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God ltiver Slacier. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1895. The income tax returns now amount to about $15,000,000. There are some surprises from the manufacturing cities of the West, The East, which was ex pected to pay most of the tax, shows less than half on the returns. New York, which : Senator Hill claimed would pay 70 per cent., pays about 25 per cent of the tax. The returns tell the story of the centralization of wealth. The American farmer is truly poor. His poverty was never better set forth than in the figures of the Income tax returns. In agricultural communities, wherevei there are no cities, however thick the fa'.ms and towns, there is a complete abstiiic'e of taxable wealth. Sectionally, what is known as the old Pouth makes the most pitiful returns. From Maryland to Louisiana the work of the'income tax collector will be very light. Western cities, like St. Louis and Chicago, make showings of great prosperity, and states like Iowa, Illi nois, Missouri; Texas and California show handsome returns from the pros perous West. Senator Blackburn of Keutucky de clares for free coinage of silver. Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier- Journal, in reply to Blackburn, says "that the only time that we have had gold monometalism was when we had free coinage of both gold and silver, at a ratio which drove out silver; that the only time we ever had silver mono metalism was when we bad free coin age of both metals at a ratio which drove out gold; that the only time "we had anything like ' bimetallism was after the mints were closed to the free coinage of silver. When the act of .1873 was passed the director of the mint shows that there was not a stan dard silver dollar in circulation; Bince that act was passed silver dollars have been added to our aurrancy to an amount not far short of half a billion, nearly equalling our gold, and every dollar maintained as good as gold." Secretary of State Kincaid is select ing counsel to fight the claim of the defunct railroad commission to draw their salary. He has no fund to draw upon to 4ay lawyers, and those em ployed for this work will take their chances of getting paid by order of the next legislature. Lawyers are volun teering to serve in all parts of the state. The people are with the secretary in tbw matter, and we believe they will elect a legislature to uphold him, and when 1i!h term of office expires he will deserve to be made governor of the state. It sometimes pays as well to serve the people as to serve the politi cians and ..corporations. We haven't heard of Secretary Kincaid allowing any members of the late-lamented leg islature from the southern counties mileage to their homes by vay of San Francisco. ' It is said Mr. Cleveland holds the opinion that the taxation of incomes received from rents is not a direct tax within the meaning of the constitution, and that in case of the , retirement of Justice Jackson . during his term of : office he will see to it . that his success or's views coincide witty his own on this important point. Governor Lord has appointed D. P. Thompson, , republican, of Portland; J. C. Young, populist,, of Baker City; and Sidney Dell, democrat, of Astoria, delegates to the silver conference to be held In Salt Lake City May 15th. All are advocates of free silver. ft Charles J. Christie, an old 'printer and newspaper man of Portland, died at Los Anneles, April 18th, where he had gone in quest, of health. , Mr. Christie had many friends throughout the northwest who will learn of his death with regret. . ; . . ' ,; The republican clubs of Oregon will meet in state convention in Portland on the 22d of May. . ' Efficacy of Hood River Dust. T T Tw.nn A !l (1 Innr "T"! I ' J xiuuu ii v jitt, Apnt 20, iouo. jiiuiior Glacier: I bought of Mr. Bateham 1400 two-year-old apple trees, which were to be delivered In fli'ft-class order. I found many trees containing cater pillar eggs. I sen t to Bateham request ing him to come and see them. When lie did so he said the eggs would not hatch, as they were wsll fumigated be fore they left the nursery near Salem, where he got them. I put the eggs in ajar, where they hatched in a few days. ' I again sent for Bateham to ex amine the tine brood of imported pests. He seemed nonplussed, but gave me his assurance that when they hatched the dust on the ground would kill them. He said it .was against the law to ship such .trees. If so, we have an other proof of the stupidity of our last legislature in spending thousands of our tax-payers' money to destroy fruit ptsts which a little dust will kill. Let us have no more expensive laws, but put our trust in nurserymen and Hood ltiver dust. W. L. Adams. Good Advice. Hood River, Or?, April 24, 1805. Editor Glacier: Our strawberry grow ers this year arc not in position to take chances on selling their berrief. Before selling your crop of berries at a fixed price, see to it that the buyer has deposited cash enough to pay for the whole crop, subject to your order. Otherwise you may get left. Any one can pay an average price for the first part of the crop, and make money, but the latter-half is the one to sell for cash. Buyers are hunting suckers.and they can't get any more money for berries than the shipping agencies. They are working for a profit instead of at an actual cost of labor and neces sary expenses. v Y. East Hood .River Items. Written by the Pupils of Odell School.) The strawberries are just blooming in this part of the valley. Mr. W. A. Slingeriand has built a water-wheel and is going to use it for irrigating, purposes. There are 32 pupils enrolled at the Odell school house. Mrs. J. W. Jenkins came down from The Dalles on Saturday and went back on Monday. Miss Mary Jochlmson, who had a very bad felon on her finger, is getting better. ' ' - , The fruit prospects iu this valley were never better than at present. The warm weather during the past week pushed along the strawberries and fruit trees amazingly. Apple trees are In full bloom. Peaches and cherries are setting full. If this weather keeps up another week Hood River will have ripe strawberries. We are looking every day for . O. D. Moore of White Salmon to come .in with ripe berries. - A carload of strawberry : crates will arrive the first ' of the week for the Hood River union. Fruitgrowers will be supplied with crates at 17 ceius, which can be procured Ht any time after tne nrst or tne weeK. me union win have crates with or without the union brand, and outsiders can be supplied as well. S. E. Bartmess and Grant Evans started for the forks of the river Friday on their bycicles. v . ; The Cordwood Business. ' Shamsnia Pioneer. - - If the men in the cordwood business along the middle river would only use a little tact and business judgment it would be as easy for them to get a good fair price for their wood, In cash, as it is now tor them to get a little bacon and beans. In this case the producers hold the key to the situation if they would only use it. The market at The Dalles must be supplied, and it can be supplied much more cheaply from here than elsewhere. " No man should be asked to cut cordwood for less than liv ing wages, and we do not know of a man who is in the wood business that would ask them to, providing he could see his way clear to pay it. But the trouble is that the buyers in The Dalles have got things down to so tinea point tnat no one in tne wood business can make anything more than "grub-' ex cept tnemseives, ana they squeeze both ways the men from whom they buy and those to whom they sell. ' A little combination among the wood makers would do the business. They couia turnisn it directly to the con Burner at the same prices they are pay ing now, and make a handsome profit. The men who chop the cordwood could then get a fair price in cash for their worn, tne nume men would make money, and in fact all who handled the wood would get a fair price for their laoor, ana mere wouia oe some money in - circulation. The . rattle of silver would then be heard where now there is only the rattle of beans. ' What are you irointr to do about It. boys? Are you still going to work for beans, or are you going to use a little judgment and form a "trust," like those you buy from and sell to have formed to cinch you? zo lone: as you show a disposition to quietly submit to being robbed, just so long will you nnd men ready to rob you. Returned in Sound Mind. Last fall, Mr. C L. Baker of Mosler was sent to the asylum, having bee'i found insane after an examination by the county judge. It was a very sad case, as his wife was an invalid, and the shock was peculiarly hard to bear. Last week he returned from the asy lum in sound mind, arid came back to his old home. His wife is still an in valid, but she was overjoyed to see her husband again in- po&session of his mental faculties. During his absence at Salem some man filed on bis farm, and now there will be a contest over the claim in the U. S. laud office. Tbis appears a great hardship on the old people under the circumstances, and it seems fairness would dictate (hat they should not be disturbed in their pos session during the afternoon and even ing of their lives. Mountaineer. Digest of Land Decision. ;' . Furnished by W. D. Harlan, Land Attorney, Washing, .n, D. C Where a single woman ' makes a homestead entry ;. and subsequently marries, and thereafter lives with her husband (who had filed on an adjoin ing tract) in a house built across the dividing line between the two claims, by such residence abandons her own entry. Don't Stop Tobacco. The tobacco habit grows on a man until bis nervous system is seriously af fected. Impairing health, comfort and happiness. To quit suddenly is too se vere a shock to the system, as tobacco, to an inveterate user becomes. a stimu lant that hissystem continually craves. Baco-Curo is a scientific cure for the to bacco habit, in all Its forms, carefully compounded after the 'formula of an eminent Berlin physician who has used it in his private practice since I872.witn- out a failure, purely vegetable and guar anteed perfectly harmless. You can use all the tobacco you want, while taking Baco-Curo, it will notify you when to stop. We give a written guarantee to permanently cure any case with three boxes, or refund the money with 10 per cent interest. Baco-Curo is not a substi tute, but a scientific cure, that cures without the aid of will power and with no inconvenience. It leaves the system as pure and free from nicotine as the day you took your first chew or smoke. noia ny an druggists, with our ironclad guarantee, at $1 per box, three boxes, (thirty days treatment), $2.50, or. sent direct upon receipt of price. Send six two-cent stamps for sample box. Book let and proofs free.. Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing Chemists, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Plans of the Fruit Growers' Union. Hood River, April 22, 1895. Editor Glacier: Owing-to the fact that a large number of the fruit growers have i canceled their names from the article of agreement which formed the basis of-. the Hood River Berry Association, the board of managers elected have decided to turn the business of shipping the fruit over to the Fruit Growers' Union, which was organized on a-sounder basis. The union lias since made ar rangements to send Mr. T. R. Coon East to represent the growers in the Eastern market, and will send others as they are needed; the undersigned having charge of the shipping here. The plan to be used is for the man ager here to get all the information possible concerning the markets in the consuming centers, both from dealers and our special agents, and furnish the same to the growers who patronize the union, who can, if they wish, mark their fruit to any destination they choose and turn it over to the manager here, who will ship it as directed; or the fruit can be turned over to the manager, who will always stand ready to put It on the best markets in reach. And all fruit not sold at a fixed price before leaving here will be controlled by the union until it reaches the mar ket and is sold, and will be subject to being diverted by the head office or the special agent in the East, who will be in touch with the conditions of. the markets by telegraph at all times. A sufficient amount will be remitted to the union to defray expenses in every case, and the balance' to the ir rower himself. The union wiil also act as agent of the box factory, and will be in a posi tion to furnish boxes to those who' wish them. . ' ' Every effort will be made to furnish to those who have helped to build up the local 'union every possible advan tage in securing the best prices for fruit at the lowest possible expense. Any information desired will be furnished as far as possible by the secretary and local manager.1 - The operations of the union will not be confined to stockholders alone, but will sbipXor any person who may wish to have .their fruit shipped. The union will also sell the fruit on the track here, or at any point, to any person who may wish to buy it at a fair price, so the grower will make him- selt doubiysaie by placing tils iruit in the hands of the union, as under this arrangement speculators will not be al lowed to buy at less man tne marKet price. ; Any recommendations or suggestions from the growers will always be given careful consideration, and the board of directors and manager are always anx ious to have suggestions orrerea ana criticisms made by those whom we serve. H. F. Davidson, Secretary and Lorcal Manager. ' ' . t t r. u .i i.i i. It jane DWiizier, living on me Colum bia river-near Pendleton, recently sold 5,000 horses to a Portland syndicate. They will he slaughtered at Portland, says Mr Switzler, the meat packed and all parts of ttie carcasses utilized; . This is now the only market for thousands of horses running on the .Eastern Ore gon and .Washington ranges. The price paid was less than $5 per bead. , Hon. S. B. Elkins, wife and son, constituting what is known as the Elkins party, arrived in the' city on the boat last Tuesday evening, and left on the east-bound train at II o'clock. They drove around the city and had a good view of everything of interest, , Mr. Ulkins was recently elected senator from West Virginia by the republicans. He has been known in the politics of the country for many years, and at one time occupied the position of secretary of - war. His present trip is taken for pleasure and for the purpose of seeing the far west. Mountaineer. The Moro Observer says good starch, made by an ex per, manufacturer, is now made from Sherman county spuds in Grass Valley, and dealers say it is 10 per cent better starcn than comes to them through commercial channels. Q. T. Pbatheb, Notary Public. H. C. Coe. PRATHER & COE, Real Estate anfl Insurance, 93 Oak St., bet. 2d and 3d. " We have lots, blocks and acreage In the town of Hood River: also, fruit, hay and Berry farms ana timber claims In the most desira ble locations In the valley. If you have any thing in the real estate line to sell or rent, or if you want to buy, give us a call. l)eeds, bonds and mortgages promptly and correctly executed. We will also attend to legal business Injus tices' court. We are also agents for SOUTH WAUCOMA property. PRATHER & COE. ap27 FORSALE. I Have for sale a seven-year old mare; will weigh from 1200 to 1300 pounds. ap27 GEO. T. PRATHER. FORSALE. I have a No. 5 hydraulic ram that I will dis pose of cheap for cash or trade. ap!3 Hood ltiver, Or. Wanted. To trade a Wind Mill, big 6-lneh irrlsratlne Pump-' and Tank a compu te outfit for irri gating will trade for work. Apply to apzz - m. a. tuuK, iiooa Kiver. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon, April 15, 18H5. Notice. Is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his Intention to make final proof In support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver U. 8. Land Office at Oregon City, Oregon, on June 12, 18W5, viz: EDWIN GORTON, . H. E. No. 850!), for the north north-east section 2, township 2 north, range 8 east. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of, said land, viz: John F.iden, Hans Wicks. H. H. Hnrpham and U. L. Harphum. all of Cascade Locks, Oregon. ...... ROBERT A. MILLKR,. . Hp20m25 r Register. The Span of Life. Three score and ten is the natural period of man's life. -The elephant will live two hundred years, the horse but half a century. Singing birds and fjwls and pheasants will live for .nearly 20 years, but parrots, eagle., falcons and swans ate known to sur vive their century. 8ome live through nearly two centuries. Queen ants and worker ants may live for years; Sir John Lubbock kept a queen ant alive for 13 years, during all which period she continued to lav fertile eggs, but the males only live a few days. Queen bees live two or three years; workers and drones a few months, although, indeed, in one sense, the death of the latter is unnatural, as the workers drive them away from the stores of food, so they perish of starvation. Among in sects generally the period of adult life varies greatly. Many like the Mayflies, dance in the sun for only a few hours, the sexes meet, the eggs are deposited, and t je creatures die before nightfall. Many butterflies and moths are un provided with feeding organs, and live only a few hours, others for many days. Some snails a. id shellfish are annual, maturing in spring, growing and breed ing through the summer, and leaving their eggs to maintain the species during the cold of winter. Others are biennial; others, again, live for many years, growing into gigantic size. Christian Endeavor Items. E H. Merrell of The Dalles was in town Monday on C. E. business. . Miss Cora Aldrich of Cascades, secre tary of the Wasco County C. E. Union, parsed through, Thursday, on her way to The Dalles to help in arranging for the coming county convention. The'committee on entertainment at The Dalles report free accommodation for forty delegates, besides those from local societies. Get a C. E. pin and wear it to the convention. Can be bad at Nickelsen's. The O. R. & N. Co. have consented to make a round-trip fare from here to The Dalles convention of only $1.10. Mrs. W. D. Palmer of Portland, state junior superintendent, will speak at the county convention, and it is to be hoped 'that arrangements can be made for her to address the younir peo ple both here and at Cascade Locks on her return trip. ' The exact date and programme of the county convention nave not oeen decided upon as yet, but will be an nounced later. It will not lie until after the state convention, however, so that reports can be had of that gather ing, and so that school children and teachers will be at liberty. The state C. E. convention at Salem, May Oth to 14th, promises to be the best ever held In the' state. The pro gramme is of unusual interest, and hosts of endeavorers will avail them selves of this opportunity of taking a pleasurable and profitable spring vaca tion at greatly reduced railroad rates Delegates from here to the state con vention, ly going two nays earlier, can attend the state Sunday school con vention at' Portland, and then go to Salem with the crowd. The weather for the past week has been quite warm, with the thermom eter among the eighties during the daytime. .. . ' - -' ' - : , ALL FOR THE BEST. Bow a Brave Pastor's raltb In an Over- Ruling Providence Was Jnstltled. A brave pastor of his flock was he who was born at ' Kentmere hall, in England Lake district, in the year 1517. This Barnard's Gilpin had no love of power and place, for he quietly refused a bishopric when it was offered him, an unusual proceeding for a village clergy man. . . .' - His enemies would have dragged him to the stake at Durham for having adopted the principles of the reforma-, tion, and as they could not succeed by force they tried guile and drew up thir ty articles against him, which they laid before Bishop Bonner. . : "The heretic shall be burned in less than a fortnight," said Bonner. . , - Gilpin heard of the plot, and with the utmost composure resolved to suffer for the truths he had adopted. Indeed he even seemed glad of the opportunity to prove his fealty. He called William Airy, his almoner, to one side. ' - "At length," said he, laying his hand upon his steward's shoulder, "they have prevailed against me. I am accused to the bishop of London, : from whom there is no escaping. God forgive their malice and give me strength to undergo the trial!" . So he patiently suffered arrest and rede away to London. On the journey his horse fell and Gilpin's leg was broken. One of his favorite sayings had been that "nothing happens to us but what is for our good," and now his enemies taunted him with it. : "Is this, thy broken leg, then, for thy good?" asked they. , ' "I make no question but it is," he re plied,, and, says Youth's Companion, he was right, for Queen Mary died be fore he could resume his journey to London, and thus he regained his lib erty. ....... . . EXPLOSION BY MUSIC. Vibration of O 8trins of a Bass Viol Ex plodes Iodide of Nitrogen. One of the most dangerous of all ex plosives is a black powder called iodide of nitrogen. When it is dry the slight est touch will often cause it to explode with great violence. There appears to be a certain rate of vibration which the compound cannot resist. In experiments to determine the cause of its excessive explosiveness some damp iodide of ' nitrogen was rubbed on the strings of a bass viol. ' It is known, says Youth's Companion, that the strings of such an instrument will vibrate when those of a similar in strument, having an equal tension, are played upon. In this case after the explosive had become thoroughly dry upon - the t strings, another bass viol was brought near, and strings were sounded. At a certain note the iodide on the pre pared instrument exploded. , It was found that the explosion oe cmxed only whan a rate of vibration of sixty per second was communicated to the prepared strings. Vibratioa of tho G- string caused an explosion, while that of the E string had no effect, 7 XaX2X,JDS.m?T ; dz, CO., l Fruit & Produce Commission Merchants : HELENA, MONTANA. - Helena is the best distributing point in Montana. We solicit consignments of Straw berries and other fruits. Returns promptly made. apl3 HAOTTA & -DEALERS IN HOOD RIVER, OREGON. V AGENTS FOR BEST IN THE WORLD. . WE HAVE S H: - And shall endeavor to merit custom by QUALITY as well as QUANTITY. We keep a full line of In their season. Do not Headquarters for All Kinds of Sprays, We have in stock, economically and scientifically prepared, condensed forms of sprays as recommended by the Oregon State Board of horticulture, as follows: 8pray No. 1 Lime, 80; sulphur, 20; salt, 15 In such form as to require only to dissolve 1 lb in 2 irals of water. Spray No. 2 Sulphur, 100; lime, 100; blue vitriol, 8; of which 1 lb In 2 gals, for winter, down to 8 or 10 gals, for summer nse, is required. , Spray No. 3 Whale oil soap (SO per cent), 20; sulphur, 3; caustic soda (98 per cent), 1' potash, 1; of this 1 lb in o gals, is the proportion. Spray No. 4 Rosin. 4; sal soda. S; 1 lb to 7 gals, water for wooly aphis, etc.- Spray No. 7. Bordeaux M. Copper sulphate. 8; lime, 4- of which 1 pound in 2 gals, of water for winter, to 4 gals, forsummer, is the proper strength. Acme Insecticide 1 lb to 5 gals. titer, as a universal Insecticide and wash for all tree and fruit pests; 10, 25 and 100-tb cases. Also, Paris green, London Purple, etc. Do not fail to see us before buying your insecticides. WILLIAMS & BROSIUS, HEADQJJARTERS TOR LEATHER GOODS The Famous C. M. For MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN. All sizes and large variety. My motto is "Possibly not the Cheapest, but the Best," and the Henderson Shoes are the cheapest in the long run. Don't Fail To call and examine and price thesf goods. They, will please you. No trouble to show them. Hand-made Double Team Harness, $20 ! With Boston Team Collars. All other kinds of Harness cheap for 1S95. If you doubt it, call and price them, 1 propose to keep Hood River trade at home If price is an object. D. F. PIERCE, Hood River, Or. HAS CONSTANTLY ON HAND THE Choicest Meats, Ham, Bacon, lard, Game, Poultry, Also Dealers in VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. 'Corner of Oak aud . Fourth Streets, - . - - Hood River, Oregon. 'y- ZEIsrcellezrt Tesiclb-ers, Beamtif-u.1 S-CLrro-CLrs-dirLgrs- :- SEND FOR CATALOGUE ANDR1CES, ' . . Address,' ': " ' MRS. SARAH K. WHITE. Principal. - To Water Consumers. Owing to bard times I have decided to make a reduction In water rates, but as some have ' paid up to March 1, 18.95, new rates will not,, take effect until that date. For all water rents paid promptly the first day of the ' month, the following rates will be accepted: Present rates of $1.60 reduced to $1.25; bath -tubs, now 50 cents, reduced to 25 cents; livery stables, $2.50, reduced to $2; hotels, $8, reduced to $2.50; rates now $1, no change; Irrigation re duced 50 percent from old price. Above prices apply to those only who pay promptly first of each month. Ja2i) : y;- A. S. BLOWERS.; Horses for Sale or Trade Three head of Horses for sale or trade. Laud, cleared or uncleared, preferred. Fifteen acres of best land in the. valley, well im proved, for sale. F. ( BKOSIU8, martin Hood ltiver, Or. WOLF ARD, Flour1 ADOPTED THE , . BASIS!! forget that we mean to be -AT- HENDERSON & CO.'S The Annis Wright Seminary. TACOMA, WASHINGTON. 1 834. f Eleventh Year. ; 1 894. A Boarding School for Girls, . ; with Superior Advantages. Tms Ihhtitutioii MORAL ( Dmto Oms Cuim V INTELLECTUAL J or tu Attkhtiok to tbi j PHYSICAL ( Bnraiim. Strayed or Stolen. From my range, one light bay horse about ' 15 hands high- no brands; a small bell on when he left. Also, one dark bay, or brown mare, branded H on left stifle, and with a dot uu ngiiL Bum;; umujr iiuuu-suiii uu. nuiro ir years old, mare 7. I will pay $5 reward for their return to mv place, near Tucker's Mill. ap20 A. W. KING, Hood River, Or. , To Fruit Shippers To those desiring to ship strawberries, and who want boxes or any information, I will ototatltoi 1 .u'ill ha ut Hia wu r.h miao nf tha Oregon Fruit Union every Saturday till the shinning season begins, and then will be there daily. JS. C. EVANS, a20 Local Manager. Chance of a Lifetime. One of the very best residences in Eastern Oregon for sale cheap. Also, cottages and vacant property. A bargain can be had by calling at the Glacier office. --