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s " . : 'Kood Jiver (Slacier. FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1895. The county court has ordered that a, liounty of one dollar a scalp for coyotes be paid, provided the stockmen's uulon and all who wish to rid the country of these pests will make up another dol lar. Coyotes have become so numerous and bold in the eastern part of the county that sheep men have sustained heavy losses from their raids. On the other hand, when we kill off the coyote the digger squirrel is given a chance to increase and multiply and destroy the farmer's crops. The Oregon Press Association met at Newport last week. The editors had a general good time eating clams and other things entirely foreign to a news paper man's stomach which were fur nished by the hospitable citizens. The following officers of the association were elected: President, C. C. Doty of the Dallas Observer; first vice pres ident, Allen Patterson; second vice president, A. N. Fisher; secretary, Al bert Tozler; treasurer Charles Nickell. Publish the List. HooD River, July 24, 1894. Editor Glacier: . The pertinent questions asked in last week's Glacier in regard to the promised publication of the de linquent tax list has called to mind the anxiety of a number of citizens to learn why hankers, capitalists and eminent attorneys should be so favored as to be allowed to go free, while other tax payers are made to pay up. I am con fident that a published list of these favored few will surprise quite a num ber and ho doubt explain why our county is In debt and taxes still rolling up. The list would not only be for one year, but for two and three years they have enjoyed these favors, while other taxpayers, not possessed of a "pull," are paying 8 per cent on these delin quents. Some of our officials think they have been of untold benefit to the' county when' they have succeeded in cutting down road supervisors' time or knocking two bits off some laborer's wages, but these wealthy scions must not be published. It is a deplorable state of affairs when we can not have officers with backbone enough to do their duty, regardless of the dictations of the bosses. 1 Two or "three ; years without paying their taxes, with no In terest and very small penalty, if any, : is how they settle with Wasco county. Such favoritism is what makes so many populists; it is not always bad crops, as many suppose. ; . X. Our Library. Hood River, July 25, 1895. Editor Glacier: Ninety-three volumes of good books for children to read have been donated to our library by the Congregational Sunday school. . A meeting of the board of trustees of the Library Association should be held the first Wednesday of August, and all the members of the board should be present, to arrange for an entertain ment for the benefit of the library. 81 1' pa should be taken to have a read ing room before, winter sets in. , : , ' M. H. Nickelsen, V Librarian. Height of Mount Adams. , Cloud Cap Inn, July 24. Editor Glacier: Please publish the following elevation as determined by the boiling' point thermometer taken on the trip to Adams by W. , A. Gilmore of Van couver, Wash. : Trout Lake, 1,745 feet above sea level; Mount Adams, 12,254 feet above sea level making Adams 1,000 feet higher than Hood, according to government measurement. W. A. Langille. Belmont Items. Rev. W. Van Scoy, D. D., dean of Portland university, will be on the camp ground to help In the services commencing on the evening of Thurs day, the 25th inst; also, Rev. G. W. White, from Glen wood. . ' Rev. E. P. Greene of Arlington is expected next week. ' ' The order of dally exercises will be as follows: 8.30, prayer meeting; 10.30, preaching; 2.30, preaching , or Bible reading; 7, prayer service; 8, preaching. On Sabbath, 28th inst.: 8.30, prayer service; 10, Sunday school; 11, preach ing; 3.30, children's service; 7, Epworth League; 8, preaching. , All are welcome to these services. If you cannot be at all, come when you can. ' ' ,..'.- The visit to Belmont M. E. parson age by the ladies' aid society on Tues day was a very pleasant and profitable occasion for the pastor's family. Thanks are not sufficient; may the Lord be the rewarder. So says pastor, , F. L. Johns, General Harrison a Candidate. ' Washington Correspondence Republic The alleged Interview with General Harrison a few days ago, in which he was reported to have declined In ad vance a renomination for the presi dency, was received here with a very , large allowance of salt. Those who are nearest to General Harrison and under stand the workings of a Is mind paid no heed to his reported declination, for , the simple reason that they knew bet ter. General Hurrlson is a candidate iu much the suiue way that Mr. Cleve land was a candidate iu 1892. He will do everything that he can in a dignified W4V to men re the nomination, but will not enter into an open and undignified scramble, and if the chances of bin de feat are dangerous a timely letter de clining to be a candidate will be pro duced. There are some queer stories whispered here in select circles, one of them Is that Harrison ' is desirous of serving a term as secretary of state. . A friend of Harrison's, while in a confi dential mood, told me a few days ago that if the ex-president could not see the way clear to being nominated with out a difficult struggle, he would throw his support to Allison and take the secretaryship of state in Allison's cabl net. It is known here that nothing riled Harrison so much when be was preside ut as the insinuations from time to time that Blaine controlled absolute ly the foreign policy of the Harrison administration and that the president himself bad nothing at all to do with It. Harrison insists that the foreign policy of his former aduiinstratlon was entirely his, and that Blaine was as much uuder his direction while he re mained in the cabinet as Uncle Jerry Rusk or Partner Miller. The report of Harrison's partiality for Allison may bring forth Interesting complications. Reed hates Harrisou. ' McKlnley has no love for Harrison. But would Reed and McKlnley prefer the nomination of Allison to Harrison next year? Al lison is a smooth, plausible fellow and If elected in 1896 would dead certain be a candidate for re-election in 1900. Council Proceedings. :The common council met on Tues day evening, pursuant to adjournment, All the councilmeu were present except L. E. Morse, ;.':..''.- Ordinance No. 12, relating to pro tection against fires, was considered and passed. '. Geo. T. Pralher having failed to qualify as superintendent of streets, the mayor appointed J. H. Dukes for the position. ,', , The report ot the recorder called for a general discussion in regard to the wilful violation of ordinances by using explosives on the 4th of July. , In re sponse to a question the mayor stated that no permission was given to shoot on that day, except on the beach and the outskirts of , the town,, and no application had been made for snooting elsewhere. The council then adopted the following resolution: : "Resolved, That the common council will support its officers in the enforcement of their duties under the ordinances of the town, and that acts of defiance against the authority of such officers should be condemned by the sentiment of all law abiding citizens.'' The committee ou streets and pub lic property was authorized to lease a piece of ground and to con struct a suitable fence about it to be used for a pound. Adjourned. 4 A Perilous Situation. V The families of M. N. Foley and J.C. Markley went to Sandy Flat, last week, to camp and fish. Mr, Foley, wnile fishing, got parted from the others of the party and followed down the river till he came to where the bluffs started from the water's edge. Not wishing to go back on his trail, he thought he would climb the bluff, which in some places was nearly perpendicular. Be fore starting up he cut a wedge of hard wood with which to pry out small pieces of the stratified rock to gain a hold for his feet. ' He worked his way up a hundred feet or more, till near the top a ridge of moss-covered rock seemed to defy his further progress, and he found himself in a perilous situation. It was out of the question, he thought, to descend, and bis Only hope of get ting out of there alive was to go ahead. The afternoon sun had heated the rocks and its burning rays made his situation still more uncomfortable. He tried to get off his shoes, thinking he could better scale the wall of rock bare footed, but failed. He then tossed his fish-pole to the top, so that it could be found if he failed to reach there him self, and after a desperate effort, man aged to reach the top of the bluff. Had he fallen, nothing could have saved him from being killed and tossed into the river below. After his escape he found himself so weak that it was some time before he could proceed to camp. Two days after, while sitting in camp, he was taken with a fit of coughing, which was followed by spitting blood. Next day he came home and had an other hemorrhage, but his doctor tells him he will get along all right if he takes care of himself. S Digest of Land Decision. , Famished by W. D. Harlan, Land Attorney, ; Washlngt n, D. C The sale of land after filial proof, but prior to the Issue of final certificate, will not defeat the right to a patent, where- the record shows due compli ance with the law.. Posting notice for sixty days suffi cient if the same period is covered by publication.;,. , .,: '. - - Application for patent or survey may embrace several contiguous locations. In speaking of the bike "hurnn." a close observer has discovered that the person who rides eittinz erect is the one that "humps." In reaching for ward the shoulders are drooped and the chest contracted, while the one who leans forward, bending the bodv at the hips, rides with bis shoulders ntrait and square and his chest expand ed. . This bicycle business is developing some startling theories, anyway. Elllensburg Register, v The atmosphere Is again free from smoke, . . ' ' The Lecture Course. The ladies' aid society of the U. B. church has arranged a lecture course of which Hood River may well be proud. They have the promise now of some of the best talent in the state, and it is hoped that some efficient help may yet be obtained from ' some of our sister states or from the East. . -. The first lecture ; will be given Aug. 2d, by Dr. Chapman, president of the Oregon State University. , His subject is, Sliakspeare's "King Lear.V ;. i ..'""' September 6th, I. D. Driver will give a lecture on "Bob Icgersoll and the Devil Combined." This promises every one a good laugh, and we need them occa sionally. . " '.' .' September 28th, a "bird concert" will be given by home talent, with some assistance from abroad. . Miss Olive Hartley will conduct a "Good-Night drill," which promises to be an inter esting feature of the evening. . October 4th, Bishop Mills will give one of his earnest, thoughtful talks 011 some question of today in "Sociology." Some time In November Miss Binnie De Forest of University Park will probably favor us with n dramatic read ing. Miss De Forest is one of the best Impersonators on the coast and will give us a pleasant evening. : For December, we hope to have Stanford University Mandolin Club, or Glee Club, or a combination of the two. Several other names are on the list, and it is possible we may yet have Dr. Locke of the Taylor-etreet M.E.church, Portland, and David Star Jordon, pres ident of Stanford University. , The value of this lecture course does not appear at first thought, but a fur ther study will show it to be an in clusive one, as it covers so many phases of thought. Some of these evenings must appeal to every thinking person in our country, and the most of us can enjoy thoroughly every evening. The school children of the seventh and eighth grades ought to be led to see the vulue of such a course to them, and so make an effort to hear every lectu re. . A New Citizen. Captain Henry Coe of Hood Rivet came tip here Wednesduy to file a home stead on 160 acres of land in section 3, township 4 north of range 24, east. The land lies on the Columbia river opposite Castle Rock. Part of it over flows annually and part of it is suitahli for . fruit raising. Captain Coe wili move to his homestead this full when be expects to set out about ten acres of strawberries. He will , use a steam pump for raising water for irrigation and later on a water wheel. The water has to be raised about 20 feet. The captain claims the place where his homestead is located will produce earlier berries than any other spot in Oregon or Washington. His idea, therefore, is to raise strawberries for the early market and he expects to have his crop marketed before the famous Hood River berries begin to ripen. The captain undoubtedly kuows what he is talking about and will make the berry venture a success if anybody can. Klickitat Repub lican. ' : ' ' ' ' A Minnesota paper has made a cal culation which shows that In 1882 it required 224 bushels of wheat to pay for a self binding reaper, while the same reaper, or a better one, can be bought this year for 187 bushels. Last Saturday the state union ship ped a carload of peach plums to the East from The Dalles. George Shut rum, a highly respected farmer of Umatilla county and a mem ber of the lower house of the last legis lature, died at his home near Pendle ton on the 18th inst. He was a pioneer of Umatilla county, having resided therefor the past twenty years or more. - .- - ' - On some of the mans Sherman coun ty don't look to be quite large enough upon which to turn a six-borse team. She produced one-sixth of the big wheat crop of this state last year, how ever, and has a few surprises in store for next fall. Keep your eye on Sher man county. Moro Observer. , 1 Miss Fay Fuller, while at Mt.Adams with the Mazumas, found the old box left there by the Oregon Alpine Club many years ago. In it were found cards bearing the names of members of two parties who succeeded in making ine ascent si ana years ago, respect ively, as follows: William B. Stillwell, August 2, 1864; Thomas Condon, Au gust 2, 1864; Charles C. Coe, Augusts, 1867; Julia A. Johnson, The Dalles, August 6, 1867; W. C. Jolmson, Oregon City, August 6, 1867; A. R. Booth, White Bluffs, August 8, 1867; Sam Brooks, The Dalles, August 6, 1867; Catherine Aubert. Hood River. August 6, 1867; Johnson, guide, White Salmon, August o, JbV. , t Don't Stop Tobacco. ' : The tobacco habit grows on . a - man until his uervous 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 ataiiure, purely vegetable and guar anteed perfectly harmless. ' You can use an tne tobacco you want, wbile 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 t wo-cent stamps for sample box. Book let and proofs tree. Eureka Chemical & Manufacturing Chemists, La Crosse, Wisconsin. ; ' The following receipt is said to be effective in driving way the flies. "Buy five cents worth of oil" of laven der at the drug store and mix It with the fame quantity of water. Then put it in a common glass atomizer and spray-It around the rooms wher ever flics are apt to congregate, espec ially in the dining room; there sprinkle It plentifully over the table linen. The odor is especially disagreeable to flies, and they will never venture in its neighborhood, though to most people U has a peculiar fresh and grateful smell. '! ; , t -, y .: . ,. . There are 365 convicts in the peniten tiary at Salem, -,.. . Ira Garner, a young man of 18 or 20, whose parents reside between High Prairie and Lyle, was drowned while bathing In a lake near Mt. Adams Sunday. ? A prominent physician of Portland reports that there is 500 cases of diph theria iu that city. , : The following papers of Incorpora tion were filed at Salem, July 24th: Hood River lumbering company; to ac quire and operate lumbering mills to do a general logging business, acquire and operate mines, quarries, ditches, aqueducts, roads, chutes, tramways, bridges, railways, electric light and power and general merchandise and farming business; principal offlce.Hood RiveY: capital, $50,000; shares of $25 each; incorporators, A. Winans, Wni. Buskirk and E. T. Winans. Kind friends have come to the as sistance of Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague and advanced enough money to raise the mortgage on "Edgewood," the country seat of her father, the late Sal mon P. Chase, chief Justice of the United Slates supreme court. AN OMINOUS BRIDGE. A Spot at Which Sopontltlom Wedding , Fnrtiea AU Tarn Buck. A bridge which is carefully avoided by wedding couples because of the traditions which surround it spans a stream called the goldbrook, in the parish of Iloxne, near Eye, in the coun ty of Suffolk, England. Standing in the center of an open field at Hoxne is an obelisk to the memory of Edmund, king of the East Angles, who was killed by the Danes in 870.. On the site of the monument stood an oak tree, In the branches of which the king took refuge from his foes. At nightfall he emerged from his leafy hiding place and secreted himself under the above mentioned bridge. A wedding party passing over the bridge at night ob served the king's gold spurs glittering in the moonlight, and in this, way ho was betrayed to his enemies, who took him back to the oak tree and shot him with arrows. Local tradition has it that many years ago the existing in scription of the event was followed by tho words: "Cursed be the wedding party that passes over this bridge."' No such words are now visible, but the tradition is so well known that bridal parties prefer taking a circuitous route rather than pass over Goldbrook bridge. . Terrible Record. -! - A French journal relates an incident in which a haughty ' functionary re ceived what in the vernacular of rustic America would be called a "neat come- uppance.", This haughty person was a ; member of the chamber of deputies, and much given to long speeches. I One day he found another deputy I conversing in the lobby with a man : whose face scemd familiar to him, but j whom ho could not remember. lie fan ! cied the man must be an intruding . journalist. , . . . . "Pardon me," he said to the other man, "but whom have we here?" v" Allow mo to introduce to you," an swered the deputy, "the man who has written more falsehoods and stupidities than any other man living." "Indeed!" said the great man. "Then my supposition was correct that he is a journalist?" ; "Not at all he is the official stenog rapher of the chamber!" - Recognized rellow-r raftsman. , Commercial . travelers, sometimes called "drummers," have acquired a reputation, perhaps undeserved, for largeness of statement. Thus we read in the Washington Star that a commer . cial traveler of the more flashy typo . had just finished a startling story, ; when the listener, a new acquaintance, remarked: . . . "That reminds me of one of Mun chausen's yarns."' , "Munchausen?" answered the drum- , mer; "who is he?" j "Why, don't you know about him" I Re is the most colossal example of mendacity that civilization has pro duced." A moment of silence followed, broken by the commercial traveler. "Excuse me," he said, "would you mind telling me what house he travel) for?" O. FREDENBURG, Notary Public. , MOUNT HOOD, - - OREGON NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. ' Land Office at Vancouver. Wash.. July 23. 1805. Notice is hereby given that the follow- lng-namea settler nas niea nonce oi nis Inten tion to make final proof In support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before W. R. Dunbar, Commissioner U. S. Circuit Court for District of Washington, at his office in uomenaaie, .vasu.,on nepi. , iw, viz: " i ;. JOHN SCH LEGEL, , H. E. No. 8378 for the southeast H section 31, township 6 north, range 11 east, W Ulamette Meridian. He names the following witnesses to prove nis continuous residence upon an a cultivation of, said land, viz: William F. Btadelman. John Yost. John Bernleger and Joseph Aernl, all of Trout Lane r. u w asmngion. , GEO. H. STEVENSON, Jy26aS0 :' , Register. SOTICE OF HSAL SETTLEMENT. Notice 1 hereby" given that by an order of me county court, ror tne state oi uregon for Wasco county mad. and entered this 22d day of July, 1805. in the matter of tho estate of John L. Rich, deceased, Monday, September 2d, 1885, at the hour of 1 o'clock P. M., was fixed as the time, and the county court room of said county as the place, for the hearing of aid Unal account of the executor of the last will and testament of said deceased. All per sons having any objections to said final ac count, and to too settlement of said estate, are directed to appear at said time and plains, then and there to show cause, If any there bo. why said final account should not bo ap proved and said estate settled. J.v : ' ANNIE Itrci-I, Kxontrlx1' Take Notice! WE HAVE O -A.. S ZEE And shall endeavor to merit custom BICYCLES FROM $100 DOWN. Ramblers, Ladies or G'ts, (clincher tires) $100.00 Do you want a wheel? : How fide $65 drop forged, tool steel and drawn, seamless stel tubing, big A, little a, "A No. 1" ladies or gents, BICYCLE, "M. & W." (best In the world) tires, for FIFTY DOLLARS! -a Come and see u at the Drug Store. WILLIAMS fc BROSIUS, Hood Biver 3?Ib.a,r:rEn.Q,c37v Fruit ''Trees.' All the best variety of Apples, Including Yakima, Gano, Arkansas Block, etc., and alt 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 stav. H. C BATE HAM, Columbia Nursery. "WEST BEOS., UTCHER KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND . Choice Fresh Meats, Hams, Baeon, Lard, And All Kinds of Game. ALSO, DEALERS IN FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. HOOD RTVER, - - .... . OREGON. HANNA fc WOLFARD, -DEALERS IN HOOD RIVER, OREGON. AGENTS FOR Peacock Flour BEST IN THE WORLD. HEADQUARTERS FOR LEATHER GCODS ID. 3T. PIEBCE'S Harness STOKE. The Famous C. M. HENDERSON & COS HO Kor MEN, WOMKN and CHILDREN. All sizes and large variety. My motto la "Possibly not the Cheapest, but the Best," and tho Henderson Mhoesare the cheapest in the long run. Don't Fail To call and examine and price these goods. They will please you. No trouble to show them. Hand-made Double Team Harness, $20 1 With Boston Team Collars. All other kinds of Harness cheap for 18H5. If vou 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. MJ..I.J1L ! HSJ I I I II mi- - - ' ,.. f . iimmin) PHYSICAL ( Sttomi. ' . Excellent Teaciaiers, SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES, -Address, MRS. SARAH K. WHITE. Principal. GEO. P. CROWELL, Successor to E. L. Smith Oldest Established House in tne vaney.j DEALER IN Dry Goods, Clothing, : . " " and '.' ' . ;" . . General Merchandise, : Flour and Feed. Etc. HOOD RIVER, .... OREGON. ADOPTED THE BASIS!! by QUALITY a well tut QUANTITY. does this proposition strike you? A bona -AT- The Annie Wright Seminary. TAC0MA, WASHINGTON. 1884. Eleventh Year. 1894. A Boarding School for Girls, with Superior Advantages. ta Iiirnmn ) MORAL I tomwmn t:' . finti Cuim V INTEIiliEOTflAX i or thi y. T. C. DALLAS, . DEALER IN- STOVES AND TIME, Kitchen Furniture, PLUMBERb' GOODS. Pruning Tools, Etc. Repairing Tinware a Specialty. Rooms to Let, With or without board. Pleasant pninDini .1 grounds. Address WM. 'III.liETT, j Jyli : M'M.d River, Or, and