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fcod jiver Slacier. FRIDAY,, JULY 5, 1395. This issue of the Glacier closes the flint year's' labor of the present pro prietor on the paper. Our relations with Its pa'.rons have been pleasant, and we trust will so continue, us well as mutually profitable. We enter upon another year with brighter prospects than a year ago. Then the great financial panic was at its height, the great ruilroad strike was in pro gress, paralyzing business everywhere, and here at homo the mighty flood in the Columbia had swept away our rail road, cutting' us off" from market and leaving our i erries to rot on the vines. But now confidence is being restored in flnancia ci roles, labor everywhere is rewarded by increase of wages, and here at home we have just marketed our largest crop of strawberries,' for which we received satisfactory prices. Surely the citizens of Hood River have very reason to feel encouraged and be th hi kl'ti I. The Willamette Valley Chautauqua society will hold their second annual meeting at Gladstone Park, near Ore gon Ciity, from July i Oth to 20th. ! An entertaining programme has been pre pared and a large attendance is as sured. Hotel and transportation rates have been reduced, and the hospitality shown the Grand Army and their .families and friends by the good people of Oregon City is expected to be ex tended to those attending the Chau tauqua exercises. A neat little daily paper will be printed during the ses sion, edited by Mrs. C. H. Dye, secre tary of the society, and J.M.Lawrence, the first number of which has been re ceived at this office. . At the annual meeting of the Army of the Potomac iu New London last week, General Gibbon delivered the address in which he said: "We, the survivors of the great army of the re public make for ourselves and our dead comrades a claim that can never be disputed. We, by our service in the field, saved this union. We did more, ve saved liberty to the world. We have taught all to have a greater rev erence for our flag they never had be fore. That wherever it waves, liberty, freedom, human rights and equality before I he law are safe, and when needed for the defense of these It means glory and bloodshed aud victory." Judge Hewitt, in the circuit court at Salem, Tuesday, handed down a de cision in the branch insane asylum case. He finds that the said branch of the insane asylum is one of the public institutions of the state the constitu tion, of Oregon requires to be located at the seat of government. The act pro viding fur the said asylum Is declared in violation of section 3, article 14, of the constitution of Oregon. The in junction against building the asylum is made perpetual. Day Bros., contractors at the Cas cade Loeks, claim that boats will pass through the locks by the end of the year. This will be in time to move II'od River's crop of winter apples for ti.ls year. - . . The Chronicle says wool in The Dalles is now worth 12 cents. ; It claims the rapid rise in price is due to the good prospects of a republican ad ministration twenty months hence. Good Report from Hon. Ti K. Coon. Hood River, July 3, 1895. Editor Glacier: Responding to yourinvita tion, I will endeavor to give your read' ers some of my observations and opin- ions concerning the strawberry markets as I saw them this year while engaged in the interest of the Hood River Fruit Growers' Union. ; A hundred items of interest and im portance must be omitted in a report of this kind. Our growers will likely want to know how the Hood River berries compare with other berries; how many of our berries it will be safe ti ship to the various markets; how our berries should be shipped, and how they should be sold, etc. . At Ogden and Salt Lake City our berries had to stand comparison with the California berries, to begin with, Bid later with the Walla and Milton berries, with the home-grown Utahs, which begin first near Ogden, and also with the Grand Junction berries from Southwestern Colorado. In Denver, our berries go in just as the Californlas go out. I did not see any of the Van Bureu or Rogers ber ries, but found the "last car" of Sar- coxie berries on several successive days. There were berries also from Portland, Walla Walla and Milton. At about the time we "moved camp" to Omaha, some Colorado berries came in first from Boulder, Grand Junction and Canyon City, and then timidly fol lowed the Denver berries, of which Bbout 800 acres are grown neur the city. When we reached Omaha, the South ern berries had all disappeared and very few berries from any other quar ter had ventured to cross the Nebraska plains they straggled into other and less distant markets. The Hood River berry only was able to cross the hot plain east of the RocUies and reach the Missouri river in good condition. To be sure, I saw berries in Omaha from Portland, , Walla Walla and Milton, but "sad was their plight" in com parison with tile "fancy Hood River." The truth is, I saw no really good ber ries in any of the markets except "Hood Rivers." Our ' berries excel chiefly in high , color and "body," which makes them I'stand up." Near ly all other berries were pale in color, with soft spots on them and generally "bleeding." "Sandy" berries were also common. At Sioux City our berries were met by berries from Baltimore. The latter I really wanted to taste, but when I looked upon them I fell to musing about "things perishable," and my ap petite failed me. But at dinner that day I ate Hood River berries that had been hauled something like two thou sand miles. They hnd "held their own" perfectly till their own held them. It was a success. ' Many of our berries can be distrib uted in Iowa and Dakota, and Sioux City can handle car loads safely per haps two or three a week. Omaha can distribute about one or two cars si day, and Lincoln ought to be supplied di rect in car loads, perhaps three a week. I do not think it safe to ship to points beyond Cheyenne in less than car loads. Even in car loads we must pack right, or some loss will be inev itable. ; V ' As to how our berries should be sold, I will say "that depends." Business is not done in just the same way in ail the markets. Customs and conditions are different. In some markets a "sole agent" in the shape of a commission house might be best. In another mar ket, the jealosies and "war measures" of two powerful commission houses might make the appointing of one of them ruinous to the producers. N A large part of our berries are re shipped to the smaller towns, and no other berries are so good for this pur pose. If we can manage to supply this trade so as to prevent cutting of prices by the Jobbers as well as prevent ran dom shots from the unnerved bold war rior in our own ranks, then we will have little to fear from the enemy, for consumers will buy our fruit In prefer ence, and they will pay the market price. While we might not command un reasonable prices, I am sure that we who furnish the goods can do much to prevent the needless slaughter of prices. It is not my purpose to unload my views at this time, but of one thing I am convinced: Our worst enemy is not the business man at the other end but the producer of good berries at this end who nurses groundless suspicious con cerning unions, and whose business ideas are adorned with a variety of mental hallucinations. - T. R. Coox. Somber of Fruit Trees At the request of Mr. E. Scuanno of The Dalles, our district commissioner of ' horticulture, H. C. Bateham has been compiling a list, or census, of the fruit trees planted in Hood River val ley. As the list is about completed, a few facts relative thereto may be of in terest to our readers. , There ore on the list the -names and addresses of 242 fruit growers, of which 89 are on the east side of the river and 153 on the west side. Total number of trees plant ed, 118,000, of which about 90,000 are apple. Captain A. S. Blowers is the largest planter at present, having over 4,000 trees out. There are twenty per sons who have set 1,000 or more, each. The number of trees planted, as well as the number of planters, is just about double on the west side of what it is on the east, although the east side has much more land and is said to be bet ter adapted to fruitgrowing. ' Besides this showing of trees planted, Mr. H. F. Davidson estimates there is now planted not, far from 200 acres of strawberries. So much for the present. What the future plantings will be no one can tell, but it is certain they will be considerable. Hood River has two good nursuries, which ought to be able to supply the home demand. ' Eugene Y. Debs Received the Berries. Woodstock, III., June 25, 1895. Mr. H. F. Davidson, Hood River, Ore gonMy Dear Sir: The strawberries were received iu excellent order' and were much enjoyed. We have no words with which to express our appre ciation of your kiudnessi. You may rest assured that we shall remember you with gratitude, I have written Mr. Baker. With every good wish, I am yours very truly, Eugene V. Debs. Kansas Pests Along the River. , An army of grasshoppers is invading the orchards and grain fields every thing green, in ' fact around Colum bus and on the bench lands above the Columbia river. There are millions of them, in all stages of growth; and their presence is causing considerable un easiness among farmers and orchard ists. Leo Brune of Rockland was here Saturday and lie informed the Repub lican that the grasshoppers had stripp ed his vineyard clean of everything but the stems. The whole country down that way is covered with the pests. Klickitat Republican. - An exchange savs a swindler in abroad in the land, offering a box con taining so pieces of soap for a dollar. and gives as a prize a rubber door mat with the initials of purchaser on it. He delivers the soap, which is a fraud, aod promises lo deliver the mat as soon as it is innnuracturea with the owner's imrne on, collects the dollar and van ishes to be seen no more Viento celebrated the 4th bv holding a big dance and SO gallons of beer. The Mazamnt). The mountain climbers who will as cend Mount Adams have been gather ing at this point during the week and the travel towards the mountain has commenced Wednesday, July 10th, is the day fixed for the ascent. On that day every snow-capped peak on the coast from British Columbia to Mexico will be climbed by detachments of the Mazamas, and messages will be sent along the line by heliograph. Later it is proposed to flash messages from Alaska to South America.. About 2 o'clock in the afternoon the signals will j be given, when ail who can have a view of the mountains should be on the lookout if they wish to see the flashes. Among the Hood River people who will go to Trout Lake and make the ascent of the mountain we learn ( the following: Wm. Langllle, Wm. Gra ham, Ed Williams, Miss Olive Hart ley, Miss Delia Watson, Miss Cora Copple, Miss Alma LeRoy, O.B. Hart ley and family, Miss Flora Hartley, Bert Graham and wife, S. J. LaFrauce and family, H.C. Coe and family, Wm, Raud and family, Elmer Rand and family,1 Dr. J.F. Watt and family.E.L. Smith and family, J. E. Han na and family, L. E. Morse and family, Mrs. C. M. Wolfard, Mrs. Raines, Mrs .Beld ing. ' ;; - Digest, of Land Decision. ; Furnished by W. D. Harlan, Land Attorney, Washing in, D. C ;. There is no authority for the repay ment of double minimum' excess er roneously required under a . desert land entry of an even section within the limits of a railroad grant. Actual notice of a settlement claim will protect such claim as against the subsequent entry of another, when such notice is supported by actual set tlement and improvements upon con tiguous land. , ; ' . The timber and stone act of June' 8, 1878, authorizing entry of lands "which have not been offered at public sale according to law,'' includes lands that, at the date of the passage of said act, had not been offered at public auction at the price then fixed by Jaw. The validity of a pre-ernptor's resi dence is not affected by the fact that bis wife refuses to live on the land. , On application for the survey of an island in a navigable lake in the state of Wisconsin, the adjacent shore owners are not entitled to notice, as under the law of said state such owners are without Interest. V - ' A survey may be properly allowed of an island in a navigable lake where it appears that such island was in exist ance at the date of the original survey, but was admitted therefrom. ' Where Intelligence Wins. What we sometimes look upon as drawback to an Industry is iu - fact about the only thing that makes it possible for rgular nrofits to be derived from an intelligent pursuit of the bus! ness. Take fruit trrowiiitr for an ex ample. In this way we recognise a number or features that act in the na ture of a drawback to the immediate success of the grower. We have the insect pests,' blight, drought, frosts, birds, hail, wind, etc., etc. These affect the success of the iuduvidual grower. But remove all these possible obstacles; then it is simply a free for all business with no particular advantage for Intelligent methods over the loose met hods of the man who never thinks much about the importance of making a systematic study of all the conditions tout are likely to prevail. Tuts would cause fruit to be so cheap in price and so general in its production as to render it or no worth to the producer beyond the immediate use to be mode of it in the family of the home where produc ed. As the things of this world are adjusted there is always a premium upon intelligent methods ot prosecut ing business. Nebraska Farmer. The wool market exhibits great ac tivity in the city, and sales are made at advanced figures. For choice fleeces 11 cents have been paid, and some of the clip has been sold to the Ur;gou City woolen mills. Mountaineer. " The northwest is not the only por tion that is now suffering from the low price of butter. It is so all over the world. There Is not a half cent differ ence between the price of first class but ter in jew Yoric ana in L,onaon. we wonder if oleo which keeps so well and can be shipped anywhere has anything to do with regulating the price of but ter in the world. Pacific Farmer. When one goes to church and lis tens to a most affecting and earnest appeal for money to spread the Gospe through the world, and then looking around sees enough waste, material in the ladies' sleeves in that one church to keep a missionary in the field, he's apt to think of Hezekiah 13: 18: "Woe to the woman that sews pillow slips to her arm holes." Riddle Enterprise. C. M. Adams received Saturday last a crate of strawberries from Hood River, Oregon. The terries came from the farm of T. A. Templeton, formerly a Kenesaw man, and were the largest -and most luscious specimens of the truit ever seen in these purls. Dawson Co. Neb.)Pioueer. An exchange says: Wrap a cloth closely around a felon; pour gunpowder in the end and shake it down until the felon is covered. Then keep it wet with camphor. In two hours the pain will be relieved and a perfect cure will quickly follow. The Portland Sun copies an article from last ; week's Glacier on the strawberry crop, giving it the heading, "The Great Hood River. Where the Flowers Bloom Forever and the Fruit , Is Always Ripe," and then remarks, "The quiet little mountain village of Hood River does not make much noise, but when strawberries and apples be gin to ripen people begin to hunt on the man tor the location or the most important city iu the northwest, and the villagers keep on in their even tenor." , ' : James Patterson, claiming to be from Hood River, was declared insane by the authorities at The Dalies and taken to the asylum Monday. - How dear to our heart is the old silver dollar, When some kind subscriber presents it to view. The liberty head without necktie or collar, And all the strange things that to us seem so new; The wide-spreading eagle, the arrows below it, The stars and the words with strange things they tell; The coin of our fathers, we're glad that we know It, 1 For some time or other 'twill come in quite well The spread-eagle dollar, the star-spangled dol lar, trie old silver dollar we all love so well. Don't Stop Tobacco. . The 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 his system 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 1872, with 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. Sold by all 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. -k Fruit or Grain Land. Forty or Eighty Acres of unimproved good irun or grain mnu ior sale cneap. Call on FKKD KEMP. Jys Mt. Hood 8ta?e Hoad. GEO. P. CROWELL, Successor to E. L. Smith Oldest Established House in the valley. DEALER 1N- Dry -.. Goods, Clothing, General Merchandise, Flour and Feed. Etc.. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. T. C. DALLAS, DEALER IN- STOVES AND TffiWARE, Kitchen Furniture, vPLtTMBERb' GOODS. J ' Pruning Tools, Etc. , ; Repairing Tinware a Specialty. Booms to Let. Two rooms to let. furnished or nnturnished. suitable for housekeeping. In a pleasant part of town. Inquire at Glacier office. Je29 HOOD EW1 NDESERY. WM.T1LLETT, Proprietor. Grower and dealer in choice Nursery stock. Ha has the only stock of the . - Yakima Apple, The best of red apples, and ns long a keeper as the Yellow Newtown. I have about 20,000 apple trees of the best va rieties growing in my nursery. All standard varieties are grafted from, the best stock in Hood River. , Jel6. Steam Boiler and Pump for Sale. A 10-norse power Steam Boiler and Pumn. All In good repair. Will be sold cheap; SoO down, balance on time. Apply at Glacier office, or to ... C. D. MOORE, Je29 - , White Salmon, Wash. Strayed. A red cow, (I or 7 years old, with slender norns oiunt at tne points. Any miormatlon in regara to tne cow win De rewaraea. Je29 O. B. HARTLEY, Hood River. 10 Acres for Sale. For the benefit of my credftors I will sell 10 acres of land for tHO. The land is 4 miles from town and within one-half milo of school house, flouring mill, saw mill and planer. Eight acres of it is cleared and ready to set to fruit trees. Address JAS.E. FEAK, Je22 Linton, Oregon. Bargains in Land. 200 acres of unimproved land for sale. on the East Side, 6 miles from town, $7 to SI0 an acre. Other land, about half cleared. $20 an acre. Well Improved land, 30 an acre. Plenty of water for Irrigation. Will sell in 20 or 40-acre tracts. Inquire at Glacier office. Je22 . Wanted to Trade. A half Jersey Cow. to trade for- a saddle horse. The horse must be gentle and tit for a lady's use. Apply at the Glacier office. Photograph Gallery. My photograph gallery In riood River will be open every Saturday during the summer months. All work guaranteed. Call and see luv au4 gat price. - . - W. K. NKFF. ' , BY -.. , The Popular Prima Donna, r ; MRS . F. WE B S TE R ' HIN S BALE, ASSISTED BY ! ' . --: " "'V MISS GERTRUDE MINTO (Solo Pianist), MISS LLOYD JESSUP (Elocutionist), AT THE ., U. B. CHURCH, JULY 11, 1895. ; Admission, 50 Cents; Children, Half Price. J ; WE HAVE s s: ; ; And shall endeavor to merit pustom BICYCLES FROM $100 DOWN ii Ramblers, Ladies orG'ts, (clincher tires) $100.00 Crescent, Crescent, Crescent, Ideal, Ideal, Ideal, (Crescents with clincher tires, $5 extra.) And many others at prices to suit. WILLIAMS All the best variety of Apples, Including Yakima, Gano, Arkansas Black, etc., and all other kinds of nursery stock kept constantly on hand. Prices will 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 ' ; v HELENA, ; MONTANA, tr. Helena is the best distributing point in Montana. We solieit consignments of Straw berries and other fruits. Keturns promptly made. .. apl3 -"WEST ! , KEEP. CONSTANTLY ON HAND Choice Fresh Meats, , Hams, Bacon, Lard, : V And All Kinds of Game. ALSO, DEALERS IN " s ;'' ; '' ' ' v" FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. HOOD RTVER, - - ;- - - - - OREGON. HAN1A 5 DEALERS IN HOOD RIVER, OREGON. ; ! AGENTS FOR " ' BEST IN THE WORLD. HEADQUARTERS FOR LEATHER GOODS .. AT ' STOEE- The Famous 0. M. HENDERSON & CO.'S For MEN. WOMEN and CHILDREN. All not the Cheapest, but the Best," and the Henderson Hlioes are the cheapest in the long run. , Don't To call and examine and price thesa goods. They will please you. No trouble to show them. Hand-made Double Team Harness, $20 f With Boston Team ovulars.- All other kinds of Harness cheap for 1895. If you doubt It, call and price them. 1 propose to keep Hood HiVer trade at home price is an 'Object. -... ' , D. F. PIERCE, Hood River, Or. ADOPTED THE - . :b - sis 1 1 by QUALITY as well as QUANTITY.- M. &..W," 7ft nn 50.00 40,00 (clincher tires), 65.00 55.00 & BROSIUS,- .BEOS., : WOLFARD, .1 sizes and lanre varlet.v. Mv motto is "Posslblr Fail Shoe