MOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1021
HUGG1NS ANNOUNCES
BREAD FOR LESS
A new cut in the price of bread iB
announced by L. H. Mucins, Heights
grocer, who ha arranged with Arlo ! of the war. Mr. Huggins, who will
Bradley to have the latter resume handle the output of breadjexclusively
operations of h bakery there. Mr. j through his store, states that the plant,
HuKgins says he w ill sell the regula-; which is fully equipped, will be ready
tion loaves at seven and 11 cents each, for operations as soon as he can secure
whereas the current price has been a Bupply of hard wheat Hour.
nine and 14 cents. Mr. Bradley oper-1
ated his bakery plant up to the period j H. L. Hasbiouck. Optometrist.
CULL APPLES
Congestion having been relieved we are now
in a position to receive Cull Apples from
Stockholders as well as All Growers.
Until weather conditions change and you
are notified to the contrary make all de
liveries to factory.
HOOD RIVER APPLE VINEGAR CO.
TO HAY FEEDERS
Besides full stocks in barn, we sell off the car
at prices that are right. See us before buying; we
will save you money. Cars on track almost daily.
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KELLY BROS. CO.
Tum-A-Lum Lumber Co.
5 1 0 Cascade Avenue
PHONE 4121
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SLAB WOOD
CORD WOOD
COAL
We have some coming and
it is real wood. Good large
slabs, no edgings. Call us.
Cut from large trees and
best wood money can buy.
Utah Lump, Egg and Nut
Sizes. Let us deliver your
Winter supply.
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Everything in the Building Line
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WE ARE ALWAYS "AT YOUR SERVICE
CREW SAYS COUNTY
NEEDS MORE FOLK
GOOD 100 PURE
American-Maid
Bread
FRESH DAILY AT YOUR GROCERS
ANOTHER REDUCTION
IN TIRE PRICES
30
30
32
32
33
3
3
H
4
4
$11.50
13.75
16.75
21.75
24.00
WM WEBER.
G. L. DAVENPORT
Grower and shipper Vpple, Pota
toes. Onions. Seed Potatoes - true
variety "The Best that's (irown"
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TRADE
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All kinds of Produce solicited.
Front St POR I LAND. ORt.
L. C. BALDWIN
J . swon
BALDWIN & SWOPE
CONSTRUCTION CO.
Plana and Sketrhe. for all C!sm-p
Piiildinm Furnishnl.
Construction Work and Alteration.
No Job To.) Bif or Tx Small.
Oar Work is Our Kerotnmc-ndation.
BROSIl s HOLDING
HOOD RIVER. OREGON
Phone 3851
The Portland Telegram recently in
vited secretaries of Oregon commercial
organizations to write articles, getting
forth the needs of their respective
communities. Some very interesting
documents have appeared, but none of
them has been more interesting or
more concise in recoiimendstions than
one written by C. C. Crew, secretary
of the Hood River club. Mr. Crew's
article has brought him many compli
ments. It appears below :
('lose one eye and hold the unpreten
tious copper cent at arm's length in
line ot vision witn the lull moon and
the greater body is totally obscured by
the lesser. So it is w hen one tries to
arrive at a decision as to the things
most needed by a community to pro
mote its prosperity ai t general wel
fare, the little thing i.ecause of its
proximity, may easily be allowed to
eclipse the far more important fact,
thereby causing much waste of effort
in gaining some temporal y advantage,
while allowing the truK' essential thing
to slip by unnoticed.
It is highly important that one should
study the present and delve into the
past, and their relations one to an
other, before it is at all possible to ar
rive at'even a partial solution fof the
problem yet to be met. All this must
be done before an intelligent opinion
can be arrived at as to what is the
truly essential thin most needed.
This the writer has tried to do, and,
while figures are rather dry reading,
it is sometimes nee ary to employ
them and I shall use a few as iiossible
to make my argument clear.
Hood Itiver county ll essentially an
agricultural county, more strictly
speaking, a horticultural county, as
apples, pears and, strawberries are its
principal products for which it is justly
famous, not only for C quality of the
products, butfor.the "lntegrily'of the
Pack."
Tihe citizenry of Hood River county
isja tyue above the average, and es
pecially is this true of the rural sec
tion. They are always abreast of the
times, alert and progressiva. When
convinced that a certain thing is need
ed for the general good of the com
munity, they go to work with a firm
determination until that thing is an
accomplished fact. When it became
evident that more and better fruit
could be produced by irrigation they
quietly set to work and, without one
cent from state or national govern
ment, placed practical lv the entire
valley under water. Again when they
were called upon for $75,000 for con
struction of the Columbia River High
way even tnougn tne prosperity 01 the
community was a low ebb, the bonds
were voted and what is now the most
scenic part of this great highway was
made possible. And more recently
when the fate of the Mount Hood Loop
road was at stake, thev again arose to
the occasion and voted ,S ;f0,O00 for the
construction of this great road that
will onen to the public the scenic beau
ties of a wonderland that others might
share the natural playground centering
about beautiful Mount Hood and entic
ing Lost Lake.
A part of this same loop road tra
verses a section ot the county, a great
portion of which is tillable land, but as
yet uncleared and unproductive. It is
this uncleared and untitled land that I
wish to make the subject of this
article.
According to the assessor's roll, the
total acres of all lands in Hood River
county is in round numbers 180.000
Of this total acreage 68, 000 acres are
tillable. Now here is the meat of the
situation : .
Acres in cultivation, 21,000; assessed
at $4,117,000. Acres tillable, not in
cultivation, 32,000; assessed at 176,000.
Were it possible to bring this uncul
tivated land into the same state of
production as that which is now tilled,
it would increase the assessed valua
tion by approximately $6,000,000, mak
ing a total of $10,000,000 for farm land
alone, which is $1,500,000 more thai
the total assessed value or all proper
ties both real and personal in the
eountv at the present ime.
Again, during the year 1919, which
f course was a banner year, both as to
luantity and price of fruit, there was
shipped out of Hood River nearly 8,000
cars ot truit, or a total value of
$;t .r,ii(i.ooo. Suppose, then, that the
productive acreage was doubled. I he
elFeet is quite clear.
Of the 32,000 acres yet uncleared, it
is estimatea ny tne county assessor
that one-third or 10,000 acres, is now
umkr the ditch awaiting the clearing
to be at once available for intensive
farming. The prime reason for this
condition is a matter of finance. Peo
ple who have the means need not and
do not care to spend their time and
money in clearing and developing land.
It is a much simpler and easier process
for them to buy improved land. The
man of little means cannot. And now
of all times we need to urge the "back
to the land" program. The war bled
the rural sections of their men much
more than the urban. They were called
to the service, to the munitions plants
and the shipbuilding centers, and have
not returned in any considerable num
bers. It is not for the writer to give the
solution; it must I e worked out. But
the thought persists in presenting it
self that the removing of stumps and
brush might come under the head of
land reclamation as well as the supply
ing of water to t tie semi arid regions.
The various states and the national
government have spent millions on ir
rigation projects of various degrees of
merit. Is it not possible to extend
this process and include the logged
over land in the program under a sim
ilr repayment plan.
The state of Oregon is now spending
millions on marset roads, many of
which pass through or near thousands
of acres of rich land yet uncleared.
Would it not be good business to in
crease he usefulness of these roads by
increasing the productivity of the
country they are meant to serve?
In a nutshell, cannot some plan be
developed whereby the man of small
means might be assisted in the clear
ing process, ther. by encouraging him
to return to the land and become a
producer. To enable him to build a
home for himself and family. Hood
River county offers, in common with
other tried portions of the state sim
ilarly situated, wonderful opportunity
for some constructive program. It is
the one thing that is too big for its
people to do alone to anv considerable
extent. Cortld they do it, I am sure it
would already have been done.
There was a time when men were
willing to fare the privations necessary
to be endured in .oneering. when they
thought nothing of the hardships for
themselves and fan ilies attendant upon
hewing their h rne out of the forests.
But 'times have hanged , they are
loath to attempt that which they know
means sacrifice of their women and
children and. too often, failure to ac
complish the thirif desired. The cost
is too great. It takes money. They
have not enough. They cannot borrow.
We want this land cleared. Vfe in
vite people to come and clear it. But
we do nothing to assist them.
There surely must be some solution.
Let's try to find it. Then apply it.
MRS. BONE'S FUNERAL
WAS HELD TUESDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. N. W.
Bone, whose death occurred at the
Moore Sanitarium, Portland, Sunday
afternoon, November 20, were held
from the Anderson chapel Tuesday,
Rev. W. H. Boddy ofliciatng. Inter
ment followed at ldlewilde cemetery.
Charlotte Could was born at Spring
field, 111., 1871. She and Mr. Bone
were married at that city in April,
189i. Thev came to Hood River vallev
the following year, and since that time
have made their home here. Mrs.
Bone's lovable character won for her a
host of friends. She was a member,
from childhood, of the Episcopal
church, and until prevented by her
failing health was an active worker of
St. Mark's congregation.
Mrs. Bone is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. May Bennett, of England, and
Miss Estella Gould, of Springfield, 111.
Because of the blockade of the snow
storm, the body was not brought here
from Portland until last Saturday.
Mr. Bone, accompanied by his brother,
C. R. Bone, and wife, left there at 9
o'clock Saturday morning on the S. P.
& S. line. They transferred to a west
bound train at Biggs. After a delay
of two .hours at The Dalles, they ar
rived here at 8 p. m.
Library Notes
The following books of fiction have
been placed on the shelves of the li
brary during the past week :
Curwood Flaming Forest.
Dawson Kingdom Round the Cor
ner. Hergesheimer -Java Head.
King Thread of Flame.
Kyne Pride of Palomar.
Lincoln Calusha the Magnificent.
Morley Haunted Bookshop.
Porter Her Father's Daughter.
Tarkington Alice Adams.
Wright Helen of the Old House.
Books of non-fiction which have been
recently added are :
Austin Land ot Little Rain.
Bruce Nerve Control and How to
Gain it.
Clarke Astronomy from a Dipper.
Clarke-Cook Book of Left-overs.
H ill is - Great Books As Life Teach
ers. House What Really Happened at
Paris.
Kellog Herbert Hoover, the Man
and His Work.
MacLeod Housekeeper's Handbook
of Cleaning.
Neil Economical Cookery.
Rittenhouse Little Book of Modern
Verse.
Sherlock Care and Management of
Rabbits.
Smith Keynote Studies in Keynote
Books of the Bible.
Winter- Public Speaking, Principles
and Practice.
Wolcott Book of Games and Parties
for All Occasions.
The new International Year Book
has also been placed on the shelves.
This is a particularly interesting vol
ume because of the many changes in
world atfairs these days. The old en
cyclopedias soon become out of date.
This week being Children's Book
Week, we are going to have the first
of the children's story hours. Satur
day from 2 to 3 p. m. there will be two
story periods, one from 2 to 1.80 for
children eight years of age and youn
ger and one from 2.30 to 3 for older
children. If these story hours prove
popular they will be continued during
the winter.
A change of policy is announced
with regard to reserves. Heretofore
it has been customary to telephone the
borrower, if he had a telephone, when
the book asked for came in. This has
been found unsatisfactory for many
reasons and it is thought the pubile,
city and county alike, will be better
served if a uniform charge of one cent
for a postal card notice issued instead
of the telephone call.
Mrs. R. J. Haxby, Librarian.
In n ion Vic Constipated
To insure a heatlhy action of the
bowels and correct disorders of the
liver, take two of Chamberlain's Tab
lets immediately after supper. Thev
will not only cause a gentle movement
of the bowels, without unpleasant
effects, but banish that dull, stupid
feeling, that often accompanies constipation.
Christmas Is Coming;
Call at Studio, and look at mv ORIG
INAL Oil. PAIN I IM.s. Room ii, l i
iot Bldg., over Franz' store.
Edward Hill, Artist.
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I Ready To Help You. L I
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Nature I
If the winter months
are bringing you pain
and disease consult Chir
opractic. An adjustment should
cause you immediate re
lief and result in a . ore.
Nature always stands
ready to bring a diseased
memlx-rnf the body back
to health if the nerve
channels of communica
tion from the brain to
the outlying rrcelln ' - I
the body are kept open.
Chiropractic accom
plishes this.
Kl it rii iti will aimift
in i cir .
DRWF JONES
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Jfoctd ? nr. Orr Smith MUff.
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Apple Harvest
Building Material
Special prices on rough lum
ber. We will furnish anything
in dimensions on immediate no
lo i Where desired we will
deliver In any part of the Valley.
STANDARD LIMBER CO.
HORN BROS . Props.
Tel. 5581
Suffering!
One can imagine that the weather of the last two
weeks has caused an endless amount of suffering
and it is this suffering that makes the reason for
the Community Chest of Hood River.
The weather has made it impossible to proceed
in an orderly manner with the plans for the Chest
but within a week order will come out of the
present chaos.
Is the meantime local cases that needed attention
have been handled as demanded.
It is hoped that in the announcement next week
enough headway will have been made to assure
an orderly ending.
Hood River (Jaunty is expected to raise $7500,
Communiny Chest Executive Committee
LESLIE BUTLER. Chairman Ex-Officio
VV H. BODDY, Chairman
J. hVFREDRICY
FORDHAM KIMBALL
E. 0. BLANCHAR
C. H. VAUCIIAN
L. L. MURPHY
R. E. SCOTT, Secretary
Renew Your Motor's Vitality
That old expression of workmen, whose occomplish
ments on your wares or your machines make them like new
gain, to use their own expression, is much overworked.
But it is a fact that the reboring of cylinders of auto
mohile motors restores them to their normal power.
The little increase in the size of the re bored motors
does not increase the power, but the fact that the motors
are put in the condition in which, presumably, they left
the factory, often accounts for what owners justly claim
to be a noticeable increase in power.
We have the most up-to-date facilities for reboring
your cylinders.
HOWELL BROS.
FOURTH STREET
Tel. 2551
LOWERING THE LIVING COST
Wlwle we have endeavdred oil ilortg to do our port
toward helping the housewife cut down the family ex
penses, we have now a further opportunity to aid.
Through an arrangement with Arlo Bradley, who
formerly operated the business as the Blue Ribbon Ba
kery, we will bein baking hlh class bread and be
ready for making deliveries Saturday.
We are usln hard wheat flour and will sell you
a bread that Is second to none.
7c per lb. loaf; 11c per 1 !2 lb. loaf
We only sell through our store and deliver to our
customers. Our store is loaded with all grocery staples
at most reasonable prices; all of the holiday delicacies.
L. H. HUGGINS
Tel. 2134
Helping The Other Fellow
Is the surest, simplest and quickest way to help
ourseh 's.
We have appreciated the fact that you carried
your own packages when convenient during the
IKist week's storm.
Our supply Is large enough to meet your de
mands and we will make one delivery a day In
town until weather permits more.
SANITARY MARKET & GROCERY
Phone 1811
NOLM.W & SAMUEL
THE CIRCLE-Overhind Co.
Successors to
ELLIOTT-OVERLAND CO.
Full line of
Overland and Willy 's-Knight Automobiles
Complete Line of Parts being stocked.
We have a good line of second hand automobiles
and trucks.
Garage location unchanged
In Old Cascade Garage, on Cascade Avenue.