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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (May 11, 1922)
Y VOL. XXXIII HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1922 No. 50 8 0E- ni CONDENSED REPORT OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF HOOD RIVER, OREGON AT THE CLOSE OR BUSINESS MAY 5th. 1922 Resources z Loans and Discounts : United States Bonds and Other Securities Bank Building and Fixtures Other Real Estate Cash and Exchange $535,962.86 303,544.91 49.731.84 8,500.00 243,350.92 Liabilities s Capital Stock Earned Surplus and Profits National Currency Deposits $1,141,097.53 . $100,000.00 ... 24,160.79 100,000.00 .., 916,936.74 $1,141,097.53 HE beet way to learn how to swim is to jump into the water or let someone push you in. We have been somewhat out of practice, but here we are again, trying to tell in our own plain way about the things we grow and sell and some of the conditions that confront the grower. While we believe that the goods you produce should be sufficient advertising for the customer to ask for the same brand again, we advertise for the purpose that the consumer may be discriminating and specific. Some people are not particular, while others seem to be going too far the other way and that's the kind of customers we like; for it surely is a pleasure for us to grow and sell good stuff and we should know how. For those that will take chances and set out Tomato Plants, we will have some on sale on Saturday; next week we will tell you how and why we will pay (2.50 for the first ripe Tomato. And by the way for QUALITY KOBERG'S ASPARAGUS is Nonpareil Twentieth Century Truck Farm JOHN KOBERG Proprietor m Spring Time-Building Time i . . ... .. ... - m z i. Li fe " - t Spring brings with it the thought of home; birds begin to build their nests. But to us HOME means more than shelter and protection. It means the respect and confidence of one's asso ciates and neighbors. Home owning pays. It pays in money because it leads to the saving of money and investing in one of the safest secarities. We have for your use over five hundred modern plans for homes which have been built. Come in and see them. Emry Lumber & Fuel Co. Phone 2181 Fourth and Cascade Special Sale Now On A BOTTLE OF KLENSO LIQUID ANTISEPTIC will be given FREE with every purchase of a 50c tube of KLENSO DENTAL CREME The combination treatment of Klenzo Creme and Antiseptic will insure cleanliness of the mouth, throat and gums ; prevent pyorrhea and by dissolving all stale secretions and destroying the germs that lurk in the crevices not reached by a brush, will remove all bad tastes and remove the cause of the much dreaded bad breath. KRESSE DRUG CO. Come in and hear the new Victorola Records. Do You Know Vhat It WiU Cost You? A flat price For a cash job. Come In and tell me what you want done and I'll tell you to a cent what It will cost you. Know In advance what your repair Job Is oIn to cost The man who knows Is far ahead of the man who guesses. "Satisfactory Service Always" Shay's SERVICE Shop AT THE FASHION STABLES Shop 1211 Re. 2771 Statement of the Condition of the Butler Banking Company, of Hood River, Ore. at the close of business, May 5, 1922 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts .,$614,515.47 Bonds and Warrants 166,959.47 Savings Department Loans 234,727.52 Furniture and Fixtures 9,325.00 Real Estate 23,005.20 Cash on Hand and in Reserve Banks 217,837.41 $1,266,370.07 LIABILITIES Capital Stock '.. $100,000.00 Surplus and Undivided Profits 49,089.82 Deposits 1,117,280.25 $1,26,370.07 Member Federal Reserve System. TRY OUR Fresh Vegetables FOR YOUR SUNDAY DINNER Fresh Me alls In Daily The Pine Grove Store A. F. BICHFORD, Prop. Phone 4O88 Machine Work and Welding of all kinds. General overhauling: on all types of cars. Flywheel ring gears installed at a nominal price discount to the trade. Money back guarantee on all trouble shooting. Fairbanks Engines and Hayes Sprayers UNGER & LENZ Successor to Slutz Bros. Tel. 3173 CLUB MEETING MONDAY NIGHT MDIORABLE OCCASION ANTICIPATED Prominent Speakers Will Discuss Feat ores of Developing Scenic Assets Around Base of Kt. Hood It Is anticipated that the May meet ing of the Hood River Count? Commer cial Club, to be devoted to a further development of the scenic assets of the Mount Hood country, will bring a large crowd of orchardists Monday night from all valley sections to join business men in a discussion of plans. The session will begin at 6.30 o'clock, when the club men and guests will be entertained at dinner by members of Wauna Temple of Pythian Sisters. The dinner will be served at the club rooms. Road and resort development will form the chief topic of discussion. Speakers will include: Samuel C. Lancaster, state foreBt supervisor, T. H. Sherrard and President Scholz, of Reed College. A number of the stud ent body members of the college, it is expected, will be present. A musical program will be given by the Hood River High School orchestra. Presi dent Olmsted and Secretary Crew, of the club, have invited W. J. Hofmann, of the Pacific Northwest Tourist Assoc iation, and George Quayle, secretary of the Oregon State Chamber of Com merce, to attend the session. In 1920 Columbia River Highway paving operations interrutped the Ad Club fiesta, and last year weather con ditions interfered with the party. This year, however, the Ad Club, according to word received by the Commercial Club here, will renew the original plans with new vigor, and on each suc ceeding year, Apple Blossom Sunday will be celebrated jointly by neighbor ly fraternizing of members of the two clubs. Advices received by the Commercial Club indicate that the 1922 Ad Club party will be attended by at least 600. The visitors will be greeted at Chau tauqua Park at the west edge of the city, where luncheon will be spread. The local club men will furnish free coffee, not only to the special guests but to all other motor visitors who cart to stop and take lunch at the park. The Knights of Pythias band will be present at the park during the lunch hour for a concert. The Commercial Club haa appointed the following mem bers as a special Blossom Festival com mittee : F. A. Cram, Dr. J. W. Sif ton, Nelson Emry, E. E. Brett, C. A. Reed, K. W. Sinclair, Dr. L. L. Mur phy, P. F. Clark, O. C Hughes and A, R. Cruikshank. The Hood River valley, at blossom time, has been characterized by many aa a huge flowered bowl, its bottom brilliant with the apple bloc ma. The surrounding foothills, forming a rim, are never more alluring than in the early spring, when open expanses are green with new grass, which soon turns brown, as summer comes on. The eastern hills, especially, are open and bare. In the shadows, as thin clouds are blown beneath the sun of a May day, the grassy, open slopes turn pearly and mouse-colored. They make one think of the satiny skin of a well groomed Kentucky horse. On the western hills, more fir trees abound, and the undergrowth among the coni fers ia largely maples and Oregon grape, the blossoms of the latter now a bright gold. Here and there one may see the pink of wild currant, and on the lower levels, in the draws of small treams, the dogwood blossoms havo opened. It is the blooming time, not only of the man-cared-for apple trees but of many of the pretty shrubs of the Cascades. Patches of lupin, in a purple abandon, arouse ecstatic ex pressions from the nature lover on the lower levels. Nature is doing her part to make pleasant the mid-Columbia land and to help welcome th thousands of visitors who are eagerly awaited. Warm winds have melted the snows, heaped to unprecedented depths the past winter on surrounding range tops, and every wild plant, just as the fruit trees, seems offering a glad thanksgiving for the return of that season when the birds go north again. Orchardists and city residents are all busy getting premises as neat as possible for the day of many guests. At the blooming season. Hood River homes, almost without exception, keep open house. Relatives and friends from Portland and other neighboring eitiei are urged to come and join the feast. Apple Blossom Sunday is a day of many .family reunions, big dinners and merry parties at homes set amidst the blooming trees. County officials say that all roads of the valley are in good condition. While construction work has resulted in closing to traffic the East Side grade, an old road over the bill has been opened for a detour. "We have spent $700 on the old road, and the motorist acan skin up over the grade without any difficulty," savs County Judge II. L. Hasbrouck. "In deed, all roads", with the possible ex ception of a section of highway in the Upper Valley, near ML Hood store, where the new Mount Hood Lood High way la in process cf construction, are in fine condition. Cooperating with County Roadmaster Nichol. all county officials wilfc bend every effort toward getting the roads in the best of shape for the visitors." Motor tourists are advised, if they win to get a first sensational birdseye view of the valley, to make their run into the blooming areas by way of the East Side. As they top a bill about a mile south cf the city, rear the old gravel pit. the expanse of the entire lower orchard section burst on the visitor with a sud'lennesa that renders one speechless. The return to the rity should be made by the Odtll sec tion and Tuckers Bridge. About a mile north of the bridge over Hood Kiver the Osk Grove road, known as Portland Way, because of the orchard homes of so many former Portlanders, intersects the main thoroughfare lead inir to the citv. No motorist should ! f il to travel Portland Way. On the Wet Side, indeed, are many lateral ty-wsys, and all cf them are in good condition and interetting. At the Oak Grove school, a road leading off to the V'Utb intersects the main highway. If one would glimpse as lovely a rcral line as can be found in Oregon it is railed Lover's Lane he should take tbia road to the south and then take .tbe txit tarn to the left. Tbii Lover's Lane carries the motorist up a canyon, where young firs, maples, dogwoods and other shrubs ara now at their best. Leaving the wooded canyon, the trav eler breaks out on open orchard dist ricts again. These tracts on the west bank of Hood river, overlook the stream. Both Mount Hood and Mount Adama are in plain view, and here, too. ia gained a fine view'of sections of the orchard district. Upper Hood River Valley orchards are not now in bloom. Their trees will present a glory of .color and perfume in about two weeks. Indeed, the mot or tourist, if be be unable to join the merry thousands May 21, may find blossoms in plentiful array in some portion of the Hood River section for the next three weeks. On May 21, after one has "done" the valley and desires to make further ex plorations, he should turn his car east over the Columbia River Highway and visit Mosier. The trees there are mag nificent with blossoms, and the six mile stretch of the Columbia River Highway between here and that city has sensations as great as may be found between here and Portland. A feature of Blossom Sunday will be the calls planned by hundreds of Port alnd folk at the valley's new golf course on a 150-acre tract in the Oak Grove section. The golf club here has been assured aa result of the purchase of bonds for financing the purchase of the place, the orchard home of Her man Pregge, and Hood River promot ers are enthusiastic over their plans and will display the new grounds with pride. Hood River prayers are for clear skies and warm sunshine. If their pleas to Divine Providence are grant ed, Sunday, May 21, will be a perfect day for all the local population and all of the visitors, now estimated around 10,000. BENSON BUYS THE GARRABRANT PLACE S. Benson has just purchased from D. C. Garrabrant a 40-acre tract lying just across the Highway from the Co lumbia Gorge Hotel. Consideration for the place was $18.00!. A large part of the place is in native shrub bery. It will be left Intact as much as possible, it is stated, and will be im proved by landscape gardeners. It is proposed to make the place a park for motoring picnic parties. Gardeners Friday completed making seed beds on the grounds immediately around the tourist, hostelry. They were seeded to grass. Putting greens will be established. A crew of Italian masons arrived Sunday and on Monday betran the construction of a number of dry masonry terraces on the hotel grounds. The hotel is now the scene or nu merous Bocial affairs. Numerous mo tor parties from Portalnd have been there the past week. Thursday a party of 20 women of The DUIes par ticipated in a card party and luncheon at the hotel. Friday night 60 mem bers of the Hood River Cunuty Tea chers' As ociation participated at a banquet at the hosterly. Mr Benson has also purchased from Robert Rand an additional six acres, paying the sum of $15,000. The latter property liea immediately east of the hostelry, and Mr. Benson now owns from the Nature Lovers' Club proper ty all the way to the Dellart place. The property bought will give excel lent opportunities for landscape gar dening, and the surroundings of the famed hotel will be beautified and put in keeping with the building. GOLF CLUB PAST TENTATIVE STAGE Plana for the Hood River Golf Club, the course of which will be laid out on a tract of 150 acres, owned by Her man Pregge in the Oak Grove district, six miles southwest of the city, have passed the tentative Btage. according to promoters. Indeed, the financing of the club has progressed to the point, where arrangements are being made for taking over the property, and Sun day Chandler Egan, of Medford, ex champion of American amateurs, wha has beer, engaged in laying out one of the municipal links in Portland, came here with Victor Johnson, Portland golf expert, and made a thorough survey of the local grounds. It is anticipated that Mr. Egan will lay out the local course. The Oak Grove ranch will be purch ased by sale of $20,000 in debenture bonds, of which $13,000 worth have al ready been taken by local and Portland men. J. C. Ainsworth, who will be a charter member of the local club, bought $500 worth of the bonds. An other Portland man who subscribed is E. D. Kinesley. Mr. Egan, who was escorted from the Columbia Gorge Hotel by b. U. Blanchar. C. N. Ravlin and Al. W. Peters, declared that the contour of the Oak Grove land was ideal for the dev elopment of a fine course. I.ocal men, interested in development of the club, declare themselves as very much en couraged bv Mr. Lean a report. The event, which according to plans, will be made annual, will be termed the Apple Blossom banquet. Cars have been mailed to all members of he club, urging their attendance. The dinner will be served at $1 per plate. GRANGE OPPOSED TO KILLING MILLAGE TAX The Fomona Grange, of this county, lant week adopted a resolution oppos ing propaganda beirg circulated in the interest of a tax reduction element which proposes the repeal of the mil lage bill for Oregon's institutions of higher education. The resolution, in troduced by A. I. Mason, who recently withdrew from the Oregon Tax Red uction League, when that body pro posed to kill the millage laws, declares the higfcer educational institutions a mong the leading assets of the stste. The millage measures, it is declared, offer the mo6t feasible and economical method cf supplying funds vitally needed. Rand Buys Waite Place Robert Rand, who haa just sold to S. Benson six acres lying just west of the grounds of the Columbia Gorge Hotel, has purchased a K'J acre tract from H. Waite on the Culubia River Highway east cf the resort.hostelry. IS DELAYED COLD DAYS CAUSE POSTPONEMENT .? Ad Club Party Will Join Commercial Clif ia Celebration on Sunday, J7 May 21 O ' ' C " Hood River valley orchards ar , ginning to bloom, aud the ow? of the 13,000 acres of trees, soon t loa so m laden, invite all the world c :oma on Sunday, May 21, and share in the rare and inspiring beauty of an ocean of pink and white. It was anticipated last week that Sunday would be celebrated as Blos som Sunday in the Hood River valley, but continued cold weather has post poned the opening of the bloffsoms, and the bloom festival here this year will be - at an unprecedented late date. Fruit spurs, however, are loaded with buds, just ready to burst. Indeed growers declare they have never seen such promise for blossoms, except for the remarkable rpring ol l'Jiy, when the Portland Ad Club inaugurated the annual custom of a motor pilgrimage of its members and their families to the little Valley of Peace and Happi ness, tucked among the enfolding hills, for the celebration of Apple Blossom Sunday. JUDGE WILSON TELLS OF GRANT'S VISIT Judge Fred W.Wilfon.of The Dalles, in an address on General UlytBes S. Grant before the Tuesday Lunch Club told of a visit of the great general to the Wasco county capital in 1H83, when he was a guet of Henry Villard on a tour in celebration of completion of the old O. R. & N. line. "The train stopped in front of the old Umatilla House," said Judge Wil son, "and General Grant stood on the bottom step of the car. The people, and they had come from many points, all walked around in a circle and shook hands with him. A number of us boys decided that one hand shake was not enough, and we slipped into the circle and passed around repeatedly. 1 re member how suddenly somebody's hand grasped me by the nape of the coat col lar, and 1 was yanked from the line, and other bays were treated likewise. That was the lat time I shook hands with General Grant." Judge Wilson, who has made a seri ous study of the life of General Grant and who has read his memoirs, cited that one of his greatest characteristics was his modesty. While he seemed to realize abilities for the tasks he Bet about, Judga WiUon pointed out that he reached his great place in Amreican history without the least evidence of self-seeking. He characterized him as one of the most romantic and pictur esque characters in American public life.' His rise, he said, from an incon spicuous captain to the supreme com mand of the Nation's army, and in seven years to the presidency, was re markable. "As one contemplates how his type of mind was needed for the taska fac ing the nation when be was called on to take charge, it appears that the hand of Providence plays an important part in the careers of individuals." Judge Wilson stated that Grant had passed up and down the Columbia, go ing and returning from The Dalles by Hood River. He visited the neighbor ing city in 1852 to aUend a court mar tial. At the time he was a first lieu tenant stationed at Vancouver Bar racks. Judge Wilson recalled the pathetic incident connected with Grant'a unfor tunate business affairs, a status brought about as result of bis trust and loyalty to a betraying friend. He told of ho-.v the great soldier-statesman had visited the home of William H. Vanderbilt. the banker, seeking the loan of $150,000 to meet obligations that were morally binding, if not legal, offering as secur ity hia awords, medals and gifts of gems. "To his credit," said Judge Wilson, "Vanderbilt declined the security but at once wrote his check fur the desired amount. The swords and collection of medals and other personal effects, whether at the insistence of General Grant or at the desire of Mrs. Grant, 1 know not which, were, however, turned over to the national government, and they are now on display at a mu seum there." Judge Wilson stated that the spirit of magnanimity of General Grant was never displayed in nobler manner than at the scene at Appomatox, when Gen eral Lee surrendered. "There they were," he said, "on a spring day, with the apple trees in bloom, both high minded gentlemen and patriots, the one supreme in tri umph and the other tasting the dregs of defeat. In accordance with custom, General Lee, at the termination of terms, offered his sword to General Grant. Hot the latter said: 'Take bsck your sword General, and tell your boys to keep their horses. Thev will need them for the spring plowing.' " W. 11. MeClain, chairman Tuesday, read excerpts of an article by Ellis Parker Butler on"Ghosts What Ain't," pointing out that all humans had cer tain fears that haunted them. Miss Janet Slade gave two piano se lections that were greatly appreciated. Harry Farrell, new father, was called on for a speech. He declared that a man was supnofed to know something about hia subject, and that as yet he was not acquainted with his new daugh ter, but that he thought she would be ready to give a vocal concert on bis next appearance as chairman of the ds y. Next Tuesday at th Pheasant, C P. Sonnichsen will be chairman. II P. BAND CON CERT POSTPONED A concert by the Knichts of Pythias i i ..i.,h.r.ti.in nf t hp arrival of !new uniforms, scheduled for Friday night, has been postponed until rriday 'evening. May 19. Then the rjand men, numbering 30, will give an open air ' concert, and the program will be tol- lowed by a dar at Pythian Temple. ! i l if 3 i o CCZj