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HOOD RIVER GLACIER, INTERESTING STÖRY P. P. & L OFFICIALS HOLD CONVENTION OF CUTLER BROTHERS ^litatta >aiiiy parlar Phone 6242 Will open in the , COBB APARTMENTS, OAK STREET MAY 1. . Fully equipped with all latest appliances for beauty requirements. thee.™ T Ek ‘Ott- a/attenaude graduate of cosmetic J «JhaabeenJn charge of the B arton B ea V ty P ar - ,n Qh iiati0,nal Bank Buildin«’ for the past two Sie»uW1 66 glad t0 welcome a11 of her present patrons at the new parlor. A cordial invitation is ex tended all women of the Mid-Columbia to call and inspect the new location and get acquainted. ., . Mrs- Elliott guarantees expert work at all times, at the right prices. r Save the Fruit ! » Growers lose millions year by freezes. * SOLUTION DIAMOND BRIQUETS used in a Philips Heater will do the business. Apple Growers Association have the Heaters and we have the Briquets. Ask us for information. We will fe on the job day or night during^ the danger period. All you have to do is to give us a ring / C. C. Patrick & Co Phone 2181 Andy Anderson, Mgr. Carmichael Variety Store la Offering— MEN’S WORK SHIRTS - WORK SOX OVERALLS AND COVERALLS CANVAS AND LEATHER GLOVES BEAVER KNIT HOSIERY FOR MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN THE KIND THAT WEAR EVERYTHING FOR THE WORKINGMAN -PRICES RIGHT- PteM 3883 - On The Height* - PHONE 3883 SPAY, APRIL 21. 1927 Managers and executives of the Pa cific Power A Light Co. ani»hM a three-day convention at the Columbia Gorge hotel last Thursday night. Chief topics discussed at the meeting were: “Phases of Company Business,” Gen eral Manager (Lewis A McArthur, of Portland; “Visualizing Our Opportuni ties,” Qeo. C. Sawyer; “Home Service,” Miss Ellen McCurdy; “Relation of Stores to Purchasing and Turnover,” W. A. Lackaff; “Rural Electrification.” Prof. L. J. Smith, of the Washington State College; “I.egal Aspect; of Our Busin««,” Henry 8. Gray; “Radio Ae- tiviti«Hi of the Present and Future,” Ellis Van Atta; “Relation of General Officials to District Manager,” Will T. Nell; “Importance of Participation In Community Activities,” H. W. Cooper; "Engineering Facts and »Uncles,” R. J. Davidson; “Accounting Department Rambles,” C. W. Platt; "Relation of Merchandite Sales to Kilowatt Hour Sales," V. H. Moon. Miss Margaret Butler, of the staff of the Northwest Electric Co., of Port land, wh»» is chairman.of the women's committee of the Northwest section of the national organization of electrical lM*ople, extended greetings. Glenn L. Corey, district manager of The Dalles, was chairman at the ses sions. arrangements for which were made by H. E. Baker, former local dis trict manager, who will leave the com ing week to take charge of the com- Itany’s properties at I^wlston, Ida. A golf tournament was won by Roy Skill, district manager of Dayton, Wn The following interesting story of how Cutler Bros., former orchardlsts, took up the work of evolving machinery for aiding growers In the harvest of their crops, was recently told by “A. L. C.” in the Oregon Journal: G raham B r T rucks It was a lucky day for Hood River, Wenatchee and Okanogan apple grow ers when two brothers, recent grad uates from the University of Illinois engineering school, decided to buy a ranch near Odell in the Hood River valley and grow apples. It also was a lucky day for apple, pear, peach, orange and tomato grow- era in such remotely separate places as Tasmania and Belgium, New Zea land and the Transvaal. And it was a lucky day for Portland, too, for out of it has grown one of Portland’s finest manufacturing estab lishments—a factory that employ; from (10 to 140 persons and produces $400,- %-Ton Chassis F.O.B. Detroit l’/j-Ton Chassis F.O.B. Detroit 000 worth of goods annually. F. W. Cutler and Asa B. Cutler fin ished the Illinois engineering school einirse in 1906 and 190«. For a few years they engaged in their profession with desultory success and then took a flyer In Texas real estate. “We made a little money.” said F. W. Cutler, “but we didn't feel like go ing back inside the shop and came west to look around. We saw Califor nia and Washington, but nothing took our eye like Hood River, and we love it there still. We bought a ranch and 1-Ton Chassis F.O.B. Detroit 2-Ton Chassis F. O. B. Detroit raised apples for 10 years. “We became thoroughly dissatisfied with the inefficient hand packing meth Snow Monday Morning ods, after operating our own orchard. With the temi>eraturely slightly be We saw that thefe ought to be ma low freezing, mid-Columbia orchard chines to speed up the work and also districts were visited with a winterllke to do it right, especially as to sizing snow storm early Monday morning. sorting. While the temperature, it was thought, and In 1911 we built one for own own did not affect blooming cherry or use. lit proved practicable and our chards, the cold, cloudy weather pre neighbors said we must build some for vented the activity of bees and insects them the next season. Bo there we and will make pollenizatlon poor. seven miles from Hood River Intermittent snow showers prevailed were, with 80 men working on our apple throughout the day. At Parkdale the ranch making machines for our neigh fall reached three inches. At one time, bors and finally for packers In other when a snow storm tilled the Columbia gorge, a beautiful anowbow spanned localities. "Naturally there was a lot of waste the canyon with its bridge of color. motion, hauling materials seven miles At noon Monday, following an hour of brilliant sunshine, a heavy fall of into the country and then hauling back the machines to the railroad. snow and Icy rain covered the streets "We saw we must move, llood River and roofs. The clouds cleared, away wanted us to stay there and we almost as quickly as they bad ap folks peared, and a peculiar phenomenon re wanted to stay. We felt, however, that we must be In a seaport town and the sulted. Every pavement, lawn, and choice lay between Beattie and Port newly turned garden plot, as well as land. Portland won because it is cen the roofs of all houses gave forth a trally located, the logical place, we felt. thick steatn. That was In 1918. » “Our first location was at East 10th and Mill streets. Mfcat of our perma nent organisation came with us from Hood River. In fact, our foreman and about a dozen other men have been with us from the start. "We kept on extending our business Tbe Oregon law ot 1021, under which and began to enter outside territory. the state highway commission restrict Up to that time we had limited our HOOD HIVER, OREGON ed the use of certain highways by solid selves to Northwest apple packing tire trucks, and reduced to 18,000 machines. |M>un<ls the loads they would be per "Then other uses for our machines mitted to carry at certain seasons, was began to develop. Now we have ma sustained Monday by the United States chines in every principal fruit growing supreme court. district In the world.” assembling. The great machine shop, chee packing houses and the little con- avenue folk confidently expect will When the suit, brought by Morris & Forty agents represent the firm in Ixjwther and other companies, was be Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, 175 feet by 50 feet, is full of costly, cerns that flourish in New England soon la* forthcoming, when the street milling the metal parts. Great * hills, packing a limited output for aris will he a second Broadway or Wash fore the court last October, it was dis South Africa, Switzerland, Belgium lathes Are doors separate the woodworking missed ss moot, upon a showing that and England. Cutler sorters, graders department from the rest of the build tocratic city consumption, are pictured. ington street. The mill can lie remod The fascinating thing about the fac eled quickly into ■'store or office build the order complained of had expired. and packers are sold In every country ing, but there is little fire hazard. The tory is that it is not standing still. ing. When the order was renewed last win in Europe. plant is as clean as a bakery. Machin Each new futalogue will contain new It was Indeed a lucky »lay when the ter, the companies obtained from the On this continent there are three ery built to order after it was detUgued supreme court an order reinstating the agencies in California and Ohio, two in by the Cutler brothers occupies every labor-saving machinery to redtx-e costs Cutler ls»ys. fresh from that Illinois appeal and reopening the controversy. Oregon and Washington, and one each corner. The product is theirs through and give the public more for-Rs money. school, were is-rsuad»*»! to try their There are little railway tracks for luck at working th»» fib-acre apple ranch The companies contended that the in British Columbia. Ontario, Nova out and their genius is stamped in the com mission had illegally reduced the Beotia, New England, Pennsylvania, 80,000 feet of floor space in the plant. rapid handling of boxes and madilnea in the Hood River valley—lucky for to press down the lids while the nailer Hood River, th»> Northwest and Port maximum load the legislature permit Georgia, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Most of the sorting and packing, not to speak of Tasmania and ted upon the Columbia River highway Nebraska, Texas, Colorado, Montana washing and grading, conveyor and puts on the lid, after which a foot land, pressed on a lever throws a rublter New Zealand. and other government-aided highways, and Idaho. handling devices in the Cutler plant stamp against the side of the box, giv "And In the fall,” said “F. W„" an and that the order constituted an il Grapefruit in Texas and oranges in are bnllt in units so that the buyer can ing quality, size of pack, kind of fruit his eyes asmime»! a far-away look. “I legal burden upon interstate commerce. the Transvaal, tomat<s*s in Texas and add to them as he would to a sectional don't know anything that is as pretty The state described the order aa in California and peaches everywhere are iMHtkcase. All are strongly and sturd or variety, and the orcliardlst's name. as the hills In the valley at Hood River, tended to preserve the highways from prepared for market by Cutler ma ily created from the flpest materials, Releasing the lever ejects the box to with all the colors and the ripe fruit s conveyor track. "F. W.” has per damage during the winter months. chines. New Zealand is an especially crated in expert fashion and shipped fected a •lowerator,” which gently hanging on the ttws.” Visitors who want to see “F. W.” in profitable territory for our firm. with such dear directions that native lowers packed apple boxes without The suit just decided by the federal Clams In New Zealand are prepared help on plantations in the uttermost jar from upper to lower apple plckiug time at Hood River had supreme court was brought by the for the market or for canning by a parts of the world can readily assemble damaging better make an upisdntinent. A chance floors. various auto freight truck lines using grading machine made in Portland. call may find him "out of town on them. When the Cutlers designed the new the Columbia River highway as far as A firm like this was bound to ex The Cutler catalogue is Interesting. factory, which they have occui>led lean business.'' ll<s>d' River to test the state highway pand, and a year ago it moved into one It is a highly attractive publication for than a year, they did it with a view to commission's ¡>ow«-r to' Umlt loads on of the most superbly equipped factor it contains few of the pictures that the development of Grand avenue, south of It is interest ins to know that Insur post rosds. \ ies in the Northwest, at No. 402 East ordinary listing holds, but actual pho Hswthorne. They set the building back companies do not carry their own In the fall of 1925 the highway com Mill street, corner of Grand avenue. tographs taken In orchards, ¡lacking 10 feet from the sidewalk line, land ance Automobile AccMent Insurance. They mission in order to save the paved road The building coven a block, moot of it houses and fruit establishments over scaping it attractively and pre]« ring protect their cars with a policy in so Is'tween Cascade Ltx*ks and Hood River two stories. The walls are practically Cutler’s worldwide territory. Wenat- for that day. which all loyal Grand other company. See R. E Hcott. I3U ¡Missed an order forbidding loads of solid glass and huge skylights give more than 16,500 pounds to use this additional sun. Order, neatness and section of the highway between that quickness or dispatch are the outstand time and April 15, 1926. ing characteristics of the factory. Ma chinery is of the finest and other equip Special Bargsina—Hardie Spray Guns ment shows the Cutlers expect to in regular $8 00. our price 18.00; Hardie crease that $400,000 annual output Sprav Hose with connections, regular with every passing year. This is no rice SIS 00, our price $11.00. Bennett baby industry now—it is one of the others. altti finest payrolls in the city, dependent not on the whim or caprice of one in dustry, but upon the success ot grow ers of fruits and vegetables and food stuffs in every corner of the globe. An inspection trip through the plant Is a revelation. F. W. Cutler is chiefly in charge of engineering problems and plant operation, some little task in Itself since practically 2000 wood or metal Items enter into construction of the firm’s many types of machines. Asa B. Cutler attends matnly to sales problems. “F. W„” aa the employes call him, pays little heed to the sign on a greet door, "Experiment Room—Keep Out” —not at all, for he put it there. It is his workshop and in it he is perfecting new devices to aid the grower of let tuce or of walnuts, of apples or grape fruit, in reaching the market with bet ter goods. One has only to listen to “F. W.” to appreciate that lettuce shipped to Port land from Imperial valley pointe is within the reach of Rose City tables Iwcauee be and other engineers and factory heads have done much of the thinking for the lettuce growers. And what is more to the point and to the interest of the Northwest's poc ketbook. one must remember that pack ing. sorting and boxing machines made by the Cutler concern- and, of course, its competitors—have done much to make it possible for Oregon and Wash ington apples and pears to win the out standing position they bold in world markets Sixty per cent of Hood River apples are sold in export trade. One year’s lose of world markets would prove fatal to most of the Northwest apple districts. Beautiful apples, poorly sort ed, unevenly packed, get nowhere. The Cutler company for two years has been working on washing machines Jt*. tte favorite. "Here t Ctmtl!" to clean the spray residue from apples and pears from Western fruit, where high standards and progressive meth ode demand that orchards be sprayed frequently. The government bureau standards are more than met by the Cutler machines. Unless thia spray residue is removed. Ixmdon and con Tlnratal markets will be closed forever on Western American frtllt. The Cutler machines areaU-Portland made The flrm buys Its castings to order from Portland foundriss and its lumber already cut to size In Portland sawmills. Then comes the work of *885 >1445 Quality Volume SUPREME COURT UP HOLDS OVERLOAD LAW BENNETT BROTHERS Modem taste revels in the goodness of Camel
