HOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, JANUARY I, 1925
IN DETAIL
pproved by C. B.
University, prior
Franz’s January Sale
Starts Friday Morning, January 2nd
Embracing practically every line of Home Furnishings
Furniture, Rugs, Linoleum, Shades,
Draperies, Wall Paper
(By Leslie Butler, chairman pf the
lioard of directors of the company).
October 13, 1922, three engineers
crossed the Hood River ferry on a
pleasure jaunt, being Hllmar I'apst,
manager of the Fortland Gas Com-
pauy; Henry L. Gray, consulting en
gineer of Heattie, and Elbert M. a statement after my term of office
Chandler, who had just returned to has expired than to attempt, before it
bls home at Olympia after serving as
to say what I ahall or shall
acting secretary of the American So begins,
ciety of Civil Engineers in New York not do as mayor of the city of Hood
efty. Mr. Papst, who had crossed the River. If I do not make any ad
river frequently, said to the other vance promises I shall have nothing
to retract when my term la over and
two: “Here is a good place to build at
that time no statement will be
a bridge.” From this casual remark needed
me, as my administra
grew the present structure that was tion will from
speak
for Itself, fqy good or
completed less thah 2tt months after
for bad.
the idea first germinated.
The honor to which I have been
The Act of Congress was signed by
‘selling” the val- President Harding February IS, 1923, elected Is sincerely appreciated by
i the information granting the right to the Oregon- me. It la also, Indeed, very satis
’ of Second and Washington Bridge Company to con factory to be able to enter upon my
s many of the struct and operate this bridge. Actual duties at a time when the general
I not otherwise
was started September 18, 1923. outlook la as promising for the «entire
1 once they have work
Before starting, Messrs. Gray and Hood River valley as It la at the
Chandler raised the total sum of present time, Conditions are rapidly
$475,000 in the remarkably short time improving for the entire coqptry. In
of leas than six mqnths.
months, Of this sum, my opinion,* the entire Pacific coast is
the principal partutroae front the sale ■boot tn experience an unusual devel
of >300,000 in bonds aecurel by the opment and perhaps the Pacific North
bridge snd its earnings to Wm. P. west will enjoy a greater prosperity
Harper A Son, of Seattle. Paul C. during the next 10 years than in any
length of time in - Its history.
Harper, president of this banking like
We, however, must not be carried
house, deserves great credit for his away
our enthusiasm or a belief
vision and courage in underwriting an in thia by seemingly
safe prophecy and
issue of securities entirely
indulge In projects for expansion be
investor.
yond our needs and deserts. Neither
It is now an old story how Hood
we do anything to binder our
Hiver and White Salmon finally got should
participation in the many good things
behind the bridge 100 per rent strong that are due ua If we help ourselves.
■nd aubacrlbed to $00,000 of the pre- However, there will come with this
ferred stock of the bridge company, Increasing prosperity many demands
how Meier A Frank took $25,099 to for more public service. With each
help the good work along, ■nd finally demand we must remember that no
the contractor and the engineers, enterprise of a public nature, however
Gray and Chandler, closed the gap by beneficent, can be carried on without
taking the balance themselves.
the expenditure of n^mey, and that
The bridge consists of 11 reinforced all debts of the present and promises
concrete piers, 10 steel spans aggre to pay in the future must sometime
gating 2,134 feet In length, one wood be met, and the day of reckoning is
en span 112.fi feet in length, and tim usually close at our het4a There
ber approaches. Two of the concrete will lie many times, therefore, when
piers are over 140 feet in height, It will lie necessary to decide between
three of them rest on solid rock and doing those things that are absolutely
the balance rest on piles going to essential to prosperity and progress
solid rock. In one case the piles are and undertaking those things which
70 feet long and the tope are 59 feat we can, for the time being, get along
lielow the low water surfai-e of the without.
river. It'is planned to replace the
There is one subject to which I
wooden approaches with steel spans
like to have our citisena give
ultimately, probably in IS years* time, should
thoughtful consideration. We
and substitute a permanent d«*ck or their
have now been working under the
roadway over the present steel spsos present city charter for about 24
when the present deck becomes worn. years and many of its provisions for
The bridge is designed to carry un procedure have been long since obso
restricted traffic and the trusses were lete.
Compliance with them has
proportioned on the basis of tWo 29- caused much Inconvenience and often-
ton n myucks passing over the bridge tlines unnecessary expense. Is it not
ala ireast. The opening set at rest ail time that we should consider the
doubt as to the strength of the struc adoption of a mew charter? I find
ture when people were massed on the that over 290 cities of thia size and
channel span as thick ■■ they could larger have adopted the city manager
stand and afterwards a large truck plan of executive procedure. Greater
loaded with green tigs followed by a efficiency and economy result from
prtweaalon of cars ¡»seed over the that plan. Ncarcely a city that has
bridge without inducing the slightest once adopted thia form of business
vibration. It is believed to lie the administration haa ever gone back to
first bridge built with piers having, the older system.
the cylinders ttp|>ed or battered for
administration of the afTalrs
additional stability, a design that is of The
city and the carrying on
very effective and economical and of a ita modern
work have become so compli
likely to tie largely adopted In gen
cated that it has become ne<<esxary to
eral bridge practice in the future. employ
men who are especially trained
The steel was fabricated by the ■nd familiar
with the duties which
American Bridge Company.
are called upon to perform.
Gray * Chandler had* the contract they
Buch an official 'can give us better
to furnish the necessary engineering service
more economical adminis
services. C. M. Hurlburt represented tration, and
although, as 1 have suggested
them as resident engineer on the alsive,
does not mean that we may
ground. The Pittsburgh Testing Lab enlarge It the
wope of service given to
oratory represented them at the steel onr citizens and to think we can do
mill inxiss'tlona and the Northwest so without expense or additional rev
Testing laboratory tested all the ce enue.
ment, sand, gravel and other materi
The proper policy for a city ad
als entering into the bridge. The
bridge was designed by Mr. Chandler, ministration la to give the liext pox-1
the steel work was detailed by C. II. slide service to its .citizens, each and
all alike, and service, whether in
public or private business, coats
money. The coat of additional ser
vice In private business can lie cov
ered by an increase In the sales price,
■ nd few of those whd buy know when
this additional service is given or
appreciate how much of an indirect
tax has been added to the coat of
the merchandise which they have pur
chased. They, however, are educated
to enjoy the additional service, and
they are willing to pay for Ita con
tinuance. In the case of a city's
affairs the extra service results in
additional taxation, and everyone,
sooner or later knows when his taxes
are increased and he seldom stops to
reason the why or the wherefor.
If we are to keep Hood River on
the map after the manner of al) pro
gressive communities, there Is no bet-1
ter way to advertise the community
spirit of Hood River than by an
efficiently administered tourist camp.
The city now has the land and a suffi
cient Investment in tourist camp
equipment and conveniences to be a
credit to a community of thia size.
WITH NEW BEAUTY ANO
But. as our location is so near to a
coast terminal point and within an I
PERMANENT PERFORMANCE
easy Tide of several large metropoll-1
tan centers, we cannot expect to have
the patronage nor operate our camp
as profitably ax our more fortunate
competitors. We should, however, do I
what we can do right and adopt n I
liberal policy toward onr tourist vis-1
Itors ax it Is wise. Bitt while we I
must give some service free we must
not let ourselves lie carried away by
PREPARE FOR PROGRESS
too great an enthusiasm for this sort
FEAR NO FOLLIES
of thing. We can be guided by the
policy that the worthy tourist will
willingly pay for what he gets If we I
give him the full measure of what he
pays for.
My fellow members of the city
council want the* citizens to under
HOOD RIVER, OREGON
stand the fact that we have the In
terest of the community In onr hearts.
We are most anxious to do onr beat
In the discharge of the necessary dn- II
ties of onr positions and to lead
whenever the cltizeqg express their'I
J. C. DEVIN & SON
A careful analysis of all. the big city ads discloses no
“bargains”—no values better thah you can get at Franz s
every day in the year. Now, during the pre-inventory
clean-up, the opportunity for saving cannot be equalled
anywhere (and we don’t mean maybe). Look around in
Hood River, Portland, or anywhere, then come and com
pare quality and prices and let your goodjudgment decide.
Space will not permit enumerating the scores and hun
dreds of articles included in -this event. No matter what
you may need, come and see if it is marked with one of
the big Special January Sale Tags—that all may enjoy
Is the Wish of each Member and Employee
of the
E. A. FRANZ CO
desire that we shall move forward.
We invite the. cooperation of all citi
zens. We shall respect all construc
tive criticisms. In any event, we
would rather have such complaints as
■nay be made of our service, face to
face and man to man, than to have
any portion of the community main
tain an attitude of grumbling dixeon-
tent and of saying nothing. We would
like to be accepted on the liasia of
tiearlng a spirit of good will and an
honest intention to serve the com
munity and to meet the demands that
■re made upon us to the best of our
ability. ________________
(By A. F. 8. Bteele, general manager)
The Apple Growers Association Is
going into the New Year leaving be
hind it an enviable record of achieve
ment in so fnr ■■ the 1924 crop Is
concerned.
It has just made the
largest single distribution ever made
In its history, totaling approximately
$400.900. It does not owe the banks
anything. All the money borrowed
for harvesting this crop has Is-en re
turned. All of its supply bills are
¡slid, totaling aliout $750.000. It has
bnt recently closed the largest boxed
apple deal ever made. The IsMird
and oflk-erx of the Association feel
that this is but the tieginning of plac
ing the apple indnatry of the Hood
River valley on a real business basis.
They hope another year to lie able
to dispose of the export apples of the
Association on an f. o. b. basis in
stead of sending them abroad on a
consignment Isisix. They feel that
this will go a long way toward es
tablishing that market on an f. o. b.
Imais also. Most of the Association's
apples were on that Itasis thia year
on the domestic market.
The three active and live salesmen
the Association had in the field this
year not only sold a|iples in new
markets but laid the foundation for
more business in the years to come in
those same markets. They made sales
which could not have been made by
letter or telegram. There were fewer
Isixed apples this year than usual,
but still there was an adequate sup
ply for those who wanted them, and
were willing to pay for them, aud
they won't sell themselVe*»
The Association has received up to
date 1,959,099 isixea of apples on the
1924 crop, which is nearly 500.090
boxes more than the 1923 crop. This
fruit was haudled
" ‘ at a less cost per
unit, that Is, per box, this year than
ever liefore.
There should lie a
good sized refund coining back to the
growers at the end of the year on
thia year's operations, despite the fact
that our budget was 1c less than last
year and 3c less than the 1922 crop.
This year the budget lielng 19c; 1923.
29c. and 1922. 22c. liespite the fart
that this was a very clean crop the
growers produced it more economlc-
ally than any other crop they have
ever grown.
Nothing worth while
achieved pdthout effort, The mem
tiers of the Apple Growers . Association
should realise and Is* proud of the
fact, khat they have produced the
largest crop ever harvested in this
valley at a less’ coat per unit. They
should <<ontinne to strive to produce
ax nearly a perfect crop of ai>plex ax
lx humanly ¡xMudlile at the lowest pos
sible cost consistent with the quality
of the Blue Diamond apple. The
members of the Association should be
proud of the fact that fin-gon is ls*st
known throughout the world by the
Blue Diamond trademark. Their ap
ples go to all copiera of the glolie,—
to the British Isles, Scandinavia, to
the continent of Enrols-, to Egypt.
India, China and the islands of the
sea. They should be proud of the
fat-t that it was possible for a manu
facturer of ls>x shooks to tell a con
vention of luinls-rmen In Seattle re
cently that the largest single con
sumer of box shooks ou the Pacifie
coast, where domestic corporations
are taken into consideration, wax the
Apple Growers Association of H o < m 1
River. They should be proud of the
fact that it takes nearly 40 carloads
of paper, ax it did this past year, to
properly protect their apples. Port
land business men to whom this in
formation comes from time to tihie
are astonished at the size and solidity
of this organization. The memls-rx
have a right to is* proud of it. And
no one, least of all the memliers of
the organization, should do anything
to sully its fair nans-.
Tlie New Year will bring its prob
lems. The writer h<qies it will Is* a
happy one to the growers of this val
ley and that tlîeir ranches again will
have a solid, sulmtantial basis of val
uation, and that raising and market
ing appli h will lie a business and not
just a gamble.
Gifts were given to children whose
Christmas was to be very limited.
Also tWo baskets were supplied to
other families in need. Christmas
eve the girls gave each patient of the
Hood River hospital a small tree,
This year each girl sacrificed 00
cents from other activities as a
Christmas charitable fnnd.
STANDARD OIL NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Edwards mo
tored to Portland Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. Edwards boarded the
train for Vancouver, B. C., where she
expected to spend Christmas and the
holidays. Mr. Edwards spent Christ
mas with friends and relatives in
Portland.
On account of snow and ice, it haa
lieen a tank to make deliveries the
last few days.
L. W. Burnworth and family have
moved to 793 Sherman avenue.
Mr. Woody lx trying to Induce the
Standard Oil (Company to equip his
track with skiix.
All Standard Oil men and their
families report having had a good
Christ maa.
Lew Foote motored up from Stan
ford university to spend the holidays
with Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Nlckelsen.
Wait and Bee the Bull Fight
Hood River will have a real bull
fight Thursday evening, January 8.
Manager Kolstad has not yet an-
noiimed who will be the bull. Punch
Isenlierg will be the matador, and
Curly Thornton will play the part of
the picador.
The show will be one of the series
of advertising entertainments staged
by Isenberg A Thornton. It will be
entitled. “In Old Mexico.”
THE DEATH
A
ray
HAPPY
NEW
YEAR!
Ghe LAURNELL
ACTUAL - AWFUL
AUTHENTIC
MARKET
We resolve to give the people of the mid
Columbia during 1925 the best possible
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