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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1924)
HOOD RIVER, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1924 Savings Depositors its on March 1ft id la sought PARKE, DAVIS A CO Almond Cream Shaving Cream Tooth Paste KRESSE DRUG COMPANY TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY PLANT SOME OF OUR NEW TRUE-TO-NAME NURSERY Interest in our Savings Department is cred ited semi-annually on March 1st and September 1st, at the rate of 4% per annum. On March 1st this year, 1260 Savings Depositors had on deposit with us (348,000. 1132 of these accounts had been open long enough to have accrued interest payable to them and to these customers we paid (0061.81. - . COMPANY If you want service from a service car promptly, just call us, Our record, the past year lhows that we have responded and got results. Try im . AT THE FASHION GARAGE L. F. McDonald Quotes THIS HOME COMPLETE Capt. Geo. R. Wilbur, spokesman for the Chamber of Commerce at the hearing before the Blate Highway Commission in Portland last Thurs day, when a delegation of some 36 local men met the body, and appealed to it to have three short stub laterals of tbe-Mqunt Hood Ixsjp highway In cluded as a part of the state highway system, says the decision of the com mission. swarding tb<> appeal on the eentfngency that this county will stand the expense of constructing the laterals, was neverthelens gratifying to local citizens. — “While we asked the state to join us on a 50-50 basis In building the short laterals, which In th^ aggregate will not reach a mile and a half, moat of those pneent at the hearing felt that It was a Victory for us to have them included as a part of the state highway system.” Bald Capt. Wilbur. “It will place these connecting laterals on the state highway map. The Mount Hood Loop up through the Hood River valley Is a great market thoroughfare for the orchardist but It la more than that It is a scenic road. The laterals will enable motor tourists to penetrate the orchard sectiou and reach many points of absorbing acenic lntereat. We of the valley will profit by this, It will enable us to get a distribution of the motor tourists after their ar- rival. They will not stream straight through. They will get out and see the iminta that we wish them to see.” The impression wan left in Portland newspaper reports of the hearing, Mr. Wilbur said, that Hood River folk failed to thank the commission. “This was- an error,” he declared. “On behalf of the Chamber of Com merce, I expr<4Med my appreciation to the body, following the announcement of their decision. I stated that I be lieved the people of the valley would accept their verdict gratefully.” The following Hood River men were present for the hearing of the commis sion : H. L. Hasbrouck, F. H. Blackman. AlliHua Fletcher, Kent Rhoemaksr and John Baker, county court; Geo. R. Wilbur, Wm. P. Allyn, Leroy Childs« Leslie Butler. K. .O. Blancbar, A. L. Peters and J. D. Thomison, Chamber of Commerce; Geo. Palmiter, A. I. Mason. Ed Hawkes, M. t>. OdeU, J> R. Forden, F. H. Batten, Geo. Galligan, O. L. Walter, 8. O. Oxborrow, W. T. Forrey. Ed Dresser. A. A. Mahr, Thos. iAicey, J. I). BmuUim W. O. BmuUta, IL N. Goodlauder, X. K. Bowerman, Robt. Frey and Aug. Gulgnard, the grange. In a penitential mood the Pacific Telephone Telegraph Company, through C. K. Hickman, division com mercial superintendent, appeared be fore the State Highway Commission and expressed its deep regret over the vandalism of its employes in destroy ing timber along the Columbia River highway between Bonneville and Cas cade Locks. The company, said Mr. Hickman, was willing to make amends and it was suggested that some arrangement might be reached whereby the denuded state park on tlie point overlooking the river just west of Cascade Locks might be converted into a park or Iwautified in some way as partial com pensation for the damage done. In way of extenuation, he explained that tlie company had secured a per mit from the railroad company to clear the telephone company's right of way and that It was thought that the park in question was on railroad land. After the damage had been done the record was looked up and it wan found that the state had purchased tbs land from the railroad company. The telephone company, be Mid, was willing to do what was possible to straight«« out the matter and re gretted the devastation along the high way. while it did not admit error. HU non-admlMlon of error waa later modified when be assenttd to the state ment of Commissioner Van Duser that the company was where it bad no bus- ineM to be. It yvas impossible, Mid Hickman, to restore the trees hut he thought some thing In the way of parking places, comfort stations or other useful acces sor!«« might be put in their place. Chairman Duhy ap|M>lnted Commis sioner Van Duser and Engineer Klrtn to confer with the telephone people with a view of reporting lack to the commlMlon some concrete plan of com- penMtiou. Just brfore the appearance of the telepfione hearing thj* commission passed a resolution commending the public spirit of the Shevlin-Hixon com- pany, of Bend, for surrendering tim ber along The Dalles-Callfornla high way in Deschutes county that it might he preserved standing. Helen O'Neil, secretary to Mrs. Crosby—. Mias Myrtle Byerk Will Crosby, son of the bust—._______ AGRICULTORAL CON FERENŒ APPROAC « SKATES BIRTHDAY Thomas Goss also was too 111 attend. ._________ . • Signs were posted laat week along Mount Hood Loop road forbidding mo torists to. pick, dig or otherwise appro priate the shrubbery within 300 feet of the highway. The foreat service la re s|>onaible. A foreat ranger will patrol the road lnaide the national foreat to see that the regulation la carried out. T. H. Sherrard eaid that during the recent bright weather many motorista returned to Portland from the vicinity of Twin Bridge« with carload« of rho dodendron«. The new regulation 1« directed toward the preservation of the rhododendron piante along the highway._____________ THIRTEENTH CHAIR A REMARKARLE PLAY Lumber & Fuel Company “ Everything to Build Anything'' "The Thirteenth Chair.” mystery play to be presented Friday evening at the Rialto theatre By the Bn«ine«s and Profesalonal Women's club, of The Dalle«, under the annpices of the local Rebekah lodge, promises to be one of the beet evening entertainments offered to Hood River people this year. The play 1/ classed with "The Bat'U-and the "Cat and Canary" as the three heat mystery plays produced in recent yearn. The woman's lead In the play la taken by Mrs. Virgil Anderson, who has had a number of yean training in dramatics, snd who was a member of a stock company, the Eddy Players, of H|*okane. following her graduation from Willamette University where she majored In the dramatic art. She waa also with the Cheney Lyceum circuit as a member of casts for their produc tions, and as a director of perform Mr. Moat ae to traf-