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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1895)
Sfood'Iiver Siacier. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1S05. Hood Iliver will hold a horticultural fair October 4th and 5th. A meeting of the fruit growers and others interest ed was held Saturday and the prelim inary steps taken to Inaugurate the work. Much Interest is -manifested Mini it is safe to assert that we will liave a horticultural exhibit that will Biirpriise the natives and show to out siders that the superior quality of our fruit is not ;tn idle boast. The date of the fair has been tixed about the date .'of the opening of the Portlaud expo sition, which will enable ua to send a good exhibit of Hood River fruit to the latter. A home fair will bring out an exhibit that Could not be gotten to gether by any other means. The date vt the fair is about two weeks later In the season than the one held two years ago. This will yive the late winter apples more time to mature, and there Khould be a better showing than we liad then. The armory building will be . . . f,, .l.n ...-....!.- M ' V-. m . . ' M t F mturu iui iuc uuidoiuui lucrum ui admission has been fixed at 25 cents; ladies and children free. ..v The idea of liolding a fruit fair is an excellent one and will do more towards advertising our fruit than anything' that could be done. , . Jas. E. Campbell was nominated by the democrats of Ohio on the Hist. The free-silver delegates In the conven tion numbered anly 270 out of a total of 800. The tariff will be the main issue in Ohio politics. Ex-Gov. Camp- lell- was elected governor In 1889, and was defeated by Gov. McKinley In 1891. : He is popular In his own state, and democrats will unite on him re gardless of the money question. It is not probable ho will be elected, but If lie is, liis chances, for being the next president will be the best of any man now mentioned In either party for that position. ' ' " HOOP KIVKB, AUg.ZO, 1SU0. -UCIHOr Glacier: In your issue of the 2d inst. you have an editorial on Hood River gunners us .free traders, In Iwhich you urge iis to "give our 'own merchants our trade, as far as we can, in prefer- they neither buy your produce nor care fii' vnur lnnulitv anv fnrtl-iiil t.hnii trt get your ' money." Your . remarks uhould not go unchallenged, for the Hood - River merchants are not the best friends of this community; and what you say of others applies to them as well. They neither buy our pro duce nor seem to care for our locality any further than to get our money. What effort is made by our merchants to handle our produce? Their chief and only interest is to dispose of their goods at good prices; they ; cling to a pernicious credit system by which they require those who have rrioney to pay enough profit to secure them against losses from poor accounts. The poor man who gets credit has his life ground out of him; and the more well to do are virtually made to pay the bad bills of their less fortunate neigh bors. . ; "v- It is not only a privilege but a duty to themselves for those fanners who have money to trade where they can lo so with most profit. . And by so do ing they may learn our merchants that It might pay to do business on a dif ferent basbt. Fkbe Tradeb. ' j ;: Life ill the "Sunny South." The J'sunny South,'', the "tropical climate'" with 'Vsoft southern skies and breezes," sounds all very fine on paper; and when one is surrounded with cold winds and rains for1 weeks, the very thought of it sends a thrih'of longing ' to escape to some "sunny clime." Now, while this has proved a blessing to some, it has proved a great disappointment to others. . If one wants to sweat night and day without the use of a "sweater," by all means pack up and come to the South land. ;, The people here sleep with all doors and windows open for eight months in the year. Ticks, bedbugs, gnats and fleas, with many other forms of life which form the basis of entomolgy, propagate and thrive in all their glory, i Passing along the road, the other day, I looked over in the field toward the setting sun and counted 987,329 colonies of gnats rising and falling and executing their fancy gyrations. Sup posing there was on an average of 100 . 1 . 1 . 1 1 1 . I in iue uujunj , mere wuuiu w nearly 100,000,000 in that little field. This is but one little item in the music that one must face for the blessings of the sunny South land. ' The katydids are now In their glory. It is popularly supposed that some of them say ' "Katy didn't," but this is not true, ns I have peculiar facilities for learning; I am surrounded -with them, and, for lack of sleep, hear them all hours of the night with their sharp clicking sounds. I got my pencil one Ylio-ht. nnfl tnnlr A. Rtnnfrrn rtViirt wnni't. - -t I'"' - for fifteen minutes or more of one very boisterous fellow, Here arc the five expressions that they make: , "Katy," "katy did," "katy did it," "kadld," "katy didydid." Now, they ring all kinds of changes on these expressions but never change the tone or pitch. The latter expression is seldom used, but all the others are mixed and min K.l;?d in u bewildering manner, some times very slow and then very rapid. Any one of the first four are sometimes used in succession withou t change for a great many times, "ns - in my report one said "katy" - 89 times without change. While I ani writing now one very earnest and rapid talker has given me another form. After a brief pause he started up again, ejaculating, "Kate, kate, kato, katy did, katy did, katy, katy did, katy, katy, katy, katy.kadid, katy, katy, katy did,, katy," etc., paus ing occasionally and generally uttering "kate" sharply two or three times be fore proceeding with his irregular med ley. I feel satisfied that at present there is no serious' tendency to con sumption among this class of speakers; their lungs are evidently all right. If there ever was a time - when; a part of this entomological family vigorously denied the assertipns about Katy, it seems ns if harmony on that point has been secured, and we ' ought:' to be thankful for that and their good health" generally, "which ' iii a measure ought to reconcile us to their monotonous ut terances. The latter day political saints alias the populists and alliance men held their annual four-days' camp-meeting here this week and renewed their spir itual strength for the irrepressible con flict. " A great deal of sickness, conse quent on; the long-continued spell of extremely hot and rainy weather, pre vented a great many from attending; yet the gathering was large, and some pay Thursday was very .nearly up to any former ..'meeting. . Gen. Weaver of Iowa was the' only speaker outside the state.' I heard only- two speeches, thoso of Judge Nugent, the last year's populist nominee for governor, and Evans Jones, the president of the state alliance.. Judge Nugent is a clear, forcible speaker and can be heard dis tinctly over a large area. He is bald from his forehead over the top to half way down the back of his head, form ing a perfect oval cleared space so defi nite and precise iii its outline where it meets a vigorous and solid growth of hair all ! around as to suggest inten tional , artistic arrangement. , Evans Jones is heavily built, Swears only a mustache on his face, speaks slowly, with great precision, and banks his ideas well, but accompanies the whole with a monotonous drawl, and gestures without any regard to the eternal fit ness of things, and "waving relief from any of the principles of modula tion, inflexion or emphasis. His face is a study, too. . Although, of course, the muscles of his face are playing while speaking, yet, like his monot onous articulation, the same spiritless visage appears throughout, no enthu siastic living soul appears on the sur face In apparent efforts ' to burst the bounds of Its clay prison.':, He rounded up the herd in a peroration , of rapid staccato .bursts with almost the uni formity of musical measures labored gasps, as though time "tvas short, the end of all things near, like the agony of some old-time, as well as new-time minister aroused to , the .danger of a moment's delay, exercising the spirit for all it is worth to stem the opposing tide. Both' Nugent and Jones are quite popular with the people and in offensive in their speeches. The en closed clipping is from the Dallas News, one of whose reporters was at themeet incr: -:. - . ' " - Myrtle Springs, Van Zanrit " Co., Tex., Aug. 6th. The annual alliance opened here today under favorable au spices. Fully a dozen counties are now represented here and every road lead ing this way is lined witli wagons. The alliance people enre nothing for railroad connection. The head of the family hitches up "Mike" and "Beck," calls up bis family loads in provisions, feed and bedding, a few bushelx of fruit, a dozen or so of melons, lashes on a chicken coop well tilled with frying chickens and all get, in and drive off. One family consisting of father.ruother and a bright pair of twin babies from southwest Louisiana came in driving a yoke of longhorns.'' The family cow came behind. "We want to hear Mrs. Lease," said the mother of the twins. In the morning of the last day of the gathering, the man whose farm was carved Up to make this town breathed his last time after several years of afflic tion, including the last ten months in bed. Just as that great fire in the heavens was casting his last gleams upon this locality, we lowered his body into its last resting place. In a semi circle at one end of the grave stood 39 relatives, embracing one only'lsister, and all the children and grand child drcn, except three or four only two miles away, detained by sickness. . In these, days of traveling, facilities and scattered families it was a rather re markable showing. S. T. Howe. August 10, 1895. -;' ' . Successful Applicants. At the recent quarterly examination at the Dalles, the following were grant ed certificates to teach: ' First Grade J. T. Neff, Hood River; W. L. Harrington,' Boyd. ' . ' '- Second Grade Misses A. M. Frasier and Omah Smith,' Dufur; Eva Max-; well, Goldendule; Florence Lewis and Emma J. Roberts, The Dalles; Mrs. H. J. Emerson, Dufur. Third Grade Miss Josie B. Carter, Watnic; Miss A. May Sechler, The Dalles; : Mis9 Alva Markley, Hood River; Misi Nellie M. Johnston, Fish ers, Wash.; Mies Maud Pealiody,Dufur. Mis Itachel Morgan and Mr. Waldo of Dufur were rated in the second grade by standing, but are required to teach three months before they lire entitled to the grade, and weiv gryen third grade wrtlflcutM. 0. I. Taylor Arrested. Rev. O. D. Taylor of this city was ar rested Saturday afternoon ' by . Deputy Sheriff Kelly on a requisition from the governor of the state of Michigan, and turned over immediately to Mr. Parker Owens, an oflleer of Saginaw, Mich. The crime alleged is obtaining money under false pretenses, and undoubted ly grew out of the reverend gentleman's connection with the sale of property in North Dalles, Wash. ' ' The excitement after the arrest was intense, and every one was anxious to know the crime for .which he had been placed in durance vile by the officer. It was managed very quietly, no one knowing anything about it, or the least inkling of what was going to happen, until the reverend gentleman was lu custody of the officer from Sag inaw. Deputy Sheriff Kelly and Mr. Parker Owens drove in a buggy out to Mr. Taylor's residence, read the .war rant to him, and he accompanied them to town, after changing his clothing and bidding his family good-by. ' ' Mr. Owens immediately placed him in jail, and sent word for a-horse and buggy to be-at his disposal.' '.An- attor ney was consulted by Mr, Taylor, who pronounced the requisition papersin regular order, and - the officer drove away witt his prisoner, presumably to Celilo or some point farther east where he boarded the train for " Saginaw. The eagerness to, leave town on the part of Mr. Owens, it is supposed, was because he feared habeas corpus pro ceedings which would detain bim and his prisoner several days. ' The chnrge was bbtaiulning money under false pretences, and ' the complaint was sworn to by Joseph Seemer. Mount aineer. '. -'.V''" ' ' .' ''.;-.'' 1' -!V-.'' The Chronicle says the officer from Michigan who arrested . Taylor . was about to apply handcuffs, but was per suaded not to byDeputy Sheriff Kelly and others, that he -refused to allow Taylor to consult his family, his attor ney, or change his clothing, but tak ing him by the collar, marched him to a wagon at the court, house door, and drove rapidly out of town in the direc tion ofSherman county. - Indian Gardens Ranch. The fruit ranch of F. R. Absten, 4 miles west of town, is one of the most interesting places to visit in the valley. Mr. Absten has given it the name of "Indian Gardens"from the , fact (jbat Indians cultivated a part of .the place before the advent of the white man. It is beautifully situated, facing the Columbia river, and lying in benches on the side of the high hills that rise to the south. The bold promontory of Mitchell's Point rises t on the west, probably half a mile, to the height of over a thousand feet, and looks, to be within a stone's throw. A large, spring up on the side of the hills above the orchards furnishes -an abundance " of water to irrigate, the' ranch! " This is among the early strawberry ranches, which fruit Mr. Absten has been grow ing for years. Blackberries are always a good crojj on the place. He has 500 or COO fruit trees, most of them bearing. He has ibis year a-fine crop of Early Crawford peaches; large and beautifully colored. His other kinds of fruit','' in cludiug apples, pears, prunes, plums, etc., will yield a full crop." Persons looking over the valley should ,' not fail to visit Mr. Absten's ranch if they want to see what Hood River can do in the way of growing fruit.. . Mr. Ab sten offers the pluce for sale, as will be seen by referring to our advertising columns.. . v-' - . . . . An Enjoyable Time. Another successful entertainment was given at Frankton school house last Friday evening, for the benefit of the organ fund. .The programme con sisted of recitations, singing and music by the organ and Belmont band. Ice cream and cake , were rserved,--and a lemonade and peanut stand was also on the grounds. The tables were set in the open air, ftfd the evening being a little more comfortable than on, the previous occasion, the ice cream and lemonade went off like hot cakes. It is a cold night when the Frankton and Belmont folks can't enjoy ice cream. After everybody had filled rup, M., P. Iseuberg acted as auctioneer and sold to the highest bidders everything that was left over, including cakes, ice cream, candy, fruit and bouques.of flowers. - The receipts of the evening amounted to $28.20. . : Yakima Fair. ;. v , . ;y ; -The Yakima fair, to be held at North Yakima, Oct. 7th to 12th, promises to be one of the largest and best agricul tural, horticultural, mineral and stock exhibits ever held in Eastern Wash ington. A very attractive premium list and programme has been arranged including Indian races, war dances and barbecue, which will be participated in by over 4000 Indians of the Northwest, headed by their most noted chiefs and accompanied - by -their best trained horses. , Each day special horse and bicycle races will be held, together with a grand base ball tournament, in cluding a professional game between the league clubs of Miuneapolis.Minn., and Detroit, Mich., to ail of which lib eral purses will be given. The minia ture Washington farm of the world's fair will be reproduced in detail, v One of the best bands In the state has been engaged to furnish music during the entire week. : ' . .,,,.,' The premium list is open to compe tition from all counties of the state, and the executive committee would be pleased to correspond with any person desiung to make an exhibit. . - ' -- O.'U. BKOWNicf.r., Secretary, .'. So far threshing in Sherman county has revealed the fact that there will be but a very small portion of the 1895' wheat graded No. 2. The berry is plump and nice, and the crop goes irom 4 to 7 bushels more to the acre than was expected. One Hay canyon field is reported to have yielded 40 bushels to the acre. The yield of the county, in the aggregate, will be fully up to the average years before the big yield of '94. Moro Observer. Bulldozing Hood River-out of the annual meeting of the state teachers' association this year, terminated as the Observer predicted. But three teachers from Eastern Oregon attended the ses sion. Moro Observer, .j ' It always puzzles an honest man to know how rogues succeed iu passing worthless checks when he himself, with an honest check, has to be iden tified all along the line from the days of Adam down to where he slept last night. Moro Observer. There is more danger In bad litera ture tban in anything else, except, perhaps, bad whisky. The question of suppressing that kind of literature is one that is frequently agitated by moral reformers. Interference bv law and law enforcers is recommended by some.' To see that t he mind of the child is kept pure Is the duty of the pa rents. No father or mother can shirk it. Klickitat Republican. Just at present the pear industry is a thriving one in our midst, and hun dreds of boxes of fine Bartlett pears are daily being packed and sent East to melt iu the mouths of parties not for tunate enough to live in a Bartlett pear country. This fruit is being picked for the firm of Mark Levy & Co. of Portland, they paying 40 cents per box for the pears at the dryers, which is looked upon by most raisers as a good price for this fruit. Van couver Independent. , - The Vancouver Independent says the prune-drying season promises to open early this year on account of the dry weather, end for this reason prunes nre not expected to grade as large as Clarke county prunes are wont to do; but this -may be counteracted Jby the fact tbut prunes do not shrink as much in dry weather as thry do in damp. It is expected that with weather similar to that now prevailing that three pounds of the green fruit will make one of dried, which is half a pound less than the usual estimate, s. r Probably the oldest and , largest ap ple tree in the town, if iiot in the country, stands on the lot of our towns man, Mr Samuel Ryder. It measures nearly four feet: in diameter and its branches at one time' measured 180 feet in circumference. Its age can be dated back 140 years and it is even older than that. Waynesboro (Pa.) Zephyr. . . . The Dalles and Dufur have been con nected by telephone. Cascade Locks has 1023 population. The Portland exposition will be held Octobt r 5th to November 5th. . . SPECIAL NOTICES. Beware of Imitations of Peacock Flour, Take none without the picture of the bird on the sock. - VHANNA & AVOLFARIX Ferguson & Davidson have chilled plow points for sale. ' , , - v ';cWanted-R6oms. Wanted, two neatly furnished sleeping apartments. - State lowest price per week. Address, through post office, C, care Olacier. ( $2.50 Reward. I will pay $2.50 reward for the return of my coat and pocket-book, lost on the road be tween John Monroe's place and town, about August 1st.. WM, TILLETT, A Soft Snap. , -1 will sell two 10 acre tracts of land at 815 on acre; within reach of the new school house and one-quarter of a mile of the Frankton school bouse. Also. 1U0 acros of choice timber land in the W'inans settlement at $1.50 per acre. - w . r. WAiur, au23 .- . ' ...... . Hood River, Or. Wanted to Exchange. Will exchange fruit trees for wood. Apply to ,- MRS. LOUISA CURRIE, , au23 . . Rutlege, Oregon. Horse For Sale. A good 8 year old horse, driving stock, good traveler. Can be seen at TUlett's place. Call at Glacier office for further particulars. au23 For Sale, at a Bargain. A nice Baby Buggy; also, red plush Bed liOunge, almost new. Both will be sold cheap, and can be seen at the house of . MRS. ALBERT REINER, On the Sherman place, 2 miles west of town. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at The Dallos, Oregon, Aug. 5, 1896.-r-Hotice is hereby given that the following-named settler has fi led notice of his Inten tion to make final proof In support of hlg claim, and that said proof will be made be fore Register and Receiver at The Dalles, Or gon, on. Sept. 23, 1805, viz: . , -., :;."'' WILLIAM W. FOSS, V Hd. E. No. 3638, for the southwest y. section 81, township H north, range Jl cat, W. M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of, said land, viz: E. L. Smith, H. C. Coe, Joseph Purser and Frank Noble, all of Hood River, Oregon; a9sl3 JAS. F, MOORE, Register. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that by an order of trio joumy (jourt, lor tne nuue or Oregon lor Wasco county, made and entered the 8th day of August, 18to, in the matter of the estate of E. E. Oriffln, an Insane person, Monday, Sep tember 2, ISto, at the hour of in o'clock A. M., was fixed as the time, and the county court room of said county as the place, for the hear ing of said final account of the guardian of the estate of said insane person. All persons having any objections to said final account, and to the settlement of said estate, aro di rected to appear at said time and place, there and then to show cause, If any there bo, why said final account should not be approved and said estate settled. WILLIAM B0SK1RK, auO-30 Guardian. Hood River Fruit Grow ers' Union. Inasmuch as we are working for the pur pose of securing fair prices for fruit for the people of Hood River and vicinity, we cannot all'ord to advertise and spend time and money soliciting business, for the people for whom the business is clone must pay all tne bills. But we will undertake to market fruit for those who wish to place the same lu our charge, to the best possible advantage, and will endeavor,, to give correct advices as to markets at all times. When the time comes for shipping caV loads of green fruit, we will serve you if there Is a substantial market, blackberries being the only fruit shipped Just now. ,. . . 'Id. F. DAVIDSON, Secretary. . JOB, SALE. Laies Team. lmrnf-ss and watron. rrl". l(i0. aulJ .-. , . 4. 11. FRAKY. TiK'liir, O:'. I FERGUSON & DAVIDSON, ' -DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL 'IMPLEMENT S And Vehicles of all kinds at tho very lowest prices. V Studebaker Wagons and Biggies, Canton Clipper Plo"7G v v AND CULTIVATORS, ' Repairs for Wagons and Buggies on Hand. It will pay you in cash to see us before ordering from Portland or elsewhere. We also have In stock a full line of . B susls: ets Suitable for farmers and evcri body's use. They are handy and cheap; Just the thing for gathering frull. That bargain counter of . SHOES AT WHOLESALE PRICES D. P. PIEECE'S Oxford Ties, - - $1.10 Men's shoes, - - - 1.10 Women's Shoes, -1.10 SADDLES AT COST and Handmade Harness as cheap as thev can he honeht In Orecron, ' WE HAVE ADOPTED THE c s h: '-b s x s ii And shall endeavor to merit custom by QUALITY as well as QUANTITY. BICYCLES FROM $100 DOWN. Ramblers, Ladies or G'ts, (clincher tires) $100.00 8 Do you want a wheel? How does this proposition strike you? A bona fide $65 drop forged, tool steel and drawn, seamless steI tubing;, big A, little'', "A No. 1" ladies or gents, BICYCLE, "M. & W." (best In the world) tires, for FIFTY DOLLARS! -a Come and see us at the Drug Store. ''-v ' v WILLIAMS & BROSIUS, All the best variety of Apples, Including Yakima, Oano, Arkansas Black, etc., and nil 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 dnmaire. We are here to stay. ' H. C BATEHAM, Columbia Nursery. WEST KEEP . CONSTANTLY ON HAND Choice Fresh Meats, Hams, Bacon, Lard, And All Kinds of Game. , V ALSO, DEALERS IN . . FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. HOOD RIVER, ' . : .... OREGON. HANNA fc WOLFARD, DEALERS IN ' ,' General - HOOD RIVER, OREGON. -AGENTS FOR '-"','" - . '. ' ' - . I "" ;"' "" BEST IN THE WORLD. , .. Esr cellerrt BesAitifu-l Suixro-u.rLd.ing's SEND. FOR CATALOGUE AND PRICES, Address, Misses Shoes, - - $1.00 Boy's Shoes, - - - 5 95 Old Ladies' Oomfort,1.35 BROS., : The Annie Wright Seminary. ' ; TAC0MA, WASHINGTON. 3 1834. Eleventh Year. . 1894. A Boarding School for Girls, .I; with Superior Advantages. This Irmmo ) MORAL ( tmLtrmt ;. Givm CiRsrnx, . I INTELLECTUAL J of tm -; Attsktioi to tsi ) PHYSICAL ( Iniim. - MRS. SARAH K. WHITE. Principal.