» I RIVER Within 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 X 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. - > 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 _ BBI 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. •________ 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 » —— 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. , _________ 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 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*‘ * _ 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 F~ • 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, —................ , — „ -»»».¡¡»wr. Shoemaker. . 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 ■ ■■ im > ■■a ■ i i i iiMsasmwn 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