fhe VOL. XXXIII HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, L92J No. 21 Banks and Taxation Problems Well managed banks are naturally conservative about burdening the taxpayers beyond a reasonable capacity to meet the obligation. This does not mean that they are opposed to anything necessary for public improvements or the growth of the state or community. In these days of talk about state and federal loans to the farmer it is well to consider the ability of the farmer to pay taxes. His interest on the mortgage must be kept up and in the same way his tax bills must be met, whether crops are good or poor. Banks are among the largest taxpayers in the commu nity. The farmer must keep up his buildings and farm machinery, feed, educate and clothe his family and is sometimes compelled to borrow to pay his taxes. A reduction in taxation rates is being advocated in all western states, and the First National Bank, Hood River, Oregon, believes it is the surest means of inviting new citizens and investors. USE ALL OfF OUR SERVICE FIRST NATIONAL BANK HOOD RIVER, OREGON SPECIAL KODAK ALBUMS We have just received n new shipment of Kodak Albums, regular $2.00 value, which we are offering at this special price: $1.49 each. These are just Ihe thing to put your past va cation snap-shols in, or start a Kodak .Story of the children. KRESSE DRUG CO. TAe &&HO&JL. Stare Conic in and hoar the October Victor Record ' ' I! I Let your next pair be Walk Overs and, if properly fitted, your shoe troubles are over. Most Styles, $8.SO j J. G. VOGT Nationally Known Merchandise. PREVENTABLE MORTALITY RING COAL Clean :: Hot :: No Slack :: Best Coal obtainable in Utah. Special rates direct from car. Emry Lumber & Fuel Co. Successors to BRIDAL VEIL LUMHFRISG CO. Phone 2181 Fourth and Cascade "Anything that is worth doing at all is worth doing well." Every hank "lias on its books a percentage of savings accounts that have become inac tive for the same reason that a number of people have a lot of good intentions that are never carried out. A large part of the mor tality of Savings Accounts is preventable, but the remedy lies with the depositor. A "hit and miss" plan of saving, like the same plan in any other line, "misses" motv frequently than it "hits." The sure way to make a success of your savings account is to adopt a definite plan of some kind tnd stick to it. BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Member Federal Reserve System mTTTiiiiim:iumrmT- "f'-","T"11 5 flilllUii.-lHliniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniirrTnnrmr.iimmtiTna ( hocolato "FRANSETM' "YOURS FOR SERVICE" VINCENT & SHANK "The Home of Quality Groeerits" Does a moment's happiness over cheap price outweigh the lasting satisfaction of a good job? YOU DON'T GET BOTH I am turning out jootl jobs at a fair price day after day. Bring in your troubles and let me help you in any way I can. Satisfactory Service is what you. need; w hy not get it at Shay's SERVICE Shop AT THF. FASHION STABLES Shop 121 Res 2"2 STORAGE FOR APPLES We have storage for sale in our corn i vte and tile Warehouse. See us. Taft Transfer Company CMKil Meeting Tomcht Robin U Mns App!aue rr ith a comic opera in the city Mon- , Robin Hood, 'he vehicle at the Ri r ignt for trie first time in the dm- alto Monday Hgfcl won universal orn ' i , ' x "epl for prest nta- mendation. The -how w one of the f talent, and Mayor Scobee cleanest that I if ever visited Hood iv at Redmond superintending the Rier. The mu- was excellent, and pnf f hw potato crop, the regular the acting extramely well executed. ,nC r'? council waa post- j rw, errv hund Tllfsriar om hcanl jrsday night Council-1 expressions of ci ene declaring such me snow, j entertainment r : esbing. RIALTO OPENING ATTRACTS CROWD NEW STRUCTURE IS COMMODIOUS Ciliens From All Parts of Valley Crowd Theatre on Opening Night Long Queue Formed The Rialto theatre was opened Wed nesday night f 'H8t week amid scenes that might have been a duplication of those around a metropolitan theatre representing some ultra-popular show. At 7 o'clock a long lino if citizens ar rived in front of the new $10,000 play house and before the doors were opened 4; minutes later a queue reached the length of the block. Auto mobiles were parked along the street for several blocks in both directions The new showhouse, which will seat 1,000, was filled. Numerous citizens celebrated the oc casion with theatre parties, and several social atlairs were held both before and after the opening program of the new theatre. Friends of the Hood River Amuse ment Co. and Manager and Mrs. Kol- stad remembered them with many nai.Usnme tiouipH'ts ol llnwers opening night. Ihe lobbies and appealing little flower alcoves on each side of the stage presented an array of Oregon's most beautiful blooms. The stage of the Kialto is 25x50 feet The big scenery loft is as complete as that 01 any metropolitan theatre. Ihe rear of the building is several feet higher than the rest of the structure. in order to give plenty of space of raising and lowering scenery. Tapes try ot the theatre, which has elicited much praise, waa furnished by the Franz Hardware Co. W. H. MoClaiu had charge of placing this item in making ready the new playhouse. The theatre is lighted from parch ment fixtures. The big ceiling fixture is declared by the makers, the J. C. English Co., to be the largest of its kind ever manufactured. The stage if lighted with 500 bulbs. Various light ing elFeets can be produced. A. Ryan, of Seattle, was architect on the new building, which was con structed by Baldwin & Swops. While the structure is one of the most con venient of the city, every bit of space is utilized. The lobbies are roomy, and a women's rest room and lavatory and men's smoking room are avail able. A telephone booth makes it pos sible for one to communicate with friends or family from the theatre. The seats of tire new building are comfortable. The loge seats are es pecially attractive. They are finished in blue Spanish leather. The Rialto's first metroiMilitan pro duction, which it is declared, will be followed by numerous others this win ter, was the comic opera, Robin Hood presented Monday night. The house was fairly well sold out. Many par ties journeyed here from Mosier, The Dalles and White Salmon. SPEAKER TALKS ON WORLD DISARMAMENT Richard Montague, Portland attor ney, addressed the Sunday Evening Club of Riverside church Sunday even ing on "Disarmament and World Peace." The congregation of Asbury Methodist church, which recently adopted a strong resolution on disarm anient, joined in the Sunday evening meeting. A special musical program was arranged Ihe big church auditorium was crowded. Mr. Montague's address was a scholarly one. He began by citing the absolute necessity of world peace if civilization would be preserved. Mr Montague called attention to the enor inous tax burdens, weighing down the necks of folk of all nations. Ninety six per cent of all the taxes collected in the United States by the federal government go to paying for past wars or preparing for future wars. Even if General Dawes were to do the impoa sible, Mr. Montague declared, and slash the budget to the very bone, he could eliminate but a pitiful four per cent of national taxation. The race in armaments, Mr. Mon tague said, is making.it impossible for European nations to pay the United States their enormous debt. Their expenditures fur munitions and mili tary preparations will sap their finan cial iHiwer. Mr. Montague cited how the nation's expenditures had in creased bv leaps and bounds. In 1881 it waa 56 000,000 while in 121 it had grown to $5,600,000,000. In one year the United States' expenditures for naval construction increased seven fold, while England and Japan in creased theirs each three fold. Mr. Montague contends that the na tion that prepares for war will get war. He holds little faith in the prm ciple ot armament as an insurance against war, declaring that the great war exploded this theory. He read iiuotations of great generals of this and other countries in suport of his declaration. Mr. Montague declared that war must cease, in view of the fact that any other great war will wipe out civ ilization. 1'oison gssses have been de veloped to the point, according to authentic reports of scientists, where their use in war will wipe out towns and cities, kill civilian populations and render the soil infertile for seven years. Not alone will soldiers fight in future wars, but nations and all their peoples will be drawn into the conflict. Mr. Moutague minted out as obsta cles to world peace the contempt of men and women for foreign peoples, a perverted sense of nationalism and lack of faith in the peoples of other countries, which, he declared, breed suspicions and fear. This, he said, must be replaced by comradeship and cooperation. Mr. Montague expressed the belief that a league of MttOM would be the only inst: bringing about ultimate declared the instrument m A. ttve for cessj i . . met hir l' to rel cruelties of conflict. I j Montague sa d : "Ma, lie those who j nature is utterly eelfisl I in unavoidable are ri I would rather fight f for He e poai not a f the Mr SEATTLE TO HAVE APPLE SHOW SOON Fruit, growers in the Irrigated dis tricts who are going with their ex hibits to the Pacific Northwest Fruit Exposition in Seattle, Novenibeer 21 20, may not be safe in assuming that the competition is to be wh lly among themselves as to every kind and variety of fruit on display. There are also fruit growing districts on the west side of the big hills that divide the states of Washington and Oregon, and the showing made at the recent west ern Washington fair in Puvallup was certainly not one to be imezed at. Of course the apples grew larger under irrigation, and scientific treatment of soils develops remarkable results in color and texture. But the western elopes, which admit no rivalry in berry culture, also produce some very fine tree fruit, particularly apples and pears, ami the showing at Puyallup was exceptionally fine. Practically all of that display, and much more from the west side districts, will be shown at the Pacific Northwest Fruit Imposi tion, and competition will not be over untilthe judges.say the won). Distribution of points on which awards will be made in the district and collective displays has been deter mined by the managmeiitof the expos ition. In the matter of superiority as fruit GOO points will be allowed ;" for advertising and commercial attractive ness of display, 200 poiitts, and for beauty of the display from a purely ar tistic standpoint, 200 points, making 1,000 points in all. The judges as to fruit will be well known experts whose authority is above question, the adver tising and commercial attractiveness will be passed upon by judges specially qualified in those lines, and the artistic excellence will be' determined by the art committee. The weight of author ity remains, of course, with the fruit judges; but growers generally are learning more and more every year mat advertising values are not to be neglected and that the appeal to the eye has a good deal to do with the price of ther products. Ihe 200 points at the disposal of the art committee is expected to be a big help in making the exposition one of the most beauti ful displays that has ever been given. HEAVY GRAPE SHIP-. MENTS BEING MADE Perhaps the following bulletin just issued by the S. I'. R. R. Co. will in a measure explain the inability of apple shippers to secure as many refrigera tor cars as they would like: 1 ho heavy shipments of grapes from California to eastern points now being made are well exemplified by the heavy tonnage moved from the Lodi listriet. During September 1,928 rs of grapes moved in solid trains f . Lodi to Roseville wdere the cam were pla I in the fruit block and sent out quickly to the east. The schedule for griq.e and green fruit trains from Koseville to Chicago has been reduei to 151 hours and these trains have been held to this schedule" with great sue cess according to the Southern Pacific Company officials. The movement from l.odi to Brigfl ton, wnere me cars ot grapes are turned over to the Sacramento divi sion.has been remarkable in the length of trains operated. Thirty trains of grapes were moved from Lodi in Sep t ember and each train averaged 04 cars. A train of 99 cars of grapes was run between theae two points aeptem ber 17, a distance of 30 miles in one hour and 15 minutes, without a stop, Due to the heavy shipments 4if per ishable commodities from all parts of the country, and the slowness of con signees to release the cars, the short age of refrigerator cars still continue but the situation has been somewhat relieved, and every effort is being niHde by the Southern Pacific Company and the Pacific rruit Lxpress Company to further increase the car supply. RAIL STRIKE IS IMPENDING SITUATION IS ALARMING SHIPPERS Apples Being Loaded Here: J Fast As Cars Are Pieceivcd Wai f !ove- ment to be Utilz -a W3 rike a' on .y. as has the many 0e to eat- may be jj;8 is not -ct ar erji iiome lime lVo intima- WATER DECREE IS EXPECTED MONDAY ( ircuit Judge Wilson, who recently filed a memorandum of decision in case covering a full adjudication ot rights to the entire Hood River water shed, announces that the formal decret will be filed October 24. While no for mal announcement has been made by parties, attorneys state that appeals will at once be taken by the Pacific Power e Light Co., the Oreogn Lum ber Co. , the Fust Fork irrigation Dis triet and the Olacier Irrigating Dis triet. The power and lumber concerns will app al because of awards made to ir rigation concerns. The East Fork Ir rigation District, which gained all con tentions as against power concerns, an nounces an appeal because of alleged infringements of its rights by other n rigation concerns. APPLES TO BE FREE OF ANTHRACNOSE say that human and that war fit. As for me, r the peace of the world and fail than succeed in that which will ruin civilization. and all that men bold dear." nnlliant sunt-nine lollowed the nuns of Sunday ai. ) Monday. Apple pick ing was already 86 per cent completed. Within two Ways practically all of the 2.0O0. oon box tonnage will be in storage hou.--" Packing has pro gresied rapi lf the past few rainy days, and a huge volume of apples was individual and community - to shipping points, ilda says that Hood River ireted an apple crop with 'i this year.. As result of , he says, apples will not e cw from the rotting aused from anthracnose after apples are st r ' Ihe anthracnose spores do not become active until after the pro tracted rams have begun. It. v. ith apt I. iiacked dr , dealers will have no fear, savs Mr. Ctailds. "of having their apples develop this rot, hich the past several years s resulte-i in alarm to buyers and growers alike. moved fr packing Leroy has neve less rain this cor.' uffer f E. I in the the Fi finest i ever m f Homewood Orchard i' t, has exhibited at I Rank one of the Hyde's King apples ne big appie. of The impending railwa; resulted in a feverish act part of apple hhippers 1 1 ( cars or meir iruu as po em destination before I tied up. In case the averted, shippers mfly i bargo on perishable freigl before the actual strike. nun, nowever, as yet nas been re ceived by shippers or local rail offi cials. Apple shippers express regrets at their inability to get more refriger ator cars. They state that their allot ments average 22 daily, whereas 10 could be loaded and moved ouc. The strike situation is causing local apple men tc look toward water ship ments seriously. In case of a pro longed tie-up of the rail lines, it is proposed here that apples tie sent by barge to Portland and then handled in heavy tonnage to the Atlantic sea board by boat lines. Approximately 20,000 railroad em ployes in Oregon will be affected by the threatened nation-wide railroad strike called to begin October 30, the men to go out in groups progressively and all to be on strike by November 2. according to the Oregonian. Among railroads in the first group affected are the Southern Pacific and the Northern Pacific. This would leave Portland open for traffic from and to I lie east over the O.-W. R. A. N. and Union Pacific and the Spokane, I'ortland & Seattle and Great Northern until a day or two later. "The men are absolutey in earnest about the matter and they voted in good faith to go out on strike." Raid Frank C. Hanly, secretary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen in Portland. "There is no bluffing so far as the intention to strike is concerned if there is no settlement before Octo ber BO, either through the United States government or the railroad ex ecutives themselveB. "The railroad executives themselves will be responsible for the strike and not the unions if October 90 comes and there is no settlements. The railroad executives were responsible for the 12 per cent cut of last July, which waa ordered by the labor board. The railway employes are not so concerned with this 12 per cent as they are with other parts of the order which would alter working conditions so materially that the cut in effect would amount to 30 to 40 per cent. This is done by al tering amounts of money for over time." The raihoe.J employes of Oregon voted 98 per cent in favor of the strike, Mr. Hanly said. The men on all the Southern Pacific lines voted be tween 97 and 98 per cent. The entire country voted between 1M and 92 per cent, he said. SHIPPERS RENEW APPEAL FOR CARS Apple shippers here last week end begMI to appeal to P. F. E. and O.-W. R. A. N. officials for a heavier allot ment of refrigerator cars. Itwasde clared that a blockade of warehouses in all parts of the valley would result this week, if the delivery of refriger ator cars was not speeded up. With facilities for loading out 40 cars a day the Apple Growers Association reported an average of only 15 cars per day. Other shipiera reported proportionate small numbers. Shippers expressed the fear that cold weather might descend suddenly on the district and neceitate the use of bus iness block basements and church buildings for apple storage, aa was witnessed in 1919. The apple ship ments of the valley up to last Satur day night reached 2K1 cars. COUNTY PROPERTY VALUED AT $8,360,000 County Assessor Wickham Monday announced a complete summary for the 1921 tax roll. The county's total valu ation is placed at M, MO, 000, The total valuation for last year was $9,956,875. Mr. Wickham lists 21,068 acres of land in cultivation, its assessed value being $4.117,6s5. Despite the great number of motor trucks in use here, the horses, now numbering 1,115 and val ued at $51,905, show an increaae. Thi county s 1.2 cows and cattle are val ued at $58,216. Hood River has 171 gs listed on the tax roll at a value of $1,710. Other items are listed as follows: Acres tillable land not in cultivation, value, $531,565; improvements on deeded iH.nn, ,:io , town anu cny lot.i, $725,745; improvements on city lot l- . improy mei is on land not deeded, $140,100; logging roads and equipment, $14,500; machinery, boats, stationary engines, $195,526; merchan- e and eteek in trade, $244,920; farm implements, wagons ana carriages. -hares of stock, 2,000, $144,- IKH; hotel and office furniture, SU.OnO; heep and goats, 794, $1,790; swine. 2ii7, $2,280. CASCADE PAVING IS POSTPONED AGAIN t ascade av- ical shape and well colored, weighs 22 P"priation ounces. The 1100-foot stretch cf enue, at the est edge of town, w here the Columbia River Highway enters the city, w ill remain bumpy another vear. The city council had anticipated paving this short link of road as soon as the A. I). Kern Co. bad coaaoleted uav.ng the Highway between here anj Mo.'ier. securing the work at an nomicai ngure because of the proxim itv of the completely set-up paving plant. 1 .-! work will haeto iwever, as the citv's is been depleted, and iegal opinion vises against the diversion of an arv of other funds for the o e