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HOOD RIVER GLACIER, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1925 HOOD RIVER LEADS IN ELECTRIC USE barrelled dollars Each dollar you get can be used, not only to buy things, but also to EARN MORE DOLLARS if in vested in shares of »■ Pacific Power &. Light Co. PREFERRED STOCK it’s SAFE and pays dividends every 3 months amounting to 7% ON YOUR MONEY Cut owtdf moil to order stock or/or cxm^Jetefn/ormodtm NOW Is under new management, We will handle the Best at all times. No. 1 U. S. Inspected Steer Beef Choice Veal Cuts Lamb Cuts Fancy Cuts of All Kinds. . Dry Picked Hens Fancy Capons R. F. TAYLOR L. A. BEAU Have you read these advertisements ? O Strawbenyland For Lease McQuay Norris PISTONS PISTON RINGS PISTON PINS MOTOR BEARINGS FAN BELTS-V TYPE AND FLAT CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS MOTOR VALVES BRAKE LINING C. T. C. TIRES WAVERLY OILS AND GREASES AND A COMPLETE LINE OF ACCESSORIES BANKS MORTIMER Station PDQ Broadcasting for Economical Transportatio* Mt. Hood Motor Co 20c 25c 25c 12%c ÍOc 22c 22c _____ 22c 28c 15c ____ 20c ........ 20c The Mt. Hood Meat Co. The Hood River valley has one of the largest groups of rural users of electric energy in the United States was the statement made here by Lewis A. McArthur, vice president and general manager of the Pacific Power 4 Light company, who was a visitor from Portland last week. Mr. Me Arthur has just returned troin New York where he attended a meeting of the national committee on rural elec- trie service, which is making a com plete investigation of this matter for the National Electric Light associa tion. This committee wuh greatly interested In the rural electric census that Is being conducted in Hood River. “In the middle west where the problem of serving the farmer Is most perplexing," said Mr. McArthur, “the amount of available business Is gener ally considered to be between two and three customers per mile of distribu tion line, which as far as the north west is concerned is considered to be pretty thin business. It is my ob servation that there is practically no, place in the United States, or certain ly we have no reports from anywhere, .that indicates a density of rural elec tric customers such as exists in the llixxl River valley where the Pacific Power & Light company serves over 700 farm customers on about 70 miles MOSIER of line. Chas. Powell, of Portland, was here “Contrary to usual belief, the actual cost a< the power house of producing Wednesday calling on bls aunt, Mrs. electric energy bears but a small pro Soger, while on bis way to his ranch portion to the total expense of getting at Moro. Geo. Evans was in Tlie Dalles on Mrs. E. McClure and daughter, Mrs. the service to the farmer. In many , places it would be out of the question L. J. Ellis, were shopping in The business Thursday. Leslie Root returned home from to furnish electric service to rural Dalles Monday. communities, even If It cost nothing Our grader and new tractor are Oak Grove recently. at all to put the electric energy into doing splendid work under the direc Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Allington and the distributing system. tion of Chas. T. Bennett, Win. Roland daughter, Barbara, were in Hood “The people of Hood River have and Jas. Camp. Grading is being River Thursday. been told bow remarkable has bet-n done on all roads leudlng into town. Al Behren returned home from the record of the publicly owned Mr. and Mrs. Beu Veatcb and chil Portland Monday. Hydro-Electric commission, of Ontario. dren were visitors at the home of The Hadds went to Dufur Wednes It has been hailed as the greatest Mrs. John Elder in Hood River re day. developer of electrified farms in mod- cently. Mr. Wilcox went to The Dall«*s re ern times. The Smithyonlan Institu Mrs. John Elder visited a few days cently to visit his wife, who is con- tion, a governmental bureau, recently last week with her daughter, . Mrs. valeseent in tlie hospital there. made a report which gives some inter esting facts about the failure of rhe Ben Veach. Mrs. Mobley spent the week end at George Chamlierlain and Chas. T. Tlie Dalles. I Ontario commission to set up the , necessary sinking funds and reserves Bennett were business visitors in The Mrs. Eugena Ix-ar Davidson, of St. that it should have set up. It also Dalles Wednesday. Helens, called on Mosier friends Sun- calls attention to the fact that the Mrs. Jas. Camp, Mrs. II. Bailey and «lay aud was entertained at dinner at present deficit of the commission in Jesse Bailey visited at Oak Grove the home of Otto and C. A. Huge. REGON and her products are being advertised respect to these accounts is approxi recently. The Junior club of the Y. W. C. A. to all the United States this month by rail' • mately 11»,000,000, which somebody Mrs. G- R. Duvall returned to her met Saturday afternoon, Miss Liege will have to make up in the future. home in The Dalles Tu«*sday. roads. Have you read the advertisements? trail, of The Dalles, - was present. “As far as service is concerned the Evelyn and Lena Rolieris acted as Mrs. Bertha Johnson was shopping Pacific company welcomes a compari hostesses for the afternoon. son in the matter of electrified farms. in Hood River Tuesday. ganizations can include at Mrs. Stella Howard and son. Fran Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Strauss attend We have gone over the 1V23 official This is National report of the Ontario commission, ed an operetta given by tin* high cis, and daughter, Fern, were in Hood least one number on Oregon River Friday. Oregon Products which is the last one that is avail school club in Hood River recently. manufactures in their pro able, and we find that the commission The Fat and Forty card dull met Mrs. Paul Bailey was a visitor in Month! reported that it was serving a little Oak Grove over Saturday and Sun- Saturday afternoon at the home of grams; school children can over 14,100 rural customers, but an day. Mrs. Jas. Camp. Misses May and write essays, or make up lists Hold “Oregon Products" examination of this report iudicat«** Mr. and Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Clair Neta entertained. Miss Arvllla Hus that of thia total number of rural Bailey and Mrs. Jesse Ualley were in bands was winner of_flrst prize. of Oregop goods—you’ll be dinners or lunches; mer customers some 6,030 were reported Hood River Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Frank, of surprised at their variety, chants can feature displays as -being suburltan customers living Wui. Richardson, who has the con Dalles, wen* Sunday callers at immediately adjacent to the city lim C. A. Hag«* home. of Oregon merchandise; or- Oregon products compete its and that 4,15« were so-called ham- tract for graveling the Mayerdale Uncas Marsh, who' suffered a park, has returned from Portland and let customers,’ which are presumably with the world. You can buy break in his hand a short time those living in community groups. will begin graveling Monday. A num when falling off u hors«*, had them on MERIT. Then, too, ber of driveways are uuder construc The actual number of ’dirt farm' cus splints removed Friday. your support of Oregon in tomers reported for 1023 by the com tion aud will I m * completed in 30 days. mission was only 3,823, which is but " Mrs. Davenport was in Mosier Sun dustries means more work, The Oldest Spring Pome a few more than the number of actual day, returning home Tuesday. more wage earners, bigger ‘dirt farm’ customers served by the Mr. Couley was in Hood River They sat liyneath the old oak tree, Pacific Power A Light company in Wednesday. pay rolls .increased prosperity Her head upon his breast; Oregon and Washington. The Ontario Mrs. E. McClure r«*celved a pleasant He gently pressed his lips to hers, n' for everyone. commission serves a territory of ap surprise on her birthday. March 1, The kodak did the rest! proximately 40,000 square miles, which when friends and relatives from Port Uncle Wee Wee. is somewhat larger tiian the territory land called on lier. Tin* itarty, num served by our company and serves a bering 3ti in all, included: Mr. and - No. 420 probable 2,750,000 people, of which Mrs. Chris Nelson, Mrs. Reese, Mrs. Notice of Administrator’s Sale over 1,000,000 are classified as rural. E. O. Winans, Mrs. Molly Baker, Mr. The Ontario commission serves a pop and Mrs. S. J. Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. W. P ortland , O regon In the County Court of the State of ulation of at least 20 times as great E. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. II. A. Moll, Oregon for Hood River County. ns that served by the Pacific Power A Mrs. Pearl Treadwell and daughter, D an C. F reeman , M anager In tlie Mutter of the Estate of Light company aud, though it is sub Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dolling nnd Mrs. Ituth E. Ray, Deceased. sidized, it has done but little more W. 11. Blakeley. A beautiful birthday I, John Maker, the duly appointed, with respect to getting service to cake was presented to Mrs. McClure. qualified an<l acting administrator of farm customers than we have, in ac An interesting moving picture and tual numliers, and of course, but a lebture program took place at the of the estate of Ituth E. Ray, de stnnll fraction of wiiat we have done school auditorium Saturday night. ceased, hereby give public notice that I, as administrator aforesaid, shall in the matter of proportion. The address was given by one of the Friday, the 10th day of April, A. “It may Interest your r««ders to state workers of the Anti-Saloon on know that up to October 31, 1023, the league on prohibition. Tlie attend I). 1025, at the hour of 10 o’clock a. in. of said day, at the front door of commission reported that it had in ance wns large. the County Court House in Ihxxl vested in its rural distribution system a total of $2.125.000, of which invest Mrs. F. A. Sayres is visiting at Abe Rlv^r City and County, Slate of Ore ment the provincial government of home of her daughter, Mrs. E. A. gon. under authority of nu order made on the 3rd «lay of March, 1!<_'._, Ontario had dttnated $<122,000 free Race, for a few weeks. The home of Mrs. W. A. Husbands by the* above entitled Court, proceed from all obligation on the part of the Three tracts — eight, ten and eight acres Ontario commission or the customers. was filled to overflowing when she to sell at public auction io the tiest This was done under the authority of entertained tlie I Julies' Aid Wednes and highest bidder for cash in hand, each ; which have been in rye, vetch and clover. a law which passetl in 1021 whioh day of last week. Thirty-nine mem the following described real estate, called upon the provincial treasury to ber« and guests wer«y present. A short belonging to said estate of Ruth E. Will rent for cash or shares. Plenty of water. advance 50% of the cost of all pri business session follow«>d by a social Ray, deceased, situated in Ho«xl IUver mary rural distribution lines. This hour with dainty refreshments ttll«*d County, State of Oregon, to-wit: The undivided one-sixteenth Interest Is, of course, merely a snlwidy, which a most enjoyable afternoon, The Aid This fertile land is located on Paradise is pal«l by the general tax payer. The will meet with Mrs. 8. E. Evans at owned by Mid estate in Lot Fifteen (15) in Block Four (4) .of Striuia fa«-t of tlie matter is, the Hydro-Elec Iter country home March 25. Farm Acreage, just west of City. Forrest Evans, Geo. Carroll and han’s First Addition to the City of tric Power commission of Ontario in not a fine example of what inay bs Arthur Carroll were in Hood River Hood River, Oregon, according to the plat thereof duly filed and recorded, done for the benefit of the fanner, an Monday. Tel. 2084 subject to the courtesy interest and it is actually serving only alxtut as Lee Evans and Tom Moe went to right of II. w. Chapman. many farm customers as the Pacific The Dalles Monday. Dated and first published and post Power A Light company and in a Tlie Odd Fellows gave a very suc- mucfi more densely settled territory, cessfui St. Patrlek's dance Friday ed this 12th day of'March, 1025. John Baker and has received almost two-thirds of evening in the school auditorium, nil2a9 Administrator. a million dollars from the provincial Decorations were very effective in the treasury, which it does not have to form of green shamrocks, black cats refund: and in addition to all this it and green streamers. The Mayerdale will not consider tlie extension of orchestra, with two additional pieces rural lines into a territory where the from Hood River, gendered exception density of population Is not sufficient al music. to allow an average of three custom- Th«* annual election of directors of ers tier mile of line, So much for what the coiiiissloii lias done with re- the Mosier Community Chamber of Comm«*rce was held Monday evening spect of service. “The second thing is the matter of at the school auditorium. Director* rates. In discussing the Ontario pub were ele«'t«*d as follows: C. T. Ben lic ownership scheme those who wish nett, Geo. Chamberlain and R. J. for three years; G«*o. Alex the state of Oregon to launch Into 8<*earce, and E. A. Race for two yt*ars; such an enterprise make frequent rate ander E. M. Strauss and J. O. Beldin for comparisons showing how low the one An enjoyable program filh*d rat«*s are in Ontario. Generally, how the year. latter half of the evening. Mr. ever, municipal ownership enthusiasts and Mrs. Frank Sexton. of The Dalles, leave out a numlier of ini|M>rtant facts. contributed two pleasing musical nuni- In tlie first place. In a number of liers. P. Patterson, of Tlie instances the Ontario rates carry Dalles, Mrs. acconipanixt. Guff J. certain yearly fixed or standby Weigett, was slight of hand |x*rformer. charges which are not generally dis «‘htertained with clever tricks. Other cussed by its champions. These numbers on the program yearly fixed and standliy charges interesting were a S|*anish dance by Miss I’tack have the effect of raising coiuiderably and a vocal solo by Miss (Irlbskov. the consumer's annual bill. As a Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Zell. of The matter of fact, the Pacific Power A Dalh-s, were present. IJglit refresh- Light company is now actually serv ments were Served. ing rural customers In tlie Hood "Save o’/sìik”“ remember our 1«’* Year was “S. O S O. E. Wilson and F. A. Shogren River vnlley at rates considerably . . of The less than the Ontario rates, and in made a trip to the property addition, our company pays about Dalles Timber company almut 10 10% of its gross receipts liack to the mile* southeast of Mosier recently. They reported conslderahl«' snow in people in the shap<* of tax«**. “Tlie Pacific Power A Light com that-locality, Mr. Shogren s»*«iire<l a pany through its own officers' has number of excellent photographs of iua«ie some <x>mpreh)*iisive investiga the big timber on the property. Al Behren, Joe Higley and Dsrretl tions of the Ontario situation and our ordering early L b Con>P»"y’» Slabwood are all figures are not prepared hy son»«* out Alltngton were visitors in The Dalles side agency, bnt are worked up by Thursday. our own representative who went to Jesse Bailey and Elmer Minton Slab fromDeeTyou! Sus/ge“«' io’ur'ordeÎîn’“’^’* Ontario for the purpose. motored to Dufur Friday. "Ontario rural customers are divid Mrs. Jas. Cherry and «laughters. ed into seven classes, depending on Mary and Doris, spent the week end The price will interest you. Telephone NOW to the character «jf the load. These in Portland. * classes run all file way from II-A, Mrs. Macrum returned from Port which includes only farm house light ing in places where there must lie land Saturday. Mr. and Mr*. L. J. Ellis returned four services from each transformer, to class VII, which includes extra to their home in Poriiantl Sunday, Telephone 4242 farm s«*rvice, with meters and a listing spent a couple of weeks w|$h hood motor company range. The definitions of the various Mrs. Ellis* mother, Mrs. E. McClure. classes are quite long and need not be Mr. and Mrs. Richard Seesrce were given In detail. I Saturday visitors in Hood River. Associated Industries of Oregon is the time to do your overhauling before the spring work begins. It is our earnest endeavor to carry in stock for YOUR Motor: Pork Roast Leg Pork Roast Loin Pork Roast Beef Roast Beef Boil Round Steak Loin Steak.. _______ Rib Steak T Bone Steak Hamburger . Sausage ... Veal Steak "Using the Ipme classes and the same average consumptions a month the following table shows quite con- cluslvely just how the Hood Elver getting _ off in th» met customers are ..... ter of rates, particularly those in the drat three classes. which cover most of the business. Classification and consumption as sumed to be the same as quoted for Ontario system. Average Mo. Eat. Annual Cost Class Consumption Ontario Hood River 15 KWH $ 30.1» $ 21.00 II-A 48.40 35.10 II B 25 KWH W).«2 51.84 III 40 KWH 78.84 (kJ.94 IV 70 KWH 78.84 hl.50 V 70 KWH 130.32 150 KWH 130.07 VI 252.72 VII 300 KWH 354.14 "The Ontario rates Include no taxes. Pacific company customers owning ranges are even better off tiian the above comparison indicates, because they can take range service on our schedule K, which is four cents a kilo watt hour, leas a discount. "A good deal has been said about house beating carried on by the On tario commission. The Ontario com mission is** flatly op|H>sed to electric house-heating, says it is wasteful and un-economlc. The Ontario commission does not undertake to heat buildings electrically and rejsirts to the con trary are untrue, except in so far as they apply to small residential typed of glow heaters and slpillar contri vances.” lb. lb. lb. 1b lb tb 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b 1b Urging that You “DO IT NOW” in order- ing your season’s supply of SLAB WOOD off in * hurrSH““ ° H. T. De WITT mt .