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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 26, 1922)
IIOOD RIVER GLACIER, TfflJRSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1922 1 O F n leu i ii' Dancin Every Evening. REPRODUCTION OF THE Early Days of Orego Everybody Come and Enjoy the Fun! Ss'sng Your li3 piena OOST FOR THE ! V 1 AND p1 0 o)AnmJ7 m I! 41 Hsaml J AT io l HALL ij i L If, 10)111 g and Vaodevi s HOME BAND OIL IN WRAPPERS PRESERVES APPLES (By M. S. Wall, of the lubricating division, San Francisco, in "Among Ourselves," employes' magazine of the Standard Oil Co.) To him who rambles on the hills the things he sees by the wayside and the experiences of his travel are frequent ly of us much interest as the object of his journey. The student in his labor atory may achieve not that which he sot out to accomplish, but a combina tion of greater potency. The first small boy to fly a kite little dreamed that itlwould be used long years after demonstrate the identity of light ning and electricity. Or. later still, that as a method of meteorological ob seivation as many ai 10 kites together would be flown to a height of more than four miles on a wire "string" eight milea long. Similar experiences are character istic of the oil business. The pioneers sought an illuminant which would give a clear steady light without smoke or odor. Its manfacture left a highly in flammable by product for which there was no use. Worse than useless, its disposition presented an exceedingly difficult problem, owing to its explos ive nature. Today it drives the motor vehicles of the world and is frequently considered the most important of all petroleum products. The volume of gasoline is largely consumed in the single field of trans portation ; that of kerosene is some what more divided between lighting, heating and providing power. Still greater diversity of use is seen in an other product. The ways in which these houses develop are the object of our present inquiry. Some years ago there was brought to our attention this problem of the candy trade: In the making of certain candies the ingredients are rolled and cooled on marble slabs. The sugar in the mix would cause it to stick hope lessly to the slabs, unless the latter were greased. Certain vegetable oils had been used for this purpose, but their tendency to become rancid fre quently resulted disastrously. Our company solved the difficulty for the candy interests by producing a highly refined, pure neutral oil, which would never become rancid, yet would serve all the purposes of the oils that had been previously used. Descriptive of one of its characteristics, this oil is now called Oronite Crystal Oil. Later, a member of the sales force conceived the idea that this oil might keep fruit and vegetables from stick ing to the drying trays used in dehyd rating plants. A trial demonstrated its value for this purpose. As it later became generally used in these drying establishments, the discovery was made that it served two other useful purposes: It prevented the wooden trays from splitting under the heat of the drying process, and stopped the absorption of the fruit juices which previously made the wooden trays un sanitary. If Oronite Crystal Oil will prevent the materials from sticking to candy slabs and fruit trays, it ought to pre vent sticking, and render more sani tary, the trreat hoppers in which dried fruit is stored, reasoned one of our special agents. It did. In packing plants where catsup, to mato puree, and fruit preserves are prepared, the material is cooked in large open vats, and it has a tendency to boil over as it cooks. As oil re mains on the surface and is less sus ceptible to agitation under heat, it is used as a float. An observing Stand ard Oil salesman proposed Oronite Crystal Oil as a substitute for the veg etable oil then in use. On trial it proved to be even better. Moreover, thero was absolutely no danger of it becoming rancid or imparting any fla vor to the product. Oronite Crystal Oil is now widely used for this pur pose. . ..j Another special agent discovered that Oronite Crystal Oil could be used as a float in the vats of grape juice to prevent fermentation. Despite the remarkable success acheived in the preservation of foods bv cold storage, until recently cold storage eggs have not been perfectly satisfactory, the reason being the ten dency of the egg to absorb the odor of the strawboard filler, which becomes moist under cold storage conditions. It was necessary, then, to find a way to seal the egg shell. A means for doing this was developed several years ago. The process consists in immersing the eggs from seven to ten seconds in a neutral mineral oil heated to a tem perature of from 200 to 200 degrees F. Of major importance in the success of the process are the characterists of the oil. Our Oronite Crystal Oil has proved to be the best oil for this pur pose. Eggs so processed are sterile, air and moisture-proof, will not lose weight in cold storage, and are kept in perfect condition. Removed from cold storage, the processed eggs cannot be detected from fresh eggs, and may be used in precisely the same manner as the product fresh from Petaluma. While the processor of eggs uses Or onite Crystal Oil to exclude air, the fruit grower uses it to absorb gas. Apples and pears give forth odors of a gaseous nature. Certain of these gases on coming in contact with the air con dense on the skin of the fruit, causing decay to set in. This is called "scald.' In their effort to control scald, the federal government experts sought to absorb these injurious gases with tis sue ptiper wrapd about the individual fruit. While partly successful, it was found that the paper transmitted other forms of rot from one fruit to another. The paper was then treated with par afline. but it would not absorb the gas. Vegetable oil treated paper was next tried. It absorbed the gases, but lU vegetable content supported the growth of mold and mildew and became ran cid. A neutral mineral oil was then tried. Todav Oronite Crystal Oil treated wraps are the most successful on the market. Not only do they assure con trol of scald, but if through oversight a Tartly decajed fruit has been packed. the cancr forms an impervious coat about it, and the rot will not be trans mitted to the other fruits in the case. In its watch over the preparation nd ihir mcr.t of the nation s food sup- nlv. the federal Government frequently issues rulings concerning methods of preparing and packing which empha ize the necessity for using materials of the hiehest degree of purity. Oron ite Crystal Oil. becuse of the high de pree of" r fir. ire to hirh it has been ubiected. has that purity which is es sential. It is absolutely odorless, col orlefs and taftelees. Hem? a pure mineral oil it will not become rancid. at do vegetable and animal oils, and it not aiirrxirt mold or rr.i'.dew. Thtfe character stirs give Oronite Crystal Oil m wide range of pofsibili- tiea in the rrooessea affecting the rrrrtion cf many foods. In ere as ir.g the ateam r ker. the kettles and the ff:ir tutire cr canneries, m lubrciatir.e tnovire part cf food pack ir.g and meat cutting machinery mhere tbey come in contact ith the food, as well as in the uses set forth herein, this prcduct is serving. A striking proor or tne purity oi Oronite Crystal Oil is found in ita uses in sterilizing surgical instruments. Germ life is killed by heat. To accom plish this purpose, the instruments had been plunged into boiling water which had a temperature ot but HZ degrees F. With the use of Oronite Crystal Oil instead of water, this temperature can be increased 100 degrees b, thus increasing the efficacy of the steriliz ing process. Manufacturers of face creams, lo tions, and cosmetics require a "buse" or a carrying agent lor tne cnemicais and other materials which renders each product distinctive. While there are many such bases on the market, our Oronite Crystal Oil has frequently proved itself to be more satisfactory than others. The polished steel work of vaults and safe deposit boxes in banks re quires a cleaner and rust preventive. as usually out nine air circulates. m these vaults (many are below ground level) it is highly important that an odorless product bo used. Here again Oronite Crystal Oil is used with com pete success. And the end is not yet. Uther needs doubtless will be found for this one product. One of the interesting phases of sales work is pioneering for new fields. Each new use adds to the vol ume of sales. Here we have seen how the uses of one of our products ex pand : and we manufacture four hun dred products from crude petroleum. Their possibilities are a challenge to every Standard Oiler I EDUCATION BILL WILL WISE TAXES Thousands of Pupils Now in Private Schools Would In crease General Levy. One hundred per cent Americanism Is a fine thing we all want it and nearly every one stands for Just that. But there are a good many people who want to define the other fellow'B Americanism. Some think 100 per cent American ism Just now moans to close up all of the old established private schools In Oregon, In which several thousand pupils are being trained for life's work and to force their parents, through the so-called compulsory education bill to be voted on In November, to go to the public schools. There is now In force and has been for many years, an educational bill which compels parents to educate their children; but, following the con stitution of the United States and of Oregon, It gives parents the right to say whether they shall educate those children in private or public schools. But that doesn't satisfy a certain ele mont, members of which have now initiated a proposed law to close the private Bchoola and deprive the par ents of any choice ot educational agencies. Should this bill become the law of Oregon, it would add more than $1, 000,000 to the tax rolls by throwing thousands of private Echool pupils In to public schools and onto the gen eral tar. rolls. Large sums would have to be expended for buildings and equipment, for the private school buildings would be scuttled by this act. Taxpayers would therefore have to shoulder this additional burdon without gaining anything worth while. School Bills By Dean Collins In Oregon Voter In killing a cat, 'trs a populur way To coat with sweet sugar the pill, So the kitty all purring and eager and gay Will gulp it and get very 111; In killing a school, it is sometimes the rule To use not the brutal sand-bug, But to make exhortation about education And flap the American flag. CHORUS: School bills, school bills, I, 'tar old freak and fool bills. Make It "compulsory," that's the plan, Teachers are scarce but of cou:ne we cun J'flp things along by cutting short All private schools of every sort. Will that make things nice? Well, w should snort! Though It would make trouble for kids. The camouflage art we learned In the war Will help In political play, And a gumoufluged bill Is a spiendld thing for The stowing of rivals away. All faiths and all creeds we may toler.ite Without any quibble or fus We may tolerate-rbut we bfg here to state They must think precisely with us. CHORUS: School bills, school bills, Dear old freak and fool bills. Bring out the standard they used to raixo Back In the witch-burning bygone days, "i'reedom shall flourish but we'll flay Whoever thinks some other way Than we, when they vote." (Signed K. K. K.) Though It may be hard on the kids. Voters, Do You Understand? That the soalled compulsory education bill, on the November ballot, would close every private school of grammar grade in Ore gon T That It would deprive parents of the right to send children to any religious school or non-sectarian school privately operated In Oregon? That It would confiscate mil lions of dollars wortn of prop erty without cause, now devoted to private school work? That It would add more than $1,000,000 annually In taxes to the taxpayers by throwing sev eral thousand pupils Into public schools, for whom buildings would be necessary? that it violates the sacred rights of parents to train their children as they deem best, by robbing them of their constitu tional right to attend privately operated schools where religious thought Is featured or to a non sectarian school, such as Hill Military academy? Cadets Take Provisions to Poor Families ( ' , v . , r 9 v. i-v v :'.:; :l 'k 'i if. '.1 . r. F :V.'i ' i y a r. f 'T(rtw(ifit;-.-rt-1 rot JUNIOR NOBLE AND JOE HILL' In addition to their training In regular school courses of study the younger cadi:ta of Hill Military Academy. Portland, are given military drill and lessons in service to others. Paul Noble and Joe Hill (both Juniors) are among the small boys of the academy who joined the basket brigade on a recent expedi tion made by the young pupils of the school and who took baskets of provi sions to poor and deserving families. When the fall term opened recently, the first thing these lads asked was, "May we save our allowances up for a basket shower?" Saving allowances means no candy for several weeks and that takes courage when one Is seven years old. Under the provisions of the so-called compulsory school bill, to be voted on November 7, this school, among many others which teach just such, principles, would be forced to close. Education Bill Unnecessary. The so-called compulsory education bill is unnecessary, according to many sided opinions, because Oregon al ready has such a law. It Is working well, is fair all around why change It? Why Stir Up Strife? The so-called compulsory education bill, on the November 7 ballot, has already stirred up much religious strife. Why make It a law and con tinue this harmony-destroying program that can do no good? fTSee the Lang range at H. S. Braak man's, Smith Bldg., before you equip your kitchen. You'll be sorry if you don't. Searches of records and reliable ab stracts made by Oregon Abstract Com pany, A. W. Onthank. Manager, 805 Oak Street. Thone 1521. jy20-tf AUTO TOPS Re-finished - Painted Water Proofed Put yours in shape before the rain. HOOD RIVER GARAGE The Home of good Weed Chains - Sleberling Tire Wind Shield Wipers For Convenience in Spraying with BORDEAUX We are now prepared to supply the necessary ingredients in powdered form which can be used directly in the Sprayer Tank. We will explain fully upon request We can also supply you with Freshly Prepared Bordeaux Paste and with Rubberized Spray Gloves. Hood River Spray Co. Phone 2421 Headquarter for Lime, Bluestone, and Everything for Spraying. Cleaning. Treeing and F.ejairing. Meyer k Lrazeaa. cl-tf To Orchardists We wish to announce our readiness to serve you during the busy season of harvest. You are welcome to make our store your headquarters while in the city. Use the telephone freely in ordering your supplies from us. Wo will gladly servo you in any way possible. f mi FRAS1ER & SON . : t. o