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VOL. XXXVI
HOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1925
IN BUSINESS WITH
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Special for Head Colds
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greater confidence in than the
United States government?
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Then bank with thia safe,
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Government Supervision.
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COME IN TODAY
w Good Publicity
NOVELTIES
Birthday Greeting Cards
Candles and Holders
Place Cards
Talley Cards
Favors, Etc
HOOD RIVER DRUG CO
This will bear testimony that the Hood
River News and the Hood River Glacier have
valuable advertising space, for many people
read the advertisements.
We have in mind the friendly comment
that has been made on our financial state­
ment published last week. We thought the
figures were good too, so we were pleased
when the public took our view of them.
Our new building, the new equipment with modern
devices for protection and service, the one hundred and
ninety-five thousand dollars of our own money in the busi­
ness with total resources of over one arid a half million
dollars constitutes the physical plant, to which is added
both Federal and State Supervision, and the real human
interest which every member of our force puts into the
business, on these things we base our expectation for a
substantial increase in the year 1925.
Squibb Quality
Don’t Be Ashamed
of Your Old Floors
complain about the cost
Think it over.
You never hear a customer complain about the
price he has paid simply because there is noth
ing to complain about.
We are a value store; a low price for fíne
merchandise store.
Inquire among your friends and
by their reply.
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be
guided
Every Piece and Parcel
is Nationally Known
Orchardists
EPLACE their lack-lustre shabbiness with
the mellow beauty of Hardwood flooring.
In place of a worn, uneven surface with
dust-catching cracks, have a floor with a bright
dustless, glass-like surface.
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Floorings are manufactured especially for
the purpose of being laid right on top of the old
floor. This special flooring gives a REAL Hard­
wood floor at minimum cost and with little in­
convenience.
One room at a time may be floored to avoid
confusion in the household. There is no tearing
out of floors or woodwork necessary. Ail that
need be disturbed is the quarter-round at the
baseboard.
Beautiful
Hardwood Floors
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Phone 2181
Complete line in nothing but Jewelry,
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Pythian Building
CHARACTER
COMMERCIAL
PRINTING
An innovation which will prove of
much interest' the coming year was
provided for at this week’s meeting
of the Tuesday Lunch club, when
members of that organization by a
unanimous vote decided to turn over
a luncheon each month to the Cham-
lier of Commerce.
Following a presentation of the
proposed plan by President Sylvester,
C. H. Castner urged Its adoption. He
was followed by Ted Baker, secretary
of the cha inlier, who cited that the
larger organisation will be able to
bring In from the outside speakers of
note to add to the zest of luncheon
gatherings.
Another movement that is now un­
der way was explained at the Tues­
day lunch meeting. It Is proposed
that the chamber have a committee
of three to pass on all solicitations
to be put to business and professional
folk of the city. Mr. Baker stated
that such plans were discussed at
length« at the recent meeting of the
state chamber In Portland. In Bend
it was found, he said, that such func­
tioning had saved the city’s business
men thousands of dollars.
The proposed committee will permit
solicitations only when the lieneflts
that will accrue will be for the pub­
lic good. It will bring! about the
elimination of numerous fake adver­
tising schemes and all unworthy
causes. Dr. V. R. Abraham spoke
heartily lu favor of such a committee,
citing how during the past year solic­
itations had iteen made unworthily,
in the guise of American Region ac­
tivities. He expressed the belief that
the chamber can eliminate such un­
worthy schemes in the future.
A feature of the Tuesday meeting'
at the Waukoma hotel was the appeal
óf Traffic Officer Morrison for the co­
operation of Hood River folk In main­
taining traffic discipline the coining
spring and summer.
"You will have noted.” he said,
' that Portland is going to entertain
thousands the coining season at con­
ventions of various kinds. Many of
these thousands are going to travel
through Hood River in their automo­
biles? My time is going to lie taken
up mostly with directing the traffic
of tourists; with supplying them with
information about the lnid-Columbia
highways. At least, all of uiy time
could be profitably employed.
. “I am going to ask that you folk pf
Hood River observe tbs rules mid
regulations of traffic. In order that I
may utilize ns much of my time as
possible with the visitors. I do not
ask that you do these tilings for me.
I want you to do them for the l>ene-
fit of Hood River.”
Visitors at the club luncheon were:
Mrs. L. Carroll Dangler, of the Edi­
son Electric Appliance Co., who was
the guest 'of Mr. and Mrs. JI. E.
Baker; E. A, Valentine,. Portland
marine insurance man ; C, D. French,
of Seattle, and Rev. W. 8. Fleming,
of Chicago.
It was announced that II. M.
Scearce had been voted a member of
the organization. The name of Wil­
liam W. Muir was proposed for mem­
bership.
The meeting of next week will be
held at the Mt. Hood hotel.
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Thin evening's program will also
include numbers by several of the
mid-Columbia's oldtime fiddlers.
Eddie Sparks is having Improve­
ments made at his Columbia Park
Service Station. He plans on making
the Columbia one of the most appeal­
ing stations along the highway the
coming season, he says.
garbled faps in dealing with tax
matters.
Other addresses in the same session
were those of C. M. Granger, who ha*
succeeded George Cecil a* district
forester. Mr. Granger's talk was ou
the forestry budget for 1925, and Uow
it was to be expended. C. D. Rorer,
president of the Htate Bankers’ asso­
ciation, spoke on “How to Finance a
Project."
The banquet In the evening wa* at­
tended by about 250 persons, and was
a great success. There were two ad­
dresses, one by T. II. Martin, manager
of the Rainier National Park Co.,
and the other by Irving E. Vining,
president of the State Chamber of
¿kimmerce. Mr. Martin's address em­
phasized the value of-the tourist to
the Northwest, maintaining that it
was an absolute necessity to get
more people here in order to ade­
quately develop the country, and stat­
ing also that it would be necessary to
obtain capital to adequately develop
the country. Mr. Martin held that
on the eastern coast, near the great
financial centers of the country, the
dollar was looking for investment,
while in every other locality invest­
ment is looking for the dollar. He
lielleves that an easterner cannot be
•'Boid’J/the Pacific Northwest by mere
advertising and publicity, but that he
must lie brought here and made to
see the country for himself.
Mr. Vining’s address was on the
topic, “Oregon, Land of Opportunity."
He told of his recent trip through the
east, and of the responses of the peo­
ple there to the story of Oregon.
Mainly through the efforts bf Leslie
Butler, Mr. Vining hag been Induced
to speak here at the annual meeting
of the local Chamber of. Commerce
February 9.
The meeting of the state secretar­
ies of commercial organisations was
held in Portland January 9, and was
attended by Ted Baker, secretary of
the Hood River Chamber of Com­
merce, A great many problems of
interest to secretaries were taken up
at thia meeting.
Ixx-al delegates to the conference
wore Leslie Butler, A. F. 8. Steele
and Col. Win. 8. Dowd.
NEW COUNCIL MEETS I
The Hood River Pythian band ngemei
members, now numbering 32, are busy her as
rehearsing for a colored minstrel dinner
show, to lie presented at the Rialto of the
theatre next Wednesday evening. The of goo
proceeds of the entertainment will go all. A
to a fund which the band men are the M
raising for a trip to the supreme ceremci
lodge to be held at Providence, R. I.
The
The llood River tiand has won a rep- Install
utatlon throughout the northwest, not very ;i
only for the quality of its music but Install
for the unique Indian costumes of the dent;
players.
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The band visited a convention of vice p
the Dramatic Order f#
Knjjtf>ta of chapta
Khorrasan at Vanrfmver. B. c./ UW urerr
fall, as n result of which they have ductor
been called upon to play at the Pro- Mrs.
vlnclal fair, to be held at New West- ductor
minster the coming Heptember.
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The minstrel show, the second of a instrui
scries of winter entertainments which press
are planned by the band, will lie held I Welch,
in conjunction with the regular mov- Kate
Ing picture show. Every one of the Ruekll
32 men, each a black faced artist, is
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now busy rehearsing for the event. Scobee
There will be a inale quartet, new sented
and old ;s>puiar songs, vocal solos Correa
with band accompaniment, selections pin,
by the band, jokes, dances and what
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A single selection by the band, positlo
"Morning, Noon and Night,” it is were I
declared by those who have heard It, a comi
will be worth the full price of ad- Thoma
mission.
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Jonatli
Capt. Geo. R. Wilbur played the
last act in the settlement of the moat
peculiar estate that lias ever been
probated in Hood River county Tues­
day when he forwarded Mr*. Mar­
garet CbitfyT of Madisonville, Ky., a
cheek for $1,316.09, cash proceeds
from the estate of the late Jamea
Chitty. Mrs. Chitty is a widow of
the late Mr. Chitty, a local miser.
However, >ho inherited the money,
not from the husband but from a
son, Cosby Chitty.
James Chitty, who came her« in
pioneer times, posing as an old bach­
elor, died intestate some 10 years ago.
It was found that he had accumu­
lated an estate of an approximate
$8,000. When he died alone in his
frugal home on the Heights, notes
and cash of substantial amounts were
found scattered about the premises.
County officials after a search were
prone to the belief that the estate
would escheat to the state when a
son appeared from Illinois. He es­
tablished his claim to the estate, but
before it was settled another son,
Coshy Chitty, and n widow, not the
mother of the first son, were discov­
ered in Kentucky.
The elder Mr. Chitty had originally
married in Illinois. Suddenly he de­
serted his family and left for Ken­
tucky. There he married a second
time without securing a divorce from
the first wife.
Probate courts held that tlie Ken­
tucky wife, as she was not the legal
wife of the deceased, could not in-1
herit from him. But while the estate
was in process of being settled, the
Kentucky widow’s son disappeared as
mysteriously as ever had the father.
Seven years elapsed and legal pre­
sumption of his death was estab­
lished. Then It was ruled that his
mother could inherit his share of the
estate of her spurious husband. She
also Inherited an undivided interest
in three parcels of land.
The Oregon business and industrial
conference, held in conjunction with
the annual meeting of the Oregon
State Chamber of Commerce, in Port­
land last Thursday, was of both In­
spirati nal and practical value to all
business men, according to reports
from local delegates who attended the
conference.
Using the slogan, “It's time to get
down to brass tacks,” and supplying
each delegate with a liadge consisting
of a small brass tack, the conference
was opened by an address of welcome
by Mayor Baker, of Portland. W. D.
B. Dodson, executive manager of the
Portland chamber, gave aq address
on the Oregon development fund, em­
phasizing the three departments that
the fund alms to maintain—the pub­
licity department, bringing people to
Oregon; the land settlement depart­
ment, finding land for them after they
get here, and the marketing depart­
ment, helping them to market their
products after they are settled.
Franklin T Griffith,
- - - president of
the Portland Electric Power Co.,
spoke on the future development of
hydro-electric energy in the North­
west. His talk was followed by one
from 8am Kozer, secretary of state,
on automobile licenses and traffic
laws in the state. Mr. Kozer em­
phasized the need tor more uniform
traffic laws throughout, the country,
and especially in the Northwest.
At the noon luncheon of the confer­
ence, held in the Indian grille room
of the Multnomah hotel, J. N. Teal,
Portland attorney, spoke on the pro­
posed railway extensions In central
Oregon, stating that such extensions
would go a long way toward bringing
about the greater development of cen­
tral ami southeastern Oregon. A fea­
ture of the luncheon was a com­
munity roll call, during which each
community represented was allowed
two minutes to present the outstand­
ing features of that community. .
The keynote address of the after­
noon session was the spech by Tt B.
Kay on the Oregon tax system. Mr.
Kay stated that it was nothing short
of libel to refer to Oregon ntAa tax-
ridden state, and that, instead of
fostering this Idea, the citizens of
Oregon should know and advertise the
The clerical force of the Apple
fact that taxes here are lower than
in most other western states. He Grower« Association is preparing to
backed his statements with an array mall out checks this week that will
of statistics and figures. He did not aggregate $300,000. The cooperative
mince words in criticizing agitators organisation Jnst before Christmas
and office seekers, and charged cer­ made a record large cash distribution
tain editorial writers with having of $400,000.
OFFICERS OF BUTLER
BANK ARE PROMOTED
At the annual meeting of the Butler
Banking Co., held last Thursday three
of the officers were promoted in rec­
ognition of meritorious service. C. H.
Vaughan was advanced from the posd-
tlon of cashier to a vice preeidedcy.
Harold Hershner was elected cashier
and I. R. Acheson was made manager
of the bond department.
The list of officers now stands aa
follows: Leslie Butler, chairman of
the board; Truman Batler, president;
Amedee M. Hmtth, vice president; C.
H. Vaughan, vice president Theas
four, with M. E. McCarty, constitute
the board of directors. The other
offiiers are: Harold Hershner, cash­
ier: I. It. Acheson, assistant caaMar
and manager of the bond departmeaft;
Miss Marie Bart mess. Miss Florence
Moss and James Collier, paying and
receiving tellers.
The statement of tho Butler Bank­
ing Co. at the year’s eloee, Deceasbgr
31. showed deposits of $1.359.771*,
with total resources of $1,59T,7MJT,
making this institution the eeeodB
largest bank between Portland and
Pendleton.______________ _
ELECTS OFFICERS
At the annual meeting of the Tint
Kgtlonal bank Tuesday directors wem
reelected for the coming year as foi-
lows E. O-'Blanchar, A. D. Moe, C.
Doth man, C. E. Coppie and ■ O. K
Rhoades, Officers were named a* ftd-
lows: A D. Moe, chairman of the
C.
board; E.
U. O.
... Blnnchar,
—........—. president;
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De th than, vice president; 8. J. Moors,
cashier, and L. M. Baldwin and C. C.
Crew, assistant cashiers. Other mem­
bers of the bank stair are: P. F-
Bucklin, supply teller and bookkeeper,
and Mrs. Lowell M. Nickelsen and
Miss Margaret Fletcher, bookkeeper*,
The bank’s deposit*. which wet»
$1,075,1180.152 December 31 and which
are expected to increase the next few
months as apple returns are dlstrlb-
uted, showed an increase of 30 pef
cent the past year. The latest state­
ment sliowed the bank’s cash Item M
$352,743.52.
W. L. Mason wan here from Ms
home in the Upper Valley the *nt «C
the week on business.