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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1919)
VOL. XXXI HOOD IlIVLK, OREGON. THURSDAY, AKJl ST 7, ltl! o. Id DON'T PART WITH YOUR LIBERTY BONDS When you Ixjiiyht your l.omis you lent your money to the Government that you niiht "do your part." You tfave the jruvernment at home and the Ixns "over there" tangible evidence of your support. You shared the burden of those in other lands who are heavily laden. KEEP YOUR BONUS for the same reasons. To disise of them, except in case of dire necessity, is unpatriotic just as much so as not to buy. Further more, Liberty bonds are an insurance for your future. This is friendly, timely advice not to listen to those who may offer I a ore returns in exchange for your Liberty Honds. Hundreds of millions of dollars have been lost during the past ear bv people who parted with their Liberty Bonds - DON'T SELL ! KEEP YOUR LIBERTY BONDS FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVI R. ORK.ON Jonteel The Glorious New Odor of 26 Flowers Jonteel Co! 1 Cream, a delightful elf inwr M)c Jonteel Comb. Oram, fi r sunburn, and good base fur ;owder 50c Jonteel Fait Powder, in three shades, very adherent aud invisible. .50c Jonteel Face Powder Com parts, in three Katies 50c Jonteel Rouge, in three shades 50c Tali- Jonteel, a very tine Tale with a delightful odor 25e Odor Jonteel $1.25 Kresse Drug Co. Store Come in and hear the latest Victor Records J. G. Vogt Men's Furnishings and Clothing EXCLUSIVELY FALL GOODS are arriving early this year BUTLER BANKING COMPANY HOOD RIVER, OREGON Resources $1,200,000 MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM C IOL- ) NEW Flannel Shirts Genuine Leather Putees Walk Over Shoes Underwear . Gordon Hats Caps C. IOEZZZ3 "We sell nothing we can't recommend" DON'T THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY Make it work for you INVEST IN Pacific Power & Light Company's 1 Cumulative Preferred Stock and become a part owner in this utility. DIVIDEND DATES February First May First August First November First THE SPECIAL SAVINGS PLAN will interest you. Ask any of our em ployees to explain it. BANCI Every Saturday Night, 9 to 12 at the Open Air Pavilion Fourth and Oak Streets Kolstad's Orchestra Hood River Volunteer Fire Department Owners Srul No T The present high price of Canned Fruit and Vegetables will be maintained for the coming year therefore Practice Economy by Home Canning We have a full supply of Mason and Economy Fruit Jars, also Caps, Rings and Parafine. Let Us Supply Your Needs 30E PINE GROVE STORE A. F. BICKFORD, Prop. iY ID-COLUMBIA CROP GOOD BI GEST TONNAGE BEST QUALITY Sales Representatives Off to Milwaukee Convention, Heavy selling Expected to Follow Meeting ill Vhile the Hood River Valley is ex ft tin,' the largest and best apple crop in the h'storv of the district, the ton nage will fall at least Soo.ikhi boxes si rt of the government's mid summer es-iniHtes. On last jesr's shipments of commercial fruit of the three gr lee, extra fancy, fancy and C grade, reached 14no cars. The tonnage of this sesason will reach approxi mately 7,750 carloads. Shipments of cull stocks and cider fruit will bring the tonnage to an approximate 2.1KKJ cars. Eighty per cent of the Hood River crop w ill run to Newtowns and Spitz enburgs. The Newtown tonnage will be slightly in excess of the Spitzen burg, and from present indications the groen viriety will go almost exclusive ly to export. Sales of local apples have been neg ligible. It is not likely that five per cent of the crop has been contracted. Selling is expected t begin with a rush next week, following the Milwau kee meeting of the International Apple Shippers Association. The Apple Growers Association, controling the m. jor portion of the Hood River crop, will be represented at Milwaukee bv General Sales Manager (.'. W. McCul lagh and Dwight L. Woodruff, the co operative agency's New York arid export sales manager. Mr. Woodruff, who has been on a tour of all North western apple districts, left last week to view the California deciduous dis tricts before leaving for Milwaukee. H. F. Davidson, who has been on a to ir of European markets, has failed for America and will attend the con vention. J. Oliver, of Dan Wuille & Co., w hose Northwestern headquarters are located here, plans attendance. Quality is the characteristic of the PJl'J Hood River apple crop. From late Winter up until the present weather conditions huve been ideal. No part of the district reports any scabby apples. A two week period of cold weather occurring at the laying period, prevented the deposit of Cod ling moth eggs, and the damage from worms will be negligible. Growers have been applying an arsenate of lead Sj'ray this week, and it may not be necessary to spray again for worms. G-owing days have been more numer ous than usual. Hot days, cold nights and an abund-n-tce of irrigation water, coupled with, tie universal practice of applying n trates and other commercial fertiliz er, is resulting in apples of desirable a. zee. The harvest, from present indications will begin the latter part of August w ith Gravensteins and Kings. These early varieties will reach about i!u ars. Jonathans and Winter Bananas w ill fi How about the middle of Sep Urn he and by the latter part of Sep tembe: the harvest will be well under w-ny. The local Ortley crop, it is de clared, will be a startler this year. The V.illey expects to harvest t5 cars of this variety. Growers are making preparations to give their fruit the best of care this season. Scores of new packing plants are arming in all parts of the Valley. It is estimated that the cost of new packing plants will reach $100,000. The magnitude of the local crop can be comprehended when it is announced that approximately ;i,r cBrloads of paper will be needed in packing the fruit. The cost of paper to wrap the Valley's apple crop will reach nearly $101,01 II I. The Hood River Valley shipped pears as follows last season ; Bartletts, ?i cats; D'Anjous, 50; miscellaneous va rieties, 10. The pear crop, it is ex pected, will reach 100 cars this year. (Quality and increased yield applies to all Mid-Columbia districts as wvll as Hood River Valley proper. The Underwood, Wash,, district, just across the Columbia river in Skamania coun ty, expects 70 cars of apples this fall, about 30 per cent above the crop of last year. The district will ship three carloads of pears. "Our crop has never been larger or cleaner for this season of the year," says A. J. Haynes, owner of one of the district's largest tracts. "It will be the finest Quality crop the district has ever har vested." HuRum, just up the White Salmon river from Underwood, will ship ap proximately 30 carloads of apples. The White Salmon district, accord ing to estimates, will ship 75 cars of fruit the coming season. The apples of this district are sizing rapidly. Or chards are clean, and the fruit is in excellent condition. Lyle, a new district to the east of White Salmon, will ship fruit in com mercial quantities this year. None of the Washington districts have any selling machinery, and inde dent buyers have been operating there extensively for the past several weeks. But few sales have been reported, however. The Dufur district will figure for the first time in a prominent way in the year's markets. The district, it is estimated, will harvest 810 carloads of fruit, practically all from the big holding of the Dufur Orchard Co. The district will have a negligible quantity of pears. "At the present time our crop is in excellent condition," says Donald Campbell, superintendent of the big tract. "They are free from wjrms and are developing good size. T handle the crop we are constructing a packing house 380x60 feet. This will b- equipped with eight of the largest pries of Cutler grading machines, 19iy rr.idels. Complete belt and gravity currier systems will be installed. No truck will be necessary from the time tl e apples are received from the or cl ards until they are ready for delivery to warehouses. We believe our plant, wnen completed, will be the most mod ern and up to date in the Northwest. V e have two warehouses on the tracks a Dufur, and before construction is c mplete expect to have warehouse f i outage of over 500 feet along the tiacks. The buildings we are no completing will take care of an in creased crop. We hope to complete our harvest work tins year m W days. While reports indicate a serious shortage of containers in other North western fruit districts, Hood River irrower are supp lied w:th a; le K xrs. Apple Growers Association and e'hrr local sales agencies contracted for the.r supply in advance. Boxes for the crop were available lat spr;: g. and I numerous growers hae their reeds f-. r j me coming Harvest airra.lv made. I More th:tn half enough boxes f, rtfe! lUlcr.;p are already dei.red htre'VU.LEY MOTOR TRIP IS PLANNED and hl.trhl shiDmtnts are arr:vir, NEW YORKhiiS HERE TODAY da While the present market shows quotati' ns of 17J cents each, the max imum charge to local growers th:s year will be UiJ cents. Mary hav ecured their containers for laj. HOSIER DISTRICT EXPECTS 100 CARS The .Mosier disti iet expects loo cars of appl s of superquality. The Musier Fruit Urowers Association gives the followir g report on conditions in the neighboring district : Present indications are that the Mo sier district will have an increase of about 'Jr per cent in apple tonnage over 1'Jls, or around liKI cars. Varieties are principally Spitzenbergs and New towns, with a few Delicious, Orl.. Wagoners and Arkansas Blacks. F ruit is clean and well cared for, and should be of good size and quality. Shipniens will start about October 1. From 12 to 15 cars Italian prunes will be shipped from here during th latter part of August, packed in 17 pound peach box or suit case. There w ill be a few cars of Gravensteins and Anjou pears to mave about that tune. All apples from here this year will be pacl;ed at the new community pack ing house now being built by the Mo sier Fruit Growers Association. This building is of concrete and hollow tile, l'JOxiio, two story, with the packing room above and storage room below, and will be one of the finest of th kind in the west. The ventilation of the storage room is being insalled on plans furnished by the Bureau of Markets. While production costs are increasing steadily, growers are general'y optim itsic, i.nd feel that the fruitgrower has a bright future ahead for the high class of fruit raised in this district. All fruit from this district is handled by the Mosier Fruit Growers Associa tion, of which all growers are mem-tiers. FOR CULL APPLES An evidence of a widespread dis satisfaction with prices paid for cull apples by the Hood River Apple Vine gar Co., the Apple Growers Associa tion is making an investigation that may lead to a by-products plant oper ated as an affiliation of the shipping concern. "The price of per ton, paid by the local vinegar and cider manufac turing concern just about pays the cost of picking up and delivering the cull product, " says J. R. Nunamaker. "In fact, the point, has been reached where the growers have got to (jet more for their cull apples even if they have to build a new plant to get it. I find opinion pretty well formed among growers, and 1 believe that JMl.uoO could be raised tomorrow to finance a new cider and vinegar plant." The Apple Growers Association has appointed a committee, composed of August Guignard, S. G. Oxborrow and 1). L i'ierson, to investigate the by products business. This committee declares that the vinegar plant has shipped as high as Ml carloads of apples in from other districts, the fruit cost ing approximately $18 laid down at Hood River. "If the vinegar company can mHke profits from apples at $18 per ton," sajs Mr. Guignard, "it seems to me that it is time that the grower was getting more money per ton for what he has to sell.'' NORTON REPLIES TO CRITICISM Replying to criticism of growers who are agitating increased prices for cull apples, citing instances of the cost of $1 per ton for fruit shipped from outside districts last year while the local price was $8, J. R. Norton, of the Hood River Apple Vinegar Co., says that the cost of the imported ap ples, f. o. b. shipping point, was the same as that paid locally. "We bought apples in North Yakima for $8 per ton," says Mr. Norton, "and the grade of the fruit, including everything below C-grade, was much better than that obtainable here. In Hood River for the past several years be have allowed growers to grade out cooking and canning stock. It was necessary for us to buy out of town apples, in order to keep our plant op erating. Our prices here have been as high as those of any other district for cull apples. "We have increased our plant in past years and another increase is now in progress. Several years ago grow ers complained when, because of our limited facilities we were unable to accept continued deliveries." American Legion Chapter Here With Capt. Fivers, of Portland, who is touring the state in the interest of the new veteran's organization, here, a Chapter of the American Legion will be established at the courthouse to night. Capt. Geo. R. Wilbur, who w as asked by Capt. Fivers to stimulate in erest in the meeting, says he finds all ex-service men eager to learn more of the Legion anil it is predicted that the membership here from the beginning will be strohg. It is urged that every service man in the county who can possibly be present, come to the meeting of tonight and hear Capt. Eivers. Wuille to Build at Parkdale Leading trackage quarters along the Mt. Hood R. R. Company's line from J. F. Thompson, I'an Wuille & Co., British importers, whose Northwestern headquarters are located here with A. E. Woolpert as manager, will rush to completion a receiving warehouse and storage plant at I'arkdalu in the Upper Valley. The new structure will be built of hollow tile. Mr. Woolpert says that his concern is expecting a heavy tonnage in the Upper Valley this fall. Party Touring I ndtr Aupicrs of Brook lyn Kag'e to Krt-kfdt and Lurnh at Local Ileitis The past week's bust le of prepara tions for entt rtammn t of the Brook lyn Eagle's party of 1J" tourists on a swii'tf of natioral pxrks ana other scenic points of the F-'ific "coast, i cat hed a t bmiix yc'.crlay. Tt'e two hotels, the Mount' 1 J h .,1 and OnfO!-., writ re the vis, tor will be ! reakfasted and tendered luncheon todav were tivelv milking ready to 'servo t h ir best, cons sting as largely as rwvsil.k: of the products of the valley. The "White Wings" have been hosing, sweeping and dusting, and down town H'Mhj River has b'cote a sotles tow n. At the conclusion of beakfat :t SJiO o'clock, orchardist.s and business men will meet the tourists with their auto mobiles und take them for a tour o) points i f scenic interest and through the orchard districts. Members of the Commercial Club, m charge of enter taining the junketers, have been pray ing vainly for rain to settle the dust of alley highways. The motoring par ties, however, will mt trHVil in a tram, but sections will h ave for differ ent points at intervals, in order that a.i much dust may be avoided as Possible. After luncheon the visitors will leave on their special train for Bonne ville, where they will be greeted by a Portland reception committee and tak en for a tour of the Columbia High way. Except for summer varieties,, too many of which may result in Btomach aches, the visiting party will not re ceive any Hood River apples. Cider is not available, the last available supply of the mid Columbia district having been secured from Mosier for William Jennings Bryan recently. MOUNTAIN APPEALS TO NEW YORKER ("has. Strauss, chairman of the New Yotk city water board, accompanied by his wife, a daughter and a nephew, and Samuel C. Lancaster, returned last week from a motor trip to Mount Hood Lodge and Cloud Cap Inn. Mr. Strauss was naturally interested, he said, in the great source of water supply fur nished by the great snow peak. "You Oregonians cannot realize the asset Mount Hood is to you. Even though it had no beauty, its water supply cannot be valued. But the superb and appealing scentiy of the forest, the peak itself, with its crevas ses and glaciers mid the mount n i i meadows- it is wonderful. We Nmv Yorkers are made to feel very poverty stricken af!r a visit to Oi"!on." Mr. Lancaster expressed himself cs more interested in a good road to the snowline than in anything else. "And in fact the problem is not n difficult one," he tays "It is simply a matter of engineering to go right to the foot of the glaciers on a live per cent grade. Birt. bei'iiuse of the lava ash soil formation ay road up the mountain is going to have to be hur.! surfaced. Earth roads here will wash away in Winter and be knee deep in dust in summer." The present road to Cloud Cap Inn hus a grade of more than !!0 per cent and only high powered cars can nego tiate it. J. II. Fredricy received a lette- from Wm. McMurray, general passongir agent of the O.-VV. R. &. N. Co., who declare that. Mr. Strauss wished hi ti to write and express his high appreci ation of the hospitality of Hood Riv( r valley people. Mr. Strauss and Mr. Lancaster asked especially that E. O. Blanchar, Leslie Butler and ('. W. MeCullagh be thanked for their cour tesies. COLUMBIA HIGHWAY ATTRACTS ATTENTION "We have to go east to lind that there is really a Columbia River llign way," says M. Z. Donnell, pioneer druggist of The Dalies who was here Sunday visiting his friend, F.A. Ctam. "Honestly, I was surprised at the in terest taken in th scenic road. It ie, general. As soon as people learned I whs from Oregon, whether I was in Michigan or Louisiana, the Columbia Highway at once became the topic of conversation. I was .captured bodily and taken to the Automobile Club headquarters, w here 1 was made to re late my story of the road's wonders to secretaries and managers. "The people who have never bi''i west cannot comprehend our scenery, and many believe the pictures we hayo sent out, showing Mitchells Point tun nel and other points of interest are, faked. 1 had to look very sincere in giving a personal verification of the work of the camera." Mr. Donnell has just returned from tour of 3,000 miles through the Missis sippi valley and Gulf states. Asa re sult of his introductions to secretaries of automobile clubs in different cities he was a guest on motor rides through the south covering a total of 2,ooo miles. NAVAL RECRUITING PARTY IS COMING Chief Water Tender C. H. Fox. of the Portland Naval Recruiting Stat. on, was here Tuesday as advance man for a general naval recruiting party ex pected to arrive here about August '.' for a week's stay. The party w ilh in charge of Liuet. Coriimuiiur Filler, of Portland. Mr. Fox, who has been at the naval recruiting station at Bend for the ast week, left here for The Dalles. He says that new recruit" have the choice of training at the Great Lakes station for Atlantic service, or at Goat Island station, where students will be as signed on completion of instructions V the new Pacific fleet. Nazirnova at the Liberty Monday and Tuesday,