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HOOD RIVER, OR,., JULY 27, 1889. .
HOOD. RIVER VALLEY. .
The tourist halting for a moment at
the depot here, would hardly believe
that on top of the hill that shuts off his
vision there is a magnificent valley. Yet
sucK is the fact s and Hood River Valley,
like all Others in Middle Oregon, is
reached by going up hill to get down
into it. A drive of. less than a mile
takes you up to the valley which
stretches away to the south a distance
of - nearly twenty miles, with an average
width of six or seven jniles., -The land
is a rich sandy loam, Yielding prolific
ally fruits and cereals. It 'is rapidly
-being cut up into five, ten and twenty
acie tracts which are being planted with
fruit trees and vihes. Every year shows
rapid increase in our fruit exports, and
the young brchards which meet the eye
at every turn give gratifying" promise for
the future. 'Although but little area has
been devoted to grain raising, partly be
hause there was no thresher bereand
partly from the fact that the ground .has
: to be cleared for the plow, the yield this
year will -reach at least ten thousand
.bushels, besides the liberal amount of
grain which has been cut for hay. - The
roads are the best, naturally, that we
have ever seen smooth, hard and free
from dust, and the drives' through the
open timber, with glimpses of Mt. Hood
and Mt. Adams, are as pleasant as any
on the coast. The air is cool and brac
ing, and one gets, as it were, a mountain
drive 'over a level road. The fishing
' and hunting are excellent, and the com
pletion of the hotel at Hood, river glacier
makes this at buce the finest and most
' accessible summer resort on the ' coast.
We have here Oregon's prolific soil, and
.California's mountain climate, and -in
the near future, as the beauties of the
place become known. Hood river valley
' will take, her proper position as the
most delightful resort "not only of'Ore
gon, but of the coast.
UNDER OUR OWN OAK 1REE.
Next week th9' Gamer building -will
77be welljjndfiwnx',-
shortly to be printing. it ecz home. 1-he.
.plant. is ordered,' and .will be here by
the time the building is ready for occu
pancy. - We feel, in establishing the
Glacier at Hood River, that we are J
somewhat anticipating the tinje when it
should be done, or rather.the time when
its support will maintain it.1 vVe expect
it to be nearly a year before the paper is
self-sustaining, and realising from long
experience m the "newspaper business,
.the limited nature of the field, we feel
that we are entitled to the good wishes
and generous'su'pport of the entire com-,
munity." jWe have to. depend on our
subscription list principally, and as we
are at an expense of nearly sf thousand
dollars in putting the plant here, we ask
our subscribers tp be as prompt as pos
' sible in meeting their subscriptions.
"There are many who have not yet taken
. the paper, and we, hope to" hear from
: these "soon. I is not claimed for our
' .little Glacier that it is the-best paper
in the state, nor do we "claim that it is
the cheapest. For the same price- you
; can get the New 'York Weekly World,
containing' as much matter in each issue
' as the Glacier has, in six months; but
the Glacier gives you your local news,
and does more' towards advancing the
..prosperity of your locality in one issue
than the New York'WoWcZ does iu fifty
'year's. 'To make known the -resources
of Hood Riyer is our' object, and in do
- ing so we are aiding every property
owner a hundred times more than we
benefit ourselves. We ask you then to
' come round to the office, corner of Oak
. and Fourth, tell us all the news of your
locality, keep your subscriptions paid
' up. and we will keep the Glacier mov-
" ing in spite of , cold Weather or hard
times.
THE WATER QUESTION.
" 1 A communication from Capt., H. C
Coo, which we print in this issue, settles
""' the question of bringing in water from
'. Hood riyer in the affirmative.' We must
have it, and we might as well begin to
; examine the different sources of supply
now. ' Recently it has been proposed to
take water from Hood river near the
7. falls, and bring it in a ditch oyer the
i higher portionof the valley, thus fur
: mailing water for all. We are not well
' enough acquainted with the country to
venture an opinion on the practicability of
this scheme, and would be glad indeed
to hear from parties interested who do
know. We desire to' say in this connec
tion that the columns of the Glacier
are always open for the discussion of
matters pertaining to Hood River valley
and of public interest. ' The. water ques
tion is just now the most vital one, and
we hope to see the matter ' thoroughly
discussed, until a plan Is agreed 'upon,
when we will ll stop talking the business
fcnd bring in the water. .' .' . .
.. The Rural Spirit says : "Asses' milk
is an excellent substitute for human
milk,' ' and at the '. Paris hospital - for
Assisted Children all . infants which
for any' reason are deprived of human
nursing are now allowed to suck directly
from the teats of asses. The efficacy of
this method 'xt feeding is best shown
by "statistics.-- During a period of six'
months 80 children afflicted with con
genital and contagious diseases were fed
at the Paris, institution. . Six received
cows' milk from a bottle, anl only one
recovered ; of the'42 nursed at the teat
of a goat, 8 recovered and 33 died; 'and
of the 38 nursed at , the at the teat of
the" ass, 28 fecovered and only 10 died."
All o 'which goes to shqw that the ass is
more nearly allied to the human family
than any other, animal, or that the hu
man family come nearer being asses,
than anything else. ' But then. this
experiment was only tried oh , French
children, and perhaps, the compiler of
the above statistics An American kid
raised by the asinine process would have
been at the head of an ' "asses' milk
trust" by the time he was twenty-one.
Reunion of the Iron Brigade.
Comrade : The eighth reunion of the
Iron Brigade 19th Ind., 24th Mich., 2d,
6th and 7th "Wis. Inf. Vol's will be
held at Milwaukee, Wis., during the
week 'of the National Encampment of
the G. A. R., August 27th to 30th,-1889.
Headquarters for that 'occasion will
be at Elks Hall, 212, 214 Grand Avenue
one block from the Pinkerton House,
convenient to restaurants, theatres,
street cars, and ori the line of the parade.
Undoubtedly this will be the last time
many of us will mset,. and it is desirous,
that vou strain every nerve tp be present
at what will be, without a doubt, the
pleasantest and most enjoyable of our
to all tne survivors of the brigade whose
addresses about 1.600 we. have. - and
each member receiving it is requested
to have the substance or same repub
lished in their localjpapers for the bene-
tit ot those whose whereabouts are un
known to the' Secretary, : " . .
Members of the brigade are requested
to register at headquarters as early as
possible on August 26th.
rne members oi tne brigade residing
in Milwaukee have; organized'as a local
committee of arrangements and are pre
paring a program for pur entertainment
that, will be highly appreciated by all
present. One member Of this commit
tee has Kindly ottered to. furnish the
ribbon badges at his own expense. ' ,
The iron badges can be procured, be
fore or at the reunion, Ot the secretary
at a cost of 50 cents each-. ' All who
expect to attend are requested to so
notify the secretary, r if you have not'
already done so. . t
'.if. L. Puillips, Secretary,
' Madison, Wis.
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V No More Irrigation.
r Hood River, Or.', July 19, 1889. k
Editor Glacier: , ' ,
1 have read with interest your articles
on the availability of introducing Indian
creek water in town tor irrigating pur
poses, and in this connection I desire to
have my-little say in the matter. Over
a year ago I brought up the question be
fore the people here and after a small
expenditure of talk and a day's dusty
tramp over the proposed route the whole
matter was dropped. The water then
could have been secured with but little
trouble and expense but now it will tale
both trouble and expanse and with some
doubt as ; to the ultimate result. It
seems to me that their has' been some
unexcusable short-sightedness or care
lessness in the matter that will result in
some-very di v lawns and garden patches
next year as t have repeatedly informed
those "interested that Iv could not and
would not "furnish water for irrigation
purposes. Were the situation such that
no other water could be had ; then I
should feel under obligations to furnish
it under usual "regulations and prices,
but when, we take into consideration the
fact that within one mile of town there is
an unlimited supply of water running to
waste that could have been brought into
town at, a small cost and furnished at re
tail for a nominal price, I consider my
obligations in that line are dissolved.
I have pursued the "giving awav my bed
and lying upon'straw policy" until I am
sick ot it, and this-vear especially, when
the water supply -is so short 1 have lost
ten dollars in crops where I have gained
one in revenue and 1 now give, timely
fiotice that alter this season i will furnish-
water for-hdusehold purposes only,
aud irrigators niust obtain their supply
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Married.
At the Congregational church Hood
River July 24th, at 11 o'clock, by Rev.
Lee A; Johnson, Mr. James W. Ingalls
and Miss GertruMe Balch. ; - ;
The church wa. "yery neatly and'aftpro
priately decora; with . evergreens,
flowers and also-roses from the Jewett
flower garden. Miss Julia ', Barrett
played a wedding march while the bridal
procession was entering the church.
Miss Grace Clark attended the -bride
while Mr. Lewis Clark acted as best
man. The bride was tastfully attired in
cream nuns-veiling and looked - very
handsome, the bride's maid was dressed
in white and is a very attractive young
lady and the groom was dressed in the
conventional black. . -
Among those present we noticed Mrs.
Snider and daughter, Mr.' Geoige Lyle
and family and Mr.- Jewett and family
from the Washington side, Miss . Helm
from near The Dalles and others from
abroad whose ffirmes we failed to re
member. ' . . v J '"'.' -
After the usuaj congratulations and
well wishes, the relatives repaired to the
home of the briljs mother,, wherean
elegant dinner was served & seeming
to enjoy themselves splendidly. After
dinner's we listened to fjice music fur
nished by the bride and- Miss and Mr.
Clark, and bad a good social time. :
' The presents were quite nice and ap
propriate We wish the voung couple
success in this-world's goods and may
they be lights along the shore' that may
never grow dim; Gommonicated.
Deserved Tribute. V
Rev. F. Hi Balch resigned the pastor,
ate of the Fq-st Congregational church
of Hood River Sidaj( the 21st inst. for
the purpose of en fering upon a theologi
cal course of et dy, upon which ' the
church passed -1 ', following preamble
and resolutions. ? ,,! ' - -
In view of the net that ' Rev. F. H.
Balch is a loved (1 honored member of
this church in ,fc ,..was mainly instru
mental in its org, rization has been its
pastor four years in the meantime or
ganized two otht! , churches, extending
his labors part of he time over four par
iahes, and that b' has now resigned this
work, ; '. ' 4
- Resolved, That i hereby tender him
our sincere thanks for what he has done
for this people. .
Resolved, That we rejoice in the new
opportunities for good to himself, look
ing forward to the greater good to
others, and hope soon to see the time,
when having perfected himself for his
work, he shall resume ministerial rela
tions, knowing however) that he can
never find more loving he.irts than he
leaves here. : .'. .''.-' '
Re8olved,Tb&t we take this opilbrtunity
nf rommmQninn fii'rt frt all flhrlaf.aiTia
apd the churchesreveii he may be,
i&solveit: ThsvirLin fcfere Tie. and here
by is rcjfiested to, -hrnish the retiring
pastor with a copyot these resolutions,
also a c5py to the Hood River Glacier
for publication. -, " ,
YtSTERDAY'5 DISPAtCHES. '
A- private dispatch received at 'San
Francisco, Thursday says the next
annual session ot the National Grange
Association wid be held at Sacramento,
Ual., cqmmencing November 16th.
: The hardwood skwmill of J. C. Rounds
situated at'the mDuth ot the Santiam,
burned with a lar
e quantity of lumber,
Thursday,
The packing pouse of the Colfax
Packing Co. burnfed : Wednesday night;
loss, $14,UUUA i
McMinnville is have $20,000 water
works, the water to be taken from the
lamhillriver. 'r'
Fifteen tramps i, were "driven from
Arlington, Thurstav. They are a hard
lot and 'will no doibt be heafd from at
other points aldTiglhe roaa.
'-. Another Eftortto Release Bmke.
' ; Winnipeg, ' July 22. Toiro'rrow the
solicitor for Martil tiufke, ihe (Jronm
suspect, will ma e application for a
writ ot-liabeas corlii9, on the ground of
insufficiency of evidence.
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