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VOL. XXXIII
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1921
No. 2a
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IDLE MONEY
One can hardly pick up a newspaper that he does not
read a list of robberies of individuals in sums ranging from
a few dollars to thousands of dollars.
The man walking home is held up ; the clerk carrying
a suitcase containing payroll money is held up; members
of clubs are relieved of their roll while sitting in their
easy chairs. Women are robbed and children are no ex
ception to the rule.
No man knows when he may be next.
It seems folly to carry large amounts of cash when a
banking account and a check book would serve the same
purpose.
It is claimed that three billions of dollars are hidden
around houses and carried in pockets by the people of the
United States. All this is subject to almost instant de
struction by many causes. If this were deposited in
banks, it would afford the depositor a source of protection
and income.
The FIRST NATIONAL BANK, HOOD RIVER,
OREGON, can safeguard its customers against losses from
robberies if its services are taken advantage of.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
SPECIAL
KODAK ALBUMS
We have just received n new shipment of tCodftk
Albums, regular $2.00 value, which we are
offering at this special price:
$1.49 each.
These are just the thin to put your past va
cation snap-shots In, or start, a Kodak Story
of the' children.
KRESSE DRUG CO.
The tt&XaJULgSfare
Come in and hear the October Victor Records.
Wonderful showing of
Leggings and
Outing Clothes
Every weave that is being worn in breeches,
including
Wool Gabardine
O. D. Wool .
Corduroy
Moleskin
Whipcord
and Khaki.
$4.00 to $12.00
J. G. VOGT
Nationally Known Merchandise.
Conservative Optimism
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RENT
DUE
There's
a Profit in
Renting
But You Don't
Get It
Ten years rent won't get you anywhere you just pay
rent, then you pay some more rent. Of course, you have
a place to live between times but the house isn't yours, it
never will be and it's not exactly as you would like to have
it anyway. Sad but true, so there's no use arguing.
A little extra work is required to get a home. But if home
owning didn't require some individual effort the saying,
"There's No Place Like Home," would be all bunk.
Let's get busy and select your new home from our col
lection of over 500 modern designs.
Emry Lumber & Fuel Co.
Phone 2181
Fourth and Cascade
Exclusive Representative of the National Builders Bureau
Ji 1 111: : ,1 n 1 1 uriTfi
A writer in a recent financial jour
nal uses the term " CONSERVATIVE
OPTIMISM" as characterizing the men
tal attitude of thoughtful men with refer
ence to the immediate future.
His conclusion was that while our
business problems will not vanish with
the oln of the year, there Is &ood
ground for the belief that conditions
ore steadily improving.
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BUTLER BANKING COMPANY
Member Federal Reserve System
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When ordering FLOUR
insist on getting
BLENDED
PURITY FLOUR
Made at home and guaranteed.
HANDLED BY YOUR CiKOCKRYM A V
HIGHLAND MILLING CO.
Mill Phone 1751
Store Phone 3M81
Does a moment's happiness over cheap price
outweigh the lasting satisfaction of a jrood j0i,?
YOU DON'T GET BOTH
I am turning out jobs at a fair price
day after day.
Bring in your troubles and let me help u
in any way I can.
Satisfactory Service
is what you need; why not get it at
Shay's SERVICE Shop
AT THF.
FASHION STABLES
Re 2772
WAVERLY
OILS
Our FREE CRANKCASE .SERVICE In combination
with WAVERLY OILS Is very attractive to an ever
Increasing number of car owners. Drive your car
in, let us drain the crankcase, flush It. If desired,
and fill with Waverly. The charge will be one for
the materials used.
MT. HOOD MOTOR CO.
Relwf Corps Fair ! "We feel" nyi Mrs. S. E. Bsrt
, a mess, "verv fortunate in securing Mr.
1 he annual bazaar, or fair, of the Blowers" tore. We werejgoing to bold
Woman'? Relief Corps, which original- the bazaar at the Lotus Grille, bat
y-nnounr-d for the I-tM Grille, these plans were upset when the big
will be held instead at the Blowers place was lease! to Ctum. Gumm tor a
Hardware store November 19. restaurant."
AUTO TRUCKS
MOVE APPLES
HORSEDRAWN TONNAGE IS SMALL
It is Estimated that 90 Per Cent of the
Valley's Huge Tonnage has been Moved
This Year by Motor Power
Moving the Hood River apple crop
from packing houses to shipping sta
tions, with the tonnage grown this
season in excess of 2,000,000 boxes,
would prove an almost physical impos
sibility but for the prevalence of mo
tor trucks, it is conservatively esti
mated that U0 per cent of the apples of
the valley have been hauled this year
on motor trucks. Records of the office
of the Secretary of State show that
Hood River county had, up to July 1
201 motor trucks, K4 of them of 1-to
capacity. Since that time, however
manv trucks from l'ortland and neigh
boring in lints have been brought here
especially to participate in apple haul
ing. Estimates place the number o
trucks engaged in hauling fruit fron
orchards U shipping stations at 350.
With weather conditions favorable
Hood River growers this season have
by utilizing trucks, been able to ge
their crops indoors and to storage
warehouses earlier than any former
year, despite the magnitude of the
crop, up to this week end the Appl
Growers Association had already re
ceived from its affiliated growers 784,-
201 boxes of apples, lhe estimates of
the organization's total tonnage are
around 1,Z!0,000. utner snipping con
cerns have received a like proortion
of their growers tonnage. Hut for
the faHt movement of Hpples by th
trucks, some of the fruit would be
certainlv caught by frosts and ruined
in unprotected warehouses.
Motor truck freight charges range
from 12Jcents per box on apples trans
ported the entire distance from tht
Upper Valley to the city to four cents,
and in some instances less, on fruit
hauled short distances to shipping Hta
tions. Shippers who have observed
the trucking of the apples closely say
that the average truck freight charge
on a box of apples w ill reach . cents.
On 1,800.000 boxes, the total freight
charge would reach a total of $81,000.
Many growers, however, own their
own trucks, operating them exclusive
v in getting their own apples to ship
ping point.
1 he introduction of the motor truck
as a means ot transporting the valley s
apple crop to shipping point has re
sulted in the necessity of hardsurfaced
mam trunk roads. During the past
two years the county has utilized its
market road fund in concreting the
surface of roads at Van Horn and
Odell, the two main shipping points on
the line of the Mount II I R. K. Co.
ntil the approximate two miles of
roads, running by warehouses at these
shipping points, were hardsurfaced,
they became veritable quagmires dur-
ng the fall and early winter months.
The construction of the new valley
trunk line of the Mount Hood Loop
Highway will furnish the orchard dis
tricts with an admirable market road.
A straight trunk, which will be fed. by
numerous laterals from all districts ot
the Upper Vallay ami East Side, will
e formed.
stated that he persuaded the state or
ganization that any local drive should
be postponed until this fall. But now,
ne declared, the county is facing a
campaign to raise 11,700. All other
counties of the state have presented
their quotas.
Mr. Blauchar praised the Salvation
Army for the charitable work it is en
gaged in. He called attention to the
fact that it was working hand in hand
with an advisory committee, of which
Governor Olcott is head. He stated
that not long ago he met Brigadier
Commander Hays, who is in charge
oi tne lund lor trie Army. He charac
terized him as an honorable, broad
minded man, whose heart was bent on
aiding the needy of the state.
j. n. iiazieu ioia or me coming
campaign to renew memberships for
the Red Cross. He cited how the local
( hapter had brought about the estab
lishing of a public health service and
the administration of a public health
nurse. The Chapter has contributed
$!)00 annually toward paying the salary
of Mrs. Glendora Blakely, health nurse.
It has aiso purchased for her use an
automobile. During the past year $500
was appropriated for the relief of the
stricken peoples of 1'ueblo, Colo., and
$421 was spent in buying materials
which were manufactured into clothing
for European children by local wom
en's organizations. Dr. L. U Murphy,
who was in Albany last week as a del
egate to the state Red Cross conven
tion, declared that he was impressed
with the character of the men and
women who are devoting their time
whole heattedlv toward Red Cross
work. He asked that every local man,
who can, subscribe $.r toward Red
Cross work when the time comes
stead of $1. the regular yearly fee.
half of the annual dues, it was stated
will be left at home.
C. H. Vaughan made some remark
about the Associated Charities, whi
he said, worked in cooperation wit
me puniic health association, lie eh
dorred the community chest plan.
ihe chairman outlined plans of th
Y. M. C. A. At a meeting to he held
at thehalis next Saturday, he said,
is proposed to unite the Y. M. C. A
organizations of Portland and Seattl
with the state organizations of Orego
and Washington.
Kev. w. II. Buddy gave an impas
sioned plea for the renewal of funds
wave me starving children ot the Nea
East. It is too late, he decalred, to d
anything for the adult population bu
Americans can help the little childre
of Buttering Armenia. He cited the
age-long conflict in the Near hast.
where the T urks have persecuted thi
first of all Christian nations.
'You ask me," said Mr. Boddy
"when will this appeal for aid for Ar
menia end. It will only end when
America has the courage and backbone
to accept a mandate for the protection
of Armenia and of driving back into
the hell, whence they came, the
Turks."
Other November chairmen for the
Lunch Club as announced by Vice I'res
Murphy are: H. G. Cooper. Novem
tier 8: Dr. H. I,. Dumble, Novembe
15; Fred W. Donnerberg, Novembe
22; Nelson Emry, November 29.
THIRD BIG CRAFT
IS AFTER APPLES
HIGHWAY PLANS
PLEASING LOCALLY
County officials, who have been urg-
ng tor the past several weeks mat me
State Highway Commission take ac-
ion toward awarding additional con
racts on the valley trunk of the
Mount Hood Loop Highway, expressed
gratification Thursday on learning that
he plans of the commission call for
etting all of the grading between
Booth Hill and the Oregon National
orest bounds at the November session
f the body. This section comprises
bout nine miles. Officials here ex
ress the hotie that the commission
will also award the contract for con
structing the approximately six miles
f new grade between the city and the
north end of the Booth Hill unit. The
alter is already under construction.
Proposals for road work received
ast week were as sensationally low as
those of Tuesday. A seven inch con-
re te pavement was offered for $21)5
more than a five-inch bituminous pave
ment on a four mile job. It was the
owest price ever offered the commis-
lon for concrete. As the two types
were offered for practically the same
urn, the commission made the award
concrete. This is the second con
crete pavement job let this week.
pparently the cement interests are
determined to get a substantial share
the paving business, for the bids at
this letting have been far under any
previous concrete proposals.
On the Mount Hood Iiop road the
commission directed the engineer to
prepare for advertising the nine-mile
section from Booth Hill to the forest
boundary. This will.adjoin the section
now under contract. A petition was
received from the Hood River county
court that another section be let, in
order that work can be provided for
residents of the county, now that the
apple harvest has been disposed of.
The clearing of the proposed section
can be carried on through the winter
with little or no interruption from
snow.
COMMUNITY CHEST
PROPOSED BY CLl I!
The big British steamer Cardigan-
hire docked at Portland Monday morn
ng to load a shipment of apples for
Inited Kingdom iKirts. Ihe vessel
he third to come to l'ortland within
he past two weeks for fresh fruit.
The Moliere, a Royal Mail Steam
Packet line steamer, and the Isthmian
line steamer Northumberland took out
about 140,000 boxes of fresh apples
last week.
The Cardiganshire, which is a Royal
Mail Steam Packet line vessel, was
here in 1014 for cargo.
The Oregon-Pacific company is hand
ling the vessel.
Dan Wuille & Co. are loading out on
the Cardiganshire, 4,000 boxes of Hp
pies. The company shipped 21,000
boxes of apples aboard the Northum
berland, the first boat to call at Port
land for an apple cargo. The Moliere
carried 10, 000 boxes for the English
concern. Bookings have been madt
for a further 40,000 boxes by the wat
er route.
The Apple Growers Association ship
ped 21, (MX) boxes by the Northumber
land and 12,600 by the Moliere. While
the Association did not secure any
space aboard the Cardiganshire, the
organization has 40,IHK) boxes of apples
at Portland terminals ready to be load
ed the latter part of the month when
other refrigerated steamers call.
The Association will ship about 40,-
000 Poxes i f apples to hngland aboard
vessels that will sail in December from
Portland. The cooperative concern ex-
iieets, according to Sales Manager
( lark, to export hv direct water ship
ments a total of 125,000 boxes.
M. A. MAYER GIVES
STATE PARKSITE
Otl
highi
r I
With Leslie Butler chairman,'' the
Tuesday Lunch Club devoted its cur
rent weekly meeting at the Pheasant
to charities, and the plana for deelou
wg the community cbest idea here
were launched. The Commercial club,
it was stated, will undertake to com
bine drives lor all worthy lunus. under
one head. On motion of E. O. Blsnch
ar the Lunch Club voted unanimously
to track the Commercial club in tht
community chest proposal.
As was revested at the session Tues
day, drives will soon be under wsy
here for the Salvation Army, Red
Cross, Near East relief and Associated
Charities. Mr. Blanchar, who last
spring was appointed to take charge
of drive for the Salvation Army, I
rhe State Highway Commission last
week was presented by Mark A.
Mayer, Mosier orcbardist and capital
ist, with a 25-ncre parksite, iucluding
a tract f land overlooking the Rowena
I .oops of the Highway. E. M. Strauss,
as mayor of Mosier, presented the
commission with an automobile camp
ing park on Mosier creek. Two other
campsites were presented the state,
one by J. Hemy Booth, brother of the
'hiii- n.s ' commission, and an
other by hi -. VVHithers, of Medford.
ormsals for beautifying the
were received. Ihe town of
Harrishurg, for instance, proposes
planting walnut trees along the Pacific
Highway in that vicinity. No action
was tsken on this as the trees cannot
be planted until the pavement is laid,
as the saplings would be destroyed
luring road construction. It was
not specified as to who would be
entitled to collect the walnut harvest
of the future. From Scappoose, on
the lower Columbia River Highway, I
arrived a ; ian for making the High
way more ornamental by planting rose
bushes. Herbert .sunn, state highway
engineer, bad a proposal of his own- -he
suggested the planting of English
ivy to bold lopes.
A delegation from the Portland
Chamber of Commerce presented a re
quest that the highway commission
build the proiosed WalluU cut-off.
which would run along the Columbia
river from Umatilla to a junction with
that mad on the
the line.
MANY CHINAS 1
FALL MONDA I
SCORES 0FfNIMR0DS AFTER BIR
'u.
Parties Arise Before Daybreak and Mo
to All Parts of Valley -Fusilade
Sounds Like Battle
Perfect weather prevailed for China
Pheasant season, and hundreds of City
and valley nimrods, in order to take
advantage of the first day of the 10
day open season, were out at sun up.
Hunters visited every part of the
valley, and the bombardment from
nearly every ranch and from every
copse sounded, for the first few hours,
like a battle was in progress.
China cocks were killed by the
scores. Before 10 o'clock proud hun
ters, some of them having bagged the
limit, were back in the city displaying
bigbirds with gaudy plumage. Pheas
ant will form the piece de resistance
at numerous private dinners the (rest
of t he week.
While most of the hunters Tuesday
were out at daybreak, other parties
ilited haunts of the pheasants
throughout the (lav. Shooting was
heard toward sunset.
the incidents of the week of open
season on pheasants will furnish stor
ies for months to come. Msny are the
tales of alibi of some of the hunters
who returned empty handed. While
the shooting will last for a full seven
days, no fusilades will be so heavy as
that of Monday morning.
The hag limit of pheasants is five
for any one day or 10 in the seven
days.
A feature of the week of open sea
son on pheasants will be the first an
nual pheasant banquet to be held Fri
day evening at the Columbia Gorge
Hotel by members of the Hood River
Gun club. This dinner, it is expected,
will be a memorable event.
APPLE MARKET IS
EXPECTED TO RALLY
Apple men here seem to think that
Ihe market has reached the zero point.
While no heavy sales are being re
ported, there is soma movement of
Spitzenburgs at $2 for extra fancv.
$1.75 for fancy and $1.50 for C-grade.
A maximum price of $1.75 for extra
fancy Newtowns is being quoted, but
no sales are being reiwrted. This late
keeping variety is going into storage
chiefly, either being held here or being
routed at once to eastern storage quar
ters. I
Local shippers express the opinion
that the market will rally, as soon as
the low grade eastern product, which
was marketed in larger quantities than
had been anticipated, is cleaned up.
Every farmer of the eastern states
who had any apple trees," says Walter
Woolpert. of Dan Wuille & Co., "har
vested and marketed his crop this year
leeause of the good demand and price.
Normally the big apple crop of eastern
immercial points discourages the
farmer who has a few trees that pro-
luce mediocre apples from taking any
f them to market. He has harvested
all of them this year, however. An
other element that is hindering us in
ur marketing red varieties in the
middle west is ;the big shipments of
Idaho Jonathans there. These apples.
mcked in bushel baskets are being
sent in large volume to the middle
western towns that ordinarily take
much fruit from ub. "
SANDING OF HIGH
WAY IS PROPOSED
Agitation from various sources has
een started here to secure action on
he part of the State Highway Depart
ment in sanding the Columbia River
lighwav this winter. Already, it is
leclared, rainy days have resulted in
several bad accidents from skidding.
"1 believe that some plan of sanding
uld be devised that would not be
very expensive and that would make
the Highwav safe," says E. W. Birge,
head of the Commercial club roads
committee. "Such work might save
some bad accidents and probably pre
vent loss of life. It is likely that the
I rector. tS of our organization will
take the matter up and urge that the
ighway department consider sanding
he slipiierv surface."
ARMISTICE DAY
PLANS DISCUSSED
A delegation of The Dalles American
egion members motored here Ust
hursdsy night to attend a carnival
being given under auspices of the local
ost and to arrange with a committee
the local body for the program of
Armistice Day, which will be cele
brated jointly at The Dalles by the
two posts.
A large number of Hood River folk,
is anticipated, will go to The Dalles
ith the Legion men and their fami-
les. lhe legionairres of Hood Kiver
are training for a football trame ir a
mtest with The Dalles. The Hood
iver and The Dalles Gun clubs will
ilu s joint tournament at The Dalles
Armistice Day.
FEW NOW STOP
AT AUTO PARK
The fall rains of the nast week have
cleared the city's free campground for
motor tourists of almost all campers.
Na cars stopping overnight at the
campgrounds now bear the license
plates of this state or nesrby points in
Washington. A few parties of far
eastern motorists, trickling through on
their way to California, still stop here.
As the Iocs) camping park has no
registration book, no way of determin
ing the number of motor parties who
who hive used the grounds the past
summer is available. It is estimated,
however, that an armrniimata 2. 000
Washington side of , automobiles have camped in tha park
I since June 1.