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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1902)
r 7 ' 3(ood Iiver Slacier FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1902. The Fakir's Fair. Last week there was a Fakir's fair oome ioto the town a troopin', ami every time the music played the crowd eel up a whoopin'. It was too fine for anything to see them all paradin' ; with things to eat and things to wear the most of them were laden. The march was led hy Major Booth, then came the band n drumming; the way the leader stepped the air, would set your brain a hum ming. He flourished high a baton stick striped like a stick of candy, with dang ling ribbons red and white that fel low was a dandy. His goatee was the cutest thing, just like a Billy goatie; His pantaloons the latest cut, bo were his hair and coatie. The way he opened his bazoo was enough to please a mon key; and if the players made mistakes hel stamp and get most spunky. 1 guess he came from Germany ,his tongue was awful broken; "Drum Major" was the swellest chan, laying aside all joltin'. I wish you could have seen the dude that was the snare drum beater; his walk was like a kangaroo's only his gait was fleeter. He must have been of Spain descent, outlandish was his dres sing; red hoses and high water pants, style of coat I ain't guessing. Ho held his drum so careless like, graceful as a chimpanzee; he thought he was the whole big band, the only "It" and stanzie. Theydiad all kinds of horn pipe flutes and when some was ft playing "0 Yankee Doodle keep it up," gome blowed like mules a braying. It was a freaky, flim-flam band, all 'cept the handsome blowers; and they were dressed to beat the hand; they were a band of roarers. Well, I declare, thoso squaws beat all ! They didn't look like fakin', with braid ed hair and painted cheeks and skin the shade of bacon. One. was a slender, modest maid and said "halo" so sweetly; the other was a siwash belle, trigged up go fine and neatly. One wore a shawl of red and blue squared off like boards for checkers; the other wore a blanket rig, gay stripes wove double deckers. They had bandanas on their heads, as red as scarlet cherries ; brass bracelets, rings and gew-gaw beads as big as ripe gooseberries. They carried baskets 'round to sell, of fancy -dye and weaving; 'twas hard to think they were a fake, their looks were so deceiving. "Well, I do think to man," eayB I, when first I spied the peddler; his form would make a brewery smile, his nose make glad a meddler. He tried to jew me up to buy a dusting cap of yellow ; said for a babe's skirt it might do, the ignoramus fellow. What do you think he tried to sell? The buttons off his breeches! and if I had insisted like I guess he'd sold the stitches. It would have took a banker's purse to buy what he was selling "All wool and a yard wide, "he'd vow, the biggest fib a telling. . I thought I'd bust a laughing sure when Dock came past prom'nading; he might have tended Noah's kith, so an cient his masquerading. Frizzed were his flaken golden locks a hanging down his shoulder; there never was a smarter nuack, nor one who could sell bolder. He had a satchel crammed with stuff to knock microbes a kiting; what ailed you in a year he'd guess had p'izen for neas umng. no wuru iui imipio Burning plug, a broadcloth coat cut swaller; he d hold a bottle up to view and smil ing, loudly holler, "Come right this way if an ill is troubling your digestion; I'll warrant this to kill or cure, which vou may prove by testing." The popcorn gals were just too sweet, There couldn't nothing beat them ; the way the boys devoured their corn you d thought they'd like to eat them. They looked like trim red rosy buds upon one stem a blooming; they were the real thing to be sure, chirk, spry and unas suming. They Doth haa eyes ot star lit gleam and nutbrown tresses flowing; like pearls between red coral reefs, their white teeth were a showing. Their jew els! well, I do declare, the Inca's wasn't in it; "l'lease buy some popcorn," they did chirp, as sweet as any linnet. Their dresses, short, was thin red stuff, feet shod in high heeled suppers ; there was nothing slow about them, they were the gayest trippers. Tomale gal most took my breath for being plump and purty; her lace man tilla was a catch, just "fetchin'," but not flirty. Her white kid slippers 1 my, were fine, with silver buckles shining ; she wore a silk, swell striped waist, beads round her neck were twining. Poor dear, she was so bashful like, she'd cast her eyesdown blushing ;she was as taking as her wares, to buy folks came a rushing. I guess she was from Spain all right the home of hot toniales; tor adioj Bhe gaid so plain, she made a gem of follies. There was a poor old woman, blind, my heart for her was bleeding, she had a basket on her arm, for you to buy, kept pleading. She wore blue goggles on her eyes, a cane in front kept swing ing; her garments looked like scarecrow duds upon a dummy clinging. But it ain't clothes that makes the folks, she had a lady's bearing; and all the rags could not disguise the pride she was a sharing, bhe said she had seen better days, when she was young and sprightly; but now that she was old and blind, hard lines had bound her tightly. The las with flowers was like a bed of blooming, blushing posies; she had her apron full of them, and round her neck hung roses. f?he made a "pitcher" fair to see, just like a blue field-daisy; the boys all bought a button hole, nor cared had they been slazy. She wore a gown of eaphire blue, a hat that kept a flop ping, all trimmed 'round with flowers and leaves, I tell yon it was whopping. They had a fortune telling queen, who kept the dear gals sighing; the boys were just ag anxious, too, and futures kept a buying. I heard her tell a fair young miss and one 1 know ain't tickle, three husbands she was going to wed, all for a silver nickel. She wore a long Shakespearian cape with hood that act ed tipsy; it run up to a pointed peak she must have been a gipsy. One poor creature was deaf and dumb, she couldn't speak or mutter; 1 thought ehe'd twist her head off once trving so hard to sputter. The way she'd make her fingers fly would w hirl a w ind mill gilly ; she gazed at me so solemn like, 1 felt my soul turn chilly. I never can describe her frock, it must have been Eve's making; antediluvian style, be fore folks took to faking. She had a letter read like this: "tiood pepal i am kneady, an' awful down in mouth an' luck, an' my ole does is seady. Wats more, i'm deef & dum, being i kan't do no taw kin', an' thare is lots o' things i need, the worst is shoes fvr wockin'. 1 think a auto i knead most, to git me thru the winter; 'twould saxe my sluu an' tem per, too, an' ad i'd give the printer, i cud pull threw till berry time, an' '.i you gits in ttubble, I'll hitch on you an pull vou out, your kneadv sistir Bubble." I taw a sight I never seen in all my bora days living ;a woman turned an organ-crank, puch lowly music giving. She wasn't very make believe, because she worked go steady; and every time a nickel dropped, to 'muse you ghe as ready. 8he wore a gown of striped red, an apron blue and dingy; it had a poor excuse for bib, tli w hole thing's cat wm tin;y. ,-, - There was a nigger mammy say, she didn't need no padding potato chips she had to sell, and about the streets went gadding. She felt herself above "w hite trash," and still she'd take their money, she had the smartest hoot black kid, to see him "shine" was funny.Heled his mam a wild goose chase when ever he could fool her; he scared her once well nigh to death, Dukes had him in the cooler. Her husband was as black as she, buta'Teck" less in weigh ing; he had a dingw hang thing to sell, two mice on trapeze playing. Them niggers were dressed to beat the Dutch hand that was wheezing, they made a happy looking pair, despite that kid's a teasing. There was a plumber with his traps, old tin he kept a shining; be went around so easy like, I thought he must be funning. Lo, he 'stonished me most to fits, he saw a key-hole gapping; the way he daubed the solder in showed he wasn't napping. There wag trie dearest candy maid,,! she was so sweet and Konney; her win ... t . ning ways made candy sell to Mary Jane and Johnny. Her gown was just a modest cut, not stylish but neat setting; her brow looked like a sun Deam s work where ne'er hung cloudsof fretting. A beggar child in tattered frock went past me almost crying: she led a blind man by the hand, soul rending was her sighing. If yon could just have seen the two 'twould set your heart to ach ing; this poor old man could hardly walk without Ins whiskers shaking. Next an old apple woman came along the street a limping; there wasn't noth ing about her rig would make you think of primping. Her basket full of beau ties red was enough to tempt a preacher; she had a sweetand comely face, a likely looking creature ;she wore a nubia on her head, a shawl pinned about her shoul der, a Garibaldi gingham dress, fifteen years old or older. , Next came a peanut vendor by ,a charm ing blonde quite lovely ;her vofce was like sweet chiming bells, her coaxing man ner dove-ly. Some people have such stingy wayg, for when they'd see her coming, they'd turn their backs and gaze through space, as if their millions summing. Her old brown shawl just made her look like sweet bronze pansy blooming; and on her golden locks wat perched a tam-o-shanter, glowing. Then there was Mrs. Hooligan, that came she said from Paris; you'd thought by her high lofty airs she was a New York heiress.IIeraccentdidn'tBound like French, 'twas more like brogue of Brid get; but she had on the Frenchy style, gay gown and fuss and figdet. She sold some dope to fix your face so you'd look young and charming; I got a bottle just for fun some folks' pride's alarming. Two pretty gals sold lemonade, alike was both their dresses: all pink, as pretty as a pink, pink ribbons tied their tresses. They looked just like two May day queens, kissed by the blush of morning; they didn't need no flummery on to spruce up Nature's 'doming. There was a man who had fruit trees upon his back a selling; you couldn't be lieve a word he said, so many yarns a telling. He had a linen duster on, and silk plug hat of wonder. "Ah Reuben!" gome fool chap yelled out; he told him "go to thunder." There was a taffy maid in pink, of sweets she was the sweetest; just like an oleander blow, of posies they're the neatest. Her rounded cheek was flushed with pink, her rosy lips were smiling; pink ribbons fluttered on the air, the gal had charms beguiling, "Please buy my taffy, she would say, in accents just too winning; and wink if she could hoodwink you, which kept the folks a grinning. There was a lady selling cake, she said it was good eating; I feared it was a fake affair I'd been so often beaten. And so I let her pass along goon came an other fakir with doughnuts round and jumbles brown, he said he wag a baker. I sized him up from head to foot he looked more like a poet; despite the apron and white cap, a geniug, but didn't know it. He had a poet'g dreamy eyes, so full of soul expressing; its queer how some folks makes mistakes, from life's great track digressing. There was a real live brownie there, the cutest feller going; the monkey shines he couldn't cut wasn't worth while a knowing. He had duck pants cut to the knees, acoatlikeany brownie; red stockings, red slippers, too, a red cap round and downy. He had some of his kin to sell, the queerest little pig mies; to tell you how they all were rigged, would be too much like enig mas. There w as a yellow-jacket there I mean a newsboy seller that had a yel low jacket on, my I wasn't he a yeller! He sold the Glacier like hot cakes, and yet it wasn't funny ; for when you buy that paper, say, you get your worth of money. It has the news of all this town and up and down the valley ; and with old Mother Gossip's tongue it sums up weekly tally. The editor's the finei-t man, he's always "Blythe" and jolly; he even beats the "devii'g" skill to run 'gainst him is folly. The manager had things down pat, and made a lot of money ;because it was a "woman," see? go back and set down, sonny. If you should want a manager you'll find her "Price" worth paying; yon may depend on her success, she's "biz," mark what I'm saying. After this fair, same night I dreajppt I was a fakir drummer.selling our Win shine to "VVebfoot" I got to be a hum mer. I gold go much our people kicked and growled "its all time raining;" but old moss-backers thought 'twas fun, by our loss they were gaining. The universe is full of fakes the make believe's deceiving; but you know I'm no fakir, dear, though it's hard believ ing. Thug you will find it every where, all this great world is qneerish ; but I and thee, and thee and me and thou'rta wee bit queerish. One Who Was Thkke. School Entertainment. "Red Riding Hood" or "Dangers of DiunhAiliunoa 11 .-ill ha luiiiJn-nJ -1. opera house Friday evening. December 5. Following are the cast of characters: ueu Kiuuig uooa fcva Yates Mamma Mrg M Reid Himh (woodman) DrKf! Rmain. Grandma Miss N Clark "olf F B Barnes Rose.". Miss Eva Nicklason Buttercup Florence Brosius K'fia Pearl Bradley Robin Ellsworth Hanna Ifc't'e Milo Frederick Little Traveler Russell Vaughn BI.l'K BKLL8. Wilma Thompson Roberta Friday Ethel McDonald Ella McDonald Laura Rand Margaret Reid Clara Baud Nellie Blowers Mamie Sinnott Anna Sinnott Full chorus of 40 children's voices. Vocal golo (by request) "Mother Told Me So," J-U Nirkelsen Performance on bars Earl Filsinger Contortionist Lou Baldwin Scene I. Holiday, Off to the Green. " II. Home Sweet Home. " III. In the Grove. " IV. Grandma's Cottage. " V. Close of Holiday. The ladies' aid of the Congregational church desire to thank the orchestra, the fakir, and all other who took part in the entertainment Thanksgiving evening Majority Rule Ticket Wins The election in Hood River for city offieiah on Tuesday proved a great sur prise to gome of the boys who regarded themselves aB well up in Hood River politics. The majority rule ticket won with the exception of one candidate for alderman. A. Winana fell behind in the vote and Judge Prather, on the republican and taxpayer's ticket, went in by the highest vote on thealdermauic ticket. Two hundred and forty-two votes were polled. This may be consid ered a full vote. Both sides worked hard all day to get out the voters. Fol lowing is the vote: For mayor: republican and taxpayer1, F. C. Brosius, 115; majority rule, f. R. Coon, 123. For aldermen: republican and tax payers: V. A. Bell, 102, Geo. T. Prather, 125, D. McDonaln, 100 ; majority rule: G. J. Gesaling 124, Ed. Mayes, 123, A. Winans, 114. For recorder: republican and taxpay ers, W. B. Cole, 98 ; majority rule, J. k. Nickeisen, For Treasurer: republican and tax payers, G. E. Williams, 05; majority rule, Truman Butler, 138. White Salmon Iton . I). D. McClure was up from Portland a few days hist week looking after his strawberry ranch. The entertainment and Supper by the teachers and pupils of the public schools came off on Wednesday night. A large number if peoplo were out and were not disappointed either in the literary and musical programme rendered, or the supper. Both events were pronounced excellent. The sum of f 11.83 wns realized from the supper. This will be used to increase the school library. The bazaar advertised by the Woman's Working club for Dec. 5, has been post poned to Wednesday, Decenib rlO. The women found it, was not possible to get ready by Deeembr rf. Avery quiet wedding took place at the residence of Mr. Maine on the Jack son place, at high noon on Thanksgiv ing day. The contracting parties were Harry M. Willis, of Gibbon, Umatilla county, Oregon, and Miss Edith Rachel Maine. Rev. U. S. Drake of the Con gregational church of White Salmon offi ciating. After the happy couple had received the congratulations of the friends present, all the company gath ered round a table, which fairly groaned under, the weight of good things. But it was not, long until the table was re relieyed of some of its burden, at least all did full justice to the bounteous re past. The afternoon was occupied with music and pleasant social chat. M. J. Kaet returned from Portland on Saturday. He expressed himself as having had a good time while in the city. Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Jewott went to Portland last Friday for a few days' visit. Miss Edith Lidcombe. who iust fin ished a successful term of school at the Cameron school house, visited the White Salmon schools on Monday. She uiieiius going to i on land soon. Death of Judge L. J. Davenport. Judge L. J. Davenport died at his homo flt. MnHlW 'i,tmmhnr On 100' Deceased was an old resident of Mosier and Wasco county, having come here 45 years ago. His large number of ac quaintances will learn of his death with regret. He had been in feeble health for the rinst, Vpflr. imviiitr Biiffwrwrl' a nop- - , J , U,..,.lV J,,., alytic gtroke some time ago, and th second stroke caused his death. For a imofl mnnv vptira h u-na in tla lii.ucir business in The Dalles. Eighteen years ago ne moved to his tarm near Mosier. He loAVOS hoairinEI ltiti ti,ilriir nina children three sons, George, Charles anu jonn, and six daughters, Kose Kon inson, Carrie Gunning, Kate, Nell, Alice and Gertrude Davenport. Death tif Mrs. It. Siiinoll, Mrs. N. B. Sinnott, widow of Colonel si. 15. binnott, died at The Dalles. Novem ber 30. With her husband she went to I he Dalles in the earlv 00's. . Inconnee tion with Major liandley he opened the oiu niiaiuia nouee, and alter its des truction by fire, built the present hotel of that name. There aro few, if any old uregomans wno nave not, at sometime, stopped at the Umatilla house. Mrs. Sinnott was a devout Catholic, a woman of eincere faith, of broad charity, of pro- iouiiu oeuei in me goouness ot human ity. She leaves three children. N. J, Sinnott, a lawyer, now in partnership wim juage Bennett ot The Dalles; it. S. Sinnott, who is practicing law in Port land, and Mrs. J. S. Heli of The Dalles, The Glacier Btig-jry. And still they come. Subscribers want the uuggy and are fust coming in and paying a year's subsoription or more to jet ticke's. Some have paid as much as five years' subscription, which of course entitled- them to five tickets. New subscribers are also coin ing in. The Glncier now prints 1)00 papers every ween, anil by the time the 1000 tickets are gone, our list will reach 1000. Every subscriber has a chance to get the buinrv. or as man v chances as he chooses to pay for, either by paying up arrearages or by paying in nuvanw. ne gcis Hie Worth ot Ills money if he don't get the buggy. The buggy will not be given out till tin- tickets are all gone into the bauds of subscribers. Four blank tickets were sealed up by mistake. Those gelling blanks wil'l please return them to the Glacier and others will tie sent. It, is verv ueees- sary'that the tickets be preserved; if ine iucKy number is lost the Glacier will have to send out the tickets ainin. The following subscribers have paid since our last issue, mid credit Is here given: J W Taylor jan 1105 D D McClure dec 5 03 H F Davidson julv 21 02 D A Thaver dec 5 02 Dr H L bumble aug 9 03 C A Bell oct 24 02 L E Morse apl 23 03 F C Brosius july 7 03 J F Short june 2 03 Capt J P Shaw dec 5 05 W A Davis dec 5 03 Ralph Savage june 20 03 A A Jayne jan 1103 Mrs P S Davidsou sr may 1 03 P S Davidson sept 15 03 S M Baldwin sept 4 03 C G Metcalf oct 25 03 Wm Ehrck sept 1 04 A R Byrkett oct 1 03 Alf Boorman apl 28 04 E A Prather, nov 03 L N Blowers nov 7 03 J W Hinrichs sept 1 02 P II Martin jan 1 03 John Kellev dec 25 04 J C Boggs apl 20 04 H F I.age feb 20 03 H C Crockett june 22 04 W J Baker sept 1 03 A Sonnicksen Sept 29 02 E C Mooney june 7 03 J R Nickelsen jan 1 04 D A Turner jan 1 04 Mrg A Whitehead nov 21 03 A 8 Blowers nov 7 03 W V Johnson feb 4 04 F B Barnes d?c7 03 N W 15one soot 7 03 II W Pealer dec 5 03 Dr C II Jenkins dec 6 03 C E Msrkham march i 03 Mrs J JLaFleur july II 01 J S Harbison jan 1 04 J E Hanna june 1 03 John Vautliierg gept 6 03 E C Miller jan 15 03 Frank R Roe, feb 5, 03 P, F Bclieu, mar 30, 04 EdlLiwkes, dec. 27, 03 J J Turner dec 5 03 J II Ferguson july 1 03 Church Nolices. M. E. Church Rev. F. R. Spaulding, pastor. Sunday School at 10. Preach ing services at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Junior League at 3 Epworth League at (1:30 p.m. Sunday, and E. L. prayer meeting Tuesday evening at 7:30. Gen eral prayer meeting Thursday evening at 7:30. The public ie cordially invited. Unitarian Church Services will be conducted in A. O. U. W. hall by Rev. W. G. Eliot, jr. Sunday, December 7, at 11a.m. Subject: "Is There Anything left Unshaken by the Questionings of of our Day?" All are cordially juvited. Congregational Church Rev. J. ). Hershner, pastor. Sunday School at 10. Preaching service with worship at 11 a. m. Christian Endeavor service at 7 p. m. Midweek meeting on Thursday eveningat 7. Preaching service at Pine Grove at 3 p. m. Valley Christian Church. Sunday School at 10. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor meeting at 6:30 p. m. All not worshiping else where are cordially invited to attend. Rally day service after Endeavorat 7:30. Hood River's first snow fall came on Wednesday, December 3. Snow fell most of the dav when it didn't rain, and about three inches of the beautiful cover the ground. It turned-'to rain Wed nesday afternoon, and is still raining as we go to press. The snow is probably 6 inches deep over the valley. - - ' C. R. Bone's new gidewalk is appre ciated by West Oak street pedestriane. New Today. Pure White flour at Hartley's. Bob White Flour is the best. Try it. Wheat hay for sale by II. Prigge.. Lewis & Clark tablets at Coe & Son'g All kinds of feed at Hartley'g. : Baled Hay for sale at McGuire Bros. Read Slocom's list of new books in his large ad. ( Dressed chickons for Sunday at Hood River Commercial Co. Bone & McDonald are closing out, and will sell you good goods for less than you are paying for poor stuff elsewhere. Bring your chickens and eggs to Hood River Commercial Co. See the display of Fancy, decorated table-ware at Xhe Spot Cash Grocery. Just received a line of watches, clocks, jewelry and silverware, at F. W, Clarke's, opposite postoflice. Bone & McDonald have a good stock of the best shoes in the market. So; don't buy cheap stuff, but try their full stock for less money; If Slocom hasn't the book you want he will only be too glad to order it for you. Ask "him. If you want good bread, buy "Bob White" Flour, for sale at Spot Cash Grocery. Are you contemplating buying a watch? Before purchasing see F. W, Clarko, opposite postoflice. . The ladies of Belmont will hold a sale of handkerchiefs and aproiiB at Jack son's store in Hood River, December 10 and 11. What is more acceptable than a nice book, box of stationery, bible or album for Xma8. The best line in town at Slocom's. Ed Mayes has received a supply of those white sweet turnips, the kind you used to get, and Can supply the trade at the Commercial Co. We handle the Hillwood creamery butter and guarantee it to be as high grade as any in the Northwest. Hood River Commercial Co. Bone& McDonald are about to dissolve partnership and in order to close out their stock of general merchandise, will Blash prices right and left. , The Hood River Commercial Co. have made another cut in meats. They are now gelling the sirloin steaks at 12gc tt. For watches, clocks, jewelry and sil verware, see F. W. Clarke, at Clarke'g drug store, opposite postoflice. Slocom's stock of stationery, books, bibles, albums, etc., is the largest and best ever put in the town. Two hundred to $5,000 to loan on real estate. If your security is good your money is ready. Prather investment Company. Bone & McDonald's sale that is now on will continue until everything is closed out. They have a large stock, but are making prices to fell quick. F. W. Clarke, practical jeweler and optician ; all kinds of repairing neatly, quickly aud cheaply done at the Glacier Pharmacy. We wish to remind the public that we advertise to meet all prices on goods in our line and deliver them. Hood River Commercial Co. A tea will be given at Mrs ILL. Dunible'g by the ladieg of the guild, on December 10. The public are cor dially invited to attend. '1! JX 'P8 8!11 PBal ptiB puaq jiioa" no puwiu 0 si )i hb tnii A'upuoq siq J(oo puB s.ttfoobig ui d)s oi ojino4 qomu 6U iq usj i You will never regret it if you go to V. ti. temple, the experienced and competent jeweler and optician, for any thing in his line. His work, guaranteed. CAN YOU READ THIS? If vou can't, your eyes need attention. Call on F. W. Clarke, the jeweler and, op tician. He can fit you, out. At. he Glacier Pharmacy. , ," i .: . For Lease or Hale A flue improved farm, property of J. L. Henderson, 30 acres in cultivation; 5 in bearing or chard. Free irrigating water. If leased will take pay in work. Party securing the lease must be man of family snd bring recommendations. Inquire at the Emporium. Coe'g addition to Hood River, over looking the Columbia and Mount Adams, large and pleasantly situated lots, con venient to school.churches and business. The most popular resident section of our city. Prices right and terms easy. Call on or address Gto. D. Cclbkktson A Co. Agents. Saturday, December 13. On the alKive date the ladies of the Unitarian church will hold a sale of fancy and useful articlen suitable for Christmas gifts. They w ill bo serve a business man's lunch and supper on tli is day of baked lieans and Boston brown bread, hot coffee and mince and pumpkin pie. Place of sale and meals to le given at the sto"e building now occupied by Charles N. Clarke's drug store. Don't buy your presents or fruit cake for Christinas until the 13th, the day of sale. Advertised Utter List. December 1, 1902. Johnson, Mrg W J Rakers, Henry Hiestand, Benj H Leplev, T B W. M. YATES, P. M. House to lient 8 room house to rent and furniture for sale. Inquire at Han- j na'i store. 1 ABBOTT Thanksgiving PRICE lib Schilling's Baking Powder.. 45 1 lb Price's Bilking Powder! 40 20 His G Sugar, full weight $1 00 5 ft) pal I Lard 05 Slbpiiil Cottoline..... 00 1 tti HtarTotiaceo (vp rescrie tags) 45 1 lb Fountain Chop Tea 45 Imported Liverpool Halt, 50 lbs . . 75 New Citron nnd Lemon-Peel 1! 2 lbs Royal Club Raisins. . . . 25 Loose Lurd ('oinnound ; 12'. We Make a Specialty of Fine Teas and LOOK THIS LI&T Lynn and Arbuclsle's Collet?, per lb 124 Roasted Collt e, a very Rood nrlh-le, 15 Roasted Coflee, fancy, regular price 25c per lb 20 Roasted Coffee, Bull Dog roust, 20c or.'! lbs for 50 ' We also curry a full line of being combination goods we lire We Are Headquarters for Breakfast and Health Foods And in order to introduce our new )ine' of Health foods, we have arranged to give away FREE iv beautiful 4-piece SILVER TEA SET, the wholesale price of which is $8. Price List nf Health Foods, including one chance of drawing Tea .; set 2 pkgs Peerless Wheat Mush 15 1 pkg Force 15 1 pkg Jumbo Mush. 10 2 pkgs Violet Oa's . . , 25 Peerless Crown Mush 21 l!s 10c, 2 for 15 Peerless Rolled Oats, 111 lb sack 40 Peerless Peiicock Floti r 15c, two for. . 25 We do not quote prices on Suit or Smoked Meats; also Flour and Feed, as the market Is so unsettled and prices fluctuating. However, you can depend upon always getting the very lowest each prices and good goods. We could quote you equally low prices on tunny other lines, but printer's ink costs money, and while we love the printer, we have to look out for our trade by keeping down our expenses. HEAVY EXPENSES AND HIGH PRICES ARE TWIN. BROTHERS. The merchant who pays rent and hires clerks necessarily 1ms to make his customers pay it. We pay no rent and hire no help, consequently we are able to sell you goods at a much lower figure. All kinds of Farm Produce Taken Same as Cash. We pay cash for Butter and Phono loll ' Not Aladdins's Lamp, BUT A GOOD LAMP FOR 25c. Oilier Lumps at other prices; you pay your money and take your choice ut E, E. SAVAGE'S SONS Doors and ALL KINDS OF BUILDING MATERIAL, Paints and Oils, Furniture, Carpets, Beds nnd Bedding. FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALM Ell. Free to the Babies. THE DARST CO. OF CHICAGO will present to every biihy under one year of nge in this vicinity one solid Gold Baby Ring KeBaby'3 in same. You do not have to pay one cent nor buy anything to get this ring. Iiarst Company are large jobbers of Jewelry aud have taken this method of advertising their goods. Instead of spending thousand of dollars for magazine advertising they have decided to give it away direct, to consumers. G. E. Williams Has been made distributor for Darst Company. Bring your baby to bis store and :ive its name and age and you will receive one of these beautiful gold rings free of cost. This is not u cheap ar ticle, but solid giild of elegant design. While At Q. E. Williams Drug Store don't fail to look over the elegant line of Jewelry on display. C. T. RAWSON". HOOD RIVER NURSERY. We respectfully announce to the public that we have for the eoniing planting seasons a fine lot of trees of nil kinds Thrifty, Smooth, and True to Name. Orders are now being U tked us received and varieties furnished us long as they la.-t. This season will witness larger plantings of single sorts than any in the histiry of this valley, and to get what you want will necessita'e erly or lers. We would also state that we are prepared to furnish for next season's planting any number nnd ANY VARIETY, GROWN ESPECIALLY FOR YOl Long experience in the nursery btiMuess enables us to guarantee satisfaction. Nursery on FCast Side, at eross'ngof Neal creek. Orders solicited. RAWSON & STANTON, Hood River, Or. Woven Wire Fence. ItTfi 1 LUii ---- 3 i Best and rhpanest w ire fence on earth all things considered. Don't f ill lo see D. N. Byerlee tn-fore buying j our fence. o24tf Pbone 4U bub & CO's and Holiday LIST. 10 lb sack Peerless Rolled Oats ... 40 1 lb fresh Mixed Nuts 20 2 lbs choice Creamery Butter 65 1 lb new Figs 15 1 can Standard Corn lb 1 can Standard Peas 10 1 2-lt) ca-i Toiui.toes 10 1 2-lb can Tomatoes, It. C,. 15c or two for 25 3? lbs fancy Head Rico 25 Spices, ull kinds, per tan 10 Coffees. OVER CAREFULLY. Premier pure Mocha and Java, the verv bpst 40 1 Hi Snider Leg Tea, sold by many dealers at 75e 55 1 IbGunpowderTea, well worth 75c 55 1 lb English Breakfast, superfine . . 56 Schilling's goods at regular prices, not allowed to cut. Peerless Farina 10 Peerless Oat Flakes 15e, two for. . . 25 Peerless Barley Food..,. 15 Peerless Self-rising Pancake Flour 15c, two for J 25 Peerless Senioli ne, 4 lb pakages 20 Peerless Breakfast Cereal 15c, two for 25 Eggs. Yours for business, ABBOTT & CO., On Top of the Hill. Windows. F. H. STANTON Spray Your Trees. I have ordered a complete spraying outfit and will be prepared to spray or chards either w ith the w inter spray or for the codiin moth. Also, am prepared to dig wells. R. M. IlL'JCT. Cow For Sale. A fine o.w ,w M that will be fresh Krbra- ryi- r.v.rwT. P. V. Friday F. B. Barnes FRIDAY & BARNES, Real Estate Town anil country properly pntlnloo.r linndu will be promptly hroiiKlittothebiiye ' attention. We also do Initurnuce and Notary fulilic work. A. A. JAYNE, Lawyer. Abstract furnished. Money loaned. HOOD RIVER, OREGON. L. C. Hay nes jnmes K. lXBor BON TON BARBER SHOP. The place to get an easy shave, un up-to-date hair cut, and to enjoy the lux ury of a porcelain bath tub. Choice Meats. It is a fact, well-known by everyone, that meats of all kinds are high but one fact should be kept in mind and that is that you can buy of us the choicest meats that the State of Oregon can produce and as cheap as you can buy poorer meats elsewhere. We invite you to call and examine our meats and see for yourself that the assertions we make are facts. Yours for business, McGuirb Bhos. -NEW- FEED STORE At my place, on the Mt. Hood road, one in lie sou tli of town, I have opened a Flour and Feed Store. No need now to haul your feed up the big hill from town when you can buy of me at bottom prices. 22 D. F. LAMAR. Contractor and Builder Plans and Estimates Fcrnished. S. H. COX. B. F. BELIEU, Contractor and Builder. M-I'lans and Estimates Fi'unihhkd-Ss Established 1881. PAGE & SON, Pioneer Fruit and Produce ts, PORTLAND, - OREGON. Solicit Consignments of Apples, Pears; ull Green and Dried Fruit, onir Strayed. Two steers one red, with bell on; the other brindle with white spots, white on end oftail and white about the hoofs. Also, a dark red heller, white feet, belly and end of tail: sUiron forehead. All have box brand on lea hip. Whereabouts 'hnnkfully received by Glacier . Horse for Sale. 3-year-old fitly. Also, single harness. For sale by daij D. H. Mcl'U 1STI AN. Montaug Restaurant. This restaurant is located at 173 North 8lxlh street, Portland, opposite depot, and Is run by a Hood Klver Arm. Lodgings furnished. JH D. B. LEAMING. 40 Acres. 7 miles out, on Netil creek; $20 per acre. Good thing. a'22 It. SHELLEY, Odell. 160 Acres. Ten miles out on the Mount Hood road: real cheap. Must go quick. R. SHELLEY, Odell. 80 Acres. Eight miles out, overlooking East Hood River valley and Dukes valley. 1,1(10 growing fruit trees; 5 acres of berries: unsurpassed view ; soli that never falls: Plenty of water. R. SHELLEY. Odell. Milk for Sale. I will deliver milk In town for $2 a month, jrq'iart. 08 W. T. Hanhdkkkv For Sale. The Boarding House, known as the Thomp son House, corner River and Third streets, In cluding all the furniture, Is for sale. Inquire on the premises of WM. THOMPSON. For Rent. The building formerly occupied bv ihe Da vidson Fruit Co. as a box factory. 'Key can be had of the Davidson Emit Co. in J. H. MIDDLETON. Piano for Sale. A good square Emerson Piano, price fAD, will be sold on reasonable terms, Inquire at this office. o24 Blacksmithing And wagon repairing attended to promptly at my shop on the ML Hood road, south of lown. Uood work at reasonable prices. sep!7 (J. A. HOWELL. For Sale. Ten acres fur RiiiO, 5 or acres of It as good fruit land as there Is In Hood River valley; one-quarter mile from iost office and school, near river and railroad Inquire of a!5 M R NOBLE, At Krankton, Homesteads. Homesteads with living springs located on 'old burn" near roads, schools, steamboat landings, for "iU to 1U). half advance (balance when tiling.) Rich aoil easily cleared. iod for apples, jiears, timothy, clover and straw terries. p. h. C. W11.M, sl2 Stevenson, Skamania Co., Wash. Pigs for Sale. I have some slx-weeknld Poland China pigs for sale. JOSEPH FRAZIER, Jr. 11 14 24 Acres. Kino n nnln la nil fit.' 1 1.. . Mount Huod road. BanfRtn, He) K HHfcbLKYi Odell. Water & ight Notice ill ot..J ..,, . . ... . . . y " wir' luwerana water i. ortice from the ll to the 10th of the WIU K. C. KVANK MBnu0 Land for Sale. Par the nnvl tn M - .- f ... 1 1 - near tvimont, cheap'fur cash. For particu- ' D. EVERHART. Government Land. I (ami. ......... i. . . . ..- rrm on government land-good fruit land, with springs; Wlm with water to Irrigate; easily cleared; 12 to u miles from 1I.h1 Kiver; near count v road VI a l Ull I L U li Or. Team for Sale. S llukl n. j - - . ................ u,r,,, spring wagon and l . JT". "". " Merrill place. Last mu. Price I15U. J. L. VA-N LOAN.