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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
GRAPEFRUIT MEN
HAVE POOR SALES

Every day brings to hight information
about trade conditions which. although
not relating 10 apples. ought to be
mighty interesting 10 northwestern ap-
pie growers. previous letter re-
feTTed to oranges. The following press
dispatch from New York. published m
the Chicago Produce News. February
"a, reveals conditions in the grape fruit
industry even worse:
All season there has been complaint
about continued low prices Of grape
fruit from all sections. There has
never been a time when grape fruit has
been as plentiful and brought as made
qu8te prices.
Every section seems 10 have had a
bumper crop this year. This is partic-
ularly true of Florida, which will prob
ably have 4, 600, 600 boxes, about 500, %
600 in excess of the demand. Porto
RirO has had a heavy crop and Cuba is
about ready TO ship large quantity
Aside from this there has been liberal
quantity from the Isle of Pines. In all
sections growers are discouraged over
the low prices and many are talking
not only Of cutting out the production
Of grape fruit, but will leave what
fruit they have to rot on the trees.
The grape fruit business is a rather
peculiar one. Consumption is limited,
although il is increasing. There is a
certain demand and it does not increase
materially as prices 60 lower. With
other fruits, such as oranges and ap-
pies, the reverse is the case, as when
prices 90 down, consumption shows
material increase. 1t is a self evident
fact this season that there is more
grape fruit than there are consumers.
Another trouble is the high price de-
manded at retail. The best restaurants
and hotels ask 25 and 40 cents for
grape fruit, which at the most, cost
them not over five cents.
Consumption Of grape fruit is in
creasing continuously, but not AS rap
idly as production.
The heavy production is due to the
fact that up TO couple of years ago,
when grape fruit became more gener-
ally used, the profits on it were enor-
nous. Growers in Florida often re-
ceived So and So box. This started
more people growing grape fruit and
has caused mOmentarlly All Overproduc-
tion and very low prices.
Outside Of a few growers there has
been no money made on grapefruit this
season. At Wednesday s auction large
quantity of Porto Rico grape fruit was
sold to average zoe and Soc. Figuring
on SOC box freight from Porto Rico to
New York, at least another 30c for box.
paper, nails and packing, Zoe charge in
New York and at least l0c local trans
pOrtation to the steamships, total of
Soc per box. il can be readily seen that
the growers receive nothing. Cost of
production and transportation in Flor
ida is even greater than in Porto Rico.
Florida growers are complaining bit
terly Of the miserable returns this
year. and practically all of them say
that they have made no money"
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL

When the Stevenson basket tossers
won from The Dalles and White Salm-
on lost last week, the Stevenson team
won the pennant put up for the cham
pionship team this season. The games
resulted in the following scores: The
Dalles VS.. Stevenson, 22-20 in favor
of Stevenson; The Dalles VS.. White
Salmon, 32.-2l in favor of The Dalles,
and in the last of the series, when The
DaIles played the local five. they won
35-l5. If Stevenson had not have
Dalles in the first game they would
never have been tagged during the
series and there would not have been
anything in the way of their winning
the pennant. In the games Saturday
The Dalles played much better game
than any other team has lined up here
this season.
The ineups of the four teams during
the series was as follows:
The Dalles: Tyler and Steers, for
wards; Philpot, center, and Cohen and
YudoVitch, guards.
Stevenson: Shields and NellOr. for
wards; Wachter, center, and Ginder
and Miller, guards.
White Salmon: Kreps and Morton,
forwards; Ingram, center, and Peck
and Clatterbos. guards.
Hood River: Jones and Hale, for
wards; Button and Cooper, center, and
johnson and Abraham, guards.
TheDalles used the same team during
all three games.
The senior class, at class meeting
last Thursday, elected Laurence Hersh-
ner to make the valedictorial speech at
commence next May, and Jewel Taylor
as declaimer on that occasion. DR..
Bushnell, of Pacific University, has
been rendered the honor of making the
address on that occasion. but as yet has
not accepted. Rev. Donat, of the Riv-
erside Congregational church, has been
asked to preach the baccalaureate ser
mon.
Base ball in the inter-class league
was started yesterday afternoon, when
two six inning games were played, the
seniors meeting the Juniors and the
soph0mores taking on the freshman pill
iSh BouiihSios OhCb
the senior team, Nal Button the jun
iors, Bud Thomas the sOphomores, and
Curly Nickelsen the freshman. Tomor-
row afternoon, the weather permitting,
the seniors will play the sophomores
and the juniors will mix with the
freshmen.
The hot lunch and cafeteria depart
ment of the high school went bankrupt
last month, after a short existence.
The hungry students up at school either
quit eating altogether or brought
lunches with them; at any rate business
dropped off last month and after run
ming at loss for several days the soup
distillery was closed.
The literary society meets tonight at
the school auditorium. Prof. l.. b.
Gibson has charge of the program. The
program tonight is a strictly all mascu,
line affair and gives promise of being
good. The meeting will be called to
order at 7,45 p. m.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
COLUMBIA COURT
REFUSES PAYMENTS

According to dispatch from Salem.
the members of the State Highway
Commission are still receiving com
plants from Columbia county against
State Highway Engineer Bowlby. 1t
is declared that it is certainty that
he will not be permitted to launch any
new work in Columbia county. The
members Of the Columbia county court
are now complaining. The members of
this court were elected at a recall, the
issue of which was their support of
Bowlby. The members of the court
base their complaint on the delay of
Assistant Engineer Griswold to make
estimates on work so that payments
may be made, and for what is said to
be unnecessary engineering expenses
charged to the county since cessation
of Columbia Highway work
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
COURT INSPECTS
PUNCH BOWL ROAD

Members of the count court spent
yesterday in the vicinity of the DEVILS
Punch Bowl, making an inspection of
proposed routes for road changes there.
A. b. Billings was here last week at
the regular meeting Of the court and
asked for road work in that vicinity.
Several citizens in the Punch Bowl
vicinity and on the Upper West Fork.
urge that the Lost Lake road be opened
up by way of the scenic point on the
West Fork. d. /. Stone declares that
new road may be built here with very
small grade.
81 used to travel this way altogeth-
er, says MIR. Stone. However, when
the Jones orchard was planted the road
was partially closed and it became nee
essary to go by way of Dee. 1t would
be we'll if the road could be opened by
the Punch Bowl, in order that people
travelling from Hood River to Lost
Lake could see the place without hav-
ing to travel long distance out OF the
way.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
EXP0SITIONS GREAT
SAYS s. T. BLYTHE

THE California expositious are
great" says S. f. BLYTHE, who with
Mrs. Blythe returned last Friday from
southern California, where they spent
the winter with their daughter. Mrs.
d. A, Marlor, and family. we en-.
joyed the San Diego exposition very
much. Everything is complete. and the
grounds are in excellent shape, The
buildings are beautiful and the general
arrangement fine. While the San
Diego exposition is not on anywhere as
great scale as that at San Francisco,
1t is more appealing to the visitor who
has but a short time to spend"
MIR. Blythe says that the San Fran
cisco fair is very incomplete. at is an
enormous exposition, he says, "and |
think that il would take one six months
to see all that is displayed. Some re-
sentiment has been caused by the pub
LEFTY given out declaring that the ex-
position at San Francisco would be
completed on schedule time.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
Walters Seeks Board Position

Walter Walters, of the Bon Ton bar
bershop, has forwarded to Governor
Withycombe a petition signed by the
greater number Of the business men of
the city and many valley people asking
that be be appointed to the state board
of BARRIERS examiners. A number of
the local business and professional men
have written Governor WithycOmbe in
hehalf.of Mr. Walters.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
APPLE NOTES


Richard Coyne, of Chicago, calls the
attention of The Packer to some re-
marks of Ebert Hubbard, which have
appeared in some Of the big city dalies
anent the apple. Fra Elburtus saws.
"A doctors bill doesn't always have
to be paid at once. Apples are gener-
ally bought for cash.
but in the long run apples are much
cheaper than medical service. The old
maxim still holds, An apple a day
keeps the doctor away
LAS race we have never had enough
fruit. We have lived too much on meat
and white lour. Any doctor will tell
you that there are a hundred diseases
that would absolutely disappear if we
would adopt fruit diet, say for one
meal day.
"Apples agree with every one. An
pies tend to modify the demands of the
meat trust, increase the flow Of bile.
and their plentiful use will add to our
happiness and length of days by elmin-
atng the dregs of much pessimistic
theology that yet clogs our social sys-
TEN.
VIC hiSISi W buN uuE uOClOlS DN the
barrel, bushel or box, rather than by
the call.
As the winter has advanced the Ore
gon baked apples, like the loaves of
bread have grown smaller, says Arthur
M. Geary. writing to the Oregonian
from New York city. The price of
bread has finally been raised to six
cents. The loaves would be taken for
buns if they were further decreased to
meet the rising price of wheat. Baked
apples are still five cents, with cream
10 cents. At the present rate we will
be eating crab apples by spring. unless
the supply of small sizes gives out.
So long as the restaurants continue
to serve northwestern apples.there will
be no objection. Oregon students at
Columbia have the habit of causing a
disturbance in the fruit stands where
any but the western product is offered
The Oregon and Washington APPLES
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
Congregational Luncheon April 3

The Ladies Aid will serve yellow
and white luncheon on Saturday after
noon, April 3, from l to o'clock, and
offer for sale potted plants for Easter
centerpieces, home made candies and
Easter favors. Reservations for any
number of places at table may be made
at 20 cents a plate.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11

have no serious competitors at this time
of the year. There are a few fancy
packed Virginia apples in the market,
with red notices, reporting lnsinuat-
ingly the fine flavor that they possess.
If they have merit, it must be in the
flavor, as irregularity of size and occa-
sonal blemishes are only emphasized
by their fine clothes.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11

A. B. Cooper recently received let
ter from friend in Nebraska, who
stated that very poor quality apples
were selling there for 81. so box.
THE people would be glad to pay
good prices for better fruit if they
could get It," read the letter.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11

and demand a tenth of that amount,
millions would be expended on our
army to defend it. If fleet of pirates
should prey upon our commerce at the
rate of $1,000, 900 per year 500, 600,
600 would be expended on battleships
to combat the foe. Rout the enemy,
blight. at all costs. The disease can
be controlled. Inspection is necessary.
Give the inspectors your support. Con-
suit county agriculturist, state in
spector or experiment station for meth
ods. Write experiment station for bull
letin on blight.
Cleaning up hoIdover blight is the
best means of prevention. The only
known way is to control blight is by
surgery. In cutting it out, cut six to
"a inches below the canker. Disinfect
tools and cuts with corrosive sublimate.
Aphis, flies, ants and other insects are
important carriers of blight. Combat
these insects. Birds are the natural
enemies of insects. Protect the birds.
Inspect nursery stock carefully for
blight. Avoid excessive watering of
trees.
There is no patent cure. Beware
of the faker with the blight cure. Do
not attempt to cure blight by soil doc
toring. Blight fighting is a community
matter Organize'and go afer it. Win
ter is the best time to fight the disease.
Now is the accepted time. Encourage
your neighbors to clean up their orch
ards. Eternal vigilance is the price of
clean orchards.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
Report of the Condition of
The First National Bank

Al Hood River in the State of oregon, at the
close of business, March 4, 1915.
REgoupTpg
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11

Get your dinner and supper next Sat.
urday at the NJ. f. church basement.
Cafeteria meals will be served by the
ladies.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11

Twenty-six thousand poster bulletins,
in two colors, encouraging the farmers
and fruitgrowers at once to renew Wig
orously their campaigns against the
dreaded fire blight, have just been is
sued by the Washington state expert
ment station at Pullman. and will be
sent broadcast throughout the state.
The bulletins call attention to fire
blight as the great white plague" of
the fruit industry, and state that no
chemical has yet been found which will
kill the blight bacteria without killing
the tree. The bulletin says:
Fire blight causes losses of $25,-
100000 annually to the country. If a
foreign foe should invade the country
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
Hood River Poultry Yards

reeders of c. r. |, Red-White Rocks,
=. {. White Leghorns, silver and Golden
Campines White Holland Turkeys and
Indian Runner Ducks. Hatching eggs
and stock for sale. Day old chicks.
Phone 5gl9 j2Su
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11

The railroads have placed an embargo
on shipments of boxed apples from the
northwest to the eastern seaboard with
final destination in Europe. They will
not accept through bills of lading not
protected by some means of diversion
at seaboard in case water transporta-
tion is available. This action was
made necessary by the scarcity of
steamer space. Offers for shipment
are heavy, but war conditions are in
creasingly restrictive. The steamship
companies are confining themselves to
taking care of few regular shippers
on contracts for space made in advance.
thus reducing their carrying to the
minimum. They absolutely refuse to
take on anyifresh business.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11

All, no doubt, have noticed the wax
or grease on the surface of an apple
The skins of some varieties are fairly
covered with the grease, and when the
fruit is wiped brilliant Iustre results.
The wax serves purpose. The mOis-
ture cannot evaporate from the apple
that is covered with grease. Apples
that have a small amount of this grease
on their surface wither quicker than
varieties that carry great deal of the
wax.
Fruitgrowers of the West Mob Hill
and Wide Hollow districts of Yakima
valley have decided to cut labor prices
about rs per cent for the coming season
IN orchard work. Similar action has
been taken by other districts. About
200 orchardists adopted the following
scale:
Common labpOr- Twenty cents an
hou7 or $50 month and board.
Packing apples and pears after sort
ers-Four censt box; the amount to
be paid for packing after a grading
machine to be determined by contract
with employers.
Packing peaches-Two cents box.
Making apple and pear boxes-Sev-
enty-tive cents hundred.
Making peach and prune boxes-Fif-
ty cents hundred.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-05-26
JOHN r. GIBSON & co
STOCKTON s son, Richmond,

Miss Mary L. Deatherage will go to
Danville to be present at the Knights
Templars conclave.
Mrs. w T. Tucker, of Stanford, is spend
ing few days with Richmond relatives
md friends.
Mr.. and Mrs D. NJ. Chenault will mo-
tor with Mr.and Mrs Geo. Snyder to DAN
vile to the Conclave.
Mesdames ]. w. Arnold, ]. R. Pates.
and R. E. Turley attended the District
Convention at Stanford.
Mrs. Joe H. Scott and little son, Jack, of
Mt. Sterling, are visiting friends and rela-
tives in this city.
Mesdames A. D. and C. D. Miller, of
Eustis, Fla. are visiting their father. Mr..
R L. Gentry, at Lexington.
Mr.. w. o. Collier spent Sunday with
friends in Richmond. He thinks the E. X
N. splendid school
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Maupin and Mr. and
Mrs. Will Taylor motored to Lexington
Thursday and spent the afternoon.
Mr.. Spears Turley has proposed so
finely after his operation that he is expect
ed home this week from Louisville
Mrs. C. E. Lilly and Mrs. Eugene Wal
ker went as delegates to the Federation
of Women's Clubs in Lexington last week.
Mr.. J. B. Stoffer who has confined to his
home for some weeks, is improving slowly.
His many friends hope see him out soon
Miss Laura Baldwin accompanied Miss
Bonnie Proctor to her home in Lexington
last Sunday to be her guest till Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Smith are in the
South visiting their two sons, Frank and
Lewis. They will be absent about two
weeks
Mr.. Vim. O'Neil, of Richmond, was the
guests of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
O,Neil. on High street, Saturday and Sun
day.-Paris News.
Mrs NJ. c. Kellogg and daughter, Miss
Alice Clark Kellogg. spent the weekend
with Miss Marie Louise Kellogg, who is at
school in Versailles.
Mr.. Lewis Soper, father, and Misses
Mamie Dickerson and Bonnie Proctor
motored to Lancaster Tuesday and spent
the day with friends
Mrs. McRoberts of Lancaster was the
guest of DIR. and Mrs. Vaught last week
enroute to the Federation of Clubs in Lex
ington.
Hon. B. A. Cruther. wife, daughter and
son, with Mrs. M. A. Rash motored over
from Winchester last week spent the day
with Mrs. B. E. BeIue. afterwards were
guests of Mr.. William Crutcher in the
country for several days.
Additional Personals on Page
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-05-26
CRYING FOR HELP
Lots of 1t in Richmond But Daily
Growing Less.

The kidneys often cry for help.
Not another organ in the whole body
more delicately constructed.
Not one more important to health.
The kidneys are the filters of The
blood.
When they fail the blood becomes
foul and poisonous.
There can be no health where there is
poisoned blood.
Backache is one of the frequent midi.
cations of kidney trouble.
1t is often the kidneys cry for help.
Heed it.
Read what Doan's Kidney Pills have
done for overworked kidneys.
Read what Doans have done for Rich
mond people.
Mrs. J. H. Young, 422 n. Third ST,
Richmond. says: Il had dizzy head
aches and often felt nervous. The &C
ton of mykidneys was irregular and |
suffered from backache. Doan's Kidney
Pills procured at MiddleIon's Drug
Store. made me better in every way"
Price soc at all dealers. Don't simp-
ly ask for a kidney remedy-get Doau's
Kidney Pills, the same that Mrs. Young
bad. Foster-Milburn Co, Props,
Buffalo. N. Y. adv.
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-05-26

where "girl poised high in air on
cord, in spangled Dress was kissing
her hand to a mighty concourse of
people, who waved their hats and
handkerchiefs in widest token of ;ap-
proTal and acclaim. Nor was this the
sole cause of Tod's delight, for the fat
man with the big watch seal had
seemed to take special fancy to him,
and had told him he might bring
friend along, that his ticket would
pass two. AS the gleeful Tod was
scampering off to ask the teacher If
he wouldn't go, he met his anxious
father in deep state of distress, and
was led home to listen in agony and
tears to dismal dissertation on the
Nwickedness of shows, and the unend-
ing punishment awaiting the poor,
giddy moths that fiuttered round them.
Tod was missing next morning. He
had retired very early the evening
previous He acted strange-like,"
said the good grandmother. recalling
vaguely that he hadn't eaten any sup
per, land thought heard him crying
in the night What was the matter
with him, Isaac?"
Two weeks later Tod was discov-
cred by his distracted father and an
officer covering behind roll OF can
vas, wherein a fat man sat declaring
with breezy nonchalance that no boy
of Tod's description was ralong O.
this-'ere party And the defiant Tod,
The Climax-Madisonian. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1914-1917, 1915-05-26

of blood; his best clothes soiled and
torn; a bruised and naked knee
showing through a straight rent across
one leg of his trousers, conveyed the
idea of a recent passage through some
gauntlet of disastrous fortune.
1t was nothing, Tod said, only on
his way to school he had come upon
blind man who played the fiddle
and sold leadpencils, and the boy who
had been leading him had stolen
something from him; and Tod had
voluntarily started in pursuit of the
fugitive, to overtake him only after
prolonged chase of more than a mile.
"And now I've got you out O. town.,
said the offender, wheeling suddenly
upon him, I'll jes' meller your head
fer you!" After a long pause, in
which Tod's face was hidden from the
curious group about him, as the teach
er bent above him at the back steps
pouring water ON his head, he contin-
ued: Didn't think the little cuss was
so stout Oh. I'm scratched up. but
you ought to see himi And you ought
to hear him boiler 'Nuffi' and you see
him hand over three boxes Of pens
and them penholders and pencils he
stold, and a whole bunch o en-
veiopes; there's blood on some Of EN-.
and he give me leadpencil, too, with
red in one end and blue in the other.
Father, you sharpen it. "
Tod never spoke better in his life