Cpona 20.Wherever portlan"' ""x jg 'reat Pacific North IliaVie.Cee ound former Illinois people ef 1 '!av ' number originally from i nlTe a " - . l ' t ntV. last. wetJK, iu jju VIS there yckantwuniy- ,and peopie f itl.u.r.e;p r fruit fair and tl !L Henry, formerly from Bloom l JlldgSHenry is one of the mos ing?n:;fitic adopted sons that Oregon J ha i - anil I'f Dl nnmnrS. fit) w1"6 . .in which he lives and has He is very proud "l main in WI 1C" ' mvo of for so being, for from 7, A River tins year " '""uo H? i DMWherries ever grown were the ones jiege were gathered from hipped. , hn nrndupprs ui inres anu - f fine the great interest thePanta K??,L in agricultural matters, I K fi ttnipt in this letter to tell some fdof the fruit industry of Oregon, ?! in0W of no better way than to de ' 'hi the work as carried on at Hood nDe Ainat pvftrvone in Illinois is w.--,, Pillar with the facts concerning Sen r,..ian's aree ai)Pie orcuaru in ,tor uuuy m . " n(1 with the laree Cbampa'B ' n " 0filltralia. but it S to say that but few. have. read ...K!t,ir delllllte 01 mese inuiisiries iu Therfare many places in Oregon and iwern Washington where fruit raising KSFed on extensively, but Hood Riv Oregon, sixty-six miles east of Port Lid on the Columbia, surpasses them 1 1 ' Besides being a famous fruit dis Ot itis also a summer resort, and is vJJBt to the front by leaps and bounds. The climate there is ideal the year Ind the extremes of summer and the lm of winter being unknown. Some If the most beautiful scenery in the world ie found near the town and valley of the same name. In the foreground ft tne umjoouu v... , ' in vvauiiiimtuii, ivciiit awit ; the other near-by peaks, is Mount ! Adams, 12,470 feet high, perpetually k. with snow : in the opposite di- i notion, twenty-seven miles to the south, ' is anow-crowned Mount Hood; rearing heavenward 11,225 feet, form ing a picturesque background to the nnnlnctive valley ; on the east and west ., th foothills of the Cascades Only a vague idea of Hood River and its surrounuings can ue uuiiimeu irum the railroad, as the train passes through, or makes a short stop at the depot. To see the famous fruit producing region n must, leave the train, pass through the prosperous little town and climb the hills in the rear. The sight is worth traveling many miles to see. Nature has designed but few such scenes. The mnnramaof river and valley, mountain lipid and forest, together with hundreds of well-kept fruit farms, is beautiful to behold. For twenty miles the fertile tract stretches to the south, with an av erage width of hve miles, maKing an ma of 100 saiiare miles or b4,00U acres ( which 50.000 acres are tillable. Hav- m its source at the base of Mount Hood, the stream otHood river, ice cold, winds its wav through the valley, fur Dishing water for irrigating purposes the entire distance, until it empties into the Columbia just above the town. The great care taken in picking, pack ing and shipping the berries, together with their wonderful preservative qual ities, has made the fruit famous. The one t.reat word at Hood River is quality, quality, qualitv, and such care is taken that, if desired, the fruit companies can tell who picked a certain box. This is 3one by a systematic marking and rec ird. The fruit is shipped far and near -principally far for Portland people omplain of not being able to secure the erries. There is scarcely a town be teen the Pacific and the Missouri river, orth of Arkansas and Colorado, that is ot a consumer of the famoue fruit, hen the supply is obtainable. From live to twenty acres is tne size 1 the ranches or farms. An average ere of strawberries yields 150 crates nchyear and. the land can be kept in wries from four to seven consecutive ears, which at an average income of 2 per crate, gives the grower an income f $300 per acre. The cost of picking nd packing is 05 cents a crate, or $'.17.50 n acre, leaving $202.50 for the land and ost of cultivation. Mulching is not ecessarv, as the ground does not freeze ard enough to do the plants injury, is much as $700 and $800 have been ealized from an acre of strawberries, rat $300 is common. As stated in the leginning of this article 100 carloads of lerries were .shipped from Hood River luring 1902, netting the producers (125,000. Mr. Davidson, formerly of Canton, 111., sat the head of the leading fruit com wnu atiH it. is lareelv through his ef forts that the standard of the berry is rent wliArfl it ifl. The strawberry season proper begins the last of May ana continues unui ilviiit. the middle of July. It is then ilmt thn litt.lfi town and vallev fairly hiimn with business and it is time well spent in visiting the place. Indians fmm th resprviitiou bring their tents ml rouiain dnrinff the season. The Imv hravpa lift nrouiid in the shade. while their hard-working squaws, with little red-faced aiid sun-burned papooses on t.hp.ir hacks, abor in the ftelus, Scores of white pickers are also em ployed. Manv spend their summer va cation at Hood River during the berry fMwin. pombininz business with nleasure. The fruit fair was held in a canvas- covered building, 42x112, erected especi 11 for thp. occasion, under the spread ing oaks of' the principal street. A age, 12x20, was erected at one end of the pavilion tor program lurpuocs. The decorations wer beautiful and at tractive, consisting' of evergreens, au tamn leaves, fruits, vegetables, grains nd grasses, together with flags and fronting Serial nrizes. ranging from t5 to fciO.'were eriven for the best fruit dinnlav. 'f!nvirnnr and Mrs. Geer at tended the fair and the Governor told me he was auite surprised at the show ine of the vallev. The best from some rUino like nivt.p farms was there measured several of the apples and the circumference of the largest was instlesstlian seventeen inches. Among the varieties were the Yellow Newtown Pippin. Snitzenberg, Jonathan, North era Snv. V aimer. Baldwin. Gravenstein Bellerlower. Swaar. Greening, Winesap wolf Kiver, and Ben Davis, ine t lora or Winter Banana a new variety at tracted much attention. It is yellow, of medium size, and a good keeper. When one of these apples was shown to the manager of the Waldorf-Astoria ho tel, New York, he offered $4 a box for 11 that he could obtain. The orchards are guarded as zealously M the picking, packing and shipping of the strawberries ia looked after. Apple k begin bearing at five years of age nd a tree ten years old often bears U'n hoxes (bushels) of marketable fruit, pravim? is looked after verv carefully. Tne first ia donn inst. before the bloom flls and is repeated every two weeks ntil thepples are picked. The result f careful epraving is best shown in the iperien of J' P. rrmll. who told me 1at in 19ul eightv-five per cent of his Pples were wormy, caused by not Ipravinv Thia t-or ha Bnravml Ore- nlly and less than three per cent of bis "op waa wormy. Over !''. nrlno,Ia nf annlps will be 'hipped from Hood River this fall and inter and from there, as well as Western Oregon, many carloads will be senno England, Europe and the Orient. Kikaldo M. Hall. A Better laud than Texas. In a speech of welcome to a big excur sion of Illinois homescekers, a Texas upeHKer said : iiujvuui, your mini, nave it meas ured, get an abstract of title and go to a good lawyer w ith it, not a cheap lawyer, because nothing is so expensive as a uneap lawyer. HWl l. 1 i, .. . it nun yuu nave uone ail tins, go unuK nouie anu ten your good wite you have found a land where you can work in the open air nine days out of ten, where no man ever saw ice thick enough to hold his weight, where a free educa tion is absolutely assured to your child ren and to their children, where you can raise cotton, rice, corn, cane and strawberries in the same field, and where your home once paid for, neither it or your furniture, or year's supply of pruvisiuns, or worK mock can ue taken for debt; where you can freely vote any political ticket or profess and practice any Higious faith you please, and then she will say: 'Let's begin to pack ;' and you will begin, and Illinois will lose vou andTexasget you, and when you get oere you will never leave it until vou are called to that better land up yonder, which is the only land that is better than Texas." Dad. I happened in a home last night, and over the door saw the legend worked in red: "What is Home Without a moth er." Across the room was another brief de sire, bod bless our home. Jsow, what's the matter with "God Bless our Dad?" He gets up early, lights the fire, boils an egg, grabs his dinner pail, and wipes the dew of the dawn with his boots, while many a mother is sleeping. He makes the weekly hand-out for the benefit of the grocer, milkman, butcher and baker, and his little pile is badly worn before he has been home an hour. He stands off the bailiff and keeps the rent paid up. If Johnnie needs a new pair of boots, '"cause he's walkiu' on theground,"dad goes down in his dip and up comes the price of a hard day's sweat. If Mary needs a new ribbon for her back hair, mother yearns for a new wrapper, and the baby yowls for a rattle, down goes dad again and up conies the coin. But if he buys a new pipe for two bits because the old one was getting kinda strong, he is warned that-smoking is an expensive habit and that men have smoked up blocks and farms and happy homes. When show times arrive dad comes up with the price, and ma goes out with the neighbors, and Fiora sparks her beaux in the parlor. Dad's clothes ain't none too good and grime will stick, so he sits in the kitchen with the kids. If there's a noise during the night, he is kicked in the back, and made to go down stairs and find . the burglar and kill hun. Mother darns the socks, yes, she does, but dad bought the socks in the first place, and the needle afterward .Mother does an the truit. wen, am Dougnt it all, and the jars cost like the mischief. Dad buys chicken for the Sunday din ner, carves it himself, and draws the neck from the ruins after every one else is served. What is Home V ithout a Mother" Yes. that's all richt. But what is home without a father'ffen to one it is a board ing house, father is under a slab, and the landlady is the widow. Dad. here's to vou if louve got your good points and they'll miss you when you're gone. Ex. Rev. Ill B. Hicks' 1903 Almanac. To sav that this spleiidid work of science and art is finer and better than ever, is stating it mildly. The demand for it is far beyond an previous years. To say that such results, reaching through thirty years, are not Daseu upon buiuiu sense and usefulness, is an insult ts the intelligence of the millions, rroteasor Hinka. throneh his ureat almanac, and his famous family and scientific journal, Word and Works, is doing a work for the whole people not npproaehed by any other man or publication. A fair test will prove this to any reasoname person. Adrlfiil to the most luminous course in astronomy for 1903, forecasts of storms and weather are given, as never oeiore, for every dav in the year, an cnarniingiy illustrated with nearly two hundred en gravings The price of single almanac, nn ,u 110 nnstnue ana mailing is unriy cents. Word and WorKa vmn ine ai id 1 a vear. Write to Word and Works Publishing company, 2201, Locust street. Saint boms, Missouri,. and prove to yourself their great value. Self-Purification of River Waters. The issue between Chicago and St. Louis, occasioned by the opening of the Chicago drainage canal, through which the sewage of Chicago is conducted to the Mississippi river, via Des Plaines and Illinois rivers, is based upon the condition in the minds of the people of St. Louis that there will arise effects detrimental to the water of the Missis sippi river at that city. The whole dis pute centers, therefore, about the old nioot question as to how long a distance it is necessary for a river to flow in order to purify itself. We know from chemical analysis and physical examination that a varying degree of purification takes place in a river. In early days this was thought to be due to aeration, and the tumbling of water down mountain sides became the basis for poetic typification of puri ty. The experiments of the Massachu setts state board of health have shown that aeration has little or no effect upon the condition of ortranic matter in water that is, the organic matter is not assisted in its oxidation by agitation in i ne air. it was also found that the highest degree of activity in oxidation processes is to be found in Quiescent or stagnant waters. It then became clear that self-purification in a sluggish stream is far more effective than in a swift current, and that dams and other im pediments have a beneficial effect upon the condition of water in river channels. The promulgation of these facts led to an entire change in the ideas concerning the distance necessary for stream purifi cation, and it is now understood that no hard and fast rules can be set for Guid ance in determining the purifying power of any watercourse, A Royal commis sion, appointed to inquire into the con dition of England's rivers, reporting to the English Parliament in the early seventies, held that no stream iu the United Kingdom was sufficiently lone to effect its own purification. The fa miliar and oft-quoted principle is that a stream purifies itself in 20 miles, but how this distance was ever determined or who was responsible for its general acceptance is a matter oi aouDt ; certain it is that the statement is entirely wrone in the majority of cases. Pettenkoffer; Hering, Stearns, and others have given formula? which are undoubtedly true for the rivers upon which these gentlemen worked, but which can in no wise be accepted for rivers in general, and it re mains tor the investigator to determine by actual experiment the purifying power of each stream with which he has to deal. The work of examination of surface waters of the United States, recently inaugurated in the division of hydro graphy of the United States geological survey, in cooperation with the various college laboratories throughout the country, will be useful in the determin ation of the self-purifying powers of many of the inter-state rivers. These results will be highly beneficial to the municipalities and corporations which may be looking toward the establish ment of sewerage systems and purifica tion works. During the coming winter it is ex pected that Mr. M. O. Leighton, hydro grapher of the geological survey, will take up this work upon various rivers in Indiana and Illinois, and will so far as possible extend this research to the streams which at the present time are of great interest to the inhabitants of the Mississippi valley. Wasn't His Lead. "May you take this lesson home with you, aear trleuds," concluded a preach er at the end of a long and wearisome sermon, "ana may its spiritual truth sink deep into your hearts and lives to the end that your sou Is may experience salvation. Deacon White will lead." There was no response. "Deacon White," this time in a little louder voice, "will you lead?" Still no re sponse, evidently tne deacon was slumbering. Tho preacher made a third appeal and raised his voice to a pitch that succeeded in arousing the drowsy man. ''Deacon White, will you lead?" The deacon, in bewilder ment, rubbed his eyes and blurted: "sTain't my lead; I just dealt!" Fool Legislation. A Tennessee paper says that in one of the mountain counties only one man took a newspaper, and the citizens for some distance would gather in to hear it read when it came. A listener one time asked what the republicans were doing in congress. "Oh," replied the reader, "they're playing the dickens over there ; they have passed a law add ing two months to the year, and the worst of it is they have made them both winter months. ' "Blast their fool souls," said the listener, "and I'm nearly out of fodder." TO ALL WHO TRADE 0 $25 00 Or more in Cash, between November 1, and December 25, with O. B. HARTLEY, be will give FREE h Christmas Turkey. Why not g.'t one? You will trade fully that much by then, and you get your turkey free. To all who do not reach this amount, we give you a discount on uJrclmndise purchased, toward a turkey, or in any merchandise in our store. Call and get a card. Phone 225 Free Delivery. TREAT & HUCKABAY, -DEALER IX Stoves, Tin, Sheet Iron and Copper Ware, Bath Tubs, Sinks and levators, Wash Stands and Sink Brackets, Lead and Iron Pipe, ituouer uwu. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. Stages to Cloud Cap Inn. ' . . , f cimAM TolAntinnfl and ume oi Diramcio Ticket office for the Regulator Railroad Notice to Ministers. The issuance of the customary form of O. R. & N. individual half fare permits will be discontinued with the close of the year 1902, and for 1903 joint clergy certificates issued by the Trans-Continental Passenger association will be honored on the lines of the O. R. & N. Co. Those permits will be good in the combined territories of the Western, Southwestern and Trans-Continental associations, embracing practically the territory west of Chicago and St. Louis. A charge of $1.00 is made by the Trans Continental association to cover expense of issuing these permits. Application blanks will soon be placed in the hands of local agents, and ministers should procure them early as, after being ex ecuted and certified to by the local agent, they have to be sent to James Charlton, Chicago, with the f 1.00 fee before the permit is available. A. N. Hoar, Agent. Startling, Rut True. "If every one knew what a grand medicine Dr. King's New Life Pills is," writes D. H. Turner, Derupseytown.Pa., "you'd sell all you have in a day. Two weeks' use has madea uew man of me." Infallible for constipation, stomach and liver troubles. 25c nt Chas. N. Clarke's drug store. Advertised Letter List. November 17, 1902. Fredericks, Art hur Ben ham, Elder Billing, Rev W L Lille, Win White, R S W. M. YATES. P. M. A Lesson in Anatomy. How many bones in the human face? Fourteen, when they're all in place. How many bones in the human head? Eight, my child, as I've often said. How'many bones in the human ear? Eight in each, and they help to hear. How many bones in the human spine? Twenty-four, like a climbing vine. How many bones in the human client? Twenty-four ribs and two of the rest How many bones in the shoulder bind? Two in each one before, one behind. How many bones in the human arm? In each are two; two in each forearm. How many bones in the human wrist? Eight in each if none are missed. How many hones in the palm of the hand? Five in each, with many a band. How many bones in the fingers ten? Twenty-eight, and by joints they blend. How many joints in the human hip? One in each and deep they lie. How many bones in the human knees? One in each, the kneecap, please. How many bones in the leg from the knee? Two in each we can plainly see. How many bones in the ankle strong? Seven in each, but none aro long. How many bones in the ball of the foot? Five in each, as the palms are put. How many bones in the toes half a score? Twenty-eight, and there are no more. "Now is the Appointed Time." The O. B. & N. Co. has lust Issued a hand somely Illustrated pamphletentttled "Oregon' Washington and Idaho aud their Resources." It has much to say about Hood River. People In the East are anxious for Informa tion about the Pacittc Northwest. If you will give the O. R. & N. Hgeot a list, of names of Eastern people who are likely to be interest ed, the booklet will be mailed free to such personj. Cow For Sale. A fine cow for sale that will be fresh Febru ary 1st. P- F. FOUTS. Government Land. I can locate home-seekers on government land good fruit land, with springs; some with water to irrigate; easily cleared; 12 to Hi miles from Hood River; near county road. n21 K. U. M llitifctt, Jiooa niw, ur. Notice to Contractors. Bids will be received by the common coun cil, to be opened uecemner i, imk, av i: o'clock, for tho construction of a city hall. The right is reserved to reject any or all bids. By order of the common council. For plans and specifications see J, iv. JJljIvriUnrjn vh.t . e k lanriinc If vou want have a hack carry you to ana irom -. a first-class turnout can on me T TTTT?PV AO HOOD RIVER TRANSFER AND LIVERY CO Williams Pharmacy, Otten Building, G. E. WILLIAMS, Prop'r. Pure Drugs, Toilet Articles rUlC nnnAviNP. MATERIALS. PATENT MEDIClNbs, arnn . - Prescriptions my Sjcialty. To be Given Away.. 4 i 1ft in ur T , 'v. '' '- -'-"'v?' .V-!. "" 7 Buggy, Like the One Represented Here, Will be Given to a Subscriber. The Glacier has a brand new Oxford Buggy it desires to give to a subscriber. The Buggy has fancy panel, hand painted; body 24x55 inches; round corners, well Ironed; extru deep seat; solid panel spring back; axles 15-10x6) Inches; axle beds glued to axles; Bailey body loops; double reaches ironed full length; wheels Sarven patent; lxiuch rouud edge tire; leather quarter top; Pegauioyed leather trim mings; fancy binding aud welts; double line nickel dash rail; nickel lazy back rail; full length fancy carpet; side carpet and toe rug; body black wftu neat decorations; gear dark green; with shafts. One thousaud tickets, numbered consecutively from one to one thousand, will be given out, one to each subscriber paying $1.50 on subscription. Subscribers In arrears who pay up will get a ticket for each $1.50 paid, as well as those who pay in advance. . A number under 1000 has been written on a card, sealed in au envelope and placed iu Butler St Co's bank in Hood Eiver. Every precaution was taken to keep the number in the bank a secret. No one knows the luckey number. A dozen cards were taken, numbers uuder 1000 written upon each; the cards were then shuffled, one picked up at random and placed in the envelope, sealed up, and the bal ance thrown immediately into the fire. The number upon none of the cards were seen except by the person writing them. Every Subscriber Has a Chance To get this handsome vehicle. If the subscriber is in arrears he can pay up and get tickets entitling him to a chance. All subscribers who paid as much as $1.60 during' this mouth of November will get tickets. The tickets given to subscribers are all in sealed envelopes, sealed up by the printer, and no one will know bis number until be opens the envelope. When the tickets are all given out, the subscriber holding the number corresponding with the number in the bank will take the buggy. Subscribers should preserve their tickets. The proprietor of the Glacier has always aimed to send out a good local paper, worth the prloe of subscription. He is grateful for past patronage and a big list of subscribers. Tho paper will not deteri orate in usefulness, and subscribers who fail to get the buggy will get value received for their money in a good local paper. The buggy cau now be seen in the big red barn of the Hood River Trading Co. It was bought through the agency of Ralph Savage, who can sell you one Just like it If you can't wait till the Gla cier's buggy is given out. Spot Cash Grocery. The aboye cuts are representations of a few pieces of handsomely decorated, hand painted china, now on exhibition at our store, which we Intend giving away Free to our customers. Our assortment consists of Cups and Saucers, Pie Plates, Breakfast Plates Diuner Plates, Flutters, Covered Dishes, Cream Pitchers, Sugar Bowls,' Tea Pots, and everything else which goes to make up a Fine Set of Dishes. . We earnestly invite you to call and inspect it, when we will cheerfully give you full information. We do this to increase our trade, and believe you will appreciate this method of doing it, as it gives you something useful at absolutely no-cost to you. Our aim will always be to sell you goods as cheaply as possible considering the quality of goods handled by us. Very Respectfully, J. E. HANNA. Phone 53. Agent for DALLES LAUNDRY. Free Delivery. Sale Extraordinary It is Koing to be bargain day with us every day for the next thirty day We will give 10 per cent Off, on everything bought .nour re, ocudlng , jseavere, FolIatre and Paave A line or Ht inniiuiiiBu -- - - . . vJIms in all the new shades. Now is your chance to get a Pattern Hat at a very low price. MAE B. ROE, Milliner. FRUIT LANDS. A few good things you can buy for little money 622 acres; 45 acres In cultivation, acres In strawberries, some ap ples, good house, flno springs, 6 miles from town $4,250. 25J acres; 4 acres bearing trees, and berries, plenty of water, 4-room houso, also barn W50- 100 acres; 200 bearing apples, 40 acres mill timber, eome hay land $500-house, spring $1,800. Homestead relinquishment 150 acres nearly half tillable orchard land; 2 springs new house which cost $400, 8 miles from town. . . .$750. 19 Handsome LotB In Coe's addition for $200 each. We always'tiave some bargains to offer. Call on, or address, GEO. D CULBERTSON & CO. Books! Books! Here is a list of some of the New Books at Slocom's: Donovon Pasha, The Strollers, Heralds of Empire, The Sky Pilot, The Virginian, The Thrall of Lief the Lucky, Dry and I, The Two Vanrels, Audrey, Wanted A Chaperon, Hearts Courageous, The Cavaliers, The Crisis, David Harum, The Man from Glengary, Eben Holden, Amor Victor, Dorothy Vernon, of Hadden Hall, The Speckle Bird, Alice of Old Vincennes, To Have and To Hold, Mississippi Bubble, The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop, Prisoners of Hope, McLoughlin and Old Oregon, The Two Inlands, In Fact All the Up-To-Date Books. Give us a call when you need something in this line. Also The Davidson Fruit Co. if .. have Fruit to market, or will need Fruit Boxes, Plows, Cultivators, Fer tilizers, or a vemuc, SEE US. your busluew. If we please you, tell your neighbors; If not, tell us. DAVIDSON FRUIT CO. .' i'.' '..iic nt THE Manila Barber Shop ON THE HILL, 3. C. JACKSON, Proprietor. Will do Picture Framing In connection. Room Mouldings and all kinds of Picture and Window Glass constantly ou band. CALL and see samples of Wall Paper. C TY Blacksmith Shop. J. BTNICKELSEN, Proprietor Cor. 4tb and Columbia. Phone 245. T. O. DALLAS, The City Tinker & Plumber. Headquarter. Fourth and Oak Street.