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RIVER, OREGON,
The ü. P. Stock Profits Special
Striking and profitable lessons may be derived by the
Hood River Valley fruit grower from the Union Pacific
Stock Profits Special, which will call at Hood River from
the hours of 9 to 12 a. m. next Monday.
SEATTLE CONFERENCE NEXT £
Paciic Northwest Apple Shippers
This train will be accompanied by specialists from the
Oregon Agricultural College who will be fully prepared to
show you how more profits can be made from a diversifica
tion along dairying or hog raising lines. They will have
concrete evidence to back up their talks and demonstrations.
In view of the fact that we of Hood River have profited
in no uncertain way from diversification in the past ten
years, we would advise that all business folk and orchard-
ists visit this train, as a matter of selfish interest. And,
furthermore, our presence there will be heartening to the
rail line officials and Agricultural College specialists, whose
efforts are being expended to aid us in the solution of econ
omic problems and to bring about a greater era of prosperity.
TRAMWAY ON HOOD
For Mother’s Day
BANK
Conservative enough to be absolutely safe
Liberal enough to satisfy all reasonable people
Artstyle Chocolates? ■*
A Gift that will be doubly welcome—because
the contents are wholly delicious—because the
Box of heavy enameled metal can be kept as a
permanent Remembrance.
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Packed and mailed to any desired address.
We will also deliver in the City.
Spring’s
Koberg’s Nonpareil
At a conference called Monday u,ght
by P. F. Clark, chairman of the mid
Columbia committee of apple shippers
who have displayed a favorable inter
eat In the proix>ned inter district co-
operative organisation of »hlppera, it
was decided that a large delegation of
apple men will visit Seattle next week,
when a convention will be held to draw
final plans for the central agency.
With B. H. Kipp, cooperative mar
keting specialist of the Portland cham
ber of commerce, taking a lead, apple
«hlppera and grower» have held numer
ous conferences in all district# the past
winter, and tentative plan* drafted
several weeks ago called for corollary
Inter district cooperative bodies of
growers and shipper». It was proposed
that all shippers should report sales
and shipments of apples daily to a cen
tral neutral body, which would dis
seminate th» information. Members
<if the growers’ organisation would
agree to market their product only
through shippers affiliated with the
inter-district organisation of shippers.
Indications tn various districts have
been that shipping Interests are more
keenly alert to the benefits that will
accrue from aueb cooperation than the
growers, themselves.
At least the
powers have displayed a greater ap
athy. However, since tbe actual or
ganisation of the growers’ body, and
its functioning, deiiends on the pre
liminary establishment of tbe shippers'
body, those interested in forwarding
the cooperative movement will watch
anxiously to see what the final actlou
at the Seattle conference will be. It is
planned to hold tbe Beattie meeting on
April 28.
Hood River shippers who plan on
attending the convention are: V. C.
Follenlus, P. F. Clark, I. H. Cederwail,
W. R. Woolpert, P. L. Tompkins, A. B.
Woolpert, J. C. Duckwall, and O. H.
Castner. The White Salmon, WAsfa.,
district will be represented.
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SPECIAL
Ä« fl. R. fl. S. OPERETTA
Asparagus
is on the market
Visitors are invited to go through the train
and inspect the fine pure bred stock which
will be «on exhibition.
“Enter Madame”
Well informed men will be on the train to
give full information to those interested in
dairying and other branches of farm life.
tion—well, it's either a trial or a triumph
But there are two ways of making It
always a triumph. One is to wear a new
gown on every appearance. The other
—somewhat more practical — Is to let us
dry-clean yqpr gowns frequently. They
come back new-looking—ard a woman’s
costume, like herself. Is always as young
as It looks.
MEYER
SMITH
CHY TAILORS—SHOE REPAIRERS
GOODRICH TRUCKLINE
GROWTH
This firm started shipping in a small way in 1916,
with Wm. S. Duckwall selling the fruit in the East. Our
growth and the volume of our shipments have been gradual
but steady.
From a few cars sent to one market, we are now
shipping to all parts of the United States, and to a number
of foreign countries. Our brand is known in these mar
kets, and our Trade Mark registered. This business is
generally done direct, and thia system tends each year to
increase volume handled in this way, as the result of sav
ings effected by buyers in distant markets.
We are buying for cash. Are you interested? Wa
are prepared to furnish necessary supplies till harvest and
buy for cash before picking time.
E. E. GOODRICH, Owner.
Telephone 3801
Hood River, Ore.
DUCKWALL BROS.
B. A. FRANZ BUILDING
After »pending yesterday morning
taking stock of damage resulting from
A heavy froat Tuesday night, when tbe
minimum temperature reached 24 de
gree«, local orchardhit» who had no
protection from orchard beaten, re
ported that practically all cherries
ware killed, and tbe damage to pears,
the blooms of which are not yet fully
opened, was »ever?. It will be several
day» before definite estimates of tbe
pear damage can be aa«>rtalned.
Leroy Childs, who spent the morning
examining blooming cherry orchard»,
•aid the injury will take practically
all the tonnage. He thought orchard
heaters had saved tracts of thoae
growers who bad utilised them. Apple
blooms were not far enough advanced
to be Injured, and tbe damage to straw
berries. blossoming of which had not
begun, was negUgible.
B. D. Chatfield, manager of the Mo-
•ler Fruitgrowers association, reported
damage to cherries and prunes in hie
district at 100 per cent. Pears and
apples were not sufficiently in bloom to
be injured.
The Wasco county fruit Inspector re
ported that 50 per cent of cherries on
lower areas were killed. Cherry or
chards in the Dufur district, where the
bloom was late, were not injured.
Mld-Columbla asparagus growers,
who were expecting a car shipment
this week, were bard hit by the freese.
Two days’ cutting were lost, and be
ginning of car shipments will be held
Up for several days.
Reports reaching here from Yakima
were that the temperature dropped to
14 degrees, with an estimated loss of
SO per esnt of both pears and apples.
Harvey Jones. R. B. Scott, J. R.
Nona maker and numerous others spent
Tuesday night operating orchard heat
ers. The supply of fuel ran out yes
terday, but tbe Standard Oil Co. rushed
the fuel here by special truck from
Portland, in order that heaters might
be operated last night. Tbe Tnm-A-
Ltim Lnmber company was constantly
on the job furnishing briquets to grow
ers operating heaters.
First National Adds Boxeo
The First National Bank has ln-
(tailed a new nest of safety deposit
boxe*, Demands for thia form of bank
service have been constantly Increas
ing. The First N'atlonnl just two yean
ago, because of the Increase of patrons
demanding security for valuable pa
pers, had to add a new section of boxes
in its big vaults.
Cantata Win» Commendation
One of the best musical program»
»▼re presented in Hood Biver was that
last Friday evening, when a group of
soloists of the city and valley rendered
Stainer's “Crucifixion" at Riverside
church. The church was crowded, and
aU left expressing enthusiasm.