CO cso o oowo fhe HOODfclVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUL? 21, L921 No. 8 VOL. XXXIII 1100JP I II llll ll I 1 2g' if IfgSf PK?2 I ? ' X BUILT ON SAFETY THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK is built on the solid foundation of safety, and we believe that its useful service has proven valuable to its customers. . The First, National Bank Hood River, Ore SPECIAL FOR TEN DAYS Percolators - Pyrex Aluminum - Granite Ware Glassware - Dishes Suit Cases - Trunks Shopping Bags and Baskets Aluminum Teakettles No. 8 Wash Boilers and many other items 15 per cent discount on the above at KELLY BROS. CO., Inc. See us before buying Arsenate of Lead We handle "CORONA DRY" The Universal Insecticide Orchard Supplies and International Harvester Supplies The Hood River Fruit Co. SERVICE WITHOUT SHAM Unfortunately, in most business, sn-calh-d "seri.e is largely a sham. Fro in the half-hearted whiskbrioiiiii,g of the Pullman porter to. the final inspect on -f the auto mobile tester, service seems to be more a matter of appear ance than helpfulness. Yoa will put up with anv kind of sernce in a pinch, but you are going to become the permanent cii"tomr the man who gives .u greatest satisfaction ALL TH1 TIM K. That's the one thing I have for sale. Come in ami try it. SPECIALIZING ON BUCKS AND STl DEBAKERS SHAY'S SHOP At the Fuhion SuMa Phone 1201 FREE! Cake of Klenzo Toilet Soap with each purchase of the New Large Family 50c Size KLENZO DENTAL CREME Next Saturday and all week until the next Saturday July 2nd to July 9th you can buy Klenzo Dental Creme in the new, large family size for 50c and receive one caKe of the new Klenzo Toilet Soap, full size, FREE. This Economy Offer is mabe to introduce to you this convenient new size of Klenzo Dental Creme and to acquaint you with the new Klenzo Toilet Soap. KRESSE DRUG CO. TAe QMoJUL Store Come in and hear the July Victor Records WHAT SERVICE MEANS That word SERVICE is pretty much over worked these days, but the definition by Arthur W. Ingalls as it appeared in a recent publication is worthy of all of our space this week : "Service is something more than attention, some thing more than earnestness, something more than salesmanship. It is likewise much more than the sum total of the three. It is thoughtful, kindly, human- and not a mere impulse to automatic action. It depends not alone on courtesy and considera tion of individual requirement, but rather on a pleasant anticipation of personal wants and desires. It means far more than routine activity; it means feeling, sincerity, initiative - the giving of something which cannot be purchased. This alone is service.' BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Member Federal Reserve System 1 SLABS Now is the time to place your or der for slab wood so as to allow time for proper seasoning during the summer months. We handle the entire local output of the Dee mill. Special prices on car load lots of ten to twelve cords. F. 0. B. car shipments to ranchers at points on Mt. Hood Line. EMRY LUMBER & FUEL CO. PHONE 2181 Successors to HOOD MVEB FUEL CO FOURTH AND CASCADE John C. Duckwall Wm. S. Duckwall DUCKWALL BROS. Wish to announce that they will be cash buyers of the principal varieties of apples and pears this sea son and load from all points in the Valley. We furnish growers' supplies and materials. Apple and Pear Boxes Spray Materials Paper We will handle and recommend the special prepared oiled paper to prevent scald on the late keeping varieties. Order your supply of this. PLANT SPECIAL ISTS ARE COMING HORTICULTURAL MEET NEXT WEEK Prominent Men From Many Sections to Attend and Participate in Discussions DUCKWALL BROS. Phone 229 Odell The full program for the first annual conference of plant specialists, includ ing entomologists, pathologists and horticulturists from Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho, Utah and British Columbia has been announced by Leroy Child! and Gordon Brown, who will be hosts at the gathering. The sessions, which will begin next Tuesday, closing the following Thursday, will be held at the Commercial Club rooms. The visitors will be escorted Thursday afternoon by autornboile through the Upper Valley orchards. The strenuously inclined members of the jiartv will remain Thursday night at Cloud Cap Inn, and Friday will make an ascent of Mount Hood. Others will return to Hood Kivcr MM will spend Friday touring the otchaid districts of the Hosier and Dufur dis tricts, in Wasco county. E. K. Jack man, Wasco county agent, will have charge of the tour through the neigh boring county. The full program will be as follows: Tuesday afternoon Opening Re marks and Announcements, W. S. Umwn. rhief of horticulture at the Or egon Argicultural College; "Effects of Miscible Oil Sprays on bruit trees, C.;C. Vinzent, horticulturist, Univers it nf IdMho: "Annie Tree Anlhrac- nose or Black Spot Canker Control, E. W. White, assistant horticulturist, Victoria, B. C. ; "Experimental Spray ing Results in Hood River Valley," Le(09 Childs, director of Hood Rivet Station; "Oiled Fruit Wraps and Ap ple Scald Control." with demonstra tion, O. F. Fisher, U. S. Department of Agriculture Plant Pathologist at Wenatchee. Tuesday evening Open meeting. "The Fruit Marketing Outloop." C. 1. Lewis, assistant manager of the Ore gon Growers' Cooperative Association, and "Intimate and Interesting Experi ence! of a Meandering Horticulturist in the Rand of the Rising Sun," F. C. Reimer, director of the Southern Ore gon Experiment Station. Wednesday morning the specialists will make a tour through the orchards. Orchard fertilizers -and fruit produc tion will he discussed by Clayton L. Long, an extension specialist of Cor vallis, and demonstrations will be giv en by Cordon G. llrown. horticulurist of the local station. A mushroom rot experiment demonstration will he given by Leroy Childs and Dr. S. M. S&eller, plant pathologist of the Oregon Agri culturist. Mr. Childs will also give Hn ore hard disease and pest control demonstration. Wednesday afternoon special pro grams of horticulurists and entomolo gists will be given. The features of the former will be: "Duty of Water in Fruit Production," Dr. M. C. Mer ril, horticulturist of the Utah Experi ment Station at Logan; "Orchard Management, Yields and Related Fac tors," Gordon G. Hrown; "Oriental Pears and Their Value to American Horticulture," Mr. Reimer, and "Changes in the Internal Morphology of the Pear During the Ripening Peri od," A. E. Murneek, assistant horti culturist at Oregon Agricultural Col lege. The entomologigsts' portion of the Wednesday afternoon program will be: "New or Unusual Insect Outbreaks," R. H. Smith, Idaho Experiment Sta tion entomologist. Twin Falls; discus sion by P. L. Rockwood, of the federal entomological station, Forest Grove; "Small Fruit Insects," Wm. Downes, Jr., entomologist of Washington Agri cultural College, Pullman: ''Advance! in Grasshopper Control, "!H. W. Hen derson, president of Utah University, Logan ; discussion, B, B. Fulton, as sistant entomologistjat the Oregon Ag ricultural College; "Alfalfa Weevil in Idaho," Claude Wakeland, extension eutomologist, Hoise, Ida. ; "Oregon's Earwig Problem," H. B, Fulton; "Fil bert Hud Mite," A. L. Lovett, entom ologist at Oregon Agricultural College : Plant patholoigsta will discuss the following topics at the Wednesday afternoon session : "Powdery Mildew of Pears," D. F Fisher, federal plant pathologist of Wenatchee; "Plant Disease Problems of Idaho," C. W. Hungerford, plant pathologist, Idaho Experiment Station, Moscow; "Eastern Filbert Blight Dan ger," H. P. Bursa, plant pathologist, Oregon Agricultural College. A round table -discussion on new or unusual plant disease outbreaks of the current year will be held. Wednesday evening a banquet and smoker for all visitors will be hel J at the Columbia Gorge Hotel. The program for Thursday morning will be : "European Canker of Pear and Ap ple," Dr. S. M. Zeller ; "Spray Poison mir nf Itwu " A. I.. Melanrier. ento mologist of Washington State College, Pullman; "Thrips Injury to Apples -Calyx Penetration by lx.-ad Arsenate Sprays," E. J. Newcomer, federal en tomologist at Yakima, Wash. ; "Prune Root Borer Control," F. H. Lathrop, assistant entomologist. Oregon Agri cultural College; "Plant (Quarantine on the Pacific Coast and Its importance to Horticulture," Cha. A. Park, chair man of Western Plant Qu irantine Board, of Salem; "Freeze Injury," svmoosium led by W. S. Brown, chief of horticulture of Oregon Agricultural College. The Tuesday evening m eting, it is expected, will be attended hy orchard ists from all parts of the Hood River valley and neighboring mid Columbia fruit districts. LEGION HOOD CLIMB TO BE ELABORATE The Hood River Post of the Ameri can legion began last week a search over the entire Pacaic Coast for Harry Siries, former cook of old Company, 12 Oregon Coast Artillery. The Post wants Sinea to take charge of the kitchen of a camp to lie estabishled on tie base of Mount Hood, Jnly 30 and 31, when the organization will stage an ascent of the snow peak. R. L Foust, mess sergeant of the old roast artillerry unit, mobilised from here M world war service, will have charge of purchasing supplies for the mountain climbing party. The two men were exceedingly popular with their comrades, a large number of whom will participate in a reunion on the recreation. The increasing popularity of Mount Hood and its availability as the result of better roads resulted a short time ago in members of the lcoal Legion Post considering an ascent. As the proposal! were discussed, they grew ambitious and elaborate, and finally the Hood River Post decided to make the annual ascent of Mount Hood a feature in national circles of the or ganization of ex-service men. While the short notice of this year will limit the initial climb to Oregonians chiefly. Dr. J. W. Sifton, who will represent the local Post at the national conven tion, will tell of next year's proposed mountain climb. Letters and printed matter on the event hae gone forward to all posts, and it is expected that eventually the annual American Legion ascent of Mount Hood will attract great attention. "The excursion of this year, how ever," Commander Edward W. Van Horn says, "will be far in excess of our expectations a week ago. Press announcements of our plans have re sulted in scores of inquiries pouring in from all parts of the state. It looks as though we will have a hundred or more Legion men and their families from other parts of the state. Purl land will probably furnish the heaviest outside list of recreationists. The plan has been received geneialiy with en thusiasm. Kent Shoemaker, chairman of the committee in charge of arranging for the mountain climb, last Friday re cived a telegram from Governor Olcott, who expressed his desire of climbing Hood with the ex-soldiers. Other members of the ascent committee are: Edward W. Van Horn, Harold Hersh ner, Robert L. Foust and Geo. R. Wil bur. The trip to a camp, which will be as tablished near Cooper Spur, will be made parly by automobile and partly by hiking. Cars w ill leave the city at 1 p. m. Saurday, July 30. From the homestead place of J. 0. Harmon, the hike into the mountain meadow ramn will cover a mile and a half. Wal ter B. Davidson, ex-army pack ser geant and said to be one of the best pack train men in the Northwest, will have charge of transporting bedding and equipment from the llannum place to the camp. Mike Brennan. of Port land, Will be in charge of songs around the campfire Saturday night. Mark Weygandt, veteran guide, who has already made 4!)0 registered trips np the mountain, will have charge of the party on the ascent. He will be assisted by several skilled lieutenants. BINGEN VEGETABLES SELL HIGH HEBE The ruin of lowland gardens'!. y the recent Columbia freshet has resulted in high prices for vegetables here. The lowland truck gardeners for the past fivo vears have not only supplied the local" market hut have shipped out vegetables in ton quantities. 1 ne community had grown to depend on the production of the fertile bottom lands. This year most of the vegetables sold by local grocers are shipped in. Local consumers have interested themselves the past few days in trac ing shipments of vegetables grown by Japanese truck gardeners ol Bingen, just across the Columbia and in sight Of the town. The produce is sold to a Portland broker, who sells to commis sion men here. The latter sells to the Hood River Produce Exchange, who distributes it to the grocers. The pro cess results in expensive vegetables for Hood River tables. COUNTY INSPECTOR KINDS EIRE BLIGHT County Fruit Inspector Armstrong has discovered lire blight, one of the most deadly diseases attacking fruit trees, in Upper Vall v orchards. It is believed the dread pest has been brought In by birds or high winds from eastern forests The disease has heen advancing for several years from east ern parts of the state. The blight af fects nali.e shrubs and its eradication is thus made difficult. Mr. Armstrong says the Upper Val ley discovery is nothing to alarm grow ers if they will immediately get busy and cut "out the affected Krtions of trees. Fire blight, if handled by the cooperative efforts of all growers of districts can be eradicated quickly. MERCHANTS TO VISIT HOOD TRIP PLANNED FOR NEXT SUNDAY K. ol P. Band Will Accompany Recrea tionists and Will Give Concere From the Snowline The Hood River Business Men's As sociation, in an effort to popularize Mt. Hood and to acquaint local busi ness folk and all their clerical forces with features of the trip from here to loud Cap Inn, will stage a picnic near Cloud Cap Inn Sunday, July 24. Trucks and automobiles will convey the party to the Inn. Homer A. Rogers, host ai the Inn, is cooperating toward making the business men's excursion a success. Mr. Rogers plans on personally pilot iug parties over the more accessible snow fields and glaciers. No attempt will be made to climb the mountain. The Knights of Pythias band will ac company the excursion, and the band men will give a concert from the snow line. It is said that this will be the first occasion on which a musical or ganization has ever visited the moun tain. Mr. Rogers says that Hood River folk know too little of the mountain, one of their greatest assets. He de clares that at present, because so few local people nally know the mountain, that it is difficult for transient motor ists to secure reliable information at local places of business. Following the junket to Cloud Cap Inn. Mr. Rog ers plans on sending weekly bulletins on road conditions and other mountain information direct to all stores and places of business. Formerly such an excursion as is planned by the merchants and their families was out of the- question be cau e of the 30 per cent grade on the Cloud Cap Inn road at China Fill. Mr. Rogers has just completed a new road, the maximum grade of which is 15 per cent. The improvement has greatly stimulated automobile traffic to the mile-high hostelry. EAST FORK DISTRICT WINS HIGH PRAISE H. A. Wentworth, here last week to gather data on local irrigation districts for the United States Department of Agriculture, says that the East Fork Irrigation district, covering the East Side of the Hood River valley, is one of the must CO BOO lately recorded on the Pai 0C Coast, Mr. Wentworth. who states that the federal government is canvassing nil western states, securing first hand information on legal proced 'dintr up to the formation of ir- i.i ,..) 1i.trlcis and methods of their operation subsequent ly. "The Oregon laws, I believe," said Mr. Wentworth, "are the best in the country. And I was able to get more data on the Fast. Fork district here in an hour's talk with the secretary, Geo. R. Wilbur, than I gained in a week's investigation of Home districts. The facta of the local district are all down in orderly fashion, and when 1 asked a question the secretary merely had to turn to his records. The Department of Agriculture is seeking this data in an endeavor to standardize water legislation in all of the arid states, and thus placing itself in position to aid in land reclamation." TRUNK CONTRACT TO BE LET JULY 28 It was announced last week by Judge Hasbrouck that the State Highway Commission will call for bids on the grading of the Booth Hill unit of the valley trunk of the Mount Hood I,oop Highway on July 28. The length of this link of the road, which will elim inate the heavy grade over the barrier between the Upper and Uiwer Valleys, is 4 2 miles. The estimated cot of the grading is placed at $120,000. The local authorities are proceeding with the certification of bonds, made available at the election of Jun I 7. W. A. Langille county right of wav agent, is als.. c N eluding the formali zes of rights of way. Carroll M. Hurlburt i in charge of a crew of en giners now engaged" in making cro.'s sections of the n. w valley grade to be undertaken socn. ROAD ENGINEER" QUARTERS T. C. Si of highw will be re Highway Kiver : who ha leen in charge rk at Arlington but who ,'ieer for the State Iftaeest on the Hood runk of the Mount Hood APPLE ESTIMATES ARE AGAIN CUT A further reduction in the prospects for an apple crop has been made since the June report of the Bureau of Crop Estimates, the July report of the Bu reau estimating the total production for the United Stales at 102,190,000 bushela as compared with a final crop in MO of 2in,ll2,00() bushels. The commercial crop is estimated at 17, 066,006 barrels in contrast with 36, 272,000 bushels, last year and 26,174,000 barrels in 1910. The Pacific Coast and Northwest states along with a few of the New England Btmtes promise a heavier yield of apples than last year whereas all the middle western and Ohio valley states will have a much lighter crop. Washington promises to lead the states this year with a July 1 estimate of 5, 463.000 barrels of commercial apples. Last year New lork was the heaviest producer with a final estimate on the commercial crop at 9,275,000 barrels. Missouri will only have about a tenth as manv apofcas as in IttO and several other states in the Mississippi valley will not fare much better. Virginia which produced 2,:;0.oon barrels of commercial apples last year has a fore cast for a crop ef 255.000 barrels. IRWIN IS NAMED FOR NEW YORK POST The directorate of the Apple Grow ers Association Saturday announced the aniHiintment of William Irwin, who has been in the sales office of the concern since 1MB, when the Associa tion was was oragnized, to take charge of the New ork City sales office. Mr. Irwin succeeds D wight L. Wood ruff, who recently was appointed head of a new cooperative sales agency at Wenatchee. Mr. Irwin was formerly a resident of Portland and engaged in the lunder business on the Lower Co lumbia. Mr. Irwin is spending this week in southern Oregon. He will leave soon for Cincinnati, where he will attend the annual convention of the Inter national Apple Shippers' Association. Mrs. Irwin will leave eoon for Glenns Ferrv. Ida. fore ioinini Loop Highway . was here Tuesday ar ranging for qi.arters l.r himself and a crew of engineers' at Parkdale. He expats to arrive again from Arlington in about 10 days when he will begin the preliminary engineering work Cat construction of the Booth Hill unit of the valley trunk. The work, according to announcements, will be under way esrly in AugtuL . y, Ida., where she will visit.be i. lining Mr. Irwin in the metropolis- Irwins will let their houe to I Mr. and Mrs. Clark. Holiert G. McNary will succeed Mr. Irwin as assistant to Sales Manager Clark. Notice to M.-rchints The merchants of the city and others who plan on participating in the auto r bile trip t Ch-ud Cap Inn Sunday I see C. D. Nickelsen, secretary of the Progressive Business Men's As sociation, at once fee passes over the toU road. o