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THURSDAY, APRIL 2. 1925
e span of these two dates lies the greater part of the
commercial life of Hood River Valley
April 4th
1900
AprilÂth
1925
All that has gone before only serves as a foundation on which to build for
the future and he who dwell* overlong on the past only circumscribe* his further
field of usefulness.
We are deeply conscious of the fact that our success is due to the steadfast
ness with which our friends have continued with us and the patience with which
they have forgiven our shortcomings.
•cis ana not Dy years, but tune ngbUy used nr
knowledge and experience of inestimable value.
With full confidence in the future of this district we press forward with th
filled purpose of deserving the position we have held so long and wo
ourselves unreservedly to the worthy undertakings of the community
MEMBER FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
BUTLER BANK NEARS WATSONVILLE FRUIT
ITS 25TH BIRTHDAY
DISTRICT DESCRIBED
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ing pears or going into strawberries,
lettuce and artichokes. About 1400
rars of lettuce were shipped last year.
Artichokes are gaining in favoj and
we saw many fields along the high
way even aa far as Santa Barbara.
A large ice and cold storage plant to
April 4, 1900, Leslie Butler, who
(By A D. Moe)
J. H. Gerdes, who came to White
for 18 yean had been engaged in the
Los Angeles, Calif., Mar. 14, 1925. cost *600,000 is to be.built this year Halmon in 1877, is planning on going
to accommodate the-vegetable growers to Philadelphia next year to attend
mercantile business in The Dalles,
We left Han Francisco Tuesday in the Watsonville district.
and his eon, Truman Butler, estab
the exposition being planned by the
afternoon
over
a
new
route
to
us.
Very few growers pack their own City of Brotherly Love. Mr. Gerdes
lished this city's first bank, the insti
taking
the
coast
road
to
Monterey,
apples iu Watsonville. Many sales left Philadelphia DO years ago. He
tution being known as Butler A Com
pany, Bankers. At the end of the and it is a beautiful drive. In fact, are made on the trees “as is,” and crossed the Columbia in 1878 and
first year the resources were less than it la as scenic a road as any we have the apples are harvested and packed homesteaded a tract of 160 acres' in
*50,000, and today they exceed *1,400,- been over ip California. The day was. by the buyer. Many Independent Arms Dukes Valley. J. P. Thomsen. East
000. Then Hood River was bnt a pleasant, flear and cool, after the have packing houses along the rail Hide orchardlst. now owns a portion
village of 500 people. While its popu heavy rains a day or two before, and road track iu the city, there being 90 of the original homestead. Mr. Ger
lation today is only 3,500, it is known the hills were green all the way. in the district, and most of the fruit des for a time tried to operate a
to the four corners df the earth be Almonds and apricots are beginning is hauled in there by the growers. butcher shop here, but be declared be
cause of its production of unexetfiled to blootn- We have never seen the An attempt was made last year to lost money.
hills look as green In California as* organise a general marketing associa
apples and its location in a land of this
“In those early days," said Mr.
year. The plentiful rains of the tion, under the name of the Watson
scenic charm.
Gerdes, “most of the valley’s popula-
winter
and
fall
have
furnished
abun
ville Apple Distributors, and many of ’tion raised their own meat. Those
In 1900 Hood River shipped its first
carload of apples. The tonnage of the dant pasture, and all the grain fields th< Independents Joined. It is esti who did want to buy had no money
are
looking
very
good.
The
grass
mated 2D per cent of the crop was
1924 crop exceeded 3,300 cars. H. F,
the roadsides la green and in bandied through this organisation, its to spend. Forty years ago the me-
Davidson that year handled the val alofig
dlum of exchange here was cordwood,
places
a
foot
high.
m ain function being to equalise ths and a few ranchers had rattie for
ley's first carlot of apple«. The past
season Mr. Davidson was advisor to
It is a pretty drive from Han Fran distribution and prevent glutting the sale. -
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the sales department of the Apple cisco along the peninsular drive ma rketa. The results were quite sat-
“It was water that brought Hood
Growers Association.
through the suburb« of the city, with isfa ctory and it is hoped to increase River’s development. Not until 1898,
When Mr. Butler and his son estab its many beautiful country homes, the membership this year. The yield when Frank Davenport, Hr., brought
lished th«lr bank, the total population well kept grounds, most of the high of the best orchards is as high as water down on the West Hide did the
of the valley did not reach 2.000. way lined with large shade tree«, l'.OOO boxes per acre, and the value of valley show any real progress. Hince
Today it is approximately 8,500. Then with ta-re and there a glimpse of the the orchard land is held as high as then with the organisation of other
Hood River had bnt four mercantile bay or ocean. The road winds through *1,000 an acre. Watsonville has a water concerns, development has been
establishments. Today there are 04 a rolling country and foothills of the popula tion of. 7,000, with 8,000 tribu marvelous.
places of business in jhe city, not in coast range. Banta Clara county la tary to the city.
“When I first landed here there was
We followed the coast highway no town of Hood River. It was 20
cluding the Apple Growers Association mostly orchards of prunes, apricots
and various other shipping agencies.
and almonds. We arrived at Hara- south and reached Hants Barbara the years ago that I purchased the prop
In 1900 the postal receipts here toga by dark and turned into a very following night, going through a gen erty where I now live. I paid $<«*•
reached *3,901. The postal receipts nice private auto park and secured a eral far niing country, mostly stock for it. A man by the name of Delk
cottage that was far superior to many and g retn. The fields were all look had started Hood River’s first saloon.
for the past year were *27.686 66.
ing gr< *n. but the rainfall was appar He went broke and a California liquor
The bank was begun in a small of the hotels in the small towns.
as we Went south, with concern, IJvlngstone A Co., had fore
M
frame structure Today it occupies a
We drove to Los Gstos for break ently lighter
sandstone building that is accredited fast. it is a very pretty little dty more tr acta of poor land.
closed the mortgage. I settled In
At Ht \nta Barbara about a mile town because of an accident. In 1898,
one of the beat hanking houses In about the rise of Hood River, located
of
’
the
business
.center
were
north
Oregon outside of Portlsnd.
while working on the flume of the
in a narrow valley with many fine
adjoining. Davenport ditch, I was struck by a
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The elder Mr. Butler, who was a residences built on the aide hills. three ai immobile camps
with
two
aervice
stations
and
a
busi
member of the first Oregon State From Ix»s Gatos we climbed over the
timber that tore off my scalp. Unable
Highway Commission, appointed by mountains through a pass, the road ness block with stores and restaurants to do hard work. I bought the town
*
the
tourist
trade
One
Governor Wlthycombe. has given up being a succession of curves, and catering t 1
place and my wife and I started a
active management of the bank. He passed through a forest of redwoods. camp had eamping space only, but the restaurant."
lhad
cottages
in
addition,
takes an active interest, however. In Not many of the big trees are to be other two
The property purchased by Mr.
saving cottages with place Gerdes stands at the foot of Heeond
.state civic and public matters, being seen along the highway. We did not one camp
. a director of various organisations. see any over four feet in diameter, for the car umder a shed beside them, street. It adjoins the O.-W. R. A N.
Trnman Butler, who is now managing although it is said some very large with toilet, ■Shower bath, kitchenette, passenger station.
•or copklng, beater and
preaident of the Institution, was asso ones are still standing a few miles gas stove
Mr. Gerdes was married in 1886 to
good spring ■ hu . i mat trees, hot and Miss Carrie Lillian Jackson, daughter
ciated with his father in business in away in the mountains.
3n addition, a community
cold water,
The Dalle«. He was for a time purser
Hants Crus is a fine looking dty of laundry was tiflree to campers. These of a pioneer East Hide rancher. Mrs.
on the boats of the old Regulator ■bout
16,000 faceted on the north side cottages we re well patronised. We Gerdes passed away several years
ago. Mr. Gerdes has a son. Lawrence
Line.
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of Monterey bay, with quite a large saw many n ew avto camps along the Gerdes,
who is a chemist-salesman
beach resort. There is nothing doing road, most o f them with cottages and
. LEGION NOTES
In the winter, however, practically all good accomn •datfona Very few mu with the Nyal Co. He resides at
Eleven posts of the mld-Colnmbis of the amusement place« being closed. nicipal camp grounds were seen from Eau Claire. Wls. There are four
daughters. Mrs. Roy II. Veach, of
and central Oregon districts were rep
We went from there to Watsonville. Han Francine i b L.U Angeles.
Great Falla. Mont., and Misses Lil
resented at the district convention of 20 mile* away, and saw many of the
lian, Florence and Mattie Gerdes.
the American Legion held at the apple orchards along the road. Home
Geer F. Str
Waukoma hotel Tuesday evening. Mu of them were tn good shape, many of
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sic for a dinner for the legionnaires them growing on steep hillsides, and
O ml F. Str annhan has begun work
J. C. Meyer Buys Taller Hhep
was furnished by the Hood River but very little irrigation being done. on a new se> nte-e station betag built
J. C. Meyer, who for the past sev
Mandolin Club and the local Legion We also saw many strawberry fields, by the Fashi< >■ HtaMra» at the corner
Quartet, composed of Ted Baker. Earl Just coming Into bloom. Lettuce and of Oak and 1 *ro nt streets. where two eral years has been associated with
M. Spaulding. Bill Bryan and James artichoke fields were also very numer pioneer reside ■
ore « were raxed to make Mrs. 8. A. King In operating the
Collier. A committee of the local ous.
way for the prog Teas of the motor age. Meyer A King tailor shop and clean
poat. composed of Van W. Gladden.
At Watsonville we met Mr. and
Two indlvldw d concrete structure« ing establishment, hss purchased the
Don Mcljeod and Ted Bak6r arranged Mrs. O. H. Hill aad son. who were of appealing di sign will be erected. entire business. Mrs. King left thia
for the seoeii Ion.
on their way boms from Long Beach. one facing om Oak street and the week for Astoria to join Mr. King
who was recently transferred there by
From information gathered at the other on Frond' street. The operators the Pacific Power A Light Co> to be
The Drum end Bugle Corps, which
declare
they
wS
1
make
of
it
the
most
.Chamber
of
Commerce.
Watsonville
has been practicing in the big receiv
senvfl « station in Oregon come superintendent of construction
ing warehouse of the Apple Growers had about 60 per cent of a-crop last appealing
of the Astoria division of the public
ontslde
of
Fuad and.
Association, expects to be out for the year, with a large percentage of small
utility.
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next Legton meeting Monday evening. apples. About 4.000 cars were shipped,
snd as many went to the driers. It
Kaya Operates Piling Camp
is estimated that 25.000 acres are in
Amala Brea. Buy Orrhard
Earl W. Keyes, here from Cooks.
orchard, mostly of the Bellefienr and
Jame«
mager of Wash., Saturday, stated that he had
Welno and Alta Annala, young East Yellow Newtown varieties. The Yel master at
started a crew of 15 men to work
JMe orchardlsU and nona of J. J. low Newtown la the favorite, and
getting out flr piling Mr. Keys has a
Annala, last week purchased from many orchards of off varieties and school
contract to furnish piling for the
Cutler Bros., Portland apple grading poor trees are being palled out. The so
Burnside bridge In Portland. He will
lue manufacturera, their Odell past few nntsvorstle years have dis he has
also furnish a large qnantitv of the
rd tract, consisting of 27 acres, couragsd many of the apple raisers, he wal
Mg sticks to the Central Pacific Lum
father of the young men several and those with orchards not in the tad it sh
ber Co. Many of the Cooks piling
bought 27H acres of or- best condition or <rf unprofitable vnrie- no mean
tiea are
fair with
Cutlsr Broa.
BRINGING OF WATER
ROSE FETE MUSICAL
K. P. DISTRICT CON
GUIDE MEETING B
MADE HOOD RIVER
PROGRAM SHAPING VENTION APPROACHES
CALLED
FOR FRIDAY
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Charles .Wakefield Cadman has Just
signed the contract under which be is
writing music for “Rosarla." the
pageant of 5.090 persons to he pro
duced In Portland In conjunction with
the 1925 Rote Festival, June ID to 20.
Under the terms of the agreement,
Sadman will go to Portland to direct
le orchestra In the rendition of an
especially written intenncsxo number.
A Rose Festival number also Is being
especially written.
“At Dawning." "The Innd of the
Hky Blue .Water,” "Far Off I Hear a
Thrush at Eve." the Robin Woman's
song from his opera, "Hhanewis,” and
“Ix>ve Hong,” a piano solo, are among
Cadman's songs. He is an American
composer of music for Americans.
“There Is no ’Amerikanski' about Cad
man." the music edjtor of the New
York Mall wrote after a recent con
cert.
In Portland. Mrs. C. Hilton-Turvey,
prominent among local music critica,
■ays of Cadman: "Of all American
composers. Cadman beat expresses the
spirit of American music. He has a
fine sense of Iteauty, his music is
virile, and lie imitates no one."
Nationwide attention has l*en
drawn to Portland by Cadman's en
gagement. Mrs. Thomas C. Burke,
New York musical and dramatic crit
ic, writes: “Cadman, another of the
biggest American talents, gave me a
tremendous thrill when he told me
that he Is to write the music for the
Portland Rose Festival thia year. For
a decade I have hop<>d that poetic
vision might raise that marvelous
fest I vs I of flowers beyond a mere dis
play of dying roses. With that wealth
of pioneer history for Inspiration.
Portland should have a pageant of
lofty and significant Is-auty, and Cad
man 'is aure to do a fine piece of cre
ative work for It.”
The annual convention of District
No. 7, Knights of Pythian, will be held
in Hood River April 14. The dele-
Sites will meet at the Castle hall at
45 and parade to the M. E. church,
where the Pythian Ulsters will serve
a banquet worthy of the name. The
IMirade will lie led by the l>and and
Are department. Home special features
are Isdng planned to make it worth
while. The Grand Lodge officers will
be present.
Much interest centers around the
contest in Page Rank work between
Hood River and. The Dalles for the
Silver cup. Rood River won st the
last convention. The lodge winning
the cup three times keeps It. Home
new features are planned for this
convention, which no doubt will be
the beet convention ever held In Dis-
trict No. T.
W. C T. U. NOTES
At the last meeting a vote was
taken to organise the county. Odell
and Pine Orove have already voted
on it.
About 500 pounds of old paper have
been sent to Portlaad to be sold.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet next Saturday at 2.80 in the
basement of the Christian church un
der the leadership of Mrs. C. B. Wool-
pert.
Tickets are on sale for the enter
tainment to be given April If by the
Hhaw Jubilee singers under the aus
pices of the W. CT. V.
^Th«^Hood^Rirer Grides,,
m
a
mw
Chamber of Commerce and “---- *
Legion Poet, has been na
hold an
library
WhU*‘ *
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active memban of the body win be
formed, all guides wlU inform them
selves fully on potato of scenic attrss-
tione end development of the district
and be ready Ux give correct data to
visiting motor tourists this «tiMff.
Every member will be required to
pass an organisation on valley places
of recreation, road« and the cost-
munity's Indnatry.
The marching body will ba garbed
in Bwtaa Alpine costume. They wMl
make their flrat public appearance, R
is anticipated, at the 1925 Portlaad
Rose festival.
SALMON POACHERS
GIVEN $50 FINES
Justlra of th« Peace Blagg Tut
fined Hans Johnson and Chester
fln, of Cascade Locks, each *80
gave each a suspended 30-day Jail
fence when they pleaded guilty to
operating salmon nets out of aaaaop
near the cascades. Th« men were
caught Monday night by F. A Me-
Daniel, deputy state fish warden, and
a posse. Their nets, a power boat
and a motor truck were confiscated.
Old House Gives Way'to Progress
Wasro Orchards Slightly Damaged
Home damage, although probably
■light, renulted in Wawo county from
the frosts of laat week, orchard lets
estimated Monday. Several orchards
in the Moeier district were hit. Coun
ty Horticulturist Ttaigh said, although
indications were that those around
The Italics escaped with slight dam
age. The Klickitat hills were snow-
covered Monday.
Three of the city’s first residences
were rased the past week. On Sher
man avenue an old two-story frame
structure, built in 1884 by Oeo. T.
Prather, was torn down to make way
for a *9.000 residence of Dr. and Mrs.
L. L. Murphy. Mr. Prather built the
house for storing Ice. The second
story was utilised as a roller skating
rink, the first in the mld-Columbla.
At the comer of Front and Oak
streets ths residences of Charles Rath
bun and A. K. Stranahan were tom
down to make way for a modern ser-
vice station. Mr. Rathbun’s home was
built In 1891 by Mr. Prather, The
home vacated by Mr. Stranahan was
built in 1882 for a shingle mill.
Walla Walla Fruit Slightly Hurt
Hoerlein to Give Recita!
Frost early Rtinday morning made
orchardinsts of Walla Walla. Wash.,
shiver, bnt it was believed little or
no damage was done. W’eather of the
past few days had been forcing the
bloom <>n. fruit trees, making for
greater danger from frost. Thia fact
is awakening many fruit owners, who
delayed buying heaters. Dealers re
ported that they could have sold 5000
heaters Haturday, had they been In
stock.
The following program will be given
by Hana Hoerlein at a recital at the
Riverside chnrch Sunday evening:
"March Herolque de Jeanne d’Arc."
Dubois;
Herbstnscht,” Frysinger;
"Berceuse." Qcklerion-Lippa : “Chan-
sonette." Banks; Southern Melodies,
“Old Black Joe" and “Old Kentucky
Home.” arranged by Lemare; “Scher
mo." “Allemande," Haydn; The iMst
Spring." Grleg-lxits; “Serenade,” Drl-
gn; “Hong of India,” Rlmaky-Karsa-
kow; Fantasia, “Il Tovatore,” Knäbel.
day of the year over the mid-Cotam-
bia, and the warm sunshine was a
lure to Portland motorists, who lined
the Colnmbta River Highway from
noon till dusk. Out of door sports,
fishing and gardening claimed hun
dreds of hobbyists. More than ISO
local men and women participated in
qualifying matches at the Oak Grove
links of the country club. Members
of the Hood River Gun Club held
their first shoot. All afternoon as
airplane taxi circled over the valley
and Columbia gorge.
Eight Portland golfen, headed by
Russell Smith, of the Waverly club,
were here for a try at the local
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Maaonir Dance Tonight
Boys Fight and Are Fined
Masons of the mld-Columbla will
assemble at the Columbia Gorge hotel
As h mult of a quarrel at a dance
this evening 'for a dhnee. given by the Saturday evening. Edward Coxes, of
Hood River* lodge. Members of the White Hnlmon. and Rahlea Epping
committee in charge of the party art: were flnod *ffieach by Municipal Judge
Harojd
Ilershner. —
Ray
Lee . —
and
Kent Rowe. The boys engaged in a fight,
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Shoemaker.
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I which led to their arrest by officers.
At the regular monthly meeting of| Indian George, member of the East
the Masonic lodge last night members Hide aboriginal colony, overindulged
of th« White Halmon lodge were In canned heat and was fined *8 for
guests of bosMt*ta
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Association Eihploys Engine
The Apple Growers Association last
week announced that A. MacLsan, of
Portland, had been employed as con
sulting engineer and would hare
charge of construction of the sates
agency’s new *100,000 refrigerated
cold storage plant at Odell. Mr. Mac-
Lean. who lias had charge of con
struction of storage plants in various
parts of the country, began immedi
ately to prepare plans for the now
plant, which will have a capacity of
100,000 boxes of apples.
Dr. Creamer
Dr. J. W. Creamer, veteran vetorin-
ary surgeon of Portland and member
of the state board of veterinary exam
iners has arrived here to locate. Dr.
Creamer, who practiced his
in Portland for 26 years,
long friend of the late
Welch, Who was