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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1921)
HOOD RIVER GLACIER THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1021 It's time now to go down and hear old OCEAN ROAR Plunge into the surf, dip: clams, fish, hunt, play, rest and pet the real joy that only a beach vacation can give. Just remember what a week or two will do for you at NORTH BEACH CLATSOP BEACH TILLAMOOK BEACHES or NEWPORT If there is any doubt which one to visit ask our agent for "Outings in the Pacific Northwest" and "Oregon Outdoors" They tell the whole story. Then pack your trunk and pur chase a Round Trip Summer Excursion Ticket via the UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM Insuring that most wonderful trip down through the Columbia River Gorge. Let. our agent tell you all about it, arrange your itinerary and make your reservation. J. H. FREDRICY, Agent Phone 1151 Hood River, Oregon Wm. McMurray, General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon BAKERS' FLOUR $1.50 per 49 lb sack ALL GRAIN SCRATCH FEED $2.75 per 100 lbs HIGHLAND MILLING CO. Mill Phone 1751 Store Phone 3881 THE UNIVERSAL CAR Ford Parts prices have been reduced 25$ . Genu parts are the best. We carry a complete line. Dickson -Marsh Motor Co. HOOD RIVER, OREGON Phone 1111 RAILROAD MAN ASKS FOR DATA "You'll Always Find" , , m says the Good Judge That you get more genuine satisfaction at less cost when you use this class of tobacco. A small chew lasts so much longer than a big chew of the ordinary kind. And the full, rich real tobacco taste gives a long lasting chewing satisfaction. The following interesting letter has just been received by the Glacier from Jesse M. Jones, general development auent for the Seaboard Air Line Rail way Company. Mr. Jones, whose head quarters are at Norfolk, Va., says: Editor Glacier: On a recent Sun day, 1 was in Hood River, accompanied by Mr. C. L. Smith, better known per haps as Farmer Smith, agricultural j agent of the Union Pacific Railroad, to j look over your valley and see some of ' the general conditions there. We were fh,. linst i,l Mr I i I 1 1 lint Iff who drove us about the valley and showed us many wonderful things therein. 1 am on an extepded trip through the North, Northwest and West study ing methods of land development and settlement, and how business men and farmers get together to finance agri cultural development, and to produce, handle and market their products co operatively. Our road, which is about four thou sand miles long, traversing six states. Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida, carries a portion of the Hood River apples to the mar kets of the Southeast. We buy them there at ten cents a piece or two for fifteen cents, so 1 naturally felt that I must spend some time seeing the con ditions under which these were pro duced. I have been greatly pleased to find many of the Florida grapefruit which are produced along our line be ing used in the Northwest. This year we will have many millions of boxes of citrus fruit in Florida so you see we have many things in common ; cer tainly in the way of exchange of com modities. With Mr. Butler we visited the Riv erside church and were greatly pleased to learn of the community effort that is manifested there. We should have more of it everywhere. We then had dinner at the Columbia Gorge Hotel, an institution which certainly does credit to Hood River and is a great at traction there. Next we drove for several hours over the highways and byways of the valley, looking at orch ards, going through them and talking with the growers. We stopped consid erable' time with Mr. James R. Nuna maker, who told us his methods of pro ducing and handling crops. Time and again the auto was stopped so that 1 could view the splendor of Hood River on the one hand and the beauty of Mount Adams on the other. The mountains skirting the valley on either side, the great wooded gorge in the center with the tablelands covered with orchards, and here and there spires of poplar and tir marking the comfortable homes of the growers, caused me to realize wrvy the Hood River folk are proud of their valley. All this, 1 learned, was supported by highest standards of production and marketing, and backed by principle and fair dealing worthy of the day on which 1 visited your town and vicinity. The territory our railroad serves has eighty million acres of available agri cultural lands, much of which is of splendid fertility, near markets, and some day will be turned into a verit able garden. There are not sufficient people there now to man it. My visit was to learn how your vicinity had succeeded, and to carry some of the beBt methods back with me and apply them where conditions fitted. I was very much interested to learn that you have room for expansion, and that your young men and women can be taken care of for years to come. When 1 started this letter I did not intend to write you as 1 have, but to express my regrets for not seeing you and vour collague to learn how it came about that your paper and his were awarded first and second prizes, re spectively, for the best general news papers for a rural community by the Editorial Association of your state. 1 w'ould like to know your program with reference to the agricultural, the coun ty, the community and the city devel opment respectively, and the basis on which the award was made. Willjyou not also give me the name of the chair man, or president, of your State Edi torial Association, so that 1 may write to him for information on this general subject. I am interested in this, be cause I know the great value of a live newspaper to the community in which it lives. 1 shall return to my office by August ,rth or 7th, and will be anxious to have your reply. I congratulate vou and your contemporary on the distinctions which you have achieved. ' Stock Tax Return Due July 31 is the last day for filing re turns of the capital stock tax. To avoid tenalty, the returns must be in the hands of collectors of internal rev enue on or before midnight of that date. Blank forms are available at the office of Collector of Internal Revenue Milton A. Miller, 210 Custom House, I'ortland, and the following branch offiops : Pendleton and Eugene. Form 7U7 is required for domestic, and 708 for foreign corporations. The capital stock tax is a special ex cise tax impoped on corporations with respect to "carrying on or doing bui ness. " The tax on domestic corpora tions is $1 for each $1,000 or so much of the fair average value of its capital stock for the preceding year ending June 30 as is in excess of $5,000. For eign corporations are required to pay tax at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 of their capital employed in the transac tion of business in the United States without the benefit of the $5,000 de duction. The tax is payable in ad vance, returns filed in July of this yeaj covering the taxable year begin ning July 1, 1921, and ending June if), 1922. ' Rangers Asked to Give tp Smoking Realizing the danger of forest fires from burning tobacco even when used in the woods by forest officers. District Forester Geo. H. Cecil has just called upon the field men of the national for ests of Oregon and Washington to re frain. voluntarily from i molting during the next few months of extreme fire danger. "The Secretary of Agriculture, upon my recommendation, approved recently a regulation prohibiting an king in the Olympic blowdown area, and 1 feel that I am justified in asking every fit li officer in the North Pacific District to volunteer to refrain from smoking in the forests. ouUide of camps and hous es, during the fire season," said Cecil. Mi l Any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. Put up m two styles t W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco I and I ntipation uas troubled with bil istipation, which made for me. My appetite Kill "For years iouneac and ft life miserable MM me. i rosi my usual lorce and vitality. Pepsin preparationa and cath artic only made matters worse. I do I not know where I should have beeat today bad I not tried Chamberlain 'a Tatieta. The tablets relieve the ill feeling at once, strengthen the digest ive functions, helping the ayrtem to do ita work naturally," write Mra. Row Poll. Birmingham, Ala. The Ideal Grader ' Wflifrr We have been marketing Ideal Graders for the past six years. They have grown more popular each year. Our machines are a favorite in all North western fruit sections. We have shipped them in numbers to foreign apple districts, The 1921 model of Ideal Grader is ready for distribution. It will carry a number of improvements. We mention at random some of them: The machine can be adjusted for sizing while in operation. Two adjusting screws do the work. Our new sorting table is a feature that will be noticed at once. We hope to place as many as possible of the machines we manufacture in Hood River and for this reason would urge that local grow ers give us their order at once, in order that we may include them before we are booked to the limit of our capacity. IDEAL FRUIT & NURSERY CO. Tel. 5832 Clean, Friendly Place Clean, Friendly Game COOL The Blue Diamond Bowling Alleys is the coolest place in town in the summer months. Ami our new electric ventilation absolutely does away with the smoke nuisance. Have you yet won one of our prizes? Four standing prizes for men, four for women. CDffIAI Til1 further notice we ivill sell our io bawling kJI EAjIAL ticket books for $4. SO. Hood River Alleys for Hood River People K E. HOUSK, Sole Manager FOR SALE BUY A NEWELL GRADER and have the best sizing and least trouble in operating.' ALSO HAVE THE FOLLOWING SECOND-HAND MACHINES FOR SALE: 1920 Three-Grade Cutler, roller $325 table and motor complete 4wfaJ 1919 Three-Grade Cutler, roller 5350 table and motor complete lwJU Three-Crade Cutler Belt Table $200 1917 Three-Grade Ideal $75 TIMOTHY NEWELL Or see Mr. Hartshorne, Hood River Garage. The Housewife's Ready Storehouse You wouldn't expect one order to do it, now honest would you? There is always something for any meal or for any sudden occasion if you keep your pantry stocked with groceries from Kaesser's. "GROCERIES OF QUALITY" We carry a complete line of GARDEN TOOLS as well as Builders' Hardwire, Carpenters' Tools Ranges, Etc. We have recently added to our stock a line of PAINTS and FRUIT JARS. Prices and quality always right. BLOWERS' HARDWARE CO. Don't Pass The Buck, Pass The Bonus Bill QUALITY QUANTITY AsK for BUTTER-NUT Delivered Daily to Your Grocers IS OUR SUCCESS Remember We have the largest stock of lumber in Hood River County to select from. You will save money by letting us quote on your require ments. - Yours for prompt service. OREGON LUMBER COMPANY DEE, OREGON y S WWM ,mw b mm mm m m It. - -emu-.. to Ilium JVfiaraumu ,'- ,!,. rvffiarmtrtr '., ,iertS t,6urnu tV' 'w6tr. i,n'.,ucS f rJf lA.li ,4 Snlri Mittmtltu n fin iv.lti-rS tf&lr s-y" ,irft 4jy,. rffti-nfirme n crsinmn itVfii rtm m Jeff The Valley's Development The progress of the Hod River Valley the past few years has leen closely linkei with ruivam-ement of the Hood Kier Creamery. The party on the fair board tour Saturday expressed gratifying surprise at the many or chardists who practice profitable dairying. A visit to our plant any day of th.- week will show how deliveries of cream and the checks that follow are aiding Hood Biver. HOOD RIVER CREAMERY The Picture of Comfort you have in mind is not complete urdess it includes a box of our hih grade cigars. You'll know it too. if you'll give yourself the pleasure of tring one of these smokes. After smoking it you'll never again imagine a scene of perfect comfort without our ci gars being part of it. THE ELECTRIC KITCHEN H. S. u i iROE, Prop.