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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 11, 1924)
f i. VOL. XXXVI flOOD KI VER. OREGON. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1924 Chocolates for Christinas The Christmas Gift that is new with each New Victor Record A Christmas Vicrola will make the World’s Most Famous Artists live for you. Anywhere - Anytime Give Victor Records For Christmas Johston’s Chocolates Saylor’s Chocolates Liggett’s Chocolates Cigars for Christinas—Chancellor * Van Dyke - Robe. Bums Muriel and White Owls - in Xmas holes of 25 Imported Mahjongg Sets - >5.00 and up KRESSE DRUG CO. The Store TOMORROW MORNING 1 And They Lived Happy Ever After How would you feel if your valuables were lost, stolen or destroyed by fire tonight? Why gamble when the cost of absolute protection is trifling? Rent Your Safe Deposit Box Today $2.50 per year If you -ever try^to write fifty-two ad vertisements a year for twenty years or more, and make an effort to have all of them different and some of them Inter esting, you will know how pleased our Ad man Is when anyone makes a help ful suggestion. This week a friend sent us this clever line: The First National Bank THE STORY WRITTEN IN YOUR PASS BOOK BY THE RECEIVING TELLER IS FULL OF INTEREST AND ALWAYS HAS A HAPPY ENDING. BUTLER BANKING COMP HOOD RIVER. OREGON Comes only once a year. Why wait for the grand rush? Do your shopping now and choose from a large Variety of CHRISTMAS GOODS NOW ON DISPLAY AT THE HOOD RIVER DRUG CO NINE OUT OF TEN of our custo- mers when ordering coal ask not merely for “a ton of coal," they say quite definitely ‘‘al ton of KING Coal.' Why? Simply because they have ex perimented with other and cheaper coals and that first order of KING con vinced them that it delivered more heat per dollar. That is the test—not the price per ton. They now realize that it does not pay to buy cheaper coal and when they need some more they say — i i Send me a ton of KING Coal. 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DOWN TOWN bridge« were constructed per river A Northwestern Railway is Alaska from 1908 to 1911 under his direction, there being used in the con struction of these bridge« 26,000 cubic yards of concrete and 10,000 tons of structural steel. Um of these five •trio t urea is the Milos glacier bridge referred to In Rex Beaches story, referred to In Rex Beach’s Story, He was superintendent of construc- tlon <>u the Hawthorne avenue bridge and also the Steel bridge, both of which span the Willamette river at Portland. In 1914 he had charge of the erection of the steel for th« canti lever «pan over Spokane falls and the sti-el girders over Monroe street in 8pokane. for the contracting firm of Wakefield A O’Neel. Under his direc tion steel bridge« were erected ou th« 8. P. A 8. Railway between Portias« and Spokane, aa weU a« the highway bridge over the Wilamette at Salem and the Southern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Wlllasaette st Albany. Mr. McDonald waa associated with Roltert Wakefield in the Portland Bridge A Building Co. for many years. In 1921 ba ho joined th« the Gilpin Construction Company and !s vice president of that corporation now. When it raise time to build the Hood River-White Salmon bridge and eelect the man to direct lta construction the task fell to him. The Oregon-Washington Bridge Com pany, a private corporation, ia the owner of the bridge. Gray A Chand ler, of Seattle, ar« the engineers and the Gilpin Conatntetton Company, of Portland, the contractors: With a simple and brief ceremony the Hood Klver-White Salmen inter state bridge acroaa the Columbia river was thrown open to traffic at 10 a. m. Saturday. The last spike in the Via duct, the total length of which is 4.24« feet, was driven by Italic Butler. "This is not a mere bridge,” said Mr. Butler, before he weilded the «ledge and sank the iron «pike to its head. “It ia a monument to the spirit of cooperation among the people of Hood River county, Oregon, and those of Klickitat and Skamania counties. Washington; a spirit of cooperation that made |M>salble the construction of the interstate span.” E. O. Blancnar, member of the board of trustees of the bridge, bad charge of the program on behalf of the Hood River Chamber of Com merce. . This body took the lead in generating a sentiment favorable to the bridge here summer before last, aud thia sentiment, although mld- Columbla apple growers had sold their 1922 crop at a loss, resulted in a $15,000 oversubscription of an allot ment of $75,000 in preferred stock to the inld-Columbia communities. Following the driving of the last spike Mayor Perigo ,of Hood River, The lighting «duMtloMl committee, stepped across the newly laid plank consisting of Mrs. A. G. Lewis, chair and grasped the hand of Ira D. Hyde, man, Walter Colby, Truman Butler, mayor of White Salmon. When the L. B. Gibaon and Joe I>. Thomimm, mayors had extended greetings. ha« finished grading th« eaaaya sub County Judge liaabronck gave a mitted by the boy« and girls of Hood brief s|>eech, recalling the doubt tlmt River and has announced the follow-' existed in the minds of many when Ing prise winners: the bridge project was first suggested. Girls—let., Lottie Flint, 21 E. State He cited the spans aa a refutation of ateet; 2nd, Wilma Murphy, 1026 Cas the spirit of pessimism in the mid- cade ave., 3rd, Lncille Tomlinson, Columlda. He paid a tribute to the Belmont Road. vision of the engineers, E. M. Chand Boys—1«U Ray Henry Bteubllng, ler and Harry Gray, who first an nounced the feasibility. Originally it 922 Eighth Street; 2nd, Harold Jams was decided to christen the new in Forden, R. F. D. No. fi; 8rd, Richard terstate span the Waukoma bridge, IM-lbridge, Box 157. Honorable mention — Georgia Elea the aboriginal name for Hood River, meaning a place of big cottonwoods. nor Forden, R. F. D. fi, Box 57; Mar Judge HasbH>uck expressed an aji- garet Ann Smithson, 806 Twelfth preciation to the officials of the avenue; George Palmer, 1723 Shermah bridge company for agreeing to avenue; Dorothy Anderson, 1802 Watt change the name to Hood River- Sherman ave. The first priae la each mm epa- White Salmon interstate bridge, thus bringing beneficial publicity to the HletB of merchandise to the value of two towns most immediately affected $25. Hecoud prise, Mrcbandiae to the value of $16. Third prise by the CONFERENCE DRAWS mm GROWERS TAKIA elded to hold aa adjo rrod’aSd were read Tri day by committed' dairying, potato growing aad W«« raising. The Hood River ninth to be held ia LOTTIE FLINT WINS HOME LIGHT CONTEST on the the tie feet alsive the Columbia's snrfach. The crowd was about equally divided between Oregon and Washington citi zens, the former on the south side and the latter pressing forward from the north side of the space cleared for the opening celebration. Mr. Chandler paid a tribute to C. N. Mc Donald, veteran north western con struction man, who superintended construction ot the project for the Gilpin Construction Co., ot which he is vice president. The crowd gave the veteran bridge man, who has been engaged on major bridge work through the Northwest and in Alaska since 1887, an ovation. Mr. Blanchar then presented J. A. McEachern. president of the construc tion eoinlMiny. who declared that bls task was building bridges, not talking' ‘T do, however,” said Mr. McEach ern. “want to ‘pay my respects to theae boys who built the bridge." And in a gesture he took in a coterie of men, bolder than any of the as sembled laymen and who had ascend ed steel stringers for vantage point of view. “I want you to know that much credit must go to these- men. who aided Mr. McDonald and Alvin Lar son. his lientenant, for the succvsafnl complet ion of the sjian.” Mr. Blanchar read a telegram of congratulations from the following officials of the O.-W. R. $ N. On.: J P. O’Brien, A. S. Edmonds. William McMurray and J. "H. Fredricy. "Ton people of Hood River and White Balmon are making history today, You are winning the plaudits of the people of the two states." This completed the brief ceremony and immediately the peoples of the (Continued on page- seven) c. n . M c D onald has BUILT MANY BRIDGES With the opening of the bridge across the Columbia between Hood River and White Balmon, another un dertaking has been brought to com pletion by C. N. McDonald, veteran bridge builder and construction man of the northwest. “Charlie” McDonald, aa he is fa miliarly known in construction circles, is reroonsible more than any other man for the succcMful contruction of this big structure for be was the man on the job who had to fight the ele ments every day during the construc tion of this bridge and the credit is due him for Its succeaaful completion. He has been identified with bridge construction work in the northwest for the past .37 years. He came to Portland in 1887 and secured employ ment on the old Ainsworth dock, which was at that time being built. Among the numerous projects Mr. McDonald has been connected with was the construction of the John Day bridge In 1887 and 1888 on what was then the O. R. A N. Company's line. Tills was a 800-foot Iron bridge and was the first of its kind to lie erected In thia part a* the country. In 1897 and 1898 iie was In charge of construction of steel bridges on the Astoria A Colombia River Railway between Portland and Astoria, Dnr- ing 1901 and 1902 he was super Intend - rot of construction on steel bridges I and arch culverts on the Northern Pacific Railway between Portland and Kalama, the most Important of the** bridge« being the one over the Lewis river. In 1906 the Wells-Fargo build ing was built in Portland and he sn- . perintended the erection. Tire steel tioaa in production from The moat of these vol ever, occur in the hasty states, New York.. Michigan and Virginia.1 Ington and California variation, and it la of the lighting of th« home at the time, and the means whereby it could t»e greatly improved. The prize« were donated by Max Moore, Apple City Electric Shop and the Pacific Power MfAght Company. The wiayi of the prise winner« and also those who received honorable mention have been entered in the national <oQipetltlon, the prize« of which follow, dne boy and one girl each: Arthur Footer, held Flrat prise, $15,000 model electrical of the department of home; 2nd prise, fl,200 schotarahip; of Portland Chamber 3rd priae, $000 scholarship; 4 th prise. wan chief speaker at the $600 Hcholarahlp; 5th prise, $800 scholarship; «th prise, $300 acholar- abip. FOSTER TELLS OF 1 in* t Ht’lil v 1 UWP! ® lARnt nSR left a number of the primers used by eon testa nt a. They were prepared by the best of authorities on home light ing and will be worth the study of anyone wishing to better home light ing conditions. The company will be pleased to give them out to applicants as long as the supply lasts. POULTRY SHOW AT OLD U. B. CHURCH The old United Brethren church. which has not been need for the past 10 years for religious purposes, will I* the scene December 19 and 20 of the second annual Hood River Coun ty Poultry show. The pews of the auditorium will lie removed and dis play coops of the vaUey's finest fowls will be placed there. The old church, recently purchased by Albert Krieg, a local contractor, will be remodeled immediately and turned into an apartment bouse. Edward Thornton, arranging for entries to the show, urges that all val ley folk who wish to make displays get in touch with him at one« by dropping a postal card or telephoning No. 5922. All birds mnst be numbered and banded this year Entry fees arc as follows: Pens of five, four hens and a rooster, $1; Individual birds, 35 cents each. Nobody in Hood River county will be barred. A handsome premium list is being prepared by the merchants and business folk of Hood River. The silver sweepstakes trophy cup, which was won last year by E. F. lug. He stated that auroral were Batten, will again be competed for thinking of buying -land is B ea d thia year. River. Mr. Footer Mid that a sydteta ’by which the land oettletaotat depaitatest had secured a eayrect appraisal and MISS ANNA SPRING GIVES BRIDGE ST E. O. Blanchar Saturday announced a gift of 10 aharee of the Hood Rivor- White Balmon interstate bridge stock by Mias Anna M. Spring to the Ilood River community hoapltal fund. Two years ago Mina Bpring donated an East Side 8-acre orchard place aa a nucleus for a community hoapltal. The property wan sold for $4.500. Minn Spring, who owns another or chard place in the valley and a home at Point Loma, Calif., made Mr. Blanchar trustee of the fund, which now, exclunive of the bridge etock, han reached an approximate $5,000. cha». i. F. Duffy. traveling passenger Northern ___ Pacific Co., agent for the __ _______ wa« hrre laat wrok caiilng on and dlatrlhuting calendan. I