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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1895)
'.Slosd iiver (Slacier. FRIDAY; AUGUST. 23, 1S95. THE 31 AILS. The mall arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 ' clock A. M. Wednesdays and Saturdays; de parts same aays a, noon. For Chenoweth, leave? at 8 A.M.; arrives at P. M. Saturdays. For White Salmon leaves dally at 1 P. M.; arrives at 6 o'clock P. M. . From White Salmon, leaves for Fulda, Gil mer, Trout Lake and Glenwood Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. ' SOCIETIES. Canby Post, No. W. G. A. R., meets at Odd Fellow's Hall, first Saturday of euch month at 2 o'clock p. m. All G. A. B. members in vited to attend. C. J. Hayes, Commander. A. 8. Blowers. Adjutant. - Wauooma Lodfje, No. 80. K. of P., meets In their Castle Hall on every Tuesday night. J. A. Sokmbe, C. C. Gbo. T. Prather, K. of It. AS. Klverslde Lodge, No. 08, A O. U. W., meets first and third Saturdays of each month. W. J. SMITH, M. W. - J. Y. Watt, Financier. . U. It. Howk, Recover. ADVERTISING RATES. Professional Cards, per month . ..$1 00 une men space, per montn.. 1 60 Rates on larger space given on application. ' Business notices in local columns will be eharged 5 cents a line euch insertion; under the head of "Special Notices" half these rates Will be charged. Legal advertisements will be charged to the party ordering them, at legal rates, and must be paid for before proof is furnished. V- BRIEF LOCAL HATTERS.- .Land plaster at S. E. Bartmess'. , Tin cans and wax strings at .Dallas.' v S. E. Bartmess is agent for the Vic tor bicycle. : Mvron Champlin returned to Port land Sunday. Mr. B. Warren is building a com modious wood shed. ' - Lou Morse is authorized agent for all newspapers and periodicals. M. (I. Nickelsen. is agent for the White Sewing Machine. . S. E. Bartmess is agent for the Bri dal Veil Lumber Company. ' Bed room set with bevel edge mirror for $12.50 at S. E. Bartmess'. . Saturdayand Monday of each week will le our grinding days throughout the fail and winter. Harbison Bros. E. Markham lost a light trace chain at the flume by E. O. Rogers' .; place. Finder will pleaee return it to him.,:- ' n .G. M. Somervllle and family have ' gone buck to Nebraska, where they . expect to remain for a year aud then return to Hood Kiver. Joe Purser and Mr. Phelps were en gaged during the week putting in the gauges for the water consumers on the lower end of the lateral ditch. Mrs. Hattie Hansen has just com pleted one of the neatest, cottages in the valley on her homestead about a mile west of H. L. Crapper's. , ' Mr. and Mrs. L. H.: Adams came up from ' Portland Saturday night and spent Sunday with Mrs.' Adams' pa rents, Mr. and M rs. H. Pugli. . ' . ny thing vou need in the line of , doors, windows, window glass, mould ings, thresholds, casings, etc., you will find at the Box Factory. Those who have agreed to pay their subscriptions inv wood are hereby noti fied to bring it along. Sixteen-inch stove wood, delivered at our residence, preferred. ; J. A. SoesbiP has completed the work of assessing thn property and taking the census of Hood River valley. He finds the population to be 1,75b, with 480 voters. Mrs. B. Schnller was called to Port land on account of her son's sickness. Mrs. K. G. Billings of Port Townend takes her dace as music teacher in Dr. Adams' family. . Tillett has 100 Lambert cherry trees . for sale; every one having the stamp of the horticultural society, showing their genuineness. Also, all varieties . of standard apples. t , - Stop and. think one minute! Is it not reasonable that without, rent to pay, 1 can sell doors, windows and all kinds of building material, paints and household furniture, and com pete with any dealer in any city or town? Gall and see. S. E. Bartmess. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tillett gave a party to their friends Friday night last. Refreshments in the shape of ice cream and cake were served. The party had games, recitations and danc ing, which were kept up till a late hour. The O. R. & N. Co., always alert to the welfare of their patrons.liave placed on sale at prircipal stations a 1000-mile ticket at the rate of three cents per mile; good one year from date of sale, and good for passage over the rail and water lines of their system. , C. P. Ross brought to town Saturday a specimen of fruit that, . puzzled fruit men to name. It had the shape of an apple and the color of a ripe peach plum.' He called it prunos-simonusi. It is a cross of the prune and peach plum and was originated by an Idaho fruit grower. The members of the Belmont hand contemplate giving a concert in the near future. The band has been de lighting audiences by furnishing music at the various entertainments during the summer, and the people will cer tainly delight in giving them a benefit. . The band is in need of more Instru ments and will take this method of ob taining them. ; - ' After the Sunday school at Frankton school house, last' Sunday, the rite of baptism was administered. The con gregation proceeded to the lake just across the state roud from E. D. Calk ins' residence, wlwre the ceremony was performed by the immersion of two ladies, Mrs. E. G. Rogers and her daughter Ada, who have recently united with the Methodist Episcopal church at Belmont. Rev. F. L. Johns oliiciated. White Salmon had shipped, up to ! nna including last Monday, uoout luou boxes tomatoes. Monday's shipment amounted to about two tons. The price for the season has averaged about 65 cents per box. The principal grow ers of tomatoes'at White Salmon ore P. F. Bradford, John R.Rankin, C. D. Moore and J. P. Egan. These gentle men are well satisfied with their re turns and find there is more money in raising tomatoes than in raising strav lierries, and will hereafter plant more 'Jargcly of this fiivorife veuctablc ' ' Last Wednesday ' morning J. It. NicUelsen saw a tramp hide a lunch 4n a bollow oak tree near his shop. "lii about ten minutes he came with another, hid It in the same place, and struck out for more. Mr. . .Nickelsen watched him till he whs out of sight and then went and swiped the grul). The tramp soon returned with another batcl-i, but finding that his bank had busted, looked for another place of de posit. But the tramp got even. When John went home to dinner and told his wife how he had fooled a tramp, she told him of a tramp she baa given a cold lunch. On comparing notes, it was found that the same tramp called at jNiekelsen's house soon after he had discovered his loss from the hollow oak tree.and received a liberal handout. The twice-a-week ; edition of the New York World has been converted into the thrice-a-week. It furnisnes .3 papers of 6 pages apiece, or eighteen pages every week, at the old price or one dollar a vear. This srives 156 DBDers a vear for one dollar and every rmner hasO pages eight columns wide or 48 columns in all. The thrice-a-week World is not only much larger than any weekly or semi-weekly newspaper, but it furnishes the news with much greater frequency and promptness. In fast' it combines ail- the erisp, fresh qualities of a daily with the attractive special leauires or a weeKiy. we win give tne glacier and the - thrice-a-week World to cash subscribers iorf:2.50. Charles Chandler has a six-acre tract for hogs. He will sow part of it to clover, plant part to artichokes and set the balance to sweet apples. When this is done he will have a good place to raise hogs at a profit with very little expense. He is now ' building an ap ple house, the wulls of which are made double and tilled with sawdust. H. C. Heugst, C. H.Stranahan and himself are doing the work. When completed it will cost $200. .. . - There will be a Sunday school con cert for foreign missions at the Odell school house, East ; Hood River, Sun day, Aug 25th, at 3-p. m. . friends from other parts of the valley have been invited to take part; All are in-1 viied, and it is ''hoped there will be a; good collection to carry the glad ti - dings to those who "set in darkness," as well as a revival of enthusiasm .for this work. ; , - - i V " i ; , The engine of the gravel train that passes up and down the road every day, is constantly setting fire to the dry Krii&s uiiu laimii tuuuer nioiiK toe iritcn. One day last week Mr.; E. Locke's j buildings came near being burned, and Monday sparks from the engine set fire to the woods on the Morton ranch, just below Peter Cordes' place. The citizens in the neighborhood turned out and fought the fire for a couple of hours. . . Mrs. A. W. Rains arrti niece, Velma Morse, started on their return to Kan sas Tuesday. They expect to return before another year and make Hood River tneir home. Mrs. Rains has been engaged in teaching school at her old home for the past twelve years, und she is now called home to teach an other term. The reports of burning forests on the "Mt Hood road" in the Portland papers may lead Portland people to think there In danger on the regular Mt. Hood road by way of Cloud Gap Inn. This . is the main road to Mt. IJood and there are no forest fires on the road nor has there been any this season. , .' , There was a party at Mrs. Ordwny's, on the East Side, Saturday evening. Quite a number of the young folks of the neighborhood attended and a pleasant evening was spent. Refresh ments were served' and the party ad journed at a late hour. . Wheelock and Haskell Marsh of Forest Grove came up Saturday morn ing, and Saturday night they were joined by Prof. Lloyd and Mr.Tbomas. 1 lie tour men started the first ot the week on a trip around Mt. Adams. Mr. S. Buchanan of Reedville, Wash ington county, is here looking over the country with the intention of buying land and making this his home. His health has been poorly, but since com ing here it has improved very much. Miss Julia Henderson started . on Tuesday night's train for Bay Saint Louis, Miss. Leland Henderson, her brother, came up from Portland on the same train and will accompany her on the journey. Charles Rogers and family will leave next week for the hop fields of Wash ington county. At Portland they will meet J. A. Burdick and family aud travel with them in their convey ance. ; Tuesday, Rev. Krause, H. Hennand James E. Hanna started for Lost lake. Mr. Krause has kindly promised us a piece of bear meat on the return of the party. - ; Last Sunday F. L. Johns preached his farewell at Belmont and also at Hood River. He goes to annual con ference next week at Spokane. Hon. E. L." Smith and family re turned from their ranch at Trout Lake last Friday, after a pleasant outing of six weeks' duration. Bert Langille came down from Cloud Cap Inn Tuesday. ;He reports travel in that direction greatly lessoued since the smoky weather. . : John Pay ton left Tuesday for the Willamette valley, where he will look up a job at his old business, railroad ing. ' ' The O. R. & N, Co. are extending the Switch west of the depot down to near the factory of Cue & Stranahan. Dr. E. T. Cams expects to go to Portland on Tuesday, August 27th, to return to Hood River November 1st. Mi's. DeBorrah and Miss'McConnell, daughters, of Gov. McConnell of Idaho, are stopping at Mrs. Alma Howe's. .Mr. H. C. Stranahan threshed his crop of wheat on last Friday, which turned off 33 bushels per acre. ; , Postmaster Morse went out to Handy Flat Monday and brought Mayor Woi fard aud family to town. : Omitain Rlntvara Mitd uan tam want . pto Portland Sunday and returned on Monday mgbt a train. Rev. T. D. Gregory will prerch his farewell sermon nextSunday in the evening at Hood River. H. C. Coe and T. J. Watson went to Portland on Wednesday. , ! Miss Mary Montgomery Of Portland is the guest of Mrs. Alfred Ingalls. Mrs. Houghton of Portland is at Mrs. Parker's. :,-. Strawberry plants for sale at Colum- J bin nuMcry. ; Cush Luckey and Fred. Doremus went to Trout lake Saturday. They found the smoke so thick "and the borne flies so numerous that they made a short stay and returned as far as Sandy Flat, where they found good nsuliig. They were successful in catch Ing a good number of iish. A party of ladies and gentlemen arrived from The Dalles who lost their provisions, and Cush and Doremus bad to share their fish and other grub with the. new arrivals. This accounts for their not having any fUhto share with their friends at home. At least this is Gush's story, but his friends consider it rather "fishy." ; . : J. M. Hixson & Co. of Seattle, a firm which does a great business in ship ping fru,it to Alaska, writes H. G. Buteham as follows with regard to the coming demand for apples: "Spitzen- oergs, we want all there are in Hood River. Every one wants " Spitzen bergs, and no other place that ! know of raises them equal to Hood River, Unless the bottom falls out of the apple market, if the growers of Hood River will give us their bpitzen bergs, we will . get them more mouey for them than ; they ever got before." I There was a slight sprinkle of rain in ! Hood River Tuesday, but not enough to lav the dust. Wednesday the smoke cleared away sufficently to allow Mt.. Adams to be seen Prof. Jordan was sick and could not come to fill his engagement, in the U. B. lecture course. No other date can be fixed for fhe lecture until he is heard from. - ' The city marshal has nine head of cattle cows, calves and yearlings in the pound, which, if not taken out by their owners, .will be sold on the 20th inst. , : . ; . . ..: ;,,,.. Ed Williams left Wednesday for Cloud Cap Inn. Today," in company With Doug Langille, he will start on a trip around the base of Mt. Hood. -, .' The W. C. T. U. will serve ice cream at 10c a dish, on the Smith block, next Wednesday evening, from 8 i 'c!Lk Jttte u tue evening. Rev. T. D. Grefeory will leave Mon- day for Seattle, where he will be ! given charge by the Puget sound i conference. . . . j The state union is loading a car of 'apples and other fruit today for shipment East, The Junior Endeavor society will giva a party this afternoon at Mrs. .iMiTison's. E. D. Calkins left for Sherman county the first partof the week. We Will Hold a Fair. Pursuant to . call of committee, the fruit growers met at Hon.E.L. Smith's office Saturday to consider the question of holding a fair at Hood River during the coming fall. Hon. E. L. Smith was elected chairman of the meeting and II. C. Bateham secretary. ' . After the chairman Lad stated the object of the meeting, Capt. Blowers moved that we hold a horticultural ex hibition at Hood River. The motion was adopted, and Friday and Sat urday, October , 4th and 6th, select ed as the date for holding the same The meeting then proceeded to the election of officers, and the presiding officers were elected to act as perma nent officers of the exhibition. On motion, the chair appointed an executive committee, consisting of seven members, as follows:'1 W. J. Baker, John Parker, S. F. Blythe, George T. Prather, , W. A. Slingerland, Mrs. E. L. Smith and Mrs. O. L. ! Stranahan. ' ,' Z On motion, it was decided to name the exhibit the "Hood River Horticul tural Fair," and. invite the co-opera tion of all nearby localities. " . A committee was appointed to so licit subscriptions and arrange pre miums, as follows: M. Willis, A. 8. Blowers, Win. . Tillett, Mrs. J. N. McCoy and Miss Alice Cleaver. The meeting then adjourned to meet at the call of the executive committee. ; Union Picnic. The Valley Christian Sunday school will hold a picnic -at the Methodist camp ground at Belmont on Thursday, August 29th, and have invited all the Sunday schools in the valley to partic ipate. The following are invited and will take part: Crapper, Odell, Bel mont, Frankton, Pine Grove, Congre gational, United Brethren and Meth odist Sunday schools. All will meet at Belmont chapel at 10 o'clock aud march in a body to the camp grounds. Each school is expected to prepare something for the general programme, and the superintendents will - give short addresses. A basket dinner will be partaken of on the grounds. In the afternoon the little folks will give reci tations, songs, etc. Bring well filled baskets. " ' ' BORX. ' ' " ;t " ; In Hood River, Sunday, August 19, J85, to Dr. F. C. Brosius and wife, a daughter. ; ., " V;., -' -' DIED. ''.;- w'V In Hood River valley, Sunday, Aug. 18, 1895, Mrs. P. F. Cordes, uged 39 years, 3 months and 3 days. ; - - Miss Lena Wrago was born May 14, 1856, in Henstedt Kirckspriel Kallen- kirchen, Holstein, Germany. She came to America in 1874, was married to Peter F, Cordes in San Francisco, January 16, 1886, and in the same year came with her husband to Hood River. Deceased leaves : a husband and . two children a girl aged 7 and a boy 6 to mourn the loss of a good wife and true Christian mother. ; She has gone from her pain to a haven of rest, "On the banks of the evergreen shore," Where the storms that beset her poor life here below Will darken her pathway no more. V. R. A. Wanted Board. Board wanted In private family, either with or without rooms; one adult and one 13 yearn old. Mtate lowest price. Address, through post ollice, X, care Glucler. CHURCH . NOTICES. ' IT. B. church. Sunday, Aug. 25th, Sunday school at 10 a. m., preaching at 11 a. m.. lunior endeavor at 6 p. m., senior endeavor at 7 p. in.; song service, with nreachiug. 8 p. m. All are welcome who will attend any of these meetings. F. C. Kraitse, Pastor. r There will be Sunday school at the M. E. tabernacle at 10 o'clock, the usual hour. A welcome to all. Supt. Regular services are held at the M, E. barracks morning and evening of the first Sunday of each montn; in the evening the remaining Sundays of the mouth. The fourth Sunday evening occupied by T. U. Gregory. -,- F. L. Johns. Assessment No. 2. Notice is hereby given to the stockholders of the Hood River Fruit Growers' Union that the Board of Directors have levied assessment No. 2, of 60 cents per share on the capital stock, to be collected according to the provi sions oi tne oy-iaws. ., . ; ll. P. DAVIDSON, Secretary. Ladd's New Gun Store. New line of all Sporting uooas, uampers, Eisner men and Prospectors Supplies at reduced rates. Hiirhest ct sh urice Daid for Raw Purs. Send for Catalogue. Address Ladd's Gun Store, Third ana juarKet bis, Ban t rancisco, al. jei FOR S ALE. Forty acres unimproved land, on the east side of Hood river, 6 miles from town. Price S10 per acre. Inquire at Glacier office. G. T. PbatWkh, Notary Public. H. C. Cok, PRATHER & COE, Real Estate a nil Insnrance, 93 Oak St., bet. 2d and 3d. We hnve lots, blocks and acreage in the town of Hood River; also, fruit, hay and Derry farms and timber claims in the most desira ble locations in the valley. If you have any thing in the real estate line to sell or rent, or 11 you want, w uuy, give us a can. Deeds, bonds and mortgages promptly and eorrcctlv executed. We will also attend to legal business In Jus tices' courts. , - We are also agents for SOUTH WAUCOMA properly. PRATHER & COE. .. ' .,'' ' ap27 For Sale. Five acres of good land i miles west of town, inquire of U. T. FKATHliS, ! mar IS V WM. TILLETT, Proprietor; Grower and dealer in choice Nurserv stock. He has tboonly stock of the . v Yakima Apple, The best of red apples, and as long a keeper as ine venow jewiown. I have aboui 20.000 annle trees of the best va rieties growing in my nursery. All standard varieties are grafted from the best stock in uooa iviver. . jelo. Bargains in Land. 200 acres of unimproved land for sale, on the East Side, 6 miles from town, 87 to $10 an acre. Other land, about half cleared, 820 an acre. Well Improved land, $80 an acre. Plenty of water for Irrigation. Will sell in 20 or 40-acre tracts. Inquire at Glacier office. Je22 . GEO. P. CROWELIv Successor to E. L. Smith Oldest Established House in the valley. -DEALER IN Dry Goods, Clothing, General Merchandise, - Flour and Feed, Etc.. . HOOD RIVER, - - - OREGON. Fruit or Grain Land. Forty or Eighty Acres of unimproved good iruit or grain iana ior saie cneap. Call oh FKED KEMP. y5d,; Mt. Hood Stage Road. LECTURE COURSE -AT UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH, , . Hood River, Oregon. I. D. DRIVER, - . - Sept 6 v.. "Bob Iiigersoll and thevDevil v .Combined." : BISHOP MILLS, - - Oct. 4 w.-V-'''.: ; Sociology. . . ' ' . miss deforest, - - -: Nov. i . : - Dramatic Refidirfg. STANFORD MANDOLIN ' ' y . GLEE CLUB, - Dec. 27 Single Tickets. 35 cts.; for the J Course, $1.50. Dissolution Notice. Notice Is hereby given that tho partnership heretofore existing under the firm name of Rand, Dent & Co. is this day dissolved by mu tual consent; Wm. Dent retiring. All debt due the firm will be collected by R. Itaud it Son. " Dated August 1, 581)5. . : . . aul Horses for Sale; ; - Two Horses, 8 years old, perfectly gontlcand sound. Will sell cheap tor oash, or trade tor lumber. Apply to , IJ, L. ORAPPKH, aulo Hood River, Or. A. S. BLOWERS & CO., DEALERS IN Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes, FLOUR AND FEED Country Produce Bought and Sold. fBRADLEY&METCALFCf? CELEBRATED B00TS&SHOES I ML Bllibtil UUUT IN T HE WOKLfl TfUUC MASK COPVMGHTEJl ONE GIVES RELIEF. Land for Sale. Forty acres of land; S acres fenced; on the county road, 5 miles from town of Hood River. Price, SuOO. Address my!8 J. H. FRARY, Tucker, Or. Bargain in Land. 3 For Sale forty acres unimproved land, east side of Hood river. 4V mllH from town. Will Hell 5 or 10 Acre tracts cheap. Inquire at wiacier ouice. T. C. DALLAS, DEALER IN- STOVES AND III, Kitchen Furniture, PLUMBERb' GOODS. Pruning Tools, Etc. ' Repairing Tinware a Specialty, W Pal for a Mi Situated 4li miles west of the town of Hood River, on the Columbia. Free from late frosts. Full crop of all kinds of fruit now on ranch. Fine irrigating facilities and water for that purpose belonging to place. Call at, Glacier office or at ranch. F. It. ABSTEN. '0TICE OP UN AL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hercbv eiven that bv an order of tho county court for the state of Oregon for Wasco countv made and entered this 22d duv of July, 18115. In the matter of the estate of John L. Rich, deceased, Monday, September 2d, 1895, at the hour of 1 o'clock P. M., was iixed as tho time, and the county court room of said county as the place, for the hearing of said final 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 tne settlement of said estate, are directed to appear at said time and place, then and there to show cause, If any there be. why said final account should not be ap proved and said estate settled. jyaf an in in rich. Executrix. J. H. CRADLEBAUGH, Attorney-at-Law, (Special attention given to Land Office prac- Rooms 44-45 Chapman Block, THE DALLES, OREGON. O. FREDENBURG, ,'' Notary Public, MOUNT HOOD, - - OREGON. EMTISTRY. DR. E. T. CARNS is now located in Hood River. First-class work at reasonable rates. All work guaranteed. Omce in the Langille House. fyltt To Lease. From A to 6 acres of strawberry land, in good condition to plant at any time. Within a mile of town. Plenty of water. AdpIv at Glacier olflee. Jel5. C. J. HAYES, SURVEYOR. All work given bim 'will be done cor rectly and promptly. He has a few good claims upon which he can locate parties; Dotn farming ana timber landa. February, isai. . NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Vancouver. Wash.. July 23. 1805. Notice is hereby given that the follow ing-named settler has filed notice of his inten tion to make final proof in sumiort of his claim, and that said proof will be made before W. R. Dunbar, Commissioner V. B. Circuit Court for District of Washington, at his office in Ooldendale, Wash., on Sept. 9, 18i)5, viz: . . JOHN SCHLEGEL, t'j, n-,,o tire BuuLiicnm 7 wctuiu 01, township 5 north, range U east, Willamette tr V X- 1 U i is q, menuiaii. 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