R VERVI PA AND IDLE WILDE ADDITION TO HOOD RIVER. Centrally Located. Fine View. Pure Spring Water. STREETS ARE NOW BEING GRADED, Sidewalks will be Put in when Grading is Completed Property is in the first sewerage system that will be put in by the town of Hood River. Several fine buildings will le erected on the property during the summer. Special Inducements to Peo- who wish to build. pie For full particulars call upon PRATHER INVESTMENT Or CO., CULBERTSON & CO. GEORGE D. J. F. Batchelder and R. R. Erwin, Trustees. vHood Iiver Slacier THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903. Menominee Lumber Company The town of Nlcolal. 4 miles west of Hood River, on tbe Columbia river and line of the O. R.and N., is one of tbe liveliest saw mill towns along the river. The Menominee Lumber coin pany'g mill is running every day at its fullest capacity, cutting 50,000 feet of lumber a dav. The mill has been run ning every working day but once since it Btarted, April 30 last, lltty-eigbt ineu are employed in the mill and yards. The pay roll fur July amount ed to 3,110. This for tne mm ami yards alone. In the timber on the Washington side the company em ploys an average of 50 men tbe year round. Twenty families are now lo cuted in Nicolul. Houses are being built for more, and next summer there will be at least 30 families domiciled in this busy little town. An average of three carloads of lumber a day are shipped from the Menominee mill. Improvements in the machinery con templated will increase tbe capacity of the mill to 70,000 feet of lumber a day. Messrs. Cameron and Frost of tbe mill company, and George S. Brown, bookkeeper, are a trio of young busi ness men full or push and business ca tmi'it.v. and their business venture is proving remunerative not only to the Menominee Lumber company but also to the whole community of Hood Kiver. Their pay roll, averaging H,0(K) a month, is mostly spent in Hood Kiver, where supplies for the boarding house and clothing for the men are all purchased. Kicolai is in need of a minister. Tbe families living here are nearly all church goers and would welcome a minister who tould hold services in the school house at least twice a month. There are 15 young men employed in the mill and lumber yards who could be depended upon to attend church. I'rankton. A ride through the Frank ton dis trict by a Glacier man, one day last week, disclosed the fact that this neighborhood Is not behind the bal ance of tbe valley in improvements. The orchards are well kept and sprayed. 1. N. Byerlee was putting the finish ing touches to his new burn. Robert Rand's place shows well from the road, with Its neat buildings and homelike surroundings. Robert Garrabrant is keeping bis orchard in good shape, and the apple trees show the effects of thor ough spraying for the codlin moth. 8am Koplin, the village blacksmith and disciple of Izak Walton, is recover ing from his late serious illness and is again at the anvil. E. D. Calkins has his orchard in fine shape and his Yel low Newtowns will l prize winners. J. E. McClintock, from Portland, Is managing his sister's fruit funn, for merly the B. Warren place. 8. H. Cox, the contractor, is pushing work on the new school house. This building will be one of the best country school houses in the county. It will cost $,1,500 and is to t completed by Octo ter 15. Joseph Loser, on the Belmont road, w ho came here a year ago and bought 10 acres of tbe Watson 40, has a line garden. He has made great Im provement tlie n"rt lime he hcen here and the disadvantages he labored under. G. D. Eatlnger is an other new settler who has made a good showing. Mr. Eatiuger has a young orchard of 300 Yellow Newtown apple trees that are making a vigorous growth. In ditching his orchard land lie uncovered a tine stream of water, enough to irrigate sevtral acres that lie Mow the orchard to the north. Mr. Kiitinger'a land, when cleared and drained, Is first class for gardening. Mr. Smith Returns from foos lonntj. Hon. K L. Smith, president of the state board of horticulture, arrived home Sunday niizht from his trip to Coos county. "Coos county," says Mr.Sniith, is capable of producing a large amount of fine fruit.but it will never be a profit able business until the country is sup plied with railroad facilities. Last win to San Fram-isco man lost money in buying apples at 25 cents people, and Mr. Kmith saw one game, where the score was 1 to 0. The people seem contented with their country, and wouldn't change it for any other. There is no snow in winter, but about 20 inch es more rainfall than in Portland. Veg etation is green the year round. Going up the Coquille river, Mr. (Smith said the little steamer seemed to stop every 80 rods to take on milk cans for the creamery. None of the land in the fer tile Coquille valley can bo bought for less than $100 an acre. All the trade of the country goes to San Francisco, and that region will continue to be a part of California in Oregon until a railroad en ters from Portland. Institute Begins Wednesday Morning. The teachers' institute opens next Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, when the first day's session convenes in tbe opera house. The official programme as published in last week's Glacier has been distributee, to au uio leacuers oi the county. The music at the Insti tute will be In charge of Rev. D. V. Polinir of The Dalles, and Mrs. Marga ret Reid. secretary of the institute, will issue to each teacher a certificate of at tendance. Wednesday and Thursday evening there will be lectures to which the gen eral public is invited. Rev. D. V. Pol ing ot The Dalies win lecture Wednes day evening on "Our Boys." Rev. Pol itic, it will be remembered, delivered the graduating address to tne pupils oi the Hood River school last April. The follow ing evening, Frank Rigler,- city superintendent of tbe Portland public schools, will lecture on the "Relation f tbe School and Home." visitors to tbe sessions of the institute will be wel come. In a circular to teachers, Mr. Gil bert says: 'It is desired that tnis snail oe one of the best meetings of its kind in the state, and that the attendance snail oe the largest in the uistory ot such meet- ugs In Wasco county, karnesi etiorts are being put forth to these ends. In structors have been secured whose ability und reputation are a guar anty of the high character of the work to be done at t lie institute, me sub jects of the progrumme will be treated in a masterly aim practical manuer,auu teachers present cannot fail to be bene fitted and to receive a new inspiration for their work. 'It is realized more and more by teachers that they can never do too much In the way of qualifying them- selve for the positions they assume to fill. School boards are demanding good teachers, and are disposed to pay increased wages to tnose who are ear nest and progresfive. Teachers manifest these qualities In no more effective way than by attending and taking part in the educational meet- ngs." Granted Certificates to Teaili. The regular semi-annual teachers' ex amination was held last week at The Dalles, with J. T. Neff, C. D. Thompson and Miss Tena Rintoul as examiners. There were 21 certificates granted, 8 of these being 1st grade, while seven wrote for state certificates The standings of Bicycles Repaired. I have opened a repair shop for Bicycles on the hill J ) hVorkt promptly done. r.. m. nuxjM An. Acme Cement Plastering. I do Armr Cement Plssterlng thut will lst as long the house stands. Also, cement foundations. See samples of work and get prices before letting contract. jtM PRANK rRUITT. EUREKA Meat Market. McGuire Bros., Propr's. Denier In Fresh mid Cured MesU, Lard Poultry. Fruit mid Vegetable. Free Jiellverv. Phone S5. The but a box apples were put aboard a schooner, but h.,f.,e th vessel could crons the bar, much of the fruit spoiled. Apples do well there, and especially lears. I saw one orchard with 20-year-old treea,which were neith-r cultivated nor pruned, hanging full with frnit.The codlin moth Imsn't reached there yet .and there isonly a littleaphisand scab.If the country ever gets a railroad, it will be ft great fruit function ' Lumbering, dairying ftnd baseball Km to be the chief occupations of the E. A. SOULE, Contractor and Builder. pt.ass and eftimatks furnished Upon' Application. L. H. RICHMOND, Contractor and Builder. Plans furnished and Estimate riven on Buildings. juyl the teachers were exceptionally high. There were only two failures, the suc cessful ones were : First Grade Bess Isenberg, F. II. Isenberg, V. L. Everett, Carrie R. Coley, Erne A. Taylor, J. E. Cherrie, T. M. B. Chastain, Martha K. Baldwin. Second Lillie Verdt, Myrtle Mark ham, Blanche R. Wilson. Third Nellie C. McHaley, Ethel Ro bards, Edna Hamilton, Daisy E. Thom as, Erma Thompson, Ashley B. Cash, Margaret Reid. Primary Helen M. Deitz. ' , The following wrote for state certifi cates: Minnie Schungel, J. 6. Landers, Constance Whealdon, A. May Sechler, Mary N. Campbell, Minnie Elton, J. T. Neff. Division for Primary Pupils. At a meeting of the school board Monday night, MissQuinn was select ed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Taylor. The new desks and other furniture was accept ed, and a warrant ordered drawn in payment for $275. Tuesday morning E. L. Rood began re-kalsominlng the iuterior of the school rooms. Division of the district was made by a line running north aud south on the street just east of Dr. Watt's residence and those pupils of tbe first and secoud grades living west of this line will reg ister at the large school house, while those on tbe east side will go to to the State street school. It Is thought that this will make an equitable division of the primary grades. One of the best things said lately was by a Missouri editor. In addressing his Sunday school class he said: "Fame has taken men from the forge, the plow and the carpenter's bench but she was never known to reach over a picket fence and natch a dude out of a hammock." Two hundred to (5,000 to loan on real estate. If your security is good your money isready. Prather InvestmentCo. BIDE m- BOOSES, $40,000 IN NEW RESIDENCES Hpod River People have Spent this Sum since June 1 Other Improvements Bring Total Expenditures up to $80,000, Hood River has enjoyed an unprece dented activity in residence, building this summer. Since the first of June there have been and are now in the course of construction within (the city limits 25 residences, the cost of which foots up to the astounding total of nearly 40,000. Four of these houses cost $4,000 each and over. In addition to the resi dences, Crowell's brick building has been completed, tbe city hall built, the Country Club cottage erected, the Artisans' hall remodeled, several store buildings added to the hill, not to men tion the Unitarian church now building at a cost of nearly 12,500 and the $1,500 r.piscopal church soon to be started, while at least 10 houses were built dur- ine the srjrine months. A conservative estimate of the building activity in Hood River for the year 1903, places the new houses, stores and other improvements at (0,000. Add to this the $20,000 to be expended on the Country Club Inn pro ject of Batchelder & Erwin and the grand total is fu,wu. wornmen are now breaking ground ior hub structure, WILLIAM M. STEWART, on State street, has without donbt the prettiest house in the city, Wbun com pleted it will cost $5,000. - Tlie plans were drawn by Architect C. J. Crandall of The Dalles, after designs worked out from houses Mr. and Mrs. Htewart took notice of while in the East A gamble root contains tbe second story aud is tupported by porch columns extending around the north and eaBt sides of the house, which faces to the Columbia river and Mount Adams, affording an unsurpassed view which can never be obstructed. The bouse contains 10 rooms, besides the halls, bath room, pantries and closets and is 27x46 feet in extent. The basement is full size with 18-inch walls of basalt rock and cement floor. Hot air pipes reach alt parts of the house, and tne basement, bath room and kitchen are all supplied with ventilators passing through the roof. The windows, Mr. Stewart thinks will afford the pleasantest effect from the outside. The lower half of the front windows will all be plate glass, and the upper half leaded art, and chipped glass. The interior wood work is of red wood and cedar, and all lum ber inside and out was kiln-dried and steamed.1 The floors are all double. A 40-gallon tank will supply hot water to all parts of the house. A chipped-brick chimney extends up the east end of the house. , , . Passing into the front entrance at the right of the porch, the hall and stair way is entered. To the left is a large re ception room, and next to this a parlor and fire place. Opening with folding doors from the parlor is the dining room. vi nen necessary these tour rooms may be thrown into one. Up stairs there are four beautiful bed rooms, and a hall way opening onto a second story porch. one of the prettiest, cozy-cornen of the house. i Frederick & Arnold, the builders, have right to feel proud of their work. The splendid chipped-brick work and stone cutting was done by James McBain, while the plastering was in charge of William Nason. The contractors ex pect to complete their work, September 15. A. 8. BLOW KItS is building in a grovof large oaks in Blowers' addition a' splendid house, which he says when completed will cost him $5,000. The house is 34x42, two stories, with full-size basement and a large attic. The colonial style ot archi tecture prevails. Facing Viola avenue on tbe west is s large porch, the roof of which is supported by four massive rock pillars, extending five feet above the floor and capped with iron posts. The steps also are of stone. On the north side of the building is a large chipped-brick chimney ornamented with stone work. There are 14 rooms in the house, every one well-lighted and comfortably arranged. The Iront en trance opens into a spacious hall, with stairways and a grate or fire place. To the left of this is the parlor in the south east corner of the house, and next to tne parlor is a well-liihted dininir room arnes the Real Estate Ian Works a Simple Problem in Arithmetic for You this Week. Twenty cents a day saved is $73 per year. Five years will pay for one of those lots in Pleasant View. Ten dollars per month rent is f GOO in five years, enough to build and own a lot of your own. Young Man, Don't Pay Rent. 1 have now on the market block 8, Pleasant View. These lots are large, .10 by 18."). Easy of access and altogether the finest lots at present for sale in t hat part of Hood River. Prices and terms reasonable. House and two lots '. f 500 2 choice lots, 100x135 325 1 choice lot, 50x135 135 1 choice lot, 25x135 G5 80 acres unimproved land, fine for apples or berries; under ditch f 1100 10 acres close in, partly improved; fine apple or berry land 050 40 acres unimproved, under ditch; good 1000 20 acres partly cleared and set in orchard; rest easily cleared G50 GO acres, partly in fruit, good house and barn; terms easy; only 4500 10 acres near town, 3 acres in berries; new house 1500 5 acres near town, nearly all in fruit 1800 7 acres near town, good early berry land 1 G00 20 acres partly cleared and in fruit; free water; easy terms 1400 10 acres near town, 5 acres in strawberries; plenty of water... 2000 8 acres partly cleared and in clover; remainder easily cleared G25 12 acres all improved and partly in fruit; house and barn 2400 35 acres near town, 16 acres in cultivation 2500 10 acres close in, all in berries; good house and barn 2500 14 acres, one-half cleared, 4 acres in apples and berries 2800 glPneS, The Real Estate Man. The Man who makes Sales of Real Estate Is the man to list your property with. The Spot Gash Grocery Has a complete stock of Flour, Feed, Staple Gro ceriesGreen Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts, Candies, etc, Just received, sweet, sour and dill Pickles in bulk and bottles. Also, green, ripe and stuffed Olives in bottles. When getting ready for your camping trip, give us a call. Highest prices paid for Country Produce. Special attention given to telephone orders. Prompt delivery and courteous treatment. Yours for small profits and many sales. . It. REED. Five iH-liverv. Phone 491. OVEB Five Carloads of Furniture Sold Since the Beginning oi this Year. ALMOST ONE CAE LOAD PER MONTH. This may seem like a fairy tale or a fish story, but it is nevertheless true. We are not inclined to boast through the columns of the paper, but to keep abreast with the times we are justified in stat ing facts. Come to think about it, there is not so very much furniture in a car load $1200 or $1500 worth and sold on a close margin it is not a big thing, nor would we try to deceive any one. Every week word comes to us that our prices are below Portland prices. Glad to show you our hill stock at any time. Dealer in t Doors and Windows. AH Kinds Build ing Material. UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. S. E. BARTMESS. These three rooms may be thrown into one. Just to the left oi the hre place. and facing the north, is a library and tuuy room with a large bay window. In the kitchen, four feet from the floor line of wainscoting extends around the room. Below this the walls are all adamant and plastered above. The bed rooms are all up stairs, and at the end of the hall on the second floor is a spe cially made sewing room, from which doors open out upon the second story porch. Ihe dwelling will be heated through out by a furnace. The walls are all lined with building paper. The bath room is lined witli adamant. Cox & VV alien have the contract for the carpen ter work. The finishing work is being done by Ludwig Struck. Bert Heath built tbe chimneys and did the . stone work. C. J. Crandall of The Dalles as the architect. FRANK A. CHAM, Hood River's leading dry goods mer chant, is building on the north Bide of State Btreet on property boughtof Batch- elder & Erwin in Kiverview Park addi tion. I D. Boyed is contractor for the carpenter work. Mr. Crandall of The Dalles was the architect. Mr. Cram will have one of the nicest homes in the city, and has planned his bouse so as to include every conveni ence and comfort desired in a pernia nent residence. . The colonial idea pre' dominates in the architecture, and the main part of the building is 32x38, con taining eight rooms. The interior will be finely finished, Pannel wainscoting will set off the dining room. From the parlor a magnificent view is obtained of the Columbia and Mount Adams. The windows throughout the house will be ornamented with chipped glass. A fur nace will supply heat to every room in the building, while a cheerful Are place will be found on the first floor, lieneath the house is a large basement, and in ihe roof is an attic. FRANK H. BUTTON, on the east bank of Hood river is build ing after plans similar to those employed on Mr. Cram's house. Locking; south from Mr. Button's building site, the view extends far up the canyon of Hood river and is offset by Mount Hood at the head of the valley. Dp and down the Columbia the scene is grand. Mr. Button will have every modern convenience about his dwelling. Hot and cold water go to all parts of the house. Heat will be supplied bv a fur nace. The interior finish will De par ticularly fine, the plaster being enam eled with six coats of paint. In extent the house is 33x42. There are three stairways, and bath rooms are to be found on both floors. On the hill back of his house Mr. Button hag placed a 4.000-gallon tank, supplied with water Tlmtxr I-and, Act June 8, 1ST8.) NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. United Mates Land Office, Vancouver, Wash., My 5, 1H03. Notice is hereby given that In compliance with the provisions of the act of Congress of June S, 1S78, entitled "An act for the mile of timber lands Id the Htatn of California, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington territory," a extended to all the Public Land Ntales by act of AiijiihH, 1(8)2, HTKl'HKN 1. ItONHKK, of Glenwood, county of Klickitat, state of Wasliluvtou.bas this day filed tnlhisoiUcehis sworu statement, No. for the purchase of the lot 1, northeast V4 northwest and north Kl northeast H of station No. IS. In town ship No. t) north, ranire No. 12 east, W. M., and will oiler rxf to show that the land (ought Is more valuable for Its timber or slone than for agricultural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land before the Register and Receiver of this otltce at Vancouver, Wssh.,on Wednesday, theWh day of Hentember, 1MH, He names as witnesses: Albert Kuhnlian sen, Myrtle Barker.Hohert Barker and Charlca Marvin, all of (jleiiwumt. Wash. I Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lauds are requested to nle their claims in this office on or beforaaatd lh day of hepleniber, 1H08. ni7J ) FRANK E. VAl'U H A N , Register. Job Printing In up-to-date styles, good material and right prices. We will meet Portland com IM'tition, quality of stock, size of order and work considered, We respectfully solicit your order for a'thinginthe Job Printing line. E. R. BRADLEY. Agt.for Densmore Typewriter i .... pumped from Hood river by a Samson wind mill bought of Frank Davidson. The bottom of the tank is 15 feet above the'roof of his house and furnishes a 50 foot pressure. A large reception room with colonial columns makes an attractive interior. The house will cost Mr. Button f4,000 or over. L. D. Boyed is tbe contractor, and C. J. Crandall of The Dalles, the architect CHAS. N. CLARKE, the druggist, will put $2,000 into a com modious residence on his lots in the Barrett-Sipma addition. His house will be 30x40, and two full stories in height Mr. Clarke is his own architect and has II. J. Frederick hired by the day to superintend the carpenter work. Mr, Clarke will have a splendid view of Mount Hood, while 350 feet below the bouse roar the waters of Hood river. Fred Larwood has iust completed very pretty little 7-room cottage'on the hill opposite II. II. Itailey's. Kieth & Co., of Minneapolis were the architects. C. U. Dakin superintended the painting and the building looks very neat in a bronze-green color. The house cost 11,000. W. H. Chipping is building on the west end of Oak street, where J.L.Blount andson Tell have done most of the carpen ter work. Joseph Frazier,sr., who nev er does a poor job of plastering, is doing the plastering. The house, is conven iently arranged and will cost $900. Will Haynes on tbe opposite side of the street, where a splendid view is ob tained, has completed a neat $!)00 house; Uoe s Shute doing the carpenter work. The house is 16x23, two story with a kitchen annex. The interior is hard oil finish. E. L. Rood did the painting. Mrs. Marcellus, on lots just south of the Chamberlain property on the hill, has built a very attractive cottage at a cost of $1,600. There will be all the modern conviences. including a furnace. Frederick & Arnold did the work. Harry Bailey, further south on the same Btreet, is putting up a substantial and comfortable $1,000 house. The lo cation is delightful. B. F. Belieu has tbe contract for the carpentering. S. W. Arnold, the contractor, has put up a $1,500 house on Eugene street in Coe's addition. Linn Winans in Winans addition has begun work on a $2,000 dwelling. Louis Baldwin and Mr. Hardman on Hood River Heights are putting up $1,000 and $1,500 houses respectively. LouiB is doing most of his own work, while Belieu has the contract for the Hardman house. D. A. Turner, corner Front and State streets, has erected an $1,800 cottage which will be occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Carlton H. Vaughan. H. 8. Richmond was in charge of the carpenter work. Other neat dwellings have been built this summer by Frank Davenport, jr., John Donahue, H. C. Coe, Mr. Hum phrey, Henry Shute, Mr. Teihune and others. Suicide Prevented. The startling announcement that a preventive of suicide had been discov ered will interest many. A run down system, or despondency invariably pre cede suicide and something has-been found that will prevent that condition which makes suicide likely. At first thought of self destruction take Electric Bitters. It being a great tonic and nerv ine will strengthen the nerves and build up the system. It's also a great stomach, liver and kidney regulator. Only 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Clias. K. Clarke, druggist, L. C, il ay lies James c Uclioi BON TON BARBER SHOP. The place to get an easy shave, an up-to-date hair cut, and to enjoy the luxury of a porcelain bath tub. Water & Light Notice All water and light bills are payable at the Hood River Klectrlc Iitjlit, 1'ower and Water Co. ' oltice from the 1st to the 10th of the month, iu advance. oMtf N. C. EVANS, Mansger. For Sale. A 3-seatcd hack, almost good as new; one double hack harness and one set light har ness; both in good condition. aZJ H.W.WAIT. For Rent. Lot 5 and 6, block K, Jfood Kiver. LoU and 4, Block 8, 1'arkhurst. A. A. HC'HENCK, Je4 1203 Fimium St., Omaha, Neb. BELIEU & REA, Contractors & Builders. WPi.ans and Estimates FtTitNiHHKDt THE NEW FEED STORE. On the Mount Hood road, South of town, keeps constantly on band the best quality of Hay, (J rain and Feed, At Lowest Prices. d22 1). V. LAMAR, 1'rop. Contractor and Builder Flans and Estimates Furnisiikd. S. H. COX. 19 School Begins Aug. 3 1 . 0 ARE YOU READY? WE ARE. And furthermore, we have the stock to fit you out for school. Do you need Text Books, Dictionaries, Tablets, Pens, Pencils, Hponges, Slates, Erasers, Ink or Crayons, we can fit you to a T. In fact, you cannot call for anything in this line that we cannot 1 ) 0 Q III H supply you. v Try our Official Tablet, No. 2000. It's value is uneqiialed. Yours for business, Phone 351. GEO. F. COE & SON. 0 F. 11. (STANTON T. KAWSON. HOOD RIVER NURSERY. Stock Grown on Full Roots. We desire to let our friends and patrons know that for the fall planting we will have and can sup ply in any number Cherry, Pear, Apricot, Peach & Plum Trees GRAPES, CURRANTS, BERRY PLANTS, Shade and Ornamental Trees. Also, all the standard varieties of apple trees. Can supply the trade with plenty of Newtown, Spitzen burg and Jonathan apple trees. RAWSON & STANTON. Hood River, Or.