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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1922)
. i U' r "3' 4 VOL. XXXIV HOOD KIVER; OEEGON, THUUSDAY.'JUNE 8, .1922 J No. 2 foC Why This Bank Offers You this Positive Protection. BECAUSE We believe that the positive safety of the $1000.00 bond for every depositor, without charge, Is much better policy "than taking chances" that no losses may occur , ou uninsured checks. We believe it Is good public policy to do everything possible to give depositors greater POSITIVE safety and protection for their money. We believe in insuring you against check-raising menaces. For your safety's sake we have discontinued using unsafe checks which we had in slock to avoid needlessly exposing our customers to risks of any kind whatever. Every commercial account depositor of this bank receives a vest-pocket $1600.00 Insurance policy protecting him against loss thru fraudulent alteration of checks. Ask for yours. .TV W IF The First National Bank HOOD RIVER, OREGON Use All of Our Service Ea&man Kodaks -and Films v t-Our Stock is. Always. Complete : Kodak Developing? and Printing 24-Hour Service . " The quality of our developing the tone and finish of qur prints the success we have In br!nln out unfavorable exposures prove that Experts Do Our Kodak Work , KRESSE DRUG GO. Come in and hear the new Victorola Records. TWENTIETH CENTURY TRUCK FARM Jlonpretl Unjrtalilris , JOHN KO BERG, Owner fob; ' - teHril I n.l..lia.,,.li.l,M;,,,,'.lMI.Mli,.,l.ll..llllllllllillMlllimmiaHllll,,ll I Speakingof Bank Publicity One of the interestinjar developments of pre'-. sent day Bank Publicity is a sort of Clearing . House for Advertisements, known as the -Bankers' Advertising Digest. " ' We are members of the .organization and ! our Ad man has just finished reading five hundred and seventy seven Ads that have appeared in cities and towns all over the United States during the past few weeks. In tabulating them we find they are divided as follows : . Thrift and Savings 1.174 ' General and Commercial Banking... 89 Bond and Trust Departments. . ... 64 On the Making of Wills 50 Safe Deposit Boxes 42 ' . Human Interest Stories 27 m. ,, . - On Information and Advice .i.:;rf.24 ?vv . 4 About Window Displays 12 . . Special Ads for New Business 1 .17 ; . 1 Miscellaneous 69 We will use this space occasionally to tell you some of the in teresting things we discovered in this quest for information. Shut The Door in His Face Mr. 'House Fly' will soon be sneaking in at the doors and windows. Shut the door on him screen the Windows against him. Come to this office for Screen Doors and Windows. Emry Lumber & Fuel Co. "Everything to build Anything' Phone 2181 Fourth and Cascade Exclusive Representative of National Builder Bureaa BUTLER BANKING COMPANY Member Federal Reserve System New Fenders, New Lamps, practically new tires, Spotlight, Motometer, Snubbers. Mechanically Al. Will demonstrate with any car in the Valley, new or second hand. Will take a second hand Ford in on it. Oh yes, it's one of those famous Buick 6's. "Satisfactory Service Always" Shay's SERVICE Shop AT THE FASHION STABLES Shop 1211 Re.- 2772 OUTING CLOTHES For Both Men and Women Whip Cords, Gabardines and Khaki. Distinctively tailored and patterned to fit. It's "Summers" quality and .that means a satisfactory garment J. G. VGGT We announce to . the trade the in stallation of a -Universal Bearing Machine. We will be able to re babbit connecting : rod bearings for any make of car, truck or gas en gine. Better service and . better bearings at all times. Contract prices an all bearings. Fairbanks Engines and Hayes Sprayers HOOD RIVER MACHINE WKS. Unger & Lenz Tel. 3173 VALLEY TRUNK ROAD PROGRESS BONDS WERE i VOTED A YEAR AGO Twenty-Three Miles of Grade Will All Be . ; Completed This Fall Rock Sar- facing to Follow ' On June 7 a year ago, the people of Hood River valley were absorbed in a bond election contest, ' citizens of the community having been appealed to by the State Highway Commission to enter on a 50 50 basis the construction of the valley trunk line of the Mount Hood Loop Highway, an approximate 23 miles of road that would become an orchardista'1 market loute for growers of the entire West Side, Odell, Middle Valley and Upper Hood River sections and an important link of the great loop road around the base or Mount Hood. The bonds were voted by three to one and by Jane 7 this year the new grade will be found under way from end to end. Indeed, as a result of the $350,000 bond issue, the Hood River valley proper "has never witnessed such an activity of road construction as is at present in progress. The trunk line grade 1 being built in three units, the total of the three contracts reaching $243,059.50. Late last fall Joplin & Eldon, Port land contractors, were awarded for $54,546.60 the contract for cutting the new grade from the Rhoades ranch, in the Odeli section, around the west side of Booth hill into the Upper Valley, .fraction over five roues, it was an ticipated that the work would be largely, finished during the ' winter. Heavy snows and continued low tem peratures, however, kept the winter cramp inactive. Another delay was met with . in the discovery or nuge boulder formations, where ordinary earth excavation was expected. The contractors are , equipped with a small steam shovel, which will not handle the large boulders without blasting. Work on the Booth hill section will be drawn out through the summer. . Simultaneously last winter the High way Commission awarded contracts on the other two units. &. A. wepsier, for $114,392, was given the award on building the 6.8-mile grade, which in tersects the Columbia River Highway just south of Hood River, to the Odeli district. The Johnson Construction Co. is building the 12 miles from the Mid dle Valley to the bounds of the Oregon National forest, the figures or tite latter contract are $54,646.50. Al though nearly 12 miles in length, it utilises more of existing county road than any other section, and the work is largely an alteration of grades and common excavation. 1 Both . Mr. Webster, with whom is associated . J. W. Rumsey, an expert enced ateamahovel and heavy rock excavation man, and the Johnson Com pany r making rapid progress on their stretches. It is anticipated that all contractors will have completed their units by early fall, and tentative plans rail for the beginning of surfac- ly the grading is done. J Sentiment of Hood River valley folk last year was fairly well crystalized in support or the proposed trunn high way, but a difference of opinion as to location of the route aroused violent opposition to the road bonds. An ele ment or citizens declared mat me sur vey should have extended higher on the bench of the Hood river canyon, in order that more of the old East Side road could be utilized, while other dis approved for the reason that the new road would not pass directly through Odeli and Farkdale, chiet up-valley shipping points. The former contention was met with by engineering experts on the ground that the survey as made would elimi nateall possible grades and curvatures The route suggested, that over the hiffh ringe projected above the llood river gorge, would necessitate a heavy grade to get in and out of the valley proper. It was also cited that tne trunk road would pass within a half or three-quarters of a mile of the valley shipping points and could be easily connected by short laterals, that, the trunk road, if it should pass directly by shipping warehouses would be sub jected to congestion during the rush of apple hauling season. While the objections resulted? in the chief opposition to the bond issue, they have 'largely disappeared within a short year time, and when the road is completed it is not anticipated that a single citizen or the valley will ex press anything but pride in the valley trunk line road. An approximate 25 per cent of th community's voters ex pressed disapproval in 1917 of the county's $75,000 bond if sue for partic ipation in opening the Columbia Kiver Highway. Today not a single oppon ent of the great scenic thoroughfare, which bas proven a utilitarian boon to the city and valley, but admits of his mistake, and so it will probably be wit regard to the new complement of th Highway op the Columbia gorge. The new valley trunk, aa local folk are prone to call the 23-mile unit of the Mount Hood Loop road up through the orchard district, is going to add new beauties to Oregon highways. From the standpoint or scenic appeal. no short link of any of the great sys tems built m the last eight years will be more sensational than the first three aules of the unit . lying just south of the city of Hood Kiver. ror over a bslf mile the new grade, already cut, wind - around the precipitous Hood river canyon. Native fir trees, with a covering of wild shrubs around their base, lie below the grade of a portion of this, and the routing stream flashes among vistas of the vivid green branches. The road will swerve by a graceful curve, out of sight of town and an expanse of the broad Columbia, around a hummock of the orchard of A. A. Scbenck. pioneer railroad builder who wa wiUi the old Cv R. & N. crews here in early days and who was at tracted to the community by its scenic appeal and that of its possibilities as a great horticultural section. South from this curve msy be seen a long itrrtch of the silvery cascades of the swift stream, lying far below in the bottom cf the canyon. Soon the motor t gets the tint glimp of Mount Hood, the snow fields of which will be th real goal of thousands cf motor tourists as soon as th hiehwsy is com rleted. This section of the Mount Hood Loop Highway a ill be the first; road ef easy grade, built especially for 4 motor traffic, to oten a way from the valley lands into the wooded base of the state s great enow capped moun tain, r or this reason alone, it will be come one of the most popular roads of the state. After a three-mile distance the new grade will cross the canyon of Whiskey creek. Near the concrete crossing is the site of an early day distillery. Here in the dim days of the past pio neers were wont to secure the contents of brown jugs. The section's first prune orchards were used for a dihtil lation of a potent beveraee. From Whiskey creek on into the Middle Val ley by graceful curves and appealing straight of way amid prolific trees, the valley trunk will penetrate commun ities of rare pastoral appeal, a com munity where fruit farming is prac ticed as a science. The visiting mo torist will be given an opportunity to study orchards that have been visited by horticulturists from the four cor ners of the globe. Fruit acres will continue on to the remote sections of the Upper Valley, where the road will pass suddenly from the magnificent orchards into the virgin wilds of the Oregon National Forest and soon bring the motorist, high on the east base of the snow peak, to flaming acres of flowers that grow Jn luxuriant acre expanses up to the very edge of Bnow fields. The new road will be completed without any serious blockades. The worst detour of the entire route was that necessitated just south of the city, where a portion of the old East Side grade was destroyed by the new road. The county court improved the old original wagon road over the hill, and trailic has utilized it conveniently. Crews of Mr. Webster and Mr. Rum sey have begun the construction of a 900-foot tie-in highway. Long before apple hauling time the new grade will be completed and ready for trucks and wagons. Some detours, none of any serious consequence, have been neces sitated in the Odell section, and at present in the Middle Valley it is nec essary to make a detour at the Barr place to avoid the rebuilding of the old road. The grade near the city is on a solid rock formation. Several heavy fills wree made here, but the loose rock of which they are built are packed solidly and there will be no settling, it is said. Formerly travel to the Upper Hood River Valley, during winter months and the rainy seaion has been rendered more or less hazardous to motorists because of the steep grades over Booth hilh The new road will eliminate this bugaboo, and Upper Valley sections will be brought in cloee contact with the city. Topography and bad roads have formerly divided the valley into two sections. 1 he new road, it is anticipated, will eliminate the old sectional feelings. ! The bond issue was proposed during the period when construction costs were considerably higher than at pres ent. The actual cost of the road will be far less than was anticipated, and Hood River county will have left from the bonds authorized at least $100,OJO, although rights of way, secured by the county, have cost $33,363.64. Road en thusiasts have itched for he power of expending this m. Sy on Other roads. Under the law, however, the funds so raised can be expended only on the road for which they were voted, and the county will merely sell enough bunds for this work. In addition to the valley trunk road, the county is expending an approx imate $40,000 on general road improve ment and maintenance. Bids have been asked for on a $30,000 market road job. An approximate mile of concrete paving will be laid on the West Side main trunk road just south of the city. A crew of 20 men has begun work on the Lost Lake highway without the bounds of the Oregon National Forest, where the county and United States Forestry Service will each rpend $4,000 in rebuildiug old grades. As Boon as work will permit, Stanley C. Walters, chief forest ranger of the district, will begin the construction of a new half mile of road on the shore of Lost Lake and in rock surfacing the four miles of new grade within the forest bounds. The sum of $11,750 has been appropri ated for the work. In the bounds of the Nat'onal Forest six miles of the Loop Highway have already been com pleted. J. E. CI ark son, contractor, is assembling a crew for construction of an additional 19 miles, which by the end of summer will connect the llood River valley with the old Barlow road. An approximate $30,000 has been ap propriated for construction of a lateral road, to connect the Loop Highway and Cooper's Spur. The road construction now tinder way here has been stimulated by con struction of the Columbia River High way. It has been necessitated, in or der that the great scenic trunk could be supplemented. The new valley trunk will result in the construction of better valiey laterals. It is the begin ning of better roads in the Hood River valley. LEGION STATE DELE GATES NOMINATED The American Legion Post Monday night nominated the following mem bers for delegates to the annual state encampment to be held at The Dalles in late July: Edw. W. Van Horn, Robert G. McNary, Dr. J. W. Sifton, Banks Mortimer, Walter Ford, Dr. H. D. W. Bineo, Dr. V. R Abraham, Miss Elizabeth Campbell, Glenn Hunt, Fred H. Bell and Harry W. FarrelL Three will be elected and three alter nates named at the July monthly meeting. The Legionnaires at their meeting Monday night were addressed by Rob ert Frey, overseas veteran, suffering from gassin?, who has just returned from Hospital No. 77 in Portland. .Mr. rrey had the greatest praise for the treatment accorded the men by the Red Cross. He also declared that the meals of the hospital, which is now in chsrge of the Veterans' Bureau and used exclusively for e-service men, are excellent Kelson Gets Chairmanship Friends of Nels Nelson, prominent member of the staff of the Oregon Lumber Co. at Dee, are congratulating him on his receipt from County Clerk Shoemaker of bis certificate of election as Democratic chairman for the Dee precinct. Although one of the county's youthful politicians, Mr. Nelson, it is ststed by thoe who are well aoiunint- trd with him. bids fair to shine in high circle cf Oregon's great May ard No vember sport ENTERTAINMENT PLANS MADE FRUIT MEN MEET HERE TUESDAY Lunch Club Members Are Hosts Com mittee Appointed to Arrange for ' Apple Shipper Visitors Z The 300 or 400 apple buyers of east ern and middle western cities, who are expected to come to Oregon and Wash ington mid-Columbia fruit districts fol lowing the annual convention of the International Apple Shippers Associa tion at Seattle July 26, 27 and 28, will be given a hospitable greeting, if plans resulting from a collaboration here Tuesday of growers and shippers from Mood Kiver and Wasco counties and from Skamania and Klickitat counties, Washington, come to maturity. ' A special trainload of fruit buyers will make calls at Wenatchee, Yakima and Spokane, where growers, shippers and civic organizations are preparing elaborate entertainment. Mid-Colum bia fruit men, who will be aided in their entertainment by civic organiza tions, declare that they will not allow the big Washington sections to eclipse them in greetings to the interests that distribute the products of the local valleys. Tuesday's meeting was called by P. F. Clark, who is a member of Uie gen eral Northwestern committee on ar rangements. The following district chairmen were appointed to arrange ror the coming or the apple buyers: Ira Hyde. White Salmon; C. W. Gibbs, Underwood, Judge F. S. Gunning, The Dalles and R. D. Chatheld, Mosier. A schedule of the itinerary of the dele gates to the International Apple Ship pers Association at present calls for their entertainment in Portland Sun day, July 30. The next day the Port land fruit interests wilt bring them by automobile to Multnomah Falls, where Hood River folk will take charge of them. They will be brought here for a luncheon at the Columbia Gorge Hotel. Thence, following a ride through local orchards they will be taken to Mosier. There, after the buy ers have visited the orchards and have seen the"community packing plant of the Mosier Fruitgrowers' Association, they will be taken in tow by a motor delegation of The Dalles fruitgrow ers. The Wasco county capital will entertain them over night and return them on the following day to Under wood and White Salmon. Growers of the Washington districts will entertain the buyers at buffet luncheons at ware houses. In addition to those named on committers, mid-Columbia fruit men here for the meeting of Tuesday in cluded: J. E. Slade, cf Husum; Paul McKercher, Fred S. Baker, A. K. Mills, G. Reed, C. T. Dewey and J. Wx Dickey, of White Salmon, and L. Curtiss and W. S. Nelson, of The Dalles. t 5 The visitors were luncheon guests of the Tuesday Lunch Club, the following giving short talks: Mr. ' Slade, Mr. McKercher, Judpe Gunning and Mr. Nelson. The laUer is manager of the new horticultural bureau established by The Dalles Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Clark addressed the visitors and the local business and professional men, declaring the convention would offer boxed apple fruit districts an ex cellent opportunitytof showing the dis tributing elements of the industry their plants. "Any manufacturing enterprise," he declared, "would consider an oppor tunity of displaying Us factory to the concerns handling its product of ines timable value. We have the opportun ity to show the apple buying interests our plant We must utilize every in fluence to let them khow that they are welcome. k ""The information has somehow gained currency that the buyers in Se attle for the convention would hurry home immediately .he sessions were over. A canvass among tha prospec tive delegates, however, shows that the. opposite is true. Most of the buy ers will make a vacation of the trip. They will expect to spend a week or more seeing as muchjof the Northwest as possible before they go bark." President Murphy, of the Lunch Club, expressed an appreciation of himself and his fellow members at having the neighboring fruit men pres ent. He assured them of the organiz ation's fullest support in entertaining the fruit buyers. Among the visitors here will be sev eral prominent English fruit buyers, who have been attracted to the session in order that they may see the home of the Northwestern box apple. Joe D. Thomison was chairman of the Tuesday meeting. LEGION CLIMB NOT TO BE POSTPONED The warm weather of the past week has melted the snows packed in can yons in the high forest around the base of Mount Hood very rapidly. Th American L gion Post which several weeks ago had anticipated that it would be necessary to postpone its an nual climb of Mount Hood from July 16, the date originally set now an nounces that the snow will probably be sufficiently melted by mid-July to permit of carrying out plans without any changes. The snows that have been holding back work of road crews on the Mount Hood lioop Highwsy imd in the Lost Lake district are almnyt gone, and j the highway work is now in progress on both sides of the mountain. SLIDE NOW REMOVED FROM PAVEMENT J. R. NickeUen announced Tuefdsy night that bi crews had just complet ed removirg the laf t of the sliae of rorks which fell from an overhanging cliff on Ruthton hill Tuesday n.gfit of lat week. Tortions of the detns still remain on the siie cf the rosJ, bat the paving is entirely clear. The ahda was estimated at 2.XW tons. "I w as pleasantly surprised to fird that the ravirg w unir-jured." ss- Mr. NickHsen. "The rc-ks were p -ceded ty a sl.de cf earth that maC t cushion for tb mats of rocks." O O O