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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.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
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We have just received n new shipment of Kodak
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offering at this special price:
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These are just Ihe thing to put your past va
cation snap-shols in, or start a Kodak .Story
of the children.
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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e