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foed iiver Slcicier. KOOD RIVER, OR., JULY 14, 1894. A FEW FAREWELL MEM ARKS. For a little more than five years we' Lave published the Glacier, not miss-: lug an issue in that time; but it has now passed into the ownership aud( control of our well-kuown townsman, .huniuel F. Blythe. In severing our .couueetlou with the paper, perhaps half a dozen lines would be all-sufficient,, fur the 205 issues are a record i 1 hut we can neither add to twr take from. Indeed, were It not that the paper is to continue, we would have nothing whatever to say; but we feel St Incumbent upon us, now that we have no pecuniary interest in it, aud .that our remarks cannot be impugned ..as being for selfish reasons, to sjeak as briefly as we may concerning the little Gi,acier. Although many have staid .by the little home paper and realized its importance as a factor iu the devel opment of the country, the majority lias not done so. It has wev'-er been patronized as it should have been, and this is peculiarly su as to iU advertis ing list. As a general thing a news paper 1b butareilex of its surroundings, yet had tue 3lacieb not risen higher than this, had it but given what its home patronage would justify, it would have been made smaller in every way than it is. We would like to eoe this changed and an earnest &ud hearty Mupport given it. Mr. Ulythe is a newspaper man of ripe experitjnte, is interested iu the growth and welfare of the community, and will uq doubt im prove the character of the paper, since there Is abundant room for it. ' To do this he must have the jecuniary sup port of the entire community. To cier we extend our thanks; to those who did not, we say, commence the ..good work now. John H. Cbaduebaugh. ANXOUXCEMEA'T. I have purchased the press, .subscrip tion books, etc., of the Gi.ACiaiB, and with this issue assume charge. Occu pying the chair vacated by my prede cessor, who tor five years made the i . i"vl i i m n u tf t V. .1 f4 T A PT L'l. onnrL'lo with his wit .and sarcasm, logic and elo quence, I feel myself incompetent for the situation. Rut tlifi day has gone by when it was expected of the coun try editor to write long editorials intel ligently and -interestingly upon the leading topics of the day. We look for .such things now in our magazines and metropolitan Journals, -where men write them who are paid for what they know. Relieving that the scissors in some hands are mightier than the pen, I shall not hesitate to use them. It will be my aim to present each week to the readers of the Glacier a good local newspaper, and by their aid In bringing or sending in items, this re sult will be accomplished. . . K. F. Blythe, Mr. Goodell at Grant made inquiries of the Indians to ascertain if they had any tradition of high water equal to that of 1894. He came to the conclu sion that no such flood was ever known .to the present race, from the fact that the Indian burying ground, known to them as Celilo tillakum' memaloose lllahe, was by the recent flood totally submerged. . As the water recedes, it is said the Indians are growing frantic over the fact that many of the graves of their forefathers are being washed away. In some places the graves are washed out, while at others parts of the bones and skulls remain to mark the place where thousands of Indians have been buried. It is said when wars were rife among the various tribes of Columbia valley, the Indians deemed it a social obligation to bury all their dead warriors. One Indian, who claims to have seen more than one hundred snow8for years, says his trite always buried its dead there, as it was consid ered above high-water mark. Superintendent Baxter of the O. R. & N. Co. came up the road Tuesday, with Major McNeill, to inspect the pro gress of repairs on the line, and had to turn back at the Cascade Locks on ac count of the 'longshoremen's strike;but Major McNeill proceeded over the line to The Dalles. Several carloads of delayed Eastern and California mail arrived at Port land Tuesday. Edward Teesdale, a leader of the strikers at Portland, says "the main cause of the strike is Pullman's un American treatment of his employes. They must live at his houses, trade at liis stores, derive their water and light supply from plants owned and oper ated by him In reality they are his serfs; finally they must submit to a re- iduction of 33J per cent and live on $5.48 a week, in order that he may do nate 100,000 to the building of a church."' THE GREAT STRIKE. The great strike continues. Mails are stopped, travel is impeded and busi ness throughout the country is' paral yzed. The lawless element of the strikers in many places cannot be con trolled by the leaders, and mobs have burned depots and railroad trains and other property. Militia and govern ment troops have been called on to pro tect lite and property, and in some places, having been stoned and lired upon, returned tlie fire with fatal re sults. The president has issued proc lamations admonishing all such un lawful assemblages in disperse and warning all law-abiding persons to keep out of their company. . He has also ordered the commanders of the army departments to open up and maintain free communication over the transcontinental lines from the Missis sippi to the Pacific. We predict the strike will fail for the reason that the4 lawless element of the strikers can not be restrained by their leaders. By their overt acts the strikers will lose the sympathy and moral support of workingmen in other lines of trade. President lebs of the American Rail way Union is not to blame for these lawless acts. He and his associates are doing their best to restrain these men; but as they seem to be incapable of do ing so, they should not blame the au thorities for using the military to ac complish the same purpose. This "lawless element" in all strikes is al ways the first to go back to work, to go back on the obligut;ons of their unions. They are generally a traitorous set, and the otliciuls of the strike make a great mistake in trying to protect them. Workingmen have the right to strike against a reduction of wages, and to persuade through regularly appointed committees and by all peaceable means other , workmen from taking their places; but when mobs destroy prop erty and intimidate and assassinate to deter others from going to work, if the peace officers of the neighborhood are powerless to act, it is time to call on the state or the "strong arm" of the government. : , All trains regularly scheduled to de part from and arrive at the union de pot, Portland", were on time the first part of the week. . On the Southern Pacific they were operated altogether by union men, who show no signs of deserting tbe ranks of the employed. All local freights on that line are mov ing regularly.-' . - The O. R. & N. Co. re-established passenger service Tuesday from Port land to Spokane. The road has been reopened from The Lalles to Celilo,and with the Regulator on the Middle Co lumbia and the Almota on the upper river, through connection is made. It is expeeted that trains Will run East in a short time. The National CUine. Forty-eight years ago the first game of base ball was played. This pioneer game took place at Hoboken, N. J., and the score was so big that the man who was keeping tally gave it up after the first inning and refused to look upon anything less than five runs iu succession as worth considering. The game of baseball grew out of the old game of rounders, an English idea. In the fall of 1845 a number of New York ers organized a club which they called the "Knickerbockers." Later, a club called the "New YorKers" was put into the field, and early in June, 1846, the two began to challenge each other. June 19th the first game was played. History says that it lasted but four in nings, when the Knickerbockers were so far ahead that the other fellows went home and wouldn't play any more. Baseball grew slowly. It was not un til 18G0 that it became in any degree popular. In that year a number of clubs were organized, aud in Philadel phia several really interesting games were played. Up to this time a rubber ball was used, but so much time was lost in going over into the next county for it after every hit that a harder and less energetic ball was devised. ; This reduced the time of the game and in creased the size of the bumps on the catchers' hands. Up to 1871.ball play ing was indulged in as an amateur sport, but in that year it began to take rank as professional. In spite of all sorts of dire predictions, baseball con tinues to be popular. There is no indi cation that it will soon cease to be the recognized game of the nation. " . "' A Good Suggestion. ' Editor Glacier: I would call the attention of the people of this valley to tlie fact that thistles are getting a start bere, and if left alone for a few years they will be a terrible nuisance; but if every one would make it a point to de st roy al 1 they see near or on t hei r places, they can be kept down.- If any: one will take the pains to go above the Wasco warehouse at The Dalles' they can see how , completely they have taken possession of the land. A horse or cow could not force their way through them when' In bloom. . ; T. G. Hodgson. Life in Texas. Extracts from a Private Letter. I have just been cutting tbe weeds aud bushes close around the house and hoeing mv crop, consisting of 4 tomato plants, 8 . blackberries, 15 umbrella chinas and 1 gourd vine. I have also a tmall crop of cord wood growing, which is looking tolerably well. My last year's crop was small, entirely of cordwood, and yielded a profit of 83J per cent on the immediate cost of pro duction, amounting .in total gross re ceipts to four (4) lnjndred cents even. My this year's crop of cordwood will be larger, and as I shall tend it entirely myself, it is anticipated that the profits (if not the prophets) will be immense, and go to swell my rapidly-increasing exchequer (or something of that color) to munificent proportions, or "thar abouts." ' ' - I knew that my talents would some day find responsive appreciation, and I internally rejoiced when they said unto me, "Go up higher," and assigned me a place where I could swing the axe with that eager, hearty vim so consol ing and satisfying to those whose ge nius so naturally leads in that direc tion. With this intuitive leading, and the gathered strength from the aggre gated effects of the peculiarly inspiring exercise, it will be my own fault if I do not make my mark (if not many marks upon the trees) in this new depart ment of promotion gained as a reward of progressive ambition. Every Sunday I go about 1 miles west to get my butter, in order to get first class. Close by the farm house is a dense thicket of plum trees and sprouts so thick that it is almost im possible to penetrate in many places; all the outgrowth of two trees planted about fifteen years ago. The laud cov ered embraces about an acre of ground. Tbe variety is the red and yellow May, about the size and flavor of the wild goose. This thicket bears enormously every year and is free for everybody, and for about one month each year it is perfectly bewildering to think of the bushels upon bushels of plums that are gathered on this neglected spot of ground. : ' ' We have had a cold wave for the past two weeks, many nights requiring heavy covers; as cool or cooler than for any time during two months previous. Tomatoes, potatoes, beans, peas,' cu cumbers, turnips, ete., are plentiful; but if you want to find fruit plentiful the year round, go to the north. You can not. visit a house in this county and find a basket or basin of apples al ways getting around handy like we do "back there." I do;not remember ever passing a winter in my.life without seeing that until I came to' Texas. - As far as myself individually is concerned, I do not care for the apples much, though Ijlike to 'see "their bJessed ftisy cheeks passing around, Irish potatoes can not be kept here without shrivel ing and becoming soft. So with ap ples and turnips, and perhans other tilings to which my attention has not been directed. The water as a rule comes from the wells and springs tepid and with some objectionable flavor or sediment,though there are of course many exceptions. My spring, fifty feet from the door, comes forth clear as crystal through a bed of crawling sand, perfectly soft, tasteless, with a slightly coolish tem perature. It ibsues from one side of a prairie-like opening in the (l woods slightly depressed diagonally through itscenterand in outline resembling a child's bib, occupying perhaps tbree fourtha of an acre, thickly set in wild grass, with some great clumps of a pe culiarly kind of fern. When I came here, last August, the boneset most all over it was so high that cattle could hide all over it, besides the fallen brush from the edges of the timbered border. Cutting the boneset while in bloom settled its hash, while burning the brush makes it look reasonably invit ing this summer, as the mound-like clumps of fern but add picturesqueness to the scene as I sit now outside my palace overlooking it all and dreaming of the possibilities under the magic touch of tasteful genius backed by the almighty dollar. ; Just as I wrote the last word iu the above sentence, the advance puff of an approaching thuu der shower stripped off the last three leaves of my letter from the board on which I am writing, and, as Ijumped to regain them before they sailed away too far, the soothing dreams of the mo ment had fled, the almost insufferable hot afternoon atmosphere had begun to cool rapidly, aud I hurried in for coat and vest ' . ' , ! We are now in the midst of -the blackberry harvest, and though but! little has yet been done here in the cul-! ture, tbe yield per bush is enormous and gives an indication of how well the people might live if they would. . I attended a populist primary yester day at the county seat. ' The: voting was done ivith printed tickets, same as in the general election. The populists are increasing rapidly here. Just as I wrote the last sentence an owl broke out with his usual vigorous question preceded by a soul-penetrating, unearthly (?) scream resembling the heartrending, child like scream of the panther. I never heard owls do it that way in Indiana, though it is com mon bere. This owl has a softer, more feminine voice than' his Indiana cou sin, and prolongs his "too-who, who, who are you" to a greater length; in deed, does a neat job of it; but when all is still, and one is perhaps dreaming and not properly braced, that sudden, agonizing scream, as a prelude to his short oration, goes down one's spine like an electric shock, especially if he is close by, which is unpleasantly fre quent. Theie are two other kinds of owl here; one is called the "laughing' owl.," aud a pretty good imitation laugh he makes of it. The other more nearly, imitates tbe Indiana article, though he does not give that magnifi cent musical base which characterizes the owl of the mountains of the old Hoosier-state. ' I am tempted to rob you of auother moment's time by telling you of a din- i tier at which I sat yesterday at a hotel in the town of C . Thetable, about thirty feet long, .was set. in old-time style and loaded with stuff cooked up and placed without any reference to j cheerful and inviting appearance. Sev eral kinds of meat piled up were so thick that I know they could have beerf placed touching each other iu a line from one end to the other, and perhaps half as far again. This in the "sunny south," where all kinds of fruit should prevail. But you must know that we here are hugely repre sented by Kilgore and governed by Hogg. ". My . knife and fork wereso dirty. and black, including the general surroundings, that I soon discovered I hadn't lost any dinner, and fled, think ing perhaps I might live to eat some other day. I took supper at tbe other hotel, where everything wasinviting and tempting, and so takingthe two meals.together, I balanced.accounts by striking an average in consumption, as I most certainly did justice to the even ing repast. There is a difference be tween cooks and housekeepers as there is some slight difference between night and day. . S. T. H. , TO CONTRATORS. . Bids will be received. nntii;Frlday, August S, 1894, at 8 o'clock p. m., for the erection of a school building at Hood Kiver. Oregon. Plans and specifications can be seen at tlie office of M. 11. Nickelsen, school clerk, Hood River, Oregon, after July 18, 181)4. Right reserved to reject any or all bids. Address T. C. DALLAS, ' Chairman of School Board. PHELPS CREEK WATER CO. Notice Is hereby given . that the annual meeting of the Phelps Creek Water Company will be held at Smith's school house July 23, 894, at 2 p. m., for the election of officers and such other business as may properly come be fore the meeting. . ,, - T. F.. WICKENS, President. W. 3. CAMPBELL, Secretary. Hood River, Or., July 11, 1894. . ASSESSMENT NOTICE. Stockholders of the Heod River Fruit Grow ers' Union, take notice: An assessment of 107 (or 50 cents per share) on .the capital stock of the'eorporation has been lavied by the Board of Directors and is now duo. Leave the amount and get your recelj t at the store of A. S. Blowers & Co. II. F. DAVIDSON, Secretary. FOR SALE. A thoroughbred Jersey bull, for sale cheap for cash. Alsb have several cows to dispose of. Mus. D. K. Oedway, NOTICE. All persons are hereby notified that they will be required to pay a rental for any space occupied by them along tbe line of the railroad spur on my home stead. ' Mks. Mattie A. Oiler. Hood River, Or., April 18, 1894. 10U SALE. Eighty acres, five miles from town; 40 acres in cultivation; 600 trees, prin cipally apple, in full bearing. All fenced. Good house and barn. Three shares of water in Hood Iliver Supply Co. go with the place. Good well and spring. Harvey Ckappeb. Midwinter Fair. If you intend visiting tlie great mid winter fair, call, on the nearest Union Pacific agent, and he can tell you al about the exceedingly low rate and the advantages offered by this line to San Francisco and return, or address W. H. Hurlburt, assistant general passenger agent, Portland. Mrs. C. J. 'Woomhudgb, of Wortliatn TexiiR. saved the life ot lier cliilil by the ue ot Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral. "One of my children hint Croup. The c;ise wns attended by our physician, and was snnnosfd to be well under control. One r.iu'lit I was startled bv the child's hard bi-Piifhins, and on poing to it found it stran plincr. It, had nearlv censed to bred the. liralizlnpr that the child's alarndns condition had become possible hi spite of tlie medicines piven. I reasoned that such remedies would ' be of no avail. Having lmrt of a bottle of Ayer'e Cherry Pectoral in tlie house, I gave the child three doses, at short intervals, and anxiously watted results. From the moment tlie IYfitorul was given, the child's breathing grew easier, and, in a short time, she was sleeping quietly and breathing naturally. The child is alive and well To-day. and 1 do not hesitate to say that Ayer'a Cherry Pec toral saved her life." ' . . . Qheny Pectoral Prepared by Dr. J. C. Aycr & Co., Lowell, Mass. Prompt to act, sure to euro Saved Her Life. S. E; Bartsness DEALER in FURNITURE AND ALL KINDS OF BUILDING : ' MATERIAL." : . Wa 1 1 Pa per, Pa I fits', Oils etc. '' A large supply of, and Exclusive Right to sell JOH1T W- Celebrated liquid colors and tinted leads. . Undertaking a' Specialty. ' JSot a member of a "trust" but of an association, devoted to advancing the interests ef the profession, and will sell ascheapas anyone not'iu the association THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR HAMA & JOBBERS AND Comer of Second CELEBRATE) Acorn and Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges. Guns, Ammunition and Sporting Goods, Iron, Coal, ; Blacksmith Supplies ' Wagonmaker's Material, Sewer Pipe, . , Pumps and Ppipe, . Plumbing Supplies. ' ' "W"E II ATE DECIDED That thirty daj's is as long as we can credit good?,' and would respectfully request our patrons to govern themselves accordingly. Hood Ri-ver Flb-o-r zzo.a,c37"s Directions for Mixing the Acme Compound. Weigh out ten pounds )f the Compound and put it in n barrel or large ket tle; then pour on five gallons of boiling-water gradually, until the mixture is of the consistency of soft soap stirring it all the time. After it is thoroughly t dissolved add the balance ot the water (torty-hve gallons), hot or cold hot pre ferred. Do not boil the mixture. It is then ready to apply, figg Be sur and nave your Kemra or uai ivi i-ieuu mibo mixtures, in oraer to avoid cioggingyour "i.wji:.. lvi.. .t Vfl&liweuintiiui'm'. L'yji xiiinu xm-M.ti nun vyrttxy 1 m lllt: I IH lei y ailwr the blossoms drop, then again four weeks after, which will destroy all other in sects that may appear. Apply by means of a spray pump or a florist's syringe. Testimonials. Coralitos, Cal., March 20, 1894. Watson, Erwin & Co.: I used one hundred pounds of your Acme No. 1, and it had the desired effect: it not only gets away with the insect but it cleans up the tree and leaves it in a healty condition. I will guarautee it will do just what it is recommended to do. Yoiirs truljv - . J. E. Mortimer. Niles, March 14, 1894 1 have had six years' experience spraying, and used various washes to quite an extent. For the last two seasous 1 have used Acme Insecticide, and find it the best wash, and that it gives the best results of any I ever used. It is a very pleasant wash to use, and easily prepared. "' : '! . .., Jon Tyson. . : WILLIAMS & BSOSIUS. " HAS CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE Choicest , Meats, Ham; . Bacon, lard, Game, Poultry, Also Dealers in VEGETABLES AfD FRUITS. Corner of Oak and Fourth Streets, - DEALER IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, STATIONERY. GLASSWARE, LAMPS, BLANK-BOOKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NOTIONS, CANDIES AND TOBACCO. The Prather, Building,Second a Oak Sts. Iv.STT"2"'S WfLFARD. RETAILERS IN , TINWARE, Etc, Etc. and Federal Streets. I St u d e b a he r . ": Osborne Reapers aud Mower.. AGENTS FOR Its, Lewis & Company's Agricultural Implements . and Machinery. : ARBED WIRE .your spraying ihiiki alio iree rrom Other , spraying nozzles, uonot spray when XT,. .1 .j : j : y. Hood. Rivet1, Oregon.