VOL. XXXI
HOUD RIYEU, OREGON", THURSDAY, DECEMBER A, 191U
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF HOOD RIVER. OtFGON
AT THK ClOSE OF BLS1NFSN NOV 17.
Resources :
Iioans and Discounts
United States Bonds and Treasury Certificates
Other Bonds and Securities
Bank Building and Fixtures
Other Real Estate
Cash and Exchange
Liahililieot t
Capital Stock
Earned Surplus and Profits
Reserved for Taxes and Interest
National Currency
Deposits
... $531,573.72
. 15y,(KKM'0
... iS.5154
... 5 1.28 UK)
21. ;)(.( H)
179.570.23
$1,U17.5-W.4,J
. $1(H),(KK.(K)
... 17.221.4!)
LSI MUX
.... 10O,l;OO.00
. 828.522.00
$1,U47.5-U.49
Resources no'.v
Resources November 17, 1918,
Gain in one year
? 1.047. 546. 49
770.rnSO.7l
$27b8(;5.78
FOR SALE
We are offering the Dobbin forty acres, on the
River Road, near Summ't, 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. CRI I ES. PrMil. ni
K. V. SINCLAIR, Secretary
BUSINESS BUILDING
A COMMERCIAL BANK'S real service to a commu
nity is "business building." Every bank worthy of the
name insists that its employees bo steadfastly accurate,
courteous and accommodating in their relations with the
public.
Keeping an accurate record of deposits and checks
paid ; collecting out-of-town checks; issuing drafts and
bills of exchange; paying interest on time deposits-all
these are forms of hanking SERVICE common to all mod
ern institutions.
But BUSINESS BUILDING is something bigger r
something that a hank gives both largo and small deposi
tors without any expectation of direct financial returns.
And it is this BUSINESS BUILDING feature that
we wish to cover at this time.
you want to clear some more land
If you want to increase your holdings of
high grade livestock or necessary
equipment -
If you want to invest in the stock or secu
rities of any corporation that is develop
ing the natural resources of the dis
trict tributary to this bank
We will be glad to discuss any feature of
such an investment with you.
BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
Member Federal Reserve System
Effective December 1st, the following rates will be the
legal charges for different classes u telephone service at
Hood River and Odell Exchanges :
Business Service Hood River Odell
Individual Line $3.75 $3.25 per Mo.
Two-part v Line :5.25 2.75 " "
Eight-party Lihe li.OO
Rural Party Line 2.50 " "
Extension same premises :
Without Bell 75 .75 " "
With Bell 90 .90 " "
Residence Service Hood River Odell
Individual Line 2.50 $2.00 per Mo.
Two-party Line 2.25 1.75 " "
Four-party Line 1.75 1.50 " "
Eight-party Line Suburban 2.25
Rural Party Line 1.75 " "
Extension same premises :
Without Bell .50 50 " "
With Bell .05 .05 " "
Desk Equipment will he 25c more per month than the above,
A toll between the Hood River and Odell offices will be
charged as follows :
First five minutes or fraction thereof $ .05
Each additional five minutes or fraction thereof .05
Oregon-Washington Telephone Company
Eveready Daylo Flash -Lights
and
Eveready Tungsten Batteries
KRESS E DRUG CO.
v. -k.
COME IN AND HEAR THE NOVEMBER RECORDS
IS UNDER WAY
1ST MEETING ON TUESDAY NIGHT
DSED CMS
We have listed for sale the following
Used Cars at prices extremely low:
One 1918 Maxwell Touring Car $650 00
One 1918 Dodge Touring Car $950.00
One 1915 Ford Touring Car $275.00
A real snap.
One 1916 Ford Touring Car $375.00
New tires all around; mechanically perfect.
One 1918 Maxwell 1-ton Truck $900.00
Best buy in town.
Two 1916 Chevrolet Tour. Cars, each $400.00
Both in good condition.
For further information phone or call
on the
HOOD RIVER GARAGE, Inc.
PHONE 4444
T "phi Prof. Henderson Will Lead in the
Discussion of riant Crceding
Meetings Twice Wetl.lv
The community winter short course,
..vided ly the Sa.ith-Hughes ngricul
tm.-d di partment of the high school,
I mi Tuesday night, when the sub
j t of plant propagation methods whs
(i cu-sed. Tonight, with Piof. L. F.
I nderson. formerly head of the dt-
tment of botany at the Univerity
n' Idaho, leading, piineipals of plant
! ceding ami their application to g-irden
i I orchard, will be the di-cussioii
The sh irt course, which is creating a
t -at deal of interest among ranchers
t I o-i har.lis.ts, will hold classes twice
v, ekly. A number of prominent fruit
rr n. stockrai era and repiesei.tathe '
of the Hood River Experiment Statu n,
w ill assist 1'rdf. R. V. Wright in the
short course work. Some of the horti
cuituial tunics, it is exiectd, will draw
oreha ihsts here from neighboring dis
tricts fir the lectures and discussions.
The. full program for the shoit course
his h en announced by Prof. Wright
as follows :
JUDGE WILSONI
PAROIJESYOlAlIS
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apparent (rood health recently, but
sii.ee Thanksgiving, his friends say.
had been slightly ill. He retired Sat
urday night in steming normal spirits.
Judge Buck was born m New flamo
shire. His young manhood was tp.. i t
in ilinne-ota. He enlisted with the
Seventh Minnesota regiment and served
with Co. I) throughout the Civil war.
Uri was erving his third vear as Co-n-
mar.der of Ca.iby Post, G. A. II. lie
was also a prominent nn-mbt-r of H i d I t S T (("e to AltfS n
iii er LMige, a. r. ec a ai. n. in in
Grand Army membeis and the Maso ic
loige participated in funeral services.
Judire buck's wife passed away seve-al
years ago. The deceased veteranl.es
by her side in Idlew ilde cemeterv. j
I wo children survive Judge buck -Miss
Nettie P.uck, for many years in
clurge of the telephone exchange at
the Portland hotel, and Shermai .1.
Buck, an official of the American Rail
wiv Expres Co. at Seattle.
With circuit coutt adjourned for the
service, the funeral of Judire Iiuck was
held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock
at Riverside church. Ktv. W. II.
lioddy officiated. Ritualistic services
of the G. A. R. were read at the
church, and at the crave membeis of
the Masonic lodge took charge.
CC. Anderson conducted the funeral.
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New and Seasonable
Goods
are arriving and we are prepared to
supply your needs.
Cluster Raisins
Seeded Raisins
Seedless Raisins
Citron Peel
Lemon Peel
Orange Peel
New Crop Walnuts
Currants
Dates
Figs
Honey
PINE GROVE STORE
A. F. BICKFORD, Prop.
" FRIEND "
The Adaptable Sprayer
Made in four sizes.
All low down, short turn, easy draft.
Best for hillside work.
Full line of repair parts in stock and real service assured.
Hood River Spray Company
Phono 2421
SPRA Y MA TERIA LS of all kinds. We can sup
ply you with freshly prepared Bordeaux Paste.
December budding and Grafting.
1' cetnl er 11. Lne;nies of the Atiple
a' i Pear. December 1", Principles of
Spraying. December 1H Orchard Fer
tii Zfition. Decern! er Zi. Priliiing. J:in
ti.ry 1, Incoi'ie Tax. Januury , t)?
i itiala of Good Farm Management.
Innuary 13, Mot ir Power and Machiti
c y on the Farm. January 15, I!usino -s
I dW, the Principles of Contract. Jan
u. ry 520, Soil Formation and Classilica
ti n. January 22. Physical Properties
of the Soil. January 27, Irrigati 'n and
b uinage. Jcinuary 2i, 1'lant KnoO
I' d the Soil. February II, Ornn'sms of
t' rf Soil. February 5, Corii aid IV t a
t"cs. February 10, Legumes and (lass
e . February 2, Pastures ami Soiling
S.stem. February 17, Crop Improve
nvnt. February 19, breed. of Horse?
h h1 Horse Management. February 24,
I'nsoundness and Disease of llor-ies.
1 ' ibruarv 20, breeds rf Cattle. March
2, Requirements of Good Dairy Cows
;arch 4, Principles of l.ivistock Feed
,i-jr. Mar h 9. Feeding the Dairy Cow.
MurchTl, breeds of Swine. March 18,
Creeds nf poultry. March 2li, How In
( ill Your Floi ks of Poultry. March
2"', Feeding Hens fur Kc Production.
Marih 3i, Housing Poultry and Poultiy
Di. eases.
It is the aim of the Fhort course to
produce a greater and more successful
diversification among orchardist j. Mr.
V.Tight says :
"I.oi k the foregoing outline over
i "ive!'u!ly and see if you don't think
there is something woith while for you
' learn. We want you to enroll for
the fust night riid be present at each
netting throughout. However, if you
cannot attend each meeting all: nvt
to attend as many as possible. The
tirst seven subjects deal with horticul
tural problems."
HOSIER LO -S IS
PLACED AT $5,000
Mosier experienced the most disas
trous fire in the hi-tory of the town, or
community, Wednesday of last week.
It. is not kno'n how the lire started,
out it is known that it originated in
ome manner in the rear of what was
c:.lled the Graham building, and when
di; covered had gained such headway
tnat despite all elforts all the builJings
in that entire section soon became a
-eething muss of flames, completely
h yond control. The fire engine wa;
nnme 1 lately brought to the scene, but
vi found to be of no use because of
nut having the necessary chemicals fur
i-L.-irging it. 1 he water pressure
siemed just at that time to he unusu
ally low, as very little force could be
hu'l.
Every person who could be of the
least assistance was there. Al! work
wat suspened in the Fruit Grower As
sociation building and all turned out to
help. liiiiket luigailes were soon
f. i mecl and ladders placed so that the
Up.- of neai by houses could be guard
ed. The Mosier hotel. Strauss' gen
end store and the Sturgess building,
where the Fruit Growers Association
has a temporary dining room and
sleeping quarters for help, were ablaze
at different times, hut ,hy heroic tn
deavora the manv willing hands man
aj.'d to save all these places, although
ail the glass in the fronts of the
Strauss and Sturgess buildings was
broken by the intenss heat and the
buildings were Madly scorched.
The greatest loss was the bookstore
and barber shop. Ihe telephone ex
change was in the bookstore, hut the
big switchboard was saved and moved
up to Chown's hardware store, where
connection with long distance was
effected eailv in the afternoon. It is
expected that the local lines will again
be in working order in a very short
time. The stock at the bookstore was
partially insuted. In all seven hou-es
were destroyed, some of them unoccu
pied. A rough estimate would set the
damage at $.'),(IU0 or more.
At one time it was thought the en
tile tov.n was doomed. A call for as
sistance was sent to The Dalles, who
re.-ponded by loading their tiie anp.ir
atus on a rpei ial train and Was just
ready to start here when word was sent
Hint all was under control. Miss Anna
Lang sent a Red Cross nurse down on
the afternoon train to see if anvone
needed assistance, but luckily no one
was left destitute in the matter of
clothing or beilding. However, Mosier
people appreciated the thought and
prompt action of the Red Cross and
feel very thankful that help was not
needed.
BUDGET COMMITTEE
FINDS PROBLEMS
With the law limiting increases in
taxation to six per cent of the pre til
ing year's levy and numerous demands
for new nicironriations confr niti- p-
them, the county cyjrt and budget ad- j
viKory committee, in session luesuay, I
luund themselves in a quandaiy.
A delegation, consisting of retire
entatives from thu Woman's cl.ib,
iveu ross i napitr ami citizens, aske.l
the court for an appropriation of $ ' fit ill
for maintaining a public health service
with visiting nurse.
A large delegation of orchardists
atvi'direetors and officers of the txperi
ment station asked the court to m-
i reaHe the stations appropriation,
which was $2,b(M luit year, to iJI.ikki,
a sum equal to the slate s aptiionna-
tion.
The court had tentatively planned on
raising money this year to stait a
dnking fund for a new courthouse It
is generally admitted that Hood River
county, whose t llicers and courts have
been housed in an antiquated s-jhuol
house since the county was e-taldished,
needs a new court house, but it is rot
likely that any fund can be started this
year, it is said.
CAR SITUATION
SHOWS IMPROVEMENT!
While apple shippers remained far
behind with needs tor rolling stoi k,
the receipts of refrigeuitor can
showed a slight impiovement the pa t
week. Shippers expressed the feeling
that they were receiving a fair prop' r
tion of roiling stock being awarded to
Northwest fruit districts.
Total shipments have exceeded the
1,000 car mark. The Apple Gi owi rs
Association alone had routed out 700
cars up to Saturday.
The domestic market for good qual
ity of apples remains (inn, but the de
cline in exchange of the pound sterling
and the government price control m
!'glar.d has had a denies.-dng etl'e t on
exports. At the present ime the lint
ish price rontiol allows a maximum
price of 54.15 for a box of apples de
livered in England. Freight, -handling
and insuran.e charges reai h a total il
$2.1'.i, leaving a balance of $1.1)0 for
'.he fruit. Shippers slate that best
quality C grades are bringing a higher
price than this on the dome.-tic market.
MOTORISTS ADVISED
AGAINST NEW ROAD
J. R. Nii'kelsen, who has change of
sin facing the link of the Columbia
Ilihway betwten here and his ranch
place, has issued a warning against use
of the new grade by motorists until his
work is complete.
"Somebody has told motorists that
they can get through on the new road,"
savs Mr. Nickelen. "with the result
that they almost invariably get stuck.
Four or five cars were mired there
Monday. The night before several
machines used about a cord of fence
posts and wood in getting out of mud
holes. If the traveling public will just
have patience we will get the road
completed bv Christmas."
The road is being surfaced with nat
urally cru-hed rock, hauled from a de
posit just east of the Mitchels Point
tunnel, and on the rock is placed
graveL
FOUR KIDDIES HURT
WHILE COASTING
Three children are at the Cottage
hospital suffering from fractured limbs
and a fourth sustained a padly bruised
foot in a coasting accident Tuesday
night. Aboard a bobsled the young
sters were traveling down a Bteep
grade at express rate when their sled
collided with an automobile driven by
I Sol Waine. The injured were Agnes
'Chipping, broken wrist; Mary Has
i linger, leg fractured between hip and
iknee; Calire Howell, fracture between
' hip and knee, and George Haslinger,
j bruised foot.
I The oldest of the children, young
Howell, is 15.
Mr. Waine, known as a careful driv
er, is exonerated from any blame.
S'de farm
Williams.
I i-dvr the exist nir statutes Judj.
ilson bud to pni. ojiice a sei.toi
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ji-fii-.. mil. i.nv provides.
Juci-je-W ilson point, d oat, trnt tne m" -tence
in eil ei t woul-t to f roily 5 J
year , or a fourth oi the sc, t-. ee in -posed
from tiie l.eiu h. Sis uu autumn'..'
parolt i.-Hica alter the L se if such
period provided the pt im-.k r 's c-Jiidui t
has been good.
The cases, btcaiire of the prominence
of the boys' parents. Mciieiirs of
Coivall.s and Alexui der's of Forest
G'ove, and the mrov.ti i.m on the natt
of .lu.le Wilson in calling on 8 d from
a lomnntue of cit;ze.,s. Ins ciea.cd a
wi'ic. pread atterton. PrcceJuit to the
paioie taking tiled ti e yom g ncn
hod to si;Mi a ( lid.i ogite ng lo the
following terms im; o.- ed by the c.m.t:
They ln-fh cgiee t.i -.1 t ii-i f i - ' n i V
use tf al.' St lie l ip.i r.- t.r the fuil
term el me pi role, sil ;.t 10 j-a..i un-les-.
a future leiea.-e is given by c..i rt
older. They mos not loiter a cm d
lool balls or similar les it-. The yovi; g
me i must reuun to t,n'r lea ioc'.ivn
homes a;,d lemain on.i r cooirol of
their paiei ts. The li-.ys n:u.-l not
lease their c.i.nnnii itiea pel niantntlv
-thout an or ier fr-.in tiie court. If
tili-y leave teu.ii.iiai li thev nnisl h.ive
-ntteii i-on.-eol i f their faih. is, tw.d
Ihe leipiests must he lilel vviti tiie
court. For tiie hist six ni.iuUn. oi tne
parole the young men must write ev ry
two weeks to Judge Wilson, leport iritr
their employment, earnings a id liv
ings. It is reqiiiied tnat both im n. ii
ately jr. t respectable woik. After ilio
six months is up tiie bo;, s niu twv.te
monthly to the prcsi lu g j aige oi the
circuit court heie. Ihe boys ie re
quired to f ay by monthly ini-tallim
tne cust the county ha.- In en put t in
their art est and convictim. The o eh
ar.li.-t- fr m whom tiie to ds wt"e sti-hn
will l.kewi-e be reimbursed for any
expense in connection with their appre
hension by monthly payments.
" The committee coinno.-ed f W H.
iinJ iy, Truman 15 . t lo and Mr. A G.
I,t wis, pu face. I its i e.ioi t by the c
lar.ition that the ii vestigation ha I been
exhaustive. The hoys, their parcels,
their attorney.-, nlat. vs and ernpoyers
erf ii tervi. we i. T'.e a. my re.'oi : of
b th jourig me i was g ne ii to.
The committee mile ei.j'it. fi.nhngs
his
of
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the
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JUDGE A. C. BUCK
FOUND DEAD IN BED
The sudden passing if Judge A. C.
buck, f ged 75 vrars and for the l ast
j 25 years a prominent figure in Hood
Kmr, whn was found dead in bed ?un
day morning, brought a shock to his
many friends. Judge buck was for
many years justice of the peace here.
yluverul v.jud nor.'t ho rpiaiirnpH unit rp-
j tired from active life, He had been in
DAN WUILLE TRAIN
ARRIVES ALL 0. K.
The 25 boxcar trainbnd of apples
rolled from here by Dan Wuille & Co.
! Sunday, November IB, has arrived in
; good condition, according to advices
from Allen Hart, who with six assist
ants was in charge of the train. He
1 state? that it whs not necessary to set
heaters going in the cars ustil the
; train leached Newport, III, The ap
ples, valued at foO.OOO, will all go tn
Kngland, a part being loaded from
Philadelphia.
The transcontinental trip required 12
days,
as follows: lh.it all evdeiice p. t its
to the charge a a fir -t oil', se, n ii her
Alexander nor M II- i.ry can he t la . ed
i a tun . -lent, sus'ici ; s I;,. it Aleu,.1 ier
Ini.l 1 0 'l.ni it led t i h' r Ii enl char-'i s v. are
investigated anil ton d tr.iu.dlc a
check id nl'Tiea t-.l I bv the hoys
showed th -ill tr.ic. b. ,S 1,-iys aie high
i civ d graduates, m i.c.tt '!; tv-ni - c, ar-Ht-tei,
that Co. ii I ;;!',. .ol.i coos d :r ' hat
mobilization of t n ' mi y tine yteihg
men into environments utterly foreign
t tht-m an l the willing, ,es.i of prom
inent cilize-H i i II. e n - e'-tive t im
munities of the hny. t) ltc.nve f.em
back iinptes ed the romui it lee. The
coiiimiltte sugge.-ted ti t fallowing:
"E ich you.ig man go t his own home
in his lespective con inumty,
"To rep nt to the court, or some per
son the court n ay designate every two
weeks for the Inst six months; there
after, once a in nt ii until the tine of
me po8"ihie n;r mini sentence ha., ex
piled neither v u man t leav
communitv t r any extonthil length
time without the penn:s.ioii of
court.
"An estimate is to be made of
cost, lo lloou Kiver c.iiiniv or their
re.-t and detention, together with the
expense incurred by Mr. Williams or
Mr Friday in their detection, and the
young men to pay the delimit- turn, de
cided upon by the court, each month
from their own e-irning-i until full res
titution has been made "
The committee iiet hired that it was
the feeling of the members that society
would be more greatly benelited by the
parole of the boys than by the possibil
ity of their utter ruin from incarcera
tion in the penitentiary. The report
continued:
"We sympathize with the court in
its disappointment at the parole sys
tem. We venture to remind the court,
however, that the prisoner who is- pa
roled and who rehabilitate himtelf is
never heard of bv the publ c in co nec
tion with his citne thereafter, while
on the other hand the man who bi.mks
his parole and commits another ciirie
come;- to the attention of the court and
the people."
Judge Wilson stated last week that
hereafter he would require that appli
cations for parole is-ue from i idn'iing
grand jury or trial jii'ie3. He a ked
the committee fot an opinion on ha
policy. The citizens declared that evi
dence submitted to a grand jury in
order to bring about' indictment is not
adequate to making a decision in the
matter of a parole. The same wa ex
pressed as also true of the trial jury,
fr im whom manv essential point . it
was said, might be exclude I as tuati
monv. In such cases the co-nmntee
suggested that the best re-ults would
he arrived at by the appointment of a
special rommittee. following the prec
edent set in the case under discussion.
PORTLAND MASONS
COMING SATURDAY
Hood River Lodge of Masons will
entertain numb, is of Washington
Ixidge, of Poithn.d. text Satu'day
night. The visitor w.ll be greeted
with a banquet ht Tiemau hail and
, will be given their till of S;iit zenhurg
apples. A team of the visiting fra
; ternal men will conduct degree work.
Master Carson urges till l-ical msmihers
and visiting Masons to be pre. ent at
tne meeting.
The Portland Mas ir a will come htra
' aboard a special train.