainment:
Sheriff Johnson.
Military nun's committee: Maj.
Abraham, ('apt. Wilbur and Harold
Hcrshner.
W. D. Trotter, of Wyeth, was ap
pointed to look after the Wyeth and
C as?ade Locks end of the county.
A. R. Cruiksbank will arrange for
Boy Scout demonstrations.
Publicity: Hugh G. Ball, J.; D.
Thomison anil P. Manser.
J. W. Forbes was appointed a com
mit ten to arrange for the services of a
band during the celebration.
All fraternal organizations, the
granges, Woman's club, Methodist la
dies and all other local organizations
are to be requested to take an active
part in the big celebration. M. Yasui,
the Japanese leader, will also be asked
'o persuade some of his nationals to
put on a jui-jitsu exposition.
COMMITTEE GETS
BOXFUL OF MEDALS
Geo. Chamberlain, manager of the
Maxwelton orchards, two miles out
from town on the East Side, when he
saw a dun colored animal browsing on
his cover crop yesterday, thinking
some neighbor's, cow had broken her
tether, hastened to head her homeward.
A closer vision proved the trespasser a
large doe. The deer getting wind of
the orchard owner neatly leaped a line
fence and with graceful leaps disap
peared, traveling southward, in the
heart of the East Side orchard district.
Mr. Chamberlain believes the deer
came down from the mountains by way
of the wooded range to the east of the
valley.
The Hood River County Victory Loan
committee has been "put to it" to dis
pose of a box of medals, made of cap
tured German cannon, sent here for
distribution to Victory loan workers.
The central committee "passed the
buck" to district captains, leaving
these citizens w ith the task of deter
mining who should wear decorations.
So plentiful has been the supply, how
ever, that a medal has been available
for everyone w ho desired it.
A letter received by the committee
from Rev. VV. H. Buddy, captain of the
Upper Valley district organization,
fairly well expresses the trend of
Hood River sentiment which holds that
the efforts of loan workers called fur
no special recognition, and that the m
clescriminate presentation of medals
cheapens Ihe significance of badges of
honor awarded for heroic service in
battle.
The two weekly newspapers received
medals directly from the treasury de
partment. Their receipt was discov
ered by accident. One of the papers,
practicing thrift, is saving those long
business envelopes, commonly used by
the federal bureaus for transmisison
of press matter, as depositories for
small packages sent from the office.
The thrifty editor also saves the en
closed notices, which come in handy
for copy paper. Snipping his morn
ing's mail the newspaper man discov
ered the small disc. At the contem
porary office, a janitor, cleaning a
waste basket, discovered the medal.
SALVATION ARMY
FUND BEING FILLED
The Salvation Army is strong in Hood
River county' In response to circular
letters just sent out by a local commit
tee of Elks, headed by J. II. Fredricy,
calling for voluntary contributions "to
the county's quota in the Home Ser
vice campaign, the banks have alreafy
perceived letters containing checks ag
gregating morn than 230. The formal
campaign will not open for 11 days.
By that time Mr. Fredricy believes
that Hood River county will have over
subscribed the Salvation Army quota.