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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1895)
5ood Jiver Slacier. SATURDAY. -JUNE 22, 1S95. At the state encampment of the Grand Army at Oregon City, June 17th irtid 18th, the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: Depart ment commander, E. W. Allen of George Wright Post, Portland; senior Vice, J. T. Apperaon of Oregon City; junior vice, J. F. Willis of Lexington; niedicul director, Dr. B. II. Bradishaw of Salem; ehr.pliiin, I. JV. Baldwin of I'oivst Grove. Council of Administra tion S. It. I Jeeves of Lexington, W.D. Taylor of Portland, Geo. A. Hurdinir of Oro.:i;i City, N. Clark of Beaverton, A. B. Only of Portland. One hundred nnd sixty iiuro delegates were in at tendance, rc'pr.'Hon.tlng r)8 posts. There are 82 posts in good standing in the state, with u total membership of 1900. A newpaper i the greatest help to a c immunity that can he. It is a stand ing advertisement which always at tracts. It gives more free advertise ments and explanations of the place than ail others. It never lets pass a good opportunity to advoctte the in terests of its borne enterprises. It helps all of its churches and Bpeaks out for its schools; resents all insinuations jigainst the character of the citizens and industries of the town, and lives hut to benefit, the community. To re pay its untiring efforts it asks the sup port of the people, not in a begging manner, but us a recompense for its labor. It is entitled to a livelihood, because it gives move than it takes. v .At the city election in The Dalles, Tuesday, " the following officers were elected: Mayor, Frank Menefee; treas urer, I. I. liurget; water commissioner lit large, J. O. Mack. Commissioners (Second ward, Robert Mays; third ward, Joseph T. Peters. Councilmen First ward, H. 15. Saltmarshe; second ward, .A. K. Thompson, George J. Ross, L.E. Crowe; third ward, 'Ihos. Woods. lion. T. S. Lang died at The Dalles ' Tuesday. Deceased was one of the naost prominent citizens of Wasco county for many years. He was re ceiver of The Dalles land office under Harrison's administration. At one time he was prominent in politics in the state of Maine, and as an independ ent candidate for congress, almost de feated the late James G. Blaine. The Rural Northwest says the ex periments carried on this season by Kewton B. Pierce for the prevention of the curl leaf of- the peach have proved eminently successful, arid he will soon issue a bulletin giving details as to treatment, etc. For the black spot disease in the- apple and other fruit trees, Mr. Pierce's advice is to cut out Iho affected spots and spray thor oughly with Bordeaux mixture as soon Ms the fruit is gathered. ' The secretary of the interior has re voked his, order prohibiting sheep and cattle from pasturing on the Cascade reservation. It was understood that one of the main reasons for asking for this reservation was to keep out bands of Sheep,-which are more destructive to young forest growth than lumber ing. If there ever was need of the res rvation there is none now. The price of wool keeps going up nnd has reached 10 cents at The Dalles. This is rough on protectionists who have been preaching that free trade in wool would ruin the industry of wool growing on our public lands. Yellow Newtown Pippin apples, grown at Hood River, were still seen in good condition in some of the Port land grocery stores a few days ago, says the. Rural Northwest. According to t he census just taken, the strawberry production of Multnor mah county for the past year was 33,000 crates. ' We acknowledge receipt of compli- I mentary season tickets to the exercises of the Chautauqua society at Gladstone Park. Hon. A. S. Bennett has been ap pointed by the governor a regent of the state normal school at Monmouth. The prune crop of France is reported to be only one-half as much as last 'cur' ' ' Tlio Commission Merchant. Hood IUvek, June 14, 1895. Editor Glacier: Diogenes, a' cynic philoso pher, went through the streets of Athens at midday carrying a lamp in search, as he said, of one honest man. Standing on the street, he cried out, "Approach, all men." As the crowd rushed up he beat them back with a stick, saying, "I called for men ye are , nothing but excrement." Hood River fruit growers need an army like Diog enes, to peer into the palaces of some of our commission merchants to whom we have been unfortunate enough to consign our fruit. Every shipper ought to publish an account of sales for the benefit of the suffering public. Let me turn on a little calcium light on Salt Lake City to begin with: June 15,. 1804, I shipped 22 crates berries to Pen dleton Commission Co.; June 19th, 15 crates to' same firm, making 37 crates. Not one cent was ever returned. Juno Iflth I shipped 23 crates of .berries and 3 erate3 of cherries to McCann, Potter & Co. I have never heard from them since. I supposed they had been lost in the Hood; but it seems strange that the 8 crates I shipped the same day, June 19th, to Hughes Fruit and Pro duce Co.-, were sold and a check for $10.45 sent without any grumbling. This year our berries went through in first-clas.9 order and sold for good prices when shipped to proper persons, bring ing from $3 to $6 a crate. May 27, 1895, Mcintosh and I shipped (the first berries we had) 1 crates, and May 29th, 2 crates, of berries, to McCann, Potter & Co. After consid erable delay in reporting, I wrote to them and got the following returns: 1 crates berries sold for S2 00 2 crates berries sold for 2 90 Total..,.. Express charges on 2 crates Express charges on 1 crates Commission on 3 crates Total.. "....'..! ..$ i DO ....SI 60 12) 49 ...8 8 10 Leaving us the, enormous sum of $1.71 for 3J crates, worth hereabout 10.50. The cost of this fruit to us was: Picking the berries ; SI 2 Four empty crates..... 80 Total '. S2 03 Take $1.71 from $2.06, and we are out 35 cents over cost. Let us hear from other sufferers. W. L. Adams. Hood River Strawberries Heard From. Inasmuch as there hid beeu consid erable conjecture s to whether the berries would "stand up" after ship ping in refrigerator cars, I started 3 crates, which were not specially pre pared, in a Goodell refrigerator car to Omaha to be reshipped to Canton, 111., which would take not less than 30 hours after being taken from the car with two transfers all in a burning hot climate. Much to my surprise they arrived in fine condition, and my mother, who has seen Hood River ber ries in Hood River, says they were as nice as if picked the day before, and that not morel than half a dozen ber ries in a crate were spoiled. New York City and Washington,, D. C, . will make fine markets for us, if we can only raise enough berries. II. F. Davidson. Mb. Editor: To show the shipping qualities of Hood River strawberries, I shipped one-half a crate, grown by Mr. W, J. Baker, to Dixmont, Pa. The letter of acknowledgement says: "They arrived at 7.30 this evening in perfect condition.. Such berries were never be fore seen in Dixmont. How I would love to pick them from the vines." They were shipped by express. Yours, ' . C. J. Haves. Mr. W. A. Slingerland wrote upon a box of his berries asking the consumer to repl and state the condition m which the fruit was received, price paid, etc. Here is a letter from a mer chant, written seven days after the fruit was picked: - "Atlantic,, Iowa, June 14, 1895. W. A. Slingerland, Hood River, Ore gon Dear Sir: In reply to your request on box berries picked June 7th, will say we received two cases yesterday one case in good condition, the other one is a little mouldy on top layer. Will lose about one box in the case. They are by far in best condition of any ber ries we received this season. We paid $3.25 per case in Omaha. Yours re spectfully, . Levi Downs." Council Proceedings. The common council met o Monday evening. Morse moved that the council give up its present quarters, as the council was not iii a position to pay rent here after as required by Mr. Rand. Motion carried. . The bills of S. F. Blythe, amounting to $4.00 for printing ordinances, were approved and ordered paid. Committee on fire and water pre sented a prepared ordinance, No. 12, entitled "An Ordinance to Provide for the Prevention of Fires, and the Pro tection of Persons and Property En- itlangered Thereby." The ordinance was considered and ordered enrolled. This ordinance is designed as a safe guard against fires, and gives the com mittee on fire and water power to re move or repair defective chimneys and smoke pipes. Watt moved that the mayor be in structed to appoint a superintendent of streets, and that the appointee be requested to fix the watering trough on the road at the foot of Adams hill. Carried. The mayor ' appointed George T. Prather superintendent of streets. Adjourned. Justice Court at Mosier. ' The case of the state against Wm. Meeks was tried before Justice Harlan and a jury at Mosier Saturday. Meeks 'was charged with stealing some lum ber and hay, the property o' a man named Baker. The evidence disclosed the fact that Meeks and Baker had each Hied n contest upon land1 near Mosier. Baker had put up a small house on it, but had not. followed uo his contest Meeks moved into the house, throwing out some hay .stored therein, and also used some' lumber left under the house. The Jury brought in a verdict of guilty, and Meeks was lined $25. Mountaineer. Mr. M.' McDonald of Salem was in town Wednesday in the interests of the proper naming of fruits. He is very desirous of having a good display of Hood River apples ut the meeting of the Oregon IS urserymen's Association at Salem Oct. 21. .Specimens of all un known or unnamed apples are espec ially wanted. Particulars will be pub lished later. . A Trip to Wind River. Wednesday, Mayor Wolfard Postmaster Morse took passage on im, teen miies down the Columbia, to look . . j . , , out a camping spot for the annual i - us - ticating spell of their families. Arriv- ing at the mouth of Wind river, they went up the valley a distance of five miles and found several good camping locations and a good stream for fishing. After eating a light lunch carried along and prospecting the country far enough , they discovered that they would not have too much time to return to the Columbia and catch the Regulator on j 0r gypsy clover so common in Scotland, its return trip. So they made haste j the yarrow and ciuquefoil, vetches and to reach the river and got there just I J'dies no end of varieties. Purple as . ... ., , , .... , ters and columbine, celandine and in time to see uie ooat puumig uiong close to shore a short distance down tiie river. While congratulating them- selves on their good luck in arriving in the nick of time they noticed the boat , ,. ., J , , heading for the Oregon snore, where it proceeded and made a landing. They were now on the beach, In full view from the boat, and expected, of course, the) boat would come and pick them up. But the steamer pulled out and passed on up the river, leaving them oh the beach yelling and waving their hand kerchiefs to no purpose. 'JiVhile in a quandary how to proceed, they noticed Day Bros.' steam launch come up the river and make a landing on the Wash ington side, about five miles below. They started for the launch, but found climbing and descending the rugged bluff's along the river a hard road to travel. After wearing out his shoes and blistering his feet, his honor the mayor gave out, but our P. M. pushed on and reached the launch as. it was about to push out for Cascade Locks. Morse gave the "Oriental" sign of dis tress, which was recognized by the en gineer, who then waited for Wolfard to come along. Arriving at the Locks, the party had money enough with ! them to buy a good supper, which braced them up and gave them courage to stand oli' the ticket agent for their fare to Hood River on the 10 p.m. train. Prepariiig for the Jlaziimas. . l ! t ; . ..e ui Mazamas, drove Brook .White, secre- lary of the society, over to Mb Adams Tuesday to look over the grouird and and make preliminary arrangements for the outing. They were accompanied by Mr. Marquam of Portland and Messrs Williamsaud Ferguson of Hood River. ,. They found that there is a good road from White Salmon as far as Trout Lake, but no attempt has been made to extend it beyond that 'point. On their return from a rcojinoisance of the mountain they arranged to have a stage line put on between White Sal mon and Trout Lake connecting there with a pack train, which will carry pas sengers and theireamp equipage up to the camping ground on the mount ain at a round trip rate from Portland or Whits Salmon. Prof. Davidson of the U. S. coast geodetic survey, who lias taken great interest in the hiliogrdpbic work which thesociely has undertaken, states the height of Mt. Adams to be 10,000 feet, nearly as high as Mt. Hood, while in built it is Innntely greater There is no great difficulty in the way of ascent but any successful climber wil be fully qualified to become a Mazama. Tiie Sirawberry Crop. The following number ofcrat.es were shipped since June 13th by the Hood River Fruit Grower's ' Union: June 14th, 71; 15lh, 130; 10th 24; 17tb, 151; 18th, 61, 10th, 100J; L'Oth, 51 crates of strawberries and 12 boxes of. cherries. On June 20th, the returns on a car load sent to Omaha on June 7th, were received, amounting- to $1074.05 net. Prices are now weakening an account of other fruit coming into market. The berries are now being sent to Montana. Hon. T. R. Coon is expected home Monday from Omaha. . Chinese in Mitchell. Mitchell Monitor; :. There was a Chinaman in Mitchell last Tuesday night. He came liere-to work, having been hired by a man on West Branch for. the coming summer. Of course the reason for his getting work when a white man could not is on account of the low wages he is will ing to work for. But we doubt very much if his employer will gain any thing by the transaction. Chinese arc not wanted in Mitchell. We have, no earthly use for them here, and the sooner the fact is forcibly impressed on their minds the better for this country. "The almond-eyed celestial" is the curse of the Pacific coast. He is a fes tering sore that is slowly but surely sapping the life blood of the laboring class in this country. Hundreds of idle men on this coast attest this fact. Their places are fiiled with Chinese, who have no interests in this country, who pay no taxes. and who spend but little money here. They do not help improve the land, their children aie not taught our language, nor do they conform to our customs. Consequently they are a detriment to whatever land they live m, and should be forcibly ejected. The one in our midst is but the thin end of the wedge. If he is al lowed to remain here, others will come, and soon the country will be full of them, and white men, who would help build up the country and make it thrive, will have to seek more conge nial climes. . The Chinamen do more harm to. a country than a drouth or pestilence, because in driving out the white laboring man they break the backbone of the country. And the man who will hire a Chinaman, know ing the facts and what intelligent man does not is working against' the best interests of the country, and therefore against himself, and ail to save two or I three dollars a month. The origin of nmllthe evil lies with the employers, and . , f th hoitiv off t,h Pmifi. it will be. i , , , I There were never better prospects for ; H mii(. Uiall at preRent. 'A11 or. ' thm-ds are very thrify, and peaches, i plums unci prunes show good growth. The season has been very favorable to all ciops, and the yield of fruit from all indications at present, will be unprece dented in the history of this city and vicinity. Mountaineer. ' The hedgerows are now a mass of bloom a symphony of colors on a green background, "'he- wild gera nium fmrl ilVf.iif.li l-dnlr tlif. hriirin ! hi , eirn(illcthe sweet brier that Tennv- j son.raves over in a score of poems all these are natives of Oregon, dear read- j J Probably well know.-Salem ' , . . ,, The strawberry crop is one of the j nJ0St important of the fruit, crops of ; Oregon, although the production of 1 berries on a large scale is confined to a few places. ..Hood River gets the best prices, but more berries are grown in the vicinity of Portland than anywhere else in the 'state. Rural Northwest. Although a great many strawberries have been shipped from Portland in former years iliis is the lirst season in which such shipments have been made from (his city in carload lots. A num her of cars liave been sent this year. The first car was shipped to Minneapo lis by Levy & Spiegl. It was loaded with Triumphs and tho net returns to shippers were about OS cents per pound. Rural Northwest. " ' . , . E. D. Parrott, the flying machine man, says the Klickitat Republican, has gone to Portland to superintend the construction of another engiue,one that can be put to practical use, the one already constructed being only a model to illustrate the principle of 'his invention. 'He expects to be gone about a month or more, so that the ex pected ascent of the flying machine on the Fourth will not materialize. Don't Stop Tobacco. . Tho tobacco habit grows on a man until his 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 bis system continually craves. 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Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing Chemists, La Crosse, Wisconsin. . ,,. 10 Acres for Sale. For the benefit of my creditors I will sell 10 acres of land for 250. Tiie land is 4 miles from town and within one-luilf mile of school house, flouring mill, saw mill nun planer. E;j;ht acres ot it Is cleared find readv to set to fruit trees. Address JAS.K. FKAK, je22 Linton, Oregon. bargains in 200 acres of nnim proved land for snle.on tho East Hide, 6 miles from town, $7 to f 10 an acre. Other land, about half cleared. S-0 an acre. Well inioroved land, $30 on acre. Plenty of water for irq.u:ation . Will noil in 20 or 40-ficre tracts. Inquire at Glacier oliiee. j&ii Wanted to Trade. A half Jersey Cow, to trade for a saddle horse. The horse must be gentle and lit for a lady's use. Apply at the Glacier oilice. Photograph Gallery. My photograph prallery in Hood Hlver will be open every Saturday during the summer months. All work guaranteed. Call and see me and set prices. V. E. NKFF. BOOD EMPi IfflY, WM.T1LLETT, Proprietor. Grower and dealer in choice JTnrscry stock. He has the only sloelcof the Y'akima'. The best of red apples, and as ibng a keeper as the eilow Newtown. : I have aboui ai.OCO apjile trees or tuo best va rieties growing in my nurserv. AH standard varieties are grafted -from the best -Block in Iiood Itivcr. . - . : , jela. Spray' Pump - for Salo. A Oould Wpray "Pump, 2.", feet of hose ;atid nozzle; all in good order; been in use one sea son. . . C. K. MARKH.AM. Horse for Sale or Trade. I have a good work horse for sale, or will trade for a milch eow. MKS. LOUISA V. TU'OICI). Jet . Hood Kivcr. Ur. G. T. Puather, Notary Public. TI. C. Con. PRATHER & COE, li Eslala ana Iisnci 93 Oak St., bet. -2d and 3d. We have lots, blocks and aereajre in tho town of Hood Hiverjnlso, fruit, hay and oerry farms and timber claims In the most desira ble locations in the valley. If you have any thing in tiie real estate line to sell or rent, or if yon want to buy. give us a cull. Deuds. bonds and mortgages promptly and correctly executed. We will also attend to legal business in jus tices' courts. . - We are aiso agents for SOUTH WAUCOiMA property. - PRATHER . & CQE. . 8f& UkB& WE HAVE And sliftttftmleavorto merit custom BICYCLES FROM : $100 D Crescent, Crescent, Crescent, Ideal, Ideal, Ideal, (Crescents with clincher tires, $ extra.) And many others at prices to suit. '' ; : ' WILLIAMS BBOSIUS, . CM M m Si . All the best variety of Apples, including Yakima, Oano, Arkansas Black, etc., and all other kinds of nursery stock kept eonstantlyon hand. Prices wijl be made satisfactory. Buy your trees at the home nursery and save expense and damage. We are here to stay. H. C BATEHAM Columbia Nursery. Fruit &: Produce. Commission Merchants . HELENA, MONTANA. ; Helena is the boat distributing point Jn' Montana. We solicit consignments of Stravr berries aud other fruits. Keturns promptly rnade. . . . , .. . apl3 KEEP . CONSTANTLY ON HAND sli iaeats, - ' And All - JCisicis of - Game. . v -.' ' '- ALSO, DEALERS IN - ' ;, FRUITS - ;AND, VEGETABLES. w ' HOOD RIVER, ": . , OREGON. JIAWICA &v -DEALERS IN- HOOD EIVES, OREGON. AGENTS EOR- BEST IN THE ..WOULD. . V , HEADQUARTERS FOR LEATHER "gCODs" ' KHUKXr mm BXHa ' mm EOEH Kltaa BUtflLv! W Ws mA-nami bjnmJ ha? osLsi mm The Famous . C. II. i.-3 S3-. m ja m For MEN, WOMKN and CHILDRKN. All sizes and lnrsre 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 thesis goods. They will please you. No trouble to show them. Mand-iKtairle With Boston Team (Villars. All other kinds of and price theni. 1 propose to keen Hood Kivor trade at home if price is an object ' D. F. PIERCE, Hoed River, Or. , 4 A,-4 . i ' ' 1 1 I - "t 1 J. !Bea-"ULtIfiULl , S-o.rro-u.n.d.IrLg's. SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES, . " 1 ' Address, To Lease. From 4 to 5 acres of strawberry land, in good condition to plant at any time. Within a mile of town. X'lcnty of water. Apply at Glacier office. Jel5. Assessment Mo. 2. Notice l.s hereby i yen to. the stockholders of thn Hood KivfcT Ifrnit Urowors' Union that tiie Bojtrd of Directors have levieii ivyseHsment No. tf 50 cents per ,shure ii the capihil stock, to be colieerecl upcoming to the provi islonh of the by-linvs. If. F. J.;VIJ:mON, Sncrclr.ry, I1 3 OCs? ADOPTED - TIIE, by QUALITY as well asUAKTITV, . & W " 1 75.00 50.00 ;!-; 40,00- (clincher tires), 65.00 55.00 ' 45,00. f,J El o, ft St. WOLFARD, dJoT TBTirrTTi mm HENDERSON... & CO.'S Harness elie.m for isr. ir v,nTivS;i.. .ri The Annie Wright Seminary. TACCMA, WASHINGTON, ji -1834. Eleventh Year. 1894. A Boarding; School for Girls, with Superior Advantages 5bis IirsTiTunoir Givss CakkFjL AlTESIIOH TO TSS MORAL INTELLECTUAL PHYSICAL i . - - MRS. SARAH K. WHITE, Principal. Fruit Bal i Mi Mi Situated -4 miles west of the town of Hood River, on thu Columbia. Kreefroni !ate frosts. Full crop of nil kinds of fruit now on ranch. Fine irrigating ; facilitiosiaud water for that purpose belonging to place. Call at. Glacier office or at ranch. P. K. AB3TEN. For Sale. 7 teaJ. ''H Five acres of grood la,nd V. miles west of town.- Inquire of G. '. l'HATHKK. mar 1-1 , , . , -.,