. - v ' r V; ; ' :, 7- ' . y; - 177:7 It -.." - . . ' t iv V f v , 7 7 S- i i - t: f". ' if- 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. . m ' . 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 1 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. B'.R: TUCKER, . . ii i .- - PROPRIETOR OF, iod mm. LUMiBlR i of;all:kinds. . ;. ' I- - ' M A"N U FACfU RE tt Q , FRUIT iBofe. HOOD RIVERi-GL. . j. ii. iidii DEALER : Groceries, Boots and Shoes. ' .; .,...'. ' . ,'. .-s' ' ' ' ... . - ' ' fiy . toves and k ' ' 7 ' . . C Elour aiid A General Assortmenbf such as 1 Itt fi'.. 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