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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1922)
7: nOOD niVEK UfACIER. TntlRSDAY, DECEMDEIt 14, 1022 SOME NEW THINGS YOU'LL WANT TO SEE Pocket Knives One of the safest gifts alwayi sure to please. 25c to $2.50 Cheney Phonographs A small cash payment now will secure one. Pay the balance next year. Keen Kutter and Winchester Tools Ideal Gifts for Men and Boys. Opalescent Glassware Etched Pyrex Frames Of Nickeled Copper, for holding Pyrex Baking Dishes. Japanese Lemonade Sets. Japanese Shofu Tea Sets. Pyrex Glass Tea Pot. E.1 II If y The I ykTTSIEl P a i r ... ytrisjocrd Xmas Special uiac ocw VII till Regular $17.50 Pl U 126 piece Sets jRegular $11.75 $9.25 A Good Shears or Scissors Will- bring almost daily reminder of the donor 25c to $2.75 Vntasfra " , "'"'f DINNER WARE China and Porcelain ' t FULL SETS AND ODD PIECES , C&Q O Cl Special, 42 piece, Blue Bird, only pZ7 AnJ flirm when you're "all in" and tired out, and X1.11U lllvll olmrtof frantic hpransp vnn can't deride J, ailllUPb iiWWblM v-v .7 " ' " - I what to give, come to the Big Furniture Store and let us show t you the way out of your difficulty. FurnitureThe Safe Gift Invites you to come and choose LJF , ii a I ill th from a Stock of Goods so comprehensive that a suita ble gift can be found for everyone. A feature that characterizes practically every item in USEFULNESS. Only a few can be shown or mentioned in this ad. Come and see you know you're always welcome to just look here and never urged to buy. ROLLER SKATES $1.50 to $2.65 m. i r in. V i Safety. Razors $1.00 to $5.00 Big Toys -- Medium Sized Toys -- Teeny Tiny Toys Dolls Dishes Toy Furniture Trains Motors Blocks GamesGuns WagonsSleds Skooters Tricycles Autos COME WHILE STOCKS ARE COMPLETE Flashlights 2-cell Gun Metal Special, $1.15 Carving Sets $6.25 to $11.25 GHAIRS Can you think of a more useful gitt lor anyone. Morris Chairs, $18 to $60 Ml Kir , f.M,) - j pi HOOSIER A Kitchen Cabinet tic ai)e m:7ec of ttaps If you knew the miles and miles of steps a HOOSIER would save, you would have us deliver one to the house Satur day night. Easy terms of payment. 17 131 0 Sectional Book Cases For Christmas Books. ti i . . g '!'. """"" ! "!... l'l")r,''J1'J?'-iit! ''--- aO'T'CT-.l.l.aWl.ri irnili'iir ...ii -ikif.iw 1iaiaaf.M i" ni ii inn Ti in i MT " "' 1 "' " 1111 "" ""1 "' ' """" Highest quality coal is cheapest. Utah King Coal Is eiean, bard and highest in heat. Emry Lumber & Fuel Co. tf Before you buy an automobile you Miould Bee the new Btudebakera at the Cameron Motor Co. vaill THEPERLIN PERPETUAL BATTERY YOU CAN'T KILL IT The Perlin Battery is guaranteed for two years against failure to give satisfaction from any and all causes, except collision, reversing current while in car or being recharged, or from other fault of buyer. Bat tery mu& be of proper sire for particular make of car. The Perlin has caused automobilisls everywhere to take off their hats to it because of its everlasting "pep" and come-back ability You can completely exhausl it by whatever tesl you please and after a minute or two it is ready again to kick off your Starter. All we ask is that you come and see the Perlin Perpetual and see it put through some of the severest teSts. It will demand your attention immediately. The Heights Garage J. F. VOLSTORFF, Tel. 3151 LOOK AND LISTEN! TIRLIP iPRlCE We expect a raise in price of tires by the twentieth. If you are in the market for tires, vou had better see your dealer and make your wants known. 30x3, $7.99; 30x3'2, $8.99; 30x3Vz Cords of Special Value, $12.50; 32x4 Federal Cord, Special, $25.00. And other Christmas Gifts at reduced prices. HEIGHTS TIRE SHOP MORSE a SPARKS SHERIFF JOHNSON POURS OUT LIQUOR Unhonored and unwept, the moon shine contents of several keg, demi johns and casks as well as innumerable bottles, were poured forth solemnly last week by hherilt Johneon ana a coterie of deputies at a storm sewer on Oak street. The activities of the sher iff and his deputies, who went unsmil ingy about the obsequies, attracted the attention of a number of pedestrians. It waa an occasion of gloom. Not a smile gleamed, and no sparkle glinted in a spectator's eye. The fumes from the liyuor as it gurgled down the storm sewer permeated the atmosphere and stole its way subtly into the nostrils of the onlookers. Such a moment did this climax of the occasion produce I The men looked thoughtful. Somebody in a gentle whisper recalled that in days that are gone forever, a man could heat his inner man with a Tom and Jerry on a winter day. And yet nobody smiled. The sheriff and his deputies completed their task, and the crowd dispersed noiselessly, apparent ly cogitating over past privileges. Some have gently censured Sheriff Johnson for his failure to make an an nouncement of the booe destruction. Many notes would have enjoyed a sniff, he was told. He might have made the occasion pregnant with drama instead of doleful. One citizen was so frank as to tell the sheriff that he needed a press agent. He miitht have had his pirture in the metropolitan dailies, had he rtaged properly the de struction of the contraband. Not even newspaper men knew of the liquor de struction. One of them happened on the remains of the tragedy. His nose knew that something had happened a he walked over the storm sewer. His invettigations developed the episode. Public Utilities Valuation Highest County Assessor Wickham has re ceived notice from the State Tax Com mission that the valuation of F'ublic Service Corporation properties in Hood River was set for next year at $1,K,"9, 626.42. Thia is an approximate $30, 0(H) increase over a year ago. The public service properties will show the heaviest increase next year for more than a decade became of the construction on Hood river of a new plant by the Pacific Tower & Light Co. The new plant will represent an in vestment of about $1,2.V,0U0. Christian Charca The Dible school is preparing for a good time for themelve and for others and a helpful program will I j given Christmas eve. f-ext Ixirdsdsy Lible school at 9 45 a. m , A. B. Cash, Sunt. Trachirg at 11 a. m. Topic, "The Great Constraint." Intermedi ate and Senior C K. at 6.30 p. m. ' Preaching at T.3 p. m. Tcpe. "The i Adversary cf the SouL" the Loyal i Women's Class will entertain at a ' Christmas party Fri.lay nicnt at 7.3 at the church the foliowirg: Loyal I Men, Hereana and Young Carried I'co ple'a classes. J. C Harms, Pastor. English Lutheran Charch Rerptar aervices t 11 a. m. Son- dsy school at 9 45. Illustratd lecture on "The Kootstcf of Jesua." at 7.30. Choir rehearsal I'r.da? at 8 p. m. j P. Hi jrt-ndnrf, Pastor. i H. L. llasbrouck. optometrist. WAGNER SENDS STORY' OF VALUABLE APPLE The following clipping, a dispatch from Ferrell, N. J., from the Phila delphia public Ledger, is about a won derful apple: A wire cage has been constructed around the "$5,000 apple tree" in the orchard of Lewis Mood, a farmer in South Harrison township, Gloucester county. Mood recently rold a branch from tbii particular tree, producing an entirely new variety of apple, to one of the big nursery firms of the country for what is said to be a record-breaking price for this fruit. The patient public will have to wait for two years or more before it can learn verv much about the Mood apple, aa it ii being guarded with the great est secrecy, ; indicated by thejerection of tho stout wire cage entirely around the tree. All that is known so far is that it is a red apple of exceptional site and sweetness. There is no other apple just like it anywhere in this country so far as horticultural experts have been able to determine. This nw vsriety will be subjected to the most exhaustive testa under the various climatic and soil conditions throughout the United States before the nursery firm which has bought it is willing to place it upon the market. Orchard science, as applied through top budding, will make it possible to produce the new fruit in quantities large enough for experimental purposes within a year or two. The new apple is purely an accident of nature being what is known to fruit growers as a sport from 'one of the ordinary varieties. Mood noticed sev eral years ago that one of the branches of a particular tree in his orchard waa hearing an apple that was 'different both in color and flavor from tha fruit of other limbs on the same tree. He took off some budB and started other treee. The big red Mood apples were in such demand among hie customers that last season he sold f 75 worth of apples from the original tree alone. A representative of a nursery com pany learned that the New Jersey farmer bad an apple that waa attract ing attention and he called to see Mr. Mood. "I bad thought cf trying to put out this new apple myself," said Mood in talking of his "find." "I put a price on the apple that 1 thought would keep those fellows from pestering me about selling. They got the head of their corrpary bere to look over the apple and to see the tree. After several conferences we finally tains to terms.' Just what these terms are is set forth in a bill of sale and surveyor's re-ord of the exact location of the tree, which have teen filed in the ! Gloucester count clerk s ofnee at Woodbury. Even the particular branch of the tree is designated in una unusual record. Accordirg to the agreement on file, he has received $1,000 in cash and is to pet $4 (M) in "royalties" at the rate or" two cents for each bud that is taken from th original branch r any trees cevelor-ed from it. These buds will be grafted upon other stock to r'odue tree of the new variety. "Five thousand dollars seems like a b g rrice for aa apple." remarked one m -informed rurseryman regarding Mood's sale, "but in these days a new apt le of exceptional quality, colcr and s re is worth a small fortune to anyone who has tbe courage and organization to introduce it to tbe cation." nfnof it th new varieties, he said. luiroinnari hu th nurservmen themselves in their experimentation. Only rarely is a good apple brought out. One of the most popular of the newer varieties of apples today was "discovered" down in South Carolina a few years ago. That apple also de veloped as a "sport" in an orchard 40 miles rrom any ranroaa. a man woo L-nnm nru4 fruit tt'hpn ha SBW it stumbled upon that apple, a big nurs ery concern Dougm ii up ana now n. m being Talsea extensively inrougnoui the United States as one of the high est priced varieties. DEATH TAKES MRS. M. SUE HENDERSON Mrs. M. Sue Henderson, pioneer of the mid-Columbia, died at her home on Paradise Farm Monday morning. Mrs. Henderson had been ill for some weeks. It was thought for a time that she would rally and recover. She was born at The Dalles. Her father, J. H. Mosier, founded the neighbor ing town of Motier. Mrs. Henderson had lived in Hood River since early days. She saw the town develop from a village of a few inhabitants to its present size. She saw the fruit industry develop from its earliest phases. Th late Dr. W. L. Adams, former husband of Mrs. Henderson, held a prominent place in Oregon civic and public life. He was a pioneer booster of this district. Dr. Adams was a practitioner here in the early days and operated one of the val ley's first drug storea. Mrs. Henderson is survived by a daughter, Mrs. E. Banks Mortimer, a brother, J. N. Mosier, of Mosier, and two sisters who reside at W alla Walla. John Leland Henderson, the husband of a later marriage, who was a local pioneer, is an attorney of Tillamook. Tbe surviving sisters are Mrs. Alice Faueette and Miss Lydia Mosier. One grandson, little Billy Adams Mortimer, survives. Funeral services were held yesterday at 1.30 p. m. at Riverside church. Rev. Boddy officiating. Many pioneers, de spite the inclement weather, were present to pay their last respects to Mrs. Henderson, whose interest was ever keen in activities of those who bad most to do.with the development of Hood River. Mrs. Henderson was 67 years of age. She was married to Dr. Adams at Walla Walla. Washington Territory. October 29. 1SS1-- They came almost immediately to Paradise Farm, where she resided almost continuously for 41 years. Tbe body wss taken to tbe Portland Crematorium following funeral ser vices yesterday. Tbe funeral was directed by C C Anderson. First Coasting Arxktat Kenneth. 10-year old eon of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Folck, Heights residents, suffered a broken leg last week in a coasting accident The boy collided on a steep grade with an automobile. Card of Thanks The Lutheran ladies wish to express their thanks to the Bok and Art Store fir tbe use of their window and store on December 9. ...... Lutheran Ladies Aid. Whirpe4 cresru? Us SURE WHIP and t-e sure. Your grocer has it. jj27tl RED CROSS NURSE WORK INVALUABLE The annual Red Cross election is to be held at the Chamber of Commerce at 2 o'clock Wednesday, January 3. All who have paid a Red Cross mem bership are entitled to vote. The nominating committee is C. H. Vaughan, Dr. L. L. Murphy, W. H. Boddy, Mrs. F. A. Cram and E. O. Blanchar. Full reports of the chap ter's activities for the past year are to be made. The annual report of the public health nurse now in the hands of the Red Cross committee reveals a very full and serviceable year on the part of the Public Health Association. Bare statistics cannot describe the sympa thetic and human side of the nurse's work, but nevertheless the statistics of the work are surprising as .well as gratifying. Among the many things accomplished by tbe nurse are the examination of 4288 school children. In this number physical defects ranging from slight to serious conditions, were found in 2.763. A very important feature and one of general interest is that on the recom mendation of physicians following a report by the nurse 135 children were excluded from school temporarily for communicable diseases. The public health nurse has found 16 cases of tuberculosis and made 45 vis its to such patients. Clinics for children have been held at which 329 children have been ex amined. At these clinics young and prospective mothers are given instruc tion in the care of children and of themselves. The work is cutting down the death rate among infanta. It has a definite relation toward saving the lives of mothers, 20,000 of whom it is estimated died in the United States last year due to ignorance of proper methods of caring for themselves at the time of maternity. We have in Oregon a very fine crip pled children's law providing the nec essary care, surgical and medical, for all cirppled children. This work is un der the U. of O. medical school and the children are cared for by the best.1 surgeons on the coast, namely Dr. Akin, who has his service at the Good Samaritan hosptial. Dr. MeClure, who has his service at the St. Vincent's hospital, and Dr. Dillihunt, who is In charge of the work and has just com pleted his service at St. Vincent's hos pital and will have his next service at tbe Emamiel hospital. Since May 1, 1922, 10 crippled chil dren from Hood River county have re ceived surgical and other care. We have seven more crippled children who are waiting to be cared for. Of this number two are to receive care very soon, one by the Woman's Union of the Riverside church and the other by the Women's Relief Corps of Hood River. Sixty visita were msde where nurs ing care was given. Where there is a member of the family who is capable of giving care she is taught how tc give tbe different treatments ordered by the doctor. In this way she is en abled to take eare of her family later on if unable to find someone to help her. In order to continue this work the Red Cross canvass for $3. Out) which, has been hindered by the itrm most go forward. Less than $1.5n0 has yet been reported. Some communities have as yet done nothing. The Glacier o2ice carries batter paper 1 RED CROSS WILL GIVE XMAS BALL' The Red Cross Chapter on Christmas night will give a ball, the proceeds of which will be used for the aid of crip pled children of the county. It is an ticipated that the social event will be one of the most popular everheld here. Mrs. F. A. Cram, of the Public Health Association and Red Cross Chapter, has general charge of arranging for the dance, which will be held at the Pythian Temple. Mrs. Cram has appointed a commit tee, composed of H. G. Ball, S. J. Moore and Jon D. Thomison, to aid her in giving publicity to the event. SHELL OIL CO. TO BUILD HERE The Shell Oil Co. has purchased a tract of land on the O.-VV. R. & N. tracks just west of the plant of the Hood River Spray Co. and work will be started soon on construction of a distributing plant which cost around $15,000. It is planned, it is stated, to distribute gasoline and oils from here as far west as Cascade Locks and to Wasco county points. The O.-W. R. & N.' Co. will con struct a spur track to the distributing tanks. Be a reful! Renew your insurance with as much care as you' would buy a new car. Be sure that you buy protection that cannot fail. Hartford Fire Insurance Com pany policies are backed by an en viable record of more than a century. Con sider this. .Make a memo now to telephone 2804 R. E. SCOTT Hood River, Oregoa