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VOL. XXXI
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1911
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ELECTRIC
BURGLAR ALARM
The Officers of the FIRST NATIONAL
BANK extend a cordial invitation to the Public
to inspect the Burglar Alarm.
The Bank doors and vaults will be open
Saturday evening from 7 until 9 o'clock, and
Mr. D. L. Jones, the ejectrician installing the
system will explain it.
E. O. BLANCHAR,
President.
FRESHLY PREPARED
BORDEAUX PASTE
Saves you the time and trouble
of mixing your own Bluestone
and Lime.
We can supply you with any
quantity on short notice.
Hood River Spray Company
Phone 2421
REMEMBER - The "FRIEND ' ' is the best sprayer.
Order yours early
FOR SALE
We are offering the Dobbin forty acres, on the
River Road, near Summit, for $12,500. This has
34 acres assessed under the East Fork Ditch, thirty
of this in cultivation, and the rest light clearing.
Thirteen acres of orchard, ten and twelve years
old, about 3000 boxes this year and in good shape
for next year. Plenty of excellent strawberry land,
or for fruit. Good house and fair barn. This is a
good buy.
HOOD RIVER ABSTRACT AND 'INVESTMENT CO.
J. W. CRITKS. P..ul. nt
THE HOUSE OF
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J. G. VOGT
S. J. MOORE,
Cashier.
K. YV ." SINCLAIR, Secretary
(SpttIs-M 1919
Th Him of Kuppcnrwlmm
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KRESSE DRUG CO.
The Store
SUCCESS
The Chemical National Bank of New York happily
expressed the theory upon which the best banks
ot the country are proceeding, in these words:
WE BELIEVE THAT A GRATEFUL CUSTOMER,
A PROSPEROUS STOCKHOLDER AND A
ZEALOUS EMPLOYEE ARE ONLY THREE
DIFFERENT WAYS OF SPELLING THE WORD
"SUCCESS."
It Is our aim to so conduct our business that our
customers, our stockholders and our employees
will concede our rl$ht to spell ".SUCCESS" In
these three ways.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
Member Federal Reserve System
WE HAVE POSITIONS OPEN FOR
OPERATORS. IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD
EXPERIENCE WE WILL PAY 20 CENTS
PER HOUR WHILE LEARNING.
PERMANENT POSITIONS ARE
ASSURED.
Oregon-Washington
Telephone Company
IT IS TIME
to anticipate your wants for
TIRES
INNER TUBES
and
WEED CHAINS
Hartford Tires
PINE GROVE STORE
A. F. BICKFORD, Prop.
WE WANT MORE
JONATHANS
Extra Fancy, Fancy and "C" Grades.
any quantity, carloads or less. Also ,
Spitzenburgs, Delicious, Ortleys and
Winter Bananas.
Sheridan BecKley Co.
126 Front Street, PORTLAND, ORE.
Reference: Hibernian Bank.
You can always get an Address Stamp
we have them
in stock
are Good Tires
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free by calling at Glacier Offtee.
MOSIER MAKES
! STRIDES AHEAD
!
; DISTRICT COOPERATES 100 PER CENT
New $25,000 Storage ud Picking Plant
Being Brought to Completion
All Apples Picked There
Varioua arc the ways in which towns
and cities make fame fur themselves
and spread a knowledge of their names
broadcast. Ihe mention . of Monte
Carlo naturally brings thoughts of
gambling. Who would ever go to
Stratford on Avon but to look UDon the
tomb of ahakespeare?
Except for the excellency of her ap
pies, Hosier, a comparatively small
town of Wasco county, and the sur
rounding farming community, would
probably still be a sleenv little village.
But Spitzenburgs and Newtowns, grown
uk inose 01 Jiood Kiver, a little bet
ter than any other aection of the world
can produce these varieties, have made
fuosier a oy-wora in international ap
pie marts.
Today the Mosier apple district, be
cause ita growers cooperate a little
better than their fellow fruit raisers
have ever done elsewhere, ia making
an enviable record in fruit history.
The community's cooperative shipping
association ia maintaining a pinnacle
mat seems unattainable elsewhere.
bvery orchardist of the district of
2.000 acres set to fruit it a member of
the association. Truly, Mosier is
district of 100 per cent cooperation.
As a result of the spirit of coopera
tion, me Hosier rruit drawers' Asso
rt ion ia now adding the finishing
tiucbes to one of the most attractive
and efficient community packing houses
ana storage plants to be found any
v. here. Henceforth everv box of com
mercial fruit grown in the district will
bo packed under a system of strict
standardization. Indeed, the grower's
individual jurisdiction over bis apples
will have ended when he delivers them
in orchard boxes at the roadside. He
a not even permitted. to haul his own
iouuet. Association motor trucks,
equipped with springs that will pre
vent any bruising, deliver the apples
to the packing house, where they are
fed to accurate sizing machines, oper
ated on a weight basis. Thus the ap
ples of any one box will be of uniform
weight, and this means uniform size,
as the normally matured fruit of re
spective varieties run to regular sire
'The
he new structure, two stories in
height, built of hollow tile and faced
with a handsome pebble dash finish,
will cost approximately $25,000. It is
120 feet long and 66 feet wide. Ex
cept for the east end, fitted for offices
ana a directors room, the upper story
Is devoted to a papkingplsDt, and
three of the largest siiing machines
obtainable have been installed.
The natural location of the structure
permits trucks to drive to the level of
the second story. Apples are delivered
to gravity conveyors and thence fed by
the same mechanism to the graders.
The packed fruit, rolling methodically
along on the conveyors, after the tops
have been nailed on. is sent to the
lower story by spiral convevors. The
floor of the lower story is on a level
with car doors of an O-.W. It. & N.
siding, and the boxes can be sent in a
stream to the cars by the gravity con
veyors. Thus, pursuing a downward
course from the time of their arrival,
the apples are moved with a minimum
of labor.
The packing room is so lighted bv a
system of skylights that sorters can
plainly Bee any defect on the fruit on
the cloudiest day. Electric lights have
been supplied for night shifts.
The storage room below, ventilated
by a system furnished by the United
States Bureau of Markets, and the old
warehouse of the concern will give the
Association facilities for storing 50,000
boxes of apples, a half of thisjyear's
tonnage. Thus a very severe car
shortage will have to prevail before
Mosier will be injured.
Twenty concrete areas are located at
the ends and sides of the storage plant.
The tops of these are level with the
earth's surface, with free access to
the open air. By the proper manipula
tion of the areas and ventilators in the
structure, the aw can be completely
changed in the building every 24 hours.
The new air comes between spaces in
the heavy flooring and rises among the
tiers of boxes.
The crop of the Mosier valley was
never finer than this season. It will
show 100 per cent increase over last
year's tonnage. Summer estimates
placed the crop at 80,000 boxes. The
district, however, will pack out appoxi
mately 10,000 boxes. Ninety per cent
of the distict's plantings are Spitzen
burgs and Newtowns. The red variety
is highly colored and both are running
largely to extra fancy grade.
As in other districts, a windstorm
week before last took a heavy toll of
many of the Mosier orchards. Much
of the fruit blown from the tree will
have to be sold as cull stock. The As
sociation will handle its culls from its
old warehouse. Provisions have been
mnde for a shute at the west end of the
structure by which the cull product, as
it is sorted out by packing house crews,
may be sent directly into the old ware
house. As a result of the strict supervision
of pack, the Mosier Fruit Growers As-
socitation has made an enviable reputa
tion ior its anow-ap extra fancy brand
of apples. It will be the aim of the
organization to strengthen its grading
rules and maintain the quality pack.
The Mosier Fruit Growers. Associa
tion was organized 13 years ago. Since
that time Amos Root, a venerable orch
ardist who planted the district's first
commercial tract, haa continuously been
president. The concern is managed by
K. D. Chatfield. Other directors are :
Dr. C. A. Macrum, C. A. McCargar,
J. M. Carroll and Lee Evans.
W. J. Wollam. of the Oak Grove dis
trict had charge of constructing the
building. Zoll Bros, did the masonry
work. Emmett Tompkins has been
working on the structure.
APPLES OPEN SES
AME FOR HUNTERS
Hood River apples were magi for a
party of goose hunters, composed of
Earl Franz, P. G. Ripper, Ned Craw
ford and Will iam Marshall, who re
turned last week from two weeks
spent in he Harney Lake country.
Red Jonathans and flush-cheeked Win
ter Bananas were the onen sesame
that made possible the shooting of
hundreds of geese and ducks on the
Grain Ranch, operated by Swift & Co..
90 miles southeast of Burns.
"We had heard of how blentiful the
fewl were in the neighborhood of the
big ranch." says Mr. Franz, "and on
Sunday afternoon we arrived at the
ranch house. 1 approached the man
ager to get his permission to hunt, but
was politely informed that no one was
ever allowed to shoot on the ranch.
We were pretty crestfallen, but we
lingered to rest after our long ride. A
posse of cowboys , was loitering about
uio uuiiuiiigs. iney oegan a snoutn.g
match and we fellows entered in with
a new revolver we had along. Then
one of the fellows opened a box of
Hood River apples. We passed them
around. The manager helped himself
to a generous lot.
"Alonir toward miml.,u. n u fll..,. o
thought it time we were looking for a
camping place, and we bade the cow-
bovs and their foreman imnrllup Tk
manager came rustling up to us.
" 'Now fellows, he said, 'you go
down there to those trees. It's one of
the best camping places around here.
Go out and kill some geese and ducks
tomorrow. Understand. I haven't
given you permission but I don't think
u asK you to gel oti.
"We stayed. I have never spent a
leasanter 10 davs,. Our rmriv
iped into one of the most congenial lot
f fellows I flHVft PVer Itppn nut urifh
Crawford and. Marshall nr evid
enced campers and they had everything
nxeu up snipsnape. we sent over
some more armies and
The ranch cook reciprocated with pies
ana cake, When we eft thp mnph
manager told us we conlH hoot nn th,.
piuee wnenever we cnose. We were
urgta 10 come back next year. We
Dromised that ue wnulrl unil tk-.t Ui
would bring down several boxes of up.
pies.
The returned himtprs hn hai- Hiu.
tributed irifta of fut ITtulIurHa unit
geese to their friends, say that but
few shooters visit the remote district
and thatlit is no trick at nil 'tn fill
one's bag. The nimrods toured a total
of 800 miles on their hunting trip. The
result of the last day's shoot was
brought home 35 geese and 76 ducks.
ine roans, says Mr. f ranz, "after
you leave the wheat district where the
ngnways nave been badlv cut up, are
ine. On the hich ri
work has been done, two tracks have
been packed down, and one can speed
along at a rapid rate."
WANDERING WOOUES
VERY TROUBLESOME
It has been fashinnnhlp the itnet uu.
eral weeks for orcbardists of the Ode 11,
Summit and Dee districts to advertise
in local newspapers their custodianship
of stray herds of sheep. The notices
always ena something like this:
"Owner mav hnv hhitw hu fin ! i n if
cost of advertising, keen and damage
caused bv animals."
Last winter zenlriiia niv.ii,.?K.ntu tr
greater diversity of farming were urg-
ing me mirouuciion ol more herds of
sheep in the community, the radical
suggestion having even been made that
a c( mnunitv shepherd could be secured
to escort the Hicks to mountain pat
turaire durinir the Hiimmor Hut ehui.
and apple growing, at least poorly
neruea cneep anu apple orchards not
under strong fences, do not ro veiy
well together. ThnnannHn rf ihuui.
were brought here the rat summer
irom eastern ureeron for the summer
nasturni'fi. I Inui-nnuintoH with th.i iu.
ritory the herders have allowed the
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noi-Ks io wander asiray, and today
hundreds of sheen ar trmrHiiHinir wcr
the vallev causing annle irrowers in.
convenience and loss. '
Not onlv are the shepn fund f rinn.
in? annlefl. hut thpv pliminuto tha nn.
sibility of a crop on low-hanging limbs
by eating oft all of the fruit spurs.
as ior young irees, tney simply de
vour them, leuvinir hot n ntuL oti.'.Hn.T
above the ground.
RED TAPE GETS -
A LITTLE JAR
A quantity shipment of parcel post
matter, consisting of supplies from the
Poitland war Btore. caused a consider.
able flurry in red tane circles Satur-
day. Technically," all mail destined to
1'arkdale should pass through the Hood
River postoffice. But the bis cases of
canned goods and bacon, ulainlv
marked "Parkdale," were hastened by
handtrucks from the O.-W. R. & N.
station the short distance to the sta
tion of the Mount Hood R. K. Co.
After the goods were well en route
to Parkdale Toby Morioka, janitor at
the O.-W. station, who carries the
mail back and forth, with much excite
ment informed Mr. Fredncv that the
grocery storethat had arrived in the
night should have gone to the postof
fice instead of the Mount Hood train.
Strict postal regulations mav reauire
that the goods be brought back from
r'arkdale and pro erly diverted through
the local postoffice. Officials, howeVer,
for once will probably shut their 'eyes
and overlook the infraction of rules.
MODIFIED PRICE
CONTROL INDICATED
A cablegram received Rt.nrHni h
the Nortwestern office of Dan Wuille
& Co. indicates that the fruit price
control has been modified The mm.
sage stated that California Newtowns
were selling in tngiana at J5.20 per
hoy. whilp thp mnvimnm ttr,An ,uA
old price contnould be $4.20. Hood
River Newtowns have always brought
a premium of $1 a box over the Cali
fornia fruit.
The cabletrram stated that
export conditions were much better
following adjustment of the railway
Binne.
County Gets Second Truck
Hood River countv. thp
hasjust been notified from Salem, has
been awarded a second Nash Quad''
irucic ior use in county highway con
struction. The first machine, which
has since been in enmminainn VtmiUnn
crushed rock and gravel, arrived last
Summer, (ommiftxinnpr Hlunbmfln Lft
Tuesday for the capital. He will pilot
me new iruck nere over the Columbia
Highway.
CAR SHORTAGE
RULES MADE
ASSUCLVTX MAhtS AXXOi'M Ki NT
Softer Varieties T. He Receive I'ir.s!
Storage Space Listed -(Jt tnr
May Not Mot?
i "We are facing the nm.-t st-rioi: car
i shortage in the historv ( f th s .!gaiuz
;ation," savs C. W. "McCullagh, ii, i
; suing a bulletin announcirg new iii h -.
ery and storage rules f the A p,o
' Growers Association. Tl;is t'.iot u-
gether with the biggest crop the val
ley has ever harvested, makes certain
rules necessary in oraer to I'rediuv the
best results. The new rules
mined on follow :
ileu r-
"Make every effort to'deliver S
zenburgs, Ortleys, Jonathans, Ore
Reds and others of the softer variet
but hold back Newtowns, Arkai
Blacks, Ben Davis and other vane
nt-
es,
.-as
ies
ihat are hard and will stand more se
vere treatment than the earlier stork.
Warehouses will accept 'deliveries of
the earlier varieties as far as it is pas
sible for them to do so.
"Growers who have packing houses
or warehouses that can be made suit
able for the storage of apples, eveu
for a bhort period, will kindly advise
the sales depattment. Riving amount
of space available, location, and such
other information as is available. It is
impossible to handle all of our apples
in our present warehouses and tha car
supply is not sufficient to move the
stock as fast as it is received. Where
fruit is stored in growers' warehouses
a nominal rental will be paid for such
storage.
l'reent indications point to the fact
that the shipment of a gitt car will nt
be possible on account of shortage, of
help, shortage of space to assemble)
such a car, and shortage of the car
itself.
On account of lack of room, not to
exceed ten boxes will be received from
any one grower, to be stored for per
sonal use. and no storage is available
for anyone not a member of the Asso
ciation. Your sales department has sold a
sufficient amount of the eiop to bis
moved eatlv, or as early as car condi
tions will permit. Dm't bealarm.nl
at rumors. If cars are supplied for
movement promptly the congestion at
the various warehouses will be re
lieved, for the trade are fanxio.is to re
cieve our apples.
MR. WEBER FINDS
APPLES VF.RY HIGH
"If apnle prices of Illinois can l e
taken as a criterion," nays W. W.
Weber, just buck from a visit in the
middle west, "Hood River growers
ought to reap rich returns this year.
While I was at Woomington my broth
er, Henry, bought some apples. He
had to take his cur and go several
miles into the country to get them and
they cost him $1 a peck. The fruit, in
Hood River, would not have been con
sidered good cider product. It was dis
eased, wormy and beginning to lot."
Mr. Weber and his Illinois brother
participated in a reunion alter 40 years
of separation. The local merchant also
visited his old home at St. Joseph,
Mo., after an absence of 2-ears, and
called on relatives at Fulls City, Neb.
He returned home with an interest.
ing display of corn. He suvs the
farmers of the corn belt are very pros
perous and that their returns will be
high de pite a comparatively dry year.
"iiut Oregon can grow corn, too. "
saiu Mr. Weber, displayirg a san plo
of corn brought back here from Jos
eph, where en route home he stopped
ior a visit with his half-brother, Louis
Frauenfelder. "This Oregon corn will
compare favorably with any of it.
When I left St. Joseph, 25 years ago,
they didn't think corn would grow
there: now it is one of their chief
crops."
Mr. Weber says that land valuations
are soaring in the middle west.. His
brother three years ago bought un M
acre farm paying, $100 per acre. He
has eince been offered $1)00 for the
tract.
Mr. Weber will make u display of
the corn .assembled m bis visit at his
Oak street store.
BURGLAR ALARM
NEARLY COMPLETE
The First National Bank will hold a
public reception from noon until even
ing hours next Saturday to explain to
its patrons the mechanism of a burg
lar alarm system now being installed
by D. L. Jones, an expert of the
American I5ank Protection Co. The
work of installation will be finished
before Suturday. The burglar al.trm
system, by which the vaults are bned
with insulated double steel walls,
which will cause both an indoor aid
outdoor ringing of gongs the instant
they are tampered with, will cost ap
proximately $2,000. The heavy hold
ings of liberty bonds and other securi- a
ties for patrons, says Mr. Hlanchar.
and the inadequate small town jit iice
protection, has necessitated the new
system.
Ihe system used here is employed
generally by the Canadian government
on bank vaults and mints. All but
two of the United States Reserve
banks have installed it. In 20 years of
experience no bank using the system.
operated bv its own dry cell battery
electric system and with the cent nil
within the vault, has never been tuc
cessfully burglarized.
Trucks Wrecked in Collision
i Both machines were wrecked Tues
day when motor trucks driven by T.
imai, West blue Japanese ran her, and
Ed Chandler, of the Transfer & Livtrv
Co., collided at a corner near the home
of Mrs. hmma E. Epping. Imai lost
control of bis truck on a grade, hitting
the Transfer truck just as it was mak
ing the turn. So great was the im
pact that the bigjtruck's motor and en
tire front was twisted to right srglns
to the body. It was heavily laden
with apples, 11 boxes of which were
ruined. Neither of the drivers was in
jured.