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HOOD RIVER, OR., JULY 20, 1889.
TO BE HUNTED HERE.
The Glacier management have made
arrangements for putting in a plant just
as soon aa a building can be put up to
conduct the business in. We desire to
say right now that the paper was not
started for the purpose of making money,
and if it had been so started it would
have been a failure. It will require the
most rigid economy, and the best of
management to make the paper meet its
expenses for at least a year. The adver
tisers are few and the main source of
income must be from the subscribers.
We have an abiding faith in Hood River
and believe it lias a bright future. We
have come to stay and linked our inter
est with that of the town. We shall en
deavor in all honorable ways to advance
the interests of the entire section, and
ask of the people a generous and hearty
Bupport. In this connection we will
say, that the Glacier will at all times
be independent in politics, and that its
whole endeavor will be to aid in making
known our resources and building up
the country. It is expected that the
material will arrive next week, and that
the first number of the paper in August
will be printed at home. We hope in
the near future to enlarge the paper,
and will continue to do so whenever our
growth and surroundings will justify it.
We will have no patent outside but will
devote the entire space of the paper to
local matters. All we ask, is to be met
with that liberal support which is our
due, and we shall at all times try to
merit it.
LOTS OF TIMBER.
The timber adjacent to the head
waters of the river is being located rap
idly, and 'soon nothing but railroad
lands will be left of those that are
surveyed. There is still a large body of
unsurveyed timber land, but under the
present plans of the interior department
there is but little prospect of it being
put in tliir market. Willi tfiv building
of a dam here, and the erection of a
mill, this timber will begin to come
down the river, and by the ingenuity of
man' will be for all practical purposes
transformed iifto twenty dollar pieces.
There is enough already located to keep
a couple of mills running for a long
time, but once the business is begun
here, there is no telling to what propor
tions it will grow. AVe doubt not but
that a flume will be built in a year or
two, which will bring the lumber from
mills on the headwaters of the river,
and we believe that in a year or so,
Hood River will ship immense quanti
ties of lumber, cord wood, posts and
shingles to the open country east of us.
Sqme of the finest and soundest cedar
on the coast is found in this section,
and the manufacture of shingles will
prove a large and profitable industry.
LET IS HA VE WATER.
And still nothing has been done
towards bringing water in for irrigating
purposes. We sincerely hope our citi
zens will take hold of the matter at once.
So many benefits would accrue that it is
almost criminal to neglect the matter.
An outlay of a few hundred dollars
would provide an abundance of water
for beautifying our door yards, for put
ting in a fountain or two and for furnish
ing us protection against fire. When
we begin to improve and beautify the
place, we feel sure the 0. R. it N. will
meet us half way and fix up the un
sightly sand patch at the depot. AVhat
that needs is a short section of wall,
and the building of a platform below it.
The application of a little water would
then cover the bank with grass, and the
present eyesore would be done away
with forever. Next year no water will
be furnished from the present system
for irrigating pui poses, and we will then
be compelled to do what we might as
well do now, bring in the water of In
dian creek or Hood river.
THE CASCADE LOCKS.
Major Handbury, in his report on the
construction of locks at the Cascades,
says: "It is pretty evident that the
stone for the larger piers of the work
will have to be'obtained from a distance,
and the outlook in that particular is not
encouraging. On account of the diffi
culty iu gettiug building stone it is re
commended that the side walls of the
locks and the great mass of masonry
required about the locks and guard
gates be made of concrete. The bottom
of the locks should be lined with the
same material."
In the opinion of Major Handbury,
nothing should interfere with the speedy
completion of the first lock and the
early opening of the course to some
kind of navigation.
With the funds available, it is pro
posed to first procure additions to the
present plant that are necessary to the
economical and speedy prosecution of
the worh, and then proceed to excavate
for the foundation for masonry of the
lower guard and lock gate, to put in the
lower courses of the lower dry stone wing
walls, so far as the prepared stone on
hand will permit, to proceed with con
crete work on the caisson recess, and the
upper guard gate, to prepare stone for
the masonry of the lower gates and to
excavate in the lock pit.
SXNDY OLDS GUIL1Y.
At half past 8 o'clock Thursday even
ing the jury brought in a verdict of
guilty of murder in the first degree
against .Sandy Olds. That the murder
of Emil AVeber was a premeditated af
fair can hardly be doubted in the face of
the evidence. The conviction of the
murderer however is a surprise as Tort
land juries are rare indeed that find such
verdicts. The jury did its entire duty
and are deserving of the thanks of the
community for laying aside the ehelf
worn custom in such cases, and main
taining the supremacy of the law.
Not one person in a thousand is aware
of the fact that the Roman characters
on the face of their clocks is not exactly
like the first twelyo characters in arith
metic. You will naturally expect IV to
stand for four, but instead of that you
find four ones. It seems that it origi
nates this way : Hundreds of years ago,
a king had one of his subjects to make a
clock and submit it to him for inspec
tion. The maker had put IV for four,
but the king insisted that it should be
otherwise, and so it has continued even
to this day. Ex.
J. T. Apperson's commission as regis
ter of the Oregon City land office was
received by him Thursday. He will
take charge of the office Monday.
Bugs, Bats and Birds.
Iloon Rivkr, Or., July 17, 1888.
Editor Hcon River Glacier:
ilea bugs are natural parasites of the
bat, and are frequently conveyed into
our dwellings by these mammals.
The cow-bunting (Emberiza Tecoris
AVils) is polygamous; never builds a
nest, and never rears its young. It se
lects other bird's nests in w hich to de
posit its egg, and drops butoneineach
nest.
The passenger pigeon (Columbia Mi
gratoria, Linn) deposits but ono egg for
a Betting, in her nest.
The ruby-throated humming bird
(Trochilus Colubris, Linn) lays but two
eggs.
How old is Jeff Davis? He was in
petticoats at the close of the war.
I. WANTT0LETY0UKN3W.
Sunday School Picnic.
A most enjoyable picnic was given
Thursday last by the Columbia River
Sunday school at Coe's spring. Amuse
ments for the children consisted of
swings, hammocks, jumping ropes, etc.
The small boys indulged in a game of
base ball, .while the fairer sex engaged
in watching them. A merry good time
was h id by all, and it is needless to say
a most delicious lunch was served, for
who can beat the Hood River ladies in
that line. The young misses com
plained of the scarcity of gentlemen, but
that is nothing at Hood River, espec
ially at a Sunday school picnic.
Anonymous.
How to Sack Spuds.
The following plan for sacking pota
toes is suggested bv alarmer from across
the Columbia. Of course he wouldn't
follow it, nor would any of our people,
but our informant says that was the way
they used to do it in Missouri. Here is
the scheme: Take an eight-inch joint
of stovepipe and place it in the sack.
Having sorted oat all the Biiia.ll potatoes
till the stovepipe with them, till arounu
it with the larger ones, withdraw the
pipe, sew up your sack, ami it is ready
for the market.
Postmaster-General Wnmintmiknr lma
advertised for bids for two series of
stamps, one the same size as those now
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in use a';u me oiner aoout one-tiuru
smaller is to save material and cive a
better quality, It is to be hoped that
the new series will be out soon, and that
they will stick. The present green
gages are mucilagenous frauds, a dis
grace to the immortal Washington
whose imui'e tlipv lu:ir an1 nn unmiti
gated nuisance to the mail and males.
Just received 1000 grain bags which
will be sold at 10 cents apiece.
Geo. T. Pkatiier.
Crop Weatuer Bulletin No. 10.
Oregon State AVeather Bureau in co
operation with U. S. Signal Seryice,
central office, Portland, Oregon. For
week ending July 13, 1889.
The temperature has been from 5 to 8
degrees above the normal. Except in a
small area of Jackson county no rain fell
in the State during the week. Sunshine
was decidedly above the normal.
Owing to forest fires the atmosphere
has been somewhat smoky.
The effect of these conditions on crops
has been to allow their state to remain
the same as they have been for the past
two weeks
The notable event of the week was the
severe thunder, rain and hail storm in
Jackson county on the night of the 9th.
A cloud-burst occurred which did con
siderable damage in the section of coun
try between Grant's Pass and Ashland.
Through Wagner creek valley the most
damage occurred. About Talent grain
was flattened and ruined, and many or
chards had their fruit injured. It is es
timated that this cloub-burst caused a
loss of nearly $20,000.
The warm, dry weather has been fa
vorable in the wheat harvest, which is
now under full sway in all parts of the
State.
General reports indicate that the fall
wheat will be more than an average
crop, while spring grain will be a short
crop.
On tho 10th the first wheat was re
ceived at a warehouse in Pendleton;
the berry is small and shriveled and the
wheat is in quality second class. The
yield of the first lot was about ten bush
els per acre.
Fruit prospects continue to be excel
lent. Peaches are coming into the mar
kets in large quantities. Plums, apri
cots, corn and tomatoes are very plenti
ful. B. S. Paquk,
Observer U. S. Signal Service.
Asst. Director.
The Work Completed.
, Ochoco Review.
Col. Eclesenand his corps of engineers
passed through Prineville last Monday
en route for Albany, having completed
the work of locating the line of the Ore
gon Pacific from Deschutes to Snako
river. During this season Col. Eclesen
has located 180 miles of road, which he
says is the best engineering work he has
ever done. Of the route the Col. says
it is the nearest level and most direct of
any transcontinental line in America.
From Deschutes to Snake river, he says
the work of construction will be very
light, and can be done with great
rapidity when once the work is begun.
The work he has done this season com
pletes the locating of 513 miles of line
east fr.oin.Aljny, and all that now re
mains for this section to have a railroad
is for the O. P. Co. to push their work
to completion, which will no doubt be
done at an early date, as the Albany
papers announce that Antonello. & Doe
begun work on their contract on Friday
of last week.
Story of the Rocks.
Prof. Thomas Condon, of the State
University, in a recent essay before the
farmers' institute, gives the following
noetically grand fragment of our Inland
Empire's history :
East of the mountains was a vast
inland ocean that breasted against the
Cascade range, and volcanic fury tore
the summits with raging fires for
unrecorded aeons. The rivers have cut
down through the sediment, once the
bottom ot that sea, and where the wild
uplands are waving with bunch grass
and are desert like with their monot
onous sweep, and the wave of the all
pervading pastures, there is a soil of
incalculable .fertility and a depth that
the share of the plow can never reach.
The future will reveal as great riches in
this Inland Empire as, in AVestern Ore
gon. The story of the rocks, as told by
the language of science, shows that Ore
gon has wealth not yet developed and
resources that are beyond all present
computation.
Absten' Seedling Apple.
Yesterday Mr. George T. Prather, of
Hood River, brought us three apples
grown by Mr. F. R. Absten of Hood
river vallev that are as fine as any early
apple we have ever seen. They are a
seedling, this being (we believe) the
second year the tree has borne. The
apple is shaped like, and looks a great
deal like tho !en Davis or the Baldwin,
will measure from ten to twelve inches
in circumfrence, and is of a beautiful
briuht red color, streaked at the base
w ith yellow. Mr. Absten has not yet
L'lven them a name but having Lven
grown in shadow of Mt. Hood we Bug
gest "Absten's Red Glacier" as an ap
propriate name. Wasco Sun.
Silver Strike near Prineville.
Al.RAXV. Or. .Tnlv 13 Tn.-nntv.nno
sacks of silver ore, taken from a newly
discovered ledge near Prineville, were
shipped through this city, today, to San
r rancisco, wnere it win oe testeu.
mine is said to be very rich.
The
The following notice is posted at
Prather's building: " 'To AVhom it
May Concern.' All persons interested
in retaining Phelps creek in its natural
channel, for irrigating purposes, are
requested to meet at Hood River, feat
nrday, July 20th, at 2 o'clock P. M. to
euch water. Signed, 'Owners of Phelps
OrfrL- ' M 1c ilia moafimr will (lira
place today, sonrething definite will per
haps be done.
DEALER IN
Groceries,
Boots and Shoes.
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Flour and Feed.
A General Assortment of such as
is usually found in a
country store.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON.
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