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.$food Iiver Slacier. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER , IS90. AS OPEN RIVER From the Inland Empire to the Sea. The locks at the cascades In the Co lumbia river are at last completed and were formally opened with a grand lelration yesterday, November 5th. It was a great event for the people of Eastern Oregon, who have patiently watched for over twenty years the con struction of a canal-at the Cascades that would open the Columbia to nav igation from The Dulles to the sea. The steamer Regulator carried an ex cursion party of 350 from The Dalles and Hood River to the Cascades, and the steamer Dalles City of the D. P.& A. N. Co., Mud the steamers Harvest Queen and Sarah Dixon, brought over one thousand people from Portland and Astoria. The O. R. & N. ran ex cursion trains, stopping at many points ftom The Dalles and Portland to the Cascades, that were crowded to their utmost. There was probably between 2,000 and 3,006 people gathered to wit ness the first boats pass through the locks. A battery of artillery, O. N. G., was aboard the steamer Sarah Dixon. Promptly at 2 o'clock the opening of the locks for the passage of boats was begun. The steamer Regulator, the pride of Eastern Oregon, for some rea son did not make the initial trip, the honor being awarded to the Portland boatsu The steamer Dalles City was the first to reach the upper river.' The ponderous gates at, the upper end of the canal were closed and six steam boats entered the canal from the lower liver, amid the tiring of cannon, the shrill shrieks of seven steam whistles, the playing of brass bands and con tinued cheering by the vast throng of people. The steamboats were gaily decked with flags and evergreens and crowded with people. The lower gates were then closed and the water turned )u from the upper end of the canal. While'the water in the locks slowly . jse to the level of the uppar river, the several brass bands aboard the boats played patriotic airs and a male quartet from Portland enlivened the occasion with a number of songs. The upper gates swung open and the Regulator creeted the Dalles Citv as she steamed ID ' proudly by, the people aboard each boat loudly cheering and waving hats and handkerchiefs; salute after salute was fired from the deck of the Sarah Dixon, and the screeching steam whis tles were again turned loose. It was the first time a steamboat from the lower Columbia had ever reached and plowed the waters of the middle Co lumbia. The steamers Regulator, Dalles City and Sarah Dixon, crowded with pas sengers, toon afterwards left for The ' Dalles'. The other boats were let back Into the lower river, and the celebra tion at the Cascades came to an end. The passengers aboard the three Steamboats and excursion train left for The Dalles where another celebration was held in the evening, with a recep tion, big parade, grand ball at the Bald win opera house and a banquet at the Umatilla house. The event is one long to be remem bered by the people of Eastean Oregon. Navigation on the Columbia river is now unobstructed for a distance of 200 wiled, from the Iulaud Empire to the sea. Speoial courses for horticulturists and dairymen will be given free at the State Agricultural College, begiuning the second Monday of January, 1897, and continuing four weeks. The course in horticulture will include special studies ana lectures on pkint breeding, fungus- diseases, fruit drying and gen eral cultivation, by Prof. U, P. Hed rick; lectures on fruit drying and chem istry of fruits and soils, by Prof. G. W. Shaw; lectures on insect pests and gen eral entomology, by Prof. A. B. Cord Jey , These courses are provided for the practical dairymen and horticulturists who are desirous of taking advantage of the facilities offered by the Agricul tural College. The departments of botany, entomology and chemistry are well provided with scientific apparatus and other means of illustration. . In structive lectures win De given, illus trated by the use of microscopic projec tion and the electric stereopticon, views in which insects and various plant diseases will be shown in a form magnified 2500 times. The wool growers of Ohio have struck the right scheme for protecting wool by urging the pas-sage of a law which would forfeit to the government imported woolen goods which contain shoddy unless such goods are plainly stamped so as to show what they are made of. , ... In 1892, Cleveland's vote in the elec toral college was 277, Harrison's 145, and Weaver's 22. Popular vote Cleveland, 6,550,018; Harrison, 5,176,. J08; Weaver, 1,041,028. - The latest returns show that Bryan carried bis own state, Nebraska, by a . small majority, McKinley carried Ohio by 50,000 and has 264 votes' in tbe electoral college, a majority 6f over 40.' Oregon has gone for McKinley by 3000!' Tb-' iit nonists made a clean sweep in the state of Washington, electing the Bryan electors, congressmen and all the state officers. California has gone for McKinley. ' : The Potato Crop in Clackamas. Oregon City Enterprise? Clackamas county has come to be one of the great potato growing count ies of the state,, in fact there is not another county, that exports so many potatoes each , year as this county. The principal districts in which potato raising is carried on, on an extensive scale is In New Era and Tualatin precinct and in each of these localities fields of 40 and 60 acres of po tatoes are not uncommon. The farm ers have found that raising a crop of potatoes does the ground even more good than a summer fallow for wheat and other crops and it pives them a crop that pays for the cultivation of the ground, whereas the work of sum mer fallowing a field is to some ex tent a loss in labor. Since the intro duction of machines for planting and especially for digging, whereby the ex pense of handling the crop has been greatly reduced, the growing of pota toes has received a great impetus, and it is destined to beone of the leading productions of this coun ry. . The well drained, loamy clay soil of our hill land produces a potato of extraordina ry fine shape and perfect quality, and Clackamas county potatoes have a good name wherever known. In the trans portation facilities and cheap freights, embracing the rive great railroad lines centering in Portland, together ; with many steamboats and ocean steamers, our farmers are exceptionally favored, and in addition to the regular market California aflbrds.CIackamas countypo tatoes are to be met with in the mar kets of Alaska, Montana and very fre quently so far east and south as Mis souri and Texas. The yield this year is up to the average and with the ex ceptionally fine fall for digging, the potatoes were never in better shape for keeping and shipping. Hie price of potatoes along witn otner tarm pro ducts, is stiffening and farmers have the prospects of realizing more out of this crop tnan tor a year or two past and will thus feel more encouraged to plant what should be one of the lead ing crops on every farm in this county. The Dalles. Times-Mountaineer. . . - What are her prospects since she has virtually been made a seaport? From now on she will have terminal rates overall transportation lines. She will get the same freight rates that are ex tended to Astoria,. Portland and the cities on the Sound. . Freight from the remotest parts of the world will be hauled to or away from The Dalles at the same rates it is to and from those cities. That is, wheat, wool and fruit will command the same price here they do In those places, and all imported merchandise will be as cheap here as they are at any place on. the Pacific coast, with terminal rates in all direc tions. The Dalles will at once change from a local distribution point to a gen eral distribution point tor. the entire Inland Empire. ' Wholesale houses will be established in The Dalles, for the jobber can supply the retailers of the interior just as cheap here as they can from Portland, and to the latter will be save.d the item of transporta tion between Portland and this point. VitU th advent of wholesale houses here will come manufacturing indus tries, for where trade is stimulated in one line it will be encouraged in an other. The opening up of new indus tries calls others to centralize at a given point, and a place so favorably located naturally as this is cannot but go for ward and realize the hopes of the most sanguine citizen who has looked for ward for years to the time when ob structions to the navigation of the Co lumbia would be removed and this would be made the greatest inland shipping and manufacturing point in the Northwest. ; , Novel Telephones Line. Of all the novel telephone lines in existence the o-ie operated by the cit izens of Heppner caps . the climax. They have a city exchange composed of about 25 phones. In putting in this service it came convenient to use a barbed wire that was 0,11 the fence in connecting with the soda factory.about a half of mile above .town. To all ap pearances the barbed wire transmitted the sound as perfectly as the copper wire, so it was decided to try a line to the home of James Hager, about three miles from town, to whose place there was a barbed wire fence almost the en tire distance from Heppner. The re sult of this experinient was very satis factory, it being said that one talking over this line can be heard more dis tinctly than over any line connected with the exchange.1 This in a new idea and may somewhat reduce the expense of constructing telephone lines. Near ly every ranch in the bunch grass coun ties of Oregon could easily, and at very small expense, secure telephone, con nections, as the wire fence is the only fence in 1 such localities. Blue Moun tain Eagle. Red Clover. Prof. French of -the Oregon experi ment sfation says red clover should be found oh every farm in Western Ore gon. It makes the best of hay for the dairyman, as it comes nearer furnish ing a complete ration than any other coarse food. The yield of clover is greatly increased by the use of gypsum. On the farm of the experiment station the yield lias been increased by its use from 20 to 200 per cent. The yields of oured clover hay at the experiment station have been very satisfactory. In 1893 a twenty-acre field yielded 69 tons by actual weight; in 1894 the same field gave 60 tons at one cutting. In 1896, twenty-eight acres yielded 96 tons. The hay was weighed when hauled from the field to the barn. . . .. A correspondent of the Strawberry Culturist says an important point in strawberry culture that should never be forgotten is to keep up the original constitutional vigor of a variety by planting every year a plot for stock Slants using for this only plants from eds that have never fruited. ' WANTED SEVERAL FAITHFUL MEN . or women to travel for responsible estab lished house in Oregon. Balary780,payable15 weekly and expenses. Position permanent. Reference. Enclose self-addressed stamped en velope, 'rue intlonal, faiar Hutldlns.CUIt'ago. , ,' Powerfnl Sorry. - Chicago Times-Herald. The Mndhen Hollow Weekly Holdup had yielded to the hard times and was in the hands of the sheriff. Cojonel Hidden Powers, t lie late editor of the Holdiin. was taking his last farewell of his dilapidated editorial chair and bat tered flesK, wlien a tail, lanK man.wun long, black hair and tremendous mus tache and imperial, entered. "Hello colonel," he called in a high, nasal voice. "You ain't busted?" "I'm afraid Iam,"replied the colonel. "Well, that's too darned bad." 'Yes, it is pretty bad. I've worked like a horse for this paper, put all my hope and money in it, and now I see everything in ruin about me." "Everything you say is true, colonel, and I'm powerful sorry the Holdup's busted." ' "I thank you for your sympathy; can't regret ft more than I do." "I don't know about that. Darn it all.. I don't like it a bit. Say! what's the paid up subscribers goin' to git?" "Hanged if I know. What do the depositors in a broken bank get?" "They git left. I reckon that's the way it'll be with the paid up subscrib ers." "I'm sorry they should lose any thing, but remember that while they individually lose a dollar, or part of a dollar, I lose everything I have on earth." "That's a fact, colonel. I'm clean broke up over this thing. Couldn't keep the paper going just one more issue, could you!"' 'It's out of the question." "That's just my luck." "What do you mean?" "Wasn't you goin' to print a letter from Punkiu Ridge in the next num ber." "Yes." " . "And don't that letter state that our highly esteemed and public-spirited fel low citizen, Capt. Ezra Claybank, has just finished painting his barn?" "I believe there is something of that kind in the letter." "Well, sir, I'm Captain Ezra Clay bank. I writ that 'ere letter and now the paper's busted. Darn it, I'm pow erful sorry, I am, for a fact." And Captain Ezra Claybank departed, being the only man who expressed sorrow to Colonel Hidden Powers over the de mise of the Weekly Holdup." - IT WAS WATER. Cut It Was the Breath of Experience Which Blew Over ltd Surface "Been at home visiting the folks," said the young man to the tall man in the tweed suit. ."Well, I didn't stay long, for the people of Maine object to drinking and my habits are not strictly temperate." "Got a jag, I suppose," observed the tall man. , "Kot at all, sir. ' I don't drink any thing but water. It was my firstglass of water at homo which got me in trouble, You know that my father is a strict teetotaler. Never drank even a mug of cider. Well, I used to be that way myself. I went home after an ab sence of three years.. Arrived at the old house at dinner time. All the old china and silver had been brought out in my honor, and there was s. Maine dinner about, to bo served that would have mado many a housewife envious to sec. : - . , '"I truot, Eiuhard,'' said father, 'that in all the yers that you have been from home you have not touched that which brings sorrow to so many homes, de prives tne poor man's family of bread; and bows broadcast the seeds of misery and want.' "'Not mujh,' I said. Then, .sir, in less than two minutes afterward. I raised a glass of water to my lips, blew across the top of it, said: 'Here's luck,' and tossed it off with that grace and abandon which ' you know so well. That's what spoiled my vacation." LEARNING BY SIGHT. The Marvelous Work ol a Modeler from - Memory. Danton, tho celebrated caricaturist, had a wonderful power of modeling from memory. After one long look at his subjects he could go to his studio and make a bust quite periect in its re semblance. One day a young man came to him, saying that Lis sister was ill and about to die, and that, although the family wished her bust modeled, they dared not excite her by mentioning it. Would he undertake to reproduce her features after seeing her once? Danton agreed, and next day the brother informed his sister that he intended to present her with some jewels, and that a young man would bring some specimens for her approval. Danton brought in the jewels, and, going home, modeled a bust of striking resemblance. Next y ear an old gentle man, the father of the young woman, came to order a buet- of the brother, who alsc had died. This, too,' was a marvelous success. v Tho result of such planning, however, was not always as satisfactory to his patrons as in these cases. A gentleman who could not persuade his wife to sit asked Danton to enter a certain omni bus one day, and fix in his memory the features of the lady opposite him. He did so, modeled a beautiful bust, and sent it home. It proved, however, to be, not the mistress, but the maid, who had also taken the trip in the om nibus. -1 , Did You Ever Try Electric Bitters as a remedy for your troubles? If not, get a bottle now and get relief. This medicine has been found to be peculiarly adapted to the relief and cure of all female complaints, exerting a wonderful influence in giving strength and tono to the organs. If you have, loss spells, or are iiervou8,8leepless,excit able.melancholy or troubled with dizzy spells, Electric Bitters is the medicine you need. Health and strength are guar anteed by its use. Fifty cents and $ 1 at the Hood River Pharmacy. Bu'cklen's Arnica Salve. The best salve in tbe world for cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rbeum, fever sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and pos itively cures piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac tion or money refunded. , Price, 25 cts per box. For sale at the Hood River Pharmacy, Mistakes in Strawberry Growing. American Gardening, Not sub8oiling. . , : , Planting too closely.- -' , .: ' Growing small berries. :- ' Placing too high an estimate on prob able profits. Allowing the small berries to go to market. , ,v 1 Not finely pulverizing the soil before planting. Not studying and watching the needs of the market. Not taking two or three good horti cultural journals. . Employing pickers who do too much talking while picking. 1 Not being strictly honest in the measuring and grading of berries. Allowing too many runners' to grow when it is intended to grow the fruit. Not holding back a small share of the picker's wages until the end of the picking season. Shipping to a commission merchant who has not a good commercial stand ing or to one who does not make prompt returns. Pulling out the wing feathers from little chicks and turkeys is said to make them thrive. When a chick has too much feathers its wines will droop and too often the chick will die. Notice to Creditors. Notice is hereby given, that the undersign ed has been appointed by the county court of Wasco county, Oregon, administrator or the estate of Annie F. Rich, deceased, and all per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased are required to present the same to me at Hood River, Oregon, within six months from the date hereof. Hated November 8.1896. Nov. 8, 1896. .... E.E. SAVAGE. Organ. 888; perfect tone; without scratch or bruise; Gothic finish. Apply to E.V. H0NBAND9, 0I6 . Harness and Bboe Store. WANTED Arrow heads and spears. Also, all other fine Indian relics of stone. Good prices paid for fine specimens, write to me and tall me what you have.sendlng rough outlines ol best specimens, stone pipes wanted. Ad dress H. P. Hamilton. Two Rivers, Wis. 21 The Glacier BARBER SHOP, GRANT EVANS. Prop'r, Post Office Building,- Hood River, Or - Baths Hot and cold, or salt and soda. ' For Sale. ' An Estey organ in first class condition at half price. Also, a moquette bed lounge. Ap ply to- IVl. A. IJUUIV, 824 " Hood River, Or. Is Your Title Clear? E. E. Savage is prepared to examine ab stracts of title to real estate and give opinions on same, unarges reasoname. - maro NOTICE FQR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Vancouver. Wash.. Oct. 36, 1896. Notice is hereby given that the follow- ing-namea settler nas niea notice or nis in tention to maiie .final Dl-oof In suDDOrtof his claim, and that said proof will be made be fore W. It. Dunbar, Commissioner U. S. Cir cuit Court for District of Washington, at his omce in uoiaenaaie, wash., on wee. iu, isao, viz: JAMES W. OVEKBAUGH, . Application to purchase No. 393, under Act of Marcn .1, liss;, ior tne east 01 norineast y ana lot section zo, wwnsmp a uui-lu, ruuge 10 east. W. M. He names the following witnesses to prove his claim to said land, viz; Howard C. Cook. Jacob E. Jacobson. Wm H. Overbaugh and Charles Bancroft, all of w nite salmon, wasn. o30d4 GEO. H. STEVENSON, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, Oct. 19, low. JNotice is nereoy given mat tne knowing-named settler has Bled notice of his inten tion to make final oroof in siiDDort of his claim, and that said proof will be made be fore tegister ana iteceiver at xae uanes, Oregon, on NovemDer au, 18H, viz: . JAMES ENGLISH, Hd. E. No. 4,006, for the northeast V section 81. township 2 north, range 10 east, W. M. llAnnnipR the following witnesses to Drove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of, sifld lanu, viz: sen and M. F. Loy, all of Hoo'd Ki ver, Oregon. oz7nz7 j . f . euuu, register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at .Vancouver, Wash., Oct.14, 1896. Notice is hereby given that the following-named settlers have Bled notice of their in tention to make final proof in support of their claims, and that said proof will be made Deiore tne ttegister ana iteceiver 01 tne u. . Land office at Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 8, 1896, viz: . FRANK M. COATE, , Amplication No. 33. nnder section 8. Forfeiture Act, September' 29, 1890, for the southwest X of southwest section 13. luwnsmp 0 norm, range 10 east, W. M. lie names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion or, said lana, viz: August Wagnitz. Harvey J. Byrkett. Charl .A. Pearson and Severin Benz, all of Trout .Liaxe r. v., wasnington. Ana HARVEY J. BYRKETT, Application No. 579, under section S, Forfeit ure Act, September 29, 1890, for the southwest M of northwest yA and west half of southwest section 11, township 8 north, range 10 east, W. M. ... He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residei.ee upon and cultiva tion of, said land, viz: August Wagnitz, Frank M. Coate, Charl A. Pearson and Severin Benz, all of Trout Lake P. O., Washington. Ol6n20 GEO. H. STEVENSON, . Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at The Dalles, Oregon, Oct. 6, 1898. Notice is hereby given that the follow ing named settler has filed notice of his In tention to make final proof iir support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Register and Receiver at The Dalles, Oregon, on November 21, 1896, viz: ANDREW H. TIEM AN, Hd. E. No. 41L7, for the lots 14 and 15, section 15, and lots 2 and 7, section 22, township 1 north, range 10 east. . He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultiva tion of said land, viz: John Henrichs, W. S. Gribble, Albert Mc Kamey and D. W. McCrory, all of Mount Hood, Oregon. - o9nlS JAS. F. MOORE, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Office at Vancouver, AVash., Sept. 28, 1896. Notice is hereby given that the foliow ingnained settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Register and 'Iteceiver U. S. Land Office at Vancouver, Wash., on Nov. 10, 1896, viz: ' . GUSTAVE A. RATH, V H. E. No. 8552, for tho southeast section 17, townships north, range 11 east, W. M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of, said land, viz: Henry Evans, Abe Groshong, Lee Evans and Mike Zimmerman, air of white Salmon, Wash. GKO. H.STEVENSON, o2nl Register, Ray's Sarsaparilla. 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American Watchmaker, proprietor, Is still doing business ot'the old stand. Watchescleaned, 60 cents; main springs, 60 cents. All work warranted. A fine line of Watches and Jewelry for sale at bottom prices. GEO. P. CROWEIX, Successor to E. L. Smith Oldest Established House in the valley ,J ' DEALER IN ' ' HDio-y ' G-oods, Cltli.I:HLg .,, and 7':'.". . Flour, Feed, Etc., Etc. HOOD RIVER, - - - .,- WOLFARD & FERGUSON, DEALERS IN v '. .. v Sell only for CASH at ' . . : ' We invite trade of close buyers. WE WANT YOUR TRADE. UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER ofndu?.drlValekrlSS; Wall Paper, Paints, Oils, etc., etc. Agent for the Bridal Veil Lumber Company. WEST KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND Choice Fresh Meats, Hams, Bacon, Lard, And All Kinds of Game. '" ' ' '- ALSO, DEALERS IN , '. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES HOOD RIVER, - - ... .... OREGON. MOUNTAIN STAGE AND LIVERY CO. V OF HOOD RIVER, OR., WILL CONDUCT GENERAL Livery S T -u BLES. Comfortable conveyances to all part of Hood River Valley and vicinity. 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