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Newspaper
Hood River News
Location
Hood River, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
5
The Hood River News announces its status as second-class matter with subscription set at $1.50 per year in advance. The paper is issued by Hood River News Company, Inc, and records its place of publication and postal details following postal acts.
The Woman's Club has started a county public library and now urges citizens to donate books to form the initial collection. The library committee can cover first-year expenses including rent and a librarian salary, but needs book contributions before July 1 to complete the lists and launch the library.
The local fire department received praise for swift action at a Ramona hotel fire Sunday morning. Two water streams were directed at the flames, containment came quickly, and neighboring buildings were saved despite the hotel's highly flammable construction.
The piece analyzes the label good fellows often applied to men who are not truly deserving, noting many are bad fellows at heart while some are genuinely good. It argues that true fellowship begins at home and that men should strive to be agreeable companions first within the family.
An agricultural note warns that intercropping may harm soils and tree growth if overdone. Clean tillage can oxidize plant food, which rain and irrigation may leach away. When possible, leave space between crops and young trees to preserve moisture and root depth. avoid shallow rooting by crowded planting and irrigation-driven moisture.
Hood River Valley, located twenty two miles west of The Dalles, is renowned for apples. Yellow Newtown and Spitzenberg are main varieties with 10 000 acres under cultivation. Lower valley lies above Mood River, upper valley near Mount Hood holds fertile soil and potential orchards. Elevation ranges 60 to elevations and rainfall around 10 inches.
The piece mocks Roosevelt with a Teddyized take on Champ Clark’s famous houn’ dawg song. It notes bids by School District No. 4d clerk Watt for oak and pine wood deliveries to Barrett schoolhouse, due by Septem ber 1, 112, with McLien as district clerk.
Notice to creditors of Philip Koline deceased. Administratrix Maria Turkera Kola qualified in Hood River County Oregon. Creditors must present verified claims within six months of the notice date. Claims directed to L A Reed at No 1 Second Street Hood River Oregon. Dated June 1.
A Denver dispatch cites Western Slope reports predicting the largest apple crop on record. Estimates by a leading grower list totals from 12 700 cars in Washington and 2 700 in Oregon to 40 cars in California and 1 200 in Colorado, with totals around 25 700 cars and possible rises toward 50 000. Labor, packing, and crate shortages loom as thinning may trim yields to 18 000–20 000 cars.
A. T. Zeek operates a Belmont brickyard turning out 15,000 pressed bricks daily from a 250 000 brick kiln and plans a second kiln of 400 000 bricks ready in about 20 days. He also makes face bricks and clinkers amid increasing valley construction and regular Sunday excursions to Parkdale.
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