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HOOD RIVER, OREGON. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1927 IO-IN of4bh COMMUNITY One day last WEEK w heard a certain CITI! whom you al! KNOW, calling down ANQTI 'HE* man whom you all ARK STREET GKAMMAIt know for DRIVING t«>o FAST past the PA4 acintol, and we WONDER how mauy of th« _ KBBT of us OUGHT to tx* CALLED DOWN for the same OFFENSE. Whan we stop to BEALIZi- that there are over 1000 CHILDREN attending our PUBLIC 4JGHOOL8 and that they are not as good JUDGES of (the SPEED of a cur as w* GROWNUPS, then it become« our DUTY not to SAIL by Without THINKING, but to drive SLOWLY and be HEADY lor any EMEU GENCY. , ' H ’ ' S Blauchar. Lieutenant Kelley said that all buildlugs and treea should lie re move«! from iH*th « iida of the held. After the luncheon Lieutenant Kelley a<eomi>aule<| Ideutenmit A. W. Davit and nsunbers Of the chamber of corn- uierce to th«- big xandluir north of the city and then to tlie ball ground dlntrfct west of the city, lie suggested that a GROWERS, PICKERS 1 J » DRY DAYS huge sign, made of white boar da, Se placed on the sandbar. The property w«*st of town cau lie converted into an ex«-ellent landlug held, he said. • Guests at the forum Tuesday were: J. R. Brown, of San Francisco, Pacific (’oast representative of the Friend Sprayer company; Lewis Hart and Lieutenant Oakley G. Kelley, com Lynn Douglass. ma uder of Pearson flying field at Van couver, Wash., who addressed local citiamis at the meeting of the Tuesday luncheon forum of the chamber of com merce at the Hotel Waukoma this week, declared that all first class mull, destined to travel over 100 miles, will lie transported in airplanes within five years. The Columbia river gorge. Lieu The Hood ltfver Creamery is getting tenant Kelley stated, is a natural air ready for th«' sensou of ice cream spe line across. tile Cascade mountains. He cialties. E. P. Black, who created a characterised the gorge ss a tunnel for aeiiKUtion last aeaaon with hia ice creoia cakes, pumpkin pies and other uui«iue airplanes. ice cream specialties, lias been busy Lieutenant Kelley cited that fre lately working out new flower designs quently the Caa«ade region is covered and other a|>t>eallng lee cream pieces. with clouds or fog. An airplane, he Through constant experiments Mr. declared, must travel above or below Black has la>en able to produce flower tbe clouds. In level country aviators effects that are very much like the real may dip l>elow blankets of clouds, if blossoms. He haa made autumn leaves they have an assurance that the mist that look as though tliey had been does not reach the earth, and make safe picked from a Columbia liver canyon- landiugs. In a mountainous country, aide following the visit of the frost however, lieutenant Kelley, said, such INi Inters. procedure ia dangerous, as the machine Mr. Black has constructed models of Is liable to be driven Into the side of log houses. He builds ice cream pint* a mountain or a treetop. The Oolum corn's and pineapples. The moat uniqiie bia gorge, however, be stated, is nearly piece be has on display, however, ia a always clear, forming, Indeed, a kind cantaloupe. The slice of the melon of air tunnel from the iuterlor to the shows the aee«iH. He has also con regions weat of the Cascades. lieu structed delicious ice ereum water tenant Kelley predicted that the gorge melon. will be the main line of air travel east Tlx- creamery extends an Invitation and west fur the Pacific northwest. to housewives who plan social func Lieutenant Kelley said that emer tions thia fall and winter to visit the gency fields should be available every plant and Inspect apecins-n designs. 30 miles or so on main air lines. Larger There may be purchased at any time fields should be provided every lOtt through orders placed with lee cream miles. He suggested that Hoo«l River dealers handling the H« hm 1 Itlver und The Dalles should Immediately creamery product. make.a survey of the sandltara of the It Is certain that visit's of the women Columbia river and properly mark of the city to see the ice cream displays those suitable for emergency landing will stimulate use of the Oregold spe Hares. cialties nt fall mid winter social func During the recent flights from Spo tions. Tliey are delicious, but they kane to Portland, when engine troulde look no a pin ' s I Ing that one almost liral- developed, oue of the officers driving latoa to ««at them. an army plane was forced to light ou a bar east of here. Th«- hard-|>acked sand surface provided an excellent lauding spot, and thus the government wss saved the expense of s damaged machine which might have run into thousands of dollars. Should Hood River provide a landing field west of the city. Lieutenant Kellev Rlgnia Phi Epstlos fraternity »ml said that It should be 300 to 500 feet Kai»pa Delta sorority topisil the list wide sad about a half-mik* long. Be of Greek liouaes In the scholastic ra«*a cause of the prevailing west and east at O. A. C. for Ute third cons«*MRlve winds the field should extend from east tins' last spring term, according to re to west: ports of E. B. lx'tnon. registrar. Hlgma’ Lieutenant Kelley gave an interest Phi Eisdlon led the 35 fraternities with ing recital of the development of avia an average of KKtH and Kappa Delta tion as compared with former methods headed the 1<l sororltitm with an 88.49. of faster transportation. He told how Phi Delta Theta and Hlgma Cid fra the people had lieen frightened by the ternities were the only houses ttiat llLmlle an ixuir speed of early railway failed to make the required 83 average, trains. Hew It took 87 years befsrv and as a result must Hpend.tbe term pn .. steam locomotives were put to prac probation. tical use. He pointed out how the pub The student body average for th«' lic receive«! the automobile .30 years third term was 84.38. which was the ago, how the new machines were higliest of any terffl during the year feared. Tours were inaugurated and and one of-the highest ever recorded. road raevs staged, in order that the The average for the entire year was public might be educate«! and the ma 83.4G, women averaging 84.48 aud men chines he put to tests that would pfiove 82.95. Women In sororities averaged valuable in development of bettor ma H0.14 for the entire year as against terials. The motor vehicle was devel M3.C0 for their pledges and K’l.»l for oped hik I highways followed. Lieuten all other women. Fraternity men aver ant Kelley declared that air ways will aged 84.92. their pledges 80.32 and certainly follow the development of 82.13 for all other men. aviation as a system of permanent Xantlpjs' club led the Inttapendenl transi »ortntl on. girls’ clubs with an average of 8fi.7O. Lieutenant Kelley Moes not believe with Margaret Knell hall second with that the carrying of passengers will 85.02. Miami club le<] the men with «vine into any immediate prominence. 84.1M, with \Vllluuu‘tt<> second with Iteeauiie th«' transportation of people is 84.58 not as profitable as carrying mall and Maurice Kinsey nnd Manrire Fletch express. He said that the si»eed of air er, the former u senior and the latter plane transportation will reuse that a freshman, «ver«' inrinhers of the win- system to figure promim*rftly In han uing fraternity the |Mst eyar. dling mall hnd express. He urged that everyoue make greater use of the air mail, thus aiding, each lu his small way, tlte development of the air mall. board of dlrvcton said: ’Since the Nineteen definitely de tim'd ir ItneiTnre «Irlve for funds for ClouA Cap Inn has now used, Lieutenant Kelley stated, by c»'a*'d the directors Pave tssen giving commercial transportation concerns, careful study to (!»■ problem and have whkh handle the Unite«l Ht st es malls Js'On nsaletcd by the experience of this Lieutenant Kelley said the great «-Hr year’s operation of the old inn. Even advanced aviation by 80 years. The with the aironnnoilations of the pres United Htates army has Ixsui the most ent Inn, with Its inade«|nate bathroom atcive organization in Amerlra advanc facilities, the weaion baa shown there ing aviation. He cited how the fastest 1» a genuine demand for aceonimoda* army plane at the end of the war had tiona at Cloud Cap. a ndxlmum speed of 117 miles. In "In the seven weeks the inn was 1050 planes had been -developed to a open this year it served over 2,000 Tills spee«l has SIM'i'd of 154 miles. “ n>«*als. Without the help of any ad- been gradually in<Teaaed from 2tM vi'rtlslng the rooms were filled w«tek miles in 11122. 243 in 1923 to 288 in ends and fairly well filled the rest of 1027. Lieutenant Kelley staff'd that a the time. The Tyrells made an oper of 302 miles has l>een attained ating profit of $1200.00. by the fastest planes of today. “The majority of the gnesta com “Thia Is 500 feet a aecond. Give one mented on the picturesquent'M of the of there planes a half-second start, and old Inn and liked its formal atmos then take one of the old Civil war can phere, but objecte«! to the great lack nons and fire a pot shot at it. and th<> of conveniences. The present plan will cannon Imll would never <atch up with keep the atmosphere ami add every the tall -of the airplane.*’ reasonable comfort and convenience. Lieutenant Kelley dted that it 1» "We have had plans made which we dlffimilt to incorporate every feature in think arc more practical than the orig a single type of plane. As a result th«' inal scheme of wrecking the old inn army is using five different types. The nnd building » new one. These plans purHuit planes, which attain a rims *«! cover a complete restoration of the of 180 milea, are manufactured by the present inn. with the installation of Boeing Airplane company, of Seattle, modern plumbing and an enlargement which by the way has the largest pay of lounge, dining room and kitchen, as roll In the Waahington metropolis. well as the addition of large l»edrooms, Other types are the observation, bomb ea<It with buth, and the erection of a ing, transportation and training. Lieu separate building containing six large tenant Kelley mid that limited appro bedrooms, each with private bath. This priations hamper the army in advanc ran be completed within the present ing aviation. Efforts will lie snide to pledges.’’ Increase tl»e officers of the aviation unit of the army as well as the enlisted Canker Specialist Sought The Knights of Pythias band has II. J. Melsaac. president of the Apple chartered the river stenmer Beaver, owned by the Hnrklim Transportation Growers Association, and Trnman But coni|imiy, and will siionaor an excur ler. who visited Portland last wi'ek to sion from here to Portland next Sun call on United States Senator McNary day. Hi«' trip was prompted by the and seek his aid I q an application ft<>m appearance in Portland, on the day of the United States department of agri the excursion, of Sousa'a baud. Most culture for a pathologist to be assigned of those mnking the trip, according to to Hood Rlvor for study of perennial <3yde Simpson, director of the local canker, report that prospecta are good land, will attend the Sunday matinee for such an apisdnttnent Growers and flhtppers here cited that an etaargency concert of the noted Isind. "We will have two lumda aboard the exists, and a petition that the appoint Beaver,” said Mr. Slmi»<on, "our own ment be rushed was forwarded to nnd that from Stevenson. Wash., where Washington. W. S. Ballard, federal pathologist we expect nlmut 50 is'ople to join un. The uienils'rs of all local orchestras front Fresno, Calif., wlx» recently spent have signified their intention of mak a week here investigating the canker condition, recommended an appoint ing the trip.” The Beaver will leave Hood River ment of a »iieclalist to study the dis nt 7 A. M. next. Sunday. It will reach ease. wlilcit was first identified la 1825. Hood Itlver on the return trip about midnight. The pro|sw<l trip is prov ing extremely |>opiilnr. and it Is Indi cated that more applications will la» made for tickets than ran be supplied. Those making Hie trip tuny take their own lunches. Buffet lunches will be provided aboard the steamer. CREAMERY SPECIAL- 1492 October 12th BANK COLUMBUS DAY A Legal Holiday—This Bank Will Not be Open If Columbus had started saving ten cents a day In 1492, and If he could have hand ed the proceeds and the saving habit to his son, Diego, and he In turn had pass ed It on down through the ages, that modest little acorn Invested at 3% com pounded semi-annually, would now amount to the prodigious sum of over THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. Compiling these figures was so interest ing that we are going to let our readers see how It is done. Read next week’s advertisement. THE OWL DRUG CO COMPANY DRUG COMPANY for their 85TH ANNIVERSARY ÆALE, and on OCTOBER 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH, the dates this sales takes place in Portland, we will give our customers the same privilege they would enjoy in Portland. That is: With each Cash Purchase of One Dollar ONE POUND BOX OF CHOCOLATES Now Buying Winter Nellis and Anjou Pears and Early Variety Apples of a retail value of SI.00 Hood River Drug Company Agents for the We are also in the market for other varieties. We are prepared to have your fruit washed and packed, and will buy all varieties on a cash basis. We again advise selling at market prices. OWL DRUG COMPANY PRODUCTS DUCKWALL ATTENTION ! APPLE GROWERS ! Are You To Portland? FRANZ BUILDING Second Floor Phone 3681 Mental Mathematicians Try This One Hood River Merchant» Figure it out for yourself I MEYER SMITH TO BE PROTECTED BEING CALLED FOR
