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Here is u picture of what sheep will
do for a country if they are allowed to
overrun it, drawn by G. V. Barnes in
the Prineville Review. He says:
There are but few watering places,
comparatively, , for stock in Crook
'Bounty. Drive the sheep out of the
mountains, and during the summer
each of these watering places would he
the camp of a large number of sheep;
they would annihilate all the grass for
miles around; horses and cattle would
desert suoli places, fed down by sheep.
In a few years the grass would die, so
In u few years the county would be a
desert Indeed. T,oday our
country Is settled with men who are
doing inure than well, who through
the increase in their flocks are laying
up something for old age and the
proverbial "rainy day," vbut if that or
der stands, all this, will be changed,
tuey "must get into some other busi
, liens."- 1 s '
The sheepmen are "doing more than
well" because they have had the priv
ilege of pasturing their Hock's on gov
ernment lands, in some places to the
great injury of the settlers. Hood
River valley is settled nearly to the
snowline of Mt. Hood. These bands
of sheep coming from a distance, if al
lowed to come in increasing numbers
every year, will make the homes of our
settlers near the mountain untenable,
mid in the course of time may make of
our now fruitful valley a desert such
as is predicted of Crook county if
they are compelled to keep their sheep
ut home, n . , ' . .
Senator Mitchell-visited The Dalles
last week. In a brief conversation
with a reporter of the Mountaineer, he
'"expressed himself forcibly concerning
the Cascade forest reserve. He called
attention to the ruling of the secretary
lust spring secured by him, which per
mitted the flocks to be pastured on the
reservation. The senator thinks there
should be a arhall reservation around
Mt. Hood, another around Crater lake,
and that the balance of the reservation
should be thrown open. He will turn
his attention to securing the right of
pasturage on the reservation." The
"small reservation around Mt. Hood"
is what the citizens of Hood River are
interested in, but we want it large
enough to embrace all the forests cov
ering the sources of our water supply.
A mass meeting' will be held at
Prineville tomorrow, for the purpose,
the call says, "of inaugurating a move
ment to resist past and future en
croachments upon jour stock raising
(privileges and rights by thev so-called
Cascade timber reserve movement."
Apple-racking Contest, f
iAt the meeting of the executive com
mitlee of the fair, Saturday last, it was
' decided to hold, the apple-packing con
' Jest Saturday, November 9th, at 1
' o'clock, in:. Blowers' warehouse, urder
' the following conditions:
An entrance fee of 10 cents will be
charged all competitors for the $10
.given by the Oregon Fruit Union for
the best packed box of apples. The
second best packed box of apples will
be awarded theentrance fees.
The prize boxes will be sent to Port
I.ind for exhibition. r 1
Boxes must be made either with
small nails or opeii sides, so that the
fruit may be readily seen without un
packing. ! ..'..
Size and. quality of fruit are to ba
taken into consideration us' well at
neatness of package., -.;'.;'
No names or marks are to appear on
the boxes.
The officers of the fair will have full
charge of the contest. Three disinter
ested judges will award the prizes. v,,r
. Boxes will be numbered by the sec
retary as received, and contestants are
' requested to. keep- their ownership se
cret until after the awards are made.
All fruit growers are urged to com
pete as well as attend, as the practice
and instruction received from such a
contest' is just what we all need to
learn. ' It has almost come to pass that
poor fruit well packed will sell as well
as good fruit poorly packed.' '
Emil Schanno of The Dalles and
Willis Brown of Portland have been
; invited to attend, 'Fruit growers from
' White Salmon have promised to send
over several boxes for competition.
At the Hood River fair there were a
great . number of varieties of apples
' brought in to be named, but on ac
count of the shortness of time, this
work was overlooked by the awarding
committees. Thi3 work will be under
taken at the packing contest, and all
who have varieties of apples they do
not know the names of are urged to
bring them and they will be named, if
possible. Plates will be furnished by
the secretary.
This part of the show alone will be
worth much to those unfamiliar with
the apples they are growing, and taken
in connection with the packing con
test, the day should be one of profit
and pleasure to every fruit grower in
the valley. H. C. Bateham, Sec'y.
Permanent Fair Organization.
Inasmuch as quite a number have
expressed a desire for a permanent fair
organization, a mass meeting of all in
terested is hereby called for November
9th, at 3 o'clock, in connection with
the packing contest, at which time the
matter will he onen for discussioii and
I lans presented for organization, pur-
chase of building, etc. All fruitgrow
ers are invited to participates ; -
, E. L. .Smith, Supt.
II. C. Bateham, Sec'y. i , '
His'lVebJ Needed Katn. '
'Editor Glacier: On my way to
Hood River, a few evenings ago, 1 met
up with an old friend an old-timer,
who lived in Webfr.ot long enough to
grow webs to whom, afler the usual
salutations, I remarked, "But arn't we
having glorious weather?" "Ah, yes,"
said be with a sigh; "but I had much
rather see it rain. We old Oregouians
always feel better when it rains." And
casting a reproachful glance at the
smiling heavens, he trudged off home
ward, no doubt wishing that he could
exchange the balmv summer air and
dry roads for a befogged atmosphere,
with rain pouring down overhead aud
mud and slush under foot.
: McGinniss.
Sheep Will Drive Away Elk and Deer.
Mt. Hood, Ore., Oct. 24, 1895; Edi
tor Glacier: If the people of Hood
River valley want to keep up thejr
water supply, let every man say, Keep
the sheep from Mt. Hood and surround
iug forests. Here the sheep have been
around us all summer. They are get
ting a little too close and thick, like
names on the delinquent tax list. The
sheep that are herded uround about us,
eating up every living thing in the
way of forage, come fiorn a distance of
MR) miles east. Uur people Keep cows;
we want no sheep. Cows will have
nothing to do with pasture where sheep
have been herded. It is the same with
elk and deer J. P. Hillstkom.
Finest Apples Come from Hood River.
Mr. V. S. Failing claims that the
woolly aphis is worse this year than
ever, and in this Fruit Commissioner
Doscli, who has inspected many or
chards this season, agrees with him.
The woolly aphis infests apple aud
pear trees principally, but Mr. bailing
claims it is worse tuau all the other
pests combined. It is very difficult to
Kill oil", as no strong spray seems to
affect it, and it gets into the ground
around the roots of the trees, and at
times the air is full of these little nui
sances. On account of -this pest and
several other things, Mr. Failing claims
that the apple tree is the most difficult
of fruit trees to successfully cultivate.
This will appear strange to many who
have been accustomed to seeing the
finest kind of apples raised here all
their lives. In the palmy days of Ore
gon apple raising, the codlin moth, the
woolly aphis and the thousand and
one pests of the fruit grower had not
found their way to this blissful state.
To secure choice fruit of any kind now,
the grower must not only watch and
pray, but he must work, and probably
swear, and maintain a standing army
of spraying machines, and a full stock
of pest destroyers; in fact, his life is a
constant warfare. The finest apples
now brought here come from.' Hood
River, and some day the slopes of the
Cascade range, high enough up to be
unfavorable for pests, will be utilized
for apple orchards.
Ten Icebergs An Hour.
The number of bergs given off in
Glacier Bay, Alaska, varies somewhat
with the weather and the tides, the
average being about one every five or
six minutes, counting only those large
chough to thunder loudly and make
themselves heard at a distance of two
or three miles. The largest, however,
may, under favorable conditions, be
heard ten miles or even farther. When
a large mass sinks from-the upper fis
sured portion of the wall, there is first
a keen, piercing crash ,; then a deep,
deliberate, prolonged, thundering roar,
which slowiy subsides iu a low.niutter
ing growl, followed by numerous small
er gratings, clashing sounds from the
agitated bergs tnat dance in the waves
about the newcomer as if in welcome,
and these are again followed by the
swash and roar of the waves that are
raised and hurled against the moraines.
But the largest and most beautiful of
the bergs, instead of thus falling from
the upper weathered portion of the
wall, rise from the submerged portion
with a still grander commotion, spring
ing with a tremendous voice and ges
tures nearly to the top of the wall, tons
of water streaming like hair down their
sides, plunging and rising in perfect
poise, free at lust, after having formed
part of a slowrcrawling glacier for cen
turies. The Century. , ; -j; V
Protect the Coyote.' ' '-
Mr. J. Kennedy of Kennewick,
Wash., isa strong friend of the coyote.
Why is it, he says, that the coyote has
so few friends? He is surely a friend
to man in the destruction of rabbits
and all kinds of rodents that prey upon
the farmer's crops. Why, when a
country begins to settle up. do the rab
bits increase? For precisely the same
reason that the rabbits have overrun
whole counties in parts of California,
where a senseless legislature passed a
law giving a bounty on coyote scalps.
The legislature of the state of Wash
ington ought to include coyotes in the
game law and protect them equally.
The only harm they do is to occasion
ally make a raid on a hen roost, und
then only by the carelessness of the ;
owner in not protecting the hens It
is necessary for a coyote to catch and
eat at least a hundred rabbits or two
hundred squirrels in . a year. Do you
not see, then, what havoc they will
make among these pests of the garden
and field? -
The Drouth in Pennsylvania.
A traveling man asserted the other
day that he was up in the central part
of .Pennsylvania driving. He stopped
at a farm house and asked for water to
give his horses. The farmer said water
was very scarce and it would cost 60
cents a 'bucket. The horses had to
have it, and it cost the traveling man
$1.60 to water his two horses. Dis
tilled water for drinking purposes is
served to the citizens of Altoona at 10
cents a gallon.
A clean place for fowls, and a dry
place with an earth floor for them to
run under in wet weather, is essential
In winter.
Be'sure to grade your apples before
shipping them to market, if you want
to get the best prices. Mixed lots will
bring no better price than culls.
Venison ut West's, butcher shop.
Will Lnngille killed a deer. !..-...
An Ideal Spot for Iho Home-Seeker.
From the weekly letter of Geo. H.
Himes in the Pacific of San Francisco,
the organ of the Congregationalists on
the Pacific coast, we take the following
complimentary notice of Hood River:
Last Sunday it was the privilege of
your correspondent to worship with
the Riverside church, Mood River,
Rev. J. L. Hershner, ;pastor. He is
greatly beloved by his people there,
and besides has the esteem' of the en
tire community. The parsonage now
under construction will be ready to oc
cupy within six to eight weeks. Hood
River valley is one of the most delight
ful localities of Xhis coast, and is rapid
ly assuming a highly enviable place as
one of the best .fruit-producing regions
known, particularly of the straw-berry
and apple. In the fruit fair held on
the 6th, among other choice" fruits,
there were one thousand plates of ap
ples, five to a plate, representing 129
varieties, and formed one of the most
brilliant and inviting displays the
writer ever beheld. Forize and color
ing, combined with rare keeping qual
ities, the display was never surpassed
in this state. Part of this display was
put into the Portland exposition du
ring the week pat, and easily leads
anything of the kind from any other
part of the state. As an index to the
character of the people of Hood River
valley it may be said that, with 500
voters and a total population of 1,750,
there is not a single saloon to be found
now. . There was one here a veaf aao.
but it finally starved out for want of
patronage, ana several months have
passed since its welcome exit. The
people throughout are thrifty, pro
gressive, industrious and neighborly;
and with the productiveness of the spil
and its adaptiveness to fruit culture,
vegetables as well, surrounded by an
unsurpassed richness of scenic condi
tions, the time is soon coming when
Hood River valley will become famous
in the annals of our country as an ideal
spot for the home-seeker.
Among Our Exchanges.
The Prineville Review announces a
change in management, whereby J. N.
Williamson retires as editor and is suc
ceeded by I. N. Liggett. 1
In a letter, from Phoenix, Arizona,
to the editor of The Dalles Chronicle,
Mr. C. W. Rice states that he met Mr.
Ben McAtee, who so mysteriously dis
appeared from his home in Tygh val
ley two or three years ago. This is the
first word received concerning him, 'or
at least the first made public.
The Eugene Register says: Stand by
your home business men. Every in
dividual who is in a position to buy a
dollar's worth of goods is in a position
to assist in stimulating the home mar
ket to just that extent.
Governor Lord is a great improve
ment on his predecessor iu one respect.
He considers it his duty to put iu all
his time at the state house und to per
sonally inspect and audit every bill
that is paid. Salem Journal.
This session of congress may do
something to protect the western forests
against the ravages of thieves and
their far more destructive enemy, fire.
This may be done by making the Cas
cade timber reserve a national park.
In such a case the timber and natural
grandeur of this region will be pre
served by Hie. strict enforcement of
laws that will deprive these mountains
of Hie freedom now to be found there
so pleasant to the summer adventurer,
that are necessary, however, to accom
plish the end sought. Feirest Grove
Times.
The new constitution of Utah con
tains a provision which by many will
be considered a very wise one, such as
many other commonwealths might
adopt. Cities, towns and villages can
not borrow money in excess of the
taxes levied' to repay in the current
year except by authority ot a. majority
of citizens who have paid a proper tax.
Only taxpayers who bear the burdens
of government are allowed to vote on
a proposition to increase 'taxation by
borrowing. Vancouver Columbian.
The money given to this district by
the assembly for a fair at The Dalles is,
simply wasted. So with the state fair'
and other district concerns, which have
in the aggregate used up $10,000 of the
people's mouey this fall, which might
have been more judiciously expended
upon 'roads, and bridges. Moro Ob
server. - ; , "
'yrhe Clatskanie Chief says Kasper
Koberstein went hunting and shot, a
grouse., , Upon taking out its craw he
was astonished as well as pleased --'-to
find among the gravel in the craw ;V
nugget of gold about the size of a grain
of corn, f :-..' r . . ; v
Thfs is the situation in. Clatskanie. .
She has mi idle men they all have
employment, and if there is one or two
idle men they can- secure employment
without any trouble. We hear busi
ness men inquiring for hands often,,
The logging camps are busy; the saw
mills are rushing things, and the shin
gle mills are in full blast. Clatskanie
Chief. . . '-: . ' -
The Paris Exposition of 1900.
The magnitude of the labor involved
in the preparatio'n 'for a first-class in
ternational exhibition may be judged
from the fact that already the French
people are actively engaged in the pre
liminary work of organization, al
though the opening day of their great
enterprise is nearly five years distant.
It is estimated that the preparation of
the grounas, erection or buildings and
general .maintenance of this exhibition
will absorb a round sum of $20,000,000.
How to raise this vast sum is a se
rious problem, and this is how the di
rectors propose to do it: The Ville de
Paris has granted a subvention of $4,
000,000. A like sum will probably be
obtained in the form of. a state subven
tion, which two sums together will
amount to two-fifths of the required
amount. '
For the remaining $12,000,000 an ap
peal will be made to the public, and
bonds will be offered on some such
conditions as attached to the issue of
bonds in connection with the exposi
tion, of 1889. In the present instance
the exhibition bonds will have a face
value of $5, and to each bond will be
attached twenty admission coupons.
Each bond, moreover, will entitle
the holder to certain lottery privileges,
and it will guarantee him a reduction
in railroad 'fure betwee4 his olace of
residence and the exhibition grounds.
This privilege will be graduated accord
ing to the distance at which the bond-,
holder may reside from Paris.
From a -distance of 200 kilometers
from Paris he will be entitled to three
special trips; from 200 to 400 kilometers
he can claim two such trips; and if he
reside more than 400 kilometers away,
he will be entitled to one special trip.
To meet the case of those who live in
Paris, the bondholder will lie given a
reduced rate on the admission fee to
what are known us (he side shows and
to the theaters and concerts.
It does not seem at first glance us
though these incidental and rather
questionable benefits would have a
very laxative effect on the congested
savings of the thrifty Gaul. The re
sponse mav be slow at first; though it
is certain that when it is seen that the
success of the exhibition and the pres
tige of France is at stake, the French
people will respond with that patriotic
generosity for which, among the na
tions of the earth, they stand pre
eminent. Scientific American.
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In Favor of Sheep Our Own Sheep.
Hood River, Or., Oct. 11. Editor
Glacier: I notice in your last issue
something in regard to Hood River
valley's interest, whether or tiot sheep
should be pastured in the government
park, expressing a fear that they would
injure the water supply if tfiey were as
injurious as generally supposed to be.
Now, I think I can show that the
sheep would do no harm whatever, but
if properly, handled by our citizens,
would add another industry to the val
ley that would equal any other that we
now have and interfere with none. It
is claimed by some that sheep eat up
the undergrowth that protects the
snow from melting. It has been my
observation that a sheep cannot reach
higher than five or six feet, und that
brush of that bight is generally ,bent
down and snowed under by the heavy
snows and could in no possible way be
a protection to the snow, and also have
I observed that sheep do not eat such
evergreens as fir, cedar and spruce, but
simply brush that does not generally
grow high, enough to withstand the
snow and protect it from the melting
rays of the sun. It is such trees as the
evergreen varieties I have mentioned
that shade und protect the snow when
they have grown to a proper bight.
And if it ever should happen that
every shrub and tree was exterminated,'
Hood River valley would still have a
water supply in abundance, for is it
not plain to every eye that Mt. Hood
has enough snow left over each year to
water a dozen such valleys. The sheep
is the only animal of practical value
that can utilize the' waste growth of
vegetation in waste places in a moun
tainous district. They will gather
riches from the brush on steep hill
sides and rocky places, help in clear
ing land, fertilize land that is already
cleared, and "never die in debt to the
Owner." " If each farmer, great or
small, in Hood River valley had a suf
ficient number of sheep, just what he
could winter easily, they could put
them in care of professional herders
who would take them into the mount
ains during spring, summer and full,
the cost being triflingkand return them
at the beginning of winter, and there
by our citizens would get the benefit of
tens of thousands of idle lands, some of
them waste lands. This underbrush,
if not eaten up, makes yearly deposits
of dry leaves t hat in time Yxiake great
fires when set on fire by careless camp
erst and more timber that is the true
protection for snow is destroyed by one
such fire than all the sheep iu all time
would destroy. Hood River valley
has nothing to fear, in my opinion, in
regard to duinage to her industries to
be done by the introduction of sheep
in the mountain ranges, but can great
ly profit thereby. I think, however,
that the sheep should be owned by our
citizens and the' industry fostered by
them. It is true the sheep industry
got a black eye a few years ago, but
there is a change in sight, aud with
protection for this deserving industry,
Hood River valley'will make no mis
take to be friendly toward it.
W. Ross Winans.
Horses for Sale or Trade
Four bead of Horses; one 6-ear old mare,
one 4-year-old gelding, and two coming 3
year-old colts sired by "Midnight;" dams be
long to F. U. Button. F. O. BOOSIUS.
THIS PAPER & PDak"'sfllAd
vertlsing Agency, 04 and 65 Merchant's Ex
change, San Francisco, where contracts for
advertising-can be made for It.
Strawberry Land.
I Will lease" on favorable terms one of the
best and very earliest tracts of Strawberry
land in this section. Five acres or more In
line condition for planting this fall. For full
particulars call on or address me at White
Salmon, Wash. o!8 A. H. JEWETT.
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FOR SALE.
. Twenty-flve acres off the Glenwlld Place
ariclently called "'Pole Flat." House and
cleared land; plenty of water; tine apple land.
Also, 20 acres near town, joining T. L. Eliot.
Includes buildings, cleared land, line springs,
line oaks, views of Columbia river, Hood
river rapids, etc. T. R. COON.
Feed Cutter for Sale.
A good Hay, Straw and Fodder Cutter for
sale. Apply to Bert or Wm. Urahum, Hood
luver. . ' . . V o-i
Competent Nurse.
Ladles needing a competent nurse, on rea
sonable terms, apply to
MRS. E. B. FULTON,
o3 x Hood River, Oregon.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Vancouver, Wash., Oct. 15,
18H5. Notice is hereby given that the following-named
claimant has filed notice of his in
tention to make llnal proof In support of his
claim, under Bection S of the Act of Septem
ber 29, 1890, and that said proof will be made
before the Register and Receiver of the U. S.
Land office at Vancouver, Wash., on De
cember 4, 1895, viz:
WILHELM KILLENDONK. '
D. S. No. 263,. for the north northeast
southwest Vt northeast , and northwests
southeast section 15. township 8 north,
range 10 east.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his claim to said land, viz:
John Clarkson of White. Salmon, Wash;
and Amos Underwood, Edward Underwood
and Harry Olsen, all of Hood River, Oregon.
GEO. II. STEVENSON, Register.
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Fruit or Qrain Land.
Forty or Eighty Acres of unfmproved good
fruit or grain land for sale cheap. Call on
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See our CONDENSED SPRAY COMPOUNDS and get literature at the hor
ticultural fair or at our store. - -i .
1. Lime, Sulphur and Salt, perpound by the hundred weight 05
2. Sulphur and Vitriol, per pound by the hundred weight .08
3. Soap, Sulphur, Caustic Soda and Lye, per pound by the hundred weight .07
4. Rosin and Salsoda, per pound by the hundred weight .0-
5. Whale Oil Soap, 80 per cent, per pound by the hundred weight .08
7. Lime and Blue Vitrlof (Bordeaux Mixture), per pound by the hundred weight , 07
, Acme Insecticide, 10 cts; Blue Vitriol, 0; Sulphur, 8; Rosin, 5; Salsoda, 3 cts.
We keep a full line of insecticides and spray materials. If you do not see what you want,
ask for it, and If obtainable we will get It, . .
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UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER 0rSSlnAntiSa;
Wall Paper, Paints, Oils, etc., etc. Agent for the Bridal Veil Lumber Company. ' '
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All the best variety of Apples, Including Yakima, Gano, Arkansas Black, etc., and all
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