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We are Selling the
BEST
Dr». Abraham & Sifton
Physicians A Surgeons
Butler Bank Building
Phones: Office 4151
pr. Abraham 4152.
Dr. Sifton 8618.
RUBBERS
Dr. W. Donald Nickelsen
Cancer, Plastic Surgery and
Radium Therapy
Stevens Building, Portland, Ore.
Consultation Hood River by appoint
ment. Phone 5959
SHOES
Dr». Thrane & Rogers
Physicians & Surgeons
Mt. Hood Hotel Bldg., main entrance
Office Phone 2172
Residence Phones:
Dr. Thrane 2174.
Dr. Rogers 2001.
DR. MEARLE C. FOX
815 Stevens Bldg.
that can be gotten at
a reasonable price.
Portland, Ore.
Office 4, S and 6 Smith Building
Office Phone 2021
Res. Phone 8144
Hood River, Oregon
J. C. JOHNSEN
Broslus Building
HOOD
RIVER
C. H. JENKINS, D. M. D.
DENTIST
Phones: Office 1081; Residence 8831
Office over Butler Bank
DR. S. L. PETERSON
j Eliot Building, Hood River, Oregon
) Phones: Res. 2743; Office 8812
L. L. MURPHY
DENTIST
Complete X-Ray Examination
Suite 5. Broslus Building
A. J., DERBY
. LAWYER ..
.First National Bank Building
Hood Hirer, Oregon___
M. E. WELCH
Licensed Veterinary
la prepared to do any
veterinary line. He can
calling at or phoning to
Stables.
Surgeon
work in the
be found by
the Fashion
MID-WINTER
FOODS
The housewife will not have to worry
about'a choice if she will only tele
phone us. We have fresh vegetables,
the best canned, stocks available, and
our refrigerated rooms are always full
of the finest meats.
SUPPLY YOUR TABLE WITH THE BEST
HE HAVE IT!
HOLMAN & SAMUEL
SANITARY MARKET & GROCERY
Phone 8811
Old City HaU Plumbing Shop
has moved — the new location is 908
12 Street where there will be a large
display of Plumbing and Heating Goods
at reasonable prices. The new location
Will be known as— TOM FISHER’S
Plumbing & Heating 908 12th St.
Hood River Abstract Co.
Real Estate and Insurance
Accurate Abstracting of Land Titles
Telephone 1381
Painting and Paper Hanging
Interior decorating, matching tinting
and painting with draperies, etc.
D. F. TAYLOR
Tel. 5411. Hood River, Or. R. F. D. 4.
READ’S RADIO SHOP
The Radio Shop of Hood River
H. B. READ, Proprietor
Hupcrhetrodyues and Neutrodynea
(Jreebe, Atwkter Kent and Radiola
Representative
808 Cascade Ave. '
Tel. 1234
SPRING’S COMING
N the meantime the housewife ponders
over what to provide at the family meal.
It is the season when a choice is most
difficult.
Our shelves laden with the best of
the world’s gardens and orchards will
solve the problem.
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B. B. POWELL
PLUMBING, HEATING AND
SHEET METAL WORK
810 Cascade Ave.
Hood River, Ore.
«21 FRASIER GROCERY CO
J. D. McLUCAS
CONTRACTOR
Practical Worker in Stone. Con
crete, Brick and Plaster
Telephone 5934
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We will be glad to see
I you and your friends at
I any time at
I The Apple Blossom Cafe
Fuel - Fuel - Fuel
Call u» for wood or coal. We al»o do
heavy freighting, a» well a» light
hauling. Sand, gravel and
builder»’ material».
(From Standard Oil Bulletin)
From Oregon comes the astounding
suggestion that the state gasoline tax
of three cents a gallon be doubled—
Increased to six cents a gillon. Ore-
gon, it appears, wants more funds for
highway construction, and, as in tbs
past, those desiring such funds look
to the motorist and bls gasoline as a
convenient source of revenue.
The gasoline tax was originated in
II Oreg.m in 1919, at one cent a gallon.
I The next biennial session of the legia-
I lature—in 1921—doubled It, making
I two cesrts, and the next legislature—
I that of 1928—added another cent, for
l a total of three. The legislature soon
I meets again, and onee again will con-
I sider more taxation.
What has happened in Oregon has
I happened elsewhere on the Pacific
I coast. California adopted a gasoline
I tax two years ago. The California
I legislature is again In session, and it
I is proposed that the tax be increased.
I In 1921 the state of Washington
adopted a one-cent tax, and made It
two cents two years later. Nevada
adopted a twxent tax In 1923, and
is now considering an increase. Arl-
sona decided on a one-cent tax in
1921, and made It three cents In 1923.
No opportunity has been loot In any
of these states to Increase gasoline
taxes. The two-year Intervals bptween
revisions upward presumably exist
only because the various legislatures
meet every two years. It is interest
ing to contempalte how high taxes
might be if legislatures should meet
To tax the motorists for permanent
annually.
public improvements is economically
I The trend of events clearly Indi unsound, as well as a radical de
cates the dangerous lengths to which parture from California's highway
this business of gasoline taxation may building policy. To saddle hnge taxes
be carried, and the great . burdens on a single commodity is grossly un
which may be loaded u|x>n the al fair to one of the greatest Industries
ready heavily taxed motorist and up of California.
on the marketer of gasoline.
The original discussion of a Cali
Apple Demand Romains Good
fornia gasoline tax two years ago con
The export movement of apples this
cerned one cent a gallon, but when
the law wus adopt cd the bill1 read season shows a marked contrast with
two cents. Now three cents Is pro- last season. Shipments in boxes have
much heavier, while movement
liesed. There can be no guarantee been
that a future legislature will not In barrels has been considerably light
make it four cents, or five or six— er. During the first two weeks of
the exporta from both coasts,
that is, no guarantee except the fact January
Including Canadian ports, were 275,-
that the motoring public Is no longer 000
boxes and 70,575 barrels, as com
apathetic about Its taxes and that
with 201,000 boxes and 250,300
henceforth it will register its objec pared
l>arrels a year ago.
tions, not only against an increase of
Total American exports from the
two or three cents per gallon, but beginning of the season to the end
against any increase whatever.
The true measure of the advisabil of the second week in January this
and the two preceding years
ity of any tax, aside from the justice year
have been as follows: 1925, 8,055.500
<>f its Imposition, is the necessity boxes, 1,895,000 barrels; 1924, 3,005,-
thereof. Which brings up the point 000 boxes, 2,000,000 barrels; 1928,
of whether the existing law in Cali 2,077,500 boxes, 1,188,000 barrels.
fornia will not produce the revenues
In the European continental mar
necessary for highway construction. kets the demand seems to be increas
It has ix-en estimated that some 8300,-
ing and prices are firm. At Liverpool
000.000 is needed for all purposes— Oregon
Newtowns were selling around
roughly, onef-thlrd to the counties, one- 83.60 to 84-10 a box. Spitsenburgs at
third for maintenance of old roads by 83.10 to 83.00 and Washington Rome
the state, and one-third to the state Beauties at 83.10 to 83.35. Prices at
for new roads—for a period of ten Ixindon were somewhat below these
years. This Is an average of 830,- levels,
and Delicious apples brought
000,000 anlnially. Present revenues only 82.25 to 82.05 a box. In barreled
are about 821,000,000., It has been apples at Liverpool, Maine Baldwins
stated that there must be new taxa ranged from 87.20 to 88, Virginia Ben
tion for new money, and It is suggest Davis from 87.70 to 88 and York Im
ed that by adding a cent to the gaso perials from 88 to 88.40.
line tax, 82 to the registration fee,
and increasing the truck surcharges
Mail Route Dented ■ .
by 60 ix-r cent, eqpugh money can be
Although Hood River and White
yilsed. ■*"’.>
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It would Indeed seem apparent that Salmon are within hailing distance by
to bring 821.000,000 up to 830.000,000 signal flag, formerly used by the
would demand increased taxation; but ferry service across the Columbia
this actually does not follow. An river. United States mall from White
important factor has been left out of 8almon to Hood River is routed via
consideration.
It is the great In- Portland.
With the opening of the Hood River-
cream-s in revenue which will come
from the norma! increase in registra White Salmon Interstate bridge, the
tion of automobiles and the consump question of direct service was brought
up, resulting In a petition to the post-
tion of gasoline.
This comixiny has been engaged in office department at Washington urg
the oil business many years, and from ing that a route be established. An
its inception the most vital thing answer has been received stating that
aix»ut the business has been an nu the new route could not be estab
t-easing study of the future, of the lished at this time on account of high
new and growing markets, of the prob cost of operation.
able demand for petroleum products.
Future businasa is calculated with
great care and upon conclusions
reached the company has spent mill
ions to find new supplies of crude oil,
to build and expand refineries to man
ufacture prislticta for a greater mar
ket, to construct new distributing sta
tions and new service stations, to keep
apace, or even, ahead, of the growing
demand.
From what the company believes of
the future, based materially upon the
l*"t, a great growth in the number of
motor cars and the consumption of
gasoline- and hence tax revenues—Is
Inevitable.
The Increase in motor
registrations during the last five years
has averaged more than 25 per cent
a year. It is believed that 1925 will
see a gasoline consumption in Calif-
fornls 20 per cent greater than In
1924, due not only to more cars, but
also to an Increase In trsvel, which
was curtailed by the foot and mouth
disease restrictions during 1924. The
next year (1926) should show a fur
ther Increase of 15 per cent, and the
two following years 10 per cent esch.
POWER PLANT
Then the future becomes more haxy;
but it would mvm conservative to say
ENGINEERING CO
that for the remainder of a 10-year
Portia;
l>eriod—such as is being laid down 443 Stark Street
for road building—the increase will
average five percent annually. The
past justifies these ext I mates and the
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future protulHe8 them hi various
ways.
If the pcrientagea recited above are
applied to existing revenues under
existing laws, with no new taxes, ths
totsl sum of money paid by the mo
torists of the state between now and
1935—the end of the proposed 10-year
period—will be more than 8400.000,-
600. which la considerably in excess
of the sum said to lx- needed.
If the new taxes are adopted—one
cent more on gasoline. 82 more on
registration ond two-thirds more on
weight fees -the total, applying the
same percents gee of increases. will be
between 86(10.000.000 and 8650.000.000.
These are huge sums, all coming
from the motorist, and they come on
top of previous great Increases. Prior
to. the present law motorists paid
state taxes of between S9.000.000 and
810.000.000 a year; In 1924 they paid
TRY OUR
821.000.000; thia year the hill will be
825,000,000 or more; next year, if the
new taxes Hre Imposed, the sum will
be around 835,000,000.
It is true, as proponents of new
taxation point out, that the state It
self gets but half the revenues under
the present law, the other half going
WE KEEP IT
to the conntie«, and that, under the
law, the state’s revenue may be spent
RIGHT
only for re|>alrs and maintenance. A
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simple remedy of this situation would
seem to be to change the Jaw (which
might prove a far easier thing than
the passage of «.new law) making it
possible to spend portions of the enor
mous revenue« which are to come for
new construction. In truth, it seems
that very soon the present law will
I m > producing far more than can ba
spout merely for maintenance.
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A. S. KEIR
WHOLESALE AND
RETAIL
LUMBER
DEE, OREGON
Phone: Odell 406
S7>e LAURNELL
MARKET
To serve our patrons better we are now
making two deliveries a day — leaving the
market at 9:30 a m. and 2:30 p. m.
U. 8. INSPECTED ME¿T
LAURNELL PURE PORK SAUSAGE
AGENT WANTED
RAY-FUEL OIL BURNERS
OIL-O-MATIC OIL BURNERS
F. A MASSEE
IS
ANNOUNCEMENT
December 1st we moved to our New Terminal—E. Water,
E. Yamhill and E. Taylor Sts. This building being con
structed solely for the handling of Freight via Motor Truck
will «ready improve the’ service and create an efficient
method of transportation.
Cigars
Tobacco
Soft Drinks
GREENWOOD TRANSPORTATION CO., Inc
Sil
Telephone 2782
The Transfer & Livery
and I'll come at once. No garage
yon save the coat of the overhead.
Tel. 4111
J. P. POMEROY
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THE FASHION STABLES’
Parkdale Auto Stage
ALL KINDS OF
Phon® 1201
Motor Trouble Shooting
Leaves Hood River daily
at 4.30 p. m.
Electrical Work a Specialty
Leaves Parkdale daily at
8 a. m. (except Sunday).
Every Saturday it leaves
Parkdale at 6 p. m.
HECK UNGER GARAGE
Successor to TUCKER’S GARAGE
._______ _
Phone 2133
EHEMSSaaES^SBSESBES
We Want Selling Apples
Jonathans, Ortley», Spitzenburg»,
Spitzenburgs, Winter Banana» and
Delicious. AU grades from Extra Fancy to Faced and Filled.
Cookers, large or small. We sell them for what they are.
Draught Luxo
C. A. RICHARDS
to
WARREN A GREENWOOD TRUCK LINES
Hood River
The Dalles
Mt Hood
Confectionery
AUTO WORK DONE AT YOUR
OWN HOME
Reliable Druggist
quick
A ction ,
prompt returns .
SHERIDAN FRUIT COMPANY
GET FREE STENCILS AT THIS OFFICE
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HOME MORTUARY
S. E. BARTMESS, Mortician
BUILDING BUNGALOW TYPE, STRICTLY MODERN
IN RESIDENCE DISTRICT
PtiMtea 3821 nasi 3822